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Never has uncertainty been  any greater than it is today   in uncertain times because as uncertain as things  are of this I am certain that God almighty is   still on his throne I am certain that the word of  God is true from page to page and cover to cover   I am certain that every promise locked in  these pages is good for a thousand generations   I am certain that even though men on this earth  may plan and they may plot and they may have   devised schemes and try to control the things of  this earth it is God who exalts one and it is God   who uses men here on this earth I am certain that  God is a healer I am certain that God is faithful   I am certain that God is all sufficient I know  that he has given his angels charge over me   I know that he will protect me I know that he is  a help to the helpless and hope to the hopeless   I know that his goodness and his mercy shall  follow me all the days of my life and I shall   dwell in the house of the Lord forever I know in  whom I have believed and I believe that he is able   to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that I  can ask think or imagine I know who he is his name   is Jesus Christ and he is a resurrected savior the  son of the living God the bright and the morning   star the fairest of ten thousand the Lion of Judah  and he is a soon-coming King of this I am certain   and the reason I know is because his word has  told me his Holy Spirit has confirmed in me   and I hear his voice saying lift up your  heads and rejoice your redemption draweth nigh   our God is a refuge and our God is a strength and  he is an ever-present help in a time of trouble   Jesus Christ loves you and I know you may  have issues and you but you're doing better   than you think you are somebody needs  to know today you're going to make it   somebody needs to know today you're doing all  right you may not be what you ought to be but   you're not what you used to be and you're going  to get there by God's grace don't you give up   don't you quit and don't you keep putting yourself  down you're doing better than you think you are here's the assurance that we have not that  we would go through life without difficulty   not that we would go through life without struggle  not that we would go through life without some   storm of some kind or some need arising but  that when we go through life we go through life   with the promise that in our struggle he is  our strength in our struggle he is our provider   in our struggle he is our healer in our struggle  we have a firm foundation and Jesus is his name   Ecclesiastes chapter 3 gives 28 times and seasons  in life it says there's a time to be born there's   a time to die there's a time to laugh there's  a time to cry there's a time to dance there's   a time to mourn there's a time to gather there's a  time to to to to let go all kind it's 28 different   times in life the one time I can't find in there  is the time to quit there is no time to quit in   your life in this if you'll keep going that's  how you get to heaven tell somebody this is   no time to quit you may have bars you may have  chains but you're still blessed God loved you   so much that he gave his only begotten son to  die for you what shall we say of these things   if God before us who can be against us seeing  that he has given us his only begotten son   how will he not give us all things there is not  one ounce of defeat in these words so don't you   let the attitude of defeat come into you because  God created you to be more than a conqueror   You will go through a season of lack but God  created you to conquer lack you will go through a   season of weakness but God will bring you through  that season of weakness stronger than you've ever   been before you need to understand what David said  when he said it was good that I had been afflicted   why because it was in his affliction that  he learned God's faithfulness it was in his   affliction that he learned how to run into the  secret place of the most high and dwell in the   shadow of the almighty it was in his affliction  that he learned the words God is a refuge and   God is a strength the name of the Lord is a strong  tower and the righteous run into it and are saved   when you come into a season of struggle like  you're in right now do not be defeated because   if you're breathing and the sun is shining  then God has a purpose for you I'm speaking   to families right now that don't know what to do  they're overwhelmed turn to Jesus he's for you   I'm speaking to businessmen who are looking at the  future forecast and they're uncertain about where   the provision is going to come from turn to Jesus  he's a business partner that will provide for you   but don't let defeatism enter your heart your  mind or your spirit because we are more than   conquerors through Christ it's awfully hard  when I don't understand what God is doing it takes real faith to trust in God when I don't  understand why God has allowed certain things   to happen but I am convinced that God's ways are  better than my ways and I'm convinced that his   ways are far wiser than my ways it's one thing  to worship God because you've got a nice house   because you've got a nice car because everything's  good because all your people are blessed   that's wonderful but it's another thing to worship  God in spite of trials and bars and chains and   tribulations and heartbreaks and tears when  you can do it then when you can praise in pain   when you can lift your voice and say the Lord  gives the Lord takes away I don't praise you   because of I praise you in spite of my hardships  you're worthy of the praise it's not about you   it's about him do not be afraid we know all  things work together for good when you have   that attitude it takes the adversity that  you're in and it shapes you and it molds you   when you have that attitude you look at struggle  as a season for you to gain strength and for   it to pour the rock-ribbed confidence  into your soul that God is on his throne   and everything is going to be all right when you  have that attitude that we know all things work   together you can say this is the day that the Lord  has made let us rejoice and be made glad in it   Because the man of faith has the promise of  God that God is going to take care of him   that God is going to supply and the man of faith  realizes that God has means that he isn't aware of God has resources that I don't know anything about and thus though things look to be hopeless  and dark yet I don't look at the circumstances   the man of faith looks at the Lord who is above  all of our circumstances and he doesn't look   to his own abilities but he looks to God's  ability to take care of him and to supply for him   and thus he rejoices because God is on the  throne and God has promised to take care of me   Today I want you to make the  decision wherever you are to rejoice   rejoice that you're saved rejoice that the blood  of Jesus is strong enough to conquer every sin and   every shackle of shame in your past it is strong  enough to conquer every disease and every sickness   in your body it is strong enough to protect you  you rejoice that God has a plan for you he has a   plan to prosper you and not to harm you he has  a plan that is far better than you could ask   think or imagine rejoice that in the darkest  of midnights the name of the Lord is a light   and it is a salvation rejoice that in the midst  of the storm you are worshiping the master of   the wind rejoice that in an hour of need he  is still El Shaddai the all-sufficient one   rejoice that in a day of trouble many are  the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord   delivers them out of them all child of God you  have a reason to rejoice today because we know all things they work together   for good all things aren't good but we have a God  who's greater and he said I'll use it for good All things work together it's an  outlook that says if God is for me   who can be against me if God loves me if  God cares for me if he has a purpose for me   then no adversary seen or unseen shall come  near my dwelling God is on the throne you have   the promises of God the Lord will take care of you  God has provisions that you don't even know about and so rejoice be lifted up That is the position that faith takes Above the circumstances not looking at  the circumstances but looking to God   who is in control so I want you to ask  yourself what is your outlook today   are you determined are you in denial  are you walking around in defeat don't deny the problem because the problem  is real but the God that you serve is greater Don't deny that the world needs Jesus now more  than ever you see when you're called according to   God's purpose you call upon his name and I assure  you of this in his name you find provision you   find peace you find protection you find direction  you find health you find satisfaction you find   sufficiency you find righteousness you find  comfort when you call upon the name of the Lord   that means that there's not one hour of one day  that you will face one situation when Jehovah God   your God the great I am does not have  the strength and the power to sustain you   call upon his name and he said I'll answer you  and show you great and mighty things that you   know not no matter what you face in this life  as long as you can call upon Jesus you can   overcome anything I don't know what you  may be going through today it could be that   you have that feeling that God  isn't hearing you when you pray   or maybe that you even feel worse than that  that God doesn't care that God isn't concerned   but I can assure you from the  word of God that he does care   and he is concerned and he tells you to just cast  all your cares on him because he does care for you and so I would encourage you to look  up quit looking at the problem quit   looking at the circumstances  quit being overwhelmed by your weakness and ineptness to take  care of the situation and look to God who has promised to take care of you and to  provide all of your needs but I don't see where   you don't have to he has resources you don't  know anything about when you face a problem   that you can't answer call upon Jehovah because  Jehovah Jireh means he's the God who can see   there are men sitting in office buildings  that are empty trying to see their way to   a solution call upon Jehovah Jireh he sees  your provision before you ask for the need   when the weight of the world has pulled  you to your knees and you're about to   break under the pressure of fear call upon  Jehovah Shalom he is the prince of peace   and the peace of God which surpasses all  understanding will rule your heart and mind   in Christ Jesus when you feel abandoned and  alone call upon Jehovah Shama he's the God   who's there when your soul is barren and dry and  you're searching for some form of satisfaction   call upon Jehovah Mckeddish because he  is the living water who will satisfy if you're needing healing call  upon Jehovah Rophe he's the healer but whatever you do do not be defeated do  not live in denial live in determination   that God is for you and therefore no one can be  against you when I look through the scriptures   every famine that happened every economic downturn  every plague every disease the people of God were   sustained through every season that the world  went through because they put their trust in him   because when your trust is in the Lord you are  secure you know it's easy to say that we trust   God when everything's good and everything's  happy and all is going according to plan we   say oh yeah I'm just trusting the Lord and  look how good everything is but it's a whole   other deal to trust God when things are not  so good you see to trust God means you have   to allow him to do what he wants to do even if  he fails and you say well he can't fail he's God   and that's the point he can't fail therefore  we must trust him enough to let him succeed   but to let him