1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,920 Because I really, I want to share basics to real families 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,000 today. And so Are you ready for the 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,280 words? I really believe God has got a 4 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:08,880 word for your hope for your family. 5 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,320 God has got grace for your hope. God has got strength for your 6 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,240 home. And I believe that before this 7 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,560 service is over, somebody's going to know God. 8 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,680 Heaven has stepped into your family story, Amen. 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,200 I believe your life's never going to be the same again. 10 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,520 You're going to walk out of this place with fresh strength, the 11 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,160 grace of God on your lives. Amen. 12 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,840 So yes, we're going to go on to Nehemiah chapter 4. 13 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:37,120 Now in week two of our Strong Family series, we are going to 14 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,880 talk about Fight for the family. Now, I believe this series is 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,600 just really blessing families. And you know, when I start 16 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:49,760 talking about real families, real families that we love God, 17 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,800 OK, real families that still wake up and I still lose a shoe 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,040 now and then every morning. OK, So real families that can 19 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,280 pray in the spirit, but still cannot find the car keys. 20 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,200 OK, Can we be real in this place today? 21 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,560 Is it OK? We just talk real and just open 22 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,480 and honest with you and transparent, OK, Always anybody, 23 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,000 you know, perfection. OK, Let's not let's not protect 24 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,680 families. Let's be real families. 25 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,440 OK, So families that say, all right, OK, we are leaving in 5 26 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,120 minutes. And then 14 minutes later, we're 27 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:20,320 still standing at the front door. 28 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:22,720 OK, I'm just going to be real this morning. 29 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,240 OK? So yeah, things can get 30 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,880 sometimes rough in families. And I'm just going to manage the 31 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,720 from personal experience in my home, my life, what God has been 32 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,040 showing us from the word of God. And I really believe it's going 33 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,000 to bless your life today. And so is that OK if we talk to 34 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,360 real families? So I'm in the right place today. 35 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:41,640 I meant we could just just be real. 36 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,160 And yeah, so the subject today that we're going to be talking 37 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,640 about is, is fight for your family. 38 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:53,640 And so let's put it up there for for for us, fight for your 39 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,680 family. So kicker working there we go 40 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,440 strong family. That's all serious. 41 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,160 And then the next one is the I think that the the clicker 42 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,360 probably needs some charging. All right, so fight for your 43 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,039 family. And like I say, fight on our 44 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:12,120 knees, lift our hands, praise worship. 45 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,920 OK. And so when we worship God, we 46 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:18,120 are fighting for our families. And I want to show you here from 47 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,680 the word of God, because I really believe that God, he's 48 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:25,320 raising up a people who's standing for family, standing 49 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:30,120 for her, fighting for what matters most right now, what 50 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:35,440 matters most because the attack, the enemy has come hard against 51 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,160 the home. The enemy has come hard against 52 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:43,720 marriage families, against our values, the values that matter 53 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,840 to God, OK? And if it matters to God, it's 54 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,840 worth fighting for, OK? It's worth fighting for a 55 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,320 marriage, for a family. It's worth fighting for your 56 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,080 children. It's worth fighting for your 57 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,600 peace. It's worth fighting for the 58 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,200 values that we stand in the word of God. 59 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:07,080 And so here is the good news that the God who has told us to 60 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,800 fight for our families is the same God. 61 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,280 We promise that he would fight for us. 62 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,520 My God, the battle will be rocks at all. 63 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:19,840 So yes, God says fight for your family and the same God promise 64 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,240 I'll fight for you. And we're going to see this in 65 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,200 Nehemiah chapter 4. We're going to pick it up there. 66 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,880 And I just want to give you some context. 67 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,680 When Nehemiah is rebuilding the walls of the broken walls of 68 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,720 Jerusalem, OK? Now it's very important when God 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,960 builds his house, he raises the walls because wall stands for 70 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,600 protection. And so he's building up this 71 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,400 strong city, the city of Jerusalem, the city of God, and 72 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,760 he's rebuilding the broken walls that has been ruined in Rubbles 73 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,720 for too long. The people have lived. 74 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,760 And here in the middle of the rebuilding process, he got up 75 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,800 and this is where we're going to pick up the birds right now. 76 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:05,080 And he makes this very powerful statement and he says fight for 77 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,440 your families. Now this is in the middle of 78 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,360 rebuilding. He makes that study so powerful 79 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:10,960 to God. Fight for your families. 80 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,960 And then just a few verses, the Greenfield next verse I'm going 81 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,600 to show you verse 20, he says God will fight for you. 82 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,440 And I want you to see the connection between the two. 83 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,240 OK, and it's and I'm going to show you here from let's pick it 84 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,200 up here from verse 13, Nehemiah 14, verse 13, he says you. 85 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,360 Therefore, I position men behind the lower parts of the wall at 86 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,360 the openings. And I said to people according 87 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,640 to their families, everybody say families. 88 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,520 OK, so families, it's I want you to grab all of this with their 89 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:45,520 souls, OK, with their Spears. These are weapons. 90 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,800 They both and I looked and I rose and I said to the nobles, 91 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,480 to the leaders and to the rest of the people, do not be afraid 92 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:55,760 of them. Now watch this. 93 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:01,200 Remember, the Lord writes an awesome fight for your brethren, 94 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,520 your sons, your daughters, your wives, your houses. 95 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,240 Fight for your family. Somebody said fight for your 96 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,400 family. Hallelujah. 97 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,440 Now let's go to the next verse 20. 98 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:18,280 Watch this wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet rally dead. 99 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,480 Our God will fight for us. There it is. 100 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,200 I want you to grab hold of this revelation, this connection 101 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,400 between the two. Fight for your family. 102 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,960 And as you fight for your family, remember this. 103 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,960 God will fight for us. The power belongs to the 104 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,560 Hallelujah. Let's just pray. 105 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,640 Father, I thank you for your praises, every person here. 106 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:42,520 Father, I thank you that you love families, that you speak to 107 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,800 us this morning. Every person, every family 108 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,240 represented. Yes, let's fight the rise. 109 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,400 Let's strength the rise. Let every person in this place 110 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,240 walk out just stronger than they came in. 111 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:57,160 Jesus mighty name somebody shout. 112 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:02,880 I met some years ago, there was this true story that was told in 113 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,320 this movie called The Monuments Men World War 2. 114 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,600 They chose and selected a group of men and these people that 115 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:16,040 they've chosen, they knew the value and the beauty of 116 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,280 something that's priceless. And so they selected these group 117 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:23,480 of these people. And you know, in this World War 118 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,480 2, the the bombs were going, the cities were under fire, nations 119 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,120 were raised, chaos everywhere. And so when they selected these 120 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:35,480 group of people, these are not, I mean, they send them into the 121 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,960 danger of war zone. But these are not the kind of 122 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,560 people that you sit on the front lines. 123 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:41,840 These are not your kind of solve. 124 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:47,360 These are artists, OK? These are historians, OK, in 125 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,640 museum directors. These are not the kind of people 126 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,760 that you sit to the frontline, but they are artists. 