WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.020 Good to see you. If you have your Bibles, go 00:00:02.020 --> 00:00:03.899 ahead and reach and get it. Man, did they not 00:00:03.899 --> 00:00:05.639 usher in the presence of the Lord today? Thank 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:10.599 you, guys. Wonderful. Wonderful. It's always 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:12.900 good, but some days is gooder than other days. 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:16.000 That's the same way with what I'm about to do. 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.379 Hopefully, it's always good, but some days it's 00:00:19.379 --> 00:00:23.579 better than others. I know I feel like it's better 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:25.620 than others. Sometimes when I leave here, I think, 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.920 my Lord, that was pitiful, like last week. Sure. 00:00:29.550 --> 00:00:33.530 I'm going to try not to be as personal. Tell 00:00:33.530 --> 00:00:36.310 all my tales about myself. I ain't going to try 00:00:36.310 --> 00:00:39.750 to do that no more. Appreciate you coming back. 00:00:39.929 --> 00:00:42.810 Any visitors in the house? First time visitors, 00:00:42.909 --> 00:00:46.090 anybody? Hang on, we're about to take a ride. 00:00:48.670 --> 00:00:52.829 And they got you plumbed down front. They were 00:00:52.829 --> 00:00:55.450 no better than that on your first visit. My Lord. 00:00:57.929 --> 00:01:04.269 Amen. On the 21st of September, that's a Sunday, 00:01:04.329 --> 00:01:10.969 right? I think it is. We're going to have a staff 00:01:10.969 --> 00:01:16.810 appreciation day for the people who labor among 00:01:16.810 --> 00:01:22.409 you. Amen. Pastor Brian, Sister Erica, Brother 00:01:22.409 --> 00:01:26.750 Randy, Sister Robin, Sister Sandra. We're going 00:01:26.750 --> 00:01:30.530 to appreciate them that day. Amen? I'm going 00:01:30.530 --> 00:01:34.170 to get with those. We're getting into a very 00:01:34.170 --> 00:01:41.849 highly fellowship season. So just get prepared. 00:01:41.930 --> 00:01:44.590 We're going to spend some time together over 00:01:44.590 --> 00:01:50.409 the next couple months. I hope that's okay. And 00:01:50.409 --> 00:01:51.829 if you don't want to spend time with us, stay 00:01:51.829 --> 00:01:59.579 at the house. See, there they should have warned 00:01:59.579 --> 00:02:03.319 y 'all. But if you'd like to spend time together, 00:02:03.620 --> 00:02:08.539 come on. And we're going to eat whatever's out 00:02:08.539 --> 00:02:09.879 there, and we're just going to have a wonderful 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:12.300 time. I mean, if you do, absolutely not. You 00:02:12.300 --> 00:02:15.900 just can't stand fish. Raise your hand. Let me 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:18.039 share something with you. Don't eat it tonight. 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:25.939 Just don't get a piece. And you'll be fine. There's 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:28.560 going to be some chicken strips. And all kind 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:33.139 of side stuff for you. You won't leave hungry. 00:02:33.699 --> 00:02:37.219 There will be enough dessert that you can make 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:40.240 it until you get to McDonald's. But what you 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.900 can't find at McDonald's is each other. Amen. 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:52.699 Fellowship is the strength of the church. We 00:02:52.699 --> 00:02:56.319 grow stronger when we're together. I firmly believe 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.330 that. If you have your Bibles, be turning to 00:02:59.330 --> 00:03:07.830 Exodus chapter 40, Exodus 40. We're about, well, 00:03:07.889 --> 00:03:12.289 we started last week. I'm going to preach for 00:03:12.289 --> 00:03:15.469 a little bit until the Lord turns me loose from 00:03:15.469 --> 00:03:23.310 it. On this, a visit to the archives. Yeah, a 00:03:23.310 --> 00:03:27.919 visit to the archives. And what that means is, 00:03:28.099 --> 00:03:35.400 as the Lord leads me, I have four scrolls, I 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:44.680 call them. This is the 99 version. I got four 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:47.479 of these, and then I have some loose leaf parchment 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:53.699 that was before that. We're going to revisit 00:03:53.699 --> 00:03:58.699 the archives, is what I call it. And we're going 00:03:58.699 --> 00:04:00.860 to drag out the papyrus. And I don't have any 00:04:00.860 --> 00:04:03.599 animal skins. I'm not that old. But for the next 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.740 last week and for the next few weeks, I will 00:04:06.740 --> 00:04:12.159 be preaching from the previous century. Messages 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:16.459 that the Lord spurred me on early. And what I 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:19.139 got to thinking about that, the previous century. 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:27.759 Makes me sound really old. I am getting there. 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:30.920 Thank you, Fred, for that reminder. Always a 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:37.100 brother in Christ to keep lifting you up. Appreciate 00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:41.300 that. It's okay, Sister Ann. We're going to be 00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:45.300 all right. You are. Well, truth is truth, isn't 00:04:45.300 --> 00:04:53.620 it? Yeah. Exodus 40. A visit to the archives. 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:59.839 Verse 34 reads, Then a cloud covered the tent 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:03.720 of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:08.560 filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:11.360 to enter into the tent of the congregation because 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:16.220 the cloud abode their own. And the glory of the 00:05:16.220 --> 00:05:20.399 Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:23.000 was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.220 of Israel went onward in all their journeys. 00:05:26.899 --> 00:05:30.279 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.160 journeyed not till the day that it was taken 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:38.939 up. For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle 00:05:38.939 --> 00:05:43.620 by day and fire was on it by night in the sight 00:05:43.620 --> 00:05:49.120 of all the house of Israel throughout all. Their 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:53.639 journeys. A visit to the archive. This little 00:05:53.639 --> 00:06:02.639 word today is a secret to our success. A secret 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.279 to our success. Now mind you, this was in the 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:09.920 last century. Lord, I love you and I thank you. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:13.100 Thank you for your goodness and your mercy. Your 00:06:13.100 --> 00:06:17.680 help, your hope. And all that we need today is 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:22.839 in you. And so I ask, Lord, now for your richest 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:27.220 blessings. And on our ears to hear, Lord, send 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:29.980 forth that spirit that causes it to be easy to 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:33.220 preach. And, Lord, we will leave this place strengthened 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:38.379 and built up through your anointing. In Christ's 00:06:38.379 --> 00:06:43.500 name, the church said, amen. There was a Google 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:49.040 search done a little bit ago on the secret. And 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:56.180 there were over 500 million results came back. 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.819 Everybody's got their own secret. If there's 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:03.399 500 million letting it out, I don't think it's 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:09.420 a secret anymore. The secret's out. Amen? When 00:07:09.420 --> 00:07:13.180 we begin to look at this passage of Scripture 00:07:13.180 --> 00:07:15.000 here, it's the ending of the book of Exodus. 00:07:15.769 --> 00:07:17.889 The Spirit of the Lord is moving. The tabernacle 00:07:17.889 --> 00:07:20.730 is already constructed and His glory is sitting 00:07:20.730 --> 00:07:25.269 upon it. Amen? The cloud became the symbol of 00:07:25.269 --> 00:07:29.889 the Lord's presence. This season and time of 00:07:29.889 --> 00:07:36.449 Israel's life, they looked for the cloud. Sometimes 00:07:36.449 --> 00:07:39.870 the cloud was over them. Sometimes it was behind 00:07:39.870 --> 00:07:42.709 them. Sometimes it was in front of them, going 00:07:42.709 --> 00:07:46.730 before. The Lord was over them to shield them, 00:07:46.850 --> 00:07:50.189 behind them to protect them, in front of them 00:07:50.189 --> 00:07:56.250 to lead them to where he wanted them to be. As 00:07:56.250 --> 00:07:58.089 we look at this text this morning, I think it 00:07:58.089 --> 00:08:02.810 serves us well again as another reminder. As 00:08:02.810 --> 00:08:05.449 the Lord is over us, behind us, and before us, 00:08:05.490 --> 00:08:11.610 he's also beneath us, holding us up. Amen? So 00:08:11.610 --> 00:08:14.819 as this reminder, Moses... He gives the people 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:19.300 in Deuteronomy 1, after a discouraging report, 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:24.579 Moses reminds the people that God is with them 00:08:24.579 --> 00:08:29.519 in chapter 1, verses 28 through 30. Sounds like 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:33.000 a good reminder for us today. You and I need 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.240 to know that the Lord is with us, even though 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.960 sometimes we receive discouraging reports. Amen? 00:08:40.959 --> 00:08:44.100 For Moses, it was those ten negative spies that 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:46.879 come back out of the land. Oh, there's giants 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.539 there. We can't go over there. Well, what does 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:51.399 the place look like? Well, now, it's exactly 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:55.039 like God said it was. It's flowing milk and honey. 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:57.679 Look, we brought some fruit back. We got grapes 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:01.259 the size of plums, right? Everything's exactly 00:09:01.259 --> 00:09:04.580 like God said, but the sons of Anak are there. 00:09:04.820 --> 00:09:08.600 There's some giants in the land, and we are not 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:11.990 able. To take it. Well, that just hit Moses the 00:09:11.990 --> 00:09:14.370 wrong way right off the bat. I mean, it just 00:09:14.370 --> 00:09:16.970 rubbed him wrong. What do you mean? I'm here 00:09:16.970 --> 00:09:19.169 to tell you today that the Lord is encouraging 00:09:19.169 --> 00:09:23.049 us. Caleb gets excited. He gets upset. Joshua's 00:09:23.049 --> 00:09:25.509 all, they're in this thing together, he and Caleb. 00:09:25.710 --> 00:09:28.289 And Caleb says, look, we can do this. God's going 00:09:28.289 --> 00:09:31.289 before us. He's with us. He's promised, let us 00:09:31.289 --> 00:09:34.850 arise right now. Let's go get it. But how many 00:09:34.850 --> 00:09:38.009 know discouragement can really set you back? 00:09:39.850 --> 00:09:42.710 Psalm 84 and 11, the psalmist says, here's a 00:09:42.710 --> 00:09:45.470 little encouragement. For the Lord God is a sun 00:09:45.470 --> 00:09:49.269 and shield. The Lord will give grace and glory. 00:09:49.370 --> 00:09:53.210 No good thing will he withhold from them that 00:09:53.210 --> 00:09:57.500 walk uprightly. Amen? The secret to our success, 00:09:57.659 --> 00:10:01.179 we succeed when the Lord's presence is with us. 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:04.440 I mean, the revelation's out. It's not a secret 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:07.779 any longer. You succeed when the Lord's presence 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:10.419 is with you. And that's what Moses is telling 00:10:10.419 --> 00:10:12.299 us, and he's letting everyone know, and he's 00:10:12.299 --> 00:10:14.659 letting Israel know. When the tabernacle was 00:10:14.659 --> 00:10:16.679 there, the glory of the Lord set on it. It was 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:19.899 so thick, Moses couldn't even go in. They didn't 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:23.159 go anywhere as long as the cloud was on the tabernacle. 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:25.669 Amen? and they look for the light, how would 00:10:25.669 --> 00:10:27.769 you like to be the tent closest to the pillar 00:10:27.769 --> 00:10:33.110 of fire? I mean, it was lit all night long. I 00:10:33.110 --> 00:10:34.970 can't sleep with the light on. I'm learning. 00:10:35.690 --> 00:10:39.450 It's difficult. Amen? How would you like to be 00:10:39.450 --> 00:10:44.629 that by the pillar of fire at night? Even though 00:10:44.629 --> 00:10:46.809 they're kind of camped a little bit away, everybody's 00:10:46.809 --> 00:10:48.950 all the way around it, so the light shines in 00:10:48.950 --> 00:10:52.019 everybody's tent door. Nobody's sleeping good. 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:54.919 But can I tell you what a reassurance it would 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:57.669 be? What happens if the light isn't shining? 00:10:57.850 --> 00:11:00.690 Oh, my Lord. What if the light isn't on? God's 00:11:00.690 --> 00:11:03.750 presence, where is he? Amen. Every night in their 00:11:03.750 --> 00:11:06.889 journey, the cloud went with them as they journeyed. 