Having Them All Stand: Faith, Covenant & Perseverance

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Welcome to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast. I'm your host,

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Connie Morris, and this is Faith on the Go, where you take the word with you

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on your drive to work, while you're getting ready in the morning,

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or even in those quiet moments before prayer.

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Real life, real word, and real growth, all while you are on the go.

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Before we get into today's word, let's take a moment to center ourselves with a familiar prayer.

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The prayer of Jabez.

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Oh, that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory.

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Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.

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Father God, we come before you this day asking that you would indeed bless us,

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not just with what we have, but in who we are becoming.

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Enlarge our territory, Lord. Expand our capacity, our mindset,

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our ability to receive what you have for us.

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Let your hand be upon us, guiding us, covering us, and leading us in every decision we make.

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And Father, keep us from harm, physically, emotionally, and spiritually,

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that we may walk in peace and not in pain.

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And Lord, just as you heard Jabez when he cried out to you, hear us now.

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Your word says that you granted his request, and we believe that you are the same God today.

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So we come boldly before you, knowing that you hear us, knowing that you see

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us, and knowing that you respond to the prayers of your people.

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Have your way in this moment as we sit, listen, and receive your word.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Hello, welcome back to Diary of a Black Woman podcast. I'm your host Connie

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Morris and we are in our final episode of the Armor of God, learning how to stand.

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Today is episode 8, Having Them All Stand.

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And so we're going to start out in our scripture, foundational scripture,

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which is found in Ephesians 6 verses 10 through,

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We'll start at 14, and let's begin. It says, Finally, my brethren,

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be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

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Put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the walls

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of the devil, where we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against.

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Principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world,

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against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand

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in the evil day, and having done all to stand,

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stand therefore, having your learns girt about with gospel, and having on the

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breastplate of righteousness.

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Verse 15, And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace,

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above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye should be able to quench

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all the fiery darts of the wicked,

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and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,

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which is the word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in

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the spirit and washing whereunto with all perseverance

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and supplication for the saints.

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Hello, I want to welcome you back to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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I'm your host Connie Morris. And like I said, we're in our final episode.

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And I don't know about you, my life has changed since I've been studying this armor.

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I've been speaking it, getting it lined up properly, putting my eyes on the Bible.

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So this pause, this water break has been actually powerful for me and I want

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it to be powerful for you.

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That's why we have these moments, these moments of pause, reset,

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to take on a spiritual water break and to receive a little encouragement to

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help you keep going and finishing strong. Our next series is going to.

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There's two different ones I want to go with. It's probably going to be back

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to the Black History Unmasked.

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We're going to cover the story of Abraham. We're going to understand why his

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story is so powerful and how does that relate to us.

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And so that's our next plan.

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Also notice we're going to only be a Diary of Black Women will only be played

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on Tuesdays. It's going to be once a week.

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I'm going to give you time to read the digest the word of God.

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I did analysis on my podcast.

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Podcast. And they said only the serious people listen because I give so much

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information so fast and back to back.

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And I think I want to just slow it down a bit. My life is changing and I'll

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pick it back up at a later date. But right now we're going to meet on Tuesdays

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and we're going to have an expanded topic.

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It'll give you time to just re-review it, to take more notes and just slow were down a pace.

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My life has changed a lot just by doing the podcast.

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And I got shared with you in the beginning for those who are new,

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it just started out as a podcast.

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All I had was what was in my hand and I had a laptop and bought some cheap speakers.

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If you go way, way back, you'll see how it sound very muffled.

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It was very muffled and I wouldn't listen to it because I knew it was bad,

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but God showed, God just, people still showed up and were listening to the podcast,

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even though it was, the recording was like very, very bad.

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And so that is why I stay in with you guys. I'm not going anywhere.

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Just got to cut back a little bit because my life, God is promoting me and I

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need to get ready for that promotion.

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And like I said, I'll share it with you later. My name in a big hat and those

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names, those people are calling me now.

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And that's because of being faithful with the least.

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I don't want to waste a lot of time just talking about my life,

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but I always want to keep my listeners informed that I have a regular life like

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everybody else. And I just do what I have. Bible tells us, what do you have in your hand?

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And that's what your God will bless

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what is in our hand. So we're going to continue on our last episode of,

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of the armor of God, having done all to stand. And that's where we're going to go.

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And I want you to listen carefully. I got some new scriptures in here for you,

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and I'm going to slow it down a lot.

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This one's probably going to be about an hour because there's just a lot of

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sections in how to stand.

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And so when we walk through the armor of God, we know we walk first with our,

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belt of truth, and we have our breastplate of righteousness, our shoes of peace.

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We have our shield of faith, our helmet of salvation.

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We have our sword of the spirit, which is the word of God.

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And we have prayer. But before we close this series, I want to go back to one

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word Paul kept repeating.

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We started out this series about standing and I want to end it on standing.

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Because when you stand on the word of God, when you believe that God's word

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is true, that he will bring it to pass, he will bring it to pass.

