If you'd turn in your Bible with me to 2 Corinthians
chapter 10, we started there last week. And it's
rare that I get to preach twice in a row, and
so I'm going to preach the same message again.
No, that's not true. I'm going to preach part
two. And I want to just recap a little bit after
I read verses 1 through 6. 2 Corinthians 10.
1 through 6. Now I, Paul, myself am pleading
with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ,
who am present and lowly among you, but being
absent and bold towards you. But I beg you that
when I am present, I may not be bold with you
with that confidence by which I intend to be
bold against some who think of us as if we walked
according to the flesh. For though we walk in
the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty in God for the pulling down of strongholds,
casting down arguments and every high thing that
exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing
every thought and captivity to the obedience
of Christ. and being ready to punish all disobedience
when your obedience is fulfilled. Father, open
up your word to us this morning. In Jesus' name,
amen. Amen. And so Paul, if you look down in
verse 10, was dealing with people in his church
that were challenging his authority. And it wasn't,
I don't think, Paul that was so much concerned
because they were defaming him, but because they
were causing dissidence in the church and division.
And so he recognized that the speech that was
coming forth, it said, oh, Paul's bold in his
letters, but when he's here, he's not the real
deal. And that's what they were saying about
Paul. It was dividing the church because many
looked to Paul for leadership, and they were
trying to diminish Paul's authority. And Paul
was saying that, he was saying, when I get there,
I'm going to deal with some. I don't want to
have to be bold. I don't want to have to show
the confidence that I have in Christ. But towards
some of you, I will. And he refused to tolerate
within the body that which would cause division.
And so he was dealing with it head on. And he
was saying these arguments, these vain imaginations,
these fleshly carnal thoughts. that the enemy
is using to destroy the church, I'm going to
use the weapons that God has given to me, the
weapons of our warfare that are not of this earth,
they are not carnal, but they are mighty in God,
and I'm going to use them to pull down these
division -causing things. I'm not going to tolerate
division in the church. And so, We talked about
last Sunday the fact that sourcing matters. Where
your authority comes from matters. And I believe
that every one of us that have given our hearts
to Jesus Christ have authority as sons and daughters
in the house. Hallelujah. In Revelation chapter
1, I didn't cover this last week, but the Bible
says that you and I are kings and priests in
the world today. And a king is little K. Jesus
is the big K king. And we are the little K kings
under him that carry out his mission in the earth.
We have authority that have been given to us
by Christ. Hallelujah. Sourcing matters. And
I kind of finished with that first part. The
weapons of our warfare are not carnal. They are
not of this world. Before I go further, I want
to just list, I did at the very end, but I want
to walk through more weapons of our warfare.
We have the authority of God, which we talked
about already. We have... The Word of God. This
is why every Monday morning when we have prayer
online, in fact, you can join us on Facebook
at 805 on my personal Facebook page, or you can
come in person and you can pray with us in the
prayer room at 805. It's a powerful time, but
my mantra for that is read the Word, pray the
Word, and live the Word. Because the word of
God is a weapon of our warfare that is not carnal,
but it is mighty in God. Hallelujah. The word
of God. And so Ephesians 6, 17, part of the armor,
the word of God. And so Ephesians 6, 17 says,
take up the helmet of salvation, the sword of
the spirit, which is. The word of God. Now how
does this happen? This happens, we see it in
Acts chapter 4. Peter and John had come back
to the church having been told by the Sanhedrin
not to teach anymore in the name of Jesus. Because
they saw a man healed at the gate beautiful.
And when the believers began to pray, this is
what they prayed. They lifted up their voice
in verse 24 and with one accord and said, Lord,
you are God who made heaven and earth and the
sea and all that is in them, who by the mouth
of your servant David have said, why do the nations
rage and the people plot vain things? The kings
of the earth took their stand and the rulers
were gathered together against the Lord and against
his crown. And so here, in the middle of their
prayer, they are praying Psalm chapter 2, verses
1 and 2. They had read the Word, and now they're
crying out to God, praying the Word of God. Amen?
Now, I hope that in your devotions, when you
read the Word, that you don't stop by reading
the Word. but that you take the next step and
that you pray the Word of God. Hallelujah. Because
when you pray the Word of God, you are praying
the perfect will of God. When you pray the Word
of God, you are praying the will of God. Let's
all say that together. When we pray the Word
of God, we are praying the will of God. The Word
of God. I could spend the rest of the morning
on the Word of God, but let me move on. Jesus
has given us his name. And it was at the gate
beautiful where Peter and John looked at the
lame man and said in verse 6 of chapter 3 of
the book of Acts, silver and gold I do not have,
but such as I have give I to you in the name
of Jesus. Rise up and walk. Hallelujah. And I
want to declare over the church today that God
has given you His name. His name. It is by His
name. It is in His name. It is the power of His
name. Hallelujah. That is above every other name.
The name of Darren Palmer does not go very far.
The name of Cammie Palmer does not go very far.
We are people. We are people. We are mere men
and women in this room today. Our names are not
very high. But the name that binds us all together,
hallelujah, is the wonderful, powerful, eternal
name of Jesus that is above every other name.
And at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow
and every tongue shall confess and every demon
shall submit. Hallelujah. Jesus is above every
other authority and principality on this earth.
It is the name of Jesus. And Jesus taught us
in John 14, whatever you ask in my name, that
I will do. Are you under the name of Jesus? Are
you living for Jesus? Are you living in the name
of Jesus? When you speak the name of Jesus, there
is power that is released. The weapon of our
warfare. And then God has given us the blood
of the lamb. He's given us his word. He's given
us his name. And he's given us the blood of the
lamb. And I want to couple this with another
powerful gift that is not rooted on the earth,
but happened on the earth. It is rooted in the
heavens. And that is this, the blood of the Lamb.
And the Bible couples with that in Revelation
chapter 12, verse 11, the word of our testimony.
Hallelujah. The word of our testimony. How many
of you got a story of what God has done in your
life? Lift up your hand. You've got a story of
how God has shaped you and changed you and intervened
in your life and rescued you. That is the word
of your testimony. And it is not rooted in carnality
and the things of this world. Your testimony
is rooted in heaven. Hallelujah. And so when
you were washed in the blood of the lamb that
Jesus shed on Calvary, you were given a story
and a testimony. Hallelujah. And Revelation chapter
12. I want to read this because this is so powerful.
Hallelujah. Revelation 12. I'll start in verse
9. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent
of old called the devil and Satan, who deceives
the whole world. He was cast. to the earth. His
angels were cast out with him. And then I heard
a loud voice saying in heaven, now salvation
and strength in the kingdom of our God and the
power of his Christ have come for the accuser
of our brethren who accused them before our God
day and night has been cast down. And they overcame
the devil and his angels by the blood of the
lamb and by the word of their testimony. And
they did not love their lives unto death. I'm
getting a little loud this morning, aren't I?
Because I'm excited about this. God has not left
his people helpless. You are not helpless to
face the things in this life. You are not helpless
to just succumb to everything that comes your
way. You have weapons of warfare that God has
equipped you with so that you can fight and stand
victorious in the mighty name of Jesus. He's
given you the baptism. Of the Holy Spirit. In
Acts chapter 1. In verse 8. But you shall receive
power. When the Holy Spirit has come upon you.
And you shall be witnesses to me. In Jerusalem.
And Judea. And Samaria. And to the ends of the
earth. Jude. The brother of our Lord said. But
you beloved. Build yourselves up. In the most
holy faith. Pray. in the Holy Spirit. Pray in
the Holy Spirit. Glory to God. Ephesians 6 .18
says, be watchful and persevere. Pray always
with all prayer and supplication in the Holy
Spirit. Pray in the Holy Spirit. Wow. He's given
us the baptism of the Holy Spirit. You know,
sometimes I don't know what to do. You don't
know how many times that I have been discouraged.
