Week 6: The Persevering Church
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RECAP.....
WEEK 1 - THE LOVELESS CHURCH (ephesus)
WEEK 2 - THE PERSECUTED CHURCH (smyrna)
WEEK 3 - THE COMPROMISING CHURCH (pergamum)
WEEK 4 - THE TOLERATING CHURCH (thyatira)
WEEK 5 - THE DEAD CHURCH (sardis)
TODAY….WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.....
THE PERSEVERING CHURCH
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. 12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
....OPEN IN PRAYER....
LORD GIVE US EYES TO SEE AND EARS TO TO HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING THIS MORNING
NOT JUST TO THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA
BUT ALSO TO BURSON CHURCH
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IF WE WERE TO THINK OF A WORD TO DESCRIBE THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA.....
THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA WAS A PERSEVERING CHURCH
IF WE WERE TO MAKE A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT JESUS COMMENDS HIS CHURCH FOR...
AND NOT JUST THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA
BUT FOR ALL 7 CHURCHES ADDRESSED IN THESE LETTERS
I THINK WE CAN BREAK IT DOWN INTO 4 SIMPLE CATEGORIES...
THE FIRST THING JESUS COMMENDS HIS CHURCH FOR IS…THEIR....
HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE
HE IS SAYING...
HEY I LOVE YOUR HARD WORK
I LOVE YOUR SACRIFICE
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE THAT....
COMES WITH FOLLOWING JESUS
BUT.... IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED HIM FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME..
YOU CAN SAY AMEN TO THIS...
FOLLOWING JESUS IS SOMETIMES....HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE
CAN I GET AN AMEN FROM SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS
IT’S HARD TO FOLLOW JESUS WHEN....
SOMEBODY OFFENDS YOU
OH COME ON SOMEBODY
LOOK WHAT JESUS SAYS THOUGH...
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
WHEN HE SAYS...
I WANT YOU TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
I WANT YOU TO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU
OH COME ON......
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT LAYING DOWN YOU RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS....
JUST LONG ENOUGH TO SEND THAT EMAIL????
OR TO REPLY TO THAT PERSON WHO SENT THAT EMAIL???
OH COME ON…YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE...
I HAVE FOOLISHLY DECIDED....
LORD, IM GOING TO TAKE THE DRIVER SEAT IN MY LIFE
AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS BECAUSE...
THIS IS GOING TO FEEL REALLY REALLY GOOD
IT’S HARD WORK AND IT’S SACRIFICE
HE GOES ON TO SAY....
25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK....
IN OTHER WORDS....
WHEN IT COMES TO FOLLOWING JESUS
THERE IS A DEATH THAT IS INVOLVED
IT IS THE DEATH OF .....ME
THE DEATH OF MYSELF
MY DESIRES
MY PLEASURES
MY WANTS
NOBODY WANTS TO DIE....
IT’S NOT EASY TO LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE
IT’S NOT EASY TO DIE TO SELF....
IT TAKES HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
SALVATION IS EASY
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING SAVED THIS MORNING
BEING SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THIS WALK WITH CHRIST
I’M TALKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER STEPS...
I’M TALKING ABOUT BEING FAITHFUL IN THE MIDST OF TRIAL
I’M TALKING ABOUT PERSEVERING WHEN THINGS SEEM TO FALL APART
I’M TALKING ABOUT SAYING YES WHEN IT WOULD BE EASIER TO SAY NO
OR SAYING NO WHEN IT WOULD BE EASIER TO SAY....YES
JESUS COMMENDS THEM FOR THEIR.....
2. STEADFAST ENDURANCE
HE SAID I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR...
ABILITY TO ENDURE HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING
AFFLICTION
PERSECUTION
POVERTY
WHEN YOU’VE BEEN OPPOSED AND YOU STILL PUSH THROUGH
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH HARD TIMES
AND DEVASTATING MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE
WHEN YOU’VE BEEN SLANDERED REPEATEDLY
BUT YOU STILL PUSHED THROUGH
YOU’VE PRESSED ON FOR ME
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE
HE COMMENDS THEM FOR THEIR...
