We Can Have the Cities
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 11/17/2024Numbers 13:17-30
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Summary
Using the story of the twelve spies in Numbers 13, Bishop Fernandez challenges believers to reject reports of fear and doubt, insisting that with God's help, we have the strength and authority to 'take the cities' and inhabit our promised blessings.
Key points
- •Faith requires us to envision God's promises as already fulfilled, even when physical eyes see giants or obstacles.
- •Before stepping into a promise, one must evaluate the opportunities and resources God has provided, as Moses did by sending spies into Canaan.
- •A successful faith journey requires guarding one's hearing and choosing company wisely to avoid the contamination of doubt and 'however' mindsets.
- •Caleb represents the bold spirit required to quiet negative reports and move forward immediately because God has made us 'well able' to overcome.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Perseverance
Salvation
Blessing
Life application
Identify one 'giant' or negative voice currently speaking to your future; this week, intentionally quiet that doubt by declaring 'I am well able' and taking one concrete step toward the goal God has placed in your heart.
Reflection questions
- What are the 'grapes' or evidence of God's faithfulness you have already seen in your life?
- Are there people or environments in your life that are currently contaminating your faith with negative reports?
- When you look at your future, do you lead with 'God is in charge' or do you lead with 'however'?
- What would it look like for you to 'occupy at once' the territory God has promised you?
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0:00I want you to turn in your Bible if you
0:02have a printed Bible or electronic Bible
0:05numbers 13 and stay there with me in
0:08honor of God's word numbers 13 we're
0:12going to read verse 17 to 20 and verse
0:1626-
0:1830 I want to thank God for all of you
0:21here this
0:22morning and um at the end of the
0:26service if you're in a rush you're going
0:28to miss it but at the end of the
0:30service I'd like to anoint every person
0:34before you leave but how we going to do
0:36it we're going to anoint your
0:38hands we just prayed for your hands and
0:41we're going to anoint your hands and you
0:44don't want to miss it of course we do
0:45have membership class today we'll talk a
0:48little bit more about that but in
0:51numbers 13 now is a good time for those
0:54of you streaming to forward the link of
0:55the service to as many people as you can
0:58somebody is going to need this word
1:01today here's what the Bible says Moses
1:05sent them to spy out the land of Canyon
1:09and said to them go up into
1:12neab and go up into the Hill Country and
1:15see what the land is whether the people
1:18who dwell in it are strong or
1:21weak whether they are few or many and
1:25whether the land that they dwell in is
1:27good or bad and whether the cities
1:30that they dwell in our camps or
1:33strongholds and whether the land is Rich
1:36or poor and whether there are trees in
1:39it or not be off good
1:43courage and I love this and bring back
1:47some of the fruit of the
1:49land go bring it
1:52back just don't
1:54visit bring back some of the
1:57fruit now the time was the season of the
2:01first ripe
2:02grapes verse
2:0526 and they came to Moses and Aaron and
2:08to all the congregation of the people of
2:10Israel in the wilderness of pan and
2:13Kadesh and they brought back word to
2:16them to all the
2:18congregation and showed them the fruit
2:21of the land and they said to him we come
2:25to the land to which you sent us it
2:29clothed with milk and
2:32honey and this is its
2:36fruit however the people who dwell in
2:38the land are strong and the cities are
2:40fortified and very large and besides we
2:45saw the descendants of anak there the
2:49amalekites dwell in the land of neab the
2:53Hittites the jebusites the amorites
2:56dwell in the Hill Country and the canyon
2:59kns dwell by the Sea along
3:03Jordan
3:05but
3:08but Caleb quieted the people before
3:11Moses and said let us go up at once and
3:15occupy
3:17it for we are well
3:22a to overcome it father bless your word
3:25today we give you praise in jesus' name
3:29amen somebody shout amen amen please be
3:32seated in the presence of the
3:36Lord I want to talk to you this morning
3:40about we can have the
3:44cities we can have the cities would you
3:49tap your neighbor and say we can have
3:50the cities we can have the cities they
3:53didn't believe you they didn't believe
3:55you switch your neighor and tell
3:57somebody else who will believe you this
3:59time tell them we can have the
4:05cities we can
4:07have the
4:10cities so in numbers
4:1313 vers 17 and 20 we see
4:17Moses given
4:19instructions to the spies to journey
4:23into
4:24Canyon the land that God promised the
4:29Israelites
4:31they were tasked with surveying the land
4:35and returning with a
4:37report go check it out and then come
4:41back and tell
4:43us what you've
4:47discovered but you see this was the land
4:50that they were to
4:52inherit yet before they could take
4:56possession of it they needed to observe
5:00and understand what was ahead of
5:04them God was so strategic in how he was
5:10going to bless them he said go over you
5:15you you're not you're not going to
5:16possess it right now I just want to give
5:19you a taste of what you're about to step
5:25into so I'm going to allow you to go and
5:29and take some of what's there and bring
5:33it back to the children of Israel to
5:38prove to them that I am a God that
5:41doesn't
5:43lie and so you and I must understand
5:46that our faith journey is much like
5:50this it is a path filled with
5:54discoveries and
5:56opportunities that's what our faith
5:58journey is like
6:00we have declared that this is the year
6:02of significant opportunities the signs
6:06are on the wall every time you walk in
6:08you're
6:09reminded that this is a season of
6:13discoveries and I know some of you may
6:14be thinking discoveries I mean you know
6:17all I'm facing is these issues well you
6:20got to pay attention to the word of the
6:22Lord what did God say to
6:24you in spite of the challenges you're
6:27experiencing
6:30so my brothers and sisters however
6:32reaping the rewards of Faith requires
6:36unwavering
6:39Commitment if you're going to get
6:41anything from God in this season of your
6:44life it requires
6:47unwavering
6:49commitment this is not a time for you to
6:53passively sit by and think that you're
6:56going to get what God has for you being
7:01nice be nice the devil is not nice to
7:04you by the
7:06way he's going to pursue you
7:09relentlessly he's going to try to attack
7:11you why cuz he knows he knows what God
7:14has for you it's for
7:17you and the only way he can stop you is
7:21if he would prompt you to doubt God and
7:25then you will block the blessing
7:27yourself so to embrace God's promises we
7:31must believe that his plans for us will
7:35come to
7:37pass no matter what we see or
7:42hear God's plans please don't miss this
7:46will come to pass no matter what you see
7:50or what you hear so what are you hearing
7:53on the
7:54streets what are you hearing in the
7:56cities what are you hearing on the job
8:00what are you hearing in the
8:02marketplace what are you hearing among
8:04your family and your friends what are
8:06you hearing in the temple what are you
8:10hearing because I firmly believe to
8:14embrace God's promises you must believe
8:17that his plans for us you got to believe
8:21his plans for us will come to pass no
8:25matter what we see or hear
8:31no matter what we see or hear so Faith
8:33requires us to Envision God's
8:36promises as already
8:39fulfilled even before they become a
8:43reality everything you're believing God
8:46for everything that he has promised you
8:48it's already done it's already done and
8:51I know you're looking at me strange but
8:53I don't see it it's already done could
8:55it be that God is using this day this
8:58sermon to give you Insight of what is to
9:02come oh I wish you would take your eyes
9:06of what you see in front of you and
9:09recognize that God has so much more
9:13beyond what you see who am I talking to
9:17this
9:21morning so the question I have for you
9:24this morning is what can you see in your
9:27future
9:29what can you see do you see
9:32defeat do you see
9:34failure what do you
9:37see in your future that's a really
9:40valued question this morning you get up
9:43every day you hustle every day what do
9:47you see in your future before stepping
9:51into God's promises we must be willing
9:55to see the
9:57possibilities he has laid out out before
10:01us vast
10:03possibilities number one what I see is
10:07that he has offered us
10:10salvation what is salvation freedom from
10:13the grip of
10:16sin I see that I see in this room I see
10:19virtually that God has made salvation
10:23available to all of
10:25us I see that I don't care how somebody
10:29is acting strange and weird I don't care
10:32how they're messed up I don't care how
10:35they're jacked up I see that God has
10:38made salvation available to every man
10:42and to every woman for God so loved the
10:44world that he gave his only son that
10:48whosoever whosoever whosoever believes
10:52on him should not perish but have
10:56eternal
10:57life so I see see salvation I see
11:01salvation in this room I see salvation
11:05coming to those of you are streaming I
11:07see it what do you see in your future do
11:10you see your children I don't care how
11:12they're acting do you believe that your
11:13children are complete failure and you
11:16watch your words now they're going to
11:18hell they're dying and go to hell is
11:20that what you see no no no I see your
11:22children getting saved I see your
11:24grandchildren accepting the Lord as
11:27personal savior I see the person you're
11:29dating becoming a Christian I see your
11:32spouse becoming a Christian I see your
