Clarity: The Pathway to Victory |Full Sermon by Henry Fernandez

father we thank you [Music] that we serve a powerful name because at your name every knee will bow every tongue will confess to the lordship of your son jesus christ as always i pray that you will think with my mind and speak with my vocal cords so that lord your people will be edified in turn you will be glorified in jesus name amen [Music] recently i preached a message titled hearing god in the foggy places of your life and in that message i said it is critical for you to hear god while you're going through the dark and foggy seasons of your life the fact is it's the only way to avoid making mistakes that are irreparable and that's the reason why i want to talk to you as i continue this series on hearing god's voice on the subject of clarity the pathway to victory clarity the pathway to victory that is important you understand in order for you to be successful to grow and to be mature and to be brought to a higher level in god every step of the way in life requires clarity from god you want to be absolutely sure that you're hearing god in the previous message i also said that most of the mistakes we make derived from our inability to definitively hear god's voice that somehow we lack the ability to know for sure that god is speaking and the truth is we all have the potential to hear god in seasons of uncertainty failure brokenness and hopelessness yes we can we can hear god while we're going through the uncertainties of life we can also hear him in the midst of failure i often tell people do not get discouraged because you failed because i firmly believe failure is a part of the process that leads to success it is in failing you learn the valuable lessons in life to do things better khan edison who created the light bulb he tried a thousand times a thousand times before he got it right i was home recently and i heard a banging in my son's room and and it caught my attention because it was very loud and so forth he had just come home from basketball um a basketball game and and um i got up to his room knocked on the door and you know asked him can i come in and so forth and i got in and he started telling me you know he's frustrated because you know his his game is off his game is off he didn't get to shoot the ball and you know he wasn't scoring and everything and he was sincerely hurt over it and i had to share with him i said son you got to keep on trying you got to keep on trying never give up i don't care how many times you're not going to be a good basketball player if you quit because you had a bad day everybody will have a bad day and i had to encourage him and then i told him i said con edison who created the light bulb he went at it a thousand times and i guess he didn't believe me so he went and looked it up and he said really i said yes a thousand times he tried until he got it right so the lesson i taught my son was you still got 999 more tries at it never give up we look at the president-elect right now joe biden regardless of who you voted for that's not the issue so don't bring politics in it now but here is a person who tried three times for the presidency three times and at the third try he got it the first time of course i'm quite sure was discouraging for him the second time it was discouraging for him but but somehow in his seventies he decided to go at it again perhaps one part of his brain was telling him you're too old why don't no no but somehow he must have gotten clarity that this was his moment i'm telling you ladies and gentlemen there are moments in your life where god is speaking to you this is the moment and if you don't have clarity it's missed opportunity so we find that you have the potential to hear god when things are uncertain to hear god in the midst of failure to hear god in your brokenness to hear god even when you feel hopeless the problem for many people is they are uncertain of what decisions to make because they are unsure of god's will for the situation i can tell you how many times people are unsure of what god's will is in a situation what are you trying to teach me god what's happening in god how do i handle this crisis because they're uncertain and i'm telling you you can hear god's voice in those moments but how is it possible for people not to hear god in trying times when john 10 27 tells us my sheep hear my voice and i know them how is it possible a person can walk around with uncertainty a person can walk around not knowing for sure what path to take what decision to make when the words of jesus in the new testament says my sheep they hear my voice they hear my voice so the question to those of you are watching right now are you hearing god's voice because believe it or not you're hearing voices i guarantee you you're hearing voices there's so many voices speaking to you and i am absolutely sure that one of those voices is god it's god now there are the voices telling you to do the opposite but there's one voice that's speaking to you now here's the reality of your uncertainty about what to do in challenging times especially when god has spoken he is still speaking that's a reality even in your time of uncertainty and you feel as if where's god god is speaking the problem is you yes you you lack clarity for some of you you are ignoring what god is saying directly to you through the people who he's using to deliver his messages some of you you're hearing god in fact you're hearing god speak to you now now i'm not suggesting to you that i am god but what i'm saying to you is i'm a messenger of god they are pastors and there are several people we're going to deal with that in just a minute there are several people that god will put into your life to speak to you the question is are you listening are you listening to those people and let's be honest many of you are living your life ignoring not only what god is saying to you but you are resisting what he's saying because it makes you uncomfortable scared and it goes against your desires now that's a mouth a mouth full right there you're resisting what god is saying to you because you're hearing him the problem is what you're