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Now enjoyed this. Message, faith comes by hearing
not from having heard. So you cannot be doers of the
word just because you have knowledge of something in
Scripture that you heard. Year ago, you have to refresh
yourself. And again, why did we come down
this morning? When we've been in service so
many times, we could have done it multiple times, but it's when
you're hearing something specific, in God's words you
find yourself wanting to act on it.
That's just kind of how that works.
So if you see yourself not acting on something you know you
need to get back in the word to strengthen yourself to want to
act on it again. Instead of it just being a
knowledge. It needs to be a revelation that
you're acting on consistently. How many you said praise the
Lord a lot since Wednesday. Yeah, yeah, you found yourself.
Now, let me just say it this way when we begin to minister along
these lines. The enemy always comes to try to
bring a situation to take the truth you're hearing and make it
seem like it's not applicable in this situation.
How do I know this? Because Jesus himself was
baptized in the Jordan River? And when he came up the Heavens
opened up, think about that the heavens opened up And God the
father says these words, this is my son in whom I am what?
Well, pleased, I mean, how many you like to have the heavens
open up and God say your name and say he's well pleased with
you and you could hear that audibly?
Yeah. Well if you did, you'd probably
get what happened next? Because then Jesus being led by
the spirit Into the Wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
The devil's next response to the father's response was man.
If you are the Son of God, not really sure that's what you are.
Right? So when we talk about praising
him and praise Him. Anyway then there may be some
situations that show up that you're like man how can I praise
him in this? Just gonna have to do it anyway
and now I'm fixing to jump into another little topic found
within God's kingdom that you're going to want to receive but
you're going to have to act on it in some different situations.
So just look at your neighbor and say, man, you're full of it
now, we've heard that statement And that typically has a
negative response to a, but you need to be full of it.
And what am I talking about being full of this today?
I'm talking about the joy of God.
You need to be full of joy because if anybody, if there's
any place the world should encounter someone, especially if
they ever show up at church, they should encounter a people
full of joy. I mean, they should if so
first-time guest is here today. Or someone that's not in God's
kingdom. Came to Anchor Faith Church,
they should assume right out of the gate that none of us ever
have a problem because of how excited and joyful we are.
They must think that we are the golden children and that man,
our whole life is perfect. All of our bills are paid.
We're never have a symptom in our body.
We never have a challenge. We are always above and never
beneath. We're always the head and never
the tail. And we are those things, but
that doesn't mean we don't experience things like the rest
of the world. The difference is, is that we've
got a joy. A joy has been given to us that
the world didn't give and the world can't take away and so we
can operate in it even in the midst of Dire Straits and I'll
talk more about that next week. I just want you to see that the
Bible has a requirement for us as Believers children of God
citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven by God.
You are children of the king. That you should be rejoicing.
I mean, seriously, what situation could ever happen in
the planet that you couldn't turn that sorrow into Joy?
You could tap into it and it's really just a matter of you.
Now, if you want to stay in your mind, realm in your emotions of
a situation, you'll get the results of that.
But if you go to the spirit, then you can tap into something
and we'll talk about Next week because I already have that
message started being prepared. But one of those scriptures is
in Galatians. Chapter 5, says the fruits of
the spirit is first one love second one.
So again, as Pastor Marcus already got by the spirit, Joy
is not natural. Joy is a spirit, it comes from
the spirit of God so we can defy natural situation.
Joy is not just laughing. Although it will create a laugh.
I said, it'll create a laugh. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
Joy is not just happy because the world laughs and gets happy
at unrighteousness. And that's not Joy.
They go to all kind of clubs where there's comedy sessions
and they are speaking. The most vile and disgusting
things, but they are laughing. There they are.
I mean to the point that they can hardly breathe at people,
making fun of other people, Joe Can about other people all kind
of lewd and gross things and they leave, they're not better
not full of joy. So do not mistake joy as just
laughing and happy and being happy this a lot deeper than
that. Are you hear me?
The devil can counterfeit make it look like somebody has yo got
it together because they're smiling.
But when you have the joy, we're talking about it.
Transcends that. Now, that doesn't mean that our
joy is without expression. Okay, our joy is not without
expression. It has an Chicken.
It's just when it's time to the spirit man what it can do in
your life. Let's turn over to 1st.
Peter chapter 1, First Peter chapter 1 will start in verse 3
and it says this blessed, be the God and father of our Lord,
Jesus Christ who, according to his, great Mercy has caused us
to be born again to a Living Hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead to obtain.
An inheritance which is imperishable, man that make good
news and undefiled and will not fade away.
Reserved in heaven for you who are protected by the power of
God through faith for a Salvation, ready to be revealed
in the last time in this, you greatly Rejoice, even though now
for a little while, if necessary you have been distressed by
various trials so that the proof of your faith being more
precious, This thing gold, which is perishable even though,
tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and
honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
And though, you have not seen him, you love him and though you
do not see him now, but believe in him, you greatly Rejoice with
joy inexpressible, and full of Glory, obtaining, as the outcome
of your faith, the salvation of your souls, this word rejoice,
and This passage of scripture means to celebrate.
It means be exceedingly, glad so that's got to be more than this.
I don't think this is an expression of exceedingly, glad
Right. No exceedingly.
Glad in fact that he's means this jump for joy.
I said, jump for joy. I said, jump for joy.
That's it is an it is an outward expression of something
happening on the inside so much so you can't contain it.
