1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,400 Crossing family, I have great news. 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,200 One of our favorite preachers is back. 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,760 That's right. Josh Howard is with us this 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:11,240 weekend to bring a word that I believe will be a blessing to 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,080 every single one of you. He has the same heart that we 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:15,680 do. He wants to make disciples. 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,520 You make disciples so that everybody can find an intimate, 8 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,560 personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 9 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,440 He wants to make wherever he's planted the hardest place on 10 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,200 planet earth to get the hell from. 11 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,080 So would you put a warm crossing welcome together for our 12 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,880 preacher this weekend, Josh Howard. 13 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,160 Good morning, crossing family. How is everybody? 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,880 Awesome. It is such an honor and a 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,360 privilege to be back here this morning. 16 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:49,040 Listen, God is moving in in your church through your people in 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,680 such tremendous ways that this is literally my favorite place 18 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,920 to come and preach. And yeah, for real it is. 19 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,160 And I'm I, I, I don't, I promise I don't say that to every church 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,960 that I preach at. Wink, wink. 21 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,200 OK, no, I, I, I really, I really do. 22 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,960 This really is my favorite. You guys have such an incredible 23 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,760 team and an incredible pastor Clayton is a dear friends. 24 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,080 Let's let's give him a hand really quick, by the way. 25 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,920 OK. Hey, listen, I do want to give 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,840 you a quick updates, but last time I was here, I told you 27 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,640 about a family member of ours who was in prison named Vijay. 28 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,760 And I am happy to report that a month ago he was released from 29 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,480 prison. And so let's just worship Jesus 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,080 for that. Thank. 31 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,760 Thank you guys for your prayers. But I do have another prayer 32 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,414 request. So my father in 33 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,600 I want to bring good news, and here's the reality. 34 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:11,000 In spite of all the persecution and difficulty, God is moving in 35 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,960 tremendous ways, I mean unprecedented ways. 36 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,280 In the nation of India. Just a few weeks ago, we got our 37 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,600 annual report for what God did last year in 2025. 38 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,520 And it blew me away to see what God did through ordinary, 39 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,960 everyday people who committed to making disciples. 40 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:33,160 And here it is. Last year we saw over 84,000 41 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,120 people come to Christ in 2025. Isn't that crazy? 42 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:45,160 And and not only that, but those people then planted over 11,500 43 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,600 house churches just last year. Isn't that crazy? 44 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,480 Praise God. And so thank you guys for your 45 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,240 prayers. Please continue to pray that 46 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,680 this year is an even greater year for the Kingdom and that we 47 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,520 continue to see the nation of India and the surrounding 48 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,920 countries saturated with the gospel. 49 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,960 Listen today guys, here's here's what I want to do. 50 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:09,960 You guys are in a series on basically unpacking the names of 51 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,360 God in the Old Testament and, and showing that God is the same 52 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,320 yesterday, today and forever. And, and he's still that type of 53 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,800 God today. So last week you guys heard 54 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,800 Clayton give an incredible message on how the Lord is my 55 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,880 shepherd and how, you know, he guides us and leads us whether 56 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,640 we're coming into a valley or in a valley or out of a valley, 57 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,080 Jesus and, and, and the Father God is with us today. 58 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,320 We are going to be unpacking another name of God called 59 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,080 Jehovah Nisi. And now what that means is the 60 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,000 Lord is my banner, which I will explain what that even means. 61 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,680 But but here's the big idea that we just need to prepare for and 62 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,400 get ready for is, is basically what that name means is this, 63 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,720 that that God fights battles on our behalf, which is why we were 64 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,480 even singing the songs we did this morning. 65 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,920 And it's so if you've come here today with a battle that you're 66 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,720 facing or a difficulty, whether it's financial, emotional, 67 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,560 spiritual, whatever it might be, I want you to know that today, 68 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,160 right here, right now, I want you to have an encounter with 69 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,000 Jehovah Nisi, the God who fights the battle on your behalf, so 70 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,079 that we can put our trust and faith in him knowing that he's 71 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:21,839 with us through those battles. You with me. 72 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,000 OK, I want to remind you, you guys remember my favorite phrase 73 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,120 that I talked to you? Pizza. 74 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:29,880 Pizza. This kid. 75 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,120 No shoes. Thanks. 76 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,200 No shoes, no shirt, no service. That's what they say. 77 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,360 No. Come on, somebody. 78 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,520 You remember. Come on, somebody. 79 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,680 OK, If you hear something that's good, I want you to yell it out. 80 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,880 If I don't hear any of them, I'll get the hint. 81 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,480 OK. All right, guys, let's, let's 82 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,280 pray. Let's ask Jesus to come and 83 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:50,680 speak, and then we're going to jump into the message together. 84 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,280 OK? So let's just ask God to speak 85 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:59,920 to us as we get into this. Jesus, we invite you here, We 86 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,720 invite you to stand on this stage and to be the one to 87 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:07,680 proclaim your word. Jesus, we love you, we worship 88 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,960 you and Holy Spirit, we invite you here to come and to open our 89 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:17,000 ears and to open our hearts and to empower us with your spirit. 