Thank you for listening to this message from
Lifehouse Church. assemble on Wednesday nights.
Our kids are here for kids club, you know, finding
a home for them. So important where they can
fellowship one with another and learn God's word.
Also want to give honor to Dr. Bell. Good to
see you in the house of the Lord. God bless you.
And first lady, God bless you. Good to see you
all today. I want to bring you honor and greetings
also from our state office with Bishop Hughes
and Sister Abigail Hughes. They send their love
and their prayers. We've just gotten out of camp
meeting and some of you were there and what a
time we had this week. It was so powerful and
we thank God for what he's doing in this great
state. Amen. Also want to give honor to my lovely
wife who was here this morning. My bride of 19
years. And to God be the glory. God is so good.
God has blessed us with two amazing children.
Declan and Gianna. And Declan has allowed me
to be a dad first, you know, after 12 years of
waiting. And then came Gianna. And I'm telling
you, many of you have heard perhaps bits and
pieces of her testimony before. But in your waiting
season, don't you give up on God. Because he
won't give up on you. And his promises are yes
and amen. Amen, somebody. And so I thank God
for all that he's doing. I also want to recognize
the students who are in the house this morning,
all of our students. Will you put your hands
together for the students in the house? Come
on. I firmly believe that the last day revival
is going to occur because of our young people
who are pushing towards God, seeking the face
of God. And guess what? The enemy is defeated.
Our young people are marching forward to know
who God is. And as long as we continue to stand
with them, we know that they are overcomers and
they are victorious in Jesus' name. If you believe
it, say amen. In just about two weeks, or less
than two weeks, we'll be gathered together with
our students at Bongiorno Campground for Youth
Camp. And already so many have signed up to be
a part of what God is doing. Already we have,
together with leaders and students, over 400
people will be gathered together. And I just
believe in God to do a mighty work in our lives.
And I thank you so much for partnering with us
or praying with us and for being a tremendous
supporter of the state activities, YWA, our international
activity. Thank you. You have been one of our
strongest supporters here in this. local assembly
and i want to say thank you so much for your
continual support for being the hands and feet
of jesus would you give yourselves one more round
of applause again i honor pastor kip god bless
you sir and dixie god bless you thank you so
much i want to i read this morning from ezekiel
chapter 22 ezekiel 22 that's where i'll be going
this morning on this father's day And although
this message may, you know, it's Father's Day,
but I believe that this message is going to be
for everyone. Everyone today. Ezekiel chapter
22 and verse 30. Would you stand one more time
for the reading? Thank you. Verse 30. So I sought
for a man among them who would make a wall. and
stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land,
that I should not destroy it, but I found no
one. Father, thank you for your word this morning.
Thank you, Lord, for your people. I pray, Lord,
that you will anoint us afresh to hear from you
and to use us for the furtherance of your kingdom.
Father, I thank you that you are our perfect
father. You are our present Father. And God,
you are actively at work on our behalf. We give
ourselves to you this morning in Jesus' name.
Amen. You may be seated. I want to speak to us
this morning for a few minutes on this thought.
Stand tall so they don't fall. Stand tall so...
They don't fall. You know, the world that we're
currently in, you can see all around you, it
seems like the world is on fire. Seems like there's
a lot of crisis going on. Chaos. Confusion. It
seems as if the walls of this world, the safeguards
are falling apart. Compromised. And at risk of
collapsing. There is a need in our homes and
in our communities. And in this nation for the
people of God to stand tall. So that the next
generation will not fall. There is a need for
that. There is a breach that is occurring. A
breach in the various walls of protection. There
is a weakness that is happening that can lead
to great damage, compromise that will lead to
weakness within the walls of integrity, walls
of honesty. Many of us have heard of, you know,
the breach of like a dam. or the breach of a
contract, or the breach of security. But in our
text today, the prophet was writing and speaking
metaphorically about a gap in the wall, or a
breach in the wall which is not physical, but
a metaphor to the spiritual condition of Israel.
