Priscilla Shirer gives a powerful message urging us to stand firm in our decision to follow Christ and serve the Lord. No matter what happens around us, we must make a decision to choose faithfulness. Equipping ourselves with the truth of His Word will lay a strong foundation for our faith so that we will be prepared to withstand today’s ever-changing, political landscape. #priscillashirer #befaithful #faithfulness #followchrist SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/@GoingBeyondM… RESOURCES: https://www.goingbeyond.com/store/
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Welcome to the Going Beyond Ministries with Priscilla Shirer YouTube channel! Our ministry is focused on the expository teaching of Scripture. Our desire is not only to see people understand His written Word but for all to experience His Power! Priscilla Shirer has equipped believers through her Bible studies, films and books including Discerning the Voice of God, God is Able, and two New York Times Bestsellers – The Resolution for Women and Fervent: A Woman’s Battle Plan for Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer. Her movies include War Room (2015), I Can Only Imagine (2017), Overcomer (2019), and The Forge (2024). These theatrical releases are tools designed to inspire audiences to walk with Jesus.
where are the Saints who will
remain where are the ones who have
decided that come hell or high water
I’ve decided that as for me and my house
what we going to do is we going to serve
the
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Lord that the political landscape may
change that all those around us may
change that our financial situation may
change but no matter what happens around
us we’ve decided that we have made a
decision to follow
Jesus it was September of
2008 when a hurricane named Ike swept
through those of you that were around in
2008 you might remember that Hurricane
Ike it caused extensive damage
particularly in Texas 110 mph winds
swept through and ripped through one
town in particular that was most
impacted it was called Gilcrest it’s a
little Beachside town in Texas it’s a
community that boasted about 200 homes
just a small neighborhood mostly retired
couples who had gone there moved there
to this little Shoreline Community to
enjoy a little peace and rest fit in
that season of their life and just when
they were looking for some peace the
storm came and the aftermath of Ike was
devastating in fact the people that had
visited the site afterward said that it
was nearly completely unrecognizable 24
hours later after the storm the once
populated neighborhood with brightly
colored homes and detailed landscaping
and green Lawns and friendly sidewalks
now the neighborhood they said didn’t
really resemble a neighborhood at all it
looked more like a swap it was almost
completely desolate just a mudded patch
of ground there was almost nothing left
except fragments of what once was but
the only thing that gave a slight nod to
the history the only Landmark that gave
evidence that there was once a community
that existed the day before is that of
the 200 houses that had been there only
one remained
199 of them had been wiped out by the
storm but there was one that was still
standing I think we have a couple of
images so that you can see the odd
remarkable sight of this one house
remaining standing after the
store and oh I wish I had time because
if I had time tonight I would just ask
the question what is it about this house
that kept it standing when the storm
wiped everything else out because the
truth is if I had time I’d tell you
about the owners who had been through
previous storms so they made the wise
proactive decision to to retrofit their
house so that it would be prepared for
future storms oh we could spend some
time right there if we had
time but rather I would like for you to
consider that shocking image that you
just saw and think about how it not only
displays for us a look at geographical
landscape but honestly sadly if you
think about it it looks a whole lot like
the landscape of some of our Lives
because the truth is there’s a whole lot
of people that started out on the
Journey with us but now in these years
we’re in right now we look around us and
realize that everybody ain’t building
houses that are still
standing that the truth is when we
started out and made a commitment maybe
to follow Christ or made a commitment to
see our marriage through to the end or
that endeavor that the Lord had
entrusted to us or that Ministry that he
asked us to start everybody had so much
fervor at the beginning of the building
project but then the storm came and now
we look around us and realize that
everybody ain’t building houses that are
built to last lives that will go the
distance where are the Saints who will
remain where are the ones who have
decided that come hell or high water
I’ve decided that as for me and my house
what we going to do is we going to serve
the
Lord that the political landscape may
change that all those around us may
change that our financial situation may
change but no matter what happens around
us we’ve decided that we have made a
decision to follow Jesus where are the
Saints who will remain why is it that
it’s becoming harder and harder to find
people who were playing old Flatout
faithful that have decided to follow
Jesus that have decided there’s no
turning back there’s no turning back
people are drifting in away have you
