Zach Priddy Friday 10-18-2019

are here this morning you didn't have any other choices to make but here so I'm glad you're here I got some scriptures that I'm gonna read and I'll be honest the title from my message I completely ripped it off of someone else it was a good title and I just want you to know that so if you listen to the message like you would be like oh I know where he got that but it's from brother Bernard and it's what he preached at General Conference the message is not what he preaches you know confidence I did not sit there and transcribe what he preached it wouldn't be as good but his his message that he preached from fear to faith I woke up last night at 3 a.m. to the sound of a scream and was up until 5 a.m. and it was only one short little scream so hopefully it wasn't any of our young people but I woke up and I couldn't go back to sleep and so I prayed for a little bit and changed up some of my message a little bit was up for quite some time and the scripture I want to read to you this morning is from first Samuel 17 and it's verse 10 it's the first scripture I'm gonna read to you and it says and the Philistine said I defy the armies of Israel this day give me a man that we may fight together how many of you have heard the story of David and Goliath yeah like all of us we've all heard the story of David and Goliath it's like in children's books it's been taught to us since we were little in Sunday school but there was some things whenever I was studying this I I was falling asleep on my way to na YC and I was kind of like halfway like oh Jesus you know I need something for this and it was like BAM right there like I was like halfway falling asleep and I remember and I started taking a couple of notes and the scriptures out to me and I don't I have an idea why but I'm not really sure why this scripture stands out to me but I want to continue reading starting now at verse 17 it says now Jesse said to his son David take this Eva of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit see how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them they are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah fighting against the Philistines so there was a purpose the title of my message this morning is from going from fear to faith so many times we have fear in our lives right how many of you know that the voice of fear is real I have heard it firsthand in my life I have been so afraid to do things for God I've been so afraid so when P seven clubs rolled out I remember I was not in high school at the time or and I could not start one but I look back on my life and I think I would have struggled to start one and what we find here is David had one purpose when he went down to see his brothers he was to bring some meat some cheese or some bread and some cheese and some other things transpired whenever he got down there his dad was looking for an update on the progress he was looking for what was happening in the battle and so what is going on in Minnesota or what is going on in your life in the battle let's look at something real quick how many of you are involved in be seven clubs once you stand up if you're involved in a p7 Club stand up stay standing [Applause] so there's one two three four five six seven fifteen sixteen of you four of you are males go ahead and be seated let's see how many of you are involved in some type of ministry in your church like you sing you play an instrument maybe you teach stand-up let's see if that's a little different okay there's a lot more good all right have a seat I'm not gonna count all you there's a lot of you good what about a why see if you have ever been involved in a YC or you are thinking about doing a YC why don't you stand up apostolic youth core I'm going on a mission strip okay cool cool cool do you know what generally in just about every area do you know who is underrepresented in ministry men is underrepresented in ministry I want everybody to turn to your neighbor and say this message is for me it is okay but girls is it okay if in this message I really get on the guys for a minute all right but don't worry don't worry like it's what I say to them like we'll be for them but I've got some other stuff for you so I'm not gonna leave you out okay so you're gonna be a part of this message too but I just want to make sure if when I really get into it like you're okay if I really preach to the guys for just a minute so what is the status of Minnesota when I initially when this message initially hit me I was like oh my goodness I don't know but in prayer and seeking God there was something that hit me the other day the status of Minnesota is good look at how many people stood up and said I'm involved in ministry look how many people that stood up and said I'm involved in a piece seven club it's scary to start a piece seven club I don't think I could have done it you're doing something that I couldn't have done as a young person starting a p7 Club you're basically starting a church you're doing what it takes to reach people that's awesome you deserve a hand clap why don't we do that you p7u people in ministry thank you for serving your churches thank you for serving your communities because of that you're reaching the lost I think that's awesome and to me looking at this generation right here tells me the status of Minnesota is good that the status of Minnesota that this apostolic Doctrine that we believe is good that it's going to make it for another generation it's gonna go from generation to generation you're gonna carry the banner and you're gonna continue to move on and I'm excited for that so the best status of Minnesota is good but what's the status of your life Minnesota is good but it's dependent upon your life it's dependent on what you are gonna do are you gonna have the courage to start that p7 Club with your friends are you gonna have the courage to sign up for the a YC trip and commit to raising the thousands of dollars that it takes to go on at a YC trip the cheaper ones are in North America and I love North America so there's churches all over the place in North America that also needs your help and North America is just as good as a foreign missions how about how about this advance ministry training that of that directly affects Minnesota if you were in advance can you stand up real quick again it's another area underrepresented by our male counterparts but I am thankful that all of you that are standing right now were there it was awesome and there's gonna be a time when you get to go and you get to help another home missions church out or a church out in Minnesota you're going to directly affect the Minnesota district you're playing on the big game now you're not just messing around with just a little bit of stuff you're getting involved with church on another level because you're gonna go and help someone else do you know what happens when you begin to sew in someone else's field God begins to bless you in your field but let's get back to the story of David and Goliath go ahead and have a seat so are you ready for the Battle of your life you see when you make the decision that this is what I want to do I'm gonna serve God with everything that's in me you've got to be ready for the Battle of your life I can tell you stories of how fear has affected me and I'll share one with you me and my wife we just recently moved to Detroit Lakes to go and start a church scared to death like I'll never forget the first service like I can't begin to explain to you how scared I was to get up in front of you know what this right here is not as scary as getting up in front of the people there in Detroit Lakes I was scared to death and our sound system messed up we were using these multi-tracks and the person that was the guide was on there and she wasn't supposed to be telling us when to go into the chorus and when to go into the verse and we were like what's going on and she was turned off all the way the only thing he could have been was the devil I don't know there was something going on with the sound system and I didn't know how to fix it and we're just trying to have church and I was scared to death and so everything was making me nervous and when I get nervous I get giggly you see I was home-schooled until 10th grade and so I never never learned I never learned how to control my emotions and so when I get nervous I get giggly could you imagine me starting a p7 Club I probably had a higher pitched voice than I do now and as I get nervous it gets only higher starting that p7 club I would have been scared of death and so maybe you've played with the idea of starting a p7 club maybe you've played with the idea of going on a missions trip and you're like I'm afraid I understand fear but you have got to make some steps of moving from fear to fame you've got to have faith in what God has for you you've got to be ready for the Battle of their life and so you have got to know your enemy let's look at Goliath for just a moment he was a big dude right he was like nine feet tall he where'd his his breastplate was about seventy eight pounds he he had a spear that was about 26 feet long you know how long 26 feet is it's long it's long it's taller than me it's taller than a couple of us put together like his spear was huge and its head the the spear tip weighed about 17 pounds so needless to say Goliath was bigger than David right but some things transpired and so let's look at this what happened on the battlefield jumping down to verse 23 it said and as he talked with him behold there came up the champion the Philistine of Gath goliath by name out of the armies of the Philistines and spake according to the same words and David heard them you're gonna hear what the enemy says about you you're gonna hear what the enemy says to you and he's gonna try and tear you down and destroy you that's exactly what Goliath did on this day and all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from him and were sore afraid what happened they saw this big dude walk out on the field and they said oh I'm done and they went in hid you know many times as Christians that's exactly what happens to us we see the big giant we see this thing come up in our lives and all of a sudden we say oh ho I can't know that I'm gonna go hide behind a rock because he's scary he's big he's bad you remember what brother Campostella was preaching last night oh man when he said this it got me excited when he started talking about people asking him can you discern the spirit when you come into the town and he's like but he said something that impacted me it doesn't matter who it is or what it is what matters is is God is on your side that's what matters it doesn't matter what the enemy is it just matters that God is on my side and I don't have to have fear because my faith is found in him so let's keep reading and David spake to the man this is till verse 26 that stood by him saying what shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine and taketh away the reproach from Israel for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the Living God what is going on in Israel what is supposed to happen to this guy what's supposed to happen to the guy that defeats him because I'm starting to think maybe maybe I'm the one that needs to step up and do this and his brother gets mad and says to him why camus down hither and with whom has thou left those few sheep in the wilderness I know that pride I know that heart for thou art come down that that might see the battle you're just a little boy why don't you go back and tend to your little sheep why don't you just go back and watch those sheep because I leave this fighting to the men the problem is sometimes men you're leaving the battle to the women to fight that should hit home with you sometimes men we stand by and let our women prevail we stand by and let our women intercede and get a hold of God while we sit there and watch we let our women begin to worship God and tear down strongholds while we sit there and watch you need to be an active participant in this you need to move from fear to the faith and say you know what God called me to do something young ladies it's your purpose to do what you do it's your purpose to travail and it's your purpose to get ahold of God don't say I'm not taking what you do lightly but I'm just saying we need some men that will stand up and we'll fight like they've never fought before because this generation needs men that will stand up and fight for God so David David's brother gets mad at him how many of you had family get mad at you for what you believe maybe begin to tear you down for what you believe maybe there's some friends that have tore you down for what you believe but David said in verse 29 what have I now done is there not a cause is there not a cause young people to fight is there not something that you can find that you can rally inside of you and say I'm gonna fight for what God has for me I'm gonna fight because you know what the promises don't come easily you have to fight for them you have to move from fear to faith you've got to hold on to the things of God and so is there a cause for you to fight for I believe there is because they're still lost souls in Minnesota there's still lost souls in your schools and they're depending on you to get a hold of God for them they're depending on you to go ahead and start that p7 Club there's a soul somewhere across this world that's looking for a missionary that's gonna come from this generation there's a church that's gonna be planted because of this generation you're gonna reach people that we could never reach so you know what happened Saul calls for David because he heard what was going on and David said to Saul let Matt know let know man's heart fail because of him he was talking about Goliath thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine all those scaredy cats out there all those chickens I'll go and do it let no man's heart fail I'm gonna I'll stand up and fight and Saul said to David now are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him for the hour but a youth and he a man of war from his youth and so Saul began to arm David with his armor and put on his helmet and armed with his coat of mail you know what I see here his Saul began to look at Goliath he's so big there's no way this little guy can do it and all the while his eyes were on Goliath here let me measure you up and put my armor on you here why don't you do this this is what I want you to do I think this would be better for you you know what that sounds like to me it sounds like society how society pushes its way on you it says no no no no you can't look that way no no you can't believe like that society begins to shape you and mold you into what it wants you to be completely removing the factor that God is in your life you see Saul had lost his focus on God and got his focus on Goliath many of us get our focus on the Giant that's in front of us that trial that we're facing that that hardship that we're going through you know there's so many there's so many things in your life that you will find that change if you'll follow God I remember growing up all I wanted to be was a doctor I wanted to be a surgeon I joined the military I started working as a surgical tech started college for pre-med I was thinking maybe dentist to like they have cool hours they never work Fridays sounds good to me and so like I had all these thoughts in my head of what I want it to be you know what I do now I work in a school as a counselor far cry from being a doctor like maybe I wasn't smart enough I don't know but for whatever reason I am now a counselor in school you know what I found so many young people the main thing they deal with is depression anxiety and you know what it's all look what a lot of it comes from is the fear not having a relationship with God they're in foster care they're they've had trouble with the drugs and addiction this is high school this isn't adults this is 16 17 18 year olds that are struggling with these things your guyses age and if I just meet with a few people about that there's more people that I know need help and so I would venture to say that in this room there's a lot of people dealing with depression and anxiety in this room and maybe that's the giant that you're facing you're like I can't start a p7 Club I can't even get myself started I've been there I know what that feels like you're like I want it to be over I want it to be better I want it to be whatever and we I found that in my relationship with God things change God began to change me and change some things in me things that I never thought I would do you know what I told my pastor probably two years ago all I want to do is just help that's all I want to do I don't want to go anywhere I don't want to do anything I was comfortable I was satisfied but God began to move in my life and bring me to a place where I was no longer comfortable and I had reached my end I began to go into depression and and and there were times when I didn't want to go to the next day I know if I feel that that I'm not the only one there's young people sitting in here that have felt those same feelings because people have tried to measure you up and say you're not good enough you need to be like me or you need to do this or you need to do that you need to start a piece seven club weekend up here and we talked about it know what we want more than anything is for you to be saved yeah we love it when you start piece seven clubs yeah we love it when you go on a YC trips but more than anything we want each of you to say you know what I can make it I can do this I can serve god I believe it David wasn't okay with wearing the armor of saw the Kings armor probably the best made in the land David said no I've never proved this armored it's time that you began to say no to society it's time that you begin to say no to some things in your life and say god I want you in my life god I need you in my life David was full of faith in that day in verse 40 it says and he took his staff in his hand and chose him five smooth Stones out of the brook and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had even a script and his sling was in his hand and he drew near to the Philistine David was full of faith that God was fully in control you've got to have faith and it's like so much easier said than done but you've got to have faith that God is fully in control the situation's will come in your life but you've got to have faith that God is fully in control why did David pick up five stones you know there's a whole lot of stuff out there on this but as you know Goliath had some family it wasn't just Goliath he had some brothers like for Goliath was one of them and there was four others that's five so maybe David picked up those stones with the intent saying you know what I know there's more of him in the land I'm gonna make sure they're gone David had a crew David's mighty men that eventually destroyed that generation of Giants there's gonna be some Giants that arise in your life it doesn't matter what their name is you know one of them listed in there as a six handed the six finger the sixth finger giant he doesn't even give him his name just that he had six fingers it doesn't matter but depression if it's anxiety if it's fear if it's all those different things a DD whatever everyone wants to put a label on you and figure you out as fast as they can it doesn't matter what society has labeled you with because you have a label child of the king I'm a child of the king you have royal blood flowing through your veins you can have faith and say you know what when I walk into my school I own that school with a ground that I walk every step I take that's a promise that God is gonna give it to me every move I make this is a promise that God is gonna give me this territory that I'm walking through some of you need to begin to walk through your school halls and say you know what God has given me this school you don't have to say it out loud like that you can whisper it God's given me this school you know what I still do that when I walk through my places at work God has given me this place I get scared when I do it because fear is real and no one's gonna hear me it's just in my head but fear is real and fair will tear you down as fast as you let it you've got to allow God's voice to be louder in your head than the voice of fear so David knew there was a generation of giants that had to be slain is there a generation in your life that needs to be slain you see what I see in this story is one you've got to stop fear and move to faith God is on your side the first thing David did when he saw them run he began to ask questions what in the world are you running for why are you running to you have got to stop trying to measure up to everyone else because you're not everyone else you'll never preach like me you'll never teach like me you'll never do things exactly like me you're gonna do them exactly how God ordained you to do them I can't preach like brother Campanella but brother Campanella can preach like God has given him a message and that's what God is looking for you not to be the next person not to be the next great thing but to chase him to chase after what God wants for you I think that that's what he was preaching last night you don't have to do it exactly like me but I've got some principles that you can follow a three-day fast I'm going on a three-day fast when I get home I'm gonna do it because I believe that it's something that God has put in my heart so what is it that God is putting in your heart those are the things that you've got to chase after stop chasing after society stop chasing after this world because you're a child of the king that's what matters so David said sin or Goliath said send me a man that we may fight together the enemy is always about disunity because if he can divide and separate you it's so much easier to conquer one than it is to conquer a whole group what I think would be awesome is if we together said send me a man send me a woman come with me we're gonna fight together not each other we're gonna fight together right come on come on send me send me a woman send me a man that we can fight together so that when the Giants arise in our lives when things begin to tear us down and destroy try and destroy us we can link arms together go ahead and link arms together you're stronger together we're stronger as a body of Christ rather than divided and so the thing that the enemy would love to do is try and separate you try don't don't don't don't be so easily separated the enemy would love to separate you and tear you down and begin to try and separate you from this other person and pull you aside but the thing is is you've got to fight you've got to hold on to each other because this is what's gonna keep you your relationships in church are we're gonna keep you the relationships that you have in school maybe you need to check some of those relationships are they helping your relationship with God or are they tearing your relationship down we need some people that will say I will fight together not each other Goliath said it pretty good when he said send me a man that we might fight together I think we need to have some of that and in the church where we stand and we fight together and stop fighting each other because what happened so many times is a friend gets good on the drums you know like everything I preach is because it's like it happened to me so like every story there's a back story of why I'm saying what I say I had a friend he got really good at the drums and I got jealous like this happened multiple times over my life not just once I'm still not that great at the drums but when you're the only one so anyways I got jealous and it hurt our friendship now do you think that that jealousy was of God no there's been preachers that I watched to get up at youth Congress and did you know that a preacher can sometimes get jealous yeah I've been jealous like oh this is a pretty good message but I mean really I mean I could have reached that you pick apart everything and you're like maybe get a little jealous have you guys ever been jealous before you know what jealousy does divides us separates us you see all the musicians and the singers you pick it up it camp and they use the same ones over and over again and you're like why don't they ever pick me I got a good voice also the thoughts that I had till I realized I don't have a good voice and you know what it wasn't someone else telling me Zach you have a terrible voice it was me coming to the realization oh my word I'm flat all the time Wow thank you God for revealing that for me thirty years into my life and Here I am standing up there thinking I'm God's gift to leading worship people are like let's just get through this joyful noise we can get jealous and we can begin to tear down each other because we see someone else's skills we see what someone else can do because we're not comfortable with who we are we tear ourselves down I think the worst enemy many times that we face is me I face myself on a daily basis I look in the mirror and I have to face me in all my insecurities and I don't like that and there's a whole lot of thoughts that hit my head and I think the enemy likes to use your thoughts to attack you and tear you down you know how you defeat those thoughts I'm still working on it because I'm a work in progress you got to focus on your relationship with God stop focusing on the thoughts that enter your head that are not of God that tear you down they tear your relationship down and focus on the things of God because you'll never move from fear to faith one fears voice is louder than God's voice you'll never move past where you are you'll have nights like last night but the real work hits the road when you hit Monday morning and you're at school and you're the one dressed like you dress you're the one that believes like you believe you guys can be seated we need some men and women who will stand together and will fight and stop tearing each other down and stop bringing each other to a place where well now I'm better than you because I've tore you down in my mind as a man thinketh in his heart so is he stop tearing each other down and lift each other up in prayer lift each other up in the altars pray for one another develop relationships at camp and at church and it youth convention if I could leave you with one thing today I'm closing if I could leave you with one thing today is david took a stand when everyone else ran in hide hidden david stood there and was like what's going on because it was unbecoming the children of god to hide because of a man that stood there so who defies a child of god today it's time that you look at your enemy's square in the face and knock him out it's time that you knock fear out it's time that you knock that depression out because it can be overcame it can be overcome and all those things that you face on a daily basis it can be overcome is there anyone in here that can find a cause to fight why don't you find a place to pray because i believe that there's a cause that we've got to fight we've got to stand together and we've got a lock arms and be one mind and one Accord [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] this is all [Music] this is my bad this is our pipe [Music] this is all fine so I find my battles [Music]

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Published: Mon Oct 21 2019