Latest / LOH Church Archive / 6/11/25 - A Winning Strategy to Defeat Our Enemy
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- 0:00(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
- 0:04(LION ROARING)
- 0:07(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 0:09- GOOD EVENING, LORD AND HOST CHURCH.
- 0:10(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 0:15I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME,
- 0:16"LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD."
- 0:19(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 0:22I KNOW WE'VE ALL COME IN WITH JUST A LOT OF THE WEEK AND A LOT
- 0:26OF THE DAY ON US, LET'S JUST GET INTO AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE GOD
- 0:30CAN MOVE AND GOD CAN DO SOMETHING IN AND THROUGH US.
- 0:35LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU TODAY.
- 0:36(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 0:39(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
- 0:43(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 0:46♪ COME FILL THIS ROOM, LORD. IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF WORSHIP. ♪
- 0:54(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 0:57♪ OH, WE WORSHIP YOU.♪
- 1:01[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
- 1:17(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 1:19♪ OH COME AND FILL THIS ROOM. COME AND FILL THIS ROOM WITH ♪
- 1:25♪ YOUR PRESENCE. GOD WE NEED YOUR ANOINTING. THAT BREAKS ♪
- 1:36♪EVERY OAK. BREAKS EVERY OAK. WE HONOR YOU. WE HONOR YOU. ♪
- 1:47(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 1:50COME ON, LIFT UP A PRAISE WITH YOUR OWN MOUTH.
- 1:52LET THE LORD HEAR YOU.
- 1:53♪ WE WORSHIP YOU. WE HONOR YOU. BE MAGNIFIED. OH, LORD ♪
- 2:03(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 2:05♪ OH, YOUR WILL OH, LORD. YOUR WILL BE DONE, YOUR WILL BE ♪
- 2:15♪ DONE. FILL THIS PLACE, OH LORD. WE PUT EVERY SITUATION ♪
- 2:29♪ ON THE ALTAR. EVERY PROBLEM, EVERY WORRY ON THE ALTAR. ♪
- 2:40(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 2:42♪ AND WE FOCUS ON YOUR GREATNESS. WE FOCUS ON YOUR ♪
- 2:50♪ GOODNESS. WE FEED ON YOUR MERCY. YEAH. ♪
- 2:58(GENTLE MUSIC)
- 5:47♪ FOREVER THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, YOU ARE GREAT. ♪
- 6:20♪ SO LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS. ♪
- 6:24♪ AND THE LORD OF LORDS. FOR HE IS GREAT. ♪
- 6:33(MUSIC)
- 8:52(SOFTER MUSIC)
- 10:43(MUSIC)
- 14:16(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- 14:39- WE'LL DO A SWITCH HERE. HOW ABOUT THAT? WE HAVE A BACKUP.
- 14:43YOU KNOW, GOD'S A GREAT BACKUP TO US. AND HE'S THERE FOR US ALL
- 14:48THE TIME. THERE'S NO ONE THAT COMPARES TO HIM. HALLELUJAH.
- 14:53THANK YOU, JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT IN THIS PLACE, LORD.
- 14:58YOU ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN FOR US, LORD. WHEN THE DEVIL COMES AT
- 15:03US, YOU HAVE A PLAN OF ESCAPE. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD.
- 15:08NO ONE CAN OUTMANEUVER OR OUTPERFORM OUR LORD. HE'S THERE
- 15:14FOR US. HE'S THERE FOR YOU. HE HAS YOUR ANSWER. HE HAS YOUR
- 15:20ANSWER TONIGHT. HE'S ON YOUR SIDE. HE'S ON OUR SIDE. HE'S FOR
- 15:27US. HE'S NOT AGAINST US. HE'S WITH US. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S
- 15:32SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
- 15:35THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THE LORD. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. THANK
- 15:39YOU, JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT, FATHER. WE
- 15:43LIFT OUR HANDS AND EXTOL YOU. WE INVITE YOU INTO THE CENTER OF
- 15:48THIS PLACE AND THE CENTER OF OUR LIVES. YOU BE THE LORD OF OUR
- 15:53LIVES. YOU GUIDE US. YOU DIRECT US. YOU SHOW US THE WAY. OH,
- 15:57THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU'RE OUR FRONT GUARD AND YOU'RE OUR REAR
- 16:00GUARD. YOU'RE ALL AROUND US. YOUR ANGELS ENCOMPASS US. OH, WE
- 16:05HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR, CHURCH. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE
- 16:09THANKFUL FOR. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
- 16:13THE GOODNESS OF GOD. GOD IS SO GOOD. HE LOVES EACH ONE OF US SO
- 16:17MUCH. HE SENT JESUS FOR US. HALLELUJAH. OH, HALLELUJAH.
- 16:23THANK YOU, JESUS. DIANE, IF YOU'D HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE ON
- 16:26THE EARTH, HE WOULD HAVE SENT JESUS, HIS SON, TO DIE FOR YOU.
- 16:31OH, HALLELUJAH. AND THAT GOES FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU AND EVERY
- 16:34ONE OF YOU WATCHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH.
- 16:37THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE REALLY BEEN GOING
- 16:40THROUGH A STRUGGLE IN YOUR LIFE. IT'S BEEN A TIME WHEN YOU'VE
- 16:44PULLED AND YOU'VE PULLED, AND YOU JUST SEEM TO-- IT'S ALMOST
- 16:48LIKE- THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE IT, THE PICTURE I SEE IN MY
- 16:53MIND, IS LIKE YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE AN OX ATTACHED TO A CART,
- 17:00AND YOU WERE PULLING AND PULLING AND PULLING, BUT NOT REALLY
- 17:04MOVING. YOU MIGHT MOVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT YET YOU DON'T REALLY GO
- 17:10ANYWHERE. AND YOU FELT LIKE THE BATTLE THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN HAS
- 17:14BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST BATTLES OF YOUR LIFE. AND I JUST BELIEVE
- 17:18TONIGHT THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR YOU, AND GOD'S GOING TO SHOW YOU
- 17:21SOME THINGS THAT'S GOING TO OPEN THAT UP. IF THAT'S YOU TONIGHT,
- 17:24AND YOU'VE BEEN IN A BATTLE, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THE BATTLE
- 17:27HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH RELATIONSHIPS, AND IT'S
- 17:30SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING
- 17:33TO HOLD YOU BACK IN THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS FOR
- 17:36YOU IN YOUR LIFE AND WHERE YOU'RE TO MOVE TO. I'M NOT
- 17:39TALKING ABOUT MOVING PHYSICALLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT LEVEL
- 17:42THAT YOU'RE TO MOVE TO AND IT'S BEEN HOLDING YOU BACK. AND IF
- 17:46THAT'S YOU, I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I
- 17:47BELIEVE TONIGHT IS A NIGHT OF FREEDOM AND THAT'S GOING TO BE
- 17:50BROKEN OVER YOUR LIFE. COME ON UP HERE QUICKLY, WE'RE GOING TO
- 17:53PRAY AND I HAVE A SCRIPTURE FOR YOU. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU
- 17:57JESUS. THANK YOU LORD. HALLELUJAH. THERE PROBABLY IS
- 18:00MORE THAN ONE. MIGHT BE SOME OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE THAT THIS
- 18:03APPLIES TO YOU. IF IT APPLIES TO YOU TONIGHT, YOU CAN JUST LIFT
- 18:06YOUR HAND RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR IN YOUR
- 18:09HOTEL ROOM, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, AND SAY, "GOD, THAT'S ME. "I
- 18:13WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS." AND YOU'RE PART OF OUR BODY, AND
- 18:17WE INCLUDE YOU AND GOD SEES YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT.
- 18:21HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. PSALM 66, 12. I WROTE THIS DOWN.
- 18:26IT SAYS, "WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLOOD, BUT YOU
- 18:30BROUGHT US TO A PLACE OF GREAT ABUNDANCE." AND I BELIEVE THAT'S
- 18:34A WORD FOR THOSE OF YOU TODAY. HE'S BRINGING YOU TO A PLACE OF
- 18:38GREAT ABUNDANCE. IN THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION, THAT SAME
- 18:44SCRIPTURE SAYS HE BRINGS YOU TO A PLACE OF GREAT FULFILLMENT.
- 18:49HE'S GOING TO TURN THIS AROUND AND FULFILL THE DREAMS THAT HE
- 18:52HAS PLANTED IN YOU. TONIGHT THIS THING THAT'S HOLDING
- 18:55YOU BACK, THIS STRONGHOLD, IS GOING TO BE BROKEN OVER YOUR
- 18:57LIFE, I BELIEVE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TIME WHEN YOU'RE GOING
- 19:01TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, "LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE. THERE'S BEEN
- 19:05A CHANGE AND A DELIVERANCE IN ME." AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
- 19:09PASTOR KEITH, WOULD YOU RUN UP HERE NOW? COULD WE GET A MIC
- 19:12THAT WORKS, HERE? I WANT TO DO THIS. I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE
- 19:15MORE TIME. IF YOU CAN GET ME ANOTHER MIC MAYBE THAT, AND I'LL
- 19:19JUST SWITCH IT HERE, MARK. PASTOR KEITH, I'M GOING TO HAVE
- 19:22YOU PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. I'LL GIVE THIS ONE BACK
- 19:25TO YOU, MARK. AND I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO DROP THAT. I WANT
- 19:30PASTOR KEITH TO PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE, THOSE THAT NEED
- 19:32THIS BROKEN OVER THEIR LIFE. HE HAS AN ANOINTING TO DO THAT
- 19:35TONIGHT, I BELIEVE. AND WE'RE GOING TO LAY HANDS, EILEEN, ON
- 19:38THESE DOWN HERE AND BELIEVE THAT THIS THING THAT'S HOLDING THEM
- 19:42BACK IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE ANY LONGER. IN JESUS' NAME. YES.
- 19:48WHY DON'T YOU COME WITH ME? HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. IN
- 19:51JESUS' NAME. -WE THANK YOU. YOU ARE THE
- 19:52SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS. -IN JESUS' NAME.
- 19:56-YOU ARE THE POWER THAT CAN WORK THROUGH US
- 19:59AND IN US TO BRING ABOUT THAT CHANGE AS IS NECESSARY IN THE
- 20:03LIVES OF THOSE WHO WILL RECEIVE RIGHT NOW. THE ANOINTING OF YOUR
- 20:08PRESENCE TO BREAK EVERY YOKE, DESTROY EVERY BONDAGE, TAKE DOWN
- 20:13EVERY STRONGHOLD THAT WOULD TRY TO ERECT ITSELF AGAINST YOUR
- 20:18DESIRE OF GOOD, BLESSING, INCREASE, ABUNDANCE. IN EVERY
- 20:23RELATIONSHIP, IN EVERY FORM, IN EVERY WAY, LORD GOD, TOUCHING
- 20:28THEM WITH YOUR PRESENCE NOW IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF YOUR SON,
- 20:34JESUS. LET IT BE SO. AMEN. -IN JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU,
- 20:38LORD. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS (X2) PRAISE YOU,
- 20:43JESUS. HALLELUJAH. IS THERE SOMEONE, YOU'VE GOT A NECK
- 20:46PROBLEM, YOU'VE BEEN LAYING DOWN, I'M SEEING YOU LAY DOWN ON
- 20:49YOUR PILLOW AT NIGHT, AND YOU'RE FEELING PAIN IN YOUR NECK, AND
- 20:52IT'S LIKE IT'S KEEPING YOU FROM GOING TO SLEEP. MAYBE THAT'S
- 20:55SOMEONE ONLINE, MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE HERE. IS THAT SOMEONE
- 20:58HERE? COME UP HERE QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU COME UP HERE,
- 21:02AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE
- 21:05BROKEN ON YOU IN JESUS' NAME. EILEEN, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR HER
- 21:08RIGHT NOW? BELIEVE THAT THAT'S BROKEN OFF FOR HER. THANK YOU,
- 21:11JESUS. KOPASOTARA BASETE. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT
- 21:14AND YOU HAVE A NECK ISSUE IN THE SAME AREA AND YOU'RE IN
- 21:18AGREEMENT BY FAITH, WE'RE BELIEVING TONIGHT THAT YOU ARE
- 21:22TOUCHED WITH A MIRACLE TOUCH OF THE LORD. AND TONIGHT YOU WILL
- 21:26SLEEP IN PEACE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. YOU RECEIVE ES THAT RIGHT
- 21:29WHERE YOU ARE AT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN.