hearing makes you uncomfortable because god is telling you to do something that makes you uncomfortable god is telling you to do some things that will cause you to come out of the box yes to come out of the box to come out of your comfort zone god is speaking to you and challenging you to take a risk so you're uncomfortable because you see a lot of us we like to control every step of the way and boy how we mess our lives up when we want to do things our way and not god's way are you hearing me many of you you lack the ability to hear from god simply because you're scared you are scared not only scared but it goes against your desire have you ever wanted something that god didn't want for you [Laughter] have you ever wanted some things that you know those are your desires but they are not his perfect will for your life you see you cannot have clarity and how you should live your life and make wise decisions when you keep ignoring the very information that was designed to keep you from making wise decisions there are some things that are designed to keep you from making wise decisions and if you keep ignoring the voice of god then it's going to lead to you making bad decisions and obviously you won't have a victorious life many of you are no longer thinking victory is possible or it is a long way off but let me say this to you your victory over the challenges of your life hangs on your ability to know for sure what god is saying to you in those challenging times [Music] your victory hangs on your ability to know for sure that god is saying something to you while you're going through those challenging moments that your steps can be ordered by god order my steps in your word because lord i want to be victorious order my steps in every decision that i'm about to make i firmly believe that god uses many ways to talk to you and i would like to list some of those ways i believe that god speaks to us through number one his word his word you know get into his word meditate on it day and night and it is his word that will guide you and lead you into green pastures his word read his word number two you've got to pray god speak to us through prayers i firmly believe that we pray the word not not not your feelings remember number one you read the word and the word the word that you meditate on day and night will tell you the promises of god so therefore when you go to god to make your petition known unto him god through through the holy spirit will bring back those things to your remembrance so when you're praying you're praying the word and you don't pray how you feel you don't pray with uncertainty you pray knowing with assurance knowing that those things are yours so you pray the word you pray without impressing god you know many times what we do especially when we're in a crowd of people we pray you know if we're praying for the people you know to god i should say we're praying to god for the people we tend to pray prayers because we know people are listening we tend to pray prayers that would somehow make us sound good and we try to impress the hearers of our prayers but there's only one person we're praying to and that is to god so be authentic in your prayers don't try to impress god with your prayers because anytime you go to god trying to impress him and to cover up things it's very seldom you're going to hear from him come to him just as you are and in your prayers you should avoid lengthy prayers and i know somebody just threw their bible at me are you crazy bishop fernandez we should avoid lengthy prayers i didn't say you shouldn't pray long in fact i don't know i'm a student of the word show me in the bible where the bible emphasizes the length of the prayer that you must pray long never said that because some people think that they get their prayers answered or god will speak to them when they pray long and what i've discovered is the same way we behave in the natural it's the same way we try to behave in the spiritual so many times we go to people to have conversations with people and all we want to do is to say our point speak speak and when we're done that's it we shut everybody else out we don't want to hear anything else and we wonder why we're not having healthy relationships you see because good communication is not only you speaking to the person but you listening to the person even in counseling as a counselor i always try to tell the people that i counsel okay i have x amount of hours or maybe 30 minutes or 45 minutes or an hour to give to you you've got a problem i'm here to help you now if i've got 45 minutes now you can take 15 minutes and try to summarize everything and tell me your problem and then allow me to take 30 minutes to help solve your problem but if you take up 30 minutes or 50 minutes of my or excuse me 40 minutes of my time and only leave me with 15 or 10 minutes to counsel you how are we going to get through this how is that going to be beneficial to you here's the point when you go to god in prayer go to god pray sincerely but you don't have to pray long and exhausted you know an exhausted prayer if you will and pray not giving god an opportunity to talk back to you you don't have to pray long so pray effectively in when it comes to praying about certain things in your life prayers must be prayed in an effective way you got to say god i come to you here's my situation you know the condition i have faith and i trust you and allow god to then speak to you god also speak to you through the holy spirit in john 15 26 the bible says and when the helper comes whom i will send to you from the father the spirit of truth who proceeds from the father he will bear witness about me the holy spirit is a helper he's a guide he's a comforter his role his responsibility is to guide you as you go through so the holy spirit will speak to you that invisible force he's speaking to you while you're driving in the car he's even speaking to you right now he's saying to you listen to this sermon he's speaking to you he's telling you i i long to talk to you i've already given you the instructions are you willing to obey the holy spirit will speak to you when when you're about to make a decision