WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.136 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 00:04.169 --> 00:07.040 (LION ROARING) 00:07.073 --> 00:09.175 (GENTLE MUSIC) 00:09.208 --> 00:10.705 - GOOD EVENING, LORD AND HOST CHURCH. 00:10.710 --> 00:15.119 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 00:15.119 --> 00:16.980 I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME, 00:16.980 --> 00:19.260 "LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD." 00:19.260 --> 00:22.829 (GENTLE MUSIC) 00:22.829 --> 00:26.760 I KNOW WE'VE ALL COME IN WITH JUST A LOT OF THE WEEK AND A LOT 00:26.760 --> 00:30.960 OF THE DAY ON US, LET'S JUST GET INTO AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE GOD 00:30.960 --> 00:35.340 CAN MOVE AND GOD CAN DO SOMETHING IN AND THROUGH US. 00:35.340 --> 00:36.750 LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU TODAY. 00:36.780 --> 00:39.472 (GENTLE MUSIC) 00:39.506 --> 00:43.409 (SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 00:43.442 --> 00:45.978 (GENTLE MUSIC) 00:46.020 --> 00:54.253 ♪ COME FILL THIS ROOM, LORD. IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF WORSHIP. ♪ 00:54.286 --> 00:57.723 (GENTLE MUSIC) 00:57.750 --> 01:01.060 ♪ OH, WE WORSHIP YOU.♪ 01:01.360 --> 01:17.409 [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 01:17.444 --> 01:19.778 (GENTLE MUSIC) 01:19.801 --> 01:25.918 ♪ OH COME AND FILL THIS ROOM. COME AND FILL THIS ROOM WITH ♪ 01:25.951 --> 01:35.995 ♪ YOUR PRESENCE. GOD WE NEED YOUR ANOINTING. THAT BREAKS ♪ 01:36.028 --> 01:47.774 ♪EVERY OAK. BREAKS EVERY OAK. WE HONOR YOU. WE HONOR YOU. ♪ 01:47.807 --> 01:49.975 (GENTLE MUSIC) 01:50.010 --> 01:52.216 COME ON, LIFT UP A PRAISE WITH YOUR OWN MOUTH. 01:52.230 --> 01:53.546 LET THE LORD HEAR YOU. 01:53.612 --> 02:03.656 ♪ WE WORSHIP YOU. WE HONOR YOU. BE MAGNIFIED. OH, LORD ♪ 02:03.691 --> 02:05.792 (GENTLE MUSIC) 02:05.825 --> 02:15.134 ♪ OH, YOUR WILL OH, LORD. YOUR WILL BE DONE, YOUR WILL BE ♪ 02:15.168 --> 02:29.382 ♪ DONE. FILL THIS PLACE, OH LORD. WE PUT EVERY SITUATION ♪ 02:29.415 --> 02:40.759 ♪ ON THE ALTAR. EVERY PROBLEM, EVERY WORRY ON THE ALTAR. ♪ 02:40.794 --> 02:42.795 (GENTLE MUSIC) 02:42.829 --> 02:50.069 ♪ AND WE FOCUS ON YOUR GREATNESS. WE FOCUS ON YOUR ♪ 02:50.103 --> 02:58.812 ♪ GOODNESS. WE FEED ON YOUR MERCY. YEAH. ♪ 02:58.844 --> 03:08.354 (GENTLE MUSIC) 05:47.680 --> 05:50.778 ♪ FOREVER THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, YOU ARE GREAT. ♪ 06:20.713 --> 06:24.117 ♪ SO LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS. ♪ 06:24.884 --> 06:33.392 ♪ AND THE LORD OF LORDS. FOR HE IS GREAT. ♪ 06:33.425 --> 06:41.067 (MUSIC) 08:52.448 --> 09:06.278 (SOFTER MUSIC) 10:43.048 --> 10:52.985 (MUSIC) 14:16.589 --> 14:39.379 (UPBEAT MUSIC) 14:39.412 --> 14:43.048 - WE'LL DO A SWITCH HERE. HOW ABOUT THAT? WE HAVE A BACKUP. 14:43.883 --> 14:48.187 YOU KNOW, GOD'S A GREAT BACKUP TO US. AND HE'S THERE FOR US ALL 14:48.221 --> 14:53.460 THE TIME. THERE'S NO ONE THAT COMPARES TO HIM. HALLELUJAH. 14:53.493 --> 14:57.173 THANK YOU, JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT IN THIS PLACE, LORD. 14:58.565 --> 15:03.003 YOU ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN FOR US, LORD. WHEN THE DEVIL COMES AT 15:03.035 --> 15:07.974 US, YOU HAVE A PLAN OF ESCAPE. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD. 15:08.842 --> 15:14.880 NO ONE CAN OUTMANEUVER OR OUTPERFORM OUR LORD. HE'S THERE 15:14.913 --> 15:20.186 FOR US. HE'S THERE FOR YOU. HE HAS YOUR ANSWER. HE HAS YOUR 15:20.220 --> 15:27.059 ANSWER TONIGHT. HE'S ON YOUR SIDE. HE'S ON OUR SIDE. HE'S FOR 15:27.092 --> 15:32.144 US. HE'S NOT AGAINST US. HE'S WITH US. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S 15:32.144 --> 15:35.572 SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. 15:35.572 --> 15:39.943 THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THE LORD. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. THANK 15:39.943 --> 15:43.126 YOU, JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT, FATHER. WE 15:43.126 --> 15:48.293 LIFT OUR HANDS AND EXTOL YOU. WE INVITE YOU INTO THE CENTER OF 15:48.293 --> 15:53.159 THIS PLACE AND THE CENTER OF OUR LIVES. YOU BE THE LORD OF OUR 15:53.159 --> 15:57.342 LIVES. YOU GUIDE US. YOU DIRECT US. YOU SHOW US THE WAY. OH, 15:57.342 --> 16:00.960 THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU'RE OUR FRONT GUARD AND YOU'RE OUR REAR 16:00.994 --> 16:05.408 GUARD. YOU'RE ALL AROUND US. YOUR ANGELS ENCOMPASS US. OH, WE 16:05.408 --> 16:09.206 HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR, CHURCH. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE 16:09.206 --> 16:13.192 THANKFUL FOR. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. THE GOODNESS OF GOD. 16:13.192 --> 16:17.344 THE GOODNESS OF GOD. GOD IS SO GOOD. HE LOVES EACH ONE OF US SO 16:17.376 --> 16:23.950 MUCH. HE SENT JESUS FOR US. HALLELUJAH. OH, HALLELUJAH. 16:23.984 --> 16:26.318 THANK YOU, JESUS. DIANE, IF YOU'D HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE ON 16:26.352 --> 16:30.750 THE EARTH, HE WOULD HAVE SENT JESUS, HIS SON, TO DIE FOR YOU. 16:31.883 --> 16:34.493 OH, HALLELUJAH. AND THAT GOES FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU AND EVERY 16:34.493 --> 16:37.918 ONE OF YOU WATCHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH. 16:37.918 --> 16:40.268 THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE REALLY BEEN GOING 16:40.268 --> 16:44.339 THROUGH A STRUGGLE IN YOUR LIFE. IT'S BEEN A TIME WHEN YOU'VE 16:44.339 --> 16:48.989 PULLED AND YOU'VE PULLED, AND YOU JUST SEEM TO-- IT'S ALMOST 16:48.989 --> 16:53.712 LIKE- THE ONLY WAY I CAN SEE IT, THE PICTURE I SEE IN MY 16:53.746 --> 17:00.232 MIND, IS LIKE YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE AN OX ATTACHED TO A CART, 17:00.232 --> 17:04.984 AND YOU WERE PULLING AND PULLING AND PULLING, BUT NOT REALLY 17:04.984 --> 17:10.047 MOVING. YOU MIGHT MOVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT YET YOU DON'T REALLY GO 17:10.047 --> 17:14.363 ANYWHERE. AND YOU FELT LIKE THE BATTLE THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN HAS 17:14.363 --> 17:18.471 BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST BATTLES OF YOUR LIFE. AND I JUST BELIEVE 17:18.505 --> 17:21.132 TONIGHT THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR YOU, AND GOD'S GOING TO SHOW YOU 17:21.132 --> 17:24.191 SOME THINGS THAT'S GOING TO OPEN THAT UP. IF THAT'S YOU TONIGHT, 17:24.191 --> 17:27.976 AND YOU'VE BEEN IN A BATTLE, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THE BATTLE 17:27.976 --> 17:30.686 HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH RELATIONSHIPS, AND IT'S 17:30.686 --> 17:33.268 SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING 17:33.268 --> 17:36.180 TO HOLD YOU BACK IN THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS FOR 17:36.180 --> 17:39.694 YOU IN YOUR LIFE AND WHERE YOU'RE TO MOVE TO. I'M NOT 17:39.694 --> 17:42.412 TALKING ABOUT MOVING PHYSICALLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT LEVEL 17:42.412 --> 17:46.034 THAT YOU'RE TO MOVE TO AND IT'S BEEN HOLDING YOU BACK. AND IF 17:46.034 --> 17:47.944 THAT'S YOU, I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I 17:47.944 --> 17:50.432 BELIEVE TONIGHT IS A NIGHT OF FREEDOM AND THAT'S GOING TO BE 17:50.432 --> 17:53.173 BROKEN OVER YOUR LIFE. COME ON UP HERE QUICKLY, WE'RE GOING TO 17:53.205 --> 17:57.777 PRAY AND I HAVE A SCRIPTURE FOR YOU. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU 17:57.810 --> 18:00.699 JESUS. THANK YOU LORD. HALLELUJAH. THERE PROBABLY IS 18:00.699 --> 18:03.390 MORE THAN ONE. MIGHT BE SOME OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE THAT THIS 18:03.390 --> 18:06.624 APPLIES TO YOU. IF IT APPLIES TO YOU TONIGHT, YOU CAN JUST LIFT 18:06.624 --> 18:09.747 YOUR HAND RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR IN YOUR 18:09.747 --> 18:13.133 HOTEL ROOM, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, AND SAY, "GOD, THAT'S ME. "I 18:13.133 --> 18:17.162 WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS." AND YOU'RE PART OF OUR BODY, AND 18:17.162 --> 18:21.202 WE INCLUDE YOU AND GOD SEES YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. 18:21.202 --> 18:26.962 HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. PSALM 66, 12. I WROTE THIS DOWN. 18:26.962 --> 18:30.171 IT SAYS, "WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLOOD, BUT YOU 18:30.171 --> 18:34.239 BROUGHT US TO A PLACE OF GREAT ABUNDANCE." AND I BELIEVE THAT'S 18:34.239 --> 18:38.281 A WORD FOR THOSE OF YOU TODAY. HE'S BRINGING YOU TO A PLACE OF 18:38.281 --> 18:44.172 GREAT ABUNDANCE. IN THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION, THAT SAME 18:44.172 --> 18:49.073 SCRIPTURE SAYS HE BRINGS YOU TO A PLACE OF GREAT FULFILLMENT. 18:49.073 --> 18:52.420 HE'S GOING TO TURN THIS AROUND AND FULFILL THE DREAMS THAT HE 18:52.420 --> 18:55.403 HAS PLANTED IN YOU. TONIGHT THIS THING THAT'S HOLDING 18:55.403 --> 18:57.772 YOU BACK, THIS STRONGHOLD, IS GOING TO BE BROKEN OVER YOUR 18:57.772 --> 19:01.942 LIFE, I BELIEVE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TIME WHEN YOU'RE GOING 19:01.942 --> 19:05.666 TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, "LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE. THERE'S BEEN 19:05.666 --> 19:09.742 A CHANGE AND A DELIVERANCE IN ME." AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS. 19:09.742 --> 19:12.419 PASTOR KEITH, WOULD YOU RUN UP HERE NOW? COULD WE GET A MIC 19:12.451 --> 19:15.755 THAT WORKS, HERE? I WANT TO DO THIS. I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE 19:15.788 --> 19:19.124 MORE TIME. IF YOU CAN GET ME ANOTHER MIC MAYBE THAT, AND I'LL 19:19.124 --> 19:22.228 JUST SWITCH IT HERE, MARK. PASTOR KEITH, I'M GOING TO HAVE 19:22.228 --> 19:25.265 YOU PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. I'LL GIVE THIS ONE BACK 19:25.265 --> 19:30.036 TO YOU, MARK. AND I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO DROP THAT. I WANT 19:30.069 --> 19:32.739 PASTOR KEITH TO PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE, THOSE THAT NEED 19:32.771 --> 19:35.066 THIS BROKEN OVER THEIR LIFE. HE HAS AN ANOINTING TO DO THAT 19:35.066 --> 19:38.010 TONIGHT, I BELIEVE. AND WE'RE GOING TO LAY HANDS, EILEEN, ON 19:38.010 --> 19:42.421 THESE DOWN HERE AND BELIEVE THAT THIS THING THAT'S HOLDING THEM 19:42.421 --> 19:48.253 BACK IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE ANY LONGER. IN JESUS' NAME. YES. 19:48.288 --> 19:51.048 WHY DON'T YOU COME WITH ME? HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. IN 19:51.048 --> 19:52.925 JESUS' NAME. -WE THANK YOU. YOU ARE THE 19:52.959 --> 19:56.195 SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS. -IN JESUS' NAME. 19:56.229 --> 19:59.056 -YOU ARE THE POWER THAT CAN WORK THROUGH US 19:59.056 --> 20:03.898 AND IN US TO BRING ABOUT THAT CHANGE AS IS NECESSARY IN THE 20:03.898 --> 20:08.496 LIVES OF THOSE WHO WILL RECEIVE RIGHT NOW. THE ANOINTING OF YOUR 20:08.496 --> 20:13.492 PRESENCE TO BREAK EVERY YOKE, DESTROY EVERY BONDAGE, TAKE DOWN 20:13.492 --> 20:18.597 EVERY STRONGHOLD THAT WOULD TRY TO ERECT ITSELF AGAINST YOUR 20:18.597 --> 20:23.688 DESIRE OF GOOD, BLESSING, INCREASE, ABUNDANCE. IN EVERY 20:23.688 --> 20:28.663 RELATIONSHIP, IN EVERY FORM, IN EVERY WAY, LORD GOD, TOUCHING 20:28.663 --> 20:34.023 THEM WITH YOUR PRESENCE NOW IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF YOUR SON, 20:34.023 --> 20:38.880 JESUS. LET IT BE SO. AMEN. -IN JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU, 20:38.880 --> 20:43.432 LORD. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS (X2) PRAISE YOU, 20:43.432 --> 20:46.244 JESUS. HALLELUJAH. IS THERE SOMEONE, YOU'VE GOT A NECK 20:46.244 --> 20:49.743 PROBLEM, YOU'VE BEEN LAYING DOWN, I'M SEEING YOU LAY DOWN ON 20:49.743 --> 20:52.824 YOUR PILLOW AT NIGHT, AND YOU'RE FEELING PAIN IN YOUR NECK, AND 20:52.824 --> 20:55.855 IT'S LIKE IT'S KEEPING YOU FROM GOING TO SLEEP. MAYBE THAT'S 20:55.855 --> 20:58.035 SOMEONE ONLINE, MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE HERE. IS THAT SOMEONE 20:58.035 --> 21:02.761 HERE? COME UP HERE QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU COME UP HERE, 21:02.796 --> 21:05.161 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE 21:05.161 --> 21:08.236 BROKEN ON YOU IN JESUS' NAME. EILEEN, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR HER 21:08.236 --> 21:11.137 RIGHT NOW? BELIEVE THAT THAT'S BROKEN OFF FOR HER. THANK YOU, 21:11.137 --> 21:14.740 JESUS. KOPASOTARA BASETE. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT 21:14.773 --> 21:18.682 AND YOU HAVE A NECK ISSUE IN THE SAME AREA AND YOU'RE IN 21:18.682 --> 21:22.711 AGREEMENT BY FAITH, WE'RE BELIEVING TONIGHT THAT YOU ARE 21:22.711 --> 21:26.307 TOUCHED WITH A MIRACLE TOUCH OF THE LORD. AND TONIGHT YOU WILL 21:26.307 --> 21:29.560 SLEEP IN PEACE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. YOU RECEIVE ES THAT RIGHT 21:29.560 --> 21:34.387 WHERE YOU ARE AT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. 21:34.387 --> 21:38.583 PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU JESUS. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU JESUS. GOD 21:38.583 --> 21:42.801 IS SO GOOD. I AM JUST WAITING HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT TO SEE IF 21:42.801 --> 21:46.339 THERE IS ANY OTHER DIRECTION THE LORD WOULD HAVE TONIGHT. THANK 21:46.339 --> 21:54.614 YOU JESUS. (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 21:54.647 --> 21:57.549 THANK YOU, JESUS. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. 21:57.584 --> 22:02.721 (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 22:03.278 --> 22:07.535 PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. I AM RELEASED. THANK YOU LORD. 22:07.535 --> 22:11.806 HALLELUJAH. LET'S DO THIS TONIGHT. TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 22:11.806 --> 22:14.443 SHAKE TWO OR THREE HANDS TONIGHT AND SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE 22:14.443 --> 22:17.727 HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND THANK YOU ONLINE 22:17.727 --> 22:20.339 AUDIENCE FOR JOINING US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE IN A MOMENT. 22:20.373 --> 23:03.115 [MUSIC PLAYING] 23:03.148 --> 23:08.079 -WELL, GLORY TO GOD. WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE 23:08.088 --> 23:11.980 ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT'S TIME FOR OUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT 23:11.980 --> 23:16.630 OFFERING. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS REAL SHORT BECAUSE I NEED 23:16.663 --> 23:19.541 PASTOR DOUG TO GET RIGHT BACK OUT HERE. HE'S GOT A MIGHTY 23:19.541 --> 23:24.785 MESSAGE TONIGHT ABOUT WINNING STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING THE 23:24.785 --> 23:28.247 DEVIL. AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO WANT TO DIG INTO THAT 23:28.247 --> 23:31.531 REAL DEEP. AND SO I WANT TO GIVE HIM PLENTY OF TIME TO EXPOUND ON 23:31.531 --> 23:34.807 EACH OF HIS POINTS. I KNOW HE WAS THINKING HE'D BE DONE BY 11. 23:37.117 --> 23:41.617 SO I HAD THE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IF I CAN REDUCE MY TIME ENOUGH, 23:41.617 --> 23:45.525 WE CAN ALL GET OUT OF HERE BY 10:45. THAT'S NOT QUITE 23:45.557 --> 23:49.695 ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP. BUT DOES IT SOUND 23:49.729 --> 23:53.098 LIKE A PLAN? CAN WE GO WITH IT? CAN WE ROLL WITH IT? ALL RIGHT, 23:53.137 --> 23:56.232 LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT. IF THEY WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO PUT 23:56.232 --> 24:00.940 TONIGHT'S OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP ON THE SCREENS. I WANTED TO READ 24:00.973 --> 24:08.248 A FEW VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF MATTHEW, CHAPTER 6. AND I'M 24:08.288 --> 24:13.615 GOING TO START WITH VERSE 24. SO MATTHEW 6:24. AND I WANT TO 24:13.615 --> 24:17.324 READ THIS FROM THE NEW LIVING TESTAMENT, NEW LIVING 24:17.356 --> 24:20.826 TRANSLATION, EXCUSE ME. IT'S NOT A TESTAMENT. IT'S A 24:20.826 --> 24:24.530 TRANSLATION. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY THE BEST AT 24:24.564 --> 24:28.335 ILLUSTRATING GOD'S LOVE FOR US. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S 24:28.335 --> 24:31.057 GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT FOR US AS WE CONTINUE HERE 24:31.057 --> 24:36.506 TONIGHT. IT'S ALREADY BEGUN AND ALL OF THAT. AND HERE IN 24:36.506 --> 24:40.921 MATTHEW WE FIND JESUS SPEAKING AND HE SAYS, "NO ONE CAN SERVE 24:40.921 --> 24:48.887 TWO MASTERS, FOR YOU WILL HATE ONE AND LOVE AND THE OTHER; YOU 24:48.938 --> 24:54.961 WILL BE DEVOTED TO ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT 24:54.994 --> 25:01.000 SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY." AND THAT IS WHY I TELL YOU NOT TO 25:01.034 --> 25:04.403 WORRY ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE, WHETHER YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND 25:04.436 --> 25:10.743 DRINK, OR ENOUGH CLOTHES TO WEAR. ISN'T LIFE MORE THAN FOOD 25:10.777 --> 25:16.282 AND YOUR BODY MORE THAN CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE BIRDS. 25:16.282 --> 25:24.223 THEY DON'T PLANT OR HARVEST OR STORE FOOD IN BARNS, FOR YOUR 25:24.257 --> 25:28.662 HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. AND AREN'T YOU FAR MORE VALUABLE TO 25:28.694 --> 25:37.537 HIM THAN THEY ARE? I THINK THAT'S THAT LOVE. CAN ALL YOUR 25:37.569 --> 25:43.108 WORRIES ADD A SINGLE MOMENT TO YOUR LIFE? AND WHY WORRY ABOUT 25:43.143 --> 25:46.913 YOUR CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE LILIES OF THE FIELD AND HOW THEY 25:46.945 --> 25:53.252 GROW. THEY DON'T WORK OR MAKE THEIR CLOTHING. YET SOLOMON IN 25:53.286 --> 25:58.258 ALL OF HIS GLORY WAS NOT DRESSED AS BEAUTIFULLY AS THEY ARE. AND 25:58.298 --> 26:02.683 IF GOD CARES SO WONDERFULLY FOR WILDFLOWERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY 26:02.683 --> 26:06.298 AND THROWN INTO THE FIRE TOMORROW, HE WILL CERTAINLY CARE 26:06.333 --> 26:13.605 FOR YOU. WHY DO YOU HAVE SO LITTLE FAITH? SO DON'T WORRY 26:13.640 --> 26:17.477 ABOUT THESE THINGS SAYING, "WHAT WILL WE EAT? WHAT WILL WE DRINK? 26:17.509 --> 26:22.048 WHAT WILL WE WEAR?" THESE THINGS DOMINATE THE THOUGHTS OF 26:22.082 --> 26:26.486 UNBELIEVERS. BUT YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER ALREADY KNOWS ALL YOUR 26:26.519 --> 26:34.511 NEEDS. SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE AND LIVE 26:34.511 --> 26:40.567 RIGHTEOUSLY AND HE WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED." NOW MANY 26:40.599 --> 26:44.583 PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, MIGHT NOT THINK OF THESE VERSES AS HAVING 26:44.583 --> 26:49.021 MUCH OF ANYTHING TO DO WITH OFFERING, BUT WHEN I THINK OF IT 26:49.021 --> 26:52.378 FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN ADMINISTRATOR, I'M ALWAYS 26:52.412 --> 26:56.682 CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM GIVING GENEROUSLY IN 26:56.715 --> 27:01.596 CHURCH. AND SO I READ VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW, OPINIONS, 27:01.596 --> 27:06.130 SURVEYS, EXPLANATIONS, AND SO ON, AND ONE ARTICLE CAUGHT MY 27:06.130 --> 27:09.672 ATTENTION RECENTLY. THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, IT'S JUST 27:09.672 --> 27:12.752 SOMETHING I HAPPENED TO SEE. CHURCH GROWTH MAGAZINE, IT WAS 27:12.752 --> 27:16.836 ENTITLED "TEN REASONS CHURCH MEMBERS DO NOT GIVE," AND 27:16.836 --> 27:20.858 SEVERAL OF THE REASONS CITED IN THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE, YOU 27:20.858 --> 27:24.450 KNOW, THEY HAD TO DO WITH A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING. LACK OF 27:24.450 --> 27:28.268 UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW TO GIVE, WHY TO GIVE, WHAT THE CHURCH 27:28.268 --> 27:32.161 NEEDS MONEY FOR AND SO FORTH. BUT WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THE FACT 27:32.161 --> 27:37.816 THAT NEARLY HALF WERE CENTERED AROUND FEAR, WHICH IS A LACK OF 27:37.816 --> 27:43.630 FAITH. SAME THING, RIGHT? FEAR IS THE REVERSE MIRROR IMAGE OF 27:43.663 --> 27:48.307 FAITH. SO I WANT TO LOOK AT A FEW OF THESE REASONS REAL QUICK. 27:48.307 --> 27:52.806 ONE OF THEM WAS THEY DON'T BELIEVE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY 27:52.838 --> 27:56.409 DON'T YET HAVE A REVELATION OF GOD'S LOVE FOR THEM AND HIS 27:56.409 --> 28:02.414 GENEROSITY TOWARD THEM. ANOTHER WAS THEY'RE IN TRANSITION. NOW 28:02.438 --> 28:07.182 THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE IN CURRENT POLITICAL FORUMS, 28:07.182 --> 28:11.458 CHANGING FROM MALE TO FEMALE. THAT MEANS THIS IS JUST 28:11.458 --> 28:15.871 REFERENCING THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GROWING IN THEIR FAITH 28:15.871 --> 28:19.699 AND THEY'RE BEGINNING TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF GOD, BUT THERE'S 28:19.732 --> 28:24.483 STILL NOT A FULL TRUST IN THE LORD REGARDING THEIR FINANCES. 28:27.067 --> 28:30.042 ANOTHER REASON IS DIFFICULT FINANCIAL SEASON THAT THEY'RE 28:30.076 --> 28:33.712 GOING THROUGH. AND OBVIOUSLY ANY OF US THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH 28:33.747 --> 28:38.919 HARD TIMES CAN TESTIFY HOW THE ENEMY WILL TRY TO BRING FEAR AND 28:38.951 --> 28:44.089 WORRISOME THOUGHTS REGARDING FINANCES, BANK ACCOUNTS AND 28:44.124 --> 28:49.095 SUCH. ANOTHER IS THEY HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT. AND ANYONE WHO 28:49.095 --> 28:52.265 CURRENTLY HAS OR HAS HAD IN THE PAST A LOT OF DEBT CERTAINLY 28:52.298 --> 28:56.803 KNOWS HOW OVERWHELMING IT CAN BE AND HOW STRESS AND ANXIETY 28:56.836 --> 28:59.905 CAN SO EASILY ENTER IN. SO I WANT TO DEAL WITH THESE REAL 28:59.940 --> 29:04.098 QUICKLY AS A GROUP BECAUSE I FEEL THEY'RE ALL AN INDICATION 29:04.098 --> 29:07.634 THAT PEOPLE DON'T TRUST IN GOD'S LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS 29:07.634 --> 29:12.332 AS MUCH AS THEY PAY ATTENTION TO PERHAPS OR TRUST IN THE WORLD 29:12.332 --> 29:17.036 SYSTEM, THE MONETARY SYSTEM, MATERIAL POSSESSIONS, WEALTH, 29:17.036 --> 29:21.221 RICHES, MONEY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. SO LET'S RETURN 29:21.221 --> 29:25.699 TO THE PASSAGE IF WE CAN THAT WE READ IN MATTHEW AND IN THESE 29:25.731 --> 29:28.988 VERSES IF YOU TAKE THEM AS A WHOLE JESUS IS TELLING US THIS 29:28.988 --> 29:34.941 SIMPLY AS BELIEVERS IF WE WILL TRUST IN HIM SEEK HIS WAYS FIRST 29:34.974 --> 29:40.531 OPERATE IN RIGHT STANDING, WHICH BY THE WAY INCLUDES GIVING 29:40.531 --> 29:44.416 GENEROUSLY ACCORDING TO HIS CHARACTER, AND NOT BE ENSLAVED 29:44.451 --> 29:48.907 TO MONEY THEN WE NEVER HAVE TO FEAR NOT BEING TAKEN CARE 29:48.907 --> 29:52.414 OF IN OUR DAILY LIVES HE GIVES US THAT ASSURANCE. 