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To Pray or Not to Pray: Push Through
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This episode emphasizes the power of prayer and the call to 'push through' difficult times with faith and expectation. Listeners are encouraged to recognize their strength in Christ, lean on communal support, and actively engage in prayer while remaining confident in God's promises.
• Exploring the connection between prayer and perseverance
• Discussing the importance of Psalm 27:13-14 in our lives
• Analogy of childbirth as a metaphor for pushing through pain
• Addressing the emotional aspect of enduring struggles
• The significance of accountability and community in spiritual journeys
• Encouraging persistent prayer and gratitude as transformative practices
• Focusing on the need to trust in God's timing and responses
You are encouraged to reflect on your personal experiences and how God’s promises can guide you in pushing through life’s challenges.
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Push Through With Pastor Courtney
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Speaker 2What's up everybody and welcome back to your favorite podcast , something like sunday school . I am purpose williams and I will bless the lord at all times . His praise shall continually be in my mouth . If you don't know , there's one of my favorite scriptures , but today I heard it differently . Listen to the vow , the vow to God , to bless his name at all times , whether that's a good time or a bad time , it's just , but it's good . You know , it's like I just heard it differently today , one of my favorite scriptures , and that's what I find so delicious about the word of God . You can read that thing and you can get something . You can read it again , you can get something else and it'll be more delicious and even more delicious herbs , not a word , but you understand what I mean . Tonight , I believe this is gonna be , as it always is , very impactful , and this is the three for three , and I believe she's locked in with us now oh my god Pastor Courtney , blessed , blessed blessed evening , good evening everyone .
Speaker 3I always counted a privilege and honor to be called upon by my dear sister friend , whatever y'all know her by , by my dear sister Friend Zantree's purpose , whatever y'all know about Something like Sunday school . So I kind of Honored to be here on tonight To grace y'all . I'm always honored by you .
Speaker 2Word .
Speaker 3Magnify the Lord with me . I was waiting for you to get to that point , let us exalt his name together . Come on , exalt his name together . I love this .
Speaker 2I love this scripture too . I do .
Speaker 3It's so delicious , I know we always act up when we get together and get on here , but we going , we going .
Speaker 2I don't , you know , I don't believe the Lord mindless acting up for the kingdom . I really don't believe you mind , I don't think , you mind , I don't think , you mind . I think we bring in the people that like to laugh with us and worship at the same time and lift his holy name at the same time , my , my , my , welcome to 2025 , y'all 2025 . 2025 .
Speaker 3Yeah , starring y'all off right again with another episode About what we talking about prayer . We talking about pushing through . Another prayer episode for y'all we pushing through in 2025 .
Speaker 2You gonna have to . There's a song that my uncle used to sing . He say Take the Lord along with you . That's how you know it's real . You don't say take him along with you . Take the Lord along with you , that's how you know it's real . And something about the heart . You don't say take him along with you .
Speaker 3Take the Lord along with you Along with you Everywhere you go . I ain't never heard that one . Oh yeah , I'm going to sing it for you when we get out , okay , say take the .
Speaker 2Lord along with you everywhere you go , and another part says you're going to need him .
Speaker 3You're going to need him , you're gonna need him , I need everyone . I need the old .
Speaker 2I know that one .
Speaker 3I ain't warm my voice up . You know I was warming up for it was a .
Speaker 2It was a guy , um , that I met a few years ago . His name was Calvin . He used to be so funny . He was a singer and , uh , if he had he and when he hadn't warmed his voice up yet he would would do this , he'd touch his throat . He was like I'm saving it for the kingdom . I said , sir , the kingdom is now .
Speaker 3It's that hand . It's that hand . I'm just touching my throat .
Speaker 2The kingdom is now . But this topic pushed through , I believe it can be a resounding spot for us all . In some part of life , you will find yourself in a position where you really will have to just push through . You get past the point of wanting to give up , right . But then you get to the place where you know what . I can't let this kill me , I can't let it take me out . I don't necessarily know where to start , where to restart , but I'm gonna push through right . But I know who to restart with . Come on , I know who to restart with , right . So , um , push through . Um , I believe Pastor Courtney is about to to tear the enemy's camp a new one . Oh my god , y'all know what I want to say , but somehow I feel like that's inappropriate . I feel like she's gonna stomp on his head . Stop , stop , stop till holding in his kingdom . Glory to god in the highest , and I'm excited about it .
Speaker 3I'm excited when she approached me with the topic one sunday .
Speaker 2I don't know if it was a Sunday , I always catch her outside y'all . We either write at the foyer or write in the podcast .
Speaker 3She sneak up on me like a thief in the night hey , hey , Like here she come that's my favorite part and she approached me with the topic of you know coming back on the podcast and gave me the topic and I just was like my god , just when she hit , because the season that I in and transitioning out of I could really say that it was a push through season but , when she approached me with it , I'm like nah god , what are you trying to do ?
Speaker 2Because I have been pushing through and see , the Lord is so kind , he's so amazing . I had no idea . I just kept hearing push through and I was like Lord , that's such a that's not a catchy title , you know I like the odd things and he just kept saying push through . I said , well , let's push on through then .
Speaker 3My God , and so you know . The scripture that she gave you know for this topic Was Psalms 27 , verses 13 through 14 , and it reads I had fainted .
Speaker 2I had fainted .
Speaker 3Unless , unless , I had believed To see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living . Then it says Wait on the Lord , my God .
Speaker 2Wait on him .
Speaker 3Be of good courage , and he shall strengthen thine heart . Wait , I say , on the Lord , my God .
Speaker 3My God today and so you know , just you know , looking through it and just kind of meditating
Push Through to the Promise
Speaker 3on it . You know I'm a word person so sometimes I like to look up words . So I looked up faint and what it meant and of course it was several different words that it , you know , could possibly mean . On one definition , I saw it said to grow weak or feeble , feeble . Then other words was passed out , drop out right , and then I put throw in the towel , and so I'm just looking like man and just thinking about that . It's so much easier to faint .
Speaker 2Than to push . It's easier to just let it . Let it take you over .
Speaker 3Because fainting don't require for you to do nothing but just lay down and throw in the towel , but when you look at , when you think about pushing , it requires you to exert . Come on , now you have to exert a physical energy , um . So imagine , you know , when you see people on the side of the road pushing cars , yeah , and you're seeing them putting their full body weight into their car to get in that car , they mean that's man , they don't even be straight up to move .
Speaker 3And so to me it's like the same way . Spiritually , it requires a level of you leaning in and pushing through , pushing through , jesus , you know , to get to the other side , to get to the breakthrough .
Speaker 3And god , we ain't even got to the question I just , I just jump right in , I'm jumping into because it's just starting to get good , have your way , because he gave you know , he gave me this illustration about childbirth and you know I don't have any children , naturally , I never experienced childbirth , but I can imagine . Well , first let me get through the question first , because I just jumped on it . No , come on , come on . I imagine that that is a painful moment and as a mother is pushing , you know she's pushing out a miracle , she's pushing out something that God has ordained and created . But she knows that she has to push this thing out and , although it may be painful , in the push there's a promise on the other side of the other side .
Speaker 3So you're it's a promise on the other side of your push . And so some people , may you know , take an epidural . It's so good I'm like , oh god , it's good to numb the pain . And so , as we're pushing through spiritually , your epidural will be prayer , because when you go into a place of prayer and supplication with god and you're communing one-on-one with him , that's your spiritual epidural because , it's numbing everything that you may be facing everything that you may be going through in the midst of that push through season .
Speaker 3It's going to be found in your place of prayer and every time you go into a place of prayer , god is numbing that pain . He's numbing the issue that you may have faced or what you're going through through prayer .
Speaker 2My Lord , so that your focus is just the push , just push it's just the push .
Speaker 3It's push Because it's the promise .
Speaker 1It's the promise on that side On the other side of your push .
Speaker 3You can't lay down , you can't think , you can't throw in the towel . You know God gives us the strength and the endurance to get through those difficult seasons or those push through seasons . But I think a lot of people think more on how hard it is than trying to get to the other side . Most people would just rather just give up and faint and lay down and , just like man , I ain't going to make it .