90 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:23,560 You are Jehovah Nisi, You are our banner, You are our 91 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,560 identity, You were the one who fights our battles. 92 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,480 And so we thank you and God this morning. 93 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,920 There are many of us that are facing some really tough 94 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,000 challenges. And so I ask God that you will 95 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,720 raise the banner over us and that you would fight on our 96 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,160 behalf and that we would see where you're working. 97 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,560 Lord, we love you, we worship you, and we just ask that you to 98 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,960 unclog our ears, open our hearts, and help us to hear your 99 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:54,640 word. Today. 100 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,480 We pray this in Jesus name, Amen. 101 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,520 Amen. All right, guys, if you have 102 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,680 your Bibles, I want you to open up to Exodus chapter 17. 103 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,560 That's where we first see this whole idea of Jehovah Nisi. 104 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,640 It's where we see him called this for the first time. 105 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,960 But what I'm going to do leading up to that, I just want to show 106 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:20,280 you what led to him revealing himself as the God who fights 107 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:25,200 our battles, the God of victory, the God of, you know, the the 108 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,960 God who is our banner over us, as they say. 109 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,520 And so let's just start out with the story. 110 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:35,360 Any in Exodus chapter 17. We're going to start in verse 8 111 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,920 and then we'll go on from there. But here's what it says. 112 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:45,040 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rafidum. 113 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,840 Now, I want you to know, I want to give you the background of 114 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:48,960 what's happening here. OK? 115 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,480 So we jump right in where there's a battle taking place. 116 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,440 But I want you to know what happened before this battle, OK? 117 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,600 The the Israelites were just saved out of Egypt. 118 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,080 This is the first battle that we see them encountering. 119 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,960 And it happened right after the greatest miracle of salvation 120 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,840 that the Israelites had ever experienced. 121 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,520 And so they literally saw the plagues come down on Egypt. 122 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,600 They saw Moses lift the staff and the Red Sea parted so that 123 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,600 they could escape. They saw Moses take that same 124 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,040 staff and strike a rock in the middle of the desert because 125 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,840 they were dying of thirst and water burst out of the rock and, 126 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,480 and literally gave water to all of the Israelite people. 127 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:38,200 So they had been used to God showing up in power, salvation 128 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,640 and miracles. And what I want to tell you at 129 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,480 the very beginning of this guys, is this. 130 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:47,200 Sometimes your greatest battles will come on the heels of your 131 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,880 greatest spiritual breakthroughs. 132 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,120 Let me say that again. Sometimes your greatest battles 133 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,240 are going to come right after your greatest spiritual 134 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,520 breakthroughs. Let let me remind you what I 135 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,480 what I mean by that. Have you ever been to like some 136 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,640 mountaintop experience spiritual retreat or a church camp or a 137 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,720 CIY or you go to a men's conference or an uncommon and 138 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,800 God does something really special in that or, or a women's 139 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,000 conference where you hear God just speak to you directly and 140 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,720 you have this encounter with him and then you go back home and 141 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,520 all of a sudden stuff feels harder like it's because you 142 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,240 have a target on your back. We are in a real spiritual war. 143 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,240 We are in a real spiritual battle. 144 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,159 And when you have encounters with God, the enemy wants you to 145 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,000 turn your back on God and to continue in the ways that you 146 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,200 were before. And so your greatest spiritual 147 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,600 battles at times are going to come right after you encounter 148 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,400 God in beautiful ways. And that's what happens right 149 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,120 here with the Israelites. We'll continue verse 9. 150 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:56,800 Moses said to Joshua, to some of our men and go out to fight the 151 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,200 Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of 152 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,680 the hill with the staff of God in my hands. 153 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,400 And so I want you to see this guys. 154 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,080 This is what's happening. There are two battles taking 155 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,640 place in this story. Joshua is fighting the physical 156 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,160 battle. Like Moses says, I want you to 157 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,640 go out, grab your men, grab the swords, and you're going to 158 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,320 fight. But me and Aaron and her are 159 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,480 going to go up on the mountain and we are going to pray and 160 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,600 worship there. So there's a physical battle and 161 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,200 a spiritual battle taking place at the same time. 162 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,400 And so often guys in our lives, we are tempted to only fight the 163 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,680 battle without taking into consideration the spiritual 164 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:43,000 battle that may be taking place. And so these men knew that there 165 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,080 had to be 2 battles that were happening. 166 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:49,280 We have to sometimes do real things, take real steps of 167 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,120 action. We have to get out there and 168 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:55,400 knock on doors or or talk to doctors or have counseling 169 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,480 sessions or go to rehab or whatever it might be. 170 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,440 There are real physical things we got to do. 171 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:03,960 But there is a very real spiritual battle that we cannot 172 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,200 forget about. And sometimes we lose the 173 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,840 physical battle because we forget about the spiritual 174 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,200 battle taking place. You with me. 175 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:13,680 Come on. Come on, somebody. 