THIS IS ANOTHER WEEK THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SALVATION WHICH MEANS PROTECTION AND FAVOR AND I'M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORD SALVATION. LET'S GO INTO OUR BIBLES RIGHT NOW TO LUKE CHAPTER 21. LUKE CHAPTER 21. NOW I'M GOING TO START IN VERSE 10. JESUS IS SPEAKING HERE, YOU'LL SEE IF YOU HAVE A RED LETTER BIBLE. JESUS IS TALKING A GOOD PART OF THE WAY HERE. “THEN HE CONTINUED BY SAYING TO THEM, "NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM, AND THERE WILL BE GREAT EARTHQUAKES, AND IN VARIOUS PLACES PLAGUES AND FAMINES; AND THERE WILL BE TERRORS AND GREAT SIGNS FROM HEAVEN. "BUT BEFORE ALL THESE THINGS, THEY WILL LAY THEIR HANDS ON YOU AND WILL PERSECUTE YOU, DELIVERING YOU TO THE SYNAGOGUES AND PRISONS, BRINGING YOU BEFORE KINGS AND GOVERNORS FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. "IT WILL LEAD TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. "SO MAKE UP YOUR MINDS NOT TO PREPARE BEFOREHAND TO DEFEND YOURSELVES; FOR I WILL GIVE YOU UTTERANCE AND WISDOM WHICH NONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS WILL BE ABLE TO RESIST OR REFUTE. "BUT YOU WILL BE BETRAYED EVEN BY PARENTS AND BROTHERS AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, AND THEY WILL PUT SOME OF YOU TO DEATH, AND YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL BECAUSE OF MY NAME. "YET NOT A HAIR OF YOUR HEAD WILL PERISH. "BY YOUR ENDURANCE YOU WILL GAIN YOUR LIVES.” NOW I WANT TO GO BACK HERE AND LOOK AT PARTS OF THIS. FIRST OF ALL WE SEE THAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE END TIME AND IT'S SAYING HERE IN VERSE 12, "BUT BEFORE ALL THESE THINGS_OCCUR PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH IS GOING TO BEGIN. AND WE KNOW THAT UP IN CANADA RIGHT NOW, OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, THAT IF YOU PREACH HOMOSEXUALITY IN YOUR PULPIT, YOU AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL CAN BE PUT INTO PRISON. AND MANY MINISTERS ALREADY HAVE SIMPLY FROM THEIR PULPITS THEY GO INTO THAT THING CALLED HOMOSEXUALITY, JUST TOUCHING ON IT WILL GET THEM IMPRISONED FOR SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR. THEY'RE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES FOR DOING THE WILL OF GOD. WE ARE IN THE END OF THE END OF THE END OF THE AGE WHERE THESE THINGS ARE LITERALLY COMING TO PASS AND MAJOR GOVERNMENTS WHO YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BE CHRISTIAN IN NATURE AND CANNOT SUPPORT CHRISTIAN BELIEF SYSTEMS. IN FACT WILL PERSECUTE YOU FOR HAVING ONE. IN THE UNITED STATES WE'RE SUPPOSE TO HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH BUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AS LONG AS IT'S NOT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF SPEECH. NOT CHRISTIAN FREEDOM OF SPEECH. YOU CAN HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AS IF YOU'RE A MUSLIM, IF YOU ARE A NEW-AGER, A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST. BUT IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN SPEAKING UP WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW PUT YOU IN A CORNER, BOX YOU UP AND NOT LET YOU COME OUT IN A MOVIE OR NOT LET YOUR PERSPECTIVE BE MADE KNOWN THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS. AND THEN IN VERSE 13 IT SAYS, "IT WILL LEAD TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.”AND I BELIEVE ONLY GOD CAN DREAM SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP. THAT YOU BEING PERSECUTED CAN LEAD TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A TESTIMONY. BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THEMSELVES. HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'RE SORTA LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES. WE DON'T WANT TO GET OURSELVES INTO TROUBLE. NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE PIONEER, OR THE RAMROD FOR CHRISTIANITY ANYWHERE. NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST PERSON  STANDING UP IN A PLACE AND SAY THIS IS WRONG. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM OUGHT TO ALLOW THIS OR THIS GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO ALLOW THAT OR THIS TOWNSHIP OUGHT TO ALLOW THIS OTHER THING. NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO BE HATED BY EVERYBODY ELSE. (AMEN)  AND THEN THE NEXT THING THAT WE SEE IS OVER IN VERSE 19 HE SAYS, "BY YOUR ENDURANCE YOU WILL GAIN YOUR LIVES.” OR BY RESISTING AND RESISTING NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON AGAINST YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO REGAIN YOUR LIFE. NOW THAT WORD LIFE THERE, I HAD TO LOOK THAT UP THERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT THAT WORD LIFE MEANT AND IT'S THE WORD ZOE. THE GREEK WORD, ZOE, MEANS SUPER HYPER ABUNDANT LIFE, INCREASING, HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY IN EVERYTHING. SO HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE AND EVERY SINGLE TIME THE WORD OF GOD DOES REFER TO HEAVEN, MANY TIMES THERE'LL BE SOME SORT OF A REFERENCE BEFORE OR AFTER THE WORD LIFE REFERRING TO ETERNAL LIFE. SO IT'LL SAY ETERNAL LIFE. OR LIFE EVERLASTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT HERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT HAVING ZOE LIFE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE THAT GOD GETS A TESTIMONY OUT OF. WHEN WE RESIST THE EVIL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLAVOR THAT WE BRING TO THE EARTH BY DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT COMMON. (COME ON) THAT ARE NOT NATURAL, THAT MOST OF US WOULD RESIST DOING IN ANY OTHER CONTEXT. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THAT? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A TESTIMONY OUT OF SOMETHING THAT'S TOUGH COMING YOUR WAY? THIS IS THE PURPOSE. GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG SO THAT HE CAN SHOW THAT HE HAS A VICTORY FOR EVERY CHALLENGE IN EVERY PERSON'S LIFE. (AMENS) IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LOOK DEEP ENOUGH INTO GOD THEIR GOING TO SEE THAT THERE IS A VICTORY FOR EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN THAT'S OUT THERE. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY I HAVE A VICTORY COMING. ( I HAVE A VICTORY COMING) SOON! (SOON!) SEE YOU HAVE A VICTORY COMING SOON AND GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG AND HE HAS A VICTORY FOR YOU. (AMEN) GOD HAS DESIGNED YOUR LIFE TO BE  A VICTORIOUS LIFE. (HALLELUJAH AMENS) THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS COME YOUR WAY THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE VICTORY OVER. (AMEN) NOT SICKNESS, NOT DISEASE, NOT EVEN A DEATH IN YOUR FAMILY. (AMEN) LET'S GO OVER NOW TO PSALM 78, PSALM 78. NOW WE'VE BEEN READING THIS PARTICULAR BOOK OF PSALM FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS TEACHING. PSALM 78 AND I WANT TO START LOOKING IN VERSE 20 AS WE DID LAST WEEK. IT SAYS, "BEHOLD, HE STRUCK THE ROCK SO THAT WATERS GUSHED OUT, AND STREAMS WERE OVERFLOWING; CAN HE GIVE BREAD ALSO? WILL HE PROVIDE MEAT FOR HIS PEOPLE?" IN OTHER WORDS, “I KNOW HE CAN DO THIS BUT CAN HE DO THAT? I KNOW HE'S DELIVERING ME HERE BUT CAN HE DELIVER ME NOW? I KNOW HE DID SOME WONDERFUL THINGS IN THE PAST, BUT CAN HE GET ME THROUGH THIS THING?' NOW WHEN WE ASK GOD IF WE CAN GET THROUGH SOMETHING, WHAT WE'RE ASKING HIM IS, CAN HE GET US THROUGH THIS SO THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE ANY PAIN AND THERE'S NO LAPSE OF TIME. SO THE LAST TIME GOD GOT YOU OUT OF A FIX, THINK BACK ABOUT THE TIME FRAME YOU WERE IN; OKAY THERE WAS A CERTAIN TIME FRAME, MAYBE A CHILD WAS BORN AND MAYBE THERE WAS A CERTAIN TIME FRAME OF POVERTY OR SICKNESS OR SOMETHING GOING ON AND THEN WHATEVER WAS GOING ON FROM THE BEGINNING AND THEN THERE WAS AN END TO THAT SEASON THAT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH. THERE