1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,300 and every breath that I have I'm gonna give to him if I can at all give him the 2 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:11,240 praise would you give him the best praise you brought with you today 3 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:16,120 hallelujah 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,840 hey man you can be seated 5 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:32,240 I know our giving is not a reflection of his goodness but it is a testimony of 6 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:43,520 it every every time you pick one of those up or walk by the bucket and put 7 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:50,760 one in put something in or you you go to the church app and you give online 8 00:00:50,760 --> 00:01:02,240 it's a testimony of God's goodness it's a testimony to God's faithfulness I've 9 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,880 always said once I figured it out for myself you know you got to figure it out 10 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:12,600 for yourself tithing is not an affordability issue it's a trust issue 11 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:19,000 has nothing to do with being able to afford it or not it's do you trust God 12 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:29,640 or not and when you have that financial crisis moment of your own that you you 13 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:35,760 gonna decide to trust God and then he proves himself it's never ever an 14 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:46,720 affordability issue then for sure because of his goodness amen heavenly 15 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:52,840 father I love you this morning so grateful for your presence that I feel 16 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:58,680 here today and that father I pray over the household of faith those who are 17 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:05,680 here today I pray for them and their faithfulness and they're giving Lord 18 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:15,080 jobs and better jobs increases checks in the mail refunds rebates the best sale 19 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:23,600 in town inheritance in any other way bless your people as you prosper our soul 20 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:31,760 and spirit through your word according to that word you supply all of our need 21 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:39,040 according to your riches in glory and we're grateful and the church says amen 22 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:47,920 but David carrying that bass line this morning hey man I heard him earlier I 23 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:54,520 thought that's David they'll be glad I wasn't on soundboard today cuz about all 24 00:02:54,520 --> 00:03:00,080 you'd have heard was David crank that bass up where I can hear it good amen 25 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,680 hallelujah have your Bibles be turning with me this morning to Psalm Psalm 26 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,240 chapter 20 27 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:34,920 mm-hmm I was in another world I guess y'all wonder where I went I was singing 28 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:45,120 that song in my mind let us tell him all about our trouble he will hear you know 29 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:50,040 what County when I preach this you're gonna think I asked them to play that but 30 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:56,520 I did not when I get through here you'll think well that just works just fine and 31 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:01,520 it does God works that way I need things like that for confirmation in my own in 32 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:09,160 my own life and ministry to know that I'm on track a man another note remember 33 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:15,080 brother Billy Jacobs in prayer this morning just right before service got 34 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:20,760 started sister Sandra got a call right if they finished practicing in the 35 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,760 billy fail and he did his head and they had to call the ambulance and she had to 36 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:32,200 run home to help take care of brother Billy so remember them brother Billy 37 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:38,560 this morning amen Psalm chapter 20 38 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:47,840 the Lord hear thee in verse 1 in the day of trouble 39 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:55,760 the name of the God of Jacob defend thee send the help from the sanctuary and 40 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:02,160 strengthen thee out of Zion remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt 41 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:10,560 sacrifice say law this pause and look at that grant thee according to thine own 42 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:20,800 heart and fulfill all thy counsel we will rejoice in thy salvation and in the 43 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:28,100 name of our God we will set up our banners the Lord fulfill all thy 44 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:37,160 petitions now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed he will hear him 45 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:45,200 from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand some trust in 46 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:53,240 chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God 47 00:05:53,240 --> 00:06:06,080 they are brought down and fallen but we are risen and stand upright save Lord 48 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:13,640 let the King hear us when we call simple thought this morning the Lord is on your 49 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:20,200 side the Lord is on your side I'll pray for you if you pray for me and we'll 50 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,720 make this expedient today father we love you we thank you for your mercy and your 51 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:29,360 grace your goodness and Lord we know you're on our side now I asked God that 52 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,320 you would help us this morning to preach that which would be edifying to the body 53 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:39,760 glorifying to your name for this is what it's about that the Saints be lifted and 54 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:46,200 you be exalted so encourage us today and may we that have ears hear what the 55 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:52,640 spirit said to the church and the church says amen amen you can be seated tell 56 00:06:52,640 --> 00:07:02,800 your neighbor the Lord's on your side this 20th Psalm is actually coupled with 57 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:14,320 the 21st they go together and they are both battle songs songs of battle the 58 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:22,480 20th Psalm precedes of course the battle and the 21st follows the battle from the 59 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:27,160 heart of the King 60 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:34,520 the praise for victory of the battle belongs into the Lord the 20th Psalm 61 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:42,760 anticipates victory while the 21st declares that victory David is the author 62 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:49,160 of these songs Psalms and they are songs and possibly during the period of his 63 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:54,760 many wars recorded in 2nd Samuel possibly between the 8th and