WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680 If you have your Bibles with you, can you turn 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:09.560 to Luke chapter 22, verses 31 through 32. It's 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:12.080 also great to have our pastor and his family 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:14.900 back, that the Lord had his hand of protection 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:16.980 upon them while they were away. And those of 00:00:16.980 --> 00:00:19.559 you that were out, amen. We're also glad to see 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:22.339 you back here today as well. Amen. If you have 00:00:22.339 --> 00:00:26.620 it, say amen. Amen. So we're going to begin with 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:29.620 our opening scripture in Luke 22, 31, and it 00:00:29.620 --> 00:00:33.960 reads, And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, Satan 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.619 hath desired to have you, that he may sift you 00:00:37.619 --> 00:00:41.579 as wheat. But I have prayed for thee, that thy 00:00:41.579 --> 00:00:45.479 faith fail not. And when thou art converted, 00:00:45.899 --> 00:00:51.299 strengthen thy brethren. And the Lord said, Simon, 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:58.280 Simon, behold, Satan. Hath desired you. If we 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:01.659 want to. If you can. Turn also to the book of 00:01:01.659 --> 00:01:07.040 Revelation. Chapter 12. Verse 11. Amen. In Revelations 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:11.019 it reads. And they overcame him by the blood 00:01:11.019 --> 00:01:14.640 of the lamb. And by the word of their testimony. 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:20.299 And they loved not their lives. Unto the death. 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:23.560 And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb. 00:01:24.090 --> 00:01:28.430 And by the word of their testimony. Amen. You 00:01:28.430 --> 00:01:36.810 may be seated. Praise the name of the Lord. Amen. 00:01:37.489 --> 00:01:42.209 Now, I want you to imagine with me for just a 00:01:42.209 --> 00:01:46.810 brief moment as we lay down the context and paint 00:01:46.810 --> 00:01:49.510 the picture for what we're about to get into 00:01:49.510 --> 00:01:53.450 today. I want you to picture this. This with 00:01:53.450 --> 00:01:56.650 me. I want you to picture a courtroom. Amen. 00:01:57.849 --> 00:02:02.590 And a courtroom where you see the judge sitting 00:02:02.590 --> 00:02:05.890 in the center of the room. You see the defendant. 00:02:06.069 --> 00:02:10.030 You see the accused. You see the witnesses. You 00:02:10.030 --> 00:02:14.310 see the jury. Amen. Just a simple courtroom. 00:02:15.270 --> 00:02:19.150 Amen. And before I continue, I do want to mention 00:02:19.150 --> 00:02:25.099 that I am well versed. In a court of law. Practically 00:02:25.099 --> 00:02:29.800 a lawyer. I binge watched all nine seasons of 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:34.599 Suits about eight or nine times. Makes me a lawyer 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:37.680 practically, right? So just want to throw that 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.800 out there. Know what I'm talking about a little. 00:02:43.219 --> 00:02:46.800 But I want you to imagine the judge sitting on 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.449 the bench, the jury in their seats. The attorney 00:02:50.449 --> 00:02:55.069 is on both sides, and your life is the center 00:02:55.069 --> 00:03:01.909 of attention. Your life is on trial. Because 00:03:01.909 --> 00:03:06.009 in a courtroom, nothing moves on feelings. It 00:03:06.009 --> 00:03:08.810 doesn't matter how you feel. It doesn't matter 00:03:08.810 --> 00:03:12.009 what you meant or what you thought. The only 00:03:12.009 --> 00:03:18.110 thing that matters is what can be proven. Evidence. 00:03:18.830 --> 00:03:24.270 is what decides the outcome. Not opinions, not 00:03:24.270 --> 00:03:30.430 intentions, evidence. And when evidence is submitted 00:03:30.430 --> 00:03:34.169 in a court of law, it becomes part of the official 00:03:34.169 --> 00:03:38.449 record. And this means that it cannot be ignored, 00:03:38.789 --> 00:03:43.770 it has to be considered, and it will influence 00:03:43.770 --> 00:03:49.009 the verdict. And here's what we need to understand 00:03:49.009 --> 00:03:53.650 today, is that you can be innocent, but if you 00:03:53.650 --> 00:03:58.030 don't submit your evidence, you can still lose 00:03:58.030 --> 00:04:03.849 your case. If you stay silent, your situation 00:04:03.849 --> 00:04:08.210 will speak for you. If you don't declare the 00:04:08.210 --> 00:04:13.669 truth, lies will dominate the narrative. If you 00:04:13.669 --> 00:04:17.350 don't remind yourself of who you are, Your past 00:04:17.350 --> 00:04:22.670 will then redefine who you are. If you don't 00:04:22.670 --> 00:04:28.189 present your case, your enemy will. If you don't 00:04:28.189 --> 00:04:34.589 speak, the accuser will speak for you. It is 00:04:34.589 --> 00:04:39.490 time today that we stand up and we allow the 00:04:39.490 --> 00:04:45.670 evidence to speak. Now in the Bible, the Bible... 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.120 talks about, and it reminds us that there is 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:55.319 an accuser. In Revelations 12 .10, it says, And 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:58.720 I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:02.139 come salvation and strength in the kingdom of 00:05:02.139 --> 00:05:05.839 our God, and the power of his Christ, for the 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:11.920 accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:19.370 them before our God day. And night. We need to 00:05:19.370 --> 00:05:24.829 realize that we have an enemy. And the enemy 00:05:24.829 --> 00:05:31.470 is the accuser. The enemy or the accuser is building 00:05:31.470 --> 00:05:38.110 a case against you every single day to present 00:05:38.110 --> 00:05:44.370 to God. For a brief moment. I want to speak on 00:05:44.370 --> 00:05:50.970 the topic, let the evidence speak. Let the evidence 00:05:50.970 --> 00:05:55.649 speak. This brings us to our first point here 00:05:55.649 --> 00:06:00.269 today is that a warning came to Simon that the 00:06:00.269 --> 00:06:06.370 enemy is building a case against him. In Luke 00:06:06.370 --> 00:06:11.029 22, 31 through 32, it says, and the Lord said, 00:06:11.209 --> 00:06:16.800 Simon. And as we examine the opening scripture, 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:21.860 we see that the Lord is forewarning Simon of 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:26.560 what's to come. Now Jesus didn't call out Simon's 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:31.199 name, amen, just to call out his name. The Lord 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:36.620 meant to emphasize on what was to come and what 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:41.470 was about to hit Simon's life. and ministry. 