1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: Oh, hello, hello, hello, welcome to another podcast. 2 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: Sorry I had to do that. My ears are like 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 2: weirdly blocked. 4 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: So it is Friday and we are gathered here together 5 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: for another podcast. 6 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: But you should be now on day six. Six. 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: Would Friday be six days, five days? It would be 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: day five, day five of the prayer and fasting day, 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: And so I want you to jump on with us 10 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: if you don't know what I'm talking about. Every year, 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: Revival Today Church and Revival Today Ministries does a twenty 12 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: one day prayer and fasting and I want to challenge 13 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: you to start your year off doing the right thing. 14 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: And the right thing is to push away the plate, 15 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: even if it is from six to six. 16 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: You're pushing away the plate. 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: No breakfast, no lunch, but maybe have dinner with your family, 18 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: whatever that might be. But I do want to encourage 19 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: you that if you want twenty twenty five, if you 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: want to squeeze twenty twenty five for everything it has 21 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: for you, for your family and for your business, then 22 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: you've got to put in the work. And the work 23 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: is now, and this time of Prian Fasting is a 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: powerful thing. So we are now on day five, and 25 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: I want you to join us if maybe you started 26 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: and then you're like, oh, I found I had that cheeseburger. 27 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: I didn't have self control. And McDonald's French fries smell 28 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: amazing on a fast Like if you succumb to the 29 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: french fries at McDonald's, if you succumb to the piece 30 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: of pizza with cheese. 31 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: On it, like a little bit like I'm gonna stop. 32 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: Well, in my head, if you did that, it's okay. 33 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: I mean it's not okay, Like, come on, but jump 34 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: back in. See, we get so religious about this stuff 35 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: that we just give up and quit. It's too hard. 36 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: I can't do it. Well, jump back in, all right, 37 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: don't be a loser. Just step into it again and 38 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: get back at it today. I am opening up the 39 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: scriptures in the Book of Mark. 40 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: Ah does that bother anyone? 41 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: The Book of Mark, And it says here in verse fourteen, 42 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: And when he came to the disciples, he saw great 43 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. 44 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 2: Immediately when they. 45 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: Saw him, all the people were greatly amazed and running 46 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: to him, to him, greeted him. And he asked the scribes, 47 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: what are you discussing with them? The one then one 48 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: of the crowd answered and said, teacher, I brought you 49 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: my son who has a mute spirit, and wherever it 50 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: seizes him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, 51 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to 52 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: your disciples that they should cast it out. 53 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 2: But they could not. 54 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: He answered verse nineteen, Oh, faithless generation, how long shall 55 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: I be with you? 56 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me. 57 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: Then they brought him to him, and when he saw him, 58 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: the boy immediately the spirit convulsed him and he fell 59 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. So 60 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: we asked the father how long has this been happening 61 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: to him? And he said from childhood, and often he's 62 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: thrown them both into the fire and into the water 63 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: to destroy him. 64 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: But if you can do anything, have compassion on us 65 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 2: and help us. It's a powerful question. 66 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: But if you can do anything, if you can do anything, 67 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: if you have compassion, if you. 68 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 2: Help us, help you. So it's evident here. 69 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: Because a lot of times what people do in religion 70 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: is they use this scripture as as kind of like 71 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: your golden ticket to not really have faith. Because this 72 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: guy didn't really have faith, and Jesus bypassed all of 73 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: that and took care of his son. But what we see, 74 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: if we're gonna squeeze it out, we see that at 75 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: the very beginning, he really didn't know who Jesus was. 76 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: He's heard about him, he's heard of the ability to heal, 77 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 1: but he doesn't really know his character. He doesn't really 78 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: know his power, and he's sure as heck doesn't know 79 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: his promises. 80 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: And so when we. 81 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: Start to dissect this, we get into the reason why 82 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: Jesus healed the boy and why we must eradicate unbelief. 83 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: If you want twenty twenty five. 84 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: To be amazing, then there's some legwork you gotta do. Okay, 85 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: And it says here, So he asked his father, how 86 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: long has this been happening? 