WEBVTT 00:00:01.180 --> 00:00:05.379 Several months ago, the Lord, you can be seated 00:00:05.379 --> 00:00:10.960 for just a moment. The Lord laid Brother David 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:14.179 on my heart for this particular day. Veterans 00:00:14.179 --> 00:00:21.239 Day is coming up. And I'd like to honor those 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:28.019 who have served and maintained, stood on guard 00:00:28.019 --> 00:00:34.100 and stood their post. Ready, willing, at a moment's 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:39.780 notice, to protect us if necessary. Amen? So 00:00:39.780 --> 00:00:42.460 if you're in this house today and you've served 00:00:42.460 --> 00:00:45.479 in the military in any branch, would you just 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:51.759 stand and let us honor you this morning? Amen. 00:00:56.200 --> 00:01:01.299 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your service. 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:07.000 We invite you to eat lunch. We have a wonderful 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.620 meal prepared for you. We invite you to stay 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:10.980 and join us. You say, well, this is my first 00:01:10.980 --> 00:01:13.579 time. This is the best time then. If it's your 00:01:13.579 --> 00:01:17.680 first visit, you come on the right day. You get 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.620 to have lunch. We want you to stay with us. But 00:01:20.620 --> 00:01:22.819 the Lord put Brother David on my heart for this 00:01:22.819 --> 00:01:29.319 particular service this morning. I don't know 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:35.280 of a more humble individual than the man that's 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.400 coming to speak for us this morning and to share 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.060 whatever it is the Lord's laid on his heart. 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:45.379 I know it's burning very deeply and very intently. 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:48.459 And he's going to deliver what the Lord laid 00:01:48.459 --> 00:01:50.739 on his soul this morning. Would you make Brother 00:01:50.739 --> 00:01:56.819 David O 'Boyle welcome this morning? Thank you, 00:01:56.819 --> 00:02:05.980 Pastor. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yep, take 00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:12.419 it. Take it. It's my ADHD that comes out, and 00:02:12.419 --> 00:02:18.280 I got to have my hands. And so when I found out 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:20.280 we had a speaker, and I was looking at Brother 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.560 Randy's mic, but I also want to give a special 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:25.740 thanks to Pastor Brian for working with me and 00:02:25.740 --> 00:02:29.560 helping me on all this stuff. Because I got to 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:34.219 have visuals. That's just how I roll. But first 00:02:34.219 --> 00:02:39.199 of all, let me say that I'm absolutely, I'm honored. 00:02:40.379 --> 00:02:43.879 I'm so honored. And I just saw you, brother, 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:46.819 obviously. I wasn't nervous until I started seeing 00:02:46.819 --> 00:02:49.719 everybody in here. I think that's you, Corey. 00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:52.599 Corey's actually going through the Tennessee 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:55.939 State Trooper Academy. He's in week 12 now. So 00:02:55.939 --> 00:03:01.229 thank you, sir, for watching. What you do. I 00:03:01.229 --> 00:03:02.949 really didn't think y 'all would show up. That's 00:03:02.949 --> 00:03:05.770 why I wasn't really nervous. But I'm totally 00:03:05.770 --> 00:03:10.810 honored. And I absolutely do take this opportunity 00:03:10.810 --> 00:03:16.050 very serious. And because when you're behind 00:03:16.050 --> 00:03:20.610 the pulpit, there's pressure. Because I want 00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:23.129 to honor God more than impress anybody else in 00:03:23.129 --> 00:03:26.550 here. And that's the focus that I want to have. 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:29.680 So I'm totally honored, Pastor. Thank you. When 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:31.699 Pastor called me and asked me to speak, I originally 00:03:31.699 --> 00:03:35.400 told him no. I said, sir, we got retired chaplains 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:40.319 in here. We got folks that is just more qualified 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.319 than me. And I said, so I'd appreciate if you 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.500 asked them. So I had my Moses moment, right, 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:48.479 where I, but I can't speak good. I'm not that 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:52.240 good. But Pastor's got a sneaky way of really 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:55.240 bringing you into. He said, well, I think it's 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:57.139 funny God didn't put them on my heart. I said, 00:03:57.139 --> 00:04:03.060 well, roger that. Yes, sir. But I am honored 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:06.360 that I'm here and I got my prayer cloth. I'm 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:09.740 going to put it right there. But I'm honored. 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:12.819 I'm actually honored, too, to have my friends 00:04:12.819 --> 00:04:18.600 and family, Pastor Michael and his wife. You 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.480 guys mean a lot to me. His daddy married me and 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:24.490 Nikki, so it's an honor. have y 'all here and 00:04:24.490 --> 00:04:30.430 my in -laws and family and I just, I'm honored 00:04:30.430 --> 00:04:34.610 and I'm glad to have my mama. Thanks for being 00:04:34.610 --> 00:04:38.310 here, mom. If there's any amens, I know it's 00:04:38.310 --> 00:04:41.589 going to get mama, so that's okay. That's why 00:04:41.589 --> 00:04:43.189 I called her and said, you got to be there in 00:04:43.189 --> 00:04:48.790 case I don't get one. But also, I'm also honored 00:04:48.790 --> 00:04:53.550 to be among my heroes. One of them I definitely 00:04:53.550 --> 00:04:56.910 want to call out is Sergeant First Class Moore. 00:04:58.389 --> 00:05:02.930 He is a decorated combat veteran of Operation 00:05:02.930 --> 00:05:07.170 Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom. Would 00:05:07.170 --> 00:05:09.290 you stand, brother? Would you stand, brother? 00:05:09.790 --> 00:05:18.509 Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. The Sarge is 00:05:18.509 --> 00:05:22.139 my motivation at the gym. When I don't think 00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:24.220 I got one more, he comes running around. I'm 00:05:24.220 --> 00:05:26.300 like, oh, Lord, here comes Sarge. You better 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:29.819 get another rep, bro. But I also want to honor 00:05:29.819 --> 00:05:33.000 Master Sergeant. Thank you, sir, for being here. 00:05:33.500 --> 00:05:36.500 Your service to our country, and thank you so 00:05:36.500 --> 00:05:40.279 much, brother. It's an honor. I also want to 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:43.220 call out, I call him my Sergeant Major, John. 00:05:43.379 --> 00:05:46.660 Where's Sergeant Major John at? There he is. 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:48.579 Go ahead and stand, brother. Thank you so much, 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:53.459 sir. Yes. Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother. 00:05:54.100 --> 00:06:03.379 So it's just an honor to be amongst these men 00:06:03.379 --> 00:06:08.060 that I call my heroes. And it's just such a privilege. 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:12.360 And if it wasn't for these heroes who are here, 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:14.079 and there's some family members who have sons 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:19.300 or daughters that are out there, I thank you 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:23.019 because... I know what it was like to see my 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:26.759 son go off on some training. It's motivating, 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:30.680 but it hurts. But I also know there's family 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:33.779 members in here who's lost loved ones that served 00:06:33.779 --> 00:06:37.000 our country. So thank you so much for what you 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:40.040 do. And because if it wasn't for that, I wouldn't 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:43.139 have the opportunity to live free, to speak free, 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:47.279 and to gather free. So I do honor that. Thank 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:52.089 you so much. So how do I show? How do I show 00:06:52.089 --> 00:06:57.209 respect for the Urah? And also, how do I honor 00:06:57.209 --> 00:07:00.990 the spiritual side of the hallelujah part? That's 00:07:00.990 --> 00:07:02.790 where I was struggling, trying to figure out 00:07:02.790 --> 00:07:05.970 how do I honor the day? How do I honor what it 00:07:05.970 --> 00:07:07.949 stands for, what it represents? But also, how 00:07:07.949 --> 00:07:14.470 do I feed the sheep, if you will? So with that 00:07:14.470 --> 00:07:16.110 said, I would ask that you would stand for the 00:07:16.110 --> 00:07:19.259 reading of the word of God. These two scriptures 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:26.459 out of 2 Timothy and then out of Ephesians, this 00:07:26.459 --> 00:07:29.899 will be sort of the catalyst for our text today 00:07:29.899 --> 00:07:32.920 and how we're going to roll here. So in 2 Timothy 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.060 chapter 2, 1 through 4 says, Therefore, my son, 00:07:36.379 --> 00:07:40.680 be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.160 and the things that thou hast heard of me among 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:49.069 many witnesses. The same commit thou to faithful 00:07:49.069 --> 00:07:53.970 men. Who shall be able to teach others also? 00:07:55.230 --> 00:07:59.709 Thou therefore endure hardness. Everybody say 00:07:59.709 --> 00:08:03.250 endure. Endure. You're going to learn that word 00:08:03.250 --> 00:08:12.129 today. As a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No 00:08:12.129 --> 00:08:19.430 man engaged. in warfare, entangles himself with 00:08:19.430 --> 00:08:24.129 the affairs of this life that he may please him 00:08:24.129 --> 00:08:31.649 who hath chosen him to be a good soldier. Let 00:08:31.649 --> 00:08:34.289 me jump over here to Ephesians 6 .12, something 00:08:34.289 --> 00:08:36.049 that we're all familiar with. We've all been 00:08:36.049 --> 00:08:38.429 taught it. We've all been preached to at it. 00:08:38.470 --> 00:08:40.409 We've all heard it in some way, shape, or form. 00:08:40.529 --> 00:08:43.870 But it is in line with today, and it says this. 