June 26, 2026 • 26 mins
Welcome to a powerful, life-shifting message centered on Ephesians 6:13, where we explore a simple yet profound command from God: keep standing. No matter where you find yourself today, God has orchestrated the events of your life to bring you to this exact point. He is calling you to break free from condemnation, rest in His peace, and be strong in the power of His might.
In this episode, we unpack the reality of spiritual warfare and what it truly looks like to put on the whole armor of God. We are reminded that our ultimate struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against unseen spiritual forces. But you do not have to walk in fear. Because God is all-knowing and ever-present, we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus!
Through an engaging, interactive discussion, this sermon breaks down how to practically apply God’s armor to your daily life so you can withstand the evil day and hold your ground.
Key Highlights From This Episode
- The Shield of Faith: Discover how believing God quenches the enemy's fiery darts aimed at your past, present, and future.
- Practical Ways to Stand: Learn how to stand tall through daily prayer, immersion in the Word, vocal praise, and choosing forgiveness.
- The Helmet of Salvation: Understand why guarding your mind with salvation is vital above all else to experience true grace.
- Praising with Your Whole Being: Explore how active vocalization breaks down silent walls, wakes up the mind, and brings total peace.
An Invitation to New Life
Are you ready to move out of defensiveness and open up your heart to everything God has for you? Whether you need the encouragement to keep up the good work and hold your ground, or you are ready to surrender your life to Christ for the very first time, this episode provides a clear path forward.
We invite you to pull up a seat, open your heart to the Word, and join us in a powerful prayer of salvation and restoration. Listen in, build your faith, and learn how to keep standing!
This was originally recorded on January 25, 2026
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SPEAKER_01 (00:02):
Welcome.
Come on in.
Come on in.
Welcome to the HundredfoldPodcast, an extension of
Hundredfold Ministry with PastorVanessa Holland, where we seek
to deepen our relationship withthe Lord as we study his word
and worship.
Today, as we dive deeper intoEphesians chapter 6, to put on
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the whole armor of God, whenwarfare comes, the message is
clear.
Keep standing tall, keeppraying, and praise him with
your whole being.
Let's join in.
SPEAKER_00 (00:33):
Hallelujah.
Let us go before the Lord inprayer.
Dear Heavenly Father, Lord God,we love you.
We worship you.
We praise you.
You're awesome.
You're amazing.
We welcome the podcasters in,Lord God.
We praise you, Lord God, for youorchestrating this day.
Lord God.
Thank you.
Thank you, Lord, that you areGod.
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We agree with you that what yousay is wrong is wrong.
What you say is right is right.
We agree, Lord God, that weforgive everybody.
We want our prayers heard.
We want to receive your wordwith no hindrances.
We um confess our sins.
We throw away defensiveness.
We open up our heart to what youhave for us.
We thank you for your mercy.
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We thank you for your grace.
We thank you that exactly wherewe are right now in our life,
you have orchestrated all theevents of our life to bring us
right to this point.
We won't be under condemnation.
No, we are in the your will,Lord God, and we thank you.
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We rest in your peace and wethank you for the word that you
have for us.
We thank you for your love.
We send your love forth.
Let everybody who ever hears ourvoices know that they are loved
by you and loved by us.
We love you so very much, and wethank you for this wonderful
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fellowship of a hundredfoldministry.
Please move me out the way, haveme behind the cross.
Bless us to hear your word andreceive it with gladness and
have it bring forth ahundredfold and more.
In Jesus' name.
And everybody say, Amen.
Hallelujah, hallelujah,hallelujah.
Praise the Lord.
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The um this this Sunday I won'tbe before you long at all, my
wonderful husband.
He always said, Don't say thatto be some of the longest ones,
but I know this morning it won'tbe hallelujah.
We're gonna have the scripture,we're gonna have a little bit of
an interaction, and then we'regonna get to that worship.
And so the scripture thismorning comes from Ephesians
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chapter 6.
And the main verse is verse 13,and then I'm gonna read just the
little clause of 14 because itsounds so poetically going
together.
So when you have Ephesians 6,13, please say amen.
And that's by Galatians,Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians.
Amen.
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Okay, amen.
Can everybody smile at me andsay good morning?
Good morning, good morning.
I receive your smiles onlinethere too.
Good morning.
Okay, Ephesians 6, 13, and thefirst clause of 14.
It says, Wherefore take unto youthe whole armor of God that ye
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may be able to stay withstand inthe evil day.
And having done all to stand,stand therefore.
Okay, so we got a wherefore thatintroduces it.
So that means there's a wholebunch of stuff that came before
it, and then a therefore stand,and there's gonna be a whole
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bunch of stuff that comes afterit.
So we're gonna read in context,and so let's restart at verse uh
10 through 20.
This is Ephesians 6, 10 through20.
And it says, in conclusion, sothat means you have to have to
read the whole Ephesians to thenget to this point of in
conclusion.
In conclusion, be strong in theLord.
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Everybody say, be strong in theLord.
Okay, finally, my brethren, bestrong in the Lord and in the
power of his might.
Put on the whole armor of Godthat ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
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For we wrestle not against fleshand blood, but against
principalities.
What are principalities?
SPEAKER_01 (04:39):
Institutions.
SPEAKER_00 (04:42):
You can't see them, but they show cause trouble.
Oh, demons.
Demons and devils, okay?
So for we wrestle not againstflesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers,against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, againstspiritual wickedness in high
places.
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Demons, devils, demonic, demonicwarfare.
Nobody wants to deal with that,but guess what?
It is real.
And then it presents itself inthe evil rulers and evil
institutions and things that wehave to wrestle with.
It presents itself withwrestling with our own mind, and
oh, I was doing so well, and nowthere's just a feeling, and the
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house doesn't shifted, and oh,my brain, I can't get peace.
