1 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,480 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Love Quest International 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,600 Church podcast, where we seek to love all nations, equip the 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,560 church, mobilize the equipped, and serve all. 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,080 We're super glad you're joining us from whenever and wherever 5 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,760 you're at in the world. Welcome to the family to get 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,440 your Bibles ready, get some water, get some coffee, maybe 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,680 some tea, and get ready to receive. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:39,680 Let's get into it. Well, it's such a honour to be 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,360 able to share with you today the Word. 10 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,760 Thank you to Pastor Terrance and Pastor Julia for the blessing 11 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,040 that it is to be able to speak the Word today. 12 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,440 And thank you for the honour, for sharing with me the honour 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,840 to to give the Word. Today we're going to continue 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:12,960 with the theme of family foe, oh, faith foes and family faith 15 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,680 foes and family alliteration. Always good. 16 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,360 You know, it's really important to know who you are. 17 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,920 There's a song that says who am I? 18 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,000 As we were saying that who am I that you keep me in your mind? 19 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,520 Well, I am the redeemed of the Lord. 20 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:49,800 I am me, the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, so I'm 21 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,480 righteous. I'm kings and priests in the 22 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,720 Kingdom of God. I'm a royal priesthood, part of 23 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,520 a holy nation. Don't forget who you are. 24 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,160 Don't forget all that's been completed through Jesus. 25 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,040 Don't forget you are a child of the King of Kings and Lord of 26 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:23,480 Lords. Remember your position and 27 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:29,880 posture before Almighty God, because He has redeemed us, set 28 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,640 us free from the power of sin and death, brought us to His 29 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:40,560 glorious Son, brought us into the Kingdom of light, brought us 30 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,520 into His presence, brought us so we can come, as it says in 31 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,960 Hebrews 416, boldly before the throne of grace. 32 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,280 That's right, boldly. I said it because the Bible said 33 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,600 it. Boldly Say that with me. 34 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:11,720 Boldly, boldly, boldly. I think that's what we as the 35 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:17,360 bigger Church need. Again, boldly, a little bit more 36 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,960 boldly. A little bit more boldly in our 37 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,320 walk, A little bit more boldly in our talk, a little bit more 38 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,000 boldly in our prayer. A little bit more boldly in our 39 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,600 believing, a little bit more boldly, a bit more boldly. 40 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,120 Boldly in who we are, boldly in who's we are. 41 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:41,440 Bold Acts Chapter 4 after they've been challenged by the 42 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:47,960 by the authorities, I pray Lord, give us boldness to speak the 43 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:54,440 word. There's boldness in your center. 44 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:02,360 There's boldness in you, Giselle, there's boldness, Noah. 45 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:09,680 There's boldness, Pastor Dylan, there's boldness, boldness, 46 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,840 bold. Strong. 47 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,240 Strong in prayer, strong in the way you speak, strong in the 48 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,360 conviction you have in Christ Jesus. 49 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:29,360 Amen. So faith foes and family. 50 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:37,400 Sorry, I'm having trouble here with my computer, so I will 51 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,120 boldly follow on with everybody else. 52 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:55,280 So we have 3 verses that are pivotal verses to the message we 53 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:59,000 have. So the first is from Genesis 315 54 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,640 and says and I will put enmity between you and the woman and 55 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,280 between your offspring and her offspring. 56 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,960 He will bruise and tread your head under foot and you will lie 57 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,640 in wait and bruise his heel. Now who says this? 58 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,280 God says it. God says God puts this in place. 59 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:24,040 This is the war. Next scripture is from Matthew 60 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,240 1036. And a man's foes will be they of 61 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:33,200 his own household. Jesus is speaking here and 62 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,440 saying even those of your own household will become ones who 63 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,360 will press you will will defy you. 64 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,800 The next scripture is Psalm 127 verse one. 65 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:48,040 Except the Lord builds the house. 66 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,720 They labour in vain who build it. 67 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,480 It's not the Christians building, it's not our efforts 68 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,520 building, not our personality building. 69 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,600 But the Lord is the one who must build the house. 70 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,080 The Lord builds the house. And so we see in these three 71 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,320 scriptures the war. Genesis 3 reveals the war, 72 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:18,240 Matthew 10 reveals the proximity of the war, and then Psalm 127 73 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,680 reveals the only way that the war is won. 74 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,560 So Pastor Terence positioned us with these three scriptures last 75 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:33,320 Wednesday, and I'm going to continue with a focus on the 76 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:38,400 Whisperer. Can you go to the next slide, 77 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:44,080 please? The enemy is always whispering. 