if you pray and pray with a sincere heart he'll speak to you number four god will also speak to you through the fifo ministry gifts ephesians 4 begin at verse 11 the bible says and he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers so what god will do god will speak to you through an apostle you know i'm not talking about a revival if you've been in church long enough you know what that means right i'm not talking about a revival i'm talking about god will put an apostle in your life at some particular season in your life and that person will say thus say the lord we see it all throughout the bible god will also speak to a prophet and a prophet would declare a word in your life okay and and again you know we have to be careful with this fifo ministry gift because there are so many people out there who have self-ordained themselves self-ordained themselves they have called themselves apostles and prophets and so forth and by your fruit the bible says you will know them so i'm not suggesting that just because somebody have the title that you ought to open up your life to hear them speak because because let me leave that alone let me not get into my flesh here let me just stay with the word here and god will also speak to you through an evangelist god will speak to you through a pastor i'm a pastor there are many other pastors god is speaking through to get to his people and teachers why did god put these fivefold ministries in place verse 12 tells us for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of christ to perfect the saints to give us clarity to give us clarity the only way you can go to perfection is that you have to be clear and absolutely sure of what steps to make or what steps to take and verse 13 tells us till we all come into unity because the goal is to be united to be united and the way for us to be united and to come into the spirit of unity it is when we allow god to use the ministry gifts to speak to us we hear many people say they want to have victory in every area of their lives but they abort that possibility because of the voices that's getting their attention so many voices are getting people's attention and that's the reason why they they are sabotaging their victory because they're listening to the distractions instead of listening to god these voices were designed to distract them for keeping their eyes on the prize there's a prize victory to walk in the will of god there's a prize and the enemy of your soul is going to do everything to get you look to the left and to the right instead of look to the hills where your help comes from so ladies and gentlemen victory is possible it is possible you are wired by god to be victorious in every area of your life [Music] now though you may not believe or see that that victory is possible hearing god is your only chance to stay on the path that leads to victory though you may think it's not possible but i firmly believe hearing god is your only chance to stay on the path to victory you see what helps you to be victorious over the challenges of self-development which is developing yourself dating marriage family career business finances is your ability to hear god's instructions in these areas of your life the only way you can overcome and be victorious in these areas of your life is when you can know for sure no guessing when you can know for sure that god i understand what you're saying about me developing myself becoming the best version of who i am maxing out my full potential on the earth god i know for sure the person you want me to date so no matter what the struggles we go through because as you're dating be careful don't look for a person to date where you don't have any disagreements or no drama no problems listen to me if you have not tested that woman or tested that man when it comes to disagreement be careful running down the aisle saying i do you want to know how they handle conflict how to handle disagreements how they handle problems and you want to you want to get clarity from god you want to know is that the man i ought to date is that the man i should marry is that the woman i should date is that the woman i should marry you want to know absolutely for sure in marriage how to handle your marriage how to deal with your spouse you want to know absolutely for sure when to get out of it and my goodness i can't believe this pastor talking about you need to know for sure when to get out of it listen to me honey let me tell you something you better get into the word of god you better get into the word of god because i tell you what god designed marriage his desires for marriage to to to for people to honor that honorable position that honorable um if you will um institution that he has created he wants you to honor it however i want you to understand this that god also want you to make sure you preserve your life preserve your sanity and there are times you're going to find yourself in a situation whether you made the mistake yourself by marrying the wrong person or you could have married the right person but for some reason it is best you separate now this doesn't give you a license now to say oh my goodness pastor is saying we ought to separate no that's why you need to go to counseling but you need clarity because you do you know how many people are in marriage right now and have no clarity on the direction of that relationship because there are some marriages that it's just a season of hard times you're going through and it's not that you can't make it you can make it if both of you will just come in agreement and let go of your your pride and let go of your own self-interest and come and be one it can work so you need clarity because if that's your marriage then fight for it but what if it won't work what if you stay in it for years and years and years and it produces nothing you need clarity when it comes to dealing with family you need clarity on how to handle family affairs and family business you you need clarity and how to deal with your career you know when when to apply for promotion or when to switch careers and so forth because there's so many people i mean it's it's 10 years and and 10 