Then you say, I rebuke you,devil.
Get thee behind me.
Amen.
Okay, but we re and let meclarify this God the Father, God
the Son, God the Holy Spirit,God is all over the place, all
knowledgeable, everywhere at onetime.
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Devil's not so.
That's why there are so manydifferent ones that have to
cause trouble.
They don't know everything, theycannot be everywhere at once.
There's different ones who vexdifferent people.
So do not think it's equal matchon any level.
We are more than conquerors inGod with God in Christ Jesus.
You don't have to be afraid, youhave to call it out and rebuke
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it and say, I have authority,get thee behind me in Jesus'
name.
And every demon and devil has tobow down to the Lord God
Almighty.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (06:18):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (06:18):
All righty.
Let's keep reading.
Let's reread that verse.
Okay, verse 12 again, Ephesians6:12.
For we wrestle not against fleshand blood, but against
principalities, against powers,against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, againstspiritual wickedness in high
places.
Wherefore, take unto you thewhole armor of God, that ye may
be able to withstand in the evilday.
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When is the evil day?
Now, okay, in the evil day, andhaving done all to stand, stand
therefore, having your loinsgirded about with truth, thereby
say truth, truth, and having onthe breath breastplate of
righteousness, sayrighteousness, righteousness,
and your feet shod with thepreparation of the gospel of
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peace.
SPEAKER_02 (07:06):
Say, preach, preach, and be at peace, and be at
peace, amen.
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And above all, Ephesians 6 16, above all,
taking the shield of faith.
Everybody say, faith, faith, sayI believe, I believe, amen.
I believe God.
Above all, taking the shield offaith, wherewith ye shall be
able to quench all the fierydice of the wicked.
You mean I don't have to beafraid, but I can believe God,
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and that will help shield themarrows from piercing my soul.
That's right.
When you have faith in God foryour yesterday, oh, he's covered
all my past sins.
They're covered by the blood ofJesus.
The devil can't bring that upand vex me with it.
For my today, today and mypeace, I'm not gonna let you vex
me in this moment.
I'm gonna walk in what God hascalled me and for the future.
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The most effective attack of theenemy is to take this one moment
and present for forever.
See, this is why it's messed up.
And if I do this, this willhappen, and things will never
change.
We rebuke that.
Those fiery darts against ourpast, present, and future can be
quenched when we look at God andbelieve God.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (08:14):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (08:15):
Okay, and above all, taking the shield of faith
wherewith ye shall be able toquench all the fiery darts of
the wicked.
Ephesians 6 17, and take thehelmet of salvation.
Everybody say salvation.
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Salvation.
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You have to be saved, you have to have Jesus.
If you get hit in the shoulder,ouch! If you get hit through the
hip, oh my goodness.
I got shot.
I knew someone very close to me,my grandpa, that got shot
through the neck is still live.
If that bullet hits your brainand it kills your brain cells,
guess what?
You're dead.
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That's why you need salvationmore than everything else.
If you are not saved, then it'sjust a bunch of good works that
won't lead you to God.
Only Jesus, the blood of Jesus,is enough to cover our sins.
It's so much better to walk ingrace.
Our works can't get us there,but Jesus can't, amen.
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Okay, and the sword of thespirit, which is the word of
God.
We gotta have our Bibles.
Everybody say, read your Bible.
SPEAKER_02 (09:19):
Read your Bibles.
SPEAKER_00 (09:21):
Amen.
Thank you, Lord.
Which is the word of God.
Praying always with prayer andsupplication and the spirit.
Say prayer.
SPEAKER_02 (09:38):
Prayer.
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Prayer is talking with God.
Supplication is asking forthings.
You don't get into prayer andonly just spend the whole time
asking for stuff.
And you don't get into prayerand just pray, talk, talk, talk,
talk without asking for what youwant.
God commands us to ask for whatwe desire.
So prayer, God, please let mydesires be your desires, and
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that the power of prayer canbring the kingdom of God and the
blessings into my life.
That's the prayer I pray overall of us, even now in Jesus'
name.
Everybody say in Jesus' name.
SPEAKER_02 (10:08):
In Jesus' name.
SPEAKER_00 (10:10):
Praying always with our prayer and supplication in
the Spirit and watch thereuntowith all perseverance and
supplication for all saints.
So prayer, a watch is like, oh,I'm a soldier in front of the
guard, I'm watching.
People are safe under my watch.
That's what we do by prayer.
You do not run out of time.
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Oh, I have nothing to pray forbecause you're supposed to be
praying for all of us.
Just go down the names, think ofanything.
If you only know one person,this person likes to skate.
That's all I know about them.
Lord God, bless them whilethey're skating, bless them to
have fun, bless them if theywant to be competitive.
There's never a time wherethere's nothing to pray for.
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Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (10:51):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (10:52):
All righty.
And for me, pray for me, okay?
That the utterance may be givenunto me, that I may open my
mouth boldly to make known themystery of the gospel.
For which I am an ambassador inbounds.
So he was locked up in jail,chained, okay?
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Ambassador in bonds, thattherein I may speak boldly as I
ought to speak.
That even when we are oppressed,vexed, you all, there's been so
many times, not all the time,praise the Lord, but a number of
times, where it's like, Lord,I've been so angry, upset, I
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don't feel like I'm equipped tobring the gospel.
Is there any way you can justlet it pass over me?
But I'm willing to do whateverfor your kingdom, even when your
leaders are in bounds, you praythat they do not get weary of
well-doing.
Speaking of which, and wonderfulbrother Noah, please give me a
cup of water.
Excuse me.
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That when I say leaders, prayfor your pastors, preachers, and
teachers.
But anyone who has ever blessedyou, ever, in the kingdom of
God, pray.
So if it was me, I'd be like, ohLord God, please bless Pastor
John P.
Keith, bless uh Kirk Franklin,put your hand, protect uh Sister
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Tasha Cobbs, Lord God, Lord God,uh I mean, anyone you can think
of, uh Dottie Peoples, wherevershe may be, her family.
Bless Pastor Sally Caesar forstanding on the front line so
long.
Let's pray for those who blessus.
New and old, it's important.
You would be surprised how muchthe enemy attacks those who are
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on the front line for Christ.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (12:44):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (12:45):
And of course, for our wonderful parents.
Shout out to the parents.
On behalf of all the children,we're sorry for putting you
through so much.
On behalf of all the parents,stay strong, hang in there.
Okay, hallelujah.
But I praise God for mywonderful children, they are a
blessing to me.
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Amen.
So that is the context of stand,verse 14.
Stand there, oh, verse 13.
Wherefore take unto you thewhole armor of God that ye may
be able to withstand in the evilday, and having done all to
stand, that when you've doneeverything that you come came to
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do, whether you feel like, oh, Ihaven't done enough, or you feel
like I've done so much and I'mtight, or you feel, ooh, I'm
going strong and I can keep ongoing.
God's message for us thismorning is to keep standing.
SPEAKER_02 (13:42):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (13:43):
Keep standing.
And so here's the interactivepart.
That really is the wholemessage.
Keep standing.
God says to remind them whatthey are supposed to be standing
on.
That's why I was so excited whenI heard the verses this morning
because all the verses wenttogether with this message.
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What does it mean to keepstanding?
How do we stand in Christ?
Tell me something.
What's one of the things we do?
We pray.
Hallelujah.
We pray.
So if you're praying, keeppraying, keep talking to God.
We here at Hundredfold Ministryknow that prayer looks like,
ooh, I bow, I'm on my knees, Igot my hand together.
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I say, Lord God, please bless methis day.
Please fill me with the HolySpirit.
Prayer also looks like I'm doingdishes, and oh Lord God, I gotta
go out in this storm.
Please help my car to be safe asI'm driving, as I'm in the car.
I'm driving, Lord.
Please bless no accidents, notickets in Jesus' name.
And oh, if I'm they got schoolmeet, please let me have energy.
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Oh, and it also involves what amI doing with my day?
Oh God, I'm so excited aboutgoing to the pool with you
today.
Thank you for these gifts.
Oh, that was really somethingabout that.
Was really something last nightwhen this happened.
If you are, if you and the Lordare best friends, can you
imagine being best friends withsomeone, a human, and all they
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do is ask you for something andhow they can please you that oh
how's your day today?
Oh, can I please have can Iplease have five dollars?
Uh okay, but how was your daytoday?
Oh, it was good.
Is there anything I could do tomake your day better?
Is there any way I can pleaseyou more?
Those things are good, but ifthere's nothing in between, you
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want someone to casually belike, oh girl, this happened and
that happened.
That's how close we are with Godwhen we pray.
Amen.
That He's your best friend.
That doesn't mean you dishonorhim, you always keep them in
honor.
It brings me more honor when mychildren talk to me about the
ins and outs of their day andlook at me as a person.
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Amen.
Amen.
Alrighty, what else?
Prayer, reading the word, yes,reading the word, hallelujah.
What else?
Absolutely.
You need to be in that word.
Nothing replaces the word.
Amen.
How else do we stand?
Sing songs, sing songs, singunto the Lord.
That means sound comes out ofyour voice.
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Like so, if it sounds so simple,but in this day and age, there
is such an oppressive spirit ofkeep everything in the head and
oh yes, I pray, but I don't wantto pray out loud and I don't
want to disturb people, and Idon't sound good.
You better open up your mouthand have that vocalization come
out.
I don't care what you think yousound like, it sounds glorious
unto the Lord.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (16:37):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (16:38):
All right, what else?
Sing song, pray.
What about some of the stuffwe've been hearing over the last
year?
How do we stand?
About some of the messages.
What are we supposed to bethinking about?
What kind of things?
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Think good.
SPEAKER_00 (16:54):
Think good things.
We stand by being in thatPhilippians 4, 4 through 9.
Rejoice in the Lord always,think that whatever is good and
of good report, virtuous, justthings.
When the world's like, look atevil, look at evil, look at
evil, let it worry you, let itthat's your soul.
We stand by doing the things weboth learned and heard and seen
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and thinking on good things.
How else do we stand?
Keep standing.
How do we stand?
SPEAKER_02 (17:23):
Tall.
SPEAKER_00 (17:25):
Oh, yeah, we do stand tall, but that is true.
You cannot fight this Christianwalk, being all hung over, and
oh, I know I'll get theresomehow, and I'm so tired.
You have to re regroup if thatmakes sense.
When the devil kicks you, it'ssuch a temptation to be like,
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I'll just stay down.
Because all the devils that'sassigned you saying, just stay
down.
See, you try to get up and lookwhat happened, just stay down.
But no, we stand tall.
Having done all to stand, westand, and then we stand there
for with all the things we justtalked about.
The whole armor of God.
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What about with our interactionwith others?
How do we stand?
How can we stand strong with ourinteraction with others?
If someone comes up and theyjust look me up and down and be
like, ooh, I don't like, I don'tlike anything about you or the
way you look, how would Irespond to that?
How would I stand, keep standingif something like that happens?
SPEAKER_02 (18:28):
Smile, pray with them.
SPEAKER_00 (18:30):
You smile, pray with them, pray over them.
What's the L word?
You love them! You love them.
That even though the world wouldsay everything about that
situation, says respond withwith um venom and angst, respond
with love.
What about someone who I loveclose to me does something, I
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had a certain expectation, howthey would treat me, and I can't
believe they've done this to me.
It hurt me so bad.
What am I supposed to do withthat?
SPEAKER_02 (19:00):
Forgive and understand.
SPEAKER_00 (19:02):
Forgive.
We keep standing by forgiving.
Does that make sense?
SPEAKER_02 (19:09):
Yes.
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So as we depart into our into our week, okay?
Because we're every day's notSunday, every day's not church
day, but I'm a living witness.
You can be active every day withthe Lord extremely.
And we are standing.
We know that we're loved.
We oh, you know what?
I should have saw, I should havecheck if Pastor Hill put
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anything um yes.
If she put any fit ways tostand, then I miss.
SPEAKER_02 (19:42):
Every knee must bow.
At the mighty name of Jesus,every knee must bow.
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Yes, yes, yes.
That we are humble before theLord.
That standing, standing andstrong before the Lord means
that we humble ourselves.
Right now we're in a big oldphase of don't be defensive and
God's bringing out everythingthat makes us angry and
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defensive, so we can look atourselves and God can clean it
up.
Um humble ourselves and submitto God.
That's a perfect way of saying.
As we go about our day, ourweek, our month, our year, and
we're standing our life.
We're standing.
Maybe pull up some sermons fromthe past year and say, okay,
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God, what should I take away?
But Lord, you are my substance.
You are the one I run to.
You are my everything that Istand by being focused on God,
by advising him, keeping himnumber one.
As you look at this upcomingyear, do you see yourself
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standing?
Do you agree that we're gonnawalk and stand with the Lord?
SPEAKER_02 (20:57):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (20:58):
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (20:59):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (20:59):
I receive it too.
I receive it too.
So do not let the accuser thinkyou're doing make you think
you're doing a bad job.
Because God says, keep standing.
So that means you're alreadystanding.
Keep up the good work, amen.
SPEAKER_02 (21:14):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (21:14):
Let's give God praise.
So in there, we talked about thehelmet of salvation.
That means you have to be saved.
Um you have to be saved, youhave to be saved.
It says, Marvel not, Jesus said,Marvel not that you must be born
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again.
That we have earthly birth humanparents.
But in order to make it toheaven, you must be born again.
You must say, God, please takeover this life.
I give my life to you.
I trade it all.
I acknowledge Jesus is Lord andmy Savior, I am a sinner, and
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only Jesus' blood can come.
That God, I receive your gift oflove, your sons.
That for the price he paid, hedied on the cross for my sins,
he rose on the third day.
Just so I can have the life.
And he has it for you.
He loves you so much.
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If you're ready to give yourlife to Christ, would you please
pray this prayer with us?
We'll pray with you.
Let's bow our head.
Dear Lord God.
SPEAKER_02 (22:29):
Dear Lord God.
SPEAKER_00 (22:30):
I know that I'm a sinner.
SPEAKER_02 (22:32):
I know that I am a sinner.
SPEAKER_00 (22:34):
And I pray now.
SPEAKER_02 (22:35):
And I pray now.
SPEAKER_00 (22:36):
Please save my soul.
SPEAKER_02 (22:38):
Please save my soul.
SPEAKER_00 (22:40):
Please forgive me for my sins.
SPEAKER_02 (22:42):
Please forgive me for my sins.
SPEAKER_00 (22:44):
I repent.
I repent for my wrongdoing.
SPEAKER_02 (22:47):
For my wrongdoing.
SPEAKER_00 (22:49):
I choose.
I choose to live a new life.
To live a new life in ChristJesus.
He died on the cross.
SPEAKER_02 (22:58):
He died on the cross.
SPEAKER_00 (22:59):
For my sin.
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For my sins.
SPEAKER_00 (23:01):
And I accept His blood price.
SPEAKER_02 (23:05):
His blood price.
SPEAKER_00 (23:06):
As a payment for my sins.
SPEAKER_02 (23:09):
For my sins.
SPEAKER_00 (23:10):
Thank you, God.
SPEAKER_02 (23:11):
Thank you, God.
SPEAKER_00 (23:12):
For saving my soul.
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For saving my soul.
SPEAKER_00 (23:15):
Thank you, God.
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Thank you, God.
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For raising Jesus.
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For raising Jesus.
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On the third day.
On the third day.
And now I have new life.
SPEAKER_02 (23:25):
I have new life.
SPEAKER_00 (23:26):
In you, Lord.
SPEAKER_02 (23:27):
In you, Lord.
SPEAKER_00 (23:28):
I am saved.
I am saved.
Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
SPEAKER_00 (23:34):
If you pray that prayer, we want to know about
it.
We want to get you materials.
We want to just love you andknow who has come to the Lord.
We praise God for the tender,his tender mercies and for his
word.
God is so loving.
God is so just.
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As we worship him and worshiphim for his goodness, the first
song is a little upbeat, and soyou can stand and clap, sing,
raise your hands.
Do you know that the more activeyou are on the active songs and
press through, then the more inthose peaceful worship songs
that God can get through becauseour active vocalization can
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sometimes really help break downthose walls that are there in
the midst of silence.
Does that make sense?
And so that by the time thesilence comes, you can hear
God's voice even more.
And plus, when you use your ownvoice to say, Lord, you're good,
and Lord, you're so wonderful,and I love you so much, when you
use your own voice to do that,you are calling all your members
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from your the members are likeyour head, your ears, your your
spirit, man, the fingers, thetoes, your responses.
You're saying, hey, all of mesubject to God, get in order.
That oh, with my whole being,one of our verses, while I have
any, I will praise you.
I will sing praises unto my Godwhile I have any being.
This Psalm 146, 1 and 2.
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It says, Praise ye the Lord,praise the Lord, oh my soul.
While I live, will I praise theLord?
I will sing praises unto my Godwhile I have any being.
That's what we're doing rightnow.
That Lord got everything.
Thank you.
I'm getting hand claps.
I was like, ooh, I hope thatcomes out well.
Glory to God.
So let's prepare to worship.
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Um, and we're gonna get to ourpraise and our worship.
Everybody say, Hallelujah!Hallelujah.
Thank you all for worshiping upwith us today.
Uh, you all are my heart, youknow that.
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Amen.
Thank you for joining us thisweek, and I encourage you to
join our Facebook page where wekeep you updated on what's going
on.
You can watch some pastservices, and you'll have the
opportunity to see the wholefamily as we have grown and
flourished in this ministry.
You can also find us on YouTubeon our channel at 100fold
ministry.
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Finally, if you feel led in thespirit to support our ministry
in prayer, we accept your loveand care.
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We look forward to being withyou next week.
And just remember God loves youmore than anything.
Welcome.
Come on in.
Come on in.
Welcome to the HundredfoldPodcast, an extension of
Hundredfold Ministry with PastorVanessa Holland, where we seek
to deepen our relationship withthe Lord as we study his word
and worship.
Today, as we dive deeper intoEphesians chapter 6, to put on
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the whole armor of God, whenwarfare comes, the message is
clear.
Keep standing tall, keeppraying, and praise him with
your whole being.
Let's join in.
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Hallelujah.
Let us go before the Lord inprayer.
Dear Heavenly Father, Lord God,we love you.
We worship you.
We praise you.
You're awesome.
You're amazing.
We welcome the podcasters in,Lord God.
We praise you, Lord God, for youorchestrating this day.
Lord God.
Thank you.
Thank you, Lord, that you areGod.
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We agree with you that what yousay is wrong is wrong.
What you say is right is right.
We agree, Lord God, that weforgive everybody.
We want our prayers heard.
We want to receive your wordwith no hindrances.
We um confess our sins.
We throw away defensiveness.
We open up our heart to what youhave for us.
We thank you for your mercy.
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We thank you for your grace.
We thank you that exactly wherewe are right now in our life,
you have orchestrated all theevents of our life to bring us
right to this point.
We won't be under condemnation.
No, we are in the your will,Lord God, and we thank you.
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We rest in your peace and wethank you for the word that you
have for us.
We thank you for your love.
We send your love forth.
Let everybody who ever hears ourvoices know that they are loved
by you and loved by us.
We love you so very much, and wethank you for this wonderful
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fellowship of a hundredfoldministry.
Please move me out the way, haveme behind the cross.
Bless us to hear your word andreceive it with gladness and
have it bring forth ahundredfold and more.
In Jesus' name.
And everybody say, Amen.
Hallelujah, hallelujah,hallelujah.
Praise the Lord.
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The um this this Sunday I won'tbe before you long at all, my
wonderful husband.
He always said, Don't say thatto be some of the longest ones,
but I know this morning it won'tbe hallelujah.
We're gonna have the scripture,we're gonna have a little bit of
an interaction, and then we'regonna get to that worship.
And so the scripture thismorning comes from Ephesians
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chapter 6.
And the main verse is verse 13,and then I'm gonna read just the
little clause of 14 because itsounds so poetically going
together.
So when you have Ephesians 6,13, please say amen.
And that's by Galatians,Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians.
Amen.
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Okay, amen.
Can everybody smile at me andsay good morning?
Good morning, good morning.
I receive your smiles onlinethere too.
Good morning.
Okay, Ephesians 6, 13, and thefirst clause of 14.
It says, Wherefore take unto youthe whole armor of God that ye
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may be able to stay withstand inthe evil day.
And having done all to stand,stand therefore.
Okay, so we got a wherefore thatintroduces it.
So that means there's a wholebunch of stuff that came before
it, and then a therefore stand,and there's gonna be a whole
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bunch of stuff that comes afterit.
So we're gonna read in context,and so let's restart at verse uh
10 through 20.
This is Ephesians 6, 10 through20.
And it says, in conclusion, sothat means you have to have to
read the whole Ephesians to thenget to this point of in
conclusion.
In conclusion, be strong in theLord.
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Everybody say, be strong in theLord.
Okay, finally, my brethren, bestrong in the Lord and in the
power of his might.
Put on the whole armor of Godthat ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
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For we wrestle not against fleshand blood, but against
principalities.
What are principalities?
SPEAKER_01 (04:39):
Institutions.
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You can't see them, but they show cause trouble.
Oh, demons.
Demons and devils, okay?
So for we wrestle not againstflesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers,against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, againstspiritual wickedness in high
places.
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Demons, devils, demonic, demonicwarfare.
Nobody wants to deal with that,but guess what?
It is real.
And then it presents itself inthe evil rulers and evil
institutions and things that wehave to wrestle with.
It presents itself withwrestling with our own mind, and
oh, I was doing so well, and nowthere's just a feeling, and the
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house doesn't shifted, and oh,my brain, I can't get peace.
Then you say, I rebuke you,devil.
Get thee behind me.
Amen.
Okay, but we re and let meclarify this God the Father, God
the Son, God the Holy Spirit,God is all over the place, all
knowledgeable, everywhere at onetime.
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Devil's not so.
That's why there are so manydifferent ones that have to
cause trouble.
They don't know everything, theycannot be everywhere at once.
There's different ones who vexdifferent people.
So do not think it's equal matchon any level.
We are more than conquerors inGod with God in Christ Jesus.
You don't have to be afraid, youhave to call it out and rebuke
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it and say, I have authority,get thee behind me in Jesus'
name.
And every demon and devil has tobow down to the Lord God
Almighty.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (06:18):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (06:18):
All righty.
Let's keep reading.
Let's reread that verse.
Okay, verse 12 again, Ephesians6:12.
For we wrestle not against fleshand blood, but against
principalities, against powers,against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, againstspiritual wickedness in high
places.
Wherefore, take unto you thewhole armor of God, that ye may
be able to withstand in the evilday.
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When is the evil day?
Now, okay, in the evil day, andhaving done all to stand, stand
therefore, having your loinsgirded about with truth, thereby
say truth, truth, and having onthe breath breastplate of
righteousness, sayrighteousness, righteousness,
and your feet shod with thepreparation of the gospel of
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peace.
SPEAKER_02 (07:06):
Say, preach, preach, and be at peace, and be at
peace, amen.
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And above all, Ephesians 6 16, above all,
taking the shield of faith.
Everybody say, faith, faith, sayI believe, I believe, amen.
I believe God.
Above all, taking the shield offaith, wherewith ye shall be
able to quench all the fierydice of the wicked.
You mean I don't have to beafraid, but I can believe God,
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and that will help shield themarrows from piercing my soul.
That's right.
When you have faith in God foryour yesterday, oh, he's covered
all my past sins.
They're covered by the blood ofJesus.
The devil can't bring that upand vex me with it.
For my today, today and mypeace, I'm not gonna let you vex
me in this moment.
I'm gonna walk in what God hascalled me and for the future.
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The most effective attack of theenemy is to take this one moment
and present for forever.
See, this is why it's messed up.
And if I do this, this willhappen, and things will never
change.
We rebuke that.
Those fiery darts against ourpast, present, and future can be
quenched when we look at God andbelieve God.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (08:14):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (08:15):
Okay, and above all, taking the shield of faith
wherewith ye shall be able toquench all the fiery darts of
the wicked.
Ephesians 6 17, and take thehelmet of salvation.
Everybody say salvation.
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Salvation.
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You have to be saved, you have to have Jesus.
If you get hit in the shoulder,ouch! If you get hit through the
hip, oh my goodness.
I got shot.
I knew someone very close to me,my grandpa, that got shot
through the neck is still live.
If that bullet hits your brainand it kills your brain cells,
guess what?
You're dead.
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That's why you need salvationmore than everything else.
If you are not saved, then it'sjust a bunch of good works that
won't lead you to God.
Only Jesus, the blood of Jesus,is enough to cover our sins.
It's so much better to walk ingrace.
Our works can't get us there,but Jesus can't, amen.
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Okay, and the sword of thespirit, which is the word of
God.
We gotta have our Bibles.
Everybody say, read your Bible.
SPEAKER_02 (09:19):
Read your Bibles.
SPEAKER_00 (09:21):
Amen.
Thank you, Lord.
Which is the word of God.
Praying always with prayer andsupplication and the spirit.
Say prayer.
SPEAKER_02 (09:38):
Prayer.
SPEAKER_00 (09:39):
Prayer is talking with God.
Supplication is asking forthings.
You don't get into prayer andonly just spend the whole time
asking for stuff.
And you don't get into prayerand just pray, talk, talk, talk,
talk without asking for what youwant.
God commands us to ask for whatwe desire.
So prayer, God, please let mydesires be your desires, and
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that the power of prayer canbring the kingdom of God and the
blessings into my life.
That's the prayer I pray overall of us, even now in Jesus'
name.
Everybody say in Jesus' name.
SPEAKER_02 (10:08):
In Jesus' name.
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Praying always with our prayer and supplication in
the Spirit and watch thereuntowith all perseverance and
supplication for all saints.
So prayer, a watch is like, oh,I'm a soldier in front of the
guard, I'm watching.
People are safe under my watch.
That's what we do by prayer.
You do not run out of time.
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Oh, I have nothing to pray forbecause you're supposed to be
praying for all of us.
Just go down the names, think ofanything.
If you only know one person,this person likes to skate.
That's all I know about them.
Lord God, bless them whilethey're skating, bless them to
have fun, bless them if theywant to be competitive.
There's never a time wherethere's nothing to pray for.
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Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (10:51):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (10:52):
All righty.
And for me, pray for me, okay?
That the utterance may be givenunto me, that I may open my
mouth boldly to make known themystery of the gospel.
For which I am an ambassador inbounds.
So he was locked up in jail,chained, okay?
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Ambassador in bonds, thattherein I may speak boldly as I
ought to speak.
That even when we are oppressed,vexed, you all, there's been so
many times, not all the time,praise the Lord, but a number of
times, where it's like, Lord,I've been so angry, upset, I
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don't feel like I'm equipped tobring the gospel.
Is there any way you can justlet it pass over me?
But I'm willing to do whateverfor your kingdom, even when your
leaders are in bounds, you praythat they do not get weary of
well-doing.
Speaking of which, and wonderfulbrother Noah, please give me a
cup of water.
Excuse me.
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That when I say leaders, prayfor your pastors, preachers, and
teachers.
But anyone who has ever blessedyou, ever, in the kingdom of
God, pray.
So if it was me, I'd be like, ohLord God, please bless Pastor
John P.
Keith, bless uh Kirk Franklin,put your hand, protect uh Sister
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Tasha Cobbs, Lord God, Lord God,uh I mean, anyone you can think
of, uh Dottie Peoples, wherevershe may be, her family.
Bless Pastor Sally Caesar forstanding on the front line so
long.
Let's pray for those who blessus.
New and old, it's important.
You would be surprised how muchthe enemy attacks those who are
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on the front line for Christ.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (12:44):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (12:45):
And of course, for our wonderful parents.
Shout out to the parents.
On behalf of all the children,we're sorry for putting you
through so much.
On behalf of all the parents,stay strong, hang in there.
Okay, hallelujah.
But I praise God for mywonderful children, they are a
blessing to me.
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Amen.
So that is the context of stand,verse 14.
Stand there, oh, verse 13.
Wherefore take unto you thewhole armor of God that ye may
be able to withstand in the evilday, and having done all to
stand, that when you've doneeverything that you come came to
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do, whether you feel like, oh, Ihaven't done enough, or you feel
like I've done so much and I'mtight, or you feel, ooh, I'm
going strong and I can keep ongoing.
God's message for us thismorning is to keep standing.
SPEAKER_02 (13:42):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (13:43):
Keep standing.
And so here's the interactivepart.
That really is the wholemessage.
Keep standing.
God says to remind them whatthey are supposed to be standing
on.
That's why I was so excited whenI heard the verses this morning
because all the verses wenttogether with this message.
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What does it mean to keepstanding?
How do we stand in Christ?
Tell me something.
What's one of the things we do?
We pray.
Hallelujah.
We pray.
So if you're praying, keeppraying, keep talking to God.
We here at Hundredfold Ministryknow that prayer looks like,
ooh, I bow, I'm on my knees, Igot my hand together.
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I say, Lord God, please bless methis day.
Please fill me with the HolySpirit.
Prayer also looks like I'm doingdishes, and oh Lord God, I gotta
go out in this storm.
Please help my car to be safe asI'm driving, as I'm in the car.
I'm driving, Lord.
Please bless no accidents, notickets in Jesus' name.
And oh, if I'm they got schoolmeet, please let me have energy.
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Oh, and it also involves what amI doing with my day?
Oh God, I'm so excited aboutgoing to the pool with you
today.
Thank you for these gifts.
Oh, that was really somethingabout that.
Was really something last nightwhen this happened.
If you are, if you and the Lordare best friends, can you
imagine being best friends withsomeone, a human, and all they
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do is ask you for something andhow they can please you that oh
how's your day today?
Oh, can I please have can Iplease have five dollars?
Uh okay, but how was your daytoday?
Oh, it was good.
Is there anything I could do tomake your day better?
Is there any way I can pleaseyou more?
Those things are good, but ifthere's nothing in between, you
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want someone to casually belike, oh girl, this happened and
that happened.
That's how close we are with Godwhen we pray.
Amen.
That He's your best friend.
That doesn't mean you dishonorhim, you always keep them in
honor.
It brings me more honor when mychildren talk to me about the
ins and outs of their day andlook at me as a person.
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Amen.
Amen.
Alrighty, what else?
Prayer, reading the word, yes,reading the word, hallelujah.
What else?
Absolutely.
You need to be in that word.
Nothing replaces the word.
Amen.
How else do we stand?
Sing songs, sing songs, singunto the Lord.
That means sound comes out ofyour voice.
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Like so, if it sounds so simple,but in this day and age, there
is such an oppressive spirit ofkeep everything in the head and
oh yes, I pray, but I don't wantto pray out loud and I don't
want to disturb people, and Idon't sound good.
You better open up your mouthand have that vocalization come
out.
I don't care what you think yousound like, it sounds glorious
unto the Lord.
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (16:37):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (16:38):
All right, what else?
Sing song, pray.
What about some of the stuffwe've been hearing over the last
year?
How do we stand?
About some of the messages.
What are we supposed to bethinking about?
What kind of things?
SPEAKER_02 (16:53):
Think good.
SPEAKER_00 (16:54):
Think good things.
We stand by being in thatPhilippians 4, 4 through 9.
Rejoice in the Lord always,think that whatever is good and
of good report, virtuous, justthings.
When the world's like, look atevil, look at evil, look at
evil, let it worry you, let itthat's your soul.
We stand by doing the things weboth learned and heard and seen
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and thinking on good things.
How else do we stand?
Keep standing.
How do we stand?
SPEAKER_02 (17:23):
Tall.
SPEAKER_00 (17:25):
Oh, yeah, we do stand tall, but that is true.
You cannot fight this Christianwalk, being all hung over, and
oh, I know I'll get theresomehow, and I'm so tired.
You have to re regroup if thatmakes sense.
When the devil kicks you, it'ssuch a temptation to be like,
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I'll just stay down.
Because all the devils that'sassigned you saying, just stay
down.
See, you try to get up and lookwhat happened, just stay down.
But no, we stand tall.
Having done all to stand, westand, and then we stand there
for with all the things we justtalked about.
The whole armor of God.
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What about with our interactionwith others?
How do we stand?
How can we stand strong with ourinteraction with others?
If someone comes up and theyjust look me up and down and be
like, ooh, I don't like, I don'tlike anything about you or the
way you look, how would Irespond to that?
How would I stand, keep standingif something like that happens?
SPEAKER_02 (18:28):
Smile, pray with them.
SPEAKER_00 (18:30):
You smile, pray with them, pray over them.
What's the L word?
You love them! You love them.
That even though the world wouldsay everything about that
situation, says respond withwith um venom and angst, respond
with love.
What about someone who I loveclose to me does something, I
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had a certain expectation, howthey would treat me, and I can't
believe they've done this to me.
It hurt me so bad.
What am I supposed to do withthat?
SPEAKER_02 (19:00):
Forgive and understand.
SPEAKER_00 (19:02):
Forgive.
We keep standing by forgiving.
Does that make sense?
SPEAKER_02 (19:09):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (19:10):
So as we depart into our into our week, okay?
Because we're every day's notSunday, every day's not church
day, but I'm a living witness.
You can be active every day withthe Lord extremely.
And we are standing.
We know that we're loved.
We oh, you know what?
I should have saw, I should havecheck if Pastor Hill put
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anything um yes.
If she put any fit ways tostand, then I miss.
SPEAKER_02 (19:42):
Every knee must bow.
At the mighty name of Jesus,every knee must bow.
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Yes, yes, yes.
That we are humble before theLord.
That standing, standing andstrong before the Lord means
that we humble ourselves.
Right now we're in a big oldphase of don't be defensive and
God's bringing out everythingthat makes us angry and
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defensive, so we can look atourselves and God can clean it
up.
Um humble ourselves and submitto God.
That's a perfect way of saying.
As we go about our day, ourweek, our month, our year, and
we're standing our life.
We're standing.
Maybe pull up some sermons fromthe past year and say, okay,
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God, what should I take away?
