This is “Little by Little.” God wants you to be powerfully favored, supernaturally gifted, and abundantly successful! But the progress to your promise land may not move as fast as you think it should. Learn, with Jentezen Franklin, how to get what you want without losing what you need … little by little. To hear more inspiring messages from Jentezen Franklin, visit http://www.jentezenfranklin.org/watch… & subscribe to this channel: http://goo.gl/yfkXHy
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connection you say greater is He that is
in me than he that can rebuke the
Devourer for your sake jesus said when
you when you walk with Him little
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if you have your Bible I’d love for you
to open it with me to the book of
Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 21 you shall
not be terrified of them for the Lord
your God the great and awesome God is
among you it’s pretty powerful because
he said I don’t want you terrified the
King James I think it is says that our
God is great and terrible it says that
in several places god is great and
terrible what does that mean that means
God’s great to us who who love him
serving but he’s terrible to our
adversaries I like the fact that I don’t
just serve a great God who’s great to me
but he’s terrible no weapon formed
against us will prosper he’s he’s the
terrible one to our adversaries watch
verse 22 what a profound little verse
right here and the Lord your God will
drive out those nations before you here
it is little by little you will be
unable to destroy them at once in other
words it’s not gonna happen instantly
it’s gonna happen little by little
that’s what I want to talk about for
just a few moments because I believe
that there are many people who need to
hear and understand what God said to the
Israelites he say unto you and I today
number one is this
he said victory and success to you is no
longer in debate it’s going to happen
but what is in debate is the timing and
Psalms 84 and 11 underscores it’s not in
debate because he said in Psalms 84 and
11 no good thing will he withhold from
them who walk uprightly God will hold no
good thing from them God will provide
every
good thing you need it’s not in question
victory and success is not a hope so
maybe so I wonder God says I want to get
the debate over I am a God whose very
nature is to bless you with victory and
success I want you to win you’re going
to win but God wants you to see how much
he loves you so that you will be
powerfully favored supernaturally gifted
and abundantly successful I’m not afraid
of any of those words I just say it as a
matter of fact I want you to speak it if
you’re not scared of the good part of
the Bible
everybody say God wants me powerfully
favored supernaturally gifted and
abundantly successful in Jesus name
shout about it just a minute and I’ll
keep moving that’s good news now let me
balance it out now that’s the good news
but it needs a little balance and here
comes the balance the balance is this
the progress to your promised land may
not not be at the rate and at the speed
that you think it should be have you
ever felt like that you knew that you
were headed somewhere that God had
promised it and yet the progress the
success the advancement felt like it was
going way too slow but I’m here today to
defeat doubt I’m here today to conquer
confusion many of you have irritation
agitation and frustration as to why am I
not there yet why doesn’t it grow
quicker
why won’t God give me instantaneous
success what is the inhibitor what is
the problem why can’t I sing
to go as fast as other people are going
and I’m gonna answer your question
because God’s Word gave the answer in
the text I read
the issue is not a what the issue is a
who the answer is God God is the one who
has slowed you down because God loves
you for who you are not what you do
God’s not gonna love you more when you
do something big then he loves you right
now
doing what you’re doing I learned and I
had to learn that when the church grew
from 300 people to 500 people this came
as a revelation to me God didn’t love me
any more than he did when we had 300
people and when we grew from 500 to a
thousand he didn’t love me anymore and
when we grew from a thousand to five
thousand he didn’t love me anymore but
what happened is I began to get in love
with all that more busier and busier and
busier and all of a sudden I’m giving
him less time and I’m giving this more
time so God has to put a governor on our
success sometimes and say let’s slow
down and let’s go back to what made you
great it’s not your talent it’s not your
gifting it’s not your ability I’ll bless
you in accordance to how you lean on me
and you connect to me what we want to do
should always be overshadowed by who we
want to be I want to be like Jesus more
than I want to do something great in
Luke 10 and verse 20 the Bible said the
disciples came back and they they were
rejoicing they said we’re not even the
demons subject unto us and Jesus said
rejoice not that the spirits are subject
to you but rejoice that your name is
written in heaven I don’t want you
rejoicing over what you are doing
I want you rejoicing over the fact that
I through my blood and my love for you
have saved you and who you are is more
important
than what you do Matthew 7:22 reads like
a revival dream list for a preacher says
if not we prophesy on your name cast out
Devils in your name to many mighty works
in your name and then the dream turns to
a nightmare when Jesus says depart from
me I never knew you now they did some
pretty amazing things for him but they
weren’t in relationship with him
relationship should supersede what you
do so many times we want what we do to
be the biggest and fastest and greatest
and who we are and who we’re in
relationship with is totally neglected
we want to do what we want to do should
be overshadowed by what we want to be
and what I’m saying to you is really
illustrated in the fact that in 1st
Samuel 3 in verse 1 the Bible said in
the child Samuel watch this ministered
unto the Lord but 6 verses later in
verse 7 it says now Samuel did not yet
know the Lord so he’s in the he’s in the
ministry he’s on the praise team he’s
singing and he’s ministering to the Lord
doing things doing work doing things but
he’s not in close relationship with the
Lord our greatest blessing is not our
gifting our but a greatest blessing is
not our talent it’s not what we can do
