Overcoming Stumbling Blocks: A Journey of Faith

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All of us here will stumble with what I'm going to preach on today but when we stumble we can actually grow in our walk with God here and we can actually go deeper and we can grow deeper in our relationship and we can actually grow and reach more people here and it's a question that you're going to probably be faced with every day here is satanic opposition in your mind. [00:01:18]

There's not a day that I thank God for all of these things that he has for me but there's not a day that sometimes Satan puts something in my mind here, okay, that is not the will of God here and I have to tell Satan here you're not getting in the will of God for my life here you're going to have to get behind thee. [00:01:41]

Jesus here had been talking to the religious leaders of the day and they wanted some proof of who he was here and so Jesus when you look at the first part of the chapter here in Matthew 16 he told him to look up in the sky and when you can see some things with your eyes here you can use discernment when it's going to rain when it's going to storm. [00:03:23]

The only way that people can see who God is is God's got to get hold of the mind and the heart and open up the eyes and look very quickly right here look what he says right here okay he saith unto them look at verse 13 he saith unto them "But whom you say that I am?" [00:10:04]

Simon Peter answered with his mouth and said "Thou art who folks thou art the Christ." You're the anointed one here the son of who folks now why does he say the living God here it's exactly what this really goes with Natalie here buddhists have a dead god okay we have a living God okay. [00:11:29]

He saith unto them "But whom you say that I am?" Now notice here he turns the question right he turns to the people and he says "Who do other people say I am?" Now that he's turning to all of his disciples and he asks a question who do you say that I am. [00:10:14]

Peter his mind was opened up by who now God goes on to tell Peter what he's going to do and we're not going to look at this here but he goes on to tell Peter you know what Peter you're going to do if you read the book of Acts Peter goes on and introduces the keys of the kingdom of God here. [00:15:21]

Satan wants to attack your mind do you understand here he wants to attack your mind it's the battlefield if you were in addictions ministry uh Wednesday night can I get amen okay it is the battlefield where Satan thoughts that's why he fights and he uses all different types of people to try to have all different ways to heaven here. [00:16:43]

He was trying to get truth to his mind here but I want you to notice what happens here from that time look at verse 21 from that time forth right after he tells them to don't tell no man who Christ was it's got to be the work of the Holy Spirit here but look what he says from that time forth began to Jesus to show unto. [00:17:44]

Peter is a prime example it's coming the resurrection time here and he says "You got salvation right you let God speak to your heart." And a lot of people here I'm talking to you're saved but the part of the will of God sometimes that we have a problem of we get something in our mind here and we will not let God speak to us. [00:21:25]

There are a lot of times that I need to submit my will i said submit my will not surrender my will i need to submit my will to God's will you understand here if you're having a fight here in the mind here who do you need to submit to you need to say "Hey God I I I don't want to be a stumbling block to you." [00:28:08]

If you're ever under attack spiritually how many have ever been under attack spiritually raise your hand it is important for you to say to register that is Satan up there trying to teach me to go against what God's will you need to learn to say get thee behind thee Satan amen you need to learn to say that is your weapon here. [00:29:14]

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