MAPLE STREET CHURCH OF GOD · SERMON
God Is Always With Us
A reminder of God’s faithful presence through every circumstance.
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So, I want while you’re standing, I want to go to 2 Kings chapter 18.
2 Kings chapter 18, the first seven verses.
says, “Now,” everybody say, “Now.” Now, now it came to pass,
hallelujah, “In the third year of Hosa, son of El, king of Israel,
that Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.”
20 and five years old was he when he began to reign. And he reigned 20 and n years in Jerusalem.
His mother’s name also was Abby, the daughter of Zachariah.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. According to all that David his father did, he removed the
high places and break the images, cut down groves, and break in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made. For
unto these those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it, and he caught it, and hushed it.
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
Hallelujah. For he claved to the Lord.
Hallelujah. And departed not from following him. Hallelujah.
But kept his commandments. Hallelujah. Which the Lord commanded Moses.
Verse seven. And the Lord was with him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
and he prospered whethersoever he went forth.
Would you pray? Father, Lord, I thank you this day for the divine anointing that I feel in this room.
Yes, Lord.
Lord, it’s the anointing that will break every yoke. Amen. Hallelujah.
Yes. They’re already loosened.
Lord, it takes the anointing in that’s in this house right now for us to be free. Free from bondage,
free from sin, free from sickness, free from financial burden. God, we give you glory in this house today.
Lord, for surely you are in this place.
Yes, you are. And surely you are moving in the lives of these people in a lovely name that’s above
every other name the name of Jesus. Amen.
Amen. And amen. You may be seated for a moment. Hallelujah.
tonight.
Yes, Lord.
for
sheal.
Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, For I am the Lord thy God, and I have heard the prayers of my people. I have seen the heaviness of weighted burdens.
I have seen the sickness and heard your prayers. I have not only heard but I am moving even as we speak.
As I am here this morning to loosen every bond of wickedness to bring uh to bring my blessing of healing into your
lives. I have seen in multiple places and it has been declared right out of this very pull pit
that if it’s not natural, it is supernatural. I have seen what you’re going through. I’ve seen every uh tear
that has been shed. I’ve seen every fear and I have felt your burden. I have not left thee. I’ve promised you in my word
that I will never leave and I will never forsake thee. I am here this day and I am with you. I am not going to leave
you. I am not going to abandon you. I says the Lord will be with you through everything you go through. And those
that are going through the heaviness of burden, I’m about to lighten your burden if you’ll just give me praise, says the Lord.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, let’s magnify the name. Come on, let’s
I lift the name of the Lord today. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Glory to God. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord.
I just want to speak the name of Jesus. Thank you.
I can’t say.
Yes, you can.
I just want to speak the name of Jesus.
Over fear and all anxiety. Hallelujah.
declaring there is hope and there is freedom in this house.
Oh, I see Jesus. Your name is power.
Your name is healing.
Your name is life.
Yes, it is.
Break every stronghold. Shine through the shadows.
Burn light.
Shout Jesus from the mountains and Jesus in the streets.
Oh Jesus in the darkness over every enemy.
Oh Jesus for my family. I speak his holy name.
Jesus.
Your name is power is here. Your name is healing.
Your name is high. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Thank you, God.
It said, I will never leave you and I will never forsake you.
Thank you, Lord.
Hallelujah.
When you strayed from him as a young man, he never left you.
He always was pulling you back, getting you back where you should be. Thank you, Jesus.
Hallelujah.
How many of you can testify to the same thing?
Dennis, in your sickness, he never left you.
And God met you over at that park that day. Yes, he did. When somebody laid hands on you. Amen.
He’s never left you. Thank you, Lord.
He’s never left you when that those bills continue to pile up.
He never left you.
And he always finds a way to get your His ways are greater than our ways.
Amen.
He said in that verse seven and and I’m just going to leave that verse there.
Brandon, you might as well just leave it right there because I don’t know who all this is for
today other than to know that God’s not left you in your sle.
I remember standing right here with you and your mom, Derek, praying, seeking God,
declaring his healing, declaring that he would move, and he did. In a big way.
Amen.
He never left you on that operating table with your chest cut. That’s right. Thank you, Lord.
You might have a scar from here to there from open heart surgery, sir. But he never left you. Amen.
Jesus. Hallelujah.
There’s people in this room, that some point in time in your past,
you thought you was a hopeless lost cause. Hallelujah.
Hallelujah. But God saw fit to not leave.
Hallelujah.
Brother,
he could have left you on that deck and you smothering out before we ever found you and got to you, but he never left you.
Amen.
It’s been over a year since my incident last year. I could have done been gone.
But he never left me. Hallelujah.
Janette, he did not leave you in that hospital to die.
He’s not going to leave you in that pain. He’s not worried.
Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Almighty God.
Thank you Lord. Oh thank you Lord. Thank you Jesus.
Well, Nancy’s heart rate went to 180 for about an hour last week just for a second.
Just for a moment in time, the enemy jumped on my shoulder and said, “Uh-huh. Your daughter’s getting married and now now
she’s leaving you.” But no, she ain’t either. No, no, no.
Oh, I don’t I don’t call that. I I actually stand against that. I don’t recognize your voice.
I don’t feel peace when you talk to me like that. Some of us need to learn that that voice that don’t bring peace. That brings anxiety and brings worry. It brings fear.
And that’s going to be in this series.
This is a series, by the way. And this ain’t the first one that was planned.
And this ain’t going to last more than five more minutes. So just get ready.
Get ready because God is in this house this morning.
Ask that worship team to go ahead and be in place and be ready.
I’ve been working on this for a little while. I was like, God, you just tell me when.
And you never know why he gives you what he gives you. But I’ve learned that if I just preach what he tells me to, it always has a purpose.
Amen.
You might not have physical legs, but he has not left you.
Hallelujah.
First time you walk down this aisle, instead of wheeling down this aisle, this little fat preacher might do him a little jig. in the in the Holy Spirit.
I’m I’m here to tell you my my my I’m here to tell you God is in a miracle working.
Listen, there’s people in this room. Thank you, Holy Ghost.
That you almost gave up.
You almost gave up on life. You almost gave up on your spouse. You almost gave up on your family.
But God sent his word today to say, “I’ve not left you and I’m not going to forsake you.”
Oh, who is that for today? Who is that for?
Mighty God. Mighty God. Lord, we just seek your face this morning.
We just seek your face this morning. And oh God, we thank you, Lord, that we know what we know.
You was with the children of Israel.
Love the movie Wednesday night. If you didn’t make it, you need to go see it.
Yes. He did not leave the three little Hebrew boys.
That’s right. To fend for themselves in that fiery furnace. Amen.
What a way they showed you. If if you can’t feel the spirit in that movie when you go, you need to get right back up here in this altar. Amen.
I’m here to tell you, when those three boys was tossed in those flames,
I firmly believe that those ropes they had them bound with, but King said, “Didn’t we toss three in
bound?” Yes. Yes.
Yes, he said yes.
The king said, “I thought so.” But I see four loose. Do not do not forget that part of that story.
I see four loose and the flames have no effect on them.
Well, hallelujah. Hallelujah. He never left them there. He was with them right in the fire.
When they threw Daniel in the lion’s end, that’s what even in the movie, but when they threw Daniel in that lion’s den, Maddy’s,
he was there to shut the mouths of the lion. That’s right, man.
He’s not left you when you cut your thumb off.
He could have passed out, bled out, and not be here today. But he never left you.
There’s a great anointing in this room. He could have left you.
He could have left you to leave this world many years ago.
Medical terminologies I can’t give you. But I can tell you this.
The reports you had, the doctors wasn’t giving you much hope. Not a 5% chance.
A 5% chance.
But God never
when I come around the curb down there at Big Creek and I saw my car my that my daughter was driving actually was Darren’s car at the time.
Absolutely.
Flipped upside down. All four wheels still spinning.
My heart fell to the floor.
The ambulance was there and they already had her in the back. And that little
I don’t know who it was, Joe. I don’t know all these. I’ve got a good relationship with both the state and the county and city.
But one of them come over there strutting his stuff
and he said where is the other one that was in the car?
I said sir she was by herself other than the dog Libby.
No. When the report came in, the witness saw a man in the car with your daughter.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
I didn’t know what to say over there, but immediately immediately the spirit of God hit me and said, “It is me.” Hallelujah.
My my my God will never leave you. That’s right.
And he’ll never forsake you. When you was diagnosed with cancer, he never left you.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Susie, friend, he never left you in those time. No, you wouldn’t leave the No, I ain’t taking that report. You didn’t take it home with me. You said, uh-uh.
No, no, no.
She began began to declare, “My God’s not going to leave me. He’s my healer.
Amen. Amen.
That’s what I began to say when Dr. Alum said, “Uh, you know, this is going to happen. We’re going to have to do this to you. We’re going to have to send you here, fly you there.” And I
said, “No, no, no, no, you’re not.” He said, “How do you know? I’m the doctor.” I said, “I don’t care. I know the great physician and his name is Jesus.” He didn’t like that. And he walked out.
He didn’t like it. He walked out.
But the last day he came in with one of his nurses and he he looked me up and down and I was tearing a cheeseburger all pieces.
Hadn’t been able to eat. I was tearing it up. Dennis, he looked at me. He looked back at that nurse. He said, “Turn him loose.” He’s a blessed man.
God never left me there. Amen. Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
I don’t know where all your situations have you right now, but I want you to know God’s not left you there.
Amen. God’s with you there.
It’s not meant to destroy you. It’s meant to deploy you. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.
Listen to what that said. That situation is not meant to destroy you. It’s meant to strengthen you and then deploy you for his purpose.
Stay to your feet. Stay to your feet right now.
Just bow your heads with me. Father, we thank you. We thank you, Lord, that you have not left us. You’ve never forsaken us. God, you’re always with us.
Thank you for your for your anointing in this house.
So God, as I get ready to open this altar, every heart, every heart, throw your hand up right now. How many of you are
dealing with a circumstance and you need God to remind you needed this reminder that you’re not left alone?
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. My my my my my. Come on. Come on.
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