Dr. Gerald Jeffers: God Says "I Hear You"

should be back again in the house of the Lord with you one of the things we've had to learn from the Lord and while we're talking you can turn to the Book of Luke chapter 18 but one of the things we've had to learn from the Lord is to remain flexible and so just as we before pastor called us up amen my wife was hugging's and the spirit I began to move in minister and I just told you to stay right there and minister because when you learn the Spree Lord does not always give you notice he doesn't have to he's a lord but when he moves you must learn to submit and obey and not get rigid and locked in to procedures with God you must learn to let God be God you were only as submitted or as you are flexible if you are not that flexible you are not that submitted if your plans are your security you're not that submitted to God God must be the plan say man you say well I like to plan I like to know what's going on that's wonderful God is a planner but you must be also open to him for changing plans and making him the plan and what happens to many of us is we are flexible in the making of the plan but once the plan is made we're like cement and we lose flexibility and now we expect it to get done the way we saw it done and if God makes any changes we freaked and even get mad at God well God said it was going to be like this when yet God told you they'll be preceding words man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God can you say amen to that Luke chapter 18 and we are going to begin reading as Jesus began to give an understanding beginning at verse 6 we're going to read 6 through 8 if you have it which you say shout glory let's read it together and the Lord said hear what the unjust judge saith and shall not God avenge his own elect which cry day and night unto him though he bear long with them I tell you that he will avenge them speedily nevertheless from the Son of man cometh shall he find faith on the earth such a Bibles down lift your hands one time unto the Lord and just worship thank you Lord Jesus thank you Lamb of God thank you Lord Jesus thank you Lamb of God thank you od hikky Shakima raha Kshatriya sikita Habibi Abraha Shiki today under abba thank you Lord Jesus thank you so much Lamb of God thank you thank you god bless you thank you she's seating his wonderful presence we surely want to own a pastor and sister Rogers put your hands together for them we love them both so we shake down a and we're so grateful for my wife being here tonight Lord willing she's going to be speaking tonight so we were able to make it a man we love her and appreciate her thank God for the precious anointing that is upon her life and the sacrifice I was telling someone we we've had some long days actually with the Lord to stop me said he said you thought was just 13 he said you need account because we were started 10 in the morning we wouldn't get out of service about 11 o'clock at night and then a lot of times would go out and minister to someone you want to get back to the room about 1:30 in the morning and so he said you've been going like that and he said I've sustained you and my wife is one of the few people I've seen that can hang with that and no problem and just move and go forth and so I'm very grateful for her and just for who she is in the Lord I want to draw your attention a man'd as to the words of Jesus in fact we need to read it in the amplifi just a moment from verse 7 of Luke chapter 8 verse 7 in the amplified and Jesus said and will not our just God defend and protect and avenge his elect his chosen ones who cried to him day and night will he defer them and delay help on their paths on their behalf verse 8 I tell you he will defend and protect and avenge them speedily however when the Son of Man comes will he find persistence in faith on the earth and the Lord spoke to me regarding this church and he said tell them I hear and the Lord said that he has been monitoring your spirit he has been monitoring those of you but have been seeking Him in prayer you have been diligent and striving to work for the Lord you have been diligent in praying and seeking the face of the Lord you have been diligent in sacrificing not only financially but of your time and men diligent in giving to God and doing it with joy and the Lord said that he because he has monitor your spirit he hears you she hears you you have to hear the scripture to which also first John chapter 5 verse 14 and 15 first John chapter 5 verse 14 and 15 it is imperative that we explain some things because we have to get honest to get help and what I mean by that is sometimes we say whoa k if you're hearing me God why are there such struggles why are those things that are going on why are there walls and things that I'm hitting things that I'm dealing with and so God wants to explain some things to you for clarity sake but first let me read this from first John chapter 5 and in verse 14 again I'll read that to you from the amplified version so that you can hear some deeper clarity first John 5:14 and the amplified and he said and this is the confidence the assurance the privilege of boldness which he we have in him we are sure every one shot we are sure we are sure that if we ask anything make any request according to his will in agreement with his own plan he listens to and hears us somebody say thank you Jesus I don't know what blows your mind but it blows my mind that God actually would want to listen to me the King of glory would actually you know so much you can't get people to listen to you sometimes fopen a hardly no reputation or nothing I don't got time for you I got laundry to do but the King of glory will take time and listen to you he will hear you someone looked you had to say thank you Jesus verse 15 and if since we positively know