Thursday Night Thirst / Pastor Jeffrey Jasper / Radah Church / 9 APR 26

18, we see two parties. We see King Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and King Ahab, the king of Israel. Now I'm gonna ask you, I'm gonna ask you, which one of, which one of these kings, which one of these kings was a good king? Was it, was it Ahab or was it Jehoshaphat? Jehoshaphat was the good king. Ahab did what was evil and what was wicked in the sight of the Lord according to the word. Amen. So let's look at these names. Jehoshaphat means Jehovah has judged. Ahab means father's brother or uncle or friend of God. And you would think that someone with the name that may be an uncle or a friend of God would be a safe person to be with. You would think that would be somebody that would have your best interest. You would think this would be somebody that you could lean on for counsel. You would think this would be somebody that, hey, you know, I can talk with you and you can guide me and, and teach me the ways. Since Ahab became king before King Jehoshaphat, so let's talk about these alliances. I told you where we at, right? We're in 2 Chronicles. 18. That's where we at. I'm gonna give you some scripture references. The first part of this alliance that we're gonna see when you look at 2 Chronicles, uh, 18 is an alliance of amenity. Somebody say the alliance of amenity. And amenity is convenience. It's something that adds to the ease of someone's life. So what does this look like? The— an alliance of amenity is when you align with someone for your own benefit, or they align with you for their own benefit. They may not even like you, but they will— but they will say, hey, look, I really, really need you. I really, really need you. And so there you are. And so you find yourself in an alliance of amenity, one of convenience. Not covenant, not covenant, convenience. When we look at this alliance in 2 Chronicles 17, we see King Jehoshaphat is protecting Judah from Israel. We see him fortifying the cities. We see him building walls. We see him protecting and securing the borders against Israel. Amen. And for some apparent reason, he enters into a peace treaty that is sealed by the marriages of Ahab's daughter Ataliah and King Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram. This union, this of, of, of amity— it's the alliance of amity— joined these two countries. It joined Israel and it joined Judah militaristically and politically. Amen. Militaristically. So that means— and we see the King Jehoshaphat, what he says is, he says, when King Ahab asked him, will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead? Jehoshaphat says, oh, my people are your people, you know, my horses your horses. Militaristically, because they've come into this agreement, this alliance. Now here is the problem with alliances of convenience. Alliances of convenience will cost you more than you are willing, more than you are able. When we go to the grocery store— excuse me— when we go to the grocery store, we know how much we paying, right? Price tags are on the shelf. Nothing is a surprise when you go to the store. Everything is right there. It's, it's right there. So you know what you're paying. Now, you, you might not be calculating what you're putting in your basket, but it's there. You can't say, well, you didn't know how much it was. Amen. But when you have alliances of amenity because you're looking for convenience, you want— the cost of that alliance will cost you more than you realized. And you say, well, Pastor, where is the proof of that? Well, when you go to 2 Chronicles 18:31. Let me pull that up. We gonna read that together so that we can see that. Amen. 2 Chronicles 18— 18:31. 2 Chronicles 18:31 says, and it came to pass when the captains of the chariot saw Jehoshaphat that they said, it is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight, but Jehoshaphat cried out and the Lord helped him, and God moved them to depart from him. This was a hit. This was a hit. Because when you read it, what you will find is that King Ahab, when he asked Jehoshaphat if he would go down to the battle with him, get this. Now you've been asked to go into battle with him, but he gonna say, oh, you gonna go with me? Okay, so what I'm gonna do, we gonna go together, but you be disguised. I'm gonna be disguised. You wear your robes and your regalia, you go, but I'ma hide myself. But what he didn't know is that the king of Syria who he was going into battle with had already told his army Don't go after anybody but the king of Israel. So here's King Jehoshaphat in all of his regalia, looking all kingly and all princely. There he is. And King Ahab is wearing a disguise, and he gets come past about— they come and surround him. And because Jehoshaphat hollered out, something about that holler, something