127 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,680 They know the beauty of something that's priceless, the 128 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,600 values of these treasures. And so these guys, they go, 129 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,280 right? They're defending amongst this 130 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:10,880 dangerous war zone, defending odds, defending these treasures, 131 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,200 these cultural treasures. They defending these cathedrals. 132 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,960 I mean, it's bombs everywhere here in Europe, and it's bombs 133 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,320 going off. And this group of people, they 134 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,520 know what the value is, what matters most. 135 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,000 They don't want us to go lose this for the next generation. 136 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,200 We got to get that art. I mean, this art is priceless. 137 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,920 We are talking about history. Yeah. 138 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,000 And they understand the value of that and they defend it with 139 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,520 their lives. These treasures, they go out 140 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,880 this group of people and they defend it. 141 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,520 What they love. Monuments free draws all over 142 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,440 them. And when I think about that 143 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:49,480 story, it reminds me, I think, I think about the family this that 144 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,280 one of the greatest treasures that God has given us is hope. 145 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,800 Yeah. One of the greatest treasures 146 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,000 that God has given us is our loved ones, our family members 147 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,200 is hope. And so family is a treasure. 148 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,360 And so these guys, they are defending these arts and all 149 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:14,680 these, I believe family marriage is a treasure, your children is 150 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,400 a treasure. Peace is a treasure. 151 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:25,880 And so it's because it is precious, it must be guarded 152 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,120 because it's valuable, it must be protected. 153 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,520 If he manages to God, if family manages to God, it ought to 154 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:36,440 matter to us. Yeah. 155 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,360 Yeah. Because you know the enemy, the 156 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:47,440 devil wants to heal, kill and destroy and damage and torn down 157 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,440 and bring the vision in the homes, in the family, in these 158 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,160 treasures that God has placed in our lives, our marriages, our 159 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,280 family, our children. The enemy wants to steal, kill 160 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,520 and destroy. OK, but God is raising up a 161 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:06,480 people, a strong families, mothers, fathers, husbands, 162 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,960 wives, God, his grandparents raising them up and says, 163 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,320 listen, the enemy will not have these treasures. 164 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,360 The enemy will not have our family. 165 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,880 They will not have our kids, our values, what we stand for, what 166 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,040 we believe for in the hope the enemy or the culture will not 167 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,320 have it. And here comes Nehemiah and he 168 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:31,240 says fight for your family, for your hope, fight for your 169 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,520 values, for your Christian values in this time that we are 170 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:39,440 living in, stand up and fight for those family members, OK? 171 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:44,200 And that is the language of a strong family with strong 172 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:48,880 values, who knows they belong to God, who knows who they belong 173 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,560 to? Who says fear has no place in 174 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:55,440 this house, Confusion has no place in this house, Compromise 175 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,560 has no place in this house. Doubt has no place because this 176 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:00,920 house belongs to God. Somebody say this house belongs 177 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,200 to God. Come on, put your hands together 178 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,400 and shout it out. This house belongs God. 179 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,960 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. OK, now so now I started 180 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,480 rebuilding the wall. And so that's a picture of a 181 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,680 wall of protection in the homes, a strong homes, strong family, a 182 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:20,840 wall of protection wall that means safety and security in 183 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,560 your home. So this is a picture when it's 184 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:27,520 rebuilding the walls going up, rising up, a strong home, the 185 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,640 the walls, it's rising up, it's going up and walls of 186 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,600 protection. And I believe that was what God 187 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,400 is doing in our lives in the season. 188 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,760 He's pulling and rebuilding the the walls. 189 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,440 He's rising for safety and protection. 190 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,000 And so your family might not be look like it's got it all 191 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,600 together, might not be perfect, but the walls is rising. 192 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:56,160 Maybe it is that the son or the boat or the child is still in 193 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,320 the process. That's not not perfect, although 194 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,600 this still looks like a man, but the walls, the wall is rising. 195 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,000 That's what is pulling in our OK, we are on a journey, OK. 196 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,720 And so that's where God is saying now the wall is rising in 197 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,360 the Hut. And so I guess you, your house 198 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:20,760 may still have some issues and some Mace in it, but the wall is 199 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,280 rising. I mean, somebody say the wall is 200 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,440 rising, the wall is rising. Tell your neighbors, say the 201 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,400 wall is rising. Yes, the wall is rising. 202 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,080 God is building his church, his building family. 203 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,680 And so Nehemiah, he started rebuilding the walls and as soon 204 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:40,400 as he started rebuilding the walls, here's what happened. 205 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,360 The enemy started resisting the moment he started. 206 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:48,080 There it is in the world. I want to show you the verse 207 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,040 because I was looking at some reading wow, what is happening 208 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,360 here and it just shows the the rebuilding started and and and 209 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,480 yes, the the the enemy is resisting. 210 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,040 Now watch this in verse. Can you give me verse one 211 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,480 Nehemiah chapter 4 Yes, but it so happened when some pilot 212 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,960 heard that we were rebuilding the wall. 213 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,600 Now watch this that he was furious and very indigo so very, 214 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,800 very angry. OK and so Nehemiah rebuild the 215 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,800 balls opposition rose up against him. 216 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,680 And so when you start rebuilding your home, your marriage 217 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,680 rebuilding, OK, do not be surprised when pressure shows 218 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,720 up. OK, when you start rebuilding, 219 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,400 what matters most in your life? When you start rebuilding and 220 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,640 don't be surprised when pressure start, when you start praying 221 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,920 more, when you start making church priority on a Sunday, 222 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,120 when we are the Bible, read the Bible at home, praying with 223 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:47,400 kids, do not be surprised when they push back, OK, Because 224 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,240 that's what the Scripture says, that they, the enemy, the 225 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:56,680 resistance is a sign that something very valuable is being 226 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:59,800 restored. That's the sign. 227 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:03,080 So this is resistance. It shows that listen, you are 228 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,760 building, you are doing what is right. 229 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,160 And the moment the rebuilding started, that's where the 230 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,360 opposition also started. So if there has been some 231 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,080 difficulty around you and your home, in your life, pressure 232 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:22,080 going up and around your family situation, okay, that is our God 233 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,880 has marked your hope for rebuilding, Goddess marked you. 234 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:31,120 So heaven is moving, Heaven is stepping in, Heaven is working 235 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,000 in your family, in your marriage, in your home, 236 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,040 rebuilding, OK, in the walls. And so the wall is rising. 237 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,960 And I believe that that is what is happening in the season where 238 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:45,240 prayer is rising, peace is rising, joy is rising in our 239 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,560 homes. And so every family needs to 240 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:52,240 hear this, that you do not have to have a perfect family for God 241 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,200 to move in your house. You don't have to have it all 242 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,880 together all the time, perfect for God to move and be in your 243 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,120 house. You don't have to. 244 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,560 OK, that's A, and so a strong home, a strong family is not a 245 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:08,280 flawless family. A strong family is not a family 246 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,320 with no mistakes, no problems, no difficult, no challenge, OK, 247 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:16,720 No, a strong family is a family that always turn to God, turn 248 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,280 back to God. That is a strong home and strong 249 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,240 'cause God can still move. He can move in families in, you 250 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:30,000 know, in a, in a troubled house, in a tired house, okay, in a 251 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,560 Mesa house, God can still move there. 