WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.339 I wanna quickly get into the word. I feel something 00:00:03.339 --> 00:00:06.620 from the Lord tonight that I've never really 00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:11.039 studied on very much, but I can say that as for 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:13.460 me, I definitely needed this message. So if I'm 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:15.119 preaching to myself tonight and you're all good, 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:18.620 just listen. Just say amen a few times and we'll 00:00:18.620 --> 00:00:20.219 get through tonight, but I believe God's about 00:00:20.219 --> 00:00:22.679 to speak to us. I give honor to Pastor Linder 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:24.760 tonight, grateful for his leadership. How many 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:29.460 love Pastor Sister Linder? Pastor Brian. Thank 00:00:29.460 --> 00:00:34.820 God for our leadership, amen. If you will turn 00:00:34.820 --> 00:00:39.020 in the book of Philippians chapter four, reading 00:00:39.020 --> 00:00:41.679 two verses, verses six through seven. How many 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:43.759 would like to leave tonight with burdens lifted? 00:00:45.859 --> 00:00:50.520 I need some burdens lifted. I believe it's God's 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:52.820 will for us to leave this place with some victory 00:00:52.820 --> 00:00:56.719 in our hearts, victory in our minds, amen. Philippians 00:00:56.719 --> 00:00:59.700 chapter four, beginning at verse six. Be anxious 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:02.880 for nothing, but in everything by prayer and 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:05.700 supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:09.700 be made known to God and the peace of God, which 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:12.340 surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:16.480 and minds through Christ Jesus. Another translation 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:19.799 says it like this, don't worry about anything, 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:25.239 but instead pray about everything. Tell God what 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:27.099 you need and thank you for all He's done, then 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:30.099 you will experience God's peace, which exceeds 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:32.980 anything we can understand. His peace will guard 00:01:32.980 --> 00:01:36.579 your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:39.500 Don't raise your hand, but you may have come 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:43.159 here tonight with worry on your mind. You may 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.459 have come here tonight with worry just following 00:01:45.459 --> 00:01:49.629 you like some kind of hungry puppy. just hoping 00:01:49.629 --> 00:01:51.989 that you'll pick it up and take it into your 00:01:51.989 --> 00:01:54.629 life. You may be fighting over a situation in 00:01:54.629 --> 00:01:57.209 your life and you're just worried to death about 00:01:57.209 --> 00:01:59.790 what's gonna happen. I believe Jesus wants to 00:01:59.790 --> 00:02:03.109 take it tonight. I believe he wants to take it. 00:02:03.109 --> 00:02:05.530 You may be focused on worry so much right now 00:02:05.530 --> 00:02:09.750 that you're here, but you're not here. How many 00:02:09.750 --> 00:02:12.889 has ever been there? On a Wednesday night, you 00:02:12.889 --> 00:02:15.069 realize that you don't know what the future holds. 00:02:15.530 --> 00:02:18.409 but maybe you forgot who holds the future in 00:02:18.409 --> 00:02:24.629 his hands. My assignment tonight is to help us 00:02:24.629 --> 00:02:29.090 to see a cure or a how -to in overcoming this 00:02:29.090 --> 00:02:34.930 ugly, destructive monster called worry. It is 00:02:34.930 --> 00:02:37.330 a monster. Please allow me to give some guidance 00:02:37.330 --> 00:02:40.930 and build your faith tonight on this topic, overcoming 00:02:40.930 --> 00:02:46.530 the worry monster. God's gonna do it. It's time 00:02:46.530 --> 00:02:49.110 to be overcomers, amen. Would you lift your hands 00:02:49.110 --> 00:02:51.490 right now before you're seated? And will you 00:02:51.490 --> 00:02:56.289 say, Lord, I'm ready. I'm ready to be an overcomer 00:02:56.289 --> 00:02:59.610 tonight. I'm ready to step into anointing. I'm 00:02:59.610 --> 00:03:03.129 ready to step into your favor. I'm ready, Lord. 00:03:03.590 --> 00:03:07.449 Take us there, Jesus. I wanna go into that place 00:03:07.449 --> 00:03:11.569 to where I am living in victory. I wanna step 00:03:11.569 --> 00:03:16.289 into the fire of the Holy Ghost tonight. Come 00:03:16.289 --> 00:03:19.069 on, lift your voice just for a second. This is 00:03:19.069 --> 00:03:21.569 the right timing for somebody to experience a 00:03:21.569 --> 00:03:24.830 breakthrough. This is the right night. You thought 00:03:24.830 --> 00:03:27.330 you were leaving and just, you were coming in 00:03:27.330 --> 00:03:29.830 just to leave, but God is ready to take you out 00:03:29.830 --> 00:03:39.110 of a situation. In the name of Jesus. Everybody 00:03:39.110 --> 00:03:47.409 say in Jesus' name. You can be seated. Allow 00:03:47.409 --> 00:03:51.889 me some mercy tonight to be transparent. Life 00:03:51.889 --> 00:03:55.889 experiences and rearing offered me worry after 00:03:55.889 --> 00:04:00.370 worry after worry. From years past, I would have 00:04:00.370 --> 00:04:03.469 a room full of trophies if there was the Olympics 00:04:03.469 --> 00:04:08.590 for worriers. I don't wanna wear worry or fear 00:04:08.590 --> 00:04:11.270 as a badge because it's not a badge of honor. 00:04:11.939 --> 00:04:14.319 It's not something that we should gloat about 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:18.139 that, you know, I'm a worrier by nature. It's 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:20.060 not something that should be worn or carried. 00:04:20.259 --> 00:04:23.500 It's something that should be defeated and under 00:04:23.500 --> 00:04:26.860 our feet. It shouldn't be on your back. It should 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:30.600 be under your feet tonight. This is something 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.100 that came against me even in preparation for 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:36.220 this message. So Jesus has ministered to me before 00:04:36.220 --> 00:04:39.699 I can minister this to you tonight. But be honest 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:42.579 with yourself. Some of us have worried ourselves 00:04:42.579 --> 00:04:46.180 sick. You've worried yourself into a frenzy. 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.420 You've worried yourself so much that joy's not 00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:51.899 even there anymore. You don't even know what 00:04:51.899 --> 00:04:55.259 it's like to rejoice because it's been so long. 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.220 You can't seem to walk in victory like you desire 00:04:58.220 --> 00:05:01.860 to. All you self -identified worry wards need 00:05:01.860 --> 00:05:04.879 to put on your seat belts and get ready for the 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:08.540 Lord to do something amazing tonight. We're in 00:05:08.540 --> 00:05:12.439 the presence of the Lord. God's ready to do it. 