176 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,600 There you go. Thank you for the three of you 177 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,600 that clapped. That was great. 178 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,920 I appreciate it. OK, man. 179 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:21,400 OK, let's let's keep going together. 180 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,280 OK. Verse 10. 181 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,840 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered. 182 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,400 And Moses, Aaron and her went to the top of the hill as watch 183 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:38,360 this, As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were 184 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,440 winning. But whenever he lowered his 185 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,560 hands, the Amalekites were winning. 186 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,520 Do you see the connection between the spiritual battle and 187 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,360 the physical? What was happening when Moses 188 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,920 was lifting, worshipping, praying, fighting spiritually? 189 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,320 What was happening in the physical? 190 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,040 They were winning the battle, and when he began to drop his 191 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,920 hands, they were losing. God was trying to teach the 192 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:03,400 Israelites a very important lesson that when the battle gets 193 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,640 the fiercest, you keep your eyes on me. 194 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,720 You keep your worship on me. Praise is a weapon. 195 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,880 Prayer is not just something we throw up before meals. 196 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,120 It's something that actually makes real things happen in the 197 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,240 physical world. You with me. 198 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,920 And so he was trying to teach the Israelites listen, you see 199 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,520 the physical, but there is something completely different 200 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,200 happening in the spiritual. And when you are praising my 201 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,120 name, lifting me high, worshipping me, keeping your 202 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,280 eyes on me, real physical things happen because praise is a 203 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,160 weapon in our hands. And so when your back's against 204 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:41,000 the wall, where do you go first? Do you go to ChatGPT? 205 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:42,360 That's me. You know what I mean? 206 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:48,320 Like no matter what's going on, chat, how much Tylenol can I 207 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,040 take in three hours? You know what I mean? 208 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,880 Whatever it is like we go to Chad GBT, we go to counseling, 209 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,680 we go to sermons, we go to podcast. 210 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,960 But God was trying to teach Israelite something. 211 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,480 When you have a battle to fight, you go to him first because he 212 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,520 has the power to take care of the battle on your behalf if we 213 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,760 trust him with it. And so if you're facing a battle 214 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,080 today, friends, is are your hands lifted high or is your eye 215 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,200 or are your eyes on the ground before you? 216 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,240 Are you so worried and filled with fear and anxiety that 217 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,560 you're not able to keep your eyes on the King of Kings and 218 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:23,000 Lord of Lords who holds the battle in his hands? 219 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,120 We need to keep our eyes there, no matter how bad the battle may 220 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:28,040 get. Amen. 221 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:30,480 Come on, somebody. Hey, this. 222 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,360 Wow. OK, 10 of you. 223 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,120 That's better than three. OK, We're getting better. 224 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,120 I, I, I believe by the end of this message, we may have like 225 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,760 100 people clapping. That would be something else. 226 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,880 OK, here we go, verse 12, when Moses's hands grew tired because 227 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,840 he was getting weak and tired up there. 228 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:51,920 Listen, I, I want to tell you something. 229 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,800 The Israelites were used to microwave miracles. 230 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:59,280 OK, think about that. Moses raises the staff waters 231 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,000 part. Moses hits the rock. 232 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Water comes out like immediate miracles. 233 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,720 And sometimes we expect God to move immediately. 234 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,640 But this took all day long for this battle to be won. 235 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,840 Do you hear me? It's not always immediate 236 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,640 success. It's not always immediate 237 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,360 miracle. It's not always microwave 238 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:18,280 miracles. Sometimes we got to be slow 239 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,040 cooked into what God has for us and we need to be prepared to 240 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,320 stay in the heat so that His work can be accomplished over 241 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,440 the long period of time. How do you how, how many of you 242 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,400 know that Mama's slow cooked meal is way better than a 243 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:37,320 microwave 32nd meal? Have you with me more of you 244 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:42,240 clapped about slow cooked meals. I'm I'm going to let you deal 245 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,120 with that on your own, OK? Like you like your food. 246 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,240 Yes, you do. All right, here we go. 247 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,680 So when Moses's hands grew tired, they took a stone. 248 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,080 This is verse 12. They took a stone and put it 249 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,240 under him and he sat on it. Aaron and her held his hands up 250 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,040 so he had help to continue to praise God. 251 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,400 Are you fighting the battle alone or do you have some 252 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,040 friends that are helping you? You need to be honest when 253 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,760 you're in a battle. Aaron and her were there to lift 254 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,760 Moses's hands when he was weak. Do you have some people in your 255 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,880 corner who can lift your hands when you're weak? 256 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:15,800 Do you have people that will help you? 257 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,640 Listen, this church is filled with people that would love to 258 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,960 come alongside of you. If you're in a battle, don't 259 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,840 keep it to yourself. Talk to somebody and there will 260 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,680 be your errand and her next to you helping lift your hands. 