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- 0:00I want to talk to you about something really important today and uh deep in
- 0:04my heart and i'm hoping that this will bless you i'm hoping that you will share
- 0:07it with someone so if you're watching or rather listening on the godly hacks podcast,
- 0:12Please go ahead and share this now and tell somebody, I really think this will be life-changing.
- 0:16Whatever nation you might be listening from, know that I'm praying for you. I believe God for you.
- 0:21Good things are coming. And for those of you that follow me locally,
- 0:24you know I love you all so much. I'm going to give you just a minute to share this.
- 0:28What I'm talking to you about today is that your help comes from the Lord.
- 0:32Your help does not come from a human being. And I know that this is challenging
- 0:36sometimes because, you know, you can feel like, well, I need help with finances,
- 0:41or I need this, or I need that.
- 0:43And then you can be tempted to go to people for your support.
- 0:46But God says that He is your support and He is your help.
- 0:50And Solomon said, I look to God from whence comes my help.
- 0:54And so, you know, it's important for you to realize that you don't need a person,
- 0:58that you've got God and that God can bless you. He can help you. He can strengthen you.
- 1:04He can increase you. He is the one that does good things for you.
- 1:07He is the one that's on your side. He is the one lifting you up,
- 1:10and He is the one that's doing great things. And so you might feel discouraged.
- 1:14You might feel like you've been looking at a situation and you're like,
- 1:16there's no way this is going to change.
- 1:19I've been like that. I've had my heart broken. I've been frustrated.
- 1:22I've been wondering, God, what's going on?
- 1:24So we've all been there at one time or another where we feel like something's
- 1:27going to change or God, please help us. And we don't know how it's going to change.
- 1:30And sometimes in that moment, you could be tempted to turn to people.
- 1:35And that's what I don't want you to do.
- 1:36All right. So the Bible says, Jesus beheld and said to them,
- 1:40with men it's impossible, but with God, all things are possible.
- 1:44So you can just say that out loud wherever you are.
- 1:46Say all things are possible in Jesus' name.
- 1:49And they are. So also my main scripture is going to come from Psalm 121.
- 1:54I will lift up my eyes from where comes my help.
- 1:58My help comes from the Lord. To me, that's very encouraging.
- 2:02That's a blessing. that tells me that, you know, God's watching out for me,
- 2:07that he loves me, and that he's going to make a way for me out of no way.
- 2:12And if you believe that, then your life can change. Amen. Because your help
- 2:16is not going to come from a person.
- 2:17Your help is going to come from the Lord.
- 2:20And so we all need to recognize that. All right, let's get right into it today. Just do this real quick.
- 2:27Forgive me, y'all. I'm sharing this real quick. Okay.
- 2:32Thank you, Jesus. Father, I pray for the broadcast today.
- 2:35Anybody that might be watching, I pray that you would help them,
- 2:37that you would encourage them,
- 2:38that you would bless them, and that this would be good for them today.
- 2:41If you're watching, I really pray that this helps you very much. All right.
- 2:44Your help comes from the Lord. Say this. Say, My help comes from the Lord.
- 2:49I'm believing God today, and my help comes from the Lord.
- 2:52You know, there's a warning in the Bible. You might not know this, but it's in Jeremiah 17.
- 2:56And it says, thus says the Lord, curse be the man that trust in man and makes
- 3:01flesh his arm and whose heart departs from God.
- 3:04So God actually warns us not to lean on a person, but it's human nature,
- 3:11isn't it? It's like, oh man, I'm really struggling.
- 3:14I need help with money. And then you go to a person. I'm not saying there's
- 3:16anything wrong with asking for help, but I'm saying that when you go to people
- 3:20for your help, then that could be a problem.
- 3:23And God wants to help you himself. If you just pray and you ask God,
- 3:27Father, I really need help in this situation, he will rescue you and he will help you.
- 3:31And so it's really important that you understand that because if you don't,
- 3:35if you go to people all the time, then God won't be your help.
- 3:38It's kind of like if you let people be your finance source, then God cannot be your finance source.
- 3:44If you let people be your help, then God can't be your help.
- 3:49Say amen if you believe it.