It's exceeding glad that enters a celebration about your life or
the word associated with your life even in the midst of a
trial. That when you begin to tap, in
to how infallible God's word is that when the king speaks, it
has to be then when you're in a situation and you hear the voice
of the Father by the Holy Spirit, and you begin to say, in
the name of Jesus, my dad. Just told me by the Holy Ghost
to save this and stand and believe here.
Then you can begin to shout jump, celebrate and say, whoa,
It's that way. I remember back in 2015, when
Pastor Hagen was here for The Living Faith Crusade, and he
began to talk about mountain-moving faith.
And I was with Pastor Rowdy and Pastor Kenneth Estrada, they had
come to that meeting and he was saying, you need to speak to
your mountain right now and commanded to move.
How many you were in that 2015 service.
And I'll never forget, I Pastor Rowdy and Pastor Kenneth new the
mountain, I was speaking out which was move so that we can
purchase this property right now.
So they came to me and they said we got it.
And so we ran over here and we began to dance and celebrate
that. We have the mall.
It is ours, it is forever settled.
And the Bible says that three A cord is not easily broken.
We were in agreement, we were shouting and praising and
glorifying God as if I just signed it.
Six years later, I signed it. And I didn't jump up from the
table that day. I didn't dance in the lawyer's
office because the Lord says you dance, then see.
I was excited that it was completed but I was already
rejoicing long before it ever took place glory to God.
Cause I knew the where the word of the king is there is power.
And what my king says cannot, Be changed my mama.
And so, what did we do? As a church, we kept pressing as
a church. We kept believing as a church.
We kept confessing as a church. We kept speaking and lo and
behold, at the end of the day, it is a jackley.
As God said, it would be amen. Joy In this passage of scripture
means gladness are cheerfulness. So again, if we possess within
us the Holy Ghost and a fruit, the Holy Ghost can give to our
Spirit is joy. And when we just think about the
salvation of God Alone, that should be enough to have a
permanent smile slapped across our face.
Now that doesn't mean we won't feel other things, I'm not
negating that nor am I saying that you'll always keep your
smile. I'm saying, you're going to have
to be in faith. To get you smile, don't settle
for a place where you're not smiling full of joy, full of
gladness. Are you hear what I'm saying?
Don't ever get in a place where you're, like, I can't get here.
You can because greater is he? Who is in you, The circumstance
are he who's in the world that you can yield and say?
I'm just gonna Rejoice anyway not because I'm just doing it on
my own accord, but I know I already have the victory in
Christ Jesus. Have we forgotten that the Bible
is about a king, his kingdom, and his role Offspring, Have We
forgotten that in Genesis 1:26? God said, let us make man in our
image, according to our likeness.
And let them have what Dominion or rule.
So God's original intent for us as as human beings was to rule
in this realm, as he rules in his realm, as he would speak to
Adam in the cool of the day, him and Adam, and Eve, both male and
female, both were having Dominion were ruling over the
fish of the sea, birds of the sky over all the cattle, over
every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, they could speak
things. Just like God could speak
things. They were in His image, they
were his DNA. Are you hearing me?
Which means they had no conflict?
They were in a perfect environment.
The only conflict they had was to maintain their love
relationship with God by not eating, the fruit of the tree of
the knowledge of Good and Evil. It's really the only conflict
they had caused when the enemy came in as a serpent and began
to question God's word. All they had to do is say, I
don't care how I feel about the fruit on this tree.
My King has said Eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of
Good and Evil because when I do we die, and if they would have
maintained that then Adam would still be in the Earth today, we
would be able to visit him. Have a conversation with him and
Eve and everyone else that was ever born.
But what happened? He ate the fruit and he died and
sin entered the world. And he gave his dominion over to
the devil and then he rules. He is the God of this world, he
is the principality of powers, right?
He's the prince of the air. But Jesus Christ said, I've come
to destroy the works of the devil.
And all he is a liar and all he does is create situations around
you to try to convince you that Darkness or death or separation
from God, is more of a reality than being a live a life with
God, but we have good news. I said we have good news that
Jesus Christ died on the cross and Rose from the grave that
he's poured out. His blood on The Mercy Seat of
God in heaven, and that all who call on the name of the Lord, is
what? Babe and God puts inside them a
new creature in Christ. Then the third person of the
godhead, the Holy Ghost comes and lives on the inside of us
bearing fruit. That he says, hey no matter what
you go through, I got some joy for you.
I have some joy for you. You can navigate through life
with inexpressible joy. Are you hearing me?
Let's read this out of the passion translation.
The passion translation says that this way celebrate with
praise celebrate, with praises, the God and father of our Lord.
Jesus Christ who has shown us, his extravagant Mercy for his
Fountain of Mercy has given us new life.
And we are reborn to experience a living energetic.
Hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
We are reborn into a perfect inheritance that can Her Parish
never be defiled and never diminish.
It is promised and preserved my goodness forever.
In the Heavenly realm for you. What's the bible say that your
citizenship is in heaven. So, when we're born again, we
are born of God, and God has a registry up in heaven.
That says, that's my child. That's my daughter.
That's my son. Are you hearing me and the
things of this realm can impact their Realm?
Because they're not limited to their realm alone.
They now have access to me. That's why Jesus said now, when
you pray pray this way, Our Father Who Art in Heaven.
Whose father is he? Your daddy?
Is he your dad? Our Father who art in heaven?
Hallowed Be Your Name, Your Kingdom Come your will be done
on Earth as it is in heaven. So God never intended for us to
only experience heaven in heaven.
He never intended for us to only experienced heaven and Heaven in
his original Creation with man Heaven and Earth.
