Help From Heaven

0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:03.160 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:05.960 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:08.440 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:09.720 blessing and share it with a. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:13.040 Friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:16.280 your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.000 you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:22.160 during the week to our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:25.560 social media, and you can come visit us in person. 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:27.400 We'd love to have you be a part of one 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:30.480 of our services. And I'd like to start with something funny. 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.560 And I heard about this man that was very stingy 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.920 with his money, and just before his death, he made 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.320 his wife promise that she would have him buried with 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:43.360 the fifty thousand dollars he had saved. His wife reluctantly agreed, 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.640 and at the funeral, right before they closed the casket, 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.360 she snuck in this small wooden box. Her friend said, 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:53.360 surely you didn't just bury the money. She said, of 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.800 course I did. I'm a Christian. I can't lie. The 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.640 friend said, you mean you just buried fifty thousand dollars. 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:04.039 He said, yes, I did. I wrote a check say 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:07.000 it like a man. It This is my Bible. I 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.520 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:12.080 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:15.440 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:20.440 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.600 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:28.280 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:32.280 help from heaven. We all face challenges that we don't 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.679 see how we can overcome. We don't have the finances 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.160 for our dreams, or our health isn't improving. Maybe a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:42.840 child is still off course. It's easy to get discouraged 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:47.480 and feel alone and even helpless. That's the way David felt. 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.600 He was hiding in a cave trying to survive. King 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.840 Saul was chasing him through the desert. Saul had a 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:58.800 whole army coming after him. David was by himself. He 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:03.200 had no weapons, no protection. What made it worse is 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.960 David had done no wrong. He had been good to 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.600 King's song. He played the harp when Saul was depressed. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:14.360 He was Saul's armor bearer. But Saul became jealous. He 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:17.640 couldn't stand the favor on David's life, and now he 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.760 was making David miserable. Have you ever been good to 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:24.320 someone but they turned on you. You did your best 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.280 at were but people tried to push you down. You 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.960 worked hard for a dream, but something unfair happening. Now 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:35.239 you feel stuck. David could have been bitter, angry, God, 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:37.880 why did this happen? This could have been the end 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.520 of David, where he faded off into the sunset. But 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:45.360 David knew a secret. Sitting in that cave, he wrote 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:49.400 this passage in Psalm fifty seven. I am surrounded by 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:54.359 fierce lines, those whose teeth pierced like spears, and tongues 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:58.880 cut like swords. I am weary from so much distress. 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:03.560 He was honest, God, I'm overwhelmed. Everything has come against me. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.240 I don't know how it can go on. He went 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.360 on to say, I cry out to the Most time, 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.880 for he will send help from Heaven, rescuing me from 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:18.840 my enemies. David understood that he wasn't fighting on his own, 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.520 that it wasn't just up to him, but help from 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.919 Heaven was on the way. He had seen this when 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.919 he faced Goliath, a giant twice his size. He didn't 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:33.839 have a chance. The odds against him, but help from 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:39.080 heaven came. God breathed on his slingshot, gave him supernatural ability, 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:42.520 and he brought the giant down. He should have been 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:46.200 stuck out in the shepherd's fields where his father left him, 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:50.040 didn't call him in. When the prophet Samuel came to 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.400 choose one of the sons as the next king, David 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.880 was overlooked, left out, didn't have a fair shot. But 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:01.760 help from heaven came. The oil wouldn't flow to one 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.760 of the other sons, Samuel couldn't anoint them. Why is 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:11.040 that there are heavenly forces fighting for you, angels. God 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:15.120 has an assignment to assist you. What you're up against 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:19.360 may be too much for you, but these powerful warriors 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.680 will push back what's trying to stop you. They are 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:27.719 dispatched with healing, freedom and breakthroughs. When you run out 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:31.720 of options and you don't have the strength the experience, 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:35.679 you could live worried. Now have a new perspective. Help 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:39.640 from heaven is coming. Miracles are being set into motion. 