Habakkuk (Questions Asked/Questions Answered/Spirit Settled)

foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] no matter where you are gathered or how many are gathered with you are still his church you are still his church God's love hasn't changed it is unending it is infinite it is deep and believe when I say his love hour today power to free you heal you and to fill you and restore you God's mercy hasn't changed he keeps no record of wrong and his Mercy is new Every Morning the cross hasn't changed it's still there for you and for me no matter who you are or what you've done this is what we need to be reminded of today that wherever two or more are gathered in his name Jesus is standing in our midst this means the church hasn't changed the church isn't a building it is you and I together with the spirit of God living in us living through us so today as we come together as we worship let us be reminded that we are still his church God is here with us right now and no matter what your past looks like or how scary your future may be you can trust God you can trust God and because he is here with us we have everything we need today we are still his child we are still his church we are still his church foreign hey everybody I'm Jennifer Maggio and I am so excited to announce that the 2023 National single bombs conference is coming to Mobile Alabama we are excited to be partnering with Mount Hebron Church to see what God would do in the lives of single mamas all across this country we've got free child care we've got free meals we have swag bags for every attendee National Speakers worship and so much more single moms mark your calendar for Labor Day weekend 2023 and make plans now to attend it will book up it is absolutely free so no excuses Moms come see what God's gonna do this amazing Mighty weekend we'll see you there [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] let us go into the house of the Lord any glad people in the house this morning anytime people in the house this morning come on let's get glad about it today okay about it today [Music] but he didn't just stop right there he said [Music] unto God with the voice of Triumph how about they give the glory to that Hallelujah [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this is the day that the Lord has made and we're going to be excited about it we're going to be ignited about it we're gonna give God everything we have this morning because he deserves it Debbie for your loving kindness God we bless you for your Tender Mercies God we praise you for your loving kindness is better than life to us we thank you for allowing us this opportunity just to stand in your presence today father we love you with our whole hearts and we pray this morning that the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts will be acceptable in your sight today Father we lift up pastor Joe we lift up Pastor Linda we lift up the Mount Hebron nation and we thank you for this place this Sanctified place that we can come and worship freely father we give you praise today that lives are going to be changed people are going to be healed set free and delivered we thank you God that somebody is going to say I need to know this God that you guys are talking about I need him in my life I need him lies in a real personal way and so father we're not going to wait until it's over we're going to give you glory now we're going to clap our hands right now we're going to shout right now we're going to praise you right now we're going to give you glory right now we're going to open up our minds and declare your greatness right now thank you for our online audience we thank you for the people that are live streaming today and we pray that the glory that we feel in this house will be zeld in their house and when you get Glory now in Jesus name somebody said amen come on and bless the Lord this morning we are here to declare that God is great somebody shouted just say God is great say it again God is great [Music] come on okay [Music] [Music] replay [Music] [Music] me [Music] please [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you need to make [Music] babies [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] director [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we praise [Music] [Music] [Applause] and take me to be friends [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] how great is our God [Music] is our God [Music] how great is our God can we just sing the course how great come on sing with us this morning [Music] [Music] How great is our God the house this morning declare it in the house [Music] foreign [Music] I'll pray we'll see [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] Grace is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God and in the mountain of his holiness father we acknowledge your presence right now as the great God in this moment would you recalibrate us would you refocus us it's not unto us God but it's to your name be glorified whatever is out of order we decree order in Jesus name because the spirit of the Lord is healed to welcome your spirit we welcome you into our mind our thoughts and we ask you Holy Spirit help us to worship this awesome God this great God oh what a great God thank you we speak the name of this great God and two our homes our families our world our nation our schools our places of business hospitals jails wherever God streets the name of Jesus we ReSound from the depths of our soul be magnified Magnum glorified in the Earth today gone Hallelujah we love you Lord we love you and we tell you thank you for your greatness in our life in Jesus name amen and amen come on somebody help me bless him how about somebody help me tell them thank you and while we're at this moment before you move maybe somebody has come with a heavy heart would you just turn and gather with your three to five people just quickly just if there's a burden what's on your heart what will hinder you from worshiping to our family and friends at home take time take time right now and ask the Lord just take a few minutes and pray for one another ask their names and just pray intercede in the name of Jesus [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] yeah hate is our God sing with me how great is our God I'll always see how great how great [Music] come on I pray that you've laid it down lay it down lay it down Lay It Down Let It Go I'll pray [Music] sing with me see that thing perfect [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] we have been praying and praying and lifting up our brother Luke Luke is back this morning he is on the base this morning and we give God praise for being the great God that he is the healer is manifested right now in Jesus name can we give God a great praise [Music] Hallelujah [Music] Hallelujah for those of you don't know uh Luke had a kidney transplant and he now he and he's looking good he's not just bad he looking good and I guess he playing good oh he's playing good so we thank God he really is a great God isn't it a great dog so thank you Lord thank you Lord before you take your seats with you just air high five somebody I should take your seats this morning this presence of the Lord is here and you have such an anointing just speaking to somebody but change some things in their life just acknowledging somebody's presence because they maybe they feel unseen unheard but if you would just take on that role of speaking to somebody what a great day to be alive who knows