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Bobby Chandler - When You Feel Trapped (Part 1)

January 29, 2026 | 26:9

Bobby Chandler - When You Feel Trapped (Part 1)
Pastor Bobby Chandler has found hope in Jesus and wants as many people as possible to experience that exact same freedom.
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Bobby Chandler: Authentic Church | Bobby Chandler - When You Feel Trapped (Part 1) | January 29, 2026
  • She. and you've been criticized
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  • Over and over and over again, to the point where now
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  • You feel like your identity is a mess up
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  • And you're never going to get there.
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  • So you've literally traded out for your confidence
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  • In god and what god can do through you
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  • Because of the criticism of other people.
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  • Let me encourage you today.
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  • Even when you're doing the right things, there will be critics.
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  • And if you haven't been here
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  • Over the last few weeks, we're actually on week
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  • Five now of our series titled courageous.
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  • Okay.
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  • And the whole point of this series
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  • Is to teach you how to have strength
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  • In the lord, that you can rely on god
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  • To protect you, to provide for you,
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  • And to fight your battles for you.
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  • Because the truth is, you can't fight your battles on your own.
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  • You don't have the strength to be able to do that.
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  • You will not have all the answers.
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  • Okay? but the lord does,
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  • And he provides those answers in due time.
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  • Let me make that very clear.
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  • The lord provides the answers that you need in due
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  • Time, at the right moment, when it will all make sense.
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  • And then you see, the love of god was always there,
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  • No matter what trial that you've been facing.
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  • And so i want to encourage you today with some words of david.
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  • Now, before i even read it,
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  • I want you to understand that david here
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  • Is surrounded by his enemies.
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  • Now listen to what he states here in psalm 28 verse seven,
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  • David stated that the lord is my strength and my shield.
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  • I trust in him with all of my heart.
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  • He helps me and my heart is filled with joy.
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  • Why is his heart filled with joy?
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  • Because he trust in the lord.
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  • He understands that god is fighting his battles for him.
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  • Now listen to this. i think this is interesting.
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  • I burst out and songs of thanksgiving.
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  • I just showed you the background
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  • Context of this passage right here.
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  • He is being attacked by his enemies.
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  • He's surrounded by his enemies.
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  • And david is saying, i could sing.
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  • I can sing glory to god right now.
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  • I still got joy in the lord.
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  • Would people look at you crazy
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  • If everything in your life is falling apart
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  • And people are expecting you to, like, curse god
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  • And walk away from everything, but instead you start singing.
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  • Some of y'all, like i can't sing, don't matter.
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  • Keep singing, keep singing a joyful noise.
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  • Okay?
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  • Because this shows where your faith really is.
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  • You can sing to him on the mountaintops.
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  • But will you sing to him in the valleys?
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  • When you're going through a struggle.
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  • I love this passage of scripture.
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  • The lord is my strength.
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  • David understood, but his strength came from.
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  • It didn't come from him.
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  • It came from the lord's presence.
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  • Yet at the same time, i understand
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  • That this is a real struggle,
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  • Because how do we hold on to a verse like this,
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  • When it feels like life is closing in on you?
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  • And last week we talked about the past struggles.
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  • Today i want to mention the the in-between
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  • Because also another hard struggle to get over
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  • Is the in-between phase of belief.
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  • But also the things that you're seeing
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  • Is that aligning with what you're believing, okay.
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  • Meaning you believe in you trust god, you're praising god.
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  • You maybe you're singing and you're believing in a miracle.
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  • Yet at the same time, the bills are still stacking up
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  • And the
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  • Diagnosis is still very difficult to understand.
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  • And your health
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  • Is not getting better and life is not getting easier.
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  • So maybe you're stating, but pastor, i want to be like david,
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  • I want to i want to sing a joyful noise.
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  • But how can i have joy
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  • In my heart if i feel like my heart is broken?
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  • If i feel like my heart is being torn apart
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  • And the battles around me are just so heavy.
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  • You ever said something like that?
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  • You ever ask god like god, why is my life so heavy
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  • Right now?
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  • Why are these battles so heavy?
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  • Why are these things so heavy?
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  • Listen,
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  • The only way to become physically stronger is to.
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  • What is the lift? something heavy.
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  • So here's a revelation for you today.
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  • Spiritually as well.
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  • God is going to make you stronger.
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  • But spiritual strength is not developed
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  • Until there is something heavy for you to carry.
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  • There has to be something heavy in your life,
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  • Something that you will go
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  • Through in order to see how good god is.
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  • But the same time, sometimes we pray and ask, but pastor,
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  • Can i, can god just make my life a little less heavy?
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  • Like, can i be honest?
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  • Can i get some light weight problems?
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  • Like i'm just still warming up right now?
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  • Like i'm not even ready to go.
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  • Can't life just be easier?
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  • And i get that too.
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  • I prayed those prayers,
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  • But god also gave me a revelation over this,
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  • And i realized that listen,
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  • If life was easy, you would never pray.
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  • If you were always in control of every situation around you,
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  • You would never learn to depend on the lord and trust in him.
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  • If your heart was never broken, you would never understand that
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  • He is a good father that will pick the broken pieces
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  • Back up and put you together in a most beautiful way.
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  • He is a loving father who heals the broken hearted,
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  • And you would never even understand that
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  • If your heart had never been broken.
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  • So you got to go through a trial at times
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  • Just to see that god is always there, that he's always loving,
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  • That he's always providing, that he's always protecting you.
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  • And i'm telling you
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  • Today, god wants to make you spiritually strong.
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  • At the end of this message
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  • Today, you're going to have spiritual abs. okay?
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  • You're going to be ready to go,
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  • Ready to bench press and everything.
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  • So the title of today's message is system.
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  • When you feel trapped,
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  • Here's another revelation that i think is so good.
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  • Listen, what the devil meant to trap you with
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  • What the devil put in your life to be heavy.
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  • God can use it to make you stronger
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  • And to lead you exactly where you need to be.
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  • So if you have your bibles, you can turn to second kings.
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  • Second kings.
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  • Chapter 18 to 19 is where are we going to be today?
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  • We're going to talk about a king of judah.
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  • And this man's name is hezekiah.
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  • Okay.
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  • And just to give you some background information
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  • About hezekiah, he's one of the few good kings of judah.
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  • And the bible tells us that he loved the lord.
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  • All right.
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  • Second kings, chapter 18, verse five states it like this
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  • That hezekiah trusted in the lord, the god of israel.
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  • There was no one like him among all the kings of judah,
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  • Either before or after his time.
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  • Now why was hezekiah set apart?
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  • He was
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  • Set apart because he lived for holiness.
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  • Okay, holiness means that you are set apart,
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  • That you live for god, not the world.
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  • Here are two things that he did.
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  • The first thing is this he tore down idols.
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  • I think this is so important because the first time
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  • For him to step into kingship, one of the first things that
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  • He does is tear down the idols,
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  • The demonic idols of the past.
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  • Guess what god is going to tell you to do?
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  • All right, god, i want to change. all right.
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  • Tear down the idols of your past.
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  • Tear down
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  • The idols that were passed down from generation to generation.
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  • Tear down the idols you saw.
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  • Your parents have.
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  • Tear down the idols that was in your marriage before.
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  • Tear down the idols that used to be your worst.
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  • Let them all burn.
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  • Crushed him.
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  • Give them over to the world because
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  • Your value comes from jesus,
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  • Not from these idols.
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  • If you want your life to be changed, listen.
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  • Tear down the idols.
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  • What idols right now are you chasing?
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  • And maybe this the reason you have worry,
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  • You have anxiety and you have stress.
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  • Second kings 18, verse five i'm sorry.
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  • Verse four states that he removed the pagan shrines
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  • And he smashed them.
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  • So i think this is important too.
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  • He didn't just removed them, he broke them.
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  • He smashed them
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  • Because he understood that they were evil,
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  • That they were rebellious, and they were leading people astray.
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  • So he destroyed them and cut down the asherah poles.
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  • Now the second thing is really, really big.
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  • I don't want us to miss some revelations here.
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  • The second thing, it says he restored worship in the temple.
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  • Second chronicles chapter 29, verse three states it like this.
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  • In the very first month of his first year of reign.
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  • Hezekiah.
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  • Now notice
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  • This really opened the doors of the temple of the lord.
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  • And then he was he repaired them.
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  • But you underline that part right there.
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  • He repaired the doors to the temple of the lord.
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  • All right.
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  • So the doors had been shut.
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  • Nobody was able to come to the temple to worship yahweh.
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  • I had to ask the question,
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  • Who is the one who shut the doors?
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  • You would be surprised at the answer.
