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I want to speak tonight about when heaven

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decides to fight.

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When heaven decides to fight.

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Judges chapter 4, please, if you go there

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in the Old Testament with me, right after

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Joshua.

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It's Judges.

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Father, I come before you and all I

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ask tonight is that this word be a

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delight to your heart.

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Lord, that your people be a delight to

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your heart, that we hear what you're saying.

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That we begin to respond with hearts of

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faith and gratitude.

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Lord God, I'm asking you that you commission

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us into this battle.

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Lord, this is a marvelous time to be

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alive.

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And you're fighting for the testimony of your

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own name now.

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And Jesus, thank you for opening our ears

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and our inner man to understand this.

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I pray for an anointing from heaven, God,

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that you touch my mind and physical body.

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That you would quicken me and enable me

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to speak simply to every heart.

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Lord, give me the ability, Lord, to move

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beyond just reason and into the very heart.

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And Father, I just thank you for this

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with all of my heart.

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And I pray that this be a delight

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to you.

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And I thank you for it in Jesus'

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name.

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Judges chapter 4, verse 1 to 3.

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And the children of Israel again did evil

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in the sight of the Lord when Ehud

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was dead.

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And the Lord sold them into the hand

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of Jabin, king of Canaan, that reigned in

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Hazor, the captain of whose host was Sisera,

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which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

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And the children of Israel cried unto the

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Lord, for he had 900 chariots of iron.

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This is Sisera, the captain of the enemies

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of God.

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And 20 years he mightily oppressed the children

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of Israel.

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And, you know, folks, history repeats itself over

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and over again.

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God used Joshua and the leaders that were

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alive at his time.

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They went in, they conquered as it is

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the land of promise.

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They defeated 33 kings in just a very

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short period of time.

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And, of course, then after the initial defeat

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of these kings, the resistance was essentially minimal.

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Everyone was encouraged to go in and possess

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his inheritance.

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And, of course, many did.

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Some didn't to their own detriment.

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They became strong, and they thought they could

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handle things that God had called them to

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destroy.

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Beware when you're strong, beloved.

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Beware when you think you can handle things

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that used to handle you, because it can

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turn around on you very, very quickly.

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The Lord says you're to put these things

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away.

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You're to get them out of your life

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and out of your mind.

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But some of the tribes of Israel thought

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they could control, and they were better served

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by making servants of their enemies than utterly

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destroying them.

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And, of course, they did so.

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But, ultimately, these enemies that were servants for

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a season came back and ended up being

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their masters.

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And one more time, infusing them with an

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incredible mixture that caused God to have to

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release his hand of protection and deliver them

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one more time into the power of their

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enemies.

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And through the book of Judges, after Joshua,

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you see this happening repeatedly.

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The children of Israel go into this spiritual

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nosedive, as it is.

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They lose touch with God, and there is

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an enemy raised up into whose hand they

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are delivered.

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And in the hand of this enemy, they

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begin to cry out to God one more

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time.

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God being who he is, he is merciful.

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The Bible tells us his mercy endures forever.

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He hears the cry of his children, and

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he would raise up what we know today

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to be judges.

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These are particular people that were raised as

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spiritual rulers in the nation in that particular

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season.

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They were hearing from God.

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They would rouse the people one more time,

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and the people would go into battle.

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Now, this was not a man's choice.

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This was God's choice.

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He chose one more time to rise and

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defend his people and defend his own namesake.

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Now, in this particular season, the Scripture says

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that they were sold into the hand of

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this particular king of Canaan, who had a

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general whose name was Sisera.

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Now, this man had 900 chariots of iron.

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And for 20 years, he mightily oppressed the

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children of Israel.

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Now, this was not just an oppression but

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a mighty oppression coming against.

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You know, the Scripture tells us later on,

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there wasn't in chapter 5 and verse 8,

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the Scripture says they chose new gods.

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Now, this is after the battle is over,

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and Deborah and Barak wrote a song.

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They're singing this in chapter 5.

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And it says, Was there a shield or

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spear seen among 40,000 in Israel?

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So, in other words, this enemy was mighty.

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These incredible chariots that you could not even

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hope to fight against with a stick or

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even rocks.

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And there's not a spear, there's not a

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shield, their weaponry is gone.

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This man rides at will as it is

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throughout what should be the promised land and

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the kingdom of God, mightily oppressing the children

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of God.

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The spiritual condition is described again in chapter

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5 and verse 6.

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It says, In the days of Shamgar, the

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son of Anath, in the days of Jael,

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the highways were unoccupied and the travelers walked

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through byways.

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You can picture Israel.

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This is supposed to be a land of

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promise and freedom.

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This is supposed to be a place where

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people are singing hymns and songs as they

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go down the road.

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There's supposed to be an enduring testimony among

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the people of God.

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But yet we see in this season the

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highways are virtually unoccupied.

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I think of where Jesus said in Luke

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chapter 14 and verse 23.

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He said, Go out into the highways and

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hedges and compel them to come in that

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my house may be filled.

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Now, we're living in a generation where our

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testimony is supposed to be compelling.

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We are the church of the living God.

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We are to go out into the highways

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and the hedges.

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We are to go where people travel.

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And there's supposed to be in us a

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presence of Christ, a renewed mind, a renewed

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heart, a renewed spirit, wisdom beyond our natural

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ability, gifts that God himself only could put

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within us, a love that comes from the

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heart of God, virtually emanating from our very

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being, reaching out and beginning to touch people

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that are all around us.

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I'm not much of an airplane evangelist.

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I know we have a lot of people

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that visit pulpits, and they're always talking about

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winning the world up in the air.

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Some of them, it's worth taking an offering,

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I think, to keep them up there.

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They don't seem to have much of an

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anointing on the ground.

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However, I've never had much of an anointing

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up in the air.

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It seems to only work on the ground,

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what God has given me.

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I've never won anybody to the Lord in

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an airplane.

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I've shared a couple of times.

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Half the time, I don't even really want

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to speak when I'm traveling.

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I'm just focusing and preparing.

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But on the way home, I ended up

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speaking to this man after leaving Ireland and

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just asked me, what do I do?

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I just, in conversation, just began to share

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with him.

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And he broke down weeping.

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He's a businessman here in New York City,

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openly crying on the airplane.

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He was so confused and embarrassed that he

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tried to compose himself, looked straight ahead at

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something that was on the screen, got rid

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of the tears.

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And I said, do you have allergies or

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something?

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He said, no, no, I don't have any

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allergies.

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So then he composed himself and looked again.

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And I just began speaking to him.

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And as I began speaking to him one

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more time, the Holy Spirit touched him.

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He broke down weeping again, not even knowing

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why.

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But there is a love that was in

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my heart for his soul, for his family,

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for his children, for this man to know

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that he needed a savior.

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And I do hope that in the near

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future he'll be attending this church.

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I believe that he will be coming here.

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And I thank the Lord for that.

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You and I are to be a compelling

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testimony.

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We're not to be a complaining testimony.

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We're not to be just an argument in

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the midst of a whole hodgepodge of ideas

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about the future and life and God.

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We are to be a compelling testimony.

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The presence of Christ is to be in

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us.

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This is not just a mythical thing about

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God.

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This is a living reality.

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I bear in this earthly body the spirit

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of Christ.

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The very spirit of the living God is

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within me.

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The best thing I can do is cry,

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God, get me out of the way.

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Get this flesh out of the way.

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Get this natural mind out of the way.

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Holy Spirit, have dominion.

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Take control of this mind.

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Take control of this physical body.

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And, of course, we walk in agreement with

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God.

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He doesn't overpower our personality or anything like

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that.

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But he does promise that we walk together.

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He gives us his mind.

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He gives us his heart.

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He gives us abilities that we could not

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even hope to have without the presence of

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the living God within us.

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And this is the testimony of the church.

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Like the highways of New York City are

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not to be unoccupied.

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There is a Christian testimony that is to

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be vibrant and alive in the places of

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commerce and business and where we travel, where

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we live, where we go to work, the

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people we meet every day.

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Our lives are not called to be an

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argument.

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They're called to be a compelling testimony.

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There's to be a presence of God within

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us.

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And when God's people are singly focused and

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singly minded, we become a testimony that is

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set on a hill that cannot be hidden

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from people around us.

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Even if we don't want to speak sometimes,

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there's a testimony that we're not even aware

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of that God himself has established inside of

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us that cannot be hidden from a world

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that is living in darkness.

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In this day of spiritual declension that we're

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talking about in the Old Testament, the highways

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were unoccupied.

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The travelers were coming through Israel as it

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is in chapter 5 and verse 6.

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It says the travelers were walking through byways.

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Actually, it says crooked ways is the original

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translation.

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They were taking other routes.