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You can't grow weary in well-doing.

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You have to stand on the word.

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And we see in Ephesians 6.10, it tells us this.

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It says 6.10, Finally, my brother, be strong in the Lord, in the power of his might.

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And how do you do that? You put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able

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to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against.

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It says, wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able

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to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand.

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And then in verse 14, it says, and stand therefore. So Paul keeps saying, stand, stand, stand.

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So before we leave this series, we need to understand what does it mean to stand?

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You know, and so let's just take it in little bite-sized chunks.

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You know, if you like meatballs or chicken wings, you know, those kind of bite-sized chunks.

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And, you know, they taste so good because the meatballs, if you season it right,

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it tastes good. Just have three or four.

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You don't want a slice of it. You just want a couple of meatballs.

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Make a meatball sandwich, right?

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So I want to just start off with what does it mean to stand?

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To stand does not simply mean to be on your feet.

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It's spiritual standing means to hold your position, to remain firm.

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Do not surrender. do not retreat.

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Do not allow past failures or pressures or fear or temptation,

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not even disappointment or accusation or delay to move you away from what God

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has already spoken to you.

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Paul is using the language of battle and the soldier may be attacked,

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a soldier may be tired, a soldier may be experiencing pressure,

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but the objective is to remain standing.

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So when you think about the soldier standing, when I talk about the shoes,

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I didn't give you all the details about the shoes. The shoes have like.

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Like spikes in it. So when you say stand, he will dig his feet into the dirt

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with those spike shoes on so that nothing can move him.

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So he's standing strong because he has spikes under his feet.

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That's why I say stand. It says withstand. When you withstand something,

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I mean, something's coming at you that's trying to knock you down.

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So you have to withstand that pressure.

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And the pressure comes, we know, in lies. It comes in voices in our head.

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Not saying voices in our head happen, but our thoughts start to get the best

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of us, right? So when we think about Ephesians 6, 13, it says,

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having done all, you just stand.

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Sometimes victory doesn't look like a run, right? Sometimes it doesn't look like a fight.

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Sometimes victory looks like you refuse to move. And many times,

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you know, people laugh at you. They go, what?

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You still believe in that? Until that happens for you. It could be years until that happens for you.

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Next is stand and withstand.

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These are two different ideas. In Ephesians 6.13, Paul says that ye may be able to withstand the.

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In the eve of day. And then having done all to withstand means to resist what is coming against you.

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To stand means that after you have resisted it, you are still in your position.

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The attack came, but you're still standing. The lie came, but you're still standing.

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The disappointment came, but you are still standing. The temptation came,

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but you are still standing.

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The answer was delayed, but you are still standing.

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The battle did not move you away from God. That is what we call spiritual victory.

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Now think about that. Everything is coming at you, but you're still standing.

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You're crying, but you're still standing. People laughing at you,

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but you are still standing.

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And then when that victory comes, everybody wants you to pray for them because

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now they want what you have.

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But you have to tell them what you learned.

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You need to not give up on God. Amen. So how do you stand? Standing is throughout scripture.

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We see that it's not just God telling us.

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He gives us the word of God so that we can follow what happened with people who were standing.

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All right, so Exodus 14, 13.

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Let's go there. Exodus 14 is our children. Our children are Israelites.

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We know a lot about them, but let's go to Exodus 14, verse 13.

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And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation

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of the Lord, which he will show you today.

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For the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye should see them again, no ever.

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More. It says, fear not, but stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.

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When Israel was trapped between Pharaoh army and the Red Sea,

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Moses told them to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.

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So think about that. There were an army hidden, an army behind them.

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There was water in front of them, they could not see a way out.

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But the instructions for them was to stand.

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And it says stand. Sometimes you cannot see what God is going to do next, but you can still stand.

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God is working behind the scenes. I was sharing with you that the Lord woke me up.

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As I was waking up, he was talking to me about what if, and I share that whole

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journey with you in one of our watershed shared moments.

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And so what if, what if, what if? And that means it required me to believe that

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this wasn't my final destination. How many of you guys out there know that sometimes

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we'll get in positions and we will settle?

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Why will we settle? We will settle because we don't know what's next.

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We're too afraid to even ask God what's next.

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We'll just settle. We're settling. And God didn't want me to settle.

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He said, what if this job is temporary? I was like, Lord, I like this job.

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But I didn't stay there. I started to seek some other places because God says this may be temporary.

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What if, this is temporary, you know, what if there's more to you than what

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you think? What if, what if?

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And we went through that whole series and I'm not going to preach it again.

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I want you to go now to 2 Chronicles chapter 20. This is a powerful story.

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We saw that first we see Moses telling the people to stand still.

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Now we're at the story of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20.

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This is a beautiful story. 2 Chronicles gives us another picture.

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We see here that King Jehoshaphat and Judah was facing.

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An army that could not defeat on their own.

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And God told them in 2 Chronicles 20, verse 17, it says here,

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Ye should not need to fight in this battle.