29:53.498 --> 29:55.597 NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE PAY NO ATTENTION TO OUR 29:55.597 --> 30:00.301 BANK BALANCES. IT'S NOT GIVING US LICENSE TO SPEND FRIVOLOUSLY 30:00.301 --> 30:04.270 OR EXERCISE POOR STEWARDSHIP OVER THE RESOURCES THAT HE'S 30:04.304 --> 30:08.253 GIVEN US, TRUSTED US WITH. SIMPLY MEANS THAT IF AN 30:08.253 --> 30:12.345 UNFORESEEN EXPENSE WERE TO COME OUR WAY, UNFORESEEN TO US THAT 30:12.378 --> 30:16.588 IS, BECAUSE GOD ISN'T SURPRISED OR CAUGHT OFF GUARD, 30:16.588 --> 30:19.316 HE'S CERTAINLY NOT WATCHING OVER US AND SAYING, "WOW, I DIDN'T 30:19.316 --> 30:23.623 SEE THAT COMING." HE KNOWS WHAT WE NEED AT ALL TIMES AND HAS 30:23.656 --> 30:28.795 ALREADY PLANNED TO PROVIDE IT. SO THIS LIBERATES US TO GIVE 30:28.827 --> 30:34.067 GENEROUSLY BECAUSE WE CAN TRUST IN HIM. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO 30:34.099 --> 30:36.353 INVEST YOUR MONEY IN SOMEONE, DON'T YOU WANT IT TO BE IN 30:36.353 --> 30:40.740 SOMEONE YOU TRUST? AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN 30:40.773 --> 30:45.509 YOU'RE SOWING INTO HIS CHURCH, HIS BODY, THE BODY OF CHRIST, 30:45.509 --> 30:49.329 THIS CHURCH FOR EXAMPLE. SO WHETHER YOU'RE GIVING IN HERE TO 30:49.329 --> 30:52.484 HELP PAY OFF THIS LOVELY TABERNACLE THAT WE'RE MEETING 30:52.519 --> 30:56.292 IN TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE ONLINE WE PRAY THAT YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T 30:56.292 --> 31:00.593 BEEN HERE, YOU CAN GET HERE SOON AND SEE THIS OR WHETHER YOU'RE 31:00.626 --> 31:03.547 JUST GIVING INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP SUPPORT THE DAILY 31:03.547 --> 31:07.588 OPERATIONS OF THE CHURCH. YOU'RE EXPRESSING YOUR FAITH IN THE ONE 31:08.848 --> 31:12.531 THAT YOU CAN TRUST TO CARE FOR YOU AND PROVIDE FOR ALL YOUR 31:12.531 --> 31:16.343 NEEDS. SO IF THEY'LL PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE 31:16.378 --> 31:20.490 SCREENS, PLEASE USHERS, YOU CAN BE IN THE AISLES WITH 31:20.490 --> 31:23.719 ENVELOPES FOR THOSE THAT NEED THEM TO HONOR GOD TONIGHT WITH 31:23.719 --> 31:27.827 THEIR OFFERINGS. AND FOR THOSE ONLINE, AND EVEN THOSE WHO ARE 31:27.827 --> 31:31.116 HERE AND PREFER ANOTHER METHOD, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM. YOU 31:31.116 --> 31:35.828 CAN TEXT TO GIVE, YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP, VISIT OUR 31:35.848 --> 31:42.179 WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE, OR EVEN SEND YOUR GIFTS BY MAIL. 31:42.179 --> 31:46.573 WE LIKE MAIL STILL. THE ADDRESS IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. SO AS 31:46.618 --> 31:50.174 YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE INTO THE WORKS OF 31:50.174 --> 31:56.383 THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU AND CARES FOR YOU. AND WHILE THE USHERS 31:56.415 --> 32:00.000 ARE SERVING YOU, I JUST WANT TO HAVE US MEDITATE FOR A MOMENT ON 32:00.000 --> 32:03.778 WHAT JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES BACK THERE IN MATTHEW THAT WE 32:03.778 --> 32:08.580 WERE LOOKING AT. YOU ARE MORE THAN A SPARROW. YOU'RE MORE THAN 32:08.627 --> 32:15.550 A LILY. HE WILL MEET EVERY ONE OF YOUR NEEDS EVEN BEFORE YOU 32:15.550 --> 32:20.729 RECOGNIZE THOSE NEEDS. WE NEED ONLY TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE 32:20.729 --> 32:25.936 KINGDOM, THE KINGDOM GIVING, AND WHAT WE SOW WILL BE MULTIPLIED. 32:25.936 --> 32:30.383 WHEN YOU'RE READY, WHEN YOU FINISH WRITING OUT THE CHECK FOR 32:30.416 --> 32:37.390 A MILLION DOLLARS, LET'S HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES OR OUR PHONES 32:37.423 --> 32:40.605 IF WE'RE GIVING ELECTRONICALLY, MY FAVORITE METHOD, AND WE'LL 32:40.605 --> 32:44.463 DECLARE A BLESSING OVER TONIGHT'S OFFERING. HEAVENLY 32:44.489 --> 32:48.784 FATHER, WE DECREE AND DECLARE THAT AS WE TRUST YOU 32:48.784 --> 32:53.073 UNEQUIVOCALLY TO PROVIDE FOR US IN EVERY SITUATION, IN 32:53.073 --> 32:57.126 EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, OUR OFFERINGS ARE BLESSED AND WE ARE 32:57.126 --> 33:02.134 BLESSED. WE FEAR NOT, WE WORRY NOT, WE DOUBT NOT, WE HAVE NO 33:02.134 --> 33:07.065 ANXIETY, WE ONLY GIVE FREELY IN OBEDIENCE TO HOW YOU HAVE 33:07.065 --> 33:11.267 PROMPTED US IN OUR HEARTS AND WE EXPECT AN ABUNDANT HARVEST TO 33:11.267 --> 33:14.978 COME BACK TO US IN THE MEASURE THAT WE HAVE SOWN HERE TONIGHT 33:14.978 --> 33:19.266 AND IN THE MIGHTY MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS, ALL WHO AGREED SAID, 33:19.298 --> 33:27.272 AMEN. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR DOUG. -AMEN. THANK YOU MARK. GREAT 33:27.307 --> 33:35.315 JOB. HALLELUJAH. PRAISE GOD. YOU CAN BE SEATED. AND I REALLY 33:35.347 --> 33:39.008 WON'T KEEP YOU TO 10:45, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. SO WE'LL GO A 33:39.008 --> 33:42.778 LITTLE FASTER THAN THAT. BOB AND TASHA TOLD ME THEY NEED TO 33:42.778 --> 33:47.693 LEAVE BY 9, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE GOOD 33:47.727 --> 33:53.833 NEWS IS THAT GOD HAS EQUIPPED US WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO 33:53.866 --> 34:00.058 DEFEAT ANYTHING THAT SATAN, OUR ENEMY, WOULD THROW AT US. 34:00.058 --> 34:03.276 AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THAT. AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT A 34:03.308 --> 34:06.545 LITTLE BIT TONIGHT, AND I WANNA SET UP MY MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT 34:06.545 --> 34:10.851 BEFORE THAT BY JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOD'S PLAN FOR 34:10.851 --> 34:17.554 MAN AND HIS ORIGINAL PURPOSE IN CREATING THE EARTH WAS TO HAVE 34:17.554 --> 34:23.862 IT INHABITED BY MANKIND. MAN WAS CREATED TO LOVE AND SERVE GOD. 34:24.568 --> 34:28.413 THAT WAS THE PURPOSE THAT GOD ORIGINALLY HAD IN MIND. GOD 34:28.413 --> 34:32.032 DIDN'T WANT US AS ROBOTS LIKE WE'VE SAID SO MANY TIMES. WE 34:32.032 --> 34:38.853 TALK ABOUT THAT AT CLOSING AND DURING SALVATION MESSAGES. GOD 34:38.853 --> 34:42.356 DIDN'T CREATE US AS ROBOTS. HE WANTED US TO BE FREE WILL MORAL 34:42.356 --> 34:47.639 AGENTS. HE WANTED US TO LOVE HIM BECAUSE WE CHOSE TO LOVE HIM. 34:47.639 --> 34:52.456 NOT BECAUSE HE CREATED US AS A ROBOT THAT SAYS, "I WILL SERVE 34:52.456 --> 34:58.393 YOU GOD. I WILL LOVE YOU." HE DIDN'T WANT THAT. HE WANTED IT 34:58.393 --> 35:03.103 TO COME FROM OUR HEART. THAT WAS HIS DESIRE FOR THE CREATION. 35:05.068 --> 35:08.878 GOD'S DESIRE WAS TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO MANKIND AND BLESS 35:08.878 --> 35:14.748 MAN FOREVER WITH THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE. GOD'S BLESSING UPON ALL 35:14.780 --> 35:20.039 CREATION WAS SO GREAT IT WAS BEYOND HUMAN WORDS TO DESCRIBE. 35:20.039 --> 35:24.483 AND IF MAN HAD NOT SINNED, THERE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SICKNESS 35:24.483 --> 35:29.128 OR DISEASE OR POVERTY OR DEFEAT OR HARM. THERE WOULDN'T HAVE 35:29.161 --> 35:32.909 BEEN PAIN, SUFFERING, SORROW, MISERY, ANY OF THOSE THINGS. 35:34.679 --> 35:38.405 THEY WEREN'T EVEN PART OF THE PLAN. IT WAS NEVER GOD'S 35:38.438 --> 35:44.115 ORIGINAL PLAN FOR MAN TO SIN AND ALLOW EVIL TO FILL THE EARTH. 35:45.599 --> 35:49.548 AND SO THOSE CONDITIONS ARE REALLY NOT HIS PLAN FOR MANKIND 35:49.583 --> 35:54.925 TODAY. JESUS WAS THE ANSWER TO REDEEM US FROM THE SIN PROBLEM. 35:56.849 --> 36:00.340 IF MAN HAD NOT FALLEN INTO SIN, IT WAS GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN FOR 36:00.340 --> 36:05.358 ALL MEN TO BE IN HEALTH, TO WALK IN PROSPERITY, AND TO WALK IN 36:05.398 --> 36:10.583 WISDOM. IT'S GOD'S HIGHEST WILL AND DESIRE THAT MANKIND BE FREE 36:10.583 --> 36:15.208 FROM THE CORRUPTION THAT SIN TRIES TO BRING IN. THEREFORE, 36:15.239 --> 36:21.181 SIN, SICKNESS, DISEASE, POVERTY, WANT, UNHAPPINESS, AND FAILURE 36:21.181 --> 36:27.554 ARE REALLY FOREIGN TO GOD'S PERFECT PLAN FOR MAN. THOSE ARE 36:27.554 --> 36:32.259 WORKS OF THE DEVIL. THEY'RE ENEMIES OF GOD AND ALL CREATION. 36:33.088 --> 36:36.329 AND IF THOSE THINGS ARE ENEMIES TO GOD'S PLAN, THEN THEY SHOULD 36:36.362 --> 36:43.737 BE OUR ENEMIES. WE MUST LEARN TO ADJUST AND ADAPT OUR THINKING TO 36:43.737 --> 36:47.206 GOD'S TRUTH. YOU KNOW, OUR THINKING MAY NOT ALWAYS LINE UP 36:47.239 --> 36:53.699 WITH THIS. THE THINKING THAT YOU RECEIVED OR WHAT YOU LEARNED 36:53.699 --> 36:57.384 FROM GRANDMA MAY NOT ALWAYS LINE UP WITH THIS WORD. YOUR NEXT 36:57.416 --> 37:00.621 DOOR NEIGHBOR'S THOUGHTS MAY NOT ALWAYS LINE UP WITH THIS WORD. 37:02.608 --> 37:07.599 BUT WE HAVE TO ADAPT OUR THINKING TO GOD'S THINKING. DR. 37:07.599 --> 37:12.208 FRED PRICE USED TO SAY, "WE MUST LEARN TO LOVE WHAT GOD 37:12.208 --> 37:18.938 LOVES AND HATE WHAT GOD HATES." THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO REMEMBER. 37:19.199 --> 37:23.342 LEARN TO LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES AND HATE WHAT GOD HATES. IN OTHER 37:23.376 --> 37:28.248 WORDS, ADJUST OUR THINKING TO GOD'S THINKING. WE NEED TO 37:28.280 --> 37:34.853 ADJUST TO THIS BOOK. WE SHOULD ALL LET GOD DETERMINE WHAT WE 37:34.887 --> 37:41.126 LOVE AND WHAT WE HATE. GOD'S WORD IS OUR COMPASS. AMEN? AND 37:41.161 --> 37:44.434 AS LONG AS WE WALK ON THIS EARTH, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN FAITH 37:44.434 --> 37:49.568 AND AGGRESSIVE WARFARE AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF GOD'S PLAN. THE 37:49.588 --> 37:52.347 GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, LIKE I 37:52.347 --> 37:57.391 MENTIONED EARLIER, TO OBLITERATE ANYTHING THAT SATAN WOULD 37:57.391 --> 38:01.715 ATTEMPT TO THROW AT US. OUR JOB IS TO COOPERATE WITH GOD TO 38:01.715 --> 38:06.619 ATTAIN THE HIGHEST AND THE BEST THAT HE HAS FOR US. AND MANY 38:06.652 --> 38:09.512 CHRISTIANS DO NOT KNOW THEIR BIBLE, AND THEY ACTUALLY THINK 38:09.512 --> 38:12.469 THAT THOSE CURSES THAT I TALKED ABOUT. THE SICKNESS, THE 38:12.469 --> 38:16.208 POVERTY, THE DISEASE, THE HARM, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THEIR 38:16.228 --> 38:24.771 FRIEND. SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE. SOME EVEN 38:24.804 --> 38:30.943 GO SO FAR, RACHEL, AS TO CALL THEM THE WILL OF GOD. THEY DON'T 38:30.976 --> 38:36.983 KNOW THEIR SCRIPTURE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL HEARD, OR YOU'VE HEARD 38:37.016 --> 38:40.277 PEOPLE SAY, OR MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD IT TOLD, THAT SOME PEOPLE 38:40.277 --> 38:43.324 HAVE SAID, "I WAS SO THANKFUL I WAS IN THAT AUTOMOBILE 38:43.324 --> 38:46.061 ACCIDENT. I GOT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND I WAS ABLE TO 38:46.061 --> 38:52.032 WITNESS TO THREE NURSES." YEAH? WELL, HOW MUCH MORE COULD YOU 38:52.065 --> 38:55.068 HAVE DONE HAD YOU NOT BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL AND YOU HAD A 38:55.101 --> 39:00.681 HEALTHY BODY? IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A HEALTH CHALLENGE, WE COULD 39:00.681 --> 39:05.211 PROBABLY ALL DO MORE FOR GOD. SO WHY WOULD HE WANT SICKNESS 39:05.244 --> 39:11.684 AND DISEASE TO BE PART OF OUR LIFE? WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE 39:11.717 --> 39:17.338 CALLED TO DO, IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER TO BE IN OPTIMUM HEALTH. 39:18.358 --> 39:21.994 AMEN? WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED TO SHARE 39:22.027 --> 39:28.168 CHRIST. I'M AMAZED AT THE ANSWERS THAT THEOLOGIANS GIVE 39:28.201 --> 39:31.438 SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS. IN FACT, I JUST 39:31.471 --> 39:36.476 READ THIS ON A POST ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I COPIED IT 39:36.476 --> 39:39.329 BECAUSE I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA USE THAT IN A SERMON SOMETIME, 39:39.329 --> 39:42.914 AND IT ACTUALLY FIT IN WHAT I'M DOING TONIGHT." BUT THIS IS A 39:42.914 --> 39:44.851 WELL-KNOWN NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE 39:44.851 --> 39:50.686 HIS NAME. BUT ONE OF HIS STUDENTS ASKED HIM A QUESTION. 39:52.139 --> 39:55.244 AND THE QUESTION WAS THIS. "WHY IS THERE EVIL AND SUFFERING IN 39:55.244 --> 40:02.702 GOD'S WORLD?" (2X) AND HERE WAS THIS BIBLE SCHOLAR'S RESPONSE TO 40:02.728 --> 40:07.804 THIS QUESTION. HE SAID, "GOD WANTS US TO BE GROWN UP AND 40:07.804 --> 40:10.577 RESPONSIBLE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHO WE ARE 40:10.610 --> 40:15.989 AND WHAT WE DO. HE SAID, AND SOMETIMES EXTRAORDINARY THINGS, 40:15.989 --> 40:21.389 NASTY THINGS HAPPEN FOR WHICH THERE IS NO OBVIOUS EXPLANATION. 40:22.969 --> 40:27.159 THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD HIS STUDENT. THIS IS A NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR 40:27.193 --> 40:31.530 THAT DOES NOT KNOW HIS BIBLE. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THERE ARE 36 40:31.565 --> 40:37.682 REFERENCES TO THE NAME OF SATAN. THERE'S 102 REFERENCES USING THE 40:37.682 --> 40:41.702 NAME DEVIL. JESUS REFERRED TO SATAN AS "THE ENEMY" IN 40:41.702 --> 40:46.036 MATTHEW 13:39, AS "THE EVIL ONE," MATTHEW 13:38, AS "THE 40:46.036 --> 40:51.306 PRINCE OF THIS WORLD" IN JOHN 12:31. HE CALLED HIM A "LIAR AND 40:51.306 --> 40:57.523 THE FATHER OF LIES" AND A "MURDERER" IN JOHN 8:44. HE SAID 40:57.556 --> 41:03.163 IN LUKE 10:18 THAT HE "SAW HIM FALL FROM HEAVEN." MATTHEW 41:03.195 --> 41:10.070 12:26 TELLS US THAT SATAN HAS A KINGDOM. MATTHEW 13:38 SAYS THAT 41:10.103 --> 41:16.509 "EVIL MEN ARE HIS SONS." THAT EXPLAINS SOME THINGS. HE HAS 41:16.543 --> 41:18.505 SOME SONS RUNNING AROUND THIS WORLD. AND THEY'RE EVIL. MATTHEW 41:22.909 --> 41:28.088 13:38-39 TELLS US THAT "THE DEVIL SOWS TERRORS AMONG THE 41:28.121 --> 41:36.262 WHEAT." THAT ANSWERS ANOTHER QUESTION. AND THEN THERE'S THREE 41:36.262 --> 41:41.744 SCRIPTURES, MATTHEW 13:19, MARK 4:15 AND LUKE 8:12 THAT ALL 41:41.744 --> 41:46.505 STATE "HE SNATCHES THE WORD FROM HEARERS." THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF 41:46.539 --> 41:52.411 HIS JOBS, JANET, IS TO SNATCH THE WORD. WHEN YOU HEAR IT AND 41:52.445 --> 41:56.516 YOU ATTEMPT TO BELIEVE IT, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, HE CAN 41:56.548 --> 41:58.918 COME AND TRY AND SNATCH THAT FROM YOU. THAT'S NOT A GOOD 41:58.952 --> 42:03.657 THING. THAT'S A FAITH ROBBER, I WOULD SAY, WOULDN'T YOU, MARK? 42:03.889 --> 42:08.126 PASTOR MARK? I'M STILL WORKING ON PASTOR MARK. IT'S COMING. 42:11.750 --> 42:15.735 HERE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES, MATTHEW 25:41. IT SAYS, "ETERNAL 42:15.768 --> 42:20.114 FIRE IS PREPARED FOR HIM." THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY. 42:22.280 --> 42:26.463 AMEN. BUT IT ONLY TAKES AN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN THE 42:26.463 --> 42:29.663 BIBLE AND BIBLE DOCTRINE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A 42:29.663 --> 42:33.117 DEVIL, THAT WE HAVE AN ENEMY, AND HIS MISSION IS TO KILL, 42:33.117 --> 42:38.425 STEAL, AND DESTROY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT SCHOLAR 42:38.458 --> 42:41.331 WOULD SIT THERE AND SAY, "WELL, THERE'S SOME NASTY THINGS THAT 42:41.331 --> 42:46.099 HAPPEN IN LIFE, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHY." I KNOW WHY. YOU 42:46.132 --> 42:51.471 KNOW WHY. AND IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS 42:51.505 --> 42:57.065 LIFE IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE GOD ON YOUR SIDE AND YOU 42:57.065 --> 42:59.900 HAVE OPPOSITION. IT JUST EXPLAINS SO MANY THINGS. 43:06.380 --> 43:09.572 IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE, BUT CHRISTIANS SUFFER BECAUSE OF 43:09.572 --> 43:13.809 FOOLISH RELIGIOUS TEACHING, AND THEN THEY GET ROBBED ON WHAT GOD 43:13.809 --> 43:17.898 HAS FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. THEY'RE NOT WELL 43:17.931 --> 43:22.434 TAUGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMPREHEND HOW OUR ADVERSARY 43:22.469 --> 43:25.938 OPERATES AND BE REMINDED THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY OVER 43:25.972 --> 43:31.121 HIM. SATAN WANTS US TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON EARTH 43:31.121 --> 43:33.972 IS GOD'S WILL. THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD LIKE US ALL TO BELIEVE. 43:35.239 --> 43:41.186 THEN WE'D NEVER OPPOSE HIM. IF THE DEVIL DECLARES OR DECEIVES 43:41.221 --> 43:45.492 US INTO THINKING THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS ON EARTH IS GOD'S WILL, 43:45.889 --> 43:50.835 WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONTINUALLY LIVE IN DEFEAT. BECAUSE WE NEVER 43:50.835 --> 43:53.414 ENGAGE OR FIGHT HIM. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD AN ENEMY. IT'S 43:53.432 --> 44:00.974 ALL GOD'S WILL. WHY FIGHT HIM? BACK IN 1956, NOW MOST OF YOU 44:01.007 --> 44:04.315 WON'T REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T EVEN ALIVE IN 1956, BUT 44:04.315 --> 44:07.068 YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THIS SONG. DORIS DAY SUNG A SONG 44:07.068 --> 44:12.085 CALLED "QUE SERA SERA." HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF THE NAME 44:12.085 --> 44:16.278 DORIS DAY? OH, YES, THERE'S A FEW HERE. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. THE 44:16.278 --> 44:19.121 THREE VERSES OF THE SONG ASK QUESTIONS LIKE, "WHAT WILL I 44:19.121 --> 44:23.695 BE?" OR "WHAT LIES AHEAD?" AND THE CHORUS REPEATS THE ANSWER, 44:23.695 --> 44:27.114 "WHAT WILL BE WILL BE." "WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL, I ASKED 44:27.114 --> 44:31.699 MY MOTHER, 'WHAT WILL I BE? WILL I BE PRETTY? WILL I BE RICH?' 44:31.699 --> 44:36.327 AND HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID TO ME, 'QUE SERA, SERA. WHATEVER WILL 44:36.327 --> 44:41.449 BE WILL BE. THE FUTURE'S NOT OURS TO SEE. QUE SERA, SERA. 44:41.449 --> 44:44.615 WHAT WILL BE WILL BE." I'M SORRY, I'M NOT EDDIE. I CAN'T 44:44.615 --> 44:48.985 SING IT FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A CATCHY TUNE. I GOT TO 44:48.985 --> 44:52.958 ADMIT THAT, BUT IT'S TERRIBLE THEOLOGY. CHRISTIANS MUST 44:52.992 --> 45:00.199 UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IS NOT WHAT WILL BE WILL BE. THAT'S EXACTLY 45:00.233 --> 45:03.983 WHAT SATAN WANTS US TO THINK. IT'S WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO 45:03.983 --> 45:07.003 BRAINWASH US INTO THINKING. SATAN LOVES IT IF WE FLOAT ALONG 45:07.003 --> 45:11.751 THROUGH LIFE THINKING WHAT WILL BE WILL BE. QUE SERA, SERA. AND 45:11.751 --> 45:15.014 WE HAVE NO WAY TO DETERMINE OUR OUTCOME. BOY, THAT WOULD BE A 45:15.047 --> 45:20.300 SAD LIFE. BUT YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IN THAT SITUATION 45:20.300 --> 45:23.760 RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH. THAT'S WHY WE ARE SALT 45:23.760 --> 45:29.528 AND LIGHT AND SO IMPORTANT TO SHARE. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO 45:29.563 --> 45:35.001 IT FROM YOUR HOSPITAL ROOM, PASTOR KEITH. GOD HAS A GOOD 45:35.034 --> 45:38.083 PLAN FOR OUR LIVES IF WE LIVE WITHIN HIS GUIDELINES. JESUS 45:38.083 --> 45:41.659 SAID IN JOHN 10:10, THIS SCRIPTURE, I ALREADY QUOTED IT, 45:41.659 --> 45:45.612 "THE THIEF'S PURPOSE IS TO STEAL AND KILL AND DESTROY." AND 45:45.612 --> 45:48.914 JESUS SAID, "MY PURPOSE IS TO GIVE THEM A RICH AND SATISFYING 45:48.949 --> 45:54.090 LIFE." THAT JUST SUMS IT UP RIGHT THERE. THERE'S OUR ANSWERS 45:54.090 --> 46:00.092 RIGHT IN THAT ONE VERSE. WE CHOOSE OUR DESTINY AND WE 46:00.126 --> 46:03.715 DETERMINE OUR FUTURE. REMEMBER I SAID GOD DOESN'T TREAT US LIKE 46:03.715 --> 46:07.623 ROBOTS. IT'S OUR CHOICE WHICH SIDE OF THAT SCRIPTURE WE'RE 46:07.623 --> 46:11.349 GONNA STAND ON. WE'RE GONNA WALK WITH SATAN AND ALLOW HIM TO 46:11.349 --> 46:14.735 TRAMPLE US? OR ARE WE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABUNDANT 46:14.735 --> 46:18.485 LIFE THAT JESUS GAVE US IN THE NEW COVENANT THAT WE HAVE? GOD'S 46:18.485 --> 46:21.313 WILL IS FOR US TO LIVE IN VICTORY AND AGGRESSIVELY DEFEAT 46:21.347 --> 46:25.309 SATAN WHENEVER HE ATTEMPTS TO BRING AN ATTACK INTO OUR LIVES. 46:25.309 --> 46:28.364 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. AND SO 46:28.364 --> 46:30.996 TONIGHT I'M BRINGING THIS MESSAGE FORTH. THAT WAS KIND OF 46:30.996 --> 46:35.777 MY, JUST TO LAY SOME GROUNDWORK, MY INTRODUCTION TONIGHT. BUT I 46:35.777 --> 46:40.733 WANTED TO REMIND US THAT WE NEED TO FORTIFY OUR DEFENSES 46:40.733 --> 46:44.184 BECAUSE SOMETIMES EVEN AS CHRISTIANS WE CAN GET A LITTLE 46:44.184 --> 46:49.393 LAZY THERE. WE KIND OF FORGET THE FIGHT THAT WE'RE IN AND WHAT 46:49.393 --> 46:52.846 WE NEED TO DO TO STAY STRONG IN BATTLE. AMEN WE DON'T WANT TO 46:52.878 --> 46:56.983 GET LAZY. WE NEVER WANT TO ALLOW SATAN ANY ENTRANCE INTO OUR 46:57.016 --> 47:01.782 LIVES. SOMETIMES WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT. 47:03.230 --> 47:05.989 YOU KNOW, IT WAS SUGGESTED IN THE PAST THAT PEOPLE WEAR A 47:05.989 --> 47:09.327 RUBBER BAND AROUND THEIR WRIST AND THEN IF THEY'RE TRYING TO 47:09.327 --> 47:12.521 BREAK A HABIT, MAYBE THEY'RE OVEREATING OR THEY'RE SMOKING 47:12.521 --> 47:15.280 OR WHATEVER, THEY WOULD SNAP THAT RUBBER BAND JUST LIKE THE 47:15.280 --> 47:18.663 ONE I HAVE ON MY WRIST TONIGHT AND THAT WOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL 47:18.663 --> 47:22.541 TO ME TO SAY, "STOP IT, DON'T DO IT." AND IT WOULD HURT ENOUGH 47:22.576 --> 47:25.969 THAT YOU'D SAY, "OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA OVEREAT AGAIN, 47:25.969 --> 47:28.219 OR I'M NOT GONNA SMOKE THAT NEXT CIGARETTE," OR WHATEVER IT IS. 47:28.219 --> 47:31.327 YOU USE THAT RUBBER BAND AND SNAP YOURSELF. TONIGHT, I WANT 47:31.327 --> 47:35.295 YOU TO SNAP YOURSELF AND SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA LET THE DEVIL, 47:35.295 --> 47:41.260 ANY ENTRANCE, HAVE ANY ENTRANCE IN MY LIFE." AMEN? NO ENTRANCE, 47:41.293 --> 47:48.980 HE'S NOT ALLOWED. 