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:50.919 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:53.759 against principalities, against powers, against 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:55.740 the rulers of darkness of this world, against 00:08:55.740 --> 00:09:02.120 spiritual wickedness in high places. Now I was 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:05.759 raised up on the word wrestle when wrestling 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:09.220 was real. Not this fake stuff that we got today, 00:09:09.340 --> 00:09:13.240 but when wrestling used to be real. But in wrestling, 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:20.179 The Greek word for wrestle is pele, and it means 00:09:20.179 --> 00:09:27.279 to battle. We're in a battle. As pastor says, 00:09:27.500 --> 00:09:30.500 you pray for me, and I'll pray for you, but today 00:09:30.500 --> 00:09:34.419 I'm going to ask you to pray for me, and I'm 00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:39.899 going to pray for me. Gracious Heavenly Father, 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:44.539 Lord, I love you, and I thank you. It is such 00:09:44.539 --> 00:09:46.740 an honor, God, Lord, to be able to read your 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:49.860 word today. And Father, I pray right now, Lord, 00:09:49.940 --> 00:09:53.539 as the enemy is now encircling around people's 00:09:53.539 --> 00:09:57.120 hearts and people's minds, and they're being 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.639 reminded today of the battle that they're in, 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:01.899 what they're wrestling with, Father God. And 00:10:01.899 --> 00:10:04.840 I pray in the mighty, mighty name of God, my 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:08.240 Savior, Jesus Christ, that I bind you, Satan, 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:11.230 into the authority. of the blood of Jesus Christ. 00:10:11.350 --> 00:10:14.269 I don't have that authority, but that same spirit 00:10:14.269 --> 00:10:18.210 that raised Jesus from the dead is the same spirit 00:10:18.210 --> 00:10:21.450 that resides in me today. And it's with that 00:10:21.450 --> 00:10:25.370 power, it's with that authority that I don't 00:10:25.370 --> 00:10:29.309 boast, but I proclaim the Holy Spirit settles 00:10:29.309 --> 00:10:33.110 itself upon the house today and that we get reminded 00:10:33.110 --> 00:10:37.269 that we are Christian warriors. We are in a battle. 00:10:37.669 --> 00:10:40.250 And I pray, Father God, Lord, that whatever battle 00:10:40.250 --> 00:10:44.629 it is today, it will be broken by the blood of 00:10:44.629 --> 00:10:47.970 Jesus Christ. It's in the mighty name of Jesus 00:10:47.970 --> 00:10:50.509 I pray these things. And the whole church says 00:10:50.509 --> 00:10:55.330 amen. And you may be seated. And, yes, I did 00:10:55.330 --> 00:10:57.029 ask Scott to stay up in here. I didn't know I 00:10:57.029 --> 00:10:58.669 was going to get serrated the whole time. But 00:10:58.669 --> 00:11:01.750 that's good. I like it, brother. It's more of 00:11:01.750 --> 00:11:04.169 a comfort for me. And I got my brother and my 00:11:04.169 --> 00:11:06.610 sister as backup. So if anybody charges the stage. 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:12.879 It's on. They got you. They got me. But I want 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:18.120 to remind the church today as it's no surprise, 00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:22.139 just as military members prepare to fight for 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:27.379 battle, there is absolutely no difference with 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:29.720 each and every person in this house today that 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:34.860 we're in a battle. But hear me, you are the victor. 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:39.860 You are. The victor. If you're unsure of your 00:11:39.860 --> 00:11:43.940 salvation today and you're unsure that if you 00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:47.539 was to die today and you stood before God Almighty, 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:56.139 are you sure? That wasn't in the note, but your 00:11:56.139 --> 00:12:02.799 salvation is more important to me than impressing 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:07.860 anybody in this house today. So I beg you, if 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:12.100 you don't know Jesus Christ as your Savior, it's 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:15.799 your day. Because when you step into heaven, 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:19.240 you're going to hear only one of two statements. 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:26.620 Welcome in thou good and faithful servant. Or 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:28.679 you're going to hear what I think are the most 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:36.909 damaging, scariest 11 words in the Bible. Depart 00:12:36.909 --> 00:12:42.850 from me, you worker of iniquity. I never knew 00:12:42.850 --> 00:12:49.230 you. What are you going to hear? I want you to 00:12:49.230 --> 00:12:53.230 be thinking about your salvation today. And for 00:12:53.230 --> 00:12:55.610 the Christian warriors out there, I want to try 00:12:55.610 --> 00:12:59.570 to speak a little bit about the Christian mindset, 00:12:59.830 --> 00:13:03.330 that warrior ethos that all military members 00:13:03.330 --> 00:13:06.379 know what I'm talking about. And I'm going to 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:09.139 cover some of those, but I also want to give 00:13:09.139 --> 00:13:18.840 honor to my flag. This flag here, there is a 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.519 rich history of sacrifice under the banner of 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:29.279 this flag. I get it. I served the flag. I fought 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:35.200 for the flag. I see brothers. Go down from this 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.299 flag. I've seen the coffins draped with this 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:42.500 flag. So there's something special about this 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:45.440 flag that just, when I hear the star -spangled 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:50.419 banner done right, I can't help but get a little 00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:53.860 moist in my eyes because of the respect that 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:57.179 I have for this flag, the history of this flag. 00:13:57.220 --> 00:14:00.720 I visited Fort McHenry, and I listened to the 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:04.899 history of Francis Scott Key, wrote the song, 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:08.059 and then how the flag was inspired and how this 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:10.419 flag is withstood. And yes, we live in the most 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:13.799 messed up country right now, but we're still 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:17.980 free. It's messed up, but thank God we're still 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:21.000 free because we still have a remnant. There's 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.500 a remnant that's holding this country together, 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:28.340 and this remnant is in this house today. But 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:31.120 as much honor and respect as I want to bring 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:34.120 today to this flag and what it stands for, the 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:40.399 same holds true for the Christian flag. And there's 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:45.059 pledges to each flag. We all know the pledge. 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.419 We've said it. We've restated it. It used to 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:52.980 be a staple in our school systems, which that 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:58.389 has died out now. But it's the ethos of the flag 00:14:58.389 --> 00:15:02.490 that I want to honor today, but it's also the 00:15:02.490 --> 00:15:05.950 Christian flag that I also want to bring honor 00:15:05.950 --> 00:15:11.190 to as well today. We all know the Pledge of Allegiance. 