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Now enjoyed this message. All right, it's Wednesday, the
world calls it. The hump day right getting over
halfway through the week right in the Kingdom.
We just keep on thrive. Though, you know, the Bible is
about a king, his kingdom and his Royal offspring.
And so, I'm as children as king, we need to see ourselves as
that. That's our DNA.
That's who we are. But tonight I want to talk to
you about a kingdom subject called Kingdom victory.
Overcoming any obstacle. Kingdom Victory o.
If we just abide by and live, by the word of God, we could say
the law of God, you know, any Kingdom or government operates
on laws and thank God for that. Because when you leave here
tonight to go home, guess what? There's going to be lines on the
street. Yellow lines, wide lines, right?
There's going to be a thing called a speed limit.
There's going to think be a can't thing called a lights.
Yellow does not mean go really fast.
Hallelujah, you can say Amen or oh me, Hallelujah.
I was driving with my girls is, you know, their ones approaching
getting closer to 16, so you're starting to kind of, you know,
train and tell them about, you know, the side mirrors, the
river view mirror but I found out the lines.
You know, the dotted line in the middle of Roads means you can
what pass if it's solid. You have to what?
Can't do it. Shouldn't do it.
Why? Cuz they determine like on going
to our house. There's that there's a corner
that you have to take pretty sharp one in the line is solid
white. Because if you try to take that,
you can't see what's coming. And that could be dangerous.
Same thing with god, he has laws in his kingdom. 35 mph is not a
suggestion. The Department of Motor Vehicles
is determined based on traffic flow where it's at, this is a
safe speed to travel, that's why you're not doing 65.
In that area, right? Same thing with God.
I'm just trying to relate there's laws and God's kingdom
that if we just do them guess what?
It's going to be a blessing and a benefit if we don't do them.
Guess what? It's on us.
God always God's word always works.
It's always active. It's always operative.
It always produces. A thing is, are we?
Are we at hearing to and walking out and obeying what the word
says? So Kingdom, Victory.
Overcoming any obstacle? Hallelujah.
I want to read what my key verse is tonight, what the Lord laid
on my heart, and then we're going to have a little
appetizer. Cheese sticks and marinara.
Chips and spinach artichoke dip. Hallelujah.
Second Samuel. Chapter five.
Verses 17 through 25. Second Samuel, chapter 5 verses
17 through 25. It says, now when the
Philistines heard that they had known a David King over Israel,
all the Philistines went up to search for David and David heard
of it and he went down to the stronghold.
The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the
valley or Ephraim. So, David inquired of the Lord
saying, shall I go up against the Philistines?
Will you deliver them into my hand?
The Lord said to David go, Up for, I will doubtless deliver
the Philistines into your hand. So David went to Bow prism and
David defeated them there. And he said, the Lord has broken
through my enemies before me like the Breakthrough of water
therefore he called the name of the place Bell prism and they
left their images there and David and his men carried them
away. Then the Philistines went up
once again and deploy themselves in the valley referendum there
for David, inquired of the Lord and said, And the Lord said, You
shall not go up, circle around behind them and come up upon
them in front of them of the mulberry trees.
And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching, the tops
of the mulberry trees, then you shall Advance quickly for, then
the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the
Philistines and David did so those.
So the Lord commanded him and he drove back to Philistines from
Gap as far as jezzer. Now, I want to stop right here
and go to the New Testament in Matthew chapter 6.
And we'll pick up with King David here soon.
Matthew chapter 6, I want to go to Lord's Prayer.
I'm sure, most of us could probably repeat this prayer.
Most of us have heard the Lord's Prayer.
Matthew chapter 6, verses 9 through 13.
So it says, Our Father in heaven, Hallowed Be Your Name,
Your Kingdom Come your will be done on Earth as it is in
heaven. Give us this day, our daily
bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and do
not lead us into temptation but Deliver Us from the evil.
One for yours is the kingdom. Yours is the power.
And yours is the glory both now and forevermore.
I really want to key in on the first clause or the first
thought that Jesus relates in the Lord's Prayer and really a
rabbi. And that's what Jesus is
considered. He's the Messiah, he's the king.
But a rabbis a teacher and the Jewish culture teachers would
always give her principal then they'd expound on that
principle. So Jesus is given a principle
matter of fact, I don't think when the lord gave this prayer
and I'll call it a prayer pattern because he says don't be
repetitive and pray. if you read the verses before it, so, I
think it's a great prayer, but each Clause contains a pattern
that you could pray So Our Father, which art in heaven,
Hallowed be your name, right? That's one Clause within this
pattern of Prayer. It says, thy kingdom come thy
will be done on Earth as it is in heaven.
Another Clause it said, give us this day, our daily bread.
Write another Clause that's provision in your life.
Then it says, forgive us as we have what?
Forgive another? So you can see a building,
right? It's not repetitive.
You worst word of walking for forgiveness, where to believe
God for daily needs being met. We want to see his kingdom come
and his will be done right. And then, you know, it ends with
a, you know, don't give us into the hand of them in an enemy,
but Deliver Us for yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory
forever. I think a great thing of any
prayer. A Dern is Jesus.
When he gave this example of his teaching this instruction, he
started with praise and he ended with praise Our Father, which
art in heaven Hallowed. It be thy name and then he says,
yours is the kingdom. He finishes it with yours is the
kingdom, yours is the power. Yours is the glory both now and
forevermore. Amen.
