1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:02,000 What's going on? Love quest Nation. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Thank you for tuning into the Love quest podcast. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,500 Get your Bibles ready? Get your notebook, get your 4 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:10,700 coffee, get some water, whatever you need to do and get ready to 5 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,500 receive the time. Is right now. 6 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:23,100 Let's go, if he's your lord today. 7 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:44,800 Give us a price in this moment. I'm standing on your 8 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,800 faithfulness who in here knows that we serve a faithful. 9 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,900 God who knows that. Jesus Christ is a firm 10 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:57,200 foundation to build your life upon, man. 11 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,600 You build your life upon him, and you can know you'll be And 12 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:02,800 On Solid Ground. Amen. 13 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:06,700 Amen. Well, I want to start things off 14 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:12,100 by giving honour and thanks to my pastors for yet again, trust 15 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:16,400 in me with the task to stand before you guys and bring a 16 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,100 word. Thank you, Pastor Terrence, 17 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:22,600 thank you faster Julia. For activating me, it's been an 18 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,200 amazing couple weeks to step further into my call and I'm 19 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,500 forever grateful. You sites can take a seat in the 20 00:01:29,508 --> 00:01:30,700 house. Of the Lord. 21 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,900 And so yeah, the song says I'm standing on your faithfulness 22 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:42,400 and I this morning have been tasked to speak to you guys on 23 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,700 the subject of just that stand, right? 24 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,300 All the heroes of the faith. The legends that we read about 25 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:57,800 in the Bible, they all share this one, great attribute, 26 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,200 right? Their ability to stand Right. 27 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:07,300 We look at Daniel and he was as such resolved to stand to the 28 00:02:07,300 --> 00:02:10,500 point that they were willing to throw him in the Lion's Den, 29 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:15,400 right? But the Lord the Lord's power 30 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,500 showed up to deliver him from The Lions Den, right? 31 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:23,400 Mad rat Shack Meshach and Abednego had a resolve to stand 32 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,400 not to bow down to another God. And as a result, they were 33 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,200 thrown into the fiery furnace, but the power of God showed up 34 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,500 To deliver them, right? We look at David he was willing 35 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:41,400 to stand against Goliath and as a result the power of God showed 36 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,800 up to deliver Israel in that moment, right? 37 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,300 We look at the life of Jesus. He was not willing to stand down 38 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:54,600 from his claim to be the Savior to the world to the point that 39 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:59,600 they crucified him. But the power of God showed up 40 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,500 and raised him from the dead and You and I are free when we put 41 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:06,000 our faith in the resurrected savior. 42 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,700 Amen. And so this morning, I came to 43 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:15,000 talk to you about the subject stand and are faithful 44 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,200 propresenter in the bag is working at getting you these 45 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,800 slides. Hallelujah, stand, right? 46 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:28,400 As of recently, I have developed a love for running. 47 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:32,300 And I'm the kind of guy that when I get into something I get 48 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:36,100 all the way into something I am in it, you better believe. 49 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:39,500 I went and got the shorts that are shorter than average. 50 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:43,700 I went and got fitted for some running shoes that are proper. 51 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:47,500 I see you coach. I went and got myself a running 52 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:50,500 wash so I could track. I got the heart monitor to keep 53 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:54,400 track of my heart rate. I am serious when it comes to 54 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,400 running, right? I love it. 55 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,700 It's been a great Outlet mentally. 56 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:03,700 You do is Skate as well as get some good exercise in, right? 57 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:06,400 I'm passionate about running. The more I do it, the more I 58 00:04:06,408 --> 00:04:10,300 love it and I've actually made it a life goal in mind. 59 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:13,800 I want to run an ultramarathon 100 km. 60 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,600 Ultramarathon I'm going to do it, but I know you got to start 61 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,600 somewhere. And so a couple weeks ago, I 62 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,300 signed up for a half marathon in October to start training for 63 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:27,000 it. But like I said, I'm passionate, 64 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,300 I'm zealous the next day. I went Went and ran 23 65 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:33,900 kilometers, which is more than half marathon in a pretty good 66 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:37,200 time, right? And right after I did that I ran 67 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,300 around the seawall. I met up with my guy Andrew, 68 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,500 and, and, and we're going out for dinner. 