“I Will Win The Fight” Rev. Joseph Deck III | RTAME

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griefshare readtemple.org or call 301-352-0320 extension 489. read temple family save the date join us for official board on september 20th at 7 pm eastern standard time via zoom visit re-temple dot org forward slash events for more information calling all ministry leaders on saturday september 25th at 10 a.m via zoom join us for this quarter's ministry leaders town hall zoom detail will be emailed to ministry leaders visit readtemple.org forward slash events or email info read temple dot org for more information hey i'm pastor mark whitlock you may have heard about it but the 1500 project is for you in hebrew 1500 means the moment you decide to take a spiritual journey is when you begin to realize your greatness the bible says in second timothy chapter 2 verse 15 study to find yourself approved god gave me a vision that we're going to have 1500 people in worship we want you to be a part of that we want you to grow spiritually we want you to be able to divide the word of god join us on wednesday how do you do it you simply email bible study at readtemple.org let me repeat it bible study at re temple.org let's grow in god and grace together the 1500 project let's go read temple christian education presents virtual church school sundays at 9 30 a.m via zoom visit readtemple.org forward slash events for zoom information reed temple christian education presents virtual children's church school each third and fourth sunday at 10 a.m via zoom church school classes for pre-k kindergarten and first grade second grade third grade and fourth grade students visit read temple.org forward slash events for zoom information hey everybody i'm pastor mark and i'm rev mia welcome to reed temple we're so excited to be here it's good to be in reed temple to lift up the name of jesus we welcome you we welcome you to come and worship we welcome you to come and praise we welcome you to come and lift up the most high god so come on let's go let's go praise the lord read temple praise the lord everybody if you can just stand this morning it's a blessing to be in the house one more time anybody glad that the lord brought you through another week hallelujah well come on and open your mouth and give him praise that he deserves because this is the day that lord has made and we've come to rejoice because we are glad in it and how many of you know that rejoicing is a choice you can choose to rejoice this morning even if you don't feel like even if things are not lined up the way you want them to be you can choose to rejoice because god is truly in control amen [Music] [Music] i will rejoice [Music] and i will [Music] [Music] [Music] this [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah how many of you know before we have praise and worship we used to do what were called devotional songs [Music] [Music] [Music] oh this morning with the bright sunshine i woke up this morning jesus [Music] is [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] but i came to worship the lord is there anybody in the house that know that this is the day that the lord has made we come to rejoice and be glad in it i don't want to have anybody sit down with a sour face don't you come in looking like you're angry because the lord woke you up i want to know if there's a praise partner up in this house lift both your hands up in the air and begin to give god glory run the devil out of this place run them they say out of this place run the evil out of this like come on come on come on come on let's give god a glory break somebody say hallelujah somebody say glorify the lord somebody lift up the name of jesus now make some noise read tempo [Music] we're going to do the call of worship and we're going to do it together come on one two three i was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the lord our feet shall stand within thy gates o jerusalem for a day in thy court is better than a thousand i'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my god than dwell in the tents of wickedness come on because of the house of the lord our god i will seek thy good those that be planted in the house of the lord shall flourish in the courts of our god come on everybody blessed are they that dwell in thy house lord i love thy heaven come on everybody the place where your honor dwelleth come on come on everybody for the lord is in his holy temple has been for him let the words of my mouth let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight oh lord my strength and my redeemer come on all together in a loud voice oh sing unto the lord a new song for he has done marvelous things make a joyful noise unto the lord i can't hear you read temple let us sing our praises together now on the count of the three one for the father two for the son free for the holy ghost give god a praise like you lost your mind you gotta shout like you lost your mind give god glory as you lost your mind come on y'all put your hands up this is god's day this is the day we celebrate the resurrection make some noise [Applause] [Music] hallelujah reverend mia we oh come on reverend janelle hey man now are we gonna do the prayer now or we're gonna go right into another song come on reverend janelle come on put your hands together for our prayer warrior reverend janelle johnson come on amen how many of you know that prayer still changes things how many of you know when the devil tries to stop you from coming into the house of the lord if you just keep praising him he's gonna make a way out of no way can we just keep an attitude of praise can i just get a few people i'm gonna pray in a minute can we just set the atmosphere in this place because sometimes the enemy will try to stop you when you come in to fulfill your assignment but how many of you know the enemy is defeated amen no weapon formed against you will prosper and if you're really called of god he's gonna make sure that you get to where you need to be to do what you're called to do how many of you know that god is faithful hallelujah hallelujah amen let's look to the lord in prayer hallelujah as we settle ourselves in his presence we begin