And I haven't always won those battles, but sometimes
I do win those battles. And when I win that battle,
do you know one reason why? It's because I begin
to pray in the Spirit. I begin to pray in tongues.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit. God has equipped
me and empowered me with a prayer language that
he wants to equip you and empower you with your
prayer language by baptizing you in the Holy
Spirit. And when I'm baptized in the Holy Spirit
and I begin to pray in the Spirit, oh, that thing
that gets on me, does that thing ever get on
you? It tries to just weigh you down. It tries
to steal from you. I begin to walk. I like to
walk and pray in the Spirit. I begin to walk
through my kitchen and through my living room,
and I begin to pray in tongues, and I begin to
lift them up, lift up my prayer language to the
Lord, and it isn't long before that thing is
broken, and it just lifts up off of me. It's
a weapon of my warfare that is born in heaven
that the enemy cannot steal from me. I want to
wrap this portion up, so let me just list them,
the gifts of the Holy Spirit. In 1 Corinthians
12, they come from heaven. They are not sourced
in carnality. Here's another one. We sang about
it this morning. Praise. I want to say it again.
Praise. I want to say it one more time. Praise.
Shake your neighbor and say, Praise! Praise!
Praise is a weapon of our warfare. Let the high
praises of God be in their mouth and a two -edged
sword in their hand. Praise is a weapon. The
enemy wants to silence your voice. But when you
lift it up, In praise. God has ordained praise.
Even in the mouths of children. He has ordained
praise. Well, you don't know what I'm walking
through, Pastor. You just don't know what I'm
walking through. I'm telling you that if you
will lift up your voice in praise, no matter
what you're going through, Oh, if you will lift
up your voice and shout unto God with the voice
of triumph, hell will tremble. Hell will begin
to say, what is happening here? What is going
on here? It's just like in Acts chapter 16, when
Paul and Silas were in prison, and they were
going to be executed the next day. But at midnight,
Paul and Silas were praying and they began to
sing hymns to God. Hallelujah. And the prisoners
were listening and suddenly there was an earthquake,
a great earthquake, so that the foundations of
the prison were shaken and immediately all the
doors were open and everyone's chains were loosed.
It happened because of praise. I want to challenge
you that are convinced that, well, my calling
is to love the Lord my God with all of my mind.
And so I'm just very cerebral in my relationship
with Him. But there's three other parts to that.
We got to love the Lord our God with all of our
mind. We got to love the Lord our God with all
of our heart and all of our soul and all of our
strength. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And so I just
want to challenge you in the midst of your hardship,
in the midst of your struggle, keep. praising
God. Do not let the enemy steal your praise.
Do not let him silence the weapon of praise that
is sourced in heaven. Hallelujah. You keep praising
God. You keep praising God. Earth might do what
earth is going to do, but I'm going to praise
the Lord. I'm going to give glory to the King
of Kings and to the Lord of Lords. That will
set a person free. Hallelujah. Glory to God.
Glory to God. And there's more, but I want to
end with this one. God has given us the weapon
of one another. Look at the person next to you
and say, you're my weapon. You're my weapon.
You are my weapon. You know, marriages in this
room, you are each other's weapon. I've seen
too many marriages agree together to move away
from God. I'm believing for marriages that agree
together that say, hey, we're going to go after
God with all of our heart. We're going to lift
one another up to the Lord. We're going to stand
together in Jesus' name. Friendships in the house.
We stand together in Jesus' name. There's too
many people that are carnal and just dragging
each other around. You don't have to get that
close to God just so you go to church. No! What
did Jesus say? Again, I say to you that if two
of you agree on earth concerning anything you
ask. It will be done by my Father who is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together
in my name, there I am in the midst of them.
I want the power of God to flow through my friendships.
I want iron to sharpen iron. I want us to draw
each other closer to the Lord, closer to the
Lord, closer to the Lord. I got a need. I've
been praying on my own, but I haven't seen breakthrough
yet. So brother, will you join with me and will
you pray with me? Because the Word, I know God
is listening to me when I pray on my own. But
if you'll join with me, then we'll fulfill Matthew
18, 19, and 20. And we'll agree together in the
name of Jesus. One puts a thousand to flight.
