If God Be For Us - Pastor Joel Urshan

so don't fear i will be yours [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is i am [Music] so don't fear [Music] is for me [Music] [Music] oh [Music] heaven's done [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] jesus [Music] thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] so thank you jesus [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] she's [Music] glory to god hallelujah hallelujah let's call upon our lord this morning hallelujah thank you jesus thank you for this day we've never seen before god be coming to your house lord god forgetting all our problems but casting all our cares upon you jesus for we know that you care for us lord god hallelujah your desire to give us good things god all perfect gifts come down from the father of lights lord god hallelujah you are the author and the finisher of our faith hallelujah we look unto the hills from which cometh our help god hallelujah you are our provider you are our healer lord god you are our sustainer and we thank you in the name of jesus we magnify you this morning hallelujah somebody came here with a praise on their lips let's give them praise this morning glorify him give him praise that he is due hallelujah god you are worthy lord god hallelujah this is a day that we've never seen before hallelujah let's magnify the lord together hallelujah in the name of jesus in jesus name [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] but i'm [Music] this world can have it all it [Music] jesus the one who broke only one for me [Music] [Applause] this world is not my home i am just passing earthly trash [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] jesus give me [Applause] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Applause] [Music] [Music] come on in this hour that is our answer give me jesus it's not the liberty that we get it's been the son and his name is jesus come on and lift your hands and say give me jesus you are forever you are forever you are the one that i run to you are my treasure you are my treasure the only lasting thing is you you are forever you are forever you are the one that i run too you are my treasure you are my treasure you usually fail for you remake you are my treasure you are my treasure heaven and earth will pass away forever [Music] give me jesus give me jesus the one who broke these shapes and took away my shape that is jesus [Music] jesus [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey [Applause] [Music] food this morning hallelujah the bible says he that hungers and thirsts at the righteousness shall be filled hallelujah phillips this morning hallelujah glory anisio hallelujah i need him in the morning need him in a new day i need him when the sun goes down give me jesus hallelujah give me jesus hallelujah thank you lord hallelujah he's the one who can calm this raging sea hallelujah he can break and bless bread and multiply i'd rather have jesus you can take this whole world hallelujah but give me jesus hallelujah give me jesus glory to god glory to god hallelujah hallelujah you have people online for vaccines you have people aligned for food you have people in line there's a lot of things going on in the world oh that's fine but give me jesus glory to god hallelujah give me jesus glory glory glory it is prayer time i just want to share a testimony and i know everybody's testimony might not be mine and i'm i'm i'm cautious of that this morning but you know this this past month statistically it said that it was the most deadliest month this this year so far or as far as the pandemic is concerned this past month i had 10 members of my family that was diagnosed with this this virus and i thank god that out of my family between 4 and 84 everybody is fine everybody came through and i praise god for that i thank him for that hallelujah people will pre-condition pre-existing conditions and everything and i understand this morning that there might not be everybody testimony in this place i understand that and and and and and in the middle of the trial my own trial i i i a song came to my mind he's the god of the heels and he's the god of the valleys amen hallelujah you might be on the hilltop this morning and praise god thank god let's magnify him for all his goodness but this morning you might be in the valley and i i understand that but there is a lily that grows in that valley amen sit there and watch that beautiful thing hallelujah give me jesus hallelujah no matter where i am hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah you might be in a valley of decisions you might be in the valley of mourning you might be in the valley of trial but know that god is with you he said i'll never leave you i'll never forsake you amen and for us that is on the mountaintop let's give him praise like never before hallelujah this is the day that the lord has made let us rejoice let us rejoice no matter where you are let us rejoice and be glad in it hallelujah let's call on his name together as a church as one body hallelujah for those who may be hurting for those who have needs god we come before you lord god boldly before your throne of grace in the name of jesus god is your children lord god as those lord god air of salvation lord those that you have washed and purchased with your own blood lord god god i ask right now in the name of jesus that your blood cover your people and that your blood prevail in this place in the name of jesus god before we ask you for anything god we want to thank you for everything lord hallelujah you are the source of our supply lord hallelujah we magnify you and we lift you high this morning god there are those who may be sick among us lord god there are those who may be down in spirit god god i rebuke the cores of the enemy that try to bound your children lord god be the lifter of our hands this morning that we have magnify you we are glorify you god touch lord undertake lord in the name of jesus god you are a good god you are worthy to be praised god we will magnify you in this place we will lift your name on high god and as we lift your name lord draw unto yourself sanctify break change lord god deliver in the name of jesus in jesus name we pray in jesus name we pray in jesus name and keep you make his face shine upon [Music] face lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon [Music] come on let's say that again [Music] and be gracious [Music] amen [Music] make his face [Music] oh let's say that again [Music] hallelujah make his face shine upon [Music] come on and lift your hands you know the part that says amen let it be god let it be soul [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] one