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People who are, in a sense, coming to

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Israel, as the Queen of Sheba might have

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done, looking for God, are not finding him

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in this place.

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All they are finding is a cowering people

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bowing down to iron chariots and the powers

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of darkness, constantly just talking about the power

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of the enemy, absolutely bankrupt in their minds

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as to who God really is and what

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land they really are living in.

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And so travelers coming in are finding crooked

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paths.

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They're looking perhaps, and I'm drawing an allegory

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here, you have to understand, but they're perhaps

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looking for some semblance.

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This is supposed to be the promised land.

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These are supposed to be the people of

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God.

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So they're traveling through and having to find

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crooked routes as it is to God because

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they cannot see the presence of the Lord

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being manifested among his people.

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Chapter 5, verses 7 and 8 says, The

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inhabitants of the villages ceased.

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They ceased in Israel until that I, Deborah,

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rose.

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I rose a mother in Israel.

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They chose new gods.

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There was war in the gates.

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And, of course, there was no weaponry.

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Paul the Apostle in 2 Corinthians chapter 11

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warns about this.

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In verses 3 and 4 he said, But

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I fear, lest by any means as the

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serpent beguile thee through his subtlety, so your

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minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that

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is in Christ.

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For if he that comes preaches another Jesus

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whom we have not preached, or if you

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receive another spirit which you have not received,

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or another gospel which you have not accepted,

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you might well bear with him.

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Paul says, I know the ministry of Christ.

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I know why he came.

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I know who Christ is.

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I know that he is the embodiment as

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it is of the passion of God for

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every man, woman and child ever created in

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the image of God.

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And Paul says, I'm afraid if somebody comes

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and preaches another Christ, just as the serpent

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came to Adam and Eve and said to

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them, in effect, Use your position in God

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for your own gain.

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Use it for your own betterment.

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Go to this forbidden fruit and partake of

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it.

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And in the day you do, your eyes

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are going to be opened.

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You're going to have greater knowledge than you

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have now.

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And you're going to be just like God

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is.

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In other words, you're going to increase in

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godliness if you use your position that you

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have in God for your own advantage.

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And Paul says, I'm afraid of this, because

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we're not called to use Christ to our

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own advantage.

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We are called to walk with Christ and

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glorify Christ.

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We are called to be partakers of the

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heavenly calling that God the Father placed upon

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his son, to go through this world proclaiming

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the kingdom of God, to be healing the

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sick and opening prison doors to those that

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are bound, to be proclaiming this incredible, wondrous

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news of God's love to those who are

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physically poor, spiritually poor and poor in every

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other way, to be making a declaration.

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Our lives are to be this full declaration

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in our generation.

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The scripture tells us again in chapter 5

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of Judges, verses 7 and 8, there was

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war in the gates.

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Now, the gates are those places of the

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city where policy is formed, where leaders gather

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together and decide how they're going to protect

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the city as it is and what they're

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going to do to better the lives of

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its citizens.

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But there was division in these gates and

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arguments over various strategies and how they were

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going to procure their freedom from this enemy.

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In other words, there was no agreement.

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They all knew there was an enemy, but

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nobody knew how to fight this enemy.

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Tragic that history seems to repeat itself over

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and over again.

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And while all of this is going on,

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chapter 5, verse 11 tells us in the

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victory song that they are delivered from the

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noise of archers rather in the places of

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drawing water.

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And while all this stuff is going on,

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the highways are unoccupied, travelers are taking alternate

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routes, people are choosing another Christ, there's war

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in the gates, there's this great division about

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how do we fight this battle.

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And while all this is going on, the

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enemy is concentrating all of his force on

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the places where people draw water.

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In other words, he's attacking the living word

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of God.

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He's attacking the authenticity of scripture.

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He's attacking the character of Christ.

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He's attacking the very promises of God.

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He's doing everything in his power, even in

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God's house to move people out of the

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word of the living God.

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Move them into progressive revelation.

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You have to understand where all this stuff

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comes from.

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It comes from the heart of Satan himself.

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Move the people out of the promises of

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God because there is no life apart from

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this book.

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And move them into this new prophetic revelation.

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These new things that are happening.

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This new Christ as it is.

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That is, of course, was limited.

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There are even people in our generation, folks,

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that are saying that the Bible itself is

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a dispensation.

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It was a time.

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The season of the Bible has passed.

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Now into the new era of apostles and

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prophets.

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The brand-new leaders that are going to

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bring a brand-new revelation of a brand

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-new Christ.

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Just as Jesus warned in the Gospel of

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Matthew in chapter 24.

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Now, all of this is going on until

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God's people again begin to hear his voice.

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In Judges chapter 4 and verse 4, it

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says, Then Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of

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Lappidoth, she judged Israel at the time.

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And she dwelt under the palm tree of

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Deborah between Ramah and Bethel and Mount Ephraim.

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And the children of Israel came to her

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for judgment.

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She sent and called Barak the son of

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Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali and said unto

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him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel

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commanded, saying, Go and draw towards Mount Tabor

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and take with thee ten thousand men of

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the children of Naphtali and the children of

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Zebulun?

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She began to hear.

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She began to understand that God, And he

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says, I will draw, verse 7, I will

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draw unto thee to the river Kishon, Sisera,

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The captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots

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and his multitude, and I will deliver him

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into thine hand.

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Amazing.

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God begins to speak again.

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The Lord says, I've heard a cry.

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I've got somebody whose ears are open to

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my voice.

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And I've decided to fight again.

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There is a season when the Lord will

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arise to defend his own name.

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Hallelujah.

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I believe with all my heart we are

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living in that season.

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I believe the time of imposters and thieves

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reigning over the church of Jesus Christ is

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over.

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Christ is rising.

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Christ is going to fight for his own

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namesake.

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He's going to fight for his church.

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He's going to fight for every sighing mother

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and father, every child that's out on the

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street looking for reality.

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Every person in the house of God was

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saying, God, if you are still alive, would

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you please show me who you are and

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where your power might be found?

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The Lord says, I hear the cry.

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I hear the cry, and I've decided to

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rise up in this last hour for my

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own namesake and deliver those that are crying

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out to me.

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Chapter 5 and verse 20 tells us that

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they fought from heaven.

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There was an incredible battle about to take

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place.

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A people were about to enter into that

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battle, and they were not going in the

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natural any longer.

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No longer five steps to victory.

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Hallelujah.

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They were going in the power and might

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of almighty God.

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These are a people who know how to

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pray.

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They know how to go to their knees

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and get their instructions from God.

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And they said, God, whatever you speak, that's

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what we're going to do.

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And we don't care how ridiculous it may

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sound.

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This is the way you've always done it.

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You always take the foolish.

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You always take the weak.

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You always take the nobodies.

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You always take the nothings of society who

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can hear your voice, and you empower them.

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You make them more than they are.

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You give them strength they could not possess.

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You give them battle plans that come out

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of heaven itself.

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And you send them against the powers of

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darkness.

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You'd find a people somewhere, even if they

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live in an upper room, and you fill

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them with the spirit of the living God.

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And they step out into the open air

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and begin to make a declaration of who

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God is and what God has promised He's

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going to do.

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And by the foolishness of God, the foolishness

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of preaching, as Paul says, bloodthirsty mobs that

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were trying to crucify Him just days before

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are now pricked in their hearts saying, what

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must we do to be saved?

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They fought from heaven.

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Verse 14, chapter 5, tells us who fought.

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Out of Ephraim there was a root of

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them against Amalek.

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Hallelujah.

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Amalek was the land of the giants.

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And I can't help but think of Caleb.

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After the conquest of the promised land, when

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Caleb came to Joshua, and he was 85

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years of age, and he says, I've waited

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40 years for these giants.

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And he said, as my might was then,

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my might is now.

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I'm as strong now as I was then.

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You see, because Caleb was not a natural

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man.

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He didn't walk in his natural strength.

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He knew his strength was in God.

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And he said, I've wandered through this wilderness

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of unbelief with people who wouldn't believe to

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go into the promised land.

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And for 40 years I've been itching to

547
00:18:44,740 --> 00:18:45,980
get at this mountain of giants.

548
00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:47,620
Oh, Joshua, give it to me.

549
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,120
And Joshua gave it to him.

550
00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:51,420
And not only Caleb, but his descendants became

551
00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:52,340
mighty warriors.

552
00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,020
And after the Benjamin, little Benjamin.

553
00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:57,580
So there's a place in this battle not

554
00:18:57,580 --> 00:18:59,380
only for the giant fighters, but the little,

555
00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:00,520
the small.

556
00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,300
People who are not much in their own

557
00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:03,600
sight.

558
00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:06,600
Benjamin was the smallest of the tribes of

559
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:06,960
Israel.

560
00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,380
But there are people who come out and

561
00:19:09,380 --> 00:19:11,960
say, I'm not going to be stayed by

562
00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,340
my littleness any longer.

