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Hello, this is Jensen Franklin, and thank

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to miss a new message. Let's

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go right into the service. It's

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recorded at Free Chapel. I believe it's going to

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bless you today. First

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Kings, chapter 20. You

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know, it's Palm Sunday, so you've got

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a right to rejoice today. You might

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as well just let the praise loose

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in your heart today because God is

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good. Now, I've not come with a

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bad story. I've come with a good story. Look

0:51

in First Kings, chapter 20. It

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starts bad, but it ends good. Now

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Ben Heydad, the king of Syria,

0:59

gathered all his forces together. Thirty-two

1:01

kings were with him with horses

1:04

and chariots. He went

1:06

up and besieged Samaria and made war

1:08

against it when he sent messengers

1:10

into the city to Ahab, king of

1:12

Israel, and said to him, Thus says

1:15

Ben Heydad. I want to

1:18

mention that he was named after

1:20

his father. His father's name was

1:22

Heydad, and it means the

1:25

king of whirlwinds. His

1:28

father was such a brutal man, and

1:31

now the son, which

1:34

notice the terminology of the words it

1:36

talks about, I'm going to make you

1:38

like dust. That's, he's

1:40

saying I am the reincarnation of

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my father, and I'm coming to

1:44

destroy like a whirlwind. Verse

1:49

3, listen to the enemy. Your silver

1:51

and your gold are mine. Your

1:53

loveliest wives and children are mine.

1:57

The king of Israel answered and said,

2:00

said, O my Lord,

2:02

O king, just as

2:04

you say. No

2:07

resistance, no

2:11

opposition. You

2:13

want my family, you want

2:15

my marriage, you want my business,

2:19

you want my finances, just

2:22

as you say. And

2:24

all that I have is yours. Verse

2:26

5, then the messenger

2:28

came back because the devil never

2:31

stops. Once you let

2:33

him in, he takes more and he

2:35

takes more. He comes to kill, steal,

2:37

and destroy. He never

2:39

stops. If you let him in,

2:41

he keeps taking. If you don't

2:43

learn how to

2:45

resist the enemy, he will never flee.

2:48

He'll keep coming. And

2:50

the messenger came back and said, Thus

2:53

says Ben, hey, Dad, saying, indeed, I

2:55

have sent you, saying, you shall deliver

2:57

me your silver, your gold, your wives,

2:59

and your children. But I send my

3:01

servants to you tomorrow about this time.

3:04

And they will search your house, coming

3:07

in your house, and the houses

3:09

of your servants. And it shall be that

3:11

whatever is pleasant in your eyes, anything that

3:13

brings you pleasure, anything that

3:15

brings you joy, anything that

3:18

makes you just

3:21

be glad to be alive, or it

3:23

means something that's really precious to you

3:25

and pleasant when you think about it,

3:28

I'm taking it. I'm taking

3:30

it. Whatever is

3:32

pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in

3:34

their hands and take it. So

3:37

the king of Israel called the elders of the land.

3:40

He said, notice, please, how these men

3:42

seek trouble. They've sent me and sent

3:45

for my wives and children silver and

3:47

gold. And I did not

3:49

deny him. And the elders and all

3:52

the people said to him, it's bad

3:54

when the people have to tell the

3:56

leader how to leave. Do

3:59

not. listen or consent.

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Therefore he said to the messengers of

4:05

Ben-Haidad, tell my Lord the king all

4:07

that you sent your servant. I was

4:09

willing to do, but this thing I

4:11

cannot do. And the messengers departed and

4:13

he came back and that's when he

4:15

says in verse 10, I'll make you

4:17

like, I'll come like a whirlwind like

4:19

nothing be left but dust. Verse

4:22

11, finally the

4:24

narrative change, the narrative

4:26

changes. So the king

4:28

of Israel after saying yes, yes,

4:30

yes, you can have it, you can have it. Tell

4:34

him let not the one who puts

4:36

his armor on boast like he who

4:38

takes it off. Verse

4:42

13, suddenly a prophet approached Ahab

4:44

king of Israel and God said,

4:46

I'll deliver the enemy into your

4:48

hand. I

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want to talk to you for a few minutes about

4:53

this story because I believe

4:55

it's a powerful lesson.

