WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN
SERMON TITLE: WINNING FROM THE BEGINNING
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. he that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 3:16-18
1 SAMUEL17:2-11 “AND SAUL AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND PITCHED BY THE VALLEY OF ELAH, AND SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY AGAINST THE PHILISTINES. AND THE PHILISTINES STOOD ON A MOUNTAIN ON THE ONE SIDE; AND ISRAEL STOOD ON A MOUNTAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE: AND THERE WAS A VALLEY BETWEEN THEM. AND THERE WENT OUT A CHAMPION OUT OF THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES, NAMED GOLIATH, OF GATH, WHOSE HEIGHT WAS SIX CUBITS AND A SPAN. AND HE HAD AN HELMET OF BRASS UPON HIS HEAD, AND HE WAS ARMED WITH A COAT OF MAIL; AND THE WEIGHT OF THE COAT WAS FIVE THOUSANDS SHEKELS OF BRASS. AND HE HAD GREAVES OF BRASS UPON HIS LEGS, AND A TARGET OF BRAS BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS. AND THE STAFF OF HIS SPEAR WAS LIKE A WEAVERS BEAM; AND HIS SPEARS HEAD WEIGHED SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS OF IRON: AND ONE BEARING A SHIELD WENT BEFORE HIM. AND HE STOOD AND CRIED UNTO THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHY ARE YE COME OUT TO SET YOUR BATTLE IN ARRAY? AM NOT I A PHILISTINE, AND YE SERVANTS TO SOUL? CHOOSE YOU A MAN FOR YOU, AND LET HIM COME DOWN TO ME. IF HE BE ABLE TO FIGHT WITH ME, AND TO KILL ME, THEN WILL WE BE YOUR SERVANTS: BUT IF I PREVAIL AGAINST HIM, AND KILL HIM, THEN SHALL YE BE OUR SERVANTS, AND SERVE US. AND THE PHILISTINE SAID, I DEFY THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL THIS DAY; GIVE ME A MAN, THAT WE MAY FIGHT TOGETHER. WHEN SAUL AND ALL ISRAEL HEARD THOSE WORDS OF THE PHILISTINE, THEY WERE DISMAYED, AND GREATLY AFRAID.”
NOW I WANT TO BACK UP TO VERSE 3 AND RE-READ WHAT IT SAYS. “AND THE PHILISTINES STOOD ON A MOUNTAIN ON THE ONE SIDE, AND ISRAEL STOOD ON A MOUNTAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE: AND THERE WAS A VALLEY BETWEEN THEM.”
NOW THAT’S A PICTURE OF THE CHURCH BEING IN ONE PLACE AND THE WORLD BEING IN ANOTHER PLACE. THE CHURCH IS NOT SUPPOSED TO MIX AND MINGLE WITH THE WORLD AND BE LIKE THE WORLD. ACCORDING TO WHAT PAUL SAID IN GODS WORD IT SAYS: COME OUT YE AMONG THE WORLD AND BE YE SEPARATE, SAITH THE LORD.
WE’RE LIVING IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE YOU CAN’T HARDLY TELL CHRISTIANS FROM THE LOST ANYMORE BY LOOKING AT THEIR LIVES. SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THEM ARE LIVING JUST LIKE THE WORLD.
IN VERSE 4 THEY SENT OUT THEIR CHAMPION GOLIATH. SEEMS LIKE WHEN THE DEVIL WANTS TO SEND SOMETHING OUT TO TRY AND GET TO GODS PEOPLE, HE PICKS HIS BEST, AND HIS BIGGEST. THAT’S WHAT THE DEVIL IS ALL ABOUT....PICKING A BATTLE WITH SOME CHRISTIAN TO TRY AND GET THEIR MIND AND THEIR HEART OFF OF GOD. IF OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS ARE NOT ON GOD CONTINUOUSLY THEN OUR HEARTS AND MIND WILL BE SOMEWHERE DOING SOMETHING THAT ISN’T THE WILL OF GOD. THAT’S WHAT SATAN WANTS TODAY.
IN VERSE 10 THE PHILISTINE SAID TO GIVE HIM A MAN SO THAT HE MIGHT FIGHT WITH HIM. BOY HE WANTED SOMEBODY TO COME DOWN AND FIGHT WITH HIM.
IN THE SAME CHAPTER IN VERSE 32 DAVID SAID TO SAUL... “LET NO MANS HEART FAIL BECAUSE OF HIM; THY SERVANT WILL GO AND FIGHT WITH THIS PHILISTINE.”
