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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue

Lawson Perdue - What To Do In Troubled Times

October 17, 2025 | 29:55

Lawson Perdue - What To Do In Troubled Times
Pastor Lawson Perdue from the Charis Christian Center outreach speaks to viewers across the globe about the practical message of Jesus Christ
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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - What To Do In Troubled Times | October 17, 2025
  • (bright gentle music)
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  • - praise the lord, friends, and welcome to the broadcast.
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  • I am so glad that you've tuned in!
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  • We're gonna be talking today from psalm 46
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  • What to do in troubled times.
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  • Have you ever faced trouble?
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  • Some people think when you believe god,
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  • You're never gonna face any trouble,
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  • But that's just not true.
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  • Jesus said, "in this world, you'll have tribulation,
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  • "but cheer up for i've overcome the world."
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  • Stay tuned and be blessed.
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  • (bright gentle music)
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  • Psalm 46:1 says,
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  • "god is our refuge
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  • "and strength, a very present help in trouble."
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  • So i have this question, have you ever been in trouble?
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  • - yes! - yeah.
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  • - barbara can tell me, she could tell you,
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  • We've been married 41 years now.
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  • We've been in trouble a few times,-
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  • (barbara laughing)
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  • But god has always rescued us,
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  • He's always helped us, he's always been with us.
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  • God is our refuge and strength,
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  • The very present help in time of trouble.
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  • What kind of trouble do we have?
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  • Well, sometimes we might have trouble in a relationship.
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  • Have you ever had relationship trouble?
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  • I've had several of those, right?
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  • Sometimes you might have trouble with your finances, right?
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  • Sometimes, we've had trouble occasionally,
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  • Different problems.
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  • It's like, "we believe god, god helps us," but it's not,
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  • Sometimes we're very aggressive.
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  • We believe god, we take steps of faith,
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  • We don't hear god 100% percent all the time.
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  • Sometimes pastor, barbara hears better than me, okay,
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  • But anyway, god helps us, right?
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  • Sometimes we have trouble physically in our body.
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  • Now, we believe god, that by jesus' stripes we were healed.
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  • We believe god for divine health, amen.
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  • With long life,
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  • He satisfies us and shows us his salvation, psalm 91:16.
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  • But the same point in time, even though we believe god,
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  • Sometimes we have trouble, sometimes we have problems,
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  • Sometimes we have difficulties.
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  • What do we do when we have trouble?
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  • We keep believing god,
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  • But let's look at these things right here in psalm 46:1.
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  • He says, "number one, we take refuge in god."
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  • That word refuge in the hebrew is the word machaseh.
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  • It means refuge or shelter from rain, or storm, from danger,
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  • Refuge or shelter from falsehood.
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  • Sometimes there's falsehood, sometimes there's lies.
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  • How many of you know satan is called
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  • "the accuser of the brethren?"
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  • Do you know the bible says that in the last times,
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  • In the book of 2 timothy,
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  • "perilous times will come.
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  • "men will be lovers of their selves."
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  • "there will be false accusers."
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  • We see that, satan is the accuser of the brethren.
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  • Sometimes there's falsehood,
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  • There's different kind of problems,
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  • Different kind of trouble, but we take refuge in god,
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  • From rain, from storm, from danger, from falsehood.
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  • It also means hope, a place of shelter or trust.
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  • If we go to psalm chapter 91,
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  • The song we heard on monday night at the conference
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  • Was taken from psalm 46 and psalm 91.
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  • It says this in verse one through four.
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  • "he who dwells in the secret place of the most high
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  • "shall abide under the shadow of the almighty."
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  • How many of you're glad that we can abide under
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  • The shadow of the almighty?
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  • "we can live in his presence.
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  • "i will say of the lord, 'he is my refuge,'"
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  • This same hebrew word, machaseh, "and my fortress."
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  • "he's my god. in him will i trust."
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  • What are you saying about god?
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  • Do you know what's important that we say
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  • What god says about himself?
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  • Psalm 107:2 says,
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  • "let the redeemed of the lord say so who he has redeemed,
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  • "who he has purchased,
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  • "who has delivered from the hand of the enemy,"
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  • Keep saying about god what he says about himself.
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  • Do you know what the,
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  • The old testament is a progressive revelation of who god is.
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  • It says, "he is our provider, he is our healer," right?
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  • It says, he is our deliverer, jehovah-nissi."
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  • That's in exodus 17.
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  • I love that, that's what this is talking about.
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  • "he's my deliverer."
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  • It says that "he's my sanctification,"
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  • In leviticus chapter 20, in verse eight.
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  • It says in the book of judges chapter six,
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  • That "he's jehovah shalom,
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  • "he's our peace and our provision."
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  • It says in the book of jeremiah
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  • That "he is the lord our righteousness."
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  • How many of you're glad he is the lord our righteousness,
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  • And he is the lord who is there?
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  • That's six of 'em, i missed one.
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  • Which one did i miss? ezekiel chapter 48:35.
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  • "he's jehovah shammah," hallelujah.
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  • He's the lord who's there.
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  • He's never gonna leave ya or forsake ya.
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  • Who of you are glad he's there, he'll never leave you?
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  • So he says,
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  • "i'm gonna say the lord.
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  • "we need to say who god says he is.
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  • "he's my refuge, my fortress.
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  • "he's my god, in him will i trust.
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  • "surely he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler."
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  • Well, that's the trap that the enemy lays for your life.
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  • He's gonna deliver you from the enemy's traps,
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  • And from the noise, and pestilence.
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  • How many of you know the devil just likes to make noise?
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  • - [audience members] yeah.
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  • (laughing) my good friend mark hankins
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  • Was telling this story.
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  • I had one of his prayer ministered
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  • When he pastored church years ago.
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  • And the prayer person came and said,
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  • This lady, she said, "pastor, i saw the devil."
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  • Now, people get funny sometimes about this stuff.
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  • (audience member laughing)
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  • So he says, "well, tell me about it."
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  • She said,
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  • "i heard this big sound coming out from a big rock!"
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  • And so this lady said,
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  • "so i went around behind the big rock to see what it was."
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  • She said, "it was the devil."
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  • "it was just a mouse with a bullhorn!"
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  • (audience members and lawson laughing)
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  • Have you ever heard
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  • Of this guy called jonathan shuttlesworth?
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  • He's a little wild, okay, but i love some of his preaching.
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  • Anyway, he was recently in seattle.
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  • And there's a guy out there
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  • With a bullhorn preaching against him and fighting him.
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  • (laughing) and so he took this guy and he photoshopped it,
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  • Took a picture of him 'cause he's got this sign
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  • "all against jonathan shuttlesworth, and his ministry,"
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  • And fighting him.
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  • And he put in there, he put a big sign on it,
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  • Advertising for his meeting in their city,
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  • But then he went out there in seattle with a bullhorn!
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  • He said,
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  • "oh, there's that fuzzy guy head over there!
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  • "oh, he's a great guy!
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  • "oh, i love him!
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  • "oh, i hope he becomes my friend!
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  • And he says,
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  • "what he is saying is true, i'm just trash!"
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  • Well, you're trash without jesus!
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  • You're trash, this living in sin, now,
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  • Trash that jesus died for, all right,
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  • 'cause you're still a wonderful,
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  • Fearfully made creation of god.
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  • - amen. - amen,
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  • But he's talking about his sinful life,
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  • But he just starts agreeing with the guy
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  • And (laughing) telling everybody
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  • How much he loves him with a bullhorn,
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  • So it was kinda funny.
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  • Anyway, praise the lord.
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  • (audience members laughing)
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  • Hallelujah, he says some things a little, hallelujah.
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  • He's great, though, he has a great anointing.
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  • Praise the lord,
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  • "so take refuge in god.
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  • "he's our shelter from rain, he's our shelter from storm."
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  • He says,
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  • "he's my refuge and my fortress.
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  • "i'm gonna trust in him.
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  • "he's gonna deliver me from the snare, from the traps,
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  • "from the noise of the pestilence"
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  • That's like the devil.
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  • He's just like a mouse with a bullhorn!
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  • "he shall cover you with his feathers.
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  • "and under his wing shall you trust.
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  • "he's truth shall be your shield and buckler.
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  • "that word shield means," how many you know that,
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  • You take the shield of faith, ephesians 6,
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  • And you quench how many?
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  • Every fiery dart,
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  • Every flaming lie that comes from the devil
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  • That doesn't agree with what god says about you,
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  • And your wall buckler.
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  • They used to have people
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  • That carry like a brass wall in from him.
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  • He's my shield, he's my wall, the lord is my wall!
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  • One of the, the worship team prayed for me tonight.
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  • They said, "pastor, his favor surrounds you like a shield."
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  • He's my wall.
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  • Chrissy gave me a scripture.
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  • I'll probably share it later today, okay?
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  • "take refuge in god."
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  • What do we do when we have trouble?
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  • We try secondly in the strength of god.
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  • Let's go back to psalm 46 and read here.
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  • He says in psalm 46:2,
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  • "therefore, we will not fear though the earth be removed,
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  • "and the mountains be cast into the sea,
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  • "though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
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  • "though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof."
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  • So when we begin to look at this, number one,
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  • God is our refuge.
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  • But he says, "not only our refuge, he's our strength."
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  • We trust in the strength of god.
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  • The word for strength in verse one is os in the hebrew.
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  • It means might or strength, material or physical strength;
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  • Personal, social, or even political strength;
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  • Strength, security, might, power, and boldness.
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  • Psalm 20:7 says this,
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  • "some trust in chariots, some trust in horses,
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  • "but we will remember the name of the lord our god."
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  • Isaiah 31:1 says,
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  • "woe to those who go down to egypt for help
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  • "and stay on horses.
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  • "they trust in their chariots because they are many,
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  • "and in horsemen because they're very strong,
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  • "but they don't look to the holy one of israel,
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  • "neither seek the lord."
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  • So number one, take refuge in god, but number two,
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  • Keep trusting in the strength of god.
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  • Now, sometimes we need help, right?
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  • Sometimes we get help in other areas,
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  • But we keep our eyes on god and we keep our trust in god.
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  • We keep believing god, amen.
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  • I'm never ever gonna quit believing god.
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  • The third thing he says is, "do not fear."
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  • I read that scripture ahead, but in verse two, he says,
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  • "we're not gonna fear though the earth is removed,
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  • "though the mountains be cast in the middle of the sea,
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  • "though the waters thereof roar."
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  • There's a lot of trouble in the world sometimes.
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  • "though the mountains shake with the swelling,"
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  • So do not fear, we will not fear.
  • 00:10:25.333 --> 00:10:29.438
  • Now, the word here where it says, 'we're not gonna fear,"
  • 00:10:29.438 --> 00:10:33.408
  • Is the hebrew word yare.
  • 00:10:33.408 --> 00:10:35.777
  • That word means to be afraid, or to fear, in one sense,
  • 00:10:35.777 --> 00:10:42.150
  • God, it means to stand in awe, to reverence,
  • 00:10:43.085 --> 00:10:45.854
  • Honor, and respect.
  • 00:10:45.854 --> 00:10:47.055
  • But on the other side, from the enemy,
  • 00:10:47.055 --> 00:10:48.590
  • It means to make afraid or terrify.
  • 00:10:48.590 --> 00:10:51.760
  • How many of you know who the original terrorist is?
  • 00:10:51.760 --> 00:10:55.130
  • The devil is the original terrorist.
  • 00:10:55.130 --> 00:10:58.667
  • You know what these terrorists do?
  • 00:10:58.667 --> 00:10:59.968
  • They scare through fear, their tactics are fear,
  • 00:10:59.968 --> 00:11:05.073
  • And the devil is the original terrorist.
  • 00:11:05.941 --> 00:11:07.008
  • So it says,
  • 00:11:07.008 --> 00:11:08.543
  • "we're not gonna fear though there's all these problems,
  • 00:11:08.543 --> 00:11:09.845
  • "there's all these difficulties.
  • 00:11:09.845 --> 00:11:11.546
  • "we're gonna keep our trust in god."
  • 00:11:11.546 --> 00:11:13.515
  • So how do we respond to trouble?
  • 00:11:13.515 --> 00:11:15.050
  • Take refuge in god, trust in the strength of god,
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  • Do not fear, okay?
  • 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.055
  • Psalm 91, let's go back to psalm 91.
  • 00:11:20.055 --> 00:11:22.157
  • I love psalm 91.
  • 00:11:22.157 --> 00:11:23.558
  • We taught our kids when they were just little.
  • 00:11:23.558 --> 00:11:25.761
  • Barbara said, "listen, if you'll learn psalm 91,"
  • 00:11:25.761 --> 00:11:27.996
  • So they all learned psalm 91.
  • 00:11:27.996 --> 00:11:30.398
  • You know how she told, she said,
  • 00:11:30.398 --> 00:11:31.900
  • "if you'll learn psalm 91 and you can quote psalm 91,
  • 00:11:31.900 --> 00:11:36.004
  • "i'll buy you a super soaker water gun."
  • 00:11:36.004 --> 00:11:40.108
  • Guess what? the kids were super excited!
  • 00:11:40.108 --> 00:11:42.778
  • And they all, peter was about five, andrew was about seven,
  • 00:11:42.778 --> 00:11:46.548
  • Aaron was about nine, but they all learned psalm 91.
  • 00:11:46.548 --> 00:11:49.317
  • They could all quote it because they wanted a super soaker,
  • 00:11:49.317 --> 00:11:53.021
  • But guess what?
  • 00:11:53.021 --> 00:11:54.289
  • They got way more than a super soaker.
  • 00:11:54.289 --> 00:11:56.625
  • When i went to sunday school
  • 00:11:57.225 --> 00:11:58.927
  • In the fringe church in penrose, colorado,
  • 00:11:58.927 --> 00:12:01.263
  • And they had this contest.
  • 00:12:01.263 --> 00:12:02.564
  • They said,
  • 00:12:02.564 --> 00:12:04.065
  • "if you come to church, perfect attendance for six months,
  • 00:12:04.065 --> 00:12:06.902
  • "we'll give you a new testament."
  • 00:12:06.902 --> 00:12:08.837
  • They said,
  • 00:12:08.837 --> 00:12:10.272
  • "if you come to church, perfect attendance for a year,
  • 00:12:10.272 --> 00:12:12.908
  • "we'll give you a holy bible,"
  • 00:12:12.908 --> 00:12:15.110
  • So i went perfect attendance for six months,
  • 00:12:15.110 --> 00:12:17.245
  • I got a new testament.
  • 00:12:17.245 --> 00:12:18.814
  • I went perfect attendance for a year, i got a holy bible,
  • 00:12:18.814 --> 00:12:22.083
  • But guess what?
  • 00:12:22.083 --> 00:12:23.285
  • Not only did i get a new testament,
  • 00:12:23.285 --> 00:12:25.420
  • Not only did i get a holy bible,
  • 00:12:25.420 --> 00:12:27.556
  • But i had these two older sisters
  • 00:12:27.556 --> 00:12:29.858
  • That taught my sunday school class.
  • 00:12:29.858 --> 00:12:31.459
  • They taught through matthew, mark, luke, and john.
  • 00:12:31.459 --> 00:12:33.628
  • And they said, "you need jesus!"
  • 00:12:33.628 --> 00:12:36.298
  • Guess what? i was a really honorary 8-year-old.
  • 00:12:36.298 --> 00:12:39.201
  • It was really evident that i needed jesus.
  • 00:12:39.201 --> 00:12:41.670
  • I told mama, "take me to see the preacher,"
  • 00:12:41.670 --> 00:12:43.705
  • So she took me down there.
  • 00:12:43.705 --> 00:12:45.140
  • And the pastor phil smith, he set me down,
  • 00:12:45.140 --> 00:12:48.376
  • And he showed me this color book.
  • 00:12:48.376 --> 00:12:50.278
  • He said, black is for sin, and white is for righteousness,
  • 00:12:50.278 --> 00:12:53.248
  • Red is for the blood, green is for life, gold is for heaven,
  • 00:12:53.248 --> 00:12:57.385
  • Praise the lord;
  • 00:12:57.385 --> 00:12:58.820
  • Red is for the blood of jesus that makes you white!
  • 00:12:58.820 --> 00:13:00.856
  • Hell, "do you wanna go to heaven?"
  • 00:13:00.856 --> 00:13:01.957
  • I said, he didn't need to do that,
  • 00:13:01.957 --> 00:13:03.425
  • But i still remember, amen.
  • 00:13:03.425 --> 00:13:06.228
  • And i prayed the sinners prayer and i received jesus.
  • 00:13:06.228 --> 00:13:08.830
  • See, i got more than a new testament and the holy bible,
  • 00:13:08.830 --> 00:13:11.499
  • As those sisters taught through matthew,
  • 00:13:11.499 --> 00:13:14.536
  • Mark, luke, and john.
  • 00:13:14.536 --> 00:13:16.304
  • I received jesus as my lord and my savior.
  • 00:13:16.304 --> 00:13:19.074
  • (bright gentle music)
  • 00:13:19.074 --> 00:13:20.909
  • Friends, thanks so much for being part of the broadcast.
  • 00:13:20.909 --> 00:13:23.411
  • We've been teaching on the "royal law of love."
  • 00:13:23.411 --> 00:13:27.115
  • And i have a lot more to share about this subject.
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  • If you don't like what you're receiving in life,
  • 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.423
  • You can change it.
  • 00:13:35.423 --> 00:13:36.925
  • And the way you change it is by focusing on your heart
  • 00:13:36.925 --> 00:13:42.230
  • Because your heart is directing your life.
  • 00:13:43.131 --> 00:13:45.634
  • Get this teaching, it'll be a blessing to you.
  • 00:13:45.634 --> 00:13:49.237
  • So he says this in psalm 91:5,
  • 00:13:49.871 --> 00:13:53.041
  • "you will not be afraid for the terror by night,
  • 00:13:53.041 --> 00:13:55.210
  • "or the arrow that flies by day,
  • 00:13:55.210 --> 00:13:57.646
  • "nor for the pestilence that walks in the darkness,
  • 00:13:57.646 --> 00:14:00.215
  • "nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.
  • 00:14:00.215 --> 00:14:02.784
  • "a thousand shall fall at your side,
  • 00:14:02.784 --> 00:14:05.153
  • "and 10,000 at your right hand,
  • 00:14:05.153 --> 00:14:07.489
  • "but it will not come near you.
  • 00:14:07.489 --> 00:14:09.824
  • "only with your eyes shall you behold
  • 00:14:09.824 --> 00:14:12.894
  • "and see the reward of the wicked
  • 00:14:12.894 --> 00:14:15.497
  • "because you have made the lord, which is your refuge,
  • 00:14:15.497 --> 00:14:18.833
  • "my refuge, my place of trust, my place of security,
  • 00:14:18.833 --> 00:14:24.105
  • "my place of safety, my shelter from the storm,
  • 00:14:25.040 --> 00:14:27.175
  • "the most high, your habitation.
  • 00:14:27.175 --> 00:14:29.511
  • "there will no evil befall you,
  • 00:14:29.511 --> 00:14:31.413
  • "neither shall any plague come near your dwelling."
  • 00:14:31.413 --> 00:14:34.983
  • Guess what? we don't have to fear.
  • 00:14:34.983 --> 00:14:36.751
  • You know what the trick was with covid
  • 00:14:36.751 --> 00:14:37.953
  • That the enemy was trying to do?
  • 00:14:37.953 --> 00:14:39.587
  • He tried to get people to buy the fear law.
  • 00:14:39.587 --> 00:14:43.224
  • Do you know what barbara said?
  • 00:14:43.224 --> 00:14:44.326
  • She got up here on this platform.
  • 00:14:44.326 --> 00:14:45.860
  • She said,
  • 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:47.128
  • "listen, my body has every antibody it needs,
  • 00:14:47.128 --> 00:14:49.831
  • "and i'm not getting covid."
