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The Sin Of Worry Pt. 3 | Pastor Craig Field | Wed. Jan. 8, 2025
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The Sin Of Worry Pt. 3 | Pastor Craig Field | Wed…
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Now we're in, talking about worry. And so I want to finish it tonight because I'm almost done. I think this is part three, if I remember correctly. So First Peter, chapter five, verse seven. Would you open there? Some of our theme scriptures here. First Peter, chapter five, verse seven. And the Bible says, casting all your care, all your care, and that is solicitude, or through the idea of distraction is what the original language says. Anything that distracts you is a care. In other words, it's taking your focus off what it should be on because you're concerned about something. Do you understand? Casting all your care upon you, for he cares for you. Humbling yourself. Verse 6. Therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Previous verse says, he resists the pride, gives grace to the humble, right? In this theme, he says, cast that cares. That tells us that when we're warring, it's actually a pride issue, not a humility issue. Because what we're really saying is, I can fix this, Father, and I don't need your help, but we do need his help. So you can see if you just read it all together instead of individual verses. And then, of course, verse eight. Be sober and vigilant. Because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom he may devour. He can't just devour whoever he wants, or we'd all be dead. He hates us. He wants to kill us. But he cannot touch. He cannot cross certain lines. He cannot cross that precious blood. He cannot cross. We are hidden in Christ. But why do you think it talks about the enemy looking to devour you right after he talked about worry? Because when you worry, you open the door and you let the devil come in. The Bible says, give him no place, which means you can give him a place. It's your choice if you give him a place. So in other words, be sober. We often think about this. When I would read this, traditionally, I would think, okay, sober means like, you got to be, like. Be, like, pay attention, right? Vigilant means make a great effort. So pay attention. But I always looked at it, Pastor Happy, as though, pay attention because the devil, you know, be very aggressive and vigilant because the devil. But really, I think it is more appropriately focused on to say the previous verse says, cast your care. And my sober and vigilance is about the care. Why do I have to eat? I don't have to think about the devil. I'm not. I'm not all nervous about the devil. Do you understand? But I was like, I gotta be really paying attention here and I gotta be really aggressive because where is he? Where is he? Where is he? But that's not the right way to look at this. I'm not sober and vigilant because I'm afraid of him. I am sober or I'm paying attention that I don't open the door to him. That's what we're focusing on. We're not focusing on him. We're focusing on us not opening the door to him. So my sobriety means I've got to be alert about what am I worrying about? And my vigilance, my aggression. I gotta fight against this. I'm not fighting against him. He's already defeated. I've gotta fight against this tendency of the human nature to worry about everything. Do you understand? So don't look at like this. Sobriety and vigilance is because we're worried, afraid of, or focused on the devil. He is not worthy. And I'll share more in a second. He's not worthy of even your attention. Now, the warrior group of Christians don't like this kind of preaching. They want everything to be a fight. And look how big and bad he is and all this kind of stuff. Do you understand? And he is a worthy adversary. Don't get me wrong. We're not flippant. Even Michael the archangel, who's the warrior angel, wasn't flippant with him when they were disputing over Moses. Do you remember? I mean, if anybody could have given him the shove off, it would have been Michael. And even Michael said, you better watch what you. You know, just be careful what you say around that guy, because he's a worthy adversary. But just because he's a worthy adversary does not mean he's earned my attention. So my, My. My alertness is not because I'm wondering where he is. And my. And my vigilance is not because I'm. I'm trying to. I gotta be all. That's not what it is about. My sobriety. And vigilance is about my open doors through care. Read it with me again. You got to catch this. Casting all your care upon him, for he cares for you. Be sober. Be vigilant. Okay? Be sober. Be vigilant. Yes. Because your enemy is walking around looking for an open door. So why you got to be sober? Why do you have to be vigilant? Lest you fall into pride, which was two verses before. Lest you fall into care and worry, anxiety, fear, which is the previous verse, that's. He's Walking around looking whom he may devour. Who. Where is the open door? He wants the open door. He wants the fear door. He wants the offense door. He wants the pride door. All of that was a welcome mat. Welcome. You got to be vigilant, you got to be sober that you don't open those doors. And that's really what this is talking about. Now, you know Philippians4.6, probably the most famous of all, but let's read it again since it's been a couple weeks. Philippians 4. 6. Be careful. And that word again is a different Greek word, but it means anxious to take care or to take thought. Remember, Jesus in Matthew 6 said, don't take the thought. Then he said, don't take the thought, saying, that's all about worry. Be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer. So in other words, don't be. Just talk to God with supplication. That's giving specific information, specific requests, and then add thanksgiving, which is faith. Because when you're thanking him before you see it, you're obviously showing him that you trust him. Let your request be made known unto God, and then peace. So their answer to worry is peace, which passes all understanding. In other words, your problem is so severe, but you cast that care and you've talked to the Lord, and now you're thanking him in a dance for the answer before you even see the answer. And all of a sudden you start feeling peace. But your mind can't figure out, why am I in peace? Because the situation has not changed one iota. I am in serious, serious trouble here, Lord, but why do I have so much pe. I just can't even worry even if I tried. You see, that's a divine. That's a supernatural peace. That's why it says and the peace of God. It's not the peace of your mind. It's not the peace of mankind. It's God's divine peace that blows your mind. You can't understand it or fathom it. Well, guard, keep guard, keep guard. It means to protect. Like a sentinel, it will watch over your heart, your mind, through Christ. And then think on those things. So you got to. You got to guard your thought life. Because if you don't think right, that. That concern, that anxiety is going to come back. Do you understand? These are things you got to meditate on. These verses you got to meditate on. I know you know them. I know I preach them. I know you've probably maybe even memorized them. But you've got to meditate on them so that when that situation comes and you feel yourself, you know, I talked about those birds, those nesting thoughts. You can feel the. Instead of it passing by, it's kind of circling, it's looking for that open door. And then you can feel it scratching around in your hair because you're thinking about it too much. How do you know? You are. You think about it all the time. If you think about it all the time, you're worried about it. Now you're entering into the area of sin, because worry is a sin. So I'm calling it the sin of worry. Let's call it what it is. It's forbidden. But what do you do? Pray. Thank you. Release faith. Expect peace. Peace that you can't even understand, but you're at peace. Hallelujah. And then think right. Don't let those thoughts in. Cast the care. Keep the bird flying. Humble yourself and think right. And be sober and vigilant about your thought life, not necessarily about where the devil's hiding. Are you listening to me? He. He really doesn't have. Anyway, let's move on. I've already read it. I'm not going to read these again. But Matthew, I'll give you the reference. Matthew 6, 25, 34. And he says there repeatedly, take no thought. Take no thought. Take no thought. Then he says, take no thought, saying. Because that's a very important phrase. Because if you don't listen to the first thing and you do take it, in other words, you're thinking about it too much. You are going to start talking about it when you start talking about it now, power is released because there is life and death. There's a force, spiritual, in the spiritual realm of life or of death, in your words. Your words produce things. Your words produce your world that you live in. So don't say it. I mean, you shouldn't think it either, but definitely don't say it is what Jesus was saying. This is what the world has to deal with. Remember, he said this is what the Gentiles seek after. What are we going to do? How are the gas prices? What about this? What about Trump? What about the tariffs? That's what the world does. It would be a crying shame for the church to be concerned about Trump. Our confidence is in God. Do you understand? Our confidence is in God. We're not going to worry. That's what the world. They're far from the covenants of promise. I have a covenant. It's a covenant of promise. And God hears us. And God will honor us. Hallelujah. And angels will get involved in whatever situations we need them to get involved in. So don't worry about it. There's just no point to worry. Hallelujah. So those are our key verses. Now, I ended by talking a little bit. I started with this, with the quote up there. I think worry is being troubled. I think I ended there, Peter. And then there was a quote by Pastor Nancy. So put that up, please. And then there was a quote by Pastor Nancy. Fear and doubt produce the offspring of worry. Worry is being troubled. And then that is number six. That should be a quote for the screen. There it is. Fear and doubt produce the offspring. Fear and doubt produce the offspring of worry. They get together, they do some bad stuff, and all of a sudden the little baby is born, and that's worry. What are we gonna do? Help us, Jesus. Fear and doubt. Married. Now, I want to read some scriptures to you in the Amplified, okay? If you don't have that, then just listen. If you do, then you can. Most of you have electronic devices now, so you have it. But that's okay. If you don't, you can just listen. Philippians, chapter four. Philippians, chapter four. Now listen to this. Verse 11 in the Amplified. I like this one. And it says. Not that I'm implying. Paul says that I. That I was in any personal want. Let's just read the previous verse. I was made very happy in the Lord that now you have revived your interest in my welfare. He's talking about money, okay? He's talking about taking an offering for him. Let's just be honest with ourselves. After so long a time, you were indeed thinking of me, but you had no opportunity to show it. You see what Paul is saying? I don't just want you thinking about me. I want you putting something in the bucket because I have to eat. Do you understand? Right. So he's talking about money. That's the context here. Not that I'm implying that I was in any personal want. For I have learned. In other words. I'm not trying to manipulate you, is what he's saying. For I have learned to be content. In brackets, it says satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted in whatever state I am. And he said, I've learned to be content. In another verse, when I'm abounding, and that's when it's all flowing nice. And when I'm abased and when things are tight, I've learned to be content. Now look at that word here. I've learned how to be content. Same word, satisfied. To the point That I am not disturbed or disquieted. I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances. And I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. Do you understand? What Paul is saying here is that there are seasons in life where there's going to be different things that happen to you. So we're just being very honest and down to earth. He's saying sometimes things get a little bit tight. That's not a bad confession. That's life. But he's saying I'm learned to be content. Now it's very important you understand what he's saying. He's not saying I've learned to be content. Like I'm so happy and I'm so, you know, I've just accepted this. Do you understand? What it means is I've learned not to complain. I've learned not to grumble. My attitude has to stay right. But that contentment really is. I've learned to cast that care. But he's always stretching in faith for more so I can have a tough time and be content. But that doesn't mean I'm satisfied with that tough time. It just means I have the right attitude in that tough time. But my faith is always reaching. Lord, thank you that you get me out of that tough time. Because abundant times are better than difficult times. Do need rocket science to understand that. So don't be religious when you interpret this. He's not trying to make it sound like a basement is a praise to God, which is what the religious people talk about. When you're broke and poor, then now God's getting some extra glory. That's not what he's talking about. He's saying when those times happen, because sometimes they do and I've experienced them and I'm sure all of us have how I respond. It's not that I'm giving God extra glory because I'm broke, but how I respond in that is going to make a big difference in where I go. So I'm not going to worry about it. I'm going to cast that care over onto my father. I'm not going to open the door to the devil and I'm not going to have a bad attitude and whine and gripe and complain because that's what the children of Israel did. And they got the serpents. I'm going to have a good attitude and I'm going to say, lord, I'm grateful for what I do have, but I'm not satisfied. I am content, but I'm not satisfied. There's a difference between those words. I'm content. In other words, I'm not going to complain. I thank you that what you have given me. But my faith is out there, it's reaching for more. And I thank you that you're going to bring me from this tight place into an abundant place. Because you're an abundant God and you obviously like abundance because in heaven there's nothing but abundance and we want what's in heaven on earth. So while I might be temporarily struggling in this area, I give you praise that not for this area. I give you praise that you're bringing me out of this area. And I keep my heart right, my attitude right and my words right and my thoughts right while I'm going through this. That's what we're talking about. We're not talking about, well, Lord, now that I'm broke, you're getting more glory. That's a religious demon that says that stuff. He doesn't get any. In fact, he gets less glory when we're broke. He gets more glory when we're abounding because where he is, there's abounding. And he wants us to act like him and act like we're in heaven even though we're on earth. But it's the attitude because Paul and God know, the Holy Ghost who authored through Paul, know that times and life can be tight. Jenny and I know what that feels like. I've had experiences she's had with her family, I've had with my mother growing up. We know what it feels like to be tight. I'm sure everybody knows what it feels like. But that's not going to stay that way. If you keep the right attitude, if you are content. Content doesn't mean I'm just going to sit here forever and enjoy being broke. That's not what content mean. Content means I recognize where I am. I will show gratitude for what I have and I release my faith. Faith and think right and speak right and not worry because God's going to take me to a higher place. That's what it's talking about. So make sure you get that. Because worry will try to come in tight times. Worry will try to come when things are not going right financially. That's one of the big areas the devil will work on. When things are not right money wise, he will try to Work on you. Well, at least I know he does with me. Don't you understand? But I love the way he said this because fifth 12 and down. Well, 12 is a long verse there, at least in the amplified. But all of that, what he's talking about, I've learned in every circle the secret in facing every situation. What's the secret? The secret is in verse 11. He says, For I have learned how to be content. Contentment is the secret. But what does that mean? What does contentment mean? Here's the answer. Satisfied to the point where I'm not disturbed or disquieted. Nothing. That doesn't mean that I don't want more. That doesn't mean I'm willing to stay in that low place. I'm releasing my faith. But in that moment, in that moment I am not disturbed or disquieted in whatever situation I find myself. And that, my brother and sister, is the great challenge. This is the key to not worrying. If you can get to the place where you are undisturbed and not disquieted inside, even when things are raging outside. Now you've learned the secret. Paul calls it the secret of. There's like a bubble around me. There's a secret place that I'm in. And no matter what is raging, I am not disturbed or disquietened. Why? Because of what I believe. Because I know the word. Because I know his nature. Because I know that when I'm speaking right and releasing faith and he's hearing me, I've already got the answers that I need because he heard me first. John 5:14. I'm going to come out of this. It cannot hold me down. I'm going to come out. It's like if I go under the water, I got that life preserver on and it's filled with air. And no matter what happens, how big the waves are, I am going to bob back up. My head is going to come back up. That's what he's saying. The secret is I don't have to worry because I know God, he won't leave me. And I can be not disquieted and undisturbed. Now, I told you the last Wednesday, a couple weeks ago, whenever it was about my very disturbed and highly disquieted experience with vendors and Jenny's present. Do you remember I told you that story, not for you to laugh at me or judge me, but. But because you're probably just as bad as me, if not worse. Or maybe you're better than me. I don't know. I don't really care. But I'm just saying the point is that we face things that can rub us the wrong way. And what rubs me the wrong way may not rub you the wrong way. Other people, I notice, get really bent out of shape about stuff, and I'm like, what's the big deal? Like, relax, man. Jeepers. But then they look at me freaking out about a necklace that didn't arrive, and they're like, what's this big deal? What's this big. Why doesn't he just relax and just take a chill pill? But see, everybody's got their own button. The devil knows our buttons. And my button may not be Blair's button. And we know that Greg has so many buttons we can't even count them. But the point is, Lorraine's is not Greg's and Sue's is not JC's. We all have a different button. The devil knows your buttons better than you know your buttons. So we've got to learn when the button is pushed, and he will make sure it's pushed. He doesn't want to push buttons for me that aren't buttons because he knows I'm not going to react. He pushes buttons that he knows this Craig has a weakness in this area. Come on, guys, distract him over here. Pull his attention. I'm going to come this way and push it and just laugh while I push it because there he goes. But that's the key. That's the key that I'm learning. I'm still learning. We're all learning. I'm letting you know I'm not trying to be holier than thou. That's why I tell stories to my own detriment, because I want you to know that it works for everybody, including the preacher, because all of us, the flesh is the same. And the anointing does not operate to help me in these areas. The anointing is a certain task. It does not help me when I'm living my life like you're living your life. I have to learn the same things. So as I'm preaching, I'm preaching to me as well as I'm preaching to you, because I'm growing in this. Do you understand? I've got to learn where are my buttons. You should know where your buttons are. You should not be, oh, I don't have any buttons. You're just a liar. You have a button. You have probably 10 of them. You have them. Believe me, the next time you're in a fight with your spouse, find out where the button is, because you all have one. The next time you lose your cool, just look at it. Because everybody has an area that the flesh is not completely dead yet. Now, that's where you got to identify that and then say, okay, now I'm going to work on being undisturbed and not disquietant when that scenario plays out again. Do you understand? So when the guy screams and cusses at me because he doesn't even have any authority, he's a tow truck driver, okay? Like, he can tell me what to do, I do what I want to do. The cop can tell me what to do. And the cop was saying, come on, cop don't care that the car is on fire. I gotta get home. The cop knows that. He's probably enjoying it. It was cold. He was probably enjoying the heat. I don't know. But all I know is the tow truck driver got no authority of nothing. And yet he's acting like he's King Kong, cussing and swearing and almost hitting my car and screaming at me. You see? Now that, buddy, is a button I'll submit to the cop. I got no problem with that. But don't you. If you got no authority, keep your mouth shut. See, because I'm very black and white that way. But you see, now I have to recognize that's a button for me. So now, the next time something like that happens, if I recognize that, then I talk to the Lord about it and say, lord, I'm sorry for the flesh, the flesh pot experience, but forgive me, help me. And in a microsecond, it's done in his eyes. But now help me, holy Spirit, to identify this. Because the secret Paul said is I've learned to be content that no matter what I'm in, even when the guy is screaming at me, even when I'm in the right and he's in the wrong, even when he got no authority and he's acting like he does in that moment, even though I'm boiling because of my justice mentality, I. I have a secret that can protect me from flesh. Do you understand? I can yield to my spirit and be undisturbed and not disquietened. Now, I'm very good at this, where maybe some of you wouldn't be. When I'm in highly dangerous situations, when I'm in highly dangerous in other countries and they like the people, the locals are nervous. It's like, I know that secret place. I can't explain it to you. And I'm completely. Sometimes I'm More calm than the locals are. Because I just know. I know certain things. I've learned how to be undisturbed, undisquited in those scenarios. But the truck driver, such a silly thing. Do you understand? The salesperson, the lack of timely delivery structures, you see, that is not as critical as being where you almost die on the mission field. So you'd think, why you got such a problem with one when you have no problem with the other. If you're good on this, you should be great on that. But, hey, welcome to life. Everybody's got their own issues. Do you understand? Some of you are so worried about the gas prices, but you're fine with the truck driver screaming and spitting in your face. You see, everybody's different. Whatever your button is, whatever that is, you've got to learn there's a secret. He said, I found the secret. No matter what I'm in, I can be undisturbed. I can be not disquieted. In other words, there's quietness on the inside, and I can keep that quietness expressive on the outside. This is a very important thing that if we want to grow spiritually and if we want the anointing to work more, we're going to have to get the victory in some of these areas. Because when trouble comes, we are to remain untroubled by it. This is the real ultimate key to worry. Because the problem is there's external things coming, and we react to those. And some of it could be anger, some of it could be this, that or the other. But we're focusing on one response, which is we worry about things that when they external, those things hit us, thoughts hit us. Things, you know, money, things, situations, family. There's always things. Jesus said every day has got enough evil for itself. So it's going to happen almost every day. So this is something you got to get skillful on every day, that no matter what external thing is coming at you, whether it's a thought or a situation or a person or whatever, that you realize, I don't have to get in the flesh about this. I don't have to worry about this or get angry. See, worry is one, but there's other emotions that could be displayed. You know, I focus on anger a little bit, but we're really emphasizing worry. I don't have to yield to that. I don't have to respond to that external stimuli from my flesh. I can respond from my spirit man to that external stimuli. And I can say, no matter what you say, no matter what you do, no Matter what thought comes, I am protected in a bubble. I am undisturbed. And I am not disquieted. I am at peace. That is a profound revelation. Do you understand what I am saying? And most people are not like that. You know how I know? Because I watched how people responded when Covid hit. Watch how you respond when there's an emergency. Watch how you. Because usually that's where the real you is going to come out. Anytime you're hot, got hot water, you're this teabag. Watch how what comes out of you. What comes out of you in that hot water. The hot water is different for all of us. What comes out of you? Because we've got to learn all these emotions, including worry, which is the worst of all of them. Remember, Jesus said to pastor Ike, this is the number one reason I can't help my people. Because worry blocks the power, right? So worry is the worst. But anger is bad. All these other things are bad as well. These are different flesh responses. But