to think on your goodness we begin to think on your greatness we begin to think on your loving kindness and your compassions that fail not for they are new to us every morning holy and hallowed god it is with a grateful heart that we enter into this holy edifice with a praise down in our heart understanding god that it is because of your mercies that we have not been consumed god we enter into this place of worship if we're watching online or if we're in this sanctuary but we enter into this place oh god with a made-up mind to lift you up this morning every now and then the enemy will send weapons of mass destruction to distract us and to get us off course but we stand in this place today oh god and say that we will enter into your courts with thanksgiving in our hearts and we will enter into your your courts with praise and so god right now we stand in kingdom authority right now and we gon thank you because you are the king of kings and the lord of lords understanding the protocol of praise we gonna lift up holy hands this morning and declare that you are faithful no no no no no we're not gonna be distracted we're not going to be frustrated we're not going to be confused but we are going to focus on who is the author and the finisher of our faith for it is with the grateful heart that we lift up praise this morning it is with a mindset to worship you that we give you glory this morning and so god we gonna take a few minutes to say perhaps we've been ripping and running and rushing all week long and we haven't taken the time to say thank you lord so we thank you right now for life and we thank you right now for health and we thank you right now for the provision of strength we thank you right now that when the enemy came in god you protected us and so god we say thank you this morning god when we should have given up oh god you covered us in your grace and for that we say thank you this morning god you have not dealt with us according to our iniquity god but you have extended mercy to us and for that we say thank you lord and so now god we thank you now we gonna praise you we praise you for your wondrous work so we praise you for your mighty acts and we praise you because you're faithful and we can't even see you being faithful for the murderer didn't break in last night and the robber didn't break in but you protected us and for that we say thank you lord god and for that we praise you oh god we praise you oh god because you're working stuff out that we don't even know you're working out oh god we praise you right now oh god for healing in this place we praise you right now god for restoration in this place we praise you right now god for what you're going to do in this service on today he'll set free and deliver so now god we lay everything on the altar of sacrifice of praise right now um we put it on the altar right now every frustrating thing oh god every email we got that got on our nerves this week god we lay it on the altar right now and we got a made up mind to give you the glory we got a made up mind to give you the praise because you are worthy in this place you are worthy in every situation that we go through oh god we lift you up and give you going in this place now holy ghost do what it is you do well he'll set free and deliver move from heart to heart and from breast to breast in the mighty name of jesus and god if you be glorified and if you be glorified we gonna be satisfied in the mighty name of jesus now god with a made up mind now and a unified praise we lift you up right here and say have your way in this place we not gonna perform in this place we go praise in this place we're gonna worship in this place and we're gonna give you glory and we give you the honor lord i gotta stop praying but i feel your presence in this place lord we're gonna give you the glory we give you the honor and we give you the praise let the sanctified in the redeemed of the lord say amen and amen give him glory y'all hallelujah [Applause] remain standing for the word of god the scripture today is coming from psalm 27 verses 1 through 6 and i will be reading for the king james version the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life of whom shall i be afraid when the wicked even mine enemies and foes came upon me to eat my flesh they stumbled and failed though shall encamp against me my heart shall not fear the war shall rise against me and this i will be confident one thing have i desired of the lord and that will i seek after that i may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the lord and to inquire in his temple for in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me he shall set me upon a rock and now shall my enemies be lifted up above mine and now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me therefore i will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy i will sing yea i will sing praises unto the lord come on bless the lord for that he is worthy to be praised amen amen amen amen we're going to see the contemporary men this morning three verses of the chorus amen by every now composer solo which is our very own from the dmv we want you to sing along with us [Music] what's going on we want to encourage you to trust you trust him with all your heart [Music] me [Music] i will [Music] be trying me trust me [Music] [Music] i will be [Music] [Music] where i promised [Music] [Music] come on can i get you to stand up and sing with us i'll fight your battle fight about you back [Music] come on yes [Music] trust me [Music] [Applause] [Music] trust me no matter what's going on [Music] you'll be right there [Music] [Music] [Music] i don't know about you every time beverly skier sings i just get i find myself in the presence of the lord let's give god praise for this praise team amen led by patrick london this is the moment in service that we defied the devil because often the devil says ain't nobody coming to church and those who come to church been coming to church all day lives and nobody knew gonna come to church i want to say this story and then we're going to ask our first time visit to stand up don't do it right now but about a month ago or so a friend of mine from california pastor