 I wanna talk to you on the topic of keep Satan out. Turn to your neighbor and tell him, keep him out. Come on, turn to your other neighbors to say, keep him out. And James 4 7 says this, submit yourself then to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you. We have to understand that this world is more spiritual than we think. We live in the warfare. We live in a place where we ask Christians, we don't just say, oh, we got saved, let's just sit back, relax and just enjoy this, the relationship with God. No, we have an enemy to fight. His name is Satan and his demons. And he's out there walking around like a roaring lion, seeing whom he can devour. We have to understand that it's when we are in the warfare, we are soldiers in the army. We don't come to church just to warm the pew, just to hear a good message that you're gonna make it and leave back to our house. No, we come to this place, to the church, to be empowered to fight the good fight, like a soldier in the army, man. We come here to be equipped with the spiritual armor of God that we face our troubles, our situation. When we face temptations, that we are able to overcome because he overcame in Jesus' name, amen. In John 10, 10, it clearly states that the thief has come only to steal, kill and destroy. But I have come to give you life and life more abundantly. In Luke 10, verses 18 through 19, Jesus says, I saw Satan fall like lightning. He says, I have given you authority to trample on the snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Satan was stripped of his power. Satan has lost the keys and Jesus came. He kicked him off his throne and he's like, yo, have the keys. Do you think Satan's gonna be like, oh, okay, I'm just gonna back off? No, he's gonna attack you. He's not gonna just sit back. That's why many times when we come to Christ, when we start trying to do and go after God, we receive opposition, we receive attack and not why because you have the keys of the kingdom. You have the authority and the power that was stripped from Satan. He will do everything that he can in his power to attack you. He'll do everything in his power to defeat you, to send you to temptations, to try to lie against you, to save this or that because you have the keys and the authority that was invested in the name of Jesus at your command. Warfare is necessary. As Christians, we are soldiers in the army of God. We're not just spectators. We're not just people that come to sit on the Sunday messages, hear good message. No God has given us authority so we can fight for ourselves, so we can fight for our family. The fathers can fight for their families. The mothers can fight for the children. The men can fight for their businesses. The woman can fight for their marriages. The men can fight for their financial breakthrough. The we as Christians can fight for those who cannot fight. Amen. God has given that authority and it is at your and my disposal. Amen church. Here talks about, in James 4.7, it says, before that we can resist, there must be a submit. Before we can resist the enemy, we have to submit to God. We have to, that submission is full surrender. Submission is not just a Sunday morning visit to hungry generation. Submit is full surrender to God. Many times we begin to experience attacking our lives because we only gave God a Sunday service and the rest of the week belongs to us. It says, God, why is Satan attacking me because you haven't fully surrendered? You are still the owner of your life. There was a story that Pastor Vlad shared that, you know, there's a man that invited Jesus into his house and he says, Jesus, I'm so happy that I invited you to my house. Here's the best room of the house. And the next day, there's a door, there was a knock on the door and then as this man opens the door, Satan puts his foot in and begins to wrestle with this man, begins to strive. And this man was so weary and says, Jesus, where were you? And Jesus said, you are only giving me a part of your house, not the full house. Before we can resist, there must be a submission to God, a full surrender to God, say God, you own it all. I know that I've tried on my own and I did not succeed. I've done this and this and my life only led to ruin. When I'm only left to my weakness, I'm left to destruction. I'm left to my own strength. And I know that my strength, my perfect strength is as good as weakness because it's only in his strength that we are made perfect. Amen, church. When we fully surrender our lives to God with everything that we have in our marriages, with our families, with our businesses, with our health, with everything that we have, God will give us authority and the power and the thing to stand against the enemy that when he comes against the light that we are no longer fighting him on our own strength that we can fight him through Jesus Christ who overcame sin and death and gave us victory. Amen, church. Submission is not just only a Sunday thing. It's not just only visiting life groups. It's not just only just serving once a month. It's a full dedication to God. I challenge you to surrender your life fully to God. There's one thing that I've always seen through my life. I've been in church for some time and I've seen sometimes when people just give God just a little bit of their life, they struggle, they struggle, they struggle until they come to a full complete surrender to God to God, take it all. Then God will begin to solve the unsolvable marriage problems in their life. God will begin to provide for them. God will begin to become their strength, their peace in the hardest time of their life. Why? Because their life is no longer their own. It is in God's hands. Amen, church. When you're in this place, maybe you're experiencing an attack, maybe you're facing certain things in your life, begin to examine your life. God, where are certain things I did not surrender? Where are the certain things that I'm still fighting on my own instead of relying on your strength? Instead of relying on your mercy, on your grace in my life, in Jesus' name, amen. Second point is that the process of knowing of the truth is time and the result of it is victory. Jesus said, if you know the truth, the truth will begin to set you free, amen. But the knowing of the truth, it takes time. It's not just a little bit that, you know, God, I'm gonna a little bit memorize this for God, I'm just gonna pray to you, you know, just a little bit and that's it. No, knowing God, it takes time. It is the relationship with God that we begin to maintain and as you know God, God will begin to give you victories in him. So you have to understand, sometimes people come to say, pastor, pray for me. Pastor, have this thing in my life. Yes, pastors can pray, but the fight still belongs to you. Pastor is not there at your house. Pastor is not there at your weakest moment. Pastor is not there at your workplace in your marriage or in your business. Pastor is not there. That's why God equips us to fight the good fights. He says, if you know the truth, the truth will set you free. That at your weakest point, you can be like Jesus, knowing how to overcome the enemy. Why? Because you have the truth of God inside of your life, amen. Knowing of the truth takes time. It is the relationship we begin to cultivate with God. It's not just a Sunday service. It is a life fully surrendered and dedicated to him. One life for Jesus is just all that we have. One life for him is the only that we can live for because every time we try to live life by ourselves, we're left to our own destructions. Ask any man of the Bible, any hero of faith, and that will tell you one thing that trusting God with their full life always gave him victory. Always gave him peace. Always give him satisfaction. Knowing is a relationship. Relationship is not just prayer. Relationship is also knowing his word. Relationship is knowing the power of God. The Bible says that Jesus and the word are one. You can't just know Jesus. The relationship just pray a little bit and not know his word. This word has to become part of your life. His word has to be part of you. That way you talk, the way you think, it has to dominate your life because Jesus and the word are one. Relationship with Jesus Christ will never leave you empty because it is satisfying. Relationship with Jesus Christ will never leave you on the side because the Bible talks about, I have, David says, I've been young and I've been old, never seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging for bread. God says, I ain't faithful. I'll never leave you and I'll never forsake you. If you know me, I will be faithful through your life and I will see you. I'll protect you. I will guide you. I will be with you and I will never leave you. I'll never forsake you, amen. Knowing the word of God. Begin to spend time with God's word. Let God's word begin to dominate your mind. Let God's word will begin to dominate your conversation. Let God's word begin to dominate in everything that you do because it is one thing that is proven throughout time to stand the test. In Matthew 24, 35 says, Heaven and earth will pass away but my word by no means will pass away. David talks about that his word is a light to my feet and a lamp to my path. He is my refuge. He is my hiding place. In whom can I trust? And David throughout his throughout this life always went to God and always spent time with God and his word and always quoted. He said that I've hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. His word became everything to him because he knew that Jesus and the word are one. If I am to spend time with God, I'm spent time in his word. I am to spend time with the truth of God's word that when I know his word will set me free, amen. How can I talk weakness when Psalm 27 verse one says that he is the strength of my life? How can I talk defeat when Romans 837 says that we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus our Lord? How can I begin to talk bondage and shackles over my life when John 836 says whom the sun sets free is free indeed? How can I talk lack and shortage? I'm not having enough. When Philippians 419 says that he will supply all my needs according to his riches and to his glory. How can I begin to talk about pain and sickness when Exodus 1526 says that I am the Lord that heals you? How can I begin to talk what I can do when I can do when Philippians 413 says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength? Come on somebody. Let God's word begin to dominate your mind. Let God's word begin to dominate your mouth because to the extent that you have the word of God in your life is to the same extent you have the power of God in every situation in your life. God says watch your words. Watch your words because there's power in the words in your tongue. In Numbers 18, 24, God says to you as lights look and say what I heard you say that I will begin to do in your life. God pays attention to your words. God pays attention to your thoughts because he says if you're gonna speak your own feelings, if you're gonna begin to speak your own statistic what happened, what didn't happen, the same thing I will begin to do by because there's power in your mouth. God's word in Jesus's lips gave him power over Satan in the weakest point of his life. It says when he was hungry, when he was weak, Jesus didn't quote, oh this or that, no, Jesus quoted, it is written and Satan fell and flee from him. Same thing, the word of God on your lips, on the lips of the believer will have power over every situation in your life in Jesus' name, amen. The same word that healed the Sergerian will begin to heal you today in Jesus' mighty name, whatever sickness, whatever disease that you have will begin to heal you today. Same word that delivered the daughter of the woman who had a, who had a demon possessed daughter and Jesus sent for his word and she was delivered at that same spot will deliver you today and now in Jesus' mighty name, amen. Same word that brought financial breakthrough to the widow of Zarepheth is the same word that will begin to bring financial breakthrough in your life today in Jesus' mighty name, amen church. God's word will begin to create. God's word will begin to heal. God's word is gonna begin to bring breakthrough in your life in Jesus' mighty name. Trust in him and he will not fail. So you have to understand that Jesus cannot offer solution to anyone who keeps their Bible shut. We have to take the time to spend with his word. We have to take the time that when we pray the prayer in Bible goes hand in hand. You can't just say that I'm gonna pray and not read his word because Jesus and his word are one. You have to take the time to memorize his word, to make it have part of you because to that same extent that you know the word of God, you have the power of God in your situation. God wants you to be an overcomer. God doesn't want you to talk about his, your weakness. God wants you to talk about his strength and what he's done on your life. The week he can do through your life, what he can do through your hands, in your family, in your marriage, in your business, whatever that your hand touches will be blessed. You walk in, you'll be blessed and you walk out, you'll be blessed. You'll be blessed in church, you'll be blessed in your workplace. Everything that you do will be blessed. Why? Because you and God, you and God's word are one. Your answer to everything is in the word of God. Is in the word of God. Somebody say my answer to everything is in the word of God. We have to understand that. Last point, I wanna bring this to a close that we don't choose if we fight, we only choose who we fight. We don't have an option once we become Christians. We don't have options as we become humans. We're always in a warfare. That's why many times people say, why there's so much evil in this world? Why? Because Satan's loss is dominion. That's why Satan's loss is dominion. He'll do everything that he can. When he sees the image of God in you, he'll do everything that he can to attack. It's not to be the debited downer or just say, oh, we're always under attack. No, we have to know what we have on the inside of us. We have to know that we are more than conquerors. We have to know that all the power and all the authority in heaven and on earth has been invested in the name Jesus Christ. And that name Jesus Christ is given to you at your command against the enemy, man. Satan and his demons flee at the name of Jesus. And Jesus says, I'm giving you the authority to trample on snakes, on scorpions, and to overcome any power of the enemy. And nothing by any means will hurt you. Why? Because Jesus has given his authority to you and I. If you come to this church, we wanna equip you. We don't wanna just say things are gonna be good in your life. We're gonna tell you, hey, you're gonna fight. Today, we're gonna fight. Today, we're gonna fight for people who can't fight for themselves. Today, we're gonna fight for the children that are still on drugs. Today, we're gonna fight against bondages, the circle people's lives, the sin, the generational curse has been passed down from generation to generation to generation. And today, you're faced with it. We're gonna fight with you. Whereas soldiers in the army of God, the Bible says that the kingdom of heaven suffer violence and the violent men's take it by force. God does not enroll just for us to come to church and babysit God and enrolls warriors. God enrolls people who are able to find and says, I'm giving you the weapons, a warfare. And they're not carnal, but they are mighty for pulling down strongholds. They're mighty to overcome every power of the enemy in your life. We don't choose if we fight. We only choose who we fight. And today, our common enemy is Satan and his demons. And we're gonna put him to test. We're gonna put him to flight because Jesus has given us the power, amen church? Many people ask, why do we fight? In 1 Peter 5, 8, it says be sober, be village. And because your adversary, the devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he can devour. As long as we have flesh, as long as we live in this world, we have to fight. We have to fight because God has given us that authority. Satan has lost his power. He's stripped of all his power. I have a son. And sometimes when I take from him, something that's his and I give it to his sister, Annika, oh, he throws a fit. I just take it from him to give it to Annika. I'm like, hey, you take it. And he just goes ballistic, goes jumping, does his fake soccer injuries, just flops on the floor and just, ah, you know. And then Annika sees that this guy is basically gone crazy. She runs behind me in heights. And that's how Satan is. He was stripped of his power and the power was given to somebody that was lesser than him and his image. And he begins to throw this fit. All the thing that we have to do is come behind the father and know that he is with us and he's fighting the battle with us. Amen church? He is on our side and we are victorious. Many people say, I'm tired of fighting, but fighting in my life, I've been doing this, I've been staying strong and just things are not working out. In 1st Samuel 30, verse three, David found himself in the same battle. He found himself in the same battle because he comes from a place where he was fighting. He's brought the victory and as he's coming to his hometown, he begins to receive a defeat. And I wanna read you the scripture because it's really powerful. It says, when David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and their son, daughters, taking captives. So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength to weep. David was greatly distressed because men were talking of stoning him. Each one was bitter in his spirit because of their sons and their daughters. And listen to this. He says, but David found strength in the Lord his God. When you are tired of fighting, begin to find strength