Speaker 3I can't get through it . But when you know who you are in Christ , and know who you are and the power and the authority that lies on the inside of you , greater is he that is in me than he that is in this world this world .
Speaker 3And so when I pull on the greater one that's on the inside of me , he will give me the strength and the power and the tenacity that I need so that I will not faint . So I will not faint , I will not quit , I will not throw in the towel but , that's gonna come with a knowing that's gonna come with a confident knowing of who you are in Christ , because he's giving you power , he's giving you authority over all things .
Speaker 3It's already on the inside of you , so you have to stir . You have to stir yourself up . Um , in this life , we were all . You're gonna face struggles . You're gonna face hardships .
Speaker 3You're going to face something at some crossroad in your life . You know , Jesus even said it in the Bible . I believe it was John 16 , maybe 33 , somewhere around up in there . That's right , Be of good cheer . I've overcome the world for you . In this world you'll have trouble . So why would he say that we're going to have trouble ? We're going to have it . So when that trouble arises , what are you pulling on ?
Speaker 3to get you through that trouble . Trouble arises . What are you pulling on to get you through that trouble ? He , you know he , he will be with us always , even to the end . But you have to have a confident trust , knowing that God is with you , he never leaves you , he never forsakes you , and you just have to know that . You know that , you know , and even in those hard times and those hard moments you got to lean in . I'm talking about leaning like you never leaned before Because , also in a push through season , your emotions , your emotions .
Speaker 3You have to be mindful of your emotions in this type of season . We know our emotions are real , but we know they can't be trusted Because sometimes your emotions will just have you just in disarray Because you're so focused on what you're seeing , that thing that's in front of you , that mountain that's in front of you , and it may be so big and so overwhelming that you succumb to your emotions of fear and anxiety and depression and everything else . But you have to understand that God is a God that cares for you even in that rough season , even in that push through . A God that cares for you Even in that rough season , even in that push through season . He cares for you right where you are . I'm just going on and on .
Speaker 3I ain't getting you , he do .
Speaker 2Hey , have your way , Because I'm enjoying it .
Speaker 3I ain't getting you a minute to say nothing .
Speaker 2Hey , this is what it's about , I won't go out and interrupt . He cares .
Speaker 3You know he cares for you just in that type of moment , so don't ever feel like You're alone in a hard season . He says , cast your cares Up on him . And you know , we were just listening To the song Another Surrender and they sung it at church Sunday , but I've been listening to it all day and you know the song talks about Letting go of things that I thought I found and surrendering that stuff Back over to God . And I think sometimes In our push through seasons when it's hard or difficult , it's because we picked up things that don't belong to us that don't belong to us .
Speaker 2So , God have mercy .
Speaker 3When you picked up All these ungodly things and these relationships and these other things that God hadn't called and destined for your life . You can sometimes find yourself in a place where , okay , how did I get here ? So now I got to push my way out of this season . So now I have to go back and cast this stuff on God . Cast your cares upon him . He's concerned about you . He cares about every aspect , every area of your life . So begin to cast those things back on him and then , okay , god , now you're gonna give me the strength to push through this season , because I know I can overcome this . So I give these issues and these things back to you now I'll give you full access and free reign to get me to the other side . Yay , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I fear no evil soul . You have to walk through you gotta walk through it through the season .
Speaker 3You have to push through the season . You can't stay in the season . You can't give up . You can't faint in the valley , can't do it . You got to push through to the other side because you know it's light on the other side .
Speaker 2It's on the other side .
Speaker 3The promise is on the other side , but it's only according to your level of push .
Speaker 2Your level of push and he gave us the power to fully push Fully .
Speaker 3Fully push , not halfway .
Speaker 2And the scripture that I keep thinking about and Pastor mentioned this Sunday , also forgetting not his benefits .
Speaker 3Bless the Lord , oh my soul .
Speaker 2We forget the benefits of being his child . Sometimes he's a beneficial God . Yeah , he's a beneficial God . I was . It was a particular item that I was looking for for the podcast , right , and I'm just searching , searching and searching and searching , and when I'm looking at it , the cost is astronomical to me , because you know what I'm saying . My mama said well , why don't you just ask your daddy to make it ?
Speaker 3Hmm .
Speaker 2I forgot the benefits of being my daddy's child , and he can make it . You got access to the benefits Of being my daddy's child .
Speaker 3And he can make it . You got access to the benefits .
Speaker 2Full access , being his child . I forgot the benefits Of being his child and then , this season , that I'm in A season of Transitioning to Something that I haven't experienced before my dad , my dad , uh , transitioning to , uh , something that I haven't experienced before my dad , my , in my uh , my dad , my biological dad . Thank god that god gave him as my dad . He has been my hero in this season and just watching him , um , just do things and things I haven't , you know , thought about things I ain't even mentioned . He's so observant , he just he's just doing it . You know I'm saying so , he just pick up my slap slack . So even in seeing him do all of that , I have got the benefits for that one thing of being his child . And my mom said why don't you just ask your daddy to make it ? Wow , and I texted him today and asked him Daddy , can you make it ? We already know the answer Right , same way . We already know Same way .
Speaker 3Same way , we have full access to you
Believe, Expect, Push Through With God
Speaker 3, full access . His promises to us are yes and amen .
Speaker 1Yes , and amen .
Speaker 3He got a book full of promises in his word , already lined up for us . But a lot of us don't go to the promise , to read it , to see what the promise is . To even go and ask him for the benefit , the benefit high , right in your face , right in your face .
Speaker 2Plain sight is what it says . And look . The scripture also says look at the enemy trying to take you from me . Come back In Jesus' name , remember his .
Speaker 3Lord , holy Spirit , touch right now , lord , there's a fool right there .
Speaker 2Either way , it don't matter . There's plenty of scripture to prove that God is who he says he is to us . He said the promise is a yay , and may here go the scripture Praise God . It says no good thing will he withhold from us who walk upright .
Speaker 2Come on now how you walking , how you walking , how you walking , he ain't gonna withhold those good things right . And to me , sometimes that walk is more so acknowledging hey , I messed , I messed up , mm-hmm , and I need to . I'm walking back to you now . I forgot this thing . I'm walking to you , I'm running to you , you know what I'm saying . So , and it just was a beautiful thing when my mama told me that and I was like how could I forget ? We just got through singing that song . How can I forget what you've done for me ? Wow , how can I forget ? I also read that scripture and everybody knows I'm a KJV girl . Kjv kind of girl . I was led to read the scripture in the Amplified Classic .
Speaker 3I'm going to read it to you , and Psalm 27, .
Speaker 2by the scripture in the amplified classic I'm gonna read it to you , and psalm 27 , by the way , is the whole chapter is absolutely delicious . Go read it . The lord is the light of my salvation . Whom shall I fear ? Whom shall I fear ? The whole . It's a delicious chapter . The strength of my life .
Speaker 2So go ahead and take and eat , but look at what David says . This is an Amplified Classic . Okay , what would have become of me had I not believed that I would see the Lord's goodness in the land of the living ? What would have become of me ? What ?
Speaker 3would have become of me . You can start right there . You can start right there . What would have become of me ? What would have become of me ? You can stop right there .
Speaker 2What would have become of me had I not believed ? Had I not believed ? What are you believing ? What are you believing ? This goes back to the report of the Lord . What are you believing ? Whose report are you going to believe ? I believe the report of the Lord the report of the Lord .
Speaker 2I don't have to say that this is the season that's going to take me out . That's so good . I don't have to say that this is the season that's going to paralyze my push . I'm pulling on the report of the Lord . Now , that's so good , it was delicious to me right there . What would have become of me ? What would have become of me ?
Speaker 3Had I not believed . Had I not believed that I would see . So what do you ?
Speaker 2believe that you're seeing . Oh my God , what are you believing that you're gonna see ?
Speaker 3Right . What vision do you have Set before your eyes For your life , even though you may be In the hard place ? Do you see yourself After the hard place , or do you see yourself Stuck in that hard place ? You gotta see yourself Before you see yourself , before you see yourself , before you see yourself . That is so Now the Amplified Classic . Now that that amazes me .
Speaker 2I like that , I like that version . It was delicious . It goes on to say Wait and hope for and expect .
Speaker 1Expect .
Speaker 2Expect the Lord , expectation , expectation , expectation , expectation , expectation , expect , expectation , expectation . It sounds like an equation to me . You know , you have all these different formulas for whatever my kids and I are studying area , so we've been doing area of a square and area of a rectangle , and all those particular shapes have their own formula , their own equation to get to what's missing , to get to what's missing , to get to what's missing , so the equation is already laid out for us . It says to what Be in expectation of the Lord .
Speaker 2Another disinformation of the scripture that says that when the enemy comes in .
Speaker 3Here's what the Lord says . Like a flood , I'm going to lift up the standard Every time .
Speaker 2If I know that I'm looking at a troubled place or a rough place , my expectation is the Lord going to handle this . He's going to show me what to do , he's going to show me how to get out of here , and I'm going to survive it . I'm going to live past this , and a lot of times we give up , and even how does scripture put it ?
Speaker 1Give up the ghost in our minds , then it starts to reflect .
Speaker 2On our bodies . So that is the equation . There's so many Examples . Look at even Jesus in the garden . This is a rough place . He's about to face .
Speaker 2Rough . You hear me , he really is Gonna have to push you and to know that you have the availability To shut all this down . And then he , then he , pushed through For the greater joy . The scripture says that oh my God , who , for the joy , said before him Help Lord , endure the cross , you know , endure the cross . Endure the cross is a heavy . That's heavy . Despising the shame of it . That's heavy . That's a push through . We see the example we also saw about knowing and believing that we was going to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of living . The scripture says these things are written that you may know , that you may know my pastor , my childhood pastor , he used to tell us you got to know that you know that you know .
Speaker 1Exactly .
Speaker 2And knowing that God has your back is not contingent to what we're going through . Mm-hmm Right , it's not contingent to what we're dealing with situations , weations . We've been placed in when we placed ourselves that part too .
Speaker 3Yeah , he's so . He's such a .
Speaker 2He's such a good God . He's such a good God . I think about Um the prodigal son All the time . Man was a fool . I mean he was a fool Bless his Bless his heart . Bless his heart .
Speaker 3Bless his cotton socks Is what one of my friends said but he was walking back with all white holes .
Speaker 2Look at the position of the father .
Speaker 3The man was looking for him .
Speaker 2Right Standing on the horizon looking for him . He didn't even find his daddy in the house . Jesus , he didn't have to wake him up . Listen , it's another type of shadow . Just like God , he leave the man in the house To come after the one , to come after the one , and he never , sleeps . Never slumbers . That man was waiting on his son .
Speaker 3And just like God waiting on you , he waiting , he waiting on you , he's waiting , even in the state that you in right now . God is waiting on you In this moment , in the moment . He waiting , he's waiting on you , he's waiting .
Speaker 2In the moments after this one , the moments that you keep having . He's still waiting . His position don't change toward us .
Speaker 3It don't , it don't change toward us , and there's nothing that you have to do To get yourself back to him . You don't have to clean yourself up , you don't have to get yourself together . God is waiting on you . I think that was a place for a sticker .
Speaker 3He just wanted somebody to know that he's waiting , and he's waiting With arms wide open and he love you . Just in this moment , as you are in a broken mess , in the state that you're in , in the state state of that , you feel like you want to give up and throw in the towel . God said no , not yet . The time is not now . Jesus , thank you Lord . Yes , he is waiting on you . He said pick yourself up . That's your name . Pick yourself up , even in this . Pick yourself
Rise Up and Push Through
Speaker 3up . Hold your head up . God , pick yourself up , even in this moment . Pick yourself up . Hold your head up . Look to the hills from which cometh your help ? The help comes from the Lord , the maker of the heaven and the earth , the one who formed you , the one who created you , my Lord In your mother's womb , the one that knows every number of hairs on your head . God is calling you back to a place with him . He said he loves you . Pick yourself up , dust yourself off and push through . Push through , jesus .
Speaker 2Thank you , lord . Push through the voice of the enemy Telling you you got too far , push through it . The guilt , yep , the hurt , the hurt .
Speaker 3The shame , all of that .
Speaker 2Yes , lord , all of the self-sabotage , thank you .
Speaker 3Jesus , I love it . The mental anguish , the anguish .
Speaker 2The things that happened to you , yes , lord , when you was young , the things that happening to you now , things you've done to yourself , yeah , he , real life , don't care , yeah , about any of that . He just want you , right ? He don't care about any of that , he just wants you , right ? He don't care about none of that . He wants you and he don't want you to bring you down . Right , he wants you to restore you , to give you joy , to give you peace , to give you new life , to give you a new start . The song says you make all things new .
Speaker 3You just got to move forward . She's going to sing so bad on this microphone I know .
Speaker 2The scripture says it Sing , sing O'Baron land Water is coming to the thirsty .
Speaker 3She stole these songs out here and I just be ready to sing .
Speaker 2I told you that's what the scripture tell you Sing O'Baron land Water is coming to the thirsty lord god .
Speaker 2We thank you we thank you , lord have your way , my god , today it's it's just uh , it's just a uh , it's just a privilege . That's just the word that I've been hearing all week too . It's just a privilege to be able to pray , to be able to share in with this time , with ava , to be able to commune with him yeah to have that intimacy . That's a very intimate thing for him to even know the number of hairs on your head , like my hair sheds . It's my hair and I'm looking at it and I couldn't tell you the number of hairs .
Speaker 1On my head .
Speaker 2I couldn't tell you the number of hands that shed Right . That's an intimate God , it is . That's an all-knowing God , an all-powerful God , and he , you know , he know all this stuff Anyway , about us , mm-hmm , he know it anyway and he still don't care , he still don't care , he still you , he's still in that case , you're still the love of his life .
Speaker 3My God .
Speaker 2The apple of his eye .
Speaker 3And that's another thing about God . And I would say , even when you find yourself in a season where it's just difficult or hard or what we call a push through season , even when you do , when you go into those times of prayer , it may be hard .
Speaker 3And I'm not going to lie or make it seem like it's easy , because it may be times where you go into that place and because of the weight of what you have experienced or what you have carried , or whatever it may have you to a place where I don't have nothing to say .
Speaker 3I can't utter a word , utter a word . But one thing you just got to remember Jesus is at the right hand of the Father , making intercession for us daily , and God knows , knows everything , he know all , he see all , and it's back to his love . He's a loving God and he understands that . When you come into those moments and you don't got out , lord , lord , I can't even utter a word . But Lord , here I am , here I am back on this altar again will you meet me right ?
Speaker 3so , god , I'm just . I beseech thee that you just meet me here , because I don't have the words to utter but , I'm here in your presence just to commune with you , so I'll give you for you just speak and minister to me .
Speaker 3Yeah , so , um , in some of those moments it'll just be a ministry type of moment where , where Holy Spirit of God is ministering to you because , like I said , you may not have a word , because I know I find myself at times I can't utter a word because , you know , just trying to get it up and off of me , you know , as I'm casting those things on him in that moment , but I'm allowing Holy Spirit to minister to me . Ok , lord , what is it that I need to do ? What instructions are you giving to me ? So I'm listening for his voice in that moment , as I'm casting those things upon him . I'm giving you this hurt , I'm giving you this pain , I'm giving you this relationship , I'm giving this to you so that I have , you know , the freedom I need to push through .
Speaker 3And so you allow Holy Spirit to minister to you in those times and , even if you can't get a word out of yourself , call a trusted friend or a prayer partner or somebody that you know can go to war with you and for you , and who can cover you in that moment , who can be your prayer voice . I would say um in that time , um , just so you can also hear the word of God being spoken over you to help you , maintain and hold you accountable , so that you won't stay in that sunken place , so that you can overcome and get to the other side to get to that promise . So it's not going to be easy all the time , but just know that that moment is going to pass . It won't always be like that , but it's going to be according to your level of faith and your according to your level of trust in God to get through that moment .
Accepting Help From Unlikely Sources
Speaker 2I . You know what that reminds me , because I was going to say that and I want y'all to understand the way to what she's saying . This is a prayer warrior in our church . She's on , uh , on the intercessing . She has intercessed , intercessed is that a word ?
Speaker 3you just made it right y'all know what I mean for me .
Speaker 2Several times I remember , like sometimes I don't even really tell her , like , what's going on . I just , you know , got in the line , boom , I'm talking about , and you be knowing this Holy Spirit Speaking through her . But I want y'all to understand the weight Of what she said and being in a place where she felt like she didn't know what to say and just let Holy Spirit minister to her , I was in that place as far as I had started , feeling that I didn't feel . I didn't feel , god , you know when I would be praying or whatever , and I was like , you know , are you distant from me ? Am I distant from you ? Where are you ? You know what I'm saying and sometimes I would be in it and all I could say , uh , dealing with frustrations , dealing , just dealing with overthinking , doing a lot of things . Sometimes I could say Thank you , abba . And when I wake up and I be like , well , I really don't know what's going on , lord , and that's what I told him , and sometimes that was all I had . But I knew the people that I could call on , that God gave me and this is what took me To the scripture , when you say A person you can call , that can pray for you .
Speaker 2You know , stand in your gap for you . The scripture say a brother is born for adversity , my lord . So it doesn't matter . And your circle don't have to be small , the circle gotta be legit . Come on .
Speaker 2It's gotta be legit . They gotta be able to pray for you , and God has given me those . He placed those people in my life so deliciously and so intimately , and don't think you got to have a squad .
Speaker 1It may just be one person , maybe one person .
Speaker 3So don't go out here looking for five ten fifteen people to pray for you . It might just be one that can hold down the fort .
Speaker 2And it's quality over quantity . Come on Exactly , but you know it's a beautiful thing to even have those people in your corner . Ask God for those people . If you feel like you don't have them , watch them pop up , but you got to receive them a lot of times .
Speaker 3Because it may not be the person you thank or the person you want . Yeah , but he got somebody assigned to you .
Speaker 2He got people assigned . It's so funny . When I first got to Right Way I tell people this all the time I knew immediately that that was going to be my church . I had not gone to church in years and it took it seriously . And when I was going I would visit places here or there and I'd be like that was good church , but it didn't feel like it feel like home , you know . And time I stepped in the door girl , I knew it and it was so strong that I wanted to turn around and walk out because I had got . I had got what's the word I'm looking for ? I had got familiar with being an outsider . You know I hadn't orphanized myself Is that a word I had ? And I had got familiar with it . I got used to that and I was like Lord now I got to be committed .
Speaker 2I was comfortable being an orphan that I had made my own self . I was comfortable being a daughter of Zion . I was comfortable being on the outside and I'm a daughter of Zion Jesus and was comfortable being on the outside . I was like the product . That's why I say a lot of times we see the people in the Bible , they be us , they be us . I was the product of the daughter .
Speaker 2Easy . I was like you know what ? I got out of there early , went in and I didn't wow a lot , but it was very wild for me to be out of fellowship and when I say wow a lot , that's what I mean . Not to , you know , not to , that's not you know . Shame yeah , I still am , because I'm just not too much person anyway . But that was a big deal for me to decide . Decide that , yeah , it is what it is , and and to get comfortable in that place . But , uh , and I knew it immediately when I came to church and , um , I said all that to say . It is a lot of things happen , but I want to focus in on this one .
Speaker 2Um , at that time , mother Washington was with us and , um , she told me , she said now , you know , you came over here and god's gonna give you all the people that you need . Now , he hadn't . The lord gave me people . Naturally , you know already , but it was just a greater , it was just a different , a different scope . You know what I'm saying and every time I think about any time that I done called on you , I send you a text message .
Speaker 2Whatever I touch that church , I be putting on a hymn out of town . Yeah , I think about you know with Mother Washington , and how important it is to be in the place that God has for you . You know under the people and surrounded by the place that God has for you . You know under the people and surrounded by the people that he has for you . But again , that goes into Having that intimate conversations with him and just being led by him and not resisting the help . That part I was about to resist the help Because y'all , when I tell y'all , I wanted to run out Because I already knew I felt the time I came in I was , it was it was easy it's still easy for me to disappear all the time hiding their back corner in the shadows .
Speaker 3It still be easy . But she be there , but she gonna hide in the back corner . I'll be gone .
Speaker 2They be texting me , you still having like Exactly , I be like .
Speaker 3I don't even speak To the woman of God , so they be out the door . You gonna catch her In between them services . You ain't gonna catch her Out the church , she out of life .
Speaker 2And for real though , like I be trying to give Her space , I be trying to give Pastor space , cause I I know so many people Be pulling on them Right . So when I see Somebody already Talking to them , sometimes I just you know , I say , well , I'll catch them she is right on To that call Right and I just , you know I ease on that , but don't resist the help that you pray for .
Speaker 2That's another Another thing . Yeah , we can be calling on the Lord and saying when you gonna help me ? I said to him it's right in your face .
Speaker 3And you keep turning your back on it . Turning your back , turning it down Because it ain't packaged how you want it , right ?
Speaker 2Or turning it down , trying to be humble per se baby , Because you want it to be the pastor Right .
Speaker 3It's still going to be the pastor all the time . Most of the time it ain't , it's not going to be the pastor Most of the time it's not Most of the time it ain't .
Speaker 3It may be a random member in the church , yeah , that may text it . And you know , I've even had those moments before you know where , just a member , somebody will text me , hey , thinking about you , praying , you know , for you it wouldn't be somebody that I would , you know , think that would you know , be interceding for me . But hey , you just never know who God will send to intercede on your behalf .
Speaker 3And , like she said , don't resist it , don't turn away from it just because , it's not packaged , or who you think it should be , or who you want it to be Right , you're going to miss your blessing .
Speaker 2You're going to miss it , man . It's going to be Right . You're going to miss your blessing . You're going to miss it , man . It's going to be on you . It's going to be on you Like . Think about it Like when Abraham went and he was about to sacrifice Isaac what if he had resisted the ram Woo ?
Speaker 1Now you done killed yourself for nothing .
Speaker 2The ram was there .
Speaker 3The ram sitting there , looking at you like the rim was there . The rim sitting there , looking at you like I was right here . I was here .
Speaker 2And God said I placed that rim right there For you .
Speaker 3But that also comes to Knowing that you know the voice of God . And having that relationship .
Speaker 3And that intimacy with him , to discern and know his voice and how he speaks to you , how he ministers to you , how he shows you things . And if you don't have that type of relationship and connection and you are bound to miss , miss out , you're missing all your promises and on some of the stuff he has in store for you . Until you come into that place of knowing and hearing his voice , you say my sheep know my voice and if you're saved and you're a follower of Christ , you know his voice already . You just have to my voice . And if you're saved and you're a follower of Christ , you know his voice already . You just have to just confess that daily I know the voice of my father , god .
Speaker 3You said your sheep know your voice , so I belong to you , so I know your voice , and then he'll begin to speak to you in the way that he knows that he has to speak to you . For some people you know it's just like he may have . It may come through reading the word , like reading his word . It may . It may come through a trusted voice , um , it may come to through listening to a sermon . So you just have to begin to lean in unto how God ministers and speaks to you and after a few repetitions you'll know when it's gone and how he deals with you , you will , yeah , and , like you say , it'll be so catered to to you , you know .
Speaker 2But you , you gotta , like you say , confess that , that you hear him and that you know his voice and , estranged as what , you will not follow , because why would you , why would you follow a strength ? And it brings back to this when we was little Stranger danger . Come on , you know that's a strange voice , right , danger . Come on , I'm following that voice .
Speaker 3Right , stranger danger . Y'all didn't sound like my daddy . You don't talk to me like that .
Speaker 2Do you know ? Somebody can't pretend to be him . I'm gonna know that something is off . Right , look , and this . This is a funny , uh funny thing . Uh , my cousin Ty , she and I sound a lot alike and a lot of times on the phone people would get us confused or mixed up . So it was the running joke , right . Whenever she had a boyfriend I would . I would answer the phone to see how long it would take them To realize that I wasn't Tired . So her husband now Shout out to him because this is hilarious . So we did that with him . I think they've been married now 10 years , 10 , 11 , 12 , somewhere around there , so , so that was even that long ago . So I got on the phone with him and , uh , immediately he knew he knew that I wasn't that tired . I said , dog , we ain't gonna catch him .
Speaker 3He was like he ain't finna catch him , we ain't get him .
Speaker 2We ain't get him but he knew , so I said that . So that was . That was funny to me . I felt like he was . He paid attention , he was more observant . You know what I'm saying ? Cause one of them . I talked on the phone To him for a long time and he finally had to say Hold on . Wow , that was so funny .
Speaker 3That deceived the man .
Speaker 2The deception . But can't nobody pretend to be my daddy . I'm going to know my daddy's voice and my uncle ? He does a really good impersonation of him . He's very good , but I would still know that that's my uncle , that's when they disarm and kick him in .
Speaker 3Yeah , and that's not my daddy . That's when that disarmament Kept coming in . Yeah , and that's not my daddy , that's my uncle .
Speaker 2And even Even my brother and my nephew . They the three of them , my dad , my brother , my nephew Sound alike , but I still know the difference . You know what I'm saying Because I have Intimate relationship With all of them and even though it's very , very close , I still know .
Speaker 1That hey .
Speaker 3You spent the time . Spent the time with him .
Speaker 2That's good you spent that time with him .
Speaker 3You got to spend time with .
Speaker 2God , you got to .
Speaker 3To know his voice properly .
Speaker 2That was a great illustration . Yeah , that is what keeps you alive too . That's what keeps you pushing through , because you have to know the voice of the situation versus the voice of God . Come on , that's good , you got to know the voice of the situation versus the voice of God .
Speaker 3Come on , that's good . You got to know that's good .
Speaker 2He just started yelling , stranger danger .
Speaker 3Because this situation will talk you to death To death . Yeah , it'll talk loudly , baby , loudly Like , yeah , like it would drive you insane . It will . But if you don't know the voice of your father and know his word and how to apply that word To their situation , then it'll keep you bound .
Speaker 2It'll keep you bound .
Speaker 3Because I Trust me , it'll talk loud . It'll talk loud and you have to have something , yeah , to come back with To defeat it .
Power of Words
Speaker 3Life and death Lie in the power of our death line the power of our tongue , and if you ain't speaking , nothing out your mouth , but what you see , that's what you're going to succumb to eventually and it may not be a physical death , but it's .
Speaker 3You know it's the death . You know spiritual death . You know death to your dreams , death to the vision and the purpose and the plan that God has already established for your life .
Speaker 3You know he already has a plan , a plan for you for I know the thoughts that I have towards you says the Lord and so if you allow those thoughts and your issues , you know , to keep you in that , in that pit , you know you'll never walk fully into the purpose and plan that he has already established and preordained and predestined for you . And at the end of the day , that's your end goal . You want to live your life in total totality , in who and what God has called and created you to be as an individual person .
Speaker 1Point blank periods you want to go all out for him .
Speaker 3You , you want everything that he has for you in this time in this life , not not on the other side . You know you want it now , yeah , so don't allow um yourself to stay in in in the moment . It's more outside of the moment . The moment it's a moment is what a moment in moments . Moments aren't meant to to last forever , because that's why it's called a moment and that's why we shouldn't we let that thing run together like a loop through cycles , cycles , we'll let it run together and we a loop , some cycles , cycles , we'll let it run together and we just don't have to .
Speaker 1We really don't have to .
Speaker 2The scripture is clear Renew your mind daily , crucify your flesh daily . You know what I'm saying . And that don't even have to be one time a day .
Speaker 3It could be as many times as you need it to be , and you feel them thoughts and that stuff creeping up on you , trying to pull you back into that place . Hey , renew your mind .
Speaker 3Renew your mind , listen to some word . Put the ear pod in and put some word in your ear . Right , you know , your spirit man is always up , even when you sleep at night . Put some word on , let . Let let a playlist on youtube play with , uh , some soaking music or some scriptures . Uh , for whatever it is that you may be facing , find you a playlist on youtube or spotify or something that you can allow to saturate your environment .
Speaker 3Um , and and that's a key point as well in these type of seasons , the saturation . What are you saturating yourself with outside of prayer ? What , what else are you saturating your , your mind and your thoughts with ? What are you keeping before your eye gaze , your ear gaze ? All of that plays a part in um , a push through season . You have to be I'm talking about you got to be focused and just , you know , saturate , saturate , you know , like a sponge , allow those things to just soak into you , like I said , even when you sleep , because the spirit is always up and so you can just put those things on at night and allow that stuff to minister to you while you're sleeping , even when you're at work .
Speaker 2Even when you're driving to your car .
Speaker 3You know , hey , find ways , because it's out there , we just have to apply it .
Speaker 2You do have to apply it and you again goes back to praying and reading , and a lot of times we get into commonality with prayer and with reading and we don't realize , you know , the life-saving power it has , how it has the power to give us fulfillment and everything . And I like to think about it like this right , like there are , there's fire , right , and you have to get rid of the fire different ways , especially depending on the type of fire that it is .
Speaker 2So what I feel like we have with the scripture are extinguishers different kinds . That's good . And then we don't even have to just give a general extinguishing , we can get real specific according to the scripture . You know that's in there . So , like we know , with grease fires you can't put water on it Come on . It's going to spread the fire
Power of Prayer and Faith
Speaker 2.
Speaker 3Okay , fire , okay , fire , fire one .
Speaker 2Come on , teach us An invisible fire that you have to put out with a certain phone . Can't use water with that .
Speaker 3Right .
Speaker 2Come on Some fires . You got to smother . Okay , you know you got to do it out and the scripture is so so particular , yeah , you have to . You have to smother that voice . That's good . You got to smother it . Just kill it . Kill it dead what that lady said uh , what that ? What was that ? Uh , different world . When duwayne was , he interrupted the Interrupted the wedding and she jumped up and she said Die Just die .
Speaker 3I'll be remembering this stuff , I'll watch it for the the moment I can't recall and then be like no .
Speaker 2I took that , though I took that I be hearing certain thoughts and I know they don't be mine . I just say die , just die , because it ain't mine and it ain't coming from the Holy Spirit . That's the strangest thing . You have to tell that junk to die . Die , just die . Now in Jesus' name Look and that's what Jesus had to do to Peter . He had to tell him to get behind me and say but he was talking to the spirit that Peter was operating in . You just have to tell it to die Gone on somewhere .
Speaker 2Go about your business . Those are the things that you could tell to go to hell . We be telling people my Lord .
Speaker 3Go to hell . You still be telling people .
Speaker 2The scripture is clear again the weapons of our warfare are not gone .
Speaker 3But they are mighty Through the pulling down the strongholds .
Speaker 1Cast it down , every imagination , every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God .
Speaker 3Yeah , so you can't allow anything to exalt itself against the knowledge of God , my God . You can't allow it , cast it down , saints cast it down the scripture is clear . Tell it to die by fire , die by fire .
Speaker 2It's just go to hell .
Speaker 1You got people to go to hell .
Speaker 2No more you tell that thing to go to hell , my Lord . I just enjoy the privilege and the benefits of prayer , even in those moments when I just feel like I just can't . I see somebody text message quit , boop , lift me up .
Speaker 3Hey , and it be like that sometimes . It be like that , and there's nothing wrong with that . There's nothing wrong with that at all . Hey , I'm so glad you prayed for me , for me .
Speaker 2It's real .
Speaker 3Somebody prayed for me . That's real . That's the time to pray for me .
Speaker 2You look at Jesus . Jesus told Peter I pray for you that your faith don't fail you .
Speaker 1Come on .
Speaker 2I pray for you Come on hey Better get somebody on the line .
Speaker 3Better have somebody on speed now At least one person you can call At least one . That's real .
Speaker 2You even see people in the Bible who didn't even worship our God , calling on the ones . What they say go and get what his name was , that he was naming . Was it Samuel ?
Speaker 1Don't let me be wrong when he said go get him , go get him .
Speaker 2He don't even worship him . He don't even worship , he ain't even worshiped by a God .
Speaker 2He even knew who to call on . It's a , it's a knowing . You just gotta know . You gotta put down that that pride . Tell somebody You'll be a fool not to get the lifeguard . You'll be a fool . You don't want to die , but you want to do what the life said . Come on y'all . Help Lord . You don't want to die , but you want to reach for the wrath . Come on . You want to let the lifeguard save you ? Come on y'all . Come on , come'all . Come on , come on .
Speaker 2Don't resist the realm , just don't do it , don't resist the realm .
Speaker 3My God that a preach . Don't resist the realm .
Speaker 2Don't resist , don't resist it . I just I hope that people and we always , and we're always dealing with somebody's , always dealing with something Right , whether it's a small thing or a big thing . And I saw somebody today on Facebook that just said , god , I'm just going to need you . It's going to have to be you that helped me through this .
Speaker 3If it ain't you , then who ? I ain't got nothing else . Hey , that's what I'm this . If it ain't you , then who ? I ain't got nothing else , hey .
Speaker 2You , my only option .
Speaker 3I ain't got no plan .
Speaker 2B you , my only option , only one .
Speaker 3It's you or nothing else , and if you don't do it , it ain't going to be done .
Speaker 2That's what the son said If God don't do it , it won't be done . But the power is he can do it .
Speaker 3Oh yeah , and he's already done it , he's already done it . This is the vicar that overcomes our world , over the world . Our faith . So again , according to your faith , According to your faith . It's already done .
Speaker 2He said we overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony . The blood part is already spilled .
Speaker 3Already , it's already .
Speaker 2That part is already taken .
Speaker 3We just have to come into it .
Speaker 2Gotta come into it .
Speaker 3You know , so it was Prayer produces Results . I think it's amplified Makes tremendous . Power available James 3 and 16 , so you have to understand that Results are in prayer . Power available available , yeah , james 3 . James 3 and 16 , so you have to understand that results are in prayer mhm .
Speaker 3But again , it's according to your faith in that moment of prayer . So you have the power , you know , to produce the results in your moments of prayer , but you got to remain steadfast until you see the manifestation of it . You just can't give up . And then , once you pray about it the one time , you know you don't have to keep going back and asking for that same thing over and over and over again . You prayed about it . I didn't pray to you , lord . This is what I'm coming to you concerning now . I'm thanking you that I have overcome this . I'm thanking you for my life on the other side of this . I'm thanking you that is well with my soul . I'm thanking you that I've overcome this addiction . God , I thank you that this soul tie is broken . So I'm thanking you that I've overcome this addiction . God , I thank you that this soul tie is broken . So I'm thanking him for my victory .
Decreeing the Word for Healing
Speaker 3That's already on the other side of this push . So you know , once you laid it before him , gave it to him . I'm thanking him for it .
Speaker 3It's done , I'm decreeing the word of God over my life . You know , he said you can decree a thing and it shall be established . So then you have to begin to make declarations yes , you do On what you want to see on the other side of this push . What's my end goal , what's my end result ? What's the promise that I am looking forward to seeing when I come up out of this ? So you got to make bold declarations of faith concerning my other side and you just can't yeah , you just can't lay down and give up the towel .
Speaker 3So this is that's your moment , that's your opportunity to really dig and dig in the word , dig in the scripture and eat the word and write you some confessions on what you want to see on the other side , how you want the other side to look , because , again , his promises are found in his word and it's up to you to go in the scripture and find out . And if you don't know how to find it , google university okay , I'm struggling with x , y and z . How do I overcome this ? And you type that in the google universe or in the you version app . You can do a search and it'll pull up scriptures for you for what you may be facing or going through . And then you just use those scriptures and decree god's word . God honors his word . Yes , he does Above his name . So he wants to hear his word being spoken back To him .
Speaker 3And so , again , get that bible , get that pen , that pad , your iPad , notepad , whatever you use , and search and write those confessions for your life and for your other side , for the other side , for the other side , for the other side . You got to get to the other side , you got to get it Just like when they was on the boat and they Master , you cannot that we perish . He already told y'all y'all . Going to the other side . It may be rough right here in the sea right now , maybe rocket his boat , maybe rocking back and forth here and now , but you got to have confidence in knowing that on the other side . He promised me the other side and something is greater , something's bigger , something's better for me on the other side . If I just keep my peace and remain at rest , trust God that I'm gonna make it through this and get to the other side . That's right .
Speaker 2That's all you got to do and look , it's the enemy trying to get a tickle in my throat .
Speaker 1That's so stupid .
Speaker 2He's so stupid , anyway , cause I'm still gonna say this Right , die , just die . When I was going through menopause I had the type , the rollercoaster that felt like I was getting out of here .
Speaker 2He was trying to take me out , he was trying to kill my mind , trying to . You know , just , it was a lot , and . But I got to the place when I just started , like you said , started eating the word , eating the scripture , right , because I felt like I was losing my mind , honestly , and so I just started saying At first I couldn't say nothing , but I am the healed child of God . When , anytime , those symptoms Was rising up and I felt like I was going to pass out , like physically pass out All kind of things , I would just say I'm the healed child of God . That's the way I started , right . And so then I started reading , I got people to send me Scriptures of healing and I started saying I should live and not die . Come on , I'm gonna see the salvation of the lord and declare you know , uh , what else ? What else was I saying ? Um , you know the thoughts that you have for me . That's a good , not a real . It's your desire that I prosper .
Speaker 3I'm being good with your own life .
Speaker 2You satisfy me with long life , you satisfy me . So I started , uh , saying those things , speaking those things the peace of god , which prayers I'll understand and keep my heart and mind , and I had to really focus on jesus yeah and you know what he had already done and I had to really pull on his , his peace in that season .
Speaker 2And uh , my sister , take I hadn and stay with my parents and everything had my own place when I was with them , scared , just scared of everything . It was crazy , it was insane , but you pushed through .
Speaker 3But I had to push through .
Speaker 2It was going to kill me . Oh yeah , it was going to kill me physically .
Speaker 3But the key thing that I heard you say , she said she focused on Jesus .
Speaker 2I had to focus on him Now that was good right there . I had to focus on him , and for a long time that was all my prayer was I am the healed child of God , and my auntie brought this scripture to my mind too . She said healing is the children's bread . And she said like this I eat the bread . I make sandwiches out of the bread .
Speaker 2And everybody know I like sandwiches , so that really resonated with me and I thought it was so beautiful how God even told her to say it to me like that right you know what I'm saying .
Speaker 3I was like I can do that again . You have to know how God he know how to talk to you .
Speaker 2He know how to tell people to talk to you . And then sometimes y'all be sounding foolish when y'all be saying God ain't told me , he ain't told you . You sound crazy . Okay , thank you . Sound crazy and a lot of times you're gonna do things you're gonna do because you won't listen . Right , right , right . Anyway , my auntie told me she said and I eat the bread , I make sandwiches out of the bread . I ran with that .
Speaker 2Wow , I ran I can do that let me get these , these pieces of bread . I'm gonna make the biggest sandwich ever you know what I'm saying ? Them sandwiches like Scooby Doo Girl . And then the Holy Spirit took me to these scriptures . It say healing is the children's bread . And guess what the scriptures say I've never seen Righteous forsaken .
Speaker 3I've seen him begging for bread .
Speaker 2It's already mine , it's yours , so the healing bread is already mine . I ain't got to beg for it go back to the benefits another benefit . I'm not gonna deny the power of that room , right , don't do it . But you find that you find those things through prayer . God , give me the people , give me the word , speak to me , minister to me . You know what I'm saying and he knows . He already knows . He knows what we're dealing with . He already knows how to handle it .
Speaker 2Yeah , he do he already know how to handle it . The heart can't be so broken that he can't fix it . He say he's near to the broken heart . He just he . He can do it . And that's what we have to know , that's what we have to believe , even when Jesus found himself , when he was fasting for 40 days , 40 nights .
Speaker 3Blessed .
Speaker 2The enemy comes to him , try to give him what Bread my , my Try to give him bread , but Jesus , he's stranger danger .
Speaker 3Come on , nah , he already knew .
Speaker 2He already knew what time it was , he already knew what time and where did he go Back to the word . These things are written .
Speaker 3That you may know . He knew that he knew , and he knew that he knew . So the devil couldn't defeat him , he couldn't overpower him .
Speaker 2Couldn't defeat him . And this is jesus in a body in a body like us . Come on . Who the temptation ?
Speaker 3I'm sure he was starving 40 days I'm sure he was I'm sure he was starving .
Speaker 2But look at this too what I wish god showed me about that jesus was at the end of of what he was finna do . He was at the end of the 40 days , my God . So , imagine him giving up right at the end For a piece of bread , relinquishing all his power .
Speaker 3That's good , right at the end that's so good and that , and I think that go into the , I think the last question that you had .
Speaker 2I don't even know what the question was . Let me see .
Speaker 3Because I think you were saying something about .
Speaker 2Oh , what is your advice to the believer when they feel that their prayers haven't been answered or they feel distant from God ?
Speaker 3That was .
Speaker 2That was a good setup right there , yeah , yeah , it was , you gotta wait , you just to wait , you just got to wait .
Speaker 3And I think a lot of people and see wait , it means to stay , stay Mm-hmm Until a particular time or until something happens .
Speaker 2Until something happens .
Speaker 3And so for a lot of people , they don't want to wait .
Speaker 2They don't want to wait .
Speaker 3We so impatient , yes , in the waiting game , because you want it to happen right then , right there , right now . And if it ain't happening , the first 10 days , I'm done . But like you said , he was at the end . He was at the end of it 40 day ride . And then just imagine , if he would have gave me , he would have find it you would have find it .
Speaker 2What if he would have found ? What would ?
Speaker 3have become of him what would have fainted ?
Speaker 2What if he would have fainted ? What would have become of him ? What would have become of us ? Yes , in greater , what would have become of us If he would have fainted ? Even when we think about the cross , this man could have called allegiance .
Speaker 1What .
Speaker 2What if he had fainted then he ?
Speaker 3was at the end of it .
Speaker 2What would have become of us ?
Speaker 3What would have ? I don't even want to think about that .
Speaker 2I don't want to think about it . He was at the end of it , wow .
Speaker 3That was so good .
Speaker 2Sometimes we just got to endure and , like you said , we have to wait . And you said I like the words . You said stay , but what are we staying in ? We can't stay in the dark place . Right , you got to get in there and stay .
Speaker 3Stay in the word .
Speaker 2It all tie back in . You got to get in that word and stay . You got to stay in that prayer closet , even if you just going in there . I'm here , lord , wait on the Lord .
Speaker 3Wait on the Lord . Be , of good courage Wait on the Lord .
Speaker 2That's particular right there Wait on the Lord .
Speaker 1Don't wait on the situation , don't wait on what your mind is telling you . Don't wait on what the that is so good that's particular right there .
Speaker 2Wait on the Lord . Don't wait on the situation . Don't wait on what your mind is telling you . Don't wait on what the enemy is telling you . Don't stay in that .
Speaker 3It clearly told us . It clearly said Wait on the Lord .
Speaker 2Wait on the Lord .
Speaker 3Be of good courage and he shall strengthen , strengthen , strengthen Thine heart , thine heart , wait , wait , I say on the Lord you got to send that reminder .
Speaker 2He said it at the beginning . I got to say it again Right , wait .
Speaker 3And then you know another thing . He said he'll strengthen thine heart , and you know , a lot of things manifest in our hearts . So I thought that was good , yes absolutely . And so he'll give strength to your heart . The bible says keep your heart with all diligence , for out of it are the issues of life . Yes , so what issues of life have you allowed to taint your heart ? My god , so did it .
Speaker 3So now , now , you gotta do a heart check and begin to unfilter and uncall those spiritual arteries and get those things out of your heart and give room and space for God to strengthen your heart so that you have the ability to wait , because if you , if you keep all that stuff in your heart , it's going to be hard for you to wait .
Speaker 2It's going to be hard because you wrestling . Wait , it's going to be hard .
Speaker 3Because you're wrestling with the bitterness and with the unforgiveness and with the anger and with the rage and with everything else that's intertwined in there . So allow God to give you the strength you know . Deal with those unfiltered , unclawed , those arteries , so he can strengthen your heart . Wait , I say on the Lord , you know he'll give you strength . You know Isaiah 41 and 10 fear not , for I am with you , be not dismayed , for I am your God . Yeah , I will strengthen you . I'm a dude , I would . He said I'll help you , I'll uphold you in my righteous right hand , and so you know God is always with us . Because I think the other part of that question says something about what do you do when you feel like he's distant or he's not answering ? And you know we said the answer was to wait . But you also have to have a knowing that , regardless of what you feel , because you can't you can't right .
Speaker 3You can't trust the feel of a thing , because God is a God that's always there . He never leaves us or forsakes us . So you can't always look for a feeling when it comes to God or when you come to be in your prayer time .
Speaker 3You can't always look for goosebumps or if I cried or if I felt something , because it's not going to be like that all the time . And you know sometimes , when you're getting into that place , when he's growing you and you're learning , it may be that more consistent . You may get those unctions and those
Confidence in Knowing God's Presence
Speaker 3feelings . But as you begin to mature , it may be times when you go in your prayer and you just like , oh Lord , is you here ? I'm telling you Because you looking for an emotion and it's a knowing .
Speaker 3I know , that he's here because he told me . He said he never leave me or forsake me . So I know he right there with me . He said he uphold me with his right hand . So he right there with you . But you got to know that . But you got to know . Psalm 16 and 8 says I know the Lord is always with me . I will not be shaken , For he is right beside me . Right beside me .
Speaker 2Right there .
Speaker 3That's what his words say . I ain't write that . I ain't say that . That's what the words say . That's Psalm 16 and 8 . Write it down .
Speaker 1So when you ?
Speaker 3get them feelings . He just told you I know the lord with me . They said I know he with me .
Speaker 2I know he . Look , even jesus says this . When he went to raise lazarus from the dead , he had been crying and wept yada , yada . But when he started talking he said lord , I know , you hear me , I know , you hear me . Then he went Right to instructing my On what to happen . He called the boy . You got to know that , you know , you got to know , I know , you hear me . I told it was so funny Today and , like I said , the Lord is so funny Because he's so confirming Right and he be , I be , you know , working with my children , with my students or whatever .
Speaker 2So one of my babies , she was again , like I told y'all we was doing the area of a square , area of a rectangle . So she was like Ms Tree , I need some help . I said , no , you don't , I'm confused about it . No , you're not , we've been doing this a long time . I said , said look at that , go back in the book . And I didn't even see it Until she left . I told her baby Go back in the book and look at the formula . And we don't go back to the Bible , we don't go back to the book and look at the formula . Now , that's good . I told her go back to the book . Look at the formula and that's everything that you need .
Speaker 2Wow , and it's not that I'm not here to help you you got to grow up and I told her I can't hold your hand the whole time now , but when I see you working then I can partner with you . That's good . You got to go in the book . I told her go back a few pages and look at the formula Wow , and do it . That was so good pages and look at the formula and do it . And guess what she did ? She did and now she had the confidence . When she see those , those , those things , those squares coming up and she got that missing piece , she look at that formula and she know how to do it .
Speaker 3Then you just said a key word Now she got the confidence .
Speaker 2Now she got the confidence to do it .
Speaker 3This is the confidence now she got the confidence to do this is the confidence , so that built up a level of confidence in her . So imagine if you go to the word which has all the equations and you begin to apply that word and you begin to see the manifestation through your prayers . What kind of confidence , what ? Kind of confidence in you , knowing that I went to God's word and he honored his word what he said he was going to do .