said i got my daughter and her best friend coming to howard please take care of them immediately folks surrounded her from reed temple and they came to church stand up uh sister imani and sister caitlin stand up give god praise from these two and remain standing and so they joined on watch care because they are both wonderfully saved and they're going to howard and we have folk who are on watch care amen when they go to school and her father she doesn't know that i'm getting ready to say they said now mark he calls me markie's past he said he said mark now she's in love with jesus and her friend is too watch what she does it's just amazing don't don't push her too hard just let her do what she do amen come on give god glory just let her do what she do so in the back of my mind i'm excited because they freshman in howard but the first week amen they came by themselves in the second week they bought three people but all of those who came into the invitation here to read temple by uh kailyn and imani from howard university please stand just as young folk just stand is that the best we can do read simple you got young people up into his house come on read temple is that the best we can do do you see what's happening in the body of christ do you see these young people coming up into the house of the lord hallelujah the lord is glorified and the devil is horrified come on give god praise for young people hallelujah remain standing on my howard now all first time visitors please stand all first time visitors please stand if you're here for the first time please stand so we can shout come on let's give god praise for them come on welcome them welcome them welcome them welcome them welcome them welcome to one of the best churches in all of prince george's county take your seats with love and honor we invite you to participate on our announcements we invite you to participate amen on uh our wednesday bible study our theme our scripture our scripture is study to find yourself approved the second hallelujah timothy chapter 2 verse 15 and we want to study to find ourselves uh proved in the way you do that is you participate in bible study and we have what we call the 1500 project when you decide to take your spiritual journey that is the beginning of your greatness i just want people to give god praise when you make a decision is there anybody in the house that wants to make a decision hallelujah to follow jesus if so we want you we want you to sign up amen so that you may receive bible study information in advance that is the teaching in advance we want you hallelujah to receive our daily devotion from the pastor we want you to develop a stronger relationship with god in jesus christ to grow spiritually in god how do you do it all you have to do is write an email to bible study at re temple.org bible said the email is bible study at re temple.org and i promise you i promise you that you will see the benefit in studying to find yourself approved why because you will begin to receive hallelujah information that will lift you spiritually higher in god in jesus christ that's my announcement oh by the way we have a uh official board meeting tomorrow at 7 00 p.m official board meeting tomorrow at 7 pm and then on wednesday we have what we call the quarterly conference with the presiding elder and that will take place on tuesday at 6 00 pm both of those are done online or on zoom what we've got excitement about is on our official board meeting everybody will have an opportunity to participate everybody will have an opportunity to ask questions come on give god praise for effective communication in the house of the lord you know when i was in africa and i've been there a few times every time i go to church in africa every time i go to church in africa when they say it's offering time people literally leap up out of their chairs and they start celebrating jesus christ because they know that if it had not been for jesus christ they would have no place to live they would have no clothing they would have no food i don't know let me say this you ready one two three it's offering time come on everybody leap up on your feet and give god a glory pray leap up on your feet and give god glory come on leap up on your feet and give god praise come on leap up on your feet it's about giving to god it's about giving to god remain standing remain standing remain standing i'm going to pray for you and then we are going to have you take your seats and do your offering because our wonderful praise team our combined uh choirs will say how do you do it you simply text uh to read temple at retemple.org in your pew there is a uh uh an opportunity for you to do what do you call those codes the funny little barcode amen i'm sorry i'm is it called a barcode it's called a cue card amen see you can tell i i still play monopoly that's my favorite game y'all have to understand i don't know if there's any spade pla nevermind uh so you want to use your cue card in your no [Applause] qr is that it like qr somebody said get it together pastor take your qr code on your in your in your in your pew and you can use that key our qr code to give your offering amen amen let's go dear god there's some people who have it to give there's some people who don't if you have it give it if you don't let us bless you but whatever we do god let's not rob god of our tithes and offering in jesus name amen take your seats with love and honor come on come on praise team [Music] same best [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] again [Music] [Music] [Music] myself [Music] this morning for me [Music] just come on think about it me just [Music] the strength of my life he promised to keep me never to leave [Music] every [Music] and i'll never turn back [Music] come on y'all [Music] on church can you declare this morning that god is yes [Applause] oh yes it is i trust in him [Music] come on they're gone thank you for this offering touch cover it empower it bless it and bless those that give them i believe there's a god love in the house come on put your hands together and give god a glory praise he is an incredible preacher he is the assistant pastor of re temple he is responsible for men's ministry here at reed temple he's responsible for pastoral care here at reed temple he works from king c to king see he loves the lord because god heard his cry come on put your hands together for the preacher of god's hour come on let's give god glory for reverend joseph deck come on give god a glory praise [Music] every now and then i need a god that's my all in all i don't know about you i there's some times where my little needed all of god's a lot to come into my life to come into my mess to come into my situation i need everything he got to bless me with all he has can somebody thank god for being that all-in-all god that's in all i just think that if you worship him hard enough that he will bring down all of it every situation you're facing he'll bring down a blessing he'll bring down to bring and give him your all and all your brains and god will he will yes he will he'll take care of you because he's an all-time god amen a [Music] man and amen giving honor to that god and to his son jesus the christ and to the one that brings us comfort when we need to be comforted the holy ghost the holy spirit i want to thank my pastor reverend dr mark he would like junior for the privilege of standing at his sacred desk and to our first lady executive minister the reverend hermia chicago whitlock to my colleagues who carry the tongues of fire in their bellies to the officers and members oh my goodness you know these levites here they just know how to bring in and usher in the spirit of god i'm grateful for them everyone that had anything to do with the service god bless you all let's go to work holy spirit lead me and guide me along the way and let not any emotional outburst masquerade as a faith experience but let our worship be real in spirit and in truth the grass indeed withers and the flowers fade but it is the word of our god that will last forever man a scripture for your hearing will come out of second corinthians the tenth chapter just three little verses verses three through five may you stand for the reading second corinthians 10 verses 3 through 5 and paul wrote it this way for though we walk in the flesh we do not war according to the flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they're mighty in god for pulling down strongholds casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of god bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of christ yeah every captivity to the obedience of christ you may be seated for a few moments i just want to speak from the topic i will win the fight i will win the fight yeah i'll win the fight my brothers and sisters many years ago in mental institutions in europe they had a crude way of dealing with the mentally disturbed a particular sanitarium had a very antiquated way of determining whether or not an inmate was sane enough to be released back in society you know what they did they would put the patient into a janitor's closet yeah they put him in a janitor's closet and then they put a stopper in the sink and turn the water on and the water would eventually overflow and the inmate would be given a mop and told to clean up the mess for about five minutes or so the person would be left in the closet all alone yeah and then a doctor would come back in to check on him or her this place the mental uh inmate in a position to have to fight for their freedom they were given the tools and the weapons to win the fight but their mental capacity and understanding on how to use the tools created a war inside of their head and the battlefield that they fought was definitely in their minds if they were mopping the floor with the water still running the doctor would know that the patient was not ready to go anywhere because he did not make the connection how to use the tools that he had to fix the problem the patient then would be declared insane can i just go ahead and transfer it real quickly for you if we use the wrong tool for the spiritual deliverance that god has for us maybe we haven't got delivered because we're in an insane position yeah i i didn't want to say it like that but i had to tell it i had to go that way many of us today are in a war we're trying to mop up messes in our lives and messes in our families we're trying to mop up our bad circumstances and we mopping real hard as stress comes along and sweat beats us on our brow we just continually mopping but the water faucet still is running yeah it's still running the problem is that with all of that effort there's still a mess and we it's difficult for us if you aren't spiritual enough to make a connection that spiritual warfare is real and if we don't understand the cause and effect of the situation maybe you might as well keep on mopping because you'll never clean up the mess all right i i i got to speed up a little bit we must start with the cars or else we'll be forever cleaning up yeah but there's a war that rages in our minds and if you've ever dealt with things like worry and doubt and confusion depression and anger condemnation you've experienced firsthand that watery attack that you can't clean up going between your two ears and but the good news is you don't have to let those thoughts defeat you but in order to win the fight you must choose the white right weapons with a proper strategy yeah i'm trying to go somewhere i'm already at my first point do not let your walk prevent your wind do not let your walk prevent your wind because paul said for though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh so in order to win the fight that you're in you must understand spiritual authority all right and spiritual authority beloved can be complex because unlike secular authority that is mainly rooted in credentialing and positioning spiritual authority is rooted in your spiritual gifts and your call from god i'm sorry to take you through bible study during the preaching moment but hang in there with me for paul understood in dealing with the corinthian church in chapter 13 paul says he's relying not on credentialing authority of man but on the authority that the lord gave him let that sink for a minute because paul's whose letters and epistles comprise the majority of the new testament always had to defend himself to the followers of christ especially the apostles because he said jesus had given him the authority as the apostle here's your help don't let your station in life your current condition good or bad be dictated by impotent power providers you don't go to the gas company to pay your electric bill you go to the right source to get your power and that's what you got to do now the purpose of spiritual authority is to edify to build up and to stir up the gifts in others for the advancement of the kingdom of god that's why spiritual authority is so important we can measure by conformity through coercion success is measured by servant leadership that produces an authentic commitment through a disciples spiritual formation i know jodeck always got them words but let me maybe break it down that is why the old testament you often saw the king in positional authority but alongside the king there needed to be a prophet that had spiritual authority king saul had the prophet samuel king david had to have the prophet nathan king hezekiah needed the prophet isaiah queen esther had mordecai operating in prophetic gifts king jehoiachin had ezekiel king ahab had elijah and to win to win this fight you must understand that you certainly have spiritual authority now to understand this theologically and how to walk in the flesh how to but not but not war in the flesh past i could call on some great theological minds i could call dietrich bonhoeffer here if i wanted to james cohn ryan hall niebuhr but but i have to go to the smartest man that ever taught me anything y'all know what's coming i go to bunn north carolina and right there my father joseph p deck jr gave me an understanding of what paul is writing so he told me i hear my daddy speaking to me he says son is like walking in the hog pin but be careful where you step so you won't smell like the hogs all right use that let it translate any way you need to help you this morning but i cleaned it up so it would be all right for those that are streaming in y'all got what i'm saying but maybe that was too country five for you let me get spiritual you can be placed in a fiery furnace but you don't have to smell like smoke you don't have to look like what you've been through because of the way you had to go through to get what you need from god yeah i'm trying to help you already on my second point don't bring a knife to a gunfight don't bring a knife to a gunfight i'm telling you right now i don't bring one remember in one of the indiana jones movies where jones had his favorite weapon that bull whip that he used all the time and he faced this skilled expert swordsman the swordsman was flipping his sword he was turning around dancing with his sword and doing all kind of major moves with the sword jones looked down at his whip he probably thought i've got the wrong weapon compared to what this enemy is coming at me with he calmly pulled his gun out of his side and shot him and that is an understanding of his you got to use the right weapon when the enemy comes at you with his stuff you gotta you gotta do it yeah you gotta do it for paul says it the weapons of our warfare are not carnal y'all but mighty through god to the pulling down of strongholds a stronghold is like the lyric trouble in my way but i gotta cry some that's what a stronghold feels like something an impediment so rough and tough that you can't get through it and it pulls you into a place of anguish where tears form because you don't think that you had the wherewithal to get through it yeah that's what a stronghold is but god speaks your breakthrough because let me tell you when there's a stronghold in the way of the children of god that's when god starts giving you a way out of no way and then when you look back at the thing that you thought wouldn't let you through you can tell somebody through a testimony that god is who he says he is he made a way out of no have you ever been in that place where you were standing at a brick wall didn't know how you was gonna face it maybe you couldn't pay your mortgage maybe your rent was due and you couldn't deal with it but i tell you baby the fact that you're here lets me know that god got you through that stronghold in fact thank you holy ghost the stronghold in the face of your hands is very strong but can we flip it when god looks at a stronghold it becomes a weak hole and you can step over that situation it's like a wet noodle it looked like a brick wall but when god stepped in it became a wet noodle and you went on anyhow i got to get on down here yes i know i got bible readers in the house i realized that david used a a stone and a slingshot to bring down goliath and you're probably ahead of me in this sermon by thinking that if you have god it does not matter what weapon you have you're probably thinking that right now david's weapon was not the rope in the slingshot it wasn't the wood that comprised the slingshot if david's weapon was not the stone that he shot from the slingshot let me read the text slowly the weapons of our warfare are not carnal those things that i just named are tangible carnal things things that you can pick up naturally to fight an enemy but if we're going to be true to the text he said that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal so i can't look at a rock as being my weapon the slingshot can't be my weapon you don't know what my weapon was you know what his weapon was david's weapon was faith yeah that's his weapon i know yeah yeah david's weapon was faith hard to conceptualize it in your mind because you can't cease make faith you can't smell faith you can't touch faith but faith is the strongest weapon at your disposal when the enemy starts coming at you like a flood that's why god will use something that you can't even see that's why he said it's the substance of things hoped for and it's the evidence of things not seen all right let me get hurry on it was his faith that's the spiritual weapon that he used so i know if you have a giant in your life someone scandalizing your name to obtain your position that can be a giant in your life if you have a giant in your life people pick everybody but you to be on certain platforms and sit at