69 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:45,700 And he decides, he's he picks me up. 70 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:48,800 He decides to park about three blocks away from the restaurant. 71 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,500 And so, we're walking, and I'm kind of limping a little bit, 72 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,800 but it's all good. Yeah, I'ma keep it pushing. 73 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,300 And Andrew says, yo, there's something wrong with you, man. 74 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:01,600 What's wrong with you? And I'm Boy, I just ran 23 75 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,500 kilometers. Give me a break, but he he knew 76 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,200 man. Something's not right. 77 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:12,600 But I ignored him and I just kept putting on the miles 78 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:17,500 putting on the miles and before long, I realized, man, my leg is 79 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:20,200 starting to get really sore, right? 80 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:26,000 It didn't bother me before, but as I started to go the distance, 81 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:30,900 my leg was off. And so, I went and paid a visit 82 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:31,900 to dr. Drew. 83 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:34,100 Shout out to Drew alive, Fitness. 84 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:39,200 Go see him for all your bodily. I want to say functions bodily. 85 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:47,700 Movements needs quick, plug for you droop and he assessed my 86 00:05:47,700 --> 00:05:51,000 run. And it didn't take them long to 87 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:57,300 point out that I had a collapsed arch in my right foot, which was 88 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:02,000 causing my leg to my ankle and turn to collapse, which was 89 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,700 bringing my knee in, which was putting undue stress on legs. 90 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:13,000 Are on ligaments on muscles in my leg, that was bringing pain, 91 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 right? And before long, he got me off 92 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,600 the treadmill and you don't need to run right now he Got me doing 93 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:24,800 some standing exercises because he said, you need to work on the 94 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,500 foundation. You need to build up the muscles 95 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:30,700 in your feet. We need to rebuild the arch in 96 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:33,300 your foot, right? We need to start at the 97 00:06:33,300 --> 00:06:37,200 foundation and so, I'm standing here shaking like a leaf. 98 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:42,300 He's got toe spreaders on my foot and I'm frustrated because 99 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:46,800 I want to run. But he's got me here standing 100 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,700 and with those saying it, what I heard Drew telling me was that 101 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:57,700 before. You've you got to learn to stand 102 00:06:57,700 --> 00:07:02,800 first before you start to run and so that's the message. 103 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,400 I come bringing you guys this morning, right? 104 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:09,900 You got to learn to stand before you run. 105 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:15,500 Amen. Amen, Hebrews 12:1. 106 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,800 Paul says that since we are surrounded by so great. 107 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,600 A cloud of witnesses who have borne testimony to the truth. 108 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:29,500 Let us strip off and throw aside, every encumbrance every 109 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:35,700 unnecessary weight and that sin, which so readily clings to an 110 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:41,500 entangles us and let us run with patience, endurance and steady 111 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:45,200 and active persistence. The appointed course they 112 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:50,000 appointed. Course that is set before us. 113 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:54,600 We all have an appointed course. We all have a call that we are 114 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,500 to align our lives with. It is not just the pastor's, it 115 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:01,600 is not just the teachers of the church it is not just the 116 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:06,400 Evangelist, every individual has a call in their life and it 117 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:11,700 requires that individual to throw off the weight that gets 118 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:14,700 in the way of them, stepping into this call. 119 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:22,300 Bright and says, throw aside. Every encumbrance and what an 120 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:28,000 encumbrance is, is a weight burden restraint, constraint 121 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:34,200 hinderance, handicap obstruction responsibility, obligation or in 122 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,700 other words, things that prevent you from moving forward, things 123 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:41,299 that come to slow you down, right? 124 00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:45,300 The legal term for encumbrance is a claim made it. 125 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:50,400 And a property by someone other than the current titleholder 126 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,700 that affects the owners ability to develop or transfer the 127 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:57,400 ownership of the property, right? 128 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:01,800 An example of this, if there was water damage to an apartment, 129 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:04,200 there'd be an encumbrance again that apartment even after it 130 00:09:04,208 --> 00:09:07,300 gets fixed, you still have to say in the, in the agreement or 131 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:09,600 in the title. There has been water damaged. 132 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,600 If this place has been used to illegally grow marijuana, and 133 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,400 you get busted. It's added to the title. 134 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,600 There's an encumbrance and that hinders the owners ability to 135 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,200 sell it when it comes time because that properties for lack 136 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,100 of better words, been tainted. If there's a development a 137 00:09:26,108 --> 00:09:31,200 developer working on a property and an inspector comes by and 138 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,900 realizes, there's a faulty Foundation, there's a stop work 139 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:38,100 permit. And there's an incumbrance they 140 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:42,400 can't move forward until they address the situation, right? 141 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:45,300 And so there's encumbrances that hold us. 142 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,900 Side and just like, there are this encumbrances it claims made 143 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:51,300 against we read about in Revelation. 144 00:09:51,308 --> 00:09:56,200 There is someone who comes to make a claim against the 145 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,400 born-again believer to try and hold us back, right? 146 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:05,300 So John is taken into the future and it and is and is given this 147 00:10:05,300 --> 00:10:08,200 Revelation right of Jesus return? 148 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,600 He says I heard a loud voice in heaven. 149 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:15,400 Say now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of 150 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,000 I'm of our God and the authority of his Messiah. 151 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,500 Hallelujah. For the accuser of our brothers 152 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:26,800 and sisters. Talking about the devil here who 153 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:31,800 accuses them before, our God day and night has been hurled down. 154 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,700 This is in the future, right? He hasn't been hurled down yet. 155 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:40,700 And he explains how these brothers and sisters have 156 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:43,600 overcome him. He says that they triumphed over 157 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:48,000 him, the accuser by the blood of the lamb and by the word of 158 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,600 their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to 159 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:58,000 shrink from Death, right? They overcame the accuser, 160 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,400 right? And what I'm coming here to tell 161 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:05,300 you guys this morning is that you must know how. 162 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:12,100 To stand up for your rights against the accuser before you 163 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:17,100 are fit to run the race. In other words, you must know 164 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:21,000 how to stand before you run, right? 165 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:27,000 Because the accuser is coming to check your foundation, right? 166 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:30,600 Who the sun sets free is free, indeed, the devil knows that 167 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,400 he's coming to check to see if you know that, right? 168 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:37,800 You have an obligation to know your rights. 169 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:44,900 Right, Bob, Marley, Get Up, Stand Up. 170 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:52,500 Stand up for your right? That's all I got, right, right. 171 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:57,500 So you got a no. Say I got a note right Hosea 4:6 172 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:03,700 says, my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, for lack 173 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:07,300 of knowing, right? Second Peter. 174 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:13,100 One Bible says that his divine power has given us everything we 175 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:19,000 need for a Godly life through Knowledge of him who called us 176 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,700 by his own, glory and goodness, right? 177 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:29,200 So knowledge is both access to everything we need and the lack 178 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:34,400 of knowledge is access for the devil to come and steal kill and 179 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,900 destroy right. John 10:10, right. 180 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:43,400 The thief comes for three. Reasons to kill, steal and 181 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,200 destroy. But Jesus says I have come I've 182 00:12:46,208 --> 00:12:51,700 come to give you life and life in abundance, right? 183 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:55,100 You got to get this scripture written on your heart because 184 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:59,200 you can look at your situation out and ask yourself and what if 185 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,600 is what I'm in right now, bring in me life. 186 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,300 If it is, I know I'm in God's will, but if it's coming to 187 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:12,800 steal kill and destroy is not of God, I need to remove myself 188 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,800 from this current situation, right? 189 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,600 John 10:10. Get a written in your heart, 190 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,800 right? And so you got to know knowledge 191 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:26,900 is access, amen. Your ignorance is the devil's. 192 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,400 Only Power. I got the yikes Emoji of say 193 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:35,500 yikes, but I declare that this day. 194 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:42,200 Ignorance is gone, right? This is your last day of 195 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,700 ignorance in Jesus name. Right. 196 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:52,000 And so Revelations tells us that they triumphed over him the 197 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,200 accuser by the blood of the lamb and by the spoken word of their 198 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,100 testimony, right Amplified says through the utterance of their 199 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:04,600 testimony, right? And so as long as you remain 200 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,700 under the blood, you have the right to tell the devil to 201 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:15,300 remain under your feet, You gotta stay under the blood, man, 202 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:20,200 what does it mean to remain under the blood, right? 203 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,300 The old Saints, call it plead in the blood, right? 204 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,500 You are saved through the confession of your faith and 205 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,200 believing in your heart. Romans 10:9 says, right? 206 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:35,900 And so the same way you receive salvation is the same way you 207 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:40,900 stay in Salvation, right? You gotta you gotta speak it, 208 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:45,100 man, right? If that devil starts trying to 209 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:49,400 get out from under your feet, you say not today saying not 210 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,800 today saying I am the redeemed of the Lord and I say. 211 00:14:53,800 --> 00:15:02,400 So you got to plead the blood Romans say there is now a no 212 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:09,700 condemnation say how much condemnation nah for those who 213 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:14,200 are in Christ Jesus those who are under the blood because 214 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:19,500 through Christ Jesus, the law of the spirit who gives life has 215 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:25,200 set you free from the law of sin and death case dismissed. 216 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:30,700 This is what the devil wants to talk you out of Right. 217 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:35,900 First Corinthians but the person who is United. 218 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,800 Wait sorry. Go back. 219 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:46,100 So Christ Jesus dealt with sin once and for all, would you 220 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:50,300 agree with that? Would you agree that it is by 221 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:55,500 the holy spirit that Jesus was empowered to live a life free of 222 00:15:55,500 --> 00:16:01,100 sin and to conquer once and for all amen I'm about to Jack some 223 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:08,900 of your guys's Theology here, but stay with me. 1st 224 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:14,100 Corinthians says, the person who is United to the Lord becomes 225 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:18,800 one spirit with him. Say this after me, there is no 226 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:23,400 when I'm born again. There is no longer two Spirits 227 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:30,800 in me. There is one Spirit The Same 228 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,700 Spirit that empowered, Jesus Christ. 229 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:42,000 Is the spirit that empowers me, right? 230 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,700 We are tripart beings. Our spirit was once dead in sin. 231 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:52,300 Jesus Christ came to bring the spirit alive again, right? 232 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:01,700 Some of us are defeated because we are still babies in Christ, 233 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000 right? We haven't fed and grown our 234 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,800 spirit to the place where it can stand. 235 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,700 Some of us haven't put in the Reps. 236 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:20,400 To develop our awareness of the presence of the holy spirit 237 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:25,599 inside of us. Some of us still need others to 238 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:33,100 spoon feed us the word of God. Some of us don't have a worship 239 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:35,200 life. Outside of Love quest, 240 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,700 International Church, amazing worship Services. 241 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:44,000 All right, and so some of us are defeated because we're still 242 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:49,800 babies. The dog you feed will be the one 243 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:57,100 that wins the fight, right. You got to catch this Barb was a 244 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:00,400 Sunday school teacher. Mom, when I was just a little 245 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,900 tyke, right? And she shared this Revelation 246 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:06,200 with me and it just stuck with me forever. 247 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:07,600 So thank you. Barb. 248 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,600 And now I'm sharing it with all of you guys, Barb's a mighty 249 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,900 woman of God. Faithful servant. 250 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:16,900 The dog you feed will be the one that wins the fight. 251 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,500 Romans 7 and 8 and Galatians 5. Paul is teaching us that there 252 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:26,700 is a war going on between us and within us. 253 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:30,000 Our flesh is hostile towards God. 254 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,600 It has sin nature, it wants to do a feels right in the moment, 255 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:38,200 it is rebellious towards the ways of the Lord, but Jesus came 256 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,700 to redeem, our spirit, and make us one with God. 257 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,300 And now, We have to decide which dog? 258 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:53,200 We're going to feed our beef up to determine which one wins the 259 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:59,200 fight in our life, right? Paul tells us in Romans 7 for I 260 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,800 know that nothing good say nothing. 261 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:08,700 Good lives within the Flesh of My Fallen Humanity, the longings 262 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:13,400 to do what is right are within me but willpower is not enough 263 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,200 to accomplish it. And this is a portion of 264 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,600 scripture that is often misquoted. 