Let God Be God | Associate Pastor Chad Erickson by Chad Erickson First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN) Kind: sermon Scripture: John 1:19-20, Psalm 68:1, Hebrews 11, Ephesians 6:12, John 3:30, 1 Peter 5:7, Psalm 68:35 Source: https://acts238.life/repository/sermons/chad-erickson--let-god-be-god Published by Acts 2:38 Life from the sermon transcript on that page. Free to copy and share with attribution. ------------------------------------------------------------ turn with me to John chapter 1 verse 19 just want to read a couple passages in your hearing and as Pastor Hammond has already said I'm so glad to have Pastor Danny Johnston uh with us from Michigan he pastors one of the greatest Spanish works in the Pentecostal movement and I'm so thankful he brought he brought a whole host of his church down here I about said to movement conference but I our Spanish movement I kind of like it I kind of like that to our our movement conference or our Spanish conference this weekend and uh just the flavor in the house when you get a bunch of Spanish speaking people Latinos from Central America and South America who have come together we had people here from from Santiago Chile I had a young lady come running up to me and said hey I'm from Chile she said we can't wait to have you in a couple weeks I said I can't wait to be with you in a couple listen there woo you start feeling I don't know what they're singing thank God I had it earpiece so I I knew what they were preaching and brother SoDo brother Johnston both preached amazing messages woo but listen just a feeling of the Holy Ghost just something inside of this place when listen every language every tongue did did you ever think about this and this hit me during during your message Pastor Johnson it hit me I thought you know what our God speaks every language does that blow anybody else's mind when you think that we're here in America and we're we're preaching in English or this churches here speaking Spanish and when you think you start going across the world at the thousands of languages if you have you ever been to the Bible Museum in in Washington anybody ever been to the Bible museum in Washington if you've not been there it is one of the greatest places that you could ever visit because they have every translation of the the Bible in every language that there is and then they have a whole area a whole section I mean we're talking we're talking a room that might be this size and then a whole section where there are there there's no translation for these languages and it's it blows your mind how many hundreds of languages the Bible has not been translated to and then there's another section that the Bible is not allowed to be translated into you're talking about St I feel the Holy Ghost right now you're talking about just standing there and just being off struck at the amount of languages but our God speaks every language understands every language oh I'm so thankful I'm thankful for our Spanish conference I'm thankful that God filled at least six with the Holy Ghost at the Spanish conference this weekend the spirit of God was poured out wo and I'm thankful to be a part of that thankful to be a part of that amen Pastor SoDo wonderful job uh you and Pastor Perez and all that had to do with that conference great job John 1: 19 I'm not going to have you stand much longer it says and this is the record of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who are you I like this how it says in verse 20 and he confessed and denied not but confessed I am not the Christ is is is there anyone else who gets sick and tired of being the Christ I might be all alone here today we're going to preach about that in a moment Psalm 681 says this let God arise let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him my title today is simply let God God be God just let God be God come on somebody put your Bibles down help me pray over this message I believe it's already anointed I believe it's already his word is already anointed but come on pray over me as the speaker of his word and pray over you as the hearer of his word that we receive what God wants us to receive today father in Jesus name I've come today Lord to give you praise to give you honor for who you are and for what you are today in the church what you've always been from creation up until now which you be for all eternity you're our God and we love you you're our God and we bless you you are our God and we praise you nothing like you nobody compares to you oh God creator and savior in one and because of that we clap our hands and we give you praise uh we give you the glory that's due your name Jesus uh it's been revealed to us your name is powerful it's wonderful it's glorious omnipotent in every way in Jesus name somebody say in Jesus name you may be seated in the house of the Lord today let God arise the word let the word let means to give opportunity to to permit to allow allow God to rise up in your life that's what I've come to preach about today we got a permit God to rise up in our trouble we got to give God the opportunity to step into our predicament but it's up to us it does not say that God will arise it said let God arise woo we're far too busy trying to be our own handyman if you will trying to help God govern his kingdom we're kind of like Sarah giving Hagar to our husband trying to help God fulfill the promise that he promised we're we're kind of like Moses in the wilderness striking a rock with our staff trying to help God produce water for his children listen God does not need our help it was Aza in the Old Testament as David is bringing the Ark of God as he's bringing it on a new cart it's Aza one of the sons of the priest that reaches out and and tries to help God from falling off the car and God said I don't need your help don't touch what is Holy let God be God look look back over your life has anybody besides myself ever regretted not letting God be God in a situation in a season in a time of trouble in a trial in Tribulation we try to do it on our own we try to help God be God and God just simply he simply had to step back and said hey if you're going to do it I'm going to step back cuz obviously you don't need me to do it but I heard a quote my wife he she she relayed a quote to me just the other day that said those who leave everything in God's