- 3:50All right, here's godly hacks number one. Don't look at the problem.
- 3:54Start looking to God. The Red Sea looked impossible, but God split it.
- 3:58Goliath looked unbeatable, but God brought him down. The famine,
- 4:01it looked deadly, but God fed Elijah.
- 4:04So your problem might be real, but God is so much greater than your problem.
- 4:09You might be suffering right now. You might be struggling, but I'm telling you,
- 4:12there's a God who loves you.
- 4:13He wants to reach right where you are and pull you out of your trouble,
- 4:16pull you out of this adversity. He really wants to help you.
- 4:19So say this, my help doesn't come from people. My help comes from the Lord.
- 4:25Just say that wherever you watch. Say my help doesn't come from people.
- 4:28My help comes from the Lord. Amen. All right. Are you guys,
- 4:35It's weird. She wants to, let me see something. Oh yeah, I don't want to do that. Okay.
- 4:40Anyway, hopefully you can see this. I know we've got a lot of people watching,
- 4:43but I don't see your comments for some reason. Who knows why?
- 4:47Hopefully you're not saying a bunch of bad stuff.
- 4:50But you can be. So it is what it is. You might be, but I love you anyway,
- 4:55if you're saying mean things.
- 4:57Marissa, I can't see any of your comments. What is going on? there you guys are.
- 5:03All right. I see you guys. I'll have to just look at YouTube,
- 5:05I guess, to see you. Marissa, I can't see anything that you're saying. That is so weird.
- 5:10I swear this, I don't know why it's like that.
- 5:14I knew like something was going on because I can't see any of your comments,
- 5:19but I can see them now that I'm looking here. I can't see the Facebook comments.
- 5:22I can't see anything. Maybe God's protecting me. So I just stay on track.
- 5:25Anyway, I love you guys. Thank you for watching. I see you now.
- 5:27Holly, you're there. Your help comes from the Lord,
- 5:29All right. So let's get into it. And I can't see anything. So maybe God's blocking
- 5:33me so I don't get disrupted.
- 5:36Godly hack to don't make man your source. This is so important.
- 5:40Listen to me. People can be a blessing, but people are not your God.
- 5:45Job or job, Job. Jobs can be a blessing, but the job is not your God.
- 5:50And we have a tendency to think that if I just make more money and my job,
- 5:53then so if you let your job be your income, that's all the income you're going to get.
- 5:58But if you say, God, I trust you, you're my source, and then you tithe from
- 6:02your job, then God could like send money from, I don't know,
- 6:05from an inheritance, from an old bill where they owed you money,
- 6:08from he can open up resources you don't even know.
- 6:11I wish I could get this across to people, but for me, let's just take me.
- 6:14So I'm a minister and you could say, man, that person's a really good giver.
- 6:18You know, this person's a big giver. They're important to the church.
- 6:22And the minute you say that, God's gonna say, oh, goodbye to that giver.
- 6:26Say goodbye. Because you got to recognize God alone is my source.
- 6:30And the only reason people give to a ministry is because God stirs up their heart.
- 6:34So it's the Lord. It's the Lord that makes somebody give or not give.
- 6:38It's the Lord that helps. And it's God who helps you. It's not the job.
- 6:42And so the godly hack too is don't make man your source.
- 6:46The job can be a blessing. A person can be a blessing, a connection.
- 6:49But if you trust that person or you trust the flesh, then the Bible says in
- 6:54Jeremiah 17, seven, blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is on the Lord.
- 7:01You don't want to look to people like they're your source. All right.
- 7:05Godly hack three, obey God, even when it looks impossible. Moses had to stretch out his, his rod.
- 7:12Elijah had to go to the brook because there was a famine.
- 7:16David had to run towards the giant. Faith is not just believing God,
- 7:20faith moves like God will do it.
- 7:22So you need to say this, say, I will obey God even when I don't understand.
- 7:27All right, so let's get into some of these Bible verses to help you today.
- 7:30So Matthew 19, 26, Jesus beheld them and said, with men, it's impossible,
- 7:35but with God, all things are possible.
- 7:37So like me, I'm facing some impossible tasks sometimes, some stuff I'm believing God for.