We're like each other although they were two different places
they function the same no sin was in either one.
And now Jesus says, now that you can get, if you'll repent,
change your thinking and get into my kingdom, then the
kingdom realm are God's government.
His Heaven realm, can't come and invade this Earth realm through
your life which means then what problem do we have?
When all of Heavens resource is available for us, And when I say
that I'm not just saying natural.
I'm talking about the spiritual area there.
I'm talking about angels, I'm talking about the power of God.
I'm talking about the power of your faith and it will move even
natural things on earth to get to where you are, and what you
need to do, what you need to do. That should put us in a position
that no matter what we Face, we can stop and say, wait a minute.
Now, I'm going to rejoice Because I'm not limited to this
natural issue. See, this is why when sickness
comes Oh, I can't go to the doctor.
I don't have insurance people. Worried about this.
Well, first and foremost, who's your provider your insurance or
God? Because if you need to go to the
doctor, go, do you think God's not able to pay that bill?
Is he so slack that he cannot take care of that needs?
Should you have to go? But you know what, by his
stripes you were healed anyway so we know in certain aspects
for sure and sickness and disease you can tap in through
the blood and Stripes of Jesus to be in a pool, the healthcare
system of the Kingdom of Heaven straight into the Earth and
he'll heal your body. You're not even limited to
natural medicine alone. In fact, in some cases you might
not even need the natural medicine.
Now, if you'd are take it at five, no problem, but don't put
the natural medicine, above the word of God, because the Bible
said the Lord, the father sent the word and it healed them.
I said it healed them. Now obviously there are other
situations that occur in our lives like you know you know an
accident or something like that that's not sickness and disease
that you know what you do need to get something.
He's checked out to make sure your cover so that you can pray
effectively and then you can recover supernaturally but
you're pulling around Min by your faith which means no matter
what. report you get, Why would we stay in the emotions of the
report? Let's go on through our faith
through whose faith is your faith.
Now again you do you're not going to just operate enjoy just
because It's the choice. You're going to have to operate
in this by faith. Through our faith, the mighty
power of God constantly guards us into our full salvation.
See most people think our Salvation is just, where am I
going to go? When I die.
That's all salvation is knowing where you going to go when you
die, that's it. And the Bible does not support
that at all. You can know where you're going
to go. If you die.
That's true. You can know that be assured.
That you'll be present with the Lord, no problem.
But there's so much more to God's salvation.
There's so many more benefits to being born of God.
And so he wants to reveal his full salvation to us, not only
things. We can operate in now by faith,
but then there are some things that will be revealed.
When, and only when we put off this mortality and put on
immortality in essence, we leave the Mortal body and we get into
the immortal body, right? So he says that God, constantly
guards us until our full salvation is ready to be
revealed. In the last time me, the thought
of this cause you to jump for Jump For What jump for joy.
I mean, this even tells me even if a person Doesn't understand
all that God could do for them and aren't even in faith for it.
They can still maintain a joyful attitude period.
But the Bible tells us that we are to have the mind of Christ
that if we seek Him will find. And there, there are many
situations that people are in. Now that God really wants to
reveal truths to that, man. When you get ahold of that
truth, man, you can walk enjoy. I said, you can have joy.
That's all right, because this is what the word says, and
that's where I stand. Amen, says may the thoughts of
this cause you to jump for joy. Even though lately you've had to
put up with the grief of many trials.
But these only revealed the Sterling core of your faith.
So again when we talk about Joy Monday, a problem can show up.
Are you going to yield to Joy? Are you going to yield to the
problem? Are you gonna let the devil grab
you outside the sanctuary today? Are you hearing me husbands and
wives be forewarned? Something's gonna happen.
Maybe this afternoon that's going to cause you want to get
at odds with each other. Just go ahead and do this
instead, hahaha. Just do that when you feel
something else coming. Hmm, what do you know?
Pastor was a profit today Just look at your spouse and go, ha
ha ha and your spouse. I know.
Ah, ha ha ha and just kind of repeat that back and forth a
little bit until it Wells up in you.
The joy of God. Then you're just laughing.
I'm so glad we didn't let that silliness.
Take us in that direction, right?
Did get us off. Course, didn't didn't stop us.
Are you hearing me? But when these only reveal, the
Sterling core of your faith, Which is far more valuable than
gold that perishes for And gold is refined by fire, right?
Your authentic. Faith will result in even more.
Praise Glory and Honor when Jesus the No.1 and one is
revealed, you love him passionately.
Although you did not see him but through believing in him you are
saturated with, Anna, static Joy, indescribably Sublime, and
immersed. In glory for, you are reaping
the Harvest of your faith, the full salvation promised, your
souls Victory. And I love that because it lets
me know, when I stand on God's word, it gives me such joy that
we proved out that no matter what took place.
We did not relent from believing God at his word.
And we had what we said I have experienced this in my own life,
concerning different things. I'm when my wife and I bought
our first home, we were renting it initially.
It was at least two by we needed to purchase it.
I had just moved into the state only, you know, 15 months prior
to that a, really it? Yeah, I guess it was about 15
months. Tired of that and got into this
home, right? And so I started a job which was
outside the church. We were planning the church and
we're getting around to that year time frame in this
particular house that we were at and the individual is like man
you're you going to buy the house or not?
Because I got people with cash offers.
Now honestly, if he had cash offer, he just sold a house out
from underneath me. That was just the character of
the individual but it was just You know, trying to put
pressure, put pressure, put pressure and I knew that my wife
had heard God. He only moved to that place
because my wife said, I believe this is our house.