who knows the things that we can see today of course we can encounter who knows are you looking for a miracle you gotta be looking for a miracle Hallelujah we love the Lord we thank him for his presence and his greatest to our friends and family at home we're so delighted that you're worshiping with us again today to our family in the house we bless God for you so so happy that you're here well right now we want to take time to Worship the Lord [Music] as you take time so prepare and get your seed ready to sow into the ground that's between you and the Lord there's a scripture in second Corinthians 9 6 a very familiar scripture but you know what this the word of the Lord it just refreshes itself if it ever start getting old then I'll tell you something but I need to do something because this word will last in it and during the test of time this scripture say but I say to you that he who so sparingly what will happen gonna reach sparingly so you get what you sown and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully Hallelujah so let each one give as he purpose in the pastor Hall in your own heart don't let the devil deceive you don't let nobody in the street that never honored your guard make you afraid to give a question giving a whole Christian Heritage is about giving because God gave His only begotten son for us so let's purpose in our heart what we're going to give not grudgingly on necessity for God loves what is he love a chair for Giver and right on that point I want to tell you about a cheerful Giver that's a part of the body of Christ of Mount Hebron I don't want to share their um their name or anything but they gave me permission to share that story this is a person who's been a faithful giver and I do want to add their single person and when covet happened you know things kind of got crazy but in 2019 their salary was 90 000 a year that's a lot of money isn't it have mercy and but they say God you know what I want to be a greater Giver I want to give more I want to you know greater salary well now in 2023 the raises and the increase and the favor but when I talked to him I saw that they worked as unto the Lord see it's not always about giving money but when you give your whole self and when you let the spirit of the Lord come in and work through you a salary and they gave me permission to say it's now close to a hundred and fifty thousand [Music] giving but giving unto the law and it's I don't stop at no 10 I ask the Lord whether you want me to give and they they working their thing and that come on bless the Lord for that kind of person that's bringing blessings on the body see that anointing acts a favor to the body and we thank God for him and I thank them for letting me share that part of their story if you're ready let's lift up everything we're giving and get your own attitude checked if you're talking about I don't really have it uh-uh attitude check because I'm giving unto the Lord oh God I bless you for the gift you've given us to give the seeds you've given me the soul and I thank you Father that you don't compare me so don't let me compare myself let me give what I am able to give not out of necessity nor grudgingly Because You Love A Cheerful Giver be glorified with our giving we pray an anointing on every seed God that the reaping will be abundant ly Bountiful in the name of Jesus For Your Glory God the advancement of your kingdom and the blessing of many people in Jesus name we sow today amen and amen the orphan buckets will begin moving from the inside out so into it with a heart full of gratitude toward our God our choir is coming back and then the next Fortune here will be that of our senior pastor pastor Joe God bless you today [Music] thank you the Bible gives us a foreshadowing of what is going to take place when we leave this realm and transition into the forever Realm with the father you can find in the Book of Revelation 19. where they are standing Before the Throne of God [Music] and the elders are casting down their crimes and there's a praise that is resonating all throughout heaven Hallelujah [Music] in a flat Hallelujah come on can we just worship Him Glory Glory Glory Glory Hallelujah [Music] thank you this is what they'll be saying Hallelujah salvation and Glory honor and Power [Music] now God for the Lord our God is might yes the Lord our God is omnipotent the Lord [Music] he is one the fall come on let's say it together [Music] say it again say hallelujah [Music] salvation and glory honor and power honor and power unto the Lord [Music] with the angels right now [Music] is [Music] the Lord [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] Hallelujah [Music] [Music] good morning [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh my God [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] please [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] let me say that no matter what situation we find ourselves in what season that we're in don't ever let your season or your situation make you think that God is Not wonderful you believe that don't ever let anybody make you think that he's not wonderful there are people that are singing today that you know there's just things you're sitting next to somebody that's probably there's some things people in the video boot sound booth there's band members there's things that their issues but it doesn't stop God from being wonderful amen Hallelujah you believe that amen well father while we stand in your presence we bless you and we thank you we pray that we have sung songs of Zion not to make us feel good but to let you know that we love you [Music] we've given offerings so that you could use them for the upbuilding of your kingdom not for a church but your kingdom whether that is to meet the needs of the folks that find themselves in despair whether that's Hawaii or some other place or next door to the church [Music] May the offerings that help your hands to extend to places where people will know that you are God and beside you there's no other you've allowed us to see what we prayed about and that you brought Luke back to us healed healthy in whole foreign and when the enemy kept telling him and his wife nah this is it the church kept praying and said now the best of him is Yet to Come and what of our own eyes we get a chance to see that I thank you for the healing that's on the person next to me behind me in front of me I thank you for what you're doing in their lives even the day God skipped me if you were going to bless me and I'd rather that go to my neighbor I want to esteem them and their needs higher than my own speak to us through the truth of your word today God and we pray that with all of our Gidding we'll have an understanding of who you are and who we are in you and we pray this today in Jesus name and your sons and daughters said amen amen amen welcome home how are you all is well good to see amen just want you to know that while you were going you're watching it on TV they had a guy up there but I was really playing it in the back and so so glad you're back habakka is where we add we've been going through the Minor Prophets and so today which we would normally do on Wednesdays at Bible study if the Lord says the same this becoming this coming Wednesday we'll deal with haggai and um Zechariah but today we'll do habakkuk amen if you have not been coming or you've been at least maybe doing the Bible studies uh on the live stream uh these are not books in the Bible that we're just like well they