Bishop Jackie McCullough - "Idols in the Heart, Stumbling Blocks in the Face" - 7:30 a.m. Service

and then through Friday and we can have prayer the remnant woman will be meeting next Monday September 9th and 8th and we have a church trip to Bethel Thursday 9 September 26 please put that on your calendar so that you can carpool and go over and support Bethel amen getting ready to write to the Word of God want to say good morning to our streamers thank you so much for for turning in and hopefully the Lord will have a word for you this morning and when I ask you to turn your Bibles to the book of ezekiel chapter 14 ezekiel the fourteenth chapter [Music] and I'm just going to read the first seven verses is he kill chapter 14 beginning at verse 7 if you need the Bible the ushers will help you were asking our streamers to turn to your Bibles and read along with us ezekiel chapter 14 verses 1 through 7 here begins the reading of God's holy word then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me and sat before me and the word of the Lord came unto me saying son of man these men have set up their idols in their heart and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face should I be inquired of at all by them therefore speak unto them and say unto them thus saith the Lord God every man of the house of Israel that set it up his idols in his heart and put it the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and coming to the Prophet I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols but I may take the house of Israel in their own heart because they are all estranged from me through their idols there for sale turn to the house of Israel thus saith the Lord God repent and turn yourselves from your idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations for every one of the house of Israel or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel which separated himself from me and set up his idols in his heart and put in the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and coming to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me I the Lord will answer him by myself so far the reading and hearing of God's Word the title of this sermon this morning is idols in the heart stumbling blocks in the face idols in the heart stumbling blocks in the face amen just wanted to stop this morning and to say thank you again mmm so you saw the video thanking you for supporting founders with I'm still feasting from founders there's so many wonderful powerful things that were said that's still working in my life and I certainly hope that's how you embrace the Word of God not just hear it and then hop to the next thing but just hold on to certain things that can keep working you but I also would like to thank the ushers and those of you that you're the ones who greet the people and we're asking you to step up your game with a big smile and make everybody welcome amen and sometimes because play our space can get tight we have to move people around and a lot of people don't like to move when they come to church like to find a seat don't bother me don't you know whatever but sometimes we have to move you to make space all right until we get the big space we have to move you to what make space can you work with us amen amen so thank you very much I also would like to thank the people who really helped to minister to the sanctuary and making the sanctuary clean and pastor George operations and the maintenance people taken Norman and and and sister Tracy and all those who really take care of the place and I want to thank Reverend Suzette and Reverend Jackie for taking care of my bathroom I know you're criticized and sarcastically jabbed because of it but I thank you because you don't have to do it and bathroom service is not a high-end kind of service you don't get a big certificate or an award for doing it but thank God that you thought enough of me not just a lip service bishop but to really care for the bishop I really want to say thank you and sometimes we forget to say thank you amen so thank you very very very very very much from the bottom of my heart you gonna be criticized for this dude but just take it and just and if you get tired of cleaning I won't be upset you know like because sometimes you get tired of doing the same humdrum stuff but you know there's always somebody else were clean but cleaning the bathroom to me is a wonderful thing amen I love to clean bathrooms really that's my craziness all right getting to Ezekiel here we are this morning you know when people when people come to you and ask for counsel is one of the most flattering things one of the most flat powerful form of flattery is when people say what do you think because what they're saying is I trust your information you know or give me your take on the subject and you can become very flattered because somebody's coming to you for your counsel that means that you they value your opinion and they think that you have something valid to offer but I just want to pop your flattery balloon this morning doesn't always mean that as in the case of the text you know Ezekiel was one in it's one of those prophetic books ladies and gentlemen that we don't always will feel comfortable with because it's filled with a lot of symbols and it's like Revelation and Daniel and if you're not an avid reader of the Bible if you're not in some kind of Bible study legitimate Bible study class