Stop Fighting With God | Eric Thomas Sermon

what up what up what up everybody good morning good morning good morning this is the day that the Lord has made come on this is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice you heard that I will rejoice and be glad in it and be glad in it look can I be honest with you man like it's really a first world problem I'm just being real 90 of the stuff that we struggling with it's a first world problem and we're in we got a spirit of entitlement like for real we're losing our mind we getting upset we losing hours with our loved ones we losing hours you know with our mental and emotional health like we look we're losing y'all because we getting caught up on first world problems this is the day that the Lord has made I will I will you have a choice I will I will means despite what's going on I will it doesn't mean ain't nothing gonna happen in your life but I will rejoice it cannot be honest us like this is a command y'all we breaking the Commandments this I I will rejoice and a lot of times for a lot of us when stuff ain't going the way we think it should go we're not rejoicing like we're only rejoicing when stuff is going our way that's not what the scripture says it's not I will rejoice this is the day that the Lord has made what it doesn't matter what's going on with your electricity this is the day that the Lord has made it don't matter if stuff ain't going your way this is the this is the day that the Lord has made it doesn't matter if you overwhelm this is the day are you hearing me it doesn't matter if you got homework it doesn't matter if the teacher is oh it does not matter what your wife or your heart it does not matter what you'll get this is not the day that your spouse has made this is not the day that your bank account has made this isn't the day that your job has made does this make sense Christians talk back to me are you hearing me this is is the day that the Lord has made amen so once you wake up and he made the day for you rejoice and be glad in it he said rejoice and rejoicing is not enough that's not the standard the rejoicing is part of it and be glad in it and we are we we are letting the enemy mess up our days we're letting the enemy destroy our peace of mind we're letting the enemy destroy our health why because we're not rejoicing and being glad in it we looking at the bank account and we think that whatever the bank account is saying that don't like we don't particularly care for that now we have a right not to rejoice and be glad in it we think whatever's happening with our spouse and whatever they own or whatever we owe we think that because things ain't going right in our marriage that we don't have to rejoice and be are you are you listening to me I'm telling you what the word of God said God says that he's worthy to be praised amen all Through the Bible all through the script he is worthy to be praised and your marriage don't get to supersede that your bank account whatever trials and tribulation you have it it does not it does not negate that he's worthy to be brave for this is the day that the Lord has made say the day you made save the day your circumstance may this is the day that the Lord has made and the prerequisite is rejoice and be glad in it I'm just being real this is why as Christians stuff don't be working out for us because we're not following the word we just got it in theory we just can we can we can quote it like we know it we understand it no that's not that's not enough and I will rejoice and be glad in it and so I just want to encourage you this is the day that the Lord has made I'm gonna say it again because maybe you didn't hear me when I said it the first time amen I saw your face when you walked in here I see how you looking hey man you didn't get there you did you didn't get the memo wake up this is the day that the Lord has made wake up be excited be glad be grateful wake up it doesn't matter what the weather is outside wake up rejoice and be glad as soon as you wake up and your brain clicks that this is the day that the Lord has made maybe you need to start saying that when you wake up maybe that's our new thing from now on we're going to start saying that as a body of believer since it's biblical we're gonna start waking up and going this is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it and then maybe say it throughout the day I'm just saying it does not say at any point we have the right not to give God praise because of some circumstances so I just want to challenge you this morning amen rejoice and be glad in it and watch what happens when we rejoice and be glad in it and watch what happens when we do it consistently and watch what happens when we do it even when we don't feel like doing it Watch What Happens watch what happens in your life watch how God blesses amen is that all right come on if he's worthy to be praised stop where you are if he's worthy to be praised start where you are and give him his glory amen come on come on for something he did today for something he did this week for something he did this month for something he already had done this year come on you might just want a retro him out amen I know he did something for you praise God for this is the day that the Lord has made Let's Rejoice don't go to and be glad hallelujah thank you Jesus let's stop giving the devil his friend he don't deserve no praise but yet every time we go into that funk every time we go into that negative Spirit what we're actually doing is taking God's praise for him and giving it to the devil and I know he ain't worthy to be praised and I know he don't deserve no credit listen to me very close you say well Eric I feel some type of way okay well pray about it then don't don't don't soak about it pray about it huh don't stress about it pray about it huh don't worry about it pray about it huh huh whatever you do God does not deserve us to take our focus and attention off of him and give it to the devil he don't deserve that he's done nothing he's done nothing to us that we should take our loyalty from him and give it to his enemy we're giving it to his enemy we're giving it to his his rival we're giving it to the person who's saying that God is not worthy to be praised that God is a phony that God is in every time we go into that funk into that negative Spirit every time we start treating people differently every time we start talking different when our Attitude Change we giving the devil credit we're giving we're taking from God what rightfully belongs to him and now we're giving it to his enemies stop Stop in the Name of Jesus Amen so I'm about to wrap this up we've been talking about the gifts and how your gifts shall make room for you praise God if you believe that that is a scripture Amen in the word of God you understand it you believe in it just come on come on come on come on you understand listen to me very closely God told me to tell you that every scripture in the Bible is for not on your edification amen but it is to actually bless you amen every single scripture that God has given is to bless you come on praise God somebody every single scripture in the word of God is to bless your life is to take your life to the next level amen you not on punishment hallelujah amen God's not trying to hurt you amen every single scripture amen is to edify your life a mentally emotionally every scripture is meant to edify your bank account every scripture is meant to edify your relationships amen every scripture is meant to help you not harm you come on can I I get a witness amen every single scripture is meant to be a blessing in your life there is no scripture that's just like just random there's no so thus the Bible should not be read like a book you shouldn't read the Bible just so you can say you know it you shouldn't read the Bible so you can debate other Christians you shouldn't read the Bible like you will know it all you shouldn't read the Bible to think you know what other people don't know every single scripture should be used Amen to edify some part of your life amen if you're looking to figure out what you need to do for your physical health it's in there if you need to figure out what to do in your relationships it's in there if you need to figure out what to do with your gift and your purpose is in there it's in every single thing you need is in the word as a matter of fact the Bible says in Jeremiah 29 11 for I know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper you and not harm you plans to give you hope and a future so we should never be walking around here acting like we ain't got hope we should never be walking around here clueless come on somebody he got a plan for you we should never be worried about the future he already got your future in his hands and so God told me to tell you today two words I want to use today to help us move forward in the body of Christ to move forward two words the first one is relationships Hallelujah God told me to tell you that while you may have a challenge economically or you may have a chat that fulfillment does not come from money fulfillment does not come from houses and cars and stuff fulfillment comes from relationships amen God told me to tell you that if your life is not fulfilled here's a challenge it's either something wrong between you and his relationship there's something wrong between you and your whole relationship or there's something wrong between you and the relationship you have with others I look I want you to hear me write this down God told me to tell you if you want to reverse the curse amen if you want to change things in your life in any area there's only three things that can be happening it's only one challenge is relationships either your relationship is off with God either your relationship ship with you is off or either the relationship you have with the people who are closest to you that it's off and what's off we talked about it last week amen I promise you I'm gonna leave it alone amen but God told me to come and tell it to you again this week that what's off is the will either you in God's will are not in alignment you don't know the will for your own personal life or you're at battle with somebody you love because y'all have different Wills amen and God told me to tell you today amen that we need to work on our relationships because where there's a healthy relationship amen there's no reason to fight over will praise God talk back to me amen so what God told me to tell you is that many of you are not where you want to be in life because your will and God's will is off and the reason why your will is off because your relationship is off amen and you're leaning to your own understanding because you don't trust God hallelujah praise God I just want to talk to somebody that you don't trust God Amen something happened in the relationship maybe you're not talking to God as often maybe you're not coming to church and you're not fellowshipping with other believers hey maybe it's some folk in your ear who telling you there's no God or God ain't that deep or only use God on the weekend hey I don't know what it is perhaps your relationship with yourself you've not done what you're supposed to do and now you don't trust yourself and now you don't love yourself and now you self-doubt like I don't know what it is but I'm telling you God told me to tell you that where whenever man is not fulfilled whenever a man is not happy it is either his relationship with God his relationship to himself or his relationship to those he's close to is a will problem someone said take you through uh these scriptures uh Galatians 6 and 8. the Bible says for the one who sows to his own flesh hallelujah praise God Amen what does this mean it means that God has a will for man amen God has a plan for man amen that man should by the grace of God fall in alignment with that plan amen and then when we start to have relationships whether it's a husband and wife whether it's our children our business partners like there is a will hallelujah praise God and as long as the relationship is healthy and the will is intact we're going to be blessed but Galatians said be careful why for for the one who sows to his old flesh means what that the one who's disconnected a man from God the one who's disconnected from his family and friends amen the one who is disconnected from the spirit who has his own will who wants to do his own thing his own way the one who does not understand by the grace of God that your calendar belongs to God that your 24 hours belong to God your time belongs to God you don't get to decide your tithes belong to God God has given you a particular formula that God has given you a prescription that I I want a 10th hey man I want you to return at least again and then I want to uh this is the will of God he said that if if you would return a faithful tithes and offers will uh if you will return a faithful ties and offer then I will open up the relationship that of our relationship is intact and you follow my will for your life then I will open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that should not be room enough to receive and I will rebuke the Devourer for your sake amen and everything in your backyard everything that you plant Everything You Touch will be blessed but but but but there's a relationship we have to have and there's a will and you've got to surrender to my will and for most of us we want to do it we want to do when we want to do it you think that because you grown your calendar belongs to you you think you're 24 hours belong to you you think you have the right when you feel like doing something you can do it but when you don't feel like doing it you think you have a right because you don't feel like doing it you feel like you have a right not to do it amen and I'm trying to tell you today amen if you want to be healthy if you want to be happy if you want joy if you want fulfillment in life if you want a sense of purpose you must keep this relationship intact and you cannot keep it intact by doing what you want to do when you want to do it it's my money and I want it now no that's a commercial not your money is God's money and God has given you a portion of his funds but he still is telling you this is how I want you to spend them it is your bank account but it's my money it is your life but it's my breath you you live you move you have your being because of God and so for one who sows to his own flesh from the flesh will reap corruption Hallelujah God is saying that whenever you get to a point in your life where you bad enough to do what you want to do when you want to do it that you are sowing into your own flesh and from your own flesh will come corruption but the one who sows to the spirit will come on you keep saying that word will there is a relationship and we know the health of the relationship based on your ability to surrender to that relationship come on I'm talking to somebody uh You're Gonna Learn Today many of you don't understand that you don't get in a relationship just for what the relationship can do for you you get into the relationship because there is a will inside of the relationship and when people understand that God has a will that God has a way and is my responsibility to figure out what God is trying to do and get on the same page Hallelujah Galatians 6 and 8 is saying that there is a group of people who are on their own page who are doing their own thing for one who sows into his own flesh amen you spend your money the way you want to spend your money you spend your uh time the way you want to spend your time you do as you want with your talents you are multi-talented some of you have five talents and you're only using two how dare you in the name of Jesus Christ he gave you five for his purpose for his will he didn't give you five talents for you this ain't about you who told did your mama tell you that this was about you did your Daddy spoil you and tell you that life was about you I I you got it twist it boo this ain't about you amen and praise God for the time that you got loved on Amen but if you got Love Don't amen if your mama loved on you your daddy loved on you they were only preparing you Amen to surrender to God who made you now I want to make sure you clear on this God is saying that I have no intentions on bringing rebellious do what they want to do when they feel like doing it uh children to Heaven amen it ain't even no need for you to be here why because in heaven we're not doing multiple Wills come on can't you see why you're you and your business partner can't you see why it never works out cause you got your will and they got they got their way and y'all can't never bring your wheels together can't you see why your marriage can't you see listen to me very closely I realize