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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome to Awaken to Grace. Thanks so much for listening today.
My name is Chad Roberts, and I believe God has
connected us for a great purpose. You're about to hear
a powerful sermon that I know is going to encourage you.
If you like what you hear, shared with a friend
and subscribe to our YouTube channel, Awakened to Grace with
Chad Roberts, because when you do, you're subscribing to spiritual growth.
(00:30):
My prayer for you is that this year is the
best yet. What do you say to two hundred students
who are inevitably going.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
To face severe persecution right now?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
There are sixteen hundred pastors imprisoned in India right now.
So what I want to say to you I balance
very carefully with what will I say there, because let
(01:09):
me assure you of something. The American gospel is not
always the world a wide gospel, and a gospel that
doesn't work in India, and a gospel that doesn't work in.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Egypt should not work in America too. Amen.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So as I weigh carefully my thoughts, and I weigh
the scriptures, and I weigh the tone, I way can
I preach this in India or is this an Americanized gospel.
(01:57):
It can be. It can be the wrong tone, it
can be the wrong motive, it can be out of
context if we're not careful. But no, I believe so
deeply in being biblical, not our opinions.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Amen.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Today, I want to take the scriptures and I want
to share with you why God wants to bless you.
I want to share with you some things I'm walking
through personally and why in twenty twenty five I am
laying hold to God's promises. I want to share with
(02:42):
you why I have never anticipated a year. I have
never looked forward to a year like I am this year,
and it's because I'm taking God at his word. I
talk to a young couple this week, a couple that
I love their very dearly and I'm very close to.
And they've got little ones and they're just kind of
(03:06):
starting out in their life. And they shared a very
personal and vulnerable thing with me this week. And they
were sharing with me as their babies are quite young,
but right now they rent an apartment, and they shared
with me pessor chatter. Our greatest heart's desire is that
(03:27):
God would allow us to buy a home. But as
you know, the climate currently is not favorable for young
couples trying to buy a home. It's not favorable, is it.
It's not a thing we like to call affordable right now.
(03:48):
And as I pondered their situation, and I went back
to that same stage of life that I remember at
that age, and as I pondered their situation, undered the
church in our situation and how we're kind of in
the same boat. I don't know if you have checked
construction prices lately, but for us to construct the church,
(04:12):
even interest rates are not very favorable right now. And
I was sharing with this young couple. I said, well,
this is what I would do if I were you, guys.
I would take some scripture that the Lord would give you,
and I would stand every day on those scriptures. I
would speak them over my family, I would speak them
(04:36):
over our home, and I would stand firm right there
on the scriptures. And I shared with them this scripture
in Deuteronomy that I, for many months now have been
standing on for our new church property. And I want
(04:56):
to talk to you today about how to go forward
in your faith, because the reality is all of us
are believing God for something in our life.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
All of us.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Are waiting for a promise to come true from God
for us right, we're waiting on prayers to see the
breakthrough of what we've been praying for.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Is that right or is that wrong?
Speaker 1 (05:28):
To some degree, we are all trusting that God will
do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. But
the problem is is like the children of Israel in
the wilderness, we find ourselves getting stuck.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
And what do you do when you feel stuck?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
No matter what Israel did, they watch God do the
greatest acts in human history, but yet they could not
break their slave mentality. No matter what they saw God
do with their eyes, their faith would not grow and
(06:11):
they could not break a slave mentality. And therefore they
never entered in that entire generation forfitted and never entered
into God's blessing. The same can happen for me and
you when it comes to our days on this earth.
(06:35):
That we would not enter into God's best, that we
would forfeit ground that Christ has already won for us,
that we would give up ground that belongs to us Samen.
See the reality is God promised Israel's ancestors Abraham, Isaac
(07:05):
and Jacob. God promised them the land and you know,
for us in today's Christianity, in today's church, for you,
being a christ follower, I want you to understand God
has promised you spiritual victory. God has promised you land.
(07:29):
Let me tell you what that looks like. I believe
in what we're watching work out right now, this beautiful
six months that we've done with this large banner on
the outside here that says addiction ends here. You know
what we've done in many people's lives, We've taken back
spiritual ground.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Amen.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Let me tell you one young girl that came forward, Darren,
Addiction ends here, and we had the privilege of praying
over her, and now we've had the privilege of discipling her.