261 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,720 Come on somebody. I heard one that was great. 262 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:38,720 Verse 13, well before his hands remain steady until sunset. 263 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,520 Verse 13, So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. 264 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,520 They had victory. And then verse 14, listen to 265 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,040 this. Then the Lord said to Moses, 266 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,680 write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and 267 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:57,120 make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot 268 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,880 out the name of Amalek from under heaven. 269 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,440 And here comes our name of God right here. 270 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,640 Moses built an altar and called it. 271 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,520 The Lord is my banner, Jehovah Nisi. 272 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,760 That's what it means in Hebrew. Jehovah Nisi, the Lord is my 273 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,960 banner, He said, because hands were lifted up against the 274 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,880 throne of the Lord, and the Lord will be at war against the 275 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,680 Amalekites from generation to generation. 276 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,040 This is what Moses was saying. We are going to call him Jehovah 277 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,400 Nisi. The Lord is my banner because he 278 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,280 will fight on our behalf. The banner is not a nation. 279 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,320 The banner is not a, you know, a, a, a, a, a adjective 280 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,520 explaining the people of Israel. The the banner was not a earthly 281 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,480 king. The banner was God over us and 282 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,400 he will fight the battle on our behalf. 283 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,120 And so here's what you need to know, friends, OK? 284 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:50,200 The battle over you and me when we are laying our lives down at 285 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,560 the feet of Jesus is God the Father, Jehovah Nisi, the one 286 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:58,160 that the God of War, who will literally wage war against the 287 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,440 battles in your life, and he will fight them on your behalf 288 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,240 if you keep your eyes towards him. 289 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:09,480 And so, friends, when you are in a battle, do not do it alone. 290 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,520 Do not forget who's with you. Now, here's what we're going to 291 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,040 do now that we've set the stage for Jehovah Nisi. 292 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,920 Here's what I want to do. I want to Sprint as fast as we 293 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:24,000 can to the New Testaments because here's the cool thing 294 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,560 about Jesus. The Bible says that Jesus was 295 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:33,640 the fullness of God in flesh, meaning that he became Jehovah 296 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,200 Nisi to show us what it looks like when God fights our 297 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:38,600 battles. How cool is that? 298 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:44,840 So for the next 13 minutes and 50 seconds, we are going to 299 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,960 spread as fast as we can through one day in the life of Jesus. 300 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,400 Hear me out. This is 124 hour period in the 301 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,920 life of Jesus. And here's the big idea that I 302 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:57,080 want you to see. If God can do all of this in one 303 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,200 day and Jesus can do all of this in one day, what can he do in 304 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,440 your life today? And what battle could he fight 305 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:04,680 for you today? You with me? 306 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:12,599 And so Are you ready? That's you're getting better, 307 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:14,599 Hannibal. I hear you. 308 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:16,400 I know you cheered louder than this group here. 309 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,880 OK, I just made that up. I can't hear you, Hannibal. 310 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,280 OK, listen, it's going to start. If you want to follow along, 311 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,040 we're going to start at the end of Mark chapter 4 and go through 312 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,760 Mark chapter 5. I don't have time to read any of 313 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,440 it, but I'm going to tell you the stories. 314 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,040 But if you want to Fact Check me later, you can because I'll 315 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:38,200 probably make some stuff up. OK, All right, as long as we're 316 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,560 on the same page, that's fine. Here's where it starts. 317 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,240 OK, Jesus gets in a boat in the middle of the night with his 318 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,120 disciples at the end of Mark chapter 4. 319 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,240 And Jesus is so tired after a day of ministry that he wants to 320 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:51,880 take a little nap. He wants to sleep. 321 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,280 So he gets in the boat, falls asleep. 322 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:59,520 Around that time, a massive storm comes across the lake and 323 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,960 the the disciples are scared to death, man. 324 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,160 And I want you to know these are professional dislike fisherman, 325 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,280 pro fisherman. So if they're scared, they grew 326 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,200 up on the lake, man, they grew up on the water. 327 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,520 If they're scared that they're going to die, this must have 328 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:13,880 been the worst storm they've ever seen. 329 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,480 They're scared, they're afraid, they're they're ready to give 330 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,280 up. They don't know what to do. 331 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,520 So they run and they wake Jesus up and they say, Jesus, we're 332 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,680 going to die, right? You ever been there? 333 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,640 Like how big does the storm have to be when you're like, I'm 334 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,040 going to die, I'm done. Like, I know some of you moms 335 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,600 out there, when your kids are a mess, you're like, listen, I'm 336 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,920 done, OK, dad, I'm leaving. I'm getting a spa day. 337 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,280 Like you come in and take care of this, right? 338 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,120 And these disciples, man, they just thought life was over. 339 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:49,520 It was a huge storm. They wake Jesus up and Jehovah 340 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,400 Nisi, the Lord is my banner, the one that fights our battles, 341 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,280 steps out in the flesh on that boat. 342 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,840 And this is what happens. He speaks out over the storm 343 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,800 with just words from his mouth. This is the God who fights our 344 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,480 battles, friends, this is Jehovah Nisi. 345 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:11,280 This is how much he loves and protects and guides. 