- 7:43It looks way too big. It looks a little bit too hard, but I have to remind myself
- 7:47that with me, it's impossible, but with God, all things are possible.
- 7:51So I don't know what you're believing God for today. I don't know what it is
- 7:54that you need, but I just know you need to look to God.
- 7:57He is your help. He is your strength. He's the one that can help you.
- 8:01He's the only one that can help you. And if you look to him,
- 8:04you will not be disappointed.
- 8:05People might let you down. They might disappoint you, but God will never,
- 8:09never, never let you down. He is a faithful God.
- 8:12I was worshiping to a song on the porch before this broadcast.
- 8:15It's called I Will Prevail. And it says the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
- 8:20the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
- 8:23No, no, no. Let me get the words for you because it's really good.
- 8:26I Will Prevail, the African worship song lyrics. Let's see if I can find it.
- 8:34Yeah. His name is Joe Praise. That's funny.
- 8:41I don't think that's his real name, but anyway.
- 8:43He says, The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I Will Prevail.
- 8:47I Will Prevail. Let me go to my YouTube and I'll show you the words. Okay.
- 8:53Anyway, let me read this. It means it's impossible with people,
- 8:57but it's possible with God.
- 8:58What man can't fix, God can fix. What money can't buy, God can get it for you.
- 9:02What doors you can't open, God can open the doors.
- 9:06And in Psalm 121, it says, I'll lift up my eyes unto the hills.
- 9:10Man, I love this Bible verse.
- 9:11From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord. In other words, don't look at people.
- 9:16That's what that Bible verse is saying. Don't look to the left or the right.
- 9:19Don't look to your mother.
- 9:20Even for us ladies, don't look to our husbands. It's good that they work,
- 9:23but they're not your source. look to God and say, God, you are my source.
- 9:27It doesn't mean your help comes from people. It doesn't say your help comes
- 9:30from connections. It doesn't say your help comes from those who support you.
- 9:34My help comes from the Lord. Amen. And today that's what he's going to do for
- 9:38you. Let me read this thing. Let's see if it's got a transcript.
- 9:41Ah, here we go. It says, situations may come, challenges may come,
- 9:47but I'm not moved. I'm not shaken.
- 9:49The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is there with me, always with me.
- 9:54It's really good. Let me see.
- 9:58But i'm not moved i'm not
- 10:01shaken the god of abraham isaac and
- 10:05jacob he is here with me always with
- 10:08me situation so go look it up i don't want to get flagged on youtube but it's
- 10:12a good song and i was singing it over and over so situations may come challenges
- 10:16may come but i'm not moved i'm not shaken the god of abraham isaac and jacob
- 10:22is with me always with me so that's really, really good. Amen.
- 10:27Man, there's a crap. Hold on. Oh, okay. We went back down. I was like,
- 10:31there was a crap ton of people watching.
- 10:33All right. So don't trust the arm of flesh. Jeremiah 17.
- 10:38Thus says the Lord, curse be the man who trusts in man and makes him his source.
- 10:43God is not saying that you can never receive help, but he's saying you don't
- 10:46make people your source. You know that the Bible says that God is a jealous God.
- 10:50And so that means that he just wants all your love all
- 10:53your attention he wants you to fix your face on him he wants
- 10:57you to trust him in every and all situations jeremiah 17
- 11:007 blesses the man who trusts in the lord and
- 11:03whose hope is in the lord for he will be i love this first shall listen he'll
- 11:07be like a tree planted by the waters who spreads out his root and when the heat
- 11:12comes the leaf will be green and he won't have to be careful in the year of
- 11:17doubt it means that you can trust god and even in a drought season you will still be fruitful.
- 11:23Because why? Because you're planted, because you're not trusting on people,
- 11:26because your trust is in the Lord.
- 11:28Let's look at three quick incidents where God made the impossible possible. Y'all ready?
- 11:34Israel at the Red Sea. The children of Israel were trapped. Pharaoh's army was
- 11:37behind them, the Red Sea in front of them, and there wasn't anywhere to run, y'all.
- 11:41But God did not need a bridge. God didn't need a boat. God...
