1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,440 What's going on everybody? You are now listening to the 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,280 Lovequest International Church Sermon Podcast. 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,200 It's a brand new season. Matter of fact, it's homecoming 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,480 season. Sons and daughters are coming 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,480 home. So you know what to do. 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,040 Get your Bible, get your water, get some coffee, get some tea 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,480 and get yourself ready to receive. 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,880 The time is now and if you don't know the drill, then you better 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,360 learn the motto. Did you love things, man? 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,160 Generation, generation, thank you for the opportunity to thank 11 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:45,920 Y'all. Have a seat. 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,560 Thank you for coming. You're showing up. 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,440 It's good to see everybody today. 14 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,400 I want to thank our pastors for giving me another opportunity to 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,120 share the word and I take care of the people. 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,720 You know, when he gives me these opportunities. 17 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,959 The first golden objective is treat the sheep well. 18 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,160 Treat them like the pastor would. 19 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,880 And that's always my hope and my goal. 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,160 Hey man, I want to give you a couple tips about today. 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,840 And a couple tips are this. Number one, this is going to be 22 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,760 a catching time, say catching time. 23 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,800 It's an impartation time. See what I'm saying? 24 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,160 You're already catching the impartation, right? 25 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,040 It's an impartation. What is impartation? 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,880 It means you get something by proximity. 27 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,080 It doesn't necessarily go through your mind, but somehow 28 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,360 it it impacts you in a way where it transforms how you think and 29 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:46,440 how you act. Hey, man. 30 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:50,000 So it's important to understand this pastor says the gift that's 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,400 before you in the manner so you can know how to receive it, 32 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,080 right? How to catch it? 33 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,160 How to get the most out of it. Amen. 34 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:00,920 I got a few things I want to drop off for you. 35 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,520 This. You ready? 36 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,919 It says stop letting fear ride you. 37 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:17,480 You got to learn to put a saddle on your fear and ride it like a 38 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:23,400 horse. You got to ride it hard and put 39 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,880 it up wet. What that means is you got to 40 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,760 make it submit to you. You got to make it work for you. 41 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,200 Stop letting fear dominate dictate you part of when you say 42 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,880 you ride a horse, what you say is again, try not trying to be 43 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,920 disrespectful any any animal lovers here, things like that. 44 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:48,240 But it says this means you got to break the horse, right? 45 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,080 The horse understands I can't be wild and run wild and do my 46 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,480 thing. The horse understands that I'm 47 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,720 looking to you. Are we going to be afraid today? 48 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,480 We're not being afraid today. OK, OK. 49 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,160 Whoever that, whoever that's for, do that. 50 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,440 And then you got to decide you're just not going to do it. 51 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:11,520 Afraid. OK, I may come home, but I'm not 52 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,000 going to be afraid. My stuff might be on the street. 53 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,600 Don't care. But I'm not going to be afraid. 54 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,600 It'll be hard to deal with and hard to see, but I'm not going 55 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,760 to be afraid. We've got to make a decision. 56 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,240 No matter what happens, no matter what it is. 57 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:30,920 I'm not going to fear, period. So that's just a little 58 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:33,240 interesting tidbit for you as we begin. 59 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,800 Catch that for whosoever will want to begin. 60 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,400 Today. Today we're in the midst of our 61 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:45,400 time of prayer and fasting. Today's prayer point is battle 62 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,360 and build. Battle and build. 63 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,480 You see it right there. Battle and build. 64 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,040 Everyone say that. Battle and build. 65 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:57,520 Battle and build. Battle and build, right. 66 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,400 And our scripture reference is Nehemiah 416 through 20. 67 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,280 So just put that slide up there. I'm gonna have you go to the 68 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,640 verse in just a bit so you can get that queued up and ready. 69 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,120 Nehemiah 416 through 20. But now I want to give you some 70 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:16,160 context for this, OK? And this comes out of our time 71 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,640 of prayer and fasting during one of the days of praying, fasting 72 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,360 in particular, by the inspiration of the spirit and 73 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,040 preparation of the word. The pastor says you got to learn 74 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,000 how to battle and build. You got to be able to learn how 75 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,880 to do it at the same time. And in this moment, I felt, as I 76 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,920 talked with pastor in this moment, I felt it was important 77 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,320 to develop that little bit. It's part of our word for today, 78 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,880 but I'll just develop that little bit now. 79 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,920 What I want to share today is not exhaustive. 80 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,720 It's my contribution to the work. 81 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,760 OK. You can expect Pastor to make 82 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,880 even more contributions to the work on this, on this matter, 83 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,160 particularly since he got the initial inspiration for it. 84 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,480 But it's just my contribution to be added to it. 85 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,200 It's not wholly definitive, right? 86 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,680 But it's something for you. I think it's going to be 87 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,880 worthwhile. And the and the scripture and 88 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,400 the idea and the reference he used was from this scripture. 89 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,200 If I want to give you some context, don't go to the 90 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:10,240 scripture. Stay on the slide. 91 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,640 I want to give you some context. OK. 92 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:21,800 Nehemiah was not a priest. Nehemiah was not a prophet. 93 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,920 Nehemiah worked in the government. 94 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:36,920 Or Nehemiah worked for Bezos. Either way, OK, Jeff, I'm 95 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:43,080 talking about Amazon, OK? Nehemiah was in the marketplace. 96 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,320 It's important for you to know that at the time we find 97 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,760 Nehemiah, Nehemiah is part of the people that was carried off 98 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,120 the captivity in Babylon, part of God's people. 