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The Test of Faith
Randy Jones

Randy Jones (NA - NA) Pastors Randy and Nancy Jones have answered God's call to lead a congregation of believers in the Dallas area - Christ Our Lord Church. Randy has been a minister for over 30 years - including pastoring, evangelizing, inner-city ministry, and teaching at Bible Colleges. Nancy is a missionaries' daughter, devoted mother and wife, successful business executive, and is wonderfully anointed and gifted to lead and teach ladies. The Lord Jesus began to burden Pastor Randy's heart concerning preparing His people for His soon return for His Bride. The Lord began to deal with him about greater personal holiness, prayer and consecration. Being led by the Holy Spirit, he began to preach anew, the fundamental truths of the Bible, with a strong End-Times emphasis. Repentance, the importance of the Blood of Jesus, the Cross, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the fear of God, the Rapture, Biblical holiness, the spirit of prayer, the power of the Word, a burden for lost souls to be saved, and Jesus as the Beloved Son of the Heavenly Father - all took on a new meaning in the light of the nearness of Jesus' return for His Overcoming Church.
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In this sermon, the speaker reflects on the story of the Israelites in the desert after their escape from Egypt. He emphasizes how God allowed them to experience thirst and lack of water to test their trust in Him. Despite witnessing miracles like the parting of the Red Sea and the provision of water from a rock, the Israelites still struggled with unbelief. The speaker relates this to his own personal experiences of doubting God's provision and guidance. He concludes by highlighting the importance of trusting in God and the potential for a new generation to rise up in faith and turn the world upside down.
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I want to read this, if you'll read this together with me out loud. Let's put it out into the atmosphere and read the Word of God together. The title of my message is The Test of Faith. Let's read it. But truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, because all these men who have seen my glory, and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded my voice, they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected me see it. But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed me fully, I will bring him to the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley. Tomorrow, turn and move out into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who murmur against me? I have heard the complaints with the children of Israel murmur against me. Say to them, As I live, says the Lord, just as you have spoken in my hearing, so will I do to you. The greatest test that we will ever face is whether we will trust God in times of trouble or trial. How many of you know that your faith cannot grow without being tested? Unfortunately, that's true. Our capacity to believe and trust God only grows in times of testing, in a trial. I can't find anywhere in the Word of God where any man or woman of God increased their faith without some kind of adversity. You think of anyone in the Word of God, Daniel, Joseph, they went through adversity. But God did not let them down. And as Christians living in the last days, it is vital to us to learn to walk by faith. God is raising up a new faith generation. I don't mean Mercedes and Filet Mignon. I mean a group of people that trust their God in the midst of the worst trial they've ever seen in their life. No matter what the circumstances are, no matter what the stock market does, whether they get laid off, whether they're sick in their bodies, they trust their God and have faith. Faith is vital to walking with God. The Bible says four times, the just shall live by what? Faith. We walk by faith, not by sight. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. For he that comes to God must believe that he is. And that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. To have faith, we've got to go back and deal with the obstacles to faith. The obstacle to faith is just one thing. Unbelief. Unbelief. Unbelief begets all other sin. If you're struggling with a secret sin today, it is unbelief in your life that's causing that sin to have the power over you. If you are struggling believing God for finances, it's unbelief that keeps us from trusting God. Unbelief is the mother of all sins. It's the biggest battle you'll ever face is to deal with your own unbelief in your own heart. I've had people say to me, Pastor, I don't have unbelief. You know what, you've just never been through anything. It'll come. The battle will come. I promise. And you're going to have to make a choice. Will I trust God or will I collapse and fall into unbelief? Look at the children of Israel. Now the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10 and Hebrews 3 and 4 that all these things were written for our example. When they didn't believe God and trust God, it's for our example, our admonition and to warn us not to do the same evil things they did. What was the evil they did? They didn't believe God. You say, well, they were rascals. You know something? God brought them out of Egypt with a mighty hand. He struck Egypt with ten plagues and preserved Israel. It would be total complete darkness in the Egyptians' house and yard and in the Israelites' house and yard, they had light. There would be flies all over his property, the Israelites' property, not one fly. And on and on and on until the firstborn were smitten and Pharaoh let them go. And they went out to the edge of the Red Sea. God, I don't know if you know this or not, but God arranged all this. This was no accident. The Bible said that God opened a path in the Red Sea that no one knew was there that he had ordained before the foundation of the world. God said when they got to the bank of the Red Sea after the ten plagues, look, they came out of Egypt loaded down with silver and gold. They came out with glory and power. They came out with victory. And they got to the edge of the Red Sea. And the Egyptian army was coming up behind the Israelites. They were between a rock and a hard place. Mountains on each side. A sea in front of them. One time a guy told another guy, he said, I just took a course in theology. And I learned that the Red Sea was really only knee deep. And the other guy started shouting, praise the Lord, glory to God, hallelujah. And he goes, what are you shouting for? He said, that's an even bigger miracle. God drowned the chariots and the Egyptian horses and all the Egyptians in knee deep water. I don't know if you know this, but a lot of things are taught just to produce unbelief. They came out to the Red Sea. And they said, Moses, we trust God. What now? Here comes the Egyptian army right behind us to kill us. But we trust God. Moses, did you bring us out here to kill us? Let's stone Moses. We could have died in Egypt. The Bible said, then a fiery pillar came down. The Holy Spirit came down and kept back the Egyptian army all night long. That would be kind of faith producing to me, wouldn't it too? After all the plagues and the deliverance. They cried all night. Moses fell on the ground and said, God, I don't know what to do. These people are going to kill me. He said, get up, Moses. Take your rod. Put it out over the Red Sea and tell the people to go forward. And tell them this, one of the most powerful statements in the Bible. Shut up. That's what it means. Be still. Shut your mouth. And stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. And he stretched out his rod. And the Bible said the blast of God's nostril parted the water right down the middle. And it stood up in heaps on each side and froze. Congealed. It froze solid on each side. And that blast of God's nostrils dried the mud out. They didn't even have to walk in that sticky mud. They walked over on dry ground looking up at the Red Sea on each side. And they went over with joy. And they went over with tossing. And they got to the other side. And they looked back. And the dumbest captain that's ever lived in charge of an army is the Egyptian captain that said, let's go in behind them. Think about it. That's dumb. There God opened the sea for them. And they said, let's go get them. And they charged into the sea. And God unfroze the water. It came back down and drowned them all. Killed them all. Not only did God deliver them. He killed. He said, you know what he told Moses, tell them. Tell them that this Egyptian army that you see today, you'll see them no more. You'll never see them again. Because I'm going to take care of them. And God drowned them into the sea. They got to the other side. And they had a Pentecostal church service. Thank God. When God works a victory, it is time to shout. It's time to give thanks. It's time to praise the Lord. And you know the Bible said they sang the song of Moses. And you know the Bible says in eternity, we'll sing that song too. Because we're going to look back and see the enemy. Trailing behind us. And we're going to sing the same song. I will sing unto the Lord. For he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and rider thrown into the sea. The Lord our God is a man of war. Listen, I want to tell you something. We don't serve a wimpy, powerless God. We deserve the God. We serve the God of gods. The King of kings. And the Lord of lords that's on the throne. And the nations are dropping the buckets. You say, well, what about this nation? What about that nation? The nations are dropping the buckets. And the Bible says he puts one up and he puts another one down. Whatever suits him. And listen to this. Not only that. But every knee is going to bow. Every politician. Every atheist. Every world religion. Every false god. They're going to bow their knee to almighty God. And cry out that Jesus Christ is Lord. And we wondered, were we going to make it? And they got over. Boy, they were excited. Three days later, they got to where there was no water. You got to remember, history says there