- 11:45He didn't need a bridge. God didn't need a boat. He's like, bam,
- 11:49I will split the sea. And they walked right through. Amen.
- 11:52And in Exodus 14, Moses said to the people, don't be afraid.
- 11:56Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. And I'll show you today the Egyptians that you've seen today.
- 12:01You will see them no more. The enemies you've got, you're not going to see them anymore.
- 12:05God's going to swallow them up. As long as you trust God, as long as God is
- 12:08your source and not you, as long as God is your way out and not yourself,
- 12:12that doesn't mean you don't do anything. It doesn't mean you don't step forward.
- 12:15It doesn't mean you don't take action, but it means that God loves you and he's
- 12:18working on your behalf, amen?
- 12:20Exodus 14, Moses stretched out his hand and the Lord caused the sea to move back.
- 12:25A strong wind came and there was dry land and the children of Israel went in
- 12:30the midst of the sea and God swallowed up their enemies.
- 12:33Woo, I like that. What about Elijah and the famine?
- 12:35Elijah was living during the famine and there was no food or supply, but God took care of him.
- 12:40In 1 Kings, it says, the word of the Lord came to him and said,
- 12:43get away and go eastward. I'm gonna put this up here so I can see. I'll hold on.
- 12:48There we go. The word of the Lord. And he came to him and said,
- 12:51get thee and turn eastward and hide yourself in the brook. And he did.
- 12:55And it'll be when you drink of the brook that I've commanded you,
- 12:57the ravens will feed you. So he went and did according to the word of the Lord.
- 13:01And he dwelt by the brook and the ravens brought him food. Come on,
- 13:05when God is on your side, he will cause birds to drop food at your feet.
- 13:09How am I gonna get this? A bird's gonna come, God will do it.
- 13:12God uses birds to bring them food. It means God is, this is important, listen to me.
- 13:16God is not limited by the economy, the grocery store, or your paycheck,
- 13:21or people who said they wouldn't help you.
- 13:23When the brook dried up, God still had another source prepared.
- 13:26That's why you gotta believe, I'm telling you, God is your source.
- 13:29And you gotta get it through your head if you're a person of faith.
- 13:32You are not limited by the economy. You're not limited by your lack.
- 13:35Only God knows what is possible.
- 13:38So when one source dries up, God's not finished. He already has another provision waiting for you.
- 13:43What about David facing Goliath? David was just a young shepherd boy.
- 13:47Goliath was a giant, and there's no way David could win that battle, and you know that.
- 13:51So David said to the Philistines, you come to me with a sword.
- 13:54Ooh, this is the attitude you gotta have.
- 13:56You come at me with a sword and a spear and a shield. You got all this stuff.
- 14:00But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of armies,
- 14:04who you've defied. And this day, the Lord will deliver you to my hand.
- 14:09I will smite you and all the assembly will know that the Lord saves,
- 14:13not with the sword and spear. The battle is the Lord.
- 14:16David's confidence was not in the sling. It wasn't in the stone,
- 14:19but it was in God. So the size of your enemy doesn't matter when the battle belongs to God.
- 14:24All right, so let's review these. Godly hack one, don't look at the problem.
- 14:28Start looking to God. The Red Sea looks impossible, but God split it.
- 14:32Goliath looked unbeatable, but God put him down. The famine looked deadly, but God fed Elijah.
- 14:37Your problem might be real, but your God is bigger than your problem.
- 14:41Say this again. My help doesn't come from people.
- 14:44My help comes from the Lord.
- 14:46Godly hack two, don't make man your source. This is a big one,
- 14:49y'all. Make sure you're not trusting in people.
- 14:51People can be a blessing, but they are not your God. Jobs can be a blessing,
- 14:55but your job is not your God.
- 14:57Connections can be a blessing, but all that is not your God.
- 14:59When you trust in the arm of flesh, you live under pressure.
- 15:01But when you trust the Lord that you live planted.
- 15:05Jeremiah 17, seven, blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is on God.
- 15:10Godly hack three, obey God, even when it looks impossible.
- 15:13Moses had to stretch out the rod. Elijah had to go to the brook.
