04-05-09 WAIT ON SALVATION – TFE

IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN WE STARTED THIS CHURCH IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN I BOUGHT THIS LAND. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN WE WERE GETTING KICKED OUT OF THAT OTHER BUILDING THERE BACK IN 2004. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT.

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.

TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WAITING ON SALVATION. SOME OF THE EASIEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE THE LEAST PROFITABLE TO DO. SOME OF THE EASIES THINGS TO DO IN LIFE ARE THE LEAST PROFITABLE FOR YOU. SIN, DOUBT, FEAR, ANGER, BITTERNESS, RESENTMENT, THESE ARE ALL EASY THINGS TO PARTICIPATE IN; UNBELIEF, IMPATIENCE, DOUBLE MINDEDNESS, THESE ARE EASY THINGS TO DO. THEY'RE SOME OF THE EASIEST THINGS IN LIFE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SPECIAL TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM, BUT THEY'RE THE LEAST PROFITABLE THINGS FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO GET OVER INTO THE PROFITABLE AREA OF LIFE. WE WANT TO SEEK LIFE AND NOT DEATH IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) LET'S GO OVER TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 40, VERSE 28. “DO YOU NOT KNOW? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? THE EVERLASTING GOD, THE LORD, THE CREATOR OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH DOES NOT BECOME WEARY OR TIRED. HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INSCRUTABLE. HE GIVES STRENGTH TO THE WEARY, AND TO HIM WHO LACKS MIGHT HE INCREASES POWER. THOUGH YOUTHS GROW WEARY AND TIRED, AND VIGOROUS YOUNG MEN STUMBLE BADLY, YET THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD WILL GAIN NEW STRENGTH; THEY WILL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES, THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GET TIRED, THEY WILL WALK AND NOT BECOME WEARY.” LAST WEEK WE LOOKED AT ISAIAH CHAPTER 7 WHERE IN VERSE 14, IT TALKED ABOUT IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US. WHAT WE FOUND OUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WASN'T JUST THE PROMISE OF GOD BEING WITH US, BUT IT WAS US WITH GOD. OR GOD IS WITH US, HE'S BEHIND US, HE'S BACKING US UP. WHEN I GO TO THE SCHOOLYARD AND IF I HAVE A BIG GUY BEHIND ME AND I SAY, “WELL I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE SOMEONE BIG STANDING BEHIND ME.” WE SAY GOD IS WITH US, NOT JUST TO SAY THAT GOD IS SPENDING EXTRA TIME WITH CHRISTIANS OR THAT IN HIS BUSY SCHEDULE HE FOUND TIME TO HELP YOU OUT, BUT WE HAVE GOD BACKING US UP IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) AND WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THAT. IT'S NOT ONLY GOD WITH US, BUT WITH US IS GOD. GOD IS WITH US; HE'S BEHIND US. THEN WE FOUND OUT OVER IN PSALM 51 THAT DAVID WAS CRYING OUT TO THE LORD, “RESTORE TO ME THE JOY OF MY SALVATION.” OR RESTORE TO ME THE JOY THAT I USE TO HAVE IN KNOWING THAT I WAS BEING DELIVERED FROM MY ENEMIES. SEE DAVID HAD GOTTEN INTO A PLACE WHERE HE KILLED URIAH THE HITTITE, STOLE HIS WIFE, DID SOME THINGS THAT WERE WRONG AND FINALLY AFTER HE REPENTED OF IT, HE RECOGNIZED THAT HE HAD GONE A PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT ANY REAL VICTORY IN HIS LIFE. WHEN YOU'RE GOING ANY PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT ANY REAL VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE, WE'RE NOT ASKING GOD IF WE CAN GO TO HEAVEN. WE SHOULD BE ASSURED OF THAT, WE SHOULD BE ASSURED THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID FOR OUR SINS. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT. EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SAVED, EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LOOK YOUR SAVED, EVEN IF SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT EVEN ACTING LIKE YOU'RE SAVED, WE MUST BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS ALREADY PAID THAT PRICE. (AMENS) BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE GOD OF OUR SALVATION, THAT HE'S GOING TO RESTORE ONTO US THAT JOY OF BEING DELIVERED FROM THE MOLESTATION OF OUR ENEMIES. IN OTHER WORDS WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE FREQUENT ACTS OF HIS POWER WHEN WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES INTO SITUATIONS; WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR OWN BUMBLING OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ACTS OF THE ENEMY AGAINST US. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS HALLELUJAH) IF SALVATION IS NEEDED, THEN IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS A CHALLENGE FACING US. IF SALVATION IS NEEDED, IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS A CHALLENGE FACING US AND EVERY CHALLENGE WILL DEFINE WHO YOU ARE. (YES) EVERY CHALLENGE IS GOING TO DEFINE WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO COME UNGLUED BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGE OR YOU'RE GOING TO SUCCEED AS A RESULT OF THAT CHALLENGE. (HALLELUJAHS) THAT CHALLENGE AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT CHALLENGE WILL DEFINE WHO YOU ARE. (RIGHT) YOU BREAK DOWN AND YOU BAWL AND YOU SQUALL AND ROLL AROUND ON THE FLOOR AND CRY OUT TO GOD, “GOD DELIVER ME, GOD DELIVER ME”, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVERACTING COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM, THEN MAYBE YOU ARE DEFINING WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU ARE IN CHRIST RIGHT NOW. (AMEN) AS YOU SEE DIFFERENT THINGS COME AGAINST YOUR HOUSE, OR DIFFERENT THINGS COME AGAINST YOUR FINANCES OR YOUR HEALTH, SOMETIME ALONG YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK AND YOU RESPOND THAT, “I KNOW GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER ME, I KNOW GOD IS GOING TO HEAL ME, I KNOW GOD IS GOING TO RAISE ME UP AGAIN, I KNOW GOD IS GOING TO GET ME OUT OF DEBT, I KNOW GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER ME FROM OUT OF THE HANDS OF MY ENEMIES, I KNOW GOD IS GOING TO GIVE ME VICTORY IN MY HOME, I KNOW PEACE IS COMING BACK INTO MY HOME AGAIN. (AMENS) WHEN YOU BEGIN TO CONFESS THESE THINGS IN SPITE OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING AND TELLING YOU; IN SPITE OF WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING ON; NO MATTER HOW DARK IT IS; NO MATTER HOW BLEAK IT LOOKS; IF YOUR CONFESSION IS POSITIVE, IF YOUR CONFESSION IS YOU ARE GOING TO BE A VICTOR, A WINNER, THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH, IF YOU HAVE THAT CONFESSION ON YOUR LIPS ALL THE TIME, YOU ARE DEFINING WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST, AND WHERE YOUR SPIRITUAL WALK REALLY IS. (COME ON) CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) THINGS DON'T HAPPEN IN MY HOME OR IN MY BUSINESS OR IN THE CHURCH ANYMORE THAT REALLY DISTURBS ME ALL THAT MUCH (AMEN). IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'VE JUST GROWN OLDER AND WISER, IT'S BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT GOD HAS DELIVERED ME SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, HE MUST CERTAINLY WANT TO DELIVER ME THIS TIME, RIGHT NOW. (AMENS, HALLELUJAHS) NOT MATTER WHAT IT IS. (YEAH) NO MATTER WHAT IT IS AND EVEN IF HE HASN'T DELIVERED ME IN THE PAST MAYBE I DIDN'T HAVE A NEED FOR DELIVERANCE. BUT THE ONLY TIME WE KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY GROWING IN GOD, THE ONLY TIME THAT WE REALLY KNOW WE'RE ALIVE IS WHEN THERE IS A HOPE THAT IS NEEDED THAT IS OUT IN FRONT OF US. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HOPE OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, GET OUT A MIRROR AND SEE IF YOU CAN FOG IT. I WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN CHECK FOR THAT (LAUGHING). WE NEED TO HAVE DREAMS OUT IN FRONT OF US THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE US OUT INTO PLACES WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED A HOPE AND PRESS INTO GOD TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DREAMS COME TO PASS, CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) NOW IN VERSE 30 IT SAYS THIS, “THOUGH YOUTHS GROW WEARY AND TIRED, AND VIGOROUS YOUNG MEN STUMBLE BADLY,” IT'S DEFINING THE WORLD. IT'S DEFINING THE POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. AND WHAT A LOT OF CHRISTIANS HAVE TO STOP DOING IS STOP DEPENDING ON YOUR WISDOM. STOP DEPENDING ON YOUR BACKGROUND. NOTHING WRONG WITH A BACKGROUND, I DON'T MIND BRAGGING UP A BACKGROUND IF YOU HAVE ONE. I DON'T MIND SEEING SOMEONE TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT DON'T DEPEND UPON YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR HISTORY, YOUR EDUCATION TO BE THE THING THAT GETS YOU THROUGH. WHAT YOU NEED TO BE CONSISTENTLY DEPENDENT ON IS THAT GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER YOU (HALLELUJAH) EVERY SINGLE TIME FROM ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE. NOT ONE OUT OF FIVE TIMES, NOT ONE OUT OF TWO TIMES. (RIGHT) NOT NINETY PERCENT OF THE TIME, BUT GOD IS GOING TO DELIVER YOU EVERY SINGLE TIME (HALLELUJAH) FROM THE SITUATIONS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. (RIGHT) EVERYTIME. AND WE HOPE IN GOD AS A RESULT OF THAT. VERSE 31 SAYS, “YET THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD”, THOSE WHO WAIT ON HIM. THOSE WHO BEGIN TO WAIT, THOSE WHO ARE PATIENT ABOUT WAITING ON GOD AND WAITING FOR HIS SALVATION. HOW LONG IS A SEASON? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES, HOW LONG IS A SEASON FOR YOU WAITING ON GOD? HOW LONG IS A SEASON, WHAT IS THE NORMAL SEASON ON WAITING ON GOD? NOW I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR SUPERNATURAL MIRACLES. IF THE DOCTOR SAID, “YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO LIVE AND HE SHOWS YOU THE BILL AND HE SAYS, “DOC I CAN'T PAY THIS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.” AND HE SAYS, “WELL THEN CHANGE THAT TO YOU HAVE A YEAR TO LIVE.” (LAUGHING) IF THE DOCTOR GIVES YOU SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR TO LIVE, YOU DON'T HAVE FIVE YEARS TO GET HEALED AND YOU NEED TO GET HEALED RIGHT NOW. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) YOU NEED TO BE DELIVERED RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE TIME. THEY'RE OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BRING THE MANIFESTATION FULLY INTO EXISTENCE. AMEN? (AMENS) YOU CAN'T JUST SAY GOD I WANT A BABY AND TOMORROW MORNING THERE'S A BABY. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ADOPT A BABY BUT YOU JUST CAN'T PRAY SOMETHING AND HAVE IT COME TO PASS. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (YEAH AMENS) “YET THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD WILL GAIN NEW STRENGTH;” THEY WILL HAVE NEW STRENGTH THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. (YEP) THEY WILL HAVE A WAY TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T FEEL IN THEIR BONES RIGHT NOW. EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE WEARY AND TIRED, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE EXHAUSTED, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE WORN OUT, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT'VE FELT LIKE NOT COMING TO CHURCH HERE THIS MORNING, MAYBE YOU GOT ALL KINDS OF THINGS PRESSING IN YET THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD WILL GAIN NEW STRENGTH. NOT STRENGTH LIKE THEY'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. AT EVERY LEVEL THAT YOU MOVE TO YOU ARE GOING TO NEED A NEW LEVEL OF STRENGTH TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION. (YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, AMENS) THE STRENGTH THAT I HAD WHEN I WAS A TWENTY YEAR OLD, THE VIGOR THAT I HAD, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE STRENGTH THAT I NEED TODAY. I DON'T JUST NEED PHYSICAL STRENGTH, BUT I NEED MORAL STRENGTH. I NEED CHARACTER, I NEED SPIRITUAL STRENGTH, I NEED PRAYER STRENGTH, AMEN? (AMENS) I DON'T NEED TO KEEP BREATHING, THAT'S EASY ENOUGH TO DO. I DON'T NEED TO WORK OUT WITH WEIGHTS SO THAT I CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE, THAT'S EASY ENOUGH TO DO, ANYONE CAN DO THAT. BUT THE MORAL AND THE CHARACTER STRENGTH, THE BACKGROUND, WHAT IS SECRETLY GOING ON IN YOUR HEART. IT IS THE STRENGTH THAT GOD WANTS TO INCREASE BECAUSE AS YOU'RE FACING MORE THINGS IN LIFE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CHALLENGES JUST COME YOUR WAY. (AMEN) YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THINGS PUT IN FRONT OF YOU THAT COULD TRIP YOU UP. WHEN GOD GIVES YOU THAT EXTRA STRENGTH, HE REANIMATES YOUR BODY. WHEN GOD GIVES YOU THAT EXTRA STRENGTH, HE REANIMATES YOUR MIND. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD YEARS AGO, EARL NIGHTINGALE, HE MADE AN ALBUM, A THIRTY THREE LONG PLAY ALBUM BACK IN NINETEEN FORTY NINE, FIFTY NINE, AND IT WAS AN ALBUM CALLED THE “STRANGEST SECRET”. IN THERE HE TALKED ABOUT, SOME OF YOU MAYBE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, IT WENT UP GOING INTO AUDIO CASSETTE, AND NOW IT'S AVAILABLE ON CD TODAY. BUT IN THE “STRANGEST SECRET”, HE TALKED ABOUT THOSE WHO PLANNED THEIR LIVES OUT AND LOOKED INTO THE FUTURE AND BEGAN TO BELIEVE THEMSELVES OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN THEY WERE CURRENTLY. AND ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT IS THOSE THAT WERE SEEKING TO BE BRILLIANT, THOSE THAT WERE SEEKING TO BE SMART, THAT IF THEY SOUGHT AFTER IT, AND THEY STUDIED AFTER IT, AND THEY WORKED AT IT, THAT THEY WOULD OVER A PERIOD OF TIME END UP WHERE THEY HAD DECIDED TO GO BECAUSE THEY HAD SET THEIR MIND ON THAT. IN OTHER WORDS IT WAS A PROCESS. HE SAID BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THAT THEY WOULD ACHIEVE THAT GOAL THAT THEY WANTED TO ACHIEVE. I USE TO LISTEN TO THIS ALL THE TIME BACK IN THE SEVENTIES. ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID HE TALKED ABOUT HOW A MAN CAN LOSE EVERYTHING THAT HE OWNS MULTIPLE TIMES AND GAIN IT ALL BACK AGAIN AND NEXT TIME HE GAINS IT BACK HE GAINS IT BACK EVEN QUICKER THAN HE EVER GAINED IT BEFORE. ONE OF THE STRANGEST SECRETS ABOUT LIFE IS THAT LIFE IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER. ONE OF THE STRANGEST SECRET IS AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GIVE UP ON LIFE, LIFE WON'T GIVE UP ON YOU. (HALLELUJAH) AS LONG AS YOU DON'T QUIT, GOD WON'T QUIT EITHER. (YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT) CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) AND THAT YOU CAN KEEP MOVING AHEAD AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD, AND KEEP CHANGING THINGS. (YEAH) THAT YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR INTELLECT. YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE. YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD. (YEAH) THOSE THINGS CAN GROW IN YOUR HEART. (AMEN) PSALM 146, STARTING IN VERSE 1, “PRAISE THE LORD! PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL! I WILL PRAISE THE LORD WHILE I LIVE; I WILL SING PRAISES TO MY GOD WHILE I HAVE MY BEING.” IN OTHER WORDS THERE OUGHT TO BE A SONG ON YOUR LIPS ALL THE TIME. (AMEN) YOU OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL ALL THE TIME. I WAS THANKFUL FOR MY FAMILY LAST NIGHT AND I WAS THANKFUL FOR SOMETHINGS THIS MORNING THAT I SAW IN THE MESSAGE THIS MORNING ON TELEVISION, ON OUR PROGRAM. YOU OUGHT TO BE SINGING PRAISES TO GOD AND THANKING HIM ALL THE TIME FOR THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE. (AMEN) ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT ARE WRONG? PROBABLY SO, BUT ARE THERE SOME THINGS YOU CAN BE THANKFUL FOR, THEN THANK GOD FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE. (YEAH) ALWAYS HAVE A PRAISE ON YOUR LIPS AND SOME THANKFULNESS ON YOUR LIPS. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) NOW LET'S KEEP GOING, VERSE 3, “DO NOT TRUST IN PRINCES, IN MORTAL MAN, IN WHOM THERE IS NO SALVATION.” LOOK AT THAT WORD AGAIN. NO SALVATION. NOW WE KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN, BUT MAN CANNOT DELIVER MAN. AMEN? (AMENS) “HIS SPIRIT DEPARTS, HE RETURNS TO THE EARTH; IN THAT VERY DAY HIS THOUGHTS PERISH. HOW BLESSED IS HE WHOSE HELP IS THE GOD OF JACOB, WHOSE HOPE IS IN THE LORD HIS GOD,” WHEN WE HAVE HOPE IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEED, AMEN? SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY HOPE, DOESN'T HAVE ANY NEEDS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NEEDS. EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NEEDS, YOU MIGHT BE HOPING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NEEDS TO CROP UP. AMEN? (AMENS) SO YOU STILL HAVE SOME HOPE. (YEAH) AND HOPE IS SOMETHING THAT WE PLACE NOT ONTO THE GOVERNMENT, NOT ONTO OUR FELLOW MAN, WE DON'T PLACE THAT BURDEN ONTO SOMEONE ELSE THAT WE KNOW. WE PLACE OUR HOPE IN GOD. (YES, AMENS) WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DON'T TRY TO DO IS OUT FIGURE HOW THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU, HOW GOD IS GOING TO BLESS YOU BACK. YOU DON'T LOOK AROUND THE CONGREGATION, YOU DON'T LOOK AROUND THE BUSINESS WHERE YOU WORK, YOU DON'T LOOK AROUND THE AREA IF YOU GO TO THE GOLF COURSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO AND SO OVER THERE HE'S A REAL RICH MAN AND I'M GOLFING WITH HIM AND OR THERE'S A REAL RICH WOMAN OVER THERE AND SHE KNOWS I HAVE SOME NEEDS, YOU DON'T WAIT FOR GOD TO DELIVER YOU THROUGH SOMEBODY THAT YOU ALREADY PREFIGURED IS GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU. WHAT YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT ON THE LORD. WHAT YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BELIEVE GOD, THAT GOD IS THE ONE WHO DELIVERS, NOT MAN IS THE ONE WHO DELIVERS. (COME ON) CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) WE WAIT ON THE LORD, WE WAIT FOR HIM TO BRING IT TO PASS AND IF YOU COULD FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN YOU WOULDN'T NEED GOD ANYWAY. YOU COULD JUST GO WRITE A LETTER, YOU COULD JUST GO POLITIC OR WHATEVER YOU GOT TO DO TO GO GET YOUR MONEY OR GO GET YOUR VICTORY, YOU COULD GET YOUR MEDICATION IF YOU DIDN'T NEED GOD AND THERE YOU ARE IF THAT WAS ALL YOU NEEDED TO DO. BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIFE SHOULD BE DEPENDENT ON GOD. THE RAISING OF OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE DEPENDENT ON GOD. (YEAH) OUR MARRIAGES SHOULD BE DEPENDENT ON GOD. (AMEN) OUR FINANCES SHOULD BE DEPENDENT ON GOD. ALL THE VERY THINGS WE DO IN THE MORNING WHEN WE WAKE UP...I GET UP IN THE MORNING, MANY TIMES I GO TO BED AT NIGHT SAYING, “GOD WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN THE NEXT DAY?” I'VE GOT GOD DIRECTING ME ON EVERYTHING I'VE GOT TO PUT IN ORDER TO GET MY DAY ORCHESTRATED IN THE WAY IT NEEDS TO GO. I NEED TO GET THAT MOVING, GET THAT MACHINE GOING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ON MY HEART AND ON MY MIND. AND AS THE DAY BEGINS TO EASE UP AND I SEE I'M CARRYING OUT EVERYTHING THAT GOD TOLD ME TO DO FOR THAT DAY AND I GET SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES GOING THEN ALL I HAVE TO DO NOW IS KIND OF CHECK ON IT, IT'S LIKE A LOCOMOTIVE MOVING. I FIRED UP THE LOCOMOTIVE, I GOT THE ENGINE GOING, THE WHEELS STARTED TURNING ON THE TRACK AND NOW THE THINGS IS MOVING. I KNOW I CAN WALK AWAY FROM IT, EVEN IF NO ONE IS FIRING THAT ENGINE ANYMORE, IT'S STILL GOING TO KEEP GOING. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU NEED TO WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE MORNING AND GO GOD WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO TODAY? WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU WANT ME DOING ON THE JOB? WHAT IS IT THAT IS GOING TO BE MOST PLEASING TO MY BOSS OR THE MOST PROFITABLE FOR THE COMPANY I'M WORKING FOR? WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT ME TO DO ON MY HOME, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT ME TO SAY TO MY SPOUSE BEFORE I WALK OUT THAT DOOR. GOD DO YOU WANT ME TO READ MY BIBLE OR PRAY OR READ MY BIBLE AND PRAY? THESE THINGS ARE THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER DAILY, TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. BY BECOMING SENSITIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHEN SOMETHING COMES YOUR WAY OR SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING TO YOU, YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING TO LISTEN TO ON PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. AND YOU'LL HEAR, “I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY FOR THE MOMENT”. FREQUENTLY PEOPLE CALL ME UP THAT HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED WITHIN MINUTES AND IF I JUST LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT WHILE I HAVE THAT PHONE UP TO MY EAR I CAN TELL THEM RIGHT AWAY THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON AND IT'LL BRING PEACE TO THAT SITUATION IMMEDIATELY. (YEAH) BECAUSE I'M NOT REACTING TO FEAR, I'M NOT REACTING TO WHAT MAN HAS SAID. I'M NOT REACTING TO SOME NEGATIVE REPORT. I'M REACTING TO WHAT I HEAR THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WAS SAYING. (AMEN) IF WE REACT EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WAY WITH THE ORDINARY THINGS OF OUR DAY, WHEN THE NECESSARY THINGS ARE COMING AGAINST US, WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE COMING AGAINST US THAT WE NEED A POSITIVE REACTION TO, WE WON'T BE SUNK. WE'LL HEAR FROM GOD, WE'LL KNOW HOW TO STAND FIRM AND RESIST ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE EVIL ONE. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) NOW GOD GIVES US A NEW SONG ON OUR LIPS, LET'S KEEP READING AND IN VERSE 5, “HOW BLESSED IS HE WHOSE HELP IS THE GOD OF JACOB, WHOSE HOPE IS IN THE LORD HIS GOD,” AMEN? (AMENS) SO WE NEED TO HAVE HOPE, YOU NEED TO BE WORKING ON YOUR HOPE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO SALVATION, DELIVERANCE FROM YOUR ENEMIES, IS TO WAIT ON THE TIMING OF YOUR RELEASE. YOU KNOW JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY HE WAS NOT VERY WELL LIKED BY HIS BROTHERS BECAUSE HE HAD A DREAM THAT ALL OF HIS BROTHERS AND HIS FAMILY AND HIS MOTHER AND HIS FATHER WERE BOWING DOWN TO HIM AND THEN HE HAD A SECOND DREAM AND AGAIN WHEN HIS BROTHERS AND FATHER AND MOTHER HEARD OF IT, THEY WEREN'T REALLY FLATTERED BY THE DREAM AT ALL AND THEN HE WAS THROWN INTO A WELL BECAUSE HIS BROTHERS DESPISED HIM BECAUSE HIS FATHER THOUGHT HIGHLY OF HIM. THEY WENT BACK TO THE FATHER WHICH WAS REALLY A CRUEL THING TO DO, AND SAID, “YOUR SON IS DEAD, HERE IS HIS MULTI-COLORED ROBE WITH HIS BLOOD ON IT”, WHICH WASN'T HIS BLOOD AT ALL. AND THEY SOLD HIM TO THE MIDIANITES TRADERS AND EVENTUALLY HE WENT TO WORK IN EGYPT AND EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN PRISON TWICE AND WHILE HE WAS THERE I CAN IMAGINE WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND AND HIS HEART. GOING YOU KNOW, HE COULD TRY TO BREAK OUT OF PRISON. IF HE TRIED TO BREAK OUT OF PRISON, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. IF HE WAS AN ANGRY MAN, AND WAS BUSY KILLING PEOPLE WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON, HE JUST WOULD OF STAYED THERE LONGER AND STILL WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH WHATEVER TRIAL THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND WE'RE MOVING THROUGH WHATEVER WE HAVE TO MOVE THROUGH, IF WE'RE CAREFUL TO WAIT ON THE LORD WE WON'T BE OUT OF SORTS WITH GOD AND OUR PEACE WILL BE ESTABLISHED. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THINGS THAT ARE UNRIGHTEOUS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THINGS THAT ARE WRONG. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD IF WE KNOW HOW TO WAIT ON THE LORD. THIS IS GOOD NEWS! BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW HOW TO WAIT, IF YOU PRACTICE WAITING ON THE LORD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON GOD. NOW LET'S JUMP OVER TO PSALM 147, WE'RE RIGHT THERE. PSALM 147, AGAIN VERSE 1, “PRAISE THE LORD! FOR IT IS GOOD TO SING PRAISES TO OUR GOD; FOR IT IS PLEASANT AND PRAISE IS BECOMING. THE LORD BUILDS UP JERUSALEM; HE GATHERS THE OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL. HE HEALS THE BROKENHEARTED AND BINDS UP THEIR WOUNDS. HE COUNTS THE NUMBER OF THE STARS; HE GIVES NAMES TO ALL OF THEM. GREAT IS OUR LORD AND ABUNDANT IN STRENGTH; HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INFINITE. THE LORD SUPPORTS THE AFFLICTED; HE BRINGS DOWN THE WICKED TO THE GROUND.” NOW JUMP DOWN TO VERSE 11, “THE LORD FAVORS THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIS LOVINGKINDNESS.” HE BRINGS FAVOR TO YOU IF YOU KNOW HOW TO WAIT, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO NOT GET STRESSED OUT IN A SITUATION. I WAS THINKING THIS MORNING AS I WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH OF THE DIFFERENT JOBS GOD HAS GIVEN ME TO DO. AND SOMEONE CAME INTO MY OFFICE THAT I GAVE A TOUR TO EARLIER THIS WEEK AND I WAS FLATTERED BY SOME THINGS THAT THEY SAID AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND AS I WALKED AWAY I GAVE CREDIT ALL BACK TO GOD. SAYING GOD I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ASSIGNED ME TO DO. AND AS I WAS DRIVING HERE TO CHURCH THIS MORNING THE LORD REMINDED ME OF A MAN WHO WAS IN MINISTRY ABOUT MY AGE THAT DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO. HE WAS ON THE EAST COAST. HE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN HIS MINISTRY, HIS MINISTRY WAS GROWING AND HE WAS IN A FAIRLY BIG CITY AND THINGS WERE GOING REALLY WELL FOR HIM. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE DIED AND HE WAS NO MORE AND HIS WIFE CAN'T CALL ON HIM ANYMORE, HIS CHILDREN CAN'T CALL HIS NAME OUT ANYMORE, HIS CHURCH CAN'T DEPEND ON HIM...HE'S DEAD! HE'S IN THE GRAVE. EVERYTHING THAT HE WAS BUILDING IS DEAD. IT'S BEEN PASSED ON TO ANOTHER. AND I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES AND DIE EARLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO DEPENDENT ON THEMSELVES AND SO DEPENDENT ON WORRY AND SO DEPENDENT ON NOT WAITING ON GOD THAT THEY LITERALLY SEND THEMSELVES TO THE GRAVE BEFORE ITS' TIME. THEY KILL THEMSELVES WITH WORRY. THEY KILL THEMSELVES WITH FEAR. NOT ONLY ARE THEY KILLING THEMSELVES BECAUSE YOUR BODY IS NOT DESIGNED TO TAKE THESE KINDS OF THINGS, BUT THEY ARE DISPLEASING TO GOD THE ENTIRE TIME THEY ARE RUINING THEMSELVES. THEY'RE NOT JUST RUINING THEMSELVES FOR THE SAKE OF THEMSELVES, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DESTROYING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, SCRIPTURE SAYS. THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS (STRONG EMPHASIS ON THE WORD SEEMS) RIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT. THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SERVE GOD. THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN ACTIVITY THAT SEEM RIGHT TO US. IT SEEMS RIGHT FOR US TO WORK ALL THE TIME AND NOT SPEND ANY TIME WITH OUR FAMILY. IT SEEMS RIGHT. IT SEEMS RIGHT TO GO INTO DEBT ON SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO INTO DEBT ON. IT SEEMS RIGHT TO BUY THAT HOUSE EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. IT SEEMS RIGHT BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS HAVE CARS TO GET A CAR THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD IN FRONT OF IT'S TIME. IT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN. (YEAH) BUT THE END THEREIN SCRIPTURE SAYS IS DEATH. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS OUT OF THE TIMING OF GOD. IT WAS OUT OF THE TIMING OF GOD. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING? (AMEN, YEAH) WHEN WE GO AFTER THINGS OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD, WE BEGIN TO PARTAKE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE US IN DIRECTIONS THAT AT THE FIRST WE NEVER DECIDED WE NEVER THOUGHT AND WE NEVER EVEN DREAMED IT WOULD EVEN TAKE US THERE. YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT I…..,THIS HAPPENED TO ME YEARS AGO, I WAS WORKING AT A BANK OUT IN PORTSMITH NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND I WAS ONE OF THE TELLERS AT THE BANK. I WANTED TO BE IN BANKING AND YOU KNOW I FIGURED IF YOUR GOING TO BE IN BANKING YOU HAVE TO START OUT BEING A TELLER. BUT I WANTED TO BE, EVENTUALLY, A BANK PRESIDENT. THAT WAS MY PLAN AT THAT TIME OF MY LIFE. AND I REMEMBER KNOWING ABOUT ONE GIRL WHO JUST STARTED TAKING A FEW DOLLARS OUT OF THE DRAWER AND MISCALCULATING SOME THINGS THE DEPOSITS WEREN’T RIGHT AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT ONE DAY SHE JUST TOOK SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THE SAFE AND WALKED RIGHT OUT OF THE BANK WITH IT. ONE OF THE TELLERS THAT WAS WORKING RIGHT ON THE LINE THERE WITH ME. WENT OVER TO HER APARTMENT THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BANK. WELL THEY NOTICED THE MONEY WAS MISSING THE NEXT DAY. THE NEXT MORNING THEY CAME IN, THEY DID A COUNT, THE SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS MISSING, WENT UP TO HER APARTMENT AND ARRESTED HER. I’M SURE WHAT SHE WAS THINKING WHEN SHE TOOK HER FIRST DOLLAR, AND HER FIRST FIVE DOLLARS AND HER FIRST TEN DOLLARS, SHE DIDN’T SEE THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. SHE DIDN’T SEE WHERE THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE HER. WE NEED TO WAIT ON THE LORD. WE DON’T GO AND DO THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF ORDER WITH GOD SO THAT WE GET INTO TROUBLE WITH SOCIETY. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I’M SAYING? THOSE THAT WAIT ON THE LORD, THAT WAIT ON THE LORD, THAT KNOW THAT THEIR SALVATION IS GOING TO COME FROM GOD THEY SHALL GAIN NEW STRENGTH, BRAND NEW STRENGTH THAT THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE. THOUGH YOUTHS GROW TIRED AND WEARY, THOUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM MAY LOOK STRONG THEN WE’LL HAVE MORE STRENGTH THAN ALL OF THE SYMBOLS OF STRENGTH THAT WE SEE OUT THERE. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN OUT THERE? (AMEN) NOW LET’S GO OVER TO ROMANS CHAPTER 8, ROMANS 8. NOW REMEMBER WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SALVATION. AND WE’RE WAITING ON SALVATION. SALVATION MEANS THE DELIVERANCE FROM THE MOLESTATION OF OUR ENEMIES, IT MEANS LIBERTY, IT MEANS PEACE, IT MEANS INCREASE, IT MEANS BEING VICTORIOUS, IT MEANS BEING THE VICTOR, IT MEANS BEING THE HEAD NOT THE TAIL, BEING ABOVE NOT BENEATH, IT DOES NOT MEAN GOING TO HEAVEN. THIS IS THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD THAT THE CHRISTIANS WERE USING IN THE EARLY CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN MISINTERPRETED OVER THE LAST 2000 YEARS. WHAT SALVATION REALLY MEANS IS YES WHEN YOU GET SAVED THAT MEANS WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GAVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS CHRIST BUT NOW THAT YOUR SAVED, WE GET TO WALK OUT OUR SALVATION, WE GET TO WALK IN THAT SALVATION, HAVE THE JOY OF THAT SALVATION BE MADE REAL TO US. AMEN? (AMEN)

(COME TO MOUNTAIN FAITH CHURCH COMMERCIAL, MUSIC PLAYING)

2009 WORLD FAITH CONFERENCE COMMERCIAL, MUSIC PLAYING)

OUR MINISTRY GUEST IS PASTOR MYLES HOLMES OF MYLES HOLMES MINISTRIES AND TCT WORLD NETWORK OF MARION, IL. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY HIS MESSAGE.