265 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:25,200 Even from the pulpit, they will say, you have a sin nature, your 266 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,400 you've, you're gonna send, but don't worry. 267 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:32,000 Jesus's blood has already covered your past, your present 268 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,900 and your future sin. Paul says, man when you want to 269 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:39,400 do, what is right evil is always present. 270 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:43,100 You have a sin nature that you're bound to fall back into. 271 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:48,300 But this is the same guy that says I have been Co crucified 272 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:51,700 with Christ. Right, he's acknowledges. 273 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:57,300 Nothing good is in my flesh, but my flesh is dead and I am alive 274 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:00,800 in Christ. I'm a new creation sin, no 275 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:06,000 longer has a part of me. You can walk free of sin when 276 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,700 you remain under the blood, get that in your spirit. 277 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,100 Right? And so, nothing good lives. 278 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:20,600 Within the Flesh of My Fallen Humanity, you feeding your / 279 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:30,000 causes you to fall into sin and the accuser comes to condemn you 280 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,800 in your sin, right? The Bible says that the lion 281 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:39,500 there, the Devil roams around like a lion seeking to devour. 282 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:43,500 And I've watched enough of the Discovery Channel to know that 283 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:50,700 lions are me tears there after the flesh, the I was roaming 284 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:54,800 around looking for those Christians that are still living 285 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,900 in the flesh. But the devil's got no means to 286 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:05,800 attack if there's no flesh. He's hungry, but if you got 287 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,800 nothing to feed him, he's gonna leave you alone. 288 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:13,800 Put that flesh to death. Right. 289 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:21,700 And so to stand Requires your flesh to sat down. 290 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:31,400 Shout it uh, sound right? They overcome. 291 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:37,400 By the power of their testimony, right? 292 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:40,400 There's times where your flesh is going to rear up, not the 293 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:45,300 devil, your flesh. And you got to speak to your 294 00:21:45,300 --> 00:21:48,100 flesh. Sometimes the same way you speak 295 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:52,600 to the devil, right? You got to remind your flesh. 296 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,700 Mmm, I'm a New Creation, The Old Man. 297 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,700 The flesh is dead and gone behold. 298 00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:04,300 The new man is here, right? And you I got a little birdie 299 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:08,200 flying over this guy's head, I heard a preacher once say you 300 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,500 cannot prevent a bird from flying over your head but you 301 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:16,400 can prevent that bird from building a nest on top of your 302 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:23,200 head, you cannot Do anything about fleeting thoughts? 303 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:28,400 That just come into your head Temptations, but you can prevent 304 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,600 them from staying there. You can prevent yourself from 305 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,400 meditating on them. You have the right to evict 306 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,300 them. Now, in the name of Jesus, I 307 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:45,500 have the mind of Christ greater is he who is in me than he who 308 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:49,700 is in this world talk to your flesh, man. 309 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:59,800 Stays Yes. Jesus said, Everyone who hears 310 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:03,000 my teaching and applies it to his life. 311 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:10,700 Can't be compared to a wise man. Say I'm a wise man or woman who 312 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:16,700 built his house on an unshakable Foundation when the rains fell 313 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:21,800 and the floods came with Fierce, winds beating upon the house, it 314 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,200 stood firm because of his strong Foundation, right? 315 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:35,300 and so, if you find yourself slipping, Stop blaming the devil 316 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:38,900 and check your foundation, right? 317 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:43,800 What are you standing on? What have you built your life 318 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:48,300 on, right? Sand, can seem pretty firm when 319 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:51,500 you're standing on, right? If anyone's ever been to the 320 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,800 beach and you stand right at the edge of the water, you're good 321 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:58,700 stand on the beach but when the waves come, it actually 322 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:01,800 undermines the foundation from beneath you. 323 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,600 Right? And so you could think you're 324 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,100 doing good. I've been going to church. 325 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,200 I've been hanging out with Christians. 326 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,800 I've been listening to Maverick City Music in my car, right? 327 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:19,900 But when trials Temptations, these thoughts come, what? 328 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:25,200 Are you standing on, man? Check your Gates hashtag. 