WELCOME TO THE POPULAR MOUNTAIN FAITH PROGRAM WITH DYNAMIC PREACHER AND TEACHER PASTOR DAVID J. GONZALEZ. 

PREPARE YOUR HEART FOR A GOOD WORD, AND HAVE YOUR BIBLE READY NOW FOR TODAY’S POWERFUL MESSAGE WITH PASTOR DAVID J. GONZALEZ. 


AND I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION TODAY. ARE YOU SPIRITUALLY EXHAUSTED OR SPIRITUALLY STUNTED? ARE YOU SPIRITUALLY EXHAUSTED BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING FOR THE LORD AND DON’T REALLY HAVE AN ANSWER OR ARE YOU SPIRITUALLY STUNTED OR STARVED NOT BECAUSE YOU’VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LORD BUT YOU’VE KIND OF BEEN TRYING THE CHURCH THING AND YOU CAN'T EVEN GET YOUR MOTOR GOING? DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE SPIRITUALLY STARVED? DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE SPIRITUALLY EXHAUSTED? DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEEN FEEDING THAT ANIMAL? AND IN BOTH CASES ITS BECAUSE WE LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL AND NOT LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. NOT LISTEN TO HIS INSTRUCTION AND WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE, IF WE’RE SERVING GOD, WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE’RE SPIRITUALLY EXHAUSTED. WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE’VE BEEN SERVING, WE'VE BEEN SERVING, WE'VE BEEN SERVING BUT WE HAVEN'T RECHARGED OUR BATTERIES ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE COME TO THE END OF OURSELVES BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE LEFT IN US TO GIVE. (THAT'S RIGHT) YOU REMEMBER SCRIPTURE SAYS WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE RIVERS OF LIVING WATER, NOT A POND THAT ONCE IT DRAINS THERE'S NO MORE LEFT. WE’RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE AND IF WE HAVE, IF WE’RE RIVERS OF LIVING WATER THAT MEANS THE RIVER IS RUNNING THROUGH US, NOT JUST RUNNING FROM US. (AMEN) AND OF OURSELVES WE CAN ONLY GIVE FOR SO LONG BEFORE WE RUN OUT. AND THEN THERE IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPIRITUALLY STARVED AND THEY'RE, THEY LOOK AND FEEL SOMEWHAT THE SAME. THEY MAY EVEN SAY THAT THEY'RE SERVING TO SOME CAPACITY BUT REALLY THEY'RE SPIRITUALLY STARVED BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FEEDING ON THE WORD OF GOD. AND WHEN THE PROBLEMS COME, WHEN THE RAINS COME, WHEN THE STORMS BLOW, THEY HAVE NO FOUNDATION AND THEIR HOUSE FALLS AND GREAT IS THE FALL OF THAT HOUSE BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOOD FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH THEM. (AMEN) I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE, THE MAJORITY OF US, ARE GOING TO LIVE TO SEE THE RETURN OF THE LORD. I MIGHT SAY THE MAJORITY, I MEAN MAJORITY, MAJORITY, MAJORITY, MAJORITY. DON’T EXCLUDE YOURSELF OUT BECAUSE I DON’T THINK WE GOT ALL THAT MANY YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO HAVE OUR, WE WANT TO HAVE OUR LAMPS LIT AND PLENTY OF OIL. WE DON’T WANT TO BE LIKE THOSE BRIDESMAIDS THAT HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY MORE OIL AND THEN THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE SHOWED UP AND CLOSED THE DOOR. AND THEY WERE BEATING ON THE DOOR TRYING TO GET IN. THOSE ARE THE CHRISTIANS THAT RAN OUT OF OIL. THOSE ARE THE CHRISTIANS THAT GOT SPIRITUALLY EXHAUSTED, SPIRITUALLY STARVED AND DIDN’T KEEP RETURNING TO THE FONT OF THAT INFORMATION. TO THAT LIFE. AMEN. (AMEN) WE’VE GOT TO STAY CONNECTED. 
LET’S GO OVER TO PSALM 91. PSALM 91. PSALM 91. PSALMS 91 STARTING IN VERSE 1. “HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL ABIDE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.” SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE SEE HERE IN PSALM 91 IS WE NEED TO DWELL IN HIS SHELTER. AMEN. (AMEN) IN VERSE 2 WE FIND OUT, “I WILL SAY TO THE LORD, "MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS, MY GOD, IN WHOM I TRUST!"’ MY GOODNESS, MOST PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN BRING THEMSELVES TO THAT. THE REASON WHY WE’RE HAVING PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING GOING ON IN THE SANCTUARY IS THOSE THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT ARE GOING TO ENERGIZE THOSE THAT DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO IT SO THEY CAN GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SAY, WHETHER THEY CAN SEE IT OR NOT, MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS. MY GOD IN WHOM I TRUST. WE NEED TO COME TO THAT PLACE WHERE OUR VICTORY, WE KNOW OUR VICTORY IS COMPLETELY IN HIM. AND WITHOUT HIM THERE IS NO REAL VICTORY. (THAT'S RIGHT) THERE NEEDS TO BE BALANCE IN OUR LIFE AND WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST, WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD, WE REALLY DON’T FIND THAT WE HAVE THAT BALANCE. WE REALLY FIND THAT THAT BALANCE THAT COMES THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD DISAPPEARS WITHOUT US TRUSTING IN HIM. AND THEN WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE ECONOMY OR SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE WORLD. THAT THERE IS WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS, WE GET FEARFUL AND WE GET FRIGHTENED. WE DON’T KNOW WHO WE HAVE TO TRUST IN. AMEN. (AMEN) LET’S KEEP GOING. VERSE 3. “FOR IT IS HE WHO DELIVERS YOU FROM THE SNARE OF THE TRAPPER AND FROM THE DEADLY PESTILENCE.” ALL RIGHT. THE SNARE OF THE TRAPPER COULD BE THE WILES OF THE ENEMY, THE SNARES OF THE ENEMY. THE SNARE OF THE TRAPPERS. THERE’S A TRAP UNDER THE SNOW OR UNDER THE, UNDER THE BRUSH AND YOU JUST, YOU PUT YOUR FOOT THERE AND YOU DIDN’T KNOW. YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO WALK THERE AND SNAP, YOU'RE CAUGHT IN A TRAP. VERSE 4. “HE WILL COVER YOU WITH HIS PINIONS, AND OTHER, AND UNDER HIS WINGS YOU MAY SEEK REFUGE; HIS FAITHFULNESS IS A SHIELD AND A BULWARK.” YOU DON’T HAVE TO DEPEND ON YOUR FAITHFULNESS. YOU JUST RECOGNIZE THAT GOD IS GOING TO BE FAITHFUL EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT FAITHFUL. (THAT'S RIGHT) VERSE 5. “YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT, OR OF THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY; OR THE PESTILENCE THAT STALKS IN DARKNESS, OR THE DESTRUCTION THAT LAYS WASTE AT NOON.” SO YOU WON'T BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR AT NIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS THAT THING THAT SCARES YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT YOU, YOU THINK IS GOING TO GO WRONG DURING THE DAYTIME. ROLL YOUR CARE OVER ONTO THE LORD, WHATEVER IT IS. ROLL THAT CARE OVER ONTO GOD. OR THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY. THE EMAIL THAT YOU GET. THE  44LETTER THAT YOU GET IN THE MAIL. THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY. THOSE WORDS THAT FLY BY DAY. THOSE WORDS THAT BRING TERROR TO YOUR HEART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. MAKE YOU CALL UP YOUR SPOUSE AND SAY I DON’T KNOW HOW WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT. MAKE YOU CALL UP, AND, AND, AND YOU, AND YOU SAY I JUST DON’T SEE HOW WE’RE GOING TO BRING THIS TO PASS. I DON’T SEE HOW THESE THINGS, GOD CAN RE-MEND THESE THINGS. YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID. VERSE 5 AGAIN. YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT, OR OF THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY; OF THE PESTILENCE THAT STALKS IN DARKNESS, OR OF THE DESTRUCTION THAT LAYS WASTE AT NOON.” WE’RE HEARING OF DESTRUCTION