WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:06.200 Well, we've just had like an overflow weekend. And what 2 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:10.279 I love about God is he knows what he's doing. 3 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:13.880 Even when I don't know what he's doing. We know 4 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:16.839 in part right. And you know what I love about 5 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.160 the way that God works is, you know, sometimes I 6 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:24.359 feel like, yeah, I am a friend of God. Amos 7 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:29.160 three seven says God does no secret thing without revealing first, 8 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:32.439 revealing it to his friends or servants, the prophets. And 9 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:36.119 sometimes I think, oh, you know, God's gonna let me 10 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:37.880 know all of the details. 11 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:39.520 No, he doesn't do that. 12 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.920 He gives me a little puzzle piece and I bring 13 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:46.560 my peace and I brought my peace this weekend. But 14 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:50.920 it was crazy how Dwayne brought his peace, Todd brought 15 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.399 his peace, Ivan brought his peace, the worship team brought 16 00:00:54.439 --> 00:01:01.359 their peace, the Parking attendance brought their peace. Like everyone 17 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:05.560 brought their peace. And it brought a richer story, a 18 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.239 bigger picture to the whole thing. And God knew what 19 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:12.319 he was doing and it was all from the same puzzle. 20 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:17.400 I'm like, high five God, that was amazing. How did 21 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.799 you do that? That is so cool? 22 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.400 Like he's sneaky like that, and what it does for 23 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:28.920 us as well. Is it keeps us super humble, keeps 24 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:32.480 us super humble that, Hey, we don't have it all, 25 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:36.000 but we get to partner together to see His kingdom, 26 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:40.040 come to see his will be done on earth as 27 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.599 it is in heaven, and we just get a little 28 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:47.000 scratch and sniff about what He's about to do. And 29 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:51.239 we're living in that. You guys, remember scratching sniff stickers. 30 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:55.719 They still have those. I don't know, you know when 31 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:57.840 I was a kid. You know, you scratch them, You're like, 32 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:00.560 smells so good, and then you eat the sticker and 33 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:01.760 it doesn't taste as good. 34 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:06.959 You're like, I'm one of those kids. 35 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.400 Maybe just maybe it'll taste good, but it tastes kind 36 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:17.360 of like soap. It was nasty. Too much information. Hey, 37 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:21.280 I'm excited to be with you this morning. And it's 38 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.800 even more crazy this morning because I believe God is 39 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:29.759 doing a continuation and a culmination of what has happened 40 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:33.439 at the summit at Judah Arise and and God gave 41 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:36.560 me this message before I knew what was going on. 42 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.240 And and uh and even. 43 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:44.360 Jasmine, where did did Jasmine leave the services? She's still here, Jazz, Hey, 44 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:47.400 thank you for writing that song. I feel like you 45 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.560 wrote it for this moment and it is a now 46 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:54.280 song for the season. And uh, and you already know 47 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:56.199 what I'm going to preach on because you were here 48 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:01.000 first service. But it was like we planned this, didn't. Yeah, 49 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:03.840 our spirits knew what our minds did not. 50 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:05.919 It was awesome. 51 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.960 And I just believe as well, Pastor Dwayne choosing to 52 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:14.280 do communion this morning as well matches up with what 53 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:18.240 I believe God is releasing in this season, in this 54 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:19.599 Communion revival. 55 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.360 And if we're not careful. 56 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:24.800 We come to the communion meal and we just take 57 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:30.039 communion and go, oh, that was nice, and we forget that. Actually, 58 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:35.039 what we do at church is the communion feast. What 59 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:39.759 we do in worship, what we do in receiving the Word, 60 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.800 it has an ability to be communion and we can 61 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.840 feast from a rich meal in everything that we do. 62 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.039 And I believe there is a shift that is coming 63 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.560 and that is this new Communion revival. That is this 64 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:59.960 new era, this new epoch, this new historical season that's 65 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:04.240 been prophesied is what we get to live in all 66 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:06.479 the time. And I want to give you some keys 67 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:10.159 this morning that will help you in the process because 68 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:14.840 sometimes I hear new era or God's doing a new thing, 69 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.480 and I get really excited because I don't like the 70 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:18.160 old thing? 