I wanna quickly get into the word. I feel something
from the Lord tonight that I've never really
studied on very much, but I can say that as for
me, I definitely needed this message. So if I'm
preaching to myself tonight and you're all good,
just listen. Just say amen a few times and we'll
get through tonight, but I believe God's about
to speak to us. I give honor to Pastor Linder
tonight, grateful for his leadership. How many
love Pastor Sister Linder? Pastor Brian. Thank
God for our leadership, amen. If you will turn
in the book of Philippians chapter four, reading
two verses, verses six through seven. How many
would like to leave tonight with burdens lifted?
I need some burdens lifted. I believe it's God's
will for us to leave this place with some victory
in our hearts, victory in our minds, amen. Philippians
chapter four, beginning at verse six. Be anxious
for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests
be made known to God and the peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus. Another translation
says it like this, don't worry about anything,
but instead pray about everything. Tell God what
you need and thank you for all He's done, then
you will experience God's peace, which exceeds
anything we can understand. His peace will guard
your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Don't raise your hand, but you may have come
here tonight with worry on your mind. You may
have come here tonight with worry just following
you like some kind of hungry puppy. just hoping
that you'll pick it up and take it into your
life. You may be fighting over a situation in
your life and you're just worried to death about
what's gonna happen. I believe Jesus wants to
take it tonight. I believe he wants to take it.
You may be focused on worry so much right now
that you're here, but you're not here. How many
has ever been there? On a Wednesday night, you
realize that you don't know what the future holds.
but maybe you forgot who holds the future in
his hands. My assignment tonight is to help us
to see a cure or a how -to in overcoming this
ugly, destructive monster called worry. It is
a monster. Please allow me to give some guidance
and build your faith tonight on this topic, overcoming
the worry monster. God's gonna do it. It's time
to be overcomers, amen. Would you lift your hands
right now before you're seated? And will you
say, Lord, I'm ready. I'm ready to be an overcomer
tonight. I'm ready to step into anointing. I'm
ready to step into your favor. I'm ready, Lord.
Take us there, Jesus. I wanna go into that place
to where I am living in victory. I wanna step
into the fire of the Holy Ghost tonight. Come
on, lift your voice just for a second. This is
the right timing for somebody to experience a
breakthrough. This is the right night. You thought
you were leaving and just, you were coming in
just to leave, but God is ready to take you out
of a situation. In the name of Jesus. Everybody
say in Jesus' name. You can be seated. Allow
me some mercy tonight to be transparent. Life
experiences and rearing offered me worry after
worry after worry. From years past, I would have
a room full of trophies if there was the Olympics
for worriers. I don't wanna wear worry or fear
as a badge because it's not a badge of honor.
It's not something that we should gloat about
that, you know, I'm a worrier by nature. It's
not something that should be worn or carried.
It's something that should be defeated and under
our feet. It shouldn't be on your back. It should
be under your feet tonight. This is something
that came against me even in preparation for
this message. So Jesus has ministered to me before
I can minister this to you tonight. But be honest
with yourself. Some of us have worried ourselves
sick. You've worried yourself into a frenzy.
You've worried yourself so much that joy's not
even there anymore. You don't even know what
it's like to rejoice because it's been so long.
You can't seem to walk in victory like you desire
to. All you self -identified worry wards need
to put on your seat belts and get ready for the
Lord to do something amazing tonight. We're in
the presence of the Lord. God's ready to do it.
So may I give a prophetic word tonight, the beginning
of this message. If you want victory over fear
and worry, the spirit of fear is about to receive
an eviction notice tonight. And it's gonna have
to go in Jesus' name. Does anybody receive that
right now? That is a word for every individual
at Heaven View tonight. An official eviction
notice for worry. and for fear, because we must
understand that worry is the nutrition that unbelief
needs to keep surviving. We need to starve unbelief
tonight and allow his kingdom to come here in
Winston -Salem as it is in heaven. It was said
that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the
word of God, but fear comes by hearing and hearing
by the word of the devil. So who are you listening
to tonight? What are you listening to tonight?
What is it that you are ingesting to cause worry
to keep increasing? What are you opening the
door to that's allowing anxiety and fear to take
up residence in your life? You answer this for
yourself. But John 10, 27 says, my sheep hear
my voice and I know them, they follow me. How
many wanna hear the voice of God? There's a lot
of static out there. There's a lot of turmoil
and a lot of voices and a lot of news stories
and a lot of critics, but I wanna hear the voice
of God speaking into my life because His words
are not to destroy me. His words are to build
me up and to give me faith and to give me victory.
In Hebrews chapter 13 and verse six, it says,
so we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper.
I will not fear. What can man do to me? So let
me ask you, why are we worrying? What can they
do to us? Because we know who our dad is. We
know who our father is. You might say worry,
what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Absolutely
nothing. Most of the things we worry about will
never come to pass. They're never gonna happen.
We waste so much time thinking about things that
haven't even happened yet and we may never see
them come. We're wasting our life away worrying
about things that will never come even into our
life. So why worry? Worry is the fear of something
that has not and may never happen. Worry will
cause our emotions to be up and down like a mental
roller coaster. I'm sure most of us have been
there. It feels like your life is literally up
and down because worry is controlling you. Why
worry if you believe God has it all under control?
Worry is like a rocking chair. It keeps you busy,
but you still get nowhere fast. So why worry?
Why worry if you believe that He will not fail
you nor leave you or forsake you? Why worry if
you realize that he'll provide all of your needs
according to his riches and glory? Why worry
for without a doubt, he's gonna bring you out?
Why worry if your feelings are leading you, then
the Holy Ghost cannot guide you. You cannot be
spiritually led when you're emotionally driven.
Let me say that again. You cannot be spiritually
led while being emotionally driven. We need to
say, Jesus, take the wheel of my life. Every
time you let emotions take the wheel, you silence
the voice of God. When we are being led by negativity
and worry, God's voice is muted and God is right
there this whole time trying to get our attention,
but we are worrying ourselves into a blind state.
Just because you feel something doesn't mean
you're called to follow it. Just because fear
comes up in your life does not mean that you've
got to bow to it. Just because worry steps into
your life doesn't mean that you've got to surrender
to it. You're not called to be led by what you
feel. You are called to be led by the spirit
of the living God. So this song has been running
through my mind for a week and I'm sick of listening
to it. but let me share it with you. Don't worry,
be happy. I have listened to this song so many
times. I'm ready to get it out. Elder Bobby McFerrin,
the singer of this song said, listen to what
I say. In your life, you expect some trouble.
When you worry, you make it double. Don't worry,
be happy. Be happy now. I'll leave that with
you to take home with you. If you don't get anything
else, don't worry. Be happy, but this is what
the Bible says, 1 Peter 5, seven, casting all
your care upon him for he cares for you. Won't
you practice that for a second? Lord Jesus, I
wanna be happy. Lord, I truly wanna be happy.
It's a humorous thought, but Lord, I really wanna
live in happiness. I really wanna please you,
Jesus. So right now, before altar call even comes,
Lord, I'm casting my care on you, Jesus. Do you
receive that right now? He cares for us. He cares
what you're going through. He knows exactly what
you're battling today, and he's come here tonight
to say, give it to me, cast it on me, because
I care for you. In Jesus' name. Ephesians chapter
six and verse 12 says, for we wrestle not against
flesh and blood. We're not fighting against people
with this. This is a spiritual battle. This is
a battle of kingdoms. We don't wrestle against
the rulers of darkness of this age or against
spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places.
This is a spiritual fight and it's getting real.
This fight is getting more real than it ever
has before. This is a battle of kingdoms. This
is the battle between the kingdom of God and
the kingdoms of this world. Let me share with
you some different kingdoms that I've identified,
and I know there's many more, but different kingdoms
that worry monsters reign in. The worry of non
-answered prayers. The worry of God's provision.
Is he really gonna provide? The worry of belonging,
that you're not really enough. And the worry
about reaching out to our lost and dying world.
So may I address some of the monsters invading
our lives? Last year I addressed the elephant
in the room, but can I address the monsters in
the room tonight? And they're about to go, in
Jesus' name. I wanna call them out with authority
tonight and say that the worry monsters of prayer,
they are, are you doubtful because God hasn't
answered you yet? So you just stop praying about
it. Worried that you can't pray as much as others,
so you just don't really pray at all anymore.
Do you pray, I believe, but help my unbelief
and you never get beyond that prayer. Let me
address the worry monster of provision. Are you
concerned that if you take that new job or go
to that new school that you'll just fail and
fall flat onto your face? You'd rather play it
safe instead of follow his will. Are you worried
that the bills won't get paid? So you just worry
yourself into a frenzy. Are you worried that
the need in your life won't be met? So you've
decided to just try to figure it out all yourself.
God's not doing it in my time, so I'm gonna take
care of it. Let me address the sickness. that
may be in your life. There's a worry in the building
of a sickness that you feel that God hasn't healed
you yet, so it just never gonna happen. So you've
actually taking ownership of that sickness. How
many has ever said, my sickness? It's my headache.
It's my back problem. No, you gotta have a different
language. You gotta say, no, it's not mine. I
don't receive it. You gotta let go of that. You've
gotta break through that. and accept that it's
not your sickness. It's not your problem. We're
gonna give it to Jesus tonight, amen? Let me
address the worry monster of belonging. Are you
worried that you'll never fit in? Or if you do
step up in ministry or serving, that you'll fail
at it? So instead of stepping out in faith and
letting God carry you, you're just gonna stay
back and not participate. You'd rather be a participator.
You'd rather just sit back and be a spectator.
You're called to do more. You're called to be
more. We've got to get rid of that worry monster
tonight in our lives. Don't be worried about
what people think about you. You need to be worried
about what God sees you as. You don't need to
be worried about how you're labeled by others.
You need to thank God. How am I being seen by
you tonight? If God sees you as more, if God
sees you as powerful, you need to thank him and
hear him tonight. That's why it's so important
to hear the voice of God. Let me address the
worry monster evangelism. Are you worried that
you'll freeze in front of that person so you'd
rather just not even speak to anybody? Are you
worried that you don't know enough Bible to witness
to somebody? Are you worried that if you pray
with them, God won't honor your prayers? Quit
worrying about what's gonna go wrong with reaching
out to people. Why aren't you worried about what's
gonna happen that's good? We can keep expecting
all the bad things to happen. Well, won't somebody
just get some faith tonight and say, I believe
God's about to do something good. I believe God's
about to do something great. I want somebody
to get excited, not about what the bad is happening
in the world, but say God is about to do something
good in my life. God's about to use me to reach
somebody. I'm gonna praise somebody through the
Holy Ghost this year. I'm gonna get a Bible study
and I'm gonna win somebody to Jesus. But you
gotta get rid of that worry monster in your life
or you're not gonna win anybody. You're not gonna
knock one door with our outreach team if you
allow worry to keep you out. You're not gonna
go to one prayer booth if you allow worry to
stop you from coming. The enemy wants you to
stay at home. I gotta give a little plug for
outreach because God has taken our church to
a new level. He's taken us to a deeper place
and he wants our entire church to be a part of
that harvest of revival, amen? So you've gotta
speak in faith. because you are a witness to
what Jesus did in your life. Your testimony is
not my testimony. You are a witness to what God
can do. So if you're worried about giving Bible
scripture, just tell people what God's done in
your life. Tell him how he snatched you out of
drugs. Tell them how that you used to be an alcoholic,
but now you are a follower of Jesus Christ. Tell
them how he brought you out of darkness into
your marvelous light, because that's what the
world's looking for. And if you can couple scripture
with your experience, you're gonna be able to
reach somebody, amen? But this is what it all
comes down to. I've thought about this analogy
and I'll share it with you. Just sort of picture
a child, we probably have all been there, a kid
stuck in a tree and he's hanging onto a limb
and the dad is standing at the bottom of the
tree and saying, son, just let go. Just let go
and I'll catch you. But the kid that's worried
is gonna say, dad, I can't let go. I'm afraid
you're gonna drop me. I'm afraid you won't catch
me. But the child that trusts their father enough
is gonna say, daddy, I trust you. I'm gonna let
go. That is where we are at with Jesus tonight.
Jesus has been this way with us too many times.
And for some, you may be in this season right
now where Jesus is saying, just let go. Let go
of the worry. Let go of the fear. Because if
you will, I'm right here. and I'm gonna catch
you. You've been holding on to fear for way too
long. Jesus is ready to deliver us tonight, but
we've got to have the ability to give it to him.
Instead of letting him take over, you've stayed
in this worrisome place in your life the whole
time that Jesus has been saying, give it to me.
Let me carry it. I'll carry you to win the lost.
I'll carry you and provide for you. I'll carry
you and I'll be able to help you to forgive others.
Now I asked this question in my last message
back a few weeks ago and I'll ask it one more
time because God just keeps bringing this back
to me over and over again. Do you trust him?
Do we really trust him? Because this is what
it's really all about. We're gonna overcome worry
tonight and you've got to ask yourself, do I
really trust him? If you do trust him, let go
of the worry. Let go of the fear. Let go of the
anxiety. Stop showing him how much you distrust
him by holding onto that worry because he's saying,
just give me a little bit of faith. Just let
go of that trouble, that trial, and we're gonna
see him work it out. He's gonna work it all together.
It was said, and I love this quote. Rosa Park
said, I have learned over the years that when
one's mind is made up, it diminishes fear. Jesus
is calling us to be a bold testament for him.
If you can make up in your mind, fear really
don't have any place because you're saying, I
am pushing forward and I believe God's gonna
carry me. For in Second Timothy one and seven,
for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but
a power. and of love and of a sound mind. If
you're going through fear right now, Jesus did
not give you that fear. If you're going through
worry right now, it didn't come from God. I'll
leave it to you to decide where it come from.
But Jesus is giving us the spirit of love and
power and self -discipline. We can be so worried
about the outcome that we may freeze and totally
miss what God has for us. I wanna share with
a testimony that happened just this year. Me
and Ezekiel were out of town one weekend, and
we went to Walmart to get a few things. And as
we were walking in the front door of Walmart,
I caught eyes with a lady that was standing there.
She looked so sick, and she was so young and
on an oxygen tank, probably in her 20s. And we
just caught eyes, but as we kept going, we were
trying to get things and get out of town. And
we checked out. Went back outside and there was
she was again. She was at her car, she had her
oxygen tank right there beside her. And she waved
at me and said, hey, can you help me? Two times
that I've got this lady's attention. So I go
to her, I help her pick up her oxygen tank and
she thanks me. Me and Zeke get in the car and
I just feel God pounding on my heart saying,
you are about to miss a moment that I just gave
you. but worry was trying to tell me she don't
want what I've got. She looks so sick and she
was so weak that she don't wanna talk right now.
That's what worry was telling me. But as I was
sitting in the car, I kept looking back at her
and she was standing in her car weeping at this
point. And my son looked at me and he said, dad,
why do you keep looking at this woman in the
car? He could just feel the presence of God in
the car. I said, Zeke, sit still. I've got to
go pray with this lady. So he sat in the car.
I locked him in the car. I walked over to her
and I was like, hey, I know this is crazy, but
can I pray with you right now? I just feel God
has a miracle for your life right now. And she
began to weep right there in her car. So I prayed
for her. Worry almost stopped me from this moment.
Worry almost held me back from seeing a God moment.
And then when it was done praying, she said,
I was just put in hospice care. in her 20s. And
I said, I believe God's about to work a miracle
in your life. And she said, when I told her where
I was from, she began to, she broke down in tears.
And she said, I just got a call from a doctor
in Winston -Salem this morning and they approved
my medical care that I've been waiting months
on. I was four hours away. What a coincidence.
Worry almost got me. Fear almost took a hold
of me. and I believe God healed her. I really
do. I believe God did a miracle in her life.
So let me tell you, if you carry the light, why
are we still hiding? Darkness wins when believers
remain silent by worry. You were not saved and
brought out of darkness to slowly fade back into
the darkness. You were brought into the light
to be the fire that burns for our lost world.
Come on somebody, God is ready to help us overcome
fear, but you gotta be willing to give it to
him. Is anybody received tonight? We're starving
the worry monster in our life tonight. We're
overcoming it by the fire of the Holy Ghost.
Come on, once you lift your hands with those
around you right now and say, Jesus, give me
boldness. Give me boldness right now, God. I
wanna leave this place with worry on the altar.