And she's one of our young ladies in this church
who now is plugged into multiple groups and multiple small groups.
And I came Wednesday night to celebrate recovery and I
(08:16):
heard this young girl lead.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Prayer for the entire thing and it was the most
beautiful prayer I think I've ever heard.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And that is fruit from addiction ins here. Amen, And
what do we do? We took that ground back from
the enemy. There are marriages on the brink of divorce,
and what are we call too. We're called to speak
life into those marriages and to take that ground back
(08:48):
from the enemy. There are people here that we are
their first real church. And then there are others who
they came to us and you, and years ago they
wrote off church because they got so hurt. But now
they're falling.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Back in love with Jesus. What are we doing. We're
taking ground back. Brothers, sisters.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
There is ground that belongs to us that we should
not forfeit. And those prodigals in your life, and those
prodigals that Satan tells you, I've got them and I'll
never let them go. No, you don't believe that lie.
It is spiritual.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Ground that we will have in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Every one of your sons, every one of your daughters,
every one of your grandchildren, we will have that spiritual ground.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
In the name of the Lord. Amen. So I told
this young couple. I told this young.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Couple exactly what I believe regarding fort Henry Drive.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
It's exactly what I.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Believe when it comes to twenty twenty five, It's what
I believe that God wants to do in the life
of his people. He spoke this to Israel but let
me assure you, brothers and sisters, it applies to us
as God's people because we are in Abraham, for we
are in Christ. And these promises are ours in Jesus's
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name as well. And I tell you, brothers, sisters, I
walk in it. I'm telling you right now. As you
tell other people about your church, and you talk to
other people about your pastor, if you ever catch yourself
telling somebody a neighbor, a coworker, a friend, a family member,
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if you ever catch yourself saying, I feel so sorry
for Pastor Chad. I feel so sorry for his disability.
I feel so sorry for his blindness, I feel so sorry.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
For his fai.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
No, let me tell you, brother sister, you got the.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Wrong view of me.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
You know why, because I walk in a blessing.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
I walk in divine favor.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
I walk in supernatural blessings that I'm telling you it.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Don't add up. Don't you dare feel sorry for me?
God blesses me in ways that I don't even share.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Because it's between me and God. But I'll tell you
I walk in a favor. I walk in divine favor.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
That no man can do for me. Amen, It's because
I believe God's word.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
It's because I take these promises and I apply them
to my life. So what I told this young couple
this week, I'm telling myself. I'm telling our church leadership.
Look what the scripture says Deuteronomy six' ten and when
The lord Your god brings you into the land.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
That he swore to your.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
ANCESTORS i love that it, says When god brings you.
In let me tell, You i'm not trying to make
things happen on my. OWN i feel so bad sometimes
because people will ask me questions about the property.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
And it's just THINGS i don't know.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Yet and SOMETIMES i feel, like you, know people walk
away from the conversation thinking he should know. That, well
you know WHY i don't know it Because i'm not
the one bringing us into.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
It god's the one bringing us into.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
It AND i don't have all the, answers AND i
don't have all the clarity right. Now BUT i know.
THIS i Know god's bringing us into. It Right he'll give,
Clarity he'll he'll give he'll make known everything that needs
to be made known to. Us but right now we
walk by faith and not by. Sight The lord is
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bringing us. In see some of you, brothers, sisters Say,
amen if you're with me right, now some of you
spend all your energy trying to figure everything out in your.
Life all your energy goes to trying to figure in it.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Out you know where your energy really needs to go.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Toward Trusting, god because let me tell, you you really
Trust god the way you ought.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
To it takes a lot of.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Energy it takes a lot of energy to stay in,
faith to stay in. Prayer, right don't let your energy
go to things you can't. Control don't let your energy
go to things That god is already working.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
On your.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Behalf just rest In god and let your energy go
towards Seeking god and his will and prayer and Worshiping.
God let your energy go to those things and rest
in the fact That god is working everything.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Out you know what happened last night while we were all,
Asleep god was. Working he was already creating a new.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Day you know what's gonna happen tonight while you AND
i are, Asleep god will.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Be working creating a new.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Day. Amen so you don't worry about where you're. Going
you Let god bring you in to your.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Land.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Amen you Let god bring you into your promises Let
god do his. WORK i had the most interesting conversation
this week with my seven and eight year old, boys
six and.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Seven i'm a little bit. Ahead hudson will be eight In.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
March John marcus, Six hudson, seven getting ready to turn.