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  • The one who shut the doors to the temple was
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  • Actually his own father,
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  • King ahaz.
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  • His own father was the one who shut the doors to the temple.
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  • His father is the one who brought idols
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  • Into the nation of israel, especially within judah.
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  • At this time, his father was leading people
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  • Astray.
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  • And so hezekiah realized this very early on.
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  • I don't have to follow
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  • In the rebellious footsteps
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  • Of the generations before me.
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  • I don't have to follow in the same addictions
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  • That i grew up in.
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  • I don't have to follow in the same verbal abuse
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  • That i grew up hearing.
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  • I don't have to follow in this same dysfunctional relationships
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  • That i grew up seeing over and over and over again.
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  • I'm going to do something different.
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  • Not only did he tear down the idols, but the doors.
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  • The generation before him closed
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  • This door right here signified, you know what?
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  • Now you can come into the presence of god
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  • Because we see you.
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  • In second chronicles 28 verse 24, king has shut
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  • The doors of the lord's temple so that no one could worship.
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  • There.
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  • So hezekiah reversed the mistakes
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  • That his father had made
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  • Is powerful
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  • Because your generation
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  • Can change with the previous generation got wrong.
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  • You can change what's been passed down
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  • Into your family and you can reopen the doors again.
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  • But again, i asked you earlier underlined that
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  • Because there's something
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  • Really important about that verse right there
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  • That you're going to see very soon.
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  • So hezekiah loves god.
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  • No, the king was like him.
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  • He's doing all the right things. right.
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  • All right. let me warn you,
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  • Just because you're doing all the right things,
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  • Does it mean that a test, a trial won't come your way?
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  • Just because you're doing
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  • All the right things doesn't mean an attack
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  • Won't come your way.
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  • I hear it all the time, pastor.
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  • I gave my life to jesus.
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  • I started reading the bible, i got baptized.
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  • Life is getting harder.
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  • You're doing the right thing.
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  • You're doing the right thing. don't give up.
  • 00:11:41.490 --> 00:11:43.158
  • Because look at the look at the bible.
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  • I don't know where we got this idea
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  • That living for jesus will make life easier.
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  • Okay, first peter chapter four, verse 12 states it like this.
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  • Dear friends, don't be surprised.
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  • Look to somebody next to you and say, don't be surprised.
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  • Don't be surprised when somebody tries to attack you.
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  • Don't be surprised when somebody mocks you.
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  • When somebody comments something negative on your social media
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  • To bring you down and bring down your faith, right?
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  • Don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through
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  • As if something strange were happening to you.
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  • Meaning, have you ever just thought like
  • 00:12:24.166 --> 00:12:25.867
  • What is wrong with this day?
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  • Why are these strange things happening?
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  • Why is this person always talking to me?
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  • You know what i mean? like, why are they trying to hurt me?
  • 00:12:31.640 --> 00:12:35.343
  • Because you're
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  • Walking with jesus now.
  • 00:12:36.244 --> 00:12:39.281
  • And when you live for jesus, people talk
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  • And there is spiritual warfare like it is a real thing.
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  • We're going to see it even within this story.
  • 00:12:45.921 --> 00:12:48.156
  • Spiritual warfare is real.
  • 00:12:48.156 --> 00:12:50.525
  • And so now the devil sees you slipping away from his grip
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  • Because you've been freed by the blood of christ.
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  • So he's going to do everything that he can
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  • To try to bring you back and bring these fiery darts
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  • Into your life.
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  • James chapter one, verse two and three
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  • Also states are like this, dear.
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  • And brothers and sisters,
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  • When troubles of any kind come your way.
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  • Notice that he didn't say if
  • 00:13:10.846 --> 00:13:13.415
  • Maybe they might.
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  • When you're prepared, no troubles of any kind
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  • May come your way.
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  • Consider it an opportunity for great joy.
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  • That's why it's so important
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  • To understand why david's saying.
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  • In the middle of being attacked and surrounded
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  • And people threatening his life, he was still able to have
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  • The joy of the lord.
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  • And now listen to this
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  • For you know that when your faith is tested,
  • 00:13:40.809 --> 00:13:43.311
  • Your endurance has a chance to grow.
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  • This is how you become stronger.
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  • This is how we grow together spiritually.
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  • This is how we start to see that god is real.
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  • This is how you know that god is real.