certain tables and in certain rooms you have a lot in common with david because he wasn't the first choice he was not invited to the room of selection he did not had a pedigree to be king he did not have the physical statue required for it again yet his weapon was faith and you want to defeat the giants in your life you got to get some faith in your life and when you get faith in your life that's when you begin to step back and step strong because your enemy in a spiritual realm understands that the power of faith can put him on his feet and running yeah yeah yeah let me go on yeah and it doesn't take much faith i love the way god operates you might drive a car you got to put high octane in at 93. hey let me tell you god said just have faith the size of a mustard seed just just enough that if you get that faith as as large as a tiny mustard seed you can move mountains of depression out of your way if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can be sitting at howard university rather to take a test been studying all night long but if you had a faith you'll pass the if you have anxiety attacks that giant in your life maybe it's a bad relationship whatever it is if you have faith you can make it now here's another weapon know your calling in order to understand how to stay in your lane that's what you got to do you got to know what god called you to you can't be a soldier that's good administratively i ain't going to put you on the front line you can write a good report about what happened but baby you can't defend me because that's not your lane understand your lane another weapon is service know how to serve god and the people of god and not lord over them and then they will be they will be in position to where they'll not only do the work of ministry but they can't wait to get out of bed to help and do what god calls yeah that's what it is here's my final point we're not gonna go all the way till quarter three and time don't worry point number three in order to throw down you must bow down oh lord i i i yeah i think the holy ghost says something brother robert in order to throw down you must bow down because it's interesting to note that paul suggests he got a cast down imaginations things that are so ridiculous that they are fantasies conjured up in our mind because when we face an enemy we know that psychologists say we often go to the worst case scenario and because it's a fantasy that's why he calls it an imagination it's an imagination because you know none of us can imagine any thought that is above god's thoughts who would have their mitigated goal and audacity to think that they are their little our little peanut brain is on the same level of the master of the universe can you imagine fighting against god with fabrications and then exalt them to the level of an omniscient all-powerful god who does that who does that let me answer that for you people who are insecure always comparing themselves to others rather than get help for post-traumatic slave syndrome stuff we wallow into the depravity of low self-esteem and inferiority complexes god said get on up out of that mess quit wallowing in the hog pin i told you my dad said you can walk in it but watch where you step so you can don't smell like the pig i hear god saying time out for that foolishness if you want to win this fight don't compete against god but cooperate be obedient and fight the battle with god for with god on your side who can be against you you cannot lose with the stuff that god uses you don't need to be you don't need to be put you don't need to use a banned substance to win this fight because he that is in you is stronger and greater than the one that is in the world trying to defeat you i'm out of here on the last verse he says casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of god here it is right here catch this y'all and bringing into captivity every thought not a few thoughts not a just a little tiny thought but every thought to the obedience of christ somebody said that the name of jesus anyway every knee gone bowel every tongue's gonna confess you're gonna have to bow down to the king of kings anyway and the lord you might as well speed the process up because god has something for you and then i got one last thing remember here's another weapon that i forgot to tell him reverend janelle because just like the disciples waiting in the upper room i hear the book of acts saying that if you keep on waiting and you wait upon the lord there will be something coming your way that will help you to fight this battle what is this thing that's going to help you fight the battle i hear it now it is you shall receive power when the holy ghost comes upon you when the holy spirit lands inside of you no weapon formed against you will prosper because i want to win the fight i told you you got to bow down the throw down you will receive the power because you bow down to the all-powerful god the one that will fight your battles for you god will make you a warrior sharper than a straight edge razor in the dark alley around midnight on minnesota avenue and southeast he'll make you sharp gods he's telling me right now i hear him send out an email a group text a group me a snapchat send out an instagram a telegram a telegraph or bill lamar say tell a negro i'm bowing down to god because it's about to go down with a throw down devil get out of my life get out of my house get out of my church get out of my career get out of my friends get out of my mind it's about to go down because i will win this fight native americans whenever they came to war they had a war hoop whenever the cavalry came into war they would blow a bugle they would have a battle cry i believe a battle cry to be the same one that jesus had jesus said it like this whenever he was confronted with an enemy he merely said it is written every time the devil got in his face he didn't try to convince him and be real sexy and pretty with it he didn't try to blow his mind with all kind of scriptures he didn't mess with the way he preached the way he who what jesus just said this is my war cry it is written and yeah and you know when you go into battle you gotta have a flag don't you i ain't talking about the stars and stripes they'll let you down every now and then but i'm talking about jehovah nisi i'm talking about a banner that's dipped in blood and that bladder we call it the blood stained banner you look the enemy in the eye and say devil you don't want this smoke and you certainly don't want these hands because i'm not fighting you cardinally anymore i'm fighting you from a spiritual position and i will i will i will i will win this fight if i have to rope a dope i'm gonna win this fight i have all my equipment the helmet of salvation the breastplate of righteousness my loins are girded up my feet are shot with righteousness and here's my office's weapon y'all know what it is it is written it's the word of god in there it says no weapon formed against me shall proper my war cry it is written here it is it says it says the battle is not mine but it belongs to the lord it is it is it is written i'm more than a conqueror i'm on the battlefield y'all got to have a song with it i'm on the battlefield for my lord yeah and i promise him that i will serve him till i die i'm on the battlefield for my lord you gonna win this fight do i have some soldiers in the house is anybody watching come on and give your battle cry i will win this fight because it's written it's written you want to know how i know because when you go to the last book of the bible it doesn't say anything about the devil winning he's going to be thrown in the pits of hell all those who are against god and his people they're not going to make it in it is written i will win this fight do i have some fighters in the house are there some warriors in the house do you feel like fighting god fighting god's enemies with me somebody ought to start shouting a war cry somebody ought to start sounding like we're in a war you ought to start saying devil get out of my face it's written we win i'm sorry but i've gotta roll with god because he's never never ever ever ever ever lost a battle we win we win the fight we win the fight we win the fight we win the fight we win the fight god bless you we win the fight my brothers and sisters i pray that that message helped you out [Music] i pray that it helped you out and i know it was a lot of teaching in there at first i had to set it up uh i had to set it up lord wouldn't let me pick a good narrative pastor that i wanted yeah i had to deal with that but i pray that if you're watching by way of the world wide web if you're watching uh by way of facebook those that are here those that are here that message was a message it was a battle cry i don't know about you i've lost some things in my life and loss and separation is painful [Music] we lose loved ones we lose jobs we lose family we live we change location but can i say that we know that we can win the fight but you got to have the right weapon and the right weapon is jesus christ yeah he's the right weapon yeah yeah so if you listen under the sound of my voice just repeat that to me lord i'm a sinner and i confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that your son jesus christ died on the cross was raised from the dead if you said that can i say that you went from every loss that you had into a place of being spiritually undefeated you're now undefeated because you've got the all-time heavyweight champion of everything on your side so if you prayed that prayer if you're here under the sound of my voice come on and just just step out of the aisle let us see you our stewards will be right there here they come here they come somebody ought to shout this is what victory looks like in a spiritual this is victory coming for is there will someone join these young people as they come forth i just believe god is calling the people to come forward so that they can win the fight will somebody else join them is there anyone else in the house are you sitting in the right room come on up so we can bring you into the ark of safety come up witness to somebody sitting by you ask them if they're saved let them hear no we ought to shout here comes another winner here comes another winner the first lady is praying come on come on give god glory [Music] this is what it's about [Music] come on let your heart feel warm come on give god glory here comes another one come on come on give god glory sometimes we can get so caught up that we forget the real reading for worship it's about saving souls come on give god glory here comes another one come on give god glory come on give god glory [Music] maybe there's somebody else here who has not been baptized if you have not been baptized or your child has not been baptized please come down now if it's you you know who we're talking about if your child has not been baptized all you gotta do is step forward if you're looking for a new church home all you have to do is step forward if as you step out in faith and i promise you god's gonna bless you beyond your wildest amen come on give god a praise if we encourage him for those of you who are on the line here comes another one come on give god glory come on give god glory that's what we're talking about oh worship him bow down for you who are on the line as we prepare for those who are live on your screen right now you will see read temple cares it takes you to the portal for salvation and prayer and joining the church for you who are on the line right now from all over the world all you have to do is type read temple cares come on y'all hey do i hear you in the audience here come on we got two audience come on give god praise let's not forget about those who are online and all you have to do is touch the button for salvation touch the button for prayer touch the burden to join we want to welcome you and bring you into the body of christ all it takes is somebody on fire for the lord and when you're on fire for the lord you're going to disrupt something come on give god praise for the disruptive innovation of god's calling while they're waiting we have children's school children's church next sunday next sunday come on give god praise and it's online it's online begins at 10 a.m all you have to do is go to our website we have it on sunday amen and i believe it comes back on wednesday [Music] begins at noon on sunday thank you rev um uh it begins at noon on sunday noon on sunday please have your children amen sign up for sunday school we just call sunday school we call now children's children's church or children's school they got so many cards down here it's taking so much time come on give god glory bow down and worship him all right here we go [Music] first off let me say this to all y'all [Music] my ministry was primarily with young people we understand the challenges of being in a virtual [Music] university where you don't have campus life where you don't have an opportunity to have sometimes dorms at work y'all know what i'm talking about because i know the water went out amen and i want to thank where's claudia wumbo claudia wambo has adopted these young people at howard university this is what reid temple promises you we're going to be there for you we're gonna support you oh look at baby i got you i got you because many of these are coming from out of town how many of y'all come from another out of town y'all don't y'all raise your hands up do you understand what we're dealing with that means everything is new to them but watch this i'm gonna show y'all some how much love you got here cause we got your back amen because when her daddy asked me to make sure my daughter's all right she he understood what we're dealing with i want to show you how much love you got here at reed temple reed temple how much love do we want to have for these young students make some noise read temple make some noise read simple so normally what you would have had before the pandemic you would have had a whole bunch of people come down just give you major hugs because we understand what it's like to be separated from family and friends but we got you you hear me please read it in for us jade rogers where are you jay come on give god glory give me a little bow give me a elbow [Applause] where is she give me my elbow come on we're going to pray with you in the back watch care means that she's got a church but she's coming to join us while she's at campus [Music] come on richard where are you we got you quentin price coming for watch care my man i got you and travis merritt's coming under watch care we got you boy y'all look like y'all space sports come on give god praise we got one more we got one more we got one more brianna she's coming under watch can she's coming to be baptized where is she oh my god burgers are gonna want you these are they that have come faster first off do you accept jesus christ as your personal lord and savior do you promise to follow the word of god and do you promise to worship as often as you may be available here at reed temple come on give god praise i wish i could give you the right hand of fellowship go ahead they're going to take you into the study and then they're going to bring you with me is there anything else where is my young lady who needed prayer come here baby [Music] dear god you know takaya friedman you know her you know the challenges as well as the celebration of change [Music] god no matter what her struggle is no matter what her fear is no matter what her challenge is god reminds her of this scripture that no weapon formed against her shall prosper that the enemies don't have a foothold on her that the enemy is under her foot and let her walk boldly through the campus of howard university let her occupy the inline online studies but most of all let her know that you promised never to leave her nor forsake her so devil you have no victory here enemies you have no victory here because she now has a family of believers that are surrounding her because we know that all things work together for the good for those who love the lord and have been called according to god's purpose god we are purpose to protect her we are purpose to take care of her we are purpose to pray for her we are purpose to love her we are purpose to lift her we are purpose god to surround her we are purpose to take we are purpose god to make sure that she understands that she's a child of god and we are her surrogate parents brothers and sisters nieces and aunts nephews and uncles that's our prayer in jesus name amen god bless you daughter i'll give you a side huh amen take a man we're done we're finished all all things work together for the good i'm sorry please i'm still praying amen got some notes this morning that threw me off praise god from whom all blessings flow [Music] grace [Music] [Music] is [Music] he preached from this ceremony text the champ is here the champ is here and we will join because we're going to win this fight until we see jesus face to face be blessed you win be blessed you win be blessed his form now and forevermore a man and amen ah [Music] amen everyone just want you to be mindful we're still under covert protocol starting from the rear at the instructions of the ushers we we ask that you exit the building unfortunately we can't hang and hug each other we got to make sure that we keep one another safe god bless you love you too [Music] welcome home re temple registration to join us for in-person worship service is now open read temple has returned to the temple join us for hybrid in-person and online worship service registration is required for all in-person attendance read temple ame covet 19 in-person safety guidelines will be enforced in-person worship service is at 9 30 eastern standard time stream worship service online at 7 15 a.m 9 30 a.m 11 15 a.m and 6 p.m eastern standard time at read temple dot org forward slash watch and by following at read temple ame on our facebook and youtube the following activities will not be provided in person on site until further notice nursery team church children's church sunday school and the bookstore registration is open via event right at readtemple.org forward slash return read temple's marriage enrichment ministry presents preparing for marriage god's way on september 11th through december 11th from 10 a.m to 12 noon on zoom register at readtemple.org forward slash events be a part of the virtual 12 week premarital counseling course designed for all couples seeking to be married at reed 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