TODAY, I WANT US TO LOOK THE WORD GOD FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS, TO HEAR WHAT THE LORD, I BELIEVE, WOULD SAY TO US TODAY. I WISHED THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MUCH THE LORD REALLY WANTS TO HELP US. HE HAS MADE EVERY PROVISION POSSIBLE TO INSURE THAT WE HAVE THE KIND OF HELP THAT WE NEED. NOW TODAY WHEN I LOOK AT AN AUDIENCE THAT IS THIS VAST, THIS BROAD, I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO NUMBER THE WAYS THAT WE NEED HIM. BUT GOD TOOK CARE OF THAT. HE PUT WITHIN EACH OF US TODAY, SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US WITH WHATEVER WE'RE FACING. AND SO I WANT THIS MESSAGE TO ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING. MAYBE SOME OF THE AFFAIRS OF LIFE HAVE JUST BECOME TOO BIG FOR YOU. YOU'VE REACHED THE END OF YOUR OWN ABILITIES. AND YOU'RE STANDING THERE STILL STARING AT THOSE MOUNTAINS IN YOUR PATHWAY, WONDERING HOW YOU'RE EVER GOING TO SURVIVE. AND YOU'RE THINKING, THESE MOUNTAINS ARE GOING TO DEFEAT ME. MAYBE, YOU'RE ALREADY SITTING THERE, FEELING DEFEATED. BUT I WANT TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND A LITTLE BIT TODAY. I WANT TO TRY TO HELP YOU TO REALIZE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DEFEATED. THAT RATHER THAN BEING DEFEATED, YOU CAN BE THE VICTOR. YOU CAN BE THE OVERCOMER. BECAUSE GOD HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO OVERCOME. TURN WITH ME IF YOU WOULD TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS, ROMANS THE 8TH CHAPTER. WE'RE GOING TO READ THIS ONE VERSE OF SCRIPTURE TO REMIND US THAT GOD HAS PUT WITHIN US SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP EACH AND EVERYONE OF US. IN ROMANS 8.26, IT SIMPLY SAYS THIS, "LIKEWISE, THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES. FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR, AS WE OUGHT, BUT THE SPIRIT ITSELF, MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US. WITH GROANING'S THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED." I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WHAT PAUL IS HELPING US WITH HERE. HE'S HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITHIN THOSE OF US WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD, GOD HAS PLACED HIS SPIRIT, SORT OF AS A WATCHMAN, TO WATCH OVER OUR LIVES. TO LET HEAVEN KNOW WHEN WE'RE IN DANGER, WHEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE. THE SPIRIT SPEAKS FROM OUT OF OUR INNER DEPTHS AND PRAYS A PRAYER THAT WE CANNOT PERHAPS PUT INTO WORDS. AND THAT PRAYER GOES INTO THE THRONE ROOM OF HEAVEN, TOUCHES THE EAR OF THE FATHER AND THEN THE FATHER SENDS THE ANSWER. TODAY, I BELIEVE, GOD WANTS TO HELP YOU. FRIEND, PLEASE HEAR THIS PREACHER TODAY. GOD WANTS TO HELP YOU. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BE DEFEATED BY WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GO DOWN IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BE OVERCOME BY THE ISSUES THAT ARE REPRESENTING CHALLENGES TO YOUR LIFE. IF YOU'LL LET THAT SPIRIT RISE UP WITHIN YOU, JUST AS THE BIBLE SAYS, THAT SPIRIT THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD, WILL QUICKEN YOUR MORTAL BODY. AND YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT INSTEAD OF BEING BEAT DOWN, YOU'LL TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. AND THROUGH THE WORKING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, YOU WILL OVERCOME THAT THING THAT'S TRYING SO HARD TO OVERCOME YOU. WE CANNOT UNDER-VALUE OR UNDER-ESTIMATE, THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES. NOW I CAN ALMOST HEAR SOME FOLK SAY, "YUP, THERE GOES THOSE PENTECOSTALS AGAIN. TALKING ABOUT THAT HOLY SPIRIT AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS." LISTEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DENOMINATION YOU'RE A PART OF, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A DENOMINATIONAL ISSUE. THE WORD OF GOD CLEARLY TEACHES, TO ALL OF US TODAY, THAT WHEN JESUS LEFT THIS EARTH, HE WAS LEAVING SO THAT THE COMFORTER COULD COME. WHO WAS THE COMFORTER? THE BIBLE TEACHES US, IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES, HE GUIDES US IN ALL THINGS. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS HE GUIDES US IN IS THIS, HOW TO DEAL WITH TROUBLE, WHEN TROUBLE COMES. THE GOOD NEWS TO US IS, IS THAT WHEN WE'RE STANDING IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICT. WE'RE STANDING ON THE BATTLEFIELD, FIGHTING THE WAR THAT'S BEING WAGED AGAINST US. THAT HOLY SPIRIT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, TO HELP US. MANY TIMES THAT SPIRIT REACHES OUT FROM OUT OF US AND PRAYS THE PRAYER THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I MEAN YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT, YOU TURN TO THE LEFT, BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENT ANSWER. YOU LOOK DOWN AND YOU LOOK UP, YOU THINK, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I'M TRYING TO SURVIVE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT, I'M TRYING TO ENDURE, I'M TRYING TO LAST. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, MY STRENGTH IS FADING AND I'M GOING TO BE DESTROYED BY THIS THING THAT'S COME AGAINST ME. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? WELL, GOD ANTICIPATED THAT SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE AND AHEAD OF YOUR LIFE, HE HAS MADE A PROVISION FOR YOU. I WANT YOU TO JUST LISTEN FOR JUST A MOMENT HERE, TO SEE IF THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO YOU. GOD KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH TODAY. HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH TODAY, LONG BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN. IN FACT, IF I UNDERSTAND THIS WORD RIGHT AND I BELIEVE I DO, THAT BEFORE HE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THIS EARTH THAT WE'RE LIVING ON TODAY, HE KNEW EVERY DETAIL OF YOUR LIFE. NOW, YOU MAY WONDER WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT. WELL, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS REASON. IF HE WAS JUST ANTICIPATING SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SEVERAL PLANS, IN ORDER TO HELP YOU WITH THE "MIGHT HAPPENS" OF YOUR LIFE. BUT BECAUSE HE KNEW WITH CERTAINTY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE KNEW IT BEFORE HAND, HE KNEW RIGHT DOWN TO THE SPLIT SECOND OF TIME, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHEN IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHERE IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, HE ONLY HAD TO MAKE ONE PLAN. HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HAD TO BE DONE TO HELP YOU IN THE MOMENT THAT YOU'RE IN TODAY. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, HE CONSIDERS WHAT'S COMING TOMORROW. AND HE KNOWS THE BAGGAGE YOU'RE BRINGING FROM YESTERDAY. SO WHEN HE HAS MADE THE PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE, HE'S TAKEN ALL OF THESE FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION. AND HE'S MADE A WAY FOR YOU. WHAT IS THAT WAY? WE READ IT IN ROMANS 8.26. IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HELPETH US WITH OUR INFIRMITIES. NOW THAT WORD INFIRMITIES, IF YOU TAKE IT FOR WHAT WE THINK IT MEANS, WE THINK OF IT AS PHYSICAL SICKNESS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ROOT OF THAT WORD THAT PAUL IS USING, THAT WORD INFIRMITIES, SPEAKS OF WEAKNESS. WEAKNESS OF BODY, WEAKNESS OF MIND AND WEAKNESS OF SPIRIT. REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOUR WEAKNESS SHOWS ITSELF, THE SPIRIT IS THERE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT INFIRMITY. NOW LET'S FACE IT, THERE ARE DAYS WHEN WE ARE STRONG AND THEN OUR STRENGTH FADES AND WE FACE DAYS WHEN WE'RE WEAK. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T TAKE DAYS TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. SOMETIMES IT'S MOMENT BY MOMENT. I MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO FACE THE MOMENT I'M IN RIGHT NOW, BUT AN HOUR FROM NOW, IT MAY BE THAT I'VE USED SO MUCH OF MY STRENGTH TO ENDURE THIS, THAT I'M NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT COMES NEXT. NOW, THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE I'M TALKING TO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. I'VE JUST DESCRIBED YOUR SITUATION. YOU HAVE STRENGTH IN THE MORNING, BUT AS THE DAY PASSES ON, STRENGTH LEAVES AND YOU FIND YOURSELF STRUGGLING. AND NOT ONLY JUST STRUGGLING WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE COMING, BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE GETTING ADDED TO THE PILE. AND BY THE END OF THE DAY WE CAN BE TRYING TO CARRY A WHOLE MOUNTAIN ON OUR SHOULDERS. AND THEN THAT MOMENT OF DOUBT COMES WHERE WE WONDER WILL WE SURVIVE WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH? WELL, WE WON'T IF WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO IT ON OUR OWN. AND I KNOW I'VE JUST OFFENDED SOMEBODY. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO THINK OF IT AS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO. BUT LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE HUMAN AND IN OUR HUMANITY WE ARE AT TIMES WEAK. REGARDLESS OF HOW STRONG YOU ARE AT OTHER TIMES. QUITE OFTEN IT'S NOT THE BIG THING THAT DEFEATS US, IT'S THE LITTLE THING THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WAS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF THE LITTLE FOXES THAT COME AND SPOIL THE VINE. IT'S SOMETIMES THE LITTLE THING THAT SNEAKS IN THERE, WE DIDN'T SEE IT COME, WE DIDN'T HEAR IT ARRIVE, WE DIDN'T SEE THE DAMAGE THAT IT WAS DOING UNTIL AFTER THAT THING HAD COME, DONE IT'S WORK AND THEN LEFT. THAT'S HOW THE DEVIL WORKS IN YOUR LIFE TODAY. HE COMES IN, HE DOES HIS THING, THEN HE LEAVES. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU DISCOVER HE WAS THERE, YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM WHEN HE WAS THERE, BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE AFFECTS. THE SYMPTOMS ARE THERE THAT SAY, "WE GOT A PROBLEM." SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED AND NOW I DON'T HAVE THE RESERVE I THOUGHT I HAD. HOW, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT GOD DIDN'T LEAVE US TO GET BY ON OUR OWN. I'M GLAD THAT HE MADE THE PLAN AND IT'S NOT AN ANTICIPATED THING, IT IS A PLANNED THING. GOD PLANNED FOR THOSE MOMENTS WHEN WE NEEDED SOMETHING BEYOND OURSELVES. AND THAT SOMETHING TODAY, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. DON'T EVER BE AFRAID TO LET THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK IN YOUR LIFE. BECAUSE THE OUTCOME OF EVERYTHING THAT SPIRIT DOES WITHIN YOU, IS GOING TO BE GOOD, EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER. SOMETIMES, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BOTHER SOME, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET WORSE BEFORE YOU CAN GET BETTER. I WANT TO SAY THAT IN THESE PARAMETERS. SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, SO THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS, WHAT GOD DOES FOR US DOESN'T LAST JUST FOR THE MOMENT, BUT IT LASTS FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS, THE WORK OF GOD IS NOT A MOMENTARY WORK. WHAT GOD DOES IN OUR LIVES, HE DOES WITH ETERNITY IN MIND. GOD'S NOT JUST HELPING YOU FOR THE MOMENT, THOUGH HELP FOR THE MOMENT MAY COME. BUT WHEN GOD BRINGS THAT HELP FOR THE MOMENT THAT YOU'RE IN, HE'S ALSO TAKING CARE OF THE MOMENTS TO COME. BY WHAT HE DOES FOR YOU TODAY, HE WILL HELP YOU FOR TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY, IN FACT, ALL THE REST OF THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. THAT'S HOW MUCH GOD WANTS TO HELP YOU. IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE OLD ADAGE AND I HOPE I QUOTE THIS RIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE'LL EAT FOR A DAY. BUT IF YOU TEACH HIM HOW TO CATCH A FISH, HE'LL EAT HE REST OF HIS LIFE. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME PRINCIPLE WITH GOD. GOD CAN HELP YOU FOR THE MOMENT AND YOU'LL GET BY THE MOMENT. BUT IF YOU'LL LET GOD HELP YOU, HE'LL NOT ONLY HELP YOU FOR THAT MOMENT, BUT HE'LL ALSO PUT SOMETHING IN YOU, THAT'LL HELP YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP YOU IS THE CERTAINTY, THE ASSURANCE, THAT GOD WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO MINISTER TO YOUR NEED. BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS THERE LOOKING OVER YOUR LIFE AND SEEING THOSE NEEDS WHEN THEY ARISE. TODAY, YOU CANNOT SURPRISE GOD WITH SOMETHING NEW THAT'S HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE. MMM, HE SAW IT THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. AND BEFORE ADAM WALKED IN THE GARDEN, GOD HAD ALREADY LAID A PLAN TO HELP YOU WITH WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS LET THAT HOLY SPIRIT COME AND LET IT WORK WITHIN YOU. BECAUSE IT IS TRUE TODAY, THE SPIRIT HELPETH US WITH OUR INFIRMITIES. AND IF WE WILL LET HIM, THAT SPIRIT WILL MAKE INTERCESSION FOR US. AND WHAT INTERCESSION MEANS TO YOU AND I IS, IS THAT IT WILL BRING GOD INTO OUR LIVES TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. THE THING THAT YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH TODAY MAY BE GREATER THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THIS, GOD IS ALWAYS LARGER THAN OUR PROBLEMS. SO LET'S LET AN ALMIGHTY GOD CAUSE HIS SPIRIT TO WORK IN OUR LIVES, TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A WORD OF PRAYER. PRECIOUS LORD RIGHT NOW, FOR EVERY LIFE THAT'S STRUGGLING, EVERY LIFE THAT IS IN A MOMENT OF WEAKNESS, I PRAY THAT THAT SPIRIT WOULD RISE UP WITHIN THEM AND THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TODAY I PRAY, YOU WILL BRING TO THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. FOR WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.