"When God Intervenes" - Stephanie Ike

[Music] [Music] Jim let's just read the word of God I'll be reading from Genesis 11 verse 1 to 8 and it says now the whole earth had one language and one speech let's just say that together one language and one speech beautiful we're gonna come back and that there's something about saying a word that allows it to just stay and just emphasize on it and it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plain in the land of scener Shinar and they dwelt there they stayed there then they said to one another come let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly they had made brick for stone and they they had made asphalt for mortar and they said come let us build ourselves a city and the tower whose top is in the heavens let us make a name for ourselves lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth but the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built and the Lord said indeed the people are one and they all have one language and this is what they begin to do now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them another translation talks about that nothing that they per day do would be impossible for them come let us go down there come let us go down they and there confuse their language that they may not understand one another speech so the Lord scattered them abroad and there over the face of all the earth and they seized building the city family may be seated amen my message for those that might be taking notes is when God intervenes hallelujah I just love that phrase it took me a while to get to that title but we found it you see what I'm learning in life family that there is a way of life that we can live where we don't have to pray for favor or pray for the right relationships or pray for the you know the right opportunities we don't have to ask God for any of that and and that way of life is in his word that when God reveals a word to you when God reveals that which is planned for you when God puts a vision in your heart when God gives you this idea that you cannot shake off that there is there is a way of life found in the Word of God that is self sufficient because God is His Word and so when he gives you a word it has everything needed for the job when God gives you a word it's able to hold its own ground and that it's why it never it's not wisdom when we think that a vision that God has put in our hearts that we're not up to the task because we're looking at our circumstances because the Word of God when the Word of God is revealed to you it means that everything needed would be attracted to at the moment that you step into it and that is the beauty of the Word of God it's like saying that imagine if someone you know tells you like hey I'm gonna get you an all paid expense you know vacation and then you say you get amen hallelujah she caught that in the spirit and you say you know what I can't go because I can't afford it it's all paid for what can't you afford free everybody can the for free okay it is the same thing with the Word of God he knows how to take care of his own bill all he needs us to do is show up and participate right so because of this power that the Word of God has the power that Lord I don't even need to ask you for anything additional because when you speak a word to me that it cannot fail so because of that we always find ourselves at the feet of Jesus saying God speak to me concern in my life speak to me concern in my business speak to me concerning my family speak to me concerning this dream give me a word because family one word from God will change your whole life so we find ourselves right we find ourselves in these places where were like God I need a word from you that I find myself in this place of confusion and I need you to speak to me but the beautiful thing about when we ask God to speak to us and also the dangerous thing is that we are also inviting God to intervene in our affairs now intervention one of the ways that you can look at it is when something or someone steps in as an obstacle or barrier to stop something that was already in motion from continuing and so when we say God give me a word about my life we're basically saying God take a look at my life and whatever is none of you shut it down because I need capacity for what is forming I need you the closed door so that I can open I can enter the right ones right and this moment when we say things like this we shout and we're like God you can do it but the timing the time frame is always wet where it gets us because when there's a shut door we don't have a blueprint for when the next door is gonna open up and so when there's a short though we find ourselves in moments of complaining and moments of frustration and moments of bitterness when we find doors that were shut to relationships doors that were shut to opportunities and it felt like everything was going well and then all of a sudden the door shuts and we don't remember when we ask God God give me a word about my marriage give me a word about my finances and then you get fired and you're like the devil because God is making room he think that you have been on a path that I did not ordain it so when you're asking me to give you a word I will first intervene in what was never of me so that I may make room for what is for you you see it's interesting in the text that we read these people are basically God has called them to spread across the whole earth that was the potential that they carried and yet they get to a certain city and that city was later known to be the city of Babylon they get to that city and they said we're gonna stay here we don't want to leave this place this right here home and it's crazy because we have to realize that when God intervenes he's intervening because we are pouring out ourselves in themes in people in places and positions that don't have the capacity for us because this people this week we decided to stay in a city when their potential was going to be able to spread across the