Two puts ten thousand to flight. What can an
entire church do? I believe that there is so
much. Power locked up in the church that has
not been released yet. It's time for it to be
released in the name of Jesus. These weapons
of our warfare, they are not carnal. They are
mighty in God. Woo! Hallelujah! What's the most
powerful thing in Logan County? It's the church.
But she is suppressed and silent. But it's time
for the church to arise. And I don't mean politically.
It's time for the church to rise in the power
of the kingdom of God and see souls set free
in Jesus' name. Breaking down the lies of the
enemy, the things that are not true in Jesus'
name. And then the final thing, I was... I believe
that every one of these things has to be touched
by this one. This one is not a standalone. When
you speak in the name of Jesus, you have to couple
it with this one. When you plead the blood of
Jesus, you have to couple it with this one. When
you agree with your friend, you have to couple
it with this one. When you praise, you have to
couple it with this one. And this weapon of our
warfare that touches every other weapon of our
warfare is this. It is, in fact, Paul said in
the armor, he said, and above all, above all,
take up the shield of faith. Hallelujah. The
shield of faith. We have to have faith in God.
We have to have faith that when I pray in the
name of Jesus, he will do what I ask. We have
to have faith that when I agree with my brother
and my sister that God is going to move. May
the Lord increase the weapon of faith among us
in Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah. Glory to God.
Okay. The weapons of our warfare. God's called
us to use them. Oftentimes, he's called us to
use them to tear down carnality. Paul was tearing
down carnality in the church because he refused
to tolerate it. I'm not going to let carnal thinking
supersede the God kind of thinking. And oftentimes
in our own lives, We tolerate carnality. Things
sourced from the earth. Carnality. Since this
word was given a couple of weeks ago, this verse.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. I
have been seeing in my own life carnality. By
that I don't mean gross sin. That's not what
carnality is. Carnality means of the earth. Limiting
myself. To humanness. I have not repented so
much before the Lord as I have in the last two
weeks. I've been seeing desires in my life that
are for my own gain. I've been asking God to
cleanse my heart of things that... I have begun
to do subtly and really not even notice them.
First, I did them because God told me to do them
and He put them on my heart. But subtly, a shift
happens and I do them to gain notoriety among
people. Among Christians. I've been seeing so
much in my heart that I've... That I've just
said, God, I need a thorough, thorough cleansing.
The details that surround what brought this all
out, I don't have time to share this morning.
And God has done a partial work, but even yesterday
I had thoughts and I had to confess them before
the Lord and say, God, wash. me clean. My biggest
enemy to overcome by the weapons of our warfare
is not the devil, but it is the thought processes
and the things that enter my own heart. And I
fear that oftentimes We tolerate the kinds of
thinking in our lives that limit God. Some questions
I wrote down. Is my decision -making process
more led by human reasoning? Or is it soaked
in prayer and listening to the heart of God?
Am I envious of the lifestyles that others enjoy?
Am I envious of the positions, even in the church,
that others enjoy? Do I resist the things that
feed my spirit, finding it easier to give my
time and resources to feeding my flesh? Am I
generally, when I really step back and pause
a moment and look, am I generally unsatisfied
with the life that God has given me? Am I argumentative?
Do I have a constant need to be correct? Do I
crave the accolades of men? Do I crave what others
think of me more than what God thinks of me?
These are all things that are tied to carnality.
When a Christian is carnal, they open up the
door for it to lead to things that are not just
of this world, but to lead to things that are
actually evil and sinful. Carnality will lead
you down that road because it is void of God.
