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[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for choosing to listen to another faith-building message by Pastor David Entry. Faith comes by hearing and by hearing the Word of God.

[0:11] May your knowledge of Jesus Christ increase as you listen. Be blessed. Praise God. Thank God. God is a faithful God. He is too faithful to fail.

[0:24] I see that somebody's hour, your moment, your time has come. If you are the one, your amen will show it.

[0:38] Amen. We trust God. The psalmist said, I like this text, you know, whenever I am afraid, you know, in life there are times that things will be going on that will send fear and shiver.

[0:54] It will send you shivers into your spine. You'll be worried. What's going on? Sometimes you hear news, maybe particular news, and it disorients your entire constitution.

[1:07] And yeah, you are just naturally, it's weighing you down. And the psalmist said, when I am afraid, when situations hit, when circumstances come my way and I just am disoriented, fear is trying to lay hold of me.

[1:25] He said, I will trust you. I will trust in you. Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you. In other words, if you don't even understand what's going on, you know, sometimes things will happen in your life and you just, what's going on?

[1:41] What's going on? The early, early, la maksa bakhtani moments. When it's like, oh, it looks like heaven has, is not doing anything about the situation or heaven has forsaken you.

[1:56] Jesus said, early, early, la maksa bakhtani. And then he said, into your hands. That's what he means. When I am afraid, I will trust you. He said, into thy hands do I commit my spirit.

[2:10] And he gave up the ghost in the book of John. Into the same person who said, God, God, where are you? What's going on? Why have you forsaken me?

[2:22] Can't you hear my prayers? People are getting their testimonies. Mine is even more critical. What is going on? Where are you, my God? Where are you, my God? He's the same one said, into your hands I commit my spirit.

[2:40] Into your hands I commit my spirit. In other words, whenever I am afraid, I can still trust in the keeping of God, in the provisions of God, in the protection of God.

[2:52] It doesn't matter. Even when it looks like God is not with me, I can still trust him. When it looks like my prayers are hitting the ceiling and God is not hearing my prayers, I can still trust him.

[3:05] Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you. Why? Because God is a buckler to all those who trust in him.

[3:17] And Bible puts it this way. He said, curse in Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 5. If curse be anyone that puts his trust.

[3:28] Instead of putting your trust in the Lord, you put it in man. He said, it brings curses. Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength.

[3:41] Whose heart departs from the Lord. Now, other things have become important for you. Other things are what you depend on. Your confidence is in other things.

[3:53] Paul says, we don't put confidence in the flesh. Philippians chapter 3 verse 3. We serve God in the spirit and have no confidence in the flesh.

[4:04] We don't put confidence in our jobs, in our money, in any man we know, in a certificate we have, in our economic background, our bank accounts.

[4:21] We don't put our confidence in that. We put our confidence in the Lord. We put our confidence. So Paul says that we put our confidence in the Lord.

[4:33] We have no confidence in the flesh. Henceforth, we don't put our confidence in the flesh. He says that, for we are of the seclusion. We worship God in the spirit.

[4:44] We rejoice in the Lord. And have no confidence in the flesh. Our future is not tied to our natural status. Our future is tied to our heavenly status.

[4:57] The beauty and the color of your future has everything to do with your work with God.

[5:14] Everything. Everything. So when you work with God, you must come to the place where you always say, whenever I'm afraid, I will trust in you. I will trust in you. I'll put your confidence.

[5:24] Philippians 1 chapter 6. Chapter 1 verse 6. He said, this is the confidence. He said, we have this confidence in him that he who has begun a good work.

[5:35] He said, be confident in this thing. If God saved you, salvation is the beginning of your testimony. Salvation. Because Bible says, I think Hebrews chapter 5 verse 9 or somewhere there.

[5:47] It says that the things that accompany salvation. So when you are saved, it's not the end. There are other things that come. It's a package. It's like you get a job. When you're a prime minister, you get all kinds of benefits and security protections that come with the job.

[6:03] In the same way, there are things that accompany salvation. When you are saved, there are things that come with your salvation. So your salvation being saved is not the end of it.

[6:17] It's the beginning. There are a lot of things that has. Bible says that Jesus in Hebrews chapter 7 verse 25. He's able to save to the Atomos. In other words, he's not saving only a part of you and leave the rest.

