1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Let us pray. But Thou, O Lord, are a god 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: full of compassion and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: mercy in truth it' Psalm eighty six fifteen. Dear God, 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: thank you for your patience and mercies. Guide me with 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: your word as I go about my day. Help me 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: to be as forgiving as you during times of trials 7 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,479 Speaker 1: and tribulations. Help me to understand that even though my 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: love for you is strong, it does not exempt me 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: from suffering. Please remind me to look to you and 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: seek you when I encounter difficult times. May your love 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: be the guiding light and source of strength for me always. Amen. 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to today's daily prayer for more 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor stay 14 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: tuned to pray dot COM's Sunday service. 15 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Lisa Kai Radio broadcast here on pray 16 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: dot com. Thank you for joining us today for an 17 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: incredible word. Lean in, listen, close, and don't forget to 18 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: click the heart to save this message. Learn more about 19 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 2: Lisa Kai at Lisakai dot tv or the Lisa Kai 20 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 2: channel here on pray dot com. Now let's jump into 21 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 2: today's message. 22 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 3: So I decided to title this message I sought the Lord. 23 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 3: I sought the Lord because I truly believe that every 24 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 3: one of us know what it means when you say 25 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 3: I sought the Lord, because you think about just everything 26 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 3: that's been happening, you know, right now, right Maui, to Israel, 27 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 3: to this fire that is happening right in the backyard, 28 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 3: and there's this this like, oh Lord, is there anything else? 29 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 4: You know? 30 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: And it's not the Lord's fault, but it's like, is 31 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 3: there anything else? 32 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 4: What else is going to come down the road? What 33 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 4: else you know? And and it's hard to not think, 34 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 4: like God, like is this ever gonna end? It's almost 35 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 4: like even. 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 3: Our trials, our tribulations, the things that we've been praying 37 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 3: for for for a long time, or whether it's for 38 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: it just surface and a lot of times it comes 39 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 3: down to this thing of do you trust the Lord? 40 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: Every one of us have been in that place that 41 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 3: when we're so overwhelmed or there's no answers, or just 42 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: like how Lord, or how am I going to get 43 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 3: through this? How do I walk through this? Or do 44 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,839 Speaker 3: I really want to walk through this? Do I even 45 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: want to go through it? The process which you know, 46 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 3: everyone hates it right go through the process, but there 47 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 3: is always to the other side, There always an end 48 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 3: to something that will begin something new, and. 49 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 4: We just need to get there. 50 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 3: And I think sometimes we don't see things. We don't 51 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 3: know where we're going, we don't know where it's going. 52 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 3: But then when you seek the Lord, you know that 53 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 3: it's a matter of trusting him to get you there. 54 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 3: And sometimes I think we all want to just get 55 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: there right away, like can can it just happen today? 56 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 4: Can it just happen tomorrow? Or And there's always. 57 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 3: That question mark right at the end, like I don't 58 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 3: even have a clue to how this is going to 59 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 3: turn out. I have no clue to the healing, Like 60 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 3: how long is it going to take when I'm gonna 61 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: get there? 62 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 4: Because even for this year. 63 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 3: Like I was telling my mother in law Estra Kai, 64 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 3: so she's in town till she wants to be here, 65 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 3: told Rise literally, And I kind of was selling her 66 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 3: last weekend. I said, hey, take her out to lunch, 67 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 3: you pay for her lunch. She's retired, you know what 68 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 3: I mean. So, like I was just explaining to her, 69 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: I said, of all the years, let's say, you know 70 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 3: of my life or as a Christian, I said, this 71 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 3: probably has been the toughest year. 72 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 4: And I think you guys can relate, right. 73 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 3: You guys can say, well, in two thousand or nineteen, oh, 74 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: that was a tough year, or some of us can say, oh, 75 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: this was the toughest year in my whole entire life. 76 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 3: And all I kind of looked at it as I've 77 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 3: been tested. I've been tested, and I hate test. I 78 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 3: hate taking tests. I hate being tested. And I just 79 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: know that this year was a big year of really 80 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 3: trusting the Lord. Everything I've preached, everything I've read in 81 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 3: the Bible, every promises, every thing that I. 82 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 4: Know of God. I had to hold on to it. 83 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: Because when you're when life is really going well, your 84 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 3: season is amazing, things are going so good, it's really 85 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 3: easy to trust the Lord because there's nothing really to 86 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 3: seek after. Right, But when you're seeking, when you say 87 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 3: I sought the Lord, because in Psalm thirty four or four, 88 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 3: this is David. 