you will misinterpret or become confused and irritated because you're not getting the meaning of it right away you know I'm saying and that's what Ezekiel is filled with a lot of visions God spoke to him through visions and the visions were symbolic they were not clear all the time to the natural eye but he was a powerful prophet a powerful prophet while the children of Israel were in captivity so the preachers were in captivity with the children of Israel now there were three cut on stages of captivity we know the first captivity they went down and then the step that's what Daniel Shadrach Meshach and Abednego that's the first screw and then Nebuchadnezzar came back again and Ezekiel was caught up in that second brute and then finally he came back again and just saquisili he was intending to destroy the city and so Ezekiel went down and prophesied because he had to keep encouraging the people even in captivity even when people are practicing disobedience or they're in some kind of situation it doesn't mean the preacher should stop preaching you have to encourage you have this keep challenging you have to keep ministering that's your job so as Iike was doing his job in captivity how many of us would do our job and continue to do it with integrity even when things are not going the way we want them to go so that's what's Ezekiel another thing about Ezekiel his particular prophecy shifted something in Israel you know Israel always approached God as a community God remember your covenant to us remember what so-and-so they messed up and they're going to God remember then God delivered them then they messed up and they went back to God and remember us remember your covenant to our forefathers but Ezekiel brought in New Testament approach which is instead of the nation the whole nation coming together and saying we have sinned as a nation okay now is legally saying you will be judged individually and that's a New Testament approach we each have to stand before God for our selves we can't go and say mama was saved that it was saying I was raised in the church no each of us salvation is a personal thing you understand I have to get right any family member you have to get right your mother might be saving if you're not safe you're gonna have to stand you can't go to godless or Mama's save so I'm coming in no no each of us must stand too in front of God before God for ourselves so that's a whole new concept for the nation of Israel individual accountability individual responsibility you can't blame the church you can't blame the backsliding preacher you can't blame the hypocritical Saints and I have to stand before God for yourself all right I would have come to church but I would have served the Lord but you know when I look at all these preachers doing what they wanted to we were in the airport and and these two ladies didn't recognize me but they were sitting behind me you know my back was turned and they started going in and I looked at one that's it don't turn around don't go they started going in from one preacher to the next and whatever whatever and then I turned my head like this and she said all the prayers Lord Vishnu yeah but it's true I can't stand here and defend or protect the church you have all kinds of people in the church just like you have good dentists and bad dentists you have good hairdressers and bad addresses and then in the church you have people who are honorable and people are dishonorable but the church is for the people to come and get right so here we have in this particular chapter the 14th chapter of Ezekiel we find that God is threatening the hypocrites who pretended to worship but they loved idolatry they love their sin and he sang to them all they have to do is repent and He will have mercy on them but if they don't repent there are certain kinds of things that will come famine he's saying the land is going to suffer famine wild beasts the sword and pestilence these things already in our land ladies and gentlemen because individually and collectively we love our sins so the first point is and I'm moving very quickly it's fake students thanks students and and it's right here in the first first Ezekiel 4 and 1 then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me and sat before me that's the posture of a student in the Jewish economy all right so they recognized Ezekiel he's prophesying them to them in exile they respected him and and many of his prophecies came to pass so they saw him as an accredited prophet they saw him as a response teacher and they were expecting a positive word this was not the congregation or the General Assembly these were the leaders coming to the Prophet and seeking information about the future of Israel remember they're in captivity and I'm sure the Texas is saying but I'm sure they would want to know when are we coming out of this you know when the things going to change when are we gonna get back to Jerusalem I'm sure they're asking about the future about the State of Israel about their plight and I'm so many of you even streaming you're asking what's gonna happen to me where am I going Who am I what's my purpose what's gonna happen to my children whether what's gonna happen when I get older these are all questions that people generally ask so they're asking some key questions and it's the posture of sitting means I am coming to you because I want to learn from you I want to receive from you if you read