the new Jerusalem

The Battle Is Not Yours

• Subir Joshua Gorey • Season 2 • Episode 22

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When you find yourself in situations that are beyond your control without a way out, know that you are not alone in it!

Our God, our Father in heaven is ready to swoop in and turn it around for us. All we need to do is ask Him to take control. In this week's episode, find out what happens when He takes charge of our situation.

“I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water. 
- Isaiah‬ ‭41‬:‭18‬

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The Bible says this is the day the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it. And I want to tell you that I've said this to you before and I'll say it again that the Bible says His mercies are new every morning. His blessings for you and me are new every morning, and how beautiful is that. The creator also of heaven and earth showers us with compassion. That's new every morning. The bible says praise god for that. And today I want to give you a glimpse of who god is, who our creator is, who our father is and what he is doing for you today. Hallelujah, and I'm going straight into it from the book of Isaiah, the 48th chapter, the 12th verse onwards, and I've told you the significance of Egypt and Israel in the Bible and how you should look at it. Being somebody who's born years after Jesus has come on this planet, egypt signifies the time that you didn't know Jesus, and Israel signifies the time that you know Jesus. And of course, the way it's depicted in the Bible as Old and New Testament is very different, but that's how you should look at it. And this morning, from the book of Isaiah, 48, the 12th chapter, the 12th verse I'm sorry. Listen to it. The Bible says listen to me, o Jacob and Israel, which is you and me, the ones chosen by God to be aligned to his lineage, the eternal plan, handpicked. Listen to me, o Jacob and Israel, my called, o hallelujah, you're called by him, oh hallelujah. You should mark this out, isaiah. Isaiah 48, 12 says listen to me, oh Jacob and Israel, my Hallelujah. I am he. I am the first and I am also the last, and indeed my hand has laid the foundation of the earth and my right hand has stretched out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand up together. Oh Hallelujah, oh Hallelujah, they stand up together, oh hallelujah, oh hallelujah, oh hallelujah. Awesome. God, majestic, lord, the one who stretched out the heavens and the earth and who calls the elements into being, who calls things into existence that are not there, the creator, he is your father. Of course, we have earthly fathers. Some of us still do, some of us maybe lost them earlier, some maybe didn't get the chance to even meet them or don't remember them. But I want to tell you that he is your father and who is he? Isaiah 48, 12. Go, mark it down in your bible and read and understand and meditate who he is and read and understand and meditate who he is, the creator of heaven and earth, who says that I lay them down and I call them and they stand up together. Oh, hallelujah, isaiah 41, the 4th and 5th verse, he who performed and done it, he who has performed and done it, calling the generations from the beginning, I, the Lord, I'm the first and with the last I am he. The coastlands saw it and feared the hands of the earth were afraid, and they drew near and came. Oh, another beautiful scripture that shows you the majesty of our Lord and our creator. And don't miss it. Our father, oh, don't miss it.

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Some of you are listening to this, even our fathers, and you know what it's like to have to be a father. It's something very different, and you know what you will do for your child. It doesn't call out the gender, it never matters. A father is a father and he is your father. And that's what I'm here to tell you this morning. As I said earlier, we've all had earthly fathers and we some of us still do, and praise God for that.

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The one and only the first and the last revelation 22, 12 and 13. I told you this morning I'm going to give you a glimpse. Oh, this is just a glimpse of who your father is. Revelation 22, 12 and 13 says Behold, I am coming quickly and my reward is with me to give to everyone according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Oh, hallelujah and the end. He knows the beginning from the end. Nothing before him, nothing after him. He was there before creation. He spoke things into existence. He was on this planet 20, 24 years ago and he is coming again. Hallelujah. And that same mighty God, the Holy One of Israel, the Alpha and the Omega, the creator of heaven and earth, the great I am, is your father. You must understand it this morning.