- 21:34PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU JESUS. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU JESUS. GOD
- 21:38IS SO GOOD. I AM JUST WAITING HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT TO SEE IF
- 21:42THERE IS ANY OTHER DIRECTION THE LORD WOULD HAVE TONIGHT. THANK
- 21:46YOU JESUS. (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
- 21:54THANK YOU, JESUS. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 21:57(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
- 22:03PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. I AM RELEASED. THANK YOU LORD.
- 22:07HALLELUJAH. LET'S DO THIS TONIGHT. TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
- 22:11SHAKE TWO OR THREE HANDS TONIGHT AND SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE
- 22:14HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND THANK YOU ONLINE
- 22:17AUDIENCE FOR JOINING US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE IN A MOMENT.
- 22:20[MUSIC PLAYING]
- 23:03-WELL, GLORY TO GOD. WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE
- 23:08ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT'S TIME FOR OUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
- 23:11OFFERING. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS REAL SHORT BECAUSE I NEED
- 23:16PASTOR DOUG TO GET RIGHT BACK OUT HERE. HE'S GOT A MIGHTY
- 23:19MESSAGE TONIGHT ABOUT WINNING STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING THE
- 23:24DEVIL. AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO WANT TO DIG INTO THAT
- 23:28REAL DEEP. AND SO I WANT TO GIVE HIM PLENTY OF TIME TO EXPOUND ON
- 23:31EACH OF HIS POINTS. I KNOW HE WAS THINKING HE'D BE DONE BY 11.
- 23:37SO I HAD THE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IF I CAN REDUCE MY TIME ENOUGH,
- 23:41WE CAN ALL GET OUT OF HERE BY 10:45. THAT'S NOT QUITE
- 23:45ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP. BUT DOES IT SOUND
- 23:49LIKE A PLAN? CAN WE GO WITH IT? CAN WE ROLL WITH IT? ALL RIGHT,
- 23:53LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT. IF THEY WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO PUT
- 23:56TONIGHT'S OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP ON THE SCREENS. I WANTED TO READ
- 24:00A FEW VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF MATTHEW, CHAPTER 6. AND I'M
- 24:08GOING TO START WITH VERSE 24. SO MATTHEW 6:24. AND I WANT TO
- 24:13READ THIS FROM THE NEW LIVING TESTAMENT, NEW LIVING
- 24:17TRANSLATION, EXCUSE ME. IT'S NOT A TESTAMENT. IT'S A
- 24:20TRANSLATION. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY THE BEST AT
- 24:24ILLUSTRATING GOD'S LOVE FOR US. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S
- 24:28GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT FOR US AS WE CONTINUE HERE
- 24:31TONIGHT. IT'S ALREADY BEGUN AND ALL OF THAT. AND HERE IN
- 24:36MATTHEW WE FIND JESUS SPEAKING AND HE SAYS, "NO ONE CAN SERVE
- 24:40TWO MASTERS, FOR YOU WILL HATE ONE AND LOVE AND THE OTHER; YOU
- 24:48WILL BE DEVOTED TO ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT
- 24:54SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY." AND THAT IS WHY I TELL YOU NOT TO
- 25:01WORRY ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE, WHETHER YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND
- 25:04DRINK, OR ENOUGH CLOTHES TO WEAR. ISN'T LIFE MORE THAN FOOD
- 25:10AND YOUR BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE BIRDS.
- 25:16THEY DON'T PLANT OR HARVEST OR STORE FOOD IN BARNS, FOR YOUR
- 25:24HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. AND AREN'T YOU FAR MORE VALUABLE TO
- 25:28HIM THAN THEY ARE? I THINK THAT'S THAT LOVE. CAN ALL YOUR
- 25:37WORRIES ADD A SINGLE MOMENT TO YOUR LIFE? AND WHY WORRY ABOUT
- 25:43YOUR CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE LILIES OF THE FIELD AND HOW THEY
- 25:46GROW. THEY DON'T WORK OR MAKE THEIR CLOTHING. YET SOLOMON IN
- 25:53ALL OF HIS GLORY WAS NOT DRESSED AS BEAUTIFULLY AS THEY ARE. AND
- 25:58IF GOD CARES SO WONDERFULLY FOR WILDFLOWERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY
- 26:02AND THROWN INTO THE FIRE TOMORROW, HE WILL CERTAINLY CARE
- 26:06FOR YOU. WHY DO YOU HAVE SO LITTLE FAITH? SO DON'T WORRY
- 26:13ABOUT THESE THINGS SAYING, "WHAT WILL WE EAT? WHAT WILL WE DRINK?
- 26:17WHAT WILL WE WEAR?" THESE THINGS DOMINATE THE THOUGHTS OF
- 26:22UNBELIEVERS. BUT YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER ALREADY KNOWS ALL YOUR
- 26:26NEEDS. SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE AND LIVE
- 26:34RIGHTEOUSLY AND HE WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED." NOW MANY
- 26:40PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, MIGHT NOT THINK OF THESE VERSES AS HAVING
- 26:44MUCH OF ANYTHING TO DO WITH OFFERING, BUT WHEN I THINK OF IT
- 26:49FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN ADMINISTRATOR, I'M ALWAYS
- 26:52CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM GIVING GENEROUSLY IN
- 26:56CHURCH. AND SO I READ VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW, OPINIONS,
- 27:01SURVEYS, EXPLANATIONS, AND SO ON, AND ONE ARTICLE CAUGHT MY
- 27:06ATTENTION RECENTLY. THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, IT'S JUST
- 27:09SOMETHING I HAPPENED TO SEE. CHURCH GROWTH MAGAZINE, IT WAS
- 27:12ENTITLED "TEN REASONS CHURCH MEMBERS DO NOT GIVE," AND
- 27:16SEVERAL OF THE REASONS CITED IN THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE, YOU
- 27:20KNOW, THEY HAD TO DO WITH A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING. LACK OF
- 27:24UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW TO GIVE, WHY TO GIVE, WHAT THE CHURCH
- 27:28NEEDS MONEY FOR AND SO FORTH. BUT WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THE FACT
- 27:32THAT NEARLY HALF WERE CENTERED AROUND FEAR, WHICH IS A LACK OF
- 27:37FAITH. SAME THING, RIGHT? FEAR IS THE REVERSE MIRROR IMAGE OF
- 27:43FAITH. SO I WANT TO LOOK AT A FEW OF THESE REASONS REAL QUICK.
- 27:48ONE OF THEM WAS THEY DON'T BELIEVE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY
- 27:52DON'T YET HAVE A REVELATION OF GOD'S LOVE FOR THEM AND HIS
- 27:56GENEROSITY TOWARD THEM. ANOTHER WAS THEY'RE IN TRANSITION. NOW
- 28:02THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE IN CURRENT POLITICAL FORUMS,
- 28:07CHANGING FROM MALE TO FEMALE. THAT MEANS THIS IS JUST
- 28:11REFERENCING THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GROWING IN THEIR FAITH
- 28:15AND THEY'RE BEGINNING TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF GOD, BUT THERE'S
- 28:19STILL NOT A FULL TRUST IN THE LORD REGARDING THEIR FINANCES.
- 28:27ANOTHER REASON IS DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SEASON THAT THEY'RE
- 28:30GOING THROUGH. AND OBVIOUSLY ANY OF US THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH
- 28:33HARD TIMES CAN TESTIFY HOW THE ENEMY WILL TRY TO BRING FEAR AND
- 28:38WORRISOME THOUGHTS REGARDING FINANCES, BANK ACCOUNTS AND
- 28:44SUCH. ANOTHER IS THEY HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT. AND ANYONE WHO
- 28:49CURRENTLY HAS OR HAS HAD IN THE PAST A LOT OF DEBT CERTAINLY
- 28:52KNOWS HOW OVERWHELMING IT CAN BE AND HOW STRESS AND ANXIETY
- 28:56CAN SO EASILY ENTER IN. SO I WANT TO DEAL WITH THESE REAL
- 28:59QUICKLY AS A GROUP BECAUSE I FEEL THEY'RE ALL AN INDICATION
- 29:04THAT PEOPLE DON'T TRUST IN GOD'S LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS
- 29:07AS MUCH AS THEY PAY ATTENTION TO PERHAPS OR TRUST IN THE WORLD
- 29:12SYSTEM, THE MONETARY SYSTEM, MATERIAL POSSESSIONS, WEALTH,
- 29:17RICHES, MONEY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. SO LET'S RETURN
- 29:21TO THE PASSAGE IF WE CAN THAT WE READ IN MATTHEW AND IN THESE
- 29:25VERSES IF YOU TAKE THEM AS A WHOLE JESUS IS TELLING US THIS
- 29:28SIMPLY AS BELIEVERS IF WE WILL TRUST IN HIM SEEK HIS WAYS FIRST
- 29:34OPERATE IN RIGHT STANDING, WHICH BY THE WAY INCLUDES GIVING
- 29:40GENEROUSLY ACCORDING TO HIS CHARACTER, AND NOT BE ENSLAVED
- 29:44TO MONEY THEN WE NEVER HAVE TO FEAR NOT BEING TAKEN CARE
- 29:48OF IN OUR DAILY LIVES HE GIVES US THAT ASSURANCE.
- 29:53NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE PAY NO ATTENTION TO OUR
- 29:55BANK BALANCES. IT'S NOT GIVING US LICENSE TO SPEND FRIVOLOUSLY
- 30:00OR EXERCISE POOR STEWARDSHIP OVER THE RESOURCES THAT HE'S
- 30:04GIVEN US, TRUSTED US WITH. SIMPLY MEANS THAT IF AN
- 30:08UNFORESEEN EXPENSE WERE TO COME OUR WAY, UNFORESEEN TO US THAT
- 30:12IS, BECAUSE GOD ISN'T SURPRISED OR CAUGHT OFF GUARD,
- 30:16HE'S CERTAINLY NOT WATCHING OVER US AND SAYING, "WOW, I DIDN'T
- 30:19SEE THAT COMING." HE KNOWS WHAT WE NEED AT ALL TIMES AND HAS
- 30:23ALREADY PLANNED TO PROVIDE IT. SO THIS LIBERATES US TO GIVE
- 30:28GENEROUSLY BECAUSE WE CAN TRUST IN HIM. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO
- 30:34INVEST YOUR MONEY IN SOMEONE, DON'T YOU WANT IT TO BE IN
- 30:36SOMEONE YOU TRUST? AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN
- 30:40YOU'RE SOWING INTO HIS CHURCH, HIS BODY, THE BODY OF CHRIST,
- 30:45THIS CHURCH FOR EXAMPLE. SO WHETHER YOU'RE GIVING IN HERE TO
- 30:49HELP PAY OFF THIS LOVELY TABERNACLE THAT WE'RE MEETING
- 30:52IN TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE ONLINE WE PRAY THAT YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T
- 30:56BEEN HERE, YOU CAN GET HERE SOON AND SEE THIS OR WHETHER YOU'RE
- 31:00JUST GIVING INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP SUPPORT THE DAILY
- 31:03OPERATIONS OF THE CHURCH. YOU'RE EXPRESSING YOUR FAITH IN THE ONE
- 31:08THAT YOU CAN TRUST TO CARE FOR YOU AND PROVIDE FOR ALL YOUR
- 31:12NEEDS. SO IF THEY'LL PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE
- 31:16SCREENS, PLEASE USHERS, YOU CAN BE IN THE AISLES WITH
- 31:20ENVELOPES FOR THOSE THAT NEED THEM TO HONOR GOD TONIGHT WITH
- 31:23THEIR OFFERINGS. AND FOR THOSE ONLINE, AND EVEN THOSE WHO ARE
- 31:27HERE AND PREFER ANOTHER METHOD, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM. YOU
- 31:31CAN TEXT TO GIVE, YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP, VISIT OUR
- 31:35WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE, OR EVEN SEND YOUR GIFTS BY MAIL.
