1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,440 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:23,060 To get connected or to give online go to connect.hcv.church or give.hcv.church. 3 00:00:23,060 --> 00:00:27,360 If at any point during this message you feel called to make a change in your life, text 4 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,840 change me to 970-00. 5 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,240 Thank you and enjoy the message. 6 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,680 Hey, good morning everyone. 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,080 Welcome to the HCV Circus. 8 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,920 You know as you bounce around to those tunes, it's kind of like a circus environment, a 9 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:42,920 circus atmosphere. 10 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,920 I just want to share with all of you, I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm just full 11 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:53,320 of anticipation and full of excitement to share this talk with you. 12 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,280 Actually it's been building since Monday. 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,040 I was ready to just rip it off Monday, but it's built and I've prayed over the last 14 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,720 several days and I'm just basically ready to explode. 15 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,600 If you're joining us from home or HHC, thank you for welcoming us into your space. 16 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,480 We love you and are so thankful for you. 17 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,200 Just one real quick announcement. 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,780 Today after the third gathering, everyone say third. 19 00:01:17,780 --> 00:01:24,120 We are going to transform this building and make it prom night. 20 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:29,240 This Friday, if you don't know, is Tim Tebow's night to shine for the mentally handicapped 21 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:35,760 in our area and we're going to have hundreds of people in our auditorium where they are 22 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,360 going to have a prom that they'll remember forever. 23 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:40,440 So here's the trick though. 24 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:46,280 We need some of you to come back and help us decorate and make this space exciting for 25 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,960 a giant party. 26 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,880 Now listen, there's no more football. 27 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:58,040 Football is over for those of us that support teams in our local area and we all know who's 28 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:04,240 going to win the Super Bowl because it's all rigged anyway and we all know, we all know 29 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,960 that the refs are going to make sure the chiefs win another champion gym, right? 30 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,140 So we know it. 31 00:02:11,140 --> 00:02:13,360 So we're not going to watch the game anyway. 32 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,500 We don't care about football. 33 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:17,120 So come back and decorate. 34 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:18,480 Sound good? 35 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,800 And you don't have to worry about the late game. 36 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,640 Come and do some roller skating for family skate night. 37 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:26,400 So we just, we don't need football. 38 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,640 We don't need football. 39 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:28,880 We just need a lot of Jesus. 40 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,360 Okay, a lot of Jesus. 41 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:31,660 All right. 42 00:02:31,660 --> 00:02:37,600 So I want to start off our new series with a question. 43 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:44,180 When you think of spiritual warfare, what do you think of? 44 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:52,080 When you think of spiritual warfare, what comes to mind? 45 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:57,000 Cause see, here's one reality that I can tell you that if you're in a relationship with 46 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:03,320 Jesus, you are facing assaults from an unseen demonic spirit. 47 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:11,800 Assaults that come in the form of deception, temptation, doubt, accusations, condemnation 48 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:20,640 and the list goes on and on and on, which is why we need to put on the armor of God. 49 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:25,880 So for the month of February, we're going to be discussing the armor of God in our new 50 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,960 series Under Armor. 51 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:33,680 And this suit of armor will be joining me on stage throughout the series. 52 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,160 Now I want you to take notice and if you need to walk up later and get a little closer, 53 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,160 you can. 54 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,640 This suit of armor has been sitting in a barn for years. 55 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,600 It hasn't seen daylight for 20, 30, 40 years. 56 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,440 Who knows how long. 57 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:56,480 And if you get up here and look at it, you can tell it's moldy, it's musty, it's dusty, 58 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,920 it stinks. 59 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:07,800 But unfortunately for many followers of Jesus, this is what your armor looks like. 60 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:13,000 This is your armor because you don't know how to use it and you didn't even know we 61 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,600 needed it. 62 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:15,960 Why? 63 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,960 Because we get busy with our schedules and our pursuits and when a struggle or a crisis 64 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,800 sneaks up on us, we try to fight it in our own strength. 65 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:31,340 We aren't wearing our armor, which is simply our connection to Jesus. 66 00:04:31,340 --> 00:04:35,820 And suddenly we find ourselves overcome by temptation. 67 00:04:35,820 --> 00:04:40,360 We lie instead of speaking truth, we harbor bitterness instead of forgiving. 68 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:44,040 We gossip and slander instead of pursuing peace. 69 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,760 We justify sin instead of repenting of it. 70 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,680 We indulge in lusts instead of loving God. 71 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:58,080 In church we grieve the spirit when we do those things and then our joy is gone and 72 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,760 we're no longer living in the abundance that Jesus promised. 73 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:09,120 Listen, we have to understand the struggle is spiritual. 74 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,760 The struggle is spiritual. 