346 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:16,360 He says listen, wind, waves, storm, shut up and be quiet. 347 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,560 And immediately the storm listens to what Jesus says. 348 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,680 The waves calm down, the storm ceases and there is peace. 349 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,000 I want you to know peace isn't a feeling. 350 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,960 Peace is a person. You hear me pieces and a feeling 351 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,280 pieces of person. And when we are in crazy battles 352 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,400 and when storms are raging around us, you need to remember 353 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,200 who is in your boats with you. Amen. 354 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:48,160 Because you have Jehovah Nisi in your boat, you have the God who 355 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,160 fights your battles in your boat. 356 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,680 You have the storm calming authority God in your boats. 357 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:59,480 And so we can't forget who is riding in those waves with us. 358 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,120 You are never alone. You're never forgotten. 359 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,600 And no matter how big the storm is, no matter how bad the 360 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,760 doctor's call is, no matter how bad the the the news is, no 361 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,880 matter how bad your financial situation may be, no matter how 362 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,240 bad your marriage may be or relation. 363 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,160 Friendships may be no matter how big the storm is. 364 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,640 I heard a guy say once, listen, quit telling God how big your 365 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,200 storm is and start telling your storm how big your God is. 366 00:20:29,550 --> 00:20:31,950 Because we serve a God that calms storms. 367 00:20:31,950 --> 00:20:34,190 We serve a God that fights our battles. 368 00:20:34,190 --> 00:20:37,310 So in the midst of the storm, you call out his name. 369 00:20:37,310 --> 00:20:40,390 Amen. And he can calm any storm with 370 00:20:40,390 --> 00:20:43,400 one word of his mouth. Listen, friends, we need to be 371 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,720 reminded that just because you follow Jesus does not mean 372 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,200 you're never going to face battles. 373 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,160 It doesn't mean you're never going to be in a storm. 374 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,200 It is a lie from the pit of hell that if you just follow Jesus, 375 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,400 everything's going to be peachy and comfortable the rest of your 376 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,240 life. We are in a real war and a real 377 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,560 battle, and we need to be reminded of it. 378 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,240 Jesus doesn't save you from going into a storm or into a 379 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,200 battle. Jehovah Nisi meets you in the 380 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,120 battle and protects you from it and helps you through it. 381 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,360 God did not protect the Israelites from being attacked. 382 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,200 He fought the battle beside them while they were being attacked. 383 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,440 He didn't save Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from going 384 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,880 into the fire. He saved them in the midst of 385 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,240 the fire. He didn't save Daniel from going 386 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,720 to the lion's den. He shut the mouths of those 387 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,160 lions and protected him from being eaten. 388 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,400 He didn't save Peter, James, and John from going to prison. 389 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,880 He saved them out of prison. Do you understand what I'm 390 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,640 saying? Like you will go through 391 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,920 battles, but you need to remember Jehovah Nisi is 1 392 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,720 Callaway and King Jesus will calm the storm and fight the 393 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,880 battle with you. You were never alone. 394 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:04,400 You're never lost. And we've not even had breakfast 395 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,160 yet and Jesus is already calming storms, OK? 396 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:13,440 Right away after they calm the storm, Jesus gets onto the the 397 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,240 other side of the water and a crazy naked demon possessed guy 398 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,000 comes and meets him there, OK? I mean, picture well, don't 399 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,120 picture that, OK? Listen, I, I, I know you 400 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:25,240 pictured it. I know you did. 401 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,640 Don't picture it, OK, But listen, crazy naked demon 402 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:30,960 possessed guy. This guy was chained up in a 403 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,160 graveyard because of how many demons he had, and he had so 404 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,000 much strength from the demons that he was just breaking 405 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,200 chains. Every day he was cutting himself 406 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:43,120 hoping to die, but the demons wouldn't let him die. 407 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,520 He was living a miserable life with demons and addictions and 408 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,360 pain and hurt. Listen friends, not every one of 409 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:53,720 your battles is a storm. Sometimes it's demonic influence 410 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,480 in your life. Sometimes you have chains that 411 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,280 you just can't break. Sometimes you've got demons 412 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,200 fighting you that you just can't get off your back. 413 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,400 You know what I'm saying? And what you need to know is 414 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,360 that Jehovah Nisi is not just a battle winner. 415 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:12,200 He's not just a storm calmer. He is one that can cast out any 416 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,520 evil from your life and break any chain right here, right now, 417 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:23,640 today. Jehovah Nisi is a chain breaking 418 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:28,440 addiction, breaking God and he will fight that battle with you 419 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,600 and deliver you from it because he is the God of War against the 420 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,760 chains and demons in your life. On the cross friends, when Jesus 421 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:41,520 put his arms out, he took every addiction, every pain, all 422 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,640 shame, all guilt and and nailed it to the cross so that you can 423 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:50,120 be set free. Jehovah Nisi says you are free 424 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:57,560 in Christ, and so today do not leave this place with chains or 425 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,200 demons. Today you can be delivered. 