78 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,960 Thank you. Perfect. 79 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:54,200 The enemy is always whispering. You see, this is how the enemy 80 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,480 gets in that ear. The whisper. 81 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:05,440 It's not the obvious, it's not the upfront. 82 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:11,280 It's the whisper. The enemy is always whispering, 83 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:16,160 just like he did to Eve in Genesis is the Whisperer. 84 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,680 And what does he whisper? He whispers lies. 85 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:31,760 He twists words in twisting words and feeding pride. 86 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,600 It's not that we don't have our pride, but he feeds it, adds 87 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:43,280 fuel to it, inspires doubt. That seems like it doesn't make 88 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,760 sense, but there's an inspiration in his doubt. 89 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:57,720 Did he say the questioning? Did Did he really say that? 90 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:07,400 Attempts the flesh, provokes jealousy, attacks identity. 91 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,760 The enemy is always looking for ways to undermine, create 92 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:21,080 uncertainty, insecurity. And as those things happen, now 93 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,320 we feed that. And now that affects our family, 94 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:32,840 how we interact, how we engage his whispering deception. 95 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,480 I like this one. I think the enemy loves this 96 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,640 one. Nitpick division. 97 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,440 I said nitpick because it's those little things, those 98 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:50,200 little, what is it? It's the smallest thing, the 99 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,360 little nitpick. And all of a sudden the nitpick 100 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,600 can become a division. And all of a sudden you'd be 101 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:02,120 wondering what happened 30 years ago that we don't meet with this 102 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,800 side of the family. And like, yeah, Cos, Cos nitpick 103 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:13,560 division, just as little things became a nitpick division of a 104 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:18,720 family. Affirming fears. 105 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,480 We can come up with our own fears, but man, the enemy loves 106 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,880 to just. Yeah, you're right. 107 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,360 Yeah, you should be worried about that. 108 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:31,600 Oh, yeah. Did you? 109 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,400 I think you're right. I think. 110 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,560 I think he did do that. Let me affirm you in your fear. 111 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,760 Let me affirm you in your uncertainty. 112 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,960 Let me affirm that little thing and and make it be. 113 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,440 Inspires doubt. He's a deceiver. 114 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:58,800 You see, deception doesn't have to be a lie. 115 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:07,640 It can be the absence of truth. A deceiver doesn't have to out 116 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,920 front lie to you, He just has to position the truth in such a way 117 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:16,440 that it's now taking you down a different track. 118 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:27,480 The Whisperer. In Proverbs 26 verse 22 it says 119 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:32,280 the words of a whisperer or slanderer are like dainty 120 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:37,680 morsels or words of sports to some but to others are like 121 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:43,840 deadly wounds and they go down into the innermost parts of the 122 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:49,400 body or the victims nature. The Whisperer is that thing that 123 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:54,920 sits in there and before long you don't even remember why. 124 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:03,240 Where did that come from? But it's got into the innermost 125 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,160 parts of you and almost become a part of your nature. 126 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,120 And you know what? There's sometimes there's things 127 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:13,400 in the family and it's like, well, I'm angry, but it's only 128 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,280 because you know, it's runs in the family. 129 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:23,680 Oh, that's becoming an accepted whisper has created a deep 130 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:30,080 identity. Oh, oh, that's that's just what 131 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:36,200 we do. Oh, I yeah, I get that from this 132 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,920 side of the family. Oh, we're all afraid of, of, of, 133 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,080 you know, whatever on this side of the family. 134 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,520 It's just just part of it's always become this attachment of 135 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,280 ownership, all because of a whisper. 136 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:04,200 It goes deep and it can create these divisions, these 137 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:11,280 separations, and before long you don't know who said what, but 138 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:16,480 you're sure this is what had happened because the Whisperer 139 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,960 has got deep in the innermost parts. 140 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,080 And we're here to expose the work of the enemy, bring 141 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:34,960 exposure, shine a light so we can walk in the victory that is 142 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,600 ours. And so we're exposing. 143 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:42,120 These are the things that the ways the enemy wants to dig in. 144 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,560 And it's interesting Jesus family wasn't immune to this. 145 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,280 We read in John Chapter 7 later, Jesus was going about his 146 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,880 business in Galilee. He didn't want to travel in 147 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,120 Judea because the Jews were looking for a chance to kill 148 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:00,960 him. Makes sense, right? 