75 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:17,360 And I really believe that many of you are gathered here today, this morning, or watching 76 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:23,960 online, and you're going to be transformed because you've been fighting the wrong battle. 77 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,920 You've been focused on the physical and today you will be victorious in your life as you 78 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,120 realize the struggle is spiritual. 79 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,720 So let's open in prayer and ask God to transform us. 80 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,760 Holy Spirit come. 81 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,800 God we're just thankful for each and every person gathered here watching online. 82 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:47,240 Just invade our lives today in Jesus' name. 83 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,740 Change us. 84 00:05:48,740 --> 00:05:55,880 Make us more like you as we become aware of this battle. 85 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,320 And we give this time to you. 86 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,200 God use my words, may they be yours not mine. 87 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,200 In Jesus' name and together we said, Amen. 88 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,840 Our first thought this morning, the struggle is real. 89 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:07,640 Everyone nod, we know that. 90 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,760 The struggle is real every single day, but it's not physical. 91 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,120 It's not physical. 92 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,520 The book of Ephesians was written by Paul to followers of Jesus gathered in the city 93 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,200 of Ephesus. 94 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:24,080 This was a growing and thriving community of faith, very similar to HCV. 95 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:30,760 And Paul in chapter six of his letter, he addresses the topic of spiritual warfare. 96 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:37,560 And Paul is presenting to the church the case that there's more going on behind the scenes 97 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:42,560 of their lives than they realize, than we realize. 98 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,960 That there's an enemy in this world that desires to steal, kill, and destroy our lives as followers 99 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,140 of Jesus. 100 00:06:50,140 --> 00:06:56,480 And we have to come to the conclusion that the struggle is spiritual. 101 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:03,360 And we can't beat or overcome our struggles when we try to fight them in the natural. 102 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:09,000 And today I'm gonna talk to some parents or some married couples or maybe a person that's 103 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:15,040 single, a person without a job or a purpose, a person struggling with addiction, a purpose, 104 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,760 a person struggling with grief. 105 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:24,680 That you think the battle is all in your physical or your flesh and it's not. 106 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,160 The struggle is more spiritual than you think. 107 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:35,800 And you need to overcome it, not in the natural, but first in the spiritual in order to see 108 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,360 any victory in your life. 109 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,080 Let's read what Paul wrote in Ephesians six, 10 to 12. 110 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,180 A final word, be strong in the Lord and his mighty power. 111 00:07:44,180 --> 00:07:49,020 Put on all of God's armor that you will be able to stand firm against the strategies 112 00:07:49,020 --> 00:07:50,340 of the devil. 113 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:53,720 For we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies. 114 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,840 And let me just pause there for a second. 115 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,240 For we are not fighting against our bosses. 116 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,720 We are not fighting against our coworkers. 117 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,260 We're not fighting against our landlord. 118 00:08:05,260 --> 00:08:07,500 He or she is not the issue. 119 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:09,880 We are not fighting against our spouses. 120 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,020 They aren't the problem. 121 00:08:12,020 --> 00:08:14,620 We are not fighting against our kids. 122 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:17,120 They're not causing the stress. 123 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:22,160 For some of you, your ex is not your issue. 124 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,520 Can we get real here? 125 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,240 The Republicans are not the problem. 126 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,440 The Democrats are not the issue. 127 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,240 It's not Trump's fault and it's not Biden's fault. 128 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,640 The struggle is way more spiritual than we think. 129 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:43,480 And listen, if the church is always gathering and focused on the physical, then we're gonna 130 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:50,280 lose and we're gonna be defeated because we're in a battle, in a fight that's spiritual. 131 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,840 Paul continues, we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies but against evil rulers 132 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,680 and authorities of the unseen world against mighty powers in this dark world and against 133 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:02,800 the evil spirits in the heavenly places. 134 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:07,120 And then not only is it those that we're fighting against but we have to identify who this enemy 135 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,120 is. 136 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:13,280 Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 10, 3 through 4, we are human but we don't wage war as humans 137 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:14,520 do. 138 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:20,640 We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning 139 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,860 and destroy false arguments. 140 00:09:22,860 --> 00:09:28,880 We don't wage war as humans do and many of us, we immediately go to gun and ammo. 141 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,480 That's what we think, that that's a fight, that that's a war, that that's the posture 142 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:39,160 of war but that's not the posture of human warring right now. 143 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,060 You know what the posture of human warring is right now? 144 00:09:42,060 --> 00:09:44,240 It's a thumb war. 145 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,800 That's how they war. 146 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,480 They war with their thumbs behind screens. 147 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,380 Man, wait till I share this post. 148 00:09:52,380 --> 00:09:57,480 This is gonna put them in their place. 149 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,640 But we're not called to wage war as our society does. 150 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,920 We can't fight a battle on social media. 