4.24.25 – You Are An Overcomer

SPEAKER 02 : 0:09

Welcome to Call to Freedom with Barbara Carmack. This is Jimmy Lakey, and I’m delighted that you are joining us for this half hour. You can reach Call to Freedom at Box 370367, Denver, Colorado, 80237, or by going to the website at www.freedomstreet.org. If you want to leave a message or order a Word Power Daily Reading Bible Guide or a Freedom Street Express newsletter, you can call us toll free at 1-877-917-7256 and leave your name and address, including your zip code. If you want to talk to Barbara right now, she is expecting your call. You may call that same toll-free number, 1-877-917-7256 to speak to her. And now, let’s join Barbara in the studio.

SPEAKER 01 : 1:04

Welcome to Calda Freedom. It’s so good to have you join me today. God’s wisdom, wisdom from Holy Spirit is a blessing. It really is. Every day I’m asking him for blessings. I’m asking him for wisdom. I’m asking him that I can be able to understand things that I don’t understand. He’s so gracious. Oh, thank you, Holy Spirit. So God’s wisdom is a blessing. Walk in it. Joy is a gift. Be generous with it. And that’s why every day at the end of this program… You hear me say, take joy. All right. Or Jimmy at the end of the outro. Take joy. Oh, and prayer is a privilege. Act on it. When you ask in Jesus name, he will do it for you. When you truly believe it’s going to happen in Jesus name. Read John 14, 14 and 15. Oh, so beautiful. Ask in Jesus name and then act on it. And love is a miracle. Be God’s messenger. Love is a thing that goes with what Jesus had taught us. Love one another as Jesus has loved you. And that is from John 15, verse 12. Jesus said, this is so good. This is my commandment now. This is new covenant that you love one another just as I have loved you. What a privilege to be able to love one Love like Jesus loves, and as he teaches us to love, we can really love others as God has loved us. Oh, he has more provision than you have need, so don’t get in despair. Oh, don’t feel like you don’t have anything left for the end of the month. God is there. He’s going to help you. He’s going to help you in whatever way he can. And you’ve got to remember, he owns the cattle on a thousand hills. They must be gorgeous cattle. And he has more in his bank, in his heavenly bank, than you have need. So thank you, Father, for my friends today asking you in Jesus’ name to provide for them. through the riches in glory in Christ Jesus. I thank you, Father. Oh, praise the Lord. You are blessed to dispense for in him you live and move and have your being. If you would like to listen to previous programs, you can go to freedomstreet.org and click on radio show. And you can also download an app to listen to KLTT anytime. And if you do that KLTT radio app, then you can just scroll down to Call to Freedom and listen to that program, my program, this program. It’s not my program. It’s God’s program. It always has been God’s program. So you can listen any time, day or night. I’m so grateful that Call to Freedom can come to you live every day, Monday through Thursday. It’s a blessing to be able to let you know what’s going on in this world so you can be prayed up on current events. You can go online to donate, and just when you go to freedomstreet.org, you’ll see that little Donate button, and that’s all you do. You donate. It’s a really easy process. Well, Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after $2.2 billion in federal grants were frozen, with another $1 billion under review. I hope they freeze the other billion. Wow, can you imagine what some of these universities are getting? And they’re private schools, friends. They’re not public schools. They’re private. It’s like they have withheld federal funds from private high schools and private schools for our children. And yet, I think Hillsdale is private. They’ve never had any federal funds. I admire that. I really do. And here’s Harvard University, the oldest university in the United States, and they want more money. They’ve got billions, billions. Well, the administration has made continued funding contingent on the school eliminating DEI programs, banning masks at protests, and implementing merit-based admissions and hiring practices. Harvard contends that these demands infringe upon its First Amendment rights. Wow, we’re getting so tired of people standing on First Amendment rights when they really don’t even understand them. And they say that these freezes threatened critical research initiatives. Critical. If your memory is short, you won’t remember the campus protests on Harvard campus just a couple years ago. People have been hurt, especially the Jewish students who have been kept from their rights. Although, I’ve got to say to you right now, I don’t know why Jewish students elect to attend a university whose principles are so far left. I told my daughters, you do not have to go to a higher learning institution. And Kimberly then elected to go to Rhema Bible School, which I’m so grateful for. And Dana then went to a piano rebuilding school in Iowa. And I’m grateful. She came back and she was able to rebuild and tune some pianos we had there. And Harvard is a private university that is getting federal funding. All that the Trump administration is telling them is to take teaching DEI out of their classrooms, diversity, equity, and inclusion. And this is really racist when you see all the teaching that comes from DEI. And they need to be willing to accept any and all U.S. citizens equally on campus. Boy, they’re adamantly stubborn. I don’t want our tax dollars going to a university that is preaching anti-constitutional doctrine to the students. Oh, pray for a change of heart in the educators who have led our young people astray. They really have. We have a generation or two of young people that don’t even listen to what our forefathers talked about in having freedom in our nation. It was for freedom that Jesus set us free. So I am praying that very thing. Our memory verse for this week has been Psalm 85, verse 10. And Kimberly introduced this to us. Loving kindness and truth or faithfulness have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. And remember, friend, that’s always in Jesus. In Jesus. The Passion Translation is so good. Psalm 85, verse 10. And I’m going