1 PETER 5:8 SAYS, "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT, 47:48.980 --> 47:53.048 BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL WALKS ABOUT LIKE A ROARING 47:53.048 --> 47:56.557 LION, STAKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR." IT'S OUR JOB TO BE 47:56.557 --> 48:00.353 AWAKE AND AWARE. IT'S OUR JOB TO KNOW AND USE THE TOOLS THAT GOD 48:00.353 --> 48:04.050 HAS GIVEN US TO DEFEAT OUR ENEMY. AND WHEN ANY WAR IS BEING 48:04.083 --> 48:08.893 WAGED, THOSE FIGHTING IN THE BATTLE NEED TO SECURE 48:08.893 --> 48:11.179 INTELLIGENCE ON THE ADVERSARY. ANY OF OUR MILITARY UNITS HAVE 48:17.480 --> 48:20.846 INTELLIGENT, ALL OF OUR MILITARY UNITS, I SHOULD SAY IT THAT WAY, 48:20.846 --> 48:24.380 HAVE INTELLIGENCE UNITS AS PART OF THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED TO 48:24.380 --> 48:27.692 KNOW WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING. YOU CAN'T GO INTO BATTLE UNLESS 48:27.692 --> 48:32.778 YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING. AND WHEN WE EXPOSE THE 48:32.811 --> 48:37.751 DEVIL AND HIS SCHEMES, WE'RE TAKING A STEP TO DEFEAT HIM. SUN 48:37.784 --> 48:43.516 TZU IS CREDITED AS THE AUTHOR OF THE ART OF WAR. IT'S AN 48:43.516 --> 48:49.094 INFLUENTIAL WORK OF MILITARY STRATEGY. AND SERIOUS STUDENTS 48:49.128 --> 48:53.251 OF BATTLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS BOOK. SUN TZU IS PROBABLY THE 48:53.251 --> 48:56.373 BEST KNOWN FOR THIS QUOTE CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF 48:56.373 --> 48:59.860 KNOWING YOUR ENEMY WHILE KNOWING YOURSELF. AND REALLY, IT'S 48:59.860 --> 49:04.375 AMAZING HOW THIS QUOTE APPLIES TO OUR CHRISTIAN WALK. LISTEN TO 49:04.375 --> 49:07.931 ME. I'M GOING TO READ THIS FOR YOU. IT SAYS, "IF YOU KNOW YOUR 49:07.931 --> 49:12.130 ENEMIES AND KNOW YOURSELF, YOU WILL NOT BE IMPERILED IN 100 49:15.050 --> 49:18.829 BATTLES. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR ENEMIES, BUT YOU KNOW YOURSELF, 49:18.829 --> 49:22.402 YOU'LL WIN ONE AND YOU'LL LOSE ONE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR 49:22.402 --> 49:25.865 ENEMIES NOR YOURSELF, YOU'LL BE IMPERILED IN EVERY SINGLE 49:25.898 --> 49:30.353 BATTLE. CHRISTIANS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT ADVICE. WE NEED TO 49:30.353 --> 49:33.405 KNOW THE POWER THAT LIES WITHIN US. WE NEED TO KNOW OURSELVES, 49:33.440 --> 49:37.378 DON'T WE? AND IF WE KNOW OUR COVENANT, WE KNOW WHAT JESUS HAS 49:37.378 --> 49:42.940 DONE FOR US, AND THAT HE RESIDES IN US, AND HE TOLD US WE HAVE 49:42.940 --> 49:47.963 THE POWER, WE CAN TRAMPLE OVER THE DEVIL, WE HAVE IT, THAT'S 49:47.963 --> 49:52.335 KNOWING OURSELVES BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN IT TO US, AND THEN WE ALSO 49:52.335 --> 49:56.762 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ENEMY'S STRATEGY IS, THAT'S A WINNING 49:56.795 --> 50:02.536 COMBINATION, WE CAN DEFEAT HIM EVERY TIME. WE HAVE TO 50:02.568 --> 50:05.920 UNDERSTAND AND DISCERN OUR ENEMY'S STRATEGY SO WE CAN BE 50:05.920 --> 50:10.311 MORE EFFECTIVELY IN A POSITION TO DEFEAT HIM. AND TONIGHT I 50:10.311 --> 50:13.764 WANT TO GIVE YOU QUICKLY SEVEN POINTS AS A REMINDER OF OUR 50:13.764 --> 50:19.038 AUTHORITY AND HOW WE CAN DEFEAT THOSE SATANIC ATTACKS AND STOP 50:19.038 --> 50:22.704 HIM IN HIS TRACKS. AND I'M JUST GOING TO LIST THOSE FOR YOU REAL 50:22.704 --> 50:26.782 QUICKLY NOW. NUMBER ONE, WE OVERCOME THROUGH FAITH. NUMBER 50:26.782 --> 50:31.182 TWO, PERFECT LOVE ELIMINATES FEAR. NUMBER THREE, TEMPTATION 50:31.182 --> 50:35.000 IS DEFEATED WHEN WE RESIST THE DEVIL. NUMBER FOUR, CLAIM YOUR 50:35.000 --> 50:38.998 RIGHT TO DIVINE HEALTH. NUMBER FIVE, UNDERSTAND PROSPERITY IS 50:38.998 --> 50:42.496 GOD'S PLAN. NUMBER SIX, ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE US. AND 50:42.496 --> 50:45.797 NUMBER SEVEN, STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED. AND I 50:45.797 --> 50:49.829 GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU FOLLOW THOSE SEVEN STEPS, YOU'RE GONNA 50:49.829 --> 50:52.860 GO A LONG WAYS TOWARDS DEFEATING ANYTHING THE DEVIL WOULD THROW 50:52.885 --> 50:57.438 AT YOU. WELL, LET'S SEE HERE, OVERCOMING THROUGH FAITH. 50:59.730 --> 51:03.436 HEBREWS 11:6, "BUT WITHOUT FAITH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE 51:03.436 --> 51:06.730 HIM, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND 51:06.730 --> 51:11.119 THAT HE'S A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM." AND 51:11.119 --> 51:14.235 I'M GOING TO READ ANOTHER SCRIPTURE NEXT HERE THAT JAMES 51:14.235 --> 51:21.864 SAID HERE IN JAMES 1, VERSES 5 THROUGH 8. "IF ANY OF YOU LACK 51:21.864 --> 51:26.413 WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES TO ALL LIBERALLY AND 51:26.413 --> 51:30.775 WITHOUT REPROACH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM. BUT LET HIM ASK 51:30.775 --> 51:34.543 IN FAITH WITH NO DOUBTING, FOR HE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE OF 51:34.543 --> 51:38.797 SEA DRIVEN AND TOSSED BY WIND. FOR LET NOT THAT MAN SUPPOSE HE 51:38.797 --> 51:43.402 WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD. HE'S A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN, 51:43.436 --> 51:48.757 UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS." WE KNOW ACCORDING TO ROMANS 10:17 51:48.757 --> 51:52.742 THAT FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. SO 51:52.742 --> 52:00.239 WE CAN ONLY DEVELOP FAITH AS WE HEAR AND LEARN. NO MAN CAN HAVE 52:00.239 --> 52:04.902 FAITH IN SOMETHING THAT HE'S IGNORANT ABOUT. WE HAVE TO KNOW 52:04.902 --> 52:08.905 WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT TO DEVELOP FAITH. DOUBT AND 52:08.905 --> 52:15.268 UNBELIEF IS AN ENEMY AND ALSO COMES THROUGH FALSE TEACHING OR 52:15.302 --> 52:20.239 ACCEPTING LIES INSTEAD OF TRUTHS. CHRISTIANS WHO ARE 52:20.273 --> 52:23.309 TAUGHT WRONG CAN BE INVOLVED IN TEARING DOWN SOMEONE ELSE'S 52:23.342 --> 52:30.617 FAITH. YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE THROW COLD WATER ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE 52:30.650 --> 52:37.309 FAITH. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO BELIEVE THE BEST THEY CAN FOR 52:37.309 --> 52:40.286 THEIR HEALING, AND SOMEONE COMES ALONG AND SAYS, "WELL, YOU 52:40.286 --> 52:42.719 KNOW, IT'S THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU TO BE IN THAT SITUATION," OR 52:42.719 --> 52:45.231 WHATEVER THEY SAY, THROWING COLD WATER ON IT TO DASH THEIR 52:45.264 --> 52:50.380 FAITH. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT IT'S SINFUL TO ASK 52:50.380 --> 52:55.041 FOR ANY MORE THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. AND IF WE'RE 52:55.074 --> 52:58.059 GOING TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THEN LET'S BELIEVE IT IN ITS 52:58.059 --> 53:03.750 ENTIRETY. IT'S EITHER TRUE OR IT'S NOT TRUE. WE'RE EITHER 53:03.782 --> 53:07.847 GOING TO STAND ON THESE PROMISES AND BELIEVE FOR THEM UNTIL WE 53:07.847 --> 53:11.992 TAKE OUR LAST BREATH ON THIS EARTH, OR WE JUST AS WELL THROW 53:12.025 --> 53:17.039 IT OUT. WE CAN'T JUST PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE. 53:22.260 --> 53:25.672 IF WE OPPOSE GOD AND THE BIBLE BY COOPERATING WITH SATAN, AND 53:25.672 --> 53:29.789 SOMETIMES WE DO IT UNKNOWINGLY, THEN WE BRING HARM TO OURSELVES. 53:29.789 --> 53:34.382 UNBELIEF CAN BE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS ONCE WE UNDERSTAND GOD'S 53:34.382 --> 53:38.050 PERFECT WILL FOR OUR LIVES. AND WHEN WE START SPEAKING AND 53:38.050 --> 53:41.954 PRAYING GOD'S WORD RATHER THAN DOUBT AND UNBELIEF, THEN WE CAN 53:41.987 --> 53:47.583 BEGIN TO REAP THE BENEFITS THAT GOD PROMISES. REPEAT THIS AFTER 53:47.626 --> 53:52.559 ME. I OVERCOME WITH FAITH. - I OVERCOME WITH FAITH. 53:52.559 --> 53:54.838 - IN GOD'S WORD. - IN GOD'S WORD. 53:54.838 --> 53:57.510 - THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THAT'S HOW WE OVERCOME, FAITH IN GOD'S 53:57.510 --> 54:02.327 WORD. NUMBER TWO, PERFECT LOVE ELIMINATES FEAR. 1 JOHN 4:17-18 54:03.960 --> 54:07.822 "LOVE HAS BEEN PERFECTED AMONG US IN THIS, THAT WE MAY HAVE 54:07.822 --> 54:13.586 BOLDNESS IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN 54:13.619 --> 54:19.693 THIS WORLD. THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE, BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT 54:19.693 --> 54:23.407 FEAR BECAUSE FEAR INVOLVES TORMENT, BUT HE WHO FEARS HAS 54:23.407 --> 54:27.168 NOT BEEN MADE PERFECT IN LOVE. PASTOR MARK TALKED ABOUT THAT 54:27.168 --> 54:30.750 FEAR ISSUE A LITTLE BIT EVEN IN OUR GIVING INVOLVED IN THAT. 54:30.750 --> 54:34.891 BUT AS WE FOCUS AND UNDERSTAND ON GOD'S COMPLETE, UNENDING LOVE 54:34.891 --> 54:39.378 FOR US, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE STAND IN A PLACE OF VICTORY, 54:39.378 --> 54:42.849 KNOWING THAT HE NEVER WANTS TO HARM US, THEN WE CAN WALK 54:42.882 --> 54:47.420 WITHOUT FEAR. OUR THINKING HAS A GREAT EFFECT ON DETERMINING OUR 54:47.454 --> 54:52.789 OUTCOME. PROVERBS 23:7, SAYS, "FOR AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS 54:52.789 --> 54:56.454 HEART, SO IS HE." YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL'S CHIEF WORK IS TO GET MEN 54:56.454 --> 55:01.367 TO THINK WRONG. HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SICK, BELIEVE 55:01.400 --> 55:04.170 WE'RE WEAK, BELIEVE WE'RE HELPLESS, BELIEVE THAT WE'VE 55:04.170 --> 55:09.074 BEEN MISTREATED BY OTHERS OR EVEN BY GOD. AND HE WANTS US TO 55:09.108 --> 55:12.750 BELIEVE THAT WE'RE FACING LACK AND POVERTY IN OUR LIVES. 55:12.750 --> 55:16.949 RELIGION TEACHES THAT WE JUST NEED TO ACCEPT THOSE CONDITIONS 55:16.949 --> 55:20.760 AS THE WILL OF GOD, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS HAVE 55:20.760 --> 55:25.525 OCCURRED IN OUR LIFE. THAT'S NOT GOD'S PLAN. IF SATAN CAN GET US 55:25.557 --> 55:29.161 TO THINK ABOUT SICKNESS OR FAILURE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT 55:29.195 --> 55:32.594 WE'RE DEALING WITH, THEN THOSE THOUGHTS CAN TURN TO WORRY OR 55:32.632 --> 55:38.005 FEAR. AND THEN THAT LEADS TO THE UNDESIRED RESULTS. IF WE MOAN 55:38.005 --> 55:41.465 AND GRUMBLE AND BECOME DISCOURAGED ABOUT ANY 55:41.465 --> 55:48.081 DIFFICULTY, IT ONLY INTENSIFIES IN OUR LIFE. JOB 3:25 SAYS, "FOR 55:48.114 --> 55:52.170 THE THING I GREATLY FEARED HAS COME UPON ME, AND WHAT I DREADED 55:52.170 --> 55:57.090 HAS HAPPENED TO ME." JOB'S SPIRIT OF FEAR WAS NOT FROM GOD. 55:58.858 --> 56:02.762 JOB WAS ACTUALLY A FINE HOWEVER, ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE 56:02.795 --> 56:08.797 THAT HE WAS TESTED WAS BECAUSE HE PROBABLY WAS NOT FREE FROM 56:08.835 --> 56:13.329 FEAR. JOB EVENTUALLY LEARNED THAT FEAR WAS NOT HIS FRIEND. 56:13.329 --> 56:17.376 FEAR COMES THROUGH WRONG THOUGHTS, AND WRONG THOUGHTS ARE 56:17.409 --> 56:22.405 SEEDS OF FUTURE ACTS. THE THINGS THAT WE SPEAK IN FEAR CAN 56:22.405 --> 56:27.619 ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE IN OUR LIVES. PAUL SAID IN 2 TIMOTHY 56:27.653 --> 56:31.590 1:7 "FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND 56:31.625 --> 56:35.829 LOVE AND A SOUND MIND." AND WE NEED TO LEARN TO IGNORE, 56:35.862 --> 56:41.534 MINIMIZE, DENY, AND REFUSE SICKNESS, POVERTY, SIN, 56:41.568 --> 56:45.000 SUFFERING, OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR LIVES. 56:45.000 --> 56:49.619 AND AS WE FOCUS ON GOD'S PLAN OF GOODNESS FOR US AND HIS 56:49.619 --> 56:52.278 LOVE, FEAR AND WORRY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN OUR 56:52.311 --> 56:57.349 LIVES. DO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE WALKING IN TODAY IS MANY 56:57.384 --> 57:04.373 TIMES THE RESULT OF BAD THOUGHTS OR GOOD THOUGHTS OF YESTERDAY? 57:06.690 --> 57:09.630 YOU'RE SOWING SEED RIGHT NOW TODAY FOR YOUR FUTURE. 57:10.679 --> 57:13.380 THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE THINKING AND SPEAKING TODAY 57:14.550 --> 57:18.722 CAN AND WILL PROBABLY AFFECT YOU IN THE FUTURE. LET ME RESTATE 57:18.722 --> 57:22.090 THAT IN ANOTHER WAY. THE SIN, SICKNESS, FAILURES, AND 57:22.090 --> 57:25.911 UNHAPPINESS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY CAN BE THE 57:25.945 --> 57:31.818 RESULTS OF THOUGHTS AND PLANS OF YESTERDAY. BUT THE GOOD NEWS 57:31.851 --> 57:36.257 IS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE HEALTH, THE WELL-BEING, THE 57:36.257 --> 57:42.139 PEACE, AND THE PROSPERITY THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE TODAY 57:42.139 --> 57:48.105 PROBABLY IS COMING FROM WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT EARLIER, 57:48.105 --> 57:51.338 YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE, THE MONTH BEFORE, WHAT YOU WERE 57:51.371 --> 57:57.811 SPEAKING BEFORE. SO, HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. IF YOU'VE CAUGHT 57:57.844 --> 58:01.847 YOURSELF, YOU'VE SNAPPED YOUR RUBBER BAND, YOU WERE SPEAKING 58:01.880 --> 58:06.688 WRONG, OR MAYBE YOU REALIZE NOW, "HEY, I WASN'T SOWING IN 58:06.688 --> 58:11.490 GOOD GROUND. I WAS SPEAKING WRONG FOR THE LAST MONTH. MY 58:11.525 --> 58:14.353 FOOT WAS HURTING AND I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND GRIPING 58:14.353 --> 58:17.733 ABOUT IT AND JUST SPEAKING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WAS HURTING ALL THE 58:17.733 --> 58:20.539 TIME. I NEVER SPOKE GOD'S WORD OVER IT. I NEVER BELIEVED FOR 58:20.539 --> 58:23.760 IT. I NEVER PRAYED. I NEVER REALLY GOT INTO FAITH OVER THAT. 58:23.760 --> 58:27.092 I JUST LET IT HAPPEN AND IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE. WELL, 58:27.092 --> 58:31.277 YOU PLANTED BAD SEED. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY REASON. 58:31.469 --> 58:34.280 I'M SAYING THAT'S ONE REASON IN THE MANY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 58:34.313 --> 58:39.452 TONIGHT THAT COULD BE AN AREA THAT WE'VE STUMBLED IN. SO THE 58:39.485 --> 58:42.556 GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN REVERSE THAT COURSE. YOU CAN START 58:42.556 --> 58:45.358 SPEAKING RIGHT. YOU CAN START BELIEVING RIGHT. YOU CAN START 58:45.358 --> 58:49.175 THINKING RIGHT ABOUT YOUR SITUATION, WHATEVER IT IS, AND 58:49.175 --> 58:53.900 THEN SEE THAT THING START TO TURN. AND IF YOU SOWED SOME BAD 58:53.932 --> 58:59.505 SEED IN THE PAST, YOU SPOKE WRONG, YOU THOUGHT WRONG, 58:59.505 --> 59:03.599 WHATEVER IT WAS, YOU CAN REPENT OF THAT. SAY, GOD FORGIVE ME. 59:03.599 --> 59:06.210 I WON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. AND THEN YOU TURN FROM THAT, AND YOU 59:06.210 --> 59:10.083 START FINDING THOSE SCRIPTURES THAT APPLY TO YOUR SITUATION AND 59:10.115 --> 59:13.586 BUILDING YOUR FAITH THAT AREA. SO YOU TURN THE TABLES ON THE 59:13.619 --> 59:17.123 DEVIL. AND THEN HE CAN'T OPERATE IN YOUR LIFE ANYMORE. YOU DON'T 59:17.157 --> 59:21.139 GIVE HIM AN OPEN DOOR. AMEN. THAT WAS AN EXTRA. THAT WASN'T 59:21.139 --> 59:23.639 EVEN A PART OF MY MESSAGE. BUT I THREW IT IN. OKAY. HALLELUJAH. 59:26.489 --> 59:30.612 BUT THE THINGS THAT YOU FEED ON ARE SO IMPORTANT. THE MOVIES 59:30.612 --> 59:34.597 THAT YOU WATCH, THE MEDIA POSTS THAT YOU READ AND LISTEN TO ON 59:34.597 --> 59:38.677 YOUR MOBILE DEVICES, WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER SOURCE IT IS THAT 59:38.711 --> 59:41.539 YOU TAKE IT IN, FROM THE TELEVISION OR THE RADIO OR 59:41.539 --> 59:45.436 WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, THEY ALL INFLUENCE YOUR THOUGHT LIFE. 59:47.760 --> 59:51.324 IT CAN BRAINWASH YOU IN A WAY THAT IS NOT GOOD IF IT'S THE 59:51.358 --> 59:54.427 WRONG STUFF. THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO ALWAYS FEED ON THE GOOD 59:54.460 --> 01:00:00.132 STUFF. THE MIND HAS TO BE KEPT CLEAN AND PURE. AS WE PROGRAM 01:00:00.166 --> 01:00:06.139 OURSELVES TO THINK RIGHT, THOSE THOUGHTS WILL ELIMINATE FEAR AND 01:00:06.150 --> 01:00:09.242 REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU LATER 01:00:09.275 --> 01:00:16.335 REGRET. THAT'S WHY PORNOGRAPHY IS SO HARMFUL. IT FEEDS YOUR 01:00:16.335 --> 01:00:22.856 THOUGHT LIFE, AND IT SOON LEADS TO ACTS OF SIN. SATAN CONVINCED 01:00:22.889 --> 01:00:26.608 JOB TO WALK IN FEAR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND SOME UNDESIRABLE 01:00:26.608 --> 01:00:31.019 EVENT STARTED TO HAPPEN IN HIS LIFE. IT CAME INTO JOB'S LIFE. 01:00:31.019 --> 01:00:35.429 WHEN A FEARFUL THOUGHT TRIES TO EMERGE, STOP AND REFUSE IT. 01:00:35.429 --> 01:00:38.987 DON'T LET THOSE FEARFUL THOUGHTS COME IN. REPLACE IT WITH 01:00:38.987 --> 01:00:42.045 SPEAKING GOD'S PROMISE. FEAR YOU'RE NOT COMING IN. I'M 01:00:43.125 --> 01:00:47.137 BELIEVING GOD'S WORD ON THIS. HE SAYS I'M GONNA HAVE VICTORY 01:00:47.137 --> 01:00:51.784 IN THIS AREA, AND I'M BELIEVING IT. PSALM 53:3-4 SAYS, "WHEN I 01:00:51.795 --> 01:00:57.858 AM AFRAID, I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN YOU." I PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT 01:00:57.891 --> 01:01:02.434 HE HAS PROMISED. I TRUST IN GOD, SO WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID? WHAT 01:01:02.434 --> 01:01:08.034 CAN MERE MORTALS DO TO ME? REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. GOD HAS 01:01:08.068 --> 01:01:16.675 NOT GIVEN ME A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF 01:01:16.710 --> 01:01:23.684 A SOUND MIND. AMEN, AMEN. NUMBER THREE, TEMPTATION IS DEFEATED 01:01:23.684 --> 01:01:28.153 WHEN WE RESIST THE DEVIL. I WANNA BRING SOME CLARITY HERE 01:01:28.188 --> 01:01:31.777 CONCERNING TEMPTATION. WHEN A CHRISTIAN IS UNDER ATTACK FROM 01:01:31.777 --> 01:01:35.228 DEMONIC FORCES, IT'S NOT AN INDICATION THAT GOD HAS FORSAKEN 01:01:35.262 --> 01:01:40.523 YOU. IT'S SATAN'S DESIRE TO GET YOU TO BELIEVE THAT GOD'S 01:01:40.523 --> 01:01:44.804 FORSAKEN YOU WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN YOUR LIFE. HE WANTS YOU 01:01:44.804 --> 01:01:49.775 TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH THIS TRIAL IF GOD 01:01:49.809 --> 01:01:55.916 WERE ACTUALLY WITH YOU. LET'S CLARIFY THAT NOW. JAMES 1:13-15 01:01:55.949 --> 01:01:59.635 SAYS, "AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU ARE BEING TEMPTED, DO NOT SAY, 01:01:59.635 --> 01:02:03.284 'GOD IS TEMPTING ME.' GOD IS NEVER TEMPTED TO DO WRONG, AND 01:02:03.284 --> 01:02:07.389 HE NEVER TEMPTS ANYONE ELSE. TEMPTATION COMES FROM OUR OWN 01:02:07.389 --> 01:02:12.804 DESIRES, WHICH ENTICE US AND DRAG US AWAY. THESE DESIRES GIVE 01:02:12.804 --> 01:02:16.724 BIRTH TO SINFUL ACTIONS, AND WHEN SIN IS ALLOWED TO GROW, IT 01:02:16.724 --> 01:02:21.382 GIVES BIRTH TO DEATH." A CHRISTIAN IS NOT ALLOWING SIN 01:02:21.382 --> 01:02:26.369 INTO YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU'RE BEING TEMPTED. NO SIN IS COMMITTED 01:02:26.369 --> 01:02:31.384 UNTIL LUST IS CONCEIVED AND THE SIN IS FINISHED. WHEN WE COME 01:02:31.418 --> 01:02:36.105 UNDER ATTACK FROM DEMONS, WE'RE INSTRUCTED BY JAMES TO DO THIS. 01:02:36.105 --> 01:02:40.952 JAMES 4:7, HE SAYS, "THEREFORE, SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL, 01:02:40.952 --> 01:02:45.911 AND HE WILL FLEE." RESIST HIM. TEMPTATION IS A PART OF EVERY 01:02:45.911 --> 01:02:51.170 CHRISTIAN'S LIFE. JUST ASK JESUS. WHEN JESUS WAS IN THE 01:02:51.204 --> 01:02:55.648 DESERT FOR 40 DAYS, HE WAS NOT FREE OF TEMPTATION. THE BIBLE 01:02:55.648 --> 01:03:00.213 TELLS US THAT HE WAS TEMPTED BY SATAN. HE WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY 01:03:00.246 --> 01:03:03.860 ANGELS. THE TEST OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER IS NOT THAT YOU'RE 01:03:03.860 --> 01:03:08.355 TEMPTED, BUT THAT YOU STAND UP UNDER THE TEMPTATION AND RESIST. 01:03:08.355 --> 01:03:12.858 DON'T GIVE INTO IT. WHEN YOU REACT TO SIN BY FLEEING FROM IT, 01:03:13.934 --> 01:03:19.934 JUST AS JESUS DID, I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE ATTENDED BY ANGELS AND 01:03:19.934 --> 01:03:23.702 BE GIVEN STRENGTH TO STAY THE COURSE. THANK GOD FOR HIS 01:03:23.737 --> 01:03:31.244 ANGELS. THEY ATTEND TO US AFTER WE'VE RESISTED THE TEMPTATION. 01:03:31.244 --> 01:03:35.815 IT'S LIKE A REWARD. THANK GOD FOR HIS ANGELS. THEY COME AND 01:03:35.849 --> 01:03:39.735 ATTEND TO US. HALLELUJAH. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 01:03:39.735 --> 01:03:46.304 ANGELS. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT EVERY TIME WE NEED THOSE 01:03:46.304 --> 01:03:49.237 MESSENGERS FROM HEAVEN, THEY ARE AT OUR BECK AND CALL. YOU 01:03:49.237 --> 01:03:52.766 HAVE ASSIGNED THEM TO EACH ONE OF US. AND THEY HAVE AN 01:03:52.798 --> 01:03:55.902 IMPORTANT WORK TO DO IN OUR LIVES. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEM 01:03:55.936 --> 01:04:00.501 NOW. WE THANK YOU FOR ANGELS ON ASSIGNMENT IN OUR LIVES, 01:04:00.501 --> 01:04:05.940 PROTECTING US, KEEPING US, AND EVEN ATTENDING TO US, JUST LIKE 01:04:05.940 --> 01:04:11.317 THE ANGELS DID FOR JESUS AFTER HE RESISTED THE DEVIL AND 01:04:11.317 --> 01:04:17.951 RESISTED TEMPTATION. IN MATTHEW 4:11 AND MARK 1:13, WHEN JESUS 01:04:17.951 --> 01:04:21.027 CONCLUDED HIS 40 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS, THE ANGELS APPEARED 01:04:21.061 --> 01:04:25.132 TO HIM, AND THEY ATTENDED TO HIM OR MINISTERED TO HIM AND MET 01:04:25.132 --> 01:04:30.536 HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS. THEY TOOK THE ROLE OF SERVANTS AND 01:04:30.570 --> 01:04:33.501 MINISTERED TO HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS. THANK GOD FOR THE 01:04:33.501 --> 01:04:37.210 SUPERNATURAL ACTIVITY OF ANGELS. AND IF WE DO THE RIGHT THING AND 01:04:37.244 --> 01:04:41.847 RESIST SATAN, THE ANGELS WILL MINISTER TO US. AS WE LEARN TO 01:04:41.880 --> 01:04:45.856 STAND FIRMLY AND RESIST THE DEVIL, I BELIEVE THAT HELPS US 01:04:45.856 --> 01:04:49.989 TO BECOME SHARPER AND STRONGER AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE NEXT 01:04:50.023 --> 01:04:54.077 ATTACK EVEN EASIER TO FLOAT RIGHT THROUGH AND SAY, "DEVIL, 01:04:54.077 --> 01:04:57.057 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PART OF IT. I RESIST YOU IN 01:04:57.057 --> 01:05:00.778 JESUS' NAME." YOU KNOW, DIAMONDS ARE FORMED UNDER EXTREME 01:05:00.778 --> 01:05:05.871 PRESSURE AND INTENSE HEAT. ORDINARY CARBON IS FORMED INTO A 01:05:05.871 --> 01:05:09.380 DIAMOND. IT'S THE HARDEST SUBSTANCE IN THE WORLD. ONLY 01:05:09.380 --> 01:05:14.246 ANOTHER DIAMOND CAN SCRATCH A DIAMOND. THAT'S HOW HARD THAT 01:05:14.280 --> 01:05:18.385 SUBSTANCE IS. GOD'S DESIRE IS THAT WE BECOME AN ARMY OF 01:05:18.418 --> 01:05:23.789 BELIEVERS SO STRONG THAT WE'RE SCRATCH RESISTANT, JUST LIKE A 01:05:23.822 --> 01:05:29.028 DIAMOND. IMPERVIOUS AND UNYIELDING TO ANY SATANIC 01:05:29.061 --> 01:05:35.969 ATTACKS. REPEAT THIS WITH ME. I WILL SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE 01:05:35.969 --> 01:05:43.777 DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE. AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, NUMBER FOUR. CLAIM 01:05:43.809 --> 01:05:49.449 YOUR RIGHT TO DIVINE HEALTH.