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Pastor Sharon
But every encounter, God has put on my heart a specific theme. I didn't know I was gonna be preaching it tonight, but God did. I thought I was just gonna, you know, write it and be done in the magazine. But God put something on my heart. Specifically this year for the women at Victory. And those of you who want to be a part of this family, you absolutely belong. But something I believe that God is stirring up in the women is a spirit of courage to chase down every thought that doesn't line up with the word of God. I believe on the other side of those lies that the enemy has tried to keep us down. And in a stronghold there is a truth that needs to be revealed. And God has called each and every one of us to take our imaginary lasso and lasso the thoughts of the enemy and make them line up with the word of God. And the theme that God has put on my heart, not just for encounter, but actually it's the first time that God has said, hey, this is a theme for all year, like in our coffee and convos that we have. And encounter for be that girl is about taking our thoughts captive. Because I think many of us are victims to false imaginations. I think many of us live in the world of assumption and we call it reality. I think many of us women in the room, we go through so many seasons of life, we have so many babies, we have so many time of the month, we have so many menopause, pre menopause, we have so many supplements we're on. And we don't know who we are sometimes. And in that moment, we don't know who we are. And we're still so for sure that that person did that, that that person said that. And we're just living in and some false realities. And really these false realities that are not lining up with the word of God, they are arguing against the plan and the purpose that he has for you and for me. And I believe that God has a gift for every single one of us in every season of life. And that is called a sober mind. All right? Like, you may not be drinking alcohol and getting all drunk in the clubs, but you can also. But you can still have an intoxicated mind. And the lies of the enemy and assumptions that you have about the people around you and your friendships and all of that, it can make you intoxicated. And many of us do not challenge the thoughts that come knocking on our door because we still think that every thought we think is true. And you might have heard it, but maybe you didn't hear it today. Every thought you think is not true. And the word of God is our best friend when it comes to a sane and sober mind. So we're gonna read Be that Girl together. Be that girl who pursues a sober mind. Again, this is a vision for my girls in the room. Be that girl who pursues a sober mind. A mind? What is a sober mind? It's a mind that is self controlled, alert, disciplined and anchored in the truth of God's word. The girl who doesn't settle for confusion or a mind intoxicated by the lies of the enemy. Be that girl who doesn't allow her thoughts to open every door to fear, every door to anxiety, every door to shame, perfectionism, comparison or jealousy. Because you know that jealousy be knocking, but you don't have to open the door. The girl who recognizes the downward spiral of her thoughts and doesn't give up or lose hope. Instead, she interrupts the spiral. How many of you know a thing or two about the downward spiral? Anybody? Okay. Instead of getting all in condemnation and shame about the downward spiral, be the girl who doesn't give up or lose hope. Instead, she interrupts the spiral with hope, asks the Holy Spirit for strength, grabs hold of the truth of God's word and begins to spiral up. Be that girl who takes responsibility for her thought life, tending to it like a garden, paying attention to the seeds being planted, recognizing what is taking root and understanding that what she allows to grow will shape the harvest of her thought life and the fullness of the life she lives. Ladies, we can't afford to be ignorant of the seeds of a thought that's being planted in our mind. Be that girl who brings light into the dark spaces of her mind by shining God's truth into them. Grabbing hold of the faith filled life, giving pure words of Jesus about who she is and what she is facing. Her past, her present and her future. Friends, you are one light filled path away. How do we light up our steps in dark spaces? It's the Word of God. The Word of God is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. The girl who doesn't hold loosely, who doesn't loosely hold the scriptures but takes a firm grip on them like handlebars on a bike. A tangible grip that brings freedom to her thought life and allows her to personally experience the promises of God in her everyday life. How many of you would be willing to admit that sometimes life has loosened your grip a little bit on the promises of God? Me too. But we just decide. Hey, I Can go from loose grip to firm grip anytime, like handlebars on a bike. That we would take a firm grip on the promises of God so that we could see his promises of God come to pass in our everyday life. Be that girl who is committed to godly community, recognizing that she was never meant to battle every battle alone. That's what you just did. By inviting people to pray with you and praying for one another, she