all of them, including worry, can be governed. If you find the secret. What is the secret? Undisturbed and disquieted. Not disquieted. Are you with me? You haven't tuned me out yet. So dad Hagin was being threatened with a thought, he said, by the devil for a while. He didn't specify how long, but he said, for a while. This thought was hammering me, hammering me, hammering me. And listen, he said, you know, he said, I, I, I was concerned. Now, remember, he had made a commitment to God that he would never worry again. But this thought is hammering him and he is starting to feel the effects of the stimuli. Now, he hasn't taken the thought and meditated on it because then he would have chosen to worry, and he never did that. But the bird is circling and it's pooping on him. Do you understand? He can feel the effects of this thing and it's concerning him greatly. And the devil spoke to him out loud. He heard the voice. And the devil said, I got you now because you're afraid. See, the devil knows that fear is the open door. And he said, and because you're shaking now, dad Hagin said, my hands, the pressure was so great on me. My hands were physically shaking. And the devil saw his hands shake because when you're under that kind of pressure, his body was responding to this fear that's coming. Now. He hadn't taken it. He hadn't chosen to worry. But the stimuli is affecting him, the thoughts are affecting him, and he's shaking and he Said, I got you now because you're afraid and you're shaking. Now listen to his answer. He said, devil, my hands may be shaking, but my spirit is not. And that's the real me. What a statement. My outside might feel things, my emotions and soul realm might feel things, but my spirit man, the real me, the inside of me, is not shaking, is not afraid and is hidden in Christ. Because faith does not come from my feelings, it comes from my spirit. You got to remember that. So when you are feeling the emotions of the moment, whether that's fear, whether that's worry, whether that's anger, whatever that is manifesting at that moment, I want you to remember now, you've got to learn to control that because that's the secret, being undisturbed. But still remember, even if you're struggling controlling it at the moment, your spirit man, has not changed. You are a spirit, you have a soul. You live in a body. The real you is down in here. That's the part that's going to heaven. Not your body, not your hair. The real you is inside and it's a spirit being and it's going to live in heaven. It's going to be changed in the twinkling of an eye and you're going to go, you're going to your outward frame, but your spirit is going to go up with that recreated body, that heavenly body, and it's going to go up and it's going to live for eternity with God. The real you is what's inside you. I can't see the real you, but I can tell what it's like by what you say and how you act, but the real you is inside you. And that's where faith is, Maurizio. Faith is in here. It don't matter what is banging around up here, faith is in here. Don't matter if you're shaking here, faith is in here. And faith is not shaking in here. The devil can't get to there, it's sealed. He can't cross that line. People, sinners, can get demon possessed in their spirit. Christians never can because the blood of Jesus has sealed your spirit. Now the soul realm, you can still be oppressed in the soul realm. And remember the spirit, if you want to look at it like a circle, the soul, the whole thing is the soul. But there's a part of that circle which is like a 3D. It's inside, it's indented, it's a hidden place. It's called the hidden man. Spirit man of the heart. The heart is the soul. But the heart is also the spirit. How? Because as a part of your soul or your heart, it's a part, it's not the rest of it. But there's a section where. Where it's like. It's not just surface. There's like a three dimension, a fourth dimension. It's inside. There's a hidden room inside your soul, inside your heart. And the hidden man that lives in that room is your spirit. That's why you can see verses that talk about the heart being evil, that's the soul part. And the heart being good, that's the spirit part. Because it's the hidden man of the heart and is your spirit. That's why you can have strength in your spirit, but your soul feel. And you're shaking, but your spirit is just happy as a clam. So don't worry how you feel. You can always have faith. Now, the thing is, what we're trying to learn is not to shake on the outside, not to be disquietant on the outside. We know faith is of the spirit, but we don't want this stuff to bother us so much that we're shaking on the outside. I'm not shaking on the inside, but I still don't want to be shaking on the outside. Do you understand? So Dan Hagin was. Was responding because he was feeling the effects. But he's saying, you don't got me, because you just said, I got you. You don't got me because the real me is not worried. But I'm dealing with some emotions here. That's why my body's reacting. I still want to get so skillful that my body and my emotions are. Are undisturbed and undisquited that they're not shaking. But listen, even the great Kenneth Hagin had times where his hands shook. So we're all going to. We're on a journey. We're going to get there, but you're not going to get there overnight. Amen. Now, Psalm 23:5, I think you know this verse, but I want to read it to you anyway. And I know you're just so happy that you came to church because you're here. You're. I'm not reading you out of Reader's Digest. We're not talking politics, which a lot of churches are talking politics. I don't mind praying, I don't mind making little things, announcements. But the purpose of the church is not to be political. The purpose of the church is to teach the Word. It's to feed the Word. Do you understand? It's not to get into all this stuff about politics or about human rights or about all that kind of stuff that ultimately is of the flesh. That's not the job of the church. Do you understand? Anyway, I could say other things, but I won't. Verse 5, Psalm 23. And it says, you prepare a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. You anoint my head with oil, and my cup is brimming and runs over. Now, let me read it from the Good News translation. And it says, you prepare a banquet for me where all my enemies can see me. That's kind of like. That's not really the time you have a banquet, is when the enemies are around. That's a time where you're in battle mode, defense mode. But he's saying, I'm gonna sit and have a banquet while they watch me. Listen to what that really means that you can see. A banquet speaks of peace. It speaks of frivolity. It speaks of celebration. It's a time to let your hair down. It's a time to relax and have fun with your friends and family. And what he's saying is, even though their little beady eyes are watching me with hate in their heart with their bows and arrows drawn, he expects me to sit there and just laugh and have fun and drink and eat and just fellowship while they're. You see, that's called being untroubled in the middle of trouble. I'm giving you more than one verse because when Paul said, this is a secret, you can find it elsewhere in the Bible. There is a secret to this. That was the Good News. Now, the Passion translation, it says, you become. It's actually the Passion talks that Jesus is the feast. All the other translations talk about the feast, but the Passion talks about Jesus actually being the feast, which is an interesting way of looking at it. And. And it says, you become my delicious feast. Even when my enemies dare to fight me, they want to fight. And God wants you to party. I didn't say that there's not a fight of faith, because there is. But. But I'm just saying while. While the devil wants to provoke you into. Come out and fight. Be in defense mode. Be afraid. Be. Be all. And God says, no, no, no, that's not my flow. You just sit down and have fun. But Lord, look at them. I know that they're there. Just ignore them. Just sit down and have fun. Have a party. Talk to me. Talk to your friends. Talk to your pastor. Just. I know everything's. All hell's breaking loose, but just have just eat a little bit, Just, just drink a little bit, tell a few jokes. Do you see the spirit of this God saying, don't be troubled in the midst of trouble? My goodness. The new living translation of that verse says, you prepare a feast for me in the presence of mine enemies. And the message translation, it says, you serve me a six course dinner right in front of my enemies, like there's no rush. Let them stand there with their bows and arrows drawn. Let's let their arms get tired. Just look at them and laugh. So are you hungry, devils? Are you hungry? Because you can't have this. It's not for you. So just enjoy your freakout session. I'm just going to have fun. See, I know that goes cross threads with human nature, because human nature is fight or flight. Human nature is in fight, flight or feast. Notice that there's not three choices. When you talk to the psychiatrist, it's fight or flight. But when you talk to God, there's another choice. Fight, flight or feast. And God says, pick the third one. You don't have to run. That's flight. You don't ever run. Don't show him your back. And you don't have to fight. Jesus already fought. Just speak your authority. You don't have to get into the grime with him. Get down dirty with him. You don't have to do that, but you could feast. My goodness. So we see it's not just in Philippians 4:11. It's also in what we just read there, Psalm 23:5. Now let me read you this. Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 14:30 in the Amplified classic, Proverbs 14:30. And this is what it says. I think this is a wonderful verse. It's a good one to meditate on and maybe write out a calm and undisturbed mind. See, remember I found the secret undisturbed and not disquieted. An undisturbed and calm mind and heart are the life and health of the body. You want life. You want life coursing through your body. You want health, have a calm, peaceful, undisturbed mind. God didn't say that there wouldn't be problems, challenges, enemies. But he said, in the middle of all of that, I want you to be calm and undisturbed. That's true faith, brother and sister. That's really whooping worry. That's the true whooping of worry right here. Now I want to read you one of my favorites. It's Psalm 91 and verse 8 in the Amplified Classic Psalm, chapter 91. This is an amazing verse. I'm telling you. Psalm 91 and verse 8. And it says here, let me read verse 7. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. That's all you had to quote during COVID and you would have been fine whether you got the vaccine or not. That's not where your faith sat. Do you understand? I had to get the vaccine or I couldn't have gone to see Pastor Nancy. And God told me to go see her. So unless I'm going to swim the creek at Niagara on the lake, which, believe me, I seriously considered at one point, because it's an unmanned border, I could have got. I really kind of. I don't want to give you all my secrets, but I measured it. I practiced in a pool. I know exactly how long it would have taken me to get over there. About 12 minutes. I would have been on the other side. Pastor Michael was going to be there with some clothes, pick me up, take. I had the whole thing planned because I'm not going. I'm not missing my spiritual assignment for some stupid rule that doesn't even make sense, like you have to have a vaccine or you have to have a test that says you're not infected. Do you understand? So I'm going to do whatever I have to do. But what I'm saying is my faith wasn't. I had it. It's not a. I'm not saying you should or you shouldn't. I don't really personally care what you do. My point is that I only did it because that's the only way legally, without having to swim every time. And then if they catch you now, I'm in prison and I can't be your pastor. So I had to do it because God told me, go to see her. So he knows that in order to fulfill that obedience, I have to do it. But that doesn't mean I liked it. That doesn't mean I wanted to do it. That doesn't mean I'm in agreement with it. So don't. Don't accuse my obedience to God as though I'm. Now I'm promoting some kind of stand. Do you understand? Because my faith is not in that. In fact, let me tell you the truth about it. It took more faith to believe that none of that garbage in that vaccine would not hurt me than it did that I wouldn't get Covid. It took more faith. Forget about COVID Covid can't touch me. I would go into wards where they were, I mean, bad. And I take the Holy Ghost once. I said, what are you doing? Take the mask off. I said, well, Lord, shouldn't I use wisdom? He said, that's a convenient disguise for fear. Do you believe in the blood or not? The thing is not going to help you. Those germs are going to get through that. I said, lord, I trust the blood. He said, then take it off. So I took it off. I never got sick once, and I was around very sick people a lot of the time because I was in the places ministering to them. So my faith is not in some stupid vaccine. My faith is in a thousand may fall at your side and 10,000 at your right hand. It shall not come near you. And if I took it, it will still not come near me. And if I didn't take it, it will not come near me. And because I took it, I now had to have more faith to believe that the garbage in it would not touch me. Are you listening to me? So when these things happen, don't get carnal, don't. Don't get fleshly, don't get up in arms in your viewpoint, because what does that do? It causes disunity in our church. Everybody's got to do their leading of the spirit and not judge anybody else. Are you listening? Because what we're all in agreement on is not what the government says and not what the government tells us to do. What we're all in agreement on is what the Word says. And the word says we have divine protection. Hallelujah. Praise God. Amen. Hallelujah. I love it. I love the Holy Ghost. I was about. That lady was about to stick me with that thing. And I said, lord, is there anything you. Because you told me I have to go, and this is the only way I can go unless I swim. So you know, I have to do this. But my faith is in your word, not in this. And I said, is there anything you'd like to tell me? Just before she puts this unknown substance in my bloodstream, which I'm not very happy about. But my faith will deal with that too, because I'm not going to disobey my assignment. Do you understand? The assignment is what matters not. Not the. The politicized viewpoints of everybody. And he spoke to. I didn't think it was a rhetorical question. He spoke so loud to me. He spoke so loud to me. He said, my word will answer that. And I said, lord, which scripture? And he said, don't you remember in the Book of Mark, it says that the Great Commission, it says, you will drink any deadly thing and it shall not hurt you. Now listen, and you will take up deadly serpents and they shall cause you no harm. Now, the Lord said, you're not drinking this vaccine, but they are putting something sharp in your skin. I heard him say, just as loud, I'm talking to you. And he said, what is the difference between a needle and the fang of a snake? They're both sharp. They both insert something into the bloodstream. And the Lord said, there may be. He didn't tell me there are. He said, if there are things in this thing that are dangerous, and many people believe that there were, but that's irrelevant. He said, if there are, it is no worse than a rattlesnake. And you have my word that if a rattlesnake bites you, you're fine. So how much easier is it to believe me for this? And I said, lord, I mean, he's never said that to me in my life, but he showed me that equation that. He said, no, that you will take up snakes, meaning if they puncture you with their fangs, if they inject things into your bloodstream, you will walk off as though nothing happened. And the Lord said, if there's anything in here, release your faith in that verse and it will die on contact with. Hallelujah. Now, I'm not suggesting you go do that unless God tells you to do that, because I had an assignment. If you didn't have an assignment, don't do it. Just keep your body clean and pure from other things. But. But my assignment is more important. And faith in God's power is more important than worrying about what they might inject or might not inject. Can you see the heart of what I'm saying? Can you see that I'm coming at this from the middle of the road? I'm not. I don't have a politicized angle to try to promote an opinion. I'm saying. And listen, I'm not. I hope that never happens again. But if it ever does happen again, if it ever does happen again, and I don't know if between now and when Jesus comes, it might. So I don't know if this will ever happen again. Let's pray that it doesn't. But if it ever, God forbid, should make sure you've learned the lessons from the first. The first rodeo, so that you act more spiritual and more in faith on the second rodeo. Do you understand? Because we're not going to let what the world throws at us disrupt our peace, our unity, As a church. The gospel going out. We're not going to be disturbed or undisquited. We're going to be quiet on the inside and the outside. I don't know why I'm saying that, but somebody needed to hear it. Now, a thousand may fall at your side, 10,000 at your right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee. Only a spectator shall you be. Now listen to this phrase. Yourself inaccessible. Yourself inaccessible. Yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High. Those that abide in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Verse 1. Now they repeat it here. Yourself inaccessible in that secret place as you witness the reward of the wicked. Now, inaccessibility is very important. Are you listening? Why am I, Why did I. Why did dad Hagin's hand shake? And I'm not judging dad Hagin, please understand me. He's the platinum standard. But I'm just saying, why did those things bother him? Because he was accessible. Now, his spirit was strong, but his flesh was still responding. We can get to the place where even our flesh doesn't respond, where even our hands don't shake, where no matter what, what's happening, we remain quiet, calm. In the middle of trouble. We're feasting. We are inaccessible to the external stimuli. Now this, whether you realize it or not, I'm teaching you. I'm giving you filet mignon, not hot dogs. This is a very powerful revelation. In fact, this revelation that I'm talking to you about because God's been. I've been meditating on it for months and God's been really dealing with me a lot about this because of the story I'm about to tell you. And, and the Lord's been dealing with me and said, you want to talk about dominion, son, you preach about dominion. You want to talk, you really want to talk about dominion, Craig. This is the ultimate dominion. Inaccessibility to external stimuli, whether that's physical, spiritual, demons, people, diseases, whatever, financial crisis, doesn't matter. Anything that comes at you, completely inaccessible to it. In other words, it's there, but it can't touch you. The enemies are around you, but you're feasting. You have learned the secret to be content and undisquieted. That is true dominion. Because then the devil has no place. He cannot. He cannot get in. And any. He might try all the angles. He can't find an entrance. That's how we're supposed to live. That's why we're supposed to live a true worry free Life. Now, the story that the Lord's been dealing with me a lot about is Smith Wigglesworth. And you can read it in his book. Some people don't believe him. I really don't care. But I believe he was a man of God and he wasn't lying. He was not that kind of man. He never said sensational things to make people go, oh. If anything, he downplayed a lot of stuff. But he was sleeping in his bed and he felt the presence of evil in his room and he opened his eyes and physically he wasn't having like. It wasn't like he was seeing into the realm of spirits like an angel can appear to you physically. Do you understand? Jesus appeared many times physically to Dr. Dufresne. Well, that means that other people in the room can see kind of thing. Well, that the devil, Satan himself, not an imp, not a fallen angel, not a demon. Satan himself in physical form, manifested in this realm physically and was standing at the. At the foot of his bed. And he could feel the presence of that fear, just like dad Hagin did. And I'm not knocking dad Hagen, he's my spiritual grandfather, so. But I'm showing you he fed on Wigglesworth's material. So Wigglesworth had some, was got ahead of like dad Hagin. By the end of his life, he was like this. But when those hands were shaking was earlier in his life. But now watch what Wigglesworth did. Think about what that would have felt like. He didn't send a demon. He came himself. Because, I mean, in some ways that's an honor, because he knows nothing else is going to work. So he better have the president of the corporation of Hell Incorporated show up in physical form. Now, I want you to watch Wigglesworth's response. Wigglesworth did not pray. He did not pray in tongues. Listen to me. He did not rebuke him. He did not bind him, even though it's scriptural to do that. He did not get into a warfare mode. He is inaccessible. And you know how we respond. You know how inaccessibility responds. He scoffed and he said, huh, it's just you. And he turned over, turned his back to him and put his head on the pillow and went back to sleep. Now, the Lord's been dealing with me a lot about that. And the Lord's been saying to me, you talk about dominion, but Craig, if that happened to you, you'd be jumping on the bed. You'd be calling for Michael Gabriel and all the other angels to join you. You'd Be screaming and hollering and applying the blood. And I come against thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, in the name of Jesus. And that would all be scriptural, but it would show a lack of true dominion, because true dominion is inaccessible. When you're in a secret place, that means the realm of the spirit. When you're in the spirit and you live in the spirit, and you're there even in your sleep, which I know people think can happen, but obviously it can. That you wake up, you're in the spirit, you're not in the flesh. I mean, it is the ultimate insult to the president of Hell Incorporated when he comes to cause disturbance. And what he gets is, huh, it's only you. And then turn around, turn his back to him, like, I'm not afraid. You can't touch me. You can't stab me in the back. You can't suffocate me or kill me. You know, there's a show. Don't watch it. You'll open the door if you watch it. I don't watch it, but there's a show called Ghosts that Kill. Don't watch that stuff. It'll open the door in your house if you do that stuff. But I know, because people have told me stories over the years of certain, what they call malevolent spirits. All of them are malevolent spirits, but there are certain ones that have more of a violent tendency than others. And there's been hundreds of recorded situations, legitimate situations, where they have killed people in their homes, strangled children, bitten people, stabbed people, whatever. And so they've got a whole show about it because there's so many examples to use. Now, don't watch that because you don't want to open a door. And I don't mean because you're afraid. You don't meditate on that kind of stuff. But what I'm saying is, if demons can kill, don't you think they're king? You really want to turn your back after insulting him? You really want to do that? When his imps can kill and he's the king and he's there in your room, you better know something about God. But here's the thing. Wigglesworth was so. He so understood who he was. I'm in that secret place. You can't touch me. I am not impressed with you. I'm not impressed with your fear. I'm not impressed with your atmosphere. I'm not impressed that you're here. I am inaccessible to all outside stimuli. I live in a place of peace undisturbed not disquieted, no worry, no emotionalism, no flesh, no shaking of the hands. Live here. Do you understand? Like people that can walk through life like that, that is the. That is true dominion. Nothing, nothing bothers them. Nothing. Nothing in the economy, nothing in sickness, nothing in this, nothing in that. Nothing in marriage, nothing in children. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. It's their. They're found a secret. That's why Paul said, I found the secret. There's a secret. Why it's called the Secret Place of the Most High. You can. You can live a life in the spirit. You can get there. None of us are there yet. But you can have a goal. You can have a dream that you. Before Jesus returns. It might take longer than that because some of us are going at slower paces than others, but there is a possibility. Do you understand? Wigglesworth showed the body of Christ. So all these people that rent the 747s to fly around the city at 35,000ft to pull down strongholds. Oh, yeah, people do that. It's just nonsense. It's called spiritual warfare. And they think the higher you get in the atmosphere, the more effective you are against evil spirits. They're a few eggs short of a carton. They've tried to rent the CN Tower, the CN Tower has turned them down. They wanted to get above the city and have a prayer meeting in the revolving restaurant to pull down strongholds. What a joke. Do you see the mentality is wrong? Do you think Wigglesworth would do that? I'm not saying that there's not spirits that have to be dealt with in a city, but I'm saying that's not the way to handle it. We handle it on our knees. We don't handle it because you are physically higher in the atmosphere. I mean, what people come up with is just astonishing. But you know what that is? It's called sensationalism. And then when they say, hey, would you like to join our warrior plane ride? We're going to set Toronto free. And people go, oh, yes. Oh, yeah, that sounds like God to me. I'm trying to teach you that there's a lot of scam artists out there. My job, Jenny, is to be undisquieted. My job is to be inaccessible. And I'm telling you, what I'm sharing with you is it probably goes over most of your heads because this is a very deeply discerned revelation. And you have to really meditate on this. And I mean a lot, day and night, just to start, have light dawn on you. About it. You're not going to get it all just because I preach it. I've heard Pastor Nancy preach it a dozen times, but I have to meditate on it. And as I'm meditating, light is starting to dawn. Now listen, when I was there in Africa, they were telling me a whole bunch of stories because where that part is, Greg, you know it because you saw it in the spirit. But where that part is, there's a lot of witchcraft. Oh boy. I mean, it is inbred, it is severe. And so there's witches everywhere. And they fly. Whether you believe it or not, they fly. I want to get into all that nonsense, but I'm just saying they are powerful. They are. This is not a joke. This is a. This is real life. And they, they tried to kill that, the one you saw on Sunday, Pastor. They've tried to kill him, poison him. They have sent physical snakes to infest his house. I mean, poisonous snakes kill you with one bite. And there's snakes, you know, and he has to speak to those. And then, and then they sent floods. They've changed weather patterns. Witches can do that. They change weather patterns when he's coming and try to wash the road out, which they've successfully done. But he's got through the mud and did the crusade anyway. I mean, he. And he told me story after story after story after story. And as I'm here now, listen closely to what I'm saying. As I'm hearing the stories of the dominion, I get excited because it reminds me like, my God, the best that they've got, they can throw the best that they've got at us and they can't win. No matter how big or powerful they are, the best they've got can't touch the smallest child of God who understands the name of Jesus. Now while I'm impressed with that, now listen to. I'm going somewhere with this. While I was so impressed with that, I wrote some of those stories down and I asked them, what was that detail again? And you know, on this one and that one and this one and that one, and I wrote them down. And then I thought, I'm going to share some of that, you know, because it's a victory. It's a victory. It reminds us that our dominion in Christ is supreme and that I don't care what little goo goo woo woo woo woo stick nonsense that they do. Although they are powerful, they can touch many other people. They can't touch us now. We don't live in that. They live in that. That's why I don't talk, because it makes people nervous here. But there it's like common knowledge. Like everybody knows about it, everybody's faced it. Do you understand? But I wrote it down. But it was on the plane coming home and the Holy Spirit spoke to me and he said, I don't want you sharing that. I said, but Lord, this is victory stories. This makes me jump and shout because of our dominion in your name over these demon possessed people. And he said, I don't want you sharing that. And I said, why? Tell me why. Because I want to share it. Because I want to give Jesus glory. My goal is to give him glory. And he said, if you understood the inaccessible place and the true dominion, you wouldn't even vocalize what they've tried to do. Now, I'm not saying it's wrong to share a testimony. Do you understand that? I'm not saying that's wrong, but I'm saying God doesn't want us even putting emphasis, even though we got the victory on what the dark side would even try to do. And I said, okay, Lord, you're messing with me now because I'm not sure I agree with this. It's God, right? But I don't agree with it. I said, give me a scripture. There's no one in the Bible. There's nowhere. I know that there's nowhere in the Bible. So he's got a problem. Unless he rewrites the scripture, I'm going to win this argument and he's going to let me share it. But he knows the Bible better than us. And he didn't take very long. He didn't have to look it up. He says, michael, quickly, help me, help me. We got to find a verse. He doesn't do that. He immediately spoke to me and he said, do you remember? They came rejoicing. All the devils are subject unto us. All the devils obeyed us. What were they doing? They were telling them stories about the power of witchcraft and darkness and demon possession and. And occult practices and all that stuff and how they use that name. And they fell like dominoes. And they're like, my God, what Jesus, look at this. Look at, look at. We got so much power. And what did he say? See, that's exactly what I wanted to do. And Jesus said, I don't want you focusing on that. He did not let them continue their stories. He said, don't worry, I've seen the big one fall. He told his own demon story, but he was real quick about it and he just said, I saw the king. You're talking about the imps. I saw the king fall like lightning, but I don't. That's not what we're talking about, boys. Don't come back and talk to me about this. No, no. What our focus is now. Listen. That your names are written in the book of life. But what does that mean? That you are in my father in the New Testament, now that he's dead and raised, we would say we are in the kingdom. We are in the secret place of the Most High. We are in the spirit. His focus was. I don't want to hear about how much dominion you had. I want to hear. I want you to talk about how wonderful it is that you know my father. I want you to share. Put your focus, Craig, on the inaccessible place, Because I had a lot of cool stories to tell you. And it would give Jesus glory because they are powerful over there. And Greg, it's like at everything they try, they fall. I mean, complete dominion they have in Christ. But the Lord said, I don't even want you talking about it. Because what I want your focus to be is not the darkness. Even though there's dominion. Yes. I want the focus to be the secret place. Talk about who you are in me. And that you are surrounded by a bubble and you are inaccessible to evil. Not just that they bow to you. You don't even notice them. You don't even notice them. That's why Wigglesworth understood this. He didn't even notice him. You need to live your life consciously aware that you are not accessible to even notice him. That is the greatest dominion. Not every week, oh, Pastor, the devil is after me. But I won. It should be. I don't know. I didn't even notice. I'm just living in victory. The guy. What's the guy? The largest church there in Nigeria. Ayedipo, have you had. The young minister said, a lot of problems, a lot of challenges. Must have been hard. A lot of attacks. And he paused for a second and he said, I guess so. I just haven't noticed. I haven't noticed, see, because I notice everything. The devil was after me today, Jennifer. I felt that. See, when I woke up the first morning of the first, that demon standing right beside me, I noticed it. And I didn't just turn my back. I said, I talk to you. I'm not saying that you can go ahead and do that, because you better take authority because that's where I'm at. And it immediately flew out the window. It was gone. But he wanted me to know I'm aware you've come into a new place and I'm here to harass you. But see, what would have been better is for me just to go. Just turn over. I'm not even going to give you. I'm not even going to give you the honor of my rebuke. I'm inaccessible to you. You might as well just fly off now. Don't get me wrong. The Bible does tell us to bind and loose and to. I'm not taking away from that, but I'm just saying there is a place you can get to where of course we always bind and loose. I'm not saying that, but I'm saying there's a place we can get to where we are completely unimpressed by the biggest threat that he can muster and we actually ignore him because we're inaccessible. That is true dominion. That is true dominion. Do you understand? And we have Jesus himself saying, don't tell me all about the devils. Tell me who you are in me. Let's talk about our inaccessibility. Let's talk about the fact that we're going to be with each other for eternity. I don't want to hear all that stuff. That stuff doesn't matter. Yeah, I know they listen to you. They listen to me, too. The big one listened to me. But that's not really what this is about, guys. This is about our spiritual life. Do you see that? That's true dominion. Talk about not worrying. If you can just grasp a fraction of what I'm saying, you'll never worry again for the rest of your life because you'll realize no matter what comes at you, you're inaccessible to it. I'm in a place. You can't touch me. You can't. It doesn't matter what Trump. It doesn't matter what. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what my boss. Doesn't matter what anybody says. I've learned the secret to be undisturbed. Undisquietant. What is that? It's the secret place of the most high. Inaccessible. Inaccessible. You know, the Bible talks about that we are hidden in Christ. That means he can't even find us. He might be looking for you, but he can't even find you because you're in Christ. When he sees you, he sees Christ. He sees the blood he has to walk on. Our lives should be so not focused on the devil that when we hear somebody talk about the devil, we go, oh, okay, They're a baby. You know, they're a baby. Okay, okay. Honey, go ahead, tell me. Tell me. Yeah, I know. It's so. Yes, I know the devil's a bad devil. Yes, I know you had demeanor. That's great. But what our goal is. We're not want to talk about him too much, what we're talking about. Let's talk about what we've learned in the realm of the spirit, what God showed you this week in prayer. What the presence that you felt in your room. Let's talk about that. You see, babies emphasize the devil. Are you listening to me? And I've learned this at Pastor Nancy's knee when I say that because she's like a mama. And I would sometimes get on to talking about things, you know, privately with her, and she just kind of look and she wouldn't respond, remember? And I'm telling her some big demon stories. I mean, big ones, impressive ones. And she just kind of looked like she's going to glaze. And after a while, I just kind of stopped talking. I just said, well, you know, Mama, I could tell she's not excited and I'm excited. And I'd say, you know, what do you think about that? And she said, I don't like talking about darkness, Pastor Greg. And I feel like. I felt like so small because I just spent 30 minutes talking about darkness. But my dominion, but it's still darkness. And she's like, I just don't really like talking about darkness. I like talking about what the light is doing. I said, but, Mama, the Bible says to cast out devils. So, you know, I'm trying. And then she says, but the Bible also says Jesus said. And she quoted that verse, don't talk to me about all that. Let's talk about your. So then I just went completely silent and I said, I'm sorry, I won't do that again. She goes, that's okay. I know you're learning. What she means is, I know you're an idiot. That's what she means. She's too nice to say it, but that's what she means. You're like a baby. You're just freaking out because that thing manifested. I was telling her about that lady who was being hurt, and the thing showed up and my hair stood up, and I'm trying, and it won't listen. And then I heard the Holy Ghost say, talk about the blood. And I talked about the blood, and it fe. And then it chewed the tires. I mean, I'm telling her, I'm just like, look at the dominion of God. And she's just like, why don't we just talk about the presence. Why don't we talk about where we're going? I don't care about what the devil did. That doesn't impress me. Pastor Craig and I just. And I've never mentioned another demon story to her ever again. But I realized that there's a maturing in that that I didn't understand. Because young ones, even preachers can be young ones. Even 34 year old ministry preachers can be young ones. We sometimes put the emphasis where it shouldn't be. The disciples put the emphasis where it shouldn't be. But true maturity doesn't even acknowledge darkness. Now we bind and loose and we rebuke when we need to, but we never think about it. We never obsess about it. We, we don't watch shows about it. We don't watch documentaries about it. We don't watch movies that have those elements in it. We don't discuss it. We don't. We don't. There is an absolute. Be innocent of evil. Be excellent at what is good and innocent. Be like a little child. You're completely really. They can do that kind of nonsense. I didn't know that. I'd never even think about it. I'm not impressed with all of their nonsense. I'm innocent of them. Are you listening to me? That's why be careful what you watch. Don't watch things because you will become less innocent of evil than you should be. Do you understand? Now there's a time to talk about certain things. And in Bible school sometimes I deal with things differently. But I'm talking about general life God's been showing me, helping me. Son, I want you to get to the place you don't even think about him. And if you cast something out, you rejoice. But you're not rejoicing because of that. You're rejoicing because you're inaccessible to it. And you get other people free that aren't inaccessible. But you live a life just completely bubbled, undisturbed, undisquited. And listen, guys, I'm learning. I don't want you for a second to seem like I'm a wise old sage. Although I know many of you in your Christmas card said dear wise old sage, many of you called me Doctor. Many of you called me double Doctor. I mean Bishop, Bishop of the nation. One person said, I mean, I need Christmas to come around again because just reading those cards lifted me so high that I had to fight pride. I'm telling you so I'm not trying to make myself seem better. Than anybody. Because I'm learning. I am far from it. But I'm telling you, talk about worry. If you can just catch a tenth of what I'm talking about, that will be a distant memory to you. Never face it again. Because you're constantly conscious. I'm in Christ. I'm in the secret place. I'm hidden, I'm inaccessible. Things can't touch me, they can't hurt me. People can't. They can't see. If you do this, you'll never get offended in church again. You'll never get offended when somebody didn't say hi to you in the ladies bathroom or offer you their lipstick. No. But you know, I hear stories. People have left because a lady didn't offer her in the bathroom. And then others left because nobody said hi to them. But you see. But if you understand this, nothing disturbs you, nothing disquietens you. You walk in peace, you walk in love, you walk in dominion, you walk in victory. And you just live your life. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. Well, I didn't get it done, but that's okay. I just felt to spend some time talking about Smigglesworth. If Smigglesworth can do it, he is no better than me. I can do it. So stop being worried and looking behind the door when you get home. Is there something there? In the name of Jesus? In the name of Jesus, no, no, no. If there's something there, go. But I live a life. I am inaccessible. Sickness can't touch me. Demons can't touch me. Nothing of the dark world impresses me. I'm impressed with the holy ghost. I'm impressed with the church. I'm impressed with you fools, not with the devil, you jollywags, whatever your name is. I'm impressed with you. Heavenly father, I thank you. I'm creating words tonight. New words have been added to the dictionary as a result of this. Heavenly father, I thank you and I bless you for these precious people. Lord, you told me this afternoon, emphasize wigglesworth. Emphasize wigglesworth. So I took the time emphasizing Wigglesworth's inaccessibility because I believe there is a key that you're trying to bring the body of Christ into. And if nobody had ever experienced it, we would feel a little bit less confident because we wouldn't have an example. But we've got a spiritual example in a great grandfather of the faith who lived in a place of dominion that was so extreme. And Lord, Dr. Sumrall was very similar to this. He just had no tolerance. Mama Jenkins, great minister who's now passed, but who Wigglesworth prophesied and laid hands on the devil, also appeared to her in her bedroom. And she did the same thing that her spiritual father taught her. She turned around her back and said, said, oh, it's just you. And he walked out. Lord. So we have examples of people that can be in a place of such inaccessibility and such dominion and such non disquieted, such peace. Worry has no place. It's a distant memory for us. So help us to get there. Father, we want to get there. It might take us some time because we're learning. But the more we meditate on these things, listen to them, taught, read the scriptures ourselves, the more we're gonna make make progress in that direction. Thank you Father for their kind attention tonight. Thank you Lord. I know that they put up with me in some ways in my shenanigans. But there is an anointing to impart despite all of that. And I thank you that they've received that strength tonight and that revelation tonight that the goal is not to talk about the devil. The goal is to be inaccessible and talk about the Lord. That's our focus, that's our joy. That's what Jesus was trying to get over to the disciples. We give you praise and glory in Jesus name.