Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 at First Assembly of God Church (Owensboro, KY)

Do you have a praise report? I just don't think I'll give you the chance. Someone just to praise God for something he has done. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Look around me during this time. My

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family. My blood.family, we are all blood family and I am very grateful that everyone is so sweet and so help me in prayer and I just do the slightest good towards me. Amen and yes, my loss of heaven is good. Amen. Amen. I don't see how families do it without knowing what the future holds. We have the confidence. We have the insurance.

See you in the morning, since the message was I'll see you in the morning and I thought Junior's service was just glorifying God and that's what it should be in uh, we laughed, we had some tears, but that's the way it is. life, isn't it? Amen, so some people don't understand why we have the confidence and security knowing that this is not over. We're going to see it again, we're going to see a lot of our loved ones again and uh, and it's not because of what we say, it's because of what the word of God says and when we hold on to the word of God, we win, We win, amen, anyone.

Also, we have several people in our

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family that do things and I like to thank them and sometimes I forget that last week I forgot to mention that Herbert came and worked like five or six hours cleaning the leaves around here and You know, if he ever you work to try to get the leaves out, it's like scattering, uh, cackling cats, they just go everywhere, but, uh, Herbert, I want to thank you so much for your time and effort. garden quite a bit for us over the summer and we all try to pitch in here for a time or two, but you seem to have done more than your share and I just want to thank Herbert for that.

I appreciate it. How many people know that we live triumphant over our problems. Amen and why we can say those things well. Yes, please take your Bibles and turn to chapter 3 of Psalms. Let's read Psalms chapter 3 there. This is a time when King David is fleeing from the attack of his son Absalom verse 1 says oh my Lo uh oh Lord how many are my enemies many are rising up against me many are saying of my soul there is no salvation from him and from God But You, O Lord, are what a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

I cried out loud to the Lord and he answered me from his Holy Hill. I lay down and sleep. I woke up because the Lord did what he sustained me. Let's get involved in that too a little I will not be what fears many thousands of people who have turned against me on all sides rise up Oh Lord Save me Oh my God for the leaven strike all my enemies on the cheek you break the teeth of the wicked salvation belongs to The Who the Lord your blessings beyond your people dear heavenly father I thank you for your word and I ask God that as we go about our day this week, as we have been through many, many of us, moments difficult Lord, let us know that there is triumph over problems because we serve the Lord we will go through problems we will have trials we will be persecuted we will suffer but we know God that you are in control and you are going to help us through you we give you praise and honor and glory in the name of Jesus, amen and amen, Absalom, David's son rebelled against David, what could be harder to bear than your own son coming against you?

The psalmist encounters the psalm that he encounters us in times of difficulty. How many of you have ever experienced family problems? you raise your hand we all have gossip and criticism they are common sources of pain in our life it is also very difficult and sometimes you are what you thought our friends turn against you it is difficult in those moments it has caused a lot of problems in our church what we are going to see Today who is the Lord in these times of difficulty and he gives us Triumph if you go back to verse number three the

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is the Lord is our Shield But You, oh Lord, are a shield around me, my glory. and he who lifts up my head, if you remember, in the time of David, there were arrows and spears that were thrown and used against them in Ephesians chapter 6. and verse 16. says in all circumstances take up the shield of faith that you can ex.

You can put out all the flaming darts of the evil one now I don't know if you know how many times you've read something and then you like it aha moment when we talk about these things these arrows that happen but when you read that part God changes those arrows into what they are darts now I'd rather let them throw a dart at me than an arrow I don't know about you but he extinguishes them regardless of fear the fiery darts of the devil that we will endure God's people have always been targets of the enemies, if you don't believe me, how do you represent Christians in TV shows and movies?

Weird, right? They just represent how many people know that Christians are normal people, but we have a supernatural place we go. It's called Heaven amen people all Christians are people

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amen we were all sinners people are always shooting Target we are always targets of the enemy but but God is our Shield in Genesis chapter 15 verse 1. Genesis chapter 15 verse 1. this is God's covenant with Abraham after these things the word of the Lord came to Abraham in a vision do not fear how many people know that Christians are not supposed to live in fear amen do not fear because I cannot find my place oh no do not fear no Abraham I am your Shield, your reward will be even greater, how many people know that God wants to protect us.

Amen, you know that I am bad for wanting to be in certain places at a certain time and if I leave late I get a little upset and if you like that, sometimes we don't realize that God puts those things in our path so maybe we can avoid something amen uh sometimes we get impatient amen some of you get impatient everyone I'll wait for you to raise your hand no things happen in our lives we don't understand why but how many people know that God is our Shield and he is going to protect us and he is going to take care of us he was David's shield in Psalm 3 verse 3 that we read later in verse chapter 33 verse 20 and 48 verse 11.

