 Well, good evening. Are you glad to be in the house of God tonight? Amen. Yes, let's give God a great big hand stand to your feet all over this sanctuary So glad to see you in the house of God tonight I promise you you will not regret one moment You know in all the years that I've been in church have been serving the Lord I have never regret it one service Now I may have arrived tired and wore out and spent from the day But every time I've come into God's house, and I've heard the word of God and my spirit was fed and Refreshed I always went home And I'm so glad that I went to the house of the Lord. How many of you glad you're here tonight. Amen Well, we're so glad you're here tonight as well I want you to grab your prayer and praise and let's go to the Lord in prayer tonight a number of needs that are Represented all over this house. I know many of you may have walked in here tonight, and you have a need in your life I've got good news for you. You came to the right place And the Lord loves you He cares for you and he knows exactly what you have need of and those of you that are watching No matter where you're at and what you're facing in your life. God is well able Let's come together in agreement and let's believe God for great things in this service heavenly father We thank you. We thank you for the privilege that we have to be in your presence We thank you Lord for the opportunity that we can gather together in the name That is above every name the name of Jesus Lord the name that your name every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess that you are Lord to the glory of God And we thank you for that We thank you Lord that you're the God that hears and answers our prayers And we ask you Lord to reach down your hand and meet every single need in this building tonight Every request that is on the prayer and praise tonight We know that you're able to touch and bring health and healing and strength and peace Today father those that are watching online that need to touch in their body give strength And give hope tonight and father. We just love you today. We thank you for the goodness of God We thank you for the faithfulness of God. We thank you lord that you are always with us You have never left us lord. Thank you for that today And we ask lord for all of this in the mighty name of jesus Can we just all over this sanctuary just lift up our hands and worship and praise for the next few moments We praise you tonight. We thank you for your goodness. We thank you because you're good We thank you because you're faithful We thank you that we can stand upon your word today Knowing the grass will wither the flower will fade but your word shall stand forever today Lord, we thank you that we can put our trust in your word even more than heaven and earth because heaven and earth will pass away But your word shall stand forever your word is yay and amen And we give you praise tonight Thank you for the opportunity to come and hear the word of god Being talked to us tonight and i just pray lord that we'll be like a sponge and we'll soak everything in Lord that the pastor of this house is going to teach us tonight the shepherd of this flock and we thank you for it In jesus's name and everybody says amen and amen come on give god another great big hand And will you cross the aisles and for the next few minutes just fellowship somebody needs an encouraging word tonight Let let everyone know you're glad to see him in god's house. God bless you today So good to see all of you tonight Praise god praise god praise god Good to see you at pace assembly. God bless you my friend. Good to see you Amen amen amen Praise the lord praise the lord I love the sound of fellowship Praise god praise god Amen amen How many of you know tonight that we're on the winning side? Come on. How many of you know we're on the winning side? Amen, I had someone I had someone was telling me sunday that They're they're getting their Doctorate degree and they got to write a I'm sorry master's degree and they got to write a thesis on the book of revelation And I said well bro. I've got I've got it for you Just uh two words that we win How many of you glad about that? Amen. We're on the winning side The church is not going under we're going over and the best days are yet ahead How many of you believe that for pace assembly that our best days are before us? And and let me just say with that and I know it's not on our list tonight But you better get ready for revive 22 It's listen there there's already excitement in the air. I've had a few of my pastor friends That's called me and and I said hey We want the details we want the date so the word is getting out And so as you see posts on facebook make sure that you like those you share those And let's get the word out revive refresh and renew That's what's going to be taking place in the month of january And uh one of the things you've been seeing on the screen just to get our hearts ready and our hearts prepared Just begin to read the book of acts and and you know the book of acts I know in in the canon of scripture. It's already uh written, but it's still being written in 2022 the holy spirit is still moving and working How many of you believe that and and I believe that we're going to have that kind of experience in the next few weeks Amen, so so several things we want to make you aware of this sunday Is uh christmas with the kids as well as our christmas manger offering and so as you're getting ready and you're praying about Uh about what you want to do just Ask god to speak to your heart and he will and and let's just give our very best for the bring your gift to the manger This will be the last Wednesday night of 2021 so pastor is going to preach at least till 10 o'clock tonight and so just Just buckle up. How many of you know he could do that with no problem, right? So we will resume on january the fifth so make sure that you notate that And december 31st is the deadline for giving for 2021 tax credit So make sure that you're aware of all of these things. We want to just take this time First off, we want to welcome all of our first-time guests if you're Hold on one second. Hold on one second. We're going to let you clap But if this is your first time being with us, you are a very special guest We also want to welcome our online campus as well from all over the world. Thank you for joining Now you can do it. Let's give our our first-time guests and our online campus is a great big head Thank you so much Thank you so much for your faithfulness and giving to the work of the lord We encourage you to continue to do that multiple ways in which you can give whatever is most Convenient for you. Thank you So much for that tonight. Amen. Let's pray tonight as pastor comes to give the word I'm excited about the message tonight going to be powerful So let's pray and ask god to bless the tithe than the offering father We thank you tonight for the privilege that we have to give We pray tonight that you would bless the gift and the giver alike lord great things are ahead And we know god that your hand is upon this church upon our leaders and lord What's about to take place? I believe it's going to blow all of our minds lord We just thank you for revival and we thank you for provision today We ask it in jesus name amen and amen god bless you tonight. It's a lord everybody Glad to be in the lord's house aren't you Bibles get your bibles and turn over to joshua chapter number one Joshua chapter number one while they're doing that you saw all those announcements on the wall I encourage you to make note of that For the days that are ahead For you to be able to be prepared and Somebody said why why are we not having service on the last sunday of the month? Well Uh We're going to be tearing down the platform and redoing some things and rewiring some things. It's needed desperately To get things in order So we can move forward for the new year and in order to do that It's going to take a little longer than just a couple of days And as a matter of fact this coming weekend after the service i'm going to ask To some of you guys to be available for us We're going to meet tomorrow and determine how much and what we're going to need to take Off of the platform and so forth and we'll let you know that on sunday But we could appreciate your help there I also want to mention to all of you that are that are here tonight if you're interested in getting involved in ministry specifically um Tonight even i'm seeing that we are running a little bit low on some of our Camera operators and so if you're interested in getting involved in the media ministry Then you put your word in and uh you can send an email in we'll make contact with you There's a lot that's going to be going on in this coming season And we're going to need a lot of folks that are going to be partnering with us to be able to make some things happen So uh if you want to get involved, you're not already involved. You need to be involved. Amen And let god bless and touch your life Father thank you for the privilege we have to be able to be a part of this service and your word tonight Thank you lord that you're elevating your word Uh to authority and power and we asked you right now to let your spirit now Teach us that's that's what we need the illumination of your word by your spirit And we give you praise for what you're going to say tonight Use us for your glory and let your anointing now fall upon every person to refresh And renew them in jesus name and everybody said a good amen Amen, you pull me down and monitor just a little bit there will if you will please Let me just I know some of you may have some anxiety about Last week not filling out all of your paper Maybe not Maybe not now pastor Jason warned you that I will be teaching till 10 o'clock tonight And I know that I probably by that time will be the only one in the building But that is not unprecedented throughout the couple of years. I've been the only one in the building just about anyway But no i'm not teaching that long, but I am going to say to you this evening that These I believe these three lessons have been of great value I hope they have already for you and this one tonight that we bring to you in getting ready for this this coming next season Um, you're seeing it. I'm seeing it a lot of things that are taking place in our world that unless you are prepared Uh, biblically and I want to make sure you understand. I was just reading this past week about how that there is a shift And there's a lot of definition by this. I won't go into the details, but a shift From people having being a part of a religious denomination or a religious order or group of people like like this To being spiritual Now I don't know if you saw that as well, but that spiritual That they're that they're wanting to connect with involves a an amalgamation Homogenization of all kinds of belief systems new age Eastern mysticism This a little bit of this a little bit of that a little bit of this let me just tell you something What you're doing tonight those of you that are watching online by Not just here and hearing the word of god, which is what the bible says faith comes by but Your own personal study in the word of god getting to know More about god and and his ways and his wills and his will and his principles and and The precepts of the word of god Not pulling one portion or another for building doctrine on but line upon line Precept upon precept according to the word of god is going to be so valuable and so important for you in this next season Because I personally am sensing the the the ability of false doctrine and and spirits of all kind Now jesus warned us that there would be false prophets Apostles all that kind of thing coming in the last day, but i'm just going to tell you unless you're rooted in granted in the word of god Many people how how's a person deceived unless they already know You can't be deceived from something that you don't already know So the point is when jesus speaks to the disciples i'm just i'm just sharing a little bit here with you When jesus speaks to his disciples in matthew 24 and the first thing he says out of the chute When when they ask him what shall be the sign Of that coming at the end of the age and he says take heed that no man deceived you Above above the rest of the chapter now it's not to not to take away from it But jesus first words were Deception is coming So you take heed get aware get awake alert yourself so that you are not deceived Because apparently that was so important that it separates itself even from the things that jesus begins to speak of like wars Rumors of wars pestilence famine and so forth and so on So deception in the last day and i see that happening and i've told you and don't look for deception like somebody walking up in a red suit With horns and a and a tail in a pitchfork Jesus says to us And the word of god the apostle paul makes it very very clear that that deception will come because of the cloaking of The emissaries the angels of demonic spirits cloaking themselves in light to make it look like It's one thing but in the actuality it's another how do i discern that? By what you're doing tonight from right here Because anything that elevates itself above this word is going against the authority of god So i just taught you something so about your heads the benediction is now to follow All right for those of you that didn't fill out your paperwork last week i'm just going to hit these very fast It's not going to be on the wall, but we talked about last week about responsibility The week prior to that we talked about charting your course and making sure you've got a written plan going off You don't have a written plan for your life. Anybody will take you anywhere If you don't have a written plan for your money, you'll lose it whatever you don't manage you will lose When when adam did not manage the garden And his life and family he lost it When samson did not manage the anointing of god in his life and went tracking after something else he lost it And that that series of of events takes place throughout the word of god and i'm so glad that he didn't sanitize it To think that everybody in here was so perfect that we could not live A life that could be pleasing to god Because he shows us these examples and in fact he tells us over in the new testament that these Specifically speaks about the children of israel of what we're talking about here tonight in joshua. These are examples to us So that we don't repeat the same mistakes And get in the same position because Because you should be forewarned that if you don't follow what the word of god has to say the consequences will follow So taking responsibility We talked about it extensively last week and the point is this We're living in a time where everybody i say everybody Much of what we're seeing is a shifting of blame to somebody else instead of taking personal responsibility for Which is the basis of The basis of you being able to get saved Because the first thing you do according to chapter 10 of the book of romans is that we must confess with our mouth Believe in our heart and god's raising from the dead They'll shall be saved the first point of salvation is to take responsibility for my own sin It's not you that made me sin or the devil that made me sin or or or whatever It is my sin david tells us in in in psalm chapter 51. It is my sin My sin that's got me in this position now when we take responsibility for it What do we do with it? Well, I can't save myself So I go to jesus and he takes the load of that off of me Now I have a responsibility for my freedom Which means now I walk in the precepts and the and the word of god and I walk with god in freedom Each day of my life being sanctified that means taking responsibility for ourselves I extensively went through taking out the trash last time Just as an example because if you don't eventually it's going to stink and somebody must take responsibility To take it out. I'll let you know that uh early this morning. I took the trash out Now what we ate last night was wonderful By the time we woke up the next morning. It was not so wonderful Apparently you all took care of the trash. So your faces tell me that freedom demands three things And this is on your paper from last week. So i'm just going to hit them with you real fast For success is to prioritize organize and be disciplined It's the root word of disciple If you're waiting to get blessed before you start doing something you're going to lose what you have Well pastor as soon as I soon as I get my how many times have I heard this as soon as I get my act together Then i'm going to come to jesus You'll never come You can never rise to that level of righteousness that only comes by the precious blood of jesus And by submitting ourselves to the cross Here's something that I gave to you last week or had on your paper no test comes unless god allows it Has to go through god for your life before it hits your life So whatever god's doing he's working all things together for our good Is that all right with somebody here tonight? Let me make this plain emphatic statement from your paper last week a disciplined man is a free man An undisciplined man is not a free man. He's a captive That means I i'm going to do whatever I want to do. Well the wind blows and you're going in that direction You follow what i'm saying So the last thing on your paper that we talked about the emphatic statement is that freedom is your destiny and responsibility Is the key to freedom Let me take it to america If you want to be free You have to take responsibility for your nation If you want to live free you got to take responsibility for your house Well, I want to drive my car wherever you can drive it wherever you want to but if you don't take responsibility for it And change the oil and put fuel in it You ain't gonna be free. You're