89 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 4: David says, I sought the Lord, and he answered me. 90 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 3: He delivered me from all of my fears, all of 91 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 3: my fears. Because right, we all know what happened to David. Right, 92 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 3: he was being chased, he was being hunted down. And 93 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 3: when I just looking at that one passage, he sought 94 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 3: the Lord, and he answered and he delivered, He answered, 95 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 3: and he delivered. And when you think about everything that 96 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 3: you've gone through or might go through one day, or 97 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 3: maybe you're in the midst of it right, it's almost 98 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: like when will it happened? When will you answer God? 99 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 3: When will you deliver me? 100 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 4: And when you're in that place, and if you remember 101 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 4: where it was when you were in that place, or 102 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 4: if you are in it right now, all you can 103 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 4: do is trust. Trust when you don't even see it. 104 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 3: Proverbs eight seventeen and says, I love those who love 105 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: me and those who see me diligently, because they will 106 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 3: find me. And I guess when you think about times 107 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 3: of testing, it's actually a really sweet time if you 108 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 3: can see it like that, because it really causes you 109 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 3: to seek the Lord. It causes you to like desperately diligently. 110 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 4: Seeking after just a word or. 111 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: A vision or just something that you can hold on to, 112 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 3: like it's like your last hope, and you're like. 113 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 4: God, just give me something. 114 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 3: And you know, when you think about it, we all 115 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: are embarking on a journey of faith. We're all on 116 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 3: this just journey of faith, okay, some of us. All 117 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 3: our journey is different. You can't really say yours is 118 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 3: like this of yours is like that when every one 119 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 3: of us have a different journey. But our faith will 120 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 3: be tested and our trust of God will be tested 121 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: as well, because in life everything is not going to 122 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 3: be always great. 123 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 4: We would love to have. 124 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 3: No like like I can just say I've had no 125 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 3: surgery on this body, like literally nothing, Like I can't 126 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 3: tell somebody what it felt like to have gone through 127 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 3: a surgery or you know, I can't. 128 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 4: I can't say anything. 129 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 3: Or I've never gone through this or I've never gone 130 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 3: through that, so I can't really see what you're going through. 131 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 3: But I know it's painful, and I know it's really 132 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 3: a time of like, oh, I don't know, I don't know, 133 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: I don't know, and I see it sometimes even on 134 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 3: your faces and I and all I can say to you. 135 00:08:52,840 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 4: Is don't give up, don't give up. Smile a frowning, 136 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 4: stop being looking stop looking down, just keep looking up. 137 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 3: Because you gotta get through it. Because if you keep 138 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: looking down, you're gonna get like whiplash. You're gonna get 139 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 3: like you know, just muscles that's gonna tense up, and 140 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 3: you know, looking like this, you know when you think 141 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 3: about it, when you when we are all embarking on 142 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 3: a journey of faith, we have to trust God. 143 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 4: And when we trust. 144 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: Our trust actually increases because of what you went through, 145 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 3: what you're going through, your trust actually increases. 146 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 4: Faith because faith. 147 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 3: Is the foundation of our trust in the Lord. You're 148 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 3: gonna grow in your relationship with the Lord through your 149 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 3: times of testing and through your journey of faith, and 150 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 3: your faith is your foundation. But if your faith is 151 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 3: not your foundation, and I don't know how you're going 152 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 3: to handle it, I don't know how you're gonna. 153 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 4: Get through it. 154 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 3: Faith also empowers us to place our trust in the Lord. 155 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 4: That's what faith does. 156 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 3: It empowers you to go through your daily struggles, through 157 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 3: your daily pain, or through your daily confusion. And trusting 158 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 3: is also an act of faith. The more you trust, 159 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: the bigger your faith gets. So how do you and 160 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,439 Speaker 3: I keep trusting the Lord through this journey that God 161 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 3: has each of us on? 162 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 4: Okay? 163 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 3: Because like I said, this was probably my toughest year 164 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 3: that I can think of, Okay, that I've had to 165 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 3: learn to trust God because fear will come in and 166 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 3: replace trust. Fear always does that, like your mind can 167 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 3: and just wander and go there. And then your trust 168 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 3: starts going down and your fear starts going up. And 169 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 3: that's when you start panicking, and then you start making 170 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 3: bad decisions, and then you start deviating, and you start 171 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 3: getting distracted, and you start trying to control your situation, 172 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 3: and you start controlling the circumstances and your outcome. 