  • 00:14:49.831 --> 00:14:51.599
  • Praise god, she never had one symptom,
  • 00:14:51.599 --> 00:14:53.835
  • She never had one problem.
  • 00:14:53.835 --> 00:14:55.403
  • Her dad who was 86 on the second round,
  • 00:14:55.403 --> 00:14:57.605
  • He never missed a day of working his whole life.
  • 00:14:57.605 --> 00:14:59.708
  • He ended up getting covid, he had to go in the hospital.
  • 00:14:59.708 --> 00:15:02.143
  • It's when we were having
  • 00:15:02.143 --> 00:15:03.278
  • The reawaken america conference here.
  • 00:15:03.278 --> 00:15:05.814
  • We got a call from the social services in denver.
  • 00:15:05.814 --> 00:15:08.516
  • We'd been calling him every day checking on him
  • 00:15:08.516 --> 00:15:10.418
  • 'cause he kept going to work till he got really sick.
  • 00:15:10.418 --> 00:15:12.754
  • He should've took a day off, okay?
  • 00:15:12.754 --> 00:15:15.156
  • But anyway, we, they called a few days later, he got better,
  • 00:15:15.156 --> 00:15:20.462
  • But they wanted barbara to go get checked to see,
  • 00:15:21.463 --> 00:15:23.398
  • And you know what?
  • 00:15:23.398 --> 00:15:24.366
  • She went and got a blood test.
  • 00:15:24.366 --> 00:15:25.834
  • And they said, "yeah, you got the covid antibodies."
  • 00:15:25.834 --> 00:15:28.169
  • She never had one symptom, not one, not a sniffle,
  • 00:15:28.169 --> 00:15:32.207
  • Not a cough, not a fever, amen, not anything, praise god.
  • 00:15:32.207 --> 00:15:37.579
  • But she said, "my body has every antibody it needs."
  • 00:15:38.613 --> 00:15:41.082
  • My doctor told me at that time, he said,
  • 00:15:41.082 --> 00:15:42.984
  • "pastor lawson,
  • 00:15:42.984 --> 00:15:43.952
  • "she's good because she's got
  • 00:15:43.952 --> 00:15:45.520
  • "the antibodies against the covid," hallelujah, amen.
  • 00:15:45.520 --> 00:15:50.859
  • So thank god we don't have to fear like the world fears.
  • 00:15:51.993 --> 00:15:54.195
  • We can put our trust in god.
  • 00:15:54.195 --> 00:15:56.064
  • He says, "no plague."
  • 00:15:56.064 --> 00:15:57.665
  • Barbara is like, "no plague is gonna come near my dwelling."
  • 00:15:57.665 --> 00:16:00.602
  • Here's the next one.
  • 00:16:00.602 --> 00:16:01.703
  • Let's go back to psalm chapter 46.
  • 00:16:01.703 --> 00:16:03.405
  • He says this in psalm 46:4-6.
  • 00:16:03.405 --> 00:16:06.908
  • He says,
  • 00:16:06.908 --> 00:16:07.742
  • "there is a river.
  • 00:16:07.742 --> 00:16:09.210
  • "the streams whereof will make glad the city of god,
  • 00:16:09.210 --> 00:16:12.013
  • "the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
  • 00:16:12.013 --> 00:16:15.050
  • "god is in the midst of her, she will not be moved.
  • 00:16:15.050 --> 00:16:18.319
  • "god shall help her, and that right early.
  • 00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:21.056
  • "the heathen enraged and the kingdoms were moved.
  • 00:16:21.056 --> 00:16:24.893
  • "he uttered his voice, and the earth melted.
  • 00:16:24.893 --> 00:16:27.796
  • "the lord of hosts,
  • 00:16:27.796 --> 00:16:29.130
  • "the god of the armies of israel is with us.
  • 00:16:29.130 --> 00:16:32.567
  • "the god of jacob is our refuge."
  • 00:16:32.567 --> 00:16:36.171
  • When it says,
  • 00:16:36.171 --> 00:16:37.005
  • "there's a river,
  • 00:16:37.005 --> 00:16:38.406
  • "the streams thereof make glad the city of god,"
  • 00:16:38.406 --> 00:16:39.941
  • To me that talks about being filled with the holy spirit.
  • 00:16:39.941 --> 00:16:43.778
  • In john chapter 7:38,
  • 00:16:43.778 --> 00:16:45.847
  • "jesus was in the feast of tabernacles."
  • 00:16:45.847 --> 00:16:49.084
  • He kinda came late
  • 00:16:49.084 --> 00:16:50.485
  • Because a lot of people didn't quite believe in him,
  • 00:16:50.485 --> 00:16:52.287
  • And they were waiting to get him in trouble there,
  • 00:16:52.287 --> 00:16:54.122
  • So he came late.
  • 00:16:54.122 --> 00:16:55.623
  • But as he was at that feast, he said this in john 7:38,
  • 00:16:55.623 --> 00:16:58.960
  • "he who believes on me,
  • 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.495
  • "out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water!"