So it's always right to praise God, but it's always good for
us. Even when we're asking things
that come in with Thanksgiving and lead with Thanksgiving. you
know, if your kids just come up to you and say hey you know I
need $15 dad You know, and they do that week after week, but
there's no thanks. Right.
How much more God, the Father shall be thanking him that we
can come to him and get our needs met or whatever.
It is that we have need of he will bring the answer in the
solution. Amen.
Now that first Clause says Our Father which art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name Someone look at the name of God.
The names of God and they're going to put this up on the
screen for you and as I do that I'm going to dive into the names
of God, the very first time Jehovah is mentioned in the
Bible is in Exodus chapter 3. Verse number 14.
It wasn't used prior to this Abraham knew God as Elohim.
But not as Jehovah which tells us there is more to God.
There's more revelation we can get of God was be grown in the
knowledge of God, right? So but God explains a revised.
Say reveals himself to Moses as Jehovah.
So Elohim exhibits God's power, displayed as the Creator and the
Govern the physical universe. But Jehovah designates his
nature as he stands a relation to man, as he 10, Mighty, true.
Personal holy being a spot, a spirit of of the father of
spirits who revealed himself to his people.
He made a covenant with him and he became their lawgiver and
Worship and honor is due him. So, Jehovah literally means, if
you look this up in the Strong's in the Hebrew, it just means
self-existent or Eternal one. But there's compound names that
go with Jehovah since Jehovah's, the Covenant name of God,
expressing personal relationship.
It's natural that that name. Jehovah will be compounded with
other terms. That identify make specific his
relationship towards us. All right, so Jehovah
self-existent and eternal one. So we see first of all, we got
Joe hammock. It is she's the Lord who
sanctifies he sets apart, right? He not only does he redeem us
but he wants us to live a consecrated life and the Bible
talks many times about whether it's a baptism the Holy Spirit
Matthew 3:11 baptism with fire or come into the water like in
James 1. You know, where it says we look
in the Mayor, but we forget the perfect law of Liberty water.
Cleanses water purifiers, right? And so he wants us to live a
Sanctified life and he is Jehovah meketa.
She's also Jehovah Rapha the Lord.
Who heals Hallelujah. He has provided the final cure
for all spiritual physical and emotional sickness in Jesus
name. So he is Jehovah.
Rapha said again, he has provided the final cure for
every spiritual, every physical, and every emotional sickness.
In Jesus name, he is also Jehova rohi, the Lord, my shepherd,
what's this? Purdue, he guides and protects
the flock. So you see how your prayer life
can launch out and say, God, I thank you that you sanctify me.
I thank you for your word that cleanses me.
I thank you, Father today, that you are the Healer and I am.
Well, I'm strong emotionally. I'm strong physically and I got
a strong Spirit man. You could also say, Lord, I
Thank You are my shepherd today. I thank you that as many as are
led by the spirit. These are the sons of God.
And then we go on. We see that he's Jehova shamma,
the Lord is there. He's present like the psalmist
said, the Lord is a very present help in a time of trouble.
He's just nip out, not up on his throne.
He poured out the Holy Ghost, who resides in us, right?
So he's always with us. The Bible says, he will never
leave you nor forsake you when you're feeling lonely, when
you're feeling down, when you're feeling discouraged, when you're
feeling depressed, guess what? God is there.
And you just need to draw upon him as Jehova shamma.
He's also Jehovah tisca new the Lord our righteousness.
Thank God. It's not by works that you're
saved but it's by the grace of God in Christ.
Jesus lived, a perfect life on this Earth.
He was tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin,
so he was out without blame without blemish and he laid down
his life for us. He was basically the Lamb of
God, that was slain, right? And so guess how we have
righteousness before God through the through the work of Jesus
and by staying in his word like Matthew 6:33 says seek first,
the kingdom of God and Is righteousness and everything
else will be added to you. The Amplified says his way of
doing and thinking Righteousness, is his way of
doing and thinking he's also Jehovah-jireh.
He's the Lord, who will provide. He will meet all your needs we
know. Philippians 4:19 my God show.
What supply, all of my need according to his riches in glory
in Christ Jesus, he's also Jehovah Nissi.
The Lord is my banner. What that really means a banners
a signal of victory You know, when you lift up your hands,
whether your team scores, you literally this becomes your
banner, right? You're like, yes, they just
scored, right? But their Banner in the Old
Testament also is a display of Victory so he is Victory.
And the last name I just want to cover.
These are some of the names. Jehovah, Shalom, he's a lord, ma
piece. You don't have to have
confusion, you don't have to have worried.
You don't have to be stressed pieces.
Calmness Tranquility, holla. Booyah, it's not freaking out.
Your emotions maybe screaming. Just like the disciples said,
Lord, we're going to drown. He said, I am Jehovah.
Shalom, right piece. He spoke to the winds.
He spoke to the waves and they were peaceful.
Right? Peaceful, just doesn't mean
train quarter comments. It also means prosperity.
It's hard to have peace when you don't have provision, right?
So those are some of the names that you can actually start just
to worship god with. You know, you can come into His
presence with Thanksgiving and his courts with praise, and you
can thank him that he This to you.
Amen. But I want to we're talking
about Kingdom victory. Overcoming any obstacle.
So, I really want to hone in, obviously, on Jehovah Nissi,
which the Greek word is nigh KO, which Nike stole See lol,
there's some etymology for you. As I almost knocked over my
notebook. But Inlet means victory victory.
Nick. Thank you.
This lip is small for this Podium and my notebooks about to
fall apart. But they can edit that out.