173 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 4: But then when you replace it with trust. 174 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 3: This gets smaller your tendency to do things on your own, 175 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 3: and you know, trying to take control, trying to take control. 176 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 4: Of your situation. 177 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 3: So how do you and I keep trusting the Lord? 178 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 3: The first thing is belief in the unseen. Belief in 179 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 3: the unseen. It means trusting the Lord when you just 180 00:11:55,240 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 3: can see it, trusting the Lord when you can see it. 181 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 3: Hebrews eleven one says, Now, faith is the substance of 182 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 3: things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, isn't it? 183 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 4: It sucks like you can't see it, You can't see 184 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 4: the end goal. 185 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 3: Like my daughter she's gonna she's you know, she's she's 186 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 3: going to college, but I don't know what college she's 187 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 3: gonna go to and I need to know right now. 188 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 4: I need to plan, I need to free care. But 189 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 4: I don't know. 190 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 3: I have to wait on the Lord, and I have 191 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 3: to trust the Lord. And a person that a woman 192 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: in the Bible named Hannah. Okay, I don't know if 193 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 3: you guys know about Hannah. Hannah had to trust the 194 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 3: Lord with things that she could not see see. Hannah 195 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 3: was deeply distressed after years of infertility, and she prayed 196 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 3: to the Lord and she wept bitterly, and her husband Elka, 197 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 3: and I had another wife at that time. You could 198 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 3: have two wives at that time, that's not right. And 199 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 3: the other wife was named Kennana. 200 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 4: I don't know. I don't know if I pronounced it right. 201 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 4: I'll just call her Penny, who kept popping babies left 202 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 4: and right, okay. And she taunted Hannah. That made her 203 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 4: so mad and sad. 204 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 3: I hope you guys don't do that to others. And 205 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 3: so she was praying so hard for a son that 206 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 3: an onlooker actually thought she was drunk because she. 207 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 4: Was seeking the Lord, seeking the Lord. 208 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 3: Because so when you're seeking the Lord, sometimes you look 209 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 3: like you aren't drunk because you're like, you know, like, 210 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 3: oh God. 211 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 5: You know. 212 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 4: You're right when you're seeking the Lord. It's not just 213 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,719 Speaker 4: you know, someone's just like you know, do you know 214 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 4: you know, like. 215 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 3: Hey, hey, you know, so I can just imagine Hannah's 216 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 3: just like having this conversation and just telling the Lord. 217 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 4: But she looked like she was drunk. 218 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 3: And then in doom time, Hannah actually conceived and bore 219 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 3: a son, and she named him Samuel, and she says, 220 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 3: I have asked him of the Lord. 221 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 4: I have asked him of the Lord. 222 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 3: You know, Hannah asked for what she wanted the most, 223 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 3: which was a son, and she actually envisioned it. So 224 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 3: sometimes when you are asking for something and you're trusting 225 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 3: the Lord because and you can't even see it, you 226 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 3: have to envision it. Envision what it is that you're 227 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 3: asking for. What is it what you're asking for? Are 228 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 3: you asking for a child? 229 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 4: Envision him? Envision her? Are you asking for a husband? 230 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 4: Envision him? 231 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 3: Okay, don't look at the soap opera, don't look at 232 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 3: these Netflix, that's not him. 233 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 4: Envision him. He's right here in the church. I promise 234 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 4: you he is. 235 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 5: We would love to invite you and your besties to 236 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 5: our Arise conference. Happening this month. A rise Conference is 237 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 5: a movement of women rising up to their full expression 238 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 5: in Jesus Christ making a personal, local and global impact. 239 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 5: Join us for conference and for more information check out 240 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 5: our website. At a riseconference dot tv. It's going to 241 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 5: be an experience like never before. Sign up today at 242 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 5: a riseconference dot tv. 243 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: But you have to. 244 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 3: Envision it, because Hannah envisioned it, and she had to 245 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 3: trust the Lord. And then what Hannah also did was okay, 246 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 3: she said to the Lord, if you give it to 247 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 3: if you give me a son, I'll give him back 248 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 3: to you. 249 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 4: And I think a lot of us we have to 250 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 4: know that when God blesses you and God. 251 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 3: Gives it to you at his timing, remember he's the 252 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 3: one who gave it to you. 253 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 4: And what Hannah had to do was she i thing. 