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:43.440 See we look at things in the natural, Joel, this 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.120 is what I have and these are my options. Here's 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:49.720 the medical report, here's the family I come from. What 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.480 you can't see is what Heaven is about to do. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:57.159 And Jesus said to Peter, it's dangerous to see things 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:01.160 only from a human point of view. Interesting that Jesus 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:05.320 used the word dangerous. That's a strong word. He could 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:09.360 have said it's not good, it's unwise, it may limit you. 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.880 But the reason he said dangerous is if you only 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.080 look at what you're up against from a human perspective, 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.839 you can miss your destiny. He can think, Man, I'll 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:25.200 never get well. Joel saw so much bigger, this addiction stronger. 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.040 I don't have a chance. No, instead of giving up, 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.400 why don't you look up? Help from heaven is on 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:36.440 the way. You are God's most prized possession. He chose 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:40.360 you before you could choose him. He's planned your days, 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:45.120 ordered your steps, crowned you with favor. He goes before you, 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:50.000 making crooked places straight. He has his angels watching after you. 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.280 You're not doing life on your own. All of Heaven 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.680 is fighting for you. When you can't figure out what 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.200 to do, how to work out that's when you have 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.640 to do like David, It's okay to be honest God. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.640 This child is breaking my heart. This medical report doesn't 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.320 look good. And this jerk at work, I mean, this person, 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:12.960 it works getting on my nerves. But God, I want 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.680 to thank you that help from heaven is on the 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:21.000 way that you're fighting my battles, sustaining me, providing, protecting, 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:25.680 bringing victory. David said, I will lift my eyes to 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.359 the heavens from whence my health comes. I talked to 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:32.040 a man after service last week and ask him how 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.920 he was doing, and seemed like he was fine, looks 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.120 successful and content, but he put his head down for 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.040 a long time. He finally looked up and said, Joel, 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:45.240 I'm going through hell. He lost a family member tragically 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.919 and dealing with an illness. He said, I feel so lost, 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.919 so alone, so overwhelmed, big tears running down his cheeks. 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.120 There's a lot of pain in the world, a lot 0:06:56.120 --> 0:07:01.000 of sadness. The scripture says, God collects your tears. He 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:05.080 knows the pain and the unfair things, and these times 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:08.080 we don't have any good options. There's no way out. 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.920 But can I encourage you? When hell comes against you, 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:17.080 Heaven comes to rescue. You are a God's property. You 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.600 belong to the most high. He has you in the 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:24.400 palm of his hand. He's not gonna leave you defenseless. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.880 When forces come to try to stop your destiny, bring 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:33.080 trouble lass. Looks like you're stuck. Heaven doesn't stay silent. 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:38.440 Angels are dispatched, Miracles are set into motion. God is 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.800 fighting for you. Turnarounds are coming. Things that you couldn't 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.640 make happen. Looks like you're at the mercy of the 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.520 medical reporter. That child's too far off course now, the 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:53.760 addictions too strong. Or stay in peace. You have a defender, 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:59.360 a waymaker, a healer, a provider, a chain breaker. Help 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:03.840 from is on the way. I was watching this old 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:07.560 Western movie and this army had dwindled down to nothing. 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:12.000 They'd been battered and bruised and lost many men, and 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.000 now they're running out of supplies, all beat up on 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.920 their last leg, and there was an enemy army on 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:22.520 the other side of the mountain, much bigger, much more equipment. 