Enemies on SermonAudio

1. The plight of the sinner 2. The price paid for the sinner 3. The provision made for the sinner 4. The eternal position of the saved sinner

Psalm 64:1-7 (KJV) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

Music matters in the worship of God, because it has a real effect on the heart, mind, spirit, and character of those who hear it. The worship in God's house should be marked by order, unity, reverence, truth, and one sound of praise to the Lord, not by the disorder, emotionalism, worldliness, and entertainment spirit that has entered many churches through contemporary music. Not all music is appropriate or acceptable for worship, and we must judge both the words and the structure of the music by whether it honors Christ, promotes holiness - not just how it makes us feel. We must worship God in spirit and in truth, refuse to follow the current of this generation, and seek to honor the Lord with music that is holy, reverent, and pleasing in His sight. Worldly, fleshly music will not do, and is not acceptable to God.

We have all bought into a subtle, dangerous myth at some point in our spiritual journey. The myth suggests that if we follow God's call, obey His Word, and step out in faith, the road ahead will magically become smooth. We subconsciously believe that our obedience is a golden ticket that exempts us from setbacks, hostility, and pain. But what happens when you do exactly what God told you to do, and your life actually gets worse? The jarring reality of the Christian life is that obedience often acts as a magnet for opposition. When you draw a line in the sand for biblical truth at your workplace, you might get passed over for a promotion. When you commit to saving your marriage, the conflict might intensify before it heals. The enemy does not bother attacking those who are actively retreating; he concentrates his fire on those who are advancing on the front lines. However, God never allows our pain to be wasted. These intense trials provide us with daily, desperate opportunities to lean deeply on God's character, His unbreakable promises, and His proven faithfulness. Let us dive into the Scriptures to discover how we can navigate seasons of intense opposition without losing our faith, looking at the raw experiences of Moses, David, and the Apostle Paul.

Have you ever experienced the sharp, sinking pain of being entirely forgotten? Perhaps you were overlooked for a promotion you desperately deserved, abandoned by a friend in your darkest hour, or left waiting for a phone call that never came. Being forgotten by people hurts deeply. But what happens when you feel like you have been forgotten by God? When we walk through prolonged seasons of trouble, uncertainty, or unrelenting oppression, the silence of heaven can feel deafening. We pray, we plead, and we wait, but our circumstances remain stubbornly unchanged. It is in these excruciating waiting rooms of life that the enemy loves to whisper his oldest lie: God has forgotten about you. Yet, the entire narrative of Scripture violently opposes this lie. Across generations, through famines, wars, and centuries of slavery, God constantly proves that His memory is perfect. He always remembers His covenant, proving that His steadfast love never fades and His promises always stand. Let us look at three pivotal moments in Scripture that reveal the profound, unshakeable faithfulness of a God who never forgets His people.

OBEDIENCE: THE PLATFORM OF PRAISE This message teaches that obedience is the platform of praise. Praise is more than singing or speaking well of God; every surrendered act of trust, love, worship, and obedience declares that He is worthy. True biblical humility is therefore not simply being quiet or unassuming. It is a life with properly placed trust, properly placed love, and properly placed worship, all centered upon the Lord. The Psalms show that praise has tremendous spiritual value, especially in seasons of suffering. David praised God while still in trouble, while tears were still falling, and while deliverance was still being sought. God may not always immediately remove the sickbed, the trial, or the painful circumstance, but He promises to sustain His people in it. Praise helps the believer look beyond the difficulty and remember that God sees, knows, cares, and remains faithful. Another major truth is that God surrounds His people with His people. Psalm 32 and Psalm 142 connect the righteous surrounding a suffering saint with "songs of deliverance." These songs are the testimonies of redeemed people who can say, "I have been in a pit too, but let me tell you what the Lord did." This is why Christian fellowship matters so deeply. We are called to pray for one another, send Scripture, share testimony, and speak truth that helps hurting believers lift their eyes back toward Jesus. Praise also silences the enemy. Psalm 8 teaches that God ordains praise as strength against the enemy. The enemy may speak lies about our circumstances, our future, or even God's character, but praise answers those lies with truth. We do not encourage struggling people by telling them

The sermon emphasizes that spiritual victory requires essential preparation through covenant obedience and reliance on God rather than human strength. It draws a parallel between Israel's physical circumcision in Joshua 5 and the New Testament believer's spiritual circumcision, which occurs at the new birth. This internal transformation removes the love of sin and implants a desire for holiness, empowering believers to walk in the Spirit. The message encourages Christians to reject confidence in the flesh and instead rest in the finished work of Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit. Ultimately, true victory over spiritual enemies is found only through steadfast faith and living out the new life given by God.

FOMO — The Fear of Missing God This message centers on the condition of the heart and the fear of the Lord as a pathway to recovery, steadfastness, and usefulness to God. Beginning with Hannah, we see that salvation can so transform our perspective that we can "smile at our enemies"—not because our circumstances are easy, but because our joy is rooted in the Lord and His salvation. The message then returns to Proverbs 16:3: "Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established." Through personal testimony, the truth is illustrated that God takes ordinary, inadequate people who surrender themselves to Him and enriches them by grace with understanding, wisdom, and the ability to communicate His truth. Like stale hot dog buns transformed into something desirable by being enriched, our "nothing" placed into Christ's "everything" can become useful for His glory. Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 reveals the deeper issue: everything ultimately comes down to "the condition of the condition of the heart." The same kinds of circumstances happen to the righteous and unrighteous, but they are interpreted differently because of what rules the heart. Fallen humanity is described as being full of evil and madness—not merely incapable of inward good, but broken by sin and unable to fulfill its eternal purpose apart from God. This explains why a fallen world can celebrate what God condemns and reject what God treasures. Darkness can actually appear as light to a heart that is not aligned with God. Therefore, humanity's deepest problem cannot be solved merely by changing politics, circumstances, culture, education, or environment. We need new hearts, and only Jesus can give them. T