the New Testament it says and the multitude sacked what Jesus taught we have other examples second Kings 438 Elijah took over the school of the prophets and the students said it says and Elisha turn to gilgul and there was a famine in the land and now the sons of the prophets were sitting before him so just that posture let us know they were depending on him to teach them something and he said to them put on the large pot and boil the stew for the sons of the prophets say they were sitting to get what instructions so when you sit it means you're ready to hear and you're ready to what learn and you're ready to receive what instructions Ezekiel 33 31 it says my people come to you talking to Ezekiel as they usually do do you hear that this is how they usually do and sit before you to listen to your words but they do not put them into practice with their mouths they express devotion but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain indeed to them you're nothing listen to what just this don't get flattered take your name don't get flat and keep it real that's because they come in on me they're indeed to them meaning you are the Prophet is no more than one who sings a love song with a beautiful voice you're entertaining you nothing went into a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well for they hear your words but they do not put them into practice so you go somewhere you preach yeah go ahead go ahead my color go ahead doesn't mean a thing if when they leave from there they don't put anything into practice you're just entertaining them there turn on it sounds good to them like a piece of music and your dance to it or a song that you like that you sing but it doesn't mean you're gonna get up and change this is what God said to syke keep it real son listen not a real audience Luke 10 39 and she had a sister called Mary which also sat at Jesus feet and heard his word another example of sitting either you sit to hear to do or you sit to be interchange either you sit to hear to do or you sit to be entertained either you're real or you're fake and here's another example of one who sat acts twenty two and three I'm verily a man with a modulus is Paul born in Tarsus a city in Silesia yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and we know chameleon was one of the most outstanding teachers of Paul's time and he went to the school of Hallel equivalent to Harvard or Yale so he sat at the best of professors and taught upon to the perfect manner of the law so he was well taught because he said that's why he was so jealous to beat up the church because he had so much information about his Jewish faith so sinning you come to sit to learn you come to sit to get instructions or you come to sit to be entertained and so here is God's response he's telling Ezekiel I know they're sitting and looking at you asking you questions and you're teaching them but they really don't respect what you're saying I just come pick up some preachers this morning some pastor wants to give up and leave your church somebody is getting tired of teaching you know you're not getting the kind of response whatever even could be a parent you know where you teaching your child and training your child and the child seems to get worse and they said yes mommy you're going to make us mommy yes mommy that yes mommy means absolutely nothing it is a form it's an expression you know I'm saying you come to counsel some of you Christian counselors I'm talking to somebody this morning and you're counseling and the person comes faithfully to the counseling takes notes comes faithfully but doesn't intend to change they just get flattered for the attention it just sounds good oh come on so so how do we are we judging you know the new song is don't judge me but-but-but God is a judge here Ezekiel didn't even judge he just kept on counseling and teaching and preaching you know saying he probably was impressed with them coming but God had to open up his eyes listen to what the Lord said and the point to is divine EKGs you know when you have an EKG an electrocardiogram test it is to show you your heart cuz you can't see your heart how many saw your heart this morning even though you might have taken a shower you cannot see your lives the Machine gives you pictures of your heart that's why the doctor takes the heart cuz we don't know what's going on except it's ticking and we're glad that it's ticket but the mechanisms of the heart the intricacies of the heart the structure of the heart cannot be seen by the naked eye you know I'm saying so you need a what an electrocardiogram an echo graph so you can see what's going on physically in your heart well God has this electrocardiogram to see what's going on in our heart spiritually emotionally because even if you go to the doctor and you physically your heart is okay it doesn't mean you're okay because there's another side to your heart your emotions your desires your thoughts your feelings okay so this is what God said so Ezekiel hey prophet don't get too flattered and the word of the Lord came unto me saying son of man see that trying to wise you up here these men that are sitting here looking in your face have set up their idols in their hearts they're coming to counsel they're asking questions they're having you know that look of inquiry inquiry I need information but they're not coming to receive there's no room to receive the information is he