Seeing the Reward of the Wicked

Wow. Why don't we just call it a night right now and I'll go home. Well, we're all feeling good because I'm not so sure you're going to clap like that at the end, but you never know.

You may be seated. Thank you. Please be in prayer for Pastor Tim and the team as they go to Grenada for Thursday night and all day Thursday, beginning in the morning in prison ministry, and then going to speak to pastors and then to a general conference with people who are part of this fellowship online in the evening.

And it's amazing. The church is going worldwide. These are the last days, folks.

I know you feel it in your spirit. I feel it in my spirit. We are living in the in the moments where I believe that Christ could return at any moment.

And the days ahead are going to be difficult. I'm going to speak in a sense prophetically in some measure tonight. But the days ahead are going to be difficult.

I know that people are hoping that we're going to go into the best of the best seasons. And there is a moment of grace, moment of mercy, may I call it that coming to this and maybe other places throughout the world. But then the world, according to the word of God, is going to plunge into a darkness not seen ever in the history of the world.

There's going to be a lawlessness in the last days. That's going to beg your description of selfishness. It's going to be wars and violence and immorality on a scale like we've never seen in our lifetime.

I thank God that we've been given a season of mercy ahead of us, a moment of mercy where we can begin to understand that God is is going to take all of us through the days that we have to go through for the sake of the laws, for the sake of those who need to know that there is a savior. And in portraying that stability in God, you and I are not going to escape the storm, but we're going to be kept in the middle of the storm as a testimony of the keeping power of God. Every one of us will be kept.

The apostle Paul wasn't spared from the journey in Acts 27, but he was sent on the journey for the sake of the 275 people on that ship that would have all drowned and perished eternally. Were there not a man of God with the word of God on that ship? And so God's entrusting that mission to you and I. And I thank God for Pastor Tim, who has a vision to reach one billion souls for Christ. Thank God for the vision that has been given to him by the Holy Spirit.

We stand with that vision. We trust in that vision. So please be in prayer.

As for our Bible school, Summit International School of Ministry, we are going to be at Princeton University on Thursday night and Friday night, sharing the gospel with students on that particular campus. We've invited us in and say, come and tell us who Jesus Christ is. Talk to us about God.

So what incredible opportunities God is giving in this generation. All the iron gates are opening. He's a father to the fatherless.

He's a husband to the widow. He is his almighty God. And the scripture says, when he opens the door, nobody can close that door.

I know there have been some who have tried, but they failed. He has decreed that everyone who wants to hear is going to hear the gospel in this last day we're now living in. We're going to live not just to be sustained, but we're going to see the reward of the wicked.

And that's what I want to speak about tonight. The day coming. Maybe you're seeing it already when you'll see the actual reward of the wicked.

By wicked, I say those who have made a deliberate choice to turn away from the mercy of God through his son, Jesus Christ. They've made a deliberate choice to discount the word of God and embrace their concepts of truth. And these concepts are turning them into behaviors.

It's turning them into ways of thinking that are so contrary to God that in some cases they can't be reached by truth anymore. As much as we may try. There is a reward coming for the wicked.

You will only see it with your eyes. You will not be a partaker of it as children of God. And you will see that there's a reward for the righteous as well as a reward for the wicked.

Psalm 91, please go there in your Bible, Psalm 91. Father, thank you for the touch of heaven in this service tonight. God, we do sense a soberness in this sanctuary this evening.

Lord, you are speaking to us about some days to come. And you're preparing us, Lord, through Pastor Tim, when he stands in this pulpit in every service and through those who have been invited to share that burden. You are preparing us to stand in the coming days.

God, you're going to instill a joy and a confidence in our hearts that nothing of this world can take away from us as the people of God. There's going to be a song emanating from our hearts in the middle of whatever happens in this world in the days ahead of us. God, there's a song in us that can't be taken away by circumstance.

A confidence that cannot be eroded no matter what the news may say. Father, we thank you for it. God, we give you praise and give you glory in Jesus' name.