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.939 So may I give a prophetic word tonight, the beginning 00:05:16.939 --> 00:05:20.180 of this message. If you want victory over fear 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:23.500 and worry, the spirit of fear is about to receive 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:27.120 an eviction notice tonight. And it's gonna have 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.560 to go in Jesus' name. Does anybody receive that 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.779 right now? That is a word for every individual 00:05:34.779 --> 00:05:38.100 at Heaven View tonight. An official eviction 00:05:38.100 --> 00:05:42.889 notice for worry. and for fear, because we must 00:05:42.889 --> 00:05:46.509 understand that worry is the nutrition that unbelief 00:05:46.509 --> 00:05:50.550 needs to keep surviving. We need to starve unbelief 00:05:50.550 --> 00:05:54.189 tonight and allow his kingdom to come here in 00:05:54.189 --> 00:05:58.970 Winston -Salem as it is in heaven. It was said 00:05:58.970 --> 00:06:02.509 that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the 00:06:02.509 --> 00:06:06.410 word of God, but fear comes by hearing and hearing 00:06:06.410 --> 00:06:09.769 by the word of the devil. So who are you listening 00:06:09.769 --> 00:06:13.009 to tonight? What are you listening to tonight? 00:06:13.689 --> 00:06:17.209 What is it that you are ingesting to cause worry 00:06:17.209 --> 00:06:20.350 to keep increasing? What are you opening the 00:06:20.350 --> 00:06:23.550 door to that's allowing anxiety and fear to take 00:06:23.550 --> 00:06:26.410 up residence in your life? You answer this for 00:06:26.410 --> 00:06:30.490 yourself. But John 10, 27 says, my sheep hear 00:06:30.490 --> 00:06:35.709 my voice and I know them, they follow me. How 00:06:35.709 --> 00:06:39.050 many wanna hear the voice of God? There's a lot 00:06:39.050 --> 00:06:41.790 of static out there. There's a lot of turmoil 00:06:41.790 --> 00:06:44.110 and a lot of voices and a lot of news stories 00:06:44.110 --> 00:06:46.790 and a lot of critics, but I wanna hear the voice 00:06:46.790 --> 00:06:50.250 of God speaking into my life because His words 00:06:50.250 --> 00:06:53.089 are not to destroy me. His words are to build 00:06:53.089 --> 00:06:56.629 me up and to give me faith and to give me victory. 00:06:58.050 --> 00:07:00.910 In Hebrews chapter 13 and verse six, it says, 00:07:01.110 --> 00:07:04.089 so we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper. 00:07:04.370 --> 00:07:10.000 I will not fear. What can man do to me? So let 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:15.259 me ask you, why are we worrying? What can they 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:19.660 do to us? Because we know who our dad is. We 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:23.560 know who our father is. You might say worry, 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:28.540 what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Absolutely 00:07:28.540 --> 00:07:31.180 nothing. Most of the things we worry about will 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:34.009 never come to pass. They're never gonna happen. 00:07:34.370 --> 00:07:37.310 We waste so much time thinking about things that 00:07:37.310 --> 00:07:40.370 haven't even happened yet and we may never see 00:07:40.370 --> 00:07:43.389 them come. We're wasting our life away worrying 00:07:43.389 --> 00:07:45.810 about things that will never come even into our 00:07:45.810 --> 00:07:49.610 life. So why worry? Worry is the fear of something 00:07:49.610 --> 00:07:52.829 that has not and may never happen. Worry will 00:07:52.829 --> 00:07:56.050 cause our emotions to be up and down like a mental 00:07:56.050 --> 00:07:59.160 roller coaster. I'm sure most of us have been 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:02.220 there. It feels like your life is literally up 00:08:02.220 --> 00:08:05.920 and down because worry is controlling you. Why 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.480 worry if you believe God has it all under control? 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:12.519 Worry is like a rocking chair. It keeps you busy, 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:16.139 but you still get nowhere fast. So why worry? 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.040 Why worry if you believe that He will not fail 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:23.339 you nor leave you or forsake you? Why worry if 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:25.480 you realize that he'll provide all of your needs 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:29.240 according to his riches and glory? Why worry 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.159 for without a doubt, he's gonna bring you out? 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:37.480 Why worry if your feelings are leading you, then 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.419 the Holy Ghost cannot guide you. You cannot be 00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:43.840 spiritually led when you're emotionally driven. 00:08:45.769 --> 00:08:48.509 Let me say that again. You cannot be spiritually 00:08:48.509 --> 00:08:52.250 led while being emotionally driven. We need to 00:08:52.250 --> 00:08:55.809 say, Jesus, take the wheel of my life. Every 00:08:55.809 --> 00:08:58.870 time you let emotions take the wheel, you silence 00:08:58.870 --> 00:09:02.929 the voice of God. When we are being led by negativity 00:09:02.929 --> 00:09:06.929 and worry, God's voice is muted and God is right 00:09:06.929 --> 00:09:09.049 there this whole time trying to get our attention, 00:09:09.330 --> 00:09:12.830 but we are worrying ourselves into a blind state. 00:09:13.289 --> 00:09:16.070 Just because you feel something doesn't mean 00:09:16.070 --> 00:09:19.669 you're called to follow it. Just because fear 00:09:19.669 --> 00:09:21.750 comes up in your life does not mean that you've 00:09:21.750 --> 00:09:25.230 got to bow to it. Just because worry steps into 00:09:25.230 --> 00:09:27.690 your life doesn't mean that you've got to surrender 00:09:27.690 --> 00:09:30.590 to it. You're not called to be led by what you 00:09:30.590 --> 00:09:34.230 feel. You are called to be led by the spirit 00:09:34.230 --> 00:09:38.730 of the living God. So this song has been running 00:09:38.730 --> 00:09:40.950 through my mind for a week and I'm sick of listening 00:09:40.950 --> 00:09:44.759 to it. but let me share it with you. Don't worry, 00:09:45.340 --> 00:09:48.659 be happy. I have listened to this song so many 00:09:48.659 --> 00:09:52.240 times. I'm ready to get it out. Elder Bobby McFerrin, 00:09:52.340 --> 00:09:55.639 the singer of this song said, listen to what 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.820 I say. In your life, you expect some trouble. 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.899 When you worry, you make it double. Don't worry, 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:06.340 be happy. Be happy now. I'll leave that with 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:08.240 you to take home with you. If you don't get anything 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.799 else, don't worry. Be happy, but this is what 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:15.620 the Bible says, 1 Peter 5, seven, casting all 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:20.740 your care upon him for he cares for you. Won't 00:10:20.740 --> 00:10:23.580 you practice that for a second? Lord Jesus, I 00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:27.059 wanna be happy. Lord, I truly wanna be happy. 00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:29.379 It's a humorous thought, but Lord, I really wanna 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:33.179 live in happiness. I really wanna please you, 00:10:33.179 --> 00:10:36.419 Jesus. So right now, before altar call even comes, 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:42.690 Lord, I'm casting my care on you, Jesus. Do you 00:10:42.690 --> 00:10:45.629 receive that right now? He cares for us. He cares 00:10:45.629 --> 00:10:48.110 what you're going through. He knows exactly what 00:10:48.110 --> 00:10:50.049 you're battling today, and he's come here tonight 00:10:50.049 --> 00:10:54.370 to say, give it to me, cast it on me, because 00:10:54.370 --> 00:10:59.529 I care for you. In Jesus' name. Ephesians chapter 00:10:59.529 --> 00:11:03.070 six and verse 12 says, for we wrestle not against 00:11:03.070 --> 00:11:06.190 flesh and blood. We're not fighting against people 00:11:06.190 --> 00:11:09.889 with this. This is a spiritual battle. This is 00:11:09.889 --> 00:11:12.990 a battle of kingdoms. We don't wrestle against 00:11:12.990 --> 00:11:15.690 the rulers of darkness of this age or against 00:11:15.690 --> 00:11:18.970 spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places. 