the 10th 64 00:07:54,760 --> 00:08:02,280 chapter David as the warring King one thing you need to know about David his 65 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:10,960 sword may have been worn but it wasn't rusty he never let his sword get rusty 66 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:18,720 the psalm this morning records an unnecessary prayer of the multitude on 67 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:26,600 behalf of the King as he's about to encounter the enemy in battle there's one 68 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:34,560 thing for certain battles will arise enemies will roar 69 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:44,560 so therefore we must have the goods to get us through the hard times we got to 70 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:53,160 have what it takes to lift our head up have our eyes open as we walk in to 71 00:08:53,160 --> 00:09:04,360 battle as we think about this 20th Psalm there's some things in it that the King 72 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:11,520 prepares himself with in this prayer and this psalm as he 73 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,680 approaches the battlefield 74 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:23,400 you and I have to prepare ourselves as we approach the battlefield I think it's 75 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:28,720 page 268 in that old red back him there's a song that declares I'm on the 76 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,120 battlefield for my Lord 77 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:41,880 that's where you and I exist today every day is a battle don't be alarmed when 78 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:47,280 you wake up tomorrow and the enemies facing you don't don't be alarmed when 79 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:54,080 you're frustrated flabbergasted disgusted and you're you're longing for 80 00:09:54,080 --> 00:10:01,320 a little relief anybody ever been there because it's one battle right after the 81 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:07,120 other because something you you've got to understand about your enemy is he's 82 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:15,280 never going to give up trying to destroy you he's never going to stop so the 83 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:22,280 sooner that we as believers understand that that lion roars every day the 84 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:28,620 adversary gets up in the morning and roars in your direction he roars in my 85 00:10:28,620 --> 00:10:35,040 direction he wants me to know that he is a relentless foe and I have to be on my 86 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:42,240 guard every single day you have to be on your guard every single day and we can 87 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:49,800 do that when we have a mental concept knowing that God is on our side before 88 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:55,920 we ever step on the battlefield amen that the Lord is on our side so the first 89 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:00,680 thing is the psalmist begins to record we see this enduring fact that the Lord 90 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:04,920 truly indeed is on our side when you think about enduring that word means 91 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:10,480 lasting it means continuing it means stable you have a stable force you have 92 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:16,800 a stable resource on your side it's ever enduring he is ever enduring he never 93 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,560 weakens he's never diminished hallelujah I don't know how that makes you feel but 94 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:25,400 it really makes me feel good when I understand and know that the Lord is on 95 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:31,120 my side and he is enduring for me and on my behalf greater is he that's in me 96 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,920 than he that is in this world greater is he that's in you then he that is in this 97 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:41,960 world so we have this enduring fact the Lord hear thee now when you think about 98 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:46,880 that in that verse one that the psalmist records it well the Lord hear thee in 99 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:52,560 the day of trouble understand this morning and know no trouble can approach 100 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:57,040 you what God doesn't already know that it's approaching you remember he knows 101 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,560 the end from the beginning and the beginning all the way through the end he 102 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:04,800 knows all of the factors that's going on against your life he knows the plot of 103 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:09,480 the enemy he and like brother Mill said last week he already knows what he's 104 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:14,240 going to do for you if you just simply believe and trust in him and that 105 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:20,120 enduring fact that the Lord is for you and he is on your side and he hears you 106 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:26,960 a man in the day of trouble now I don't know about you but far as prayer goes if 107 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,920 I'm not recognizing that the enemy's coming against me in full force I don't 108 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:36,160 pray as much throughout the day as I do when I know that he's really out to get 109 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:40,320 me that day those are the days that I kindly end up in praise I praise more I 110 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,880 wake up with a song on my heart I wake up with a song the funny thing about it 111 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:49,440 is I can only remember about a half a stanza and I just repeat that stanza all 112 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:56,080 day long and the one that's been stuck in my head for the past month is that I 113 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:02,040 what is it baby I've been saying that see there I can't even get it now and I 114 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:06,240 wake up and it just starts coming out every morning I saw the Lord and he 115 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:11,280 heard me and he answered and that's why I trust him so I go all day long that's 116 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,320 the only thing I can get out of that I've got enough sense to look it up on 117 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,840 my phone but that's really not the whole issue the whole issue is is I saw the 118 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:24,120 Lord and he heard me and he answered and that's why I trust him and that's why I 119 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:29,880 trust him I saw and it just plays looped over it's like a scratch on a CD or an 120 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,480 old 45 come on some of you you know I'm clicking and it rolls back click it 121 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,880 rolls back click it rolled back I saw the Lord and he heard me and he answered 122 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,200 and that's why I trust him because I I begin to let my mind rush over the days 123 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,840 that I've sought the Lord and he did hear me and he did answer and it reminds 124 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:52,640 me that the Lord is on my side hallelujah and so those are the days 125 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,760 