Defend Your Inheritance: Responding to the Enemy’s Counterattack

``because, unfortunately, there is a real enemy. And when you are taking steps to move forward in the kingdom of God, he's not just a cartoon character, like, hanging around Downtown Vacaville like, hey, kid. You wanna gamble? That's not who the enemy is. He's actually real, and he's out to steal, kill, and destroy. So when you are taking advances in the kingdom of God, he's saying, no. I'm gonna come and discourage. I'm gonna come and delay. I'm gonna come and destroy so that you will not take hold of all that God has for you. [00:01:51] (35 seconds)  #EnemyIsReal

``But thanks be to God that we stand on a kingdom that will not be shaken. We know how this ends. Spoiler alert, the enemy will burn eternally in a lake of fire, and he knows it so we can stand on the victory of Christ. But Jesus says, my blood is enough. My victory is enough. I have given you every weapon you need to fight against the advances of the enemy, and he is inviting you into the battle. He's saying, stand with me. Take ground with me. We can do this together. [00:02:26] (32 seconds)  #VictoryInChrist

``These weren't technically his people, but their land represented his inheritance. So the Gibeonites weren't the Israelites, but they were represented land that was rightfully theirs as God's promise for them. So when Joshua hears that there is a devised attack from the enemy on the land that God has promised him, he doesn't sit back like, it's not my people. It's not my land. Let someone else take care of it. He says, oh, no. What did you say? What was that now? I've spent nine chapters taking boldly, courageously, obediently the land God has for me, And now you say there's an attack devised against me and my inheritance and my people and my family? Oh, no. No. No. Hold my falafel. I'm going up. We're gonna go help Gibeon. [00:05:04] (50 seconds)  #StandForMyInheritance

``And my question to you this morning is how do you respond when you hear that the enemy wants to advance on your territory? Are you lackadaisical? Like, oh, you know, someone else's problem. We'll deal with that later. Is it you know, it's not that big of a deal. People live with addiction every day. Not every marriage is perfect. Kids will be kids. Anxiety is just a part of who I am. Well, I tried to get plugged into a local church, but then or is your attitude like Joshua's, no way, not on my watch, I'm signing up for the group, I'm getting into the recovery program, I'm going up to the front to worship, I'm signing up for counseling, I'm removing the pornography from the house, I'm making the phone call. I'm asking for forgiveness because I heard there's an attack from my land, and I'm not gonna sit back idly while the enemy advances on my territory. Hold my falafel. Not gonna happen. [00:05:58] (62 seconds)  #NotOnMyWatch

``You know, in 2017, I had the most, oh, crazy bout of panic and anxiety. It was so debilitating. I went to the depths and back. And I hope you hear the weight of that because I know there's people in this room that you struggle with the same things, and it's so hard to understand when you're not in it. But I let me tell you, sister friend, I was in it. I was pregnant with our third daughter, and all of a sudden, it just hit me like a freight train, like panic attacks, couldn't stay at stoplights, couldn't stand on stage and preach anymore. [00:07:06] (35 seconds)  #RealAboutAnxiety

``And I I mean, I had such a foreboding spirit of darkness that just followed me. And I'm a good Christian girl. I don't know where it came from. I wasn't sinning. I wasn't doing anything bad. But then the spirit of opposition just came so heavily. And I remember telling my husband many times, I don't wanna wake up tomorrow morning. I wasn't suicidal. I just was like, I don't wanna have to face this attack again and again and again. So can I just go to sleep and not wake up tomorrow morning because I can't handle much more of this? [00:07:41] (36 seconds)  #OverwhelmedButHere

``My people fought for me. They gave me grace. They I could've I could've lived a good life. I might not have taken much more advancement in my spiritual inheritance, but I could have lived a good life. I could have been a comfortable mom who maybe never preached on stage again, but I would have been loved, I would have been accepted, and I would have went to heaven. This is a good life. But I knew deep down that that was not the abundant life for me. This was not their battle. This was my battle. [00:08:47] (35 seconds)  #ThisIsMyBattle

``The battle of panic and anxiety, this was my battle. This was not theirs to fight. So I was thankful that they fought for me, but this was personal. Sometimes the enemy comes personally for your inheritance, and you have to decide, am I gonna let other people fight for me, or am I gonna take up the weapons? And am I gonna battle for what the Lord has purchased for me? You see, this was personal because panic and anxiety tried to silence my voice. [00:09:22] (30 seconds)  #ScriptureAndTherapy