Praise the Lord. so back to 2nd Samuel, we just heard about
King, David be anointed king. We heard the Philistines came
against him twice, right? Both times.
He overcame the Philistines. But I want you to notice
something because most Believers will pray, Lord, I need
breakthrough, or I need victory. Situations happen circumstances
happen but I want to tell you tonight, there's a kingdom law,
we need operate in. If you're really going to
experience Victory, I think it's okay to pray for victory.
But step number one, I'm going to give you four Keys.
Jesus said, I'll give you the Keys of the Kingdom.
Whatever you bind on Earth will be bound in heaven.
Whatever you loose on Earth will be loosed in heaven.
I'm going to give you four Keys tonight.
First one is a thing called wisdom.
Wisdom. In Proverbs chapter 24.
Verses 3 through 4. I'm going to read two different
translations, the new King James version.
Says it this way, notice what it highlights in this verse it says
through wisdom. What's the first thing said?
Okay, track. This a house is built.
By understanding it is established by knowledge.
The rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
You're never going to have a house without wisdom.
You can have understanding, you can have knowledge but you need
wisdom first it is the foundation.
For a successful life in Christ. You cannot build a house without
a slab. That's going to last, right?
So wisdoms, the first thing look how the living Bible says this
it doesn't use wisdom understanding and knowledge.
But we see the context in the new King James version says any
Enterprises built by wise planning becomes strong through
common sense and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast
of the facts. So I want to go to Proverbs
chapter 4. Verse number seven, just to
reiterate. That wisdom was mentioned.
First in Proverbs chapter 24, Proverbs 24.
Verse number 7, says, wisdom is the principal thing.
Therefore, get wisdom. Wisdom is the principal thing.
Therefore, get wisdom. Now wisdom by principle in that
verse means the first thing. It's the chief thing.
It's the best thing. It's the beginning thing.
Wisdom is the principal thing. Wisdom is the first thing.
It's the chief thing. It's the best thing.
It's the beginning thing. Wisdom is the first thing.
The chief thing that beginning thing in the best thing.
So it says get wisdom. It's the principle thing.
Now Ephesians chapter 1, verses 15 through 18.
This is a prayer that Paul prayed.
And it says this, therefore. I also have two heard of your
faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
I do not cease to give. Thanks for you making mention of
you in my prayers that the god of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The father of Glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom.
What are we praying for the spirit of wisdom and Revelation
in the knowledge of him? The eyes of your understanding
being enlightened that you may know, what is the hope of his
calling? What are the riches of the glory
of his inheritance in the Saints?
So the Bible tells us in Ephesians 1.
We are to pray to God, the father in the name of Jesus for
a spirit of wisdom and revelation.
James chapter 1 verse number 5 says this, if any of you lacks
wisdom which we all lack wisdom, We got to keep going to the
throne to get wisdom. If you're going to have Victory,
you need a thing called wisdom. It's the first key.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all
liberally and without reproach and it would be given to him.
So, wisdom is the first key out of wisdom.
The second key comes a strategy. A strategy.
What's a strategy? A strategy is a plan of action.
Or it's the art of planning. So what are we asking?
God for you are Jehovah, Nissi. I thank you, Lord, for victory.
I thank you for breakthrough. I asked you for wisdom in this
situation. I come to your throne and then
guess what? God's going to give you will
show you multiple examples tonight.
He's going to give you a strategy.
He's going to say this is the plan of action.
This is this is the he is the master planner.
He's the master architect. He had the Tabernacle in his
mind and gave Moses the plan, or the art of planning to build the
Tabernacle. When he said I'm going to redeem
mankind, guess what? He put a plan in action.
He had a strategy and his name is Jesus.
When he said I want the church to have power, he put a plan in
action, he and he said, I'm going to pour out the Holy
Ghost. So we need a strategy if we do
the strategy and, you know, faith has action to it.
So when you pray for wisdom, God will give you a plan.
And when you act on that plan, you're going to get a thing
called Victory. What's Victory mean, it means a
conquest, it means you win. It means you overcome an
adversary or an enemy. And you know there's enemies out
there there's three types of people.
There's those that celebrate you There's those that tolerates you
and there's those that hate you. And that'll never change.
There's always going to be somebody in those three
dimensions of relationship. And the Bible says, you can pray
for wisdom to get a strategy to get victory over any adversary
or any opponent or anything that comes against you but God's
ultimate aim we think Victory is what God's Amy for know, the
fourth key is this God wants to let he wants you to live in
glory Glory. So you pray for wisdom for a
strategy to get the victory so you could live in glory.
Let me Define, I need to go back to the first key real quick and
to find wisdom for you and then I'll jump back to Glory.
Wisdom is, this is skill. Skill.
These are definitions between the old and the New Testament
looking up wisdom in both of those references.
It's also, the faculty of readily Discerning and
distinguishing ideas, and separating truth from falsehood
Lord. Is that your plan or is that my
plan? It said many are the thoughts of
a man but it's the Lord's plan that will stand.
So we we do you need to get quiet enough.
Psalms 46:10 be still. And know that I am, God.
And I will be exalted, you get it.
Got to get still enough to get your mind quiet and listen to
your spirit. All right.
So, and what what what happens when you do that?
You can separate truth from falsehood.
Wisdom also means this at him implies caution and deliberating
Consulting on the most suitable means to accomplish valuable
purposes. Deliberating and Consulting on
who you consultant, God, and he's going to give you the most
suitable means to accomplish a valuable purposes.