lays down pride and pursues trusted friends, mentors and lasso partners. If you've been coming to coffee and convos. You know what I mean when I say lasso partners. Ones that help you lasso the thoughts of the enemy. You know, there's many times where I've been talking to someone and I'm a verbal processor and I'm talking out loud and I'm like, wow, I have been believing that lie is a truth, but saying it out loud, it sure does feel like a lie. But to have the witness around me saying, no, that is not a maybe a lie, that is definitely a lie of the devil. You need your lasso partners that can help you lasso and take hold of every thought captive and make it line up with the word of God who can help her identify thoughts that are arguing with the word of God. That's, that's what I'm going to talk about tonight. Do you know that you have thoughts that are legit in a full on argument with the word of God and the plans of God? They're arguing. Every lie is arguing with the truth of God's word. And you know what's cool about that argument? You get to pick the winner. She flips the script on the lies of the enemy with the truth of God's word. Be that girl who refuses to believe that every thought she thinks is true. The girl who knows her authority as a daughter of God and uses it to challenge and cast down every vain imagination, every false mental fantasy and thought that argues with the word of God. Be that girl who walks in freedom in her thought life. Everybody say, be that girl. I'm giving you a vision because without it we perish. Without it, we settle for confusion when God has called us to live a life of clarity. Without it, we settle for an intoxicated mind because we're in a situation that is intoxicating. We need a vision for our mind. We need a vision for our thought life. You know, if you would go with me here in your mind, not in person right now, you'll get what I mean by that. If you go in your Mind. And you walk into a bar, yes, a bar where there's a lot of alcohol and drunks everywhere. Again, stay in your seats. But if you go in there and you have a desire to be sober, but everybody else around you is getting intoxicated by alcohol and moving beyond just a few drinks here or there, but they're actually intoxicated by alcohol. They're actually drunk, do you think it's possible to stay sober in a mind, in a place where everybody is intoxicated? The reality is, some of you, and myself included, we've been in situations that are intoxicated with fear. We've grown up in families that are intoxicated with worry. We're in marriages, we're in friendships, that the other person is drinking something, drinking some Kool Aid of fear, of jealousy, of worry, of anger that you're so desperately trying not to drink. Has anybody been in a situation where you've been in a toxic situation or in a toxic relationship and you're just trying to stay alive with a sober mind? Anybody else? Well, let me tell you, if you haven't yet, you will be. Because God has called us to be culture shapers. He's called us to bring light into a dark, intoxicated world. We've got to have a vision for sobriety. I'm not getting in a debate right now about drinking alcohol or not. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about that we drink the lies of the enemy. We drink the lies of fear and worry and doubt and disappointment and discouragement. And we think that we are going to walk in the fullness that God has for us. No. When you're intoxicated with the lies of the enemy, you will forfeit the plans and purposes that he has for you as women. We cannot afford to be intoxicated by insecurity. We cannot afford to be intoxicated by bitterness. We cannot afford to nurse our resentments and our hurts. How do we stay sober in an intoxicating situation when the world is full of sin, when there's temptations that knock on your door and my door. The pride of life, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes. I don't know your willingness to be honest today. So I'll just be a good friend and take one for the team that is me. The door. Knock. It knocks on my door as well. The lust of the eyes wanting more, being discontent. The lust of the flesh, the pride of life. What is the pride of life? Wanting to appear important into the eyes. Of man wanting to feel validated, wanting to feel desperately seen. We can be intoxicated by actually really natural, normal desires. But I want to remind you today, in case nobody reminded you yet. You might be in this world, but you are not of this world. You are citizens of heaven. If you are a daughter of God, you are a citizen of heaven. And if you have yet to call in the name of Jesus, if you have walked away from your heavenly father, I'm telling you, Jesus, tonight can be your decision to become a citizen of Heaven. How do we face real life battles intoxicated by the lies of the enemy? I'm telling you, you can't. That's why the word of God clarifies the importance of a sober, disciplined mind. Do you know how to discipline your mind? Well, if you ask. If you ask the pharmacy, if you asked fullscript where I get my supplements from, if you ask different doctors about how much medicine is prescribed for peace to sleep at night, you would be reminded how intoxicated our world is. How do you get in a fight with your spouse and stay sober? Cause y' all know you be seeing red whether you admit it or not. How do you stay sober when your