FINANCIALLY, GLOBALLY, AND YET IT WILL NOT TOUCH US. LOOK AT THIS IN VERSE 7. “A THOUSAND MAY FALL AT YOUR SIDE AND TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT HAND.” IN OTHER WORDS, VERY CLOSE BY. VERY CLOSE BY. EVERYONE SAY VERY CLOSE BY. (VERY CLOSE BY) SO CLOSE YOU CAN SMELL WHAT THEY HAD FOR DINNER. SO CLOSE YOU CAN TELL WHAT KIND OF PERFUME THEY’VE GOT ON. SO CLOSE YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE SWEATING. TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT HAND. “BUT IT SHALL NOT APPROACH YOU. YOU WILL ONLY LOOK ON WITH YOUR EYES AND SEE THE RECOMPENSE OF THE WICKED. FOR YOU.” WHY WE SEE IN VERSE 9. “YOU HAVE MADE THE LORD, MY REFUGE, EVEN THE MOST HIGH, YOUR DWELLING PLACE.” AND YOU CAN STOP AND SAY PASTOR WHY, WHY DON’T YOU FEEL SORRY FOR ME. I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE ECONOMY. I'M TELLING YOU, YOU'RE ABOUT TO PULL OUT. (AMEN) YOU'RE ABOUT TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS AND COME INTO A PLACE THAT’S GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. (AMEN) “FOR YOU HAVE MADE THE LORD, MY REFUGE, EVEN THE MOST HIGH, YOUR DWELLING PLACE. NO EVIL WILL BEFALL YOU, NOR WILL ANY PLAGUE COME NEAR YOUR TENT. FOR HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING YOU, TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS.” NOW THIS SCRIPTURE WAS USED AGAINST JESUS BY SATAN HIMSELF TO THROW HIMSELF DOWN AND JESUS SAID, IT ALSO SAYS, YOU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD THY GOD. NOW WHEN ANGELS GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ANGELS CAN DO IS THEY CAN BRING IN HARVEST FOR YOU. I HAVE SAT REPEATEDLY IN MY OFFICE AND STARED AT SOMEONE SITTING ACROSS FROM MY DESK AND THIS HAS GONE ON FOR YEARS. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, I’LL BE SITTING THERE AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL SAY AN ANGEL BROUGHT THAT PERSON TO YOU. IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. IT IS A SUPERNATURAL DIVINE INTERVENTION AND CONNECTION TO HAVE THAT PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU. I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT I RECOGNIZED. A MAN CAME UP ALL THE WAY FROM CHICAGO, CALLED ME UP, REPEATEDLY CALLED ME UP. I DIDN’T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE MAN. I DIDN’T HAVE MONEY TO PAY HIM. OUR BUSINESS YOU KNOW WAS A VERY SMALL BUSINESS AT THE TIME. AND THIS MAN SAID I HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS. SO I FINALLY AND RELUCTANTLY AGREED TO HAVE HIM COME UP AND THERE HE IS SITTING IN FRONT OF ME AND BEFORE HE BEGAN TO SPEAK THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE TO ME AND SAID AN ANGEL IS KEEPING HIM IN THAT SEAT RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU. AND AS HE BEGAN TO TALK HE, HE, HE, I ASKED SOME VERY POINTED QUESTIONS. HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE ME. I REMEMBER ONE OF THE NUMBERS HE THREW OUT WAS A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS AN HOUR. THAT ENOUGH WOULD HAVE HAD ME RUN HIM OFF INTO THE WOODS. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID YOU STAND IN FAITH AND YOU HIRE THIS GUY AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND YOU HIRE HIM TO DO THE THINGS THAT I WANT. YOU’VE BEEN PRAYING FOR AN ANSWER. AN ANGEL HAS BROUGHT THE VERY PERSON TO YOUR DOORSTEP WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE YOU THE ANSWER THAT YOU’VE BEEN DESIRING. AND HERE I AM, I'M LISTENING TO THE PRICE AND THE COST AND I'M LISTENING TO OTHER THINGS AND I'M THINKING SURELY THIS IS NOT IT, AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I THOUGHT THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD SAY THIS IS THE ANSWER AND AN ANGEL FORCED HIM HERE. ALL THE WAY FROM CHICAGO. SOMETHING HE NEVER DID. HE EVEN SAID I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M HERE AS HE LOOKED AROUND MY TINY LITTLE BUILDING AT THAT TIME. AND HE LOOKED AROUND AND HE GOES I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU CAN AFFORD ME. AND YET BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID IN OUR COMPANY OUR BUSINESS GREW THREE TIMES IN TWO YEARS. (HALLELUJAH) HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS. THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP IN THEIR HANDS, THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE. YOU WILL TREAD UPON THE LION AND COBRA.” WELL THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST HARMFUL FOR US TODAY. WE’LL WALK INTO SITUATIONS THAT LOOK LIKE DEATH. THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO PASS AND LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US. WE CAN WALK INTO THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE, WE CAN WALK INTO THE ACCOUNTANT’S OFFICE, WE CAN WALK INTO THE BANKER’S OFFICE AND THEY'VE GOT THE LONG FACE BUT WE DON’T GOT THE LONG FACE. (AMEN) AMEN. THEY'RE SAYING WELL WE DON’T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST KEEP TELLING PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THEY JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND UNLESS THEY’VE BEEN AROUND ME LONG ENOUGH, I ALWAYS PULL OUT OF EVERY SITUATION BECAUSE OF GOD WHO BACKS ME UP EVERY SINGLE TIME. (HALLELUJAH) AND I WANT TO TELL YOU GOD WILL PULL YOU OUT OF EVERY SITUATION IF YOU TRUST HIM FULLY TO PULL YOU OUT OF EVERY SITUATION. (CLAPPING) WHEN HIS NAME WAS GIVEN BY THE ANGEL OF THE LORD TO MARY, AND ALSO TO JOSEPH LATER ON, ON WHAT THEY WERE TO NAME THE CHILD THAT WAS BORN OF THE HOLY GHOST, CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY GHOST THEY SAID TO NAME HIM JESUS. WELL THE NAME JESUS IS A GREEK NAME FOR THE REAL NAME THAT WAS GIVEN HIM AND IT WAS YESHUA WHICH MEANS SALVATION. IN FACT IT MEANS EITHER JOSHUA OR SALVATION AND THEY DIDN’T NAME HIM JOSHUA. THEY NAMED HIM SALVATION WHICH TRANSLATED INTO GREEK IS JESUS. JESUS IS OUR SALVATION NOT US, NOT JUST OUR ETERNAL SALVATION AS WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT HERE TODAY BUT HE'S THE SALVATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE. THERE’S MORE THAT ACCOMPANIES YESHUA THAN JUST YESHUA. (HALLELUJAH) AND WHEN PEOPLE START LOOKING AT YOU AND THEY START SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MAKE IT THROUGH EVERY SITUATION, WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU. AND YOU CAN SAY NOTHING IS DIFFERENT ABOUT ME BUT A WHOLE LOT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE GOD THAT I SERVE AND ABOUT THE GOD THAT I BELIEVE IN AND ABOUT THE GOD THAT I AM DEPENDENT ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AMEN. (AMEN) LET’S KEEP READING. VERSE 13. “YOU WILL TREAD UPON THE LION AND COBRA, AND THE YOUNG LION AND THE SERPENT YOU WILL TRAMPLE DOWN.” AND THESE ARE STRONG BEASTS THAT MAN COULD NOT JUST EAT. I MEAN THIS WAS THE AGE BEFORE GUNS. BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS. VERSE 14. “BECAUSE HE HAS LOVED ME, THEREFORE I WILL DELIVER HIM; I WILL SET HIM SECURELY ON HIGH, BECAUSE HE HAS KNOWN MY NAME. HE WILL CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER HIM; I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE; AND I WILL RESCUE HIM AND HONOR HIM. WITH LONG LIFE I WILL SATISFY HIM AND LET HIM SEE MY SALVATION.” LET HIM SEE MY YESHUA. LET HIM SEE WHAT I CAN DO. MOSES SAID TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. THEY HAD THE, THEY HAD THE SEA ON ONE SIDE. THEY HAD HIGH MOUNTAINS ON ANOTHER SIDE AND THEY HAD A MOUNTAIN PASS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM THAT THEY JUST CAME THROUGH. THEY SAW THAT THE ARMY OF PHAROAH WAS BEATING DOWN ON THEM. THEY SAW THE TEN PLAGUES. THEY CAME UPON THE EGYPTIANS. GOD MIRACULOUSLY TOOK THEM OUT WITH SILVER AND WITH GOLD AND THERE WAS NOT ONE INFIRM PERSON AMONGST THEIR TRIBES. THEY WERE ALL COMPLETELY HEALTHY AND WHOLE. FIVE MILLION PLUS PEOPLE AND NOW THEY’VE GOT FOUR
 HUNDRED YEARS OF BACK WAGES OWED TO THEM. THEY COMPLETELY DESPOILED THE EGYPTIANS. THEY’VE GOT LIVESTOCK AND CATTLE AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THEY HAVE EVERY SILVER AND GOLD ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND HERE THEY ARE, NOW THEY'RE DOWN BY THE RED SEA. THEY’VE GOT THEIR BACK UP AGAINST IT. HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU GOT YOUR BACK UP AGAINST IT? HAVE YOU FELT LIKE, MAN I HAD SOME GOOD TIMES THERE AND IT WAS GOING GOOD FOR A WHILE BUT NOW MY BACKS UP AGAINST IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS THE END? IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT AGAIN. IT LOOKS LIKE I'M NEVER GOING TO PULL OUT AGAIN. (AMEN) IT LOOKS LIKE MAN GOD DID SOME GOOD THINGS BUT WHERE DID I MISS GOD TO END UP IN THIS POSITION? WHAT DID I DO WRONG GOD? HOW DID I MAKE YOU MAD? AND THEN WE BEGIN TO GO BACK AND RECALCULATE THE SINS THAT WE DID. OKAY WE WERE ADDING TWO. WE GOT, YOU KNOW, TWO, WE GOT A CLASS TWO SIN HERE, A CLASS FIVE SIN HERE. AND OH YA, THAT ONE BACK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, A CLASS SEVEN SIN OVER THERE AND WE GOT A COUPLE THAT WERE…AND THEN WE GOT A COUPLE OTHER YOU KNOW SMALL POINTS. WE ADD ALL THAT UP AND WE CALCULATE IT IN OUR MIND AND WE GO THAT’S WHY OUR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL. BUT GOD HAS NO INTENTION OF HOLDING YOUR CRIMES AND YOUR SINS AGAINST YOU. (AMEN) NEVER HAS. ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO REDEEM YOU. TO TAKE YOU OUT OF THAT OPPRESSED MINDSET. SEE SATAN WANTS YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN DELIVERED. THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FORGIVEN. THAT YOUR SINS ARE STILL COUNTING AGAINST YOU AND SO WHEN YOUR BACK IS UP AGAINST THE WALL, WHEN YOU GOT YOUR FEET, THE HIND ENDS OF YOUR FEET ARE NOW IN THE WATER AND AN ARMY IS COMING AT YOU, YOU’VE GOT NO WEAPONS WHAT SO EVER. EVERY THING THAT’S COMING AT YOU IS SO MUCH GREATER THAN YOU AND WHAT YOU POSSESS. AND YOU GO, GOD WHAT DID I DO WRONG? AND THEN WE BEGIN TO CALCULATE AND THEN WE, AFTER WE’VE CALCULATED EVERYTHING WE BEGIN TO SAY, WELL I GUESS I DESERVE THIS. THIS IS WHAT I DESERVE. I GUESS, THIS IS  MY, GOD YOU KNOW, THE SINS HAVE FINALLY COME BACK, YOU KNOW. NOW ITS TIME TO PAY THE PIPER. NOW ITS TIME TO PAY FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE WRONG AND YET JESUS ALREADY DID THAT AND HE IS YOUR SALVATION. (HALLELUJAH, AMEN) AND SO NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT MINDSET. NOW WE HAVE TO WONDER WHY WE’RE SO OPPRESSED WHEN OUR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL. THE ISRAELITES DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG. THEY DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO DO ANYTHING WRONG AND NOW THEIR BACKS ARE UP AGAINST THAT WALL, THE RED SEA. AND IT WAS NO MARSH. IT WAS THE RED SEA NOT THE REED SEA. IT WAS DEEP. DEEP ENOUGH TO DROWN HORSES. DEEP ENOUGH TO DROWN MEN. AND THEIR BACKS WERE UP AGAINST IT AND THEY BEGAN TO CRY OUT TO THE LORD AND THEY BEGAN TO SCREAM AND SHOUT AND MURMUR AND COMPLAIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND MOSES SAID STAND BACK TODAY. STAND BACK, O ISRAEL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD. (AMEN) A MODERN DAY CHRISTIAN TODAY WOULD GO, OH THAT’S ALL, THAT’S WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. I GUESS I'M GOING TO DIE AND MEET GOD IN HEAVEN. BUT SEE THEY HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF BEING DELIVERED AND GOING TO HEAVEN IN THAT CONTEXT. THAT WORD THERE SALVATION MEANT DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOLESTATION OF THEIR ENEMIES. IN FACT I'M GOING TO READ YOU SOME DEFINITIONS OF THIS. IT MEANS DELIVERANCE. AID. VICTORY. PROSPERITY. HELP. HEALTH. WELFARE. MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN YOU CONNECT IT WITH GOD IT MEANS AVENGING. IT MEANS TO DEFEND. IT MEANS DELIVERANCE. IT MEANS LIBERTY. IT MEANS VICTORY. (AMEN) THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS THEN. ACCORDING TO THE POWER AND GRACE OF GOD IT MEANS TO AVENGE OR INFLICT PUNISHMENT ON YOUR ENEMIES. TO AVENGE OR TO INFLICT PUNISHMENT UPON YOUR ENEMIES. SALVATION IS ALWAYS MEANT TO AVENGE OR INFLICT PUNISHMENT UPON YOUR ENEMIES. SO WHEN JESUS REBUKES THE DEVIL FOR YOUR SAKE HE AVENGES YOU OR INFLICTS PUNISHMENT ON YOUR ENEMY. SEE THE ISRAELITES HADN’T DONE ANYTHING WRONG. THEY HAD THEIR BACK UP AGAINST THE WALL. THEY HAD NO WAY TO FIGHT OFF THIS GREAT ARMY. AND SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE, A WALL OF WATER BUILT UP ON EITHER SIDE. WIND CAME THROUGH ALL NIGHT AND DRIED UP THE BOTTOM OF THAT RIVERBED AND MADE IT HARD ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE WAGONS AND ANIMALS AND THEMSELVES OVER ON. FIVE MILLION PEOPLE. AND WHILE THAT’S HAPPENING AN ANGEL OF THE LORD WAS STIRRED UP TO HAVE A FIRE HOLD THE EGYPTIANS BACK. AND AS THEY WERE FINISHING CROSSING THAT FIRE WAS RELEASED SO THEY COULD SEE THE SECOND PART OF THAT DELIVERANCE. AND THAT WAS A COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR ENEMIES. (AMEN) NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. NO MATTER HOW BAD IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW WE COULD USE THE EXCUSE OF THE ECONOMY BUT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH ISSUES, MARITAL ISSUES. THEY’VE GOT ISSUES WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THEY’VE GOT ISSUES AT WORK. THINGS AREN’T GOING RIGHT. EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO BE STATUS QUO BUT OTHER THINGS AREN’T GOING RIGHT. GOD WANTS TO DELIVER YOU AND HE SAID WITH LONG LIFE SHALL I SATISFY HIM AND LET HIM SEE MY SALVATION. LET HIM SEE MY VINDICATION. MY DELIVERANCE. MY AVENGING ANGELS. MY WELFARE TOWARDS THEM. MY LIBERTY AND MY VICTORY TOWARDS THEM. I WANT THEM TO SEE HOW I AVENGE MYSELF ON THEIR ENEMIES AND HOW I INFLICT PUNISHMENT ON THEM. (AMEN) AND LET THEM BEHOLD MY SALVATION. IN OTHER WORDS STAND BACK AND SEE THE RECOMPENSE OF YOUR ENEMIES. SEE HOW THEY'RE TREATED. SEE GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG IN EVERY SITUATION THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. NO MATTER HOW, HOW GIGANTIC IT SEEMS TO BE COMING AGAINST YOU GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG AGAINST THE HAND OF YOUR ENEMIES. (HALLELUJAH) AMEN. (AMEN) LET’S GO OVER TO ROMANS CHAPTER 16. ROMANS 16. ROMANS CHAPTER 16. ROMANS CHAPTER 16 VERSE 20. “FOR THE GOD OF PEACE WILL SOON CRUSH SATAN UNDER YOUR FEET.” NOW THAT’S ALREADY BEEN DONE. OKAY. THAT’S ALREADY BEEN DONE. WE HAVE TO KNOW THE WEAPONS OF HIS WARFARE. FOR THE WEAPONS OF HIS WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL BUT MIGHTY THROUGH THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS. AMEN. (AMEN) I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREATEST TIME FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN WHO BELIEVES THAT GOD IS HIS SALVATION. (HALLELUJAH) I BELIEVE THAT IF WE STAND BACK AND, AND ARE READY TO SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD, THE RESCUE, THE AID, THE LIBERTY, THE AVENGING OF, OF US. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW JESUS SAID HIMSELF YOU KNOW, OR, OR THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US THAT YOU KNOW VENGEANCE IS MINE. I SHALL REPAY SAYETH THE LORD. IF WE WANT TO BRING VENGEANCE ON OUR ENEMIES WE’RE GOING TO BRING VENGEANCE IN OUR NATURAL THINKING. BUT GOD CAN BRING VENGEANCE IN A WAY THAT COVERS ALL THE BASES. TAKES CARE OF YOU. LIFTS YOU UP. PUTS THE MONEY INTO YOUR HAND. AMEN. (HALLELUJAH) LET’S LOOK AT HOW THIS WORKS HERE. LET’S GO OVER TO 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20. 2 CHRONICLES 20. 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20 STARTING IN VERSE 1. “NOW IT CAME ABOUT AFTER THIS THAT THE SONS OF MOAB AND THE SONS OF AMMON, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE MEUNITES, CAME TO MAKE WAR AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT. THEN A REPORT CAME AND REPORTED TO JEHOSHAPHAT, SAYING, "A GREAT MULTITUDE IS COMING AGAINST YOU FROM BEYOND THE SEA, OUT OF ARAM AND BEHOLD, THEY ARE IN HAZAZON-TAMAR. JEHOSHAPHAT WAS AFRAID AND TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO SEEK THE LORD, AND PROCLAIMED A FAST THROUGHOUT ALL OF JUDAH.” NOW JUMP DOWN TO VERSE 12. “O OUR GOD, WILL YOU NOT JUDGE THEM? FOR WE ARE POWERLESS BEFORE THIS GREAT MULTITUDE WHO ARE COMING AGAINST US; NOR DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT OUR EYES ARE ON YOU. ALL JUDAH WAS STANDING BEFORE THE LORD, WITH THEIR INFANTS, AND THEIR WIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.” YOU KNOW IT’S NOT ENOUGH, CHURCH, JUST TO COME AND IGNORE YOUR KIDS. IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO SEND YOUR KIDS OR YOUR SPOUSE AND NOT COME YOURSELF. (AMEN) YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY BELONGS HERE. (AMEN) EVERYONE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR CHARGE BELONGS HERE. AMEN. (AMEN) YOU SHOULD BE COMING BEFORE THE LORD. LET’S KEEP READING. THEN IN THE MIDST OF THE ASSEMBLY, VERSE 14. “THEN IN THE MIDST OF THE ASSEMBLY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON A PROPHET THE SON OF ZECHARIAH, THE SON OF BENAIAH, THE SON OF JEIEL.” SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND VERSE 15. AND HE SAID, "LISTEN, ALL JUDAH AND THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND KING JEHOSHAPHAT: THUS SAYS THE LORD TO YOU, 'DO NOT FEAR OR BE DISMAYED BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT MULTITUDE, FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS BUT GOD'S. TOMORROW GO DOWN AGAINST THEM. BEHOLD, THEY WILL COME UP BY THE ASCENT OF ZIZ, AND YOU WILL FIND THEM AT THE END OF THE VALLEY IN FRONT OF THE WILDERNESS OF JERUEL. YOU NEED NOT FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE; STATION YOURSELVES, STAND AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD ON YOUR BEHALF.” NOW IF I'M TALKING TO A MODERN DAY CHRISTIAN TODAY THEY SIMPLY, MOST CHRISTIANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS WORD. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND IT. THEY SEE, SEE SALVATION AS BEING THE END OF EVERYTHING. THEY SAY WELL YOU KNOW I'M SAVED. ARE YOU REALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ACTING SAVED BECAUSE MY SALVATION ISN’T ABOUT JUST GETTING INTO HEAVEN. MY SALVATION IS DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOLESTATION OF EVERY ENEMY OF MY LIFE. (AMEN) DELIVERY FROM TEMPTATION. DELIVERY FROM FEAR. DELIVERY FROM SICKNESS. (GLORY) DELIVERY FROM PEOPLE WHO HATE ME. (AMEN) DELIVERY FROM THE MOLESTATION FROM YOUR ENEMIES. SOME TIMES THE ENEMY WILL HAVE YOU ALL STIRRED UP IN YOUR MIND SO THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN THINK CLEARLY. MY WIFE AND I WERE TALKING YESTERDAY AND I WAS STUDYING BUT I WAS ONLY HALF STUDYING. AND HER AND I WE HAD A DISCUSSION AND AFTER THAT, I THOUGHT CLEARLY AFTER THAT DISCUSSION. WE CAN SEE CLEARLY AFTER WE'VE HAD OPPRESSION REMOVED FROM OUR MIDST. AFTER WE’VE HAD THE WORD OF GOD COME IN. THAT WON'T NECESSARILY CHANGE YOUR SITUATION RIGHT THEN AND THERE. BUT IT WILL DO, IT WILL DO THIS. IT WILL PUT YOU IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE FROM GOD. (HALLELUJAH) BECAUSE YOU CANNOT RECEIVE WITHOUT FAITH. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS (DEAD). OKAY, THAT WAS KIND OF DEAD. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS (DEAD). FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS WHAT? (DEAD!) FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. AMEN. (AMEN) FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD AND IF YOU DON’T
 HAVE THE WORK, YOU CAN BE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS BUT NOT HAVE THE WORKS GOING ON IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU EVEN BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GOING TO BRING ANYTHING TO PASS. EVERY…THANK YOU JESUS. EVERY GREAT ENTERPRISE YOU WILL EVER ACCOMPLISH WILL LOOK LIKE IT CAN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN YOU STARTED. EVERY GREAT ENTERPRISE THAT HAS EVER BEEN DONE IN THIS EARTH LOOKED LIKE A FAILURE FROM THE START. LOOK ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THIS COUNTRY. THIRTEEN COLONIES, BEATEN DOWN, BEING ATTACKED. THAT WAS JUST IN BOSTON. ATTACKED AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. THE WHOLE BRITISH ARMY LANDED TO SUBDUE THE REBELLIOUS BOSTONIANS. 


HI THIS IS PASTOR DAVE GONZALEZ WITH THE MOUNTAIN FAITH MINISTRIES AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE WATCHING THIS BROADCAST TODAY AND I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OUT OF IT. I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER RIGHT NOW HOW IT IS THAT WE’RE EVEN ON THE AIR IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. AIR TIME COSTS MONEY. PRODUCTION TIME COSTS MONEY. WE HAVE TO PAY EMPLOYEES FOR THE CHURCH. EVEN THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS RECORDING THIS RIGHT NOW. ALL THESE THINGS COST MONEY. WILL YOU CONSIDER RIGHT NOW BECOMING A FINANCIAL PARTNER WITH THIS MINISTRY. IF YOU’VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. AT THIS TIME IN THIS MINISTRY WE WANT TO EXPAND FASTER AND GREATER THAN WE'VE EVER EXPANDED BEFORE. AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH YOUR HELP. WE’RE REACHING RIGHT NOW ALL AROUND THE WORLD. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US RIGHT NOW ALL AROUND THE WORLD ON THE INTERNET. WE ARE ABLE TO GO INTO HOMES MORE THAN EVER BEFORE AND EVERY YEAR WE LITERALLY REACH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH THE GOSPEL. AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY HELP IN REACHING THE LOST WITH YOUR FINANCIAL GIVING. WRITE ME HERE AT PO BOX 847, LAKE DELTON WISCONSIN 53940 AND SEND YOUR BEST QUALITY GIFT TODAY. MAKE YOUR GIFTS OUT TO DAVID GONZALEZ MINISTRIES. AND TELL US THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING THOSE GIFTS EVERY SINGLE MONTH THEREAFTER. WE DEPEND ON YOU. WE COUNT ON YOU AND WE LOVE YOU. AND WE PRAY OVER ALL THE PARTNERS, THE FINANCIAL PARTNERS WITH THIS MINISTRY. I KNOW THERE'S A SPECIAL BLESSING COMING TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH THIS MINISTRY. I’LL BE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU. 


OUR MINISTRY GUEST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IS PASTOR MARK CLEMENTS OF LIVING WORD CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF LACROSSE WISCONSIN. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY HIS MESSAGE.


NOW WE’RE BACK TO CHAPTER 34 IN VERSE 1 AND THIS IS WHAT GOD SAYS. “AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, CARVE OUT TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE THE FIRST ONES AND I WILL WRITE ON THESE THE WORDS THAT WERE ON THE FIRST TABLETS WHICH YOU BROKE.” WHICH YOU BROKE. WHICH YOU BROKE. SEE MOSES, SEE MERCY DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD IS GOING TO COME AND CLEAN UP EVERY MESS THAT YOU'RE GUILTY OF MAKING. MOSES GO TAKE YOURSELF A HAMMER AND CHISEL, AND BY THE WAY YOU COULD NOT GO DOWN TO THE HARDWARE STORE AND BUY A TWENTY OUNCE CLAW HAMMER. I MEAN HE’S USING STONES AND HE’S CARVING OUT THESE TWO TABLETS. SEE. PRETTY EASY TO THROW AWAY A MARRIAGE. IT’S PRETTY EASY TO THROW AWAY A MINISTRY. IT’S PRETTY EASY TO THROW AWAY A FRIENDSHIP. BUT DON’T THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU GET EXASPERATED AND THROW DOWN THE FIRST ONE THAT THE SECOND ONE IS JUST GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY BE EASY. IT MAY TAKE A WHOLE LOT MORE WORK THAN THE FIRST. DON’T THROW YOUR HEALTH AWAY. IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET IT BACK. DON’T THROW YOUR PEACE AWAY AND YOUR JOY AWAY. (AMEN) HE HAD WHAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM AND THEN THREW IT DOWN. AND WE CAN'T HARDLY EVEN IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT THE NEXT GO AROUND WAS. ALL RIGHT, WE’RE OFF THAT. (THANK YOU PASTOR) AMEN. HELPED ME. AND IT SAYS, VERSE 2. “BE READY IN THE MORNING. COME UP TO MOUNT SINAI. PRESENT YOURSELF THERE. NO MAN SHALL COME WITH YOU. NEITHER FLOCKS NOR HERDS.” AND VERSE 4. “HE CARVED OUT TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE THE FIRST. ROSE UP EARLY AND WENT TO THE MOUNT. AND LORD DESCENDED IN A CLOUD.” VERSE 5. “AND STOOD THERE AND PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM AND PROCLAIMED, THE LORD, THE LORD GOD,” NOW THIS IS WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING. AND HE'S PROCLAIMING THE NAME OF THE LORD AND THE NAME ALWAYS REVEALS PART OF HIS CHARACTER AND NATURE AND MAKEUP AND HIS ATTRIBUTES AND THE VERY FIRST THING THAT HE SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF IS MERCIFUL. “THE LORD PASSED BY AND PROCLAIMED THE LORD. THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, LONG SUFFERING AND ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH.” THE VERY FIRST THING THAT GOD SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF IS MERCIFUL. NOW THAT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT MOSES HAD HEARD THAT BECAUSE WHEN GOD WAS FIRST DICTATING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BACK IN THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER OF EXODUS, WE WON'T GO BACK TO THAT RIGHT NOW BUT IN THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER OF EXODUS HE SAID THE SAME THING. HE SAID I'M MERCIFUL AND I'M GRACIOUS AND I'M ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH. 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1 IN VERSE 3 SAYS OF THE LORD THAT HE IS THE FATHER OF MERCIES. IT SAYS BLESSED BE GOD AND THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THEN IT GIVES ANOTHER TITLE TO HIM. HOW MANY OF YOU PRAY TO THE FATHER OF MERCIES. YOU EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, ADDRESS. I SEE ONE OR TWO HANDS, THREE, THREE MAYBE. BUT THAT’S, THAT’S ONE OF HIS NAMES, THAT’S ONE OF HIS TITLES. O OUR FATHER, FATHER OF MERCIES. FATHER OF MERCIES. THANK GOD THAT HE'S A MERCIFUL GOD AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT. DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 4 IN VERSE 31. DEUTERONOMY 4 IN VERSE 31 IT SAYS “FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD HE IS A MERCIFUL GOD. HE WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU OR DESTROY YOU NOR FORGET THE COVENANT OF YOUR FATHERS WHICH HE SWORE TO THEM.” THREE THINGS HERE THAT THE BIBLE SAYS, NUMBER ONE HE'S A MERCIFUL GOD. HE'S NOT GOING TO FORSAKE YOU. HE'S NOT GOING TO DESTROY YOU. AND HE'S NOT GOING TO FORGET THE COVENANT THAT HE HAS WITH YOU. HE'S NOT GOING TO FORSAKE YOU, THAT’S LEAVE YOU. HE'S NOT GOING TO DIVORCE HIMSELF FROM YOU. HE'S NOT GOING TO ABANDON YOU. HE'S NOT GOING TO DESTROY YOU. AREN’T YOU GLAD. YOU OUGHT TO GET UP IN THE MORNING. JUST OPEN IT UP TO DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 4 IN VERSE 31 AND SAY HEY THE LORD’S NOT GOING TO DESTROY ME TODAY. THIS VERSE IS STILL IN HERE. HE'S NOT GOING TO LEAVE. NOT GOING TO FORSAKE ME. NOT GOING TO ABANDON ME. HE'S NOT GOING TO DESTROY ME AND HE'S NOT GOING TO FORGET HIS WORD. THE PROMISES THAT HE'S MADE. HE'S NOT GOING TO FORGET HIS COVENANT. WHY? BECAUSE HE'S A MERCIFUL GOD. BECAUSE HE'S MERCIFUL. 2 CHRONICLES 30 IN VERSE 9. 2 CHRONICLES 30 IN VERSE 9 IT SAYS, “AND IF YOU TURN AGAIN,” NOW THIS IS A GREAT VERSE FOR THOSE WHO’VE BACKED AWAY FROM THE LORD. BACKSLIDDEN WE CALLED IT WE WERE ONCE IN CLOSE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD. ONCE WALKED WITH THE LORD. ONCE WERE VERY NEAR HIM. HAD RICH FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM BUT NOW THEY’VE BACKED OFF OF THAT. HERE’S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. “IF YOU TURN AGAIN TO THE LORD YOUR BRETHREN AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL FIND COMPASSION BEFORE THEM THAT LEAD THEM CAPTIVE.” THAT MEANS THESE PEOPLE ARE IN CAPTIVITY AND THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU'LL JUST TURN BACK TO THE LORD HE’LL GIVE YOU FAVOR EVEN WITH THOSE WHO HAVE CAPTIVE, THAT, THAT YOU ARE CAPTIVE IN, IN, IN, IN THEIR POSSESSION. “SO THAT THEY SHALL COME AGAIN TO THIS LAND AND THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL. HE’LL NOT TURN HIS FACE AWAY FROM YOU IF YOU’LL RETURN TO HIM.” GREAT PROMISE THAT GOD IS MERCIFUL TO THOSE THAT WILL TURN TO HIM. NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 9. NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 9 VERSE 17. HERE NEHEMIAH, HE IS TELLING THOSE PEOPLE ABOUT THE ISRAELITES, ABOUT THEIR ANCESTORS AND HE SAYS THEY REFUSED TO OBEY. “NEITHER WERE THEY MINDFUL OF THE WONDERS THAT GOD DID AMONG THEM BUT THEY HARDENED THEIR NECKS AND IN THEIR REBELLION THEY WERE APPOINTED, APPOINTED” A CAPTAIN OVER THEM TO RETURN THEM TO BONDAGE. REMEMBER THE ISRAELITES DOING THAT? THEY REJECTED GOD’S LEADER. THEY SAID MOSES WE DON’T LIKE YOU. WE DON’T WANT YOU. WE’RE GOING TO ELECT A LEADER TO TAKE US BACK TO EGYPT. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT HOPE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HAD IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN GOD. THUMB THEIR NOSE AT YOU LIKE THAT. BLOW SMOKE IN YOUR FACE AND SAY FORGET YOU. WE DON’T LIKE YOU. WE DON’T LOVE YOU. WE DON’T SUBMIT TO YOU NOR YOUR LEADER. WE’RE JUST GOING TO GET OUR OWN LEADER AND WE’RE JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK TO EGYPT. WE LIKE IT BACK THERE. NOW LET ME JUST WAX HONEST WITH YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT HERE. IN JANUARY OF 2009, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO GO AND SUBMIT MYSELF TO THAT MAN OF GOD. TO THAT LEADER. HE'S TOO HARSH. HE'S TOO STRAIGHTFORWARD. HE'S TOO TRUTHFUL. I'M GOING TO GO FIND ME A LEADER THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO GO BACK AND LIVE IN EGYPT. (NO) I'M GOING TO GO AND FIND ME A LEADER THAT WON'T TALK ABOUT MY ALCOHOLISM. WON'T TALK ABOUT MY PORNOGRAPHY. WON'T TALK ABOUT MY REBELLION. WON'T TALK ABOUT MY SLACKARDNESS. WON'T TALK ABOUT MY COMPLAINING MOUTH. WON'T TALK. (LAUGHTER AMEN) I'M GOING TO GO BACK, I'M GOING TO GO BACK, I'M GOING TO FIND ME A LEADER THAT WILL LET ME LIVE IN EGYPT A LITTLE BIT. I'M NOT. I'M GOING TO FIND ME SOMEBODY THAT SPENDS TIME IN THE MOUNTAINTOP. I'M GOING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT SPENDS TIME IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD. I'M GOING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT’LL COME DOWN WITH VISION. I'M GOING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT’LL COME DOWN WITH THE TABLETS OF STONE THAT CAN NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER BE ADJUSTED TO FIT MY LIKING. (AMEN) AND I'M GOING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT’LL TELL ME THE TRUTH WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT. (AMEN) WHETHER IT WILL CURL MY TOES AND DISAPPOINTS MY FLESH. (LAUGHTER) THESE PEOPLE UP IN THE FRONT EGG ME ON. (LAUGHTER) THEY JUST, I DON’T NEED MUCH BUT MAN. (LAUGHTER) AND THEY REFUSE TO OBEY AND WERE MINDFUL OF THE WONDERS THAT YOU DID. THEY HARDENED THEIR NECKS. THEY WERE IN REBELLION. THEY APPOINTED A CAPTAIN TO RETURN TO BONDAGE. BUT YOU O GOD ARE READY TO PARDON, GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL. SLOW TO ANGER. OF GREAT KINDNESS AND YOU DID NOT FORSAKE THEM. (AMEN) AND YOU DID, MAN I’D HAVE PULLED THE LEVER ON THEM PEOPLE. (BLOWING SOUND) GONE. (LAUGHTER) COME ON. SO WOULD YOU HAVE. BUT NOT GOD. GOD’S READY TO PARDON. GOD IS PLENTEOUS IN MERCY. GOD IS SLOW TO ANGER AND OF GREAT KINDNESS. GOD IS GRACIOUS AND GOD IS MERCIFUL. THAT’S YOUR GOD. THAT’S THE GOD THAT YOU SERVE. AND THE GOD THAT YOU LOVE AND THE GOD THAT YOU WORSHIP. (AMEN) IN THAT SAME CHAPTER IN VERSE 31 NEHEMIAH GOES ON TO SAY “NEVERTHELESS FOR YOUR GREAT MERCIES SAKE YOU DID NOT UTTERLY CONSUME THEM OR FORSAKE THEM FOR YOU ARE A GRACIOUS AND A MERCIFUL GOD.” AREN’T YOU GLAD. (YES) PSALM 67 VERSE 1. PSALM 67 VERSE 1 IT SAYS “GOD BE MERCIFUL TO US AND BLESS US AND CAUSE YOUR FACE TO SHINE UPON US.” PSALM 107 VERSE 1 SAYS “O GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.” PSALM 103 VERSE 8 SAYS “THE LORD IS MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, SLOW TO ANGER AND PLENTEOUS IN MERCY.”


YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON LIVING WORD CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT WWW.LWCCLAX.COM. NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR MESSAGE WITH PASTOR DAVID GONZALEZ.

…TO SUBDUE THE REBELLIOUS BOSTONIANS.
YET THE ENTERPRISE THAT GOD WANTED TO BRING TO PASS WHICH WAS GOING TO BE THE SECOND HOME TO THE JEWS, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE A HOME OF CHRISTIANITY, A LIGHT UNTO THE WORLD. TODAY WE CAN SEE WHY NOW. IT LOOKED LIKE ITS BACK WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT. EVERY GREAT ENTERPRISE. EVERY GREAT DREAM. EVERY GREAT THING YOU WILL EVER DO IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SO GREAT THAT IN THE NATURAL IT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A FAILURE WHEN YOU START IT. I HAVE SOME GREAT DREAMS. (AMEN) I DON’T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I HAD TO TALK TO PRIVATELY THAT THINK I'M GOING TO MAKE IT. BUT THEY WERE WRONG LAST TIME AND THEY WERE WRONG THE TIME BEFORE AND THEY WERE WRONG THE TIME BEFORE THAT BECAUSE WHEN MY BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL I COME OUT SHINING BECAUSE GOD IS MY SALVATION. (CLAPPING) (HALLELUJAH) (CHEERING) LET’S KEEP READING. VERSE 18. “JEHOSEPHAT BOWED HIS HEAD WITH HIS FACE TO THE GROUND, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM FELL DOWN BEFORE THE LORD, WORSHIPING THE LORD.” THEY WERE WORSHIPING HIM. THIS IS A SECRET THING THAT YOU CANNOT TELL THE WORLD. YOU CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT TO THEM. THEY'RE NOT SAVED AND EVEN A WHOLE LOT OF SAVED PEOPLE WON'T ACCEPT IT. THEY’VE GOT SUCH BAD RELIGIOUS TEACHING THAT IF YOU TELL THEM THAT SALVATION MEANS MORE THAN JUST GOING TO HEAVEN THEY’LL RIP YOUR YOU KNOW SPIRITUAL HEAD OFF EVEN BEFORE YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM IN SCRIPTURE WHERE ITS WRITTEN. (AMEN) BOUND BY THE DEVIL. BOUND BY TRADITION. BOUND BY TRADITIONAL FAILURE. FOUR HUNDRED YEARS THE ISRAELITES HAD FAILURE. GOD WANTED TO BRING THEM OUT AND THEY STILL WANTED TO GO BACK TO THAT OLD DEAD CHURCH BACK IN EGYPT. (AMEN) OH LET US JUST GO BACK THERE. AT LEAST WE HAD A ROOF OVER OUR HEAD AND FOOD IN OUR MOUTH. THEY WERE MEAN TO US BUT WE KNEW WHAT OUR FUTURE WAS LIKE. AND GOD WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING BETTER. SOMETHING BETTER THAN YOU EVER HAD BEFORE. (HALLELUJAH) YOU KNOW WHEN WE DECIDED TO HAVE EIGHT CHILDREN. KATHY AND I DECIDED TOGETHER. WE ALSO DECIDED WE WEREN’T GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE THAN EIGHT. MOST PEOPLE SAID YOU'RE CRAZY. HOW YOU GOING TO DO THAT. IN FACT, IN FACT WHEN WE HAD FOUR OF OUR CHILDREN WE WERE SO BROKE WE WERE STILL THE BROKEST PEOPLE IN TOWN. WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BROKEST BY THE FOURTH ONE BUT WE LOOKED LIKE THE BROKEST. STILL LIVING IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. YOU’VE HEARD THE STORY. SHEET HANGING IN BETWEEN US AT NIGHT. DAVID WAS IN A CRIB, THE THREE GIRLS WERE IN THESE CRIB SIZED MATTRESSES, CUSTOM BUILT TRIPLE DECKER BUNK BED. HIGH RISE. (LAUGHTER) LOW LIVING BUT HIGH RISE. HALLELUJAH! PEOPLE WOULD SAY HOW YOU GOING TO MAKE IT. I DON’T KNOW. WE TRUST GOD. PEOPLE ASK ME NOW HOW YOU GOING TO MAKE IT. I DON’T KNOW, JUST TRUST GOD. WELL YOU CAN'T JUST NOT KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN. YOU HAVE TO WORK IT OUT. YOU HAVE TO SEE FARTHER THAT THAT. YOU HAVE TO DO. OKAY WELL WHATEVER. I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T KNOW HOW GOD’S GOING TO BRING THIS THING TO PASS. I DON’T KNOW HOW GOD’S GOING TO BRING YOUR VICTORY TO PASS. YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW. AND IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD GO GET IT DONE YOURSELF. GOD WOULDN’T NEED TO BE IN IT. JUST GO DO IT YOURSELF. SEE THE FACT IS YOU NEED GOD TO BE YOUR SALVATION. (THAT'S RIGHT) SEE WHEN JESUS, THEY, THEY WERE TOLD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD TOLD MARY AND SEPARATELY THEN LATER ON JOSEPH TO NAME JESUS SALVATION. THEY KNEW IT WASN’T, IT WASN’T JOSHUA. TO NAME HIM SALVATION. AND JESUS IS OUR SALVATION. NOT JUST THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS. DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYTHING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, UNDER THE OLD COVENANT IS A SHADOW OF WHAT'S TO COME UNDER THE NEW COVENANT. THAT JESUS DIDN’T DIMINISH THE LAW. HE EXPANDED IT. HE MADE IT GREATER, HE MADE IT MORE POWERFUL. HE MADE THE RESULTS, NOT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET IT, BUT WHATEVER WAS AVAILABLE UNDER THE LAW FOR, FOR OBEYING GOD WAS AVAILABLE UNDER NOW THE NEW COVENANT, AND MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE. WE DON’T HAVE TO GO BACK AND HAVE OUR SINS COVERED YEAR AFTER YEAR. THEY’VE BEEN FORGIVEN ONCE WE REPENT. THERE'S NO MORE COVERING OF SIN. A YEAR FROM NOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO COVER YOUR SIN THAT YOU COMMITTED LAST NIGHT. YOUR SIN WAS ALREADY WASHED AWAY. YOU COVER WHAT'S STILL THERE. YOU DON’T PRAY ABOUT AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS WHAT DOESN’T EXIST ANY LONGER. (AMEN) AND JESUS IS OUR SALVATION. OUR SALVATION FOR THE DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOLESTATION OF OUR ENEMIES. I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING WHEN ALL THE UNITED STATES WAS ASKED TO PRAY ON LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE NINETEEN HUNDREDS. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND, AND TWELVE THE UNITED STATES WAS ASKED TO PRAY. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THE UNITED STATES WAS ASKED TO PRAY. NINETEEN EIGHTEEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN AT THE END OF THE WAR WAS ASKED TO PRAY EXCEPT TO BE THANKFUL TO GOD. WE WERE ASKED TO PRAY WHEN THE JAPANESE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR. ALL THE UNITED STATES WAS ASKED TO PRAY. WE ENTERED INTO PRAYER EVERY SINGLE TIME TO BE DELIVERED FROM THE MOLESTATION OF OUR ENEMIES. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING. SALVATION WASN’T JUST FOR EVERYONE THAT DIED ON A SHIP SOMEWHERE TO GO TO HEAVEN. WELL I HOPE THEY WERE SAVED. BUT THE UNITED STATES WAS BELIEVING FOR A GREATER SALVATION. WHEN THESE UNITED STATES WERE FORMED THEY WERE INDEPENDENT COLONIES. AND THEN INDEPENDENT STATES BUT THEY WERE STILL INDEPENDENT, VOTING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER EVEN PRIOR TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AND THEY WERE INDEPENDENT AND GOD BEGAN TO BRING THEM CLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER BECAUSE HE HAD A GREATER PLAN IN MIND. (HALLELUJAH) AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE SLAVERY ISSUE AND IT WASN’T DEALT WITH, IT WAS DEALT WITH IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AS AN ISSUE, AS A PROBLEM, BUT IT COULDN’T BE DEALT WITH BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SEEMINGLY GOOD ANSWER FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. THEY HAD INTERTWINED SLAVER SO MUCH IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, AT LEAST WITH THE HIGHER LEVEL, THE RICHER CLASS. RECOGNIZE POOR PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH DIDN’T HAVE SLAVES. WELL YOU A KNOW VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES EVER HAD SLAVES. CERTAINLY NORTHERNERS DIDN’T AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DIDN’T GET DEALT WITH WAS THE SLAVERY ISSUE SO SEVENTY YEARS LATER AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WE BEGIN TO SEE A BATTLE BREAKING OUT WHERE NOW WE HAVE BROTHER FIGHTING AGAINST BROTHER TO CLEAR UP THE ISSUE. YET GOD DIDN’T ALLOW THE NATION TO BE PERMANENTLY DIVIDED. AND IN FOUR YEARS HERE, ANOTHER CYCLE, WE SEE GOD BRINGING THE NATION BACK TOGETHER AGAIN OTHER, UNDER A UNIFIED FLAG AND A UNIFIED VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ALL OVER. YOU GOT SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE DYING IN ONE BATTLE RUNNING UP A HILL WITH ONE MAN, ONE MAN MAKING IT TO THE VERY TOP. WITH ALL KINDS OF SONS, AND BOYS, AND HUSBANDS, AND FATHERS NOT COMING HOME AGAIN. IT LOOKS BAD. WITH EVERY OTHER NATION ON THE PLANET GOING YES LET’S HOPE THEY KILL ONE ANOTHER AND IF THEY WEAKEN THEMSELVES ENOUGH, WE’RE JUST GOING TO COME AND TAKE OVER. IT LOOKED LIKE OUR BACK WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT. IT LOOKED LIKE OUR BACK WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL AFTER NINE ELEVEN. IT LOOKED LIKE OUR BACK WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION. TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED. NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SEE TODAY. THEY SAY THIS, WELL THIS IS REALLY BAD. NO ITS NOT. NOT COMPARED TO WHAT MY PARENTS WENT THROUGH AND YOUR GRANDPARENTS WENT THROUGH. THEY GREW UP, MY FATHER WAS BORN IN THE DEPRESSION. HE DOESN’T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT BUT WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS PEOPLE, MAN THEY JUST, YOU DIDN’T THROW ANYTHING AWAY. WRAPPING PAPER. THAT GOT SAVED. YOU SAVED EVERYTHING. YOU DIDN’T WASTE ANYTHING. YOU DIDN’T HAVE A WHOLE LOT BUT WHAT YOU DID HAVE YOU TOOK CARE OF. BUT THEY MADE IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND THE PEOPLE THAT MADE IT WITH JOY ON THEIR FACES WERE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE BELIEF THAT GOD WAS GOING TO DELIVER THEM. THAT GOD WAS GOING TO BRING THEM THROUGH. (PRAISE THE LORD) A LOT OF NOTES HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH THEM. LET’S TURN OVER TO EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6. EPHESIANS 6. EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 STARTING IN VERSE 10. “FINALLY, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE STRENGTH OF HIS MIGHT. PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO STAND FIRM AGAINST THE SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL. FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE POWERS, AGAINST THE WORLD FORCES OF THIS DARKNESS, AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES. THEREFORE, TAKE UP THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO RESIST IN THE EVIL DAY,” IN THE EVIL DAY, IN THE EVIL DAY, “AND HAVING DONE EVERYTHING TO STAND, STAND FIRM.” EVERYONE SAY STAND FIRM. (STAND FIRM) EVERYONE SAY I STAND FIRM. (I STAND FIRM) YOU GOT TO STAND FIRM. NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW YOU’VE GOT TO STAND FIRM. (AMEN) AMEN. (AMEN) YOU MUST STAND FIRM AGAINST WHAT'S COMING UP AGAINST YOUR HOUSE. WHEN YOUR BACK IS UP AGAINST THE WALL AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO AND PEOPLE SAY WELL HOW YOU GOING TO MAKE IT. YOU JUST SAY I DON’T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO MAKE IT BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, SUCKER, I AM GOING TO MAKE IT. (HALLELUJAH) (CLAPPING) AMEN. (AMEN) YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN GOD FORSAKEN HIS PEOPLE. HE DOESN’T FORSAKE THE PEOPLE THAT TRUST IN HIM. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO GO BEYOND WHAT WE CAN SEE WITH OUR EYES (AMEN) AND BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER US. (AMEN) WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING TO JEHOSEPHAT. WELL THE ARMY WAS ALL ROUTED. THEY ALL FOUGHT AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. JEHOSEPHAT JUST WENT DOWN AND WALKED IN AND TOOK THREE DAYS TO GATHER ALL THE BOOTY. KEPT ON SENDING THE KIDS BACK WITH WAGON AFTER WAGON WITH BOOTY. HERE AT ONE POINT, SOME OF THEM WERE SAYING WE’RE GOING TO DIE. WE’RE GOING TO LOSE OUR LIVES BUT GOD SAID YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT IF YOU JUST BELIEVE IN HIS PROPHETS. IF YOU JUST LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD. AND WENT INSTEAD IN THREE SHORT DAYS, IN THREE SHORT DAYS NOW
 ARE WEALTHIER THAN THEIR WILDEST IMAGINATION COULD HAVE PRODUCED. AND GOD BROUGHT IT TO PASS. AND THAT WASN’T THE ONLY STORY LIKE THAT. WE’VE BEEN READING STORY AFTER STORY LIKE THAT WEEK AFTER WEEK ALMOST HOW GOD HAS DELIVERED PEOPLE AND BROUGHT THEM THROUGH. WOW. WOW. SO IF YOUR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL WHOSE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO FOCUS ON. YOU MUST COME TO THE REALIZATION TO KNOW THAT GOD WANTS YOU DELIVERED FROM THAT SITUATION. (PREACH IT PASTOR) GOD WANTS YOU DELIVERED. (YES) GOD WANTS YOU DELIVERED. GOD WANTS YOU TO SEE HIS SALVATION. YOU CAN'T SEE HIS SALVATION UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU’VE NO BIG DREAM, I DON’T KNOW WHAT SALVATION YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. YOU CAN'T BE DELIVERED FROM THE MOLESTATION OF YOUR ENEMIES IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE TOO AFRAID TO MAKE ANY. (THAT'S RIGHT) YOU CAN'T MAKE ENEMIES UNLESS YOU’VE GOT A DREAM. IF YOU'RE A YOUNGSTER, A TEENAGER, OR YOUNG ADULT, IF YOU DON’T HAVE A DREAM, KICK YOURSELF AND GET ONE. AND YOUR DREAM BETTER NOT BE YOU KNOW WHAT TATTOO I NEED TO GET, OR WHAT PARTY I NEED TO GO TO OR WHAT CAR I'M GOING TO DRIVE. (THAT'S RIGHT) GET A DREAM THAT’S OUTSIDE THE BOX. (THAT'S RIGHT) AMEN. (AMEN) MINE’S WAY OUTSIDE THE BOX. KATHY’S AND OURS ARE WAY OUTSIDE THE BOX. IF I READ YOU OUR DREAMS SOME OF YOU WOULD GET MAD AT US. YOU'RE PROBABLY MAD AT US ANYWAY. GET MAD AT US. WELL I JUST DON’T THINK A PASTOR OUGHT TO HAVE ALL THAT. WELL YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN IT TO ME. AND IF GOD GIVES IT TO ME WHAT DO YOU CARE. (THAT'S RIGHT) RIGHT. (AMEN) WE'VE GOT DREAMS FOR THIS MINISTRY. IT TAKES MONEY TO CARRY OUT THE DREAM. (YES) SOMEONE, BLESS GOD BETTER BE DREAMING IT. BETTER BE FIGURING OUT A WAY TO FUND IT. (AMEN) GETTING THE MONEY IN. (HALLELUJAH) IT’S ALL ABOUT SOULS. YOU CAN COMPLAIN AGAINST ME NOW BUT UP IN HEAVEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO KATHY AND DAVE GOING YOU KNOW THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO THE LORD. AMEN. (AMEN) AMEN. COMING TO YOU TOO. RIGHT. COMING TO YOU TOO BECAUSE YOU GIVE. (AMEN) (THANK YOU LORD) AMEN. LET’S KEEP READING. VERSE 14 AGAIN. “STAND FIRM THEREFORE, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, AND HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HAVING YOUR SHOD, HAVING SHOD YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; IN ADDITION TO ALL, TAKING UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH WITH WHICH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH ALL THE FLAMING ARROWS OF THE EVIL ONE.  AND TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION.” NOW THE HELMET OF SALVATION, THAT’S A QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM ISAIAH 59 WHEN GOD SAYS THAT HE SAW NO ONE. AND SO HE, HE BROUGHT FORTH SALVATION HIMSELF. HE BROUGHT FORTH JESUS HIMSELF. AND THE HELMET OF SALVATION IS THE BELIEF SYSTEM THAT NO MATTER WHAT COMES AGAINST YOUR MIND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT. (COME ON) AND JESUS HAD TO PUT ON THE HELMET OF SALVATION HIMSELF. NOT BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO GET SAVED. HE IS SALVATION. BUT BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO BELIEVE DESPITE YOU KNOW THE TWELVE YOU KNOW, THE TWELVE SORT OF MIXED CROWD OF GUYS GOD GAVE HIM TO WORK WITH, THAT THE MINISTRY WAS GOING TO MAKE IT AND NOT DIE. I CAN IMAGINE WHAT JESUS WAS PRAYING PRIVATELY. PETER! AND THEN I'VE GOT LUKE OVER THERE WHO THINKS HE’S A SMART ALECK PHYSICIAN. I'VE GOT ALL THESE PATENT PAPERS ON MY WALL. AND THEN I'VE GOT THE SONS OF THUNDER, ALL THEY DO IS YELL AND ARGUE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THEN I'VE GOT A GUY WHO'S STEALING FROM ME AND HE'S THE GUY DOING MY BOOKS. (LAUGHTER) CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT JESUS WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS PRAYING  TO THE FATHER. AND HE WAS PROBABLY PRAYING GOD DON’T, WITH ALL THESE GUYS THAT HAVE ALL THEIR NATURAL PROBLEMS, DON’T LET THIS MINISTRY FAIL. TWELVE MEN. DON’T LET THIS MINISTRY FAIL. ONE COMMITS SUICIDE. ONE DENIES CHRIST. THEY ALL HANG AROUND AND MOURN AND MOPE AND YOU KNOW GO WELL THIS IS THE END OF THE MINISTRY NOW. AND JESUS PUT ON THE HELMET. THE THINKING CAP. THE PROTECTION FROM THE ARROWS, THE THOUGHTS OF THE EVIL ONE, THAT SALVATION WAS STILL GOING TO COME THROUGH HIM. (AMEN) THAT HE WAS SALVATION. THAT IT WASN’T GOING TO FAIL. THAT THE GOSPEL WOULDN’T DIE OUT. (YES) HE SAID THAT, HE SAID PETER WILL YOU LEAVE ME TOO. HE SAID MASTER WHERE ELSE WILL WE GO. WE'VE GOT NO WHERE ELSE TO GO. FINALLY LET’S CLOSE IT SOMEWHERE HERE. LET’S GO OVER TO PSALMS 46. PSALM 46. YOU GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? (AMEN) PSALM 46, VERSE 10. “CEASE STRIVING AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD; I WILL BE EXALTED AMONGST THE NATIONS, I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH.” CEASE STRIVING AND KNOW THAT HE’S GOD. KNOW THAT HE HAS THE POWER TO BRING SALVATION TO YOU. HE HAS THE POWER TO DELIVER YOU FROM WHATEVER PROBLEM YOU'RE IN AND TO BRING YOU INTO A GREAT LAND. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHURCH TO SHINE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES. (AMEN) AND I BELIEVE THAT IF WE MAKE A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DEVIL, WE’LL MAKE IT. (AMEN) FROM THE DOCTOR, WE’LL MAKE IT. FROM THE BANKER, WE’LL MAKE IT. FROM DEBT, WE’LL MAKE IT. FROM SICKNESS AND DISEASE, WE’LL MAKE IT. (GLORY) FROM DIVORCE, WE’LL MAKE IT. FROM LACK, (AMEN) POVERTY, DISEASE, DEPRESSION, WE’LL MAKE IT. GOD’S WAITING FOR PEOPLE THAT WON'T GIVE UP. HE'S NOT, ALREADY NOT GOING TO GIVE UP, HE'S JUST WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO GO, IS ANYONE GOING TO FOLLOW ME? IS ANYONE GOING TO DO THIS? IS ANYONE GOING TO JUST BELIEVE ENOUGH? I MEAN THERE'S BEEN, THERE’S SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL, WHY CAN'T YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE THE NEXT ONE THAT’S GOING TO MAKE IT? (AMEN) AMEN. (AMEN) PRAISE GOD. LET’S ALL STAND. 

WELL WASN'T THAT A GREAT BROADCAST AND A GREAT MESSAGE? FRIENDS IF YOU'VE NEVER MADE JESUS CHRIST YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR, IT'S TIME THAT YOU DID. I KNOW THAT YOU THINK SO AND I THINK SO TOO. SO LET'S DO THIS RIGHT NOW. LET'S JOIN THE REST OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IN MAKING A DECISION TO BE IN HEAVEN. REPEAT THESE WORDS OUT LOUD AFTER ME. SAY, DEAR JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART RIGHT NOW AND MAKE ME A NEW PERSON. A NEW CREATION. I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT OLD PERSON ANYMORE. THANK YOU JESUS FOR DYING ON THE CROSS FOR ME SO I DON'T HAVE TO DIE FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE WRONG. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN AND AMEN. NOW DIDN'T THAT FEEL GOOD? I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU JUST MADE THE MOST POWERFUL DECISION A CHRISTIAN CAN EVER MAKE IN THEIR LIFETIME AND THAT IS CHOOSING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN AND CHOOSING ON YOUR OWN. I'M PROUD OF YOU AND I LOVE YOU. AND I WANT TO SEND THIS FREE BOOKLET OUT TO YOU. IT'S CALLED "WELCOME TO THE FAMILY." WRITE TO ME AT PO BOX 847, LAKE DELTON WI 53940 AND WE'LL SEND THIS FREE BOOKLET OUT TO YOU, CALLED WELCOME TO THE FAMILY. IT'S OUR GIFT TO YOU FOR YOU MAKING A GOOD DECISION IN JESUS CHRIST AND A GOOD DECISION TO GO TO HEAVEN. WELL, THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. SO THIS IS PASTOR DAVE GONZALEZ SAYING "PRESS IN TO GOD AND HE WILL PRESS IN TO YOU. AND I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN HERE NEXT WEEK AT THE MOUNTAIN.