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Sermon #B639 -
Misery Loves Company
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Pastor Byrd: Go to Psalm 57.
Psalm 57. And I want to read
quickly this psalm to you. Psalm
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57. And I'm going to read from
the King James version of the
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Bible, Psalm 57. The word of God
says, "Be merciful unto me, O
God, be merciful unto me: for my
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soul trusteth in thee: yea, in
the shadow of thy wings will I
make my refuge, until these
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calamities be overpast. "
Everybody say,
"Overpast."Congregation:
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Overpast "I will cry unto God
most high; unto God that
performeth all things for me. He
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shall send from heaven, and save
me from reproach of him that
would swallow me up. God shall
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send forth His mercy and His
truth. My soul is among lions:
and I lie even among them that
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are set on fire, even the sons
of men whose teeth are spears
and arrows and their tongue a
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sharp sword. Be thou exalted, O
God, above the heavens let thy
glory be above all of the earth.
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They have prepared a net for my
steps; my soul is bowed down:
they have digged a pit before
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me, into the midst whereof they
are fallen themselves." David
says, "My heart is fixed, O God,
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my heart is fixed and I will
sing and give praise. Awake up,
my glory; awake psaltery and
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harp. I myself will awake early.
I will praise thee, O Lord,
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among the people: I will sing
unto thee among the nations. For
thy mercy is great unto the
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heavens, and thy truth unto the
clouds. Be thou exalted, O God,
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above the heavens: let thy glory
be above all the earth." Today,
I just want to speak with you
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quickly on the subject misery
loves company. Misery loves
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company. One of the most
dangerous thing to do when
you're feeling down, depressed
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and distressed is to hang around
other people who are down,
distressed and depressed.
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Do I have a witness in
this place? Because when you're
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depressed and other people are
hanging around you are
depressed, everybody's going to
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be depressed. It's dangerous to
surround yourself with depressed
people because misery loves
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company and they're negative,
sad, unhappy, gloomy, cheerless,
dismal, despondent, dejected,
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depressed spirit is contagious.
For example, in the physical, if
you're around sick people long
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enough, you'll start being sick.
What am I talking about? You can
be in a room where someone who's
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throwing up, who can't keep
anything on their stomach and
then all of a sudden, you're
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stomach feels bad too. Somebody
else can have a cold and then in
a couple of minutes, you'll
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start coughing too. That's why
everybody's worried about this
measles epidemic because when
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you're exposed to sickness, you
can get sick. Are you hearing
what I'm saying? And just like
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physical sickness is contagious,
spiritual, social and emotional
sickness is also contagious.
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It's important that you are
around people who are positive.
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Everybody say, "Positive."Congre
gation: Positive.
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Because if everybody else around
you is sick or angry or
depressed or miserable,
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it creates a social system of
dysfunction where all of a
sudden the abnormal appears
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normal. But you don't need to be
around negative people. You can
do bad by yourself.
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If you're depressed, you don't
need to be around depressed
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people. If you're negative, you
don't need to be around negative
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people. If you're miserable,
you don't need to be around
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miserable people. And as I get
older, I'm learning as a parent
that it's not only important for
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Danielle and myself to hang
around positive influence but
it's also important now for me
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that our children hang around
positive influences. In fact, I
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would dare to say and suggest
that it's very important that
you orchestrate the people your
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children hang around. I want my
kids to see the bright side of
life, not the dark side of life.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying,
everybody? Congregation: Yes.
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But then there are devil's
advocates who suffer from pity
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parties and misery meetings will
say something like doesn't the
Bible teach us to mourn with
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those that mourn and bear one
another's burdens? But don't
misrepresent the word of God.
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Yes, the Bible does say that but
to be mourn and to be miserable
are two different things.
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Jesus did weep for Lazarus.
Jesus did mourn for Lazarus but
Jesus didn't become hopeless.
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I wish I had a witness in this
place. Because despite his
mourning, despite his tears,
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he was still able to say I am
the resurrection and the life.
Let me tell you something today.
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Even the most spiritual people
in the world will face trouble.
Even saints will face pain.
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The rain falls on the just and
the unjust. Bad things happen to
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good people. Don't believe all
this prosperity preaching. Five
ways to this. Seven ways to
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that. Yes, God wants us to
prosper and do well according to
3 John 2, but John 16:33 also
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says, "In this world, you will
have tribulation." Which means
you're going to have some
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trials. You're going to have
some tests. You will have some
tribulations but the good news
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is we will overcome. A lot of
people have quit the church.