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Jesus came on this planet not to create a religion. He came on this planet so that you have a relationship with the Father. And that's why he sat with the sinners and that's why he sat with the tax collectors. And people said why are you sitting with them? Why are they sitting with us, the Pharisees and the Sadducees? Why are you sitting with us, the holy ones who know the scripture? He said the sick need the doctor. Let's not get into what else. He calls them, the pharisees and the sadducees. But I'm here to tell you that he came here to create a relationship between you and your father and from that time till now, the world has only made it a relationship, has made it a religion to you that if you do this, then God accepts you and if you do that, then God accepts you. But Jesus has explained it so beautifully If you don't know the story of the prodigal son, go read it.

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But you know it. He leaves everything and he comes back and the father goes running to him. That's a father, it's a relationship, it's not a religion. And your father, this morning, I'll tell you what he does for you. I don't know who this is for, but this is for somebody in particular. Isaiah 41.10 Fear not, for I am with you. He says Do not be dismayed, for I am your God, I am with you. He says Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and I will help you and I will uphold you With my righteous right hand. Oh, hallelujah, it's for somebody. And he's telling you this morning. Your father is telling you this morning fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God, I will strengthen you and I will help you. Yes, I will help you. He says, and I will uphold you with my righteous right hand hallelujah, oh hallelujah, hallelujah, oh, hallelujah.

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And the 11th verse onwards goes to say Behold all those who were incensed against you. And let me tell you, incensed means extremely angry. I don't know what incensed means. I don't know what it meant. When I came across the word, I actually looked it up and it says extremely angry, people who are extremely angry with you. And the Bible says those who are incensed with you, against you, shall be ashamed and disgraced and they shall be as nothing. And those who strive with you shall perish, oh a man, and you shall seek them and you won't find them. And those who contended with you, those who war against you, shall be as nothing, a non-existent thing. For I, the Lord, your God, will hold your right hand. He says it again I am holding your right hand, saying to you fear not, I will help you. Oh hallelujah, oh hallelujah. As I have 41, 10 to 13, mark it down in your Bibles.

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And some of you can feel God in your room, in where you're standing and wherever you are. I don't even know where you are, but some of you can feel him so strong and, yes, he's your father and he's telling you. You know what? Those people who pointed fingers at you, those people who came against you, those people who blamed you, those people who put you up in court to stand alone will not exist, even the ones who were even angry against you. Even if they were angry with you, they'd be ashamed and disgraced. Oh hallelujah, amen. Non-existent, as per the words of the creator of heaven and earth. Non-existent it's in the Bible people. Non-existent Because he will hold you with your right hand, with his right hand, I'm sorry, he will hold you with his right hand, oh hallelujah.

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I want to tell you this morning, whatever your situation may look like, it may seem impossible, I'm not just saying it, I've been in situations like that myself and praise God. I know how he has pulled me out of my situation. Each of us have our own things and he's fabulous. He doesn't leave anything out, he's in the smallest possible detail you can even dream of. So, no matter how dark or impossible it seems, god is saying to you this morning fear not, he is going to help you. Morning, fear not, he is going to help you.

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And whatever your situation seems like you feel you're surrounded at all ends. You think people snapping at your back, you think you've reached a dead end at some situation, but your health, or maybe with your, but your accounts, maybe with some particular personal situation, maybe with a friend or a family member, it's not letting you move forward, it's holding you down. They will perish and become non-existent. Alleluia, amen, as I have 41 15 says consistent Hallelujah, amen.

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Isaiah 41.15 says Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth. You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small and make the hills like chaff. Hallelujah, oh, hallelujah. God is making you something else. He's making you something else. Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge. You know, in olden days they used threshing floors to segregate or let's say, break the grain from the chaff, the useless part from the part that gets you everything, or the important part. And he's saying this morning and of course they used these tools to do it and he's saying that he's making you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth. Hey, this is not me, this is the Bible for you.

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Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth. You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small and make the hills like chaff. Oh amen, hallelujah, you don't believe it. That's on you, jesus. When he came on his plan, he said if you have this faith the size of a mustard seed, you will tell the mountain to move. We know Peter water walked on water. We know Moses split the Red Sea. We know Elijah called down fire from heaven.

