 Praise the Lord everybody. You're glad to be in the house of the Lord tonight Let's stand together and have a word of prayer. We're glad for you to be here Everybody to be in the sanctuary. I don't want to rub it in too much for those that are suffering tonight with ice storms and everything else But that's 75 degrees in Florida works for me Apparently it does for everybody here. We need to pray for those that are certainly in difficult places there tonight and number of my pastor friends had to call their services off due to the ice and all that's going on so let's believe God to To just keep them protected and for those of you that are watching tonight from the affected areas All the way in Texas and Oklahoma and Arkansas and so forth If you are tuning in with us You can share this broadcast out and folks can be able to be a part of tonight's Bible class right here at Pace Assembly we'd love for you to be able to join us. I want you to be sure to take your Prayer list this evening and remember each and every one of them The rest of this week in your prayers knowing that God is able I want you to make sure that you're praying for All of the folks that are listed there and you make your own list There's a number of folks that are needing the touch of God and their body. I want you to pray for the Lloyds I just got a call just or a text just a little bit ago and They are In need of prayer tonight. How many of you have a need in your life? You want the Lord to touch you need the Lord to touch How many of you were here this past weekend for that to take place is anybody already seen an answer to your prayers? That's what I look at there come on if you have you've already seen an answer to your prayers from this past weekend Hold your hand up right where you are This is going to be a faith-builder look around right now. You see the hands that are lifted Amen, come on give God praise for that tonight So with that in mind and the hands that were lifted and the many people that were watching online that received miracles as well Let's go in faith before God tonight and expect God to do great things. Amen Come on. Let's pray together all around this auditorium and you join us right there online father in heaven We come before you in the mighty name of Jesus We thank you tonight Lord because you're the very present help in time of trouble You're the God who steps in and is present with us and we thank you God for your divine presence That's here with us now, and you've been with us all day today. We give you glory for that We just lift up every need before the throne believing you Lord Jesus that you are the expert in every situation You know exactly what to do the touch of God for them in the hospitals and wherever they may be tonight at home Pray that you would lift them up right now and let your spirit Just touch them in a very special way Let them know that it's you Lord as you're passing by and ministering to their every need and for people in this congregation We pray that you would minister to their lives tonight in this service Let your spirit take charge now and move as you desire Thank you God for what you did this past weekend and are still doing as a Residual of the prayers and the anointing that took place pray that you would touch our friends that are there in Oklahoma in Texas Arkansas all the affected areas of this storm coming through keep them safe protected We pray and we give you the glory Lord for it right now in Jesus mighty name. Everybody believes it's a good. Amen Go find somebody shake hands with greet them in the name of the Lord We love being able to fellowship here and let folks know how important they are to be in the kingdom While I talk to all of you that are watching online We welcome you from wherever you're watching from Pray that God will bless your life this evening get your bibles and get ready to go into the word You can download it on the app or online the study series We're starting tonight life lessons and leadership. You will not want to miss this exciting series over the next several weeks I believe it will be a blessing to you teach you some principles from God's word that we need right now There's no doubt about it, and then you can be ready to give in just a few moments right there online We thank you for your faithfulness and giving if you're a regular Attendor member here at Pace assembly or this is your home church wherever you're watching from Then we thank you for your faithfulness every time that you are tuning in for those of you that are just tuning in Maybe for the first time we certainly welcome you and you got an opportunity to show God where your heart is at So do that tonight and make God bless you for being a part of this service. Amen Praise God on our ushers to step into place tonight as we get ready to receive the tithe and offering and May God bless your life for your faithfulness and giving. I Will assure you that it is much needed We'll be bringing you a report in the days that are ahead of some things that we've had to do in the other parts of the building Decisions that we've had to go ahead and do in order to get the project done and You will bring that to your information a little bit later on where you can be able to help if you possibly can in that Capacity I'm grateful to God for a great church physically even the very physical plot of these Acres of God's property That's right here and we do our best to take care of them because of your faithfulness and your support There are many times that we don't bring every need to you Sometimes when the leaks hit the buildings or there's some kind of breach or air conditioner Whatever it may be it is your faithfulness in giving every week that helps us to be able to keep the buildings The way they are and one thing that I and I say this to boast on our staff and all the maintenance department and all They do such a wonderful job because whenever people come from outside of Pace assembly, they're always impressed at how the buildings are taken care of You're sitting in a building that's been here established since 1981 this particular building and There's rust spots and there's places that Are not all the way up to par like we certainly would like for them to be but we do our best to make sure That things are taken care of so you know whenever you give you're giving into The kingdom and keeping things moving like it needs to do amen So thank you so much for your faithfulness and giving father Thank you now for the privilege we have to show you where our heart is at Lord We thank you God and we're grateful for the facilities that you've given to us that we call of the church at pace assembly And we're able to gather in this place and worship you exclusively. It's not a place. It's used Lord for Commercial merchandising, but it's your house and we thank you for it. We're grateful for it So bless your people now as they give into the kingdom may it be to their Benefit and increase and your blessing for the kingdom of God in Jesus name. Amen Praise God. We just mentioned to you this coming weekend if you have not Been able to go through the starting point class You've never done that before or you'd like to become a member. Maybe you haven't become a member I would encourage you this coming weekend. Make sure you're here at 9 o'clock At 9 o'clock this coming Sunday morning We will have the starting point class will be taking place and it will introduce you to pace assembly and to what we believe Which is a critical thing in the hour we're in so many people and I'm finding every day. It's it's really unbelievable to me how that How that people in notoriety and otherwise are not drifting but running away from sound doctrine It's unbelievable to me And I'm just telling you when you've got a church that will teach you the word of God and doctrine and what that church believes That's one of the that's one of the number one things you want to know whenever you go to a church. What's that church believe? Are they messed up or what what's going on here? They you know, they're gonna start breaking out Animal sacrifices and hauling altars in here and slinging blood everywhere. I know you might think that's crazy but I'm just telling you there's some strange things that are going on today and One of the indicators of the last days is is that people would not listen endure sound doctor Doctrine is a good thing and by the way Jesus taught doctor You know, I hear all these people slinging their arrows at religion And and I get what they're talking about But we better be careful because I'm gonna tell you something and what we will teach you tonight will be Straight from the Word of God You need to be sure that you're careful about what you listen to in the realm of Christian programming even what may be touted as Christian programming I say that sincerely and as a shepherd for you here this evening Because there's a lot of stuff going on. That's the reason why starting point so important And maybe you've taken the class before and you need to take it again Feel free to be able to do that. We'd love for you to do that if you want to become a member However, this is a required class at the conclusion of it at the end of the month We'll have a dinner especially for all of those that are coming in as new members And we invite you to be able to be a part of it that all happens starting this weekend. There's only four classes this weekend at 9 a.m. and Whenever you arrive just ask them where the class is at and they'll be glad to direct you exactly where where it's at Amen praise God and we're so glad to have all of you here glad that brother George is able to be here I was just looking and he's been working very very diligently to get our Facilities back in order even with a back injury that has taken him down and I'm glad that he's able to be here tonight He takes me the other day and said had this This very severe back injury once again. He's been having trouble with that and so I just text him back and told him I'm praying for all of those that you're coming in contact with it could be rough for them How many of you know that my pain can make somebody else's pain and gain you know I'm saying So We're grateful and grateful for you to be here. Amen. Smile at somebody beside