gonna be walking Y'all with me So there's some practical side of this Of the spiritual truth that's found throughout the word of god god gave responsibility to adam To take care of the garden To have dominion over the garden And that was his chief duty Was to create that atmosphere and maintain it And then multiply it the promise of god comes and be fruitful So From the book of genesis all the way through there is this responsibility thread in the coming year of 20 22 People that will take responsibility for themselves And their relationship with god are the ones who will see success I'll prove that to you tonight in this particular lesson As you've got your bible open in the book of joshua chapter number one, which has been our base scripture for this study Which is You know This is the entrance of joshua The successor of moses to go into the promise land All right, i'm getting ready to teach now y'all ready I've been teaching but but i'm just asking So as we're navigating into the next season, we're looking at the children of israel under the leadership of joshua Who has seen 40 years prior The promises of god Manifest in the promise land He's also seen the giants that the other 10 that are now dead and gone Saw And joshua and calab were not satisfied To die in the wilderness Their faith I feel a preacher out here their faith kept them alive When others died To keep walking it out. Do you think about it? I'm just telling you if it was me I'm not so sure that I might not be I might not be kind of fighting mad out there some of these jokers We saw the grapes we saw the fruit of the land But because of your doubt and unbelief I'm stuck with you out here walking around but joshua and calab didn't have joey spirit. So they kept on walking By faith and finally arrived at the place when all have died and we talked to you a little bit about what took place They're at this place now at gilgau. It's the place of cutting It's a place where they're sanctified before god It's the place where they are preparing to enter in and he's telling them get yourself ready Get you some vitals get you some get you some, you know some snack crackers and some things because we're about to cross over here And god is about to manifest himself. In fact, he says sanctify yourself for tomorrow God's done going to do great things among us So I want you to know in moving and navigating into 2022 you need to know this That it's not just some cliche to say that god is going to do great things because i'm going to tell you What god has done Is not for us to sit on the seat and praise god for what he has done alone. I'm thankful But god never regulates or limits himself That the future is not better than the past scripture the glory of the latter house Let me just drop this in on you right here It's this is a nugget and i'm still working on it But the bible says that the that the That the old men and the old older folks They are approached by the prophet and the prophet of god I believe it's hebaqa don't hold me to that Says to them how many of you've seen the glory Of the latter house of solomon and and the old men break out into weeping and crying Because they remember how it was in the glory of god And and yet the commission is to build the future temple of god Now tonight i'm going to talk to you about courage. This is just this is just a nugget out here The old men start crying The young men are commissioned and mandated to build the temple so they're looking forward to that And in the middle of the old crying and weeping over what has been and the excitement Of a younger generation that sees the potential of god There are the praesers standing right in the middle So that the younger men will not hear the moaning and the groaning of an older generation Who thinks it's over with and then the promise comes that the glory of the latter house will be greater than the former Well, you know what it's hard for me to see how that we can do better than the days of tent revivals and and and and You know blinded eyes being open boy. I feel some push here. I'm trying to and and and all of that going I mean you remember oral. I remember oral. I remember the tent revive. I remember all of that But i'm just going to tell you god is looking for someone Who is not willing to abandon their roots and what god has done because that's the basis of what he's going to do But you've got to stand in between all of that and say come on older generation because they can't dream They can't see visions unless you dream dreams And who's in the middle to make that happen those that were praising god and singing praise songs unto god So that all the camp heard young and old was nothing but praise going up to god We praise him for what he has done, but all we praise him for what he's gonna do Now ladies and gentlemen that takes what this word right here says To apply and that is tonight talking about courage Now i'm not talking about the wizard of ours Because god gives an absolute straight up mandate to joshua When he says to him in verse number nine Actually says in verse number six be strong and of good courage In the previous verse he says there won't be a man able to stand against you the days of your life as i was Moses saw i will be with you i will not fail thee nor forsake thee be strong now i want you to know this This is a command This is not a suggestion I want you to hear this church hear this that are watching online. This is not a suggestion Be strong if you want to be courageous if you want to this is a command from a military leader From god through joshua to the people And he has to get his leaders strong before he can get the people strong So be strong joshua and of good courage For under the people shall you divide for an inheritance the land which i swear under their fathers only be thou strong okay, god Okay, daddy. I heard you tell me one time. No, you're gonna need this Only be thou strong and very courageous He kicked it up a notch didn't Now why is he saying this well The giants have never left The giants are still there 40 years later thinking they own the land And causing just as much chaos and fear as they did 40 years ago, but you need to You need to announce to the devil i'm coming to take the land Be thou strong and very courageous Now what does he give him instruction in this verse to do? That thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which moses my servant commanded thee Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou mayest prosper whether So ever thou goest He goes on to tell him the book of law shall not depart out of their mouth But thou shall meditate in a day and night you should observe to do according to all that's written there in For then shall that make that way prosperous and then thou shall have good success Have i not commanded thee To do what be strong Come on now And of a good courage Be not afraid Neither be thou dismayed confused. What am i supposed to do? For the lord thy god is what? Come on church is what? Come on say it again With thee whether so ever thou goest God had such confidence in this man joshua That he gave him a three fold command That contained the same wordage and all of that dealt with the word courage So courage is demanded commanded and demanded in a christian's life But this courage is supplied according to the scripture in verse number eight by the word of god I want you to hear that not because i am psyched up to do it or i got a feeling like no All of it is based in the word of god. So my confidence does not come in myself my confidence What some people would look like arrogance is actually confidence in what god said he's going to do Because i know within myself just like before i stepped out here tonight I asked for god the holy ghost to help me do what i needed to do and to help you to hear What the word of god is because i can't do it on my own but with god all things are possible So moses Has been writing the book of the law And the first five books the penitook is the book of the law and he has been letting them know through leviticus And through deuteronomy how they're supposed to live what they're supposed to do the 700 plus laws that they are supposed to abide by the law of god And he's rehearsed it to them in the book of numbers and deuteronomy and exodus and leviticus and this book now this manual on how to live Which is what you have in your hand tonight Even the expanded version This book is now given to joshua And he is now to read this book And meditate upon it day and night and obey its commands Because what he has been commissioned and commanded to do Is something that nobody else has done before You're about to march off the map joshua Into new territory that you've seen and you put your foot in But you've got to take the people in To the promised land because i have commanded you to be strong because this is the place that you're going to inherit not over here I want to say to you my friends and i remind