71 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:24.000 Right, anyone ready for a new thing? Yeah? 72 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:28.600 We're like, uh, yeah, Lord, how about we do something different? 73 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.120 How about we do something new? God give us a 74 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:33.639 new era? And we get so excited about the word, 75 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:39.199 and then we realize I have no idea what that even. 76 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.439 Means anyone else. 77 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:47.519 I think of Abraham himself when God says, hey, go, 78 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.839 I'm gonna send you to a land, and Abraham's like, well, 79 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:51.759 where is it? 80 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:54.279 Where am I going? Just go? 81 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.399 That takes a lot of faith that, it takes a 82 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:03.639 lot of courage. I'm like, God, I would like to 83 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:07.439 know the details. I would like to know what the 84 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.399 new era is like, like what what? What are the 85 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.600 details of the new era? Like what am I supposed 86 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:13.920 to do? 87 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:14.480 How am I. 88 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.600 Supposed to act? Like what what's the next step? It's 89 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.800 like my wife when I try and surprise her with 90 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:25.240 a special getaway, she says, no, no, no, no, I 91 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:31.240 need to be psychologically prepared. You need to tell me 92 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.040 what exactly what we're gonna What are we gonna do? 93 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:35.639 Baby? 94 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:39.399 It's gonna be awesome. It's gonna be new, it's gonna 95 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:42.399 be something you never experienced before. No, no, no, no, 96 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:45.120 you need a psychologically I'm like, no, babe, I'm not 97 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:45.600 doing it. 98 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:54.920 Trust me. I don't know if she trusts me fully. 99 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.319 We just celebrated our twenty eighth year anniversary and I 100 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:04.079 surprised her. We we we flew to Nashville and there's 101 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:08.480 this really great resort out there and I had a 102 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.920 bunch of points and uh and so I got this 103 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:17.800 great place for free and it's pretty expensive. But but 104 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:22.040 I'm I'm like, hey, baby, pack your bathing suit. She's like, 105 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:25.199 where are we going, you know, and and pack this 106 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:27.480 and pack that. And she's like, well, you need to 107 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.319 tell me. Come on, I need to know. And I'm like, nope, 108 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:32.920 you're just gonna have to trust me on this one. 109 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:36.519 And guess what, I think I won some trust. 110 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:39.439 I did it. I did a good job. I did 111 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:41.199 a good job. She celebrated me. 112 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.360 But this is us in the body of Christ. Sometimes 113 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:47.759 we're like, God, I need more detail than that. 114 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:54.319 Anyone. Okay, I was thinking I was at the wrong church. 115 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.959 Uh No, I I just like, I'm just telling on myself. Maybe, 116 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.279 but I believe if God has set up strategies in 117 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:07.720 the spot of not knowing where he just gives us 118 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:13.639 the big overarching picture and we have no details to it. 119 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.759 He just says I'm doing something new. Maybe he doesn't 120 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.319 even give us a picture of it. And I want 121 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:23.720 to unpack a story this morning that I think is 122 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.639 going to give us a strategy for this new season, 123 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.519 a strategy for what it looks like to live in 124 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:36.319 a communion revival where we're fixated and we're focused on 125 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:40.120 one thing, and it doesn't matter if I'm in abundance 126 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:44.079 or lack. It doesn't matter if I know where I'm 127 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:47.000 going or I don't know where I'm going. It doesn't 128 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:53.319 matter if I've got long hair or no hair. I 129 00:07:53.360 --> 00:08:01.160 see some of you out there open Heaven, if you 130 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:04.120 have your Bibles. We're gonna read a large portion of 131 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:08.279 scripture and then I'm gonna unpack it around The idea 132 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:13.319 of this season turned with me to Second Chronicles, chapter twenty, 133 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:17.199 and I don't know if this is an anchor scripture 134 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.759 for this house, but it seems like it is with 135 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:25.639 Judah Arise and the whole whole message with Jasmine's song, 136 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:30.360 and it feels like it's it's it's maybe. 137 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:31.959 An anthem for this house. 