set up idols means it's a structure now this is a way of life I have set up my life based on what I want most what I think most the way I think the way I function this is the way this is me so even though I'm coming to you and I'm asking it doesn't mean that I'm going to change because I've already decided this is how I live set up in my heart and put stumbling block the stumbling block of the iniquity before their face this they're trippin they're trippin but even though they're tripping they're not changing you know if you trip a couple if I trip over this chair a couple of times something in my brain ought to tell me move the chair or move yourself you understand you don't have to keep tripping but the stumbling block is so much a part of their life tripping is an acceptable part of their life they live with the tripping and it's so comfortable now they don't see nothing wrong with it and this is why and they come before should they inquire of me should I should I even answer them it's a game it's fake it's a game but you're not playing again when you see kill easy kill either him you know it's a game God and tell him was a game he thought they were serious but God is saying look they are put they're trying to play a game with me but no matter what you say to them or I say to them through you they don't intend to give up their idols even if they're tripping even if they're falling and getting ready to just come off the cliff they don't intend to change set up means to raise it in other words they have raised what they want most in life above what I have to say okay here's here's what I have to say here's what I'm telling them to do but their idols are raised above that see how high that is hey it's way up here so no matter what is said here doesn't even make sense come on Ezekiel what they feel is more important than what I say their feelings are their emotions are more important to them the way they do things the way they operate the way they operate on the job the way they operate with their family the way they raise their children the way they spend their money that is more important to them than what I say about all of that so when they come to you and say what would you think you know you know I'm tripping you I don't even know why I'm tripping you know can you tell me how to do this differently they're not going to they never change no no it's a setup it's a if you understand what a setup means it's structured it's structured a certain way and and and to unstructured people you know this is women this is the way I cook my my fried chicken anybody won't tell me how to cook my fried chicken I've been doing that for thirty years it's a setup you set up that way you all fried that chicken like that to the day you leave here if you can't nobody get no new recipe and that's that's the way we function it is so deeply embedded in our psyche that even when the word comes forth it can't penetrate you see the word has to penetrate in order to transform the word has to penetrate in order to transform the word has to penetrate in order to transform but here is what's happening the word is coming for in the idol is saying uh and I know what and we're so bored with it I know what the word says I know you're right you're right right I know it I know yeah you're right you're right passbook you're right pastor Robin yeah yeah you're right right fine what am i hearing truth and I can walk out and dismiss it so quickly why am I sitting in church and the word is coming and I feel something I feel something I feel his presence I even iike and I hire an OCO I even do all of that I do all of that and I jump and I shout I can't say I didn't feel something but why when I get out of here with all the information I go right back to tripping right over this chair right this is Tim this is five years this this is another day out of your life you ain't get no younger I don't care how many youth cream you put on you ain't get no young come on so you won't be tripping for another five years you something in you ought to say what is it it's set up so so strategically from the time you were in your mama's womb there's certain things that were passed on even unbeknownst to you and then when you get older you learn it and then when you go to school you pick it up and then when you mess up you'll pick it up and then you have friends to give it to you and you pick it up and then you reach some crack book and you pick it up oh come on and you live by that law and that law and that attitude and that way of thinking opposed the Word of God it's in front of there listen in front of their eyes it's what you keep up it's not what they tell you when they talk about imaging for those of you who are chanting and imaging and mixing a little New Age where they tell you put it in front where the prosperity people tell you but the keys in the refrigerator their morning you wake up look at the poorest piece of course you know can are they paid focus but you know look look at the porch and taste of one day one day one day sim say it's going imaging setting your mind on something so hard then if God says you can't have it that's why people leave the church that's why they don't believe in Christianity that's why they're depressed because they are mind controlling themselves it's setup is deep Saints is he gonna work hard baby don't nobody sweating this I know what I'm dealing with something blocks an