  • 00:17:00.495 --> 00:17:05.767
  • That's talking about the baptism of the holy spirit.
  • 00:17:06.835 --> 00:17:10.138
  • In john 4:14, with the woman at the well,
  • 00:17:10.138 --> 00:17:12.440
  • He talks about salvation.
  • 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.075
  • He said,
  • 00:17:14.075 --> 00:17:14.976
  • "whoever drinks the water
  • 00:17:14.976 --> 00:17:16.111
  • "that i give him shall never thirst,
  • 00:17:16.111 --> 00:17:17.679
  • "but the water i give him shall be a well,"
  • 00:17:17.679 --> 00:17:19.747
  • Like an artesian well of water springing up,
  • 00:17:19.747 --> 00:17:22.517
  • "bringing life to him."
  • 00:17:22.517 --> 00:17:24.018
  • If you're born again, you got the life of god in you!
  • 00:17:24.018 --> 00:17:26.988
  • It's an anointing of truth.
  • 00:17:26.988 --> 00:17:29.124
  • 1 john 2:20-27, "it's an anointing of life,"
  • 00:17:29.124 --> 00:17:33.394
  • But at the same point in time, you know what?
  • 00:17:33.394 --> 00:17:36.030
  • You can take the next step, go from salvation,
  • 00:17:36.030 --> 00:17:38.600
  • And move over into john 7:38,
  • 00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:40.802
  • And get a river flowing outta you.
  • 00:17:40.802 --> 00:17:43.738
  • Jesus talked about this in acts chapter 1:8.
  • 00:17:43.738 --> 00:17:46.774
  • He said,
  • 00:17:46.774 --> 00:17:47.609
  • "you shall receive power
  • 00:17:47.609 --> 00:17:48.843
  • "after the holy spirit comes on you,
  • 00:17:48.843 --> 00:17:51.146
  • "and you will be witnesses unto me in jerusalem, judea,
  • 00:17:51.146 --> 00:17:56.451
  • "samaria, the uttermost part of the world,
  • 00:17:57.318 --> 00:17:59.888
  • "so be filled with the holy spirit.
  • 00:17:59.888 --> 00:18:01.923
  • I love jude verse 20 and verse 21.
  • 00:18:01.923 --> 00:18:04.559
  • It says this,
  • 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:06.060
  • "build up your most holy faith, praying in the holy ghost.
  • 00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:10.732
  • You know there's some people been baptized
  • 00:18:11.633 --> 00:18:12.567
  • In the holy spirit 20 years ago,
  • 00:18:12.567 --> 00:18:14.402
  • But they haven't spoken in tongues for 19?
  • 00:18:14.402 --> 00:18:17.305
  • I was baptized in the holy spirit 47 years ago in 1978.
  • 00:18:18.406 --> 00:18:24.379
  • I was born again in 1972 and received jesus as by savior.
  • 00:18:25.513 --> 00:18:29.951
  • I have spoken in tongues nearly every day since 1978.
  • 00:18:29.951 --> 00:18:35.190
  • "build up your most holy faith."
  • 00:18:35.823 --> 00:18:37.659
  • I might've spoken in tongues every day, amen, since 1978.
  • 00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:42.463
  • "build up your most holy faith."
  • 00:18:43.097 --> 00:18:44.899
  • That's like charging you up, praying in,
  • 00:18:44.899 --> 00:18:47.035
  • You know why praying in the holy spirit work?
  • 00:18:47.035 --> 00:18:48.970
  • 'cause you don't know how to pray.
  • 00:18:48.970 --> 00:18:51.206
  • I don't know what i'm praying
  • 00:18:51.206 --> 00:18:52.207
  • When i'm praying in the spirit.
  • 00:18:52.207 --> 00:18:53.708
  • Paul talks about in 1 corinthians 14, he says,
  • 00:18:53.708 --> 00:18:56.077
  • "when we pray in the spirit, he who prays in the spirit,
  • 00:18:56.077 --> 00:18:58.713
  • "his understanding is unfruitful,
  • 00:18:58.713 --> 00:19:00.748
  • "but his spirit is edifying."
  • 00:19:00.748 --> 00:19:03.017
  • But when you're praying in the spirit,
  • 00:19:03.017 --> 00:19:04.485
  • You're getting charged up on the inside,
  • 00:19:04.485 --> 00:19:06.955
  • You're getting built up.
  • 00:19:06.955 --> 00:19:08.389
  • And i'm gonna tell you something,
  • 00:19:08.389 --> 00:19:09.791
  • You're praying the perfect language of god, amen.
  • 00:19:09.791 --> 00:19:12.994
  • Do you know, get me, the holy spirit is a genius?
  • 00:19:12.994 --> 00:19:18.266
  • - [audience member] yeah.
  • 00:19:18.833 --> 00:19:20.134
  • - the holy spirit is a genius, hallelujah.
  • 00:19:20.134 --> 00:19:22.637
  • He's never lost a case yet!
  • 00:19:22.637 --> 00:19:25.673
  • Do you know what?