[LORIE BROWN] WELL THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, CONTENT MEANS TO BE SATISFIED, TO REJOICE OR TO BE SATISFIED WITH SOMETHING, BUT CONTENT IS SPELLED THE EXACT THE SAME WAY, AND CONTENT MEANS EVERYTHING IT IS MADE UP OF, EVERYTHING THAT IT IS SURROUNDED WITH OR MADE UP OF. AND THEY'RE SPELLED THE EXACT SAME WAY, WE JUST PRONOUNCE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF WE REALLY LEARNED TO BE CONTENT, TO BE SATISFIED WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE MADE UP OF, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US, NOT JUST CONTENT BUT KNOW THE CONTENT, WHAT WE'RE MADE UP OF. IF WE CAN LEARN THOSE TWO THINGS AND BE EXCITED ABOUT IT, THAT GOD...I SEE WHAT YOU HAVE...YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EYES IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE A WHOLE LOT, WHAT YOU THREW IN HERE, IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE A WHOLE LOT, BUT IN THE BIBLE, THE WIDOW'S MITES THAT SHE THREW IN TO THE OFFERING OR GAVE THAT DAY, YOU KNOW WHEN SHE GAVE WHAT SHE HAD, IT MIGHT NOT APPEARED TO BE A WHOLE LOT TO THE SCOFFER, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO STOOD AROUND, BUT WHAT SHE GAVE WAS EVERYTHING SHE WAS MADE UP OF. AND WHEN SHE GAVE IT, GOD COULD INCREASE IT, BECAUSE SHE GAVE IT WITH A CHEERFUL HEART. SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD, THAT SHE WAS CONTENT WITH, SHE WAS SATISFIED TO THE POINT THAT SHE WAS THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING GOD HAD GIVEN US. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOT BEING SLOTHFUL AND RECOGNIZING WHAT WE HAD THAT GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH AND HAVING A THANKFUL HEART FOR THAT (UUHHMM) SO GOD CAN TEACH US HOW TO INCREASE IT AND MULTIPLY WHAT HE HAS GIVEN US. [JUDGE BROWN] IT'S EASY TO GET JEALOUS OF SOMEBODY ELSE WHEN THEY'RE BEING BLESSED AND THEY HAVE ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, BUT THE KEY HERE IS TO KNOW THAT ONE DAY YOUR DAY WILL COME AND YOU NEED TO THANK GOD THAT THEY'RE BEING BLESSED AND BEGIN TO BLESS THEM AND THANK GOD, “HEY PRAISE GOD THAT YOU'RE BEING BLESSED (RIGHT) AND DOWN IN YOUR HEART KNOW THAT, HEY, I'M GOING TO PRAISE GOD FOR WHERE I AM BECAUSE I KNOW MY DAY IS COMING. AND THAT'S ONE WAY YOU BE ENCOURAGED BY THAT, YOUR DAY IS COMING. IT'S NOT...YOUR NOT AT THE END, BUT I'M GOING TO LEARN TO BE CONTENT WHERE I AM AT RIGHT NOW. SEE HAPPINESS ISN'T GETTING WHATEVER YOU WANT, IT'S ENJOYING WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU. YOU KNOW THERE WAS A WEALTHY EXECUTIVE THAT DECIDED TO GET AWAY FROM THINGS AND SPEND SOME TIME IN A MONESTARY AND SO THE KEY MONK WAS TAKING HIM DOWN TO SHOW HIM HIS CELL AND HE SAID, “NOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING YOU JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT IT.” (LAUGHTER) [LORIE: I LIKE THAT] BUT REALLY THERE'S SOME TRUTH THERE WHEN YOU LEARN TO BE HAPPY AND THIS LAST YEAR WE WENT ON A MISSION TRIP AND I WAS IN MEXICO UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE VILLAGES OF MEXICO AND I'D SEEN SOME OF THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE THERE. SOME OF THE JOYFULLEST PEOPLE, AND IN THE MATERIALISTIC REALM THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE, MAYBE THEY HAVE IS A THATCHED ROOF MADE OUT OF MUD AND WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT WHEN WE BEGIN TO HAVE THAT SERVICE ON THE SIDE OF THAT MOUNTAIN, RIGHT THERE IN THE VILLAGE CHURCH, I'D BEGIN TO SEE PEOPLE WORSHIP THE LORD AND BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT AND BEGIN TO SING PRAISES AND GLORIFY HIM AND I'M LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER, THERE'S A DONKEY RIGHT OUTSIDE, AND THIS VILLAGE OF MUD HUTS AND THINGS AND I'M THINKING, “WOW, THIS IS AMAZING!” SOME PEOPLE WHAT HAVE CONNECTED WITH GOD AND GIVING HIM PRAISE AND GIVING HIM GLORY AND LEARNING TO BE CONTENT WITH WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING REAL HAPPINESS. [LORIE:THAT'S RIGHT, YOU MIGHT SAY, “WELL HOW DO I HAVE THAT CONTENTMENT OR HOW DO I GET THAT CONTENTMENT IN MY LIFE OR IN MY HEART?” WELL IT COMES THROUGH HIM. THROUGH ALLOWING HIM TO TEACH US TO BE CONTENT AND BE THANKFUL AND HAVING A THANKFUL HEART, WHERE GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU FROM AND THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED YOU WITH AT THIS POINT. HE'S ALREADY GIVEN YOU LIFE, HE'S GIVEN YOU BREATH, HE WOKE YOU UP ANOTHER DAY, TODAY HE GAVE YOU ANOTHER DAY. THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN FIND TO BE THANKFUL FOR, YOU KNOW. IN FIRST JOHN CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 27 IT SAYS, “BUT THE ANOINTING WHICH YE HAVE RECEIVED OF HIM ABIDETH IN YOU, AND YE NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH YOU: BUT AS THE SAME ANOINTING TEACHETH YOU OF ALL THINGS, AND IS TRUTH, AND IS NO LIE, AND EVEN AS IT HATH TAUGHT YOU, YE SHALL ABIDE IN HIM.” THE ANOINTING, THE PRESENCE OF GOD WILL BEGIN TO TEACH US ALL THINGS IF WE ALLOW HIM TO. WE HAVE TO LET THE SPIRIT RISE INSIDE OF OUR HEARTS AND SAY, “GOD TEACH ME HOW TO BE CONTENT. LIKE PAUL SAID, “TEACH ME TO BE CONTENT IN WHATSOEVER STATE I'M IN. WHETHER I ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS OR WHETHER I DON'T HAVE HARDLY ANYTHING, WHATEVER IT IS, TEACH ME TO BE CONTENT. NOT LOOK AT WHAT I DON'T HAVE BUT LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND SAY, “GOD, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BLESSED ME WITH AND TEACH ME HOW TO USE IT EFFECTIVELY TO BLESS YOU.] JUDGE BROWN: AND THAT CHANGES THE ATTITUDE OF THE HEART WHICH WILL BRING GOD'S BLESSING INTO YOUR LIFE. I LOVE HOW THIS SAYS AND IT'S SO TRUE AND DON'T FORGET THIS IN PHILIPPIANS 4:12, I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT, I HAVE SEARCHED IT OUT, I'VE BEEN EDUCATED. YOU KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NORMALLY JUST COMES NATURALLY BECAUSE IN OUR NATURAL DESIRES WE WANT, WANT, WANT, BUT WHEN WE LEARN TO BE CONTENT, BEGIN TO GIVE HIM PRAISE, WE EXPERIENCE THE REAL HAPPINESS AND REAL JOY THAT GOD HAS DESTINED FOR OUR LIVES. [LORIE BROWN: THAT'S RIGHT AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD WON'T SHARE HIS GLORY WITH ANOTHER SO ALWAYS BE QUICK TO GIVE GOD PRAISE AND TO THANK HIM AND TO NOT BRING GLORY TO OURSELVES, BUT TO GIVE GOD THE PRAISE, GIVE HIM GLORY FOR IT. BECAUSE IT'S IN THAT THANKFUL HEART THAT HE CAN BLESS YOU WITH MORE.]

