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About David Wilkerson David Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade. In 1987, David Wilkerson returned to “the crossroads of the world” to establish Times Square Church. As a pastor of the church, he faithfully led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage righteous living and complete reliance on God. David Wilkerson had a strong burden to encourage and strengthen pastors throughout the world. From 1999 to 2008, he traveled around the globe holding conferences for Christian ministers. Posted with written permission of Time Square Church Copyright © 2016 Times Square Church, 1657 Broadway, New York, NY, 10019, USA. T: (212) 541-6300 F: (212) 541-6415 About Ahava Jerusalem The website and the Social Media Channels are a Christian host for devotionals, sermons, and videos with a focus on Jesus Christ and His Word so that the Church may be built up. MISSION: that Christ is formed in you (Gal 4:19) and that you may be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Ro 12:2) so that you may grow to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. (Eph 4:13) Like 👍 & Subscribe – @Ahava Jerusalem today to stay updated. #fyp #forgiveness #salvation #light #heaven #time #Youtube #Google #Internet #home #family #parents #children #sermon #JesusChrist #God #Father #HolySpirit #Faith #Hope #Love #God #Jesus #Christian #Future #people #ahavajerusalem #Truth #Bible #Peace #HolySpirit #World #Word #Love #Grace #joy #future #grace #amazing #best #live #life #bestsermons #home #family #parents #children #sermon #JesusChrist #God #Faith #Hope #Love #sermon #God #Jesus #Christian #Future #people #ahavajerusalem #Truth #Bible #Peace #Kingdom #HolySpirit #JesusChrist #God #Holy Spirit #Bible #Word #Love #Grace
I want to speak this morning on the
secret of strength in perilous times the
secret of strength in perilous
times I would repeat what Pastor Carter
said that if your baby
cries he may be an upand cominging
preacher but I’m preaching this
morning and uh we do have wonderful
Nursery through exit uh s here okay and
uh in the end next you go to the lobby
and they’ll tell you where you can
invest your baby for a few uh moments
till preaching is over and then you can
go back and get your child in good
hands heavenly father I thank you for
the word I thank you for truth that when
anointed by the Holy Spirit changes
lives God we love your word in this
church we stand on your living word not
the words of men not the passing fancies
of men but on the Eternal Word of God
and Lord I know that you planted
something in my heart for this people
today and I pray Lord for your special
touch and your special glorify you today
we thank you for your manifest presence
now Lord prepare our hearts to receive
what you have given us Lord give us ears
to hear give us an understanding mind
and heart we not put aside the word but
would receive it into our own lives that
it would be meat it would be life and be
changing let us be changed by what we
hear this morning in Jesus name
amen the prophet
Ezekiel came to Israel in a very
prosperous time and he said I’m telling
you judgment is at the door his very
words were these listen closely to what
the prophet
Ezekiel said to Israel even in their
most prosperous hour thus sayeth the
Lord I will draw my sword out of his
sheath I will cut off from Thee the
righteous and the wicked my sword shall
go forth out of his sheath Against All
Flesh from the south to the north sigh
therefore oh son of man and it should be
when they say unto you why do you sigh
and you shall answer because of the
tidings or the bad news The Evil news
because it’s coming and every heart
shall melt All Hands shall be feeble and
every Spirit shall faint and all knes
shall be weak as water behold it’s
coming it shall be brought to pass
sayeth the
Lord the prophet said that when God
takes his sword out of his sheath and
begins to strike the Nations he said all
of those who seem so strong and
belligerent and nonch L he said their
knees are going to tremble they’re going
to Bow these men are going to be like
water
unstable those who were so proud and
boastful he said they’re all going to
faint because of the evil Tidings
because the news of the day and the hour
be so ominous that their knees will
shake and they will tremble every Spirit
shall faint because of the
tidings this was prophesied also many
years Years Ago by Moses when he warned
of War all future
Generations what will
happen when the Lord sends judgment upon
a
land in Leviticus 26 in fact he gives
three things that happened to Nations
and the society when God’s judgments are
upon the land he said first of all I
will send a fainting into their hearts
their hearts will begin to faint in them
number two they will be so Panic
stricken they will run at the sound of a
shaking
Leaf they will run at the sound of a
shaking Leaf thirdly they shall have no
power to stand before their enemies now
folks you look around you today and see
the stock market for example every rumor
Every Word by any expert or leader
suddenly it begins to shake it goes up
and down according to rumors they are
shaking they are running in Panic the
sound the Bible says of a shaking leaf
and that’s what’s happening now every
little leaf that shakes every little
word that said waiting and hanging on
some word waiting for somebody to give
advice out of this mess that we’re
headed
into the prophecy of Moses is meant for
us also today for those who living in
the latter
days I’ve seen pictures of this
fulfilled before my very eyes in the New
York Times pictures of stock Brokers
from Indonesia from Malaysia from Japan
Korea and here in the United States not
far from where I stand picture after
picture of Brokers with their head down
in their hands and the despair in their
faces and the
anxiety they are shaking like a leaf
Panic stricken eyes swollen demolished
by
fear it’s all summed up in what Jesus
told us and warned us about in Luke
21:26 and there shall be signs in the
Sun and in the moon and in the stars and
upon the Earth distress of nations with
perplexity the Sea and the waves roaring
the Sea and the waves roaring have you
ever seen any of the Hurricanes
lately men’s Hearts failing them for
fear for looking upon those things which
are coming on the earth for the powers
of of Heaven shall be
shaken he says when these things begin
to happen these are the words of Jesus
he he said that that the news the
tidings will become so ominous and so
very very
fearful men who were once so apparently
strong these great tigers and these
great bears and
Bulls he said they’re going to be like
water he said they’re going to be Panic
stricken they’re going to anticipate the
Daily News and with trembling and
faintness of heart and he said many of
them are going to die of heart failure
they’re literally going to
die all right having said that what
about God’s people what does God’s word
say about God’s people and their
attitude when judgment is
overhead David said it loud and clear
and I want you to hear it in your
innermost being what you hear it from
the Holy Spirit Spirit you can’t hear it
unless your mind is open your spirit is
open to what the Lord is saying and if
you honor his word let this ring in your
in Man David said this man who’s
righteous this man who is obedient and
trust the
Lord he shall not be afraid of evil
Tidings his heart is fixed trusting in
the Lord his heart is established he
shall never be afraid never his heart is
established trusting in the
Lord now in Isaiah the 34th chapter you
read the whole 34th chapter is a picture
of God judging Nations just as he’s
doing
now incredible picture of God’s judgment
in his sword striking all the nations of
the Earth at the
time for the indignation he said of the
Lord is upon All Nations
for it is the day of the Lord’s
Vengeance yesterday they said that
onethird of the world now is in total
depression onethird of the world and now
it is coming to Brazil next and then to
Argentina Mexico and all Latin America
and then one half of the world from
Russia on one side Asia on the other
side and now from the south it comes and
so the United States is now surrounded
in pendal
movement and in the middle of that bad
news those evil Tidings the prophet
suddenly stops the next chapter in verse
chapter 35: 3 and 4 listen to what he
says he’s speaking now to God’s people
God’s people who see these things coming
on the earth and they’ve been trembling
they have been fearful in the scripture
says that Isaiah Cried Out strengthen
your weak hands confirm your feeble
knees say to them that have a faint
heart be strong and fear not behold your
God will come with vengance even god
with a recompense and he will come and
save you now incredible words of comfort
he he said that which is Vengeance on
the nation is your salvation he said
well I am smiting the when I am dealing
with my controversy about Zion he said
you’re not to fear this is not about you
you this is not judgment on my house or
my people he said you are to strengthen
yourself and while all around you are
growing weak you are to become
strong you are to have continual growth
in strength and confidence in
God profound uplifting word from the
Holy
Spirit Paul admonishes the church watch
ye Stand Fast in your faith quit you
like men he said act like men be
strong and in Ephesians 610 he says
finding my brethren be strong in the
Lord in the power of His might now this
is God’s hope for his church in perilous
times now Jesus said perilous times are
coming if if if you get tired of my word
then switch over and listen to Jesus he
said perilous time are coming you don’t
want to hear from a pastor or Shepherd
or Watchman hear it from the Lord
perilous times are coming on the earth
he said so perilous men’s hearts are
going to die they’re going to literally
have heart attacks watching those things
because of the news the evil
Tidings but God’s hope for his church
for those who are truly his is that
there will be a testimony and I believe
there’ll be no greater testimony in hard
times than when people all around are
fainthearted when they are trembling and
they are screaming and
wailing right now you are not aware of
it but all over this city especially in
Connecticut now where long-term capital
has collapsed 16 multi-millionaires have
gone
broke and may have to some of them
having deare bankruptcy according to the
times
yesterday $2 trillion now of wealth has
been lost on paper a lot of trembling
and people are going to tremble when
this news begins to break and when
suddenly this nation is cast into a
holocaust Financial Holocaust and people
