This is “Little by Little.” God wants you to be powerfully favored, supernaturally gifted, and abundantly successful! But the progress to your promise land may not move as fast as you think it should. Learn, with Jentezen Franklin, how to get what you want without losing what you need … little by little. To hear more inspiring messages from Jentezen Franklin, visit http://www.jentezenfranklin.org/watch… & subscribe to this channel: http://goo.gl/yfkXHy

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connection you say greater is He that is

in me than he that can rebuke the

Devourer for your sake jesus said when

you when you walk with Him little

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if you have your Bible I’d love for you

to open it with me to the book of

Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 21 you shall

not be terrified of them for the Lord

your God the great and awesome God is

among you it’s pretty powerful because

he said I don’t want you terrified the

King James I think it is says that our

God is great and terrible it says that

in several places god is great and

terrible what does that mean that means

God’s great to us who who love him

serving but he’s terrible to our

adversaries I like the fact that I don’t

just serve a great God who’s great to me

but he’s terrible no weapon formed

against us will prosper he’s he’s the

terrible one to our adversaries watch

verse 22 what a profound little verse

right here and the Lord your God will

drive out those nations before you here

it is little by little you will be

unable to destroy them at once in other

words it’s not gonna happen instantly

it’s gonna happen little by little

that’s what I want to talk about for

just a few moments because I believe

that there are many people who need to

hear and understand what God said to the

Israelites he say unto you and I today

number one is this

he said victory and success to you is no

longer in debate it’s going to happen

but what is in debate is the timing and

Psalms 84 and 11 underscores it’s not in

debate because he said in Psalms 84 and

11 no good thing will he withhold from

them who walk uprightly God will hold no

good thing from them God will provide

every

good thing you need it’s not in question

victory and success is not a hope so

maybe so I wonder God says I want to get

the debate over I am a God whose very

nature is to bless you with victory and

success I want you to win you’re going

to win but God wants you to see how much

he loves you so that you will be

powerfully favored supernaturally gifted

and abundantly successful I’m not afraid

of any of those words I just say it as a

matter of fact I want you to speak it if

you’re not scared of the good part of

the Bible

everybody say God wants me powerfully

favored supernaturally gifted and

abundantly successful in Jesus name

shout about it just a minute and I’ll

keep moving that’s good news now let me

balance it out now that’s the good news

but it needs a little balance and here

comes the balance the balance is this

the progress to your promised land may

not not be at the rate and at the speed

that you think it should be have you

ever felt like that you knew that you

were headed somewhere that God had

promised it and yet the progress the

success the advancement felt like it was

going way too slow but I’m here today to

defeat doubt I’m here today to conquer

confusion many of you have irritation

agitation and frustration as to why am I

not there yet why doesn’t it grow

quicker

why won’t God give me instantaneous

success what is the inhibitor what is

the problem why can’t I sing

to go as fast as other people are going

and I’m gonna answer your question

because God’s Word gave the answer in

the text I read

the issue is not a what the issue is a

who the answer is God God is the one who

has slowed you down because God loves

you for who you are not what you do

God’s not gonna love you more when you

do something big then he loves you right

now

doing what you’re doing I learned and I

had to learn that when the church grew

from 300 people to 500 people this came

as a revelation to me God didn’t love me

any more than he did when we had 300

people and when we grew from 500 to a

thousand he didn’t love me anymore and

when we grew from a thousand to five

thousand he didn’t love me anymore but

what happened is I began to get in love

with all that more busier and busier and

busier and all of a sudden I’m giving

him less time and I’m giving this more

time so God has to put a governor on our

success sometimes and say let’s slow

down and let’s go back to what made you

great it’s not your talent it’s not your

gifting it’s not your ability I’ll bless

you in accordance to how you lean on me

and you connect to me what we want to do

should always be overshadowed by who we

want to be I want to be like Jesus more

than I want to do something great in

Luke 10 and verse 20 the Bible said the

disciples came back and they they were

rejoicing they said we’re not even the

demons subject unto us and Jesus said

rejoice not that the spirits are subject

to you but rejoice that your name is

written in heaven I don’t want you

rejoicing over what you are doing

I want you rejoicing over the fact that

I through my blood and my love for you

have saved you and who you are is more

important

than what you do Matthew 7:22 reads like

a revival dream list for a preacher says

if not we prophesy on your name cast out

Devils in your name to many mighty works

in your name and then the dream turns to

a nightmare when Jesus says depart from

me I never knew you now they did some

pretty amazing things for him but they

weren’t in relationship with him

relationship should supersede what you

do so many times we want what we do to

be the biggest and fastest and greatest

and who we are and who we’re in

relationship with is totally neglected

we want to do what we want to do should

be overshadowed by what we want to be

and what I’m saying to you is really

illustrated in the fact that in 1st

Samuel 3 in verse 1 the Bible said in

the child Samuel watch this ministered

unto the Lord but 6 verses later in

verse 7 it says now Samuel did not yet

know the Lord so he’s in the he’s in the

ministry he’s on the praise team he’s

singing and he’s ministering to the Lord

doing things doing work doing things but

he’s not in close relationship with the

Lord our greatest blessing is not our

gifting our but a greatest blessing is

not our talent it’s not what we can do

but it’s simply to know him and to be

known by him that is the greatest

blessing now listen carefully this is

why I’m saying this it’s possible that

you can get what you want at the expense

of losing what you need and God knows

that God knows that it’s possible to get

what you want and I’ve seen it happen to

so many people it happens to athletes it

happens to people who who find great

success in business it happens to people

who

achieve their dreams and their goals and

they pursue them and start climbing the

ladder and it’s possible to get what you

want and lose what you need God said

I’ll give you the land nothing’s going

to stop it

you will conquer them but it will be

little by little

why lest the beasts of the field devour

you God said I want you to understand

listen let us sink in victory and

success will undeniably be yours if you

will follow the Lord but it will not be

instantaneous success there’s unrest

there’s frustration there’s agitation

and hundreds of you thousands of you

listening to me right now because it’s

not going fast enough according to your

plan I’m going to tell you why it hasn’t

happened yet there is a God who loves

you so much that he knows that if he

gave you instantaneous success listen

all at once you would be consumed catch

it by the Beast he knows that the higher

you go up you get the attention of the

Beast and there’s always on a person

that God elevates the release of the

Beast because the higher you go up while

you’re down here with everybody you can

hide your gift can hide but when God

starts elevating you it means two things

you’re uncovered you’re standing out and

suddenly the Beast notices you and when

the Beast notices you he targets you and

if you’re not ready for the attack the

Beast will consume everything that you

started out to do it will be consumed

and how many people have we seen who

begin to blow up whether it’s in

Hollywood or

musical talent in the church that that

they had and developed and then they

went big time and it’s not the big time

is the problem it’s the fact that they

haven’t walked with God long enough

little by little that when you get there

it’s not your God he’s my God and you

say oh I could handle it I could handle

it but how many athletes have we seen

when they how many people have we seen

it’s the spirit of the world it’s the

spirit of the Beast and you can’t fight

that with natural inclinations God loves

what you are more than what you do hmm

that means he loves you right now like

you were on top of the world and had

done everything you’ve ever aspired to

do now that ought to warm your heart

let’s just take a moment and say thank

you for loving me just like I am not for

what I do

but for Who I am Wow that set me free

that set me free we don’t even know

who’s who he’s so successful she’s so

successful we really don’t know who’s

successful we really won’t know until a

few hours after the rapture and if

you’re left here with all your stuff you

were not successful but when the trumpet

plant blows and you and your family go

up you are

I’ll take my little by little I don’t

want I don’t want God to bless me out of

the church I have seen too many people

get blessed out of the church started

out in the church with nothing

struggling Oh God I got a dream please

help me please help me and God begin to

bless them and God begin to bless them

and God begin to bless them and it got

blessed right out of the church and now

they’re at the lake now they’re at the

beach every weekend they’re blessed

right out of the Bible don’t read it

anymore bless right out of the prayer

place bless right out of serving bless

right out of the body of Christ they

don’t ever need to come to church cause

I’m so me and I’m its egotism is it

centered on you your life and the rules

don’t count you don’t need church

anymore because you make the big bucks

and it’s possible to be blessed right

out of church that’s why I say he’ll

withhold no good thing so if the Lord’s

withheld it it meant it wasn’t either

tie either it wasn’t good for your heart

wasn’t time and he’s got to develop you

a little bit before the Beast is

released and comes with pride and ego

and tries to take away and consume God’s

purpose for that platform clap your

hands and say yes Lord yes yes yes yes

yes

so someone say it like this all you

young people listen to me you got big

dreams the question is not can God

handle it and can God make it happen and

can God God could flip a switch

spiritually and and tomorrow you could

be discovered tomorrow you could get

full ride scholarship tomorrow you know

why didn’t he just flip a scrip here and

instead of us going through hell and I

mean fighting with banks and going

through stuff and the church splits and

people mad know all that all that to get

to here why didn’t we just boom here

because then you’d have another preacher

crash-and-burn have a lot of you do the

same so God says let me let you walk

through the valley

let me will let you walk through some

hue some humbling situations let me

teach you how bad you need to stay on

your knees let me teach you that in the

good times you praise in the past times

you praise in the good times you go to

church and the bad times you you read

that book when you’re on top of the

world and you read that book when

nothing’s going right and everything’s

the reverse of what God told you and

when you go little by little when you

get there and the Beast comes at you you

say greater is He that is in me than he

that I can rebuke the Devourer for your

sake jesus said when you when you’ve

walked with him little by little 2nd

chronicles 26 and verse 15 says this and

his name was spread abroad he became

famous for he was marvelously helped

listen to these words until he became

strong this is the story of so many

people they become famous because God

marvelously helps them God marvelously

blesses him the fame was not from hail

it came from God but when he became

strong the next verse says but when he

was strong his heart was lifted up to

his own destruction the Beast was

released and when the Beast got released

he couldn’t handle it so if God has you

on a slower pace it’s to prepare you for

what he’s taking you to so that when you

get there it won’t be about this it’ll

just be stuff it’ll just be another

thing that I do for the king but the

king is the focus the king is my

everything the king not the dream is the

most important thing in my life

here’s how you do it the Song of Solomon

8 in verse 5 says who is this coming out

of the wilderness here’s the key leaning

on his beloved you can’t lean on your

own intelligence you can’t lean on your

personality you can’t lean on your

talents you’ve got to lean on him I’ll

give you victory

I’ll give you success but not at once

you will be highly exposed to the Beast

when I let you enter into the promise

you will get the attention of a demonic

evil spirit now let me tell you what

that beast is I want to I want to put my

foot on his neck what beast do you get

exposed to when you get success the

Beast of pride elitism begins to

register egotism begins to dominate

you’re no longer a servant if you’re

going to be gifted if you’re going to be

powerful if you’re going please hear

this preacher if you’re going to be

productive and successful you must hide

behind the cross I’m not going to give

it all to you at once if I do the beasts

will devour you not me it couldn’t

happen to me how many people have said

that how many ministers have said that

how many ministries have said that how

many stars have said that how many good

people the higher men and women elevate

the less covering you have the greater

of target you become to the Beast and I

want to close with this little thought

that some of you are just like the story

of the prodigal son you’re the angry

elder brother because you’ve seen people

pass you by remember remember the

younger son wanted instant success Gibby

heritance now I waiting on nothing no

little by little for me give it to me

daddy give it to me father see it and

the father says ok a gift is a gift the

gift and the calling of God is without

repentance I love you this is not your

best your best Justin let’s do this

little by little because you’re not

ready to handle it you’re gonna the

Beast it where’s he going the pigs the

beasts are going to devour everything

good in your life cause you can’t fight

this in the natural you need

supernatural protection son where you’re

going no I won’t mind boom instant

success Wow

talk of the town the younger brother the

older brother stays home and he’s angry

he feels overlooked does it pay to serve

God look how much fun he’s having look

look how much attention he’s having I’m

living right can’t ain’t had a date in

six six months lonely they go out every

weekend leaving it up seemingly no

ramifications seemingly angry with the

father this a older brother gets angry

with the father some of you if you were

to if you would tell the truth you’re a

little bit irritated at him no good

thing here with Holies help with a lot

from me here’s my point it’s a loving

father father that has your best

interest that holds you back more than

what you do it’s what you are and he

loves you now just as much as he would

love you if you did all that stuff but

he would rather you let him give it to

you little by little as your life

becomes his life then he’ll get the

glory not you

your father has not forgotten you he’s

just trying to save you the Beast will

appear as soon as you get there so you

better be ready and the only way to do

that here it is leaning on your beloved

the question is not can God handle it

question is if God were to give you

everything deep in your heart you know

you were put on this earth to be and do

could you handle it and are you content

enough and committed enough and

submitted enough to Jesus Christ to say

lord thank you that I’m on my way to the

promised land and I don’t have to have

instantaneous success but I’ll take

little by little as long as I’ve got you

I don’t want to get it I don’t want to

gain what I want and lose what I need I

need you

how’s it been since you said I need you

how long has it been since you got

before God and just said Lord cleanse me

and purify my motives and here’s my

dream again I lay it on the altar and I

raise the knife and hey if you want me

to kill it it can die I want your wheel

say something you don’t think you can

trust him like that but you can trust

him like that because the strange thing

is when you do trust him like that stuff

so much stuff comes that you don’t know

what to do with it but then you do

because you’re leaning on him you say I

only want to go where you would go with

me I have no desire to be there unless

you go with me

your presence must go with me could

could God give you glory today and you

not go goofy really could he

cuz he’s gonna he’s gonna find people

cuz he’s got to get stuff done and he’s

gonna find vessels that he can trust to

turn around and lean on him more that

when they have been marvelously helped

they don’t trust in their strength but

they turn around and they say I lean

back on the one who gave it all and I am

not ashamed of his superiority in my

life he is my everything

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recently ministry partner that we have

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their founder Sharon Thompson began to

share with me something that happened

how that a young girl I think she was 14

years old had been sexually abused and

had all kinds of issues that were going

on in her life as a result of now

addicted and the girl showed up at her

ministry and they had no word to put

someone that young and she began to cry

Sharon did and she said pastor we need a

home for girls from the age of 12 to 17

if we don’t rescue them they will end up

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addictions they wind up in abusive

relationships where they’re beat and and

treated like trash

please pastor help me get adorned for

these girls and I heard the Lord’s voice

in Sharon’s voice because this is what

the Lord told me to tell you the

scripture said he then said tell her

behold you have listened to these words

you have gone to all of this trouble for

me you’ve gone to all of this trouble

for me what can be done for you can

something be communicated to the King

for you and she answered that she didn’t

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