(2X) IT'S THE RIGHT OF EVERY BELIEVER 01:05:49.483 --> 01:05:52.585 IN CHRIST TO HAVE PERFECT HEALTH AND FREEDOM FROM THE WORKS OF 01:05:52.619 --> 01:05:55.956 THE DEVIL. I JUST WANT TO DO THIS TONIGHT. YOU ARE WELL 01:05:55.989 --> 01:06:00.885 TAUGHT IN THIS HOUSE AND ONLINE HERE TOO IN THE HEALING COVENANT 01:06:00.885 --> 01:06:03.963 THAT WE HAVE. WE TALK ABOUT IT OFTEN. YOU KNOW THAT, WHAT IT 01:06:03.996 --> 01:06:07.664 IS. I DON'T HAVE TO TEACH ON HEALING TONIGHT, 01:06:07.664 --> 01:06:09.983 BUT I WANT TO READ YOU THREE SCRIPTURES, AND WHAT I'D LIKE 01:06:09.983 --> 01:06:12.706 YOU TO DO IS JUST SOAK THOSE IN TONIGHT. IF YOU FEEL LIKE JUST 01:06:12.706 --> 01:06:16.135 CLOSING YOUR EYES AND LISTENING, YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE 01:06:16.135 --> 01:06:19.240 TO CONTINUE TO LOOK UP HERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO, BUT JUST 01:06:19.240 --> 01:06:22.708 LISTEN TO THE WORDS HERE THAT I'M GOING TO READ TONIGHT AND 01:06:22.708 --> 01:06:28.989 JUST SOAK IN THAT HEALING POWER. PSALM 91:1-7 "THOSE WHO LIVE IN 01:06:29.021 --> 01:06:33.034 THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL FIND REST IN THE SHADOW OF 01:06:33.034 --> 01:06:37.784 THE ALMIGHTY. THIS I DECLARE ABOUT THE LORD. HE ALONE IS MY 01:06:37.784 --> 01:06:43.480 REFUGE, MY PLACE OF SAFETY. HE IS MY GOD AND I TRUST HIM. FOR 01:06:43.480 --> 01:06:48.007 HE WILL RESCUE YOU FROM EVERY TRAP AND PROTECT YOU FROM DEADLY 01:06:48.041 --> 01:06:52.920 DISEASE. HE WILL COVER YOU WITH HIS FEATHERS. HE WILL SHELTER 01:06:52.920 --> 01:06:58.123 YOU WITH HIS WINGS. HIS FAITHFUL PROMISES ARE YOUR ARMOR AND YOUR 01:06:58.123 --> 01:07:01.630 PROTECTION. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT, NOR 01:07:01.630 --> 01:07:05.858 THE ARROW THAT FLIES IN THE DAY. DO NOT DREAD THE DISEASE 01:07:05.891 --> 01:07:09.746 THAT STALKS IN THE DARKNESS, NOR THE DISASTER THAT STRIKES AT 01:07:09.746 --> 01:07:14.967 MIDDAY. THOUGH A THOUSAND SHALL FALL AT YOUR SIDE, THOUGH TEN 01:07:15.001 --> 01:07:19.545 THOUSAND ARE DYING AROUND YOU, THESE EVILS WILL NOT TOUCH YOU. 01:07:20.715 --> 01:07:26.679 AND THEN MATTHEW 8:16-17, "THAT EVENING MANY DEMON POSSESSED 01:07:26.679 --> 01:07:30.387 PEOPLE WERE BROUGHT TO JESUS. THEY CAST OUT THE EVIL SPIRITS 01:07:30.387 --> 01:07:33.974 WITH A SIMPLE COMMAND AND HE HEALED ALL THE SICK. 01:07:35.894 --> 01:07:38.969 THIS FULFILLED THE WORD OF THE LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET ISAIAH 01:07:38.969 --> 01:07:42.193 WHO SAID, 'HE TOOK OUR SICKNESSES AND REMOVED OUR 01:07:42.193 --> 01:07:48.487 DISEASES." AMEN, AMEN. AND THEN ROMANS 8:11, "THE SPIRIT OF GOD 01:07:48.521 --> 01:07:52.599 WHO RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD LIVES IN YOU. AND JUST AS GOD 01:07:52.599 --> 01:07:56.554 RAISED CHRIST JESUS FROM THE DEAD, HE WILL GIVE LIFE TO YOUR 01:07:56.554 --> 01:08:01.605 MORTAL BODIES BY THIS SAME SPIRIT LIVING WITHIN YOU." 01:08:01.605 --> 01:08:05.684 CHRIST HAS DONE THE WORK. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING HEALED 01:08:05.684 --> 01:08:12.324 AND REMAINING IN THAT HEALING IS US. IT'S UP TO US. HE'S DONE IT 01:08:12.358 --> 01:08:17.350 FOR US. WE HAVE TO RECEIVE IT. WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. WHEN WE 01:08:17.350 --> 01:08:21.720 DESIRE HEALING, THE BIBLE GIVES US INSTRUCTION. HE TELLS US TO 01:08:21.720 --> 01:08:25.845 RESIST THE DEVIL. HE TELLS US TO PRAY IN FAITH WITHOUT WAVERING. 01:08:27.045 --> 01:08:29.176 AND THEN BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED THE ANSWER. YOU MAY NOT 01:08:29.208 --> 01:08:35.659 EVEN HAVE THE FULL MANIFESTATION OF IT. YOU DON'T HAVE THE FULL, 01:08:35.659 --> 01:08:40.545 COMPLETE, NATURAL MANIFESTATION OF IT, BUT YOU STILL BELIEVE 01:08:40.545 --> 01:08:44.490 THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED IT. THAT'S NOT LYING. THAT'S BELIEVING 01:08:44.524 --> 01:08:50.296 GOD'S WORD THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED THE PROMISE. HOWEVER LONG IT 01:08:50.329 --> 01:08:53.189 TAKES FOR THAT TO MANIFEST IN YOUR BODY, YOU STILL WALK IN 01:08:53.189 --> 01:08:57.636 THAT FAITH, AND YOU DON'T DOUBT IT. YOU NEVER WAVER. THAT'S 01:08:57.671 --> 01:09:03.095 FAITH. AND EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LONG-TERM HEALTH 01:09:03.095 --> 01:09:05.993 CHALLENGE, DON'T WALK IN CONDEMNATION. YOU MIGHT SAY, 01:09:05.993 --> 01:09:08.489 "BUT PASTOR DOUG, "I'VE EXPERIENCED A HEALTH CHALLENGE 01:09:08.489 --> 01:09:12.523 FOR MANY YEARS, "AND I'VE PRAYED, AND I'VE FASTED, "AND 01:09:12.523 --> 01:09:15.555 I'VE TRIED TO BUILD MY FAITH, "BUT I'M STILL DEALING WITH THAT 01:09:15.588 --> 01:09:19.931 SICKNESS." THEN MY ANSWER TO YOU IS JUST KEEP STANDING. JUST 01:09:19.931 --> 01:09:22.863 KEEP STANDING. WE'VE ALL HAD HEALTH CHALLENGES. EVERY ONE OF 01:09:22.895 --> 01:09:26.158 US IN HERE, I'M SURE, COULD SAY AT SOME TIME YOU'VE WALKED 01:09:26.158 --> 01:09:28.001 THROUGH SOMETHING, OR MAYBE YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH SOMETHING 01:09:28.033 --> 01:09:32.055 NOW, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND ON THE WORD. 01:09:32.055 --> 01:09:37.644 CONTINUE TO STAND. NOTHING WAVERING. DON'T LET ANYONE 01:09:37.676 --> 01:09:43.182 ELSE'S DOUBT EVEN ENTER INTO YOUR THOUGHTS. DON'T LET IT COME 01:09:43.216 --> 01:09:49.221 IN. YOU STAND WITH GOD'S WORD AND LET THE MANIFESTATION COME. 01:09:52.664 --> 01:09:55.755 FILL YOUR HOME AND YOUR ATMOSPHERE WITH FAITH AND PRAISE 01:09:55.755 --> 01:09:58.622 AND NEVER STOP TRUSTING OR BELIEVING FOR FULL 01:09:58.622 --> 01:10:02.787 MANIFESTATION. EPHESIANS 6:13 SAYS, "THEREFORE, TAKE UP THE 01:10:02.787 --> 01:10:06.675 WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD "THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND IN THE 01:10:06.675 --> 01:10:11.144 EVIL DAY "AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND." YOU KNOW, HEALING WORKS 01:10:11.176 --> 01:10:17.250 IN THE SAME WAY AS SALVATION. WHEN YOU ACCEPTED THE LORD JESUS 01:10:17.283 --> 01:10:23.590 CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YOU BELIEVED THAT YOU WERE A 01:10:23.622 --> 01:10:27.627 CHRISTIAN. YOU BELIEVED YOU'D BEEN TRANSFORMED. YOU BELIEVED 01:10:27.627 --> 01:10:31.766 THAT YOUR ETERNAL HOME IS HEAVEN. AMEN? YOU JUST WALKED 01:10:31.766 --> 01:10:36.079 INTO IT. YOU PRAYED, YOU BELIEVED, AND YOU STARTED 01:10:36.079 --> 01:10:38.939 WALKING WITH HIM. AND IT'S REALLY THE SAME THING WITH THE 01:10:38.971 --> 01:10:45.145 HEALING. NO DOUBT. YOU JUST BELIEVE IT. THE SAME FAITH IN 01:10:45.177 --> 01:10:48.591 WHICH YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT HEAVEN IS YOUR ETERNAL HOME IS 01:10:48.591 --> 01:10:51.251 THE SAME FAITH THAT YOU CAN BELIEVE FOR HEALING IN YOUR 01:10:51.283 --> 01:10:54.720 BODY, OR PROSPERITY, OR WHATEVER ELSE IT IS THAT YOU'RE TALKING 01:10:54.755 --> 01:11:00.398 ABOUT. REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED CHRIST 01:11:00.398 --> 01:11:08.768 FROM THE DEAD WILL QUICKEN MY MORTAL BODY. AMEN, AMEN. 01:11:09.011 --> 01:11:12.426 PRAISE GOD, LET'S MOVE ON HERE. WE'RE DOING OKAY, I THINK. I'M 01:11:12.426 --> 01:11:15.287 GONNA GET YOU OUT BEFORE NINE. YOU'LL BE OKAY, BOB, YOU CAN GET 01:11:15.287 --> 01:11:16.346 TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP. BOB AND TASHA REALLY WANT ICE CREAM 01:11:17.711 --> 01:11:22.087 TONIGHT, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. PRAISE GOD. 01:11:25.810 --> 01:11:30.626 UNDERSTAND PROSPERITY IS GOD'S PLAN. NUMBER FIVE, UNDERSTAND 01:11:30.626 --> 01:11:34.912 PROSPERITY IS GOD'S PLAN. ALL BELIEVERS CAN ACCESS THE 01:11:34.912 --> 01:11:39.635 BENEFITS OF MATERIAL BLESSINGS. GOD WILL GIVE US THE BENEFITS 01:11:39.635 --> 01:11:43.936 THAT HE'S PROMISED AND PROVIDE ABUNDANTLY FOR US WHEN WE STAND 01:11:43.970 --> 01:11:49.091 IN FAITH AND IN THE WISDOM THAT'S NECESSARY TO GET THESE 01:11:49.091 --> 01:11:52.961 BLESSINGS. AGAIN, I'M GONNA READ THREE SCRIPTURES FOR REVIEW. 01:11:52.961 --> 01:11:55.546 YOU'RE WELL TAUGHT IN THIS AREA. I DON'T NEED TO TEACH ON IT 01:11:55.546 --> 01:11:57.885 TONIGHT. LET ME JUST GIVE YOU THREE MORE SCRIPTURES JUST 01:11:57.917 --> 01:12:03.333 TO CONFIRM WHAT THE WORD SAYS ABOUT YOUR PROSPERITY. PROVERBS 01:12:03.333 --> 01:12:07.333 3:9-10 SAYS, "HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND WITH THE 01:12:07.333 --> 01:12:12.865 BEST PART OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU PRODUCE. THEN HE WILL FILL 01:12:12.899 --> 01:12:16.368 YOUR BARNS WITH GRAIN AND YOUR VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH GOOD 01:12:16.403 --> 01:12:21.719 WINE." AND THEN MATTHEW 6:33, "SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD ABOVE 01:12:21.719 --> 01:12:25.612 ALL ELSE AND LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY AND HE WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING 01:12:25.645 --> 01:12:32.252 YOU NEED." AND THEN 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7-8, "YOU MUST 01:12:32.284 --> 01:12:35.581 EACH DECIDE IN YOUR HEART HOW MUCH TO GIVE AND DON'T GIVE 01:12:35.581 --> 01:12:38.625 RELUCTANTLY OR IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FOR GOD LOVES A PERSON 01:12:38.625 --> 01:12:44.997 WHO GIVES CHEERFULLY. AND GOD WILL GENEROUSLY PROVIDE YOU WITH 01:12:45.030 --> 01:12:48.011 ALL YOU NEED. THEN YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED 01:12:48.011 --> 01:12:51.537 AND PLENTY LEFT OVER TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. REPEAT THIS WITH 01:12:51.572 --> 01:12:57.644 ME. AS I SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE 01:12:57.730 --> 01:13:03.417 WILL PROVIDE EVERYTHING I NEED. AMEN. AND THEN NUMBER SIX, ALLOW 01:13:03.449 --> 01:13:07.694 THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE US. WE HAVE A KEEN ADVANTAGE HERE IN 01:13:07.694 --> 01:13:11.757 OVERCOMING SATAN BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE HOLY 01:13:11.792 --> 01:13:14.951 SPIRIT WILL GIVE US INSIGHT, DIRECTION, AND WISDOM. JOHN 01:13:16.136 --> 01:13:20.550 16:13 "I WANT TO READ THAT OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED TONIGHT. IT 01:13:20.550 --> 01:13:24.029 SAYS, "BUT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, COMES, HE WILL GUIDE 01:13:24.029 --> 01:13:28.092 YOU INTO ALL TRUTH, FULL AND COMPLETE TRUTH, FOR HE WILL NOT 01:13:28.092 --> 01:13:31.011 SPEAK ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, BUT HE WILL SPEAK WHATEVER HE 01:13:31.011 --> 01:13:34.581 HEARS FROM THE FATHER, THE MESSAGE REGARDING THE SON. HE 01:13:34.613 --> 01:13:38.819 WILL DISCLOSE TO YOU WHAT IS TO COME IN THE FUTURE. LISTENING 01:13:38.851 --> 01:13:42.988 TO THE HOLY SPIRIT ALLOWS US TO AVOID THE TRAPS OF SATANIC 01:13:43.023 --> 01:13:51.230 INFLUENCE. IN MATTHEW 16:21-25, CHRIST REBUKED PAUL FOR ALLOWING 01:13:51.264 --> 01:13:57.136 SATAN TO INFLUENCE HIM. PAUL WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO STOP JESUS 01:13:57.170 --> 01:14:03.010 FROM GOING TO THE CROSS. AND HE HAD TO BE REBUKED FOR THAT. IN 