87 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 2: Blah blah blah. Okay. 88 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: So then verse twenty three, Jesus said to him, if 89 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: you can believe, all things are possible. To him who 90 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: believes he's trying to teach him, he's coaching him through 91 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: He's like, you got this wrong. I want you to 92 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: know that if you have the belief, if you have 93 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: faith in who I am and my promises, my integrity, 94 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: and my character then all of this is not even 95 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: going to be a question if I can, if you can, 96 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: what kind of insult is that all things are possible 97 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: to him who believes? And you know how he answered, 98 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: he said immediately the father of the child cried out 99 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: and said with tears he was broken about it. 100 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: He's sword Lord, he said, Lord, I believe, Help me. 101 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: To not or I'm sorry, help my unbelief, Lord, I believe, 102 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: help my unbelief. 103 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 2: That's such a strange thing to say. I believe, but 104 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: I don't believe. 105 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: In my head, I really did kind of like interpret 106 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: it as that I believe, help my unbelief. I'm believing, 107 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: but I'm not believing what That doesn't make sense? And 108 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: so I was thinking, like, there's got to be something 109 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: to that. There's got to be an element that I 110 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: simply don't understand at just looking glancing at that scripture. 111 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: There's got to be more and law, and behold, there 112 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: definitely was. So I looked up the word belief, and 113 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: you know what it means. It means intellectual agreement or 114 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: acknowledgment of truth. 115 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: That's not faith. 116 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of us who believe that the 117 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: promises of God exist and that they're true, but it 118 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: stops from making it personal in their own lives, in 119 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: their own finances, in their own health. 120 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: And so it matters what you believe, But what matters the. 121 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: Most is what you put your faith out for or 122 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: what you put your faith in, because belief in faith 123 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: they're not the same. 124 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: It starts as a belief. 125 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: It starts as me saying that you can be free 126 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: from every one of your infirmities, every one of your 127 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: sicknesses and diseases. You could be free from every oppression 128 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: of the enemy. You don't have have to live in poverty. 129 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: Jesus purchased all of that for you, and you can 130 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: listen to it and you can believe that. But believing 131 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: is only gonna get you so far. Believing is what 132 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: got to him to the feet of Jesus. That's great, 133 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: but it didn't get the job done. Faith in the 134 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: very essence of what it is is trust and reliance. See, 135 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: faith is putting that belief into action. And how do 136 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: we put that belief into action. That's what we're gonna 137 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: talk about here today. How do I get it from 138 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: I believe, I believe, I believe I believe to now 139 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: it's faith in action, and now I rely and it's 140 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: that belief I'm putting it into action. 141 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: I love that because faith is action. Faith isn't just. 142 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: Sitting there declaring I believe it's going to be a 143 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: different ear and everything's gonna change. And then you sit 144 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: there and you do nothing about it. You don't treat 145 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: anybody any different, you don't go to work any earlier, 146 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: you don't put in the effort at the gym, you 147 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: don't eat better, you don't pray more, you don't read 148 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: the word more. So you're just it's all about the 149 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: talking element of it. It's like, oh, I could say 150 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: that I agree with those things, but do you really 151 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: agree with it? Because faith has action, Faith causes you 152 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: to do something about. 153 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 2: What you believe. 154 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: I believe that if I continue to eat crap, I 155 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: am going to be overweight and feel like crap. I 156 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: don't want to feel like crap. I'm in it for 157 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: the longevity. I'm in it for the strength. I don't 158 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: want to be fifty and feeble. I don't want to be, 159 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: you know, in a weak state of mind. I don't 160 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: want to be insecure when I take the platform. So 161 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: what do I do that believe. I'm going to now 162 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: pair it up with my faith, which leads me to action. 163 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: Faith always wants you to activate it by doing something. 164 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 2: And so faith is trusting. 165 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: God even through the difficult circumstances, even through the challenges. 166 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: And that's how you know you're getting into that realm 167 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: of faith, because this doesn't matter what's happening around you. 168 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: You can discredit everything and everyone and say I am healed, 169 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: I am blessed. And in fact, that's how it works 170 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: for Jonathan and I. For quite a long time, we 171 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: didn't have thousands of dollars in the bank account. We 172 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: barely had two hundred and fifty dollars in the bank account. 173 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: I remember one time we cashed all the checks for 174 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: the month and I paid all the bills and we 175 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: were all like, it's it's such a great feeling. 176 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 2: But at the end of. 177 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: At the end of the week, we had fifty dollars left. 178 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: So I was like, let me tell you right now, 179 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: we're not eating. We're not going out to eat this week. 180 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: We got mac and cheese. Here, I got some spaghetti. 181 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: I'll make you the best mac and cheese you've ever had. 182 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: And see, at that time, it never felt like a 183 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: struggle because we knew the promises of God. 184 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 2: This is temporary. This is just temporary. 185 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: I know that if I continue to sew, if I 186 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: continue to stay in alignment with the Word of God, 187 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: that all of that is just going to be a 188 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: byproduct of who I am and what I believe I 189 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: am and the actions I put forth. 190 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 2: So all of a sudden, it's like you're. 191 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: Just kind of saying it and there's no real evidence 192 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: of it. But that's what faith is, is you stepping 193 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: out and saying the word. 194 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 2: And you're not a hypocrite to do so. You're not 195 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 2: a hypocrite to say. 196 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: That you're healed when you haven't seen significant breakthrough in 197 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: your body. You're not a hypocrite for saying that. You're 198 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: smart for saying that because the Word of God is true. 199 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: The Bible says, let the Word of God be true, 200 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: and every man be a liar. So anything that doesn't 201 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: line up with the truth found in the Word of 202 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: God is a lie. The symptoms, that's a lie. My 203 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: bank account, that's a lie. Right now, I believe that 204 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: I am who he said I am, and that I 205 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: have access to what he says. I have access to. 206 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: So that's what I'm gonna align myself with. And the 207 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: more you align yourself up with that reality, the more 208 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: you become it, and the more you become it, the 209 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: more you act on that. 210 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 2: And when you act on it, everything changes. 211 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: And so it's important that if you want to step 212 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: into this realm of faith, it's not just a belief. 213 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 2: It's like it's a a I believe. 214 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: It and I receive it, and I'll active by doing 215 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: whatever you tell me to do. 216 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 2: There's always that part. There's always that part to play, 217 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 2: and it requires. 218 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: You to surrender and to have confidence in who God is. 219 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: And it's interesting because he said, he said, if you 220 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 1: can do anything, if you can do. 221 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 2: It, if you have the power to do it, go 222 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 2: ahead and do it. 223 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: And he said, if you have compassion, if you're kind enough, 224 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: if that's even your. 225 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 2: Moo, I don't even know if that's you know, part 226 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 2: of who you are, part of your character. So if 227 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 2: you could do it, if you can, if. 228 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: You have the power to do it, or if you 229 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: could do it you have the power, Okay, then there's 230 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: if you have compassion. Talking about the essence of who 231 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 1: God is and his character, I don't really know your character, 232 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: I don't know your power. And then it says if 233 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: you could help us, which means he doesn't even know 234 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: the promise is of God. 235 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 2: It's evident that he doesn't know the promises because why because. 236 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: That's the whole reason Jesus came is to fulfill that promise. 237 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 2: From the very. 238 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: Beginning when we see Adam and Eve fall, there was 239 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: a promise that God had given man, and he said, 240 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bring a redeemer and I'm going to restore 241 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: humanity back to me, and that's the whole reason why 242 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: Jesus was there. But those are the three things that 243 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: we miss when we walk in unbelief. You don't really 244 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: know God's character, you don't really know God's promise, and 245 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: you don't really know his powers. 246 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 2: You're missing it in one of those three areas. So 247 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 2: you have to figure out what it is. 248 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: If you think that he's not compassionate towards you, that 249 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: he wants to harm you, and then he wants to 250 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: put that cancer on you to teach you a lesson, 251 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: you have no idea the character of God. So that's 252 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: a problem if you think that somehow this is coming 253 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: from the hand of God. Himself, and that there's a 254 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: plan in it, then you obviously don't know the promises 255 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: of God. And if you think that God's not able 256 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: to do it because it's too much of a hard case, 257 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: and that this is stage four and they said that 258 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: it's never gonna I don't have I only have six 259 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: months to live. Sis, Well, if you believe that, you 260 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: don't understand the power. 261 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: So let's understand it. 262 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: Let's see what the word of God has to say 263 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: in regards to these three things. Let's start with character. 264 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: My stomach is grumbling so hard right now. I was 265 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: driving and all of a sudden, I had like one 266 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: little grumble. It was like I was like, okay, that's fine, 267 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: And then there was a second wave. It was a 268 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: second like hunger, pang, and I'm telling you, it almost 269 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: buckled me over. 270 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 2: I was like, uh, so, body shut up. You know 271 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. I gotta tell myself that sometimes you 272 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 2: shut up. You shut up, belly. 273 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: You aren't controlling me as much as I want to 274 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: have a piece of pizza and a donut right now, 275 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have this water, So shut up. 276 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 2: If you hear my stomach grumble, you know what it'll 277 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 2: sing a song to you. Okay. 278 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: God's character refers to his nature. Write that down. We're 279 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: talking about the three things that will how do I 280 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: say this? Three things that will take you out of unbelief. 281 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: Three things that will take you out of unbelief. Knowing 282 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: God's character, Why is that important? Because you have to 283 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: know what's an are. You have to know you know 284 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: somebody's nature, you know somebody's disposition. 285 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 2: You know how your. 286 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: Dad is when he's in a bad mood and you're like, 287 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: you can sense it the moment you walk in. It's quiet, 288 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: it's somber. You're like, two steps back, I'm gonna close 289 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: this door. I'm gonna let him do his thing because 290 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: you know, there's anger. It's not a great time to communicate. 291 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: I even know that about Jonathan. I know the prime 292 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: times where I can communicate to get what I want, 293 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I know the and then 294 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: I know the times where he's like stand offish and 295 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: he's you know, there's overwhelmed with certain things that I'm like, 296 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: I don't approach him on those days. 297 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 2: I'm smarter than that. 298 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: So you have to understand God's nature, who he is 299 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: and and this is gonna give you confidence in believing 300 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: and receiving things because you trust him because his character 301 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: is unche The Bible says, he's the same yesterday, today, 302 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: and today, and he's loving, and he's righteous, and he's compassionate, 303 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 1: and he cares about you, dag nab it. He cares 304 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: castor cares on me because I care for you. How's 305 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: that's amazing to me. That's one of those scriptures that like, 306 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: if I just sit and let that wash over me, 307 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 1: I just will become a little ball and just hysterically 308 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: cry because who am I that you would be mindful 309 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: of me? 310 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 2: Who am I that you would care about what goes 311 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 2: on in my life every day? That blows my mind? 312 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: And I love him so much, And it says you're 313 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 1: in Exodus thirty four to six. It says the Lord, 314 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, 315 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: abounding in love and faithfulness. Numbers twenty three nineteen says 316 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: God is not a man, so he doesn't like is 317 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: he not human? Or he is not human, so he 318 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: doesn't change his mind? Has he ever spoken and failed 319 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through? 320 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 2: Come on man. 321 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: This is the nature of who he is. If I 322 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: promise something, I'll fulfill it in your life. Don't overstep, 323 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: don't sidestep the way you know we should be doing it. 324 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: But I'll tell you, if you stay in alignment with me, 325 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: if you stay in faith, I could tell you everything 326 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: I lost was because I stepped out of that alignment. 