And there is a huge battle between flesh and
spirit. And your pastor is not immune. And I
have been asking God to give me a thorough, thorough
cleansing to not cut the work short. I don't
want to just come to the altar and say, Lord,
forgive me, and then leave. I want a thorough
cleansing and a washing in my heart and to gain
a victory over carnality. Now, I want to read
some verses to you. Are we doing good? Is everybody
okay? You feeling good this morning? You feel
good, all right? All right. I want to read some
verses to you to let you know this morning that
you are not alone. Now, these first two are both
from the Gospel of Luke. The first one, the disciples
had been walking with Jesus for two years in
person. And so they had lived with him and done
ministry with him and experienced an incredible
amount of ministry. Now listen to this. Then
a dispute arose among them as to which of them
would be the greatest. Godly from heaven or carnal?
Carnal. No question. And Jesus, perceiving the
thought of their heart, took a little child and
used a child as an illustration. But then, up
to a year later, this was right before Jesus
went to the cross. In the same gospel, in Luke
chapter 22, so this is not a crossover scripture.
This is a year later after that conversation.
And it says in Luke 22, 24, now there was also
a dispute among them as to which of them should
be considered the greatest. It was still going
on. The carnality that they were dealing with.
And Jesus said to them, the kings of the Gentiles
exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise
authority over them are called benefactors, but
not so among you. On the contrary, he who is
the greatest among you, let him be as the younger,
and he who governs as he who serves. Be the servant
of all. That's what God sees. You see, Jesus
flipped it all upside down. I want you to listen
to Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. This
is chapter 3, 1 Corinthians 3, verse 1. And I,
brethren, could not speak to you as spiritual
people, but as carnal. Babes in Christ. I fed
you with milk and not with solid food for until
now you were not able to receive it and even
now you are still not able for you are still
carnal. Wow. For where there is envy, strife,
divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving
like mere men? When one says, I follow Paul and
another, I follow Apollos. Are you not carnal?
And so, this thinking of carnality was pervasive
to the twelve disciples. It was pervasive to
the church of Corinth. Do you think that you
and I are immune? We're not immune. We have flesh.
And as long as we're on this side of eternity,
there's coming a day where you don't have to
fight it anymore. Hallelujah. But there's coming,
and that day is not here yet. And so now we have
to wrestle with ourselves and carnality. Carnality.
We have to wrestle with ourselves. It desires
comfort and convenience, the feeding of the flesh.
It desires praise and the recognition of men.
Jesus constantly taught us how to battle it.
Deeds before men. Listen to what he said about
the Pharisees. All their works they do to be
seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad
and enlarge the borders of their garments. They
love the best places at feasts, the best seats
in the synagogues, greetings in the marketplaces,
and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But you
do not be called Rabbi, for one is your teacher,
the Christ, and you are all brethren. It's what
they love to be seen by men. And I have to be
honest with myself and ask the question, is any
of that in me? Did you know the opposite is true
too? We like accolades and we like to feed our
flesh. But the opposite is true too. We have
entertained thoughts. That are not from God.
I'll never arrive. I'll never get filled with
the Holy Spirit. I'll never have enough money.
I'll never lose weight or be healthy. Did you
know that those kinds of thoughts are also rooted
in pride? They're carnal. They're what? Idols.
High places. Come down. That's a word from the
Lord right there. Some of you have had things
spoken over you. By authorities. You'll never
amount to anything. And that thing takes root
in your heart. And it becomes a part of your
identity. But it is carnal. It is sourced not
from God, not in heaven. It is sourced from the
earth. It is sourced in your own mind. It is
sourced from the generations that have gone before
you that have spoken those things over you. It
is sourced in the earth. And the whole reason
for these weapons that we just spent 20 minutes
shouting about. is to defeat and tear down these
kinds of carnalities that have to be done away
with. I'll never be free. I'll always be addicted.
No! Why is it wrong? Why is it sinful to entertain
those things? Because God did not. Say them.
They are sourced in the earth and God's called
you to a new place, son. He's called you to a
new place, daughter. He's called you to believe
his word in your life. He's called you to believe
his promises in your life. He's called you to
believe what he says is going to happen in your
life. He's called you to believe his will for
your life. Hallelujah. And it's time to tear
it down in Jesus' name. It's time to say, no,
it's not going to happen. This is a struggle
worth engaging in. And for two weeks, I've been
laying myself before the Lord saying, God, get
these things out of my heart. Using the weapons
of my warfare. One time in the last two weeks,
I laid my hand on my head and I just began to
plead the blood of Jesus over my thinking. I
began to plead the blood of Jesus over my thinking.
