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0:09[music]
0:15[music]
0:24And I will bless the [music]
0:26high
0:29and His praises shall continually be in
0:32my [music and singing] mouth.
0:34No matter what I see or how I feel.
0:37[music and singing]
0:39As long as I'm breathing. Oh yes, I'm
0:41breathing. I'll bless you, Lord. [music]
0:44As long as I'm breathing. Oh yes, I'm
0:46breathing. I'll bless you, Lord.
0:52>> I will bless the Lord
0:53[music and singing] at all times.
0:57and his praises
1:00in my mouth.
1:02No matter [music and bell] what I see or
1:04how I feel, [singing]
1:07as long as I'm breathing, oh yes, I'm
1:09breathing, [music] I'll bless you, Lord.
1:12As long as I'm Oh yes, I'm blessed
1:16[music]
1:18by the Lord.
1:20>> Come on. Can we do that this morning?
1:23[music and singing]
1:24Come to exalt.
1:28Let's [music] lay down our [singing]
1:30ground.
1:35[music]
1:38Let's magnify the Lord.
1:43Let us exalt [music] his name.
1:48Let's lay down [music and singing]
1:49our crowns and lift up his name.
1:57[music]
1:58Let's do it again.
2:03[music]
2:03>> Let's do it again. Don't worship Jesus.
2:08>> Let's do it again.
2:13Let's do it [music and singing] again.
2:18>> [music]
2:22>> to me.
2:23You been so good. [music]
2:28>> So I sw my praise you.
2:32>> You been so good to me. [music]
2:36You got to me
2:44[music]
2:49so good [music]
2:52to me.
2:54So I bring you my word
2:57to me.
3:01I [music] should be dead.
3:04You
3:08[music] should have lost my mind.
3:12My mind
3:17you been so [music] good
3:24[music]
3:29[music]
3:30my
3:32off my mind.
3:34[music]
3:42You're better than God to me. You better
3:50[music]
3:51me.
3:55[music]
4:02Heat. Heat.
4:06[music]
4:15You have been so good, Jesus. So we
4:18bring [music] you our praise.
4:23[music]
4:27Lord, you've been so good to me.
4:31Should have [music] lost my mind.
4:36[music]
4:41>> [music]
4:43>> I stand
4:47to me
4:50[music]
4:53lost my mind. [music]
4:56Heat.
5:00Heat. [music]
5:07[music]
5:10Heat. Heat.
5:12[music]
5:17[music]
5:25So you
5:35[music]
5:35feel so good.
5:44[music]
5:45Hallelujah.
5:47Hallelujah.
5:53>> [music]
5:56>> Well, if you know he's been a good God,
5:59why don't you just clap your hands unto
6:01the Lord? Why don't you take your focus
6:05and put it on the King of Kings [music]
6:07this morning? God, we have come with
6:10intention this morning. We have come to
6:12[music] give you our worship. We have
6:15come to give you our praise. We will
6:17[music] lift our voice and bless your
6:20name.
6:21You're such a good God. Hallelujah.
6:24Well, that song says I should have been
6:26dead.
6:28But I know that there's some testimonies
6:30in this room. [music]
6:33God has kept and preserved and brought
6:36us into the house of the Lord one more
6:39day. I should have lost my mind, but
6:41here I am.
6:44[music] Some still question, but I'm
6:46here this morning in the house of the
6:48Lord with a praise.
6:51Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
6:55Man, [music] we're so excited to see
6:57everybody in the house of the Lord this
6:58morning.
7:00And man, it's been a hot week. We are uh
7:04[music] we've survived it. Those who
7:06remain are here in the presence of the
7:09Lord. and I appreciate you coming out to
7:11the house of the Lord, bringing your
7:12praise and your worship. Um, I'm going
7:15to read a scripture. I guess Peter's on
7:18[music] the mind this morning. I used
7:20the scripture in 1 Peter 5:7
7:23about casting our cares. And if you were
7:25here [music] for the pre-ervice prayer
7:27um that begins at 10, just ending that
7:31prayer. We had a focused [music] prayer
7:35and um and I quoted this scripture about
7:38casting your cares upon him who cares
7:41for you. But I saw a little recipe when
7:44I was reading this. [music]
7:46First Peter 5 and6 which is the first
7:48right before that says humble yourselves
7:50before [music] the hand of God. 5 and 7
7:53says cast your cares on him. Five and 8
7:57says, "Be sober, be vigilant
8:00for the adversary, the roaring lion,
8:02he's seeking whom he can devour." And
8:04pastor, you preached about that maybe
8:06recently.
8:08Five and nine says to resist steadfast
8:12in the faith. And I think we can just
8:14live out this whole passage here.
8:1810 says, "But the God of all grace, who
8:20called you
8:24after you have suffered a while, will
8:26make you perfect, establish, strengthen,
8:30and settle you.
8:33To him be the glory and dominion
8:35forever."
8:37And so this morning, I believe this is a
8:40way to live a life.
8:42This is a vic a snapshot of a life of
8:45victory. But I believe if you haven't
8:49been living that way, if you have,
8:51praise God, you're walking in victory.
8:53If you have not, you can engage in that
8:56today.
8:59All you got to do is just humble
9:00yourself, cast your cares on God. When
9:04you walk out of this building, even
9:06before that, I believe that victory
9:11can enter into your life. [music] Why
9:14don't you just begin to shake your hands
9:16and begin to cast off some things this
9:18morning? If you believe that you can
9:21walk out of here in victory,
9:24God, we believe what you're going to do
9:26in this house today.
9:28And we worship you in advance, Jesus.
9:31[music] We give you praise, Jesus.
9:36Oh, we give you worship, Jesus.
9:42>> [music]
9:47>> Step out of the shadows.
9:51[music] Step out of the grave.
9:55Break into the wild.
9:59And don't be afraid. [music]
10:04Run into wide open spaces.
10:08Graces [music]
10:10waiting for you. Dance like [music] the
10:13weight has been lifted.
10:16Graces
10:18waiting
10:19where the spirit [music] of the
10:20[singing] Lord there is freedom. There
10:24is freedom. [music and singing]
10:26Cast our cares on you, Jesus.
10:29There is [music]
10:30freedom in your [singing]
10:32freedom.
10:34Come out [music] of the dark just as you
10:37are. [singing]
10:38into the fullness [music]
10:40of his love.
10:42For the [singing] near
10:47[music] free
11:06>> [music]
11:08>> all the [singing] stars.
11:12[music] Come back to the new
11:16[singing]
11:19and run into [music]
11:27waiting for you. [music] It's like the
11:30weight has been lifted
11:34[music]
11:37of the Lord. There is free
11:41[music]
11:42spirit of the Lord.
11:46[music]
11:46There is fre. There is freom out of the
11:51dark. [singing]
11:53as you [music] are into the fullness of
11:58[music]
12:01Heat. Heat.
12:13>> [music]
12:22[music]
12:24>> Bring all your
12:27Oh, come back.
12:30[music]
12:32Come back to [singing]
12:36earth
12:41[music] is waiting
12:43waiting for you [music] like the way
12:51[music]
12:54of the lord
12:56[music]
13:00of the spirit. Yeah. [music] Heat.
13:07[music]
13:10[singing]
13:15>> [music]
13:16>> Heat. Heat.
13:18[singing]
13:22[music]
13:24[singing]
13:33>> [music]
13:39[music]
13:39>> chains will fall. Prison shake at the
13:43sound [music] Jesus name.
13:47Lives made whole. Hearts awake [music]
13:50at the sound Jesus name. [singing]
13:55will [music] come.
13:57Say that sound.
14:00[singing]
14:04[music]
14:08[singing and music]
14:13[music]
14:20[music]
14:22[singing] Jesus.
14:25>> [music]
14:25>> Shus
14:33[music]
14:34[singing]
14:42[music]
14:49[music]
14:53Jesus.
14:54>> [music and singing]
15:00>> sound [music] of the name of Jes. Yeah.
15:09Heat.
15:11[music]
15:16[music]
15:19Heat. Heat. Heat.
15:22[music]
15:28[music]
15:29Heat. Heat. Heat.
15:33[music]
15:36[singing]
15:39Heat. Heat.
15:42[music and singing]
15:58>> [music]
15:58>> The way has been
16:01praises
16:03waiting [music] for you. Life [singing]
16:06away has been lifted.
16:09Praisees
16:11waiting for you.
16:15[music]
16:16[singing]
16:21>> [music]
16:29>> like the chains have [music] been
16:30broken. He did
16:35[music]
16:36sh
16:40[music]
16:42a little less.
16:45[music]
16:47He did.
16:48>> He did.
16:49>> He did.
16:51>> Some [music]
16:53have been broken.
16:54>> It's already
16:57He did.
16:58>> He did.
16:58>> He did. [music]
17:00>> He did.
17:00>> He did.
17:01>> He did.
17:02>> He did.
17:03>> He did.
17:04>> He did. Shout
17:06>> it.
17:07[music]
17:08He did.
17:09>> He did.
17:10>> He did.
17:11>> He did. He did. [music]
17:13>> Yeah. He did it. Oh,
17:17we thank you for the work, Jesus.
17:21It's already done.
17:30Like the chains [music] have been
17:32broken.
17:38>> Like the chains have been broken.
17:43Breathe in. [music]
17:44Shout like
17:50begin [music]
17:53like
17:56[music]
17:58begin he
18:04>> he [music]
18:10[music]
18:13He did.
18:14>> He did.
18:15>> He did
18:16>> for you and for me.
18:17>> He did.
18:18>> The world can.
18:22[music]
18:22>> He did.
18:23>> He did.
18:24>> He did.
18:25>> He did.
18:26>> He did.
18:27>> He did.
18:28>> He did. [music]
18:29>> He did.
18:37Sounds
18:41[music]
18:47like the chains have been [music]
18:48broken.
18:52>> Yes, you do.
18:54>> Sound like the chains [music] have been
18:56broken. [singing]
19:02>> [music]
19:03>> The chains have been broken.
19:14You've [music] got a testimony. Why
19:16don't you put your hands together? Give
19:18God praise. [music]
19:20For the Lord has done great and mighty
19:23works for his people.
19:26Amen. Amen. Amen. [music]
19:30Well, it feels good in the house of the
19:32Lord on this beautiful Sunday morning.
19:35It is so good to see everybody out to
19:38the house of the Lord [music] today. And
19:40I am anticipating wonderful things to
19:43happen in this service and again
19:45tonight. It's going to be a good
19:47weekend. Good weekend in the house of
19:49the Lord. But we're going to take just a
19:52moment and direct our minds towards our
19:54giving. We bring to the Lord our first
19:57tenth. That's [music] our tithe. We give
19:59offerings over and above and beyond
20:01that. And we do it, and I say this often
20:04on our Sunday morning offering time. We
20:08do it first because we love God.
20:11>> I don't tithe because I have to. I tithe
20:14because I want to. I get to. [music]
20:17It's a privilege. It's a blessing. Yes,
20:18it is a command in the word of God, but
20:20it's a blessing. And when we understand
20:22[music] that when we are participating
20:26in giving, we get in this wonderful
20:28cycle. God gives to us. We return back
20:31to him from what he gave to us. He gives
20:34more. And the cycle just keeps turning.
20:36And it's a key to being blessed. And I
20:39want to encourage you [music] to honor
20:41the Lord today with your substance. And
20:43I know he's going to do [music] good
20:44things for you. Let's continue to
20:46worship the Lord.
21:02>> [music]
21:04>> I'm a person of destiny.
21:07[music]
21:08Mercy [singing]
21:08follow me and I know I'm [music] an
21:12overcomer.
21:14I will always [singing] give praise to
21:18the one [music] who forever reigns in
21:21[singing] my triumph every [music] day.
21:24I my voice
21:31I am [music] victorious.
21:38[music] I am victorious.
21:41Yes, I am. Yes, I am.
21:45I am [music] victorious.
21:48I am victorious.
21:51[music] I am victorious
21:55as I am. Yes, I am. I'm the person of
22:00destiny. [music and singing]
22:02Mercy follow me. And I know I will
22:07overcome.
22:09[music and singing] I will always give
22:11praise to the one who forever.
22:15In him I [singing] triump every day.
22:19Heat. Heat. Heat.
22:21[music]
22:27[music]
22:33I am victorious. [music and singing]
22:36I am victorious.
22:40I am [music] victorious.
22:43Yes, I am. [singing]
22:45Yes, I am.
22:47I am victorious. [music and singing]
22:50I am victorious.
22:54I [music] am [singing] victorious.
22:57Yes, I am. Yes, I am.
22:59[music and singing]
23:03I am.
23:09[music and singing] I am
23:14living [music] the best life. Living the
23:16best life. I am victorious.
23:21Living the best [singing] life. Living
23:23the blessed [music] life. I am
23:25victorious
23:27living the best life. Living the best
23:30life. I am victorious [singing]
23:34living the best [music] life. The best
23:37life. I am victorious.
23:49>> [music]
23:49>> My voice say
23:52receive the victory.
23:55[music] I am victorious.
23:59I am victorious.
24:02I am victorious. [music]
24:05Yes, I am. Yes, I am.
24:09I am [music] victorious.
24:12I am [singing] victorious.
24:16I [music] am victorious. [singing]
24:19Yes, I am. Yes, I am living the [music]
24:23best life. Living the best life. I am
24:27victorious. [music]
24:29Living the best life. Living the best
24:32life. [singing]
24:33I am victorious.
24:36Living the [music] best life. Living the
24:38bless.
24:40I am victorious. [music]
24:42[singing]
24:43Living the best life. In the bless
24:47I [music] am victorious.
24:54[music]
24:57I will my
25:00praise. [music]
25:04I am victorious.
25:07I am victorious. [music]
25:11I am victorious.
25:14Heat. Heat. [music]
25:18[singing]
25:21[music]
25:24I am [singing] glorious.
25:28Yes, I am. Yes, I [music] am.
25:36[music]
25:41Well, right now, why don't you just turn
25:43to somebody,
25:45tell [music] them, through Jesus, I am
25:47victorious.
26:01>> [music]
26:01>> Heat. Heat.
26:10[music]
26:11Heat. Heat.
26:15[music]
26:23[music]
26:32>> [music]
26:38[music]
26:48>> Heat up
26:55[music]
27:09>> [music]
27:12>> Heat.
27:14[music]
27:15Heat.
27:23Heat. [music]
27:31[music]
27:37[music]
27:40Heat.
27:41[music]
27:54>> [music]
27:58>> Heat. Heat.
28:06[music]
28:16>> [music]
28:20>> Heat. Heat.
28:22[music]
28:29>> [music]
28:40[music]
28:45[music]
28:48>> Good morning and welcome to Christian
28:50Life. We're so thankful that you're here
28:53with us today. Whether this is your
28:55first visit or you call Christian life
28:57home, we pray today's service encourages
28:59your heart and draws you closer to God.