99 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:57,840 Some of them were left in Jerusalem. 100 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,520 Most of them, many of them were carried off into captivity in 101 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,960 Babylon. So Nehemiah is there serving the 102 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,640 king there right now. Why is this important? 103 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:15,400 Because as we talk about battling and building, don't put 104 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,520 that on the job of the holy people. 105 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,360 Don't put that on the backs and the shoulders of the pastors and 106 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:31,240 the clergy and the church folks. The word comes from people just 107 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:36,680 like you in those seats, Those out there in the marketplace, 108 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:43,280 They were the ones they got the inspiration to go back and 109 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:46,920 rebuild. They were the ones that carried 110 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,720 the weight. They were the ones that got the 111 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,760 resources. It was mostly their hands that 112 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,120 was there doing the work. OK, So understand the 113 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:04,360 responsibility that all of y'all have. 114 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:11,520 OK, You got to catch this. Because why it encourages you 115 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:17,600 that this word is for you. It ain't for them. the Super 116 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,200 special. the Super holy. the Super. 117 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,320 This. the Super that. This word is for you. 118 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,720 OK, say it's for me. Now gulp. 119 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,280 Do that like because that's responsibility. 120 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,560 You already said it was for you. Now you signed up for it. 121 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:41,160 Now you got to deal with it. So Nehemiah was a marketplace 122 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,160 person. Nehemiah been carried off and 123 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,080 part of what we hear about it is this. 124 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,080 Nehemiah asked some people, He said, man, how's things back 125 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,920 home? Some people from Jerusalem came 126 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,520 and let him know how things back home. 127 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:02,000 And they said, man, it's not good, It's just not good. 128 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,760 Walls are down. Gates are burned by fire. 129 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:18,760 Man, it looks like Wally over there and Nehemiah wept. 130 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,480 You got to care about some stuff. 131 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,520 It got a matter to you. He didn't wept because his house 132 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,960 was in ruins. He wept because his city was 133 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,600 down. See, part of what you have to 134 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,440 understand is the heart burden to battle and build comes from 135 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,520 y'all. Because y'all are out there in 136 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,600 these streets. I didn't say you was for the 137 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,080 streets. I say you was in the streets. 138 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:57,280 There's a difference, OK, Y'all out there in these streets. 139 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,040 See the people, The Levites were always in the temple place. 140 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,800 They were there before God, but it was y'all that had to walk 141 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,560 past the crackheads all the time. 142 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,360 It was y'all had to walk past the heroin hungover folk. 143 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,040 It was y'all that had to walk past government inefficient, a 144 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:16,480 government trying to solve problems. 145 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,800 It was y'all that had to walk past businesses raising prices 146 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,480 more than they should. It was y'all that had to walk 147 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,320 past folks in line trying to get a rental place. 148 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,200 And no matter how hard they try, they can't find a place to rent, 149 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,640 even though they may have money to rent it. 150 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,920 You got to care about your city. You got to care about it, 151 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,760 whether here it is, whether you're there or not. 152 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,040 It's not about how much it benefits you. 153 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,800 It's because I got a connection to the city. 154 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:54,320 And he wept and he was crying and he wept and he sought the 155 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:55,560 Lord. I'm giving you a general 156 00:09:55,560 --> 00:10:02,440 paraphrase, but in his job in serving the king, he walked into 157 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,280 serve the King one day after hearing all of this. 158 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,840 And if you know anything about faithful servants they don't 159 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:18,080 manipulate, you walked in there and the King said this man, 160 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:26,280 what's going on, bro? Paraphrase value King James 161 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,120 people. What's going on, Brother Wrist, 162 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:34,920 anyway? He said. 163 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:36,520 Man, I ain't never seen you like this. 164 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,800 You always had joy. Now understand it. 165 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,000 All the times before, when your house was in, when you've been 166 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,880 in captivity, you had joy. Even in the midst of captivity, 167 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:54,160 you've always had joy. What's going on now? 168 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:55,800 Pause. They won't say pause. 169 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,440 Excellence always gives you access to authority. 170 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,400 Yes, Sir. OK. 171 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,480 It was his excellence in how he carried himself that caused 172 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,160 authority to look up and say, man, what can I do for you? 173 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,880 Because you've been so excellent in serving me, OK? 174 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,320 And after he he said, man, you're so sad what's going on? 175 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:31,520 And then he said, How can I be happy when the sepulchers of my 176 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:39,520 father's, in essence, are unruined because the walls of my 177 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,760 city have been torn down and the gates have been burned? 178 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:52,640 How can I be happy? How would you feel if the place 179 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:57,880 where your daddy was buried, the gravestone was kicked over and 180 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,360 foxes and animals running rush out all over it? 181 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,200 How'd you feel? How could you live happy right 182 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,040 now? Understand this by Nehemiah. 183 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,480 Part of what he's doing is he's remembering. 184 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,320 These are not just people that are buried in a grave. 