whole world you see Babylon it's interesting that I find it interesting that this is the city that happens because when I did a little research it was known later at that time that Babylon was known to be at some point in time the largest city in the world and that it was the first city to have 200,000 residents at a time but then when you fast forward to today's culture I mean you have cities that have millions of people that reside there and so what could have been the best option in this time was still not the best to serve the people because if they had stayed that if God would have allowed them with their plans because sometimes we have this misconception that you know maybe they were trying to build a tower that went all the way to heaven heaven and that was not really the case because when it talks about that they wanted to build a tower that reached the heavens everything above ground is the heavens but there's certain layers to it so they're talking about the visible heavens so basically they wanted to build a I scraper it wasn't about what they were doing that was bothering God but it was about that they were going to contain themselves in the place that never had the capacity for them if God allowed them to stay in Babylon at some point there's gonna be overpopulation at some point the resources are going to be depleted how do you then choose who stays and who goes war breaks out how chooses who decides do you not put a limit on child on childbearing you see these things becomes interesting because the very place that you thought should be a blessing to you you have now become a burden to it and this is often what happens when we are pouring ourselves into things that God never retained and so you gave everything you gave all your time you sacrifice everything for a relationship that you became a burden to you poured everything to a position that you now became the burden in the place so the place that you're expecting God I'm expecting you to bless me here now you are the burden in the place that you were once a builder and that was what was gonna take place here if God allowed them to go ahead with their plans you see it was out of the love of God because if God allows us to just go ahead and and pour into places that is a leaking vessel then our story ends there our story ends with wasted energy wasted creativity wasted wisdom and for these reasons God intervenes and I want us to look again at the first verse because the first verse said now the whole earth had one language and one speech I found that interesting so I had to look deeper into it because in my mind I'm like language and speech isn't that pretty much the same thing but what I studied was that language language the word the root word that spokes a language actually suggested the word binding that there was see it was the whole earth was bound by something and so in the context of language in the context of communication it means that there was a word that bound the earth together those a word that connected everyone together and when it talks about that they were one language and one speech the speech word actually means purpose and so because of this one word that everyone agreed upon that became their one cause now what is interesting is that a word so powerful to bring a whole I mean own nations of people together I would think that this is the kind of word that comes from God because this is the power of his revealed word that what you bind on earth will be bound in heaven that you have the ability to gather people you have the ability to connect people because the Word of God attracts and so for this to have this power for a word to bind them together for one purpose and that word did not come from God it made me understand that in life family there are two creative forces and that is love and fear now God being loved every word that comes out of his mouth has his personality every word that comes out from the mouth of God serves outside of self now when a word that comes from the place of fear it has the the need to protect it is this deception that I need to protect myself now what is interesting about fear is that oftentimes we think of fear as a feeling and so we don't even recognize the things that have taken that that we are so confident in that is actually rooted in fear because we think that if I'm if I'm afraid of something I should feel like I'm afraid of this but there are things there believes that we are so confident in but is actually rooted in fear what is that thing in your life that you have an obsessive and almost compulsive need to control because what fear does is that it needs control of its environment this obsessive need you have to protect yourself to protect your heart to protect your finances to protect your kids to protect your family all of that is good but when it becomes out of control when it becomes this obsessive and compulsion that when you lose the slightest bit of control in in that in any of those areas you lose it there is a fear rooted in that and then we say that no we're just confident in what we believe and that is because firmly what I'm learning is that fear does not first of all it's not a feeling but fear begins as a thought and when that thought takes root in your mind then it begins to shape your actions and your decisions and so you feel confident about this obsession to protect yourself and you have reasons for them and they could be valid but what if that is rooted in the fear you see when I thought about this people that we read about in the text I wondered what were they afraid of and it dawned on me that this is a nation of people this is after the flood happened God has wiped out the whole earth with water he raises Noah and his family to heaven to for their offsprings to begin to multiply and increase the earth now this is a nation that came from that generation and so if you look at the headlines of the story of their background oh you're gonna read is God killed everybody without understanding this this