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Feeling overwhelmed or frustrated lately? Join Pastor Antonio Junior as he shares powerful lessons from the life of David and Joseph, reminding us that even in our toughest moments, God is working for us. Stay encouraged, find hope, and experience an uplifting prayer for your life! Subscribe for more inspiring messages, and comment below what touched you most in this video! #faith #hope #prayer #Bible #inspiration
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0:00 - Opening Encouragement for the Weary
0:41 - Lessons from the Disciples' Frustration
1:59 - David's Affliction and Honest Struggle
5:06 - Trusting God Amidst Accusations and Trials
6:50 - Overcoming Criticism and Maintaining Faith
8:34 - Learning from Suffering and Persevering
11:40 - Closing Prayer for Strength and Healing
👉 This channel was created in collaboration with https://www.youtube.com/@prantoniojunior
0:00 - Opening Encouragement for the Weary
0:41 - Lessons from the Disciples' Frustration
1:59 - David's Affliction and Honest Struggle
5:06 - Trusting God Amidst Accusations and Trials
6:50 - Overcoming Criticism and Maintaining Faith
8:34 - Learning from Suffering and Persevering
11:40 - Closing Prayer for Strength and Healing
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00:00Hello my dear brothers and sisters, may the peace of the Lord Jesus be upon each of you
00:05and upon your family as well. Amen.
00:09I am Pastor Antonio Jr. and I'm here to share something that God placed on my heart.
00:15I know that many of you arrive here tired but mostly frustrated.
00:20It seems like nothing has been working out lately.
00:23It seems like you try knocking on a door and the door doesn't open,
00:27you try another path and it seems that doesn't work out either.
00:31But let me tell you something that I've learned along my journey.
00:34It is in the moment of greatest frustration that the greatest revelation from God comes into your life. Amen.
00:41When we read in the gospel, the disciples had tried to catch fish all night long and didn't catch a
00:48single fish.
00:49Despite their experience, they were professional fishermen but they were completely frustrated
00:54because they came to the conclusion that there were no fish here.
00:59But early in the morning, while Jesus was teaching the crowd, Jesus said to Peter,
01:04Peter, go out into deeper waters, cast the net there and you will see what will happen.
01:10And Peter countered, he said, Jesus, but we tried to catch fish, there are no fish here,
01:17we tried all night and caught nothing.
01:19But since it is you who are speaking, we will cast the nets.
01:24And when they cast the nets, brothers, they had to call the other boat,
01:28because it was a miraculous catch, they caught so many fish that the nets were about to tear.
01:35So brothers, let me tell you something.
01:37It is precisely in your greatest frustration that you must open your ears,
01:42your spiritual eyes, because God wants to speak to you.
01:46Hallelujah.
01:46I know there are people here who need an answer, who need a word.
01:51And today, I want to share something that deeply touched my heart.
01:55I am sure it will bring you encouragement.
01:58Amen?
01:59Brothers, I want to read a passage with you from Psalm 38,
02:03written by David during a time of great affliction he was going through.
02:07Look at what is written.
02:10My guilt overwhelms me.
02:12It is like a burden too heavy to bear.
02:14My wounds faster and are loathsome because of my foolishness.
02:19I am bowed down and brought very low.
02:22All day long I go about mourning and
02:25burning with fever.
02:29My whole body is diseased.
02:31I feel feeble and utterly crushed.
02:34My heart groans in anguish.
02:37Look at this, brothers.
02:38Here we see David, who was a man after God's own heart, going through great afflictions.
02:44This shows me one thing.
02:46It doesn't matter if we have a lot of faith.
02:48It doesn't matter if we are already walking with God and know the Lord.
02:52For so many years, all of us will go through moments of affliction.
02:57And the question is, when we are going through this struggle, through this very difficult moment,
03:02how will we react?
03:05Here we see David opening his heart before the Lord and saying,
03:09God, I can't take it anymore.
03:12My heart is hurting, wounded.
03:15And if you keep reading this psalm, you will see that it is because people abandoned him.
03:20His own friends abandoned him.
03:23No one stayed close to him in his moment of difficulty.
03:26But David also said that he was physically ill and he was full of wounds all over his body.
03:33They smelled bad.
03:34He was.
03:35Bowed down.
03:36Greatly cast down.
03:38Pacing from side to side and just weeping.
03:41That was David.
03:42Often we have that view that the great men of God of the past,
03:47they had a victorious life all the time.
03:49And it wasn't like that.
03:51David was a man who pleased God very much.
03:54But he was a man deeply rejected by people.
03:57He was heavily criticized and all because the devil was furious with David.
04:03David exuded the sweet aroma of Christ.
04:06He was a worshiper.
04:08Yet at the same time, the devil used people to put him down.
04:11And here we will see in this psalm that people wanted to kill David.
04:16They laid traps for him.
04:18Here in verse 12, David says,
04:20Lord, people want to harm me.
04:23They proclaim my ruin and I become like a deaf man, as if I were not hearing and like a
04:29mute.
04:30I do not open my mouth.
04:32I simply wait on you and believe that you will answer me.
04:35Amen.
04:36Look at these brothers, how David reacted, even in the face of accusations,
04:41even in the face of the devil's insults, using people's mouths, David chose to remain silent.
04:48He did not talk back.
04:50He did not pay them back in kind.
04:52But he waited on God for his answer, for his protection.
04:57Amen.
04:58I know there are people here listening to me, who are being insulted by others, being humiliated, slandered.
05:04Brother, do not do anything.
05:06Trust in the Lord.
05:08Do not try to act in your own strength, by your own sense of justice.
05:12Amen.
05:13Have you noticed, brothers, how much the enemy uses people to bring us down?
05:18I was reminded here of the example of Joseph.
05:21Joseph received a dream from God, that one day his whole family would need his help.
05:26And he would be able to assist his household.
05:29But that dream, which should have caused feelings of gratitude and joy in his family, had the opposite effect.
05:36His brothers began to hate him because of it.
05:39They were jealous of Joseph.
05:41And then, the Bible says that when Joseph was going to take food to his brothers, his brothers said,
05:48Hey, look, here comes that dreamer.
05:50The one who dreams God's dreams.
05:53That one.
05:54And they began to mock him, calling him a dreamer.
05:57I know there are people here listening to me, who are going through the same thing.
06:02It seems like nobody gives you credit.
06:04Nobody believes in you.
06:05They just think you have your head in the clouds.
06:08That you don't grasp the reality around you.
06:11But that's not it.
06:12It's just that, when we have dreams from God in our hearts, brothers, we don't live by what makes sense.
06:19We don't look at circumstances.
06:21We are people of faith who believe in the impossible.
06:24Amen.
06:25And even if people don't want to believe, that's their problem.
06:28We are going to keep on believing.
06:30And I'm here today, speaking to you, to millions of people, because one day, God placed dreams in my heart.
06:38And I believed in them, despite the circumstances, even when people mocked me.
06:43Because I went through that too.
06:45But God was faithful, and He has been fulfilling His promises.
06:49Amen.
06:49And the Bible also tells me about David.
06:52David, there was a day when David also went to take food to his brothers.
06:57And you know what his brother said?
06:59David, you have a bad heart.
07:01Your heart is wicked.
07:02What are you doing here?
07:04And David did absolutely nothing at that moment.
07:07He didn't retort.
07:09He just wanted to know why the crowd was gathered around his brothers.
07:13And then, one of the people nearby said,
07:15David, do you know what's happening?
07:17It's just that there's a giant nearby, who comes every day to defy the army of Israel.
07:23And the army of Israel is scared to death of this giant.
07:26And it was at that moment, brothers, that David stepped up to fight the giant Goliath.
07:31And God, from that point on, you already know the story.
07:35God gave the victory to David.
07:37But what is interesting is that David's brothers said that his heart was wicked.
07:43Look at how cunning the devil is, brothers.
07:45Because God had already said through the prophet Samuel that David was a man after God's own heart.
07:52David's heart was pure.
07:54It was a heart willing to obey the Lord.
07:57But the devil knew that.
07:58And the devil wanted to bring an accusation.
08:01He wanted David to forget the Lord's promises.
08:04He says, I know you're listening to me here.
08:07You also have a heart that loves God, that longs to be with Him.
08:11But stay alert, because the devil will use people to try to take away your essence,
08:17to steal your peace, your identity.
08:20Don't let that happen, alright?
08:23So here David, he said, look God, people want to kill me, they are setting traps,
08:29they want to harm me, but my eyes are fixed on you, Lord.
08:34I only want the Lord to teach me the lessons I need to learn in this desert.
08:39In the same way, you also have to have an open heart to learn God's lessons.
08:44Amen?
08:46And I just want to read one more verse before we pray.
08:51It's right here in Psalm 119, verse 67.
08:56Look at what David says after having gone through all the wildernesses of his life.
09:01Look at what he said.
09:03Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I obey your word.
09:08Lord, you are good, and what you do is good.
09:12Teach me your ways, because the arrogant have smeared my name with lies,
09:17but I keep obeying you with all my heart.
09:22Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
09:27It was good for me to be afflicted, so that I might learn your decrees.
09:32Amen?
09:33Look how beautiful this is, brothers.
09:35Here David said, look, it was worth it.
09:38I learned in the wilderness to obey the Lord.
09:41I learned that it is in the moment of greatest struggle that God teaches me the greatest lessons.
09:47And he said the following,
09:49If I hadn't been punished, mocked, humiliated by people,
09:53today I wouldn't be walking in the ways of the Lord.
09:57Before I used to go astray, wandering away,
10:00but now I stand firm, like a rock in the presence of God.
10:05Amen?
10:06Brothers, I am fully convinced that both you and I will only stand firm with the Lord
10:11until the last day of our lives, if it is also through trials, through many hardships.
10:18Because Jesus himself said, we must carry our cross.
10:22We must deny ourselves if we want to be his disciples.
10:27Amen?
10:27So keep obeying God, do not act according to the flesh, act in obedience to the Lord,
10:33and he will always guarantee your victory.
10:36He will always be your protector in the face of all adversity,
10:41and people will have to come to the conclusion that God is with you.
10:45They will have to acknowledge that God is the one who defends you.
10:49He is the one who helps you endure all hardships.
10:52And you know what brothers, the greatest testimony we give is not when everything is going well,
10:58when it seems that everything works out,
11:01but the greatest testimony is when, even when things are tough,
11:06you remain faithful, you keep seeking God with hope in Him.
11:10Amen?
11:12We need to get rid of this idea people have that the Christian life is only about victory,
11:17where everything works out.
11:19Not always brothers.
11:20Many times we will experience God's silence.
11:24Many times we will be misunderstood by people.
11:27We also won't understand what God has in store for us.
11:31But that's okay.
11:33Let's keep being faithful and obedient, loving the Lord.
11:36Amen?
11:37Let's pray.
11:38Close your eyes.
11:40Lord, my God and my Father, I want to thank you for another day.
11:44I want to thank you for your faithfulness and for your word.
11:48Amen?
11:48My God, these words spoke powerfully to us today.
11:53Father, often we are like David.
11:55We are seeking our soul, seeking our body, but our eyes are fixed on you.
12:01Oh my God, people have been trying to come against us.
12:05It seems they want our ruin, our downfall, but I believe that today you guarantee the victory.
12:12Today you take us by the hand.
12:14Today you give us strength.
12:16The strength we need so much to move forward.
12:19Oh my God, I ask you on behalf of these people who are frustrated.
12:24It seems like nothing is working out, Father, in the life of this man and this woman.
12:29It feels like struggle after struggle.
12:32This person cannot see a way out.
12:34But Jesus, I reach out my hands now and by faith I ask you, have mercy, my Father, on this
12:40person.
12:41Do not let them give up, do not let them turn back, but may they walk in your ways day
12:47after day.
12:47Oh my God and my Father, I ask you, strengthen the weary, bring joy, Lord, to this heart that is
12:55so bitter, so sad, and so burdened by struggles.
12:58Oh Lord, just as David said that were it not for the struggles he went through, he would not be
13:05obedient, he would not walk in your ways.
13:09Lord, many of us are also in the desert, going through great affliction, but we believe that in these struggles
13:15you are fighting for us.
13:17We believe that all things work together for good to those who love you, and we believe, my Father, that
13:24victory is near.
13:26Soon we will sing the victory song and people will recognize that you are with us, that you are in
13:33control of our lives, and that everything has worked together for our good.
13:38Oh my God, I pray for healing right now.
13:41People who are sick, in need of a miracle, who have already received a medical diagnosis, and it wasn't good
13:48at all.
13:49I cancel all sickness, I rebuke every evil against this person right now, every bad diagnosis.
13:58Lord, turn this diagnosis around.
14:00Heal this person, Father, from head to the soles of their feet.
14:04May this person feel your fire right now.
14:07May they feel fire burning in their heart, a wonderful presence.
14:10Oh my God, in the name of Jesus, I rebuke every spirit of infirmity, every demon that has taken up
14:18residence, causing sickness, causing infirmity, causing a lack of peace, an oppression.
14:25Be rebuked in the name of Jesus.
14:29Lord, my God, I ask you, heal and deliver your children right now.
14:34Deliver them, Lord Jesus, from all hurt, from all oppression, from all unforgiveness.
14:40Help this person forgive those who have hurt them, who have wronged them.
14:46In Jesus' name, I ask you, my Father, put love, Father, a desire to pray even for our enemies.
14:53May we not be defiled by evil, but may the Lord deliver us, Father.
14:59Deliverance from all the evil that people have wished against us.
15:03Grant deliverance, Father, in our finances as well.
15:06Help this person break free from debt.
15:09So many people right now, Father, are grieving because they can't find a way out, an open door.
15:16But I ask you, Lord Jesus, open the doors wide.
15:19Come change this person's situation once and for all.
15:23May this person leave their comfort zone and may they have new strategies, renewed motivation to do whatever it takes.
15:33O Lord Jesus, I ask you, Lord, perform a miracle so that this person may testify here on my channel,
15:41saying that the Lord did great things starting today, starting with this prayer.
15:47Father, we see you this moment, believing in you and thanking you,
15:52just as the Lord Jesus said that if we ask for something and believe that we have already received it,
15:58it will be done for us.
15:59That is why I already thank you, my Father, for this prayer, for the outcome,
16:05for all the doors you have opened here today and for the healing that so many people need.
16:11In Jesus' name I pray and I already thank you.
16:14Amen.
16:15Glory to God.
16:17Hallelujah.
16:29Amen.
16:30Amen.
16:32Amen.
16:36Amen.
16:38Amen.
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