Transcript: Finding Protection from Spiritual Battles and the Dragon

Praise the Lord. I greet you all in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let's turn to the word this day. Revelation chapter 12 and verse 14. Revelation chapter 12 and verse 14. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness to her place where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time from the presence of the serpent. Now one verse from the word of God can be so important to all our lives. It can mean different things to each one of us. Now God is so powerful that he can speak through a single verse to each one of us in different ways. When we look at that verse, it is something happening in Revelation, something in the future, something in the tribulation period. But if we look at our lives and we can see that God is speaking to us also in some way here. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle. God always wants to protect his children. He always wants to take care of them and keep them protected and safe. And if we read in the Gospels, we know that Jesus once spoke about Jerusalem and said that, Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, I wanted to take care of you as a hen takes care of his chicks. but he would not allow me that's what Jesus told them but think about it God always wants to protect his children take care of them and keep them safe here we are reading about Israel the woman is Israel here she was given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness now the Bible scholars they interpret as being taken by aircrafts into a certain place and being protected for three and a half years there, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place where she is nourished. Not only keep her safe, but God wants her to be nourished, Israel to be nourished, the people who are going to be saved, to be nourished there for a time, times and half a time. That is a year, two years and a half a year. That's three and a half years, the last three and a half years of the tribulation. now let's go to the beginning of the chapter and see what we are dealing with here and see what God wants to speak to us this day now a great sign appeared in heaven a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet and on her head a garland of twelve stars again we are speaking about Israel here when John writes as a woman there are many signs that are mentioned in this chapter here and we read that a great sign appeared in heaven. So when signs appear in heaven, things take place on earth also. A woman is clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and on her head a garland of twelve stars. It shows about the glory of Israel that is there in these days and will be there in the last days. That's what speaks about the sun and the moon but under her feet and on her head a garland of twelve stars. One of the dreams that Joseph saw in the book of Genesis, you can compare it with this dream. We read in Genesis chapter 37 and verse 9. Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers and said, Look, I have dreamed another dream and this time the sun, moon and the eleven stars, they bowed down to me. Praise the Lord. Some comparison here with the dream that is there in Revelation. And Joseph sees a dream that the son mourned, that his father, his mother, and his 11 other brothers, they are bowing down to him. Praise the Lord. When you come to the book of Revelation, it is written about 12 stars. That means, you know, Joseph, the tribe of Joseph were divided into two, Ephraim and Manasseh. And we see 12 tribes being mentioned there. A great sign appearing. And Dan is out of that picture there because Dan went into idolatry. idolatry. So when you come to the book of Revelation, you don't read about the tribe of Dan there. Praise the Lord. Now there is a great sign in heaven and if you read the book of Revelation, it moves so fast from this place to that place to the past to the present and you get confused with many other things. In the second verse it is written, then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. It is talking about the woman Israel and we know that our Savior Jesus Christ, he came from Israel. That's why the second verse is all in allegory and it's represented by certain features that we are seeing here, certain signs, being with child. This woman is with child. Israel is with child. And at God's appointed time, we see that she's crying out in labor and in pain to give birth. Praise the Lord. you know that our savior he came from Israel he came into his own midst but the people did not accept him so that was one great sign we keep it aside and then there is another great sign appearing in heaven again behold a great and fiery red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his heads his tail to a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth now we know about Satan when we read the word of God, we read about Lucifer, we read about the devil, that he still has access to heaven. Praise the Lord. It's not that his access to heaven has been restricted. When you read about Job in the book of Job, we see that all the sons of God and even Satan, he comes and appears before God. Praise the Lord. So he still has access, though he does not have full access and he's been thrown out of heaven. We see here, you know, his tail drew a third of the stars. That means among the angels, one third of the angels, they have joined with Satan in rebellion against God and they have been, you know, thrown out of heaven and they have been thrown to the earth. Praise the Lord. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth to devore her child as soon it was born. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So many things confusing here, but we see that Jesus was born and immediately Herod wanted to kill Jesus. That's why he killed all the children at the two years of age. He destroyed all the children in that area. And Jeremiah's prophecy, it came into being at that time. But before that, see the protection of God is there upon his children. Whatever plan that Satan brings, the protection of God is also there. God has another plan. You must always remember when Satan has a plan, God has his own plan to protect his children. Praise the Lord. No weapon that is formed against you or forged against you shall prosper is what we read in the word of God. As soon as, you know, Herod was planning to kill Jesus and every child that is under two years of wage, we see God giving dreams to Joseph and telling him, go away from this land to the land of Egypt. That's how Joseph and Mary and young Jesus, they travel to the land of Egypt till the time that Herod was, you know, dead. And then the angel of the Lord speaks to Joseph again and he comes back, you know, to the land of Israel when he knew that Archelaus was reigning instead of his father, he was afraid. So, finally he came and, you know, he stayed at Nazareth and that's why he was called a Nazarene. The thing is, we need to stay focused on God and very close to God, listen to his voice and he will guide us in this earthly journey of ours. Praise the Lord. If you see the Israelites, they set out from Egypt and if you read the book of Numbers, we see that they landed up in so many places. And why does the writer just mention all those places? They move from this place to that place, this place to that place. One of those chapters is totally devoted to the places that they travel from one place to one place to one place. And we may think that why God wants to include all these details about the places. Well, it doesn't mean anything to us. Does it mean? But it does mean because God was with them in each and every place that they traveled. In every place that they went, God's presence went with them. We always read that the Ark of the Covenant always went before the people. So wherever you go, the presence of God goes before you. But that doesn't mean that you should not pray. You have to pray and see God's face and always be close to God, be in fellowship with God. Because the thing is, the thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy. So Satan has a plan but God has a better plan to protect you and keep you safe and keep you nourished also as we read here. In the first verse that we took first, the woman, God took her to a place and nourished her for three and a half years, kept her safe, protected, nourished her. When there was a great drought in the land of Israel, we see God speaking to Elijah and telling him, go, I'll show you a place where you will have protection and where you will have nourishment from me. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. God takes his servant, you know, to the brook kerit and he says, you dwell here. It may not have been a luxurious place or anything, but God kept him safe there and also kept him nourished by sending, you know, ravens in the morning, ravens in the evening that used to bring bread and meat to him. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So God is always thinking about doing good for you. Sometimes we may think that, is not God thinking about me? He is not answering my prayers. What is he up to? I can't see anything that he is doing in my life. My prayers are not being answered. So many years together I have been praying. But God has been doing nothing. It is not that God has been doing nothing. He is always at work. As Jesus said, my father is always at work and I too am working. Praise the Lord He is working for your good He is working for my good He has plans for us good plans for us to give us a hope and a future But we need to stay close to him You know Elijah could have gone anywhere else but he obeyed the voice of the Lord and he went to the brook Kerith and he was there till God told him you know, your time here is over, praise the Lord. How did he know that the time was over? Because the brook dried up. There was no water to drink. And then the voice of the Lord came to him and spoke to him and says, you know, your next stop is Zarefat. You need to go there because that is the place that I have ordained for you. I know not many people seek the voice of the Lord, you know, what to do, where to go, and all those things. But a person who stays close to God and listens to His voice and takes His guidance is always blessed and is always in the will of God. You can be out of the will of God by doing your own things or you can be in the will of God by listening to His voice and obeying His voice and doing what He wants you to do. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. and that's how Elijah landed up in that house in Zarephath and God said I have told a widow to feed you there praise the Lord she was not a wealthy widow and she was almost ready to die make the last meal and she and her son they were ready to die but God had ordained a great miracle in that house praise the Lord I must tell you you will find your miracle where God you know sends you to praise the Lord that is the place where you will find the miracle sometimes you may be in the wrong place that's why you are not finding God's miracle there seek the Lord's face tell him to speak to you wait upon him and he will speak to you and then he will show you where to go that's how Elijah landed up in that house and then the prophecy of the Lord came through the servant of God Elijah and he said till there is rain in the land you know the jar of oil I mean God gave that prophecy there and the bin of flour It will not run dry. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. And it was according to the word of the Lord that everything happened there. And we read that Elijah, the widow and her son, they were all taken care of by God in that house. Even though there was a great drought in the land, a famine in the land, if you are seeking God's face, if you are in his presence, spend more time in prayer. Spend more time in the presence of God. Then only you will hear the voice of God. Praise the Lord. Sometimes you may sit in God's presence and say that I don't hear anything. Praise the Lord. You wait upon him and he will speak to you. He will show you the way. Praise the Lord. As the woman is being nourished for three and a half years in a place in the wilderness that God has prepared for her. And we read here, the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth. As soon as, you know, Jesus was born, you know, two years of age and suddenly the wise men come and they say that, you know, the king of the Jews, he has been born here in Herod. he doesn't know what to do that's why he devises a plan to kill all the children under two years of age to devour her child as soon as it was born she bore a male child who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron suddenly the writer here jumps towards the ascension of Jesus Christ she bore a male child who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron and her child was caught up to God and his throne the ascension of Jesus Christ after his mission here on earth was fulfilled and each of us has been given a mission here on earth God has chosen us and placed us in the proper places in the right places that we may do what he wants us to do and bring glory to his name and build his kingdom praise the Lord the child was caught up to God and his throne rapture Jesus ascending into heaven praise the Lord and the rapture will happen in the future and we know that we do not know when it will be but the Bible says that will happen we read Paul writing to the Thessalonians Paul writing to the Corinthians we read Jesus telling several times that I am coming back praise the Lord so we must all be ready for that event we may be looking at the world events and saying that the coming of Jesus is so very near but then we go through several problems in our lives, we forget all those things and go back to the worldly things. So God has to remind us, I am coming back. That's why in between the messages we will get a message of Jesus coming. Because we forget, we are getting into the worldly things. We do not pray for Jesus coming back. We are not getting ready for that. So Jesus reminds us, I am coming back. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. And I pray that we all be ready for the coming of the Lord. So we read here about Jesus ascending to the throne of the Father. He is caught up to God in his throne. And then the woman fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by God that they should feed her there 1260 days, three and a half years. She flees into the wilderness where there is a place prepared by God. In All the nations will come against Israel in the end. And the Jews will start running around. They would not know where to go, but God has already promised them in this chapter of Revelation chapter 12 that he has prepared a place for them. So they will be protected. There is a remnant, as Paul says, that remnant will be saved. And God has already given the promise for that. Praise the Lord. all the things that have been prophesied about the tribulation about Jesus coming back will all happen praise the Lord I was listening to one of the preachers who was preaching the couple of days back and he was speaking about you know is there anything that is there that mentions about nuclear wars being taking place and he pointed out to the book of Zechariah and he said there is a portion there which speaks about, you know, the melting. People themselves are totally melting up. The bodies, the bones, everything are melting. How can that happen? You know, anything. You just think about those planes that crashed into the towers that were there, twin towers in the U.S. and everything. Those steel structures, they all melted. just think about the steel structures they are all melting praise the Lord there are going to be times that are coming into this world where you know we need to pray for that even now that God keeps us safe as God promised you know one of the churches in the book of Revelation I will keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the world we need to pray for that time that God keeps us protected, God keeps us safe. Wherever we are, God is able to protect us and God here is protecting Israel, that remnant in the wilderness, God has prepared a place for them, that God should feed them. Praise the Lord. As we live here on earth, as we are here on earth, even this morning, there are many things that are happening in heaven. We can't see them, we don't know them. There are great fights going on between the angels of God, between the demons, between Satan and the angels of God. Praise the Lord. We do not think about those things. You know, those realms are not open to us. But if we, you know, go to those realms, there is always a fight regarding our soul and our spirit at all the times. Praise the Lord. And we read about such a fight here during the tribulation period in verse 7 onwards. in Revelation chapter 12. And war broke out in heaven. There is always war breaking out in the heavenlies. Regarding your life, my life, our families, our ministries, the things that we are doing for God, praise the Lord. I keep telling people 99% of the attacks of Satan upon our lives are hidden by God. We do not even know about them. We do not see them. God takes care of them. and the one person that is one person that is revealed to us is all that we see God keeps his children safe praise the Lord so many things coming against us so many weapons being forged against us God just you know without telling us he just moves them aside blocks those things so that they may not harm us in any way so that it may not harm our families in any way praise the Lord and war broke out in heaven And here we have the angel of Israel, Michael. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon. So there are always war in the heavenlies regarding your life also, regarding my life, regarding our safety, our protection, our blessings. And some of the blessings that are to come to our lives, they are blocked by Satan. And then when we pray, the angels of God, they fight against those evil powers. and when there is victory in heaven there is victory on earth for us praise the Lord just think about that victory in heaven will be victory for you on earth praise the Lord the Michael and his angels they are fighting against the dragon and the dragon and his angels fought but they did not prevail nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer so still they have access to heaven what does he do in heaven there is only one thing that Satan does in heaven and we read about that in a little while now during the midst of the tribulation Satan and his angels they will be finally thrown out from heaven for the final time no more access to heaven now they access, now they go and do only one thing and we read about that here so the great dragon was cast out so many names he has been given the great dragon was cast out That serpent of old. You remember serpent of old. Genesis chapter 3. He came in the form of a serpent. And spoke to Eve. And says. Did God really say. Praise the Lord. Messiah comes and tempts. The children of God. Creating loopholes. Creating thoughts in their minds. Regarding the words that are found in the word of God Versus that He creates all kinds of You know doubts in the hearts of the believers He is a serpent of old who deceived Eve and Adam and you know what happened later on they were thrown out of the garden of Eden. All the blessings that they had received from God were lost. They were not allowed to go to the tree of life, their path was stalked to the tree of life. there were Kharub's there guarding the tree of life with flaming swords but praise God that God opens that you know place to us when we reach heaven he overcomes I will give him the power to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God praise the Lord hallelujah that access that was blocked there in Genesis chapter 3 when we come to Revelation you know that access is being given back because of Jesus Christ and what he did on the cross. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So all the blessings that you think that you may have lost, some of them are because you do not fight in prayer. But if you pray and really pray in the presence of God, seek his face, the angels will start fighting for you against the evil prowess that have blocked many things in your life. blessings in your life, blessings in the life of your family, for your children. And there will be fight in the heavenlies if you seek the face of God. Praise the Lord. And he is called the serpent of old. He is also called the devil. He is also called Satan, who deceives the whole world. It is not you and me, but the whole world is in the grip of the evil one. Praise the Lord. all that evil that you see around you in this world is only because of one person and we read about that person here who is a great dragon, he is a serpent of all, he is a devil he is a Satan and he deceives the whole world and in the midst of the tribulation John writes that he will be cast to the earth and his angels were cast out with him one third of the angels their access to heaven is totally blocked they no longer will be able to enter into heaven and that will happen only during the times of the tribulation praise the lord hallelujah and when that happens you know even heaven rejoices when that happens just think about it not only us who can rejoice when such things happen even heaven is happy that such a thing happened that you know the dragon or the old serpent and devil was cast out for ever and ever. Will not be given any more access to heaven. That's why we read in verse 10 onwards, Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ have come. Why? For the accuser of our brethren. This is what he does in heaven. Even now. What does he do in heaven? The same thing that he did in the life of Job. Praise the Lord. So he asks God a question. Does Job serve you for nothing? You have put a hedge around him. That's why he is worshipping you and that's why he is happy. Remove that wedge around him, all the angels that you have sent to protect him. Praise the Lord. And then we will see whether he really worships you. So that's what he does. He goes to heaven and accuses you and me in the presence of God, saying that you do not, it may be a small thing, that you are not meditating on the word of God, you are not praying properly, that you have done something, you have spoken something wrong to another person, you have hurt another person. So many things he accuses us of in the presence of God. And it's not once in a while that he does, all the time he does only one thing, accusing, accusing and accusing. Praise the Lord. That's why here it is written, who accused them before our God day and night and has been cast down. So he doesn't have any other privileges in heaven there. What does he do? All the time he keeps accusing. That's why he is called an accuser of the brethren. In the book of Revelation, he is revealed as the accuser of the brethren. but he cannot do anything to you and me unless God allows it that's why he told regarding Job stretch out your hand he says God stretch out your hand and do it he says because I cannot do anything unless you give permission but we have a great advantage in heaven and what is it verse 11 and they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of the testimony and they did not love their lives to the death. Remember these two things that are there, the blood of the Lamb. This one thing, the blood of Jesus Christ, is so very powerful that the demons, they tremble. They tremble at his name. They tremble at his word. They tremble at his blood. And these are all the things that God has given us to fight against Satan. I don't know how many of you use them. And as we heard today, the name of Jesus is a name above all names. If you just say the name of Jesus with your mouth, what you are saying is, He saves, He saves, He saves, He is my Savior. Because that is the meaning of the word Jesus, He saves, He is my Savior. Just by uttering the name of Jesus, you know, there is so much of power. Praise the Lord. I remember once when I was sick and I was so tired and lying on the bed and all I could say was the name of Jesus. But this name is so powerful that it set me free. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So the name of Jesus is very powerful. This is the name at which every knee bows. In heaven, on earth, under the earth. Everywhere. Praise the Lord. And every tongue confesses that this name Jesus to the glory of God. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So don't think that the name Jesus is something very little. That name has so much of power. Praise the Lord. And the blood of the lamb. Just think about the blood that saved the Israelites when they applied the blood of the lamb to their doorposts and lintels. we read that the angel the destroyer who had come you know just went over their houses so your house the blood applied to your house the blood applied to your family the blood applied to your body the blood applied to everything that belongs to you every morning get up and pray Lord cover me and my family by the blood of the Lamb everything that you have given me that be covered by the blood of Jesus Christ praise the Lord and God protects you. Trust in God. Have faith in God and believe that He is able to protect you when you pray to Him and seek His face. They overcame Him by the blood of the Lamb. Not only that, by the word of their testimony. Your testimony is so very important. When you utter the name of Jesus, when you say about what He has done for you in your life, the blood applied in your life, the name applied in your life, the word applied in your life all this has great power and brings deliverance in your life praise the Lord in the name of Jesus Christ praise the Lord there is so much of power that there is healing, there is deliverance, there is miracle in the name of Jesus Christ that's why the disciples they came back to Jesus and said you know even the demons they bow down to us praise the Lord, hallelujah and Jesus said I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven that's the power that is there in the name of Jesus and the word of your testimony is so important it can change so many lives never be ashamed to utter the name of Jesus or give your testimony wherever you go tell about what Jesus has done for you in your life, it will change lives you may not know, it's just sowing the seed but you will see that God will, the seed that is sown and germinated at a time and then will reap thirty, sixty and a hundredfold. Praise the Lord. Therefore rejoice O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea for the devil has come down to you having great wrath because he knows that he has a short time. This is the midst of the tribulation and here we read that his time is short. Why is his time short? Because he is going to be put in, he is going to be bound for a thousand years. Think about that and after that, after those thousand years what will happen? He will be thrown with a false prophet into the lake of fire. That's why it's written here that he has great wrath because he knows that he has a short time. verse 13 onwards and we are coming to that part where I started from now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child there will be great persecution of Israel in the future that whole country will go through a great time of persecution and that will also result in a deliverance and the remnant will be saved at that time persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. The woman here is Israel as we know. But the woman, that's what I said about the protection that God gives to his people at that time. The woman was given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness to her place where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time from the presence of the serpent. So God can keep you safe, protected from the serpent, from the evil one, from the devil, from the accuser of the brethren from the dragon. And then what happens? The serpent, he spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman that she might cause her to be carried away by the flood. Bible scholars, they say that it is a great army coming against Israel at that time Or some people say it a great flood that will be coming The serpent is spewed out water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman that he might cause her to be carried away or destroyed by the flood. But the earth helped the woman. So here's a plan that Satan brings about and at the same time we read about another plan that is there. But the earth helped the woman and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. A supernatural event occurs there. We read about how Akhan and all the people with them, they were swallowed up by the earth. Is it possible? You know, we see so many, there are so many things that come in the news that whole vehicles or buildings, they are just swallowed up into the earth. Praise the Lord. and we have the great army that Satan sends against Israel the earth opens up and swallows up that praise the Lord and the dragon was enraged with the woman and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring who keep the word of God and his testimonies praise the Lord so that will be a time of great tribulation over all the earth when he sees that he cannot persecute Israel, he will turn against all the children of God. But what I want to impress upon you this day is God is always there to take care of his children. I spoke about Elijah, how God showed him the way, where he should be, where he will be protected. And at that time, King Ahab, he was searching for Elijah in ten countries. but they could not find him. That's the protection God provides for his children. You know, God has determined the age, a good age for you and he will keep you protected till that time. But you must remain in the will of God. You must always remain close to him. What is his plan for your life? Where does he want you to be? Like the woman who is nourished in the wilderness for a time and times and half a time from the presence of the serpent, keeping safe from the presence of the serpent. God wants to take care of you too in your life, wherever you are. He wants to nourish you, take care of you. Think about the life of Hagar who was there. She ran away from her home, praise the Lord, because she was being troubled by Sarai. she was met by the angel of the Lord the angel of the Lord asking her where have you come from and where are you going praise the Lord, hallelujah God knows everything about our lives but still the angel of the Lord is asking her where have you come from and where are you going and she said the truth that I am running away from my mistress, Sarai you know what the angel of the Lord told her go back go and stay there in that house I mean you may think that why God wants to send her back there is so much of tribulation in that house so much of trouble but God knew that at that time that was the protection that she needed if she was in the house she would be taken care of even though Sarai was against her she would receive whatever she had to and you know she will give birth to Ishmael so God had a plan for her but later on you know we see Abraham sending out Hagar and Ishmael from the house and then we will think again why is God doing that praise the Lord sometimes you may not understand what God is doing but God had a greater purpose there and he tells Abraham this is what I have determined because through Isaac shall your seed be named praise the Lord God had a greater plan there sometimes you may not understand the things that are happening in our lives. We may ask God, why God, why? But God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives. And this life on earth is just a preparation for a greater life in eternity in heaven. And all the sorrows, all the griefs, all the pains, all the depression and whatever you have gone through, all the bad that you have gone through in this life will be over when you step into eternity. praise the Lord and God is preparing a place for each one of us Jesus told his disciples it's better that I go because I'll prepare a place for you and then I will come back and take you to be with me forever so these are the days that we have to pray and seek the face of God if you are in the ministry ask him Lord are you pleased with what I'm doing we can do anything for God You may think that we are pleasing God by doing anything. But does it matter to God like that? Praise the Lord. I read about the testimony of a servant of God who had gone to many European countries. And he came back after three or four months. He got some amount of money. He brought a new car and all. And suddenly one day when he went outside to look at the car, he saw that his son had drawn, you know, so many things on the car. He had spoiled the car totally. And he called his son and said, What have you done? You have spoiled everything. And that evening when he started to search for prayer, he was, you know, telling God, Why did my son do this, you know? I'm so sad, he said. God also spoke to him that evening and said, You went around three months and did so many things. You know, you thought you were doing something, but all you did was like your son, drawing paint around all my plans. Praise the Lord. So we may think that we are doing something for God, but are you really doing the will of God? What does he want you to do? You do that, then he will be satisfied. Then he will be pleased with you. As Jesus went down into the water and he came up, we read that the Spirit of God came upon him like a dove and the heavens were opened. And the Father in heaven spoke and said, this is my beloved son. With him I am well pleased. Praise the Lord. Now when you do the will of God, that is what God the Father says. Jesus says, this is my beloved son or beloved daughter. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. With him, with her, I am well pleased. Now God wants to take care of you and me. That's what he says about us this morning. He wants to protect you. He wants to keep you safe. He wants to keep you nourished. Even during times of tribulations, trials, even during the famine, He wants to keep you safe and blessed. Praise the Lord. So take that word for you this day and I take that word for me this day that God will truly take care of each of His children and keep them protected and safe till His coming. May God bless you with these thoughts this day. Praise the Lord. loving Heavenly Father we come into your holy presence this morning once again thank you for being with us oh Lord this morning helping us and blessing us oh Lord with your presence thank you for this time of worship and prayer and meditation of your word I pray for each and every person who has come to the platform this morning thank you for their lives and all that you are doing in their lives and through their lives oh Lord I pray for a blessing upon their lives for the things that they are seeking your blessings, seeking your favor, seeking your deliverance, O Lord, seeking your healing. I pray that you may answer their prayers at the right time, O Lord, and grant them joy and peace in their hearts, O Lord. Lord, there are many problems that we face in our lives each and every day, but thank you for your protection and your provision in our lives. as you protected and you have promised to protect us and nourish us, O Lord, during our times of trials and during our times of needs, O Lord. Pray, O Lord, that you may be with us continually as Emmanuel, God with us and protect us and provide for us, O Lord, and for our families, O Lord. Let us not look to anyone else, O Lord. Let us not look to men or women or people who have finances. Help us to look at you, O Lord. And seek your face because we know that you have all the blessings with you, O Lord. I pray for every person who is in need, financial need, that they may look to you and that you may show your favor to them, O Lord. Grant them the blessings that they are seeking from you, O Lord. And bless them and their families, O Lord, this morning. Pray for protection for each one of us and for our families, O Lord. That the blood of Jesus Christ, the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony be our protection, O Lord. Thank you, Lord, that you protect us. And over the past years, O Lord, you have protected us, kept us safe, kept our children safe, O Lord. You have protected us from accidents, O Lord, and so many other things. and from every attack of Satan upon our lives. Thank you. When he has a plan, you have a plan of redemption, a plan to save us, O Lord, a plan to give us a hope and a future, O Lord. And pray this morning that you may continually protect us, O Lord, through the days, through the months, through the years, O Lord, till your coming. Protect us and our families and our loved ones by the blood of Jesus Christ, by the word of God, by the name of Jesus Christ, the name that is above all names, O Lord. Thank you, Father, for hearing each and every prayer that we prayed this morning. Thank you for each and every blessing this morning. As we depart, O Lord, let your presence go with each one of us and give us rest, O Lord. And let your name be glorified in all things. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you.