IF IT'S NOT GOOD, IT'S NOT GOD! | CHERIE HAND

good morning everybody so thankful that you joined us this Mother's Day morning what a privilege it is for me to be here with my mom I haven't got to spend Mother's Day probably with my mom for man it has to be quiet a few years but my mom lives in town now I get to pop in and out of her house one thing I love which I've realized never changes I get to go raid her refrigerator get to raid her pantry I want to fill up a bag you know like my kids do when they come to my house they like go shopping in my pantry before they go home I I'm glad my mom lives in town man I need to restock so when I need to restock I go to Mom's house I'm so thankful that she's with us this morning my beautiful daughter y'all know her excited that she's here and then my oldest granddaughter I have four granddaughters I know can you believe it two grandsons or granddaughters this is my oldest granddaughter Koba and we're super excited to be able to join you wherever you are this morning yeah you know I first got to say happy Mother's Day to mom into oh my I'm so thankful for both of you you guys have been such like a role model in every sense as moms as wives so I just wanted to like that real quick like I'm hearing you know we have a great experience planned for you guys today and we just want to encourage you it's not too late to invite your own mom this morning just click the link in the bio and you can message that to her just send her a text say hey mom join me for church this morning so she you guys can watch together and it'd be super fun so in the comfort of your own home so also we have our kit services happening I'm Cova what are you thinking about our kids services my favorite part is worship in the game yeah they are really fun if they're really cool we put a lot of energy and our kids team is amazing and so just go and check that out you can find those on our celebration USAF you can also find out about small groups you can find a proud about our services happening everything you need to know so make sure you download that and check it out you know I know I'm very privileged to get to be here this morning with my mom in my for Mother's Day to share that but I know many of you right now aren't able to be with your mom's and whether it's because of everything that's happening right now in our world or if it's for other circumstances we just want you to know that we notice you we see you and we appreciate you all as moms my turn I'm happy to be here too and you know Rosie I'm just so happy that you said send your mom the link do you know to be able to download because sometimes us grandmothers need a link we have a link missing sometimes and we like don't know how to get on to this electronic stuff so that makes it much easier so you'll have more grandmothers at least in great-grandmother's joining today but I count it's such an honor to be here at celebration today such an awesome church and awesome things that are being done here but most of all the care and the attention and the love that they have for you that are watching today and especially all the mothers today is such an opportunity and I for one am very blessed and I count it as a real blessing today as Rizzi had said about being here with us I am so honored to be here with my granddaughter and to watch her as a wonderful godly mother raising her children in the ways of the Lord and my daughter also of what the mighty great mother that she has been and the wisdom that comes from her so I'm really honored to be here in between these amazing women just amazing I feel great standing right here in the middle of them I could stand here all day but I won't because I want to have lunch but anyway I just want to say that today is a very special day and they talk about these essential businesses and businesses that are essential and I tell you there's not a mother one out there that is not essential today whether you're a grandmother that's found yourself raising your grandchildren and having to play the pay the play the place as our part as not only grandmother but as mother also for those children what an opportunity that is for you and what an opportunity it is I I think you need to realize to mothers what an awesome place in an awesome gift that God has given to us and that's our children's and when I think about that potential that's in every baby that comes into our family I just stand in awe of God in His grace and His mercy and his goodness because you never know what you're holding in your arms you never know what you're rocking at night you never know what you're when you're handling and you're you're you know you're fixing that little wound on his leg or whatever you don't know what a great off man that he's going to turn out to be or who he's gonna turn out to be but you have a hand in that and it's just such a great opportunity so powerful but I'm thinking about all you mothers out there and you like young ladies that say I dread Mother's Day because I'm not able to have a child and my heart goes out to you we know what that's like we've experienced that in our family we've gone through Mother's Day and we've wept with my daughter-in-law and we've cried tears with her because she wanted to bring forth the child and God so graciously I said graciously God so graciously honored her with two beautiful babies and we say God we just say thank you to God for that so if you're there today our hearts go out to you we're gonna know I would just want to pray a special prayer over them before I turn it back to you REE because I there's so many out there that are like that also the mothers that have children that have gone on to be with the Lord doesn't matter what age they are I found out when I lost my baby at seven days it has never left me I still remember that and I think how hard it must be for you mothers that your children are like in their 30s or 20s or 40s how hard it is to lose a child but I want you to know today that we care and we're gonna be praying for you today because we want God the God of all comfort I say the God of all comfort to come into your heart and into your life I love it in Isaiah where he said not only was he wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities but it says he also took upon himself our grief so when we go through grieving and loss it's amazing how God in his love just comes in and just encourages us and helps us during that time so don't forget that those are some of the blessings that God has given to us in life comforts our hearts so and those of you that have children and said oh my gosh I can't wait until they're 18 let me just give you some good news you don't stop worrying about them at 18 my daughter has gone on to past 18 past 18 a few years have past 18 but I still have the Holy Spirit waking me up in the middle of the night saying Cherie needs prayer and I know that and I go to prayer for her because you never get past that God is such a good God he's so good to you one of the greatest things in my life isn't in it is in the scripture in Proverbs where it says in all your ways acknowledge the Lord and he directs your path he'll do that for you today whatever circumstance you're in right now with your children I want you to know God wants to give you the wisdom he wants to give you the right words he'll give you right words he'll give you life words he'll give you good words to be able to speak life into them and into that situation so I just want to offer a prayer to you and for you today to the father for you father God I just come to you Lord with a heart that's so full of gratitude and joy knowing God that you have been there so many times in my life God you've never failed you've always been there you've always heard my prayer because your word says that your ear is bent toward the earth to hear the cry of your people and as we just say God you say yes I'm right here and as we make our requests known to you father somehow you just take our cares and you handle them Lord and I pray today for every mother today I just pray father I just ask right now no matter what their circumstances they're in help them to find joy today let the joy of the Lord just fill their room in their heart help them to know and to understand God that you are the God of all comfort and that in the middle of that trial Lord that you'll bring joy to them and we thank you for that and God thank you I just want to say thank you for mothers thank you for creating momma's we give you the praise for Mother's Day in Jesus name Amen amen listen God's got something great for you this morning I know he's already touched your heart I know things are just gonna continue to get better continue to open up your heart believe God's got something powerful for you today let's just enjoy the rest of the service [Music] you [Music] you [Music] you [Music] you [Music] I give you [Music] I give you [Music] Scott you [Music] [Music] my time my time treasure oh I gave you [Music] my time my time [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] me [Music] now [Music] yo [Music] oh my [Music] my ever-present [Music] [Music] it always will [Music] the Sun Sun [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] but it us right now you will turn around forgive you always do for good I will not be moved when I feel alone your lab rules me close your good yurgin [Music] hello everybody again welcome to church today as you can see I am on location yeah I'm doing that crazy thing again I put my phone in a tree it's recording I'm talking and I'm open I'm hoping this all goes well I cannot control any of the crazy stuff that might happen behind me so let's see if we can just get through this I'm just so grateful for all the family of celebration all of our guests and friends that it joined us today for this worship service I don't know if he was paying attention to the lyrics of that last song but there's a powerful part of it that says what I see right now God will turn it around for good I just really believe with all my heart that that's a word for us today I don't know what you're going through I don't know what you're dealing I don't know what you've been up against but here's what I do know that whatever you're looking at whatever you see God will turn it around for good in fact the psalmist said it this way in Psalms 137 he says keep hoping keep trusting and keep waiting on the Lord for he is tender-hearted kind and forgiving aren't you thankful that God is a forgiving God notice how he ends this verse he God has a thousand ways to set you free Wow I know you're up against something I know you're dealing with something I know your backs up against the wall but did you hear the promise God's got a thousand ways to set you free that's good news today so what are you looking at what are you facing hear me today God's gonna turn it around God's going God will turn it around you received that today that's my prayer for you your family in your home also let me just take this moment to say happy Mother's Day so all the mothers out there we honor you we value you we're so grateful so thankful for you and