in God. Begin to come to God and say, God, strengthen me again. God, renew my wings. God, renew my strength like the wings of eagle. God, I know that you are my refuge and you are my hiding place. When I can no longer fight, when I feel weak, see David was at a point where he says, I can't do it anymore. And he says he found strength in God and he came to God and said, God, should I pursue and will I win? And God says pursue, you will overtake. And he recovered everything that the enemy took from his life. So many times we come to church and we become disappointed because this person said this, this thing, this happened. You know, I prayed for this and didn't happen. And you are weak like David was. But find strength in God. He is your refuge. He is your hiding place. He's your all in all. Begin to come to him and begin to say, God, I can't do no, I can't fight anymore but strengthen me. And God will give you strength. He'll begin to renew you. God will give you the weapons as war for God. God will stand with you and he will say that you are no longer fighting on your strength. You're fighting with me and I have overcome sin and death and you are victorious. Am I in church? See, we have to understand we are never fighting for victory. Jesus didn't come to us and say, I want you to fight because I want you to be victorious. He says, no, I want you to fight because you got the victory already. If you already won, just fight. There's a difference. Because many times when we fight for victory and we don't receive the victory, we feel like we fail but God says, no, you got the victory, so fight. You got the victory, so fight. You can do all things through Christ who gives you strength. Why? Because you already have it on you on the inside of you so begin to fight because of that. God gives you strength. God begins to give you power to overcome and you will be like David that will come against your enemy and you will fight and you will overcome and you'll restore everything that the enemy has stolen from your life. Am I in church? I want to build your faith this morning. I want to build you today to believe that with God you are able to do things. Don't just stand on the sidelines saying whatever happens will happen. Begin to fight for your families. Begin to fight for your marriages. Begin to fight for your families, for your futures, for your career, for your businesses. Why? Because God has given you the weapons of a warfare that are not carnal by mighty God. Stand on the word of God which is sure which is pure which has power to overcome the enemy. Satan knows that he's defeated and he'll do everything that he can to bring you that lie that oh no you're not gonna win this time that the bondage that you have you're not gonna overtake but the name of Jesus is more powerful than any sin than any bondage than any generational curse in your life and you will overcome and Jesus, mighty name amen Psalm 144 verse 1 says, blessed be the Lord my rock who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle. God trains us as soldiers to make war that when you leave this place you just don't need, hey pastor pray for me no you look at that sickness and you begin to say that in Exodus 15, 26 says, God you are my healer and I'm standing upon this healing. I'm not basing my faith on the result of my prayer. I'm basing my faith on the word of God that changes not. Whether he heals me or not he's still my healer whether he saves me or not he's still my savior whether he delivers me or not he's still my redeemer I will trust in him because he does not fail he does not fail. Warfare is necessary for victory. We fight because we already have the victory. You fight because you already have the victory as we're going to pray today as we're going to stand begin to know what belongs to you begin to know that it is not on our strength that we come against the enemy it is in his strength it is the name Jesus at our command against every power of the many every power of the enemy the heaven and earth all the power and all the authority has been invested in the name Jesus and sing is not afraid of your word he's afraid of God's word in your list because it has the power to change circumstances he has the power to heal he has the power to save he has the power to deliver he has the power to break through where there's doors are being shut you know I remind myself every day with scriptures and I begin to quote those because sometimes the enemy begins to send thoughts sometimes the enemy begins to send this and this in your life but we have to understand your thoughts and your statistics and your feelings have never made a difference but God's word has and his word will begin to rely his word is flawless his word is pure like silver purified in the furnace of the earth like gold refined seven times God's word will never fail you I want to encourage you take God's word and make you part of your life as you leave this place as you stand on the word of God begin to quote every promise and there's so much promises of God for your life begin to stand upon that and fight the good fights don't begin to pray for God God give me a better life begin to pray God give me a spirit of a finisher give me a spirit of a fighter like Paul said at the end of his life that I fought the good fight and I finished the race and now to me behold the crown the good judge the Lord will give to me begin to ask for that because Jesus said that in this world you have trouble but do not fear because I have overcome the world God is victorious don't be afraid of any challenge that you face don't be afraid of any sickness that you face because Jesus has overcome the world and he said I am with you I will never leave you I will never forsake you he said be strong and be courageous do not be afraid or do not panic before them because I will be with you I will guide you I will protect you I will never forsake you come on somebody let's begin to rise up on our feet and give God glory for that