Service Date: 01.05.2020 11:15AM
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it’s so wonderful to be here with you I
got a word from God today and in fact I
want to just I want to move right into
it I want you to turn in your words
Genesis chapter 15 if you have a
difficult time finding Genesis meet me
after service and we’ll pray for you
Genesis chapter 15 we’re gonna read
quite a few verses therein that will
establish the thought that I have for
today we’re gonna read Genesis chapter
15 verses 1 3:11 and then we’ll jump
down to verse 17 and read 17 and 18 it
says after these things the word of the
Lord came to Abram in a vision saying do
not be afraid Abram I am your shield
you’re exceedingly great reward but
Abram said Lord God what will you give
me seeing I go childless and the heir of
my house is Eliezer of Damascus in other
words I’m struggling because you made
some promises to me and one of the
promises that you made is that I was
going to have a child and
I don’t see no child and I and I
understand that in order for me to have
legacy the child has to be born in my
house and the only one that’s in my
house to carry on my legacy is my
servant Eliezer I’m struggling with this
and then Abraham said look you’ve given
me an offspring can be one born in my
house as my heir verse four it says and
behold the word of the Lord came to him
saying this one shall not be your heir
but one who will come from your own body
shall be your heir I want to point out
something really quickly in the first
verse it says that the word of the Lord
came to Abram in a vision and a vision
right God shows up in a vision he gives
him a vision and he says don’t be afraid
in other words he is tapping into where
Abram is in that moment because it is
impossible to be afraid and be trusting
God at the same time so God comes in and
he immediately scans Abraham’s spiritual
and emotional state and in a vision
comes in so don’t be afraid so the first
time he he speaks to him in a vision
says don’t be afraid when Abraham Abram
begins to question God he begins to
express his concern about about his air
about the promise being fulfilled in
verse 4 it says and behold the word of
the Lord came to him so this was not in
a vision this was in his his inner man
God speaks to us in our inside he speaks
us by the spirit so one time he spoke to
him it’s by vision the other time it was
by spirit does that make sense it’s
gonna make more sense in a second he
reveals himself as the word comes to him
in spirit first or it’s been vision
first and then spirit it
would make sense I just wanna we got a
lot of ground to cover and then in verse
5 it says after he tells him no no no
Eliezer is not going to be the heir but
the one that comes out of you will be
your heir and then in verse 5 it says
then he brought him outside God takes
Abram outside and he says look now
toward heaven and count the Stars if you
are able to number them and he said to
him so shall your descendants be
what God is doing in that moment as God
is showing him God’s ability he takes
him outside shows in the stars
he says you’re struggling because you’re
only seeing it according to your ability
let me take you outside God says let me
take you outside and show you what I do
for a living you see those stars out
there you see those galaxies you see
that solar system that’s me bruh that
that’s I do that in my sleep and so if I
do that in my sleep I can do
effortlessly this thing that I’m
promising you are we tracking together
okay and so in verse 6 it says abraham
believed in the lord and he God
accounted to him for righteousness
speaks to the idea of a foundation he he
was settled he was settled because
whenever you’re not trusting your
unsettled
up to my Oh tricks again I’m supposed to
be reading this I end up teaching you
them sorry okay so and he believed in
the Lord and he God accounted it to him
Abram for righteousness verse seven it
says then he God said to him I am the
lord who brought you out of ur of the
Chaldeans to give you this land to
inherit it so now we’re moving into a
different promise one promise was a
child second promise was a nation the
descendants of the child now he’s saying
that I’m gonna give you a land this is
important right and and I’m not gonna I
am the Lord your God who brought you out
of ur of the chaldeans and I’m gonna
give you this man in other words I
didn’t bring you out for nothing
I would not disrupt your life
I would not disrupt your situation and
leave you I feel the Spirit of God I
wouldn’t cause you to hope into into
something and did not come through on my
word and come through on the promise
that I made to you are you tracking with
you gotta understand that he’s saying I
am the one that brought you out that was
me and I am the one that’s gonna bring
you in are you tracking with me that’s
somebody’s word this morning I am the
one come on LA I am the one who brought
you from your mother’s house and brought
you into LA and I’m gonna bring you into
everything I promise
this turn she named me said God’s not
gonna leave you hanging
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verse seven he says I’m the Lord who
brought you up out of ur of the
chaldeans to give you this land inherit
and he said Lord God how shall I know
that I will inherit it so he believed on
one level but there was still another
level of belief that he needed Abram
says how shall I know it how should I
know it and in verse 9 God says to him
he doesn’t answer in the way that one
would think he would answer he says I’m
about to show you how you gonna know he
says how shall I know isn’t that
everyone’s question God how can I know
that what you promised me is gonna
happen
anybody ever been there I believe you
but I’m struggling with knowing there’s
a difference between believing and
knowing
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he says how shall I know that I will
inherit it first night so God said to
him bring me a three year old – a three
year old female goat and a three year
old Ram a turtle dog Turtledove and a
young pigeon somebody said I said turtle
dove
you don’t also say and a partridge in a
pear tree surprise
and then he brought all these things to
him and cut them in two down the middle
and place each piece opposite the other
but he did not cut the birds in – you
know why he didn’t cut the birds into as
they’re bringing me a towel from my
sweat you know why he didn’t cut the
birds in – he didn’t cut the birds into
because he weren’t supposed to cut the
birds into hello somebody
I was wondering I’ll be honest I was
wondering like why did he cut the birds
until we cut everything else into why he
got the birds in – and I called my
father-in-law last night mr. Jakes he
got to me if anybody knows Michigan come
as a big shake why he got Birds – we
looked through and we searched the
scripture and everything is like oh no
they didn’t do that you weren’t supposed
to do that oh I thought it was some deep
thinking what the deep things so in case
you were wondering you got we’re getting
ready go into deep thing glasses huh
get ready to go into a deep thing just
notice not deep they didn’t cut the
Turtledove and the pigeons because them
was not what they’re supposed to be I
was a good distraction with me
thank you
first day that says then he brought all
these things to him and cut them into
down the middle place each piece
opposite each other but he did not cut
the birds in two and when the vultures
came down on the carcasses Abram drove
them away just a caveat anytime God’s
getting ready to show you something that
will bring you into another dimension of
your calling there will always be
voltage that come down on the very thing
to try to disrupt what God is getting
ready to do and so you have to learn how
to be like me I feel the Holy Spirit of
God you got to learn how to be like
Abram and just shoo them away just just
shoo every negative thought away just
just shoo every negative situation away
just just shoo it God’s getting ready to
do something you just say shoo I feel
this if you’re gonna walking into
everything that God has called you to be
God I feel that for some of you God
leads you down a road he leads you into
something he’s leading you into
something and you’re this close to it
and all of a sudden Volkers come
ravenous birds scavengers come to
distract you but I love it it’s like
being in the car and there’s a net in
the car and you’re trying to go
somewhere you’re on somewhere and then
you end up switch to swinging that Nets
when the net can’t hurt you and that’s
aren’t even poisonous they can’t get in
here they can’t do nothing to you but
you end up almost crashing your car
swinging at things that don’t matter I
got to get through this we gotta get
through this I’m supposed to be reading
on something greedy Sabrina when the
vultures came down on the car cuz it’s
Abraham drove them away verse 17 it says
and it came to pass we jump down to 17
it says and it came to pass when the Sun
went down and it was dark that behold
there appeared a smoking oven and a
burning torch that passed between those
pieces and on the same day the Lord made
a covenant with Abraham I want to talk
from this thing today the gift of
confidence the gift of confidence father
thank you so much for this moment that
you’ve allowed us to step into today
Lord you’re doing something we feel it
we sense it and we know it you’re
equipping us you’re preparing us
for this decade hallelujah you’ve got so
much in store for your sons and
daughters but we’re going to have to
become in order to lay hold of it and so
father in this this moment that we have
together these few moments that will
spin together we pray that your spirit
would descend down upon us in a rich and
powerful way God that this would become
a house of transformation to the effect
that that our minds will be renewed that
we might be aligned with what you’re
doing in our lives and father I pray for
the spirit of wisdom and revelation and
insight and knowledge Lord God full
access to the gifts of the Holy Spirit
full access to heavens resources God to
bring the past truths that that
enlighten us that empower us that equip
us that that cause us to be aligned with
the highest identity in you that we
might be in there if what you called us
to be the father while we’re praying
we’re praying for the person who’s next
to us will you bless them real good
please we don’t know exactly what need
they may have spiritually physically
emotionally or otherwise but God we
asked whatever that need is that you
look meaning and ultimately God get the
glory in Jesus name Amen amen do me a
favor before you take your seats or
screech somebody let’s preach some
bodies I’m glad you’re happy
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god bless you thank you lord
yeah the gift of confidence this this
time of the year in the beginning of a
year certainly in the beginning of a
decade there’s always a surge and
confidence the new year usually
generally brings with brings with it a
spirit of optimism and renewed
enthusiasm you’re back in the gym your
looks are improving your your vision is
clear and and usually typically you and
I are more confident about the year
that’s ahead that’s just how it goes so
so there’s always a surge in confidence
and and the confidence that I’m
describing is self confidence and self
confidence is awesome like it’s in fact
most psychologists would agree that if
you are self-confident it gives you an
edge in life you know what I’m saying
when you’re self-confident you you move
forward with because you don’t have the
trepidation that comes into play when
you don’t have confidence when you’re
when you’re self-confident you you have
an edge because you you jump into things
and you you jump into task and feats
with just the sense that I can do it and
and and and when you’re more confident
about something you know the greater
your chances are of actually achieving
those things and excelling those things
because you believe you can do it self
confidence is absolutely incredible
and and you can even grow your
self-confidence in fact if you want to
grow your self-confidence one of the
ways you can do it as you can you know
you can go back to school you can
enhance yourself and in in some of your
skills and and your experiences and the
area in certain areas that’ll make you
more confident like for me to be honest
with you like working out I get
confident when I work out when I got
that thing going right here that little
you know
that that that you know if you can see
that that that that 400 pack I’m not
confident so for me like working out I
get more confident when I when I work
out I feel better when I’m reading books
I get more confident when I go to
conferences and seminars and various
things it makes me more confident about
my intelligence and my ability to
perform better at work and do business
better
you know self-confident people they they
typically will promote well in their
jobs they are high achievers they are
better in relationships when you’re
confident as the is the challenging
thing to be in a relationship with
someone who doesn’t have self-confidence
because they’re gonna put more on you in
it and so self-confident people they do
better in relationships it’s just it’s
it’s an overall incredible and amazing
thing to be self-confident people who
are at the top of their fields and and
various disciplines and they literally
walk on water in their respective fields
and they they just exemplify this
self-confidence and its affections and
it’s awesome and it’s and it’s wonderful
and so being self-confident is awesome
and it is almost everything and yet God
has a strategy for us to take us to an
even greater level of confidence because
one of the things that I’ve learned
about self confidence and although it is
an amazing thing you know and I
encourage everyone to be self-confident
right God wants you to be you know
confident in yourself he want you to be
self-confident want you to think highly
of yourself but one of the things that
I’ve learned is that there is one
problem in my self-confidence one
problem and that one problem my
self-confidence is me if you’re taking
notes take this thought down the
limitation of self-confidence itself as
wonderful as it is it has a limitation
and the limitation is that if you are
only self confident the buck stops with
you and you and I are limited which
means that our confidence will be
limited and the problem with fat is that
oftentimes if you take a notes write
this down as well oftentimes God
promises us things that are beyond us
are you tracking with me and so if God
promises us things that are beyond us
then in order for us to have the
confidence to lay hold of those things
we’re gonna have to have a confidence
that is beyond us are you tracking with
me just turn to Davis say stay with him
he’s going somewhere stay with him the
this was this was Abraham’s dilemma his
promise watch this his promise was
bigger than his ability have you ever
had God’s promise to you if you’re
honest be bigger than the ability of you
see self-confidence is all awesome as
long as you can do it and love somebody
like like like I don’t I can’t like poop
really well I’m not I’m not a phenomenal
basketball player I’ll beat you up but
that’s about all I got for you right my
release is terrible I just I don’t you
know me
so I’m not confident in that so so if
you like LPT man let’s go hoop I would
like I’m hungry
I’m gonna go I’m gonna eat something
right so so so the challenge is God
calls us to things that are bigger than
us and if we are only so confident we’re
gonna fall short
this is Abraham’s dilemma his dilemma is
he needs what I like to call God for
debts he needs confidence that goes
beyond his own ability and you need
confidence if you’re going to be
everything that God has called you to be
and if you’re gonna achieve the things
that God has called you to achieve
you’re gonna have to get beyond self
confidence and God will bring you into
another level of confidence so that you
can be who he’s called you to be so that
you can go where he’s called you to go
and so that you can do what he’s called
you to do are you tracking with me
so God recognizing that he doesn’t have
that he needs another level of
confidence God moves in and he does
something about it and the question is
what it God do about it tell you what he
did for taking notes write this down he
establishes his covenant with Abram now
he had made a covenant when God speaks
something because God is infallible
because God cannot lie that is his
covenant his word is his bond but God
knew that he needed to establish him