151 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,640 We can't defeat an enemy by ghosting a person. 152 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,960 We have to wage war with our spiritual weapons. 153 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:16,080 If your marriage is currently weak and on the rocks, if you find yourself in debt or 154 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:21,120 struggling to pay the bills, if you're praying for your kids to come back to Jesus, if you're 155 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:27,920 overwhelmed with your emotions and your grief, stop trying to change it in the natural. 156 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,240 Don't try to do it the way the world wants you to. 157 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,640 Start doing it the way God says to do it. 158 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:39,560 We have to start using God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to what? 159 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:42,520 Knock down strongholds. 160 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,280 It doesn't matter what you're facing today. 161 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:50,920 If you start with the spiritual, I promise everything will change. 162 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,080 Your marriage will improve. 163 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,360 Your finances will change. 164 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,240 Your addictions will be broken. 165 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,780 Your relationships will strengthen. 166 00:10:57,780 --> 00:11:00,560 Your anxiety goes away. 167 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:01,560 How do I know that? 168 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:06,600 I received this testimony just on Thursday. 169 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,720 Maybe you were personally praying for this Post-It Note. 170 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:15,400 As a result of the 21 days of prayer and fasting, I'm off both my anxiety meds that I needed 171 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,680 to be on to get through this difficult season of life. 172 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:22,680 One was for my nerves and the other was for my sleep. 173 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:23,680 I am healed. 174 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:29,440 I flushed them down the toilet. 175 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:34,120 The battle, the battle is spiritual. 176 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,920 Now when are you guys going to catch on? 177 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,080 I'm trying to give you an opportunity to respond. 178 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,120 You're all just sitting there like hmm. 179 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:46,120 The battle, the battle is, oh wow. 180 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:54,600 Okay, let's all go back to kindergarten, okay? 181 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,120 The battle is spiritual. 182 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:58,440 Well this leads us to our next thought. 183 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,080 You see spiritual attacks must be expected. 184 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:06,800 Ephesians 6, 12, for we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies but against evil rulers 185 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,840 and authorities in the ill-entity world against mighty powers in this dark world and against 186 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,460 evil spirits in the heavenly places. 187 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:20,560 If you're doing anything for God right now, if you're making a difference for his kingdom, 188 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:24,400 we have to expect the enemy to come in and try to take us out. 189 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:30,400 A few weeks ago we baptized 63 people on a Sunday morning and each one of them that were 190 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:35,480 baptized, now listen, each one of them that were baptized were told this is going to be 191 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,600 the most difficult week of your life. 192 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:43,920 And it wasn't to scare them, it wasn't to intimidate them, it was to make them aware 193 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:50,560 that when you declare Jesus boldly in public before everyone attacks, they're coming your 194 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:51,560 way. 195 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:57,360 In two weeks we'll be learning about our shield, Ephesians 6, 16, in addition to all these, 196 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:04,120 hold up the shield of faith to stop the notice, fiery arrows of the devil. 197 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:08,080 We have to stop the fiery arrows. 198 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:12,020 So for those of you here this morning, it's not a coincidence that when you started giving 199 00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:15,720 to the church you lost your job or experienced financial hardship. 200 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,360 For those of you here this morning, it's not a coincidence that when you went all in with 201 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:25,520 Jesus, both feet in the kingdom of God, pursuing him with all your heart, that you and your 202 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,720 spouse fought all week over absolutely nothing. 203 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:35,060 It's not coincidence that you are here this morning and you're struggling with grief and 204 00:13:35,060 --> 00:13:42,440 pain and you're not able to overcome it because the enemy wants to tear you down. 205 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:48,040 Now, if you're sitting here this morning or you're watching online and you don't believe 206 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:53,880 any of this is true, because you're living a comfortable life with no problems, no temptations, 207 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,700 or no struggles. 208 00:13:56,700 --> 00:14:01,540 Maybe that's because you're not doing anything for Jesus. 209 00:14:01,540 --> 00:14:04,500 That could possibly be because you're not serving. 210 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,160 You're not choosing to give her tithe. 211 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,120 You're easily distracted with binge watching or social media. 212 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:14,160 You're not inviting and including others who experience the life changing realities of 213 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,160 Jesus. 214 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,440 C.S. Lewis wrote these words in screw tape letters. 215 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:23,960 And please understand this book was about demonic influence in spiritual warfare. 216 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,280 And these words were coming from a demon that was a part of a spiritual war to take down 217 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,760 the Christian that they were focused on. 218 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:37,320 And these words say, a moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all. 219 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,720 And it's much more amusing. 220 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,420 In other words, for those of you that are comfortable in your relationship with Jesus, 221 00:14:44,420 --> 00:14:49,500 the demons are laughing at you because they don't have to do anything to bring you down. 222 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:52,120 Could that be why your life is so boring and unnerving? 