everywhere trembling on the job and on
the streets and there’s a solemnness
there’s a horror and a Darkness Falls on
the land the great testimony will be a
people of God a righteous holy people
who have no fear they’re gr stronger and
stronger in the Lord in their
faith that is the testimony you won’t
have to pass out tracks you won’t have
to say I’m a Christian you won’t have to
be a Christian just by H carrying your
Bible around though those are all good
there’ll be something on your
countenance of Peace there’ll be
something about you that is
different and they’ll say why do you
smile in this time
what kind of investment did you
make where did you put your
money you said I’ve got a bank brother
that you don’t know anything
about he said this sort of
Vengeance right in the middle of it he
says even with the Vengeance I will come
and he will come and save
you he said Vengeance on the nation is
my time of salvation for you I’m going
to save you
incredible however
sadly there going to be many many
Christians are not going to make it
they’re going to faint and they’re going
to fret and they’re going to despair and
they’re going to be listening to radio
or television news and it’s going to be
so ominous and so frightful they just
like the worldly people around them are
going to
tremble they are going to
fret they’re going to
despair if they’re not going to make it
in their Spirits their Spirits are going
to be cast down and many Christians are
going to die of fright literally
physically die of
fright
the time is soon coming and the Holy
Spirit made this very clear to me the
time is soon
coming in many congregations around the
United
States where there’s been compromise in
sin where there’s been no preaching of
the true
gospel where there have been pastors who
have drifted far from the Lord and who
themselves are living in sin there are
going to be multitudes on Sundays and
other times they’re going to fall into
church like dead men having listened to
a whole week of evil Tidings and bad
news that has frightened them and scared
them they come to the house of God and
they’re going to sit look at each other
through hallowed eyes and they’re going
to sit there and watch a dead man grow
up like a blind man to the wall in the
Pulpit there’ll be no word there’s been
no warning there’s been no
preparation there’ll be no
aners and I’m telling you there will be
a death you think churches are dead now
wait thousands and thousands of
congregations like going to a funeral
because there’s no life there’s no word
from God the Bible said I will set their
eyes they will be
blind you see the multitudes who are
living in sin
they think they’re going to handle
anything oh you ought to hear the cool
talk on Wall Street right now very cool
talk from Young Brokers are being
interviewed and you listen to the
spin all we can handle it they been
depressions there have been hard times
before but we all come out of it we’re
all in the same boat so
what the Bible said those are the men
are going to tremble those are the men
are going to panic
but Hallelujah there is going to be a
there is now even a holy Remnant
Believers who’ve learned the secret of
getting and maintaining strength in hard
times they have learned how to get
strength they’ve learned how to maintain
that strength so that no matter what
happens on the face of the Earth doesn’t
matter where the moon and the stars fall
from the heaven doesn’t matter where the
mountains quake and fall into the sea
they have something of strength and
power with
Christ they are unshakeable they’re
unmovable they are not going to be
moved I want you to go to Psalms 32 if
you will please Psalms
32 I find that I have to get into the
word to make this
stick
Psalm 32 beginning to read verse let’s
read two
verses I I have the wrong
uh chapter 32 I’m sorry let
me
I have the wrong reference but let me
give it to you look this way if you will
please it’s
in near Psalm I think it may be 31 here
just a
minute yeah here it is Psalm
31 verses 19 and 20 please oh how great
is thy goodness which thou has laid up
for them that fear thee which thou has
wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men now here here’s
the psalmist introducing us to this
phrase The Secret of his presence thou
shallal hide them in the secret of thy
presence from the pride of
man thou shall keep them secretly in a
pavilion from The Strife of tongues I
want you to notice these words here in
the 20th verse thou shall hide them in
the secret of thy presence look this way
now the secret of thy presence
now folks here the APO here the writer
David is introducing us now to the
secret of strength here it is right now
his presence in us nothing more or less
than The Nearness to Christ The Nearness
to the
Lord the measure of your
security is proportionate to your
nearness to Christ let me say it
again the measure of your strength is in
proportion to your nearness to Jesus the
closer you are to Jesus the stronger
you’re going to be it’s that simple
that’s the secret he’s talking about if
you want strength you cling to him you
run to him in every clis and every trial
you run to Jesus and it’s The Nearness
you are to Christ how near are you to
Christ all the strength that you’re
going to need and all the strength that
you’re going to have to maintain is
going to come through your prayer life