that he listens to us and whatever we ask we also know which settled an absolute knowledge that we have granted us as our present possession the requests made of him and that's what the Lord is saying to this church he has heard you and he's not just talking about you as a church praying for things of a church he's also talking about you as an individual personally making prayers of your personal life praying for your children praying for finances praying about jobs praying about marriage praying about family he has her yeah come on somebody needs to drink that in somebody needs to take that into their spirit don't just clap your hands with your mouth close friend clap your hands and open up your mouth clap your hands all ye people and shout unto God come on just clap your hands that's an applause we the praise clap your hands and shout unto God with the voice of triumph Shanda lab or a cozy cottage on durable Russia he told me that many of you have been digging in and trying and even though sometimes you have done what we call the spiritual cha-cha-cha five steps forward two steps back sometimes you're going forward a little bit and then next thing you know you're back but God wants to commend those of you that have been persistent jesus said when I come to the earth will I find faith or as the amplified breaks it down persistence in faith will I find that wedge you were trying amen when you first got saved you're still trying years later you're still praying you're still crying out you're still lifting your hands you're still giving your ties you're still giving your offerings you're still giving your time you're still wanting to please me well I still find that consistency that was found in you when I put it inside of you when I returned will I find faith will I find your persistence and God said I have found some persistence I have found it in some of you you have given of yourself you have kept fighting and even when you felt like giving up and crying and felt like what you were doing was a waste of time you dug in a little bit deeper and you credit your teeth and you kept on going and God said I have heard I have heard you it's imperative then that we answer the question of if you have heard me why haven't certain things materialized if you have heard me why are certain struggles continuing if you have heard me why is my daughter or my son still wayward why is my marriage having still such difficulties why is my finances like I'm strapped and unlocked down I want you to see because the problem that we often run into is the way God thinks versus the way we think and that's why we have to start learning how to think like God that we can sum up Christianity in those 3 words think like God so we first want you to see how God thinks and how he works with this come to Philippians chapter 4 we are in the amplified version Philippians chapter 4 verse 6 and let me show you how God is viewing this with you and has already committed himself to working along side of you may I tell you what faith does faith does not shout at the manifestation faith shouts at the promise faith does not shout when it sees faith shouts when God says because according to faith as soon as God says faith says I see I see so when God says I've heard you and as brayed a pledge that's what a promise is a promise is a pledge or a commitment that God has made to do something good towards you faith says I know that you're not a man that you should lie I know you're not the son of man that you should repent so if you have said it it's done and faith says I praise you I worship you I shout I rejoice I run the aisles I begin to lift my voice and I have joy because it is done they says I formed the bridge from the supernatural world to the natural world so that what you said is done in the supernatural world can walk across my bridge of faith and materialize in the natural world why do you shout why do you dance when God says because you are strengthening your bridge of faith for what you want to come across shall yes that's why you must believe the Word of God faith comes by hearing hearing by the word faith comes by seeing when Peter saw Jesus walked on the water he had faith to believe that he also could walk on the water well faith not only comes by hearing faith comes by seeing Philippians chapter 4 let me work with this by the word of the Lord from the amplified version starting in verse 6 of how this works with God do not fret King James would use the word careful amplified is breaking down the word careful for you do not fret or have any anxiety about anything now I want you to hear because the Lord said as I have monitored your spirit that many of you have kept fighting and you've kept trying but his concern is that even in your fighting and trying you have sometimes have had great anxiety and he said I want to grow you also to the point that when you know I have said something you know it's done someone lift your hand say lord I believe sometimes you got to be honest and do like the man said Lord I believe but help thou my unbelief so don't be careful as King James was said mean don't fret have anxiety in essence don't worry be happy' listen to what he goes on to say but in every circumstance and in everything by prayer and petition which is definite request with Thanksgiving continue to make your wants known to God so like the three levels of Noah's Ark the first level here would be petition so if I don't pray if I don't worry what am I meant to do pray the energy that you would put into worrying put it into prayer the energy that you put into talking about how bad it is put that into talking to God in other words put your energies where you get results say man rather than talking to yourself mumbling grumbling complaining underneath your own breath like you think God don't