185 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,040 These people represent the testimony of God's faithfulness 186 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,680 to my nation. I stand here because of them. 187 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,960 King, I serve you because of them. 188 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,440 I learned everything that I that about excellence and 189 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,720 faithfulness and and hopefulness because of them. 190 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,840 To battle and build, you got to carry about other generations 191 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,480 other than just yourself. You got to have respect for the 192 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:40,960 generations that went before you. 193 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,320 You got to have honor for the generations that went before 194 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,960 you. You got to understand where you 195 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,760 come from. You didn't get here on your own, 196 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:57,600 just folks who suffered and died and prayed and worshipped on a 197 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,200 promise, maybe never really expecting to see the fruit of 198 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,760 it, but hoping that one day someone would see it. 199 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,800 My dad would say this to me. Sometimes got a good dad. 200 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,040 My dad would say this to me sometimes, he says, Son, 201 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,400 sometimes you got to shake the tree knowing that other people 202 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:21,680 going to eat the fruit. You got to have a generational 203 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:24,520 context. You got to understand that what 204 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,000 you do matters for the generations that went before 205 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,760 you. OK, You carry something. 206 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:36,640 You're not here by accident. Your purpose here, something 207 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,760 brought you forth. I think it is while he's a 208 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,720 Baragani, something brought you forth. 209 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,240 What brought you forth, right. You got to understand. 210 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:52,560 So whether you were born out of rape, you still have purpose 211 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,520 because God put it in you to birth you. 212 00:13:55,520 --> 00:14:00,280 You carry something from generations past and from God's 213 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,720 design and God's desire. No matter how you got into the 214 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,520 earth, no matter what your developmental experience was, 215 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,240 you carry something, Nehemiah said. 216 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,280 Man something. I'm carrying something. 217 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,680 How can I rejoice? And this is the power part, the 218 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,400 powerful part. And This is why you always got 219 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,680 to have redemptive vision. I talked about the other day, it 220 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,280 was redemptive vision, it's vision, redemptive revelation, 221 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:36,560 it's vision that has comes from revelation and it's designed to 222 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:41,640 redeem or make new a vision that comes from God revealing 223 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,880 something to you whose purpose is to help people, bless people, 224 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:50,440 change people, transform people, lift people and make new make 225 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,480 whole. That's what a vision from God 226 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,160 does. That's what redemptive 227 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,760 revelation from vision brings you. 228 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,280 So Nehemiah was carrying that and why is it important? 229 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:17,800 Because then the king said, man, what you want to do right now, 230 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,160 think about that. Think about that. 231 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,280 Here's what the king says. Annabeth, come in. 232 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,000 Cheers. She bubbly. 233 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 She got all them, her teeth and smiles and everything. 234 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:33,920 Right, she always right. So rather than showing all of 235 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,800 her teeth, she come in one day and shows only four of her 236 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,040 teeth. I'm like, what's going on, 237 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,240 Annabeth? Well, got you. 238 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,480 And she says this. How can I be happy when the 239 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,480 wills of my father's have been filled in? 240 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,120 You know what it's like? The favor that comes with 241 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,040 excellence and faithfulness and that kind of connection with 242 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,280 people. When the authority says, are you 243 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,960 feeling some type of way that makes me feel some type of way, 244 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,320 too? What we going to do about this? 245 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,960 Imagine that. OK. 246 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,840 That's why you go to work. Excellent. 247 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,240 That's why you treat people well, treat people right, 248 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,160 because there'll come a day when you do that, when your boss will 249 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,360 say you feeling some type of way about this, what we going to do 250 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:31,840 about it. And Nehemiah said he says he 251 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,000 prayed. I don't know if he prayed in the 252 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,880 moment, wouldn't prayed and came back. 253 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,360 He said, well King, how about this? 254 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:46,360 How about you give me some letters of access to go back to 255 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:51,080 my town? And how about you give me some 256 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,880 resources to rebuild the wall? And this is what the King said. 257 00:16:55,880 --> 00:17:02,040 Not only this resource, but resources from the King supply. 258 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:03,560 I'm going to get to that in just a bit. 259 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:07,280 But this is what he said. How much time you need? 260 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,760 Imagine that. How much time you need. 261 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,880 So when we get to battle and build, understand it's not just 262 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,359 roughnecks. All of a sudden out there, 263 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,880 something comes before battle and build. 264 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,520 A heart becomes before battle and build. 265 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,000 An inspiration comes before battle and build. 266 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,440 There's stuff that prepares you and positions you for the grace, 267 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,200 the anointing and the influence, the access to resources to 268 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:39,040 battle and build. OK, he said. 269 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,320 How long you need, he said. I told him, see, redemptive 270 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,680 revelation already has. You have an idea of God, what we 271 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,080 going to need, how we going to do this, what's it going to take 272 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,640 to help restore families and generations and those kind of 273 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:55,320 things. OK, and let's think about that. 274 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,920 Now, it's not said this and it's not mentioned this way in the 275 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:02,680 text, but understand what he's saying. 276 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,040 He didn't say where you going to get the money from. 277 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,360 He doesn't mean how long you need. 278 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,400 Got you how long you need. Guess what that's going to be? 279 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:15,200 Paid leave. It's going to be paid leave. 280 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:15,880 I know. I snorted. 281 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,440 I apologize. Simon, Cut that out. 282 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:23,200 It's going to be paid leave. It's going to be paid leave. 283 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:28,960 Got you right Now understand what letters mean. 284 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,600 Letters mean when they see you, They see me. 285 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,880 Stop. What that means is they mess 286 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:41,840 with you. They mess with me. 287 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,440 They want to come up against you, tell them, mess around and 288 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:51,240 find out, right? Because when I stand up, I'm 289 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:52,800 standing up to act. Not to. 290 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,640 Just to profile. OK, them letters. 