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Pastor Sharon
are intoxicated with strife and envy with one another? How do you stay sober when your kids have left the Lord? How do you not get intoxicated with defeat and discouragement? Because do you think that a family member that has gone astray, don't you feel like that's discouraging? Absolutely. How do you keep a disciplined mind when you can't afford gas the next day, when you can't afford the vacations, when you can't meet the desires of your family? How do you not become intoxicated by doubt and fear and worry? You gotta be that girl. You gotta be that girl that pursues a sober mind. Ladies, we're all tempted. In fact, we're not just tempted. We all have those moments where we give into our flesh. We all have those moments where we spiral down that something sends us spiraling. It's not a matter of if it sends us spiraling. It's a matter of recognizing what sends us spiraling. It's a matter of asking the Holy Spirit to say, God, what is the thought that triggers me, that sends me spiraling down the path of defeat and discouragement and shame and not being good enough. What is that? If you're going to title this talk tonight, I would title it Let God Win. Let God win. In 2nd Corinthians 10:3, it says, we are Human. But we don't wage war as humans do. We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning. You know how a stronghold happens? It happens by not disciplining your mind. It happens by not keeping worry in its seatbelt. It happens by not keeping fear in check. A stronghold happens when we do not discipline our mind and we just let our mind go crazy with any thought of whatever we want to think about, whoever we want to think it about. And what's scary is we call it true. We destroy. And some of it might be true. But even if you believe the worst about something that is true, is that really in an effect? Is that really an effective way to live? You're facing. You might be facing situations that are discouraging. And the reality, it is true. But how are you going to meet. How are you going to face the facts without being intoxicated by fear or worry? We knock down the stronghold of human reasoning and destroy every false argument. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. How many of you are moms in the room? Or you've been there? How many of you know that your kids are born rebellious, even the sweetest ones? And just like we have to discipline our kids so that they could experience righteous living and experience the fullness of God, we have to teach and train our rebellious thoughts. And as I was reading this scripture, I couldn't help but think of the cowboys and the ranchers that take their lasso and they put it around the bucking bull. They go after that bull like a prize. What if you viewed every victorious thought like a prize? Because every victorious thought that you lay hold of directly related to your discipline and your strategy to identify and lasso every thought that doesn't line up with the word of God, Let God win. What do I mean by that? If you'd be willing to admit, how many of you have ever been in an argument with anybody? Paul grew up in a home who never saw his mom and dad argue. But if I let. If I interviewed Pastor Sharon, she would probably say, just because Paul didn't hear it didn't mean we didn't have our disagreements. So then when we had our first argument, he thought, I don't know. I sent him down his own downward spiral. Because I grew up in a home where it actually wasn't strife. It was just yelling because we all want to be heard. It was just normal. So you've been in these arguments I'm not wanting to stir up any bad memories or resentment, but, you know, those intense fights, especially the ones you're really right, and it's really hard to surrender, you know, back in the day, just because I feel the need to admit my weaknesses and sins at some times, too. Not that you're asking, but sometimes I think people get put on a pedestal, and I am known to just, like, keep it real a little bit, just to make sure every heathen feels like they belong in this place or everyone who saw red. I remember specifically one time being so upset at Paul, and I was in a car, the worst place to be upset, because I'm not gonna look at anybody who might relate, because you're still trying to act all perfect in this place. But it is so hard to be trapped in the car with someone you're arguing with because you're like, do I wait for a stoplight to get out of the car, or do I just hop out and pray for the best? Because you are trapped. You are trapped. And it was a while back, and I asked him to take me to the store, and we have this conversation, and we create space away from the kids, you know, because we don't want the kids, you know, to hear all the stuff. And so we get in a car, and we thought we would have an adult conversation, but it turned into two toddlers just fighting about a situation. It was an intense argument. I was so mad. Nobody put this on social, okay? I was so mad I would not get in the vehicle with him. I picked the wrong day to wear sweats. My house was freezing, but outside it was 90 degrees. But it's amazing what happens when you see red. You can move past any summer heat to not be in the car with