God Keeps His Word: Judgment, Mercy, and Pride

You go, well, man, I'm not like Jonah. You know, like god hadn't called me to preach to the nations and I'm running from it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But but what if what if the lord's calling you to to get out of debt and and you are just ignoring that call. Is is that any less disobedient? What if what if the lord is is calling you to to befriend and reach a neighbor that you don't necessarily like and and you're ignoring that. Isn't it is is that any less disobedient? Than what Jonah did? [01:33:21] (41 seconds)  #ObeyEveryCall

Man, I'm glad you're praying but you need to open the book because what I have found is we can get ourselves way out in left field God always keeps his word and the third thing Obadiah taught us is pride comes before fall. When we become prideful, we set ourselves up like the Edomites did in in in the in the mountains of Edom and we we position ourselves and we are so prideful on how we have done things and what we have done and we've left god out. [01:30:46] (44 seconds)  #PrideBeforeFall

Now, you look at me and go, man, god's really been speaking to me. I'm going to go From what scripture? Because if he's not speaking to you through his word And so if you're only hearing from him by your spirit and never from his word, you are not spending time here. Then what you're hearing is probably not his spirit because his spirit will always work in tandem with his word Come on. [01:29:25] (51 seconds)  #SpiritAndScripture

Now, Nahum has ended and you go, what is the takeaway from all of that depressing book The takeaway is this, God keeps his word God will do what god says. You go, what does that mean to me? Well, twofold. If it's in this book, if god said it, god will do it. Secondly, if god speaks to you god will fulfill his promise. [01:07:07] (54 seconds)  #GodKeepsHisWord

And the reason that I know that's true is because the fact is, is if we brought god into the equation, it would cease to be about us and it would become about other people That's why I had tremendous respect for for all of the volunteers who showed up yesterday and spent their day serving other people because the fact is they didn't have to do that but they walked in here with a servant's heart to serve people who couldn't, in turn, repay them. [01:24:39] (51 seconds)  #ServeOthersFirst

People aren't paying to go to servanthood conferences but look at the scripture Everything he teaches us about leadership at all has to do with servanthood. I didn't come to have my feet washed. I came to wash other people's feet. I didn't I didn't come to be served. I came to serve. When it's about me, I have a tendency to completely leave god out. [01:24:06] (33 seconds)  #ServantLeadership

even when you can't see him, and it seems like everything around you is dark and everything around you is coming at you, your father is there. Yes. And he's waiting and he's protecting you and he's standing there. I will bless those who bless you. I will curse those who curse you. Nahum said, he reserves his wrath for his enemies. For those who rise up against his kids. [00:58:12] (39 seconds)  #GodProtectsHisKids

That's the message Pentecostals don't like to hear. Charismatics don't like to hear but Imma tell you, it's the truth. As a Pentecostal I'm telling you that's the truth. That's where our movement gets off. As we go, well, you know what? I I hadn't spent a whole lot of time in his word but I sure do spend a lot of time in prayer. Man, I'm glad you're praying but you need to open the book [01:30:15] (37 seconds)  #ReadTheBibleNotJustPray