252 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,160 So it doesn't have to be perfect for the home to be filled with 253 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,480 God's presence, okay, I'm talking from Explorer. 254 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,040 We know that things get difficult, hard, okay? 255 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,360 But I thank God for his presence. 256 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,600 It's still in our home, regardless of difficulties and 257 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,760 precious that we go through as a home in the family, God's praise 258 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,160 is still there. So I wanted to grab this 259 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,080 relation and that's why I said to you, is it OK if we just talk 260 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,160 real today and not take that everything is all perfect and 261 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,320 let's just be real that we live in with some challenges and some 262 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,200 precious in everyday family life. 263 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,200 It gets hard and difficult, but I thank God that God's presence 264 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,760 still there. Some of the most strongest 265 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,720 families I know is not the polished ones. 266 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,160 It's not the picture perfect families, but it's families that 267 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,480 keep on praying. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 268 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,400 yeah. That's just the strong families 269 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:24,760 I know. It's families. 270 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,680 They still keep on believing. They still keep on making room 271 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,480 for God, even though we are all on the journey. 272 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,200 We all make mistakes and trouble and difficulties, but we are on 273 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,080 the journey. But God is still there with us. 274 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,000 I thank God that he doesn't just leave me. 275 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,880 Thank God for that song. He's with us in the fire. 276 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,040 I thank God when he gets hard and difficult and struggling, 277 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,680 that he doesn't just leave. He stays with us in the mess, in 278 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,240 the trouble, in the difficult. He's with us in the fire. 279 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,240 Wow, I love that. Come on someone, He will never 280 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,240 leave us. He never beside us. 281 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:01,840 Hallelujah. Praise God. 282 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,000 Yeah. And so I want to show you that 283 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,400 this picture of Rahab's story, and it's a powerful picture of 284 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:15,240 grace because Rahab proves that no family background is bigger 285 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,400 than God's grace. Hallelujah. 286 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:23,080 And so the Scripture, it doesn't hide her past. 287 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:32,160 Listen, the Bible Hebrews 11 caller Ryad the prostitute and I 288 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,960 want to talk about Ryad the prostitute. 289 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,080 It's right there, OK, So God did not take that out of the bar. 290 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,280 He left it in the barn. So he left that portion. 291 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,560 You know that Ryad the prostitute in the Bible. 292 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:48,760 So for a purpose so that when we really that we know that there 293 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:53,200 is nothing in our past that is bigger than God's grace. 294 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,760 Oh Hallelujah, nothing is bigger. 295 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,800 No, no, go fast. OK. 296 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:03,600 And so rehab did did not have a perfect past. 297 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,240 And I could just imagine that there was night when she was 298 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,599 just like he looked up and thought, oh, God, if you're 299 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:13,000 real. But if you're really real, OK, 300 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,000 could you do something in my life? 301 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:19,800 Could you have mercy on my life? God, if you real, could you 302 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,440 change the story of my life, my family? 303 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,040 If you really could you change you have a future for somebody 304 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:30,840 like me, OK. Because in Jericho, she was OK 305 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,480 right here, right? And she's trying out to God. 306 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,400 And the enemy for sure is using that as like, yeah, look at your 307 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,400 mistakes. Look at your past. 308 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,520 Look at what's been going on in your family line. 309 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,600 What family are you coming from? What's a family? 310 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,560 What bloodline? OK, so yeah. 311 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,640 And so the enemy's like, look at the mess that you are in right 312 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,160 now. But the devil is a liar. 313 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:59,800 The devil is a liar because when you run towards car, car and you 314 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,880 just give one step towards God, God comes running back to the 315 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,640 God comes running. Hallelujah. 316 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,840 That's our God. That's our God. 317 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,160 When Kisa was sinking under that water, he just go help. 318 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,280 Jesus was right there, hold him up. 319 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:18,000 That's our God. He's a very present help in the 320 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,000 time of trouble. My children can cry out one 321 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,480 crime and nature daddy's right there, that's our God. 322 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,040 Some people have to think that oh, God is far away. 323 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,720 God is very, very present, very close at work, at family where 324 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,320 Jesus is there. Oh, it is on my son. 325 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:42,640 That's a father to a son. Now, if we know how to do good 326 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,640 to our kids, how much more will a heavenly father who's going to 327 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:51,240 dogs to ask it get in? My father. 328 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,920 My father. Yes, my son. 329 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:00,400 I'm Ranger. Oh, that's a great God. 330 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,720 He can't run into you. Now, listen, people might write 331 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,440 you off. God, that's not right. 332 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:13,080 People might label you according to your worst past mistake. 333 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,840 God sees valley purpose tastily. Yeah. 334 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,520 How do people they saw? Well, yeah, all right. 335 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,960 Broken reputation. Oh, the lady. 336 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,960 Oh, lady of the process. A terrico. 337 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,880 The people saw a broken lady. God sees a woman of faith who's 338 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:39,000 about to shift her family story forever. 339 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:46,320 She's about to shift her family. Are we talking about the same 340 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:47,960 person? Well, I'm going to show you this 341 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,360 is powerful, Josh. This is powerful because, yes, 342 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:53,160 Joshua said to you spies. Yeah, this price goes into 343 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,200 Jericho. Where did they go of all of 344 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,800 Jericho? Where did they go? 345 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:02,320 To Raya's house, OK. Rayaf did not have a perfect 346 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,840 house, OK? Now I just want to say that 347 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,320 that's why I said you do not have to have a perfect family. 348 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,560 Forgot to move in our house. I said why? 349 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,800 They go to Yeah, they go to Raya's house, OK. 350 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,320 And so, yes, Raiha. And she had said she opens the 351 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:21,760 door. She welcomed them, protected 352 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,160 them, and she allied herself with the God of Israel. 353 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,360 Oh, my God, my God. Whoa. 354 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,080 Whose side will you? I just want to be on the right 355 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,840 side. Whoa. 356 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:39,360 Because you know what's going to come to Jericho when you read 357 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:40,600 the Bible? What's going to happen to 358 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,040 Jericho? Big destruction. 359 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,000 Big destruction. The structure is about to happen 360 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,240 to the entire city, be analyzed, completely destroyed the hearts, 361 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,680 all of it. So you want to be on the right 362 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,440 side before the destruction comes. 363 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:58,720 And yes, Sarah Ray happens. She aligns herself, and I love 364 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,360 it because the moment, and this is powerful, the moment, she's 365 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:04,000 been giving a chance to ask for something. 366 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:09,960 She did not ask for promotion. She did not ask for poster 367 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,640 status. She did not ask for a title, 368 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,440 right? I don't ask. 369 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:15,640 He had the opportunity. Like what? 370 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,160 What can we do? You've helped us now. 371 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,120 OK. I'm not going to ask for money. 372 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,400 OK. Listen, I'm going to ask for my 373 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:22,520 family. Who? 374 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:25,560 Jesus. OK. 375 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,600 Hallelujah. Somebody's getting this. 376 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:30,760 Yes. Let me get this. 377 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:39,240 Yeah, you get. She asked. 378 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,800 Yeah. For her family, not through 379 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,760 motion, not status or influence, not a pause. 380 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,840 A family. My God, Hallelujah. 