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.800 They were about to attack. It was a very emotional 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.760 scene as they were coming to the end and they 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:32.040 were saying their goodbyes and preparing to either be captured 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:35.800 or killed. They had already accepted defeat. Wasn't any way out, 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.920 but way off in the distance one soldier saw this 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:45.199 dust billowing from an army approaching these horses coming full speed. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:49.000 They were confused because the enemy army was in the 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:53.880 other directions. They got their binoculars focused in. When they 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.600 saw the flag, they realized it was an ally army 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.960 coming to rescue them. In a few minutes, they heard 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:05.280 the bugles playing. They couldn't believe it. They started shouting, 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.760 the cavalry is coming, The cavalry is coming. I mean 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.400 one moment they were discouraged, thinking they were done, preparing 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:16.280 to surrender. Now they're excited. They got all this power 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:20.520 force back up. When that enemy army came, it was 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.800 like surprise, we are not who you thought we were. 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:28.960 We're bigger, stronger, more powerful. They easily defeated the opposition. 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:34.040 Were sometimes in life like that, Men said, hell has 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.880 come against us. We're dealing with a sickness or family 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:41.400 trouble or business had a set back, and we end 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:46.680 up bruised, kind of alone. We're suffering from battle fatigue. 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:51.280 We've stood strong, we fought well, but now we don't 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.880 think we have the strength to keep pursuing the dream, 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:58.079 the passion to keep fighting for our marriage, the endurance 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.160 to keep believing for our healing retired. What you can't 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:06.280 see is the cavalry is coming. There are forces that 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.600 have your back when you run out of options, out 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:13.599 of strength. Heaven is on the way. Angels are en 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:17.559 route to assist you, to push back darkness, to open 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:21.319 doors you couldn't open, to bring healing, to bring breakthrough. 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:26.040 It's interesting that it's called the cavalry, reinforcements and back 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:30.720 up when heaven comes. It's because of what happened on Calvary. 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:35.600 It's because Jesus gave his life, defeated the enemy. Now 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:39.360 he has all power. That phrase the cavalry is coming 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:42.920 because in the natural means back up and soldiers. But 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.880 when we say the cavalry is coming, I'm talking about 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:51.079 heavenly forces, the most High God fighting for you. On 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:55.280 your own. You may be outnumbered. What you're up against 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:59.840 is bigger, more powerful. But I got by binoculars through 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:03.120 my eyes of faith. I can see dust in the distance. 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:06.120 I can hear the trumpets blowing. What is that the 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:10.360 cavalry is on the way. That sickness should take you out, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.440 but healing is coming. That bad break should keep you 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:18.640 in debt, but abundance is coming. That family member running 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:22.599 with the wrong crowd should stop his purpose. But breakthrough 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:27.800 is coming back up. Forces are hitting you, away, angels 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:31.560 with the favor of God on assignment to assist you, 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:35.760 to strengthen you, to fight for you. If you could 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:40.040 see into the unseen realm, you would see these powerful 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:44.640 warriors working on your behalf, pushing back what's trying to 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:49.360 stop you, and breaking through what belongs to you. When 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.360 thoughts tell you and all your stuff it's too much, 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.800 You're too tired. You fought too long. Just look up 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.600 and say, Father, thank you. That the cavalry is coming. 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.480 Thank you, that health from heaven is on the way. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:06.960 Heaven's help is supernatural. It's good breaks chasing you down, 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:13.239 healing the right people showing up, freedom from bondagesm generational 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:18.640 limitations being broken. Tewod King's Chapter six. The King of 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:22.880 Syria found out that the prophet Elisha was telling the 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:27.600 Israelites battle plans of the Syrian army every time they 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.600 made a move to attack the Israelites. Elisha knew it 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.880 and went and told the commanders they were always one 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:37.679 step ahead of the Syrians. Well, this king was furious. 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:42.400 He sent a whole army, thousands of soldiers and horses 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:47.600 to capture one man, Elisha. That's how powerful you are. 