They had compromised themselves. Through spiritual
and moral failures. They had failed to uphold
God's standards. Thus, they hope in themselves
to God's judgment and punishment. And this is
a reminder, brothers and sisters, today that
there is no doubt that there is still a consequence
for sins. In Romans chapter 6 and verse 23. The
Bible tells us that the wages of sin is still
death, but the gift of God is eternal life. And
I thank God this morning that he does not want
us to stay in sin, but he has made a way for
us through Jesus. In the New Living Translation
in Ezekiel chapter 22 and verse 30, it says,
I look for someone. who might rebuild the wall
of righteousness that guards the land. It says,
I searched for someone to stand in the gap in
the wall so that I would not have to destroy
it, but I found no one. God himself is searching.
He's the one who's doing the searching. He's
still searching for us. He's still searching
for men and women in our nation to continue to
stand for him. He's still searching for us to
represent him. Verse 6 tells us in this text,
in Ezekiel chapter 22, by their own choosing,
they walk towards their own ways. By their own
willfulness, they walk away from the truth. By
their own wickedness, They walked away from the
things of God. And a breach has occurred where
there's an edge and now there's a gap where the
enemy believes that he can have a stronghold.
How did they get there? In our text, the sin
of the people had gotten so bad that God began
to seek for a person. A man, a woman, a youth
who would intercede, who would stand in the gap.
But the scripture tells us that tragically, at
that moment, he could not find such a one. The
prophets, in verse 25 of our text, the prophets
ad became corrupt. Those who were supposed to
stand for God, they spoke falsely against God.
They stole from people. They separated families.
They misused their authorities. Look what verse
25 said in our text. It said this in verse 25,
that the conspiracy. Off the prophets. The conspiracy
of the prophets in her midst is like a roaring
lion tearing the prey. They have devoured the
people. They had taken treasures and precious
things. They had made widows in their midst.
In other words, they were sending off the men,
even saying, hey, God has called you to war when
that was. when that was not the Lord who was
speaking. The prophets, they were corrupt, seeking
to do things after their own ways. Then in verse
26, the priests, the spiritual leaders, those
who were supposed to be disciple makers, they
had failed to teach the truth. They did not teach
the difference between right and wrong. They,
according to Isaiah 5 and verse 20, they say
that what is right is wrong and what is wrong
is right. That black is white and white is black.
Bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. Folks, can
I tell you something? Those are the times that
we find ourselves in where it's hard to distinguish
right from wrong. But as a family of God, we
must know that even sin is still sin. Sin now
in our culture is called rights. Sin at times
is called a privilege. It's called a lifestyle,
alternative facts, entertainment. But whatever
the world desires to consider sin, the word of
God has already defined what sin is. God said,
I sought for a man who would stand in the gap,
but I could not find one. The whole brokenness
occurred because of sin. But I thank God today
that sin is defeated. Oh, thank you, Jesus. Sin
is defeated because of the power of the cross.
Here it is. It continues verse 27. We're talking
about how they get there. Then I'm going to get
to the meat of the message. Verse 27, the officials,
the political figures, instead of serving others,
they serve themselves. Read the text. They were
dishonest. It went on in verse 29 that as a result
of the prophets and the priests and the political
leaders, then the people, they also turned to
their own ways. Because the leaders had failed
to stand for the Lord and it affected everyone
that they were connected to. Can I tell you something
this morning? I'll remind you of something. That
how we live matters. What we do matters. How
we walk matters. Because it impacts every person
that we are connected with. Hear me this morning.
As leaders, even in our home, men, God has designed
us to continue to be the priests of our homes.
He's calling us again to still stand tall so
that others don't fall. How wide was this issue
here? During the time of Ezekiel, it was so wide
that the Bible said that God sought. He searched
all over for a man, but he could not find one.
There was an integrity breach. The people wanted
to compromise truth, conform to culture, bend
with the crowd, or blend in with the crowd. Can
I tell you this morning that God did not call
this the blending? But God has called us to move
towards a cross. Hallelujah. There was a breach
with identity. They forgot who they were in God,
who God has called them to be. But I'm thankful
that I'm looking at a family this morning who
know who they are. Because when we know who we
are in Christ Jesus, no one else can define us.
Come on, somebody. That's why we can stand firm.
Hallelujah. We can stand firm knowing that we
are chosen by God. We can stand firm, though,
that, yes, at times we may experience failure.