138 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:34.600 But I want to unpack it in maybe a way 139 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:36.360 we haven't looked at it before. 140 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:41.639 And I'll tell you what we are a generation. 141 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:45.759 We are a family that is called to the impossible. 142 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:52.159 We are called for the impossible. So let's read starting 143 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:58.440 in inverse in verse one. After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, 144 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:04.320 with some of the Unites, came to wage war against Jehasaphat. 145 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:09.039 Some people came and told Jehasaphat, a very vast army 146 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:13.600 is coming against you from Edom, from the other side 147 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:20.320 of the Dead Sea, that is Ngetti. Alarmed, Jehasaphat resolved 148 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.559 to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast 149 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:28.320 for all of Judah. The people of Judah came together 150 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:32.240 to seek help from the Lord. Indeed, they came from 151 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:37.399 every town in Judah to seek him. Then Jehasaphat stood 152 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:41.200 up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the 153 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:45.440 Temple of the Lord in front of the New Courtyard, 154 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:50.759 and said, Lord, the God of our ancestors, are you 155 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:54.519 not the God who is in heaven? You rule over 156 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:59.159 all of the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might 157 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.879 are in your head hand and no one can withstand you, 158 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:07.240 Our God, Did you not drive out the inhabitants of 159 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.639 this land before your people Israel and give it to 160 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:17.440 them forever, to the descendants of Abraham, your friend. They 161 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:20.600 have lived in it and have built in it a 162 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:25.320 sanctuary for your name, saying, if calamity comes upon us, 163 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:30.440 whether by sword of judgment or plague or famine, we 164 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:35.840 will stand in your presence before this temple that bears 165 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:41.240 your name, and will cry out to you in our distress, 166 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.000 and you will hear us, and you will save us. 167 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:46.440 But now hear the man. 168 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:51.559 Of Aman of Moab Mount Seir, whose territory you would 169 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:56.120 not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt. 170 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.759 So they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 171 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:04.879 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive 172 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.519 us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance, 173 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:15.279 Our God, Will you not judge them, for we have 174 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:20.320 no power to face this fast army that is attacking us. 175 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.559 We do not know what to do, but our eyes 176 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:30.200 are on you. We do not know what to do, 177 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:33.200 but our eyes are on you. All the men of Judah, 178 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:37.679 with their wives, their children, and their little ones, stood 179 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:41.440 there before the Lord. Then the spirit of the Lord 180 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:47.759 came on Jehaziel, son of Zachariah, son of bena Ayah, 181 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:52.919 the son of all those other guys. I thought I 182 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:59.600 had it, and he said, listen, King jeha Safat, and 183 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.000 all live in Judah and Jerusalem. 184 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:04.519 This is what the Lord says to you. 185 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:09.360 Do not be afraid, and do not be discouraged because 186 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:12.679 of this fast army, for the battle is not yours, 187 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:14.159 but God's. 188 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.519 Tomorrow. March down against them. 189 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:21.080 They will be climbing up the path of Zizz and 190 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:24.399 you will find them at the end of the gorge 191 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:27.879 in the desert of Jerul. You will not have to 192 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:31.879 fight this battle. Take up your position, stand firm and 193 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:36.519 see the deliverance the Lord will give to you to 194 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:41.600 Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged. 195 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.480 Go out to face them, and the Lord will be 196 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:47.039 with you. 197 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:49.000 And I'm just telling you. 198 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:51.840 There are so many spots in the Bible where God 199 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.679 says I will be with you, and that is the difference. 200 00:12:56.159 --> 00:13:00.399 Jehasafat bowed down with his face to the ground, and 201 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:05.279 all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, Jerusalem fell down 202 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:11.120 in worship before the Lord. Then some of the Levites, 203 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:15.919 the Coathites, and the Korah heights stood up and praised 204 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:21.279 the Lord, the God of Israel, in a very loud voice. 