were about three million of them. Three million. You know why God waited 400 and something years, 420, 30 years? So they would get to be that big. So that he could take that big mob out into the wilderness. And test them. And provide for them. It wouldn't be hard maybe to provide for one person. You could eat some roots or something. Suck a cactus. You ever seen those old westerns out in the desert and there's no water? They cut a cactus thing off and suck the juice out of it. But let's say two million. That's the figure I usually go with. Drop a million. Two million. Two million people out in the middle of a barren desert. As we sang this morning. And they got the third day and they got to where there was no water. Now they had just seen. They had just seen with their own eyes. The Egyptian army drowned behind them. They saw their own feet walking through the Red Sea on dry ground. They shouted and praised God. Three days later, they got to where there was no water. The water was bitter actually. They couldn't drink it. Do you think God already had a plan? Do you think God already had that tree there? Do you think God already knew that he was going to tell them to throw that tree in the water and make it sweet? But he let them get thirsty for one reason. Listen to me close. To test their faith. It is a lie hatched in the incubators of hell. To teach if you ever go through a test or trial. It's the devil and your lack of faith. No, the trial is to build your faith. Many are the afflictions of the righteous. But the Lord delivers them out of them all. And there was no water and they said, let's kill Moses. Let's stone the pastor. It's hard being a pastor sometimes. You see somebody get out of the car in the parking lot with a rock. I saw that once and I thought that's strange. But it was for an object lesson. Ten times God tested them in the wilderness. You know what God said? You provoke me ten times. Ten times. No water. You know what the Lord said to them? Don't you remember how I brought you out of Egypt with a mighty hand and I bore you to myself on eagle's wings? And I gave you so much water, it ran out of the rock like a river. And streams ran through the desert. And you had so much water that you couldn't even drink at all. You wanted meat. And I sent quail three feet high around the camp. And you had meat until it ran out of your nostrils. That's what it says. And God said, you know your response to my miracles? Was this God among us or not? Is God among us or not? They doubted the very presence of God in their lives. Unbelief is a horrible thing. I want to tell you from personal experience. This is what God is at. This is what the Holy Spirit starts going after in our lives. And He starts going after unbelief because you've got it. Listen. Tough times are coming. I don't care what anybody says. I know what the Word says. The Bible says in the last days, iniquity shall abound and the love of the majority shall grow cold. Tough times are ahead. But God is raising up a faith generation that can believe God no matter what. They believe God no matter what the paper says. They believe God no matter what they say on the news. Because that doesn't change. They're God on the throne that He's still in charge. I've got news for you today. God is the boss. He's the boss. Cecil's wife sings the song, The Big Boss. He's the big boss. Now I want you to know, they came out. And then they got to the Jordan River. God's bringing us all. Listen closely. God's bringing us all in this generation to the Jordan River. And they sent in 12 spies to spy out the land. That wasn't God's will. He wanted them to trust Him. He told them to do it. But He would rather they have trusted Him and His Word. What did God tell them? I will be with you. I'll send hornets in front of you. My angels shall go before you and smite the enemy. And they'd seen God strike the Amlekites and the enemies that harassed them and followed them. By the way, the Amlekites followed them to pick off the stragglers. It's dangerous to be a straggler. You should be in church every time the door's open if you possibly can. Because the devil's looking for somebody to pick you off and say, Look, look, they're down. Let's go get them. They're lagging behind. Let's go get them. It's very dangerous. He will. He'll get you and pick you off. You say, Well, I don't like your sermons all the time. Find somebody you like in this church and sit by them. I promise you, you'll feel different when you leave. Because you're with your brothers and sisters in the Lord. It'll help you. The worship will help you. The choir will help you. That'll all bless you. It'll run demons away. When David played his harp, demons fled. You'll feel different when you leave. I promise. And they sent the twelve spies and the twelve spies came back. And they said, Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is a land flow of milk and honey. Yeah, it sure is. But, but the cities are walled up to heaven. Now, that was a lie. I want you to know the devil exaggerates and he lies and he parades in front of you with his pomp and his show telling you how powerful he is and how small you are. You can either believe the word of God or you can believe the devil's lies. The cities are walled up to heaven and they got real, an anti-anointing, really anti-anointed. And they said the earth opens up as small as you down alive. More like gas hoppers. Boy, I want you to know, listen, God had it. He'd had it with them. To whom much is given, much is required. Boy, they reached the height and the peak of unbelief at the Jordan River. And ten of them said, we can't go in. We cannot go in. There's no way. We're like gas hoppers. We can't do it. And the Bible said ten people. And discouraged a whole nation of millions of people. With their evil report, the Bible said. But Caleb rose up and said, what in the world are you talking about? He saw the same things they saw. He saw, yeah, they had high walls. Yeah, they had giants nine feet tall. But he said, we're well able to take the land. They're food for us. Listen, that's a man of faith. That's a woman of faith. Listen, he said, they're our food. Let's go eat them up. What did he say? Their defenses have departed from them. God is with us and we can take the land. We're well able to prevail and conquer. You know, the Bible said God killed those ten spies right there. He killed them on the spot. And he told the children of Israel they wept all night long. And you know what the Bible said? They said, let's stone Joshua and Caleb. That stoning spirit was real easy to spread. It usually was Moses. But now it's Joshua and Caleb who are giving what? A good report. We don't want to hear it. We want to feel sorry for ourselves. Shut up. We'll kill you. God, this is one of the saddest things in the Bible. He loved these people. He loved them so much. He prepared all these things before the foundation of the world. He brought them out. And they would not trust him no matter what. And God knew if he tested them 100 more times, they still wouldn't believe him. And unbelief is so grievous to the Lord that he said, all of you 20 years old and up. Now, the Bible said, Moses said later on, 38 more years. So God counted the two years they had already taken getting there. So for 38 more years, listen to this. The Bible said they came out with 600,000 fighting men. For 38 years, if 600,000 were left. For 38 years, that means 600 of them a day died. 600 a day fell dead. And the other 38 had to wander aimlessly with them for 38 years before they could go in and possess the land. That's how serious unbelief is in God's eyes. He said, you'll never see my land. You'll all die in the wilderness. And listen close to me. I have experienced this myself. Years of aimless wandering in the wilderness in unbelief. Because I didn't obey God. But God said, everyone 19 years and under. You know what God told them? You know why they said they were so worried? Because their children were going to die in the wilderness. That's why they said they were so upset. It's not me I'm worried about. It's my kids. You know what God said? The very children you said I would kill in the wilderness. I'm going to take them into the promised land. They're going to see the land that you'll never see. And I'm going to bless them. And I'm going to use them mightily. The very ones you were so concerned about. And denied me for. And said I don't trust God with my kids. I'm going to raise your kids up. And I'm going to lead them for 38 years. I'm going to train them. I'm going to prepare them. And when they go into Canaan's land, they will trust me like you didn't. I want you to know that there's been a whole generation wandering America aimlessly. Caught up in materialism. Caught up in the things of the world. Caught up in all kinds of unbelief. But God said, don't worry about it. I'm raising up a new generation that's going to go into the land. And they will believe me. They'll be so on fire. And Christ said, they're going to turn the world upside down. That's what happens. God never wastes anything. And they went in. You know, let me give you this. I'm going to have to hurry, but listen. This is one of the main points that helped me the most. Two and a half years ago, God pulled back the veil and let me see my evil heart of unbelief. How when the crunch time, listen to me. When I didn't have money, I wouldn't tithe. When I couldn't pay my house payment, I sweated and blamed God. When I didn't have a job, maybe in the past, I completely hit the bottomless pit and didn't trust God. Time after time and situation after situation, I walked in unbelief. And one day I walked out in unbelief because God wanted me to pastor. And I said, no, I want to go evangelize. And I got out in unbelief. And listen, when you get into unbelief, you are halted and arrested and stopped. And you're not going anywhere. You're wandering for 38 years. If you're not careful, you'll wander your aimless life away. You'll live a life of tragedy. You'll walk in death. You'll walk in one problem after another because you can't learn to trust God. And thank God, holy, almighty God arrested me and showed me my unbelief. And two men, David Wilkerson and T. Austin Sparks, helped me see that God hates unbelief because it robs us of everything God has for us. And no matter what you're going through, I want you to know that this very... First, they had a little fire of unbelief. And the bitter waters, where the water came out of the rock, where they had no meat. Listen, God fed them with bread from heaven. And they weren't ready to complain for 38 years. And here's what happened. When the spies came back, you know what the first thing they said? We're no match. They didn't blame God at first. They blamed themselves. We're no match for them. Listen close to this. This is a trick of the devil. I'm no match for this situation. I'm not adequate. I can't do it. I don't know about you, but that should have been settled a long time ago. Right? If you ever thought you could do it, you were deceived somewhere along the way. God knows that. You know that. But when you go to prayer, don't get on your knees and start telling God how bad you are. Because all you're going to do is take that little fire of unbelief and turn it into a forest fire. All night long, they started talking about how bad off they were. And the people were like giants. And they were grasshoppers in their own sight. And sometimes in our walk with God, people become big. And God becomes small. I want you to know that God is big. And people are small. And God wants us to see Him. Yes, we are inadequate. That's a settled fact. But God said, I'll be with you. I'll send hornets before you. I'll give you the land. I'll take care of the enemy. All you have to do is trust Me and believe Me. And that is where that turned into a forest fire of unbelief. And then they blamed God. Listen to me. Don't go in your prayer closet. The Lord has been rebuking me for this. I know that I've heard other people say the Lord has rebuked them for this. That's already a settled thing. The reason I know, because if I was worthy, and I could do it, Jesus wouldn't have had to come and die on the cross. But He came and died in agony on Calvary. And then I go into the closet after I've repented. Listen, the devil gets you in there and you start feeling bad about sin in the past. Listen, it is unbelief to bring something out from under the blood of Jesus and start telling God, Lord, I'm so bad. Look at this. And God said, listen, I put that under the blood. You need to start believing Me. You're a man of war. You're a woman of battle. Get up in Jesus' name. I had God tell me one day to shut up. And you get in your prayer closet. Listen to me. I'm giving you things that are rusted out of my soul, out of fear and pain, as God taught me these things. When you go in your prayer closet, don't get on your knees and tell God how bad... And this is a word from Heaven for somebody here today. I felt it all week long. Don't get on your knees and tell God how pitiful you are and how bad you are. He already knows that. That's why He put you under the blood. And no more are you pitiful. No more are you bad. You've been washed as white as snow by the blood of Jesus. And you're as innocent before God as Almighty Jesus was on the cross. He has forgiven that sin. And He put it under the blood to remember it against you. No more. I tell you... If somebody doesn't praise God, I'm going to kill myself. I feel this in my bones. This is the Word of the Lord. God just wants us to trust Him. And He can be trusted. He always keeps His Word. He cannot lie. God cannot lie. He always... He watches over His Word to perform it. He's just looking for somebody that will stand on the Word and say, We are well able to do it. Come on, shout to Him. Hallelujah. Come on, give God praise. You say, I'm having trouble with my kids. I'm having trouble at work. I'm having trouble with my finances. Just let go of it. And trust God to keep His Word. Get in the Word and find a promise. And stand on it. And don't be moved off of it. Because our God is a man of war. And He can defeat any enemy. Praise the Lord. Praise God. You're going to make it. I promise. It doesn't depend on you, and it never did. It depended on Jesus Christ. Perfect sacrifice on Calvary. And that's been done once for all. Listen to this. Let me tell you what faith is. Faith is obedience to the revealed Word of God. It's not a feeling. It's an action. It's obedience. It's obedience to the revealed Word of God. I could preach on it, but I had to hurry and quit. He brought Joshua over to Jericho. Those walls were 30 feet high. And so thick, they didn't go to heaven. They were 30 feet high. They were so thick that chariots could race around the top side by side. And they felt secure in Jericho. And God told... First Joshua was spying out the land. And a man stood by him with a drawn sword. I like this. And Joshua turned around ready to fight and said, Are you for us or against us? He said, Neither one. I'm here to take over. Take your shoes off. You're standing on holy ground. And Joshua fell down and worshipped Him. It was the Lord Jesus Christ in Old Testament angelic form appearing. You know what He was telling him? Joshua's son, you've done a good job. You've been faithful. But I'm here. And you're going into this one barefooted. You're not going to need your shoes. Because I'm going to do it. And here's how you're going to do it. You're going to obey me. That's all you have to do. What's the secret of faith? Just obedience. They walked around the walls. He taught them how to walk around. And when you walk around, don't say a word. Don't say how pitiful you are. Don't say, Lord, I just don't have any faith. Just walk around the wall and be quiet. And they walked around. And they walked around. I can preach on just that point a little bit. You know what God said? Moses died. Can you imagine taking Moses' place? Whew! That's probably been the biggest shoes to fill except for Jesus Christ. And He said, Moses, My servant is dead. You take the people in to possess the land. What did He tell them? Be strong and courageous. Look at My Word. And don't look to the left. And don't look to the right. Because you've never been this way before. That's what's happening, saints. We're heading into a place we've never been before. God knows it, but we don't. We've never been this way before. And it's a walk of faith. Not a money walk. And I want to make this real clear. If you serve God, He'll bless your socks off. If you seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, He will give you millions of dollars if He can trust you with it. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with having a mansion if you put Jesus Christ first. I want to make that clear. God will bless His people. Just keep your eyes on Jesus. He'll pay your house off. He'll pay your bills off. He'll give you a job you don't deserve. He'll take care of everything. And listen, we can't keep looking at ourselves and how inadequate we are. I want to confess to you as a pastor, I've been doing that. I've said, Lord, we don't have 10,000 people. We don't have the money we need. We need to get out of debt. And God said, quit looking at what you don't have and start looking at Me and trusting Me. Because if you'll believe Me, I'll take care of everything else. I'll take care of you like you don't even know is possible. And He'll do that for you and your family. He'll take care of you. God watches over you by night. He's watching over your children all day long because you trust Him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Don't look at what you don't have and how small you are and how inadequate you are. But look at the God of gods, Creator God, Yahweh. That's seated on the throne. That says, I am that I am. You know what that means? That means I was. I am and I will be. That's the tense of that verb. I am that I am. Whatever you're going through, whatever you need, that's what I am. He's more than enough. He's more than enough. Quit looking at how bad you are. I had to get healed from that. I had to get healed from that. When you go into your prayer closet, get on your knees and confess the victory of the Lord Jesus Christ over your life. Listen, we can't do this in our own strength. He's the strength. I know that. But listen, you have to choose in your will to trust God. No matter what. Though God slay me, yet I'll trust Him. He'll test you. But there's no temptation taking you, but such as is common to man. But God is faithful. Who will not suffer you, be tempted above what you are able, but will, with the temptation, make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works in us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Being confident of this very thing, that He that began a good work in you will perform it to the day of Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who called you, who also will do it. God said if you'll trust Me, I'll move heaven and earth. I'll change nations. I'll put kings down for your sake. That's what He told Israel. And He loves us even more than them because we have a heart for Him. Joshua. They marched around. You know the story. And the walls fell down. On the seventh day, the last circuit. I don't care what the wall is enclosed. I don't care what the wall is. It could be a family problem. Please listen to me. I'm speaking in the Spirit of God. It could be a financial problem. It could be an emotional problem. It could be a physical problem. Listen, when you get sick, I know this is easy to say, but I've been there myself. Don't focus on your problem. Don't focus on your sickness. Don't focus on this thing or that thing and give in to unbelief. You look up to God. And you praise Him anyway because He will bring you out of that situation. That's what He promised. He will take care of you. And on the seventh day, He said, okay, that last time, shout with a great shout. While the walls are still standing. Anybody can shout after they've gone. While the walls, you're still looking at them. They shouted with a great shout. And the Bible said they fell down flat. You understand? God was painting a picture and showing us in the last days that we could trust our God with anything. And whatever wall is in front of us, it will fall down flat. I could keep going all day. Let's stand and pray. Listen, I'm not going to keep you all day, but I do feel impressed to do this. If you say, Pastor, I want to walk in faith. I want to learn to trust God no matter what. This has spoken to my heart. I want you to come stand with me up here. Come on, quickly. Come on. We're going to make some confessions to the Lord. God bless your hearts. The rest of us, you just keep standing with us. If you feel impressed, the Lord has spoken to you. Come on up. It's a step of faith. Come on up. It's a step of faith. I wish I could tell you I've rooted out all unbelief in my life. I haven't. But I've seen it. And when it starts creeping in, I don't like it. And I rebuke it. And I don't want to give in to it. And we live in a fallen world. And we face... Some of you, the devil's added so many hours to your schedule working. Or your health is being threatened. Or I don't know what it might be, but I'm going to tell you something. Don't ever give up on God. Listen, we were all raised out of a graveyard. We were all dead in sin and trespasses. And that voice called us out of the graveyard. And we came to life spiritually. What bigger thing could God do than that? I want you to pray with me right now. You don't know how strong I feel this. This is the very root of everything. Trust in your God in any circumstance. No matter what it is. No matter what the devil's trying to do. You trust God. You proclaim Him victor. And He'll move heaven and earth. He keeps His word. It never returns void. And we're going to make some confessions right now. I want you to confess with me. Dear God, help me right now. Cleanse me from unbelief. I know it's a spirit. I resist you, Satan. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Lord, take out this evil heart of unbelief. Give me a new heart. That loves you. Wants to serve you. And obey you. I proclaim that you're Yahweh. The God of gods. King of the universe. Creator God. Lord God Almighty. Yahweh Sabaoth. Jehovah Jireh. Jehovah Rapha. Jehovah Shama. Everything I need. Let me see your throne. Lord, I trust you. Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief. And Satan, I'm watching. Any unbelief, I'm taking it to the Lord. And I'm dealing with it immediately. I'm not giving in anymore. Lord, give me strength. Give me your mighty power. In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Now praise Him. Come on, praise Him. If you're here today and you're not a Christian, please come see me. The rest of you, come on, that's it. The shout of faith. Your walls just fell. The walls will fall. There's no giant that can stop you. There's no enemy that can stop you. The walls have fallen. Shout to Him with a mighty shout. Come on. Shout the shout of faith. Shout the shout of faith. That's it. The shout of victory. Proclaim the victory of Calvary right now. That's it. Shout to the Lord with a voice of triumph. That's it. Shout to the Lord with a voice of triumph. If you're sick in your body, call on Jehovah Rapha, your healer. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. If your finances are in trouble, call on Jehovah Jireh, your provider. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. If the enemy's after your family, call on Jesus. Come on, praise Him. Hallelujah. Shout to Him. Yes, that's it, saints, that's it. Reach out by faith. Reach out by faith. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. That's it, reach out by faith. He responds to the touch of faith. He responds to the touch of faith. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. That's it. Come on, shout to Him. Whatever you need, that's what He is. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, praise Him. He loves us. He loves us. He called us. He chose us. Hallelujah.
The Test of Faith
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Randy Jones (NA - NA) Pastors Randy and Nancy Jones have answered God's call to lead a congregation of believers in the Dallas area - Christ Our Lord Church. Randy has been a minister for over 30 years - including pastoring, evangelizing, inner-city ministry, and teaching at Bible Colleges. Nancy is a missionaries' daughter, devoted mother and wife, successful business executive, and is wonderfully anointed and gifted to lead and teach ladies. The Lord Jesus began to burden Pastor Randy's heart concerning preparing His people for His soon return for His Bride. The Lord began to deal with him about greater personal holiness, prayer and consecration. Being led by the Holy Spirit, he began to preach anew, the fundamental truths of the Bible, with a strong End-Times emphasis. Repentance, the importance of the Blood of Jesus, the Cross, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the fear of God, the Rapture, Biblical holiness, the spirit of prayer, the power of the Word, a burden for lost souls to be saved, and Jesus as the Beloved Son of the Heavenly Father - all took on a new meaning in the light of the nearness of Jesus' return for His Overcoming Church.