The Shield does what protects US during the battle how many people They know we are in a 24 hour, seven day a week battle against Satan. Amen, we always need to have that Shield of protection around us. We need to take that with us and we need to use it second if you go to verses 4 and 5 of our text Psalms chapter 3 verses 4 and verse 5 I cried to the Lord and he answered oh no, yes, and he answered me. from his holy mountains I lay down to sleep I woke up because the Lord sustained me the Lord is our Shield secondly he is our sustainer David cried out to the Lord for help how many of you have ever cried out to the Lord for help why not?

Amen we have this mentality that we are self-sufficient, that we can do it on our own and how many people know that God wants us to cry out to him and ask for help. He wants that relationship with us when my children go through a difficult situation. Sometimes they don't ask for help because maybe they want to do something on their own which is fine but when they don't ask for our help it hurts how much more we can protect them from situations if they ask us and I understand that they are growing there they want to be their own people but God is encouraging us he wants to be our breadwinner said here David said here I cried out loud to the Lord and he answered me how many people know that there is never a busy signal or a busy tone or you have to send a voice message to God he is there all the time is there at the mention of his name nothing is too difficult for our God to handle our Lord's many invitations to prayer Jeremiah chapter 33 verse 3. how many here are there? students this is a prayer that you need to pray before every test Jeremiah chapter 33 verse 3 says call me and I will answer you and tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Isn't that a perfect prayer for a test not only in school but in our lives we sing Holy Spirit, you are welcome in this place, how important it is for us to have the Holy Spirit in our lives all the time, now I know that he convince us of our sins, I know. He is there, but how many times do we fall short in our communication by staying in the spirit and allowing the holy spirit to guide and direct us? He will keep us out of places, keep us away from things we are not aware of if we remain. in him if we are constantly loving him and worshiping him and worshiping him asking him to guide and direct us in everything we do Matthew chapter 7. in verse 7. ask and it will be given to you seek and you will find knock and the door will be opened to you look at the beginning of Each of those phrases is a word of action on our part, ask, seek and knock, but if we don't ask, if we don't seek, if we don't call, don't wait.

God must be God in your life because you haven't put Him first. Amen, He wants to love you so much and we have bought Satan a lie by telling us that God is ashamed of you. God is ashamed of you. God can't believe you did it. that again after you asked for forgiveness, how dare you have the audacity to ask for forgiveness, he tells us in the Scriptures, ask, seek and knock, it doesn't say anything about being perfect, it doesn't say anything about not making a mistake, he is. wanting us to do that John chapter 15 and verse 7.

Whatever you want will be done to you a lot of people like that part, but the only way that can happen is if you put the first part of the verse with it. If you abide in me and my word abides in you, ask what you want and it will be done for you now the reading was a little different that time than the first time I said that, isn't it the first time I said, ask what to be? you desire it and it will be done for you there are many people who are preaching that amen that is no further from the truth than what can really happen because the only way we ask for things and they will be given to us is if we abide in him. and asking what God wants for us.

Amen, what if you no longer abide in something that is cut off from you and begin to do that which dies and withers? If the grapes are removed from the vine, they will remain fine for a while, but? very soon some things are going to happen again if you remain in me in my what and my words remain in you ask for what you want how many things how many things are we going to ask for then you are only going to ask for more from God I want more from you God that's what We are saying today I want more of you God is that your prayer every day Lord I want more of you in my life you want to be victorious you want to be taken care of God is our shield and he is our sustainer and if we do not remain in him he will not sustain us and we will not It's his fault hello I can't believe God allowed that to happen God didn't answer my prayer probably because you weren't abiding in him and his word wasn't abiding in you and what you were asking for was selfish.

Amen. I want my prayers to be answered. How do I get into God's word and discover what He wants me to pray for? you have those attributes that his son has ask what you want and it will be done for you but first you need to abide in him and let his word remain in you we see again in verse number five I go to bed and I sleep I woke up and I woke up again because the Lord supports me David had so much peace that he could sleep how many of you had problems sleeping from time to time someone has problems as they say disconnecting the mind runs all the time God even in this time where David was being searched went out after his own son to kill him David he had peace knowing that God was going to take care of him and he could sleep he could sleep God will sustain him God will sustain you in whatever danger you are facing thirdly in verse number six it says I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have put themselves in against me everywhere so that we see that God is our strength God is our sustainer then he is our strength he is our strength I will not be afraid consider the circumstances that were happening and yet David focused on him one more God equals one majority, no matter how many thousands are against you, we as Christians today in our society feel that we are being persecuted and we are, but we have not begun to experience persecution, I believe.