Thank you for the anointing of your spirit. Amen. Psalm 91, he who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide or live under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, he's my refuge and my fortress, my God, in him I will trust. Surely he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler. That means the secret traps that you don't see coming your way and from the perilous pestilence.

And in the original translation, the way that reads is from the perversion that comes into a society when the restraining hand of God is lifted off of it. He will deliver you from secret traps and from the perversions that are going to be prevalent in this and other societies in the last days. He will cover you with his feathers and under his wings you shall take refuge.

His truth will be your shield and your buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night nor of the arrow that flies by day. Whether there are acts of terrorism in various countries throughout the world or threats even of nuclear war.

The Bible says you will not be afraid. You will not be afraid of these things. There will be a confidence that God puts in your heart that is born of the spirit of God.

It is born of a trust in the keeping power of God. And no matter what happens, no matter what difficulty comes their way, you will not be afraid of it. Nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked. Only with your eyes you will look and see the reward of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord who is my refuge even the most high your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you. Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways.

In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him.

I will set him on high because he has known my name. He shall call upon me and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble.

I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation. This psalm, Psalm 91, contains a truth about God that Satan himself fears.

He fears that if it's believed it would instill a barrier of promise in the hearts of those who believe in it, that no power of hell can get through and breach. That's why he is afraid of Psalm 91. It was this psalm that Satan quoted when he tempted Jesus in the wilderness in Matthew chapter 4. Actually in the temptation of Christ, after he was baptized in the Jordan and went into the wilderness, led of the spirit to be tempted by Satan, this was the only scripture that he actually didn't fully quote.

He quoted a part of it but not the whole scripture. He came to the Son of God. Now he knew who he was fighting with.

He was contesting with the Son of God. I don't know how he knew it but Satan knew who Jesus Christ was. And he had a sense of what his mission was on the earth.

And he basically came to him and the first temptation he brought to him was essentially this. If you are, if you are the Son of God, command these stones to be made bread. In other words, if you are the Son of God, why are you not being fed? Why are you hungry? If you are the Son of God, there must be a resident power within you.

Use it for yourself. Use it for your own benefit. Turn these stones to bread.

Of course, that's what the devil did. That's why he fell from heaven. Because he was not content with the ways, the will and the word of God.

He wanted something higher than he was assigned by God. And because of it, he tried to do what he was tempting Christ to do. To change his situation by his own power and his own influence.

Then he took him to the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple. And he said again, if you are the Son of God, throw yourself down.

For it is written, he will give his angels charge over you. And in their hands, they shall bear you up. Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

In other words, if you're the Son of God, and if you believe. If you believe that God will keep you. Here's the more insidious temptation as I see this.

In effect, what I think the devil was saying. Now this is my opinion, my conjecture in this. But he was basically saying, I'm going to throw you down.

And what makes you think. That when your feet hit the stone, I'm going to throw you on. That somehow there are going to be angels there to help you.

What makes you think that God will preserve you? What makes you think that God will protect you? What makes you think that God will raise you up? What makes you think that he will send angels to be part of the process. Of bringing you to the conclusion of what your life is supposed to be. If you do believe this, throw yourself down.

It is written, he will give his angels charge over you. And in their hands they shall bear you up. Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

But I want to remind you, that is not the whole scripture. He left a line out. He will give his angels charge over you, Psalm 91.

To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they will bear you up. Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

It didn't say it's just for one specific event. But God is going to assign angels to you. To keep you in all of the journey of your life.

The good times, the bad times. The easy times, the hard times. The times you understand, the times you don't.

The times when it looks to be prosperous. And the times when it looks to be hopeless. God is not going to fail you.

God is going to keep you. And there will be a heavenly presence. To assist you this whole time.

Lest you should be overthrown or overcome. By the temptations or the testings that are all around you. And lastly, seeing he could not turn Jesus.

From the truth that he knew of the word of God. He says to him. Well this whole world is given to me.