223 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:57,280 I mean, after all, 2 Corinthians 2, 11 says, I wrote to you as I did to test you and see 224 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,120 if you would fully comply with my instructions. 225 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,560 When you forgive this man, I forgive him too. 226 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,640 And when I forgive whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ's authority for your benefit. 227 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,720 And I want you to hear these words. 228 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,420 So that Satan will not outsmart us. 229 00:15:12,420 --> 00:15:16,240 For we are familiar with his evil schemes. 230 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,600 See church, we have to be aware of the enemy's evil schemes. 231 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:25,440 And when we're experiencing struggles in our marriage, with our kids, in our serving, with 232 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:30,400 our giving, these struggles quite often are coming from the enemy to slow us down and 233 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,200 get us off course. 234 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:40,960 We have to realize that quite often the greatest spiritual attacks are right before our greatest 235 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,320 spiritual breakthrough. 236 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,520 Our greatest spiritual attacks are right before our greatest spiritual breakthrough. 237 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,520 How do you know this, Chris? 238 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:55,420 Well, Jesus, he was tempted and battled with Satan in the wilderness for 40 days. 239 00:15:55,420 --> 00:16:00,000 Right before he went on to have the greatest three years of ministry we've ever seen. 240 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:06,040 So today, if you're feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, here's my advice to you. 241 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,200 Press in. 242 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,000 Get closer to Jesus because a breakthrough is coming. 243 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,400 The enemy doesn't care about your past. 244 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,640 He doesn't care about your mistakes or your choices. 245 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,440 You know what he's afraid of? 246 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:22,360 He's afraid of your future and what you can do to the kingdom of darkness. 247 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,400 And he's trying to knock you off course, which leads us to our next thought. 248 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,160 Spiritual attacks must be exposed. 249 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:33,000 See, Jesus was telling the disciples that he was going to the cross. 250 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,960 He was going to the cross to die for the sins of the world. 251 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,120 And then we read this in Matthew 16. 252 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:45,760 But Peter, good old Peter, took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such 253 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:46,760 things. 254 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,840 Now, can you imagine reprimanding Jesus? 255 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,120 Like who does that? 256 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:59,080 Heaven forbid, Lord, he said, this will never happen to you. 257 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,720 Jesus turned to Peter and said, get away from me, Satan. 258 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,160 You are a dangerous trap to me. 259 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:10,400 You're seeing things merely from a human, notice, human point of view, not from God's. 260 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,240 Get behind me, Satan. 261 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:19,000 And please understand, only Jesus can use this tactic to challenge his disciples. 262 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,760 In other words, don't try it at home. 263 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:27,800 Your spouse is not going to respond like Peter. 264 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,320 Just a warning there. 265 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,400 And Jesus was simply teaching us a principle. 266 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:40,000 Look, Peter was not Satan, but Satan was using someone in that moment. 267 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,120 Remember, this was one of Jesus' disciples. 268 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,120 Peter was a good guy. 269 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:50,280 He left everything to follow Jesus, but the enemy can use and influence good people to 270 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:56,160 slow us down, can use and influence good people to get us off course, to bring destruction 271 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:57,160 into our lives. 272 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,480 And you know what we have to do? 273 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:03,520 If you're in a relationship with Jesus, you got to call it out, just like Jesus did. 274 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:04,880 Why? 275 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:12,120 Because we're fighting against evil rulers and authorities in the unseen world, mighty 276 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:16,800 powers in this dark place, evil spirits in the heavenly places. 277 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:23,800 And you have to understand, this isn't like the devil in a red coat with a pitchfork. 278 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:30,520 This is demonic activity that's looking to destroy us, and we have to call them out as 279 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,480 the thieves, the liars, and the manipulators they are. 280 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,360 Some of you think, well, Chris, how do I know if I'm under spiritual attack? 281 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:44,480 A few reasons I've experienced personally in my life, and the first one is extreme confusion. 282 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:49,680 Our God is a God of order, and He is not confused about your future and the promises that He 283 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,240 spoke over you. 284 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:57,160 But when we begin to question God, question His promises, question the church, when we 285 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:01,920 question our marriage friends, that's confusion, and you know where that's coming from? 286 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,560 The enemy. 287 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,020 And we have to recognize it. 288 00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:10,600 And it's not just confusion, the next one is a lack of peace. 289 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,680 Our God is a God of peace. 290 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:17,360 In fact, we know one of His titles is the Prince of Peace. 291 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:22,880 And when we're struggling with anxiety and worry, there's a really good chance that we're 292 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:28,240 under attack, which leads us to number three, and that's the desire to quit. 293 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,720 You want to throw in the towel. 294 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:30,720 I'm tired. 295 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:31,720 I'm worn out. 296 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,720 I'm frustrated. 297 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,120 I'm frustrated with the church. 298 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,400 I mean, I've said this before with my own words. 299 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:37,400 I'm done. 300 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:38,400 I'm going back to teaching. 301 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,200 I'm going to go serve tables. 302 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:41,200 I'm done. 303 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,200 Why? 304 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:43,200 Because I'm frustrated. 305 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,480 And some of you are frustrated with your marriage. 306 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,000 You're frustrated in your serving. 307 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 You want to quit. 308 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,040 And I want to look at all of you gathered here. 309 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,040 Don't quit. 310 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,040 Run the race. 311 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,080 If you're watching online, don't quit on your marriage. 312 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,680 Don't quit on your kids. 313 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:02,920 Another one is intense temptation. 314 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:07,520 Now, I'm not talking about the everyday temptation that happens to us. 315 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,280 We all know what they are, but this one's different. 316 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,960 It's when the enemy hits us where it hurts. 317 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,120 For me personally, it's when he goes after my kids. 318 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:19,280 I almost swore, but I didn't. 319 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,440 I get upset when the enemy goes after my kids. 320 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,200 And it aggravates me, and it makes me angry. 321 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,680 But that's not God's best. 322 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:36,320 And we must realize that everyone is tempted differently because our enemy knows our weaknesses. 323 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,720 And the final one is you're drawn to old lifestyles. 324 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:50,240 See, the enemy always wants to take us backwards, but God always wants us to move us forwards. 325 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:59,560 If we ever get this idea in our mind to go backwards, to DM her, to visit that establishment, 326 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,040 that old lifestyle, you know what that enemy is doing? 327 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,520 He's trying to defeat you, and he's trying to tear you down. 328 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:12,400 And God desires his church, every single one of you, to walk in greatness every single 329 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,520 day. 330 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:18,200 Because if the church was walking in the confidence and the greatness that he calls us to and 331 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,680 he speaks over us, we would change the world. 332 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,040 I get it, right? 333 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:30,120 I was preparing this talk, and I was like, man, this is so depressing. 334 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:34,240 These first three truths, I was like, man, this stinks. 335 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:39,860 I was like, I gotta steer this ship in a different direction. 336 00:21:39,860 --> 00:21:42,620 And I have that direction for you. 337 00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:48,000 Because as we expose these lives, see, there's good news, which leads us to our final thought. 338 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,200 Spiritual victory can be experienced. 339 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:58,920 See, if you're feeling attacked, defeated, overwhelmed, stressed out, today is your day. 340 00:21:58,920 --> 00:21:59,920 Listen to this encouragement. 341 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:02,640 We are human, but we don't wage war as human do. 342 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:08,680 We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down those strongholds. 343 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:14,800 We have to learn to use our spiritual weapons so that we can walk in victory through times 344 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,520 of spiritual attack. 345 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,960 We can't fight spiritual warfare with physical weapons. 346 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,600 We have to go on the offensive. 347 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:28,040 So let's learn our four spiritual weapons that we can use tomorrow when your day kicks 348 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,740 off and the first is this, the name of Jesus. 349 00:22:31,740 --> 00:22:33,840 The name of Jesus. 350 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,200 Listen to Philippians 2. 351 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:41,040 Therefore, God elevated him to the highest honor, highest place of honor and gave him 352 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,440 the name above all other names. 353 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:51,200 That at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth. 354 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:57,800 There's not a name on this planet that's gonna cause more controversy, more anger, more 355 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,880 frustration, the name of Jesus. 356 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,040 How do I know that? 357 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,560 Just start talking about him tomorrow at work. 358 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,080 Just do it. 359 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:13,640 I double dog dare you. 360 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,800 You know what's gonna happen, right? 361 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:25,520 People are gonna get angry, frustrated, and there's gonna be controversy because the name 362 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:33,200 of Jesus is packed full of power and that's how we defeat the enemy in his attacks. 363 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,400 And we need to learn to pray with authority. 364 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:37,760 We need to walk in confidence. 365 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:43,280 We need to speak with power and that happens when we use the name of Jesus. 366 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:50,160 We need to start speaking the name of Jesus over our children every single day. 367 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,200 We need to pray in Jesus' name before every meal. 368 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,600 I don't care where you are. 369 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:02,800 If you're out at the bar and you order a meal, pray boldly in Jesus' name. 370 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,920 Do it. 371 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,180 Why? 372 00:24:05,180 --> 00:24:08,660 Because that's how we declare who we follow. 373 00:24:08,660 --> 00:24:14,000 Be grateful for your job and your business in Jesus' name because I guarantee you, you 374 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,500 start speaking Jesus' name over your business, it's gonna prosper. 375 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:25,880 We take authority over those addictions, over that grief in Jesus' name. 376 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,220 I mean look what happened, Mark 16, 17, just look. 377 00:24:29,220 --> 00:24:31,820 These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe. 378 00:24:31,820 --> 00:24:35,440 They will cast out demons in my name. 379 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,520 John 16, at that time you won't need to ask me for anything. 380 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:39,880 I'll tell you the truth. 381 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:45,900 You will ask the Father directly and he will grant your request because you use my name. 382 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:48,240 You haven't done this before. 383 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:55,920 Ask using my name and you will receive and you will have abundant joy. 384 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,540 Salvation is in no other name. 385 00:24:58,540 --> 00:24:59,920 Healing is in no other name. 386 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:01,800 Hope is in no other name. 387 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,240 Friends is in no other name. 388 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:08,320 Demons flee at the name of Jesus. 389 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:17,600 In the name of Jesus, lives are changed because that name has power. 390 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,120 Which leads us to our second one, the word of God. 391 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:26,160 The Bible is the weapon that attacks the enemy, Hebrews 412, for the word of God is alive 392 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,160 and powerful. 393 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,120 It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword. 394 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:33,400 And listen, I'm going to pause here for a second, I have no idea what the difference 395 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,340 is between a single-edged sword and a double-edged sword. 396 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:38,600 But if I was in a fight, I want a double-edged sword. 397 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:39,600 How about you? 398 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,720 I want the double-edged. 399 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,000 And we quickly learn that the Bible changes things. 400 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,560 Let's continue. 401 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:52,540 Cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow, it exposes our innermost thoughts 402 00:25:52,540 --> 00:25:53,560 and desires. 403 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,760 The Bible is the only offensive weapon we are given with the armor. 404 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,840 Ephesians 617, which we'll learn about in a few weeks. 405 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:05,040 And take the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. 406 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:12,740 See when Jesus was in the desert for 40 days being tempted by the devil, he did not respond 407 00:26:12,740 --> 00:26:15,080 to the devil with a great quote. 408 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,280 Sorry. 409 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,620 He did not respond to the devil by waving his banner. 410 00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:24,520 He did not respond to the devil by blowing the ram's horn. 411 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:25,820 What did he do? 412 00:26:25,820 --> 00:26:28,360 He quoted the scriptures. 413 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:31,260 We have to use the Bible. 414 00:26:31,260 --> 00:26:32,260 And why is that? 415 00:26:32,260 --> 00:26:34,560 It's because the enemy is the master deceiver. 416 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,920 And he's going to try to trick you into thinking that God didn't say that. 417 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,080 I mean, he did it in the Garden of Eden with Eve. 418 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,800 Eve's sitting there desiring to eat the delicious apple. 419 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:52,220 It looks so good to eat, but she knew, I'm not supposed to eat it. 420 00:26:52,220 --> 00:26:54,880 But what does the enemy say to her? 421 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,040 Did God really say that? 422 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,600 Did God really say that? 423 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:05,400 See we may hear the enemy say, did God really say you're supposed to do relationships that 424 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:10,320 way because I can find some other verses that contradict it. 425 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,320 Did God really say you should honor him with the tithe? 426 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,440 I don't know. 427 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,360 That's questionable. 428 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:20,640 Did God really say you shouldn't gather with other people together? 429 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,320 I'm not sure. 430 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,200 You could just watch online. 431 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:34,600 Did God really say, did God really say, see we have to realize the voice that is most 432 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:39,360 consistent in our life is the voice we will follow. 433 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:44,720 So my question to you this morning is, are you following the Holy Spirit and the words 434 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,720 written in this Bible? 435 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,400 Are you following your inner voice that's telling you what to do because you're Lord 436 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,120 of your life? 437 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:57,440 We have to get into the Bible and begin to read it and understand it and apply it to 438 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,680 our lives because that's what HCV stands on. 439 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,440 We stand on the Bible. 440 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,240 And this afternoon you'll get an email from Rudy or somebody. 441 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,040 It won't be me. 442 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:15,040 I'll be taking a nap because I need a nap, but that's another story. 443 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:24,040 You'll be getting an email with an invitation to an armor of God devotional that all of 444 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,560 us can do together. 445 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,920 And you can jump into your Bible app. 446 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:28,920 I don't have that, Chris. 447 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:29,920 Download it. 448 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:30,920 It's free. 449 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:35,880 And start applying the Bible to your life, which leads us to our next weapon, agreement 450 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,680 in prayer. 