This is “Propped Up on Your Leaning Side.” You cannot lean so far away from Christ that He will not reach out and keep you from falling … lean on Him. In this message we’re reminded the darker the world gets, the brighter the Day Star shines. No matter how lost you feel God will guide you in the right direction. He will be there to prop you up … just lean on Him!
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your joy and take your worship and take
your praise don’t ever let circumstances
in this mirror temporal world rule
whether or not your hands are raised in
worship and adoration to your king
somebody lift your hand and open up your
mouth and shout a praise to God
I’m telling you this is how you win
he’ll prop you up on your leaning side
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Song of Solomon chapter 8 and verse 5
who is this coming up from the
wilderness leaning upon her beloved who
is this coming somebody’s coming out of
the wilderness they’ve been in the
wilderness but they’re coming up and
they’re coming out and they’re leaning
on one side leaning to one side and
they’re leaning on their beloved who we
know that beloved in the Song of Solomon
is Jesus and we are the bride we’re
leaning on our beloved coming out of the
wilderness it seems like the worlds in a
wilderness economically politically
spiritually I’m not a pessimist because
I believe when it gets dark enough you
can see the stars and the stars are
about to come out and we are the sons of
God and the women of God and the men of
God the daughters of God and it’s time
for us to shine the darker the world
gets the more the stars shine and he’s
the Daystar from on high how will we
make it through the wilderness that
we’re in we got a lien on Jesus
I heard a story some time ago that I
want to give you this morning that’s the
whole premise of the message I’m going
to share a pastor asked his members at
the end of his message in a little
country church he would he would
conclude his service by calling on one
of the members to stand up and pray the
benediction pray the closing prayer this
was a normal thing many of you came up
in a church like that where you know
they just call somebody out and if you
didn’t want to pray they don’t sit on
the front row because you’re very much a
target if you sit on the front row and
and so and so this pastor he would point
this one guy out every time the guy
would pray he would pray Oh God thank
you for this word today and bless these
people today and he would end with the
strangest statement and he would
conclude his prayer by saying and Oh God
Oh Lord
prop us up on our leaning side and then
he that would be it he every time the
preacher would call on him he’d pray
whatever was relevant to the message and
then he would say in all
propped us up on our leaning side and
finally the pastor pulled him aside and
he said I love the way you pray but I
don’t understand your little closing
phrase what are you talking about prop
us up on our leaning side where he said
well pastor I’m a I’m a farmer I live
out on the farm and you know I live in
the country and and he said I’ve got an
old barn and it’s been there a long time
it’s been through a lot of weather and a
lot of storms and a lot of bugs that has
eaten at it and he said I got to looking
at it one day when I was riding on my
tractor and I noticed that it was
leaning to one side and he said I
thought to myself oh my goodness the
barn is leaning and it’s a matter of
time before the whole thing falls so he
said you know what I did I went and got
some pine beans and I propped it up on
its leaning side and he said it still
leans I must tell you I didn’t fix the
lean it still leans but I propped it up
on its leaning side and it’s not going
to fall down because I propped it up on
this leaning side and he said you know I
got to thinking about it when I was on
the tractor pasture and I was riding in
the field and I thought about the kind
of year I’ve had and some of the storms
I’ve been through and some of the things
I’ve gone through some of the people
that are bugging me and eating away at
my joy and eating away at my spirit and
I just got to thinking you know I’m
still here I’m still standing after all
that stuff I’ve been through the storms
and the howling winds they couldn’t
topple me I’m still standing by the
grace of God but from time to time I
find myself leaning leaning toward my
old desires leaning toward anger leaning
toward becoming bitter or hateful at the
people who are bugging me or leaning
toward going back to the old habits and
the old life I used to have and when I
feel myself start leaning toward that
tendency I’ll just remember that old
barn and I’ll pray out loud on my
tractor lord I thank you that you go
prop you’re going to prop me up on my
leaning side
ah I want to thank the Lord because I
know what it means it really means
something to have the props of the Lord
on your leaning side now for those of
you who are so strong and steadfast that
you don’t ever have to worry about a
leaning side because you’re so holy fide
that we can’t hardly stand to be in the
room with you all I can say to you is
one of two things is going on number one
you have not lived long enough and been
through a storm severe enough or you’re
already you’ve already fallen and you’re
flattered and a flitter and you don’t
even know it yet it’s one of the two
because sooner or later you’re going to
feel the howling forces of spiritual
mother nature you’re going to have
emotional hurricanes it’s going to be
things and people that bug you and try
to steal your joy and your going to
start leaning toward that old habit or
leaning toward depression or leaning
toward giving up and quitting or leaning
toward bitterness and unforgiveness and
anger and hatred and all the things that
the enemy would love for you to do but
I’m here today to preach to you that
you’ll find the need sooner or later to
pray Lord prop me up on my leaning side
I believe we’re living in days where
people need to be propped up on there
leaning Sun the Bible said when Moses
died Israel mourn for 30 days but when
Aaron died all of Israel mourned in the
Rabbinical thinking of the rabbi’s they
teach that people mourned more for Aaron
than they did Moses because it said all
the people mourn for Aaron because they
believed that the people could identify
with Aaron more because he had basically
a leaning problem he was the one who was
always leaning toward his weaknesses and
he’s the one who built the golden calf
and they were all dancing around it he
had so many weaknesses and he wasn’t
qualified really to be
the first high priest of Israel but
Moses came along and propped him up on
his leaning side and when he felt
unworthy and when he felt like he had
failed God and when he felt like he had
built the golden calf an image in his
life and how could God ever use me as
the man to go in and represent the
people with the blood that can bring
blessing or cursing upon the people if
I’m not acceptable and my sacrifice is
not acceptable how could God use me and
it was Moses you read who was constantly
propping him up on his leaning side and
I’ve seen God give people props I’ve
seen him green people into other
people’s lives and when they were
leaning toward quitting and when they
were leaning toward giving up and when
they were leaning and all of you have
lean leans and bends we all do two areas
and things and weaknesses in our lives
but when they started leaning God knows
how to bring people props who can prop
you up on your leaning side and tell you
you’re not going to do that and God can
use you and God’s not through blessing
you marriages are made in heaven and
some elsewhere but God puts people
together and do you know why he puts
people together he puts opposites
together for a reason to prop each other
up on their leaning side and when you
are about to be down God wants your mate
to be up and prop you up on the leaning
side and when you’re about to kill one
of your kids because they’ve gotten on
your last nerve
you’ve got another one in there that’s
supposed to prop you up on your leaning
son God knows what he’s doing in
marriage he put you together so that if
one Falls the other will pick – or
better than one the Bible said they’ll
pick each other up what you don’t want
is both of you down at the same time you
got to prop each other up on your
leaning side I thought about John Mark
in the Bible who wrote the book of Mark
but there was a time in his life when he
failed miserably and the Apostle Paul
was so disgusted with him the great
spiritual leader everybody looked up to
Paul he was so spiritual and so powerful
but when John Mark messed up
he said send him home in other words
send him home to his mama I have no use
for him in ministry he’s not fit he’s
not good enough he’s not qualified he
doesn’t have what it takes to make it in
ministry and Paul dismissed him and said
he’s never traveling with me again I’m
gonna tell you that’s that’s one of the
whole books of your Bible that was just
dismissed and told you don’t have
anything to say or do that’s worthwhile
but Barnabas comes alone a man named
Barnabas and he begins to prop John mark
on his leaning side and for two years he
pours into him and for two years he
tells him God has his hand on you and
God is going to bless you and Jesus has
called you and I know Paul rejected you
and Paul’s a man too and he didn’t mean
what I said and I’m going to tell you
God’s going to use you and after two
years the Apostle Paul says I’m going on
another missionary journey oh and by the
way send John Mark he’s profitable unto
me I need him I’ve heard how good he’s
doing and you read his book today
because God sent somebody named Barnabas
to prop him up on his leaning side do
you know that it would have been so easy
to lean and to fall and to go back to
what he used to be before Jesus called
him I’m so thankful that Jesus never
gives up on us but he will prop us up on
our leaning side you talk about props
what must it have been like for Simon
Peter after he denied Jesus three times
the rooster crowed and he looked into
the bleeding bruised face of Jesus and
he saw those eyes and that face that had
been torn to pieces as this beard was
plucked and those eyes looked at him and
they asked him point-blank do you know
this man and he denied Christ the Bible
said to his face you ever read that it
says it to his face
and I can see those eyes of Jesus face
covered with blood drop and can you can
you even imagine when that rooster
crowed that third
how how Peters heart must have sunk in
despair and he starts leaning and he
even leans so far that he goes back to
his fishing boat and the old life that
he used to have God could never use
someone like me but Jesus rose from the
dead on the third day and when he rose
from the dead and the girls came running
he said to the merrier that was there
the two marries he said listen you go
tell my disciples and tell Peter to meet
me in a certain place he knew that it
was going to take a prop to to stop
Simon from leaning and falling back into
the life that he used to his cousin and
his cutting and his temper tantrums and
his old addictions and his old habits
and some of you are listening to me
today and you’re leaning toward that
habit leaning toward that addiction it’s
been a long time since you felt God it’s
been a long time since you felt the Holy
Spirit and you came in today and the
truth is you’re leaning you’re leaning
you nobody knows it but you and God but
you’re leaning toward that weakness but
the Lord has sent you to church today so
that he could prop you up on your
leaning side he knows your name and he
loves you and he knows if you’re
struggling and he knows if you’re
leaning and he can prop you up on your
leaning side all I’m trying to say to
you is Jesus said if I go away I’ll send
another comforter and the word comfort
is Paraclete which means called
alongside the Holy Spirit is the one who
props us up on our leaning side when we
start to lean toward hatred when we
start to lean toward unforgiveness when
we start to lean toward weakness or
addiction when we start to lean towards
backsliding and going back there’s no
shame in it the truth is we’ve all had
those times because of the storms we’ve
been through because of the battles
we’ve been through when your home is
leaning when your marriage is leaning
when your family is leaning because of
something that has happened there is one
who says I can prop you
up on your leaning side and I won’t let
your house fall he’ll prop us up he
knows how to do it
that’s what I’m trying to preach to you
this morning he’s a good God he’s a big
God he loves his people and he loves you
he knows what you’re facing he knows
what you’re feeling he knows what you’re
fearing and he’ll prop you up on your
leaning side you may be facing chemo
treatments or surgery this week but
he’ll prop you up on your leaning side
their strength you didn’t know that was
coming to you’re leaning side you may be
facing grief and sorrow because you’ve
lost a loved one but I serve one who can
prop you up on your leaning side and you
don’t have to fall to the darkness and
the hopelessness and the depression let
him prop you up this morning he loves
you and he wants you to make it not to
fall not to fail he’s not against us if
you’ve got an addiction and when you get
weak in the word and weakened the Lord
you start leaning he won’t just let you
fall and say I never knew I never much
believed you were gonna make it anyhow
he’ll come right in if you’ll ask him
and he’ll prop you up on your leaning
side Moses and the children of Israel
were fighting the amorite s– they were
fighting in the valley and Moses went up
on the mountain to watch from a vantage
point and the Bible said when he raised
his hands as long as he kept his hands
up the battle in the valley
Israel would conquer the amorite sand
cushion Bank but then his hand started
getting weary and when his hand started
coming down amazingly the battle in the
valley began to be lost and the
ammonites began to prevail against the
Israelites because his hands were coming
down and then when he would try to raise
them back up but Israel would start
winning against the amorite but you can
only hold your hands up in your own
strength so long you just got to keep
your hands up if you want to win that’s
all that was the key to the whole battle
you got to keep loving him no matter
what’s going on you got to keep
worshiping him no matter what’s
happening in your life don’t ever let
the enemy take your joy and take your
worship and take your praise don’t ever
let circumstances in this mirror
temporal world rule whether or not your
hands are raised in worship and
adoration to your king
somebody lift your hands and open up
your mouth and shout a praise to God I’m
telling you this is how you win
he’ll prop you up on your leaning side
but there were two men called Erin and
her is spelled hur erin in her and when
Moses raised his hands and they saw his
hand start going down and they saw the
battle beginning to turn against Israel
the Bible said they ran up under him
like two big pine beams when the barn
was leaning when the barn was weary when
the barn couldn’t keep going on its own
strength they came and one got on one
side and one got on the other side and
they propped him up on his leaning side
that’s why it’s so powerful when you get
to sit by somebody who appraised the
Lord because you may be weak but if
they’ll praise the Lord the Lord have
come up under one side because he
inhabits the praises of his people some
of you don’t like this stuff but I will
tell you there’s something to the power
of praise when you look like you’re
losing praise the Lord
when you’re in the valley praise the
Lord when you don’t know what you’re
going to do praise the Lord and when you
get weary keep praising the Lord praise