don't have anything else to do no these are every every scripture is truth every every book in the Bible is revealing the character of God and what God is requiring of us and how much he loves us and what he wants to do for us it's an Old Testament a season that the children of Israel find themselves in and God is raising up prophets to be able to speak to them and declare to them that God is God there's Minor Prophets that we've read about where God Has Told the children of Israel look he's a jealous God and he's jealous because you've let the blessings take the place of your relationship with God don't let your car your house your wife your children whatever it is don't let that get in the way of God don't let your circumstances or situations get in the way of you saying God I love you and I don't want anything to separate this relationship that we have and so habakkuk is one of those books he's a minor prophet and if you've been you know tracking with us during the Bible study a series of minor not because he's not or she's not important to God but mine are because of what because of the length of the writing a backup history chapters Isaiah is 66 chapters and so but all are important to the call that God has on their life so be careful when somebody call you a minor and be careful when when when you you feel like you major and you get all puffed up whether you're major or minor you can only operate under one spirit and and that's the spirit of God whether I'm on the platform or behind the camera or somewhere don't don't God called you to that and if God calls you to that I want to be well pleasing to God not to people so so so the Minor Prophets are not up in heaven organ and trying to say well you know what Daniel you might have had more books but you know if it hadn't been for me I was the one that said Joe would say that that that God's going to restore everything that you lost everything that the locusts have taken and so I don't believe they're up in heaven arguing about minor and major so when you think about habakkuk so take your Bibles or your phones or whatever means that you use for uh for your Bible I I'm old school so I still like to use the book um and we'll find that in habakkuk so we'll as we've been doing uh in Bible study on Wednesday it's only three chapters but there's some very uh interesting things about habakkuk uh habakkuk is a minor Prophet we really don't know a whole lot about him uh suffice to say that he is his name means embracer ought to embrace here's what's going on when habakkuk shows up on the scene when habakka shows up on the scene he uh you'll notice that the sermon title is questions asked questions answered and Spirits settled one of the things we're going to find out is is that it doesn't really matter how anointed you are God doesn't have a problem with you asking questions uh and we really knew to be able to help the body of Christ to know that you can ask God questions you're not going to insult him he's not going to make he's not going to think that well why would you ask me that I'm God he doesn't respond that way so you need to ask now it doesn't mean that you're going to get the answer you want but since you asked you're gonna get the answer that God wants you to have amen anybody okay with God's answer all right um and so but please ask and so here comes tobacco he is raised up his what what's happening in with with these um with God's the apple of God's eye well the apple of God's eye are the 12 tribes of Israel the apple of God's eye or the people that God moved from the hands of pharaoh uh to a land that he said to them I'm going to lay give you a land that's already been inhabited but it's for you yeah they tell me now used cars are are are a much hotter ticket than brand new cars So when you say to your friends or your family I got a new car and they reply and say in the use some things you just ought not tell people because you love your call you wash your car you vacuum your car and the people that show you your concert you got a good car here you know it with only had one owner and that owner to a good care you know you love to get the history but it's yours and whether somebody didn't use it or not is yours so be careful when people you know lip get all swirled up and look all Financial isn't that used and because God is getting ready to take the children of Israel to a place that had been used already ah see if you ain't never had a house and God opens up the door for you to get a house I'm not caring if somebody that lived in that house already because it's my house now and the Bible said he'll give you houses that you did not build lands that you did not oh come on y'all I don't have a problem so anyway God is now trying to telling them I'm going to take you to this place a landfill with milk and honey and uh it's just got great potential and the people that are living in it now it's amazing how when you get a used house the people that come back three years from now look at that house and go it doesn't look the same well that's because you didn't have the ability that I had to be able to do something and so God is saying I'm gonna give you a land that's already inhabited a land flowing with milk and honey but they don't have the ability to bring out the best in that so anyway um they get to this place uh you know and they're traveling God does all these great things for them and then they finally get the the houses and and then the next thing you know you know you go from from from Egypt to a five-bedroom house if you ain't got the right Spirit you'll get messed up I mean they went from Egypt nothing you know one bathroom you know 12 family members living in there now God doesn't move you to something that's got like six bedrooms four and a half bad three car garage you know whatever they call that stuff where they watch football I don't have one of those rooms but anyway man cave you get a man cave at some point you're gonna have a woman's cave but anyway uh and and they've just gotten beside themselves you know and so you know they were you know you know how you're praying for the healing of Luke now Luke's heal we stop praying and so they stopped with their relationship with the Lord then the Lord was jealous and he comes to deal with them and it's amazing because that's what we've seen as we've been trekking through the Minor Prophets that when people have stuff and keep getting promoted and and and they you know go from one big thing to a bigger thing but God's not involved they've gotten it by a hook or crook or or they have abused somebody else but they have the audacity to say the Lord is Blessing Me uh a tow passing Last Night Fate needed paper towels you know you School teachers y'all something uh and this is the school supply list now I know we're old but all we had to do was bring like the fat pencil a sharpener and some paper you guys tell us and look online in targets and then you vacuum cleaners paper towel toilet paper what like what does that have to do what's wrong with pencil any eraser and sharpener and I need some car mats for my car like God you could find all of that at targets but anyway uh I said Linda I knew I paid for paper towels it was late last night I went back to the store and I said hey could you check and see if I have paper towels on here I don't want to be buying again so no Pastor you don't have paper towels well who's watching God and I heard brother nesbian saying you know we got to get into the habit of right