00:06:42.290 --> 00:06:45.870 He wanted Simon to understand by repeating his 00:06:45.870 --> 00:06:50.550 name that this was serious. They weren't going 00:06:50.550 --> 00:06:54.689 to have a calm conversation over coffee. God 00:06:54.689 --> 00:06:58.050 wasn't going to talk about the game or how Simon 00:06:58.050 --> 00:07:02.509 was doing. This was a warning about what was 00:07:02.509 --> 00:07:08.449 to come. A time of great trial and testing in 00:07:08.449 --> 00:07:12.720 Simon's life. And Jesus repeats Simon's name. 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:17.779 It was demanding Simon's comprehension. It was 00:07:17.779 --> 00:07:24.600 demanding Simon's attention. Now why Simon? Those 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:28.819 of you who know who Simon was and know that later 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:32.819 on that his name was changed to Peter, you would 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:36.459 know that Simon had a great calling and a ministry 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:40.000 that he was called to fulfill. And even though 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.819 at the moment Simon did not know or he was not 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:46.740 aware of this, Satan already knew Simon's purpose. 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:52.860 Simon had a great purpose. And we know Simon's 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:56.800 name was changed. But before it could be changed, 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:03.860 Simon had to be challenged. Simon Peter was used 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:07.480 in pivotal moments in the word of God that paved 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:13.930 the way. to salvation. Now he was the one that 00:08:13.930 --> 00:08:16.069 Jesus would build the church upon in Matthew 00:08:16.069 --> 00:08:19.610 16, 18. He was the one that would preach salvation 00:08:19.610 --> 00:08:23.490 on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, 38. And he 00:08:23.490 --> 00:08:26.329 was the one holding the keys to the kingdom in 00:08:26.329 --> 00:08:30.410 Matthew 16 and 19. And I want you to know that 00:08:30.410 --> 00:08:34.289 the enemy won't attack anything else but your 00:08:34.289 --> 00:08:38.070 purpose. He won't chase your potential. He'll 00:08:38.070 --> 00:08:42.019 attack your purpose. And at times when we find 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:44.740 ourselves in a spiritual battle, and at times 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:47.220 when we find ourselves, hallelujah, experiencing 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:50.000 things that we normally would not experience 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.899 or feel, there are moments and times where things 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:55.740 are going okay, and then suddenly our lives are 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:59.519 turned upside down. It's in these very moments 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:02.159 that you need to ask yourself, it is not what 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.200 I'm doing wrong, but it is what I'm doing right, 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:09.179 hallelujah. We need to understand, hallelujah, 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:12.259 that things happen. intentionally whether it's 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:15.539 the will of God or it's the enemy knocking at 00:09:15.539 --> 00:09:18.279 your door. I want you to know that whether you 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:21.019 believe it or not your purpose is far greater 00:09:21.019 --> 00:09:24.340 than what you will ever comprehend. Amen. It 00:09:24.340 --> 00:09:27.179 doesn't matter what you do on a Sunday. It doesn't 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:30.200 matter what you do throughout the week. God has 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.960 called you with intention to a great and mighty 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:41.399 purpose. And when we look at Hebrews 12, 7, it 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:45.639 talks about this. And it reminds us that discipline 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:51.240 comes through enduring hardship. Amen. In Hebrews 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:55.100 12, 6 -11, the first part of it, it talks about 00:09:55.100 --> 00:09:58.940 enduring hardship through discipline. And God 00:09:58.940 --> 00:10:01.779 treating us as his own children and chastising 00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:05.120 the ones that he loves. But when we get to verse 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:08.500 10. It reads like this. They disciplined us for 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:12.279 a little while as they thought best. But God 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.320 disciplines us for our good. Someone say for 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:19.460 our good. In order that we may share in his holiness. 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:23.200 No discipline seems pleasant at the time but 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:27.620 painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:30.799 of righteousness and a peace for those who have 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:36.610 trained, who were trained by it. The enemy didn't 00:10:36.610 --> 00:10:40.389 desire Simon because he was weak. The enemy desired 00:10:40.389 --> 00:10:45.120 him because he was chosen. And Jesus wasn't just 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.580 warning Simon about where he was, but he was 00:10:48.580 --> 00:10:51.899 warning him about where he was going. We need 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:54.539 to understand that the devil doesn't come to 00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:57.620 play games. We need to understand that the devil 00:10:57.620 --> 00:11:01.179 isn't playing tic -tac -toe with our lives. That 00:11:01.179 --> 00:11:04.500 the devil came to stop you in your tracks. The 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:07.500 devil came to make you to believe and understand 00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:11.419 that there is no hope and you have no purpose. 