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And the same Father who did it for them is telling you this morning that he will beat them small and you will make the hills like chaff. But that's on you. He will make you conquer everything. I don't think for once that he has left you alone with the wolves and he hasn't. He doesn't do that. No father does that. Unless you go like a trooper yourself, not keeping him informed about what you're doing. He still knows what you're doing. He's waiting to see if you're going to ask for his help. And then, when you're battered and bruised, don't blame him for it, go and ask for his help, and then he will come down from the clouds, the Bible says, and smoke will come out of his nostrils.

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The Bible says, because he's your father, hallelujah, Isaiah 41, 18 and I will open rivers. I will open rivers in desolate heights and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water and dry land, springs of water, amen, hallelujah. He will turn your situation on its head. What the scripture is saying is he will turn it into something that's completely opposite of what your mind even can fathom or understand or even know. He will turn it around into something else.

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Amen, and he will, because he is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, and he's telling you this morning I will open rivers in desolate heights and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, oh, amen. And dry lands, springs of water, hallelujah. Drylands, springs of water, hallelujah. And listen to this. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, the myrtle and the oil tree.

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I will set in the desert the cypress tree, the pine and the box tree all together, oh, hallelujah, that they may see and know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord has done this. The Holy One of Israel has created it. Oh, he will do it for His honour, of course, because you are His child and he is your father. He'll do it for his honour, of course, because you're his child and he's your father, but he will do it for his honour and I want to tell you that if it looks like a dried and dead situation, like a desert, he will make rivers in it, like the scripture. I told you Isaiah 41.18. Isaiah 41 18.

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And let me tell you about these trees that he's mentioned in the 19th and 20th verse, something very specific about these trees that God has specifically mentioned in the scripture. And let me tell you that these are evergreen trees, plants, the mortal, the acacia, the cedar tree flowering and sprouting through the year oh, a man, hallelujah. Plants that house and support other creatures from all genealogy. And I want to tell you, let's not even forget the oil tree. He will make your dead situation into an industry. Mark the date. This is the half month of September that's gone through, of 2024. You mark the date.

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This is for somebody here I don't know who you are. Hey, it's for everyone, if you claim it and he's going to turn your situation into an industry and you will know it and you will see it and you will be radiant and you'll be proud that your father has done it for you. Look how beautiful, this hill, this beautiful scripture is that they may see and they will know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord has done this for you. Oh, the Lord will do it for you, he who is your father, he who sent his son to die on a cross for you. Oh, who does that? Oh, who does that? Hallelujah, hallelujah. He is your father, he will do it for you. He is your lord, he is your creator, he will change your situation for you. Oh, don't think even once that you're alone in this. You're not, but believe, because the Bible says I am watching over my word, you perform it. He's watching, and this word has been released, as I said on the 15th of September. Now you watch, because he cannot deny himself. He will perform it. Watch, hallelujah.

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Dear lord, I thank you for your beautiful presence that's on this platform. I thank you for your presence that's in people's homes. I give you glory and honor this beautiful morning, lord. I join in the hosts of angels that sing holy, holy, holy. Lord, god almighty, who was and is and is to come.

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Thank you for your beautiful presence, thank you for your love, thank you for what you did on that cross for us, lord, thank you that you are ever so faithful and you cannot deny yourself. Thank you, lord, that you are watching over your word to perform it. And thank you, lord, that the blessings of Isaiah 41, the blessings of Isaiah 41 from the 15th verse till the 20th verse onwards are coming to life in people's lives, and they will see it and they will know and be radiant and know that it's their Father, lord the creator, who's done it for them. Hallelujah, we give you glory and honor this beautiful morning. We thank you for everything that you've done, for your blessings that are new every day, your mercies that are showered upon us, your grace that is just that just abounds to us, lord, freely. We're not worthy for it, but you do it for us just because you love us. Thank you, lord, for this beautiful time. Thank you for your beautiful word. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen.