WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.919 This is Ronald Hopkins, and thank you for joining the Life Center Church. 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:05.200 This is part four. 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:10.560 We're not going to do a lot of review because I want to make sure we get into some new areas today. 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:14.400 So today we're talking about the sun room. 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:16.719 The sun room. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:20.399 So let's go back to Psal 147. 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.760 Psalm 147. 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:31.280 They online, Tina saying, get that clock right too. 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:38.560 Psalm 147. 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:46.159 Stanza number three says, He, meaning God, heals. 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.479 Anytime you see a TH there, that means continual. 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:53.600 So God is in the healing business. 00:00:54.079 --> 00:01:00.399 So God heals the broken in heart and he bound or he binded up their wounds. 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.640 Go to Psalm number 109. 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:12.560 Stanza number 22 says, For I am poor and needy, and my heart is, what's this word? 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:14.400 Come on, what's this word? 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:15.040 Wounded. 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.560 Wounded, notice, within me. 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:33.519 So this word wound, again, if you're here for the first time, we've been talking about something that you won't hear in most churches, but many believers are dealing with wounds. 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:39.840 And so a wound is an injury to the heart or your soul. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.200 We know your soul is your mind, your will, and your emotions. 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:49.920 And it's caused by a painful experience. 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.959 And that painful experience can also be traumatic. 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:06.719 So there's an injury to your heart, an injury to your soul, which is your mind, your will, and your emotion that's caused by a painful experience or something that traumatizes you. 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:18.240 And the purpose of that womb is to damage your identification, your identification of who Christ called you to be, not your personality, your identification. 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:25.840 It's sent to damage your emotions so that you're emotionally struggling. 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.719 And then it's been sent to change your belief system. 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:37.680 It's sent to destroy your relationships. 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:40.879 So today, thank you, Emory said. 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:48.159 I can tell if you don't say, man, Emory gonna help me out today. 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.360 So today we're talking about the son room. 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:59.280 Now, every man is first a son before he's a husband. 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:03.360 Every man is first a son before he's a father. 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.960 Every man is first a son before he's a leader. 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:17.120 So the enemy recognizes that if he can damage the son, he can negatively influence the man. 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:31.599 But God also recognizes that if he could have the son walk in healing, then he would be a healthy man, which would produce a healthy family. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:37.360 So now we can understand why many families are damaged. 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:44.000 Because the man did not understand or recognize this wound. 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:48.400 So the enemy now goes after the son. 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.520 Next week we're gonna talk about the daughter. 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:53.759 So that is still true. 00:03:54.159 --> 00:04:01.759 If the enemy understands, if I can wound the daughter, I can wound the marriage. 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:07.120 Now, point number one today. 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:12.000 Silence is just as painful as absence. 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:18.720 Silence is just as painful as absence. 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:25.040 So today we're gonna look at a biblical character by the name of Mashibapheth. 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:29.360 You all remember King Saul? 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:37.680 And King Saul was an individual who God called to rule Israel. 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:41.759 But King Saul disobeyed God. 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:48.560 And because King Saul disobeyed God, God had to replace him. 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:50.959 That's a word in and of itself. 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:56.959 Disobedience will cause you to be replaced by God. 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:08.240 And because of his disobedience, there was an individual whose heart was right and pure before God. 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:10.160 His name was David. 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.240 You all remember David was a shepherd. 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:14.079 He took care of the sheep. 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:21.600 And David's heart was right and pure before God, and God saw his heart. 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.160 God sees your heart first. 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:38.160 And so in this story, David ended up making a covenant with King Saul's son. 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:40.160 You all know his son's name? 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:42.720 Jonathan. 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:51.040 The Bible doesn't tell us this, but if King Saul is a king, that would make Jonathan a prince. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:06:03.920 So they made a covenant together because Jonathan recognized the anointing that was on David, or eventually King David. 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:13.680 And so that covenant that he established was when you come into the kingdom, I need you to remember me and my family. 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.600 Because my father is on something else right now. 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:24.160 They made a covenant together. 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:28.959 They established a covenant together. 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:33.279 They established a healthy soul time. 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.720 Now let's go to 2 Samuel chapter 9. 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:51.839 Because David remembered the covenant that he and Jonathan established. 00:06:54.720 --> 00:07:03.120 2 Samuel chapter 9, verse number 1, it says, one day David asked, Is anyone in Saul's family still alive? 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:04.879 Let me stop right here. 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:18.800 When you go back and you reread this, what happened was that because at the time King Saul and his son, Prince Jonathan, got into a war with the Philistines. 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.040 And unfortunately, both of them died. 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.560 Yeah, that was pretty tragic. 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:30.399 Both the father and the son died. 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:39.519 But I also want you to know that Prince, notice, Prince Jonathan had a son. 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:49.680 Remember, the father and the son died. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.439 But he had a son. 00:07:54.720 --> 00:08:05.120 So now a son is growing up without his father and his grandparent. 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:14.480 And because they were, or let me say it this way, they had a kingdom. 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:20.319 And he had a place in the kingdom. 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:28.399 So he lost his father, he lost his grandfather, and he lost his place. 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.960 So is anyone in Saul's family still alive? 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:40.159 David now at this time is now king. 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:44.720 But David remembered the covenant. 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.720 So David is saying, wait a second. 00:08:49.200 --> 00:09:04.799 I remember Jonathan and I established this covenant that I would, when I came into my kingship, I would then look out for those individuals that I was in covenant with. 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:09.519 So David remembered what was established. 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.559 So he said, Is anyone still alive in Saul's family? 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:17.120 If so, I want to show God's kindness to him. 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:23.759 Ziba replied, Yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive. 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:27.360 He is crippled in both of his feet. 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:38.879 Now, I want you to understand because when you go back and you reread the scripture, the reason why he was crippled was because when they were fighting, he had a nurse. 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.840 Melphiboshep had a nurse, and they were trying to run away. 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:49.600 And what happened is that when they were trying away, the nurse mistakenly dropped him. 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:58.720 And when she dropped him, he became crippled in his feet. 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:02.399 Verse number four. 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:07.919 Verse number three says, Then the king asked him, Is anyone still alive in Saul's family? 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:10.720 If so, I want to show him God's kindness to him. 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.279 Yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive. 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.120 He is crippled in both of his feet. 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:18.320 Verse number four, where is he? 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:21.919 In Lodabar. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:29.840 Verse number five, so David sent for him and brought him from Marker's home. 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:31.840 And his name was Melphibosheb. 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:35.440 And he was Jonathan's son and Saul's grandson. 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:40.240 And he came to David and he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:42.240 David says, Greetings. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.279 Melshibaphap said, I am your servant. 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:47.120 Watch verse number seven. 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.120 Don't be afraid. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:55.279 I attend to show you kindness because of my promise to your father Jonathan. 00:10:55.360 --> 00:11:00.799 And I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul. 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:02.000 Jesus. 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:08.080 And you will eat here with me at the king's table. 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:11.519 It's a lot. 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:22.480 Shibaphat, bow respectfully and claim, who is your servant that you should show such kindness to a dead dog like me. 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.120 Now we're talking about the sun womb today. 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:38.559 Because it's important that we understand how this process happened. 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:41.120 We know that there's the womb. 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.320 From the womb, there comes the lie. 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:47.759 From the lie, there's the agreement. 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:54.639 And from the agreement, then he would demonstrate a certain type of behavior. 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:03.279 So his wound that he dealt with was the womb of losing a father. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:13.759 And because this wound was on the inside of him, it created an orphan thinking. 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:23.279 And having an orphan thinking opens the door to an orphan spirit. 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:28.559 Because of the wound. 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:32.399 Not understanding loss. 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:44.960 Because although he dealt with the loss of a father, you can still deal with the loss of a job and still open up the door to an orphan spirit. 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.279 Because now you have abandonment issues. 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.960 You now have trust issues. 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:04.000 You can go bankrupt and still deal with an orphan spirit. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.320 Okay. 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:11.519 Go to Romans chapter 8 and let's start unpacking this today. 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:14.240 Orphan thinking. 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:29.519 Romans 8 15 says, For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba Father. 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:48.320 Now, an orphan mindset is one where you live as though you have no father to affirm you, to protect you, or to provide for you. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:14:05.039 And if you have an orphan mindset, or if you open up the door to an orphan spirit because you've been wounded, before others reject you, you've already rejected yourself. 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:18.399 And when you open up the door to this orphan thinking, you become a guarded son. 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:26.960 And this wound will change your language before it changes your life. 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:36.000 And the pain of loss opens up the door to the spirit of fear. 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:38.879 Let me say that again. 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:47.440 The pain of loss, and it's not just I lost the loved one, it is the loss of things. 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:53.759 It opens up the door to the spirit of fear. 00:14:55.120 --> 00:15:03.360 The lost of things will open you up to the spirit of fear. 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:10.559 We know the spirit of fear did not come from God because God did not give you the spirit of fear. 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:18.639 But love, power, and that of a sound mind, a mind that's fixed, a mind that's focused. 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:30.480 So without your mind being focused on the things of God, if you are wounded, there is a possibility that you can open up the door to fear. 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:41.039 You're afraid, you're timid, you're anxious. 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.399 You're concerned. 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:52.000 Not only are you insecure, but you're not as bold as you should be. 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:55.279 You're scared. 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:59.039 Go to 1 John chapter 4. 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.919 There is no fear, verse number 18. 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:05.440 There is no fear in love. 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.600 There is no fear in love. 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:13.200 There is no fear if a person is walking in love. 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.000 But this perfected love will cast out fear. 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.559 Why? 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.559 Because fear has torment. 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.240 Torment. 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:36.159 There are those that are being tormented because you're in fear. 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.440 You don't know what's gonna happen. 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:42.399 So it causes you to act a certain way. 00:16:42.720 --> 00:17:05.119 It causes you to respond a certain way to people, it causes you to close yourself up to people because you didn't understand that first was the wound, and then secondarily, you open up yourself to the spirit of fear, and the spirit of fear, and you have to recognize and acknowledge that the spirit of fear has been running your life. 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:09.680 You are making decisions because you are afraid. 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:23.200 You are paralyzed, you're not able to do anything or go anywhere or even talk to anybody and tell anybody what's happening because fear is running your life. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.400 Fear, the Bible says, has torment. 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:31.599 You cannot even go to sleep at night because you're afraid. 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:37.279 It has torment all because you've been wounded. 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:49.519 The spirit of fear or phobia attacks or has been attacking your mind, your will, and your emotions. 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:54.799 And the spirit of fear has convinced some of you that it's okay to worry. 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.039 The fear of not having enough. 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:16.640 The future is bright. 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:20.720 The fear of rejection. 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:25.519 The fear of being ridiculed. 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:30.000 The fear of trusting again. 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:38.160 And the reason why people don't want to trust is because they've been wounded. 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:43.200 So you think that you can't trust anybody. 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:58.319 And this spirit of fear or this torment has manipulated your perception so you cannot see things the way they actually are. 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:10.640 And then the fear of failure, and now you are afraid to make another step forward because of what happened in the past. 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.519 So then you stay stuck at that place. 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.279 Listen. 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:21.759 Your feelings describe your condition. 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:26.880 But you must allow the word to describe your position. 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.079 The womb. 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.720 Point number two. 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:41.599 Who are you listening to? 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:48.720 Because he went from the womb to this lie. 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:52.799 Let's bring it to where we're at. 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.960 What are you believing? 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:05.920 What do you believe based on who you've been listening to? 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:21.359 Notice, 2 Samuel chapter 9, verse number 8, it says, Melshibaphath bowed respectfully and exclaimed, Who is your servant that you should show such kindness? 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:23.599 Notice what he labeled himself. 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.720 David didn't call himself this. 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.000 He did. 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:32.240 He says, I'm a dead dog. 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:38.880 He allowed the event to become a label. 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:45.920 I'm a dead dog. 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:54.480 Now you have to understand that in biblical times, dogs were not man's best friend. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:21:00.880 In biblical times, dogs were scavengers. 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:03.920 They roamed the street. 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:05.680 They didn't have a home. 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:07.359 Nowadays it's quite different. 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.839 Dogs got better clothes than you have. 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:12.000 They're going to the doggy dentist. 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.640 They, I mean, they got all kinds of stuff. 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:21.279 Doggy houses, doggy daycares, food, special food for dogs. 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:25.359 They're treating dogs better than they do human beings. 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.319 Notice, he says, I'm a dead dog. 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:37.039 I have no value. 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:40.079 I'm unworthy. 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.279 You remember? 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:47.200 If his father was a prince, then he was royalty. 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:51.759 But he didn't see himself that way. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:59.759 He saw himself based off of what happened in his life, and he labeled himself. 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.920 As a dead dog. 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:06.480 The enemy wants two things. 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:11.920 Number one, he wants you to continue to describe what happened. 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:18.160 You still talking about the same old stuff. 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:23.599 Same old stuff that happened in 1973. 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:29.279 You still talking about the same old stuff. 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.200 That's what he wants you to do. 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.599 Why? 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:34.319 Because you've been wounded since 73. 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.720 And now it's 2026. 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:41.359 And you still talking about the same old stuff. 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:51.279 And then number two, he wants you to start describing and defining yourself by what happened to you in 73. 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:56.559 He convinced himself that he no longer belonged. 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:04.640 He convinced himself that he no longer belonged. 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:10.799 He convinced himself that he no longer belonged. 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:15.599 He convinced himself that he was no longer worthy. 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:23.680 How you see yourself in private is how you will speak and how you will act in public. 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:36.000 Listen, his biggest problem was at crippled feet. 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:39.839 He had a crippled self-image. 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:46.640 So now, how do you see yourself? 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:54.880 Because that wound will begin to shape your identification. 