Sunday Rebroadcast 05/09/2021 "To Those Who Wait On Him" - Keith Moore

foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] man [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you are worthy of all worship you are worthy of our praise everybody serve the lord a plan that's come before them [Music] is is is faithfulness [Music] oh hallelujah here's you is so good for the lord our god is praise his name for the lord our god is good for the lord our god praise the the lord is is ready to be praised is is is [Music] is there's power in that name of amen by the power of god [Music] is [Music] [Music] he touched my body the lord will break down the power of the lord [Music] oh [Music] oh we thank you lord they say these chains will never end but they don't know you like we do there is power in your name we've heard that there is no way through we've heard the tide will never change they haven't seen what you can do there is power in your name so much from the impossible that we believe foreign we know that hope is never lost so much that we believe [Music] [Music] we trust god we believe that you said i believe you said it is that we believe hallelujah [Music] viewers [Music] steel that all the earth rejoices tries to hide his voice [Music] [Music] father [Applause] is is [Music] oh [Applause] how great is oh oh oh we've all lift up your hands and your voice oh we bless you lord we bless you all i pray [Music] lift up your voice present singing again how great [Music] oh he's the great and mighty god greatest of all somebody say great great great is the lord our god hallelujah one of the things that makes god so great there are many is how gracious he is [Music] the bible said he is kind to the unthankful did you hear that he's kind to people who don't even appreciate it who don't even acknowledge it or appreciate it and a verse that a lot of people have mixed up in their mind he sends his reign on the just and unjust reign is a blessing now talk about damage and floods just rain rain is a blessing and ungodly people benefit is that right from the rain and the sunshine and the crop that's what he's talking about he's kind to the unthankful if you would put on the screen for us james 2 12 and 13. james 2 12. [Music] the bible talks about that you you reap what you sow jesus said judge not so you won't be judged but if you judge you will be judged speak and do as they shall be judged by the law of liberty verse 13 for he shall have judgment without mercy who has shown no mercy and mercy rejoices against judgment oh hallelujah man if you're about to be judged the thing you want instead is mercy but if you refuse to show mercy you won't be shown mercy [Music] i came on my heart that we should sow some mercy today if there's somebody that's been treating you wrong somebody that has harassed you or some group or some somebody that's taken something from you you can pray that they'll be judged you can wish that they'll be judged but if you sow judgment [Music] that's what you reap how many think we can sow mercy you can even though they don't deserve it we can ask god to have mercy on it is that right what did jesus say concerning the very people that nailed him to the cross what did he say father forgive them they know not what they do and that is the case so many times people don't realize what they're doing or the effect it's having on other people they really are in many cases grossly ignorant of their actions and their effects and if you love people no matter how bad and ugly they've been you don't want to see them judged you want to see mercy you you don't want to see things turn out badly you want to see things turn around and you don't want people to be lost you want them to be saved you don't want them to be destroyed you want them to be restored right you don't want them to be judged you want mercy can you say amen so close your eyes and and focus on this right now anybody or any group that has done you harm or done you wrong or or taken something from you i mean it could be a family member it could be a co-worker it could be any number of situations and there are many i want to lead you in a prayer say it out loud father god have mercy on them for in many cases they don't know what they're doing or how it's affecting other people we don't want to see them judged we ask for mercy i forgive them and i ask you to forgive them and that any sins against me will not be laid against their charge i ask for mercy i ask for grace in jesus name oh hallelujah how great [Music] are you lord sing it out loud sing with me [Music] [Music] me my oh lord we worship you we bless you we praise you we give you glory we give you thanks [Music] one of the great things about being born again is that you have the very love of god shed abroad in your heart you you can love with a supernatural love that is beyond human love [Music] the love that god is and that he functions in he forgives and he says their sins and iniquities i will remember no more and you can do that too right i said you can do that too by faith it's a choice and you got that love in you say it out loud their sins i will remember no more hallelujah and what that does it sets you free it sets you free you don't have to relive that a thousand times you don't have to let that rain on your parade somebody say i'm free i'm free i'm free i'm free well it's the name name above worthy lord we worship you in these places and all over today we say you are our god we are your people we worship you unashamedly unreservedly everybody say i say it right out loud everybody nobody's silent say i worship you lord my god i worship you oh thank you lord thank you lord for the privilege of knowing you knowing you knowing you [Music] knowing you knowing you knowing you oh lord get glory to yourself in every part of our lives speak to us quicken us strengthen us give us answers today and we'll give you all the praise for it now and in time to come hallelujah [Music] are you happy to be in church on a sunday morning man it's it's the place to be turn around smile at somebody and wave at them and let them know they're around friendly people nice people hallelujah [Music] good morning welcome this morning to faith life church it's a great day already yes yes welcome welcome do we have any first time visitors with us this morning here in sarasota yes you can wave stand up if you'd like welcome welcome so glad you joined us wonderful welcome everyone in sarasota welcome all our friends and family out there online we love y'all out there we're happy that you join us yes and happy mother's day wonderful thank you yes happy doll how many have extra moms i had extra moms yes spiritual moms my best friend that i grew up with her mom always called her mom i'm thankful i'm thankful for my precious mom she's here today so thankful and uh thankful for all the mothers god created both moms and dads yes well so happy for you happy happy mother's day to everybody well i do not have any announcements so did you celebrate any birthdays or anniversaries this week oh there we go yup everybody stand happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday back there happy anniversary how many 27 happy anniversary and miss caroline is 90. oh happy happy birthday ah precious lady and happy birthday over here precious lady yes oh happy anniversary 30. yay happy anniversary happy birthday oh boy is that 19 yes jj and bambi happy happy anniversary wonderful happy birthday back there 26. yay happy anniversary this is wonderful oh i like it so much happy birthday back there and okay i'm missing anybody all right well let's take a look at our sister ah hi family oh i see some i have to zoom zoom we were talking about zuma zuma zoom anybody watch that show when they were growing up sweet oh 56. happy anniversary happy birthday to everybody there standing happy happy birthday wonderful anybody else hi miss phyllis love you happy birthday i see one back there yep happy birthday i know it was janet's birthday too happy birthday last week for janet well love y'all you ready for a rest of the wonderful service yes amen praise god aren't we blessed yes you know the scripture says teach us to number our days and there's wisdom in that because most of the world are living as though they are going to live down here forever and keep doing what they're doing and that is a fantasy that's uh uh all of us are just here for a very short time and we just have a very short amount of time with each other and in these situations and so the bible teaches us to redeem the time make the best and most out of the time that we have a few years ago the lord quickened phyllis and i to pray that over ourself and to release faith that we would not waste our remaining time and days and opportunities but asking the lord for wisdom and understanding so that we would use it use our remaining days to the in the highest and best use of them is that your desire to say it out loud lord teach me to number my days that i may know and realize how few they are and show me how and grace me to use my remaining time for the highest and best purposes your purposes in jesus name amen amen hallelujah we'll all soon be out of here but between now and then we got a job to do right let's do our job let's do it well and then let's uh blow this popsicle stand let's let let's get on out of here anybody know familiar with that phrase um isaiah 1 if you would notice isaiah 1 and the 19th verse and the 20th verse the lord quickened this to me earlier this week and reminded me of things that he's shown us isaiah 1 and 19 it says if you be willing and obedient you shall eat the good of the lamb uh in the next verse it says but if you refuse in other