11:34co-workers becoming a Christian and
11:36watch this some of you may not like this
11:38now I even see some of your
11:41haters getting
11:46saved cuz I think sometimes we allow
11:48people to hurt us so bad that we really
11:51really really want them to go to
11:58hell but I
12:00see in the
12:02future
12:03salvation God breaking the grip of sin
12:07of people's
12:09lives so I don't know who this is for
12:11this morning what I see in your future
12:14even though you're in church you're
12:17streaming what I see in your future is
12:20an Incredible God who says I did not
12:24create you to live the way you're living
12:30and the question
12:31is what you going to do about
12:34it what what are you going to do about
12:37it are you going to continue to live the
12:39way you want to live get up every day
12:42act the same way live in an unproductive
12:46life do you see salvation in your
12:51future and I dare to challenge you this
12:54morning I dare to challenge you this
12:57morning maybe God allows you to wake up
13:00this morning and to come to church or to
13:01stream this morning and God is saying
13:04today is the day of salvation for you I
13:06want to ask you question and this is not
13:08to embarrass you and I pray to God that
13:11you will be bold enough and care nothing
13:14about what people think nobody have a
13:17heaven or hell to put you in I I pray
13:20that you will respond to this appeal
13:23this morning if you are not a Christian
13:26and you know it you know that you have
13:28not not made a decision to follow Jesus
13:31yes you love him yes you come to church
13:33yes you're streaming but you really are
13:35not a true follower of Jesus Christ and
13:38you're in this building this morning
13:40you're part of the Israelites you're
13:42part of the the elect you're a part of
13:45God's people you know he loves you and
13:47you know this morning you have not yet
13:51embraced salvation stand on your feet
13:55right now be bold thank you be bold
14:00thank you be bold thank you thank you
14:04thank you thank you thank you be bold
14:06keep standing thank you thank you in the
14:09balcony be bold thank you come on I'm
14:13waiting for a few more people don't be
14:14embarrassed now we've all there you go
14:18come on don't be embarrassed wherever
14:20you are you stand up right
14:23now stand up and I want you to remain
14:27standing this is not to embarrass
14:31you but I'm telling
14:34you I'm telling you the greatest
14:36decision you can ever make in your life
14:39is to say yes to
14:46Jesus Satan sees your future like the
14:49children of Israel he saw their future
14:53and I'm going to show you he used doubt
14:56and bad conversation and
15:00information to Rob them of their
15:03blessing I am so glad this
15:06morning that you answered the call and
15:09you were willing to stand up in this
15:11huge
15:12crowd I mean you ought to be commended
15:15for doing
15:18that but here's the key and I'll move
15:22on salvation is really not for the
15:26future it's now
15:29the Bible says now Faith is you got to
15:33believe God now and I know you may be
15:35planning I'll do it next week next
15:37Sunday next Friday whatever but but no
15:41tomorrow is not promised to
15:43anybody so here's what I'm going to ask
15:45you to do it's very simple the Bible
15:47says you confess with your mouth you
15:49have to acknowledge that you need God in
15:51your life you cannot live your life
15:53without him that's number one and then
15:56you've got to confess it by Lord I'm
15:58sorry of my sin sins it's very simple
16:00it's no magic you don't have to work for
16:02it God I'm I'm sorry for my sins and I
16:05ask you to lead me and guide me each and
16:08every day I just need you to order my
16:10steps and then when you believe that in
16:13your heart that you're forgiven here's
16:14what the Bible says you turn away from
16:17doing wrong you read your Bible every
16:19day right you feed on the word of God
16:22and watch this never never attach your
16:26salvation to a preacher Christ
16:28Christians and people it's between you
16:32and
16:34God that's it it's between you and God
16:37you go to church you read your Bible you
16:39do all those things and your faith
16:42Journey will begin and I promise you it
16:45will be a rewarding one now if you're
16:47ready I'm going to ask you to repeat
16:49after me say Lord Jesus Lord Jesus I'm a
16:52sinner I Repent of my sins I embrace the
16:56free gift of salvation
17:00and I declare with my
17:02mouth that I'm born again in Jesus name
17:07amen welcome to the
17:10family welcome to the family welcome to
17:13the family be seated for a
17:16moment if you just prayed the sinner's
17:19prayer and for those of you streaming I
17:21want them to put the QR code up quickly
17:24I didn't plan to do this but put the QR
17:26code up on the screen I want you to take
17:28your phone I want you to scan that if
17:31you just gave your life to Christ it's
17:33very important we just simply want to