ear that talk to God and let it get released to God everyone shout petition petition as it is put in the parentheses means definite requests it means don't just do a bird shot you understand bird shots sheep pellets in every direction because you don't know which way the birds going do buckshot prayers go for bullseye it means don't just scatter prayer into the atmosphere of simply god bless me to puck shot prayer and ask God to direct you what to pray for and then say what God is saying in other words lock and load baby Lock and Load so then here what he goes on to say because here comes the question how long do I pray about something I mean after all if I've asked God a couple of times shouldn't I just believe he did it how long do I pray how long do I continue the answer is verse seven the second level of the ark how long do I pray verse seven and the God of peace shall be yours the tranquil listen to this the tranquil state of a soul assured I pray until I reach the tranquil state of a soul assured it means I pray till I get peace first level of the ark petition second love of the art piece so I pray until I get peace about it I pray till God settles in me it's over so god mama if you can just get that kind of prayer going your daughter can go out and get on drugs and get worse and be in prostitution you look at the devil and say God said it's over here you can mess around and you can do a whole bunch of stuff here but God's got a hook at her mouth and at the appointed time he that shall come will come and will not Carey Codd is going to draw her back and I'm gonna shout about it right now hallelujah Reiko chicken durable ricotta reddish cheeky trabajo say Rakesh it so you must keep asking and praying until God gives you the assurance that it's done learn from David and Goliath when David knocks Goliath down he does not simply lift his hands in victory and turn his back on Goliath and declare it's over no he walks then gets the sword and cuts his head off you ain't getting up buddy what happens to you is you knock some things down by the spirit turn and start lifting your hands and thinking it's over and it rises again on you and you become discouraged and your heart becomes broken you need to stay on it and take the sword of the Spirit and cut its head off it means go after the authority of it it mean goes after the spirit that's causing the problem halleluyah halleluyah that includes going after the spirit that's causing the problem with you sometimes we're stubborn and we want things our way sometimes sometimes we are prayers really consist of trying to twist God's arms and as we act like we are in all-star wrestling matches with God trying to put him into a full nelson and tap out give us what we want that's not the purpose of Prayer the purpose of prayer is not try to get God to tap out to give you what you want if I twist your arm long enough you'll say uncle well in case you don't know God's arms a little bit too big to be twisted after all he holds the whole world in his hand we didn't discuss his arm yet and the fact that you think you can twist that you're twisted a man all right so that's why God wants you to know pray until you get the assurance the peace that everything is going to be all right let me start again from verse 7 God's peace shall be yours that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ listen this and so fearing nothing from God being confident or excuse me being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that it is that peace in other words I am content where I am in the midst of the struggle because I know this is the will of God that I'm here for the moment but I also know it's the will of God that I don't stay here I said this too shall pass I've had heartaches like this before and disappointments by the score but just knowing that it shall not last this too shall pass through the son mush it can't rain all the time now this is a key element when I have piece one of the key things will be there is I will have joy don't tell me you have piece and you don't have joy when I have piece I will be able to have joy regarding this issue why because the joy was my strength and it's that strength that gives me the ability to continue in the situation until God manifests the answer can I go further you see go to Hebrews chapter 6 a moment and see what I'm talking about verse 15 Hebrews chapter 6 verse 15 you can do that also in the amplified in fact I back up first to verse 12 in the amplified Hebrews chapter 6 verse 12 in the amplified in order that you may not grow disinterested did you hear this in order that you may not grow disinterested means that you're losing focus and become spiritual sluggards but imitators behaving as do those who through faith by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in its power wisdom and goodness and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are now inheriting the promise one of the key ways you will know that you have peace and joy is that your faith will tag team with patience when you're losing your patience friend you're losing your faith patience is the oil light that shows up on your car now you can go disconnect the oil I all you want to and try to get away what you think get away from what you think is frustrating you and making you impatient but that doesn't take care of the fact that you're running low on Holy Ghost oil in your engine and your whole engines about ready to seize up it's the patience faith works with patience come down to verse 15 so that you can see this also verse 15 in the same chapter in the amplified and so it was that he Abraham having waited long and endured patiently realized and obtained in the birth of Isaac as a pledge of what was to come what God had promised him the reason why he was the father of faith is because