And this is an opportunity for us to be able to purchase our
very first home. Never had one before, rent it
all this time. And so, you know, we went
through a natural process and because I had moved out of the
state only been here. Even though job-wise I was in
Ministry. Long enough, I could carry that
over. I was just starting a church so
we were getting letters from financial institutions denying
us from having the home. So you open it up.
It says not going to loan. You the money.
The next one not going to loan you the money.
Well, whose report you gonna believe?
An Act of Faith. I was so convinced, it was our
home. There was a particular Bush on a
corner that had kind of rotten that cause the wood to be a
little rotten for moisture and my wife didn't like there
anyway, so I went out to tear it out and she's like, what are you
doing? This isn't our house.
I said this is our house. And I cut that bush out.
I mean, I ripped it out violently.
I mean, I cut on that thing. I dug on that thing.
I beat those cut those roots and I slung it halfway across the
yard just in protest. To all those words saying I
couldn't have it when I knew my God would and I remember calling
back to a person I actually was craziest thing.
I was sitting in my office and I saw an ad in the paper, I never
do this but in, I just sensed I should call.
So I called and I have talking to an individual And they're
like, you know, my father was a pastor too.
And Pastor. Oh, we're going to get you this
place. And lo and behold, we got that
place just as the Lord said and they were so good with me.
I ended up letting some other people in our church.
Know you need to call this person because they are awesome.
It was such an easy process. I just called a person in an ad.
Never did this. They called up that company
asked for the individual and they said no one has ever worked
here by that name. All I know is whoever I was
talking to their dad was a pastor.
Must have been Jesus, At the end of the day, but it came to pass
in the midst of things saying. Right?
We have to believe that. Now some time there's a tenacity
but I can tell you this, it's even better when you get your
tenacity and then go over and laugh about it.
I remember one time my wife and I we were in a bible college and
Pastor Brian and Cheyenne stand up.
They were in Bible College with us to Mike and Angie were
probably serving in the back somewhere so they're not here
but the they graduated with us. So we were going to been we
would have been in the same class.
There was the instructor by the name of Keith Moore and he was
ministering on. Probably a submission and
Authority but he got over into faith, and he made this
statement, he says, now if you're not full of joy, then
you're not in faith. Not made me mad.
I mean, just really made me mad because I knew that guy story
that he didn't have any kids, just him and his wife they never
had kids. In fact, his wife work while he
just worked at the ministry, he'd even have a job, while he
went to school there and in my mind, you know, you're starting
to try to justify your behavior. What do you know?
I work a third shift job. I got three kids, man.
I mean, we got more bills to pay.
You ain't got your little wife, you know.
And you had a pretty easy coming to Rhema.
You know, this is going through your mind, you know, but in this
how we justify our behaviors, we look at our situations, you
know, and I was growing because man the first class I sent in at
Rhema was on the ABCs of faith and I looked at my wife and five
minutes. I'm like, I don't even know the
Bible. And I had used pastured and had
preached hundreds of sermons, but I didn't even know all that.
I I needed to know. And then he started dealing with
me about my attitude, like questioning whether I believe.
But you know what, he was, right?
That day. I didn't want to receive that,
but I found out later if I'm worried about something I'm not
in faith. If I'm afraid, it's not going to
happen. I'm not it.
I'm really not trusting God and I'm put on whatever are I want
to put on. But the reality is, I am
hindering God from accomplishing, because I'm not
happy and excited that it's done.
I realize I was wrong. And I repented, and I found
myself saying, man, When God says it, I'm just gonna Rejoice
now, that don't mean there in moments where grief starts to
show up, pressure starts to show up but at some point you gotta
just Foo and I found in my life. I try to turn on how quick I can
laugh so to speak, you understand?
Where I can just have a joy of. It's all right.
Cast that care off, I'm gonna cast The Care on the Lord.
That means violently throw off. He will sustain me, and then you
gotta joy in you. It's all right, it's all good,
get a smile on your face, your whole countenance, you walk in
the room and nobody even thinks you have a problem.
I remember, Anchor Bay church. When we transition here and got
stuck in two locations, the people outside this church were
saying That's the wealthiest Church in st.
Augustine little did they know? That we were financially
strapped and struggling tremendously to the point that I
sold my own vehicle in order to help the church and went without
a salary for about a year, but no one knew that here.
Why? When I walked in, I just had
Joy, because I was in faith. I knew God was my provider.
I knew he told me to come here. I knew, he told me to start this
thing. I knew he told us to move here,
I told them I couldn't be in two location.
He was Add to vindicate me, anyway, and I just might as well
be happy in the process. And lo and behold it happened.
I said it happened under all kinds of pressure and people
when I tell testimonies at Tom like pastor, we never knew
that's the point. That's the point.
The point is I should be such a man of faith and I should have
such an air around me and atmosphere of rejoicing and joy
that even though I may be going through the fire.
You can't tell. Now, that doesn't mean I can't
confide in people and share and have people pray.
I'm not saying that, but I don't just tell anyone the reason I
don't just tell anyone because some people can't handle the
pressure. I'm in the Bible says that God,
places you in the body where what pleases him Jesus said in
Matthew 16:18 he said I will build my church that were built
is where we get the word architect.
So there's, I will not as a pastor.
Go to someone who does not have the structural capacity.
Spiritually speaking to handle the pressure that I am built to
handle that is a misuse of power.
So for some I have to go to others that are spiritually
structurally built because God placed them in the body.
That way it was his design. Are you hearing me what am I
saying? Let me help break it down.
