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you may be seated we’re gonna go on a

journey with the word that God has put

in my heart today I want us to what

let’s just go straight into the word I

believe that this word is gonna help us

to make have understanding about why

sometimes it seems like the opposition

looks heavier than what we are created

to handle it will bring understanding to

why you really have nothing to worry

about it would awaken us to the identity

of who God called us to be our spiritual

identity and so I’m very excited about

what this word is gonna do in and

through our lives and so let’s just head

over to second Kings chapter 6 and we’re

gonna be reading from verse 8 to 18 and

I’m just gonna as we go through it I’m

gonna take my time with it so it begins

by saying now the king of Syria was

making war against Israel and he

consulted with his servants saying my

camp would be in such in such a place so

first of all it’s important to note that

this war is against not a man but a

nation that the king of Syria has a plan

against Israel

that’s just let’s just note that

somewhere in our mind then he continues

to say and the man of God sent to the

king of Israel saying beware that you do

not pass this place for the Syrians are

coming down here you see the man of God

introduced in this scripture is a

prophet Elijah and what is happening is

that while the king of Syria is plotting

a plan

God is exposing his plan because he

tells the prophet Elijah he reveals the

plans to the prophet Elijah and so the

Prophet goes to the king of Israel and

basically exposes the whole plan he says

this is what is about to happen so do

not go by this way you see family is so

fascinating sometimes one of the things

that you know I hear a lot is that

someone may have what they assume to be

a nightmare because in the dream that

they had they perhaps saw themselves a

loved one dying in such a strange way

and so they

wake up and say oh no this is a

nightmare but what if it could be that

God is giving you insight into the plans

of the enemy so that you have the upper

hand with the information and so it’s

not a nightmare and it’s not something

to frighten you but it’s something to

make your prayer strategic you see

because when we are placed on this earth

God gave us authority and so when things

are coming against us he would reveal to

us and say now if you pray you invite me

you it and force my will on the earth so

when you invite me to a prayer I can

show you I can lead you I can protect

you from what is happening you see what

is fascinating about the scripture is

that for God to intervene for God to

reveal to the prophet Elijah about what

is going on it tells us that what is

really happening is more spiritual than

it is natural that the king of Syria

coming against Israel is not a natural

thing that his that what is influencing

him is not of God that what is

influenced him to come against the PIPA

the nation Israel is actually a plan of

the enemy but what may seem dangerous is

because when the enemy uses a person

because the devil has many faces I like

to say because we’re never going to wake

up one day and say wow that’s the devil

right there just look at him right there

no he because remember in the Garden of

Eden it was a serpent that he influenced

but when God is speaking to the serpent

he’s speaking to the devil because that

he had influenced the serpent to do his

bidding and so one of the dangerous

things is when the enemy uses a person

to do his bidding because what happens

is that he influences them to engage

their will and free will is something

that God will not violate and so when he

influences someone to engage their will

this is why the scripture tells us that

rebellion is as witchcraft in the book

of Samuel for Sam or the prophet Samuel

has this encounter with with the King

Saul at that time because the you know

God had so instructed the King to do

certain things that he disobeyed and for

such reasons God ends up saying you know

what I am gonna raise them

man after my own heart I’m gonna raise

up David because I cannot give you

authority and you are rebelling against

me because in your rebellion you are

advancing the plan of the enemy not my

plans and so in this passage we see that

what is happening here is more spiritual

than it is natural so God’s that’s

exposing plans because in order to

defeat someone who is using their free

will against you there are certain there

are certain things that could happen

either you know

that’s why even when the Bible tells us

to pray for our enemies to love those

that persecute us because either we pray

for them to have an encounter or

something that causes them to repent

because you cannot cast out a person’s

spirit that is what they have decided to

do by the wrong influence so either that

takes place or sometimes God will remove

them from a position of authority that

gives them access to influence your life

so there are several ways that God can

move I mean he’s he’s God in this

situation he moves by revealing the plan

to say tell the King to not go this way

because there was something that is

against him there and that it will be

against the nation so he gives them

strategic information you see it’s

interesting you know our Lord Jesus

during his time on the earth when he was

a baby there was a king named Herod and

he had and he had this plan to kill all

