But oh, thank God for His mercy and His grace
that we can come boldly before His throne of
grace in time of need. When I'm in need, I can
come boldly before Him. Hallelujah. He is my
light and my refuge and my strength. I would
like to speak to you today on this topic. Mine
is thine. Mine is thine. Our main scripture text
will be found in Psalm chapter 24 and verse 1,
Job chapter 1 and verse 10, and then Psalm 127
and verse 1. Psalm 24 and 1 is where we will
begin. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness
thereof, the world and they that dwell therein.
The world and the earth and everything that is
in it belong it to the Lord Job chapter 1 in
verse 10 says has not thou made and hedge about
him and about his house and about all that he
hath on every side and This as we know is the
deceiver or the accuser of the soul of mankind
Talking to the Lord and he's recognizing that
there was a hedge of protection around his home,
around his family, and around his life, and around
his soul. Psalm 127 and verse 1. Except the Lord
build the house, they labor in vain that build
it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman
waketh but in vain. God, I thank you today. for
the opportunity to surrender to you completely
with my whole heart and all that I have is yours.
God, what is mine is thine and I place it into
your hands today. I pray God that you would touch
me and help me to deliver this word in a manner
that you would see fit. I pray for those that
would hear the sound of my voice today. I pray
God that revelation and your presence, your power,
and your peace would flow in a powerful way.
Lord, I rebuke the devourer today that's been
attacking your people. God, let your presence
and your power be against the enemy of the soul
today. In the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah. One more time, let's give God some
praise. God, I thank you. Praise your holy name.
Mine is thine and you may be seated. Mine is
thine. When God has ownership, there is a hedge
of protection over you. There is safety and there
are guardrails. There are protections that you
cannot even see. But I submit to you today that
the enemy of your soul has been attacking. You
have lost some things and maybe it's your health
and maybe it's your finances. But I can tell
you today, there is a way of escape. always makes
a way of escape. Hallelujah. So whenever the
enemy comes in like the flood, the spirit of
the Lord would raise a standard against it. But
it's only going to apply to your life when you
become or come into an alignment or into an agreement
with the word of God so that the power of God
can be released. And today, if you are not surrendering
everything that you have to God, the devourer
is coming to knock you at your door today. He's
knocking at your house today, and He's looking
to see if the blood has been applied to the doorposts
of your house. He's looking today to see if you
are in alignment with the Word of God, in obedience
with His Word today. Is there anybody here today
that is going to surrender all to God? God has
provisions and promises set forth in His Word
today. but it's only accessible when we come
into an agreement and alignment with His Word.
That is where your protection is going to be.
I know it looks dark and difficult out in the
world, but there is something that we can tap
into called the peace of God that passes all
understanding. And that's where I want to be
found today. I don't care what takes place outside
in the world. I want to be found in... I want
to be found in alignment with His Word. I want
to be found in the protection of the Most High.
Hallelujah. And right before we began this service
today in prayer, the Lord allowed me to see.
A hedge of protection falling about the people
that were willing to submit to the people that
were willing to surrender I saw like a shield
per se our bubble fall around about these people
fall around about their homes their properties
their finances and their children That's the
type of protection that I want today. Hallelujah.
Thank God for please I thank God for the armies
and soldiers that fight for our freedoms, but
more than I want the hand and protection of Almighty
God. I want the heavenly host working and moving
on my behalf, intervening on the things that
I cannot see. And I can walk in the trust and
patience that I can get from him. There comes
a moment in every believer's life when God brings
us face to face Hallelujah with hardships and
challenges, but this question would remain Hallelujah,
the devil's gonna come by and say whose is it?
Whose money is it? Whose house is it? Whose house
have you been building? Whose business have you
been running? Whose investments are there? Whose
future is it? And whose provision is it? coming
from. Hallelujah, my help and my provider and
my provision comes from the one. Hallelujah,
that the devil cannot take it away. He can't
squander it. He can't steal it. He can't take
it. What God has for me is for me. But as for
me in my house, I will serve the Lord. Hallelujah,
the children need to get into an agreement, into
an alignment. If they step out, hallelujah, get
them back in the word. You shouldn't do that.