451 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,680 We need each other. 452 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,400 When we're alone, we're easily defeated. 453 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:47,040 When we're alone, the devil whispers in our ears and messes with our minds and controls 454 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:48,280 our emotions. 455 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,560 But there's something special that happens when we have someone else supporting us in 456 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,160 prayer, encouraging us with words. 457 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,840 Many of you know, if you don't know, there's four crosses in this room now. 458 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,960 They will be here the rest of the year. 459 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:07,280 We kicked off our 21 days by putting Post-its on these crosses. 460 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,880 Last week, all the Post-its disappeared because you took them with you and we're praying for 461 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:16,400 those Post-its and you already heard a testimony of what God did. 462 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:20,440 But sometimes we need to take this a little further. 463 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:25,280 Sometimes we're struggling so mightily with an issue, a temptation, a struggle, a sin, 464 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,800 whatever it may be that we need someone to support us. 465 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,220 So I want to encourage you. 466 00:29:29,220 --> 00:29:35,880 It's okay to grab someone's hand and say, will you walk with me to that cross? 467 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,700 And allow them to see what you wrote down and put on that cross. 468 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:40,720 You know why? 469 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,320 Because they will partner with you and praying for that need and they don't need to take 470 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:48,320 the need and then you got someone else that will take the need and now you got two people 471 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,140 praying for you. 472 00:29:50,140 --> 00:29:55,200 The point is, when we agree in prayer, things change. 473 00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:01,920 Matthew 18, I tell you this, if two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you 474 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,260 ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 475 00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:08,400 For where two or three are gathered together as my followers, I'm there amongst them. 476 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:14,080 See, quite often we don't see victory in our lives because we're so isolated. 477 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,360 We're so removed. 478 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,560 We need to get around other Jesus followers. 479 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,200 I'm gonna challenge you. 480 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,200 You want to grow in your faith? 481 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:27,400 Get around someone else that's more passionate about Jesus than you. 482 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:28,680 Get around them. 483 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,560 Let them rub off on you. 484 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,000 Not me. 485 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,520 You don't want to be me. 486 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,960 But someone out there, let them rub off on you. 487 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:42,920 Because suddenly you're gonna realize, wow, there's so much more to this Jesus thing, 488 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,480 but I needed someone else to encourage me. 489 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,680 And they will agree with you in prayer. 490 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,360 They will agree that your children will go home and meet Jesus. 491 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,200 They will agree and pray for that addiction to be broken. 492 00:30:55,200 --> 00:31:01,560 See, we have to realize, we is always better than me. 493 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,660 That's what God's best is. 494 00:31:03,660 --> 00:31:06,360 We is better than me. 495 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:11,480 And we have to stop fighting alone and begin to fight together and believe that God is 496 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:16,160 gonna change lives, which leads us to our final step, our final weapon, and that's praise 497 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,160 and worship. 498 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:21,280 There's something special that happens when we worship God. 499 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:26,040 And this week, just this week, I was thinking about this question, why does the devil hate 500 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,420 praise and worship so much? 501 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:32,740 And listen, I've been pastoring this church for nearly 19 years. 502 00:31:32,740 --> 00:31:36,020 Just two weeks ago, I was struggling mightily with depression. 503 00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:37,940 I was deep in a hole. 504 00:31:37,940 --> 00:31:42,000 And I reached out to a friend, and he told me, he goes, you need to stop what you're 505 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,760 doing and worship. 506 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:50,160 I said, okay, gave them thumbs up, the heart, did it all the right way. 507 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,500 I received that encouragement, and then I didn't do it. 508 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:56,420 I didn't play the song. 509 00:31:56,420 --> 00:32:02,960 I didn't tune in to the channel because I was feeling defeated. 510 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:08,160 But every Sunday, I don't know if you know this or not, but I'm the crazy guy back there 511 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:14,240 in the back, bouncing around, worshiping, just allowing God to do whatever he wants. 512 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:25,760 And every Sunday that I'm in here, I see people like this, or like this, or to take it a little 513 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,760 further like this. 514 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:32,680 Hey, honey, let me whisper some sweet nothings. 515 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,480 What's up? 516 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,800 What are we doing later? 517 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:45,320 And I'm thinking, we have one of the most dynamic worship experiences in the tri-state 518 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,320 area. 519 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,960 Okay, now listen, no, no, no, don't clap. 520 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,760 No, no, no, no, no. 521 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,320 It's not about applause. 522 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,920 Because our worship experience is about pointing you to him. 523 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,320 It's not about the lights. 524 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,840 It's not about the voices. 