1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:02,200 Oh. Hallelujah. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,880 How many is thankful for the blood of Jesus Christ? 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:11,160 I would have you know today that you didn't walk into this place 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:16,880 by some accident or happenstance or just some random invitation. 5 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:21,040 It's the Spirit of God and the blood of Jesus Christ. 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:26,280 It's reaching for you and it's calling you Hallelujah. 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,840 Hallelujah, one preacher said. If you can't. 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:34,720 Get excited about the blood. I don't know what's. 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,400 Going to get you excited. Oh Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 10 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,280 Hallelujah. You may be seated in the House 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,000 of the Lord today. I'm going to do my best today 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,160 to, to, to follow the leading of the Lord. 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,840 Before I say anymore, I, I give honor today to your pastor, to 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:04,360 his wife, Bishop, give honor to all the ministry here at this 15 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,400 church. What a blessing it is to be here 16 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,440 today. Hallelujah. 17 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,440 It's been a long time coming. Some would say, you know, your 18 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,840 pastor was very gracious today. He was gracious. 19 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,960 He's one of only two pastors that I ever had to cancel my my 20 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,080 invitation to come and preach when I was evangelizing. 21 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,360 And some people don't let you live it down. 22 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:34,600 I'm not going to say who. But they just don't. 23 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,400 Hallelujah, Hallelujah. It's so good. 24 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,960 I give honor to my wife today, to this beautiful congregation. 25 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,240 Give you honor today. Hallelujah. 26 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,840 Before we, before we go into the word of God at all, I couldn't 27 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:59,000 help today but think about what God gives us and what God allows 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,160 us to do with, with what he's given us. 29 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,920 And today, today, I just want to just, I just want to testify a 30 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,240 little bit. Because they overcame him by the 31 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,440 blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. 32 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,800 Hallelujah. So the, the clock's not started 33 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,720 yet. Just so you know, it's not, it's 34 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,160 not started. It's testimony time. 35 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,040 It was on the agenda somewhere. I saw it. 36 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,360 Amen. Amen. 37 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,320 I am. So I am. 38 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,400 I am blessed to be here today. I didn't. 39 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,520 I, I, I had the opportunity when I was a small child about Zuri's 40 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,560 age, maybe a little younger. Raise your hand, Zuri. 41 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:42,400 Just raise it up. You're the little one. 42 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,320 I had the opportunity to to sit under, lay under some church 43 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,200 pews for a little while with, with my mother, my father, my 44 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,000 grandparents. But that didn't last very long 45 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:01,880 as my dad had troubles living it like he wanted to. 46 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:07,280 He had a problem with failure and he couldn't, he couldn't 47 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,120 fail and keep coming to church. And so he said, I'm not going to 48 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,520 sit there and be a hypocrite. And so we quit. 49 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,680 We quit going to church and my father was an alcoholic and 50 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:26,600 basically the local drug dealer. And so I grew up, I grew up in a 51 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:32,800 rather interesting environment for for several years, not not a 52 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,760 very family friendly environment. 53 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,560 Had a lot of had it had a lot of effect on on what would be my 54 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,600 future. I made a lot of my own choices, 55 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,240 but there was a lot of effect, had a lot of effect on the 56 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,800 choices that I made as I myself became an alcoholic. 57 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:56,280 I before doing so, though, I did start going to church again when 58 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,880 I was 11, about 10 or 11 years old. 59 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,920 My father had left and my mom started taking us to a, to an 60 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,200 Apostolic Pentecostal church up in the up, up in the town from 61 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,440 us. And that's where the Lord filled 62 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,640 me with the Holy Ghost. You know, I wasn't even looking 63 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,200 for it. I went to the altar basically on 64 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,399 a dare. And God filled. 65 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:22,920 Me with the Holy Ghost, I was baptized in Jesus name. 66 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:28,920 But then as time would have it, I I fell away from the church as 67 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,680 a teenager. I was, I left high school my 68 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,840 freshman year. I was a full blown alcoholic by 69 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,200 19 years old, just a equal opportunity addict. 70 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:45,200 Just had a crazy life. But I had here's what was crazy 71 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,040 about it is I had a heart for God. 72 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,280 Strange. It doesn't add up. 73 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,800 I really can't paint you a justifiable picture of what my 74 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,800 life really was. I'm just kind of giving you a 75 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,520 snippet. But but I would come to church 76 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,760 at times I'd sit we had a balcony and I would sit in the 77 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:07,320 balcony and some some great evangelist would be there 78 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:13,640 preaching and in my my spirit would cry out to God save me. 79 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:20,120 I want free, I want I want to be saved, but my flash it, it would 80 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,760 hold me to the seat and I would quickly make my way at the end 81 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:32,120 of service out the back door and but, but I would come back and I 82 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:38,200 would see God move again. I think it was my 22nd birthday. 83 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:45,120 I was, I was sitting sitting at the local bar and the phone rang 84 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,160 and the bartender said, hey, Travis, it's your mom. 85 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,680 I get on the phone with my mom. She said, hey, what are you 86 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,520 doing? Funny you would ask. 87 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,480 You called the bar. She said, well, you need to tell 88 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,280 the bartender to make you a pot of coffee. 89 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:04,840 I've got plans for you after church for your birthday. 90 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,640 Of course, I would always listen to Mom and she would take me to 91 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,800 church. She didn't know it at the time, 92 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,520 but there was time. So she would pick me up from a 93 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,840 dope house and then she would take me to church. 