[6:31] He's able to save to the Atomos, those who come to God through him. If you come to God through him, he will save you fully. Fully, not partially.

[6:43] He will save you to the Atomos. In Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 5, it said, If you walk with God, you put your confidence in God.

[7:01] Next, not flesh is strength. If you walk with God, you put your confidence in God.

[7:11] You put your confidence in God. It does not matter what the devil, the enemy throws at you. God will protect you. God will guide you.

[7:22] God, God will give you the last laughter. In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Shall it be? Amen. Amen. Amen. There's a certain version of Christianity that has been taught.

[7:36] Paul in Acts chapter 9. There's this guy. They were trying to preach to the proconsul. This guy, by Jesus. Alimas. He was trying to block them from preaching the gospel.

[7:49] Paul said, hey, you son of the devil. You go blind. You will not see for a while. The Bible said, immediately, misfire. Acts chapter 9. Acts chapter 9.

[8:01] Chapter 13, sorry, verse 9. Paul. Chapter 13, verse 9. Paul filled. And Saul, who is called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost. Look intent at this crazy man.

[8:14] And he said, oh, fool of all deceit and all fraud. You son of the devil. Enemy of righteous. All righteousness. Will you not cease to perfect the strange words of the Lord?

[8:26] What did he say? Look at the judgment. And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you and you shall be blind. Not seeing the sun. Don't temper with the things of God.

[8:37] That thing that you'll be messing up. And God loves you. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. If you joke, you will see. He said that he's able to save to the uttermost.

[8:48] Those, Hebrews chapter 7, verse 25. Who come to God by him. He's able to save to the uttermost. Those who come to God through him.

[9:01] Since he ever lived back to me. So, you see, when he saves you, there is a package that is coming with your salvation. So, even when you go through difficult and tough times, you must be able to say, into your hands, I commit my spirit.

[9:16] I commit my marriage. I commit my future. I commit my career. I commit my health. Lord, into your hands, I commit my year. The Bible says that, cares be anyone who puts his trust in men.

[9:29] And then it goes, it says that, who's had depart from the Lord. Look at the next verse. Look at it. It says that, for he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes.

[9:42] This is serious. Shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness. In a sort land which is not inhabited.

[9:53] The next verse, I will show you something. I like this one. This is you. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. Your hope is the Lord.

[10:05] Amen. It's not your job. It's the Lord. Your hope is not your context. It's the Lord. You trust in God. And that's why we are fasting. That's why we have come here. We trust God.

[10:16] We believe God. We believe God. Our hope is in God. That's why we have come here. Because it does not matter what is going on around us.

[10:26] Now, there's so much uncertainty all around. So, uncertainty is all around. Nations, politicians, everybody is watching.

[10:37] What's coming next? What's coming next? People are afraid for their jobs. People are afraid for it. I mean, I know people who are in private schools.

[10:48] They pay the fees this time only to realize, to hear that the lockdown is extending to March or something. It's like, and I had, there are parents who are now withdrawing their children, especially their private school, fee-paying schools.

[11:06] Parents who are withdrawing their children and said, I'm schooling my child in the house until everything is cleared. And because of that, it's also having impact on the fee-paying schools.

[11:19] And there's so much uncertainty. People are losing their jobs. People are losing their jobs. But I'm telling you, they that know their God, they that trust in their God, they shall be strong. And they shall be strong.

[11:59] Gage the Lord through fasting. Esther said, you know what? Fast for me, and I'll go to the king. And when the king saw her, chapter 5, verse 2, Esther, he lifted the scepter.

[12:10] He saw Esther. Bible says that, and she obtained favor in his sight. She has not spoken. She hasn't done anything. She broke the law by appearing there.

[12:21] And the king, Bible says that, found favor in the sight only. In Luke chapter 1, verse 28, the Bible makes us to understand.

[12:33] The Bible says that. And the angel came in unto her and said, hail. No woe. Hail. Some of us, sometimes you receive an email and the email is telling you woe.

[12:47] You will hear, you will receive letters and emails that say hail. Amen. Amen. Yeah. You will receive a hail phone call. Hail.

[12:58] Hail. Amen. No woe. Or no ow. Or out. No. Hail. Amen. I am prophesying. I am prophesying.

[13:08] I am prophesying. Concerning that job, you shall hear hail. Amen. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You shall hear.

[13:20] Concerning that marriage, you shall hear hail. Concerning the medical examination you went for. Oh, don't worry. The result is coming. And it's going to be hail. Hail.

[13:32] Hail. In the name of Jesus. So the angel appears and tells Mary, says to Mary, hail. Why? Why hail?

[13:42] Because there's a favor factor working. Come on, I shataya. It says, angel. This is an angel. Angel telling Mary, thou art highly favored and the Lord is with thee.

[13:54] Blessed are you amongst, when they are counting women, you are exceptionally blessed amongst women. Yes. When they are talking about, I don't know your family name.

[14:06] Maybe your family name is Aintry. Or maybe your family name is Smith. Maybe your family name is Brown. Maybe your family name is Branson. They are going to tell you that blessed are you amongst the Aintrys.

[14:20] Blessed are you among the Darsons. Blessed are you among the Johnsons. Oh, my goodness. Blessed are you among the Osseys.

[14:30] Blessed are you among the Roberts. Yes. Blessed are you among the Olusegunsa. Blessed are you among the Chazes.

[14:43] Blessed are you among the Okakunush. Blessed are you among wherever you are coming from, your family. It shall be said concerning you.

[14:54] Oh! It shall be said concerning you. Blessed are you among the Father's background, your Father's me. Amen. Amen. Blessed are you.

[15:06] Why? Because you are highly favored. Because you are this year. Hey! This year you are highly favored. Amen. This year you shall see favor. Amen. This year you shall enjoy favor.

[15:17] Amen. Amen. This year you shall benefit from the favor of God. Amen. oh i'm prophesied oh did people will have to look at you to know how favor works yes yes yes you will be an evidence of what the what the favor of god can do yes god is going to make you favor sample favor sample the angel told mary she was somewhere and an angel god will always send you a word if he wants to help you he will always send you a way that's why i'm coming your way by this special grace of god that's why and listen i'm not only speaking to you i'm also speaking into myself i'm also hearing the word of god i am favorite among pastors in london i am favorite i am favorite i am favorite among pastors in my generation you can also speak for yourself now you can also connect your faith and speak for yourself blessed are you you are favored angel came with the message god can do if he doesn't send the message that's how we come together when we come together in fellowship and in church the word of god is a priority because god is he god's heads are tight and bound when his word is absent because god does by speaking in genesis chapter one bible says and god said you know as i as i normally like doing there's three there's six there's nine there's 11 there's 14 there's 20 there's 24 there's 26 he said let god said god said there's 29 god said so god kept saying and there's 31 but god saw did you see that so god saw god what did god see god saw that everything he had made so god god saw everything that he had made and behold it was very good god saw everything he had made but he wasn't making he was speaking yes how does he make he makes by speaking so when he was saying let there let that he was actually making so if god is going to make something new in your life guess what how he's going to do it he hasn't changed his style he's the same he's the same yesterday today for he will always send a word in hebrew chapter one verse one he said that god who in times five spoke to us spoke to our fathers by the prophets in sunday spoke in diversity to our fathers he oh god speaks the bible said he spoke in times past and he hasn't stopped there too in these days in this last day has uh indeed has spoken in these last days so he has been speaking and he's still speaking because god is a speaking god if god wants to do something in your life the first and foremost he will speak he will speak so god sent the angel go to a city you have luke chapter one verse 26 and the lord sent an angel into in the six months into a city called nazareth to a virgin named mary and as soon as the angel arrived at the address the angel did he ring the bell he just showed up and he said hail he said hail angel came and said hail that's a that's the salutation of angels good news so your good news is coming it will start with hell thou art highly favored for blessed are you amongst women look at best 30. look at best 30. and when she's best 30 says that and the angel said unto her fear not mary for thou has found oh that's all i'm trying to that's where i want to get to fear not fear not why for thou has found favor fear not for thou has found favor with god