he was patient some of you are like little kids are we there yet huh God said you know you have some you know come on parents you know I say you tell your child never going on a long trip get some stuff to entertain yourself now okay did you go to the bathroom are you ready all right you head around the corner are we there yet you we just got started I told you was a journey it's gonna take some time but that's the way some of you are you want to pray and you want microwave prayers but you ever notice something microwave food don't stay hot that long God's gonna stick this one in the oven baby it's gonna take a few moments it's good you're gonna have to wait on this and when it comes out it will remain hot so God said by faith and patience you inherit the promised had one shout faith and patience so this what it means is when you pray and gain peace the peace will bring and stabilize the joy the joy will give you the strength and all of this together constitutes your faith in God and the faith will tag team with patience and will cause you to wait until there's a manifestation so here comes the devil telling you you waited a long time it's not going to happen you look at the devil and say I've got the ability to wait you are trying to make me feel like I'm going to run out of gas before the journey is over but tell the devil I know how to stop at the gas station and get a refill I know how to fill her up I know how to top it off I know how to praise where I feel just a little bit irritated but I feel like I'm just gonna little bit lose it I know how to lift my hands I'm not I open it up my mouth and all I top it off when I feel like I had enough of okay I know how to praise I need a real people in this house right now come on and lift your hands one more time to him somebody needs a top offer here somebody is recognizing I I've been losing patience I've been feeling like God's not coming I've been getting discouraged I've been trying to fight but I'm discouraged I feel like certain promises are just never going to happen there's always a reason why I can't get it see the problem is some of you are watching God some of you watching people praise God they're topping off and while you're watching you ain't getting maybe you better get yours we're right in the middle of a gas station right now you better fill up cuz we bout ready to pull out the station and go down the road for the journey you better top it up Shecky Mario shake a lava a satire give somebody a high five and tell them through God I have the patience to wait come on tell them through god I've got the patience to wait don't you understand the longer the wait the bigger the blessing the longer I'm waiting the more the blessing is mounting up it's getting bigger and bigger and it's growing and it's becoming more intense it's going to be worth the wait God said I hear I hear I don't know what times you feel tired but I'm telling you what to do strengthen your patience I know the double ton oh we need some honest people right here I know the enemy taunts you speaks in your ears and telling you look at other people will point out even other people in the church you've been faithful you've tried and look someone just newly gets saved and comes in and it seems to get what you've been praying for they get that new car they get that husband they get whatever it is you've been wanting and you say I'm not angry about that God but pass me not oh gentle Savior hear my humble cry while on others thou art call a do not pass me by and the devil tries to make you feel like you're forgotten like you're just a face in the crowd and if God has some crumbs he'll throw some by you but God said I want you to understand Genesis chapter 8 verse 1 Genesis chapter 8 verse 1 I want you to see this scripture a moment we're coming back to Philippians in just a moment I know we're just on the second level of the ark with peace Genesis chapter 8 verse 1 I just want the first part of it and God earnestly remembered Noah when man I wish I could preach on when God remembers see you don't understand this because to you remembering means I forgot and it got recalled that's not what memory means to God it's when God puts it to the forefront and focuses on it Noah had been locked up in an ark for over a year and tossed by the waves and God put it to the forefront and said now it's time to move God remembered Noah and if you look at what this award then whatever the waters started beating when God remembered the water started going down when God remembers the situations that's falling when God remembers the trial starts coming down when God remembers the walls of Jericho have got to fall would God remembers yeah help photos about hallelujah come on shanell Emily Beck hallelujah Thank You long Thank You long whoo who oh come on God's giving strength for the journey here he's giving strength for the journey to shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord don't you let your dreams die now don't you let your hope die don't you let your prayer life die don't you let your faith die thou shalt not die if shelf you shall live put your hand on somebody's shoulder and tell them God said live God said live I know you've been feeling like you're gonna die but there's a word coming to you yeah I know you about ready to give up you felt like it was your last practice but let's live you Liz yes we in and out but that elephant is coming off your chest that that that weight that's felt so heavy like you couldn't breathe it's coming off you they'll lift a thing that had your mind so wrapped up it's coming off you live it's been like a turbine around your head live God's unraveling it live hello you I want you to lift your hands right now and I want you to hear before you start worshiping thank you so much for your worship but you need to hear this so you can grab it as you lift in your hand right now both of your hands I want you to hear what's happening in the realm of the Spirit the Lord is imparting peace some of you've been dealing with an internal civil war the North which is your head versus the South which is your heart God's getting ready to write you out a peace treaty between your mind and your emotions he's about ready to calm the turbulence of your emotions and all he needs for you to do right now if you don't even know what else to say just tell him thank you thank you for peace mozi that have the Holy Ghost let the tongues of the whole ago side of your mouth others come and change right here right now you now go with me to Colossians chapter 3 we're still in the second level of the ark but it is imperative it is imperative it is mandatory I'm not trying to stop your worship and your praise but God said this information is imperative and mandatory to sustain you Colossians chapter 3 verse 15 in the amplified bible it is imperative that you see what the peace of God the function of the peace of God this will help you to determine whether you possess that peace or not unfortunately sometimes what we have is what we call a pseudo peace in other words we kind of take a feel-good pill we feel good at the moment we feel peaceful at the moment but it really is not something that is established in our hearts and in our mind all right so Colossians chapter 3 verse 15 in the Amplified Bible I need you to see this and let the peace soul harmony did you just catch that see when you have peace your soul Greek word psyche we get our word psychology the realm of the soul is the realm of the mind and the emotions you have harmony what peace does is it brings harmony between your mind and your emotions one of the way you know you have peace because your mind and your heart aren't fighting your mind is telling you one thing and your heart is telling you another so your mind is telling you we need to go forth and do this your heart's going we've done that before and we've gotten hurt and I'm not doing it anymore your mind is saying you need to pray and ask God your hardest thing we've asked him we haven't received anything I'm tired of asking when you get peace you get soul harmony someone lift your hands and thank say thank you Jesus for soul harmony that's peace between my mind and my emotions my intellect my reasonings and my emotion you say man all right and listen to this now which comes from Christ rule did you catch that how this piece really comes is what the Bible said where the spear the Lord is there is okay now we know the spear the Lord is everywhere right let's be the Lord's in a prostitute's house right spear the Lord's in a crack house it come on don't tell me it's everywhere and then it's not there all right but there's not liberty there so what does that scripture really mean what that scripture really means is where the spear the Lord has been made Lord there is Liberty so wherever you will make whatever situation you will make him lord over they will come a piece from you installing him as Lord becomes a piece to you of soul harmony if you have not made him let you see what's happened to some of you you made them load over one situation but you didn't make them load over the other situation so you may have made them Lord of your marriage but you didn't make them load over your finances so you have a partial peace your peace about your marriage but you're troubled about your finances so wherever you install them as Lord in other words you put the problem under him and say I'm just gonna be your cheerleader go Jesus go I'm not gonna try to analyze it not gonna try to dissect it not gonna try to figure out I'm not gonna put it under the microscope I'm not gonna put on the slide I'm not gonna try to get down to the very of it I'm gonna lay at your feet praise you and worship you and know that you are Lord cuz God's looking at you going I got this give someone a message for God turn them and say God said I got this in other words I don't need your help with it I don't need you to try to figure it out I don't need you to analyze it I don't need you to dissect it I don't need you to try to come up with a solution to the problem I got this listen to what he says and this is very key to peace you got to hear this from the parentheses it acts is talking about the peace of God what does the peace of God do it acts as an umpire continually in your hearts listen deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your mind so when you have peace peace will quiet questions see the reason why you all many of you have question following question you don't got no peace so if you don't have peace you got questions but when you got peace you don't have questions who what about this and how about that where we gonna do this no no peace says I'd look at the Prince of Peace he got that I don't come on that's like your child trying to come up with the mortgage and the gas payment in the you you tell them baby you know cuz you know soon as your children come up to you and maybe you're paying bills and say mommy daddy what you're doing we're paying bills baby well what can I help you go home baby you're so cute sometimes I even bring out their little piggy bank and we'll go will this help you oh sure baby sure 35 cents sure sure he said well how can I help you say you say baby go go play and that's what God's going I got this you want to bring your little little jingles to the change you want to bring it to the table I got this what do I do to help you go pray it's so cute so God's telling you when you have peace how do I know I peace the question stop peace settles the questions with finality any questions that start arising pieces questions rise up that your mind can't figure out