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.559 The enemy knows it. The question is do you know it? 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.280 Do you realize who you are and what you have 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.679 that because you belong to the most high, his favor 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:03.800 is your life, that there are heavenly forces backing you up. 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:08.640 The army snuck up at night and surrounded Elisha's house, 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:13.320 and the next morning, Elisha's assistant went out, and when 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:17.840 he saw thousands of troops and horses, he panicked, ran 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:22.160 back in. Woke Elisha up, Sir, we're surrounded. There's no 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:26.440 way out. Everywhere I look I saw the Syrian army, 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:31.199 not hundreds, but thousands. He was so distraught, so upset. 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:35.120 Elisha said, don't worry. There are more for us than 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:38.680 there are against us. His assistant thought, he must still 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.320 be asleep. He's groggy. He doesn't understand it. And no, Elisha, 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:45.840 there are two of us, there are thousands of them. 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.000 This is why Jesus said it's dangerous if you only 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:53.400 see things from a human point of view. Because the 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.760 assistant was correct, they were surrounded. It was two people 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:03.040 verse twenty thousand. Well, Elisha understood that when the enemy 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:08.040 comes against you, Heaven shows up. God doesn't stay silent. 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.720 You may be outnumbered in the natural, but in the 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:15.280 unseen realm, there are more for you than there are 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:19.120 against you. While you were sleeping, the cavalry showed up. 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:24.120 God is watching over you. Nothing happens that he doesn't see. 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.440 When saw's chasing you and you're hiding in that cave, 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.560 so to speak, you can say, like David, I know 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:35.840 help from Heaven is on the way. Elisha didn't condemn 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.040 the assistant man. You need to have more faith. Why 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:43.160 are you always doubting? He simply prayed. Lord opened his 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.480 eyes and let him see. He went back out and 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.880 looked the second time. This time he could see into 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:53.400 the unseen realm. He didn't just see the army that 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:57.720 was surrounding them. He saw a heavenly army, hundreds of 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:03.760 thousands of these powerful, arring angels, dressed and ready for battle, 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:08.480 chariots of fire all across the mountain side. He thought 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:12.400 he was surrounded. The fact is the enemy was surrounded. 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.240 You may feel like you're surrounded today. What you're up 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:20.200 against is bigger, stronger. It's closing in. But what you 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:24.360 can't see is the forces of heaven are surrounding. What's 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:29.080 surrounding you feels like that trouble, that debt, that cancer 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:33.240 has you surrounded, But the cavalry has shown up. That 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.720 cancer is surrounded by the forces of heaven. Your child 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:42.120 is surrounded by angels. Your business is surrounded by the 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:46.760 favor of God. He's your protector, your shield, your healer, 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:51.560 your provider. No heaven faith doesn't keep us from trouble. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:56.200 But when trouble shows up, Heaven comes down. God dispatches 0:15:56.240 --> 0:16:00.640 these warring angels to watch after you, protect you, to 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.880 push back the darkness. And Elisha prayed that God would 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.680 make this enemy army blind to who he was. The 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:12.440 Syrian commander knocked on the door said, we're here looking 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:16.280 for Elisha. Elisha said, I'm so sorry. He's not here. 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.840 You've got the wrong house. In fact, you're in the 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:23.920 wrong city. If you'll follow me, I'll take you to Elisha. 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:28.640 One lie after another, sometimes you have to lie in faith. 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.720 I don't know if that's in the scripture, but anyway, 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:36.120 this commander said, thank you so much. He followed Elisha 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.880 all the way to Samaria, to the Israelites camp. When 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:44.520 they arrived, Elisha prayed. Now God opened their eyes. Suddenly 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:48.280 they realized they were in Samaria, captured by the Israelites. 