noticed there are spouses who are
leaving there are parents who are giving
up there are dreamers who are throwing
in the towel and the dream God put in
their heart there are ministers who are
quitting what they said was a calling
how do you quit a
calling many people are abandoning their
faith they’re deconstructing their faith
to the point where what they have left
doesn’t even look like Faith
anymore where are the people who will
remain who will stay who will plant
their feet firm and choose faithfulness
and can I tell you the older and older I
get y’all the less impressed I am with
the
famous and the more and more impressed I
am with the people who were just plain
old flat out faithful they may not be
famous but they’ve remained they may not
be rich but they’ve remained they may
not be applauded but they’ve remained
they may not have best-selling books or
millions of followers on Instagram but
they ain’t concerned about that they try
to be steadfast unmovable and always
abounding in the work of the
lord we need some people who are just
just
faithful not comparing themsel with
somebody else’s house not wondering
whether or not their house looks good
compared to the other people’s house
around them no this is the house the
Lord has entrusted to me and so I’m
going to make sure this Foundation is
firm and I’m going to make sure that the
scaffold on this house is solid and I’m
going to make sure that I have a house
that is still
standing so I came to encourage you to
stay to
remain to be
faithful what is it that God has called
you to do only you know the assignment
that he has entrusted to you the
ministry that you know he has called you
to start that you feel ill equipped for
you feel like you’re not gifted enough
not talented enough so you’ve delayed
doing what God has asked you to do and
you’ve thought maybe you’ll throw in the
towel cuz you tried it for a little
while but it doesn’t seem like it’s
flourishing or growing so you’re just
about to throw in the towel I came to
tell you to
stay the entrepreneurial that God has
birthed in your heart the marriage the
relationship that he has entrusted to
you the parents the teen teenagers Lord
have mercy that the Lord has entrusted
us toay parents I came to tell you don’t
throw in the towel now
sis
stay and maybe it’s just you know one or
two of you that are in the room or on
the other side of the screen tonight and
honestly you just said to the Lord this
week that if you don’t show up and do
something real specific to encourage me
to let me know that you will never leave
me nor forsake me Lord I feel so
isolated and alone and Abandoned and
confused and if you don’t don’t do
something God I’m getting ready to throw
in the towel well the Lord sent me all
the way over from Dallas Texas to tell
you to
stay
remain be
faithful not in that situation that
maybe is unhealthy and with with wise
counsel you do need freedom from there
are situations like that but a lot of
times y’all we’re just abandon ing stuff
cuz we’re tired we’re just abandoning
stuff cuz you know it’s gotten difficult
and it has and the storm is open the
clouds have opened up over our life the
rain is Fall Fallen the hail has fallen
the winds are blowing hard against us
and so we’re about to throw in the towel
but the spirit of the Living God lives
inside of you and inside of me to give
us resolve that we do not have in our
own strength and in our own power so
that we can
remain I came to tell you to
stay be
faithful what is the assignment the Lord
has entrusted to
you Jerry and I had the opportunity to
take our boys um some years ago to South
Africa um we knew we were going to go a
year in advance so at the time we were
homeschooling the kids because they they
just kind of traveled with us everywhere
so I knew a year in advance we would get
the opportunity to go so we did did
everything we could to make it happen we
were saving up money to make it happen I
planned their schooling around the fact
that we would be there so six weeks
leading up to it we were reading
everything about South Africa and
looking at the geography of South Africa
reading about Nelson Mandela and the
apartheid movement because my whole goal
was when we get there we’re going to go
and try to see some of these things that
you’ve only seen online or you’ve read
little articles about so we’re going to
go try to see that stuff I think they
thought they were going there on
vacation
I was like uhuh y’all got the wrong Mama
for
that we’re halfway across the world
we’re going to see this whole situation
so every morning you know like I had a
plan like we’re going to go and maybe go
see Table Mountain today or we’re going
to go take the little ferry across to
Robin Island so you can see where Nelson
Mandela was imprisoned like I wanted to
milk it and they were kind of like oh
Mom can we stay in the bed today
absolutely
not you going get up you going to come
here and see what we going to see today
and you’re going to enjoy it and one day
you going to rise up and call me blessed
is what you going to
do
shs have you ever done that where you
make your kids do something you’re like
you going to be happy about
it so one day we did have to wake up
like at the crack of dawn to get to a
safari that was started we had to drive
two hours outside of Cape Town to take a
little halfday Safari so we woke up real
early we we did the drive so glad we did
it was a great experience we got in this