you from what i said in the very first lesson in this series Everybody's going into 2022 whether you like it or not So you know i don't want to i don't want to play in the game. I don't want to be a part of well i don't care When the clock strikes everybody's taking a step now you can take a step prepared Or not And if you don't get yourself prepared and have courage to face whatever that it is You're going to get mowed over now What does that look like in the world that we're in today? It looks like this That when people lose hope and have no courage and feel like that that i have no reason to live Then there's a hundred more people than have died of coven Have died with fentanyl death Of overdosing because they feel like there is no hope for me And i have preached two of those funerals in the past two weeks So i'm saying to you today that the word of god is your route And courage must be implanted in your heart because we're all going in whether we like it or not And you know what if i'm going to have to go into 2022 I might as well hook up and get suited up and ready to march in and take the land Come on somebody So if joshua was able to conquer canaan having only the first five books of the bible How is it that we cannot do that having the entirety of the word of god and god's plan for the ages in front of us Okay, so whenever there is a significant progress made in the life of an individual in a business and a family and a church and a nation It's because the leader made courageous decisions The leader of the house the leader of a nation leader of a church leader of a business whatever it may be So the leadership position itself Does not make the leader courageous It only reveals if the person is a courageous leader and what is it that is the direct attack against courage Fear And what have we been dealing with now for 18 plus months? The spirit of fear and only a handful of courageous people Have taken a step out of the rank and file And said i'm going to live for god no matter what Are you with me? So when you're facing tough decisions and challenges, here's some things you need to know Courage begins with an inward battle You have to have victory over self Before you can take anybody into the promised land You have to fight your own battles first That doesn't mean you're not going to have any more But you've got to have a disciplined spirit because and i'm looking at the backdrop now of joshua If joshua would have been a free spirit and doing whatever he wanted to do He would have sat down with all of his tactical team Like that was 40 years prior and said okay, there we know there's giants in the land We know where jericho is located. How do we want to do this? What do we want to do? It certainly would not have been To submit to the will of god in silence For seven times for seven days around jericho Just marching around that is not in the world's mentality. That is not a strategic battle plan Can you imagine the forces of the united states of america military being told by their generals? Hey guys, we're not going to go on to the battlefield over here And and we're gonna we're not going to fight just like that. I just want all y'all to get together and walk around bag dad Are you hearing me? Now let me let me take you a little bit further in this Why were they silent because they didn't really get any argument with that? Back to god Y'all shut up and walk Now you would think god wanted them to praise he said don't don't don't put your praise out until i tell you When i tell you i want you to blow an everhorn shout never shout Because i'm going to show you what i'm going to do by you standing still and seeing the salvation of the lord So they walked around in silence for seven days and then on the seventh day they had to do it seven times And he didn't get no argument. You know why because they were hurting They had just been circumcised at gilgow And you don't open your mouth when you're hurting too much Come on somebody You didn't get no argument out of me God said i don't want you in a position where you're going to take your sword and run in there to jericho I'm going to show you that with the breath of the almighty I'm going to flatten these walls right before your very eyes and you're not going to have to touch a thing I declare in 2022 that if you will just lean and watch god work walk around where you need to possess the land God is going to do it if you'll have courage to obey god There's an inward battle that's going on courage isn't the absence of fear It's facing fear with faith to overcome it Some people have mistaken all of my comments about this pandemic As like i'm not afraid of things. I am I am reverently afraid I'm not going to be stupid I'm not going to stand and let somebody cough in my face and then act like i'm going to rebuke the devil Come on somebody I am going to wash my hands. In fact, that was one of the one of the 700 laws that god gave to him wash your hands I mean but long before any of the doctors were telling us to sanitize god said wash y'all's nasty hands In fact, he gave them a few more wash your feet too God was the one who established healthy order You know what he told are y'all all right out there? You know what he told him to do You could read this He said all these cattle and horses and everything like that they can put their stuff out there on the ground because it's manure And it will help grow stuff But your stuff because it is so septic and your nature is so sinful You're going to have to put it in something and put a lid on top of it. Otherwise it will contaminate everything it touches And you don't think you sin Everybody in here Everybody watching That all locked y'all up, didn't it courage is making things right not Smoothing them over Are you hearing me? I love this quote from martin luther king. He said this the ultimate measure of a man is not Where he stands in the moments of comfort and convenience But where he stands at the times of challenge and controversy If anybody had credibility to say it he did With opposition all around Remember that it is listen courage is making things right if there are injustices Courage will cause people to rise to the occasion number three courage Courage and a leader inspires commitment from followers. Why because courage is contagious When you get a courageous individual somebody that's willing to rush the hill I mean, there's so many things going through my mind. They made a movie out of out of one of them Uh, I forget what it is, but the the young man had a religious exemption conscientious objector, but But they decided he said I don't want a gun, but I still want to serve So he went on the battlefield. They made a whole movie out of it and he drags The bodies of men that have been wounded One by one and takes them off of the hill You talk about courage I love I love to watch the bio biography in the movie to hell and back by It's the biography of audie murphy the most decorated soldier in world war two With one one man him stood on the back of a tank and took out battalions of german enemy Soldiers with a 50 cal on the back of a tank While all of his brothers were there on the ground he was taking them out Let me just tell you something that that incites courage into people when somebody stands up for what is right Are you hearing what i'm saying? Because courage is contagious get around somebody's talking courageous talk I'll tell you what where they at you might be shivering in your shoes, but you're ready to fight something Courage is contagious look at joshua If you read this read it i would encourage you to read it all the way through because here's what happens God speaks to joshua and then joshua speaks to his leaders the priest And the priest then speak to the nation of israel and he tells them this is what we're going to do Get yourself ready Prepare yourself because what god's going to do through us In here is going to cause you to get your inheritance that the enemy is occupying right now And he passes that to his leaders and he and the leaders pass it to the people and they rise up and say yes It inspired that look at david With all of his mighty men around him He inspired them to go and fight he inspired one person so much That while they were crouched waiting on what was needing to take place He said to himself and said Apparently in enough earshaw that some of his mighty men hurt him He said all that I could have a cup of water from the well of bethlehem And you know what one of those inspired courageous mighty men of valor did Jumped over the line ran through the enemy got a cup of cold water Rented all the way back to david and said here david here's a cup from the well at bethlehem And I've never understood why he poured it out on the ground. I mean at that moment. I'd say david. I just He said the sacrifice was so high I could not consume it upon myself. I offer it back to god Look at jesus Let me just help you right now Why are you