00:15:11.190 --> 00:15:13.669 I would remind you to learn the Pledge of Allegiance 00:15:13.669 --> 00:15:18.389 to the Christian flag. It's actually a lost heart, 00:15:18.669 --> 00:15:25.179 if you will. But I want to remind you today about 00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:30.679 a Christian ethos, a warrior mindset. So what 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:35.059 is a warrior? What is a warrior? A warrior means 00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:37.440 someone who's courageous. They're disciplined 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:42.460 in battle. They demonstrate great vigor. They 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:46.460 demonstrate courage and determination in any 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:51.480 struggle. A warrior embodies qualities like... 00:15:51.690 --> 00:16:01.029 Bravery, persistence, honor, integrity. A warrior 00:16:01.029 --> 00:16:05.970 will defend the truth. A warrior will defend 00:16:05.970 --> 00:16:09.830 principles. A warrior will defend their faith. 00:16:10.110 --> 00:16:13.629 And a warrior will defend their family. And a 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:18.830 warrior will defend their community. It's in 00:16:18.830 --> 00:16:21.370 line with what we all know as a... prayer warrior. 00:16:22.669 --> 00:16:27.049 What's a prayer warrior? It's a lost art. But 00:16:27.049 --> 00:16:30.929 it's somebody that intercedes on the behalf of 00:16:30.929 --> 00:16:35.470 others during spiritual battles. They encourage 00:16:35.470 --> 00:16:38.230 you through prayers. Anybody ever heard somebody 00:16:38.230 --> 00:16:40.450 pray and say, I wish I could pray like that? 00:16:41.690 --> 00:16:45.210 I used to listen to my papa and I would just 00:16:45.210 --> 00:16:47.350 be in awe of his prayer because it's like heaven 00:16:47.350 --> 00:16:52.029 stood still. And I thought, how did you do that? 00:16:52.350 --> 00:16:56.970 He said, it's easy, son. You got to pray. You 00:16:56.970 --> 00:17:02.710 want to be a prayer warrior? Pray. Prayer is 00:17:02.710 --> 00:17:08.809 declining in the church. At a recent two Christian 00:17:08.809 --> 00:17:12.650 organizational conventions, it was asked, do 00:17:12.650 --> 00:17:18.440 you pray daily? Only 32 % said they do. They 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.619 asked if they pray once a week. This is at Christian 00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:25.940 organization conventions. 44 % said they only 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:30.000 pray weekly. You're not going to be a Christian 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:34.880 warrior if your prayer life's weak, folks. What's 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:38.259 an ethos? I'll keep that short and sweet. Ethos 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:41.559 is Greek for character. It's Greek for character. 00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:47.440 What is character? It's one's habits. and actions 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:52.059 and your responses to life. So there's the warrior 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:56.099 ethos principle. The soldier in 2 Timothy 2, 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.680 1 -4 compares the Christian life to military 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:03.579 service. If you're a Christian, a true Christian, 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.799 then you're a soldier in battle. It requires 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:10.700 the need for discipline, single -minded focus, 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:15.490 endurance through hardship. Because we are to 00:18:15.490 --> 00:18:18.150 please the commanding officer, Jesus Christ. 00:18:22.730 --> 00:18:27.970 A military warrior avoids the distractions of 00:18:27.970 --> 00:18:32.349 the civilian life so they can focus on the battle. 00:18:33.569 --> 00:18:36.730 And that's exactly the same as parallel. And 00:18:36.730 --> 00:18:39.390 that's what Paul is saying. And he says, the 00:18:39.390 --> 00:18:41.769 affairs of this life, Paul puts it and he says, 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:46.960 Avoid what's going on in this world. Endure the 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:52.160 battle. Now, am I a Christian warrior, David? 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:56.880 Well, if somebody walked in here right now in 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:03.900 full, we call it dress blues. We call it service 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:07.500 dress uniform. If somebody walked in right now 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:11.000 decorated in their class A service dress uniform. 00:19:11.930 --> 00:19:15.769 There's an automatic respect there. There's a 00:19:15.769 --> 00:19:18.150 little bit of an awe when they're here and they're 00:19:18.150 --> 00:19:22.009 standing. You see them out in public. You see 00:19:22.009 --> 00:19:25.349 commitment. You see loyalty. You see discipline. 00:19:25.670 --> 00:19:28.690 You see identification. You see identification 00:19:28.690 --> 00:19:33.190 and authority and distinction. You see the rank. 00:19:33.289 --> 00:19:35.630 You see the hash marks. You see the medals. You 00:19:35.630 --> 00:19:38.349 see the ribbons. You see the pins. You see the 00:19:38.349 --> 00:19:44.759 campaign medals and you see the stripes. But 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:47.240 you also as a Christian are to be in uniform. 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:54.279 There must be a bearing and a clothing about 00:19:54.279 --> 00:20:01.940 you as a Christian warrior. So are the traits. 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:05.400 So you may not have all the battle dress uniform 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:09.400 stuff, but do people see you in your Christian 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:16.069 uniform? So are the traits of what a Christian 00:20:16.069 --> 00:20:18.309 warrior looks like and acts like and carries 00:20:18.309 --> 00:20:23.250 him or herself like. In John 13, 34, 35, Jesus 00:20:23.250 --> 00:20:27.430 makes it clear of how people will know if you're 00:20:27.430 --> 00:20:31.990 a Christian warrior. And it says this, a new 00:20:31.990 --> 00:20:34.990 commandment I give you that ye love one another 00:20:34.990 --> 00:20:37.829 just as I have loved you, you also are to love 00:20:37.829 --> 00:20:44.250 one another. By this, all people. will know you 00:20:44.250 --> 00:20:50.990 are my disciple if you have love for one another. 00:20:51.390 --> 00:20:53.609 Now, I want to make sure you're crystal clear 00:20:53.609 --> 00:20:57.890 that Jesus is love and we preach love, but I 00:20:57.890 --> 00:21:00.450 want to make sure that as a church, our biblical 00:21:00.450 --> 00:21:04.049 truth is understood that love does not mean we 00:21:04.049 --> 00:21:10.710 accept sin. Love means that we address sin from 00:21:10.710 --> 00:21:15.150 a biblical perspective. perspective. The world 00:21:15.150 --> 00:21:19.049 has taken the word love and twisted it to where 00:21:19.049 --> 00:21:22.769 we now are looked at as bigots and racist and 00:21:22.769 --> 00:21:27.509 narrow -minded folks. But we love you because 00:21:27.509 --> 00:21:30.769 we tell you the truth. Because as I mentioned 00:21:30.769 --> 00:21:36.569 earlier, I know there's a soul in here that's 00:21:36.569 --> 00:21:41.049 struggling and you got to make that decision. 00:21:42.419 --> 00:21:49.779 So folks, do people know if you're in service 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:53.960 to him? I know you're in the service by your 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:57.779 uniform, by your standards, how you carry yourself. 00:21:58.099 --> 00:22:02.599 But listen, does the world know that you're in 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:08.180 his service? By your testimony, by your language, 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:13.059 by your walk, by your prayer life. By your praying 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:20.839 life, do they see Jesus in you? Check this out. 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:23.680 This has got to be one of the coolest stories 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.960 in the Bible. And it's out of Acts chapter 19. 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:31.819 There's these seven dudes. Their daddy is named 00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:38.299 Sceva. And they're following Paul. They're following 00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:41.269 Paul all around. And here's my point. Even the 00:22:41.269 --> 00:22:46.309 demons know if you're not a Christian. They know. 00:22:46.569 --> 00:22:51.289 They know. So what's going on in Acts chapter 00:22:51.289 --> 00:22:55.569 19? And it says this in 11. Now God worked unusual 00:22:55.569 --> 00:22:59.450 miracles by the hands of Paul so that even handkerchiefs 00:22:59.450 --> 00:23:03.109 and aprons were brought from his body to the 00:23:03.109 --> 00:23:05.130 sick and the disease left them and evil spirits 00:23:05.130 --> 00:23:08.630 went out of them. A .K .A. the prayer cloths. 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:11.779 I had somebody ask me, what do you guys do with 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:19.380 that cloth? It was an honor to tell them. But 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:21.940 it says on, then some of the traveling Jewish 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:25.240 exorcists took it upon themselves to call the 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:28.079 name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:33.299 spirits, saying, we exorcise you by Jesus, whom 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:37.559 Paul preaches. And also there were seven sons 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.930 of Sceva. Now, Sceva was a Jewish priest who 00:23:41.930 --> 00:23:45.490 did so. These seven sons thought, well, my daddy's 00:23:45.490 --> 00:23:49.150 a four -star general, and they're making money 00:23:49.150 --> 00:23:51.910 here, so let's go out and start casting out demons, 00:23:52.109 --> 00:23:59.210 right? This ought to be embarrassing. And the 00:23:59.210 --> 00:24:03.089 evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, 00:24:03.269 --> 00:24:14.349 Paul I know, but who are you? Even the demons 00:24:14.349 --> 00:24:20.009 know if you got it or not. They know. That would 00:24:20.009 --> 00:24:24.630 have freaked me out. That a demon says, yeah, 00:24:24.650 --> 00:24:28.170 I know Jesus for sure, Paul. I got it. But dude, 00:24:28.230 --> 00:24:32.730 who are you? And immediately the evil spirit 00:24:32.730 --> 00:24:39.529 jumps out of the man, puts a WWF beat down on 00:24:39.529 --> 00:24:44.220 these boys. Matter of fact, so much of a beat 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:51.720 down, they left Buck naked and wounded and scarred. 00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:57.220 Because the demons knew, he ain't no warrior. 00:24:57.859 --> 00:25:01.259 He ain't no warrior. Nah, he comes to church 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:06.140 on Sunday. He puts on the show. He'll raise his 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:10.720 hand. He'll sing a hallelujah. He'll do his thing, 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:13.259 but boy, I got him Sunday night through Saturday 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:18.279 night, and he's nothing. He's nothing. So are 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:23.660 you truly a Christian warrior? It doesn't matter 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:26.519 who your daddy is on here on earth. It doesn't 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:29.259 matter if you were raised in church. It doesn't 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:31.619 matter what religion you are or what you claim. 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:37.619 It's 100 % about a relationship with him. That's 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:41.589 all it is. Do you have a relationship with him? 00:25:42.490 --> 00:25:47.849 That is a Christian warrior, folks. Listen, listen. 00:25:48.509 --> 00:25:53.549 We are in a war. Wake up, church. Quit patty 00:25:53.549 --> 00:25:56.410 -caking around. We are in a war. If you're a 00:25:56.410 --> 00:25:59.890 blood -bought man, woman of God, congrats. You're 00:25:59.890 --> 00:26:03.910 in a war. How many here have a prayer request 00:26:03.910 --> 00:26:07.039 today in need? Seriously, how many have a need, 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:09.680 a prayer request, something going on? If you 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:11.519 didn't raise your hand, I'm going to call it. 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:14.819 I won't call it that word, but you're lying. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:20.920 We all have a need. We all have a request. We 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:24.980 all are in a battle. We all need an intervention. 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:27.279 We're all in a struggle. There you go. Battle 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:30.839 up, Christian. You're in a war. But you got to 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:34.779 read the book because we win, we win, we win, 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:38.920 and we win. Where did this battle begin, David? 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.559 Let me tell you, it didn't start in the garden. 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:44.039 The battle didn't start in the garden. Sin didn't 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.839 start in the garden. You know where it started? 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:51.400 Heaven. Started in heaven. Out of the leagues 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:54.599 of angels, there's three distinct angels. You 00:26:54.599 --> 00:27:00.579 got Michael, who's the angel of war. Gabriel, 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:03.799 who's the angel of communication, the message 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:10.240 deliverer, and you got Lucifer. Lucifer was responsible 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:16.039 for what? Worship. Loves music. As a matter of 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:20.920 fact, he still loves music to this day. Let that 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:29.180 sink in. Lucifer was a unique angel. He had beauty. 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:33.079 He had talent. He had high status. He had radiance. 00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:37.960 He began to see himself as God. He began to go 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:41.279 to one -third of the angels and began to whisper 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:46.380 in their ears, that should be me. Of course, 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:50.509 God knows this. He sees this. And God Almighty 00:27:50.509 --> 00:27:53.450 says, I saw Satan cast out of heaven like lightning 00:27:53.450 --> 00:27:56.990 to earth, and his tail, according to Isaiah and 00:27:56.990 --> 00:28:00.049 Revelation, took one -third of the angels with 00:28:00.049 --> 00:28:04.289 him. And guess where they're at? They're here. 00:28:05.049 --> 00:28:08.930 They're here on this earth. These demons today 00:28:08.930 --> 00:28:11.029 are whispering in your ears, you're a failure. 00:28:11.950 --> 00:28:14.990 These are demons today listening to your fussing, 00:28:15.029 --> 00:28:18.970 your cussing, your moaning. You're groaning. 00:28:19.049 --> 00:28:21.329 These are the demons today causing confusion 00:28:21.329 --> 00:28:25.009 in the skies. These are the demons today causing 00:28:25.009 --> 00:28:27.670 Sister Nay -Nay and Brother No -No to get all 00:28:27.670 --> 00:28:33.630 up into your skin. These are the demons that 00:28:33.630 --> 00:28:36.970 whisper in your ear when you go to your psychic 00:28:36.970 --> 00:28:41.710 and you start hearing what I call prophelying. 00:28:43.109 --> 00:28:45.750 These are the demons today whispering, don't 00:28:45.750 --> 00:28:49.420 forgive them. That brother, that sister, that 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:53.279 family member, if you forgive them or ask for 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:58.140 forgiveness, you're weak. You're weak. And on 00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:01.240 that note, I think forgiveness is the hardest 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:06.619 thing for a Christian to do. It's hard. And we 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:11.240 all got some stories about that hard. But as 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:16.009 pastor calls it, these nymphs of hell. will keep 00:29:16.009 --> 00:29:18.789 you back. They'll keep you frustrated. They'll 00:29:18.789 --> 00:29:20.950 keep you angry. And worst of all, they'll keep 00:29:20.950 --> 00:29:27.329 you lukewarm. Because lukewarm, Jesus says, I 00:29:27.329 --> 00:29:33.490 will. That's a rejection, folks. Either you're 00:29:33.490 --> 00:29:37.089 in or you're out. Either you're a Christian warrior 00:29:37.089 --> 00:29:40.009 pressing through the fight or you're just standing 00:29:40.009 --> 00:29:45.299 back, letting the enemy lie. These one -third 00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:47.599 demonic angels and their commander, they're here 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:50.720 on this earth warring against your home, warring 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:53.140 against your family, warring against yourself, 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:56.279 warring against your faith. So wake up, warriors. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:00.160 We're in a war. Well, I don't feel like I'm in 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:03.660 a war. Oh, just wait. You will be. Or for most 00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:08.259 of us, we are now. You mean I've got to go through 00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:11.569 some tough times as a Christian? I can't name 00:30:11.569 --> 00:30:13.710 it. I can't claim it. There's no immediate health. 00:30:13.890 --> 00:30:17.029 There's no immediate wealth. Free of charge? 00:30:18.410 --> 00:30:22.890 No, sir, no, ma 'am. John 16, 33 says, these 00:30:22.890 --> 00:30:27.069 things have I spoken to you, that in me you may 00:30:27.069 --> 00:30:32.809 have peace, but in this world ye shall have tribulation. 00:30:33.990 --> 00:30:39.619 But be of good cheer. I've overcome it. It's 00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:44.019 all good, warriors. It's all good. It's all good. 00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:51.140 Now, I want to share this because this may bring 00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:55.619 back a little PTSD for some of us. But in boot 00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:58.500 camp, it's meant to change you. It's meant to 00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:02.339 make you uncomfortable. It's to forge out weakness. 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:05.920 It develops you physically. It develops you. 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:12.160 to have a resilience in your life. It pushes 00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:15.579 recruits to their limits through challenging 00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:19.059 and stressful situations. It builds confidence 00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:23.400 and character. You are taught a warrior ethos 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:27.259 that stands out from the rest of the civilian 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:32.019 world. You're different. You're different. You 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:37.440 learn to act. and be a part of a team. It teaches 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.259 recruits to work as a cohesive unit, relying 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:43.960 on each other to succeed and instilling a do 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:50.720 or die attitude to mission accomplishment. You 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:55.079 are taught a warrior ethos, principles of conduct, 00:31:56.079 --> 00:32:03.150 self -bearing, and a war victory mindset. The 00:32:03.150 --> 00:32:06.190 same holds true for the Christian warrior. Now 00:32:06.190 --> 00:32:13.950 hear me. Listen. When God wants to make a man 00:32:13.950 --> 00:32:18.730 spiritually powerful, he doesn't crown you first. 00:32:18.809 --> 00:32:25.309 He breaks you. Did you hear me? Being a Christian 00:32:25.309 --> 00:32:28.509 warrior is not easy. You're going to go through 00:32:28.509 --> 00:32:32.190 stuff. But when you're going through that stuff, 00:32:32.609 --> 00:32:38.269 he's preparing your crown. You are either going 00:32:38.269 --> 00:32:44.329 through a forge, been through the forge, or you're 00:32:44.329 --> 00:32:47.769 headed to the forge. That's our mountains and 00:32:47.769 --> 00:32:50.690 that's our valleys. It's like boot camp. When 00:32:50.690 --> 00:32:53.869 you're in a spiritual battle, your comfort is 00:32:53.869 --> 00:32:58.940 stripped away. Your pride and your plans. succumb 00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:05.059 to the greater will. To all that's left is the 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:09.940 real you. And that's all Jesus wants. He wants 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:13.200 the real you, brother. He wants the real you. 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:16.759 It's not punishment that you're going through 00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:22.680 stuff. It's training. You see, pain doesn't come 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:27.039 to destroy you. It comes to move out what's weak 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:31.299 inside of you. That's why you go through your 00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:35.599 stuff. That's what makes a prayer warrior. James 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:40.220 1 through 2 says, my brethren, this is a tough 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:47.960 one, count it all a joy when you fall into various 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:53.299 trials. That's tough. Knowing that the testing 00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:57.480 of your faith, produces patience. And then you 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:00.200 go to Romans 5 .3, it says, not only so, but 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:05.200 we also glory. This is tough. We glory in our 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:08.679 sufferings because we know that suffering produces 00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:13.659 perseverance. Perseverance produces character. 00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:20.159 Character produces hope. Go read your Bibles. 00:34:23.210 --> 00:34:26.349 These testings, your battles, they grow you so 00:34:26.349 --> 00:34:31.449 you can carry the weight of your testimony. Your 00:34:31.449 --> 00:34:36.570 testimony. We all got a testimony. Revelation 00:34:36.570 --> 00:34:40.869 12 .11 says this. You want to overcome the enemy? 00:34:41.150 --> 00:34:44.630 There's two ways to do it. The blood of the lamb 00:34:44.630 --> 00:34:50.530 and the word of your testimony. Did y 'all ever 00:34:50.530 --> 00:34:53.489 used to have testimony services? Remember those? 00:34:54.170 --> 00:34:58.210 It just broke out because people began to overcome 00:34:58.210 --> 00:35:02.489 the enemy because of the word of their testimony. 00:35:03.230 --> 00:35:06.190 Every bad day, every setback, every heartache, 00:35:06.210 --> 00:35:09.489 every trial, that is God molding you piece by 00:35:09.489 --> 00:35:13.769 piece. Listen, listen. You do not grow in comfort. 00:35:14.269 --> 00:35:20.780 You grow in chaos. Make sense? You're growing. 00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:22.659 If you're going through a spiritual battle right 00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:25.420 now, listen up, Christian warrior, you're growing. 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:30.920 I don't feel like I'm growing. I get it. But 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:36.940 you're growing. Pressure is a privilege. That 00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:39.019 pressure that's breaking you now is the same 00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:41.699 pressure that will grow you, make you unstoppable 00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:46.409 for the kingdom of God. So when you're down on 00:35:46.409 --> 00:35:49.030 your knees, it's not the end, it's the rebuild. 00:35:52.750 --> 00:35:55.269 And when you see me on my knees, it's not because 00:35:55.269 --> 00:36:02.750 I'm weak, I'm getting stronger. Most Christians 00:36:02.750 --> 00:36:06.710 quit when it hurts, when it gets too tough, but 00:36:06.710 --> 00:36:09.969 the Christian warrior goes through the fire. 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:13.559 A Christian warrior goes through the fire until 00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:17.280 their purpose starts glowing, starts shining. 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:21.980 Every tear, every sleepless night is just proof 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:28.639 God isn't done yet. As the song said, he never 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:33.199 promised that the cross would not get heavy and 00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:35.980 the hill would not be hard to climb. He never 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:39.019 offered victories without fighting, but he said 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:44.329 help. would always come just in time. Hallelujah. 00:36:44.710 --> 00:36:51.150 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. On October 12th, 2025, 00:36:51.530 --> 00:36:54.349 the Department of Defense changed their name 00:36:54.349 --> 00:36:58.690 to the Department of War. I personally love it. 00:36:59.690 --> 00:37:03.050 Matter of fact, I think the church needs to take 00:37:03.050 --> 00:37:07.650 on this same banner, the Department of War. Here's 00:37:07.650 --> 00:37:11.739 the Department of War motto. Peace through strength. 00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:16.860 Man, that hit me. You want peace in your life? 00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:22.599 Strengthen your prayer time. Prayer strengthens 00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:26.460 you. You want peace in your life? Strengthen 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:31.420 your Bible reading time. This book strengthens 00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:34.559 you. There's life in this book. There's hope 00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:38.159 in this book. Every question you have, there's 00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:42.280 an answer in this book. It's not the book, folks. 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:45.300 Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the 00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:47.480 life. No man comes by me, but I am the word. 00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:51.239 When you read this book, you're talking to Jesus. 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:56.360 There's something empowering to it. You want 00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:59.880 peace through strength? Start praying. Start 00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:02.639 praying. You want peace through strength? Start 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:07.880 reading. Start reading. You want peace through 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:13.960 strength? Start worshiping. I stand up here and 00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:19.280 watch you. Oh, yeah. And if I watched you too 00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:22.920 long, you'd bring me down. So I really don't 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:25.559 pay much attention to you, but I see it. I'm 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:29.050 like, good Lord. This puppy must have got run 00:38:29.050 --> 00:38:31.530 over this morning. It's just, what is up with 00:38:31.530 --> 00:38:34.550 that? And then I'll switch over to, it's not 00:38:34.550 --> 00:38:40.230 about you. I'm here to build up my Christian 00:38:40.230 --> 00:38:45.110 warrior mentality. You want peace through strength? 00:38:45.230 --> 00:38:49.969 Worship. Sing a song. Y 'all hush up in here, 00:38:50.050 --> 00:38:51.750 but when you get in your car, when you get in 00:38:51.750 --> 00:38:54.510 your shower, you let it rip, Tater Chip, right? 00:38:56.590 --> 00:39:00.190 But you start singing, our God is an awesome 00:39:00.190 --> 00:39:06.010 God. He reigns from heaven above with wisdom, 00:39:06.030 --> 00:39:11.369 power and love. Our God is an awesome God. Sing 00:39:11.369 --> 00:39:17.210 it. Our God is an awesome God. He reigns from 00:39:17.210 --> 00:39:22.909 heaven above with wisdom, power and love. Our 00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:28.289 God is an awesome God. Sing it. Our God is an 00:39:28.289 --> 00:39:33.630 awesome God. He reigns from heaven above with 00:39:33.630 --> 00:39:39.030 wisdom, power, and love. Our God is an awesome 00:39:39.030 --> 00:39:43.429 God. And when you start to worship, here come 00:39:43.429 --> 00:39:47.869 the demons. Here come the demons. They don't 00:39:47.869 --> 00:39:51.469 like you worshiping. Oh, no. Here come the demons. 00:39:52.750 --> 00:39:56.170 Listen. The demons will say, do you really think 00:39:56.170 --> 00:39:58.809 that works? Do you really think your worship 00:39:58.809 --> 00:40:01.550 is going to chase me off? Do you really think 00:40:01.550 --> 00:40:05.190 this works on me? You're still a loser. You need 00:40:05.190 --> 00:40:08.230 to quit. You have no worth. You have nothing 00:40:08.230 --> 00:40:11.190 left. So give it up. Give it up. Well, that's 00:40:11.190 --> 00:40:15.489 when you break in. So I lift up my hands and 00:40:15.489 --> 00:41:01.139 praise you again and again. Because. through 00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:04.300 strength. When you start reading, when you start 00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:08.199 praying, and when you start worshiping, demons 00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:11.400 can't handle it. You are enacting a Christian 00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:16.300 warrior ethos within you. You can be seated. 00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:19.980 You can be seated. Are we really in a war, Brother 00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:23.480 David? I just read Ephesians 6, 12. Yes, you 00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:27.019 are. Yes, you are. So listen here. Listen here. 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:32.449 Listen. And I'm going to say this to the men 00:41:32.449 --> 00:41:35.929 of the church. It's time you get off of your 00:41:35.929 --> 00:41:41.349 blessed assurance and you wake up, you're in 00:41:41.349 --> 00:41:45.230 a war. So get your Christian warrior attitude 00:41:45.230 --> 00:41:49.829 checked up, Holy Ghost filled up, and start fighting. 00:41:50.550 --> 00:41:53.710 Start fighting. If you're not in a war, then 00:41:53.710 --> 00:41:57.469 why did Paul go on? Why did Paul go on in Ephesians 00:41:57.469 --> 00:42:01.059 6 .13? He says, Boys, put on the whole armor. 00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:06.500 Put on the whole armor. You're in a war. And 00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:08.920 in verse 18, it says, praying always with prayer 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:11.579 and supplication in the spirit and watching there 00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:13.599 unto all perseverance and supplication for all 00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:17.500 saints. Paul says, watch. You look that up and 00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:20.619 translate that into Greek, it means to stand, 00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:24.420 to battle. So I'm going to call you out, men. 00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:29.920 Watch for your family. Watch for your children. 00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:33.099 Watch for your church. Watch for your community. 00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:41.599 Watch for your soon coming king. I want to go 00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:45.019 through these pretty quick, but I want to touch 00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:48.440 just on a few warrior principles that as military 00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:51.679 members are taught, the same holds true for the 00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:54.639 Christian warrior. Here's one. I will always 00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:59.019 place the mission first. The military mindset 00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:02.300 is always mission first, get it done by any means 00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:06.320 necessary, get results, keep moving forward no 00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:10.119 matter what, be resilient. All throughout the 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:12.820 Bible, we see examples of mission first folks. 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:17.460 Job, Joseph, the woman with the issue of blood, 00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:21.099 Abraham, Moses, you get into Jesus himself and 00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:25.099 even David. Let me tell you about a mission first. 00:43:29.690 --> 00:43:33.869 It's about a man who was an usher. The rest of 00:43:33.869 --> 00:43:39.150 the world will never know his name. But he had 00:43:39.150 --> 00:43:42.030 the most spiritual significant impact on this 00:43:42.030 --> 00:43:47.929 world about mission first. There was a preacher 00:43:47.929 --> 00:43:52.289 named Mordecai Ham in 1934 who was preaching 00:43:52.289 --> 00:43:54.929 a tent revival in Charlotte, North Carolina. 00:43:56.690 --> 00:43:59.409 Mordecai Ham is preaching this revival, and two 00:43:59.409 --> 00:44:03.210 young 14 -year -old boys are walking past the 00:44:03.210 --> 00:44:08.309 tent and get a little curious. They walk in and 00:44:08.309 --> 00:44:10.670 see there's no seats available. It's packed out, 00:44:10.809 --> 00:44:14.730 and the two boys start to walk off. This usher 00:44:14.730 --> 00:44:18.489 sees these two boys walking off and goes back 00:44:18.489 --> 00:44:21.070 and says, hey, boys, boys, where are you going? 00:44:21.650 --> 00:44:25.610 You need to hear about this Jesus. The boys go, 00:44:25.650 --> 00:44:28.489 well, sir, there's no seats. He said, oh, I'll 00:44:28.489 --> 00:44:31.309 find you a seat, son. Both of you. Come on in. 00:44:31.369 --> 00:44:34.329 Let's go. You got to hear about this man named 00:44:34.329 --> 00:44:37.730 Jesus. So the two 14 -year -old boys go into 00:44:37.730 --> 00:44:40.030 the tent revival. They're getting the message 00:44:40.030 --> 00:44:44.309 from Pastor Mordecai Ham. These two boys end 00:44:44.309 --> 00:44:49.250 up giving their hearts to Jesus Christ. And as 00:44:49.250 --> 00:44:51.150 we know them today, one of them boys was the 00:44:51.150 --> 00:44:58.349 Reverend Billy Graham. who's absolutely changed 00:44:58.349 --> 00:45:03.610 the world, and his buddy, Grady Wilson, who organized 00:45:03.610 --> 00:45:06.530 all of Billy Graham's crusades and was his number 00:45:06.530 --> 00:45:12.269 one man. Listen, he changed the world. Not Billy 00:45:12.269 --> 00:45:18.630 Graham, not Mordecai Ham, not Grady Wilson, the 00:45:18.630 --> 00:45:23.230 usher. That one man saw two 14 -year -old boys 00:45:23.230 --> 00:45:25.730 walking away from the faith and said, not on 00:45:25.730 --> 00:45:30.289 my watch. Not on my watch. I'm committed that 00:45:30.289 --> 00:45:33.230 these boys will hear the word of God. And look 00:45:33.230 --> 00:45:37.849 what it did. Mission first. Mission first. Listen, 00:45:38.030 --> 00:45:41.469 your job is not to change the world. Your job 00:45:41.469 --> 00:45:46.349 is to change somebody's world. And then when 00:45:46.349 --> 00:45:48.789 you change somebody's world, it'll have an impact. 00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:55.079 on the world. Even little David, little David 00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:59.639 had a mission first mindset. David's coming out 00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:01.780 into the field to feed his brothers. He hears 00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:05.059 this big old giant mocking and defiling the armies 00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:09.300 of Israel. He's like, what's the deal here? Little 00:46:09.300 --> 00:46:14.260 David, man, I can't wait to meet him. But little 00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:17.139 David said, well, I don't get this. We got a 00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:19.750 mission, boys. We got a mission here. What's 00:46:19.750 --> 00:46:23.869 your problem? Little David runs into the breach, 00:46:24.090 --> 00:46:29.329 stands firm to the big giant. The giant's balking 00:46:29.329 --> 00:46:32.690 him. We all know the story. But then David said 00:46:32.690 --> 00:46:36.130 to the Philistine, you come to me with a sword 00:46:36.130 --> 00:46:40.250 and with a spear and with a shield, but I come 00:46:40.250 --> 00:46:44.469 to you in the name of Jesus Christ, the God of 00:46:44.469 --> 00:46:48.699 Israel, whom thou hast defiled. This day. Will 00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:50.820 the Lord deliver thee into my hand and I will 00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:54.280 smite thee and I will take thine head from thee 00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:58.059 and I will show all the earth that there is a 00:46:58.059 --> 00:47:04.000 God in heaven. That is a mission first mentality. 00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:14.199 Is there a heater up here? Man, I don't know 00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:20.980 how you do it, Pastor. The other one is, I will 00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:24.400 never accept defeat. In all the branches of the 00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:26.860 military, you're taught, I will never accept 00:47:26.860 --> 00:47:31.079 defeat. It means a refusal to give up when you're 00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:39.760 facing stuff, adversity, loss. Don't give up. 00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:49.300 Never quit. It's not worth it. We're more than 00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:52.940 conquerors through Jesus Christ. I got to share 00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:56.780 some of my folks who remember Grandma Goldie. 00:47:59.659 --> 00:48:03.320 Grandma Goldie was from Harlan, Kentucky, Brother 00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:06.659 Warren. Now we all know in Harlan, Kentucky, 00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:10.679 nothing good comes out of Harlan, Kentucky, but 00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:16.079 Grandma Goldie. Grandma Goldie was an encouragement 00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:20.219 to me as... As a child, as things were going 00:48:20.219 --> 00:48:24.940 on in my life, the Grandma Goldie would tell 00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:29.440 me, she called me Little David. She called me 00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:32.099 David Paul. She liked to say David Paul. Little 00:48:32.099 --> 00:48:37.460 David Paul, keep a victor's heart. I didn't know 00:48:37.460 --> 00:48:40.719 what that meant then. Little David Paul, you're 00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:43.539 a little warrior for Christ. Don't ever forget 00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:47.389 there is nothing too hard for Jesus. Grandma 00:48:47.389 --> 00:48:50.610 Goldie was a fighter against spiritual strongholds. 00:48:50.670 --> 00:48:53.510 Grandma Goldie understood what a victor's heart 00:48:53.510 --> 00:48:56.929 looked like. I would put Grandma Goldie up against 00:48:56.929 --> 00:49:00.110 any airborne Navy SEAL, Ranger, you name it, 00:49:00.150 --> 00:49:02.809 I would put Grandma Goldie up to her spiritually 00:49:02.809 --> 00:49:05.429 and be like, get you some of that, trooper boy. 00:49:07.769 --> 00:49:11.550 But Grandma Goldie taught me to have a Christian 00:49:11.550 --> 00:49:16.909 warrior's heart. The other ethos. that we're 00:49:16.909 --> 00:49:22.670 taught, is never quit. It's the commitment that 00:49:22.670 --> 00:49:28.329 we have. We're trained under an acronym of Charlie 00:49:28.329 --> 00:49:32.889 Mike. Charlie Mike means continue mission. It's 00:49:32.889 --> 00:49:36.070 tough out here, Sarge. Charlie Mike, continue 00:49:36.070 --> 00:49:39.769 mission. We've lost this, we've lost that. Charlie 00:49:39.769 --> 00:49:42.829 Mike, continue mission. But you don't understand 00:49:42.829 --> 00:49:45.550 what's happening out here, sir. Charlie Mike, 00:49:45.809 --> 00:49:48.750 continue mission. But you don't understand, I 00:49:48.750 --> 00:49:52.010 just lost a loved one. Continue the mission. 00:49:52.170 --> 00:49:54.190 But you don't understand what I'm going through 00:49:54.190 --> 00:49:56.869 this week, Brother David. Charlie Mike, continue 00:49:56.869 --> 00:49:59.889 the mission. But you don't understand what I'm 00:49:59.889 --> 00:50:04.230 fighting. Charlie Mike, continue the mission. 00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:12.139 In 2 Chronicles 15, 7, it says, but as for you, 00:50:12.260 --> 00:50:17.059 be strong, do not give up, for your work will 00:50:17.059 --> 00:50:24.559 be rewarded. It'll be rewarded. I want to go 00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:27.039 into the second one, is never leave a fallen 00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:32.139 comrade behind. It's a tough one. From a Christian 00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:35.400 warrior perspective, never leave a fallen comrade 00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:38.239 behind means showing active love and support, 00:50:38.380 --> 00:50:41.980 which includes spiritually restoring and caring 00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:43.840 for those who have fallen or are struggling. 00:50:44.219 --> 00:50:47.360 Just as God promises never to leave you or forsake 00:50:47.360 --> 00:50:51.139 you, we have that same hope that we are not to 00:50:51.139 --> 00:50:55.940 do that to our brother and our sister. When Moses... 00:50:56.489 --> 00:50:58.289 was going through his stuff in the Battle of 00:50:58.289 --> 00:51:02.570 the Amlekites, and it started getting bad. His 00:51:02.570 --> 00:51:06.889 brothers, Aaron and Hur, propped his arm up, 00:51:06.969 --> 00:51:11.969 and victory started to show. This principle is 00:51:11.969 --> 00:51:13.929 applied to the church community where members 00:51:13.929 --> 00:51:16.750 are called to be soldiers of Christ, looking 00:51:16.750 --> 00:51:19.150 out for one another. We are to have each other's 00:51:19.150 --> 00:51:24.880 back. But it's like today we applaud failure. 00:51:25.260 --> 00:51:27.960 When we see another brother or sister struggling, 00:51:28.139 --> 00:51:31.739 we talk about it, we gossip about it, instead 00:51:31.739 --> 00:51:34.960 of going into the breach and praying with them 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:37.139 and for them and interceding on their behalf. 00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:40.480 You start gossiping and fussing. Did you see 00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:44.539 Sister Yeo? Did you see Sister Nay? You're leaving 00:51:44.539 --> 00:51:49.429 a fallen comrade behind. Never leave a brother 00:51:49.429 --> 00:51:51.849 or sister behind, and I'm going to be very straight 00:51:51.849 --> 00:51:55.030 with you. And if this upsets you, talk to the 00:51:55.030 --> 00:51:58.929 pastor. But when there are folks up here praying, 00:51:59.050 --> 00:52:02.710 and they are seeking a miracle, seeking healing, 00:52:02.789 --> 00:52:06.349 seeking salvation, and half of the church beat 00:52:06.349 --> 00:52:11.269 feet out of here, you are leaving a fallen comrade 00:52:11.269 --> 00:52:17.980 behind. When we have baptisms, and people are 00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:21.739 demonstrating their commitment to public for 00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:27.099 Jesus Christ, half of the church walks out. You 00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:31.380 are leaving a brother and a sister behind. If 00:52:31.380 --> 00:52:34.400 that was your mama, if that was your daddy, if 00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:36.940 that was your son, if that was your daughter, 00:52:37.019 --> 00:52:39.360 you'd be right up here. That's your brother and 00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:44.920 your sister. Don't leave them hanging. Get into 00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:48.320 the breach with them. Because when you're praying 00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:53.000 and you feel the touch of a brother or sister 00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:55.659 and they start praying, there's something that 00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:58.780 rises up in you with encouragement. And then 00:52:58.780 --> 00:53:01.559 when two or three or more start to gather, you 00:53:01.559 --> 00:53:04.780 get a little bold. You start saying, I think 00:53:04.780 --> 00:53:08.659 I got this. I think I can do this. I think I'm 00:53:08.659 --> 00:53:11.260 going to have a breakthrough. And then everybody's 00:53:11.260 --> 00:53:14.679 up here praying. That is never leaving a fallen 00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:20.369 comrade behind. You learn to go pick them up. 00:53:21.190 --> 00:53:25.789 Just like this picture. This is my oldest son. 00:53:26.210 --> 00:53:28.130 When he was going through his marine training, 00:53:28.389 --> 00:53:32.789 he was taught, you don't leave another brother 00:53:32.789 --> 00:53:39.349 behind. Go get him. If they're down, if they're 00:53:39.349 --> 00:53:42.690 hurt, if they're going through stuff, go get 00:53:42.690 --> 00:53:49.440 them. Go pick them up. Go get them. And lastly, 00:53:49.639 --> 00:53:58.079 hold the line. Hold the line. Military members 00:53:58.079 --> 00:54:01.659 are taught a warrior ethos principle of you hold 00:54:01.659 --> 00:54:08.300 the line. You stand fast. At all cost, defend 00:54:08.300 --> 00:54:15.920 the cause. It's courage. Listen, you are commanded 00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:19.619 as Christian warriors. To be of good courage. 00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:28.980 Joshua 1 .9 says, have I not commanded you? Be 00:54:28.980 --> 00:54:35.179 strong and courageous. Don't be afraid. Don't 00:54:35.179 --> 00:54:39.280 be discouraged. For the Lord your God will be 00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:44.679 with you wherever you go. In the courtroom. In 00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:49.409 the boardroom. in your house, in the church, 00:54:49.630 --> 00:54:53.969 for your family, for your sickness, for that 00:54:53.969 --> 00:55:00.050 diagnosis. Be strong and courageous. Hold the 00:55:00.050 --> 00:55:07.829 line. Three men in the Bible, Hananiah, Azariah, 00:55:07.869 --> 00:55:10.969 and Mishael, you know them as Shadrach, Meshach, 00:55:11.010 --> 00:55:15.809 and Abednego. They held the line. They held the 00:55:15.809 --> 00:55:20.849 line. Nope, won't do it. Hold the line. Be it 00:55:20.849 --> 00:55:25.010 known unto thee, O king, hold the line, that 00:55:25.010 --> 00:55:29.349 we will not bow down, hold the line, before your 00:55:29.349 --> 00:55:34.849 golden image. Hold the line. But if God, hold 00:55:34.849 --> 00:55:37.909 the line, chooses not to deliver us from the 00:55:37.909 --> 00:55:42.650 burning fiery furnace, hold the line, we're not 00:55:42.650 --> 00:55:46.570 going to do it. Mission first. Never give up. 00:55:46.840 --> 00:55:49.699 I'm not leaving my other brothers here. I'm holding 00:55:49.699 --> 00:55:55.019 the line. Remember, folks, we do have a loving, 00:55:55.159 --> 00:56:01.599 gentle, saving Jesus. Jesus held the line. He 00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:04.280 exemplified courage. Jesus wasn't only soft. 00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:09.599 He is a warrior. He cast out demons. He rebuked 00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:14.460 the leaders. He flipped tables. He was gentle 00:56:14.460 --> 00:56:19.480 with the broken. but ruthless with evil. He didn't 00:56:19.480 --> 00:56:22.440 come to please the world. He came to save it. 00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:27.900 He's not tamed. He's a consuming fire, a righteous 00:56:27.900 --> 00:56:32.500 judge, a lion, and a lamb. My friends, you are 00:56:32.500 --> 00:56:35.280 called. You are called to be Christian warriors. 00:56:35.519 --> 00:56:39.920 You must have the spine, the courage to stand 00:56:39.920 --> 00:56:44.599 against sin. Anything that is against this book, 00:56:45.050 --> 00:56:49.570 You must hold the line and you must stand. You 00:56:49.570 --> 00:56:52.590 have to learn to fight for your home. Hold the 00:56:52.590 --> 00:56:56.030 line. You've got to fight for your family. Hold 00:56:56.030 --> 00:57:01.150 the line. You've got to fight for yourself. Hold 00:57:01.150 --> 00:57:08.010 the line. Hold the line. Because at the end of 00:57:08.010 --> 00:57:11.769 the day, here's what it boils down to. Men, I 00:57:11.769 --> 00:57:13.849 want to especially call you out. Men, listen 00:57:13.849 --> 00:57:22.610 to me. Up top, below, listen to me. As for me 00:57:22.610 --> 00:57:29.130 and my house, we will serve the Lord. Hold the 00:57:29.130 --> 00:57:37.010 line, men. As for me and my house, we will serve 00:57:37.010 --> 00:57:41.769 the Lord. Hold the line. Show some courage, men. 00:57:43.079 --> 00:57:46.199 Men are being defamed nowadays. Men are being 00:57:46.199 --> 00:57:49.280 pushed back. I'm going to tell you what a real 00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:53.980 man is. A real man. Here it is. Here it is. Sarge, 00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:55.679 I love working out when you're in the gym and 00:57:55.679 --> 00:57:58.099 you push me beyond anything. But that doesn't 00:57:58.099 --> 00:58:04.159 make me a man. What makes me a man is I pursue 00:58:04.159 --> 00:58:10.780 righteousness. That makes you a man. Men, you've 00:58:10.780 --> 00:58:14.500 got to stand in the gap. Everybody stand with 00:58:14.500 --> 00:58:17.940 me, stand with me, stand with me. Word to music, 00:58:18.179 --> 00:58:23.260 word to music. Men especially, look at me, look 00:58:23.260 --> 00:58:26.739 at me, listen to me. I'll say it again. Get up 00:58:26.739 --> 00:58:29.739 off of your blessed assurance, grow some courage, 00:58:29.940 --> 00:58:35.099 and hold the line. Pray, surrender, seek God. 00:58:35.280 --> 00:58:39.360 It takes guts to be a man. It takes guts to be 00:58:39.360 --> 00:58:43.500 a man. Christianity is not for the weak -hearted. 00:58:44.420 --> 00:58:49.480 I want every man, I want every teenager, I want 00:58:49.480 --> 00:58:51.980 you to come up. I'm going to call you to hold 00:58:51.980 --> 00:58:54.920 the line. I'm going to tell you to man up today. 00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:57.199 I want you to come here. I don't care if you're 00:58:57.199 --> 00:59:00.400 up top, I'll give you time. I want every man, 00:59:00.480 --> 00:59:02.940 and I don't mean to single out anybody else, 00:59:03.119 --> 00:59:07.920 but this group here today is what the enemy is 00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:11.409 attacking the most. I was telling my brother 00:59:11.409 --> 00:59:14.889 earlier, I'm proud of you, bro. I'm proud of 00:59:14.889 --> 00:59:18.989 you, man. I've watched you, brother. I've watched 00:59:18.989 --> 00:59:23.690 you go from zero to hero. And I mean that in 00:59:23.690 --> 00:59:25.489 a way because I'm watching you worship, dude. 00:59:25.909 --> 00:59:29.690 You encourage me. That is a Christian warrior. 00:59:30.110 --> 00:59:34.090 I'm super proud of you, brother. Men, listen, 00:59:34.190 --> 00:59:36.750 listen to me. You got to get battle focused. 00:59:37.550 --> 00:59:41.050 Hey, listen, God doesn't want to turn bad men 00:59:41.050 --> 00:59:44.909 to good men. He wants to turn dead men into alive 00:59:44.909 --> 00:59:49.829 men. That's what he wants to do. That's my God. 00:59:50.650 --> 00:59:53.489 We're all here in a battle, a battle for your 00:59:53.489 --> 00:59:59.329 mind, a battle for control of your soul. Some 00:59:59.329 --> 01:00:01.170 of us in here today got battles going on with 01:00:01.170 --> 01:00:04.150 our homes, our families, our sons, our daughters, 01:00:04.210 --> 01:00:09.210 just things. We all, we all got needs. We all 01:00:09.210 --> 01:00:12.769 got battles. But men, listen, I'm here to tell 01:00:12.769 --> 01:00:18.090 you, I'm here to tell you under the authority 01:00:18.090 --> 01:00:23.070 of Jesus Christ, the battle is not yours, says 01:00:23.070 --> 01:00:27.989 the Lord. And God has not given you a spirit 01:00:27.989 --> 01:00:32.469 of fear, but of sound mind. So be of courage. 01:00:33.030 --> 01:00:37.889 And it's time to man up. Hold the line. When 01:00:37.889 --> 01:00:39.889 you're in a battle and it's chaos, it's hectic, 01:00:39.989 --> 01:00:42.909 and you're here today and you want peace through 01:00:42.909 --> 01:00:46.510 strength, we're going to do two of the three 01:00:46.510 --> 01:00:47.949 things today. Number one, we're going to pray. 01:00:48.610 --> 01:00:51.769 You want peace through strength? We're all going 01:00:51.769 --> 01:00:55.969 to pray as brothers today. You want peace through 01:00:55.969 --> 01:00:59.630 strength? We're going to worship. And I better 01:00:59.630 --> 01:01:06.219 not see y 'all leaving. There are souls at stake 01:01:06.219 --> 01:01:09.460 up here. There are battle lines being drawn in 01:01:09.460 --> 01:01:16.119 the sand today going, enemy? Satan? No. No. No 01:01:16.119 --> 01:01:24.019 more depression. No more heartache. No more sucking 01:01:24.019 --> 01:01:27.460 me back into the life I'm trying to leave. No 01:01:27.460 --> 01:01:31.599 more of this weakness. No more of the trials. 01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:36.079 No more Satan. Right up here is where we draw 01:01:36.079 --> 01:01:40.340 the line and we hold the line. That's what Christian 01:01:40.340 --> 01:01:44.000 men do. And it's that military mind. Listen, 01:01:44.159 --> 01:01:47.840 you're in God's army. Whether you enlisted for 01:01:47.840 --> 01:01:51.340 real or not, you are now. You are in God's army. 01:01:51.860 --> 01:01:57.000 You're in the army. I want everybody to. I want 01:01:57.000 --> 01:01:59.099 everybody to lock arms with a brother beside 01:01:59.099 --> 01:02:01.300 you, whether you know him or not. I want you 01:02:01.300 --> 01:02:05.480 to lock in because right here locks in unity. 01:02:06.179 --> 01:02:10.119 Right here locks in, I got your back, brother. 01:02:10.559 --> 01:02:14.320 I will never leave a fallen comrade behind. If 01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:18.119 you have a need, tell your brother, this is it. 01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:20.860 You let him know, I've got a problem here. I'm 01:02:20.860 --> 01:02:23.840 struggling here. This is where we hold the line. 01:02:25.230 --> 01:02:32.070 This is where you hold the light. This is where 01:02:32.070 --> 01:02:35.650 you let the enemy know no more. This is where 01:02:35.650 --> 01:02:38.889 things are going to change. This is where things 01:02:38.889 --> 01:02:42.789 are going to change, folks. So get ready. Get 01:02:42.789 --> 01:02:45.869 ready because you're going to walk out a Christian 01:02:45.869 --> 01:02:48.610 warrior. You're going to have a new attitude 01:02:48.610 --> 01:02:52.010 and your mentality is going to change because 01:02:52.010 --> 01:02:54.909 you've been encouraged. and you got your comrade 01:02:54.909 --> 01:02:57.849 right behind you. Let's pray. Father, God, Lord, 01:02:57.929 --> 01:03:01.309 in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Father, I 01:03:01.309 --> 01:03:04.570 pray over each man. I pray over each situation. 01:03:04.969 --> 01:03:08.610 I pray, Father, God, Lord, over everything that 01:03:08.610 --> 01:03:11.769 has them bound, Father God. I pray, Lord, that 01:03:11.769 --> 01:03:14.670 the Holy Ghost, Father, Lord, would infiltrate 01:03:14.670 --> 01:03:17.409 their life. I pray in the mighty name of Jesus 01:03:17.409 --> 01:03:23.820 that a new change, God, Lord. Father God, I pray, 01:03:23.980 --> 01:03:26.059 God Lord, that you would move in a mighty way. 01:03:26.800 --> 01:03:31.079 Oh, God, I pray, Father God, Lord, that you would 01:03:31.079 --> 01:03:33.280 move, Father God, Lord, and that you would break 01:03:33.280 --> 01:03:36.800 chains today, Father. You would move the mountains, 01:03:36.940 --> 01:03:39.719 God, and that you would cause, Father Lord, these 01:03:39.719 --> 01:03:44.320 men to stand up, to stand up in battle and say, 01:03:44.360 --> 01:03:49.800 as for me and my house, we will serve. the Lord. 01:03:50.019 --> 01:03:55.239 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 01:03:55.400 --> 01:03:59.019 God, I love you, Jesus. I love you, Father God, 01:03:59.159 --> 01:04:02.940 and I thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah, hallelujah. 01:04:03.619 --> 01:04:06.960 Hallelujah. Touch my brothers in the mighty name 01:04:06.960 --> 01:04:10.260 of Jesus, God. Raise a standard in them, God. 01:04:10.539 --> 01:04:13.539 Lord, let that Christian warrior mentality and 01:04:13.539 --> 01:04:16.679 attitude, Lord, be birthed out of them in the 01:04:16.679 --> 01:04:20.900 mighty. Mighty, mighty name of Jesus today. Father, 01:04:20.980 --> 01:04:24.260 we love you. We thank you. And Lord, I give you 01:04:24.260 --> 01:04:27.760 honor today as my commander and my chief. I love 01:04:27.760 --> 01:04:31.000 you, Lord, and I thank you, Jesus. In the mighty 01:04:31.000 --> 01:04:34.280 name of Jesus, we pray these things, Father God. 01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:39.539 Give the Lord a hand clap of praise, God. Thank 01:04:39.539 --> 01:04:41.539 you, Father. Yes, Lord.