- 31:42WE LIKE MAIL STILL. THE ADDRESS IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. SO AS
- 31:46YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE INTO THE WORKS OF
- 31:50THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU AND CARES FOR YOU. AND WHILE THE USHERS
- 31:56ARE SERVING YOU, I JUST WANT TO HAVE US MEDITATE FOR A MOMENT ON
- 32:00WHAT JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES BACK THERE IN MATTHEW THAT WE
- 32:03WERE LOOKING AT. YOU ARE MORE THAN A SPARROW. YOU'RE MORE THAN
- 32:08A LILY. HE WILL MEET EVERY ONE OF YOUR NEEDS EVEN BEFORE YOU
- 32:15RECOGNIZE THOSE NEEDS. WE NEED ONLY TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE
- 32:20KINGDOM, THE KINGDOM GIVING, AND WHAT WE SOW WILL BE MULTIPLIED.
- 32:25WHEN YOU'RE READY, WHEN YOU FINISH WRITING OUT THE CHECK FOR
- 32:30A MILLION DOLLARS, LET'S HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES OR OUR PHONES
- 32:37IF WE'RE GIVING ELECTRONICALLY, MY FAVORITE METHOD, AND WE'LL
- 32:40DECLARE A BLESSING OVER TONIGHT'S OFFERING. HEAVENLY
- 32:44FATHER, WE DECREE AND DECLARE THAT AS WE TRUST YOU
- 32:48UNEQUIVOCALLY TO PROVIDE FOR US IN EVERY SITUATION, IN
- 32:53EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, OUR OFFERINGS ARE BLESSED AND WE ARE
- 32:57BLESSED. WE FEAR NOT, WE WORRY NOT, WE DOUBT NOT, WE HAVE NO
- 33:02ANXIETY, WE ONLY GIVE FREELY IN OBEDIENCE TO HOW YOU HAVE
- 33:07PROMPTED US IN OUR HEARTS AND WE EXPECT AN ABUNDANT HARVEST TO
- 33:11COME BACK TO US IN THE MEASURE THAT WE HAVE SOWN HERE TONIGHT
- 33:14AND IN THE MIGHTY MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS, ALL WHO AGREED SAID,
- 33:19AMEN. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR DOUG. -AMEN. THANK YOU MARK. GREAT
- 33:27JOB. HALLELUJAH. PRAISE GOD. YOU CAN BE SEATED. AND I REALLY
- 33:35WON'T KEEP YOU TO 10:45, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. SO WE'LL GO A
- 33:39LITTLE FASTER THAN THAT. BOB AND TASHA TOLD ME THEY NEED TO
- 33:42LEAVE BY 9, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE GOOD
- 33:47NEWS IS THAT GOD HAS EQUIPPED US WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO
- 33:53DEFEAT ANYTHING THAT SATAN, OUR ENEMY, WOULD THROW AT US.
- 34:00AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THAT. AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT A
- 34:03LITTLE BIT TONIGHT, AND I WANNA SET UP MY MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT
- 34:06BEFORE THAT BY JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOD'S PLAN FOR
- 34:10MAN AND HIS ORIGINAL PURPOSE IN CREATING THE EARTH WAS TO HAVE
- 34:17IT INHABITED BY MANKIND. MAN WAS CREATED TO LOVE AND SERVE GOD.
- 34:24THAT WAS THE PURPOSE THAT GOD ORIGINALLY HAD IN MIND. GOD
- 34:28DIDN'T WANT US AS ROBOTS LIKE WE'VE SAID SO MANY TIMES. WE
- 34:32TALK ABOUT THAT AT CLOSING AND DURING SALVATION MESSAGES. GOD
- 34:38DIDN'T CREATE US AS ROBOTS. HE WANTED US TO BE FREE WILL MORAL
- 34:42AGENTS. HE WANTED US TO LOVE HIM BECAUSE WE CHOSE TO LOVE HIM.
- 34:47NOT BECAUSE HE CREATED US AS A ROBOT THAT SAYS, "I WILL SERVE
- 34:52YOU GOD. I WILL LOVE YOU." HE DIDN'T WANT THAT. HE WANTED IT
- 34:58TO COME FROM OUR HEART. THAT WAS HIS DESIRE FOR THE CREATION.
- 35:05GOD'S DESIRE WAS TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO MANKIND AND BLESS
- 35:08MAN FOREVER WITH THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE. GOD'S BLESSING UPON ALL
- 35:14CREATION WAS SO GREAT IT WAS BEYOND HUMAN WORDS TO DESCRIBE.
- 35:20AND IF MAN HAD NOT SINNED, THERE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SICKNESS
- 35:24OR DISEASE OR POVERTY OR DEFEAT OR HARM. THERE WOULDN'T HAVE
- 35:29BEEN PAIN, SUFFERING, SORROW, MISERY, ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
- 35:34THEY WEREN'T EVEN PART OF THE PLAN. IT WAS NEVER GOD'S
- 35:38ORIGINAL PLAN FOR MAN TO SIN AND ALLOW EVIL TO FILL THE EARTH.
- 35:45AND SO THOSE CONDITIONS ARE REALLY NOT HIS PLAN FOR MANKIND
- 35:49TODAY. JESUS WAS THE ANSWER TO REDEEM US FROM THE SIN PROBLEM.
- 35:56IF MAN HAD NOT FALLEN INTO SIN, IT WAS GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN FOR
- 36:00ALL MEN TO BE IN HEALTH, TO WALK IN PROSPERITY, AND TO WALK IN
- 36:05WISDOM. IT'S GOD'S HIGHEST WILL AND DESIRE THAT MANKIND BE FREE
- 36:10FROM THE CORRUPTION THAT SIN TRIES TO BRING IN. THEREFORE,
- 36:15SIN, SICKNESS, DISEASE, POVERTY, WANT, UNHAPPINESS, AND FAILURE
- 36:21ARE REALLY FOREIGN TO GOD'S PERFECT PLAN FOR MAN. THOSE ARE
- 36:27WORKS OF THE DEVIL. THEY'RE ENEMIES OF GOD AND ALL CREATION.
- 36:33AND IF THOSE THINGS ARE ENEMIES TO GOD'S PLAN, THEN THEY SHOULD
- 36:36BE OUR ENEMIES. WE MUST LEARN TO ADJUST AND ADAPT OUR THINKING TO
- 36:43GOD'S TRUTH. YOU KNOW, OUR THINKING MAY NOT ALWAYS LINE UP
- 36:47WITH THIS. THE THINKING THAT YOU RECEIVED OR WHAT YOU LEARNED
- 36:53FROM GRANDMA MAY NOT ALWAYS LINE UP WITH THIS WORD. YOUR NEXT
- 36:57DOOR NEIGHBOR'S THOUGHTS MAY NOT ALWAYS LINE UP WITH THIS WORD.
- 37:02BUT WE HAVE TO ADAPT OUR THINKING TO GOD'S THINKING. DR.
- 37:07FRED PRICE USED TO SAY, "WE MUST LEARN TO LOVE WHAT GOD
- 37:12LOVES AND HATE WHAT GOD HATES." THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO REMEMBER.
- 37:19LEARN TO LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES AND HATE WHAT GOD HATES. IN OTHER
- 37:23WORDS, ADJUST OUR THINKING TO GOD'S THINKING. WE NEED TO
- 37:28ADJUST TO THIS BOOK. WE SHOULD ALL LET GOD DETERMINE WHAT WE
- 37:34LOVE AND WHAT WE HATE. GOD'S WORD IS OUR COMPASS. AMEN? AND
- 37:41AS LONG AS WE WALK ON THIS EARTH, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN FAITH
- 37:44AND AGGRESSIVE WARFARE AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF GOD'S PLAN. THE
- 37:49GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, LIKE I
- 37:52MENTIONED EARLIER, TO OBLITERATE ANYTHING THAT SATAN WOULD
- 37:57ATTEMPT TO THROW AT US. OUR JOB IS TO COOPERATE WITH GOD TO
- 38:01ATTAIN THE HIGHEST AND THE BEST THAT HE HAS FOR US. AND MANY
- 38:06CHRISTIANS DO NOT KNOW THEIR BIBLE, AND THEY ACTUALLY THINK
- 38:09THAT THOSE CURSES THAT I TALKED ABOUT. THE SICKNESS, THE
- 38:12POVERTY, THE DISEASE, THE HARM, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THEIR
- 38:16FRIEND. SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE. SOME EVEN
- 38:24GO SO FAR, RACHEL, AS TO CALL THEM THE WILL OF GOD. THEY DON'T
- 38:30KNOW THEIR SCRIPTURE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL HEARD, OR YOU'VE HEARD
- 38:37PEOPLE SAY, OR MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD IT TOLD, THAT SOME PEOPLE
- 38:40HAVE SAID, "I WAS SO THANKFUL I WAS IN THAT AUTOMOBILE
- 38:43ACCIDENT. I GOT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND I WAS ABLE TO
- 38:46WITNESS TO THREE NURSES." YEAH? WELL, HOW MUCH MORE COULD YOU
- 38:52HAVE DONE HAD YOU NOT BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL AND YOU HAD A
- 38:55HEALTHY BODY? IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A HEALTH CHALLENGE, WE COULD
- 39:00PROBABLY ALL DO MORE FOR GOD. SO WHY WOULD HE WANT SICKNESS
- 39:05AND DISEASE TO BE PART OF OUR LIFE? WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE
- 39:11CALLED TO DO, IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER TO BE IN OPTIMUM HEALTH.
- 39:18AMEN? WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED TO SHARE
- 39:22CHRIST. I'M AMAZED AT THE ANSWERS THAT THEOLOGIANS GIVE
- 39:28SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS. IN FACT, I JUST
- 39:31READ THIS ON A POST ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I COPIED IT
- 39:36BECAUSE I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA USE THAT IN A SERMON SOMETIME,
- 39:39AND IT ACTUALLY FIT IN WHAT I'M DOING TONIGHT." BUT THIS IS A
- 39:42WELL-KNOWN NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE
- 39:44HIS NAME. BUT ONE OF HIS STUDENTS ASKED HIM A QUESTION.