not ain't nobody looking I'm not going to no it just needs to become habitual that I don't just get kind on Sunday it's just a habit to be kind and ripe all the time and so when it looks like it's wrong rights gonna raise up and right's gonna say no you're not sleeping until you get this all right so uh here is habakka and the children of Israel have gone South uh the northern kingdom has already been taken captive that's 10 of the 12 tribes and now the southern kingdom is literally watching the behavior of the northern kingdom and thinking to themselves well y'all got caught We're not gonna get caught be careful that you don't get your example from people who are doing things out of the will of God and then they get caught and you say I'm smart enough I ain't gonna get caught and so they're watching and so here comes the prophet habakkuk and he starts to ask questions habakkuk chapter 1 verse one then the burden personally you have your mind then a burden on which the prophet habakkuk saw oh Lord how long shall I cry and you will not hear him even cry out to you violence and you will not say why do you show me iniquity and cause me to see trouble for plundering and violence are before me there is strife and contention arises therefore the law is powerless and Justice never goes forward for the wicked surround the righteous therefore perverse judgment proceeds by the way he's not talking about the folk outside the church he's talking about the people in the church and he's saying to God this is your church and you're letting all this kind of foolishness go on you want me to preach you want me to prophesy you want me to give people truth and they're still doing whatever they want to do to get whatever they want how long are you going to allow this I know you see what I see I know you see people shacking I know you see people that are confused about their sexuality but they want to be on the platform or sing in the choir or be also I know you see that I know you see pornography in the church but he's a preacher I know you see that somebody is sleeping you see all of that how long I'm not the only one that sees that God when are you gonna do something and then God so if you would write chapter 1 verses 1 through 4 just write in your Bible somewhere question and then we start looking at verse five right answer so God says look among the Nations and watch be utterly astounded for I will work I'll work in your days which you will not believe though it were told you for indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans and you could write the Babylonians a bitter and Hasty nation which marches through the breath of the earth to possess Dwelling Places that are not theirs they are terrible and Dreadful they are judgment and their dignity perceives themselves their horses also are swifted and leopards and more Fierce and even wolves they charge their charges charge ahead their Calvary comes from afar they fly as the eagle hasten to eat they all come for violence their faces are set like the East Wind he's now telling him I know I'm not moving as fast as you'd like me to move but I got this God is speaking to somebody right now that you're dealing with something and I know you're probably going what do you I know you see this God and God is saying to you and me I see it don't get frustrated that I'm not moving is fast as you would like me to don't give up on me because I'm not moving as fast as you'd like me to you don't seem to understand God I got to go to work and work with people that I know can't stand me that I know are stealing that I know are lying on me that I know are trying to get me out of this job that you put me in remember what you said that if God puts you there ain't no lie can take you out of there uh well wait a minute what about what happened with Joseph didn't he do Joseph we gonna get to him in just a moment but one thing about Joseph that when they lied on him he never stopped trusting God and so he tells them I got this then his mind changes and he transgresses and he commits offenses describing this power to his good God said in verse 11 I'm going to use them to straighten out my Folk the only problem is is that they're going to think it was their God that raised them up to deal with my folks sometimes when people think they're getting the best of you I'm just doing this for your own good well God's Not Gonna Let You Go but so far you know the scripture in the Bible that says and uh no weapon formed against you shall prosper if you read that intensely and slow down it is God that owns that Manufacturing Company where the weapons are formed okay okay if you take your time and read a little bit slowly you will find out that that new weapon formed against you so there is a company where weapons are being formed but the company that's forming the weapons are owned by God and so God knows that you know what I'm not going to let you go but so far and when you get beside yourself and think that it's your God that's coming against my people I'm gonna step into that situation sometimes you just gotta just just stand still and and see the salvation of the Lord and and look let the enemy get to a place where you say to yourself I think you're going too far um sometimes when they lie on you and instead of you going back and getting angry and raising your head and sweeping up and and moving your hand just step back a little bit and let your spirit say I think they're going a little bit too far you see when you get the message you know okay God's speaking I get the message but the enemy just kind of keeps going right next to verse 12 second question so in verse 12 now habakkuk is going to respond to God's reply to the first question and habakkuk says are you not from Everlasting oh Lord my God Holy One will we shall not die oh Lord you have appointed them them being the cow dance for judgment oh rock you have mocked them for correction you are a pure eyes than the than to behold evil and cannot look on wickedness are you ready for this circle why why do you look on those who deal treacherously and hold your tongue when the wicked devour a person more righteous than he let me see if I can get this I told you that the church is just a mess and they think that your favor is on them and they're hooking and cooking and doing you naming whatever they're big enough to do and I said to you you got me preaching you got me prophesying and lives are still not changing people are still on this and people are still doing that and you said I got this slowly roll and then when I said okay good but then you begin to tell me how you were going to handle this and you're telling me now I'm gonna raise up the cow dance and I'm gonna get the countdowns to get my folk back in order so he said to them now come on now the cow dens they're horrible they they're low down why would you get somebody to straighten me out that's worse than me I know you don't like asking God questions but you need to start asking God some questions but remember now if you ask him questions he is going to answer you're gonna use some people worse than us to straighten us out remember Isaiah we'll get to that scripture in a minute your ways are not my ways and your thoughts are not my thoughts verse 14 says why do you make men like fish of the sea like creeping things that have no ruler over them and he's continuing to describe these Chaldeans that the Lord is going to use when you move to chapter 2 chapter 2 says I will stand my watch now somebody