3. FAITHFULNESS AND HOLINESS
I COMMEND YOU FOR HOW YOU’VE CHOSEN TO REMAIN SET APART
HOW YOU HAVE REFUSED TO TOLERATE WICKED PEOPLE AND FALSE TEACHING
AND YOU’VE CHOSEN TO DISASSOCIATE WITH THOSE WHO DO EVIL
AND YOU’VE MAINTAINED YOUR PUBLIC WITNESS
AND YOU’VE REMAINED FAITHFUL TO ME....
EVEN UNTO DEATH
THEN HE COMMENDS THE CHURCHES FOR THEIR....
4. CHRIST LIKENESS
THEIR LOVE...
THEIR FAITH
THEIR SERVICE
THEIR SPIRITUAL OBEDIENCE
THEIR GROWTH
HE COMMENDS THEM FOR THIS
I WONDER HOW MANY IN HERE WOULD SAY...
I WANT TO BE COMMENDED BY JESUS
BUT I WOULD PREFER TO BE COMMENDED FOR SOME OTHER THINGS...
I DON’T WANT TO BE COMMENDED SO MUCH FOR ENDURANCE HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING
LORD IF YOU COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT TO SOMEONE ELSE
OH COME ON....
I WANT TO BE COMMENDED BY YOU...
I WANT TO HEAR THOSE WORDS WHEN I SEE YOU FACE TO FACE
“WELL DONE, MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT”
BUT I WOULD PREFER TO BE THE ONE WHO HELPS THE POOR
I DON’T REALLY WANT TO BE POOR
I DON’T WANT TO BE MARGINALIZED
OPPRESSED
SLANDERED
LORD IF YOU KNOW ME…THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I’M REALLY NOT ALL ABOUT THOSE HARD TIMES
CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME SOME EASY MOMENTS IN LIFE
OH MY LORD.....
CHURCH…NOBODY SAID THAT FOLLOWING JESUS WAS GOING TO BE EASY
TOO OFTEN I FEEL THAT PASTORS SUGAR COAT THINGS FOR GUESTS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS
JUST SO THEY CAN MAYBE GIVE THEIR LIFE TO JESUS
THEN THE REST IS UP TO JESUS.
ACCOUNTABILITY?
DISCIPLESHIP?
WHATS THAT?
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
I’M NOT HERE THIS MORNING TO TELL YOU THAT FOLLOWING JESUS WILL BE EASY
FOLLOWING JESUS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
BUT WHAT I AM HERE TO TELL YOU IS THAT...
WHEN YOU DECIDE TO FOLLOW HIM...
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER
THAT IN THIS LIFE I MAY BE LAST
BUT I WILL BE FIRST IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IN THIS LIFE...I MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FIRE....
BUT WITH GOD....I WILL COME OUT UNHARMED
I MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SUFFERING AND PERSECUTION....
BUT WITH GOD…I WILL HAVE PEACE THAT SURPASSES UNDERSTANDING...
IN THIS LIFE I MAY LOSE SOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY….
I MAY LOSE SOME POSSESSIONS
BUT THANK GOD…I HAVE A MANSION THAT IS BEING PREPARED FOR ME IN HEAVEN
A FOREVER HOME….PAVED WITH STREETS OF GOLD
AND GATES MADE WITH PEARL AND WALLS OF JASPER JASPER
THANK GOD I HAVE ETERNAL TREASURES BEING STORED UP IN HEAVEN WHERE MOTH OR RUST WILL NOT DESTROY....
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
THANK GOD....I AM HAVE A FRIEND WHO STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER
NO MATTER WHERE I AM
NO MATTER WHAT I DO WRONG....
JESUS WILL NEVER LEAVE ME OR FORSAKE ME
ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR GOD THIS MORNING???
GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE.....
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IT REQUIRES HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE
BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT
IT’S NOT EASY TO FOLLOW JESUS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
WE SEE THAT THE CHRISTIAN CULTURE IN THE WEST .....