open Jeep with a very bubbly um skilled
learned guide that stood at the front
facing us the entire time pointing out
animals most of which we had only seen
online so it was really cool to see some
of them in person I remember when he
came to a herd of zebra that I was
thinking to myself I hope he doesn’t
stop very long here to talk about the
zebra like we’ve seen zebra before in
the states we don’t need a class on the
zebra but in the end I was really glad
that he paused for a moment because he
said something that I can’t forget he
pointed out the zebra and he said you
see the little baby the fo there with
the herd he said do you know this is the
first time I’ve seen that baby in about
three weeks and the reason why is
because the stripes on every single
zebra are as unique to each one as
fingerprints on human beings
you can’t tell by the naked eye but
particularly the configuration that is
right smack dab in the middle of every
forehead is unique to each and every
zebra so when a baby is first born the
mom will take the baby away from the
herd by itself with just the mother for
the first two or three weeks so that the
baby gets to know the configuration of
Stripes that belongs to his mother and
then after a few weeks she’ll bring the
baby back to the herd but now that the
baby has spent so much time getting
getting to know who his mother is he is
not confused by all the other Stripes
that he will now be
around he can’t be duped he knows the
configuration that belongs to his parent
because he took time to get to know the
one who gave birth to
him the reason why when you’re in a
fledgling stage you need to come away
and get to know who your daddy is is
because y’all there’s a whole bunch of
other Stripes out here and if you don’t
know that by his stripes you are healed
then you and I live in a culture that is
going to try to play us for the fool
that is going to try to introduce to us
a new modernized version of Jesus that
doesn’t match up at all with the god of
Abraham Isaac and Jacob you’re going to
need to know who your daddy is you’re
going to need to know exactly who he is
in the Old Testament and the New
Testament we have a generation of
Christians today I got to tell you that
are growing up too fast there’s skipping
this stage right here they’re on their
social medias teaching Bible study and
they don’t even know who their daddy is
yet they haven’t even taken time to just
get to know the god of Abraham Isaac and
Jacob to see what it was like when God
went and hand picked Abram out of her
and changed his name to Abraham and
changed the GPS coordinates on his
Destiny you need to know who the angel
of the Lord was when he met with a tired
timid Gideon underneath an oak tree
while he was beating out wine in a wine
press and called him to Greatness and
victory with a less than impressive Army
you need to know who he was in The Book
of Ruth when basically he silently
orchestrated her circumstances so that
her story is a legacy for the record
books you need to know who God was when
he miraculously freed two million Hebrew
refugees and brought them through the
Wilderness and then into the land
flowing with milk and honey you need to
see God provide water from a rock and
corn flakes from heaven and quail for
his people so that they can eat you need
to know what it was like when their
shoes did not wear out on their feet
because God provided for them and took
care of them you need to know who your
God was so that you can be confident in
who he
is and so I implore you sisters don’t
skip this stage right here here this is
the part that’s going to make sure your
house can stay standing cuz the
foundation is firm so that when the
culture tries to introduce to you a new
Advanced version of Jesus you can look
back at them and say
uh-uh that’s not who he is cuz I know
who he
was when they say he is silent against
Injustice or that he has a new modified
lower standard for holiness
you can say that’s not who he is cuz I
know who he was get to know who your
savior is take the time to just steep
yourself in the scriptures so that you
have a firm foundation for this house
you might know what it’s like when you
take your child to a pediatrician and
you know our tendency when they’re
little and not walking yet is to bounce
them on their legs you know just kind of
Happily in our laps bouncing them up and
down and I’ve heard a pediatrician say
before that man it could be very
dangerous actually to put too much
weight on their legs too soon because
their bones are still soft and malleable
and actually if there’s too much weight
on them too soon too soon it could cause
just the slightest of distortion in
their spine that you can’t detect or see
when they’re young it’s just when they
get older there might be a slight
imbalance in the way their hips adjust
because there was too much weight put on
them too
soon so I’m telling you when they’re in
when you’re in the fledgling stage allow
yourself to be there remain there until
God releases you because often times you
can’t tell till somebody grows up that
there’s a limp in their integrity that
there’s a lapse in their character that
they have no fortification in their
spiritual backbone because they didn’t
take time just to get who to know who
their daddy was so if you find yourself
in a fledgling stage I implore you don’t
grow up too soon go ahead and just relax
there until God releases you because
infancy is for intimacy yes