426 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:06,520 And that's what Jesus did. He steps up and with one word of 427 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,080 his mouth, he cast every demon out of that guy. 428 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,800 And the when Jesus speaks, when Jehovah Nisi fights the demons, 429 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,080 they must flee in the presence of the Most high God. 430 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:21,560 You may not have the power on your own, but I promise you, 431 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:25,200 King Jesus does. And so if you need deliverance 432 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,880 today, he can deliver you. If you need chains broken today, 433 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,400 he can set you free. Amen. 434 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,040 So he sets this guy free, gets back on the boat. 435 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,000 OK, It's it's barely morning, guys, and Jesus has calmed a 436 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,960 storm and cast out 1000 demons. OK, He goes back to the other 437 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:52,680 side of the water, and by that time it's afternoon and all of a 438 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,080 sudden this crowd surrounds him. And there's a woman on the 439 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,880 outside of the crowd who had been sick for 12 years. 440 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,520 You know the story. She had been bleeding for 12 441 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,680 years. She literally had a menstrual 442 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,520 cycle every day for 12 years. She was bleeding every day. 443 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,200 And let me tell you what that meant for her in Israel. 444 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,560 It meant that she was ceremonially unclean. 445 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,360 Do you know what that meant? She could not touch another 446 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:21,640 person without making them spiritually unclean. 447 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,200 She couldn't go to the temple to pray or to offer sacrifices. 448 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,720 Everywhere she went, she had to call out to everyone around her. 449 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,840 I am unclean. Stay away from me, OK? 450 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,960 Do you understand the shame she must have felt? 451 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,720 Do you understand the relational distance? 452 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,080 This was not just a physical sickness, guys. 453 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:42,520 This was a spiritual reality, an emotional reality in her life. 454 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,200 Have you ever felt like that? Have you ever felt like you just 455 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,400 can't get close to people? Have you ever felt like you 456 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,160 can't trust anybody anymore? Have you ever felt like that? 457 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,800 There's just something in you that is broken and hurts and and 458 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,560 you don't know how to actually open yourself up to other 459 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,720 people. Again, this woman lived that 460 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,760 guys, for 12 years. And then Jehovah Nisi stepped 461 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:03,880 up. Listen to me. 462 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,480 Jehovah Nisi came into this woman's life, the one that will 463 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,280 fight that battle on her behalf. And this woman was on the 464 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,600 outside of the crowd. She saw Jesus in the flesh, and 465 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,520 she had a decision to make. Was she going to break every 466 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,640 social custom and every Jewish law and touch hundreds of people 467 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,080 to get to Jesus? Or was she going to stay on the 468 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,320 outside and just hope and wish? Maybe one day she'll have an 469 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,000 encounter with him. Listen, sometimes if you want to 470 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,560 get to Jehovah Nisi, you got to get on your knees and crawl to 471 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,400 him. Sometimes you need to call out 472 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,280 his name, even when you don't feel like it. 473 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,920 Sometimes you need to fight through the crowd, fight through 474 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,680 the lies, fight through the difficulties and get on your 475 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,640 knees before King Jesus and just say, God, I am so broken and I 476 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,680 desperately need you. I need you to fight the battle 477 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,880 on my behalf. And this woman crawled through 478 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,920 the crowd. She reached up her hand, grabbed 479 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,920 the hem of Jesus garment. And do you know what happened? 480 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,680 Jovenisi doesn't just fight your battle. 481 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:14,120 Jehovenisi also can heal the battle immediately. 482 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:19,960 This one was healed, set free. 12 years of sickness gone in an 483 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,240 instant. Because one touch from 484 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,000 Jehovenisi, one touch from King Jesus can change everything. 485 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:35,560 Amen. So this woman's healed, set 486 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,000 free, and all of a sudden some people come. 487 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,560 There was a little girl who was sick, 12 years old, and they 488 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,600 wanted Jesus to come heal her, but then she died. 489 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,680 And so they said Jesus. They never seen Jesus raise the 490 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,640 dead before. They thought that was out of his 491 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,520 power. They didn't know Jehovah, nice. 492 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,400 He was also the God of resurrection. 493 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,000 And so they said, Jesus, don't worry about it. 494 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,960 She died, you don't have to come anymore. 495 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,240 And he said, no, no, no, no, take me to this little girl. 496 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,000 And so Jesus after calming the storm, casting out demons, 497 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:09,600 healing the sick, he goes to this little girl that's dead. 498 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,880 Listen, friends, have you ever felt like you are just dead 499 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,760 inside? You don't feel anymore. 500 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:19,560 Your conscience is gone. You don't feel joy or sadness 501 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,120 anymore. You just don't feel anything. 502 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,760 Or have you ever felt like your marriage is dead or, or 503 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,240 relationship with your kids is dead or just your future is 504 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,960 dead? I want you to know that Jehovah 505 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,680 Nisi also raises the dead. He can bring dead things back to 506 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,640 life, friends. And so whatever you're going 507 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:40,760 through, whatever you're going through, he can bring it back to 508 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,440 life. That marriage that you think is 509 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:49,680 over. One touch from Jehovah Nisi can 510 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,440 bring love back into your relationship. 511 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,040 It can bring dead hearts back to life. 512 00:28:54,800 --> 00:29:01,040 So Jesus steps, kneels down by this little girl's bed and just 513 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:05,560 says, little girl, get up. And for the first time in 514 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:10,760 Jesus's ministry, people watch as he brings something dead back 515 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:15,160 to life again. We serve a God of resurrection 516 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:20,160 power. Jehovah Nisi fights your battle. 517 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:25,760 And what does that mean? He can calm storms, He can cast 518 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,280 out demons and break addiction. He can fight the battle of your 519 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,960 sickness with you, and one touch from him can heal it. 520 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,040 And he can bring dead parts of you back to life. 521 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:42,880 Because Jesus on the cross, friends, he defeated sin and 522 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:47,160 death and then he himself rose from the dead, showing you that 523 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,840 no sin is too big for him, no problem is too big, nor storm is 524 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,360 too big. Nothing is too big for Jehovah 525 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,320 Nisi when he conquers it all on the cross. 526 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,080 That was the final banner. It was the final nail in the 527 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,480 coffin of death. Death no longer has power over 528 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,800 you. We can now have eternity with 529 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,120 Jesus Christ because of the blood that he shed on the cross. 530 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,560 And we have victory because of Jehovah Nisi sacrificing himself 531 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,360 on the cross for you and me. That's how much He loves you, 532 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,160 friends. And so right here, right now 533 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,280 today, listen, if Jesus can do all that in one day, that was 534 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,640 literally 124 hour period in his life, friends, OK, calming 535 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:31,320 storms, casting out demons, breaking chains, healing the 536 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,120 sick, raising the dead. If He can do all that in one 537 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:40,280 day, if you call out His name and like Moses, raise your hands 538 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:45,120 before him and start fighting that spiritual battle, what can 539 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,000 He do in your life today? What chains can he break? 540 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,080 What storms can He calm? What sickness can He heal if we 541 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,440 just raise our hands, keep our eyes on Him, and call out for 542 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,560 Jesus to touch us? Amen. 543 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:06,640 Friends, listen, the Lord is our banner and He will fight on your 544 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,000 behalf. You just have to hand the battle 545 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,240 to Him. Raise your hands, get on your 546 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:15,080 knees and just say, Jesus, I need you to touch this, I need 547 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,440 you to fight this. I can't do it on my own. 548 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:22,240 I need you come and heal, come and deliver, come and set free 549 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:27,040 and let's see what Jehovah Nisi, what King Jesus can do in your 550 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,360 life. We are now going to move to a 551 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:40,340 time of decision I. Know there's a lot of people in 552 00:31:40,340 --> 00:31:42,980 this room, there's people online who could probably testify to 553 00:31:42,980 --> 00:31:45,660 the same truth, but this is just my experience. 554 00:31:45,660 --> 00:31:48,720 This is my testimony and everything that Josh was just 555 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,640 talking about. I can I can just claim it that 556 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,880 there is victory in the name of Jesus. 557 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,040 There is life in the name of Jesus. 558 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,520 And if the Lord is is not your banner right now for those of 559 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:07,040 you in this room, if he's not your identity, if he's not your 560 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,880 your source and, and and you're living without an intimate 561 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,320 personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 562 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,760 I have to just give you some really hard news first and then 563 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,600 I'll, I'll hopefully bring it back to some good news. 564 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,840 But here's the hard news. You're in this battle by 565 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,200 yourself. There's like no tiptoeing around 566 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,960 it. There's no, just like I think 567 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,720 I'm going to ease into it. No, you're, you're fighting with 568 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,880 your own strength and you're up against an enemy that you you 569 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,360 cannot defeat. And I can tell you how this 570 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,240 story ends. It actually gets worse. 571 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:45,440 It ends in a lot of pain. It it ends with some loss and 572 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:50,040 ultimately ends in death. It offers no hope. 573 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:54,320 It offers no future. That is when you are standing on 574 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,560 your own. And I just got to be completely 575 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,560 transparent, completely honest, because there was a time where 576 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,040 that's where I was. There's no victory in that. 577 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,360 That's just the reality that if you were outside a relationship 578 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:16,640 with Jesus, there's nothing but the good news of the gospel when 579 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:21,560 you claim this Jehovah Nisi, that the Lord is your banner. 580 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,760 When you claim and you pick that up and you, you start 581 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,400 surrendering your life and you have this relationship with God 582 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,200 that is only possible when you surrender your life to Jesus 583 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,320 Christ. Now you, you start trusting in 584 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,320 him and you start walking with him in your daily life. 585 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,760 When there's a valley, you, you trust him, and you, you invite 586 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,440 him into those valleys. He, he then takes what was 587 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:48,920 broken and he and he fixes it, and he takes what was, what was 588 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,880 lost. And then he, he, he finds you. 589 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,640 He takes what's what was once dead, and he, he makes you alive 590 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,360 again. Scripture says in Romans chapter 591 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:02,760 5 that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 592 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,720 Now, now we can walk with this hope. 593 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,760 We can pick up this banner and we can walk with confidence. 594 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,120 And for some, it's kind of like we're in this, this war. 595 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,639 It's like we pick up these white flags and we start waving them 596 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:22,320 like a surrender and just simply say, Jesus, I surrender my life 597 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,400 to you. I, I know I can't do this on my 598 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,960 own. I need you to rescue me. 599 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,880 And for those of you in this room and online, you've never 600 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:34,159 picked up that white flag. You've never picked up that 601 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:36,400 banner and claimed that Jesus is your banner. 602 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,639 Maybe that that's what this moment is for you for that's why 603 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:43,840 you're in this room or you're watching from wherever you're 604 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,800 watching from just so you can finally claim that Jesus Christ 605 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,320 is your Savior. And if you have questions about 606 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,960 what that looks like starting that relationship with Jesus in 607 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,639 just a little bit, the the people all around you is going 608 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:58,400 to stand. We're going to sing some songs 609 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,200 and over right by the baptistry. There's going to be a couple 610 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,480 people over there if you have questions or you just need 611 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,720 prayer and you're just like, I don't even know what that looks 612 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:07,120 like. How do I lift up this banner? 613 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,440 How do I trust in his name? I'm going through this. 614 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,760 It feels like I don't see God and let us walk with you help 615 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,440 you figure out what your next steps with Jesus Christ is. 616 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,720 If you're online, you can simply click the link. 617 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,280 I just want to follow Jesus and our chat host would love to help 618 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,440 you. Don't miss this moment. 619 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,640 That's what this invitation time is for. 620 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,280 And for the rest of us in this room, for those of us who are 621 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,600 following Jesus, whether you've been following following him for 622 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:40,480 a couple years, a couple weeks, a long time, we have a charge 623 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,440 from this message as well. We too are in the middle of a 624 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,080 battle or going to be going into a battle or coming out of a 625 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:52,080 battle. Christians are not immune to 626 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,240 battles. They're not immune to to 627 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:57,160 hardship. And So what do we do when when 628 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,440 we're in those things, we, we need to be ready. 629 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,640 We need to be reminded that prayer is not our last resort. 630 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,600 It's not one of our, our last cries when when we're just in 631 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,880 it, it's actually our battle cry. 632 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,480 So when the music starts for us, maybe even before the valley 633 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,120 comes, you just simply get down on your knees and you, you, you 634 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,920 just humble yourself before the Lord and you allow the the Lord 635 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,880 to hear your heart. Lord, prepare me for the battle. 636 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,360 Lord, walk with me in the midst of the battle. 637 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,120 Lord, be with me. Fall to your knees. 638 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,360 Worship is also not a warm up. It's not like we come in here 639 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,000 and it's like, oh, let's just worship. 640 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,480 So that way it carries us through the rest of the week. 641 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,600 No, no, no, no, worship is, is our lifestyle. 642 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,360 It's our response because of what we were saved from. 643 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,080 It reminds us that we don't have the strength to do it on our 644 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,160 own. And so in just a little bit, 645 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,240 when the music starts for for all of us as Christians, can we 646 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:57,000 just, can we raise our praise a little bit louder? 647 00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,920 Can we lift our songs a little bit higher? 648 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,840 Maybe for the first time you put your hands up and just 649 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,680 surrender. For me, when I worship Jesus, 650 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:11,440 sometimes I just have to close my eyes because it takes all the 651 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,160 distractions off of watching other people worship. 652 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,960 I just want to worship Jesus. I want my eyes to be fixed on 653 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:20,560 him, not only in this moment, but for my whole week, my every 654 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,840 day, every minute of the day. But I also understand some of 655 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,240 you walked in with some heavy burdens and you're just like, I 656 00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:32,960 don't have the strength, Corey, to, to, to pick myself up to, to 657 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,840 come over here and, and to get down on my knees by myself. 658 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,320 Sometimes you need somebody else to go with you. 659 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,960 And I'm just going to encourage you. 660 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,560 There are some incredible people sitting amongst you. 661 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,320 Maybe you asked a person who brought you or the person 662 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,480 sitting next to you and just say, I, I don't even know how to 663 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,480 pray. I don't know what to say. 664 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,600 Would you just pray on my behalf and I can guarantee you they're 665 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:59,240 going to say yes and if that person says no, then I guarantee 666 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,560 I will be right up here and I will say yes. 667 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,520 Let me carry the burden with you. 668 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:08,800 That's what this times about to lift our heavenly Father's 669 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,840 praise that we lift that banner up. 670 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:16,440 Jehovah Nisi, He is our banner. So let's pray and let's worship 671 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:17,960 and let's raise that banner high. 672 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,360 Would you stay with me right now in this moment of response, 673 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:24,360 Jesus, we lift your name up. You are king of kings, you are 674 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,120 Lord of Lords. You are above all things. 675 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,360 So Jesus, you're above anything that we're facing right now. 676 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,280 We're going to be facing right now. 677 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,800 Lord, I pray that you hear our battle cry, you hear our 678 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,200 prayers, you hear our praise, you hear our worship, Lord, you 679 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,600 hear our heart. And Lord, I pray that when we 680 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,760 don't feel like we can lift our hands up, we have we have an 681 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,160 errand into her sitting next to us, lifting our arms up in 682 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,880 victory. Jesus, we love you. 683 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,040 We are honored to be in this place today, honored to serve 684 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,240 you, honored to keep our eyes fixed on you. 685 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:58,960 And I pray God, that this moment is not missed. 686 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,960 We lift our banner, we lift you up. 687 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,720 Jesus, we pray all this in your mighty name, Amen.