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:17.299 He comes, amen, to cause you to fail. He comes 00:11:17.299 --> 00:11:21.159 to cause you to fall. He comes to cause you to 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:25.559 doubt. He comes to cause insecurity. He comes 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:30.259 to cause you, hallelujah, to fail. He comes to 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:36.360 seek, to kill, to destroy. The scripture that 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:39.340 we read in our opening scripture, the Bible says 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:43.379 that he desired Simon. But he desired to sift 00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:48.139 him as wheat. And what that simply illustrates 00:11:48.139 --> 00:11:51.440 is that when you sift wheat, you don't just sift 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:54.799 wheat by shaking it a little. You don't just 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:57.740 sift wheat by tossing it in the air and hopefully 00:11:57.740 --> 00:12:02.179 it separates on its own. In order for you to 00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:06.639 successfully sift wheat and to separate the value 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:09.440 or what's valuable, which is the wheat, and to 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:12.360 separate what is useless, which is the chaff, 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:14.820 the dust, and the debris, is you got to shift 00:12:14.820 --> 00:12:20.220 it violently. There's got to be a violent shift 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:24.259 that takes place. And this is what the enemy 00:12:24.259 --> 00:12:29.049 desires to do in your life. He wants to violently 00:12:29.049 --> 00:12:32.970 shake the purpose out of you. He wants to violently 00:12:32.970 --> 00:12:36.889 shake the calling out of you. He wants to violently 00:12:36.889 --> 00:12:44.149 shake your faith away. It's imperative that in 00:12:44.149 --> 00:12:48.059 these moments that we don't... back down, and 00:12:48.059 --> 00:12:51.639 we don't give up. In Deuteronomy, it says, with 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:55.360 all you get, get understanding. Know that it 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:57.919 is in these times where we've got to hit our 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:01.000 knees, and we've got to pray harder. Know that 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.360 it is in these times, in these moments, where 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.879 we got to reach for the Word of God, and we got 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.159 to search the Word of God. It is in these times 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:13.139 where we have to acknowledge that God has all 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:17.720 and full authority. And if you said amen to that, 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:20.639 then you also know that that means that the devil 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.179 has no authority. That means that when the devil 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:26.440 comes knocking on, that means that when your 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.440 children get sick in the middle of the night 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:31.100 and you don't understand what's going on, there 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:34.519 is no authority. There is no weapon forged against 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:38.919 me that will prosper because my God is the true 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:44.279 and only authority. Someone clap your hands, 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:47.460 hallelujah, and say amen. It is not time for 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:51.539 us to take our foot off the gas pedal. It is 00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:54.399 time for us to get serious about our lives. It 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.700 is time for us to get serious about our walk 00:13:56.700 --> 00:14:00.059 with God. It is time for us to tend to what God 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:03.299 wants for us and not what we want for ourselves. 00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:08.559 And when we look at this word desire in Luke 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.700 22, 31. This is what kind of will give you a 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:16.559 glimpse or an insight of how we, amen, started 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.879 off in the courtroom. Amen. When we look at what 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:22.899 the word desire means in the word of God, first 00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:25.019 of all, you have to remember that that word desire 00:14:25.019 --> 00:14:30.679 is not a maybe. That word desire, it's not a 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:34.220 maybe. The Bible said that saying desire, Simon, 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:39.090 that's not a maybe. It's not if he gets away 00:14:39.090 --> 00:14:42.850 today, that's okay, that's fine. If I don't get 00:14:42.850 --> 00:14:45.289 him today, I'll get him tomorrow. It's okay, 00:14:45.409 --> 00:14:48.350 that's fine. I will sleep on it. I'll give him 00:14:48.350 --> 00:14:51.470 some time. That's not what that word means. What 00:14:51.470 --> 00:14:55.490 that word is, it is a hunger. What that word 00:14:55.490 --> 00:14:58.470 is, it is a hunger that says I'm not going to 00:14:58.470 --> 00:15:03.120 stop until I get him. I'm going to pursue after 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:05.980 Simon. I'm going to go after his family. I'm 00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:08.139 going to go after his flock. I'm going to go 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:10.639 after his job. I'm going to go after his career. 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:13.320 I'm going to go after his passion. I'm going 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:19.019 to go after him until I get him. And when we 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:24.179 look at that word desire, amen, in Greek, amen, 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:29.080 that word is ixetao. I had to say it a little 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:36.059 slow so I wouldn't butcher it. And you know what 00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:40.019 that word means in Greek? It means to demand 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:48.299 for trial. To demand for trial. The desire of 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:51.960 Satan for Simon was not just to judge him, was 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:56.169 to judge him and to sentence him. The devil's 00:15:56.169 --> 00:15:59.350 strategy to see Simon's demise was to bring evidence 00:15:59.350 --> 00:16:02.909 before the Lord and to apply a verdict on Simon's 00:16:02.909 --> 00:16:06.289 life before he could even begin his ministry. 00:16:06.590 --> 00:16:09.730 The desire of Satan was to bring Simon before 00:16:09.730 --> 00:16:12.730 the council of the courtroom of heaven and present 00:16:12.730 --> 00:16:15.870 an insurmountable amount of evidence against 00:16:15.870 --> 00:16:21.340 a man like Simon. The warning was that Satan 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:26.019 was not only after Simon, but that Satan was 00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:30.200 building a case against Simon. He was gathering 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.419 evidence, amen, because he was going to bring 00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:36.620 it before God, amen, and he was going to accuse 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:41.340 Simon of everything and all that he was and was 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:45.559 not doing. And I want you to know that these 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:50.039 tactics are not new. Say in tactics, they are 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:54.700 not new tactics. But he is relentless in his 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:59.700 pursuit of you. In 1 Peter 5 -8, it reads that 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:02.080 your adversary, the devil, walks about like a 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:05.839 roaring lion, seeking who he may devour. And 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:10.039 that shows us that his pursuit is relentless 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:13.099 and that he is always looking and he is always 00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:16.970 circling. Ecclesiastes 1 -9, it says, what has 00:17:16.970 --> 00:17:19.970 been will be again. And what has been done will 00:17:19.970 --> 00:17:22.789 be done again. There is nothing new under the 00:17:22.789 --> 00:17:27.349 sun. His tactics are not creative. His tactics 00:17:27.349 --> 00:17:33.569 are only recycled. In 2 Corinthians, excuse me, 00:17:33.609 --> 00:17:36.410 chapter 2, verse 11, it says, in order that Satan 00:17:36.410 --> 00:17:40.589 might not outwit us, for we are not unaware of 00:17:40.589 --> 00:17:44.210 his schemes. The same schemes, the same patterns. 00:17:44.369 --> 00:17:49.529 It's just different seasons. The enemy doesn't 00:17:49.529 --> 00:17:52.529 know new tricks. He just needs you to forget 00:17:52.529 --> 00:17:57.069 the old ones. His tactics are predictable, but 00:17:57.069 --> 00:18:00.690 his pursuit is persistent. He'll try fear again. 00:18:00.769 --> 00:18:03.869 He'll try doubt again. He'll try condemnation 00:18:03.869 --> 00:18:07.069 again. Not because it's new, but because it worked 00:18:07.069 --> 00:18:12.859 before. We got to understand today, hallelujah, 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:16.579 that when we stand up and we allow our evidence 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:19.900 to speak, we will get there shortly. But when 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:23.019 we take a stand against the enemy and we understand 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:25.859 that these devices are old and they're recycled 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:28.779 and there is nothing new that the devil can remind 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:31.799 me about myself. Yes, I might have been a liar. 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:34.460 Yes, I might have been a cheater. Yes, I might 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:36.819 have done this. And yes, I might have done that. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.940 But today I sit in the house of the Lord saying, 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:43.579 Saved and washed by the precious blood of the 00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:49.400 Lamb of God. Hallelujah. Today I am convinced 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:53.180 that the evidence that is presented in this court, 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:56.720 in this case, it is the evidence that I speak 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:04.799 today. Here are a few more examples of Satan 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:07.079 doing the same thing. Remember he did the same 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:11.259 thing to Job. When he went before God, amen, 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:15.279 and he spoke against Job. And he told God, hallelujah, 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:19.700 in Job 9 through 11. He told the Lord, you have 00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:22.599 blessed the work of his hands so that his flocks 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:24.900 and his herd spread throughout the land. But 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:27.220 now stretch your hand and strike everything he 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:30.539 has and he will surely curse you to your face. 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:34.759 Satan is presenting the argument before God. 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:38.579 He is challenging Job's integrity. He is going 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:41.460 before God in the courtroom of heaven and presenting 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:45.480 the evidence against Job. He did the same thing 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:50.039 to Joshua in Zechariah 3, 1 -2 where it says 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:52.660 that he showed me Joshua the high priest standing 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:55.980 before the angel of the Lord and Satan standing 00:19:55.980 --> 00:20:00.660 at his right side to accuse him. Joshua is standing 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:03.660 before the angel like a defendant, and Satan 00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:06.779 is standing at the right hand, positioned as 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:12.619 the accuser. While Joshua stood before God, Satan 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:17.660 stood beside him, ready to accuse. Satan positioned 00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:20.960 himself. He made sure he was in the direct side 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:23.799 of Joshua, so that Joshua wouldn't just hear 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:27.019 the accusations, but he would see the accuser 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:30.559 in action. Satan wasn't just attacking Job and 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:33.559 Joshua. He was building a case against them to 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:36.019 prove that they were guilty. And I'm telling 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:38.660 you today that there is a devil that is waiting 00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:42.039 outside of that door to do the same to you. He 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:45.180 is waiting to accuse you. He is waiting for you 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:48.559 to make a mistake. He is waiting for you to fall. 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:52.099 He is waiting for you to fail. He is waiting 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:55.240 for you to get angry. He is waiting for you to 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.579 get upset. He is waiting for... you hallelujah 00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:02.400 to fall short of the glory of God hallelujah 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:05.660 and as a parent I want to remind you just like 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:08.680 Simon before he started his ministry you have 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:11.559 children that have not yet started their ministry 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:14.859 but God has called them with purpose say it is 00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:17.599 after your children as well say it is targeting 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:20.380 your children as well this is why we've got to 00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:22.900 pray for our children we've got to stand for 00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:25.359 our children we've got to fight for our children 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:29.019 we've got to pray against the enemy hallelujah 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:35.500 This is not, amen, a sermon or reminder of fear. 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:38.680 This is just simply an awareness. Hallelujah. 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:41.900 We've got to be aware of our enemy. Just because 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:44.779 everything is okay and everything is all right, 00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:47.140 that doesn't mean that the enemy is lurking. 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.420 That doesn't mean that the enemy is waiting. 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:52.200 You don't have to walk around in fear because 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:55.119 God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a peace, 00:21:55.160 --> 00:22:02.900 a power, and a sound mind. I know sometimes it's 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:08.000 hard for us, amen, to admit that we're not perfect. 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:12.839 I know sometimes it's hard for us, amen, to admit 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:15.839 that sometimes we make mistakes. But let me tell 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:18.819 you something, until we make it to heaven, none 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:22.190 of us are perfect in this place. Until we make 00:22:22.190 --> 00:22:25.089 it to heaven, we need all of God's grace. We 00:22:25.089 --> 00:22:28.009 need all of God's mercy. We need the blood that 00:22:28.009 --> 00:22:31.369 continually flows from Calvary to today. Amen. 00:22:31.390 --> 00:22:38.329 To cover us. Amen. And to protect us. Amen. Satan 00:22:38.329 --> 00:22:41.650 is walking around and he's recording every argument, 00:22:41.730 --> 00:22:45.460 building your case. He's recording every conversation, 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:49.079 building your case. Every web browser that you 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:51.819 open that you shouldn't be opening, he's recording 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:55.319 and building your case. Every lie, amen, every 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:58.500 deceit, every thought, every negative thing that 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:01.319 you say, he's collecting it and he's building 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:06.500 his case. All the things, hallelujah, that we, 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:09.319 amen, disregard and the things that we do not 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:12.559 regard, Satan is collecting it and he's building 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:16.500 his case against you. But I want you to know 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:19.259 when I stand here today, and I'm sure you can 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:22.640 agree with me when I say this. Hey, Satan, go 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:25.700 ahead and build your case. Go ahead. Hallelujah. 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:29.119 Stack it up as high as you want. Stack it up 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:31.619 as high as you can. Because I'm telling you, 00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:34.480 when I step into a court of law and Satan is 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:36.980 looking, saying that you're guilty, I have the 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:40.140 best defense attorney under heaven. Hallelujah. 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:43.960 I have God Almighty standing right by my side. 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:46.849 Hallelujah. Take it in, everything that the devil 00:23:46.849 --> 00:23:52.210 is trying to convince him that I am guilty. In 00:23:52.210 --> 00:23:57.190 Luke 22, 32, the Bible says that God tells Simon, 00:23:57.410 --> 00:24:04.529 but I have prayed for thee. Jesus is at your 00:24:04.529 --> 00:24:08.450 defense today. Jesus is your defense attorney 00:24:08.450 --> 00:24:11.349 today. Come on, someone say amen. If you are 00:24:11.349 --> 00:24:13.900 excited about that. He's your defense attorney 00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:17.900 today. Before the trial began, he already prayed 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:21.000 for you. Before the failure, he already covered 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:24.920 you. Before the mistake, God was already interceding 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:31.420 for you and I. In Romans 8, 34, 33 -34, it says, 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:33.799 who will bring any charge against those whom 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:37.609 God has chosen? That's you and I. It is God who 00:24:37.609 --> 00:24:41.410 justifies, who then is the one who condemns no 00:24:41.410 --> 00:24:45.450 one. Christ Jesus who died, more than that, who 00:24:45.450 --> 00:24:48.690 was raised to life, is at the right hand of God 00:24:48.690 --> 00:24:52.490 and is also interceding for us. He interceded 00:24:52.490 --> 00:24:55.769 for you when he was on the cross. He interceded 00:24:55.769 --> 00:24:58.329 for you when he closed his eyes and he took his 00:24:58.329 --> 00:25:01.690 last breath. He was interceding for you and I. 00:25:04.650 --> 00:25:07.210 I want to point this point out to you because 00:25:07.210 --> 00:25:10.450 we all know what intercession and what this means. 