525 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,920 It's about pointing you to him. 526 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:15,320 And the reality is, so many people don't experience freedom because they're not willing to worship. 527 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:19,480 And I began to think, why is the devil hate, praise, and worship? 528 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,280 So I began to dig and read a little. 529 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:27,540 And before the devil fell from heaven, many scholars believe, I mean, they're divided, 530 00:33:27,540 --> 00:33:33,360 but many scholars believe that he was the chief worship leader in all his beauty and 531 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:38,600 splendor, but he became arrogant and self-obsessed and fell. 532 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:43,760 Ezekiel 28, 13, you were in Eden, the garden of God. 533 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,880 Every precious stone was your covering. 534 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,800 I mean, look how beautiful he was. 535 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:54,720 The topaz, the diamond, the jasper, the onyx, the turquoise, the emerald, the gold. 536 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:59,800 The workmanship of your timbrels and pikes was prepared for you on the day you were created. 537 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:06,520 But see, when the enemy fell from heaven, God created people to worship him and to give 538 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,360 him glory. 539 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:14,480 And the enemy is working overtime to prevent us from worshiping because when we worship, 540 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:16,040 there's a breakthrough. 541 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,560 There's a change. 542 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:24,520 James 4, therefore submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 543 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:29,320 So when we draw near to God, he will draw near to you, cleanse your hands, you sinners, 544 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,520 and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 545 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,960 Worship should be extravagant. 546 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,760 It doesn't mean we're holy rollers. 547 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,400 It doesn't mean that. 548 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,840 It means that we are passionate and submitted to God. 549 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:48,760 You know what it means when we read there, submit to God, it means we worship. 550 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:49,760 Same definition. 551 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,760 And when we worship, the enemy will flee. 552 00:34:54,760 --> 00:35:00,860 So if you're here this morning and you're full of anxiety or worry or doubt or frustration 553 00:35:00,860 --> 00:35:09,360 or guilt, if you're full of grief, it's time to worship. 554 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,840 Because you have to realize if you're in a relationship with him, you're under attack 555 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,480 and you have two choices, church. 556 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:19,160 You can whine or you can worship. 557 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,120 And we all know the difference. 558 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:26,080 We can whine and complain and be frustrated, or we can what? 559 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,220 Worship. 560 00:35:27,220 --> 00:35:28,220 So it's your choice. 561 00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:29,220 Will you stand with me? 562 00:35:29,220 --> 00:35:30,640 So here's what we're going to do. 563 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,640 Okay? 564 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,160 Here's what we're going to do. 565 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:38,880 Now if you haven't learned yet, I'm super expecting for what God's going to do here. 566 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:39,880 Okay? 567 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,720 I haven't had too much coffee. 568 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:43,860 I've just had a lot of Jesus today, okay? 569 00:35:43,860 --> 00:35:44,860 Because I've had to. 570 00:35:44,860 --> 00:35:47,480 I've had a really long night last night. 571 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:54,480 I got about two and a half hours sleep, I was woken up and had to fight spiritual battle 572 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,480 just to get here. 573 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,920 Okay? 574 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,000 I believe God wants to do something special. 575 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,240 He wants to impact and change your life. 576 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:05,080 So I'm not going to invite you to do it. 577 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,440 I'm going to tell you to do it. 578 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,480 Can you please put your hands out like this? 579 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:09,480 I said please. 580 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,160 That was nice. 581 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,600 See I'm a kind soul. 582 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,320 I'm going to pray for the Holy Spirit to come. 583 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:19,320 Okay? 584 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:28,200 And then after I pray, you're going to take whatever it is, the doubt, the guilt, the frustration, 585 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,720 and you're going to give it to God. 586 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,620 Because you know what this means? 587 00:36:32,620 --> 00:36:34,040 This means we're winning. 588 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,240 That's all it means. 589 00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:37,600 It doesn't mean you're a holy roller. 590 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,760 It means no, I'm winning. 591 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,920 I win when I gather together with the other believers. 592 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:43,920 Amen? 593 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:44,920 Alright, so here we go. 594 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:45,920 You guys ready? 595 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:46,920 Quick practice. 596 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,920 In Jesus' name, amen. 597 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,760 Woo, you got it. 598 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:51,760 They're ready. 599 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,520 Let's go. 600 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,640 Holy Spirit come. 601 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:56,640 Change us, God. 602 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,360 Move in this place. 603 00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,480 Set people free. 604 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,920 May this be the day. 605 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,920 In Jesus' name, let's go. 606 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:10,520 There's no impossible. 607 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:16,920 I believe that you are working now. 608 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,920 Pour it out. 609 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:40,960 Oh, pour it out.