now in the Old Testament the presence of
the Lord was tied to the
ark wherever the ark was the Jew thought
the Israel thought that’s where the
presence of God and for a long time that
was it this is where the mercy seat was
this represented the presence of God on
Earth it was in the holy of holies and
then they Trav CED with the ark and
there’s a
story given in 1 Samuel chapter 4 of Eli
sending his armies Eli the high priest
at the time sent the armies of Israel to
fight the Philistines and they begin to
lose the battle 4,000 men had already
been
slaughtered and the cry went up why are
we losing the
battle why are we being smitten before
the
Philistines and someone comes up with
the idea it’s because the Lord’s
presence is not with this go get the ark
the scriptures said they said let us
fetch the Ark of the Covenant of the
Lord out of Shiloh unto us that was the
house of God send the Levites send them
go get the
ark we need the presence of the Lord
with us that when it cometh Among Us it
will save us out of the hand of our
enemies and when when the armies of
Israel saw the ark coming into the
camp Bible said they shouted with a
great shot so that the Earth rang
out the Philistines heard the noise and
asked what does it all
mean they understood that the Ark of the
Lord was coming into the camp and the
Philistines were afraid for they said
God is coming to the camp Oh is
us you see folks the presence of the
Lord in your life scares the devil more
than anything else in Hell the presence
of Jesus The Nearness of Christ to you
and you to
him I tell you the man that shut in with
God the woman that shut in with God
those who walk near to him those who
spend quality time with him those who
are so wrapped up in
Jesus I want you to know that is the one
thing the devil will fight more than
anything else he will do everything in
his power to rob you of the presence of
the Lord he wants to put you in the lap
of some Delila so that he can cut you
off from the source of your
strength he wants you to be sidetracked
into some business sidetracked into some
Ministry sidetracked into almost
anything to keep you away from that
quality time alone with Jesus that place
where you get strength where he can’t
touch you where you become invincible to
the fears and the anxieties of this
age but you
see here are soldiers now dancing and
shouting and praising God and say we win
we win the battle’s over the Lord is
with us God is in the house the presence
of Lord we win they didn’t win there was
a great
Slaughter because you see to them the
presence of the Lord was a dead
theology it was just a matter of mind
never affected their heart all they
wanted was the
power and they didn’t want the god
behind the
power and be careful folks you can go to
some camp and you can hear the singing
and the shouting and see the dancing and
everybody saying God is with us you
better make sure the presence of the
Lord is there because you’re dancing
around a de
Ark the Ark of the Lord was no longer
the presence of the Lord God had left
Silo he left the ark it was gone was was
nothing out but a piece of
wood that’s why you be careful folks to
go don’t go anywhere outside of your
secret closet to find the presence of
the Lord
folks this matter of the presence of the
Lord is not a dead Doctrine it’s a
reality now many of
you that may believe that you’re in
spiritual warfare you’re fighting the
enemy but all folks you can’t fight the
enemy without the presence of the Lord
Jesus in your life you can’t do
it
I would think most of you hearing me
this morning are
convinced that the whole
world and especially the United
States is headed for a chastening from a
holy
God uh you would have to be totally
blind like the man who wrote me a letter
last week and he said very matter of
fact that you are no Watchman you have
not heard from the
Lord and what he’s saying America is
going to face its finest
hour I hope he’s
true look at the tidings already that
are in the land listen to what is being
said by the experts now and finally this
this week for the first time in the
national news they’re using the term
Global depression first time ever that
I’ve have
heard now if that’s so and if you hear
the sound of the trumpet and you hear
the hoof
beats and I have a question for
you how near are you to the
Lord how near is he to you and how much
quality time are you spending in his
presence just theone with him you’re not
asking for anything you you are just
there for
him
him because you know that he has all
that you need and you are there in his
presence you are there for him and
you’re there saying master I’m in no
hurry this is your
time how near are you to the
Lord
you say well Pastor David uh you don’t
understand I I I love the Lord with all
my heart and I’m a good witness I I’m
not ashamed to witness to Jesus to
anybody anywhere at any time I read my
Bible I tithe I’m faithful to church I’m
living a good clean moral
life I’m still going to ask you the
question how near are you to the Lord
because you can do all those things and
if you are not near the Lord if you’re
not spending quality to him your
testimony is dead did and you are
drifting further away from your source
of strength and so that what you give
has no life to it it does not change
lives it’s fine it makes you feel good
you have done your part but there is no
life because the life and the strength