MYLES HOLMES: WELL WELCOME TO A SEGMENT THAT WE CALL LIVING THE WORD. TODAY I NEED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING TRULY BURNING IN MY HEART. I BELIEVE MANY OF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR POCKETS OF REVIVAL, YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR HOW GOD IS MOVING AROUND THE WORLD, BUT YOU HUNGER FOR MORE. YOU DESIRE FOR GREATER MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S POWER IN THESE LAST DAYS. YOU ARE MORE TIRED OF MAN-INFESTATION, YOU WANT TO SEE NEW TESTAMENT MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S GLORY HERE IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY. NOT HYPE AND MAN MADE HYSTERIA, NOT SLICK MARKETING AND CLEVER PROGRAMMING, BUT A REAL GENUINE OUTPOURING OF GOD'S SPIRIT THAT TRULY CHANGES THE COURSE OF NATIONS AND HISTORY. WELL I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE SECRET, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A SECRET AT ALL BECAUSE IT'S WRITTEN OUT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE IN SCRIPTURE. I BELIEVE IT'S CLEAR IN THE BIBLE THAT THE LAST DAYS ARE POURING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD WILL COME TO A CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD THAT HAVE FINALLY LEARNED TO WALK IN PURITY. MORAL PURITY. SEXUAL INTEGRITY. THE TIME HAS COME TO AN END WHEN WE CAN TOLERATE A LOOSE SPIRIT OF IMMORALITY IN THE PULPIT OR THE PEW. NOW PLEASE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING JUDGES RUNNING AROUND AND CONDEMNING WITH A SACK OF STONES OVER YOUR SHOULDER READY TO THROW THE FIRST STONE, OF COURSE NOT. WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE AND WE'RE KEPT BY GRACE AND WE WILL ALL BE CALLED HOME ONE DAY BY GRACE AND GRACE ALONE. HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE GOD IS CALLING HIS CHURCH BACK TO A PURITY OF HEART AND PRACTICE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE GOD MOVE SUPERNATURALLY IN THESE LAST DAYS. IT'S TIME WE LITERALLY GET SICK TO OUR STOMACH IN THE CONSTANT STREAM OF NEWS OF SEXUAL SIN IN THE PULPIT, MINISTERS TRADING IN THEIR OLD WIFE FOR A YOUNGER MODEL AND DECLARING IT'S GOD'S WILL AND ALL KINDS OF LOOSE LIVING. I HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF GOD'S LAST DAYS MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH. AND I'VE PROMISED THE LORD THAT I'D GIVE HIM THE REST OF MY DAYS TO DO MY PART TO PREACH, TEACH, SHARE, DECLARING, TO DEMONSTRATE THE JOY AND THE POWER OF WALKING IN MORAL INTEGRITY WITH NO COMPROMISE FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD THAT HAS ENTRAPPED MUCH OF THE KINGDOM TODAY. I BELIEVE IMMORALITY AND SEXUAL PERVERSION IN THE CHURCHES IS ONE OF SATAN'S PRIMARY TOOLS TO ROB US OF OUR POWER TO DOMINATE NATIONS. DO YOU WANT POWER OVER THE NATIONS? THEN WE NEED TO DO FOUR THINGS. 1. DEAL WITH SEXUAL PERVERSION. 2. LIVE IN PERSONAL PURITY. 3. MINISTER DELIVERANCE TO THE STRUGGLING. 4. MINISTER RESCUE TO THE ENSLAVED AND OPPRESSED. I'LL SHARE MORE OF THOSE FOUR POINTS IN JUST A MOMENT, SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WRITE THEM DOWN. BUT YOU CAN FIND THIS WORD IN REVELATION 2:20-26. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE BIBLE, TAKE TIME TO READ IT. LOOK AT THE SEVERE REBUKE FOLLOWED BY THE PROPHETIC PROMISE OF POWER. “HE WHO OVERCOMES THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL”, WHAT IS THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL? IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE SCRIPTURES, IT'S SEXUAL IMMORALITY. THAT INCLUDES PERVERSION, FORNICATION, ADULTERY, AND ABORTION. ABORTION IS THE ATTEMPT TO BURY THE RESULTS OF OUR SEXUAL CHOICES. LUST, PORNOGRAPHY, HOMOSEXUALITY. “WHOEVER OVERCOMES THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL, TO HIM, TO HER, TO THAT CHURCH” JESUS SAID, “'I WILL GIVE POWER OVER THE NATIONS.'” WOW! WHAT A PROMISE! AND PERHAPS WHAT A CLUE TO OUR LACK OF POWER. IF THE CHURCH INTENDS TO DOMINATE NATIONS, WE MUST CLEAN UP OUR ACT. WE MUST DEMONSTRATE LOVING MARRIAGES, SATISFYING LIFETIME RELATIONSHIPS, PURITY OF A GODLY LIFESTYLE. WE MUST GUARD OUR LIVES, OUR THOUGHTS, AND RELATIONSHIPS TO ALWAYS BRING GOD THE GLORY AND PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, MARRIAGES, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNITIES FROM THE SCOURGE OF SEXUAL SIN. NOW PLEASE HEAR ME. IF YOU FAILED GOD IN THIS AREA, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE IS HEALING, GRACE AND MERCY AND THERE IS A ROAD BACK, THERE IS AN OPEN DOOR, THERE IS RESTORATION. DON'T BELIEVE FOR A MINUTE THE LIES OF THE DEVIL THAT YOU'VE GONE TO FAR. MAKE THE DEVIL PAY SORELY FOR WHAT HE'S STOLEN FROM YOU. GIVE GOD THE REST OF YOUR LIFE TO WALK IN INTEGRITY, FREEDOM, AND PURITY. TO THE REST OF THE CHURCH, STOP BELIEVING THAT THIS IS NO BIG DEAL.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON PASTOR MYLES HOLMES AT WWW.TCT.TV OR WWW.MYLESHOLMES.COM. NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR MESSAGE WITH PASTOR DAVID GONZALEZ.

WE GET TO WALK IN THAT SALVATION, HAVE THE JOY OF THAT SALVATION BE MADE REAL TO US. AMEN? (AMEN) ROMANS CHAPTER 8 STARTING IN VERSE 5, "FOR THOSE WHO ARE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH SET THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE FLESH, BUT THOSE WHO ARE ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. FOR THE MIND SET ON THE FLESH IS DEATH, BUT THE MIND SET ON THE SPIRIT IS LIFE AND PEACE," NOW THAT MEANS ZOE LIFE THERE. OR THE SUPERHYPER ABUNDANT LIFE. VERSE 7, "BECAUSE THE MIND SET ON THE FLESH IS HOSTILE TOWARD GOD; FOR IT DOES NOT SUBJECT ITSELF TO THE LAW OF GOD, FOR IT IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO DO SO, AND THOSE WHO ARE IN THE FLESH CANNOT PLEASE GOD." PUT ANOTHER WAY, LET'S BACK IT UP HERE VERSE 8, "THOSE THAT ARE IN THE FLESH CANNOT PLEASE GOD," IN OTHER WORDS THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE PLEASING TO GOD. BUT THEY CAN'T PLEASE HIM BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEIR HEART. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEMSELVES AND AT GOD. THEY'RE SAYING," GOD I KNOW THAT YOU COULD DO IT BUT I WANT TO DO IT MY SELF." OR, " GOD I WANT THIS THING RIGHT NOW. GOD I SEE SOMEONE IN CHURCH OR I SEE SOMEONE WHERE I WORK OR I SEE SOMEONE WHERE I GO SHOPPING THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD BE A BETTER SPOUSE FOR ME THAN THE SPOUSE I HAVE RIGHT NOW." AND THEY BEGIN TO GET OUT OF ORDER WITH GOD NOT REALIZING THAT THAT ONE SMALL SIMPLE THOUGHT WILL TAKE THEM TO PLACES WHERE THEY NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS. THEY MUST REALIZE THAT THIS KIND OF THINKING WILL GO FROM STEP TO STEP TO STEP TO STEP AND THEY ARE NOT PLEASING GOD WHILE THIS IS GOING ON. CAN I HERE AN AMEN? (AMEN) NOW LET'S KEEP READING. VERSE 5 AGAIN, "FOR THOSE WHO ARE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH SET THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE FLESH, BUT THOSE WHO ARE ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT." AS I GROW UP IN GOD AND AS YOU ARE GROWING UP IN GOD WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE IS THAT IF WE ARE ADVANCING IN THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS TOLD US TO ADVANCE IN THAT, IF WE'RE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN PATIENCE. IF WE'RE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT WE ARE GOING TO BE PATIENT. IF YOU'RE NOT WALKING IN THE SPIRIT THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BE PATIENT. YOU CAN SAY, "I CAN BE PATIENT WITHOUT GOD," NO YOU CAN NOT BE PATIENT WITHOUT GOD. SAY, "WELL I'M DOING A BETTER JOB THAN I USED TO." MAYBE BUT YOUR STILL, YOU CANNOT WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WITHOUT THE HOPE OF GOD DELIVERING YOU, YOU CANNOT BE.... THAT DOESN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE SAVED AND ONCE YOU'RE SAVED YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU'VE NEEDED. IT MEANS THIS, IF YOU ARE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT WHILE YOU ARE SAVED. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING? GOD IS SAYING HERE, IF YOU'RE CARNALLY MINDED YOUR GOING TO BE SWAYED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IS SWAYED IN THE WORLD. YOU KNOW THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A GOOD TIME TO START A BUSINESS, PEOPLE ARE CRYING HOW BADLY THEY'VE BEEN HURT. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMEN) YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T LOOKS LIKE THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO DO THIS AND DO THAT. WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TIME FOR ME TO DO SOMETHING? WHEN GOD SAYS TO DO IT OR WHEN THE ECONOMY SAYS TO DO IT? (GOD) WHEN GOD SAYS TO DO IT. WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST TIME FOR YOU TO DO SOMETHING? WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR SAYS TO DO IT OR WHEN GOD TELLS YOU TO DO IT? (GOD) SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE WORLD THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE ECONOMY TO GET BETTER BEFORE THEY ACT ON SOMETHING, THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO GET LINED UP JUST PERFECTLY RIGHT BEFORE SOMETHING GOES RIGHT IN THEIR LIFE. AND WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THIS, YOU DON'T WAIT FOR EVERYTHING TO BE RIGHT BEFORE YOU START DOING WHAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO. (AMEN, THAT'S RIGHT) WE JUST HEARD THAT STORY OF DAVID YOU KNOW WHEN HE CAME UP AGAINST GOLIATH ALREADY 40 DAYS ISRAEL HAD BEEN SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS BECAUSE OF THIS GIANT. AND DAVID CAME UP AND DECIDED ALL THAT TESTIMONY AND ALL THOSE WORDS FROM HIS BROTHERS AND ALL THE WORDS FROM KING SAUL WAS NOT GOING TO DELAY HIM IN WHAT HE FELT GOD WANTED HIM TO DO SO HE WENT AHEAD AND DID EXACTLY WHAT THE ECONOMY OF THE NATION WAS SAYING DON'T DO, DON'T GO FIGHT THIS GUY HE'S GOING TO KILL YOU. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO MOVE AHEAD IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES AND DO THE VERY THING THAT GOD IS TELLING US TO DO AND NOT LOOK AT ALL THE SYMPTOMS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG IN SOCIETY TODAY. (AMEN) AMEN? (AMEN) WE DON'T SAY WELL I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GET MARRIED, MY PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD MARRIAGE I DON'T KNOW OF ANY GOOD MARRIAGES OUT THERE. WELL YOUR LOOKING AT WHAT YOU THINK YOUR LOOKING AT IS YOUR LOOKING AT BAD EXAMPLES OF SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T WORK. THAT'S NOT A REASON NOT TO GET MARRIED. IF SOMEONE COMES TO ME AND SAYS WELL I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED JUST BECAUSE MY PARENTS DIDN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED AND YOU KNOW MY PARENTS WERE MARRIED THREE TIMES AND I DIDN'T SEE THEIR MARRIAGE WORK VERY WELL. WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL THAT PERSON BACK IS THEN YOU DON'T TRUST GOD FOR YOU TO HAVE A GOOD MARRIAGE! OH YES I DO WE JUST WANT TO WAIT AND SEE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE. THERE'S NO WAITING AND SEEING IF THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE BEING MATCHED UP MANY TIMES WITHOUT EVEN SEEING EACH OTHER. AND IT'S WORKED OUT. MANY TIMES ALL THEY GOT, THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A NON CHAPERONED VISIT TOGETHER. THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T FIND OUT WHAT KISSING WAS UNTIL AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED. THEY DIDN'T GET TO HOLD HANDS LIKE YOU SEE GOING ON TODAY. THEY DIDN'T GET TO GO ON DATES LIKE WHAT YOU SEE TODAY. WHAT THEY GOT TO EXPERIENCE A CHAPERONED VISIT. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THERE TO CHAPERONING THEM, THEY GOT TO VISIT A LITTLE BIT, THEY GOT TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND THAT WAS IT. THEN THEY WENT AND HAD A MARRIAGE CEREMONY, AND THAT WAS IT, AND THEY LIVED OUT THE REST OF THEIR BORN DAYS MARRIED TO THAT ONE PERSON. THAT WAS IT. AND YET PEOPLE SAY TODAY IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. WELL YOUR NOT TRUSTING GOD, YOUR NOT BELIEVING GOD FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. NOW JUMP OVER TO LUKE CHAPTER 9, LUKE CHAPTER 9 STARTING IN VERSE 23, AND IT SAYS HERE JESUS IS TALKING, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE A RED LETTER BIBLE. AND IT SAYS HERE, 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 THAT SAYING? IN OTHER WORDS YOU NEED TO LOOSE YOURSELF IN THE THINGS OF GOD THAT YOU NEED TO DO. YOU LOOSE WHAT YOU DESIRE TO DO AND WHAT YOU THINK IS PLEASING TO YOU OR WHAT IS RIGHT TO YOU OR SEEMS RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. YOU DO MORE WHAT IN THE SCRIPTURES AND WHAT'S RIGHT IN GOD THAN WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT RIGHT NOW. WHEN IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT KATHY AND I WERE TITHERS. WHEN IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WE WERE GIVING AWAY 30, 40% OF OUR INCOME AND WE WERE THE POOREST PEOPLE WE KNEW. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN WE STARTED THIS CHURCH IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN I BOUGHT THIS LAND. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN WERE GETTING KICKED OUT OF THAT OTHER BUILDING BACK IN 2004. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN I HAD THIS BUILDING DESIGNED IN 30 DAYS. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT WHEN I HAD THE GUYS RIGHT OUT THERE WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS NOW STICK THEIR SHOVELS INTO THE GROUND AND THEY GOT OUT THEIR LASER THINGS ON THE TRIPODS AND THEY STARTED SIGHTING OUT WHERE THE CORNERS OF THE CHURCH WERE GOING TO BE. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PEOPLE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RIGHT BUT WE MOVED AHEAD DESPITE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. (HALLELUJAH, AMEN) GOD WILL CAUSE YOU TO PROSPER DESPITE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU ARE OBEDIENT TO GOD, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE IN HIS WILL. YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR LIFE AND WHAT YOU THINK AS RIGHT AND WHAT YOU DESIRE. FOR THE THINGS THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO. AMEN? (AMEN) IT MAY NOT LOOK RIGHT TO HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS RIGHT NOW BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE OLD CHASING THEM AROUND THE HOUSE. IT MAY NOT LOOK RIGHT TO GO DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW BUT YOU KNOW IT'S OF GOD AND YOU NEED TO PROCEED AHEAD EVEN NONE ELSE CAN SEE THAT THAT'S THE TRUTH AND THAT'S THE TRUTH OF GOD. SO YOUR EITHER GOING TO BE CARNALLY MINDED OR SPIRITUALLY MINDED AND IF YOUR CARNALLY MINDED YOUR GOING TO BE SWAYED BY WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING. IF YOUR SPIRITUALLY MINDED YOUR GOING TO BE IN TUNE WITH GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS, "THAT A MAN AS HE GROWS OLDER SHALL BE FULL OF SAP AND STILL BE GREEN." IT SAYS OF THE MAN AND OR A WOMEN EVEN IN A YEAR OF DROUGHT THEY WILL NOT CEASE TO BEAR FRUIT." WE WANT TO BE BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY SEASON OF OUR LIFE. (AMEN) YOU WANT TO BE BEARING FRUIT EVERY SINGLE, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF PRESSURE IS COMING AGAINST YOU, YOU WANT TO BE BEARING FRUIT. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMEN) YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PRODUCING FOR GOD YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOUR PRODUCING FOR GOD YOUR PRODUCING FOR YOURSELF. AMEN? LET'S GO OVER TO PSALM 37, PSALM 37 NOW WAITING IS NOT THE SAME THING AS PATIENCE. WAITING IS....,PATIENCE IS WHEN YOUR DEALING WITH SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF REACTING NEGATIVELY OR ACT POSITIVELY BUT YOU HAVE TO REACT. WAITING IS THE TALENT OF NOT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL UNTIL THE RIGHT TIME. WAITING IS DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITHOUT A SULLEN COUNTENANCE, WITHOUT YOUR ATTITUDE GETTING LOWER DAY BY DAY BECAUSE YOUR VICTORY HASN'T COME YET. YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE MAN WHO'S FASTING? THE BIBLE SAYS...JESUS SAYS CLEARLY THAT WHEN YOU'RE FASTING, DO NOT PUT ON A GLOOMY FACE LIKE THE HYPOCRITES DO HOPING THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL NOTICE THAT THEY'RE FASTING, AND AS A RESULT OF IT, THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR REWARD. IN OTHER WORDS THEY'RE FASTING FOR NO GOOD REASON, BUT JESUS WENT ON TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU FAST WASH YOUR FACE, PUT OIL ON YOUR HEAD, SO THAT YOUR FATHER WHO SEES WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN SECRET MAY REWARD YOU OPENLY. WAITING IS THE TALENT OR THE GIFT OF WAITING PATIENTLY WITH A HAPPY FACE, WITH A CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE. WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU HOW'S IT GOING, YOU SAY, “EVEN BIGGER THAN BEFORE, MAN IT IS GOING GREAT!”AMEN? (YEAH AMEN) PSALM 37. NOW THIS WHOLE PSALM, I JUST LOVE THIS, IF YOU READ THIS, YOU CAN SEE IN VERSE 1 IT SAYS, “ DO NOT FRET BECAUSE OF EVILDOERS, BE NOT ENVIOUS TOWARD WRONGDOERS. FOR THEY WILL WITHER QUICKLY LIKE THE GRASS AND FADE LIKE THE GREEN HERB. TRUST IN THE LORD AND DO GOOD; DWELL IN THE LAND AND CULTIVATE FAITHFULNESS. DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD; AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. COMMIT YOUR WAY TO THE LORD, TRUST ALSO IN HIM, AND HE WILL DO IT.” NOW WATCH THIS VERSE 6, “HE WILL BRING FORTH YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE LIGHT AND YOUR JUDGMENT AS THE NOONDAY.” LOOK AT VERSE 7 NOW, “REST IN THE LORD...” (YEAH) SEE RESTING IS ALMOST NOT ACTING. “REST IN THE LORD AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM; DO NOT FRET BECAUSE OF HIM WHO PROSPERS IN HIS WAY, BECAUSE OF THE MAN WHO CARRIES OUT WICKED SCHEMES. CEASE FROM ANGER AND FORSAKE WRATH; DO NOT FRET;” DO YOU KNOW WHAT FRETTING IS? IT'S TO BE WORRIED ALL THE TIME. YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE FRETFUL PRAYER OUT OF PEOPLE SOMETIMES, AND I GET EMAILS, OCCASIONALLY, AND IT'S NOT AN EMAIL ASKING ME TO PRAY. IT'S A BUNCH OF FRETTING AND WHAT I WANT TO PRAY IS THAT THEY STOP FRETTING, SO THEY CAN HEAR THEMSELVES PRAY THE WAY GOD WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEM PRAY. DON'T FRET! VERSE 9, “FOR EVILDOERS WILL BE CUT OFF, BUT THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD, THEY WILL INHERIT THE LAND.” JUMP DOWN TO VERSE 34, “WAIT FOR THE LORD AND KEEP HIS WAY, AND HE WILL EXALT YOU TO INHERIT THE LAND; WHEN THE WICKED ARE CUT OFF, YOU WILL SEE IT” SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS WAIT AND GOD WILL BRING PROSPERITY TO US. (AMEN, HALLELUJAH) THIS IS GOOD NEWS! (YEAH) AND INHERITING THE LAND DOESN'T MEAN INHERITING JERUSALEM OR GOING TO HEAVEN. THIS IS THE SALVATION OF THE LORD GOD WANTS YOU TO WALK IN. GOD WANTS YOU TO BE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, (YEAH) ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH, (RIGHT) LENDING AND NOT BORROWING. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE GOING THERE IN THAT DIRECTION. (YEAH) AMEN? (AMENS) GALATIANS CHAPTER 6 (CAN HEAR PEOPLE TURNING PAGES), STARTING IN VERSE 7, “DO NOT BE DECEIVED, GOD IS NOT MOCKED; FOR WHATEVER A MAN SOWS, THIS HE WILL ALSO REAP. FOR THE ONE WHO SOWS TO HIS OWN FLESH WILL REAP FROM THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION, BUT THE ONE WHO SOWS TO THE SPIRIT WILL FROM THE SPIRIT REAP ETERNAL LIFE. LET US NOT LOSE HEART IN DOING GOOD, FOR IN DUE TIME WE WILL REAP IF WE DO NOT GROW WEARY.” SO WE NEED TO KEEP DOING WHAT WE KNOW IS RIGHT TO DO. JUST KEEP DOING IT. WHAT'S THAT LITTLE SONG IN “FINDING NEMO”? (PASTOR SINGING) JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING”, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE? (LAUGHING AND HANDS RAISED) (PASTOR SINGING AGAIN) JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING, I MEAN WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE TO DO? AMEN? (RIGHT, AMENS) JUST TO KEEP MOVING ON. (YEAH) JUST TO KEEP MOVING AHEAD, SWIM AHEAD, IF YOU'RE SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE, JUST KEEP SWIMMING AHEAD AND GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY AS YOU'RE GOING. DON'T WEAR A FROWN ON YOUR FACE, HAVE AN INVITING FACIAL FEATURE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME UP AND WELCOME YOU. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ALWAYS FROWNING ALL THE TIME AND WONDERING WHY YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY FRIENDS, WELL YOU'RE NOT BEING FRIENDLY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS WANT TO WALK UP TO SOMEONE WHO'S ALWAYS HAS BAD NEWS. YOU EVER HAVE THOSE RELATIVES WHERE YOU GO OVER TO THEIR HOUSE OVER THE HOLIDAYS, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO WALK UP TO AUNT SO AND SO, BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HER MIGRAINES AND HER VARICOSE VEINS AND HER FEET SWELLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S WRONG WITH HER. (LAUGHING, RIGHT) SHE'LL SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE DOCTORS SHE'S SEEING TO GET HEALTHY AND IT HASN'T WORKED YET AND IT GETS WORSE EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU SEE HER. (RIGHT) AND THAT'S ALL SHE TALKS ABOUT. SO YOU TRY TO FIND SOMEONE WHO HAS A GOOD WORD (AMEN) TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE. IF WE HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE FRIENDLY WITH US. IF WE HAVE A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE, IT'S NO WONDER NO ONE WANTS TO COME AROUND US AND TALK TO US, AMEN? (AMENS) FINALLY LET'S CLOSE IT HERE IN LAMENTATIONS. (PEOPLE TURNING PAGES) IT'S AFTER ISAIAH, IT'S AFTER JEREMIAH, LAMENTATIONS CHAPTER 3, PRAISE BE TO GOD. (HALLELUJAH) STARTING IN VERSE 22, “THE LORD'S LOVINGKINDNESSES INDEED NEVER CEASE, FOR HIS COMPASSIONS NEVER FAIL. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING; GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.” SOUNDS LIKE A SONG WE SING IN CHURCH OCCASIONALLY, (PASTOR SINGING), “GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS”, RIGHT? “MORNING BY MORNING”, AMEN? (YEP, AMEN) “GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.” VERSE 24, "THE LORD IS MY PORTION," SAYS MY SOUL, "THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE IN HIM." THE LORD IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM, TO THE PERSON WHO SEEKS HIM. IT IS GOOD THAT HE WAITS SILENTLY FOR THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.” (YES, AMEN) WAITING IS JUST NOT PATIENCE, IT'S WAITING. IT'S WAITING KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO COME. KNOWING THAT YOUR VICTORY IS AT HAND. KNOWING THAT YOUR DELIVERANCE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WAITING FOR HIS SALVATION, WAITING TO SEE THE THING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DESIRING ALL YOUR LIFE COME TO PAST. 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.

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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.