remember he asked a question how shall I
know that I will inherit the land God
knew that he had to take him to another
level of confidence and God knew exactly
how to do it
he enters into in fact he establishes
better a covenant with Abraham let’s
talk about it here’s one thing that you
need to understand if you’re taking
notes write this down God establishes
covenant to create confidence say it
again God establishes covenant to create
confidence because God knows that in
order to be great you must be confident
he will not watch this he will not
require that from you that he has not
resourced in you this is what I love
about God he will not ask you to be what
he will not give you the strength to be
that’s why when the disciples in the
days of Jesus were struggling with
belief they said God I believe help my
believe right so that there are levels
to believing and you cannot have what
you do not expect
I feel the Spirit of God in here right
now
God knows that faith is the substance of
things hoped for the evidence of things
not seen it says without faith it is
impossible to please God he is not mad
at you when you don’t have faith he just
knows that you cannot produce if you do
not have faith and so God is always
going to be channeling resources in your
direction to develop your insides to be
large enough to produce the outside that
God sees if you understand that say I’m
tracking with you beating God’s not
going to leave you out there Abram
wasn’t a weak man by asking God how
shall I know it he was not a weak man he
was a human we’re human and we need our
confidence upgraded for the journey that
God has in front of us and God says no
problem there’s a passage of scripture
that says that he who has begun a good
work in you shall complete it in other
words I’ll give you the faith to start
the business I’ll give you the faith to
start the ministry I’ll give you a faith
to reach the nation’s I will give you
the faith to do what I’ve called you to
do or gotta fill it I’ll give you the
faith hmm I feel the Spirit of God I’ll
give you the faith don’t worry about it
focus on what I said I’ll give you the
faith to be who you need to be to
accomplish what I’ve called you to Wow
that always gives you a word that’s
bigger than how you feel trying to move
on but I can’t quit
that will always call you to something
that is bigger than the you that you are
presently familiar with and you have to
allow what God says to you to tell you
who you are
or else how would you ever know who you
were I feel the spirit cannot can I
teach a little bit this morning how
would you ever know who you were and
what your abilities were if God did not
call you to lofty things that require
you to stretch and become who he sees
you as God says before I formed you and
your mother’s will not knew you in other
words God knows a version of you that
you haven’t even met yet
you’re still meeting you I’m still
meeting me and one of the things that
God uses to introduce me to me is a
lofty thing that is bigger than me are
we tracking can we go further so God
says I’ve got a plan for it no problem
I’m going to establish my covenant with
you so let’s talk about what a covenant
is a covenant is a contract between two
parties and what we’re going to see
later on when we look at Hebrews chapter
six is that that these this covenant
contract contract covenant it ends
Strife’s and disputes so when I’m
struggling with believing and coming
into agreement in alignment with what
God said the covenants introduced
because it’s going to in watch this the
internal disputing that I have see what
I’m not believing God that means that on
the inside I am disputing what he said
all of us have an internal antagonist
yeah you don’t even have to go outside
all of us within us has what I like to
call like we all have this this this
this mad scientist on the inside of us
that is always challenging and
questioning what God says so so he
creates covenant because he wants to
sure us up and give a foundation to
stand on by putting it into disputes let
me tell you some III don’t do business
without a contract and this is for some
time give you something for free
business people always have the
agreements always make the agreements
when you’re doing business with
contractors vendors or friends or
whatever family always get the business
worked out while you’re still friends
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because sometimes your friends and you
love each other and you got the division
together and you want to go into
business together and you’re like oh we
would never have a dispute so there’s no
reason that we need to get our paperwork
together we don’t need to do that we
love each other we were never a child
when you throw some money in there now I
love you but I’m tell you what while we
are still amenable let’s get this deal
down on paper because when I have the
contract done
I feel peace because at the end of the
day I can say at you you trippin no no
no no no go back to paragraph two in
Section C line number three remember
this has already worked out so God
knowing watch this that covenant brings
peace and God is a God who cannot lie
so God introduces covenant but not just
any old covenant we’re gonna go deeper
now he introduces what is called a blood
covenant so so Abram says how shall I
know it God doesn’t answer God says he
didn’t answer with this value he doesn’t
try to convince him with words God does
something that will speak to him in the
language of covenant and contract of
that time of that Near Eastern time
