WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.000 Welcome Just hind Away Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose 2 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:13.439 of inspiring, heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pastors and speakers 3 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:14.519 all over the Philippines. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.320 We hope that this podcast finds you in good shape. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:24.079 And now here's your message. Speak to us and speak 6 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:28.839 to us today buy your Holy Spirit. We thank you, 7 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:33.240 Lord God for wisdom and revelation insight. In the name 8 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:37.280 of Jesus, hallelujah. Lord, I pray that each one of 9 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:44.000 us would have ears to hear, hearts to receive mind's 10 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:49.280 the process. Lord, that we'd be doers and not hearers 11 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:50.799 only in Jesus' name. 12 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:53.960 Amen. Amen. All right. 13 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:58.200 Obviously, Resurrection Sunday is coming up, and we encourage you 14 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:03.679 to pray for your co workers and neighbors, friends, relatives, 15 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:07.040 and begin to invite and encourage people to come. You 16 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.079 never know. You might think, oh, they'd never come. You 17 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.120 might be surprised. Sometimes the bigger they are, the easier 18 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.079 they fall. We gave you this little invite here, these 19 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.640 three by five or not even three by five cards, 20 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.879 But take these and just use it to invite people, 21 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.000 maybe somebody you work with, or a neighbor or something. 22 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.760 Statistics show a lot of people would come to church 23 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:32.159 if they're only invited. But we don't seem like evangelism. 24 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:36.560 Personal evangelism has fallen out of favor in the Body 25 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:41.680 of Christ in evangelical America today. Holiness and evangelism are 26 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:44.959 the two things I see that have really taken a 27 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.599 hit in recent years in the Body of Christ. We 28 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:55.040 need to get those restored, all right, So Psalm eighty 29 00:01:55.760 --> 00:02:02.159 four and reminders. You're finding that that the Foundational Discipleship 30 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:06.120 class will be starting soon. Ten week class to help 31 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.199 you get grounded in the Word of God and in 32 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:14.759 basic foundational truths. Talk about faith and love, holiness, serving 33 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:18.360 the Word of God, prayer. You'll get a lot of 34 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:23.120 questions answered. And there's a note to go with it, 35 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:27.840 little book to read and it I won't softpel it 36 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.280 and say that there's not some work involved. There is, 37 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:34.360 but God's rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. If 38 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.759 you purpose to take this class, I can guarantee you 39 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:41.080 after that ten weeks you'll be further along in your 40 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:44.319 walk with God and in your spiritual growth. It is 41 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.120 well worth it, so be sure to sign up for that. 42 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:52.400 We handed out this little flyer. There's some over there 43 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:56.439 by the door. You can fill that out or call 44 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.879 the office or email the office and to be starting 45 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.639 that soon. I think we got about eight or ten 46 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:05.520 right now, but we'd like to get more involved in that. 47 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:11.599 And then on Wednesdays, we've been talking about the Healing 48 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:17.199 Divine Healing Healing School. Last week we looked at Matthew 49 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.879 eight seventeen and healing in the Atonement along with Isaiah 50 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:25.719 fifty three, and it'll help you get grounded in healing truth. 51 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:29.280 We're going to look at One Peter two twenty four 52 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:34.520 this week. By his stripes, you were healed, not are 53 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:37.479 going to be, but we're healed, and that ties into 54 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.560 Isaiah fifty three and we'll look at what that means 55 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.120 and what that says. So strongly, strongly encourage you to 56 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:47.120 come to that. We have soaking at six thirty if 57 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.960 you can make that, and then with seven we have 58 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:52.759 just some brief worship and then we get into the word. 59 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:59.639 We're typically done about eight fifteen. The messages are available 60 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.520 in the book store as well as online, so encourage 61 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:03.000 you with that. 62 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:05.080 Hallylujah. 63 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:09.639 We're going to talk today about going from strength to strength. 