hands will eventually see the hand of God in everything give it to God I don't have the power I don't have the might I don't have the skill set to do the things of God there are things that going to that are going to rise up in our life and I know know that God gives us power to be a witness God gives us he gives us authority over spiritual things but there's other things in life we just don't have the power and nothing we do is going to help us to get out of certain situations but that's where faith is required to be a child of God we we got to have faith to believe that God is able to do what must be done in order to get us out of the sticky situations that we find ourselves in Hebrews chap live I I love Faith's Hall of Fame and of course I do not have time to read it all but I'm just going to paraphrase it because I want you to see where Faith steps into a situation how God begins to move and God fixes and changes and revives things that should be dead Hebrews chapter 11:7 says by faith Noah being warned of God of things not seen as yet moved with fear prepared an ark to the saving of his house by faith Noah verse 8 says by faith Abraham verse 20 says by faith Isaac verse 21 says by faith Jacob 22 says by faith Joseph 23 says by faith Moses it's trying to get the point across it's not about you it's not about your talent your abilities it's not about even how how great and awesome your prayer life is and how close you are to God it's not about that it's by faith that you have in your God that you're praying to verse 29 says by faith they pass through the Red Sea as the dry land which Egyptians assigned to do were drowned by faith the walls of Jericho fell down and they were compassed by seven days by faith verse 31 by faith the Harlot Rahab perished not and what shall I say more in verse 32 for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barack and Samson and jeepa of David also Samuel and all the prophets who through faith subdued kingdoms wrought righteousness obtained promises sto the mouths of lions quenched the violence of fire escaped the edge of the sword out of weakness were made strong wax violent in the fight turned to fight the armies of the aliens let me tell you something it was not about who they were and the power and might they had it was all about a God who they had faith in who was able to do the Impossible by faith it takes God let God be God let God arise and his enemies be scattered I just misquoted that right there it says let God arise and let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him now listen I realize that David is writing he's writing about armies of Philistines he he's writing about fighting physically but Paul oh Paul he pulled everything from the Old Testament into the New Testament when he wrote in Ephesians he said in verse 12 of Ephesians chapter 6 he said for we wrestle not against what David wrestled with but we wrestle against Powers principalities uh against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual listen against spiritual wickedness in Paul said we no longer fight against armies we have got to fight spiritual battles I'm talking right here there are spiritual things that are far greater and can defeat Us in Far easier ways than any physical Army could ever defeat you think about this right here it says let God's enemies be scattered we've got listen Church we've got to allow God's enemies to be scattered we got to allow God the opportunity to make his enemies flee when it says flee we know what flee means that means to run with fear let me let me just list a few things I believe the New Testament the enemies of God the New Testament enemies of God the modern day the 21st enemies of God such as sickness and disease and depression and mental illness think about these things these are all enemies of God now I'm not talking about people that have these things I'm talking about that these very things we understand that sin ab and Eve opened a door in the garden that allowed sickness and disease in to our world to today we fight things that are the enemies of God issues enemies of God such as hate hate and your political party does not give you the right to hate I I know you you turn on any news channel today and and I know we hear a lot of stuff being spewed over the Airwaves and just because your favorite politician is doing it doesn't make it right hate have we have no business hate is an enemy of God abortion is an enemy of God samesex marriage is an enemy of God choosing your gender come on somebody choosing your own pronoun that is an enemy of God I'm preaching about spiritual wickedness in high places it's coming down from the top these are not things that are coming down from the Grassroots these are things that are coming down from the very top the very top court systems and and the very top political systems I'll just go ahead and throw this in you better go out and vote you've been given a right as an American citizen to vote go and vote you are giving God the opportunity to arise see see God is able to go into every Ballot Box and erase every ballot and put whatever he wants to put he he's got the power but he's not going to do that because that's what we're here for we are going to let God arise we are going to let his enemies be scattered the things that hate him it talks about it doesn't even say the things that God hates it say the things that hate God he's going to scatter I'm not going to tell you who to vote for I'm not going to tell you who I voted for although I've already voted but I'm going to personally do everything in my power as an American citizen as the privilege to elect government leaders to cast the vote that gives God the opportunity to send his enemy fleeing I I went to Washington Washington DC uh a couple years ago now I said brother Joel Mayo we got to we got to go to to Washington Joel flew us up there and we got to meet with all the Christian Coalition leaders um we went we went to to uh some of the we went to the uh oh I don't know if there House Representatives or the Senate house where they have all their offices and we met with the senator and uh we met with some high up people that are that are in the Christian Coalition and we found out during that during that visit the reason they invite us is because they said I we we want to make it clear to you that in the 2020 presidential election only 18% of Pentecostals voted y'all hear that I didn't say 80% I said 18 18 percent of Pentecostals now they're talking about all Pentecostals or what they consider Pentecostals whether Oneness or trinitarian they they consider all these different denomination Pentecostal denominations they said only 18% of all of the Pentecostal denominations that they call the Pentecostal denominations voted my god listen we have got to get out and allow God to arise we've got to allow his enemies to be scattered I'm not talking about economy I'm talking about a these things are moral you say you're up there being political I'm not telling you what party to vote for I'm just simply saying you better allow your morals to direct you if I have to pay $5 for a gallon of gas but I know the little babies aren't being aborted I don't know I I'll be honest with you I'm not even paying attention to the economy side of it because God Will Make A Way in the economy whatever he wants whatever he chooses listen if I if I got to live in a van down by the Riverside as long as his enemies are fleeing wo come on let God be God oh my God I feel the Holy Ghost in This Place let God be God let his enemies scatter let those that oppose him and let those things that hate him let them Flee for their lives we're dealing with powers from high places spiritual wickedness let God be God you may be seated John oh I got to bring John to this quickly John chapter 1 we read about him and this is the record of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him y y'all catch this right here these guys were sent these PR priests and Levites these people of the temple the people of the synagogue were sent to go find out who is this John they called the baptizer John the Baptist in verse 20 John confesses oh that's so good he confessed and denied not but confess he said I time out I am not the Christ and they asked him what then are you Elias he said nope art thou that prophet he said no no sir I'm not Elias but verse 30 I like this right here because John the Baptist says he must increase but I must decrease this was the motto of John the Baptist from the very onset of his ministry his whole motto was I am not the Christ but I am the Forerunner of the Christ and there is one who follows me he said I baptize you with water unto repentance sake but there's one who's going to follow me that's going to baptize you with Fire come on you got you got to think about John the Baptist you got to think about a man who was born now I know we talk about Jesus but John had a lot in common with Jesus John was born for one purpose that was to be the forer of Jesus history tells us he never married never had kids never got to enjoy the pleasures of life never probably never even owned a home he lived in the wilderness he ate wild honey he and Locust he he wore camels skin and hair and he he was a looked like a wild man with his beard grown out got honey probably stuck up in there died even before Jesus died got his head on a platter you talk about a man who came with one purpose which was not to be the Christ but was to be the Forerunner of the Christ oh you preached about John the Baptist listen get online well you going need to translator if you get online I had a translation he preached about John the Baptist on on Friday night oh oh my God revelatory preaching but his whole motto was I am not the Christ he must increase but I must decrease religious rulers they said who who are you and and here's why they were asking obviously John was doing something that was getting their attention people from the city people people from all over were coming to find and to see this John the Baptist he was he was the very first person who ever immersed people underwater and baptized people he he was putting people under the water and they were confused they were what what is this that he's doing in the Jordan and what he he's he's putting people under the water and he's speaking something about repentance and we're trying to figure out what is this he claims to be a Jew but he's not speaking as a Jew speaketh and and so they're trying to figure him out who exact L are you and and and and you know any person that's ever acquired Fame it's really easy to start talking about yourself right and and he had acquired Fame matter of fact he had his own disciples he had his own disciples this guy and I know he must have looked like a wild man he must have looked crazy but for whatever reason and obviously the reason was they knew he had something they didn't have and he has disciples he has people and disciples a disciples are different than a follower right we understand that you can follow anybody you can you can follow somebody on Instagram you can follow somebody on social media you you can you can follow them on YouTube whatever when you're a disciple of somebody you obey their Commandments you're obedient to what they say and what they do and he had disciples but but we could go even even a little bit further because even even Jesus when Jesus said who do men say that I am his disciples said well some people think you're John the Baptist and we're talking about Jesus we're talking about post after he had already performed a whole lot of miracles signs and wonders and they thought he was John the Baptist which simply means John had something going for him he had quite a Ministry so so they go and they ask them who are you he says I am not the Christ he said I I've got Fame people are following me but I am not the Christ and and the problem today is is understanding how to describe ourselves we we want to appear like we have all the answers let's just let's just kind of pull up pull up to the table just a little bit here we as Apostolic Pentecostals we come in here we all look good in our suits we're all dressed up man we we SM hopefully we smell good hope the person next to you smells good man we we come into this place and I'm looking y'all look great y'all y'all if I'm just looking out if I'm just if I'm just here just to summarize what I see I see a people that have got it made you got it all together they're all no problems there's no situations you have got you're here in church on a Sunday morning your kids are are learning about Jesus in Sunday school You've Got It Made and that's kind of what we want to portray at times amen come on just just come on let's just come on open up with me right here everything's good yeah look at me I got father followers have you have you seen how many Facebook friends I have have you seen how many Instagram I I got Instagram followers I got X formerly known as Twitter you see how mean people are are following me right people talk man the car I drive the house I live and everything everything's going great if you look at me I've got a perfect little family and we oh my God we want to be the opposite of what John the Baptist was John the Baptist was say hey it's nothing about me it's all about him John said I am not the Christ I'm not the one you've even come to see he's coming shortly he's coming he's following me if you hang around long enough if you stick around you're going to see what you come to see I am not he God help us as an Apostolic Pentecostal Church as people who live in the most beautiful area of the country who I believe we are we are good we're middle class people and I believe God has blessed us but God let us never all the sudden help us not to just believe that we have all the answers and then somehow we are the Christ because I am not the Christ I'm not the anointed one I'm not the Messiah I'm not deliverer I'm not Liberator I don't have all the answers I don't have all knowledge I'm not the Healer and I'm not the Savior and some of y'all are going well duh but some people live like they are the Christ and you understand that Christ was not Jesus's last name like I'm not saying that you think you're Jesus it wasn't like Joseph and Mary Christ had Jesus Christ we understand when you say the Christ that is the relationship that God had with man he's a great physician he's a great healer he's a lover of our souls we we sing that song sister Lauren L Us in that song He Loves Us Oh How He Loves Us and if we're not careful we get it into our minds because we have in our own minds everything going everything seems to be good and a little problem comes in into our life into our way we go through a season of hurt a season of trouble a season maybe of death in our family and we go through these things and we just think you know what because because I have everything and I I feel like I have all answers we try to be the Christ in our own life we try to be the one that has all the answers we try to be the one that's going to solve the problem and here it is what I love about John is John could simply say I am not the Christ which simply means I can't blame myself for anything that happens because I'm not the one that can do anything about it and I guess if I can do anything else if I can do nothing else for you today there's some people that are blaming themselves for things that you have no power over because you are not the Christ God did not give you the power the knowledge the skill set to fix certain things he said I want to be the fixer of your life I want to be the one that steps in and heals and steps in and delivers and steps in it makes all things new in your life that is not your job well listen we got to stop blaming ourselves for things that we don't have the power to fix there's situations I believe I'm going to minister to somebody in just a moment right here but there's circumstances that we have no power over we got to stop giving ourselves health problems over stuff that we can't control we are not the Christ but some people don't realize that their blood pressure is high the stress levels are through the roof they're physically sick all the time they can't sleep at night they can't concentrate during the day they find themselves eating Comfort Foods their bodies are deteriorating over things and problems and life issues that they cannot control but I've got good news because we're not alone with this uh all throughout the Bible there were situations and circumstances where people had no control over yet they thought I can do itth I can step in I can be my own savior but this is where God he finally got through to his people and said if I'm going to be your God you've got to let me let me just give you just a few examples and I know the the the the the story of the prodical son it's a parable but many scholars feel like it was really a true story that the Jesus had spoken as a parable because there's so many facts there's there's so many facts that that most parables are just very simple most parables are are very to the point but there's a lot of facts in this story and so I I personally I share the same belief but we know we know this man we we know this father had two sons his younger son came to him and said dad I I've made a decision I want my inheritance I'm not going to tell the story in its entirety because you know the story I want my inheritance give to me what is mine father didn't have to do it but he did it shows the Father's Love oh aren't you glad the father loves you even when you're wrong come on somebody e even when you ask for stuff we you shouldn't be asking for and God could just go but instead sometimes I believe sometimes we get blessed with things we well I know we get blessed with things we don't deserve he asked he asked his father and his father said okay here's what your I'm going to give you your inheritance going to give you your brother his inheritance older brother stays older brother stays in the field older brother stays at the father's house older brother continues to work younger brother the younger son goes onto a far off land wastes everything with riotous living gets addicted to stuff starts hanging out with people he shouldn't be hanging out ends up being he ends up ends up being in a pig sty taking care of animals that he's not even allowed to touch as a Jew you're not for forget eating pigs you can't even touch them or be around them and here he is he's found himself in the lowest place he could ever imagine but with that story what I really want to focus on is the father because the father did nothing wrong in his son's upbringing didn't withhold nothing he had another son we understand he had another son that stayed in the house so it wasn't like he was just a failure as a father and all his kids just left him and and disowned him oh no the younger son had made up his own mind to leave and I I got to think of when I was studying for this I got to thinking there there there's really I don't know if there's anything that scares me more as a parent than a child that backslide anything death of a child listen I would never want to go through that but if I know that child's in heaven but I can't imagine living life knowing if my child dies right now I don't know where he's going I don't know where she's going but what I want you to see right here is it was not the father's fault that his child had made the decision that he had made and so I want to tell every parent in this place today and I feel I feel a strong burden for parents who have wayward children number one don't give up on your children don't give up listen the devil's going to try to convince you there's no hope the devil's going to try to tell you that they've gone too far that they saw too much as a child that they experienced they were they they they were spiritually abused that's kind of the new terminology now and they're never going to come back to the church I rebuke that thought I rebuke that voice that wants to come into your mind let me tell you something if God is going to wake up your child just like he did the prodal and allow that child to come to their senses and wake up one day and say why am I living this life uh when I can be at my father's house I would rather be a servant at my father's house I would rather just be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than be living oh my God riots is living lost everything addicted to substances my God but we've got to be like the father in the story because the Bible says he arose and when he came to his father when he was yet a great way off I want you to notice what the father was doing the father saw him which means he was looking for him he had compassion come on moms and dads I know your kids have probably done some horrible things evil things even to you but you've got to find compassion in your heart enough to wear when you see them coming when you see them walking back through the church doors you can run to them you can fall on their neck you can kiss them just like the father did and you can forgive them for everything they took from you they stole from your inheritance you gave to them everything that they've ever been on everything they've wasted everything that's died in their possession you got to be able to say I love you I care about you and the number one thing I feel about you is that there is compassion in my heart and you can be saved you may be SE it verse 21 and the son said to his father father I've sinned against heaven and in thy sight am no more worthy to be called thy son but the father said to his servants I love this right here the father didn't even respond to him here he is trying to repent to his father his father's like listen woo you don't have to even repent at this point because my love for you goes so much further than what you've done he said I'm not worried to call that son but the father said to his servants bring forth the best robe and put it on him put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet and bring hither the fatty calf and kill it and let us eat and be married I'm here to tell you you are not the Christ stop blaming yourself for decisions your children have made but you got to do what the father did you better you better wait you better pray you better have a Compassionate Heart you better keep watch on the road you better keep feeding that calf you better keep the best robe hanging in the closet you better keep the family ring and a pair of shoes that are ready because when your child returns oh come on somebody there's going to be a party there's going to be a party there's going to be time of rejoicing there's going to be music oh you are not the Christ uh but you can put things in order so that your child can come home and when they get home they feel welcome in the house every father every mother of a prodal I feel for you today but I want to preach you are not the Christ let God be be God a lot of people woo a lot of people out there and I I want to go through some stories very quickly but there's a lot of people out there that are trying to be more than what God designed you to be you're trying to take on more that God designed you to take on people are are losing hair because of stress people are losing sleep because of stress they're putting so much stuff upon them and God is simply saying please let me be your God please let me take care of your situation the woman the widow woman H the widow woman in Second Kings I don't have time to read it we know the story though the creditors were on their way I don't know there's something I'm feeling about children today I I feel like somebody today has come with a burden and I the creditors are on their way to take this woman this this widow woman's son Sons to be bondsmen they're going to take them to a debtor's prison they're going to enslave these boys and this mother oh this mother in pain she's crying here her husband was was a son of the prophets her husband is is now dead they have debt they have bills to pay they can't pay the bills and now they're coming to take her children and I can't imagine the fear that was within her the fear of being childless and knowing that your children are in a prison working trying to pay off your bills and I I know in a crowd this size of someone here that you might be struggling to get a job or struggling to bring home a paycheck the rent is due the mortgage is due creditors won't stop calling the landlord's beating on the door eviction notice is tape to your mailbox and worst of all the creditors are after your children can afford to put my kids in school I got a fear of putting them out and and allowing Egypt to raise them I don't want them to be in the wrong environment but I'm coming to tell somebody it's not your fault uh maybe you just become disabled uh maybe you can't find work because you can't even work a job you don't have the physical ability but you've been faithful to God you've been faithful to the house of God you've been faithful in tithes and offerings and on paper you ought to be living a good life but all of us know here that what works on paper doesn't always work in reality but again I'm here to tell you you are not the Christ and you've got to allow God to be God in your life stop losing sleep uh because woo because you feel you don't deserve because you're living a nightmare you can't keep on beating yourself up mentally because you're not able to provide for your family but the moment listen the moment the woman realized that she couldn't save herself the prophet came along and she cried out to the prophet and God through the prophet said what can I do for you come on I know you don't have money in the house uh I know you don't have food in the hous uh but the prophet just wanted to know what do you have that God can work a miracle through come on let God be God in your life the verse is not in the Bible this says uh uh God helps those that help themselves some people look for that scripture it's not in the Bible but the principle is right here and the prophet could have just said you know what I brought you a sack of money that's going to pay all your bills congratulations your sons are free but that's not what he said brother or oh no he said what do you have in your house that can help God be God how are you going to let God be God and she said I don't have anything save a pot of oil oh I've got I've got this one measly I wish I was an noan Carpenter right now because he has a pot of oil that never runs dry he has a pot of oil I remember him preach this not too long ago and the the prophet said hey go out and borrow vessels he said borrow not a few one of my favorite stories in the Bible I can to see this woman and her her sons knowing the creditors is on the way knowing they're coming to make her sons bondsman oh they're coming and here she is and her sons and they're collecting vessels what you got in your house going to her neighbors and saying hey I need that pot take the plant out of the pot I need the pot take dinner out of the kettle I need your Kettle she's collecting every single thing that that holds liquid and she's bringing it in because by faith here it is right here by faith that she believed her God was able to do a miracle for her and she was going to let God be God she was going to let God arise in her life and so she gathered together her own miracle if you will she worked for her miracle and as she began to pour out the oil the oil kept on running as pot after pot she was filling into the brim pot after pot oh the prophet said okay here we go now go and take that oil and sell it and pay all of your debt I've just come to tell somebody today it doesn't seem possible it doesn't seem likely but when God is involved nothing is impossible come on somebody when God is God when you realize and have a revelation of who he is nothing is impossible for our God you're fighting you're fighting a fight that's not even your figh you're struggling against a struggle that's not even your struggle God is saying get out of the way and let me do what I do best uh get out of the way I can deliver I can save I can heal do you think there's a disease that's more powerful than my creative power I can do anything if you will let me I'm almost done maybe maybe your children are here today they're living for God you're saying brother Eric and you are not preaching to me everything's good I I get a paycheck deposited into my bank account every Friday brother Eric and I everything's good oh but maybe this message is still for you because maybe there's an addiction that you cannot shake you've read every self-help book that you can read but you can't break it maybe there's a sickness in your body a disease in your body and you've done like the woman with the issue of blood you've done all you've spent all you've seen every doctor you've been every oh my God you've been to Nashville you've been to Vanderbuilt uh oh you've been up to Cleveland Clinic you've been everywhere and you just can't find a way uh and God is saying there's nothing wrong with medicine there's nothing wrong with doctors and hospitals but God is saying have you even asked be have you allowed me to be God in your problem have you allowed me to be God in your situation listen I've seen the impossible take place and I can't help whenever I'm preach about this something for some reason my eyes go to Todd Malone sitting back here in this corner every time I'm preaching about healing my eyes just go to him because you're probably the first person brother Malone over 20 years ago that I saw completely healed from a sickness I thought was going to kill you I listen I thought Todd Malone sister Hawkins I thought he was dead I went to visit him he was three or four times the size of his body his body was bloated in I didn't even recognize him in the hospital he's been in the hospital for months at a time through the earlier parts of his life months at a time not days not weeks months at a time but I when I first came to marville I'd only been here probably a few years and and the Malon had moved moved up from Florida oh here he is in the hospital and I didn't even know at the time I didn't know all the history of his kidney I didn't know all that all the history all I saw was a man on a board that the that the hospital was there was a a motor under that board and the board was just doing this right here back and forth and it was trying to keep those fluids moving in his body so they wouldn't set up it was it was trying to keep the blood flowing through his body so it wasn't set up and I looked at him and I thought brother Hammond I thought he is going to be dead within days brother brother Malone I've seen people that have died that didn't look half what you look like your wife would bring us in there myself Pastor your Carpenter your wife would bring bring us into your room and I think to myself this woman is going to be a widow in days but then God just decided if you'll let me I'll be God you hospitals done all they can we got this guy we got him a kidney transplanter the kidney ain't working but if you let me I'll be your God if you'll just step out and stop trying to be the Christ of your life uh if you step I remember the day I came back to the hospital and all that swelling all that had started to go down I thought oh my goodness I believe I'm witnessing a real Miracle right here this man should be dead but oh my God he's not even an I see you any longer he's not even intensive care any longer they've got him in a room I thought there is no way how is this happening but we just allowed God to be God and we step back and had Hebrews chapter 11 faith and said by faith time Malone will come up out of the bed by faith he's going to get all these instruments taken all these cores and wires that are wired up by faith he's going to be healed in Jesus name and don't you know God showed up God showed up right on time somebody give God praise if you've ever experienced healing in your life if you've ever experienced healing in somebody's life in a loved one's life come on I know everybody can't be healed everybody can't be healed and we never die but I'm so thankful for the times when God decides I see it if my will to heal come on I feel the Holy Ghost in This Place I feel if we can get a faith to rise up that we serve a god who's a B to do exceedingly abundantly uh above all that we can ask above all that we can think we can't even come up with the things that he can do uh we can't even imagine it's so much higher than us it goes so much Beyond us God you're able to do it give me the faith help my unbelief give me the faith to believe it oh just stand remain standing 1 Peter 5 and 7 1 Peter 5: 7 says casting all your care upon him for he carth for you Reagan he cares for you brother Helms he cares for you come on what are we worried about he cares for the sudden he cares for you my friend I found I found listen I don't always do this but I I found the message translation I thought man this is good I just want to see what in layman's terms what what what is what's being said right here Peter says so be content with who you are and don't put on ears God's strong hand is on you he'll promote you at the right time I like this right here live care Carefree before God he is most careful with you but then verse eight look right here okay well how do I do that God okay here it is keep a cool head stay alert the devil is poised to pounce he would like nothing better than to catch you napping keep your guard up you're not the only ones plunged into these Hard Times come on sometimes we got to look around and realize we're not the only ones it's the same with Christians all over the world hold on let me put a pen right here listen I heard I heard the other day I heard I heard end time talk going on pre-trip post trip mid-trip tell my my mama's home and I got to think to myself they saidwell when the Christians when they start when there starts to be hatred towards Christians and when they start killing Christians and when Christians start being persecuted and there's tribulation for Christians I'm thinking what world are you living in read the news there are countries in Africa right now where Christians are being slaughtered are being burned alive what world are you living in come on we think that our little middle class life we live is hard and harsh come on somebody Christians all over the world facing the same thing so keep a firm grip on the faith the suffering won't last forever it won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ Eternal and glorious plans they are we will have you put together and on your feet for good he gets the last word yes he does oh my God let God be God let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him come on somebody that's the first verse in the psalm in Psalm 68 but David's last verse says oh God verse 35 oh God thou are terrible out of the holy places the god of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people Blessed Be god well my mother-in-law is not here so I got another translation great close your ear she gets on to me for going other translations Psalm 6838 says awesome is God from his Sanctuary the god God of Israel he is the one who gives power and strength to his people woo blessed be God oh if I could bring this to where we're living today I would say awesome is the god of 1331 William Blunt Drive that's where we are today just in case you don't know the address he is the god of Chad Ericson I know he's the god of Israel but he's also the god of Nolan Carpenter woo he's also your god brother Mayo brother John he's also your God and our God is watching out he's looking out for us he's the one who gives power and strength uh blessed be the Blessed Be The God I feel like worship him just for a moment because somebody in this place is going to catch on to what I'm preaching you're going to catch on to what I'm preaching and you're going to realize it's not up to you it's not to your ability it's not even to your understanding but your God is faithful he's going to show up right on time I invite you to this altar if you want to be like John the Baptist and say I must decrease but he must increase uh I am not the Christ but I have a testimony about the Christ that he's done so much for me I cannot tell it all I believe healing is in this house I believe sickness sickness can't stay any longer your perfect love is casting out all fear for you are the god of all power come on somebody begin to praise him right now and let your faith build come on you're going to get through you're going to get through this you've been here before God's brought you through before he's going to bring you out again come on we're praising right here we're worshiping right here this is not a time to be in the moly grubs this is not a time to complain this is not a time to cry we're going to start worshiping Our God and saying God you are with well able you are well able but who's going to let him who's going to let him who's going to let him who's come on his love is here I feel it his love his thoughts are towards you for an expected end he cares about you he cares about you come on this song this simply says sickness can't stay any longer your perfect love is casting not fear for you are the God of all power is your will my life is here come on sickness can't stay sickness can St come on his perfect love is here today receive his love per love is you are the God you are the God of all power and your my life come if you're sick in your body I want you to know sickness can't stay stay long perfect love your perfect love his casting now fear woo come on he's the God he's the God of all power are the God of all come on let him be God in your life today let him be God in your life come on sister PA I believe God's going to rise up in your life let him rise let them rise let them rise let them rise come on I just believe prodal are going to come home your perfect love isting out you are the god of all power come on it's his will it's his will your come on that's right come on pray for somebody nearby you pray for somebody nearby you we need one another come on come on we're not alone we're not alone in this we could have stayed home and heard the word but we're here together you are the god sure will that my life is my is come on why don't you minister to somebody come on if you're filled with the Holy Ghost you ought to be able to minister to somebody nearby you if you're not going through something you ought to be able to minister to somebody who is going through something come on you're my brother you're my sister come we got to do this together we got to do life together because we're going to be in eternity together sickness can't stay no no come on the Holy Ghost can feel you right here come on when you begin to worship God for who he is when you begin to let God be God come on if you don't have a holy ghost he'll fill you with this Spirit he'll he'll show you what power feels like all power is his all power is his all power is his and he wants to put it inside of you he is come on addictions oh heal addictions Must Fall Off chains of bondage Must Fall offive oh healing is here heing is the healers in the house the healers in the house healing is I believe I reach my hand to the my eyes my eyes where my helpes you Myer in you say freedom is is freedom freedom is here freedom is here freom is I reive I believe I rece freom is here freedom is here with the spirit of the Lord is his freedom freedom is here freedom is here fre this SE hey I all let's do this right here come on I lift my hands I reach my hands I reach my hand come on get him up get him up get him up I lift my eyes to where my Hell Comes I Look to youo my he Rock heal trust in you sickness can't last come on sing sickness can St any long your perfect love is casting out fear perfect love is casting out fear you are the God you are the God of all power it is your will that my life I re sickness in this place sickness can stand sickness can't stay any longer your perfect love this Fear cast out fear cast out fear yeah you are the God of all power and it is your will let my life this come on lift up your hands roll High to heaven right here I feel the Holy Ghost just wants to minister to somebody come on if you've got the Holy Ghost why don't you let that tongue come on let it go out from your mouth right now let that language that Holy come on let that language come on it's an interceding language I'm want to hear right here come on the word of God says sometimes we pray in a tongue cuz we don't know what to pray in the spirito the spirit knows what we need the Holy Ghost knows what we need sometimes that spiritual tongue just has to let forth and go forth because we don't know what to ask we don't know what to petition we just got to Simply say we intercede right now for family members we intercede through your Holy Ghost Lord God for family members who are addicted to drugs uh who are addicted to alcohol who are addicted to pornography who are caught up in sin who are in a wayward place a far off nation in a land uh God we want them to come to themselves God let them realize oh God they need to come home right now in Jesus name we intercede we intercede for them right now in Jesus name for those that are sick in their bodies I believe Lord God it is your will that our lives are whole it is your will will that we are healed in Jesus name we intercede for family members that are sick we intercede for those that are home I intercede Lord God right now for brother Demsey God touch his body for brother white God touch his body Lord God request that came in this weekend God heal bodies oh God raise up bodies in Jesus name woo yes yes yes yes yes yes come on the Holy Ghost is here so strong the Holy Ghost is here so strong we don't have to be in a hurry this is what we've come for this is what we came to do wo we came to praise we came to magnify but we came to receive his word and respond to his word uh it's life changing it's lifegiving it's life renewing his holy ghost his word come on it's here this morning if we let God be God it's here healing is here freedom is here Deliverance is here salvation is here come on the spirits give me a little check right here put a little pause right here come on somebody right here you come to receive and you haven't received yet this is your time this is your moment but you've got to let God you've got to allow God to be God you got to give him permission in your life he will not take advantage of you you've got to let him do it you got to let him be lifted High You' got to let him be God over your life Reign Over Me re over my job re over my home re over my family I give you permission oh God to be my savior to be my God to be my Lord to be my king do it right now woo let God arise and God Arise he must increase I must decrease come on allow yourself to be led by the spirit right now come on get out of yourself get out of Flesh and allow yourself to be led by the spirit right here yes yes yes yes yes yes come on there's a breakthrough coming your way there's a breakthrough coming your way breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah breakthrough breakthrough come on we got to break through some things in our life there's some walls we buil uh come on there's some walls we built we've told God uh where you we're okay if you're outside knocking but we got some walls OHA but come on somebody you got to open the door let them in open the door let them in he's knocking he's asking come on somebody let him in let him in let him be a miracle worker in your life let him do what only he can do oh Show Yourself Strong Show Yourself Strong break through in my mind break through in my heart break through my spirit break through in my soul break through in my weakness wo breakthrough in my struggle come on we serve the god of a breakthrough break through in my worship uh breakthrough in my praise uh breakr when I lift and glorify your name breakthrough when I dance breakr when I yes yes yes yes yes for h come on is there anything that gets the attention of a parent of a father of a mother more The Cry of the child oh to hear a child cry out a cry out in help but cry out in desperation come on does anything get the attention of a parent like a child crying out it'll wake you out of your sleep you could be sound asleep at 3:00 a.m. and a cry from a child's bedroom