4:58

You hear a lot in the media today

5:00

about controlling the narrative. You hear it in

5:02

politics, you hear it in sports, you hear

5:04

it in even in controversies

5:07

and crisis. Whoever

5:10

controls the narrative controls the

5:12

outcome. That's the thought. That's

5:14

what people believe. If you

5:16

keep saying it doesn't matter

5:18

what the truth is, just

5:20

control the narrative and you

5:22

will control the outcome.

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And in this story it's

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like Ben-Haidad,

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this evil Syrian king in

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his army links up with

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32 other kings because

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he had tried to conquer Israel

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before. You read it again and

5:42

again and yet again it says

5:44

and yet again they came against

5:46

Israel and he couldn't defeat them.

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But this time was different because

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he hired 32 different nations, their

5:53

kings and their armies against one

5:56

Group of farmers. The

6:00

Israelites. And. It was because

6:02

been hey there new the power of

6:05

their god. And. He

6:07

saw this time because I've got

6:09

thirty two teams in their armies

6:11

plus my own army. They do

6:13

not have a chance. Their bass

6:15

is against the wall. I'm going

6:18

to destroy them. The reasons you

6:20

face great resistance is because. The.

6:22

Devil knows who you are. The.

6:25

Enemy knows who

6:27

you are. I.

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Believe that bedevils afraid of

6:32

this serves. I believe

6:34

he knows. I believe demons know that

6:36

we're here today. I

6:38

believe that he's afraid because were

6:41

anointed to pray. Were. Anointed

6:43

to preach, were anointed to see,

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were anointed believed Jesus up, were

6:47

anointed delay hands on people, were

6:49

anointed to dataset kept his three

6:51

were anointed a day to change

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the narrative in some of these

6:56

lies. Who's accepted addiction in bondage

6:58

for the rest of your life's

7:00

That's what the Enemy tales youths

7:02

and as long as you keep

7:04

letting him com and age and

7:06

sex and sex he'll take Your

7:09

family, will take your life skill,

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take your aspirations, your dreams. Your

7:13

money, your resources you he will take

7:15

it all and then build some after

7:17

that which is pleasure bulls and seems

7:20

good The you and things that you

7:22

and yours to where's your suicidal and

7:24

you see no reason to keep hoping

7:27

and keep believing. That's. What

7:29

the enemy wants to do. A

7:32

have. Had. His back against

7:34

the wall. So much so

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that for the nation of

7:38

Israel, he was surrendering. He

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was in the process of

7:42

negotiating a surrender. And

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everything the enemy would say

7:47

is i don't surrender. Idol

7:50

coexistence with you. i

7:52

don't is you let me and your

7:55

allies are some to destroy your life

7:57

don't ever say i'm here to be

7:59

your buddies That's what been hey

8:01

dad, don't ever think we're just gonna

8:03

get along. I'm coming, I'm taking your

8:05

children, I'm taking your grandchildren, I'm taking

8:07

your wife, I'm after your husband, you

8:10

think he's cute, I'm after him, I

8:12

wanna mess him up, I wanna mess

8:14

your family up, I wanna mess your

8:16

life up, I wanna mess your body

8:18

up, I wanna mess you

8:20

up. I am

8:23

not here to play games

8:25

with you. You gotta see Satan in

8:27

this story, right? And

8:30

his narrative for your life

8:32

is disaster and kill, steal,

8:34

and destroy according to John

8:36

10-10. That's all

8:38

he's after. It may be

8:40

pleasure for a moment, but

8:43

ultimately he comes to kill,

8:45

steal, and destroy. That's

8:47

hell's agenda. The devil

8:50

keeps pushing for more

8:52

and more. I want

8:54

every precious thing in

8:56

your sight. Whatever's

8:59

precious to you, I

9:02

want it. Everything you like.

