Hold On- Job 14-1-14

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The Pandemic and election have been the single most impactful events of 2020 in the last eight months. The New York Times reports, that just in the DMV, there have been 218,622 cases of COVID-19; and 3,993 deaths. Add to that political unrest and the elections in particular. 15 Million businesses that have gone out of business. These events have brought significant psychosocial stress on our society. How do we approach this matter? Join Pastor Stanley as he leads you through Job 14:1-15

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Oh, good morning and welcome again to messages from the mount Bible teaching and preaching Ministry of the Mount Olive Baptist Church would like to welcome you and thank you again for being with us. I recognize that there many other church that you could have fellowship with it. But instead you chose to fellowship with us for that. We're grateful to you. We also thanking you for tuning in you realize that you could have tune in to others, but you didn't today you want to say thank you for that their congrats in order. It appears that we have a new president elect and vice president liked him. So we like to offer a crack congrats to them and also as well to say that we want to pray for them to Bible says that we have to pray for all men particularly those individuals who are in higher forms of leadership that we might have a quiet and peaceful life. And so we wanted to do that as well acknowledge that for the most part. We just want to praise God that the beginning Have a cycle of things that have compounded our existence is is seems like it's moving to some sort of resolution. Now we have with us the the pandemic and so we want to continue to look for the Lord and ask the Lord for his guys on that that this pandemic may be expunged in that all of humanity Global Inc will be able to experience relief and peace and Tranquility. So let me say to you welcome to Mount Olive Baptist Church and also that like to greet you in my Lord Savior Jesus Christ and join me in prayer now and greatly appreciate that Father in heaven. We thank you God for this blessing us with the opportunity to be in worship with you today and Father we pray for all of those individuals who don't know you that day would come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We pray now father that you were superintendent right time and cause a probable to my brothers and sisters and to myself Lord for that individual who doesn't know you Lord we praise you to speak to their hearts father. We ask in Jesus name Amen to the pandemic we have recognized that they're over 250 submod person's right now 250 3000 people will actually died from the pandemic. If you will the covid-19 virus and even just within the Whitby call the DMV today. We have over two hundred and eighteen thousand cases of individuals who are now carrying in some way shape or form of demonstrating the symptoms of having covid-19. We've experienced in the DMV. That is DC Maryland, Virginia people who have died. And and when we think about stuff like that we need to think about it in terms of the people who have died. But also the Fallout of the individuals who have experienced these tragedy in their lives. That's all we have to compound that the economic effect of 15 million people that will not open again and then again compound that by the individuals who have been affected. So what

That this pandemic has bought about pandemonium and all kinds of ways and it has affected the psychosocial atmosphere about whole world asking questions. So we asked the question. How do we navigate if you will do this this this trials these tragedies at these troubles and how do we do that? How do we do with this pandemonium it how do we go from pandemonium if you will this pandemic 2 purpose and if you will Prosperity will and the old folks say there is a word from the Lord on this issue heel pain and edit is what they call an elegy.

Situation where an individual spend time really reflecting on the nature of what's getting ready to happen with their life has some major issues that he's dealing with himself. In fact, and this particular book Jobe is feeling a sense of depression. If you will he is he is he was he can't seem to get to see what the end of his life is going to be in so he's asking God questions surrounding his Destiny. If you will that we find this book this book of Joe, but this book a 42 chat to 10102 words 1070 versus that God begins to communicate with us with regard to this issue once Destiny will take place.

It is it is one of the books and the wisdom literature. If you will along with Joe Saul Proverbs Ecclesiastes and Lamentations, if you will it it said that she grew up in that if you will and time and it has the distinction of having the character and the book is so named by the same name the same person does something that really no other and that is it peels back the curtain to let you and me see what's happening happening in the heavens not Rouse and it's also showing the characters are in testing and I'll try them. And all of the books of history, in fact it all history deals with Justice and evil and human suffering like the Book of Joel has gone through a number of changes in his life. He loses his family. He loses his finances. He loses his mom's and loses its personal property to even down to his personal health and he's being tested and he's being tried just like many you we we've been tested me been tried we've been challenged the artist trying to do is make sure that we maintain our testimony you say what's the testimony? Well, you got the things that God is trying to do.