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.799 Listen to this. 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:03.839 You will live at the level of the person you believe yourself to be. 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:25.599 What you expect, and what you believe. 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:31.359 That's why it's so important that you stop living from the outside in. 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:40.240 And you learn how to develop the inner man so your inner man can define who you are on the outside. 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:45.920 Too many of God's people have defined themselves by stuff. 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:56.559 I gotta get this, I gotta wear this, I gotta live over here, and that becomes who you are. 00:24:57.839 --> 00:25:02.880 My Bible told me that you can't take none of that when you get to heaven. 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.519 In fact, heaven is not even the end. 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:19.920 Because heaven is an intermediate place before God reestablishes. 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.279 Listen to me. 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:23.599 God is into redemption. 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:26.160 God isn't doing anything new. 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:29.839 God is only redeeming what has already been done. 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:40.960 Heaven and oh Lord have mercy. 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:49.680 See, this is why people don't understand loss, because you don't lose anybody. 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:54.559 Anything that's lost should be able to be found. 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:05.680 Heaven will come down to the earth, and that will be home, not heaven. 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.480 That's what it says. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.160 That is what it says. 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:24.240 So you're gonna need a resurrected, glorified body to live in a resurrected new earth. 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.599 Drop that knowledge. 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:38.079 Yeah, I'm gonna do a series on heaven, and it's gonna break your broke theology. 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:50.000 You gotta understand who you are in here, in here, in here, in here. 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:56.079 The real you, the person you should be spending more time developing. 00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:00.799 We look good on the outside, but we broke down on the inside. 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:08.079 And your capacity to handle problems is not based upon what happens on the outside. 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:16.160 Your capacity to handle tests, trials, and temptation is based on how much you've been developing in your inner man. 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.880 That's why they're wearing you out. 00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:24.079 Because you're not built up in your inner man. 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:35.759 I remember when we got to Boston, the Lord said to me, the reason why I'm sending you out here is because they're full of knowledge and their heads are big, but their spirits are small. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:44.319 Because we get to the place where we are full of information, but no revelation. 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:49.359 And revelation should call transformation. 00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.440 Point number three. 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:00.799 Don't build your life around the wound. 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:10.160 Don't build your life around what's wounded you. 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.319 This is the agreement. 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:21.440 He got into agreement, verse number four, and the king said unto him, Who is he? 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:28.880 And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Mekar, the son of Ammonel. 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.839 Watch this. 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:34.000 He's in Lodabar. 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.799 Watch this. 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:43.279 It's actually a real place. 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:49.039 It's a place of settlement. 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:55.519 It's a place of hiding. 00:28:57.759 --> 00:29:04.079 It's a place of, this is a big one for believers, isolation. 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:14.799 There are many believers that should be in the house of God, but they're in Lodabar. 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:20.160 You're isolated. 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:25.599 You have to understand something about your enemy. 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:37.039 Before an enemy, let's just take a lion, because the Bible says Satan walks about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:39.279 Let me show you how this works. 00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:42.079 He cannot devour everybody. 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:53.680 And what he does is that an enemy, especially a lion, before they attack the prey, they will isolate the weak. 00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:02.400 And once you are isolated, now you become an easy target. 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:11.680 As long as you stay isolated, it's easy for the enemy to pick you off. 00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:21.519 He was living beneath his privileges as a son. 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:26.319 So he settled. 00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:30.559 Okay, Lord, I'll say that. 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:37.039 Some of you, your choices in relationships, you're settling below. 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:43.839 And you will be in low the bar. 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:51.359 And you would then pray to get out, but you chose low. 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:55.440 So he took you low. 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:57.359 And you stayed low. 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:04.559 And he thought, Melshibaphath, he thought that was normal. 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:10.559 It's not normal for somebody to yell at you. 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.359 Speak on that. 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:17.200 But you chose that. 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:21.519 You wanted to live below the bar. 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:28.160 There's a standard that God has for a man. 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:31.279 There's a standard that God has for a woman. 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:40.400 But if you choose to live below the standard, you might have hell in your household. 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:48.880 Because whatever you agree with, that is what will govern your life. 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:52.480 So be mindful of your agreement. 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:01.839 You don't build your life around what happened. 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.279 You build your life around what you agree with. 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:20.720 You know, we we I watched the NBA draft a couple of weeks ago, and what I'm noticing now is that they're drafting young men based off potential. 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:27.519 Which is interesting because it correlates with believers' lives. 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:36.000 They're building their lives based off potential without building their life based off of their identity. 00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.799 Who are you? 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:50.720 Because once you understand who you are, that's when you can start building your life. 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.839 But many don't know who they are. 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:57.839 So they're building their lives off social media. 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:03.359 You're getting your information from TikTok. 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.920 TikTok, TikTok. 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:19.359 You should be building your life and constructing your life from the word. 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.240 Point number four. 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:36.400 Before God changes your circumstances, you must change what you've agreed with. 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:47.839 I had to say that one because everybody's expecting transformation from God. 00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:56.319 But He can't transform your life if you're not willing to separate from what you've agreed with. 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.079 Agreement is a spiritual law. 00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:12.239 Agreement begins when you start yielding instead of resisting. 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:17.519 You have to yield to the Spirit of God. 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:20.880 You have to yield to the ways of God. 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:24.400 You have to yield to the plan of God. 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:31.360 Too many have been resisting and fighting, so you don't see any results. 00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.559 You have to yield. 00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:37.280 You have to say, yes, Lord, your will, your plan, your way. 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.880 I submit. 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.320 I submit. 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.079 I surrender. 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:44.000 You know what's interesting? 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:47.679 The enemy has access to your thought life. 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.840 That's not the issue. 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:55.920 The issue is, are you in agreement with it? 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:00.159 Let me say that again. 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:05.119 There are negative thoughts that will come to you all day long. 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:12.159 The issue is, do you agree with the negative thoughts? 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:20.000 Because the moment that you agree with the negative thoughts, you will become that negative thought. 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.960 Point number four. 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:27.039 What you believe becomes how you behave. 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:38.000 What you believe becomes how you behave. 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:46.960 Whatever you believe, we're gonna see it in your lifestyle. 00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:53.039 It will be what you are known for. 00:35:56.480 --> 00:36:02.079 When they say your name, what's associated with your name? 00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:08.559 It's because of what you have demonstrated. 00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:18.400 So before you get there, show up in the flesh, your name is already out there. 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:29.920 And your behavior is where visible, invisible wounds become visible. 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:32.400 It's your behavior. 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:43.360 Verse number nine says, and he bowed himself and said, Where is thy heart that thou shalt look upon such a dead dog? 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.440 Notice what he said. 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:50.239 Why would you even look at someone like me? 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:58.400 So his behavior and what he believed was shame. 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:03.519 It's the belief that something is wrong with me. 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:11.039 And I'm worthy of love or I'm worthy of being accepted. 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.519 Listen to this. 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:17.039 Shame doesn't make you feel bad for what you've done. 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:19.840 Shame tells you that you're bad. 00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:25.679 Shame will say, I failed. 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:29.599 Shame will say, I've been divorced. 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:33.360 Shame will say, I've been bankrupt. 00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:36.880 Shame will say, I was fired. 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.400 Labels. 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:47.760 The labels describe what happened, but they shouldn't define you for who you are. 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:55.519 Stop allowing your feelings to become your new vocabulary. 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.719 Sir. 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:08.960 Your feelings have become a new vocabulary, and you start making up words that don't even exist. 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.480 The promises of God should be your new language. 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:30.320 Let's close here because I'm in real good time in the day. 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:39.119 The closer you get to God, the less shame has over your life. 00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:49.599 The closer we sang that song, if I can just press, press, press into your presence. 00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:53.199 You have to press into the presence of God. 00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:56.320 You have to make time for God. 00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:01.519 You put everybody else on your schedule. 00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:04.880 But where is God in this equation? 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:10.480 Go to Psalm 34. 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:24.480 If you don't believe that you are loved, then you'll question everybody who comes to love you. 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:32.159 You won't even believe it's true. 00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:35.440 You will fight that individual. 00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:42.159 Psalm thirty-four stands at number five. 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:48.880 It says, they looked upon him and were light. 00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:58.079 And their faces, notice, their faces were not, but they looked unto him. 00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:03.039 You have to stay in the presence of God. 00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.760 Let me give you another one. 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.599 Isaiah 61. 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:13.440 The New Living translation in verse number seven says this. 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:22.800 Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:32.079 You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. 00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:36.159 Notice, instead of shame, you have honor. 00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:46.960 Then it says, you possess a double portion. 00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:50.400 You have double for your trouble. 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:56.079 When you stay before him. 00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:43.920 So you're tied up, twisted up, tangled up together, and you don't even know how to get out. 00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:48.559