291 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,800 Now, if you know anything in today's environ digital economy, 292 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,160 right? It's like having your password 293 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:11,440 to your accounts, right? It's more than just a letter, 294 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,600 right? If I got your password or got 295 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:21,480 your copy information, I can duplicate you, right? 296 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,320 I can falsify, I can expand the authority that's been given to 297 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:27,800 me. Understand. 298 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,720 When he gave me this letter, he said, I'm giving you my 299 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:34,720 identity, you carry everything I got. 300 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,400 And if you understand anything about kings, what I got is not 301 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,640 just about me. Tell my children this. 302 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,040 I'm really spending your money now. 303 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,720 I'm 57. I'm no longer spending my money. 304 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,920 I'm spending your money. What does that mean? 305 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:55,120 When you carry a King's name, he's saying you carry my heirs 306 00:19:55,120 --> 00:20:00,040 with you, right? So he gets this and he goes, 307 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,360 That's the power that's backing him. 308 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,360 And he asked for resources from the King's Supply. 309 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,040 He says, man, check this out. Ready. 310 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,920 He goes, He says, you got a man named Asaph. 311 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,680 I believe he was a man named Asaph who's the head of the 312 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,240 King's royal forest. How about he give me some 313 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,520 timber, some lumber to go rebuild the wall? 314 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,240 King Lee got it. Now, if you know anything about 315 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:34,400 Asaph, Asaph was the name given in the Bible and in Psalms to 316 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,880 the worshipper, the one who would write the songs. 317 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,840 OK, so you had worship, caring for the resources to be used to 318 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:50,200 rebuild the city, not knowing when, not knowing where. 319 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,160 Don't let anybody steal your song, no matter your 320 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,640 circumstance. Because the worship in your 321 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:01,680 position someday some way is going to be used to release the 322 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,800 Reverend. The redemption and the 323 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,720 restoration of all that you hoped and dreamed for. 324 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,880 When he went and got that wood, worship was in that wood. 325 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,320 Psalms were in that wood. The faithfulness of God was in 326 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,720 that wood. It wasn't just in the ordinary 327 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,480 wood. It carried oil with it when it 328 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,760 went back, and it carried the stamp of a king when it went 329 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:27,120 back. In those days, if this wood came 330 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:31,600 from the royal forest, you have to know it was the King's wood. 331 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,560 Otherwise people could steal it and get away with it. 332 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,320 What's the Martin Day example? A Martin Day example is when you 333 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:46,200 brand a cow or branded an animal with your brand, right? 334 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:51,200 That's the reason I can have open pastures and our cows can 335 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:56,000 intermingle because the ones that belong to me got my name on 336 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,400 it, right? And if you mess around and kill 337 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,840 one of mine and you check the mark like bro, we didn't brought 338 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,280 all of that whole mark down all that family all that generation 339 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,800 down on us. So understand when these 340 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:17,680 resources go back to build a wall, they got the Kingswood. 341 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,120 So when anyone who the folks who came and destroyed the wall when 342 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,880 they took a second look now they got to look at it and go like 343 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,680 oh, oh, it ain't just these folks in this town we fight. 344 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,880 Now it was literally the literally the wood was screaming 345 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:41,360 out mess around to find out go ahead it's bigger than you go 346 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:45,680 ahead. And when you understand this is 347 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:50,880 important the distance between Babylon and Jerusalem and then 348 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:55,240 you see the King's wood. Part of what it's telling you is 349 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,400 the king will come that distance to defend you. 350 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,440 He'll come from his home to back you up. 351 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,960 All this is the context for Nehemiah. 352 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,040 When he goes to battle and build. 353 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,480 See, there's something that goes into battling and building. 354 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,320 See, it's a mindset you bring to it that helps you battle and 355 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,680 build. If you're trying to develop the 356 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,720 mindset in the midst of it, you can, but it's much harder. 357 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:30,720 Does that make sense? So put the scripture up, battle 358 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:36,040 and build. Nehemiah 416. 359 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:40,760 And from that time forth, half of my servants worked at the 360 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:45,360 task and the other half held the Spears, Shields, bowls and coats 361 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:49,160 of mail from that time forth. Well, what happened before that 362 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,520 time they came to build and three folks came out to see him 363 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,040 and said, hey man, uh oh, there's a threat to us. 364 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,880 We run in this area because Jerusalem's walls are down. 365 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,360 There's been folks who counting on Wiley never to rebuild. 366 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:02,920 Why 'cause that means we run the area. 367 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,120 It's no threat to us. There's folks that's counting on 368 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,880 your remaining dependent. It's called There's folks 369 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,520 counting on your remaining addicted. 370 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,440 There's folks counting on your remaining busted, broken and 371 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,880 disgusted. Why 'cause it serves my purpose 372 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,960 and makes no challenge to me to transform or to change. 373 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,200 All of a sudden redemption comes and rebuilding comes and 374 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,440 restoration comes. Now I'm challenged. 375 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,200 Now, I can't sit here and be the same. 376 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,160 These three folks came and they said, listen, we got to stop 377 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,080 this. So first they tried to stop it 378 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,200 with ridicule. Folks will always come at you to 379 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,200 try to talk you down and make fun of you. 380 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:44,080 Who you think you are going that church, who you think you are. 381 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,920 I know you talking about I'm brand new, not the one that I 382 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,160 know. You're right. 383 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:50,360 Because there's a new me in town. 384 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,560 They'll come to ridicule, make fun of you. 385 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:57,880 Ain't got no strength. You ain't got no might. 