that praise just flows out of it then there's those other days when I wake up 126 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,640 to the echo of the roar of the lion who's standing there before me and I 127 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,800 know the battle is on today and I need to know that the enduring fact that the 128 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:11,480 Lord is on my side is in my mind so now I'm engaging in prayer I pray constantly 129 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,080 throughout the day no I'm not always in a closet no I'm not always at an altar 130 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:22,800 but my mind is before the throne all day long and I'm interceding and I'm praying 131 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:28,160 and I'm seeking him and tomorrow when he moves and he answers I wake up I sought 132 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:33,720 the Lord and he heard me and he answered and that's why I trust him and it goes 133 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,920 on throughout my life the psalmist had sought the Lord and he heard him and 134 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,520 that's what his declaration he is the Lord hear thee in the day of trouble if 135 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,760 it's not trouble amen we're not really calling on him but when you call on him 136 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:52,160 in the day of trouble he does hear you and it's an enduring fact to know that 137 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:59,680 the Lord is on our side it encourages me to know that he's there that he always 138 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:06,840 hears me when I pray but it's also he's always prepared to help me in my trouble 139 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:11,640 Jesus said in John 15 and 7 if you abide in me and my words abide in you you shall 140 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:16,160 ask what you will and it shall be done unto you doesn't that make you want to 141 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,280 shout it does especially if you're living out the contractual agreement with 142 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:27,520 this scripture the secret is that little two-letter word if hello you can seek 143 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:31,240 him you can cry out all you want but if you're not abiding in him he's not 144 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:36,400 obligated because you have broken the contract my my my my but for one who is 145 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,480 abiding it's a conditional promise there if you're where you're supposed to be he 146 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,840 will do what he's promised to do a man so if you're not where you're supposed 147 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,280 to be and he's not doing what you're asking him to do I don't think the 148 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,800 shortage is on his end it's always on our and can I get a witness in here it's 149 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:59,480 a it's it's always on our end it's not on his end if we're abiding if we're 150 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,920 living if we're dwelling within him and living in a life of righteousness and 151 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,920 holiness but right and that and we're just seeking him out daily and our mind 152 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:13,080 is continually on him if we're doing those things if we are abiding then he 153 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:18,840 will answer why because he is obligated to his word and nothing else 154 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,680 hallelujah but if we are where we are and know that the Lord is on our side and 155 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:34,520 if you're there he will answer favorable answers follow the condition of the 156 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:42,640 prayer first John 5 14 15 and this is the confidence that we have in him how 157 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:48,840 many of you are confident in him this is the confidence that we have in him that 158 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:59,800 if there it is again if we ask anything according to his will he hears us that 159 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,080 leads me to believe if I'm praying contrary to his will he ain't heard a 160 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:09,320 thing because the only thing that he aligns with is being in accordance to 161 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:14,480 his will and abiding in his presence but if I'm trying to live out my life in 162 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:19,160 accordance to his will how do I know what his will is well he's written it 163 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:25,800 out for you his will and testament both old and new for our life and for our 164 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:30,560 understanding if we are living in accordance to his word and obedience in 165 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:35,560 our life as he speaks and directs to us and we are living obediently before him 166 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:41,000 then we are contractually fulfilling the obligation and the agreement if 167 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,840 hallelujah and then we're praying in accordance to his will he hears us and 168 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:51,280 if we know here I love this part and if we know that he hears us whatsoever we 169 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:56,520 ask we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him the first 170 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:01,480 condition was abide the second condition is according to his will and the key to 171 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,360 answered prayer is holy living and discernment of the will of God and if 172 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:10,400 we abide in him and he and us and we ask according to that will then we position 173 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:16,000 ourselves for answered prayer this is the enduring fact of God's faithfulness 174 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:22,760 we are positioned in an alignment for him to answer when we seek the Lord and 175 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:32,880 he hears us always hope there's always hope no matter the situation because we 176 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:46,360 have the obligation in prayer no matter the battle no matter who the enemy 177 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:57,960 presents themselves to be every child of God has the opportunity to pray we are 178 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:11,000 afforded prayer and if we are abiding in him and we are in praying in accordance 179 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:20,840 to his will he hears us and if we know that he hears us I have confidence in 180 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:26,560 him because see I have confidence in my own life do you have confidence in where 181 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,880 you are in God right now in your relationship I have confidence in knowing 182 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:35,440 that when the spirit convicts me I repent 183 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:43,680 that's a that's an unheard of term to the church anymore you mean I got to 184 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:50,240 keep repenting well if you keep it on sinning yes you do but my prayer for us 185 