149 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:01,800 Anybody. Yeah. 150 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,880 You agree? People trying to kill you. 151 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,880 I'll avoid that area. That's that's a good that's a 152 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,840 good decision. It was near the time of the 153 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,520 Feast of Tabernacles, A feast observed annually by the Jews. 154 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:23,280 His brothers Jesus brothers said, why don't you leave here 155 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,800 and go up to the feast so your disciples can get a good look at 156 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,840 the works you do. No one who intends to be 157 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,880 publicly known does everything behind the scenes. 158 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,160 If you're serious about what you were doing, come out in the open 159 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,000 and show the world. His brothers were pushing him 160 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,480 like this because they didn't believe in him. 161 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:56,360 Why the so his own brothers, his own brothers were like, alright, 162 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,680 show off, go on, show us what you can do. 163 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,080 That's the big party. Why don't you just go and and be 164 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:15,560 with all your followers down there division, division, even 165 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:20,040 the Son of God and his the the the brothers he had connection 166 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:25,960 with his his earthly brothers didn't believe in him. 167 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:35,920 You imagine that you're already dealing with the doubts. 168 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,360 You've already got a Judas in your 12. 169 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,360 You're already dealing with a whole bunch that have just left 170 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:49,080 you and in all of this now your own family are ridiculing you. 171 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:59,520 You see, the enemy was attempting to, even in his own 172 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:09,600 family, even in Jesus own family, create division and as 173 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,720 Pastor Terence said last Wednesday, familiarity. 174 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:22,360 A familiarity, a familiarity even with the one who is the son 175 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:27,200 of God. Familiarity to cause division. 176 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:36,520 A faith reorients the fight. And this is the shift of gears. 177 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,320 This is what we're pressing into today. 178 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:44,520 Faith reorients the fight to reorient is to to, it's like 179 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,520 when you're GPS and all of a sudden you go one way and it has 180 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,520 to reroute for you. It's reoriented. 181 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,640 It's it's made adjustments. It's now seeing it from a new 182 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,400 angle. So faith reorients the fight. 183 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,520 It actually gives the fight a different framework, a different 184 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,800 vision, a different viewpoint. Faith shifts the fight. 185 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:12,760 You see boxers who are have different strategies. 186 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,360 So some want to get in there and grapple and just punch. 187 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,880 Others want to dance around and wear out their, their their 188 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,920 opponents. And each one is reorienting the 189 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:26,400 fight to their advantage, right? So 1 is in there trying to keep 190 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,840 them in the corner so they can just give them some haymakers. 191 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,480 And the other one's dancing around trying to make the other 192 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,760 guy wear out because he's bigger than him and he'll wear out 193 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,040 faster than him. So whoever gets that strategy 194 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:42,240 gets to reorient the fight to their advantage, and faith does 195 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,760 that in our relationships. Faith reorients the fights. 196 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,640 If we misidentify the foe, we fracture the family. 197 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,440 You see, even in Jesus own family, they were looking at 198 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,600 Jesus going all right, man, whatever. 199 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,400 Yeah, I know you're the big guy. You get all the people coming 200 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,400 out. I know you go on the mountain. 201 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,599 There's thousands out there. I see it. 202 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,160 Good for you. We're just trying to do stuff 203 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:18,079 here back home, you know, and misidentified the enemy, 204 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:24,079 misidentified the foe. As a result, there was fractures 205 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:28,840 in the family. Let's see the strategies of the 206 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,720 enemy. Luke chapter 4, verse 3. 207 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,280 This is at the time after Jesus had been fasting for 40 days. 208 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,040 We do fasts here and they're powerful. 209 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:47,280 This fast was like a nut. Nothing for 40 days fast that's 210 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:51,240 wearing right. That's a different kind of fast. 211 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,080 And the devil taking opportunity says, said to him, if you are 212 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,560 the Son of God, command this stone to become bread. 213 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:07,200 But Jesus answered him, saying, it is written, man shall not 214 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,360 live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 215 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:14,520 So here he takes advantage and says, I'm sure you're hungry. 216 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,480 I know you can do this. I know you can turn this stone 217 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,200 into bread. Jesus didn't argue about his 218 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,800 capacity to do that. It wasn't. 219 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,160 That's nonsense. I can't make the stone into 220 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,400 bread. He's like, yeah, OK, but that 221 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,840 wasn't the point. The point was it is written. 222 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,880 Men shall not live by bread alone, by by every word of God. 223 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,320 As in I'm not going to be tempted into taking bread at 224 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,360 this moment to fulfil your temptation. 225 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:54,920 The capacity wasn't the issue. It was a decision to go with 226 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,320 what the word says because it is written. 227 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:03,520 It's Him coming back with word, Him coming back with strong word 228 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,520 that identified what the enemy was trying to do. 229 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:12,040 Verses 6 says, and the devil said to him, All this authority 230 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,800 I will give you and their glory. He'd taken them up to a high 231 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,760 place to see over all the kingdoms. 232 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:19,680 All this authority I will give you, and their glory. 233 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,320 For this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I 234 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,360 wish. Therefore, if you will worship 235 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:30,560 before me, all will be yours. Now Jesus doesn't argue that 236 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,520 fact. There's no argument from Jesus 237 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:39,200 about that statement. The statement of the devil 238 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,400 saying I have been given all this authority. 239 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,120 There's no argument over that. But in verse 8 he says, and 240 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:50,240 Jesus answered and said to him, get behind me Satan, for it is 241 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:57,000 written, you shall worship the Lord your God and him only you 242 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,440 shall serve. You see, the enemy was trying to 243 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,120 feed him pride. Hey, you can have all of this. 244 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,920 Let me feed you some pride. You can have all of this. 245 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:11,440 And he says, no. It is written, you shall worship 246 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,920 the Lord your God and him only you shall serve. 247 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,600 He came back to the Word for his perspective. 248 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,720 He came back to the Word of God for the way he would see the 249 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,640 situation. He came back to the Word of God 250 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,640 to deal with the strategies of the enemy. 251 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,320 And then in verse 9 it says, then he brought him to 252 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,480 Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said 253 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,800 to him, if you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from 254 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,880 here. For it is written, he shall give 255 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,640 his angels charge over you to keep you, and in their hands 256 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,040 they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 257 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:57,320 So now the devil's coming, saying, hey, like you said, it 258 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,000 is written here, it's written here. 259 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:03,120 See this, it's written here. I'm giving you the word that you 260 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:05,040 just gave me for the last two times. 261 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:08,920 I'm going to use that same word now and say, but hey, if you 262 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,640 throw yourself off, you're actually covering the word by by 263 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,640 fulfilling it. And in fact, you could prove 264 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,600 you're the Son of God by doing it right in front of all these 265 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:22,120 people right now. The enemy was twisting words. 266 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:27,720 The enemy twists words. He was twisting words to try and 267 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,760 bring Jesus into a position where he would take it into his 268 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,280 own hands rather than fulfilling the will of the Father. 269 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:40,120 But Jesus said, and Jesus answered and said to him, it has 270 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:43,880 been said, you shall not tempt the Lord your God. 271 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,320 See, Jesus knew the intent of the Word. 272 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,680 He couldn't be distracted because he knew the intent of 273 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:01,840 the word. It wasn't to fulfil him being 274 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,120 glorified by his actions, but rather that he would fulfil the 275 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:09,920 will of the Father. So even the twisting of the word 276 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,720 couldn't draw him into a temptation because he knew the 277 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,760 intent. And then it continues. 278 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:22,240 Now, when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed 279 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,360 from him until an opportune time. 280 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,720 Now this gives you a very interesting characteristic of 281 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,840 the enemy. He's waiting for the opportune 282 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:40,400 time. When I'm tired and Elder 283 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,040 Stacey's tired, that's an opportune time. 284 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,880 We have come to realise that is not the time. 285 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,240 We have discussions. That is not the time we're going 286 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:58,320 to get into anything that might be contentious because my 287 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:06,920 tiredness not good with her tiredness also not good becomes 288 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:12,880 an opportune time for division, right? 289 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,160 You see, that's the practical aspect of it. 290 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,400 We think it's going to be this huge thing, but sometimes it's 291 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,840 the feeding of the pride at the opportune time. 292 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,040 Sometimes it's the twisting of the words at an opportune time. 293 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,800 Sometimes it's the nitpick. Division at an opportune time. 294 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,600 Are we aware of the strategies of the enemy? 