205 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:25.960 Early in the morning, they left for the desert of Tacoah. 206 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:29.919 As they set out, Jehasaphat stood and said, listen to me, 207 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:34.320 Judah and people of Jerusalem. Have faith in the Lord 208 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.559 your God, and you will be upheld. Have faith in 209 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:42.559 his prophets, and you will be successful. After consulting the people, 210 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:47.480 Jehasaphat pointed men to sing to the Lord and to 211 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:53.440 praise him in the splendor of his holiness. As they 212 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:57.279 went out at the head of the army, saying, give 213 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:02.720 thanks to the Lord for his life endures forever. As 214 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:06.519 they began to sing and praise, the Lord, set ambushes 215 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:12.440 against the men of Aman Moab and Mount Syr who 216 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:16.759 were invading Judah, and they were defeated the Ammonites. The 217 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:21.159 Moabites rose up against the men of Mount Seir to 218 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:25.720 destroy and annihilate them, and after they slaughtered the men 219 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:29.919 of Sir, they helped to destroy one another. When the 220 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.879 men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the 221 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.600 desert and looked towards the vast army, they saw only 222 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.879 dead bodies lying on the ground. No one had escaped. 223 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:46.200 So Jehasafat and his men went down to carry off 224 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.480 their plunder. And they found among them a great amount 225 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:56.279 of equipment, clothing, and also articles of value, more than 226 00:14:56.360 --> 00:15:00.120 they could take away. And here's a great one. There 227 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:04.120 was so much plunder it took three days to collect it. 228 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:08.080 And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley 229 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:12.559 of Berika, where they praised the Lord. This is why 230 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:16.600 they call the Valley of Berika. They call it that 231 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.440 to this day. Then, led by Jehasaphat, all the men 232 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:27.639 of Judah Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord 233 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:31.159 had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies. They 234 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:34.240 entered Jerusalem and went to the Temple of the Lord 235 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:37.919 with harps, liars and trumpets, And the fear of God 236 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:42.879 came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how 237 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.519 the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel, and 238 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.919 the kingdom of Jehosaphat was at peace for his God 239 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:54.200 had given him rest on every side. 240 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:55.759 Wow. 241 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:00.399 Yeah, we can give God praise for the testimony of 242 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:05.480 his goodness. What an incredible story. But this is not 243 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:09.240 just an incredible story for way back then. This is 244 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:13.840 a mandate for the season we are stepping into. And 245 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:19.120 I believe that God has called us to face impossible situations, 246 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:24.480 to face down impossible enemies. And there is a strategy 247 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:28.600 inside this story that I think will help us step 248 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:33.639 into communion with Him, that gives us victory in every situation, 249 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:38.600 that gives us breakthrough in every situation, that causes us 250 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:43.720 to live as a generation of overcomers, of a generation 251 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:47.840 who will be known as the ones who defeat the impossible, 252 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:55.279 that we will actually raise our children on the bread 253 00:16:55.519 --> 00:17:01.600 of the impossible. They will feast on him possibilities so 254 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:06.599 much so that the impossibilities they feed they face are 255 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:10.279 so much greater than what we ever face. And they 256 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:15.599 will look at it and laugh. It's kind of like 257 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:22.559 how Caleb and Joshua they said, Hey, hey, these will 258 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:26.599 be to us our daily bread. The giants in the land. 259 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:33.079 We're gonna feast on impossibilities. And this is what God 260 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:38.200 is opening up to us. Let's start in verse three. 261 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:46.160 This is strategy for us. Alarmed, jehasaphat Re resolved to 262 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:50.759 inquire of the Lord and proclaim a fast for all 263 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:55.039 of Judah. Has there ever been a situation in your 264 00:17:55.160 --> 00:18:00.599 life where you've been surprised by adversity? Has there ever 265 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.000 been a situation where God has called you to something 266 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:09.880 and it seems impossible? Like my bank account doesn't match 267 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:14.559 the words you just gave me, right, Uh, the situation, 268 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:20.079 my community, my network doesn't match the situation that you 269 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.119 just called me to. 270 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:25.559 This is this is crazy? God. I thought you promised 271 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:29.039 me this job and now everyone's against me in this job? 272 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.680 What is the deal? God? How do I even? How 273 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.839 do I even face this? 274 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:38.319 And I love a jehosaphat resolve, and I think this 275 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:41.559 needs to be the position of us as the church. 276 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:45.400 I'm going to inquire of the Lord. I'm going to 277 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.839 start first. 278 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:51.559 By turning away from the situation and turning towards the 279 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.000 one who has all the answers. 280 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:58.440 And maybe, just maybe I need to call a fast. 281 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:02.680 Maybe, just maybe it's a season to actually say no 282 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:07.160 to listening to other voices. And like I said last night, 283 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:14.720 maybe it's time to do something crazy. Do a fast, right, 284 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:19.519 actually fast not just from something, but feast on something else. 285 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:24.000 It is time to set our affection on God alone. 286 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:27.759 I'm going to inquire of the Lord, and I'm going 287 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:31.920 to silence every other voice that is opposition that actually 288 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:37.680 makes my problem bigger, that exalts the problem over God, and. 289 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:42.119 I'm going to feast on him. I don't know if 290 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:46.240 you're getting this. We we'll keep trying. 291 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:52.440 Towards the end of verse six, power and might are 292 00:19:52.640 --> 00:20:01.480 in your hand, and no one can withstand you. Verse seven, 293 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:04.680 it goes on to say, you know, you gave this 294 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:09.799 land to us, and the descendants of Abraham, your friend. 295 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:12.599 And it's like, hey, remember your friend over here were 296 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:15.480 your friends. You gave this to us, What are they 297 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:19.319 doing here? In verse nine, we will stand in your 298 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.160 presence before the temple that bears your name, and we 299 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:25.039 will cry out to you in our distress, and you 300 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:30.079 will hear, and you will save us. What's happening is 301 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.440 they're saying, I'm gonna inquire of the Lord. I've got 302 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:37.079 a situation here that's impossible. I cannot face this. I'm 303 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:40.680 gonna inquire the Lord. I'm gonna silence voices. I'm gonna 304 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:44.000 feast on you God, and I'm gonna remind myself of 305 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:53.000 your ways and your goodness. This is called adoration and gratitude. See, 306 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:56.240 I had a dream some years ago. Bill Johnson and 307 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:59.319 I were driving down this country road and he said 308 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:01.279 to me, he said, Ben, do you want to know 309 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.960 a secret? 310 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.319 And I said sure. 311 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:06.200 He said, did you know that many people are one 312 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:11.839 measure of gratitude away from their breakthrough? They're literally one 313 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:17.400 measure of gratitude away from their healing. And I have 314 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:22.039 seen in meetings NonStop wherever I brought that up, when 315 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:25.920 people put gratitude on their lips, breakthrough begin to happen. 316 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.319 I've seen hundreds of people healed just by putting thankfulness 317 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.039 on their lips. 318 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.480 No one laid hands on them. 319 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:37.359 They just started to exalt God and have gratitude for 320 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.240 what he has done. See, this is the remembrance I'm 321 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:45.240 remembering God's goodness. The power of the testimony is so important. 322 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.920 You may say, but Ben, I don't have a testimony. 323 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:50.400 You know what I do when I don't have a testimony, 324 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:55.000 I feast on someone else's. Why Because I'm part of 325 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:58.759 the body of Christ and their testimony is my testimony. 326 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:01.799 They're part of my I'm part of the family of God. 327 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:07.720 You have testimonies. Stop saying you don't have them. I've 328 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:10.559 got a feast when sometimes what we do is we 329 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:18.640 allow other people's testimonies to actually depress us. Not not 330 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:23.920 you guys, just telling I'm Ben Armstrong. Sometimes I hear 331 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:26.319 their testimonies and the first thing I do is, though 332 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.519 you've never done it for me? 333 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:36.279 Well, God, what about me? Do you even care about me? 334 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:39.720 Do you see me? Over here? Seems like everyone on 335 00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:46.079 Instagram is getting their breakthrough. I got nothing. 336 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:49.920 My air conditioner doesn't even work, Like, what the heck? 337 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:57.559 That doesn't feel like overflow? You just paid off that 338 00:22:57.640 --> 00:23:01.759 guy's house. My septic doesn't. 339 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:09.559 Work a little too close to home right ever? Had 340 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:11.440 those six situations happen? 341 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:17.039 And what we do with the testimony is we depress ourselves, 342 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:23.359 not knowing that the testimony is actually supposed to enrich you. 343 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:26.759 It's the testimony of Jesus Christ. 344 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:28.519 That prophesies in your life. 345 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:33.240 And they're making this praise and adoration and the remembrance 346 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:37.960 of a testimony an adoration to God. And they're lifting 347 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:41.480 their spirits up and they're seeing how big their God is. 348 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:46.839 They're magnifying him instead of the molehill of the army 349 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.160 that's against them. 350 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:53.920 And I love this because it's at. 351 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:58.559 This point we come to verse twelve, and at the 352 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.920 end of verse twelve it says, we don't know what 353 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:03.480 to do, but our eyes are upon you. 354 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.079 Wow. 355 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:10.880 Wow, I don't know about you, but you're facing things 356 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:13.799 in your life. I can almost guarantee it where you 357 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:17.920 don't know what to do. And the whole goal of 358 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:21.240 the enemy is to keep your eyes off him and 359 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:27.599 your eyes on Satan. This is what Pastor was talking 360 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:31.440 about yesterday at the conference. And if you weren't there, 361 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:33.440 you need to get the videos. 362 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:40.000 It's worth it. Charge extra. Listen. 363 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.400 They're resourcing you. It's worth investing in your life. You're 364 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:48.279 investing in not just you, but. 365 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.240 Your whole family. 366 00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:53.680 And they said, God, we don't know what to do, 367 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:56.079 but we're not going to look at the enemy. 368 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.920 Our eyes are on you. 369 00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:02.119 And then it goes on and thirteen. All of the 370 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.960 men of Judah, with their wives, their children, and their 371 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:10.079 little ones, stood before the Lord. It is a mandate 372 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:15.559 that generationally we would face the impossible, and we wouldn't 373 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:19.759 stare the impossible down. We'd stare in the eyes of 374 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:23.359 Jesus Christ, and we would stand in his presence as 375 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:28.160 a family. That the men the wives, the children, and 376 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:34.039 even the little ones. Your kids are never too young 377 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:37.160 to be exposed to the presence of God. Sweetheart, you 378 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:41.039 were called to the impossible. You're a giant killer. This 379 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:44.160 is your mandate. This is what your family carries. 380 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:48.079 You do this, you live this way, and your focus 381 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.599 isn't on the problem. Your focus is on Jesus. 382 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:55.759 And as we focus on Him, as we expose our 383 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:59.640 children to the presence of God, Almighty God, we bring 384 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:03.680 them in worship. You know, there is no junior Holy Spirit. 385 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:07.759 That's what we always say. We expect encounters with God. 386 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:10.559 And as a matter of fact, sometimes our kids are 387 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:14.839 having greater encounters than we are. Why Because you're looking 388 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:19.480 at problems, they're looking at God. They take Him at 389 00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:22.880 his word, and at that moment, all of a sudden, 390 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:26.359 something shifts and the prophet of the Lord makes a 391 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:29.599 declaration over them and says, you. 392 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:32.079 Know what, you don't have to fight this, This is 393 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:37.359 not your battle. The battle actually belongs to the Lord. 394 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:42.960 And now they get pumped and they do something that 395 00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:46.319 I think is again a mandate of this new era. 396 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.640 It's called worship. 397 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:52.240 There is going to be a worship movement that rises 398 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:56.200 up that all it does is focus and magnify God, 399 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:59.480 and people will run to him because of that level 400 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:05.799 of worship. They begin to worship and praise with a 401 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.119