[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for listening to this wholesome word by David Entry. The words you catch will change your world. May your story change from this message. Be blessed.
[0:13] Hebrews chapter 4, from verse 9 to 11. There remained therefore a rest to the people of God.
[0:30] For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works as God did from his.
[0:42] Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest. Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
[0:56] Here ends the reading of God's holy word. Amen. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for bringing us to the brink of a favorable era, season, year, period.
[1:10] Thank you. In a little over an hour, we are stepping into a new year, a new day, a new week, a new month, and a new era. Let your word come to prepare us for what the colorful things you are about to do in 2023.
[1:30] Our hearts are open. Show us your word. Show us yourself. Give us encounters. Convict the sinning.
[1:41] Save the lost. Deliver the captive. Give comfort to the discouraged. And give rest to the weary. Through your word.
[1:53] In Jesus' name. Amen. Hallelujah. Amen. I want to share a word on all-round rest.
[2:07] All-round rest. 2023 is our year of all-round rest. Let's all say, all-round rest.
[2:22] All-round rest. Some chose not to say it. But those who believe in rest, for you, say, let's all say, all-round rest. All-round rest.
[2:33] I think you can even say it better and louder. Let's all say it together. All-round rest. Can I hear just the ladies say it, please? All-round rest.
[2:44] You always can't beat, ladies. Amazing. Ladies, one more time. All-round rest. This is amazing. I don't think we even need a man. But now let's give the man the chance to.
[2:56] So you see that God really is a good God. Men, can we say it together? All-round rest. This is too amazing. This is beautiful. Too le mo. Everybody, let's go. All-round rest.
[3:14] When I say a year of all-round rest, you respond, rest on every side. All-round rest. All-round rest.
[3:25] A year of all-round rest. Rest on every side. I can't hear you. A year of all-round rest. Rest on every side.
[3:37] A year of all-round rest. Rest on every side. So shall it be for you. So shall it be for you. In the name of Jesus.
[3:48] Please be seated. Let's get into God's work. In 1 Kings 5, verse 4, he said that.
[4:05] Let's read it out loud from the screen. I prefer that. Let's go. But now, the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. Yes, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I got distracted.
[4:21] I got distracted by the sweetness of the word. I just couldn't continue. It was too good. It was too good. Please forgive me. Let's read it again. Let's go. One more time.
[4:40] One more time. But now, the Lord has given me rest on every side. So that there is neither an adversary nor evil or care. When God gives you rest on every side, take notice.
[4:55] It's all round. Not only in your marriage. Not only in your health. Not only in your finances.
[5:08] Not only in your family. Some people have such rest in their family. It's no problem. But financially, there is a hurricane.
[5:20] Some people have such financial rest. But in their family, there's turmoil. There is fighting.
[5:30] There is no peace. There is unrest. Rest. I'm not talking about one-sided or limited rest.
[5:45] Rest in all round. Wherever you turn it, you have rest. Rest on every side.
[5:59] Rest on every side. It is a prophetic word God put into my heart. I am not necessarily giving to nice prophetic words of a year.
[6:15] Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes. Since we started Pestrian Revival 2014, eight and a half years ago, we hardly have a year of prosperity.
[6:29] A year of laughter. A year of... We tend to have a year of sacrifice. A year of great awakening. A year of great awakening.
[6:41] A year of faith. A year of swift... This year, what has it been? Swift obedience. A year of revival. So really, the pursuit and the direction and drive for revival doesn't give room for human comfort.
[7:01] That is why the years are prophetically tagged, not for comfort. And sometimes, even within the months. What has December been our month of?
[7:13] Sacrifice. It should have been breakthrough, final breakthrough. Sacrifice. We are not giving to that because the Lord is taking us in a direction.
[7:28] Until I heard in my spirit, 2023. It's a year. Initially, I heard the year of rest. Then in my prayers, in my seeking the face of God, God said it's not only year of rest.
[7:45] It's actually all-round rest. Should all-round rest? All-round rest. A year of all-round rest?
[7:57] Rest of every sight. Our year of all-round rest? Rest of every sight. Oh, come on. I can't hear you. Professor, into your ear. Our year of all-round rest?