succeed on his terms and in his way  and in his time not on my terms or in my way or   in my timing to trust God is to say I'm going to  let God do what he wants to do Lord I'm not gonna   argue with you I'm not gonna fight I'm not gonna  resist I'm gonna let you do what you know is best   and I am not going to fear the outcome the Lord  the Lord is my shepherd and I shall not be in want   in other words God says I will take care of all  your needs if you'll just trust me the Lord is my   shepherd I shall not want and even though I walk  through the valley of the shadow of death I will   fear no evil for you are with me the bible says  it like this in First Peter 4:12 dear friends   don't be surprised or shocked when you go through  painful trials and fiery tests in life the bible   says in the world you will have tribulation Second  Corinthians chapter 4 verses 17 and 18 says this   for our temporary listen it's not going to  last our temporary and momentary troubles   will not last but they are achieving for us  an eternal glory that far outweighs them all   so we focus not on what is seen the  problems around us but on what is unseen   for what is seen is temporary it's not  going to last but what is unseen is eternal   sometimes when you're following Jesus he leads you  right into a storm remember in the new testament   there are two times when the disciples found  themselves in a storm in a boat they thought   they were going to die both times but they were  in the storm they were in their trouble not   because they were doing things wrong they were  in trouble because they were doing things right   they were following Jesus they were obeying  what he told them to do they were following his   directions and his directions led them right into  a storm but if they had not been in those storms   they would never have discovered truths  about Jesus there were things that they   saw about him they had never seen before and  they never could have learned them any other way   except by going through the storms that they  experienced my tendency when it comes to storms   is I want to go around the storm if I see it  coming up on the horizon I want to find a way   around the trouble but sometimes God wants to lead  you straight into the middle of it all because   the Lord has his way in the whirlwind and in the  storm and so you follow him into the middle of it   he says trust me because the Lord has his way  in that when you are in the middle of the storm   that's when you look for God always look for God   in the way things are not in the way that you hope  they will be but look for God in the way things   are because he is not waiting for  you on the other side of the trouble   waiting for you to figure it out and find your way  through he is in the middle of it walking with you   working his way and his will but you've  got to trust him in it so when God says   do you trust me well then you have a decision to  make will you allow him to do what he wants to do   and not fear the outcome because to fear the  outcome says Lord I don't really quite trust you Will you allow him to do what he wants to  do and not fear the outcome focus on what   never changes in the days ahead that'll give you  stability don't focus on what's ever changing   because we don't know where it's all going to end  up you say well what are the unchangeable truths   that uh that aren't I should focus on well God  sees everything I'm going through focus on that   God cares about everything I'm going through  that's unchangeable God sees and he cares   God has the power to change what I'm going  through he has the power to answer prayers that's   unchangeable God always acts out of his goodness  to me that's never going to change no matter what   happens God is always going to act good to  me God's plan is always better than my plan   I may not see it but it's better because  he's a good God God will never stop loving me   that's never going to change in your life these are things you need to focus  on the things that never change   God's love for me God's grace  for me God's goodness for me Remember this remember that  no matter what I go through   God will go through it with me every stage every  phase every crisis no matter what I go through   God is gonna go through it with me you will  never really ever be alone God is with you He's with you right now God has never been  closer to you than he is right now he'll   never be any further away than he is right now and  remember the great promise of Isaiah 43 verse 2.   When you go through deep waters I will be with you When you pass through the rivers of difficulty  you will not drown when you walk through the fire   you will not be burned up it will not  consume you that's what you want to focus on   Maybe a little less listening to the internet  and a little bit more listening to God   that will give you confidence that will give you  stability that will replace your panic with prayer   it will replace your worry with worship it  will replace your anxiety with adoration You have to believe that God knows what is best  that he will not abandon you he will not let go   of you that you will not be destroyed by this  trouble you have to take him at his word when   he says I will never leave you or abandon  you you have to take him at his word when   he says I take all things and work them  together for your good the seed of faith   The seed of faith planted in the soil of  adversity under the watchful eye of the gardener   will bring forth life and beauty in its season  the bible says that God makes all things beautiful   in their time the trouble  that you are in will not last   The trouble will not last it is light and  momentary compared to the eternal glory   that awaits you it is all about your  perspective how you see the trouble   is how you will face the trouble if you see it in  fear you'll face it in fear if you see it in doubt   you'll face it in doubt if you see it in faith you  will face it in faith so don't see it as the end   see it as the beginning you have to look  through eyes of faith through a lens   of hope a lens of expectation remember this is  not the end of the story because we don't know   what the future holds but we do know who holds the  future we don't know all that's going to go ahead   but we're not frightened by it because we know  the end of the story we've read the last chapter   of the book we know that God is in control we  know that God is not surprised by this that God   is bigger than this and Romans 8:28 is still true  all things work together for the good of those who   love God with the called according to his purpose  if the truth be told we were being totally honest most of us don't like waiting Particularly if we're waiting for something  to change or something to get better waiting can be a very frustrating experience  but the worst kind of waiting of all is waiting on God when God forces you to wait for  things to get better in your life for things to improve to change to  reverse and nothing is happening and yet over and over and over and over and  over again in the bible we're told to wait   on the Lord the most difficult place for  you to be in life is in God's waiting room   in God's waiting room some of you are in God's  waiting room right now what is God's waiting room   when you're in a hurry for something to  happen and God isn't that's God's waiting room   some of you are in a hurry to graduate  some of you are in a hurry to get married   some of you are in a hurry to start a family some  of you are in a hurry to launch a new business   to to close a big deal some of you in a hurry for  a big goal a big dream a big accomplishment some   of you are in a hurry for all kinds of different  things and God isn't we as human beings hate to   wait and we especially struggle with waiting on  God have you ever been in a hurry when God wasn't   and your God I know you're going to come through  and I'm praying this really Godly prayer I know   it's your will so where are you why aren't you  coming through and you're in the waiting room   of life and we get so impatient we want to hurry  God up and we want things right now and some of   you been waiting for God to come through and  you're about to give up and you're getting   discouraged and you realize that God's standard  time is not always running on my time and it's   in the waiting rooms of life we learn to trust  God the most in those difficult waiting rooms   of life that's where God grows us and builds our  character the most through the pain of waiting   we learn to trust God and without faith it's  impossible to please God that's when he builds   our character you see while you're working on your  project your goal your dream your vision God's   working on you and God's much more interested  in you than in what you're trying to accomplish   because you're not taking your accomplishments  to heaven but you are taking your character   and sometimes God says yeah I intend to give you  what I've promised you I intend to answer that   prayer I intend to fulfill the vision but you're  not ready yet I want you to grow and when you're   ready then it's going to happen a lot of times we  think we're waiting on God for something to happen   like a prayer to be answered God says you're not  waiting on me I'm waiting on you I'm trying to   prepare you I'm testing your faith will you trust  me but I'm also trying to grow you up because the   blessing I want to give you so much bigger than  you can handle right now you're not ready for it   you can't handle it yet another thing you have  to learn in life is that a delay is not a denial   There's a big difference between no and not yet  now immature children don't know the difference   you tell a kid not yet they start crying and  having a hissy fit because they think it means no   they don't understand a delay is not a denial  God is saying I I intend to do these things in   your life that I've given you the vision the  dream to do but you're just not ready yet and   at the right time I will answer your prayer God's  often waiting on us now why is this important   because when you're in God's waiting room you  fall temptation to all kinds of negative emotions   you start worrying you start stressing out you get  anxious you get irritable you get spiritual add   you can get envious you can get jealous hey  he got a promotion I didn't get the promotion   she's having a baby I'm not having a  baby she got engaged I didn't get engaged   he's starting a new business that's taken off  what about mine and and all these kind of negative   emotions can come into your life and then you get  frustrated and then you start having a pity party   So what does God want you to do when you're  in the waiting room of life and because you're   going to go through it many many times God is not  a vending machine where you put in the prayer and   then you pull the thing and you instantly get it  there's always a delay the delays are by design   the delays are by design to teach you to trust  him and to grow up in your character hey a delay   is not a denial there's a big difference between  no and not yet for those of your parents you   understand this there's a big difference between  telling your kids no and not yet it's just not   time yet and a delay is not a denial we see it  all through scriptures God told Noah to build   a boat that would save his family from a  great flood but it didn't rain for 120 years   God told Abraham he'd be the father of a great  nation but he didn't have his first child until   he was 99 years old God told Moses that he would  lead the people out of slavery from Egypt they'd   been in for over 450 years but then God sends  Moses out into the desert for 40 years to wait   God gives Joseph this great dream that he'll save  his family and his people from famine and he'll   be a great leader but then Joseph gets sold into  slavery he gets falsely accused and imprisoned   and he's waiting there in prison until finally God  takes him from prison and positions him second in   command in all of Egypt and the promise comes true  King David God had King David anointed as king   but he didn't really get to be king until years  later even Jesus Christ spent his first 30 years   waiting in a carpentry shop before he started  his earthly ministry see a delay is not a denial   When God delays sometimes we feel forgotten Psalm  13:1 says how long o Lord will you forget me   forever you come to a point sometimes of believing  that God has forgotten you don't worry it's   a common experience we all go through it one  time or another feeling that God isn't there or   at the very least he's forgotten us perhaps  our problems aren't important to him we imagine   the Psalmist encounters those very doubts in Psalm  chapter 10 and verse 1 here's what he says there   Why do you stand afar off oh Lord why do you hide  in times of trouble what you believe is that he   has given up on you you may even be feeling that  way right now if so please allow me to remind you   that what you're contemplating is a simple  impossibility God never gives up on you   He never ceases to care about you and  he will not abandon his work on you   of which your trial is a part he even says that  your name is written on the palms of his hands   your very name is tattooed on the palms of God's  hands it is engraved there it cannot be removed   and such is God's concern for you he cannot  forget you no matter what storm you're weathering   now you have never left God's mind or his heart  yes sometimes when God delays we feel forgotten   but God never delays without a purpose  he knows you he knows your heart he   knows everything you're asking him for if  he's not doing what you think he should do   just be patient because God loves you don't  forget he's got your name tattooed on his palm   he knows who you are he hasn't forgotten  and he never will that often God's timing   disappoints us you know there's something maybe  something you've been praying about for a long   time and you really you need an answer you know  maybe you've been um praying for something really   specific and you needed God to show up within a  particular time frame you know it's an urgent need   and he doesn't when God doesn't answer when  you need him to I wonder what conclusions   do you come to do you think to yourself you know  did I do something wrong did I ask the wrong way   Do you find yourself asking does God  even hear my prayers so often we think   when God doesn't answer in our way or in our time  that it's because he doesn't love us God loves you   he doesn't love anybody else one grain of  sand more than he loves you you know in those   darkest moments of life I want you to hear Jesus  looking right through your fear and saying to you   trust me I am right here God's timing might not  have been everything you hoped for in your life   but I hope you understand that you can  trust the one who keeps the time clock   We don't like to trust somebody else's  timing why because if we lose control and so we'd rather than trust God because trusting  God means my goodness I actually have to trust God   we'd rather go listen I like the plan and purpose  you have for my life but can we do it my way and here's the funny thing now that I'm a parent  I recognize in my children that they don't like it   to wait on my timing they don't like to wait  they don't like to chill and be patient but the   thing is if they would just trust my timing  they would recognize it's for their good   it's for them to be blessed and prosperous and  so you can live life frustrated anxious stressed   out angry or you can rest and go God I have to  trust in your timing just trust his timing why   because it'll give you peace it'll give you rest  and it will help you to remove all disappointment   and hurt and bitterness from your heart because  you'll know actually God's in control of my life   Why didn't God just tell you everything that's  gonna happen in your life right up front well I think there are two or three reasons first  it would overwhelm you probably scare you to death   but the real reason God doesn't announce his  timetable to you is he wants you to trust him   he says just live one day at a time trust me  I I'm a good God I'm a loving God everything   I do in your life is for love but you just got to  trust me in acts chapter 1 in the bible the bible   says this Jesus said in verse 7 you don't get to  know the time timing is the father's business so   you're just not ever going to know stuff in  advance you don't know what's going to happen   tomorrow in your life much less the rest of your  life God does not tell us the details in advance   he has a timetable for your life but  he doesn't tell you the details in   advance if you could understand why God does  everything God does you'd be God God's timing   isn't good it's perfect because he knows all the  details he knows past present future he knows what   we need what we want what's the wisest thing to do  you can never go wrong waiting upon God's timing   if I'm going to wait upon God  I've got to trust him because   my waiting is saying I'm trusting you God that  your timing is better than mine you know what I   do not know your time is always right and so  I'm going to trust you and I'm going to wait   till you give me permission to go there I'll do  this I have that or buy the other it isn't that   God's trying to deprive us of anything he only  wants what is best for us so it takes faith and   what I mean by that is simply this am I willing to  trust God for his timing before I make a decision   Just imagine how amazing life would be if we could  trust God all the time in every thing all the time   in every thing and trusting God means that we  stop trying to make things happen ourselves   and we wait on God how many love waiting we  wait on God it's a painful word even to say it   and God doesn't do it when we'd like him to or the  way we'd like him to but I can promise you today   if you will keep your eyes on God and trust  him to be your recompense and to be your   reward and to be your vindicator you will  get double blessings for your former trouble   Trusting him doesn't mean I'm gonna get what I  want when I want it trusting him says I believe   that when the timing is right God will  provide what I'm asking him for you know   broken hearts do mend bodies do heal disappointment turns into new dreams   and the end of one thing can open the door for  something new if we will just put our trust in God   you know what if you're still here on  the planet God's got a plan for you   It seems to you like God's forgotten all about  you well he hasn't he hears you and he sees you   can I tell you today that you're not invisible God  knows exactly where you're at and he knows exactly   what's going on in your life and he knows exactly  how much you can take and how much you can't take   and he may not be early but he won't be late  God's timing is always perfect do I believe   that he has our best interest at heart  if I believe that I'm going to wait   but watch this somebody says I don't have any time  to waste you never waste time waiting on God never   You always find out that his timing is always  the right time. Let's start in Matthew 6 Jesus   is speaking he said I tell you do not worry  about your life what you'll eat or drink or   about your body what you'll wear who of you  by worrying can add a single hour to his life   and why do you worry about  clothes oh you have little faith   so do not worry saying what shall we eat or  what shall we drink or what shall we wear   but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness  and all these things will be given to you as well   therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow  will worry about itself each day has enough   trouble of its own and then in Philippians 4 do  not be anxious about anything but in everything   by prayer and petition with thanksgiving  presents your request to God and the peace   of God which transcends all understanding will  guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus   Jesus said very plainly very repetitively do not  worry I'm of the opinion if Jesus says not to do   something he has our best interest at heart  he's not being meddlesome he's not trying to   limit us he's concerned about our well-being and  we've missed something something has eluded us   we have tolerated something in our lives in  our thoughts in our emotions we've tolerated   something allowed it to flourish that in reality  is destructive that Jesus has said don't do that   That we are so twisted and tied up and and melting  down in our own worries and problems and we forget   that we have a heavenly father right there saying  do you want my help and we just got to say I want   your help and trust that he can do what he needs  to do let him do the work that needs to be done   look if you're counting on yourself to solve all  of your problems then of course you're worried   and stressed out it doesn't matter how strong or  wise or capable how charismatic you are it doesn't   matter how much wealth or influence you have you  are not designed to be able to take on everything   and handle everything you will have more problems  come at you than what you are capable of handling   When you carry the responsibility of everything  then you have to do everything you have to find   the solutions you have to choose the right  direction you have to power through problems   you have to plan for the future make adjustments  you have to do all of it at the speed of life   yeah you're stressed out you're worried of course  but God does not want you to do it on your own   he wants you to recognize that he is there to  lead you to walk you through to guide you through   every step of the way and and here's the deal  he doesn't want to just give you every resource   that you need to get through your problems he  wants to be what you need in every situation   It's amazing the problems that are solved the  moment that you decide to trust God in everything   because when you trust God you don't have to  try to figure anything out anymore as you lean   on him then you take the pressure off of yourself  because you don't have to try to figure stuff out   you don't have to try to change things that you've  already tried a million times to change and the   more you try to change the more frustrated it  makes you because you can just finally say well   God I'm trusting you with this and if you can't  change it then I guess it don't need to be changed   the only way you can learn to stop worrying and  stop trying to figure things out and stop being   jealous of what other people have and is I just  honestly think that in addition to studying the   word I think that we just have to try it our way  long enough to finally just get worn out enough to just say okay God I surrendered do you know  the beginning you know the end and everything   in between you know every flaw that I have every  fault that I have you know every weakness that I   have as well as my strengths I surrendered so many  times I've just said God I don't know what to do   God I'm overwhelmed or God I'm in over my head  and you know I've said this many times God help   please it doesn't have to be long it doesn't  have to be eloquent I don't have to have the   answers or the solutions I just need to  go to the one who does have the answers   Hey have you ever been on an emotional roller  coaster I I mean you're just up you're down you're   this way and you know what God says I'll take  care of that you ever go to bed thinking about it   wake up in the middle of the night thinking  about it in the morning you get up you're   thinking about it man it has captured your  thinking God says I'll take your emotion   and your thinking through Christ Jesus first  Peter 5:7 says cast all your cares on him   because he cares for you and what that means is  that we take all of our problems and our worries   and we choose to place it in God's hands and  say I trust that you will handle the outcome   are you confident that you can take your  problems and your worries and place it in   God's hands and that he can handle everything  worry is the anticipation of the negative   there's a relationship between faith and worry  it's in verse faith diminishes as worry flourishes   or as your faith flourishes  your worry will diminish worry is the negative expression of what faith  in God is one of them would be I don't want   Jesus to ever look at me and use my name and  person of little faith in the same sentence   do you I want to be a man of faith where are  you saying I don't think God can handle this   so I'm going to pick it up and I'm going to  invest emotional energy in my thoughts and   my anxiety I'm not going to change the outcome a  bit Jesus said you can't add one hour to your life God can add years God has the best solution for  all of our problems he sees and knows everything   he sees the future he understands every angle  of what is going on in your life right now   he understands how people are viewing it and  perceiving it he sees the best solution to your   problems he's incredibly wise when I worry I am  basically saying I am afraid that my life is not   going to be that I the way that I wanted to but  when I trust that God has the best solution I   am saying God I I believe that you have the  best way for me even if it's not the path   that I chose or that I came up with and we can  trust that if we follow God and if we trust him   he will give us every resource that we need every  step of the way and that at the end he can turn   that into something wonderful and beautiful and  let me tell you if you have someone who loves   you enough and who is strong enough and who has  the best solution what do you have to worry about   See the reason that worry exists so often is  because we just think it's normal it's not normal   it's common but it's not normal it  doesn't have to be in our life and it's   it's robbing us of God it's robbing us of our  family it distracts me from God and people it   robs me of my joy and it exists because I  allow it to exist listen to what I'm saying   worry exists and anxiety exists because we  allow it we are in complete control of our lives   God would never command us to do something that we  don't have the ability to do worry is a choice and   trust is a choice you can't do both at the same  time you have to choose to put your trust in God   put the full weight of your problems and your  life and your future into his hands and let   him carry it worry and anxiety means the devil  has implanted something in your life that's just   sitting there intimidating you and because of  that you can't focus on God and the people that   you love and that's the greatest problem with  worry and anxiety it robs you of your ability to   worship to love the people that you love so it's  an enemy the root of all fear worry and anxiety is   an orphan spirit because orphans are on their own  and they have to take care of their own problems   and the devil wants you to feel as though  that you're on your own and you have to solve   your own problems you have the best father in the  universe stop grieving over the father you didn't   have and start rejoicing that you have the best  father in the universe and he loves helping you   process anything in your life nothing is too small  nothing is too large he just enjoys the ride he   just enjoys the relationship and as we're sitting  here obsessing about something what it means is   we're wasting the relationship he does see your  problems and he wants to help you God's love is   for you is so immense and that means that you can  come to him with anything and everything we don't   have to lead lives that are defined by worry and  anxiety and fear doesn't mean those things won't   come and they may even come with justification  but Jesus said we don't have to worry about them   He is my provider he is my protector he is my  promoter he is the person that I long for in every   relationship he is the place that I look to to  find home he is my professor to reveal beautiful   new things to me he is everything that I need  and everything that I long for when I go to him   The key to peace is not being able to solve every  problem the key to peace is resting in who God is   When we give God control there is a beautiful  promise that he will never leave or forsake you   man we can walk in that path in that promise  towards peace he doesn't want you to be   overwhelmed with worry and problems he wants  you to be overwhelmed with his love for you   and you may be saying look you don't understand  how many problems I have how many issues and how   much I've gone through well you know what God says  no matter what you have I want to take all of your   problems all of your worries all of your failures  all of your sin all of your brokenness give it to   me because I can handle it and the truth is only  I can handle it. 365 times the bible says fear not   that's a fear not for every day of the year fear  paralyzes it makes you spiritually immobile fear   produces pain when there is no hurt fear binds  without cords fear hinders what hell can't halt   fear binds your friend and loses your enemy  what faith does to God fear does to the devil   fear sees obstacles not opportunities fear is  a magnet to call in everything opposite of what   God wants to do in your life that's why Job said  the thing that I feared the most has come upon me   when you enter into a life of fear you attract the  thing that you hate we do not have to fear because   when God is near we don't have to live a life  tormented with fear to Zachariah the message was   fear not your prayers have been heard to Mary the  message was fear not Mary don't be afraid because   you have found divine favor with God to the  shepherds the message was fear not exceeding great   joy is coming in your future and to the message to  Joseph was fear not what is happening in your life   is being birthed by the Holy Spirit himself fear  not because your prayers