what your mind does is simply compare the question to God not to yourself see when you compare to yourself and I don't have an answer that I'm vulnerable and if I'm vulnerable I'm gonna get hurt but when I compared to God he has the answer cuz he is the answer now he may not revealed the answer yet but he will and when it until he reveals the answer he'll sustain me and keep me until he shows me what to do he's going to keep me and therefore I'm going to glorify Him I don't have to get upset about it I don't have to lose sleep at night I don't have to turn to all kinds of things and try to find some way to calm down my mind some of you bless your heart the only time God can talk to you is when you're sitting on the toilet because it's the only time you're near still become a captive audience any other time your mind so racing even some of you here's can't even get a holy event because God's trying to tell you I got this and what I really need for you to do is focus on me praise me and worship me and trust me in the midst of the storm can I read that from the beginning again and let the peace soul harmony which comes from Christ rule and act as umpire continually in your hearts see it's an umpire what do you mean umpire umpire is one that makes decisions between teams so between team heart and team mind the umpire is piece the umpire says whether they're out and whether they're safe and both teams abide by the ruling the umpire tells you who's out the umpire piece tells you that Fox out the umpire of the piece tells you that fraud is safe it's in the umpire tells you throw that thought of doubt out here don't you believe that that's the voice of the stranger the umpire piece said that's cop that's in hold that take that to home base which you take that back to the dugout of your soul yes so he said it's an umpire and what as an umpire does he decide what is it going to do as an umpire continuing your hearts deciding settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds listen in that people peaceful state to which as members of Christ one body you were also called to live and listen to this be thankful appreciative giving praise to God how often well got no money praise and baby thank him he will make a way out of peace gives you the confidence and the assurance but I don't know how I don't know when I don't know where I just know that he will say yes somebody lift your hands right now getting and glorify yeah just just just just just just just glorify comeback to Philippians which you chapter 4 where we were in the amplified version of the Bible we just were dealing with verse 7 verse 7 the first level of the ark petition which is definite requests the second level of the ark is peace how long do I pray and ask God about something until I get the assurance until the umpire of peace comes between my mind and my emotions until peace quiets my questions what is my call what is my ministry what am I supposed to do see what you need is some peace peace will quiet that question because peace will say if I will just do what he says and keep seeking after him he will make known what he wants at his appointed time he has an appointed time to reveal all of these things to me and if I will just seek his face remain faithful and remain obedient he will show me what he wants done until then I got peace folk asks you questions what you gonna do I don't know why don't you not know I got peace about it I got peace about everything is going to be alright I don't know how but everything is going to be listen to what he says verse 7 Philippians chapter 4 verse 7 in the God of peace shall be yours that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ and so fearing nothing from God being content with its earthly lot of what's a resort that it is that peace which transcends all understanding shall garrison that means a fortress it shall be a fortress and mount guard over your hearts and your mind in Christ Jesus not only is peace and umpire peace is a fortress it builds a fortress around your emotions and it's a fortress around your intellect so when stuff is trying to come from the outside see it's an umpire for what's going on in the inside but it's a fortress for what's going on on the outside so when the devil tries to throw thoughts at me there's a fortress of peace that he cannot penetrate so when I can't answer the question of how are things going to come together there's a fortress of peace that comes around my intellect and around my mind because this thing's coming from the outside in and what it begins to simply tell me is I don't have to figure it out and I don't have to worry about it and I don't have to see it through what I have to do is simply glorify Him what I have to simply do is lift my hands up that's why some of you need to learn from babies you know what a baby do they'll just lift their hands up to you and look up and say up huh you know exactly what they mean up and what they mean is pick me up pick me up from where I am and bring me to where you are some of you need to just lift both of your hands up to God and say up pick me up from where I am pick me up from the depression pick me up from the loneliness pick me up from the discouragement pick me up from the questions pick me up from the insecurity pick me up from the low self-esteem and bring me to where you are bring me to the PISA bring me to the security bring me to the strength bring me to revelation bring me to where you are up Jesus up get me up Lord pick me up unless Shikata general tso Chow and then only say up they know we put both arms up they don't put one arm up I'm telling you some of y'all need to learn from babies come on you don't put just put one on up come on put both arms up tell him um I just need you to pick me up right now I need you to embrace me pick me up