[8:07] Rest of every sight. Professor, into 2023. Our year of all-round rest? Rest of every sight. Shout hallelujah. hallelujah. Hallelujah. Please be seated Rest on every side Rest rest rest rest rest rest rest rest rest rest on every side rest on every side rest Orarez, Once shoes round race hallelujah in Matthew chapter 11 verse 28 Jesus said I have something to offer this is Jesus's own ways is that I have something to offer come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden give you rest so that rest is not coming from the government that rest is not coming from your friends that rest is not coming from your certificate that rest is not coming from your job that rest is not coming from your accounts there's a kind of rest that God gives and we find out from our initial scripture that there remain rest you know Isaac's children Jacob and Esau after Jacob got a blessing Esau came crying have you got anything left for me so I've given everything to your brother you'll be a son but let me speak something about that God said there has been something that has been reserved for the people of God so standard of living crisis we did the cost of living crisis we did the economic turmoil turmoil we did the complexities there has been there remain rest for the people of God it does not matter what is going on watch this it doesn't matter what is going on there is a place that God has reserved a rest and when if you see folks in your garden if you see it's like if I wrote them those of you are exposed to the wild the forest or maybe the forest or even just the the rats and the rodent the rats especially the ones that hide in the boroughs you see them eating as soon as they see you they run they run they don't run away from you they run into something so there's some way to go to the world and when you see it's going to be a
[11:21] I hear 來, this is the damage to the world, some bites and one that of people of God's path all that is across, lower or higher or out of the direction of you by reading as well nowple одной plinam For thou alone has been a shelter from me, from the strong and the strong tower from the enemy.
[11:57] There is a place God has reserved for you. There, Hebrews chapter 4 verse 9, there remaineth rest.
[12:09] Not for everybody. Not for everybody. For the people of God. For the people of God. Are you a people of God?
[12:21] I know I see all of you. I can't ask you, are you a person of God? So, are you a people of God? Are you one of the people of God? If you are one of the people of God, then it says that there remaineth.
[12:39] A rest is left for you somewhere. When all hope is gone. When all hell is finished. When the enemy is ready to laugh at you.
[12:52] God said. Fear not. Why? For there remaineth rest. For the people of God. God gives rest.
[13:04] God gives rest. Deuteronomy chapter 12 verse 10. God is a rest giver. Joshua 23 verse 1.
[13:15] Joshua chapter 21 verse 44. God is a rest giver. God gives rest. God gives rest.
[13:26] God gives rest. 2 Samuel chapter 7 verse 1. God gives rest.
[13:37] 2 Samuel chapter 7 verse 1. Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house. And the Lord has given him rest from all his enemies. How?
[13:48] All around. That's all around rest. That's all around rest. Who gives it? God. Who gives it? God. You must know where your help is coming from.
[14:01] All. Let me put it this way. This help we are talking about is not made in China. It's not made in Europe. It's not made in America. It's not made amongst men.
[14:14] This one is made in heaven. God gives that kind of rest. So wherever and whatever state you find yourself.
[14:25] Always remember. As we enter the year. It doesn't matter the condition. Always remember. There remain rest for the people of God. When you hear. They said there's problem coming.
[14:36] They said all the roads are going to be icy for three weeks. No one can go out. Food is going to be shorted. Remember. There remain rest for the people of God. When they say there's a pandemic coming again.
[14:48] Remember. There remain rest. When they say a lot of people are going to die. Remember. There remain rest. When they say a lot of jobs are going to be lost. What do you say? There remain rest.
[14:59] When they say school fees are so bad. Now everybody is going to pay fees. And things are going to be wild. And things are going to be tough. Remember. There remain rest. When they say children are all now becoming so bad.
[15:11] All children are getting wild. And they are not passing the ISM. Remember. Your own is different. Why? Because there remain rest. There remain rest for the people of God.
[15:28] There remain rest for the people of God. God gives all around rest. Deuteronomy chapter 25 verse 19.
[15:40] Therefore it shall be. When the Lord your God shall give you rest from your enemies all around. Did you see? Do you see it keep coming? The kind of God. The kind of rest God gives.
[15:51] It's an all around rest. If it's not all around rest. It's not proper rest. How many of you have slept in a very cold room before?
[16:06] It's not proper sleepful. By God's grace. I have done a few flights. Within these few weeks. Overnight flights.
[16:18] A lot of them. And sometimes I'm so tired. I arrived there like the other time. I arrived from Abuja. Straight into church. And I say.
[16:29] Anyway. It's busy. So I'll sleep. In the plane. I realize that it is not all around rest. You are sitting in the seat. And you are sleeping.