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:52.120 The scripture says, the trap the enemy set for you, 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:56.280 they will fall in themselves. God knows how to turn 0:16:56.400 --> 0:17:00.280 things in your favor. I know this mother was so 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.760 concerned about her son, and he'd grown up in church 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:07.399 and had great parents. But after college he started running 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.240 with the wrong crowd and got involved in drugs, struggled 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:15.200 with addictions, and he ended up selling drugs. His life 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:19.000 was spiraling out of control. This mother had done everything 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:22.840 she could, prayed, stood in faith. She got him into 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:26.000 recovery at one point, but he wouldn't stay there. This 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:29.399 had gone on year after year, and now she was tired, 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:34.320 run down, didn't know any more she could do. God 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:38.800 sees these times you feel helpless alone, You don't have 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.800 any more options. Stay in peace. The Calvary is coming. 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:47.880 Like with Elisha, Angels have been dispatched to push back 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.800 the darkness, to rescue your child, to bring your healing, 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:55.639 the freedom, the breakthroughs. You're not fighting on your own. 0:17:56.080 --> 0:18:00.640 Heaven is fighting for you. God is concerned about what 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.760 concerns you a child that keeps you up at night, 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:08.920 the medical situation, the struggle in your business, thoughts whisper 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:12.600 and you're on your own. Nobody cares. Just get through it. 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:16.639 No God knows everything you're going through. He feels the pain, 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.600 he sees the lonely nights. He's going to step in 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.400 and do things that you can't do. One night, this 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:27.960 young man was in another country. A drug deal had 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.199 gone wrong, and he owed this man a lot of 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:33.400 money and wasn't able to pay in These people were 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.359 after him. His life was on the line, and he 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:40.560 was hiding in a bathroom in this old downtown warehouse. 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:44.399 He locked the door, got behind a stall, hoping that 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.679 he wouldn't be found. Hour after hour went by. He 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.880 was so afraid. He knew if he was caught, wasn't 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:54.200 going to be good. Three in the morning, he heard 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:59.520 rumbling outside the building, people talking, all this commotion, and 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.440 his heart was beating so fast. He knew they were closing. 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:06.240 In the warehouse, door flung open, he could hear the 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:09.960 footsteps getting closer and closer, people calling his name, Where 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:13.320 are you? Where are you? Then the moment came he 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.680 feared the most. They started pulling on the bathroom door, 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.080 trying to break the lock, working, working, Finally, one of 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:22.280 the men stepped back and kicked with all his might. 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:27.000 The door came crashing open, slammed against the wall, sounded 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:30.680 like an explosion. He thought, oh man, I'm done. This 0:19:30.760 --> 0:19:33.960 is the end. He had accepted his fate was sealed. 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:37.800 As he was sitting there, braced for the harm. They 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:41.960 opened the stall and said, we're with teen Challenge. We 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:44.760 heard you were in trouble. We came to rescue you. 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:48.520 This young man was a part of Teen Challenge many 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:52.479 years earlier. It's a ministry for young people. Somehow they 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:55.960 had gotten word in this foreign country that he needed help. 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:58.840 They got him out of there and saved his life 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:04.600 today and clean fulfilling his purpose. What am I saying? 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:07.960 When you don't see your way out, help from Heaven 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:11.760 is coming. God knows how to speak to the right people. 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:14.560 He knows how to keep you hidden from the enemy, 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:18.040 how to rescue you from trouble, turn your sickness around 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:21.639 open doors that you couldn't open. Maybe you're in a 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:26.119 situation like this mother. You prayed, you stood in faith, 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:30.560 but hasn't worked out. You tended to think You're stuck. 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.840 You'll always be lonely, have family issues, can't get out 0:20:34.880 --> 0:20:38.600 of that financial strain. I've got good news. The Calvary 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:42.800 is coming back up, is on the way. Reinforcement is 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:47.840 already en route. Things you can't explain. Favor you didn't 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:53.240 deserve healing that confounds the experts, breakthroughs when it looked permanent, 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:57.760 the right people suddenly finding you. Wasn't a lucky break, 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:01.760 wasn't a coincidence that would help from heaven. That was 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:06.000 the most tie, rescuing, protecting, bringing you out of what 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:09.639 should have stopped you. Luke. Chapter one, There was a 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:13.800 man named Zacharian. His wife Elizabeth, had been bearing for 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:17.240 her whole life, not able to have a child, and 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:19.720 now they were both way too old to have children. 