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:54,280 is that our faith grows and the sanctifying and the washing of the 186 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:59,080 regenerating power of the Word of God finally equips us and gets us where 187 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:07,800 we're no longer practicing sin it's a wonderful work of sanctification I got 188 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:12,480 I got to get on we'll get to that later sometime that's another plow for another 189 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:20,560 field he hears you when you pray Psalm 3 & 4 I cried unto the Lord with my 190 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:25,600 voice it always helps if you're going to cry out use your voice I know there are 191 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,920 places and situations sometimes where we can't just let it out and we do from the 192 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:36,440 inside our soul cries out don't we I mean I'm screaming to the top of my 193 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:41,240 spiritual lungs and I may be in a place where I just can't shout it out but on 194 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:47,600 the inside I'm screaming to the heaven Lord hear me I'm here before you in this 195 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:54,280 day of my trouble and he hears chapter 6 verse 9 the Lord has heard my 196 00:20:54,280 --> 00:21:00,080 supplication the Lord will receive my prayer the Psalmist was confident in God 197 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:05,120 hearing him because he was confident in his condition with God chapter 18 verse 198 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:10,040 6 in my distress I called upon the Lord and cried unto my God he heard my voice 199 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:15,480 and out of his temple and my cry came before him even unto his ears 34 and 4 200 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,040 I sought the Lord and he heard me and he delivered me from all my fears verse 6 201 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:24,600 this poor man cried and the Lord heard him and he saved him out of all of his 202 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,720 troubles Proverbs 18 and 10 the name of the Lord's a strong tower the righteous 203 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:38,680 run into it and he saved the name of the Lord is a strong tower understand 204 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:44,440 knowing that when you are in the day and time of trouble the Lord hears you it's 205 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:50,520 an enduring fact for my life he hears me then the answer sort of becomes dependent 206 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:58,760 upon my condition with him he hears me if I'm abiding and I'm praying in 207 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:07,680 accordance to his will I know he hears me a man I know he hears me Micah 7 7 and 208 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:12,960 8 says therefore I will look unto the Lord I will wait for the God of my 209 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:18,480 salvation my God will hear me and this is how he knows he's going to hear him 210 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:24,720 because of his condition rejoice not against me oh mine enemy when I fall I 211 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:34,360 shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall become a light unto me I 212 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:38,280 don't know what that might do for you maybe it'll hit you a little bit later 213 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:42,940 as you begin to meditate on those two verses of scripture Micah 7 7 and 8 go 214 00:22:42,940 --> 00:22:46,720 home and read them again get them placed in your heart get that in your mind 215 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:53,240 because there comes a time when we do fall when we get knocked over on the 216 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:58,880 battlefield but I love what the prophets said rejoice not over me oh mine enemy 217 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:04,120 when I fall he immediately said I shall arise let me tell you what the water's 218 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:08,680 parallel looks like in that passage of scripture it looks like this devil don't 219 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,160 you dare stand over me and grin don't you look down on me because I'm down 220 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:19,240 because I'm gonna get up my Lord and when I get up from here when I have you 221 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,600 ever told somebody like that you may not be down but when I get up from here 222 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:27,200 hey man I'm gonna get up my mama used to tell me that don't make me get up from 223 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:32,680 here hello because I knew trouble was on its way if mama had to get up from there 224 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,400 you know what I mean and that's what the prophet is trying to tell the enemy 225 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,800 rejoice not over me oh my enemy because I'm gonna call on the Lord I'm gonna 226 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:45,800 talk to the God of my salvation and I know he hears me and because he hears me 227 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,200 I may be down but I'm not out I may be down I may have fallen but I'm not gonna 228 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,800 stay here and when I get up from here you've had it when I get up from here 229 00:23:54,800 --> 00:24:00,920 I'm gonna take my vengeance on you when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be my 230 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:07,800 light the Lord is on your side you may feel like you're in the dark room in the 231 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:15,480 developmental process of life and it's okay the Lord will be your light 232 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:27,640 hallelujah hey my soul that's one of my favorite verses don't make fun of me 233 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:36,360 devil I may be down but I'm gonna get up and when I do get up from here hello 234 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:43,080 grief may have me down sorrow may be welling over me but peace peace peace 235 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:49,640 is coming my way and when peace gets to me like sea billows roll I'm gonna get 236 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:54,440 up from here when the anguish of my soul is quenched by the grace of God Almighty 237 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,440 the enduring fact to me knowing that he has heard me in my plight he has heard 238 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:04,240 me in my dilemma and I sit in my dark room and the devil's looking down on me 239 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:11,920 I will you gotta make a personal declaration I will arise 240 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:21,560 well hallelujah that enduring fact is transformed to a strengthening force 241 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:28,760 that second verse said he's gonna send the help from the sanctuary and 242 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:35,880 strengthen thee out of Zion out of the same Lord said he's coming out himself 243 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:44,520 he's sending you help from the sanctuary out of that holy place the most holy 244 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:53,840 place where his grace and mercy and his might abides from there he's coming and 245 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:59,520 he's gonna strengthen you that word strengthen means to support to hold up 246 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:04,920 to refresh I just got a feeling down in my soul as I was studying and going over 247 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,680 this again this morning I just feel like somebody needs to know God's gonna 248 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:14,500 strengthen you today his strength is on his way for you he's gonna uphold you he 249 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:19,600 is going to support you he's gonna refresh you it's coming your way he said 250 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,160 out of his sanctuary he's gonna dispatch his help and it's gonna 251 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:28,000 strengthen you out of his glory out of the realm of heaven I'm here to tell you 252 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,400 this morning God is gonna dispatch a refreshing for you and he's gonna 253 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:38,560 strengthen you out of Zion Zion means that desert parts place and also the is 254 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:43,840 the inference of the city of Jerusalem the place of Zion but God said from 255 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:48,120 there out of your parts place out of that desert moment I'm gonna strengthen 256 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:52,760 you I'm gonna refresh you even in the hardship of where you are even in the 257 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,740 hardness of where you've been living even in that desert place he's gonna 258 00:26:56,740 --> 00:27:01,560 send a refreshing he's gonna encourage you because the Lord wants you to know 259 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:14,880 he is on your side this morning well glory he's the strength of our soul the 260 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:21,760 strength of the Lord is the force that enables us to not just make it through a 261 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:27,640 battle but to be victorious in the battle 262 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:36,400 you know sometimes surviving is victory hello there's something to be said for 263 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:44,280 survivors because you're victorious in your surviving 264 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:55,360 sometimes survival is the victory we look at it like if we just run in the 265 00:27:55,360 --> 00:28:00,720 aisles we're not victorious but I'm here to you sometimes after the battle you 266 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:10,360 don't have strength to run hello sometimes after the victory you all you 267 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:15,560 can do is just sit and soak up his goodness and let him strengthen you for 268 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:21,120 your shout and may have ever done that you've come through a spiritual war and 269 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,680 you do all you do just kind of wipe your head you might have to shout your way to 270 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:30,080 the victory but you finally got there and it's like I'm out I'm out I'm empty 271 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:34,280 my tanks empty well when you go into battle know this the Lord's gonna 272 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:40,720 strengthen you out of his sanctuary he's gonna send hope he's gonna send the 273 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:46,100 endorsing factor of his grace into your life and he's gonna enable you to be the 274 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:50,640 victor that he's called you out to be from the beginning Paul the Apostle 275 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,960 learned that valuable lesson with his storm in the flesh he said I prayed three 276 00:28:54,960 --> 00:29:02,080 times have you ever really got a hold of God more than once for a situation it'd 277 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,040 be nice if you just got a hold of the heavens one time and it was done 278 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:11,320 sometimes you get a hold of heaven a couple different times Paul got a hold 279 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,920 of heaven he said I prayed through how many remember the old term praying 280 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,760 through not praying do you get finished but praying through to heaven touches 281 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:23,720 you right one person put it this way pray do you touch heaven and pray till 282 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:28,720 heaven touches you and pray that you can touch somebody else when you get up amen 283 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:34,560 Paul said I prayed through I prayed three times on behalf of this thorn I've 284 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:41,580 got this this messenger that Satan sent to come against me every day he was in 285 00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:49,440 that battle he's weak he's tired he's frustrated he's at a point where he 286 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,680 doesn't think he could go on and he gets hold of heaven and heaven gets a hold of 287 00:29:53,680 --> 00:30:00,720 him and he hears this from the Lord's mouth himself my grace is sufficient 288 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:10,560 for you for my hear this for my strength is made perfect in weakness when we are 289 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:15,140 at our weakest in the flesh the power of God the glory of God becomes the 290 00:30:15,140 --> 00:30:19,880 strongest in the spirit and enables us in our weakness so that we could have 291 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:24,480 the same testimony that Paul would let her have to the Philippians I can do all 292 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:29,480 things through Christ who strengthens me and the only way you know that is if you 293 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:34,320 have that wonderful touch of his grace when you've prayed over and over and 294 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:44,520 over and God still doesn't move it as far as I know he died with his thorn 295 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:49,080 whatever that might have been a lot of speculation out there I don't know so 296 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:55,920 I'll not speculate Paul had a problem he had an issue evidently it was very 297 00:30:55,920 --> 00:31:03,080 tormenting to him because he didn't just pray once and go on with it hello how 298 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,640 many of them problems you got you pray once or twice and you learn to live with 299 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:19,680 it he never learned to live with it God had to grace him through it this I can 300 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:25,560 tell he never accepted it and always remained a fester and I know what a 301 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:30,320 little briar in your thumb can do I've got one right now aggravates the life 302 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:35,200 out of me got in there the other day just a little bitty thorn every time he 303 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,720 touched something you know I'm saying it's got a little fester to it I'm gonna 304 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:44,840 have to dig it out my lord with that right there not preach 305 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:53,080 sometimes you just gotta let him dig it out I hate the old up to it but I got a 306 00:31:53,080 --> 00:32:01,320 knot