trauma that was linked to their lives I wondered could it be that they they thought to themselves and they're like you know what if we depart from one another we may not have strength in numbers there was something that they needed to stay together because it was clear that they understood that there was a word that was supposed to have them separate and spread across the earth but that there was something that they needed they were like no we have to stay together they talked about let us make a name for ourselves and I wondered was it the fear that what if God tries to wipe us out again because the one thing that can overcome your fears is the right perspective of God and if we don't seek God for understanding and insight isaiah calls him wonderful counselor that he has a wisdom that would go beyond anything that you could ever think of that God could speak to the deepest pain of your heart and heal it and all of a sudden you're praising him for one the very thing that you once thought would kill you if we don't seek God for understanding to say god I wonder why why did this happen why did this happen to me as a child and we all do we come before him and we're praising him in our hearts were trying to find ways to protect ourselves because you see when we oftentimes we talk about love and for many people is difficult for them to comprehend that God fully loves them and that is because I don't even find it far-fetched because the concept of love love God being loved first of all means that love is as big as God so the understanding of love would not even be enough in our lifetime and so what that means to us is that we often we often try to understand or comprehend or perceive love according to what we've been conditioned to and so in a society and the way we're raised we're taught that if someone loves me they should do what feels good to me and so how could God love me and this happened to me as a child how could God love me and he watched all of this happen in my life god I understand you're real I don't doubt that because I had an experience with you but there are moments that I question do you really love me if you allow these things to happen and we have those questions because we have been conditioned to perceive love a certain way but love is as big as God so no matter how much we we begin to comprehend love there is so much more it goes so much deeper and so what I began to understood is that first of all it's a it's a willing heart to say God I want to seek your wisdom I know this happens to me and by all means I don't think this was right but is there a reason beyond what I see that made you allow it is there a reason beyond what I know that made me experience the same heartbreak over and over again you see I'm learning the family that it's not what happens to us that has the ability to destroy us it's how we process what happens to us because the very same thing that someone now if anyone has a family member anyone close to you that has committed suicide my heart goes out to your family but it's interesting family that the very same thing that person a may commit suicide concerning that person be experienced that and even had lesser options to recover but all of a sudden now they're mentoring people and then helping people overcome what they once experienced and that made me understand that it is not what happens to us that destroys us that God is faithful to his word when he says there would always be a way out but it is how we perceive what happens to us and if we try to perceive what happens to us in the context of what we've been conditioned to we're always gonna view God in a flawed way because we have to be honest with ourselves that the way I think of love may not may not go hand-in-hand with the things God allows and so the two things I had to come to mind I said God two things that I would bind on my heart is the fact that you are for me and that you are with me I may not fully understand how you love but if I can understand two things because if you're for me that means that no matter what it is working out for my good and if you are with me then really really really what can stand a chance against me you see I understood that these people this was a nation of people that were afraid and ultimately what they needed to understand was the wise to the things that they must have question marks concerning you see I found it interesting that in verse in verse four let's just go to that really quick it says that they said to themselves come let us build ourselves a city let us establish ourselves and the tower whose top is in the heavens let us make a name for ourselves let us make a name for ourselves this past Sunday our pastor our senior pastor pastor - ray he spoken the message what is in the name and what that message revealed is that when we begin - when we begin to understand God when we begin to perceive who God is we begin to actually perceive ourselves and so when the people say let us make a name for ourselves then they're pushing themselves a way that you know what God I don't trust you to give me my real identity so we want to take this job for ourselves we want to make a name for ourselves and the crazy thing is that when we do things like this we don't even we're not consciously doing it that we're doing this against God this is when fear steps in and the question I want to ask you all is that what are the things that you are obsessive about having control over what are the things that even you use the the idea of prayer to control something that may not belong to you because sometimes these things are hidden even before us that God is literally standing in the way of something to happen and you keep going back to it and you keep going back to it and you even use spiritual terms to fight for something that God is saying I am intervening in this matter let it go because at the end of the day family before you ever spoke a word God heard you and so if you feel like I need to do more works in a spiritual context I need to pray about this my needs so fast about this more then could it be that you're using the ways of God to gain control of something he's saying to let go because again fear begins as a thought it's not something that reveals itself that I'm afraid of this it begins as those thoughts so you have confidence in it but when God is involved in something you are easily when we say Lord I surrender all unto you it is easy for you to say God you can have this but when we are so like when letting it go and where we start questioning ourselves but what if God what if this is a test what if God doesn't want me to let it go you have to look into that what is the root of that whatever that thing is if really you were are you really able to let it go and if the answer is no then these are the things that we must come to God and say Lord search my heart what is rooh that deep down because you are a wonderful counselor I know I can bring to you everything that I might hide from people but I can show you my pain I can show you my brokenness and Lord all I'm saying is that search my heart and revealed to me what needs to be uprooted from it you see one of the things I want to read um from even verse 7 one of the things that really stood out to me was what God said in this verse when he said come let us go down there let us go down and there confuse their language that they may not understand one another speech I was always this this passage was always very perplexing to me because I'm like God the Word of God says you are not the author of confusion so when you're saying that let us confuse their language what is really happening here you see then I began to study it and I'm like ok God me really revealed to me what this word is the first thing that hit me was he says let us go down there and I thought about the first time I saw the word led us and that is when God says let us make man in our own image you see when God stepped into this matter he had seen that first of all there is a word that has bound its people together that did not come from me so when he says let us go down there he it is interesting because the word confuse does not even mean confusion it means to mix oneself in and so there are times that God can give you a word and there are times that God would send himself as the word and in this passage family what happens is that God sends himself and he mixed himself in their communication because what he was doing was that he was revealing to them the word that was truly their word because they had gathered themselves on a word that was rooted in fear and God says let us go down there because it seems as though they have forgotten the image that they were created in and so when he's going down he's going down to restore and so sometimes we may look at this passage and we're thinking that God is confusing them but God is saying no I am bringing myself there to reveal to them this is never who you were meant to be and so when the word of God tells us that they may not understand one another speech that word understand actually speaks to obedience so in other words that they would not be obedient to another person's purpose you see family when they had one language and one speech there was one word rooted in fear that gathered all of them together and gave them a purpose that was never their own when God is calling them to be spread across the whole earth the earth represented territory everyone has a place as a territory has a sphere our pastor preached the word dominating your sphere some weeks ago very powerful word you should watch it it's on our YouTube channel plug but everyone in life has a domain that God has called them to while they were all in Babylon there was untapped territory waiting for them and God says it seems like you have forgotten the image you are created in he sends himself down as the word and when he mixed himself in he could it was not even the confusion he allowed him to not perceive the purpose of another person so when everyone had a new language their language was connected to their purpose and so family what am I saying I'm saying that sometimes for some of you you even need to get happy when people don't perceive what you're saying because it's not it's not that they're not for you it's not that they're haters it's not that they're against you there is simply not called to what God called you to and so it should actually give you joy because God is revealing to you that this person is not supposed to be a part of it but we want to get bitter and we want to point fingers and say you know what i'ma show you one day you it's not even about that because if they cannot understand what they were never called to because at the end of the day not you are not called to everyone on the earth and the second thing family is that when God is intervening in a matter he's saying that I need to shift you because you will never have fulfilment in the place you were never called to you will never find true joy in the place that I did not assign you to and you are pouring yourself in a place that has nothing connected to the reason that I put you on the earth and so I'm sharing this family because there's some of us and they're closed doors that we have experienced and they're closed doors that we will experience and it is not for us to come in a place where we pout and we're bitter because when God intervenes that means he's actually ordering your steps that God is saying that let me show you where and what I have ordained for you you see the moment that God removed their ability to perceive one another's purpose it says that the building it seized because they were building that which was not even connected to any of them now the painful part family is that they did start building that the building did start and there are things that you have put your energy in there are relationships that you have given your heart to their positions that you have given your sleep to there are things that you did indeed build but when God