years of instability you need clarity you need clarity when it comes to business when to start the business or when to close the business let's sit close to business when to just say enough is enough you see one of our problem is some of us are full of pride sometimes god is saying let go shut it down stop but to us we don't want to send the message to people that that we have failed and we don't want people to laugh or mock us forget people the one person you're supposed to please is god or you hear me so you need clarity you need clarity when it comes to your finances and that's a big one right there so many people struggle in this area they're doing things their way they're handling their finances their way it's not that they don't make money i'm not talking about the amount god blesses us with seed he gives you an income live within that means we live within your means i should say live within your budget so what your job is to do clarity god for this season in my life this is what i make lord the first thing i need to do is to honor you with my given now if you if you don't believe what i just said don't worry about it don't let that dampen your spirit that's fine you don't want to give to god that's okay all i'm saying is whatever you are doing if it's working for you do not listen to henry fernandez if what you're doing is is allowing you to create wealth for your life and for future generations don't listen to this guy but if what i'm telling you is connecting with you and you know everything else that you have tried it's not working perhaps you need to listen to god right now and get clarity on how to handle your finances because the truth is we all make several decisions every day decisions that have dire consequences and some of those decisions can either advance you or set you back for years set you back for years and many of you right now you have been set back for years and for months all because you have no clarity every day we hear the knocking of the holy spirit as he tries to tell us how to navigate through life but for some strange reason we keep ignoring him how can we want victory when we keep hearing these negative voices that says god doesn't love you you have made too many mistakes that's too difficult for you to do no one has done it before what do you think and who do you think you are what are you thinking who'd the nerve of you who do you think you are you are you aren't attractive you have too many baggages you can never succeed in life there's no future for you because you have too many baggages by the way you're too old and you're not good enough how can you have victory when all these things are coming at you listen to me your victory doesn't hang on any of these things that i just mentioned you can have victory in spite of all those negative voices you're hearing you can have victory you can have victory you can be absolutely sure that god is with you and he'll give you a set of instructions on how to be victorious your victory hangs on hearing what god has to say about every situation in your life and what god told me to tell you today is some simple things and i'll get out your way i'll get out of your way i'll just share these simple things with you and i'll leave you to meditate on them for the rest of the week god told me to tell you that he is with you in the fight yes he's with you in the fight deuteronomy 20 verse 4 it says for the lord your god is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you the victory it's god god is fighting for you god is fighting for you god is fighting for you i wish somebody will type that god is fighting for me come on make it personal god is fighting for me yes he is he's fighting for me he's fighting for you and god is ahead of you he's fighting your battles honey don't you ever worry yourself you can have victory in spite of the attacks of the enemy god is fighting for you number two god told me to tell you no temptation or challenge has the power to overtake you now that should make you shout and run around that room right now god told me to tell you no temptation or challenge has the power to overtake you first uh corinthians 10 verse 13 it says no temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man so we are all in this together but god is faithful but god is faithful god is faithful somebody need to say that god is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability but with the temptation he will always provide a way of escape that you may be able to endure it that's a mouthful right there that's letting all of you know that god's got your back and nothing the devil put before you will ever take you out of here nothing the devil put before you will ever destroy you no weapon formed against you has the ability the power and the strength to demolish the wall of protection that god has placed around your life are you hearing me today the third thing that god told me to tell you is this you will prevail over evil i believe somebody's in the fight of their life right now evil has unleashed itself towards you and evil's pointed at you but proverbs 24 16 says for the righteous falls seven times and rises again but the wicked stumble in times of calamity now what i love about this it didn't say the righteous won't trip up the writers won't fall it never said that it says we fall down and it may be seven times but glory to god for every time we get down we get back up again why because god is with us and i have a a cloud of witnesses i have so many people watching right now you are a living testimony for every time you get knocked down god picked you up and proved to the enemy that nothing can keep you down are you hearing me god has proven to you and to the enemies nothing will ever keep you down so i don't mind you having to fall once twice three times seven times the bible says the righteous falls seven times why do i have to fall down seven times couldn't lord couldn't you just let it be one time but seven times and some of you screaming yelling think you're gonna die and you just had two accidents come on now you still got five more to go my goodness the righteous will fall seven times but god will