Speaker 3So that builds up a confidence in you that make you want to keep going back to the word to find , okay , what's next ?
Speaker 2Because my confidence is up here now , so let me go back over here and see what else he said , because guess what ?
Speaker 2And applied that formula . Always going to give you the right answer . Come on , it's always going to give you the right answer . Oh , you , using the right formula . And it wasn't that I wasn't there . I'm standing right there with him , standing right there with him and just like God and guess where ? I was too In the formula . Come on , because I'm right there still . Oh , my god , I'm still right there . But I told her I can't hold your hand .
Speaker 3Wow , we done . Did that too much ? Come on , that's good .
Speaker 2We done did that formula Too much and you just want me To hold your hand and just give it to you . But I gave it to you already In the formula . Man , that was amazing .
Speaker 3So a lot of times .
Speaker 2It's not that he not there , it's just we got to grow up Right and we just know he right there when that baby start walking , that baby see you . You know what I'm saying ? Right , they see you right there and they trying to get to you , come on , but you can't always be running to them . You got to let them . Let them come , come to you , that's what the ?
Speaker 3scriptures say and they , they might stumble .
Speaker 2They might fall , but they're going to get back up .
Speaker 3They're going to get back up and keep coming and you're still right there with them .
Speaker 2Wow , still right there with them . That was good .
Speaker 3That was a good illustration .
Speaker 2I like that . It was so funny when you showed that to me after they had left or whatever . And let me tell you what's so funny . I'm going to be honest . Be honest too . I was kinda irritated Because I felt like she should have known .
Speaker 3My God .
Speaker 2And we can grieve Holy Spirit Cause we should know .
Speaker 3I know that's what I've been saying , so can you imagine , yeah , how he be looking down ? He had us like Now , I know they know better .
Speaker 2But guess what , at the end of the day , that's still my child , that's still my student , and I still love him .
Speaker 3He's still a good little father Right , Still going to show myself faithful and loving to him . Oh Lord , I know he be up there scratching his head like , oh Lord , this one right here .
Speaker 2I love her . I love her . I said Lord , I know we ran you out on the right hand of the right . But wait , I gotta show up for me anyway because he say you , the priest that ever liveth the priest that ever liveth my lord . But I do want to thank you for taking the time to come back , of course , with us again . Now you know . You know where your spot is at the top of the season top of the season at the tippy top , the tippy top .
Speaker 3The tippy top January , Every time January . I might have just gone and get ready . Put it on my calendar January 2026 . I'll be back .
Speaker 2Get ready , and we might have to put it on you before then .
Speaker 3We gonna see what the said for Lord . Praise the Lord , she might come with a mid-season . Come with a mid-season .
Speaker 2I feel a mid-season . You said it , I felt it . Now that's the two witnesses , right ?
Speaker 3Oh my goodness , I said a mid-season , Well we're going to see what the Lord going to do and what he going to say .
Speaker 2Yeah , have your way .
Speaker 3Have your way , it's always an honor , it's always a pleasure to come and sit at the round table and discuss the things of God . Yes , I appreciate you .
Speaker 2I appreciate you .
Speaker 3Thank you for allowing me to grace the stage .
Speaker 2Always . This is always a place for you . It is . I can't think of anybody else . And it was funny when Holy Spirit gave to me the first sign and then I almost chickened out and didn't ask him , my God , and then I had to just run to him .
Speaker 3I almost texted him and they be like girl , can we reschedule ? But I knew that was .
Speaker 2I was like I got to push through , don't you be knowing it be the I know ?
Speaker 3Cause I got up this morning Like uh , uh , it's just one of them days . I'm like Lord . Where is this ?
Speaker 2When it was a push through moment . Yeah .
Speaker 3And , like I said , the emotions , no Maybe Die Get behind me , saying cause this is . This is the day the Lord has made and I will , I will rejoice match them edges back together , got me back together and I'm like , okay , I got to work to do that but yes , yes , yes , I enjoyed it .
Speaker 3I pray that something was done or said that would be a blessing to those that will listen to this podcast . We pray that something will be , you know , dropping your spirit , enlighten you that will pull you through and and to your to the next side , to that promise , to the manifestation that's waiting for you on the other side . Don't quit , don't throw in the towel . God is with you , he has your back , he hasn't left you , he hasn't forsaken you , he loves you . He understands the season that you're in . Um , you know all that good stuff . This too shall pass weeping . We're doing the night dear for the night , but joy come in the morning .
Speaker 3You know that there is greater on the other side for you . Encourage yourself . You know David had to encourage himself in the Lord and sometimes you just have to take a moment and encourage your own self in the Lord and push your way through . Fight to the end . Get over , get over this hump . You know we , we just started this year . You got so much in store for you for 2025 . You can't allow what you're going through in this particular moment to stop the rest of your year , to stop your purpose , to stop your destiny .
Speaker 2You got this because god got you oh , you got this because god got somebody . You need to put that somewhere for the people to see it . You got this because god got you , and if he got you , my god who else ?
Speaker 3who else you want to have you ? Who else ?
Speaker 2who else that reminds me of another song you always make me think Of so many songs , oh goodness . You remember that song ? It's old right . The song say If he has to reach way down , jesus will pick you up .
Speaker 3Girl I've never heard that one you haven't .
Speaker 2I'm going to find it and I'm going to sing it to you , please find it , because that one is that's above my head . Look , when I was a kid , I used to laugh Right Uh huh . Now I don't laugh Cause that's real Uh huh , that's real life . If he got it Reach way down , he'll still pick you up .
Speaker 3Yeah , you gonna have to Send me that one .
Speaker 2I'ma send it to you .
Speaker 3I ain't never heard that one .
Speaker 2I'ma send it to you . Okay , you gonna like it . You're going to like it , amen .
Speaker 3Amen , amen , amen .
Speaker 2I got one more scripture right when I was listening to you , the scripture that says remind them of his word right . And we get bold when we remind somebody about something they told us Come on .
Speaker 2And it's not that he has forgotten what he said . I believe he gave us that scripture so that we can be bold about what we need to say . Come on , and we believe what we bold about saying Exactly hey , all , right , now you better get in that scripture and be bold about it . He said you can come boldly before the throne of grace , that's what he said Bold .
Speaker 3Be bold . You get bold when you feel like Right .
Speaker 2Confident . You be bold when you feel like Somebody owe you something , right ?
Speaker 3Or they said they were going to do something . Yeah , now , god , you said , you said I should have lived With nothing . You said . You said that right there . I'm just letting you know .
Speaker 2I'm letting you know . I'm letting you know , but I hope you guys have enjoyed . I hope you guys have enjoyed . I hope you have found something to eat on . I hope you found more strength , more power to get through the season that you may be going through , and not only get through it , but to thrive , thrive and to be able to share .
Speaker 3Oh , look at she say Thrive in 2025 . Thrive in 2025 . Thrive in 2025 .
Speaker 2Flourish Prosper in the things of the Lord . Thrive in 2025 . Thrive in 2025 . Thrive in 2025 .
Speaker 3Thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive , thrive .
Speaker 2Thrive Th . Go to the book , look , find it . That's your homework . Tell you like I told my baby look in that book , it's in there , go and see what Goshen is and then receive that over your life . But we praise God , thank God for you coming in and being just such a , you know , willing person , being vulnerable and still Doing the work of the Lord . That's a beautiful thing . Amen . That's a true testament Of Of a child of God .
Speaker 1My Lord . It is a true testament . Glory to God .
Speaker 2Glory to God in the highest .
Speaker 3If it had not been For the Lord on my side .
Speaker 1Where we would be here all night . Okay , we will we will you see that ?
Speaker 2We will , we will be here all night . Okay , you see that . But , um , I hope you guys have found , uh , some peace . I hope you find more instruction for prayer . I hope you find strength , but I know you will . The lord , his word won't turn , return to him void , so he gonna do what he , what he said he was gonna do . You need to find out what he said he's gonna do . Hold on to it , stay in it and we will see you next time you .