Sunday Morning First Service | Plunge | Dr Leon Van Rooyen

Not only you are you enrolled in God's army, but you are to be enrolled to be a good soldier. There's a difference between a soldier and a good soldier. You know what the difference is between a a soldier and a good soldier? Attitude. Some people just wanna do their time and get away with as much as they can get away with, but then there are those that are good soldiers. They are born for the fight. They love the sound of the battle. They are not cowards. They're not trying to cower back. [01:23:10] (43 seconds)  #GoodSoldierMindset

And here is the part where I wanna end. They became valiant in battle. Valiant. Notice they became valiant. They weren't valiant. They became it. Today, I want you to open your heart to say, God, would you cause me to become valiant in battle? The word valiant means strong, mighty, powerful, capable, and prevailing. Make me strong. Make me powerful in the spirit for the battle is yours. But just like the work is yours, I co label with you. The battle is yours. I cofight with you. Even as you are fighting for me, I'm fighting for you and with you. Would you stand with me? Let us pray. [01:37:24] (61 seconds)  #BecomeValiant

Paul put it this way in the new covenant. He said, be watchful, stand firm in the faith. And I love this. And he's writing to men and women. He says, act like men. Be strong. I wanna say it by the spirit of God to the men and the women in this place. Be watchful or be alert. Why? Because there are things happening. You have to be alert. Stand firm. Firm in your faith, your confidence, your identity. Stand firm in the faith. Act like men. Where when he says that, he's not saying act like men. He's saying act like brave men. Act like men of valor. [01:35:24] (54 seconds)  #StandFirmInValor

From Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 34. I wish I could read the whole chapter. This isn't just a book of euros. This chapter is not a a chapter of euros. This is a chapter of faith. And he says, out of weakness, we're made strong. We have all come from weakness, and we are made strong. Who you were is not who you are. When you are weak, the bible says you are strong. You have the strength of the lord. Be strong in the lord and the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of god. Out of weakness, we're made strong because you're made strong in the spirit. [01:36:34] (50 seconds)  #StrengthInWeakness

Someone said, Leon, you're so bold. I wrote the book. But I'm not just bold. I'm bold in the spirit. The righteous are as bold as a lion. I don't wanna be bold. I write I think my opening paragraph is there's a difference between arrogance and boldness. I don't wanna be arrogant. I don't wanna, I don't wanna have this self made thing. It's a god made boldness. It's a god made boldness. The righteous are as bold as a lion. Why? Because we are the righteousness of god. God is with us. God is for us. God is in us. If god before us, who can be against us? What can man do? I understand identity. [01:25:23] (52 seconds)  #GodMadeBoldness

I wanna have that confidence of approach before the living god, the god of creation, the god of covenant, the god of salvation, a bold, confident approach as a son of god. How about you? Would that be a good goal to have for your life, to be known by god, to be known in heaven? Number two, my spiritual goal is to be feared in hell, that wherever I go, demons have to scurry for cover, that I have the confidence of my identity in Christ, that I've put on the armor of God, that in the evil day, can stand firm and secure in this word, this promise that he has given to me. [01:10:43] (50 seconds)  #BoldConfidenceInChrist

Fellow soldier. I like that. I was in the military. I feel like at times I'm a spiritual drill sergeant. My commission in terms of standing here is to get the this the civilian out of you and to put the warrior in you, the warrior part of god. God is a mighty man of war. Our god is a warrior. I feel like part of my assignment is to to get the spiritual warrior in you that you can stand in the face of hostility, sickness, disease, and and not be afraid, but to release the authority of god's word into those places, those circumstances, those personal attacks, those corporate attacks. [01:20:52] (61 seconds)  #AwakenTheWarrior

Number two, he says we are fellow workers. We are not just attendees. I am so opposed to building an audience because the great commission was not to go build an audience but to make disciples. And disciples become workers. Jesus said, follow me, and I will make you. He made them what were natural fishermen, fishers of men. He made them part of his strategic force of world changes through the proclamation of the gospel, he awakened faith in them that they could pray mountain moving prayers, and he raised them to care and love and support one another by the spirit. [01:18:27] (46 seconds)  #MakeDisciplesNotFans

There's gonna be greater responsibilities added to your life. And for that, what you have done, you have to now do it again and again and again and again. You can't rest on what you've been in the past. Today is a new day. Today has its own giants. Today has its own fortified cities. You have waited for years for this moment. When the others came back with the evil report, you had the good report. We are able. Now you've gotta put your words into action. And now it's time to be strong and to be courageous. I'm here to tell you that there are going to be battles fought. [01:33:40] (44 seconds)  #RiseToNewResponsibility

Remember, there's not just an attack against your life, but there's an attack against our lives as the family of god. And two are better than one. We don't just fight for ourselves, but we fight for them. We're waging a war just as we sang the battle belongs to the lord, but he also says that we are to be engaged in a good warfare. He says we're to put on the armor of god and having done all to be standing. In other words, there is a warfare. Resist the devil and he will flee. There is a resistance to the temptations, to the challenges, to the attacks that come against us. [01:21:54] (45 seconds)  #UnitedInSpiritualWarfare