[19:19] if there's something brothers and sisters if there's something we should desire aggressively for this year in our pursuit of fulfillment of his word being a year of victory if there's something we should desire and aggressively pursue is the favor of god because it's the favor of god that makes you stand out amongst many the reason why god chose mary is because mary has been favored yeah sometimes don't be so worried about who is competing with you the more worried whether god you have favor in the sight of god when you have favor in the sight of god anyone who competes with you has hurt themselves because their competition is an unfair competition it's an unfair competition because anyone who competes with you is in effect competing with the hand of god which is not fair for the person favor ain't fair when god favors you anyone who tries to compete with you finds out that this competition is not fair it is like a heavyweight champion boxing champion or wrestling champion fighting a three-year-old boy i mean it's not it's not a fair match even in boxing or i think even in football the leagues they will ask this level to go and play this level so in football in boxing if you are a heavyweight they will let you go and fight lightweight lightweight won't fight heavyweight god is not an bible said bible calls that kind of community combination and on equally you is not matching and on equal you so so when god is fight that's why bible says in god before us who can make it because when you have favor with god what the results you produce are actually i'm about to say something are you ready for this the results you produce or your life produces are like a uh like results on steroids wow they are not they are not self-generated it's you are doped almost like you are doped but this one is supernatural wow supernatural so you are can you imagine you are racing someone who is on drugs who is dope and it comes out first it's not fair that's why they have to do all those tests and make sure no one is on but you are favor you've got you are receiving favor and you will produce results that are on steroids amen amen a typical example is what happened in the life of mary we actually are very familiar with elizabeth the the mother of john the baptist not because of john the baptist but because of mary because of the child mary gave birth to so in the verse 35 he says that that holy thing which you will give birth shall be called the holy star of god because what you are carrying is unique why you are going to carry you are going to bring forth something that naturally speaking no one can produce so the results that are coming are going to be generated through your life the color the beauty of the glory of god that is going to be produced out of your life is going to be based and it's going to be a function of this unusual favor that god is lavishing and is placing on you god is putting the crown of favor on your head god is putting the crown of favor on your head and so shall it be favor makes the journey easy and great favor makes the journey easy and great and as i said if you have favor with god favor with man follows automatically if you have favor with god and you

[23:24] begin to walk with god well favor with man will just be coming your way as long as you remain humble and do things the way you should do and to find favor with god obey god walk by faith please god walk by faith and give honor to whom honor is due don't cross people who carry setting grace don't cross them it's not worth it it's not worth it don't make them feel sad about you don't make them feel pain in their hearts about you it's it's it's undermines the kind of the quality of favor you can walk in but tonight i just came to tell somebody you are about to hear hail hail hail hail and you'll be told you are blessed amongst your family line amongst those who finish that uni amongst that your year group you are blessed amongst them ah yeah every people category they might group you in god will make you stand tall that's what i'm talking about brothers and sisters i have seen god start doing that and i know he will even do more favor makes life sweet do you know when somebody hurts you in your past they do things against you and they help human beings remember human beings have the propensity to hate people that's why it's dangerous if you put your trust in man now but sometimes when people betray you and they hate you it's painful but it's not as uh it's not that as painful when god begins to honor you and favor you you you but joseph he said for the lord has made me to forget my affliction yeah because of the kind of things god was doing his brothers came he said listen no no you actually helped me i don't have anything against you god has made me to forget my affliction god has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction something like that when god blesses you exceptionally when god blesses you he he has a way of doing it yeah joseph called the name of his firstborn manasseh for god has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house the things he has been through it doesn't hurt anymore it didn't hurt because god has so compensated him that the wicked things he suffered from the hands of wicked people don't matter that it didn't matter anymore that's how god can honor that bible says therefore god has also highly exalted jesus the crucifixion doesn't feel anything anymore because the elevation is way above that's why bible says that before your uh your problems are working for you a far more eternal weight of glory it's outweighs what you're good but the point i'm making is that when the favor of god comes upon your life you will forget the sorrows of your past what you like you remember what you've been through but it doesn't hurt anymore please don't focus on your challenges focus on your god somebody puts it this way don't make your problems big before your god make your god big before your problems biggie map big how do you begin by step in faith focus on the word and work in obedience in the name of jesus thank you for listening to hear more from david entry follow him on facebook instagram twitter and linkedin why don't you subscribe to our youtube channel at carish church and subscribe to our podcast so you are always up to date be blessed if yous mic절 on the video that will remember your story

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