381 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,440 It pleases me every time when I read that she's like, save my 382 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,640 family. My mother, my daddy, my 383 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,440 brothers, sisters, everybody who is connected to me, save them. 384 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,160 That's the ones I want you to speak. 385 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:08,720 Destruction is coming. The whole city is going to be 386 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,760 destroyed and wiped out. I want my family peace. 387 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,520 And we talked last week about Noah, what happened again, we 388 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,360 see this over and over throughout the Bible with the 389 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:22,400 blood, and they are now. I want you to grab hold of this 390 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,120 because I'm going to show you something amazing. 391 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:27,120 This is so powerful because she asked for her family. 392 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,520 And that is faith. It's courage, it's politics. 393 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,160 When we take a stand, we fight. That's what we fight for your 394 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,120 family. Now here she is and she's 395 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:41,160 fighting for her family. A broken reputation, broken 396 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,240 background in a wicked city and so yet she had the fight of 397 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:52,800 faith to believe for God who reached her in her mess, in her 398 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:57,800 problems in her difficult for God to also reach her family. 399 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,160 God, if you can reach this wretched man, if you could reach 400 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,840 me in my mess, in my troubles, Oh my God, this same guy can 401 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,520 also reach my family. If you could reach a Rashid man 402 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,800 like me with my troubles in my mess. 403 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,920 If you could reach my heart, the prostitute God. 404 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,360 And she had the point of five to believe God, if you could reach 405 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,760 me at all. Me then reply, you can also 406 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:27,720 reach my family. My God, save my family. 407 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,960 Oh, I believe it's a way for somebody to die because you may 408 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,200 look at your family and all that you see is a mess. 409 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,560 You see one family member in fright Masonry. 410 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,000 You see one family in your idolatry Fright Mason's closes. 411 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,760 So Antheus, you see a mess when you look at your family. 412 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,240 Oh God, when I look at my bloodline, how can you change my 413 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,160 life? How can you change my family? 414 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:51,040 Oh, but the grace of God can break the curse. 415 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,640 You know, the grace of God can turn it around. 416 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,360 The grace of God can bring a brand new future just like you 417 00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:01,440 broke into my life. I was in a Pretoria studying Oh 418 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,480 God came me to my life. God got me out of the streets. 419 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,520 I was on my only God lifting up and I stood up and God saved me 420 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,440 and I said, God, now that you have saved me, I'm asking you 421 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,600 for my family, my father and my mother. 422 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,600 Why thank God I was reaching out for my family in the diagnostic. 423 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,400 I was just finding out my family. 424 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,680 People were in the hostel, people were in the people were 425 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,440 in the almost 1 and they were I mean, I came from an office of 426 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,880 Pretoria. Here I am the guys are saying, 427 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,440 do you know what's happened to Philip who the the athlete, the 428 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,040 guy that won. He says that was a man's the the 429 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,720 celebs. That guy, he got sad. 430 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,480 His life is not the same anymore. 431 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,120 He's not on the streets anymore. Oh my God. 432 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,240 And you know, the fire of God touched me. 433 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,880 I will apartment don't come, Hallelujah. 434 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,960 And you know we can't pull me out. 435 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,080 I started to my family. I was on my case. 436 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:55,760 Dad, you've got to come and see this. 437 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,560 We go to church. Oh my God, there's tower in the 438 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,840 church. I took my dad into church. 439 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,680 My mum got fooled with the Holy Ghost. 440 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,120 She got that size. My brother, you're shy. 441 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:06,680 He's now in German. He's a surgeon. 442 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,680 Successful surgery on fire for Jesus. 443 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,320 My God, I said, I'm not my family. 444 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,160 I want anything. One of them, I don't want music 445 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,920 to hell. I want them in heaven. 446 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:27,400 And they fall up straight. Hey, they could see here's on 447 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,800 Flint. This guy's not sweating like a 448 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,000 sailor anymore. He used to work, used to 449 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,160 everywhere. And I'm like, listen, this guy's 450 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,000 chase, What's happened to him? What's happened to a wool? 451 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,240 Yeah, he had an encounter with God. 452 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,800 Now, I want you to see this because these spies gave the 453 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,720 Raya 2 very powerful obstructions, and I want you to 454 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,320 grab hold of us today. The first thing is the scarlet 455 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,440 rub. Yeah, remember he said put the 456 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,120 rub outside of the window. That's the first one. 457 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:02,760 The second one, watch this. Get your family in the house, 458 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,160 something. It's all out of me now, and it's 459 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,320 anointing for you. God sent me the other day to put 460 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,920 that on your life. I'm not there for me. 461 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,560 I'm here for God's sake. Put this anointing on your life. 462 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,760 Your life will never be the same again. 463 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,840 I'm telling you your families will never be the same again. 464 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,400 What God has done for me, he's going to do for you. 465 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,200 I want you to grab others because the spy said get them in 466 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,280 the house. OK, so the first thing is the 467 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,160 scholar drug. Mark the house, right? 468 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,400 OK, mark the house. Cover the house, right? 469 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,360 So it speaks of the blood of you. 470 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:41,680 The second thing, can everyone of them get them in the house? 471 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,560 OK? And so this is very important 472 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,080 time that we're living in now. It's not a time to just be 473 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,720 casually isolated. It's not a time to treat the 474 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,160 House of God just as secondary, as optional. 475 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,840 It's just something nice that we do because we, it's not just a 476 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,760 wicked routine, OK? The House of God is life giving, 477 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:03,160 it's times building, it's soul saving soul. 478 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,640 OK, that's the House of God. All right. 479 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,760 And so we get them in the house. And so we are talking about life 480 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,480 in day fear because terraca is about to be destroyed. 481 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,080 Only those who were in the house were saved. 482 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:25,320 Yeah, but it's all in the Bible reading, reading over and over. 483 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,720 You see everything. Only the the entire remember 484 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,600 what happened? I was all this whose house he 485 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,840 made Raya. And the only people in the house 486 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:43,880 were spared of the entire Raya and her house, everything they 487 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,680 were spared. That's why the spies told they 488 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,160 said get your family in the house. 489 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,440 Especially in this lost generation that we are living in 490 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,080 these laws. They stay in the House of God, 491 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,840 stay in the country. We God has granted you we God is 492 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,080 connected. You stay in the House of God 493 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,680 where the word of God is being preached, where the presence of 494 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,280 God, the Holy Spirit is welcome. The rubber of God is moving and 495 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,400 flowing. Stay connected. 496 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:16,200 It matters, OK, in the presence of God because that's far court. 497 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,320 It points us to the blood of Jesus. 498 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,560 The blood of Jesus speaks of mercy. 499 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,480 And in the blood of Jesus, under the mercies of Jesus Christ, 500 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,040 there's safety, there's protection. 501 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,840 And that's why every day we plead the blood on our kids, we 502 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,480 plead the blood on our homes and our families. 503 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,000 We plead the blood. We mark our homes, our families 504 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,680 with the blood. We say thank you, Lord, for the 505 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,920 blood of Jesus protecting our lives. 506 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:42,280 And so Raya became a euro. Now this five year is very, very 507 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,520 powerful. So Raya became a 5 year old. 508 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:52,760 Now this is just amazing. But gosh, so Raya became so she 509 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:58,520 got her family in the house. She became a 5 year old. 510 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:03,360 Yeah, because she got her family in the house. 511 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,640 Yeah. Wow, great. 512 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,200 In five year old she didn't preach her son. 513 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,560 OK, you're a five year you didn't pick up the mic behind 514 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,160 the pulpit, but Rayad you are a five year. 515 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,840 Rayad did not lead a nation. She did five year. 516 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,640 Rayad is a five year. She got a house, she got her 517 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:33,600 family in the house and you're getting this church and that 518 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:39,440 matters to God. It matters to God so much that 519 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:47,600 God put her in Hebrews 11 amongst the €5, says amongst the 520 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:52,000 €5. She didn't break the server, she 521 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:59,160 didn't stop you on the bumper. She got her family 5 euro €5. 522 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,240 Now, can I go a little deeper? Yeah, because Raya was not 523 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:03,920 perfect. OK? 524 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,120 She's a faith hero, but not a perfect pass. 525 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,800 OK, Raya flawless. OK, broken reputation. 526 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:16,480 So it looked like she was disqualified in the natural. 527 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,840 OK, Raya possibly disqualified right now. 528 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:26,280 By the grace of God, she came through the bloodline bloodlet 529 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,520 family. Ignore it. 530 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,280 Come on, Ryan. Family line. 531 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:39,080 Oh, Jesus Christ. OK. 532 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,480 What bloodline do you have in your life? 533 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,280 Sir. Madam. 534 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:50,480 OK, Ryan, the prostate. Oh, OK. 535 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:52,080 Are we going to look at some bloodlines? 536 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:53,760 You look at the family lies. Yeah. 537 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:54,920 OK. Right. 538 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,560 So I just want to show you because when you read chapter 539 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:03,680 Matthew chapter 1, it does not say Riyadh the prostitute, it 540 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,680 doesn't say Riyadh the harlot. When you read in Matthew chapter 541 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,480 1, because I want you to see now the grace of God, how the grace 542 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:18,400 of God changes families, restore families, how the grace of God 543 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,320 is powerful. Because when you read in Matthew 544 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,400 chapter 1, talking about the family line of Jesus, God, it 545 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,040 doesn't talk about Ryan. It talks, it says simply right. 546 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,680 And it says that first. Before that it talks about 547 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,240 Simon, the father of Boaz. Who's Boaz? 548 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:38,720 His mother, Raya. Yeah. 549 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,160 So now what's happened? You don't. 550 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,400 She's not defined by her mistakes. 551 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:50,760 It price has turned her life on, gave her a brand new feel. 552 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,280 Now she's a wife. She's a mother. 553 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,480 Restored family. Can you see how God took her? 554 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,720 The grace of God changed her life. 555 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,120 Faith year. How Maya. 556 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,520 She fought family. Yeah, it's Ween. 557 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,360 It's a big national. Why did you grab all of us? 558 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,600 This is how we nonsense because yes, the grace of God, but he 559 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:19,240 says when you fight for your family, God will fight for you. 560 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,840 Raya, you fought for your family, Raya. 561 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,640 I will fight for you. Raya. 562 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,160 I'm going to give you a husband. You're going to be a mother. 563 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,480 You're going to have a restored family because you fight for 564 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:38,160 your family. 5 heroes? How many 5 heroes? 565 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,560 I see 5 heroes in this place. I see 5 heroes. 566 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,120 Oh my God, I've done some 5 heroes in this place. 567 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:49,320 A completely restored family. Rushed by the plant, Completely 568 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,680 change. Restored her strong family 569 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,240 through her. Oh my goodness, 5 heroes. 570 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,680 I'm sensing 5 heroes in this place. 571 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,240 My goodness. So let every parent, every 572 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,480 mother, father, grandparent in this room fight for your family. 573 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,400 This is about your children. This is about your home. 574 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,800 This is about eternity, OK? And I want you to fight for your 575 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,480 family. Get your family in the house in 576 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,000 the presence of God, OK? This is what we do. 577 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,840 Because in God's eyes, if you can get your family in the 578 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,640 house, if you can get your family under the blood, if you, 579 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,440 you can pray for your father, you're always pointing to Jesus. 580 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,680 You always pray for them. You always cover them. 581 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,640 If you can get your, that matches to God in the eyes of 582 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:40,760 God, you don't fight your own, fight your own in the eyes of 583 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:45,680 God, when you get your father, that's that's true success. 584 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:52,760 Let me just tell you, if I get my family ready for heaven, I'm 585 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,080 a success. Not because of my pastor, not 586 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,560 because of my minister, not because of the title, not 587 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,600 because of anything else, not because of anything in this 588 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:06,520 earthly world, any temporary thing that's true success. 589 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,960 Yeah. If I can get my family ready for 590 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,880 the for the coming of Jesus Christ, ready for heaven, if I 591 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,600 can get my family in the house ready for Jesus, I'm a success 592 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,320 more than driving a fancy car, more than being very successful 593 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,920 in business, a lot of money in the bank, all of that. 594 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,400 What about the family that really matters? 595 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,760 Because the thing that really matters before God is not how 596 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,760 much money it's got in the bank. It is what are you doing about 597 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,400 your family? Are you fighting for your 598 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,719 family? Because that is what matters, 599 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:49,239 not a title, not a status, not an applause. 600 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,040 I'm not hosting an applause. Have the house, have the car, 601 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:57,240 have all of that. Give me my family, family. 602 00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:01,680 That is true success. If God, that's a five year, 603 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,840 that's our five year. When you get your house, your 604 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:16,960 family in the house, that's five year olds and you are a 5 year 605 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,640 old because God has put you in your family in this hour for 606 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:26,440 such a time as this. You are the five year old and 607 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,600 God has put you in your family in the months. 608 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,120 Your loved ones, you are the five year old. 609 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:39,360 You are the one called to pray. You are the one called to cover 610 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,600 them, to pray for them, to stand for your. 611 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,320 You are the five year old come on church, every one of us in 612 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,920 this race a fight. You know you are the one who to 613 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,440 fight and stand up for your family, fight for your manage 614 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,480 for your kids. You are the one to say for me at 615 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,720 the house we will serve the Lord. 616 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:59,920 This house belongs to God. You are the five heroes. 617 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,520 That's real success. Get your family in the house. 618 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,560 Get them ready for heaven. More than success, more than 619 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,600 land, more than applause, OK? That's God's eyes as a fight 620 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,000 hero. So bring us right back to 621 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:18,000 Nehemiah where we balance the everyday family life because it 622 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,320 says there that the boulders in one hand they were building, but 623 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:27,120 the other hand they had weapon. So that's how we do family life. 624 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,840 Because yes, family life, there's one side of it. 625 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,520 Yes, we work and we both and we do that. 626 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,600 But then there's another side that we've got to fight for our 627 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,160 family. We cannot just in a society, in 628 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,520 a culture where it's all busy, busy, busy, just running for 629 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,840 success and neglect the family. And we're on the next business 630 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,720 trip, we're on the next this and that. 631 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:50,200 And it's like, when am I spending time with my family? 632 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,480 When am I wasting that time in my home and my family? 633 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,520 And so people are just chasing off the more things of the 634 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,320 world. But really what matters people 635 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:03,840 got is the family. And it says here Maya 4 by 17. 636 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:08,040 It says those who pulled on the wall and those who carried 637 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,920 burdens loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked 638 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,000 at construction and with the other one the weapon. 