Hallelujah. Glory to God. I will. When I was
35, I went through a health episode. Had to do
with an infection that was in my head. And I
gained victory over it. It took me nine months
and a lot of work. It's a whole God testimony,
which I'll spare you of this morning. But after
that, when I would go to run, it was like there
was space in my head that was left behind. And
I could feel, this sounds crazy, I know, but
I could feel my brain clicking when I would try
to run. And I would go a mile. And I'd have to
stop and I would feel like I was concussed. It
was like there was now space in my head and my
brain was getting sloshed around. And so that
was when I was 35. It's now 18 years later. And
I had convinced myself that I would never be
able to run again. And I would never be able
to get to the place where I wanted to be physically
again. And two years ago I started running and
I really got serious about it this year. And
I want to tell you something that God has delivered
me and healed me and completely set my body free.
Hallelujah. There is right now, I know I'm tall
and skinny and I've always kind of been tall
and skinny and so I don't say this to... Exalt
myself. But I have, I think I've lost 25 pounds
since I started running this past summer. I feel
better than I've felt in two decades. I see a
physical transformation happening in my body.
But it is not just that. It is that coupled alongside
of that, there is a spiritual transformation
happening in my body. And I'm beginning, in my
spirit, and I'm beginning to believe the things
that God has spoken over me. And I'm believing
that that's going to trickle down, not just to
me and to my wife and our family. She's always
been a health nut. And now I'm thankful for that.
I've kind of like, never mind, I'm not going
to go down that road. Because she's going to
listen to this. And then I'm going to get it.
I'm going to get it. Paybacks are never good.
she means more to me now than she ever has. There,
I'll just say that. And some of the things she's
given herself to mean more to me now than they
ever have. And the blessing that is coming upon
me and upon her is coming upon this entire body
in Jesus' name. And this morning, we're going
to break some of that wrong thinking. I will
never be healed. I will never be able to fill
in the blank. We break that in the name of Jesus.
We plead the blood of Jesus over our thinking.
Hallelujah. We plead the blood of Jesus right
now. over every weight that has hindered us in
the name of the Lord. Everything that is rooted,
not in the mind of God, but in carnal type thinking
that has allowed things to take root and determine
our destiny. We refuse to give our destiny to
the enemy anymore in Jesus' name. We refuse to
let... Let the lies of the enemy. I love that
song that Candace led. Get the liars out of the
way. They don't have the final say. There is
only one. Sovereign and supreme. Every word he
speaks is holy. Hallelujah. The Lamb of God is
overcome. My testimony is his blood. Hallelujah.
Glory to God. These are the weapons of our warfare.
They are not carnal. They are mighty in God.
Hallelujah. Friend, you are not meant to be the
tail wagged around by life for the rest of your
days, just having to suffer at every turn and
helpless and just having to just take it all
the time like a punching bag. You are not the
tail. You are the head in the name of Jesus.
God created you and he's gifted you. to operate
in power and authority and all of the things
that God has given to you in Jesus' mighty name.
And so I want to call you, friend, to two things.
One, to brutal honesty. To stand before the Lord
and to say, God, I just recognize, and to not
be afraid to admit and recognize, I have been
a carnal person. I have thought things I shouldn't
think about myself and about others. I need you
to come and cleanse me, God. I need you to wash
me. I plead the blood of Jesus. I thank you that
you have put your name on my life. You have called
me to a higher place than this. And you get brutally
honest and say, God, I have been content to stay
on this plane and just stay here for the rest
of my life and just wander and meander through
life and just let all of these things happen
up until now. And I ask that you would forgive
me for that because I don't want to stay here
any longer. I want to come up to where you are.
I want to walk the way you've called me to walk.
I want to be who you've called me to be. I want
to become who you've created me to become. I
won't forfeit my destiny anymore. I want to tell
you something that I know isn't true, but it
was the way I was feeling, and I told this to
Cammie a couple nights ago. I said, I fear that
there are things in life that have already passed
me by and are too late to recover. And I told
her, I said, I know that's not true, but I'm
telling you that because that's how I feel right
now. Do you know you can be honest? And I want
to call you to honesty before the Lord because
that's how we get those things out of us. In
James 5, it says, confess your sins one to another
and pray for each other that you might be healed.
Amen? And so you say those things not to glorify
those things, but to get them out in the open
and so they can be defeated in the name of Jesus.
They can be gone in the name of Jesus. There
is nothing that is irredeemable. You are redeemable.
You have not gone too far. You have not that
God can't bring you back. You have not sinned
too much that He cannot forgive you. He can restore
and set free and heal in Jesus' name. And then
the second thing, so I want to call you to brutal
honesty. And then the second thing, I want to
call you to radical obedience in taking up the
weapons of our warfare and using them in Jesus'
name. You're not denying your humanity. You're
honest before the Lord. but you're also taking
the gifts that he's given to you and the weapons
of your warfare, and you are using them in Jesus'
name. They are mighty in God. Hallelujah. Oh,
somebody give God praise right now. Give God
praise. Give God praise. Hallelujah. Thank you,
Father. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Father.
Just begin right now. I'm going to ask the worship
team to come. We're going to do that song again,
So Be It, Hallelujah, in just a moment. That's
going to be our celebration moment. Before we
engage in that song, I just want to have a moment
of repentance and a moment of... Just turning
to the Lord and responding to the Word. One of
the most beautiful words in my life before the
Lord is the word repentance. Because when I confess
my sins, 1 John 1 .9 says that He is faithful
and just to forgive my sins and to cleanse me
from all unrighteousness. Repentance is a beautiful
thing. If you've had thoughts that you've entertained,
some of them have defined your life, repent,
turn to God. Say, God, I believe you. Let's just
bow our heads all over this room. Is there anybody
here this morning that would say, Pastor, I've
heard the word and really I'm under conviction?
Because I've tolerated carnality. If that's you
all over this place, just lift up your hand to
the Lord. Yeah, yeah, all over the room. You've
tolerated carnality. But right now, God says
no more, and you need to agree with him in Jesus'
name. In fact, just put your hand on your mind
right now. And just... Use the weapon of the
blood of the Lamb and just say, Lord, wash my
mind and my thinking in the blood of the Lamb.
Lord, we break every word curse right now in
Jesus' name. Lord, we thank you for victory over
every vile thought, every thought that diminishes
God's plan for our lives, God's ability in our
lives. We break it off in the name of Jesus.
And we plead the blood of the Lamb over our minds
right now. We tear down thoughts that exalt themselves
against the knowledge of God. We tear them down
in the name of Jesus. We take up our cross daily
and follow God. Hallelujah. We use the weapons
of our warfare. Oh. Jesus, we call on your name
right now. And we thank you, Lord Jesus, for
redeeming our thoughts and a new training to
come into effect. Because tomorrow morning we're
going to get up and those thoughts might still
be there, but we're going to plead the blood
of Jesus over them and command them to leave
in the name of the Lord. We're going to lift
up our hands and we're going to praise you. And
we're going to say, God, I am going to fulfill
the calling on my life. I am going to walk with
Jesus today. I am going to think the way you
want me to think today in Jesus' name. God, I
thank you for victory in the name of the Lord.
That these weapons are mighty in God, but if
they stay on the shelf, they do nothing. God,
help us to use these weapons that you've given
to us. to govern our own lives, to move away
from the carnality that we all carry more and
more and more and more. We wrestle. It's this
battle between flesh and spirit, but God, we
refuse to just wander through life letting flesh
dominate. God, we believe your word. And we follow
after you. In Jesus' mighty, mighty name. Hallelujah.