If you don't get anything else for wisdom on definitions, this
is what I want you to remember. Divine, or Supreme intelligence.
Is wisdom, its Divine or Supreme intelligence.
Now back to Glory because God wants you to pray for wisdom to
get a strategy to get the victory to live in glory.
Second Corinthians chapter 3, verse number 18 says, but we
With unveiled face beholding as in a mirror, the glory of the
Lord are being transformed into the same image from glory to
glory just as by the spirit of the Lord.
You only Changed by a how you behold the Lord.
How do you behold? God, the father and you're going
to be changing that we got to see him through the word.
Not through what? Maybe you've heard prior.
Maybe what, you know, Aunt so-and-so told you or your
friend told you, you got to behold God in truth and as you
behold him, you're going to be changing that same image from
glory to glory. Glory means this, it means
Splendor. It means brightness, it means
magnificent. But it also gives a picture of
this. Especially in the Old Testament
means weight. Wait, so I'll say it this way.
A rose. The seed form of it is not the
glory. The glory of a rose is when it's
in full bloom. Are you with me?
So your life submitted and committed to Christ operating in
wisdom, strategy, Victory is going to give the full.
Wait, what am I saying? When and pastor says it this
way, it's just not about Excellence is about fullness and
that's really what glory is fullness.
Your you're manifesting the power and the presence of God In
Your Divine assignment and there's a wait to you when you
walk into a room There's a presence about you.
When you walk as a husband, if you walk into the house at
night, if your wife says, oh, you're home.
There's no glory in that. It should be your home.
Praise the Lord deal with this. This this because there's a
presence about you write your job.
That you go to you, right? Is there a glory?
Do you carry a weight? When you go into the job, a
presence, the character, the conduct the power of God, right?
So it's the glory and God wants to take you from glory to glory.
It's a weight second Corinthians chapter 4.
Verse number 16 are for our light Affliction, which is but
for a moment is working for us a far more exceeding and weight of
Glory. See the things you're going
through, I said this on Sunday a little bit, I Revisited if you
weren't with us on Sunday, there's some things you cast off
immediately. If you're sick you can get it
off now. But there's some things that God
brings your way that's going to be resistance or there's some
things, a devil may bring your way that's going to test you or
try you and God's not so much. Like the Apostle Paul said in
second Corinthians, which I quoted on Sunday.
He first prayed, he said, Lord I want In the situation, get me
out of it and God said to him, he said my grace is sufficient
for you. For my power is made strong in
your weakness. And Paul said, I'd rather glory
in that Grace then, right? And so any Affliction you're
going to, don't let it get you bitter.
Let it get you better write and let it bring the fullness out.
If you don't pass the test, it is not the floor today.
Educational. System where there just God,
just passes you eventually. The children of Israel walked
around the same Mountain for a long time.
Right. But in order to get to another
level another dimension of Glory you got to pass the afflictions
of the tests, right. And God wants you to go from
glory to glory. Matter of fact in Genesis
chapter 1 verse number 26. It says God said, let us make
man in our image, according to our likeness, let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea over the birds of the air
over the cat, over all the Earth, and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the Earth. It goes on to say in Genesis
1:28 that he blessed them. He said, be fruitful multiply
replenish subdue and have dominion but it says we're
creating his images. God full of Glory.
So is his kids, he wants us to be full of Glory, right?
So when you're walking out your purpose, your assignment and you
have faith, you got the anointing for it.
You're doing the plan of God, you're going to not only have
Victory, but you're going to have Glory back to second Samuel
chapter 5. I'm going to read this again.
Just a really etch it in your mind and your heart and then
kind of break out some points from this.
It says, now when the Philistines heard that they had
known at David King over his ear, all the Philistines went up
to search for David. Notice, when Dave was anointed
king, it's they didn't say, oh, he's a bad man, we're going to
run from him. Right.
Some Believers thinking you know when I get my life to the God,
I'm never going to have any problems.
Everything's going to be great. I'm just going to be tiptoeing
through the, you know, the Tulips on a flowery bed of ease.
Right, know when they heard that David was anointed king.
Are you anointed? Guess what?
It drew some enemies. And they went up to search for
David. But David heard of it.
He went down to the stronghold. And guess what?
Just because he took off the Philistines went where he went,
and they deploy themselves in the valley of reference.
So, here's the key though. David inquired.
Of the Lord. David inquired of the Lord.
He said, shall I go up against the Philistines?
Now, inquired means this It means to to ask it means to
discover two to seek out. But it also means this there's
there's an implication of a kind of demand of God.
I want to go and I feel like that's some attitude that
Believers need is. I'm ready?
You ever heard the the same, pick your fight wisely, but I
think you kind of need be like the Hulk just angry all the
time. No, not angry all the time but
ready to go. Not angry, but ready to fight
and I feel like David and his mentality for God, his position
in life. He was always ready.
Say, let's bring it on. What do you got?
But he enquired, he said, God do you want me to go against them
and listened to, what he had? What was your real asking for
his getting the wisdom of God for this strategy to get the
victory. So could have Glory.
So He said will you deliver them in my hand?
The Lord said. Yeah.
He said go up now. Look at those words go up.
That means face-to-face. This was a frontal attack.
He said you're going to go head-to-head with them
face-to-face eye-to-eye and that's how you're going to
approach this battle. So what a David do, he just
didn't run off and say the Lord's with me, I'm going to win
first. He asked God, what do I do in
this situation? What is your, what what, what is
the direction? What is the wisdom?
