00:00So we're saying the Bible does not shy away from the fact that believers can be challenged.
00:05You know, we live in a world where, as a believer in Christ,
00:10when you are confronted by certain unfavorable situations,
00:14depending on what kind of spiritual orientation you have,
00:18people are taught to either lie about it, shy away from it,
00:23assume it is not there, are we together?
00:26Or get embarrassed by it.
00:29And sometimes we men of God, in a bid to teach people victorious living,
00:33we have subliminally programmed the church into a life of falsehood and lies.
00:38So someone may be facing a challenge in his health,
00:41and rather than taking responsibility and dealing with it like I'll be showing you,
00:46we may live in pretense because he would dare not let people know
00:51that you're having a challenge with your health.
00:53It looks like an embarrassment.
00:54I mean, why should a believer like you, we say, be having any health challenge?
00:58Have you not learned that in Christ, you know, he's nailed all our sin and sicknesses?
01:03And that is true.
01:04But the Bible tells us that pragmatically speaking,
01:08we do not see all things yet under his feet.
01:10Are we together now?
01:11The Word of God does not teach us to shy, lie about, and run away.
01:17Faith is not falsehood.
01:20There is a responsibility dimension to kingdom living.
01:24And it is true that believers can be challenged.
01:27And like I've taught you already in this house, let me go ahead of myself.
01:30Never shy away from your battles, your mountains, and your challenges.
01:35Pretending it is not there does not take it away.
01:39Hallelujah.
01:40There is a way to engage such that the mountains live in experience.
01:45And that will be your experience tonight.
01:48In the name of Jesus.
