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Bishop Jakes - Don't Tell God What You Heard

It's getting close but in the end we win.

(KJV) Acts 9:10-19 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I [am here], Lord.

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(KJV) Acts 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

Saul (Paul) was not with Jesus. He was a terrorist to the faith movement of Jesus Christ. Yet he contributes more to the structure and development of our faith in the New Testament than any other disciple.

This kind of division and internal conflict is the luxury of not having an external enemy.

He had permission to attack. God stopped him, humbled him, and changed his mind. Changed the way he thought.

The light was so bright at Damascus that it left him blind. There are some glories that are so bright that your flesh can't handle it.

Ananais didn't know what God did to Saul on the way to Damascus. He's still living under the threat of Saul coming to kill him. God doesn't meet with you before he moves on his plan. We are still living under the threat if something- in fear- that God has already taken care of.

Ananais is having trouble receiving the blessing because he's contradicting the instructions he's been given. This is a fight between what you heard and what God knows.

The weapons of our fight are not carnal. What it boils down to is who's report do you believe?

Put Saul in a position where he needs what he once criticized. Now Ananais has to pray for the very one who was sent to kill him. God flipped the script.

God says, I made you blind so that you could see... Your promise is the antithesis of the negative of your situation. It all exploded on a street called Straight.

This switch for you will be inconvenient. Your life will not be the kind of life where people could see it coming.

What he has for you is not what you expected.