And I can give it to whoever I want to give it to. All the kingdoms of the world and all their glory belong to me. If you will just do it my way.

If you will fall down and worship me. Then you don't have to go to the cross. Basically is what he was saying.

Then you don't have to die. I won't have to cast you down. I won't have to harm you as it is.

Or take away your life. You can have it all if you will just bow down. And worship me.

And Jesus said away with you Satan. It is written you shall worship the Lord your God. And him only shall you serve.

Verse 11 says then the devil left him. And behold angels came and ministered to him. Praise be to God.

That's exactly what the scripture says. He will give his angels charge over you. To keep you in all your ways.

In their hands they will bear you up. Lest you dash your foot against a stone. Now what was the devil so afraid of? In Psalm 91.

That if you and I laid hold of it. That his power over us would be broken. His power over us.

To cause us to think that somehow God won't provide for us. In the midst of our hunger. Or our hardship.

Or whatever it is that you and I have to face in the days ahead. The promise of God is that we will have provision. Seek first the kingdom of God.

And all these things shall be added to you. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. All these things shall be added unto you.

What was he so afraid of? First of all he was afraid that we would find this hidden place of God. Where our confidence in his keeping power can no longer be broken. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High.

Psalm 91 verse 1. Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. And I will say of the Lord he is my refuge and my fortress. My God in him I will trust.

I will trust on the good days. I will trust on the bad days. I will trust when I hit the notes in the song.

I will trust when my voice cracks and I can't hit them. I will trust when there is money in the bank. And I will trust when I have to trust God to pay my bills.

I will trust in God. Hallelujah. This has to be our prayer in this generation.

God take me to this place. Take me to this place of trust in you God. Oh Jesus Christ Son of God.

Don't let me trust in my own reasonings. My own resources. My own thinking.

My own abilities. My own strength. My own reasonings.

God Almighty. Give me the ability to trust in your word. That the things you say to me are true.

They cannot be contravened. They cannot be thrown away. God Almighty.

You cannot be tested. When Satan said to Jesus. Throw yourself all off the pinnacle of the temple.

And see if God will fulfill the scripture that he promised you. And he said you will not test the Lord your God. In other words you don't have to test God.

He is not a man that can lie. When he speaks he speaks the truth. What he says he means.

He doesn't have to say anything twice. He says it once and he means it. He never had to say let there be light.

I said let there be light. I said let there be light. He said it once.

Let there be light. And light was. And the darkness had to give way to light.

He has all power. He has all authority. He commands everything in heaven and everything on the earth.

And when he promises you and I something. He is good to keep his promise. When he promises that he will keep our families.

He will keep our families. When he promises that our houses won't fall in the midst of the storm. They will not fall in the midst of the storm.

When God promises he will keep us. He will keep us. Satan fears that we will be protected.

In verse 3 it says surely he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and the perilous pestilence. He knows that the trust in God is to be protected from hidden traps. I have to honestly tell you.

I have had so many traps set before me over the years. And only after I got through them did I realize they were a trap. It's amazing.

It's amazing. I can honestly stand here and say this is absolutely true. I have had traps set for me as a Christian person from the day of my conversion.

But not one of them has ever succeeded. Not one. As a matter of fact everybody who set a trap for me ended up with egg on their face.

When it was all over. Everyone who set a trap for me the trap sprung on them and pulled them up into a tree. Every time a trap was set.

God almighty made a way through it. And I didn't even know it was a trap until I got through to the other side. Looked back and said hey that was a trap.

Somebody tried to trap me. But the protective hand of God was on my life. Hallelujah to the Lamb of God.

And protected from the perverseness that destroys. It's defined in the original text as the perversity that destroys when God removes his hand of protection. Pray for this nation.

God almighty don't take your hand away from this nation. Because we have had a season of seeing what perverseness looks like. When evil becomes good and good becomes evil.

The sexualizing of our children. The gender confusing of young adults. The mutilation of young bodies.

The redefining of marriage. We have seen what perverseness looks like. But the promise is when if God has to lift his hand.

If the society completely rejects him. You will not be touched by this evil as it touches the nation. God says I will protect you.

I will keep you from hidden traps. And the perverseness of a world without God will not touch you. Will not touch your home.

Will not touch your family. Will not steal your children. God says I will fight for your house.

I will fight for your family. I will open the prison doors. Give sight to the blind and set the captives free.

That's who Jesus Christ is. And that's what Jesus Christ does. Oh hallelujah.

It's time to have confidence in God folks. It's time to trust in God. It's time to stand up and say God will not fail me.

God will not forsake me. The enemy will not triumph over me. Satan will not have my life.

Satan will not destroy my family. Satan will not take away my ministry. God has entrusted to my hand.

The song that God has planted in my heart. The devil can't take from me. It's a song of trust given to me by God.

And it cannot be taken out of my life. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Satan fears that when we find this place of refuge. If none of the calamity he unleashes in this world. Will take away our confidence in God.

He shall cover you with his feathers. And under his wings shall you take refuge. Oh hallelujah.

David speaks of it in Psalm 23. Thou hast prepared a table for me. In the presence of mine enemies.

Hallelujah. You anoint my head with oil. And my cup overflows.

You know you and I can have enemies all around us. But God has given us a table. Hallelujah to the Lamb of God.

He's given us things to eat. That this world knows nothing about. He's given us confidence.

He's given us strength. Oh hallelujah. All our enemies can do is take out their sword.

And butter our bread for us. That's all they can do. As we sit at the table of God.

Satan fears. And knows that as the foundations of those without God wash away in the coming days. Your place of dwelling will stand.

The scripture says a thousand may fall at your side. And ten thousand at your right hand. But it will not come near you.

Only with your eyes you shall look. And see the reward of the wicked. We shall look not with judgment.

We shall look not with glee. We shall look with sorrow most of the time. And say God I wish they had trusted in you.

As we see the houses and the foundations of people. All around us beginning to collapse. In these last days.

Listen to what Jesus Christ said in Matthew chapter 7. Verse 24. Whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them. I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And the rain descended. And the floods came. And the winds blew.

And beat on that house. And it did not fall. For it was founded on the rock.

But everyone who hears these sayings of mine. And does not do them will be like his. A foolish man who built his house on the sand.

And the rains descended. The floods came. And the winds blew.

And beat on that house. And it fell. And great was its fall.

You and I will have to go through the same storms as everybody else. In our generation. And I know you feel it in your heart.

That we are in a very unstable time right now worldwide. We're in a difficult moment worldwide. We don't know what's going to break out.

We don't know will the economies of the world survive the coming days. We don't know if war will increase in our time. We don't know.

We just know we're living in an extremely uncertain time. But the one thing I do know. Is that I have built my house on a place, on a solid foundation.

And I might stand in the same storm. And I'm looking at my neighbor on the right, left hand. As his foundation goes and his house falls.

And on the other hand, his foundation goes in his house. And I might see it. I'll see the reward, may I put it that way.

Of those who have chosen to live without God. They've chosen to deny truth. They've chosen to reject God's Son, Jesus Christ.

The Savior of the world. They've chosen to stand on their own reasonings. Just like the devil did.

They've chosen to believe that there's no consequence. To their behavior and their rejection of God. In the coming days of storm.

When their houses begin to collapse. Your house will not collapse. Your house will stand.

You will be standing in a solid place. A thousand may fall at one hand. And ten thousand on the other side.

But it will not come nigh you. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ. If you have a heart that longs for truth.

If you want to walk with God. You will stand in the coming days. The storm will not take you down.

Just like the Apostle Paul. Acts 27. You will stand on the deck of a perishing ship.

And you'll be able to say to the people. Don't be afraid. God has given me a word.

And if you will listen. If you will listen to the word of God. You'll be brought to a place of safety.

And in that place of course. We know they could consider their eternal destiny. Because obviously Paul.

Would be sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. With them. Satan also fears.