THE GIANT WANTED A MAN AND HE GOT A YOUTH.. IN VERSE 33 SAUL SAID TO DAVID... “THOU ART NOT ABLE TO GO AGAINST THIS PHILISTINE TO FIGHT WITH HIM: FOR THOU ART BUT A YOUTH, AND HE A MAN OF WAR FROM HIS YOUTH.”
I WANT TO PREACH ON WINNING FROM THE BEGINNING.
YA’LL REMEMBER THE CHAPTER PRIOR TO THIS, CHAPTER 16, GOD TOLD SAMUEL HE WAS GOING TO APPOINT A KING OVER ISRAEL. HE WENT TO A MANS HOUSE BY THE NAME OF JESSE WHO HAD I BELIEVE NINE SONS. BUT MY POINT IS THEY TRIED TO GET ALL OF JESSE’S SON BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL BIG AND BOLD. SAMUEL THOUGHT GOD WOULD PICK ONE OF THEM. SEE THE DEVIL ALWAYS SENDS HIS BEST BUT GOD ALWAYS SENDS HIS BEST TOO. THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE SONS AND SAMUEL SAID THERE WAS BUT ONE MORE AND HE WAS BUT A LAMB AND HIS NAME IS DAVID AND HE’S THE KEEPER OF THE SHEEP AND GOD SAID THAT IS THE ONE I AM GOING TO ANOINT FOR A KING. THAT OUGHT TO LET YOU AND I KNOW TONIGHT THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE SOME GREAT BIG NAME OR DO SOME GREAT BIG THING IN ORDER FOR GOD TO USE US. ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD HE TAKES THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD, THE THINGS THAT ARE DESPISED OR REJECTED, THINGS AND THE PEOPLE THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTS OR LOVES....THAT’S THE ONE’S GOD LOVES TO SAVE AND TO USE. THAT’S SUCH A CASE WITH DAVID. HE WAS JUST A YOUTH. HE WAS WINNING THE BATTLE FROM THE BEGINNING. IF YOU’VE BEEN SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD; IT DON’T MATTER WHAT YOU’RE GOING UP AGAINST OR WHO YOU’RE GOING UP AGAINST. THE LITTLE BATTLES WE FIGHT ON THE WAY DON’T EVEN COMPARE TO WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR US IN ETERNITY. WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS. BUT YOU’RE NOT GOING THROUGH THEM BY YOURSELF. BE NOT AFRAID OR DISMAYED...IF YOU’RE SAVED, YOU’RE ALREADY WINNING FROM THE BEGINNING. WE’RE NOT ON THE LOSING SIDE, WE’RE ON THE WINNING SIDE.
THE ARMY DIDN’T WANT TO FIGHT GOLIATH BECAUSE HE WAS SO BIG AND STRONG. THAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHRISTIANS TODAY...THEY DON’T WANT TO STAND UP TOT THE WORLD. THEY LIKE TO COME TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. THEY LIKE TO PRAISE GOD. THEY LIKE TO PRAY TO GOD BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO WORKING FOR GOD YOU’LL NOT FIND VERY MANY OF THEM. A LOT OF THEM THE BIBLE SAID, THEIR LABOR IS IN VAIN.
PROVERBS SAYS THE TALK OF THE LIPS TENDETH ONLY TO PENTARY. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WORKING FOR GOD ALL YOU WANT TO BUT UNTIL YOU DO IT, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PREVAIL. YOU KNOW WHY DAVID PREVAILED IN THIS BATTLE? BECAUSE HE WAS WILLING TO GO TO THE BATTLE. THAT’S WHY DANIEL WON WHEN THEY TOLD HIM HE COULDN’T PRAY NO MORE. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO PRAY ANYWAY. THE WORLD DON’T TELL GODS PEOPLE WHAT TO DO. THE DEVIL DON’T TELL GODS PEOPLE WHAT TO DO. GOD LEADS HIS PEOPLE IN WHAT TO DO.
DAVID SAID THE GIANT LOOKED SMALL TO HIM. DAVID HAD A LOT OF COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE. NOT IN WHAT HE COULD DO BUT IN WHAT GOD COULD DO.
PHILIPPIANS 1:6 “BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS VERY THING, THAT HE WHICH HATH BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST.”
IF GOD STARTS SOMETHING WITH YOU, HE WILL FINISH IT WITH YOU. HE DIDN’T SAVE US FOR NAUGHT. HE SAVED US FOR A REASON. HE’LL NEVER LEAVE US OR FORSAKE US.