that emanates out of you comes from the
Throne of God when you alone with him
he’s empowering you and if you don’t
have that empowering of the Holy Ghost
you I want to tell you something you can
work your fingers to the Bone for Jesus
you can Minister you can preach you can
do all these things unless you’re s in
with God it’s
lifeless it’ll wear you
out you get weary and your
sweat and you will measure your walk by
your doing rather than your being with
him and I’m going to tell you there’s no
way that you can be more pleasing to God
there’s no way you could be more
fulfilling his will than being shut in
with him
alone he said ‘ then all these other
things will come out of life the life
that you have with
me Paul faced many many hard times he
faced perilous times he knew what it was
to lose everything he knew what it was
to to
to hunger and thirst he knew what it was
to sit in a damp dark cell alone and
forsaken even by friends
but I want you to go and I want you to
listen to this man go with me please to
Second Timothy will you will you please
the fourth chapter second Timothy the
fourth
chapter the fourth chapter of second
Timothy this time I think I have it
right verses 16 and
17 at my first answer no man stood with
me
but all men forsook me I pray God that
it may not be laid to their
charge notwithstanding means in spite of
it all the Lord stood with
me and he did what strengthened Me That
by me the preaching might be fully known
and that all the Gentiles might hear and
I was delivered out of the mouth of the
lion the Lord shall deliver me from
every evil work
he will preserve me unto his Heavenly
Kingdom to whom be glory forever and
ever
amen Paul said look everywhere I look
there trouble there’s distress people
have abandoned me I’ve been rejected and
this man had nothing in the flesh to
glory in there was not much to comfort
him in the flesh he said in spite of
everything I see coming in spite of the
hard and perilous times that I in
nevertheless in spite of it all the Lord
stood with me and he strengthened
me thrilled Paul must have been when he
heard his children that he ministered to
his
congregations holding on strong that’s
why he could write to the
Hebrews he said you endured a great
fight of afflictions you were made a
gazing stalk by reproaches and
afflictions and you took joyfully the
sporing of your goods here was a
congregation that could say with their
Pastor I’ve lost everything I’ve lost
everything Paul said i’ I I I’ve
suffered the loss of all things these
people have been made a laughing stalk
they have been robbed they’ve lost their
homes they’ve lost everything they’ve
lost their careers they’ve lost
everything and Paul said you took it
joyfully you grew strong through the
process everybody else would be
screaming at God and wailing and washing
and nashing their teeth you’re growing
stronger you’re being
strengthened that’s what Paul said I’m
in
jail I I don’t have anything but the
Lord came and stood by me and
strengthened me and told me he going to
deliver me from everything that comes
against
me do you have a notwithstanding in your
life have you come to that place where
you said in spite it
all I believe that if I stay close to
Jesus in my hard times I run to him he’s
the source of my strength he has
everything I
need you
remember the man who had a guest come at
midnight he had no bread but he had a
friend who had all the bread he
needed that friend is Jesus who sticks
closer to her brother he said he’s a
friend and this man says I’m going to go
to my friend friend he didn’t ask once
and then go home and sit there and say
well I’ll take it by faith he’s he’s my
friend he knows what I
need I want to tell you something folks
you have not
prayed you have not prayed until you’ve
given up all other
options there’s no such thing as prayer
unless all options are gone and you are
shut in on one purpose and one plan and
that is that you know that your Christ
has all the strength all the power
everything you need nobody else has it
where do you go you can’t get it from
your friends you can’t get it from the
government there’s no institution only
Christ has the Bible said he is our
strength and so you go to him he said I
know he’s got the bread he’s got my
strength everything I need where can I
go and now folks I’m telling you you
don’t pray until you have given up every
other hope of getting strength or
direction or anything else from any
other source not from your books your
sermon tapes not from your pastor not
from your friends not from a
prop not from a healing of aners not
from anybody but
Jesus folks I want tell you something it
comes down to this you give God an
ultimatum you give the Lord an ultimatum
you say Lord Jesus I see hard times
coming I don’t know what’s ahead of me
but I tell you Jesus I know you have
everything I need to keep me by your
power and your grace and I’m keep coming
and coming till I get what I need I’m
coming at
you I I gave God an ultimatum a year ago
I said Lord there’s so much yet I don’t
know there’s so much I’m going to have
to have I’m going to to stand in the
pulpit in perilous times and I can’t
just give little
sermonettes I can’t tickle anybody’s
ears Lord I’m going to have to hear from
heaven and I know you have the word you
have everything the house of God needs
you have what your people need in
indones in China and Russia wherever
there’s a depression you have everything
we
need
and I said God I’m telling you I’m not
giving up till you bless me with your
word and Revelation I’m not giving up
I’m going to come and come and
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come yes my dear
wife he he got an made him from
me oh
God you will not withhold from
me your presence your word the Bible
said this man kept pounding kept
knocking until the word says He gave him
all he needed he gave him
all he’s going to give you everything
you need strength and power and
anointing and
encouragement but let me tell you
something you’re not going to give it to
those who come home from work flip on
the TV and flop in the
couch waste away
hours never open their Bible never seek
the face of God not going to be given to
pastors who sit around through the week
ping away their time and
going spending more time on the golf
course their knees I’m not against that
but but no time for the Lord and stand
in the Pulpit dead and
dry folks I’m telling you there is no
other source of strength but being in
the presence of the Lord the Bible says
very very clearly that there is no other
way no other
hope I was talking to a friend of mine
this past week in Texas who
has who raises
cattle he said brother
Dave we’ve had
droughts and yes this past week we had
12 Ines of rain after a
drought we’re back in a
drought no anticipation of further rain
but he said we’re now being invaded by
army
worms he said I went out in my field and
I turned off and said honey what’s
happened look the fields are all
yellow and he went out in the fields and
all his hay crop was gone army worms had
eaten everything left just
stalks just
stems he said brother looks you read
about droughts in the Bible in the last
days you read about pestilence and you
read about plagues he said I’ve we’ve
got a plague in East Texas now eating up
everything everything is green is being
eaten up and now they say that we’re
going to have Locust
coming and he said
it it’s it’s in my yard it’s in my
Fields the things that God talked about
then then we went on and talked about
the failure of long-term capital hedge
fund
investment that last
week a week ago almost
collapsed and I was telling what I just
read in the newspaper in the New York
Times how the Federal Reserve had to
come in and rescue uh a 100 billion doll
uh Fiasco was about to
break and 7 of these Bankers gathered
together right down here in Wall Street
in
panic in panic absolute Panic saying
what’s going on what happened the
smartest brains in the
world were about to
lose the bond
market and every hedge fund would have
collapsed they had to get together in
that room and folks last week while
everybody in America went on their free
spending ways everybody happy everybody
thinking fine the nation almost
collapsed last
week they build
out long-term capital investment
firm
and I was aware of it because I’ve been
reading on it and keeping up with
it and I I turned I I told my friend
said you know
something we
were hours
away in fact
Greenspan said just so in so many words
that they had to do it to save the whole
world’s Financial system to save
it and I hung up the phone after sharing
this with with my
friend and I I thought wait a minute
here we are talking about plagues and
and pestilence that are right in front
of us here I am talking about uh being
on the brink right on the brink and
we’re just nonchalant about it we’re
just talking about it and sudden da
we’re not ready we’re not ready for this
I’m not ready we’re not ready physically
we we’re not ready
for for the thing when it happens we’re
not ready for it and then most
Christians I talk to the attitude is
well wait a minute there’s nothing I can
do about any I’m just going to trust God
and it’s kind of a nonchalant it’s kind
of easygoing we talk about these things
it just flows out of us it’s all almost
like a doomsday scenario where
everybody’s talking about how bad it’s
going to get and things we just talk
about it and it just pours out of us and
and the attitude well I’m just going to
go as far as I can what else can I do uh
and uh I I’ll just do my best in what
God has called me to do and there’s
nothing I can do oh yes there is here’s
what the Holy Spirit told me is the
point of my message there is something
that you and I can do there is a
preparation that we should be making
right now we should be preparing right
now and that preparation is alone in the
Pres pres of the Lord the very thing I’m
talking about right now to start
building up your spiritual strength and
your faith in the Lord and you are not
going to get it in any other way but
shutting the whole world out and going
into a secret place with the Lord and
pouring your heart out
daily just pouring your heart and get
drawing he said you draw nigh to me I
will draw nigh to you and it’s that
nearness that is the secret of strength
it is measured by your closeness to
Jesus and you can’t get close to Jesus
unless you’re shut in with
him any more than you can get close to
your wife without being shut in with her
or your
husband they that trust in thee before
the sons of men thou shall hide them in
the secret of thy presence
Hallelujah
you know you’re not going to be able to
lean on somebody
else’s
strength I want to speak to every wife