00:11:19.389 --> 00:11:22.470 This is a spiritual fight and it's getting real. 00:11:23.289 --> 00:11:25.830 This fight is getting more real than it ever 00:11:25.830 --> 00:11:29.990 has before. This is a battle of kingdoms. This 00:11:29.990 --> 00:11:32.730 is the battle between the kingdom of God and 00:11:32.730 --> 00:11:35.700 the kingdoms of this world. Let me share with 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:38.379 you some different kingdoms that I've identified, 00:11:38.419 --> 00:11:41.179 and I know there's many more, but different kingdoms 00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:45.899 that worry monsters reign in. The worry of non 00:11:45.899 --> 00:11:49.980 -answered prayers. The worry of God's provision. 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:54.139 Is he really gonna provide? The worry of belonging, 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.200 that you're not really enough. And the worry 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:01.100 about reaching out to our lost and dying world. 00:12:01.910 --> 00:12:04.470 So may I address some of the monsters invading 00:12:04.470 --> 00:12:07.450 our lives? Last year I addressed the elephant 00:12:07.450 --> 00:12:11.789 in the room, but can I address the monsters in 00:12:11.789 --> 00:12:14.789 the room tonight? And they're about to go, in 00:12:14.789 --> 00:12:17.750 Jesus' name. I wanna call them out with authority 00:12:17.750 --> 00:12:20.950 tonight and say that the worry monsters of prayer, 00:12:21.610 --> 00:12:24.110 they are, are you doubtful because God hasn't 00:12:24.110 --> 00:12:28.029 answered you yet? So you just stop praying about 00:12:28.029 --> 00:12:31.330 it. Worried that you can't pray as much as others, 00:12:31.370 --> 00:12:33.009 so you just don't really pray at all anymore. 00:12:34.009 --> 00:12:37.850 Do you pray, I believe, but help my unbelief 00:12:37.850 --> 00:12:41.629 and you never get beyond that prayer. Let me 00:12:41.629 --> 00:12:44.470 address the worry monster of provision. Are you 00:12:44.470 --> 00:12:47.129 concerned that if you take that new job or go 00:12:47.129 --> 00:12:49.929 to that new school that you'll just fail and 00:12:49.929 --> 00:12:52.899 fall flat onto your face? You'd rather play it 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:55.840 safe instead of follow his will. Are you worried 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.559 that the bills won't get paid? So you just worry 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.299 yourself into a frenzy. Are you worried that 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:03.720 the need in your life won't be met? So you've 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:05.720 decided to just try to figure it out all yourself. 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:08.379 God's not doing it in my time, so I'm gonna take 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:13.049 care of it. Let me address the sickness. that 00:13:13.049 --> 00:13:15.590 may be in your life. There's a worry in the building 00:13:15.590 --> 00:13:18.250 of a sickness that you feel that God hasn't healed 00:13:18.250 --> 00:13:21.049 you yet, so it just never gonna happen. So you've 00:13:21.049 --> 00:13:24.730 actually taking ownership of that sickness. How 00:13:24.730 --> 00:13:28.090 many has ever said, my sickness? It's my headache. 00:13:28.350 --> 00:13:31.669 It's my back problem. No, you gotta have a different 00:13:31.669 --> 00:13:34.629 language. You gotta say, no, it's not mine. I 00:13:34.629 --> 00:13:38.389 don't receive it. You gotta let go of that. You've 00:13:38.389 --> 00:13:40.769 gotta break through that. and accept that it's 00:13:40.769 --> 00:13:43.990 not your sickness. It's not your problem. We're 00:13:43.990 --> 00:13:47.610 gonna give it to Jesus tonight, amen? Let me 00:13:47.610 --> 00:13:51.289 address the worry monster of belonging. Are you 00:13:51.289 --> 00:13:54.909 worried that you'll never fit in? Or if you do 00:13:54.909 --> 00:13:57.389 step up in ministry or serving, that you'll fail 00:13:57.389 --> 00:14:01.669 at it? So instead of stepping out in faith and 00:14:01.669 --> 00:14:06.909 letting God carry you, you're just gonna stay 00:14:06.909 --> 00:14:11.090 back and not participate. You'd rather be a participator. 00:14:11.370 --> 00:14:15.409 You'd rather just sit back and be a spectator. 00:14:16.529 --> 00:14:19.309 You're called to do more. You're called to be 00:14:19.309 --> 00:14:21.990 more. We've got to get rid of that worry monster 00:14:21.990 --> 00:14:24.009 tonight in our lives. Don't be worried about 00:14:24.009 --> 00:14:26.210 what people think about you. You need to be worried 00:14:26.210 --> 00:14:29.190 about what God sees you as. You don't need to 00:14:29.190 --> 00:14:31.070 be worried about how you're labeled by others. 00:14:31.110 --> 00:14:33.870 You need to thank God. How am I being seen by 00:14:33.870 --> 00:14:38.370 you tonight? If God sees you as more, if God 00:14:38.370 --> 00:14:41.470 sees you as powerful, you need to thank him and 00:14:41.470 --> 00:14:43.409 hear him tonight. That's why it's so important 00:14:43.409 --> 00:14:48.210 to hear the voice of God. Let me address the 00:14:48.210 --> 00:14:51.330 worry monster evangelism. Are you worried that 00:14:51.330 --> 00:14:53.710 you'll freeze in front of that person so you'd 00:14:53.710 --> 00:14:56.929 rather just not even speak to anybody? Are you 00:14:56.929 --> 00:15:00.549 worried that you don't know enough Bible to witness 00:15:00.549 --> 00:15:03.179 to somebody? Are you worried that if you pray 00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:06.220 with them, God won't honor your prayers? Quit 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:08.379 worrying about what's gonna go wrong with reaching 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:10.759 out to people. Why aren't you worried about what's 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:14.120 gonna happen that's good? We can keep expecting 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.100 all the bad things to happen. Well, won't somebody 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:18.240 just get some faith tonight and say, I believe 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:22.059 God's about to do something good. I believe God's 00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:25.500 about to do something great. I want somebody 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:28.000 to get excited, not about what the bad is happening 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:31.340 in the world, but say God is about to do something 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:34.679 good in my life. God's about to use me to reach 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.759 somebody. I'm gonna praise somebody through the 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:39.779 Holy Ghost this year. I'm gonna get a Bible study 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:42.759 and I'm gonna win somebody to Jesus. But you 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.419 gotta get rid of that worry monster in your life 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:48.500 or you're not gonna win anybody. You're not gonna 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:50.740 knock one door with our outreach team if you 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:53.879 allow worry to keep you out. You're not gonna 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:57.639 go to one prayer booth if you allow worry to 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:00.899 stop you from coming. The enemy wants you to 00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:03.519 stay at home. I gotta give a little plug for 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.299 outreach because God has taken our church to 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:09.600 a new level. He's taken us to a deeper place 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:13.000 and he wants our entire church to be a part of 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.759 that harvest of revival, amen? So you've gotta 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:19.740 speak in faith. because you are a witness to 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:22.860 what Jesus did in your life. Your testimony is 00:16:22.860 --> 00:16:26.570 not my testimony. You are a witness to what God 00:16:26.570 --> 00:16:28.929 can do. So if you're worried about giving Bible 00:16:28.929 --> 00:16:31.309 scripture, just tell people what God's done in 00:16:31.309 --> 00:16:34.330 your life. Tell him how he snatched you out of 00:16:34.330 --> 00:16:38.009 drugs. Tell them how that you used to be an alcoholic, 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:41.570 but now you are a follower of Jesus Christ. Tell 00:16:41.570 --> 00:16:44.649 them how he brought you out of darkness into 00:16:44.649 --> 00:16:46.769 your marvelous light, because that's what the 00:16:46.769 --> 00:16:49.929 world's looking for. And if you can couple scripture 00:16:49.929 --> 00:16:53.129 with your experience, you're gonna be able to 00:16:53.129 --> 00:16:56.639 reach somebody, amen? But this is what it all 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:00.440 comes down to. I've thought about this analogy 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.200 and I'll share it with you. Just sort of picture 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:05.059 a child, we probably have all been there, a kid 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:08.660 stuck in a tree and he's hanging onto a limb 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:11.359 and the dad is standing at the bottom of the 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:15.160 tree and saying, son, just let go. Just let go 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.619 and I'll catch you. But the kid that's worried 00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:22.759 is gonna say, dad, I can't let go. I'm afraid 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:25.359 you're gonna drop me. I'm afraid you won't catch 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:28.319 me. But the child that trusts their father enough 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.460 is gonna say, daddy, I trust you. I'm gonna let 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:35.059 go. That is where we are at with Jesus tonight. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:38.500 Jesus has been this way with us too many times. 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:41.000 And for some, you may be in this season right 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.740 now where Jesus is saying, just let go. Let go 00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:48.480 of the worry. Let go of the fear. Because if 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.880 you will, I'm right here. and I'm gonna catch 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.319 you. You've been holding on to fear for way too 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:57.980 long. Jesus is ready to deliver us tonight, but 00:17:57.980 --> 00:18:01.460 we've got to have the ability to give it to him. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.339 Instead of letting him take over, you've stayed 00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:09.880 in this worrisome place in your life the whole 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:13.700 time that Jesus has been saying, give it to me. 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:17.599 Let me carry it. I'll carry you to win the lost. 00:18:17.950 --> 00:18:21.210 I'll carry you and provide for you. I'll carry 00:18:21.210 --> 00:18:23.529 you and I'll be able to help you to forgive others. 00:18:24.430 --> 00:18:26.910 Now I asked this question in my last message 00:18:26.910 --> 00:18:29.630 back a few weeks ago and I'll ask it one more 00:18:29.630 --> 00:18:31.529 time because God just keeps bringing this back 00:18:31.529 --> 00:18:34.730 to me over and over again. Do you trust him? 00:18:35.809 --> 00:18:39.329 Do we really trust him? Because this is what 00:18:39.329 --> 00:18:42.470 it's really all about. We're gonna overcome worry 00:18:42.470 --> 00:18:46.170 tonight and you've got to ask yourself, do I 00:18:46.170 --> 00:18:50.359 really trust him? If you do trust him, let go 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:54.960 of the worry. Let go of the fear. Let go of the 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:57.519 anxiety. Stop showing him how much you distrust 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:01.380 him by holding onto that worry because he's saying, 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:04.099 just give me a little bit of faith. Just let 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:07.000 go of that trouble, that trial, and we're gonna 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:10.160 see him work it out. He's gonna work it all together. 00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:14.839 It was said, and I love this quote. Rosa Park 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:16.700 said, I have learned over the years that when 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:22.420 one's mind is made up, it diminishes fear. Jesus 00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:25.279 is calling us to be a bold testament for him. 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:28.960 If you can make up in your mind, fear really 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:31.880 don't have any place because you're saying, I 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.599 am pushing forward and I believe God's gonna 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.619 carry me. For in Second Timothy one and seven, 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.599 for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:46.670 a power. and of love and of a sound mind. If 00:19:46.670 --> 00:19:49.529 you're going through fear right now, Jesus did 00:19:49.529 --> 00:19:53.170 not give you that fear. If you're going through 00:19:53.170 --> 00:19:56.230 worry right now, it didn't come from God. I'll 00:19:56.230 --> 00:19:58.069 leave it to you to decide where it come from. 00:19:58.769 --> 00:20:01.609 But Jesus is giving us the spirit of love and 00:20:01.609 --> 00:20:04.950 power and self -discipline. We can be so worried 00:20:04.950 --> 00:20:08.670 about the outcome that we may freeze and totally 00:20:08.670 --> 00:20:11.799 miss what God has for us. I wanna share with 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.240 a testimony that happened just this year. Me 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.619 and Ezekiel were out of town one weekend, and 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:20.579 we went to Walmart to get a few things. And as 00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:22.460 we were walking in the front door of Walmart, 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:25.480 I caught eyes with a lady that was standing there. 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:28.599 She looked so sick, and she was so young and 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:31.940 on an oxygen tank, probably in her 20s. And we 00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:34.000 just caught eyes, but as we kept going, we were 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:36.599 trying to get things and get out of town. And 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:39.710 we checked out. Went back outside and there was 00:20:39.710 --> 00:20:43.190 she was again. She was at her car, she had her 00:20:43.190 --> 00:20:46.009 oxygen tank right there beside her. And she waved 00:20:46.009 --> 00:20:49.869 at me and said, hey, can you help me? Two times 00:20:49.869 --> 00:20:52.730 that I've got this lady's attention. So I go 00:20:52.730 --> 00:20:55.869 to her, I help her pick up her oxygen tank and 00:20:55.869 --> 00:20:58.450 she thanks me. Me and Zeke get in the car and 00:20:58.450 --> 00:21:01.410 I just feel God pounding on my heart saying, 00:21:01.549 --> 00:21:05.450 you are about to miss a moment that I just gave 00:21:05.450 --> 00:21:10.059 you. but worry was trying to tell me she don't 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:14.019 want what I've got. She looks so sick and she 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:17.240 was so weak that she don't wanna talk right now. 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:20.500 That's what worry was telling me. But as I was 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:22.660 sitting in the car, I kept looking back at her 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:25.059 and she was standing in her car weeping at this 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:28.359 point. And my son looked at me and he said, dad, 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.240 why do you keep looking at this woman in the 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.119 car? He could just feel the presence of God in 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:36.259 the car. I said, Zeke, sit still. I've got to 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:39.420 go pray with this lady. So he sat in the car. 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:41.720 I locked him in the car. I walked over to her 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:44.660 and I was like, hey, I know this is crazy, but 00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:46.599 can I pray with you right now? I just feel God 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:49.539 has a miracle for your life right now. And she 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:52.559 began to weep right there in her car. So I prayed 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.779 for her. Worry almost stopped me from this moment. 00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:00.660 Worry almost held me back from seeing a God moment. 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.839 And then when it was done praying, she said, 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:07.230 I was just put in hospice care. in her 20s. And 00:22:07.230 --> 00:22:09.150 I said, I believe God's about to work a miracle 00:22:09.150 --> 00:22:11.490 in your life. And she said, when I told her where 00:22:11.490 --> 00:22:14.630 I was from, she began to, she broke down in tears. 00:22:14.930 --> 00:22:17.490 And she said, I just got a call from a doctor 00:22:17.490 --> 00:22:21.190 in Winston -Salem this morning and they approved 00:22:21.190 --> 00:22:23.250 my medical care that I've been waiting months 00:22:23.250 --> 00:22:28.009 on. I was four hours away. What a coincidence. 00:22:28.549 --> 00:22:32.750 Worry almost got me. Fear almost took a hold 00:22:32.750 --> 00:22:36.019 of me. and I believe God healed her. I really 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:39.059 do. I believe God did a miracle in her life. 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:45.359 So let me tell you, if you carry the light, why 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:49.779 are we still hiding? Darkness wins when believers 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:53.799 remain silent by worry. You were not saved and 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.440 brought out of darkness to slowly fade back into 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:59.079 the darkness. You were brought into the light 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.440 to be the fire that burns for our lost world. 00:23:03.009 --> 00:23:06.650 Come on somebody, God is ready to help us overcome 00:23:06.650 --> 00:23:09.569 fear, but you gotta be willing to give it to 00:23:09.569 --> 00:23:13.390 him. Is anybody received tonight? We're starving 00:23:13.390 --> 00:23:16.690 the worry monster in our life tonight. We're 00:23:16.690 --> 00:23:19.210 overcoming it by the fire of the Holy Ghost. 00:23:20.269 --> 00:23:21.990 Come on, once you lift your hands with those 00:23:21.990 --> 00:23:24.109 around you right now and say, Jesus, give me 00:23:24.109 --> 00:23:27.910 boldness. Give me boldness right now, God. I 00:23:27.910 --> 00:23:30.490 wanna leave this place with worry on the altar. 00:23:30.910 --> 00:23:33.950 I wanna leave this place with fear left on the 00:23:33.950 --> 00:23:40.309 altar. In the name of Jesus. God, we give it 00:23:40.309 --> 00:23:44.250 to you. We give it to you in the name of Jesus. 00:23:46.890 --> 00:23:50.130 Sometimes you don't realize your own strength 00:23:50.130 --> 00:23:54.009 until you face your greatest weakness or your 00:23:54.009 --> 00:23:56.619 greatest worry. But when you come up against 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:59.839 it and you say no, in Jesus' name, I'm not gonna 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:02.380 allow this to overcome me, you're gonna see how 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:05.339 strong you really are. You're gonna see how strong 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:07.720 you really are in Jesus, because what we need 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:10.339 to do tonight, we need to trade burdens with 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:13.980 Jesus. For Jesus said in Matthew 11, come to 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:16.880 me, all you who are labor and heavy laden, and 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:20.799 I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:23.000 learn of me, for I'm gentle and lowly in heart. 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:27.180 You will find rest for your souls. For here it 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:30.759 is, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.380 You know that worry that you're carrying right 00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:35.940 now? The burden that God wants to give you, it's 00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:39.180 so much lighter. That fear that you've been carrying 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:41.180 for so long, I feel it in the Holy Ghost right 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:44.619 now. You've gotta let it go. Because the burden 00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:47.460 that God wants to rest on you, that burden for 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:50.079 the loss that's gripping our church, it's so 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:53.279 much lighter than carrying the worries of this 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:58.220 world. Let me challenge you. Give Jesus the burden 00:24:58.220 --> 00:25:01.009 of your worry. and he'll give you a burden for 00:25:01.009 --> 00:25:04.289 his kingdom to come. Give Jesus the burden of 00:25:04.289 --> 00:25:06.910 fear and he'll give you a burden for the lost. 00:25:07.309 --> 00:25:10.650 Give Jesus the burden of anxiety and he'll send 00:25:10.650 --> 00:25:14.329 you out with fire and with passion. Does anybody 00:25:14.329 --> 00:25:17.750 want that? I don't want worry in my life anymore. 00:25:17.829 --> 00:25:21.650 I want passion for the things of God. I wanna 00:25:21.650 --> 00:25:25.130 see his kingdom come in this city, but I've gotta 00:25:25.130 --> 00:25:28.539 let worry go. Because that worry monster that's 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:31.059 been plaguing many of our lives tonight, it's 00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:34.259 gonna keep us from that day of Pentecost. It's 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:36.380 gonna keep us from seeing the thousands that 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:39.099 are ready to come because we're terrified of 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:42.920 going in certain parts of our city. But that's 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:46.759 where Jesus is. He's in the back streets. There's 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.579 entire neighborhoods that are about to come, 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:50.940 Brother Ray, but we've got to be willing to go. 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:53.880 We can't be worried anymore, church. We've just 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:57.619 got to go. We've got to see God use us. So here's 00:25:57.619 --> 00:26:00.559 the big answer that we've all been waiting for. 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:09.039 How do we overcome worry? Matthew 6, beginning 00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:14.730 at verse 32, these things which are worry. dominate 00:26:14.730 --> 00:26:17.589 the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly 00:26:17.589 --> 00:26:20.990 father already knows all your needs. Seek the 00:26:20.990 --> 00:26:25.089 kingdom of God above all else and live righteously 00:26:25.089 --> 00:26:29.529 and he will give you everything you need. So 00:26:29.529 --> 00:26:33.210 don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will 00:26:33.210 --> 00:26:35.890 bring its own worries. Today's trouble's enough 00:26:35.890 --> 00:26:39.609 today. How many knows that worrying about tomorrow 00:26:39.609 --> 00:26:42.630 really don't help it out at all? It really don't 00:26:42.630 --> 00:26:45.920 help. So how will we overcome this worry monster 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:49.920 in our lives? It's an ugly, brutal monster that 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:52.279 holds back individuals from being greatly used 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:57.640 by God. So how do we overcome it? Worry and fear 00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:59.539 are the surface monsters, but let's get to the 00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:03.319 root of it. This is really a trust monster. This 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:06.359 is really a trust issue. We might cover it up 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:09.289 with worry. We might cover it up with anxieties 00:27:09.289 --> 00:27:12.690 and stress, but the deep issue is this is a trust 00:27:12.690 --> 00:27:16.329 issue. The answer that has been woven through 00:27:16.329 --> 00:27:19.490 this entire message tonight is this. We overcome 00:27:19.490 --> 00:27:22.109 these monsters by blindly trusting in Jesus. 00:27:23.289 --> 00:27:26.529 Come on, we just gotta trust him, church. Those 00:27:26.529 --> 00:27:28.869 things you're worrying about, you just gotta 00:27:28.869 --> 00:27:30.410 give it to him. I don't know how to put it any 00:27:30.410 --> 00:27:33.950 other way, pastor. We just gotta trust him. Because 00:27:33.950 --> 00:27:36.549 when we're worrying, we're actually saying, Jesus, 00:27:36.549 --> 00:27:39.769 I really don't trust you with my finances. When 00:27:39.769 --> 00:27:41.910 we're worrying about our health issues, we're 00:27:41.910 --> 00:27:44.569 actually saying, Jesus, I really don't trust 00:27:44.569 --> 00:27:48.450 you. I trust my doctors, but I really don't trust 00:27:48.450 --> 00:27:52.170 you. How many has ever had the prescriptions 00:27:52.170 --> 00:27:54.750 pushed to you and you take them blindly without 00:27:54.750 --> 00:27:56.950 even thinking about it? But when you hear somebody 00:27:56.950 --> 00:28:00.210 preach about healing, you're like, I'm not really 00:28:00.210 --> 00:28:05.269 sure about that. You go to an attorney, you go 00:28:05.269 --> 00:28:08.069 to a lawyer, and you accept their guidance immediately, 00:28:08.130 --> 00:28:10.549 but when you hear a man of God preach about direction, 00:28:10.589 --> 00:28:13.509 you're like, I really don't know about this. 00:28:14.190 --> 00:28:17.690 We gotta trust God, church, because we are coming 00:28:17.690 --> 00:28:20.130 to the end of this. We're gonna have to come 00:28:20.130 --> 00:28:22.009 to the place where there's gonna be no doctors 00:28:22.009 --> 00:28:24.650 of trust, there's gonna be no attorneys of trust. 00:28:24.789 --> 00:28:28.829 We're gonna have to put our full belief in God. 00:28:30.390 --> 00:28:33.329 We must believe that Jesus will supply all of 00:28:33.329 --> 00:28:37.190 our needs, trusting Jesus to supply. He will 00:28:37.190 --> 00:28:40.970 enable us to seek after his kingdom. So do we 00:28:40.970 --> 00:28:45.309 trust him? I've been asking myself that for weeks. 00:28:45.390 --> 00:28:49.569 Do I really trust him like I think I do? We've 00:28:49.569 --> 00:28:53.069 got to trust him. You could say it like this. 00:28:53.329 --> 00:28:56.470 Why don't you lean on Jesus for a change? You've 00:28:56.470 --> 00:28:58.809 been leaning on a lot of things. But why don't 00:28:58.809 --> 00:29:00.849 you try leaning on Him because if you lean on 00:29:00.849 --> 00:29:04.309 Jesus, He's not gonna leave you. He's not gonna 00:29:04.309 --> 00:29:06.950 forsake you. He's not gonna leave you out in 00:29:06.950 --> 00:29:09.509 a ditch somewhere. He's not gonna leave you in 00:29:09.509 --> 00:29:12.190 worry. He's not gonna leave you in trouble. He's 00:29:12.190 --> 00:29:15.970 gonna take you. He's gonna take anxiety tonight. 00:29:16.410 --> 00:29:18.650 He's gonna take fear away from those that'll 00:29:18.650 --> 00:29:20.990 let go of it. They're strongholds that have been 00:29:20.990 --> 00:29:23.630 holding people down for too long. You've been 00:29:23.630 --> 00:29:26.759 feeding it for too long. You've been giving it 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:30.160 food all day long, the things you watch, the 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:33.240 things you listen to. That worry monster just 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:36.359 keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. It's 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:40.140 time to slay it tonight. Is anybody with me? 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:44.819 It's time to kill it. It's time to say, like 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:47.539 Brother Mark preached Sunday, there's a line 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:50.579 in the sand tonight. It's time to cut some things 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:55.210 off. It's time to let some things die out. That 00:29:55.210 --> 00:29:56.930 means he'll put the words in your mouth when 00:29:56.930 --> 00:30:01.190 you need to speak it, because worry's dead. He'll 00:30:01.190 --> 00:30:03.309 give you the financial ability to do what he's 00:30:03.309 --> 00:30:06.069 called you to do because worry and fear are dead. 00:30:06.450 --> 00:30:08.650 That means he'll give us wisdom and understanding 00:30:08.650 --> 00:30:12.509 to do his will, because worry is not gonna stop 00:30:12.509 --> 00:30:15.549 us anymore. If we believe that Jesus will supply 00:30:15.549 --> 00:30:18.309 every need that we have to serve him, we're gonna 00:30:18.309 --> 00:30:21.170 seek his kingdom first. That's really what it's 00:30:21.170 --> 00:30:24.579 about. If we're not seeking his kingdom, We really 00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:28.220 don't trust him. If we're not serving like we 00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:31.400 should, we really don't trust him. Come on, answer 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:34.299 it for yourself tonight. God knows where our 00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:37.259 heart is. But if we choose to believe Jesus, 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:40.440 we're gonna neglect the things of this world. 