intervenes he's a restorer and he knows he knows he knows how to perfect the time he knows how that the beautiful thing in the Word of God it says that they would always be seedtime and harvest time and so even though where you put your you you may put your seed somewhere else and God will give you the harvest elsewhere and so even though you had laid foundations that you became burdens to God said for the work that you have done there is a harvest waiting somewhere else for you we have to be willing to forgive we have to be willing to let go we have to be willing to release the bitterness we have to be willing to release the pain because at the end of the day it is not about people your life is never in the of a man your life is in the hands of God and it is a disservice to him for you to think that something did not happen in your life because a person said no it is a disservice to God because everything concerning your life is in his hands not in the hands of people and so although that yes a person was used but the intention and the purpose behind it was God I love what Joseph said in the Bible when his brothers had sold him into slavery and if you read the story it really does look like it was their plan but Joseph when he got old enough he said what you meant for evil God meant it for good he actually sent me here and so family whatever is taking place in your life in this season things that you have to walk away from and because because you see it's hard to walk away when you know that you actually laid bricks it's hard to walk away when you know the time that you spent and cutting those bricks and laying them one by one it is hard to walk away but would you rather stay in a place that will destroy you or would you rather go to the place that you were ordained for even before God puts you in your mother's womb and the greatness about God is that whatever you have sown he knows how to make the harvest show up stand with me family you see there's some of us even in this house and the truth is is that it's not even it's not that you're afraid of what may not happen but is that what actually will happen you see because I also wondered if the people in this text had a fear that if they scattered amongst themselves if they went abroad would they have the ability to take care of themselves would they have the ability to individually cater and build the cities that God had called them to would they have the ability to build and develop the territories that God had called them to so maybe let us just stick together and what if the people that you keep thinking you need and there is a fear not that you would not do great that you would actually that maybe you could be great but what if you're great and lonely what if I need to say this right see there are two parts to this one part what if you you need what if you don't need what you think you need right what are the very things that you're like god I feel like without these things I'm not going to make it and then God is saying that you never needed any of that to start with but on the flip side what if your issue is not that you may not be great what if your issue is who would be there when God elevates you and because you love the comfort of your environment because it caters to the old you and because it caters to you that you're comfortable with and you don't have to be challenged it cannot show you that you don't have to look in the mirror and say know what I could do better it caters to you that can be complacent it caters to you that could be for the lack of better words mediocre but without saying that you are mediocre it caters to a version of you that does not need to be challenged and so your fear is not that you will be great your fear is what greatness would look like for you and what greatness would look like for your relationships and what greatness will look like for your surroundings you see when God spoke to Abraham he tells Abraham all these things and he's like I'm gonna make your name great oh my gosh it's gonna be so beautiful but Abraham here's the catch you have to leave your home you have to leave your family you have to leave all the things you have ever known and go to a place that is foreign to you what if for some of you in this room your fear is not that God would not do great things in your life but it's what would it cost you and you don't know if you're yet willing to pay the price but you see family two things if God is for you and if God is with you then no word would ever come out of the word of the mouth of God that would be against your truth and God is never in division God will not give you a word to divide you from something but God is in separation because separation does not mean that something bad happened for us to walk away division is normally rooted in dissension and and and some intention and fighting and bitterness but separation just means that at this point of our lives in order for us to be truly who we are called to be I have to consecrate myself away from you and so if God is calling you to separate yourself from people it's not about who's better who's not it has nothing to do with that God that even the Bible says those who compare themselves amongst themselves are without wisdom so if His Word says that God will never tell you that oh you're better than the other person it would never be about being better than somebody else but it's about what serves your truth that in this season of your life what serves your truth there was a moment in the life of Jesus that the Word of God tells us that he had to be obedient to his family do you remember the time Jesus was about twelve years old and he did they were going they were going somewhere and they look and they're like what was Jesus said he was gone and they go back to look for him he was in the temple and he was saying don't you guy must be about my father's business but then in that time in that season of his life the Word of God then says and then he was obedient to his parents because