the children under I believe it was H –

because he was looking for the Lord

Jesus but that was not of his will that

was him being influenced by the enemy

and when that happened an angel of the

Lord came to Joseph in a dream and said

to him take him out of here and you

moved the family to Egypt and when the

angel visits him again he says those who

sought his life are dead

bring him back so sometimes in God

protecting you he may change your boss

in God protecting you he may reposition

you in God protecting you he may cause

someone to move out of state and God

protecting you because these are human

beings

whose will have been engaged to work

against you and God says the but I would

be your covering and so in this passage

it didn’t matter what was coming against

them while the enemy was plotting God

was revealing while he was plotted and

saying this is what we’re gonna do

God just brought the plan to Elijah and

said look this is what is about to

happen

protect this nation so the scripture

continues by saying then the king of

Israel sent someone to the place of

which the man of God had told him thus

he warned him and he was watchful dare

not just once or twice now this verse

suggests who was that what is taking

place is that that this the king of

Israel has sent soldiers to watch had

sent soldiers to observe what is going

on he adults he had also sent soldiers

almost to secure those passageways you

know if any of us like all this like old

movies you know NIV Game of Thrones

countless those but um you see when you

see how there are times where the

soldiers will protect southern passage

so they don’t have access to the city in

a way that the city would be vulnerable

if no one is keeping watch but what I

love about that verse is that it says

they were watchful in I believe its

first Peter 5:8 the Bible tells us be

sober minded be watchful for your

adversary the devil prowls around like a

roaring lion looking for who to devour

they were watchful and I remember when I

thought about that passion I said Lord

what does it mean to be sober-minded

because everything what I love about the

Bible so much is that it is so layered

and so sometimes the Holy Spirit will

give you an interpretation that is

needed for what for according to the

word that he has sent you with and so

what the Lord revealed to me about being

sober minded in this context and is that

sober minded is living in the awareness

of your purpose because when you live in

the awareness of who you are when you

live in their awareness of what you’re

assigned to when you live

your awareness that I am a child of God

God has assigned me to something I’m not

my life is not random then you can be

watchful because when you understand

what is what is for you what God has

said that you know our pastor preached

such a powerful message called

dominating your sphere and so when you

understand that look I I recognize where

you have called me to dominate and so if

it’s something does not look like that

it’s a distraction but we would not be

able to be watchful if we’re not sober

minded you see not being soap not being

sober minded is when we make decisions

that feed our ego or our pride rather

than the plans of God because this king

of Israel could have said that you know

what who is the king of Syria that he

thinks he can come against me I will go

there and if he went there he might have

died because that would have been his

pride speaking that would have been his

ego speaking and sometimes we have to

humble ourselves to the plans of God and

say Lord this is a distraction this is

not for me because that is how we can be

watchful when we understand what what

God is saying that this is what I’m

calling you to one of the biggest

distractions that often get us is fear

because you see fear by itself fear

creates a narrative of loss fear says

that if it doesn’t work out you could

lose on this and so when you function

from a place of I could lose out then

you really don’t give your all because

it’s like why would I put all my eggs in

this basket and it may not work and so

fear creates this narrative to us like

you don’t really want to try that hard

you don’t really want to you you are you

sure you want to move what are you gonna

do when you move but you have a word

from God yet God has given you

confirmation and so when you’re living

in the awareness of your purpose you’re

not worried about your reputation

because God is the one who gives

influence anyway you’re not worried

about okay people are gonna think

is crazy because at the end of the day

they were not there when God spoke it

and so your part is to have confirmation

and be certain of what God is telling

you but you have to be sober-minded in

order to act so that even when fear

presents a decision you can say no this

is against me this is actually a trap

this is to keep me stuck that to prevent

me from growing so they were watchful

and it continues saying that therefore

the heart of the king of Syria was

greatly troubled by this thing and he

called his servants and sets of them

will you not show me which of us is for

the king of Israel and one of his

servants said none my lord o king but

Elisha the prophet who is in Israel

tells the king of Israel the words that

you speak in your bedroom this is the

power of God he says he must already

know Elijah was a prophet that was known

that God reveals some crazy things to

him that your problem is really not that

one of us betrayed you but there is a

prophet named Elijah and God reveals his

secrets to him you see this by itself

should encourage us this should

encourage us in the sense that so many

times with we we may find ourselves in

this anxious state of paranoia wondering

who is for us who is against us can I

trust you can I not trust you and

because of this we don’t open our hearts

to people because we’re like you know

what you may you may betray me you may

backstab me I don’t want to go through

hurt again but we have to learn how to

trust God because if you close your

heart to pain you close your heart to

love if you close your heart because

your word that’s all maybe trained you

you close your heart to someone who is

actually for you and wants to advance

you and so and if we look at it from a

natural perspective sometimes what may

look like is for you may be against you

then the people that might look like

they’re against you are actually for you

it is God that knows the intentions of

people and if there is something God

needs to shift you from trust that he

will

direct you because the Bible tells us

that the steps of the righteous are

ordered by God if God wants to shift you

from a bad relationship if God wants to

shift you from a bad friendship if God

wants to shift you from a bad business

partner it’s not your job to play the

police of you know of trying to check

people and say yes and no based on how

things look we have to learn how to

trust God isn’t it fascinating that God

would even revealed to Jesus

who would betray him and yet Jesus you

will never know who would betray him by

the way he treated them because it’s not

if God did not remove him from your life

that means they still serve a purpose

and so it’s not how we see things let us

trust God to reveal that who is really

for me and who is really against me you

see it’s very for me i one thing that

even in my relationship with God as you

trust God in certain areas because when

the ability was something that I used to

struggle with and I’m just like God I

don’t think I want to be opening my

heart to people like that yeah because

for me it was you know there was this

thing and I never realized it until I

got older and I sat with God I’m like

what is this fear what is this fear I

have with opening up to people and he

traced it back to the fact that the the

reality of not having my father there

because he was murdered was now what was

playing in my head that I would get that

the idea of being too close to someone

and losing them I don’t know I don’t

want to feel that pain because even

though I never knew my father so it gave

it made me not feel the pain of his

absence

it made me because I didn’t know him I

was a baby and so I didn’t I was running

away from pain so that was my reader the

fact that I was trying to shut my heart

from people is because I never wanted to

feel the pain of losing someone and so

when God revealed this to me and said

this is all part of life but if

something is going to be against you I

will reveal it to you and I remember

some of this was years past I was in

college at this time and there was a

good friend of mine and I remember one

day

I had this vision it was crazy because

at that time there was so much going on

with our friendships and all kinds of

thing you know college days and so it’s

just let’s just put it you know hashtag

college but I had this vision one day

she calls me and the phone was on

speaker and she’s asking me questions

but it was a setup it was she was asking

me questions to put me in a weird

position based on the people that were

listening to the conversation and so I

was like this is weird you know so I

just kind of rushed it off the next day

she calls me and so I’m just thinking

that my friend is just calling me but

then she starts asking me the very same

questions that God showed me in the

dream and in the vision and I was like

wait this one might be a speaker and so

I just played it off I just acted like

you know everything was cool

I changed the whole conversation that

she rushed and got off the phone I said

well if we have an audience I got a lot

to say and so III kind of brushed it off

and I remember sitting before God and

the Lord said I did not reveal that to

you for you to have a fence in your

heart I did not reveal that to you for

you to be angry I did not reveal that to

you for anything the person is not even

a bad person she’s just in a weird

predicament and I’m only revealing this

to you not because there’s a problem

with her but way I’m taking you you

can’t this is not someone that is good

for your journey so love her and

actually have that conversation with her

but this is not because this person is

bad they’re just in a weird place and if

they continue to function in a weird

place it could affect you and so what I

even learned from that is that when God

starts revealing to you things it’s not

for you to just be like I always knew it

this person is against me no no it’s not

like because remember God is not Petty

won and and the nature of God is love

and so the revelation of God would not

put you in the place that is outside of

his love God would not bring a

revelation to you that would rise up

hate in you because that is against his

very

character and so even when God brings