01:14:03.042 --> 01:14:07.581 THIS CASE, PAUL WAS A CHRISTIAN, BUT IN IGNORANCE HE YIELDED 01:14:07.613 --> 01:14:13.326 HIMSELF TO SATANIC INFLUENCE AND HE LISTENED TO THE DEVIL FOR 01:14:13.326 --> 01:14:19.399 THAT MOMENT. IT'S AN FOR ANY OF US TO HAVE HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES. 01:14:21.310 --> 01:14:25.052 WE CAN HEAR THE DEVIL WHISPER, WE JUST CAN'T TAKE THAT BAIT. 01:14:28.060 --> 01:14:33.439 WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT REALIZING IT. OUR TIME, OUR TALENTS, AND 01:14:33.472 --> 01:14:36.408 OUR ABILITY SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTEOUS CAUSE 01:14:36.443 --> 01:14:40.541 OF GOD. WE'RE CALLED AS CHRISTIANS TO WALK IN HOLINESS 01:14:40.541 --> 01:14:44.908 AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. PASTOR HANK RECENTLY SAID, "WHAT OTHERS 01:14:44.908 --> 01:14:49.690 CAN DO, I CANNOT." IT'S A GOOD THING NOT ONLY FOR PASTORS TO 01:14:49.690 --> 01:14:56.128 FOLLOW, BUT FOR ALL OF US. GALATIANS 5:22-23 SAYS, "BUT THE 01:14:56.162 --> 01:15:00.277 FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG-SUFFERING, 01:15:00.277 --> 01:15:05.005 KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, "GENTLENESS, 01:15:05.037 --> 01:15:09.708 SELF-CONTROL. "AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW." AND WHENEVER A 01:15:09.743 --> 01:15:13.935 BELIEVER TAKES PART IN ANY DIVISION, STRIFE, MALICE, 01:15:13.935 --> 01:15:18.952 HATRED, OR ANY KIND OF WRONGDOING, HE'S BEING USED AT 01:15:18.985 --> 01:15:24.257 THAT POINT AS A TOOL OF SATAN. DEMONIC POWERS HAVE GOTTEN A 01:15:24.291 --> 01:15:26.859 HOLD OF YOU AND YOU'RE LISTENING TO THEM IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN 01:15:26.893 --> 01:15:32.831 THOSE THINGS. I MIGHT BE STEPPING ON SOME TOES TONIGHT. 01:15:32.831 --> 01:15:36.671 THERE'S A LOT IN THAT LIST, DIVISION, STRIFE, MALICE, 01:15:36.671 --> 01:15:41.408 HATRED, BUT NONE OF US WANT TO BE COUNTED AMONG THOSE THAT ARE 01:15:41.440 --> 01:15:47.514 USED AS A TOOL OF SATAN. BUT WHEN WE YIELD TO SATANIC POWER, 01:15:47.546 --> 01:15:51.350 WE DO THINGS CONTRARY TO HOLINESS AND SOUND BIBLE 01:15:51.385 --> 01:15:59.559 DOCTRINE. REPEAT AFTER ME. I WILL ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 01:15:59.592 --> 01:16:04.230 GUIDE AND DIRECT ME. AMEN. EDDIE, YOU CAN COME. I'M ON 01:16:04.270 --> 01:16:08.868 NUMBER SEVEN ALREADY HERE. NUMBER SEVEN, STUDY TO SHOW 01:16:08.902 --> 01:16:13.038 YOURSELF APPROVED. WHEN CHRISTIANS STUDY AND BECOME 01:16:13.073 --> 01:16:17.140 KNOWLEDGEABLE AND STRONG IN GOD'S TRUTH, THEN WE'RE REALLY 01:16:17.140 --> 01:16:21.047 A THREAT TO SATAN. PAUL ADDRESSED THIS IN HIS LETTER TO 01:16:21.081 --> 01:16:25.600 TIMOTHY, 2 TIMOTHY 2:15, SAYS, "STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF 01:16:25.600 --> 01:16:28.780 APPROVED UNTO GOD, "A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED, 01:16:28.780 --> 01:16:32.539 RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH." AND THEN PAUL ADDRESSED 01:16:32.539 --> 01:16:35.561 THAT AGAIN IN EPHESIANS 6. HE WRITES TO THE EPHESIANS AND 01:16:35.561 --> 01:16:39.252 HE TOLD THEM, "PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD. STAND YOUR GROUND. PUT 01:16:39.252 --> 01:16:44.181 ON THE BELT OF TRUTH." LET ME READ EPHESIANS 6:13-14 TO YOU 01:16:44.181 --> 01:16:46.887 OUT OF THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. IT SAYS, 01:16:46.887 --> 01:16:50.131 "THEREFORE, PUT ON EVERY PIECE OF GOD'S ARMOR SO YOU WILL BE 01:16:50.131 --> 01:16:54.516 ABLE TO RESIST THE ENEMY IN THE TIME OF EVIL. THEN AFTER THE 01:16:54.516 --> 01:16:58.051 BATTLE, YOU WILL STILL BE STANDING FIRM. STAND YOUR 01:16:58.085 --> 01:17:01.858 GROUND, PUTTING ON THE BELT OF TRUTH AND THE BODY ARMOR OF 01:17:01.858 --> 01:17:06.326 GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS." AND WE CAN'T PUT ON THE BELT OF TRUTH 01:17:06.359 --> 01:17:11.997 IF WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, THE WORD OF 01:17:12.032 --> 01:17:16.690 GOD. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO STUDY TO SHOW OURSELVES APPROVED 01:17:16.690 --> 01:17:19.372 AND UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 01:17:19.405 --> 01:17:22.975 THE DOCTRINES THAT ARE IN THIS BIBLE. JUST LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE 01:17:23.010 --> 01:17:26.408 ARE OUT THERE AIMLESSLY GOING ALONG THINKING, "WHAT WILL BE, 01:17:26.408 --> 01:17:28.645 WILL BE," AND DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE 01:17:28.645 --> 01:17:32.470 OPPOSITION IN THIS WORLD BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE WORD. 01:17:32.470 --> 01:17:36.442 THEY DON'T KNOW GOD'S PLAN FOR MAN. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 01:17:36.442 --> 01:17:39.791 BATTLE THAT WE'RE IN, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE VICTORY. 01:17:41.560 --> 01:17:44.846 THIS ALSO GIVES US PROTECTION FROM FALSE TEACHING. THERE ARE 01:17:44.846 --> 01:17:47.944 HUNDREDS OF SCRIPTURES FROM BOTH THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW 01:17:47.944 --> 01:17:52.572 TESTAMENT ABOUT BEING AWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS. THE DEVIL LOVES 01:17:52.605 --> 01:17:56.176 FALSE TEACHING. DID YOU KNOW THAT? BECAUSE IT LEADS 01:17:56.208 --> 01:18:00.395 INDIVIDUALS DOWN A PATH OF DECEPTION, WHICH IS HIS KEY 01:18:00.395 --> 01:18:04.900 OPERATIONAL TOOL. HE LOVES TO DECEIVE PEOPLE AND THEN HE LEADS 01:18:04.900 --> 01:18:10.923 THEM INTO DESTRUCTION. 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2 SAYS, "NOW THE HOLY SPIRIT 01:18:10.957 --> 01:18:14.269 TELLS US CLEARLY THAT IN THE LAST TIME SOME WILL TURN AWAY 01:18:14.269 --> 01:18:17.505 FROM THE TRUE FAITH, THEY WILL FOLLOW DECEPTIVE SPIRITS AND 01:18:17.505 --> 01:18:21.935 TEACHINGS THAT COME FROM DEMONS. THESE PEOPLE ARE HYPOCRITES AND 01:18:21.967 --> 01:18:26.840 LIARS AND THEIR CONSCIENCES ARE DEAD. IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF 01:18:27.306 --> 01:18:31.106 THE GUY WHO WAS SHOPPING AT WALMART AND THERE WAS AN OLD 01:18:31.106 --> 01:18:34.881 LADY IN LINE THAT KEPT STARING AT HIM. AND FINALLY SHE SAID, 01:18:34.914 --> 01:18:40.020 "YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE MY LATE SON. AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY 01:18:40.052 --> 01:18:44.064 SILLY OF ME TO ASK, BUT COULD YOU JUST CALL OUT TO ME, 01:18:44.064 --> 01:18:48.636 'GOODBYE, MOTHER,' AS I LEAVE TODAY? IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL SO 01:18:48.636 --> 01:18:52.565 HAPPY IF YOU COULD DO THAT." AND THE GUY SAID, "YES, I'LL BE 01:18:52.599 --> 01:18:56.301 GLAD TO DO THAT FOR YOU." AND THE OLD LADY PROCEEDED THROUGH 01:18:56.336 --> 01:19:00.962 THE CHECKOUT AND AS SHE LEFT THE SUPERMARKET, THE MAN SAID, 01:19:00.962 --> 01:19:06.212 "GOODBYE, MOTHER." AND THE OLD LADY WAVED BACK AND WALKED OUT 01:19:06.246 --> 01:19:10.600 THE DOOR. AND THE MAN WAS REALLY PLEASED THAT HE'D DONE SOMETHING 01:19:10.600 --> 01:19:15.756 TO MAKE THAT LADY'S DAY, TO BRING HAPPINESS TO HER. AND THEN 01:19:15.788 --> 01:19:19.229 HE PROCEEDED TO PAY FOR HIS GROCERIES. AND THE CASHIER SAID, 01:19:19.229 --> 01:19:25.231 "THAT'LL BE $362." THE GUY SAYS, "$362? I ONLY BOUGHT A FEW 01:19:25.265 --> 01:19:28.635 THINGS." AND THE CASHIER REPLIED, "YES, BUT YOUR MOTHER 01:19:28.667 --> 01:19:36.408 SAID THAT YOU WOULD PAY FOR HERS." THE GUY WAS DECEIVED. HE 01:19:36.443 --> 01:19:45.484 WAS TRICKED. AND WE ARE DETERMINED. WE ARE DETERMINED 01:19:45.519 --> 01:19:49.021 NOT TO BE DECEIVED. WE'RE GOING TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND 01:19:49.055 --> 01:19:53.760 CONFIDENT IN THE WORD OF GOD. AND THE DEVIL'S NOT GOING TO 01:19:53.793 --> 01:20:03.103 TRICK US. REPEAT THIS WITH ME. I WILL NOT BE DECEIVED. AMEN. 01:20:03.136 --> 01:20:06.296 AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH ME TONIGHT? WE'RE BASICALLY DONE 01:20:06.340 --> 01:20:12.954 HERE. YOU KNOW, I'VE REVIEWED SEVEN PRINCIPLES THAT WE CAN USE 01:20:12.954 --> 01:20:18.150 AS A WINNING STRATEGY TO EXPOSE THE DEVIL. AND I THINK EVERYONE 01:20:18.185 --> 01:20:24.858 IN HERE PROBABLY KNEW OF THEM BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. BUT I 01:20:24.890 --> 01:20:29.311 BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD REMINDER TO REFRESH OUR MINDS IN OUR 01:20:29.311 --> 01:20:34.274 COVENANT, IN WHAT GOD'S DONE FOR US, AND WHAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO 01:20:34.274 --> 01:20:38.104 DO FOR US AS WE STAND IN FAITH. LET'S PRAY TONIGHT. FATHER, I 01:20:38.137 --> 01:20:41.735 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO YOUR WORD. 01:20:43.060 --> 01:20:47.033 AND TONIGHT AS WE LOOKED AT WINNING STRATEGIES THAT WILL 01:20:47.033 --> 01:20:50.984 HELP US DEFEAT AND OVERCOME THE DEVIL, I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR 01:20:51.016 --> 01:20:53.667 YOUR WORD, FIRST OF ALL, THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, THAT WE CAN 01:20:53.667 --> 01:20:58.541 STAND STRONG IN FAITH IN YOUR WORD AND WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US. 01:21:00.020 --> 01:21:03.497 AND AS WE STUDY AND SHOW OURSELVES APPROVED, YOU'LL GIVE 01:21:03.529 --> 01:21:09.197 US THE VICTORY. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT TEMPTATION THAT COMES 01:21:09.235 --> 01:21:15.341 OUR WAY, DECEIT THAT MAY COME OUR WAY FROM SATAN, WE ARE GOING 01:21:15.375 --> 01:21:22.481 TO RESIST IT, OPPOSE IT, AND NOT HAVE ANY PART OF IT. I THANK 01:21:22.515 --> 01:21:25.970 YOU, LORD, THAT WE CAN STAND AND WALK IN PROSPERITY, WE CAN 01:21:25.970 --> 01:21:29.885 WALK IN HEALTH, AND ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US 01:21:29.885 --> 01:21:35.895 AND PROVIDED FOR US BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOOD GOD AND YOU LOVE 01:21:35.929 --> 01:21:41.421 US. WE'LL NOT ENTER INTO FEAR, BUT WE'LL CONTINUALLY PRAISE 01:21:41.421 --> 01:21:48.172 YOU, WORSHIP YOU, FOLLOW YOUR GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND 01:21:48.172 --> 01:21:52.856 BE DIRECTED BY YOUR VOICE. AND WE'LL DO THIS FROM VICTORY TO 01:21:52.856 --> 01:21:55.996 VICTORY TO VICTORY AS WE MOVE ON IN THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE 01:21:55.996 --> 01:21:59.851 CALLED US TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS EARTH. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT 01:21:59.851 --> 01:22:05.252 NOW IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. WELL, GOD BLESS YOU 01:22:05.252 --> 01:22:08.262 TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE 01:22:08.262 --> 01:22:12.711 HOUSE ON SUNDAY. AND I THINK I HEARD THE RUMOR, PASTOR MARK, 01:22:12.711 --> 01:22:15.568 THAT PASTOR BRENDA'S PREACHING THIS SUNDAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE 01:22:15.568 --> 01:22:18.738 A WILD TIME IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. TUNE IN FOR US AT 9 01:22:18.771 --> 01:22:22.761 O'CLOCK AND THEN THE REPEAT AT 11:30 BROADCAST. GOD BLESS YOU. 01:22:22.761 --> 01:22:24.650 HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK. AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE 01:22:24.650 --> 01:22:25.730 HOUSE ON SUNDAY MORNING. 01:22:25.730 --> 01:22:37.858 [MUSIC]