- 39:52AND THE QUESTION WAS THIS. "WHY IS THERE EVIL AND SUFFERING IN
- 39:55GOD'S WORLD?" (2X) AND HERE WAS THIS BIBLE SCHOLAR'S RESPONSE TO
- 40:02THIS QUESTION. HE SAID, "GOD WANTS US TO BE GROWN UP AND
- 40:07RESPONSIBLE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHO WE ARE
- 40:10AND WHAT WE DO. HE SAID, AND SOMETIMES EXTRAORDINARY THINGS,
- 40:15NASTY THINGS HAPPEN FOR WHICH THERE IS NO OBVIOUS EXPLANATION.
- 40:22THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD HIS STUDENT. THIS IS A NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR
- 40:27THAT DOES NOT KNOW HIS BIBLE. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THERE ARE 36
- 40:31REFERENCES TO THE NAME OF SATAN. THERE'S 102 REFERENCES USING THE
- 40:37NAME DEVIL. JESUS REFERRED TO SATAN AS "THE ENEMY" IN
- 40:41MATTHEW 13:39, AS "THE EVIL ONE," MATTHEW 13:38, AS "THE
- 40:46PRINCE OF THIS WORLD" IN JOHN 12:31. HE CALLED HIM A "LIAR AND
- 40:51THE FATHER OF LIES" AND A "MURDERER" IN JOHN 8:44. HE SAID
- 40:57IN LUKE 10:18 THAT HE "SAW HIM FALL FROM HEAVEN." MATTHEW
- 41:0312:26 TELLS US THAT SATAN HAS A KINGDOM. MATTHEW 13:38 SAYS THAT
- 41:10"EVIL MEN ARE HIS SONS." THAT EXPLAINS SOME THINGS. HE HAS
- 41:16SOME SONS RUNNING AROUND THIS WORLD. AND THEY'RE EVIL. MATTHEW
- 41:2213:38-39 TELLS US THAT "THE DEVIL SOWS TERRORS AMONG THE
- 41:28WHEAT." THAT ANSWERS ANOTHER QUESTION. AND THEN THERE'S THREE
- 41:36SCRIPTURES, MATTHEW 13:19, MARK 4:15 AND LUKE 8:12 THAT ALL
- 41:41STATE "HE SNATCHES THE WORD FROM HEARERS." THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF
- 41:46HIS JOBS, JANET, IS TO SNATCH THE WORD. WHEN YOU HEAR IT AND
- 41:52YOU ATTEMPT TO BELIEVE IT, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, HE CAN
- 41:56COME AND TRY AND SNATCH THAT FROM YOU. THAT'S NOT A GOOD
- 41:58THING. THAT'S A FAITH ROBBER, I WOULD SAY, WOULDN'T YOU, MARK?
- 42:03PASTOR MARK? I'M STILL WORKING ON PASTOR MARK. IT'S COMING.
- 42:11HERE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES, MATTHEW 25:41. IT SAYS, "ETERNAL
- 42:15FIRE IS PREPARED FOR HIM." THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY.
- 42:22AMEN. BUT IT ONLY TAKES AN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN THE
- 42:26BIBLE AND BIBLE DOCTRINE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A
- 42:29DEVIL, THAT WE HAVE AN ENEMY, AND HIS MISSION IS TO KILL,
- 42:33STEAL, AND DESTROY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT SCHOLAR
- 42:38WOULD SIT THERE AND SAY, "WELL, THERE'S SOME NASTY THINGS THAT
- 42:41HAPPEN IN LIFE, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHY." I KNOW WHY. YOU
- 42:46KNOW WHY. AND IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS
- 42:51LIFE IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE GOD ON YOUR SIDE AND YOU
- 42:57HAVE OPPOSITION. IT JUST EXPLAINS SO MANY THINGS.
- 43:06IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE, BUT CHRISTIANS SUFFER BECAUSE OF
- 43:09FOOLISH RELIGIOUS TEACHING, AND THEN THEY GET ROBBED ON WHAT GOD
- 43:13HAS FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY'RE NOT WELL
- 43:17TAUGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMPREHEND HOW OUR ADVERSARY
- 43:22OPERATES AND BE REMINDED THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY OVER
- 43:25HIM. SATAN WANTS US TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON EARTH
- 43:31IS GOD'S WILL. THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD LIKE US ALL TO BELIEVE.
- 43:35THEN WE'D NEVER OPPOSE HIM. IF THE DEVIL DECLARES OR DECEIVES
- 43:41US INTO THINKING THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS ON EARTH IS GOD'S WILL,
- 43:45WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONTINUALLY LIVE IN DEFEAT. BECAUSE WE NEVER
- 43:50ENGAGE OR FIGHT HIM. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD AN ENEMY. IT'S
- 43:53ALL GOD'S WILL. WHY FIGHT HIM? BACK IN 1956, NOW MOST OF YOU
- 44:01WON'T REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T EVEN ALIVE IN 1956, BUT
- 44:04YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THIS SONG. DORIS DAY SUNG A SONG
- 44:07CALLED "QUE SERA SERA." HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF THE NAME
- 44:12DORIS DAY? OH, YES, THERE'S A FEW HERE. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. THE
- 44:16THREE VERSES OF THE SONG ASK QUESTIONS LIKE, "WHAT WILL I
- 44:19BE?" OR "WHAT LIES AHEAD?" AND THE CHORUS REPEATS THE ANSWER,
- 44:23"WHAT WILL BE WILL BE." "WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL, I ASKED
- 44:27MY MOTHER, 'WHAT WILL I BE? WILL I BE PRETTY? WILL I BE RICH?'
- 44:31AND HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID TO ME, 'QUE SERA, SERA. WHATEVER WILL
- 44:36BE WILL BE. THE FUTURE'S NOT OURS TO SEE. QUE SERA, SERA.
- 44:41WHAT WILL BE WILL BE." I'M SORRY, I'M NOT EDDIE. I CAN'T
- 44:44SING IT FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A CATCHY TUNE. I GOT TO
- 44:48ADMIT THAT, BUT IT'S TERRIBLE THEOLOGY. CHRISTIANS MUST
- 44:52UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IS NOT WHAT WILL BE WILL BE. THAT'S EXACTLY
- 45:00WHAT SATAN WANTS US TO THINK. IT'S WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO
- 45:03BRAINWASH US INTO THINKING. SATAN LOVES IT IF WE FLOAT ALONG
- 45:07THROUGH LIFE THINKING WHAT WILL BE WILL BE. QUE SERA, SERA. AND
- 45:11WE HAVE NO WAY TO DETERMINE OUR OUTCOME. BOY, THAT WOULD BE A
- 45:15SAD LIFE. BUT YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IN THAT SITUATION
- 45:20RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH. THAT'S WHY WE ARE SALT
- 45:23AND LIGHT AND SO IMPORTANT TO SHARE. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
- 45:29IT FROM YOUR HOSPITAL ROOM, PASTOR KEITH. GOD HAS A GOOD
- 45:35PLAN FOR OUR LIVES IF WE LIVE WITHIN HIS GUIDELINES. JESUS
- 45:38SAID IN JOHN 10:10, THIS SCRIPTURE, I ALREADY QUOTED IT,
- 45:41"THE THIEF'S PURPOSE IS TO STEAL AND KILL AND DESTROY." AND
- 45:45JESUS SAID, "MY PURPOSE IS TO GIVE THEM A RICH AND SATISFYING
- 45:48LIFE." THAT JUST SUMS IT UP RIGHT THERE. THERE'S OUR ANSWERS
- 45:54RIGHT IN THAT ONE VERSE. WE CHOOSE OUR DESTINY AND WE
- 46:00DETERMINE OUR FUTURE. REMEMBER I SAID GOD DOESN'T TREAT US LIKE
- 46:03ROBOTS. IT'S OUR CHOICE WHICH SIDE OF THAT SCRIPTURE WE'RE
- 46:07GONNA STAND ON. WE'RE GONNA WALK WITH SATAN AND ALLOW HIM TO
- 46:11TRAMPLE US? OR ARE WE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABUNDANT
- 46:14LIFE THAT JESUS GAVE US IN THE NEW COVENANT THAT WE HAVE? GOD'S
- 46:18WILL IS FOR US TO LIVE IN VICTORY AND AGGRESSIVELY DEFEAT
- 46:21SATAN WHENEVER HE ATTEMPTS TO BRING AN ATTACK INTO OUR LIVES.
- 46:25AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. AND SO
- 46:28TONIGHT I'M BRINGING THIS MESSAGE FORTH. THAT WAS KIND OF
- 46:30MY, JUST TO LAY SOME GROUNDWORK, MY INTRODUCTION TONIGHT. BUT I
- 46:35WANTED TO REMIND US THAT WE NEED TO FORTIFY OUR DEFENSES
- 46:40BECAUSE SOMETIMES EVEN AS CHRISTIANS WE CAN GET A LITTLE
- 46:44LAZY THERE. WE KIND OF FORGET THE FIGHT THAT WE'RE IN AND WHAT
- 46:49WE NEED TO DO TO STAY STRONG IN BATTLE. AMEN WE DON'T WANT TO
- 46:52GET LAZY. WE NEVER WANT TO ALLOW SATAN ANY ENTRANCE INTO OUR
- 46:57LIVES. SOMETIMES WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT.
- 47:03YOU KNOW, IT WAS SUGGESTED IN THE PAST THAT PEOPLE WEAR A
- 47:05RUBBER BAND AROUND THEIR WRIST AND THEN IF THEY'RE TRYING TO
- 47:09BREAK A HABIT, MAYBE THEY'RE OVEREATING OR THEY'RE SMOKING
- 47:12OR WHATEVER, THEY WOULD SNAP THAT RUBBER BAND JUST LIKE THE
- 47:15ONE I HAVE ON MY WRIST TONIGHT AND THAT WOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL
- 47:18TO ME TO SAY, "STOP IT, DON'T DO IT." AND IT WOULD HURT ENOUGH
- 47:22THAT YOU'D SAY, "OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA OVEREAT AGAIN,
- 47:25OR I'M NOT GONNA SMOKE THAT NEXT CIGARETTE," OR WHATEVER IT IS.