write in your Bible this is now habakkuk speaking again I will stand my watch set myself on the rampart and to see what he will say to me and what I will answer when I am what's the next word what let's see if they put it on the screen we didn't get that can we get that on the screen can you read it for us I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart and watch to see what he will say to me and what I will answer when I am corrected somebody yell out break it down who is I who you think I is habakkuk come on we gonna walk through this I is her back so habakkuk says I'm Gonna Stand who is my habakkuk oh y'all think these are tough y'all got to come on Wednesday they're not that hard look on somebody else's paper and just ask him just it's okay to cheat just look on you just look on somebody else's paper I will stand match my watch and set myself who is myself oh boy you got to correct that tell your neighbor thank you for telling me the answer you set my mind on the rampart and watch to see what he who is he oh check it all out somebody giving you an answer you got the book right here in your hand and you see what he will say to who took about habakkuk and what who I will answer when I am what it's almost appears that habakkuk knows I'm not in sync with God I'm more in my flesh than I am in my spirit and to get out of My Flesh I need God's word to correct me I already know that I'm in my flesh I can tell by the things that I'm asking by the way I'm living my life by the things that I'm doing so I I need God to correct me so that I can get back under the influence of the Holy Spirit beloved this is so important for you and I now don't sit here like oh no I'm always walking in the spirit no no no no well let me just say this to you I'm not always walking in the spirit I want to walk in the spirit I want to yield myself so that when I see things on TV or anywhere else I'm being spirit-led and not flesh-led I don't want to be led by my experience I don't want to be led by what doesn't happen to me in the past that when I see a certain kind of people or a certain kind of situation that my spirit man wears up before my experience swells up oh I feel like you now habakkuk and that I will answer when I am corrected I know how I'm dealing with this it's not in line with the will of God and instead of running instead of stop coming to church and instead of stop leaving I'm gonna stay and be corrected oh God what kind of church would you have at Mount Hebron if we would not get mad if our lips wouldn't be tight don't tell me what to do no he said I don't think I got it right but I'm not leaving and I stand to be corrected somebody clap their hand and say I want to be corrected I would rather be mad but I want to be corrected I want to be corrected how to be a holy woman I want to be corrected how to be a holy man I want to be corrected how to have a marriage that's pleasing to God I want to be corrected in how to raise my children I want to be corrected and how to be an employee and not an employer if that's shooting they clap your hand somebody yell off correct me God he says I want to be corrected next verse verse two can we read verse two together ready to read stop you'll read that again one more time it sound good when you say it and one more time it was only to me when habakkuk said correct me that the Lord said now you're ready for the right answer as young kids growing up and we became teenagers we go to our room I want to hear what they got to say not realizing that they've done been wherever we trying to go and it's only when you make up your mind to come back out your bedroom all swole up sit down in the living room sit down at the kitchen and say I don't have this and I'm making a mess of this come on Mom and Dad come on Mama tell me because the scripture said when I knew now you were ready that you had an ear to hear what the spirit was saying in the church then then the Lord answered me when God go answer my prayer when you want it answered spiritually right we want God to answer our flesh he don't answer our flesh he said write the vision and make it plain on tablets that he may read who runs with it next verse for the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it will speak and it will not lie though it tarries wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry next verse Behold The Proud his soul is not upright in him but can they read it together so the question then is what is the vision well the vision is write down and let the people know that I love them too much to leave them where they are that I'm going to raise up an enemy who they probably are not going to like but I am going to yet that enemy bring them back to me and when they come back to me whatever that enemy has taken from them I'm going to give them double for that now notice what the scripture says we can't lose sight of this somebody say teach it look at what is the first three words of the first verse say come on let's read it loud now say to yourself I don't need that spirit I don't need that Behold The Prayer he told him the right division make it plain he said but I do want you to know something the proud Folk they ain't getting with that beloved of you sitting here today and it seems like there is just a little bit of a pride spirit father in the name of Jesus we pause we stop right now your vision is from Genesis to revelation but when we have a pride spirit we don't want to hear nothing you got to say and nothing that's written in this book father in the name of Jesus we repent right now live streaming inside the sanctuary somebody that'll watch it later on the problem that I'm having is not with the book it's with my pride I feel like I deserve this they ought to give me this God In The Name of Jesus if I continue to have this prideful Spirit it comes before the big form God let me be the latter part of this verse and not the first part of this verse because when I'm proud I don't want to hear what you got to say don't tell me nothing you can't tell me about my marriage you can't tell me about my manhood you can't tell me about being a wife you can't tell me nothing about raising kids you can't tell me nothing God God God I need to hear the vision I need to see the vision because I know that those that trust you shall live and will live by faith we rebuke the spirit of Pride Holiness now in Jesus name and every heart said amen hallelujah clap your hands that's it so he said but but the proud his soul is is not upright in him but the just shall live by faith that scripture to just shall live by faith is quoted three times uh in the New Testament mostly by Paul but when it's quoted it never attaches habakkuk's name to it it doesn't say and habakkuk said because it's not really it's not important about what we reveal I don't need you to remember pastor Joe Pastor Lynn or any ministers just remember God this ain't what pastor Joe say this is what God Said I'm not living by what passenger oh you know Pastor Lynn all the men know what did God say and be careful when you're giving people wisdom give them Godly wisdom and not your wisdom so they don't have to go back and say well you know so-and-so said no God said it and he talks about the vision as yet for a little while but the Josh shall lived I have faith verse 5 says indeed because he transgressed by wine he is a proud man he does not stay home and again he continues to talk about the proud man but that's the vision and then when you get the chapters