00:11:06.909 --> 00:11:09.570 Everywhere they went, the presence of the Lord 00:11:09.570 --> 00:11:11.529 went with them. Can you see where this is going 00:11:11.529 --> 00:11:14.710 already? Everywhere we go, the presence of the 00:11:14.710 --> 00:11:17.549 Lord goes with us. There's no place that you 00:11:17.549 --> 00:11:19.649 can't go. What did the psalmist say? I can go 00:11:19.649 --> 00:11:21.649 to the heavens, you're there. I can descend to 00:11:21.649 --> 00:11:23.789 the lowest. I can even go all the way down into 00:11:23.789 --> 00:11:26.909 hell itself. and your presence that there's nowhere 00:11:26.909 --> 00:11:30.169 I can go that I can escape you. Somebody needs 00:11:30.169 --> 00:11:32.269 to know that this morning. Wherever you're at, 00:11:32.409 --> 00:11:34.649 whatever danger you may find yourself in, whatever 00:11:34.649 --> 00:11:37.330 battle zone, whatever foot of the mountain that 00:11:37.330 --> 00:11:40.070 you're looking up, everywhere you go, God is 00:11:40.070 --> 00:11:42.429 going with you, especially the presence of the 00:11:42.429 --> 00:11:45.350 Lord goes with those who are walking uprightly. 00:11:45.509 --> 00:11:48.470 Therein lies the key. Here is the secret. For 00:11:48.470 --> 00:11:50.750 the Lord God is a sun and a shield. The Lord 00:11:50.750 --> 00:11:53.809 will give grace and glory. No good thing will 00:11:53.809 --> 00:11:56.909 he withhold. from them that walk uprightly. You 00:11:56.909 --> 00:11:59.889 go in him, his grace goes with you, his presence 00:11:59.889 --> 00:12:02.690 goes before you. And when we begin to look at 00:12:02.690 --> 00:12:05.830 this secret to success, keys to success, I looked 00:12:05.830 --> 00:12:08.210 up some of these. There were several different 00:12:08.210 --> 00:12:10.669 ones. One of them, this is the keys, seven keys 00:12:10.669 --> 00:12:14.570 to success. Ambition, focus, hustle, patience, 00:12:14.830 --> 00:12:19.789 persistence, grind, or grit, and sacrifice. Another 00:12:19.789 --> 00:12:23.190 one said desire, direction, destination, drive. 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:26.860 Determination, dedication, and discipline. Factor 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:30.840 of four for success. Hard work. 84 % of Americans 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:33.019 said if you work hard, you're going to succeed. 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.580 Another 65 % said talent. If you got the talent, 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:39.899 you're going to succeed. 55 % said it's who you 00:12:39.899 --> 00:12:42.399 know. It's the people you know. It's the network 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:45.200 that you're in. 55 % of people say you cannot 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.120 succeed without that network. And then the others 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:50.980 said luck and circumstance. Well, I'm crossing 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:54.679 that out right there. I do not believe in luck. 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:57.379 Why, pastor, don't you believe in luck? Because 00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:59.940 luck is happenstance. I happen to believe that 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:03.419 the steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord. 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:06.220 Amen. I happen to believe that God is sovereign, 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:09.820 and he will favor those who walk uprightly before 00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:12.480 him, and no good thing will he withhold from 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:15.399 them according to his word. So it's not luck. 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:17.919 If good things are coming your way, it's because 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:21.059 the hand of God is looking over you. It's the 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:23.779 favor of God. that is bestowing upon you. It's 00:13:23.779 --> 00:13:26.620 not luck, honey. It's the goodness of God. It's 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:29.460 the presence of God that is going with you. Oh, 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:31.820 then what is the bad stuff? It's the enemy coming 00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:34.220 against you, or it's a test of your faith. But 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:36.440 even in the bad stuff, even when things are going 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.340 wrong, God's presence is still there. The cloud 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:42.159 is still with you. The fire will still go and 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:44.500 illuminate the darkness of your life. He's not 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:47.139 going to forsake you, and he'll not hold any 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:49.980 good thing in the midst of what bad is going 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:54.809 on in our life. See, we think bad stuff happening 00:13:54.809 --> 00:13:57.230 is the absence of God's presence. No, it's not. 00:14:01.470 --> 00:14:03.269 That's what the devil said. Well, if God loves 00:14:03.269 --> 00:14:05.549 you, he wouldn't let that happen to you. He loves 00:14:05.549 --> 00:14:08.409 me. He let it happen to me. And he's going to 00:14:08.409 --> 00:14:15.009 give me grace to get through it. Amen? So some 00:14:15.009 --> 00:14:17.230 of the secret things to our success. Number one 00:14:17.230 --> 00:14:21.649 is understanding your salvation. Amen? Salvation. 00:14:22.370 --> 00:14:26.399 It's not a secret. It's out there. Amen? It's 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:29.159 openly and it's widely known. 2 Chronicles 20, 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:32.059 17 says, You shall not need to fight in this 00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:34.919 battle. Set yourselves, stand you still, and 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:39.159 see the salvation of the Lord with you. When 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.340 there's hardships coming your way, when you're 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:42.740 not looking at a mountain, but you're looking 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:45.860 at a Red Sea, and the people around you are panicking, 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:48.620 amen? We were watching, what was that little 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:50.399 show we was watching last night? The Incredibles, 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:54.590 right? I was watching. me and Cameron and six 00:14:54.590 --> 00:14:57.129 guys sitting there watching Incredibles and it's 00:14:57.129 --> 00:14:58.990 when the plane was shot down and the kids and 00:14:58.990 --> 00:15:01.289 mama's in the in the in the water there and the 00:15:01.289 --> 00:15:03.750 kids are just going off they're panicking and 00:15:03.750 --> 00:15:06.850 hollering she said She pushed up to it and said, 00:15:06.909 --> 00:15:10.210 we're not going to panic. Don't panic, amen. 00:15:10.490 --> 00:15:13.250 Your ship's not going down. He's not going to 00:15:13.250 --> 00:15:16.809 let you go down. His salvation is with you. What 00:15:16.809 --> 00:15:18.950 does salvation mean? By definition, salvation, 00:15:19.029 --> 00:15:22.230 a person or thing that is a means or cause or 00:15:22.230 --> 00:15:25.769 the source of preservation and rescue. That's 00:15:25.769 --> 00:15:28.029 what it is. And when you understand that the 00:15:28.029 --> 00:15:30.690 salvation of the Lord is with you, sometimes 00:15:30.690 --> 00:15:34.129 you have to get a grip on yourself and say, self, 00:15:34.129 --> 00:15:38.870 stand. Stand still. Seth, get a grip. Seth, don't 00:15:38.870 --> 00:15:41.389 move. Rest assured that you're in the grace and 00:15:41.389 --> 00:15:44.529 the love and the power of God. But stand still 00:15:44.529 --> 00:15:48.519 and see. the source of your help. Stand still 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.279 and realize the source of your rescue. Hallelujah. 00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:56.620 Because the Lord is thy salvation. Hallelujah. 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:59.759 And when you begin, the only reason we succeed 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:02.960 is because of the Lord's goodness and his rescuing 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.220 efforts of our everyday life. And because I have 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:16.450 been rescued, I know that I shall succeed. Now 00:16:16.450 --> 00:16:22.570 remember, I'm 30 years younger. I'm everywhere 00:16:22.570 --> 00:16:25.330 with this. Now I just do good to hold on to it. 00:16:28.470 --> 00:16:31.929 The problem is your and my definition of success. 00:16:35.570 --> 00:16:39.750 That's where the dilemma comes in. It's how you 00:16:39.750 --> 00:16:45.460 define whether you're succeeding or not. It's 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:48.379 like 58 % of Americans feel like you're succeeding 00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:52.059 if you make over $200 ,000 a year. That leaves 00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:58.899 a bunch of us out as failures. If you're in here 00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:01.759 and you're over that, God bless you, then you're 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:03.679 succeeding according to America's standards. 00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:08.900 You're succeeding. Hallelujah. But let me tell 00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:11.160 somebody in here, it's broke, busted, and about 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.430 halfway disgusted. That 200K is not the measurement 00:17:15.430 --> 00:17:18.900 of your success. Neither is it the measurement 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:22.640 or the measure which you go by as your encouragement 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.339 and you get your joy from it. Hallelujah. No, 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:28.859 that is not where it comes from. But for us all, 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:33.259 the 200K and over and the 25K and under, we get 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:35.539 our goodness and we get our blessings from the 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:39.220 Lord. And my joy and my success is not wrapped 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:42.640 up in my bank account. The joy of the Lord, that's 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.980 what's bringing about. And we're going to get 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:45.720 to that in point number three if we ever get 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.390 off a point. Number one, but the reason we are 00:17:48.390 --> 00:17:50.890 succeeding is because of the salvation of the 00:17:50.890 --> 00:17:53.630 Lord. You succeed. Some of the richest people 00:17:53.630 --> 00:17:56.109 in this world don't have two quarters to rub 00:17:56.109 --> 00:17:59.269 together, but they have the salvation of the 00:17:59.269 --> 00:18:01.710 Lord secure in their heart. And when hard times 00:18:01.710 --> 00:18:04.490 come, they stand, they sit themselves, and they 00:18:04.490 --> 00:18:07.829 watch for and see the delivering power of God 00:18:07.829 --> 00:18:22.880 in their life. Hallelujah. Exodus 14, 13 -14, 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:28.359 Moses said unto the people, Fear you not. Stand 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:30.599 still, see the salvation of the Lord, which he 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:35.960 will show to you today. For the Egyptians, whom 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:39.539 you have seen today, you shall see them again 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:45.980 no more forever. The Lord shall fight for you, 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:51.559 and you shall hold your peace. Now, isn't that 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:55.420 very encouraging? Because the Lord is my source. 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:00.960 The Lord is the means whereby I am rescued and 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.859 delivered. That's what salvation is. And when 00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:07.819 I understand, look. When you get a good grip 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:11.259 and a good hold on your relationship with God 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:14.299 through his son, Jesus Christ, emboldened by 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:16.920 the power of the Holy Ghost, let me tell you, 00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:19.200 you can walk your way through Bank Repsy Court 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:21.779 and come out shouting on the other side. How 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:24.099 do you know? Because I've walked down through 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:26.819 there. And I'm here to tell you right now, you 00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:29.559 can do it and you can hold your head up. I know 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:32.420 the devil tries to put shame on us, but who is 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:35.680 he anyway? He's the condemner of us, but God 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.109 is. He's the one who is the restorer of our soul. 00:19:38.309 --> 00:19:40.069 And I'm here to tell you it doesn't matter how 00:19:40.069 --> 00:19:43.210 broke you are or have been or how wealthy you 00:19:43.210 --> 00:19:46.369 are or have been. All of the in -between of that 00:19:46.369 --> 00:19:50.329 is surely knowing that you have a good, firm 00:19:50.329 --> 00:19:53.910 grip on the salvation that you have from Christ, 00:19:54.049 --> 00:19:57.130 through Christ, and in Christ. And only by that 00:19:57.130 --> 00:19:59.630 can we succeed at anything in life. I'm here 00:19:59.630 --> 00:20:01.630 to tell you right now, if you don't work at your 00:20:01.630 --> 00:20:04.569 relationship with God, it will fail. It's just 00:20:04.569 --> 00:20:06.609 like anything. Any other attempt you do in life, 00:20:06.710 --> 00:20:09.450 any attempt at business or work, if you don't 00:20:09.450 --> 00:20:11.829 put in forth the effort, then you're going to 00:20:11.829 --> 00:20:13.730 fail at it. If you're not going to put forth 00:20:13.730 --> 00:20:20.750 effort at school, they will give you zeros. I've 00:20:20.750 --> 00:20:23.390 got a few bonus points in the past just for effort. 00:20:24.710 --> 00:20:28.069 Didn't mean it was correct. They felt sorry for 00:20:28.069 --> 00:20:33.700 me, but look, I'll take it. I tried. One thing's 00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:37.359 for sure, if you do not ever try, you will never 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:40.700 succeed. It works that way with your relationship 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:43.619 with God. You have to put forth your best foot 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:47.460 and walk in his grace and walk out the salvation 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:51.319 that he so freely gives to us. And once you get 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:53.700 a hold of that, everything in between, you'll 00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:56.099 be like the Apostle Paul. He said, I have found 00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:59.380 whatsoever state I'm in therein to be content. 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:03.359 If I'm abounding, I'm happy. base, I'm happy. 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.400 It doesn't matter what shape I'm in. It doesn't 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:08.539 matter what the enemy throws at me. It doesn't 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:11.099 matter what they come against me with. I've got 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:14.619 a good grip. One thing I do. This one thing I 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:17.039 do, brethren, I'm trying to get a grip on what's 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.759 got a grip on me. And I'm trying hard to do it. 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:22.420 But the very thing that I do, first of all, is 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:24.940 I forget those things which are behind me. And 00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:27.900 I press toward the mark for the prize of the 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:31.039 high calling of God in Christ Jesus. That's the 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:33.029 way you're going to make it. You put the past 00:21:33.029 --> 00:21:36.390 behind you, put Christ before you, and know it's 00:21:36.390 --> 00:21:39.670 the glory that you have in the power of salvation. 00:21:39.690 --> 00:21:49.710 You can make it. Well, visit to the archives. 00:21:51.750 --> 00:21:55.549 We got a couple more verses for salvation. There's 00:21:55.549 --> 00:22:00.490 four points to this thing. It ain't gonna happen. 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:05.779 So we'll just take our time. How's that? 2 Samuel 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:10.460 22, 47. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my rock, 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:19.339 and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:24.640 We used to sing that little verse. The Lord liveth, 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:28.630 blessed be the rock. May the God of my salvation 00:22:28.630 --> 00:22:36.069 be exalted. Hosanna. Right? Hosanna. Give us 00:22:36.069 --> 00:22:38.809 that little old song right there. There's an 00:22:38.809 --> 00:22:42.109 understanding. The Lord liveth and blessed be 00:22:42.109 --> 00:22:45.710 my rock. And exalted be the God of the rock of 00:22:45.710 --> 00:22:50.279 my salvation. Again, Psalm 725 and 5. Lead me 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:53.740 into thy truth and teach me, for thou art the 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:58.980 God of my salvation. And on thee do I wait all 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:02.759 the day long. Whichever one of these people put 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:06.079 patience on their list for success, you've got 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:09.200 to be patient. Amen. And I know I'm looking at 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:13.619 a bunch of patient people. Yeah, you've got all 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:17.140 day, all week, all month. You've got the rest 00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:19.519 of your life, and you're just patiently waiting. 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:24.319 No, that's not the way we wait. We wait anxiously, 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:27.380 don't we? Well, let me just say I do. I wait 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.920 anxiously. You say, well, you're the pastor. 00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:32.200 Well, I still get tore up myself. Amen. I still 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:34.720 am in a hurry for God to do what I need him to 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:37.259 do. Come on now. How many of you just got the 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:39.079 rest of your life to wait on him to do what he's 00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:42.160 got to do? Well, if necessary, we do. But that's 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:44.839 not the plan in our mind. I need God to move, 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:47.599 and I need God to move yesterday. Today's a little 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:49.559 late, but I'm still here, and I'm still waiting. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:52.140 That's just the way we process. That's the way 00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:54.680 we are as human beings. We want what we want. 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:57.339 when we want it and how we want it. Amen. But 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:59.460 listen, when we wait patiently for the Lord, 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:01.940 it all works out in the Lord's will. It always 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:04.059 works out for his purpose. And when it works 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:06.480 out to his will and his purpose, we become the 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:09.299 ones who are blessed by it. So wait, I say, on 00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:12.900 the Lord. Wait, I say. Wait patiently on the 00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:15.380 Lord. Why? Because they that wait upon the Lord 00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:17.460 shall renew their strength. Hallelujah. They 00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:19.579 shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.660 walk, not grow weary. They shall run and not 00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:23.960 faint. Come on, somebody. We've got to learn. 00:24:24.009 --> 00:24:26.490 to wait, wait, wait, wait, wait on the salvation 00:24:26.490 --> 00:24:35.309 of God to be released into your situation. Let's 00:24:35.309 --> 00:24:41.029 see. Oh, 2 Corinthians 6 and 2 says, For he saith, 00:24:41.130 --> 00:24:49.329 I have heard thee in a time acceptable, and in 00:24:49.329 --> 00:24:56.769 the day of salvation have I secured thee. Behold, 00:24:56.769 --> 00:25:03.009 now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the 00:25:03.009 --> 00:25:05.950 day of salvation. What does all that mean? The 00:25:05.950 --> 00:25:09.369 Lord's got it marked for you. He's got it marked 00:25:09.369 --> 00:25:12.309 for us. Whatever going on, whatever dilemma, 00:25:12.430 --> 00:25:14.250 whatever situation's going on in our life, there 00:25:14.250 --> 00:25:17.109 is a day that he has marked down. How can you 00:25:17.109 --> 00:25:20.450 say that? Because when the time was perfect, 00:25:20.609 --> 00:25:25.099 God sent forth his son. Hello, are you with me? 00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:28.680 When the time was right. There was an appointed 00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:31.000 time for Christ's birth, and he wasn't coming 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:33.640 before, and it wasn't going to be after. But 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:36.980 when the time was accomplished, God sent forth 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:39.940 his son. Can I tell you, when the time is accomplished 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:42.319 for the dilemmas and the situations of our life, 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:45.480 according to his word, God is going to send forth 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:47.960 his salvation, and there's nothing the devil 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:50.539 can do about it. Are you hearing me? When God 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:53.039 says it's coming, there's nothing the devil can 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:56.119 do about it. Ask old Daniel. He prayed 21 days 00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:59.430 locked up. Amen. And the angel was dispatched 00:25:59.430 --> 00:26:02.089 with his answer. And he was hindered by the prince 00:26:02.089 --> 00:26:04.650 of the power of the air of Persia. And the fight 00:26:04.650 --> 00:26:07.329 was on. But let me tell you something. When the 00:26:07.329 --> 00:26:09.609 answer is dispatched towards you, there may be 00:26:09.609 --> 00:26:13.910 a delay. But God hasn't denied you your petition. 00:26:14.490 --> 00:26:17.369 Hallelujah. So you got to wait. You got to wait. 00:26:17.430 --> 00:26:25.029 You got to wait. And we are, I mean, we just 00:26:25.029 --> 00:26:33.730 ooze with waiting. I avoided Zaxby's the other 00:26:33.730 --> 00:26:37.430 day because I didn't want to wait for the line 00:26:37.430 --> 00:26:43.650 wrapped around the building. Traded one line 00:26:43.650 --> 00:26:47.130 for another. We went to Chick -fil -A. But they've 00:26:47.130 --> 00:26:55.529 got two lines and they move faster. I love it. 00:26:55.569 --> 00:26:57.309 They come to the window and say, can I have a 00:26:57.309 --> 00:27:01.599 name for your order? I said, Harold. Don't ever 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:03.319 give them your real name in case you lose it 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:13.759 while you're waiting. They don't say, they said, 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:17.960 give me your name, then I'm hooked. I can't say 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:21.759 Harold. I have to tell them my name. But when 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.019 they said, I need a name for your order, Larry. 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:32.279 Fred, let's go with Fred. You really want to 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:38.619 blow their mind, I tell them, Kathy. Every one 00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:43.539 of them looks up. Without doubt. I say, it's 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:47.319 her. She's eating today, not me. I'm on carnivore. 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:53.140 Give me some grilled chicken nuggets. They're 00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.819 good, but they're not as good as them with that 00:27:54.819 --> 00:28:00.400 stuff all over them. We just don't wait well. 00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:06.960 Tune it up. Because look, until you learn to 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.480 wait on the Lord, he's going to make you wait 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:14.680 on him. Until you learn to wait, wait not as 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.960 in twiddling our thumbs and patting our foot. 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:20.859 Some of you just do this. Just get all tore up. 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:23.039 How long is it going to be? How much longer is 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.240 it going to be? How much longer I got to wait? 00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:35.920 Wait, as in defined as serve. Lord, let me wait 00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:38.880 on you. Let me get down here and worship you. 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:47.400 Holy is the Lord. Holy is the Lord. Glory to 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:50.940 your name. Amen. Let me wait on you. Lord, I 00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:53.700 love you and I thank you and I praise you. Oh, 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:55.240 thank you for what you've done for me. Thank 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.759 you for what you're going to do. Let me wait 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:00.240 on you. Wait upon the Lord. While I'm down there. 00:29:01.410 --> 00:29:03.230 Amen. Or while I'm walking with my hands. Let 00:29:03.230 --> 00:29:06.089 me just lift up my hands unto the Lord. Amen. 00:29:06.130 --> 00:29:08.329 Let me lift them up. Let me do what the psalmist 00:29:08.329 --> 00:29:10.289 said. Let me do a wave offering. Somebody give 00:29:10.289 --> 00:29:12.430 him a wave. We used to do that a lot when I was 00:29:12.430 --> 00:29:14.589 a kid. Pastors say, give the Lord a wave offering. 00:29:14.710 --> 00:29:17.160 What's that mean? Here I am. Lord, and I know 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:19.779 where you are. Hallelujah, and I'm just offering 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:22.559 you with the body that you've given me. Let me 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:24.359 give you a little prayer. Give the Lord a way. 00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:27.799 Oh, clap your hands, all ye people. Amen. The 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:30.660 psalmist declares again a shout with the voice 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:33.779 of triumph. While I'm waiting, Lord, just let 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:38.059 me shout for your glory. If we learn to wait 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:52.250 like that, time goes by. Succeed because he succeeds. 00:29:54.529 --> 00:30:01.430 He refuses to allow us to fail. Again, you may 00:30:01.430 --> 00:30:05.009 have to redefine your definition of success. 00:30:07.069 --> 00:30:09.890 Because what he sees as success and what you 00:30:09.890 --> 00:30:13.750 and I know as success are two totally different 00:30:13.750 --> 00:30:24.480 things. The Lord sees worship. I always think 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:27.880 of that little widow woman and her might. As 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:31.019 Jesus is set by the offering bucket at the temple, 00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:34.140 watching people come in and give their offering. 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:37.539 Some come in with vast amounts and make sure 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:40.079 everybody see them. They jingle it, they shake 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:42.619 it, and then they put it in. When everybody know 00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:45.480 how much, they didn't really get the Lord's attention 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:48.339 that much. But when that little widow woman come 00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:52.609 up with that little old... Penny offering. Come 00:30:52.609 --> 00:30:56.309 on now. Had that little penny offering and she 00:30:56.309 --> 00:30:59.730 put it in. It stopped the Lord and he stopped 00:30:59.730 --> 00:31:02.049 his disciples. Look, look, look. I want you to 00:31:02.049 --> 00:31:06.930 look. There's worship. The others gave out of 00:31:06.930 --> 00:31:09.390 their excess. She has given out of her need. 00:31:10.490 --> 00:31:13.630 Take mind of that. Amen. Take mind of that. Sometimes 00:31:13.630 --> 00:31:16.869 you sow your way out of a drought. I'm going 00:31:16.869 --> 00:31:21.930 to get hung up right here. Sometimes you sow 00:31:21.930 --> 00:31:26.430 your way out of brokenness. Our church has done 00:31:26.430 --> 00:31:41.950 that. We gave our way out of debt. We gave Gideon's 00:31:41.950 --> 00:31:43.470 money when we didn't have any money to give. 00:31:43.609 --> 00:31:46.069 We should have gave it to somebody else. Like 00:31:46.069 --> 00:31:51.970 a lender. We put. Bibles, somewhere, wherever 00:31:51.970 --> 00:31:57.390 they put them, we sowed. We sowed into ministers' 00:31:57.609 --> 00:31:59.869 lives in the state of Illinois when their overseer 00:31:59.869 --> 00:32:02.849 phoned in and talked to the state council of 00:32:02.849 --> 00:32:04.650 Tennessee when we were in the state council meeting, 00:32:04.730 --> 00:32:07.369 talking to our bishop. Had a need, had a request. 00:32:08.490 --> 00:32:11.730 Wasn't much. I've heard a whole lot more. I think 00:32:11.730 --> 00:32:14.049 it was like $3 ,000, what he asked for, and the 00:32:14.049 --> 00:32:18.410 Holy Ghost said, you give it. I was already thinking 00:32:18.410 --> 00:32:20.869 about the conversation that Sister Robin and 00:32:20.869 --> 00:32:25.049 I had on that previous Monday. I said, Lord, 00:32:25.130 --> 00:32:26.490 if I give it, we're going to have to make it 00:32:26.490 --> 00:32:30.630 in small monthly installments. He said, I don't 00:32:30.630 --> 00:32:33.210 care how you give it, give it. So with tears 00:32:33.210 --> 00:32:35.589 dripping at a council table, I said, Bishop, 00:32:35.650 --> 00:32:39.349 Hopewell Church of God's got that covered. And 00:32:39.349 --> 00:32:45.720 we did. We did. That's how you do it. If you're 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:48.119 broke, busted, disgusted, check your tithe record. 00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:52.640 If you're not tithing, if you're tipping, God 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:57.059 ain't going to bless you. I've been seeing on 00:32:57.059 --> 00:33:01.079 Facebook where they're saying that they preach 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:04.079 tithing, it's a lie. Well then, you better take 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:08.339 it up with God. Because it's all through his 00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:12.180 book. It's a principle. It's a principle of giving. 00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:20.359 predates the law, postdates the crucifixion and 00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:26.019 resurrection. And you can't convince me any different. 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:36.940 Give your way out. Salvation. First key to our 00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:42.559 success. Second key to our success. God is your 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:45.480 help. You say, well, that sounds like the first 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:48.880 one. I think you're starting to catch on. There's 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:54.660 really only one key. The psalmist said in 46 00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:58.599 and 1, God is our refuge and strength, a very 00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:05.440 present help in trouble. Psalm 121, the psalmist 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:07.240 said, I will lift up mine eyes into the hills 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:11.500 from whence cometh my help. My help comes from 00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:14.719 the Lord who is the maker of the heavens and 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:18.360 the earth. And then he goes on down and he starts 00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.840 talking about how the Lord's going to be your 00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:23.679 keeper. Your keeper. Your keeper. The Hebrew 00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:26.159 word for keeper is protector. And then he goes 00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:31.639 on down and he says keep. Keep. Keep. Preserve. 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:35.179 Preserve. He's going to preserve you. He's going 00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:39.710 to keep you. Some of you, I almost. Let me get 00:34:39.710 --> 00:34:45.690 to the next verse. I'm going to say some of you 00:34:45.690 --> 00:34:51.550 look like preservers. But if you'll pop that 00:34:51.550 --> 00:35:00.130 lid, you'll get fresh. Hebrews 4 .16 says, Let 00:35:00.130 --> 00:35:02.190 us therefore come bold into the throne of grace 00:35:02.190 --> 00:35:04.650 that we may attain mercy and find grace to help 00:35:04.650 --> 00:35:11.440 in the time of need. He's your help. Psalm 20. 00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:13.400 Let me go over here and read this one to you. 00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:21.780 Psalm 20. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble. 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:28.079 The name of the God of Jacob defend thee. Send 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:31.739 thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:36.380 out of Zion. Remember, all thy offerings. and 00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:39.659 accept thy burnt sacrifice. Grant thee according 00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:43.400 to thine own heart and fulfill all thy counsel. 00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:50.280 We will rejoice in thy salvation and in the name 00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:54.260 of our God will we set up our banners. The Lord 00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:59.219 fulfill all thy petitions. Now know I that the 00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:05.599 Lord saveth his anointed. He will hear him from 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:08.840 his holy heaven and with the saving strength 00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:11.719 of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, some 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:14.659 in horses, but we will remember the name of the 00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:17.900 Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen, 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:22.840 but we are risen and stand upright. Save! Lord 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:28.900 the King hear us when we call. He'll help you. 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:32.719 He'll be there for you. Psalm 33. I'm going to 00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:35.300 wind this thing down. You're about done. Psalm 00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:41.059 33 and 20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord. He 00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:45.639 is our help and our shield. For our heart shall 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.340 rejoice in him because we have trusted in his 00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:52.579 holy name. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us 00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:59.019 according as we hope in thee. The Lord is your 00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:03.599 help. Psalms 60, 11, and 12. Give us help from 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:06.619 trouble. For vain is the help of man. Though 00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:11.619 God, through God we shall do valiantly. For he 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:18.519 it is that shall tread down our enemies. Isaiah 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:24.820 57 through 9. For the Lord God will help thee. 00:37:30.190 --> 00:37:34.510 We succeed because he desires for us to succeed. 00:37:35.949 --> 00:37:41.889 He hears us when we call. Part of our problem 00:37:41.889 --> 00:37:46.489 is sometimes we don't call, we complain. You 00:37:46.489 --> 00:37:55.949 better stand on that one. He hears those who 00:37:55.949 --> 00:38:02.880 call upon him. We succeed because the Lord is 00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:07.280 our salvation. We succeed because the Lord is 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:15.199 our help. And when we're surrounded by trouble, 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:22.440 we need to call on the Lord. Because evidently 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:27.679 the help of man is not sufficient. We can help 00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:31.400 each other to a certain degree, can we not? And 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:36.539 we should and we are supposed to. But the help 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:41.019 that we need is really required of the Lord. 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:49.119 Because when he enters in, the perception of 00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:55.079 the situation changes. The perception. I didn't 00:38:55.079 --> 00:39:00.219 say the situation. The perception that we have 00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:04.460 of the situation changes. How so, Pastor? Because 00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:12.059 when His presence is there, all things are possible 00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:25.440 to those that believe. For God, nothing is impossible. 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:31.159 If the Lord releases us next week, I'm going 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:35.659 to talk about the joy side of this and the refreshing. 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:41.559 Sometimes we just need to know what to do with 00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:48.460 our trouble. We need to know what to do with 00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:56.300 our situation. We cast all of our care on the 00:39:56.300 --> 00:40:06.480 Lord. Why? For he careth for you. And what's 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:14.719 impossible for you and I is ease to him. We sung 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:19.320 about it. Move the immovable. Move the impossible. 00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:25.940 What was some of that other? What's that other? 00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:32.900 God we believe. Do you believe for it? Simple 00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:39.079 request this morning. If you need God to move 00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:45.059 anything, if you need God to take a mountain 00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:53.519 down to part a Red Sea, stand still and see the 00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:58.460 salvation of the Lord. Moses, what do you have 00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:00.460 in your hand? Well, it's that rod you had me 00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:03.480 pick up here a while back. Well, stretch it out. 00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:11.780 And the scripture said, and God caused the wind 00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:22.260 to begin to blow. Lord, I love you today. Lord, 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:23.300 you know each one of us.