more time [Music] now listen sometimes we say the word a man we don't really know what we're saying but when you say our man you are saying i agree with your will god whatever the situation whatever the circumstance thy will be done nevertheless not my will but thy will be done when we are saying god amen we're saying so be it i know what the world is saying i know what people are saying i know what the doctors are saying but oh man jesus a man to your will to your way a man to your promises to your grace i don't know about you but i was heavy in my heart but when i came into the presence of the lord i realized this favor when i say amen so just for a moment why don't you just lift your hands all over this building and [Music] whatever you're going through whatever [Music] come on [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i love this part because it's a declaration it says may his favor be upon you and a thousand generations and your family and your children and their children and their children i would say again may his favor be upon you and a thousand generations and your family and your children and deaf children help me sing as families [Music] and your family [Music] your children and your children and their children [Music] is [Music] [Music] with your family [Applause] [Music] within [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] and their children may his praise [Music] he is full [Music] [Music] oh [Music] reach forth your hands unto him and give him praise today come on reach forth your hands and your voices unto the lord and give him praise today hallelujah hallelujah come on let him know i love you jesus come on let him know i praise you jesus i praise you jesus all across this house all across this building come on i love you lord and i praise you lord oh hallelujah come on lift up your voice unto him and give him praise right now lift up your voice unto him and give him praise put your hands together and give him praise shout unto him rejoice before him praise him hallelujah i want us to sing this song again i want us to sing this song again but this time i want you to claim it for you and your family i want you to claim it for your children even if you don't have children yet claim it for them right now in the name of jesus claim it for the children you do have who are now serving the lord in the name of jesus reach out unto god and say lord i receive the blessing of the lord in my life and in the life of my family may his favor be upon you may his favor be upon you in the name of jesus come on if you need the favor of god in your life reach forth your hands unto him lift up your voice unto him [Music] hallelujah their children made his favor be upon you and a thousand generations and your family and your children [Music] [Music] around [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] um [Music] um can we lift up a praise unto the lord can we lift up our praise come on put your hands together and give him praise [Music] come on put your hands together all across this house and give god praise bless it be the name of the lord blessed be the name of the lord bless it be the name of the lord oh hallelujah oh hallelujah can we can we just lift up our hands unto god right now and praise him one more time we thank you jesus and we give you praise we thank you jesus and we give you praise hallelujah hallelujah come on all across this house go ahead and give him praise in the name of jesus [Applause] for the lord is good his mercy is everlasting his truth endureth to all generations there is nobody like unto the lord our god i said his truth endureth to all generations there is nobody like unto the lord our god blessed be the name of the lord we're so glad that you're here today can we give all of our guests a great big hand clap of welcome and appreciation for being here today at the tree of life church the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations and we believe that you were here today because god wants to minister to you and we're so thankful to have you with us and god is so good i i am personally very grateful to be here this morning and i have missed all of y'all and i'm so glad to be back in the house of god man i was itching to preach over these last two weeks and uh i just you know god is good and the prayers of the saints of god are so precious and so wonderful and i'm thankful for all of those who were filled with the gift of the holy ghost over the last couple of weeks and baptized in jesus name there is none other name none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved and i'm thankful to all of our ministers who preached and taught brother colberth brother tierney brother azalene great evangelist that came through we're thankful to all who ministered we we give god the praise for that and and god is just good to us he is just good to us i i want to read this morning from the book of genesis chapter 11. i'm going to begin reading at the first verse can we give our worship team a great big hand what a beautiful presence of the lord is in this place thank the lord amen we thank god for our singers and our musicians who got up early and braved the elements and got here to to be prepared to sing unto the lord and to lead us and worship amen and all of our greeters and connect point and sunday school teachers god bless each and every one of you amen genesis chapter 11 beginning with verse 1 the whole earth was of one language and of one speech and it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plane in the land of shinar and they dwelt there and they said one to another go to let us make brick and burn them thoroughly and they had brick for stone and slime had they for mortar and they said go to let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach into heaven and let us make us a name lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth and the lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded and the lord said behold the people is one and they have all have one language and this they begin to do and now nothing nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do go to let us go down and there confound their language that they may not understand one another's speech so the lord scattered them abroad from fence upon the face of all the earth and they left off to build the city therefore is the name of it called babel because the lord did there confound the language of all the earth and from fence did the lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth i want to read to you uh also from the book of romans chapter 8 and and just one verse of scripture romans chapter 8 i want to read verse 31 of the book