254 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 3: You know, when Hannah birthed Samuel, she weaned him and 255 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: everything she gave him to the Lord. 256 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 4: She did what she promised. 257 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 3: And I think a lot of times when we ask 258 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 3: for something which we don't see, and then once we 259 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 3: get it. 260 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 4: We control it. 261 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 3: We withhold it from the world, we withhold it from people. 262 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 4: It's because it's like I prayed so hard for this. 263 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 4: I'm not letting this go. And God is saying, wait, wait, wait, 264 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 4: wait wait. 265 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 3: You sought me, you seek me, you asked for it, 266 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 3: and now you don't want to give it back to me, 267 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 3: when at the when, at the beginning, it was actually mine. 268 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 4: I gave you. 269 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 3: I gave you that husband that you asked for, and 270 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 3: now you don't want to give me your marriage. 271 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 4: Right you asked for that. 272 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 3: Son, right, you asked for that daughter, and now you 273 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 3: just want to kick him or her out of the house. 274 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 4: And God is say, what, you prayed for him, you 275 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 4: prayed for her, you sought me. Just give him back 276 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 4: to me, Give him back to me, Give me that marriage, 277 00:17:55,640 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 4: give me that business, give me that relationship, give me 278 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 4: your your finances, give it to me. Okay. So that's the. 279 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 3: First thing is that we, you know, in our journey, 280 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 3: how do we keep trusting as we believe in this 281 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 3: unseen trusting the Lord and you have to envision it 282 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 3: and when God. 283 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 4: Gives it to you, give it back to him. Give 284 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 4: back what is owed to him. 285 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 3: He's blessed your business, tithe, your business, tied off, your 286 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: you know your blessings, don't withhold it, don't just keep 287 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 3: it for yourself. The second thing is how do you 288 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 3: and I keep trusting the Lord through this journey? 289 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 4: Is confident of his promises. 290 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 3: You know, when when I was going through just you know, 291 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 3: life stuff, you know, or just what's happening in this world, 292 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 3: you know, there's so many things that are happening. 293 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 4: And you can't you just you just kind of start 294 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 4: becoming no a little. 295 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 3: But when you're in it, you know, you're going through challenges, 296 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 3: You're going through something that you can't see. There's no 297 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 3: end to it yet, and you're just waiting for. 298 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 4: God to act. 299 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 3: You know, you have to rely on the confidence of 300 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 3: his promises. It's trusting God often involves placing your confidence 301 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 3: in all his promises. And what are some of the 302 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 3: promises that God has? And I think I want to 303 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 3: give you scriptures for this because you need to hold 304 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 3: on to scripture. You need to hold on to His word, 305 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 3: because you need to recite these promises. 306 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 4: Over and over and over and. 307 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 3: Over, because we have to be reminded of what God 308 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 3: says in the Word. Right, So like in Jeremiah twenty 309 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 3: ninety eleven, you hear this all the time. It says 310 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 3: for I know the plans I have for you, says 311 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 3: the Lord. There are plans for good and not for disaster, 312 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 3: to give you a future. 313 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 4: And a hope. 314 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 3: So when you're so downcast, when you're so discouraged, when 315 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 3: you think life sucks, when you think that you have 316 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 3: no hope, you think you don't have no future, you 317 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 3: think you're done, God is saying no, I'm giving you 318 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 3: a future and I'm giving you a hope, and you 319 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 3: have to believe it. 320 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,959 Speaker 4: This is what God says. 321 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 3: Isaiah forty one ten says, don't be afraid, for I 322 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 3: am with you. Don't be discouraged, For I am your God. 323 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 3: I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold 324 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 3: you up with my victorious right hand. 325 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 4: He says. Don't be afraid. 326 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 3: Stop, don't be fearful, don't go there, Get out of 327 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 3: that fear zone, because he says, I'm with you. Even 328 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 3: if you're afraid, even if you're in that fear he's saying, 329 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 3: I'm with you still, I'm with you. Don't be discouraged. 330 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 3: He'll strengthen you, He'll hold you up. Philippians for nineteen. 331 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 4: It says, in the same God who takes care of 332 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 4: me will supply. 333 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 3: All your needs from His glorious riches, which has been 334 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 3: given to us in Christ Jesus. Sometimes you think financially, 335 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 3: like God, I don't know how I'm gonna pay my 336 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 3: next month. God, I don't know how I'm gonna afford this. 337 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 3: I don't know if I'm gonna able to, you know, 338 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 3: pay my taxes. I don't know if I'm gonna about 339 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 3: to do this or that's that. 340 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 4: If God provided before, why wouldn't he provide now? 341 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 2: Right? 