What is the plan that you have for me?
So I can get Victory father, and God said it's going to be a
frontal attack. I will deliver the Philistines
in your hand so David went Any defeat him there and he said the
Lord has broken through my enemies.
Like the Breakthrough of water that means there was a wall in
his way and it burst, right? People say give me breakthrough.
Lord, give me breakthrough David saying you are the lord of the
Breakthrough. But first thing I asked for was,
should I fight this? How am I supposed to do it?
It's going to be a frontal attack, then he went, and he
experienced God's Victory and he called that place, the lord of
the Breakthrough. So he overcame the Philistines.
Guess what are your only going to have one trial in life?
Even Jesus, when he was tempted by the devil, in Luke chapter 4,
you will see if you read it very close.
That said, the devil left him for an opportune time.
So we see one Temptation recorded, but there was more
than one temptation. The Bible says Jesus was tempted
in all points like we are, he felt the way you feel.
He probably want to slap some people.
Right. I mean, everything that you can
imagine, he went through but he stayed pure.
He stayed righteous. He stayed holy before, God.
And First Corinthians 10 says God Will Make A Way of Escape
out of any tentation. First Corinthians, 10:13, he's
making a way of Escape. Anything that tries to come
against you, God always has a plan.
The thing is, you got to tap into his wisdom act on the plan
to get the victory. But Jesus, the Bible says we
are, we should be as he was in this earth and he lived a pure
life. Before God, he dealt with all
the emotions he dealt with the frustrations.
He dealt with everything imaginable Humble but he stayed
pure and he stayed, right? So we read on David had a great
Victory, he called the place, the Breakthrough, it burst
through and he and then he took their images and David and his
men carry them off. But then get this, the
Philistines went up again. So they said we got beat the
first time but we're going to come around again.
So guess what David didn't do? He just didn't say well the Lord
did this last time so I'm just going to run out and do it the
same way the next time. God wants every believer to live
in Victory and the touch is always the same, but the method
may change. The result will always work, but
the method by which the result you get to the result may
change. So God he says in listen to the
listen, how David lived his life.
It said, he inquired of the Lord.
He said, shall I go up? And the Lord said You shall not
go up. This time circle around behind
them. And come upon them in front of
the mulberry trees and it shall be when you hear the sound of
the marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall
Advance quickly for the Lord will go before you to strike the
camp of the Philistines and David did.
So his Lord commanded and he drove back.
The Philistines from gibbous or together.
That was about nine miles. He said this time, I'm going to
go a little bit more. You want some of this?
Come get some But the key in this is he said instead of going
in front this time, he went behind, he went around.
So I want to give you a few examples just in Practical
living every day. Of, how does this work in your
life, right? The Four Keys.
Wisdom for a strategy to get the victory to live in glory.
Wisdom strategy, Victory Glory. Just some general battles in the
Old Testament, then we're going to get onto something else.
And Jericho. They had an enemy there that
they had to overcome, right? But Joshua got the word of the
Lord. He got the wisdom of God.
He said, God, what is the plan for this?
What is this strategy? You can find this in Joshua
chapter 6 and God said, what you're going to go ahead, here's
what you're going to do. Here's the word of the Lord,
here's the strategy to get the victory.
You're going to March around that City for six days.
On the 7th day, you're going to March around, but then you're
going to blow the trumpet and those walls are going to come
down. Could it be you're missing out
on Victory because you're walking around the city five
times and blowing the trumpet on the sixth day, instead of the
seventh day. Are you following the plan of
God, right? Moses in Exodus.
Chapter 17. There were frightened the
amalekites verses 9 through 13. Says this Moses and Aaron and
Hur went up to the top of the hill and so it was on Moses held
up his hands that Israel prevailed and when he let down
his hand amalek Prevail, but Moses hands became heavy.
So they took a stone, put it under him him and he sat on it
and Aaron and Hur supported his hands.
One on one side and the other on the other and his hands were
steady until the going down of the Sun.
So Joshua defeated the am Alex and his people with the edge of
the sword victory in this way was not walking around.
It was holding up hands. Has that relate to you?
Right. Sometimes you just need to
praise your way through it. Right.
Sometimes God's going to have, you do some action for some
things to get the victory, but sometimes he may say, just lift
your hands at situation, just to acknowledge me in it.
The psalmist said that the mountains melt like wax in the
presence of the Lord. Another Psalm says that, the
Lord inhabits the Praises of his Saints.
So, you got a mountain and when you start praising, it's like it
just melts through your praise, right?
But specifically, here's an example provision, how does God
provide Some of their pain. Lord, we need provision.
Right. and does God want to provide, he's Jehovah-jireh, we
saw that, he's a little provide, but butts the wisdom for the
plan, the strategy to get the victory financially to live in
glory In Matthew chapter 14. Here's one way that.
Jesus provided Matthew. Chapter. 14, verses 13 through
21. When Jesus heard it, he departed
there from boat to a deserted place by himself but when the
multitudes heard it they followed him on foot from the
cities and when Jesus saw a great multitude he was moved
with compassion for them and he healed their sick when it was
evening. The disciples came to him saying
there this is a deserted place the the hours already late sent
the multitudes away that they may go into the villages and buy
themselves food. So the disciples thought was Get
them out of here. Lord they need food, send him to
a local place so they can buy their own stuff.
But that's not the way that Jesus wanted provided in this
situation. So, Jesus said to them, they do
not need to go away. You give them something to eat,
which I'm sure they were doing backflips in their mind
thinking. How are we going to do that?