329 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:29,800 Check your Gates man, your eyes and your ears are the gates to 330 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,700 your soul, right? Your eyes. 331 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:37,500 And your ears are a part of building the foundation, right? 332 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,900 For out of the heart flow, the issues of life, right? 333 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:50,500 Check your Gates, Grace allows you to reap what you sow before 334 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:54,800 you get too low, right? The Bible tells us whatever man 335 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,800 reaps. That is what he shall. 336 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,000 So, right? And it's the grace of God to not 337 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:06,000 keep us from sewing. Because it helps us to realign 338 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,300 ourselves, right? It helps us know, man, you got 339 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:13,800 to fix your leg man, because if you keep running like this, 340 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:18,200 you're going to do some serious damage in the future, right? 341 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:22,800 So Grace allows you to reap what you sow before, you get too low 342 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:35,900 because oh, Because where God is taking you requires you to get 343 00:25:35,900 --> 00:25:41,700 your stance right before you run or in other words where God is 344 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:47,500 taking you, he requires you to solidify your foundation to Bear 345 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:54,200 the weight of greatness, right? Pair of Peter, had to be exposed 346 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,400 prior to the weight of the church. 347 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:00,000 Being put on his back and thank God. 348 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:04,500 It was only one Man who had to deal with his insecurities that 349 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:08,100 night that he, that he betrayed Jesus Christ. 350 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,600 He denied him three times man. Like, if he didn't deal with 351 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,400 that, denial, that was inside of him as a man by his self. 352 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:21,800 Imagine down the road when thousands were added to the 353 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,400 church Peter fell because he didn't deal with the 354 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:30,900 foundational issues, right? It is the grace of God, to allow 355 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,300 Now, you to reap what you sow before you get too low because 356 00:26:34,300 --> 00:26:37,900 he's got great plans for greatness on your life. 357 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:42,900 Sometimes it just needs a little Foundation inspection, right, 358 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,700 right. And so Jesus knew there was a 359 00:26:45,708 --> 00:26:51,400 great call on his life. I'm at Peter. 360 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:58,200 Jesus knew that too, but Jesus spoke into Peter, right. 361 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:01,600 He renamed him, Peter, which means a piece of rock and upon 362 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:06,500 you, I will build my church. Jesus or Peter had an idea of 363 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:09,200 the race. He was to run down the road. 364 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:14,300 Right. And Peter was a very zealous, 365 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:16,600 man. This is the guy that stepped out 366 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:21,400 of the boat onto the water to follow after Jesus, right? 367 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:25,200 This is the guy who cut off the guards. 368 00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:27,800 You're right. This is the guy. 369 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,200 When Jesus said I got to go to the Cross. 370 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:32,500 Peter said, no way. I'm a prevent that from 371 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:35,700 happening, right? In other words, Peter was 372 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,600 zealous, he was passionate. And sometimes he got caught up 373 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,300 in his feelings or his flesh, right? 374 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:47,600 And so, Peter needed to be exposed in order for him to 375 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,800 realize, man, I got to sit my flesh down. 376 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:55,200 If I am going to be the rock, that Jesus. 377 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,100 Is calling me to be if I'm going to truly stand. 378 00:27:58,300 --> 00:28:00,300 I got to make some adjustments, right? 379 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:06,200 And so Peter fell, but I got good news for you, Grace is 380 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:11,900 waiting to set you back on top in Jesus name, right? 381 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:18,500 If you follow, don't give up right, get up, check up, look up 382 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:25,100 and then Ria, right? You gotta dust yourself up quick 383 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:28,700 because the enemy is coming to condemn you and try and hold you 384 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:31,000 down. But I declare that you got 385 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,100 bounced back power in Jesus name. 386 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,900 Sometimes you just gotta check up on your foundation, man. 387 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,100 Sometimes you just gotta look up to where your help comes from 388 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:45,500 and then you got to re-up. Get back in the race man. 389 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:49,800 Get back in the race. The Lord says, forget about 390 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:53,300 what's happened. Don't Keep going over old 391 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:55,200 history. Be alert. 392 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,300 Be present. I'm about to do something 393 00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:01,400 brand-new. It's bursting out. 394 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:04,300 Don't you see it? There it is. 395 00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:10,100 I'm making a road through the desert rivers, in the Badlands. 