563
00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:14,820
And I'm not going to let the devil

564
00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,380
lie to me anymore and try to tell

565
00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:17,240
me I have no power.

566
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,120
If I didn't have any power, he wouldn't

567
00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:20,000
bother telling me.

568
00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:21,380
There has to be a reason.

569
00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,500
He is a liar and the father of

570
00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:24,080
all lies.

571
00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:24,500
Hallelujah.

572
00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,640
Out of nature came governors, those that knew

573
00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,640
how to lead in the ways of God.

574
00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,540
Also out of Zebulun, they that handled the

575
00:19:38,540 --> 00:19:39,240
pen of the writer.

576
00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:40,740
I hadn't seen this before.

577
00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,560
These are the people who began to fight

578
00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:43,080
the battle.

579
00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:45,580
Maybe too old to take up a sword

580
00:19:45,580 --> 00:19:47,240
or chase an iron chariot, but not too

581
00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:48,200
old to take up a pen.

582
00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:50,680
And perhaps begin to encourage those who are

583
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:51,220
in the battle.

584
00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,160
Maybe others just wrote a check to finance

585
00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,220
some of the things that were going.

586
00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:54,700
I don't know.

587
00:19:54,940 --> 00:19:57,020
But they took the pen out and the

588
00:19:57,020 --> 00:19:58,920
pen of the writer became mighty in this

589
00:19:58,920 --> 00:19:59,200
battle.

590
00:19:59,580 --> 00:20:01,800
Oh, folks, there's a lot in here that

591
00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:02,660
you and I can learn.

592
00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:05,200
Those that just simply began perhaps to put

593
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,020
on paper what God had done for them

594
00:20:07,020 --> 00:20:09,300
and who they had learned God Almighty is.

595
00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:11,920
And they began to use this and distribute

596
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,060
it and encourage others that were around them.

597
00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,580
Verse 15 tells us the princes of Issachar

598
00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:19,460
were with Deborah.

599
00:20:19,980 --> 00:20:23,420
Even also Barak was sent on foot into

600
00:20:23,420 --> 00:20:23,960
the valley.

601
00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,300
Folks, there were people who went down and

602
00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:28,920
they took on the dangerous places.

603
00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,960
Just like David of old, there were giants

604
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,780
down there that were threatening the testimony of

605
00:20:33,780 --> 00:20:34,060
God.

606
00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,240
And there are always people who are called

607
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:37,100
to go into the valley.

608
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,500
Those who know that all they have is

609
00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:39,960
in God.

610
00:20:40,220 --> 00:20:42,040
And they have a passionate heart to see

611
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,160
the name of God Almighty vindicated from the

612
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,960
disgrace that these crying enemies have brought against

613
00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:48,200
it.

614
00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,580
And the trembling in the host of God's

615
00:20:50,580 --> 00:20:50,980
armies.

616
00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,800
And I can always see those who are

617
00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,120
called to go down and fight these giants.

618
00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,320
And there will be in our generation as

619
00:20:58,320 --> 00:20:59,640
there was in theirs.

620
00:21:00,180 --> 00:21:01,360
But not everybody fought.

621
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,500
Verse 15 at the end says, for the

622
00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:10,480
divisions of Reuben, there were great thoughts of

623
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:10,760
heart.

624
00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,800
Verse 16 says, why abode among the sheepfolds

625
00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,200
to hear the bleedings of the flocks?

626
00:21:16,980 --> 00:21:18,600
For the divisions of Reuben, there were great

627
00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:19,840
searchings of heart.

628
00:21:19,940 --> 00:21:21,740
So there were people from the tribe of

629
00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:23,420
Reuben who didn't show for this battle.

630
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,620
And they used the fact that God is

631
00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:28,240
searching our hearts as an excuse.

632
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,580
They were conference goers.

633
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,520
You see, we'd like to go into the

634
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,360
battle, but you see, we're having our hearts

635
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:34,680
searched.

636
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,260
And because of this, we can't go.

637
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:38,600
Folks, you have to be careful.

638
00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:42,440
There are great diversions that can be found

639
00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,560
even in the Christian church to really what

640
00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:45,780
we are called to be and what we

641
00:21:45,780 --> 00:21:46,420
are called to do.

642
00:21:47,180 --> 00:21:49,780
And you can get so busy preparing, supposedly

643
00:21:49,780 --> 00:21:51,440
preparing for the battle that you can never

644
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:52,300
go into the fight.

645
00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:55,260
Searching our hearts.

646
00:21:56,620 --> 00:22:00,720
Scripture talks about Gilead, verse 17, abode beyond

647
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:01,140
Jordan.

648
00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,920
Gilead was a man who was far from

649
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,640
the battle and stayed there.

650
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,400
I like it where I am.

651
00:22:09,220 --> 00:22:10,620
You go ahead and fight if you want.

652
00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:12,640
But I found this comfortable religion.

653
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:13,180
I like it.

654
00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:14,820
I like coming to church.

655
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,100
I like raising my hands.

656
00:22:16,180 --> 00:22:17,600
I like singing the songs of Zion.

657
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,520
You want to go out and battle for

658
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:20,760
the souls of men and the honor of

659
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:21,460
God, you go ahead.

660
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:22,580
But I like it where I am.

661
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,200
Scripture tells us that Dan remained in ships.

662
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,400
Dan was a businessman.

663
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:28,920
He had a lot going.

664
00:22:30,180 --> 00:22:32,120
It perhaps would have been costly for him

665
00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,980
to get into this battle and obey God

666
00:22:34,980 --> 00:22:36,240
or at least find out what God would

667
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,120
have him to do.

668
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,720
And he really wasn't interested in finding the

669
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,040
will of God for his life.

670
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:42,920
And so he remained in his ships.

671
00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:45,520
And I don't know what excuse he used

672
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:46,400
to stay out of the battle.

673
00:22:49,090 --> 00:22:51,270
And again, it talks about Asher continued on

674
00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:53,090
the seashore and abode in his breeches.

675
00:22:53,090 --> 00:22:55,210
And Asher is a man who had found

676
00:22:55,210 --> 00:22:57,090
a comfortable river, as it is.

677
00:22:57,210 --> 00:23:00,790
He found a place, a stream, a rivulet

678
00:23:00,790 --> 00:23:01,190
somewhere.

679
00:23:01,690 --> 00:23:04,030
And he was smooth in this place.

680
00:23:04,130 --> 00:23:05,190
And he had nice sailing.

681
00:23:05,390 --> 00:23:06,590
And why disturb it?

682
00:23:06,950 --> 00:23:08,650
I'm really happy the way I am.

683
00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:11,010
I like my Christianity the way it is.

684
00:23:11,470 --> 00:23:13,390
And so why ruffle it with this call

685
00:23:13,390 --> 00:23:13,790
to battle?

686
00:23:14,390 --> 00:23:15,950
And so he stayed there in his comfortable

687
00:23:15,950 --> 00:23:16,490
place.

688
00:23:17,490 --> 00:23:19,690
And yet there's one other type of people,

689
00:23:19,910 --> 00:23:21,550
which when you look at it, it seems

690
00:23:21,550 --> 00:23:22,210
very harsh.

691
00:23:22,310 --> 00:23:24,750
Because I don't know why the Lord so

692
00:23:24,750 --> 00:23:25,310
hates this.

693
00:23:25,450 --> 00:23:27,950
But in verse 23 of chapter 5, he

694
00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:37,530
said, Now,

695
00:23:40,530 --> 00:23:42,390
the only thing I can see in the

696
00:23:42,390 --> 00:23:46,190
New Testament that coincides with this is in

697
00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:52,210
Philippians chapter 3, verse 17 to verse 19.

698
00:23:52,990 --> 00:23:54,210
And Paul says it this way.

699
00:23:54,210 --> 00:24:18,450
He says, Now,

700
00:24:18,970 --> 00:24:21,990
Paul, the apostle, is talking about a people

701
00:24:21,990 --> 00:24:23,890
who profess to know Christ.

702
00:24:23,890 --> 00:24:26,190
They profess to walk with Christ.

703
00:24:26,370 --> 00:24:28,450
They profess to be disciples of Christ.

704
00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:31,410
But they are the actual enemies of the

705
00:24:31,410 --> 00:24:32,170
cross of Christ.

706
00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:33,830
Now, you have to really think about this.

707
00:24:34,290 --> 00:24:37,390
The cross of Christ represents taking up the

708
00:24:37,390 --> 00:24:39,070
will of God and doing the will of

709
00:24:39,070 --> 00:24:41,150
God that the name of God and the

710
00:24:41,150 --> 00:24:43,110
heart of God might be glorified and satisfied.

711
00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:46,870
It was Christ himself who said, Father, glorify

712
00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:47,390
yourself.