- 47:28YOU USE THAT RUBBER BAND AND SNAP YOURSELF. TONIGHT, I WANT
- 47:31YOU TO SNAP YOURSELF AND SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA LET THE DEVIL,
- 47:35ANY ENTRANCE, HAVE ANY ENTRANCE IN MY LIFE." AMEN? NO ENTRANCE,
- 47:41HE'S NOT ALLOWED. 1 PETER 5:8 SAYS, "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT,
- 47:48BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL WALKS ABOUT LIKE A ROARING
- 47:53LION, STAKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR." IT'S OUR JOB TO BE
- 47:56AWAKE AND AWARE. IT'S OUR JOB TO KNOW AND USE THE TOOLS THAT GOD
- 48:00HAS GIVEN US TO DEFEAT OUR ENEMY. AND WHEN ANY WAR IS BEING
- 48:04WAGED, THOSE FIGHTING IN THE BATTLE NEED TO SECURE
- 48:08INTELLIGENCE ON THE ADVERSARY. ANY OF OUR MILITARY UNITS HAVE
- 48:17INTELLIGENT, ALL OF OUR MILITARY UNITS, I SHOULD SAY IT THAT WAY,
- 48:20HAVE INTELLIGENCE UNITS AS PART OF THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED TO
- 48:24KNOW WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING. YOU CAN'T GO INTO BATTLE UNLESS
- 48:27YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING. AND WHEN WE EXPOSE THE
- 48:32DEVIL AND HIS SCHEMES, WE'RE TAKING A STEP TO DEFEAT HIM. SUN
- 48:37TZU IS CREDITED AS THE AUTHOR OF THE ART OF WAR. IT'S AN
- 48:43INFLUENTIAL WORK OF MILITARY STRATEGY. AND SERIOUS STUDENTS
- 48:49OF BATTLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS BOOK. SUN TZU IS PROBABLY THE
- 48:53BEST KNOWN FOR THIS QUOTE CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF
- 48:56KNOWING YOUR ENEMY WHILE KNOWING YOURSELF. AND REALLY, IT'S
- 48:59AMAZING HOW THIS QUOTE APPLIES TO OUR CHRISTIAN WALK. LISTEN TO
- 49:04ME. I'M GOING TO READ THIS FOR YOU. IT SAYS, "IF YOU KNOW YOUR
- 49:07ENEMIES AND KNOW YOURSELF, YOU WILL NOT BE IMPERILED IN 100
- 49:15BATTLES. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR ENEMIES, BUT YOU KNOW YOURSELF,
- 49:18YOU'LL WIN ONE AND YOU'LL LOSE ONE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR
- 49:22ENEMIES NOR YOURSELF, YOU'LL BE IMPERILED IN EVERY SINGLE
- 49:25BATTLE. CHRISTIANS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT ADVICE. WE NEED TO
- 49:30KNOW THE POWER THAT LIES WITHIN US. WE NEED TO KNOW OURSELVES,
- 49:33DON'T WE? AND IF WE KNOW OUR COVENANT, WE KNOW WHAT JESUS HAS
- 49:37DONE FOR US, AND THAT HE RESIDES IN US, AND HE TOLD US WE HAVE
- 49:42THE POWER, WE CAN TRAMPLE OVER THE DEVIL, WE HAVE IT, THAT'S
- 49:47KNOWING OURSELVES BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN IT TO US, AND THEN WE ALSO
- 49:52UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ENEMY'S STRATEGY IS, THAT'S A WINNING
- 49:56COMBINATION, WE CAN DEFEAT HIM EVERY TIME. WE HAVE TO
- 50:02UNDERSTAND AND DISCERN OUR ENEMY'S STRATEGY SO WE CAN BE
- 50:05MORE EFFECTIVELY IN A POSITION TO DEFEAT HIM. AND TONIGHT I
- 50:10WANT TO GIVE YOU QUICKLY SEVEN POINTS AS A REMINDER OF OUR
- 50:13AUTHORITY AND HOW WE CAN DEFEAT THOSE SATANIC ATTACKS AND STOP
- 50:19HIM IN HIS TRACKS. AND I'M JUST GOING TO LIST THOSE FOR YOU REAL
- 50:22QUICKLY NOW. NUMBER ONE, WE OVERCOME THROUGH FAITH. NUMBER
- 50:26TWO, PERFECT LOVE ELIMINATES FEAR. NUMBER THREE, TEMPTATION
- 50:31IS DEFEATED WHEN WE RESIST THE DEVIL. NUMBER FOUR, CLAIM YOUR
- 50:35RIGHT TO DIVINE HEALTH. NUMBER FIVE, UNDERSTAND PROSPERITY IS
- 50:38GOD'S PLAN. NUMBER SIX, ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE US. AND
- 50:42NUMBER SEVEN, STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED. AND I
- 50:45GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU FOLLOW THOSE SEVEN STEPS, YOU'RE GONNA
- 50:49GO A LONG WAYS TOWARDS DEFEATING ANYTHING THE DEVIL WOULD THROW
- 50:52AT YOU. WELL, LET'S SEE HERE, OVERCOMING THROUGH FAITH.
- 50:59HEBREWS 11:6, "BUT WITHOUT FAITH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE
- 51:03HIM, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND
- 51:06THAT HE'S A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM." AND
- 51:11I'M GOING TO READ ANOTHER SCRIPTURE NEXT HERE THAT JAMES
- 51:14SAID HERE IN JAMES 1, VERSES 5 THROUGH 8. "IF ANY OF YOU LACK
- 51:21WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES TO ALL LIBERALLY AND
- 51:26WITHOUT REPROACH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM. BUT LET HIM ASK
- 51:30IN FAITH WITH NO DOUBTING, FOR HE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE OF
- 51:34SEA DRIVEN AND TOSSED BY WIND. FOR LET NOT THAT MAN SUPPOSE HE
- 51:38WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD. HE'S A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN,
- 51:43UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS." WE KNOW ACCORDING TO ROMANS 10:17
- 51:48THAT FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. SO
- 51:52WE CAN ONLY DEVELOP FAITH AS WE HEAR AND LEARN. NO MAN CAN HAVE
- 52:00FAITH IN SOMETHING THAT HE'S IGNORANT ABOUT. WE HAVE TO KNOW
- 52:04WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT TO DEVELOP FAITH. DOUBT AND
- 52:08UNBELIEF IS AN ENEMY AND ALSO COMES THROUGH FALSE TEACHING OR
- 52:15ACCEPTING LIES INSTEAD OF TRUTHS. CHRISTIANS WHO ARE
- 52:20TAUGHT WRONG CAN BE INVOLVED IN TEARING DOWN SOMEONE ELSE'S
- 52:23FAITH. YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE THROW COLD WATER ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE
- 52:30FAITH. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO BELIEVE THE BEST THEY CAN FOR
- 52:37THEIR HEALING, AND SOMEONE COMES ALONG AND SAYS, "WELL, YOU
- 52:40KNOW, IT'S THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU TO BE IN THAT SITUATION," OR
- 52:42WHATEVER THEY SAY, THROWING COLD WATER ON IT TO DASH THEIR
- 52:45FAITH. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT IT'S SINFUL TO ASK
- 52:50FOR ANY MORE THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. AND IF WE'RE
- 52:55GOING TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THEN LET'S BELIEVE IT IN ITS
- 52:58ENTIRETY. IT'S EITHER TRUE OR IT'S NOT TRUE. WE'RE EITHER
- 53:03GOING TO STAND ON THESE PROMISES AND BELIEVE FOR THEM UNTIL WE
- 53:07TAKE OUR LAST BREATH ON THIS EARTH, OR WE JUST AS WELL THROW
- 53:12IT OUT. WE CAN'T JUST PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE.
- 53:22IF WE OPPOSE GOD AND THE BIBLE BY COOPERATING WITH SATAN, AND
- 53:25SOMETIMES WE DO IT UNKNOWINGLY, THEN WE BRING HARM TO OURSELVES.
- 53:29UNBELIEF CAN BE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS ONCE WE UNDERSTAND GOD'S
- 53:34PERFECT WILL FOR OUR LIVES. AND WHEN WE START SPEAKING AND
- 53:38PRAYING GOD'S WORD RATHER THAN DOUBT AND UNBELIEF, THEN WE CAN
- 53:41BEGIN TO REAP THE BENEFITS THAT GOD PROMISES. REPEAT THIS AFTER
- 53:47ME. I OVERCOME WITH FAITH. - I OVERCOME WITH FAITH.
- 53:52- IN GOD'S WORD. - IN GOD'S WORD.
- 53:54- THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THAT'S HOW WE OVERCOME, FAITH IN GOD'S
- 53:57WORD. NUMBER TWO, PERFECT LOVE ELIMINATES FEAR. 1 JOHN 4:17-18
- 54:03"LOVE HAS BEEN PERFECTED AMONG US IN THIS, THAT WE MAY HAVE
- 54:07BOLDNESS IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN
- 54:13THIS WORLD. THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE, BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT
- 54:19FEAR BECAUSE FEAR INVOLVES TORMENT, BUT HE WHO FEARS HAS
- 54:23NOT BEEN MADE PERFECT IN LOVE. PASTOR MARK TALKED ABOUT THAT
- 54:27FEAR ISSUE A LITTLE BIT EVEN IN OUR GIVING INVOLVED IN THAT.
- 54:30BUT AS WE FOCUS AND UNDERSTAND ON GOD'S COMPLETE, UNENDING LOVE
- 54:34FOR US, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE STAND IN A PLACE OF VICTORY,
- 54:39KNOWING THAT HE NEVER WANTS TO HARM US, THEN WE CAN WALK
- 54:42WITHOUT FEAR. OUR THINKING HAS A GREAT EFFECT ON DETERMINING OUR
- 54:47OUTCOME. PROVERBS 23:7, SAYS, "FOR AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS
- 54:52HEART, SO IS HE." YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL'S CHIEF WORK IS TO GET MEN
- 54:56TO THINK WRONG. HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SICK, BELIEVE
- 55:01WE'RE WEAK, BELIEVE WE'RE HELPLESS, BELIEVE THAT WE'VE
- 55:04BEEN MISTREATED BY OTHERS OR EVEN BY GOD. AND HE WANTS US TO
- 55:09BELIEVE THAT WE'RE FACING LACK AND POVERTY IN OUR LIVES.
- 55:12RELIGION TEACHES THAT WE JUST NEED TO ACCEPT THOSE CONDITIONS
- 55:16AS THE WILL OF GOD, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS HAVE
- 55:20OCCURRED IN OUR LIFE. THAT'S NOT GOD'S PLAN. IF SATAN CAN GET US
- 55:25TO THINK ABOUT SICKNESS OR FAILURE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT
- 55:29WE'RE DEALING WITH, THEN THOSE THOUGHTS CAN TURN TO WORRY OR
- 55:32FEAR. AND THEN THAT LEADS TO THE UNDESIRED RESULTS. IF WE MOAN
- 55:38AND GRUMBLE AND BECOME DISCOURAGED ABOUT ANY
- 55:41DIFFICULTY, IT ONLY INTENSIFIES IN OUR LIFE. JOB 3:25 SAYS, "FOR
- 55:48THE THING I GREATLY FEARED HAS COME UPON ME, AND WHAT I DREADED
- 55:52HAS HAPPENED TO ME." JOB'S SPIRIT OF FEAR WAS NOT FROM GOD.
- 55:58JOB WAS ACTUALLY A FINE HOWEVER, ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE
- 56:02THAT HE WAS TESTED WAS BECAUSE HE PROBABLY WAS NOT FREE FROM
- 56:08FEAR. JOB EVENTUALLY LEARNED THAT FEAR WAS NOT HIS FRIEND.
- 56:13FEAR COMES THROUGH WRONG THOUGHTS, AND WRONG THOUGHTS ARE
- 56:17SEEDS OF FUTURE ACTS. THE THINGS THAT WE SPEAK IN FEAR CAN
- 56:22ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE IN OUR LIVES. PAUL SAID IN 2 TIMOTHY
- 56:271:7 "FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND
- 56:31LOVE AND A SOUND MIND." AND WE NEED TO LEARN TO IGNORE,
- 56:35MINIMIZE, DENY, AND REFUSE SICKNESS, POVERTY, SIN,
- 56:41SUFFERING, OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR LIVES.
- 56:45AND AS WE FOCUS ON GOD'S PLAN OF GOODNESS FOR US AND HIS
- 56:49LOVE, FEAR AND WORRY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN OUR
- 56:52LIVES. DO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE WALKING IN TODAY IS MANY
- 56:57TIMES THE RESULT OF BAD THOUGHTS OR GOOD THOUGHTS OF YESTERDAY?
- 57:06YOU'RE SOWING SEED RIGHT NOW TODAY FOR YOUR FUTURE.