At times we may experience disappointment. But
there is a God who's still right there on our
side. And he has called us by our name. Come
on, somebody. We thank God for that this morning.
We have to understand who God reminds us of who
we are. Where he tells us in Jeremiah chapter
1, he says, before you were born, I formed you.
He said that I've set you apart. I've called
you by name. I have appointed you to this nation.
That's why we can stand tall and not fall, my
brothers and sisters, because we are confident
in the spoken word of God in our lives. Yes,
come on, give him praise if you believe that
this morning. Hallelujah. Psalm 139 and verse
13 tells us this, for God himself created us.
He created the inmost being. He knitted us together
in our mother's womb. My God, I'm thankful this
morning. I am thankful this morning that from
my mother's womb, God already formed and shaped
me from your mother's womb. He knew you and he
has set you apart. Verse 14 went on to say, so
therefore I praise him because I am fearfully
and wonderfully made. This morning we are victorious
because of Jesus Christ. Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah.
The amazing thing. although there's a breach
in our time, that God is still intentionally
chasing after us. There is no mountain too high
that he will not climb up to reach you. There
is no valley too deep that he will not reach
down his hands and rescue us. Yes, the walls
may be pushing against you, but my God, the one
who may be pushing against you, he's not greater
than the God who is in you. That's why we must
remember who we are. in christ oh glory to god
praise him in the house hallelujah hallelujah
hallelujah there's no doubt that even as dads
we've been feeling pressured sometimes come on
we feel the push to to to be this and to be that
My brothers and sisters, the greatest way to
stand tall for the king of kings is to know who
you are in him, is to continue to have the confidence
in him that he who has began a good work in you,
he is faithful to bring it to completion. And
in spite of the culture, in spite of the conflicts,
in spite of the chaos, Jesus died on the cross
to give you strength, but he did not stay dead.
He got up with all power. in his hands. That's
why he told Peter, upon this rock I will build
my church and the gates of hell will not prevail
against it. Fathers, we are still overcomers.
Mothers, we are still overcomers. Praise him
in the house this morning. Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah.
So here it is. If you're taking notes, what should
we do to stand tall? We must come into right
alignment. Somebody say alignment. I'm not a
mechanic, but there may be some mechanics out
there. Any mechanics out there? Yeah, a couple
of you. When a car is out of alignment, what
does it do? Shapes. What else? Ruin the car.
Shout it out. What else? Stairs the wrong way.
My God. Hallelujah. Hear me this morning. That's
what the enemy is wanting to do. He's wanting
to throw us off alignment with our relationship
with God. He want us to forget who we are in
Christ. But this morning, I want to remind some
people that if we're going to be standing tall,
we must come into right alignment in a relationship
with Jesus Christ. What are some things that
may cause us to get off alignment? Distractions.
Come on, somebody. If you're driving a car, Sometimes
a pothole could cause that car to get out of
alignment. Talk back to me this morning. Worn
out parts, worn out tire, accidents, collision
can cause a car to get out of alignment. Sometimes
they say even aggressive driving. Lord have mercy,
we don't have any aggressive drivers here. Thank
God for that. The tire pressure can cause a car
to be out of alignment. Can I tell you this morning,
just like it is even in the natural, my God,
there are times in the spiritual where the enemy
is wanting us to experience some potholes in
our lives that will throw us off. But even though
there are potholes that we may face, there is
still a path that is set. Because of God, that
will help us to get to our destination. Don't
you allow any potholes in this here to take you
off course with God and with your relationship
with him. Oh, glory to God. The enemy sometimes
warn you to be worn out. It's easy to get worn
out. Busy doing this, busy doing that. That's
what the enemy wants to do. He definitely wants
to wear us thin. We're the cares of this world.
It's no wonder Jesus says, throw all your cares
to me. I got this. Come on, y 'all. Come on.
Hear me this morning. What I love about Jesus
is that even children can come to know him. What
Jesus did on the cross was not just for daddy
and mama. But what Jesus did on the cross was
for sons and daughters. There is no age limit
on that cross. I'm thankful for that this morning
because that reminds me that as Jesus was speaking
to his disciples, pastor, he told them that in
this world, somebody say in this world, you will
have some trouble. Oh, glory, glory, glory. But
he told his disciples in John 16 and verse 33,
although you will have some trouble in this world,
don't you worry about it because I have overcome
this world. He said that in me. Hey, hey, hey.