of romans chapter 8. romans chapter 8 and verse 31. it's it's a beautiful verse of scripture and i want to read it to you today what shall we then say to these things if god before us who can be against us hallelujah i want to just preach to you for a few moments this morning my first sunday back after covet i'm going to preach to you if god be for us if god be for us hallelujah how many know god is for us hallelujah it's more than a song it's a statement of our faith if god before us lord we love you we thank you for your word we thank you for your presence that is so beautiful in this house we thank you for the spirit of the lord that has moved among us and we pray that you will continue to move through the preaching of your word help us to receive of your word and of your spirit i pray in the name of jesus christ that you will cause us lord to stand upon the high ground of your promise and to move forward in jesus name with the blessing and the favor of the lord and everybody said in jesus name everybody say it again in jesus name amen god bless you in the name of the lord you may be seated in jesus name i want you to to know that we are on good track to begin our building of the new worship center and family fellowship center in the spring of 2021 can we give god praise for that that's a wonderful development amen we have some more we have some more giving to do the giving campaign continues and we're going to reach our goals in jesus name and i want to encourage you to continue to give as you had pledged unto the lord go ahead and fulfill that commitment as you can and and pray about how the lord will lead you and guide you to to give unto him we've been in a season of sacrifice and 2021 is already looking so beautiful and so wonderful god has great things in store for us we've been looking at different buildings throughout the scriptures and and seeing some who who were involved in construction work perhaps no one is more no one is more fascinating to consider than this man that we're reading about by the name of nimrod we're so glad to have sister tammy barrack here from cypress girl fellowship amen sister caitlin kovach's mother god bless you amen nobody more fascinating in the scriptures than nimrod who was the king of babel he was from the land of shinar he was one of the architects of of a great city in the scriptures one of the one of the very ancient cities recorded in history and and this man is known as a mighty hunter the bible said he was a mighty hunter before the lord he was he was mighty in the earth he had great capacity and great capability and and where we find him in this passage of scripture was was his leadership of a building project where that he rallied the people and they built a a tower and a the tower was designed to reach unto the heavens it was actually perhaps the first skyscraper i don't know how many stories high it was i don't know how tall it was but but their desire was to build something large enough high enough big enough to reach the heavens and so this was nimrod's goal and this was this was what nimrod began to do and it was so significant what he attempted to achieve that it it actually it actually gained the attention of god god was watching what nimrod was doing and the lord took special note of the fact that they had come together and were going to build a tower to reach into the heavens and god was actually he's kind of impressed he said this is actually pretty amazing what they're doing down there he said as a matter of fact and probably one of the most amazing statements in the bible from the lord he said nothing they imagine to do will be restrained from them they can accomplish anything with the principles and the dynamics that they have mustered and are applying to this building project he said look this this is unlike anything any human being has ever done before and and and there's nothing that they will be restrained from doing he said i want you to notice they have one language the whole earth was one language now today 2021 the earth is filled with many different languages you can go to certain parts of the earth and and speak with people and you will not understand them and they will not understand you because they grew up speaking a particular language you grew up speaking a particular language and so you don't have the ability to communicate back and forth because the languages are different throughout the earth and that dynamic started in genesis chapter 11. the lord said they've got one language the whole earth was one language but then it said the whole earth was not just of one language but the whole earth was of one speech so not only was it one language but it was of one speech as well so so the language is the difference between language and speech language is the lexicon from which people can can uh draw it's the vocabulary that everyone has in common it's it's the reservoir of words and concepts and ideas that are that have been articulated that people can use to speak but but how they use that vocabulary and how they use that lexicon is a completely different story that is where speech comes from so it depends on how they use the language that they have this particular group of people who created a a place a tower a city called babel they were of one language but not only were they of one language but they utilized and leveraged that language to employ only one speech they all spoke the same language and they all singularly focused and honed their speech in on a certain way of using that particular language they didn't use every element of that language they didn't use every word of that language they were focused in what they said and how they utilized the vocabulary that they shared they also said this they said let us make a name for ourselves so they had one name they had one language they had one speech and they had one name they were people who were from babel they were babylonians they had one name they shared one language they spoke one speech they had one name they were building one city and inside of that one city they were building one tower that would reach unto the heavens jesus said one place he said let thine eye be single what he meant by this was focus let your eye be focused don't be distracted by so many different things but but let your eye be singularly honed in on one thing the bible talks about one thing the psalmist said one thing have i desired of the lord and that well i seek after that i may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the lord and to inquire in his temple the apostle paul said this one thing i do i count not myself as to have apprehended but this one thing i do i