Eight they were in the back seat of the van
and we were driving. SOMEWHERE i, Mean sadie was. DRIVING i,
wasn't but we were going somewhere.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
And my boys, Said, dad how old Is? GOD i,
Said god doesn't have an. Age they, said, what that can't.
BE i, said, No god doesn't have an. Age they, said,
no it can't be.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
He they would have to be a thousand years. Older
maybe what if he's a million years?
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Old god has no? Age they said. No HOW.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
I, said, boys it's because we are the. Creation it
is we who were. Created god is the. Creator we're
not the. Creators we're the. Creation god alone is the,
creator and that's.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Why he's always. Existed he's always.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Been that's why we have a hard time understanding, it
because we're Not.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
God we're his.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Creation you know WHY i Think, god why it belittles our?
Faith why it Belittles god so much when we don't
trust him and we don't believe. Him is Because, god
as our, creator now say, amen if you're with me right,
now oh take hold of this. Church god as our,
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creator declares the, end.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
The, end.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
The end of your, season the end of your, life
the end of, humanity the end of. History he declares
the end from the. Beginning that means he, Sees that
means he, Knows that means he. Orchestrates that means he
plans everything in. Between and that a beautiful. Fault and
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Because god sees and knows and understands, everything Because god's
not a man like you AND i. Are he's not
humanity with no. Limitations because he is in that. Position guess.
What god knows your. Future god knows your. Future god
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knows what twenty twenty five holds for. Us god sees it.
All and If god, says you can trust, me If god,
says you can believe and you can trust THAT i
know What i'm, doing how offensive is it when we act?
(17:43):
Opposite see watch This israel knew they Watch god do unbelievable,
things but their faith never. Grew and so when they
went into the, land despite it out What god had
already prom promised, them What god already, said is? Yours
when they saw the giants and they saw the fortified,
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cities their faith evaporated and they, said, no we can't do.
That do you know how offensive that was To? God
do you know? Why let me tell you why it
was offensive To god back, then and let me tell
you why it's offensive.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
To god in our own individual.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Lives you know why Because god is already in our.
Tomorrows god is all ready in our. Tomorrows and just
like while we, Sleep god is creating a new. Day
god is already in our, tomorrows lining up grace upon,
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grace causing all grace to abound toward, us lining up every,
opportunity lining up every. Blessing and you, Say, chad does
that not mean hardship won't? Come, oh sure it will.
Come does that not MEAN i won't face? Difficulty, Hey
you're gonna face. Difficulty but you know What god, does
and all of his planning and all of his lining
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up and all of your, Tomorrows god, says even the bad,
THINGS i will turn them for your.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Good do you believe?
Speaker 1 (19:16):
That in other, words there's no losing With, god not
When god's on your. Side that's why greater is he who.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Is in you than he who is in the.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
World that's why you can do all things Through, christ
who strengthens. You because you're not doing it. Alone you're
not doing life. Alone god is with. You when The
lord Your god brings you into the land that he, promised,
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well what kind of land is? It, Oh i'm so
glad you. Asked now, LISTEN i believe. THIS i Belie
leave this word for. Word it's great and prosperous, cities
great and good, Cities great and good. Cities see what
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happened When israel went in From. Katushparnea what they saw
were large and fortified. Cities but what they didn't see
is it was theirs In jesus', name And god promised
it to. Him god, Said i'm going to take what
the enemy, has And i'm going to give it to.
You do you realize we do the same. Mistake there's
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some of, you precious people Of. GOD i want to
tell you as, LOVINGLY i want to tell, you as grace.
FILLED i want to tell you as pastorally as WHAT i.
Can all you see is what the enemy. Does you're
not looking at What god will. Do all you see
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is the. Negative all you see is the bad all
you see Is satan is working, here or this isn't working,
out or all you see is the health, crisis or
all you see is how steep in sin your children,
are or all you see is you can't make ends,
meet or all you see is things.
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Don't ever work.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Out, no brother, sisters you need to look through the
eyes of faith and, say, No i'm gonna begin.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
To see What god SEE a.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Amen and When israel saw the fortified, cities they didn't
realize what they were. Seeing god had already promised. Them
and some of you are in the thick of the.
Fight some of you are waging great. Warfare some of
you you're going through difficulty and it's hard right. Now
(21:53):
but what you're failed to see is That god has
already given. You he's already promised you the. Victory so
don't forfeit. Ground christ as already one for. You, stand
stand your, ground stay in, faith Believe.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
God what are these?
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Cities what are these great, fortified prosperous? Cities what's inside?
Them what are these promises From? GOD i told this young,
COUPLE i, said take hold of this, promise make it
yours In jesus', name pray this daily over your. Family
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i'm telling your, Church i'm praying it daily over our.
Property and what is? It, listen, listen how beautiful the
next verse. Is you will have houses you did not.
Build it will be stocked with goods.
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You did not.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
Produce you will drink from wells that you did not,
dig and you will eat from vineyards from from.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
Help me. Out, oh come, on chad olive trees that
you did not.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Plant and when you have ate and been satisfied and
you are, filled.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Do not forget The lord Your. God what a? Blessing
what does that? Mean?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Church that means That god will do for you what
you could never do for. Yourself god will open doors
for you that you can't open on your. Own god
has supernatural provision for you that you can't produce on your.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Own can we say amen to?
Speaker 1 (23:48):
THAT i saw that happened As god gave us this
property long before we bought.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
It we leased.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
It and some of you don't know the story glory of,
this and let me just take two minutes and tell
you this. Story John wallace found this property for, us
and we had looked at numerous properties in the. City
we couldn't afford. Anything we're just a handful of. People
back in those, days in the early two, thousands we
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were paying one thousand dollars a month.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Where we, were and we were doing good at. THAT
i have received no.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Salary we had. NOTHING i, mean we paid a thousand
and that was about all we could do and that
was about. It but we Knew god had his hand
on our. Church we Knew god had more for.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Us did you know?
Speaker 1 (24:40):
That i'm a, pastor husband and father of four who
suddenly went blind in twenty.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Eighteen TODAY i teach people.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
How life is not, random but it is actually orchestrated
By god for a great. Purpose learn more about my
story And awakened To grace At Chad roberts dot.
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Welcome to Awaken to Grace. Thanks so much for listening today.
My name is Chad Roberts, and I believe God has
connected us for a great purpose. You're about to hear
a powerful sermon that I know is going to encourage you.
If you like what you hear, shared with a friend
and subscribe to our YouTube channel, Awakened to Grace with
Chad Roberts, because when you do, you're subscribing to spiritual growth.
(00:30):
My prayer for you is that this year is the
best yet. What do you say to two hundred students
who are inevitably going.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
To face severe persecution right now?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
There are sixteen hundred pastors imprisoned in India right now.
So what I want to say to you I balance
very carefully with what will I say there, because let
(01:09):
me assure you of something. The American gospel is not
always the world a wide gospel, and a gospel that
doesn't work in India, and a gospel that doesn't work in.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Egypt should not work in America too. Amen.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So as I weigh carefully my thoughts, and I weigh
the scriptures, and I weigh the tone, I way can
I preach this in India or is this an Americanized gospel.
(01:57):
It can be. It can be the wrong tone, it
can be the wrong motive, it can be out of
context if we're not careful. But no, I believe so
deeply in being biblical, not our opinions.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Amen.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Today, I want to take the scriptures and I want
to share with you why God wants to bless you.
I want to share with you some things I'm walking
through personally and why in twenty twenty five I am
laying hold to God's promises. I want to share with
(02:42):
you why I have never anticipated a year. I have
never looked forward to a year like I am this year,
and it's because I'm taking God at his word. I
talk to a young couple this week, a couple that
I love their very dearly and I'm very close to.
And they've got little ones and they're just kind of
(03:06):
starting out in their life. And they shared a very
personal and vulnerable thing with me this week. And they
were sharing with me as their babies are quite young,
but right now they rent an apartment, and they shared
with me pessor chatter. Our greatest heart's desire is that
(03:27):
God would allow us to buy a home. But as
you know, the climate currently is not favorable for young
couples trying to buy a home. It's not favorable, is it.
It's not a thing we like to call affordable right now.
(03:48):
And as I pondered their situation, and I went back
to that same stage of life that I remember at
that age, and as I pondered their situation, undered the
church in our situation and how we're kind of in
the same boat. I don't know if you have checked
construction prices lately, but for us to construct the church,
(04:12):
even interest rates are not very favorable right now. And
I was sharing with this young couple. I said, well,
this is what I would do if I were you, guys.
I would take some scripture that the Lord would give you,
and I would stand every day on those scriptures. I
would speak them over my family, I would speak them
(04:36):
over our home, and I would stand firm right there
on the scriptures. And I shared with them this scripture
in Deuteronomy that I, for many months now have been
standing on for our new church property. And I want
(04:56):
to talk to you today about how to go forward
in your faith, because the reality is all of us
are believing God for something in our life.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
All of us.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Are waiting for a promise to come true from God
for us right, we're waiting on prayers to see the
breakthrough of what we've been praying for.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Is that right or is that wrong?
Speaker 1 (05:28):
To some degree, we are all trusting that God will
do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. But
the problem is is like the children of Israel in
the wilderness, we find ourselves getting stuck.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
And what do you do when you feel stuck?
Speaker 1 (05:49):
No matter what Israel did, they watch God do the
greatest acts in human history, but yet they could not
break their slave mentality. No matter what they saw God
do with their eyes, their faith would not grow and
(06:11):
they could not break a slave mentality. And therefore they
never entered in that entire generation forfitted and never entered
into God's blessing. The same can happen for me and
you when it comes to our days on this earth.
(06:35):
That we would not enter into God's best, that we
would forfeit ground that Christ has already won for us,
that we would give up ground that belongs to us Samen.
See the reality is God promised Israel's ancestors Abraham, Isaac
(07:05):
and Jacob. God promised them the land and you know,
for us in today's Christianity, in today's church, for you,
being a christ follower, I want you to understand God
has promised you spiritual victory. God has promised you land.
(07:29):
Let me tell you what that looks like. I believe
in what we're watching work out right now, this beautiful
six months that we've done with this large banner on
the outside here that says addiction ends here. You know
what we've done in many people's lives, We've taken back
spiritual ground.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Amen.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Let me tell you one young girl that came forward, Darren,
Addiction ends here, and we had the privilege of praying
over her, and now we've had the privilege of discipling her.
And she's one of our young ladies in this church
who now is plugged into multiple groups and multiple small groups.
And I came Wednesday night to celebrate recovery and I
(08:16):
heard this young girl lead.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Prayer for the entire thing and it was the most
beautiful prayer I think I've ever heard.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And that is fruit from addiction ins here. Amen, And
what do we do? We took that ground back from
the enemy. There are marriages on the brink of divorce,
and what are we call too. We're called to speak
life into those marriages and to take that ground back
(08:48):
from the enemy. There are people here that we are
their first real church. And then there are others who
they came to us and you, and years ago they
wrote off church because they got so hurt. But now
they're falling.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Back in love with Jesus. What are we doing. We're
taking ground back. Brothers, sisters.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
There is ground that belongs to us that we should
not forfeit. And those prodigals in your life, and those
prodigals that Satan tells you, I've got them and I'll
never let them go. No, you don't believe that lie.
It is spiritual.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Ground that we will have in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Every one of your sons, every one of your daughters,
every one of your grandchildren, we will have that spiritual ground.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
In the name of the Lord. Amen. So I told
this young couple. I told this young.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Couple exactly what I believe regarding fort Henry Drive.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
It's exactly what I.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Believe when it comes to twenty twenty five, It's what
I believe that God wants to do in the life
of his people. He spoke this to Israel but let
me assure you, brothers and sisters, it applies to us
as God's people because we are in Abraham, for we
are in Christ. And these promises are ours in Jesus's
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name as well. And I tell you, brothers, sisters, I
walk in it. I'm telling you right now. As you
tell other people about your church, and you talk to
other people about your pastor, if you ever catch yourself
telling somebody a neighbor, a coworker, a friend, a family member,
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if you ever catch yourself saying, I feel so sorry
for Pastor Chad. I feel so sorry for his disability.
I feel so sorry for his blindness, I feel so sorry.
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For his fai.
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No, let me tell you, brother sister, you got the.
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Wrong view of me.
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You know why, because I walk in a blessing.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
I walk in divine favor.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
I walk in supernatural blessings that I'm telling you it.