I want to give a big shout out to my mom who's watching right now she's been quarantine for like for like over two months and I know she'd probably like for me to come and break her out of that place but and I would if she wanted me to but I know that I'm her favorite son and I would do anything she wants me to do but my mom was talking to me the other night a mom by the way you're the greatest mom that's ever walked the face of the earth I love you mama and so anyhow I was talking to the other night and she said this and it kind of shocked me a little bit she says it's just not fun anymore if you can't go to church and I'm thinking I'm thinking less you probably like to go get her nails done and her hair done and probably like to go to Dollar Tree but she didn't say any of those things she says it's just not fun anymore because I can't go to church and there's probably a lot of us out there that feel the same way this this isn't fun I'm ready to go back to churches so some of you are probably asking that question when are we going to open the church again and when I hear that my response to that would be well the church has never closed it's never it has never shut down in fact celebration is alive and as well we've been doing this like eight weeks but the week had great impact people are getting saved lives are being transformed and I just want to tell celebration I'm just so proud of you in the community where you are serving and helping and loving it assisting them and then for your giving and your generosity to to the local church celebration would not still be existing today if it wasn't for the partners of celebration and to be honest with you when this all took place it kind of rattled my cage a little bit because I I didn't know the depth and the loyalty of our people but if anything this has proven that celebration that we have some of the most loyal committed bought-in people on the face of the earth I want to say thank you celebration as I have looked every week as the giving has come in the tithe and the offering as I have looked at that and honestly wept cried over it's it god these people are behind the local church thank you for giving us the best people that know and believe in the cause of Christ because here's what I know when you honor God with your tithe and your offering this is what the Word of God says the Bible says that God will honor you and it means so much as a pastor because I'm not doing this because I need a day job I'm doing this because I believe it's our assignment to gather people together for the cause of Christ to impact its world around him and when I see the faithfulness and the commitment and the loyalty it gets me excited it maybe it makes me want to continue to do what I'm doing so celebration I want you to know that God is gonna honor you that God is rebuking and we'll review the Devourer for your sake that is the promise thank you celebration for going online through the church aptX giving mounted in thank you for going through all the effort to sustain the local church and because you have you know what we did this last week we were able to send resources down to Matthew Barnett and the Dream Center to help feed people there we were able to go to the rescue mission this last week and and and take resources down there to help rescue the children and feed them and and then everything else that we do locally and around the world and the Philippines a we could go on and on and talk about it all day long but again I'm just so grateful for the people in celebration thank you celebration and we will get back into the building and we will have service and I believe it'll be sooner and later and as soon as we figure out all these crazy guidelines and these rules and how to negotiate through them and where it makes sense for the big gathering again we will absolutely let you know again happy Mother's Day and as we always do a Mother's Day my wife is going to be bringing the word she is a wonderful wonderful woman of God she is the mother to my children and I love her dearly god bless you guys have a great day good morning again I just want to say again thanks for being here I'm just so thankful for the generosity of the people here at celebration again what you're doing in your your heart behind God's cause in this valley is changing lives more than you even know so I just wanted again echo and say thank you you know this Mother's Day I was so happy that you got to hear from my mom just a few minutes ago her wisdom because of her wisdom I'm able to stand here this morning she put so much on the inside of me and I know as a mom you know I raised my kids and I I look back at my way of parenting and and I and I look at things and I think man I I probably could have changed that or I could have changed this but when you look at what your kids are doing and you look at how much they love God there's a reward in that and I just want to encourage you again parents moms dads grandparents that as you put God's God first as you prioritize even this moment in your home I know it may be chaotic I know there's a lot of stuff probably going on it's not super super convenient but when you put God first in your home it makes all the difference in the world it really does I think so much of the time we strive for so many things when really it's just a few things that really matter and I can tell you this putting God first in your life those of you who are married putting God first in your marriage putting God first in your money putting God first in every area of your life you'll