  • 00:19:25.673 --> 00:19:26.841
  • Aaron had a good friend in high school.
  • 00:19:26.841 --> 00:19:28.276
  • He's a really smart boy.
  • 00:19:28.276 --> 00:19:29.544
  • He's got a sister that's a complete genius today!
  • 00:19:29.544 --> 00:19:34.349
  • I had to call her
  • 00:19:34.782 --> 00:19:36.184
  • And ask her a little question about a situation.
  • 00:19:36.184 --> 00:19:37.518
  • She talked to me 45 minutes.
  • 00:19:37.518 --> 00:19:39.320
  • I don't know what 45 minutes her time is.
  • 00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:41.222
  • It's probably three or $400,
  • 00:19:41.222 --> 00:19:42.824
  • But she took 45 minutes and talked to me, and guess what?
  • 00:19:42.824 --> 00:19:46.661
  • She gave me genius advice, amen, from the holy spirit.
  • 00:19:46.661 --> 00:19:52.066
  • And i found out the little challenge, the little difficulty,
  • 00:19:53.334 --> 00:19:54.769
  • The little problem that we're just, this is a season,
  • 00:19:54.769 --> 00:19:56.704
  • Just a momentary thing that we're dealing with right now.
  • 00:19:56.704 --> 00:19:59.641
  • The holy spirit is a genius.
  • 00:19:59.641 --> 00:20:01.643
  • And every step we've taken, everything that's been done,
  • 00:20:01.643 --> 00:20:05.179
  • Even though some we thought were the wrong thing,
  • 00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:10.451
  • Every step that's been taken,
  • 00:20:11.085 --> 00:20:12.520
  • Everything that's been done is working in our favor
  • 00:20:12.520 --> 00:20:17.125
  • Because the holy spirit, i said the other day,
  • 00:20:17.125 --> 00:20:20.428
  • "listen, the holy spirit never lost a case.
  • 00:20:20.428 --> 00:20:23.498
  • "he's a genius."
  • 00:20:23.498 --> 00:20:25.500
  • Everybody say the holy ghost-
  • 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.502
  • - [audience members] holy ghost-
  • 00:20:28.136 --> 00:20:29.103
  • - is a genius.
  • 00:20:29.103 --> 00:20:30.438
  • He'll make you look smart if you listen to him.
  • 00:20:30.438 --> 00:20:31.939
  • I don't listen to him as good as i should sometimes,
  • 00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:34.042
  • But i'm still trying to listen,
  • 00:20:34.042 --> 00:20:36.077
  • So be filled with the holy spirit.
  • 00:20:36.077 --> 00:20:37.679
  • There's a river that makes glad the city of god,
  • 00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:40.448
  • Praise the lord.
  • 00:20:40.448 --> 00:20:41.716
  • "the heathen raged, and they were moot,
  • 00:20:41.716 --> 00:20:44.018
  • "and he uttered his voice, and the earth melted,
  • 00:20:44.018 --> 00:20:46.654
  • "and god protected,
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  • The god of the armies of israel is with us,"
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • I'm so glad.
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  • The next thing i have is that verse right there.
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  • "remember who is with you.
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  • "the lord of hosts, the god of the armies of israel,
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  • "the god of jacob is our refuge."
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  • Now, this word refuge is a different hebrew word,
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  • It's misgav.
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  • It means a high place or refuge, a secure height,
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  • A retreat, a stronghold, a refuge, a defense.
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  • The lord is our defense.
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  • My assistant called me this morning, or i called her,
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  • And she said,
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  • "pastor, i was praying,
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  • "and the lord gave me this scripture
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  • "in jeremiah chapter 15:20 and 21."
  • 00:21:23.624 --> 00:21:27.595
  • "he said,
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  • I will make you unto this people a fence and a brazen wall.
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  • "they will fight against you,
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  • "but they will not prevail against you
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  • "for i'm with you to save you and deliver you,"
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  • Says the lord.
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  • "i will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked
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  • "and i will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."
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  • Ooh, i said, "thank you, jesus."
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  • I wasn't that calm, was i chrissy.
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  • I was shouting.
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  • Man, when i was preparing this this morning, i was shouting,
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  • I was pumped up.
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  • - amen. - god was encouraging me.
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  • How many of you're glad the lord is our refuge
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  • And our strength.
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  • We trust, we take refuge in god.
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  • We trust in his strength, we don't fear.
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  • We're stay filled with the holy spirit.
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  • We remember that he's with us, praise the lord.
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  • Remember that he's with you, he hasn't left you,
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  • But then there's this one,
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  • The next one in verse eight and nine.
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  • Let's read verse eight and nine.
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  • He says,
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  • "come behold the works of the lord.
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  • "what desolation he's made in the earth.
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  • "he makes wars to cease and to the ends of the earth.
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  • "he breaks the bow,
  • 00:22:23.618 --> 00:22:25.353
  • "he cuts the spear in pieces,
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  • "and burns the chariot with fire."
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  • And i wanna talk about this for a minute.
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  • Just think about this.
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  • "behold the works of the lord.