right here on side of this finger it's from a big piece of pool cue from 307 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:11,600 back in the day that's not funny baby if anybody remembers what the day was you 308 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:20,120 should remember it's a constant reminder but David it's a constant reminder that 309 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,640 not right there never down there now I hit something with it and it still hurts 310 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:30,240 I dug and I dug and I couldn't get it out somebody says why didn't you go to 311 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:35,120 the doctor and let them get it out well if I have to answer that you know as 312 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:47,640 intelligence I think you are redneck lifts enough holler in a hole in the 313 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:56,960 wall with a pool cue and then you think I'm going to get that dug out no 314 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:06,240 there's reminders that you carry around daily that you prayed about but they're 315 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,720 not gone 316 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:16,560 you've sought the Lord and he heard you and you just didn't like his answer I'm 317 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,520 sure Paul wanted a different answer wouldn't you love wouldn't it have been 318 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:25,680 wonderful to read that the Lord spoke to him and said okay I'm going to take care 319 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:30,240 of it it would make a whole lot better preaching by this time tomorrow you know 320 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,380 by this by four o'clock tomorrow evening it's going to be taken care of and then 321 00:33:34,380 --> 00:33:39,600 we read on at 410 it was done and Paul shouting but that's not what we get we 322 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:44,240 hear the Lord say my grace is sufficient for you in your weakness my strength is 323 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,600 magnified and I'm going to keep on dispensing my grace somebody needs to 324 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,760 hear that today you may have to keep on dealing with it you may have to keep on 325 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,280 living with it but you're not going to live with it alone you're going to live 326 00:33:56,280 --> 00:34:00,560 with the addition of his grace daily that amazing grace that enables you to 327 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:06,040 shout in spite of it hallelujah to sing over the top of it and to magnify him 328 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:12,880 because of it amen his grace will strengthen you now that really is not 329 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:18,760 good I'll run in preaching right there because that means we're kind of stuck 330 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:26,440 sometimes well yes it's not as rosy as the prosperity preachers like to make it 331 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:35,560 hello it's not as happy-go-lucky as the free grace people like to proclaim it oh 332 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:40,320 just do what you want to do it's covered honey hit ain't covered till you get it 333 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:50,880 covered this cheap grace place huh when I see the price he paid there's nothing 334 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:58,040 cheap about it come on if you abide in him he's 335 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:05,840 abiding in you the moment you stop abiding he stops listening the moment 336 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:11,720 you start transgressing his will he stops listening well you're not helping 337 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:15,360 me I'm helping you better than you think I am 338 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:26,640 he strengthens too many times in the battle we try to go in our own power 339 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:36,720 don't we we fail every time when we do that we need to remember the battle is 340 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:44,840 not ours a man the battle isn't yours you know what David said when he went 341 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:49,520 down to face Goliath in the valley of Elah as he's picking up stones along the 342 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:56,560 way Goliath cursing him making fun of him making fun of God cursing God 343 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:04,200 you come to me with spear and sword the battle is not mine but I come to you in 344 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:10,880 the name of the Lord all I'm coming for is the victory my god all I'm coming for 345 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:17,360 is your head my lord when you get that tenacity about you and the devil starts 346 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:22,600 roaring at you and God has graced you daily all you need to know is the battle 347 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:27,320 isn't yours you get to relish in the victory 348 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:34,280 Psalm 63 and 7 because thou hast been my help 349 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:46,440 therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I praise 121 the beautiful Psalm of 350 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:53,320 the sin I will lift up my eyes to the hills 351 00:36:53,840 --> 00:37:02,440 from which cometh my help my help comes from the Lord 352 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,600 the maker of the heavens and the earth 353 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:14,400 the 354 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,240 psalmist moved through to a steady faith 355 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:19,080 for seven we will remember 356 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,680 the name 357 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,680 of the Lord our God 358 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,120 we will remember the name 359 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,760 of the Lord our God 360 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:37,960 of how God had heard and answered prayer over their life expanse 361 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:42,800 they probably remembered Jehovah-Roy 362 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,600 God who sees and answers 363 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:50,360 Jehovah-Jireh 364 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:57,320 Jehovah-Shalom he's my peace 365 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,560 Jehovah-Rapha he's my healer 366 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:07,800 we're gonna remember the name of the Lord our God 367 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:13,240 El Shaddai the Almighty One 368 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:21,080 El Ohim the self-existent one the creator 369 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:26,520 and when they look when they just started talking to each other about the names of God 370 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:31,000 they got excited because they began to remember who their God was 371 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,640 and we're about to go into battle 372 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,840 and when we begin to remember he's the God our peace 373 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:41,400 he's got our sanctifier he's our banner and his banner over us is love 374 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:46,360 