HAS BEEN IN A STEADY DECLINE FOR YEAR AND YEARS
CHRISTIANS ARE BEING MORE AND MORE MARGINALIZED AND PUSHED OUT
IT SEEMS THAT THE SECULAR CULTURE IS NOT ONLY GAINING GROUND
BUT THEY ARE GROWING MORE STRONG AND DEMANDING BY THE DAY
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE IT’S HARDER TO STAND FOR JESUS
THAN IT EVEN WAS A DECADE AGO
IT’S HARDER TO STAND FOR JESUS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL
THAN IT WAS EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO
IT’S HARDER TO STAND FOR JESUS IN CORPORATE AMERICA IN A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY....
THEN IT WAS JUST A SHORT TIME AGO
SO IF YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED...
WHY ARE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE
AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE IN SPITE OF THIS TURN IN CULTURE
WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE INCREASINGLY ATTACKED AND CONDEMNED
THE REASON FOR THIS IS...
WE ARE BECOMING A MARKED MINORITY VERY QUICKLY IN THIS CULTURE
WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS…I BELIEVE
TO BE A CHRISTIAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
IS TO BE ASSOCIATED MORE WITH FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIANS
THAN EVEN 20TH CENTURY CHRISTIANS
OBVIOUSLY WE STILL HAVE IT EASIER AND DEFINITELY MORE FREEDOMS THAN THEY HAD
BUT IF WERE NOT CAREFUL AND IF WE DON’T WAKE UP...
THEN THIS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE
AT THIS POINT…WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING MARTYRED FOR OUR FAITH...
THIS WILL CHANGE IF WE AREN’T CAREFUL
EVEN NOW I FEEL LIKE...
WE ARE IN A FIGHT TO KEEP THE INFLUENCE THAT WE DO HAVE...
IF YOU FEEL THIS WAY TOO...
THEN YOU WILL BE ENCOURAGED BY THIS LETTER TO PHILADELPHIA
HERE IS SOME BACKGROUND ON THE CITY...
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA WAS BUILT AROUND 150 YEARS BEFORE JESUS
IT GOT IT’S NAME BECAUSE ONE OF THE EARLY LEADERS OF THAT TIME...
WAS SO LOYAL TO HIS BROTHER THAT THEY GAVE HIM THE NICKNAME “BROTHER LOVER”
SO THEY TOOK THE GREEK WORD FOR BROTHER
AND THE GREEK WORD FOR LOVE
AND THEY PUT TOGETHER AND THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE NAME PHILADELPHIA
IT IS KNOW AS “THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE”
IT WAS A GATEWAY CITY..
IT STOOD AT A CROSSROAD THAT CONNECTED MANY MAJOR CITY CENTERS
IT’S IMPORTANCE WAS THAT...
IF YOU WANTED TO EXPORT YOUR IDEAS OR CULTURE OR YOUR INFLUENCE OR YOUR FAITH
YOU LITERALLY HAD TO GO THROUGH PHILADELPHIA
IT WAS THE GATEWAY TO SO MANY OF THE OTHER CULTURES OF THE WORLD AT THAT TIME
THE CHRISTIANS AT THAT TIME WERE A MARKED MINORITY AT THAT TIME
AND THEY WERE BEING PRESSURED NOT JUST BY THOSE ON THE OUTSIDE
BUT THEY WERE BEING PRESSURED BY THOSE WHO CONSIDERED THEMSELVES....
“TRUE BELIEVERS”
THERE WAS THIS JEWISH SECT OF BELIEVERS
AND THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE SORT OF SUPERIOR THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHURCH
BECAUSE THEY HELD REALLY TIGHTLY TO JEWISH CUSTOMS AND CULTURE
AND SO IF YOU WERE A CHRISTIAN FROM THIS DAY AND AGE
YOU WERE FEELING PRESSURE FORM THE SECULAR CULTURE
BUT YOU WERE ALSO FEELING PRESSURE FROM THOSE WHO FELT AS THOUGH THEY HAD SOME SORT OF LOCK ON SALVATION
THAT GOD WAS FOR THEM WHO WAS ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE CHURCH
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS AT A LOSS WHEN IT CAME TO GOD
THIS WAS ALSO A PLACE THAT HAD A LOT OF EARTHQUAKES
THE CITY WAS JUST ABOUT DESTROYED IN 17 A.D.