But Lord, you are my substance.
You are the one I run to.
You are my everything that Istand by being focused on God,
by advising him, keeping himnumber one.
As you look at this upcomingyear, do you see yourself
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standing?
Do you agree that we're gonnawalk and stand with the Lord?
SPEAKER_02 (20:57):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (20:58):
Amen.
SPEAKER_02 (20:59):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (20:59):
I receive it too.
I receive it too.
So do not let the accuser thinkyou're doing make you think
you're doing a bad job.
Because God says, keep standing.
So that means you're alreadystanding.
Keep up the good work, amen.
SPEAKER_02 (21:14):
Amen.
SPEAKER_00 (21:14):
Let's give God praise.
So in there, we talked about thehelmet of salvation.
That means you have to be saved.
Um you have to be saved, youhave to be saved.
It says, Marvel not, Jesus said,Marvel not that you must be born
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again.
That we have earthly birth humanparents.
But in order to make it toheaven, you must be born again.
You must say, God, please takeover this life.
I give my life to you.
I trade it all.
I acknowledge Jesus is Lord andmy Savior, I am a sinner, and
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only Jesus' blood can come.
That God, I receive your gift oflove, your sons.
That for the price he paid, hedied on the cross for my sins,
he rose on the third day.
Just so I can have the life.
And he has it for you.
He loves you so much.
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If you're ready to give yourlife to Christ, would you please
pray this prayer with us?
We'll pray with you.
Let's bow our head.
Dear Lord God.
SPEAKER_02 (22:29):
Dear Lord God.
SPEAKER_00 (22:30):
I know that I'm a sinner.
SPEAKER_02 (22:32):
I know that I am a sinner.
SPEAKER_00 (22:34):
And I pray now.
SPEAKER_02 (22:35):
And I pray now.
SPEAKER_00 (22:36):
Please save my soul.
SPEAKER_02 (22:38):
Please save my soul.
SPEAKER_00 (22:40):
Please forgive me for my sins.
SPEAKER_02 (22:42):
Please forgive me for my sins.
SPEAKER_00 (22:44):
I repent.
I repent for my wrongdoing.
SPEAKER_02 (22:47):
For my wrongdoing.
SPEAKER_00 (22:49):
I choose.
I choose to live a new life.
To live a new life in ChristJesus.
He died on the cross.
SPEAKER_02 (22:58):
He died on the cross.
SPEAKER_00 (22:59):
For my sin.
SPEAKER_02 (23:00):
For my sins.
SPEAKER_00 (23:01):
And I accept His blood price.
SPEAKER_02 (23:05):
His blood price.
SPEAKER_00 (23:06):
As a payment for my sins.
SPEAKER_02 (23:09):
For my sins.
SPEAKER_00 (23:10):
Thank you, God.
SPEAKER_02 (23:11):
Thank you, God.
SPEAKER_00 (23:12):
For saving my soul.
SPEAKER_02 (23:13):
For saving my soul.
SPEAKER_00 (23:15):
Thank you, God.
SPEAKER_02 (23:16):
Thank you, God.
SPEAKER_00 (23:17):
For raising Jesus.
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For raising Jesus.
SPEAKER_00 (23:19):
On the third day.
On the third day.
And now I have new life.
SPEAKER_02 (23:25):
I have new life.
SPEAKER_00 (23:26):
In you, Lord.
SPEAKER_02 (23:27):
In you, Lord.
SPEAKER_00 (23:28):
I am saved.
I am saved.
Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
SPEAKER_00 (23:34):
If you pray that prayer, we want to know about
it.
We want to get you materials.
We want to just love you andknow who has come to the Lord.
We praise God for the tender,his tender mercies and for his
word.
God is so loving.
God is so just.
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As we worship him and worshiphim for his goodness, the first
song is a little upbeat, and soyou can stand and clap, sing,
raise your hands.
Do you know that the more activeyou are on the active songs and
press through, then the more inthose peaceful worship songs
that God can get through becauseour active vocalization can
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sometimes really help break downthose walls that are there in
the midst of silence.
Does that make sense?
And so that by the time thesilence comes, you can hear
God's voice even more.
And plus, when you use your ownvoice to say, Lord, you're good,
and Lord, you're so wonderful,and I love you so much, when you
use your own voice to do that,you are calling all your members
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from your the members are likeyour head, your ears, your your
spirit, man, the fingers, thetoes, your responses.
You're saying, hey, all of mesubject to God, get in order.
That oh, with my whole being,one of our verses, while I have
any, I will praise you.
I will sing praises unto my Godwhile I have any being.
This Psalm 146, 1 and 2.
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It says, Praise ye the Lord,praise the Lord, oh my soul.
While I live, will I praise theLord?
I will sing praises unto my Godwhile I have any being.
That's what we're doing rightnow.
That Lord got everything.
Thank you.
I'm getting hand claps.
I was like, ooh, I hope thatcomes out well.
Glory to God.
So let's prepare to worship.
(25:23):
Um, and we're gonna get to ourpraise and our worship.
Everybody say, Hallelujah!Hallelujah.
Thank you all for worshiping upwith us today.
Uh, you all are my heart, youknow that.
SPEAKER_01 (25:34):
Amen.
Thank you for joining us thisweek, and I encourage you to
join our Facebook page where wekeep you updated on what's going
on.
You can watch some pastservices, and you'll have the
opportunity to see the wholefamily as we have grown and
flourished in this ministry.
You can also find us on YouTubeon our channel at 100fold
ministry.
(25:55):
Finally, if you feel led in thespirit to support our ministry
in prayer, we accept your loveand care.
If you would like to support ourministry financially, we have
ZellQuy at Hundredfoldministryat gmail.com and via Cash App at
Dollar Sign Worship the Lord.
We look forward to being withyou next week.
And just remember God loves youmore than anything.
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