WEBVTT 00:00:00.239 --> 00:00:01.439 Let me try that again. 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:19.280 It was evident, and it's been evident that you all are beginning to understand how to function and cooperate in this law of praise and realizing what praise does for you. 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:32.240 Today we're gonna go in a different direction because although you have received it, you understand it, there are what I would call enemies of praise. 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:33.439 Let's go there. 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:48.079 Because there are things that you could yield to, I can yield to, that would cause God not to manifest Himself on our behalf. 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.439 So let's go to Psalm number 147. 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:54.240 We'll start back at our foundation text. 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:56.799 If you're a first-time visitor, welcome to the Life Center Church. 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:58.159 We'll do all that at the end. 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.200 There was just the flow of that, and I don't want to break that up. 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:07.120 So Psalm number 147, stanza number one. 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:10.719 It says, Praise ye the Lord, for it is good. 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:12.400 Thank you, Jesus. 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:17.439 It's a good thing to sing praises unto God. 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:25.760 For your praise is pleasant to God, and your praise is comely or beautiful to God. 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:30.799 Let's jump right into this and talk about the first point. 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:35.439 Point number one: don't fall into the trap. 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.640 And you might say, Well, what trap are you talking about? 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:49.359 One of the traps or one of the enemies of praise is pride. 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:55.280 Yeah. 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:02.159 You know, it's interesting that we celebrate a lot of different things. 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:08.400 Um, Minister Adrian just celebrated celebrated her fifty-second birthday. 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:12.960 Um that was a celebration. 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:18.240 Um, Nick actually just celebrated his twenty-first birthday. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:26.400 Last month I celebrated my fifty-fifth birthday. 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.840 Um those are things to celebrate. 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:41.520 Yesterday, as I was sitting down, um, I was enjoying and celebrating the NCAA games. 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:46.000 Any men say me too? 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:48.319 Well, some ladies might be doing that too. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:03:16.000 We celebrate a lot of different events in our lives, and what I've noticed in the body of Christ over two decades is although we celebrate a lot of things, we don't have a tendency to celebrate God like we do those things or events in our lives. 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:22.960 And one of the biggest reasons is this thing called pride. 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:27.520 It is an enemy. 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:34.400 In fact, when you read Proverbs 29, it says the fear of man is a snare. 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:55.599 So being concerned about what people might think about you would cause you not to reflect on how good God has been and how good God continuously is in your life. 00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:06.719 Being concerned about people, being a people pleaser. 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:16.959 Did you think more about what that person has said about you than what God has written about you? 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:36.480 To put more stock in what somebody said about you that has affected your life, that it causes you to respond to life a certain way because of what they say about you. 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:49.600 You've given that person or those people more value than what God has already written about you, died for you to experience because of people. 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:58.319 Let me say this nobody on this earth has a heaven or a hell to put you in. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:07.759 And unfortunately, we put ourselves in hell because of people. 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:13.920 Bad relationships. 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:19.040 You thought that he was more powerful than God. 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:35.519 So you believe in what he said that he would do for you, and he would always be there for you, but yet you forgot that the Bible says, I'll never leave you. 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:38.319 I'll never forsake you. 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:41.040 I'll never abandon you. 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:52.800 You put more stock in what your mother said and what your father said, and those words weren't words from the kingdom, they were words from the pit of hell. 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:55.759 And it got you stuck. 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:00.319 Sir, come on. 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.839 This thing called pride, it's a real thing. 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:09.040 And it is an enemy to your praise. 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:14.000 Okay, let's jump into this. 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.959 Let's go to Proverbs chapter eight. 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:20.639 Proverbs chapter eight. 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:30.399 Don't allow pride to silence your voice. 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:41.920 Now, Proverbs chapter eight, verse number thirteen, from the New Living Translation, it says, All who fear the Lord will hate evil. 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:44.639 Isn't that something? 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:49.279 You know abortion is evil. 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:52.959 But yet we tolerate it. 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.079 And we celebrate it. 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.480 And we think it's okay. 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.160 You know what that is, don't you? 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:03.279 It's murder. 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:07.279 It's murder. 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.319 So we should hate what God hates. 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.439 Therefore, watch this. 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:23.120 It says, Therefore, I hate pride. 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:42.639 So God says in his word that he hates pride and arrogance, corruption, and perverse speech. 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:50.319 Perverse speech? 00:07:52.240 --> 00:08:00.720 Like, what have you been saying that you think that God is not paying attention to? 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:20.720 Now, this word pride means self exhortation. 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:29.279 Where you can exalt you. 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.879 Social media is really good with that. 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:42.799 Because it makes people seem bigger than they actually are. 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:47.840 It's promoting the individual. 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:55.840 And if we're not mindful, we will follow those individuals like they're gods. 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.759 Okay, watch this. 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:04.000 What is the first thing you do when you get in the morning get up in the morning? 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:07.600 Oh, y'all don't want to be honest right now, huh? 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:22.320 What's preventing you from praying? 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:30.240 If we were to if I were to ask you right now to take your phone out. 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:38.320 Uh-huh. 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:41.440 Watch where I'm going with this. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:46.799 And we saw how much time you spent on your phone. 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.480 We looked at your screen time. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:11.519 And how much time have you spent on your phone versus how much time you spent in prayer? 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:22.480 This word pride means independence from God. 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:33.200 Where we're doing things that God didn't tell us to do. 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.720 Independence from God. 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:42.799 Did the Lord tell you to take that job? 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:45.919 Did the Lord tell you to lead a job? 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:49.679 Did the Lord tell you to be in a relationship? 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:53.200 Did the Lord tell you it's time to buy this? 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.679 Did the Lord tell you it's not time to buy this? 00:10:55.840 --> 00:11:01.519 We should be dependent on God, not independent from Him. 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:11.279 And when we get to the place when we are making our own decisions, you have just fallen to the spirit of pride. 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:17.120 This word pride also means arrogance. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:25.039 It's an overconfidence in your ability. 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.080 Sometimes education is very dangerous. 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.600 It's good that you have a degree. 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:34.960 I have a degree. 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:38.559 I have two degrees, undergrad, master's. 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.240 But you know what that proves? 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:45.679 You can sit down and you possibly can learn from somebody. 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:50.320 What proves that you are smart? 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:51.919 Let me help you out. 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:59.039 What proves that you are smart is you can follow Holy Ghost. 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:04.960 See, you can have no degree and be a genius. 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.200 When you learn how to hear from God. 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:19.600 This word pride means inflated importance. 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:24.240 You believe that you are actually important. 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.639 You think that you're doing something at your little job. 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:33.200 Let me tell you something. 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:34.960 You can be replaced. 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:43.600 This word pride means boasting. 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:51.440 It means unreachable or unteachable. 00:12:53.600 --> 00:13:05.519 When you get to the place where you think you know everything, you get to the place where nobody can tell you anything. 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.840 Because you already know this. 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:14.000 You already smarter than everybody else. 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:16.159 That's pride. 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:25.120 Because many times we think, oh, I already heard that, I already know that. 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:26.320 That's pride. 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.399 That's pride. 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.759 Because you don't know anything. 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:37.679 I don't know anything. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:47.759 When you get to the place where you think you know more than everybody else, you have just yielded yourself to Lucifer. 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:51.919 Because that is where he was at. 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.960 Nobody couldn't tell him anything. 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:57.759 Pride. 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.320 It is an enemy of praise and it is an enemy of God. 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:07.919 Pride says, I don't need to do that in front of people. 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:13.519 Because we're talking about an enemy of praise. 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:19.200 And when people don't lift up their hands, they're saying, I don't need to do all of that. 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:22.480 It doesn't take none of that, which y'all are doing. 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:23.679 Pride. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.519 Because you know why? 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:29.679 It no longer is about God. 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:33.279 It's about you. 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:39.200 So because it's about you, you cannot and you will not surrender to God. 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.600 You've just now settled into a spirit of pride. 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:48.159 Thank you, amen, for that. 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:57.840 Now, the reality is every good thing that happened in your life is because of the grace of God. 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.120 I probably need to say that again. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:10.159 Every good thing that has happened in your life is not because of you. 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:26.720 It's because of the grace of God, the mercy of God, the compassion of God, the faithfulness of God, the love of God that He is constantly demonstrating to all of us. 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:34.720 And the least thing we can do is lift up our hands, open up our mouths, and say, Thank you, Jesus. 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:49.360 Now, why is pride so dangerous? 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:56.000 Because it's a very dangerous thing to operate in this thing called pride. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.000 Now go to James chapter four. 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:00.639 Let me show you how dangerous this is. 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:07.360 I wanna, I wanna lift up my hands. 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:09.120 I, I. 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:17.519 I because now that's about you. 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.759 It's not about him. 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:22.799 And that has to be the focus. 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.879 Everything is about him. 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:27.120 Everything. 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.320 It's why you do what you do. 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:37.200 It's he should be able to get the glory from everything that you say and everything that you do. 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:41.600 How you live your life, he should be glorified. 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:47.039 What you watch on TV, God should be honored. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:55.840 What you listen to, the Father should say, Oh my gosh, thank you, son, thank you, daughter, for honoring me. 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:00.080 And because you're honoring me, I'm going to honor you. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:12.079 So what you listen to, what you're watching, what you're saying is not honoring him, something's wrong. 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:17.519 Because it now is all about. 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.480 Well done. 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:24.640 James chapter 4. 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:28.880 Verse number six says, But he giveth more, more grace. 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.839 He gives you more grace. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.200 Thank you, Jesus. 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:36.319 He'll give you more grace. 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.559 There's grace for everything that you do. 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:44.960 There's favor is one of the definitions for that word grace. 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:46.400 You know what favor is? 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:51.519 That God will deal with the heart of somebody that will do something for you when you don't have the resources. 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:59.599 That means God will open up doors that you've been trying to get in. 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.799 That you may not even be qualified for. 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:08.799 He says he'll give you more, more grace. 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:11.839 You better receive that. 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.920 You'll be able to do things that you were not able to do before. 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.480 Why? 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:19.759 Because it's not you, it's God's grace that's on your life. 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:22.160 He said he'll give you more of that. 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:24.079 I received that. 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.359 Stuff you've been struggling to do. 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:30.720 The reason why you're struggling is because you're struggling. 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:36.880 But he said he'll give you the grace so that you don't have to struggle. 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:40.480 There's more grace for everything that you're doing. 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.759 There's more grace, college students, for you all studying. 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:46.319 So then school should be easy. 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.720 Why? 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:49.519 Because it's not me, it's the grace that's on me. 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.759 It's grace. 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.559 It's grace. 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.880 You have grace for your assignment. 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:07.200 When you are in your assignment, God's grace, God's power, God's anointing comes on you for you to get the job done. 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:10.480 So it's easy for you to flow. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:13.599 And people would say, How are you doing that? 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:15.200 Listen, it ain't me. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:17.839 It's the grace of God that I'm flowing in. 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:19.680 That's making this easy. 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.920 He said it's more, more grace for that. 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:29.359 There's more grace available for you to do what God sent you here to. 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.400 It's more. 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.720 It's more. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:41.839 I remember when we were in Atlanta and I was in a particular role. 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:48.880 And when we left that assignment, they had to hire six different people to do what one person did. 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:53.279 They couldn't figure out how did you do all of that? 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:55.359 Listen, son, it wasn't me. 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:02.400 It was the grace that allowed me to do all those different things that made it easy. 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:08.079 He said, It's more grace available for you. 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:17.599 There's a caveat to this though. 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.119 Wherefore he said, God resist. 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:33.680 So there's more grace for those who are not prideful. 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:42.559 There's more grace available for those who will say, I need God. 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:57.119 And I can't do this without his wisdom, his understanding, his ability, his skill, his anointing, not mine. 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:04.720 So when you are humble, there's more grace for you. 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:12.880 When you are prideful and think it's all about you, it's not about you. 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:22.640 Want you to think about why things are tough for you right now. 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:24.880 He's resisting you. 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:29.119 Whatever you're doing. 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.799 And it's not a flow. 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:36.079 He's resisted you because you're prideful. 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:42.079 And you may not want to admit it, but it's not working for you. 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:54.160 That's why it's not an ease to do what you do, because in one area of your life, God sees how prideful you are. 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:59.200 Because pride doesn't allow you to see. 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.880 Why? 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.960 Because it's all about you. 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:14.079 And God is resisting what you're trying to do. 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:18.720 For the most part, he probably didn't tell you to do it. 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.720 You wanted it. 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.880 Without him. 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:28.319 So now it's not working. 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:33.359 And now you're praying and asking him to come through. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:40.960 And he's not answered you because pride. 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:45.119 Somebody say, I'm letting pride go. 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.839 Right now. 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:54.960 And God will allow you to make your own decision. 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:03.359 Okay, listen to this. 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:06.720 God is concerned about the state of your heart. 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.799 I need that to settle in. 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:22.960 Because your heart is vitally important to God manifesting what you desire. 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:26.240 It's your heart. 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:32.160 The state of your heart will determine the response from God. 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:38.319 It's the state of what's happening in you. 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:43.519 Sometimes we think it's all about what's happening on the outside. 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:48.240 It's all about what's happening on the inside. 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:53.440 God responds to what's happening here. 00:23:54.000 --> 00:24:08.880 When this heart matches what comes here, when this what's in your heart matches your actions, you get ready to see God totally eradicate your situation. 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:18.240 So in praise, you have to learn how to get lost. 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:28.960 You gotta lose yourself. 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:34.559 You talking about you want God to be radical in your life? 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:37.039 Yes, I want to be radical in my life. 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:42.960 In praise, and when you lose yourself, you lose track of time. 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:54.960 When you are radical like this and you lose track of you, you won't even remember your circumstances. 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:00.319 Because you're not even thinking about the circumstances. 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:08.240 All you're thinking about and all you're focusing in on is how good God is to your life. 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:18.079 That's why this is a this is a weapon, because once you understand this, you've been weaponized. 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.759 Okay. 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.519 Number two. 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.559 I think you're gonna like this one too. 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:31.599 Because we're talking about the enemies of praise. 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:38.000 Everyone who lives by complaining lives in defeat. 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.839 Take a drink on that. 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:51.359 So an enemy of praise is complaining. 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:57.759 It was almost like a Holy Ghost hush over that one. 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:03.440 It's an enemy. 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:07.759 First Corinthians chapter ten. 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:12.240 Complaining is toxic. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:27.359 No matter how legitimate you think your reasons are, you don't have a reason to complain. 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:38.079 You might think, you might feel that your reasons are legitimate. 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:42.640 You don't have a reason to complain. 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.480 No, they didn't say anything on that one. 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.880 Yeah, yeah, Mr. 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.880 Hopkins, it's gotta soak in. 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:57.119 The word will help it soak for you. 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.759 Watch this. 00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:01.039 1 Corinthians chapter 10, verse number 10. 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:03.119 I'm gonna read it from the amplified. 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:06.319 And do not murmur. 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.440 That's what it says. 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.559 That was clear. 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.559 That's not a suggestion. 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:17.599 The quickest way to being destroyed is to complain. 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:26.640 The quickest way to allow Satan in your life is you complaining. 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:40.640 And do not murmur, notice in parentheses, in unwarranted discontent. 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:45.200 He's talking about your life. 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:55.440 Your life may not be where you want it to be, but your life right now isn't where you used to be. 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:07.519 And yet you're complaining about life right now. 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:12.640 As though he didn't deliver you. 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:16.400 As though he didn't free you. 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:19.279 As though he didn't save you. 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:22.240 As though he didn't come through for you. 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:26.000 Yet we still complain. 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.200 Watch this. 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.960 As some of them did. 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:39.119 And they were destroyed by the destroyer. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:45.119 Now these things happened to them as an example. 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:53.599 Isn't it so interesting that most of the time we don't read the Bible, so we don't know what happened with people in the past? 00:28:54.480 --> 00:29:01.200 And because we don't know what happened to people in the past, we're still making the same mistake that they made today. 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.839 From the Old Testament. 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:13.039 And yet the Bible says they were an example that we could read so that we don't make the same. 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:18.720 We're still making the same mistake that Adam made in the beginning. 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.440 Husbands. 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.240 Not praying. 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:31.359 Not taking authority. 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.039 Not ruling. 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.559 Not reigning. 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:38.480 And he allowed the enemy to come in to talk to his wife. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.799 While he was there. 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:45.440 We still making the same mistakes today. 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.000 Not being a spiritual watchman. 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:53.680 And yet our household is in hell, not because of the women. 00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.279 Who's that? 00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:00.480 Look at the lady said, I know that's right. 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:05.279 The ladies was like, I know that's right. 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.079 It's not them. 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:13.279 Remember, God didn't go to Eve first. 00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:20.000 He went right to that man and said, The woman, what's going on? 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.880 Adam, what? 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:26.720 We're still making the same mistakes today because what Adam did, he turned around and blamed her. 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:34.079 He turned around and blamed her. 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.920 It's her. 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.440 You gave her to me. 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.400 It was her. 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:47.200 It's all her fault. 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:58.079 Still doing the same stuff because we haven't learned the lessons. 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.640 Complaining. 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.240 Complaining. 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:12.400 Now these things happen to them as an example and a warning. 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.839 To us. 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:24.319 Meaning, if you do the same thing that they did, you're going to get the same result. 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:39.759 If we complain the way that they complain, then we open up the door to the destroyer the same way that they did. 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:48.319 God provided for them when nobody else came through. 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:51.359 It was supernatural. 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.440 He gave them manna. 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:57.599 But they started complaining. 00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:02.880 He was providing for them and they complained. 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.799 This don't taste good. 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.559 They didn't have food. 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.400 They were complaining. 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:28.160 You know we do the exact same thing. 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:44.079 Thank God that you did get up. 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.440 I'm tired of living over here. 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:51.599 Thank God you got it over here. 00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:04.880 We're complaining and we don't realize we're now opening up the door to the destroyer. 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:11.599 And guess who's keeping themselves there? 00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:16.720 It's not the enemy, it's your mouth. 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:20.319 Help us grow, help us grow. 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.240 I want to grow. 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.200 Watch this. 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:28.480 They were written for our instructions to admonish you. 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:32.160 And to equip you. 00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.400 That's so good. 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:39.359 Upon the ends of the ages to come. 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:44.799 Now, this word complaining is unwarranted disconnect. 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:51.920 So you have just disconnected with God when you start complaining. 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:59.839 And you've disconnected with God and you've connected yourself to the destroyer. 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:11.840 You complain about your husband, you complain about your wife, you complain about the kids, you complain about your aunt, you complain about the job, you complain about your car. 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:14.320 You just complaining about everything. 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.840 Well, I'm preaching today. 00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.159 But watch this. 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:29.679 This word also means fault finding. 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:04.000 Finding fault in other people. 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:08.400 This word complaining means to whine. 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:13.199 You just whine, just whining about nothing. 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:17.840 Doesn't even make sense, and you still just whining. 00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.480 Complaining. 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:23.519 You just disconnected from God. 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:30.159 It's interesting that this word complaining means unforgiving. 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:37.280 You're not willing to forgive. 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.239 Why? 00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:52.719 I mean, we're coming upon really the most celebrated holidays in the entire world. 00:35:55.840 --> 00:36:17.519 You mean to tell me if the Lord Jesus Christ was willing to forgive people who didn't understand him and he came to die for them, and yet he was willing to forgive and forget? 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.800 Then let me ask you a question. 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:26.639 If he was willing to do it, how come you can't? 00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:30.400 Hold up, I got the answer for you. 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.679 Pride. 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:37.519 Pride won't let you let it go. 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:41.519 So now you just disconnected from God. 00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:41.920 Why? 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:44.639 Because when you're humble, he'll give you the grace. 00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:54.719 So then forgetting and forgiving, once I'm functioning in this grace, it becomes easy. 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:57.679 So now I'm quick to forgive. 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.400 I'm quick to let it go. 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:03.599 I'm quick not to hold a record. 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:08.559 And then try to remind them of what they did. 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:17.760 This word complaining also means to criticize. 00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:21.760 Why are you so why why were you so critical on people? 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:23.440 You didn't do it like this. 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:26.880 Well, they're not you, so they're not gonna do it like that. 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.440 Enemies. 00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.599 So good, so good. 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:43.360 If you go back, I'll give you the scripture, Numbers chapter 11, go back and reread it. 00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:48.239 They complained because they were focusing on the wrong thing. 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:56.239 When you look at why you are complaining, what are you focusing in on? 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.280 That's it right there. 00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.079 That's it. 00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.280 That's it. 00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:05.039 Because if your focus is on God, there's nothing to complain about. 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:12.159 It's automatic because my focus is where it should be on him. 00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:22.800