94 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,120 She never gave up. She never quit praying. 95 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,400 Listen, today I'm telling you, there's nobody. 96 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,280 There's nobody that you know. There's nobody that you're going 97 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:33,720 to run into. There's nobody that's living, 98 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:39,400 nobody that's breathing. God cannot say that he cannot 99 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:44,360 reach, that He cannot turn around, that he cannot put up on 100 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,840 the wheel and make a vessel of honor out of. 101 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:55,000 That's the God that we serve. And he give me a testimony. 102 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,400 He give me a testimony, Hallelujah. 103 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:03,640 And I'm so grateful to be able to share it with you today. 104 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:10,560 Hallelujah. I met a man this morning and 105 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,680 this is what it had me thinking. I, I came down out of the hotel. 106 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,680 Don't judge me for this. I came down out of the hotel 107 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,720 near my out of my room and down to breakfast and I saw a man 108 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,840 there, big guy, real big guy. He had on this black leather 109 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,080 vest patches on it and I was intrigued. 110 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,920 That's where you don't need to judge because I was kind of 111 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,960 intrigued in years past been known to have a little 112 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:43,720 fascination with the with the whole motorcycle club thing and 113 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,600 and I thought, you know, I need to walk over and talk to him. 114 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,840 I want to go take my picture with him now that sounds funny, 115 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,920 but I thought no, I don't want to interrupt somebody first egg 116 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,280 of a morning. So I kept and I just kept 117 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,440 feeling like I needed to. That's it's, it's strange. 118 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,280 And so finally in the rain, I walked to them. 119 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,640 They're they're, they're at their motorcycle, him and his 120 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,640 wife or girlfriend, and they're suiting up and you know, the 121 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,520 weather out there, It's it's nasty. 122 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,960 And I walked up and I said, hey, how's it going, guys? 123 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,080 They said, all right, how are you? 124 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,160 I said, I'm well, I said, what's your name? 125 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,720 Then I thought, man, maybe I shouldn't ask that. 126 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,679 Maybe that's too much. And I think he told me his name 127 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,000 was Trimmer. Trimmer, something like that. 128 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:38,559 It was, it was definitely a nickname. 129 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:44,480 And I said, I said. I know this is going to seem 130 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,440 like a strange question. Coming from a guy in a suit and 131 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,120 tie, I said. But would you? 132 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:55,280 Take a picture with me, he said. Long as you promise not to post 133 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,840 it. I said, no, it's just for my 134 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:02,480 personal, No, I won't post it. And and I and I kind of give him 135 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,120 a little more information as to why I wanted to take a picture 136 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:12,240 with him. And, and as he as he got ready 137 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,400 to take a picture beside me, I'll be honest, first I was 138 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,520 going to throw my arm around him, but then he was kind of 139 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,280 just standing there. He's a lot bigger than me. 140 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,000 He was kind of just standing there. 141 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,920 I thought, yeah, I better not. But before his wife said, Hey, 142 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,520 let me here, I'll take the picture. 143 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:30,840 She said after, after we take this picture because somewhere 144 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,360 in the conversation I worked in, I said, I said I'm a preacher. 145 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:40,040 And she said, after we take this picture, would you pray with us? 146 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,040 I'm here to tell you today. I don't know what seed was 147 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:53,800 planted, but if God can save me, God can save that man. 148 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,920 If God can save me, he can reach down into that Stony heart. 149 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:04,320 He can pluck it out, and he can put in him a heart of flesh. 150 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,040 Don't ever judge the book by its cover. 151 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,040 Saying to God, don't ever. Walk by him and think. 152 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,720 You know what? They don't want what I've got. 153 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,520 Oh, they want it. They want it. 154 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,960 Amen. Amen. 155 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,880 Stand with me for one moment. I'm going to go to the word of 156 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,640 the Lord today. That was testimony service. 157 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,200 Hallelujah. Matthew chapter 8. 158 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,680 We're going to read verses 23 through 26 today. 159 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,400 While you're turning there, I want to say this. 160 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:45,800 I truly believe today that the Lord has a word, a specific word 161 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,920 for someone in this house. It may hey, if it fits, just put 162 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:57,040 it on, but I truly believe God has a very specific word for 163 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:04,280 someone in this place. Verse 23 it says and when he was 164 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:10,680 entered into a ship, Jesus, his disciples followed him. 165 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,520 And behold. There arose a great Temptus in 166 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:20,720 the sea, a great storm, and so much. 167 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:25,200 That the ship. Was covered with the waves, but 168 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:31,120 he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, 169 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:38,080 and awoke him, saying, Lord. Save us, we perish. 170 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,360 I don't know if anybody's ever been there. 171 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:50,520 And he saith unto them. Why are ye fearful? 172 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:57,360 O ye of little faith. Then he arose and rebuked the 173 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:02,040 winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 174 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,560 Would you help me pray today? Lord Jesus, Lord, I need you in 175 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:10,440 this. Place today we need you. 176 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:15,320 God, I'm asking today that you would have your way in this 177 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,320 house, Lord, in every heart and in. 178 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,240 Every life, Lord, I pray. That you would anoint my lips of 179 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:23,760 clay. God allow. 180 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,240 Me to be a Horico and a vessel God through. 181 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:31,040 Which you speak today, Lord, do the work through me and in this 182 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:37,440 place is only you are able to. Do somebody said in Jesus name, 183 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,960 you may be seated in the House of the Lord. 184 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:50,880 Why are ye so fearful? An. 185 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Interesting question concerning considering the circumstances. 