639 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,880 So the one hand was building and then the other hand they had a 640 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,760 weapon. And so you got to build some 641 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:21,920 things. So you got to battle some 642 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,920 things. So we pulled in the home. 643 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,800 We build trust, we build communication. 644 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,480 Honestly, we have a conversation, OK. 645 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,280 And so we build trust and love and kindness in the home amongst 646 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,040 our family. And then we got against fear, 647 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:41,760 doubt, betrayal, hurts, emotional distance, isolating. 648 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,680 Live in the same house but called as a fridge. 649 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:48,080 Live in the same house, not talking, not communicating. 650 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,080 So what we need to do is the one side we're building and the 651 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,840 other side we are guarding against what we watch on 652 00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:00,080 screens. Fight against that. 653 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,360 Protect the hope, protect the family. 654 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,080 Be careful with what you watch on the screen. 655 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:12,040 Fight. Resist pornography. 656 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:18,520 Pornography destroys the hope. Don't play with porn, watch what 657 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:24,080 you see with your eyes. Be careful in the home, do not 658 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,800 leave any open gaps. So you do not allow certain 659 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,560 things in the house. And So what do we prioritize in 660 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,800 the home? What do we feed in the home? 661 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,360 What do we protect? And so it's the same time you 662 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,920 pull, but it's like a garden. If you want like a perfect 663 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,480 garden, you don't just water all the time. 664 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:45,280 Yeah, pretty. You also have to uproot the 665 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,560 weeds. There has to go pumps in our 666 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,440 daily life. So in the daily life, 667 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:53,320 yesterday's washing up dishes, cooking food, playing the pools, 668 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,040 working at it. But at the same time, there has 669 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,760 to be also keeping the bond of peace. 670 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:03,080 Love, honey, how are you communicate, love each other. 671 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,680 It's not just all work and not play and just busy, busy, busy 672 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:11,200 and we neglect each other, which is more important than a job. 673 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,560 Let me just be honest and clear here. 674 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,720 Your marriage is more important than any job when in ministry. 675 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,320 Let's just your marriage. You got to fight for your 676 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,480 marriage. It's more important than being 677 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:27,840 successful at work. Have a great job, have a great 678 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,080 job. What about the marriage? 679 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,000 That's insane. That's number one, his family. 680 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,320 So we have to do what matters to God. 681 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:44,280 That's real success, not What Car we drive God that does not 682 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,840 impress God. And I'm not against driving 683 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,240 fancy cars and ice houses. But then also what impresses God 684 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:56,040 is how do you treat your wife? How do you speak to your, how do 685 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,040 we speak to one another as brothers and sisters? 686 00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,920 Because listen, let's just be honest, we are the family of 687 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:02,840 God. So how do we balance that? 688 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,040 And I want you to see this because. 689 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,560 It brings us to the close to verse 20, very powerful promise. 690 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:12,320 When Nehemiah verse 20, he says that wherever you hear the sign 691 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,840 of the trumpet rally, there here is our verse for today. 692 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:21,120 Our God will fight for us. And so the people were spread 693 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,760 out working around all different responsibilities, different 694 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,320 tasks, and they're all there. But even though we're at 695 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,920 different places, they still stay close enough to the 696 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,560 trumpets that they could hear the trumpet. 697 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:35,560 OK? So stay close to the voice of 698 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,360 God, stay close to the word of God. 699 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,920 So they stay close enough to hear the trumpet call, Okay. 700 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,000 And it's like Wi-Fi enough. So if you walk too far from your 701 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,720 house and the Wi-Fi signal gets weaker and weaker and weaker, 702 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:51,480 and then afterward, if you walk too far from the house, the 703 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,160 signal drops, the signal gets weaker and weaker. 704 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,520 And so here they are. And it's like everyday life. 705 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,040 We, we, we busy lives, we go to work, we do our thing, we are 706 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,600 different places. And that's fine. 707 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,480 We have some busy special softball and all that. 708 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:11,360 But the message is simple. Stay close to the trumpet, stay 709 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:15,320 close to the voice of God, stay close to the worship, stay close 710 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,000 to the work, stay close to the presence of God so that when the 711 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,040 pressure rises, you know, we're together. 712 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,600 Stay close to and connected because that's why connection 713 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:31,440 matters, that we stay connected. Because once people get cut off 714 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,840 from the voice of God, then they start fighting battles that 715 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,080 they're not supposed to fight. Yeah, that's right. 716 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,080 Start fighting battles on their own, alone. 717 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:45,640 And that's never what God wants. The Bible says that that path 718 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,800 for your family, God will fight for you. 719 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,640 And so we need to understand the titles that are yes, Lord, God 720 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,400 is fighting with us when it comes to the family marriage. 721 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:00,760 God sang, I'm in this with you, my son, I'm in this. 722 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,240 I'm going to fight this with you. 723 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,480 But you see, when there's isolation, people get cut off. 724 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,280 They get caught up in fighting other battles. 725 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,920 It's like destruction with the precious. 726 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,720 And so stay close to the world. Stay close to under the covering 727 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:17,400 where heaven strengthens you and reminds you that as you fight 728 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:19,160 for your family, you're not fighting alone. 729 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:26,000 You're not on your own, whatever that Masonry, whatever atheist, 730 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,720 whatever difficulty in the family, whatever that argument, 731 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:30,800 listen, you're not fighting that thing on your own. 732 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,400 And I've seen it over the years in my family members, even some 733 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,120 of my family members, like an odd. 734 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:41,120 I was amazed what God can do when God fights for you. 735 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,640 Even in Pretoria I've seen when I walk into people's hearts and 736 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,360 stuff and just out of nowhere, out of the blue, I just started 737 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,720 talking to them about the Lord. And these are uncles and nephews 738 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:53,320 far, but they connected to me and I would just share with them 739 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:57,520 and I would see the hand of God. What only the only ghost can do 740 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,040 is touch that person's heart and life. 741 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,360 And so you don't fight it on your Amen. 742 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,440 And so the battle belongs to the Lord. 743 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,000 Yeah, opposed the war. But, you know, if the battle 744 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,920 belongs to the Lord, then that doesn't mean we do nothing. 745 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:13,200 Let's actually explain that first to you, because we all 746 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,360 have a role to play. We have a role to play. 747 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,080 God has a role to play. We all need this. 748 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,560 OK, let me give you an example. OK, So it's not about just 749 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:20,200 sitting. Nothing. 750 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,120 The battle belongs to God. OK, Tug of war. 751 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,080 Now, if you need the tug of war, OK, they're pulling on the road. 752 00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:28,640 And let's say this child is pulling on this side. 753 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:32,520 Now, if that child is pulling in his own strength, he's going to 754 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:36,120 lose the tug of war. But yeah, but the moment the 755 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,440 parent comes and the father stands behind the child and 756 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:43,520 pulls the rope, OK, all of a sudden the tug of war, the 757 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,800 situation changes. That pressure, that difficult, 758 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,640 let's say, is not strong enough anymore because the parents 759 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:53,000 lifted and the real strength is not in the child, but the parent 760 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:57,880 behind the child. And then I said, I want you to 761 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:02,160 grab hold of this, that when God says, listen, we, you fight for 762 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,080 your fight and I will fight your battle. 763 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,400 The battle belongs to God. It's like when I showed my son, 764 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,760 my youngest one with a bicycle and we got the stabilizers off 765 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,920 and I said, and then he's somehow like, oh, he's just 766 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,040 going to sit down the pants. I'm like, no, you're going to 767 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,960 peddle. So I see I'm like, listen, now 768 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,440 if you ride your bicycle, even though the state because the 769 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,680 stabilizers, you don't have to pedal. 770 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,520 You can sort of just sit like that, but now it's off. 771 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,600 I'm like, if you're not going to penny, you're going to follow. 772 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,040 But here's the thing. When God says the pencil belongs 773 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,400 to me, God says the pedal is low. 774 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,160 My hand was old is still on the hands is on the seat. 775 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,240 So while he's meddling, I'm holding my hand dead. 776 00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:46,080 So that is what God, the picture that God is showing us that you 777 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,000 when you fight for your hub and your family, you're not fighting 778 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,040 a lot. You are not on your own. 779 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:56,920 God comes and he fights with us. I mean somebody are you getting 780 00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,840 this? Yes, God says I will fight with 781 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:03,520 you. And so I want to close with 782 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,160 another story. Is that OK? 783 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,840 Somebody, can I give you one more? 784 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:16,800 We have a supporter. OK, let me show you one more. 785 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:25,760 Yes, Someone also fights it for family now, because you see this 786 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:29,600 picture, remember? Yes, David. 787 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:33,200 And so he's in this place. It's a traditional place because 788 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,480 you know, Zig like me, it's like transition. 789 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,120 You know, he had the promise of God, but it was not fulfilled on 790 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:39,520 his life yet. He was annoying, but he's been 791 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,240 on the front yet. And so many families. 792 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,760 That's where we are. You've heard a word from God. 793 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,360 You know what God's spoken over your life. 794 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,560 You know what God has spoken over your marriage, your family. 795 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,680 You are, you know, but you've not seen the fulfillment. 796 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,480 You've not seen the breakthrough yet. 797 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:54,880 You know what? God has spoken over that son, 798 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,240 over that door, over there, but they are still not there yet, 799 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,320 still in the process. Maybe it's a healing situation 800 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,040 where the healing is not manifested. 801 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,200 So that's a place of transition many families are in now. 802 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,760 Know what God has said to you, but you've not seen it yet. 803 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,720 That's the cloud. It's a place of transition, OK. 804 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:16,280 And so here is David. And I just want to say that 805 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,960 Ziglag, because we have to just like Ray had started some way, 806 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,080 but that was not the end of the story. 807 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,760 We've seen the end of the story. The same with David. 808 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:26,800 He's in this transition place. OK? 809 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,360 Ziglag is not the end of the story. 810 00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:32,080 It's not your final address. So maybe there's some 811 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,760 difficulties and many situations in the family, in the home, in 812 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,400 the marriage. That's not the end. 813 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:41,680 It's a transition now, David. He's had the most worst day of 814 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,480 his life because he comes home and what's happened? 815 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,840 His home is on fire. He saw the smog from the 816 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,200 distance. Everything is burned down. 817 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,520 And what's happened? His family is gone. 818 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:57,360 My God, that's rough. That's rough. 819 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,720 Listen, you touch my car, my house, my job. 820 00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:04,600 You touch my finance. Don't touch my finance. 821 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:09,600 Don't touch my wife. And that's how we have to be 822 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:17,080 men, enemy. You will not have my family. 823 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,240 And here's David and they've taken his family. 824 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:26,160 You don't take my family. You don't touch my wife. 825 00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:29,480 You don't touch my children. I don't care who you are. 826 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,480 Take my house, take the car, take the finances. 827 00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:37,840 Don't take my family. And here's David. 828 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,440 And they end up and the father says they were weeping so much 829 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:46,920 that they did not have even strength enough to weep anymore. 830 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,120 And a lot of, you know, there's some people sitting in this 831 00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:53,360 place. You know exactly how that feels 832 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:56,920 because you have been praying for your family. 833 00:47:57,520 --> 00:47:59,880 You have been standing, believing for your family. 834 00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:02,080 Yeah, keep on. Keep on. 835 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,400 And then all of a sudden something has hit your family. 836 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,920 Something is hit your children, your home, your family, the 837 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,520 finance is out. Something is just out of 838 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,720 nowhere. You just didn't see this coming 839 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,520 and it's hit your family. Do you know what this feels 840 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,720 like? And David cried and he went and 841 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:23,880 he kept up with, but now I want you to see this amazing verse. 842 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:27,040 And this verse, this is really, I really believe was something 843 00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:34,640 very powerful here today because David did not accept the loss. 844 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,440 He's a fighter. He's a fighter. 845 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,840 We've got some heroes in this place. 846 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,400 We've got some people in this place that will fight for 847 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,680 families. If we only only families still 848 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:51,800 standing, we will fight for it. We've got some fighters because 849 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:53,120 David did not stay down in the US. 850 00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,080 He did not accept defeat, not defeat. 851 00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:57,600 He's like, I'm going to fight for my family. 852 00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:03,400 And he got up and the part he found strength in the law. 853 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,920 That's what I pray for everybody in this place and here it will 854 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,800 be a supernatural straight for pardon for your home, for your 855 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:18,200 family, for you straight for your parents, for your kids. 856 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:25,280 Verse 6, but David strengthened himself. 857 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:32,520 Hang the Lord, this God, and there are times that is what 858 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:34,440 fighting for your family looks like. 859 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:39,400 You strengthen yourself and you rise up and strengthen. 860 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,080 Fight in the law and you say it all. 861 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,080 I'm going to fight for my family. 862 00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:47,880 That's what fighting for your family looks like, strength in 863 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:51,320 the law. I'm not going to accept this. 864 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:54,840 And you're going to rise up. You're going to stand up even 865 00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:56,240 though it feels like you want to collapse. 866 00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:58,280 You are going to just wipe your tears. 867 00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:02,160 You're going to sit here and say, enemy, you will not have my 868 00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,000 treasure. You will not have my home, my 869 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,200 kids, my family. You will not have it. 870 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:13,440 That little strength. Yeah. 871 00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:16,040 And that's what I love about David. 872 00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:20,880 You went straight to the mark. Stay close to the trumpet, the 873 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,440 voice of God, the word of God, because here's the key. 874 00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,280 He went to God and he got a woman. 875 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:30,000 Yeah, he got a Because this is the thing when it comes to 876 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,000 fighting, I don't want to fight battles I'm not supposed to 877 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:34,280 fight because I don't want to fight about. 878 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,960 I want to know heaven's here with me. 879 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,160 I want to know that heaven is backing this fight. 880 00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:43,360 Before I'm going to go into this fight with Goliath, before I'm 881 00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,040 going to go into this fight, I want to know that I've got the 882 00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:47,920 the backing of heaven in this fight. 883 00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:52,280 And so David goes and he God want word for God. 884 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:57,440 God says pursue. Go for it, my son, go get it. 885 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:00,960 Don't expect the faith. Don't be defeated. 