press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of god in christ jesus hallelujah one thing as a matter of fact when martha was troubled about mary not helping in the kitchen and clearing of the table and instead mary was sitting at the feet of jesus just listening and hanging on to every word that he spoke martha said jesus tell her to come and help me and jesus said martha you are careful and troubled about many things but but but mary hath chosen that good part that shall not be taken away and it is one thing he said that is needful at the end of the day ladies and gentlemen it is one thing that is needful it is one thing we should desire it is one thing we should press toward and nimrod was able to gather and collect people to say look we've got to be of one language we've got to be of one speech we've got to be of one purpose we're building one city we're constructing one tower we've got to have one name and god stood back and said wow this guy is innovative there's nothing that those people cannot accomplish when they've got one language and one speech and one name and one city and one tower there's nothing that can be restrained from them he said they will build their tower it will reach up unto the sky they are capable of doing the thing that they are that they are attempting to do i tell you what i'm going to go down i'm going to mess it all up i'm going to bring that tower construction to a halt i'm going to stop it in its tracks i'm going to make sure they don't build that tower unto the heavens he said i'm going to make sure that they don't accomplish the thing they are attempting to achieve i'm going to confound their language and the bible says the lord came down and confounded their language they went to bed one night all speaking the same language and when they woke up the next morning and tried to say good morning one person said aloha and the other person said guten tag and they said what are you saying they were speaking different languages it was it was an amazing thing god confounded their language and they weren't able to communicate the way they had communicated once before the supervisor could not communicate to the employee the superintendent could not communicate with the contractor and and they were unable to to to speak the language they had once spoken before god said i will not allow this to proceed one more inch the whole thing is coming to a stop they're not adding one more elevator they're not adding one more floor they're not adding one more piece to their foundation it is done it is stopped it is over there was nothing that could have been restrained from them they had the power to achieve one of the most amazing human feats of the ancient days and they couldn't do it because god was not for it with one language and one speech and one name and one city and one tower and one belief they believed that they could accomplish this on their own they believed that they didn't need god they believed that they could achieve it by human ingenuity by human ability by human innovation and so that was their faith and that was their belief and god stood back and said you know what if i didn't intervene if i didn't get involved there would be no stopping these people because there is no stopping of people who are united in their language their speech their name their city and their tower and that's what the lord knew and the lord intervened i'm going to tell you something ladies and gentlemen we must have unity we must have unity we must speak the same language hallelujah we must speak the same language at tree of life church we don't speak a multiplicity of different things just because we can we have one thing we speak and that is praise unto the lord jesus christ i will bless the lord at all times and his praise shall continually be in my mouth the humble shall hear thereof and be glad i will make my boast in the lord hallelujah everywhere you walk in this building there needs to be one language and one speech and that is praise unto the king of kings and to the lord of lords it doesn't matter what department you're in in that department there's only one language and one speech he's holy he's worthy his name is jesus and he saves to the other most it doesn't matter who's preaching behind this pulpit the same language and the same speech is going to come behind hallelujah come out of this pulpit he's holy he's worthy he's the king of kings his name is jesus and he saves to the outermost hallelujah when you meet somebody in the hallway you make sure you're praising god there's no gossip in our speech there's no division in our speech there's no hatred in our speech there's no malice in our speech there's no envy in our speech there's no pride in our speech there's no inappropriateness in our speech only praise only worship unto god [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah we've got a little tradition that has been around the church for many many many years and if you grow up in the church it's very normal to you but if you're just coming in and you're not used to it you're not sure exactly what it may mean but i grew up in the church and it's very common to me for to just walk up to somebody and say praise the lord that is interpreted hello how you doing praise the lord now in in a common vernacular it it's a command it's an admonition to just lift up your hands and praise the lord hey praise the lord but it actually just means hello how you doing what you're saying is i don't know how you're doing and i'm not really trying to tell you all how i'm doing but i'll tell you this he's worthy to be praised he's high and lifted up there's nobody like him there's nobody beside him there's nobody above him he's worthy well what have you been going through that doesn't even matter he's worthy to be praised what what what's what's life thrown at you lately i don't really want to talk about it he's just worthy to be praised this is the language that we speak we speak the language of the scriptures and we use this language to form our speech and the speech that we speak is is the speech of life it is the speech of abundant life it is the speech of life eternal life everlasting it is the speech of faith and the speech of love it is the speech of peace and the speech of hope it is the speech of joy weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning that is our speech that is our declaration and there is no amount of weeping that will deter us from understanding that joy is coming in the morning i know weeping may have endured for much of 2020 but joy is here joy is here it's time to live in the joy of the lord walk in the joy of the lord embrace the joy of the lord hallelujah thank you jesus one