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  • Through the trials, through the fire, he still showed up.
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  • He still did it. a miracle.
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  • You never saw it coming.
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  • Or he did things differently from what you thought.
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  • But his blessing is still there.
  • 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:07.535
  • His grace and his power is still there.
  • 00:14:07.535 --> 00:14:10.605
  • So when you go through this, let it grow.
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  • For when your endurance is fully developed,
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  • You will be perfect and complete, needing
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  • Nothing you will finally be content
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  • With jesus, is what paul talks about.
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  • He says, i had a lot
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  • And there are also times that i had little,
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  • But i was always content
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  • Because i always had jesus.
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  • Nobody and no situation in my life
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  • Can take away jesus out of my life,
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  • So i'll always be content.
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  • But if you were to be real, have you ever asked god why
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  • I really like god?
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  • I'm reading the bible. i'm doing the right things.
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  • Why is it that i must be tested?
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  • Here's the revelation god gave me
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  • Because faith that isn't tested cannot be trusted.
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  • Faith it isn't tested, cannot be trusted with you.
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  • Get on an airplane
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  • That has never been tested in the air.
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  • I wouldn't
  • 00:15:13.268 --> 00:15:13.935
  • You crazy if you would okay,
  • 00:15:13.935 --> 00:15:15.303
  • Because i would never do that right.
  • 00:15:15.303 --> 00:15:17.038
  • But yet this is what god is trying to do within us.
  • 00:15:17.038 --> 00:15:20.775
  • He's tried to improve our faith, but faith only becomes
  • 00:15:20.775 --> 00:15:24.612
  • Stronger when it's tested, when it's attacked.
  • 00:15:24.612 --> 00:15:27.749
  • Because that's when you see god move.
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  • Sometimes you feel like you're in the lion's den,
  • 00:15:30.318 --> 00:15:32.754
  • But watch god shut up. the lion's
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  • Watch.
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  • God handle your enemies.
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  • The truth is, the testing reveals what is real.
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  • And i've said this many times
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  • Because sometimes you go through a trial and listen.
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  • Sometimes you don't like
  • 00:15:48.503 --> 00:15:50.071
  • What you see in your faith through a trial.
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  • Let's be honest.
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  • Sometimes in a trial, you don't like what you said,
  • 00:15:55.243 --> 00:15:57.379
  • You don't like how you handled it,
  • 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:59.080
  • And god is clarifying to you.
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  • There's some things in your life that need to be changed.
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  • There's some self-discipline that you need in your life.
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  • But i am purifying you as gold in the fire.
  • 00:16:06.187 --> 00:16:09.991
  • Now, hezekiah was a man after god's heart.
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  • He loved the lord.
  • 00:16:15.430 --> 00:16:16.197
  • He was a good king of judah.
  • 00:16:16.197 --> 00:16:18.633
  • But how will he be tested?
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  • If you know the story?
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  • You know that hezekiah was tested
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  • By the assyrian empire led by king sennacherib.
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  • The assyrian empire at this time was the dominant power
  • 00:16:27.075 --> 00:16:31.546
  • Over this area, and they were conquering left and right.
  • 00:16:31.546 --> 00:16:36.418
  • At this point in israel, israel was divided
  • 00:16:36.418 --> 00:16:39.454
  • Between north and south, and the northern part of israel
  • 00:16:39.454 --> 00:16:43.058
  • Was already conquered by the assyrian king.
  • 00:16:43.058 --> 00:16:46.661
  • So guess what?
  • 00:16:46.661 --> 00:16:47.462
  • That's not enough for them.
  • 00:16:47.462 --> 00:16:48.696
  • Now they're coming up to judah.
  • 00:16:48.696 --> 00:16:50.565
  • And not only just judah.
  • 00:16:50.565 --> 00:16:52.367
  • They want to specifically take down jerusalem,
  • 00:16:52.367 --> 00:16:55.804
  • The holy city of god.
  • 00:16:56.304 --> 00:16:58.440
  • And so he's coming.
  • 00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.774
  • And it feels like to hezekiah, who's done everything right,
  • 00:16:59.774 --> 00:17:03.445
  • It feels like his back is up against the wall.
  • 00:17:03.445 --> 00:17:06.748
  • But when your back is up against the wall, watch god work.
  • 00:17:06.748 --> 00:17:10.452
  • When you have nothing left in your life
  • 00:17:10.452 --> 00:17:13.621
  • To depend on, but god watch him show up.