You shouldn't say that. You shouldn't go there.
Hallelujah. Let's repent right now. Let's repent
right now. Let's get back under the blood. Let's
get back into the protection of God. There are
too many souls that have been lost in this dying,
lost world. Hallelujah. It's because they're
outside of the protection. the heavenly protection
of Almighty God. And it's time today to surrender
all to get back into that protection and covering.
Hallelujah. There's only so much that your pastor
can do. There's only so much that the elders
can do. We can pray, we can fast. We can believe
God for you. But you've got to come into an alignment.
with the Word of God if you want that supernatural
protection. Hallelujah. You've got to grasp this
today or else you're going to fall victim when
the destroyer comes by. I come today with the
testimony birthed out of stress and anxiety and
concern. I found myself watching the stock markets,
focusing on the economy and calculating potential
losses and also calculating the potential gains.
I was more concerned about finances than pretty
much anything else. It consumed me. I had to
produce an income no matter what. I had to be
focused on providing for my family because it
doesn't matter. Duke Energy Bill will come anyway.
Anybody ever feel that type of stress? You've
got insurances to pay, you've got car payments
to make, you've got house payments to make, and
you get so caught up and so distracted, how did
it do you that all your focus and all your energy
is on the things of the world? And you didn't
even intend for it to happen that way. We just
slowly got consumed. by the things of the world.
And God is calling us today for a heavenly protection,
even over our finances. Hallelujah. But you've
got to come into an alignment and into an agreement
with his word. You've got to be willing to surrender
everything back to him. It was never yours to
begin with. You've got to surrender it to him
or the destroyer. That thief is gonna come by
and it's gonna get swiped away so fast. You aren't
gonna know what took place other. then hit the
altar and say, oh God, I don't know what's going
on. There's a whirlwind happening in my life.
Things are being stripped away all the while.
I've tried to protect what you give me. I've
tried to protect what was mine, and it was never
yours. It was always God's. What is mine is thine.
And when the enemy comes looking around, seeking
whom he may devour, what is mine is his. You
can only take what you have permission to take.
You can only do what you have permission to do.
But what is mine is his. What is mine is thine.
I was so caught up and concerned about the finances.
It was pulling me away from prayer time. It was
pulling me away from pursuing God in a manner
that I know that I should. But I had a duty.
I had to provide for my family. Day in and day
out, I had to figure out how to provide. I could
not shake the anxiety. It just would not go away.
I was literally being tormented by the what -ifs.
What if the markets drop? What if the market
crashes? What if I lose? What if gas prices go
up? What if rents go up? What if interest rates
climb, though we've been praying that they would
drop? What if the job markets come out bad? What
about the dollar index? Will it drop? Will it
rise? How will this affect me with inflation?
There are so many what -ifs and so many things
and so many variables that can cause an effect
on our lives, whether for the good or for the
bad. And at the end of the day, what is it that
we could control? At the end of the day, what
is it that you possess so much and that you claim
so much that you have the power to make any of
the changes? And I say today, if you've been
dealing with any of these types of anxiety or
fears or stresses like I was, There are a few
things I would like you to know. The stress is
not from God. That fear is not from God. That
torment is not coming from God. It is the whisper
of the destroyer over your life, trying to steal
your joy, trying to steal your focus, and trying
to steal your purpose, and trying to steal your
peace. Hallelujah, but let the peace of God into
your life by surrendering all to Him. Whether
good or bad, it's all in Him. 1 Timothy chapter
1 and verse 7. For God hath not given us a spirit
of fear, but of power and of love and a sound
mind. John chapter 10 and verse 10. The thief
cometh not but for to steal, to kill, and to
destroy. I am come that they may have life and
that they might have it more abundantly. How
did you? God wants you to have an abundant life.
And if the destroyer has been coming your way,
that thief has been visiting your house and seemingly
swiping away your joy, swiping away your peace,
swiping away your strength. I can tell you today
that you might have a surrendering problem today.
