Standing Firm in Faith Amidst Uncertainty

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Oh God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it by governments as the descendants of Abraham?

Your people have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying, "If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us."

All that hack says, "Ripper, either one more time and I will try to tell me what words do it out together."

It says, "If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your name and will cry out to you in our distress. You will hear us and save us."

And what words do it out the other?

"Save us."

No, no words that I can mean.

"Stand."

Stand, the words you stood out to be with.

"Stand."

Ayala, tell me, scared to stand?

Something, all you gotta do is stand.

We won't always get me start doing stuff.

I gotta tell a piece of my life, I think.

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I've told me something that was so... she said she heard something. I can't remember what it was, but you say that maybe successful people that have been interviewed, when they talk about their journey, the one thing they never talk about is haters.

Was in army and from Emily, Moab, and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt.

So he turned away from them and did not destroy them.

Season where they are repaying us, coming to drive us out of the position you gave us as an inheritance.

Oh our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us.

We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.

Has anybody ever found themselves in a situation where you say, "You know what? I don't know what to do. I don't know how to get out of this situation. I don't know what to do with my kids. I don't know... I got this piece of job I want to go to, but I don't know what to do. I want to finish school, but it's too hard. I don't know what to do. I want to do all these successful ventures, but I don't even know how to get started. I don't know what to do."

These people have swung the line. These people are going to come to wipe them out, and they said, "You know what, God? We don't know what to do."

But then what does the next part of it say?

They do ever look for the hill. They knew that God was their strength.

Thank you that God was the source.

They say, "You got up and looking to you for the answer. I'm tired of trying to do this in my own strength. I'm tired of trying to do this by myself. Gotta try this. I ain't got no God. I didn't try all this other stuff and all these other people. Got my eyes on you now."

I need to step in here right now.

I go, "Bayon, no way, God. I let you walk on my mama."

I remember when she said she had all these folks coming against her.

Tough guy, I remember when she was on drugs.

God, I remember she had a little... she was just nasty.

God, but she said, "You can live it up."

God, I think that same kind of deliverance right now.

My eyes off... oh, you got all the end of June with their wives and children and little ones stood there before the Lord.

They go again, I did so.

Jehoshaphat, they came and they stood before the Lord.

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite, and descended of Asaph.

And he stood in the assembly.

He said, "Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem, this is what the Lord says to you: Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle is not yours, but God's."

I don't know if y'all understood what just took place right here.

Well, let me break this down to Jackson eyes this for you really.

So I want to preach em right dawn about the creatures back, feel it real creatures.

Somebody's dead, but what happened was in that sense God didn't speak to me.

Sometimes God speaks to you, and you have to be on one accord with God so that when he speaks to you, you can hear.

How many times has God spoken to you and you have not heard?

How many times has he spoken at you and you not heard him?

What if he spoke something good?

"Decrease the plug so I can hear God."

Because what if he says something and I miss it?

It was good.

But if he set up something bad somewhere to bless me, we talked about it all the time.

Some that is some well is gonna bless you.

What if he didn't set up something better than blessed me and he tells me to go to that place, but because I came here, I miss ya?

Okay, yeah, you won't be the to break that ever.

What are you saying?

That's okay, you sittin' it to this.

It's a little choppy.

God can set it up with your boss is really over there with you.

See, you got a little extra money, then he can hang it down.

And God speaks to you and tells you, "Go over there and speak to the boss."

But because you've got so much 12, because you have to go off on him, Google that, talk about you, you miss God and you never go and see what she's praying for.

Increase.

So God uses you this point.

But just think about it, it's a vast amount of people, and he stands up.

That it is again, he stands and declares the word of the Lord.

You know what that shows me?

You better have some boldness.

So my word, you go, you talking to somebody.

Let me tell you about a man.

You take our power, they will come in here, tear this place up, the baby shoe.