sis pastor Steven Brooks coming to you a
little bit earlier than what we normally
do for our morning glory broadcast and
of course this is not midweek it's
actually Tuesday and it's not in the
morning either
but I'm so happy that I can come before
you and bring an encouraging word to you
today I want to share some things that
will bring peace and gray faith into
your heart concerning the type of
testing that many of God's people are
experiencing right now due to the
coronavirus and I felt that today's
message will lift you up and bless you
and I didn't even want to wait another
24 hours to get it to you I wanted to go
ahead and release this message
immediately so that you can receive it
and walk in the peace and the security
of the Lord you know there was a time in
biblical history when all of the
restaurants were closed
even the drive-thrus were not open and
there was also a same time during that
same time period when all the hospitals
closed and I've even been told that it
was so bad that even Amazon and Walmart
closed
well Pastor Steven that sounds like
something like that would be unlivable
well let's go further what if Amazon
what if Amazon Walmart all of your local
grocery stores how about this let's
throw in all of the convenience stores
include the gas stations hospitals
everything was closed for 40 years could
you survive could your local church
Assembly survive could the nation
survive my friends just such a thing has
already occurred in history and this was
the 40 years that the children of Israel
spent out in the middle of a lonely
desert now I know that Amazon didn't
exist then and I know that there was no
Walmart's and there really technically
weren't any hospitals we understand that
but you have to understand
and this that if God could take care of
them and sustain them in a vacuum where
there are no laundromats and there are
no restaurants and there are no
hospitals and there is no source of you
know governmental help yet God took care
of them for 40 years can he not take
care of you for 40 days whoa glory to
God there's nothing new Under the Sun oh
yes there may be a new strain of virus
or bacteria or something like that but
in the essence of the living experience
of going through difficulties and things
like that there's nothing new Under the
Sun we can look to the nation of Israel
and see all of the difficulties they
have gone through even up to their
current time and my friends there have
been those who have gone before us who
walked in faith and they proved the
integrity of God's Word because God
watched over his word he kept it he
performed it in their lives and you know
what God's going to do the very same
thing for you but think about the
magnitude of what God did for three
million people in the middle of nowhere
with no outside source of help with no
neighboring nation saying hey we'll come
in and bail you out we're gonna bring in
food and and we're gonna bring in
diapers and we're gonna bring in medical
supplies no there was there was none of
that they were all in a place the
children of Israel when they were
totally not 10% not 40% they were 100
percent reliant upon God every single
day see God had to do it every single
day every single day God came through
for 40 years straight God is certainly
not gonna let you go under ever much
less for some little 40 days you know
difficulty you know global flat tire
experience that you've got to go through
whoo-hoo praise the Lord oh I'm not
saying that there
are those out there who are hurting who
are those who have even died but I'm
saying you have a covenant your story
will be different praise God because you
have promises and please don't ever
forget this you have a Jehovah Jireh in
your life and no sinner can say that no
sinner can believe for that because they
are separated from God because of their
sins and by the way this is a time when
many sinners are looking to the Lord
this is a time where many people are
contemplating taking their lives because
of the financial pressure and the what
they would consider to be unsolvable
dilemmas faced in their life you know
there are people out there they just
don't do good with stress they don't do
good with problems they get nervous they
get anxious and they look to they look
to end it some people just look to end
it they can't deal with it others turn
to the bottle and we're seeing that
we're seeing that you know the most
bizarre thing of course when the
government or states say only necessary
services can remain open yet the states
have given the thumbs up for every legal
every liquor store in the state to stay
open I know our state did that how our
bizarre yeah as if the liquor stores are
the solution no no you can go to the
bottle I'm sure some do there's no
remedy there it's just gonna make it
worse
my friends you have a Jehovah Jireh in
your life and so these stories while
we've read about them maybe you heard
about them in Sunday school the children
of Israel in the in the land of the
Sinai Peninsula wandering for forty
years out in the desert well you know
now we have our own in Assyrians
Manassas much smaller ability to just
get a little taste just a tiny taste of
what they lived every single day for 40
years and I believe with all of my heart
that during this time you will see God's
faithfulness and the lost will see you
and they'll see this the serenity on
your face
the calmness the peace on your face and
how you just keep right on going and
don't be surprised when they come up to
you and want to know about the God that
you serve praise the Lord
Heavenly Father as we go into our into
our message today as we study your word
we ask that your Holy Spirit with this
life quickening power would come and
illuminate the scriptures to the mind to
the to the understanding so that we can
grasp it receive it and apply it to our
lives today we thank you father in the
name of Jesus we all agree and say Amen
all right we're in Nehemiah chapter 9
verse 18 even when they made a molded
calf for themselves and said this is
your God that brought you up out of
Egypt and worked great provocations yet
in your manifold mercies you did not
forsake them in the wilderness now I
want to talk about some of the benefits
10 actually 10 very easy clearly to see
benefits that come from serving the
Almighty God who praised the Lord number
one is mercy now look at this they
really did a lot of things to provoke
and irritate God to be rebellious to
break his Commandments they even made
the silly the golden calf and that they
did these things where in a sense they
broke covenant but God loved them so
much that even while they were doing all
of that he said you know what you're
worthy of being destroyed of course
Moses interceded and cried out for the
children of Israel but God still loved
the nation of Israel and it says that in
his manifold mercies he did not forsake
them in the wilderness the number one
benefit that you get of walking with God
is mercy
well pastor Steven you know I I believe
that God would protect those that have
really been serving him but pastor Steve
I'm a Christian and I love God maybe I
you know I just
think I've really served the Lord the
way I should well you know if you're
washed with the blood of Christ and
you've been bought by the precious blood
of Jesus you belong to God and I believe
his mercy will also reach out and touch
you praise the Lord and what happens
when that mercy is extended it says you
did not forsake them
so actually what God did is in a sense
he carried them whoo-hoo praise God he
carried them all through the wilderness
even during the times of their bawling
and squalling and mumbling and grumbling
and God saw all of that and he knew you
got God to you all of this is
characteristics that are not pleasing
but at the same time he loved them so
much that he still carried them an
extended mercy to them believed God
today for mercy that despite perhaps
areas you've missed it
that that you know that God still loves
you and that he's going to protect you
during this coronavirus crisis situation
that has touched our nation number two
it says the pillar of the cloud did not
depart from them by day now if you were
in the middle of the desert and some of
you you've you've had that experience
perhaps not in the the Sinai desert or
the the Arabian desert technically where
I believe this was all taking place at
but a desert is a desert and I've been
out in deserts before and I
I have literally seen the thermometer go
to 130 and stop because that was as high
as it could go but it was actually
hotter than that and I have been places
where you literally could fry an egg on
the street it has been that hot but my
friends the difference that it makes if
a cloud now deserts usually don't have
clouds it's blue skies 365 days out of
the year but for a cloud to come in a
cloud canopy that would be very very
large that when the blistering Sun would
Shine down that cloud would block
that direct sunlight from blasting the
people of Israel and what do you have
suddenly you have in a sense what we
could call air conditioning whoo praise
the Lord
you have it made in the shade and that
is a tremendous blessing from God so
what would we call this blessing comfort
comfort right in the middle of the
desert now I'm sure that if you expand
it out and you if you left the group and
you were to walk out you could get out
from underneath that cloud and you would
feel the full effect of that Sun but all
you would have to do is just move right
back underneath that cloud and suddenly
the temperature just drops dramatically
and you feel refreshed and you're okay
you're okay to walk you're okay to do
the things that you need to do to do the
work that you would need to do the times
that they would set up camp because you
have that amazing cloud coverage can you
imagine the surrounding nations as they
would look back and see these unusual
unexplainable phenomena that followed
this group called the Israelites where
there is this cloud that just goes
before them and it just happens to
always be this giant cloud and then at
night somehow of pillar of fire shows up
now you would think an unsaved heathen
would say that would see something like
that and would say you know I've never
seen stuff like this in my life before
you guys are surrounded by miracles I
think I'd like to join up with you but
you know it was for the people of Israel
and there were those that would become
converts or proselytes and they would
join up and become members of the nation
of Israel but for the most part just the
unbelievers would see it and go hmm
that's interesting well that's a lot
more than interesting that is God's
miraculous power sustaining and blessing
his people and bringing them cloud
coverage in the middle of a blistering
desert okay so comfort and there's going
to be comfort in your life right now you
will not be devoid of that
praise the Lord always remember remember
the cloud remember the cloud okay the
pillar of the cloud did not deploy
from them by day to lead them on the
road so it brought comfort and it
brought guidance because all you have to
do is follow the cloud how easy is that
that's that's better than having a
smartphone with GPS on it all you have
to do is look you can see it all the
time
pray use the Lord so you also have that
element of guidance staying on the path
that God has for your life now it says
nor the pillar of fire by night it
didn't leave it did not depart from them
the pillar of fire by night to show them
light
well that fire is going to bring
protection now there in the desert there
were predators during that time there
were lions back in that date and all the
Lions for my understanding the last
Lions were killed off in the year right
around in the year 1300 in the nation of
Israel and no Lions have really been
seen there since then remember Israel is
very close to Africa and you have that
natural Enbridge that just reaches right
over into the nation of Africa so it's
not very far away so there used to be
some pretty big predators there now
they're not really desert dwelling type
animals but still when you're making a
big loop a big journey through that
wilderness most likely at times you're
going to run across creatures like that
but to see this big torch a flaming fire
that's going to push back creatures and
animals like that and again at nighttime
it's going to bring guidance but here we
have safety and protection and also that
fire representing illumination guidance
which would also speak to us of walking
in the wisdom of God and this is very
very important that during this time you
walk in the wisdom of God and you make
good decisions don't get in fear and do
silly things because you get into that
crowd mentality and it says in the book
of Deuteronomy do not follow a crowd
into doing wrong or to doing evil or
even some
that can be translated not so much as
even doing something that's evil but
doing something that this is just not
the right thing to do
so don't fall the crowd mentality of
their herd mentality because evil
spirits can just push people almost to
do things like you know if people are
selling their stocks will others start
seeing that and they start selling all
theirs - and they're violating good
business ethics by doing things like
that now there can't be a time to jump
off a ship if it's going to go down and
not recover but a lot of people they
jump off and then you know next thing
you know they the ship's still sailing
and and then the ship recovers so be
very careful with things like that you
want to walk in the wisdom of God make
good decisions not go out and spend four
thousand dollars on toilet paper because
eventually the reality is going to hit
why did I do that why did I buy a garage
full of toilet paper it doesn't even
make any sense what's going on and stuff
like that fear and total pandemonium and
just people not thinking straight and
they don't that's what happens often in
these crisis and these types of moments
people literally they stop thinking they
just they're just consumed with what
they're hearing through media and so
much of the media has a biased agenda
which is not good which is fear-based
and the media loves it because the media
makes money off of it so it if that
works for them they'll keep pushing it
to us that the bottom line is they're
after money that's all that matters to
them that they have no interest in your
well being so they push that but my
friends you have to hold steady you have
to hold steady and walk in the wisdom of
God and make right decisions who praise
the Lord this is good okay let's
continue on you did not forsake them in
the wilderness the pillar of the cloud
did not depart from them by day to lead
them on the road nor the pillar of fire
by night to show them light and the way
they should go you also gave your good
spirit to instruct them alright so here
we have further and how can I save
further pouring out of the Spirit of God
in the
ah nineteen of wisdom we know that the
Holy Spirit through the spirit of wisdom
was upon Moses and Moses was able to lay
his hands on the seventy elders and that
same spirit of wisdom went on them and
Joshua was one of those young men that
it went on praise God and of course the
spirit of wisdom upon the the priest the
ones that were the teaching priests
instructing people how to obey the laws
the commandments of God well that spirit
of wisdom is very very important in
combating the coronavirus walking in the
wisdom of God making good decisions not
doing foolish things I know some of you
you've admit you've been laid off from
work some of you you maybe you have paid
leave which is a blessing maybe you
could work from home which is a blessing
but others you were just sent home and
you were told no paycheck until this
thing lifts and whenever it does you can
come back to work but you know there are
people that they're learning biblical
finances but because they're still new
into it they are still in that place
where they're living paycheck to
paycheck now God's gonna heal that God's
gonna get that cleaned up God's going to
help you build reserves and storehouses
but in the interim if you are in a place
where you have been living paycheck to
paycheck and you were told go home and
there's no pay until this lifts and then
you can come back well you know get you
working again but till then no pay you
know what you ever to have to really get
into the Word of God and trust the Lord
and don't do crazy stuff don't do crazy
stuff just hold steady God will make a
way for you and already the Lord's
working through the president and
through the leaders of the nation to
endeavor to you know touch the hearts of
creditors and lending agencies so that
there's extensions and there's no
repossessions and there's there's all
kinds of goodies and perks that are
being extended and from auto financing
where you know all of the creditors are
just saying hey you know if you need a
six-month break go ahead and take it
with no penalty no no raised interest or
anything like that so there's many
there's many areas of relief there's
many areas of help and if you're not
sure don't hide from a creditor get on
the phone and call because
most likely there is some type of
reprieve there's some type of refreshing
to give you room to hang in there and do
the things you need to do so don't panic
don't do crazy things and don't get into
the spawn de si and hopelessness
praise the Lord God will provide for you
mmm that felt so good to say that let me
say it to you again God will provide for
you hallelujah praise the Lord
you have Jehovah Jireh in your life
you're going to be just fine
praise the Lord now others of you and we
have church members and ministry
partners you have online businesses and
if you're online you you can probably
surf through this a little better but
others of you you have you have what I
would call brick and mortar type
businesses and you've had to close them
to obey and to conform to the request of
your state or your government and you're
doing that out of good conscience and
that's the right thing to do so I just
want you to know that this does not mean
that you have to shift into a mindset of
loss and you know just think you know
we're not gonna make you know no God is
still your God you still have Jehovah
Jireh in your life even if there's a
famine even if there's a recession and I
want you to believe that even though in
the natural the water may flow
downstream I want you to see yourself
like that pink salmon that goes upstream
against the downstream current why he
has a purpose he has a mission he has an
assignment and that fish will go
upstream against all the obstacles
leaping and almost flying to get to its
destination and that's what the females
are doing so they can lay the eggs and
and do their spawning and then you know
the next generation can come along but
don't think well we have to shut down
we're gonna lose a bunch of money no
just have a mentality of well we may
have to shut down but we're not losing
anything God is our God and everything
is going to get restored and in the
interim I mean do inventory do whatever
you need to do clean clean your shop you
know remodel whatever you need to do get
ready get ready so that when things
open you are ready to run praise God and
I believe even in the interim God can
bless you with wisdom of how to work
around it work through it
obeying state laws but at the same time
still you know just thinking outside of
the box that's one of the great things
about of about America is our ingenuity
that was kind of interesting
some years back when Saudi Arabia said
you know what we're going to drive all
of the other oil producers particularly
the American oil producers out of
business and we're just going to keep
pumping and we're gonna keep lowering
the price on the barrel of oil a crude
oil and they underestimate it the
ingenuity of the American oil companies
you got all these guys down in Texas and
they're thinking well they're gonna put
the heat on well let's just get better
at fracking and they they just
revolutionized that whole industry and
they drove down prices below what even
the Saudis could do whoo praise the Lord
through their ingenuity so this is a
time for wisdom for creativity thinking
outside of the box you won't have to do
it always
but it's good sometimes to have a little
pressure to push you to think
differently and I believe these things
will help you expand and many of you
businessman and business women you're
realizing that it's very important to be
more developed in social media too al
pastor Steven that's not really my thing
but you're realizing well I might want
to make that my thing now because
everybody that now is online it's like
you know everybody's at home but
everybody's a home online you know you'd
only watch so much TV before you realize
it's just they're regurgitating the same
thing over and over again so you get
online for some creativity and for some
recreation and you know what you need to
be there you need to be there on Twitter
and Facebook and all these youtube
whatever it is you need to you need to
expand your business mm-hmm think think
beyond local think beyond local well
well pastor Steve and I'm just a
masseuse I mean I give massages how can
i how can I do that I don't know maybe
there's a rich Sheikh over in Saudi
Arabia who wants to pay you you know
five thousand dollars for a massage if
you're really good you know maybe they
can't find anybody that knows what
they're doing they see you online and
they'll willing them pay your ticket all
the way over and then all the way back
don't they
that stuff's funny stuff like this
happens all the time if you know your
value and you know you weren't your
Worth and you know you're really good at
what you're doing you are a global
commodity not a local commodity if you
are really really good at what you're
doing regardless of what it is you are a
global commodity and you have need all
over the world because if you can do it
here you can do it there there there on
the top of the planet bar on the planet
other side of the planet it doesn't
matter it doesn't matter mmm
so let your talent that you're gifting
be known Oh Pastor Steven but all those
platforms or evil platforms it's all
getting everything ready for the endtime
Antichrist mmm you know what it was said
through the prophet Daniel that in the
last days knowledge will increase you
need to just go with the flow you can't
live in the Stone Age
you know you just can't be passing out
little flyers and think that's that's
going to work you have to go into where
the fish are at and you have to you know
and the fish they're on television and
they're on the internet so yes do do the
billboards and do the newspaper but look
you have to get beyond that you have to
start pushing your gift your talent out
to the world because now the world is
more linked than it ever has before and
when all of these satellites all these
little bitty thousands of satellites
that these corporations have been
working on they've already been putting
them up in space by the hundreds when
all of that gets flipped and the switch
gets flipped suddenly we're gonna have
entire nations just you know introduced
to the Internet and to the gospel and
all you know that goes along with that
so technology is moving forward you
can't go backwards you have to go
forward yes of course don't take the
mark you know you unless you take this
you can't by yourself
well you I give up buying or selling I'm
not taking that mark but look getting on
a social media platform doesn't mean
you're taking the mark we've been
through this before back in the 80s when
credit cards people started coming out
people are like I'm not taking a credit
card that's the mark of the beast system
well you know you can't you can't even
buy an airline ticket now unless you
have a credit card they're not taking
cash for that you have to have a credit
card or your debit card so you know just
use wisdom and these types of
and allowed these moments to help you
make adjustments so that you have
enlargement and some of you have
products that deservedly belong into the
hands of people in other states and in
other countries it's that good you've
under sold yourself you've undervalued
your product it really is that good mmm
the blessing of Abraham the blessing of
Abraham is not just local it's
multinational mmm thank you Jesus and
the Lord told him that I'll bless you
you'll be a blessing to who just the
people living down the street no to the
whole world to the whole world
mmm mmm thank you Jesus praise the Lord
let's continue on the wisdom of God the
wisdom of God is very important pastor
Steve and I'd like to tie into that a
little bit more here's an email that
came in just a few hours ago and let's
talk about tying into the flaming wisdom
of God wisdom is is denoted by the color
red wisdom is there's references to it
in the book of Proverbs
in a sense where rubies which would be
so highly valued wisdom is above rubies
but it still syncs with that beautiful
ruby red color now this came in today at
4:34 p.m. says hi Pastor Steven my name
is Derek I've been listening to you for
the last several months well I listened
to a sermon when you challenged the
listeners to pray in the spirit for one
hour a day for 21 days
well I prayed for over 30 straight days
and I can tell you it was a magnificent
experience for me also most of the days
I surpassed an hour and would pray
closer to 3 hours straight I did this
every morning starting at 3:30 3 a.m. as
you stated for wisdom is released at
that particular time yes it is 3:30 3 in
the morning is God's hour when he
unveils divine secrets
that's not my message for today but
that's just a little nugget for you to
ponder on
he did use by saying I did this every
morning starting at 3:33 a.m. as you
stated for wisdom is released at that
particular time I remember feeling power
in my hands smelling a floral scent and
I know it was a spiritual scent because
it was snow outside not a flower in
sight whew praise God and often that
happens you begin to get over in the
spirit you begin to get into discerning
the spirits supernatural fragrances can
come forth the anointing is flowing woo
the wisdom of God is flowing you won't
have any troubles in life you're too
high in God you're too high in the
wisdom of God the wisdom of God is the
wisdom that is above all wisdom hmm and
you'll have a solution for every need
mmm thank you Jesus but the most
powerful part of this prayer time was
that the Lord spoke four prophetic words
through me to encourage and lift up my
pastor mmm and he goes deeper into what
happened and how that blessed him and
how it really touched the heart of his
pastor because the words were so
accurate worth that beam said he
continues there was a sacrifice and the
dedication trust me 30 days straight at
3:33 a.m. that doesn't come
automatically he's right there is a
sacrifice of the dedication and he says
there was a sacrifice and dedication to
the Lord and to the challenge that you
put forth I loved being challenged and
taking challenges and completing them I
know I flown the prophetic now for sure
I would also like to honor you and send
you a Starbucks gift card as well I
honor you and thank you for your labor
in the word and doctrine hallelujah
brother Derek god bless you and thank
you also for the Starbucks gift card be
assured that I will use it praise God
they just built the new Starbucks can
you believe this I know that God answers
prayer they just built a new Starbucks
literally three minutes a three minute
drive from my house Pastor Steven thou
art a blessed man yes yes I am and I
prayed a little bit more and God opened
the windows of heaven and blessed
our town with the Jersey Mike sandwich
shop right next to it literally three
minutes from my house Pastor Steven I
know you are a blessed man mmm yes yes I
am
praise God but my friends wisdom flowing
wisdom flowing mmm
into you whoo get up and pray hallelujah
some of you you're off you know that
they told you to go home well you've got
some free time do some praying in the
spirit but get up early and do it LLL
set the pace it'll set the tone for your
entire day when the day before the Sun
ever breaks over the horizon by getting
up early and praying okay so one of the
blessings is the wisdom of God flowing
the beautiful pillar of fire thank you
Jesus the spirit to instruct them that's
the spirit of wisdom that was on the
leadership and that same anointing can
be on you okay and it says that God did
not withhold manna from their mouth hmm
so God gave them manna now think about
the miracle of the manna you could eat
this little bitty like wafer and you
could eat just a few of those things and
suddenly you're totally full just as
full as you Davina steak and mashed
potatoes you know which would take an
hour and a half just to digest all that
food but you can eat a little piece of
manna and your stomach feels light but
you feel full and satisfied mmm no
heartburn no indigestion no need to go
to the hospital or the 7-eleven and get
some pepto-bismol because there is no
7-eleven and there is no hospital this
is God and God alone saying I can take
care of you in the middle of nowhere
even if all the stores shut even if the
whole nation were the shutdown I can
take care of you right where you're at
if you if you can't go out of your
living room for the next 40 years I can
provide for you God's already done it
he's already proved it he's already
proved it and he'll prove it to you over
the 40 days if you need it if you need
it he will absolutely prove it you're
not losing anything everything if
something went away it's coming back
praise God
there is no defeat in the Lord there's
nothing but victory in him whoo praise
God
thank you Lord Jesus hallelujah Menna
mana for their mouth no restaurants no
McDonald's no Burger King three million
people in the middle of the desert that
need to eat at least twice daily and
they're all taken care of every single
day not one day missed 444 40 years
straight and on the Sabbath they get it
get it double today before incredible
absolutely amazing praise the Lord and
it says that he also gave them water for
their thirst water for three million
people with no city public water supply
and if you have a city water supply then
you have to have the entire Sanitation
system and all you know the big water
treatment facility and I used to work
for a company years back where we made
all of the big giant sluice gates the
kind that you know their size of a house
that go down and shut off water supply
lines and things like that well that was
a fun job but my friends those are big
operations but this these people are out
in the middle of nowhere and they have
to have enough water every single day as
you're in the desert even with the cloud
there's going to be some perspiration
and there's gonna be you know it's just
coming out of your skin moisture so you
need a lot of water but yet never did
they ever say hey we don't have enough
liquid no they had plenty God would just
bring it supernatural every single day
mmm hallelujah praise God the power of
God to sustain to provide and take care
not just to hold you in survival mode
not just to hold you on the edge where
you're so skinny that you know you're
just living off of a cracker know you're
blessed you're blessed every single day
you wake up and you're blessed every
need men amazing 40 years verse 21 forty
years and remember if God could do it
for 40 years what's three weeks what's
six weeks it's nothing compared to the
power of God and there's inexhaustible
resources and ability to take care of
you and your entire family forty years
you sustained them in the wilderness
they lacked nothing you might want to
underline that they lacked nothing I
speak over your life I declare it and
prophesy over your life that during this
coronavirus with state shutdowns and not
at what's called non-essential shutdowns
I speak to you
businessmen business women and just you
know other employers employees I speak
to you that whatever your condition that
there will be no lack in your life now
believe it in the name of Jesus no lack
I speak no lack over your life no lack
for anything for anything it's all there
everything you need no luck for money no
luck for food no lack for anything that
you need no lack whew praise God
their clothes did not wear out their
clothes did not wear out
pastor Steve Pastor Steven they've
closed Nordstrom they've closed Macy's
they've closed JCPenney they closed them
all down what are we going to do God
will take care of you just just keep the
ones you have on and you know no washing
machines out there in the wilderness
either God just would keep them clean
mm-hmm and the clothes didn't wear out
oh you're gonna make it total provision
in every area we also know from
Deuteronomy chapter 29 verse 5 that not
only do their clothes not wear out but
neither did their shoes their shoes
didn't wear out now because I used to be
a runner you have this thing called
pronation which is you know when you're
it's the way your foot strikes the
ground and a little bit of a roll in the
ankle some people pronate some people
you know supinate and then you know that
the ankle can go out a little bit that
the heel can roll out a little bit or
it's the first time it actually can roll
in and you can look at the bottom of
your shoe and you'll see a wear pattern
and you'll notice also that every
person's foot strike is unique by the
way the the top marathon runners in the
world they all have perfect foot
placement and there is no rolling on the
heel on the side or on the left or right
it's it's a gift it's genetics it's a
blessing from God so they're basically
when something like that happens it's
called no wasted motion of energy so
their foot is landing just right lifting
up just right so the foots not pointed
out everything has to be perfect it may
not sound like a big deal but
you've done that for 26 miles you know
if it's off a little bit that can add up
to a minute
lost time so everything has to line up
just right it's not just lung capacity
it's all these little things too and
that's the touch of God for those that
are called in specific career fields
whether it's to be a professional runner
or to be a professional chef or whatever
it might be
you'll notice God gave you a little
something extra in that area that
pertains to your calling and your career
field in life whoo thank you Jesus
so their shoes didn't wear out either no
we're on the bottom can you imagine that
38 years walking walking in gigantic
circles all through the Arabian desert
just walking and walking and you look at
the bottom of your shoe Sonny wore out
one bit
not wore out one bit the sandal straps
every everything just totally fine just
like the day you got it and you know
they left Egypt but they they plundered
the the Egyptians in a sense because God
told them to don't feel bad for the
Egyptians that in a sense was payback
for them for the Egyptians having put
them in forced slavery for 430 years so
they left they left with gold and silver
they also had a lot of clothing and I'm
sure a lot of a lot of shoes so they
each would have one pair of shoes and
let you know maybe somebody had a pair
of you know Nikes maybe somebody else
had a pair of you know like black dress
shoes maybe somebody else you know and
just had you know a traditional sandal
who know what it was now we know there
wasn't Nike back then although there was
adidas no just joking
praise God but my friends the thing is
regardless is that gut just
supernaturally kept them for how long
for 40 years
God never failed them one day you're
gonna make it for 40 days for six weeks
or whatever it is cakewalk with you in
the Lord this is easy this is easy this
is no strain on the Lord God sent up
there and heaven sweating straining no
this is easy guts done this for an
entire nation this is easy for him to
take care of you praise God you have a
Jehovah Jireh say this again say I have
a Jehovah Jireh in my life I will have
no lack the clothing their shoes do not
wear out and their feet did not swell Oh
Pastor Steven I know why because they
were giving each other foot massages
every day no they didn't didn't he
foot massage just you know if they
needed to walk all day can you imagine
walking all day it's hot you can get
some you got great cloud coverage but
still you know it's it's not like it's
40 degrees you know it's still warm so
they're walking and but there's just no
swelling of the feet
it is God's divine health plan walking
in divine health mmm what's better than
the healing walking in divine health
walking in divine health all the time
everything working right and you're
moving forward praise God and also this
would be number 10 I kind of went
through these not really numbering them
as we went
but there's ten of them I've given you
nine let me give you one more I would
call it supernatural protection from all
the critters because when they would
stop and set up camp and they would have
their tents well I don't know how they
do it but these little critters like
scorpions they just have a way of
getting into your tent but that didn't
happen to the Israelites that there was
you know you can you imagine going into
your tent and laying down and pulling
your blankets over you and you put your
arms underneath your pillow to get
comfort comfortable that is if you sleep
on your tummy and you put your arms
underneath your pillow what if there was
a snake under there what if while you're
out during the day you know doing some
things snake slithers in and got under
your pillow boy but that stuff didn't
happen God protected them from snakes
and of course most of the snakes ravenna
--mess and from the scorpions and all of
these little critters that can be very
very dangerous and they're all over the
place in the desert especially when
you've got three million people God just
protected all of the people all of the
time
amazing hallelujah so there is
supernatural protection okay now keep
all of this in mind that God did this
for his people under the Old Covenant
Christ had not yet shed his blood but
even under the Old Covenant God so loved
and so took care of his people that he
just took him through it took him
through it and then took him into the
Promised Land
whoo praise God something good is on the
other side of the coronavirus something
really good Oh a blessing
thank you Jesus hallelujah praise God
hallelujah thank you Jesus glory to the
Lord so we have a better covenant we
have a better covenant and this covenant
that we have is based called a new
covenant of course or covenant meaning
will God's will is that you prosper and
be in health just as your soul prospers
all the time continually God's going to
get you through this God wants you to be
a source of blessing to others primarily
a blessing of love compassion compassion
and encouragement that helps stabilize
people hmm
my wife's real good at that the Holy
Spirit will bring her across people that
seem like they're just about to lose it
I'm talking people that are on a panic
they're all I mean it seems like some of
these people are just about I don't know
ready to drive they're literally about
ready to drive their car off a cliff or
something like that but yet they'll run
into my wife just start talking to them
and she's just like stalks them down out
of out of insanity out of you know the
crowd spirit just stalks them down out
of a spirit of fear and comforts them
with wise words and then begins to work
Jesus in there now it doesn't mean
they've received Jesus on the spot but
it does mean that peace came through the
message of Christ and they will
certainly ponder and think upon that but
I've seen I've seen my wife talk people
down who are Christians who are totally
on my edge you know because of maybe a
tornado or hurricane or earthquake or
something like that or something really
bad that happened on the news and people
are reeling from it so my friends we
need to be the ones that are stable
praise God because we have stability in
Christ hallelujah nothing new Under the
Sun we're going to get through this and
we're to get through this in victory and
then we're going into great blessing
praise the Lord hallelujah thank you
Lord Jesus
the Lord during this time wants you to
swim upstream in your thinking like the
salmon you're going upstream how do you
do that by faith you hold to the word of
the Lord and you just continue to
believe God over circumstances that are
out there and you will find out that
God's Word prevails over any
circumstance
praise the Lord so believe his word
believe his word thank you Lord Jesus
and let me say this for those that would
like to actually see the nation spiral
into a collapse or for those that would
in a sense delight over the what they
would hope to be a collapse of this
nation it's not going to happen what is
going to happen is that America under
the leadership of President Trump is
going to get through this
and we're going to be okay we're going
to be okay and that this nation is going
to get back on track and we are going
again be the light of the world because
we are the nation the number one nation
in the world that preaches the gospel oh
there are other nations to do a
phenomenal job - brilliant job but
America America is very special in this
area you know I tell you when there's
disasters or calamities you'll have
other countries that show up with their
relief teams but the ones that come in
strong and heavier than arrogance and
I'm talking even out of my own County
now he ran out can't our county of
wilkes not one case of coronavirus and
we know that directly from reports from
the hospital in the entire county 40,000
people not one case of coronavirus we
were in a neighboring County today me
and my wife right next to our County
there's the the next county over talking
to a medical doctor there not one case
of coronavirus in their entire County
but out of our own County people going
all over
world doing relief work taking supplies
and taking medical supplies at hospitals
and Italy are short on praise the Lord
you know what is that that is because of
the Christians in this nation and this
nation has a covenant with the Lord
Jesus Christ hallelujah and we're
praying we're praying and because we're
praying this nation will never go down
hallelujah and God's going to get us
through this and President Trump is
doing a phenomenal job incredible job
and there are those there are those who
would delight in seeing the country fall
apart they would actually put their own
warped ideologies and political agenda
in front of the health of the nation
they would like to see the nation
collapse just so that they could blame
Trump but it's not going to happen
it's a very dangerous thing and those
those people that are doing those things
they will go down in history history
will show that those people were they
were just voices of criticism while
Trump president Trump will go down as
one of the greatest leaders in history I
believe that with all of my heart and
we're praying for him praise the Lord
thank you Lord Jesus hallelujah do not
bet against this nation it's not it's
not gonna it's not gonna go good for
those that do praise the Lord
we're gonna do well God's with us and
the church's finest hour and America's
finest hour has not yet to be seen but
we're going to get there because God has
a plan for this nation a destiny for
this nation for the American church for
the Nigerian church for the Canadian
church for the church in the UK I tell
you what but the church global also
mmm we're gonna see and taste the glory
we're getting closer we're getting
closer and so my friends let's really
live for the Lord because we we are
going to see the the fulfillment of the
Great Commission we're going after it
with all of our hearts preaching the
gospel into all the world praise the
Lord
and many of these nations that have
never heard the gospel before they're
going to hear it soon because of all
these little satellites that are now up
there by the thousands the whole planets
gonna be under satellite coverage with
thousands and thousands of satellites so
that anybody in the world can get
internet reception and with the internet
they're you know there's a lot of junk
on the internet but we are going to use