It was said that your pew is only as on fire
as you are. And your fire and your zeal of the
Holy Ghost is very connected to your surrender,
to your yielding to the presence of God. People
would come in and say, well, oh, they're not
here today, so... or they didn't play the right
music. They just didn't have that feel to it.
When the presence and fire of God is really going
to fall and be determined by your surrender.
If I am completely surrendering to God and giving
Him my all, it doesn't matter what anybody else
is looking like. What anybody else is doing,
step aside, hold my Bible, because I've got to
give praise to God. I've got to give him praise.
He's brought me out too many times. He's protected
me too many times. He's provided for me too many
times. Hold my Bible. I'll praise him for you.
Hallelujah. Praise God. to be a lukewarm Christian.
I refuse to compromise. I refuse to come down
when he's calling me higher. I refuse to be cold.
God! Set me on fire. Take my sacrifice of praise
and set me on fire. In Jesus' name, I'll surrender
it, God. I give you my finances. I'll give you
my home. I give you my heart. And there is a
protection in that surrendering. I realized something
very profound. in one moment of one small prayer
session. I was stressed. I had anxiety. I was
distracted. I was concerned because I was acting
like everything was mine and it was my responsibility
to protect it. It was my responsibility. If it
is mine. I have to stress about it. If it's mine,
I have to be concerned about how the markets
are doing and whether or not the job markets
are good. If it is mine, I have to do something.
If it is mine, I have to protect it. I found
myself, instead of praying kingdom prayers, I
was praying Chris's kingdom prayers. God help
me there! God give me wisdom here. Direct me
and order my steps the way that I see fit. Instead
of thine will be done, it was mine will be done
in my prayers. I was consumed, hallelujah, with
me, my. and what was mine and myself. So much
so that I couldn't seem to shake it. And then,
revelation came in that small time of prayer.
And I realized that all the while, those things
were never mine. They were never mine. Psalm
24 and 1, the earth... is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell
therein. Everything belonged to God. Everything
that I have, everything that I've earned, everything
that I have built, everything that I steward
belongs to Him. Ha Yotessah. 1st Chronicles chapter
29 verse 14 David says it like this for all things
come of thee and Of thine own have we given thee?
You understand what we just read there Everything
comes from you and yet we turn right around and
just give back what you have given to us Today,
I want you to recognize that everything in your
life is not yours. Everything that you've been
stressing about, everything you've been concerned
about is not yours. But you have taken possession
of it and tried to lead your own life the way
that you would see fit. and the hand of protection,
the alignment began to remove. And you found
yourself struggling in your family, in your finances,
in your health, because somewhere along the way,
we were distracted all the while we were thinking
we were doing good, doing the right thing. God,
I'm just trying to provide for my family. I'm
just trying to do right with what you have given
me. But oh, son. Everything that was placed into
your hands was mine. Was mine. Even what I give
to God is already his. The stress and anxiety
came because I was carrying ownership instead
of stewardship. Ownership says I must protect
this. Stewardship says I'll do right by what
has been given me. and return what is rightfully
His in due season. I'll do right by what He has
placed within my hands, and I will return it
in due season." And you will be tested in this.
There's no escape. There's no escape. You will
be tested in this. When you surrender all to
God, Or if you don't, at some point in your walk
with God, He's going to be looking at you right
in your heart. Are you willing to let this go?
Are you willing to set this aside? We see that
with the rich young ruler, with all of his possessions.
He said, I dotted every T or dotted every I and
crossed every T. And he says, this one thing
that you lack. Sell all that you have and take
up your cross and follow Me." He's saying, surrender
everything. Not just some things in some seasons,
but surrender everything in your life. And we
know that Scripture says that Jesus was saddened
and the young rich ruler walked away. Unwilling
to surrender. possessions, finances, things that
would seemingly time to the world. And if you
want the peace that I'm talking about today,
if you've been struggling like I was, I know
the way out. The exit door says surrender. The
exit door says obedience. The exit door says
mine or what's yours is mine. And mine is thine.
And that's how you get out today. That's how
you get back under the protection of God today
Being willing to surrender to him and surrender
all We are only stewards of what God gives us
Jesus taught in the parable of the talents Matthew
chapter 25 verse 14 for the kingdom of heaven
is as a man traveling into a far country who
called his own servants and delivered unto them
his goods. I want you to notice here that he
delivered his goods to them. He delivered his
goods to the servants. They were not the owners
of the goods. They were entrusted managers of
those goods. And it will go on to say that when
he returns, the master returns, he asks for an
account to see what they had done with what was
placed. into their hands. You see, God does not
require us to own it. He requires us to be faithful
stewards of it. Everything that you have was
placed in your hands. And there will come a day
when the Lord will come and see what you have
done with the time that you have been given.
Every man is appointed to man once to die, the
Bible says. Every man has a time that they will
die and pass away. And God is going to want to
take account for the things that have been placed
into your hands, including your time. Time is
precious. is priceless. Everybody says time is
money. Time is not money. Time is priceless.
You can't buy it. You can't purchase it anywhere
on any shelf. You can't get it back. So all the
time that you're playing on video games, all
the time that you've been distracted by the markets,
you can't get that time back. And God is saying
surrender all to me today. Surrender all. to
me today, and I will give you peace. I will give
you provision. I will give you protection. First
Corinthians chapter four and verse two, it says,
moreover, it is required in stewards that a man
be found faithful. Thou good and faithful servant.
You have been faithful in a few things, I'll
make you ruler over much, enter into my. Rest.
It are into my rest. The market is not my master.
God is my master. The economy is not my provider.
God is my provider. When I lost sight of that,
stress took over. Anxiety took over. Concerns
took over. Panic in some instances. But there
began a turning point. That mine is thine. in
that prayer session. Hallelujah. And I'll be
moving to a close if you all stand with me. There
began a turning point, a shifting in the atmosphere,
and a peace that passes all understanding began
to fill the room and fill my soul. At the climax
of my stress, I prayed a simple prayer, and I
want to encourage each and every one of you to
do it today. This is important. God, wake us
up. God, wake us up, Lord. Lord, give us eyes
to see and ears to hear today. God, I pray for
your people today. Give us eyes to see and ears
to hear today. Let them hear your word today
and what you're trying to accomplish. Oh, and
the protection that you have for them. I don't
want to see anyone outside of that protection.
I don't want to see them lost. I don't want to
see the devourer wreak havoc in the hearts and
lives of your people. I know that your word says
that in the last days, whatever can be shaken
will be shaken. But God, I want it to be found,
everything that I have found in you. You're my
solid rock, God. You're my strength, God. All
that I have is yours. All that I have is yours,
God. Lord, all that I have is yours. All that
you have given me, even the very things that
you've allowed me to be blessed with. I don't
want my blessings to become a curse. Everything
that you have given to me in place within my
hands, Lord, I give to you today. Lord, every
area of my heart, O God, that was not pleasing
in your sight, I give it to you today. Lord,
I surrender to you today. God, today in this
moment, I surrender and submit it all back to
you. And then I begin to name things that I'm
giving back to God. I say, God. My house is yours
in Jesus' name. I put your name on it. My family
is yours today. I put your name on it, God. God,
I've taken ownership of too many things. My assets,
my business, my finances, my church. God, I submit
it to you today. Has your name, your name, and
your blood apply. It's all yours. So these altars
are open if you want to pray that type of prayer
today. You want that type of peace today. It's
yours. I walked away from that prayer room. No
more anxiety. No more stress. It didn't matter
what was happening in the world. Didn't matter
what was going on because it was His. It was
never mine. And God, if you require it this day,
it's yours. It's yours, God. This peace that
passes all... understanding can be yours today
by saying mine is thine. Mine is thine. And so
when things are falling apart and you see a smile
on brother Chris's face, when you see a smile
on your own face, you know I gave him my all.
I gave everything to him. I surrendered it all
to Him. I was the best steward that I could be
with what He had given me. I surrendered to Him.
I dedicated it to Him. I consecrated it to Him.
All that I am.