A willing people and an immutable leader

Are very first podcast of The Daily Grind. It's a Ministry of Faith Baptist Church here in El Paso, Texas and it's a podcast that's going to be delivered daily between Monday through Friday or Monday to Friday. It's a daily devotion on our daily walk with Christ. I'm Steve and I will be your host of this. Daily podcast this podcast is for April 13th the year 2020. And are the items that you will be using during this podcast would be the Logos Bible Software when you can download it directly from our website at the LOL at the Faith Baptist. El Paso. Org and I you can see on the bottom there. You can leave home when the recommended Bible apps that we have their through logos, and now you can download it and we will be utilizing the Kings James version if you want to follow along and the text we're going to be utilizing is 3 / 365 days or turn 65 days of Spurgeon. It's a daily devotional as well as you can get that at the faithlife available to you can download. I need to follow along with us. The title of the first one in the first episode is a willing people and an immutable leader. So this is straight out of spurgeon's book. We're going to discuss the later on Honda when he delivered this sermon back in his time and we're also going to be looking at some Bible today to start us off with our devotion and never going to be looking in the 1st Kings chapter 9 verses 9 through 18. Get your Bible the 1st Kings chapter number 19.

And will begin in person number 9. And he came to there until a cave and Lodge there and behold the word of the Lord came to him and he said unto him what does down here Elijah? And he said I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts for for the children of Israel have forsaken die Covenant thrown down during altars and slain by prophets with the sword and I even I only have left and they seek my life to take it away. First number 11 and he said go forth and stand upon the mount before the Lord and behold the Lord passed by and a great and strong win rent the mountains and break in pieces the Rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. and after the earthquake of fire, but the Lord was not in the fire and after the fire a still small voice and it was so when Elijah heard it that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood into entering in of the cave and behold there came a voice unto him and said what does Dial here Elijah and he said I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken night Covenant and throwing down there and altars and slain by prophets with the sword and I even I only and left and they seek my life to take it away for summer 15 and the Lord said unto him go return on that way to the Wilderness of Damascus and when thou comest anoint Hazel to be king over Syria. And some say he was the son of nimshi. shelter now annoyed to be king over Israel and Elijah the son of chef at of Abel. Mihaela Shelton. Anoint to be profit in my room and it shall come to pass that handbags gave that the sword of Hazel. She'll jehu sleigh and him had escaped is from the sort of Jay who shall Elijah sleigh First number 18. I have left me 7,000 in Israel all the knees which have not bowed until pale and every month which has.

Read the Bible right there. And then we're going to go ahead and go to Psalms 110 verse number 3.

The Bible says that people shall be willing in the day of thy power and the beauty of Holiness from the womb of the morning that has to do with I youth.

the family we're going to go ahead and look at her devotional tax, which is the 365 of Spurgeon.

And it supposed to storm in. I was delivered April 13th 1856. Have the new Park Street Chapel on South work and it's going to be an excerpt of it. It's not the complete sermon. but just follow long as he he talked specifically about the God's people here says Christ shall always have a people in the dark is ages Christ has always had a church and if darker times as well come he don't have his church still owe Elijah. My unbelief is foolish Now set aside. I only I am left alone and they seek my life Noel those caves of the earth. God Has His prophets hidden by 70s now to for unbelieving tuition at times I'll says I even I have left it sound how to size to see if thou couldst travel a little Die Hard would be glad to find that God does not lack of people. It's yours my heart to find that God has a family everywhere. We do not go anywhere, but we find really Earnest hearts. Amina for prayer I bless God that I can say concerning the church where ever I have been though. They are not many. There are few who saw my ingrown over the Sorrows of Israel. There are choosing bands in every Church through Lee Earnest men who are looking out for and are ready to receive their master who cried to God that he would send them times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord do not be too sad God has a people and they are willing now and when the day of God's power shall come there is no fear about the people religion be at a low Eve but it never was such a Loi Phat God's ship was stranded. It may be ever so low, but the devil shall never be able to cross the river of Christ Church. Tri shot he shall always find abundance of water running in the channel God grant us Grace to look out for his people believing that they're there are some everywhere for the purpose and press gives me for the promises that people shall be willing in the day of thy power. now some of the things that we can look at here from a to text that we read from the Bible and also what's Perkins address in is Do you feel one of the few meaning that do you feel alone? You feel that you're isolated and are there people that are against you? also some of the times we may feel that we may be in a relationship and you know, you may be the only person that I accepted Christ as your personal savior in your home and especially during this time of covid that were dealing with I feel that the you know, if you are the only person that has that relationship with price in the home right now that you may feel like Elijah right now. You're isolated and that you're alone and that not everything is against you God tells us specifically As we look on that God's people may be near and more numerous than you imagine. Even when we are very few. Christ is near that we sometimes imagine. So if we if we if I can take another moment and have you go to Acts chapter number 18 Acts chapter number 18

and I will restart reading verse number 9.

This has been spayed the Lord to Paul and then night via Vision be not afraid but speak and hold not thy peace for I am with thee and no man shall set on the currency for I have much people in this city. the confirmation that God gave to fall here said hey, you're not the only one there are many there are many Christians and Believers and followers hear you may not see them directly face to face right now how you may not be seeing them walking up and down your street but God promises and tells us that you as a Christian you're not alone that there's many others that are going through this struggle with you right now and that you can look to him for encouragement and strength. Let's go ahead and take also another look at Matthew chapter number 18 here in first number 20. that's Matthew chapter number 18 and verse number 20 and of the Bible says

for where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them?

you know when LeBron the greatest things and promises that we have is that Jesus Christ is always with us that he is omnipresent meaning he is everywhere and you know, it only takes us to call out his name. Panda Torito's word I'm one of the things that I communicate. And remind myself is that when I pray I'm talking to God and when I am reading his word and I am he is communicating to me and really that's a two-way conversation. Anyway, you look at it. And that's what we're trying to gather here. I'm with our devotion is that we listen to his word and what he's telling us and encouraging us and strengthen us to do but also, When I turn this microphone off that you take a moment in time of prayer that you talked to him that you tell him your problems. Tell me struggles. Tell him I am alone right now Lord. I feel like everyone's against me. I feel like a the walls are closing in on. I feel like I can't believe that this is happening.

And listen and listen to his work. Andre Channel specially listen to what he saying the Paul. at the you're not alone. Turn on alone.

there there are great numbers of us. There are many Christians that are out there. Also, I can take a moment and saying maybe it's a time to encourage other Christians. I know we live in a great time right now. It's great to Media platform where we can go on the Facebook or Faith Life Community or text message or a cell phone call or an Instagram or Snapchat and just reach out to other Christians and just encourage them. Tell them that the, you know be have strength in the Lord b&i couragement. Tell them that you can get through this. I remember the Lord won't put anything in front of you that you can't Overcomer get out of hand.

I just want to close with that and I just want to say thank you for listening for the to this first podcast. We're going to continue on this from Monday through Friday. Like I said.