but it’s simply to know him and to be
known by him that is the greatest
blessing now listen carefully this is
why I’m saying this it’s possible that
you can get what you want at the expense
of losing what you need and God knows
that God knows that it’s possible to get
what you want and I’ve seen it happen to
so many people it happens to athletes it
happens to people who who find great
success in business it happens to people
who
achieve their dreams and their goals and
they pursue them and start climbing the
ladder and it’s possible to get what you
want and lose what you need God said
I’ll give you the land nothing’s going
to stop it
you will conquer them but it will be
little by little
why lest the beasts of the field devour
you God said I want you to understand
listen let us sink in victory and
success will undeniably be yours if you
will follow the Lord but it will not be
instantaneous success there’s unrest
there’s frustration there’s agitation
and hundreds of you thousands of you
listening to me right now because it’s
not going fast enough according to your
plan I’m going to tell you why it hasn’t
happened yet there is a God who loves
you so much that he knows that if he
gave you instantaneous success listen
all at once you would be consumed catch
it by the Beast he knows that the higher
you go up you get the attention of the
Beast and there’s always on a person
that God elevates the release of the
Beast because the higher you go up while
you’re down here with everybody you can
hide your gift can hide but when God
starts elevating you it means two things
you’re uncovered you’re standing out and
suddenly the Beast notices you and when
the Beast notices you he targets you and
if you’re not ready for the attack the
Beast will consume everything that you
started out to do it will be consumed
and how many people have we seen who
begin to blow up whether it’s in
Hollywood or
musical talent in the church that that
they had and developed and then they
went big time and it’s not the big time
is the problem it’s the fact that they
haven’t walked with God long enough
little by little that when you get there
it’s not your God he’s my God and you
say oh I could handle it I could handle
it but how many athletes have we seen
when they how many people have we seen
it’s the spirit of the world it’s the
spirit of the Beast and you can’t fight
that with natural inclinations God loves
what you are more than what you do hmm
that means he loves you right now like
you were on top of the world and had
done everything you’ve ever aspired to
do now that ought to warm your heart
let’s just take a moment and say thank
you for loving me just like I am not for
what I do
but for Who I am Wow that set me free
that set me free we don’t even know
who’s who he’s so successful she’s so
successful we really don’t know who’s
successful we really won’t know until a
few hours after the rapture and if
you’re left here with all your stuff you
were not successful but when the trumpet
plant blows and you and your family go
up you are
I’ll take my little by little I don’t
want I don’t want God to bless me out of
the church I have seen too many people
get blessed out of the church started
out in the church with nothing
struggling Oh God I got a dream please
help me please help me and God begin to
bless them and God begin to bless them
and God begin to bless them and it got
blessed right out of the church and now
they’re at the lake now they’re at the
beach every weekend they’re blessed
right out of the Bible don’t read it
anymore bless right out of the prayer
place bless right out of serving bless
right out of the body of Christ they
don’t ever need to come to church cause
I’m so me and I’m its egotism is it
centered on you your life and the rules
don’t count you don’t need church
anymore because you make the big bucks
and it’s possible to be blessed right
out of church that’s why I say he’ll
withhold no good thing so if the Lord’s
withheld it it meant it wasn’t either
tie either it wasn’t good for your heart
wasn’t time and he’s got to develop you
a little bit before the Beast is
released and comes with pride and ego
and tries to take away and consume God’s
purpose for that platform clap your
hands and say yes Lord yes yes yes yes
yes
so someone say it like this all you
young people listen to me you got big
dreams the question is not can God
handle it and can God make it happen and
can God God could flip a switch
spiritually and and tomorrow you could
be discovered tomorrow you could get
full ride scholarship tomorrow you know
why didn’t he just flip a scrip here and
instead of us going through hell and I
mean fighting with banks and going
through stuff and the church splits and
people mad know all that all that to get
to here why didn’t we just boom here
because then you’d have another preacher
crash-and-burn have a lot of you do the
same so God says let me let you walk
through the valley
let me will let you walk through some
hue some humbling situations let me
teach you how bad you need to stay on
your knees let me teach you that in the
good times you praise in the past times
you praise in the good times you go to
church and the bad times you you read
that book when you’re on top of the
world and you read that book when
nothing’s going right and everything’s
the reverse of what God told you and
when you go little by little when you
get there and the Beast comes at you you
say greater is He that is in me than he
that I can rebuke the Devourer for your
sake jesus said when you when you’ve
walked with him little by little 2nd
chronicles 26 and verse 15 says this and
his name was spread abroad he became
famous for he was marvelously helped
listen to these words until he became
strong this is the story of so many
people they become famous because God
marvelously helps them God marvelously
blesses him the fame was not from hail
it came from God but when he became
strong the next verse says but when he
was strong his heart was lifted up to
his own destruction the Beast was
released and when the Beast got released
he couldn’t handle it so if God has you
on a slower pace it’s to prepare you for
what he’s taking you to so that when you
get there it won’t be about this it’ll
just be stuff it’ll just be another
thing that I do for the king but the
king is the focus the king is my
everything the king not the dream is the
most important thing in my life
here’s how you do it the Song of Solomon
8 in verse 5 says who is this coming out
of the wilderness here’s the key leaning
on his beloved you can’t lean on your
own intelligence you can’t lean on your
personality you can’t lean on your
talents you’ve got to lean on him I’ll
give you victory
I’ll give you success but not at once
you will be highly exposed to the Beast
when I let you enter into the promise
you will get the attention of a demonic
evil spirit now let me tell you what
that beast is I want to I want to put my
foot on his neck what beast do you get
exposed to when you get success the
Beast of pride elitism begins to
register egotism begins to dominate
you’re no longer a servant if you’re
going to be gifted if you’re going to be
powerful if you’re going please hear
this preacher if you’re going to be
productive and successful you must hide
behind the cross I’m not going to give
it all to you at once if I do the beasts
will devour you not me it couldn’t
happen to me how many people have said
that how many ministers have said that
how many ministries have said that how
many stars have said that how many good
people the higher men and women elevate
the less covering you have the greater
of target you become to the Beast and I
want to close with this little thought
that some of you are just like the story
of the prodigal son you’re the angry
elder brother because you’ve seen people
pass you by remember remember the
younger son wanted instant success Gibby
heritance now I waiting on nothing no
little by little for me give it to me
daddy give it to me father see it and
the father says ok a gift is a gift the
gift and the calling of God is without
repentance I love you this is not your
best your best Justin let’s do this
little by little because you’re not
ready to handle it you’re gonna the
Beast it where’s he going the pigs the
beasts are going to devour everything
good in your life cause you can’t fight
this in the natural you need
supernatural protection son where you’re
going no I won’t mind boom instant
success Wow
talk of the town the younger brother the
older brother stays home and he’s angry
he feels overlooked does it pay to serve
God look how much fun he’s having look
look how much attention he’s having I’m
living right can’t ain’t had a date in
six six months lonely they go out every
weekend leaving it up seemingly no
ramifications seemingly angry with the
father this a older brother gets angry
with the father some of you if you were
to if you would tell the truth you’re a
little bit irritated at him no good
thing here with Holies help with a lot
from me here’s my point it’s a loving
father father that has your best
interest that holds you back more than
what you do it’s what you are and he
loves you now just as much as he would
love you if you did all that stuff but
he would rather you let him give it to
you little by little as your life
becomes his life then he’ll get the
glory not you
your father has not forgotten you he’s
just trying to save you the Beast will
appear as soon as you get there so you
better be ready and the only way to do
that here it is leaning on your beloved
the question is not can God handle it
question is if God were to give you
everything deep in your heart you know
you were put on this earth to be and do
could you handle it and are you content
enough and committed enough and
submitted enough to Jesus Christ to say
lord thank you that I’m on my way to the
promised land and I don’t have to have
instantaneous success but I’ll take
little by little as long as I’ve got you
I don’t want to get it I don’t want to
gain what I want and lose what I need I
need you
how’s it been since you said I need you
how long has it been since you got
before God and just said Lord cleanse me
and purify my motives and here’s my
dream again I lay it on the altar and I
raise the knife and hey if you want me
to kill it it can die I want your wheel
say something you don’t think you can
trust him like that but you can trust
him like that because the strange thing
is when you do trust him like that stuff
so much stuff comes that you don’t know
what to do with it but then you do
because you’re leaning on him you say I
only want to go where you would go with
me I have no desire to be there unless
you go with me
your presence must go with me could
could God give you glory today and you
not go goofy really could he
cuz he’s gonna he’s gonna find people
cuz he’s got to get stuff done and he’s
gonna find vessels that he can trust to
turn around and lean on him more that
when they have been marvelously helped
they don’t trust in their strength but
they turn around and they say I lean
back on the one who gave it all and I am
not ashamed of his superiority in my
life he is my everything
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recently ministry partner that we have
stood with for years and years and
helping women called new beginnings
their founder Sharon Thompson began to
share with me something that happened
how that a young girl I think she was 14
years old had been sexually abused and
had all kinds of issues that were going
on in her life as a result of now
addicted and the girl showed up at her
ministry and they had no word to put
someone that young and she began to cry
Sharon did and she said pastor we need a
home for girls from the age of 12 to 17
if we don’t rescue them they will end up
in sex trafficking they will end up in
addictions they wind up in abusive
relationships where they’re beat and and
treated like trash
please pastor help me get adorned for
these girls and I heard the Lord’s voice
in Sharon’s voice because this is what
the Lord told me to tell you the
scripture said he then said tell her
behold you have listened to these words
you have gone to all of this trouble for
me you’ve gone to all of this trouble
for me what can be done for you can
something be communicated to the King
for you and she answered that she didn’t
really need anything and gaez I spoke up
and said she’s never had a son Jesus
said I’m gonna ask you a question what
can I do for you what do you need do you
need a miracle in your home I’ll tell
you God’s speaking to somebody right now
do you need a miracle in your home it
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everything in his power to steal our
daughters and our granddaughters to
destroy them before they reach adulthood
but you and I can restore them and with
the power of God’s love they can be
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