Glory. He said that in me. Somebody say in Jesus.
Shout it back to me. Say in Jesus. He said that
in me you will have peace. That's why I'm telling
you this. Jesus said to the disciples, I'm going
to remind you, yes, we will experience some chaos.
We will experience some troubled times. But in
me you will have peace because I have overcome
the world. What am I saying this morning? Are
you in Jesus? Is your mind made up in Jesus?
Because if you are in Jesus, whether you're a
student, Or an adult, a mama or a daddy. If you
are in Jesus, you will overcome because of the
power of Jesus Christ. Hey. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Man, I'm feeling it differently up here than
I'm receiving it down there. Come on, somebody.
Somebody say hallelujah. It's good to know Jesus.
Lord, have mercy. Man, it's good to know. Jesus
Christ. Oh, I've been struggling this week. Can
I be real? I've been struggling this week. My
eyes been acting up. You probably could tell.
But I told the devil, you're not going to win.
I tell the devil, you're not going to win. Whenever
God has called us to stand tall, don't believe
that there won't be attacks. Don't you sit there
and believe that you will escape the attacks
of the adversary. Who's an adversary? Peter described
him as a roaring lion. He's seeking whom he may
devour. Here's what he's wanting to do. An adversary
opposes the plans and the things of God. That's
his plan to oppose the work of Jesus in your
life. But if you are in Jesus, he will order
your steps. He will put you in alignment to stand
tall for him. Somebody praise him in this house.
Yeah. Glory to God. Charity was making fun of
me this morning because my ears are small. You
notice the microphone is falling off. But somebody
else told me this morning, you don't need a microphone.
Your mouth is big. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah. Come
on, somebody. Now I'm ready. Somebody say right
alignment. We must be in right alignment. Right
alignment in our relationship with God. He's
still searching for you. Man, I've messed up.
you may be saying i've failed i've gone so far
i've done so many wrongs god is faithful come
on somebody he's still faithful he is faithful
he said in first john chapter 1 verse 9 if you
If you confess with your mouth your sins, he
is faithful and just to forgive you from all
unrighteousness. What a God. What a God. Come
on, praise him in this house. What a God that
he would not leave us where we are in spite of
who we are. That's grace. They just sang about
that this morning. Thank you, Brother Zach and
the team. That's grace, brothers and sisters.
His grace and his mercies, they are new every
morning. And just when the enemy may be whispering
in your ears that you are a failure, you're a
disappointment, you remind the devil who he is,
that he's a defeated foe. Come on, somebody praise
Jesus in this house. defeated he's defeated in
spite of what he's trying to throw at us in our
homes in spite of what he's trying to throw at
us in our personal lives the devil is defeated
and we are children of the most high god come
on somebody glory to god so if you're going to
get in right alignment it requires a trust in
that relationship But pastor, how do I trust
somebody I can't see? I'm glad you asked. Please
stand with me, everybody, if you can. Thank you
so much. Please be seated. I'm glad you laugh
about it because we're going to do it again.
Please stand. And some didn't want to stand this
time. That's okay. You may be seated. You know
what I noticed this morning, Pastor? Not one
person, not one person looked behind them to
see if the pew was still there. But you just
sat down because you believed it was there. Can
I tell you this morning, there are going to be
moments where you can't see Jesus, but he's there.
You got to trust him that he's right there. There
are going to be moments where you can't feel
him working, but he's there. Oh, hallelujah.
You just got to stay in right alignment with
him. Come on, somebody. He's there. He's working.
He's moving. I need one more volunteer because
I need to demonstrate this one more time. Can
I get a volunteer? Quickly, come, come, quick.
The first one to come, come. Thank you, brother.
He's here. Thank you. Hear me this morning. Somebody
say right alignment. Come on, talk back to me.
Say right alignment. That's what Jesus is looking
for his sons and his daughters, his children
to do to be in right alignment with him. My God,
when we're in right alignment with him, he will
take us places that we didn't know that we could
be. He will show you things that you didn't know
that you could see. Hear me this morning. Just
hold my hand right here. Get a hold of me, brother.