the person that you're repulsed by. I don't know. He's your pastor, but we're married. I walked from the store to my house, 30 whole minutes pouring down sweat. And you bet I wasn't going to let sweat drip from my head. You bet I wasn't gonna stop and ask for water because I was on a mission to stay in my pride, to stay in my anger, because it was so intense, and I was so right and I felt so wrong. I. But guess what? The other party normally does too. Right? They feel so wrong. They feel so wronged. They feel so right. And it's amazing how anger justifies your tantrums. I'm not gonna ask you to share your crud. I did it for you. Like I said, I'm a team player. Everybody say, let God win. The reality is, as I share that story, because there are some intense arguments going on in your mind. You're surrounded by some intense arguments in your home, either physically or emotionally. You're surrounded by some intense battles, some spiritual battles, some spiritual warfare. You're in an argument. Bitterness and forgiveness. They are arguing strong, and it is intense. And they both have their case. There are some battles of shame. There are some battles of pride and forgiveness and repentance. You know what's a real battle is hope and hopelessness. Have you ever been so out of hope about a situation that you literally just came to church to borrow someone else's hope? Is it just me? I have found, instead of being like, oh, I'm gonna fake that I have this hope, I'm just gonna say, no, I'm out of hope and I need to borrow someone else's hope. That's the gift of community, because somebody else is not going through the same situation and they got their hopes high and you get to borrow it. And it's amazing how their hope stirs up hope on the inside of you. I don't know what intense argument is going on in your mind, but we need to take those rebellious thoughts and arguments of defeat and discouragement and hopelessness and make them bow, Insist that they bow to the truth of God's word. It's intense when there's a lot at stake. It's intense when we're really hurt and we're really misunderstood. It's intense when we're really wronged. It's intense. When you're just out of hope. It's intense when you don't feel like you have enough. I just love the way that Corinthians says it here. What are the thoughts that are arguing against God's word? And I want to tell you, let God win. What does that mean? Let God's thoughts win about your future. Let God's thoughts win about your sin that there is therefore now no condemnation to those who belong to Christ Jesus. Let God's thoughts win about your sin. Single season that he is more than enough to sustain you. Let God's thoughts win about your marriage. Let God's thoughts win about your friendship. Let God's thoughts win about your loneliness. Let God's thoughts win about your rejection, that you're actually accepted and chosen. What does it look like to let God's thoughts win in your individual mind? Tonight I remember Mack. I have a lot of stories about him because he's the most stubborn and also the most tender. He was just wrestling with me. I was giving him a hug. He would not stand sit still at all. Especially when we were trying to discipline him. I was giving out awards to the kids actually this week. And we give like awards throughout the week. And that award might be like, you know, the most inspirational or the most obedient or the most helpful or whatever it is. And Mac was asking for his award and I was like, man, Mac, this week you win the award of taking discipline like a champ. I mean, you're a champion when it comes to discipline. And oh man, his face lit up because I've watched him get spankings. Now that's not a debate either in this place. You can debate it with the Bible, cause it's actually pretty clear. But with that being said, telling you in a generation of gentle parenting, there is a slippery slope. Slippery slope. So with all that to say, I said, you know what? Even just last week, we were having to wrestle you like an alligator just to get your spanking. And man, you laid there like a champion. And you know what God says about people who take discipline like a champion? And he just lit up. But there was a moment where wrestling like alligator were holding him tight and he just kept trying to get out of our arms. And we were just trying to hug him at this point. We were like, forget this banging. We just need to give this guy a hug. Like kill him with kindness. And so we were just giving him a hug and he was just exhausted and he was just more tired. He was like, I'm so tired. I'm so tired. All of a sudden. Not all of a sudden. After actually after about 30, 40 minutes, he fell asleep. He fell asleep. God wants to win, but it takes our surrender for us to win. And there are some lies of the enemy that God wants to help you put to sleep and to put to death. But it's going to take surrender. Mac was able to find peace. He was able to actually get a really good nap. But it cost him. Surrender. You know what surrender looks like that I actually hate a lot of times is just giving up the need to be right. What if you let God win? That even though you're on favorable conditions, even though it's an unwanted outcome, what if you let God win and choose to believe that he is a good father and that he knows what's best? God is letting God win. He knows what's best. I'm going to ask the keys to come up. Everybody say, let God win. I saw this picture this week and I was just going to keep it in my photo album. But then when again I got that exciting call that no planes were taken off in Washington D.C. i was like, you know what? I think I'm supposed to bring that picture up. I saw this picture. Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it. How on point is this picture to what we're talking about? Our whole theme this year and Be that girl is about lassoing every thought that doesn't line up with the word of God. I'll give you a little heads up. The one that was riding the horse was actually a male. I put it in chat and all of a sudden it was a female. I just felt like it was more appropriate. Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it. Do you see her determination to get that bull? That bull is running wild just like some of your thoughts are. And if you would have that intensity and determination, what thought are you afraid of confronting? What hurt are you afraid of to let go and receive God's healing? What are you afraid of to not be a victim of anymore because you can't complain about it and have your pity parties? We've got to decide what we want more than we are afraid of it. What if you are one decision away from experiencing Jesus like never before? What if you are one decision away from experiencing a healed heart? Are you afraid of a healed and whole heart because you only know how to identify with dysfunction and brokenness? One of the reasons why my stomach was in knots today. You can keep that picture up. One of the reasons why my stomach was in knots today. Not because I didn't doubt God would show up, but because of the unknown. Many of us don't surrender because of the unknown. In fact, many of you in this room might not have surrendered your life to Christ because of the unknown of what it would look like, what would change as a result of your decision to follow Christ? You know, we've been in many meetings. I've led many meetings and even with Encounter all the executive team, which I could not do it without the executive team and specifically Jody Keneally and Angela Smith. I want to say Holmes or Smith in my phone. She's Holmes. Because if you. If you got married and I know if I've known you before you were married, you still stay as your maiden name because I just like to be reminded of our history. But Jody and Ange and Sarah cannot do it without the executive team. There's so many people that make it happen. But sometimes you can be in meetings and go Around. Around the same decision. Around the same, same decision. An indecision is no decision. Indecision, you do not move forward. In fact, if you get on the elevator behind you, if you're willing to take the faith journey up to the second floor, I say that because we still have a beeper on that second floor button that will not go away on the way to growth track every Sunday. Like, well, we're riding this up in faith, but if you do not touch a button, what will happen? You will not go anywhere. Indecision is no decision. So there are moments where I'm leading a team and we're just stuck in the valley of decision, and all of a sudden I just say, you know what? It's D day. It's D day. We are making decisions whether it's right or wrong. God loves us so much that if we make the wrong decision, he can't move a parked car. So, Lord, you love me so much that even if I make the wrong decision, you're gonna redirect my path. Some of you are stuck in a valley of indecision about your future, about your finances, about where you're going, about your friendships, about your relationships. Believe me, I'm one who likes to live in the present. You get me talking and dreaming too much in the future. I'll get overwhelmed thinking about the future. I'm thankful for the visionaries and the futuristic people because I start thinking, oh, my goodness, but we're not promised tomorrow. I can only do what I got in front of me. But I'm so thankful for the visionaries and the people that are full of future that see something that I cannot see. And I'm telling you, I see something that you cannot see. Not because my own eyes, but because God's eyes. When he looks on your life and when he looks on your relationships and he looks on your future and he looks at the closed doors, he sees something that you do not see. Let God win. Let God win about your past. Let God win about your future. Let God win about your present. Let God win. If you want to keep letting the lies of the enemy just wreak havoc on your life, you let me know how that goes. But I can already tell you I'm not no fortune teller. But I'm telling you, that's an ineffective way to live, because the enemy is out to kill, steal, and destroy you. And how does he do that? He does that with lies. He does that with lies. How do we know that we're believing a lie? It's when we Confront it with the truth of God's word. You can't lasso with your own opinions. You can't lasso with a self help book. You have to lasso with the word of God that scripture says you take every thought captive, every rebellious thought. Many of you in this room feel so defeated because of the ugliest thought you thought. You feel so condemned, you feel so shame and you don't even take out your last o. You've got to recognize, just like every child comes into this world full of sin and rebellious, you got to recognize. You know what? Every thought that comes into my mind, I have got to decide that that is not me. That is not who I am. Just because I thought it doesn't mean that's me. I can take every thought captive and make make it line up with the word of God. I can choose to let God win. I can choose to let God win by lifting up a shout of praise. I can choose to let God win even though I've been trying to have a baby and I can't have a baby. I can choose to believe that God knows best. I can choose to let God win over my health. I can choose to let God win over my finances that I'm going to sow a seed expecting a harvest. The lie of the enemy says, hold on to what you have. Scarcity, mindset, the truth says Jehovah Jireh, your provider. Let God win about the little that you have. Let God's thoughts win because they are higher than your thoughts. His ways are higher than your ways. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture the thoughts and insist that they bow down to the truth of God's word. My question was up there with that girl chasing the bull. If we can decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it, more than you're afraid of what people think or what people say. Decide that you want to be a God pleaser more than you want to be right. Decide that you want humility because humility is the best way. More than you're afraid of your future, decide that you want peace in the unknown. How valuable is your peace to you friends? Because sometimes when a situation happens or someone says something that we don't want them to say or disagree with, we're so quick to sell our piece. We get in there on the sidelines of Facebook and Instagram and our group chats and we just. That is selling your piece. You know, a quick way to sell your piece is to fight all your battles to Be your defender. Jesus is your defender. Jesus is your defender. I'm going to ask you all to stand to your feet tonight. You know, at Encounter, we're not in a hurry. And I think that's why a lot of you like Encounter many of life, much of life is in a hurry. In fact, when you're still, it takes a whole lot of discipline. It actually. Is there anybody else who'd be willing to admit that even to be still, you have to tell yourself you're not being lazy. It's a discipline. But, you know, stillness leads to sobriety. Stillness leads to a peaceful, centered mind. And I know some of you need to head out, and I totally get that. I'm so glad you came to Encounter. But it's one reason why we don't have childcare. Because I feel really bad for not the babies, but the workers that are watching the hungry, tired babies. But we do open the first floor chapel for mamas. I just think some of the best things happen, honestly, as a mom, when someone else is watching my kids and they're all asleep, when I don't hurry and I just be. I'm talking to all the moms, the daughter in you, the daughter of God. And you needs this. You need this. You need to experience what it means to allow the love of God to overwhelm your heart, To remind you of a future worth fighting for. To let God win, To let God's thoughts win, to let his wisdom win, To let him have the final say. That doesn't mean that you just go with the flow and don't stand up for yourself. That doesn't mean that there's not changes that need to be made even in some of your relationships or situations. But even in the most toxic situations, fear is never a good counselor. It's never a good counselor. Some of you are in toxic situations that you need to declare D day today. Don't be led by fear or hurt. Choose to be led by the peace of God. Let him lead you. There's a difference in running away and there's a difference in letting him lead you. God is the author of Arrivals and God is the author of Departures. That was not in my notes, but that is definitely for some of you here today. I don't know your situations, but I'm also not going to say, you know, honestly, in a, in a word of faith church, we don't really talk a lot about departures. We like the arrival of something. But there are some things that we need to depart. There's some situations there's some friendships, there's some physically abusive relationships that need to be dealt with. But today's d day. If we would bow our heads and close our eyes. If you're here tonight and the Holy Spirit is speaking to you personally about something about D Day, you know, there's a lot of decisions we make that lead to fear, but then there's a lot of decisions that we make that can lead to freedom. And tonight there are some decisions that need to be made to lead to freedom. If you've been stuck in a valley of decision about something, even if you've just left your hope up for grabs, you've left your vision, your future up for grabs. You've just. You haven't really lassoed God's thoughts about the way that he thinks about you. So it's just been indecisive and you just kind of. You haven't decided to let God win about something. That hasn't been your decision. You've been stuck in human reasoning. If you recognize that there's something about today that you needed to declare D Day, I'd like for you to raise your hand. There's something you need to decide about. There's hands all over. What do you need to decide about? I'm going to ask you to leave your seat and come down to the altar. Because I know that the Holy Spirit, Spirit is going to meet you right where you're at. If you didn't raise your hand and you want to raise your hand, there's nothing extra special about this altar except for the fact that it is a marked moment for you to declare that it's D Day. What is the enemy trying to convince you of to give up on? But today is a day that you're deciding you're not going to give up hope. What is that? Today is a day that you're gonna move from insecurity to confidence. Today is a day, a D day about your future family, about your current family, about your friends. What is it? Today is a D day. Some of you in this room have never given your life to Christ. Today is D Day for you. You don't know what your life holds on the other side up to this moment, but you can control what happens in this moment by choosing to make him your Lord and personal savior. If that's you, if you've never given your life to Christ or you're making a decision to come back to Him, I'm going to ask you to come up to the front because we want to be with you. We Want to pray for you. For those of you who are up here, I'm going to ask our altar team and our altar workers and our encounter dream team to surround those who have come up to the front tonight. If we would just all in this room lift our hands to heaven. And I just want us to worship for a moment and to make some personal declarations. Of deciding what girl we're gonna be of deciding how determined we are gonna be about lassoing the thoughts of the enemy. We're gonna face our fears and we're gonna decide to rise up with boldness. Let's just lift our hands and allow the worship team to just worship a little bit because there's some personal public declarations tonight. Whether you're in the front or at your seats, make some public declarations tonight. This is about your personal encounter.
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This is a house of worship this is a place of prayer where everything trembles where we proclaim your name this is a house of healing Our hearts are faith you have our. You have the final say. So come alive in the name of Jesus Come alive in the name of Jesus this is a house of spirit we break everything to the feet of Jesus Everything in the name of Jesus this is the house of new Come alive, we sing Come alive in the name of Jesus Come alive in the name of Jesus Jesus. This is the house of miracles oh, we bring everything to the feet of Jesus Everything in the name of Jesus. This is the house of Miriam and this is a house of worship
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is a place of pray where every demon trembles where we proclaim your name this is a house of healing Our hearts are full of faith. You have the final step so we see our life in the day of Christ Jesus Come alive in the name of Jesus this is the house of miracles oh, we bring everything to the feet of Jesus Everything in the name of Jesus this is the house of miracles Come alive oh, in the name of Jesus Come alive in the name of Jesus this is the house of miracles. Every day in the name of Jesus this is the house of miracle. We believe that you're moving we believe you believe that you're working for what's working for and I still believe you're moving I still believe you're speaking God, I I believe you working all things forget and I fix my eyes on heaven God, I receive you working all things I still believe your God I believe you're working all things. For God I still believe I still believe your.
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Pastor Sharon
I just want the instruments to begin to play, but I just have to keep playing. We won't sing any songs. But I do want the the band to still play loud because it's gonna get loud up in this place. I'm about to tell you what to do. When's the last time that you rebuked a lie the enemy. When's the last time that you used your authority as a daughter of God and said I rebuke the spirit of strife. I rebuke the spirit of discouragement. I bind in the mighty name of
- [53:36]
Worship Leader
Jesus, sickness and defeat and sin.
- [53:40]
Pastor Sharon
I bind the spirit of lying. I bind the spirit of fear. I'm telling you, let the spirit of God and his boldness rise up in this place. So as the truth drums play my friends just begin to rebuke and bind the devil. What does that mean? It means to rise up as the daughter of God and know that heaven is with you. What we bind on earth is loose in heaven. We find strife, we lose peace, we find sickness, we loose healing in Jesus name. We bind to spirit discouragement and we lose joy.
- [54:44]
Worship Leader
Sam. Sa.
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Pastor Sharon
Is anybody willing to admit that it's been a law it's been a while since you took some time to rebuke the devil. I'm telling you, let the boldness of the daughters of God. God rise up not in arguing like this but arguing on our knees, arguing, rebuking the devil and binding every thought that's arguing against my God, my God. His thoughts will win because we're going to see a victory Church. We're going to see a victory. You're going to see a victory because on the other side of you last swing every thought and you put binding every generational curse. You're going to see a victory.
- [56:37]
Worship Leader
I'm going to see a victory for the battle belong to you Lord. And I'm going to see a victory. Victory for the battle belong to you Lord. I'm going to see a victory. I'm going to see a victory for the battle belong to you Lord. I'm going to see a victory. I'm going to see a victory. Victory for the battle belongs to you Lord. You say you take what the enemy meant for evil and you turn it for good. You turn it for good. You take what the enemy meant for evil and you turn it for good. You turn it for good. Oh, you died. You take what the enemy meant for evil and you turn it for good. You turn it for good. Oh, you take, you take what the enemy meant for evil and you turn it for good. You turn it for good. And I'm Gonna see a victory I'm gonna see a victory for the battle belongs to you Lord and I'm gonna see a victory I'm gonna me for the battle belongs to you and I'm going to see a victory I'm going to see a victory. I'm going to make your brazen cuz the enemy and death couldn't hold you down I'm going to let go strong voice in victory Going to make your praise because the enemy's been defeated and death couldn't hold you down we're going to lift our voice in victory we're going to make your grace and arm because the enemy meant to be it Death going to hold you down have us in victory Shout out to God Shout out to God Shout out to God with the voice of triumph Shout out to God with the voice of praise Shout out to God with the voice of triumph we lift your name up we lift your name up Shout out to God with the voice of triumph Shout out to God with the voice of praise Shout out to God with the voice of of triumph we lift your name up Shout Shout out to God with the voice of triumph Shout out to God with the voice of praise Shout out to God Voice of triumph we lift your name up. Jesus enemy because the enemy's been defeated Death could hold you down Lift your voice in victory Just the voice Shout out to Shout out to God with the voice of Shout out to God with the voice of praise Shout out to God with the voice. Shout out to God with the mercy of Shout out to God with the voice of praise Shout out to God with the voice of triumph we lift your neighbor we lift your neighbor Shout out to God with the voice of Shout out to God with the voice of grace Shout out to God with the voice. Shout out to God with the voice of triumph Shout out to God with the voice of praise Shout out to God with the voice of triumph. Because it the enemy's been defeated and they're gonna knock you down we're gonna lift up unto victory Ladies can you
- [61:56]
Pastor Sharon
make your praises loud tonight? Can you lift us lift up a shout of triumph A voice of victory God let the voices of victory Victory be alive in our hearts God, let us not follow the voice of a stranger Let us not follow the voice of the enemy Let us follow the voice of hope the voice the voice of peace God the voice of victory Father God thank you God for being in the room with us tonight. God, thank you for the opportunity just to just linger in your presence and just to make your priority a presence, your presence a priority, God, where we don't have to be rushed and you can just not move on to the next thing, but just genuinely have an encounter with you God. Thanks for making the most of our time tonight, God, by just showing up. Thank you, Lord. Honor you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you God, Man. Ladies, I'm to trying truly thankful for the way that God showed up tonight. And I also just want to thank you for your lean in. Yeah, you can give God praise. You can give you a round of applause for all the remnant. I just, I, I'm so thankful for. I, I live a life of going from one thing to the next and I'm really thankful for encounter nights, for this space to just not have to go from one thing to the next. You know, I, I guess I do want to be that space where we're just willing to really let God take control. And obviously I was reminded of that tonight that. Is he really enough? Is, is he really enough? And he really is. He really. It really is. And it really is the encounters with Jesus as I was and I'll end with this as I was worshiping tonight. You know my, it's actually a terrible goal to want to look at the end of your year and think, man, my goal is to depend more on Jesus. I'm just kidding. It's not a terrible goal. It just, just means that he'll create opportunities for you to have to do that because he wants you to accomplish your goal. Right. And he led me to that scripture at the beginning of the year that in his weaknesses, in our weaknesses, his strengths are made perfect. In fact, only in our weaknesses are his strengths perfected. And honestly that is something that God definitely, it's crazy. Like you have a goal or you have a scripture, like how is this going to come to pass? And honestly you think of the worst case scenario, like God, you're really going to put me up a worst case scenario to really depend on you. And honestly it wasn't that bad. It was around 3pm but it got better. It got better and you guys made it better tonight. So thank you all so much for coming to encounter. Thank you for the team for helping make it happen. Give God another shout of praise.