YOU MIGHT BE FACING A GOLIATH TODAY. YOU MIGHT HAVE COME UP AGAINST THE DEVIL THIS WEEK. MAYBE HE’S TRYING TO BRING YOU DOWN FINANCIALLY OR MAYBE HE’S TRYING TO FIGHT A BATTLE WITH YOU SPIRITUALLY. OR MAYBE EVEN PHYSICALLY, SOME TYPE OF SICKNESS. THE DEVIL WILL ALWAYS SEND HIS BEST BUT IF YOU’RE SAVED YOU WERE WINNING IN THE BEGINNING. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BECAUSE GOD IS NEAR. GOD IS ON OUR SIDE. HE’S NOT FAR OFF. HE IS FOR HIS PEOPLE AND DAVID KNEW THAT. IF PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE HOW REAL GOD IS HE’D BE A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME THIS WEEK. I HELD A MEETING AT WORK AND ASKED EVERYONE TO BOW THEIR HEADS AND LED PRAYER BEFORE I BEGAN. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AGAINST ONE OF COBB COUNTIES RULES AND THE DEVIL DIDN’T WANT ME TO PRAY BUT THEN I REALIZE IT WASN’T AGAINST GODS RULE. THERE AREN’T ENOUGH DAVID’S IN THE WORLD. DAVID WAS A MAN AFTER GODS OWN HEART. WE NEED TO FEEL GOD, LIVE GOD, BREATHE GOD AND WE NEED TO SHARE GOD WITH EVERYONE.
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN VERSE 38 OF 1 SAMUEL 17 SAUL ARMED DAVID WITH HIS ARMOUR. SAUL WAS AFRAID TO GO WITH IT BUT HE’S NOT AFRAID FOR DAVID TO GO WITH IT. WE CAN NOT DO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO BY USING WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS, WE HAVE TO USE WHAT GOD GAVE US. IF GOD GAVE YOU A GIFT OR A TALENT, JUST USE WHAT GOD GAVE YOU AND QUIT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS. SAUL WAS TRYING TO BUILD DAVID UP LIKE THAT GIANT. DAVID TOLD SAUL HE COULDN’T GO WITH HIS ARMOR AS HE HAD NOT PROVED HIMSELF. DAVID PUT THEM OFF HIM. WE’RE ALWAYS PRAYING FOR GOD TO GIVE US THIS AND THAT, BUT IF WE’D PUT OFF SOME OF THE WICKED THINGS AND PUT ON SOME OF WHAT GOD GAVE US THEN GOD COULD WORK BETTER WITH US. DAVID SAID I HAVE TO PUT THESE THINGS OFF. I’VE NOT PROVED THEM AND THEY WILL NOT WORK. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT’S A PICTURE OF? IT’S A PICTURE OF SAYING THIS HUMAN ARMOR JUST WON’T DO THE JOB. IT TAKES HEAVENLY ARMOR TO WIN THE BATTLE.
IF WE’RE GOING TO BE CHRISTIANS THEN LET’S LIVE LIKE THEM. I WAS TALKING TO A MAN AT WORK TODAY WHO GOES TO CHURCH AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 150 MEMBERS AND I WAS TELLING THEM ABOUT THE PASTOR, DEACON WORKSHOP I WENT TO. I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS A BLESSING AND THAT IT HAD IMPACTED MY LIFE. I BEGAN TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE MINISTRY AND I ASKED HIM HOW MANY DEACONS THEY HAD AT HIS CHURCH. HE SAID ABOUT 16. I SAID HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A MEMBER OF THAT CHURCH? HE SAID SINCE 1984. I SAID IS ONE OF THOSE DEACONS THE HEAD OF THE DEACON BOARD. HE SAID YES. I SAID IF YOU’VE BEEN A MEMBER THERE SINCE 1984, HOW MANY OF THOSE DEACONS HAVE COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND VISITED WITH YOU AND YOUR WIFE? HE SAID NONE. THEN I ASKED HOW MANY OF THOSE DEACONS HAD CALLED HIM OR HIS WIFE WHEN THEY WERE OUT SICK SINCE HE’D BEEN THERE. HE SAID NONE. PEOPLE LET ME TELL YOU, CHRISTIANS TODAY ARE MODERNEST CHRISTIANS. THEY LIVE A CERTAIN WAY BECAUSE THEY SEE SOMEONE ELSE DOING IT. YOU NEED TO LIVE LIKE THE WORD OF GOD SAYS. IF MY DEACONS DON’T CALL YOU OR VISIT YOU AND I FIND OUT ABOUT IT THEN WE’LL BE HAVING A TALK AND IF THAT DOESN’T WORK, WE’LL BE VOTING SOME DEACONS OUT. THE BIBLE SAYS TO COME OUT FROM AMONG THE WORLD. STAND UP AND BE A DAVID. I’M A MAN AFTER GODS OWN HEART AND I’M GOING TO FIGHT THE BATTLE. HE FOUGHT THE BATTLE FOR US AND WE OUGHT TO DO THE SAME. IF THE DEVIL IS GIVING YOU HIS BEST....GODS BEST WILL OUT DO HIS ALL THE TIME. JUST TRUST IN THE LORD.