17:35follow up with you we're not going to
17:37stalk you we're not going to beg you
17:38nothing we're just simply going to help
17:41you win in your faith Journey
17:44amen so so before you step into God's
17:49promises we must be willing to see the
17:51possibilities he has laid out for us we
17:53already spoke about salvation freedom
17:56from the grip of sin number two a
17:59fulfilling Faith
18:01Journey he wants us to have a fulfilled
18:05Faith Journey walking in purpose and
18:09spiritual growth number three Divine
18:13Healing that's a part of our inheritance
18:16Divine Healing restoration of health and
18:19wholeness number four Earthly
18:22blessings you got to see that God wants
18:26you to achieve whatever uh educational
18:28level you want you are pursuing your
18:30career he wants you to have a good
18:33career he wants you to have homes he
18:35wants you to have Financial
18:37stability and then number five healthy
18:42relationships God ordained connections
18:45notice what I said God ordained
18:50connections that bless and
18:54uplift God doesn't want you to end up in
18:58a relationship ship that doesn't bless
19:00you or uplift
19:07you it was never his intention for you
19:10to be in a
19:12relationship hooking up with people that
19:14are unequally
19:20Yol come on now he wants you to be in a
19:24healthy
19:25relationship where you are blessed in
19:28your uplifted so whatever your current
19:30circumstances may
19:33be even if hope feels
19:37lost I want you to rise up in
19:40faith see that the future that God has
19:44for you is available and I want you to
19:47pursue it
19:51relentlessly so as the spies in numbers
19:55were told to go and examine the land
19:59examine the people examine the resources
20:04and the condition of the
20:06land we too as Believers are called to
20:10assess the opportunities God placed
20:14before us all the opportunities that he
20:17placed before
20:19us opportunities of
20:22Tomorrow next
20:24week next month next year all of these
20:30opportunities so let's talk about
20:32overcoming
20:35obstacles cuz that's the
20:37problem children of
20:40Israel they saw obstacles what do you
20:43see this morning oh yeah you come to
20:46church you're
20:48streaming how did you wake up this
20:51morning how did you live out this past
20:56week what's your perception of
21:00Tomorrow what is your perception of
21:062025 all you see is
21:09obstacles that's all you
21:11see that's all you see the devil coming
21:14after you and and the devil is trying to
21:16attack you is is that all that you see
21:19because what is your perception of the
21:22future is the question are you focusing
21:26on God's promises or are you overwhelmed
21:30by the obstacles and the challenges of
21:34life why are you allowing life to beat
21:37upon you so much that you all you see is
21:41what's been done to you and not what is
21:45available to
21:48you man I hope somebody would hear me
21:50this
21:51[Applause]
21:53morning there's so much God has put in
21:56your future that he want wants you to
22:00believe that he has the good stuff for
22:05you this is not a fairy tale this is not
22:08something that is just something to Hype
22:11you up this is the word of God like the
22:15Israelites we are faced with
22:18giants but through faith we can take
22:21hold of what God has promised us through
22:25faith I don't care what's happening to
22:28you in your town in your city in your
22:32state in your country what I see is the
22:36promises of
22:40God so many people are thinking that
22:43we're living in a time of
22:45uncertainty well did wait wait a minute
22:48when when you woke up this morning did
22:50you check who is still in
22:56charge did you check who is in charge
23:00the person that's in charge is not the
23:03government the person who is in charge
23:06is not your enemies your haters God is
23:09in charge and when God's got your
23:12[Applause]
23:14[Music]
23:15back when God's got your back no weapon
23:19formed against you shall prosper he'll
23:23build a fence around you that the enemy
23:26cannot penetrate am I preaching to
23:29anybody here this
23:31[Applause]
23:35morning so the question is this morning
23:38what do you
23:40see in your future what do you see
23:44around you in Broward and Dade and West
23:47Palm Beach and Beyond whatever country
23:50you live in whatever States you live in
23:53what do you see might I just suggest to
23:57you you want to know why things are
24:00looking chaotic you want to know why it
24:03looks like we're about to hit Calamity
24:06and destruction every time it gets
24:10darker you're getting closer to
24:14[Applause]
24:16Daybreak weeping may endure for a moment
24:20but joy is coming when the sun the sun
24:24is about to rise ah I don't know who I'm
24:28preaching
24:29to the reason things look crazy is
24:35because God is about to do something
24:38that's going to shock the whole world
24:42Hit three people and tell them God is
24:44still in
24:45charge God is still in charge God is