186 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,040 Have you ever been? Has somebody ever. 187 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,200 Asked you a question and and the answer was already obvious. 188 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,720 Is it not obvious why we've come to you? 189 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:16,080 Is it not obvious why? We have awakened you, but 190 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:21,680 understand today Jesus. Ask him this question. 191 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,760 While the storm was still raging. 192 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,160 The storm hadn't stopped yet. The boat was still being tossed 193 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:38,000 to and fro. Waves were crashing over it and 194 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,680 before anything else happens, Jesus just looks at him and 195 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:43,960 said. Why are you so fearful? 196 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,000 He could have saved his question for later. 197 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:55,600 He could have just immediately said peace be still now. 198 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,960 Why are you so fearful? But he didn't ask that. 199 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,640 He got up immediately. After before he had rebuked the 200 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:06,720 storm. He's why. 201 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,200 But. Since you've decided to wake me, 202 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:18,360 let's have this conversation. I don't know about you, but once 203 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:23,360 someone wakes me, I'm awake. So what do you need? 204 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,080 I'm not going to go. Back to sleep. 205 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,720 What do you need? No, it's it's. 206 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,000 Fine, whatever. You just tell me what you need. 207 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:40,080 What is your deal? Why are you so fearful? 208 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,120 Well, how about we start with the storm that is? 209 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:50,400 Currently raging all around us and threatening to capsize our 210 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,000 vessel and drown us all. How about we start there? 211 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,600 I don't know if you've ever felt that way. 212 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,320 If you want to know what the problem is, is we're getting 213 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,960 ready to die. I'm getting ready to drown in 214 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,520 the sea. The storm that's raging all 215 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,040 around me is getting ready to consume me. 216 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,560 But it's all. Starting to come together now. 217 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,120 It's all starting to make sense. You see, the disciples just stay 218 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,320 with me. Don't write me off. 219 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,920 The. Disciples suffered from a 220 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:32,000 condition. That Jesus didn't have it all 221 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,400 came together I. Figured it out. 222 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:35,840 There's a condition, it's called. 223 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,920 Astrophobia, That's what the That was what the disciples 224 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,160 suffered with Astrophobia is an abnormal fear of Thunder and 225 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,760 lightning or an unwarranted. Fear of scattered and or 226 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:54,240 isolated thunderstorms. A type of specific phobia, the 227 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,480 term astrophobia. Is composed of the Greek. 228 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:02,320 Words astrophae meaning lightning and Phobos meaning 229 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,600 fear. It is one of the most common 230 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:09,200 specific phobias. It's the fear of the. 231 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,800 Storm. It's the fear of the storm. 232 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,360 Listen, Astrophobia. It's real. 233 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:22,040 It causes anxiety and may also cause physical symptoms. 234 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:28,120 Such as chest. Pain, dizziness, diarrhea, race, 235 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,640 heart racing or heart palpitations, Nausea. 236 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,600 Vomiting, shortness of breath, sweating. 237 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,360 Or tremor. Tremors. 238 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,560 Or, you know, uncontrollable shaking. 239 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,880 Their anxiety, you hear me today was through the roof. 240 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,560 They were fearing for their lives. 241 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:51,040 Between them, they could have checked the box on every symptom 242 00:16:51,040 --> 00:17:03,160 listed under the. With the help of the Lord, today 243 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,880 I want to preach to you from this thought. 244 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:12,880 The fear of the storm, the fear of the storm. 245 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,440 There are several things that are going. 246 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,760 On here and not everything that's. 247 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,800 Going on here is just. As it would seem, some would 248 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:26,880 surmise that the storm was an attack from hell, sent from the 249 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:31,320 devil with the intention of sinking their boat, effectively 250 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:35,840 killing everyone on board. That's what some would surmise 251 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:39,000 and. While that could be a. 252 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:45,200 Possibility hell would only have been able to do it. 253 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:51,360 God allowing it. That's the only way hell would 254 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:54,200 have been able to go through with that plan. 255 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,480 It would be. God having allowed. 256 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:04,680 It now understand occasionally, occasionally, God has granted 257 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:11,560 Satan such power, power over these naturally occurring 258 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,320 events. That does not mean that he has 259 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:21,360 unlimited power. People give the devil way too 260 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:25,440 much credit. Pastor, what you need to 261 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,720 understand. Is that the devil only has the 262 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:36,440 power that God has allowed him to have, and if God allows him, 263 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:41,320 it's for a purpose. And it's not Hell's purpose, 264 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:50,360 it's God's purpose. In the In the midst of your 265 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:53,320 storm, somebody needs to hear me. 266 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:58,160 In the midst of your storm, you need to understand this one 267 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:04,360 thing. Hell might have a reason for it, 268 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:09,040 but God has a purpose for it. Hell might have an intention 269 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:15,080 with it, but God's purpose for the storm is greater than Hell's 270 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,480 intention. If Satan. 271 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:25,200 If Satan could impact. The weather it would only be by 272 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:31,000 God's permission and restrained. You can only go so far. 273 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:38,120 How many remembers Job? Well, in the case of Job, Satan 274 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:42,560 was allowed by God to torment Job in order to test him. 275 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,080 This included the fire from God, probably lightning. 