327 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm bold enough to say it. Most people aren't. Most 328 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: people will say, I don't know why the Lord would 329 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: do that act, And I can say confidently, First of all, 330 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: there's three powers at work, human, Satan and God. 331 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 2: God didn't want my son to die. 332 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: I didn't want my son to die, and there was 333 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: like a demonic uh. 334 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 2: Agenda to see that my son died. 335 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: Absolutely, So, right now, there's two forces at work in 336 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: your life, God's power or the Devil's power. Which one 337 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: are you gonna step into alignment with. That's the one 338 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: that's gonna take place. That's the one that's gonna really uh, 339 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: whatever whatever you feed is gonna be the the stronger. 340 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 2: Pull, the stronger weight in your life. 341 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: So if you're gonna if you're gonna like inch into unbelief, 342 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: if you're gonna go into doubt, if you're gonna go 343 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: into fear, if you're gonna go into all things and 344 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: tie the scripture, then you're gonna see that. Oh there's 345 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 1: consequences to that. And so. 346 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 2: I allowed fear to come in. 347 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: And I do believe that there was a demonic agenda 348 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: assigned for my life because the end result or the 349 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: end goal that the devil had wasn't just to kill 350 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: my son, It was to kill me. I was on 351 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: the on the and so what happened. I was just 352 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: in total fear about the whole thing. And so you 353 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: can't be in fear. 354 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 2: And why was I? 355 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: And when I start to dissect it, why wasn't I, 356 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: like fully trusting, fully confident in God? Because I didn't 357 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: really know his nature and I wasn't convinced of it. 358 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: And so it says here in Psalm one forty five, 359 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 1: verse eight and nine. The Lord is gracious and compassionate, 360 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: slow to anger, and so rich in love. The Lord 361 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: is good to all. He has compassion on all he 362 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: has made. He has compassion towards you. So even if 363 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: there is a hiccup, even if there is a whoops, 364 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: he gives you a very gentle pow pow and says, hey, 365 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: come back into alignment. 366 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 2: I love you. 367 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: There's purpose for you, there's a plan for you. This 368 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: is who God is. This is his nature. He's not weak, 369 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: he's not a softy, but he has a soft spot 370 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: for you. 371 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 2: He has so much love and compassion for you. That's 372 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 2: his nature. 373 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: That's truly his nature towards you, who are redeemed and 374 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: accepted Jesus Christ's Lord and savior. That same kind of 375 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: compassion is available for everybody, but not everybody accepts it. 376 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,199 Speaker 1: For God so loved the world, there's that love for 377 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: the world that's readily available. It's available to you right 378 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: now if you so accept it. If you just say, Father, 379 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: forgive me for my sin. I believe that you are 380 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: my savior. I believe that Jesus is the son of God, 381 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: and that he died for me, and he forgave me 382 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: through the blood of Jesus. He forgave me of every 383 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: sin that I've ever done. And Father, I received that forgiveness. 384 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: I am your daughter, I am your son. I receive 385 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: that forgiveness out in the name of Jesus. If you 386 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: do that, then. 387 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 2: All of a sudden, it it's for you. It starts activating. 388 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: See that in and of itself was an action that 389 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: you heard about this belief that Jesus forgives sin. You 390 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: heard that you do need a redeemer and that the 391 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: ways that you're going in right now are going to 392 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: lead you to death and an eternity apart from Jesus. 393 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: And there is a place called heaven and there is 394 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: a place called hell, and you've got to make that. 395 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 2: Decision once again, the decision is yours. 396 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: The choices have to be made, and you made the 397 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: choice to believe or not believe, and hopefully you changed 398 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: your mind. But when you change, when you activated that prayer, 399 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: that was an action. You stepped outside of the realm 400 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: of belief and went into faith and said I believe it. 401 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: Now I'm going to activate it by something that I say, 402 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: because I need this, And so you said it, activate it, 403 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: and now your life is transformed. 