[16:40] It's not the same. I have. Brothers and sisters. I have slept in the plane quite a few times. But what I'm trying to say. In spite of all these sleeps.
[16:51] I've been falling asleep. In the. On the plane. And all that. It is not the same. Like when I get home. I take a shower. And go to bed. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh.
[17:03] So. God gives us. All around. I said. Deuteronomy. Chapter 25. Verse 19.
[17:14] It gives us. All. Round rest. Rest. From your enemies. All around. Joshua. Chapter 21. Verse 44. Chapter 23. Verse 1. Verse 44.
[17:24] The Lord. Gave them rest. All. Did you see. Did you see. Keep. Did you see. Keep coming. According to all that he has sworn to their fathers. He gave them rest.
[17:37] It's like. Listen to the. It's like. God himself. God himself. Said. I'm giving it to you. You know. The other time. I was so. Tired. I just. Slipped.
[17:48] Into sleep. Behind the couch. I was so. Tired. And my wife. Tried to wake me. But it didn't work. Around.
[18:02] 3 a.m. I realized. That somebody. Has lovingly. Covered me. With a duvet. Because. It wasn't.
[18:14] Very. Comfortable. It was. It was. Slightly cold. I was asleep. But I think she could see. That I was cold. So she takes. A duvet. With the.
[18:25] Soft. You know. For the. Yeah. It's not duvet. I don't know the name. But you know what I mean. The shawl. Or something like that. And. The thing was so nice. Just so comfortable.
[18:37] When I woke up. I said. This thing is nice. I said. Because. She saw that. I was struggling. I wasn't resting. So she. She gave me.
[18:48] A certain. Rest. Fullness. God. Is watching. And he can see. The way you're struggling. He can see. The way things are going. He can see.
[18:58] The way things are happening. In your health. He can see. And he sent me to come. And tell you. That as we enter the era. He, God. Is going to give you.
[19:09] All. Round. Rest. Someone say. All. Round. All. All. Rest. All. Rest. On. Every. All.
[19:20] Round. Rest. All. Round. Rest. Share. Yellow.
[19:32] Lord. Let me just. In Joshua chapter 3, 23 verse 1. Now it came to pass a long time after the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about.
[19:48] This thing keep appearing. All their enemies round about. God gave them rest. You know, sometimes people don't like you.
[20:00] So when you are entering a season of rest, they think you don't deserve it. They determine they will create problems for you. You've got this new job.
[20:13] You've got this new job. And this guy there doesn't just like you. Because he wanted his own to be there and he didn't get the job.
[20:24] So he are determined to frustrate you, picking on you. And it's like somebody wants to create hell for you. But I want to give you a good news.
[20:36] That when God gives you rest, nobody can create. Job chapter, look at this. Job chapter 34. Thank you, Jesus.
[20:47] Verse 29. Job chapter 34, verse 29. This is what the Bible says. When God, the he there is God. When God gives quietness, that's rest.
[20:59] Who can make trouble? And when God hides his face, who can see him? Whether it is against a nation or a man.
[21:12] When God gives rest. When God gives quietness. Who can create trouble? Who? I'm talking about the rest, the kind of rest that only God can give.
[21:27] My friend, you are being introduced into a realm that you have never tasted. Hallelujah! I'm talking about a realm of all-round rest.
[21:45] You see, you see, you see, our human problem and human limitation is, Oh, but how can you just be? How can you say that? How can you say that? It can happen. Always there will be some problem.
[21:56] That's what you have chosen. That's what you have chosen. So you can stay on that. But I'm telling you, there's another realm. We are speaking, we can see it in scripture.
[22:08] That God, David, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel chapter 7. The Bible says, David gave the guy rest from all his enemies. All round. He, God gave him rest from his enemies.
[22:21] The Lord gave him. David! David was always fighting. By God's time, God gave him rest. God gave him. Do you think life is always about fighting?
[22:32] No. Some of us have fought and fought and fought and fought. But I know it's not your fault because you were born into a fight. You were born from your gestation when your mother was pregnant with you.
[22:51] From that time. Your mother suffered. The pregnancy was almost gone. And then when you were born, this one after this one. And then you were growing up in the school. One day you were in the classroom and a car runs into a class.
[23:03] And everything. Battle upon battle upon battle upon battle. But I submit to you. There is a time that God himself can give you rest.
