Build It: Overcoming 4 Barriers To God’s Blessing | Jentezen Franklin

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Franklin turn in the Bible with me to

the book of Zachariah I want to go to

Zechariah 1 verse 17 I’ll begin reading

with verse 17 Again proclaimed saying

thus says the Lord of

hosts my cities shall again spread out

through

Prosperity my cities the cities of

Israel will spread out notice that

through

Prosperity a Bible word the Lord will

again Comfort Zion he will again choose

Jerusalem then I raised my eyes and

looked and there were four

horns I said to the angel who taught

with me what are these so he answered

these are the horns that have scattered

Judah Israel and

Jerusalem then the Lord showed me four

Carpenters or

craftsmen the King James says carpenters

and I said who are these coming to to do

what what are these coming to do so he

said these are the horns that scattered

Judah so that no one could lift their

head but the Craftsmen or the Carpenters

are coming to terrify them to cast out

the horns of the Nations that lifted up

their horn against the land of Judah to

scatter it it’s really something when

you read these verses and you see what’s

happening in Israel even as we’re

speaking same ancient Spirits trying to

scatter and

Destroy but this is one of the powerful

uh insights and visions that Zachariah

had and it starts out as soon as God

spoke Prosperity over the

nation and over the city of Jerusalem

which is a type of the church and over

Judah which is the righteous seed a type

of the Christians the

believer God spoke prosperity

to the nation and as soon as God did

that instantly the prophet saw in a

vision four horns of resistance arise

horns are always symbolic of unbridled

power and in this case is satanic power

with two objectives number number one to

scatter Israel to divide families to

divide people and to decimate and then

secondly so that to so depress and

discourage and defeat that no man could

lift up his head these four

principalities these four demon Spirits

assigned to the people of God to keep

their heads down

to oppress to depress to defeat and

listen carefully to stop from spreading

out when I when I read that the

spreading out part I thought about go

into all the world and preach the gospel

the spreading out and what I’m going to

share with you this morning is not

something that I read somewhere I’m

sharing this with you because it is what

I have

seen uh God do in this church we had to

confront these four horns that I’m going

to talk about and whether you’re

building a business or building a family

or building a career or building a dream

or Building a

Church you will

encounter the resistance especially if

it’s something God has put in your heart

to build and that’s why it talks about

the spirit of the carpenter four

Carpenters came to the rescue when they

were under attack attack because the

carpenter has got to come and help it’s

a beautiful picture of Jesus

Christ and the prosperity the scripture

said was given to spread

abroad spread abroad the Nations and

let’s say spread abroad the kingdom of

God and the good news of Jesus Christ

and when you think of the word

Prosperity don’t just think of money but

I want you to think of the a prosperous

man marriage a prosperous career a

prosperous family prosperous work and

dreams God wants his people to be

productive and

fruitful and he said I’ve decreed

Prosperity a breaking forth a spreading

out a breakthrough a spreading abroad to

do more to grow more to expand more and

Jesus the son of the

carpenter is part part of that under the

New Covenant and I believe the four

horns are the four gospels Matthew Mark

Luke and John and I’m sending today and

I’m coming today in the spirit of the

carpenter to talk to you from my

heart just when the horns were pressing

them down Jesus Christ and the spirit of

the Carpenters showed up to rebuild the

nation rebuild the homes and the

families rebuild what was once great

that had been

demolished the first horn I want to

liken and call the spirit of lack

because if you’re going to build

something sooner or later you will con

you will come in conflict with the

spirit of lack we have to do our work we