0:21:20.320 --> 0:21:23.159 For many years, they had prayed and believed to have 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:25.920 a baby, but didn't work out the way they thought. 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:29.840 They'd accepted it wasn't meant to be. Well. An angel 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:33.720 appeared to Zachariah and said, God has heard your prayer. 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:37.359 Your wife Elizabeth will have a son. You are to 0:21:37.480 --> 0:21:41.760 name him John. They had given up on having a baby, 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:47.520 but notice God heard their prayers. All those prayers. You prayed, 0:21:47.560 --> 0:21:51.359 but nothing happened. You think it's too late, that ship 0:21:51.359 --> 0:21:54.679 has already sailed. You don't know what God is up to. 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:59.440 Sometimes God will wait on purpose where the odds will 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:02.280 be against us in a greater way, so when he 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:05.800 does it, everyone will know it's his power, it's his 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:10.240 favor on your line. Zachariah said to the angel, I 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:13.479 don't see how this can happen. I am an old man, 0:22:13.960 --> 0:22:18.080 and my wife is well along in years. Notice he 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:21.560 didn't call his wife an old lady. He's a smart man. 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:25.359 Our wives are never old, they're well along in years. 0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:31.960 Zachariah doubted, that's not possible. That defies logic. He was 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:35.239 telling the angel all the reasons it wouldn't happen. The 0:22:35.280 --> 0:22:39.520 angel said Zachariah, I am Gabriel. I stand in the 0:22:39.640 --> 0:22:43.320 very presence of God. What he has spoken will come 0:22:43.359 --> 0:22:47.280 to pass. Zachariah was looking at it in the natural. 0:22:47.880 --> 0:22:51.480 Gabriel said, I've come from heaven. I have help that 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:54.960 you haven't seen. The Most High God has given me 0:22:55.080 --> 0:22:59.919 his authority. We all face situations like Zachariah. The seamen 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:04.360 possible it's too late to accomplish a dream. The problem 0:23:04.400 --> 0:23:07.720 too big, I'll never meet the right person, never have 0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:11.800 a baby. We look at it logically, how can it happen? 0:23:11.840 --> 0:23:16.760 There's no way, But imagine Gabriel standing before you, this powerful, 0:23:17.280 --> 0:23:21.199 majestic angel. He says, wait a minute, I stand in 0:23:21.240 --> 0:23:25.040 the presence of Almighty God. I carry the authority of 0:23:25.080 --> 0:23:29.639 the Most High to release Heaven's health, to bring about 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:33.720 what he is purpose. All of Heaven is backing up 0:23:33.800 --> 0:23:36.960 what God put in your heart. And you may be correct, 0:23:37.040 --> 0:23:40.760 it can't happen in the natural, but supernatural forces at work. 0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:45.679 Help from Heaven is coming to do what you can't do. Now, 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:49.600 don't talk yourself out of it, Gabriel told Zachariah. Since 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:52.880 you doubt it, since you're gonna go around speaking against 0:23:52.920 --> 0:23:56.359 what God has purpose, I'm gonna shut your mouth and 0:23:56.440 --> 0:23:59.479 you're not gonna be able to talk for nine months. 0:23:59.480 --> 0:24:04.159 He couldn't. That's how powerful our words are. You go 0:24:04.200 --> 0:24:07.320 around saying, I never get well, I can't break the addiction. 0:24:07.800 --> 0:24:12.320 We'll always struggle. You are stopping help from Heaven. You 0:24:12.359 --> 0:24:16.080 are blocking the blessing. Do yourself a favor. Zip it up. 0:24:16.760 --> 0:24:20.640 If you can't be positive, be quiet, if you can't 0:24:20.680 --> 0:24:25.720 speak victory then don't say anything at all. Nine months later, 0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:30.600 when the baby was born, Zachariah could talk again. Gabriel 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:34.520 appeared to another woman around that same time, a teenage 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:38.280 girl named Mary. He said, Mary, you found favor with God. 0:24:38.880 --> 0:24:41.800 You will conceive without knowing a man, give birth to 0:24:41.840 --> 0:24:45.640 a son. You were to name him Jesus. Mary answered back, 0:24:45.880 --> 0:24:49.560 how can this be without knowing a man? Gabriel said, 0:24:49.600 --> 0:24:51.920 the spirit of God will come on you and cause 0:24:51.920 --> 0:24:55.720 you to conceive. He was saying, don't worry, Mary, help 0:24:55.760 --> 0:24:59.680 from Heaven is coming now. She could have done, like Zachariah, 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:03.639 doubt it. I don't think so, that's impossible. But Mary 0:25:03.720 --> 0:25:07.200 simply said, be it under me, even as you have said. 0:25:08.040 --> 0:25:11.040 She said, in effect, let it happen. I'm a believer, 0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:14.680 not a doubter. God puts promises in all of our 0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:18.120 hearts that don't seem possible. That you're gonna get well, 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:21.159 that your children will be mighty in the land, that 0:25:21.200 --> 0:25:25.120 you will lend and not borrow. The question is, are 0:25:25.119 --> 0:25:28.159 you gonna be like Zachariah or are you gonna be 0:25:28.280 --> 0:25:31.720 like Mary? Are you gonna doubt and I don't think so? 0:25:32.600 --> 0:25:35.359 Or are you gonna say like Mary, God, let it happen. 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:39.639 Send Heaven down, fight my battle, show yourself strong in 0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:44.679 my life. Friends, You're not fighting alone. All of Heaven 0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:48.119 is backing you up. It may look like that situation 0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:52.639 will never turn around. Nothing's improving. Can I remind you again? 0:25:52.920 --> 0:25:56.360 The Calvary is coming. I can hear trumpets, I can 0:25:56.359 --> 0:25:59.639 see the dust in the distance. Help from Heaven is 0:25:59.680 --> 0:26:03.320 on the word way. God has heard your prayers. He 0:26:03.440 --> 0:26:06.679 sees you standing in faith, doing the right thing, and 0:26:07.080 --> 0:26:11.160 angels are on assignment right now. Dispatch with your healing, 0:26:11.680 --> 0:26:16.000 your freedom, your spouse. 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