you. Would you? All right now turn your face back this way and keep the smile for the rest of this service if you please How many of you already have one of those weeks and it's only Wednesday Amen about six or eight of you. All right. Well, this is gonna do you good tonight Open your Bibles up and get your handout ready as we begin a brand new lesson series this evening on Life lessons and leadership Over the next several weeks. I'm gonna take you through Several different individuals in the Bible. I won't get to all of them that are bringing of course the life lessons But I've picked out specific ones For us to learn from over the next few Wednesday nights the Lord being our helper But I'm it's gonna be tied in to the Sunday service. So this coming weekend I'll be bringing an illustrated message to you this weekend And starting a new series on the altar So every person that we will study over the next several weeks on Wednesday nights I will match that with that person and what the altar was Altering their life on Sundays this coming weekend We're gonna deal with Abraham as we're dealing with him tonight One of the most intriguing characters in the Bible I love to study it because he was the he was the guy who was cutting the weeds And and and writing the book with every step that he made so he didn't have the Bible He didn't have any of that he was writing it with his life And there are life lessons and leadership lessons that are found in his life And I'm gonna point a few of those out for you here tonight as we go through his life And then Sunday morning, I'm gonna take you to the altar One of the most impactful Well, let me say that he let me back that out the altar is the place for every person to encounter God and This weekend you'll not want to miss it. I always get excited to talk about Abraham He is a powerful character of which, you know, the father of our absolute faith Abram his Name before it was changed by God to Abraham the father of many nations or nations and It's so important that we glean from his life tonight. So let's take a look at it Father, I pray that you would open our understanding to the word of God Give us the right words to say and Lord I pray that when we leave this place that the practical application of your word would be manifest in our life And we would see fruit from it and we give your praise for it in Jesus name. Everybody said a good. Amen So let me set this up a little bit here tonight for you before we even read the word of God you can flip over to Genesis chapter 22 and That's where we're gonna be reading in just a few moments with the story of Abraham and it's not conclusively and exclusively in that chapter obviously, but Let me set this up a little bit and and I'm talking about Leading now, and I don't I don't want you to mistake You know somebody says well, I'm not a leader Well, I truly believe that within every person here tonight There is a hidden leader on the inside of you even if you're leading a company of one that you're yourself leadership and leading leaders are Maybe by definition if you want if you need a definition for this series But I'm gonna give it to you anyway our ordinary people that have accepted Or are placed under some kind of extraordinary Circumstances that actually bring them to a sacrifice moment and a commitment to the very potential and passion that God puts on the inside of them and then equips them and Uses them for his glory and The important thing is is that it inspires the confidence and the trust of other people To follow Leadership and and there's a number of different definitions, but leadership. I think this probably sums it up best leadership is Nothing more or less than influence and what you who you're influencing you become a leader to Now you may not like that. I've had people that have that have Worked on my staff before in ministry capacities and said, I don't want to be the leader. I asked them. Why are you here? Whether you like it or not, you're gonna be a leader somewhere You're either gonna lead people in the opposite direction or you're gonna lead them closer to God We are in our nation in the church in every area of our world We are in desperate need of people Who will let God through their life? Teach them and inspire them to become godly leaders. How many of you understand? We need leaders now more than ever before and I'm not just talking about anybody. I'm talking about godly leadership okay Leaders are Confident in where they're going and are able then to inspire other people to go with them Now I'm not just talking about godly leaders there because there are ungodly leaders that inspire people to go with them, too the development of Leaders is not out there But it's in here. This is important for you to get a hold of tonight Because you're gonna leave a legacy behind and if you don't lead them where they need to go then They're gonna do what the Bible says without a vision people perish that literal translation they cast off restraint and go in any direction You follow what I'm saying They throw restraint off Without a vision if you don't have a vision for yourself if you don't have a vision for your money your money will cast off restraint and go in multiple directions If you don't have a vision for your mind to stay focused upon the things of God it will cast off restraint and go in multiple directions You follow what I'm saying talking about leadership here tonight talking about leading and learning these life lessons We are as the spirit fill people to be what the Bible says led by the spirit Now some people want to make that all woo-woo You know who I'm waiting on God to talk to me, but but he's already talked in 66 books Now if you don't know him in his word, you'll never hear him in your spirit And I don't want to I don't want to say that that God can't do sovereign and move out He wants to but how can I know him unless I know him in What he's saying I'm if I don't understand what the Word of God has to say how can I know it's God speaking to me? How can I be led by the spirit if the spirit is always magnifying the word? Are you with me? It is not a blind leap into the dark To live this life Live this Christian life to be a godly leader. It is always a step of faith into the light of God's plan and God's purpose So with that backdrop All of these lessons that I'm gonna bring to you if the Lord wills over the next several weeks Hopefully you'll extract from that and apply some things into your life. I certainly have already I'm excited about this series and I believe that God's gonna speak to us the nation of Israel and The fulfillment of God's plan begins with a man called Abram or Abraham I will refer to him as Abraham at this point So from the outset of Abraham's life and his call from God He literally begins where from the very Introduction of his life when we read about it He begins teaching us about the faithfulness of God from the very inception So as a somewhat of a thesis statement here tonight This is what I want you to know is an overview leaders or in this case as we'll study Abraham as a leader And let me just say this to you. I haven't read anywhere in the Bible except for Jesus Where anybody actually aspired to be a leader? Unless they were full of pride So you're gonna find out that these leaders were true leadership starts with humility true leadership is one that That they never looked for it, but God came looking for them and said I want you I've chosen you Are you hearing me? Now I want to say that to everybody here and those of you watching right now Because as John 15 and we we dealt with it We didn't get all the way down to that verse of scripture But when we were teaching you on the vine in John 15, it says I've chosen you you haven't chosen me That's important for us to understand because We can kick and we do against the purpose and the will of God for our lives to lead To to follow somebody who may be in front of it Whatever and glean what we need to so that we become the leader because one of the most difficult things for me to Really wrap my head around and it took maybe a couple of years after Dad passed who was the last remaining one of leadership in our in our family Was that he was gone and and all that time I was riding in the backseat of the car I Didn't have to make leadership decisions I could call the phone and say hey, what do you think about this and what do you think about that and blah blah blah But when he passed when he died Now I have to live by the principles that he that he taught me of the lessons that he taught me And now I've been thrust into the front seat of the car with my hands on the steering wheel That was one of the things that I that I learned when I came here 16 years ago to start pastoring this church Read and I did and it was it was sobering and I have a really good perspective of that because Because we were associate pastors before and now all of the things that I Did back then to my pastor have come back to haunt me I Remember him chunking something at me one time to say get out of my office. This is not the time to talk about that Now some of these guys and people that work for me right now don't understand all that but that's all pent up on the inside of me So you pray for me. I'm working it out. I'm working it out. All right That's a difficult thing when you're thrust into the front seat. So what am I saying you better learn how to trust God? before you get in the driver's seat Because if you don't learn how to trust God and learn how to get the life principles You're gonna kill some people and yourself Hello, somebody So we've got as leaders. We've got to know God. This is this is the thesis statement of Abraham's life He cuts the trail for us and he says listen. I know God enough to know I can always Trust him You'll understand a little bit better as we go along here so Leaders always know that God is trustworthy and God is always trustworthy even if it takes time I'm gonna give you some scripture. I could pull any one of them, but but this is critical for us God always is trustworthy. What what what is what is trustworthy? You'll hear a little bit about this and I'm gonna try not to cross too much over for the message this Sunday But whenever what whatever we call worship Is basically defined as worth ship Someone who's worthy of giving of you giving something to Because they are worth it so God is always trustworthy even if it takes time Let's explore this a little bit because God Is is going to use Abraham To be the father of the nation of Israel He's gonna be having you'll see the descendants as the sand of the sea the stars of the sky all of this incredible Prophecy and and call of God that comes on his life and What you need to understand and that you've heard me say this there's two constants in the world and that is time and change time is Ordered by God God established time. He is not in time. He set time for us Isn't that a good thing? Okay, six of you believe that let me help you You worked if you did work all day and You become tired Because you are limited in your physical capacity So what are you gonna get to do? Well, you said you know what I'm going to Bible class tonight and by the way Thank you for coming and Because you made this sacrifice to hear the word of God and to get that word inside of you And that's good because it'll make you sleep better But you're looking forward to a time If you worked today Now if you took several naps during the day, it really doesn't matter to you That was that was always our our comedic joke at our board meetings because Ray currently was retired when he was on the board he'd come in and He was all spry and the rest of the guys were around the table They worked all day and they were pretty tired. Come on pastor. Let's get it on, you know and Ray would say hey, you know Let's that's what do y'all want to talk about? He stretched that thing out because he had taken two or three naps during the day. He was good to go I'm good. He would often say I'm good till midnight Time is ordered by God and he gives us this window of time To be able to get done what we need to get done and he listen now and he uses time to accomplish his purposes Now that doesn't seem so profound until you get in a situation Where you're waiting for something to happen that hasn't happened yet for us when time passes Between God making us a promise and it coming to pass and Him fulfilling it that time in between waiting on the Lord can become Very anxious. I'd hate to know that anybody here was impatient With God I want you to know waiting is not a gift for many people Now I don't care what anybody says, you know, I'm a I'm a patient personality. They're patient as long As they get their way and it comes to them on time But you let it stretch out a little bit you let you let the process have to have to have to Be meet it out a little bit or God pushes the on-hole button. Isn't everybody ever been on the hole with God? Just listen to some music for a little while Wait on somebody to answer the phone It can leave you with a feeling hear me now of feeling of like I've been forgotten God. Where are you? I? Prayed I've fasted of this of that and Rita and I were talking about it a little bit before service about a situation and and and I Was saying to her Knowing what I was bringing to you tonight God sometimes waits for our utter exhaustion Pastor you think he's trying to wear us out. He's trying to wear you down Because as long as you've got strength to do something You'll do it. I know you don't believe me, but even Abraham the father of our faith God impatient Because it wasn't working out in the time he needed to be Abraham it became impatient while he was waiting for the promise So God gave him a promise. What was the promise? He said I'm gonna give you this land and I'm gonna give you On the inside of you as a great nation waiting to be birthed and you're gonna be the father of that great nation It's all gonna come out of you and and whenever you hear that I Love watching people who get a prophecy Because they feel like it's Wendy's and they're gonna get it tomorrow But God always makes a promise God always makes a promise to us, but there is let me give it to you There is a process to that promise. I Would love to think that it's gonna happen Right now and sometimes in God's providence. He does it right then Suddenly, but I can tell you in this in this process. It's not about getting you the gift or the or the promise It's about what life lessons you learn between here and and then You understand what I'm saying. He's developing us to be leaders To be kingdom leaders to be to be individuals who can lead our own life lead our family And then whoever it is that's around us that we have influence with So God gives a promise of the land. He gives a promise of a great nation. It's all gonna be coming out of him He says How many of you know at that point you just feeling like kind of beating your chest at that point That's what I'm talking about all the stars Sands the sea That's great He was all joyful about it, but he needed reassurance along the way as a matter of fact You want to come Sunday because because the message I'm gonna show you there were four different altars Along the way that gave Abraham assurance of What that promise was and when it was and and and that it would come to pass so after 10 years After 10 years of waiting anybody been waiting that long for your promise to come Okay After 10 years God had yet to deliver on the promise So what does God do God makes a promise to us and then he takes us through the process He shows us the end of the movie look at the grapes and the honey and all of that in the promised land In that fabulous And you go yes, I'm ready. God says no, you're not I mean long before Joshua got to Jericho Joshua got into Canaan the Canaanites were already there Abraham was gonna have to deal with some Canaanites So you just you don't just get the promise and then and then like what's next? There's a process. So what's this process over a 10-year period of time? It's on your paper over a 10-year period of time He left his family in his country berries his daddy up there and the northern end of Southern end maybe of what we might call Turkey and so forth Comes around that fertile crescent What happens God promises to bless him and his descendants he gets that promise and then he goes into a into a place Where there's into Egypt where there's famine He's got to survive the famine and then what else in the 10-year? Well, he lies to Pharaoh and said his wife's a sister and I'm just gonna tell you there ain't a man in this room that would have gotten away with that He lied the Pharaoh who could have killed him right then that When I read this and reread this is so amazing to me that he goes in here and he sees he sees the potential problem I'm not gonna stay on this, but he sees the potential problem. Here's Pharaoh Here's a here's a situation where there's a kingdom here and all and he recognizes that Sarah Sarah at 60 something is Looking fine And he calls it. He whispers to her on the way. Hey Sarah Tell him you're my sister Because we don't want to stir up anything right here Pharaoh takes him takes her as his wife only to discover oops Not your sister she wife. What did you do that to me for? Get out of here. You're gonna cause a curse to come down on me But what does God do? He takes the riches of Egypt from Pharaoh's hand and puts it into Abraham's life and he becomes a sensation overnight It's amazing Wait a minute pastor that that was something bad. Oh, no. No. No God's setting this thing up. Are y'all with me right here? So what does he do he lies to Pharaoh? He's afraid of him finally that thing gets straightened out We're still in this 10-year process of going on his family has a conflict. What happens his nephew lot says Our sheep can't buy with each other. Somebody's gonna have to separate Abraham says that's exactly what needs to take place And you choose the land you want to go to he said I want those planes over there That that that good fertile looking land over there won't that lot goes over there to Sodom Abraham takes another portion and what happens they separate their family separates that was a big deal That was really a big deal and you see that a little bit later on when Abraham He had he had left out from him from the Ur of the Caldees What would be modern-day Iraq and leaves with his family and along the way buried his father along the way he separates from his nephew so He should have been coming with all of his family the way if he was gonna be and you can think within his own heart man I'm failing along the way. There's something wrong here. I I thought I had some influence I thought we could get along but the Bible says that their herdsmen couldn't get along and and they had to separate and then Lot gets kidnapped and and all the sudden he has to go and rescue lot and his family and Then after a whole decade of all this mess He still doesn't have a son So after ten years and miles and miles and trials and trials Abraham wants to know from God I told you to go to 22, but go to 15 chapter 15. You'll see it there on your paper Abraham wants to know God. I Want to know is the deal still on about this promise you made me ten years ago Time So what does he say in chapter 15 verses one down through six he says and I love this here Here he is. He's gone out. He's rescued lot now. He's got look Wouldn't you think that lot being kidnapped and the whole mess that's going on and Sodom That that point when I finally rescued you I don't know if it had been me if I would have been Abraham I said dude, you're not taking your family back into Sodom that places a wreck come on with me He goes right back into the mess Abraham has to let him go Because Abraham's gonna have an encounter with God right here and There's a process that's going on and so after he rescues lot chapter 15. He says after these things Don't you love that it sums up ten years worth of heartache and heartbreak The word of the Lord came into Abram in a vision saying fear not Abram Abram I am thy shield and I exceeding great reward Abram said Lord God Lord God What will thou give me seeing I go childless you told me I was gonna get a Son and now it's been ten years ago. What's up with that? That's my paraphrase and the steward of my house is Eleazar of Damascus. What's what I can't make him Is he supposed to be the one? Verse three in Abram said behold to me thou has given no seed God and Low one born in my house