Come on. I need it to face that way. Give my
brother a big round of applause. I want you to
go that way, and I'm going to go this way. You
ready? Here we go. Ready? Go. Come on, man. Come
on, brother. You're a man. Come on. Come on,
man. All right, all right. Stop right there.
Amos chapter 3, verse 3. Can two walk together
lest they agree? The Bible says this, unless
we walk together, come on, unless we come in
alignment with the word of God, we won't be in
position to where he's taking us. If you decide
to go that way and God is going that way, my
goodness, there are moments where we will miss
our steps. Why? Because he's a God who orders
our steps, but he's calling us to be in right
alignment with his word, to believe the spoken
word. he has spoken over us and the word that
he has spoken over us is not just for you but
it's every person that is connected to you somebody
say right alignment oh hallelujah hallelujah
we must be in right alignment with Jesus we cannot
do our own thing and expect God to just bless
our mess Lord have mercy I know this is not popular
preaching, but I got to say it this morning.
If we want to experience the fullness and the
power of the Holy Spirit at work in our lives,
we must come into right alignment with the Word
of God. So Proverbs 3, 5, and 6 tells us, trust
in the Lord. With all your heart. I illustrated
earlier. Sometimes you can't see the God who's
working on your behalf. Paul tells us for it
is God who is at work. Somebody say he is at
work. Somebody say is. That means right now.
I don't know what you may be experiencing, but
right now God is at work. is at work tomorrow
he'll still be at work on your behalf next week
he will still be at work on your behalf he is
a God who loves you in spite of you hey he loves
you in spite of where you may find yourself he
loves you in spite of what you may believe about
yourself he loves you in spite of what others
have spoken over you that's why I don't have
time to hear what they have to say as long as
I know what he has spoken over me. Hey, somebody.
Because what he has already spoken is final.
What God has already spoken over you students
is final. You are above and not beneath. You
are chosen. You are set apart. What we have to
do then is set our minds on the things that he
has spoken over us and come back in alignment.
Oh, glory, glory. Glory, glory. With God's word
in our heart, we will not fall apart. As a child
of Jesus, Changing word. I'm going to hold on
to his promises. Hear me this morning. There
may be times where I may feel grief happening
in my heart. My daddy passed away back in 2015.
I was, where were we at the time? Florida? Yeah,
we've been all over the place sometimes. Dates
get crossed. But we're in Florida and we got
a call on a Sunday morning. Daddy got up, 72
years old, got up and he went back to the room
and then one of my brothers found him there unresponsive.
He had been struggling with some health situations,
but I'll never forget that morning, man. Getting
ready to go into the house of the Lord. I was
a children's pastor at the time. And getting
ready to go into the house of the Lord to teach
the kids about the loving God, faithful God,
and God the news. Man, I'll never forget, I went
to my wife and I said, I said, Dad, I called
in my slide and I said, my slide just died. And
she's like, what? And then I just kind of walked
away. My mind was still set on ministering to
the children that morning, but man, it was challenging.
There are moments where we will face some grief.
Many times we'll face sorrow. My God. But everything
that we're experiencing now is not worth comparing
to that which God has in store. It's not worth
comparing to what God has in store ahead. But
wait a minute. We can't get to the then if our
now is not in right alignment. So, you know,
I always encourage children as a children's pastor.
I always encourage them. Don't you wait until
you are 13 to get to know who God is. Don't you
wait until you're 22 to get to know who God is.
Because the earlier you get to know God, the
deeper you grow in your relationship with him,
the stronger your roots will be when trouble
comes. Hear me this morning. No matter who you
are, those of you may be listening or watching.
No matter who we are in this world, we will have
trouble. But you got to be in right alignment
with the king of kings, the author and the finisher
of our faith. the creator of the universe. He's
still reaching for us. The Bible said, I sought
for a man who will build an edge around them
that I will not destroy them. God is still calling
us to be in right alignment so we can stand in
prayer for the next generation. He's calling
us. Yes, come on. He's calling us to be in right
alignment so that we can know what to say to
our sons and daughters in times of difficulty.