386 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,240 You ain't got no resources. Why you? 387 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,760 Why would God choose you? There's people bigger and 388 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,680 stronger and better than you. Why would he choose you? 389 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,280 Really. And God ain't choose you. 390 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,080 For what? Oh, he must have ran out of 391 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,440 options, huh? He must have ran out of rocks. 392 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,760 That's why he chose you. Make fun of you. 393 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:19,840 Who you? Right. 394 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,640 Ridicule is the first thing to try to get you to come down and 395 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,120 attack you. Then they said we're going to 396 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,960 come in and try to kill you. They never did but all they do 397 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:34,120 is make threats of it. So fear will come try to get 398 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,080 you. So after all these attacks and 399 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,560 all these are threats, when it says here go back. 400 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,320 And from that time forth we recognize we on a timetable. 401 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,520 Because why I thought the king a certain time there's urgency 402 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,520 about this battle in building, but also we got to get it 403 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,640 restored because this joke was out there going to try to come 404 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,360 at us again. Except from that time forth half 405 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:01,080 of my servants worked at the task and the other half held the 406 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,040 Spears, Shields and bolts and coats of Mayo. 407 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:09,080 The leader stood right. The leader stood behind all the 408 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,880 House of Judah. Keep going. 409 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,840 Those who built the wall and those who bore birds loaded 410 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:20,760 themselves so that everyone worked with one hand and held a 411 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,600 weapon with the other. Who are those that bore the 412 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,320 burdens? The birds were the folks who 413 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:29,400 were responsible for taking away the demolition work the rubble. 414 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,840 See, you have to understand, when they were building, 415 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,640 brother, all I'm doing is building. 416 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,600 So if so, if a chip flat, if a piece falls off, you got to pick 417 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,280 it up. I ain't got time to pick up the 418 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,680 piece because I'm building. OK, got it. 419 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:48,280 So those who bore the burdens or those who took the stuff that 420 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,400 didn't look really good, the waste products, the reject, the 421 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,040 rejects. Now it says it doesn't say it 422 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,920 right here, but if you read the context, it says this, that 423 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:04,920 there was only one thing that threatened to stop the building 424 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,680 of the wall really substantively. 425 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,480 That's when those who had to carry out the the broken parts 426 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,480 began to get really tired, right? 427 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,600 Not dealing with your brokenness is the only thing that can 428 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,200 really stop you from God rebuilding your life. 429 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:24,600 You got to carry the garbage out. 430 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,760 You got to have strength to be able to deal with the with the 431 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,800 garbage in your life. And when you can't, that's what 432 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,720 church is for, 'cause when I can't deal with my garbage, 433 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,760 she's there to help lift my arms up so my garbage can be dealt 434 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,440 with. And he's there to help lift my 435 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,280 arms up so my garbage can be dealt with. 436 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:43,560 When I don't think I can make it because my insecurities are 437 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,480 building up on me and beating down on me. 438 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,400 See, that's my garbage. He's able to say to me, man, you 439 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:50,400 can't. I'm a stand with you. 440 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,280 Go pray through you. Gonna pray you through your 441 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,000 fearfully wonderful mate God got you. 442 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,040 Remember the word of the Lord to you that's carrying out the 443 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,120 garbage so I can continue to build. 444 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,600 And it says this. So they were building one hand 445 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,160 and weapon with the other hand. Keep going. 446 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,880 And every builder had his sword girded by his side and so worked 447 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,280 and he sounded the trumpet was at my side. 448 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,000 And I said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the 449 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,400 people, the work is great and scattered. 450 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,680 And we are separated on the wall one far from another. 451 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,440 And whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet rally to 452 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:35,840 us, our God will fight for us. So what we see here is this. 453 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,440 They're building this wall. People are both building and 454 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,080 battling. One hand I'm building the wall, 455 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,440 the other hand I got my sword strapped. 456 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,760 If you believe it, you pose was walk around strapped. 457 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,920 You ain't a punk or punk S punk ET whatever the feminine version 458 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,640 of it is, right? Punk. 459 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,320 Ena. Punkarella, whatever it is, 460 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:04,080 right? You know what I'm saying, right? 461 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:10,800 You got me right anyway. You walk around strapped. 462 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,520 You got to do both OK at the same time. 463 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,560 But they did more than walk around battling and building. 464 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,960 They also had to be listening for the sound of the trumpet. 465 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,200 They couldn't be so focused on battling building that they 466 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:35,440 couldn't hear the call that would change things. 467 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,680 They couldn't be so focused on battling building that when they 468 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,280 heard the call, they went like, I ain't got time to answer the 469 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:47,600 call to the trumpet, 'cause I'm building in my space, right? 470 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,000 So even if you're battling building, you still got to keep 471 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,440 listening to what God is saying. You still got to keep hearing. 472 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,920 It's like Abraham, When he offered up his son, Isaac, God 473 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,200 told him. Fine, I'm gonna go do that. 474 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,920 He had the knife up, but he kept listening. 475 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,120 Abraham. Abraham. 476 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:12,280 All right, Lord, I'm not asking you to do that right now. 477 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:19,240 I got another sacrifice, Right? So they were listening as well 478 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:25,480 as you battle and as you build. So that's kind of the context. 479 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,000 Everyone got context for Nehemiah. 480 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,160 Now we want to develop it a little bit. 481 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,840 Everyone said develop it. So there's some good stuff. 482 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,320 French cooking and my preaching got the same, Got couple things 483 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:45,040 in common, one of which is that we always build our flavors as 484 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,600 we go, layer the flavor. Amen. 485 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:55,000 OK, So with that, with that exposition of that word, I want 486 00:30:55,000 --> 00:31:00,840 to begin the message that my wife goes, oh Lord, he hasn't 487 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,560 even started the message. Jesus let this time stand still 488 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,640 for him. It's an all day thing. 489 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,640 So we're going to do what we can this morning and we're going to 490 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,880 finish up tonight. Amen. 491 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:20,600 So the title of our message is Build and Battle A Kingdom Key. 492 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:29,400 Now the word is battle and build, right? 493 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,120 But the title of my message is what Build and Battle. 494 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:38,560 My message begins pointing towards the word for today. 495 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,160 So if you really want to see how we start here and get there, you 496 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:49,920 got to come tonight or not. Just be stuck in the middle, 497 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,040 right? Stop. 498 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,040 You got it. But there's a difference in my 499 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,360 view between building and battling and battling and 500 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,120 building. But I want to start a building 501 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,160 and battling because it's the Kingdom key. 502 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,480 You got to build before you battle. 503 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,960 Why? Because building gives you a 504 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:18,960 reason to battle. What you fighting for. 505 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,120 What does it matter whether you want to lose? 506 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,320 What does it matter whether you sit down and never get up? 507 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,760 What? What does it matter whether you 508 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:32,400 roll out to bed today or not, if you got, If you're building, it 509 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:38,680 motivates you to battle. You get purpose right? 510 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,880 And when you understand it's not all about you, you understand. 511 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:47,080 Even if I don't feel like it, I ain't got time to not feel like 512 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,560 it because other folks are counting on me to carry the 513 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,640 torch forward. Building allows you to get gives 514 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,240 you motivation to battle, gives you a reason to battle, gives 515 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,680 you a focus to battle, and gives you strategy for your battle. 516 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:08,800 OK, if I'm building a wall, then my battle has to do what? 517 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:13,640 Be focused around giving me opportunity to build the wall. 518 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,240 I ain't trying to battle just everything. 519 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,040 My battle ain't just wild and loose. 520 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,760 My battle is geared to my build. My battle's designed to help me 521 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,520 breakthrough and press through my build. 522 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:34,240 OK, building gives you a 'cause. You see those old World War 2 523 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:39,920 movies and the pilots who flying out to bomb the enemy. 524 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:45,880 They'll take a picture of their wife or their spouse or their 525 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:51,240 kid or something, their parent, and they'll put it up there on 526 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,800 the screen right in the windshield. 527 00:33:54,160 --> 00:34:01,720 But I'm flying because when I got my plane flying and all I 528 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,280 hear is bombs exploding and Flack being flown up into the 529 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,320 air and I look to the right, boom, I see my buddies plane go 530 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,800 down and I see the plane in front of me go down. 531 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,040 I got to remember why am I going into the teeth of this battle? 532 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,639 I look at the picture of my wife and my family and my kids and 533 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:22,080 what it means and my and my culture and my country. 534 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:28,400 And I say I'm a press on see if you don't have nothing to build, 535 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:36,120 what's the point of the battle? You got to have a reason to 536 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:40,080 build, and building helps you give you a reason to battle. 537 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:47,159 Let's take it to the practical. Well, how do I build in this 538 00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:50,199 context? Part of our prayer and fasting 539 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:54,320 is about worship and prayer we mean every night. 540 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,280 I ain't trying to just trick back you. 541 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,840 We ain't trying to upsell you. We're trying to show you the 542 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,040 importance of what God is building so you can be in part 543 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:09,320 of every block that He's building, building the battle. 544 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,800 See Worship builds and prayer battles. 545 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,360 Worship builds and prayer battles. 546 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:24,080 Worship says God, You're glorious God you're magnificent 547 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,600 God you're faithful God you're the Redeemer. 548 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:35,240 You give hope to the hopeless. That worship of God gives me a 549 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:38,600 reason to be on the phone late at night with my brother saying, 550 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,440 man, we're going to get you through this thing. 551 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:44,880 I bind the enemy in your life and I release the presence of 552 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:49,720 God in your life. Worship builds prayer battles. 553 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,960 When you understand this, you know, you have to understand. 554 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:57,880 Then what? You got to be ambidextrous in 555 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:04,000 this thing, OK? You got to be able to worship as 556 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,160 well as you pray. You can't be weak on one side. 557 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,320 If you're weak on your worship, your wall won't fall. 558 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,520 If you're weak on your prayer, you're going to get destroyed 559 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,160 before you can finish what you're building. 560 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,880 You got to worship as well as you pray. 561 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,000 You got to pray as well as you worship. 562 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:23,680 And what did I say at the beginning? 563 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:27,000 Nehemiah was not among the religious class. 564 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:31,520 That doesn't mean the pastor has to worship and has to pray, and 565 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,800 that mean the clergy has to worship and has to pray. 566 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:38,360 It means me, the barista got to be able to worship and pray me. 567 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,400 The fitness training got to be able to worship and pray Me, the 568 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,320 student got to be able to worship and pray 'cause I'm out 569 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,200 here, my building, and I'm out of here battling. 570 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,520 Worship builds. It builds the Kingdom. 571 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,440 It builds recognition of God. It builds the acknowledgement of 572 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,320 who he is. And with that revelation, with 573 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,840 that understanding of who God is, prayer cause you to turn and 574 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,520 work again and begin to deal with the issues that try to come 575 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,920 at you. The thoughts, the brokenness, 576 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:12,720 the flesh that gets in the way. Most of the enemy we have to 577 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:14,880 deal with, it's not somebody else. 578 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,160 It's the junk we've built up in our lives. 579 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,480 It's the brokenness that's been introduced into our lives. 580 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,840 It's the flesh we've given place to. 581 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,840 It's the tapes that that are created in our head because we 582 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,680 look to the right and to the left that thought we were 583 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,680 supposed to be like them versus the unique one God made me to 584 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:40,400 be. Worship builds and prayer 585 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:49,440 battles. Acknowledgement builds and 586 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:54,160 confidence battles now. If you see this parallel thing 587 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,640 happening, these things are tracked. 588 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,600 Running. That means they're connected. 589 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,560 Worship is driven by the acknowledgement of who God is 590 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:09,840 and prayers driven by your confidence and Him backing you 591 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:16,040 in what you're asking. You cannot battle without 592 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:21,520 confidence. You cannot battle effectively 593 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,640 without confidence. A lot of the effectiveness and 594 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:29,320 requirement for prayer is just confidence. 595 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,520 Everyone say confidence. Now, if y'all were to be honest 596 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:38,360 with you, or you to be honest with me, there are people in 597 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:39,200 here. I'm not going to ask you to 598 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,760 raise your hand. But as people in here right now, 599 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,040 we have no confidence in there, in praying. 600 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,760 Here's your confidence. Who am I? 601 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:50,880 I know nothing about all of that. 602 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:53,440 I can't deal with none of that stuff. 603 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,880 That's too deep. I don't know no Bible. 604 00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,280 You ready? I just starting to get my life 605 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,120 straight. Are you ready? 606 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,520 Man, what I was doing last night. 607 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,240 You know what I'm saying? I I don't want to be praying 608 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:08,760 about nothing up here. You know what I'm saying? 609 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:13,640 Because you know what? No, I was praying PREY, not PRA. 610 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:14,840 You know what I'm saying? I was. 611 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:24,760 I don't even be up here, OK? OK, Now Nehemiah's day says 612 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:28,320 every family built. It says sons and daughters 613 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,640 built. There's no excuse for you 614 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,720 because you don't have confidence in your praying and 615 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:38,080 you don't need a prayer class of 60 courses in 65 hours to get 616 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,000 confident. You know why? 617 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:46,400 Because you got a testimony we don't have confidence in how 618 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,120 much you know about prayer. Let your confidence come for 619 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,560 what God has done for you. That's why gratitude is 620 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,920 important. Let me tell you one of the 621 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,480 strongest prayers a once was blind. 622 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,760 Now I see God. Do what you did for him. 623 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:04,120 Do it for me what you did for me. 624 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,760 Do it for him. God open his eyes the way you 625 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,120 open mind. Help him the way you help me. 626 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:11,760 Now what about the person who walked in? 627 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,000 We talked about that was EY and versus EY. 628 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,560 And last night, you made it here today. 629 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,520 God, I thank you. Your God didn't give up on me. 630 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,640 When I'm running roughshod. When I'm when I'm this arrogant 631 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,880 in my running away from you, God, I thank you, God, that you 632 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,840 follow me and you keep me. You brought me here. 633 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:35,880 You don't quit on me. You don't give up on me. 634 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:41,480 God. You need confidence in your 635 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:45,520 prayer, and you get confidence comes from your testimony. 636 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,760 What has God done for you? What has God done in your life? 637 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,680 When you worship, you acknowledge who he is and what 638 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,200 he's done. That's where your confidence and 639 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,680 prayer comes from. So you can both build and you 640 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:06,920 can battle. We see it all through the 641 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:14,000 scripture. I want to go one more tithing 642 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:22,240 builds offering battles. Tithing builds offering battles. 643 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,520 OK. Thank you. 644 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,880 I try to give good stuff. You know, I'm thinking I'm back 645 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,680 there thinking like it's trash. I want to give him this, you 646 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,040 know, But no, but Amen. No, I'd appreciate that. 647 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:35,720 Right. Tithing. 648 00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:43,480 Bills offering battles. OK, when I finish today, worship 649 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,560 team is going to come up. We won't have a time of worship, 650 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,680 but a time for you to give into the Remnant project. 651 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:53,280 There'll be some tables presented at that time up here 652 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,440 and Baskets will be up here for you to be able to give into the 653 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,640 Remnant project. It's like same thing as building 654 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,560 a wall for Nehemiah, OK, but I want to give you some 655 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:07,160 exhortation into that. Tithing builds. 656 00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:11,160 If you understand tithing, tithing represents 10th. 657 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:12,600 That means complete in many ways. 658 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,640 I talked about this a little while ago, but it means it 659 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,000 represents a response to God's blessing. 660 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:25,800 Tithing was Abraham's idea. Melchizedek came down, met 661 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,720 Abraham on the way from a victory, Melchizedek said. 662 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:32,320 I'll bless you and Abraham said, man, I'm going to give you a 663 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,160 10th as a representative of God, Do the work and carry on the 664 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:41,880 ministry of God, man. Tithing builds. 665 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,160 What does tithing mean? If you go to Deuteronomy, 666 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,720 tithing is what you say over what you give. 667 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,880 Tithing is God. This I have, It represents my 668 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,720 life. You're the God who brought me 669 00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:54,840 out of bondage. You're the God who delivered me. 670 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,560 You're the God who saved my life. 671 00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,320 You're the God who prospered me. You're the God who delivered my 672 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,520 ancestors from bondage. You're the God who gave hope to 673 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,960 my grandmama and my grandfather. You're the God. 674 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:08,320 Tithing is that recognition of what God has done from that time 675 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:12,760 to this, that to bless you and put you in a position to be able 676 00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:16,320 to release that 10th That builds. 677 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:21,800 Offering is what battles Now who's that calling me? 678 00:43:30,420 --> 00:43:37,020 Testimony. Everyone say testimony offering 679 00:43:37,020 --> 00:43:42,740 Battles What is offering? Offering is the seed. 680 00:43:42,740 --> 00:43:46,380 Beyond the tie offerings, what fights for you? 681 00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:50,980 Offering is what the God of hosts comes and backs. 682 00:43:51,940 --> 00:43:54,520 OK, I'll put it to you very clearly this way. 683 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:57,360 In Genesis it says this. After the Senate occurred and 684 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,800 the enemy came in and this and and deceive Eve and Adam 685 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,600 rebelled. He said, I'm going to send a 686 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,840 seed and that seeds going to make war on you, boy. 687 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,720 That seeds going to bruise your head and you going to bruise his 688 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:11,640 heel. That seeds going to be the way 689 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,360 to victory, conquering, transformation, redemption, 690 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,040 revelation and undoing all that you thought you did. 691 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,720 Here. My seed is going to get the job 692 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:28,480 done, my seeds gonna do that even in ways that my word won't. 693 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,720 Even though the seed meaning Jesus was The Word Alive. 694 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,680 Your offering is what releases the battle. 695 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:38,240 Your offering says I'm sowing into something for life to be 696 00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:40,760 transformed. Your offering says God has been 697 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,400 so good to me. I'm putting my resources to work 698 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:46,680 in ways that allow other people to benefit from what God has 699 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,240 done. Your offering is what fights for 700 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,360 you, and God fights for your offering because it sees you 701 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:58,200 together in this thing. So there is no real victory. 702 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,720 There is no rebuilding the wall without prayer or without 703 00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:03,560 giving. Giving is what helps put your 704 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:08,440 battle to work. Hey man. 705 00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:22,880 So we will have a a moment in just a bit you get anything out 706 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:30,720 is today so far OK, good. Encourage you to come and to be 707 00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:34,360 here for the evening because there's so much more. 708 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:36,480 I'm not going to go over a lot of introduction about me and my 709 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:37,920 I'm going to get to some other things. 710 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:46,160 I encourage you to receive that. So I'm going to pray just a bit. 711 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,720 If there everyone can get things ready for the Remnant offering 712 00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:51,400 for your regular ties and offerings. 713 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:55,080 You give those at the back in just a moment. 714 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,240 So what we're going to do right now is guess what, put it to 715 00:45:58,240 --> 00:45:59,560 work. Everyone say put it to work. 716 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,160 I love it when God gives us the opportunity to prove His word. 717 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:09,520 Hey man, so, so, so our worship team is going to lead us in the 718 00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,960 building, right? And it's going to be an 719 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,480 opportunity for you to come and participate in what the Remnant 720 00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:18,480 project, what God is doing in the battling. 721 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,160 And together as they lead us in building and through our 722 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,480 resources and our giving, we go forth in battling together. 723 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,360 We going to get this wall built together. 724 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,920 The city going to be restored together. 725 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:35,720 The the faith of our fathers is going to be honored in the midst 726 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:39,480 of what we're doing here. Father, we thank you for this 727 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,200 opportunity. And for this time. 728 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,520 Thank you for revelation that girds us and guides us. 729 00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:49,400 And away we should go. Thank you, Father, for 730 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:53,080 generosity that fills this room. Thank you, God, for hearts. 731 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,680 Open that. Fill this room, God, we thank 732 00:46:55,680 --> 00:47:02,600 you for your teaching us the ways of God so we can be 733 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:06,480 intentional about rebuilding and building your Kingdom and 734 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,400 building what you're all asking us to do. 735 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,240 Everywhere we go, always, all the time. 736 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,040 Lord, we're so grateful to you for this opportunity. 737 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:18,320 And together we can't be defeated, because together our 738 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:23,480 trust is in you. But God bless these gifts, cause 739 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,240 them to do much work towards the remnant project. 740 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:29,520 God bless the givers and extraordinary way for those that 741 00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,680 get given regular tithes and offerings. 742 00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:34,320 Lord God bless them, and cause those things to be multiplied 743 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:38,520 unto them too as well. We're so grateful to participate 744 00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:42,000 in what you're doing and to know the names of our families will 745 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:46,760 be written. And I'll say this, If you go 746 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,520 back in Nehemiah, what you'll read there are two or three 747 00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,520 chapters that are just written about the names of the people 748 00:47:52,520 --> 00:48:00,120 who helped build the wall. Because it's important to God to 749 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,760 let you know I see you and your contribution. 750 00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:09,600 I see you and what you did. And for all the days that the 751 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:15,040 Bible continues, the world will know that I see your 752 00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:20,440 contribution to that day, to that place, to that building in 753 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,320 that time. Amen. 754 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,840 You have been listening to the Love Quest International Church 755 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,160 Sermon Podcast, and we're so happy you're here. 756 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:39,000 If you're brand new to Love Quest, we are here to love all 757 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:42,800 nations, equip the church, mobilize the equipped and serve 758 00:48:43,240 --> 00:48:46,680 to stay tuned with everything we got going on in the community. 759 00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:49,960 Follow us on IG at Lovequest INTL. 760 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:51,600 Church. We out here? 761 00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:55,360 OK, so stay tuned. We got more on the way. 762 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,280 Welcome to the homecoming season and you don't need another 763 00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:00,080 reason. And if you don't know the drill, 764 00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:03,280 then you better learn the motto Get your love Fix Man.