is mine air and behold the word of the Lord came unto him He's looking for reassurance now because time has passed You ever needed some reassurance from God Behold the word of the Lord came unto him saying this shall not be thine air Don't you wish that God would speak that clearly? Don't you wish that you could just get it printed out just fax it to me just text me God Can you just tell me this is not the job for you? Can you just tell me don't go out with this person before my heart breaks? Are you here when I'm saying? He said listen The one this one is not your error, but he that shall come forth of Thine own bow shall be thine air the promise is yet coming Abram Hang on trust me Time is going to Work things out I'm working in time. I'm getting all the chess pieces put together I'm setting everything up the way it's supposed to be You're not the only one I'm working with on this Did you hear what I said? You think that it's a waste of time for you waiting, but you don't understand I'm working on this one this one this one and this other situation that's going to bring it all together And you're going to call it a miracle. I'm just going to tell you it's something. I've been working on for a long time And he brought him forth abroad and said look now toward the heaven tell the stars If they'll be able to number them and he shall say unto him So shall thy seed be and he and this verse 6 if you don't underline anything in your Bible You need to underline this because somehow we believe that this faith thing only starts in the New Testament But I came to tell you it starts right here in verse number six and the same thing that's required of us now It's the same thing that God required of Abraham in the Old Testament Just believe me Trust me and he believed the Lord and look what God does. This is the same thing He does to us He deposited righteousness Into Abrams account That he didn't earn that he didn't deserve that he was not worthy of and after ten years of complaining and mess and all That was going on God still counted it for righteousness sake because he dared to believe God After time Can I still believe you after time? Oh, you can believe me. I'm the God of I'm the God of yesterday today I'm just telling you every time I come across that field and see that great big Jesus coming at me at Whatever mile an hour I'm doing Are you hearing me? Even after God made him this reassurance Abrams still was trying to make the promises of God happen Through him and Sarah They do well. They got together and and and Sarah said hey, babe. This thing is doesn't seem to be working out Maybe God needs a little help. I Got this little handmaiden named Hagar. How about you go over and fix your steps this weekend now? I'm gonna tell you what I Don't know any woman in this world that would ever offer that up on purpose And even if I was searching I can tell you there's one in this room That y'all would be passing by my casket this coming Monday Charlie would be bearing me it would be over. I don't care how skilled you are with a skill saw and I don't care how well you can nail boards She fix her own steps That wouldn't what Sarah said Had one was Sarah said Sarah said Abram going over there and visit with Hagar Now that's a flowerty King James word version to say to you that You don't ever you don't read in here. I'm sorry. I'm just taking a moment You don't read in here where Abraham fights with Sarah at all Abraham starts moonwalking over to a to Hagar's house. I know that seems a little bit rough But I'm just telling you that's the way it was Why why well, I know you're laughing right now, but But we do the same stuff because when we feel like God is not answering in our time That we always want to help God out a little bit will make it happen And I understand that I have I have tried to help God and make it happen before and It turned around and kicked me right in the teeth You better wait on the Lord wait patiently on the Lord Come on now So he goes over to Hagar Hagar has an Ishmael The mistake starts mocking the promise that comes a little later Trying to help God out God's timing and our timing is not the same ladies and gentlemen God what listen to me God will always do right. What's the life lesson? Trust God in the timing of God God will always do righteously By us and I can assure you that God's timing is always perfect So look at your neighbor and help them teach a little bit just help me teach a little bit and just tell them wait on the Lord Tell them God's always trustworthy Even if it takes time Now you better tuck that away and help yourself right there because you will use that again Here's the next one. God is always trustworthy even if it's unbelievable Unbelievable and I can assure you God when I say unbelievable. I'm not talking about you can't believe it I'm talking about it is so incredibly great That only God can bring it to pass I'm not talking about paint your bathroom and and and laying down carpet I'm talking about things that God alone has to do the the thing that I have got to stretch my faith way out there for God is always trustworthy Even if it's unbelievable So what's God been doing? Has he been lying to Abraham? No, he spoke about the promise and said you're gonna have a son Abram goes home and says Sarah God said we're gonna have a son now. Remember. He's already gone through this first trial right here God's reassured him. He comes back and he says Sarah. I want you to know God said we're gonna have children Now look at verse chapter number 18 Chapter number 18 says and he said I will certainly return unto thee God says I will return unto thee according to the time of life And lo Sarah thy wife shall have a son and Sarah heard it Sarah heard God speaking and she heard it in the tent door. She was behind him Now Abraham Sarah were old well stricken in age. That's a nice way to say it ain't happening Verse 11 and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women Verse 12 therefore Sarah laughed within herself now. I'm just gonna tell you God knows when you laugh outside And God knows when you laughing on the inside at the promise he made Now you can say all you want to with your mouth, but if you're laughing on the inside God heard that Are you hearing me and the Bible says that Sarah laughed within herself saying after I'm waxed. Oh, oh now Let me help you. She's 89 years old and now You're gonna bring me a promise. I'm dead Abraham's dead All God's children in this tent are dead Ain't gonna happen Never tell God That it will never happen You must find God trustworthy even when it is so far beyond your ability to believe it Even if it feels mechanical are you hearing what I'm saying Look at the man who who's got the boy there throwing in the fire and and in the water and all that he comes To Jesus said deliver my boy and he said what what's going on? You know what what's the matter with your faith? He said I've got faith but help my unbelief You're God. I know that you could do it There's a deficit on my side What you said to me is So far above what I am able to believe you're gonna have to help my faith graduate to that level He said that's why I said it 5,000 people come and sit down As a matter of fact just a few years ago. We were standing on the mountain of Of The beatitudes I'll never forget it and I'm walking past this one spot And there's water flowing out of this rock and the scripture of there says drink of the living water drink of the water of life So forth so on and then they had a sign over here. It says do not drink the water Bizarre thing So Jesus gathers all these people 5,000 people he sits them all down in order He says what go feed them the disciples go go feed them really There's no vineyards out here. There's nothing you're telling us to go feed them. We have nothing but a small boys lunch We can't we can't feed so many with this small boys lunch we they say we can't do it an unbelievable task Jesus says I know you can't do it. That's why you need me I'm gonna try that on again. I know you can't do it. That's why you need me I Know you heard the diagnosis. That's why you need me if you could do it I know you would work it out But because it's so unbelievable and so beyond and you've got the word out there on it and the doctor said this and somebody Said this and and this will never happen. I just want you to know that's why you need me You can't feed all these people, but if you'll give me what you got Then I'll take it into my hands and by the time I get through blessing it It's gonna not only feed everybody, but there'll be more than enough because that's the God that I am When it's so unbelievable Sarah's laughing within herself She's 89 years old and has good reason to laugh in the natural perspective Which is what we think in all the time We would like to believe ourselves to be great people of faith, but I'm just telling you if Abraham and Sarah had their doubts You and I are gonna have doubts and you know what God said. I know you're gonna have doubts I'm always amazed. You know, they asked Mother Teresa years ago. Have you ever doubted God and when she said yes, they just went off They did the same thing to Billy Graham What are they trying to do they're trying to pull that belief but but The secular world and meeting everybody like that they don't work in the realm of faith They work in the natural realm What they see is what they know But I came to tell you there's another level right here Why is he wanting you to hear this word tonight so you can get your faith move to that level? Because there's always something more Are you hearing what I'm saying to you I? Sought with a pastor friend of mine last night At dinner with my wife and I and he was sharing with me some of the things that they were dealing with and And we were trying to help them and and so forth and and by the time I saw with we all just cry on one Another shoulder and throw napkins each other and say that's the ministry you get up Let's go do it But the real thing that called it was when he started sharing with me What God had put inside of his spirit as a dream for something that he's gonna need God to do I'm gonna ask you a question Is there something on the inside of you that God has given to you that you not? You can't read it's just beyond your fingertips to be able to deal with I Got a few people out here. That's fine That's fine. I have that too. I promise you I have not run out of vision I will die with vision still on the inside of me You hear me? You'll put me in the grave and I'll still be dreaming about things You don't believe me then throw the bones of somebody in on my grave whenever I die And I promise you there will be enough anointing that will raise a guy up and say hey the guy ain't finished You must believe God beyond your ability to do it And what is happening in our world now? I'm free flying right now What is happening in our world is is the injectment of skepticism and mocking God and not believing his word and Quite frankly at many times we given him reason to be able to doubt it because we didn't believe it ourselves And so we sensationalized it But I just want to let you know something God is sensational all by himself And if we'll just let God be God and believe God to do God things then ladies and gentlemen Regardless of whether or not it looks unbelievable to us with God all things are possible And if I don't believe that then let me get out of this pulpit and find somebody who does Laugh within himself This is unbelievable. I can hear her talking to herself. It's unbelievable. I made nine years old and now you're gonna Now you're gonna tell me I got a boy coming in me Can't happen can't happen Have you ever talked to yourself like that when God talked to you about something can't happen ain't got enough money I'm running out of time Come on somebody When I was 20 I could do it You better not make that excuse everybody in here who considers yourself old Because I read about you today In my devotion time. This is what I read that in their old age. They will steam still bring forth fruit So don't count yourself out ladies and gentlemen God said I will renew the tree and do what I can do It is unbelievable, but with God it is possible Why because God's trustworthy Even when it's our beyond our ability to believe God wanted Abraham's trust and Ladies and gentlemen trust comes through testing How do I know you can solve the math problem unless I give you the test? Come on somebody. I Don't know. I hate test Okay But I got to find out do you know what you've been taught. I hope you realize tonight What you're hearing in this teaching and what you've heard over the past several weeks and whatever is Bringing you faith faith comes by hearing hearing by the word of God and God's gonna say to you now You've heard it now the test You've heard it do you believe it You've heard it do you trust me to bring it to pass Are you hearing me? God wanted Abraham's trust so he had to test him God fulfilled the promise and he says to Sarah this time next year You're bringing forth the son Isaac in and by the way, he will be the son of laughter since she left Don't you love it when he brings it to pass and You'd like Sarah laughed at what the promise was way back there a year ago And now it's come to pass in your life and you go Have you ever done that I have I Was telling them about a little something that God had done many years ago and Share it with them last night about it and it I know you get tired of me telling my stories But I'm just gonna tell you I'm gonna keep on telling them First of all always get a new crop in here all the time. They haven't heard them But you know why I rehearse those things not for you for me I need to know that that when we sewed the $35,000 in Guatemala for the first time that the next Sunday God walked in the door with $95,000 and laid it on the table and it says see what I can do come on somebody I Need to know I need to know that that Esther had a neurological disease with Down syndrome and would never walk again and never be a Child that could ever even go back to school But when we laid hands on her and trusted God for the healing the next year We brought her a bicycle and she's riding the bicycle and walking all over the place She just graduated from Guatemala high school ladies and gentlemen with honors You know something God the doctor said it couldn't happen, but you better trust God We can't understand it. I can't explain. There's several things that has happened in my life many things that I can't explain to this day Have I got a witness here to this day I mean it happened and I don't know how and what and who and all that kind But it doesn't make any difference give glory to God give glory to God We've got to trust him and take God at his word Here's the third thing you need to know God always is trustworthy. He's always trustworthy even if I have questions Even if I've got questions. Have you ever questioned God? Come on. You better not lie in this holy house of God. Have you ever questioned God God? Why? Jesus questioned his father. Why is that forsaken me? It's hard to question God as long as the answer comes back Jesus you got it under control Have you ever question question God's character on something? I've thought and then he reminds you the scripture You know my thoughts are not your thoughts my ways are not your ways and Have you ever thought one thing a question God one thing and then all of a sudden here comes a holy ghost Regurgitating all the scriptures on that particular point that you thought you didn't even know God is love. Oh, oh Right Well, oh Abraham had a question or two What happens Genesis 18 God tells Abraham he's gonna destroy the city That lot is living in Sodom and and Abraham starts questioning the situation. Why would you do that God? What what's the deal here? My nephew's living there. What's going on? now grant this as soon as as soon as God gets through speaking with Abraham about this situation and the promise and Sarah laughing all that kind of thing They get this visit from these three Angels of the Lord and here comes this prophecy and all of a sudden when they get up I mean, it's just like next verse these guys get up and they turn towards Sodom and They start going that way and Abraham starts following after him and then this is a whole conversation starts coming out I'm talking about trusting God when you got questions Because we got a lot of that going on right now Lord, why why why is why what's what what are you letting happen in the world here? What in the world is going on? You know, you got you got this going on and this going on this going on God. Are you anywhere in in the world here? Why would you do that? This is what the NIV says in Genesis 18 23 and Abraham drew near and said Will they'll also destroy the righteous with the wicked Wait a minute God You're gonna take out the good people with so-called bad people the wicked people You're gonna take out the righteous and the wicked Look at verse 25 That be far from me to do after this manner to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be as The wicked that be far from me. He says God that this is this looks like it's against your character Look at this last line powerful shall not the judge of all the earth do right? He questions God That's pretty bold But I mean what else you got you don't you can't Abraham ain't going to the movie and they don't have Netflix He's talking to God. He's walking with God. What's the deal here? You're gonna you're gonna slay all these people over there and lot my nephew and all them too God I thought you were a good good father Who you are who you are? But you need to remember that God is mercy and he is justice at the same time and Judgment had to fall upon Sodom for the wickedness God said I'm gonna step down there and check this out I'm paraphrasing. I'm gonna step down there and check this out because Because I'm I'm hearing in heaven about the wickedness that's coming up and I need to see What's going on because because if it's that much wickedness going on? I'm gonna destroy this place with fire and brimstone because I can't let this wickedness Contaminate the earth. We've already been through this Noah Come on somebody And that's hard for us to wrap our mind around Because God did not stop the airplane could have didn't stop the airplanes from flying into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon and into Shanksville didn't do it. There were Christians on board There were Christians in that Twin Tower There were believers and there were people that were no belief Atheists all kinds and here comes the wicked and the righteous God that doesn't seem like you and ladies and gentlemen listen very carefully me right now Because when those kind of things happen The world the media all of them want to start pointing their finger at the church and at believers and Putting you on the spot to explain something That only God knows you got questions fine there are times when questions are going to come and Listen to me and you're not going to get an answer and you still got to maintain your faith in God There are things that I know right now that I have no answers for and I've asked God the question and no answer has come but I've known him enough and Seen his hand enough and watch what God has done over and over again that I cannot deny My faith in God and what he has done So just because I don't understand it doesn't mean that God is not not only in it But is in charge of it and is handling the situation and I still have to trust him though I cannot trace him so what does Abraham start doing? Are you getting anything out of this tonight? I am I'm enjoying this because because Abraham starts negotiating with God. Okay, God You're gonna destroy Sodom What if hey God what if What if there were 50 righteous? Would you spare it? God said if you can find 50 I'll spare This is classic This is classic. This is us. Come on y'all. How about 45 45 who give me 45 45 45 God said if you find 45 Okay, well in 45 then how about 40 40 for 40 for 40. I'm not a good option here 40 40. God said you can find 40 This guy is working God as if he thinks he's doing something He thinks he's negotiating the terms of the contract and somehow Abraham and him are gonna come to an agreement And maybe God likes spirit. He says well if you how about 30 can you give me 30? Yeah, do you find 30? Now friends, this is a blight and and please listen the Bible said Jesus thought of his own mouth said as it was in the days of Lot