- 15:16There was a famine. He's like, what do you mean? Why do I got to walk?
- 15:19No, he did what God told him.
- 15:20And David had to run toward a giant. Faith is not just believing God.
- 15:24Faith moves like God will do it.
- 15:27Okay. So again, say this, say, God, even when I don't understand, I will obey you.
- 15:32Now you might be standing at a red sea. You might have an enemy behind you and
- 15:35an ocean in front of you, but God is saying, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
- 15:40It might be a famine, but God knows how to feed you. You could be facing a giant,
- 15:44but God knows how to bring it down.
- 15:46You might feel overlooked, like heaven has forgotten your name.
- 15:49I feel like that sometimes, but your help comes from God, not from man,
- 15:53not from money, not from popularity.
- 15:55So say this out loud, say that say, I trust God.
- 15:58My help comes from the Lord. With God, all things are possible.
- 16:02I won't fear the Red Sea. I won't fear the famine.
- 16:05I won't fear the giant. The Lord is my helper, my provider, my defender, and my way maker.
- 16:13Come on, you know, we love to sing that song. Way maker, miracle.
- 16:16You know, we sing that song.
- 16:18But is he really? That's my question to you. Is God really your way maker?
- 16:22Is he really your source?
- 16:24Do you really trust in him with all your heart, mind, soul, and spirit?
- 16:27Then prove it. then prove it. Then don't look to people anymore. Then just go before God.
- 16:31God, I need help with this. God, I'm lifting up my voice to you.
- 16:34Where comes my help? God, give me the connection. Show me what to do.
- 16:38Open the doors and help me. And I know like God's been talking to me.
- 16:41I don't know about you, but he really has been speaking to me.
- 16:44And, you know, there's so many things that can distract you in life,
- 16:47so many things that can mess you up in life. But, you know, I believe that God is correcting me.
- 16:52Even the way I preach, God is helping me and he's guiding me and stuff like
- 16:55that and you know for me as a preacher i've
- 16:58got a mission and my mission is to get the word into you to make you
- 17:01powerful not to make you weak and to make you
- 17:04strong it's not to criticize 10 million other ministries
- 17:07that i see that are clearly jacked up but my mission is
- 17:10to preach the word of god to you and i believe if i preach this
- 17:12word of god into you it'll change your life it'll strengthen you
- 17:15and it'll help you because you are not responsible for what other people do
- 17:18you're only responsible for what you do and i will tell you to say out loud
- 17:22every day god i trust you my help comes from you I look to the hills from where
- 17:28comes my help my help comes from the Lord and then you can go help God Lord
- 17:34help help my help comes from God as I say Lord help.
- 17:38And then in a famine, you'll get fed. And then when there's no finances,
- 17:42you'll get taken care of because God is your source, not people.
- 17:45And I know it's hard for Christians.
- 17:47We always want to look to people. I need help. I'm going to ask them for help.
- 17:50There's nothing wrong with asking for help, but it's a whole other level.
- 17:54When you stand in front of the maker of heaven and earth and say,
- 17:56God, I'm not asking for help.
- 17:58You're my help. You are my help.
- 18:01You're the one that helps me. Let's see if I can find this story on YouTube.
- 18:06Oh, let me see. Give me a second. I just thought of a story to encourage you,
- 18:10and we're going to close with this.
- 18:11Can you tell me the story of Whitfield when he had that orphan home and he didn't
- 18:15know how to feed him and he prayed a prayer and a milk truck broke down in front
- 18:18of it? I think it's Whitfield.
- 18:22Okay. Oh, George Mueller. So George Mueller—let's see.
- 18:27Yeah, okay. George Mueller had hundreds of orphans under his care,
- 18:31and one morning there was no food in the house.
- 18:34And we're talking about trusting God now. The children were seated at the table,
- 18:38but there was no bread, no milk, no breakfast.
- 18:41And one of the workers said something like, Mr. Miller, what are we going to
- 18:44do? The children are ready to eat, but there's nothing to give them.
- 18:47He did not panic. He told the children, sit down.
- 18:50And then he prayed, dear father, we thank you for what you're going to give
- 18:54us to eat. Can you imagine? These kids sitting down, there's no food.