342 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 4: God is gonna supply all. 343 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:53,479 Speaker 3: My needs because I sought the Lord, and I trust 344 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 3: the Lord. Isaiah forty three two says, when you go 345 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 3: deep waters, I will be with you. When you go 346 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 3: through rivers of difficulty. 347 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 4: You will not drown. You won't drown. Okay, I think 348 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,400 Speaker 4: some of you need to hear this one. You're not 349 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 4: gonna drown. 350 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 3: When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will 351 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 3: not be burned up. The flames will not consume you. 352 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 3: Whatever is happening in your life, it's not going to 353 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 3: consume you. 354 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 4: It won't destroy you. 355 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 3: It's not the end and inn Isaiah forty thirty one. 356 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 3: I love this passage. It says, but those who trust 357 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 3: in the Lord will find new strength they were sore, 358 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 3: high on wings like egos, they will run and not 359 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 3: grow weary, and they will walk and not faint. Trusting 360 00:22:54,440 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 3: the Lord often often involves placing your full confidence on 361 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 3: his promises. So as you're going through, like for me, 362 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 3: as I was going through, as I am going through, Okay, 363 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 3: even at this moment. 364 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 4: There's some things that are going through that we're going through. 365 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 3: It's like it can look chaotic out here, okay. 366 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 4: Like I think the famous phrase the last couple of 367 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 4: days was not what what what? 368 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 5: Right? 369 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 3: Like I thought we were done. I thought we were 370 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 3: like gonna get We're gonna we're getting through it. And 371 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 3: then when you get another text, you're like, great, it's. 372 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 4: Not done yet. 373 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 3: And and I even prayed, I said, Lord, thank you 374 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 3: for letting us get through the last two days. The 375 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 3: first day was like, oh my gosh, we are like 376 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 3: it seemed like a like a like it's gonna be 377 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 3: so long on this journey. 378 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 4: It feels like I was gonna go whini or something. 379 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying. 380 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 3: It takes a long time from Kailoa to Waine, okay, 381 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 3: and you know, and you just seem so you wake up, 382 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 3: Like if you're hopeful for the day, you pray for 383 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 3: the day, and then at twelve o'clock you get a 384 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 3: text You're like, we're. 385 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 4: Still at it. Can it stop? When will it stop? 386 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 5: You know? 387 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 3: And I just kind of hold onto the promises of 388 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 3: God that He's gonna get us through it and we 389 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 3: won't like we It won't consume us, it won't consume us. 390 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 3: And I'm not gonna be afraid of what could be, 391 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 3: because sometimes I think we think too much of what 392 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 3: could be versus what it will be. 393 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 4: Right, we have to think what it will be like 394 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 4: like my marriage. 395 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 3: Okay, it doesn't look good right now, but it will be. 396 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 3: We're gonna be holding hands, walking the beaches, praying and 397 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 3: just speaking of our future. 398 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 4: That's what I envision. And my son and my daughter. 399 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 3: I see that she is gonna be married with two 400 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 3: kids and raising. 401 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 4: What or am I talking about, beccap. 402 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 3: Maybe I've been asking for twins. 403 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 4: So it's really it's speaking what you're gonna see. It's 404 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 4: having to go to. 405 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:51,719 Speaker 3: Set your mind on the things of God and not 406 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 3: set your mind on what is present, because what is 407 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 3: present it doesn't make sense. The third thing is how 408 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 3: do I keep trusting the Lord to this journey, right, 409 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 3: believe in the unseen, confident of his promises. And the 410 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 3: third thing is surrender and reliance. Surrender and reliance. Okay, 411 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,959 Speaker 3: you're seeking the Lord, right, I sought the Lord and 412 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 3: now it's it's really it's trusting God is surrendering control 413 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 3: and relying on his wisdom and guidance. Full surrender, full right. 414 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 3: You think about like I think about Mother Mary of Jesus. Okay, 415 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 3: she was fourteen years old when God, when the angel 416 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 3: showed up and told her you're gonna be pregnant with 417 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 3: the Messiah. Okay, fourteen years old. Can you imagine the angels, 418 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 3: you know, telling you you're gonna have God in you 419 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 3: and you haven't had sex. It's like, okay, how would 420 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 3: that ever happen? But she relied on God's guidance and 421 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 3: she trusted his will, his will for her life. 422 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 4: You know, Mary could. 