- 57:10THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE THINKING AND SPEAKING TODAY
- 57:14CAN AND WILL PROBABLY AFFECT YOU IN THE FUTURE. LET ME RESTATE
- 57:18THAT IN ANOTHER WAY. THE SIN, SICKNESS, FAILURES, AND
- 57:22UNHAPPINESS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY CAN BE THE
- 57:25RESULTS OF THOUGHTS AND PLANS OF YESTERDAY. BUT THE GOOD NEWS
- 57:31IS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE HEALTH, THE WELL-BEING, THE
- 57:36PEACE, AND THE PROSPERITY THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE TODAY
- 57:42PROBABLY IS COMING FROM WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT EARLIER,
- 57:48YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE, THE MONTH BEFORE, WHAT YOU WERE
- 57:51SPEAKING BEFORE. SO, HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. IF YOU'VE CAUGHT
- 57:57YOURSELF, YOU'VE SNAPPED YOUR RUBBER BAND, YOU WERE SPEAKING
- 58:01WRONG, OR MAYBE YOU REALIZE NOW, "HEY, I WASN'T SOWING IN
- 58:06GOOD GROUND. I WAS SPEAKING WRONG FOR THE LAST MONTH. MY
- 58:11FOOT WAS HURTING AND I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND GRIPING
- 58:14ABOUT IT AND JUST SPEAKING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WAS HURTING ALL THE
- 58:17TIME. I NEVER SPOKE GOD'S WORD OVER IT. I NEVER BELIEVED FOR
- 58:20IT. I NEVER PRAYED. I NEVER REALLY GOT INTO FAITH OVER THAT.
- 58:23I JUST LET IT HAPPEN AND IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE. WELL,
- 58:27YOU PLANTED BAD SEED. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.
- 58:31I'M SAYING THAT'S ONE REASON IN THE MANY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
- 58:34TONIGHT THAT COULD BE AN AREA THAT WE'VE STUMBLED IN. SO THE
- 58:39GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN REVERSE THAT COURSE. YOU CAN START
- 58:42SPEAKING RIGHT. YOU CAN START BELIEVING RIGHT. YOU CAN START
- 58:45THINKING RIGHT ABOUT YOUR SITUATION, WHATEVER IT IS, AND
- 58:49THEN SEE THAT THING START TO TURN. AND IF YOU SOWED SOME BAD
- 58:53SEED IN THE PAST, YOU SPOKE WRONG, YOU THOUGHT WRONG,
- 58:59WHATEVER IT WAS, YOU CAN REPENT OF THAT. SAY, GOD FORGIVE ME.
- 59:03I WON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. AND THEN YOU TURN FROM THAT, AND YOU
- 59:06START FINDING THOSE SCRIPTURES THAT APPLY TO YOUR SITUATION AND
- 59:10BUILDING YOUR FAITH THAT AREA. SO YOU TURN THE TABLES ON THE
- 59:13DEVIL. AND THEN HE CAN'T OPERATE IN YOUR LIFE ANYMORE. YOU DON'T
- 59:17GIVE HIM AN OPEN DOOR. AMEN. THAT WAS AN EXTRA. THAT WASN'T
- 59:21EVEN A PART OF MY MESSAGE. BUT I THREW IT IN. OKAY. HALLELUJAH.
- 59:26BUT THE THINGS THAT YOU FEED ON ARE SO IMPORTANT. THE MOVIES
- 59:30THAT YOU WATCH, THE MEDIA POSTS THAT YOU READ AND LISTEN TO ON
- 59:34YOUR MOBILE DEVICES, WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER SOURCE IT IS THAT
- 59:38YOU TAKE IT IN, FROM THE TELEVISION OR THE RADIO OR
- 59:41WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, THEY ALL INFLUENCE YOUR THOUGHT LIFE.
- 59:47IT CAN BRAINWASH YOU IN A WAY THAT IS NOT GOOD IF IT'S THE
- 59:51WRONG STUFF. THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO ALWAYS FEED ON THE GOOD
- 59:54STUFF. THE MIND HAS TO BE KEPT CLEAN AND PURE. AS WE PROGRAM
- 1:00:00OURSELVES TO THINK RIGHT, THOSE THOUGHTS WILL ELIMINATE FEAR AND
- 1:00:06REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU LATER
- 1:00:09REGRET. THAT'S WHY PORNOGRAPHY IS SO HARMFUL. IT FEEDS YOUR
- 1:00:16THOUGHT LIFE, AND IT SOON LEADS TO ACTS OF SIN. SATAN CONVINCED
- 1:00:22JOB TO WALK IN FEAR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND SOME UNDESIRABLE
- 1:00:26EVENT STARTED TO HAPPEN IN HIS LIFE. IT CAME INTO JOB'S LIFE.
- 1:00:31WHEN A FEARFUL THOUGHT TRIES TO EMERGE, STOP AND REFUSE IT.
- 1:00:35DON'T LET THOSE FEARFUL THOUGHTS COME IN. REPLACE IT WITH
- 1:00:38SPEAKING GOD'S PROMISE. FEAR YOU'RE NOT COMING IN. I'M
- 1:00:43BELIEVING GOD'S WORD ON THIS. HE SAYS I'M GONNA HAVE VICTORY
- 1:00:47IN THIS AREA, AND I'M BELIEVING IT. PSALM 53:3-4 SAYS, "WHEN I
- 1:00:51AM AFRAID, I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN YOU." I PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT
- 1:00:57HE HAS PROMISED. I TRUST IN GOD, SO WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID? WHAT
- 1:01:02CAN MERE MORTALS DO TO ME? REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. GOD HAS
- 1:01:08NOT GIVEN ME A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF
- 1:01:16A SOUND MIND. AMEN, AMEN. NUMBER THREE, TEMPTATION IS DEFEATED
- 1:01:23WHEN WE RESIST THE DEVIL. I WANNA BRING SOME CLARITY HERE
- 1:01:28CONCERNING TEMPTATION. WHEN A CHRISTIAN IS UNDER ATTACK FROM
- 1:01:31DEMONIC FORCES, IT'S NOT AN INDICATION THAT GOD HAS FORSAKEN
- 1:01:35YOU. IT'S SATAN'S DESIRE TO GET YOU TO BELIEVE THAT GOD'S
- 1:01:40FORSAKEN YOU WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN YOUR LIFE. HE WANTS YOU
- 1:01:44TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH THIS TRIAL IF GOD
- 1:01:49WERE ACTUALLY WITH YOU. LET'S CLARIFY THAT NOW. JAMES 1:13-15
- 1:01:55SAYS, "AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU ARE BEING TEMPTED, DO NOT SAY,
- 1:01:59'GOD IS TEMPTING ME.' GOD IS NEVER TEMPTED TO DO WRONG, AND
- 1:02:03HE NEVER TEMPTS ANYONE ELSE. TEMPTATION COMES FROM OUR OWN
- 1:02:07DESIRES, WHICH ENTICE US AND DRAG US AWAY. THESE DESIRES GIVE
- 1:02:12BIRTH TO SINFUL ACTIONS, AND WHEN SIN IS ALLOWED TO GROW, IT
- 1:02:16GIVES BIRTH TO DEATH." A CHRISTIAN IS NOT ALLOWING SIN
- 1:02:21INTO YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU'RE BEING TEMPTED. NO SIN IS COMMITTED
- 1:02:26UNTIL LUST IS CONCEIVED AND THE SIN IS FINISHED. WHEN WE COME
- 1:02:31UNDER ATTACK FROM DEMONS, WE'RE INSTRUCTED BY JAMES TO DO THIS.
- 1:02:36JAMES 4:7, HE SAYS, "THEREFORE, SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL,
- 1:02:40AND HE WILL FLEE." RESIST HIM. TEMPTATION IS A PART OF EVERY
- 1:02:45CHRISTIAN'S LIFE. JUST ASK JESUS. WHEN JESUS WAS IN THE
- 1:02:51DESERT FOR 40 DAYS, HE WAS NOT FREE OF TEMPTATION. THE BIBLE
- 1:02:55TELLS US THAT HE WAS TEMPTED BY SATAN. HE WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY
- 1:03:00ANGELS. THE TEST OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER IS NOT THAT YOU'RE
- 1:03:03TEMPTED, BUT THAT YOU STAND UP UNDER THE TEMPTATION AND RESIST.
- 1:03:08DON'T GIVE INTO IT. WHEN YOU REACT TO SIN BY FLEEING FROM IT,
- 1:03:13JUST AS JESUS DID, I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE ATTENDED BY ANGELS AND
- 1:03:19BE GIVEN STRENGTH TO STAY THE COURSE. THANK GOD FOR HIS
- 1:03:23ANGELS. THEY ATTEND TO US AFTER WE'VE RESISTED THE TEMPTATION.
- 1:03:31IT'S LIKE A REWARD. THANK GOD FOR HIS ANGELS. THEY COME AND
- 1:03:35ATTEND TO US. HALLELUJAH. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
- 1:03:39ANGELS. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT EVERY TIME WE NEED THOSE
- 1:03:46MESSENGERS FROM HEAVEN, THEY ARE AT OUR BECK AND CALL. YOU
- 1:03:49HAVE ASSIGNED THEM TO EACH ONE OF US. AND THEY HAVE AN
- 1:03:52IMPORTANT WORK TO DO IN OUR LIVES. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEM
- 1:03:55NOW. WE THANK YOU FOR ANGELS ON ASSIGNMENT IN OUR LIVES,
- 1:04:00PROTECTING US, KEEPING US, AND EVEN ATTENDING TO US, JUST LIKE
- 1:04:05THE ANGELS DID FOR JESUS AFTER HE RESISTED THE DEVIL AND
- 1:04:11RESISTED TEMPTATION. IN MATTHEW 4:11 AND MARK 1:13, WHEN JESUS
- 1:04:17CONCLUDED HIS 40 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS, THE ANGELS APPEARED
- 1:04:21TO HIM, AND THEY ATTENDED TO HIM OR MINISTERED TO HIM AND MET
- 1:04:25HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS. THEY TOOK THE ROLE OF SERVANTS AND
- 1:04:30MINISTERED TO HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS. THANK GOD FOR THE
- 1:04:33SUPERNATURAL ACTIVITY OF ANGELS. AND IF WE DO THE RIGHT THING AND
- 1:04:37RESIST SATAN, THE ANGELS WILL MINISTER TO US. AS WE LEARN TO
- 1:04:41STAND FIRMLY AND RESIST THE DEVIL, I BELIEVE THAT HELPS US
- 1:04:45TO BECOME SHARPER AND STRONGER AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE NEXT
- 1:04:50ATTACK EVEN EASIER TO FLOAT RIGHT THROUGH AND SAY, "DEVIL,
- 1:04:54YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PART OF IT. I RESIST YOU IN
- 1:04:57JESUS' NAME." YOU KNOW, DIAMONDS ARE FORMED UNDER EXTREME
- 1:05:00PRESSURE AND INTENSE HEAT. ORDINARY CARBON IS FORMED INTO A
- 1:05:05DIAMOND. IT'S THE HARDEST SUBSTANCE IN THE WORLD. ONLY
- 1:05:09ANOTHER DIAMOND CAN SCRATCH A DIAMOND. THAT'S HOW HARD THAT
- 1:05:14SUBSTANCE IS. GOD'S DESIRE IS THAT WE BECOME AN ARMY OF
- 1:05:18BELIEVERS SO STRONG THAT WE'RE SCRATCH RESISTANT, JUST LIKE A
- 1:05:23DIAMOND. IMPERVIOUS AND UNYIELDING TO ANY SATANIC
- 1:05:29ATTACKS. REPEAT THIS WITH ME. I WILL SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE
- 1:05:35DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE. AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, NUMBER FOUR. CLAIM
- 1:05:43YOUR RIGHT TO DIVINE HEALTH.(2X) IT'S THE RIGHT OF EVERY BELIEVER
- 1:05:49IN CHRIST TO HAVE PERFECT HEALTH AND FREEDOM FROM THE WORKS OF
- 1:05:52THE DEVIL. I JUST WANT TO DO THIS TONIGHT. YOU ARE WELL
- 1:05:55TAUGHT IN THIS HOUSE AND ONLINE HERE TOO IN THE HEALING COVENANT
- 1:06:00THAT WE HAVE. WE TALK ABOUT IT OFTEN. YOU KNOW THAT, WHAT IT
- 1:06:03IS. I DON'T HAVE TO TEACH ON HEALING TONIGHT,
- 1:06:07BUT I WANT TO READ YOU THREE SCRIPTURES, AND WHAT I'D LIKE
- 1:06:09YOU TO DO IS JUST SOAK THOSE IN TONIGHT. IF YOU FEEL LIKE JUST
- 1:06:12CLOSING YOUR EYES AND LISTENING, YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE
- 1:06:16TO CONTINUE TO LOOK UP HERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO, BUT JUST
- 1:06:19LISTEN TO THE WORDS HERE THAT I'M GOING TO READ TONIGHT AND
- 1:06:22JUST SOAK IN THAT HEALING POWER. PSALM 91:1-7 "THOSE WHO LIVE IN
- 1:06:29THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL FIND REST IN THE SHADOW OF
- 1:06:33THE ALMIGHTY. THIS I DECLARE ABOUT THE LORD. HE ALONE IS MY
- 1:06:37REFUGE, MY PLACE OF SAFETY. HE IS MY GOD AND I TRUST HIM. FOR
- 1:06:43HE WILL RESCUE YOU FROM EVERY TRAP AND PROTECT YOU FROM DEADLY
- 1:06:48DISEASE. HE WILL COVER YOU WITH HIS FEATHERS. HE WILL SHELTER
- 1:06:52YOU WITH HIS WINGS. HIS FAITHFUL PROMISES ARE YOUR ARMOR AND YOUR
- 1:06:58PROTECTION. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT, NOR
- 1:07:01THE ARROW THAT FLIES IN THE DAY. DO NOT DREAD THE DISEASE
- 1:07:05THAT STALKS IN THE DARKNESS, NOR THE DISASTER THAT STRIKES AT
- 1:07:09MIDDAY. THOUGH A THOUSAND SHALL FALL AT YOUR SIDE, THOUGH TEN
- 1:07:15THOUSAND ARE DYING AROUND YOU, THESE EVILS WILL NOT TOUCH YOU.
