Be strong and courageous! You are not alone. Throughout scripture, we see God telling His people to be courageous, because He was with them. If you are facing something impossible today, let this be your confirmation that you are not alone, and find courage in the fact that God has promised to be with you and fulfill His promises in your life. God is with you!
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every time i could find that god
revealed that he was with an individual
or with a group of people it was always
connected to their impossible assignment
he revealed his presence because he told
them to do something they could not do
verse 9
have i not commanded you be strong
i don’t know i’m picking up this idea
that maybe we should be strong
have i not commanded you be strong and
of good courage do not be afraid
nor be dismayed for the lord your god is
with you wherever you go that last
phrase is critical
years ago i did a a study where i tried
to find every place
where the lord said he would be with
somebody
so we see it with moses the lord says
i’m going to be with you
we see it with gideon he’s facing this
crazy insurmountable task of this army
he’s got 300 soldiers the lord says i
will be with you
we see it all through the scriptures you
see with the prophets we see it with
different ones who are put in these
positions the lord says i will be with
you
we see it in the great commission
matthew 28 verse 19 and 20.
go into all the world it ends with and i
will be with you always the point is
every time i could find that god
revealed that he was with an individual
or with a group of people it was always
connected to their impossible assignment
he revealed his presence because he told
them to do something they could not do
let’s rephrase that
we sing the song i love your presence
and we do
we love the presence of the lord but the
manifestation of the presence of god is
to guarantee you’ve been assigned to the
impossible
he could comfort us in many ways
but it’s more than just his presence to
comfort me it is to equip and enable me
to confront things that jesus would
confront if he were in these shoes
he says be strong
and courageous do you understand
that he would never command me to be
strong
if it wasn’t within reach
in other words
if my will if i could not will my way
into it
then it would be a cruel command
he didn’t say
feel courageous
he didn’t say hover till you feel strong
he said just be it
be strong
now if god is commanding me to do
something
that is the product of
10 years of obedience
then it’s a it’s a cruel command because
i’m in trouble right now i got a problem
right now
and he comes to us with a command
be strong and don’t fear
be courageous do not be dismayed
why because i’m with you
for me the implication is
if i am overwhelmed by the size of my
problem i have lost sight of the
presence of god and his promise that
prevails over my life
it’s what it’s what
helped the ten
spies to not lie but emphasize the size
of the giants the size of the problem
it wasn’t a lie they just described that
problem
without the prevailing word of god over
their life without the abiding
manifested presence that was visibly
seen
among them every day of their life in
the wilderness
visible manifestation of the glory of
god the pillar of fire by night the
cloud by day it was there day after day
after day after day but they didn’t
remember that when they got into the
promised land and they saw giants
they saw big people instead of a big god
i’ve told you in recent
weeks that most of us
our miracle our breakthrough begins
the moment we stop being impressed by
the size of our problem
many people define themselves by the
size of the problem oh it’s been rough
and i don’t mean we shouldn’t share and
pray with each other i i get that so
i i know this could be misapplied but
it’s worth the risk
if i get some of you to apply it it’ll
be good
your giant
is your next meal
give us this day
our daily bread
god create the table in such a way
that i am so overwhelmed
by who’s at the table
and what you put there for me to eat
that i never again
become impressed with the enemy who was
watching
my one of my most favorite verses of all
is in acts 10 38
and i uh
just about any time i’m thankful for
digital clocks because they say 10 38.
and when whatever they do even i’ve been
up here talking before and i’ve seen 10
38 and just pause in my heart and
acknowledge the reality of acts 10 38
one of the most important scriptures for
my life
it’s where he says
god was with jesus
and he anointed him
to heal every disease
to destroy all the powers of hell that
he ran into
because god was with him
it says jesus went about doing good
healing all who were oppressed the devil
listen to this phrase for god was with
him
the very fact that the presence of god
is manifested with him
emphasizes
that role he had
he had as man with the presence of god
with him
why
because he’s looking for a generation
that will say an equal yes
and look at the giant
and say
you are my dinner
you are my dinner
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well i don’t want to make the devil mad
he’s already mad you are my dinner
yeah i’m so glad that you uh watched
this video i do pray that it’s a great
great strength and encouragement to you
and i’ve got a verse that it really is
my cry for all of us and it’s psalms 20
it’s verse 4.
may he grant you your heart’s desire and
fulfill all your plans
that’s my prayer that’s my prayers that
this would be the season of rich rich
fulfillment
thanks for joining us