In verse 13. That you will discover the spiritual authority. That God promises to you.

You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra. The young lion and the serpent. Shall you trample underfoot.

I don't know about you. But I want the spiritual authority. That God promises to the children of God.

I want the spiritual authority. Devil you can't have my family. You can't have my children.

You're not taking my neighbor. You're not touching. That which belongs to God.

I stand against you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I stand against every weapon you form. Against the righteous.

As a matter of fact. I condemn every lying word you speak. About me.

About my life. My home. My family.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. I have a right standing in the sight of God. That's been given to me by the mercy of God.

I didn't earn it. I don't deserve it. It was given to me.

Because of the cross of Calvary. I have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore he's given me spiritual authority.

That's why we're going into the iron gates of places that were formerly closed. All over the nation. To speak the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We were barred that first year from a certain facility that I don't want to name right now. And there were actually iron gates with police officers in front of it. And I remember standing that night.

And pointing and saying. You will open. Because every door that God opens.

No man can close. And we have gone through those gates by the grace of almighty God. And we're continuing to go through those gates.

No power of this earth. Can stop the gospel of Jesus Christ. From reaching those that are crying out for a reason and for a hope in the future.

And lastly. That you will pray. Knowing that God will answer.

Verse 15 says. He's a call upon me and I will answer him. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. I wish I had time to tell you tonight. The times I have called up to God and he has answered me.

And answered specifically. According to the prayer that I prayed. The best prayer you'll ever pray.

Is the one that I still pray today. Jesus help me. That's my favorite prayer of all the prayers that I've ever prayed.

I've been praying it since the day I got saved. I still pray it. You can say it nine different ways.

If you put emphasis on the different words. And make different groupings. You can say it nine different ways.

Jesus help me. Jesus help me. You can say it different ways.

But he answers it every time. Every time I've cried out. He's helped me.

He's delivered me from something. He's brought me through something. He's given me strength I didn't have.

The devil knows that if our trust is in God. We know that we don't have to be eloquent. We don't have to pray for 15 hours straight.

We don't have to fast till our bones stick out. We just have to say. Jesus help me.

Like the blind men on the side of the road. The son of David. Have mercy on me.

Hallelujah. We can stand in the back of the church. Like the republican did and beat our chest.

Say God have mercy on me. And the next day you find yourself walking with a new strength. With a new victory.

With a new vision. With new authority. With new faith.

New understanding. A new song in your heart. You didn't pray a long prayer.

You just called out and he heard you. The devil knows this. When your trust is in God you don't need a lot of words.

Just got to mean the ones you say. You don't need a lot of words. Oh man.

He said of the Pharisees. They think they will be heard because of their much speaking. Oh no.

I've learned over the years. I don't need to say a lot. I just need to mean what I say.

And I need to believe and trust. That I am living under the shadow of the almighty. He will hold me up.

He will give his angels charge over our lives. Oh God thank you Jesus. God thank you.

For all the times that he has protected us over the years. You know when you and I get to heaven. There's some angels going to go on vacation.

Because they've been following you around. They're the ones that pushed you out of the way of that bus. They're the ones that said don't go in that bar.

They're the ones that said just walk away from that thing. Whatever it is you were considering. They're the ones.

They're the ones that caused your boss to change his or her mind. In the workplace. And lastly.

This is where it gets very very interesting to me. When Satan would say. When I cast down your Messiah.

Onto the cold stone slab of a grave. Where were the angels. That God had promised would be with him.

Because he did. And when Jesus Christ was laid into that tomb. That was carved out of a rock.

His feet did hit the stone. Just as the scripture said. And it looked like he was triumphed over.

It looked in one sense. To the one who didn't understand the ways of God. That somehow.

The word of God. That had been spoken to him. Or even misquoted.

Actually in the wilderness was not true. But John chapter 20. Verse 11 and 12.

It says Mary. Stood outside by the tomb weeping. And as she wept.