And they said to him, we only have Five Loaves and two fish.
He said bring them here to me, then he commanded the multitude
to sit down on the grass. He took the Five Loaves of to
fish, looking up to heaven. He blessed and broke and gave
the loaves to disciples disciples gave them altitudes.
So they all ate and were filled and they took up the twelve
baskets full of fragments that remained.
Now, those who had eaten, we're about five thousand men besides
women and children. So Jesus knew the answer for
victory to get glory in the situation, but the wisdom of God
said you're going to go ahead and praise me and Going to speak
to what you do. Have some people say this Lord,
I don't have enough. I want to do more but I just
don't have God saying thank me for what you do have.
The Miracles, they're in your house instead of complaining.
Getting down. Thank God for what you do have
give him praise for it and say, thank you, Lord, for
multiplying. What I do have there is one way
of provision. Now in John chapter 21 verses 1
through 6. It says this afterward, Jesus
appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee.
It happened this way. Simon Peter Thomas also known as
didymus. Nathanael of Cana in Galilee the
sons of Zebedee. Every and two other disciples
were together. They said and Peter said, I'm
going out to fish. That was Peters occupation.
He was a fisherman, so Peters going to work.
Hallelujah. Going to get to marriage here in
a minute. I was just thinking, no job, no
marriage. Peter went to work.
So candidate ladies for the husband is a man that works.
Hallelujah. so, Peter went his occupation and he said, They
said we'll go with you. So they went out and got into
the boat. But that night, they caught
nothing early in the morning. Jesus stood there in the shore,
but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
He called out to them. Friends.
Have you any fish? They said, no.
And then he said this, here's the wisdom for the plan.
He said, throw your net, On the right side of the boat.
And you will find some when they did.
They weren't able to haul in the net.
Because a large number of fish when they listen to the wisdom
of God and acted on what he said, it's just not enough that
God said do this. And then they they did what he
said. And then they got Victory with a
load a catch of fish, right? And it brought the glory.
When I was working for Nelson, Nissan Mazda.
In Broken Arrow. Oklahoma is a car salesman mr.
Nelson will, as a is a spirit filled believer, he used to
write at Christmas time on the front windows, Jesus is the
reason for the season. So, he was a bold in his faith.
Right. But he was also a
second-generation car salesman, meaning, his dad, founded the
business, and his dad got out of and he was taking over.
But with that business, he wanted to expand, not just to
expand for his self. Although the hose always gets
wet. Do you understand what I'm
saying? God on his in.
It's like a hose man. His spicket is never runs out of
water. The water flows through that
thing, and it comes out on the other end, right?
And the only reason sometimes, we don't have finances because
we get a kink in our hose and God still trying to have the
spicket, come on his in, but we got to make adjustments through
wisdom, but he wanted to expand the business and grow it.
The problem is he had not established himself.
With the bank. So his parking lot was small and
capacity and there was a lot behind them that was for sale.
And he thought Lord, in order for me to grow the business, I
need more parking now, there was a fence that gave the boundaries
for his current property behind. That was a lot for sale.
Went to the bank, the bank turned him down, so what'd he
do? He did like King David, he went
inquired of the lord, lord, I know you wanted me to expand
this business. The bank is not budging, they
will not loan, me the money. He said, what is your plan for
this God? Now God didn't say pack it up.
It's done. It's over.
There's no hope. You know what?
God told him. Now, I'm not saying God's
telling you, this, you got to understand what God is telling
you. I want to make that emphatic.
Ali, clear. This is what God told him.
God said, I want you get a sledgehammer.
I want you to go out. I want you to knock some of that
fence down. So in obedience to the wisdom,
he acted on that plan which in Man's eyes, probably seems
foolish. He went and he knocked apart of
that fence down. The bank called 24 hours later
and said, hey, we reconsidered. If he never would had a knocked,
the fence down the banquet and ever reconsidered.
Provision Jacob in Genesis chapter 31, verses 10 through
13, He gave the overview summary of what he had been walking
through. Obviously label, him had treated
him wrong, change his wages, ten times if you read the story, you
know. So he wasn't a righteous
employer. So you're not the only one.
Maybe that's been employed by somebody doesn't treat you.
Well does that mean you quit? No, he served him faithfully and
if you serve Faithfully guess what God's always going to bring
out on top. If you do it the right way, if
your murmuring and complaining and coming home and download and
they suck. I don't like them crying spit
and snotting Right. You gotta get you keep your mind
right? God's never going to work with
you in that. He's waiting for you to get your
attitude right? Right?
But if you handle it, the right way, guess what God will always
bring you through on top and listen Laban intrigued, Jacob.
Well, change his wages ten times and they weren't Merit
increases. They were decreases, right?
But God in the middle of that, this is Asda.
Said I'm going to provide for you, he gave Jacob a dream about
speckled spotted and Street cattle.
Which seems weak in laban's eyes.
Not like the strong cattle that he has, but God gave him wisdom
for a plan to get the victory to Ultimate living Glory.
So you see how God's ultimate is always for you to live in glory?
We pray for a victory but are you asking God for wisdom, his
wisdom for the plan? Joseph is another one.
Joseph had a dream from God told it to his brothers and his dad.
Obviously they didn't listen favorably to his dream, his
brothers, got upset and jealous, right?
They sold him into slavery. He went through 13 years of
turmoil. He went from Potiphar's house as
a slave to the prison wrongly accused her rape so he got
thrown in prison. But from the prison, guess what?
He went to the palace and the only reason I know he got there.
His cousin Genesis 50, he gives us Insight.
That is said what you And talking to his brothers.
What you meant for bad? God is working for good.
So the obviously there was forgiveness because I know he
wouldn't get that far if we was harboring resentment and
bitterness towards his brothers. So he forgave them, he actually
saw God's bigger plan and not their little moment of Flesh.
But in that, guess what? God put them on the scene for a
reason to save a whole nation. And God.
God gave Joseph. If you read the Bible?
The wisdom, even even Pharaoh said can we find a man on who
the spirit of God? The wisdom of God is like
Joseph, because Joseph told him what the dream was that Pharaoh.
Had had said, listen is going to be seven years of plenty.
There's going to be seven years of extreme famine, all the
famines going to suck up all the plenty.
So here's what you need to do and he had the wisdom of God, he
said you need to Joseph, had the wisdom to save In the plenty.
So that when the famine came they had more than enough.
So that's what provision healing healing.
In John chapter 9 verses 6 through 7.
It says, when he had said these things Jesus, he spat on the
ground and he made clay with the saliva.
He Anointed The Eyes of the blind, man, with the clay.
And he said, go wash in the pool of Siloam, which is translated
sent. So he went and washed and came
back. Seeing you notice in this
instance of healing, that Jesus put mud on his eyes and then
told him to go wash. Now, do we just do that to
anybody? No, you need the word of the
Lord. You need the wisdom of God for
the plan does God is he always Jehovah Rapha?
Yes. But how does the healing come
Right. In Luke chapter 1 verses 4341,
it said a leper came to him, employing him kneeling down to
him and saying to him. If you're willing, you can make
me clean, then Jesus moved with compassion stretched out his
hand touched him. So how'd he do it?
He touched him and he said, I am.
I am willing be cleansed. As soon as he had spoken
immediately, the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.
So one man, he put mud on his eyes to him to go wash this
other one, he just laid hands on them and Amanda did.
So, what is God saying? What is the plan for healing?
Right in second Kings, chapter 5, verses 9 through 10?
This is a story about naming. It said he went with his horses
and his Chariot and he stood at the door of the prophets house,
the prophet sent a message to him and said, go wash in the
Jordan 7 times profit didn't even come out.
He said, just go tell him to go wash in the Jordan 7 times and
your flesh shall be restored to you.
It shall be clean. Now, naming got mad at first he
said that's a dirty rotten. River, I got better cleaner,
Rivers back home and his messenger had enough sense to
say, you know, if you came out and you know, basically way to
want over you wouldn't you just receive it.
Basically, why don't you just go wash and see what happens?
So, he went and dip seven times and he was eat, came.
He came out cleansed Right, I remember when we're going to
Bible school at Rhema from in 2000, we had our Dean at that
time. Was Gary crowd when she's been
here a few times. Amen, at somebody.
It's a missionary that we support every month from this
church. But I remember great man of God,
he left Rama went Pioneer, Pioneer church and Iowa, then he
went on the mission field. In Haiti.
Came back to Raymond was a dean there for a few years.
Went to overseas. And I think it was, was it
China? Or no Bangkok know, there were
some other place. Thailand went there.
Then he went to China after that.
Came back was a denial bit. Longer went to China.
After that, praise the Lord. He's just been living for the
Lord for decades, but I remember he told us a story when he was,
I think he was on the mission field and he was having these
pains in his side, sharp pains So he went he went to God and he
said, Lord, what is going on? I need to be healed.
You know what? God told him, this is what God
told him. So this doesn't go for everybody
in this room, if God's not saying it, God said you're cut
out the diet coke. You're drinking too much Diet
Coke. So you know what?
He could have prayed for healing.
God could have healed him. Then he starts drinking some
more Diet Coke, guess what? The pain comes back.
So it's like You know something wrong with your thumb, thumb
gets healed, you take a hammer, hit your thumb, just go through
this the cycle of stupidity. Right.
But that was him now. Does that mean, everybody should
stop drinking diet coke? Okay, praise the Lord.
Some of you are convicted convinced not to drink diet
coke. Hallelujah!
I remember when Bobby Nelson was supporting a missionary who came
back off the field. Same owner I talked about
earlier, the car dealership and they came back and they were
having some real challenges and they were in the hospital.
He went in I think it looked like jaundice or something.
He said his face was yellow, as eyes are sunken in and, you
know, they're like in Jesus name, be healed in Jesus name,
he's sitting there. Scripture with them.
They're praying. And you know what?
Bobby Nelson got in his spirit for that, man.
He said, you know what, the Lord just told me for you is rest.
And I'm not talking like he's already in a hospital bed
because they're trying to diagnose him.
But mentally, You're worrying, you're anxious.
So in that prayer time, I mean they start confessing and we
always want to run the where they start confessing the word,
they're taking time to get her but taking time together but as
they're praying it rose up in his spirit.
This is the this is the wisdom of God.
Tell him he needs to rest in his mining is a Caster skiers and
the next day his health had improved dramatically So what
what is the wisdom of God saying for healing, right for
provision? Hallelujah, let's close with
marriage. Hallelujah.
Lord. I need victory in this marriage.
Changer. Lord, I need Victory.
This marriage. In Jesus name, I change him.
Shazam. You know, a guy's going to tell
you most of the time. Change you quit.
Looking at the beam or the speck in his in your spouse's eye and
look at the beam in yours. Amen.
Or oh me. But that's what most people,
pray, you having trouble. Lord.
I'm just change her. Change him.
Got to do something. They're driving me crazy.
That old ball. That old lady don't ever call.
I probably have enough sense more than not drinking even Diet
Coke just not call your wife and old lady I'll slap you and then
ask for forgiveness later. Just because I love you.
Hallelujah, don't test me. But you're having problems,
right? So, how do you overcome you need
wisdom? God, what is your, what is the
wisdom of God in this? Obviously there's strain, there
could be division, there could be disunity, right?
It could be just not the fullness, you know, it's going
good, but I know Lord, there's a whole nother level because God
just didn't want to have some victory in your marriage.
He wants to get you to glorified marriage member.
It's a weight. So when people see you, it's
just not about your marriage. It should be so good.
That they're like, man. How can I get that with us?
Because God, he gives you so much it overflows, right?
Even health and Manuel, how come you never get sick.
It's the way. How come you always got
provision? How come your marriage is
thriving? Right, so what do you need in
your marriage? There's wisdom, right?
You need for a plan in our Men's Ministry on Monday night, one of
our books, talked about a missionary that was out on the
field and his wife and him. They, he could just feel the
division getting more and more, you know, it's it's, it's like,
you know, just getting further and further the distance.
There's touchiness there's frustration, there's shortness,
and come Communication, right? There's anger towards one
another and I'm you know, the book didn't say, but I'm sure
he's thinking, you know, Lord change her right.
But he's wrestling with all this in his mind and they're sleeping
one night, they have an infant. The baby cries in his normal
pattern, when the baby cries, you ready for this?
He act like he was sleeping. So his wife could take care of
the baby, but do you know what? God told him as he's praying
about this, in the middle of the frustration, he's Lord.
I need wisdom in this. What's the plan?
And God said, when the baby cries you get up, Tell your
wife, I'll handle it. So I started doing that, I
believe it was within a month, all of a sudden, he knows that
her words, start to get Kinder to her.
She even started to change the way she dressed a little bit.
And, you know, and all the sudden their marriage started to
men. Because he had the plan of God,
right? Some of you.
It could be, you know, words, Right.
How do you speak to your spouse? Maybe the lack of communication
or the intensity of communication.
I'm just giving examples, right? You got to go to God on that.
Say Lord, if I'm going to have a glorified marriage, what do I
need to do? And God said, maybe you need to
soften your tone, your touch and your methods.
Maybe you need to learn the art of listening.
Hallelujah. God gave you two ears and one
mouth so she do twice as much listening as talking one thing
we learned at bible schools. You already know everything you
know so be quiet and learn something.
Right. But it could be the art of
listening, it could be, you're too quiet.
Proverbs 13 17 from the living Bible says, reliable
communication. Permits progress, but an
unreliable messenger. Causes a lot of trouble.
So the Man Comes the one with says, how was your day?
And the man says Good fine. You've been gone for eight hours
and you got one adjective to describe eight hours.
If you don't know, this men are Headliners and women are fine
print. Which means they want details.
Right? And so maybe the wisdom is take
some notes throughout the day jot, some notes down on your
phone. So you can remember you know
when God created men and women he when the testosterone flows
into the man it's and how the way the man's build it severs.
The left side from the right side.
So man only uses one side of his brain but the woman sees uses
both side of her brains Actually, the average man's
brains, about 10 to 11 percent bigger than a woman.
And the woman asks, why doesn't he uses brain But because of the
difference because a woman thinks that a both sides in the
man only thinks that a one side, they see everything in a grid
but a man is linear a to be how was your day?
It was good. And then she's trying to ask
some more questions. Well, did you get the contract
you're working for? I did.
How much was it? It was a lot.
Next question. Why are you nagging me?
Oh, why you riding me? Hey, if you don't talk to her,
so find somebody else. Hallelujah.
So you get what I'm saying? The wisdom of God say, maybe you
need to listen more, maybe you need to talk more, right?
It could be an act of service ride.
It could be, it could be gifts. Last story I'll close with, is
this another story out of Ed Cole's book that the men's use
on Monday night but there was another marriage that was on the
Rocks so to speak, you know? And it was not functioning as it
should be. And so this gentleman was
praying. How can I Lord win her back?
So the wisdom God gave him for the plan.
Was I want you to leave. Don't tell her.
But I want you to leave her a note.
Put in place where she'll have to find it like a sock drawer,
you know, cabinet, you know, leave it in different places.
This is the wisdom of God. So I'm not saying you have to be
copy this pattern to win your marriage back, but you need to
pray and say God, how can I get, how can I get to the victory so
we can live in glory, right? So God said, I want you to do
this every day and I think it was at least 30 days and I think
it even went longer than that. But so what happened is?
He didn't even tell her anything.
He just started leaving notes in random places, but what happened
on the other side because you're getting the other side of the
story is about, I think about a weekend or whatever.
She started getting up with excitement, knowing he left me a
note somewhere, but they both weren't saying anything to each
other. But it was it was re-firing or
rekindling how the marriage should operate, man.
We should have the greatest life on the planet.
John 10:10 says he came to give us life and to give it to us
more abundantly. But for anything in the word of
God, we looked at different names of God of provision of
healing of Peace, you know of, you know, in the marriage,
covenant, whatever it is that you need.
Pray for wisdom. For a strategy to get the
victory so you could live in glory.
Amen. Heavenly Father we thank you for
your word and thank you that you're for us today Father and
that you want it to go well with us father and you want us to
overcome and to live in glory father.
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