start seeing success in every area of your life why get the privilege in honor of sharing this morning and I'm excited about that I always counted a privilege to be able to speak and you know if it's just my desire you know I I don't know everything I will be the first to admit that but I do know that God is the source of everything and I know that God knows everything and if I'm ever in need or ever in want I know who to go to and if I can just share that with you this morning right where you're at man then we'll leave today better you know the Bible talks about in in Psalms 139 it says that all of our days were written in a book before there was even one of them the Bible says that when our parents or our mom was pregnant with us God already had a good life planned for us in fact 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 verse number 2 it says our very lives are a letter that anyone can read just by looking at us it doesn't matter where you are you're influencing someone I think we have to know that in our lives I think that that we have to be more aware of that in our lives that people are watching us you know I know sometimes we think you know when we when we have our conversations or are we you know flesh out because of a certain irritation we think I nobody sees nobody knows you know the kids are too young to understand that or but people are watching you the Bible says our very lives are like a letter and people are reading it as they look at us our lives right now are influencing the world around us your world I know right now that your world probably fills to you pretty small but that small world that you're in right now that's the most important world your spouse your kids those friends that are super close to you and in relationship with you that's the most important world those are the people who are looking at you and being influenced by you your life matters Jeremiah 29:11 it says for I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you hope in a future God's plan for you is a good plan I don't know what your relationship is with God I know we have many people you know not in our building anymore so we have many people watching from all over the place I don't know what your relationship with is with God or what your knowledge of God is or or what your your circumstance or your life has maybe taught you about God but I want you to know this morning that God is good God's plans for you are good his thoughts towards you are good his desire for you is good another translation says his plan for you is peace and not disaster the future that you hoped for it's a good ending in your life I know for some of us right now it doesn't feel like it right feels kind of painful at times it feels desperate at times it feel like feels like okay God if your plans are good I'm not sure it's working too well right I mean looking at your situation right now you feel like like Randy talked about last week man if you didn't hear last week's message you need to hear it it was a powerful message you might feel like you're in that Lea season that ugly season of life but I liked what he said he said it's our faithfulness in the ugly season that determines our harvest in the fruitful season I'm gonna say that again because it's really good our our faithfulness in the ugly season when we feel like life isn't working it's our faithfulness in that season that determines too turns our harvest in the fruitful season or the fun-filled season or the exciting season but this is what's happening the enemy is banking on you getting frustrated in this ugly season and quitting enemy's banking on that he's banking on that you're gonna look around at this ugly season and you're not gonna think that it's working out for your good and that you're gonna quit enemy's banking on you quitting because as much as God has this amazing plan for your life the enemy also has a plan the Bible says in John chapter 10 verse number 10 that the thief Satan he comes to steal kill and to destroy he's trying to abort God's good plan for you he's banking on you quittin he's banking on you giving up he's trying to abort God's good plan in your life he thought Satan he's not so smart he thought that he was gonna mess up that he messed up God's plan we need a sieved Adam in the garden you know I messed him up he made a bad choice got kicked out of the garden there goes that but God's plan still greater God's plan was still good God's plan was still in motion when God's people were in desperate situation and God was going to send a deliverer to lead them out of that place of bondage and frustration and and and confusion and that that that place of slavery he was gonna send a man named Moses and the enemy was like I know what's gonna happen here I'm gonna kill Moses I'm gonna kill all the babies I'm gonna kill Moses before I even haven't has an opportunity to lead those people out of the bondage but God has a plan and God's plan was bigger and God plent God's plan was greater and God's plan was still set in motion he thought that he'd killed Jesus so so Jesus couldn't set up his kingdom on the earth first of all he tried to kill him before he was even born that didn't work he was born in a manger didn't come like they thought he was going to come and he tried to kill him he thought I will crucify him he won't be able to set up his kingdom here on this earth not knowing he was really playing in to God's amazing plan of redemption that now it's not just Jesus walking around in the earth he left he sent the Spirit of God now we as believers in