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Set yourself, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem.

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Fear not, nor be dismayed. tomorrow, go out against them for the Lord will be with you.

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So when God says, what if? He said, what if you ain't got to fight this war?

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What if you just follow these simple instructions that I'm going to get you out of here?

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And so we know through that story, they did follow God's instruction and they

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ended up defeating the military that they couldn't. They said,

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I cannot fight them without God.

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And God said, you don't have to. I want you to stand ye still and see the salvation.

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Of the Lord. We have our helmet of salvation. That means we need to get out

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of our way. We need to set our mind on things above, set our mind on Christ

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when we put our helmet of salvation on.

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Yes, you have a sound mind, but what are you thinking on?

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Think on these things, right? There are battles where God tells you to move,

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and there are battles when God tells you to fight, and there are battles when

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God tells you to take your position, stand, watch me.

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That is not weakness, that is trust.

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Throughout the time he says, I want you to know, he was talking to me about what if, what if.

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And then one morning he woke me up, he says, it was kind of like he was prophesying

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to me. I wrote it all down and I didn't share it with you guys.

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Some things I share, some things I don't, but I'm going to share a little bit now.

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And he was talking to me about, don't look at the things that you see.

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I am working things out behind the scenes. I am a way maker. And I'm like, wow.

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And so instead of me trying to figure it out, I just sat back.

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And I put in like five different applications. Some were low,

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some were high, like three of them were nice, high supervisory,

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big position, put you right in the rank of an executive. And the fifth one that I put in.

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I put it in recently and they were the first to call. And I was like,

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this one? And so, I mean, this one is pretty big.

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And I'm like, they called, they were talking. I just got off the phone about

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a few hours ago, talking with the recruiter. And that's powerful.

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But it came at a time where I was standing. I'm waiting for a callback.

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I don't want to send any messages to anybody. I'm waiting for a callback.

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And the least one that I thought would call me back was the one that called

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me back, which is going to change my whole life again, which is powerful, right?

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So remember, take your position, stand, and watch me. It says, watch God.

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That is not weakness, that is trust. Another one, I think it's point three,

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stand on what God has spoken.

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I just shared a couple of examples, and this brings us to something very important.

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What are you standing on? Because everybody is standing on something.

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Some people are standing on money, standing on a job, a relationship,

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people's approval, a title, a plan.

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Some are standing on what they can see.

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But scripture teaches us to stand on something stronger.

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He says, Stand on the Word of God And so let's go to Matthew.

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Excuse me, 24 verse 35. And it tells us here, it says, 24 verse 30,

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heaven and earth should pass away, but my word should not pass away.

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Wow. Everything, everything around you may change, but God does not change.

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His word does not change. His character does not change.

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And what, and that is why standing is not just about standing still.

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It's about knowing what are you standing on? Are you standing on the Word of

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God? Are you standing on your faith in Jesus?

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Are you standing on the power and might of the Father?

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Amen. What are you standing on? Just standing there don't mean anything.

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What are you thinking on? What are you saying with your mouth?

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And one thing that my pastor is covering, when he even mentioned the standing part, I was like, What?

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He was mentioning that and he went into great detail regarding what standing means.

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And so he said that standing means standing on God's covenant.

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We're going to cover a lot of that in the Abraham on Abraham about this covenant

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that God has with Abraham. That is part of our covenant.

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But when you think about a covenant, what does a covenant mean?

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You know, we hear this in the church, but we kind of, the people assume that

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we know, but I'll never want you to assume. I'm going to tell you what a covenant is.

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A covenant is a serious promise and agreement that God establishes.

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When God makes a covenant, he binds himself to what he has spoken.

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God made a covenant with Abraham. And it says in Genesis 12,

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2 to 3, it says, And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee,

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and I will make thy name great.

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And it should be, and it goes on and on. Let me find it, Genesis 12.

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Because whatever he says to Abraham, we get the same thing. And so there's a

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preacher at a conference who said, let's say my thing.

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And I said, yeah, I want the same thing that Abraham has. And so say that with

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me. I want the same thing.

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Let's read Genesis 12, 2 to 3. Now the Lord has said unto Abraham,

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Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father's house

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into a land where I will show thee.

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And I will make of thee a great nation. I will bless thee.

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I make thy name great, and thou should be a blessing. And I will bless him that

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bless thee and curse him that curses thee.

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And in thee should all families of the earth be blessed.

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So Abraham departed as the Lord had spoken unto him. And Lot was with him.

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And Abraham was seventy and five years old when he departed. out of Haran.

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Abraham took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their substance

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that they had gathered, and the soul that they had gotten in Haram.

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And they went forth to go into the land of Canaan, and it was the land of Canaan they came.

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And Abraham passed through the land onto a place of Sycam, onto the plain of,

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Moreh, and then Canaanites, when was them in the land. So we know the Canaanites were not white.

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We know that Abraham did not go to a white land. He went to a land with the

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Canaanites. And we know a lot about them. We've covered that.