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Don't add up. Don't you dare feel sorry for me?
God blesses me in ways that I don't even share.
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Because it's between me and God. But I'll tell you
I walk in a favor. I walk in divine favor.
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That no man can do for me. Amen, It's because
I believe God's word.
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It's because I take these promises and I apply them
to my life. So what I told this young couple
this week, I'm telling myself. I'm telling our church leadership.
Look what the scripture says Deuteronomy six' ten and when
The lord Your god brings you into the land.
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That he swore to your.
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ANCESTORS i love that it, says When god brings you.
In let me tell, You i'm not trying to make
things happen on my. OWN i feel so bad sometimes
because people will ask me questions about the property.
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And it's just THINGS i don't know.
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Yet and SOMETIMES i feel, like you, know people walk
away from the conversation thinking he should know. That, well
you know WHY i don't know it Because i'm not
the one bringing us into.
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It god's the one bringing us into.
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It AND i don't have all the, answers AND i
don't have all the clarity right. Now BUT i know.
THIS i Know god's bringing us into. It Right he'll give,
Clarity he'll he'll give he'll make known everything that needs
to be made known to. Us but right now we
walk by faith and not by. Sight The lord is
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bringing us. In see some of you, brothers, sisters Say,
amen if you're with me right, now some of you
spend all your energy trying to figure everything out in your.
Life all your energy goes to trying to figure in it.
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Out you know where your energy really needs to go.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Toward Trusting, god because let me tell, you you really
Trust god the way you ought.
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To it takes a lot of.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Energy it takes a lot of energy to stay in,
faith to stay in. Prayer, right don't let your energy
go to things you can't. Control don't let your energy
go to things That god is already working.
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On your.
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Behalf just rest In god and let your energy go
towards Seeking god and his will and prayer and Worshiping.
God let your energy go to those things and rest
in the fact That god is working everything.
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Out you know what happened last night while we were all,
Asleep god was. Working he was already creating a new.
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Day you know what's gonna happen tonight while you AND
i are, Asleep god will.
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Be working creating a new.
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Day. Amen so you don't worry about where you're. Going
you Let god bring you in to your.
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Land.
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Amen you Let god bring you into your promises Let
god do his. WORK i had the most interesting conversation
this week with my seven and eight year old, boys
six and.
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Seven i'm a little bit. Ahead hudson will be eight In.
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March John marcus, Six hudson, seven getting ready to turn.
Eight they were in the back seat of the van
and we were driving. SOMEWHERE i, Mean sadie was. DRIVING i,
wasn't but we were going somewhere.
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And my boys, Said, dad how old Is? GOD i,
Said god doesn't have an. Age they, said, what that can't.
BE i, said, No god doesn't have an. Age they, said,
no it can't be.
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He they would have to be a thousand years. Older
maybe what if he's a million years?
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Old god has no? Age they said. No HOW.
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I, said, boys it's because we are the. Creation it
is we who were. Created god is the. Creator we're
not the. Creators we're the. Creation god alone is the,
creator and that's.
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Why he's always. Existed he's always.
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Been that's why we have a hard time understanding, it
because we're Not.
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God we're his.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Creation you know WHY i Think, god why it belittles our?
Faith why it Belittles god so much when we don't
trust him and we don't believe. Him is Because, god
as our, creator now say, amen if you're with me right,
now oh take hold of this. Church god as our,
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creator declares the, end.
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The, end.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
The end of your, season the end of your, life
the end of, humanity the end of. History he declares
the end from the. Beginning that means he, Sees that
means he, Knows that means he. Orchestrates that means he
plans everything in. Between and that a beautiful. Fault and
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Because god sees and knows and understands, everything Because god's
not a man like you AND i. Are he's not
humanity with no. Limitations because he is in that. Position guess.
What god knows your. Future god knows your. Future god
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knows what twenty twenty five holds for. Us god sees it.
All and If god, says you can trust, me If god,
says you can believe and you can trust THAT i
know What i'm, doing how offensive is it when we act?
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Opposite see watch This israel knew they Watch god do unbelievable,
things but their faith never. Grew and so when they
went into the, land despite it out What god had
already prom promised, them What god already, said is? Yours
when they saw the giants and they saw the fortified,
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cities their faith evaporated and they, said, no we can't do.