revelation and and one of the ways to

confirm what is being revealed to you or

what your discerning is how you feel

because if he is what rises up in you

you have to check it maybe it’s your

assumptions that is rising up because

when God brings revelation he brings it

in his character and so it’s not for you

to walk away with animosity in your

heart it’s just an understanding that

you know what this person is not good

for me that’s just what it is it’s not

that it’s you it’s just we’re not good

to go where we’re heading you know and

what that is friendship business every

kind of relationship trust and know that

God will be the covering of your hearts

don’t be so afraid to open it because

you’re scared of what people may do let

God hold your heart so let’s continue in

the in the passage then it says so he

said that this is the king speaking he

says go and see where he is now he’s

looking for Elijah that I may send and

get him and it was told him saying

surely he is in Duffin you see this is

fascinating because in the beginning of

the passage we learned that the king’s

battle the king’s war is not against a

man

it’s against Israel all of a sudden

Elisha has become his target because the

enemy recognizes that the real threat to

what I am after is this man and so

Elisha became a target because he became

a threat because it was revealed that

Elisha you were actually a threat you

see what is interesting about Elijah’s

position as a prophet is that as a

prophet he was called to stand in the

gap for Israel every one’s purpose in

this house everyone’s purpose watching

is called to stand in the gap for

something standing in the gap means that

you expose yourself in order to protect

something and so when God calls you what

well honestly ever all our calls because

even the

often what would would describe those

called by gods as shepherds and

shepherds protect sheep and so when God

calls you what it looks like in the

spirit is that you are standing and

protecting what is behind you and so in

order for them to get to it they have to

get to you Elijah the king is after

Israel they recognize that the person

that is the actual issue to get to

Israel is Elijah so all of a sudden he

becomes a target not because of him but

because of what he’s protecting you see

when the enemy starts to recognize that

way all of a sudden these people who

used to be fearful and not fearful

anymore all of a sudden they’re not as

distracted as they used to be

you know there are movies that are out

there there are people funding movies

there people that are faithful in their

tithes and in their offerings and it’s

advancing the purpose of God in this

church there are people when he

recognizes that in order to destroy what

I’m really after I have to attack their

finances in order to destroy what I’m

really after I have to attack their

health because you are the threat to

what I’m actually looking for and so

sometimes we think that the enemy is

after us but we don’t recognize that

it’s not us that he’s looking for is

because we are the second where is very

secondary to his plan he’s after what we

are protecting because everyone’s

purpose is called to protect something

everyone’s purpose is called to create

room for others to flourish in their

identity that there is something that

you have that unlocks something for

someone else that maybe because of your

testimony someone says you know what

it’s not that bad I don’t have to commit

suicide I don’t have to stay in

depression and when the enemy recognizes

I used to have influence over this life

and all of a sudden they’re getting

stronger they’re getting bolder they’re

becoming more courageous because of a

testimony that you shared now let me

come after you because

I can if I can’t touch them anymore

because of your influence in their life

because of the influence of your story

because of the influence you see the

Bible tells us that we overcome by the

blood of the Lamb and the word of our

testimony

every time that God presents a platform

whatever social media whether it’s

whatever the books that God has put in

your heart to write the nonprofit’s that

God has put in your heart to start

whatever it is that God has put in your

heart to do it is a sign to protect

something and when the enemy realizes

that what you’re protecting he no longer

has a hand on now he’s looking for you

Elisha was never a part of this picture

until they recognized that he is a

threat so the only reason we become a

target is because it was recognized that

we are a threat and so let’s continue

reading because the story doesn’t end

that way because if not it would end a

little sad so it says therefore he sent

horses and chariots and a great army

there and they came by night and

surrounded the city families in this

fascinating for one man you sent a great

army one man an army should be sent

against another army but when the enemy

recognized that this one man is the army

and so we’re not gonna just stand five

people we’re gonna send a great army

what does this look like sometimes this

looks like when your life just seems to

be it’s like one circumstance after the

other one thing after the other all

happening at the same time and we’re

wondering God like I’m just I’m just

trying to pay my rent it’s like

everything is just trying to be against

me and all I really want to do is pay

rent but we don’t recognize that the

weight of the opposition against you is

according to the measure of what you’re

protecting and so you may think that God

this just looks unfair like what is all

this about but it’s not according to

just you it’s according to what you’re

protecting and so the king

of serious ends a great army an army

that he should send when fight in Israel

he sends it for one man because that one

man was actually the whole army you see

we have to recognize that in our lives

it may look like god why is there attack

after attack after attack but it’s not

the opposition it’s not you that it’s

looking for it it is coming after what

you’re protecting and so it’s coming at

you like you are what you’re protecting

that waits on your shoulder and the

scripture continues and says and when

the servants of the men of God arose

early and went out there was an army

surrounding the city with horses and

chariots and his servants said to him

alas my master what shall we do you see

this was this was a statement of a panic

the servant is panicking and what we’re

going to see in the scriptures are

coming up is that the only reason that

the servant is panicking is because he

has not been awakened to something

Elijah had no fear about what is taking

place because Elijah would recognize

that if the enemy is coming against me

because of what I’m protecting he’s

really not coming against me he’s coming

against God because what I’m protecting

is assigned to me by God and so if

you’re coming against me because of what

God assigned to me this is not my fight

you are actually coming against God you

are actually challenging the authority

of God who put me in the position to

protect what he gave to my command and

so Elijah is not bothered about the army

does this great army that is against him

because he recognizes when has the enemy

ever fought and won a battle against God

I mean this is not even warfare this is

more of spiritual awakening because

warfare would even suggest that the

outcome is uncertain a real battle means

that

the outcome we don’t know who is gonna

win but who has ever challenged God in

the first place and so Elijah is not

bothered about what is happening and

because of that heat and in order to

bring his servant into the state that

he’s in we see that he says in the

passage so he answered do not fear for

those who are with us are more than

those who are with them and Elijah

prayed and said lord I pray open his

eyes that he may see then the Lord

opened the eyes of the young men and he

saw and behold the mountain was full of

horses and chariots of fire all around

Elisha family we must understand we

don’t have to see angels to know that

heaven is backing us up when we’re where

God called us and so when something is

coming up against you it is not your

fight there’s a scripture in the Bible

that talks about when God went when God

says that the battle is not yours the

battle is the Lord’s because what

they’re attacking is not you they’re

attacking my purpose there at their at

their challenge in my authority and so

without Elijah

this is them you know they’re waking up

they’re just having to know a cup of

coffee and a croissant and they walk

outside and this army is just looking

for them Elijah was not even but we

don’t even hear that Elijah prayed that

God send a great army this was just what

came with a territory because family the

place of your purpose is the place that

you’re in partnership with God and so

you are never by yourself so when the

when the Bible tells us that the Lord

will never leave nor forsake us it means

the day we came in agreement we came it

was both ways that if you if you would

be my vessel I would be your covering

and it’s not that God will just leave

you out there by yourself heavens armies

were already there in position the

moment that the armies of the Syrian

that the Syrian King started marching

God released the angels on the earth so

it was

never a problem for Elijah but this is

the one thing that I recognized and this

is the one thing that I really want to

speak about of what Elijah did and what

we must do when we see a position it

says so when the Syrians came down to

him Elijah prayed to the Lord and said

strike these people I pray with

blindness and he struck them with

blindness according to the word of

Elijah

you see family you can have the

resources of heaven behind you but to

access them is when prayer comes in

because prayer is the invitation of God

on earth prayer is saying God I

acknowledge that we are in agreement

over this thing I am NOT good I’m not

willing to step back I’m willing to

stand in my position I’m willing to

stand in the gap for people and because

of that I can boldly pray specifically

knowing that you will answer me because

the Bible tells us angels are not moved

by your frustrations angels are moved by

the Word of God and the Word of God is

often released as a response to your

prayer when Elijah prayed and said

strike these people with blindness I

mean this will away some a time and

immediately it says then the Lord did

according to the word of Elijah

you see family what the Lord said to me

to tell you today is that we have to

that when the enemy makes you a target

your prayers have to hit a target it is

not about having vague prayers or vague

prayer life when you see what is against

you speak to it because you already have

heavens armies on your side but what

moves them is the Word of God and even

the Bible God is so merciful that he

tells us if anyone lacks wisdom ask me

and I will give it generously and so

even if you may not know what to pray

seek the Holy Spirit and say Holy Spirit

how do I attack this thing that is

opposing me

and so this is the position where we

begin to take responsibility of who God

called us to be because oftentimes we

make it look like it’s a god thing not

our thing but partnership means that

this is 5050 and so God is committed to

you and and you ought to be committed to

your assignments because your assignment

is you it is what you were sent here for

it is your identity and so when you take

responsibility of who you are you don’t

easily back up when you don’t easily run

in frustration you look at that thing

Elijah did not run he said God

specifically strike them with blindness

and when I didn’t put the rest of the

scripture but what basically happens is

that elation leads them they’re looking

for him he’s leading them like come I

will show you where Elijah is and he

leads them to the camp of the Israelite

that the king of Israel he could have

destroyed them in one second but he even

had mercy on them he’s like let them go

feed them and send them back home

because in that moment it was for them

to understand that the god that is over

my life you cannot touch me he was not

even fazed he was not even angry he was

not because if he moved from a place of

anger because he lyza there was a time

that Elijah was really hot tempered and

he would just call our bears to eat

people but Elijah had matured and he was

not even fazed because he had matured to

the place of knowing who is with me is

more than what is against me that is why

I love that song surrounded because it

says that it may look like um what was

the song like I’m surrounded but I’m

surrounded by you because as you’re

standing the gap for people God is also

standing in the gap for you and so in

order for the enemy to touch you he has

to go through God but in the natural we

see it as a position but in the

spiritual realm family you are

surrounded by God and so how we invite

him is through prayer our pastor said

something once that I loved so much and

he says that prayer

gives miracles permission to happen and

so sometimes and what it’s we have to

check what is my prayer life what what

am i seeking God specifically about can

I even remember what I prayed for two

months ago so if it happened today I

would know to give God the glory you see

there was a there was a case in the

Bible when two blind men came to Jesus

and they said lord have mercy on us and

it should be obvious that if two blind

men are coming to me

they want to see but Jesus asked them

what do you want

because if we’re gonna move in this

thing together you need to articulate to

me what you really want because yes I

see that you’re blind and I know that

you need you want to see but you might

be living in another realm that says you

know what we just need some money to get

some food and we’ll be good with that

what are we praying for what are we

actually what what what what targets our

prayers hitting that yes opposition may

be coming against you but no no no no

it’s really if it when you recognize

this is not even about me this is about

my assignment and so that’s when we have

to actually take a stronger place in our

ground and say not today devil I’m not

gonna respond to you in fear I’m not

gonna respond to you and be intimidated

I’m not gonna be timid I’m not gonna

first I’m not gonna be frustrated I’m

not gonna complain I’m going to go to

the position of power and that is prayer

because prayer shifts things and family

that is the question I have for you what

does your prayer life look like

what are you if God is asking you just

like he asks those blind man what do you

want what are you gonna say and not from

a vague place like who this is my

laundry take it Lord I got a few things

no from a place that you are connected

you that that you’re in tune with the

Spirit of God because the power of

prayer is not just what you say the

power of prayer is that you’re in

agreement with what heaven is saying and

so it is you say

is echoing what heaven is saying now in

this situation when Elijah says strike

them with blindness it doesn’t mean that

that was you know God is like okay

Elijah I’m waiting for you to tell me to

strike them with blindness but what it

meant is that Elijah I have given you

authority here and so however you want

this to go let me know because the

angels are just waiting for a command so

you let me know how you want this to

play out because they’re coming against

the authority of God and God says you

are the one I gave Authority and so show

me how you want this to go and so

sometimes it’s not about it’s not that

okay maybe God is waiting for him to say

strike them with blindness so he struck

them with blindness if he told them God

make them crippled he would make them

crippled because whatever it is to show

the enemy that no no no no no the god

who is over my life it would defeat

anything that you throw against me and

so we have to come in the posture of

prayer in the place that we are whole so

that what we are poor we are praying

when we target our prayers we know that

it’s not coming from a place of selfish

ambition that is coming from a place of

wholeness because that is the key if

it’s coming from a place of selfish

ambition then we are not even praying

from the Spirit of God but when it’s

coming from a place that we are whole

and we say God I know what you called me

to and I’m going to take my place I’m

going to take responsibility I’m not

gonna easily blame you every single time

no I’m gonna understand that this is a

partnership that we are in this together

and as committed as you are to me I

would be committed to you amen family

rise with me

halleluyah halleluyah halleluyah

I want to pray over and I just want to

invite you to the altar at this moment

that if you’re in this house and you

know that your prayer life has not been

what it ought to be I want us to take

this moment to recommit ourselves to God

and say Lord I’m not and not just your

prayer life I mean that when things come

against you your first response is to

complain and to accuse and to be

frustrated with God and God says no I

want you to understand that what awakens

you when Elijah told God to open the

eyes of his servant it was a spiritual

awakening that said recognize that those

are though with us is more than those

that are against us God is for you God

is covering you but we have to engage

through prayer and if so if you’re in

this house I just want you to come to

the altar and you say God I’m choosing

not to be someone who raises up

complaints unto you if I have not even

prayed about it that Lord I want to

recommit my prayer life to you I want to

recommit my prayer I don’t want to just

be be vague and I don’t want to just

live a random life I want to be sober

minded and watchful I want to live a

life in the awareness of the purpose

that you have called me I invite you to

this altar thank you Jesus thank you

Jesus

thank you Jesus if you’re also in this

house and you want to commit your life

to God you want to commit your life to

Jesus you recognize that I cannot do

this life without him I want you to come

down to this altar

thank you lord

thank you

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thank you

hey Jesus have your way Jesus

someday there’s anyone that

the biggest that what the issue has been

is that you have not taken the place of

responsibilities you have not taken your

your responsibility over your call

because your call is not just something

that God is doing like a puppet show it

says oh look at that

i’ma use you in this way no that is the

very reason that he formed you it is a

part of your DNA and so God is calling

you and he says my child I wants you I

want us to be in this together I want us

to be in this together you see there’s a

scripture that says that no weapon

formed against you shall prosper and so

in that scripture there is the awareness

that weapons are forming there is the

awareness because if the weapons are

forming by a person’s will yes the

weapons are forming but then God said

that’s whatever because they will not

prosper and we have to live in that

awareness that I may see the opposition

but your position does not have the

power to stop me I I recognize it’s not

we’re not being oblivious we’re not

being blind to it no I recognize that

something is against me and I’m

recognizing even now that it’s not just

against me because just because of me

it’s against me because of what God has

assigned me to so I’m not blind to what

is against me but I’m also choosing to

recognize that there is a god that is

for me and that if the enemy could touch

me them is the enemy could affect God

and that is impossible

and so in recognizing that God I see

that things are coming against me but I

choose to stand my ground I choose to

invite heavens resources to fight on my

behalf

and you see that posture of Prayer it

doesn’t mean that the moment you pray

about it it’s done it means that it

creates a posture of faith and boldness

that you recognize that it doesn’t

matter how long this takes you will not

stop me it doesn’t matter if I’ve been

looking at this very thing for a year

you will not stop me you do not have the

power to and so when we do that because

you see David as a shepherd there were

things that came against his sheep when

the lion came against the sheep here he

went and attacked it when the bear came

against the Sheep he went and attacked

it he was said I understand that things

are coming against what my father has

put me in charge of but you will not

stop me you will you do not have the

power to I don’t care how threatening

you look I don’t care if I’ve never

fought your kind before you do not have

the power to stop me and I want us to

understand that in God and if you have

been in the place where you feel like

you have given in to the narrative of

the enemy you have given in to the lie

that because it has been standing in

your face for too long you see the Bible

tells us that God will create a table

for you in the presence of your enemies

and so sometimes he has to bring the

enemies before the table and so perhaps

it looks like it’s been there for so

long because the enemies are gathering

to see the glory of God it is not that

it is that that God is not powerful

enough to bring you out of it or your

prayers are not good enough for God to

hear you know maybe he is just

presenting an audience for what he is

about to do in your life that will speak

to his glory

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family we have no reason to fear fear is

the biggest tactic of the enemy to make

us to build a barrier between us and the

promise of God and that’s why the one

thing when the but when God tells us I

have not given you a spirit of fear but

a spirit of power love and a sound mind

I mean he’s mentioned three things that

he has given us but one thing that he

has not and it tells us that fear is the

very roots of everything that comes from

the enemy because everything that comes

from God says that no this is a spirit

of love God is love power the Holy

Spirit is the power of God a sound mind

when you have salvation you have the

mind of Christ

this is everything that speaks to the

foundation of who God is to you and he

compares all of that with one word I

have not given you the spirit of fear

everything the enemy would use against

your life is rooted from a place of fear

the fear that this is not gonna change

the fear that this is not gonna work out

the fear that this person is gonna break

my heart the fear that God may not stand

with me the fear that God may not show

what it’s all rooted from fear but

Elijah said as Elijah said to his

servant this is what God is saying to us

do not fear for those that are with you

or more than those that are against you

it may look like you’re surrounded but

we are surrounded by God Jesus is our

advocate yes we may have an adversary

but we have an advocate we have someone

who is fighting on our behalf

family if you’ve been in this house and

your life seems like it’s been plagued

with fear I invite you to this altar

because God is gonna break that off that

is not the spirit he gave you and that

spirit is influence to you in the wrong

ways and to make wrong decisions to keep

you away from your promise but we ought

to know that no matter how much it looks

like I want you to just think about that

in your mind if you feel like you’ve

been looking at something for so long

just imagine and say God you are

preparing the audience for the table

that you will prepare for me this is for

your glory anyway this is for your name

we were just singing that that we want

our lives to glorify Him that we want

all we want is for him to be lifted up

and for him to be glorified and so if

it’s all about your glory anyway if my

life is created to bring you the glory

then Lord yeah maybe let the enemies

gather that’s fine because you create a

table for me in their presence and so we

need them for the table because this

will bring glory to your name family you

have nothing to worry about

let us pray let’s just bow our heads

father God we thank you we thank you for

your love we thank you for your

affirmation for your confirmation of who

we are in you we thank you Lord God that

yes weapons may form but they will not

prosper they don’t have the power to

prosper because all authority comes from

you Jesus and as we come before you

tonight Lord God we say Lord we lay down

our fears we laid on everything that we

know is a distraction presently in our

lives but the reason that we have not

let go of the distraction is that we

fear that the real thing will not come

and so we begin to tell ourselves the

lie that the counterfeit is real we

begin to tell ourselves that it’s okay

lord I don’t need Isaac just leave me

with Ishmael because we fear that could

Isaac really come

even though that is your word but Lord

God we thank you that you are a faithful

God then you are faithful to your word

you say that you are watching over your

word to fulfill it we are a word and you

watch over us that we may manifest the

fullness of why you have called us lord

I thank you that in this house fear is

broken that fear is broken that fear has

no place in our lives

but we will look at the thing that

opposes us and we will speak to it Lord

no longer are we gonna cry because of

what looks like a nightmare but we would

rejoice in you saying that Lord you have

exposed the plans of the enemy and with

my authority I can change what he met

for evil thank you Jesus

we shall live because I said that there

are some in this house and that you have

been having reoccurring dreams of seeing

yourself die in strange ways dreams of

seeing loved one die in strange ways and

the Lord is saying no no no you you’re

getting it wrong I’m not sending that

I’m not allowing you to have this dream

to scare you but I want you to be

strategic in your prayer life thank you

Jesus

Lord we thank you that you have spoken

to our hearts that you have spoken to

our mind you have spoken to the depth of

who we are and we are gonna stand our

ground

we are gonna stand in the gap we are

going to be bold and courageous about

what you have called us to protect for

some of us has stood the books you have

called us to write it’s still the place

they stood the movies you’ve called us

to do let’s do the nonprofit’s you’ve

called us to create and stir the

children you’ve called us to speak to

it’s to the ministries you’ve called us

to serve because when we share and

release our testimony and when we do the

works that you have assigned our hands

to do Lord it advances your kingdom and

we are choosing to also be responsible

with what you have given us to dominate

the place you have called us to seal

this word in our hearts in our minds in

Jesus name Amen amen

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