that’s here
quickly if if you don’t have your own
prayer life if you don’t have your own
time with Jesus if you’re not building
up your own strength in the Holy Ghost
in the Lord when these things come
you’re not going to be ready you can’t
get it from your husband you can’t get
it sir from your wife your wife may be a
Praying woman you said well when hard
times my wife will pray us through no
you’ll be so stricken you won’t know
what to do you’ll be
blinded you can’t get it remember during
the time of the prophets they thought
well when the hard times come we’ll just
call for Noah and Daniel and job the
scripture says no though these three men
Noah Daniel and job it they shall
deliver but their own Souls by their
righteousness they won’t have enough for
you and Jesus blessed the word that in
fact Jesus gave the parable of the
foolish virgins who came to the wise and
said we’ve run out of oil will you give
us some of your oil they said there’s
not enough for us and you you go buy
your own oil and the Lord spoke those
words he said there’s not enough you
have to have your own prayer life you
have to have your own time singles
career people I ask you I beg of you
when you come home go home and shut the
door begin to seek the Lord then you
won’t have you you can sit through any
message of any Prophet or any Watchman
doesn’t matter how scary it
gets you won’t shake you won’t fear the
loss of your job you won’t fear the loss
of your home because I want to tell you
something my God he the Apostle Paul
said the Lord will come forth he will
strengthen you he will give you the
assurance that he’s going to preserve
you and keep you he’ll do it in a way
you can’t imagine or understand but God
will keep you he will not let you suffer
death or deprivation or anything else
unless his perfect will is in it he said
be faithful even unto death and you
can’t do that unless you have the
supernatural strength of Jesus Christ
abiding in you
Hallelujah do you have your own source
of strength now
you say what can I do there’s nothing
wrong with being
informed but I’m telling you
now there are
Christians who to be doubled up in fear
and living in dread and
panic because they’ve not been running
to
Jesus in perilous times I tell you
what
what happens you don’t have your own
source of strength and your mate is
taken from
you what
happens if things change so much that
you’re left alone and you have to face
the battle alone you better have a
secret of strength you better have a
source folks it’s that simple I’ve
learned I learned it when I was 8 years
old and all these years has kept
me in every crisis anything I don’t
understand anything that overwhelms me
any crises any hard time I just say
goodbye world and I run to Jesus and I
stay there until I get all the strength
and the comfort and the help that I need
to come out and face it he doesn’t
remove the problem he just puts me above
it because I’m seated with Christ in in
Heavenly
places
he wants to raise you above every crisis
that’s
coming I and everybody that has full
confidence in the word just raise your
hand and wave it at me right now please
you have full confidence in the word all
right let’s see if you
do let’s start verse 28 if you have King
James would you read it aloud with
me Isaiah 40 verse beginning verse 28 to
the end of the chapter hast thou not
known
hast thou not heard that the Everlasting
God the Lord the creator of the ends of
the Earth fainteth not neither is weary
there is no searching of his
understanding he giveth power to the
faint and to them that have no might he
increaseth strength even the youth shall
faint and be weary and the young man
shall utterly fall but they that wait
upon the Lord shall renew their strength
they shall Mount up with wings as eagles
they shall run and not be weary and they
shall walk and not faint glory to God
glory to God
hallelujah that’s the word hallelujah
Heavenly
Father what a wonderful promise you’ve
given
us that if we would wait on you that’s
prayer that’s quality
time if you draw near to me and wait on
me in that waiting you will be
strengthened you will not faint though
even the young around you may be
fainting and falling you will not faint
your strength will be
renewed you will grow
strong in hard
times you become a
testimony to a man or woman who trusts
in God before the sons of men oh
Hallelujah Lord I want to be one of
those
testimonies Hallelujah Lord get our eyes
off the problems get our eyes off the
crazies get our eyes off all these
things Lord we hear the news but Lord
we’ve got better news we’ve got a better
word
hallelujah God said I’m going to
preserve you I will preserve Zion I will
keep you by my grace and by my power but
you’re going to need the strength
hallelujah
hallelujah hallelujah
uh been asking Theo I’ve been asking the
Holy
Spirit how to approach this
invitation and what I believe I’ve
receive from the Holy
Spirit there are a number of you here
now that need to change we were singing
about that that changed
me it’s not enough to hear a word and
let it just let it
die it has to change
us and there are some of you that are
standing here watching me in the annex
and here in the main
Auditorium I’ll tell you bluntly how how
clear I hear it from the Holy
Spirit you don’t have a prayer life you
don’t you don’t have a prayer
life oh you you you have a love for him