295 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,360 So we want to equipped you. God the word. 296 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,600 Guard the word. Guard the word of God in your 297 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,440 family. Guard the word of God that's 298 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,520 been given through this house. Guard the word. 299 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,520 Let the word become the driver of your your your actions. 300 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:09,080 Let the word be the the the foundation and guardrails in how 301 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,720 we live our lives. Guard the word. 302 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:21,200 Earlier I read Proverbs 2622, we talked about how the whisperer 303 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,560 becomes something that goes deep inside of you, right? 304 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,280 But here's the answer to that is actually found in verse 20. 305 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:35,280 For lack of wood, the fire goes out, and where there is no 306 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:48,120 whisperer, contention ceases. Let's not give the enemy extra 307 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:56,080 fuel for the fire. Let's not give him additional 308 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,320 fuel to create contention and division. 309 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:13,480 We do that by checking aha. We do that by getting the word 310 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:18,040 in US, but more importantly, the word out of us. 311 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,400 What I mean by that, we get the word in us, but I know a lot of 312 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,440 people know the word, but they don't know how to show the word. 313 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,640 But we're about showing that word in our way we live. 314 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:35,200 It's receiving the Word and then activating the Word, bringing 315 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,000 the word in and then living it out in the way we live, in the 316 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:44,120 way we talk, in the way we engage with people, regard the 317 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:48,400 Word, and in doing so we actually create a space where 318 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,720 the whisperer cannot have an influence, Ephesians 612 says, 319 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,160 For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood, contending only 320 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,560 with physical opponents, but against the despotisms, against 321 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,440 the powers, against the master spirits who are the world rulers 322 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,000 of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of 323 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 wickedness in the heavenly sphere. 324 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:14,360 Know the enemy. We do not wrestle against flesh 325 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,040 and blood. Even the flesh and blood that 326 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:23,720 you don't like. It's not them, even the flesh 327 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,080 and blood that has contentious arguments with us that we'd 328 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:32,000 rather not get into. It's still not the one we're 329 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:37,960 dealing with. We're actually dealing with the 330 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:46,760 spirit behind it. So we have to discern the real 331 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:52,600 enemy. But you know what's exciting? 332 00:26:54,880 --> 00:27:01,640 You know what's really exciting? You're ready, You're ready. 333 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,920 You see, you're equipped with the Spirit of God and the Word 334 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,840 of God. You're ready Now, it doesn't 335 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,720 mean we don't have our moments and we're still growing, 336 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,920 absolutely, but you are ready. You are actually equipped for 337 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,400 the battle. You are equipped to be able to 338 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:20,160 succeed in the battle. You are ready if we go back. 339 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,440 So I just read Ephesians 612, but let's go back to verse 10 340 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:32,200 and it says, in conclusion, be strong in the Lord, Be empowered 341 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:37,640 through your union with Him. Draw your strength from Him, 342 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:44,560 that strength, strength which His boundless might provides. 343 00:27:50,630 --> 00:27:55,230 You know what? If it says it in the Bible, it's 344 00:27:55,230 --> 00:27:59,470 true. So you can be strong in the 345 00:27:59,470 --> 00:28:05,110 Lord, you can be strong in His minds, you can be strong in Him, 346 00:28:06,110 --> 00:28:13,840 because the word says it. We get to be strong in the Lord, 347 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:15,360 We get our strength from the Lord. 348 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,520 That's something worth being excited about. 349 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:28,160 Strong in the Lord, it says, draw your strength from Him. 350 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,880 That strength which his boundless, boundless, boundless 351 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:37,000 means no boundaries without boundary, no boundary, no, no 352 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,520 boundary that surrounds that his boundless might provides. 353 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,640 You see, sometimes we wonder where we're going to get the 354 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:55,400 strength from. Stop, come to the Lord, come to 355 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,760 the Lord. Verse 11 Put on God's whole 356 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:02,760 armour, the armour of a heavy armed soldier which God 357 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:07,960 supplies. Who supplies thank you that you 358 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:12,920 may be able successfully to stand up against all the 359 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,560 strategies and the deceits of the devil. 360 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:25,560 You are well equipped, you are well able, You are strong in the 361 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:34,130 Lord. We are strong. 362 00:29:34,890 --> 00:29:39,530 And then faith reorients the fight to see renewed. 363 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,840 I'm really excited about this one. 364 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,640 I'm really excited about this one because there's something 365 00:29:49,640 --> 00:30:00,160 about seeing from a new angle. I was last year, I was praying 366 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,880 at home and Lord said stand in the corner and I stood in the 367 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,440 corner. I felt it stand in the corner. 368 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,600 So I'm standing in the corner. I'm thinking, this is weird. 369 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:09,920 Yeah, I'll go back in the corner. 