713
00:24:47,670 --> 00:24:49,530
And, of course, the glory that was going

714
00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:51,590
to come to God through his son involved

715
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:52,130
a cross.

716
00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:53,870
Jesus said, if you're going to be my

717
00:24:53,870 --> 00:24:56,930
disciples, there is a will that God has

718
00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:57,650
for your life.

719
00:24:58,090 --> 00:24:59,770
And you are just simply to walk with

720
00:24:59,770 --> 00:25:02,050
me in an honest and sincere relationship.

721
00:25:02,110 --> 00:25:03,390
And as you walk with me, you will

722
00:25:03,390 --> 00:25:05,070
find that will for your life.

723
00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:06,690
In effect, it's your cross.

724
00:25:06,770 --> 00:25:08,630
You're not going to be nailed to it

725
00:25:08,630 --> 00:25:12,430
for people's sin, as Christ was, obviously.

726
00:25:12,550 --> 00:25:14,290
But there's a will that God has.

727
00:25:14,390 --> 00:25:15,210
Do you believe that?

728
00:25:15,250 --> 00:25:17,070
Do you believe there's a divine purpose for

729
00:25:17,070 --> 00:25:17,330
your life?

730
00:25:17,410 --> 00:25:18,070
I believe it.

731
00:25:18,070 --> 00:25:20,590
God began to speak to me about it

732
00:25:20,590 --> 00:25:22,210
when I was just a young Christian.

733
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:25,450
That, yes, I could live in the church

734
00:25:25,450 --> 00:25:27,150
where I was all my life and I

735
00:25:27,150 --> 00:25:30,690
could do things and perhaps even still scrape

736
00:25:30,690 --> 00:25:31,690
into the kingdom of God.

737
00:25:31,810 --> 00:25:34,370
But there was a divine purpose for my

738
00:25:34,370 --> 00:25:34,810
life.

739
00:25:35,150 --> 00:25:38,330
It would involve some forms of self-denial.

740
00:25:38,550 --> 00:25:41,310
It would involve a pathway, as with Peter,

741
00:25:41,410 --> 00:25:43,230
that perhaps I'm not even able to walk

742
00:25:43,230 --> 00:25:43,830
in my own.

743
00:25:43,830 --> 00:25:46,230
It might even involve, in the latter years

744
00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:48,010
of my life, being led into some places

745
00:25:48,010 --> 00:25:49,950
that I can't go in my own strength.

746
00:25:49,990 --> 00:25:51,490
Only God can take me there.

747
00:25:52,010 --> 00:25:53,510
He spoke these things to Peter.

748
00:25:53,650 --> 00:25:56,730
He said, he signified through this by what

749
00:25:56,730 --> 00:25:58,030
death he would glorify God.

750
00:25:58,370 --> 00:26:00,690
I don't know, but I do know that

751
00:26:00,690 --> 00:26:03,610
life, an abundant life, is found in the

752
00:26:03,610 --> 00:26:04,130
will of God.

753
00:26:04,510 --> 00:26:07,070
It's not found in a pretending religiousness.

754
00:26:07,070 --> 00:26:09,930
It's not found standing at the foot of

755
00:26:09,930 --> 00:26:12,890
the cross like a pile of vultures just

756
00:26:12,890 --> 00:26:15,590
simply taking this sacrifice of Christ's life and

757
00:26:15,590 --> 00:26:17,370
gorging one's belly on it.

758
00:26:17,890 --> 00:26:19,610
And so many today are coming to the

759
00:26:19,610 --> 00:26:19,970
cross.

760
00:26:20,090 --> 00:26:22,650
They're coming to Christ and they're just gorging

761
00:26:22,650 --> 00:26:25,130
on this sacrifice of Christ's life.

762
00:26:25,210 --> 00:26:27,510
Like vultures, what is in it for me?

763
00:26:28,290 --> 00:26:29,070
Fill my belly.

764
00:26:29,350 --> 00:26:30,330
Fill my belly again.

765
00:26:30,530 --> 00:26:31,690
Fill my belly some more.

766
00:26:32,170 --> 00:26:32,830
Make me better.

767
00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:34,050
Make me more powerful.

768
00:26:34,450 --> 00:26:36,330
Give me more influence over the lives of

769
00:26:36,330 --> 00:26:36,470
men.

770
00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:37,250
Make me richer.

771
00:26:37,350 --> 00:26:38,170
Make me happier.

772
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:39,270
Make me healthier.

773
00:26:40,050 --> 00:26:41,010
Just gorging.

774
00:26:41,330 --> 00:26:43,310
But they are themselves enemies of the cross.

775
00:26:43,410 --> 00:26:45,390
They fail to understand the call of Christ

776
00:26:45,390 --> 00:26:46,530
on the Christian church.

777
00:26:48,150 --> 00:26:50,830
We're called to represent Christ in our generation.

778
00:26:51,170 --> 00:26:52,810
We're called to stand for God.

779
00:26:53,050 --> 00:26:56,110
We're called to be a voice for righteousness

780
00:26:56,110 --> 00:26:57,310
in a darkened time.

781
00:26:57,450 --> 00:26:59,930
We're called to passionately love God with everything

782
00:26:59,930 --> 00:27:02,130
that is in our heart, soul, mind and

783
00:27:02,130 --> 00:27:02,510
strength.

784
00:27:02,510 --> 00:27:04,490
We're called to love our neighbor as we

785
00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:05,310
love ourselves.

786
00:27:06,470 --> 00:27:08,890
We're called to stand as burning lights in

787
00:27:08,890 --> 00:27:09,930
a darkened time.

788
00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:12,750
We're called to be extended hands to people

789
00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:14,830
who are starving, to be keys to people

790
00:27:14,830 --> 00:27:16,710
who are in prison, to be salve to

791
00:27:16,710 --> 00:27:19,190
people who are blind and wounded in heart.

792
00:27:19,810 --> 00:27:21,930
This is the call of the Christian church.

793
00:27:23,070 --> 00:27:24,530
Your life and my life.

794
00:27:25,330 --> 00:27:28,130
He says, curse, Meroz.

795
00:27:28,530 --> 00:27:31,870
Curse this form of religiousness that does not

796
00:27:31,870 --> 00:27:34,650
even have a desire to come into the

797
00:27:34,650 --> 00:27:34,950
battle.

798
00:27:35,230 --> 00:27:37,590
Couldn't care less about dying humanity.

799
00:27:38,170 --> 00:27:40,490
Only at the cross to fill their bellies.

800
00:27:41,290 --> 00:27:44,890
Oh, folks, we are inundated with this type

801
00:27:44,890 --> 00:27:45,810
of religion today.

802
00:27:46,490 --> 00:27:50,030
A belly, belly satisfying and filling religion that

803
00:27:50,030 --> 00:27:51,850
comes to the cross for everything it can

804
00:27:51,850 --> 00:27:54,250
get and vultures standing in the pulpit and

805
00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:55,590
leading the people of God.

806
00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:11,670
Chapter 5, verses 18 to 19 says, Zebulun

807
00:28:11,670 --> 00:28:14,510
and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their

808
00:28:14,510 --> 00:28:17,570
lives unto the death in the high places

809
00:28:17,570 --> 00:28:18,230
of the field.

810
00:28:18,970 --> 00:28:21,630
Speaks to me about pastors and leaders, godly

811
00:28:21,630 --> 00:28:25,150
men and women who fought in the place

812
00:28:25,150 --> 00:28:26,690
where the enemy has said, it's all over

813
00:28:26,690 --> 00:28:27,170
for you.

814
00:28:27,770 --> 00:28:29,370
You see, this place of Megiddo is where

815
00:28:29,370 --> 00:28:31,630
Josiah was shot by Egyptian archers.

816
00:28:32,870 --> 00:28:35,330
It's this lie of the devil that says

817
00:28:35,330 --> 00:28:36,610
the promises are too high.

818
00:28:36,750 --> 00:28:37,510
They're unattainable.

819
00:28:37,970 --> 00:28:39,770
They might have been for another generation, but

820
00:28:39,770 --> 00:28:40,490
they're not for you.

821
00:28:41,510 --> 00:28:43,350
And it's it's about the spiritual leader.

822
00:28:44,470 --> 00:28:47,070
It's about the father in his home.

823
00:28:47,170 --> 00:28:48,710
It's about the single mother.

824
00:28:48,830 --> 00:28:50,830
It's about those that are given authority in

825
00:28:50,830 --> 00:28:51,770
the body of Christ.

826
00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:54,850
Let's say we're not bowing down to this

827
00:28:54,850 --> 00:28:55,190
anymore.