[23:17] And I'm prophesying to somebody that you are entering that season. You are entering that season. Listen to me. Listen to me. Please sit down. I need to say this. I need to say this.
[23:31] God is a puppet master. I know you thought you came by yourself. But the truth is God organized for you to be here.
[23:42] Amen. Because you were planned. You originally were supposed to be somewhere else. But God wants to give you an encounter with all.
[23:53] Round of grace. Thank you, Lord. For his name's sake. Hallelujah. For his name's sake.
[24:06] That's why he organized. He ordered you to be here because he can't do it if he doesn't tell you. God doesn't do without speaking.
[24:16] Amen. All round rest. All round rest. All round rest.
[24:28] All round rest. All round rest. All round rest. Rest from Him. As you are saying it, you are going to see it.
[24:40] Amen. As you are saying it, you are saying it. Amen. As you are saying it, you are saying it. Amen. As you are saying it, you are saying it. Amen. As you are saying it, you are saying it.
[24:51] Amen. In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. So God gives all round rest. and it's a gift from above.
[25:01] Another way to talk about rest is peace. In fact, God's name is Shalom. Shalom means nothing missing, nothing broken.
[25:17] Everything is in its appropriate rightful place. So your marriage is the way it should be. Your health is the way it should be.
[25:27] Your weight is the way it should be. Based on your education, your salary is the way it should be.
[25:47] Because you know sometimes you have a certificate, but the certificate is not producing. It's not working. You are not working in the field of your education.
[25:59] But when we say Shalom, it means things are the way they should be. Everything, nothing missing, nothing broken. And God's name is Jehovah Shalom. Jehovah Shalom.
[26:12] And so another word for all-round rest is Shalom, which is translated in the English Bible, peace.
[26:22] Peace. Peace. Peace. When you read 1st Romans, chapter 1, verse 7. 1st Corinthians, chapter 1, verse 3. 2nd Corinthians, chapter 1, verse 2.
[26:34] Galatians, chapter 1, verse 6.
[26:48] 1st Timothy, chapter 1, verse 2. Nice to see my teacher. All rounds left.
[27:01] When you read it, all these in the New Testament era, the greeting is grace and shalom.
[27:11] Grace and shalom. You are not supposed to be in Christ and in crisis at the same time. He said, come unto me and I will give you rest.
[27:27] So it is not just a saying, but it is a promise. It is a promise.
[27:41] God has promised to give us rest. Numbers chapter 25 verse 12. God has promised to give us rest.
[27:52] He said, behold, I will give him my covenant. Now, it is not just a promise. It is now moving into a covenant.
[28:06] When you talk about a promise, you are talking about the provision. When you talk about the covenant, you are talking about the conditions. Why is it that there are people in Christ who have the promise of peace, but they are not enjoying the blessedness of the peace?
[28:28] Because it is a covenant. Covenant means conditions. He said, look at it again. He said, I make.
[28:38] Therefore, behold, I will give to him my covenant of peace. When God gives you his covenant of peace, it is like he has entered into a contract with you for peace.
[28:52] And that covenant, that contract cannot be broken. Psalm 89 verse 34. By my covenant, I will not break. Nor utter the word that has gone out of my lips.
[29:03] So when it is a covenant, it is not breakable. No condition can break God's covenant. What do I mean? So if God covenants to bless you, let the whole earth be taken away, you will still work in blessings.
[29:22] Because it is a covenant. The covenant comes with covenant provisions and covenant support systems. So then if God said, I am going to give you a long life, even if your heart stops, God himself will renew the heart because it is a covenant we are dealing with.
[29:44] It is not a medical condition we are dealing with. We are dealing with a covenant. If a covenant, if you enter into a covenant of peace in your marriage, in your family, some of you, there are parents listening to me, and you are concerned about your children.
[30:03] Just work the covenant. Work the covenant. Oh, yes, work the covenant. There are so many children who say, I will never do this. I will never do it.
[30:13] Just don't fight them. Work the covenant. They will come happily doing what they have to do for their destiny. To your honor. You are listening to me.
[30:24] Your child is gone wayward. Your child is becoming a menace to the family and a disgrace to you. And it's breaking your heart. Sometimes that's the problem of parenthood.
[30:35] You have done your best. You have given your best. And later years of your... It's like, didn't we sow good seeds? Where from these days? Yes. And it looks like, when families meet, you have become a laughingstock.
