The Strong Tower – Where Do You Run When Life Attacks?

After god heals us and restores us, there's always this temptation of going backwards, going another direction. It's like a city. It's over there. And I can get to that city if I want to. But I'm in this tower, and I and I think I should stay here. But I see over the city, they're getting loud. I'm hearing the music, and then they're having a good time. It's not like there's a party over there. And there's a little whisper in my ear. Don't you wanna go over to the city? Don't you wanna go over there? Sometimes you can almost hear the laughter. You can almost see the glitter. But hear what I say. That's an illusion. An illusion. Yeah. While you're in the tower sometimes that you no longer have that urgency because nobody's beating at your door because there's no problems and you're thinking everything is alright. But it's not that there's no enemy. [01:15:54] (59 seconds)  #ResistTheIllusion

If you soon as you leave the strong tower and begin to make your way to the strong city, the city that's got all kind of parties and music and all this stuff to the rich man goes to the strong city, but the righteous go to the strong tower. As soon as you start making your way away from the tower because in your mind, the emergency is over. There's no enemy. You step out of that of god's will. You find out real quickly. The enemy did not leave you alone because of your good looks. The enemy did not leave you alone because of all your money. The reason why the enemy has not been bothering you lately is because you've been in the hand of God. When you step out of his will, when you step away from God's protection, you find out very quickly the devil's not afraid of you, and he has plans for you. [01:17:00] (53 seconds)  #StayInGodsWill

I need somebody to stay in this one. Come on, house. Things will not always go the way you plan. How many of you ever would plan for your kid to jump on a bunch of sticky something and destroy his brand new tennis shoes that you just bought? Anybody? I was so broke that I spent all my last dollar to buy them clothes, pay the rent, get groceries, all the utilities. I just bought them some new shoes. There was a construction site near the house. How they found it? I have no idea. It was some kind of gray, maybe some reconstruction, but you can tell me. It was a gray substance. Was very sticky, and the boys thought it was very fun to jump on the stuff, and they couldn't move. Oh, that's fun. So they kept jumping on it, And then one of my sons, as he jumped on it, his foot got stuck in and he pulled it up and just ripped the soles from his brand new tennis shoes. [01:23:07] (56 seconds)  #PlansDontAlwaysWork

When life starts shaking, when the enemy starts pressing, when the trouble shows up at your door, I wanna ask you a question. Where do you run? See, everybody runs somewhere. Some people run to money. Some people run to family, friends. There's others that unfortunately run to alcohol, drugs, or some type of entertainment they're in or but the Bible says that there's one place that we can truly run to and be safe. See, god didn't have a place of just entertainment, of decoration, but he said that the name of the lord is like a strong tower. [00:51:41] (42 seconds)  #RunToTheTower

So, you begin to realize, without him, I can do nothing and so you begin to let go of all the things that you're holding on to. All the things in your life that you thought you couldn't live without. You say, god, I give it all to you. I lay it all at the altar. Do something in my life. Sometimes, could be very humbling. Sometimes, you can be embarrassed of some of the things that you have been holding on to. The very reason why you would not come to god, sometimes you're ashamed of that. Maybe you're holding on to a girlfriend. Maybe you're holding on to a boyfriend. Maybe you're holding on to a particular sin and then you look back on this thing. Why were they holding on to that? [01:01:55] (46 seconds)  #SurrenderEverything

Some are feeling lonely. Some will feel like they're all by themselves. But when you run to the tower, he puts his arm around you and let you know you're not alone. I've got you. You're in the hand of god. And the Bible says, no man can pluck you out of his hands. We need god this morning. You you can be around a lot of people and still be lonely. Does anybody know what I'm talking about this morning? You can have a whole room full of all your family, a whole room full of so called friends, and you're feeling all by yourself because you got some struggles, situations, [00:59:47] (38 seconds)  #NotAloneInGod

See, the enemy wants you to begin to think about church as a chore or as a job rather than a time to worship him. And then when you begin to think about those things, you become powerless. God god can't use you like he wants to. So that we have to get to a place, god. I'm losing my spiritual power. Speak to me lord god. Help me. It's like a man that at one time went to church and had the joy of god. But over a period of time, he's no longer had the same joy. Now, he's thinking about looking at pornography again. He's thinking about certain websites that at one time he said, no more. But you see the devil is throwing those temptations right back him again. [01:09:24] (47 seconds)  #GuardYourSpiritualFire

There's a time that somebody offered you something and you said, no. I'm a child of the king. I don't need that stuff anymore. But now you're starting to hang out at that same place again where you know you can obtain it. See, somewhere along the line, you gotta realize, he said, the righteous run to the tower. It's a sense of urgency. You're not just cabsy walking. The enemy's there, and you're running to the tower. You cannot take life like that casually. It has to be a sense of urgency. I need Jesus. I need god in my life. I need to pray. I need to read my Bible. I need to give myself to god. How many of you remember the time that you begin to realize in your life how much you need to get to god? [01:10:11] (51 seconds)  #UrgentForGod