speech from one language and there is one name oh hallelujah there is one name there is only one name my name happens to be joel but that's not the name that's important the name that is important also starts with the j but that name is jesus and there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah did you know that every knee shall bow did you know that every tongue shall confess did you know that everybody everywhere in heaven on the earth and under the earth is all going to bow and say he is worthy the name of jesus is worthy he is lord to the glory of god the father his name is preeminent his name is above all his name is greater than any other name his name is mightier than any other name his name has the power to save from any sin his name has the power to save from any addiction his name has the power to lift the fallen from their fall to heal the broken of their brokenness that is the name that we magnify and we must magnify that name it's got to be front and center it's got to be all in all it's got to be above everything that we do the name of the lord jesus christ it's how we pray for the sick it's how we bless our friends and family it's how we love our neighbors it's how we preach the gospel it's how we baptize the sin stricken hallelujah it's the name of jesus christ and there is none that is greater than that name one language one speech hallelujah one name glory to god one city hallelujah this is the city of our god it's the city of our god the city of the new jerusalem hallelujah the twelve foundations are of the apostles of the lamb hallelujah we are built upon the foundation of the apostles and the prophets jesus christ himself being the chief cornerstone glory to god we are built upon the foundation of the message of the apostles hallelujah and the prophets who foretold the coming of jesus christ the prophets declared his first coming the apostles declare his second coming but all that the prophet said and all that the apostle said was all about jesus christ he is the chief cornerstone of this city and when you came into the church you came into a gathering of the faithful you came into the general assembly and church of the firstborn the spirits of just men made perfect an innumerable company of angels you came unto the church that is built upon the rock and the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church this is where the people of god dwell this is where the sanctified live this is where the justified live those who have been made blameless and innocent by the blood of jesus christ live in the church [Applause] don't don't don't don't don't leave the church don't get bitter at the church you're going to get hurt in the church but let the lord heal you in the church you're going to get your feelings hurt but let the lord heal your feelings it's going to happen because people are people or people or people whether they're in the church or in a bar room people are people but in this house there's blood that will heal every wound in this house there's love that will forgive every sin in this house hallelujah there's redemption and there's wisdom and there's righteousness and there's sanctification in the house of the lord that's what you came into you came into one city this isn't like any other city the church isn't like any other city we don't have the tumult of other cities the church doesn't have the the violence of other cities the church doesn't have the rancor and the hate and the angst that you see in so many cities of our world it's the church of the firstborn it's the city of our god it's a heavenly jerusalem hallelujah hallelujah beautiful for situation is mount zion on the sides of the north the city of our great king i'm talking about the church this is what abraham was looking for when he went looking for a city that had foundations whose builder and maker is god he wasn't looking for cincinnati and he wasn't looking for louisville columbus or indianapolis he wasn't looking for chicago detroit or cleveland he was looking for the church he was looking for a city that had foundations hallelujah glory to god glory to god and yes we're building a tower we're building a tower we're building a tower they they said in the book of genesis nimrod said he said i want to build a tower lest we be scattered upon the whole face of the earth he was fearful that there would come some force that would scatter them upon the face of the earth and it ended up happening just as he feared because he leaned on his own understanding and not upon the wisdom of god he made of himself a great name instead of magnifying the name of god he said lest we be scattered upon the face of the whole earth let me tell you something we are building a building we are building a tower this building that we're building i've said it many times it's not the church you are the church this is a tool that we are purchasing it is the most expensive tool we have ever purchased in the history of our church and it has been a process and you have been faithful in your giving continue to be faithful in your giving we're not building this so that because out of we have some fear of some calamity to come we are building this because the people of the earth are scattered upon the face of the earth and they need a place where they can come and find refuge for their soul they need a place where the people of god do dwell they need some place where they can find the goodness and the glory and the grace of almighty god i think of my good friend bobby carter bobby carter is the pastor of zion tabernacle in kokomo indiana and he's a wonderful man of god doing a great work they're getting ready to build a building in kokomo indiana they're having great revival brother carter is the pastor of this great church where i grew up but that wasn't always the case he was walking down the street lost and undone without hope without god in this world he was covered with the signs of his sin and he was walking down the sidewalk of indianapolis indiana by calvary tabernacle where my grandfather pastored for 30 years and and brother mooney was the pastor at the time brother carter was just a young teenage kid didn't know anything about god didn't know anything about the church but as he walked by this church this this building i'll say this tower as he walked by he said something spoke to me and said walk in to that building he said i didn't know god i didn't know the voice of god but something said leave this sidewalk you're walking on and walk into that building and he just walked into that building and as he walked into that building he walked into a company of people who were filled with the holy ghost a company of people who