1 JOHN 5:4 SAYS THIS “FOR WHATSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD OVER COMETH THE WORLD: AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVER COMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH.” JUST BEING BOREN OF GOD. IT DIDN’T SAY YOU HAD TO BE SOME BIBLE SCHOLAR. SOME 35 YEAR DEACON OR PASTOR. IF YOU DON’T HOLD AN OFFICE IN THE CHURCH, DON’T FEEL UNIMPORTANT. THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU’RE BORN OF GOD THEN YOU’RE AN OVER COMER. YOU’RE ABLE TO WIN THE BATTLE JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
1 SAMUEL 17:40 “AND HE TOOK HIS STAFF IN HIS HAND, AND CHOSE HIM FIVE SMOOTH STONES OUT OF THE BROOK, AND PUT THEM IN A SHEPHERDS BAG WHICH HE HAD, EVEN IN A SCRIP; AND HIS SLING WAS IN HIS HAND: AND HE DREW NEAR TO THE PHILISTINE.”
SHEPHERDS USED A STAFF TO TAP SHEEP TO KEEP THEM IN LINE. TURN IT AROUND AND IT COULD BE USED AS A WEAPON TO FEND OF WOLVES. I STUDIED MORE ON THE STAFF AND IN PSALMS 23 SAYS THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME. THE PICTURE I GOT OUT OF IT ON WHAT A STAFF MEANS IS PROTECTION. WHAT DID OLD MOSES HAVE IN HIS HAND WHEN HE LED THE CHILDREN OUT OF EGYPT? A STAFF. WHAT DID JOSHUA HAVE WHEN THE WALLS OF JERICO FELL? A STAFF. GOD WILL NOT LEAVE HIS PEOPLE. THAT STAFF REPRESENTS THAT GOD IS WITH US. IT’S NOT A PHYSICAL STAFF, IT’S A SPIRITUAL STAFF. HE PROTECTS HIS PEOPLE.
THEN HE CHOOSE HIM FIVE SMOOTH STONES. IF YOU’LL READ ON DOWN YOU’LL SEE HE ONLY HAD TO USE ONE. SO I’M GOING TO USE THE WORD STONE. I STUDIED THAT OUT TOO AND I BELIEVE THE STONE REPRESENTS THE PROMISES OF GOD. ALL THROUGH OUT THE BIBLE MEN USED ROCKS TO BUILD ALTARS. JESUS CHRIST IS OUR ROCK. YOU SAY BUT JESUS WASN’T BIRTHED YET. NO BUT HE WAS STILL AROUND. GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS STILL THERE. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD MAKES PROMISES AND HE CANNOT LIE.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WITNESS FOR FEAR OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY TO THEM.. I’D RATHER BE AFRAID OF GOD THAN OF WHAT THE DEVIL CAN DO TO ME. THE DEVIL CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO ME. BUT GOD CAN DO A WHOLE LOT.
THEN DAVID PUT THE STONES IN THE SHEPHERDS BAG. I STUDIED OUT THAT WORD TOO AND BELIEVE IT MEANS A BAG OF PROVISIONS. THEY’D CARRY FOOD IN THESE BAGS. THEY’D GET HUNGRY AND PULL FOOD OUT THEM. THEY ALSO CARRIED SOME STONES IN THAT BAG. GOD WON’T GIVE US WHAT WE WANT BUT HE WILL GIVE US WHAT WE NEED AND HE’LL NEVER KEEP IT FROM US AND IF WHAT WE NEED ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH FOR US THEN WE OUGHT TO QUIT LOOKING FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
CHRISTIANS SHOULDN’T WAIT ON THE CHURCH TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. IF GOD SAYS GO THEN GO.
THEN DAVID TOOK HIS SLING. I STUDIED THAT OUT AND BACK THEN THAT WAS THE PRIMARY WEAPON. THEY COULD HIT A HAIR ON SOMETHING A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXPERIENCED IN USING THEM. YOU KNOW WHY A LOT OF CHRISTIANS AREN’T GROWING SPIRITUALLY? THEIR NOT EXPERIENCED ENOUGH ON HOW TO BE A CHRISTIAN. YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN GET THE EXPERIENCE? COME TO SUNDAY SCHOOL. WORSHIP GOD. WORK FOR GOD. YOU CAN JUST START WITH NOTHING AND END UP SOMETHING. YOU’VE GOT TO GROW. YOU KNOW WHERE A LOT OF MY EXPERIENCES COME FROM? THE HOSPITAL. CALLING PEOPLE AND CHECKING ON THEM. VISITING THEM. DOING WHAT GOD SAYS TO DO AND GOING WHEN GOD SAYS TO GO.