the end of chapter 2 verses 6 through the end for the most part it now is where God is saying to them like Chapter 2 Verse 6 will not all these take up the Proverbs against him and a taunting riddle against him and say woe to him who increases what is not his how long and to him who loads himself many pledges and so now he is talking and again describing the attitude and the behavior of the Chaldeans or the Babylonians and God is saying woe to them and woe to them and wounded him uh woe to him who covets evil verse 9 gains for his house that he may set his nest on high that he may be delivered from the power of disaster whoa whoa verse 12 woe to him who builds a town with Bloodshed who establishes a city by Injustice the love be careful God sees and the Bible tells us in Genesis where Sarah told Abram listen I can't have no baby look you just here's my handmaid you sleep with the handmaid until she did she was able to conceive and then but but but but but boy Sarah treated her so bad that she just said I'm out of here I'm gone I don't need this I didn't even ask for this and she took off and she was ready to die and God sent the angel and said what are you doing control of all of this here's what I'm going to do I'm going to bless they're going to have a child and I'm going to bless that child and your child Ishmael he will be blessed as well but I can't bless the fruit of your womb if you keep yield into your flesh they made me mad she on my nerve your flesh will move you from the place where God wants to bless you you know what this is not about good preaching or good teaching this is about can I trust what I hear they that come to God must believe that he is God and that he is a rewarder of those that do what diligently seek the truth if I diligently seek understanding if I diligently seek Revelation he is a rewarder because like our Minister said not too long ago we can translate it we struggle with transferring it verse 13 behold it is not the Lord of hosts that the people labor to feed the fire in the Nations weary themselves in vain for the Earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God now verse 14 asktricate Circle it highlighted God is saying in the midst of all of that craziness that the Chaldeans is doing I I got it God is seeing the people that are evil and low down to you I see and you need to be like a backer well if you see it won't you do something and then he said yeah I am going to do something it's amazing that when um when when God told Moses I want you to go tell pharaoh to let my people go and and Moses went and Aaron was there you know the story and when he gets there he goes up to a pharaoh let him go let God's people go more Pharaoh got indignant he got mad he got angry and he said boy where you coming from better get on out my face y'all to be glad I ain't handcuffing you cause the word is out that you killed one of my men and then you got the audacity to come back in my courtroom and my Palace to tell me some God that I don't have no idea who he is where's his statue at get out of here you don't insulted me and when he made Moses leave he told his servants he said hey the Egyptians tell them I won't double the amount of bricks but I ain't gonna give him no straw imagine them people told me look bro I don't know where you came from once you're going back where you came from you didn't come at all this old God stuff you'd have made the enemy even matter you didn't make the enemy even where you're going with this pastor remember verse 14 for the Earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord and the waters covered the sea God said I want my enemy to get so mad so mad so proud and then I'm gonna stop step into your situation and and so when when the three Hebrew boys told Nebuchadnezzar nah we we can't um we can't do no dance when you love music come on we can't do that what you mean you can't do no no um how God gonna take care of us do whatever you got to do and then because every time I'll give you one more chance if you don't do what I say do I'ma turn this heat up and I'm gonna make it hotter than it's ever been now get on in there now what you got to say to that and they said well we really don't have a whole lot to say Nothing's Gonna Change so you got to get to a point in your relationship with the Lord that no matter what the enemy goes you go nothing has changed you you got to get to a place you gotta walk with the Lord so much so that when the enemy make it worse when the enemy make it happen what you gonna do now same thing I did the last time I'm Gonna Get Up On My Knees I'm gonna pray I'm gonna say the Lord I love you I thank you and I bless you have your way in my life oh anybody look at your neighbor say Satan I'm gonna say the same thing I'm gonna say the same thing look at your neighbors I'm gonna say the same thing I'm gonna say for God I live and for God I die I'm gonna say the same thing I'm gonna say the same thing a thousand may fall on one side ten thousand on my right but it shall not come now my dweller I'm gonna say the same thing that the Lord is good and he's worthy to be praying tell your neighbor I'm gonna say the same thing about my God bring the cancer report he's a Healer he's a deliverer he's a wonderful counselor he's a mighty God he's a Everlasting father he's the Principe high five you'll never say I'm gonna say the same oh now you do know that that's gonna make the enemy matter and so it made the intimate matter and and listen uh I've never pronounce it'll say throw them in there and when the guy went there to open up to open up the whatever that was to throw him in there he died you missed that let me try that one more time how many Holy Ghost so your boss was trying to kill them made the thing hot furnace whatever you want to call it made it harder and then he told me go open it up when I got close enough to it and put my hand on it what was intended to kill them [Music] what was intended to kill them God Jesus what was intended to kill them kill me high five your neighbors say I got that I got that I got that I got that and then the Hebrew boys went inside next thing you know ain't nobody dying [Music] you know your pastor always like getting actors I need at least three guys that know how to dance You Think You Can Dance with them crutches on but if I asked for three women they jump right on up here come on Daniel come on Greg oh report for Duty oh y'all about to lose our mind up there ladies and gentlemen if you ever want to know who taught Michael Jackson all of his moves okay don't mess him up but Craig he ain't gonna mess you make you look back I promise you ain't gonna make you look all right so here they are and they're all in the furnace and the next thing you know Jesus shows up come come on man you can be Jesus boy you fix the fence all the time just come be Jesus don't nobody else fix my fist but you You Ain't Gotta Dance Just untie us or you love being Jesus honey all right so would you go behind us and just unties not you us all right I'm good and untie them guys and you stay up here okay when they look it up back at them again they was they was dancing it's your turn they were dancing they were dancing all right let me get the dancers to leave now that's a little risque they were dancing in the furnace I bet you know Church in Mobile God where we got baby uh anyway Pastor Linda going I don't know what women I could do to get up here to do that lissandra they could anyway come on back cause y'all looking at but