All of you going to get your vehicles today and there are a
lot of round objects on your vehicle for specific ones unless
you're riding a motorcycle then it would be two or three.
Okay, those are round objects. Are they not?
But you also have this other round object that you put your
hand on every time unless you're driving a motorcycle.
So let's take the motorcycles off the table, your steering
wheel. Now you understand someone
designed your vehicle this way, which means your steering wheel
does not have to have the same capacity as your tire.
So, if you pulled your tire off jacked up your vehicle, pulled
your tire off, pulls your steering wheel off, put your
steering wheel. Will your front tire is and put
your front tire where your steering wheel is.
Now it maybe with power steering, still more difficult
to turn with that big fat tire. And your front seat, but I'm
pretty confident. You're never going to figure
that out because the minute you let the Jack down on that
steering wheel. It will not handle the pressure,
the weight because it was not designed.
So, don't be telling people stuff that they aren't even
ready to handle the pressure. It's why you don't need to get
on Facebook and ask people to pray and do a prayer chain.
Some of them can't even handle the situation you're in.
They're gonna give feed you more doubt and unbelief you need to
get around people that are more spiritually, strengthened, like
you that can then gird up underneath that.
And say, I won't relent from this thing is going to be this
way. The only way because I can
handle that and then we can rejoice in the process.
Are you hearing me? See, Joy has the capacity to
empower you with the ability to see your situation from God's
perspective. I must say that again.
Joy has the capacity. to empower you with the ability to see your
situation from God's perspective, Now, I'm just going
to mention this, you can write it down.
So this came up by the spirit, while I was sitting on the front
row during worship. This is not in my original notes
that I sent to the back. Nor is this scripture?
The Lord spoke to me. He said, you understand Joey has
the capacity Empower you with the ability to see your
situation from my perspective? And then he said this, he said
it. So I looked it up didn't know
where I was at chapter verse, but I heard him said, he says he
who sits in the heavens laughs Psalms 2:4.
And he's laughing at horrible situations going on in the
earth. He's just laughing about it.
He can maintain a perspective of Joy because he knows I'm coming.
Okay, he knows I'm coming. And there's nothing done that, I
want Rectify, I won't bring in to Justice, I won't deal with.
There's not one thing ever committed on the planet that he
is not documented and he will resolve.
It's either you better get under the blood or it's going to be
dealt with period so he can laugh.
He laughs at the plans of the wicked he laughs All the
Calamity. They try to bring.
He just sits back and laughs and says, my words going to come to
pass, my will is going to be done.
This thing is gonna happen, just as I've declared it, I'm going
to have a people that I believe me.
I know that it's gonna turn out. Just as I've said, I will have
me a people of Dominion. He laughs, well if he's laughing
then what are you doing? Amen.
Just look at your neighbor and go.
Ha, ha ha. Do it again.
You should laugh more.
And in these last days, there ain't gonna be a whole lot of
laughs and going on in the world situation and go from worse to
worse, bad to two more bad troubling to extremely troubling
chaotic to. I can't even believe these
people have a brain. I mean, from lawlessness to
gross lawlessness. And if you are viewing and
viewing and viewing and staying up and watching, it will come to
suck your joy, which will suck your Well, will suck your face
and cause you to fall into the same pattern as the world, but
if you'll say, no, I'm gonna be the happy one.
I'm gonna be from God's perspective, he's giving me a
kingdom. That cannot be shaken.
Let's look at Psalms 40 verse 16 songs, 40 verse 16, just to give
you some Foundation. Yeah, yeah, I mean, he'll give
you some joy that it just like overtakes, you know, how you
getting those little laugh and dings and you just can't stop.
He'll give you that by the spirit and it can become
Contagious by the spirit. Right, just like a yawn, you
know, someone yawns next thing, you know, you're fighting that
thing. But here it is.
How does that happen? I'm telling you when the Holy
Ghost begins to move and he'll begins to drop a joy that Wells
up from the inside. It can be contagious if you
yield to it. Amen.
It'll get you over into a place that people will say those
people are drunk and we'd have to do like the first church
service ever in Acts chapter 2 and begin to explain.
Well, they're not drunk as you suppose.
They're just full of the Holy Ghost, they have the joy.
You have the Lord, and the joy of the Lord, is, manifesting and
the joy of the Lord is correct and things.
And the joy of the Lord is pushing stuff out, It's better
to have the joy of the Lord than the wozy, me Z's, you know what
I'm saying. I mean it's better to just have
joy look what it says in Psalms 40 verse 16.
It says let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
Let those who love your salvation say, continually the
Lord be magnified. Now I would expect a
demonstration of joy and laughter.
Especially we get this one under our belt, and come in and talk
about it again next week. And then have in between a
little bit about praise because, you know what, we need to become
this contagious church, what do I mean by that, that not that we
won't talk truth. Not that we won't preach a word
that brings conviction to your flesh.
But at the end of the day, even in the most difficult type
messages, that confront our own flesh, and the way we think that
we can yield and go ahead and have Joy.
Anyway, Way. Are you hearing me?
Yeah, I'm telling you. So are you glad do you love
salvation? But that scripture up.
Come on. Put that scripture up.
It's all right. Amen.
I mean, didn't I say Wednesday night that if you got a praise
going on that you ought to Just Praise Him Anyway.
Don't just wait for Tom, just go ahead and praise the lord.
It's okay. You're not really going to
distract At all y'all doing, all right?
Yeah. Yeah.
The Lord's. Good.
Amen. You get full of it.
Let's just get full of it. Amen, get full of it.