words if you if you're unwilling and you rebel you're disobedient you'll be devoured with the sword for the mouth of the lord has spoken it uh james and peter in the new testament talk about how that the enemy is looking for whom he can devour and so who can he well here's a revelation the the unwilling the uh the disobedient make themselves vulnerable uh to being devoured and consumed and that's that's in multiple areas of your life uh the further that i go we've been doing this you know 40 plus years now and i i can see such a giant connection between obedience and abundance is everybody awake obedience and abundance but so many times folks dis uh connect and they take apart words like this put put back up verse 19 please isaiah 1 19 so many christians and church going people you know what they think 90 of this verse is [Music] you shall eat the good of the lamb now why'd you laugh like that because with so many folks that's all that's 90 of what they hear there was something something in the front and then it was you shall eat the good now why are you laughing like that but i want you to notice the first word huh if if you do you will if you don't you won't that's good huh it's such a giant part of it and so uh you'll see it all through the scriptures where they were supernatural abundance supernatural provision there was obedience and faith that preceded it do you remember when the when the drought was on and the uh the lord told the prophet go to so you know the brook such and such and there i'll provide for you everybody say there what if he hadn't gone to the brook then after a while he said go to such and so with zarephath i've commanded a widow to sustain you there everybody say there well is the provision going to be somewhere else or is it just going to be there what if you don't go there then you're going to experience lack and it wasn't the will of god because the abundance was not just wherever you decided to go the abundance was there there's a there for you right there's a there where you're supposed to be where you're supposed to be hooked up things you're supposed to be doing there's a there where you're supposed to work there's a there where you're supposed to be in church come on you're listening and and most of the population are disobedient i mean you've got millions of christians that they they're not in church anywhere they won't go they won't serve they they wouldn't stay in the job the lord put them in over three months and now they're on their fifth job and and their third marriage and are you listening to me they won't stick they won't listen they won't do what the lord tells them to do and and because of that they experience lack lack lack if you want god's abundance you have to be willing and you got to follow through right how many understand you can't just ignore these things and all you hear is they'll eat the good of the land are y'all okay or not you can't just only pick the parts that's what i call selective hearing in luke 15 let me mention this to you quickly this is the story of what we call the uh the story of the prodigal son and you'll notice that in this luke 15 this chapter it talks about how that a father a good father who represents god the father gave to his sons his his living his their inheritance and the younger took his part and he's gone and he went to a far country everybody say far country you know why you want to go to the far country so nobody knows what you're doing nobody can keep up with you that's you're laughing because you know it's true and uh he spent he spent it all up in just a short amount of time and at the same time he ran out of money uh they ran out of food and he ran out of friends and he ran out of options next thing you know he's working uh slopping hogs and he's so hungry he's looking in the pig trough going you know that don't look that bad i was tempted to eat the pig food and the bible said he came to himself amen well where was he before he wasn't at himself he wasn't thinking right not that he had mental problems per se but he believed the wrong things focused on the wrong things prioritize the wrong things but the bible said he came to himself and when he did what he said was verse 17 luke 15 17 when he came to himself he said how many hired servants of my fathers have bred enough and despair and i perished with hunger what was his revelation there's plenty at daddy's house is that right what am i doing out here about to starve to death nobody cares about me what am i doing out here exactly what are you doing out of the will of god huh are y'all with me church what are you doing out here acting crazy ignoring the plan of god rebellious defiant doing your own thing what are you doing you're going to starve out there you're going to hurt out there you're going to die young you're going to die wrong what was his revelation what was his revelation when he came to himself what am i doing out here i mean there's plenty of food at father's house there's abundance in father's house there's fullness in father's house i'm over here hungry i could be full in father's house so he went over there and sure enough when as soon as he got there the father went out and hugged him pig stink and all is that right and he said bring the best robe and put it on him put a ring on his hand put shoes on his feet bring the fatted calf kill it let's eat and be married was he right was there provision at the house i mean just like that he goes from being in the dregs in the ditch lost undone dissatisfied broken broken-hearted and miserable two huh three thousand dollar suit big diamond ring got nice shoes on his feet is that right eating prime rib come on y'all listening or not why because he got back in the will of god he got back in father's house he got back where he was supposed to be he went back to his there can you say amen you know you could preach that you could preach that don't separate endeavoring to believe god for your needs met and your bills paid and for abundance from being willing and obedient that's a big huge part we shouldn't hear you know no no no no no something in the front and they will eat the good of the land let's read it one more time and make sure we verse 19 are you there isaiah 1 19. they'll put it on the screen for us was it say if huh isaiah 1 19 if you be willing and obedient you shall eat the good of the land that's not it there you go thanks if you said out loud if are these words in the front are they important too if so if you don't do this next part none of the rest of it applies to you if you be willing and obedient we might say then you'll eat the good of the land are you purposing to be willing and obedient go where the lord tells you to go stay where he tells you to stay do what he tells you to do don't do what he tells you not to do is that right and don't gripe about it and fuss about it be willing be willing to do it and how many believe if you do that what can you expect you will eat the the good of the land means the best you look at other translations and other parts it means the best you'll eat the best you'll wear the best you'll drive the best you'll live in the best i know a lot of folks don't believe it but the bible says it in multiple places is he a good god or is he a good god does he in first first timothy 6 say that he gives us richly all things to enjoy hallelujah let me give you the good report of things that are going on in the church the uh the go supply is uh very well supplied uh we actually are in the process of doing some work on the plane and it needed some things that had come up and so uh phyllis referred to him as struts uh last weekend but i don't that's not the correct word but it'll do for our purposes so uh we're putting some new parts on that had to be replaced and so we could still use some extra on that but if you'll notice that little thing that hundred percent there a year ago we released what we thought uh faith for to run it for a year we've met that uh so now we start another year and we're releasing faith again is god faithful or is god faithful and the gold supply is working just like the word supply you know how year after year we've had everything we've needed just when we need it the go supply is the travel arm of the ministry of course we travel back and forth between the churches on a regular basis but we also go all over the country and we go to other countries and when we go to places whether it's churches or conventions or whatever the thing may be it costs them nothing for us to come to them we they they receive no bills from us no no requirements no asks for anything because we don't have to because the lord has blessed us so much right that the go supply pays for our air travel our ground travel our hotel our meals everything so we can just come at no charge i really enjoy that i really like that we're able to do that and it's because of uh folks like you that sow into it and enable us and really your the bible said how can you preach unless you are sent and so if you're involved with that then you're a part of what we preach and teach to them you're a part of what happens in those service in those meetings because we couldn't have gone except you sent us can you see that so you have a part of that you have a part of that reward well then also we have the word supply now what that is that's all of our materials that includes the broadcast and and really it includes the uh the faith school because all of that is outreach and it is uh that is going into all corners of the world and it's including uh cds dvds printed materials music downloads uh all kind of things and uh this week we had for every dollar we spent uh we had a dollar and a half come in and