So shall it be The coming of the Son of man, he negotiates it down to 30 and then to 20 and then to 10 He said 10 10 10 is my final offer God God said now think about this For just a moment this little this little rabbit trail here real quick Think about this if Jesus said that the last days will be like it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah and the days of Lot and Noah and They could not find ten Righteous people in the city What does that look like for us? What will we have to endure between now and the coming of the Lord that's gonna cause us to question our own faith and Believe and yet we must keep on believing Or see let me make it a little bit more practical here for you whenever Jerry Falwell said That Katrina was a judgment upon New Orleans, Louisiana for the for the for the sin and degradation that was going on there He was he was slaughtered until he backed up. I don't know the mind of God So I said well, you know pastor that couldn't God doesn't do that. You better read this book You better read where God uses weather and he uses all kinds of things as judgment and people are not gonna know it And I was reading it just today You better hear what I'm telling you Economic just judgment is coming upon the United States of America and the world and it is the last judgment That comes and breaks people down to the ground you read Jeremiah read limitation read Over there where they start eating dung doves dung and and killing one another's children Because it got so bad in the famine are you hearing what I'm saying That's the reason why I say Lord help us to be Joseph's bread basket So that whenever things start going south we can be able to say hey over here The Lord will provide we trust God come on somebody So Abraham says if you get me 10 you find me can I can you spirit if there's 10 and God's righteousness? Required judgment on the city, but his grace and mercy was able to save a remnant think of that Less than 10 got out of the city Which was a which was an indictment upon the city, but a justification in the eyes of God So Abraham answered his own question actually in verse in the last verse Shall the judge of all the earth do right and God said yes, I'm gonna do right and righteous Now I'm telling you right now friends. We're living in the time Where there's so many questions people are questioning God after coven people are questioning does God even heal anymore? They question themselves right out of church Right off of belief they don't believe anymore people have abandoned their faith I'm just gonna live it up do what I want to do You expect that from sinners, but God's saying where's my righteous people at? Where are the people that still believe me? Because because judgment is is part of the nature of God as well Now we don't want to hear that We don't want to hear that we don't want preachers to tell us that we want We want all the encouragement of the world and I get it believe me We need more encouragement today, but you cannot deny the fact that God is saying I'm going to judge And it is a righteous thing that I do He cannot let sin continue. So Abraham says, okay, you're the judge of you're the righteous judge. I Want you to know that God is not afraid of your questions You know what the Spirit of the Lord spoke to my heart it's nothing necessarily profound But he said he knows our finiteness from his impenance He knows we're limited Psalm 103. He knows that we are but a human frame He knows all of our weaknesses. He knows our questions before we even asked him think about it He knows our doubts. He knows our unbelief and he says all right. I can handle it. I'm God Just make sure you bring your questions to God and not to somebody else to destroy their faith. I Think I just said something In other words many times we go questioning asking questions of people and they don't have the answers and Then everybody sits around a round table and thinks that they're gonna play God But I'm just gonna tell you there's some things that we won't understand until we stand before him But my question is at that point does it matter I? Don't think we're gonna be standing around the Golden Throne and on the Sea of Glass and looking at all the amazements and the incredibleness of Heaven and going man Who did Cain Mary? How many of you know that's gonna be the least of your worries at that moment right there? All right, there's a bunch of you that are still got questions about who came married and I hope you get the answer to it someday God is always trustworthy even when we don't understand Can I take you there real quick Abraham's greatest test was coming? Don't miss this weekend Because I'm gonna tell you everything up to this point that I've taught you is all about this last one This is where God says all right. You got your promised son. How's that boy? How's that boy Isaac now many times we got some picture that he's like some seven-year-old by the time this happens But no, he's a he's a grown man. He's a grown man make his own decisions could probably take his Old man down and they're enjoying life together ish mail has been sent out with Hagar and God says I'm gonna bless them too Don't worry about them anymore, but the promise is coming through Isaac man I feel the anointing of God coming up my arm The promise is coming through the promised son the one that came from your loins that I promised you Now Now I want the boy Now I want your Isaac Now I want The thing that is the closest to your heart the thing that you have the potential of making an idol out of Because you were an idol worshiper and There's nothing more Idolistic than the one that is the fruit of my own loins That I would lay down my life for take me God. Oh man Here Abraham say take me Take me not my boy He's the promise. He's the he's my future. I'm looking into my boy right here. He's got my hair. He's got my eyes He's got his mama's nose Take me don't don't take the boy. No, no If you're gonna be the one that I want man. Oh man, I Told you I was gonna make you the father of A great nation. I told you I was gonna give you the land I told you I was gonna give you descendants that was gonna be as many as the stars And as many as the sand and and this is just the down payment. This is just the Isaac This is the greatest test. I Don't understand some things that God has required me to lay down the altar And if you walk with God, he's gonna require you to lay some things down now you might resist him But you won't see the promise You might hold on to it, but you won't see the fulfillment of You got to be willing to lay it on the altar and say Lord it all belongs to you Including Isaac God asked him now listen. This is this is not just like take take your boy up To this place to this Mount Mariah Just take him up there and y'all y'all look out over Jerusalem He didn't say any of that he said you take the boy and Bring him to the place and then I want you to offer him up as a whole burnt offering to me Now friends, I don't have time to explain it, but I'm just gonna tell you that was a full measure of sacrifice That would literally have gutted the boy give him to me He was mine before he was yours Give me the tide it was mine before it was yours Come on somebody Give me the house. It was mine before it was yours Give me this it was mine before it was yours Why would God want? Me to kill my son It even looks like a contradiction in God's promise and of a great nation You gave me the boy and now you wanted me to sacrifice him as a whole burnt offering Now watch this and I don't want to make this Necessarily too easy because I do not think I think it was a restless night in Abraham's tent But what I want you to know is when you read the scripture God says I want you to take your son and offer him up to me and the next verses There is immediate obedience on Abraham's part Why did you go through that last trial or the trial before that or the trial before that or the trial before that? Why did you have to go through what you had to go through? Why did you have to go through all of that all of that was meant? To prepare you for the ultimate What's the ultimate? The ultimate is I Want Everything now you don't hear this preach from behind pulpit But I can tell you right now that Abraham was not skipping on his way to Mount Mariah It was a three-day journey of agony and obedience and trust Why did you go through that? Abraham take thine son thine only son. He doesn't even acknowledge Ishmael at this moment Take thy son thine only son and take him to the place Offering up to me as a sacrifice Abraham's immediate obedience Listen to me church was based upon every one of the other Experiences that he had and encounters with God that brought him to the place where he could trust God and obey How do you know that flip over to Hebrews and you'll find out God? Abraham declares this He said if I give him to you I'm paraphrasing if I give you my Isaac You have the power to raise him back up again Now in the grand scheme of things this is all a foreshadowing and a picture man, oh man This was all a foreshadowing and a picture of the father Who it pleased him to bruise his son? Christ on the cross the great sacrifice This is why I love Abraham's story so much Because it shows me what God is going to require of me and we shun ourselves from it and we run from it And we throw our hands up and sing songs and talk about we're blessed. We're blessed, but I'm just going to tell you the blessing came Because he was willing to obey God in the greatest measure of faith. Why do we have the nation of Israel today? all because of one man Stepped over the line and obedience and said God He's yours before I ever leave this tent on a three-day journey. He's already yours Now I'm just gonna tell you I don't know. I don't I don't I don't know I Know me you'll want to be here this weekend Three-day journey Painful walk for three days Abraham didn't question God this time. He didn't doubt God Because he'd seen God so trustworthy so many times before fulfill so much in his life and bless him so much that the next morning He got up and begin to obey God's command Abraham learned a life lesson, and I hope we can get it tonight that God was teaching him to be a leader of a great nation He walked with God learned the secret of walking with God, and what is that secret? It's not on your paper Somebody wrote a little hymn about it trust and obey For there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey I want you to know friends. God is trustworthy in everything in in every way But I want you to get this Don't try don't try to understand God until you have first obeyed him Until you make a move of faith Until you take a step of faith to do what God's already told you to do God. I want you to heal this. Okay? Take a step of faith God I need you to do this. Okay, take a step of faith. That's hard You know why because it always it's a reoccurring thing Are you hearing me church? It's a reoccurring thing Why did we just so seed in? The Amazon in the Peruvian jungle to build a church Why because God was always going to require of this church and of you To whom much is given much is required Did you hear me? Now God's not saying now when it gets to the recession and the Wall Street falls out I'll give you a break He requires obedience in the good times and Obedience when there's famine in the land. I think I'm plowing right now If you'll let me plow this thing and plant this seed I'm telling you you're gonna be stronger in the days that are ahead because what God needs is somebody who's not just doing church I've heard that till I'm sick. You are the church built by God And he is cannot afford to have seeds sown in the weakness of our frailty of our human being and Us take it upon ourselves and act like we're Messiah somehow God is still God and There's some things that I don't understand and some things I want to listen my mother never smoked She never drank she never did anything. She served the Lord and at 55 years old cancer took her out of this world The day of our marriage 38 years ago. She was laying in a coma in the hospital. I stopped by and said mom I'm going to get married today Mama never hurt anybody. I don't understand it brother Neff But then again, I'm talking to you who's had children that you've had to put in the grave and I don't understand it either and you don't either But I think I'll just trust him Oh, oh my You better hear me church David's over there with a baby that's dying and he fasted and he prayed and he sought the Lord trying to get understanding and no answer came No answer came To the guy who was after God's own heart To the guy who knew how to repent to the guy who was the singing praise and worshiping but none of that was going on Whole thing was shut down He's on his face begging for the child's life the baby died and Then a strange thing took place David got up washed his face put on clean clothes and went in there and sat down and had dinner and his servants got their jaws dropping This guy's crazy He's been weeping and wailing and Fasting for days and days and days and now that the baby's Dead what what's the deal David? Can you explain your actions? I trust God What does that mean well what it means is I can't bring the baby back to me But I can sure go where the baby is My friends when you get to the point where you abandon you even with your not understanding what's going on and Yet you keep on doing what God commanded Abraham Abraham walk before me and be thou perfect Walk before me and be thou perfect. You want me to still live for you after After you took after this God I don't understand what happened with this COVID thing. I mean my family member died and I don't get what's going on. I Can't explain it all to you now But I'll understand it better Bye and bye I Will trust him Abraham had to learn this lesson of life That God was teaching him God and Abraham walked through the good times and through the bad times He walked with God through the trials and through the tragedies and through it all and the Holy Spirit said Abraham trusted God and More importantly, God trusted Abraham Are you hearing me I'm almost done. God is always trustworthy your perfection is not required for God to use you The life lesson from Abraham's life is he wasn't perfect Well, God said be perfect. No, no be complete Be in me in Christ. Let Christ be in you. You may have thought God doesn't have the right person God He knows my failures and my faults and he can't use me I can't do it and excuse after excuse But I want you to know Abraham's life Teaches us the leadership lesson and the life lesson that Abraham learned after God called him to obey him But still he made mistakes God called me a long time ago, but I've made blunders and mistakes and you're gonna do it too We're not perfect But God is leading us through life. He knows our weaknesses. He knows our past sins He knows our failures our mistakes that we did today But as we walk with God and we learn him We pick up his character through the trials that we walk through Always remember that God is always trustworthy and his blessings are never earned You're not gonna earn it He gives it to you and it was counted unto Abraham For righteousness sake You know what Abraham says back to us. I didn't do anything to merit God's call on my life I didn't even ask for it I didn't earn it. I didn't deserve the promised land or the descendants or the great favor. He gave me Everything I am and everything I have is from God And God made it clear to Abraham When he asked for his son Isaac and laid him on the altar in obedience It was God's great test of faith and gratitude. I gave you the boy. Will you give him back to me? Why so he could trust me With what he has yet to give me So I've got this verse of scripture in multiple places in my home And it's been in my heart for a long time But I want you to get it from the amplified trust in the Lord with all that heart lean not to thine own Understanding in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path Here's what the amplified says lean on I love this trust in and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind And do not rely on your own insight or understanding in all your ways No recognize and acknowledge him and he will direct and make straight and plain your path Can you trust the Lord? Do you trust him? He's gonna he's gonna put a test But you'll pass it Because he gave you the faith to pass it to start with You just give it back to him Anybody learn anything out of this tonight? Slip your hand towards heaven right now say Lord. I trust you. I Don't understand all things. I've got questions. I've got I've got plenty of questions, but I still trust you I trust you So father for every hand that has lifted up here tonight. You see their hearts, you know all that's taking place You know what things they've had to walk through and the trials and you know who they are and and you know many times that they've Counted themselves out of the race. They've said I'm not worthy of it And not only am I not worthy of it, but I I don't deserve it and and Lord You know you could pick somebody better than me But God you chose them to do what you've called them to do and to shoulder the burden of What they're walking with right now? So Lord, let us do what Abraham did. Let us lift up our eyes and Go towards that place Where you will meet with us in that closet of prayer in that place Where you can assure me and reassure me I Got you. I Know you got questions, but I got answers Walk with me and be perfect And I'll show you great and mighty things for with God Nothing It's impossible Praise his name. Why don't you just praise him right where you are? I know we got a hurry and get out of here all that we got to run But can you listen you heard Pastor Hector say a couple of weeks ago? Gratitude gratitude gratitude Listen, can you just thank God watch this for the trial that you're walking through? Can you do it? Can you thank God for the things that's breaking your heart Lord? I don't know why I don't know how but I thank you now That that you see it and you're gonna work it all out. I trust you Lord. I'm gonna walk through this trial I'm gonna walk through this hard place. Oh man. I feel the anointing of God coming upon people right now all over this place Thank you Lord all of you that are online Lord, I trust you Teach me to trust you Teach me to obey you faster than quicker than what I have and By the way Lord remember that I'm but a human If I fail would you pick me back up again and let me keep on walking with you Whatever you do Lord, let me walk with you Don't leave me behind Don't walk off and leave me take not thy Holy Spirit from me deal with me as a son and not a slave I love you Jesus. You know my heart is toward you You know my heart is toward you. You know my heart is toward you You know my heart is toward you Cassore my cat the other boy shy Thank You Jesus Thank You Jesus Thank you for what you're doing in this room right now. Thank you for what you're doing for people online Thank You Jesus Thank You Jesus Thank You Jesus Thank You Jesus If you need prayer for encouragement tonight, I Want you to get up from where you are and come right here right now right at this altar right now come come right now Thank You Lord Thank You Lord Thank you, Lord. Thank you Lord. I'm yours Jesus Come on Just come on Just come on. Just come on Just come on Just come on Thank you, Jesus Thank You Jesus Thank You Jesus I'm gonna anoint you with oil again tonight pastor. We just had we just had Miracle Sunday. I mean it looks to me like I could keep my faith between then and now. Oh my friend I'm not keeping my own faith I'm not keeping my own faith. He's keeping my faith. Hallelujah Father in the name of Jesus Christ If you got somebody you want to feel like you need to come and stand behind and pray for them Come do it right now because the Lord knows I know God That you're well able to do Lord to do only what you can do You're speaking to me right now. Let me adjust my life to your divine will right now I surrender to you Lord for all things All things you do well. I thank you God right now Anoint them right now God Anoint them right now for whatever the trial is for whatever the breaking is for whatever the situation is God you are not only able but oh God Could it be that you tonight Lord are Even allowing this trial to take place. Can I see you God in the middle of this? Can I open my eyes and see you've required my eyes it tonight? You've required something