had had their sins washed with the blood of the land he walked into a company of people who knew what it was like to be lost yet to be found who knew what it was like to be blind yet now they see they welcomed him into the company of people they brought him into the city they brought him in to the tower and he was filled with the holy ghost baptized in jesus name he repented of his sins today he's anointed of god pastoring a great church in kokomo indiana leading the people of god into new dimensions of faith and revival i'm trying to tell you that's why we're building this church we're building it so those who are scattered can come they can come to the tower they can come to the city of god [Applause] [Music] they can come to a place where people who are forgiven live and love a place where people who have been redeemed live and love a place hallelujah where people have been set free from every kind of chain of bondage listen if you've got some kind of a bondage in your past don't you be ashamed of it because god has delivered you from it and he needs you to be an example in his church that anybody can be delivered from that bondage [Applause] there are going to be people just like you with your same fears and your same tears and your same hurt and hate and brokenness and bitterness and they need to see you with uplifted hands so cleansed by the blood of the lamb hallelujah one language one speech one name one city one tower that's why we're building this building i'm gonna tell you something nimrod had quite a project he had these people all understanding the same language he had these people utilizing that language for the purpose of one speech there were certain parts of that language they'd leave out because it didn't and wasn't conducive to their goals of building so they would narrow what they said to one speech and they utilized it to make one name for all of them and they built one city and they constructed one great tower and god said nothing shall be restrained from them they can accomplish anything that they imagine to do and i'm going to tell you something anybody i don't care what their cause is anybody who has one language one speech one name one city and one tower they can accomplish anything they set their mind to and god said the only x factor that could complicate their efforts is if i am against it i'm going to tell you something we can raise all the money we want to raise but if god is against it nothing will come of it we can we can we can saturate the market with whatever kind of advertising we want to saturate the market with but if god is against it nothing is going to come of it we can build whatever kind of building we can pour money we can hire the best contractors architects we can hire whoever we want to lay hold on this and implement their expertise but if god is against it nothing shall come of it and let me tell you something ladies and gentlemen this is why you don't need to lose faith and lose heart in times of uncertainty when the enemy starts coming in like a flood because if god is against it it will not last i said if god is against it it will not last the spirit of the lord will raise up a standard against the enemy we put our faith in the lord if god is against listen i want to tell you what what is god against that's a good question what is it that god is against the bible teaches us both james and peter wrote in their epistles these words they said god resisteth the proud i'll tell you what god is against he's against pride he's against human pride when people start thinking they can do it on their own god resists it you haven't met resistance like the resistance of god there's no devil in hell who has ever resisted you like god can resist you there's no demon from the pit that can resist you the way god can resist you when the devil resists yeah that's that's a little unnerving sometimes but submit yourself therefore to god resist the devil and he will flee from you yeah you can you can trample the lion and the adder under your feet the young lion you're the scorpion you can put them under your feet you can take up any deadly thing and it shall not harm you you can drink any deadly thing and it shall not harm you ladies and gentlemen the devil has no power over you but if god resists you [Applause] oh that's why husbands you better love your wife and love your family or god will resist you wives that's why you need to love god love your husband love your children because god will begin resisting you god will put up a wall of fire against you if you are going in the wrong direction god resisteth the proud but he giveth grace to the humble he giveth grace to the humble nimrod you've got everything just right you have one language one speech one name one city one tower you've got the most brilliant people working for you everybody understands the vision everybody's on the same page everybody's speaking the same language everybody knows what they're supposed to do it is immaculately administered there is no flaw it is functioning at a high level it's a well-oiled machine but god is against it and if god is against it it's going nowhere but if god be for it hallelujah but if god be for it tell me who hallelujah you know i want to go back to this passage of scripture because that's not the only time that the apostle mentioned who in romans chapter 8. he said if god before us who can be against us he goes on to explain and to ask who shall separate us from the love of christ and he begins to list a variety of potential whose this is like whoville this a list of potential who's that could separate us from the love of christ shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword as it is written for thy sake we are killed all the day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter may in all these things we are more than conquerors oh my god hallelujah if god before us who can be against us that's a real question i want to know who he starts listing some things that could possibly come against us persecution or distress or tribulation or nakedness or famine or peril or sword he goes on to say maybe death or life or angels or principalities or powers or things present or things to come height depth any other creature none of it shall be able to separate us god resisteth the proud but he giveth grace to the humble you know how you're humble before god how does a church exhibit humility before god let me tell you how a church exhibits humility before god number one that church is a repentant and prayerful church it's a prayerful church because we know we can do nothing without god we believe those red letters that tell us without me you can do nothing we believe it doesn't matter how talented we are it doesn't matter how skilled we are it doesn't matter how much ability or how much money it doesn't matter without him we can do nothing you're going to find us on our face before god seeking him with all of our heart and all of our soul and mind and body praying humbling ourselves turning from our wicked ways calling out to the mighty god that's humility because we know we need him we need his anointing god let me have a about a 20-second pause in a sermon one day to let me know what it would feel like to try to preach without him i had never experienced that before that particular day i just scrambled and ran all day long and didn't have time to really study or prepare or pray and and i walked to that pulpit in the back of my mind i would have never said this out loud but in the back of my mind i thought it's okay i've done this before i can preach i know how to do this god will be there he'll anoint and i stood up in that pulpit and and and i started in and all of a sudden my mind went blank my tongue stopped everything came to a screeching halt and for 20 seconds i stood there without knowing what else to say when i got done with that message i came away i just rattled and shook i said god what what was that and he said oh you can do this by yourself can you you can just do this you can just pull this off you didn't need to pray today you didn't need to seek me today you just got this figured out do you i want to tell you something i don't have any of it figured out and you don't have any of it figured out and none of us haven't figured out we need god when we wake up in the morning until we lay our head to rest we need god we need his anointing we need his power we need his grace we need his blood yes we do a humble church is a praying church a humble church is a church that preaches the truth it's a church that preaches the truth we're not arrogant to think we've got another way that leads to salvation we're not arrogant to think we've got another plan that can lead to life everlasting no we repeat we preach repentance baptism in jesus name the infilling of the holy ghost evidenced by speaking in other tongues we believe in one god he's holy and he makes us holy and we're to preach his gospel to the whole world [Applause] yeah a humble church is a church that preaches the truth god will give grace to the humble a humble church is a forgiving church and a loving church people who forgive and love and don't hold on to grudges and don't look side eye at people regardless they are people who love and love god hallelujah hallelujah this is a humble church a proud church a proud people of any sort god will resist our efforts if we manifest pride but i want you to know if god before us tribulation cannot come against us and succeed distress cannot come against us and succeed persecution cannot come against us and succeed are you hearing me does somebody believe what i'm preaching to you hallelujah famine nakedness peril or the sword hallelujah death death death death can't come against us and succeed life the issues of life cannot come against us and succeed angels principalities powers nor things present nor things to come listen that's the worry i don't know what's coming doesn't matter nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of christ nay and all these things we are more than conquerors to him that loved us if god before us who can be against us hallelujah height depth now here you're going to find the coronavirus nor any other creature [Applause] none of it shall be able to separate us from the love of god [Applause] which is in christ jesus our lord hallelujah hallelujah you know you know why we're going forward with our building program if god be for us nothing can come against us you know why we're going to build this thing in jesus name if god before us nothing can come against us you know you know i i i was thinking brother jordan as as i was dealing with this pandemic and i actually found myself saying you know i actually don't have anybody that i can go talk to to say what did you do when you went through a global pandemic because it just wasn't quite the same nobody's ever dealt with anything like this before and so it's it's it's a challenge to try to pastor through this and and i thought i don't even have i don't even have anybody that's ever been through this and the lord said yeah you do you got somebody's been through this and he brought my mind back to my great grandfather who was doing the work of god in the spanish flu pandemic of 1918 where 50 million people 50 million people died around the world and in the united states it was 650 000 which is a far greater percentage than than in 2020 and 2021 per capita and and so it was a massive pandemic and they didn't have the medicines then that we do now and he said your great-grandfather preached this gospel all through the spanish flu pandemic and i started thinking what was he doing in 1917 19 18 19 i'll tell you what he was doing he was preaching this gospel in underground churches he was preaching the name of jesus and baptizing people not only through the threat of the pandemic but through the threat of of religious persecution armenian genocide and communist revolution in this former soviet union and he was preaching the gospel in underground churches where he was forbidden to preach the gospel and god said you've got somebody you can look to and understand everything is going to be all right tree of life church shake this thing off any kind of fear you have in the name of jesus christ god has anointed us god has blessed us nothing shall separate us nothing shall be able to succeed against us we're going to build a city and a tower for the lord we've got one language we've got one speech we've got one name we've got one city we've got one tower and we've got god on our side god is the only one who could prevent what we're doing and he's got his big broad shoulders behind us pushing us in jesus name into the future hallelujah i want to ask you to do three things one i want to ask you to continue to make your commitment we've got a few months left in our capital campaign 2020 was a challenge it was a challenge people were challenged throughout 2020 but we've turned a corner and we're going to give unto the lord i want you to i want you to say lord help me to make my commitment that i made to you in 2018. amen i believe we're going to raise another 700 000 over the next five months in jesus name anybody believe with me and agree with me in the name of jesus hallelujah and i want you to i want you to pray lord put it on my heart what i should give place it upon my spirit place it in my spirit speak to my mind something to give to push us into that into that building phase in 2021 and then i want i want you to do this i want you to be willing to make a sacrifice make a sacrifice a financial sacrifice and do it according to the blessing of the lord how many have been blessed in 2020 come on let's see a show of hands i want to see a show over here how many have been blessed in 2020 hallelujah do you know that nobody predicted that do you know everybody said that wasn't possible do you know that everybody said that's just simply not going to work but look at god if god be for us who can be against us and out of a heart of thanksgiving i'm going to do it and i'm asking you to do it over the next few months let's say lord put it in my spirit i'm going to make another sacrifice and i'm going to give unto the lord in jesus name and we're going to enter this building strong and we're going to fulfill our commitment and the pledge we made unto the lord because nothing that comes against us will succeed height depth death life principalities powers famine nakedness peril sword distress none of it or any other creature coronavirus or any mutation of it nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of christ come on if you believe it lift up your hands and your praise unto god in jesus name hallelujah if god before us if god before us come on in the name of jesus lift up your voice unto the lord lift up your voice unto the lord lift up your voice under the lord come on give him praise right now give him praise right now give him praise right now hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah come on lift up your hands with me in jesus name in jesus name in jesus name i feel the holy ghost i feel the holy ghost i give you praise lord i give you praise lord i give you praise lord i give you praise lord i thank you precious jesus i thank your precious jesus i thank you precious jesus hallelujah hallelujah you know when the day of pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place hallelujah there came a sound from heaven heaven that filled the place where they were sitting cloven tongue sat upon each of them they were all filled with the holy ghost and began to speak with other tongues hallelujah and they spoke in all these different languages but they were saying the same thing they were glorifying god in various kinds of tongues let me tell you something what god has done for the church he has given us our language he has given us our speech he has given us his name he has given us this city in the name of the lord is the strong tower and the righteous run into it and is safe i've come to tell tree of life church if god before us nothing can stop us nothing can stop us thank you jesus hallelujah can you see through that window out there can you just look out that window if you can if you can't that's all right just look to the wall and hallelujah enjoy that view because it's not going to be like that very much longer [Music] hallelujah [Applause] in just a couple of months the foundations are going to begin being laid just a couple of months there's surveys and site work and there's going to be work construction get ready now listen i don't want to hear nobody complaining when they come driving in and have to drive around construction stuff because it's going to be that way for about 12 months all right no we're going to have a no complaint department all right this this is the complaint department right here you bring every one of the complaints right here and give it to god he'll take every one of them because it's going to be a little different you're going to have to drive in you're going to see you're going to see backhoes you're going to see all kinds of different construction equipment you're going to see the the materials that go into the building and you're going to have to drive now we're going to do it right we're going to do it well we're going to make sure people can get in and out quickly and safely and efficiently but i'm ready for it in jesus name the lord has moved upon my heart to give and to continue to give he blessed us to be able to satisfy our commitment and we thank him for that we give him praise for that but he said don't stop giving just keep giving so we're gonna personally we're just gonna keep giving unto the lord because i wanna see this building built i want to see souls saved i want to see people come into the kingdom of god hallelujah hallelujah if god be for us if god be for us if god before us hallelujah come on lift your hands with me in jesus name [Music] hallelujah [Music] your children their children their children their children be a part of a thousand children generations and your family and your children [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] and beside you and rejoicing is [Applause] in the name of jesus in the name of [Music] jesus [Music] ah [Applause] [Music] oh man [Music] your family and your children and their children this lord be upon you in a thousand [Music] generations [Music] [Applause] your children and their children [Music] [Applause] generations [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is uh [Music] [Music] me [Music] yes lord yes lord yes lord come on that's it there's faith rising there's faith rising go ahead and praise the lord your god with all of your heart with all of your soul hallelujah hallelujah be on you and a thousand generations and your family and their children and their children and their children [Applause] your children [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] me [Music] hallelujah come on somebody go ahead and lift that praise unto god right now go ahead and live that praise unto god right now yes lord yes lord come on that's it the holy ghost is moving in this house the holy ghost is moving in this house if you need deliverance right now i want you to i want you to reach out for the deliverance of god in your life hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah come on that's it let that praise follow let that praise flow in the name of jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah how many know god is blessing you right now how many know god is blessing you right now come on lift up that praise of the god i thank you jesus for your blessing i thank you jesus for your blessing i thank you jesus for your goodness and your graciousness ah yes lord i thank you for your healing i thank you for your healing power yes jesus yes jesus come on that's it go ahead and praise him with all of your heart praise him with all of your soul oh hallelujah hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] is you

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