He is calling us back in right alignment so that
we can know what to speak over ourselves. Man,
this is for me. I don't know if this is for you,
but it's for me. He's calling us to be in right
alignment so I know what to speak over myself.
That I'm more than a conqueror through Jesus.
That this joy that I have, the world didn't give
it to me. Oh, that he's a way maker. That he's
a promise keeper. That he is strength when I
am weak. Oh, hallelujah. He is peace in my storm.
Right alignment, right alignment. That's why
the word is not optional. It's not an opinion.
It's our only choice. You want to stand tall?
You want to make it? You got to get in the word.
They have this app called We Grow through the
Church of God. Many of you have various devotionals
that you do. But this app that is called We Grow
walks through the Bible. And the Lord has been
helping us in our very own home with our children.
Even the children, we're reading it with them.
Why? Because I don't want our children just to
know God through us. I don't want Declan just
to know of Jesus just through mom and myself.
But I want Declan to know who Jesus is for himself.
Are you hearing me? And I believe, I believe
that as a word is being read, that their faith
will grow because faith comes by hearing and
hearing by the word of God, not by what everybody
else is saying, but what God has said. Come on,
God has spoken. Let the church say amen. Not
only right alignment. I'm moving along. I'm moving
along. I'm moving along. Let me get one more
volunteer real quick. Real quick. Real quick.
Come on. One volunteer. Quick. Quick. Quick.
Who's coming? Thank you, my friend. This is my
Guatemalan partner. Yes, sir. By the way, thank
you for allowing me to go to Guatemala with this
church. It was so much fun. But hear me this
morning. The word of God. Hold it up, man. Thank
you, sir. I won't make a mess. The word of God
is always perfect. The word of God is still relevant.
The word of God is still real. Pastor, you don't
know what I'm going through. You're right. I
don't, but God knows. Pastor, you don't know
where I've been. You're right. don't but he knows
but he has given his word his word to us he sent
his word to heal us my god he sent his word to
direct us he sent his word to strengthen us the
word of god is pure he sent his word to give
us wisdom He sent his word to order our steps.
He sent his word. It is God's perfect plan. My
God, he will lead us in his word and guide us
in his truth. He sent it to us. And the word
is not far from us. It's not across the seas
that we have to send somebody to go and reach
it. But God said that the word is near us. So
hallelujah. The word, the word, the word. In
the beginning was the word and the word was with
God. And the word is God. He is near you. Let
me just pause right there and tell a daddy that
God is near you this morning. He is near you.
In spite of how far sometimes you may think that
he is, he is near you. Come on, say it with me.
God is near me. Come on, he is with me. And I
like what the scripture says. If God is for me,
who can be against me? We got to stay. So sometimes
we feel dry. We feel like nothing is happening,
no breakthrough, no prayer answered. Maybe I'm
the only one. All right, I got a couple witnesses.
Sometimes we come to gathering. We feel empty,
we feel broken. But the God that we serve still
reminds us that he refreshes our soul. He is
a reviving God. Will thou not revive us again,
O God? He's a God who restores. And all we got
to do is just keep going back to the fountain.
There is a fountain filled. It is filled with
his power, his shed blood. And all we got to
do is take another dip. Oh, we got to soak ourselves.
One more time, say, God, like Joshua asked for
me and my house. We will serve the Lord. Jesus,
take me deeper. just a sprinkle. God, I want
to be saturated. I want to be saturated in your
presence because where your presence is, there
is joy. God, I want to be filled with nothing
but you. God, I want to be soaked in your truth
while the world may be spewing lies. God, I want
to know your truth because you shall know the
truth and the truth shall set you free. Jesus,
take me. I wish I had. a witness to say jesus
i want to go deeper i want to go deeper in you
if that's you shout hallelujah why is that important
because we will all walk out of here in just
a few minutes but when we walk out we're not
walking out empty hey oh oh god We're going to
get back on the job. Summer is coming for our
students. And believe me, there's some tricks
and trials that you will face. But you're not
going to leave here today empty. What's in you
is what God has poured out in you. So when the
world begins to squeeze you, what's coming out
of you is not cuss words, but his word, his truth,
his life, his power. Because you have been saturated
in his presence. But let the world squeeze you.