he was trying to go ahead of himself and God was like the father said no no no you must be about my business but not in this manner there was a moment in the life of Jesus that he had to be submitted under those that were recognized as his earthly parents and there was another season of his life that the same Jesus said who is my mother and who is my brother it was not a word of dissension or or it was not a word to say it was not a word that came with disrespect he was basically saying in this time my focus is not about who I must submit to an earthly version but who I must submit to as my heavenly father and so for some of us we have to stop trying to submit to the old versions of our relationships we have to stop trying to submit to the old expectations that people have of us and that is our issue because we don't know how to really tell them that no I'm I'm really about God I really love God I really don't like that anymore I really don't we don't know how to tell them that you know what I really I'm really not pursuing that anymore God God has spoken to me about my purpose and it's very different from what I thought and what you thought and I'm sorry if it disappoints you but it doesn't disappoint him and we're finding ourselves in a fight with our surroundings because we have not chosen to stand on the Word of God the Word of God would never bring division that's not it if you find yourself you know increasing your voice and doing all kinds of things that you're moving out of the Spirit of God it's not about the vision it's about healthy separation thank you Jesus thank you lord thank you lord family if you're in this house and you know that there are things that you need to walk away from and you have been fighting it if you're honest with yourself you have been fighting it to the point that you even fight it with the ways of God and God is calling you to walk away from something and yet you come before him praying and fasting and saying God make this happen if that is you I want you to meet me at this altar thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Lord thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] there's some of you in this house and you need to forgive you need to forgive because you have put the responsibility of your life in the hands of people and so because you have seen it as though people are the ones that control your destiny that might not be the wording that you use but that is actually what your actions reveal and so there is bitterness hovering against people because you feel as though their decisions stopped you from receiving something I want you to meet me at this altar you see what I love about the altar call for some of you in this house you may be may be wondering why why are why are people walking to the altar we can pray right there but what I love about the altar call is that in this moment it is a it is a mark of an action that says God this very word that you have spoken then as I take this action first of all to even walk out of my seat that it would mirror the action that I take in real life that I will not walk away from here holding on to the same thing that the way as I leave my seat as I get uncomfortable and just walk out of my seat to say god I am letting this go it is it is a mark of my faith that God the very same thing I'm doing at this altar I'm gonna do it in my real life and that is what I love about the altar call because it is a mirror to the decisions that were saying that we want to take it is it can be painful I get that it can be painful to build something and then to realize that what you were building was never of God it can be painful it can be painful to believe in something so wholeheartedly and for the door to shut but the beautiful thing families that you serve a God that is for you [Music] [Applause] just like we sang in worship there is more to come there is more to come your best days will never be behind you and it's crazy because because God knows how to make all things work together for our good yes you may have to walk away from something but the beautiful thing is that God can use that very thing to instill wisdom in you God can use that very thing to shape you so there is never a waste there is never a waste and so it's not wondering that if I didn't make this if I didn't make this turn then you know what I should have come maybe I would be so much further in my life for some of you you need to forgive yourself because you are putting a burden on yourself that it was never assigned to you the moment when you say God have your way in my life he owns that life and God takes care of what he owns he directs he he helps you he leads you it may not make sense the ways that he uses but it will lead you to the place that he's called you to and so it's never too late it's never that you don't have what you need because when God reveals the word that you're waiting for if you move on it it would attract everything to your life when God gives you a word he is bound by his word the the Bible says that even when we are unfaithful he remains faithful for he cannot deny himself that is powerful and so what are we saying family this Sunday our pastor will continue a message on what is in a name and as we begin to seek God for revelation concerning our lives let's move on it let's not dwell on the past and say but God what about this very thing if God is shutting the door we get excited about open doors but sometimes closed doors leads to open doors thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Lord thank Wow something beautiful happening in this house can we all just take a time just to speak to God from the depths of our heart whatever he has put on your spirit right now just speak to him about it whatever has been a struggle the VIN in your life that you need to that that you're like god I need your counsel in this matter the thing that you have questioned him that if if you love me why did this happen just speak to him about it because there is a wisdom