- 1:07:20AND THEN MATTHEW 8:16-17, "THAT EVENING MANY DEMON POSSESSED
- 1:07:26PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT TO JESUS. THEY CAST OUT THE EVIL SPIRITS
- 1:07:30WITH A SIMPLE COMMAND AND HE HEALED ALL THE SICK.
- 1:07:35THIS FULFILLED THE WORD OF THE LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET ISAIAH
- 1:07:38WHO SAID, 'HE TOOK OUR SICKNESSES AND REMOVED OUR
- 1:07:42DISEASES." AMEN, AMEN. AND THEN ROMANS 8:11, "THE SPIRIT OF GOD
- 1:07:48WHO RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD LIVES IN YOU. AND JUST AS GOD
- 1:07:52RAISED CHRIST JESUS FROM THE DEAD, HE WILL GIVE LIFE TO YOUR
- 1:07:56MORTAL BODIES BY THIS SAME SPIRIT LIVING WITHIN YOU."
- 1:08:01CHRIST HAS DONE THE WORK. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING HEALED
- 1:08:05AND REMAINING IN THAT HEALING IS US. IT'S UP TO US. HE'S DONE IT
- 1:08:12FOR US. WE HAVE TO RECEIVE IT. WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. WHEN WE
- 1:08:17DESIRE HEALING, THE BIBLE GIVES US INSTRUCTION. HE TELLS US TO
- 1:08:21RESIST THE DEVIL. HE TELLS US TO PRAY IN FAITH WITHOUT WAVERING.
- 1:08:27AND THEN BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED THE ANSWER. YOU MAY NOT
- 1:08:29EVEN HAVE THE FULL MANIFESTATION OF IT. YOU DON'T HAVE THE FULL,
- 1:08:35COMPLETE, NATURAL MANIFESTATION OF IT, BUT YOU STILL BELIEVE
- 1:08:40THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED IT. THAT'S NOT LYING. THAT'S BELIEVING
- 1:08:44GOD'S WORD THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED THE PROMISE. HOWEVER LONG IT
- 1:08:50TAKES FOR THAT TO MANIFEST IN YOUR BODY, YOU STILL WALK IN
- 1:08:53THAT FAITH, AND YOU DON'T DOUBT IT. YOU NEVER WAVER. THAT'S
- 1:08:57FAITH. AND EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LONG-TERM HEALTH
- 1:09:03CHALLENGE, DON'T WALK IN CONDEMNATION. YOU MIGHT SAY,
- 1:09:05"BUT PASTOR DOUG, "I'VE EXPERIENCED A HEALTH CHALLENGE
- 1:09:08FOR MANY YEARS, "AND I'VE PRAYED, AND I'VE FASTED, "AND
- 1:09:12I'VE TRIED TO BUILD MY FAITH, "BUT I'M STILL DEALING WITH THAT
- 1:09:15SICKNESS." THEN MY ANSWER TO YOU IS JUST KEEP STANDING. JUST
- 1:09:19KEEP STANDING. WE'VE ALL HAD HEALTH CHALLENGES. EVERY ONE OF
- 1:09:22US IN HERE, I'M SURE, COULD SAY AT SOME TIME YOU'VE WALKED
- 1:09:26THROUGH SOMETHING, OR MAYBE YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH SOMETHING
- 1:09:28NOW, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND ON THE WORD.
- 1:09:32CONTINUE TO STAND. NOTHING WAVERING. DON'T LET ANYONE
- 1:09:37ELSE'S DOUBT EVEN ENTER INTO YOUR THOUGHTS. DON'T LET IT COME
- 1:09:43IN. YOU STAND WITH GOD'S WORD AND LET THE MANIFESTATION COME.
- 1:09:52FILL YOUR HOME AND YOUR ATMOSPHERE WITH FAITH AND PRAISE
- 1:09:55AND NEVER STOP TRUSTING OR BELIEVING FOR FULL
- 1:09:58MANIFESTATION. EPHESIANS 6:13 SAYS, "THEREFORE, TAKE UP THE
- 1:10:02WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD "THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND IN THE
- 1:10:06EVIL DAY "AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND." YOU KNOW, HEALING WORKS
- 1:10:11IN THE SAME WAY AS SALVATION. WHEN YOU ACCEPTED THE LORD JESUS
- 1:10:17CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YOU BELIEVED THAT YOU WERE A
- 1:10:23CHRISTIAN. YOU BELIEVED YOU'D BEEN TRANSFORMED. YOU BELIEVED
- 1:10:27THAT YOUR ETERNAL HOME IS HEAVEN. AMEN? YOU JUST WALKED
- 1:10:31INTO IT. YOU PRAYED, YOU BELIEVED, AND YOU STARTED
- 1:10:36WALKING WITH HIM. AND IT'S REALLY THE SAME THING WITH THE
- 1:10:38HEALING. NO DOUBT. YOU JUST BELIEVE IT. THE SAME FAITH IN
- 1:10:45WHICH YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT HEAVEN IS YOUR ETERNAL HOME IS
- 1:10:48THE SAME FAITH THAT YOU CAN BELIEVE FOR HEALING IN YOUR
- 1:10:51BODY, OR PROSPERITY, OR WHATEVER ELSE IT IS THAT YOU'RE TALKING
- 1:10:54ABOUT. REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED CHRIST
- 1:11:00FROM THE DEAD WILL QUICKEN MY MORTAL BODY. AMEN, AMEN.
- 1:11:09PRAISE GOD, LET'S MOVE ON HERE. WE'RE DOING OKAY, I THINK. I'M
- 1:11:12GONNA GET YOU OUT BEFORE NINE. YOU'LL BE OKAY, BOB, YOU CAN GET
- 1:11:15TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP. BOB AND TASHA REALLY WANT ICE CREAM
- 1:11:17TONIGHT, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. PRAISE GOD.
- 1:11:25UNDERSTAND PROSPERITY IS GOD'S PLAN. NUMBER FIVE, UNDERSTAND
- 1:11:30PROSPERITY IS GOD'S PLAN. ALL BELIEVERS CAN ACCESS THE
- 1:11:34BENEFITS OF MATERIAL BLESSINGS. GOD WILL GIVE US THE BENEFITS
- 1:11:39THAT HE'S PROMISED AND PROVIDE ABUNDANTLY FOR US WHEN WE STAND
- 1:11:43IN FAITH AND IN THE WISDOM THAT'S NECESSARY TO GET THESE
- 1:11:49BLESSINGS. AGAIN, I'M GONNA READ THREE SCRIPTURES FOR REVIEW.
- 1:11:52YOU'RE WELL TAUGHT IN THIS AREA. I DON'T NEED TO TEACH ON IT
- 1:11:55TONIGHT. LET ME JUST GIVE YOU THREE MORE SCRIPTURES JUST
- 1:11:57TO CONFIRM WHAT THE WORD SAYS ABOUT YOUR PROSPERITY. PROVERBS
- 1:12:033:9-10 SAYS, "HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND WITH THE
- 1:12:07BEST PART OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU PRODUCE. THEN HE WILL FILL
- 1:12:12YOUR BARNS WITH GRAIN AND YOUR VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH GOOD
- 1:12:16WINE." AND THEN MATTHEW 6:33, "SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD ABOVE
- 1:12:21ALL ELSE AND LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY AND HE WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING
- 1:12:25YOU NEED." AND THEN 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7-8, "YOU MUST
- 1:12:32EACH DECIDE IN YOUR HEART HOW MUCH TO GIVE AND DON'T GIVE
- 1:12:35RELUCTANTLY OR IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FOR GOD LOVES A PERSON
- 1:12:38WHO GIVES CHEERFULLY. AND GOD WILL GENEROUSLY PROVIDE YOU WITH
- 1:12:45ALL YOU NEED. THEN YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED
- 1:12:48AND PLENTY LEFT OVER TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. REPEAT THIS WITH
- 1:12:51ME. AS I SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE
- 1:12:57WILL PROVIDE EVERYTHING I NEED. AMEN. AND THEN NUMBER SIX, ALLOW
- 1:13:03THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE US. WE HAVE A KEEN ADVANTAGE HERE IN
- 1:13:07OVERCOMING SATAN BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE HOLY
- 1:13:11SPIRIT WILL GIVE US INSIGHT, DIRECTION, AND WISDOM. JOHN
- 1:13:1616:13 "I WANT TO READ THAT OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED TONIGHT. IT
- 1:13:20SAYS, "BUT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, COMES, HE WILL GUIDE
- 1:13:24YOU INTO ALL TRUTH, FULL AND COMPLETE TRUTH, FOR HE WILL NOT
- 1:13:28SPEAK ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, BUT HE WILL SPEAK WHATEVER HE
- 1:13:31HEARS FROM THE FATHER, THE MESSAGE REGARDING THE SON. HE
- 1:13:34WILL DISCLOSE TO YOU WHAT IS TO COME IN THE FUTURE. LISTENING
- 1:13:38TO THE HOLY SPIRIT ALLOWS US TO AVOID THE TRAPS OF SATANIC
- 1:13:43INFLUENCE. IN MATTHEW 16:21-25, CHRIST REBUKED PAUL FOR ALLOWING
- 1:13:51SATAN TO INFLUENCE HIM. PAUL WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO STOP JESUS
- 1:13:57FROM GOING TO THE CROSS. AND HE HAD TO BE REBUKED FOR THAT. IN
- 1:14:03THIS CASE, PAUL WAS A CHRISTIAN, BUT IN IGNORANCE HE YIELDED
- 1:14:07HIMSELF TO SATANIC INFLUENCE AND HE LISTENED TO THE DEVIL FOR
- 1:14:13THAT MOMENT. IT'S AN FOR ANY OF US TO HAVE HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES.