  • 00:17:13.621 --> 00:17:17.058
  • In fact, sometimes the trials you go through
  • 00:17:17.058 --> 00:17:19.127
  • Are to release you from all the other things
  • 00:17:19.127 --> 00:17:20.795
  • You've been depending on that will not save you.
  • 00:17:20.795 --> 00:17:24.265
  • But you can rely on jesus.
  • 00:17:24.833 --> 00:17:27.702
  • All right, so here's what i want to do.
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  • I want to teach you, when you feel trapped,
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  • How you can still trust god through it.
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  • All the no takers in the room. write this down.
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  • Point number one
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  • The enemy attacks with words of doubt and with fear.
  • 00:17:36.177 --> 00:17:41.082
  • This is a mental game.
  • 00:17:41.549 --> 00:17:44.986
  • The enemy strategy from the very beginning.
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  • People who hate you and want to attack you.
  • 00:17:48.690 --> 00:17:51.593
  • What do they usually start off doing?
  • 00:17:51.593 --> 00:17:53.928
  • They speak words of doubt, words of fear, words of criticism.
  • 00:17:53.928 --> 00:17:58.766
  • They try to condemn you
  • 00:17:58.766 --> 00:17:59.868
  • Because if they can get inside of your head,
  • 00:17:59.868 --> 00:18:01.903
  • They can get you to walk away from the miracle.
  • 00:18:01.903 --> 00:18:04.739
  • If you start believing the lies instead of the promise,
  • 00:18:04.739 --> 00:18:06.941
  • You'll walk away every single time.
  • 00:18:06.941 --> 00:18:09.377
  • But it's up to you to choose who you believe.
  • 00:18:09.377 --> 00:18:11.813
  • So let's go ahead and start to read the story
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  • And i'll break it down as we go.
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  • Second kings chapter 18, verses 13 to 16.
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  • And it states this in the 14th year of king hezekiah's reign,
  • 00:18:19.888 --> 00:18:23.892
  • King sennacherib of assyria
  • 00:18:23.892 --> 00:18:26.728
  • Came to attack the fortified towns of judah.
  • 00:18:26.728 --> 00:18:30.231
  • So he's already attacking judah.
  • 00:18:30.231 --> 00:18:32.233
  • These are the other
  • 00:18:32.233 --> 00:18:33.168
  • Parts of judah,
  • 00:18:33.168 --> 00:18:34.169
  • And it also states that he has conquered them.
  • 00:18:34.169 --> 00:18:37.605
  • So now he's conquered all these other areas of judah,
  • 00:18:37.605 --> 00:18:40.575
  • And the only place left is jerusalem.
  • 00:18:40.575 --> 00:18:43.278
  • So hezekiah is cornered here.
  • 00:18:43.278 --> 00:18:45.780
  • King hezekiah then sends a message
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  • To the king of assyria and lachish.
  • 00:18:47.849 --> 00:18:49.851
  • And here's what he says i have done wrong.
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  • I'm sorry,
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  • I'm done wrong, and i will pay whatever tribute money
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  • You demand if you just withdraw from me.
  • 00:18:58.927 --> 00:19:04.199
  • And the king of assyria then demanded a settlement
  • 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:07.802
  • Of more than 11 tons of silver and a ton of gold.
  • 00:19:07.802 --> 00:19:11.839
  • Now don't miss this.
  • 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:13.675
  • So hezekiah is surrounded by the enemy.
  • 00:19:13.675 --> 00:19:17.712
  • He sees that the enemy has taken down everybody else.
  • 00:19:17.712 --> 00:19:20.448
  • Now he is moving by fear.
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  • You will make a rational decisions
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  • When you are moved by fear instead of faith.
  • 00:19:25.987 --> 00:19:29.591
  • And so now he's giving in to the demands of the enemy.
  • 00:19:29.591 --> 00:19:33.194
  • Just for he gets the gold.
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  • Listen to this.
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  • To gather this amount, king
  • 00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:40.768
  • Hezekiah used all the silver stored
  • 00:19:40.768 --> 00:19:44.706
  • In the temple of the lord and in the palace treasury.
  • 00:19:44.706 --> 00:19:49.811
  • Hezekiah even stripped the gold from what?
  • 00:19:49.811 --> 00:19:54.249
  • From the doors.