828
00:28:55,930 --> 00:28:58,330
We're not bowing down to these iron chariots

829
00:28:58,330 --> 00:28:59,610
that tell us the day of God is

830
00:28:59,610 --> 00:29:02,330
over and the day of promises and where

831
00:29:02,330 --> 00:29:05,370
God worked miraculously is somehow relegated to the

832
00:29:05,370 --> 00:29:07,230
past as if Christ is not the same

833
00:29:07,230 --> 00:29:08,510
today as he was yesterday.

834
00:29:11,910 --> 00:29:15,110
Scripture tells us they came and fought, verse

835
00:29:15,110 --> 00:29:17,550
19, chapter 5, they fought the kings of

836
00:29:17,550 --> 00:29:19,590
Canaan and Tanak by the waters of Megiddo,

837
00:29:19,950 --> 00:29:21,590
and they took no gain of money.

838
00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:23,630
You see, this is really the key.

839
00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:25,470
Their motives became pure.

840
00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:27,530
They were not in it for the money.

841
00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:29,750
They're in it for the glory of God.

842
00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:31,970
They're in it for the honor of God.

843
00:29:32,910 --> 00:29:34,810
If money got involved in this thing, they

844
00:29:34,810 --> 00:29:36,510
would have lost the power that God was

845
00:29:36,510 --> 00:29:37,370
willing to give them.

846
00:29:38,470 --> 00:29:40,730
Verse 20 tells us they fought from heaven.

847
00:29:41,590 --> 00:29:43,870
The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

848
00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:46,850
The river of Kishon swept them away, that

849
00:29:46,850 --> 00:29:48,450
ancient river, the river Kishon.

850
00:29:48,730 --> 00:29:52,670
Oh, my soul, thou has trodden down strength.

851
00:29:52,790 --> 00:29:55,230
They fought from heaven, and they brought them

852
00:29:55,230 --> 00:29:56,450
down to the ancient river.

853
00:29:56,490 --> 00:29:57,790
That's what God had told them to do

854
00:29:57,790 --> 00:29:58,250
in the beginning.

855
00:29:58,250 --> 00:30:00,130
That's the word that came to Deborah.

856
00:30:01,110 --> 00:30:01,990
Gather Sisera.

857
00:30:02,410 --> 00:30:03,890
Gather his lying chariots.

858
00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:05,870
Gather all his power and bring them down

859
00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:06,770
to the ancient river.

860
00:30:07,970 --> 00:30:10,190
Now, try for a minute to suppose what

861
00:30:10,190 --> 00:30:11,330
this ancient river is.

862
00:30:11,650 --> 00:30:11,970
Hallelujah.

863
00:30:12,530 --> 00:30:14,270
What do you think the ancient river is?

864
00:30:14,770 --> 00:30:15,970
You think it might be found in the

865
00:30:15,970 --> 00:30:16,790
Gospel of John?

866
00:30:16,910 --> 00:30:18,510
On the last day, the great day of

867
00:30:18,510 --> 00:30:20,530
the feast, Jesus stood and cried, If any

868
00:30:20,530 --> 00:30:22,670
man thirst, let him come unto me and

869
00:30:22,670 --> 00:30:22,990
drink.

870
00:30:22,990 --> 00:30:25,210
He that believes on me, as the Scripture

871
00:30:25,210 --> 00:30:28,430
has said, out of his belly shall flow

872
00:30:28,430 --> 00:30:30,730
rivers of living water.

873
00:30:31,850 --> 00:30:33,910
God said, I've found a people that are

874
00:30:33,910 --> 00:30:34,910
hearing my voice.

875
00:30:35,130 --> 00:30:36,830
So I want you to gather your enemies,

876
00:30:37,150 --> 00:30:38,530
and I want you to bring them down

877
00:30:38,530 --> 00:30:40,810
to the river, the old river, the proven

878
00:30:40,810 --> 00:30:42,690
river, the tested river, the tried river.

879
00:30:43,110 --> 00:30:45,150
Bring them down, and you and I together

880
00:30:46,850 --> 00:30:48,590
will sweep them away.

881
00:30:51,220 --> 00:30:54,100
History tells us that they drew them down.

882
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,140
There was not even a weapon.

883
00:30:55,140 --> 00:30:57,460
There were only 10,000 against 900 iron

884
00:30:57,460 --> 00:30:57,980
chariots.

885
00:30:58,500 --> 00:30:59,820
In the natural, it was impossible.

886
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,680
But Caesar and all of his chariots came

887
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,820
down to the river Tishon, and all these

888
00:31:05,820 --> 00:31:07,940
people had was faith in God.

889
00:31:08,820 --> 00:31:10,380
They might have had the odd stick in

890
00:31:10,380 --> 00:31:11,760
their hand, but there was no weaponry.

891
00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:14,580
And here come the horses and the chariots

892
00:31:14,580 --> 00:31:16,020
one more time, just like in the days

893
00:31:16,020 --> 00:31:17,040
of Egypt and Pharaoh.

894
00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:19,540
Here they come down with all their names

895
00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:21,460
and all their threatenings and all their shining

896
00:31:21,460 --> 00:31:21,820
armor.

897
00:31:21,820 --> 00:31:24,700
And history tells us that God sent an

898
00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:26,860
incredible rain right at that moment, and the

899
00:31:26,860 --> 00:31:28,780
river Tishon overflowed its banks.

900
00:31:29,460 --> 00:31:32,520
And all of Caesar's chariots got stuck in

901
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:32,920
the mud.

902
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:35,780
They couldn't move.

903
00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:37,160
They were bogged down.

904
00:31:38,020 --> 00:31:40,080
And the army of Israel, the 10,000

905
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,320
that rose up to fight, went into battle

906
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:43,560
and began to chase them.

907
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,600
And the Scripture tells us they killed them

908
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:46,800
virtually to a man.

909
00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:52,090
Now, an interesting thing is that when Deborah

910
00:31:52,090 --> 00:31:54,890
called Barak, who was the captain of what

911
00:31:54,890 --> 00:31:58,530
was then the host of God, Barak said

912
00:31:58,530 --> 00:32:00,930
to Deborah, listen, I'm not going if you

913
00:32:00,930 --> 00:32:01,310
don't go.

914
00:32:02,950 --> 00:32:04,930
And that's the interesting thing about this battle.

915
00:32:05,850 --> 00:32:07,470
There are no big names, no little names,

916
00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:09,470
and nobody much cares who gets the glory.

917
00:32:10,210 --> 00:32:13,230
This is too big for us, and this

918
00:32:13,230 --> 00:32:14,390
is about the honor of God.

919
00:32:15,290 --> 00:32:17,470
And then Deborah said to Barak, well, if

920
00:32:17,470 --> 00:32:19,470
you don't go, I mean, if I go

921
00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:20,730
with you, the honor won't go to you.

922
00:32:20,750 --> 00:32:21,750
It's going to go to a woman.

923
00:32:21,970 --> 00:32:22,970
And he said, fine.

924
00:32:23,530 --> 00:32:24,570
He didn't really care.

925
00:32:24,650 --> 00:32:26,050
Of course, he would have thought she was

926
00:32:26,050 --> 00:32:27,810
speaking about herself, but she wasn't.

927
00:32:29,790 --> 00:32:33,310
In the midst of the enemy's territory, there

928
00:32:33,310 --> 00:32:34,850
was a man called Heber the Kenite.

929
00:32:35,790 --> 00:32:38,270
And Heber the Kenite was a compromised man.

930
00:32:38,850 --> 00:32:41,090
He made peace with the enemy king.

931
00:32:41,770 --> 00:32:43,770
And he resettled his family right in the

932
00:32:43,770 --> 00:32:45,010
middle of the enemy's territory.

933
00:32:46,050 --> 00:32:48,830
And Sisera, the captain of the enemy's host,

934
00:32:48,970 --> 00:32:50,410
knew where his house was, and he was

935
00:32:50,410 --> 00:32:51,930
used to coming down to his house, snapping

936
00:32:51,930 --> 00:32:53,790
his fingers, and getting his way.

937
00:32:55,310 --> 00:32:57,090
But Heber the Kenite had a wife, and

938
00:32:57,090 --> 00:32:59,130
her name was Jael, and she's the type

939
00:32:59,130 --> 00:33:01,750
of a godly woman, type of a person

940
00:33:01,750 --> 00:33:03,290
who perhaps you're here today, and you're hearing

941
00:33:03,290 --> 00:33:05,170
this message, and you're saying, fine.

942
00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:08,250
I really appreciate the fact that we're called

943
00:33:08,250 --> 00:33:10,590
to fight, and heaven is speaking to us.

944
00:33:10,590 --> 00:33:12,370
And I acknowledge that, but look it, you

945
00:33:12,370 --> 00:33:13,010
don't understand.

946
00:33:13,350 --> 00:33:15,030
I live in the midst of Brooklyn or

947
00:33:15,030 --> 00:33:16,370
the Bronx or Queens or someplace.