We had going in is the same one that we have coming out that is if I believe that I believe the Lord as he's bringing me out, you know, some folks say about serving tonight. We have people that you know, we said on the outside of the tribulation and tribulation. We know that even Joe's wife said to him you need to trust me and she said testimony still maintain Integrity went through all of this situation. He indicated him. Who was following Hannah Joel chapter 14 verses 1 through 14 and it says a man that is born of a woman is of few days and full. He come for like a flower is cut down here and continue with not upon such an one and bring it to me into judgment Whippany. Who can bring a cleaning thing out of an unclean not one saying his days. I determine the number of his most are with the now has torn his bowels that he cannot pass turn from him and that he made rest till he shall accomplish as a hireling his day for there is hope of a tree to be cut down that it would Sprout again and that the tender Branch thereof will not cease go that route lyrics of die in the ground and bring peace but a man who has been wasted away again, man giving up the ghost and where is he as a water from the sea and the fluid Decay F1 driver so man lying down and Rises not to the heavens be no more there should not awake, Norway. out of this sleep How old is hide me in the grave? That dog would his me secret until I ran be passed that God would have a point me except I remember me. If a man dies shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time? I will wait till my change Come Thou shalt will now have a desire to work 9 hands get you to hold on with your will the tag this text if you will, hold on. Hold on if you will if you look right here in the text right here is having Joe dressing distressing. Now, even in the midst of a global pandemic in the political term, we find in the midst of all the stuff that's stressing about the pandemic stressing about the election stressing about the economy there and it seems if you will the individuals particular to leave us have forgotten tube and Brace and to hold on to one significant aspect of God and who he is and that is the sovereignty of God. Do you believe that God is supreme authority at all things under his control that he Buy in Kentucky who is the owner and possessor of Heaven and her brother and everything that he wants to have done. Nothing under his will is strong in the heavens and his sovereignty is over now in America in these United States in these cities that need to understand in it and embrace the reality of the siren TV real life. a ship in Dry Dock

because we have a weather watch this. We haven't had enough to betray somebody people right now. Just hold on to God's unchanging in. Yes. Yes. Yes call manager says what's going on with your relationship to understanding God is an idea called. He says that hope if you will is is a major weapon against the suicide impulse if you will and no doubt suicide has the major weapon against this type of situation because if you just hold it on and he'll bring you through your situation even in the midst of Elections and registration physical and sickness you might having a situation where it's not working out right and you are holding on the dog. He'll bring you out. If you trusted and never doubt, he will surely Come on talk to me. Bring you out some reason. He says he had a hold on to God have to go because of its control control of the duration of your life and my life and verses 1 through 6. What is now does that mean that somehow or another that God overrides your will there even though God has said that his word that you can do stuff to expedite your exit get yourself prematurely if you want to Is he set it up? So that your life and my life can last as long as he says that we need to return the morning on because God in the throat duration of life and verses 1 through 6 of chapter 14 the text reads this way. Amanda's want to trouble is a woman is a few days and full of trouble. He coming down here and continue with now and one and bring it to me in the building with me who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean one. He says seeing this is seeing his days are determine the number of its most wealthy turn from him that he has a high Springs up, but he has watched a ceiling for the lifespan of his time and that is when the individual

The man that died wants but after that. I will indeed expired between one who says no not in one in other words. If you are still at can't do things in such a way that fixes it so that he's clean. The only thing he wants this is Guiltless. If you will do that. She's got to claim Jesus Christ as his savior is here with the duration of the lifespan of an individual. That is the number of his bowels how much you work out how much you running on the treadmill and weights you get out. How much time you jump and roll no matter what your keto diet food diet seafood and even if you will you and me going out of here some point in time and he brings his truck from him that he may rest till he shall accomplish as a another world at the end of the time that God has chosen you will get what you're supposed to get in and that is that you move on from a reason to hold on. Hold on because God is in control of what happens in life. You know there was once he's going to try to prevent something that happened to it and unfortunately children were playing in the back of the car and he accidentally ran over he was frustrated with that. He was trying to figure out a way to do that. When he he was coming out that he wouldn't lose one child has already had his house design inside of his that allowed him to only pulled into the garage.

one day

as he was making its way into the office.

He was pushing it. pushing it hard Is beef casing and to his house to get his briefcase? They got back in he got in his car had to make a minor adjustment.

even though he didn't want to Back up and then all the sudden he gets filled. Under his tire the body of the child that he had just killed. Didn't think he was trying to do is he was trying to figure out a way to control what's going on. That's what a lot of people are doing today that trying to figure out a way to control stuff around them and that breathes anxiety. You can't control what's going to happen in the white house. You can control what's going to happen with the covid-19 is an illusion. That's why you got to put your hands in God's hands as the old folks that yeah, you got to hold on to God's unchanging hand.

Around you as long as you are in the hands of an immutable unchangeable God if you would.

What has a college if you will you will you will never have to worry when you're weary. When you try to figure out can you control what's going on? That's when you are one suffering from anxiety. You can't control how long you going to leave me. Just what does it mean to you from taking care of this body go get your check up. So I'll go get a colonoscopy go get your heart checked out watch you wake, make sure you wearing your mask all of those things that are necessary. You're not from that because you feel that you're invisible that God is in control know what you do is you help you what it is necessary in order to continue a healthy life in your life verses 7 through 13 chapter 14. Joseph but there is hope of a tree be cut down that it won't Sprout again in that the tender Branch thereof will not cease another words it be something that happens in the life of a tree unlike that of a human being. He said throw the root in the ground through the hood and bring for plants and dahlias and waste away a man giving up the ghost. And where is he as the waters fell from the seed of Decay if and drive up so bad live down and Rises not till the heavens be no more. They will they show not wake awake and bete Noire be raised. Give me the phrase out of their seats. Who does hide me in the grave that dial? What is keep me secret until by Raffi past about what is a point me a set time and remember me freeze objects that we have an existence Beyond this physical existence. What does Joe Rogan have the benefit of Revelation that we have understand how the rest of the Resurrection with work but Joe knew that would man lying down.

That there will be a resurrection if you will be understood that something was going on in that God was going to work in his favor until he says here that they should not be raised out of their sleep old that died with his Hive in the grave golden god, whatever is going on. It appears that you are exacting some type of something. If you would I would pray that if you will God that you would do with all that stuff and does it mean to be dead if you will pass. Understood by bringing him through the test that he didn't bought him through and you and I need to remember that that guess what times like this stuff is happening. A lot of this seems like challenges coming to us that we don't need to check out. We need to check in with me to check in with you and make sure that we're going through this thing that we going through that God that we with you and that more important God that you with us and there's something about how how I can help us get to the next place that we understand that God Sovereign hands upon us in the midst of trials and tribulations. We know that bring us to the next place that we need to be knew that he understood that he just didn't understand the surroundings what was going on. He understood. Could you understand what was going on and why he found himself in the place you did it said something to you and I love it. But whenever you and I being challenged whatever you and I being tempted to try but there is too strange. The option of going on is trying to get you and watch this night to be loyal to almighty God. He's trying to get you and me to believe that somehow another of his own ship and the master trials. And so that should be your ramp to doing what you want to do. This is my child, and I know that they haven't

They're going to come through on the other side. I like it.

He says hold on because God is in control at what happens if the life I don't know about you but I don't know about you, but I'm going home to be with you can sing that song. If you know the Lord you can sing that song if you got a relationship with Jesus Christ, you can sing that song and you can recognize that no matter how much help I go through your head. And then when I get to the other side God has prepared for me, have another problem on the other side. But Joe says here. He said he said What we know the Bible says that Jesus says that I am the resurrection and the life that he believed in me though. He need daddy goodness. Well that yours is he dies he shall go again and to my change, you need to hold on just a little while longer. Hold on just a little while longer. Everything is going to be alright, no matter what you see in the bring it up to the election if he's bringing us through the unemployment.

And everything is going to be alright, you know, there's something to believe that can go through life and do everything on their own but even just going through the midst of a hellacious situation when you look at 14 and 15, he's talking about that. If a man die shall he live again stay focused primarily on the license. But you know what though if you have grass. Statue in the group of The Sovereign. Almighty God you can get through tough times. I got a feeling. Better that. There's going to be some challenges. It already challenged Louis dealing with but guess what you God is going to bring us through. We just need to keep right on hold it on to be sunny changing pant. Let me share this with you today. If you hear today, if you're listening to me, if you're watching this, you don't have a relationship with Jesus Christ. They did who do you call on them when you're in trouble? At is the person that you called on Limited in human form navigate through life with an anchor that holds you in difficult times as you have to have it on your situation to the situation that you need to begin and there's only one person that can do that and that's God. simply this individual

I am a sinner in the hand of almighty God that immutable that all-powerful that I miss you and that I'm not present Supreme Brig who is a sovereign that sister with a circle the university will do it. They will help you. They would secure you. So I asked you right now to join with me in that prayer. Would you do that Father in Heaven? I have to chew and cleanse me from all sin. Did you come into my heart take of my life and make me the person you want me to be father asking Jesus name? Amen. You know, you said that prayer today guess what has happened. You've been translated from Darkness to light you have placed yourselves in the hands of almighty God and he has promised. Dave keep you.

Joe says, hold on. Hold on because God. The one who helps us in understands. all the issues of Our Lives He's the one that's in the troll life. Also the god. is control of the challenges and changes that we have in this life then third God is also able to help us and the afterlife Thank you for spending time with us today. Really? Appreciate it. Look forward to you be with us next week here at the Mount Olive Baptist church, and we pray that God bless you. Richly my beloved. Father thank you. Thank you for these men and women that listen pray fox. You'll be with them and strengthen them. All you want is for next week father watch over their message navigate through this week in Jesus name. Amen.

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