I wanna leave this place with fear left on the
altar. In the name of Jesus. God, we give it
to you. We give it to you in the name of Jesus.
Sometimes you don't realize your own strength
until you face your greatest weakness or your
greatest worry. But when you come up against
it and you say no, in Jesus' name, I'm not gonna
allow this to overcome me, you're gonna see how
strong you really are. You're gonna see how strong
you really are in Jesus, because what we need
to do tonight, we need to trade burdens with
Jesus. For Jesus said in Matthew 11, come to
me, all you who are labor and heavy laden, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and
learn of me, for I'm gentle and lowly in heart.
You will find rest for your souls. For here it
is, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
You know that worry that you're carrying right
now? The burden that God wants to give you, it's
so much lighter. That fear that you've been carrying
for so long, I feel it in the Holy Ghost right
now. You've gotta let it go. Because the burden
that God wants to rest on you, that burden for
the loss that's gripping our church, it's so
much lighter than carrying the worries of this
world. Let me challenge you. Give Jesus the burden
of your worry. and he'll give you a burden for
his kingdom to come. Give Jesus the burden of
fear and he'll give you a burden for the lost.
Give Jesus the burden of anxiety and he'll send
you out with fire and with passion. Does anybody
want that? I don't want worry in my life anymore.
I want passion for the things of God. I wanna
see his kingdom come in this city, but I've gotta
let worry go. Because that worry monster that's
been plaguing many of our lives tonight, it's
gonna keep us from that day of Pentecost. It's
gonna keep us from seeing the thousands that
are ready to come because we're terrified of
going in certain parts of our city. But that's
where Jesus is. He's in the back streets. There's
entire neighborhoods that are about to come,
Brother Ray, but we've got to be willing to go.
We can't be worried anymore, church. We've just
got to go. We've got to see God use us. So here's
the big answer that we've all been waiting for.
How do we overcome worry? Matthew 6, beginning
at verse 32, these things which are worry. dominate
the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly
father already knows all your needs. Seek the
kingdom of God above all else and live righteously
and he will give you everything you need. So
don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
bring its own worries. Today's trouble's enough
today. How many knows that worrying about tomorrow
really don't help it out at all? It really don't
help. So how will we overcome this worry monster
in our lives? It's an ugly, brutal monster that
holds back individuals from being greatly used
by God. So how do we overcome it? Worry and fear
are the surface monsters, but let's get to the
root of it. This is really a trust monster. This
is really a trust issue. We might cover it up
with worry. We might cover it up with anxieties
and stress, but the deep issue is this is a trust
issue. The answer that has been woven through
this entire message tonight is this. We overcome
these monsters by blindly trusting in Jesus.
Come on, we just gotta trust him, church. Those
things you're worrying about, you just gotta
give it to him. I don't know how to put it any
other way, pastor. We just gotta trust him. Because
when we're worrying, we're actually saying, Jesus,
I really don't trust you with my finances. When
we're worrying about our health issues, we're
actually saying, Jesus, I really don't trust
you. I trust my doctors, but I really don't trust
you. How many has ever had the prescriptions
pushed to you and you take them blindly without
even thinking about it? But when you hear somebody
preach about healing, you're like, I'm not really
sure about that. You go to an attorney, you go
to a lawyer, and you accept their guidance immediately,
but when you hear a man of God preach about direction,
you're like, I really don't know about this.
We gotta trust God, church, because we are coming
to the end of this. We're gonna have to come
to the place where there's gonna be no doctors
of trust, there's gonna be no attorneys of trust.
We're gonna have to put our full belief in God.
We must believe that Jesus will supply all of
our needs, trusting Jesus to supply. He will
enable us to seek after his kingdom. So do we
trust him? I've been asking myself that for weeks.
Do I really trust him like I think I do? We've
got to trust him. You could say it like this.
Why don't you lean on Jesus for a change? You've
been leaning on a lot of things. But why don't
you try leaning on Him because if you lean on
Jesus, He's not gonna leave you. He's not gonna
forsake you. He's not gonna leave you out in
a ditch somewhere. He's not gonna leave you in
worry. He's not gonna leave you in trouble. He's
gonna take you. He's gonna take anxiety tonight.
He's gonna take fear away from those that'll
let go of it. They're strongholds that have been
holding people down for too long. You've been
feeding it for too long. You've been giving it
food all day long, the things you watch, the
things you listen to. That worry monster just
keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. It's
time to slay it tonight. Is anybody with me?
It's time to kill it. It's time to say, like
Brother Mark preached Sunday, there's a line
in the sand tonight. It's time to cut some things
off. It's time to let some things die out. That
means he'll put the words in your mouth when
you need to speak it, because worry's dead. He'll
give you the financial ability to do what he's
called you to do because worry and fear are dead.
That means he'll give us wisdom and understanding
to do his will, because worry is not gonna stop
us anymore. If we believe that Jesus will supply
every need that we have to serve him, we're gonna
seek his kingdom first. That's really what it's
about. If we're not seeking his kingdom, We really
don't trust him. If we're not serving like we
should, we really don't trust him. Come on, answer
it for yourself tonight. God knows where our
heart is. But if we choose to believe Jesus,
we're gonna neglect the things of this world.
And we're gonna say, take this whole world, but
give me Jesus. Could it be the reason that you're
worried about God using you and you're fearful
of stepping out of faith is really because you
don't believe he'll take care of you? Come on,
this is an internal question, church. Do you
really trust him? Do you really believe he'll
take care of you? Come on, just say within yourself
right now, Lord, I'm giving you the worry. I'm
giving you the fears. Fear is a spirit. It's
gotta be broken. It's gotta be cast out tonight.
Come on, would you lift your hands right now?
As I'm coming to a close, I believe God wants
to take burdens tonight. But if you wanna leave
with it, you're good to go. But as for me, I'm
giving it to Jesus tonight. I'm giving him the
worries. I'm defeating this worry monster in
my life tonight. I'm saying, Lord, your kingdom
is more than I want in this world. Your kingdom
is all that I need, Jesus. This kingdom, your
kingdom come, Jesus. If you wanna leave in victory
tonight, if you wanna leave with faith tonight,
would you stand with me right now? I believe
Jesus wants to take it. I know it's a Wednesday
night. I know many of us come from work and I'm
tired too, but you can leave with a new refreshing
tonight because Jesus wants to take it. Does
anybody feel that right now? There's somebody
here in this building that says, you know what?
I'm done with the worry. There's people that
have lived their entire life. Don't raise your
hand. Even since a child that you have worried
so long that it's become a part of who you are.
It's gonna go right now in Jesus' name. It's
gotta be broken. I come against it in the name
of Jesus. I come against this resistance right
now in the name of Jesus. It's gotta go. I rebuke
every work of the enemy that would try to hinder
this victory tonight. It's gotta go in Jesus'
name. It's gotta be broken. We're going from
this place in victory. We're going from this
place in worship because we're going with the
burdens lifted. Come on somebody, would you receive
that before we come to this altar? Make up in
your mind, this monster in my life is dead from
this moment. It's going to the grave. I'm leaving
here a new life tonight. I'm leaving here with
new faith tonight. In the name of Jesus. So what
is the answer to frustration and worries that
try to dominate our lives? The answer is this.
Put the kingdom of God first. Put God first before
your family. Put God first before your career.
Put God first before your business. Put God first
before your ministry. When we make His kingdom
our priority, and pursue his righteousness, the
smoke of life distractions begin to clear away.
We're gonna be able to see better tonight than
we ever have. Suddenly we can see again. Suddenly
you're gonna be able to breathe again. Suddenly
the worries that once felt overwhelming lose
their authority and you can say, look what the
Lord has done in my life. For tonight when we
come to this altar in a minute, Why don't you
just come in worship? Why don't you just come
in adoration that says, Jesus, I trust you. Jesus,
I'm gonna give this a try tonight. Lord, I trust
you. Though it's not easy. Because your pain
is so heavy, I get it. The pain is so heavy,
I understand. But why don't you shift your focus
just for about 15 minutes tonight and say, Jesus,
You're greater than all of my problems. Jesus,
you're greater than all of my fears. And we're
gonna leave here tonight as the psalmist declared,
given to the Lord the glory due to his name.
Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Come on, won't you practice that right now? This
altar's open. When we do this, frustration begins
to break. When we do this, the worry begins to
fade away. When we do this, faith begins to rise.
Won't you come saying, I will bless the Lord
at all times and his praise shall continually
be in my mouth. Come on, if you've got praise
in your mouth. There's no room for negativity
anymore. If you've got praise, continue in your
mouth. That gossip is dead. If you've got praise
in your mouth, worry has no place anymore. Come
on, won't you just practice that for a little
bit? The Lord is good. The Lord is great. My
worry has no place against my God. has no place
in my life tonight. Come on church, you are hell's
worst nightmare. Know who you are in Jesus tonight.
Worry will have no place. Come on, somebody break
through right now. Come on, I know it's Wednesday,
but come on. Never the same. I come against strongholds
in this building tonight. Let them be broken
right now. In the name of Jesus. May strongholds
be destroyed tonight. May your faith be stronger
when you leave this place. In the name of Jesus,
come on, give it to him. Give him the worry.
Come on, there's some great soul winners in this
church, but you gotta let go of worry. You gotta
let go of fear. Don't worry about what you're
gonna say. Just go do it in Jesus' name. Don't
worry about worries taking you. Just go in Jesus'
name. Come on, would you lift your hands right
now? Would you lift your head and close your
eyes? Lift your voice before the Lord right now.
Would you say as Psalms 34 said, I sought the
Lord and he heard me. He delivered me from all
of my fears. Would you declare greater is he
that is in me than he that is in the world. by
the blood of the lamb and the word in my testimony.
Come on, in Jesus' name. In Jesus' name, we are
more than conquerors through him that love us.
Give it to the Lord right now. Give it to Jesus.
Jesus the stress. Just trust him. Give Jesus
a chance tonight. You are somebody. Why don't
we begin to just declare victory right now. Come
on, just begin to declare victory in this place.
Begin to praise the Lord for deliverance and
for power. God, you have made us overcomers.
You have made us overcomers, oh God. We will
be led by your spirit, not by the spirit of fear,
the spirit of. I pray somebody begin to declare
victory over that. How many feel like that there's
been a load that has been lifted off of us tonight?
There has been a burden and a weight that has
been lifted in this place tonight. In Jesus'
name, what a powerful reminder that God has gone
before us, that God has given us the victory.
We don't have to succumb to the spirit of fear
that constantly wars against us and tries to
talk us out of the victory and tries to talk
us out of the promises. that the Lord has spoken
over us. We can go from this place tonight in
victory. We can go from this place tonight knowing
that we are heading in the right direction and
that God is before us, that he has gone before
us and he's already given us the victory. We
have no reason to fear because he's already given
us the victory. It's already done. He's already
fought the fight for us. and he's already loosed
us and set us free. And so we're gonna go from
this place claiming the victory in Jesus' name.
Why don't you begin to claim it right now one
more time and begin to thank him. Lord, we give
you glory. We praise you for the victory. In
Jesus' name we pray. We're gonna go from this
place and we're gonna claim it in Jesus' name.
Amen, we're gonna pray one more time as the elders
bring the prayer list, these names that are represented,
they are believing for a miracle in the name
of Jesus. And so let us pray, believing together,
let's bind together in faith and speak victory
over these needs in the name of Jesus. If you're
here tonight and you have a need that you're
believing for, why don't you step forward, the
elders will anoint you with oil and pray and
believe that. In Jesus' name. that it has been
to us. Amen. But I'll tell you this, the one
thing that I've learned over the years about
the worry monster is it's very stubborn. And
even when I do get the victory, somehow he'll
come and whisper and try to talk me right out
of it. Amen, and so when he does, you just remind
him, no, God has already given me the victory.
You've been defeated and I'm not gonna fall for
your lies anymore. And if you have to do it every
morning, then do it every morning. If you have
to do it before you lay your head on the pillow,
then do it every night. But we're gonna continue
in victory until God brings us to that place
of promise. Can somebody say amen? Why don't
you turn to somebody, give them a high five,
tell them it's so good to see you in the house
of the Lord. You may be dismissed in Jesus' name.
Testing. If you're singing Sunday, please come
up to the platform. Please. Hey, it's in here
somewhere. Brother Nate. Brother Nate. It's live.
I don't know what it is, but it's live. Testing,
one, two, test, test.