Christ Jesus are carriers of the power of Jesus what the enemy meant for evil or tried to destroy God's plan God just has this amazing way of turning those situations to further his kingdom the enemy you know he tried to start back in when the church was started he he thought I know what I'll do I'll persecute the church I'll stop the message of Christ I'll make them go into hiding but can I tell you the Bible says that the church was added to daily was multiplied to daily with the enemy thought was a great amazing plan was turned on him now for you to think that that that were suffering as a church because we're not able to meet in this building I got to tell you the enemy's messed with the wrong people we're not backing down can I tell you right now I believe that God's a message is going forth in a greater measure than it ever has I can tell you right now that the people of God that are looking at me right now you have a new fire on the inside of you you have a new determination to open your mouth and to declare the good things and the good news of the Lord why because we're not gonna let the enemy push us around we're not gonna let him force us into hiding he's messed with the wrong people again don't doubt for a second that the churches don't think for a second that the church is getting weaker we as celebration Church the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ around this world I believe that we are getting stronger we're getting stronger Bible says this in Ephesians chapter 6 because this is what Satan would like to do Satan would like for us to get focused on the wrong thing he would like us to start fighting about things that really aren't the issue he wants to he wants to continue to hide he wants us to focus on the wrong thing the Bible says in Ephesians chapter 6 verse number 12 it says we're not fighting against human enemies I know you think your spouse is your issue you think your kids are your issue but the Bible says we're not fighting against human enemies get this it's important he says we're fighting against rulers authorities forces of cosmic darkness spiritual powers of evil in the heavens Satan would love to get us focused on the wrong thing he wants you to think that it's your spouse that's your issue it's your kids that's the problem your money is what's holding you back he wants you to think that that it's not your money that's that's setting the limits on your life or or that people are the issue or this government shutdown is our issue that's what the enemy wants us to think this is where the enemy wants to keep the church he wants us to keep human fighting against human people fighting against people people thinking that it's people that's their problem if we think people are our problem we're gonna be fighting the wrong thing the Bible says our our warfare what we're fighting against it's not people it's not flesh-and-blood human there's a spiritual attack on this world and he just like God has to operate in and we have to cooperate with God to see his kingdom rule on this earth people have to operate with the enemy's plan that's why there's so much war and violence it's people connected with the enemy's plan but the enemy would like to think it's people that's our issue and if we go around just fighting human to human we're never gonna see the victory and the power and the authority and the good life and the abundant life that Jesus Christ came to bring us the enemies trying to get us focused on the wrong thing so we'll get frustrated and we will quit this is what first Peter chapter 5 says it says be alert be on watch it says your enemy the devil he goes about like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour says be firm in your faith and resist him be firm in your faith and resist him I think so much of the time if we're unaware that it's really the enemy who's who's bringing this this oppression and this attack and and this this push back in our life if we're not aware that it's him we just let it happen that's just life this is just where we are right now you know I this is just what's happening in my life right now we don't realize that the authority that we have the Bible says that when the enemy shows up in our life with opposition we don't just sit back and let it happen to us it says we're supposed to stand in faith and push back to resist him to resist him the Bible says in James chapter 4 verse number 7 submit to God let's put God first that's surrender your will to God's will that whatever God says God says he's the the final authority he's the boss right submit to God not my will God's will I submit to God then it says I resist or push back the devil and then it says the devil will flee from me I like that to resist means to take a stand against to oppose to defy to fight against to refuse to give in to I don't know what you guys do on Friday nights or Saturday nights but at my house we watch live PD ha ha I know some of y'all do too but I've seen plenty of times that you know the cops will go and they'll try to pull over somebody and it's all nice and it's all good and they get out oh officer why'd you pull me over oh I got a blinker out oh I'm so sorry I'm just planning to get that fixed everything's really great until the officer finds out that they have a warrant out for their arrest and they go to put them in cuffs then all of a sudden the fights on what's happening they resist arrest they do whatever it takes to keep handcuffs or to keep any kind of restraint on them they fight fight fight this is what the Word of God is saying we're so quick to give in to the enemy he throws out his spirit okay I'll take it he throws poverty okay I'll take it he throws strife in your marriage or strife in your home okay I take it not knowing you have a choice we have a choice it's time some of y'all just go back to your old you know your old gang bangin days or your old you know back in the day before Jesus days you would resist yeah except me y'all we're fighters I know you were it's time that you don't just throw in the towel when it comes to the enemy opposing you you got to stand up and you got to fight Bible says if you resist you give a little push back the enemy has to flee we can do this you know why we can do this Colossians chapter 2 15 says this because remember it's not people we're fighting against so really when you're fighting against your spouse you're really not solving an issue when you're just fighting and arguing with your kids it's really not really solving anything yes you need to have discussion yes you need to have communication but when you're really striving in and in fighting against and warring against a boss a situation even government authorities you're really not accomplishing anything because you're fighting people and again our fight is not people our fight as strongholds principalities principalities and and and evil is what were we're really fighting against but listen to this this is a cool thing this is why we can stand and push back when the enemy tries to push us it says in Colossians 2:15 that God stripped God stripped the rulers and the powers of their authority when the crop with the cross he won the victory and showed the world that they are powerless Bible says when Jesus Christ went to the cross that he destroyed principalities and powers prove them powerless they now be cuz of the cross of Jesus Christ have no authority in our lives none no authority see this is why the enemy wants you to think it's people that your issue because it he knows that once you know that he's the issue that you'll stand in that Authority and he no longer has an ability to mess your life up you've taken his power away when you know who you are and what Jesus Christ did to him Luke chapter 10 Jesus talking to his disciples and Jesus talking to you he says look I've given you authority to crush snakes and scorpions underfoot listen to this I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy nothing will harm you I love that first John 4:4 says as for you children you're God's children you've successfully resisted him because greater is He on the inside of you then he who is in the world I have good news for you when you wake up to this fact that people are not your issue that it's Satan that's trying to give you problems man you can start standing in your authority and he loses his power he only has power cuz you don't know that you do that'll preach right there oh wait I am preaching okay so the Bible says we need to resist him and he'll flee how do we resist him what is it what are the things that we need two things that we need to resist we need to resist him number one we need to resist him taking what belongs to us this is one thing we need to resist and we need to fight back and we need to stand in our authority we need to resist him taking what belongs to us what God has given to us you know Luke chapter 18 it talks about it says I tell you the truth anyone who doesn't receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it you know I have three kids of my own and and now I have six grandkids and it's really funny watching them because seeing life in the eyes of a child children don't think like adults do right they don't know really the difference between a permanent marker and a washable marker some you all know that right they don't know the difference they don't know the difference between play clothes and dress clothes they don't know the difference they'll they'll run and jump in a mud puddle in dress clothes just like they will play clothes but the Bible says we can learn a lot from a child and one thing that we can learn from a child is this they have a strong that's mine attitude y'all know that's true right that's mine you gotta try take something from them mine right that's mine they have a death grip on it when you try to take something away from them they're like that's mine that's what we have to do we have to resist the enemy taking what belongs to us that's mine you know when my oldest grandson he's just turned 10 so amazing oh I don't know how fast that went it just went so fast but when he was like 3 we went hunting you all know his dad's a hunter he's already told you all of his war stories there but we took him we went hunting and and I had bought him a play rifle and so he had this play rifle and he was just running around playing with it you know shooting rocks just pretending with his little play rifle well he'd play with his he called it a you can't talk very plain so he called it his done do you win am I done and so he says you know this is my done my guess Bubba that's your gun you get to do whatever you want with your gun my den he was so happy with it so he'd run around and play with it and then there were times he'd put that gun down because he was done playing with it well he'd walk away and be distracted with some something else until someone came up another cousin came up and tried to take his done as soon as someone else tried to come up and take his done man he would go back and take possession using whatever force necessary because no one was gonna take his gun he might have to say give me that that's mine and the cousin would let go he might have to say Timmy that RORO gave that to me that's mine and they'd let it go sometimes he'd have to scream and yell for me to come and back him up he wasn't gonna leave anywhere because he knew I gave him that gun it didn't matter if the other kid scrubbed struggled to keep it he knew it was his and he wasn't gonna leave without it it's time for us to do the same thing there are some things that God has given to you it's time for us to stand up and say those are my kids give my kids back you don't need to sit back and go yeah they're the teenage years yeah they're just gonna go no these are my kids my kids will serve the Lord we need to get we need to stand up and say that's my health give me my health back give me my money back give me my sound mind back we got to stand and resist the enemy taking what has already been freely given to us we got to remind the devil who gave it to us I command you give me my healing back because Jesus Christ paid for it it's mine I will not leave without it I declare I'm healthy and I'm strong you're not gonna take my money I'm done with you taking my money you're my money does not belong to you God gave me this job God gave me my wealth God gave me my money I command you to give it back that's mine God provided it and God gave it to me you got to know what God has given you and then you got to stand up and quit letting the enemy just so freely take it we got to resist him taking what belongs to us the second thing we got to resist him giving us something that we don't want we got to resist him giving us something that we don't want the Bible says in James chapter 117 it says every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven it down from God if it's not good if it's not perfect I don't want it if it's not a God gift I don't want it sometimes we're just so freely within oh well this is just the way it is this is just what was given to me we have to resist him giving us things we don't want another story with that same grandson he gives me lots of illustrations he's pretty an awesome kid Elin doesn't like chocolate I know that's weird so weird his pops doesn't like chocolate either but when Ellen was like two or three and we'd go trick-or-treating he'd walk up to the door and you know they they'd go to put the candy in his bag and he wouldn't let him put it into his bag until he looked at it first and if it had anything chocolate in it he politely not rudely he politely give it back and say I don't want it I don't want it if it had any kind of chocolate in it at all he say I don't want it we tried to talk him into hey let's just save it you can give it to ya' tomorrow roll eat it ruler loves chocolate like give it to her oh he's like no I don't want it he didn't want that chocolate in his bag and as much as someone wanted him to have it as someone as much as someone was wanting him just to save it for someone else he said I don't want it it wasn't good it wasn't perfect to him he's like I don't want it I think we've got to stand up prove things that that the enemy is trying to put on us compromise I don't want it lack I don't want it condemnation I don't want it shame mm-hmm I don't want it yeah but you just know I'd know I don't want it it's not mine God didn't give it to me it's not perfect it's not good I don't want it strife in my home strife in my life I don't want it as we close this morning I want to encourage you just like me man I make a decisions like this myself I find myself more times than I'd like to say with things in my life just tolerating them they're not good they're not perfect but I let them stay there I'm determined to stand up and if it's not good and not perfect and it's not something I know came from God I'm gonna stand up and say you know what saying I don't want this I resist you giving this to me I don't want it and I'm gonna throw it off how about you think about your life right now what are some things that you feel like man I've just opened the door to some of these things in my life I I didn't I thought I just had to live with them certain things maybe that the enemies tried to put on you that you've just had got comfortable living with it's time today that we stand up and we say uh-uh I resist you giving me anything that I don't want that God didn't give me and then those things that you feel like he's taken I want that back some of you were standing today god I want my kids back I pray that over you today some of you you're struggling even this morning because it's a painful time you're not you don't really have relationship with your kids because you're living a god-fearing god-loving God passionate way and and your kids or you know for whatever reason and tie that they just don't want any part of that and you feel so broken this morning and you're trying to you're trying to fix it you're trying to phone call them and try to force them to things see things the way you want them to see them and forcing them to to believe like you do or I didn't raise you that way and you may not have but that can't be your fight your fight is not with your kid Saints trying to steal your family he's trying to steal your money he's trying to steal your and your joy and the firm foundation that you're built on but it cannot he cannot if you recognize who it is that you're fighting against again it's not people some of you marry married people man this the pressure of being home with each other 24 hours a day is ah you know that the the little things that again I find this so humorous sometimes God uses these these things so opposite things to attract us to one another and then once we're married he expects us to live with one another and those very things that attract us to each other are the very things that irritate us about each other and you might find yourself of saying things and doing things that it's just stress in your home can I tell you it's not it's not the the spouse that you married that's your issue Saenz trying to destroy your home he stays it this was a house divided against itself can't stand our fight cannot be with each other I speak peace into your home today men of God women of God stand up stand up for your family stand against the enemy and say uh-uh I want my family back I want peace in my home back I want money back I want restoration and in all these areas only you know what you're dealing with only you know what Satan is stolen from you but can I tell you God provided good things for you and you can demand him back Bible says when you resist the devil he's gotta flee good things are happening in your home you know why because you're gonna take this word and you're gonna walk in it you're gonna take this word and you're gonna demand some things back and then there's some things you opened up your house to maybe compromise maybe maybe just rebellion in some ways maybe talkin maybe your mouth has got you into strife in your home and or on your job or just life those are things you have God I resist it in Jesus name I resist strife I'm not gonna let the enemy put strife in my life in my home God's got some good things for your families let me pray for you father I thank you in this very moment god that your presence in your life flows through the television sets got the iPads the phones got all these devices that we're watching on got this YouTube channel God we believe that your presence invades homes right now God a tangible presence god I pray that there's such healing that happens God right now God that there's such a God awareness that you are good and you are faithful God that people in this moment realized the authority that they have in you God that you've empowered them you've strengthened them you back them up God that you've given them everything that pertains to life a God kind of life a good life God right now in Jesus name we resist strife God we resist confusion we resist laziness we resist God rebellion God we resist anxiety we resist fear we resist compromise God we say we don't want it in Jesus name God we call forth your health open up our hearts to it God healing provision life God peace restoration in our home restoration and our families God help us to be aware where the fight really is that it really isn't people God we speak peace in to our nation God we speak peace in to our nation God we refuse just to get involved in and just debates over what is and what should be but we call out the spirit of deception that would want to take down the United States of America one nation under God and we as the church stand in our authority and God we call forth your power God we believe for freedom got in our homes in our lives in our marriages got in every situation that we're in everything we set our hand to God we give you thanks for that in Jesus name if you happen to be watching and you have never surrendered your life to Jesus Christ and you feel on the inside of you man I know I've been rented far from God I've let the enemy just mess my life up I've just been tapped into what I feel what I think what I see and and I've just been letting him mess me up God's plan for you is better than that God created you for something better than that the Bible says all that call upon the name of the Lord salvation life of God comes so right here right now just want you to pray for me pray with me let's just repeat this together father God thank you for the gift of your son Jesus that you loved me so much that although his plan for me was evil God you turned it around for good god you sent your son Jesus to live a perfect life surrender it for me I trade my dysfunctional life for his perfect life Jesus I receive you and I receive all the authority that you bring and from this day forward I stand against anything the enemy wants to throw at me and I will not receive anything that the enemy tries to put on me that's not from you and I speak your peace in your life declare that this is the day that you've made we rejoice in it god I believe your blessing in your favor flow into homes good things happen in Jesus name Amen be gracious e-mart [Music] hey sorry [Music] you pee [Music] and GP make his face shine upon you and be gracious [Music] say sorry [Music] Vaman [Music] make his face shine upon you and be gracious the Lord sir [Music] gee got me [Music] [Music] we know that [Music] you go [Music] you see the children that's me beep aah and a thousand generations in your family and your children [Music] Mitzi's enemies [Music] you [Music] he is me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you for watching if you made a decision today or need prayer for anything let us know we'd love to connect with you to help support what God is doing through celebration Church click the link in the description box below and don't forget to subscribe we appreciate your generosity and giving to help spread the message of hope and set impact lives around the world you can stay connected with us through social media and download our celebration USA app today see you next time [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Published: Sun May 10 2020