00:25:10.930 --> 00:25:13.329 Interceding. We know what this means. To stand 00:25:13.329 --> 00:25:16.769 in between. To be the mediator. To speak on someone 00:25:16.769 --> 00:25:22.650 else's behalf. To plead someone's case. Hebrews 00:25:22.650 --> 00:25:27.259 7. chapter 7, 25, it says, therefore he is able 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:30.980 to save completely those who came to God through 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:34.380 him because he always lives to intercede for 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:38.640 them. He who then is the one who condemns no 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:42.059 one, Jesus Christ who died, more than that who 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:45.319 is raised to life is the right hand of God also 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:50.460 interceding for us. The covering did not finish 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:53.599 at the cross. Today, right now, at this very 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:57.599 moment, God is actively representing you. God 00:25:57.599 --> 00:26:01.119 is actively covering you. Speaking on your behalf. 00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:06.240 He's proving your case. God is not pleading your 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:11.039 case. He's proving your case. Because the enemy 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:16.529 never sleeps. Because he is the accuser. The 00:26:16.529 --> 00:26:20.069 Bible says that he goes before the Lord day and 00:26:20.069 --> 00:26:25.450 night accusing each and every one of us. I got 00:26:25.450 --> 00:26:28.089 some good news for you today because God is also 00:26:28.089 --> 00:26:32.720 interceding day and night on our behalf. God 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:35.420 has always stepped in, amen, and is always there 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:38.019 to catch us when we fall. That's why when we 00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:40.420 read scriptures that he will never leave us nor 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:43.079 forsake us. That he would be with us until the 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:46.119 end of the earth, amen. That is not just, amen, 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.299 a good word or good news. That is a literal sense 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:52.279 that when we walk in his spirit, we live in his 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:55.119 spirit. God will always be with us. God will 00:26:55.119 --> 00:27:00.529 never leave us. God will never forsake us. Satan 00:27:00.529 --> 00:27:04.470 speaks about your past, but God speaks about 00:27:04.470 --> 00:27:08.289 your covering. The Bible says that the enemy 00:27:08.289 --> 00:27:11.349 accuses us day and night, and at the same time, 00:27:11.349 --> 00:27:16.769 Jesus lives to make intercession for us. Every 00:27:16.769 --> 00:27:20.509 accusation is being answered by intercession. 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:24.240 And I am so grateful for this, Bishop. I am so 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:26.940 grateful for this. Hallelujah. Because it's the 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:29.779 reason why I am here today. It's the reason why 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:32.859 you and I are here today. I am so grateful that 00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:35.299 he kept me. I am so grateful that he covered 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:38.579 me. I am so grateful that he sustained me. Even 00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:41.599 in my weakest moments. Because when I am weak, 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:45.000 he makes me strong. His intercession keeps me. 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:50.299 It keeps me safe. It protects me. His intercession. 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:55.799 It vindicates me. In Psalms 23 .5, it reads, 00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:58.519 you prepare a table before the presence of your 00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:02.539 enemies and you anoint my head with oil. My cup 00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:07.140 overflows. In the courtroom of heaven, this does 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:10.859 not mean or give an escape. But what it does, 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:14.539 it presents a public vindication. God doesn't 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:18.180 remove the enemy first. He sets a table right 00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:21.650 in front of him. In other words, the same place 00:28:21.650 --> 00:28:24.950 the enemy expected your defeat, amen, becomes 00:28:24.950 --> 00:28:29.329 a place that God displays your favor. The anointing 00:28:29.329 --> 00:28:32.869 of oil upon my head, it represents authority 00:28:32.869 --> 00:28:36.329 and identity. God is saying you are still chosen. 00:28:36.470 --> 00:28:38.970 You are still covered. You are still appointed 00:28:38.970 --> 00:28:49.259 even after you fail. My cup runs over. It means 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:52.059 that there's not enough evidence. It means that 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:55.019 there's overflowing evidence. It means that there 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:57.960 is more evidence, that there is more grace, that 00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:00.440 there is enough mercy, that there is more than 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:03.140 enough proof that God, hallelujah, has been with 00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:08.470 you all along. The enemy shows up with accusation, 00:29:08.529 --> 00:29:11.250 but God sets the table of evidence. The enemy 00:29:11.250 --> 00:29:14.250 points to your past, but God anoints your identity. 00:29:14.329 --> 00:29:18.049 The enemy focuses on your downfall, but God will 00:29:18.049 --> 00:29:21.630 prove your covering and the overflowing of grace 00:29:21.630 --> 00:29:32.710 before the enemy. So there's no need to argue. 00:29:34.190 --> 00:29:38.029 There's no need to defend or to be indefensive 00:29:38.029 --> 00:29:42.109 or to fall under a defensive mindset because 00:29:42.109 --> 00:29:45.990 I don't have to defend myself. God is defending 00:29:45.990 --> 00:29:49.609 me as we speak. When I come short of the glory 00:29:49.609 --> 00:29:53.410 of God and I repent and I ask God to cover me 00:29:53.410 --> 00:29:56.269 and I ask God to create in me a clean heart, 00:29:56.329 --> 00:30:00.029 to renew a right spirit within me, God then stands 00:30:00.029 --> 00:30:03.609 up before the enemy and says he is no longer 00:30:03.609 --> 00:30:07.589 guilty. He is no longer at fault. I have covered 00:30:07.589 --> 00:30:11.309 him. He's repented. This is why we cannot blow 00:30:11.309 --> 00:30:14.869 an opportunity when we come to church. This is 00:30:14.869 --> 00:30:17.930 not why that we blow an opportunity every time 00:30:17.930 --> 00:30:21.009 we have a moment to come to the altar. Every 00:30:21.009 --> 00:30:23.910 time you have a moment to lift your hands in 00:30:23.910 --> 00:30:28.289 worship. We cannot blow the opportunity. Hallelujah 00:30:28.289 --> 00:30:32.769 for God to continue to cover us. I know I heard 00:30:32.769 --> 00:30:36.009 someone say a while ago that just because they 00:30:36.009 --> 00:30:40.069 have an altar call, I don't need to go. Well, 00:30:40.089 --> 00:30:43.400 you're right. You don't have to. But if you want 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:46.039 God's covering, you better lift up your hands 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:49.759 and pray to God. We cannot walk into this place 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:52.299 and think that we are going to be changed by 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:55.039 not opening up our mouths. The Bible says to 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:58.380 confess, amen, to confess. We've got to confess, 00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:01.539 amen, that we've been saved. We've got to confess, 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:04.859 amen, that we need repentance. We've got to confess 00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:08.039 that we need a touch from God. We've got to confess 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:11.200 that we cannot do this on our own, but by the 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:13.980 strength and the all, amen, the power of the 00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:19.430 almighty God. His blood has saved us. His intercession 00:31:19.430 --> 00:31:21.990 has covered us. And this is all the evidence 00:31:21.990 --> 00:31:27.349 that we need. But we have to do our part. This 00:31:27.349 --> 00:31:30.109 brings me to the third and last point is we have 00:31:30.109 --> 00:31:35.789 to let the evidence speak. Revelation 12, 11, 00:31:36.029 --> 00:31:38.589 it says, and they have overcame him by the blood 00:31:38.589 --> 00:31:41.490 of the lamb and by the word of their testimony. 00:31:42.569 --> 00:31:45.670 If you're baptized, amen, today in the name of 00:31:45.670 --> 00:31:48.170 Jesus Christ, and you have been washed, amen, 00:31:48.210 --> 00:31:51.089 by the blood of the slain lamb, then that means 00:31:51.089 --> 00:31:53.950 that God has cleansed you and made you whole. 00:31:54.130 --> 00:31:57.269 That means that God, amen, has forgiven you. 00:31:57.349 --> 00:32:00.190 That means that you have been transformed. You've 00:32:00.190 --> 00:32:03.890 been created new, a new creature in God. But 00:32:03.890 --> 00:32:09.970 that is what Jesus did. That's what he did. And 00:32:09.970 --> 00:32:14.349 it is up to us, amen, to proclaim this. We not 00:32:14.349 --> 00:32:18.190 only need the blood, but we need our testimony. 00:32:19.369 --> 00:32:23.750 The blood covers us, but our testimony proves 00:32:23.750 --> 00:32:29.150 who you are. Your testimony is evidence submitted. 00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:34.000 See, we need to understand by the grace of God 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:36.140 and the covering of the blood of the lamb that 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:39.339 God did his part. But I think that we have forgotten 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:44.380 just how powerful our testimony is. I think that 00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:47.519 we have forgotten, amen, that when you tell someone 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:50.940 about the goodness of God, when you tell someone 00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:54.400 that you once were lost but now you are found, 00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:57.799 when you tell someone, amen, that God made a 00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:00.099 way out of no way. We just got through singing 00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:02.940 Waymaker. How many times has God made a way? 00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:05.900 How many times and not just over your life, day 00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:08.839 after day, moment after moment, minute after 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:11.880 minute, God is continually working in your life. 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:17.160 Because what your testimony is saying, this is 00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:19.779 what God did for me. This is what God did for 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:22.319 me. This is what the blood did for me. Hey, I 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:24.859 might not be perfect and I might be struggling. 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:27.880 But I am still here today by the power of my 00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:34.900 testimony. Because God has acquitted me. It is 00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:37.599 not enough for the blood just to run down the 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:40.559 hill of Calvary alone. And for it to cover us 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:45.839 and we not say anything. Your testimony is powerful. 00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:50.859 In Acts 4 .33 it says with great power the apostles 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:57.140 continued to testify. Where's brother Tony? Come 00:33:57.140 --> 00:34:01.900 on up. With great power the apostles continued 00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:05.680 to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:09.940 And God's grace was so powerful at work in them 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:13.789 all. Do you understand that when you release, 00:34:13.829 --> 00:34:17.309 amen, your testimony, you are releasing the power 00:34:17.309 --> 00:34:20.489 of God. You are releasing the power of Calvary. 00:34:20.650 --> 00:34:24.030 You are releasing the power of the blood. Hallelujah. 00:34:24.309 --> 00:34:26.849 I'll be honest with you. When I was younger, 00:34:26.969 --> 00:34:30.170 I was ashamed that my father was a heroin addict. 00:34:30.389 --> 00:34:33.250 When I was younger, I was ashamed that we had 00:34:33.250 --> 00:34:35.869 to wear the same clothes over and over again. 00:34:36.090 --> 00:34:38.550 When I was younger, I was ashamed that I had 00:34:38.550 --> 00:34:41.000 to stand in that welfare line and get that. That 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:43.860 big old white, hallelujah, block of cheese. Amen. 