IT WAS SAID THAT THIS EARTHQUAKE WAS SO BIG THAT IT PRODUCED AFTERSHOCKS FELT BY SURROUNDING CITIES FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS
PEOPLE WERE CONSTANTLY LIVING IN FEAR
THE CONTEXT OF THIS CITY WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF SOME OF THE WORDS JESUS IS SAYING IN THIS LETTER...
Revelation 3:7 (NIV)
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true,
JESUS UNDERSTANDS THAT HE IS TALKING TO A CHURCH THAT...
IS FEELING PRESSURE FROM THOSE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE A LOCK ON SALVATION
HE IS SAYING...
DON’T YOU WORRY ABOUT THEM
YOU JUST LOOK AT ME BECAUSE I AM THE ONE WHO IS HOLY AND TRUE
I KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO COME ALONG AND SAY....
“YOU DON’T DO THIS RIGHT AND YOUR NOT MEASURING UP IN THIS WAY BUT THEY ARE NOT WHO SAVES YOU
I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO SAVES YOU
I AM THE ONE WHO HAS THE POWER TO....
HEAL AND FORGIVE
TO SAVE AND SET FREE
SO YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON.....ME
HE IS SAYING TO A PERSEVERING CHURCH...
DON’T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF OF ME
I’M THE HOLY ONE
I’M THE FLAWLESS ONE
I’M THE PERFECT ONE
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS…LOOK AT ME
I WILL NEVER TELL YOU A LIE
I WILL NEVER LEAD YOU ASTRAY
I AM THE PERFECT STANDARD FOR YOUR LIFE
AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED AND FOCUSED ON ME...
YOUR GONNA BE OK
IT REMINDS ME OF PETER WAKING ON THE WATER…(EXPOUND)
WHEN PETER STEPS OUT OF THE BOAT
HE BEGINS TO FOCUS ON THE WAVES AROUND HIM
AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE BEGINS TO SINK
THEN JESUS SHOWS UP AND QUICKLY LIFTS HIM BACK UP
Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
WHEN WE FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS...
WE WILL NEVER LOSE OUR WAY
NO MATTER WHAT THE WORLD MAY LOOK LIKE AROUND US
IF OUR EYES REMAIN FOCUSED ON HIM WHO...
FORMED THE WORLD AND SET THE HEAVENS BY HIS WORD
AS LONG AS WE FOCUS ON JESUS
WERE GONNA BE OK
JESUS HAS A LOT TO PROMISE THIS CHURCH
BUT BEFORE HE BRINGS THE PROMISE
HE IS REMINDING THEM OF WHO HE IS
HOLY AND TRUE
Revelation 3:7–8 (NIV)
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
THIS SCRIPTURE IS REFERENCE TO AN OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGE...
ISAIAH 22.
SHEBNA…WHO WAS THE STEWARD OF THE KING
A STEWARD WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PALACE
INSTEAD OF REPENTANCE AND MOURNING LIKE GOD DEMANDED
HE THREW DRINKING PARTIES
AND BECAUSE OF HIS DISOBEDIENCE GOD SAID THIS THROUGH THE PROPHET ISAIAH
15 The Lord God of Armies said, “Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him: 16 What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a resting place for yourself out of rock? 17 Look, you strong man! The Lord is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, 18 wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be—a disgrace to the house of your lord. 19 I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.
20 “On that day I will call for my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will hand your authority over to him, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open. 23 I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father’s family.
JESUS IS SAYING IN REVELATIONS...
I KNOW HOW WEAK YOU ARE
I SEE HOW LITTLE STRENGTH YOU HAVE
BUT HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP INTO MY PRESENCE
WHERE THERE IS FULLNESS OF JOY
THERE IS PERFECT AND OVERWHELMING PEACE
I HAVE OPENED THIS DOOR FOR YOU
THAT NO ONE CAN SHUT
MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN YOUR WEAKNESS
WALK THROUGH THE DOOR
9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THIS..
GOD IS IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING
HE HOLDS THE KEYS THAT GIVES ACCESS
HE IS THE ONE WHO OPEN AND SHUTS DOORS IN OUR LIFE
LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA'S POINT OF VIEW
I THINK JESUS WAS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM BY TELLING THEM
I AM THE ONE WHO CAN GIVE YOU INFLUENCE
WHEN YOU STAY FAITHFUL TO ME
I OPEN DOORS THAT NO MAN CAN SHUT
AND I CAN OPEN THE DOORS THAT SEEM SHUT RIGHT NOW WITH IN YOUR CULTURE
I CAN OPEN THOSE DOORS SO THAT YOU CAN INFLUENCE THE CULTURE FOR MY KINGDOM
I CAN OPEN WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE OPENED
BECAUSE I HOLD THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID
OH MY LORD..I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD SAY AMEN
…WORSHIP TEAM COME AND JOIN ME....
Revelation 3:9 (NIV)
9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,
A SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN...
WHO IS THIS....
I MEAN IT CAN’T BE MANY RIGHT?
I MEAN WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN
SURE SOME DO , BUT NOT MANY…RIGHT?
I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE SCRIPTURE IN MATTHEW 12.
Matthew 12:30 (NIV)
30 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
WHICH MEANS...
THAT YOU ARE EITHER FOR HIM
OR AGAINST HIM
AND BY NOT CHOOSING....YOU ARE ACTUALLY CHOOSING
YOU JUST AUTOMATICALLY BELONG TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN
IN FACT, THERE REALLY ISN’T MUCH DIFFERENCE IN...
THOSE WHO SAY...”I BELONG TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN”
AND THOSE WHO SAY....”I REALLY HAVEN’T GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT AT ALL ABOUT JESUS”
JESUS MAKES IT CLEAR...
I AM THE DOOR
IF YOU WANT TO BE SAVED
YOU HAVE TO COME THROUGH ME
IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME…YOU ARE AGAINST ME
9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE THIS MORNING...
WHO IS THANKFUL FOR A LITTLE INDICATION OF VICTORY
11 It is written:
“ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ”
OH MY LORD....
THE BATTLE IN YOUR LIFE BELONGS TO THE LORD....
ONE DAY…EVERY KNEE WILL BOW
ONE DAY EVERYONE....WILL SEE AND UNDERSTAND
THAT JESUS CHRIST....IS....LORD
....STAND TO YOUR FEET.....
11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
HOLD ON......
YOUR FAITHFULNESS IS NOT IN VAIN
THE LORD SEES YOU....
HE SEES YOUR PAIN
HE SEES YOUR AFFLICTION
HE SEES THE INJUSTICE
HE SEES YOUR SUFFERING
HE IS SAYING ...
HOLD ON.....
I AM COMING SOON
THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN LIFE BECOMES OVERWHELMING
HOLD ON
THERE MAY BE MOMENTS WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO QUIT...
HOLD ON
DAVID WAS A STRONG MAN
HE WAS POWERFUL
HE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO CALL UPON ARMIES
HE WAS A MANS MAN
6 Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.
7 I am for peace;
but when I speak, they are for war.
1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
IN ALL OF DAVIDS POWER AND MIGHT
IN ALL OF HIS ABILITIES AND VICTORIES
HE KNEW WHERE HIS STRENGTH COME FROM
HE KNEW WHERE VICTORY CAME FROM
HE KNEW THE MAKER OF THE UNIVERSE
HE KNEW THE ONE WHO HOLDS ALL AUTHORITY
WHO HAS THE POWER TO OPEN AND SHUT DOORS NO ONE ELSE CAN
EVERY HEAD BOWED AND EYE CLOSED..
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