Now, listen. I mean, this is something that
God does. He says, it's Joy inexpressible.
So yeah, when you're like, looking around thinking, what is
wrong with them, they're getting something that's well enough
from the inside and it's okay for that to happen.
And don't start. I think I managed to distract
cut up talking over it anyway, but if y'all bust out in it then
great until that literally takes place, I'm having to help some
of y'all still get over, let all who seek you rejoice.
And be glad let those who love your.
Do you love salvation? Do you love your salvation?
Do you love your salvation with in you should Rejoice?
I said, you should Rejoice. You should Rejoice.
You should Rejoice you. You should Rejoice.
There should be a rejoicing about our lives because we just
love our Salvation. We've been made right with God.
We're born again. We're full of the power of God.
We have the healthcare system of the Kingdom.
We've been healed, delivered been made right?
Been raised up were seated in Heavenly places.
Glory to God glory to God, glory to God.
Man, I'll praise to be so crazy. That people are like what is
going on. But what do they have that?
I don't have My mama doesn't even matter that there's the
thing called inflation or recession.
Doesn't matter to us. But we've been given a kingdom
that cannot be shaken. We're Sons and Daughters of the
most high. He's on the throne glory to God.
Okay, Isaiah 61:10. It says, I will rejoice greatly
in the Lord. My soul will exalt in my God for
he has clothed me with the got with garments of Salvation.
He has rat me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom
decks himself with a Garland and a bride, adorns herself with
jewels. So, how should we Rejoice
greatly? I mean, it's a Joy, this ain't
no cute Rejoice. Praise the Lord.
Praise the lord. Well, Hallelujah, praise the
Lord. I mean, that's not greatly.
There's no great about that. I mean, that's meager, that's
week. That's still coming out, your
flesh. I mean, that's just like, almost
offended that you got to say. Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord. I mean, how can a person that's
been blood bull been purchased from the king?
Who was being so bad? At couldn't tell he was a man.
I mean I don't even get how people are going to church and
like Lord, I only got about 30 minutes for you today.
I got things to do. I mean they want his sacrifice
and yet they have no praise now you just remember me when I die
cuz you know I came to church this month.
I'm just gonna let anchor Faith. Parents know, we did our
Washington orientation, and I let all those other parents know
that do not attend acre-feet church that I don't know what
regular attendance is at your church, but at anchor Faith
Church. It is not once a month.
And if all you're doing is that I just want you to know your
student is going to pass you and spirituality, and I'm going to
be leading you instead of you leading them.
How in the world would we not have an exceeding Rejoice?
You get to come to the house of the Lord.
I mean, can you imagine all the Believers in China right now,
that if their dictator would jump out and say, you know what,
I've got right with Jesus, we're gonna allow churches to openly
worship, you understand what would happen on that day.
And here we are, you know I'm just not sure I'm going to be
able to make it today. That kind of interferes with my
life. That's the problem.
You have a life instead of gave you life to his ha.
Ha ha. Just laughing.
Anyway, know people who know their salvation being clothed in
righteousness. You're like I can't wait to get
to the house of the Lord. I can't wait to get around other
believers because I may be going through something.
But I'm gonna go through cuz I'm gonna get around others that
will rejoice with me and we get to the other side.
Are you hearing me? Psalm 68 3, some Three says
this, but let the righteous be. Are you righteous?
Have you been made righteous? So why are you sad?
Let the righteous be which implies you could be a different
feeling but he just lets, you know, let the righteous be you
just go ahead and be glad because at the end of the day if
you're doing what God says, it's going to work out to your
advantage. He's going to bring it to pass,
it's going to come. Now I'm not saying that you're
not feeling something else. We'll talk about it next week.
Literally emotions that people went through and go through, but
get over into Joy. I'm just saying And I'm not
going to get stuck there. If I know I'm righteous, then
I'm just going to go ahead and get happy about it.
Just go ahead and get happy about it and I'm nobody gonna
laugh with me. I'll laugh with the father
because I know what he's doing on his throne, I know what he's
doing on his throne. He's laughing at that.
Because you've messed with his kid.
You just came against his anointed.
Are you anointed? I said, are you a known it?
Then what can man do to you? Oh, let.
But let the righteous. Be glad let them exalt before.
God, yes. Let them want Rejoice with
sadness. Madness.
Tell me y'all got angry, praise. Bless the Lord.
O My Soul O. My soul.
Come on. Now you know it's true some of
your husband wives, you have come in you mad at your spouse,
bless the Lord O my soul. Oh my soul, please make my wife
repent. Don't change the words.
People you deal with you. Are you hearing me?
Come on now. Now we just push those to the
side. We yield to a fruit called Joy.
Are you hearing me? Oh, I got a couple more for you.
Maybe one or two and then we'll just go ahead and exercise just
a tad and then we'll do communion.
What's it say here, songs. 118 verse 24 says, this is, The day,
which the Lord has made. So, what are you doing this day?
And and that means there is no Mondays.
Come on now, man. I'm just having a bad.
Wait a minute. This is the day that the Lord
has made. What let's-let's-let's and be
glad in it. Which tells me, if you can't get
a hahaha in your day, then you're more concerned about your
situation or your perceived hurt.
Then trust in the Lord with your situation and I don't care how
bad it is. I don't care how bad it is.
It doesn't matter to me the Bible tells us oh thank you
Lord. In Hebrews chapter 12, it says
we have not resisted God to the point of the shedding of blood.
But for the joy set, before Jesus, he endured the cross.