886 00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,760 Don't accept the loss. Don't let the enemy keep what 887 00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:08,040 beloks to you. You go and take it. 888 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,480 You go get it, my son, you go get it. 889 00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:13,880 You go after your family, go after your marriage, go get your 890 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:17,520 children, go get those kids, those loved ones go after they 891 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,080 go get it. Go get your short, go get your 892 00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,720 peace back. Go get your fire back after 893 00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:28,200 those children again. And so when God says pursue it 894 00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:33,120 means heaven is backing my God says go. 895 00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:38,040 God says fight this fam. God says that battle, we're 896 00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:40,040 backing you. We're backing you. 897 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:44,840 The battle belongs to God. And so I went David, he was, I 898 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:48,680 just love this because he's got this worth and God gave him this 899 00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:51,920 price and says you will recover all. 900 00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,000 And that's what I believe is a word for everybody here today, 901 00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,040 that you will recover all what has been stolen from your 902 00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,040 family. God will recover. 903 00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:03,600 God will recover at all. God recover everything that 904 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:07,880 enemies everything. Send the loves to you. 905 00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:12,040 Everything that's connected to you will be restored back. 906 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:17,000 You will recover without fail. You will recover everything. 907 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:21,680 Yes, yes, yes. You will get it back. 908 00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:23,760 You will get it. Yes. 909 00:52:25,880 --> 00:52:32,240 Firearm. Jesus Christ. 910 00:52:50,800 --> 00:53:00,720 You will recover it all. You will recover it all. 911 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:14,720 You'll recover it all. You'll recover it all without 912 00:53:14,720 --> 00:53:17,680 fail. You go get it. 913 00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:20,960 God will restore what belongs to you. 914 00:53:21,720 --> 00:53:24,560 Peace is coming back. Joy is coming back. 915 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,160 Yes, he's coming back. Your marriage is coming back. 916 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:32,120 I feel it very, very strongly. This prodigal. 917 00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:33,480 Scott showed me this coming back. 918 00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:38,520 This prodigal kids, they don't even know they're coming back. 919 00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:40,960 The protocols is coming back, they're coming out. 920 00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:44,680 There's children, there's kids, there's sun journeys, there's 921 00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,320 processes. They're coming back. 922 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:47,920 There's family members, they're coming back. 923 00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:50,040 I'm feeling very sorry coming back. 924 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:54,920 So what of the Lord Church? Because what God is behind you, 925 00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,400 Heaven is behind you. It's stronger than the pressure, 926 00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,680 it's stronger than the difficulty. 927 00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:03,440 The praises of God is with you. God fights for you. 928 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:08,080 The battle belongs to the Lord. The same God that says fight for 929 00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:11,440 your family. He promised that I will fight 930 00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:14,520 for you. And so today if you are in this 931 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:19,600 place and you say pastor, I am making a commitment today I will 932 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,280 fight for my family. I want you to stand to your feet 933 00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:24,440 right now. If you say I will fight for my 934 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:28,240 family, I will fight. I commit to fight for your 935 00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:30,920 family. Stand over this place right now 936 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,600 because some of you, you know the opponent of what it feels 937 00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,240 like to fight for your family, to pray for your family, to 938 00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:40,080 stand for your family, to fight for peace in the home. 939 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:43,600 Some of you know what it feels like to be in a family situation 940 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:46,800 and Bold and Patzel at the same time. 941 00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:53,600 And you are saying it today. God, I need you to step into my 942 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,960 family. God, I need you to fight for my 943 00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:01,440 family, Lord, Yeah, I am committed today to fight for my 944 00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:04,320 family and your words. They said you will fight for me. 945 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:06,640 And God, I need you now this morning. 946 00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:11,160 So put your hand on your heart right now if you're in this 947 00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:16,680 place and you say, yes, I need God's Christ and I need that 948 00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:19,920 strength, that David, that strength of the Lord. 949 00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:24,000 I want you to just say to the Lord, give me that strength, 950 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:29,480 that grace, that's strength to fight and stand for my family. 951 00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,120 Yes, Lord. So right now, raise your hands 952 00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:39,160 all across this route. I want to pray for every family 953 00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:42,880 represented here right now. Father, I thank you for every 954 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:46,920 person and every family. Thank you, Lord, that you fight 955 00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:50,080 for your people. Thank you, Lord, that you 956 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:53,760 rebuild every brokenness, every harm, every marriage. 957 00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,800 And father, I thank you for strength, anointing be released 958 00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:02,800 upon every person here to be the faith you know, to be the one 959 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:06,480 that brings the family into the house, pointing them to Jesus, 960 00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:09,440 get them ready for heaven. Yes, rule. 961 00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:13,440 Let the presence of the Holy Spirit move upon houses, homes, 962 00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,920 families, marriages, kids, everyone in this place. 963 00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:21,440 And right now we tell the enemy, you cannot have our families, 964 00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:23,800 You cannot have our kids, you cannot have our marriage. 965 00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:28,400 We command the devil to take his hands off and we take back our 966 00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,360 families. We take back our kids, our 967 00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:33,480 children. Yes, right now, every enemy 968 00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,560 plan, the plans of the enemy has been cancelled. 969 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:39,840 Every assignment of the enemy has been cancelled of every 970 00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:43,840 home, every family, every child. The particles are coming back. 971 00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:47,240 All those families are coming back where they belong, into the 972 00:56:47,240 --> 00:56:49,960 House of God. Lord, I thank you that you break 973 00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:54,600 strife in the home, break fear, break confusion, break it right 974 00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,600 now. Every chain of the enemy right 975 00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,160 now, break it. Homes will be healed. 976 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:03,480 Lord, as we fight for our families, we thank you that you 977 00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:06,400 will fight for us. Come on, somebody shout 978 00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:13,640 Hallelujah. Now before we close, let me just 979 00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:16,080 give one more invitation. Your view in this place and you 980 00:57:16,080 --> 00:57:17,640 have never given your life to Jesus. 981 00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,800 The greatest miracle is to receive Jesus into your heart 982 00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,680 and into your life. If you're in this place and you 983 00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:26,960 want to become a child of God, you want to become part of God's 984 00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:29,240 family, I want you to raise your hands. 985 00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:32,640 Today's your last day and Jesus comes back again. 986 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,440 If this is your moment right now, say yes. 987 00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:38,560 Include me, pastor, include me. Include me. 988 00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:40,640 Include me for heaven. Right now. 989 00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:42,080 Is there anybody flip up your hand? 990 00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:45,560 Very everybody saved, born again, you know that you know 991 00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,480 that you are saved. Don't walk out here and still 992 00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,560 full of doubt. Now that you can be saved today, 993 00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:53,840 your sins can be wiped away forever. 994 00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:56,720 Only Jesus can do that. Only the blood of Jesus can wipe 995 00:57:56,720 --> 00:58:00,480 away sins, wash you, cleanse you, give you a brand new start. 996 00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,760 So if that is you right now, just put your hand on your 997 00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:05,880 heart. And I just want us to pray just 998 00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:07,040 right now. I want us to pray. 999 00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:12,160 Everybody pray out loud right now say, Lord Jesus, I give you 1000 00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:17,880 my heart, I give you my life. Lord, I make you the Lord of my 1001 00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:21,200 life. Forgive my sin, wash me in your 1002 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:24,960 blood, make me a child of God. Amen. 1003 00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:26,320 Hallelujah. Come on, let's stand up by 1004 00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,480 Jesus. Glory did to God. 1005 00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:34,120 Now I want to search to say this out loud. 1006 00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:36,920 I really believe that this is a bold statement. 1007 00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:39,760 I want you to pray and say this and declare this with faith in 1008 00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:41,720 your heart. Say my house belong to God. 1009 00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:49,480 The battle belongs to the Lord. I will strengthen myself in the 1010 00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:52,680 Lord. I will not quit you. 1011 00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:59,760 My family is worth fighting for. I do not fight the Lord as I 1012 00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:05,280 fight for my family, the car of heavens fight for me. 1013 00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:07,960 Somebody give God the biggest son of life. 1014 00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:09,200 No. Is it?