JAMES SAYS THAT PATIENCE WORKETH EXPERIENCE. EXPERIENCE WORKETH HOPE AND HOPE MAKETH NOT SIN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME PATIENCE BEFORE YOU EVER HAVE EXPERIENCE AT BEING A GOOD CHRISTIAN. DON’T TELL SOMEONE HOW TO LIVE A GOOD CHRISTIAN LIFE IF YOU YOURSELF AREN’T LIVING ONE. I HOPE THAT THE LIFE I LIVE CAN BE MIRRORED TO YOU. I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE FRONT PEW AND PRAYING FOR MY PASTOR AND WISHING ONE DAY I COULD BE LIKE HIM.
LITTLE DAVID COULDN’T BEAT THAT GIANT ALL BY HIMSELF. YOU TRY TO FIGHT THE DEVIL BY YOURSELF AND YOU’LL LOSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING THAT AND IT WILL NOT WORK.
ALL GOD DID WAS TAKE A SHEPHERD BOY, SAVED HIM AND GAVE HIM THE ESSENTIALS.
WE DON’T NEED NO PADDED PEWS AND FANCY STAINED GLASS WINDOWS FOR GOD TO SAVE US AND USE US. GOD IS GOING TO TAKE WHAT YOU’RE USED TO AND USE IT TO BLESS HIMSELF. GOD DOESN’T CARE HOW SMALL WE ARE OR WHAT COLOR WE ARE. HE’LL USE OF IF WE’RE WILLING TO ALLOW HIM TO DO SO.
IN VERSE 45 DAVID SAID TO THE PHILISTINE... “THOU COMEST TO ME WITH A SWORD, AND WITH A SPEAR, AND WITH A SHIELD: BUT I COME TO THEE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, WHOM THOU HAST DEFIED.”
NOW LOOK AT VERSE 47 “AND ALL THIS ASSEMBLY SHALL KNOW THAT THE LORD SAVETH NOT WITH SWORD AND SPEAR: FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS AND HE WILL GIVE YOU INTO OUR HANDS.” THE BATTLE IS GOD BUT HE USES US TO WIN THE BATTLE.
THEN IN VERSE 48 “AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE PHILISTINES AROSE, AND CAME AND DREW NIGH TO MEET DAVID, THAT DAVID HASTED, AND RAN TOWARD THE ARMY TO MEET THE PHILISTINE.” HE WAS IN A HURRY. HE WASN’T AFRAID. HE THREW ONE STONE AND KILLED THE PHILISTINE. NOTICE THAT THERE WASN’T JUST A GIANT BUT THERE WAS A MAN IN FRONT OF THE GIANT WITH A SHIELD. THAT STONE CLEARED THAT SHIELD AND HIT HIM ON THE FOREHEAD IN THAT ONE SPOT THAT WASN’T COVERED. GOD WILL ALWAYS TAKE THE DEVIL OUT WHEN HE’S GIVING YOU A HARD TIME.
ROMANS 8:31 “IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?”
1 JOHN 4:4 “YE ARE OF GOD LITTLE CHILDREN, AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM: BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, THAN IN THE WORLD.”
ROMANS 1:16 “I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION.”
ROMANS 8:37 “NAY IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US.”
1 PETER 3:13 “WHO IS HE THAT WILL HARM YOU, IF YE BE FOLLOWERS OF THAT WHICH IS GOOD?”
PSALMS 37:25 “I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD; YET I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD.”
I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH OR WHAT YOU’RE FIXING TO GO THROUGH, KEEP GOD AS NUMBER ONE AND KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM AND YOU’VE ALREADY WON THE BATTLE. YOU HAD IT WON IN THE BEGGING JUST BY BEING SAVED.
LET US PRAY: FATHER I PRAY THAT I MIGHT TRUST YOU TO WIN MY BATTLES FOR ME. I KNOW NOW THAT SATAN CANNOT DEFEAT ME FOR I AM SAVED BY YOUR GRACE AND ON MY WAY TO A BETTER PLACE IN ETERNITY. I PRAY THAT I WOULD KEEP MY EYES FIXED ON YOU SO THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR ME STAND AGAINST THIS WORLD, I MIGHT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING YOUR WORD SO THAT OTHERS CAN FIND YOU. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN