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:44.339 And we're gonna say, take this whole world, but 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.160 give me Jesus. Could it be the reason that you're 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:49.960 worried about God using you and you're fearful 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:52.640 of stepping out of faith is really because you 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.299 don't believe he'll take care of you? Come on, 00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:58.880 this is an internal question, church. Do you 00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:02.220 really trust him? Do you really believe he'll 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:06.039 take care of you? Come on, just say within yourself 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:09.299 right now, Lord, I'm giving you the worry. I'm 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:13.039 giving you the fears. Fear is a spirit. It's 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:16.009 gotta be broken. It's gotta be cast out tonight. 00:31:16.150 --> 00:31:18.049 Come on, would you lift your hands right now? 00:31:18.289 --> 00:31:20.670 As I'm coming to a close, I believe God wants 00:31:20.670 --> 00:31:23.990 to take burdens tonight. But if you wanna leave 00:31:23.990 --> 00:31:28.690 with it, you're good to go. But as for me, I'm 00:31:28.690 --> 00:31:31.630 giving it to Jesus tonight. I'm giving him the 00:31:31.630 --> 00:31:34.650 worries. I'm defeating this worry monster in 00:31:34.650 --> 00:31:37.509 my life tonight. I'm saying, Lord, your kingdom 00:31:37.509 --> 00:31:41.170 is more than I want in this world. Your kingdom 00:31:41.170 --> 00:31:47.710 is all that I need, Jesus. This kingdom, your 00:31:47.710 --> 00:31:52.970 kingdom come, Jesus. If you wanna leave in victory 00:31:52.970 --> 00:31:56.109 tonight, if you wanna leave with faith tonight, 00:31:56.210 --> 00:31:58.970 would you stand with me right now? I believe 00:31:58.970 --> 00:32:01.869 Jesus wants to take it. I know it's a Wednesday 00:32:01.869 --> 00:32:04.869 night. I know many of us come from work and I'm 00:32:04.869 --> 00:32:08.009 tired too, but you can leave with a new refreshing 00:32:08.009 --> 00:32:12.000 tonight because Jesus wants to take it. Does 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:14.019 anybody feel that right now? There's somebody 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.500 here in this building that says, you know what? 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:21.160 I'm done with the worry. There's people that 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:23.960 have lived their entire life. Don't raise your 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:27.480 hand. Even since a child that you have worried 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:32.059 so long that it's become a part of who you are. 00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:37.319 It's gonna go right now in Jesus' name. It's 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:40.599 gotta be broken. I come against it in the name 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:44.039 of Jesus. I come against this resistance right 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:48.519 now in the name of Jesus. It's gotta go. I rebuke 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.660 every work of the enemy that would try to hinder 00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:54.039 this victory tonight. It's gotta go in Jesus' 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:57.819 name. It's gotta be broken. We're going from 00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:02.200 this place in victory. We're going from this 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:06.140 place in worship because we're going with the 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:10.619 burdens lifted. Come on somebody, would you receive 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:13.299 that before we come to this altar? Make up in 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:17.539 your mind, this monster in my life is dead from 00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:23.519 this moment. It's going to the grave. I'm leaving 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:26.900 here a new life tonight. I'm leaving here with 00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:37.970 new faith tonight. In the name of Jesus. So what 00:33:37.970 --> 00:33:42.089 is the answer to frustration and worries that 00:33:42.089 --> 00:33:46.869 try to dominate our lives? The answer is this. 00:33:47.930 --> 00:33:52.470 Put the kingdom of God first. Put God first before 00:33:52.470 --> 00:33:55.789 your family. Put God first before your career. 00:33:56.529 --> 00:34:00.029 Put God first before your business. Put God first 00:34:00.029 --> 00:34:04.250 before your ministry. When we make His kingdom 00:34:04.250 --> 00:34:08.460 our priority, and pursue his righteousness, the 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:10.920 smoke of life distractions begin to clear away. 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:14.039 We're gonna be able to see better tonight than 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:19.900 we ever have. Suddenly we can see again. Suddenly 00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:23.400 you're gonna be able to breathe again. Suddenly 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:26.179 the worries that once felt overwhelming lose 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:28.900 their authority and you can say, look what the 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:33.679 Lord has done in my life. For tonight when we 00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:36.380 come to this altar in a minute, Why don't you 00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:39.260 just come in worship? Why don't you just come 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:44.860 in adoration that says, Jesus, I trust you. Jesus, 00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:48.079 I'm gonna give this a try tonight. Lord, I trust 00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:52.280 you. Though it's not easy. Because your pain 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:56.780 is so heavy, I get it. The pain is so heavy, 00:34:56.800 --> 00:35:00.639 I understand. But why don't you shift your focus 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:04.440 just for about 15 minutes tonight and say, Jesus, 00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:07.940 You're greater than all of my problems. Jesus, 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:10.920 you're greater than all of my fears. And we're 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:13.059 gonna leave here tonight as the psalmist declared, 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:16.480 given to the Lord the glory due to his name. 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:19.940 Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.860 Come on, won't you practice that right now? This 00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:30.500 altar's open. When we do this, frustration begins 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:35.159 to break. When we do this, the worry begins to 00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:41.320 fade away. When we do this, faith begins to rise. 00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:46.320 Won't you come saying, I will bless the Lord 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:51.900 at all times and his praise shall continually 00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:58.860 be in my mouth. Come on, if you've got praise 00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:01.590 in your mouth. There's no room for negativity 00:36:01.590 --> 00:36:05.590 anymore. If you've got praise, continue in your 00:36:05.590 --> 00:36:10.750 mouth. That gossip is dead. If you've got praise 00:36:10.750 --> 00:36:15.849 in your mouth, worry has no place anymore. Come 00:36:15.849 --> 00:36:17.710 on, won't you just practice that for a little 00:36:17.710 --> 00:36:22.630 bit? The Lord is good. The Lord is great. My 00:36:22.630 --> 00:36:30.710 worry has no place against my God. has no place 00:36:30.710 --> 00:36:39.650 in my life tonight. Come on church, you are hell's 00:36:39.650 --> 00:36:45.090 worst nightmare. Know who you are in Jesus tonight. 