here? You know why because one man Courageous enough to step out of the crowd and say I am the way the truth in the life Has inspired you to such a degree that you got dressed tonight drove your car down here Sitting in this service and watching online because you were influenced by the courage of one christ Look what courage will do I say we talk courage in 2022 When a brave person takes a stand it inspires other people Look what took place. Let's let's let's just take it outside of the biblical realm. Look what took place at valley forage with washington They were freezing. They didn't have many of them have boots Some of them didn't even have guns to be able to shoot. They literally were sawing off broomsticks to make it look like it was a rifle They didn't have the proper attire. They were freezing to death. They were starving all that was going on And washington goes out and you I've got this picture in my home just inside of my door Where washington is kneeling in the snow at valley forge calling upon god because washington in and of himself Was not so courageous except for he petitioned god to help them Did you hear what I said? And the only reason why we're sitting in this building free tonight is because washington stood in courage at that very Very important moment in history and you and I are sitting in a place where we're not having to be so taxed over our tea We're taxed on everything else It's time we get some washington's how about lincoln Lincoln at one point was pro-slave Until he went down to the train station and saw them selling african americans And his He was so enraged by what took place. Look at this. This is what brought courage for him to stand against all opposition And finally produced the emancipation proclamation the freedom What did he do? He stood there in such anger that it brought courage for him to stand and according to the record He dug his fingernails in until the blood came through his fingers And he rose from that place and said it will not continue Ladies and gentlemen god give us leaders in washington like that tonight. Hey forget washington God give us leaders in santa rosa county Forget that god give us leaders in this church that will rise up and say i will do what god said for me to do Are you with me tonight? That's the reason why we celebrate the military around here. There are many military individuals both And i will just tell you for all of you that are standing right now against mandates. You know what that takes courage It's wrong. It's been judged wrong. The judge has already knocked it out in multiple states It is completely unconstitutional and you're still standing I say keep on standing Because if you don't stand the dam is going to break and it'll flood this entire you better hear what i'm telling you It is so critical that we take a position and they stand in a righteous way Are you hearing me? Thank god for our military men and women who are brave Who stand and you ought to hold them up in prayer come on. That's right clap for them tonight. That's right Here's number four your life expands in proportion to your courage What what happened with joshua? because of joshua's courage It opened up the promised land for the entirety of the nation of israel one man that god spoke to God speaks to a man. He doesn't speak to a committee He spoke to the man joshua joshua spoke to the committee And then to the nation and they all came together with one thought we can take the land now And now think about it The only other one that he had Isn't it beautiful that the bible says when two of us agree is touching any one thing it shall be done joshua had calum calum had joshua, but they were the only two that had seen it The rest of them had not even seen it. They'd only heard the stories But at the inspiration of one man who called out for them to be strong and of good courage They rose up not and even knowing not listen We don't see that they have the opportunity to go in They they they went in some of them went in talked with rehab and that whole deal But that's a limited amount of people all you got to do is let a thread of murmuring griping and complaining get in And many times it was steal the courage right out of somebody's heart Joshua said get ready. This this cause is great. We're going in and what happened it opened up and expanded the Territory and the wealth and the blessing and everything else that god said they could have because one man had courage Write this down because security and safety stand in the way of great achievements It's not wrong to be secure. It's not wrong to be safe, but many times we're playing it so close And so comfortable that it doesn't take faith for us to take a step out. That's the reason why we don't take a step out When peter was called out of the boat at the at the word of jesus christ He stepped out and look he was only one of many that were in the boat The committee was in the boat voting on whether or not we should go out of the boat And oh no doubt try to talk peter and staying into the boat But when you have heard from god yourself For you not to move at that moment you will miss what god has in store for you No matter how painful it may be It doesn't take courage to walk into the ice cream store and get you an ice cream But it sure takes courage to live in the world that we're in and proclaim jesus christ's lord every day on your job And wherever it may be Come on say amen Courage demands that somebody take a stand so understand this standing behind the person with courage is confidence in god That's what god was giving to joshua. He said not only am i going to be with you But my word is going to be with you and i want you come on church get this in 2020 right now in 2022 I want you to meditate On the word of god day and night That's where your confidence is going to come God are you sure you're going to do this read my book Did i kill the giant did i drag Daniel out of the lion's den without one thing didn't i pull the three hebrew children out of yeah, but god that was old testament Well you make all these excuses you want to but in the new testament Didn't i raise up the man who was lame at the gate beautiful Didn't i open the blinded eyes didn't i didn't cure the leprosy and the sin Didn't i raise him from the dead didn't i say that i would raise you from the dead Somewhere you've got to start believing in god and the only way for you to do that Is to meditate in the word day and night the more you know about god The more confidence you'll have and the more courage you'll say that my god Shall supply all of my needs come on somebody You're going to hear more about inflation and all of that in the days that are ahead than you ever have before But you know what regardless of what it is and how high it goes my god Well, how do you know that because i've got confidence Well, how can you go out and go ahead and eat because i've got courage to step out on the word of god because he shall supply All of my needs according to his riches and glory by christ jesus Are you getting this tonight? Write this down. It's not on your paper proverbs 14 26 in the fear of the lord is strong confidence Proverbs 14 26 watch this and his children shall have a place of refuge. Did you see that? In the fear of the lord is strong confidence And his children Shall have a place of refuge I'm gonna try that one more time. I want you to get it proverbs 14 26 in the fear of the reverence of the lord Is strong confidence And his children shall have a place of refuge Whoever standing in the fear see the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom But we're in a nation that doesn't fear the lord So who's gonna fear the lord? Well the church better sure enough fear the lord And believers sure enough better fear the lord and there's two way you can take this his children have a refuge That means everybody that belongs to the lord. How about this his children shall have a refuge To the third and fourth generation why because daddy and granddaddy stood strong In confidence in god's word and it passes down to the next generation. Are you hearing what i'm saying Your children will have a company will have a refuge a refuge if you will stand Then your children will have a place of refuge Write this down hebrews 10 35 the admonition of the apostle paul says this cast not away therefore your confidence Why not because it has great recompense of reward God said i'm gonna i'm gonna pay you to believe me If you'll stand in the middle of everything that's going on and keep proclaiming my name and don't throw your confidence away i'm telling you i was reading a statistic i shared it with some of the ministers here one of the uh posters of church Growth and all that put out a deal the other day and said only 80 percent of the church in 2022 is going to attend services Tithing is going to draw he runs this list and all that and i'm starting to read that and i start seeing what's going on There are many people who were calling themselves believers They shouted they danced they sung they went through all the calisthenics they read their word and all of that But now they have taken their confidence in god because a pandemic came along and they believed somebody else's word Above god's word and they've taken their confidence and said forget it I don't this god thing don't work this prayer thing don't work this holy ghost talking in tongue don't work this don't work I came to tell you he is the same yesterday And forever and you've got to take god at his word and say you know what i don't care if you don't believe it You don't believe it all y'all don't believe i still believe it because i've had an encounter with the almighty god Somebody ought to clap their hands i feel like preaching Where's my confidence at the cross i have no pulse that i don't even have confidence in this flesh I can't i can't do this on my own but i am crucified with christ nevertheless i live yet not i But christ who lives In me and the life that i live now i live by faith in the sun of god What is he saying my dear friends when you gave your life to jesus christ Everything you are is wrapped up in the fact that he died was buried in rose again on the third day Now let me tell you what the devil don't like he don't like you to believe and keep your position in that place If i can pull you away from that and get your confidence in money education or something else and take your face somewhere Then i can get you i've got you like the prodigal son and you're almost to the pigpen But as long as you stand in faith at the cross it's the one place the devil knows he has been defeated He is defeated today and will always be defeated Now i'm gonna tell you something if the right hook work every time on the guy i'm gonna use a right hook You don't see you don't see somebody adopting some other plan a battle plan or whatever some boxer in the ring By saying you know what i think i'll try out my left. Oh, no This is life and death ladies and gentlemen and if the cross work for your salvation Then it'll work for your sanctification and it will work for your victory every day of your life I'm about to run in this place Come on now. Look at this courageous leaders Leadership means taking necessary risk Some people want to say god touch me as i go out here and do my thing God said i ain't in it. I didn't tell you to go out there Standing alone and speaking difficult truths It's not easy today. Is it you're liable to get canceled You're liable to get thrown off of facebook. What a tragedy that would be Is life over i don't think so What are the necessary risks that god is calling you to because i'm telling you if calib was 80 years old And he said i can take the mountain and he knew there were giants in the land Then oh god Here's what the by here's what the word of the lord said to me on the way here tonight Let the older generation produce fruit in their old age. That's what the bible said He said he'd give you fruit in your old age Write this down deuteronomy chapter 20. This is what god is saying through moses to joshua He said when thou go astend to battle against thine enemies and see his horses and chariots and coveted and delta and Omnicron and whatever else they want to call it and the people are more than you are Be not afraid of them for the lord thy god is with thee Hey, hey the lord thy god is with thee Which brought the up out of the land of it. Have you forgotten that he brought you out of the land of Egypt? Look at verse two and it shall be when you shall come nigh into the battle that the priest shall approach and speak Under the people verse three and shall say unto them here. Oh israel you approach this day under battle against your enemies Let not your hearts faint fear not Do not tremble Neither be terrified Because of them Why verse four for the lord your god is he that goeth with you to fight for you against your enemy and to save you Ladies and gentlemen just because it's in the book of deuteronomy does not negate it for today And though we don't see 13 foot giants in the land of anach anach and all these other giants There are giants that we are facing that are making christians tremble and fearful But the word of the lord says be not afraid Don't even tremble. Don't let the devil see you sweat Stand back in the power of god and get ready because i'm gonna fight for you. I am with you And you don't have to be afraid Write this down. This is not on your paper right now first samuel chapter number 15 I'm gonna hurry to the end first samuel 15. I will use this as a backdrop in combination with joshua Are you still with me here tonight? Here's what verse 24 says write this down and sol said in the samuel i have sin For i have transgressed the commandment of the lord and thy words because i feared the people And obeyed their voice Follow the science they say We're not following the science Pastor please get off of that I can't it's in your face every day I've got to fight that same giant and that same enemy How am I going to do that? I got to stop listening to the voices We got people that are leading us that are listening to the voices Come on somebody and are doing How's the wind blowing today you wear six masks tomorrow you wear one A child was in public school in the united states of america Wearing the mask And one of the teachers if I remember the story correctly for whatever reason something happened And the child said something and punched the child in the mouth Oh I won't I won't say it It wasn't a public school. It was a private school owned By a very famous basketball star made the child bleed through the mask Now you tell me Are we operating in faith or are we operating in fear pastor? You don't understand Hey, where are you mad? Wear a hoodie. That's not the point. It's the same thing about the mandate The enemy is trying to make you fearful where you are so that you won't take another step and possess the land But the devil is a liar Let me help you because all the answers to what we're dealing with right now It's found right here in the word of god because when saul me use of saul as a backdrop here real quick. Are you still with me out there? So saul says to samuel when the prophet comes along he said the only reason why I did this because I feared the people And I was fearing their voices So that's the reason why I kept some stuff Even though god told me not to keep some stuff So king saul never won the inward battle Because he was full of pride and egotism And oh god here we go. I'm gonna dip right off into some troubled territory right here And the people chose him to be their king And I can give you about seven things I don't have them listed here tonight about seven things that happened in the administration of king saul And one of them was raising the taxes on people The one of the other ones was the absolute stretching out of the military until they were disgraced and demoralized Ain't nothing new under the sun And saul was pumped up and prideful in itself and he said you know what? When somebody came along and said hey listen, you don't have to kill everything over here. Now. Why did god want? Y'all better hold on i'm tracking in i'm tracking. I know i'm tracking right now You don't have to say man. I know i'm tracking because there's an amlokite spirit that is loose in the world that we're in right now That wants to isolate The young the old and the infirm and kill them off And that's what we watched right here with the isolation of people that are dying depressed because they cannot fellowship You know why because human beings are meant to be with one another And so what happens? king saul Does not kill the amlokites and god said you're going to fight with those jokers the rest of your days So king saul never won the inward battle and he faced the challenge Of obeying god watch this he faced the challenge of obeying god And he panicked Because he lacked courage to lead the people Everybody wants to be a leader But people don't want to take responsibility of being out front I'll tell you what i'm the i'm the first potentate of the chicken frying committee But i don't know how to fry no chicken. I ain't got no grease in there. I don't even know what to do Well, then you're not the leader. You know who the leader is whoever the influential one is on Who's influencing you? king saul said Obey god Obey the people and if you're a politician and not a leader You'll listen to the voices of all the people and reject the principles of god's word Y'all better hear me now Let me watch let me show you this real fast Here's some lessons to learn about it from the life of king saul courage and cowardice are both contagious You can emit either one of them when saul fled So did all of his men Why do you think whenever you watch these cowboy indian movies? They take out the chief Here comes the g well, we know he's wearing the biggest bonnet Here's all the Now you