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We look at two more blessings of our deliverance: The spoiling of our enemies and the provision of our God for the wilderness.

This is the third part of The Power of Prayer discussing The Sin List in an in-studio session with Rob Randall sharing on how to develop this list so we can live free. This Spiritual Warfare teaching comes from years of research, personal involvement and commitment to see others released from the grips of the enemy. This is the audio content from the radio program called The Invisible War.

Psalm 5 contains a sentence many Christians would quietly prefer was not in their Bibles: "You hate all evildoers." Two verses later, a man walks into that God's house and is welcome. What makes the difference is not that he was a better man, and David's own psalm tells us exactly what it is, in one Hebrew phrase he uses twice. Come and hear how the God who cannot have evil as a guest opens His own door to His enemies.

In this message, we focus on the nature of the day of the Lord. We begin by explaining that the overall purpose behind God's future intervention in the day of the Lord as being one of judgment on God's enemies and the salvation of God's people. We also begin to show how Elijah's future coming does not precede the broad day of the Lord, but it does precede the "narrow day" of the Lord. Come and hear why the day of the Lord is so important to our glorious future we have in Christ Jesus.

Seeking Jehovah's Judgment I. The Mighty Enemy II. The Believing People III. The Covenant Lord Scripture: II Chronicles 20:1-30 Text: II Chronicles 20:1-13 Psalter #'s: 99A, 59A, 83, 68D

1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

The sermon explores Psalm 3 as a profound declaration of Christ's ultimate victory amidst earthly opposition, drawing parallels between King David's flight from Absalom and Jesus' rejection by His own people. It emphasizes that while the church faces intense hostility and internal strife, believers can find assurance in God's sovereign protection and providence. Pastor Ward highlights how David's trust in the Lord as a shield and source of rest prefigures the Savior's reliance on the Father during His passion. This passage instructs Christians to respond to persecution with prayerful confidence rather than fear, recognizing that salvation is entirely the Lord's gift. Ultimately, the message calls listeners to rest in Christ's finished work and extend mercy to their enemies as He has extended it to them.

Psalm 18 is a thanksgiving psalm for deliverance in response to Psalm 17's cry for help. Near the end of his life, as recorded in 2 Sam 22 and then in Ps 18, David looks back and praises God as his Rock & Deliverer for all His deliverances and interventions during a lifetime of dangerous years, and as his kindgom was established. In this second half of Psalm 18 it is increasingly revealed as a Messianic Psalm of the establishment of eternal kingdom of David's Greater Son. Which also causes us to see the Messiah in His humanity depending on the Father for deliverance from all His and our enemies to the salvation of His people. Psalm 18, part 2 – God is My Rock and Deliverer (vv25-50) I. The Deliverance Principle (vv25-29) ---A. Principle of God (vv25-26) ---B. Power of God (vv27-29) II. The Deliverances from David's Perspective (vv30-45) ---A. Power of God empowers His people (vv30-34) ---B. Power of God empowers His people (vv35-38) ---C. Power of God empowers His people (vv39-45) III. The Deliverer's Praise (vv46-50) ---A. Praise from David the King ---B. Praise for Christ the King

The sermon exhorts believers to imitate the apostle Paul's relentless pursuit of Christ and his willingness to suffer for the gospel. It contrasts genuine heavenly citizens, who eagerly await Jesus' return and transformation, with false teachers who are enemies of the cross driven by earthly desires. The preacher emphasizes that Christian conduct must align with one's heavenly citizenship, urging the congregation to seek out godly role models rather than worldly influences. By following faithful examples, believers demonstrate their allegiance to heaven and avoid the destruction associated with compromising the gospel. Ultimately, the message calls for a life of consistent imitation of Christ through the pattern set by Paul and other mature Christians.