it as a platform for the spreading of
the gospel in every other platform that
we can get into as well praise the Lord
alright let's get ready to take holy
communion today
whoo thank you Jesus hallelujah boo
praise the Lord thank you Lord Jesus we
give you praise Lord we give you praise
if you're watching today's program maybe
out of curiosity and you don't even know
Jesus from the perspective you've heard
about him maybe you've heard Bible
stories about him but you don't know him
as your Lord and Savior but you've had
time to ponder and consider your life
over the last few weeks and you maybe
have caught a glimpse of really the the
fragile nough sub life and the brevity
of life and it's made you think this
made you think about your life well I
would like to give you an opportunity to
receive Christ as your Lord and Savior
and to have forgiveness of sins and to
receive his life into your heart if you
would like to receive him right now pray
this prayer out loud pray it out loud
pray it after me say Lord Jesus forgive
me of all of my sins I've been a sinner
wash my sins away with your precious
blood Jesus I give you my heart
I give you my life I accept you now as
my Lord my Savior and my king
now come rule in my heart Lord Jesus
thank you for saving me thank you for
watching my sins away thank you Jesus I
belong to you now and I will serve you
from this day forward amen praise God
welcome to the family of God now let's
all take holy communion together mmm I
would like to invite you grab some
unleavened bread I use these little
wafers but just use whatever would be
close to that something like a little
cracker or something like that would be
just fine and here I have grape juice
Heavenly Father we pray over at the
bread and the juice we consecrate it we
set it apart as Holy and we bless it
this is now the body and the blood of
our Savior Jesus died at Calvary for the
remission the complete taking away of
all of our sins thank you Father for
Jesus as we receive his body we thank
you Father God that you are the same God
that took care of the Israelites for 40
years you sustained them in the
wilderness and they lacked nothing they
lacked nothing we hold to the same
promise under better conditions through
the new covenant through the shed blood
of Christ we thank you Father God that
we will lack nothing in Jesus name Amen
let's receive
father thank you for the blood of Jesus
it's mighty sin cleansing power and it's
protective power for our lives we thank
you for the blood hedge of protection we
thank you O God that the enemy cannot
touch us we give you praise O God we
give you praise that we are clean holy
in your sight and that we belong to you
and so therefore because we are yours
you have a divine responsibility to take
care of your own thank you father for
taking good care of us we believe it
we receive it and we confess it in Jesus
name Amen let's receive the blood of
Christ hallelujah
praise God glory to the Lord amen my
friends don't forget we're getting
closer to Passover Sunday April the 12th
the Lord through the Holy Spirit spoke
to me three amazing words in the
minister in the middle and in the midst
of coronavirus in the in the midst of
all of this stuff the Holy Spirit spoke
to me Pastor Steven what did he say that
he's saying run for the hills no he
didn't say that
Pastor Steven did he say buy more baked
beans no he didn't say that he said
finish the fence woo glory to God I said
okay Lord we will
so I'm believing that by or on Passover
April the 12th the remaining provision
that we need to finish the fence project
here at the ministry that it will come
in and if you would like to sow a seed
towards that it would be a great
blessing we have completed just a little
over halfway of the ministry fence and
it's absolutely beautiful but we are
going completely around the entire 1.72
acres of the ministry property and we
want to finish that now the remaining
part will be a little bit more than the
first part
because the remaining part not only
includes the length of the fence but
this one will have an electric gate so a
little bit pricier but we've already
done half let's finish the other half
let's let's just knock it all out praise
God and I believe my God's grace the
full provision will come in and I know
that God works through his precious
people if you would like to sow a seed
if you would like to sow a seed you
could name it a Passover seed we're also
calling it the fence seed because God
put a fence around Jobe and Satan stood
back and said god I can't touch that guy
he said I can't touch him you put a
fence around his life God's like yep I
sure did
Oh glory to God and I'm believing during
this time where people are concerned
about being touched with something yucky
a virus or something like that then you
could have strong faith for that
protective fence of God's hedge of
protection around your life so if that
it helps you to identify with that
through a sowing the seed that would be
a blessing because you could call this
the Passover sea or some are calling it
at the fence seed but when you send your
blessing in make note of that so that we
can apply it to that specific purpose
and thank you for your giving whoo
praise the Lord father I pray for your
people no fear
but faith and trust and you and full
provision and we thank you Father God
for no lack no lack anywhere we thank
you Father God just like the salmon
swimming upstream a natural example of a
spiritual parallel of faith that father
while others may go downstream with fear
and unbelief we move forward towards
your kingdom purpose and cause
endeavouring to turn as many around to
go with this as possible we thank you
Father for the complete fulfillment of
destiny for the nation for the church
for our lives and for the global plan
that you have for the global church the
body of Christ we thank you Father God
we thank you Father God for the great
work you're doing in this hour you're
setting up a blessing unparalleled for
the church let us be prepared and ready
to step into it and father may the seeds
at your
so make room for them and to this new
blessing that you will be releasing we
give you praise in the name of Jesus
thank you Father
amen my friends thank you for joining me
today on this special program I look
forward to seeing you back again real
soon
till then stay blessed bye-bye