9:05

And there's that moment when

9:07

the elders spoke to

9:10

Ahab with such authority that they

9:12

said, don't consent, what do you

9:14

mean? He

9:16

said he kept taking and you

9:18

haven't stood up. There

9:21

comes that moment when the whole

9:23

narrative of the story changes because

9:25

if you change the narrative, you

9:27

change the outcome. So

9:31

many of us just sit back and let

9:33

the enemy attack and we think, well, we

9:35

are helpless and that's just how it goes

9:37

and we don't have any say so. But

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I've come today to preach about

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when victory begins to

9:45

discover that it has a voice. Don't

9:47

let the enemy do all the trash

9:50

talking. Don't let the enemy

9:52

do all the threats and the

9:54

fear mongering among your life. Don't

9:56

let the world and

9:58

other people's opinions. and even

10:00

control the narrative of your

10:02

life. 116

10:08

times Jesus said, but

10:11

I say unto you.

10:14

He knew when he came into the

10:16

world, the devil in the Garden of

10:19

Eden had captured the narrative and he

10:21

was in control and he said death,

10:23

he said steal, he said kill, and

10:26

man just had to go along. But

10:28

Jesus said, I am here now

10:31

and the word has become flesh

10:33

and I'm dwelling among you and

10:35

the enemy says you're defeated and

10:38

you don't have a hope and you

10:41

don't have a future, but I say

10:43

unto you, I say

10:45

he's not gonna kill, steal,

10:47

and destroy everything pleasant in

10:50

your life. I have

10:52

come to give you life and

10:54

give it more abundantly. Victory

10:57

has a voice.

10:59

You have to talk victory. You

11:01

have to get to that moment

11:04

and I love it because there

11:06

came that moment when something snapped

11:08

in him. Something

11:11

said, I have

11:13

surrendered and gave up

11:16

all that I'm going to give up. I'm

11:19

taking everything you've got

11:21

been, Hey Dad said and he

11:23

said, I was

11:25

when I started this

11:28

conversation okay and

11:30

some of you have your back

11:32

against the wall. The

11:34

enemy is coming right now like

11:36

a flood, like a

11:39

whirlwind and

11:41

he's promising to reduce you down

11:43

to ashes and nothing but dust

11:46

and I love the power of

11:48

an anointed service because

11:51

you're watching me on television and the enemy

11:53

said, I want your gold and your silver

11:55

and your business is under attack and he's

11:57

coming and he said, I want your. and

12:00

your children are under attack and your

12:02

marriage is, I want your wife, I

12:04

want your husband. It's all hitting on

12:07

every front. And then he's going through

12:09

saying, I'm gonna take the pleasure and

12:11

the joy out of life. I'm gonna

12:13

make you so miserable, so mean that

12:15

you can't even enjoy. You don't have

12:18

peace. I want you sucking your teeth.

12:20

I want you negative. I want you

12:22

walking around just hating life and bitter

12:24

and angry and mad and upset. Everything

12:28

pleasant, I'm coming after. And

12:32

that might be how you walked in here,

12:34

but you came to the wrong service and

12:36

you're watching the wrong program. Because

12:40

the prophets showed up with a word

12:42

from the Lord in the text that

12:44

I read. And that

12:46

word is still alive in this

12:48

year, in this day, in

12:50

this hour, and in our lives

12:52

and our families. You

12:58

know, he said

13:01

basically, I like what they

13:03

have, something hit him. Something

13:05

came all over him. You know, there's

13:07

two kinds of fighters. There's like people

13:10

who train and they do MMA and

13:13

judo and karate

13:15

and they're ready. I mean, they are

13:17

playing. They've been waiting on this day

13:19

their whole life. They go into kung

13:22

fu mode and they're ready to go.

13:24

And then there's those people who they

13:26

don't work out so

13:28

much, but if you don't watch it,

13:32

sometimes you can catch them on the wrong

13:34

day. I'm one of those

13:36

people. I will

13:38

run any day. I can run,

13:40

I'm a runner. I'll outrun you,

13:43

but I don't want to fight you. But there

13:45

are days, I don't

13:47

even want to tell the story that keeps

13:49

coming to my mind. But when my little

13:51

boy, Drake, was about that big and he

13:54

was playing football and there was a man

13:56

out on the field that was

13:58

on the other team. He grabbed

14:00

my son and jerked him and

14:02

shook him like that by his

14:04

shoulder pads and he wasn't as

14:07

cold. She's just shaking. Something

14:09

came over me. I

14:12

jumped over the fence. It was

14:15

like slow motion. I was running

14:17

through the field. Get

14:20

your hands off my

14:22

boy. Ow. And

14:26

thank God one of our members happened

14:28

to be out there and

14:31

he ran across and grabbed me

14:33

and said, hold on, posture. And

14:36

I snapped back to who I am. We

14:41

were gonna fight. It was going down, right

14:44

there on that field. And

14:46

that's how we ought to feel when the enemy

14:48

says, I'm gonna destroy

14:50

your children and your families

14:53

because this battle is not

14:55

ours. We're fighting with God

14:57

backing up. The cross

14:59

has won the battle. The blood

15:01

has won the battle. It is

15:04

not by my power. It's

15:06

by my spirit, saith the Lord

15:08

of hosts. I need somebody

15:10

to give God a praise if

15:12

you believe. I do

15:15

not intend to let hell

15:17

control the dead. Well,

15:27

you got cancer. So now you got

15:29

a decision. Are you

15:31

gonna let hell control the narrative? Because

15:33

hell's gonna tell you what to say. Just

15:36

give up. Just know

15:38

that you're gonna die. Just know there's

15:41

no hope and people die. And

15:43

so God doesn't heal anymore. And you

15:45

know so many people who died, so

15:47

just give up. Or

15:51

you can say, devil, you cannot

15:54

threaten me with heaven. Are

15:58

you crazy? thinking,

16:02

what if you die? What if I do? It's

16:04

called a shortcut to heaven. Nothing

16:07

can separate me from the love

16:10

of God. And so I will,

16:12

until my last breath, say

16:14

things like, by his stripes I'm healed.

16:16

And when people ask me to pray

16:18

for them, I don't care what condition

16:20

they're in. If I'm coming, I'm gonna

16:22

lay my hands and say, Lord, I

16:25

commit them to you, but I'm praying

16:27

that you'll heal them, either heal them

16:30

in this room or take

16:32

them to heaven and heal them, but

16:34

no more suffering. And I'm gonna tell

16:36

you what, God is still a healer

16:39

by his stripes. You

16:42

better learn, you better learn not

16:45

to let the enemy just keep

16:47

coming and attacking your mind, your

16:49

body, your family, and you have

16:51

no resistance. You control

16:53

the narrative. The

16:55

Bible said in Proverbs 18, life

16:57

and death are in the power of

16:59

your tongue and you eat the fruit

17:02

thereof. Somebody's

17:06

in the storm of your life. You're

17:09

ready to fill up your hands and

17:11

quit. You're already negotiating the surrender. But

17:16

the Lord has sent me today to

17:18

tell you victory has a voice. And

17:23

it wasn't until that king

17:25

began to use his voice

17:27

to proclaim victory that the

17:29

battle started turning. These stories

17:31

were written for our learning,

17:34

the Bible said. We're supposed

17:36

to react like God shows

17:38

us in the scripture and

17:40

victory doesn't come until we

17:42

understand that victory has a

17:45

voice. You

17:49

should say things like what the Bible says. If

17:53

you're barely hanging on and you're in a

17:55

bad place, there's a scripture in

17:57

the Bible that says, now thanks be unto God.

18:00

God who always gives

18:02

us the victory in every

18:04

place. There's

18:07

no where I go. What does that mean? Does that

18:09

mean I won't go through stuff? Does that mean I'm

18:11

not suffering? Does that mean I won't ever go through

18:13

pain? I won't ever go through attacks. I won't go

18:15

through loss. I won't go through any negative stuff. No,

18:18

listen to what he said. Now

18:21

thanks be unto God who

18:23

always gives us the victory

18:25

in every place. What

18:28

does that mean? That means it

18:30

doesn't matter where I find myself.

18:33

It doesn't matter what happens to

18:35

me and my family. God still

18:37

has promised victory and we are

18:40

to put a voice to

18:43

that victory. The cross has

18:45

won. The blood has won.

18:47

The name of Jesus has

18:50

won. And here's what the

18:52

Bible said that I carry

18:54

with me. Jesus is with

18:56

me. No matter

18:58

what I go through, that's what

19:01

he promises. No matter how much

19:03

I'm broken and crying, he's with

19:05

me. Therefore

19:07

he cannot be defeated

19:10

and I am his child. Take

19:15

a praise break right now. When

19:18

victory starts talking, devil,

19:21

you wanna fight, you might

19:23

beat me, but you gonna know you

19:25

were in a fight. I'm gonna swing,

19:27

I'm gonna hit, I'm gonna scratch like

19:29

a girl, I'm gonna poke you in

19:31

the eye, I'm gonna pull your hair,

19:33

I'm gonna spit, I'm gonna kick you

19:35

in places you don't want me to

19:38

kick you. I'll fight any

19:40

way I have to fight, but

19:42

you're not getting my family, you're

19:45

not getting my finances, you're

19:47

not getting my joy and

19:49

my pleasure in life. For

19:51

in his presence there's fullness

19:53

of joy and at his

19:55

right hand, our Pleasures

19:57

for evermore. Turn to St. Louis.

20:00

Sorry, not sorry. Who crime?

20:03

They will not last for

20:05

ever. Need

20:11

to come back. We'll.

20:15

I'm single and login. Pleasure.

20:19

Say. That. Change the

20:21

narrative. Some signed on looking for Jesus

20:23

to com said if he decides to

20:25

do me almost grown says he doesn't

20:28

I'm happy. To

20:31

don't. Wanna do

20:33

the most miserable people are no

20:35

are not people who are single

20:38

This is Silva through wow I

20:40

just wanted somebody smooth be three

20:42

our voices not when you get

20:45

around or not when you get

20:47

the job us know when you

20:49

get the house. What about right

20:52

here right now in every. Goodness

21:01

of God. In

21:06

Chino Service but here you says

21:08

and your little worried for me.

21:12

So the narrative and you control

21:14

the outcome. Lamb.

21:18

A Screaming we're More Voice A.

21:23

Sudden. Moves. With

21:27

Victory, start speaking to

21:29

your mouse with joy.

21:31

Start speaking to your

21:33

mile lit Fi Start

21:36

speaking to your miles

21:38

split purpose. Start coming

21:40

through your mile. Let's

21:42

start calming. Say victories.

21:45

Good success. Pope Bless.

21:48

You I feel like say in

21:50

a lotta road it ah walls

21:52

in favor Hulu yeah ah was

21:54

seen will come. soon

21:57

blow ah no

22:00

The enemy's got weapons pointing at

22:02

me, but no weapon form shall

22:04

prosper. I'll just control that narrative.

22:09

I refuse to preach

22:11

until the dead head

22:13

shouts to everybody that's

22:15

got breath. Give

22:18

God some praise. Oh,

22:22

I feel this thing. It's

22:25

more than a preacher getting you hyped

22:27

up. When you begin

22:29

to do what that book says,

22:32

when you begin to praise him,

22:35

when you're going through suffering and

22:37

pain and brokenness, God

22:39

notices things people

22:41

don't notice. And

22:51

even nature gives examples. When

22:54

an elephant fights another male elephant,

22:56

two male elephants will fight over

23:01

who gets to breed and have the family. And

23:04

when an outside elephant comes in and

23:06

dominant, tries to be dominant and take

23:08

it from the alpha male elephant, the

23:11

one that wins will blow a

23:14

trumpet. When

23:17

he's drunk, he'll just throw his

23:19

head back after he wins because

23:22

victory has a voice. Even

23:26

the lines, when the territorial lines

23:29

cross the line and come over

23:31

and try to take that

23:34

alpha male lion's family from him,

23:37

his little cubs and his little liners, he

23:40

fights and he wins. You'll hear him

23:42

roaring for miles. Maybe that's

23:45

why we don't win much. Maybe

23:48

we don't ever praise God. Even nature

23:50

teaches us if you're winning, you ought

23:52

to make some noise and you ought

23:54

to get a little confidence about him.

23:57

I like how O'Hara just flew

23:59

up. He said, don't count

24:01

your chickens before they hatch,

24:04

Mr. Bend Hey Dad, I still

24:06

have a God who is faithful.

24:12

Don't put the armor on like

24:14

you, and act like before you

24:16

fight the battle that is the

24:18

same as after you've taken it

24:20

off and you're still alive. See,

24:22

he's getting, he's getting,

24:25

he's just, I'm

24:28

not talking about arrogance, I'm talking about we

24:30

gotta get some fight in us. Victory

24:37

has a mouth, even

24:41

a rabbit when it gets away from

24:45

a predator. You know,

24:47

they do something, look this up, don't do it while

24:49

I'm preaching, but

24:51

look this up, when

24:54

they have a victory in their life and they

24:56

escape, they'll get somewhere and just jump

24:58

up in the air and kick one leg out, it's

25:00

called a binky, they do the binky. I

25:04

mean, a little rabbit can get away from a fox

25:07

and say the devil thought he had me, but

25:10

he didn't have me, and he'll

25:12

jump up and kick, and some of you

25:14

gods giving you a job, giving you a

25:16

house, bless you coming in, bless you going

25:18

out, and you're still too sophisticated to

25:21

give God a shout, I don't

25:23

care if you're Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian,

25:25

Catholic, I don't care what you

25:28

are, you ought to give

25:30

him a praise if he's been

25:32

good, even nature says, the

25:35

victor ought to make some noise, clap

25:38

your hands, all you people,

25:41

and shout unto God on Palm

25:44

Sunday with the voice of triumph. I'm

25:47

trying. But

25:53

the best one in nature is

25:57

the impala. South Africa

25:59

has them. I've seen them. And

26:03

they said that when a lion

26:06

is on the horizon, or they

26:08

know and they sense and they see, he's

26:11

walking through the tall grass, he's

26:13

hungry, and he's on the prowl.

26:17

Sometimes when the impalas know that they're

26:20

about to be attacked, they

26:23

have a little secret thing they do. It's

26:25

called standing. And they jump up

26:27

straight up in the air, right where

26:29

they are. They

26:31

jump straight up in place, up and

26:34

down, as high as they can. It's

26:36

a strange thing. You're just seeing, ooh, ooh, ooh. And

26:41

the thing that I read said the impala

26:43

is known for the

26:45

characteristic of leaping that

26:48

constitutes an anti-predatory

26:52

strategy. It's

26:54

part of their strategy against the enemy

26:57

that when they know he's ready

27:00

to attack and destroy them

27:02

or their family, that

27:06

he'll just start jumping up high. Why?

27:10

Because they say, I love this. If

27:13

you're going after the weak, what they're

27:16

really saying to the enemy, if you're

27:18

going out after the weak, it's not

27:20

me. That

27:22

dead head sitting right there, look at him. He

27:24

had moved the whole thing. I'm

27:27

not weak. I'm going to fight you.

27:29

If you come against me, I know

27:31

how to pray. I know how

27:33

to pray. I know how to call my

27:35

best friend and her best friend and his

27:37

best friend. I know how to get

27:39

all out. I know how to anoint. I

27:41

know how to bind devils and lose

27:44

victory. Oh, come on

27:46

here. If

27:54

I were the devil, I'd pick on some of you. They're

28:05

saying to that line, I'm

28:09

not weak, even

28:11

if I'm being stalked, even

28:14

if you're coming in now, I

28:16

just want you to know I got something for you. Listen

28:23

to this, 1 Corinthians, everybody

28:26

say victory has a voice.

28:29

Look how big this voice, look how big

28:32

this is, 1 Corinthians 15 says

28:35

this, this incorruptible shall

28:37

put on incorruption, this

28:40

mortal has put on immortality. Then

28:44

shall it be brought to pass the same.

28:47

Death, notice the wording,

28:50

how do you swallow unless you got a mouth? Death

28:55

is swallowed up in victory. Victory

29:00

has got a mouth that if

29:04

Jesus could give

29:07

voice, he's saying

29:10

I don't care what you're facing, if

29:13

I can conquer death, I can conquer anything.

29:18

And I have swallowed up

29:20

death in

29:22

victory. Whenever

29:34

your team is winning, you're

29:37

supposed to be the loudest team. Walk

29:43

into the battle

29:45

with the word of God, even

29:48

Jesus when he comes back after the

29:51

rapture takes place, the

29:53

nation of Israel will be surrounded and

29:55

the Bible said all nations will turn

29:57

against Israel and folks will see it.

30:00

right before our eyes.

30:03

We have people in our

30:05

government this week who gave

30:07

speech. One of them, the leader

30:10

of the Senate, gave a speech

30:12

and said, we need

30:14

to consider cutting off all

30:17

support of Israel until they

30:19

do what we think and many in

30:21

the world think they should do and

30:25

not defend. They're still fighting

30:27

that Ben Heydad spirit. That's

30:29

all that is. How can you like this

30:31

story and not love those people? But

30:38

the Bible says, it's one of the prophecies

30:41

that every nation in the world

30:43

will turn their back on Israel.

30:47

And in that moment, God,

30:51

Jesus Christ will get on a

30:53

white horse and

30:56

ride down into the Valley of Mageto

30:58

where the armies look like they're gonna

31:01

win and He will

31:03

open His mouth. And

31:06

just when it looks like all the

31:08

armies are going to destroy Israel, your

31:11

Bible said a sword will

31:13

come out of His mouth and

31:15

consume the Antichrist and consume

31:17

the false prophet and

31:20

consume the beast. Oh,

31:22

hallelujah. Death will

31:25

be swallowed up in

31:27

victory. And I

31:30

wanna say this Easter season,

31:32

if you've lost someone that

31:34

you love, why don't you

31:36

make your narrative instead of it's

31:38

so sad and the pleasure is

31:40

gone and there's no joy left.

31:43

Why don't you change

31:45

the narrative and give

31:47

victory a voice and

31:49

say, death, you have

31:51

been swallowed up in

31:53

victory because

31:56

of Jesus, there's an empty tomb

31:58

and there is eternal life. life. I

32:08

pray today that there

32:13

would be a holy losing

32:16

it. That

32:19

people like Ahab, but there's

32:21

that train fighter and then there's those

32:23

people that just lose it in

32:25

the moment. And

32:30

something just takes over. I

32:33

tell you part of the battle that we're in

32:35

is when you decide to give

32:38

victory a voice in

32:41

the situation. All

32:45

things. So how do I give

32:47

it a voice? Walk out of here number one

32:49

saying he's with me. Jesus is with me. He

32:52

never will leave me. There's nothing

32:54

that can ever make him leave me. He

32:57

is with me. I'm going to be alright.

32:59

I'm not promising you that everything's going to

33:01

change. I'm promising you that whatever pack of

33:04

lions you have blind in, you have to

33:06

go into whatever fiery furnace you have to

33:08

walk through, you're going to find Jesus said,

33:10

I'll never leave you. I'll

33:13

never forsake you. I'll dry your tears out

33:15

weeping will endure for the night. I'm going

33:17

to bring joy in the morning. The sun's

33:20

going to shine. Number

33:22

one, number two, my Bible said

33:24

you should walk out, change the

33:26

narrative by saying this all

33:29

things. Well

33:31

since I got a stage, all

33:34

things work

33:37

together for

33:40

the good. You

33:43

don't believe that. Not

33:46

just the good things, not

33:48

just the pleasant things, not

33:51

just the successful things, but

33:54

all things work

33:57

together. Oh

34:00

man, I can walk in confidence. I

34:03

can say, well, I don't understand

34:05

this. I don't understand

34:08

how eggs

34:11

and flour and salt and

34:15

sugar over here are gonna

34:18

make me a good cupcake. I don't get it.

34:22

Well, the reason that it's not good is it's

34:25

not all together yet. All

34:29

you're tasting is the salty part. All

34:31

you're tasting is the baking soda. All

34:33

you're tasting is the flour. Yeah, yeah,

34:36

puh. But

34:39

when he puts it all together,

34:41

actually, I don't talk about

34:43

my wins. I talk about how

34:46

I was so low that

34:48

I didn't know how I was gonna make

34:50

it. Now I can praise him. It makes

34:52

me love him more. Not

34:54

just the wins, thank God for it,

34:57

but it's the struggles. It

35:01

all works together

35:04

for the good. So

35:06

change the narrative. I

35:09

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