24:51still in charge God is still in charge I
24:57want to say again God is still in
25:04charge yes he
25:08is so what do you
25:12see do you see
25:14abundance do you see potential do you
25:17see
25:18blessings or do you see
25:22impossibilities God wants us to Envision
25:24a future overflowing with mil
25:29milk and
25:31honey somebody's about to get
25:35milk and
25:37[Applause]
25:40honey would you just look at your
25:42neighbor and say it's milk and honey
25:48time it's milk and honey
25:52time things about to change in your
25:55life ah glory to God glory to God glory
26:00to God I feel like preaching my socks
26:03off this morning ah it's milk and honey
26:11time you waited for this you prayed for
26:14it you fasted for this well here comes
26:18milk and honey
26:20time here it comes here it comes here it
26:23comes
26:30not only just milk and honey but vast
26:33Harvest symbolized by grape and pants
26:37and
26:38figs not only that but Rich fertile
26:42ground to sustain us and our
26:45families so in numbers
26:4813 verse 20 it reminds us of a season or
26:53the season of
26:55first ripe grapes
26:59this is important now first right
27:03grapes what God was saying to the
27:06children of
27:08Israel that what he's about to do in
27:10your life now it is called set
27:16[Applause]
27:19time there's certain things you prayed
27:21for before it didn't happen because it
27:24wasn't the right
27:26[Applause]
27:32Don't Force what God did not
27:36permit but when he permits it ain't
27:39nobody can stop it no demon in hell can
27:44prevent it it's called set
27:48[Applause]
27:51time so the Bible then says the Bible
27:55says that there ought to be a call to
27:58action now a call to action a call to
28:02action Moses said to them it's time it's
28:05time they recognize cuz he spoke to them
28:08first and then because God says it's
28:12time go check out the land they decided
28:16to go check out the land because they
28:19made a declaration you see this past
28:21Wednesday the invitees of the Bible
28:23study declared these words I asked them
28:26to declare it it says I dedicated to my
28:29faith journey and eager to discover more
28:32of what God's will for my life and I
28:34want you cuz some of you did not come
28:37Wednesday you ski church Wednesday so I
28:40want you to say these words out loud
28:44together in the balcony I want every
28:47streaming person I want if you believe
28:51that you're about to step into your set
28:54time if you're passionate and you've got
28:57a e
28:59are this excitement in you to possess
29:02what God has for you I want you to read
29:05it out loud come on
29:14read that's a
29:16rehearsal you didn't do it right demons
29:19are still saying I don't believe
29:22them 1 2 3 read
29:25I my
29:28and
29:32he you got to be
29:36determined to travel on this Faith
29:40journey to discover everything that God
29:45has for you are you with me so you must
29:50guard your heart couple of things I want
29:52to encourage you to do not only to make
29:55this declaration but I have to warn you
29:58when you make a declaration like
30:01that be
30:04prepared be prepared for
30:08attacks cuz the enemy doesn't like when
30:11you're making such
30:13declarations number one I want you to
30:17guard your heart and
30:19mind by protecting your hearing
30:28protect your hearing I'm going to prove
30:30to you in a minute how one man protected
30:35his
30:37hearing cuz what he was
30:39hearing was a bunch of negative people
30:43negative
30:45report and in this season of your life
30:48if you're determined to discover what
30:50God has for you on your faith Journey
30:52there going to be people in your life at
30:55the workplace family member and L even
30:58in the kingdom of God who are going to
31:00tell you you can't have
31:03[Applause]
31:06it you're not
31:08qualified you don't fit the
31:11profile do you know where you come from
31:15do you know your obstacles do you know
31:17your setbacks but you've got to protect
31:20your hearing be mindful of what you
31:23allow yourself to
31:25hear it's okay to walk away from some
31:35environments and you walk in the
31:36environment and you're all pumped up and
31:38excited this is the day that the Lord
31:40has made I'll rejoice and be glad in it
31:43and you go and then they talking about
31:44child I don't know what kind of day it
31:46is excuse
31:47me wrong place wrong group wrong company
31:52I don't want to deal with that no cuz
31:54I'm not going to let what you think and
31:56say contaminate my spirit and my
31:59excitement I've waited too long for this
32:02moment and I need my breakthrough I'm
32:05not going to allow you to stop my
32:08blessing somebody ought to give God
32:11praise in this house
32:13[Applause]
32:16today got to protect your hearing number
32:19two watch this you got to choose your
32:22company
32:24wisely to surround yourself with those
32:28who uplift your your
32:31faith and they're going to tell you
32:32you're mean you're
32:34insensitive who do you think you are oh
32:38baby when it comes to this season of my
32:40life I really don't care what you think
32:43right
32:44now I'm so focused on going to where God
32:48wants me to be and to have what he wants
32:51me to have that you can say all you want
32:54to say about me you can think that I'm
32:56acting Bou you can think that I'm acting
32:59too deep and spiritual baby I have
33:03prayed too long to get to where I am
33:07right now I don't think about what you
33:11think I'm on a journey to get to where I
33:15need to be is anybody hearing me this
33:20[Applause]
33:23morning so I'm going to choose my
33:26company wisely number three fre you got
33:29to
33:31evaluate
33:33opinions decide whether the conclusions
33:36of others align with God's promises for
33:40your
33:42life cuz you got to know what he told
33:45you and they will tell you it won't
33:48happen they will tell you you can't do
33:51this but you don't have to accept
33:54that you can nullify it they can tell
33:58you I can't have the city I can't have
34:00the streets I can't have my family I
34:03can't have a good marriage I can't have
34:05good good children I can't have a good
34:07career I can't have a successful
34:09business they will tell you you
34:12can't but you have to make up in your
34:15mind whose decision are you going to
34:19believe is it
34:21God or is it
34:26people over 40 years ago when I came to
34:28South Florida they told me I
34:33couldn't they told me I
34:37couldn't when I started this church they
34:39told me I
34:41couldn't when we started in the city of
34:43Plantation they told me I couldn't we
34:46went to knocking on doors and people
34:49Slamm their doors in my
34:53face who this little 27 year old black
34:57kid coming knocking on my door you ain't
35:00going to have no church up in this
35:02city they told me your church will never
35:10grow don't you listen to people don't
35:14you listen to people look at your
35:16neighbor and say don't you listen to
35:18people you got to believe what God told
35:20you you got to believe what God told you
35:22you got to believe what God told you you
35:24got to believe what God told you
35:27can tell you how many doctors told Carol
35:29and I we can't have
35:33children I can tell you how many times
35:36you can't have children and for 16 long
35:39years they've been telling us you're not
35:42going to have no baby but I'm so glad I
35:45didn't listen to
35:50people I don't care who was the problem
35:53I don't care what was the issue if God
35:55told me which he did that you're going
35:57to to have children I don't care if I
36:00became Abraham I don't care if she was
36:02Sarah God cannot
36:07lie don't listen to people don't listen
36:11to people are you hearing me what has
36:14God told you well it's time to take back
36:18the cities it's time to take back what
36:21God says is
36:23yours and you know what God told me
36:25about this church he said this church is
36:28going to take the
36:30cities he said you're going to bring an
36:32uncommon gospel to the cities you're
36:36going to reach the world you're going to
36:38show people that I'm not a God here to
36:41judge them I'm a God to love them I'm a
36:44God that is here to forgive them and I
36:46know people are saying well folk don't
36:48want to go to church no more don't you
36:50believe that lie when trouble hit their
36:53door they know who to run to baby don't
36:57you listen listen to
36:59people don't you
37:01listen you see Satan will try to
37:03undermine your faith by presenting
37:07doubts and
37:09obstacles but you must trust God and
37:13this word you got to trust him in the
37:15process because no
37:17challenge is so powerful
37:20enough to void the promises of God for
37:25your life
37:27so
37:29now it's Faith over
37:33fear that's the
37:36battle it's Faith over fear because in
37:41numbers 13: 27 the spies now they went
37:45they checked out the land and watch this
37:49they returned the Bible says with the
37:52proof of the land's
37:55richness ah it was rich
37:58clusters of
38:00grapes so large it required two of
38:06them
38:07to to walk with it the blessing was so
38:13much that it took two of them to carry
38:17it somebody's about to step into
38:22abundance you're not going to be able to
38:24handle it by yourself
38:26[Music]
38:30I don't know who I'm preaching to it's
38:33going to be so big your future has so
38:36much big blessings in it it's going to
38:39be so much you can't handle it all by
38:43yourself it's going to be so much that
38:45you got to be a blessing to somebody
38:48else I'm not talking to anybody in this
38:51room
38:54today the Bible says the land land was
38:57so
38:59rich some of you you're looking at your
39:02future and you can't see the
39:04richness of your future you're so stuck
39:09in your
39:10struggles you're so stuck in what they
39:13said you're so stuck in uncertainty
39:17you're so stuck in all of your past
39:20failure and you have yet to see the
39:23beautiful fertile landscape the ground
39:27you're so stuck you don't even see that
39:29God's got all of what you need to
39:32sustain you but God sent me here this
39:34morning to talk to a group of people who
39:37will change from their regular outside
39:41and put on their spiritual Eyeglass and
39:43see what the Lord Has Done see what God
39:47is about to allow them to enter into
39:51you're about to enter and to possess the
39:53land to possess the cities to possess
39:56what God has for you and somebody ought
39:58to give them
40:02[Applause]
40:02[Music]
40:03[Applause]
40:06[Music]
40:07praise the evidence
40:10confirmed God's faithfulness when they
40:13brought the
40:15grapes they're coming back to the
40:19children of
40:20Israel show the picture with the two
40:22guys carrying the
40:24grape come on show show it
40:32there they're on their way
40:35back to talk to
40:38Moses to give him
40:41report Moses you're not
40:45lying some big grapes over there man man
40:49I'm telling you man we're coming back
40:51with the proof man we're coming back
40:54with the proof God ain't he is not not a
40:57man that he should lie whatsoever he
41:01says he'll bring it to pass we're not
41:05just coming back telling you that the
41:06land is Rich we want to show you the
41:10land is Rich what's wrong with some of
41:12you haven't you seen and heard our
41:16testimony haven't you seen in your
41:18presence people like Henry Fernandez who
41:21have told you over and over God is not a
41:24man that he should lie he bless bless me
41:27when the enemy says you will never have
41:29kids he blessed me in other areas he has
41:32blessed a lot of us cloud of weaknesses
41:35here we have the proof to show that God
41:38is
41:41faithful we have the
41:44proof despite the promises and the proof
41:48of God's
41:50blessings
41:53fear began to overshadow them
42:00fear they came with the grapes sir and
42:04the
42:06congregation of people around
42:11Moses was sitting among the
42:14congregation and he was
42:17waiting here comes brother
42:21Caleb I don't know if Caleb was carrying
42:24the grapes because the Bible didn't say
42:26he was
42:27[Music]
42:29but
42:29Caleb was so
42:32excited Bible says he decided to
42:35go and he was looking for
42:39Moses and he saw Moses and in the midst
42:42of the
42:43congregation the Bible
42:46says he sat
42:49there
42:50and reports were were given in and were
42:53sent in and they were saying the spies
42:57yeah we went over
42:58there and
43:00boy yeah fruits are
43:04good man fruits are good and they're big
43:07see the big grapes we brought back yeah
43:10man the land is
43:12plenty and so forth man
43:15but the problem
43:20was in verse
43:2228 please put up verse 28 I want to show
43:26you this
43:28if there's ever a word I don't ever want
43:31to see in the Bible ever again is that
43:34first
43:37word I wish it wasn't in the
43:41Bible these people were saying how
43:46rich and blessed the land
43:51was one side of their mouth they were
43:54excited
43:58but they spoke that
44:02word that I wish it was in the
44:05Bible that's the problem with a lot of
44:09us we have too much
44:12whatever in our vocabulary
44:15yes however they said the people who
44:18dwell in the land are strong and the
44:22cities are fortified very large and
44:25besides
44:27we saw the descendants of anch
44:32there people who are
44:35ruthless people who have a history of
44:39being
44:41terrorists we can't possess that
44:45land we
44:48can't this is
44:50where I want to end it this
44:53morning Caleb sat No Doubt
44:57next to
44:59Moses and he was an eyewitness to what
45:02he saw over there in Canyon he saw that
45:06the land was
45:09rich and when he heard all of the people
45:13the
45:14spies
45:16complaining put up verse 30 for me
45:20please if there's anybody in my
45:24life or if there's anybody I want in my
45:28life is some
45:34calebs I don't know who you got hanging
45:36in your life I don't know who's your
45:38best friend I don't know who you invite
45:41into your house who you're driving
45:42around in your car I want me some calebs
45:45in my
45:47life I want me some calebs in my life
45:51the Bible says Caleb not only see Caleb
45:55wasn't a nice guy Caleb was ruthless
45:58Caleb in other words let me change the
46:01word quieted Caleb went Caribbean on
46:04them Caleb said hush your
46:09mouth some of you need to get up every
46:12day and quiet some people in your life
46:15and tell them shut
46:17up look at your name and say shut
46:21up you're talking too much trash shut
46:25up my God will Deliver
46:31Us Caleb quieted the
46:35people right before Moses the leader and
46:39I love what he said not only hush your
46:44mouth but he said let's
46:47go let's go up at once and occupy it for
46:54we are well able
46:58I don't know who I'm talking
47:01to I don't know who I'm talking
47:04to let's go let's go let's go let's go
47:11high five fre people and tell them let's
47:14go come on high five free people tell
47:18them let's go let's go let's go we ain't
47:22playing this time we ain't playing this
47:25time let's go let's go back and take our
47:28children back let's go back and take our
47:31relationships back let's go back and get
47:34every money the devil stole from us
47:37let's go let's go let's go let's go I
47:42want some people who know how to act
47:45like Cel gel I want you to let's go
47:50Caleb let's
47:53go let's go
47:57we going to take the
48:00cities stand on your feet
48:03[Music]
48:06everybody we ain't playing this
48:09time I said we ain't playing this
48:12time let's
48:15go we don't care what's in front of us
48:18who's in front of us let's
48:22go we're not afraid of
48:24them we're not afraid of the obstacles
48:28we're not afraid of the challenges and
48:30all the things that are before us let's
48:35go let's
48:37go let's go take
48:40it what do you
48:43want what do you want from
48:46God whatever it is let's
48:53go just lift your hands up everybody
48:56come on lift your hands up come on now
48:59as a sign of surrender we're ready man
49:02we ready God a listen I know what he
49:05told me you may call me a crazy guy all
49:08you want I know what he told me he told
49:10me eyes have not
49:13seen woo you you know it you know it
49:16ears have not hurt neither have it
49:18entered into your heart what he has
49:21prepared for you let's
49:24go shout it out
49:27let's go let's go let's go let's
49:45go I want to pray for you this
49:48morning I want to
49:52pray and then we're going to anoint you
49:54before you leave
49:57it wouldn't be wise for you to leave
49:58without this
50:04anointing we have enough huge
50:09blessings that we have carried from our
50:13past that God has done great things that
50:16he cannot
50:18lie use those experiences to propel us
50:25to believe that he has greater for
50:28us 12 Spies went
50:32out everybody was given bad
50:37report one
50:39man
50:42Caleb stood
50:45up rebuked
50:48everybody and said we can we can have
50:52it I don't care how crazy this city this
50:55town is
50:57I don't care how crazy America will
51:01be what I
51:03see in this
51:09country come on
51:11now no giant nobody no one person group
51:15of people can stop the blessing that God
51:19has released on his people
51:30father I pray for your people lift your
51:31hands once again if you don't
51:34mind I pray for the people are streaming
51:39today I pray
51:41that we will believe
51:44you that you're not done with us
51:48yet I pray that they will Embrace this
51:51word today
51:52that you have so much in store for us in
51:56in the
51:59future that
52:01God we cannot afford at this time to
52:05allow our faith to be
52:08weakened we cannot allow the
52:10conversation that we have with
52:12doubters to Rob us of what's
52:16next that we cannot allow the enemy of
52:20our
52:21soul to reap the Harvest in the city
52:25that you have planted us
52:28Broward and d and West Palm Beach all of
52:31Florida all of the United States all of
52:33the Caribbean Europe Asia the the
52:37islands of the uh uh Pacific at Alaska
52:42all nations of the world it belongs to
52:46you so this morning we
52:50pray that your people
52:52Lord will
52:54Embrace what's coming in their future as
52:58they lift their hands and as we anoint
53:00these hands once
53:02again I just
53:05believe that we are going to have so
53:08many testimonies in this
53:15church so many
53:18testimonies of you blessing your people
53:22now father we prayed for the offering
53:25containers and I pray this morning for
53:27every man every woman under the sound of
53:29my
53:30voice that today is a
53:33day for them to honor you in their
53:38giving God I know what you shared with
53:40me when you told
53:42me that there are so many of your people
53:46who are literally blocking their
53:48blessing because they have yet to trust
53:51you I pray they'll never leave this
53:54auditorium today they'll never log off
53:57not
53:58embracing the opportunity the
54:01significant opportunity that you have
54:03for them I pray every person in this
54:06room today would begin to trust you I
54:08don't know God they just need to trust
54:09you somebody need to hear this trust you
54:12in the area of
54:14giv so that they can prove you bless
54:17their giving this morning as they fund
54:20your
54:21work I pray that this church will become
54:25a tithing
54:27Church where people will take out of
54:30their income and think it not robbery to
54:34give to your work to further your work
54:36here on the earth and trust you that God
54:40you will supply their every need touch
54:43that man who's been trusting you and
54:46believing you God for a financial
54:48breakthrough in his personal life as
54:52business as well as that woman
54:54today that they will make a sacrificial
54:58seed put it in their heart a sacrificial
55:03seed to give for the furtherance of your
55:07work here we thank you that today is
55:10going to be a breakthrough day when it
55:12comes to them giving an
55:14offering because our hands are
55:17blessed and we give you praise for it in
55:19Jesus name amen would you give God a
55:23praise quickly be seated