so uh uh and that a lot of things are going out every day and so you're sending seed and so many times people that really need it they don't have the resources to buy it and especially in other countries uh it can be uh they're places where it's illegal to have anything about jesus and so you don't want to put your information on a screen that can be seen in one of those countries but because there's no transaction involved they can send it to whatever address they want to and it just shows up and they just happen to pick it up sometime and here we go but seed is being sown throughout the earth and aren't you glad that you're a part of it the word supply is well supplied if you want to get involved in the offerings today raise your hand if you want to give by cash or by credit card take an envelope for cash giving credit card giving if you want something to go to the word supply designate it put on there word supply or go supply go supply sends us personally word supply sends the materials if you don't designate it that's good too it'll go to the general operations of the churches aren't we thankful that all our needs are met all our bills are paid we're not behind on anything and everything we have is paid for we don't have any debt on any of our facilities aren't we thankful for that and we've been able to help others some months ago you know we received the offering the catch up and get ahead offering and we have how many now what this was for was to help churches and our ministries that had gotten behind during all the coveted stuff and the shutdown stuff and to date we have helped 44 45 huh one last week so 45 churches and ministries and several of them were in the process of losing their properties and that's not happening now oh somebody say thank you lord and if you're watching or you know of somebody we still have uh resources for that and so if you uh if your church or your ministry that got behind during some of this and you could use some help let us know contact the office and we'll see what the the lord says about it the only thing we can do is be led by him right that's there's you can't you don't try to become uh everybody's need and provider you can't too big right you can't do that but if everybody does their part it all gets done so aren't we thankful for that so uh not only did we not go down or go under uh we we never got behind and we're able to help other people that's the goodness of the lord that's the graciousness and faithfulness of our good god somebody say thank you come on just lift up your hands and say thank you lord we thank you thank you for blessing us thank you for keeping us thank you for using us and we do we desire to do more hallelujah thank you lord and that's what jesus was talking about when he said it's more blessed to give than to receive what does that mean not only are you in good shape but you're able to help somebody else that's being more blessed praise god and we are the more blessed we're so blessed the blessed people call us blessed if you need an envelope for your giving raise your hand real high uh if you're watching online there's a button you can click on and it says sowing you get involved that way when you're ready stand with us everybody whether you're giving or not just stand and and minister to the lord with us if you're writing take your time finish up then stand hold up your offering or hold up your hand say out loud father god you are my source unlimited unfailing because the lord is my good shepherd i shall not want i shall not lack for any good thing but he always causes me to have all sufficiency in all things and abound to every good work thank you lord for increasing us us and our children for blessing us richly and making us a big blessing to a lot of people to your glory to your honor in jesus name thank you father father as you're under shepherds phyllis and i speak over the people right now and we say be increased be enlarged in every good thing and the blessing of the lord be on you and manifest manifested on you and in your things until others see the goodness of god and are drawn to him by it in jesus name if you agree with that say amen hallelujah means so be it i receive it what's going on in the faith life family we're getting buildings lands houses vehicles equipments in this life you need some stuff you need a place to stay you need something to eat need a way of getting around you need a way to do your job well it's god's will that you have the good of the land the best it should be a witness so whatever uh you know if you are a a plumber then you should have the best plumbing gear in town y'all with me or not i mean your plumbing gear is so nice other plumbers look at it and go wow how do how do you do that and the lord shows you how to finish two jobs while they're thinking about starting the first one huh and the blessing of the lord is seen in your life so say it again i'm getting my buildings my lands my houses my vehicles my equipments everything i need to do everything i need to do and do it on a high level after a godly sort [Applause] what else is going on all of my debts are being reduced and eliminated said out loud i claim extra in and i'm paying everything off quickly and you remember we also claimed at least three months surplus operating funds huh yeah do it do it what else is going on the lord's bringing into my hands seed even some great big whopper chunk seeds i'm a giver i'm a sower and when you sow seeds you reap harvest when you sow big seeds you reap big harvest can you say amen you can be seated ushers wait on the people and then we'll come back to you good measure [Music] give to the lord it will come back to you if you give has given to you how you give is a reflection of your gratitude it will come back to your pleasure together [Applause] it will come back to you good measure press down shake it together [Music] god praise god praise god hallelujah praise god well uh if you hear something or you hear something over the internet that's rain we got some rain on our metal roof here it's making a little bit of noise uh that uh those covered porticos would be nice today wouldn't they yeah maybe we got them on our vision list right so uh before too long maybe we'll be talking about some of those but uh it is the day we observe mother's day like kim was saying so if all the mothers would please remain standing and everybody else can sit all the mothers oh and please just remain standing for just a few moments aren't we thankful church family for our mothers that was weak that was way too weak i said aren't we thankful for our mothers yes mothers are a gift from god they are a revelation of a part of him it takes mothers and fathers to reveal uh you know both both parts of our father god he uh some of the attributes that of the father that you read about describe uh mother and it's all in him and he has expressed it to us through our mothers let's pray over our mothers i know many are not here in the building but let's let's do so and let's bless by faith the mothers that are here and speak over how many believe no matter what you've experienced prior that your days to come can be even better than the ones you've already had is it possible oh yes so everybody seated and reach your hands out toward these mothers and some toward the cameras father we thank you so much for the gifts that you have given us in our mothers and everything you have taught us through them and everything you have ministered to us and helped us and taken care of us and comforted us and protected us and if we hadn't got started we could have never continued much less finished thank you for our mothers and by faith we speak over them everybody say we bless you we speak over you we pray that your days to come will be even better than former days we bless you in the name of jesus hallelujah praise god if you just please remain standing for just a moment we got a we've got a little token uh that we want to give to you this is interesting because uh there was a time long long ago when people wrote letters and and cards with their hands i'm not talking about prehistoric it it was not that long ago but here's some some some little cards uh that we wanted to to give to you and kim would you please come up we also want to acknowledge uh mothers that have reached a milestone she's not on is the switch on yeah yeah okay try it again hello yeah hi well what we'd like to do is um mothers that are 90 years old to a hundred would you stay standing we have mothers in that age range here in sarasota i didn't know if you wanted to put put them in yeah yeah in both places yes any 90s did we happy mother's day wonderful what a blessing what a blessing i know sarasota has mama's in that age how about mamas from 80 between 80 and 90. do we have any mamas that age oh look at there glory to god look at there i know oh sarasota too wonderful what a blessing oh stay standing um because you're gonna get something don't don't miss out oh there she goes [Laughter] sorry i should have reiterated that wonderful blessing now they're getting getting this mama one happy mother's day to everybody wonderful happy mother's day all right is that it yes okay good good praise god we are so thankful um it's it's sad that a lot of people have not had parents in their life and so uh whether it's a natural mother father a spiritual father a mother you want to be thankful for people that loved you cared about you and did things for you and there's no such thing as somebody that never made a mistake or that knew everything or uh you learn as you go but it is to be highly treasured that somebody cared about you right cares about you and kept you and ministered to you thank