423 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: Have actually refused Gabriel's request, the angel Gabriel requests, but 424 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 3: instead she agreed and opened herself up to love, self 425 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 3: sacrifice and into this life transforming. 426 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 4: Experience for her. 427 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 3: She had to surrender anything of her doubts. She had 428 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 3: to rely on his wisdom, like you know, because I 429 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 3: love how Mary said in Luke one point thirty. She says, here, 430 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 3: I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be 431 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 3: with me according to your word. I think you and 432 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 3: I need to memorize this scripture. Whenever the Lord is 433 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 3: asking of you of something, the first thing that comes 434 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 3: out of your mouth should be here, I am the 435 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 3: servant of the Lord. Let it be with me according 436 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 3: to your word. Because that's full trust, trusting that this 437 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 3: is God's will. 438 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 4: And maybe that wasn't God's will, because. 439 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,239 Speaker 3: Sometimes when I just I just know that sometimes when 440 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 3: there's so much struggle okay here, sometimes you have to 441 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 3: wonder was it God's will or was it your will? 442 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 3: Sometimes I'm not saying everything, but that's how I sense 443 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 3: if it's God's will or not. Sometimes, like there's so 444 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 3: much wrestling here, there's so much things that are just 445 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 3: just not just. 446 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 4: Doesn't feel peaceful. 447 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 3: There's you know, there's the heart is just not there 448 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 3: and you keep praying and praying and you're asking God 449 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 3: to give you a peace about it, peace about it, 450 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 3: and it just wasn't happening. And sometimes we can force 451 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 3: things to happen and make it God's will and in 452 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 3: the long run, okay, it's not like your life is 453 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 3: going to be like that, that's it. No, then God 454 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 3: has more of a mess to fix. God always makes adjustments. 455 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 3: His will will always be done in your life, and 456 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 3: he'll make adjustments along your journey. But it's really submitting 457 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 3: and surrendering and relying on God. 458 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 4: And then the fourth. 459 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 3: Thing is how do you and I keep trusting the 460 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 3: Lord through this journey? Is having patience and perseverance. Pp 461 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 3: patience and perseverance. Trusting the Lord requires faith to be patient, 462 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 3: to persevere, especially when faith it challenges and unanswered prayers. 463 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 4: I call this God's timing. 464 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 3: A lot of us don't are patient enough for God's timing. 465 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 3: You know you think about Queen Esther. Queen Esther, you 466 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 3: know you think about when this is her famous passage 467 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 3: right Esther four fourteen. It says, for if you remain 468 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 3: completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise 469 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 3: for their Jews from another place, But you and your 470 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 3: father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have 471 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 3: come to the kingdom for such a time as this, 472 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 3: for such a time as this. 473 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 4: It took patience. 474 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 3: And perseverance for Esther to approach the king to save 475 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 3: her people, and it had to be the perfect time 476 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 3: tim She fasted, she had her people pray and fast 477 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 3: because she couldn't just get it done. She couldn't just 478 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 3: take control. She couldn't just march into her king, the 479 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 3: king's presence, because at that time you had to be 480 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 3: invited into his presence. So she knew this was a 481 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 3: very crucial moment that she could either make it happen, 482 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 3: or she could make it not happen, or she could 483 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,479 Speaker 3: be killed. But for such a time as this, it 484 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 3: was patience and perseverance that allowed the people. 485 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 4: To be saved. 486 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 3: And what we can learn from Esther is that timing 487 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 3: and patience is really important when you're in time of 488 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 3: season where you're learning how to trust God. God's timing 489 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 3: is always on time. God's timing is always on time. 490 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 3: You know, I think about right, A lot of us 491 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 3: have had infertility issues, right, some of us, not all 492 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 3: of us. 493 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 4: Some of you are like what do you call that? 494 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 3: You keep popping them out, like Penana Penny. But people 495 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 3: like us, like Hannahs, you know, took us a while. 496 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 3: But timing is perfect because all my girls are nine 497 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 3: years apart, which is perfect because I don't know how 498 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,959 Speaker 3: some of you do it. I don't know how Darwyn 499 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 3: and Maria do it. You know, three boys like one 500 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 3: after the other. I'll put them all together and take 501 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 3: them all to the toilet one time together, and eat 502 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 3: one time together, and just. 503 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 4: But think about it. 504 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 3: Timing and patience is important, and sometimes, you know, what 505 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 3: we can learn from Esther is that sometimes we must 506 00:32:54,200 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 3: take personal risk to make a difference. Sometimes you are 507 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 3: the difference maker and you're waiting for someone else to 508 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 3: step in, but it's actually you. You know how everyone says, oh, 509 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 3: we need this, we need that, and they don't do nothing. 510 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 3: They expect somebody else to do it. And you're like, somebody. 511 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 4: Told God told you. God didn't tell her, or God 512 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,239 Speaker 4: didn't tell us. I not. 513 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 3: I don't hate, but you know, like people always come like, oh, pastor, 514 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 3: we need this, we need that, we need to do this, 515 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 3: we need to get involved with this and that and this, 516 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 3: and I sudden you. 517 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 4: Go do them. 518 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 3: I said, I get plenty of stuff a dode what 519 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 3: you're doing. It's like I don't even want more thing 520 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:48,959 Speaker 3: on my plate. Maybe your a plate needs some more 521 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 3: stuff on. You know what I'm saying, And someone you 522 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 3: do you get plenty of room on your plate. 523 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,959 Speaker 4: I like fill your plate? Would you let me do that? 524 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 3: I'm good at that, And that the lessons we can 525 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 3: learn from Esther is that our lives are linked to 526 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 3: a larger community for which we must care for. 527 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 4: We are we are the changers. 528 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:21,879 Speaker 3: We are God changers. We are the people that God 529 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 3: is wanting to use in our communities because without you, 530 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 3: who will it be. 531 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,399 Speaker 4: Esther could have totally ignored it. 532 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 3: She could have just walked away and just sat there 533 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 3: and just been a just be a queen and get 534 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 3: all her facials every single day. 535 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 4: But she knew her people. 536 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 3: Were at stake, just like right now, right in Israel, 537 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 3: there's a lot of people now, the Jews. 538 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 4: And what's those. What you're going to. 539 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,760 Speaker 3: See more and more and more and more is division. 540 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 4: We're already experiencing it. 541 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 3: We are all experiencing it, even in our own home. 542 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 3: You can't even talk about politics, you can't even talk 543 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:25,320 Speaker 3: about vaccinations, you can't even talk about Israel now. You 544 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:30,240 Speaker 3: can't talk about stuff because everybody has an opinion. Everybody 545 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:37,960 Speaker 3: has their own personal opinions, and the enemy loves it. 546 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 3: He's enjoying watching people get divided. 547 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 4: She fasted, she prayed, and we. 548 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:56,840 Speaker 3: All are praying for unity, for peace, And how do 549 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:06,399 Speaker 3: we become one is love is loving one another. Yeah, 550 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 3: we can have our views, we can have our opinions. 551 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 3: That doesn't that doesn't determine our relationship. 552 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 4: And we have to fight for that. 553 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 3: We have to fight for the relationship more than our opinions. 554 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 3: And that's gonna be hard, because you're gonna have to 555 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 3: trust God, surrendering your what you think is right, what 556 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:39,240 Speaker 3: you know is right, and trusting God that he will 557 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:46,920 Speaker 3: deliver his people, Trusting God that he will turn it around, 558 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 3: Trusting God that his will shall be done here on 559 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 3: earth as it is in heaven. But every one of 560 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:03,320 Speaker 3: us have to come to a place of fully trusting Him. 561 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:04,880 Speaker 4: And I think the reason why this. 562 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 3: Word is so crucial that I felt, you know, I 563 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,360 Speaker 3: sought the Lord. I think this is a period in time, 564 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 3: for such a time as this, that you and I 565 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 3: are called to seek the Lord more than ever. You're 566 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 3: gonna have to trust the Lord more than ever ever. 567 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 4: Like for me, this was the year for me. I 568 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 4: gotta trust God. 569 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:36,840 Speaker 3: I can't freak out every time something happens. I cannot 570 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 3: I can't freak out already. I think I freaked out 571 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 3: already in the last couple of years. I think I'm 572 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 3: my freak muscle. It's the same one, you know, say 573 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 3: say muscle. It's time my prayer life change. It's time 574 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 3: that my that I I drank more and I get 575 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 3: more drunk, I start declaring things over this earth, that 576 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 3: I start shouting. I think shouting helps. It changes you first, 577 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 3: It changes your attitude. You know, like you can be angry, Okay, 578 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 3: you can be angry over the injustice. Okay, but use 579 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 3: that anger and in your prayer, not school God. Okay, 580 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 3: but say it to the devil. 581 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 4: In the name of Jesus. 