embrace me I need the peace of God Lord to become a fortress a garrison mount guard around my heart and around my mind so that when things happen that I even was not expecting my peace is not shaken by outward circumstances so when someone comes and tells me offer says some cutting remark the fortress of peace does not allow it to penetrate the heart and the mind to the point where I lose peace and lose joy does not mean that there was not some cut or maybe some aspect of bleeding or hurting but P sustains me and says this is not a cut unto death simply get to the great physician and he will heal you and peace will maintain you until you get there thank you Jesus thank you Jesus can I get to the third level of the arc verse eight because now what do I do once I have obtained peace I moved to verse 8 for the rest brethren whatsoever is true or whatever is true whatever is worthy of reverence is honorable seemingly whatever is just whatever is pure what it was lovely and lovable whatever is kind wins some and gracious if at once out if if there is any virtue and excellence if there's anything worthy of praise think on way and take account of these things fix your minds on them now if you want to understand what this is the third level of the arc go to Isaiah chapter 26 verse 3 and you can look at that in the King James Isaiah 26 verse 3 I will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusted in thee so the third level of the Ark is perfect peace the first level was petition definite request the second level was peace the third level is perfect peace what that means is I must maintain the peace that he gives me what happens to some of you is you get peace when you pray but then when circumstance happen you then lose the peace you obtained so to have perfect peace you've got to put your mind on God and keep it fixed on the things of God which is to fix it on the word of God you don't put it onto the problem you put it onto the promise you put it on to what God has said now you've got perfect peace now I'm able to maintain the peace that I received when I prayed say yes finally let me come to verse 9 because now if you remember once the third level of the Ark is enacted now there were two things that were released the Raven and the Dove but listen to this verse 9 practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me model your way of living on it and the God of peace untroubled undisturbed well-being will be with you if you want to understand that peace that Psalms 119 now 165 well you can just throw 164 because it's good 164 psalm 119 King James Version psalm 119 164 and 165 164 says seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgment see what I do is I fix my mind on what God is saying I fix my mind and I praise them for it I don't just fix my mind on it but I begin to respond to what I have my mind fixed to now verse sick 165 is what this next level peace is great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them it means you have grown up into the peace of God to the point where that word offend means nothing causes you to stumble stumble is not even dealing with falling stumble means breaking the rhythm of your walk it means that you keep the rhythm of your praise nothing causes your praise the stumble nothing makes your praise stutter you keep the rhythm of your praise you keep the rhythm of your worship even when folk don't act right it we don't want we want to act crazy great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them so God is telling you here that I have heard you and I'm telling you to come up through this art and I'm telling you to get yourself to the top level I will help you and teach you how to maintain great peace so that when the devil says it's not coming up you tell the devil you got nothing to do with this this is between God and I and God is not a man that he should lie neither the son of man that he should repent has he not said and will he not do so what I'm gonna do right now is I'm going to begin to lift my hands up and I'm going to begin to glorify my god I'll do it in my bedroom yes I will I'll do it in my kitchen I'll worship and praise and write in my car yes I will I will glorify I'm not done I just quit today what you're telling God you need is an answer finances whatever the trial is issues questions that you want answered to God this is really not the problem because as soon as you get that question answer there's going to be another to answer so you never in a state of peace because all you do is go from question to question you say okay God thank you for answers but what about this don't Lee tell me this what's this and God's going listen to me if I can just bring you into peace if I can move you to perfect peace if I can teach you how to have great peace then you will be undisturbed no matter what the situation you shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters whose leaves also shall not wither and whatsoever thou do a shall prosper you will not be shaken and tossed like other people around you look like they're losing their minds but you will have a stable mind in the midst of unstable times and you will begin to be able to say though you slay me yet will I trusted you as the old Saints would say you can't make me doubt him cuz I know too much about him cuz I'm wrapped up tied up tangled up in Jesus wrapped up tied up tangled up in God lift your hands and worship him right now baby

Channel: Worship Center of Jesus Christ

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Keywords: fr. Gerald Jeffers, gerald, jeffers, dr jeffers, apostolic, preaching, pentecostal, ella jeffers, holiness, holy, old fashioned preaching

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Length: 63min 1sec (3781 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 14 2014