As we are going to have in the end times, there will be times when if you do not allow God to dwell in you, you will not be able to achieve it. The biggest battlefield in a person's life is the mind. If you don't have the word of God constantly in your mind and in your heart, you will continue to hear all these things on television, the news, this and that, and you will become so depressed that you won't know what ends but when you stay in it in its word remains in you you will do it amen as your faith increases fear does what decreases perfect peace casts out fear first John chapter 4 verse 18. there is no fear in what Love, but perfect love casts out out of fear because fear has to do with punishment and whoever fears has not been perfected in love, does that mean that you walk around with your head in the clouds saying oh, no problem, all these other things, no, when the problems arise?

You have the confidence and security that God is in control, that he will help you. You know when our loved ones go through illnesses and that is what I have experienced with my parents and my wife's parents in a selfish way. We pray that God heals them selfishly. We pray for these things that we would like to be because we do not want to be separated fromthem, but we know that without a doubt, God is in control of everything when our loved ones go through these situations. I don't understand the prayer we have for God to heal you or take you either way because we know what is best for you.

We know that dying for a Christian is not a bad thing. Um, the sermon notes I had for the youth service. It was that they changed the words a long time to sleep to show that it is just a pause or just a time of rest. Death is nothing to fear. Amen because we have life in him. We see here that God is our strength. We see what God will do. now he realizes our concern for victory if you would read verses 7 and 8 of chapter 3 of the Psalms. Arise, Lord, save me, O my God, for you strike all my enemies on the cheek, you break the teeth of the wicked.

Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessings will be upon you. people David has seen his enemies here defeated by the power of God he has seen God be his shield he has seen God be his sustainer he has seen God be his strength and now he sees God as his source of Victory how many people know that in him we are not defeated amen we will never lose because when our life ends we know that we will be with him salvation comes from whom salvation belongs to the Lord to the Lord to the Lord what does salvation mean save during the service brother doc was here wonderful man wonderful man Me I noticed that he was walking up the stairs with a little difficulty, so when he finished speaking, I went over and hugged him.

What you don't know is that I asked him. I said, do you need help going down the stairs? Because I saw that he had a need and he told me yes and said that I was his salvation. I know what you meant many times friends, we need to be saved from ourselves most of the time and the only way we are going to be saved. saved from ourselves if we remain in God and remain in his word because how many people know that this self is quite bad, it is horrible, the best we can do is filthy rags, as the Scripture tells us, our salvation comes from the Lord, the salvation from our sins is through whom the shed blood of Jesus Christ Romans chapter 5 verses 6 and following says because while we were still weak at the time Christ died for the wicked because it will be difficult for him to die for a righteous man, although perhaps for a good man one will die. dare to even die but God shows his love for us and that while we were still white sinners Christ died for us since therefore now we have been justified by his blood much more we will be saved by him from the wrath of God amen I hope these words help you They are encouraging today the word of God is amazing it is powerful it is not a mistake he does it because he is the Salvation from our sins he is the sustainer of Our Lives as he does it through the blood of Jesus Christ Ephesians chapter 10. verse chapter six Sorry, I said that wrong and starting with verse number 10.

It talks about the armor of God and you've heard the expression, don't go, don't go out fighting naked. Amen, in this scripture we're reading that. I'm getting ready to read it. It tells us the equipment and the things. that we need to use to be victorious in God verse number 10. Finally be strong in the Lord and the strength of his power put on the whole armor of God. oh, I'm fine, I don't need that part, I'll just take what I need. God is telling us that we need everything. Amen, so that you can resist the schemes of the devil because we do not fight against flesh and blood. it is not against that person but against the rulers against the authorities against the cosmic powers over this present darkness against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places verse 13 therefore take up the whole armor of God so that you may be able to withstand in the day evil and having done everything to stand to stand amen stand how firm how we stand firm in him in him verse 14 stand, therefore, having fastened the belt of Truth and having put on the breastplate of righteousness and footed to having set your feet in the disposition given by the gospel of peace in all circumstances, take up the shield of faith, that with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil air and take up the helmet of salvation and sword of the spirit which is the word of God praying at all times in WoW in the spirit how important it is to have this Holy Spirit in your life it is of vital importance with all prayers and supplications for that purpose stay alert with all perseverance making supplications for everyone the saints who ever I wondered whose side anyone is on right now, we're in the football playoffs.

