 Hey, hey, hey fam. Welcome back to Conversations with Carrie. I missed you. Me and you must never part. Okay So glad to have you back coming on for a quick word. Yeah, y'all know I keep it short and sweet But I'm excited to talk to you about when you're hearing the word of God over the lies of the enemy Because listen, I want you to know that there's an enemy out there and people often Oftentimes don't want to talk about the enemy. They don't want to talk about Satan. They won't talk about the serpent They won't talk about that at the series. He's alive And unfortunately, he's real, but you know what? We're so equipped to handle him and I'm actually talking about Genesis y'all taking it all the way back. So Genesis chapter 3 verse 11 And he said he meaning God who told you you were that you were naked Have you eaten from the tree of which I command you not to eat That's it. That's the verse today. And I want to share kind of a story with you Of where this even came from and why the Holy Spirit showed this to me so there was a time I was As y'all know your girl still single as a Pringle But I was going to dinner with some friends and they were two couples that I was going to dinner with and well They invited me to dinner and at first I was a little hesitant I'm gonna keep real. I was a little hesitant because I was just like no I was having my prayer time. I had been reading my word and I was just like Lord I'm so tired of being the fifth wheel. I don't want to be the fifth wheel anymore and you know, I just kept Praying slash complaining because y'all know sometimes instead of like actually praying to Lord We just complained to the Lord. So that's what one of this moment's keeping it all the way real And as I was sitting there and I was just waiting for the Lord to respond because let's not forget that prayer is a Dialogue not a monologue I was giving that from one of the ministers at my church and I have held on to that because often we say everything We need to say then we're like, okay. I'm done praying. No, we got to sometimes sit and wait for the Lord to respond to us And so as I was sitting there, you know, kind of meditating on a word and you know, don't want praying time The Lord said who told you you were a fifth wheel Now before I even go into The who told you you're probably wondering the Lord responded to you. What did you do? Did you hear him like how did you know it was the Lord and I want to say that When you know When you are when you're in your Bible when you're reading it when you're getting good teaching when you're spending time with the Lord you will know his voice and Again, I know you might feel like well, it's not audible. No, but there's it's also a faith walk But there are times Lord says in his word my sheep know my voice of voice of a stranger They will not follow and that's true when you're actually spending time with him and getting to know him on an intimate level This is not steeped in tradition and religion that you might have gotten from your church growing up like I did But no, this is about I want to have relationship with you. I want to know how you handle this situation I want to let this word this prophetic word speak to me and that's what it will do It will speak to you so therefore you'll get to know and get close to the father So that when he does speak to you when he does respond, you're not second-guessing, but also When he responds to you, he's not going to conject contradict his word when the Lord speaks to you You can find confirmation somewhere up in here because he's not just going to be like randomly telling you stuff and also The enemy is not gonna say anything to encourage you So as I heard who told you that you were a fifth wheel Oh, I had to think I was like take tell me that you're not like Where did I get that from because the enemy's not telling you something you want to hear my sister once said to me I was telling her about some things I felt like the Lord was saying and she was like well The enemy ain't gonna tell you that the enemy is out to kill steal and destroy he wants to kill you Simple as that, but you don't have to fear the enemy because we have the Holy Spirit We have the word we have God living on the inside of us We have a king who wants to protect us and see us at our best So therefore any weapon that's formed it won't prosper now But it won't prosper and at this time it was the enemy of self-doubt and Just you know trying to make me feel less than I don't have to think about it Who told me that I was a fifth wheel? Where did I even get that from because you know my friends that were inviting me out to dinner? They wouldn't have invited me if they were like, oh, let's bring this fifth wheel But also that was me and my insecurities dealing with my issues that wanted to speak up Versus realizing well, what does the word say I am you know the Lord calls me his masterpiece So therefore yeah, they invited a masterpiece out to dinner come on somebody But also when I was like well Lord this came up later But the Lord when I read the scripture it brought back to my mind of when the Lord asked me that because for one When the Lord is asking you a question It's not for his benefit He's asking you because he wants you to think about where's that even come from is that in my word Is that what I've said because if not it's not what I said It's not a promise and you can't stand on it and in this particular scripture I'll read it again in verse 11 chapter 3 Genesis chapter 3 verse 11 And he said who told you that you were naked have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat now keep in mind this is right after the serpent had deceived Eve and He fell short because for one You know when the service starts talking to you when that liar that enemy that adversary starts talking to you You can't talk back with him like as if I'm gonna talk with a logical person like you know what yeah You know God didn't say we couldn't what God said we will just die and drop dead You know we'd be emphasizing and embellishing stuff And it's like that that's where you fall short instead of like entertaining the enemy because he's gonna lie He's gonna say You know you're ugly. He's gonna tell you that you're never be good enough to get that new job He's gonna tell you that you'll never be a good enough mother. You're not a good enough father I mean he will come up with all kind of lies and you know you go to the doctor and he's like so, you know You're gonna die tomorrow like I mean like he'll say whatever because he does not care about you And I want you to know that so therefore when the Lord was asking and who told you that you were naked That's when they probably like dang we didn't we didn't messed up y'all We were disobedient because that you know listening to the lies of the enemy You have to talk back to the enemy with the word of the Lord You have to talk at him because he's not worth having a conversation I don't need to acknowledge you what I can do is when the enemy tells you You know what you're not worth anything. No, I it is written I am beautifully and wonderfully made just like the Lord Jesus talked back to The enemy at in the wilderness when he had been fasting for 40 to 40 days and 49 like you you talk back like Oh, no, it is written the God says I am his masterpiece It is written that I am holy because he is holy it is written that I am more than a conqueror You have to open up your mouth clear your throat and say what needs to be said listen These are promises everything in here. These are promises that we can stand on so I want you to do one thing for me as You think about the lies that you know even the little subtle stuff that you know It's kind of fleeting write those down write them down and then I want right across from it I want you to write down a promise of God from this holy word That combats everything that that enemy has been lying to you about when he tells you that you you'll never get married Right down in here. Okay. There's plenty like okay Lord if he can find Wife or what Isaac at through Rebecca at the well, honey, he could definitely find you a husband He can definitely find you a wife whatever you are looking for He will be able to find it for you if that's his will for your life if he says you'll never be a mom Okay, well, you know what first Samuel when Hannah Panina was telling Hannah the same thing Hannah prayed and continued to pray and took it before the Lord and not only did she have a son She had Samuel who was like the prophet of prophets and actually helped to raise up King David so again all of this if something there's something that the enemy has been lying to you about trying to get at you Whether it's your finances your health your your work your professional life Whatever it may be honey break your Bible out if you need to break out the you verse at and just search fear search Discouragement whatever it might be the answers in here the answers in here And I guarantee you you'll have the promises and the word of God to combat the lies of the enemy So told y'all I wasn't gonna keep you long I was getting a little hype for a second song I'm coming back, but let me tell you whenever the Lord is talking to you know in your heart Alive of the word the enemy is gonna whisper lies that will contradict the word He's here to condemn you and God is here to redeem you He's here to kill you and God is here to save you So I want to remind you of that and don't forget that you can always catch more encouragement over on carry lead calm And also right here on the channel, so be sure to like and subscribe until next time y'all