She stooped down and looked into the tomb. And saw two angels. In white sitting one at the head and the other at the feet.

Where the body of Jesus had lain. He will give his angels. Charge over you.

Lest. You dash your feet against the stone. In other words.

Lest there be a permanent defeat. Of your life. At the bottom in a sense.

Of trusting where God is leading you. I don't know what the angels were doing there. I don't know if they helped him get up.

When the spirit of God raised him from the dead. Did the angels say here let me help you. Did they unwrap him.

Did they unwind him from all the grave. I don't know what they did. All I know is they were there.

Because God said they would be there. God said his son would not be triumphed over. God said.

I will send angels. And they will hold you up. Lest you suffer defeat.

When you are cast down. Oh hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Have you ever met an angel? I know people who have. I'm not going to get spooky on you. I just know people.

I just know people who have. I know credible people who have. I know a man one time.

Who was running away from God. And he decided he was a minister. And he decided he was running away from God.

And. He walked down this long road. And said I've had it.

I've had it with ministry. I'm not serving God anymore. I'm finished.

I'm done. And suddenly a pickup truck drives by. And says get in.

The driver says get in. He says no I'm not getting in the truck with you. I don't even know you.

The driver said get in the truck. He said no. He said I'm telling you get in.

He said I felt compelled. So I got in the truck. And I was getting ready to slug this guy a few.

And the driver of the truck said. What you're considering doing is a mistake. You are called of God.

God has called you. It's a mistake. You need to go back.

And you need to surrender yourself to God. And carry on in ministry. And then the truck turns around.

Takes him back to his hotel. And drops him off. And when he gets out of the truck.

He suddenly realizes. I never told this man what hotel I'm staying in. And he turned around.

Because the hotel was out in the middle of the country. And he turned around to try to wave at the truck. And he looked.

And there's no truck either way on the road. There's no truck. And he knows.

He told me. This man is credible. You actually know him.

He said. I've met an angel. Turned me away from what I was thinking of doing.

And brought me back to the calling of God. And this same man has preached the gospel to millions of people. Since that day.

Praise be to God. I don't want to tell you his name. Because it's not my story to tell.

It's his. Maybe next time he preaches here. He might tell you the story himself.

I guess the point of what God's given me to say. God help me. To abide under the shadow of the almighty.

The shadow. The promise. The presence.

Protection. The word. The faithfulness.

Goodness of God. Help me God. To stop stepping.

In and out. And in and out. Believe not believe.

Believe not believe. God I don't want to live that way anymore. I want to walk.

I want to dwell under the shadow. Of the most high. I want the spiritual authority.

You speak about. I want to be delivered from the traps. That are set for me.

I don't want to be a partaker. Of the perverseness that's hitting. The society all around us.

I want to be protected from it God. I don't want to be concerned. When I read the news and there's terror by night.

And arrows flying by day. And pestilence walking in darkness. And destruction that lays waste at noonday.

When the storms come. I want my house to stand. And I want to be able to call out.

To my neighbors and maybe help them. To get on a solid foundation. I want the eyes.

To see the protection of God. Even though my eyes may see. A thousand fall at my right hand.

And ten thousand at my left. I want to live in a place God. Of confidence.

That even when it looks like I'm overthrown. I'm not. Even when it looks like there's no way out.

There is. Even when it looks like death has conquered. It hasn't.

I love the fact that my wife Pastor Teresa. Was speaking here the night that. Some administered here and she said.

There is no death in my dying. I love that saying. There is no death in my dying.

Not even death can conquer us. We eternally walk with God. I remember David Wilkerson.

Standing on this very platform. Some of you may have seen the message. He walked from there over to here.

He said one day I'm going to step off the curb. And I'm going to walk into the presence of God. One day I'm going to leave this life.

As a matter of fact he attributed it to an accident. Believe it or not. I'm going to leave this world and I'm not dying.

He said I'm going to be stepping right into the presence of God. There is no death in our dying. Not even death is victorious over us.

Do you really get that? I'm not going to die. I'm going to cast off this shell one day. Thank God.

But I'm going to have a new body in heaven. I'm going to be just as alive. Matter of fact I'm going to be more alive.

I'm going to be in a place where there's no more sorrow. There's no more tears. There's no more sighing.

Thank God. I won't get tired in that place. I can eat everything I want and not get fat up in heaven.

Thank God. What a day that's going to be. We're going to be brought into a place of such revelation and such glory that our heads would explode if we understood it right now.

We can't even begin to imagine the eyes and seeing the hearts not embrace what God has prepared for those who love Him. Oh no! There's no victory in dying. There's no victory over you or me in anything this world is going to throw at us.

Because we are living under the shadow of the Almighty. Heaven is my home. Hallelujah! To the Lamb of God.

And until that day comes I don't want to give up an ounce of confidence in my heart in God. I trust in God. He has never failed me.

He's brought me through fire, flood, trial, sickness, disappointment, everything I can imagine. Traps and stairs and all the rest of it. And here we are, praise God, waiting to go home.

Bring me Almighty God under the shadow of the Almighty. Oh Jesus. You see, I'm 71 now.

72 in September. Wow is right. I fell down the stairs this morning, by the way.

And I'm still here. I was carrying a puppy and the puppy is completely fine. I didn't let him go.

I held on to him. Point being, the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. I just want to say I trust in God.

I trust in God. It's a wonderful place to live. I don't know.

I'm happy. I have a trust in God. I'm not affected by the news.

My house is going to stand. My children are coming home to heaven. My grandchildren are coming home to heaven.

I thank God I'm not going alone. I'm going to take a lot of people with me. I thank God that He's given us spiritual authority.

We can tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. I thank God that our prayers can still move mountains. I thank God that our prayers can still open iron gates.

I thank God that we do change from image to image and glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord. I thank God that we live until God takes us home. There is no decline in the Christian life.

We are promised in the Word of God that we will still bear fruit in old age for God to prove that there's no unrighteousness in Him. Thank you Jesus. Thank you God.

As long as I have breath in this body I am going to be encouraging you to trust in God. Trust in God with all your heart. Seems like I've been yelling a lot tonight.

I want to give an altar call tonight. If the worship team wants to come and like I say when I say I'm done, I am. So don't dilly dally getting up here, okay guys.

It's so sweet to trust in Him. It's so wonderful. I know there are people here tonight that you're going through you're going through hell but thank God you're going through.

You're not staying there. I know there are people here tonight that life is not easy at this moment. I know there's people here tonight that are afraid of the future.

I know there's others that are struggling with traps that were set for you or maybe even struggling with the perversion of the society that wants to eat away at your mind and take away your confidence in God. But the promise is if you will put yourself under the shadow of God, that just means an abiding trust in your heart. If you bring yourself to a place where you say I trust in God He will do everything He said.

You learned Psalm 91 He will do everything He said in this psalm for you. This is the word that the devil himself feared. It's the word it's the psalm that he used to attack Christ in the wilderness because he knew there was something in this psalm that would destroy his kingdom.

It would destroy his influence over the minds and the hearts of people who trusted in God. He knew that if God succeeded in drawing us into that place of confidence in Him that His kingdom, the devil's kingdom would have no more authority over us. Couldn't lead us around anymore.

Couldn't cause us to be afraid. We would be in a place of trust and confidence in God. That's your fight tonight.

That's what we've been fighting for tonight from the beginning of this service. Because that's the hardest battle of all is to trust in God. The hardest battle is to stop leaning on our own understanding and put ourselves in that place of saying God I am going to choose to trust you.

It doesn't have to be a sunny day every day in my life. I don't have to know what tomorrow is going to bring. But I do know one thing.

I can trust in you and you promise, you promise that you will keep me. You will preserve me. You will protect me.

You will use my life for your glory. You promise that I will stand and my house will stand in the midst of the storm. You promise a song in my heart that won't be taken away by the circumstances of life.

You promise a spiritual authority over the darkness in my life that when I pray you will hear me and you will answer me. The devil knew this and he had to go after it. But he's not taking it from me.

He's not touching my confidence in God. Sometimes it's just a declaration. We simply get out of our seats and you have the opportunity to do it tonight and we come forward and say God I'm going to trust you.

I don't have to know the answer. I don't have to see the end of the storm. But I trust you I'm going to stand in the storm.

It's not going to take me down. I trust you God you're going to keep my mind in this crooked society I'm now living in. I trust you God that I'm not going to be afraid.

No matter what happens around me I'm going to stand because I'm going to stand under the shadow of your wings. Let's stand together and if that's you tonight and you want to make that declaration would you come so we can pray together. Would you just move out of your seat make your way down here and we're going to pray.

I will trust in God. I will trust in God. Don't stay in your situation any longer.

Hallelujah. Just come. Blessed assurance Jesus is mine He's been my fourth man in the fire time after time born of His spirit washed in His blood and what He did for me on Calvary is more than enough I trust in God my Savior the one who will never fail no no He will never fail I trust in God my Savior the one who will never fail He will never fail perfect submission of His address for the author of tomorrow as Lord I say this is my story this is my song I'm praising my risen King and Savior all the day long I trust in God my Savior the one who will never the one who will The confidence comes from the Word of God, and from a life of seeing God do what I'm telling you He does.

I've been through the fire, been through the flood, been through sickness, been through betrayal, been through heartache, and my house has stood. I'll be there. I'll be there.

Father, I pray for my brothers and sisters at this altar tonight. God, there's nothing I can do. There's not many mighty, not many noble here, not many of royal birth, but God, you've chosen us.

In our weakness, our struggles, our trials, our mistakes, you've chosen us. And because of it, God, we trust you. We trust you.

Because we were your choice. Why wouldn't we trust you? Father, I pray that that trust go deep into every heart of you, that we would not go back and speak the same old words that we were speaking today before you came in. Father, I pray that that trust go deep into every heart of you, that we would not go back and speak the same old words that we were speaking today before you came in.

God, I pray that you would put your words in my heart. Oh God, please, everyone who's here, every man and every woman, every young person, every old person, give us that strength to come in front of you and always pray for you. And when we get to the end of our days, should you tarry, may we be the ones who carry this torch to the next generation and say to those coming after us, you can trust in God.

He won't fail you. He's been with me all the days of my life. He's kept me.

God, not just keep us, but you said that you would answer our prayers. So God, I pray for spiritual authority to be here at this altar with these men and women. I pray and believe to see people set free in their schools, in their jobs, in neighborhoods and communities, wherever they are, that they would believe to see people set free and take authority over the darkness that blinds people's eyes.

I pray, Lord Jesus Christ, that you would raise these men and women up to be a mighty army, a mighty voice for you, God, in this city or wherever they come from around the tri-state area. I pray, God, that you would raise your voice to them, a voice of calm, a voice of power, a voice of confidence and authority. May we not be found speaking the things that people outside the kingdom of God speak every day.

Deliver us from their conversations. Bring us in line with your word. For just a little while.

Just go ahead. Next two minutes, just talk to God. Tell him you trust him.

In your situation, whatever your situation might be, just tell him you trust him. These are the tears of trust that are here tonight. I can't change it.

God bless you. Put your hand on the shoulder of somebody beside you, please, if you wouldn't, just pray for each other. Jalita, say prayer.

I trust in God. My Savior, Lord. I trust in God.

I trust in God. My Savior, Lord. The one who will never fail.

I sought the Lord. I sought the Lord. Answered.

I sought the Lord. Answered. I sought the Lord.

And that's why I trust him. That's why I trust him. I sought the Lord.

I sought the Lord. Yes, he did. I sought the Lord.

That's why I trust him. That's why I trust him. Every time we have a victory, there should be a shout of glory in your soul.

Every time. Every time. I said there should be a shout of glory in your soul.