948
00:33:16,930 --> 00:33:18,230
My husband is compromised.

949
00:33:19,510 --> 00:33:22,590
My family's a mess, and I've got all

950
00:33:22,590 --> 00:33:24,230
I can handle right in my own home.

951
00:33:24,270 --> 00:33:26,110
And you're talking about fighting for the nation

952
00:33:26,110 --> 00:33:27,490
and the glory and the honor of God.

953
00:33:27,910 --> 00:33:30,250
Man, my house, I've got all I can

954
00:33:30,250 --> 00:33:31,450
handle right in my own house.

955
00:33:31,870 --> 00:33:33,890
And that's exactly where this woman was.

956
00:33:34,790 --> 00:33:36,950
She was in the midst of a compromising

957
00:33:36,950 --> 00:33:38,950
house, a compromising situation.

958
00:33:40,270 --> 00:33:43,170
And I'm sure she heard the reports of

959
00:33:43,170 --> 00:33:43,730
this battle.

960
00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:46,050
And she heard the reports of these people

961
00:33:46,050 --> 00:33:48,410
gathering to fight, and she'd go daily to

962
00:33:48,410 --> 00:33:49,710
the door of her tent and stand there

963
00:33:49,710 --> 00:33:51,790
and say, how can I get involved in

964
00:33:51,790 --> 00:33:53,250
this battle, and what can I do?

965
00:33:53,810 --> 00:33:57,590
God, I would dearly love to be part

966
00:33:57,590 --> 00:33:59,310
of this, but I don't know what to

967
00:33:59,310 --> 00:33:59,410
do.

968
00:33:59,430 --> 00:34:00,410
I don't know how to do it.

969
00:34:00,970 --> 00:34:02,170
And it's as if the Lord said to

970
00:34:02,170 --> 00:34:04,050
her, Jael, I see your heart, and I

971
00:34:04,050 --> 00:34:05,250
see you want to be part of this

972
00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:05,470
fight.

973
00:34:05,470 --> 00:34:07,949
Just stay right where you are, and something

974
00:34:07,949 --> 00:34:09,310
miraculous is going to happen.

975
00:34:09,989 --> 00:34:11,610
And one day she walks out to the

976
00:34:11,610 --> 00:34:12,310
door of her tent.

977
00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:15,010
I can picture her in prayer.

978
00:34:15,170 --> 00:34:18,670
I can picture burden, because this nation has

979
00:34:18,670 --> 00:34:19,510
been mightily oppressed.

980
00:34:19,650 --> 00:34:20,770
Her family is compromised.

981
00:34:21,610 --> 00:34:23,489
And over the hill, not in a chariot,

982
00:34:23,550 --> 00:34:25,650
but on foot comes Caesar, the captain of

983
00:34:25,650 --> 00:34:26,350
the enemy army.

984
00:34:26,969 --> 00:34:30,409
Out of breath, exhausted, sweating, heading down to

985
00:34:30,409 --> 00:34:30,969
her house.

986
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:32,630
And he comes to the door of her

987
00:34:32,630 --> 00:34:34,210
tent, and he's just so used to getting

988
00:34:34,210 --> 00:34:34,690
his way.

989
00:34:35,330 --> 00:34:36,850
Snapping his fingers, coming in.

990
00:34:36,969 --> 00:34:38,290
And he comes in, and he says, get

991
00:34:38,290 --> 00:34:39,230
me a glass of water.

992
00:34:40,230 --> 00:34:41,610
And the Bible tells us that she got

993
00:34:41,610 --> 00:34:42,710
him instead of a bowl of milk.

994
00:34:42,850 --> 00:34:44,730
That should have been the first sign to

995
00:34:44,730 --> 00:34:44,909
him.

996
00:34:47,020 --> 00:34:50,100
Something in this woman's heart said, you're not

997
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:51,719
running my house anymore.

998
00:34:53,260 --> 00:34:55,800
You're not coming in here and snapping your

999
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,300
fingers any longer and dictating to my husband.

1000
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,540
I see Caesar coming in like the devil

1001
00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:03,920
comes into people's homes with a little bit

1002
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,560
of drugs in his pockets for your kids,

1003
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:06,840
and a little bit of alcohol for your

1004
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,820
husband, and a little bit of pornography for

1005
00:35:08,820 --> 00:35:09,420
this person.

1006
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,340
Coming in, snapping his fingers.

1007
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:12,900
Everybody doing his bidding.

1008
00:35:13,140 --> 00:35:16,200
So used to mightily oppressing the children of

1009
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:16,520
God.

1010
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,140
But here's a conflict that is a phenomenal

1011
00:35:20,140 --> 00:35:20,640
conflict.

1012
00:35:20,780 --> 00:35:21,360
You can see it.

1013
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,520
Here's the captain of this enemy army that

1014
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,940
has mightily oppressed the entire promised land for

1015
00:35:26,940 --> 00:35:27,840
over 20 years.

1016
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:32,240
And confronting him now is this single woman

1017
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:36,160
whose husband and family are deeply compromised in

1018
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,600
the midst of the enemy's territory.

1019
00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:40,740
And then he says to her, if somebody

1020
00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:42,780
comes over the hill looking for me, you

1021
00:35:42,780 --> 00:35:44,200
tell them thus and thus.

1022
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:45,680
You tell them you haven't seen me.

1023
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,900
You tell them all of this stuff.

1024
00:35:48,420 --> 00:35:49,860
And she says, here, you look a little

1025
00:35:49,860 --> 00:35:50,320
tired.

1026
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:51,560
Lay down.

1027
00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:52,580
Covers him.

1028
00:35:55,210 --> 00:35:56,310
He tells her what to do.

1029
00:35:56,350 --> 00:35:58,570
He says, stand at the door and guard

1030
00:35:58,570 --> 00:35:58,870
me.

1031
00:35:59,410 --> 00:36:00,730
And then he falls asleep.

1032
00:36:00,910 --> 00:36:03,330
And the Scripture tells us that she put

1033
00:36:03,330 --> 00:36:04,290
her hand to the nail.

1034
00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:07,650
Chapter 5, verse 26.

1035
00:36:07,830 --> 00:36:08,630
Folks, it's time.

1036
00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:11,790
It's time that you take the power of

1037
00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:12,950
the cross one more time.

1038
00:36:13,050 --> 00:36:14,150
There were nails in that cross.

1039
00:36:14,450 --> 00:36:16,010
There was a victory won in that cross.

1040
00:36:17,070 --> 00:36:18,830
Nails went through the feet and the hands

1041
00:36:18,830 --> 00:36:20,890
of Jesus Christ and triumphed over the powers

1042
00:36:20,890 --> 00:36:21,390
of darkness.

1043
00:36:21,890 --> 00:36:23,090
Defeated hell and death.

1044
00:36:23,470 --> 00:36:24,570
Defeated the power of the devil.

1045
00:36:24,650 --> 00:36:25,890
It's time to take the nail in your

1046
00:36:25,890 --> 00:36:26,730
hand one more time.

1047
00:36:27,410 --> 00:36:29,750
The Bible says clearly, the weapon of our

1048
00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:31,730
warfare is not carnal, but mighty through God

1049
00:36:31,730 --> 00:36:33,950
to the pulling down of strongholds.

1050
00:36:34,090 --> 00:36:35,590
Casting down imaginations.

1051
00:36:36,810 --> 00:36:39,390
Casting down the devil's imagination that he can

1052
00:36:39,390 --> 00:36:40,970
contain the testimony of God.

1053
00:36:41,190 --> 00:36:42,610
He can rule Christian homes.

1054
00:36:42,850 --> 00:36:44,110
He can defeat our families.

1055
00:36:44,330 --> 00:36:46,130
It's time to take the nail in your

1056
00:36:46,130 --> 00:36:47,230
hand one more time.

1057
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,020
She took the nail as he was sleeping

1058
00:36:55,020 --> 00:36:57,360
and placed it very strategically right on his

1059
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:57,680
temple.

1060
00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,820
Because that's where the devil rules.

1061
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,900
Rules with thoughts and imaginings.

1062
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:04,960
Folks, he was defeated on Calvary.

1063
00:37:05,220 --> 00:37:06,940
He was triumphed over on Calvary.

1064
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,720
He has no power anymore but false reasonings

1065
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,560
that people buy in their minds.

1066
00:37:15,140 --> 00:37:16,820
And J.L. is the type of a

1067
00:37:16,820 --> 00:37:18,460
believer that says, enough of this.

1068
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:21,320
Enough of you snapping your fingers in my

1069
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:21,600
home.

1070
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,680
Enough of you running my house and my

1071
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:24,020
children.

1072
00:37:25,060 --> 00:37:27,860
Takes the nail of Calvary and drives it

1073
00:37:27,860 --> 00:37:30,140
right through the temples of the enemy.

1074
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:31,980
The captain of the enemy's army.

1075
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:33,440
Right into the ground.

1076
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:35,360
And fastens him there.

1077
00:37:39,580 --> 00:37:42,320
And the Bible says, blessed above women shall

1078
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,120
J.L., the wife of Heber the Kenite

1079
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:44,320
be.

1080
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,500
Blessed shall she be above women in the

1081
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:46,780
tent.

1082
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:48,640
He asked water, she gave him milk.

1083
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,700
She brought forth butter and a lordly dish.

1084
00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:52,200
She put her hand to the nail.

1085
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,140
And her right hand to the workman's hammer.

1086
00:37:54,140 --> 00:37:55,900
And with the hammer she smote Ciceron.

1087
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,040
Smote off his head when she had pierced

1088
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,060
and stricken through his temples.

1089
00:38:00,380 --> 00:38:01,880
At her feet he bowed.

1090
00:38:02,060 --> 00:38:02,800
He fell.

1091
00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:03,480
He lay down.

1092
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:04,760
At her feet he bowed.

1093
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:05,280
He fell.

1094
00:38:05,540 --> 00:38:08,040
Where he bowed there, he fell down dead.

1095
00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:17,300
You see, this is where the glory belongs.

1096
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:21,140
If heaven's going to honor its heroes of

1097
00:38:21,140 --> 00:38:25,380
this battle, it's the mother, the grandmother, the

1098
00:38:25,380 --> 00:38:28,720
sister, the brother, the weak, the ones who

1099
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:32,360
are in places of difficulty, who finally say

1100
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:32,700
enough.

1101
00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:37,510
And God begins to give them spiritual authority

1102
00:38:37,510 --> 00:38:39,250
and brings your enemy right to your feet.

1103
00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:41,450
Enough.

1104
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,160
And actually she's the one that the victory

1105
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:48,640
goes to.

1106
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,160
It doesn't go to Barak.

1107
00:38:51,220 --> 00:38:52,740
It doesn't even go to Deborah, the prophetess.

1108
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,060
It goes to J.L. Don't you love

1109
00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:55,200
it?

1110
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:57,840
It goes to her.

1111
00:38:59,020 --> 00:39:01,260
This woman who's way down in the enemy's

1112
00:39:01,260 --> 00:39:01,680
territory.

1113
00:39:02,060 --> 00:39:03,420
Doesn't want to be there, but that's what

1114
00:39:03,420 --> 00:39:04,740
she is because of circumstance.

1115
00:39:05,700 --> 00:39:06,920
But she just says no more.

1116
00:39:07,940 --> 00:39:08,420
No more.

1117
00:39:10,530 --> 00:39:12,270
In verse 31, chapter 5, it says, So

1118
00:39:12,270 --> 00:39:16,670
let all thine enemies perish, O Lord, but

1119
00:39:16,670 --> 00:39:18,250
let them that love him be as the

1120
00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:20,010
sun when he goes forth in his might.

1121
00:39:21,050 --> 00:39:23,030
And the land had rest for 40 years.

1122
00:39:24,170 --> 00:39:27,250
Let those that love you, God, be like

1123
00:39:27,250 --> 00:39:27,670
the sun.

1124
00:39:27,710 --> 00:39:28,570
I don't know if you've ever been up

1125
00:39:28,570 --> 00:39:29,350
early enough to see.

1126
00:39:30,050 --> 00:39:31,210
Can you see the sun in Manhattan?

1127
00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:31,730
I'm not sure.

1128
00:39:31,730 --> 00:39:36,040
But if you can see a horizon somewhere,

1129
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,600
when you see the sun coming up, in

1130
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:39,860
all of its power and all of its

1131
00:39:39,860 --> 00:39:41,720
strength, and you know that because it comes

1132
00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:43,020
up, there's going to be life.

1133
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:44,600
Things are going to grow.

1134
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:46,400
People are going to be able to see.

1135
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:49,100
Darkness is dispelled.

1136
00:39:49,980 --> 00:39:51,940
Let all those that love you, O God,

1137
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:57,160
be as the sun rising in its strength.

1138
00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,300
You have spiritual authority.

1139
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:02,940
You start taking it in your own home.

1140
00:40:02,940 --> 00:40:05,360
You start taking it in the areas of

1141
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,400
your own life where the devil has come

1142
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,120
in and snaps his fingers, makes you go

1143
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,000
into that store, makes you watch that movie,

1144
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,540
makes you speak a certain way.

1145
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,320
But something gets in because you're hearing the

1146
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,040
voice of God.

1147
00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:20,560
No, this is much bigger than just my

1148
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:21,340
own little battle.

1149
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,020
God, you're fighting for the honor of your

1150
00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:23,700
own namesake.

1151
00:40:25,180 --> 00:40:27,020
And you join the ranks of those that

1152
00:40:27,020 --> 00:40:29,100
say, Enough, enough, enough.

1153
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,060
You're not snapping your fingers in my life

1154
00:40:32,060 --> 00:40:32,720
anymore.

1155
00:40:33,660 --> 00:40:35,240
I have authority over you.

1156
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:37,860
I have Christ in me.

1157
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,380
And the Bible says, If God be for

1158
00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:41,620
me, who can be against me?

1159
00:40:42,460 --> 00:40:44,120
The Bible says, I have the power to

1160
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,780
condemn your tongue that rises against me in

1161
00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:47,120
judgment.

1162
00:40:47,380 --> 00:40:49,020
The Bible says, I have a righteousness that's

1163
00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:49,660
not my own.

1164
00:40:49,740 --> 00:40:51,540
It's given to me by Almighty God himself.

1165
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:53,540
If you want to get to me, you've

1166
00:40:53,540 --> 00:40:55,040
got to get through my Christ first.

1167
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,720
And you can't get through him, so therefore

1168
00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:58,760
you can't get to me.

1169
00:40:59,460 --> 00:41:01,200
Now the tables are turned.

1170
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,860
Now I take authority over you.

1171
00:41:05,060 --> 00:41:08,440
Folks, I was only saved a short time.

1172
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,020
I had been nine years living in the

1173
00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:11,600
hell of fear.

1174
00:41:13,060 --> 00:41:15,580
But I had one promise from the word

1175
00:41:15,580 --> 00:41:16,040
of God.

1176
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:18,140
Went down to my living room one night

1177
00:41:18,140 --> 00:41:18,860
about midnight.

1178
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,200
The enemy's trying to just infuse this fear

1179
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,460
into my life one more time.

1180
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,080
And I spoke those very words.

1181
00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:28,660
It was the beginning of a fight that's

1182
00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:30,420
taking me to countries all over the world.

1183
00:41:32,740 --> 00:41:34,360
I said, Devil, you throw everything you've got

1184
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:34,660
at me.

1185
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:36,580
All you can do is kill me.

1186
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:38,860
And you can only do it if God

1187
00:41:38,860 --> 00:41:39,280
allows you.

1188
00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:41,460
And if he does, I'm going to heaven.

1189
00:41:41,540 --> 00:41:42,260
I have nothing to lose.

1190
00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:42,980
I win either way.

1191
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,460
And I spoke it out loud.

1192
00:41:50,540 --> 00:41:52,100
I said, So you throw everything you've got

1193
00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:52,460
at me.

1194
00:41:53,340 --> 00:41:54,620
But I throw back at you what I

1195
00:41:54,620 --> 00:41:55,020
now have.

1196
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,780
I said, In the name of Jesus Christ,

1197
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,940
the Son of God, I resist you.

1198
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:00,580
That's all I said.

1199
00:42:01,380 --> 00:42:02,820
And nine years of fear left.

1200
00:42:03,580 --> 00:42:04,700
That very moment.

1201
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:05,860
And I've never returned.

1202
00:42:06,700 --> 00:42:08,780
And God took a fearful man.

1203
00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:12,900
And he's sending me to places all over

1204
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:15,160
the world to declare what he can do.

1205
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:18,360
That's what he wants to do with your

1206
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:18,600
life.

1207
00:42:19,220 --> 00:42:20,300
I'm not an exception.

1208
00:42:20,460 --> 00:42:22,400
I'm just the rule, really.

1209
00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:23,620
That's the way God works.

1210
00:42:24,620 --> 00:42:26,020
But somebody has to hear him.

1211
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,420
Somebody's got to get some fight in them.

1212
00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:30,760
Somebody has to say enough.

1213
00:42:31,540 --> 00:42:31,860
Enough.

1214
00:42:32,060 --> 00:42:34,160
I'm not living my life running to the

1215
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:34,740
pill closet.

1216
00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:36,800
I'm not living my life cowering down to

1217
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:37,320
these voices.