[30:50] Because they are aware of the condition at home. And sometimes your heart is broken. When God gives you a covenant of peace, you just stir the covenant. Work the covenant.
[31:01] That child doesn't have a choice. He will fall in line. She will fall in line. He will throw the line. That child will throw the line. Some of you, you may not even have a child.
[31:12] But your brother. Yes. Your brother. Your cousin, you may not mind too much. But your brother. Your sister.
[31:25] It's the biggest problem of the entire family. And God, you are entering into a covenant of all-round rest.
[31:38] That sister can stay in that direction. Something is about to change. Something is about to change. Something is about to turn around. Shout yes, Lord.
[31:48] Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. I'm talking about all-round rest. It's a covenant. Rest on every side. It's a covenant.
[32:01] Hear me by the Spirit. Don't just hear, listen to a sermon. I'm prophesying. He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the church.
[32:13] Hear. That's why we pray that God, give me a listening ear. So I can hear. Because when God is speaking, he's painting. He's painting pictures.
[32:24] And if you can see the picture and accept it, it becomes your reality. I see you entering into all our lives. Baby, don't worry about anything.
[32:41] Every little thing can be all right. It's going to happen.
[32:54] It shall turn to you for a testimony. It will be pernicious aberration. Misjudgment for you to be in this atmosphere and miss opportunity to have a taste of all around rest.
[33:24] Pastor, you've said a lot. There are not scriptures I can quote. So what should I do? Because you spoke about a promise is provision. By covenant is condition.
[33:36] So then if it's a condition, what is my path to play in the condition? What's my path of the deal? Five points. Number one. Number one.
[33:47] When you study the scriptures very carefully, as I quoted earlier on in Matthew chapter 11, verse 28, Jesus said, Jesus said, come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and then I will give you rest.
[34:06] All right? So then, if he says, I will give you rest, if you refuse to come unto him, you are not qualified for the rest he has to give.
[34:21] Some other rest, you may have it, but the one he's got to give, you've got to come to him. So number one condition, the first thing to do is the new birth. You must be in Christ.
[34:33] You must be born again. Because it said, there remaineth right for the people of God. Are you a people of God? So first and foremost, you must be in Christ to be classified as one of the people of God.
[34:52] or a member of the family of God. In Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 6, it said unto us, a child is born. Unto us, a son is given.
[35:04] And the government shall be upon his shoulders, and his name shall be called, what? Wonderful, counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, and what? Prince of Shalom.
[35:16] He is the one who is the master, the captain, the ogre, the ogre of peace. Yeah.
[35:28] He, he, actually, every genuine peace has his endorsement. That's right. He, I like the way the insurance companies put it.
[35:39] He is the underwriter. He underwrites every genuine true peace. So then he, that's why he is the prince, the lord, the boss of peace.
[35:56] If you move away from the boss of peace, what other peace are you going to get? You get peace, but the peace is made in China. Or Taiwan.
[36:11] Or Lagos. or made in Kumasi. Peace. Peace. Peace.
[36:25] In John chapter 14, verse 27, he said, peace, I live with you. My peace I give to you.
[36:36] Not as the world give. Do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid. Why? Because I give you peace.
[36:48] In John chapter 16, verse 33, he said, these things I have spoken to you that in me, oh, oh, let's all read it out. Let's go. Let's start. Some of you are not reading.
[37:00] Please don't do that. Let's all read it out. Let's go. Peace. Jesus has spoken to you. That in me, you might have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But be of good cheer.
[37:11] I have overcome now. He said, in me, you might have peace. Romans chapter 14, verse 17, he says that, righteousness, peace, joy in the Holy Ghost, that is the definition of the kingdom.
[37:27] If you are in the kingdom, you will be in peace. You will be in righteousness. You will be in joy of the Holy Ghost. So number one condition, covenant condition for peace is what?
[37:40] New birth. Number two, covenant condition for peace, you have to learn from God's word. In Isaiah chapter 26, verse 3, you will keep in perfect peace.
[37:55] whose mind is stayed on him. If you can keep your mind on God's word, if you can keep your mind on God's word, and Jesus said in Matthew, chapter 11, verse 29, after saying that, come, I'll give you peace.
[38:14] 29 says that, learn of me. Learn of me. You heard me quoting from the New Testament. Almost every letter written in every epistle in the New Testament starts with peace.
[38:26] Starts with peace. Starts with shalom. When Jesus was born, did you remember? He says that, peace and goodwill to all men. So, if you want peace, you have to expose yourself to God's word.