the Lord
I’m almost done but Moses was a good
prop for Aaron in the past do you
remember when Aaron was was supposed to
be high priest and he was about to give
up but Moses propped him up remember but
now guess who’s prophet Moses uh it’s
Aaron hey you were so weak I had to prop
you up but now I’m weak and you having a
proper meal and when his arms started
coming down Aaron and her as long as
that barn was standing there was victory
that was being won but if that barn came
down the victory was lost and I’m saying
to you that he’ll prop you up on your
leaning side and here’s the best part of
this message Jude chapter one in verse
24 now unto Him who is able to keep you
from falling and to present you
faultless before the presence of his
glory with exceeding joy Jesus the Bible
said is able to keep you from falling
you may be leaning this morning but you
not go fall you may be weak this morning
but you’re not going to fall you may
have the howling forces of spiritual
mother nature coming against your
marriage in your home but I promise you
if you’ll say Jesus prop me up on my
leaning side the Holy Spirit would say
are they able to keep you from falling
and present you faultless now maybe you
maybe you don’t need a good verse like
that but I will tell you something if
you look into your own strength to not
lean and fall for that old habit or that
old addiction you’re not gonna make it
but if you’ll run to Jesus he’ll prop
you up and he’ll keep you from falling
shout I’m not gonna fall
shout my house is not going to fall
shout my dreams are not going to fall
he’ll prop me up on my leaning side and
I will not fail the winds are howling
from house to house from home to home
from family to family from relationship
to relationship marriage the marriage
how will we make it through the
wilderness who is this on the Salomon
8/5 who is this coming up oh I love that
been down been in the desert been in the
dry place been in the wilderness but who
is this coming up you’re coming up and
coming out of the desert who is it is
somebody leaning on their beloved now if
I’m leaning they’re not carrying me huh
I noticed you she wasn’t in his arms and
he was carrying her she had to do what
she could do God wants you to do what
you can do and then after you’ve done
all you can do he’ll prop you up on your
leaning side and he’ll walk you out of
the desert he’ll walk you out of the
wilderness he’ll walk you out of the dry
place that you’ve been he’ll prop you up
on your leaning side I don’t know who
I’m preaching to today but I came to let
somebody know that he’s gonna keep you
from falling
you haven’t come this far to collapse
and fall and break down and give up I’m
preaching to somebody who needs to hear
that he is able to keep you from falling
and prop you up on your leaning side
lift up both hands like Moses did over
your battle and the enemy showed you a
picture of falling and failure and give
up and you ain’t going to make it your
whole house is coming down but the Lord
sent me with a word from his throne
today he’s going to prompt you on your
leaning sighs here comes the Holy Spirit
here comes the armies of angels here
comes the power of the blood here comes
the authority of the name here comes the
power of agreement in prayer and we prop
you up and your house and your family
we prop you up on your leanings side I’m
so glad it’s not up to me to try harder
but I can lean on Jesus and His grace
will prop me up on my leaning side how
many of you got a lean inside be honest
if you if you don’t admit it will ask
your husband or your wife but you
definitely have a lean inside and this
word is for you today I wonder how many
of you said pastor you’re preaching to
me this morning let me see your hand be
honest be honest don’t don’t play that
game be honest I won’t ever want to view
that wheel that raised your hand at this
campus or any of our others get out of
your seat and come down front I want you
to come if you can by the hundreds
because something’s about to happen
you’ve got a weakness if you’ve got a
tendency if you if you felt like quittin
if you felt like giving up if you’ve
been leaning and you know it you’re
tired of pretending you need a touch you
need you need in the prop to prop you up
on your lean inside I promise you he’s
able to keep you from falling and to
present you faultless so once you right
now lift your hands all over this room
lift them up high I want you to say Oh
God Here I am here’s my weakness I’m
leaning I got it mitt I I’m leaning to
one side I’m leaning toward this area
Lord would you prop me up it’s a weak
area it’s an area I’ve been struggling
with I’ve been feeling the the wind is
blowing in that direction so father Here
I am send the comforter send the power
of the Holy Spirit
send the anointing of the word that he’s
preached today and prop me up on my
leaning side I thank you for it
I
thank you for Jesus I bless you for Lord
we believe you today just to profit up
on our leaning side thank you Jesus
thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank
you Jesus
let him do it let him do it he sees your
struggle he sees the battle you’re in he
sees what’s going on in your family and
in your home let him come and crop you
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