1218
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:39,880
For the honor of God.

1219
00:42:40,660 --> 00:42:41,980
For the honor of Christ.

1220
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:43,140
I'm going to stand.

1221
00:42:44,180 --> 00:42:45,260
And make a difference.

1222
00:42:46,460 --> 00:42:47,360
My house first.

1223
00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:49,060
My generation second.

1224
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:50,800
I'm going to make a difference.

1225
00:42:50,900 --> 00:42:52,440
Because this is about the honor of God.

1226
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,200
If this is in your heart tonight.

1227
00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:57,400
The Holy Spirit is speaking to you.

1228
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,500
If the devil's been snapping his fingers at

1229
00:42:59,500 --> 00:42:59,720
you.

1230
00:43:00,020 --> 00:43:01,340
I want you to join me here.

1231
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:02,500
And we're going to take authority tonight.

1232
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:03,840
Would you stand up in the balcony.

1233
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:05,840
Education Annex will wait for you.

1234
00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:07,320
Make your way, please.

1235
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:08,580
Just come right out of your seat.

1236
00:43:09,380 --> 00:43:11,460
And those that are saying tonight enough.

1237
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:13,640
And we're going to take authority together.

1238
00:43:15,180 --> 00:43:17,960
And believe God for victory.

1239
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,140
All of the single mothers.

1240
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,320
All of the mothers that are here.

1241
00:43:24,620 --> 00:43:26,720
That have felt that you have no authority.

1242
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:27,880
You've been buying a lie.

1243
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,280
You have incredible authority.

1244
00:43:30,340 --> 00:43:31,140
You go to your knees.

1245
00:43:31,220 --> 00:43:32,240
Or you just stand on your feet.

1246
00:43:32,340 --> 00:43:32,960
Whatever you prefer.

1247
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:33,920
But you begin to pray.

1248
00:43:34,620 --> 00:43:36,120
You take the authority of the cross.

1249
00:43:36,260 --> 00:43:37,660
And of Christ against your enemies.

1250
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:39,860
Take the authority that God gives you.

1251
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:41,900
Over the weapons of the devil.

1252
00:43:41,940 --> 00:43:43,380
That are being formed against your children.

1253
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:44,700
Take God's authority.

1254
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:46,080
Stand.

1255
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:47,980
In my house one day.

1256
00:43:48,380 --> 00:43:49,560
A few years back.

1257
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:51,620
I just was in my apartment here in

1258
00:43:51,620 --> 00:43:51,900
Manhattan.

1259
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:52,880
And I just had enough.

1260
00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:54,620
The devil was trying to batter a couple

1261
00:43:54,620 --> 00:43:55,340
of my kids around.

1262
00:43:55,420 --> 00:43:56,800
And I just raised my hands.

1263
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:57,900
And started to scream into heaven.

1264
00:43:58,100 --> 00:43:58,900
I said enough of you.

1265
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:00,720
Enough of your weaponry.

1266
00:44:01,300 --> 00:44:02,720
Get your filthy hands off.

1267
00:44:02,820 --> 00:44:04,320
I take authority over you in the name

1268
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:04,780
of Jesus.

1269
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:09,920
You begin to pray.

1270
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:11,920
And you watch God begin to turn every

1271
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:13,760
situation around for his glory.

1272
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,100
You see God starting to do what only

1273
00:44:16,100 --> 00:44:16,820
God can do.

1274
00:44:17,460 --> 00:44:17,840
Hallelujah.

1275
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,160
The devil tried hard to kill my daughter.

1276
00:44:20,620 --> 00:44:22,180
With all kinds of asthma.

1277
00:44:22,380 --> 00:44:24,560
And all kinds of different things.

1278
00:44:24,780 --> 00:44:26,860
And the Lord has undertaken.

1279
00:44:27,580 --> 00:44:29,360
And the enemy has not succeeded.

1280
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,180
And God is going to use you powerfully

1281
00:44:31,180 --> 00:44:31,840
for his glory.

1282
00:44:32,260 --> 00:44:33,740
Thank God for that with all of my

1283
00:44:33,740 --> 00:44:34,040
heart.

1284
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:35,520
Hallelujah.

1285
00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:37,360
The enemy will never try to kill your

1286
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,660
kids if God doesn't have a promise.

1287
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:40,160
And a purpose that he is going to

1288
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:40,860
fulfill through them.

1289
00:44:44,980 --> 00:44:45,940
Now we are going to pray.

1290
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:47,260
You and me.

1291
00:44:47,620 --> 00:44:48,740
And we are going to believe God.

1292
00:44:49,460 --> 00:44:50,480
With all of our hearts.

1293
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:51,900
Well let's wait until everybody gets here.

1294
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:52,860
But we are going to believe God.

1295
00:44:53,180 --> 00:44:54,020
And take authority.

1296
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:55,600
Take authority.

1297
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,600
You have authority in the name of Jesus.

1298
00:44:57,860 --> 00:44:59,040
This is not just a mind game.

1299
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,280
This is the living word of God.

1300
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,800
You have authority over all the weapons of

1301
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:05,520
the enemy.

1302
00:45:05,860 --> 00:45:07,680
And nothing shall by any means hurt you.

1303
00:45:07,980 --> 00:45:10,880
I give you power over serpents.

1304
00:45:11,140 --> 00:45:14,700
That's wrong ideas about God that bite you

1305
00:45:14,700 --> 00:45:16,420
and try to infuse you with poison.

1306
00:45:16,660 --> 00:45:17,380
And scorpions.

1307
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:19,560
Things that the enemy sends to sting you

1308
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:20,280
and wound you.

1309
00:45:20,540 --> 00:45:22,640
And cause you to doubt the power of

1310
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:24,160
God to heal and to sustain you.

1311
00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:26,320
I give you power over these things.

1312
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:27,860
And over all the power of the enemy.

1313
00:45:27,860 --> 00:45:28,660
And nothing.

1314
00:45:29,340 --> 00:45:29,820
Nothing.

1315
00:45:29,940 --> 00:45:30,180
Nothing.

1316
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:30,720
Nothing.

1317
00:45:30,860 --> 00:45:31,200
Nothing.

1318
00:45:31,340 --> 00:45:31,640
Nothing.

1319
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:32,100
Nothing.

1320
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:33,880
Nothing shall by any means hurt you.

1321
00:45:34,180 --> 00:45:34,420
Nothing.

1322
00:45:43,020 --> 00:45:44,220
Some people asked me recently.

1323
00:45:44,540 --> 00:45:46,200
Aren't you afraid of dying in some of

1324
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,520
these places where you go to preach the

1325
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:47,780
gospel.

1326
00:45:47,940 --> 00:45:48,880
I said absolutely not.

1327
00:45:49,100 --> 00:45:50,800
I am until God says I'm not.

1328
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:51,340
Hallelujah.

1329
00:45:51,780 --> 00:45:53,220
And when God says I'm not I'm going

1330
00:45:53,220 --> 00:45:53,500
home.

1331
00:45:54,780 --> 00:45:55,740
Absolutely not.

1332
00:45:56,900 --> 00:45:58,760
Refuse ever to give in to that again.

1333
00:45:58,880 --> 00:45:59,180
Hallelujah.

1334
00:45:59,820 --> 00:46:01,480
Now Father in Jesus name.

1335
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:02,140
Hallelujah.

1336
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:03,580
In Jesus name.

1337
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,520
We take authority.

1338
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,700
Over every power.

1339
00:46:10,340 --> 00:46:12,580
Every false reasoning.

1340
00:46:13,260 --> 00:46:15,160
Every imagination.

1341
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,680
Of the devil.

1342
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:19,320
Satan.

1343
00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,600
I stand against you.

1344
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,760
In the name.

1345
00:46:24,540 --> 00:46:25,960
Above your name.

1346
00:46:26,180 --> 00:46:28,280
Above every name.

1347
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:30,660
You must bow.

1348
00:46:30,660 --> 00:46:33,040
You must bend your knee.

1349
00:46:34,220 --> 00:46:35,160
You must confess.

1350
00:46:35,420 --> 00:46:37,120
With your mouth.

1351
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,380
That Jesus Christ.

1352
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:41,740
Is Lord of all.

1353
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:44,320
In his name.

1354
00:46:45,460 --> 00:46:46,780
I take authority.

1355
00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:48,900
Over you.

1356
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:51,020
Over your lies.

1357
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,040
Over your power.

1358
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:55,720
And I command you.

1359
00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:57,480
To flee.

1360
00:46:58,340 --> 00:46:59,320
From my mind.

1361
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,140
My life.

1362
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:02,740
My family.

1363
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:04,380
My home.

1364
00:47:05,060 --> 00:47:06,020
My testimony.

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Everything around me.

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I take authority.

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In the name.

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Of Jesus.