- 1:14:21WE CAN HEAR THE DEVIL WHISPER, WE JUST CAN'T TAKE THAT BAIT.
- 1:14:28WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT REALIZING IT. OUR TIME, OUR TALENTS, AND
- 1:14:33OUR ABILITY SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTEOUS CAUSE
- 1:14:36OF GOD. WE'RE CALLED AS CHRISTIANS TO WALK IN HOLINESS
- 1:14:40AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. PASTOR HANK RECENTLY SAID, "WHAT OTHERS
- 1:14:44CAN DO, I CANNOT." IT'S A GOOD THING NOT ONLY FOR PASTORS TO
- 1:14:49FOLLOW, BUT FOR ALL OF US. GALATIANS 5:22-23 SAYS, "BUT THE
- 1:14:56FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG-SUFFERING,
- 1:15:00KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, "GENTLENESS,
- 1:15:05SELF-CONTROL. "AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW." AND WHENEVER A
- 1:15:09BELIEVER TAKES PART IN ANY DIVISION, STRIFE, MALICE,
- 1:15:13HATRED, OR ANY KIND OF WRONGDOING, HE'S BEING USED AT
- 1:15:18THAT POINT AS A TOOL OF SATAN. DEMONIC POWERS HAVE GOTTEN A
- 1:15:24HOLD OF YOU AND YOU'RE LISTENING TO THEM IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN
- 1:15:26THOSE THINGS. I MIGHT BE STEPPING ON SOME TOES TONIGHT.
- 1:15:32THERE'S A LOT IN THAT LIST, DIVISION, STRIFE, MALICE,
- 1:15:36HATRED, BUT NONE OF US WANT TO BE COUNTED AMONG THOSE THAT ARE
- 1:15:41USED AS A TOOL OF SATAN. BUT WHEN WE YIELD TO SATANIC POWER,
- 1:15:47WE DO THINGS CONTRARY TO HOLINESS AND SOUND BIBLE
- 1:15:51DOCTRINE. REPEAT AFTER ME. I WILL ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
- 1:15:59GUIDE AND DIRECT ME. AMEN. EDDIE, YOU CAN COME. I'M ON
- 1:16:04NUMBER SEVEN ALREADY HERE. NUMBER SEVEN, STUDY TO SHOW
- 1:16:08YOURSELF APPROVED. WHEN CHRISTIANS STUDY AND BECOME
- 1:16:13KNOWLEDGEABLE AND STRONG IN GOD'S TRUTH, THEN WE'RE REALLY
- 1:16:17A THREAT TO SATAN. PAUL ADDRESSED THIS IN HIS LETTER TO
- 1:16:21TIMOTHY, 2 TIMOTHY 2:15, SAYS, "STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF
- 1:16:25APPROVED UNTO GOD, "A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED,
- 1:16:28RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH." AND THEN PAUL ADDRESSED
- 1:16:32THAT AGAIN IN EPHESIANS 6. HE WRITES TO THE EPHESIANS AND
- 1:16:35HE TOLD THEM, "PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD. STAND YOUR GROUND. PUT
- 1:16:39ON THE BELT OF TRUTH." LET ME READ EPHESIANS 6:13-14 TO YOU
- 1:16:44OUT OF THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. IT SAYS,
- 1:16:46"THEREFORE, PUT ON EVERY PIECE OF GOD'S ARMOR SO YOU WILL BE
- 1:16:50ABLE TO RESIST THE ENEMY IN THE TIME OF EVIL. THEN AFTER THE
- 1:16:54BATTLE, YOU WILL STILL BE STANDING FIRM. STAND YOUR
- 1:16:58GROUND, PUTTING ON THE BELT OF TRUTH AND THE BODY ARMOR OF
- 1:17:01GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS." AND WE CAN'T PUT ON THE BELT OF TRUTH
- 1:17:06IF WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, THE WORD OF
- 1:17:12GOD. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO STUDY TO SHOW OURSELVES APPROVED
- 1:17:16AND UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
- 1:17:19THE DOCTRINES THAT ARE IN THIS BIBLE. JUST LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE
- 1:17:23ARE OUT THERE AIMLESSLY GOING ALONG THINKING, "WHAT WILL BE,
- 1:17:26WILL BE," AND DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE
- 1:17:28OPPOSITION IN THIS WORLD BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE WORD.
- 1:17:32THEY DON'T KNOW GOD'S PLAN FOR MAN. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
- 1:17:36BATTLE THAT WE'RE IN, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE VICTORY.
- 1:17:41THIS ALSO GIVES US PROTECTION FROM FALSE TEACHING. THERE ARE
- 1:17:44HUNDREDS OF SCRIPTURES FROM BOTH THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW
- 1:17:47TESTAMENT ABOUT BEING AWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS. THE DEVIL LOVES
- 1:17:52FALSE TEACHING. DID YOU KNOW THAT? BECAUSE IT LEADS
- 1:17:56INDIVIDUALS DOWN A PATH OF DECEPTION, WHICH IS HIS KEY
- 1:18:00OPERATIONAL TOOL. HE LOVES TO DECEIVE PEOPLE AND THEN HE LEADS
- 1:18:04THEM INTO DESTRUCTION. 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2 SAYS, "NOW THE HOLY SPIRIT
- 1:18:10TELLS US CLEARLY THAT IN THE LAST TIME SOME WILL TURN AWAY
- 1:18:14FROM THE TRUE FAITH, THEY WILL FOLLOW DECEPTIVE SPIRITS AND
- 1:18:17TEACHINGS THAT COME FROM DEMONS. THESE PEOPLE ARE HYPOCRITES AND
- 1:18:21LIARS AND THEIR CONSCIENCES ARE DEAD. IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF
- 1:18:27THE GUY WHO WAS SHOPPING AT WALMART AND THERE WAS AN OLD
- 1:18:31LADY IN LINE THAT KEPT STARING AT HIM. AND FINALLY SHE SAID,
- 1:18:34"YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE MY LATE SON. AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY
- 1:18:40SILLY OF ME TO ASK, BUT COULD YOU JUST CALL OUT TO ME,
- 1:18:44'GOODBYE, MOTHER,' AS I LEAVE TODAY? IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL SO
- 1:18:48HAPPY IF YOU COULD DO THAT." AND THE GUY SAID, "YES, I'LL BE
- 1:18:52GLAD TO DO THAT FOR YOU." AND THE OLD LADY PROCEEDED THROUGH
- 1:18:56THE CHECKOUT AND AS SHE LEFT THE SUPERMARKET, THE MAN SAID,
- 1:19:00"GOODBYE, MOTHER." AND THE OLD LADY WAVED BACK AND WALKED OUT
- 1:19:06THE DOOR. AND THE MAN WAS REALLY PLEASED THAT HE'D DONE SOMETHING
- 1:19:10TO MAKE THAT LADY'S DAY, TO BRING HAPPINESS TO HER. AND THEN
- 1:19:15HE PROCEEDED TO PAY FOR HIS GROCERIES. AND THE CASHIER SAID,
- 1:19:19"THAT'LL BE $362." THE GUY SAYS, "$362? I ONLY BOUGHT A FEW
- 1:19:25THINGS." AND THE CASHIER REPLIED, "YES, BUT YOUR MOTHER
- 1:19:28SAID THAT YOU WOULD PAY FOR HERS." THE GUY WAS DECEIVED. HE
- 1:19:36WAS TRICKED. AND WE ARE DETERMINED. WE ARE DETERMINED
- 1:19:45NOT TO BE DECEIVED. WE'RE GOING TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND
- 1:19:49CONFIDENT IN THE WORD OF GOD. AND THE DEVIL'S NOT GOING TO
- 1:19:53TRICK US. REPEAT THIS WITH ME. I WILL NOT BE DECEIVED. AMEN.
- 1:20:03AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH ME TONIGHT? WE'RE BASICALLY DONE
- 1:20:06HERE. YOU KNOW, I'VE REVIEWED SEVEN PRINCIPLES THAT WE CAN USE
- 1:20:12AS A WINNING STRATEGY TO EXPOSE THE DEVIL. AND I THINK EVERYONE
- 1:20:18IN HERE PROBABLY KNEW OF THEM BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. BUT I
- 1:20:24BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD REMINDER TO REFRESH OUR MINDS IN OUR
- 1:20:29COVENANT, IN WHAT GOD'S DONE FOR US, AND WHAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO
- 1:20:34DO FOR US AS WE STAND IN FAITH. LET'S PRAY TONIGHT. FATHER, I
- 1:20:38THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO YOUR WORD.
- 1:20:43AND TONIGHT AS WE LOOKED AT WINNING STRATEGIES THAT WILL
- 1:20:47HELP US DEFEAT AND OVERCOME THE DEVIL, I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR
- 1:20:51YOUR WORD, FIRST OF ALL, THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, THAT WE CAN
- 1:20:53STAND STRONG IN FAITH IN YOUR WORD AND WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US.
- 1:21:00AND AS WE STUDY AND SHOW OURSELVES APPROVED, YOU'LL GIVE
- 1:21:03US THE VICTORY. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT TEMPTATION THAT COMES
- 1:21:09OUR WAY, DECEIT THAT MAY COME OUR WAY FROM SATAN, WE ARE GOING
- 1:21:15TO RESIST IT, OPPOSE IT, AND NOT HAVE ANY PART OF IT. I THANK
- 1:21:22YOU, LORD, THAT WE CAN STAND AND WALK IN PROSPERITY, WE CAN
- 1:21:25WALK IN HEALTH, AND ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US
- 1:21:29AND PROVIDED FOR US BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOOD GOD AND YOU LOVE
- 1:21:35US. WE'LL NOT ENTER INTO FEAR, BUT WE'LL CONTINUALLY PRAISE
- 1:21:41YOU, WORSHIP YOU, FOLLOW YOUR GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND
- 1:21:48BE DIRECTED BY YOUR VOICE. AND WE'LL DO THIS FROM VICTORY TO
- 1:21:52VICTORY TO VICTORY AS WE MOVE ON IN THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE
- 1:21:55CALLED US TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS EARTH. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT
- 1:21:59NOW IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. WELL, GOD BLESS YOU
- 1:22:05TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE
- 1:22:08HOUSE ON SUNDAY. AND I THINK I HEARD THE RUMOR, PASTOR MARK,
- 1:22:12THAT PASTOR BRENDA'S PREACHING THIS SUNDAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE
- 1:22:15A WILD TIME IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. TUNE IN FOR US AT 9
- 1:22:18O'CLOCK AND THEN THE REPEAT AT 11:30 BROADCAST. GOD BLESS YOU.
- 1:22:22HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK. AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE
- 1:22:24HOUSE ON SUNDAY MORNING.
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