have been heard fear not   because you have obtained the divine favor of  God upon your life fear not because exceeding   joy is coming in your future and fear not because  what God is doing is supernaturally birthing   something in and through you by the power of the  Holy Spirit great joy is coming don't rejoice   about just what you've got rejoice about what  you got rid of and I'm here today to tell you   you don't have to be afraid because your past is  partined fear not because your present is powerful   but don't stop there fear not because your  future is promised have you forgotten that   we're headed to a city where the lamb is the  light and there is no sorrow there is no tears   there is no sickness death or dying fear not death  fear not devils fear not disease fear not calamity   why because he is Emmanuel he Emmanuel  means three things he's God in us   he's God with us but many of you have forgotten  the third thing he's God who is for us   God is not just with you and in you but somebody  needs to hear this today God is for you he knows   what you've done he knows who you are and he still  wants you to know I'm not against you I'm with you   I'm in you and I am for you stop thinking I'm  trying to get you back I'm for you I'm for you   The realization of the presence of the Lord with  us what a great comfort to have the Lord say   don't be afraid I am with you Paul writing to the  Romans said if God be for us who can be against   us David said I'm not going to  fear because the Lord is with me The Prophet Isaiah said fear not for I am  with you be not dismayed for I am your God   I will strengthen you I will help you yes I will  uphold you by the right hand of my righteousness Are you going through uncertain times right now Are you troubled about the future as you seek  the Lord and as you commit your ways to him he's promised to be with you he said I will never leave you or forsake you lo  I am with you always even to the end of the world David said I will not be afraid of what  man can do to me for the Lord is on my side you with David can confidently  face the giants of this world who may come against you with the sword  and the shield but you come against them   in the name of the living God the Lord is with  me the Lord is with me to help me the Lord is   with me to guide me he's with me to strengthen  me he's with me to deliver me from the enemy   God said my ways are not your ways  my ways are beyond your finding out   and in those places where we don't know we just  have to trust ourselves to the wisdom of God   You're wise and I'm just trusting you  Lord and I find comfort I find rest   the fear and the apprehension leaves as I put it back in his hand and say  well Lord I am yours I know you're in   control of these situations and though  I don't know why yet Lord I trust you   and I'm confident that you have a plan and  a purpose far beyond anything that I can see   God is for you and if God is for you who cares  who's against you if you're under the divine   favor of God how can man stop you  God can do more than I can say   God can do more than I can believe  God can do more than I can imagine   but it has to to come in my life there has to come  something where the spirit of fear gets broken off   fear not that you're gonna go back to what God  brought you out of fear not that you're gonna get   cancer or the cancers coming back fear not that  bad things are going to happen to you that's not   the voice of the Holy Spirit fear not that your  children are going to be harmed in some horrible   accident here's what I feel like saying today  you will have that baby you will live and not die   you you are going to get married if you will  wait on the Lord in the timing of the Lord and   it will be blessed don't let fear dominate your  life I rebuke fear fear not it's going to be   all right he has not given you the spirit of fear  that attacks your mind and your body and you live   wondering what's going to happen today he's not  giving you a spirit of fear but as a power and of   love and of a sound mind I guess what I'm saying  is don't go to the funeral till something's dead   we're bearing stuff that's not dead some of you  buried your vision and your dreams and your call   and it's not even dead quit trying  to bury things that are still alive I said fear not man enjoy  your life while you're here and I I tell you I think that it's time to  celebrate what didn't happen a lot of things   could have happened and a lot of things should  have happened but here you sit by the goodness   of God and I know you're thankful for all that  God has done but I think when we get to heaven   we're going to shout over more what what didn't  happen than what did happen when we get to see   the full picture of how God held back the enemy  and protected and didn't let us get things that   we thought we had to have but God said I won't  let it happen because that's not my best for you   you say thank you for what didn't  happen God wants us to become   so grateful for what he has done and what he  didn't let happen because the real antidote   to panic is praise the antidote to to worry is  worship and that's why every one of those people   that had a fear and the angel came and said fear  not because your prayers have been answered fear   not because there's great joy coming in your  life fear not because you're under the divine   favor of God fear not because the Holy Spirit is  moving in your life to bring to pass the thing   God wants to birth through you fear not because  Emmanuel is in you with you and for you the way   to defeat fear is to begin to magnify God magnify  means you make him bigger than your fear I don't   want you afraid of tomorrow I want you to lift  up your head and I want you to walk in confidence   knowing that your prayers have been heard knowing  fear not the divine favor of God is on you

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Length: 61min 5sec (3665 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 28 2020