Let trouble come. But know that Jesus has filled
you up. Come on. Somebody praise him in his house.
Hey! Glory to God. I want to be soaked in his
presence. I want to be in right alignment with
him. I want Jesus to be pouring out of me. me
so that when others see me they don't see my
weakness but they see the strength of God yes
yes yes oh Jesus loves you this morning glory
to God glory right alignment because when you
get into right alignment you remember what he
has spoken over you here it is come on Zach come
back please here's what happens Sometimes the
enemy wants us to see our situations instead
of what God has spoken over you. Are you hearing
me this morning? Sometimes he wants us to show
us everything, every trouble. And it's right
there in front of us. But God wants to remind
you this morning, his words. Or greater. As words
are stronger. Greater is God who is in you. Than
he who is in this world. Somebody say right alignment.
Here's why that's important. Because there is
an assignment. Somebody say assignment. What
is the assignment? In verse 30. God said I sought
for a man. Who would build up the edge around
them. Your assignment is to put a hedge around
those around you. Church, we are the called out
ones. Yeah, you are. You are the called out ones
by God with an assignment to be the best man
that he has ever created you to be. in spite
of to be the best woman that he has created you
to be in spite of there is an assignment on each
of our lives that's why there's an intensity
of the attack of the enemy because the enemy
is gold still is as written in john 10 10 to
steal kill and destroy You are a threat to daddy
to the enemy Mama you are a threat to the enemy.
That's why the enemy don't want you to pray That's
why he don't want you in small groups. That's
why the enemy don't want you in church. That's
why the enemy don't want you in the word. Because
if you harmed yourself with the weapons because
the warfare that we're in are not carnal, but
they are spiritual. And we got to arm ourselves
with the spiritual weapons that Jesus has given
to us. So hear me. There is an assignment in
spite of the attack. That's why when you get
into right relationship with him and you position
yourself, say, God, I'm going to live for you
no matter what. A lot of people think that once
you come to know Jesus as Savior, then it's all
nice. Walking in the garden with Jesus. Man,
I'm a living witness. I got several witnesses
this morning. When you come to know Jesus, you
are a target. You are a threat. But don't you
give up on God. I just felt that in the atmosphere.
Don't you give up on God. Here's what the verse
says. For he is seeking after us. In other words,
he has not given up on us. And if God has not
given up on me, I will not give up on him. I
will press towards the mark of the prize of the
high calling in Jesus Christ. Somebody said there
is an assignment on your life. isn't closing
not only we got to come in right alignment because
what happened is you got to go back and read
this text in Ezekiel 22 I mean it started from
those who God had placed in positions started
with the prophets moved it trickled down to the
priests then it moves to the political leaders
and all of them stepped out of alignment with
what God wanted and it trickled down to the people
Whom they were serving. And God showed up on
the scene. And he's like. I'm still searching.
I'm still seeking. For a man. I'm still seeking.
For someone. Who will build an edge. Around them.
Put a wall. Around them. See daddy. That's why
it's still important. No matter what stage of
daddying or fathering you're in, it's still important
to whisper a prayer for your sons, your daughters,
your grandchildren. It's still important to call
out their names before the Lord because the assignment
hasn't changed. From that very first day when
you were so in love, and yes, there may be some
storms that has occurred. The amazing thing,
man, God still chases after you. Because he loves
you so much. And the beautiful thing about God
is that no matter the storm, no matter the pain,
he's there. He's Emmanuel. He is for you. He's
not against you. Stay in alignment. Remember
the assignment. And watch this. You cannot do
it on your own. We need the anointing. That's
the last slide up there, the anointing. You have
an anointing on you that comes from God. I need
the anointing to raise my children. We need the
anointing for the assignment that God has placed
on your life. How do we get the anointing? It's
a gift from God. It is he who calls you into
relationship with him. Therefore, he has all.
Everything I need. Everything I need. Come on.
My father. The anointing is from God, our Father.
He is perfect in all his ways. He's a provider.
Yes, please. Right here today, there may be somebody
who you find yourself out of alignment a little
bit. But Jesus, the master fixer, he's in the
house. We pray that you were impacted powerfully
by this message. If you have been personally
affected by our ministry and you would like to
partner with us as we love God, love people every
day,