582 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 3: No, that's not happening here on this earth. No, that's 583 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 3: not happening in my community. That's not happening in my relationship. No, no, no, no, 584 00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 3: that's not happening in my school. I'm not going to 585 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:05,840 Speaker 3: sit there and let them educate my kids on things 586 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 3: that they should not be learning. No, we're not going 587 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 3: to be the one to divide. The Word already divides people. 588 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:27,600 Speaker 3: Let the Word of God be the thing that brings 589 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 3: people together. Because you can't deliver God's word to people 590 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 3: who don't know God. I think that's one thing I've 591 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,200 Speaker 3: learned over my life as a Christian. I can't make 592 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,600 Speaker 3: someone understand what I believe if they don't even have 593 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:49,719 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit in them. You can fight for all 594 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,319 Speaker 3: that you want, but this person has no clue because 595 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 3: their Holy Spirit doesn't live in them, because they have 596 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:59,760 Speaker 3: not received Jesus. Our job is to deliver Jesus to them. 597 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,359 Speaker 3: Our job is not to raise the what is right 598 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:08,919 Speaker 3: and what is wrong. Our job is to bring them 599 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:13,759 Speaker 3: to a relationship with Jesus. Then they will have the 600 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,360 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit. Then they will know the word of God 601 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:21,360 Speaker 3: then and a lot of it is through you. And 602 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 3: I truly believe that there is an urgency, like I'll 603 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,560 Speaker 3: look at everything that I've been going through this year, 604 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,440 Speaker 3: like I'm that type of person that I kind of 605 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 3: have to step back and go, okay, wait, wait, what 606 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 3: is really happening? 607 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,839 Speaker 4: And Mike and I truly believe it's spiritual attacks. 608 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:48,840 Speaker 3: It's like spiritual attacks are higher, Like it's like it's 609 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:57,160 Speaker 3: coming up quicker. It's more evident in our lives as well. 610 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:04,040 Speaker 3: We haven't honestly called Pam Zunik like she's our She 611 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 3: and Nick are like they we go, We tell them everything, 612 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 3: and we're always like texting, Pam, you gotta pray for this, 613 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,640 Speaker 3: pray for that. Pam's got a lot of text this 614 00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:15,239 Speaker 3: past week. 615 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:18,239 Speaker 4: Who do you go to. 616 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,719 Speaker 3: When you feel like there's a spiritual attack happening? Like 617 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:27,800 Speaker 3: it's can you recognize that this is an attack? Because 618 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,920 Speaker 3: sometimes it's really not that person, it's really maybe not 619 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 3: that it's not that person that's making it. There's a 620 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 3: spiritual part about a situation. And so when you recognize 621 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 3: that as a spiritual attack, you know how to pray 622 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:53,440 Speaker 3: in the spirit. You know how to pray for whatever 623 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,239 Speaker 3: it is that God is gonna God's gonna show you. 624 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,640 Speaker 3: And you know, I, you know, it's always a fun 625 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,720 Speaker 3: night to do this kind of stuff, and it's always 626 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,680 Speaker 3: fun to do a fun message where I'm jumping around 627 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:11,000 Speaker 3: and making stupid you know comments that I. 628 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,760 Speaker 4: Sometimes do, but I truly believe. 629 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 3: Trusting the Lord. You know this song, you know, I 630 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,399 Speaker 3: told them this is the theme song for tonight. I said, 631 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:27,759 Speaker 3: I sought the Lord and he answered, and he delivered 632 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:34,600 Speaker 3: me from all my fears. I sought the Lord and 633 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:39,320 Speaker 3: he answered, and he delivered all of my fears. 634 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,760 Speaker 4: It's when we seek the Lord. 635 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,759 Speaker 3: I mean's we come to a place, you know, like 636 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:52,720 Speaker 3: when I read you that post. I've watched my friend 637 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:57,759 Speaker 3: go through this for the last couple of years, and 638 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:03,200 Speaker 3: now she's going to be walking through the last part. 639 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:09,120 Speaker 3: I don't see it as like, oh my gosh, this 640 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 3: is the worst part. I see it as the last part, 641 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,920 Speaker 3: the last part of the journey, and she needs to 642 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:16,640 Speaker 3: finish it. 643 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:21,480 Speaker 4: Well, this is the last. 644 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,759 Speaker 3: It's like, come on, stick it out. This is the 645 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:29,440 Speaker 3: hardest part. But you gotta get through it. You have 646 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:34,759 Speaker 3: to walk, hold your head up high, and just go God. 647 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:39,680 Speaker 3: I'm a servant of the Lord. I'm gonna surrender my 648 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 3: my emotions right now. I am gonna walk through this 649 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:48,439 Speaker 3: valley knowing that for such a time as this, because 650 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:49,399 Speaker 3: I trust you God. 651 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,960 Speaker 4: I trust you God. 652 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,920 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to Lisa Kai Radio broadcast here 653 00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,480 Speaker 2: on pray dot com. We hope you are urged by 654 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:04,040 Speaker 2: today's message hit the heart to save this show. You 655 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:07,640 Speaker 2: can find books and more resources at Lisa Kai dot tv, 656 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,759 Speaker 2: and remember you can find the Lisa Ki channel here 657 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,280 Speaker 2: on pray dot com. 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