[38:41] Learn from God's word. Learn, feed from God's word. What does that mean? This year, as we enter into this new year, make the word of God your major ally.
[38:53] In Proverbs, chapter 3, verse 1 and 2, and verse 17. Proverbs, chapter 3, verse, my son, do not forget my law. That's the word. But let your heart keep my commandments.
[39:04] Uh-oh, really? Okay, let's see what happens. Verse 2. For length of days and long life and peace they will add to you. The word of God will add peace to your life.
[39:18] The drama in your life is too much. The drama is too much and it doesn't look like it's getting abated.
[39:31] We need the word of God. We need the word of God to guarantee a covenant peace. I'm talking about peace as a covenant.
[39:44] The covenant of peace. In Isaiah, let me tell you about the covenant of peace. In Isaiah chapter 54, verse 10, it said, for the mountain shall depart and the hill shall be moved but my kindness shall not depart from you nor shall my covenant of peace be removed.
[40:00] Says the Lord. It's a covenant of peace. God has vowed that I have committed the entire resources of heaven to keep you in peace.
[40:13] That's a covenant. That's a covenant. And so there is something you must do. So number one, you need a new birth. Number two, you have to learn from God or feed his word.
[40:24] Keep his word on your mind. And then number three, very important, you've got to enter into a covenant with God. God, this is a very important one. This is a seriously important one and I can't end on even this one.
[40:38] Pastor, what does it mean to enter into a covenant with God? You have to come into an agreement that from today always, the entirety of this year, this is how I will walk with God. I will not, you have to, a covenant means I will do this always and I will never do this way.
[40:54] I will go this direction and I will go this direction. It's a covenant. Let me show you something. This is a good one. The core scripture, Hebrews chapter four, verse nine, there remaineth therefore rest for the people of God, right?
[41:12] Bible says that for God, this is a nice one, whoever has entered the rest has ceased from his labors. It said, for he that enters into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works as God did.
[41:30] So the thing you are doing, I've tried this, but I'm trying everything. I'm trying, you got to believe God and enter into the rest of God. All this I'm trying, I'm trying, I'm trying to be married. You bought every maker special in the end.
[41:42] No, in fact, no man is even looking at you. Yes, yes, yes, yes. and the ones who look at you are the beef eaters. Butchers.
[41:56] Butchers. Crabbers. Only the butchers are getting, you are getting, but sometimes you are wondering, where will a proper guy come? I've tried, I've done plastic surgery, I've changed, I've changed my teeth.
[42:15] I've, I've done everything. I've, I've done everything. I've bought all the, I've done everything. And nobody, some guy said, listen, pastor, I've been to the gym. I've even gone to get an upgrade.
[42:27] I've done hair plant, implants, everything. And I can't get a wife to marry. I don't know why. You are, it's about time you seize from your own labors.
[42:37] Amen. You see what she from. Yes, yes. Seize from your, he said, see, see from your own works. He who has entered into his rest has seized from his own works.
[42:48] But look at this, this seems, this sounds like an oxymoron. It sounds like a tautology. It sounds like an irony. He says, anyone who has entered the rest has seized from his own works.
[42:59] But look at the next verse. He said, labor. Labor. But you, it's not I've entered my rest, now it's actually labor.
[43:10] That means this rest we are talking about is not a donation. It's not arbitrary. Arbitrarily, oh, take it.
[43:21] Oh, take it. Santa Claus is coming. And the other time, when was the, on the Christmas, not Christmas, at, um, Boxing Day. I was traveling, I was traveling, and at the airport, uh, I think it was, in Holland, some people were dancing, and then, whilst I was in a hurry to go to the gate, they were on, you know, they, um, they're just on a, where everybody, and then they're giving chocolates, they're dancing, and everybody who comes, they give chocolates, and they give chocolates, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas.
[43:52] That was nice. But I'm telling you, this piece you are talking about doesn't come like that, too. because you are, you have just sat in church, that means that, the whole year is going to be peaceful. Oh.
[44:04] Where did you get the idea from? Where did you get the idea from? Labor! Labor to enter the rest.
[44:15] So that means, there is a path to play. There are changes you have to introduce into your life. There must be a different version of you.