396 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,200 We serve a way maker man, and he is showing you. 397 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:20,100 He is taking you to this place where you can stand because he's 398 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:26,300 got plans for you to run. And so past coping mechanisms. 399 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,300 Can't sustain you where God is taking you. 400 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:34,400 It's time to ditch the crutch, right? 401 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,900 I knew I have flat feet, my mama's got flat feet. 402 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:42,100 My Daddy's got flat feet, my brothers and sisters, got flat 403 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:46,200 feet, we all wear these things called Orthotics, right? 404 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:51,100 They're custom-made insoles that are fit to your feet to bring 405 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:55,800 support, right? But they, they bring Comfort, 406 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:01,300 but they don't necessarily address the issue, right. 407 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:05,400 Your foot is designed as an arch, and when you stick an 408 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,100 orthotic in there, it actually takes away. 409 00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:12,600 The Integrity of the arch. A bridge is strongest, when it's 410 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:16,600 in the arch formation. If you were to set a post in the 411 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,000 center of a bridge that would be a weak point for the bridge, to 412 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:25,200 then collapse around, right. And so my orthotics brought 413 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:30,100 Comfort, they brought me to where I am now but now that I'm 414 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:35,100 looking to run and Go the Distance, I got a throw Comfort 415 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:38,000 behind me. They may have been a good thing 416 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:41,300 but they were not a God thing. All right. 417 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:46,000 Now the Lord is saying past hoping message mechanisms. 418 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:52,200 Got to go say they got to go because they can't sustain you 419 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,700 to wear goggles. It is taking you, you got to 420 00:30:54,700 --> 00:31:00,200 throw off every encumbrance, not just the sin, but the weight 421 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,200 that holds you back from running with endurance. 422 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,400 The race that is set before you. Right. 423 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,800 I'm a bit of a mama's boy, I used to call Mom and I had a 424 00:31:10,808 --> 00:31:14,600 problem in life, but as I've matured in my faith, I've 425 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,500 learned to take it to the Lord. I've come to realize that the 426 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:21,200 holy spirit is my ultimate helper. 427 00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:24,800 God bless my mom, she's a mighty woman of God. 428 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:29,400 I have a mighty man of God as a father too and they're great to 429 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,300 sound things off of. I'm not saying stop talking to 430 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:38,000 your mama and Dad, right. But you gotta learn man to lean 431 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,200 on the Lord in order to find strength to where he is taking 432 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,400 you. We see this in when in Moses's 433 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:50,000 call to service, right? Moses to had a great call on his 434 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,800 life. To deliver the people of Israel 435 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,500 from the clutches of the Egyptians, right? 436 00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:02,500 But he got caught up in his flesh, he was zealous, much, 437 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:06,400 like Peter. And he went about this 438 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:12,000 delivering of his people in the wrong way, he acted out of his 439 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:17,600 flesh out of anger and he ended up killing an Egyptian. 440 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,400 That was mistreating his people and it caused him to Run away 441 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:29,800 from his call right but Grace came to set them back on top, 442 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,100 right. And we see when the Lord 443 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:35,600 revealed himself back to Moses in the burning bush. 444 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:41,100 He came to tell Moses, this call is still on your life and this 445 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:45,400 is what he said. When Moses came to have a closer 446 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:49,000 look at this Burning Bush, which the Lord revealed himself. 447 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:54,900 As in this moment, the Lord says Do not come any closer, the Lord 448 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:58,900 were warned. Take off your sandals for you 449 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:03,700 are standing on, Holy Ground. And what I sensed the Lord 450 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:08,000 saying is you cannot step fully into your call. 451 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:13,600 Bringing the dirt of your past, bringing the Brokenness of your 452 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,700 past. You can't step before on, holy 453 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:22,800 God, still hanging your head down in an Unholy posture, 454 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,600 right? Sometimes the hardest part about 455 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:29,600 stepping into your call is forgiving yourself for your 456 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:34,600 past, right? But the Lord is saying, put off 457 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:39,700 your old ways, the mistakes that were made in your, Lash and step 458 00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:49,100 into the new right? Say kick off your shoes and step 459 00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:55,200 into wholeness. We as we weren't we, as people 460 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,200 weren't created to to wear shoes. 