They have quit Jesus thinking
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every day we're be going to
crisis-free, cancer free, burden
free and trial free and when it
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doesn't happen, they get mad.
But you better think again. You
got to go through the fire to
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come out as pure of gold.
Because it's after I've been
beaten, after I've been
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banished, after I've been
bruised, after I've been talked
about, that's when I really know
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how to praise the Lord. That's
when I really know how to
worship the Lord. Does anybody
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know what I'm talking about?
That's when I really and when I
really know how to testify
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because you can't have a
testimony without a test.
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The context of our scripture in
Psalm 57 is rooted in 1 Samuel
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17:22. In the text, David,
everybody say, "David.
"Congregation: David.
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Say it like you mean. Say,
"David". Congregation: David.
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David is hiding in a cave from
King Saul. Why is David hiding?
The Bible says that Saul was
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jealous. He is what, everybody?
Congregation: Jealous.
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Jealous of David because Saul
knew David had been anointed to
replace him as king. You know
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the story. David, little
shepherd boy, takes out the
giant gladiating soldier Goliath
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with a small rock, and some, a
one smooth stone. David was
willing to boldly step out in
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faith to fight Goliath in
defense of God's honor when
nobody else would. That's a
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whole another sermon. After
defeating Goliath, David becomes
well-known for his military
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prowess. As a result, Saul gets
jealous. He gets what,
everybody? Saul becomes angry
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because David is getting higher
praise from the women singing
Saul has slained his thousands
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but David his ten, what
everybody? Congregation:
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[inaudible] 1 Number 18 says
from that point on, Saul eyed
David and kept trying to kill
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him from that time on. In fact,
even though David was Saul's
son, Jonathan's best friend,
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Saul sent David out into battle
multiple times hoping he would
be killed. But you know what?
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It didn't happen. Saul even
offered his daughter's hand in
marriage to David if he
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brought him 100 Philistine
foreskins. Saul did this
thinking David would be
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killed in the front line of
battle. But not only was David
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not killed, but David returned
with 200 Philistine foreskins.
You all now hear what I'm
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saying? Let that be a
lesson for somebody today.
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When the Lord has his hands on
you, no devil in hell can stop
you. The battle is not yours.
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The battle is the Lord's. I wish
I had a witness in this place.
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The Bible is clear that David
had been chosen by God. David
had been blessed by God
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and when God blesses you, no
devil in hell can curse you. So
then Psalm 18:20 ends by saying
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then the commanders of the
Philistines came out to battle
as often as they went forth.
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David had more success than all
the servants of Saul so his name
was highly esteemed.
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If you back it up in verse 29 it
says, and Saul was yet the more
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afraid of David. And Saul became
David's enemy continually. I
like the way the New
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International Version puts it.
It says that David remains
Saul's enemy for the rest of his
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days. Think about it, you all.
David was Saul's son Jonathan's
best friend. Saul's daughter
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loved David. But let's go back
to the first family. Cain was
Abel's brother. The stranger
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or the outsider who may make us
feel jealous comes and goes. But
the family member, the friend,
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the co-worker, they are there
month after month, week after
week, day after day
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but the people who can't stand
to see the success of others
will never experience their own.
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So instead of building up
Israel, Saul wasted most of his
time chasing David through the
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hills. And it's in Psalm 57 that
David escapes from Saul and is
hiding from Saul in a cave.
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The Cave of Adullam. Now, when
David's brothers and those of
his house heard where David was,
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the Bible says that they also
went to the cave. The Bible says
that they were 400.
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How many men,
everybody? Congreg ation: 400
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400 other men in the cave.
The Bible says that everyone who
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joined David, the Bible says in
1 Samuel 2, was in debt and
bitter of soul. Meaning
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everybody was displeased.
Everybody was distressed.
Everybody was disgruntled and
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depressed and out of the 400 men
who joined David in the cave,
none of them brought comfort.
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But the good news, the good news
is no matter what cave you're
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in, God is going to bring us
out. Congregation: [cheering and
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applause] That this cave is not
meant to last forever. The cave
is just for a season in your
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life because it was only for a
season in David's life. What am
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I talking about? The men are
miserable in the cave and
they're looking to David for
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help and they want David to come
up with a solution. So David
then fast forward to Psalm 57,
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he says in verse number one, "Be
merciful unto me, O God. Be
merciful unto me for my soul
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trusteth in thee. In the shadow
of thy wings will I make refuge
until these calamities be
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overpast. " Let me read the last
part of that text because that's
when we should have shouted it.
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It says, "Until these calamities
be overpast." The New
International Version says,
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"Until the disaster has passed."
In other words, the calamities,
the trouble, the cave has not
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come to last. This too shall
pass. The cave in your life, I'm
preaching to somebody right now,
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has not come to last. When you
are a child of God, trouble does
come to an end. Troubles don't
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last always. Weeping may have
done for a night but joy comes
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in the morning. David says in
the text that he would take
refuge in the shadow of God's
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wings. Refuge means shelter or
protection from danger and
distress. David made God his
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refuge. He made God his shelter,
his protection until these
calamities, this cave be
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overpast. In other words, David
said God, have mercy on me until
these calamities are past. Cover
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me until these calamities are
past. Stand with me until these
calamities are past. In the name
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of Jesus. I can tell somebody
today that the storm is passing
over. That God wouldn't take you
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to it unless it's God to bring
you through it. Number one, the
cave doesn't last forever.
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Number two, verse 2 brings out
the second thing we ought to do
when we're in our cave.
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David says in verse 2, "Cry unto
God the most high." Sometimes
when you're in your secret
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closet, when you're in your
cave, people will think you're
crazy but you got to just cry
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out unto God. I figure that
story of Peter walking on water
and Peter took his eyes off
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Jesus and the Bible says Peter
beginning to sink which means he
didn't sink, he didn't drown,
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he didn't go under. The Bible
says beginning to sink. He cries
out to the Lord, "Lord, save
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me." That was his prayer, "Lord,
save me." Three simple words
which reminds us it's not about
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the length of your prayer but
it's the strength of your
prayer. Some people think you
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got to pray this long, big
sermonized words. Sermons to get
God's attention. But I'm a
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witness, when you are about to
lose your mind, when you are in
Aeolians on a bus trying to get
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to the hotel and somebody hits
that bus and fire breaks out,
when you're between a rock and a
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hard place, when you're in a
cave, all you have time for is
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Lord, save me. All you have time
for is I'm crying out to God.
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David remembered what God had
done for him. David remembered
how he was feeding sheep
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and tending there to those sheep
and a bear and a lion came to
devour him. But God protected
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him. David remembered how
Goliath could have killed him
but God protected him.
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David remembered how Saul had
tried to kill him before but God
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protected him. In your cave,
don't you forget where your help
comes from. Not only that,
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number three, in your cave, and
we got people all around you in
your cave. You got to learn how
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to expect victory. Verse three
says he shall send from heaven
and he shall save me from the
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reproach of him that would
swallow me up. But can I tell
you what I really love about
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this? Pastor you were talking
about faith earlier. Can I say
what I love about his text?
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David expected God to deliver
him. David expected victory. Are
you all hearing what I'm saying?
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That's what I love about the
three Hebrew boys. We know God
can deliver us but if not, we
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still going to worship him.
David expected God to deliver to
him. If we expect victory, we
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will get victory. David expected
victory over this cave and if
you're going to be delivered
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from your cave, then you got to
have an expectation for
deliverance. When you're down
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here at the front, at the altar,
don't just come out here because
you want to be seen but you need
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to come down here with an
expectation for deliverance. Are
you hearing what I'm saying? I
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don't know about you but I'm
looking for a miracle. I'm
expecting the impossible. I see
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the invisible. I can feel the
intangible. You've got to learn
how to expect deliverance. David
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knew what God was willing and
able to deliver him out of the
caves of life. Regardless of
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what his circumstances look
like, David knew that God would
send forth his mercy and his
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truth. What is his truth? His
word. And once you know the
truth of who God is and what He
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had said and His word and the
truth will then set you free.
And you shall know the truth and
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the truth shall set you free.
Sanctify them through thy truth,
thy word is true. Thy word is a
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lamp unto my feet and a light
unto my path. Thy word that I've
hidden in my heart that I might
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not sin against thee. David in
Psalm 57 admitted that he was
discouraged. He says in verse
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six if you look at it. I've got
to skip. He says, he was bowed
down because his enemies have
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prepared a net for his feet and
they had dug a pit for him. But
in the midst of that pit, what
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happens? The Bible says they
fall in it themselves. Don't you
ever forget, I tell myself this
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every day because I realized,
everybody does not joy in my
success. Congregation: Yeah. I
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get that. Pastor Elder Taylor
talking about we're going to
renovate the church. There are
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some people plotting and hoping
that we don't renovate the
church because they think that
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buddy Byrd thinks it's for his
glory but it's not for my glory.
It's for His glory. But I have
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learned. Don't ever forget. I'm
preaching to myself now, that
when God is on your side, people
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can dig ditches for you if they
want, people can set traps for
you if they want, but I read
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somewhere that no weapon formed
against us is going to prosper.
The same ditches that people set
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for you, the same traps that
people set for you, the same
gallows that people prepare for
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you are the same ditches, traps,
and gallows that they all fall
in themselves. If you don't
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believe me ask Haman. The same
gallows that Haman prepared for
Mordecai were the same gallows
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that Haman hung on himself. Be
not deceived. God is not mocked.
Whatsoever man soweth, that
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shall he also reap. David fully
expected God to set him free
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from his cave. So when you're in
your cave, expect victory.
Congregation: [cheering and
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applause] One more thing. One
point. When you're in your cave,
number four, you got to praise
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God. Congregation:
[cheering] Hallelujah!
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Now notice. I didn't say
after you get out of the cave.
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Congregation: No. I said while
you're in your cave. You got to
learn how to praise him. Don't
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wait till the battle is over. Go
on and to shout now.
Congregation: [cheeing]
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God didn't only say that you are
to praise him when you come out.
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But he says if you're going to
be truly victorious, you got to
praise him while you're in the
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cave. And then you got to praise
him out of your cave. In his
cave, verse seven David said,
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'My heart is fixed. I will sing
and I will give praise." In
verse nine he says,
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"I will praise thee, O Lord.
I will sing unto thee among the
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nations. Be thou exalted, O God
above the heavens. Let thy glory
be above all the earth."
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Now, let's be honest. Praise to
God in the midst of a cave
experience is not an easy thing.
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Congregation: Amen.
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Can we be real? I know it's
nice. I'm up here preaching
praise God while you're in a
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cave and everybody shouting and
jumping but let's be honest.
It's hard to praise God when
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you're going through it. Does
anybody know what I'm talking
about? Congregation: Yeah.
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But the text still says you
can't wait to get out of your
cave to praise him.
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But you got to still praise him
while you're in your cave. So
the text says David said to the
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brothers around him, "Wake up.
Give me my psaltery. Give me my
heart. And all you miserable
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people up in here, get up and
praise God in the midst of your
cave." If God, I've been, he
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said, "I've been in this pity
party too long. If God wants
Saul to get me, so be it.
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If God wants my enemies to
defeat me, so be it. But the God
I serve is not like that.
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" Because God told me, some
time ago. David said God told me
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before I got in the cave that
the Lord is my light, my
salvation. Who shall I fear?
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The Lord is the strength of my
life, of whom shall I be afraid?
So in the name of Jesus,
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I don't know what your situation
is today, I don't know what your
cave circumstance is today
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but I do know this, God will
pick you up, he will turn you
around, he will place your feet
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on solid ground. You better
learn how to praise Him in your
cave. Praise Him while you're
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bankrupt. Praise Him while
you're on your sickbed. Praise
Him while you're going through
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chemotherapy. Praise Him while
your children are acting up.
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God
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in a sanctuary. Praise Him in
the firmament of his power. You
better praise Him for His mighty
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acts. Praise Him according to
his excellent greatness. Praise
Him with a sound of the trumpet
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and the timbrel and the dance
and string instruments and
organs and the psaltery and the
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harp. Praise Him with a loud
cymbal, the high sounding
cymbal. Let everything that have
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breath praise the Lord.
Congregation: Hallelujah!
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I'm getting ready to sit
down but let me tell you this.
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Only God can turn a
shepherd boy into a king.
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Only God can make a donkey talk.
Only God can make the sun stand
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still. Only God can make a red
sea a dry highway. Only God can
shut lions' mouths.
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Only God can turn water into
wedding punch. Only God can make
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a blind man see. Only God can
raise from the dead. Only God
can take a failure and make him
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a success. Only God can take a
loser and make him a winner.
Only God can take a negative and
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make it a positive. And it's
only God that can get you out of
your cave. If you don't get
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anything else, get this. Today,
if you're in a cave experience,
your cave experience will pass.
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Number two, if you're in a cave
experience, you got to learn how
to cry out to God. Number three,
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if you're n a cave experience,
you got to learn while in your
cave to expect deliverance.
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And then number four, when
you're in your cave, you got to
go on and praise Him while
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you're in the cave. Misery loves
company. And David in that cave,
because everybody else was
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miserable could have been
miserable too. Misery loves
company but Jesus loves you
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more. Speak Jesus in your
company. Speak positivity in
your company. Speak life in your
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company. Your company doesn't
have to be miserable. Let me
tell you something. You
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influence your company. Don't
let your company influence you.
And then watch your company
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change. Come on let's praise
Him. Praise him. Praise him.
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