WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.719 I'm of the belief that something happens when the saints of God begin to worship. 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:10.240 And there is a sound of worship that's in this room that is shaking the atmosphere. 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:15.519 So can we just take another 30 seconds and begin to just lift your hands and open up your mouth? 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:16.800 Fill this room. 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:17.920 Fill the room. 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:19.120 Come on, come on. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:20.399 We exalt you. 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:22.000 We lift you up, God. 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:23.280 You are worthy. 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.719 You are holy. 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:26.800 You are lifted up high. 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:28.719 There's none like you. 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:34.079 Oh God, you're worthy of every praise, every song, every hallelujah. 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:35.520 Come on, fill the room. 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:37.039 Fill the room. 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:39.119 Hold the music for just a second. 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:40.799 Let me hear the saints of God. 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:42.000 Just hold that music. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.000 Let me hear you open up your mouth. 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:46.159 Don't rely on the praise theme. 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:47.359 Don't rely on the song. 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:49.200 Don't rely on the instruments. 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:50.719 But open up your mouth. 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:51.679 Hallelujah. 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:53.600 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:54.880 Come on, fill the room. 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:56.079 Fill the room. 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:57.920 Let your praise fill the room. 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:00.240 Furnish this place with your hallelujah. 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:01.600 We exalt you, God. 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:02.799 We lift you up high. 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:04.159 There's none like you. 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:05.920 There's none like you in all of the earth. 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:06.799 Hallelujah. 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:08.159 We praise your name. 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:09.439 We glorify you. 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:17.599 Father God, in the name of Jesus, we come exalting and magnifying your name, asking you to get the glory out of this moment and out of this morning. 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:21.920 Father, we lift you up high above every other circumstance and everything around us. 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:25.760 And Lord, we just pray that you send your anointing that makes preaching easy. 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:29.280 We pray that you would send forth healing, deliverance, and salvation. 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:32.159 Let someone's heart be changed and transformed. 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.640 May they faith their faith go to another level. 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.760 We pray for a fresh anointing, a double anointing for this service. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.000 Oh God, may we never be the same as we look into your word in Jesus' name. 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:44.400 Would you clap your hands thunderously in the room? 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:45.439 Hallelujah. 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:46.799 The Lord is good. 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:48.640 Hallelujah. 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.599 If you need a Bible, the ushers are walking the aisles. 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:55.200 If you need a Bible, we got one for you. 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:55.760 Amen. 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:59.680 I'm grateful to be with you all, excited to share with you on the word of the Lord this morning. 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:00.239 Amen. 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:01.840 I'm excited about what God has to say. 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:02.879 How about you? 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:05.840 The Lord is good and his mercy endures forever. 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.319 And I am grateful for his goodness unto us. 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.560 Let's make this declaration over our Bibles ready, set, go. 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:14.319 This is my Bible. 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:17.599 It is my primary source of spiritual nourishment. 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:22.000 I will read it every day and become all God wants me to be. 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:26.080 My mind will be renewed, my life will be transformed. 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:28.719 I will become fully surrendered to Christ. 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:34.960 Therefore, I will hide his word in my heart so I can be all that God has destined me to be. 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:35.759 Amen. 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:37.120 Let's go this morning. 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:42.159 We're going to the 34th Psalm, Psalm 34, and beginning at verse number 17. 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:44.400 I'll give you a second to go there and get there. 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:48.800 We're continuing with the series of lions, giants, and bears, but God. 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:52.080 So this morning I'm just going to be continuing in that series. 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:57.360 Once you have the 34th Psalm and you're at verse 17, just let me know by saying, Got it. 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:00.560 Alright, let's we're gonna read it, uh, read it to you. 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:07.520 It says, The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.319 The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart and save such as have a contrite spirit. 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:14.560 And here's my key verse, verse number 19. 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:23.520 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them. 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:25.039 Thank you. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:26.400 Let's read that one more time. 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:33.759 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them all. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.599 And this morning, that's all I'm gonna talk about this morning, just simply but God. 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.039 That's what I want to talk about this morning. 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:39.919 You can take your seat. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:41.919 We're gonna talk about but God. 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:49.199 We are currently in the midst of a series, as we've already known, called lions, giants, and bears, but God. 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:54.080 Uh, those of you that are younger than a certain age, you'll be a little confused as to where in the world did we get that from, right? 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:55.199 Where does that come from? 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:59.680 It is actually a line from The Wizard of Oz, or it's based on a song from The Wizard of Oz. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:04.159 Um, and so now I must be honest with you, I didn't grow up watching The Wizard of Oz in my house. 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:05.680 We grew up watching The Wiz. 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:06.879 Anybody know? 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:08.800 All right, all right, I got some witnesses here. 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:10.639 Alright, we grew up watching The Wiz. 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.159 If you don't know what that is, Dinah Ross, Michael Jackson, you know, all that good stuff. 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.279 All right, if you haven't seen it yet, go on Netflix, it's still up there. 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:18.079 Go check it out. 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:19.120 That's your homework. 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.600 And The Wiz is just a different retelling of the same story. 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:30.160 Uh this girl finds herself, her name is Dorothy, she finds herself in another world and is seeking to make it back to where she came from. 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:36.959 And so this requires her to take a journey down the yellow brick road to get to her destination and receive what she's looking for. 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:43.199 But her journey is not a straight shot or without trouble, she faces dangers and detours all along the way. 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:53.040 Now, here's the thing: whether you watch The Wiz or whether you watch The Wizard of Oz, one thing that is common for everybody, no matter where you come from, is that we all know how it feels to face some hardships. 00:04:53.279 --> 00:05:01.839 Uh, nobody in this room, as good as you look and as wonderful as you look this morning, and you do look great, nobody in this room has had an easy life or a life without challenges. 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:04.399 We have all faced our own struggles. 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.959 And being saved does not exempt you from trouble. 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.319 I don't know who told you that getting saved meant you would never have a problem. 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:11.759 You will have some troubles. 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.120 As a matter of fact, sometimes being saved brings its own troubles with it. 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:15.920 Glory to God. 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:17.439 Anyone know what I'm talking about? 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:21.040 The more promises you have, the more problems you will also have. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:25.839 That's why this text begins honestly by saying that many are the afflictions of the righteous. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:26.319 All right? 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:32.959 Now here's the thing problems are a prophecy of the great things that God has in store for us if we continue. 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:34.399 Problems are a prophecy. 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.279 Now that sounds funny, that sounds strange to say, but they are. 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:38.560 Problems are a prophecy. 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:39.199 How so? 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:51.360 Whenever you're dealing with opposition, when the enemy is fighting you tooth and nail and throwing everything at you, that lets you know that you've got something worth having, you've got value, and you've got something on the inside of you that the devil wants to attack. 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:55.360 Yes, he is a thief, but a thief never barbers an empty or broke house. 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:59.040 If he's coming after you, it's because you've got something in you that's worth taking. 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:00.480 Come on, somebody. 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:03.519 So every problem is a prophecy. 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:27.839 That is why the Bible says in Joshua chapter number six that when the children of Israel, their lowly selves, these ex-slaves, former slaves are passing through the wilderness minding their business, that when the people of Jericho just heard that they were coming, they didn't say anything, they didn't do anything, but just when they heard they were coming, the Bible says they shut up the city of Jericho and locked it down and started acting crazy because they knew that if they were coming their way, then it was going to be a victory for them. 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:38.959 And I want you to know if you feel like you're facing opposition, facing a brick wall, feel like things have shut down on you and locked down on you, it's because the devil knows you're coming and you're coming with power and you're coming with authority. 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.920 Every problem is a prophecy. 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:51.199 So you may have many promises, and you may actually have many problems, but even if you have many problems, you only need one God. 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:54.800 You may have many problems, but you only need the one God. 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:56.160 Somebody say one God. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.639 Deuteronomy chapter number six and verse 23 says a powerful thing. 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:08.160 It teaches us that God brought them out from there, from Egypt, but that he might bring us into the land which he promised our fathers. 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:14.399 So the thing I love about God is that God can deliver you out of trouble, but he can also deliver you into your promise. 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.079 He does a twofold deliverance. 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:20.959 He brings you out of something, but if he brings you out, it's because he's bringing you into something. 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:22.560 He's a good deliverer. 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:34.720 And what the enemy does is that he cannot stop your promise, but what he does is he tries to frustrate and exhaust the saints to the point that you forget about the promise, or you're too weary and too tired and too worn out to claim it. 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.759 And you feel what's the use and what what what difference does it make? 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:38.800 I don't care anymore. 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:50.160 That's why Paul says in Galatians chapter 6 and verse number nine, he says, Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season you will reap if you just faint not. 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:54.639 Your responsibility is just don't faint, don't give up, don't fall down. 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:59.439 Keep standing still and keep holding on, and you will see the promise of God. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:07.199 The running song throughout the whiz is a song that it says, Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road. 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:08.720 Hey, I gotta witness this morning. 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:10.000 Ease on down the road. 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:10.560 It's a good song. 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:11.439 You should listen to it. 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:16.959 But I love the lyrics of that song because it says, Don't you carry nothing that might be a load. 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.199 Come on and ease on down the road. 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:28.160 The reason why I'm able to say don't carry anything that might be a load is because you might have problems along your journey and hardships, and sometimes you'll get tempted to get into your feelings. 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:35.120 You'll be tempted to carry baggage from one place to the next or be so tied up in the weight of what's going on in your own issues. 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.679 You can get weighed down and carrying problems. 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:45.039 But when you're carrying problems from one place to a next, it will keep you from going forward, it will tie up your hands and weigh you down. 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:50.559 But I need you to understand this morning, you can't give up right now because you've got a full journey ahead of you. 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:52.480 You've got blessings all along the way. 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:56.000 You cannot be tied down, weighed down, or distracted. 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:13.360 That's why the Bible says in Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 1, it says, Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance or patience the race that is marked out for us. 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:15.759 You've got so much ahead of you. 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:27.519 And what I love about God is that God doesn't just give you a promise or blessing all the way at the end, but God gives you blessings and rewards as you go along, day by day, moment by moment, glory to glory in every season. 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.000 That's why it's a marathon and not a relay race. 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.039 It's not a race, hallelujah, it's not a sprint necessarily. 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.919 It's a marathon, it's not about how fast you can go, but it's about how long can you endure. 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.440 And when you've got God, you don't have to be in a rush or in a hurry. 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:47.600 You can ease on down the road because you know you've got God with you to deliver you and escort you into your next season. 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:50.320 To have somebody say it's about to get easy. 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.240 Praise the Lord. 00:09:52.639 --> 00:10:01.120 So, we got to talk about some enemies this morning, talking about the things that we face, and the first enemy we must talk about is the lion. 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:02.080 The lion. 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:08.000 And I want to deal with this lion from a particular instance in Judges chapter number 14 and verse 5 through 14. 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:08.480 Right? 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:15.600 In this text here, Samson, the Bible says that he's going down, he's easing on down the road, and he's going into a place called Timnah. 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.960 And Timnah is a place where the Philistines dwelt, where other women dwelt. 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:25.600 And Samson's going down into Timnah because he has found a woman on his tender that he likes and desires to marry. 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:28.480 So he decided to swipe left. 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:30.960 He met somebody online, he wants to go meet her. 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:37.039 But the problem is that God told him you cannot marry people outside of the Israelite race, you cannot marry other nations. 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:48.240 Now he did that not because of racism, but God forbade them from marrying other races or outside of Israel, Israelite, excuse me, out of the Israelite religion, because their gods would cause you to follow other gods. 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:48.720 Amen. 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:50.879 And so God says, I don't want you to follow what they have. 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:53.759 Now they get converted and they can say, You can marry who you want. 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.159 Praise the Lord, but you cannot marry other nations. 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:07.039 Now the problem was that Samson, though, he was a bad boy, and so he decided, I want to be with this girl, and the more they told him, Samson, you can't do that, the more you know how you acted, you know how you are, the more he wanted to be with her. 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:14.080 And the Bible says the crazy thing is that God allows him to do it. 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:23.120 Because the Bible says in Judges chapter 14 and verse number six that God wanted a desire, he had a he was looking for an opportunity to overthrow the Philistines. 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:27.840 And the reason why I'm interested by this is because technically Samson is doing the wrong thing. 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:32.559 But God has this ability to turn his wrong and make it work out for his good. 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:33.759 Glory to God. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.960 He took Samson's mistake and made it work for a greater purpose. 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:41.600 He took Samson's detour and still rerouted Samson to the same destination. 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:44.799 I'm glad this morning because our God knows how to reroute me. 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.440 Glory to God. 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:46.799 He knows how to reroute us. 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.120 Anybody know what I'm talking about this morning? 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:57.039 If you don't know what a reroute is when you're driving in a GPS and you start thinking that you know where you're going, and so you start ignoring it like I do, like most men do. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:00.559 And you go the wrong way, and then the voice changes. 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:06.480 You know you go the wrong way because the voice in the GPS changes, and it's a whoa from being a lady to a man, you're like, wait, wait a minute. 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:10.080 But then it'll say on the screen, it'll say rerouting. 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:17.840 And what that means is now I'm taking you, even though you've made a wrong turn, I'm gonna figure out a way to get you back on the path and still get you to your destination. 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:19.120 Hallelujah. 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:21.440 God knows how to reroute you. 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:25.679 I don't care how messed up you've been, I don't care how many mistakes you are, God is a master. 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:32.639 He knows how to turn your bad turns and your wrong turns and still get you to the destination and get you where you got to go. 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:39.519 Verse 5 Samson's on his way, he's on his way somewhere, he has no business, and then he runs into trouble. 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.360 The Bible says that a lion begins to roar and come against him. 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:47.759 Now, if you've never snuck out the house, you can't understand the fear that's probably in this moment. 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:49.279 Yeah, yeah, that's okay. 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:50.480 That's alright, that's alright, that's all right. 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:53.200 Young people, the young youth section got so quiet over there. 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:56.000 I'm messing with y'all, I know y'all say it. 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:56.480 Amen. 00:12:57.039 --> 00:13:02.399 But he's on his way doing something, he has no business, and he runs into trouble. 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:06.480 A lion comes, and the lion comes roaring at him. 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:08.639 But the Bible says something powerful happens. 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:15.200 The spirit of God comes on Samson and he takes that lion and begins to rip the lion apart, and he begins to overcome that lion. 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:18.960 Now, here's the thing lions are a peculiar type of animal. 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:24.879 And the reason why I say that is because, really and truly, if you watch Animal Planet, you know that lions are really like an overrated predator. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:27.679 Yeah, he's a king of the jungle, but why? 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:29.360 Because here's the truth. 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:37.039 Lions are not the biggest animal in the jungle, lions are not the fastest animal in the jungle, lions are not even the strongest animal in the jungle. 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:40.399 But here's the thing lions are probably the loudest in the jungle. 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.360 The lion's greatest asset is the lion's mouth. 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:49.519 That is why in 1 Peter 5 and 8, when he talks about the devil, he says the devil prowls about like a roaring lion. 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:51.200 The emphasis is on his roar. 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:55.360 The worst part of the lion is his mouth, and the worst part of Satan is his mouth. 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:58.799 The thing with the devil is he just don't know how to shut up. 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:01.440 I wish I had a witness this morning. 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.320 He can't kill you, he can't harm you if you're in Christ. 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:07.600 He but he will lie to you and try to get in your head and get you to believe it. 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:09.759 He just keeps talking and talking and talking. 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:11.759 That's why Jesus calls him the father. 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.639 He says he's a liar and the father of lies. 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:16.639 Because most liars don't ever stop talking. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:17.440 Don't look around the room. 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.279 Look at me, look at me, look at me. 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:25.279 I can always tell somebody lying because they always got an answer for something, always got something to say, and you never stop talking. 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.720 You know everybody and everything all the time, you're lying. 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:33.600 The devil just never stops talking. 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:37.200 So the main way to defeat the enemy is to shut his mouth. 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:44.000 Peter told us when he told us to be sober and vigilant, he wasn't telling us just to later to be lying prey because he was coming around to devour you. 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.080 He's trying to teach you how to deal with that lion. 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.720 God sent in his spirit to help you to fight that lion. 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:51.200 And Samson showed us how to deal with the lion. 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.720 He went straight for his mouth. 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.879 And once he had done that, the Bible says he tore him apart as one tears a goat. 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:03.279 I want to declare over you this morning that the Holy Ghost will enable you to fight things that were once hard for you. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.799 What was once hard is about to become easy in your hands. 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.039 You got the power to shut the lion up. 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:13.519 You got the power to stop that lion because the lion be lying, but he ain't gonna be lying no more. 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:14.399 Glory to God. 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:16.399 You got the power to shut them lies up. 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.960 Don't let that lion lie to you no more. 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:21.200 Hallelujah. 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.320 He told you you're gonna be sick and die, he's lying. 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:26.399 He told you you weren't gonna live, he's lying. 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.720 He told you he wasn't gonna be nothing, he's lying. 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:32.240 The lion be lying, but I got the spirit of a living God on me. 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:41.360 I got the truth and who you got the power to shut the lion up. 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.919 And when you live the life that you sing about, that's how you shut him up. 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.879 When you praise God with all your mouth, that's how you shut him up. 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:50.080 When you deny your flesh and follow God, that's how you shut him up. 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.840 But that's not even the best part of this text. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.879 Verse number eight is the best part in the text. 00:15:55.120 --> 00:16:01.039 The Bible says, When Samson returned, he found honey in the lion's carcass. 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:03.840 He found something sweet and what was supposed to kill him. 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.639 Glory to God. 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:08.639 He didn't have to go hunting or chasing honey, he didn't have to fight bees to get the honey. 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.840 When he came back, that honey was sitting there waiting for him to come and claim it. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.360 And the Bible says in verse number 14 that he writes a little song, or as we would say, he spits a bar. 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:19.759 He says, Out of the eater comes something to eat. 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:21.919 Out of the strong came something sweet. 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:23.840 Out of the eater came something to eat. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.000 Out of the strong came something sweet. 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:28.159 He declares that he speaks it over himself. 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:32.320 In other words, what was supposed to devour me is now being devoured. 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:35.840 What was supposed to overpower me is now my comfort food. 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:37.200 I eat the line for breakfast. 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.240 Glory to God. 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.159 I want to encourage you this morning. 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:46.559 If you face that line, if you face that loud thing, that hard thing, God will give you a sweet reward. 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:51.919 I come and declare over you this summer 2026 is about to get real sweet. 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:58.720 I don't care how bitter your winter was, I don't care how bitter the spring was, it's about to get real sweet. 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:02.320 Life now is sweet and my joy is complete. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.840 I'm saved, I'm saved. 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:05.839 It's about to get real sweet. 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.000 So we face the lion. 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.400 Well, we got another enemy on our hands. 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:14.480 We got the giants. 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.200 What are we gonna say about the giants? 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:19.839 They're giants all throughout the Old Testament. 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.799 I wasn't sure which one to pick. 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:34.000 You had the Lephilim, you had the Anakim, you had Goliath, you had the Hittites and Gittites and Goliath's brothers, you had the Amorites and the and all the other Iights and Og the king of Bashan, and you had Sion the king of the Amorites, you had all these giants. 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:35.119 These are big guys. 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:41.519 But I want to share a lesson with you that my dad told me when I was growing up in middle school, going through all kinds of things with bullies and everything like that. 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:45.359 He told me, just because somebody is big don't mean they can fight. 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.440 It's quite a bit here. 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.240 I know you used to fight. 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:51.039 Don't look at me like that. 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:52.160 Don't, don't, don't, and don't. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.599 You ain't been saying that long. 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:56.079 Just because they're big, don't mean they know how to fight. 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.960 And sometimes, in fact, sometimes some big people rely on their size and not their skill. 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:07.039 Some people don't know how to fight at all because they just rely on being big and they think people are just gonna be intimidated and walk away. 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.799 I believe that was the case with Goliath. 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.559 I believe Goliath wasn't a real warrior. 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:15.920 Because Goliath, how you gonna let this little boy run upon you and throw these stones at you and you can't even get to your sword? 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.200 You can't fight, giant. 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.480 You can't fight, Goliath. 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.920 You're lost, you're talking too much. 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:21.119 Squash him already. 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:22.720 No, you can't fight. 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:30.319 See, and giants and bullies think that you will shy away and run just because it's bigger than you. 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:34.960 That's the mistake the children of Israel made in Numbers chapter number 13 and verse 33. 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:37.359 They begin to cry out when they came back and saw that. 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:39.839 They said, We are little grasshoppers in their sight. 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.440 We are like grasshoppers to them. 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:46.720 Now the giants never said that, but the Israelites let their own insecurities get to them. 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:50.160 I have to ask you, are you letting your insecurities stop your blessing? 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:52.720 Are you getting in your own way? 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.079 Are you getting in your own head? 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:57.759 Are you speaking over your own self what you're not and what you cannot do? 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:59.519 I need you to understand this morning. 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:06.160 You are not a grasshopper, you are not the little guy, you are not the underdog, you are not beneath, you are not the tail. 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:10.880 A grasshopper can't have what you can have, a grasshopper can't survive what you survive. 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.559 You can handle what you're going through. 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:14.480 You've got the greater one in you. 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:22.160 So, I don't need big stature to defeat a giant, I just need big faith. 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:24.799 You just need the confidence to fight a giant. 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.680 Yes, they are big, but your God is bigger. 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:31.359 And all you've got to do is start magnifying God, like we were doing a few minutes ago. 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:33.519 Just start exalting and magnifying God. 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.799 And the bigger you make God, the smaller your problem will seem. 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:44.640 I learned something when I was studying for this message that some of the best boxers, Brother Jesse, some of the best boxes and most powerful boxes are actually smaller men. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.960 Floyd Mayweather is smaller than me. 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.640 Mike Tyson is a smaller man. 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.680 He's about 5'10. 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:52.319 Rocky Marciano, I had to say Rocky because of Pastor Frank. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.359 I know, I know. 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:57.279 You know, Italian style, you gotta say Rocky Marciano. 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:07.200 Anyway, powerful boxers, and they're smaller in statue, but they know how to fight, they know where to hit. 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:13.440 And to quote one boxer, his name was Bob Fitzsimmons, and they asked him, they said, Bob, are you afraid you're about to fight this giant opponent? 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:16.240 He's bigger than you, he's heavier than you, he's stronger than you. 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.359 And they said, Are you afraid? 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.880 He said, No, I'm not afraid. 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:23.519 The bigger they are, the harder they that's what I'm talking about. 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:27.039 The bigger that giant is, the harder they fall. 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:29.039 And let me push it further. 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:33.200 When giants fall down, it shakes everything around it. 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:37.519 It causes everything to move and be loosened and come up from where it is. 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:40.880 When giants fall, it causes other things to fall down. 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:49.039 I want to let you know that if you face your giant and cookies, looking in the face, praise God, it will cause a ricochet effect, and things that were tied up will get loose. 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.680 Hallelujah. 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:52.160 Things that were in the way will begin to move out of the way. 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:54.079 Just knock that giant down. 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:56.559 Your size is to your advantage. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.160 The devil don't see you coming. 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:06.720 The devil doesn't expect you to stand up, the bully doesn't expect you to stand up, the system doesn't expect you to stand up, but don't get in your feelings and don't get in your pride. 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.559 Do like David did in 1 Samuel chapter 17 and verse 45. 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:13.839 He said, The life I'm not coming to you is sticks and stones. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:16.160 I'm coming in the name of the Lord. 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:19.279 If you come in the name of Jesus, the devil can't stop you. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:22.079 Step out of your last name and step in Jesus' name. 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:26.640 Step out of your feelings and step in Jesus' name and watch the strongholds come down. 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:28.799 Watch every imagination be dismantled. 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:30.240 Watch the arguments be silent. 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.359 Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:35.839 You are greater than your biggest problem. 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:39.359 If you believe that, clap your hands and give God some praise. 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.680 Alright. 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:47.519 We talked about the lion. 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.200 We talked about the giant. 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:51.440 Well, there's another one we gotta talk about. 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.799 The bear. 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:55.920 What are we gonna do about this bear? 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:59.759 And I wasn't sure how to take this, and the Lord took me to Daniel chapter 7. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:08.640 In verse 5, and I was dealing with bears, and there's a bear in the second, it says this, and suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:13.759 It was raised up on one side and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:17.759 And they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh. 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:24.480 If we continue reading in Daniel's prophecy, we learn that the bear is a representation of a political system. 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.640 Oh boy. 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:28.480 It's a political system. 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.720 The bear and is one of four. 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:36.079 In total, Daniel sees four beasts, each one of them representing political kingdoms of the world. 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:38.240 And each one comes and devours the other. 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:40.319 And then one is in control for a little bit of time. 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:42.400 And then another one comes and devours that one. 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:44.799 And then another one comes and it devours that one. 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:46.400 There are four beasts that come along. 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:52.160 There's a leopard, there's a bear, there's another beast that comes along and it just keeps devouring each other, one after the other. 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:57.279 A political system devouring the other, one after the other, until we get to verse number 13. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:03.279 When Daniel says, Behold, and there before me was one like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.559 He approached the ancient of days and was led into his presence. 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.200 Hallelujah. 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:10.640 He was given authority, glory, and sovereign power. 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.079 All nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:18.480 His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:21.839 And his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.119 The word of God just preached itself. 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.000 I don't praise team. 00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.880 Y'all can come on up. 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:26.160 The word of God just preached itself. 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:30.480 His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:33.279 The Son of Man here is Jesus Christ. 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:36.240 And he is being compared with the kingdoms of this world. 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:45.200 If you read this seventh chapter of Daniel, the bear is just one of four beasts that consume up one another, each one being more corrupt and more terrifying than the other. 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:49.119 These beasts are intimidating people that making people fearful. 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.680 Each one oppressing one and oppressing another. 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.400 And praise God. 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:55.680 I don't know if you realize it, but we're watching this unfold in our world right now. 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.799 Glory to God. 00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:59.440 The political system is consuming itself. 00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:05.039 Each one, every few years, somebody else comes along, more consuming than the other, and one consumes the other. 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:09.039 Every time you turn the news on, something else is happening, something else is going on. 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:11.599 Our nation seems to be at the point of combustion. 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:17.599 Nation is rising against nation, and people against people roars and rumors of wars as the word of God prophesied. 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:22.400 And like the beast and the text, one system just consumes another every few years. 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:25.680 That's why the Bible warns us in Psalm 146 and 3. 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:29.359 It says, Don't put your confidence in powerful people. 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:31.440 There is no help for you there. 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:37.599 You can't put your confidence in them. 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:42.240 You may like them, you may enjoy them, they may be entertaining, but don't you put your trust in them. 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:49.440 Psalm 27 says it like this some trust in horses, some trust in chariots, but we will trust in the name of the Lord. 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:55.680 Some people lean on military power and physical power and those things, but we've got to trust in the name of the Lord. 00:24:55.839 --> 00:25:03.920 You can't put your faith in people, you can't put your faith in men or politicians because politicians will let you down every single time. 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:07.680 You can't put your trust in any man because men will embarrass you. 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:12.319 They'll let you down, they'll leave you looking crazy, but our confidence is not in a man. 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:15.920 We must remember the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.680 I'm almost there. 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.279 Hold on, I'm coming, I'm coming. 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.960 I'm almost there, I'm coming. 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:23.920 Jesus is not a bear or a leopard. 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.920 Jesus is not a donkey or an elephant. 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.279 He's the Lamb of God. 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.559 Glory to God. 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.720 And hear me in the Holy Ghost. 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:35.839 We do Jesus a disservice when we try to force the Lamb to have the appetite of a bear. 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:42.319 When we insult his power when we're trying to make the Lamb of God act like a beast and a bear. 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:48.720 When we're trying to force Jesus into a political corner or debate as if he can be voted in and voted out every few years. 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:53.839 When my Bible tells me he is the king of kings, has been given an everlasting dominion. 00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.880 Glory to God. 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.839 I feel the Holy Ghost. 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:59.279 He can't be voted in or voted out because he don't need your permission to rule. 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:06.240 When he died on Calvary and got up from the grave, he stood up and said, All power has been given unto me in heaven and in earth. 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:11.279 All power has been given to me in heaven and in earth. 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:13.920 Then turn around and said, Whosoever will, let him come. 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.359 He doesn't play favorites. 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:20.240 He's got people from every nation, every color, every race, every tongue, and every tribe. 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:25.680 His kingdom has no boundaries or limitations because he's the king of kings and he's the Lord of lords. 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.440 Don't let that bear scare you. 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:29.039 Don't let politics scare you. 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:31.279 Don't let laws and policies scare you. 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:33.440 The name of the Lord is above every name. 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:40.799 He will be exalted, he will be lifted, and every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess. 00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:46.640 Just like somebody at Father tell them, Jesus is Lord. 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.960 Glory to God, hallelujah. 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:53.759 So we've gotten dealt, we've dealt with the lion, the giant, and the bear. 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.440 But now I want to talk about my God. 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.880 Can I talk about Jesus for a second? 00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:58.480 Can we talk about but God? 00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.279 Glory to God. 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.880 Somebody say, but God. 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:03.200 Say it one more time, say but God. 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:08.960 David says, Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but God delivers out of them all. 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:16.799 And praise God, we face three different types of enemies in this message, and surely there may be more types of enemies, but we only need one God. 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:19.519 You see, the pagans of that time, they were polytheists. 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:21.359 They had a God for this and a God for that. 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.920 They had a God for fire and a God for water. 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.559 They had a God for war and a God for peace. 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:32.160 A God for fertility and a God for sickness, a God for this disease and a God for that disease. 00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:36.559 Because their gods were just not strong enough to do more than one thing at a time. 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:39.119 Oh, God, I feel the Holy Ghost in this place. 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:41.920 Their God wasn't big enough to do more than one thing. 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:44.559 The God that could bring rain couldn't bring fire. 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:47.920 The God that could make a lie could not get do with another one. 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:52.160 Their gods could only do one thing, but our one God can do anything. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.799 Glory. 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:56.240 I feel like having church this morning. 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.200 Hallelujah. 00:27:57.599 --> 00:28:02.559 I said their gods could only do one thing, but our God, our one God can do anything. 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:05.680 Is there anything too hard for the Lord? 00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.200 Somebody say no. 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:09.039 Somebody say no. 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:12.079 Is there anything too hard for the Lord? 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:17.759 So God is the God of the conjunction. 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:21.759 If you remember the commercials, conjunction, junction, what's your function? 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.720 Glory to God. 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.720 Conjunctions are the connector word between one thing or another. 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:31.119 And the Bible says that God holds all things together by the word of his power. 00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:34.880 Conjunctions are for, and, if, or but. 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:39.680 And one thing I love about God, He knows just what conjunction we need at the right time. 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:43.519 He's a good author, and He knows what word we need at the right time. 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.200 He knows when to use if. 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.079 Hallelujah. 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:50.079 As if as in if God be for us, who can be against us? 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.799 Glory to God. 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:52.559 He knows when to use and. 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:59.599 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and have a call according to his purpose. 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.599 He's the God of and. 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:04.240 You see, the false gods can only do one thing forever. 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:06.640 But our God can do one thing and another. 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:09.839 Our God can bless you going out and bless you coming in. 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.480 Glory to God. 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.599 Well, I feel the Holy God. 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:14.960 He can bless you in the city and he can bless you in the field. 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.160 He can forgive your sin and heal all your diseases. 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:20.880 He can comfort you and whoop the devil at the same time. 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.079 Glory to God. 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:25.519 He can restore your soul and supply your needs. 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.240 Hallelujah. 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.799 He can deal with cancer and with your troubled mind. 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.359 Hallelujah. 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:31.440 He can save you and your loved ones. 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.920 Somebody say this and that. 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:36.079 Somebody say this and that. 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.119 Come on, praise him. 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.839 Don't be scared. 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.519 He's the God of this and that. 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.680 He's able to do this and that. 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:44.799 I don't care how long your list is and what you have need of. 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:47.039 I don't care what the issue is or what the problem is. 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.400 He's a sufficient part. 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:51.440 He's able to do exceeding abundantly. 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:53.519 Above all, we can ask or think. 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:58.720 He's the God of and, and, and, and, and, and, and. 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:09.200 So sometimes, you gotta get a little attitude with the devil. 00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:13.519 And when he's trying to talk to you crazy and say, are you gonna be able to do this and you got this going on? 00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:15.519 I just say, Anne, go to God. 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:22.559 You can't survive this, you can't go through, you can't crash away, you can't finish, you can't afford it. 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:24.240 I just say, Anne, what you talking about? 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:28.960 My car shall supply all my needs according to his riches. 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:36.799 And somebody shout, An, somebody shout and it's about to be an blessing in here. 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:43.519 Some of y'all, you ain't gonna have to choose between your soul and your body, between your spiritual health and your physical health. 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:45.519 God's about to give you this and that. 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:47.680 God's about to give you this and that. 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:49.039 I don't know who that's for. 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:52.480 This and that, this and that, this. 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:57.759 More than enough, more than enough, more than enough. 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:03.599 Let's clap our hands and give God the praise of him this morning. 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:11.519 So you might be surrounded all around you. 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:13.599 You may feel overwhelmed. 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:16.480 So much stuff is going wrong at the same time. 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:19.440 And the enemy tells you you need to do this and do that and try this. 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.480 And but why are you doing this? 00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.319 You only need one God. 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:27.519 And God is more than enough to handle whatever problem you got going on in your world. 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:37.519 I don't care if it's mental, I don't care if it's emotional, I don't care if it's physical, I don't care if it's spiritual, whatever it is that you're going through, there's nothing too hard for the Lord. 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:40.640 But with God, nothing shall be impossible. 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.480 He's the God of the end. 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:58.559 And I want to declare with you this morning, some of you have may have many needs, but I want you to know God is a God of the end, He's a God of the conjunction, but He also knows, hallelujah, praise the Lord, when to throw in a butt, a butt clause. 00:31:58.799 --> 00:32:02.160 He knows when to interrupt your trouble with a butt guard. 00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:04.960 And maybe you have been having a bad year or whatever is going on. 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:07.759 I want you to know affliction will not have the last word. 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:10.160 Trouble will not have the last word. 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:13.519 You are supposed to be lost, but God will find you. 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:16.240 You're supposed to be dead, but God revived you. 00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:18.799 You were supposed to be down, but God lifted you. 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:21.200 Should have been depressed, but God take your joy. 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:23.440 Should have been sick, but God was Jehovah Rapha. 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.000 Hallelujah. 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:31.599 Supposed to be confused, but God is Jehovah's Shalom, but God of your peace. 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.160 Supposed to be broken, but God held you together. 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.920 And so you're not gonna lose your mind. 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.200 You're not gonna go crazy. 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:43.759 But God, but God, but God, but God, but God, but God, but God. 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:56.240 And when you use that term, that conjunction, in particular, when you put butt in a sentence, whatever follows it is gonna make the difference. 00:32:56.400 --> 00:33:07.519 And sometimes, if you're depending on what's going on, you can say but in this person and that person, or some you could use it as a negative sense, but when you put God in the middle of the sentence, it changes everything before it. 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:19.200 And I want you to know God is in the midst of whatever you're going through, He's with you, and you're not gonna walk in defeat, you're not gonna hold your head up and look for your redemption to come. 00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:21.039 We're gonna worship the Lord in song. 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.759 Hallelujah. 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.319 Y'all crazy. 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.359 I'm not messing with y'all. 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.559 So we're gonna sing. 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.880 Thanks for watching. 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:30.240 We hope you enjoyed today's video and it encouraged you. 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:37.279 If you enjoyed today's message, be sure to share this video with somebody that you know so that they too can be inspired. 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:43.920 If you want to partner with us, click the link in the description below so that you can free to help us further the game. 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:51.200 We 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