WAS AN END TO THAT SEASON BUT THE SEASON TOOK UP TIME. NOW IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR A SEASON TO TAKE UP A LOT OF  TIME JUST BECAUSE IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME IN THE PAST, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE'RE COMING TO GOD NOW WE'RE GOING, “OKAY I DON'T WANT A SEASON AND I DON'T WANT ANY TIME AT ALL. I WANT THIS THING OVER AND I WANT IT OVER RIGHT NOW. (RIGHT) CERTAINLY GOD CAN SHORTEN THE TIME, HE CAN EVEN LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER SEASON, BUT RECOGNIZE GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG, NOT JUST TO YOU BUT TO EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU. VERSE 21 OF PSALM 78. “THEREFORE THE LORD HEARD AND WAS FULL OF WRATH;” SO WE SEE NOW THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T KIND UNTO THE LORD. “ AND A FIRE WAS KINDLED AGAINST JACOB AND ANGER ALSO MOUNTED AGAINST ISRAEL,  BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IN GOD  AND DID NOT TRUST IN HIS SALVATION.” NOW WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THAT WORD SALVATION AND AGAIN WHAT THE WORD SALVATION MEANS IS THIS: DELIVERANCE, AID, VICTORY, PROSPERITY, HEALTH, HELP, WELFARE, TO AVENGE, TO DEFEND, TO DELIVER; AND TO AVENGE MEANS TO INFLICT PUNISHMENT ON YOUR ADVERSARIES. SO THE WORD SALVATION ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, NOT ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF DAVE GONZALEZ, NOT ACCORDING TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, MEANS TO DELIVER YOU FROM THE MOLESTATION OF YOUR ENEMIES. (AMEN) SO SAID ANOTHER WAY, VERSE 22 IN THE DAVE GONZALEZ AMPLIFIED, “BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IN GOD NOR DID THEY TRUST IN HIS AID, DELIVERANCE, OR VENGEANCE UPON THEIR ENEMIES.” THEY BELIEVED IT HAPPENED BEFORE BUT CAN IT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND PEOPLE LOOK AT THE PAST AS IF IT ALMOST DIDN'T EXIST. THEY LOOK BACK AND THEY REFUSE TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THE POSITION OF HOW PAINFUL IT WAS TO BE IN THE POSITION THAT THEY WERE IN. THEY DON'T REMEMBER AND THEY DON'T GIVE ANY CREDIT TO GOD FOR THEM GETTING THROUGH THAT SITUATION. (RIGHT) NOW GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG IN EVERY SINGLE SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE. THAT MEANS NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO REFLECT BACK BUT YOUR COURAGE HAS TO BE GOING INTO THE FUTURE. NOW WE JUST READ A SCRIPTURE THAT JESUS SAID, “AND IF YOU PERSIST OR BECAUSE OF YOUR ENDURANCE YOU WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE.” OR IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'LL HAVE ZOE LIFE AS A RESULT OF ENDURANCE. (AMEN) YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER LIFE BECAUSE YOU ENDURED AND DIDN'T GIVE UP IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY THAT WILL BE COMING ON IN YOUR LIFE.(GLORY TO GOD) NOW THIS IS GOOD. IF GOD WANTS TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG, HE WANTS TO MAKE YOU A LIVING TESTIMONY. HE WANTS TO HAVE YOUR LIFE BE AN ONGOING TESTIMONY THAT GOD CAN DO SOMETHING GREAT IN ANYBODY. (AMEN) IN ANYBODY! “NOW 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20, 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20 STARTING IN VERSE 2, “THEN SOME 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 (THAT IS ENGEDI). JEHOSHAPHAT WAS AFRAID AND TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO SEEK THE LORD, AND PROCLAIMED A FAST THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH. SO JUDAH GATHERED TOGETHER TO SEEK HELP FROM THE LORD; THEY EVEN CAME FROM ALL THE CITIES OF JUDAH TO SEEK THE LORD.” SO WE SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE TURNING BACK TO GOD BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT IS GREAT THAT'S COMING AGAINST THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO
 BE AS A CHRISTIAN IS YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SOMEONE WHO SAYS, “HANG ON HERE PROBLEM. I'M GOING TO GO GET SPIRITUAL AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND FIX THIS PROBLEM.” YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THE GUY WHO'S TRYING TO PROTECT HIS HOUSE. HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF GUNS IN HIS HOUSE BUT HE'S NEVER SHOT ONE AND WHEN THE BURGLAR COMES IN AND SAYS, “I'M GOING TO BURGLARIZE YOUR HOUSE” AND YOU SAY, “WAIT A MINUTE HERE, LET ME GO OUT AND GET PROFICIENT WITH MY GUNS. LET ME GO LIFT SOME WEIGHTS AND WAIT TILL MY MUSCLES ARE REALLY STRONG AND COME BACK IN A MONTH OR SO AND COME BACK AND SEE ME.” PROBLEMS COME WHEN THEY COME; YOU WANT TO BE READY FOR THEM TO DEFEAT THEM AS SOON AS THEY SHOW UP. (HALLELUJAH AMEN) THEY JUST COME, THEY COME WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. SITUATIONS ARISE WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. LET'S KEEP READING, VERSE 5, “THEN JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD IN THE ASSEMBLY OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD BEFORE THE NEW COURT, AND HE SAID, "O LORD, THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS, ARE YOU NOT GOD IN THE HEAVENS? AND ARE YOU NOT RULER OVER ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE NATIONS? POWER AND MIGHT ARE IN YOUR HAND SO THAT NO ONE CAN STAND AGAINST YOU. "DID YOU NOT, O OUR GOD, DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL AND GIVE IT TO THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM YOUR FRIEND FOREVER?  "THEY HAVE LIVED IN IT, AND HAVE BUILT YOU A SANCTUARY THERE FOR YOUR NAME, SAYING, 'SHOULD EVIL COME UPON US, THE SWORD, OR JUDGMENT, OR PESTILENCE, OR FAMINE, WE WILL STAND BEFORE THIS HOUSE AND BEFORE YOU (FOR YOUR NAME IS IN THIS HOUSE) AND CRY TO YOU IN OUR DISTRESS, AND YOU WILL HEAR AND DELIVER US.'” NOW LET'S 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, THEIR WIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.” SO WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION AND YOUR BACK IS UP AGAINST THE WALL YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT GOD SAYS, “I WANT TO SHOW MYSELF STRONG IN THIS SITUATION. I WANT TO DEFEND YOU IN A WAY THAT IS GOING TO BE SO GREAT.” IN FACT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD WILL BE CONSIDERED ARROGANCE BY OTHER PEOPLE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE SO CONFIDENT IN GOD THAT YOUR DOCTOR, YOUR ACCOUNTANT, AND YOUR BANKER ARE GOING TO SAY THINGS LIKE, “WELL THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT DEAL OF OPTIMISM BUT LET'S FACE THE FACTS. NINETY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO USUALLY GET THIS END UP HAVING TO TAKE THIS MEDICINE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND YOU CAN SAY, “NOT ME, I'M ONE OF THE TEN NOT ONE OF THE NINETY.”