you you don’t want to turn your back on
him you don’t live in any flaunted
sin but you don’t have a life shut in
with the
Lord you have a full day of activity but
you don’t have that special time with
him or a special
place and that’s a grief to
God that you should neglect his son
neglect this source of thing because you
see God wants you to be very strong in
the days ahead that’s his desire for you
be strong that you grow and you see
growth is nothing more than a a
continual revelation of who Jesus is you
grow in the knowledge of him that’s what
growth is nothing more or less it’s it’s
a greater and greater revelation of who
Jesus is and you can’t have that you
probably have a static stale vision of
who Jesus is Jesus can’t be making
himself very real to you it’s just
something you knew of him in the past
but it’s not a fresh live word in you
now you’re not able to draw
strength if you do go to prayer it’s
only to ask him for things with loving
heart that aching cleaving heart for the
Lord and I want you to deal with that
this
morning we’re not here
to pack out this Altar and say oh look
at all the people not at all God knows
our heart on
that I’m going tell you
something if you’ve not if you don’t
have that prayer life if you’re not
seeking the Lord with all your heart you
have a time alone with
God he told you to redeem the time and
when you and I stand before the
Lord you have to answer for
that the neglect of the secret closet
alone with
him and if you’re here now in the Holy
Spirit is convicted of you and you say
and I’ll tell you what to me that’s just
the greatest sin as anything you could
name on
Earth he said my people neglected me
days on
end
neglected how should we
escape what’s coming if we neglect so
great is salvation and he is our
Salvation it’s the neglect of
Christ if God’s convicted You by his
holy spirit you say Pastor David that is
me I come to church I love the
Lord I I I try to read my Bible and I
witness but I have no life of
prayer I don’t have a prayer
life if the Holy Ghost convicts you I
want you to come because that is sin I
want you to confess it and I’m going to
ask you to say God I want you to help me
from this day on to
develop a life of prayer I want my life
to be a life of Prayer in the days ahead
up in the balcony go here de side if
you’re in the annex you can go to the
lobby and the ushers will show you how
to get into this building you come down
and meet me we’re going to ask God to
forgive us and I’ll tell you what this
blesses The Father’s Heart mightily when
there’s True Confession Lord I’ve
neglected your son father I’ve neglected
Jesus I don’t
have I am not a man I’m not a woman of
prayer and I want to be now if you’re
here also and you’re not right with God
you’ve been drifting away from him
you’re backliner you don’t know Jesus
follow these that are coming nobody will
know why you’re coming you come nobody’s
putting you on the spot this is a time
to make things right with the Lord your
perilous times get it right with the
Lord sing that again if you will please
while they’re coming look this way for
just a
moment the Lord knows our hearts he he
no matter what we say with our mouth he
goes deeper than that he says into the
very heart and he
knows and he has such a love for you and
especially because you come to his
presence right now to
acknowledge Lord I’ve sinned against you
I have neglected you I I I I kind of
left you somewhere in the back roads of
my
mind oh I think about you Jesus but I
have not given you that
wonderful loving
time I want you to pray with this me
right now
Jesus I’ve neglected
you and that is
sin that is grieving to the Holy Spirit
and to the heavenly father
and to you Jesus because you
said if I’m under the
blood I’m the bride of
Christ and as your bride
Jesus I’ve neglected
you I ask
forgiveness I ask for
cleansing and I ask you Holy
Spirit to woo me and draw me so that I
want to pray
that I want to seek you Jesus draw me
Lord and I’ll run after
you now I want everybody in this house
every Christian in this
house I I I I don’t think there’d be
many Christians who who could be able to
honestly say to the Lord I’ve been very
faithful in this
matter folks I I’ve got a hunger to
spend even more time with him I I’m I’m
not near where I want to be this matter
I want everybody as a Christian to raise
your hands by I would many everyone have
hold your hands and and ask the Lord
Lord forgive me forgive me for not
giving you the time that you deserve
forgive me Lord for neglecting the
prayer closet forgive me Lord Jesus for
not going to my source of strength I’ve
been trying to be strong but My Own
Strength is going to fail me in hard
times give me your strength as I wait
upon you Lord I will wait upon the Lord
I will wait upon the Lord God by your
spirit draw us now into your presence
draw us to yourself Lord awaken us to
pray help us to remember this moment of
consecration that we will seek the face
of
God now for those who have drifted away
from the Lord will you just ask him
right now to cleanse you just ask him in
your own words to forgive you those who
are not right with the Lord say Jesus I
give you my heart I confess every sin to
you and I believe you now for a new
heart a new heart put a new heart in me
Jesus with new desires Draw Me Closer to
you this is the conclusion of the
message