think i'm making this stuff up But let me tell you what jesus said jesus said smite the shepherd And the sheep will scatter Now, why do you think there's an attack on pastors and leaders in churches today? Because saul fled look at what saul was doing when david showed up at the battlefield with gyle saul was in there having a cup of tea with everybody No courage into place Number two courage requires action good intentions are not good enough Well pastor i intend to come to church how many times have i heard that? Well i intend to all i did Good intentions are not good enough somewhere you got to have faith enough and courage enough to say you know what today Today i'm stepping out in faith and doing what god has called me to do Whatever that takes if i got to apologize i apologize if i got to get a thing Whatever that it takes because i got to get the blessing of the lord upon my life and the favor of god God give me courage to stand Saul had good intentions when he presented the burnt offering You read about it in there samuel comes to him and says hey What what's going on? He said i did what god told us to do i did what you told me to do he said you didn't do it If that's true, why do i see the king over there? And why do i hear the bleeding of sheep and lambs? You didn't kill everything i wish i had time to teach this So he let the fear of the people He let the fear that people would desert him control his actions Why the preachers not standing the pulpit and preach the truth? Because they're afraid their tide paying members going to get up and they won't be able to meet the mortgage The day That i let the pew control the pulpit and the word that comes forth is the day i will resign And walk out the door You need a word from the lord every time from a man or a woman of god who's not afraid of the faces of people And taking the temperature of what is the doctor saying today? But go ahead and declare what thus saith the lord encourage and let the chips fall You don't have to be mean about it Just be courageous Well, he's arrogant. No, it's confidence I know whom i have believed And i'm fully persuaded that he's able to keep that that i've committed under him against that day. I am nothing But he is my confidence Preach pastor. He was a people pleaser and not a god pleaser You ever met anybody like that Always testing the wind to find out what's everybody say that's what polls are Come on somebody. That's what polls are What do you vote like we should we're waiting on the poll to come out? Well 62 of the people say that well, that's the way i'm gonna go bless god 62. That's over 50 Well 23 of the people said You can't lead a nation. You can't lead a business. You can't lead a family Come on somebody I told one of them today You know Read and I went out to go get something to eat the other night and and we had to get them leave because The service not only was horrible, but it was 30 45 minutes and didn't bring the food to the table And this is the condition we live in Are you hearing me? And so when I got home and I turned on the news The news immediately said two restaurants are shutting down in Pensacola Well, it's very obvious Whoever serves in principle And takes care of their customers is going to have a door open and they'll still be serving hamburgers Here, let me flip the coin I went down today. I said read what you want to eat Bring me a salad from Chick-fil-A I went down to Chick-fil-A Who closes their doors every sunday by principle? And I I call I said I can't stay in this line. It's backed up down highway 90 And how many of you know when you say Chick-fil-A like right now your mouth starts watering and you're ready for some strips right now You're ready for some nuggets takes courage to stay in line. Come on save me You know what samuel said to us all obedience is better number three I'm almost done the lack of courage makes us Makes us insecure and selfish and captive by fear What is that all about when saw started hearing the pollsters and all the people singing Saul has killed his thousands, but david has killed his 10,000 They were singing that song in the streets It got off on him so bad that he started chunking spears at david Are y'all with me Now let me tell you something right quick. Let me drop this nugget on you in about 30 seconds The bible says that when a binge of might throws a spear He could cut the hair hairs with That's how accurate a binge of might saw was a binge of might So when he threw that spear he don't miss Wonder what that was The courage of david let him sit over there and keep singing love songs to god and go The lord is my shepherd Cause Saul could have killed him, but the anointing of god in a courageous individual Will protect you from everyone that's throwing spears at you Number four a leader without courage will never let go of the familiar A leader with courage will never let go of the familiar They're always in their comfort zone. Oh, I'll tell you what we've you know, mama cooked them dumplings just like this and and mama before that and Here is the here is the statement of a dying church We've always done it that way God deliver me from stuck In 2022 god is not why do you think this is going on? Do you think that god went? Oh my lord COVID God isn't surprised by what's going on He knows what's happening. What was it that drove the early church out of the book out of the city of jerusalem? persecution What is it that's going to bring revival to the church? Pandemics a friend jim reyland meets it like this our revenge is revival So a leader won't won't let go of the familiar. So samuel dies y'all still with me Samuel dies and what does sol do? Oh, we got to figure out what's going on I heard about a witch At indoor let's go down consult with her Maybe she could conjure up the old spirit of samuel and I can get some information on what to do really You've now left talking to god to go and talk to a witch Notice I held my finger up in the air like this and didn't point at anybody That's what he did He employed the services employed the services of a medium a witch Now I'm just gonna tell you something You better not be messing around with no spirits Let me move on A lack of courage will sabotage every area of the leader What does the bible say in the book of james? A double minded man is unstable in how many of his ways? all of his ways If you don't have courage then it's going to roll over into everything that you do and don't do And you know what sometimes you are handed something Sometimes you're handed something in your life That you don't want to carry That breaks your heart that breaks you down That makes you cry through the night wake up the next morning wipe your face and go back on the job because you know you've got to do it You understand what i'm saying am I talking to anybody What is it that causes me to get up and keep on going? Pastor I can tell you it's certainly in me There have been times You know pastor that I couldn't hardly lift my head off the pillow, but I'll tell you what it was It was the confidence of god on the inside that said I got it Just keep walking Courage let me put another foot in front. I can't make it through the day god That's all right. Just keep walking. I'm gonna be with you Don't be afraid of what's going on. I got you covered I'm gonna bring it in from sources that you don't know ladies and gentlemen Pace assembly is about to take a step into 2022 and I will not be satisfied with the familiar And I will not sabotage it By a lack of courage just because somebody says we've never done it that way I don't know exactly how it's going to be done I don't know what's gonna listen if he told me everything it would probably scare all of us half to death Right Right I mean who would who would launch out joseph I want you to know that One day joe you're going to be the prince of egypt That's awesome But joe just want to let you know Your brothers are going to lie on to you and throw you in a pit. Your daddy's going to think that you're dead You're going to be sold as a slave in the pot of her house And she's going to claim that you raped her and her husband who is the executioner's going to put you in jail Instead of cutting your head off and oh joe that's only half the story I just want to let you know when you get in there and you're going to go before the court And they're going to send it you to what's going on and you make some friends in there They're going to forget about you too for years and years and years and then one day joe You're going to have a word that's going to come and say get dressed and shave your face Because the king wants to see you and that'll be the day But that's going to be years down the line. You're going to have to have some courage to keep on walking God give us courage as christians. Amen God repeats this same charge to joshua God encourages joshua to do what three times he says this within just three or four verses he says He says be strong