that with DD the the the the the health in our relationship is when I get to a point to understand oh this was she on okay this is what I'm on okay what we on oh I'm gonna say it one more time some of y'all have never got to what we own some of you have always is what you want when you want it how you want it amen and you can't be in a healthy relationship with God because God is saying I am the Potter you are the clay amen I know your mama told you you was the Potter I know your daddy told you you was a pilot but let me just get let help you understand something you ain't the Potter I Am The Potter you are the clay I will make you and mow you and shape you in the way I want you to be molded and shaped and many of us in this room aren't successful because we want to do what we want to do when we want to do it we want to we want to use our gifts when it's a when it when when it's appropriate for us when we have time when it's convenient to us may I remind you amen God did not give you your gifts for you God gave you your gift so that he might be glorified last time I checked he is the alpha in the Omega last time I checked he is the beginning the end last time I checked he has Angels crying holy holy holy holy Lord God Almighty last time I checked you weren't the center of attention Hallelujah I'm just going to be 1000 with you the reason why your bank account looked like the way it looked like because you have never gotten on weed with nobody you still on your own thing you have not you have not the reason why your relationships look like your relationship is because you never got you you've not gotten past the point that you're not the center of attention you've never gotten to the point of we hallelujah praise God so you've never so you just on the solo you just by yourself amen you don't understand the power Hallelujah and God being the center of attention or somebody else come on talk back to me Hallelujah and God is saying there's no ain't no reason for you to be in heaven they know ain't no reason for you to come up here because they're going to be worshiping me not you oh come on I want to keep it simple amen there there is a challenge any part of our life there's a challenge in the will we not even on one God I need some vitamin B come on can we get some vitamin D or where is that vitamin E and you still eating for taste a chocolate chip come on somebody you still talking about macaroni and cheese hey man your body is saying I want it where's the vitamin D where's the vitamin C where's the vitamin where are the vitamins where where are the green left where I need something you ain't never need you ain't you so bad you ain't even own an accord with come on with our bodies are you hearing what I'm saying hey man next scripture I want to show y'all something I want to show you something amen so so y'all gonna do me a huge favor we're gonna we're gonna stop fighting with God we're gonna stop fighting with ourselves and we're going to stop fighting with others and once you get to a point a man where you learn how to be on an accord with folks you're gonna go to a whole other level once you stop telling God how you gonna use your 24 hours once you selling stop telling God how you gonna use your talents and your gifts and you just surrender and say God how you use me God what what what what will thou have me to do with God on Monday morning what would thou have me to do Monday afternoon God what would I and we stressed out stress is a stress is a something's off that's what stress is stress is something's not in alignment stress is something's not right that's stress stress is an indicator that something is not in alignment that's all stressed in stress is telling you something ain't right something's off to say this ain't Harmony somebody's off some bodies are off something's going wrong and so stress is an indicator and so what Paul says in Romans 12 and 11 he says therefore I urge you brothers and sisters he says I urge you uh by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice acceptable unto God which is your spiritual service of worship which is your reasonable service huh this is what Paul is saying Paul is saying I'm trying to tell you therefore my brother I urge you meaning what I know that as humans we have a tendency to want to do our own thing and here's the problem we do our own thing we don't get the results we want in life and now we got attitude with God or we got an attitude with our spouse or we got an attitude with our boss or we got attitude with our pastor or we got an attitude with our Mentor OH we got an attitude with our coach we got an attitude why because you and I are sowing into the Flesh and then we get mad when we don't get spiritual results no talk back to me and so Paul says we have a tendency to want to spend our time the way we want to spend we want to spend our money however we want to spend it on what we want to spend it on forget God's plan in Jeremiah 29 11. we have time and we want to use our time the way we want to use our time no no no Paul said you you you have a natural uh propensity to sin you have a natural tendency to want to sow to the flesh huh you have talents and you want to decide which ones to use and which ones not to use and when to use them and to what extent to use them and to how long and I'm trying to tell you the secret to success and say I surrender oh and so Paul says because God Made You and God created you because God is the center of your joy because God is your everything because God is your all and all Paul says therefore I urge you get your stuff together I urge