[44:26] Thank you. Based on investment, of time, of energy, of effort, of focus. So 2nd Chronicles, chapter 15, verse 12, verse 13, verse 14, and verse 15, it says that, then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
[44:51] How are you going to do this, church thing? You are in the choir, but you are not doing this with all your heart. You want God to give you a husband, but you are also using Satan's skills.
[45:10] This exposure of your cleavage unduly online, please, don't think God will use that. God is not going to use it.
[45:27] So don't do it like the world does. Please. You have to lay back, determine. It says that they came into an agreement, they came into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and all their soul.
[45:45] It is an intentional approach to life. We are entering a new year. Don't do it the way you did last year. This is a brand new year. It's a season. It's a different era.
[45:57] Don't do it like you've done it. And you'll be getting the same results you used to get. So, so, let me finish this thing. So, he said, they sought God with all their hearts.
[46:10] Look at the verse 13. The verse 13 says, and whoever did not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. He said, I don't care whether you have money or you don't have money, whether you are a nice person or you are a nice person.
[46:23] If you will not seek this God I'm seeking, I kill the relationship. I disconnect because I am, you have to be determined that you will lose some things because you have made the covenant to serve God.
[46:39] Be determined. Be determined. Be determined. The way I feel about what this person has done against me, the way I feel, but you know that God said forgive him.
[46:50] God said forgive him. Be determined. When someone brings up the subject, let them keep quiet. I'm not interested. Please don't bring. Because the more you talk about it, the more hurt you feel. And you are trying to get over it.
[47:03] Why are they bringing it back? See back that relationship and those kind of communications. He said, anyone who will not seek the Lord, they will keep killing from Israel. In the New Testament, we don't kill.
[47:17] Yeah. In the New Testament, we don't kill. Hallelujah. Look at the next verse. Verse 14. I'm going to verse 15 and then we'll run out. Is someone getting something?
[47:27] Yes. And they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpeting around. So look at the 15. I like the verse 15. And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their hearts and sought him with all their soul.
[47:43] And he was found of them and the Lord gave them rest all around. Did you see that? The Lord gave them after they paid the price, labor to enter the rest.
[47:58] Labor therefore to enter. Look at verse 11 again in Hebrews chapter 4. Verse 11. A very powerful scripture. It says that, let us therefore labor to enter the rest.
[48:09] Let any man fall after the same example of unbelief. You see what unbelief can do against you? Unbelief makes people fall. You fall from grace without faith.
[48:23] And let me add one more so we can pray. You want to, if we have to, enter the all-round rest. Number one, new birth.
[48:35] Number two, learn from God's word. Number three, enter into a covenant. Number four, rise and speak peace over your stone. Don't keep quiet and expect quietness.
[48:50] Don't stay silent and expect silence. Because if you are not speaking, something will be shouting. If you are not speaking, something will be shouting.
[49:05] So what did they do on the high seas in Mark chapter 4, verse 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39. And there arose a great storm and so much that the ship was filled with water and they are about to sink.
[49:19] And Jesus was sleeping at the hinder part of the boat and they went and woke him and said, Master, don't you care that we perish? And Bible said that he got up. Then he arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea.
[49:30] Why are you not saying to the sea? Say to the sea. Say to situations. Learn how to speak the word of the Lord to situations. Don't be repeating what the situation is.
[49:41] Speak God's word to the situation. Bible said he arose. He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Peace be still. And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
[49:55] You want a great calm? Don't remain silent. The reason why you are hearing God's word is so you will have something to say in 2023. We are now eight minutes away from 2023.
[50:10] How many of you have noticed that 2023 is your year? 2023 is about to work for you. And you are about to enjoy the kind of rest that nobody in your family has experienced before.
[50:27] Nobody in your background has experienced before. You are about to enjoy a kind of rest that no one has experienced before in your bloodline. In the mighty name of Jesus, as we get ready to enter into a new day, to enter into a new week, to enter into a new month, to enter into this new year, to enter into this new era, to enter into this new season, this new season period of your life.
[50:58] We are about to enter in prayer with the word of God on our minds. We are about to declare that, oh, hear me, oh, great mountain, who are you before Zerubbabel? You shall become a plan.
[51:10] You are about to prophesy. Hear me. Hear the word of the Lord. Oh, dry bones. Oh, dry bones that want to follow me to 2023. You are going to receive life in the name of Jesus.
[51:23] Somebody begin to speak. I've tried the situation in your life. Thank you for listening to this message by David Entry. You're welcome to connect with David Entry on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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