pick you up every time you don't have to worry about the wicked ones that's one thing i learned when people do their evil stuff don't fight them with evil you pray and you let god handle them because god says their own calamity everything everything every trap every lie every deceit everything that they try to point at you god says wait a minute i'm going to turn it around i'm going to i'm going the hole that they dig thinking it's your grave it's their grave the fourth thing that god told me to tell you is this every perfect thing for your life was already lavishly given unto you everything was already given unto you how do i know that romans 8 31 it says what then shall we say in response to these things if god be for us who can be against us verse 32 he who died or he who did not spear his own son but gave him up for us all how will he not also along with him graciously give us all things so my friends i encourage you today pursue hearing god's voice yes pursue hearing god's voice so that you will have the ability to know for sure that god has spoken that god has spoken the one thing you lack right now is clarity i have discovered that over the years don't pay attention to the drama you're going through don't pay attention to the challenges that you face don't don't give the devil credit don't don't waste time magnifying the problem hear god be still and know that he is god and hear him wait for clarity cause he'll order your steps for every valley you walk through he'll order your steps and i believe i believe right now somebody is experiencing a very difficult and challenging season from the pandemic to a domino effect of of problems and issues and and you leave your house and people see you smiling people may think based on how you dress and you keep it together they assume that all is well with you but you are dying on the inside you are hurting on the inside and they have no idea that you are a beautiful handsome attractive confused individual because you're looking for god god where are you where are you why have you left me in this [Music] this was not the result i was looking for i was very hopeful but god i know you had the power to stop it i know you had the power [Music] to fix it and i've cried out to you and you're not saying anything and i feel hopeless my anxiety level is high the panic attacks are coming on i'm tired of crying at night [Music] i don't know who else to turn to i don't know what else to do one part of me is hopeful but the greater part of me is so hurt crushed and concerned so god where are you he's speaking he's speaking what you need is clarity it's the only pathway to victory [Music] every desire must be driven by a willingness to say i know for sure that god is ordering my steps in his word i've discovered that some of the steps that you're taking folk won't understand why you're doing it why you are acting that way why you have taken on that pathway many won't understand but listen do not live your life for people live your life to please god and as long as you're in the will of god it is god who will honor you it is not man when men honor you man can demote you they can take the honor from you but when god blesses your life nobody can reverse the blessing hear him oh as you close 2020 i'm telling you you're going to need him as you enter into next year [Music] you cannot continue the same way it's not a hit or miss it's not a guessing you can no longer live your life guessing you have to know for sure what's your will and once you know it is your it's god's will sometimes it doesn't make sense just do it [Music] father i thank you that i've delivered your word to your people today i've encouraged them to let every step they take be steps that are ordered by your word [Music] holy spirit [Music] i believe someone is surrendering to you right now someone is saying this was my word this was my message i needed this because they don't know what else to do they don't know who to turn to but you spoke to them now and i pray [Music] that this will be the beginning of a new season of clarity a new season to say i know for sure that you're speaking to me god thank you thank you that someone is surrendering to you now in jesus name do me a favor while the singers are coming i want you right now wherever you're you're at your bedroom your living room outside wherever i want you to release everything to god come on turn your life over to him turn your will over to him turn your will over to him watch him bless your life watch him turn what was a mistake or what was impossible into things that are possible and and your mistakes will become your testimony and become a part of the blessing that he will release in your life if you're not a christian i want you to repeat after me i want you to say lord jesus i repent of my sins right now i heard you spoke to me today and i received clarity that i must surrender to your will i embrace the free gift of salvation and am born again in jesus name amen i want you to worship god they're going to sing that song order my steps in your word and i want them to lead you in just for a few minutes just hang in there just hang in there i'm not ready to sign off here just hang in there i just think you need this moment it may be two minutes it's just two minutes of saying lord [Music] i put my life into your hands my perfect will order my steps lord in your word i give everything to you now everything come on worship hey everyone this is henry fernandez and i want to thank you so much for watching this video my friends and i want you to subscribe to my channel and my friends give me a thumbs up if you liked the video hit the notification bell so that you'll be the first to get my notice of my videos that i'm sending out on a daily basis and please i want you to follow me on all of my social media platforms and remember you can connect with me on my website henryfernandez.org or the faithcenterint.org my friends faith in your god will always move mountains out of your life

Channel: Henry Fernandez

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Length: 44min 35sec (2675 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 27 2020