god well let's release faith for the rest of the service as far as uh utterance and ears to hear do you believe you could hear something from the lord that's certainly relevant and pertinent to what you are looking at at this phase of your life well father in jesus name all of us agree together here and in sarasota and everybody joining us online we ask you for utterance we ask you for the anointing that teaches and reveals and guides us into the truth the truth it makes free the words that are living and healing and restoring and delivering we ask for answers and help today and we purpose not to be forgetful hearers but to treasure what you show us and to keep it and hold on to it and to do it and as surely as we do that great things will happen because you will watch over your word and you will perform it in our lives you are faithful to do so and we thank you for jesus name amen thank you lord would you go to first corinthians please first corinthians and the first chapter for a few weeks now guess what about uh maybe three or so we have been on the subject that we're calling faith in the power faith and the power if you haven't been with us uh and you want those previous messages you can go online they won't cost you anything they're available the reason i say that is because we're building on that as we go and in first corinthians the first chapter and the 18th verse it says the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness but unto us which are saved it's the power of god you can discern between saved people and lost people by how they see refer to talk about the gospel people that despise it are lost people who are saved respected how many in here thank god for the gospel that's how you got born again right that's how you got saved gospel means good news keep going verse 19. it's written i'll destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent skip on down to verse 22. he said jews require a sign and the greeks seek after wisdom but we preach christ crucified to the jews of stumbling block and unto the greeks foolishness but unto them which are called both jews and greeks christ the power of god and the wisdom of god no matter what you're looking for jesus is it right you're looking for power and miracles that's who you should go to is that right you're looking for wisdom and smarts and knowledge that's who you should go to right jesus is the power of god the christ is the power of god and he's the wisdom of god because the foolishness of god is wiser than men and the weakness of god is stronger than men now skip down to the second chapter and the first verse first corinthians 2 1 2 1 1 corinthians 2 1. it said right brethren when i came to you i came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of god for i determined not to know anything among you save or accept jesus christ and him crucified i was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling now let us stop that why would that be so keep that in mind because we're going to touch on it in a few moments how does that connect with the next part keep reading my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power verse 5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of god say it out loud that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but that your faith should be in the power of god faith in the power of god this is what he was talking about faith in the power of god don't assume you know all about what that means and certainly don't assume you have arrived at the fullest measure of faith in the power of god the scripture warns in second timothy 3 5 2 2 timothy 3 5 it says that there be people who have a form of godliness but they deny the power thereof and from such turn away why would that be so why would that be so that there will be people that are religious but when it comes to the power of god they deny it they don't have faith in the power well then what is their faith in you know we saw uh uh sometime back uh talking about these things that the sadducees were a religious group in jesus day you'll you'll read about the pharisees and the sadducees and the sadducees the scripture says they deny that there is any spirit or angel or any resurrection from the dead basically that there is no life after death and my question at that point was why go to that church right there's no angel there's no spirit there's no life after well what are they doing at that church it's it's not about power they don't believe in the power they don't believe in the existence of spiritual reality they don't believe in any power that could raise the dead so what's it all about at that church wisdom knowledge can you see that only about smarts you know thinking and and and values and and this and that now why bring that up because the sadducees are still around huh yeah yes sir they they have different names but it's the same basic idea and beliefs uh they don't want to talk about spirits oh no that's uh and and the virgin birth well i you know maybe that's more symbolic physically raised from the dead well we don't know well you're lost amen you're not even born again you're not saved if you don't believe in the power of god like one individual said if you're okay with the first verse in the bible you make it okay through the rest of it what does that mean in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth well that took power i said that took power and a whole lot of it didn't it to create stars and keep them burning to create planets to create galaxies and to keep it all going to create life to create the animals to create us keep us going it took and it takes immense a mouse of continuous flow of power if you don't believe in the power of god what do you believe in well you think you're smart yeah and you have these intellectual concepts and mostly what you have are theories theories this could have happened this might have happened this probably happened my father in the faith kenneth hagin who's in heaven now he used to give us a definition of a theory he said you know what a theory is we go what what's a theory it is a supposition based upon ignorance of the topic under discussion that's exactly what it is it's a theory means nothing's been proven nothing's been verified nothing's been confirmed somebody had an idea that they think might be true doesn't make it true huh and you'll notice when you get right down to it the the theories of the big bang the theory of evolution the theory of all these things do not forget they are unproven unverified theories theories theories and if you don't know how it happened how do you know god didn't do it if you weren't there if you don't know how it happened how do you know god wasn't involved just being honest you'd have to say i don't know that's a start right that's a start but what i'm so what i'm saying is the sadducees if they don't believe in power then why do they have church well they have ideas i said they have ideas ideas about this ideas about oh they got a lot of ideas and they're so they have very strong opinions and they even fuss and fight over their ideas but there's no power to change anybody there's no power to save anybody there's no power to heal anybody there's no power to deliver anybody much less power to raise you from the dead oh but with real christianity with the real christ it starts with power and it ends with power and it's power all the way in between somebody say power power power i have faith in the power of god i believe in the power of god not just theoretically experientially have you been born again that was weak i mean we got is half the church not saved what have you been born again [Applause] then you have experienced the power of god huh have you been filled with the spirit have you been healed or delivered then you have experienced some degree in manifestation of the power of god and the great news is there's a lot more where that came from man i about preached myself happy already go to isaiah if you would we looked at this last time but i didn't feel like we nearly got got through talking about it isaiah the 25th chapter and we'll work our way over to the 40th chapter and this is isaiah 25 4 verse 4. isaiah 25 4 it says for you have been a strength to the poor a strength to the needy in his distress a refuge from the storm a shadow from the heat when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall everybody say he's a strength he strength to the poor strength to the needy a refuge from the storm in verse eight it says he will swallow up death in victory and the lord god will wipe away all tears from off all faces and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth for the lord has spoken it hallelujah and it shall be said in that day lo this is our god we have waited for him and he will save us this is the lord we have waited for him we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation notice the phrase we've waited for him and salvation now skip on over to the 40th chapter isaiah 40. isaiah 40 [Applause] and verse 21 isaiah 40 and 21 it says have you not known have you not heard has it not been told you from the beginning have you not understood from the foundations of the earth what he's saying this is something everybody should know this is something that should be obvious what do you mean romans 1 20 tells us that even god's eternal power and even his the godhead is clearly seen being understood by the things which are made when people say there's no proof of god there's no evidence of the existence of god they're showing how blind and pitifully ignorant they are no proof open your eyes the ground you're standing on the air you're breathing come on here with me every created thing even though it's in a fallen state because of sin and the curse is still so much beauty and amazing things about it the fact that the mountains the oceans the the animals all of it is a revelation of the power of god and of who and what he is yes huh the colors the smells come on y'all with me every good thing is a revelation is a manifestation of the reality of god and that's what he's saying he said have you not known have you not heard have you not understood from the foundations of the world verse 22 it's he that sits on the circle of the earth and the inhabitants thereof are his grasshoppers and stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in it uh it get this gives us a brief glimpse of god's perspective he is way above it all the earth is called his footstool [Laughter] now you're big you can use the earth for a footstool and he goes on to say in verse 25 to whom then will you liken me or shall i be equal says the holy one uh and the answer to that i'm going to skip ahead is nobody you can't there's nobody that you can compare to him to and say well they're a lot alike there's only one god i said there's only one god regardless of what you may have heard or read there is only one god and only one mediator between god and men the man christ jesus there's only one savior there's only what about all these other religions they're wrong they're faults that's good well you should show respect for their their religion that can't be right and this be right too they contradict so you've got to make a choice they all can't be right it's simply not true they're i'm i'm satisfied i'm confident somebody said well you're just narrow-minded and saved there's a broad way that leads to destruction and there's a lot of people going down it and there's a narrow way that leads to salvation no all of it can't be true all of it can't be right and the lord says that he is the only god and there is none like him and that nobody can come to him except by jesus that's what he said i believe that it says verse 26 lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created these things that brings out their host by number he's talking about the stars in the sky he calls them all by names by the greatness of his might for that he is strong in power not one fails now you know you may think that it's been a little challenged sometimes to keep gas in your car or to keep the electricity going or to keep this or that going but uh how about keeping the sun burning how about keeping all the stars burning how about keeping the planets in their orbits and their courses what kind of power does this take do we need to meditate on this do we need to understand who we're talking about when we're talking about the almighty who we can also call father abba father but when like they used to say on the playground my dad is bigger than your daddy my daddy can beat up your daddy well ain't nobody's daddy like our daddy nobody even comes remotely close and that's what he's saying who will you compare me to what will you liken to me there is no other god who who is what he is can do what he can do uh verse 28 he he says it again can you can you hear this have you not known have you not heard where have you been right where'd you go to school have you not heard that the everlasting god the lord the creator of the ends of the earth faints not amen neither is weary god never gets tired we think huh yeah never god never gets tired never there is no searching of his understanding you you can't get to the end of it wow there's always more there's always more so that we should never think we've figured it out right because no matter what you've learned what what do you know there's more right there's always more again my father in the faith kenneth hagin who's in heaven now he used to say the more you learn the less you see you knew [Laughter] and he said there was one point in his ministry where the lord prompted him to pray the epistle prayers the prayers in ephesians 1 and ephesians 3 and some of those prayers and part of that goes lord you know enlighten the eyes of my heart and understanding that i may know and he so he'd pray that every day multiple times and he said the lord ministered to him one day and said i'm i'm taking you on to revelations and he said he started seeing things he started seeing things in the words seeing and after a few months of this he asked his wife he said what have i been preaching man it's a wonder the uh the deacons didn't have to come tell me to get in out of the rain he said it's pitiful well why because he learned some things and grew he saw what he didn't know is there room for you to grow for me to grow oh you yes yes and it's the food who thinks they about got it all figured out they don't know how little they actually know and how much there is to see and know how many would like for the lord to just open up your understanding come on huh just open up your understanding and you see things and understand things that you ever never even knew existed huh would you like that well we're taught to pray it right there in ephesians 1 and other places so say it out loud right now father god i believe in you you are the almighty there is no end to your understanding i know i don't know at all i hardly know anything compared to you i ask you enlighten the eyes of my heart and my understanding open my understanding show me what i've not seen what i've not understood and i'll give you the praise for it in jesus name hallelujah a key to this is meditation in his word another way of saying that thinking about what he said as you think about what he said and you show respect to it your eyes will open to those who don't believe and don't respect it this is a closed book but to those who revere and respect did the lord say take heed how you hear for the measure you meet to it that's how it'll be measured to you so it says there's no end no searching of his understanding you you can't get to the end of it verse 29 now this is the the part you should really shout about is he powerful is god big that's not a big enough word he's he's mega big he's giga big he's mega gigger huh a thousand to the millionth power big he's bigger than that but he's not just the biggest thing in existence glorying in his bigness part of his bigness is he likes to give hallelujah yes yes yes he has so much and he wants to give so much to anybody that will receive it he gives power to the faith to them that have no might he increases strength oh somebody say thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord he's the greatest giver there's ever been and ever will be he's got the most power of anybody who ever will have but he's not stingy with his power he's a power giver he's a power distributor huh he's a power imparter are you a power receiver we touched on this didn't we some uh last week about how electricity is god's power in the natural but it doesn't just flow and manifest everywhere there has to be a conductor not a resistor not an insulator there has to be a conductor some metals like copper and silver and gold man electricity it'll rip right through them it comes right into them and flows through them other things like rubber and wood no it's just dud it's dead you don't want to be a wood head a block head do you or a rubber dummy you do you don't want to be one who does not conduct one who does not believe one who does not receive you don't want to be that because that's a dull life that's a nothing happening life you want to be a receiver he gives his power to the faith and to them that have no might he increases strength even the youths shall feign and be weary and the young men shall utterly fall but they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint somebody say i believe it i i believe it oh praise god let me read this to you from some of the translations the new living says have you never heard verse 28 have you never understood the lord is the everlasting god the creator of all the earth he never grows weary weak or weary no one can measure the depths of his understanding he gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless he gives strength to the weak he gives power to the power less in the the new century version says he gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak we live in a time and age people have always gotten tired but we live in a time and age where it seems like people even know less about how to rest because we have electricity and lights we don't just go to bed and go to sleep when it gets dark y'all with me or not huh and because we have tv and internet and all these other things a lot of folks hardly ever go to bed and don't know how to rest don't know how to be quiet didn't the bible say be still somebody say be still be still and know that i am god now who well let me let me back up a little bit does this this thing about renewing your strength does that work for everybody huh all christians huh look at it again uh verse 31 verse 31 who does it work for who this everybody is obviously not renewing their strength obviously we live in a generation of the chronically fatigued there's even chronic fatigue syndrome right chronically fatigued what does that mean it means too tired all the time is that how a child of god is supposed to be can we not help but be too tired all the time y'all going to leave me hanging with this sir huh you were shouting just a couple of minutes ago about about this what changed [Laughter] huh are we supposed to be tired all the time what are we supposed to be our strengths as believers are supposed to be renewed renewed strength the psalmist talked about didn't he that uh bless the lord o my soul and forget not all his benefits he forgives all my iniquities he heals all my diseases he delivers my life from destruction he renews huh he renews my youth and my strength and my life now we are uh physical a being a body that our spirit's in and our body hadn't been redeemed and changed yet so yeah you you're gonna uh not just feel strong and ready to start something new every moment of the day but we're supposed to get renewed though the outward man is growing older perishing decaying yet the inward man is what come on help me out renewed day by day what is that that is the quickening and renewing and strengthening of the holy spirit in your whole being day to day today today say it out loud i'm not supposed to be tired all the time too tired fatigued i'm a child of god i'm supposed to be renewed strengthened quickened he gives power to the faint and he gives strength to those that have no might no might he said uh he gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak the new century said the living bible says he gives power to the tired and worn out and strength to the weak the bbe says he gives power to the feeble he increases the strength of him that has no force power to the faint and weary strength and might to the strength less how many believe god is telling the truth here this is not just some useless poetry that you can looks nice hangs on the wall but it doesn't actually affect your life no god is the all mighty he has all might all power just look around right look up in the night sky just look around and he said everybody say he said he said he said he gives his power to the faint he gives it he gives strength to those that have no mind now what was our part in this who who gets this those who wait on the lord now uh those those words there let me make sure i tell it to you accurately that entire phrase but they that wait upon in the in the english king james but they that wait upon is actually just one word in the original it's just one word and the word uh kava means to expect is frequently translated to look for to look for or to expect is who gets power [Music] who gets the power huh king james says those who wait upon the lord but those five words are just one word they represent just one word in the hebrew the word kava and it means expect uh one's one definition says to look for with eager expectation to look for to look for go with me if you would well before you do that let me read young's literal translation he's the author of young's concordance so he knows a thing or two about hebrew he this is how he translated it he said have you not known have you not heard the god of the age jehovah preparer of the ends of the earth is not weary nor fatigued there is no searching of his understanding he is giving power to the weary and to those not strong he increases might even youths are wearied and fatigued and young men utterly stumble but those expecting jehovah pass to power that's the literal rendering those expecting jehovah pass the word two is added power they raise up the opinion as eagles they run and are not fatigued they go on and do not faint now we know we're still immortal we know there'll come a time we need to eat something there comes a time we need to take a nap comes time we need to get several hours good sleep at night right but expecting the power of the lord to quicken us will allow him to do things in us that are not natural they are beyond the natural can you say amen or huh they that look for the lord they that are expecting the lord i know uh in the early days of our ministry uh when you're young you know in your 20s uh you you know you're in good shape you think you can do anything man i mean we i see people nodding they uh uh we did some stuff i that there was a time in my life i was speaking 25 times a week 25 different times a week and then sometimes i'd go out on a weekend to just there were times we would leave tulsa on friday at five o'clock and fly out to the west coast because it's a four-hour difference and we'd have a night service out there get up in the morning have a morning service and an afternoon service and an evening service on saturday night go eat some good food and catch the red eye back to tulsa and be in church on sunday morning and then of course monday it's time to go to work and you know you you think you can do that but you're still mortal you still got a body and there were a few times i found myself i had pushed too far on one occasion i i went out of town on the weekend and i had to i was driving back in and i had missed too much sleep and i still had eight hour drive to go which ain't smart and but the last four hours i'm having visions of the bed anybody ever been there i mean i i am i'm hurting man i thought i had to get there which i shouldn't have but i had somebody to help keep me awake you know phyllis was helping me but uh uh i'm hurting when i got there i'm supposed to be off that day uh just as we got in the house i mean the bed is right over there i am almost there i mean the phone rang [Music] i answered the phone and it was i was working at kenneth hagin ministries at that time in the healing school and the prayer school something had come up and they needed me to do healing school that afternoon which is in about two hours and so i i started to i started to say you know i i can't and then the lord brought to my remembrance he said well uh you remember you told them anytime they needed anything they could call on you and and uh you better ask me and i thought oh lord am i in any shape to and i found myself saying okay uh uh let me let me uh change and get dressed and and i'll be over in a bit i hung up the phone i thought what did you say what did you you're in no shape to minister to people but i kept checking my heart and what the lord wanted he wanted to show me something on this and so i uh uh i'm getting ready and and i kept thinking the best just right over there and but i i drove over and i had some guys that helped me in healing school and they were at the at the front door and there were some tables back there and when i went by them i said pray pray they said okay okay so and i walked on up and the music was done i stepped up to the the podium and i took my text and i started to say something and man strength came up in me somebody say thank you lord strength came up in me and i mean within five minutes time i i have no fatigue i am not tired in the least i mean i preached for an hour i waved my hands i prayed i laid hands on people i mean i and i thought this is amazing this this did it say he gives his power huh power to the faint he increases strength to them that have no might i thought glory to god glory to god i can i can do this look what i i can do this anytime and so i came and i was so chipper and i said hey to everybody on my way back to the office and i sat down for about 30 minutes and i thought oh lord i need to go home [Laughter] and the lord quickened to me said now you can't do this just any time you just have to follow me come on can you see this there's a point where if you're not doing what he told you to do you will just crash and burn but if you need to do something that he's telling you to do he gives power oh somebody say he gives power he gives power to the faint he increases strength to those that have no might hallelujah but who is it that receives this who is it that renews their strength and mounts up like wings of an eagle that can run and not be weary and walk and not faint who who who who not just anybody they you got a part to play they that what well see the fact that i was willing to go do that i was because that's one of the first things that came out of my mouth when i hung up the phone lord you got to help me yes huh i need your help these people need your help i don't need to go in there and do some poor job of ministering to them they they they need answers and so i need your help was i looking to the lord come on hell obviously i was he helped me but was i expecting was i expecting well what am i expecting i'm expecting something beyond what i can produce something greater than i can manufacture can you see this church i'm ex that's what this means they that wait on the lord that's all for that one word expect expect those who are expecting look in psalm 27 psalm 27 verse 1 he said those expecting jehovah they pass to power that's the literal way it says but psalm 27 you this this idea is not an isolated instance you'll find this all through the word of god psalm 27 1 he says the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life of whom shall i be afraid say that out loud the lord is the strength of my life that shouldn't be the last time you say that what the scriptures say let the weak say so anytime you start feeling fatigued and tired you need to begin to confess his strength now you not only need to do that waiting on the lord being still and knowing that he is god includes turning some stuff off it includes listening to him there are times you should turn everything off and go to bed and go to sleep yes the reasons people are so fatigued they just are doing hours and hours and hours and hours of stuff and wondering why i'm so tired well there's all kinds of things you shouldn't be doing it's my i've had people tell me even young people you know that couldn't keep a job because they couldn't get up in the morning and get there or couldn't get ready on time couldn't get there or they couldn't you know make it to church because they couldn't get up and they're just like i'm just so tired i'm just so you know uh well here here's a thought saturday night go to bed at 8 30. come on come on help me out huh why do you need to watch six hours of tv and then another three or four hours on the internet why why did the lord tell you to do that why why go to bed at 8 30 with no tv no internet nothing on go to bed and see if you can get up in time for church see see if you can huh see if you can get up in time to get ready to be at the job and keep your job see if you can no people are playing games people are pretending you don't have to be fatigued all the time you don't have to be worn out you don't have to be tired part of our witness is that we have a lot in common with the energizer bunny [Laughter] we just keep going and going and going and going is that what this verse sounds like they'll run and you just keep running and running and they'll walk and just keep walking and walking and walking say it out loud the lord is the strength of my life come on say it like you mean the lord is the strength of my life come on say it again with me the lord is the strength of my life say it again the lord is the strength of my life quit saying you're so tired quit saying that let the weak say i am strong hallelujah keep reading verse 8 psalm 27 8 when you said seek ye my face my heart said to you your face lord will i seek verse 10 when my mother and father forsake me then the lord will take me up verse 13 is for time sake i had fainted unless i had believed to see this is what that word wait on the lord means believe to see what is that you're expecting are you expecting to see something you're expecting to experience something how many are expecting to experience the power of god in your life in the quickening of your spirit and your mind talking about how you're old and can't remember stuff would you quit that please the bible didn't say that the bible said i have the mind of christ yes yes god didn't give me a spirit of fear but of power power power god gave me the spirit of power power power god gave me the spirit of power power power power god gave me the spirit of power and love and a sound sound healthy [Music] sharp as a razor mine you do not have to get dull because you get older you don't have to i know a lot of people do but you don't have to i had an aunt who's going on to be with the lord now she lived to be 101 and at age 99 and 100 you could go visit her and if you'd bring up any of the kids in any of the family should you start off your scope she'd say now that's so-and-so's boy who you know was so-and-so that was married to so and so and in back in 36 was when they met here and then their father was so and so she could do that for an hour she knew all the family trees and all the branches and a lot of the dates somebody said glory to god that ain't dull huh and at the end of what the enemy tries to do is get fear in you you're a little tired because you haven't been doing what you should be doing and and you forget something you think i should know that and the enemy says it's because you just turned 45. it's because you just turned 50 it's because you just turned 60 you got and and it'll almost want to jump out of your mouth well i guess i'm getting a little older you did that when you were 13. [Music] you forgot stuff when you were 10. don't be a dummy don't buy into this junk everybody's everybody put your hands on your head say it out loud god has given me a sound mine i have the mind of christ i will never lose my mind i will be sharp my whole life i will never lose my mind hallelujah well how how can you say that you know nobody wants to i can say it based on the word did you know that being crazed in the wits and losing your mind is specifically referred to in the curse of the law i'm quoting deuteronomy 28 leviticus these places it's specifically there why is that important because the new testament galatians 3 13 says christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law i've been redeemed from being crazy and losing my mind and a big part of that is fear friend you must not let fear have a place in you or dwell in you or hang on to you did you hear that phrase god didn't give me the spirit of fear but power and love and a sound mind can you see he's drawing a contrast here if you let fear stay on you and in you it will get interfere with you having a sound mind you're giving place to the fear you have to cast the fear down you have to resist it you have to refuse to let it sit on you and in you because it will mess up your head fear will mess up your head especially long term over 10 20 30 40 years your fears will come on you job talks about that he said i fear to fear and it came on me fear is like a magnet it draws the thing you're afraid of into your life and you to it but faith expects power to come into me faith expect strength to come into me i will go in the strength of the lord god that's another quote from the psalms say it out loud i will go in the strength of the lord god [Music] hallelujah verse 14 13 and 14 he said i had fainted unless i had believed to see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living that's not heaven later that's here and now verse 14 what does it say what does it say wait on the lord what do we know that means expect from the lord be of good courage why how can i be of good courage because no matter how i feel how things look i'm expecting god to help me out on this huh i'm expecting you may feel like 40 miles of muddy road like one old guy said lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut you may feel low and look bad but you are expecting somebody say i mean i'm expecting not just wishing wanting crying begging no expecting oh somebody heard it god i'm i'm expecting i'm expecting the goodness of god to show up in my life i'm excited and right here and now in the land of the living i'm expect there'll be plenty of goodness to shout about in heaven when we get over there but we need some right here and now i'm expecting to see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living wait on the lord be of good courage what's the result he shall strengthen your heart wait i say on the look now that's the king james and some people having read that when they hear weight they think that means stop don't do anything be passive be no no that's not what the word means it means expect expect yeah i'm waiting realizing i can't just make it happen of myself i'm waiting on him but not just passively i'm expecting i'm ex somebody i'm expecting i'm ex i'm expecting to know what to do i'm expecting to be able to do it i'm expecting to get a quickening huh a zip in my step i'm expecting to pick it up get this thing moving amen did you know like we said earlier uh you don't have to stay up all night watching stuff and and scanning the internet endlessly and ceases ceaselessly you don't have to do that what you could do is go to bed at a decent hour and then when you as you lay your head down you say thank you father you give your beloved sleep and as i sleep i wait on you i expect you to minister to me while i sleep i expect strength to come in do you know you can take a healing while you sleep did you know that uh i mentioned earlier that i was a bit foolish when i was younger and just going going going and i i ran into a couple of things even in my late 20s and early 30s there's time i lost my voice and struggled with voice issues for months off and on for a couple of years and i finally realized i'm not resting i'm never giving it a break i'm never giving it time to recover and there was one point that i was uh waiting on the lord and praying like this lord i got a service this afternoon you got to help me you got to help me and the lord he brought to my mind my beard tremor [Laughter] there's no searching his understanding i i've had a beard for a long time and sometimes people say well what do you mean trim your beard if you've got a beard you don't have to shave right oh yeah you got to shave you know or else it's just you got to it actually it takes more involvement but they came out with these uh you know battery-powered uh trimmers and and electric razors and and this one was cordless but uh uh there was more than once that i'd come in off the road i'm getting ready to go somewhere and i used to get my my trimmer i turned it on it went [Laughter] it had no might it just it had no strength [Laughter] so what does it need to do it needs to wait on the charger is that right or not it needs to wait on the charger and so you put it on the charger but there's something else you need to do huh other chargers plugged in i'm not trying to trick you uh you have to turn the the razor off i said you got to turn the razor off so it can charge if it's trying to run at the same time it's trying to charge then it doesn't charge depending on the one i had at that time that's how it was and so the lord i could see it so clearly he said you got to turn the switch off and it has to not be in an operating mode it has to be in a receiving mode and then it has to just be left alone let it sit there in in that case a few hours this was back a number of years ago uh and i saw that even when i was supposed to been praying and waiting on the lord i'm just doing this i'm just praying praying praying i'm giving out giving out always trying i'm always on i didn't know how to wait on the lord and get a full charge i know when we first started flying we were going somewhere and i told phyllis she was riding with me i said we're going to have to stop up here and get some fuel and she says no that means it's going to take longer and i said yeah she said well how how much do fuel do we need i said we need about uh hour and a half and she said well how how much fuel you got i said about an hour and a half she says well we can make it then i said no we got about an hour and a half ago to go and we got about an hour and a half worth of fuel what does that mean do i have enough to go let's go you want to go with me what if the winds are a little bit stronger than we thought they were what if uh they closed the airport and we have to land somewhere else what if what if what if what if you your gauges weren't quite as accurate as you thought they were what if your math isn't as good as you thought it was and you almost made it brother jesse duplantis you know he he flies you talk about somebody that used an airplane for the gospel man he he just goes goes goes goes go and after flying for a while he's not a pilot he rides in the back but after flying for a while on all these trips uh he'd go up to the cockpit and he'd watch what they're doing and and they'd tell him what they're doing pilots would so he told brother kenneth copeland one time he said you know i've been watching and i think i can almost land this thing and brother kenneth said jesse almost landing is a crash if you almost landed you didn't land if i almost made it what does that mean i can see the end of the runway it's just a half a mile a crunk count the engine quits i almost made it what am i saying why did i have to stop and get fuel we need reserves [Music] we you need reserves you don't need to run until you sputter and run out you need reserves right how many when you reach your destination you still have extra gas in your tank huh you don't plant it to where you're empty as you pull in the garage [Laughter] and we certainly don't do that flying we figure what we're going to need for the trip and any other things and then we add on some for reserve right so that you land with some gas just like you pull up in the driveway in your car with some gas you are not supposed to be running on empty all the time running out running out running out sputtering sputtering oh i almost made it oh i was close whoo i almost made it i almost made it we're supposed to be having reserve god gives his power to the faint to those that have no might he increases strength and if we wait on him and expect him and instead of just trying to be you know giving out all the time we learn how to receive we learn how to build up we actually can accumulate some reserves so that we're not running on empty all the time this is a spiritual reality i'm not supposed to be running on empty all the time how many would agree that's poor planning right yes i know mike and i were in school on the intercontinental plane a few years ago and and they and they were loading us up with all kind of stuff we were in the briefing room we're talking about a international trip flying across the atlantic from one continent to another and the instructor uh was looking at us and he said so if you're in this situation in this situation this would you know what are you going to do and it was a bad situation and we looked at each other and we thought about it and we talked about it and after much discussion we didn't know what we were going to do we thought we are in a mess here man and uh because you couldn't go there you couldn't get back i mean and he said so what's the problem and we thought we're looking for the answer he said the problem is you made a bad decision two hours ago [Laughter] two hours ago you made a bad decision you shouldn't have pushed it that far right these are lessons for life if we'll listen you know go with me to matthew if we'll listen to the lord our god he will take care of us he's a good shepherd he's not an overbearing cruel taskmaster is the lord the good shepherd or not does the good shepherd drive the sheep until they feign and fall huh and then go to the 11th chapter of matthew does he push you until you collapse and then kick you and say get up get up you can go a little further that's not him i said that's not him that is not him he is a good shepherd he is a good master he is kind and they that wait on him and they that follow him and they that listen to him and they that expect of him they won't be running out they'll be getting renewed and they will run and not get weary what does that mean you just keep going you're just you're just able to do it again tomorrow able to do it again tomorrow and walk in that able to do it again able to do it again why because you're not running on empty you're running on him hallelujah and you're not running out because you didn't listen you you have learned how to wait on him rest get renewed eliminate the stuff that's wearing you out for no reason use your energies for the right things come on can you see this or not there's wisdom involved in this direction involved in this the lord said this in matthew 11 28 come unto me all you that labor and are heavy loaded and what and what i'll load you some more i'll push you some more no no no i'll relieve you i'll give you rest take my yoke upon you and learn of me i'm meek and lowly in heart and you'll find what you'll find what rest unto your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light i've had ministers try to tell me and i know where they're coming from because like i said i used to be you know young and dumb too but i'm learning some things as i go uh they say well you know man the ministry is so hard it's so hard i've had more than one person tell me they retired early they they'd retired and got out of ministry uh five ten years younger than i am now because they just had had all of it they wanted they're like you know it's just i don't think i'm going to be able to to live much longer it's just too much of a stress it's too much of a strain and they're talking about how how heavy a load it is to be in the ministry that is contrary to what the head of the church said i said that's contrary that's contrary to what the head of the church said and have you ever heard people say it's just so hard it's just so hard lord why did you to make things so hard he didn't he didn't make things so hard he made them easy only got three nods and two amens am i quoting scripture or not am i quoting him or not what did he say he said come take my yoke upon you right why because my yoke is easy my burden is light somebody say light light and easy light and easy light light and easy light that's the opposite of heavy and hard if it's hard and it's just so hard and it's too hard you didn't get it from him the devil's tricking you that's right if it's too heavy it's just too heavy a load to carry it's just too heavy to deal with it's just crushing you you didn't get it from him because his yoke put it up again my yoke is easy my burden is light and when you couple that with him strengthening you quickening you we ought to be the most chipper the most bright-eyed is that right the most up the most energetic the most lively the most peaceful the most joyful people in our county state city country world we are the light of the world and when people see us in our life they should not see run down broke down wore out crushed fatigued that's a bad witness and it's not god's fault it's because we're doing some stuff we shouldn't be doing come on are you listening and not doing some things we should be doing it's not god's fault but we can change it i said we can change it when can we change it say when should we start schedule it may be for 2022. huh we'll look at it first of next year now how about right here right now come on stand up how about right here right now oh somebody say thank you right here right now right here right now i want to lead you in a prayer thank you lord all to workers would you come to the front i want to lead you in a prayer [Music] close your eyes focus on him don't be looking around give him your full attention the first order of business is to receive jesus as your lord without him without his help you're not going to get it right but then with that you can listen to him and things totally change in your life said out loud father god i do believe in you that you are the almighty creator of the heavens and the earth there's no end to your power all your understanding i trust in you i depend on you completely jesus i confess you as lord of my life thank you for paying the price for all my sins on the cross i believe you have been raised from the dead you're alive right now soon to come again and i confess you as my lord thank you for saving me i believe your yoke is easy your burden is light you are not a cruel taskmaster who drives your people into the ground this is a lie that's not true show me remind me reveal to me any things that i've been doing that weaken me that fatigue me that tire me for no benefit for no reason and show me what to change and how to change it reveal to me how to wait on you inexpect and be renewed in strength in the inner man and quickened in the outer man show me reveal it to me enable me to develop in it and i will be strong in you lord and in the power of your might hallelujah oh hallelujah hallelujah thank you lord hallelujah what can we sing guys yeah go ahead go ahead my is my god [Music] oh [Music] hallelujah praise god well the lord's helping us if you prayed that prayer for the first time about receiving the lord today don't rush out of here these folks are ready to rejoice with you pray with you about something else if you got a request or a question but as we go rejoicing don't just slide back in to the same old worn out running out of gas fatigue lifestyle we prayed something today huh are we going to listen are we going to make some adjustments let's be this energetic witness that we're supposed to be can you say amen hallelujah well sing it as we go oh yeah oh god [Music] [Music] he gets power to the pain [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] man

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Published: Mon May 10 2021