have to do our part we have to be

excellent at what we do but as soon as

you start to lift up your head and God

gives you a vision I know it happened to

me when I came here and Sharice when we

came here I was 28 years old when I

became pastor of this church and Sharice

is seven years younger than me and we

were really kids we did not know what we

were doing we just had a vision we just

had a dream for this church called Free

Chapel it felt right it lived up to its

name it felt free and it felt like

something God had a special assignment

on this place and I remember those days

I remember pulling up into the parking

lot on brownbridge road of that

building and I also know that as soon as

we started growing the spirit of lack

began to challenge the vision that God

had given me and the leadership for this

church to keep us in the same place to

keep us on the same

level it can even the spirit of lack can

even attach itself to families and for

Generation after generation they never

break out they never get out from under

the horn that causes the family to stay

down and I’ll never forget one thing

that really happened to me for 10 years

our television Ministry struggled and

for 10 years it was in the red and for

10 years it it bumped alone it had hot

downs and highs and lows and it was no

consistency it was always a challenge I

want to quit so many times and you know

why the spirit of lack the spirit of

lack kept saying look look how much look

how much look at look look you’re not

it’s you’re not it’s not doing anything

nobody’s going to help you you’re not

going to be able to sustain this and so

we had bought this property that we’re

on the 150 acres that we’re on now and

we were building this

Sanctuary this building right here and

the beans were up and some of the

pouring was up the seen

slab here in Gainesville for those of

you are joining us at all of our

campuses the slab was all that we had in

here and I walked into the other

building where there’s a little Studio

you could call it a studio it’s just a

room with a high we didn’t have we

didn’t have a lot of money to do that

when you’re doing a $24 million building

program right here and we we had paid

that building off and we were wise we

knew we could afford it and had all the

financing but just hear me a minute so

so I walked into the studio over there

which is a little room and and I sat

down and at the time we had equipment

that was 10 years

old every camera and there was there was

duct tape everywhere I looked they they

didn’t know I I you know we were just

getting ready to turn the cameras on and

I was going to do some in and outs for

some TV shows and I’m sitting there and

I look and I see duct tape on this

camera I see duct tape on that c cable I

see duct tape on that machine I see duct

tape on a tripod holding the camera and

then I look and the and the TV director

guy the guy who did everything cuz he

had to do everything we didn’t have much

of a staff we had a lot of volunteers

and and and he had a big roll of duct

tape on his belt that he had clicked on

to his

belt and it felt like I heard the Lord

say do you know what kind of Faith you

have you have duct tape

Faith that’s why you see some duct tape

here duct tape there duct tape

everywhere I felt like Old McDonald duct

tape was all over the

place and it just hit me wrong that

day and the Lord kind of impressed me

you know you don’t even see anything

beyond this because you think that I

can’t do it all now I said now I’m

reminded God I’m in a building program

trying to obey

you you know like when you have a need

I’m trying to preach to you I’m telling

you the Lord wanted us to spread abroad

to the nations of the world but the

enemy came with a spirit of lack and

something hit me and I prayed about it

for several days and the Lord laid on my

heart a message and I told the director

I said we’re not going in the studio

we’re going over and I got right in this

area right here in that I’m preaching to

all of you folks in this main area right

here about where the break is back there

maybe a little bit down there were no

seats there was no carpet there was

nothing but a cement floor and some B