you know now if you remember verse 14 verse 14 said look I'm gonna make sure when it's all said and done they gonna know who I am the Bible said never can there's a look in there said hey didn't we put three it looks like four and the fourth one looks like the sun now how does know what the Son of God looks like unless the glory of God revealed to him touching my prophets and do them no harm do you know he said let him out and when they came out it smelled like they had been through nothing and then Nebuchadnezzar wrote a decree let everybody in my kingdom know that Daniel Shack racked me Shack and abednegoat they served the only truth and living God I'm telling you whatever you're dealing with God's gonna make sure that when you come out of that thing everybody gonna know who your God is somebody made some noise everybody don't know who your God is well your pastor time is up and hopefully uh Luke can get the rest of the band to come up and I don't know uh where Russell come on pestle in I'm done and so uh read read her back and now we didn't get to chapter three and I just wanted to say I told Beverly on the notes put put put chapter three put clothes in verses 16 7 and 18. can we get come on Daniel can you get your homeboys and tell them to come on up uh come on Pastor so in verses 16 17 and 18. all right look at where we got when I heard my body trembled my lips quivered at The Voice rottenness entered my bones and I trembled in myself that I might rest in the day of trouble when he comes up to the people he God will invade them with his troops this is this is verse 16 is uh habakkuk talking no band Yes man we need a band got to have a band though the Fig Tree may not blossom nor fruit be on the vine though the labor labor and the fields yield no food though the flock may be cut off from the Foe and there be no herds in the stall now stay up there I need Russell in the band uh verse 17 is where now habakkuk is saying is settled God is who he said he is I don't have to question him anymore it doesn't matter what I'm dealing with and what I'm going through I'm good you know what beloved Pastor Lynn and I our prayer for you and we want you to pray for us that we'll get to a place in our relationship with God that we could be like Paul I'm content whether I have a lot or I have a little I'm content we pray for us it because we pray for you that when you have the spirit of David that yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I've never been here before I've never been told I got cancer no Russell I need you Russell get your money I never been told I got I've never been told I had this but yea though I walk in a place where I've never been before yeah I go through a circumstance or situation that I've never been before I will fear no evil because when I had it all God was with me and the same God that was with me when I had it all is the same God you're not going to the doctor's office by yourself you're not going to the landlord by yourself you're not going to the car dealership by yourself you're not going to the bank by yourself yeah though I walk through the valley of this I will fear cause somebody say the same God verse 18. yet somebody's screaming out with Kenny yet somebody screaming out yet well I rejoice in the Lord I will join the god of my salvation habakku say I get it now I get it I trust you I understand it and even when I don't see you I know you're still there I know that nothing will ever separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus and if God performed it and if God be from it and if God be from it and if God be from them who who who can be against me that joke could unwind from asking questions and getting answers and now he's singing the Praises of God and he's saying email have rent money I'm gonna keep saying it even if they treat me bad on the job I'm gonna keep singing verse 19. the Lord God is my strength he will make my feet like dear feet and he will make me walk on my high heels and he will make me walk on what and he will make me walk away and he will make me walk away and he will make me walk where that no matter what you're trying to bring to me Satan I can still have the ability to climb and be where God want me to be oh God because that Hill is my Hill say your neighbor that's mine that's mine I don't care what you're trying to do to stop me from getting it God said that's a man that's man look at your neighbors hey don't stop walking don't stop moving don't stop walking don't stop moving now now this is come on Pastor Lynn this is crazy so your uh your past is old now so I do a a lot more research than I've ever done before The Aladdin more research shame to say and in this in the in in looking at research that's something it said that the deer can be what God created as a wow goat and I went what I say dear it don't say wow goat he said a wild goat but wild goats are not like other goats and it began to describe that a wild goat God orchestrated a wild goat that it would have the kind of feet and I'm reading going what it was like it had the latest Michael Jordan shoe it it was it had it had it God created them to have different kind defeat so that if they had to move and get to high Terrain they would not stumble and even if the mountains started shaking and rocks started rumbling their way it wouldn't stop them because they could plant their feet on Solid Ground and plant their other feet I dare you to stand up and plant your feet and tell your neighbor I'm gonna get to where God wants me to get because I got some wow goofy my feet are firmly painted I am settled in the word of God I'm gonna step been it where God want me to step I'm on get to where God wants me to get stay standing and come Pastor Linda stay standing where's Russ you know what if I could sing I would tell him the key to put it in but if I told him a key I'd probably do is like Z but there is a song that that you come on praise him that that when you sing that song it reminds me of what happened with habakkuk that habakkuk said you know it's settled in my spirit I got it and when I feel like I'm far away and I want to get close to God praise is what I do when I wanna be close to you [Music] praise is who I am I praise you wow I can't I endless [Music] [Music] through the good and a bad I praise you whether happy or says I praise you [Music] because I go through because [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] please [Music] [Music] in the world [Music] wow [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah Glory Rebecca the Lord has used habakkas writings this morning his name means means brace he Embrace what God Said rather than how he felt or the circumstances that's what a yet prays praise even though there'll be no figs on the vine no cattle in the stalled no money in the bank no children in the bedroom no what happened I will yet Praise Him because I embrace I pull into my bosom What God Says more than what I feel what I think what I want right now beloved would you embrace the voice and the spirit of the Lord what is my response to this message am I do I need to humble myself like the Babylonians because if I don't I'm gonna have the same end it won't be good do I need to humble myself and draw near to God so he could draw near to me he know [Music] beloved if you're in a hard place today this is the time to praise this is the time to lift your hand and say thank you Jesus Hallelujah anyhow but if you have not given him your life if you've not embraced