29:02Before we continue, we have a few
29:04announcements to keep you connected with
29:06what's happening around the church.
29:09Church, [music] mark your calendars for
29:10Sunday, August 30th for Ascend, a night
29:13of worship during our evening service.
29:15We're inviting you to step away from the
29:16distractions of everyday life and make
29:18space for what matters most, the
29:20presence of God. This will be more than
29:22just a service. It's an opportunity to
29:24lift your eyes, quiet your heart, and
29:26encounter Jesus in a powerful and
29:28life-giving way. We'll spend the night
29:31in passionate worship and share a
29:33special time of communion as we reflect
29:35on the beauty of Christ's redemption
29:37[music] and remember the sacrifice that
29:39changed everything. Whether you're
29:40coming weary, expectant, or simply
29:42hungry for more of God, there's a place
29:44for you. After the service, the table
29:47will be serving food. So stick around,
29:49grab a plate, and enjoy some time
29:50connecting with your church family.
29:52[music]
29:52Sunday, August 30th, evening service.
29:55Come expecting his presence. Come ready
29:58to worship. Come with an open heart.
30:02Come and ascend.
30:03>> Hey students, we've got a big night
30:05coming up on Friday, August 21st from 7
30:09to 10:30 p.m. We're officially launching
30:11Chyros Youth. This is more than a new
30:13name. It's the beginning of a brand new
30:16season.
30:16>> [music]
30:17>> Expect powerful worship, a challenging
30:19word, prayer, and an opportunity to
30:21connect with God and other students.
30:23We'll also be unveiling the vision and
30:25direction of Chyros youth. And after
30:27service, stick around for food and
30:29fellowship as we celebrate this new
30:31chapter together. [music] There's no
30:32cost to attend. So, come expectant, come
30:35hungry for God, and come ready for your
30:37moment. Come ready for Chyros.
30:39>> This concludes our announcements for
30:41this [music] morning. Thanks again for
30:42being here. We're believing God has
30:44something special in store for each one
30:46of us today. Let's continue worshiping
30:48together as we open our hearts to his
30:51presence. [music]
30:59[music]
31:05[bell]
31:08>> [music]
31:16>> Every [music and singing] nation
31:19know you are God and you reign. [music]
31:25All generations
31:28know of the power of your [singing]
31:31name.
31:33[music]
31:34without [singing]
31:37rise.
31:39Let your [music] church [singing]
31:41come around.
31:43We're moving forward. [music]
31:48We're moving forward. [music]
31:54Your greatness and pain. You're [music]
31:57moving forward.
32:03Forward. [music] Heat. Heat.
32:08[singing]
32:13[music]
32:17Heat.
32:19[music]
32:25Heat.
32:27[music]
32:29[singing]
32:34[music]
32:39>> [music]
32:39>> Forever.
32:44[music]
32:48[singing]
32:53[music]
32:56We are your people.
32:59Every tri [music]
33:02[singing]
33:05by [music] your purpose
33:09by your blood. We [music and singing]
33:10are
33:14We are
33:17[singing]
33:19[music]
33:25[music and singing]
33:29Yeah.
33:32[music]
33:33Heat.
33:39[music]
33:43Heat. Heat. [music]
33:55[music]
34:01>> [music]
34:07>> Ah, [music]
34:10[singing]
34:12we move forward.
34:17[music]
34:23[music]
34:24Come on. The church is singing those
34:27words
34:28a [music]
34:31Yeah.
34:37[music]
34:44[music]
34:51[music]
34:53[singing]
34:59My [music] way. Yeah.
35:04Heat.
35:07[music]
35:14Yeah.
35:16Heat. [music]
35:24[music]
35:26Heat. Heat.
35:30[singing]
35:32[music]
35:38>> [music]
35:43>> We're moving forward.
35:48[music]
35:53[music and singing]
35:58will not be [singing]
36:05[music]
36:07shall Heat. Heat.
36:11[music]
36:15[music]
36:17[singing] Heat.
36:20Heat.
36:23[music]
36:30Oh, [music]
36:36[music]
36:44heat, heat. [music]
36:52Yeah. [music]
36:53Heat.
36:57[music]
36:59[singing]
37:03Yeah.
37:05Heat.
37:08[music]
37:13[music]
37:15Oh,
37:20[music]
37:21heat,
37:30heat. [music]
37:35[music]
37:42>> [music]
37:45>> Build your church. Build your church.
37:50Build the ground.
37:52Build your church. [music]
37:54Build your church. Build your church.
37:59Build [music] the ground.
38:01Build your church. Build [music] your
38:04church. Heat. Heat.
38:13[music]
38:16Heat. Heat.
38:20[music]
38:26Build
38:27[music]
38:29your church. Build your church. Build
38:33your [music] church.
38:46>> [music]
38:51[music]
38:56[music]
39:00>> Oh. [singing]
39:03Oh. [music]
39:09Oh. [music and singing]
39:12Oh,
39:18[music]
39:27[music]
39:37[music] aren't you glad to be a part of
39:39the church?
39:41God is building his church.
39:45[music]
39:46We stand on that scripture that said
39:48that the gates of hell shall not prevail
39:51against it. Now [music] the church has
39:54weathered a lot of storms over the
39:57centuries.
39:58[music] Persecution,
40:01error,
40:03false doctrines,
40:06[music] oppositions from within and
40:08without. And through it all, the church
40:11has persevered.
40:13Thank God we're a part of it. It's good
40:16to be a part of God's church today.
40:19Have your Bibles with you. We're going
40:21to
40:231st Samuel chapter 16.
40:27[music]
40:29Look at a familiar passage of scripture.
40:34towards the moment when the prophet
40:36Samuel
40:38went to anoint
40:42[music]
40:44king of Israel, young shepherd boy
40:47David.
40:53>> [music]
40:56>> If I had to slip into this passage,
41:00immersed in it today,
41:04we're going to walk through it.
41:06Find that
41:08what happened then has a lot to speak to
41:11us. Now
41:141st Samuel chapter [music] 16 and verse
41:18number 11
41:21Samuel said unto [music] Jesse
41:26are here all thy children.
41:30He Jesse said, "There remainth yet the
41:35youngest,
41:37and behold, he keepeth the sheep."
41:41[music]
41:42Samuel said unto Jesse, "Send and fetch
41:45him,
41:46and we will not sit down till he come
41:48hither."
41:50He sent and brought him in. [music]
41:54Now he was ruddy and with all of a
41:57beautiful countenance and goodly to look
41:59to.
42:01The Lord said, "Arise,
42:04anoint him.
42:06This is he."
42:10The Lord said [music] that to Samuel. In
42:12essence, he was saying, "David
42:14is the next king of Israel."
42:18Verse 13. Then Samuel took a horn of oil
42:23and anointed him in the midst of his
42:25brethren.
42:27And the spirit of the Lord came upon
42:29David from that day forward.
42:32So Samuel rose up and went
42:38from this and a number of other passages
42:41that we're about to visit. I'm going to
42:43preach from this subject. Don't let the
42:47enemy define your narrative.
42:51Don't let the enemy define your
42:54narrative. [music] Can you receive the
42:56word with an amen?
42:58>> Bless you. You can be seated.
43:10Over the last
43:14number of years,
43:17working with various people one on- one,
43:23I've come to realize that there are a
43:25lot of people in the church, people that
43:28have been waterbaptized in Jesus name,
43:30filled with the spirit,
43:33who really don't know who they are.
43:39They're unclear
43:41about their identity that is given to
43:44them when they're saved.
43:46And when you're unclear of your
43:48identity, then it's impossible to really
43:51know your purpose.
43:53And so what we have in many cases is
43:56people
43:58who have a kind of sort of
44:01vague idea of their identity as sons and
44:05daughters of God.
44:07And they may have a very foggy sense
44:10that God has a purpose for them but are
44:12unclear about what that is.
44:16And when we are unclear on our identity
44:21and we are not certain about our
44:24purpose,
44:26that creates a vacuum. And in that
44:29vacuum, there comes a lot of
44:31distractions and a lot of other voices
44:33that try to redefine us as something
44:38else or somebody else than what God has
44:41called us to be.
44:43And so part of us becoming
44:48the people that God wants us to become,
44:51part of greatness being able to emerge.
44:55And I do believe that there's a lot of
44:57greatness in this room right now. In
44:59order for that to happen, we got to know
45:01who we are. And we've got to have
45:03clarity on what God has called us to
45:06become.
45:08And the story of David,
45:11in my opinion, is one of the greatest
45:15examples in the Bible
45:17of how God
45:20prepares a person and how God elevates
45:25someone.
45:27This is a story that most of us are very
45:30familiar with. And so I want to just
45:33mention a few highlights as we lay the
45:35foundation for what I feel that the Lord
45:38has put on my heart today.
45:41We're going to go to the day that God
45:44sends the prophet Samuel
45:47to the house of Jesse to anoint one of
45:51his sons to be king.
45:53Samuel goes there that day and keep in
45:57mind this is way before cell phones and
46:02modern communication. So this means that
46:04when the prophet walked up, nobody knew
46:07he was coming.
46:09And so the prophet Samuel is up in years
46:12at this time and he comes to Jesse's
46:16house. He announces himself
46:19and Jesse knows who Samuel is. Everybody
46:23knew who Samuel was in Israel. This was
46:25the legendary prophet.
46:28What are you doing, Samuel? My house.
46:31Well, Jesse, God has sent me here to
46:35anoint one of your sons to become king.
46:38Now, for Jesse, that must have been
46:40music to his ears.
46:43This instantly made his chest swell with
46:47pride to know that God
46:50would see fit to send the prophet to
46:53select one of his boys to be king.
46:56Jesse
46:58has eight sons, eight of them.
47:02And and so here
47:06the
47:07the process starts. He calls his boys.
47:11He calls the oldest seven. And David,
47:15who is out in the pasture tending the
47:17sheep, is overlooked, and he is not even
47:20considered.
47:22And Jesse lines up these sons. And these
47:26are tall, handsome, strapping young men.
47:30They have a certain bearing about them.
47:33You can tell that that every one of
47:35these sons of Jesse, they've had some
47:38good raising. There's some good
47:40etiquette and they they present
47:42themselves well. The oldest son, his
47:45name was Eliab.
47:47And Elab stood before Samuel and Samuel
47:52thinks to himself,
47:55uh, surely this is the man that God has
48:00ordained to be king.
48:03But then the Lord speaks to Samuel,
48:05says, "Whoa, wait a minute. Now him, he
48:09said, "Man looks on the outward
48:10appearance, but I look on the heart."
48:13And so Samuel goes to the next son. And
48:17once again, the next son has a has a
48:20good proper bearing about him. And
48:22Samuel thinks again, maybe it's this
48:24one. And the Lord says, "No, not this
48:28one."
48:29And so he goes down the line and he is
48:31looking at every one of these sons and
48:37all of them seem like they are a
48:39possibility but the Lord says no to each
48:43one of them. And so Samuel finally gets
48:48to a point where he looks at Samuel and
48:52we see it here in verse 11 of chapter
48:5416.
48:56Samuel said, "Art here all thy
48:58children?"
49:01And Jesse said, "There remainth
49:04yet the youngest,
49:07and behold, he keepeth the sheep."
49:11And what I want to do is I want to stop
49:14right here and highlight something from
49:17David's childhood that a lot of people
49:21overlook.
49:22Jewish historians and rabbitic
49:26traditions have written extensively
49:28about David's childhood. We don't know
49:32some things for certain, but there are
49:34some clues in the word of God that are
49:37very vivid. And it seems like David is
49:41this
49:43unwanted child. David is the youngest.
49:47Some have theorized that David was a
49:52product of an immoral relationship
49:55Jesse had potentially had with with
49:58another woman. We don't know that. But
50:00there are once again there are some
50:02clues in the text that do seem to
50:05suggest this. But whatever this case
50:08was, it is very apparent
50:12that Jesse wanted all of his oldest boys
50:14to be promoted.
50:17But this youngest boy was viewed as
50:19somebody less than. He was viewed as a
50:23nuisance.
50:24He was relegated to nothing more than
50:28just a household servant.
50:31And so what we see is David
50:35had a narrative
50:37that had been spoken over his life from
50:40a young man.
50:42And this narrative, and we're going to
50:44find it being overlooked or or or
50:47explained as we go through the passages
50:50here, this narrative to David said that
50:53you are insignificant.
50:55You are a person who is not qualified
50:59and is not worthy to do anything of
51:03importance.
51:04And David had that going on in his life.
51:09But when he was summoned from the
51:12pasture and he came and he stood before
51:16Samuel that day, it was a very momentous
51:21time because here as he slips into the
51:25room, he's he's sweaty. He's got the
51:30dust of the field on him. His clothing
51:33may not have been up to par. those other
51:37sons, they they had things going on.
51:40They had the cool factor, but David
51:43didn't so much have a cool factor. He
51:45just had a hard work factor. And he had
51:48came in that day and it's evident from
51:52the atmosphere in the room
51:55that David really isn't respected and he
51:59really isn't wanted. But when he stands
52:02before the prophet Samuel,
52:06the Holy Ghost speaks to Samuel and
52:09says, "Arise,
52:12anoint him,
52:14for this is he." And you got to put
52:18yourself
52:19in David's shoes
52:23as Samuel reveals to David that God has
52:27chosen you to become the next king of
52:29Israel and he takes that horn of oil and
52:35he anoints him. Now we still practice
52:38anointing of the oil uh with oil in this
52:41church. We pray for the sick and uh when
52:44we go and pray for someone and anoint
52:46them and I instruct our ministers, you
52:48take the cap off this bottle and uh and
52:51you just barely tap it uh on the oil and
52:57we gently take one finger and we're
52:59going to touch your forehead with that
53:02oil. And there's uh reasons for that.
53:04One thing, uh, I kind of get distracted
53:08and have a hard time getting the Holy
53:10Ghost if I got a preacher praying for
53:11me. He's rubbing my hair and, you know,
53:13all messed up. And we don't have to do
53:14that to pray for somebody. So, when we
53:17anoint with oil, we do it very
53:18differently than what they did in the
53:21Bible. In the Bible, he has this horn of
53:24oil. It's this big ram's horn that's
53:27been hollowed out. And there's a large
53:29quantity of olive oil in this.
53:33And Samuel would have taken this horn
53:38and taken it over David's head
53:42and poured it on him. Can you imagine
53:46the feeling
53:48of warm olive oil and a big old bottle
53:52of it being poured on top of your head?
53:55That oil would have penetrated the hair
53:58and soaked into the scalp.
54:00rivlets of oil was mixing with his sweat
54:03and [clears throat] running down his
54:05face. And then you would see a a greasy
54:11splotch of oil going all through his
54:14clothes that likely would have never
54:16washed out.
54:18And this anointing was significant.
54:22It was a moment that would have been
54:24seared in David's mind.
54:26It was a time something happened. The
54:30Bible says in our text that the spirit
54:33of the Lord
54:35came upon David from that day forward.
54:39If there's anyone here, and many of you
54:41have, you've received the baptism of the
54:43Holy Ghost, evidenced by speaking in
54:44tongues, you understand that that's a
54:47different experience than just having
54:49God with you.
54:50>> It's one thing to have God with you, but
54:53it's another thing to have God in you.
54:55When David felt that, he must have felt
54:58the feeling very similar to what we feel
55:01when we get filled with the Holy Ghost.
55:04And in this moment,
55:06God is defining David
55:11differently than his father had defined
55:13him. His father had defined David as the
55:17unwanted,
55:19rejected son who was relegated to the
55:22back pasture. who was not qualified to
55:26be king. But God is speaking at this
55:29moment that it doesn't matter what dad
55:33says and it doesn't matter what your
55:34brothers say. My narrative on your life
55:38is that you are kingly. My narrative is
55:42you are a person who is anointed and I'm
55:46going to anoint you right here in the
55:47midst of your brethren right there where
55:50they can look at you being anointed. And
55:53so here we have the start of competing
55:57narratives. His father had said one
56:00thing about him, but now God says
56:04something different. And I want to just
56:07point out that there are going to be
56:09moments in our life where God sees
56:13something in us that is different than
56:16what other people see in us. Other
56:19people may look at us and say they won't
56:21amount to much. They won't change much.
56:25They won't accomplish much. But when God
56:29looks at you, he does not let the other
56:32people's opinions and labels be what
56:35determine what he does. He has his own
56:38narrative for your life. So I don't want
56:41to let what someone else says about me
56:44question what God has said to me. I want
56:47to believe the report of the Lord.
56:51And I noticed this as I was reading the
56:54story of David a few months ago. I
56:56started jotting down notes that
56:58eventually led to this message today.
57:01How that God had given a narrative on
57:04David's life.
57:06But we see that every time David tried
57:10to do something in those early days,
57:13other people were putting labels on him.
57:16Chapter 16 is where we read about
57:20um David getting anointed, but chapter
57:2517 is one of the most famous chapters in
57:27the Bible because that's where we read
57:29about the battle of David and Goliath.
57:32We know the story well how that
57:35the Philistines had challenged Israel
57:38and that big old giant Goliath is
57:41challenging them and nobody's willing to
57:44step out and fight that giant. And one
57:47day Jesse says to David, I want you to
57:49take some bread and cheese, take it to
57:52your brothers who are fighting out there
57:54in the battle and just check on them for
57:56me.
57:57And so David
57:59comes up and about the time he's coming
58:03up to the front lines of the ranks to
58:05find his brethren to give him some
58:07provision
58:09is when the giant steps out and
58:13and starts uttering his foulmouth
58:16challenge to the people of God.
58:19And David flares up and says, "Who is
58:22this uncircumcised Philistine?"
58:25And this is where we read
58:28about Elab, his brother,
58:32and the narrative that he had put on
58:35David. Let's look at verse 28 of chapter
58:3817.
58:41Elab said to David, "Why camest thou
58:46down hither?"
58:48Listen now. and with whom
58:52hast thou left those few sheep in the
58:57wilderness?
58:59Now note that what Elab is saying
59:04is David, you have a very lonely
59:08position.
59:10You only have a few sheep.
59:13That's all that you are about in life is
59:16a few sheep. You hadn't done much.
59:19All you've done is tend this scraggly
59:21handful of sheep and you can't do much
59:24of anything.
59:26Then he said, "I know thy pride."
59:31Now he is labeling David's motive
59:35as being less than pure. You're only
59:38here and you're only willing to
59:40challenge this Goliath
59:43because you are a proud man. Your motive
59:47isn't right. It is vile. And then he
59:51said, I know the naughtiness of thine
59:53heart. That word naughtiness there from
59:56the Hebrew means moral depravity.
1:00:01In other words, he is saying, David, not
1:00:04only are you insignificant
1:00:07and not only do you have a wrong motive,
1:00:10but your character is bad. That is what
1:00:13his own brother had constructed as a
1:00:17narrative. He was in essence saying,
1:00:19"You're insignificant, irresponsible,
1:00:22and prideful, and you're only here
1:00:24because you want to see the battle." But
1:00:27David was not there because of those
1:00:30things. He was there because his father
1:00:33had sent him. He did have a good motive
1:00:36and he did have a good character. But
1:00:38brothers and sisters, I want to let you
1:00:40know that there will be times when even
1:00:43your own brothers and your own family
1:00:46members will put labels on you that are
1:00:49not correct. Sometimes even your spouse
1:00:54may label your motive as something then
1:00:57other than what it is and they will
1:00:59speak to you in the most condescending
1:01:03terms possible. And here is what is
1:01:07important to notice. When your character
1:01:10is being bismerched, when people are
1:01:13putting labels on you and they are
1:01:15making accusations that are not correct,
1:01:19you need to understand that you're not
1:01:21obligated to defend yourself.
1:01:25Here David, the man who had been
1:01:27anointed to be king, the David who had
1:01:30the spirit of the Lord upon him, his
1:01:32brother is saying, "What you doing here?
1:01:36You little scrawny runt.
1:01:40You're full of pride.
1:01:42You got bad character." But I love what
1:01:45the scripture
1:01:47records as David's response in verse 29.
1:01:51David said, "What have I now done? Is
1:01:54there not a clause? Now watch this.
1:01:58Watch what he did. The Bible said David
1:02:01turned
1:02:03from him
1:02:05to another.
1:02:08David did not stand there and argue
1:02:13>> with Elab.
1:02:15He did not refute the accusations.
1:02:19He simply ignored them. Had David got
1:02:23into an argument with his brother, he
1:02:26could have stood there all day long,
1:02:28defending himself from accusations that
1:02:31weren't right, and he would have missed
1:02:34his opportunity to fight Goliath. I'm
1:02:37here to preach to you that there are
1:02:39some narratives that do not have to be
1:02:42defeated in an argument. They've got to
1:02:44be left behind. There is a place you can
1:02:47get to in God where you are so secure in
1:02:51your identity. It really doesn't matter
1:02:55what other people say it to you or about
1:02:59you or what they think of you because
1:03:01you know who God says you are. God says
1:03:06you are a king. God says you are a
1:03:09person of value. And when people are
1:03:12saying something different, when you are
1:03:14secure in what God said, you could do
1:03:16what David did or you could just turn
1:03:20>> and go to another.
1:03:22>> So narratives,
1:03:24his father
1:03:26said, "You're not important." Elab had a
1:03:30narrative.
1:03:32But then David goes to Saul,
1:03:37and Saul was not being malicious at this
1:03:39time.
1:03:40But he had a narrative too. He said to
1:03:42David, verse 33, "Thou art not able to
1:03:47go against this Philistine to fight with
1:03:49him for your buddy of youth." Saul
1:03:53basically said, "David, I know you want
1:03:55to fight. And man, I love you, boy, but
1:03:57you can't do it. You're not able to do
1:03:59that." Sometimes people's narratives on
1:04:04us are simply that we're not qualified
1:04:06and we are unable. And so as we go
1:04:09through the story of David, everybody he
1:04:12encounters is putting a narrative on him
1:04:16that says that he is less than. But then
1:04:19we find the worst narrative of them all.
1:04:23And that comes from his enemy Goliath.
1:04:26Let's read through that. Verse number
1:04:2842. When David went out to fight
1:04:31Goliath, the scripture said that the
1:04:34Philistine looked about and he saw
1:04:38David.
1:04:40Watch this. It said he
1:04:44disdained him.
1:04:47You know what it mean to be disdained?
1:04:49It means to be disrespected.
1:04:53That means that giant looked at this
1:04:56little teenage
1:04:58red-haired boy with a feeling of
1:05:01disgust.
1:05:04Who are you?
1:05:06A youth
1:05:09ruddy
1:05:10of a fair countenance.
1:05:13You're going to come fight for me.
1:05:16He disdained him. Verse 43. He said, "Am
1:05:20I a dog that you come to me with a
1:05:24stave?"
1:05:26So the enemy saw the staff. Evidently,
1:05:29he didn't notice the sling. He was
1:05:31looking at the wrong thing. And verse
1:05:3444, now I want you to watch the enemy's
1:05:36narratives here. He said, "Come to me,
1:05:40and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls
1:05:44of the air and to the beast of the
1:05:47field." Previously, people had put a
1:05:51narrative on David that said he was less
1:05:55than, he wasn't qualified, he wasn't
1:05:58able. But now, the enemy is trying to
1:06:01write the narrative of the future. He is
1:06:04trying to let David know that the
1:06:07outcome of your life is fixing to be a
1:06:10very bad outcome. But David refused
1:06:16Goliath's version of his future. And
1:06:19David said, "I come to you in the name
1:06:24of the Lord of hosts." And he said, "I
1:06:27this day that the Lord is going to
1:06:29deliver you into my hand." I've come to
1:06:34preach to somebody right now that you
1:06:36have been living under narratives that
1:06:39have been put on you by other people.
1:06:43and put on you by the spirits of hell.
1:06:46But it's time for us to discover who we
1:06:49are in God and to stand up and reject
1:06:54every false narrative and understand
1:06:57that God is with us and it only matters
1:07:01what God thinks. And the report of the
1:07:04Lord supersedes all the other reports
1:07:07that are told about us. [applause]
1:07:11We can't let the enemy define our
1:07:13narrative
1:07:16>> now.
1:07:19I want to talk to you a few identity
1:07:21scriptures here.
1:07:25It's important that we know who we are
1:07:28because if you're not able to understand
1:07:30who you are, somebody else is going to
1:07:32define who you are
1:07:34>> and they will always misdefine
1:07:37who you really are. Let's look at a
1:07:40couple scriptures here that talk about
1:07:41identity. Start in Ephesians
1:07:45chapter 1 and verse number six.
1:07:50This is one of the more powerful
1:07:53sentences of all of Paul's writings.
1:07:58The Bible says, "He," speaking of God,
1:08:02"hath made us accepted
1:08:07in the beloved," speaking of Christ.
1:08:12What that is saying is that when you are
1:08:14in Christ,
1:08:17you are accepted by God.
1:08:22Now, why is that important?
1:08:24It's important because a lot of us
1:08:28live with the feeling
1:08:31of unworthiness,
1:08:34>> shame,
1:08:37>> the feeling of
1:08:39being a failure,
1:08:41>> feeling dirty and unclean because of our
1:08:45past.
1:08:47But this verse is saying that when we
1:08:49are in him and you are in him, when you
1:08:54are filled with the Holy Ghost, when you
1:08:56are in him, the same favor that God put
1:09:01upon Jesus Christ extends to you. When
1:09:06God Almighty looks at us, he does not
1:09:09look at us in the terms of our past, but
1:09:12he looks at us in the terms of who is
1:09:16upon us, and that is Christ. We are
1:09:19accepted in the beloved. That means that
1:09:23I belong in the church. That means that
1:09:28don't matter how I feel, I do fit in
1:09:31here because God says I am accepted.
1:09:35There's too many people that don't feel
1:09:37like they fit into the church. Yeah, I
1:09:39understand you might feel that way, but
1:09:42you need to move your feelings to align
1:09:45with what the word says. The word says
1:09:48that you are accepted in the beloved.
1:09:52And when you know that you are in him
1:09:54and that you are walking in the full
1:09:56approval of God Almighty, it does
1:09:59something to your spirit. And so when
1:10:02people start putting labels on you to
1:10:05make you feel less than, you shrug them
1:10:08off. It falls away from you like water
1:10:11off of a duck's back because you
1:10:13understand that if he approves of me and
1:10:16if his blessing and his favor is on my
1:10:19life, it matters not what other people
1:10:22say. [applause]
1:10:25>> Someone say, "I am accepted."
1:10:27>> I am accepted.
1:10:33Now, that's one of these scriptures.
1:10:39>> You got to get it in your head first,
1:10:43but then you got to get it in your
1:10:45heart.
1:10:47>> That's right.
1:10:48>> You can have facts in your head, not
1:10:50have them in your heart. It takes a work
1:10:52of the Holy Ghost to give you something
1:10:54called revelation for it to go from
1:10:56knowledge to revelation. That's headto
1:10:58heart.
1:10:59Heart knowledge is revelation. Head
1:11:01knowledge is just knowledge. And we need
1:11:04both.
1:11:05And if you're still struggling, feeling
1:11:08fit in like you fit in and feeling
1:11:10unworthy, it means you don't have
1:11:12revelation of the scripture. If you
1:11:14don't have revelation, you need to pray
1:11:16every day that God would give you
1:11:17revelation. And when that one sentence
1:11:20comes alive, he hath made us accepted in
1:11:22the beloved. I would propose to you it's
1:11:25going to put a surge of authority and
1:11:27boldness and confidence in your worship
1:11:29and prayer unlike anything you've ever
1:11:31experienced before.
1:11:35>> Talking to you about our identity. This
1:11:37is how we overcome the narratives the
1:11:39enemy puts on us. Another identity
1:11:42scripture that we need to grab by
1:11:45Revelation is 1 John chapter 2 and verse
1:11:4827.
1:11:50The Bible says, "But the anointing
1:11:54which you have received
1:11:57of him
1:12:00abideth in you."
1:12:03I don't have time to unpack a theology
1:12:06of anointing right now, but suffice to
1:12:10say that when the anointing was put on
1:12:12somebody in the Old Testament,
1:12:15it meant that they had God's favor.
1:12:18And when we are anointed in the New
1:12:20Testament, it's not so much with oil,
1:12:23but it's with Holy Ghost. And when the
1:12:26Holy Ghost comes upon us and his
1:12:29approval is put upon our life, that is
1:12:32what it means to receive an anointing,
1:12:35[clears throat] that means that we have
1:12:37the favor of God. If you are here today
1:12:40and you are walking in a fullness of the
1:12:44Holy Ghost, then you walk in God's
1:12:47favor. You need to understand that Acts
1:12:50chapter 1 and verse number 8 says that
1:12:53you shall receive power after that the
1:12:57Holy Ghost has come upon you. Brothers
1:13:00and sisters, the feeling of empowerment
1:13:03and the feeling of insignificance
1:13:06are polar opposites. And the enemy is
1:13:10always wanting us to feel insignificant.
1:13:14The enemy wants us to feel like our
1:13:16prayers don't matter. The enemy wants us
1:13:19to feel less than. But when we get
1:13:22revelation of what the word says about
1:13:25our identity, that we are anointed and
1:13:28we are empowered, it'll make the false
1:13:32narratives that others have put on us
1:13:36fall away. I'm trying to preach and
1:13:38liberate somebody in this place. I'm
1:13:41trying to preach some boldness into your
1:13:43spirit right now. I'm trying to take the
1:13:46word of God and shred some of the lies
1:13:50that have held some of us back for
1:13:53years. It's time to be loosed from the
1:13:56false labels and narratives put on us by
1:14:00the enemy and for us to embrace the
1:14:03report of the Lord and let God's
1:14:05narrative be what defines us.
1:14:10>> [applause]
1:14:10>> One more identity scripture. There's a
1:14:12whole bunch, but this is a good one.
1:14:14Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 10.
1:14:23Paul said we are his workmanship.
1:14:31When I was in Sunday school,
1:14:35we used to sing a song.
1:14:38He's still working on me.
1:14:43Took him just a week. Somebody help me.
1:14:47>> Thank the sun, Jupiter, and stars. And
1:14:49I'm butchering it. How loving and
1:14:52patient he must be because he's still
1:14:54working on me. In other words, God
1:14:56created this whole world in a week, six
1:14:58days, and but he's still working on me
1:15:01after all these years. So that I'm his
1:15:03workmanship. It's a masterpiece. I am
1:15:06God's masterpiece. You are God's
1:15:09masterpiece. You are a person of
1:15:12incredible value. God has been working
1:15:16in the details of your life. That's what
1:15:18that scripture means. For we are his
1:15:21workmanship. We are created how? in
1:15:24Christ Jesus. Without taking time to dig
1:15:28this, that means that we are becoming
1:15:30what he is. We're becoming in the form
1:15:33of his character. We're created in
1:15:36Christ Jesus. I've been working to form
1:15:39you. I am making you into the image of
1:15:43my son, Christ Jesus. But I'm doing it
1:15:46for a purpose because you're going to go
1:15:49out of this season of formation and
1:15:52you're going to accomplish some great
1:15:54workshe
1:16:00or ordained that we should walk in them.
1:16:02That means that God has a plan for your
1:16:06life. Before you were ever born, God
1:16:09knew you were coming. Before you ever
1:16:12did the stuff you did, God knew what you
1:16:14were going to do. But he still had a
1:16:16plan for you. This means that my life
1:16:20has been sovereignly mapped out from
1:16:23start to finish by the master creator.
1:16:27And when God saved me, he put
1:16:30[clears throat] me onto the path of his
1:16:32plan. And then God is working on me.
1:16:36I don't a lot of times I don't know
1:16:37God's working on me because it don't
1:16:39feel like he is. I might feel my my my
1:16:43failures and I feel my inadequacies, but
1:16:47just because I feel those things does
1:16:49not negate the work of God. One I owed
1:16:52to. He's working on me. And and when I
1:16:55look back over the years that I've lived
1:16:57for God, I can see that my character is
1:17:01changing and it's becoming more and more
1:17:03in alignment with Jesus Christ. But what
1:17:07I love about this last line is that he
1:17:10has a plan. He has ordained that I
1:17:14should walk in good works. I am going to
1:17:17do great things on the behalf of his
1:17:20kingdom. My life does have meaning. My
1:17:26life does have purpose. I've got to
1:17:29preach that into your spirit. You know,
1:17:32sometimes there's people in the church
1:17:33that get a suicidal ideiation in their
1:17:36mind and it's an old ugly spirit that
1:17:39tries to put a narrative on them that
1:17:41says your your life is not worth living.
1:17:44Why don't you just end it? Nobody cares
1:17:46about you. Why don't you just end your
1:17:48life?
1:17:49You'll never see anything good happen.
1:17:51Why don't you end your life? Boy, I feel
1:17:54the Holy Ghost right now. But the spirit
1:17:56of suicide cannot coexist with the
1:17:59revelation of this scripture. Cuz this
1:18:02scripture says, "I might be walking
1:18:05through hell right now, but God's still
1:18:07got a plan. I may not be able to see it
1:18:09right now, but he's still got a path.
1:18:11There's still a road. He is ordering my
1:18:14steps. So therefore, I shall keep
1:18:17walking the walk of faith. Uh I shall
1:18:19keep my trust in the Lord, and I shall
1:18:22comfort myself with what is written in
1:18:25the word. His word said he's working on
1:18:28me. He's making me something. And there
1:18:33is a purpose for my life. Uh I wish I
1:18:36could rar back him and shout it to where
1:18:39they could hear it up in the heavens. Uh
1:18:41there is a purpose for your life. Uh
1:18:43lift up your head. There is a purpose
1:18:45for your life. Uh it's not over. Your
1:18:49story is not done. The narrative that
1:18:52the enemy has put on you is a lie from
1:18:55the pit of hell. We choose to embrace
1:18:59God's narrative, not that of the enemy.
1:19:03Oh, let's clap our hands and give God
1:19:05praise. [applause]
1:19:09Slip
1:19:13on back to the music. I'm I'm about
1:19:15done.
1:19:18See, everything comes back to the sense
1:19:20of this anointed sense of identity.
1:19:30God's narrative was established in
1:19:33chapter 16.
1:19:35This is the one. He's the king.
1:19:38That was God's narrative.
1:19:41And had
1:19:43David not embraced what God said in that
1:19:46moment,
1:19:48he would have allowed these competing
1:19:50narratives
1:19:52to disrupt God's plan.
1:19:57And this underscores the absolute
1:19:59importance for us as a church.
1:20:03We need to know who we are.
1:20:07>> [music]
1:20:11>> Your sense of identity
1:20:14impacts everything about your Christian
1:20:16walk.
1:20:18Can we talk a little bit about
1:20:19temptation?
1:20:25Can we just have confessional right here
1:20:27in the Pentecostal church? Like we ain't
1:20:29Catholic, but we probably we if
1:20:32confession is biblical.
1:20:34Has anybody besides me ever been
1:20:37tempted?
1:20:39[music]
1:20:41And some of y'all doing really good and
1:20:43like don't. But man, yeah.
1:20:48[music]
1:20:49Let's take it one step further. Has
1:20:51anyone ever given into temptation?
1:20:56Mhm.
1:21:01>> [music]
1:21:04>> You know why
1:21:08we give in temptation?
1:21:13One [music] of the reasons why
1:21:16is because
1:21:19we don't have a good sense of identity
1:21:22God.
1:21:24[music]
1:21:25When Satan came to tempt Jesus,
1:21:30tempted him three times, do you remember
1:21:33what he said to
1:21:35three different temptations, but they
1:21:37all started with the same phrase. You
1:21:38remember it?
1:21:41>> If thou be
1:21:45the son of God,
1:21:51Satan is wanting to put a if over your
1:21:54name.
1:21:55If
1:21:57you are
1:22:01[music]
1:22:03temptation had to first
1:22:06attack his identity, [music]
1:22:08but Jesus knew who he was.
1:22:11And because he knew who he was, he could
1:22:14[music] stand.
1:22:16Brothers and sisters, when you
1:22:18understand that you are a child of God,
1:22:22and you understand that God's got a
1:22:24purpose for your life, and you
1:22:26understand that there is a plan, and
1:22:29then you understand that fleshly
1:22:31temptation will disrupt that plan, and
1:22:34that temptation will distract you from
1:22:36that plan. It's easy [music] to brush
1:22:39temptation aside when you know who you
1:22:42are.
1:22:47>> [music]
1:22:48>> What kind of preaching in this church
1:22:50will help people overcome temptation?
1:22:53I think about that sometimes because I
1:22:55know a lot of us struggle [music] with
1:22:56it.
1:23:00I guess there's a time and a place we
1:23:02got to name temptation. The Bible does.
1:23:04So, we need to
1:23:08[music] we need to preach about and
1:23:10against the works of the flesh.
1:23:13The Bible talks about it. But I would
1:23:16suggest that if the bulk of the
1:23:19preaching
1:23:22simply decries sin,
1:23:25temptation,
1:23:27and the works of the flesh, we're not
1:23:30going to get a lot of progress.
1:23:32We'll just get more awareness of a
1:23:34problem.
1:23:36But to really get people over the hump,
1:23:41we need preaching about identity.
1:23:44We need to get it to where every member
1:23:47of the church has a strong awareness of
1:23:50who they are in God.
1:23:55You want to have bold prayer,
1:23:58we got to figure out who we are in God.
1:24:01>> [music]
1:24:02>> If I let the enemy's narrative get on
1:24:04me, I'm going to hang my head in prayer
1:24:05and praying with a very mournful
1:24:08[music] minor key.
1:24:12If I let the enemy's narrative prevail,
1:24:16I'm going to chew gum in church and hang
1:24:19my arms low and I'm not going to worship
1:24:23because I don't feel worthy and so I
1:24:25want to detach.
1:24:27I find myself in this weird deal of
1:24:30feeling called to be here but yet
1:24:32wanting to stay distant and worship. But
1:24:35when I know [music] that I am accepted
1:24:38in him, when I know that I'm anointed
1:24:42and I'm empowered, there's something in
1:24:45me that leaps
1:24:48when it's time for worship.
1:24:51I want to be close to him.
1:24:53I want to have that revelation of who I
1:24:56am refreshed and renewed. Does anyone
1:24:59else feel that way? Can we stand
1:25:02together?
1:25:05[music]
1:25:14[music]
1:25:19The enemy went [music]
1:25:22like to say that
1:25:26we're nothing. We're nobody. We're
1:25:28hypocrites.
1:25:30[music]
1:25:30The enemy would like to put a label in
1:25:32this church that we will never be able
1:25:34to walk in the promises of God, the
1:25:36fulfillment of what God has said, that
1:25:40we'll not be able to reach [music] more
1:25:41souls and the progress of the church is
1:25:44going to stop and that the church is
1:25:46going to fall apart.
1:25:49The enemy wants to say the church is
1:25:51weak. [music]
1:25:53The enemy says the church
1:25:56is [music] never going to survive.
1:25:59The enemy says the church is in bad
1:26:01shape and it's getting a little worse
1:26:03every day.
1:26:06But I'm here to tell you the enemy is a
1:26:08liar and the truth is not in him.
1:26:13[applause]
1:26:16Hallelujah.
1:26:18>> [applause]
1:26:19>> You know, I just sort of believe the
1:26:20hand of God is with us
1:26:23and God's plan is being worked out right
1:26:26now. [music] I sort of believe we are
1:26:30exactly
1:26:33on the track that God wants us to be on
1:26:36around here.
1:26:38He's ordering our steps. It's good and
1:26:41it's getting better.
1:26:43If you feel that way, I want you to join
1:26:45me at the front of this church and we're
1:26:47going to pray right now for a spirit of
1:26:49revelation to hit this place. I want you
1:26:53to pray that God would let these matters
1:26:56of identity that we we've said amen to
1:26:59today. We've received it. This church
1:27:00has received this message.
1:27:03But I wanted to get from my head to my
1:27:05heart.
1:27:07Can you just lift your hands? Come on up
1:27:08close, man. We've got a big room full
1:27:10[music] of people. We got to make room.
1:27:12If you got carpet in front of your feet,
1:27:14stretch on up to the front here. I I
1:27:17don't want to leave anybody out. And we
1:27:18got to really crowd [music] in here to
1:27:20make room.
1:27:22We need revelation to come on this
1:27:24place. We need revelation. The kind of
1:27:28revelation that brings boldness [music]
1:27:29and authority. I want you to just start
1:27:31praying. God, I pray that the scriptures
1:27:34would be opened up to let me know who I
1:27:36am.
1:27:41Sataya.
1:27:43God, I pray that the light of truth
1:27:45would fill my spirit right now.
1:27:50I know that spiritual things cannot be
1:27:52apprehended by flesh. So God, we need
1:27:55the Holy Ghost to stir this
1:27:58congregation.
1:28:00Help us to see and to know who we are.
1:28:05Help us to grab hold of who we are.
1:28:10Help us to see ourselves in terms of
1:28:12being men and women of God.
1:28:19[music]
1:28:22>> Hallelujah.
1:28:24[music]
1:28:26>> Hallelujah.
1:28:29>> Hallelujah.
1:28:36Church, let's press a little bit in our
1:28:38prayer right now.
1:28:40I want to encourage you to press.
1:28:46Oh, let the light of revelation come on
1:28:49this place.
1:28:52[music]
1:28:55I want to believe myself to be who you
1:28:58say I am.
1:29:03God, I pray that the Holy Ghost would
1:29:05settle on this altar right now. [music]
1:29:10There are people praying for the baptism
1:29:12of the Holy [music] Ghost right now.
1:29:13We're going to pray that it comes. Let
1:29:16the spirit be poured out right now.
1:29:20Yes.
1:29:22[music]
1:29:25Brothers and sisters, prayer warriors,
1:29:27let's pray.
1:29:29Oh, let this church walk [music] deeper
1:29:31in the light of God's revelation.
1:29:35Hallelujah.
1:29:39[music]
1:29:45[music]
1:29:46And I lift
1:29:48my mouth here because I'm breaking
1:29:53[music] out.
1:29:55>> [singing]
1:29:59>> Jesus [music] has given me
1:30:05[music and singing] my voice.
1:30:08Everyone comes
1:30:11down.
1:30:14[music]
1:30:20[music] Yeah.
1:30:26Heat.
1:30:28[music]
1:30:33[music]
1:30:39>> [music]
1:30:40>> Heat. Heat.
1:30:47[music]
1:30:50Heat.
1:30:53Heat. [music]
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1:31:03Oh my
1:31:07god.
1:31:11[music]
1:31:17[music]
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1:31:32Yeah. [music]
1:31:38Heat. [singing]
1:31:42[music]
1:31:49[music]
1:31:59>> [music]
1:32:04>> Heat up
1:32:09here.
1:32:21>> [music]
1:32:28[music]
1:32:30>> Heat
1:32:32up
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1:33:32[music]
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1:33:39Heat. Heat.
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1:34:18[music]
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1:34:34[music]
1:34:42Heat. Heat. [music and singing]
1:34:51[music]
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1:34:56[music]
1:35:01[singing]
1:35:03>> [music]
1:35:05>> Jesus. [singing]
1:35:11[music]
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1:35:20[music]
1:35:27[music]
1:35:31Heat.
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1:36:38[music]
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1:37:34Heat. N.
1:37:41[music]
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1:38:36[music]
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1:38:57Heat. Heat.
1:39:00[music]
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1:39:34Heat.
1:39:35Heat. [music]
1:39:55>> [music]
1:39:58>> Heat. Heat.
1:40:06Heat. Heat.
1:40:18[music]
1:40:34>> [music]
1:40:38>> Heat.
1:40:41Heat.
1:40:48[music] Heat.
1:40:54[music]
1:41:04[music] Heat.
1:41:13>> [music]
1:41:19>> Sister Mary just got filled with the
1:41:21Holy Ghost. Speak in another tongue.
1:41:23[music]
1:41:24Hallelujah. Let's give God praise
1:41:27together. [music]
1:41:28Hallelujah. God is doing a work for his
1:41:32people.
1:41:33Oh, clap your hands again and let's
1:41:35[music] give God praise.
1:41:37Hallelujah.
1:41:44>> [music]
1:41:45>> Amen. Keep on praying and worshiping as
1:41:48long as you like. Revival tonight, 6:30.
1:41:52[music]

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