that God has for every question you would ever ask him he is the answer he's not afraid of questions thank you thank you lord thank you thank you Jesus unlock their heart slow thank you Jesus and whether you might be at the altar you might not be you might be watching us if you want to commit your life to Jesus I want you to meet us here and if you're watching I just want you to raise your hand you see because for some of us we are searching for the meaning of life and the reason why it seems so far from us is because our concept of God is also this this grand thing that we cannot get ahold of but that is the beauty of Jesus because through him we have relationship and you're fighting you're fighting it you're fighting and you're like is it really this my family you can feel that God is really tugging your heart in this as you're listening to this message it almost feels like your heart is burning that is the work of the holy spirit and that is God knocking on your heart saying just open the door and I would reveal myself to you just open the door and I'll reveal myself and there's someone you came into this house and you came in just you've been you know almost like you know let me see what's happening on a Thursday night but actually this is an appointment that God has with you and all he's saying is that just open your heart to me and if you're not at this altar I want you to meet us at this altar and you're saying God I want to give this a shot I want to know who you really are that has been the question of your heart and your heart is burning and that is the Holy Spirit knocking and all he's saying is that he's not asking you of anything all he's saying is that be willing to know me don't assume about me drop your assumptions and say God who are you let's have a talk it's beautiful what a willing heart would receive sometimes it seems like you're you're at a war with like God but you're not saying anything to me but that's because your heart is full of assumptions about who he is and so the assumptions can cloud judgment but all he's saying is that let go of all that stuff let go of this concept of me being you know crazy or control it let go of that because every word that would ever come out of the mouth of God is not for him he is self-sufficient he doesn't need anything from anybody every word that would ever come out of the mouth of God is for you every single commandment every single thing it is for you it has nothing God doesn't have an ego that needs to be stroked because before we were created before angels bowed and worshiped him he is he existed before any of this so when he speaks it's not for him it's for us that is a God of love and in this moment he's knocking at your heart and saying just let me in and to those especially that I'm talking to I just want you to raise your hand God is gonna do something so beautiful in your life right now thank you Jesus thank you Jesus Heavenly Father we thank you we thank you for what you're doing in your house we thank you Lord God for that which you have empowered your children to let go of we thank you for the guy that every ruler thought that was rooted in fear Lord God we thank you that it is exposed it is weakened because your light has come upon it and we thank you Lord that they will not be left with the pain of what they once built but you will fill them with the joy of what is to come Lord you're a god that you are faithful you are a restorer of time and resources Lord God we thank you for the lessons that we learn in the wilderness we thank you that with you it all works together for our good we thank you Lord God that this is a house full of people these are people listening larga that are saying that God have your way in my life and wherever you choose to intervene father God have your way I would trust you when I don't know I will trust you through the nose I will trust you and I will not look the man for my help does not come from man my help comes from the Lord and so lord I thank you for the hearts that are filled with your joy and the release of bitterness and the release of anxiety and I thank you for the great count so you will have with your people for the questions that they have of you Lord you are the wonderful counselor and I thank you Jesus that they would know you intimately as their wonderful counselor continue to move in Our Lives Lord Jesus we trust you we trust you we trust you lord we trust you Lord we trust you lord we trust you Jesus we trust you with our lives we trust you with our hearts we trust you with our families we trust you with our children we trust you with our finances we trust you lord and so as we say that God I'm releasing this obsessive need to control I'm saying father God that I trust you and I recognize that I am in your hands and everything that concerns my life is in your hands and so lord I would love freely I would not I would not love with an agenda in mind I would give freely because this is who you created me to be and I thank you Lord that you would increase our knowledge of love because it is as big as you and so as we grow when you Father God may we grow in love in Jesus name father God I thank you for those who say they're committing their lives to you I thank you that they would experience you in a way so unique to them that their desire and their hunger for you would only multiply and we thank you Lord God that those who hunger and thirst for you Lord God you would feed them you would meet them at their place of need you would come into their lives like a Russian wind father God and you will fill them with your love have your way Lord God in Jesus name we pray amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

Channel: ONE | A Potter's House Church

Views: 90,596

Rating: 4.9304719 out of 5

Keywords: LA Churches, TPH, The Potters House, TPH LA, The Potters House LA, One LA, Toure Roberts, Sarah Jakes Roberts

Id: oWGU_YkOAN0

Length: 53min 14sec (3194 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 14 2019