It's not that they have no fear, but they choose to rise in courage despite what is staring them in the face. It's not like we just strut around in constant courage. Sometimes you have to strengthen yourself in the lord and step into that situation. And that's why Joshua was a proven warrior. And yet the Lord says to him, he's been strong. He's been courageous, but he says, technically, yes, Leon's expanded unpublished translation. You've been strong and you've been courageous for this part of your journey in life and ministry, but you're about to go higher, deeper, and further. [01:32:54] (46 seconds)  #CourageToGoHigher

But I also see something in the spirit and that as much as God is at work in you, the enemy is coming in against you. There is a viciousness to rob you of your victory, of your identity, of your authority, of your health, of your wealth, of the breakthrough that god has promised you. While we were singing, god is good, that would be a good time to say amen. God is good. God is great. God is awesome. Our enemy is vicious, And we have to be conscious as we were singing the battle belongs to the lord. [01:04:28] (46 seconds)  #GuardYourVictory

They're afraid to prophesy. They're afraid to share the gospel. There are people that are living even though they know the word of god, that we haven't been given a spirit of fear but of love and power and of a sound mind, that they are they are living subject to the voice of the enemy that says you can't. Even though they know the word, I can do all things through Christ. They're not stepping out or plunging in to what's god's given them to do. And so today, I want to speak into your heart. [01:09:21] (40 seconds)  #StepOutInFaith

I watch grown men shiver like babies because they got a live grenade in their hand. I've seen them pull the pin and meant to throw it, and then it bounces off the wall and bounces back into the hole. And you gotta get them out or get the grenade out. Thank goodness we had delayed pins. But it's weird how even in training, the coward comes out. You see people with their weapon, and you're just shooting at a target. It's another thing when there's bullets coming your way, and you gotta point the weapon. It's not just pointing a weapon at a target, but one day there will be an enemy. [01:24:20] (41 seconds)  #TrainForBattle

And and we need to train you in the spirit how to handle the stresses of life. It's amazing how people are addicted to stimulants to help them deal with stress. Yet the kingdom is righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy spirit. There are so many people in the church who are absent of peace, who are meant to be living in a supernatural righteousness and in a supernatural peace and in a supernatural joy, and yet they are living having to cope with the stresses of life with some stimulant. And I'm thinking, no. You need to get in the mirror of god's word and discover your identity, your authority, and begin to rise. [01:26:49] (61 seconds)  #KingdomPeaceJoy

They go into battle. And when they come back, these are warriors. Their city is burnt. Their wives and children have been carried off, and everything has gone wrong. And they begin to weep. These were people that had fought the giants, who had fought the armies. They had been trained under David, and now because everything has gone wrong, they wanna kill David. They've lost their faith. They've lost their confidence, and so many people are living like those warriors, part of David's so called mighty men. The bible calls them mighty men. [01:27:59] (48 seconds)  #RestoreWarriorFaith

I'm finding so many believers like those men of war, afraid because things have gone around. And instead of strengthening themselves in the lord, praying in the spirit, getting in the word, getting people of faith around you to support and stand with you, they wanna turn against the leaders. They wanna turn against the preachers. Well, this stuff doesn't work. It's worked for thousands of years, but you have to make it work for you by the renewing of your mind, by the building of your most holy faith, and strengthening yourself in the lord. It works. That's my introduction. [01:29:09] (54 seconds)  #StandWithLeaders

Just as Moses was faithful in god's business, just as Jesus was faithful in God's house, that we'd be faithful in God's house, that we'd conduct ourselves with the with the sense of I belong. I don't just attend. I belong. I'm a part of what god's doing. I'm a collaborer together with him. He is the builder and the possessor of the church. May I build and possess alongside him. Would those be good goals to have? God is a warrior. He's a mighty man of war. [01:13:53] (41 seconds)  #BelongAndBuild

Every one of you is enlisted in the army of god. Thank you for your service. Well, that was pathetic. You are not a weekend warrior. You're in full time service in the army of God. You're in the family of God. You're in the nation of God. You're in the church of God, but you are also a people enlisted in the army of God. Listen to this scripture from Philippians chapter two in verse 25. Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier. [01:16:13] (47 seconds)  #EnlistedInGodsArmy

He who has an ear hear what the spirit is saying, that god would take these lips of clay and cause the word of god to come forth, that would penetrate the depth of your life, that would awaken faith. Faith comes by hearing not just a a a faith, but a bold faith, a courageous faith to stand in the face of hostility. I've often shared my ministry goals for life. Number one, I want to be known in heaven, not as a distant relative, but face to face as a man speaks to a friend. [01:10:02] (41 seconds)  #AwakenBoldFaith