Jehovah-Niss is his name and my Lord they got themselves worked up into a frenzy 375 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,040 when they began to go into battle because all they had to simply do was 376 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:54,440 remember who the God that they served was 377 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,520 and can I remind somebody in here you may have to get up in the morning and go 378 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:03,000 into battle but would you just remind yourself who it is you serve 379 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,480 for you and I he is all encompassed and we have the extra benefit 380 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:12,200 of the revelation of the incarnate one through Christ the I am's of our life 381 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,800 the bread the light the life the door hallelujah 382 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:19,720 the true vine we have all of those extended into us 383 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,840 we have God don't forget in whom it is you serve 384 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:28,440 and remember always that the Lord is on your side 385 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,440 Amen 386 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,640 Faith endures 387 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:47,720 our faith thrives on the blessings of God 388 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:52,040 my faith grows every time the Lord blesses 389 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,640 every time I hear a testimony from one of you 390 00:39:55,640 --> 00:40:00,280 every time I get a picture of a check for three dollars and eighty five cents 391 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,840 that you got from the middle of nowhere in the mail 392 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,400 then you get those checks for the hundreds of dollars that people get in 393 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,360 the mail makes me want to pray harder that we all 394 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:17,960 get one of those but every time something that simple 395 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,640 that simplicity of that prayer that we pray every day 396 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,400 every time sister sandy tells me and testifies about the sale that she found 397 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,880 in town 398 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,320 getting stuff for a fraction of the original cost 399 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:40,840 does that matter well sure it does if you can pay 20 instead of 120 400 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:47,800 hello then I hear of how the Lord touches people in body 401 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:55,560 and they're healed or the peace of God wells over 402 00:40:55,560 --> 00:41:03,240 and calms it encourages my faith and it causes me to thrive in God 403 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:06,520 even though I may be looking at the battle even though a Goliath may be 404 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:11,800 standing in front of me because David had faced Goliath and won 405 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,720 it lets me know that greater is he that's in me than he that is in this 406 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:19,800 world and if God is for me then who can be 407 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:23,720 against me you have to encourage yourself in the reality of who you are 408 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:28,120 as a child of God and let this prayerful psalm enter into 409 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:32,280 your heart and prepare you for battle 410 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:39,080 a steady faith too many Christians fall in battle because they have failed to 411 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:44,360 realize who God really is 412 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:48,680 we're living in very dangerous times troublesome times amen 413 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:54,040 we've got to remember the name of the Lord our God 414 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,840 remember his promises to us 415 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:05,240 remember the prophecies concerning the world 416 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:09,800 instead of becoming distraught and living in fear and withdrawn 417 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:16,760 no we step out knowing that our God is working and moving because his word 418 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:20,200 is being fulfilled right before our very eyes 419 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:24,040 we become excited I think part of our problem is 420 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:29,560 we've become too attached to this old world 421 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:36,600 we're too attached to this old world 422 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:41,240 but we will remember and if we can only commit the word of 423 00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:45,400 God to our memory we'd be far better equipped for our 424 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,720 battles 425 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:53,320 the key to success in the work of God is the kind of study and 426 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:58,920 drawing near that we do concerning the word of God 427 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:03,480 faith I know it's all cliche and I know it's those that just roll out 428 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:10,760 faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God 429 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:14,680 we become steady in our faith and trusting God 430 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,680 when we hear the word proclaimed what we are this morning 431 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:23,400 we hear his word brought out before us and when I face the devil in a different 432 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:30,120 way maybe tomorrow or Thursday or Friday I remind myself of his word 433 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,560 and I remember that he is faithful and he is true 434 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,680 and he's not a man that he should lie and what he has said 435 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:42,680 he will perform if I abide in accordance to his will he's going to 436 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,400 do it for me 437 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:53,480 you end up with a defeated foe 438 00:43:53,480 --> 00:44:03,080 verse eight they are brought down and fallen but we are risen 439 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:06,280 and stand upright 440 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:12,120 they would sing this song as they would get ready to go in the battle 441 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:18,680 that some trust in chariots some trust in horses but we're going to 442 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:23,560 trust in the name of our lord because his name is a 443 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:28,760 testimony of his faithfulness over their life his name is a testimony 444 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:33,240 over his faithfulness in your and my life 445 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:41,240 all my life you have been faithful 446 00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:50,200 all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am able 447 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:53,400 sister Kim come on do that 448 00:44:54,200 --> 00:45:00,840 of the goodness of God why because the Lord's on your side 449 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:05,240 the Lord is on my side so we end up with a defeated foe they are brought 450 00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:10,120 down and fallen one spiritual principle that 451 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:14,920 the average believer has never understood is that 452 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:18,840 they think that Satan still has the upper hand 453 00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:23,640 in all earthly matters and that's just not so 454 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:33,320 he was defeated he is the prince and the power of the air but let me tell you 455 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,200 there's a king 456 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:41,640 over every prince 457 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:48,600 he rules in darkness but I've already read to you that in darkness the Lord 458 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,560 becomes you light 459 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:57,480 a defeated foe 460 00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:02,360 and lastly what you end up with 461 00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:07,480 is a sheltering place 462 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:13,560 that little prayer save Lord 463 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:26,680 Isaiah 59 and one reads behold the land the Lord's hand is not shortened 464 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:33,080 that it cannot save neither his ear heavy 465 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:36,120 that it cannot hear 466 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:43,240 the apostle James remind us that we have not because we ask not 467 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:48,120 the Lord himself encourages to Matthew 7 saying asking it shall be given seeking 468 00:46:48,120 --> 00:47:01,400 you shall find not and it shall be open unto you 469 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:05,240 prayer turns hope into a certainty 470 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,360 in the fact that 471 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:16,040 he may not remove the thorn 472 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:19,400 but he will dispatch grace 473 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:26,440 and if grace isn't enough for you I don't know what to tell you this morning 474 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:33,800 if grace isn't sufficient for you then I have nothing else for you 475 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:41,320 because you've come to the end of the resource if grace isn't enough 476 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:47,800 for you I've talked to a lot of folk in my short time 477 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:53,720 and I've read a lot of other testimonies of God's goodness and grace 478 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:58,600 and I don't know that there exists in this room 479 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:04,200 anything that his grace hasn't already been sufficient for 480 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,800 I don't know what it would be 481 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:14,040 your situation your dilemma 482 00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:21,000 his grace is sufficient it's enough 483 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:31,800 that little thorns been in there long enough now it's become something I do I 484 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:37,320 just caught myself again feeling that fester 485 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:41,800 thinking I really need to get that out of there 486 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,600 there may be some things in your life you really need God to get out 487 00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:52,680 and he may get it out but he may not 488 00:48:55,560 --> 00:49:00,200 what he may just do for you is when you're so weak 489 00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:07,160 he adds his strength into you through his grace 490 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:13,000 I'd love to be able to stand up here and tell you that he takes everything away 491 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:15,400 I can't tell you that 492 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,920 but I can tell you this he'll make you better 493 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:29,080 he'll touch you he'll strengthen you 494 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,480 and the enemy is not going to rejoice over you because he will not allow that 495 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:43,560 you're not going to get washed away because his promise in his word is when 496 00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:46,920 the enemy comes in like a flood he'll raise up a standard against him 497 00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:51,080 maybe you feel like you're just hanging on standing with me this morning you're 498 00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:54,120 just barely hanging on 499 00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:59,160 you're in the middle of the battle and it's raging 500 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:05,160 and you're kindly questioning this victory part of this thing 501 00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:14,360 you're going to survive it 502 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:15,960 you're going to get through it 503 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:24,360 there may not be a parade waiting on you when you come through it 504 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,960 but there is this 505 00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:34,360 come unto me all you that are labored and heavy laden 506 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,400 I'll give you rest 507 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:39,960 take my yoke on you 508 00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:42,840 I'll swap with you 509 00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:44,600 I'll carry you load for a little while 510 00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:54,920 everybody just come on down to this altar let's just get in here tied together 511 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:58,120 because we've all got battles come on in here 512 00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:06,120 Abraham 513 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:17,880 I know some of the war that some of you are in 514 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:21,320 because I'm praying with you already about them 515 00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:27,960 some of the battles that you face some of the thorns that are festering 516 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:35,800 you don't know what you're going to do with it 517 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:42,280 you don't know how you're going to deal with it you've been dealing with it 518 00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:48,520 you may be on your second time praying through 519 00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,200 my god I feel the holy ghost this morning just wanting to love on you 520 00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:02,120 the lord wants you to know he's on your side he's on your side 521 00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:11,240 heavenly father your sons and daughters are standing before you at the altar