Okay, they have gear on for certain protective reasons. The helmet does what protects the person's head, but it also tells them what team he's on, so if you had the helmet. of salvation is telling you to tell people that you were on the team of the Lord Jesus Christ. I thought it was cool, it not only protects but also says who you belong to. Finally, the true reality of victory is in Jesus First. Corinthians chapter 15. verses 57 and 58. but thank God who gives us Victory through the Lord Jesus Christ, therefore my beloved brothers, be firm, more immovable, more always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that the Lord knowing that in the lord your work is not in what name there is nothing worse than not having a purpose in life amen there is nothing worse in heaven not having a purpose in life we ​​work it is not in vain we work for the lord because everything he has done for us we want to worship him and honor him amen why because he loves us so much he loves us so much to finish we can rest in Christ even in difficult times the Lord is our tell me with me please our Shield he is our sustainer our strength and our salvation amen the only way that will happen is if you are on the right team the only way that will happen if you recognize that you are a sinner and that you need the Lord Jesus Christ the only way that will happen is if you say the words Lord, I need you now in Romans chapter 3 verse 23 read it with me please it says because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God so the team you were born into was the one the sinners came from, how come I don't want to say football? team is called the centers I don't know why they are called the saints but they are not called the sinners the next verse please for the wages of sin is death read it with me please but the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ Our Lord Christ Jesus, the Lord, I'm sorry again, you will get, you are on one or two teams, or you will be condemned to death in your sin, you will receive a free gift from God which is eternal life, Christ Jesus. our lord is not so wonderful he is not so wonderful John 3 16 read it with me please because God loved the world so much that he gave his only son so that whoever believes in him would not perish but have eternal life you know, jokingly I said no.

It's not a joke, the grandchildren are incredible, the grandchildren are incredible, that's why they call them Grand, as they say. I can't imagine giving up my grandson for someone else, especially someone who deserved nothing, who is the greatest of sinners, but that's what God did, he gave him his best for his worst because he loved us next verse please Romans 5 verse 8 says but God shows his love for us and that while we were still sinners Christ died for us even though you don't deserve it none of us deserve it none of us can earn it Christ still died for us next verse please John 14 6 read it With me please Jesus told him I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me.

What is salvation like through Jesus Christ? Why? Did Jesus say that because he was nailed to the cross for us? Amen next verse Romans 10 verse 9 read it with me please because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead be saved amen how can I be saved? Pastor Tim confess with your mouth and believe in your heart God raised Jesus from the dead, amen, it's that simple. I don't invent the rules that he makes. I didn't invent this universe, he did. Are you happy?

The next verse finally Revelation chapter 3 verse 20 says behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me, I don't know if it is. a revelation from God, but a few months ago God said that if I am at the door that means you are so close to being saved, no matter where you are, think about that God is always in your heart, no matter what you do. No matter what you've done in your life, those who are watching you online right now and those things might think that there's no way God can forgive me for the things I've done.

Yes, he can and yes. that's the most important thing, he will do it all you have to do is open the tent of your heart and say Jesus, I need you in my heart, forgive me of my sins, so what I'm going to do is close myself. prayer, but I'm going to say what we call the sinner's prayer and I'm going to say a few words and I want everyone to repeat this with me, please, could you say well, Pastor Tim, why are you making me repeat this? I am already a Christian. I want you to be able to be second nature.

If you are talking to someone and someone says to you: I want to be saved because I don't know what happened before in his life, God could have sent him. five seven people before you to plant the seed and water it and take care of it and now you have the opportunity to harvest what has been planted alien to me dear heavenly father I have sinned against you Jesus forgive me of my sins I believe you died for me and rose again thank you Jesus for save me amen it's that simple people it's that simple why it's so simple it's because the price of that gift has already been paid amen praise God praise God praise Lord before we say goodbye a couple of ads I want to mention the number one next Sunday we're going to try and uh no, we're not going to try, we're going to have a water baptismal service at the end of the service and if you want to be baptized in water, please let it.

We know I have one candidate so far and one more possible, but now we only have one and Alan condemned me today, we are trying something different with the method of that with an inflatable whatever so we can do the baptismal service. Alan said, I hope I don't have to put it back in, we have to use it every Sunday. Amen, Lord, let it happen too, um, this Saturday, I don't know, I'm going to go ahead and make an announcement, man, uh, there's a men's wild game dinner that's going to be held at Buck Creek Baptist Church, on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.

Central time, that's what we are and the doors are open at five and if you know anything about it, this is the sixteenth annual dinner that I've had a pleasant experience and if you want to go, please tell me we'd like to go. meet here at the church at a certain time and then if you would like to travel together or if you want to drive separately, you can do that, but that's it. It will be this Saturday at 6 p.m. If you want to go, let me know if you will please stand up. Praise Lord.

Praise Lord. Praise Jesus now may the Lord bless you and keep you may the Lord make his face shine upon you. and have mercy on you, may the Lord lift up his burden and be upon you and give you peace from him. I bless you now in the name of Jesus and you all said amen. God bless you. Have a victorious rest of the day. See you this Wednesday. for the youth in the men's ministry and also the women's ministry will be online thank you God bless you foreign thanks foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign thank you foreign foreign foreign thank you foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign thank you