All In With God | Min. Marcus Witherspoon

you and we miss you guys so much our scripture today is going to come from psalms i'm sorry i get that wrong every time y'all is song without a s i'm coming from psalm chapter 24 verse 5-10 and it reads he shall receive the blessing from the lord and righteousness from the god of his salvation this is the generation of them that seek him that seek thy face o jacob lift up your heads o ye gates and be ye lifted up the everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in who is this king of glory the lord strong and mighty the lord mighty in battle lift up your head o ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in verse 10 says who is this king of glory the lord of hosts he is the king of glory hallelujah god you are the king of glory and we just worship you this morning let's just go before the lord with our posture of prayer lord the most heavily and gracious father we just take this moment to say thank you god god we're not going to rush this moment with you to commune with you god we're going to give you everything that we have oh god god we're going to worship you and praise you this morning in excellence god we're going to lift up our hands oh god we're gonna open up our mouths we command our bodies to give you praise we command our bodies to worship you we command our minds in this moment to focus on you o god god you are great and greatly to be praised god you are faithful god you are so holy so wonderful so mighty and praise is always in order we're going to continue to give you that which is do your name king of glory come into this place overwhelm us and have your way god set the atmosphere right now in the mighty name of jesus touch your manservant as he delivers the word today oh god touch to jerusalem churches of sound doctrine touch everybody that is worshiping you today oh god we ask that you just begin to unify us as the church of god unify us oh god as we worship you and as we lift up your name you said if you be lifted up you draw all men so father god this morning we just lift up your holy name we lift you up and we worship you god we give your name all the glory and all the honor in jesus name we pray let the church of god say amen and amen again come on jerusalem let's just go ahead and give god glory we gonna give up glory this morning we're gonna give up worship this morning hallelujah hey go ahead and shake yourself off minister kim this morning said movement is a part of spiritual warfare it's how you keep things going so you gotta move this morning you gotta move this morning we're gonna put on the garment of praise hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] victory [Music] is forever god we give you the glory that is [Music] we [Applause] [Music] [Applause] worthy of all of our forever [Music] [Applause] one more time [Music] [Music] [Music] hurry up yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we let's take this moment [Music] we're giving the glory honorable is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh oh [Music] [Applause] you are oh jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus christ [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we already collectively decided praise is gonna be our posture worship is gonna be our posture serving is gonna be our posture god is still great and greatly to be praised he is seated on the throne of majesty king of glory who is the king of glory who is the king of god the lord strong and mighty he's mighty in battle lift up your head for ye gates and be lifted up the everlasting gods who's gonna come in [Applause] hey i said who's gonna come in the king of glory will come in the kingdom will come in the king of peace will come in the king of joy will come in hallelujah come on and shift your atmosphere shift your atmosphere shift your atmosphere healing will be your portion healing will be your portion joy shall be your person peace will be your blessing we call on the name of jesus we call on the name of jesus we call on the name of jesus second corinthians yes jesus we bless you jesus we bless you jesus will forever bless your name i will bless you and at all [Music] [Applause] [Music] we're we're gonna lean into what we know which is you we're gonna lean into our worship we're gonna lean into our praise we're gonna lean into our relationship with you oh god and god as we empty out oh god we ask that you fill us with your love fill us with your peace hallelujah jesus yes lord thank you jesus god you're so worthy god you're so worthy hallelujah hallelujah father you're worthy of all the praise father you're worthy of all the glory and honor we're unapologetic about worshiping you we're unapologetic about giving you our all god we thank you right now god in the name of jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah just take a moment and praise god right where you are glory to god hallelujah let's look tomorrow let's magnify his name hallelujah for he is good and his mercy endure forever hallelujah he's sovereign he's faithful he's true we love we serve a big big god we serve a big big god we serve a big big god there's no one like our god there's no one like our god and we're unapologetic we're unapologetic because we serve the only god that lives we serve the only god that is we serve the only god that wins we serve the only god there is hallelujah yes sir hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah god is faithful god is faithful god is faithful hallelujah [Music] hallelujah i'm just grateful and honored to have this opportunity on today i'm grateful that god trusts me with the assignment to minister the gospel of jesus christ and my posture as my sister said it earlier has been praise i have processed i have cried i have praise hallelujah because it's necessary in this season i give honor to our bishop dr kevin williams hallelujah i give honor to mother williams i give honor to this ministry [Music] um without this ministry and the leadership of this ministry i promise you i wouldn't be here i'd be lost so i'm grateful that god has planted the seed on the inside of me to be here i'm not going to be before you long because we're pressed for time we're going to honor our brother on today so if you would go with me to the book of first kings the 18th chapter father we thank you for this is the day that you have made we shall rejoice and be glad in it father i thank you for your spirit being on the inside of me inside of this ministry father as i minister lord god take control holy spirit use my mouth lord god to encourage to uplift to direct lord god in the way you see fit hallelujah father we thank you that we're turning our mourning into dancing on today have your way lord god our praise is not conditional our worship is not conditional because we recognize you're the only god that lives we give you praise father and we glorify your name in jesus name we pray amen hallelujah first kings the 18th chapter and it goes like this starting at the 21st verse and elijah came unto all the people and said how long halt ye between two opinions if the lord be god follow him but if baal then follow him and the people answered him not a word then said elijah unto the people i even i only remain a prophet of the lord but baal's prophets are 450 men i love this because this is great representation of where we need to be as the believer i want to speak from the subject all in with god all in with god y'all give me just a second hallelujah you may have your seat all in with god i'm going to give you my first my my three points because again we're pressed for time but this isn't very important because you'll be able to see throughout the message why these points make sense but the first point that i have is stand on your decision you have to stand on your decision there you have to understand that there is no progression when you're lukewarm that's why the word of god says god says i would that you would be hot or cold because uh it just it makes you unsure it makes you it causes you to be disconnected from yourself first and foremost and in order to progress you have to be in tuned with who you are and what you are and and if you're not in tune with who you are and what you are what ends up happening is there is a level of insecurity and doubt that starts within yourself the second point is trust with action trust with action how you respond hear me how you respond proves your belief in your actions not your words how you respond proves your belief in your actions and not your words a lot of times people say they want to do something i use for example because i'm a personal trainer a lot of people say they want to get in the gym they want to lose weight and different things of that nature but it's up until it's time to get started that people back out so you have to prove you have to trust with your actions the third point is commit on purpose you have to commit on purpose commitment fights past the conditions commitment fights past the temptations commitment fights past the influences or the praises of people when you're committed because when you're committed you're believing in the results you're believing in the results so let me get into my message i want to paint the picture first when you look at at this particular text and you look at elijah's stance it's very bold elijah god raised elijah up in the time when the worship of baal was very popular and it was threatening the existence of god not that god was intimidated by anything because he's god by himself but the people of god was continuing to waver and god has the influence he has the power as we know in scripture to wipe out uh generations you have you have the the generation of noah you have the sodom and gomorrah incident you have so many things that are taking place that god can instantly wipe out everything that is happening right now at this time for people's false belief but god's what's stronger than god is his word his word is very powerful so he's not going to go against his word so the powerful thing about this message the powerful thing about elijah's stance is that god had to raise up a man of god forget the gift forget that he's a prophet but this is a man of god that has to stand by himself because i want you to look at it if you look at it there uh he he told king ahab he said listen he said get all of israel he said get the 450 prophets of baal and then there was an also another 400 prophets that were on the scene so you have all of this all of these people against one person and what we have to understand as the body of christ is good when we come together it's good when we assemble together but most of the time it's us against the world and the it is more in the world than it is of us but there is a remnant that we have to stand together hallelujah hallelujah there is a remnant of us that has to stand together elijah's concern i love this part elijah was concerned was not he didn't he wasn't trying to prove his ministry he wasn't trying to prove his ministry he didn't make it about him see what's interesting is because everybody wants to title profit and different things of that nature but you have to understand the responsibility that comes with it you have to understand that it's not about you when you become a prophet of god there is a certain stance that you have to have there is a level of obedience that you have to have in order to be impactful glory to god so he wasn't trying to prove his ministry he understood even before jesus says if god is lifted up he'll draw all men and that's their type of anointing that we carry but sometimes we're lacking the faith sometimes we're lacking uh the pursuit that we need because we're so focused on things that do not matter he told uh so you have to look at how big elijah's heart was because when you look at the scripture or when you look at the text and y'all bear with me but when you look at the text in the beginning look what god tells elijah to do i need you to pay attention to it chapter 18 in the first verse and it came to pass after many days that the word of the lord came to elijah in the third year saying go show thyself unto ahab and i will send rain upon the earth he said go show thyself and i will send rain upon the earth so you have to pay attention he never said gathered the people together the assignment was to go show yourself to ahab go show yourself to ahab and i will send rain but elijah's heart was for the people so much that he had a plan he had to be strategic about reaching these people glory to god's name so we he wanted to deal with the mindset of the people because it wasn't again about him trying to prove his ministry but it's about showing you who's god it's about showing you why he's got it and it's about showing you you don't need to waver you don't need to be split right now in your opinion verse 21 again because this is what i want to deal with glory to god's name he says how long how long will you halt the word hope means hop how long will you hop between two opinions how long will you hop between two opinions how long will you say you want god and then when you when you leave a certain presence or a certain emotion then you're going back to doing what you want to do how long will you hop between uh the fact that sometimes he's going to do it and sometimes he won't do it but you have to remain faithful and consistent and disciplined in your movement with him you have to understand that a double-minded man james one and eight james 1 8 says a double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways a double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways and i looked up i was doing my research on how powerful the mind is the mind is very powerful we can't sleep on how powerful the mind is i when i looked it up it says the mind has the ability to perform 10 quadrillion operations per second 10 quadrillion operations per second so blood flow from every blood flow from your blood flowing from the cells in your ligaments and different things of that nature nature your mind is controlling everything so it's very powerful so if in turn you're split between two opinions the bible says that you will remain unstable the word unstable is a word inconstant and restless glory to god the word unstable is inconstant and restless and some of us are wondering why and it doesn't matter how small the decision is or or the opinions are some of us wonder why we're so restless with everything that we're going through or what everything how we're pursuing in life is because we're unstable we're unstable so there's always a cause and effect so the bible says when you have a double mind you're unstable glory to god uh we so we know what the cause is again between two different alliances as believers i'm sorry there's a thin line let me slow down there's a thin line between a believer and a non-believer that i've noticed in this past week there's a thin line between the believer and the non-believer that i notice and the common denominator that i seen is the emotions when you look at the believer as long as things are going well as long as we have uh uh um what we want as long as we know that things are in armed reach we're okay as a non-believer as long as they have their family their friends and their health and everything is in good good standing they don't need god but where is um where is the thin line the thin line is when you're experiencing the sovereignty of god help me preach lord when you're experiencing the sovereignty of god the sovereignty of god is very unique because it will cause you to lose faith in certain situations as a believer so we're experiencing this thing called the pandemic we're experiencing sicknesses and diseases we're experiencing accidents heartache war and different things of that nature and it will cause you to lack faith in certain areas because you're like okay god win and the non-believer has the same effect because when it comes to conditions when it comes to certain events everybody is affected everybody is affected so people of god we're in this thing called spiritual warfare that's what bishop's been dealing with we're in this thing called spiritual warfare you cannot prepare for certain things you cannot you cannot get yourself ready for certain things even though we pray we fast we go after god with all of our heart there are certain things that we're not ready for however we cannot change our stance glory to god's name so the character of humanity right now is truly being shown you have the body of christ being exposed and the lid is being taken off right now because there is no more uh there is no more hiding in a building at this time there is no one that we can't hide in the building no longer we can't say that we're christians and not out there doing the will of the father we can't say that we're christians and we're not clothing those who are naked we're not we can't say that we're christians and we're not praying for the sick and the shedding we can't say oh we're christians if this thing that is not a lifestyle this has to be a lifestyle there is no more holding back i was looking at an interview it was very unique i was looking at an interview and in this interview two afghanistan young ladies were being asked questions and she said something that was so powerful me that stood out she said we have absolutely nothing to defend ourselves we have no weapons at all she said the only weapon that we have right now is prayer the only weapon that we have right now is prayer and and it shouldn't take people to get in a certain state to realize that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they're mighty through god but it's unfortunate that sometimes we have to get to that place hallelujah so you have these young ladies who understand prayer is necessary we as the body of christ we as believers have to understand that prayer is necessary we are at warfare naturally and spiritually my first point as i stated is i want to say stand on your decision there are three questions yes lord there are three questions that you have to ask when in turn you're getting ready to stand on your decision the first question is what do i really want what do i really want why do i want it and am i willing to pay the price what do i want why do i want it and am i willing to pay the price i want to deal with what do i want when it comes to what do i want you have to have the mindset in the beginning that what would it profit a man to gain the whole world to lose then lose his soul there has to be an understanding there has to be a knowledge within the what do you want if you kid because a lot of times what i'm noticing is people are making a lot of decisions based off of their emotions people are making decisions based off of the the temporary moment or the temporary fix when that's not how we're going to be able to operate as a unit as the body of christ that's not how we're going to be able to operate in our full potential so there has to be an understanding the bible says in hosea four and six and i gotta hurry up isaiah four and six my people are destroyed for their lack of knowledge the word knowledge is a word die off which means discernment wisdom and understanding and the scripture says because you rejected my discernment wisdom and understanding i will also reject you why do people refuse to to refuse discernment and wisdom and understanding of the lord the only time or the only reason that people are refused the discernment in wisdom and understanding is when their agenda doesn't match up with his will when their agenda does not match up with his will so they're there because you have you you can tell the difference between this is an agenda or this is an assignment because the bible declares that he does things in decency and in order there's always decency and order there is no confusion there is nothing confused about the will of god hallelujah so elijah again he asks why do you continue to hop back and forth why don't you stand on what you know is true isn't we don't we serve the god that brought us out of egypt don't we serve the god that took us into our promised land why don't you stand on what you believe what is it that you uh that god in your mind said what is it that got in your heart that caused a level of confusion about you hallelujah glory to god uh because you can always tell it's something that i'm also realizing you can always tell when when people have bad seas on the inside of them it's not necessarily when things are going wrong but it's when everything seems like it's going okay it's when everything seems like everything is going well glory to god you have to pay attention because people say uh the character is really exposed in that time when you look at the scripture and y'all forgive me but when you look at the scripture um chapter 16 glory to god and and in the first verse what's happening right now what's happening right now is there is a prophet by the name of jehu who's talking to a king by the name of bashar and what he's telling him is this he says look for as my god says for as much as i exalted thee out of the dust and made thee prince over the people of israel and thou has walked in the way of jeroboam and has made my people israel to sin he said god said i've given you an opportunity to lead my people but instead of following me you begin to follow a man you begin to follow an influence of evil that doesn't even make sense and then on top of that you got my people hallelujah you got my people following in this way of sin glory to god's name and we have as the people of god we have to take a responsibility because there is a responsibility for leadership but there's also responsibility as christians and we can't fully blame we can't fully blame leadership if we're not postured in the way that we need to be pastor glory to god's name if we're not doing the will of god or we're not seeking his face constantly then in turn we have to understand we also have to take some level of responsibility glory to god so the people of israel was following in the steps of the king and not the command of god will marcus that doesn't make sense if god is the god that sets up kings and he's the god that removes kings aren't we supposed to follow him absolutely but we have to understand we respect leadership and we honor leadership but at the end of the day it's his word over everybody it's his word over everything and we have to be able oh yes lord to follow his word with everything in our heart glory to god so it seemed to me it seemed to me glory to god it seemed to me that the people of god didn't understand really what was going on they got too comfortable they got too comfortable in their mess they got too comfortable in where they were they stopped seeking god they stopped going after him but the devil is a liar we ask the people of god no matter where we are if god gets us to the promised land then we have a responsibility to continue to honor god with everything that we got we have a responsibility to love on him we have a responsibility to make sure that we're following the command of god glory to god yes lord peter makes the statement in first peter 5 8 glory to god he says be sober and be vigilant he says be sober and be vigilant the word sober is a word that means to be calm and collected in spirit to be temporary and dispassionate i love that word dispassionate when i looked up the word dispassionate it says not influenced by strong emotions oh yes lord you cannot be influenced by strong emotions you have to be led by the spirit of god because we're in the middle of warfare yes lord and it's all or nothing you're either in or you're not so ultimately you have to have a clear mind he said then be vigilant you have to watch give strict attention to glory to god the bible declares that we have to watch as well as pray glory to god's name we have to make sure that we're always watching and praying and we can't be led by a title but we're led by the holy spirit i'ma drive that glory to god glory to god and it was interesting because from chapter 16 up until chapter 17 god removed the kings but in chapter 17 the people of god had to take a level of responsibility for their actions so what ends up happening is this there is a drought that takes place there is something your resources are taken away everything you were used to you don't even have no more everything you were relying on you can't rely on no more now you have to look for the source yes god he is the source of our strength glory to god's name so what ends up happening elijah tells he tells ahab listen for about three years there's not getting ready to be any rain for about three years we're going to see oh yeah where your heart really is there is so much symbolism in this because i respect yes god i respect elijah's stance some of us we have to stand up and stand out we have to be willing to go against the majority we're looking for people to pet us we're looking for people to help us along the way but where are my soldiers at in the army of the lord it's not about being seen but it's about making an impact just like my brother serving like lamont i had no idea that he reached so many people until afterwards i'm seeing the results of his service yes god i'm seeing the results of his impact glory to god's name get me out of here big bro glory to god's name so what ends up happening is this when you get to chapter 18 glory god ahab confronts elijah and he says are you the one that's troubling everybody he said the devil is a liar that had nothing to do with me but it had everything to do with your posture that had everything to do you were wavering between two opinions you decided to follow people that wasn't like god so it wasn't me but i tell you what i tell you what meet me at the and mount mountaintop and let's see who god raised how god reigns who god is true glory to god you get your sacrifice i'll get my sacrifice and your praise and our praise and one thing's for certain two things for sure when praises go up blessings come down when praises go up blessings come down we ask the people of god we have to take a stand they should be able to see the difference between a believer and non-believers they should be able to see the difference between we walk by faith and not by sight we should be able to call down fire from heaven so the god of abraham the god of jacob the god of isaac we call down fire right now in this atmosphere we need healing so we're going to praise for the spirit of heaven we put on the garment of praise with a spirit of heaviness we'll put on the garment of praise we'll praise we'll cry we'll worship and watch by the time it's all said and done we'll be on the other side by the time it's all said and done we'll have our promise yes god we're not afraid of death oh death where is your state oh great where is your victory you lost over 2 000 years ago glory to god you lost it when you tried to crucify my savior yes they hung them out they stretched the wire he hung his hand for you and me he died and that's not how the story ends because in three days he rose again with all power in his head with all power in his head glory to god so we won't lose we can't lose because we're going from faith to faith we're going from glory to glory we're going from victory to victory yes [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah all the way in with god all the way in with god i couldn't get all to my points but god gets the glory i'm committed to this thing hallelujah because i'm inspired it took me a while to get here but when i saw my brother his last movement was his hands was up giving god a praise glory to god so we have to continue to praise we have to continue to worship my sister said earlier she said we have to stay in a posture of praise hallelujah i'm going to hurry up and get out the way hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah but real quick real quick i'ma pray with you hallelujah if you don't know lord the lord as your savior get to know him if you have questions ask them there's nothing wrong with having questions it's nothing wrong we're not understanding certain things but when you ask i ask only this that you have a pure heart when you do it have your heart open father in the name of jesus i thank you for every individual that is watching right now in the name of jesus under the sound of my voice lord god that is looking for a level of hope lord god regardless of where they are lord god you are omnipresent lord god in the name of jesus and i pray lord god that you direct him and you order their steps lord god in the name of jesus in your word in prayer and everything that they need in the mighty name of jesus we give you praise and we glorify you in jesus name amen let's get ready to give hallelujah let's get ready to give hallelujah hallelujah jesus hallelujah jesus first option we have is snap to give snap to give glory to god snap to give and then our normal way we got the cash out paypal gimplify and then make sure you give your to rumor bless our pastor hallelujah we're going to get i'ma get ready to call the praise and worship team back up thank you all so very much for listening and i pray that you were blessed have a good one thank you jesus god we worship you he is still the everlasting god we set our hope on jesus we're trusting in jesus we're worshiping [Music] is jesus light and salvation whom shall i fear whom shall i be afraid the lord is my light in salvation whom shall i fear whom shall i be afraid come on the lord [Music] [Music] shall i be afraid [Music] [Applause] i give you my trust [Music] the king of glory coming in jesus who you our foundation so we

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