civilization this is
worked when two people were entering
into covenant together about Al and what
they would do is they would do this
thing called a blood sacrifice and they
would take animals and they would split
the animals in two which would leave a
path of blood and both parties would
walk between the pieces as a sign that
watched this if they violated the oath
of that covenant they would die that
they would be literally be it unto me as
what happened to these animals that’s
why you didn’t break coming back in them
days because if you broke company was
just like ah you know send me to
collections take me to court
now you died that was serious about
covenant so imagine that imagine Abram
saying how shall I know it watch this to
a god that he has not seen it has only
been up to this point a voice and a
vision but not a vision of God the
vision vision I wish I had time to teach
this but sometimes God will speak to you
in a vision he will show you things that
mean something to you so Abraham has not
seen God yet so imagine where Abraham is
when he is saying how will I know it how
shall I know it and then all of a sudden
God is speaking to him in blood covenant
language oh you gotta catch this he says
to him hey go get these animals we’re
about to enter into a sacrifice Abraham
is probably like wait I understand the
concept but I have never seen you and
your spirit so how is this can you
imagine how purple
next he must have been he’s fairly
lightweight I think the goddess China
enter into a blood covenant with me but
I’ve never seen him it’s only been a
voice
some live in vision and like a black I’m
like wait wait a minute
see see one things have to understand
why God is God will meet you where you
are I love that he will he is so adamant
about giving you to where you need to be
he will do things in your language to
get you to where you need to go so so so
he says he tells him he says go ahead
and and and set up this this blood
covenant this this that this arrangement
of the divided animal carcasses would
have would have been Abraham would have
instantly recognized that this was a
setup for making the blood covenant the
blood covenant was was the seal of
promises made and and there are two
interesting observations about this
point and you see the text in fact let’s
go there real quick let’s go let’s go
back to Genesis I wanna look at his
blood covenant thing it says in in verse
nine he says so he said to him bring me
a three-year-old – o3u a female goat in
a three year old Ram and a Turtledove
and a young pigeon and then he brought
all these to him and he cut them in two
down the middle and placed each piece
opposite the other but he did not cut
the birds in two and you know he she
would the way the vultures and in verse
17 it says and it came to pass watch
this when the Sun went down and it was
dark that behold there appeared a
smoking oven and a burning torch that
passed between those pieces and on the
same day the Lord made a covenant two
things first of all first thing
but is this you remember the covenant
the blood covenant required that that
the parties involved pass between the
two pieces where the blood was during
that right the flame our God is a
consuming fire passing in between the
pieces was God Himself entering into
covenant see in order to really
understand this you got to put yourself
in the mindset and the mentality of
Abram at that time these contracts were
made by both parties walking between the
pieces so when the flame of fire
passes between the two pieces it is God
Himself saying I’m in this thing and the
other thing that is interesting about
this is that Abraham doesn’t pass
through the pieces because he’s just
waking up he fallen asleep if you read
that whole thing he had fallen asleep
and God spoke to him in the dream and
sleep and actually know he waking up out
of this thing and this happens there’s
never any indication that Abram walked
through which means my second point is
God alone passed between the pieces so
the Covenant this blood covenant was
sealed by God alone which means that
nothing depended upon Abraham everything
depended on God to be promised and it
was a fourth shadowing of the reality of
Christ how many of us know we didn’t do
anything to get the grace that we come
on somebody it’s by grace that we are
saved through faith we
do anything this had nothing to do with
us watch this God doesn’t need us in
order to be good to us are you tracking
with me
he is just good how this Abraham get to
the point that he believes God so
perfectly that he is willing to offer up
his son at the request of God the
requests of God how is he able holder
you have to be you ever wonder let’s
just keep it 200 in here there’s some of
you and you read that thing in Genesis
chapter 22 where God says bring up your
son and offer him on on Moriah and some
of you like I know you’re good you know
I agree with you’re good all that you’re
good all that kind of stuff I understand
that but let me tell you some yeah
that’s gonna be rough for me can we just
be honest with you none of you love that
passage you love it for Abram you do not
love it for you
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so how does Abram get to this place
where he is absolutely convinced and so
convinced that he would sacrifice
anything even the thing that he wanted
the most it’s because of that blood
covenant he knew that God could not lie
and if God told him that he was gonna
have a multitude of sons if he was
asking for that son that meant he was
gonna multiply
he that someone’s gonna be raised from
the dead
that also was a foreshadowing of Christ
and there’s some people in here right
now and you will never see the harvest
in your life until you’re willing to
take God at His Word
and believe him like Abraham believe you
God has walked between the pieces
because he couldn’t swear by any greater
he swore by himself let me show you
something we’re almost done let me show
you something you gonna catch this today
good God Almighty
let’s go to Hebrews chapter 6 verse 13
Hebrews chapter 6 and verse 13 explains
this it says for when God made a promise
to Abram because he could swear by no
one greater he swore by himself they you
know they have this the same you know in
the inner city called you know and the
same be like I put that on me or I put
that on and then you would name what you
put that on and so when you were trying
to convince somebody that you were with
you’re not lying and you were telling
the true some of you know what I’m
talking about you look all sophisticated
I know what you’re talking about it I
know nothing about the any city you know
what I’m talking about and when I wanted
to convince you that they were telling
the truth they’d be like yo do I put
that on this and you know and suddenly I
put that on my mom and like you know and
you love your mom and you should love
your mom but you know I put that on
there sometimes you know I put that on
me on me on you know or whatever right
and so God isn’t that same thing because
he couldn’t swear by any greater he
swears by himself in other words I put
that on me says God if I don’t do what I
promised to do to you then I’m a guy and
since I cannot die since I am eternal
and everlasting baby since I cannot
swear by
greater I’m swearing by myself if you
know you serve a God who cannot lie
give him shout of glory in this house
God’s if I can’t swear by any greater
there’s nothing greater than me if I
promise it to you it is coming to pass
you can take it to the bank right now
only says God on me how shall I know it
on me on me imma heal your body on me
imma give you financial breakthrough on
me no weapon formed against you shall
prosper on me says God
your children will be safe on me
that spouse is waiting for you or me
I’m gonna do
for me I’m gonna come
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or me
on me I put that on me Cisco ami ami
Jesus going to the cross what’s God
saying on me I got you your sins on me
your weakness on me your limitations on
me your struggles on me on me this will
come on me
ami LA on me online on me I hear God
saying you’re asking God how will I know
it’s gonna happen and God is saying
because I put it on me and my word Salah
I’m not like one of your friends I love
your mama says God but I ain’t like your
mama
but when God made a promise to Abram
because he could swear by no greater he
swore by himself
saying surely I will bless you in and
multiplying I will multiply you and it
says and so after Abraham had patiently
endured he obtained the promise now I
want to jump down to verse 19 I want to
close here it says this hope we have as
an anchor of the soul we’re talking
about covenant we’re talking about God
swearing by himself because he could not
swear by any greater the Covenant itself
was strength so to make an oath already
his strength but then it’s the one who
made the oath if you keep reading in
there in verse 18 it talks about two
immutable things two immutable things
one that an oath the contract is
immutable
and God is immutable because in verse 18
it says it’s impossible for God to live
that watch this is important I’m almost
done it says that we might have strong
consolation remember covenant is to
bring you to confidence not self
confidence but a confidence that
transcends that right it says it says
this we did this so that we might have
strong consolation there’s somebody in
here right now and you need strong
consolation about what God has spoken to
you and it says who have fled for refuge
refuge to lay hold of the hope set
before us the context obviously as the
Jews were really really persecuted for
following Jesus but that there’s some of
you at I feel this prophetically and you
have left circumstances and situations
because God said better is outside of
those things and the only challenge is
you have come out of that but you
haven’t come into what you expected you
would come in to pull in the word of my
prophets I prophesied – maybe maybe you
gave your life to God and you expect it
for things – instantaneously and
automatically be different you walked
away for some things some people some
ways and and and and and and now you
need to be consoled because you you you
haven’t seen yet the fullness of what he
promised and here you are maybe like
Abram I left earlier the Chaldeans where
my my father was set up and you know it
may not have been everything that I
wanted to be but at least I knew it
and God says let me tell you something
I did call I feel that for somebody I
did call you out of Earth I feel like I
did call you out of that place I did
call you out of that situation I did
call you to leave the familiar to leave
the the the comfortable and now you’re
uncomfortable and you need consolation
how do you get consolation you get
consolation by covenant when God that’s
why you’re hearing this message today
when God wants to encourage you watch
this and to anchor you he does not
immediately do what he promises what he
promised because that that that doesn’t
you’re not developed in that you’re
developed in the window between promise