  • 00:22:32.393 --> 00:22:33.895
  • "we need to remember what god has done,
  • 00:22:33.895 --> 00:22:37.465
  • "and we need to keep our eyes on what god is doing."
  • 00:22:37.465 --> 00:22:41.569
  • "behold the works, the desolation he made in the earth.
  • 00:22:41.569 --> 00:22:44.705
  • "he brings destruction to the enemy's power.
  • 00:22:44.705 --> 00:22:48.376
  • "he makes wars to cease, he breaks the bow,
  • 00:22:48.376 --> 00:22:51.746
  • "the instruments that are against you.
  • 00:22:51.746 --> 00:22:53.181
  • "he cuts the spear in two!
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  • "he burns the enemy's weapons!"
  • 00:22:54.482 --> 00:22:57.351
  • Now, i'm gonna read you a scripture.
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  • Years ago, we were pastoring.
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  • We had bought a house, and our neighbor got mad at us.
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  • Now,
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  • This wasn't any situation because we lived in kit carson.
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  • It's so small,
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  • It's hard to even find one house for sale there.
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  • And there's not very many good houses
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  • In the whole town, right?
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  • I mean, it's very difficult.
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  • And so god had supernaturally given this house,
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  • But my neighbor was mad at me.
  • 00:23:20.975 --> 00:23:22.844
  • So i went and talked to my neighbor and i said,
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  • "listen, if it means this much to you,
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  • "i will sell this house, and i will find something else,
  • 00:23:27.782 --> 00:23:31.085
  • "and i will move away."
  • 00:23:31.085 --> 00:23:33.988
  • Barbara was so concerned.
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  • I came back and told her, i think she went to prayer.
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  • I had a friend who pastored assembly god church
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  • In the next town, 20 miles eads, colorado.
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  • His name was larry, his wife's name was marilyn.
  • 00:23:43.664 --> 00:23:46.934
  • He invited me, he said,
  • 00:23:46.934 --> 00:23:48.135
  • "i got a prophetic meeting going on.
  • 00:23:48.135 --> 00:23:50.171
  • "i went down, it was in the morning in a weekday."
  • 00:23:50.171 --> 00:23:52.707
  • I sat, i listened.
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  • I really didn't like the message very much.
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  • But when i got done, he said this guy's a prophet.
  • 00:23:56.844 --> 00:23:59.780
  • This guy had written a book,
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  • It was a good book against abortion.
  • 00:24:01.048 --> 00:24:03.184
  • But anyway, he handed me his book.
  • 00:24:03.184 --> 00:24:05.086
  • And in this book, he took it and he signed it for me,
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  • And he gave me,
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  • This is right after i talked to this neighbor, and said,
  • 00:24:09.223 --> 00:24:11.058
  • "listen, if it means this much,
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  • I'll sell this place, i'll move," right,
  • 00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:16.097
  • 'cause i'm not gonna just,
  • 00:24:16.097 --> 00:24:19.967
  • But he wrote this scripture from isaiah 41:10-14.
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  • He just wrote it right there and signed it.
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  • I went home and read it.
  • 00:24:26.207 --> 00:24:27.241
  • "fear not for i'm with you.
  • 00:24:27.241 --> 00:24:29.343
  • "do not be dismayed, i'm your god.
  • 00:24:29.343 --> 00:24:31.612
  • "i will strengthen you, yes, i will help you.
  • 00:24:31.612 --> 00:24:34.115
  • "i will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • 00:24:34.115 --> 00:24:37.652
  • "behold, all those who were angry against you,"
  • 00:24:37.652 --> 00:24:41.923
  • That word incense means angry,
  • 00:24:41.923 --> 00:24:44.125
  • "they will be ashamed and they will be humiliated.
  • 00:24:44.125 --> 00:24:49.430
  • "they will be as nothing.
  • 00:24:49.997 --> 00:24:53.568
  • "and they that strive with you shall perish.
  • 00:24:53.568 --> 00:24:57.204
  • "you will seek them and not find them,
  • 00:24:57.204 --> 00:25:00.007
  • "even those who contended against you.
  • 00:25:00.007 --> 00:25:02.510
  • "they who war against you shall be as nothing
  • 00:25:02.510 --> 00:25:05.813
  • "as a thing of not for i am the lord your god.
  • 00:25:05.813 --> 00:25:09.050
  • "and i will hold your right hand, saying unto you,
  • 00:25:09.050 --> 00:25:11.786
  • "fear not, and i will help you."
  • 00:25:11.786 --> 00:25:14.589
  • "fear not, jacob, and you men of israel, i will help you,"
  • 00:25:14.589 --> 00:25:18.759
  • Says the lord and thy redeemer, the holy one of israel.
  • 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:22.597
  • If we go back over there to psalm 46
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  • And we look at those words.
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  • It says, "he makes wars to cease."
  • 00:25:27.234 --> 00:25:29.704
  • At the end of that, he breaks the bow,
  • 00:25:29.704 --> 00:25:31.439
  • "he cuts the spear in pieces,
  • 00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:33.441
  • "and burns the chariot with fire."
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