and courageous in his task To lead israel into the inheritance of the promised land So the first be strong was for him to know Be strong against what you have already seen with giants in the land. You're going to inherit the land Just take it over. That's the first thing be strong in your task. I'm saying to you tonight church Whatever its assignment god has given to you be strong and go ahead and do it. God's going to be with you Secondly god encouraged joshua to be strong In obeying god, what did he say? Obey me. How do I do that? Get into my word meditate in what I gave to moses day and night and then you're going to be successful Then you're going to be prosperous. So the second thing you've got to do is be strong enough to take god at his word and obey his word Pastor, I don't I've had people over the years pastor. I don't believe in tithing Well, I don't care if you do or not the book says do it And you'll be blessed and running over How many of you I know I'm talking the truth right there Now if you haven't tried it, I dare you Because I can assure you One little stimulus check of 1400 dollars is not going to sustain you all year long in 2022 In fact, the gas prices are going to keep going up and down and all this stuff's going on and And you're going to have to have a source That is outside of yourself and some of you don't have enough income streams going on But that's all right mind's coming down from above and if he flew it in on a raven speak god knows how to take care of me Obey his word Thirdly The third encouragement he says be strong and courageous and overcoming fear and discouragement this one I drill into your heart tonight because that is what 2022 is going to face us He said you be strong against fear. It's going to happen those giants are still in the land You're still going to have to drive them out And I don't want you to be discouraged when your people turn around on you and say we don't want to go And and look here if god who knows everything and he does already knew what was going to happen at ai Which was the second battle If he already knew that he's warning him now be strong and courageous because because I know something you don't know When you get to ai you're going to have 30 000 men They're going to die right before your very eyes and you're going to fall on your face and think you're the one Who caused it but I want you to know after you pray get up and go through the camp because there's sin in the camp clear it out And keep on going Are you with me? We must be strong and courageous in the lord in the lord somebody say in the lord And then the abundance or the assurance I should say a victory Victory is always assured in the lord. What does he say there in Ephesians chapter number Six be strong how in the lord and in the power of his might I don't have time to read this to you. So you read it for yourself But you'll find the character of courage found in psalm chapter one Blessed is the man who walks not in the council and then godly Since in the seat of scornful stands in the way of sinners But his delight how is in the law of the lord and in that law does he meditate day and night He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water whose leaves will not fail He goes on and on he talks about the wicked. He said there's a contrast for the coward and the courageous You should read that again and again joshua was faithfully courageous to his assignment How do you know that read all the way to the back of the book of joshua Joshua chapter 10 verse 24 25 and it came to pass that when they brought out those kings They ran up on a place where five kings were hiding out in the cave There's some stuff in this bible. It's really cool And joshua called for all the men of israel and said of the captains of men of war that went with him He said listen come near put your feet. He pulled him out of the cave He first sealed up the cave. He said we'll deal with him a little bit later He went on fight some more battles came back opened up the cave brought out these five kings He said now all you mighty man come over here and put your feet On the neck of the devil They came there and put their feet on the neck of them And joshua said unto them the same words that he heard in joshua chapter number one Fear not nor be dismayed be strong and of good courage Because this is what god's going to do to all of your enemies. He's going to put His foot on the head of the devil. You know what passage i like i can't remember where it's exactly located But the bible says this i believe is one in saum and there's another one in another place Where the bible says this he says he says sit here beside me on my right side till i make your enemies my foot still Come on. Do you believe that's what's going to happen in 22? Look what the bible says down in the last chapters coming to joshua. You'll see those passages scriptures It's on your paper. You read them for yourself. God reminds him. He says listen I did all this and joshua comes back and the bible records that joshua fought all the battles And there was no more war because he conquered everything that could be conquered Isn't that awesome? That's what's going to happen in 22. Let me go a little deeper And i'm almost done right here wait back up go back Courage from god gives you strength to complete your assignment So some of you out here have an assignment on you right now It may be in your marriage that you're facing a Facing a challenge be strong and keep leading the direction toward the things of god It might be in your own personal life to Overcoming overcoming situations whatever it may be be strong and obey god. Well pastor i've tried And i've tried and i've tried stop trying Go get yourself at the cross Put your feet down in the cross and don't move Keep your faith right there because i can tell you if jesus can't get the victory you sure can't buy yourself Can we go a little deeper right here? I love this and i'm leaving you with this Isaiah 50 verse number seven says this because the lord god helps me I will not be dismayed Therefore i will set my face like a flint to do his will And i love this last line the song isaas said and i know what i i know That i will triumph the bible says I know that i will try I know that i will try I give you these last words here tonight In 2022 fear is going to keep on increasing So your courage and confidence must increase more than that more of the word more of god's presence More of the fellowship of other believers Because the same words that god has spoken to joshua Are the same words he's speaking to the church to march into 20 ton two with Be strong and of good courage And my only prayer tonight the last words i wrote down on my paper for you is this I only pray That as your pastor i can incite that kind of courage By the help and grace of god into your life Because you're going to face things in this coming season and so am i But i pray that confidence will rub off and not cowardice I pray god give you strength beyond your years and wisdom beyond your years Oh god, let me just pray that for you right now if you believe that come on lift that hand towards heaven father in the name of jesus christ I pray for everybody here and those that are watching right now that lord that you would instill would you drop a seed of Courage inside of every heart right now to do Your will and obey your word and to meditate upon that word so that they can make their way prosperous according to your word I pray god that you would give them wisdom beyond their years and Knowledge and understanding and lord that they would submit to the perfect will of god not the permissive not on the border But standing in the clear place that you've called us to be and i pray that every person here and those that are watching Will be strong in the lord and take good courage with them from this place and every day of their life They will be filled with courage that is contagious for their family for their business for their own spirit Let a be let lord courage be an infection inside of our soul tonight in the mighty name of jesus Everybody believes it throw another hand up right now and thank god for courage coming into your heart and life right now Thank you jesus That you're giving me strength day by day and as my day so shall my strength be Amen you believe the word of god tonight Amen i pray this has been a blessing to you this again as pastor jason said is the last wednesday night But you can join us online on the 26th and this sunday don't miss Candlelight and communion and christmas with the kids. It's going to be an awesome time one of our favorite services of the whole year I promise you i promise you you'll not want to miss it So bring your whole family bring some hey go down the street and pick up somebody and bring them with you amen Stand up on your feet shake hands and be kind with everybody around you love the lord love people And we'll see you sunday morning. Amen