276 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,000 Which fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and. 277 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,600 The servants. This was followed by a mighty 278 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:59,560 wind, likely possibly a tornado, that destroyed his eldest son's 279 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,880 home and killed all of Jake, or all of. 280 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:07,320 Job's children So if the fire from heaven and the tornado were 281 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:13,760 somehow caused by Satan, they were still they were still under 282 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,480 the. Ultimate control of God and for 283 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:26,320 His purpose. With this understanding, we 284 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,240 would be foolish to think that every storm that comes our. 285 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:35,400 Way is sent by hell. That's that's what I wish people 286 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,360 would quit saying. That's what I wish people would 287 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:43,400 quit doing. Not every storm that you face in 288 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,840 this life. When I say storm, I mean not 289 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,840 every test, not every trial, not every mishap, not every flat 290 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:54,640 tire, not at, not everything that comes your way. 291 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:59,080 We sit by hell. You're giving them way too much 292 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:03,480 credit. Please understand storms are 293 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,960 naturally occurring. They happen. 294 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,040 They're happening right now. Storms are are. 295 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,120 Happening Some storms are isolated. 296 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,320 In the next town, there might be a storm going on right now. 297 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,760 Hey, in the next seat beside you, there might be a storm 298 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,920 going on right now. It's not affecting you it. 299 00:21:34,170 --> 00:21:38,010 But they're naturally occurring. Some are isolated, some are 300 00:21:38,010 --> 00:21:49,490 scattered, but at the end of the day, from what I understand, God 301 00:21:49,650 --> 00:21:57,080 has all the power and God is he's got to, oh, if I'm going 302 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,120 to. Get him ahead of myself. 303 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:02,800 But if you've taken on the name and you're one of his, I would 304 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:07,160 say today that there's nothing going to come your way that God 305 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,320 doesn't already know and that God doesn't already have a 306 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:17,960 purpose for. It's a part of life. 307 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,600 Storms, they happen. For some sitting here today, the 308 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,240 skies are clear. For others, the winds are 309 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:34,840 threatening to seek your boat. I would submit you today that 310 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,480 this storm was not an attack of hell. 311 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,000 This is my own. It's just my thinking. 312 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,280 I don't believe that their storm was an attack of hell. 313 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,120 I don't believe that this was the enemy's attempt to drown 314 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:51,120 them in the sea. Rather than an attack of Hell. 315 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,640 I would submit that it was simply a natural occur, a 316 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,800 naturally occurring event. There was going to be a storm 317 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,680 that day. That's all there is to it. 318 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,160 There was going to be a storm at. 319 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,200 That being said, I would say that this wasn't Hell's attempt 320 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,880 to to destroy them. More I would say this, if I was 321 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,840 going to give any credit, I would say the deaths under this 322 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:22,000 was God's perfect timing. There was no accident the moment 323 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:28,520 he come down off that mountain. Every footstep was timed, every 324 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,680 footstep was numbered. The moment that he got on the 325 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,760 boat, it wasn't by accident. The moment they set sail, it's 326 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:41,920 timing was perfect, it was impeccable and they set off at 327 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:46,640 just the right time to. Catch this naturally occurring 328 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:52,880 event. No credit to hell for that. 329 00:23:55,720 --> 00:24:00,400 God did have a purpose. God did have a purpose for the 330 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,680 storm. I know some of you think today 331 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,840 that every storm that comes your way, it's only purpose is to try 332 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,640 to destroy you, and it's only purpose is to pull you out of 333 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:18,560 the church and pull you out of your family and pull naturally 334 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,040 occurring events. And God is the order. 335 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:32,600 God had a purpose in the storm. That purpose was to reveal to 336 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:38,800 his disciples who He truly was. Who was He? 337 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,920 He was the mighty God. He was the Word made flesh. 338 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:45,440 God manifest in the flesh the great I am. 339 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:54,160 And He did it by showing them the power that he possessed. 340 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,240 If you would have continued reading today down to verse 27, 341 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:06,040 it would have said this. But the men marveled, the men 342 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:13,640 marveled, saying what manner a man is this, that even the wind 343 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:19,560 and the sea obey him? I want somebody to understand 344 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,960 today that just as God could use naturally occurring events for 345 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,360 His. Purpose he did. 346 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,400 We've got right to where I was going. 347 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,280 Hell also attempts to do the same. 348 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:40,800 Hell wants to do the. Same. 349 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,400 God uses it. God used it. 350 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,880 God still. Using it for his purpose. 351 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,400 And we know that all things work together for good to them, that 352 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,960 love God, to those who are called according to His purpose, 353 00:25:56,240 --> 00:26:01,880 all things, every situation, every heartache, every trial, 354 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:07,880 every pain. But Hell attempts to do the 355 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,480 same. The storm was not an attack of 356 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:16,920 the enemy though, nor was this storm Hell's attempt on their 357 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,720 life. However, what Hell did was use 358 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:26,760 their circumstances to have them drowning in. 359 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:36,780 Fear. Drowning in their fear. 360 00:26:40,340 --> 00:26:45,140 These were disciples of Christ. They watched him perform. 361 00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:48,860 Miracles. They had forsaken all other 362 00:26:48,860 --> 00:26:50,500 things. They put their trust in Him. 363 00:26:51,980 --> 00:26:56,140 They followed him. And there they are. 364 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:03,280 In the moment, still following Christ, Christ got on the boat. 365 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:08,760 The disciples following Christ, trusting Christ, went ahead and 366 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:13,440 got on the boat with them. Who am I to say that they didn't 367 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:18,320 look up at the sky and say, you know what, fellas? 368 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:23,600 I don't think this is a good time to be on the boat, but they 369 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:28,120 got on the boat anyway because they were following Christ and 370 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,920 they had put their trust in Christ. 371 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,720 Here they are following Christ, and they find themselves in the 372 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:44,080 midst of the storm. The enemy didn't need to kill 373 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,880 them. I know that that's what some 374 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,480 people think is going on in their lives right now. 375 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,360 The storm, the things that are happening. 376 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,160 People think this is the enemy's plot and the enemies attacking, 377 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:03,840 the enemies trying to kill me. Oh, let me tell you something, 378 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,240 though. I've been in this long enough, 379 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:11,160 Pastor, and I can look back on my life and I can look back on 380 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,760 my ministry with my wife and I can say we've gone through some 381 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,360 storms, we've gone through some trials. 382 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:25,480 We went through the struggle. At the time, it felt like hell 383 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:33,400 was trying to destroy me. I'll just give up. 384 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,720 It'd be easier if I just. Quit. 385 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,280 Hey, you know what? I just leave these keys to the 386 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:43,520 church right here and I'll go on down the road because I but I've 387 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,360 been in it long enough to understand this one thing. 388 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,400 Every storm that I've been through, every trial that I 389 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:55,320 faced, God had a purpose in it and God was using it. 390 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:04,080 I am what I am today because of the storms that God allowed to 391 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:15,080 come my way. Don't you despise what you're 392 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:29,320 going through right now? So they're following him, but 393 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,400 they're still in the storm. The enemy didn't need to kill 394 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:39,880 him, nor had he been granted the authority or the power to. 395 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,760 That's something to take home with you. 396 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:49,680 He wasn't the enemy. Hell does not have the authority 397 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,960 to destroy you. The gates of Hell shall not 398 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:59,040 prevail against the Church. He's not been granted the 399 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:17,320 authority to do so. He hadn't been granted the 400 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,240 power, and he didn't need to kill him. 401 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:27,160 They were, however, in the moment, drowning in their fear. 402 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,680 Oh, I don't know if you've ever been there drowning. 403 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,520 I'll testify about it. I've been there. 404 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,600 Pastor McGee, where I have absolutely no. 405 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:49,960 Idea what to do and I feel like I have nowhere to turn and fear 406 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:55,120 and anxiety have gripped my life and it's got me so weak and 407 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,240 beggarly that I don't even hardly know how to walk anymore. 408 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:09,280 Oh, but there was a purpose. Drowning in their fear. 409 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,200 The enemy wanted them to doubt. You hear me today. 410 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,200 The enemy wanted them. Wanted them to. 411 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,880 Doubt who it was. That they got into that boat 412 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:23,720 with. The enemy wanted them to doubt 413 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,600 who it was that they had been following. 414 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,640 We've been following this far. We've seen him do this. 415 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,240 But here we are now. We followed him. 416 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,880 We knew better. We were looking up, but we 417 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,840 followed him. And here we are in the midst of 418 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,280 the storm, and we're going to die. 419 00:31:53,120 --> 00:32:00,360 But neither hell nor the disciples truly understood who 420 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,960 it was. That was asleep in that boat. 421 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:11,800 This was no ordinary man. This was the word made flesh, 422 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:16,480 the man Christ Jesus. That's who was asleep in the 423 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:22,360 boat that day. So what was Hell's part in all 424 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:29,440 of this? Fear and doubt that. 425 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:36,480 Was the whispers in the ears for the whispers of hell in the ears 426 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:41,040 of the disciples that day? It was fear you're going to die. 427 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,520 It was doubt. He's not going to save you. 428 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,920 It was fear you're going to perish. 429 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,560 It's fear you follow the wrong word. 430 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:54,840 It's fear Hell wanted them to fear and doubt. 431 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,200 Oh, but that. Plan came to a screeching halt 432 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:05,240 when Jesus lifted up his head off that pillow and he stood up 433 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:11,240 upon that boat and he spoke to the wind, and he spoke to the 434 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:21,520 storm, and it had to obey. Don't ever underestimate church. 435 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,360 Don't you ever underestimate the plan nor the power of Jesus 436 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,320 Christ. You're not going to die in your 437 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,880 storm. You're He has not brought you 438 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,000 onto the boat with him to let you drown. 439 00:33:43,810 --> 00:33:47,650 He's the same God now that he was back then. 440 00:33:47,770 --> 00:33:52,650 He has not changed. Why are you fearful? 441 00:33:55,280 --> 00:34:05,640 Why are you fearful? I want to reveal to you today 442 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,800 what the most successful weapon is that hell has ever deployed. 443 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,960 And not to give the enemy any credit, that's not what I'm 444 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,920 doing. I want to reveal in order to 445 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,520 dispel. And destroy it. 446 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:33,880 So if you understand the weapon that's coming against you and 447 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,560 you can dispel it, you can destroy it. 448 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:42,440 If you can dispel it and destroy it, it no longer has any 449 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,639 authority over you. It no longer is able. 450 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,320 To do what it was intended to do. 451 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,159 That weapon is fear. The. 452 00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:56,440 Weapons. Not the storm. 453 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:05,080 The weapons, not the storm. It's the fear of the storm. 454 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:13,440 It's the fear of the. Storm fear has been Hell's most 455 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,200 successful weapon against God's people. 456 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:20,560 And Hell has. Weaponized fear against the 457 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:21,760 church. And. 458 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:26,400 All too often I have. Seen God's children crippled and 459 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:34,600 paralyzed by fear sent by hell not They were not crippled and 460 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,600 paralyzed by the storm. They were crippled and paralyzed 461 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:44,120 by fear that the outcome of the storm might not be what they 462 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:53,920 expect. And that, my friend, is hell. 463 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:58,640 'S intention to cripple and paralyze the church. 464 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:03,080 That is Hell's intention, because a crippled, paralyzed 465 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,600 church is not capable of moving forward. 466 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:14,320 A crippled and paralyzed St. of God is not able to keep going in 467 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,440 the direction that God would have for them to go. 468 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,200 A crippled and a paralyzed. Church, you know what they're 469 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,800 not capable of doing? They're not capable of fighting 470 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,840 and. I'll tell you. 471 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:40,400 Why? Because I'm so scared that even 472 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:45,000 if I do get through this storm, Pastor McGee, I'm scared that 473 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:50,320 the next one's going to come. And I'm, I'm scared if I do too 474 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:55,640 much, I got, I just got to hide over here a little bit and maybe 475 00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:05,320 hell won't see me. And that's where Hell's back, 476 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,800 Hell's back. The church into a corner, 477 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:15,520 paralyzed in fear, crippled by fear. 478 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:22,640 But you need to understand today that if God has allowed it, then 479 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:27,760 God has a purpose. And if God has a purpose, hell 480 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,160 cannot destroy you. Hell cannot drown you. 481 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:42,520 Hell cannot stop you. But as long as hell. 482 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:47,600 Can keep you in that state. He doesn't need to destroy. 483 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,400 You. He doesn't need to kill. 484 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:58,360 You because you pose no threat in that current condition, if I 485 00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:58,960 can. Just. 486 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,920 It's time to get up, Church. It's time to get up. 487 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,480 I don't know who I'm speaking to today. 488 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,040 It might be a whole bunch of you, but it might be just one. 489 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,520 But I'm here to tell somebody in the House of God today. 490 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,000 It's time to quit cowering in the corner. 491 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,880 It's time to time to quit hiding in fear. 492 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,600 It's time to get up. I came into this house today to 493 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:40,040 tell somebody. Silver and gold have I none but 494 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:43,960 such as I have. Give I thee in the name of Jesus 495 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,920 Christ, rise up and walk through your storm. 496 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:58,320 If, if hell could have stopped them, if hell could have stopped 497 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,000 the disciples, if he could have kept them from moving forward, 498 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,920 he would have successfully delivered a punishing blow to 499 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,640 the church. Don't let hell use you. 500 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,960 God's purpose. Has never been for you to sit. 501 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:23,200 Back and cower. I'll tell you what. 502 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:27,400 If the early church would have cowered in fear, they would have 503 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,680 never The gospel would have never spread. 504 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,240 Hey, if the threat of some whips could have stopped Paul, his 505 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:39,080 message would have. I'm not saying he didn't. 506 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:42,720 Go through the storm. But God had a purpose. 507 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,120 Hell wants you worried. Hell wants you. 508 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,320 Trembling. Hell wants you caloried. 509 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,600 Hell wants you tormented in fear. 510 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:07,000 People freeze in. Fear, anxiety, now more than 511 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,280 ever, runs. Absolute rampant in our 512 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:16,120 churches. In this world, I'm not saying 513 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:17,120 that. That that. 514 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:21,240 That that, that every anxiety. Or every person that suffers 515 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,760 with anxiety is suffering solely from from the. 516 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,800 Fear of hell, and I'm not saying that. 517 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,440 But there's a great deal. Of them in the church today, 518 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,760 that is suffering from anxiety. Hell has people living in 519 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:42,200 constant anxiety, not just while the storm is raging, but when 520 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,280 everything is sunshine and roses. 521 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,240 Sister McGee, they're still coward in the corner. 522 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:51,200 When everything's going good and there is no storm, they're still 523 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:55,720 living in fear because I don't want them to recognize me. 524 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,920 I don't want to do anything to get Hell's attention. 525 00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:10,920 You're that would be a. Successful attack from hell if 526 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,880 if during. The times of plenty, and during 527 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,160 the times you're cowering over in the corner when you should be 528 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:25,640 marching forward. Hell has used it for. 529 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:29,560 His own purpose. What many preachers have said. 530 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,880 Through the years. You've heard this before. 531 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:34,680 Somebody in here has heard this before. 532 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,440 I've heard it. They would say listen. 533 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,760 They tell some young preacher, some young, you know, some young 534 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,840 couple that's started the ministry, listen, some young 535 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:49,160 pastor, you know what? Listen when you start moving 536 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:55,440 forward. You're going to face hell, I'm 537 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,720 afraid. That some of them done more 538 00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:00,880 damage than they did good. Because you know what they've 539 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:04,200 created? They've created an an. 540 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,560 Atmosphere. Not an atmosphere of God, but an 541 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,680 atmosphere of fear. An atmosphere this has. 542 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:15,520 You better not tread on hell too much, because if you do, Hell's 543 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,680 going to rise up against you. I'll tell you what those 544 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,160 preachers left out. They should have said listen. 545 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,560 Listen, young man. They're God. 546 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:28,080 You're going to face hell. But greater is he that's living 547 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,160 within you than he that is in the world. 548 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,040 Go fight hell. Go. 549 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:38,600 Don't you live in fear? Don't you cower to those giants 550 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:42,560 you fight hell tooth and toenail, and God's going to take 551 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:46,200 care of you. You're going to fight hell. 552 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,760 But don't you cower. You're going to fight hell. 553 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,640 But don't you run. You're going to fight hell, but 554 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,000 don't you be afraid. That's what they should have 555 00:42:54,000 --> 00:43:03,760 said. But hell weaponized the. 556 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,520 Statement. To keep people from moving. 557 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,880 Forward. I've seen it, I've done it. 558 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,520 The church now lives in. Fear of the storm? 559 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,000 Even the storms that don't. Currently exist. 560 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:31,600 Let's not do. Too much. 561 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,240 Hey, let let's just fly under the radar here in Mount Carmel. 562 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,520 We don't want to stir up too much. 563 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,280 Hey, we're not marching down to the enemy's camp today. 564 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,240 We better put that song back in the book. 565 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,040 We don't want to get. Hell stirred up. 566 00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:56,200 Listen, I. Hate to be so. 567 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,080 Secular today, but I'm going to be. 568 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:05,320 Iron Mike Tyson. I don't know if you know that 569 00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:06,440 name. Maybe it's just me. 570 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:11,160 Iron Mike Tyson, one of the greatest boxers to ever step in 571 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:15,360 the ring. It would be said of. 572 00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:21,400 Him that he had most of his opponents defeated before they 573 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:26,760 ever got in the ring. Is that possible? 574 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:30,280 Oh yes, it is. He had most of his. 575 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:33,480 Deponents feeded before they ever stepped the first foot into 576 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:34,960 the ring. Before they ever. 577 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:39,920 Arrived at the arena, he had them defeated before the day of 578 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,960 the fight. He had them defeated and likely 579 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,280 before they ever knew that they were going to fight the champ. 580 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,800 He had them defeated because of fear. 581 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:55,480 They were so terrified. He was so intimidating that even 582 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,600 if they were a better boxer, even if they were a better 583 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,680 fighter, they wasn't going to get in the ring and and pose any 584 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,520 threat because he had them by the head. 585 00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:10,640 He had their mind. Oh, come on, somebody. 586 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,960 Don't. Don't you let steps. 587 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:28,760 Don't you let Theo grip you. Fear defeated them, but I. 588 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:30,280 Didn't just. Come here with a message of 589 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,560 fear. Today I came here. 590 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,480 In the in the closing moments, hopefully of this sermon to tell 591 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:41,360 you this, you need to remember who it is that you got into the 592 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,800 boat with. You've got to remember who it is 593 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,560 that's he's right there with you. 594 00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,640 He's right there beside you. There's nothing. 595 00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:59,480 I don't know about you. But when I was a young man, I'm 596 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,760 not a very big guy. And when I. 597 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:06,440 Was like 1819, I was a lot smaller than I am now and. 598 00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:10,320 You wouldn't have known it. By the way, I talked and acted, 599 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:12,840 but there's. Something I learned to do. 600 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,760 I wasn't the biggest guy. And I. 601 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,120 Wasn't going to whoop the. Biggest guy. 602 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,560 But you know what I did, Bishop? I had friends. 603 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:25,520 Man, and they were. I'm with him. 604 00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:30,120 Oh. Yeah, you got a problem. 605 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:32,920 Hey, we can take care. Of it. 606 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:43,480 Because I knew. Who it was that I was standing 607 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:47,000 with, I knew who it was that was walking with me. 608 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:51,320 And if any threat came upon me, I knew that the guy standing 609 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:55,600 next to me was big enough to deal with the problem. 610 00:46:55,800 --> 00:47:00,560 Understand Today, put your faith, your hope, your trust in 611 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:08,560 the one that's in the boat. Jesus. 612 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:13,000 Is in the boat. Why are you so fearful? 613 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:19,120 From from Genesis 15 to Revelation chapter 1, God was 614 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:25,800 redundant with one statement. Fear not, Fear not, Fear not, 615 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:32,840 Fear not, Fear not, fear not. You don't have to. 616 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,840 Live in fear of the storm. You don't. 617 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:40,080 You don't have to live in fear of what might come. 618 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:49,320 You don't have. But yet hell has manipulated. 619 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:54,000 The church into living with anxiety and trembling in fear. 620 00:47:57,520 --> 00:47:59,840 But let me tell the. Church today, Church something 621 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:01,720 today. We don't need to use scare 622 00:48:01,720 --> 00:48:05,360 tactics. For we have weapons. 623 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:09,360 You hear me today. I don't need you to intimidate 624 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:13,040 hell with fear. You don't have to intimidate. 625 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,440 Hell, with fear, you don't have to act bigger than you are 626 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:21,320 because we have some weapons. The church has some weapons that 627 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:26,040 if they would pick them up and dust them off and use them to 628 00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:30,080 fight the good fight, there would be No Fear that. 629 00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:37,960 The weapons. Of our warfare are not carnal. 630 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:42,480 Oh, you hear me today. The weapons of our warfare are 631 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:46,520 mighty through the pulling down of strongholds. 632 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,280 While half of the. Church is trembling, I want you 633 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:54,480 to understand. Something. 634 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:04,520 When I speak, when I walk down to. 635 00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:11,000 The enemy camp Sister McGee and I speak the name of Jesus. 636 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:16,600 I'm here to tell you that all hell trembles and hell shakes in 637 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:22,280 fear, and hell is crippled and hell is paralyzed at the name 638 00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:28,440 of. You don't have to. 639 00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,520 Come up with some new way to fight hell. 640 00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:35,120 You've already got it. How to speak the name? 641 00:49:35,720 --> 00:49:38,600 Jesus. Jesus over this situation. 642 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:44,640 Jesus in my family, Jesus in my church, Jesus in my mind. 643 00:49:53,790 --> 00:49:55,230 Just realize. Who you're in the boat with? 644 00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,040 Just know who it is. That you're in the boat with. 645 00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:03,160 Listen, you need to understand. The power and the authority that 646 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:07,440 is in the name that you took on when you were baptized, the name 647 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:10,280 of Jesus. In that name there is healing 648 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:15,560 power, saving power, restorative power, triumphal power, power 649 00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:20,280 over fear, power over anxiety. Somebody needs to speak it 650 00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,920 today. Somebody needs to speak it into 651 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:27,960 your fear and into your storm and into your situation and 652 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:39,880 power over all of hell. Hear me today. 653 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:47,440 I'm I'm I'm closing. He wasn't done yet. 654 00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,600 He wasn't done yet. You don't even. 655 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:54,960 Make it to the. Next chapter. 656 00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:02,360 I've come to empower. Somebody today, you don't. 657 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:06,480 You don't even make it. Brother McGee, there's not even 658 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,080 another verse in between What happened there and what would 659 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:15,120 happen next that would further bring an understanding to not 660 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:19,280 only hell, but the disciples just who he was. 661 00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:22,480 He said. I'll tell you. 662 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:27,800 I'll show you what kind of a man I am because they marveled. 663 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:32,280 What kind of a man is this? So there he is, verse 27. 664 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,080 They marveled. Verse 28 it says and when they 665 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,360 were come to the other side of the country. 666 00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:43,280 The Gurga scenes. Country that I don't know good 667 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,640 enough. For me there met him too. 668 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:48,600 Possessed with devils. Coming out of the tombs. 669 00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:51,880 Exceeding fierce that no man. Could pass by that way. 670 00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:57,520 Long story short, if you. Go on down it does 32 it says. 671 00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:00,840 And he said unto them, Go, he said. 672 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:02,920 Him. He looked. 673 00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:06,240 Hell in the. Face and he said go, and that's 674 00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:10,120 all that he had to say. And when he said go, they went 675 00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,880 because he had the power over hell. 676 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:16,560 Not just the power over the storm, but the power over the 677 00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:18,720 enemy. Let me say it again. 678 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:23,680 Hell has no power that can compare to the power that we 679 00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:29,400 possess in the name of Jesus. Jesus is with you in the midst 680 00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:33,080 of your storm, and He will you through. 681 00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:38,680 Stand with me. You're on the boat with. 682 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:42,520 Jesus today. We need some people in the. 683 00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:47,440 Church that will start walking in this Apostolic authority. 684 00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:54,320 We need some people who speak. To the storm today in the. 685 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,680 Authority of the name. Of Jesus Christ. 686 00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:06,600 Can I tell you something? They didn't even have to wake. 687 00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:14,520 Jesus up you understand that They went and they woke him up, 688 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:20,600 but they didn't have to I. Assure you today. 689 00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,000 And they just grabbed a hold of the side of that boat. 690 00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:30,560 And they just rode. Out the storm with Jesus. 691 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,640 Guess what? They'd a steel came to the shore 692 00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:35,680 safe. They'd a steel made it to the 693 00:53:35,720 --> 00:53:37,120 other side. Why? 694 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:42,120 Because Jesus was in the boat and they were with Jesus. 695 00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,640 And if you're with Jesus, there's no weapon of the enemy 696 00:53:45,720 --> 00:53:48,840 that's formed against you that's going to prosper. 697 00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:54,880 So whether your storm ends? Today or not? 698 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:57,880 I'm here to tell you, you don't have to live in fear. 699 00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:59,320 Of it. You can live above it. 700 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:03,000 You can live above fear, you can live above anxiety, you can live 701 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:07,760 above your storm because Jesus is in the boat with you. 702 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,600 We need some people that would be like. 703 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:19,520 Those three Hebrew boys. They were. 704 00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:27,320 Faced they could we can either bow down and be delivered, or we 705 00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:31,600 can face the fire and when they. Were presented when the. 706 00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:33,320 When the king presented them with that. 707 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,520 You know what they said they said. 708 00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:42,520 If it be so, our. God. 709 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:44,640 Whom we? Serve. 710 00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:50,400 Is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace. 711 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:55,160 But at the end of the day, you understand when you really get 712 00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:58,680 some faith in Jesus, when you really understand who it is that 713 00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:01,040 you serve. You can look hell in the face 714 00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:03,720 and say, you know what my God's evil. 715 00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:08,440 But if he doesn't, if I go down with this ship, he's still going 716 00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:12,040 to be with me and he's still going to deliver me out of your 717 00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:15,400 hands. Because hell has. 718 00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:20,040 No power over the church. You don't have to walk in fear 719 00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:23,040 anymore. Either way, we're going to. 720 00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,200 Be delivered. Whether the storm. 721 00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:28,000 Stops or not, it doesn't. You hear me today, somebody. 722 00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:30,320 It doesn't matter if the storm stops or not. 723 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:35,640 Why? Because there's a fourth man in 724 00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:37,400 the fire with you. Why? 725 00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:39,440 Because Jesus is in the boat with you. 726 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,720 Why? Because Christ is in us. 727 00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:47,240 The hope of glory. I want somebody just close. 728 00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:50,160 Your eyes today lift your hands toward heaven with me. 729 00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,480 Somebody needs to give their fear and their doubt and their 730 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:57,640 worries to Jesus today. I want. 731 00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:58,920 Somebody to hear? Me. 732 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:05,440 If you would be willing. Today and you would say I'm 733 00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:10,200 tired of living in fear. I'm tired of the anxiety. 734 00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:12,920 I'm tired of cowering in the corner. 735 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,360 I'm tired of being crippled by hell. 736 00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:26,000 Would you just step out then say Jesus, I'm done with the fear? 737 00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:28,960 I don't need the anxiety anymore. 738 00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:32,680 God, my, my troubles, my my stars. 739 00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:35,320 I'm going to bring them to you today because they're bigger 740 00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:37,360 than me. And I'm going to lay. 741 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:40,560 Them at your feet, and I'm going to trust today that you're in 742 00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:44,080 this boat with me. You can be set free. 743 00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:48,840 Today somebody you can be set free from your anxiety. 744 00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:51,560 You can be set free from your fear. 745 00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:56,640 You can be made whole today. Hell has. 746 00:56:56,640 --> 00:57:04,640 No power over you. Listen, this boat ain't going. 747 00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:09,440 Down as long as Jesus is on it. Come on, would you pray? 748 00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:11,800 Today. Hallelujah. 749 00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:16,280 Hallelujah, God, I know that you're with us. 750 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,720 God, you'll never leave us. You're not. 751 00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:22,440 Going to forsake us. God you're going with?