(AMEN) AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO TELL YOU THINGS THAT ARE FAITHLESS AND YOU STAND UP IN THE FACE OF ALL THAT AND SAY, “I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.” “WELL YOU KNOW TEN PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET THIS THEY END UP DIEING WITHIN THREE YEARS OR I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITH THESE KINDS OF ISSUES GOING ON IN THEIR BUSINESS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM TURN IT AROUND.” NOW I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS REAL ESTATE FRIEND OF MINE. HE DIDN'T KNOW IT BUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOD AND HOW GOD DELIVERS HIM ALL THE WAY THROUGH. MAYBE YOU KNOW HIM, I DON'T KNOW BUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW GOD HAS DELIVERED HIM AND HE TALKED ABOUT AN INCIDENT BACK  IN THE LATE NINETEEN SEVENTIES, COMING INTO NINETEEN EIGHTY WHERE HE GOT INTO A COUPLE OF BUSINESS DEALS AND EVERYTHING WENT SOUR WHERE HE OWED TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO EVERYONE WITH VIRTUALLY NO INCOME COMING IN. HE SAID THAT WAS WHEN TWO MILLION DOLLARS WAS WORTH TWO MILLION DOLLARS. LISTEN TO THIS, HE SAID I WAS DETERMINED THAT I WAS GOING TO PAY THAT MONEY BACK BUT EVERY THREE MONTHS I WAS GOING BACK TO MY BANKER ASKING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR NOTE SO I COULD JUST PAY OFF THE INTEREST THAT HAD ACCUMULATED OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. HE SAID HE DID THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. NOW THIS IS GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE. THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS GUY'S SHIP IS GOING DOWN. HE SAID, “I JUST BELIEVED THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO GET TURNED AROUND.” (AMEN) IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF A SITUATION THAT YOU'RE IN IF YOU JUST BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SAYING TO YOU, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR SHIP TURNED AROUND, IT'S GOING TO GET TURNED AROUND. (AMEN) IT'S GOING TO GET TURNED AROUND. SEE EVEN THE WORLD KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS. THEY GOT THEIR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL, THEY DON'T JUST BLAME GOD. SOME GUY THAT'S CHEATING ON HIS WIFE, EVERYTHING'S GONE SOUTH; DONALD TRUMP_WHAT DID HE DO; HE DROPPED EVANNA RIGHT? OUT OF THE BLUE EVERYTHING WENT SOUTH FOR THIS GUY AND NOW HE STILL HAS POOFEY HAIR, HE'S GOT ALL THESE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES COMING BEFORE HIM PLAYING THIS GAME ON TV TO SEE IF THEY'RE  BUSINESS PEOPLE AND HE'S BASICALLY TELLING THEM THEY'RE FIRED. YOU KNOW THE DONALD TRUMP WAY AND HE'S RISEN BACK TO THE TOP, IN FACT HE ROSE BACK TO THE TOP RATHER QUICKLY BECAUSE HE HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIMSELF. I'M NOT SAYING GO AND DO WHAT HE DID. I'M SAYING HE HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIMSELF THAT HE COULD PULL IT OFF. AND IF A MAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW GOD AND IS WALKING COMPLETELY AWAY FROM GOD CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE, WHY SHOULDN'T THE CHURCH HAVE CONFIDENCE? (AMEN) WHY SHOULDN'T WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN PULL THIS THING OFF? (RIGHT HALLELUJAH) AMEN? (YEP AMENS) THEN YOU CAN TURN BACK AND SAY, “IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS GOD.” (HALLELUJAH) “IT'S GOD WHO DELIVERED ME FROM THIS THING. GOD GOT ME THROUGH THIS THING. GOD GAVE ME WISDOM TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. (AMEN) AMEN? (AMENS) LET'S KEEP READING IN VERSE 15, “AND HE SAID, IN OTHER WORDS A PROPHET 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. (AMEN) IF GOD IS GOING TO HAVE YOU BE A LIVING TESTIMONY, YOU MUST EXPECT THE BATTLE TO BE HIS, NOT YOURS. (AMENS ) I SAID YOU MUST EXPECT THE BATTLE TO BE HIS, NOT YOURS. NOW LET'S KEEP READING, '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. NOW GOD IS SAYING GO DOWN AND FACE YOUR BATTLE. GO DOWN THERE, GET OUT OF YOUR BED, PUT ON A TIE, LOOK IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR A JOB, GO TO WORK TODAY AS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE VICTORIOUS NO MATTER WHAT YOUR BOSSES HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU. (AMEN) GET IN YOUR CAR OR GET IN FRONT OF YOUR COMPUTER, GO OUT AND GRAB YOUR HAMMERS OR WHATEVER YOU DO, WHATEVER YOUR INCOME THING IS AND GO TO WORK, GO MAKE YOUR SALES CALLS, GET ON THE PHONE, GO DOOR TO DOOR, WHATEVER IT IS, AND YOU DO IT AS IF TODAY IS THE DAY OF YOUR DELIVERANCE. (AMEN) YOU GO OUT AND YOU MEET THE ENEMY (YES) AND THE ENEMY FOR MANY OF YOU IS THE UNKNOWN. (AMEN) “OH MAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET UP ONE MORE DAY AND DO IT.” IF YOU DON'T GET UP, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FORCED TO GET UP AT SOME TIME. YOU GOT TO AT LEAST GET UP AND GET A DRINK OF WATER. HELLO. COME ON. (YES) YOU ARE AT LEAST GOING TO GET UP AND EAT. (RIGHT) YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET UP AND GET A VICTORY FOR YOURSELF. (AMEN) YOU CAN'T LAY IN BED ALL DAY. YOU CAN'T LAY IN BED ALL DAY, DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, BE DEPRESSED AND KINDA HIDE OUT FROM THE WORLD. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING FOR THE WORLD. (AMEN) LET'S KEEP READING IN VERSE 17, “YOU NEED NOT FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE; STATION YOURSELVES, STAND AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD ON YOUR BEHALF, O JUDAH AND JERUSALEM.' DO NOT FEAR OR BE DISMAYED; TOMORROW GO OUT TO FACE THEM, FOR THE LORD IS WITH YOU." AND WE SEE THAT WORD SALVATION HERE AGAIN IN THIS VERSE, “STAND AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.” IN OTHER WORDS GO OUT AND FIGHT YOUR BATTLE. GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO. BUT AS YOU ARE DOING IT RECOGNIZE THAT GOD IS GOING TO GIVE YOU DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOLESTATION OF YOUR ENEMIES. GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER YOU. (AMENS) GOD IS GOING TO TAKE YOU OUT OF THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE IN AND HE'S GOING TO BRING YOU INTO A BRAND NEW PLACE. (HALLELUJAH AMEN) LET'S KEEP READING VERSE 18, “JEHOSHAPHAT BOWED HIS HEAD WITH HIS FACE TO THE GROUND, AND ALL JUDAH AND THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM FELL DOWN BEFORE THE LORD, WORSHIPING THE LORD.” THEY WERE WORSHIPING HIM AS IF THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR DELIVERY. DID YOU KNOW MOST CHRISTIANS CAN'T WORSHIP OR PRAISE GOD UNTIL THEY ALREADY HAVE THE VICTORY. (RIGHT) THE SAD THING IS THAT AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, I BUMP INTO WAY TO MANY CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE TO HAVE THE VICTORY BEFORE THEY PRAISE GOD AND ONCE THEY GET THEIR VICTORY, THEIR PRAISE OF GOD IS VERY SHORT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T PRAISING GOD BEFOREHAND. (THAT'S RIGHT) YOU NEED TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE PRAISING GOD WHETHER YOU SEE THE VICTORY COMING OR NOT. WHETHER YOU FEEL THE VICTORY OR NOT. WHETHER EVERYONE IS SNARLING AT YOU OR NOT DOESN'T CHANGE A THING. (RIGHT AMEN) ONE THOUSAND MAY FALL AT YOUR SIDE AND TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT HAND, PSALM 91, WE JUST READ THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BUT IT SHALL NOT COME NIGH THEE, IT SHALL NOT COME NEAR YOU, AMEN? (AMENS) ONLY STAND BACK AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD. STAND AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD. THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE SALVATION, THE DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOLESTATION OF THEIR ENEMY. LET'S KEEP READING. LET'S FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS DAY. VERSE 20, “THEY ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WENT OUT TO THE WILDERNESS,” AND THEN IT GOES ON AND THIS IS A FAMOUS VERSE. I CALL THIS THE GOOD VISION VERSE. AND WHY I CALL IT THE GOOD VISION VERSE, IT'S THE VERSE WITH 20/20 VISION. BECAUSE IT'S IN 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20 VERSE 20. IT'S GOT 20/20 VISION AND IT SAYS THIS,..."LISTEN TO ME, O JUDAH AND INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM, PUT YOUR TRUST IN THE LORD YOUR GOD AND YOU WILL BE ESTABLISHED.” DO YOU KNOW WHAT ESTABLISHED MEANS? FIRMLY ROOTED. (RIGHT) NOT MOVEABLE, NO MATTER WHAT WIND OF CHANGE COMES YOUR WAY YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE BLOWN AROUND NO MATTER WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN YOUR HOUSE OR WITH YOUR
 FINANCES OR WITH YOUR JOB, (YES)  OR WITH YOUR COMPANY, (YES) OR WITH WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, OR YOUR STOCKS, OR YOUR BONDS, OR YOUR HEALTH. YOU'RE NOT MOVEABLE. (AMEN) SOMEONE COMPLIMENTED ME AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY WERE COMPLIMENTING ME ABOUT A MONTH AGO. HE SAID, “YOU'RE A HOPELESS ROMANTIC OPTIMIST. I SAID, “YES AMEN.” (LAUGHING) IT WAS A COMBINATION OF WORDS. TO SAY YOUR ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH BEING AN OPTIMIST. I GUESS IF THAT'S WHAT  YOU WANT TO THINK AND YOU THINK THAT'S A NEGATIVE, I'LL TAKE THE BLESSING THAT COMES WITH THAT. (HALLELUJAH AMEN) AMEN, OKAY. NOW LET'S KEEP READING, “AND YOU WILL BE ESTABLISHED. PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIS PROPHETS AND SUCCEED." PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIS PROPHETS AND SUCCEED.” HILTON SUTTON COMES HERE, HE'S HERE ALMOST ONCE A YEAR. HE COMES HERE AND HE SAYS, “THERE'S NO DOOM AND GLOOM IN THE END TIME. YOU'RE GOING TO GET RAPTURED OUT OF HERE BEFORE SATAN TAKES OVER ONLY ONE THIRD OF THE EARTH. HE'S NEVER GOING TO GET TOTAL CONTROL OF THE EARTH AND HE PREACHES A MESSAGE THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS REALLY HEARD. WHERE ALL THE OTHER            DOOM AND GLOOM PREACHERS ARE OUT THERE ARE GOING, “THIS IS A SIGN THAT GOD IS GOING TO JUDGE AMERICA. GOD HASN'T JUDGED AMERICA. (YEAH) IF HE HAD WANTED TO JUDGE AMERICA, HE WOULD HAVE TO JUDGE EVERY OTHER NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH FIRST. (AMEN) AND JUDGE THEM SO SEVERELY THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING LEFT. (THAT'S RIGHT) YET ABRAHAM ARGUED WITH GOD ABOUT JUST THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. “IF THERE'S TEN RIGHTEOUS IN THE CITY WILL YOU DESTROY IT?” HE COULD HAVE KEPT GOING; HE COULD HAVE WHITTLED GOD DOWN TO ONE. LOT WAS THERE AND SODOM AND GOMORRAH WOULD HAVE KEPT UP. (AMEN) THERE ARE MORE THAN TEN RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH. (AMEN) THAT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP THIS WHOLE COUNTRY GOING, (HALLELUJAH) KEEP DESTRUCTION FROM COMING THIS WAY. (AMEN) THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS GOD IS NOT JUDGING THIS COUNTRY BUT WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING IS MERELY THE BIRTH PANGS OF THE END OF THE AGE. (AMEN) NOW JUMP DOWN TO VERSE 23, “FOR THE SONS OF AMMON AND MOAB ROSE UP AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF MOUNT SEIR DESTROYING THEM COMPLETELY; AND WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED WITH THE INHABITANTS OF SEIR, THEY HELPED TO DESTROY ONE ANOTHER.” IN OTHER WORDS EVERYONE STARTED FIGHTING AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE. ALL THE ENEMIES WERE FIGHTING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. VERSE 24, “WHEN JUDAH CAME TO THE LOOKOUT OF THE WILDERNESS, THEY LOOKED TOWARD THE MULTITUDE, AND BEHOLD, THEY WERE CORPSES LYING ON THE GROUND, AND NO ONE HAD ESCAPED.” I CAN JUST SEE VULTURES FLYING EVERYWHERE. AND PACKS OF DOGS ALREADY ARE COMING IN STARTING TO FEED ON ALL THE DEAD CARCASSES. IN VERSE 25, “WHEN JEHOSHAPHAT AND HIS PEOPLE CAME TO TAKE THEIR SPOIL, THEY FOUND MUCH AMONG THEM, INCLUDING GOODS, GARMENTS AND VALUABLE THINGS WHICH THEY TOOK FOR THEMSELVES, MORE THAN THEY COULD CARRY. AND THEY WERE THREE DAYS TAKING THE SPOIL BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH.” (HALLELUJAH) A DAY EARLIER, IT LOOKED BAD. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU'RE NOT A LIVING TESTIMONY, YOUR LIFE CAN NEVER BE PUT INTO THE PAGES OF THE WORD OF GOD. DO YOU REALIZE THAT NOAH, HE WAS LIVING IN A DAY AND AGE  WHERE EVERYONE WAS WICKED AND FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS HE WAS BUILDING A BOAT. BUT THAT WASN'T THE END OF HIS LIFE. AFTER THAT BOAT CAME BACK DOWN AND RESTED ON MOUNT ARARAT AND EVERYONE GOT OUT AND ALL THE ANIMALS GOT OUT, NOAH STILL HAD EXPERIENCES THAT COULD BE A BLESSING BEFORE THE LORD AND WE READ ABOUT IT. WHEN WE GO TO THE BOOK OF JOB WE DON'T READ ABOUT A MAN THAT HAD A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH AND NOTHING WRONG EVER HAPPENED TO HIM. WE READ ABOUT A MAN THAT WAS VERY VERY WEALTHY, HE WAS THE WEALTHIEST MAN ON THE EARTH AT THAT TIME. HE WAS OF THE GENEALOGICAL LINE OF ADAM AND EVE, WE CAN FOLLOW THAT LINE RIGHT UP UNTO THE DATE THAT HE WAS BORN. THEN WE FOUND OUT HE LOST HIS HEALTH, WEALTH, AND ALL TEN OF HIS CHILDREN WITHIN JUST A VERY SHORT SPAN OF TIME. HIS WEALTH AND HIS CHILDREN WERE WITHIN HOURS. HIS HEALTH IN ANOTHER DAY. AND GOD SHOWED HIMSELF STRONG THROUGH THAT MAN. JOB IF HE HAD JUST LISTENED TO THE VOICE OF HIS WIFE WHEN SHE SAID, “JUST CURSE GOD AND DIE.” IF HE DID THAT, THAT BOOK WOULDN'T BE IN HERE BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO LIVING TESTIMONY TO READ ABOUT. (THAT'S RIGHT) RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU COME TO A STORY IN THE BIBLE, IT'S TO GIVE YOU HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT. (AMEN) THERE ISN'T A STORY ABOUT DOOM AND GLOOM OF THOSE THAT FOLLOWED AFTER GOD.  YOU GET OVER THERE WHERE THEY'RE BEING BEATEN WITH RODS AND THEY'RE THROWN INTO JAIL AND THEY'RE PRAISING GOD AT THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AND THE WHOLE JAIL IS SHAKEN AND THE CHAINS COME OFF AND THE GATED FLY OPEN AND THE JAILER WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF OVER IN THE BOOK OF ACTS. WE FIND OUT THAT THAT'S ANOTHER VICTORY THAT THEY WERE GIVING HONOR AND PRAISE TO GOD IN THE MIDST OF A TRAIL AND TRIBULATION. IF GOD CAN'T SHOW HIMSELF STRONG THROUGH YOU, YOU HAVE MISSED THE PURPOSE OF YOUR CONCEPTION. (AMEN) YOU WERE CONCEIVED FOR A PURPOSE, YOU WERE CONCEIVED TO GET SOMETHING GREAT DONE. (AMEN) SOMEONE CAME TO ME YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD, THEY SAID, “WHAT ABOUT ALL THE RAPE VICTIMS?” I SAID, “GOD CAN SHOW HIMSELF STRONG THROUGH A RAPE VICTIM.” THAT'S WHY ABORTION ISN'T RIGHT IN ANY CASE. (AMEN) I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT THE GUY OUT OF MINNESOTA, JAMES ROBISON, HE WAS THE PRODUCT OF A VICTIM OF RAPE AND HIS MOTHER WAS GOING TO GET AN ABORTION. SHE PRAYED AND THE LORD SPOKE TO HER AND SAID, “IF YOU WILL NOT ABORT THIS CHILD FROM YOUR WOMB, I WILL MAKE HIM A GREAT MAN OF GOD,” WHICH JAMES ROBISON HAS TURNED OUT TO BE. (HALLELUJAH) AND HE'S A PRODUCT OF RAPE. (AMEN) THERE IS A REASON FOR EVERYONE THAT IS BORN IN THE EARTH TO CARRY OUT SOMETHING THAT IS GREAT. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE THE PRODUCT OF, WHAT KIND OF A WEIRD BACKGROUND THAT YOU CAME FROM, THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS, WHATEVER, IT DOESN'T MATTER, GOD CAN USE YOU AND IF YOU ARE UNWILLING TO BE USED OF GOD YOU HAVE RUINED THE VERY REASON WHY YOU WERE CONCEIVED IN THE FIRST PLACE. (AMEN) GOD PUT THE SEED OF GREATNESS IN YOU AND HE PLANNED ON USING YOU AS A VEHICLE TO GIVE OTHERS HOPE. (AMEN HALLELUJAH YES) AND IF YOU ARE UNWILLING TO DO THAT, THEN YOU HAVE MISSED THE POINT OF YOUR LIFE. THE POINT OF YOUR LIFE ISN'T TO LAY ON THE BEACH TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR. FIFTY WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR, NOT FIFTY TWO. (LAUGHING) AMEN? (AMEN) AND IF YOU'RE SUFFERING FOR JESUS ON THE BEACH, NO ONE IS GOING TO GET IT. AMEN? (YES) NOT FIFTY TWO WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING? (YES AMEN) THE WHOLE POINT OF YOUR LIFE IS TO PRODUCE. THE WHOLE POINT OF YOUR LIFE IS TO DO SOMETHING GREAT. YOU MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO BE PLEASING TO GOD BUT BEING A LIVING TESTIMONY BEFORE GOD. (AMEN) YOU CAN DO IT IN ONE DAY, BUT WE ALL KNOW A LIVING TESTIMONY DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ONE DAY AND DIE IN ONE DAY. IT'S A PROCESS. (THAT'S RIGHT) YOU GET UP AND YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO DO, YOU KEEP GOING.

OUR MINISTRY GUEST IS PASTOR DAN STRATTON OF FAITH EXCHANGE CHURCH AND PROVISION NETWORK. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY HIS MESSAGE.

HI I'M DAN STRATTON I'M GLAD THAT YOU TUNED IN TODAY. I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE PROVISION NETWORK. WE ARE PULLING PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS THE WORLD. REALLY FORMING TEAMS SO THAT WE CAN BECOME MORE LIKE THE BIBLE DESCRIBES AS THE BODY OF CHRIST. IN ORDER FOR US TO SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ALL HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS WE HAVE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND WE HAVE TO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. AND LOVING EACH OTHER REALLY HELPS US, REALLY MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP EACH OTHER GET TO OUR DESTINATION, GET US TO OUR CALLING SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO SET YOU UP FOR EPHESIANS THE FOURTH CHAPTER. IF I TEACH ANY CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE MORE THAN OTHERS IT'S EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4. BECAUSE IN MY GENERATION AND AT LEAST WITH WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO, AND I THINK IF YOU PAY ATTENTION IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE HEARING IN YOUR OWN SPIRIT IN YOUR QUIET TIMES GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU AS WELL IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK TOGETHER; WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS TOGETHER. AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND YOU'LL SEE IN EPHESIANS THE FOURTH CHAPTER A LOT OF THOSE TEACHINGS. I PASTOR A CHURCH DOWN ON WALL STREET. A WORD CHURCH DOWN ON WALL STREET AND YOU KNOW IT'S AN INTERESTING THING BECAUSE EVERYTHING I TEACH HAS TO SHOW A PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND A RESULT. SOON OR PEOPLE YOU  KNOW AREN'T REAL QUICK TO BELIEVE IT OR FOLLOW IT. IT SAYS HERE IN EPHESIANS 4, PAUL IS TALKING, "I THEREFORE, THE PRISONER OF THE LORD, BESEECH YOU THAT YE WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION WHEREWITH YE ARE CALLED," NOW NOTICE THERE IS A THEREFORE IN THAT SENSE AND YOU GOTTA LOOK AND SEE WHAT IT'S THERE FOR. IT SAYS CHAPTER FOUR RIGHT ABOVE IT BUT THIS THOUGHT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE THOUGHT PRIOR TO THIS. WHICH IS ALL ABOUT UNITY AND YOU BACK UP TO VERSE 15 IN CHAPTER 3 IT SAYS; CHAPTER 15-17 "OF WHOM THE WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IS NAMED, THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY, TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT BY HIS SPIRIT IN THE INNER MAN; THAT CHRIST," OR THE ANOINTING, THAT THAT VICTORIOUS MIND SET, THAT THAT EMPOWERING MIND SET, " MAY DWELL IN YOU," YOU KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY THERE. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BRING US TOGETHER IS WHEN WE REALIZE THAT WE ALL BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. AND THAT WE ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPERS AND THAT ONE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE A GIVER AND THE OTHER ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TAKER. WE'RE BOTH GIVERS AND TAKERS AT THE ALL TIMES. I NEED SOMETHING AND HAVE I SOMETHING TO GIVE, YOU NEED SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE. AND WITH THAT MIND SET WE CAN BEGIN TO FLOW IN UNITY. "I THEREFORE, THE PRISONER OF THE LORD, BESEECH YOU THAT YE WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION WHEREWITH YE ARE CALLED," YOU NEED TO BEGIN TO GIVE YOURSELF TO YOUR GIFTS AND WALK WORTHY OF IT CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU ARE CALLED TO. WHAT ARE MY GIFTS, WHAT ARE THEY YA KNOW. YOU HAVE TO REALLY BEGIN TO ASK YOURSELF THAT QUESTION AND GET GOOD AT SOMETHING. GET GOOD AT SOMETHING. BEGIN TO PAY ATTENTION. AND I DON'T MEAN GET GOOD AT SLEEPING. I DON'T MEAN GET GOOD AT EATING. I MEAN GET GOOD AT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE USEFUL TO OTHER PEOPLE. GET GOOD AT HELPING. GET GOOD AT CLEANING UP. GET GOOD AT WRITING CODE. GET GOOD AT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE LORD IS SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT, BUT JUST GET GOOD AT IT. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HERE WHEN IT SAYS, "... WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION. WITH ALL LOWLINESS, WITH HUMILITY, AND MEEKNESS AND OBEDIENCE, WITH LONGSUFFERING (STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS, RESILIENCY & PERSISTENCY,) FORBEARING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE;" MEANING WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. MEANING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH EACH OTHERS QUIRKS. ACTUALLY LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCES. ENDEAVORING TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT. REALLY TRYING TO STAY TOGETHER, NOT ONLY IN, IN THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IS THE ONLY CAN STAY TOGETHER, THE ONLY WAY MY WIFE AND I CAN STAY TOGETHER, THE ONLY WAY MY CHURCH CAN STAY TOGETHER IS WE JUST DECIDE THAT THIS SCRIPTURE IS FINAL AUTHORITY AND THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE EACH OTHER. AND THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO QUIT EACH OTHER, KICK EACH OTHER TO THE CURB, TRASH EACH OTHERS REPUTATIONS. ALL THAT STUFF. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE, THROUGH A STUDYING OF THE SCRIPTURE IN THE BOND OF PEACE. WHOLENESS, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO BREAK PEOPLE APART. WE'RE NOT IN COMPETITION, I'M THE BEST, I'M THE FASTEST, I'M THE RICHEST, I YOU KNOW. THERE'S NOT A COMPETITION. IT'S ACTUALLY IF I HAVE IT THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE IT. BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT IF YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE TO BRING A GIVING THING TO ME FIRST BEFORE YOU GET TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM ME. YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT JUST A GIVER I'M ALSO A RECEIVER JUST LIKE YOU ARE. WE'RE BOTH AT ALL TIMES. THERE IS ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT, EVEN AS YOU ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING, ONE LORD, ONE, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM; I'M EMPHASIZING THE WORD ONE. DID YOU GET THAT? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAJOR ON ALL THOSE OTHER WORDS AND I JUST TELLING YOU THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD IN THOSE SENTENCES IS ONE. ONE. ONE. ONE. YOU THINK ABOUT. THAT THERE IS NO WAY, YOU KNOW. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT WITH MY WIFE IT'S, WE ARE ONE. AND WHEN WE ARE ONE THE IDEA OF BEING TWO IS NOT EVEN CONSIDERED. YOU KNOW? DIVORCE, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW. WE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT WHEN WE'RE IN DISAGREEMENTS OR YOU KNOW SOMETHING GOES DOWN THAT COULD CAUSE A DIVORCE IT'S JUST NOT WHAT COMES UP. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE OPTION. WE GO INTO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE AND THEY START HAVING A BAD YEAR, WE DON'T THINK LAW SUITS, WE DON'T THINK, AWE THINK, HOW DO WE GET THIS THING SOLVED. NO MATTER WHAT! NO MATER WHAT'S BEEN SAID. YOU KNOW WE'RE ONE. WE'RE ONE BODY. IF SOMEBODY MESSES UP IN CHURCH OR IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S DEAR TO ME, I'M NOT LOOKING TO CAUSE THEM TO SUFFER OR HURT THEM ON SOME LEVEL BECAUSE WE ARE ONE. WE'RE ONE WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IN THIS, IT SAYS, "ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL. BUT UNTO EVERY ONE OF US IS GIVEN GRACE ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF THE GIFT OF CHRIST." NOW THE MEASURE OF THE GIFT OF CHRIST, A LOT PEOPLE HAVE USED THAT GOD MEASURES DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THIS GIFT TO US. NO IT'S THAT WE MEASURE. YOU KNOW WE GET TO HOW MUCH TIME AM I GOING TO SPEND MEDITATING THE GIFT OF CHRIST? WELL IT'S HARD TO EVEN MEDITATE IT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CHRIST IS. CHRIST IS A GREEK WORD FOR THE HEBREW WORD MOSHEIACK WHICH WE TRANSLATE AS MESSIAH. THAT I SOUND THAT MOSHEE SOUND IN MOSHEIACK THAT'S THE LETTER UDE WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE GODHEAD. SO THE MESSA OR THE OTHER PART OF THAT WORD IS ACTUALLY THE MESSIAH MASSA THAT MEANS TO RUB ON. SO IT MEANS GOD IS RUBBED ALL OVER US AND HE'S ACTUALLY ON THE INSIDE OF US. HOW MUCH GOD RUBBED ON YOU? HOW MUCH IS GOD ON THE INSIDE OF YOU? AND REALLY YOU DETERMINE THAT. HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THAT? BY DOING EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS READING. I'VE ALREADY READ 7 SCRIPTURES, I'VE ALREADY QUOTED A FEW SCRIPTURES AROUND THIS JUST TO HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THESE SCRIPTURES BUT THAT'S HOW YOU IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE SCRIPTURE AND THAT'S HOW YOU MEASURE TO YOURSELF THE GIFT OF CHRIST. SO HE SAYS EVERYONE IS GIVEN GRACE. WHAT IS GRACE? GRACE IS KIND OF A FAVOR FOR PROMOTION BUT IT'S ALSO, GRACE IS AN ABILITY TO APPRECIATE OTHER PEOPLES SKILLS, IT'S AN ABILITY NOT TO NOT TO GO NEGATIVE AND JUDGMENTAL ON OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SCRIPTURES THAT TEACH YOU NOT TO BE JUDGMENTAL BECAUSE IF YOUR JUDGMENTAL THEN GOD'S GOT TO BE JUDGMENTAL BACK TO YOU AND YOU WILL NOT MEASURE UP IN AND OF YOURSELF.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON PASTOR DAN STRATTON AT WWW.FAITHEXCHANGE.ORG OR WWW.MYPVNCOMMUNITY.COM . NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR MESSAGE WITH PASTOR DAVID GONZALEZ.

YOU GET UP AND YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO DO, YOU KEEP GOING. AMEN? (AMENS) LET'S GO OVER TO 1 PETER CHAPTER 2, 1 PETER CHAPTER 2 STARTING IN VERSE 1,  “ THEREFORE, PUTTING ASIDE ALL MALICE AND ALL DECEIT AND HYPOCRISY AND ENVY AND ALL SLANDER,” WOW, THAT JUST ELIMINATED HALF THE CHURCH THERE (PASTOR IS LAUGHING) OH MY GOODNESS. “LIKE NEWBORN BABIES, LONG FOR THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD, SO THAT BY IT YOU MAY GROW IN RESPECT TO SALVATION, IF YOU HAVE TASTED THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD. AND COMING TO HIM AS TO A LIVING STONE WHICH HAS BEEN REJECTED BY MEN, BUT IS CHOICE AND PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, YOU ALSO, AS LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT UP AS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE FOR A HOLY PRIESTHOOD, TO OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.” LET'S ANALYZE THIS. FIRST OF ALL WE FIND OUT WE'RE SUPPOSE TO PUT ASIDE ALL THESE NEGATIVE HUMAN TRAITS AND THEN IN VERSE 2 IT SAYS COME AND ENJOY THE WORD LIKE A NEWBORN BABE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT A NEWBORN BABE DOES? I'VE HAD EIGHT OF THEM. I'VE SEEN WHAT THEY DO. WHEN THEY CRY, THEY'RE HUNGRY. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN THEY GO FOR THAT BOTTLE OF MILK, THEY'RE GOING AT IT. YOU EVER SEE BIRDS THAT ARE BEING FED LITTLE WORMS FROM MOM OR SOME BIRD THAT COMES BACK WITH CARRION OR HAS ALREADY DIGESTED FISH IN IT'S BELLY AND THAT BIRD IS RIGHT UP THERE SCREAMING WITH IT'S MOUTH WIDE OPEN. GIVE IT TO ME, GIVE IT TO ME, GIVE IT TO ME. YOU NEED TO COME INTO CHURCH, YOU NEED TO BE READING YOUR BIBLE, YOU NEED TO PRAY LIKE NEWBORN BABES. (RIGHT) LIKE THERE'S NO HIDDEN AGENDAS OR PREJUDICES OR PREDETERMINATIONS GOING ON IN YOUR THOUGHT LIFE, WHERE YOU DON'T BELIEVE SOMETHING, BUT YOU'RE JUST KIND OF GOING, “WELL, I'M HEAR JUST TO SHOW PASTOR THAT I LOVE HIM BUT I'M NOT REALLY_”. NO YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE A BIRD THAT'S READY TO GET THAT FEED, LIKE A BABY READY TO GET THAT BOTTLE, FEEDING ON THE WORD. WHEN A BABY SUCKS ON THAT BOTTLE, IT'S NOT WONDERING IF IT'S POISON. (LAUGHING) WHEN THAT BIRD IS FEEDING, IT'S NOT WONDERING I'LL TASTE SOME OF THIS WHAT MOM IS BRINGING BACK BUT I'LL SPIT IT OUT IF IT DOESN'T TASTE GOOD. THEY'RE EXPECTING IT TO BE EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED AT THIS TIME. (AMEN) AND YOU NEED TO COME IN AND HEAR THE WORD OF GOD HERE AND YOU NEED TO GO (MAKING SOUNDS OF HUNGER) JUST SUCKING UP THE WORD. JUST GIVE IT TO ME PASTOR, JUST GIVE IT TO ME, I'M JUST GOING TO BE OPEN, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, GIVE IT TO ME. (AMEN) AND NOT COME IN AND GO, “WELL YOU'RE PREACHING ON THIS SUBJECT AGAIN?” (LAUGHING) “I'M JUST GOING TO JUDGE WHAT I'M GOING TO EAT AND NOT EAT.” YOU GOT TO COME IN LIKE NEWBORN BABES AND THAT' S WHAT IT MEANS HERE. (AMEN THAT'S RIGHT) LET'S KEEP READING, “LONG FOR THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD, SO THAT BY IT YOU MAY GROW IN RESPECT TO SALVATION,” NOW AGAIN THAT WORD SALVATION IS SAID UNDER THE CONTEXT OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. RESPECT TO SALVATION WAS NOT MEANING GOING TO HEAVEN, NOT WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN. (AMEN) THAT MEANT IN RESPECT TO HAVING DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOLESTATION OF YOUR ENEMIES AND OVER EVERY PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT GOOD IS THE WORD OF GOD ONCE YOU GET INTO HEAVEN? (YES) I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. ONCE  YOUR SAVED WHAT GOOD IS IT? REALLY, WHAT GOOD IS THE WORD OF GOD WHEN  YOU GET TO HEAVEN? YOU'VE GOT GOD THERE. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU'LL HAVE A QUESTION FOR GOD AND GOD WILL ANSWER YOU EVEN BEFORE YOU FINISH ASKING IT. GOD WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS IN YOUR HEAD AS YOU ASK HIM IN HEAVEN. THE WORD OF GOD IS GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN SO WHAT GOOD IS STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD AND HAVING ALL THESE THINGS GOING ON IF IT'S HEAVEN? BECAUSE THAT SALVATION IS NOT REFERRING TO HEAVEN, IT'S REFERRING TO THE DELIVERANCE FROM ALL THE SITUATIONS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE. (AMENS THAT'S RIGHT) AND YOU COME UP THERE AND (PASTOR MAKING HUNGRY FEED ME SOUND) FEED ME, FEED ME, FEED ME, AND THEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU'RE JUST READY TO TACKLE ANYTHING COMING YOUR WAY. (HALLELUJAH) ANYTHING COMING YOUR WAY. (AMENS THAT'S RIGHT) YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD OUGHT TO BE SO GREAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ARROGANCE TO EVERYBODY ELSE (AMEN) AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT ARROGANCE. IT'S JUST HAVING CONFIDENCE THAT GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER ME. (AMENS HALLELUJAHS) EVERY SINGLE TIME KATHY BECAME PREGNANT AND OUT OF EIGHT KIDS, WE HAD HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ONE AND WHEN SHE GOT PREGNANT, SHE DIDN'T COME TO ME AND GO, “OH DAVE I'M PREGNANT AGAIN. I AM SO SORRY, I JUST REALLY MESSED UP THERE.” I GO, “OH WOMAN WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU WOMAN?! (LAUGHTER) “NINE MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BILL.” (MORE LAUGHING) “WOMAN” (LAUGHING CONTINUES) I DIDN'T SAY THAT TO HER. I SAID, “PRAISE GOD.” AND DO YOU KNOW EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAD A BABY WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO PAY OFF ALL THE BILLS. INCLUDING NICOLETTE WHO WAS JUST_YOU GUYS KNOW ALL THE STORIES; I DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT ALL AGAIN. SO WE WOULD PAY OFF ALL THE BILLS. WE JUST FIGURED IT OUT. SO WE'RE HAVING THE BABY, WE GOT EXPENSES WITH THE BABY, WE GOT TO BUY NEWBORN DIAPERS, YOU KNOW. THAT'S AN EXPENSE, RIGHT? THEN WE GOT TO BUY ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, OF COURSE NO BABY CAN WEAR THE PREVIOUS BABIES CLOTHES, NOT FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME, SO WE NEED TO GET NEW CLOTHES. ALL THESE EXPENSES AND WE DIDN'T HARDLY HAVE ANY MONEY COMING IN. WHEN KATHY WAS PREGNANT WITH OUR FOURTH CHILD, DAVID, WE WERE STILL LIVING IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING COOKING YOU COULD SAY. WE LOOKED LIKE WE NEEDED TO GO ON GOVERNMENT AID, WE JUST LOOKED LIKE THAT. I MEAN WE DRESSED GOOD, WE SMELL GOOD, WE TOOK CARE OF OURSELVES, BUT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD FOR US. I'M SURE PEOPLE SAID, “DAVE GONZALEZ HAS A BUNCH OF KIDS LIVING IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, HE'S SELLING FLAGS FOR A LIVING. THAT GUY IS A JOKE. (LAUGHING) AND HE TALKS ABOUT GOD ALL THE TIME. (LAUGHING) WHAT AN IDIOT. (LAUGHING) THIS GUY NEEDS TO GET WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD, HE NEEDS TO GET A REAL JOB AND HE NEEDS TO GET HIS WIFE A HOUSE. HE'S DOING EVERYTHING WRONG.” YET GOD HAS BLESSED US. (AMEN) ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING? (AMENS) HE CAN SHOW HIMSELF STRONG. WE DIDN'T PLAN EVERYTHING OUT. WE DIDN'T GO. “OKAY, LET'S HAVE THREE GIRLS AND THREE BOYS AND A GIRL AND A BOY, WE'LL BALANCE IT OUT.” I TELL PEOPLE THAT I PLANNED IT THAT WAY, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT KATHY PLANNED IT THAT WAY, I DIDN'T PLAN IT THAT WAY. (LAUGHTER) YOU DON'T PLAN THAT KIND OF STUFF. YOU DON'T GET ALL YOUR THINGS LINED UP, YOU DON'T GET ALL YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS LINED UP AND DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE AHEAD WITH A PROJECT. YOU MOVE AHEAD WITH A PROJECT AND YOU JUST BELIEVE GOD THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO FALL INTO PLACE. (AMEN RIGHT) I'M A LIVING WITNESS. KATHY IS A LIVING WITNESS, OUR CHILDREN OUR LIVING WITNESSES TO THIS THING IS POSSIBLE. (AMEN) YOU ARE A LIVING WITNESS THAT THIS THING IS POSSIBLE. (THAT'S RIGHT HALLELUJAHS YES AMENS) AMEN? (AMENS) LET'S KEEP READING, “ THAT BY IT YOU MAY GROW IN RESPECT TO SALVATION,” OR YOU MAY GROW IN RESPECT TO HOW TO BE DELIVERED DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN THE SITUATIONS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. DAY IN AND DAY OUT. VERSE 3, “ IF YOU HAVE TASTED THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD. AND COMING TO HIM AS TO A LIVING STONE,” IN OTHER WORDS HE'S BEING CALLED A LIVING STONE, JESUS IS, “ WHICH HAS BEEN REJECTED BY MEN, BUT IS CHOICE AND PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, YOU ALSO, AS LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT UP AS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE FOR A HOLY PRIESTHOOD_,” SO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE IS SO THAT GOD CAN USE YOU. IF YOU WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE, YOU CAN'T UNSCRAMBLE AN EGG. YOU WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE, YOU GOT SAVED, YOU GOT MARRIED AGAIN AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING, “MAN THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN MY LIFE.” (YES) PRAISE THE LORD. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SECOND MARRIAGE OR WHAT EVER THAT MARRIAGE NUMBER IS WORKS THIS TIME. YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS. WHY? GOD WANTS YOU TO BE A LIVING STONE. HOW CAN YOU HAVE A TESTIMONY IF NOW THAT YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN YOU'RE STILL MAKING THE SAME STUPID MISTAKES YOU WERE MAKING AS BEFORE YOU WERE A CHRISTIAN? (AMEN THAT'S RIGHT) HOW CAN YOU BE A LIVING TESTIMONY? HOW CAN YOU SAY, “WELL GOD SHOWED HIMSELF STRONG THROUGH ME.” WHEN SOMEONE COMES INTO THE CHURCH AND THEY'RE BROKEN AND THEY JUST GOT SAVED AND THEY JUST WENT THROUGH AN UGLY DIVORCE AND THEY COME TO CHURCH, THEY'RE JUST DESTITUTE, BROKEN, HURT, AND EVERYTHING'S GOING WRONG IN THEIR LIFE; HOW CAN ANYONE COME AND MINISTER TO THEM AND SAY, “I WENT THROUGH THAT. GOD DELIVERED ME AND HE'LL DELIVER YOU.” HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT IF GOD DIDN'T REALLY DELIVER YOU? (AMEN) BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO (THAT'S RIGHT) AND YOU CAN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO UNLESS YOU'RE FEEDING ON THE WORD LIKE A NEWBORN BABE. ALL RIGHT LET'S KEEP READING, “AS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE FOR A HOLY PRIESTHOOD, TO OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.” SO YOUR  LIFE IS A SPIRITUAL SACRIFICE AS A RESULT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.” (AMEN) LET'S GO OVER TO LUKE CHAPTER 9, LUKE 9, STARTING TO WIND THIS DOWN HERE SO STICK WITH ME. LUKE CHAPTER 9 STARTING IN VERSE 23. AGAIN YOU CAN SEE JESUS IS TALKING IN THESE VERSES HERE. VERSE 23 IT SAYS, “AND HE WAS SAYING TO THEM ALL, "IF ANYONE WISHES TO COME AFTER ME, HE MUST DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME. FOR WHOEVER WISHES TO SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE, HE IS THE ONE WHO WILL SAVE IT.” WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? YOUR LIFE IS WHAT GOD DESIGNED IT TO BE. IF YOU OPERATE IN THE DESIGN OF GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE FROM THE MOMENT THAT YOU WERE CONCEIVED, THAT PLAN WILL BRING YOU JOY, PROSPERITY, AND LONG LIFE. (AMEN) IT WILL BRING THAT TO YOU. IT WILL BRING ALL THOSE THINGS TO YOU. BUT YOU HAVE TO CARRY IT OUT. AND WHAT DOES JESUS SAY? PICK UP YOUR CROSS YEARLY. ISN'T THAT WHAT IT SAYS THERE? PICK UP YOUR BIBLES AND GO BACK THERE. IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS THERE? (NO) NO, WHAT DOES IT SAY? WEEKLY THEN RIGHT?
 (NO DAILY) WEEKLY? (NO DAILY) DAILY! WELL THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF CHRISTIANITY GOING ON THERE! THAT MEANS EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU'RE LIVING FOR JESUS CHRIST. GOD WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO TODAY? (AMEN) NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE FACING YOU DON'T FACE IT LIKE YOU'RE AN UNBELIEVER. SEE JEHOSHAPHAT ACTED LIKE HE HAD SOME SECRET INSIDE INFORMATION. YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING LIKE YOU HAD SOME SECRET INSIDE INFORMATION. YOU HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION THAT GOD WILL DELIVER YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH. (THAT'S RIGHT) GOD WILL DELIVER YOU. (AMEN THAT'S RIGHT) BUT IF YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING AND GO, “OH I HAVE TO GO TO WORK AGAIN TODAY. OH HONEY I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THIS DAY IS GOING TO BE ANY BETTER THAN YESTERDAY.”  THAT'S NOT CHRISTIANITY. THAT'S WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD IS DOING. (YEP RIGHT) IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LIVING TESTIMONY, YOU GET UP BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT, AND YOU SAY TODAY IS GOING TO BE BETTER THAN YESTERDAY. (HALLELUJAH AMENS) BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BELIEF SYSTEM, WHEN IS IT GOING TO COME TO PASS? IT CAN'T COME TO PASS IF YOU DON'T GIVE IT PERMISSION TO COME TO PASS. (AMEN) IT'S NOT GOING TO COME AND SHOW UP AT YOUR DOOR AND KNOCK AND SAY, “HELLO, HERE'S A GOOD TIME. GOOD TIMES ARE HERE.” AND YOU GO, “WOW I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU BUT COME IN.” (LAUGHING) WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS BE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE WHATEVER YOUR GOOD TIMES ARE (RIGHT) AND WHEN THEY SHOW UP SAY, “HEY I WAS EXPECTING YOU TO SHOW UP. IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GOT HERE; COME ON IN.” (AMENS  YEAHS) BECAUSE YOU WERE EXPECTING THOSE GOOD TIMES TO COME. (THAT'S RIGHT) YOU WERE EXPECTING THE GOOD REPORT. YOU WERE EXPECTING THE BANK ACCOUNT TO INCREASE. YOU WERE EXPECTING NOT TO BE FORECLOSED ON YOUR HOUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE IN THE SIXTH MONTH OF FORECLOSURE. YOU ARE EXPECTING TO GET A TURN AROUND IN YOUR COMPANY. YOU WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING GREAT TO MANIFEST ITSELF FINANCIALLY. YOU WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING GREAT TO HAPPEN WITH YOUR CHILDREN. (HALLELUJAH) YOU WERE EXPECTING. YOU GOT ALL CS AND DS IN SCHOOL BUT YOU WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING GREAT TO HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE BELIEVING GOD FOR IT. (AMEN) YOU WOULD GET UP IN THE MORNING, AND WOULDN'T CURSE YOUR DAY, CURSE YOUR WIFE, AND CURSE YOUR HUSBAND, CURSE YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR CHILDREN, DOG OR CAT. YOU WOULD GET UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU WOULD BLESS THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE POSSESSION OF AND YOU WOULD BE SEEING INTO THE FUTURE. AMEN? (AMENS) PRAISE BE TO GOD. WHAT PURPOSE WOULD COLUMBUS HAVE SERVED TO STAY HOME AND NOT HAD GONE TO THE QUEEN AND SAID, “GIVE ME SOME MONEY, I WANT TO SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE IN 1492.” WHAT PURPOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERVED IF JOB JUST ROLLED OVER AND SAID, “I DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING.” WHAT PURPOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERVED IF NOAH HAD SAID, “BUILD A BOAT?! WITH THESE DIMENSIONS? ARE YOU CRAZY? WE'RE NOT EVEN BOAT BUILDERS! THERE'S NO BODIES OF WATER NEARBY! I”M NOT DOING IT!” WHAT PURPOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERVED FOR ANY OF THE PROPHETS TO GET UP FROM THAT BROOK AND WALK TO A PLACE THAT HE PROBABLY HADN'T BEEN BEFORE AND WAIT FOR A WIDOW WOMAN AT THE WELL AND SAY, “FEED ME. GIVE ME THE LAST OF WHAT YOU HAVE.” WHAT PURPOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERVED FOR THEM TO QUIT BEFORE THE MIRACLE CAME. (RIGHT) WHAT PURPOSE? THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP THE VERY PURPOSE OF THEIR CONCEPTION. (AMEN) CONCEPTION, THEIR BIRTH, THEIR LIFE (THAT'S RIGHT) AMEN? (YES AMENS) GOD WANTS YOU TO BE A LIVING TESTIMONY. (AMEN) A LIVING STONE. SOMETHING THAT CAN HOLD UP THE CORNER OF THIS LIVING CHURCH IN THE EARTH. (HALLELUJAH) THIS CHURCH ISN'T THE BUILDING, THIS CHURCH IS YOU. (THAT'S RIGHT) IT'S YOU AND YOU, AND YOU, IT'S ALL OF YOU. IT'S YOU! IT'S ALL OF YOU. YOU ARE THE CHURCH. (RIGHT) AND WITHOUT YOU GOD CAN'T MOVE AHEAD. (AMEN) AMEN? (AMENS) LET'S CLOSE IT HERE IN 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5, 2 CORINTHIANS 5, 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5, 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5 STARTING IN VERSE 1, “FOR WE KNOW THAT IF THE EARTHLY TENT WHICH IS OUR HOUSE IS TORN DOWN,” IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOUR BODY DIES, “WE HAVE A BUILDING FROM GOD, A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS.” IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GLORIFIED BODY IN HEAVEN. YOUR BODY IS NOT GOING TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW. MEN IF YOU ARE MISSING HAIR, YOU'LL HAVE IT. LADIES IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH HAIR, YOU'LL LOSE IT. (LAUGHING) STUFF LIKE THAT, OKAY? (LAUGHING) “FOR INDEED IN THIS HOUSE WE GROAN, LONGING TO BE CLOTHED WITH OUR DWELLING FROM HEAVEN,  INASMUCH AS WE, HAVING PUT IT ON, WILL NOT BE FOUND NAKED. FOR INDEED WHILE WE ARE IN THIS TENT, WE GROAN, BEING BURDENED, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO BE UNCLOTHED BUT TO BE CLOTHED, SO THAT WHAT IS MORTAL WILL BE SWALLOWED UP BY LIFE.” AGAIN THERE'S THE WORD ZOE AGAIN. ZOE LIFE. SO WHAT HE'S SAYING HERE IS WHY WE'RE IN THIS TENT, THIS EARTHLY TENT, WE DON'T WANT TO BE IMPROPERLY CLOTHED WITHOUT VICTORY IN OUR LIFE. VICTORY IS GOING TO CLOTHE YOU IN THIS EARTHLY TENT. (AMEN) YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ZOE LIFE IN HEAVEN. GOD DOESN'T NEED TO TELL US THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ZOE LIFE IN HEAVEN. HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE WITHOUT TEARS. IT'S GOING TO BE WITHOUT SHAME. IT'S GOING TO BE WITHOUT FEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY YOUR BILLS. WHAT HE IS REFERRING TO HERE IS ENTERING IN TO A LIFE IN THIS EARTH WHERE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS CLOTHING TO YOU. YOUR VICTORIES ARE YOUR CLOTHING. YOUR VICTORIES ARE YOUR CONFIDENCE. YOUR VICTORIES ARE, IF I'M GOING TO BE IN THIS EARTHLY TENT, I WANT ZOE LIFE OR THAT SUPER HYPER ABUNDANT LIFE. I WANT MORE THAN ENOUGH COMING IN AND AS A RESULT OF VICTORIES THAT GOD GIVES ME, THIS WILL HAPPEN NATURALLY. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HAPPEN. I'M GOING TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD IN THE SITUATIONS I'M DEALING WITH. (THAT'S RIGHT) I MEAN I'VE HAD SITUATIONS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GO HOME AND SIT IN THE DARK. ANYONE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? (YES AMEN) AND SOME DAYS I HAVE TO SHUT ALL THE SHADES TO GET THAT TO HAPPEN. I JUST WANT TO SIT THERE AND NOT DO ANYTHING. AND I KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR ME. NOW I KNOW I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BUT TEN, FIFTEEN, TWENTY YEARS AGO, MAN AS SOON AS KATHY CAME IN THE DOOR I'D BE MOUTHING OFF TO HER ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH MY DAY. WELL THAT'S NOT A WITNESS, IS IT? (NO) BUT YOU CAN HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE DOING THAT, BUT YOU RESIST IT AND YOU MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR FAITH AGAINST WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING AND YOU SAY, “I DON'T CARE WHAT I SEE WITH MY EYES, GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER ME PERMANENTLY FROM THIS SITUATION.” (AMENS) AMEN? 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.

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.