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In the Black History series. And verse seven, and the Lord appeared unto Abraham

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and said unto them, I see what I give this land and they build it an altar unto

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the Lord who appeared unto them.

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So we see here that God said, I'm going to bless those that bless you.

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And God told him to go, but he didn't tell take Lot. So we'll talk a lot about

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Lot's story later too. So we see here also in Genesis 17, let's look at Genesis

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17, seven, still the same story about covenant.

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17.7, it says, And I will establish my covenant between me and thee,

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and thy seed after thee, and their generation for an everlasting covenant.

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To be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou

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art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for everlasting possession, and I will be their God.

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Abraham had to learn how to stand on what God had spoken, even when he didn't even see it.

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God promised Abraham descendants, but Abraham got older. Remember,

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Sarah got older and then there was no kids, but God promised him some youth, some children, right?

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Yet, we find out in Romans 4.20, let's go to Romans 4.20.

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We know Sarah, we carry a little ball. Sarah had a baby, But think about that.

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God spoke to them at 75 years old where, how am I going to have a baby when I'm 75 years old?

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Based on nature, that's impossible. But we have a God where all things are possible. Or verse 20 to 21.

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And it says, and I'm going to start at 19. It says, and being not weak in faith,

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he considered not his own body, now dead when he was about 100 years old.

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Neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

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He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith,

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giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that

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that what he has promised, he was also able to perform. There it is. That is standing.

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Abraham's still on the promises of God.

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Circumstances said impossible. Age said impossible.

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Natural situations said impossible. But Abraham came to this conclusion.

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If God's promised it, then God can perform it. So when God says,

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what if this job is temporary?

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Then I had to figure he has something new for me. What that new is, I don't know.

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So faith is not always knowing, but faith is stepping out on God's word.

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Because once God said it, it's just consider it done, I like to say.

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So now we're going to stand on the covenant.

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So what does it mean when you stand on your covenant?

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Stand on what God has spoken to you. Stand on his word. Stand on his promises.

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Stand in the relationship with him.

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Stand in what Christ has accomplished for you.

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Do not let circumstances make you abandon what God has said.

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Hebrews 6.13 reminds us, For when God made a promise to Abraham,

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because he could swear by no other, he swore by himself.

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Hebrews 6.18 tells us that it's impossible for God to lie.

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So your confidence is not about your ability to make anything happen.

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Your confidence is in the character of the one who has made the promise.

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And I know if I ask you to raise your hand, how many believe God will answer

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your prayer? You raise your hand.

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But how many people will wait until he answers that prayer instead of trying

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to make it happen for yourself?

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You know, the next part is about having done all.

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So let's go back to Ephesians. Paul says, having done all. So you done done

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everything. You done confessed, you done prayed, you done fasted.

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You know, you done believed, you done believed, you done believed.

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And you have done it all. What did he tell you to do next?

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Sometimes when we think about that works.

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That phrase hits you differently, right? Because when you really have done everything

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you know to do, you have prayed, you obeyed, you forgave,

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you prepared, you showed up, you sought counsel, you read the word,

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you did what God asked you to do, and the situation still has not changed.

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So what do you do now?

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Paul says, stand. Standing does not mean doing nothing. Standing means I have

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done what God required of me.

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I refuse to become anxious trying to do what only God can do. Now that's standing.

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How many try to get in God's way and make it happen? Does it work for you? No, it doesn't.

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It creates more debt, more stress, more disappointment.

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Because God said, if you're going to do it, then I'm not going to do it,

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right? So get out of God's way.

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Another thing on how to stand is this one. I love this one. It's Hebrews 10.35.

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And it tells us, do not throw away your confidence. Your confidence in what?

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It says in verse 10.35, cast not away, therefore, your confidence,

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which has great recompense of reward.

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Recompense mean money, reward mean money or whatever you need. Recompense of reward.

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Don't throw that away. Verse 36 says, for you have need of patience. That's a bad word.

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That after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.

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Did you hear that? After you have done the will of God, there may be a period

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between obedience and fulfillment. We know that.

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And in that space, you stand. Do not throw away your confidence because the

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answer has not arrived yet.

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Do not abandon what God said because the timeline has become uncomfortable.

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And do not mistake delay for denial. You need to just stand.

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I like this one. Stand fast in your faith.

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Let's go to 1 Corinthians 16, 13. I'm giving a lot of scriptures because I want

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to build your faith up so you can stand and watch God show up and show out on your behalf.

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1 Corinthians 16, 13. And it tells us here, watch ye stand fast in the faith.

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Quit you like men and be strong.

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It says stand fast in the faith, quit you like men and be strong.

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That phrase, stand fast in the faith, that means faith has a position.

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Faith does not change in confession.

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Every time circumstances change, faith says, I still believe God.

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I still trust his character. I still believe in his word.

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I still believe he is faithful. Habit 2, 4 says, the just should live by faith.

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2 Corinthians 5, 7 says, for we walk by faith and not by sight.

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Sometimes what you see will challenge what God said.

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That is when you stand. You know, so when God said, told Abraham,

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you're going to have children, but yeah, he's getting older and older and not one child popped out.

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Abraham had an opportunity to quit or continue to stand because God said he

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was going to have children.

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He needed to continue standing.

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We can look at our bank account. God says, I'm going to make you rich.

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I'm going to increase you more and more what God told me.

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And at the time I'm thinking like, okay, increases, let's look at time for increases.

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Does that mean we'll take that little raise you got? Oh, that's the increase.

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When God speaks of increase, it's not small, it's big.

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When God tells us all you can ask or imagine, that's big. So we have to get

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out of that little bitty idea of.

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We want to believe God. And little is good. Don't despise small beginnings.

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Don't despise the small raise.

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But when God says, I'm going to increase you more and more, I think there's

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a little bit more to it than that.

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But he wants us to walk by faith, not be moved by what you see,

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not be moved what people are said, you know.

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And sometimes what we see will challenge what God said.

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But we are faith people. We know in Corinthians, it tells us,

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you know, the things you see are subject to change.

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So when you see it and it's not matching what God has told you,

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you can say, oh, no, that is subject to change.

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No, that is subject to change. You know, and then your faith will begin to,

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you won't accept it. You won't say, oh, man, still look the same.

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No, that's subject to change.

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And when it changes, I'm telling you, it melts your heart. Another one is stand fast in liberty.

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Let's go to Galatians 5.1. We got to stand fast in liberty. We can't be quitters.

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We have to be able to stand fast in liberty.

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5.1 tells us, Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made

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us free, and be not entangled against with the yoke of bondage.

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Wow, he says, stand fast, therefore, in the liberty. So you're free.

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One scripture, what it tells, I think it's in one translation,

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it says, get free and stay free.

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Do not return to something God already delivered you from. If God has brought

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you out, stand. If God broke the chain, stand.

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If God has given you freedom, stand. Do not allow an old voice,

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an old habit, an old fear, or an old relationship to put you back into bondage.

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So it says stand in your liberty, but also stand in your freedom.

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Next one, stand fast in one spirit. What?

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Stand fast in one spirit. Go to me in Philippians.

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Verse chapter one, verse 27. And it says, only let your conversation.

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It said, only let your conversation be as it become, become of the gospel of Christ.

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That whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs.

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Is this right? Philippians 1, 27. Here it goes. Yep.

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It sounded different. I come and see you or else absent. I may hear of your

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affairs that you stand fast in one spirit with one mind together for the faith and the gospel.

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Standing doesn't always have to be by yourself. Standing could be people standing with you.

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Moses had Aaron and her. Paul had fellow believers. Jesus sent his disciples out together.

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Sometimes strength looks like saying, I need somebody to pray for me.

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There is no weakness in that. Sometimes God keeps us standing through the people he places beside us.

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Remember, you're not in this by yourself. Ask somebody to pray for you.

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Stand in agreement with that person.

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Let's go to Colossians 4.12.

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And Colossians tells us here, stand perfect and complete. We're talking about standing.

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Colossians 4.12 tells us to stand. And so, after us, who

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is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluted to you always, laboring fervently

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for you in prayer, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

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So that gives us another dimension of standing.

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Standing is not stubbornness. Standing doesn't mean I'm never changing.

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I'm never moving. I am doing whatever I want. No.

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Biblical standing allows us to remain submitted to God's will.

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We stand where God tells us to stand. And when God tells us to move, we move.

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Objective is not to stand in our own will, but to stand in the will of God.

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So there's a different type of standing. You ever had maybe a two-year-old,

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three-year-old, even they get a little older, they get stubborn and they don't want to move.

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That's a stand, but it's a rebellious stand.

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Another thing God tells us here, stand against the enemy.

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I want to fill your ear with some good things so you can stand against the enemy.

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That's what it's all about.

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We're going to go to James 4, verse 7.

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And it says, Submit yourself, therefore, to God. Resist the devil,

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and he will flee from you.

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Remember, submit yourself, therefore, to God. Resist the devil,

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and he will flee from you.

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Notice the order. There's order to everything.

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First submit to God, then resist the devil.

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And you cannot properly stand against the enemy while resisting God.

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Our authority comes from our alignment with God.

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I like 1 Peter 5.8. 1 Peter 5.8 tells us, Be sober, be vigilant,

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because your adversary, the devil, as a royal lion, walks about seeking whom he may devour.

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Verse 9 says, Whom resist steadfast in faith, knowing that the same affliction

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are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

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Again, resist, remain steadfast.

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Stand. The devil wants movement. He wants fear to move you. He wants offense

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to move you. He wants disappointment to move you.

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He wants temptation to move you. He wants accusation to move you.

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He wants exhaustion to move you. But God says stand.

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I love this one. The house that stood. Go with me to Matthew 7.

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Because God wants us to stand. That's why you put that, you know, your side, your feet.

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You've got those stakes in the bottom so that you can stand firm in what God

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said. He can move you, but your feet is still there. No yardage is taken.

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Let's go to Matthew 7, 24 to 25. Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings

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of mine and doeth them, I will liken them unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.

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And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat that house.

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And it fell nigh, for it was founded on a rock.

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And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them should be likened

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unto a foolish man, who has built his house upon the sand.

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And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon the house.

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And it fell, and a great fall was fall of it.

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Think about that. Jesus shows us a picture. He says, a person who hears his

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word and does them is like a wise man who builds his house on a rock.

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Then the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew and beat up that house.

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But Jesus said, it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

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Notice something, the rock did not keep the storm from coming.

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The rock kept the house standing when the storm came.

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And that is what the word of God does. That is what truth does.

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That is what covenant does. And that is what knowing God does.

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It gives you something solid beneath your feet.

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In the floods in Nepal, China, there were a house that was standing.

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The floods came and it was going around them and they were still on the porch calling out for help.

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That's powerful. That's standing.

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That house was built on a rock and that's how we should be.

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Everything is going around us, floods, tornadoes, storms, but yet we stand on God's word.

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And yet they live to tell the story. Not many lived to tell the story,

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but they had an opportunity to tell the story.

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So what are you standing on? Once again, what brings us to a serious question

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is what are you standing on? Because the storm reveals foundation.

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If you are standing on people's approval, you will shake when the people reject you.

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If you are standing on money, it will shake when the finances change.

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If you're standing on your title, it will shake when the position change or

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if they close it down, right?

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If you are standing on a relationship, you may shake when the relationship changes you.

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Paul 6, Paul, Psalm 62, 6 says, he only is my rock and my salvation.

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He is my defense and I will not be moved.

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Not, nothing around me will ever be moved.

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But because God is my rock, I do not have to move with everything around me. Come on now.

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Things are shaking. You don't got to move. They say the economy is bad,

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but then God calls you to a different place to go.

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And you're like, oh my gosh. And paying you more money. You're like,

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oh my gosh. They said the economy was bad. Not in God's economy.

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Let's understand this one. God will establish you.

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Psalms 42. God will establish you.

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Remember, we're holding on to God. Remember the armor is God's,

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you know, everything belongs to God.

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We know that belongs to him. Then it's his responsibility to keep us safe.

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Let's go to Psalms 40 verse 2. God will establish you.

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And it says, he brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay

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and set my feet upon a rock and establish my goings.

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God does not just pull you out.

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He establishes your feet. 1 Peter 5.10 says, But the God of all grace,

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after you have suffered a while, makes you perfect, establish, and strengthens you.

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I want to put that in your eyes. Let's go to 1 Peter 5.10. I want to get you there.

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Because this is a powerful scripture. All of it's powerful, but I want to get

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to this one. I'll get to all of them. 1 Peter 5.10. 1 Peter 5.10. Let's read it.

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It says, But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory

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by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,

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establish, strengthen, and settle you.

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I love that. Establish, strengthen, and settle. God wants you spiritually settled.

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Not tossed about by every opinion, not moved by every rumor,

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not panicked by every change, not shaken by every attack established. Do not be moved.

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Psalm 16.8 says, I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand.

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I should not be moved. Do not be moved. Psalms 125 tells us,

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They that trust in the Lord should be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever.

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And in 1 Corinthians 15, I want to look that one up. 1 Corinthians 15 says.

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Therefore, 1558, therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,

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unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.

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For as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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He said, be steadfast and unmovable, standing.

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The biblical message is consistent.

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Sometimes standing just means waiting, right? Let's go to Isaiah 40,

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verse 31. Isaiah 40, verse 31.

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It says, but they that wait on the Lord should renew their strength. They should model.

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With wings as eagles. They should run and not be weary, and they should walk and not faint.

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Waiting doesn't mean God forgot you. Waiting doesn't mean God changed his mind.

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Waiting does not always mean you missed him.

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Sometimes waiting is where God's strength strengthens your ability to stand.

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That's happened many times for me.

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It's like, okay, you get encouragement. That's why you have to go to church.

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You have to read your Bible because trying to stand without your word,

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your sword, try to stand without your righteousness, trying to stand without

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your truth, you're not going to make it. But let's continue.

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Psalms 27, 14 says, Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he should strengthen thy heart.

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You may need another strategy. You may need strength. Let's go to Galilee. I love this scripture.

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You can be weary and still be standing. Come on.

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It's like, if you've ever been, I've been to Police Academy and I went through

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another academy just recently. And sometimes you're thinking like,

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this doesn't take all that. You know, it doesn't take all that.

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But God says it does take all that. It takes all that.

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Let's go to Galatians 6.9. 6.9, it tells us, and let us not be weary in well-doing

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for in due season, we should reap if we faint not.

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So we see that there's some fainting that can happen.

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Scripture says that you can't become tired while doing the right thing.

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You can't get weary while obeying. You can't become discouraged while walking in purpose.

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You can love God and still get tired, but tired does not mean you're defeated.

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Isaiah 40, 29 tells us, we just read Isaiah 49, 20, we read Isaiah 40, 30.

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But right here it says, he giveth power to the faint and to them that have no

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might, he increases strength. Even the point of standing, God is still there.

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You see, that's the whole point of this extra scriptures is to help you understand that.

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Yeah, you all suited up in your armor. And then in the scripture throughout,

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as we did telling you to stand, and we're thinking like we're standing on our

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own. No, we're standing with God.

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God has to move people in places and things to get things in order so that you

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can get where you need to go.

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How long would you wait for him? He can do it in a minute.

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He can do it in a flash. Or he can do it over time. And over time,

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he is giving you, building you up, strengthening your inner man.

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You know, and sometimes you've said, I can't even, I can't stand no more.

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Then you quit. And then the next

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day, your promise ride right by the house because you gave up too soon.

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Barely standing is still standing.

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And the God who told you to stand is also the God who has promised to strengthen you.

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So he's going to make you wait. He's going to make you stand.

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But he's going to be the God that's going to strengthen you in your standing and in your waiting.

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Come on now. Next one. When you fall, get back up. Oh my gosh.

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Let's go to Proverbs 24. When you fall, get back.

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24, 16. It says, for a just man falleth seven times and rises up again,

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but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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Maybe you stumbled. Get up. Maybe you became discouraged. Get up.

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Up. Maybe fear got the best of you for a moment. Get up. Maybe you questioned God.

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Get up. Standing is not pretending you never struggle. Standing is refusing to remain down.

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Micah 7, 8 says, rejoice not against me, O my enemy.

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When I fall, I shall arise. Think about this. You having this attitude,

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all these scriptures should encourage you.

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You got all the equipment. You're standing therefore you stand, stand, withstand.

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But as you're standing, things are happening. And my question is,

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are you still standing? If you're barely standing, you're standing.

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Let's continue. We're almost finished. The whole armor was built for this.

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Now look back at the entire series. Truth kept alive from becoming your foundation.

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Righteousness guarded your heart and your character.

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Peace steadied your feet. Faith quenched your fiery darts. Salvation guarded

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your mind and reminded you who you belong to.

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The word of God gave you something to answer the enemy with and faith kept you connected to God.

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Every piece was prepared you for this to stand. The arm was never about looking powerful.

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It was about remaining established when the battle came. Powerful.

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The goal was never to look impressive.

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The goal was to still be standing when the dust settles. So what does standing look like?

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Standing looks like praying when you don't feel like praying.

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Setting your alarm clock and getting up out that bed because you made a commitment

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to God. That's what it looks like.

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Standing looks like believing God's word when your emotions are saying something different.

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Standing looks like maintaining integrity when compromising would be easier.

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Standing looks like choosing peace when panic is knocking on your door.

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Standing looks like lifting your shield when fiery darts come.

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Standing looks like answering fear with scripture.

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Standing looks like refusing to go back to what God delivered you from.

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Standing looks like trusting God when you cannot see what he is doing.

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And standing looks like saying, I don't understand this season,

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but I know my God. Standing looks like saying, God promised it.

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I believe that he is able to perform it. Standing looks like,

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this, I will not abandon what God has spoken because the promise has not manifest.

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Standing may look like different things for all of us, but long as you're breathing

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and long as you're standing in faith with God, you will see the breakthrough. You will see the answer.

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You will cross the finish line. Your watermark moment. So here's the final watermark

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moment for the Arm of God series.

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Take your spiritual water break and ask yourself, who am I standing on?

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Am I standing on what people said or what God said? Am I standing on what I

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see or what God promised? Am I standing on fear or faith?

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Am I standing on circumstances or covenant?

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And then ask, what is trying to move me?

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Fear, disappointment, delay, rejection, weariness, unanswered prayer, the opinions of other.

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People, an attack on your mind, whatever it is, go back to the word,

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find what God said, plant your feet there and stand. Our final watermark.

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When the battle comes, remember truth.

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Know what God said. Remember righteousness.

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Keep your heart and your life aligned with him. Peace, plant your feet in the

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gospel. Faith, lift your shield.

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Salvation, guard your mind and remember who you belong to.

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The word, answer the lie with it is written.

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Prayer, keep talking to God. Watch, persevere, pray for others.

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And we have done everything God has told you to do.

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Stand, stand on this word, stand in faith, stand in his promise,

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stand in your freedom, Stand in his will. Stand on the covenant.

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Stand knowing that God cannot lie.

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Stand knowing that he has promised he is able to perform.

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And when you cannot see what's next, stand. Let's pray.

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Father, thank you for bringing us through this journey in your word.

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Thank you for the whole armor of God. Thank you for truth, righteousness,

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peace, faith, salvation in your word.

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Thank you for prayer. And Father, thank you for teaching us how to stand.

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Teach us to stand when the evil day comes.

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Teach us to stand when circumstances changes. Teach us to stand when fear comes against our mind.

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Teach us to stand when the promise seems delayed.

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Teach us to stand when we have done everything we know to do.

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Remind us that our foundation is not what we see. Our foundation is you.

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You are a rock. You are a salvation. You are a defense.

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Your word cannot fail. Your promises are sure. You cannot lie.

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And you have promised. And what you have promised, you will perform.

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Father, establish our feet. Strengthen the weary. Lift the discouraged.

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Restore those who have fallen.

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Give courage to those who are afraid. Give endurance to those who have been

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waiting. And give us faith like Abraham.

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Faith that does not stagger at your promise through unbelief,

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but became strong, giving glory to God.

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Fully persuaded that what you have promised, you are able to perform.

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When the wind blows, keep us standing. When the darts fly, keep us standing.

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When the enemy whispers, keep us standing. When people walk away, keep us standing.

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When doors close, keep us standing. Come on, when answers are delayed, keep us standing.

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And when you cannot understand what you are doing, when we can't understand

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what you are doing, keep us standing.

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Father, when the season is over, let our destiny be stood on the word.

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I stood on the promise. I stood in faith.

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I stood in covenant. And God was faithful. He did not stand because we did not

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stand because we were strong enough.

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We stood because the Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

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Having done all, we will stand.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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This is your host, Connie Morris. This has been the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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And this is our final episode on standing. Remember once a week, it'd be every Tuesday.

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This is enough information. You can look up those scriptures, pray on it.

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I would love to hear what God does for your life as you stand on his word,

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as you stand on his promises and you don't waver.

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And having done all to stand, you stand therefore.

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And we thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. And I'll see you on the next episode. Goodbye.

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Before we close today, I don't want to take for granted that everyone listening

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knows Jesus personally.

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If you have listened to this episode or any other episodes and felt something stirring in your heart.

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Maybe you know about God, but you're not sure you truly know him.

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Maybe you grew up in church, walked away, got hurt, became tired,

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and never fully surrendered your life to Jesus.

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I want you to know this. God loves you. He has not forgotten you.

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He is not waiting to shame you.

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He is calling you home.

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The Bible says in Romans 10, 9, if you declare with your mouth,

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Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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Salvation is not about being perfect.

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It's about surrendering to the one who is perfect.

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Jesus died for your sins, rose again, and made a way for you to be forgiven, restored, and made new.

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So right where you are, you can pray this prayer with me.

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Lord Jesus, I come to you today with an open heart. I believe you are the Son of God.

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I believe you died on the cross for my sins. And I believe that God raised you from the dead.

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Today, I confess that I need you. I repent of my sins.

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I ask you to forgive me, cleanse me, and make me brand new. Jesus, come into my heart.

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Be my Lord, my Savior, my Redeemer, and my King. I surrender my life to you.

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I give you my past, my present, and my future.

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Teach me how to walk with you. Fill me with your Holy Spirit.

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Lead me in truth, healing, obedience, and love.

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From this day forward, I belong to you.

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In Jesus' name, amen. If you pray that prayer from your heart,

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I want you to know that heaven has heard you. This is not the end.

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This is only the beginning of your walk with Jesus.

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Find a Bible-believing church. Begin reading the Word of God.

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Pray daily and ask the Holy Spirit to help you grow.

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God is not looking for perfection from you. He is inviting you into relationship,

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transformation, and eternal life through Jesus Christ.

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And remember, you are loved.

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You are not forgotten. And God still has a purpose for your life.

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Thank you for listening to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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Until next time, keep walking in truth, faith, and freedom.

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Family, thank you for spending time with me today.

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To every woman listening who has ever felt hidden, overlooked,

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or pushed aside, hear me clearly.

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God has not forgotten you, and neither have I.

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Now let's go before the Lord and close this out with a word from God.

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Because someone out there needs this reminder today.

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Jeremiah 29, 11, verses 11 through 14.

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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you

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and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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Then when you call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you,

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you will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

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I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and bring you back from captivity.

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Father God, we thank you for your word, that it is true, that it is living, that it is for us.

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You said you know the plans you have for us, plans to prosper us and not to

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harm us, plans to give us hope and a future.

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So today we receive that, not just in our minds, but in our hearts.

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When we feel overlooked, remind us you still see us.

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When we feel forgotten, remind us you still have a plan. And when we feel hidden,

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remind us you are still working.

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Your word says that when we call on you, you will listen.

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So we call on you now. Hear us. Strengthen us.

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Guide us. Help us to seek you with our whole heart, not halfway,

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not sometimes, but fully.

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And as we seek you, let us find you in every season, in every place.

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Even the hidden one. Restore what was lost, renew what feels broken,

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and remind us that nothing in our lives is wasted in your hand.

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Lord, we trust you, we believe you, and we stand on your word. In Jesus' name, amen.

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This is Diary of a Black Woman podcast, and I'm your host, Connie Morris,

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and I'll see you on the next episode.