- 18:57There was no food on the table, but he thanked God. Then there was a knock at the door. it was a baker.
- 19:04He said, I just was awoken in the night and I felt impressed that the orphans
- 19:08would need bread. So I baked extra bread and brought it to them.
- 19:12Then there was another knock. It was a milkman.
- 19:17This milk cart had broken down right in front of the orphanage and the milk would have spoiled.
- 19:22So he said, do the children need milk? In other words, it's going to spoil.
- 19:27So I can't give it to someone else. Can you use it? So the children had fresh
- 19:30bread and fresh milk, not because Muller had a rich sponsor standing in the
- 19:35way, but because he trusted God in prayer.
- 19:37And so I'm telling you that fate thanks God before the table is full.
- 19:42The Bible says in Philippians 4, 19, my God will supply all my need according
- 19:46to his riches and glory in Christ Jesus. Amen.
- 19:48I don't know what you're believing for. I'll tell you what I'm believing for.
- 19:51I'm believing for our land.
- 19:52God, I thank you for new land and a place to build or a church building or whatever it is you have.
- 19:57Father, I thank you for unlimited resources coming into my hands.
- 20:00I'm believing God for us to partner.
- 20:02I didn't tell you all this, but there is a school in Tanzania that I want to
- 20:05help sponsor these kids and you guys can help me.
- 20:07We're going to give them school uniforms and stuff. I'm just figuring out who I want to partner.
- 20:11Ultimately, I like to build my own school, but I feel like this is a step in the right direction.
- 20:15I'm also trying to build a safari business on the side where the money from
- 20:18that will help to fund that too.
- 20:20And so if you want to partner with me, you can go to preachatlisa.com and give.
- 20:24But if you don't know Jesus, please repent.
- 20:26God, forgive me. I'm sorry. Jesus, come into my heart and be the Lord of my life.
- 20:30But for those of you watching, I just wanna encourage you so much. Don't look to humanity.
- 20:36A person might make a mistake, a person might hurt you, a person might let you
- 20:41down, but you know who will never let you down?
- 20:42The maker of heaven and earth, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
- 20:46the one who sits on the throne of heaven. He will never let you down.
- 20:49He is always faithful, always holy, always good, and ever ready to help you.
- 20:54Just like he protected Daniel in the lion's den, just like he made Paul last
- 20:59until he was ready to be poured out as a drink offering,
- 21:03just like he protected David with Goliath, just like he got all of his children
- 21:07out of Egypt and there was not one feeble among them and he helped them and strengthened them.
- 21:12That God, that same God is your God. He is my God and he is faithful.
- 21:16He is trustworthy and he will make a way out of no way. So don't go begging.
- 21:21Don't become a professional beggar. Just go to God just like George Mueller
- 21:24did. Hey God, I just need you. I need your help.
- 21:27I thank you God for helping me and showing me the way and he will.
- 21:30Don't lean on the arms of humanity.
- 21:33Lean on God where your help comes from. My help comes from the Lord. Amen.
- 21:38I hope it blessed you. Share it with somebody. I'm going to play my reprise
- 21:41video, not for you guys on YouTube Live, but for the Godly Hacks podcast.
- 21:46Don't forget to watch the Godly Hacks podcast. Download it, share it,
- 21:49whatever. Just help me to get out. Thank you to all our international viewers.
- 21:52May God bless you. Father, I pray a special blessing specifically over my partners.
- 21:57I pray that their hands would be fruitful.
- 22:00You'd multiply the work of their hands. I pray, God, that they'd go to you with
- 22:03their concerns and their needs and that you just radically bless them today.
- 22:08I thank you for the service tonight. Your hand of favor and power will be on
- 22:11it. I thank you that I have a very productive day.
- 22:13I thank you, God, that you're helping me to make a way out of no way.
- 22:16Thank you for prosperity and blessing.
- 22:18And every person that watched says, amen.
- 22:22Thank you so much. Share this with somebody you love. I love you guys so much.
- 22:26Have a great rest of your day, afternoon, night, whatever you're watching. I'll see you next time.
- 22:31I'll see you next time.