iniquity it's almost like they're falling over themselves and breaking the neck of their souls you're tripping almost breaking in there they don't give their break their necks in it you see after you do something a certain you know it's like say for instance you drink and you're not used to drinking and it tastes bad first day you make up your face after a while you develop a taste for you see after well after a while it might have burnt the whiskey might have burned your throat but after a while you don't feel it mili Stan that's how sin is the first thing is distasteful just like that little boy that that that we saw there vaping the first time he faint he didn't see himself in a coma he didn't see himself almost about to lose his life you understand and so even though it tastes bad after why you develop a taste for sin even though you know it's destructive you fall in love with it to the point where whatever God says means absolutely nothing but you have to come and look like you want it yet you have to come you have to come and pretend because who else are they gonna go to they have to come and get information but the fact is they can't practice so I'm almost finished here it says psalm 66 and 18 if i regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me ask yourself why you're president your prayers are not being answered because I dodged and iniquity is utmost and foremost proverbs 15 29 the lord the lord is far from the wicked but he heareth the prayer of the righteous proverbs 28 and 9 he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be an abomination well I'm praying I'm praying let check the heart go sit look at the EKG engaging something wrong something wrong they thought that they could ride on their covenant relationship they thought that they could just come and enquire half-heartedly hypocritically and God would just give it to them cuz inch of God's chosen people they just thought they thought if I could even if fake and he gonna work it out you listen to me and people believe that you know the Lord is gonna help me cuz he knows he knows he knows he knows he understands he understands you know I love this Idol right here I just can't get rid of this island you know what do you want me to do what you want me to do you know this is my thing that's how I do what am I gonna do if I give up this Idol so you know you're just gonna have to help me and enters just bear with me mm-hmm Jeremiah 1120 but Oh Lord of Hosts that judges righteously you see he's gonna judge you righteously he's not going to just be he's not gonna punish you he's gonna weigh that trying's and the heart let me see that vengeance in them for they unto thee if I revealed my cause in other words that first Clause has to do it he knows there's nothing hidden Psalm 139 there's no part of me that you don't know so even though Ezekiel fourth thing he isn't no he just sent me a teaching he didn't know that this is a fake audience yeah I'm saying he is doing but God had a response and that's my final point divine response for every one of the house of Israel is he killed 14 7 or the stranger that sojourneth in Israel with separating himself from me idolatry separates you from the presence the purpose and the power of God what nasai daughter except and read you from the presence the purpose and the power of God you want power but you want to stick with your idol you want to execute your purpose but you don't want to give up your idol he says and put in the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and come into a profit now this is not Ezekiel it didn't say come to Ezekiel a prophet here is a false prophet because you see they didn't like what Ezekiel said so now they're gonna go around and get somebody to agree with them so they're going to go around and get opinions they're going to go to people that will make them feel better or listen to them he says they're gonna go and I the Lord will answer that person myself I got this listen to me you don't want to hear the Lord say I got this please you all just hurry up and say yes don't don't let him say I got this cuz he knows what he's gonna how he's gonna work it out coming to a prophet means false prophecy the Lord means I shall I shall expose him I shall discover him I want to send my true prophet to expose the lie because what they were saying is that we're promising all kinds of prosperity easy way out cuz you know that's comforting to the flesh you don't want anybody to tell you you're gonna go through the river cross the river you're in the valley sometimes in the mountain can't stay in the mountain and come in the valley some days it's gonna be light but there are other days you don't want anybody to even know real real stuff you want him to paint a nice picture you understand so they don't like real prophets tell your name and they don't like real prophets in our life and so in in in the first part of my final closing as never respond if you could pull up first Kings 22 first Kings and we're just gonna skim through it a little bit first Kings Quint 22 now here's there's a war there's a war going on between Syria and Israel who was the King at that time just keep scrolling down who was the King at that time a half and and and and Jehoshaphat who is over Judah and a half who is over Israel they're coming together to fight what Syria and they're fighting over in ramoth-gilead okay and so they come together and they want to hear a word from the Lord because Kings in function without prophets each kingdom had prophets assigned there was no separation of church and state so they called for a prophet so the Prophet came and told them though they have what he wanted to hear you know going up they're going up there and you're going to win this battle and Josh the references you have another prophet hanging around and they said go call Micah I on my I hope I'm pronouncing it right Mich that's what we call all right and and said come and declare but but Ahab said he doesn't like me and I don't like him because he doesn't tell me what I want to hear this ain't nothing new things oh you preachers I think it's personal it's not personal don't take it personal they don't like you because they don't like who you represent so just you know just keep smiling keep getting up it ain't personal all right so the King says you know I tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord so so you know first they threaten him they threaten him and then he went on and told them yeah they were gonna win and then no Joe I said no come on out the truth tell me the truth you know I'm I don't want you to lie to me don't be afraid okay and so finally the prophet got got courage and said you know if you go up there you're going to you're gonna die your blood is gonna be spilled etc etc and hey up let's see see what I'm take this man is always aggravating me he never tells me what I want to hear never judge me when I want to hear so is there another prophet in the house and they called for Zedekiah not Zedekiah that we know this is another Zedekiah and instead of guys are going up going up going up going on you're gonna win the battle and the Bible said they went up and this is how if a table was really he knows the truth even though he doesn't like the truth he inquired of the truth but he doesn't want to hear it he want to hear something else it was hoping for the first time in this prophets life he would say something that he likes and the Bible said he went up first of all he disguised himself eat old sahaja but you put on my dear and I put on your gear but the era was clear you can change up your game but the arrow is clear you can be cute all you want to and disguise yourself cover yourself so people won't know what you're really doing but the era of the Lord is clear and even though the era should've hit jaha suffered because he looked like a ham the era say I'm clear I know who he is and the word of the Lord had gone out and jehanne a.m. died in his chariot and the dogs licked up his blood in the streets because you see again we ask what we don't want the answer New Testament example Ephesians 5 and 5 for this you can be sure no immoral impure or greedy person such a man is what an adulterer has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God let no one deceive you with many empty words for because of such things God's wrath comes and those who are disobedient therefore do not be partners with them and finally Matthew 15 and 8 this people draweth nigh and this text I'm not finished with it yet so you might hear me preach it one day because it just blows my mind it's such description of what we do when we we don't want to be straight i Daltrey makes you cook it you understand when you have another lover when you have another prophet talking in your ear and you don't want to follow what God says when you when you're when your life is built and structured upon what you want what you believe is right for you how you should live what you should have where you should go when you're so stuck on that it doesn't mean you're not gonna come they draw it nigh do you hear what I'm saying they Oh they've come around here to be prayed for Oh y'all think I'm joking this thing wrecked me it really wrecked me this morning you understand you come you draw nigh unto me with your mouth and here is what blows my mind right here you will honor with me with your lips you know what to say to make me look good glory hallelujah now what were they though at the king of kings and the Lord of lords praise be to the God of heaven who sits high and looks low oh come on he's been around church for a while you know what to say but why that but got to be there now this is not the disciples analysis this is Jesus just like God was analyzing to Ezekiel Jesus is analyzing for the disciples same thing things never change but their heart is far far lips close heart far lips close hard form that means I know what to say but heart is far is it I'm saying so if the heart is far what is that telling me you can't wait to get out of here do your own thing you can't wait listen that's what they say that's Rafah but you know I gotta do me I've got to what I think is right for me you know nobody has to live my life of me I'm gonna have to live my life for myself this is not about better rapper or the preacher he says draw nigh to me and say draw nigh to bed Rafa it says they draw a night to me in worship singing the songs read in the scripture acting like that up in here the other stance saying stuff that everybody else says Alleluia amen in a man yes a man but the heart is a distance do you know how you live how do you breathe with your heart distance from the heart maker who owes our heart who made the heart who can stop the heart how you gonna be that cute to keep your heart from the one that can stop the heart you shooting yourself in the foot you you you you fighting a losing battle any minute now the heart can stop perfectly healthy you know I'm saying jog every day don't eat red meat you're sad take supplements vitamin b12 doing everything that's right I'm boom hugging stuff so you gonna be cute people how you gonna melt him and don't love it we were here yesterday and I'm so sorry to some of you didn't come but you should you can stream it with the sex trafficking the big thing that those guys do to get these girls atom boys to be caught up in sex trafficking is is what they say they know what to say to get a hold of the person's mind some saying but they don't get not about them people say we're so flattered with what people say oh that person really went in you see how they went in you see how they praise the Lord my attitude is check them tomorrow morning when they get when they get in a certain situation see see if they do something different but in vain listen to what God is saying it's vanity I don't receive it and you're wasting your time in vain they do worship Me that means it's empty the game is over it's a game you know you try to in front of you yes mommy yes mommy as soon as you walk out the room you roll your eyes and went back to doing your own thing no no no no no I didn't go on Facebook with no clothes on no you sitting up the next video you know how to say it but you don't have the power to live it in vain do they worship me teaching for the doctrines the commandments of men but I want to close with this what is the hope how can I get rid of idols and stumbling but stop tripping how can I stop tripping over my foolishness it's right there in the text if you read in verse 6 repent change your mind from your idols and turn away your face you got the face I've been the wrong thing you got your face up in situation that's causing you not to live in something is blocking this word from transforming you it's not that the word is not transformative tell your neighbor the word is sharp is Greek it's like a two-edged sword the woman at the well could have received the water immediately the first thing jesus said to her where is your husband you ain't playing me woman I ain't giving you no water and you don't get the right spirit here you got to get clarity you can't have me and have another husband and another boyfriend another shocker no no let's tear down this Idol right now so you could drink and be changed he couldn't even adjust give me a turn that's God couldn't snap his fingers she the pen but he had to challenge her idols howdy animals so Bianca I challenge your idols this morning challenge the place of your stumbling the areas where you keep tripping up cuz you don't want to give it up God says all you have to do is repent change your thinking agree with God this is not what you called me to do this is not what you saved me to do this is not why you brought me out of sin to keep tripping like this you saved me to live differently so let's [Music] I am thine O Lord [Music] I have heard that voice and he told me but I long to ride in the MV what do we do it you draw me nearer draw me [Music] gross [Music] [Music] to consecrate me [Music] [Applause] [Music] I [Music] [Applause] my soul [Music] [Music] tell him like you mean it draw me true [Music] draw me nearer blessed Lord [Music] now here's a here's a question here's a challenge this morning how much of I heard and how little have I done how many times have I heard it and how many times have I rejected it there must be something in the way that keeps me from practicing it why am I still tripping over the same way it's an idol is something that I hold more dear it could be entitlement it could be anger it could be unforgiveness it could be in the jealousy it could be something I want more than anything else in the world that keeps me from being open to what God has to offer and I keep tripping every time I turn around I'm tripping over the same thing because my idol will not allow me to practice [Music] so you draw near you worship you're busy you're serving but it's vain is empty empty means you get nothing out of it you go back to the same tripping so something or the saying I don't want to trip anymore I want to surrender my idol I'm scared because if I surrender this what am I going to do cuz I'm so used to live it was my lifeline it brought me energy it helped me to make decisions I live my life based on this I doctorís thought so when I don't think now and I won't think I'm gonna be wide open I'm gonna be vulnerable people dig and God said well you have a choice you can keep faking it or for the first time in your life you can get real so just raise a head and worship in the old Lord do I put my trust [Music] come on land their land they're in there [Music] with my truth is the old [Music] [Applause] [Music] we thank the bishop for that word this morning are you encouraged somebody's turning away to them it's going to open the altar if you are here and you don't know Jesus as your Savior you'd like to do so can you raise your hand raise your hand you can't rid yourself of a stumbling block if you don't know [Music] all right is there someone here who would like to join this church we'd like to join the church if you're here wave at me very quickly all right we're going to quickly shake the preachers here

Channel: Beth Rapha

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Published: Sun Sep 01 2019