of me that I don't even know if I have the ability to do it But I trust you I trust you mighty God I trust you mighty God for who you are and what you are to me I trust you God right now in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus you don't have to tell nobody just tell the Lord he understands He knows he knows he knows He knows right now Exactly what you have need of come on reach around and pray for one another. This is a sovereign move of God right now Hallelujah, he's covering me with his divine spirit right now. He's moving upon my life Hallelujah, I know what the doctor said, but I know what Jesus said Hallelujah, and I'm gonna trust you with all of my heart Lord God tonight I come before you and I surrender everything I am What you require this evening Lord Lord what you require So many times this feels like it's been a setback, but but there must be something on the other side of this trial So I'm gonna walk through it Come on anybody gonna walk through it lift those hands and begin to tell the Lord I'm I'm gonna not only walk through it, but I'm walking to it. I'm going all the way up to the mountain There's plenty that I don't understand, but oh my God If you'll leave me if you'll walk with me if you will if you will be with me Lord That's all I need to know. I I'm not sure that I even need the answer to the question I'm not sure that I even need an answer to the question I just need to feel and know your presence tonight I just need to know that when I lay this down on the altar That it's gonna be right It's gonna be right It's gonna be right. You are a righteous judge. I don't understand, but you're a righteous judge. Come on church. Oh my God You ought to shed some tears here tonight. There ought to be some tears roll down your face Abraham cried tears over that boy. Oh My God he cried tears over that Isaac Lord, I don't know how to explain it. I don't know how to figure it out This lawsuit is killing me. I'm laying it on the altar God this situation is breaking me down. I'm laying it on the altar this family situation is I don't have any answers for it. God. I don't know how to deal with it. I'm laying it on the altar Here it is God Here it is Here it is Jesus Here it is Jesus Here it is Here it is. He called it because sura Monday little boy shy Here it is God Here it is I I've been playing it I've been I've been putting on a good face and all but I'm bearing my soul tonight right here in front of you Lord Right here right now. I'm tired of faking it. I'm I've got to be able to live it right. I got a walk, right I got I trust you I trust you. I don't understand, but I trust you Love will hold me until I'm a whole sign. They let your motion Whoo, the Lord has captivated this entire place tonight or to set himself down inside of this place tonight This would be a good place for you to offer up a sacrifice of praise unto the Lord This is what this is worship This is worship this is worship. He's worthy of all He's worthy of it all. Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus. Come on. Just lift those hands and just love the Lord I I'm not sure that there's some kind of formal dismissal If you have to go that I'll leave that between you and the Lord, but God has God has Arrested this place tonight. He's arrested online. He has sat down in the middle of it Jesus. Oh My God my God Jesus Chatepacore Amanda la Bohusia if you need to get up and come to this altar and ask the Lord to forgive you of sin Get it right before you leave here tonight. Now's a good time to do it The Lord is calling you if he's calling you you better move while he's calling you Did you hear me if you if he's calling you you better move while he's calling you He's faithful and just to forgive you of your sins and cleanse you from all unrighteous And he ain't not gonna throw you out. He's a righteous judge. He knows that we are but Human clay he knows our frails frailties and our struggles. He knows that but he doesn't want to leave you in that place He wants you to come to him all you that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Take my yoke upon you learn of me My yoke is it you're carrying the wrong yoke. He said my yoke is easy. My burdens are light If the thing is heavy, you're carrying the wrong burden Your yoke duck you're trying to hold the whole yoke. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Lord Thank you Jesus Come on. Come on. Let peace let peace come in where I've had to say to myself and in my wife The past several days wherever peace is found. That's where God is Wherever peace is found that's where God is you find that place of peace my dear friends peace in your spirit peace in your mind You've not another night of unrest. I Will lay me down and sleep David said I thank you Jesus Friends you're doing the right thing right here right now You're waiting upon the Lord Wait patiently upon the Lord. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus. Oh My God. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus Laying my Isaac down now. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Oh Sweep over my soul Lord sweep over my soul Lord He knows you just lay it on the altar and you walk out of here leave it on the altar leave it on the altar I failed him so many times He knows it. He still wants you. He still has need of you Speaking to someone right now who feels like That you're ready to take your own life But the Word of the Lord is coming to you right now to tell you that God values you More than you value yourself so stop in Jesus name Lay it on the table and lift your eyes towards the Lord Who is the keeper? The healer the sustainer I speak to the depression In Jesus name I will build an altar of praise I will build an altar of thanksgiving If I got to play praise music all night long throughout my house I will find my peace in God In Jesus name in Jesus name right now God's got you Life is not over It's not hopeless God sent you a word right now I know you're acting like that's not you but You're the one that the holy ghost is talking to you right now He can heal your broken heart I dare you to lay it on the altar and let him heal your broken heart Pastor, how do you know he'll do that? I just came to tell you there's a ram caught in the thicket There's a lamb That is waiting to be offered up in your stead You're not the offer or the offering he is God never wanted Abraham to kill his son. He just wanted to know can I trust you? I don't want you car What's God going to do with a car? I don't want your money. God owns the cattle on a thousand hills I want to know can I trust you with what I'm going to bless you with Can you stand to be blessed? Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Jesus My god Somebody ought to ask God for the healing To come into your body right now Somebody ought to ask God right now somebody ought to believe him for the phone call that's going to come to tell you Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Jesus Thank you, lord. Thank you lord God's saying it hasn't plateaued And you're not done There's another level Whatever he requires at this level will not even compare with the next It is not plateau God is still breathing life Your labor is not in vain In jesus name in jesus name right now hallelujah hallelujah The lord is in this room folks for all of you that are watching online The lord is not confined to this building He's right where you are right now. I speak to the disease in your body Be healed in jesus name More importantly the trouble of your mind And spirit I come against every distraction It's disturbing your spirit lord. We speak the peace of god that passes all understanding Flow out across the entirety of this world wherever people are watching right now By the mighty rushing wind of the holy spirit do what you do that glorifies your name We give you the glory right now Bring children back home To the lord in this late hour Heal parents broken hearts tonight Let the spirit of god flow like a mighty stream and rushing river out of this place Wherever that river is flowing let there be healing This very night Wherever you're watching out you ought to lift your hands and begin to praise him right where you are Whatever you could not do before you should you should do it right now stretch the leg out the arm whatever it may be Give god the glory I didn't start this And i'm certainly not going to finish it Do what you want to do tonight god Something's happening in this place Something's happening in this house Have your way god have your way Thank you, jesus Thank you lord Thank you jesus. Thank you lord. Thank you jesus Thank you jesus jesus. Thank you jesus hallelujah. Yes hallelujah hallelujah Thank you jesus hallelujah Lift your hands. That's a prophetic word from the lord here tonight hallelujah. Come on lift your hands and bless the lord He's calling us Do a new encounter with god Thank you jesus. We give you glory tonight god We give you glory tonight god We give you glory tonight god Thank you jesus Thank you jesus Thank you jesus. Thank you for your word. Thank you jesus. Praise god. Praise god Huh? Where'd you get healed at? In your knee Thank you jesus There's healing right there for her knee tonight She couldn't move that knee. She's doing it right now. You have god the glory You have god the glory You obey god. I'm not calling an end to this service. You you obey god Obey god Thank you jesus. Thank you lord. Thank you lord for healing No No skepticism Trust me Believe me. I'm the god who sees I'm the god who sees I am the god who sees hallelujah Thank you lord. Thank you jesus Thank you jesus. Thank you lord. Praise god somebody praise god for that healing tonight. Amen How would you praise him if it was your leg? I just wonder Come on and give him some glory hallelujah Thank you lord. Thank you jesus. Thank you lord. We give you glory tonight god We give you honor. We give you praise you're worthy tonight hallelujah We bless your name mighty god You're doing great things lord and greater things Thank you jesus Thank you jesus Thank you jesus. I give you all the praise god Give you all the praise Give you all the praise Thank you jesus My soul my soul We give you pray Thank you jesus Thank you jesus You're worthy. Thank you lord You jesus