00:36:46.809 --> 00:36:52.369 Worry will have no place. Come on, somebody break 00:36:52.369 --> 00:36:55.949 through right now. Come on, I know it's Wednesday, 00:36:56.090 --> 00:37:10.500 but come on. Never the same. I come against strongholds 00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:12.320 in this building tonight. Let them be broken 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:18.239 right now. In the name of Jesus. May strongholds 00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:22.460 be destroyed tonight. May your faith be stronger 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:27.659 when you leave this place. In the name of Jesus, 00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:31.659 come on, give it to him. Give him the worry. 00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:35.599 Come on, there's some great soul winners in this 00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:39.699 church, but you gotta let go of worry. You gotta 00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:41.920 let go of fear. Don't worry about what you're 00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:49.380 gonna say. Just go do it in Jesus' name. Don't 00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:52.420 worry about worries taking you. Just go in Jesus' 00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:58.159 name. Come on, would you lift your hands right 00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:00.199 now? Would you lift your head and close your 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:05.340 eyes? Lift your voice before the Lord right now. 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:10.539 Would you say as Psalms 34 said, I sought the 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:15.019 Lord and he heard me. He delivered me from all 00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:21.900 of my fears. Would you declare greater is he 00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:33.900 that is in me than he that is in the world. by 00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:37.519 the blood of the lamb and the word in my testimony. 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:46.739 Come on, in Jesus' name. In Jesus' name, we are 00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:49.280 more than conquerors through him that love us. 00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:56.400 Give it to the Lord right now. Give it to Jesus. 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:50.260 Jesus the stress. Just trust him. Give Jesus 00:39:50.260 --> 00:49:57.710 a chance tonight. You are somebody. Why don't 00:49:57.710 --> 00:50:01.809 we begin to just declare victory right now. Come 00:50:01.809 --> 00:50:04.849 on, just begin to declare victory in this place. 00:50:08.809 --> 00:50:11.610 Begin to praise the Lord for deliverance and 00:50:11.610 --> 00:50:16.230 for power. God, you have made us overcomers. 00:50:17.710 --> 00:50:20.570 You have made us overcomers, oh God. We will 00:50:20.570 --> 00:50:25.250 be led by your spirit, not by the spirit of fear, 00:50:25.869 --> 00:50:34.960 the spirit of. I pray somebody begin to declare 00:50:34.960 --> 00:51:10.250 victory over that. How many feel like that there's 00:51:10.250 --> 00:51:12.829 been a load that has been lifted off of us tonight? 00:51:13.449 --> 00:51:15.550 There has been a burden and a weight that has 00:51:15.550 --> 00:51:20.190 been lifted in this place tonight. In Jesus' 00:51:20.489 --> 00:51:23.989 name, what a powerful reminder that God has gone 00:51:23.989 --> 00:51:26.650 before us, that God has given us the victory. 00:51:27.250 --> 00:51:30.329 We don't have to succumb to the spirit of fear 00:51:30.329 --> 00:51:34.210 that constantly wars against us and tries to 00:51:34.210 --> 00:51:37.030 talk us out of the victory and tries to talk 00:51:37.030 --> 00:51:40.670 us out of the promises. that the Lord has spoken 00:51:40.670 --> 00:51:44.070 over us. We can go from this place tonight in 00:51:44.070 --> 00:51:47.849 victory. We can go from this place tonight knowing 00:51:47.849 --> 00:51:51.650 that we are heading in the right direction and 00:51:51.650 --> 00:51:55.349 that God is before us, that he has gone before 00:51:55.349 --> 00:51:59.550 us and he's already given us the victory. We 00:51:59.550 --> 00:52:02.889 have no reason to fear because he's already given 00:52:02.889 --> 00:52:06.489 us the victory. It's already done. He's already 00:52:06.489 --> 00:52:10.010 fought the fight for us. and he's already loosed 00:52:10.010 --> 00:52:12.409 us and set us free. And so we're gonna go from 00:52:12.409 --> 00:52:16.630 this place claiming the victory in Jesus' name. 00:52:16.809 --> 00:52:19.250 Why don't you begin to claim it right now one 00:52:19.250 --> 00:52:23.409 more time and begin to thank him. Lord, we give 00:52:23.409 --> 00:52:29.730 you glory. We praise you for the victory. In 00:52:29.730 --> 00:52:33.110 Jesus' name we pray. We're gonna go from this 00:52:33.110 --> 00:52:36.269 place and we're gonna claim it in Jesus' name. 00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:40.559 Amen, we're gonna pray one more time as the elders 00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:44.219 bring the prayer list, these names that are represented, 00:52:44.280 --> 00:52:47.119 they are believing for a miracle in the name 00:52:47.119 --> 00:52:50.480 of Jesus. And so let us pray, believing together, 00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:53.760 let's bind together in faith and speak victory 00:52:53.760 --> 00:52:56.960 over these needs in the name of Jesus. If you're 00:52:56.960 --> 00:52:59.019 here tonight and you have a need that you're 00:52:59.019 --> 00:53:02.239 believing for, why don't you step forward, the 00:53:02.239 --> 00:53:05.239 elders will anoint you with oil and pray and 00:53:05.239 --> 00:54:06.840 believe that. In Jesus' name. that it has been 00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:12.639 to us. Amen. But I'll tell you this, the one 00:54:12.639 --> 00:54:15.480 thing that I've learned over the years about 00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:19.559 the worry monster is it's very stubborn. And 00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:22.559 even when I do get the victory, somehow he'll 00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:24.820 come and whisper and try to talk me right out 00:54:24.820 --> 00:54:27.780 of it. Amen, and so when he does, you just remind 00:54:27.780 --> 00:54:30.340 him, no, God has already given me the victory. 00:54:30.340 --> 00:54:33.139 You've been defeated and I'm not gonna fall for 00:54:33.139 --> 00:54:36.150 your lies anymore. And if you have to do it every 00:54:36.150 --> 00:54:38.050 morning, then do it every morning. If you have 00:54:38.050 --> 00:54:40.090 to do it before you lay your head on the pillow, 00:54:40.469 --> 00:54:43.530 then do it every night. But we're gonna continue 00:54:43.530 --> 00:54:46.409 in victory until God brings us to that place 00:54:46.409 --> 00:54:48.989 of promise. Can somebody say amen? Why don't 00:54:48.989 --> 00:54:51.090 you turn to somebody, give them a high five, 00:54:51.309 --> 00:54:52.789 tell them it's so good to see you in the house 00:54:52.789 --> 00:54:55.170 of the Lord. You may be dismissed in Jesus' name. 00:57:08.979 --> 00:57:12.860 Testing. If you're singing Sunday, please come 00:57:12.860 --> 01:00:06.820 up to the platform. Please. Hey, it's in here 01:00:06.820 --> 01:00:11.940 somewhere. Brother Nate. Brother Nate. It's live. 01:00:12.119 --> 01:01:40.039 I don't know what it is, but it's live. Testing, 01:01:40.280 --> 01:01:42.260 one, two, test, test.