There was a joy set before he was like when he was in the
garden saying father, if there's any way for this come to pass,
let it pass. But not my will, your will be
done, the father like son, you gon have to die.
You gonna have to become sin. It's going to happen.
You're gonna get beaten, you're going to have stripes on your
back. I am gonna Smite you for the
sake of humanity, but if you do it, you'll open the door.
You open the door. They for all, who call on your
name, son. They'll be saved and he said for
the joy of knowing you could be redeemed.
No. But you could come back in, he
took the Strife, he took the crown.
He carried the cross that he was nailed to it, because he kept
thinking there's joy in the house of the Lord today for the
joy. And he goes, how about your
situation? Compound.
Your one individual situation with all the sins of the world
from atoms to the last one, whoever commits one.
I'll put on Jesus, you just need to look at your neighbor and
say, ha ha, ha and got a problem.
You don't have a problem because Jesus took your problem.
You don't have to sit in that you can even rejoice in the
midst of it because this is the day that the Lord has made.
Ah, I will rejoice. And be glad in it.
Come on. Let's rejoice and be glad in it
now. So, just so, you know what days
you're supposed to Rejoice first Thessalonians?
5:16 tells us rejoice Rejoice Rejoice, Rejoice Rejoice.
Now, this is not a suggestion is not suggestion.
This is not rejoice when God comes through for you, but only
then until then fret craw worry, scream out to God.
Tell him, I ain't doing nothing for you because you'll get his
attention. If you do that.
No. No said, you just Rejoice.
Always, you just always Rejoice Rejoice.
How often? Come on?
How often? How often always?
Now listen. Some of, y'all know what's going
on? My mom and thank you for praying
for her. I appreciate it but don't come
up to me and feel bad for me. I'm just Rejoice.
Just Rejoice. You know the end of the day,
everybody gets a little bit older.
Everybody's going to navigate their older years, a little
different, you're going to have different challenges at the end
of the day, but Has given me Grace and I'll just tap into
that Grace and I'll just rejoice and my wife and I were there
when my mom yesterday and we probably laugh more yesterday
than we did now, wasn't because everything that was happening
was funny. We just choosing to Rejoice
Rejoice Rejoice but there is progress.
I said there's progress and I believe God's report more than
any report. Amen.
Because instead of her already being with the Lord, she still
here. So there's a reason.
Now when I say that I'm not trying to be mystical or super
spiritual cause most people who say that have no context of why
they say that the Lord, there's a reason, okay, there is a
reason that she is here. We got a tap in and find that.
because it in, for her to live out the rest of her life, not
knowing It's not for that. It's not for me to be able to
sit a house 24 hours a day and not do the call of God.
So something's changing, I said something's going to change and
even though I don't see it today, I can rejoice and say
Lord you're going to bring it to pass, it's going to come to pass
is going to show up and at the end of the day, I'm be more
purify, my face going to work. I'm gonna Rejoice, we're going
to be at a navigate will be at a communicate more to others.
Are you hearing me Rejoice? How often look what it says?
In Philippians chapter 4 for Philippians. 4:4 rejoice in the
Lord and again, Now just in case you did get, how often?
Paul reiterates. He says Rejoice.
Now, you got to understand Paul wrote this statement by the Holy
Ghost while in prison. His letter to the Philippians
church is while he was in prison and I was in that cell.
Seriously, literally, where they believe that was where he was
at. Now, Rick Renner, who's a Greek
scholar an apostle over in Moscow.
Russia gives a extremely detailed description of the
prison that Paul was in in Philippi.
And they say that, Paul when he was arrested and in Philippi,
they took him down to the lowest part of the jail.
And the lowest part is where anything above when the
prisoners above would defecate or urinate, it would go to the
middle of the room, down a hole into the lowest part.
That's where Paul was. So Paul was in the sewage
system, part of the jail. And it's made with stones, no
air condition, no TV. Very damp.
So that means when he was chained to the wall that they
would have been rusted that many prisoners that were in that
place in that part of the prison.
Would have gotten gangrene because of rubbing their hands
raw from the rust and then because of the defecation, then
the rats that would run across the top of it.
Because you know there's no electricity.
So when it was dark, it was dark.
He describes this. The rats would run through and
begin to know that the prisoners that were hanging on the sides,
because it couldn't really go anywhere and would begin to eat
on their sores. just so, you understand, where Paul was when
he When the, when the jailers came in and said, Paul, there's
a package for you because again, he didn't get three squares a
day. He didn't get to walk out in the
yard and exercise so you don't want to hear this.
I mean the prison system United States or Hilton's.
They are Embassy Suites. Compared to what Paul's in and
the, like a package came for you, Paul.
So they brought him out. Let him see the package.
It was a letter from this church.
The church was talking to him about some things, but not only
that they gave something, they gave money and said Paul, We
believe you're going to get out. And when you do hear some
finances, to help you along your way because we sure hope we get
to see you again. And Paul's emotional state
during this time. Or heat the Holy Ghost.
Let him pin it. So go ahead and tell them how
you feel. Son, tell him what you've been
thinking. He said, I'm betwixt between two
places where the to go on and be with the Lord, because this so
hard here. And what I'm in right now, I
feel like death be better. Or to remain here with you.
Convinced. That my works not done on the
earth and what really got him thinking that these people just
sent me an offering. They're believing, I'm coming
out. And he began to depend more.
Then he gets to the last chapter, we call it chapter.
It's just the end of his letter. He says, now rejoice in the
Lord. And again, I say rejoice, now if
anybody had a right to not rejoice and this ain't the first
time Paul did a little rejoicing in jail cell.