him as your lord and savior everything else will pale in comparison come to Jesus right now before they begin to sing again come give him your life come get connected to the body we are the family of God and if God is leading you here by his Spirit don't let anything hold you back and if you need prayer as Russell sings it again for us beloved listen to the spirit then Embrace him and Obey amen come on brother Russell please come on everybody come on help me [Music] declare your goodness today God [Music] please [Music] the most higher what a privilege with honor to bless your name [Music] Hallelujah Hallelujah as the Holy Spirit just begins to Menace continues to minister in every heart we just want to tell you thank you God for your word may it bring you some 30 60 and 100 for return in the name of Jesus Amen and amen you could take your seats for a moment we want to share a few announcements uh some changes that need to happen today today we want to just remind you parents that youth Ministries back in session at 11 A.M today at the bright spot make sure your children are over there please please please today the nursing home Ministry is changing dates and time starting today they're going to do the ministry at the nursing home at uh at 11 30 11 15 or 11 30. today but I'm sure if you can go with them they will love it we don't want yes we could send one or two people yes the law will work but can you imagine being bound in the nursing home and having somebody coming with a heart to want to come and help me to worship God on a Sunday if you can especially you have gifts you can sing you a prayer or you just have that Ministry with a heart like God and you want to be there would you please uh see Minister Peggy before you leave today today the women's Fellowship that's led by our young adults and our Esters will take place at 5 PM the Jews are gonna come into the same fellowship with us and because we've had one of a couple units to go down at the bright spot we will now be over here in the Family Life Center so it's for every woman where we will have child care young adults we don't want you to be left out if you have young children come today we'll be right here at five o'clock our young adults are presenting the presentation they are just so excited and we are excited to embrace them so join us today at 5 pm pickleball pickleball we're gonna move it to Monday nights for the next three Mondays because the people we're getting the demonstration have mercy uh so people who've been working they said they wanted to be with us so tomorrow night at 6 00 pm at the bright spot hopefully we can use it it'll be good enough for us to be in there at um six o'clock on tomorrow evening pre-marital classes this week uh if you're planning to come please go to the desk and sign the list it's at uh the next two Thursdays at 6 p.m right in the Family Life Center Sunday school seminar next Saturday at 9 00 a.m if you are a Sunday school teacher or have desire to be a Sunday school teacher would you please attend that seminar it will be over here the home of Grace fundraiser is going to take place um on Tuesday September 12th we will be asking for volunteers to help serve so put that on your radar today there's a another opportunity the kingdom Covenant connection does a Unity walk every September and there is three days and they're needing volunteers and so we'll have their volunteer coordinator out there Nancy averhart and you could go out there and see the many opportunities if you could help serve to be a part of it's a wonderful uh city-wide event so please stop at the table we are um letting you know that the 2023 volunteer appreciation um event will be a luncheon this time and it's going to take place on September 16th mark your calendars it's going to be western style so we invite you to come western style dress I mean nothing don't nothing's mandatory we're just having fun together as as volunteers at Mount Hebron but we want you to go in and mark your calendars for that luncheon 11 A.M on September the 16th finally The Single Mom's um conference is coming to Mount Hebron on September 1st and 2nd now I really don't want you Mount Hebron to say water sugar please go online there are just a few spots if you are a single mom it is totally free I think all the child care slots are closed but ask anyway everything is free you have people nationally coming in to do this conference at Mount Hebron and God forbid if we don't have the moms at Mount Hebron that could reap from this to not be present so please go out and sign up if you have girlfriends that single mom they are welcome to come it's not just a mount even bring your friends from other places and let's enjoy these blessings we are praying with Ryan Ryan and kokisha Foster in the passing of their loved ones let's keep them in prayer we're also praying for uh Miss flows I think it's let me get it and read it her grandson was hit by a car and uh he said to have surgery on his arm he has a fractious scapula rib and hip and so he's in Virginia so we're believing with Miss Flo for a miracle even now for a Maxwell Maxwell be healed in the name of Jesus and we're praying for Henry who's asking for prayer for his family so we're setting our faith with Henry Hallelujah for healing in his family in Jesus name well they stand together Pastor Lindo ask the blessings on them and the just shall live by faith faith in what the vision and has been written and notice what God told um habakkuk he said listen don't make it so hard make it plain that day that said read it with their spirit can run with it when you're sharing the gospel make it plain and as they said in the men's bible study sometimes people would rather see the scriptures come out of us by the way we live our lives then the scriptures that come out of our mouth remember the proud don't want to have nothing to do with this but the just shall live by faith praise the Lord was it a great word are you determined by the help of the Holy Spirit to try to live it out or you're going to try to embrace it come on tell the lord lord it's my desire to embrace this word and let it manifest through me in Jesus name lift up your hands father thank you for being our very present help thank you God now we as father as we depart from this place that you will bless us and we know you will that you will keep us and certainly we know you will you will make your on us and be gracious to us you you weeds over us and give us your peace we believe it and we receive it and embrace it say in Jesus name in Jesus name in Jesus name amen and amen we love you God love you greater have an awesome week in the Lord see you at Bible study [Music] still [Music] summer in my mind [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey everybody I'm Jennifer Maggio and I am so excited to announce that the 2023 National single moms conference is coming to Mobile Alabama we are excited to be partnering with Mount Hebron Church to see what God would do in the lives of single mamas all across this country we've got free child care we've got three meals we have swag bags for every attendee National Speakers worship and so much more single moms mark your calendar for Labor Day weekend 2023 and make plans now to attend it will book up it is absolutely free so no excuses Moms come see what God's gonna do this amazing Mighty weekend we'll see you there [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music]

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