404 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 2: That's how that works. Ah, He's good to you, that's 405 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 2: his nature. He's compassionate towards me. He loves me. 406 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: You should say that for some of you guys, you 407 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: need to say that because you've never had like true 408 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:03,959 Speaker 1: proper love exemplified in your life, whether it was like 409 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: just suck your relationships in your family, or people backstabbing 410 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: you and just betraying you left and right. Join the club, Ah, 411 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: join the club. But thankfully my eyes are on Jesus, 412 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: because I recognize that true, the true love source comes 413 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: from God, the Father God is love. So I can't 414 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: even really accept love and give love until I've first 415 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: met love. And so the second thing I want you 416 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: to understand to come out of that state of unbelief 417 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: is you've got to know the promises of God. 418 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 2: What is this? This is the word, Know it, get 419 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 2: acquainted with it. 420 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 1: God's promises are his declarations, the very words that he spoke, 421 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: and those are the things that he will do. 422 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: You've got to be convinced that he's going to do them. 423 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 2: You've got to be convinced that they're even there. 424 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: And the his promise is come from who he is, 425 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: his nature, his very character come from this, or the 426 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: promises come from this, and so his promises are rooted 427 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 1: right smack dab in his nature, in his character. So 428 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: you have to be at a state where I am unfazed, 429 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: I am unbothered by what's happening around me, because I 430 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: know his promises are reliable. I know his promises are true, 431 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: and I know they are unchanging. 432 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: They will never change. So I gotta believe that. 433 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 1: I gotta really be acquainted with that reality in my 434 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 1: life because there's some times and most of the times, 435 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: I don't know the percentage, but I'd say it's high 436 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: ninety eight percent. Don't quote me on that, but I 437 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: would say from for the most part, people convince themselves 438 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: out of the promises of God. You you do you 439 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: do that look in the mirror you I'm talking about you. 440 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: You convinced yourself out of that and said, oh, I've 441 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: just my. 442 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 2: Past is too much. 443 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,239 Speaker 1: I deserve this because you know I was this, and 444 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: you know what I had to pass. I was a 445 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: drug addict and now I'm suffering the consequences in my body. 446 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: I've got hepsi and all this kind of stuff. But 447 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: that's fine because that's what I deserve. No bull crap, bull, 448 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna call your bull. I smell it. It smells 449 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 1: like nonsense, and you know it. But that's what we do. 450 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: We're so good at convincing ourselves out of that and saying, 451 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: you know what, God, but you know what, like it's 452 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: probably you know this isn't really coming into effect because 453 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: I'm the scumbag of the earth. I'm terrible. I missed 454 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 1: it here. That's not how God thinks about you. The 455 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: Bible says, as far as the east is from the west, 456 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: that's how far He's removed your sins from you. So, yeah, 457 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: doesn't even remember you, just keep bringing it up. No 458 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: one likes that. No one likes to be around somebody 459 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 1: that brings up stuff from the past, like a baggage, 460 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: you know, like the baggage is constantly baggage. 461 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 2: It's such a turnoff. It's like, why are you talking 462 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:20,719 Speaker 2: about that again? Are you healed of that ill? Nancy? Stop? 463 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 2: You can't do that. You gotta get better, you know 464 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. 465 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: Leave that nasty stuff behind and let's move on to 466 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: a new dog. 467 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 2: Significant change in the taste of that water. 468 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: But anyway, so God's promises, if you are turning with me. 469 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 1: In scripture Joshua twenty three fourteen says, you know with 470 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: all your heart and soul that not one of all 471 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: the good promises. 472 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 2: The lords or God gave you has failed. 473 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: Every promise has been fulfilled, not one has failed. 474 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 2: Read that. Read that every day. 475 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: Read that every day and convince yourself it's not going 476 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: to change. 477 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 2: He's reliable. First second, Peter one four says. 478 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: Through these he has given us his very great and 479 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 1: precious promise, so that through them you may participate in 480 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in this world 481 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: caused by evil desires. 482 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 2: So m that's so good. Through these his. 483 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 1: Promises, this is what I'm talking about. You see his 484 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: precious promises. You see the very nature his divine nature, 485 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: and there's a reason for it, so that you can 486 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: participate in his reality. 487 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 2: Who he is. Promises come from his nature, and now 488 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 2: we step into divine nature because of the access to 489 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 2: these promises that come from who he is and his 490 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 2: mode of operation. So they're all connected. And finally, God's power. 491 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: You want to step out of unbelief, be acquainted with 492 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: God's power, get acquainted with God's power, get acquainted with 493 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: his promises that come from the word of God, get 494 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: acquainted with his nature. It says here in Jeremiah twenty three, 495 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I got dyslectics. First dyslectic thirty two. Jeremiah 496 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: thirty two, seventeen. Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the 497 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: heavens and the earth, by your great power and outstretched arm. 498 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 2: Nothing is too hard for you. What is God's power. 499 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: God's power is his ability to accomplish what he promised. 500 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 2: See how that's all like linked up. 501 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: He assures us that nothing is too hard for him, 502 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: and is promises aren't empty. There's a lot of people 503 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: that have like these empty promises. Yeah, I'll do that 504 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: for you, and you're like waiting six years and they're like, 505 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: I don't think he's actually gonna pay for that tuition. 506 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 2: I don't know. He said he was gonna pay for 507 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 2: my school, but never did. He said he was going 508 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 2: to do this, but they never really did that, can't. 509 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 2: It's just not really trusted. Their words are empty. 510 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: But God's promises are never empty. His words are never empty. 511 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: Towards US, Ephesians at three twenty says, Now to him 512 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: who is able to do immeasurably more than all we 513 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: could ask or imagine, according to his power that's at 514 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: work in US. Isaiah forty twenty nine and thirty one 515 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: says he gives strength to the weary and increases the 516 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: power of the weak. Even youth grow tired and weary, 517 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: and young men stumble and fall. But those whose hope 518 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: is in the Lord will renew their strength. They will 519 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: soar on wings like ain't eagles. They will run and 520 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: not grow weary, they will walk and not faint. That's 521 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,719 Speaker 1: source of hope. It's not by might, it's not by power, 522 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: but it is by the spirit, says the Lord of Hosts. 523 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: When you tap into the spirit, all of a sudden 524 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: you are inundated with supernatural strength. It's not by your 525 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: own power, by your own strength and ability. There's this 526 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: realm of power that comes when you are connected to 527 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: the divine nature of Jesus Christ. 528 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 2: And that is something that it doesn't. 529 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: Matter how strong you are in the natural or how 530 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: weak you are. You might be one hundred and twenty 531 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: pounds so can wet. You might be two hundred and 532 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,479 Speaker 1: fifty all muscles. We're not talking about this kind of power. 533 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: We're not talking about the power that's given to us 534 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: in the natural. 535 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 2: We're talking about. 536 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: Power that's given to us in the spirit realm. And 537 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: that's what's necessary to accomplish what you have in store 538 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: for you according to the God, the call of God 539 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: on your life, according to His promises towards you. You 540 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: have promises available right now. There's a call of God 541 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: on your life right now. There is something on the 542 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: inside of you that is different, and it needs perfecting, 543 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: and it needs to be sought after. 544 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 2: You need to get into alignment. 545 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: And that's what twenty one days of print fasting will do, 546 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: is getting all of that back into alignment. Because the 547 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,959 Speaker 1: times you see that, you start to splinter off throughout 548 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 1: the year, and there's projects and this and things take 549 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: you off course. But in the beginning of the month 550 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: and the beginning of the year, when you take the 551 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: time to understand the heart of God, to understand his nature, 552 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: his character, to understand his promises, and to understand his power, 553 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, everything starts coming into alignment and 554 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: there's no room for unbelief. How are you gonna how 555 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 1: are you gonna even question the integrity of God? When 556 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: you know those three things, you can't. 557 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 2: And it says here. 558 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, 559 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: with tears, eye, Lord, I believe helped me help my unbelief. 560 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, 561 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: he rebuked the unclean spirit. So that's how you know 562 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: that that whole like theology about you just believing and 563 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: still having unbelief in. 564 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 2: Your life will get the job done. 565 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: Ah, it didn't, because here it says that Jesus seeing 566 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: the multitude, seeing the crowd, so he said it so 567 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: that he could say, let your glory be shown to all. 568 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 2: Of these people. 569 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: He made up his mind, I'm going to make sure 570 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: that this kid is healed, because this is going to 571 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: be a great testimony for people to carry in the 572 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: generations to come. 573 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 2: That was important. That's why he was on earth. That's 574 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 2: why he did a lot of what he did. 575 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: He said so that this generation can believe, so that 576 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 1: they could see your great miracles. That was his That's 577 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: always been his mode of operation. Asked the Hebrew people 578 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: coming up out of Egypt, what is Passover? 579 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 2: Read it? 580 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 1: Passover is just everything that happened for Passover is so 581 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: that we could tell the generations to come of the 582 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 1: great things that God has done. Everything it was just 583 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: to flex a muscle. It's like poop, look at that 584 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: he's flexing. He's flexing pillar of a pillar of a 585 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: cloud during the day and a pillar of fire by night. 586 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,320 Speaker 2: I mean that was just to name the very basic 587 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 2: things that happened out in the wilderness. But why was that? 588 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:40,240 Speaker 1: Because he wanted to for an unbelieving generation. He wanted 589 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: to have their eyes open up to that possibility, and 590 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 1: that's why he did it. 591 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 2: So later on it says why didn't this happen? 592 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: And he said, this comes not but by prayer and fasting, 593 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: and so that that whole scripture there, Jonathan run in 594 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: the beginning of the week on Sunday, if I'm not mistaken, 595 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: and it was more for insight on the effectiveness of 596 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: prayer and fasting, that it does loose the chains of 597 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: bondage and it brings freedom and strength and power in 598 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: the spirit. 599 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 2: But for me, that's the one thing that stood out. 600 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: I was like, wait a minute, help I believe, Help 601 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,320 Speaker 1: my unbelief. That doesn't make sense. And that's what the 602 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 1: Holy Girl showed me. It was like, these are the 603 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: three things that he commented, and it's because he didn't 604 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: really know who I was, my nature, he didn't know 605 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: my power, and he didn't know the promises. 606 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 2: So if you understand those things, you're set to win. 607 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 2: In twenty twenty five, no unbelief. I refuse to carry unbelief. 608 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 1: If God's word says it, I believe it, and it's done. 609 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 1: I'll activate it with the things that I do. That's 610 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: where I want to be. That's what I strive to be. 611 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 1: There's power in your words. I want to believe that 612 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: every power, every word that's ever been given in the 613 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 1: Word of God, that I can speak it out and 614 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: there's manifestations of that that come in. 615 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,960 Speaker 2: I want to believe in the word. I want to 616 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 2: believe it and I don't want to doubt it. 617 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: And I know that's for you too. So those are 618 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:12,880 Speaker 1: the ways to tackle it. 619 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 2: Father, in the name of Jesus. 620 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,239 Speaker 1: I thank you for every person that's watching, and I 621 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: pray that twenty twenty five would be a year of 622 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: unusual miracles and manifestations of your power. 623 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 2: Father. 624 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 1: Every person that's believing for a touch in their body, 625 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,680 Speaker 1: let them receive it. Even now, I command every tumor 626 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 1: to dissolve, I command every anxiety to melt away. 627 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,320 Speaker 2: I command everything from. 628 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: The top of their head down to the soles of 629 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 1: their feet to come into alignment with your word. Today, 630 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 1: in the mighty name of Jesus, Father, we decree that we. 631 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 2: Will never be in unbelief. 632 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: That spirit of unbelief we unmask it, we see who 633 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: it is and what it is and its effect on 634 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: our lives, and we shut the door to it. 635 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,320 Speaker 2: Father, And we are convinced of your character. 636 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 1: We're convinced of your promise, and we're convinced of your 637 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: power this day in the mighty name of Jesus, and 638 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:08,280 Speaker 1: we're so humbled by your love and your compassion towards 639 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: us and your power and just everything. 640 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 2: You are is just amazing. And we love you and 641 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,280 Speaker 2: we thank you for everything. 642 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: In Jesus's name, All God's people say, Amen, jump on 643 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,279 Speaker 1: the fast with us if you can. 644 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 2: I love you. Am I missing anything else? 645 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: Are we doing? Any announcements now? We'll catch you next week. 646 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,359 Speaker 2: Bye.