That do you know how offensive that was To? God
do you know? Why let me tell you why it
was offensive To god back, then and let me tell
you why it's offensive.
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To god in our own individual.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Lives you know why Because god is already in our.
Tomorrows god is all ready in our. Tomorrows and just
like while we, Sleep god is creating a new. Day
god is already in our, tomorrows lining up grace upon,
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grace causing all grace to abound toward, us lining up every,
opportunity lining up every. Blessing and you, Say, chad does
that not mean hardship won't? Come, oh sure it will.
Come does that not MEAN i won't face? Difficulty, Hey
you're gonna face. Difficulty but you know What god, does
and all of his planning and all of his lining
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up and all of your, Tomorrows god, says even the bad,
THINGS i will turn them for your.
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Good do you believe?
Speaker 1 (19:16):
That in other, words there's no losing With, god not
When god's on your. Side that's why greater is he who.
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Is in you than he who is in the.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
World that's why you can do all things Through, christ
who strengthens. You because you're not doing it. Alone you're
not doing life. Alone god is with. You when The
lord Your god brings you into the land that he, promised,
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well what kind of land is? It, Oh i'm so
glad you. Asked now, LISTEN i believe. THIS i Belie
leave this word for. Word it's great and prosperous, cities
great and good, Cities great and good. Cities see what
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happened When israel went in From. Katushparnea what they saw
were large and fortified. Cities but what they didn't see
is it was theirs In jesus', name And god promised
it to. Him god, Said i'm going to take what
the enemy, has And i'm going to give it to.
You do you realize we do the same. Mistake there's
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some of, you precious people Of. GOD i want to
tell you as, LOVINGLY i want to tell, you as grace.
FILLED i want to tell you as pastorally as WHAT i.
Can all you see is what the enemy. Does you're
not looking at What god will. Do all you see
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is the. Negative all you see is the bad all
you see Is satan is working, here or this isn't working,
out or all you see is the health, crisis or
all you see is how steep in sin your children,
are or all you see is you can't make ends,
meet or all you see is things.
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Don't ever work.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Out, no brother, sisters you need to look through the
eyes of faith and, say, No i'm gonna begin.
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To see What god SEE a.
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Amen and When israel saw the fortified, cities they didn't
realize what they were. Seeing god had already promised. Them
and some of you are in the thick of the.
Fight some of you are waging great. Warfare some of
you you're going through difficulty and it's hard right. Now
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but what you're failed to see is That god has
already given. You he's already promised you the. Victory so
don't forfeit. Ground christ as already one for. You, stand
stand your, ground stay in, faith Believe.
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God what are these?
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Cities what are these great, fortified prosperous? Cities what's inside?
Them what are these promises From? GOD i told this young,
COUPLE i, said take hold of this, promise make it
yours In jesus', name pray this daily over your. Family
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i'm telling your, Church i'm praying it daily over our.
Property and what is? It, listen, listen how beautiful the
next verse. Is you will have houses you did not.
Build it will be stocked with goods.
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You did not.
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Produce you will drink from wells that you did not,
dig and you will eat from vineyards from from.
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Help me. Out, oh come, on chad olive trees that
you did not.
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Plant and when you have ate and been satisfied and
you are, filled.
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Do not forget The lord Your. God what a? Blessing
what does that? Mean?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Church that means That god will do for you what
you could never do for. Yourself god will open doors
for you that you can't open on your. Own god
has supernatural provision for you that you can't produce on your.
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Own can we say amen to?
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THAT i saw that happened As god gave us this
property long before we bought.
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It we leased.
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It and some of you don't know the story glory of,
this and let me just take two minutes and tell
you this. Story John wallace found this property for, us
and we had looked at numerous properties in the. City
we couldn't afford. Anything we're just a handful of. People
back in those, days in the early two, thousands we
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were paying one thousand dollars a month.
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Where we, were and we were doing good at. THAT
i have received no.
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Salary we had. NOTHING i, mean we paid a thousand
and that was about all we could do and that
was about. It but we Knew god had his hand
on our. Church we Knew god had more for.
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Us did you know?
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That i'm a, pastor husband and father of four who
suddenly went blind in twenty.
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Eighteen TODAY i teach people.
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How life is not, random but it is actually orchestrated
By god for a great. Purpose learn more about my
story And awakened To grace At Chad roberts dot.
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