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:46.920 That just said cheese really big in big black 00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:49.300 letters. And on the back side it said ingredients. 00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:53.599 It said cheese. That's all it said. I was ashamed 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:56.059 when I had to stand in line and I had to collect 00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:59.059 that book. Amen. So that my mom could go get 00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:01.460 us groceries. I was ashamed of where I lived. 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:05.179 I was ashamed of how I was raised and how I was 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:10.059 brought up. And that shame sometimes will keep 00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:13.760 us from sharing our testimony. Because some of 00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:16.280 us are still shameful of where we came from. 00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:19.900 Some of us are still shameful of where God brought 00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:23.659 us from. But I want to tell you right now, there's 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:26.420 nothing to be ashamed about. You want to know 00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:29.000 countless times I've been able to witness to 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.579 the drug addict because of what God did for my 00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:35.539 father? Can I tell you? that most times I can 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:38.039 witness to people who have money and people who 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:40.460 don't have money because of what I experienced 00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:43.599 and what God brought me through? I can tell you 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:45.340 that there are times where I've witnessed to 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:48.079 people, amen, who were demon -possessed, people 00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:50.860 who were afflicted, people who were afflicted 00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:53.719 with anxiety, people who were afflicted with 00:35:53.719 --> 00:36:04.800 stress and concern, and they were... How? By 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:07.679 the power of my testimony. Because I know who 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:10.139 I am. Because I know where God brought me from. 00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:15.019 And sometimes this is where people get lost when 00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:18.360 we talk about losing our identity. It's not about 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:21.039 losing who you are now. You forgot about who 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:24.460 you were. And you forgot about where God brought 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:27.619 you from. My friend, I don't care what you've 00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:29.800 done. And I don't care what you've been through. 00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:32.320 And I don't care about the mistakes. And I don't 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:35.260 care about what it is that's ailing you and what's 00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:38.480 burdening you and what has you. I'm here to tell 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:41.840 you that you can stand up. Hallelujah. If you 00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:44.460 can stand up and if you can speak your evidence. 00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:48.420 If you can speak against those things. Hey, hallelujah. 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:51.059 I know things are not all right. I know things 00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:53.800 are not okay. Maybe things are a little tough. 00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:56.760 But I'm going to speak. The evidence today. I've 00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:59.019 been freed by the blood of the lamb. Hallelujah. 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:01.159 I've been liberated by the lamb. Hallelujah. 00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:03.920 I've been liberated by Calvary. I've been baptized 00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:08.559 in the name of Jesus. I've been forgiven. Stand 00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:20.760 with me. You've got to understand the power of 00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:23.780 your testimony. The devil is going to accuse 00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:27.380 you. The devil is going to charge you. The enemy 00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:29.679 is always going to be whispering in your ear, 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:32.440 telling you that you're not enough, telling you 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:35.039 that you're not doing enough. Hey, man, bringing 00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:37.699 that shame back onto you. Remember where you 00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:42.400 used to be. Remember who you used to be. It's 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:45.500 a constant fight. The Bible says that he accuses 00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:52.420 us day and night. The devil doesn't sleep. And 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:54.699 we need to remind ourselves that any time we 00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:57.320 feel down, any time we don't feel like we're 00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:00.139 enough, any time we don't feel like we are enough, 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:05.699 that we can speak the evidence. God is still 00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:10.460 with me. Even though I am weak, he makes me strong. 00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:15.789 I can push through this. My ministry is just 00:38:15.789 --> 00:38:18.210 around the corner. My blessing is just around 00:38:18.210 --> 00:38:21.369 the corner. My calling is still active. Hallelujah. 00:38:22.449 --> 00:38:25.590 All I got to do is speak the evidence. Speak 00:38:25.590 --> 00:38:28.409 the truth. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. That I am 00:38:28.409 --> 00:38:31.130 more than a conqueror. That I am more than a 00:38:31.130 --> 00:38:33.829 conqueror. That God has already given me the 00:38:33.829 --> 00:38:36.349 victory. Hallelujah. That I have the greatest 00:38:36.349 --> 00:38:40.050 defense. And that God was slain. The price has 00:38:40.050 --> 00:38:40.989 already been paid.