461 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:01,200 If you think about it, right? We also weren't created to make 462 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,300 closed until the fall of Man. All right, we're not talking 463 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:08,000 about that are now we're talking about shoes, right? 464 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:17,600 And so, stepping into your call requires you to first stand in 465 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:27,800 Holiness, right? Yeah, man. 466 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:33,600 Holiness is wholeness the Lord's, trying to take us back 467 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,699 to the Garden. That's why Jesus Christ came to 468 00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:41,800 take us back to write. Dining with God back to the 469 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,699 Garden. Right? 470 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:49,000 And the Lord is calling you to put the Reps in on your new 471 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:55,699 stance and refused to go back to the familiar, right. 472 00:34:55,900 --> 00:35:01,500 The Bible says I placed before you this day life and death. 473 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:05,600 I pray that you choose life every day. 474 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,200 We are. We are faced with choices. 475 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:12,200 Right. Which dog am I gonna feed, 476 00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:17,800 right? It requires you choosing to feed 477 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:23,800 the spirit of man, right? And so as I invite the worship, 478 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:30,600 team back on stage to prepare, closing this service out, I want 479 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:35,400 to just challenge your guys's mindset here, a little bit. 480 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:37,900 Is that all right? Okay. 481 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,900 Paul tells us. That we are. 482 00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:49,200 Those who have been redeemed by Christ. 483 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:57,400 Those who the Lord has done a good work within that, we are to 484 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:04,600 present our bodies as a Living Sacrifice, holy and acceptable 485 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:08,600 to God, which is your reasonable service. 486 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:13,800 And the lord gave me this Revelation, this charge he says 487 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:17,500 stop waiting on the Or in other words. 488 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:22,600 Jesus Christ has done it all everything you need for life and 489 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,900 godliness. Has already been done. 490 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:30,800 So he said, stop waiting on the Lord to deliver you from the 491 00:36:30,808 --> 00:36:34,600 desires of your flesh. Stop waiting on the Lord. 492 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:39,400 For you to enable you to live this holy life. 493 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,900 And he said instead, start waiting on the Lord, which 494 00:36:43,900 --> 00:36:49,500 reminded me of a butler of a server, who comes at a tension, 495 00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:51,800 they show up prepared, they show up. 496 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,100 Ready, what would you like for me to do to you today? 497 00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:58,300 Sir, what would you like for me to do for you today? 498 00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:01,400 Sir, right. And so right now, the Lord is 499 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:07,300 challenging your mindset, man. Stop waiting on the Lord and 500 00:37:07,300 --> 00:37:11,400 start waiting on the Lord. He is worthy. 501 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:17,500 And the Bible says, in Isaiah 40 verse 31, that those who wait on 502 00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:20,800 the Lord shall renew their strength. 503 00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:26,000 They shall Mount up with wings like eagles and they shall run 504 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,500 and not be weary they shall walk and not faint. 505 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:34,900 And so the Lord told me to tell you that when you stand before 506 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:40,000 God as holy, IE you find strength to run the race set 507 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:45,600 before thee and I wonder if there are any Saints & Sons and 508 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,500 Daughters in the house who are now waiting for Jesus to do 509 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:54,000 anything more. I believe this day that you guys 510 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:59,300 will choose to stand and Holiness that you guys will 511 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:04,900 choose to wait on the Lord as a soldier weights on his Commander 512 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,500 to be put into Service. Right? 513 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,700 Love quest. I declare that this day we will 514 00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:15,600 choose to stand in Holiness, right? 515 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:23,200 And like Forrest Gump, we shall run and run and run and we shall 516 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:29,700 not grow weary in Jesus name. You receive that message. 517 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,200 Give us big shout of Praise unto the Lord. 518 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,700 Thank you so much for joining us for this week's podcast. 519 00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:51,800 Make sure you like And subscribe on all of your favorite drilling 520 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,500 platforms and follow us on social media. 521 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:59,000 You can find us on it and Facebook at love quest, int L 522 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,800 church, we out of here. But you know what it is, you 523 00:39:01,808 --> 00:39:05,000 know, the motto we out of time but we ain't out of Jesus. 524 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,100 So till next time get your love this man.