Are you here on? He on more than one account.
We've had it pin. Where Paul is got joy going on
in a very difficult situation, and all of you freely came here
today. None of you were brought here by
the police. Are you hearing me?
So we should rejoice. And again, I say, rejoice, last
scripture 3211 says, this be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
you righteous ones. and then what shout for Joy, all who are
upright in heart, The only reason why you can't have a
shout as maybe something's going on in your heart.
The Bible says, if your heart doesn't condemn you.
If the word tells us that we're to be glad in the Lord and
rejoice and you righteous ones. And if you are born, again,
you've been made righteous. Which did she calls you to have
a shout of joy? But if you don't have a shout of
Joy, then maybe something's going on in your heart.
That's condemning you because, you know, you're not supposed to
do it, the Holy Ghost to say, hey now, what are you doing?
How can you live in that way? Why are you doing this?
Why you don't we redeem from that.
You're out of that. You don't do that.
You don't treat him like that. You don't act like that you
don't hold that against them. You need a?
Just forgive them. And if you're holding on
anything that the Lord is, telling you to let go of, well
then all of a sudden, your heart condemns you.
And then all of a sudden, when there should be a shout of joy,
you just kind of sit like this. God forbid, somebody come by and
say, how come you're not shouting?
You got something going on your heart, don't don't judge me.
I just don't know why you don't have a shout.
It's amazing that there's plenty of examples in the word that
what's going on on the inside prompts and outside.
Now, do I know that people can do an outward and their heart be
far from it? Absolutely.
I get it. but I also know this, when your hearts right is going
to do something outward, So, I don't want to be a fake prazer.
I do want my heart, right? But if my heart's, right, it's
going to do something, that's why James says, you gonna talk
to me about your faith without works.
I just seriously going to say that you're gonna sit there and
tell me, you have faith in God, and you're doing nothing.
Now, your faith is dead. He just straight up to him know.
Your faith is dead. I don't tell me.
I don't believe your faith is dead because you doing nothing.
I'll show you my faith because I'm doing something.
It is hourly shown that I'm believing God.
And one way that we outwardly show that we're believing God,
is that we have full of joy in a moment when we shouldn't have
full of joy? But we're so convinced that what
God Said would take place in this situation is really more
real than the situation the way it feels.
So I'm going to go ahead and just shout for Joy right now.
Anyway, and it becomes an outward expression.
That I'm so glad. I'm so Well ma'am, rejoicing in
the Lord because I've been made righteous.
Am I King has this situation handled and he's gonna bring in
the past. He going to vindicate me, he's
gonna put me on the top, he's gonna demonstrate that.
I am his beloved. He is going to Showcase to all
the laws and to my other brothers and sisters.
That Dad does take care of his kids.
I'm just going to rejoice and I got a shout of Joy.
That's why when it comes to worship, I can sing.
I can dance, I don't have to be prompted.
I can just do it anyway and even if it doesn't look good, it
doesn't matter. I'm not dancing before you in
the first place. And Michelle, it's not for you.
My shoutouts for him because he's the one who can bring it to
pass. I said he's the one who can
bring it to pass. Do you have a shout of Praise?
Come on. Do you have a shout of Praise?
Why don't you just Shout to the Lord?
He's Your Heart. Right?
Can you shout for a moment? Can you lift up?
Holy hands. Can you shout to the Lord?
Has he done good things for you as he redeemed?
You has he healed you as He restored, you.
He prospered you. I mean, if he's done one thing,
he'll do it again. His word, never fails.
Faith to Faith. Glory to glory, hallelujah.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah, glory to God.
Glory to God. Glory to God, you may be seated.
I heard the Lord say he says, why is it that my people always
want to try to find a way out of doing my word.
He said, no, this some are saying they're only getting up
and shot and cuz you said something he said but you know
what? No one ever got born again until
I said something. I said call on my name and
you'll be saved so they only call on my name cuz I said do
it? And when they believed, what I
said they should do, then it happened.
So it's no different. When I say do this, according to
the word and you act on it, you're not doing it for me cuz I
said it you're doing because the word says to shout for joy.
The word says, the shout for Joy.
So you're not following me when you shout for Joy.
You're actually following the scripture you're actually
following the word. You're like, I'm just going to
do what the word says. I'm gonna shout for Joy.
I'm gonna shout for joy and it doesn't matter whether Eloise,
Eloise, stand up, tell her body shop for Joy.
Do is stand up now, I mean, is she a child of God?
Amen. It if she gives us a command
from our King, why would we not want to respond?
Hey man, cuz you're not performing for me because when
you're hard and you know what, the word says.
And a Believer said, man, let's just give the Lord praise you be
like, that's easy for me. Even when it's difficult, it's
easy. Even, in the midst of all cock,
it's easy, why? Cause I'm gonna believe God at
his word, I'm going to go ahead and Shout for Joy anyway.
Amen. Well, I'm just not naturally
happy person. Well, then maybe you're not born
again. Because children of God are
happy people. They are they have glad he gives
you he turns your mourning into gladness.
It says he'll give you the oil of gladness for the spirit of
heaviness. So you can't say that your child
of God and you can't be glad if you're not glad that, maybe
you're not a child of God. Hallelujah, but once again
you're having to Keith more debate like me, are you telling
me? Yep.
I'm telling you and the Lord is going to reveal just like he did
to me that I'm right about this and you're wrong because he
wants you to be full of joy because he's got, you look in
the world do to you. Come on.
Walk in the world to you. Why?
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