about that holla let them know, oh, this ain't Ahab. If we could bring that to present day, we would say that he said, "Jesus!" And they said, "Oh, ain't no way that's Ahab. Ain't no way that that's Ahab. Ahab ain't calling on the name of the Lord." But it was a hit. And here we find also in the 17th chapter of 2 Chronicles, we also are told that Jehoshaphat had a lot of riches. He was rich. The people liked him. We could say that he was walking in a whole lot of prosperity. So imagine if he had been bumped off. Imagine if the hit had been successful. Do you think Ahab would have left that alone? No, Ahab would have taken the riches. He would have taken it again because it is an alliance of amenity. It's an alliance of convenience. Not covenant. Let's look at the next alliance that this produces. It produces an alliance of allegiance. So an alliance of amenity turns into an alliance of allegiance. And we see in 2 Chronicles 20:35— we're gonna go there real quick— 2 Chronicles 20 35. And what we're gonna find here— I'm going somewhere, y'all gonna stay with me. And it says, and after this did Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, join himself with Uzziah, king of Israel, who did very wickedly. He done joined himself with Ahab's son. He has joined himself with Ahab's son. And he's entered into a commercial partnership. Now somebody say commercial. We done left from it being convenience to being one of commercial. So this is economically, this is one of economics, this is one of money that he's entered into. An alliance, an alliance of allegiance. Why is he allegiant? Well, because remember, he already set up the alliance of immunity with Ahab. Ahab is dead, but he is now kind of obligated. He's kind of obligated. So this now produces further connection, the further connection with this evil country. And what happens is this, this, this alliance of allegiance Uh, which is commitment and adherence to something to which is bound by pledge or duty. I got ahead of myself. All right, so here what happens is, is God is displeased with him. You would have thought that he would have, after almost being killed, you would have thought that he would say, I'm not fooling with Israel no more. That's what I would have done. Would you? Ain't no way you could have got me and called me nowhere. I mean, Blocked. You can't talk to me. You almost died fooling with you. You need to understand that the devil don't care nothing about your good intentions. The enemy don't care nothing about that. You don't mean no harm to nobody. He mean harm to you because he comes for no other purpose but to steal, to kill, and destroy. And so you— we have to understand that when we come into alliance when we come into connection, when we come into agreement with people who are aligned with the devil, then why are we upset when we lose? Why are we upset when, when, when they try to take us out? Well, they tried to take me out. Well, you aligned yourself with the devil. So God was displeased, and because God was displeased, God said— God, God jacked up the ships. So he lost money. In this economy, can you stand to lose any money because of bad decisions? Because you and I, we chose to align with somebody who was not aligned with God. And so now God said, you know what? I'm kind of sick of you. 'Cause I've— this is my sanctified imagination. God said, I'm kind of sick of you because you would have thought that you would have learned your lesson from before, and here you are again. So what I'm going to do is— this is going to end badly for you. So what I'm going to do is I'm not even going to allow this to come to fruition. We're just going to jack it up right now. Sometimes when situations don't go the way we want them to go, it's God saving us from what we've connected to. We're mad, we're upset. Well, it cost me. It cost you, but it would have cost you a lot more had God not intervened. Yeah, we got ships getting ready to go to Tarsus, and God said, nope, you thought. Now remember I told you that the enemy is a long-range planner? The enemy is a long-range planner. You got to know that. And so that's why it's important for us to really heed the Holy Spirit when he's guiding us and he's leading us. Because the enemy has already— my wife has this saying, she says it's always about the children, it's always about the line. Anytime the enemy's moving, she said it's always about, it's always about the lineage, it's about the offspring, the bloodline. Thank you, Apostle. So now we see, we go from the alliance of amenity, which was convenience, right? Which then produces an alliance of allegiance, which is one of commitment, which then produces an alliance of ancestry. The children, the lineage, a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor. So what happens here? Well, when we go to 2 Chronicles 21:4, Mm-hmm. Are y'all still staying with me? 21. All right, 21 and 4. We see, now when Jehoram— remember I told you that was the son of Jehoshaphat— was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and slew all his brethren with the sword. And divers also the princes of Israel. Well, you say, well, what does this have to do? I mean, it was his son that did it. Because who you marry is important, and who you allow into the family is important. And because of— and because— and because Jehoshaphat aligned himself with Ahab, remember I told you that, that the sealing of that, of that treaty, that peace treaty, was the marriage of their children. And so Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat the righteous king, has married the daughter, Athaliah, the daughter of Jezebel and Ahab. The Bible tells us that, that, that, that bad company corrupts good character. And Athaliah was, was murderous. She was wicked because she's her mother's daughter. The world would say the apple don't fall far. So because he, she, he has married, he has allowed this woman into, into the family, he's got this murderous spirit. Because you do understand that once the marriage is consummated, the two are no longer twain, but they are one. So now Jehoram becomes king. Remember I told you Bad company corrupts. So now he done rose up and done killed all his brothers because of an alliance of convenience, because of an alliance of amenity. The children and now the bloodline is cut off. And the reason why this is so important for us to understand here is because What we permit becomes okay for our children. It becomes okay. So we have to do things to protect the bloodline. So here the lineage is sacrificed. So what did we get? We got aligned with the country. Almost died, got a hit out, we lost money. Even though I'm dead— Jehoshaphat is dead— his lineage has been cut off after he's died. Let's go a little bit further. Not in my notes, but God was giving it to me on the way here. Samson had an alliance of affection. He liked the women that God told him to stay away from. The Bible says that Samson loved Delilah. Ain't said nothing about Delilah loving him. And we see how that ended up because he chose to connect He chose to connect to something that God told him wasn't gonna be good for him. You supposed to be killing the Philistines. How you marrying one? How that work? Where we do that at? Lost your eyesight. Now they don't— they done mocked you, done paraded you all over the place. And even though the prophecy came to pass, you killed more Philistines in your death than in your life, but it required you to die. Let's go a little bit further. Judas had an alliance of affinity— affluence, that's the word I'm looking for, affluence. He connected with the scribes and the Pharisees for 30 pieces of silver, which is some pretty decent money, pretty decent money. I don't know what that is. That must be the going rate for betrayal. The going rate for betrayal must be 30 pieces because I believe Delilah got 30 pieces. Something about betrayal and 30 pieces. And we know how that worked out. He was running back and forth. There's times where we in the Bible that are recorded between the gospels where we see the disciples, but nobody mentions Judas. Where Judas at? What Judas doing? Judas got to run and tell that spirit. He going to and fro. So he sold our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into the hands of those that would kill him. What he didn't know is that that wasn't going to be unto death, that that wasn't going to be permanent. Our Lord and Savior was going to get up. You are just merely— you are just merely a part that you're playing in the process So there are alliances all throughout, alliances of, of ill repute, alliances that don't— will not benefit you and I. And the enemy will come and talk to us and make— well, you know, but you Christian, but you know, but you a child of God, but you— there's some things we have to not touch. And leave things alone. Are we good? We good? Okay. All right, so now let's talk about agreements of avoidance. How do we avoid coming into these types of alliances? How do we avoid the alliance of amenity? How do we avoid the alliance of allegiance, or affinity, or affection, or ancestry? How do we avoid these alliances? Okay, well, in no particular order, avoid partnerships with those who are not equal. 2 Corinthians 6:14 says, be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship— what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light with darkness? Jehoshaphat didn't have the Apostle Paul's writing, but you should have known that, okay, how we— we not— we don't even think the same thing, we ain't talking the same thing, we ain't believing the same thing. Jehoshaphat aligned with Ahab knowing he was a— he was a Baal worshiper, knowing it. But you know how you got sold into it? Well, you know, it ain't gonna be that bad. We family. I'm gonna leave that one right there. Number 2: avoid agreements of convenience without taking stock, evaluation, or prayer. Luke 14:28 says, for which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost whether he have sufficiency to finish it? Count up the cost. Determine what type of obligation this is going to be to you. Evaluate this and determine whether or not this is going to be a good fit for where you're going. James 1:19 says, wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear and slow to speak and slow to wrath. But it's the slow to speak we want to focus on. And why is that important? Because in 2 Chronicles 18:4, Jehoshaphat agreed to going with Ahab before seeking counsel. Ahab said, will you go? Will you go with me down there? And Jehoshaphat said, yeah, I'll go. Then Ahab bought his prophets Then he's saying, oh, do we have a prophet of the Lord that we can— after you have agreed. How many times have you and I gotten into things because we spoke too fast? We didn't ask God what it was going to cost us. We didn't ask God, well, is this something I should be doing? God, are you in this? Well, God, are you— I mean, this seems like a good— this seems like a really, really good opportunity. Are you in this, or is this the enemy trying to hook me up? I had a pastor's wife that said, every good thing ain't a God thing. Every good thing ain't a God thing. That which seems as an answer prayer is a setup for failure. So we have to be careful and be slow. You gonna go with me? Let me rest on that. Let me go inquire about that. Let me go see what the Lord got to say about that. So number 3: avoid not heeding to wise and righteous counsel. Why is that important? Because after Jehoshaphat inquired, he said, is there a prophet of the Lord? They had about 400 prophets, all them prophets saying, yeah, go on down there, you gonna, you gonna be all right, you gonna be all right, if you gonna be out, be victorious. And Jehoshaphat was like, is there a prophet of the Lord? So this tells you you got a level of discernment, that you were able to determine that these were not prophets of God. How is it that you understand what's happening and still get pulled into nonsense? So, so he— so then the prophet comes King Ahab says, "Well, we got one, but he don't never have nothing good to say." He said, "Don't, don't, don't say that. Don't, don't say that." He said, "But we'll go get him." He brings him, prophet Micaiah prophesies, "Oh yeah, go ahead and go. It's going to be good." Ahab says to him, How many times have I told you don't lie to me? Essentially what he says. I'm paraphrasing. And then the prophet tells him the real deal. The prophet then tells him essentially he gonna go and die. And Ahab says, Ahab said, see, I told you he'll never have nothing good to say. Now again, here you have now inquired of the Lord. Right? We had one prophet. We didn't have a, you know, a 50/50 poll audience, you know, ask a friend. We had one prophet of the Lord that you could talk to, and that prophet came. That prophet says, "Look, this is not going to be a good adventure for you. Ahab, you're going to go down here and die." You would have thought that Jehoshaphat would have been like, "Nope." Nope. We constantly say God— that God reveals to redeem. But what happens when he's revealing to us that which we have connected to and we don't want to step away from it? What happens then? Are we leaning on grace and mercy then? Are we— are we expecting now? God has told you this ain't gonna be good. This ain't gonna be good, and you go on down here anyway. Not to mention that after— not only do you go down here anyway, after you find out this ain't gonna be too good, here comes Ahab talking, I'm gonna wear a disguise. Nope, I'm definitely not going now. What you need to wear a disguise for? It ain't like we doing a sneak attack. We gotta— we got a time and a place to be. For battle. They know who coming, right? They know who coming. So how you gonna wear a disguise? Nope, nope. All the red flags, all the red flags waving, saying, uh-uh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. And here's Jehoshaphat, yeah, but it's all good, it's all good. I gave my word, I done signed up for this this alliance of, uh, of convenience, huh? In 2 Chronicles 20:20, separate incident towards the, the B-clause, says, believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established, and believe his prophets so shall ye prosper. In Jeremiah 26:5-6, it says, and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I have sent to you again and again, though you've not listened, then will I make the house like Shiloh. You remember Shiloh? You remember Shiloh? Shiloh was where the— was where the Ark of the Covenant was. Where the Ark of the Covenant was stolen. Eli died after hearing the news. Said that he would make Shiloh and this city a curse among all the nations of the earth. That's Jeremiah 26:5-6. He went anyway. All these red flags— stay behind, don't— mm-mm. Not good, not good, not good, not good. And we go anyway. The last point is avoid not learning from mistakes. James 2:3a, the a-clause in the NIV, says, we all stumble in many ways. We all stumble in many ways. And I saw— I don't know who to attribute this statement to, but it says mistakes are for learning, not repeating. Mistakes are for learning, not repeating. So when we look at the text and we see Jehoshaphat's actions, we see that he kept repeating the same thing. After the issue with Ahab, he should have told— he should have told his son, um, I'm good, I'm good. No, we can't do business. It's all right. No, no, it's okay. Sigh. And every time he did something, a prophet showed up to ask him about it. After the Battle of Ramoth Gilead, a prophet showed up and was like, so what's up with you aligning with those that hate God? Like, dude. And because of that, and because of that, the wrath of God is going to be poured out on you, but there's good in you. So God spared him. Because he sought to seek God. But then there go Israel calling again, let's go into business together. Business? No, no, no business. And then you turn around and you lost, you lost your resources because you don't win in business. You don't win in business with somebody that's already done you dirty. So as we are aligning ourselves and, and as we are walking and we're seeking to walk out this dominion mandate that Apostle has been teaching us, we gotta be mindful that not everybody that comes to us is gonna be good for us. They're not gonna be good for us. We should not seek for the easy way. Apostle was saying the other day, broad— there's a path that's broad, but the path of righteousness is narrow. It's narrow. And unfortunately, because of this environment that we live in, we want everything right now, right now. We don't want no process. We want everything like bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. I mean, they done made it easy for us to have it that way. I mean, you know, you just go through, you just, I mean, even going through the, I mean, go to the drive-through, you hit McDonald's up, you at the window, you pay the money and you ride, and they throwing the bag in the car. Got your food. Even if you go to the grocery store, just add water, 2 minutes in the microwave. They made it easy, but that's not God's way. There's process that is in— we gotta be processed. There's no way that we can avoid the process. There is a process to all of it. And when we seek to shortcut, when we seek to lean on our own understanding for what we see We're going to come up short when we seek alliances and allegiances of convenience, commercial. You know, we— well, I'm just going, you know, it's going to be a real good deal. So yeah, we're going to be together. It'd be all right. You know, you and me, we cool. But why be unequally yoked with them? Even if it is good business. Now let's put this disclaimer. It's a difference if God said, yeah, go on and do it. That's a difference. So we're putting that disclaimer out there before somebody say, well, God— well, Pastor said don't do business with the unsaved. That's not what I said, because God may require you. God may— because there's something that has to be deposited. So there, he may put us in situations where— but we got to be led of God for that, not leaning to our own understanding. Well, I need security, so let me, let me link up with them. That's how Jehoshaphat got into the business with Israel in the first place. And instead of Jehoshaphat just saying, hey, look, I, I, you know, if y'all call, I'll send my army. No, you, you want to marry my children? That's what you want? But you wicked though. And all of the trouble All of the trouble that came, all that started from an alliance of amenity, an alliance of convenience. Almost died, lost money, lineage cut off. And this one person, this one person We can see this happening even in the news right now. If you want to see the dangers of alliances, we can watch the news and see, not even being political, just watching the news. You come in, you done asked the United States to come along with you, we go with you, and then we kind of negotiating a ceasefire, and then you, you being reported saying, well, it ain't the United States' job to determine I determine when this is over. Well, didn't you ask me to come over here with you? I mean, are we not in this together? We not doing this together? No, you just need it. Oh, okay. Okay. Gotcha. Understand. So we see, we're seeing alliances all over the place. The world wars were, were fought because of alliances. So alliances can have long-reaching effects, long-reaching effects, where people are aligning themselves. Amen. This word bless you tonight. Amen. Amen. We're gonna lift our hands, and I just need you to allow Holy Spirit to speak to you. Show you the alliances that you've come in contact with. Show you the people that you have aligned with because you thought you were helping them. People that, uh, situations that you have connected with because you thought it was going to be favorable for you, it was going to be favorable for, uh, for your outcome. Think about that. Let Holy Spirit bring it to you, because what we're going to need to do is we're going to have to do what King Jehoshaphat didn't do, which is renounce it. We're going to have to come out of fellowship with it. We're gonna have to come out of fellowship with it. Yep. Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, we say thank you, oh God, for your word. We say thank you for your revelation, oh God. We pray right now, oh God, that every time that we have come into an alignment, oh God, with people, with places, with things that you did not call us to, oh God, and Father, it is now wreaking havoc in our life, we pray right now, oh God, that you first would forgive us Forgive us for not consulting you. Forgive us, oh God, for not talking to you. Forgive us, oh God, for not seeking counsel, oh God. And now, oh God, we renounce it in the mighty name of Jesus. We separate ourselves, oh God. Father, we no longer come into fellowship with it. We use the blood of Jesus to sever the ties of the people, the places, and the things, oh God, that were of convenience, oh God. Father, we sever ourselves from the business deals, oh God, the contracts that we have come into fellowship with, oh God. Father, we sever ourselves even from our past relationships, oh God, where we were seeking affection. Father, the soul ties that are there, we sever them in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, we sever them in the name of Jesus. Father, let the blood of Jesus, the blood that speaks better things, let that blood, oh God, redeem us, oh God. Father, redeem us, oh God, in the mighty name of Jesus. And Father, and as we leave this place, oh God, Father, we have to let this word be hidden deep within our heart. Holy Spirit, cause us to be pulled. Father, when we seek to lean to the left or lean to the right, oh God, Father, cause us to, cause us to, to be aware, oh God, of when we are leaning on our own understanding. Father, Father, use this word to say you're aligning, you're aligning out of convenience, you're aligning out of convenience, you're aligning, you're aligning for commercial business, you're forgetting about your lineage, you're forgetting about your destiny, you're forgetting about legacy. Father, that we may walk upright before you. Father, that we won't squander the prosperity that you're going to cause us to walk in. Oh God, Father, that we may truly be ambassadors. Oh God, the answer to the world's problem. Father, we thank you. And Father, and we pray right now that you would cause our ears to be open. Father, that as Apostle teaches Father, that our ears would be open to hear what you are speaking to the church. Oh God, in the mighty name of Jesus, Father, that we will no longer be the same. Father, give us the boldness to say no. Give us the boldness to be slow to speak. Give us the boldness, oh God, that when we got into a situation, oh Lord, that we can step out of it and ask for forgiveness, oh God, and that you will deliver us, oh God. In the mighty name of Jesus. Father, we thank you. Father, we bless you and glorify you, oh God. Hey, in the mighty name of Jesus. Come on, if you believe it, clap your hands and give him glory. Come on, give him glory. Come on, give him glory for deliverance, for saving you and I. From those alliances that he did not purpose for us. In the name of Jesus, we're expecting that as we leave from here, Holy Spirit may reveal other alliances. He may show us other areas where we have— where we have not done— we've not been diligent. We've not been vigilant. Let Holy Spirit bring all things back to our remembrance so that we can walk upright. Amen. Amen. It's for destiny. Amen. It's for destiny. We can't fulfill the— we can't fulfill the dominion mandate with people leeching off of us, squandering the riches, squandering the resources, marring our influence. Father, we thank you and bless you. With the hand clap of praise, just clap your hands one more time. Give you glory, oh God. All right, now it's giving time. Amen. Amen. Are you excited to give? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Come on, let's do it, let's do it. Let's give unto the Lord. Let's take the time to give of our resources. You can turn that up, Mario. Thank you, I appreciate you, sir. You are faithful. If anybody's bringing cash— oh God, oh Lord, thank you, Jesus. Father, as they're coming, as they're giving, Father, let these resources, oh God, cause them, Father, to be multiplied in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, the offerings, the giving, oh God, cause it, cause it, oh God, cause the church to be enriched in the mighty name of Jesus. And Father, in their offering that they counted it not robbery, Father, we ask, oh God, that whatever they have connected it to, oh God, whatever they connected to that seed that they have sown, Father, let there be a manifestation in the mighty name of Jesus. We thank you for your givers, oh God. In Jesus' name, amen. Everybody's giving? We good? We good? Yeah. All right, I'm checking. I'm making sure we still breathing. Amen. All hearts and minds clear? Yes. All hearts and minds clear. Again, did that word hit it for you? Were you blessed by the word? Word. Yes, amen. We thank God. We thank God. Thank you. We thank God. Minister Tanya, it is good to see you. We take it that you and, and, uh, and Minister Vicki and Prophetess Roz, that they all made it back safely. We thank God for the safe travel. Thank you, Father. We thank you, oh God, thank you, Lord, for bringing them back into the area safely. Father, we thank you. We thank you. All right, if our hearts and minds are clear, let's stand. Please keep Apostle and Lady Woods in your prayers as they return. Yes, amen. As they return, let's pray that they don't get caught up in the airport because the TSA— I, I've, I've heard, I haven't experienced it of late, but, uh, and and for traveling graces and mercies. Amen. Amen. We can never take for granted that we go to a place that we're going to come back, that we're going to come back. I know some people will say, well, yes you can, yes you can, but the devil is busy. And even if you make it, even if you make it back, you don't want to be in the hospital. So we want to pray for traveling graces and mercies. Amen. That God will bring them back safely to us, that with the same grace that he took them. Because weren't you all blessed watching online? I mean, we weren't there with y'all, but we was, we was riding with y'all. We was riding with y'all. We was, we was riding with y'all every night. We was, we was right there on the phone. It was right there on the phones. We was there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, them 3 hours. Whoo! But it was good. A blessing. It was good. So I, I know that when Apostle gets back here, he going to be in another vein. Okay, a whole— and so let's make sure we eat our Wheaties. Amen. Let's be ready. Let's be ready. If all hearts and minds are clear, Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, we thank you, oh God. We thank you for your word. We thank you for your blessing, oh God. We thank you, Father, for that which has been brought to us to cause us to walk circumspect before you, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, we thank you for you— that, that you thought enough of us to give us a word, oh God, to cause us to evaluate our relationships and our alliances, oh God. Father, that you would be glorified. We lift up Apostle and Lady Woods with right now, oh God, and we ask, oh God, that you would continue to bless them where they are. Father, that you will continue to give them rest where they are, in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, that you would watch over their home, oh God. Father, let there be no emergencies in their absence, in the mighty name of Jesus. And Father, we lift the blood of Jesus to cover their home. Father, we lift the blood of Jesus to cover the hotel. We lift the blood of Jesus to cover the vehicles that they're going to be in. Father, we lift the blood of Jesus to cover the airline— oh God, the airplane— in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, we lift the blood of Jesus over every home, oh God, of Rada Church, in the mighty name of Jesus, Father, that there would be no hurt, harm, danger, accidents, incidents in the name of Jesus, Father, that events of calamity and destruction would be far away from us, oh God, that you would deliver us from enemies that lie in wait, oh God, Father, cause your angels as we leave from this place, cause your angels to go ahead of us, cause angels to escort us, and then cause angels to bring up the rear, and Father, and may we find our homes in peace, in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, we bless you and we glorify your name. In the precious name of Jesus, we pray with thanksgiving and expectation, believing we have already received. We say amen, in the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen.