WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.500 I'm going to invite you, if you can, God's directed 00:00:04.500 --> 00:00:06.599 me to read out of the book of Judges. Go with 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:08.560 me right now, please, to the book of Judges, 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:14.259 chapter 1 and verse 1. Amen. Amen. And we're 00:00:14.259 --> 00:00:17.679 going to, we're just going to read a couple of 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:21.019 verses there. That's it. Amen. Book of Judges, 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:26.980 chapter 1 and verse 1. Hallelujah, Jesus. Hallelujah, 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:34.619 Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. I love when God just 00:00:34.619 --> 00:00:37.960 messes up with the program, you know, and just 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.439 does something different. Makes me a little nervous 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:43.159 sometimes, but that's where I need to be, you 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:47.320 know. I just can never depend on ourselves, our 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:48.899 gifts, our talents, our abilities. We've got 00:00:48.899 --> 00:00:52.399 to be sensitive to what God is doing. So I'm 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:57.740 going to say amen. The word of the Lord says, 00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:02.219 After the death of Joshua, if you don't know 00:01:02.219 --> 00:01:05.599 who Joshua is, Joshua was a conqueror. He was 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.299 a conqueror. He was a warrior. Amen. After Moses 00:01:09.299 --> 00:01:13.079 came Joshua, he was a possessor of things. The 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:16.500 people of Israel inquired of the Lord, who shall 00:01:16.500 --> 00:01:21.120 go up first for us against the Canaanites to 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:28.150 fight against them? The Lord said, Judah. Everyone 00:01:28.150 --> 00:01:36.329 say Judah. Judah shall go up. Behold, I have 00:01:36.329 --> 00:01:43.370 given the land into his hand. Whose hand? Judah's 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:47.390 hand. With God's help today, I'm just going to 00:01:47.390 --> 00:01:50.390 preach for a few moments because whatever happens 00:01:50.390 --> 00:01:54.829 next, it's just, it's up to the Lord. It's up 00:01:54.829 --> 00:01:56.370 to God what he wants to do. But I'm just going 00:01:56.370 --> 00:01:59.129 to preach for the sake of a title. We're just 00:01:59.129 --> 00:02:02.409 going to call this message, Judah Shall Go Up. 00:02:02.750 --> 00:02:05.409 Let's pray. Father, we love you today. We thank 00:02:05.409 --> 00:02:08.750 you for what you are doing in our place, in this 00:02:08.750 --> 00:02:12.569 place today. This is your house, God. And we 00:02:12.569 --> 00:02:14.770 approach these things reverently. We approach 00:02:14.770 --> 00:02:20.009 them, God, with humility, with honor, with respect, 00:02:20.229 --> 00:02:25.030 God. Become prepared, Lord. with worship, with 00:02:25.030 --> 00:02:31.389 praise, with intention, with purpose, with a 00:02:31.389 --> 00:02:35.129 plan, with an agenda, but we recognize, God, 00:02:35.210 --> 00:02:38.110 that we're on your time and that there are moments, 00:02:38.169 --> 00:02:43.409 instances, God, where you will simply interrupt 00:02:43.409 --> 00:02:47.729 in order to speak to us in a prophetic manner. 00:02:47.889 --> 00:02:50.069 So I pray, God, that you would give us all prophetic 00:02:50.069 --> 00:02:53.569 hearing today. to hear what your spirit is saying 00:02:53.569 --> 00:02:56.469 to the church, and that you would prepare us 00:02:56.469 --> 00:02:59.870 all. Anoint my lips of clay, God. Inspire me, 00:02:59.909 --> 00:03:03.550 God, to preach your holy word in the name of 00:03:03.550 --> 00:03:06.629 Jesus. Everyone say amen. And if you're going 00:03:06.629 --> 00:03:09.490 to back me up and preach today, say amen. You 00:03:09.490 --> 00:03:11.610 can be seated in God's house. I feel something 00:03:11.610 --> 00:03:16.020 so profound in my spirit today because... I believe 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:18.120 that there are just moments in time, church, 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:22.479 where God must interrupt us and must deal with 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:25.620 us, remind us of some core things that are fundamental 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:29.800 about who we are as his people. We must understand 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.599 that we are God's people. Somebody say amen. 00:03:33.419 --> 00:03:36.479 I say we are the people of God. And we belong 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.919 to him. And we were created for a very express 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:43.039 purpose. To give him glory. Everything about 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:46.039 our lives. I need you to understand today. Everything 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.939 about our lives. Everything about the way God 00:03:48.939 --> 00:03:52.340 formed us. The way he made us. Down to the hands 00:03:52.340 --> 00:03:55.680 that we have. And the feet that we walk on. And 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:59.020 the eyes that we see with. And everything about 00:03:59.020 --> 00:04:03.060 us was made to give him glory. Everything about 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:05.719 us. This was God's express purpose. This was 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:09.740 his design. This is how he made us. He gave us 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:12.460 hands, not simply to do work, but he gave us 00:04:12.460 --> 00:04:15.659 hands so that we might clap unto the Lord. How 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:18.139 many of you know these are instruments? Why don't 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:20.000 we all use this instrument right now and just 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:26.540 give God a hand of praise? Everything about our 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:29.819 lives is meant to give God glory. God gave us 00:04:29.819 --> 00:04:32.879 a mouth, not simply that we can communicate with 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:38.759 one another in this life, but not just a mouth 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:42.120 to speak words and to communicate, but above 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.399 all things, he gave us a mouth that we might 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:48.970 worship him. Amen. He gave us a tongue that we 00:04:48.970 --> 00:04:52.990 might offer him unceasing praise and unceasing 00:04:52.990 --> 00:04:56.449 glory and unceasing worship. Our mouths were 00:04:56.449 --> 00:04:59.410 not made simply to tell our loved ones that we 00:04:59.410 --> 00:05:01.430 love them and it's nice to hear those things. 00:05:01.569 --> 00:05:05.069 Our mouths were not made simply to echo and reverberate 00:05:05.069 --> 00:05:07.569 things that are going on around us to report 00:05:07.569 --> 00:05:10.490 the news of the day and to talk about how things 00:05:10.490 --> 00:05:13.209 are going. Our mouths are not simply to converse 00:05:13.209 --> 00:05:16.170 over small matters and over little things. And 00:05:16.170 --> 00:05:18.029 all the things that our mouth can be used. But 00:05:18.029 --> 00:05:20.550 the Bible says that in our mouth. Hallelujah. 00:05:21.129 --> 00:05:25.189 In these vocal cords that God has given us. That 00:05:25.189 --> 00:05:28.990 everything the Bible says that has breath. Praise 00:05:28.990 --> 00:05:32.589 ye the Lord. So our mouths were made to give 00:05:32.589 --> 00:05:36.370 God praise and glory. So I wonder for the next 00:05:36.370 --> 00:05:39.290 30 seconds. If there's a group of people in this 00:05:39.290 --> 00:05:42.009 house today. That can open up. I know we've been 00:05:42.009 --> 00:05:44.129 singing all service. I know some of you have 00:05:44.129 --> 00:05:45.910 been shouting already. Some of you have been 00:05:45.910 --> 00:05:48.089 singing already, but I wonder for just another 00:05:48.089 --> 00:05:50.649 moment, another 30 seconds, if we could just 00:05:50.649 --> 00:05:53.649 open up this mouth that God has given us and 00:05:53.649 --> 00:05:57.509 render unto the Lord a praise that is due his 00:05:57.509 --> 00:06:00.509 name. Somebody lift up your voice and just say 00:06:00.509 --> 00:06:03.490 hallelujah. Somebody lift up your voice and say 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:06.949 praise the Lord. Lord, I love you. I exalt you. 00:06:07.009 --> 00:06:10.490 I magnify you. I glorify you. I've got to praise 00:06:10.490 --> 00:06:18.939 him. I've got to open my mouth. of the sun to 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:22.980 the going down of the same. I will praise his 00:06:22.980 --> 00:06:29.420 holy name today. Oh, somebody shout hallelujah. 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:37.949 This mouth was made to praise God. we have on 00:06:37.949 --> 00:06:42.509 us are not simply meant to walk around this life. 00:06:42.629 --> 00:06:46.410 These feet are not simply meant to adorn your 00:06:46.410 --> 00:06:49.850 favorite shoes and to walk around and to get 00:06:49.850 --> 00:06:53.470 from point A to point B. Obviously, they serve 00:06:53.470 --> 00:06:56.550 a purpose functionally. We need our feet, and 00:06:56.550 --> 00:06:59.790 we thank God if you have capacity in your legs, 00:06:59.970 --> 00:07:02.329 even if you move a little slower, but if you 00:07:02.329 --> 00:07:05.610 can still move your legs to some degree and have 00:07:05.610 --> 00:07:09.410 mobility, you are blessed today because you have 00:07:09.410 --> 00:07:12.870 your legs and your feet. Praise God. But I want 00:07:12.870 --> 00:07:15.949 to remind you today that your feet were not simply 00:07:15.949 --> 00:07:20.089 made to get from point A to point B because in 00:07:20.089 --> 00:07:22.470 the very beginning where God created, I kind 00:07:22.470 --> 00:07:24.670 of preach like I feel in the Holy Ghost. In the 00:07:24.670 --> 00:07:27.230 very beginning where God created Adam and he 00:07:27.230 --> 00:07:30.050 placed him in the garden. Can I remind you that 00:07:30.050 --> 00:07:33.050 Adam had nowhere to go? Can I remind you that 00:07:33.050 --> 00:07:36.930 Adam had no point A to point B? Adam didn't have 00:07:36.930 --> 00:07:39.490 to go anywhere. He didn't have a schedule. He 00:07:39.490 --> 00:07:41.589 didn't have an agenda. He didn't have a job. 00:07:41.850 --> 00:07:45.629 His only purpose for walking, let me tell you, 00:07:45.670 --> 00:07:49.240 was to walk with God in the cross. of the day 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.939 so even your walking even your legs were made 00:07:52.939 --> 00:07:57.060 to worship and that's why you see men of God 00:07:57.060 --> 00:08:00.300 like David when the presence of the Lord came 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:03.540 back and the glory of God the ark of the covenant 00:08:03.540 --> 00:08:07.180 came back out of the enemy hands back into Jerusalem 00:08:07.180 --> 00:08:10.600 the Bible says that he danced before the Lord 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:13.980 with all of his might I've got news for you today 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:19.000 my legs are not simply meant to get to be my 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:21.720 legs are not simply meant to jump up and down 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.360 from my favorite ball player and my favorite 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:27.399 team my legs were not meant to jump up and down 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.120 every time steph curry hits a three -pointer 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:35.399 my legs were made to give god the glory these 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:38.139 legs were made i wonder if there's somebody right 00:08:38.139 --> 00:08:43.779 now that can thank god i can leap for joy i can 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:49.779 dance in my presence Come on, somebody love them 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:52.600 today. Oh, I wonder if you can stomp your feet 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:57.879 right there where you are. Hallelujah. What I 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:01.259 love about the Apostolic Church is that we are 00:09:01.259 --> 00:09:05.639 a praising people. We know how to lift our voices 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:12.840 unto God. Our hands were made. For worship. For 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:15.159 clapping. For the lifting of our hands unto the 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.700 Lord. Our mouths were made to confess his goodness. 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:21.899 And to declare his praises from one generation 00:09:21.899 --> 00:09:26.320 to the next. And our legs were made to walk with. 00:09:26.340 --> 00:09:30.139 See everything about us was designed with the 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:35.419 express purpose of giving him glory. And that 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:40.059 is why we are commanded to praise God. Praise 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:44.200 God. today is not a suggestion it is not our 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:49.279 recommendation it is not our word of advice we 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:53.399 I'm talking about you and I today are commanded 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:58.539 to give God the praise that means even if I don't 00:09:58.539 --> 00:10:01.600 feel like it and even if I'm not in the mood 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.639 to do it even if I had a bad week even if things 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:10.000 aren't going my way I understand that I am obligated 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:17.809 to give God the praise. I've got to give him 00:10:17.809 --> 00:10:21.429 praise. And it's important for us today, church, 00:10:21.529 --> 00:10:24.809 to see that this is why God created us. This 00:10:24.809 --> 00:10:29.570 is why we have what we have. And it now extends 00:10:29.570 --> 00:10:33.210 to every part of our life. Every aspect of our 00:10:33.210 --> 00:10:36.929 life needs to give glory to God. Everything that 00:10:36.929 --> 00:10:40.629 God has given us, he's given us so that it might 00:10:40.629 --> 00:10:44.169 give glory to God. And that he might receive 00:10:44.169 --> 00:10:48.350 the praise. our bank account, whether it's the 00:10:48.350 --> 00:10:51.350 car that we drive or the place of work that we 00:10:51.350 --> 00:10:55.669 show up to on Monday morning. Every aspect of 00:10:55.669 --> 00:11:00.669 our life ought to be an anthem to God of how 00:11:00.669 --> 00:11:05.450 good he has been. Every aspect of our life. My 00:11:05.450 --> 00:11:10.240 house is not just where I live. But my house 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:16.480 is the house of the Lord. My room is not just 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:20.080 my room, my kitchen. Every room in your house 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:26.980 you need to fill with praises unto God. Because 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:30.700 the Bible gives us this principle in the Psalms 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:34.740 where it tells us that God inhabits or he is 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:40.419 enthroned in the praises of his people. So praise 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:43.639 is not only what we were designed to do and not 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.000 only what we're commanded to do, but it is the 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:51.820 key that attracts the presence of God. God wants 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:55.340 to sit in our life. He wants to, how many of 00:11:55.340 --> 00:11:57.399 you want him to dwell in your life? Hallelujah. 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:01.840 If you want God to dwell in your life in a greater 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.759 measure, yes, you can read the word and that 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:08.039 will certainly help. Hallelujah. Yes, you can 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.860 come to church. that will certainly help yes 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:13.720 you can know the right people and connect to 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:15.860 the right things and those things will certainly 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:19.600 help but if you want more of God's presence in 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.720 your life then you've got to have the attitude 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.679 of a praiser you've got my lord you've got to 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:29.980 have the attitude of a worshiper because the 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:33.580 more I praise him the more of his presence will 00:12:33.580 --> 00:12:38.080 fill up my life the more I acknowledge him the 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:40.700 Bible says, lean not to your own understanding, 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.200 but acknowledge him. Make him known and praise 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.860 him in all of your ways. And he shall direct 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:52.580 your path. And so if I want more of God, I've 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:55.500 got to become a greater praiser. And praising 00:12:55.500 --> 00:13:00.809 God involves all of my... It involves everything, 00:13:01.090 --> 00:13:05.929 all my capacities and all my faculties and everything 00:13:05.929 --> 00:13:09.570 that I could possibly use as an instrument. And 00:13:09.570 --> 00:13:13.350 for those of you who have special gifts and abilities 00:13:13.350 --> 00:13:16.029 to praise the Lord, just like we were praying 00:13:16.029 --> 00:13:20.149 a few moments ago, you musicians and you praise 00:13:20.149 --> 00:13:24.330 singers and even those who help with the audio 00:13:24.330 --> 00:13:27.389 because you're also contributing to the sound 00:13:27.389 --> 00:13:30.029 that is being broadcast. In this place. Even 00:13:30.029 --> 00:13:32.789 the technical things. And the instruments. All 00:13:32.789 --> 00:13:35.710 of these things. I've come to tell you. That 00:13:35.710 --> 00:13:38.370 that gift that God has given you. That ministry 00:13:38.370 --> 00:13:41.129 that God has given you. It is not to make yourself 00:13:41.129 --> 00:13:45.009 famous. It is not to. Oh hallelujah. It is not 00:13:45.009 --> 00:13:47.929 to simply. Hallelujah. Create some emotional 00:13:47.929 --> 00:13:52.570 atmosphere. Your primary objective. If God has 00:13:52.570 --> 00:13:55.529 given you a special instrument. Or gift of praise. 00:13:55.970 --> 00:13:59.970 Is to use that for the glory. of god and to help 00:13:59.970 --> 00:14:03.950 bring in his presence into our midst i believe 00:14:03.950 --> 00:14:06.289 how do i feel this in the holy ghost that our 00:14:06.289 --> 00:14:09.090 church is stepping into another dimension into 00:14:09.090 --> 00:14:11.769 another realm of revival that's been the prayer 00:14:11.769 --> 00:14:15.149 that's been that's been the promise that's been 00:14:15.149 --> 00:14:17.710 the effort but it's not going to come through 00:14:17.710 --> 00:14:20.549 programs necessarily it's not going to come through 00:14:20.549 --> 00:14:23.370 methodologies it's not going to simply come through 00:14:23.370 --> 00:14:26.409 plans of men but it's going to come by putting 00:14:26.409 --> 00:14:29.460 the first things first and in order to have the 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:33.179 kind of revival restoration and taking back what 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:36.379 belongs to us is that we need to restore the 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:41.840 place of praise in our life in our church we 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.360 need to put the tribe of Judah at the very front 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:49.480 lines of the battle and say Judah it's now your 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:52.940 turn to blow the trumpet in Zion it's now your 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:56.519 turn to make a joyful noise unto the Lord It's 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:59.120 now your turn to lift up your voices, all ye 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:02.679 lands. It's now your turn to clap your hands, 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:11.620 all ye people. It's the Judah generation. You 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:14.480 Bible students will understand that one of the 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:17.360 things the devil hates most about you is your 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:21.240 praise. Every time you open up your mouth, brother, 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:23.720 you give God the glory and you praise him. Every 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:26.700 time you lift your hands, it just irks the devil. 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:29.100 You know why? Because that's the very thing that 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:32.320 he himself was designed to do. Satan himself 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:35.419 was given all the faculties within his whole 00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:39.419 supernatural being to give glory to God as the 00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:42.039 choir director and the chief musician of heaven. 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:46.179 That was his job. That was his assignment. But 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:49.860 obviously he fell from where he was because pride 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:54.039 can be the one thing that robs you of what belongs 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:57.080 to God. He thought of himself that he should 00:15:57.080 --> 00:16:00.059 be higher than God. Come on. He thought of himself 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:03.340 that he. himself should receive glory instead 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:06.419 of God and it was at that moment that he fell 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:09.340 out of heaven like a lightning bolt down to the 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:12.220 earth and I'm here to tell you that you always 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:15.679 know the spirit of the enemy is at work not when 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.759 when ghosts and demons start manifesting not 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:22.080 when witches start showing up and putting blood 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:26.019 on things not when warlocks start casting spells 00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:28.580 on you and all that that's not the sign that 00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:31.509 the devil is trying to Interrupt your life. The 00:16:31.509 --> 00:16:34.350 sign that the devil is working is when pride 00:16:34.350 --> 00:16:40.009 starts getting a hold of your heart. And now 00:16:40.009 --> 00:16:43.250 you can no longer give God the praise. Now you 00:16:43.250 --> 00:16:47.049 can no longer. Oh, hallelujah. Come before his 00:16:47.049 --> 00:16:52.269 presence with thanksgiving. Hallelujah. It's 00:16:52.269 --> 00:16:56.450 pride. Someone say pride. And just like pride 00:16:56.450 --> 00:17:01.990 brought the downfall of. celestial being of worship 00:17:01.990 --> 00:17:09.170 in the heavens with God. so too pride is the 00:17:09.170 --> 00:17:13.529 thing that gets in the way between us and a more 00:17:13.529 --> 00:17:17.529 glorious praise that is due unto the Lord. And 00:17:17.529 --> 00:17:20.470 so we've got to make sure that our pride is not 00:17:20.470 --> 00:17:22.930 in the way. And when we look at the scripture 00:17:22.930 --> 00:17:25.910 today, hallelujah, obviously I'm not going to 00:17:25.910 --> 00:17:28.769 dissect this verse by verse, but I want us to 00:17:28.769 --> 00:17:31.809 at least see a very important principle that 00:17:31.809 --> 00:17:34.769 as the people of God were looking to claim the 00:17:34.769 --> 00:17:37.680 land that belongs to them, as they were looking 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:43.619 to continue this reign or this campaign of conquest, 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:48.099 which began with Joshua, they were inquiring 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:51.400 of the Lord. They're saying, Lord, how are we 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:54.539 going to do this, God? How are we going to have... 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:57.960 this revival? How are we going to take what belongs 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:01.900 to us? How are we going to possess the promises 00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:05.420 of God? How are we going to fight back these 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:08.940 enemies called the Canaanite? All of these godless 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:12.220 and wicked and perverse and pagan people who 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:16.559 are occupying the place that belongs to us. How 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:19.380 are we going to come against them? Are we going 00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:22.279 to do it with bows and spears? Are we going to 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.640 do it with tanks and artillery? Are we going 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.680 to do it with a nuclear weapon? God, how are 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.660 we going to drive out these enemies from the 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:33.799 land? And as they were inquiring of the Lord, 00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:36.960 God, what? Because that's what we do sometimes. 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:41.359 We're crying out to God. Lord, show me the way. 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:46.920 Show me, God, what's my next step? What should 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:50.460 I do now? God. give me an answer come on has 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:53.079 anybody ever prayed like that some of you are 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:56.099 praying like that even at this very season in 00:18:56.099 --> 00:19:00.660 your life praying God what do I do Lord give 00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:05.539 me direction Lord show me the way God help me 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:09.160 through this and they were inquiring of the Lord 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:12.359 saying God and they had all these other ideas 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.519 in their mind probably of what they could do 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:19.339 and what they should do but then And the word 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:22.640 of God came to them as they were seeking the 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:25.579 Lord for an answer, for direction, for greater 00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:29.059 revival for them and their generations. The Lord 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:32.200 said this to them in verse 2. The Lord said, 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:36.319 Judah. Somebody say Judah. Oh, come on. Somebody 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:40.500 shout Judah. And the Lord said, Judah shall go 00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:44.640 up. And that is significant because Judah is 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:48.440 a name that means praise. Praise. It means praise 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:54.079 the Lord. And so God must have mystified them. 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:58.640 God must have baffled their minds. God must have 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:01.539 caused a bit of controversy. When he said if 00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:03.980 you're going to take back what belongs to you. 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:06.859 If you're going to possess the promises of greatness 00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:09.359 and revival. If you're going to see the land 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:11.980 of milk and honey. Then the thing you've got 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:15.059 to get right in your people. Get right in your 00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:20.019 family. tribe of praise on the front lines of 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:22.799 the battle I have come to tell you today that 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:25.460 every spirit oh my god I feel an anointing on 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:29.400 me every spiritual blessing every miracle every 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:33.240 promise every blessing that God wants to do in 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.259 your life and in your family every supernatural 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:40.480 divine thing every gift every good thing from 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:44.779 above is going to be accessed primarily through 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:48.529 the tribe of praise If you become a praiser, 00:20:48.549 --> 00:20:52.029 there's no depression that can drown you. I wish 00:20:52.029 --> 00:20:55.390 I had a witness. If you become a praiser, there's 00:20:55.390 --> 00:20:58.309 no sickness that can stop you. If you become 00:20:58.309 --> 00:21:00.910 a praiser, there's no devil that can run you 00:21:00.910 --> 00:21:04.369 out of your neighborhood. I wish I had a witness. 00:21:04.450 --> 00:21:07.410 If you become a praiser, there's no witch, there's 00:21:07.410 --> 00:21:10.109 no whore. There's nothing in this world that 00:21:10.109 --> 00:21:13.309 can stop you. Why? Because greater is he that 00:21:13.309 --> 00:21:18.160 is in me. that is in the world so I lift up my 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:21.700 hands and I lift up my voice come on somebody 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:25.240 give the Lord some praise today somebody open 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:29.039 up your mouth somebody magnify the name of Jesus 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:34.160 in this house today come on hallelujah hallelujah 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:36.819 Come on, let's stay in the spirit for a moment 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:42.019 right now. I feel something about to break loose 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:45.339 in this place today. I feel something about to 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:48.359 stir and break in this place today. There's a 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:51.740 miracle on the other side of your praise. There's 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:54.140 a breakthrough on the other side of your praise. 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:04.299 And so if I were the devil and I wanted to stop 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:07.680 you and block you from your promises, if I wanted 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:10.759 to block this church from the next level of revival, 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:14.519 if I wanted to stop, if I wanted to make sure 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:17.559 that Brother Kong over here is the only baptism 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:20.319 we have all year, if I were the devil and I wanted 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:23.880 to do that, then I would work overtime to silence 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:27.160 the praise and the worship and the anointed praise 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:31.039 in this church. in our lives because the devil 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:35.059 knows that if we ever get a revelation of apostolic 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:38.920 Holy Ghost Pentecostal praise and we start opening 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:42.279 up our mouth and we start doing our dance and 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:45.440 we start running these aisles and we start lifting 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:49.700 our voices, there is nothing he can do to stand 00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:57.279 in our way. Come on, hallelujah. Somebody clap 00:22:57.279 --> 00:23:00.259 your hands. Come on, somebody clap your hands. 00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:03.759 Somebody lift your voice. Somebody magnify him 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:10.420 today. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. There's 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:12.539 a lot of things that I may not get right. There's 00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:14.809 a lot of things that... That you and I may not 00:23:14.809 --> 00:23:17.289 get right. Even collectively. Put the best and 00:23:17.289 --> 00:23:20.650 the brightest together in one room. And put minds 00:23:20.650 --> 00:23:23.710 together. And all these things could be good 00:23:23.710 --> 00:23:25.809 and wonderful. But let me tell you something. 00:23:26.049 --> 00:23:30.220 The victory is in our praise. And the thing that 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:32.720 has established and defined and distinguished 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:37.000 the apostolic church which we are of is how we 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:40.119 praise God. There is something about a service 00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:42.680 like we are in today. There is something. It 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:46.680 is not emotionalism. It is not fanaticism. It 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:49.319 is not sensationalism. We're not just trying 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:51.019 to get a reaction out of you. Hear me in the 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:53.319 Holy Ghost. I'm not just trying to tug on your 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:55.440 heart strings. Do you hear what I'm saying today? 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:58.140 I'm not just trying to tug on an emotional and 00:23:58.140 --> 00:24:00.329 pull an emotional. string in you I'm not just 00:24:00.329 --> 00:24:02.589 trying to get a reaction out of you today there 00:24:02.589 --> 00:24:06.029 is something powerful and prophetic church when 00:24:06.029 --> 00:24:10.250 we really unlock the praises and we really begin 00:24:10.250 --> 00:24:13.869 to step into that dimension oh let me tell you 00:24:13.869 --> 00:24:16.690 what begins to happen as you begin to praise 00:24:16.690 --> 00:24:20.829 God like the children of Judah the tribe of Judah 00:24:20.829 --> 00:24:24.569 they went before the people of Israel and they 00:24:24.569 --> 00:24:27.849 began to praise God and you know the thing about 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:31.180 that were so fascinating to me. This is the same 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:36.660 thing that caused so much confusion when Joshua 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:40.200 and the people marched around the city of Jericho 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:43.480 those seven times. And don't you know that it 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.440 was the tribe of Judah that was on the front 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:50.779 lines of the people of God. As they began to, 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:54.519 on the seventh day, lift up their voices with 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:58.099 a great and glorious shout unto the Lord. And 00:24:58.099 --> 00:25:01.380 they raised their horns. And they lifted their 00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:04.980 trumpets. And they began to praise God. It must 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:08.279 have confused their enemies who were there thinking, 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:11.680 what has gotten into these crazy people? What 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:14.680 has gotten into these lunatic people? What has 00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:17.660 gotten into these backwards people? What do they 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:19.859 think that they're going to do? to overcome us 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:23.059 just by making a bunch of noise but let me tell 00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:26.079 you something here in the holy ghost to the world 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:29.619 there's a bunch of noise but to god is the key 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:33.779 to victory oh i don't care what anybody says 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:36.539 about me i don't care what anybody's got thinks 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:40.099 about me i know that if i lift up my voice unto 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:43.440 god i know that if i walk in the dimension of 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:57.289 praise that god Piano player, I need your help 00:25:57.289 --> 00:26:00.329 right now. I feel something about to break in 00:26:00.329 --> 00:26:03.150 this house today. There is something that God 00:26:03.150 --> 00:26:06.990 is doing. He is shifting us. He is aligning us. 00:26:07.250 --> 00:26:09.569 He said, I need you to be that people of praise. 00:26:09.849 --> 00:26:12.569 I need you to be mamas. I need you to be mamas 00:26:12.569 --> 00:26:15.349 of praise. I feel something about to sweep over 00:26:15.349 --> 00:26:18.869 my soul right now. Where are the sisters? Where 00:26:18.869 --> 00:26:22.289 are the mamas? Where are the mothers who really 00:26:22.289 --> 00:26:25.869 know how to praise God? Are the sisters and the 00:26:25.869 --> 00:26:30.190 moms. Who show oh my God. Who can praise God 00:26:30.190 --> 00:26:33.089 in the good time. Are there any sisters in the 00:26:33.089 --> 00:26:37.109 house today. That said if God be true. Let every 00:26:37.109 --> 00:26:40.589 man be a liar. Is there a woman of faith here 00:26:40.589 --> 00:26:43.789 today. That says I'm going to lift my voice unto 00:26:43.789 --> 00:26:48.269 God. Come hell and high water. I praise him in 00:26:48.269 --> 00:26:51.309 the kitchen all by myself. I praise him on the 00:26:51.309 --> 00:26:54.089 way to work. I praise him when I'm coming home. 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:57.720 i will bless the lord at all times oh my god 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:02.279 and his praises shall continually be in my mouth 00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:08.420 oh my god my god my god my god somebody shout 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:12.559 hallelujah somebody shout hallelujah come on 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:15.660 shout hallelujah If there's something I want 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:18.319 my children to learn, I don't just want them 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:21.940 to learn just how I dress, which is good, and 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:24.740 just how I talk, which is good. But I got to 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:27.519 give them the secret how to get through every 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:30.819 valley, every high, and every low in this life. 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:34.039 I got to show my son and my daughter that when 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:36.640 the going gets tough, you don't sit there and 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:39.440 fold your arms and wait for things to get better, 00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:55.599 honey. lifter I got oh my god my god my god i 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:59.900 want my children to know the secret to the blessings 00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:03.900 of god they are not received through material 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:07.599 things they are not received through carnal things 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:11.619 but the blessings of the lord are received in 00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:15.359 spiritual means and there is nothing more spiritual 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.920 there is nothing more prophetic than when somebody 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:23.319 full of faith begins to exercise your faith And 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:26.680 begins to magnify the name of the Lord. There 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:34.000 is not. Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh, my God, 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:37.410 my God, my God. We've come now to a generation 00:28:37.410 --> 00:28:39.470 where people are smarter than they've ever been. 00:28:39.630 --> 00:28:41.269 They're more intelligent than they've ever been, 00:28:41.309 --> 00:28:43.150 Brother David. They're more educated than they've 00:28:43.150 --> 00:28:45.170 ever been. And I've got a problem with some of 00:28:45.170 --> 00:28:47.849 it on this note. I'm not against those things. 00:28:47.930 --> 00:28:49.769 I'm not against knowledge, intellectualism. All 00:28:49.769 --> 00:28:52.210 that is wonderful if it can be used for the glory 00:28:52.210 --> 00:28:54.289 of God. But I've come to tell you that sometimes 00:28:54.289 --> 00:28:58.230 we analyze ourselves out of a prophetic praise. 00:28:58.470 --> 00:29:02.809 Oh, my God. Oh, my Lord. Our knowledge and our 00:29:02.809 --> 00:29:05.500 pride and all those things get in the way. We 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:08.079 start getting into this state where we just think 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:11.640 I'm too cute to do that now. Oh, my God. I'm 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:15.099 too dignified to praise him like that now. Somebody 00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:18.839 better help me today. He said, Pastor, but I 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:22.119 got degrees on the wall now. And I got respect 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:25.180 on the workplace now. And I got the respect of 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:27.799 my neighbors now. And I can't be acting like 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:31.500 that anymore. The devil is a liar, brother. I 00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:34.640 wonder if there's a man in this house, a young 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:37.660 man. an older man of faith that says i know the 00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:44.500 key to victory i know the key to glory and i'm 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:55.299 not ashamed i'm not ashamed to lift up my voice 00:29:55.299 --> 00:30:14.660 i'm not ashamed to praise my god Somebody ought 00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:18.099 to stand up on your feet. Somebody ought to rise 00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:21.680 up in faith. Somebody ought to stand up in the 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:30.759 Spirit and give God the glory. I've come to a 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:35.099 place where I will not apologize. I've come to 00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:39.000 a place where if my praise makes you uncomfortable, 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:44.950 that's your problem. It's not mine. place where 00:30:44.950 --> 00:30:47.990 I was going to praise God whether you like it 00:30:47.990 --> 00:30:55.569 or not because I know I know I know what the 00:30:55.569 --> 00:31:01.410 Lord has done for me I know I wish somebody would 00:31:01.410 --> 00:31:04.809 just lose your mind for a few moments I wish 00:31:04.809 --> 00:31:08.529 somebody would just give God the glory give God 00:31:08.529 --> 00:31:26.660 the praise hey I'm here to tell you, I got nothing 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:29.599 against those things. Those things are wonderful. 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:33.680 But let us never forget where we came from. Let 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:36.319 us never forget what brought us to where we are 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:40.220 today. It wasn't how smart you were. It wasn't 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:43.299 how cute you were. It wasn't the car you drive. 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:46.680 It wasn't the stuff you own. It was that you 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:57.549 knew how to put on the garment of praise. him 00:31:57.549 --> 00:32:01.390 when I got a lot because I learned how to praise 00:32:01.390 --> 00:32:05.730 him when I had nothing that's why I can praise 00:32:05.730 --> 00:32:10.089 him when I'm feeling good because I learned how 00:32:10.089 --> 00:32:11.250 to praise him when