  • 00:19:54.616 --> 00:19:57.752
  • Don't. don't miss this.
  • 00:19:57.752 --> 00:19:58.786
  • The very doors he repaired.
  • 00:19:58.786 --> 00:20:01.923
  • The very doors that he was obedient with the lord with.
  • 00:20:03.024 --> 00:20:06.561
  • And opened up these doors
  • 00:20:06.561 --> 00:20:08.363
  • So that the people can come and worship god way again,
  • 00:20:08.363 --> 00:20:11.799
  • These very doors that he dedicated over to god.
  • 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.670
  • He's now dedicating it to the enemy,
  • 00:20:15.670 --> 00:20:17.905
  • And he is tearing it down, all because of fear.
  • 00:20:17.905 --> 00:20:22.277
  • And anxiety
  • 00:20:22.610 --> 00:20:24.946
  • And the stress that he's feeling and the pressure.
  • 00:20:24.946 --> 00:20:28.349
  • And so he tears
  • 00:20:28.716 --> 00:20:30.585
  • From the doorpost that he had overlaid with gold.
  • 00:20:30.585 --> 00:20:32.453
  • And he gave it all.
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  • He gave it all the way
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  • To the assyrian king.
  • 00:20:36.257 --> 00:20:38.126
  • You know what's crazy about this text
  • 00:20:38.126 --> 00:20:39.327
  • Is that the assyrian king didn't take it himself.
  • 00:20:39.327 --> 00:20:42.297
  • He just gave it away.
  • 00:20:42.297 --> 00:20:45.066
  • And why did he give it away?
  • 00:20:45.066 --> 00:20:46.301
  • He gave it away because of fear.
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  • This story teaches us the same doors
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  • That you have repaired
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  • In faith can also be the doors you compromise in fear.
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  • The same doors in your life that god said, all right,
  • 00:20:59.147 --> 00:21:01.883
  • Give it to me. dedicated over to me. all right.
  • 00:21:01.883 --> 00:21:04.185
  • You change your life in this area.
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  • You said i love you, god.
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  • I made it like pure gold in your holy presence.
  • 00:21:08.122 --> 00:21:10.958
  • But the moment you go through a trial
  • 00:21:10.958 --> 00:21:12.627
  • That seems like you won't make it through.
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  • Take it.
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  • You break it.
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  • You no longer value
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  • What god has placed in your hands
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  • Because you're listening to fear
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  • Over faith.
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  • All right, guys, that's all the time we have for today.
  • 00:21:33.848 --> 00:21:36.250
  • But i pray that today's message bless your life.
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  • There is a reason you heard this word today.
  • 00:21:39.987 --> 00:21:42.557
  • It's not by mistake.
  • 00:21:42.557 --> 00:21:44.025
  • You're here for a reason and god has a plan for you.
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  • And thinking about giving to this church, all you have to do
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  • Into everyone's home as much as we can,
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  • So that they know the love of god.
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  • And i can't wait to see you again very soon.
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  • Hi. before you go, i got one more announcement
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  • To make, and this one's a big one.
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  • Okay, this year we held our very first awaking
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  • Conference in hickory, north carolina for authentic church.
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  • And we saw
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  • People come out from everywhere, from all over the nation
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  • And even outside of the country
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  • To experience what god is doing here.
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  • So we're doing it again in 2026, from june 4th to june 7th.
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  • We would love for you to plan and be here with us.
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  • And if you want to look into more details
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  • Over the conference,
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  • All you have to do is click the link below.
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  • In fact, here's a recap video to show you what all god did.
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  • For me.
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  • And me.
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  • And the
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  • Reason i even bring it up tonight
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  • Is because when it comes to you knowing jesus
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  • The man, the gospel message is all about
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  • Your understanding of the message about the man
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  • Who will inform your methods of getting to know the man.
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  • We need.
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  • This.
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  • This job doesn't work out for me.
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  • What if i move my life by faith and it all just
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  • Crumbles to the ground? what if it works?
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  • What if god shows up and changes your life forever?
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  • But i would rather move by faith
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  • And even fail and fail and fail and know that i follow god.
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  • And i ended up exactly where i needed to be. so.
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  • You know what today is
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  • Pentecost sunday.
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  • Pentecost sunday.
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  • Woo! you better not ask
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  • A holy ghost preacher to preach on pentecost sunday.
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  • I came here to remind you
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  • You need the holy spirit.
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