64 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:16.360 This week I was reading in Matthew. I have been 65 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.920 reading my one year Bible every year, read through it 66 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:25.399 probably about thirty times. But I decided to take a 67 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:30.920 little change this year, and I've been reading this apologetics 68 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:38.600 study Bible, and I was in Matthew reading and you're 69 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:43.079 familiar with this story that Jesus told his parable. I 70 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.759 wanted to point something out that the Lord spoke to 71 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:48.759 me and encourage us in and they'll tie into the 72 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:49.800 message as well. 73 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:51.480 Jesus said, for. 74 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:55.160 This reason, the well Peter had come to him and said, Lord, 75 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:57.480 how many times should I forgive my brother or sister 76 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.639 who sins against me? As many as seven times? And 77 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:04.199 Jesus said, I tell you, not as many seven, but 78 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:07.920 seventy times seven. For this reason, the Kingdom of Heaven 79 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:10.680 can be compared to a king who wanted to settle 80 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:14.360 accounts with his servants. When he began to settle accounts, 81 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:20.639 one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought before him. 82 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:24.199 And you can study this out in different Bibles and 83 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.839 get different amounts, but this is a pretty up to 84 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:33.279 date version as well as study Bible. And I look 85 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:37.519 down in the footnotes and their reference said, now, remember 86 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:45.199 this guy owed ten thousand talents, And my footnote says 87 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.759 a talent is worth about six thousand denari. 88 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:50.720 Doesn't that help you? 89 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.480 But it goes on to sayd talent is worth about 90 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:04.040 six thousand denari or twenty years wages for a laborer. 91 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:11.480 One talent was equivalent to twenty years' wages for a 92 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:21.519 labor This man owed ten thousand talents. My math is correct, 93 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:26.120 I believe it is. That's two hundred thousand years of wages. 94 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:33.240 You say, well, that's supernatural debt. Nobody could get out 95 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:39.639 of that. That's the point. We were supernaturally in debt, 96 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:41.560 with our sin debt. 97 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:43.519 There was no way we could pay it. 98 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:49.079 And Jesus our Savior paid a debt he did not owe. 99 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.360 We owed a debt we could not pay. He paid 100 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:56.279 a debt we he did not owe. Think of that, 101 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:03.360 not just twenty years wage, not two hundred years or 102 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:09.079 even two thousand years. Two hundred thousand years of wages 103 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:15.399 this man owed, and the Master forgave him. 104 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:18.319 Hallelujah. 105 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.600 I want to rejoice today in our great salvation they met, 106 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:27.360 and in our great forgiveness we have been forgiven. Hallelujah. 107 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.360 An unpayable debt. There was no way you and I 108 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:32.319 we could have been the best people on the face 109 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.399 of the earth, done all kinds of penance, crawled from 110 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:39.399 here to Jerusalem on our knees. I know you couldn't 111 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:40.800 do it on the ocean, but you can do it 112 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:42.439 around laps on the boat whatever. 113 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:42.720 You know. 114 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:47.839 You could never pay your way, to pay your sin debt. 115 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:52.560 This no way, This no way. And Jesus stepped in 116 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:58.519 and said, it is finished. Your sins are forgiven. Hallelujah. 117 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.000 Now the irony. 118 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.439 Is, if you're familiar to the rest of the story, 119 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:04.839 this man then goes out and refuses to forgive somebody 120 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:08.240 that owed him a little debt, which is the picture 121 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:12.079 of us when we refuse to forgive somebody who wrongs 122 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:15.839 us or hurts us in any way, shape or form. 123 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.399 And it said that the Master, when he found out 124 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.240 that this person who he had just forgave an unpayable 125 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:27.480 supernatural debt, when there was told to him that he 126 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.199 refused to forgive one of his fellow servants, he said 127 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:39.799 he was angry. God is angered when we refuse to forgive. Now, 128 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:44.200 we've all been hurt, we've all been misused, we've all 129 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:52.440 been mistreated, we've all been probably lied about, scandalized, hurt. 130 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:54.440 Some have been. 131 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:59.240 Abused physically, some emotionally, some sexually, and on and on. 132 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:04.240 I mean, life is a valley of bakah, a valley 133 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:10.720 of tears. We've been talking about that. But we must forgive. 134 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.919 We must keep the slate clean. You can either be 135 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:21.159 bitter or be better. We must forgive. And the way 136 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:25.120 we come through that valley of bakas what we've been 137 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:29.320 talking about, that valley of tears, that valley of weeping. 138 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:33.200 We turn it into a spring, We turn it into 139 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:37.919 a Well. How do we do that? Well, we've talked 140 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:42.240 about five things right here within this Psalm, and it 141 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:49.840 begins by dwelling in Yaway's presence and in his house, 142 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:55.600 spending time with God, being in church, getting to know God. 143 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:58.639 That's how we can turn the valley of weeping into 144 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.320 a place of spring. And then the second thing we 145 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.919 talked about is praise and pray. Go ahead and put 146 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.799 that up. I think we have a reminder of that. 147 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:12.879 This is what we talked about. Praise and pray continually. 148 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:17.360 Praise and pray continually. This is what it says in 149 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:20.200 Psalm eighty four, as well as the Word of God. 150 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:25.200 Praise and pray continually. Now, the tendency is for us 151 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:29.919 to read that or see that and say people can't 152 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:33.759 praise continually and pray continually. 153 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:37.039 Nonetheless, that's what the Bible says. 154 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:45.320 Pray without ceasing in everything, give thanks, pray at all times, 155 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:48.480 praise God continually. 156 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:50.559 It's this, The Bible is clear. 157 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:52.960 Even though we feel like, well, we try to write 158 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:57.919 ourselves an excuse. Take to the teacher, you know why 159 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:03.000 I can't do this. God says, no, you can pray continue, 160 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.120 you can praise continue. Then say it's twenty four to seven. 161 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:09.440 It's just a lifestyle that's talking about throughout the day, 162 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:11.919 even into the evening. Get up me all night to 163 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.360 go to the bathroom. Praise your Lord, hallelujah, Glory to God, 164 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:19.200 Thank you Jesus. Yeah, try it. You'd be surprised what 165 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:21.200 it does for you. Just that simple thing that you 166 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:22.399 may think, Oh, this is. 167 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:25.039 Not even half hearted. This is about one tenth hearted. 168 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:26.279 Just do it. 169 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:30.919 Watch what happens. Just praise you Lord, Hallelujah, bless you. 170 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.679 Praise and pray continually. We're talking about turning the valley 171 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:38.200 of weeping into well place and strength. We've been forgiveness, 172 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:42.360 supernatural debt. Now we have to let go of the hurts, 173 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:47.799 the wounds that we've all encountered in life and not 174 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:51.679 let them hold on to us and coming through this 175 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.480 valley and turn into a well. It also says we 176 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:58.440 are to find our strength in God, to find our 177 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:01.519 strength in God. We're going to talk more about that today, 178 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:08.000 finding our strength in God. And in Fourthly, you set 179 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:12.240 your heart, you set it on pilgrimage. You set it 180 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:16.279 on I'm going from there to there. I'm going all 181 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.440 the way with God. I'm not going to quit. I'm 182 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.120 not going to give up. I'm not going to throw 183 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:23.320 in the towel. Doesn't matter what the devil does, it 184 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:26.200 doesn't matter what happens. It doesn't matter what other people do. 185 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:30.399 Doesn't matter if everybody around me backslides or quits or 186 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.720 gives up or says it doesn't work. My heart is 187 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:39.240 set on pilgrimage. I'm going from here to there. My 188 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.600 heart has been set on pilgrimage for over forty years now, 189 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:46.039 and it helps you to get through the valleys of 190 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:49.559 baka that you encounter on this journey. No, my heart 191 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:53.039 is set. I'm passing through the door. I walk through 192 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:56.799 the valley of the shadow of Death. I'll fear no evil, 193 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:01.440 for he is with me. He's with it's me. My 194 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.120 heart is set on pilgrimage. I'm not quitting. I'm not 195 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:09.279 giving up. Your heart must be set on the highway's desion. 196 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:17.639 And then, fifthly, we trust in Yahweh. We trust in Yahweh. 197 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:21.360 We lean on him, We have confidence in him. Trust 198 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:24.559 is not just some mental thing. Well, I'm trusting. No, 199 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.000 it's an active it's not a passive word. It's an 200 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:31.720 active word. I'm trusting. I'm leaning on him. I'm putting 201 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:36.720 my confidence in him. I'm resting in him, Hallelujah, not 202 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:37.879 in my own abilities. 203 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:38.320 In him. 204 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:43.720 So let's read Psalm eighty four. You'll see these principles here. 205 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:48.919 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O, Lord of Hosts. My 206 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:52.559 soul longs, yea even faints for the courts of the Lord. 207 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:57.559 My heart and flesh cry out for the living God. Yea, 208 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.559 the sparrow has found a house in the swa nest 209 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:04.120 for herself, where she may lay her young even thine altars, O, 210 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:05.600 Lord of Hosts. 211 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:06.879 My king and my God. 212 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:12.519 Blessed, happy, fortunate to be envied are they who dwell 213 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:19.039 in thy house, They will be ever praising you, blessed, happy, 214 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:22.200 fortunate to be envied. Is the man the woman whose 215 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:27.440 strength is in thee in whose heart are the highways 216 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:31.960 of Zion, or whose heart is set on pilgrimage, who 217 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:37.799 verse six, passing through, not living there, not camping there, 218 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:43.360 not abiding there, not setting up residence there, passing through 219 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:49.200 the valley of Bacah, the valley of weeping, the valley 220 00:14:49.240 --> 00:15:01.840 of tears. It represents trouble, rejection, persecution, difficulties, as trials, temptations, 221 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:03.960 all these things we face in this life. 222 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:07.480 Ba ka. 223 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:12.360 God wants to turn your ba kha into blessings by 224 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.080 applying these five principles and what we're going to talk 225 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:19.080 about today, going from strength to strength. God can turn 226 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:22.320 your ba kha into blessings no matter how bad it gets, 227 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:26.519 no matter how much the enemy attacks, to what people do. 228 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:29.639 God can take what the devil meant for harm and 229 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:31.200 turn it around for good. 230 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:32.679 And for his glory. 231 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:35.840 He wasn't behind it, he didn't ordain it, he didn't 232 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:40.679 cause it, he didn't send it. But he can still 233 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:45.360 turn it around. He's a master at taking what the 234 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:49.159 devil means for harm and turning it around for our good. 235 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:53.360 Many are the afflictions of the righteous asama sid, but 236 00:15:54.879 --> 00:16:01.320 the Lord delivers them out of them all hallelujah. Jesus said, 237 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:04.399 in the world, you'll have tribulation John sixteen thirty three. 238 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:09.679 But be of good cheer. I've overcome the world. Who 239 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:12.519 passing through the valley of Bakal make it a well. 240 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:16.200 They make it a well. They make it a well, 241 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.919 They turn it into a spring. And then once they 242 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:25.919 do that, the rain also fills the pools. God's rain comes. 243 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.799 As we do our part. God does his part, exceeding 244 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:32.080 abundantly above and beyond all we ask or think. We 245 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.200 take the bitter experience of life and we say, I'm 246 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:37.200 just going to praise God. I'm going to keep my 247 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:40.639 heart set on pilgrimage. I'm going to trust Yahweh. I'm 248 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.960 going to dwell in his house. I'm going to go 249 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:47.879 from strength to strength. I find my strength in God. 250 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.240 I'm going to turn this bitter experience into a spring, 251 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:56.639 into a well. And then God's rain comes, hallelujah, and 252 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.919 fills it with pools. 253 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.440 God. 254 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:07.240 See, that's why some people religiously and mistakenly They look 255 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:10.160 at the bitter experiences, like the bad experience of life, 256 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.880 and they say, well, see God sent that for a reason, 257 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.759 or God allowed that for a reason because good came 258 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:19.279 out of it. No, just because good came out doesn't 259 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:21.880 mean God intended it that way in the first place. 260 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:24.799 Like I've heard people say, well, it was good I 261 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.200 was in that car accident because I got the witness 262 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:32.440 to two nurses while I was in the hospital. I think, you, dummy. 263 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:35.359 You could have gone in the hospital fully well and 264 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:38.440 witness to a hundred nurses. You don't have to be 265 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:43.039 in a hospital bed to witness, you know. People always say, 266 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:47.880 and I could go after biblical example after biblical example 267 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.119 of good things that they came out of bad things 268 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:54.000 when God got involved. But it wasn't God's perfect will. 269 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:59.039 It wasn't his plan. But that's where people get off. 270 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:02.119 They see the good that comes out of it, and 271 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:04.640 they think, well, see God must have been behind it. No, 272 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.279 just because he turned it around for our good and 273 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:10.079 for his glory, I mean he that was his original plan. 274 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.000 He won't violate his word. 275 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:16.039 All right, So that God fills it with pools Verse seven, 276 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:21.200 they go from strength to strength, They go from strength 277 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:25.119 to strength. Say that with me, they go from strength 278 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:30.519 to strength. Again, they go from strength to strength. Every 279 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:38.119 one of them, callelujah, every one of them in Zion 280 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:42.880 appears before God, Oh Lord, God of Host, hear my prayer, 281 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:49.079 Give Euro, Oh God of Jacob see lah. Behold, Oh God, 282 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:52.079 our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed. 283 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.559 For a day in thy courts is better than a 284 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:58.000 thousand anywhere else. 285 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.920 Glory to God. 286 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:02.799 One day in the presence of God is better than 287 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.440 a thousand anywhere else. 288 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:07.640 On that most beautiful. 289 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:12.079 Remote island or place you could think of, One day 290 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.559 in the presence of God, one moment in the presence 291 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.880 of God far exceeds a thousand anywhere else. A lot 292 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:21.960 of folk don't believe that. It's because they've never experienced it. 293 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:29.440 I guess the presence the anointing, hallelujah. Nothing like it. 294 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:34.599 Nothing in this earth can compare with it. Worship is 295 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:38.279 the key to that. I'd rather be a doorkeeper in 296 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:40.319 the house of my God than to dwell in the 297 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.039 tents of wickedness. See a lot of folk today that 298 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:49.079 are dwelling professing Christians that are dwelling in the tents 299 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:53.279 of wickedness for the Lord God. Verse eleven is the 300 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:58.799 sun and a shield. The Lord yahueh will give grace 301 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:03.920 and glory. Oh good thing, say no good thing, no 302 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:10.200 good thing will he withhold. Hallelujah. No good thing will 303 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:15.759 he withhold. Mister great place of shallt amen, because that 304 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:18.799 means so be it. I'll take it. Yes, Lord, no 305 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:23.359 good thing will he withhold. But notice there's a condition. 306 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:28.799 From them that walk up rightly, not those that dwell 307 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:31.519 in the tents of wickedness. They're not going to see 308 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:34.359 all the good things of God, those who dwell on 309 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.559 the tents of wickedness. But those who live holy, who 310 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:42.279 live right, who walk uprightly, no good thing will Father 311 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:51.319 God withhold from them. Thank you Jesus, oh Lord of hosts. Blessed, happy, 312 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:57.680 fortunate to be envied. Is the man, the woman, the child, 313 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:05.359 whoever who trusts batak in, the who leans on you, 314 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:10.240 believes on you, commits all to you, confident He looks 315 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:15.079 to you that without fear and misgiving, according to the 316 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:23.599 amplified Thank you Jesus, So again look with me. At 317 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:29.839 verse seven, they go from strength the strength. There is 318 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:34.000 the kind of a person, there is the kind of 319 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:42.079 a Christian who passes through the valley of Baka turns 320 00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:44.839 it into a well, a spring. They take the bitter 321 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:49.599 experiences of life, the attacks of the enemy, the challenges 322 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:55.880 of this fallen world, and they don't get bitter. They 323 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.519 praise God. They stand on the word of God, they 324 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:01.039 act on the word of God. They turn it into 325 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:07.079 a spring. Amen. And not only that, they go from 326 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.920 strength to strengths. They don't just go through the valley 327 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:13.359 of Baka and turn it into spring. They actually go 328 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:18.720 from strength to strengths. Amplified Bible says they increase in 329 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:30.160 victorious power. Whether one realizes it or not, Christianity is 330 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:35.000 to be lived from a position of strength, not weakness. 331 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:39.119 A lot of folks think, well, yeah, it's all about 332 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:42.400 being weak. No, it's all about being strong. Strong in 333 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:48.640 your weakness. We Christianity is to be lived from a 334 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:52.640 position of strength. If Esian six tenth has be strong 335 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:57.720 in the Lord. And there's all kinds of scripture Old 336 00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:02.599 and New Testament about being strong. Now there are scriptures 337 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:07.079 about weakness. We are weak without Him, Without Jesus, we 338 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:11.559 can do nothing. We come to Christ in our weakness. 339 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:16.559 We get saved in our weakness. But we don't stay 340 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:19.519 in that weakness. We are to go from weakness to 341 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:27.400 supernatural strength. Actually, it is supernatural strength in our human weakness, 342 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:30.960 which is exactly what Paul said he discovered when he 343 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:34.200 had to deal with that demonic opposition that he termed 344 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:36.240 the thorn in the flesh. He said, this is what 345 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:40.400 I found out. When I'm humanly weak, I'm divinely strong. 346 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.799 Glory to God. When i'm weak, I'm strong. Now what 347 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:49.720 he said, when I'm weak, I'm strong. That thorn in 348 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:54.319 the flesh was demonic opposition sent to buffet him, continually 349 00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.319 attacking him. 350 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:57.799 You can read Paul's life and mission everywhere. 351 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:00.440 When he had opposition to the preaching of the gospel, 352 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:03.599 that was that demon buffeting him. He said, it was 353 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:05.759 like a thorn in the flesh. It wasn't a sickness 354 00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:09.480 or disease that God win at heal. That's religious tradition. 355 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:12.960 It makes them none affect the word of God. It 356 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:16.960 was a demon spirit sense to buffet him constantly opposing. 357 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:20.599 If Paul said, I found something out when I'm weak, 358 00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:27.519 I'm strong. Whoo, I'm divinely strong. I'm going from strength 359 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:30.599 to strength, and that's what we want to look at 360 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:35.200 today how we can go from strength to strength? What 361 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:37.880 do we do to go from strength to strength? What 362 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:43.160 are the biblical principles? Christianity is to be lived from 363 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.559 a position of strength. 364 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:47.599 Now, in addition to those five. 365 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:49.119 I gave you, you know, we're gonna look at some 366 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:53.680 additional principles. But again, turning Bakhar into a well, dwell 367 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:58.440 in y'allways house, praise and pray, continually, find your strength 368 00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:02.880 in God, set your heart on pilgrimage, trust in your way. 369 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:09.960 I was talking to somebody last Sunday after service and 370 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.279 they said to me, they you know I'd gone over 371 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:16.119 those five points. They said, there's a six point. I 372 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:18.480 thought you were going to list. They said, you kind 373 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.000 of touched on it, and you kind of danced around it, 374 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:24.240 but you never quite got to it, he said. And 375 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:26.640 I said, well, tell me what's this sixth point? And 376 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:29.240 they said, it's always darkest before the dawn. 377 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.759 A lot of. 378 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:34.839 Times, right, you know, when you feel like throwing into town, 379 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:38.440 giving up and quitting, that's the very time you're on 380 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:41.720 the verge of a breakthrough, and the devil knows it. 381 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:45.759 The time you most feel like quitting is about the 382 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.039 closest you'll probably be. 383 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.200 To your miracle. 384 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:52.720 Don't quit, don't give up, don't throw in the towel. 385 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:58.000 It is usually darkest before the dawn. Don't quit, don't 386 00:25:58.039 --> 00:26:03.160 give up. And then somebody else said to me after 387 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:06.400 the message, they said, well, another thing that I found 388 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:10.960 out that it's you know, one of the things that 389 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:16.400 keeps us from passing through the valley of Baka and 390 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:18.359 going on the higher ground is fear. 391 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:22.079 Fear. I said, well, what do you mean fear? 392 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:26.599 And they said, well, fear of what's ahead for one, 393 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:29.079 fear of moving on with God. They said, it's real 394 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:33.680 easy and comfortable in Baka, be easy to get comfortable 395 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:38.519 in that low life. Really, there's a certain fear sometimes, Well, 396 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:42.480 what's going to be expected of me if I go 397 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:44.839 on with God, go on to higher ground with God? 398 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:48.319 What's he going to ask of me? And I thought 399 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:52.960 that's a good point too. So all these things come 400 00:26:53.000 --> 00:27:01.839 into play. But remember, God will turn your bacause into blessings. Hallelujah. 401 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:05.480