and these big walls no windows anything

and I told him to set up those two and

he had extra tape that day set up those

two and we filmed a

message and I told the people I said I

don’t know what else to do we’re in a

major building program our television

Ministry is not doing what we need to do

and I don’t have the money to pay and

I’m not a beggar I’m not going to beg I

won’t be on TV and I can’t promise you a

Cadillac if you give to this ministry

either but I said if God speaks to you

and you believe that we should be on TV

I need your help help that’s all I said

and do you know in 30 days we receive we

had never had anything like this happen

$1.3

million and we bought the cameras that

we

needed and I heard the Lord and I looked

in that camera and I said God told me

that he was going to take the duct tape

off of this ministry and I want to tell

you he did that day and he has never it

has never come back on us for the glory

of God I’m glad that we kept spreading

abroad come on somebody I’m glad we

didn’t give up I’m glad that right when

I didn’t have enough God had more than

enough and he’s telling some of you

don’t you let the spirit of light make

you put your head down if God’s given

you a vision to spread out and to

increase and enlarge you need to say the

Lord is my shepherd I shall not want I’m

not telling you something I read in a

book you’re sitting in a miracle this is

a story to you it’s a miracle to me

because I watched God break duct

tape and you

know the second horn that we

encountered was what I’m going to call

the spirit of

limitation if the spirit of light can’t

stop you got to push on through that one

keep believing God and work

hard and pray for

wisdom but the second thing that we had

to break through was the spirit of

limitation the spirit of limitation says

I know God can supply the need but he

won’t do it for me he do it for others

but he won’t bless

me the spirit of limitation puts a

ceiling on your

life you can go this far but you can’t

go any

further and I heard a story one time and

saw a program one time about an elephant

trainer and he had this huge Bull male

elephant with large husk might and

strong and he had a rope just a rope

around its massive leg and the Rope was

tied to a cement block that was about

from here to that piano over there and

he said this trained animal this massive

strong powerful elephant will only walk

this far and the moment he feels the tug

on his leg of that rope he could break

that rope anytime he wanted to and he

said there came a moment where mentally

that elephant accepted this is the limit

I’ll never go any further than where I

am right

now and that is exactly that second horn

is a horn of

limitation but every once in a while you

just start accepting the limitations on

life you stop you start sett you start

saying well I’ve gone this far and you

know I didn’t think I’d get this far so

and it now now there’s a you know it’s I

I don’t think I can go I don’t think I

can do that I don’t think I’m capable of

that but every once in a while you got

to push on the

limitations faith never settles God said

spread abroad not stay where you are

comfortable and safe and sure and secure

so when I did that I pushed on the

limitations and I preached that

sermon one of the first letters that we

got was from a

73 yearold woman who sent a letter and

she addressed it and said please give

wrote a little note please tell that

preacher that little

preacher that I went and got a th000 God

told me to go get A1

th000

Bill and tell him I hope he never uses

it I want him to put it on the wall in

his office to always remind him that if

God tells you to do something the

resources are

already there this is that $1,000

bill you don’t hear

me this is we still have not used

it because my God is Not ELO he’s El

Shada and he will provide and every time

I see that in my office on the Shelf I

realize nothing is impossible with God I

shall not want he maketh me to lie down

in Green Pastures if you believe it give

him a

praise come on push on the

limitations push on the spirit of life

it can’t hold

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you ises this helping anybody I’ve come

in the spirit of the Carpenter I’ve come

to tell you you can build it I know the

spirit of lack will try to tell you you

can’t I know the spirit of limitation

will tell you others could but but you

can’t you better stay where your rope

tells you you can go but nope we’re

going to New Territory I see open doors

I see key people coming into your life I

see the favor of God coming on you and

you’re going to pull the steak out of

the ground and it’s going to be a

elephant gone

wild this is in the book of Acts the

Apostle Paul said I wanted to come to

your

city but Satan hindered me the third

horn

notice that but Satan hindered

us come on

Aaron I used him in the first service

and I said I wasn’t going to use him in

this service cause I I didn’t think

about it when I called him you stand

over there but I want to tell you what

it was like we we started breaking

through the spirit of

lack God began to supply our

needs and then we started breaking

through the spirit of limitation that

second horn and then it was

like a hindering

spirit and I don’t know how to describe

it but Sharice you’ll remember this and

still to this day they’re hindering

Spirits it’s like we knew we were had

momentum going with us and we would try

to go and it was like it wasn’t like no

no he’s he’s big and

intimidating so but but it’s not like he

it was grabbing us and just throwing it

but it’s like a trip it’s it’s like a

little sucker punch it’s like a little

it’s it’s just a it’s just a hindering

spirit and it’s like we would try and we

would try

okay you go sit

down that that’s a big devil right there

I’m going to tell you

what do you know what I’m talking about

it’s it’s like it’s uncanny that the

hindering but I’m here to tell you the

enemy can hinder you but he can’t stop

you the enemy can try to but don’t you

let it make you put your head down and

just say Well it must not be God’s will

no press on through the hindrances all

satan is authorized to do is hinder not

to stop your family from being built

back up and you doing what God’s called

you to do

but here’s the here’s the other one now

this is the last one he’s a devouring

Spirit according to Malachi and once you

take ground he comes back and tries to

Devour the Harvest Devour the Harvest

he’s a devouring spirit and take back

the Harvest that God has given

you but my Bible said no

weapon formed against you

hindering or

devouring Spirit of

lack Spirit of

limitation here comes the spirit of the

Carpenters and we’re coming to build up

what the enemy’s tried to

destroy in our nation in our families in

our church and in our own personal lives

and I feel this

thing there are people that are

discouraged and your head’s been down a

long

time but I’ve come in the spirit of the

carpenter to tell you you don’t have any

problems all you need is faith in God

when you have faith in God nothing shall

be impossible unto you somebody shout

like you believe it

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well I believe today that you’re

watching this program because God wanted

you to have your faith rebuilt I believe

we’re living in a time where the spirit

of limitation the spirit of lack that

devouring spirit that Malachi 3 talks

about and even what Paul said the

hindering Spirit some of you have been

feeling all of these things going on

right now maybe with your business with

your with your dream and finan ances and

it just feels like all these things are

coming against you but God is for you

and Lord today I pray for every home

every family every marriage every person

going through physical challenges and

they just feel like they’re so defeated

may your spirit come on them again get

let your breath and your spirit fill

their life again with hope and raise up

what the enemy has torn down May the

power of God come upon them to rebuild

and let the blessing of God let the

anointing of God bring all that they

need the provision the help the

supernatural help to rebuild their lives

and families in Jesus name and if you

don’t know Jesus as your lord and savior

just say Lord save me just say it right

there where you’re watching say Lord

save me cleanse me forgive me in Jesus

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the screen if you’ve been watching the

news then you know the world is turning

its eyes toward the escalating conflict

between Iran and Israel we are living in

prophetic times at any moment we could

see this thing turn into a full world

war and that’s why this ministry is

doing all that we can do to bring safety

to people in the nation of Israel to

rebuild in the north we’re rushing to

build and complete the northern Israel

Emergency Center and in the South we’re

keeping family safe through our newest

initiative light over Darkness it’s a

comprehensive three-year plan that we’re

partnering with our friends at the

Jewish National Fund phase one of this

initiative is all about safety and

that’s why we’re building civil defense

centers and over 800 safe houses

attached to the homes of families in

that region so that they can be safe

from terrorist attacks we cannot do this

project without you it’s millions and

millions of dollars and I want to thank

you for standing with us the Bible said

in Genesis 12 and3 I will bless those

that bless Israel I will curse those

that curse Israel you can be a part of

that blessing today so together we can

be the light over Darkness watch this

you’re going to get excited about how

you can be

involved on October 7 Israel was

attacked by the dark Forces of Hamas it

was the worst massacre the Jewish people

experienced since the Holocaust the

eskal region in southern Israel was

attacked directly women faced

unspeakable atrocities infants were

assassinated numerous families were

burnt alive and both mothers and their

babies and Holocaust survivors were

abducted to the Hamas tunnels in Gosa

and now we stand at a pivotal moment

poised to provide a Lifeline for the

people of eshal who continue to be

attacked by terrorists every

day Jensen Franklin media Ministries

recently committed the largest amount of

funding ever towards the initiative

light over Darkness phase number one

provides physical safety that is why we

are building civil defense centers and

over 800 safe houses making sure every

family in the region has a safe room in

case of terrorist attacks this is home

Israel is our place this is the safest

place we can be and this safe room

became our little Safe Haven it’s

something that every single person in

our area needs I can’t stress it enough

that it saved Our Lives it saved my

husband’s family life on the 7th of

October and it will continue to save

lives when you give to a project like

this there is a promise for you found in

Genesis 123 I will bless those who bless

you Israel together we can demonstrate

that Faith combined with Collective

action can illuminate the darkest

moments and Forge a brighter more

hopeful future for the Holy Land

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