you fix it I urge you get my as grandma with if you don't get your I are you listening what I'm trying to tell Paul says I urge you if you don't stop if you don't quit I I urge you get your stuff you know better you are believers in Christ you know this ain't your time this ain't your money you know this ain't your time you know you're on borrowed time you know there's a season for everything under the sun you know that you'll be judged one day oh come on somebody you got get your stuff I urge you brothers and sisters young and old I urge you I urge you by the mercies of God the grace of God you should we should have all to this point God should have got rid of all of us God should have dealt with all of us we should all been judged and sent to hell but but God but Paul says by his mercies Hallelujah I want to cry right now when I think all the stuff amen when I think about how rebellious I've been to the will of God and when I think about just how ignorant and stupid I've been when I just think about how I just I did my own thing what I wanted to do and how to almost cost me my life I I literally I almost lost my life on multiple occasions doing dumb stupid stuff and his Mercy covered me even when I wasn't doing what he told me to do even though I was going against everything he told me to do he still had mercy and he still had Grace and he still covered me and he still loved me and he still looked out for me Paul says why God still has Mercy why God still has Grace I urge you brothers and sisters kindly the presidential gifts to God and present your temperaments to God and present your gifts to God and present your tithe to God and present your time to God give Paul says that I I I I urge you my brothers and sisters every thing that you have every good gift has come from God give it back he says that you are living and holy sacrifice acceptable to God this is your reasonable service and so today I pray in the name of Jesus Christ amen stand wherever you are in the name of Jesus Christ perhaps perhaps our relationship with God is off God God not just recently I started praying it's a special prayer the young man gave me and we did it for an hour and God said son I need you to I need your prayer life to get a little bit more intense on I need your prayer life amen praise God I need you back up early son Hallelujah Come on talk back to me amen God says I need you to get this this spiritual music back in you I need you to get control of your mind son I need you to get fully I need son I'm doing a lot in and through you I need you to be holy I need you to be Sanctified I need you to separate yourself I'm about to do some great works through you and I need I need to be in you a little bit more than I'm in you anybody in the room the relationship between you and God just to keep it 1 000 needs to go to another level you didn't got a little comfortable you didn't got a little beside yourself amen you didn't got a little bit off track amen and more your time is being spent on you being happy and you being satisfied and you being have has anybody else in the room you gotta you you need you and God could use another 30 minutes Hallelujah that you could use sometime in the morning or afternoon at night amen anybody else like Daniel realize that you need to take three separate occasions throughout the day amen and you and God need to amen is anybody in the room hey man you you need a better relationship to yourself amen anybody in the room that your preference is killing you like the way you've been like the way you like to operate you know I'm saying yo Mo for anybody in the room anybody in the room you you like you start starting to slip emotionally and mentally a little bit like you ain't on your game you don't remember like using anybody your weight getting out of control anybody your health you ain't drinking the water like you supposed you ain't eating away anybody else in the room your the way you treating you amen you ain't in the perfect uh relationship with yourself amen anybody in the room you ain't sleeping amen you stressed out more than you should be stressed out hey man anybody in a room you're not in alignment with God Amen you you you're having fits more often than not amen anybody in the room not in control of their emotions Come on talk back to me anybody in the room like you just ain't on your game like it used to be on your game anybody in the room you slipping personally this ain't got nothing to do with your spouse or your kids or your job is anybody in the room you just slipping hey man you ain't taking care of yourself the way you used to take care of yourself is anybody in the room you don't have the right relationship to yourself you fighting against yourself is there anybody in the room Hallelujah and finally amen is anybody in the room you fighting with your spouse all the time you just can't y'all just said what did you even get married for why'd y'all why are you ain't even in a relationship your wheels are so far off and you ain't even trying to do nothing to fix it you're not even surrendering amen anybody in the room Hallelujah you and your kid you just can't find it's just conflict after conflict after conflict and you just can't seem to is anybody else in the room where you trying to demand them you trying to force them to even though it's their life and they got to make their decision and they got to get their experiences so they can get their wisdom as anybody else you just you and your kid you and your best friend you just can't seem to get along with nobody is there anybody in the room Hallelujah is there anybody in the room that you want to start surrendering your will because it's really it's really messing your life up your will ain't even a blessing to you no more it's more of a curse amen you trying to control everybody and everything and it's just blowing up in your face and your life just ain't where you wanted to be but you fighting to keep your will you fighting to do things your way even though you see everything around you is crumbling doing it your way is anybody in the room you're ready to figure out what in the world is God talking about in Jeremiah 29 11 and how can I get on one Accord with him so I can get that stuff he's talking about is anybody ready to be at peace is anybody ready to be at peace is anybody tired of conflict and chaos is anybody tired of fighting if that's you you're coming is anybody tired are you tired of going in circles come to the altar you're tired you're tired you're tired you're tired of you know not coming home you're tired of fighting and fussing you're tired of even your house and then turning to hell now ain't even no peace in your house no more even your house is in turmoil your house your car your job everything is that can you just be honest and say God you I had it I took it God I took total control of my life and it's a total mess can you just be honest today it's a total mess it's a it's a train wreck it is it is a disaster God hell I took control and I ain't nowhere where I want to be I'm nowhere when I got baptized and I started studying the word this don't look nothing like I thought it would be Lord I have just I've are you ready to surrender to Jeremiah 29 11 are you ready to let go and let God are you ready to stop fighting with your kids and y'all sit down and figure out what the will is stop trying to control for are you and your spouse are y'all ready to sit down and just hash it out and just figure it out and through prayer just get it right are you ready are you ready to live the life that God told you and stop settling for the life that you just figure you just gonna have are you ready are you ready come come come come come come to the altar amen praise God come come come come come let's talk to Daddy come come ye who are weary come home come home anxiously patiently Jesus is Calling calling o sinner come on come home let's stop fighting come home let's kill these disagreements come home this confusion and chaos is not necessary come home ye who are weary come home you're tired your life is out of control you're tired on a mental struggle in the mental battle come home ye who are weary come on Jesus is Calling o sinner come home let go let go let go I know you scared let go let go I know you want control because they hurt you let go he's not gonna hurt you let go let go I know you want to be in control they were in control and you don't like how they felt when they let go he got you trust and Obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but trust Daddy he got you from this point let go you've done enough you've taken it as far as you could possibly take it Let It Go you've done as much as you can in your life in your marriage in your business you've done enough as a parent come on you've done enough let go let God surrender give it to him give it to him give it to him give him give him all of it give him all of it let him take it surrender let go stop fighting stop fighting stop struggling stop battling let go let go father we come now we're letting go please please Lord take it and do something with it Lord we've done as much as we possibly can we bring it to you as a as a mess it's a hot heated mess take it revive it take it renew it take it restore it take it Jesus take it and do what you intended to do from the start before sin got in the way Lord we surrender we let go we let God we let go we let God today is a brand new day turn it over to Jesus turn it over to Jesus and you can smile the rest of your days turn it over to Jesus all of it turn it over to Jesus and you can smile the rest of your days Lord we love you we praise you we let go we let go we surrender we take this tight grip off we allow it to slip through and slip out of our hands and into your hands we back up We Believe that it's going to be all right from this day forward for greater is he that is in us than he that is in this world and that we can do all things through this relationship with Christ Jesus mend the relationship between you and I men the relationship let myself down so much I've lied to myself so much I've disappointed myself so much Lord restore unto me the joy of the Lord fix fix my relationship with me and then my brothers and sisters Lord my spouse my children whoever Lord fix those relationships and take my will and do as you will with my will forgive us for our sins and our shortcomings and have mercy on us in Jesus name amen thank you so much for joining us this week for those who've expressed an interest in supporting our ministry please use our cash app dollar sign a place of change apoc for your donations and tithes if you prefer more traditional options please visit our website at www.apocministry.org where you can make your donation via PayPal credit card or certified check or money order we look forward to seeing all of you for our midweek service Wednesday evenings at 6 PM Eastern Standard Time with Pastor TJ tyus right here on Facebook on behalf of our pastors and their families and your apoc family we wish you all a very blessed week

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Length: 36min 33sec (2193 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 16 2023