370 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,400 Like right back here. Here we go. 371 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:19,800 So I'm here, I'm standing in the corner and OK, what do you see? 372 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,480 Oh, well, I can see behind the sofa. 373 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:25,520 That's where the dog's ball went. 374 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,760 OK, alright. I can see behind the sofa, I can 375 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:33,120 see that part of the kitchen and I can see behind the TV here. 376 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:40,320 OK, now go to the other corner. So for this corner now, well, I 377 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,280 can't see behind the sofa. I can see the front of the sofa, 378 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,720 but I can see down the hallway and I can see that part of the 379 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,000 kitchen that I couldn't see before. 380 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:57,920 My perspective changed. I shifted my my perspective at a 381 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:03,640 different angle. I could see differently and part 382 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,840 of seeing differently was making a certain movement. 383 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:14,680 There's a shift, there's a change, there's a change 384 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,040 position. I can see something different. 385 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,480 And then I can see differently this way. 386 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,160 And my perspective each time is changing and, and, and maybe I 387 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,920 see something. You ever see the golfers and 388 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,560 you're like, what are you doing kneeling down there? 389 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,360 But they're looking, they've got a different angle. 390 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,520 They're like, yeah, I can kind of see the slope, right. 391 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:41,040 So I could if I hit there and I come around and and I try to do 392 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:45,440 that, it never worked. But but they do it because they 393 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,880 get a different angle, a different perspective, a 394 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:54,520 different view. You see, faith is reorient, 395 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,480 reorients the fight. It gives us a different view, a 396 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,040 different angle, a different way of seeing things. 397 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:09,920 Romans 12/2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the 398 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:16,880 culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy 399 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,840 Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. 400 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:27,320 This will empower you to discern God's will as you live a 401 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,240 beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in His eyes. 402 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:43,600 You see, part of the change in the shift is to have our minds 403 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:48,480 renewed, totally transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. 404 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:55,560 So we see different. You see, sometimes that argument 405 00:32:55,560 --> 00:33:03,680 you're having seems so important until you get a new view by the 406 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:09,760 Holy Spirit, a new way of seeing what's going on. 407 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:20,320 Sometimes that division, even as hard as it may have been to go 408 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:27,920 through, when you see now who's behind it, what the strategy of 409 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:34,720 the enemy is to bring division or destruction, I can see it 410 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:44,320 differently now. Faith is the renewed mind. 411 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:50,520 Faith is believing God is more than able. 412 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:57,280 Faith is actually allowing us to see through the lens of Christ. 413 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:06,200 You know, I didn't know love until I realise how much God 414 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:12,800 loved me. And even now I'm just scratching 415 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:20,120 the surface. But when I realise how much I'm 416 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:31,880 forgiven, how much I'm loved, how much he's completed, we're 417 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:41,040 being called higher. We, we are, we are the ones who 418 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:48,719 are called to a higher perspective, to love the 419 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:54,880 unlovable. I mean, I mean, Jesus said love 420 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,720 your enemies, do good to those who hurt you. 421 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,360 That's bring back the Romans 12 too. 422 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,680 That's not an opinion of the culture around you. 423 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,160 That's a different way. That's a new way of living. 424 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,320 The new way of living sees different. 425 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,840 Love your enemy, do good to those who hate you. 426 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:37,600 Luke 6 he talks about lend to the person who hates you and 427 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,920 don't expect the money back. I struggle enough giving it to 428 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:51,920 people who I like but our Kingdom call is to see 429 00:35:52,400 --> 00:36:04,210 differently. If I look at my wife and I see a 430 00:36:04,210 --> 00:36:15,000 daughter of the king. That's seeing differently, 431 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:26,920 expecting differently. I see my children, and if I see 432 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:35,840 them as the children of God, if I see them as the children of 433 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:45,000 God and not just my daughter and my son, then how will I raise 434 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:52,240 them differently? There's something about our 435 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:59,200 seeing that helps us reorient, see faith reorients the fight. 436 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,840 It gives us a new eyes to see, new way to see. 437 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,640 You see, Jesus, when he was being tempted, he not only heard 438 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,280 what the devil said, but he knew what he was trying to get at. 439 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,960 When he used Scripture and tried to twist the Scripture, he knew 440 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,640 what he was really trying to do is deceive him into an act that 441 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,760 would not be fulfilling the will of the Father. 442 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:38,130 He could see differently. We are ready. 443 00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:48,120 We're ready as we listen. We're ready as we yield. 444 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:52,520 We're ready as we come into the place of obedience. 445 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:57,560 We're ready as we surrender. We're ready as we see. 446 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:04,800 We ask God for new perspectives. The Spirit of God is the spirit 447 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,680 of wisdom and revelation. There's revelation that the 448 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:16,160 Spirit of God wants to give you. There are circumstances in your 449 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:21,000 family, situations where God is giving you new perspectives, new 450 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:30,120 ways of seeing a new heart of love because faith reorients the 451 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:35,360 fight. I want to encourage you today. 452 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,160 There is a new way for you to see. 453 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:48,960 Some people have come from broken homes. 454 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,920 There's a new way for you to see love even in that situation. 455 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,440 Some have come from blended families where they're not sure 456 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:05,520 how everybody fits and everybody reacts, but there's a love from 457 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:10,160 God for you so you can see different. 458 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:17,840 There's a heart of love. There's a heart that sees 459 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:29,960 differently and it's available there. 460 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:35,000 There are family divisions that maybe have taken impacts over 461 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:40,600 decades. The Lord is a Lord of with the 462 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,840 Spirit is the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. 463 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,720 There's a revelation for how you can deal with that division. 464 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:56,360 There's a love poured out by God that will transform the way you 465 00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:04,320 see things. It's our application in these 466 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:15,440 close quarter relationships that show people that the God I serve 467 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:21,200 really is real. Some people are watching you 468 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,840 just to see if you're authentic. Some people are waiting to see 469 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,880 if what you believe is actually real. 470 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,960 Some people are sitting on the sidelines waiting to see what 471 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,720 does this Christianity mean in your life. 472 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,080 Some people are waiting to see what does that mean in the way 473 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,840 you deal with them. Some people are waiting to see 474 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,240 if you've got the endurance. Some people are waiting to see 475 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:46,240 if you do it more than just a Sunday. 476 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:53,160 The strength of the Lord, the power of the Spirit is available 477 00:40:54,480 --> 00:41:04,040 to you in this work. Father, I pray, I thank you, 478 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:09,400 Lord. Lord, your word is truth, your 479 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:14,640 word is true. A Lord we we take the word 480 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:18,840 you've given us tonight and we're not going to let it just 481 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:26,040 sit in the memory bank or just be in us, but rather to activate 482 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,680 through US. Lord. 483 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,280 A thank you. Your word declares that we have 484 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:38,320 strength for the fight. Lord, your word declares that we 485 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:42,280 have the armour for the fight. And Lord, your word declares 486 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:47,080 that we can know the strategies and deceit of the enemy in the 487 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:51,160 fight. We are equipped for the fight. 488 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:59,080 Lord, I praise you today that there's a new sight in our eyes. 489 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:02,680 We see differently. We see with a renewed love. 490 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,640 We see with renewed understanding. 491 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:07,120 We see with a renewed expectation. 492 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:12,800 We see with new eyes, Lord. We see our relationships in new 493 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,680 eyes. We see our spouses with new 494 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,080 eyes, Lord. We see our children with new 495 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,400 eyes, Lord. We see our brothers and sisters 496 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,400 with new eyes, our uncles and aunties with new eyes, Lord, our 497 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:30,400 our families with new eyes, Lord, that that they are ones 498 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,360 we're winning. We're so winning them. 499 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:40,480 We're so winning every day that you may be glorified, that you 500 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,600 may be honoured, and we lift up your name today. 501 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,440 Father God, I praise you for new eyes. 502 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,240 I praise you, Lord, for your word, and I praise you, Lord, 503 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:56,640 that we are ready. Hallelujah in Jesus name, Amen. 504 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:58,960 Amen. Amen. 505 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:03,320 Let's give it up for Elder Brett for an incredible word this 506 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:10,560 evening. Thank you so much for tuning 507 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,080 into this week's sermon. We pray you were challenged, 508 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:16,680 equipped and encouraged. Make sure to follow us on all 509 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,880 platforms. That's Lovequest Intl church. 510 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,320 We out here for real. We're really doing it. 511 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,360 That's Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. 512 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,800 You can find us anywhere you need to find us. 513 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,800 But until next time, you know the drill. 514 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:33,040 You know the motto, get your love fixed man and we'll see 515 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:33,720 y'all real soon.