and manifestation that window in between
that space in between is the place where
you are developed but what gives you the
strength and the fortitude to continue
on this covenant and it says this
covenant last point this covenant it
says we go to the verse 19 this hope
this the hope that’s created by this
covenant this confidence that is created
by the covenant of god it says is an
anchor to the soul confidence is
powerful i looked at that work
confidence and the word confidence is
from the latin word confident and it
means having full trust
it’s from the verb confident at two
words con watch this expresses intensive
force and the other word is federa which
means trust so the word confident means
powerful trust oh I feel the Holy Ghost
the reason why God is trying to get you
to trust is because Trust is powerful
I’m not talking about self-confidence it
is powerful that’s fine with you but
this is something different
this is trust that will move mountains
that’s why he said if you have faith the
size of a mustard seed you will speak to
the mountain and say be thou removed and
cast into the sea what he’s saying
is it doesn’t you can’t do it with
mustard seed faith but you have the
elements that all you have to do is grow
it and it’s powerful somewhat powerful
trust and this powerful trust is an
anchor of the soul what is the soul the
soul has to do with your mind has to do
with emotions has to do with with
memories so so so so so we’re talking
about an anchor what is it an anchor
creates stability I feel the Holy Ghost
if you’re if you’re taking notes write
this last note down confidence is an
anchor for the emotions because your
emotions will cause you to be out of
position and consequently miss what God
is doing and so so it says it’s an
anchor for the Soul it’s an anchor for
your emotion and here’s what I’ve
learned I’m done I’m done I’m done I’ve
learned that if I can get my emotions
anchored I can do anything
if I can get my emotions grounded so
that my emotions are not driving my
destiny vehicle I can do anything
because I’ve got the promise Oh God
I’ve got the promise but what keeps me
vacillating back and forth and quite
frankly emotions are if you’re not
careful subject to change your behavior
oh god I’m jealous it’s not trying to
stop it
emotions want to take over that’s why
you know you start being a little angry
nuts you know you really angry now
you’re doing something but if you can
have your emotions anchored oh you can
do anything I want to pray for you
confidence true confidence is a gift
come on stand with me Elaine I want you
to stand stand with me I wanna pray for
you
I’m pray for you God God wants to gift
you with real confidence today
self-confidence is wonderful I’ve got
plenty of it but it’s limited God wants
to give you some more see see
self-confidence will only work in the
areas of my proficiency but there’s a
lot in this world that is outside of
what I’m good at and there are a lot of
things that God has promised me and a
lot of things that God has called me to
huh how about that that are outside of
my current expertise and experience and
if I’m only only self confident I can’t
be everything that God has called me to
be God doesn’t leave you there he says
you know what I got you covered
I got you covered as you wrestled with
the question how shall I know God says
I’m gonna make you know because I’m
gonna make known to you who I am I’m
gonna speak to in your own language for
Abraham it was the blood covenant and
obviously theologically that had
enormous enormous significance but he
will meet you right where you are and he
will pass between whatever pieces you
have the makest covenant no you’re gonna
need confidence I’m not this is a series
by the way you’re gonna need this type
of confidence as we step into this
decade because there’s so many things
happening in our world
that if you’re not careful you will you
will get emotional and you will be
shaken off course are you tracking with
me
so if you hear it and you say pastor I
believe that that you were speaking to
me in this message and and God I want I
want that type of confidence that you
are describing self-confidence wonderful
that’s great
see here’s the awesome thing about doc
confidence self-confidence comes with
God confidence but God confidence
doesn’t come with self confidence it is
a two for one in one way in another way
there’s no guarantee see the shift
happen Abram went from self confidence
to next level confidence when he opened
himself to covenant with God if that’s
you I want you to come meet me here at
this altar today you say you know what
pastor I want I want I want another
level of confidence self calm is
wonderful but I need God confidence
that’s you I want you to meet me I saw
you come in LA I seen you come and VIN
with come on we bout to get this take
God’s gonna gift over on my shoe box
God’s gonna give two he’s got a gift you
with a new dimension of confidence and
you need it you need it
I was at the place that I was staying on
Friday I got into town late that night
and I was confronted by I was downtown I
was confronted by God and I believe he
was demonized I typically travel move
about with an additional person to watch
me but before I knew what this dude was
up on me and I didn’t know you know he
was kind of know if he was strapped
well that means in case you strap means
packing cracking means had something on
him I got it you know I don’t know if he
was strapped
and I could just tell he had something
going on and I and and I just turned he
was right there with him feeding me and
kind of just talking crazy or whatever
and he had a little size on him and I
had confidence but both of my
confidences were working because I was
praying in the spirit but he was about
to be the first beneficiary of my Krav
Maga training come on somebody
I eat power I don’t want it to happen
that way
I had to confidence is working if the
angels are moving a little slow come on
somebody one or two knee strikes will
get it done I’m sorry that was so odd
spiritual but no in that moment the Holy
Spirit came over me and I just begin to
pray in tongues I begin to speak in
tongues just right there because I’m not
we’re not gonna have a conversation here
something’s going on with you and I just
started praying in tongues started
praying confidence got confidence I
started praying in tongues right there
under my breath one loud wasn’t crazy
just on I’m on I’m just looking at him
my should that an inkling you know just
branded tongues and he bow down to me
physically physically physically he
bowed down and he did this uh I don’t
know if you’ve ever watched Planet of
the Apes where as a sign of submission
the ape gets low mouths down and he puts
his hand that he literally did that and
I said I’ll take that I’ll take that as
this conflict and it was over well what
I’m talking about is family we’re moving
into a time where you have to have God
for dance
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David said the Lord is my light and my
salvation whom shall I fear the Lord is
the strength of my life of whom shall I
be afraid when the wicked even my
enemies and my foes came upon me to eat
up my flesh they stumbled and fell
though a host should encamp against me
my heart will not fear the Lord should
rise against me in this I will be
hospital
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that’s what God wants to give you you’re
not at this altar get to this altar
we’re gonna pray for you and you’re
gonna get confident and my you’d
have to be where we got a lot going in
our world right now but one thing I am
NOT is scared I feel the Holy Spirit of
God the earth is the Lord’s and the
fullness thereof I don’t care the earth
shakes I don’t care if the mountains are
rolled up God
for me who can be against me
who can be
gets me
so the church is gonna model God fidence
and that is gonna make your light shine
when people are afraid wondering when
the next thing is gonna go off hello
somebody can I talk to you real for a
second you’re gonna say you know what a
thousand might fall at my side and ten
thousand by my right side but it shall
not come near me that Psalm 91 in case
you didn’t know if you hear and you
don’t know the Lord now is about time to
get into covenant if that’s you and
you’re here and you say listen look look
look at how this win Abraham had a
relationship with God without religion
this all predated the law
watch this God spoke to him remember the
three ways that God revealed himself he
spoke to him boom your relationship with
God will give you the ability to
perceive and to accurately discern the
voice of God then he’s communicated to
him in a vision and then he manifests
himself through fire what am I saying
whatever it takes to get you to perceive
God he will use so if you’re here and
you say I want to know God like Abram
knew God I want you to come and meet me
here at this altar as well
you’re gonna norm he’s gonna speak to
you he’s gonna lead you he’s gonna
empower you he’s gonna give you
everything you need if that’s you I want
you to come and meet me at this altar la
come on you can come come on come on
you’re watching via live stream I want
you to get as close to your phone as
close to your computer screen I’m gonna
pray for you
I want you to just lift your hands like
you’re getting ready to receive
something a la moto a heated Eva she
come on another umbilical my father we
thank you so much for this atmosphere
this atmosphere of truth this atmosphere
of glory this atmosphere of your
presence and your power will never be
the same were changed God in this
atmosphere god I thank you for every
person here your you love them you’re
committed to them you’re for them God
hallelujah
you don’t want from them you’re for them
and you know exactly what they need
God you told me to start talking to your
sons and daughters about confidence
about God fidence type of confidence and
father I thank you today God that’s
something that’s been imparted I thank
you God for those who are wrestling and
questioning and saying God how shall I
know you’re gonna do what you say you’re
gonna do how do I know that I haven’t
washed my hands in vain how shall I know
that that you haven’t brought me out to
leave me stranded and God I thank you
that you’re answering by covenant you
said faith comes by hearing and hearing
by the Word of God and your your word
has been declared and therefore
confidence is rising in part covenant
confidence here today I want you to
p-taff to me Heavenly Father I thank you
for your word I receive it I thank you
for you love
I embrace it I thank you for covenant I
receive that thank you for Jesus thank
you for making him who had no sin all of
mine all of my limitations all of my
weaknesses all of my shortcomings you
placed in his body nailed it to the
cross and put it to death and just as he
was raised up
you’re raising me up from level to level
from strength to strength and today I
receive the gift of divine confidence in
Jesus name Amen
and then come on let’s praise the Lord
come on
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