to go through 11, 12 verses here. So good. Revive us again, O God. I know you will. Give us a fresh start. Then all your people will taste your joy and gladness. Pour out even more of your love on us. Reveal more of your kindness and restore us back to you. Now I’ll listen carefully for your voice and wait to hear whatever you say. Remember, you’re listening for God’s voice, not the voices around, oh, that are swirling around you from all the news and all the world. No, you’re quietly listening for God’s voice. Let me hear your promise of peace, the message every one of your godly lovers longs to hear. That’s us, folks, godly lovers. Don’t let us in our ignorance turn back from following you. For I know your power and presence shines on all your devoted lovers. Your glory always hovers over all who bow low before you. And this is from the Passion Translation. Psalm 85.10 goes on to say, Your mercy and your truth have married each other. Your righteousness and peace have kissed. Flowers of your faithfulness are blooming on the earth. Righteousness shines down from the sky. Now, this author is talking about present tense. Here he changes tenses in verse 12. Yes, the Lord keeps raining down blessing after blessing and prosperity will drench the land with a bountiful harvest for deliverance goes before him preparing a path for his steps. So many times, especially in the Psalms, you will hear one tense and then another kind of tense speaking to God directly and then talking about God is changing tenses. Well, in the Bible, I was just looking the other day, an overcomer is someone who withstands sin regardless of the enticements Satan employs. He has the ability to overcome or conquer various challenges and trials. He has victory over sin. Praise God, we do. Jesus brought victory over that sin from the Garden of Eden. Endures hardships and grows in faith. Remember, faith comes from all those pressures that we overcome. Praise the Lord. Successfully resists the power and temptation of the world system. Holds fast to faith in Christ until the end. Wow, do not grow weary in well-doing. I might use that verse next week. Galatians 6, verse 9. We’re reading through Galatians right now. Do not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season. Do not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season. If you don’t faint, if you don’t faint, if you don’t give up, you will receive a great reward. Praise the Lord for those verses. Aren’t you glad for those verses in the Bible? Those are God’s promises to you as you read them. Therefore, today, they’re always present. They’re always present, right on spot. Romans 8, 31 through 39 talks about being overcomers. So what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? And this is from the Message Translation, Romans 8, 32. If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? You know, he exposed himself to the worst. Those people that beat him cruelly crushed him. Those were the worst. And he exposed himself to the worst. And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? So if the devil is trying to tangle with you and argue with you, remember, if God is for you, No one can be against you. This is the chapter that it’s in. The one who died for us, who was raised to life for us, is in the presence of God at this very moment, sticking up for us. Jesus is your lawyer. He’s your advocate. You feel like you’ve been mistreated? Well, tell Jesus. Tell Jesus. He is our peace. who has broken down every wall. Oh, praise God. Verse 35 of Romans 8 says, There is no way, no trouble, no hard times. Not hatred or hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture. And here Paul is citing several instances that as we go forward here in the Old Testament where the Jewish people were killed, they were. They were tortured. And he’s saying here in verse 36, they kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We’re sitting ducks. They pick us off one by one. None of this phases us because Jesus loves us. Paul is saying they can do with me what they want to. And remember, he was beaten with rods. He was stoned. He was shipwrecked. He says that that’s not going to bother me at all. Doesn’t phase us at all because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing, nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable, absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus, our master, has embraced us. See, we are overcomers with Jesus. That’s why I can go on living and telling you about Jesus, even though my most cherished and loved person is no longer here. And that was a time where I had to give myself some space. And if you’ve lost a loved one, a son, a daughter, a husband or a wife, give yourself some time. Give yourself some time, just some genuine time. And it can even be alone time where you can go and seek his face because it is a very challenging time when you lose a friend, a loved one who’s been there for you every moment. And that’s why, you know, me living with John for 23 years and then Darren and being there with both of them 24-7, we worked together, we lived together, we loved together, we slept together. We just were together all the time. And that’s why you can go on in life after losing your loved one because you know. You know that you know that Jesus loves you. You have listened to TV and Christian programs long enough to know that you have a friend who is willing to die for you, a friend who sticks closer to you than your biological family. He’s your blood brother. Literally, he’s your blood brother. I really love that. I love the fact that Jesus is my blood brother. And if he’s sticking close to me, oh, be near me, Lord Jesus. I ask you to stay close by me forever and love me, I pray. Bless all my dear children and grandchildren in thy tender care and take us to heaven to live with thee there. That’s the third verse of Jesus loves me. Probably the most familiar song ever written besides happy birthday. But we know that he is going to be close to us. You can say that. Be near me, Lord Jesus. I ask you to stay. He is there for you, my friend. That’s how people in the Bible who were all alone fulfilled the plan that God instilled in them. Let’s look at last week. I was reading in Judges. Oh, this is a really challenging book to read. I mean, it really is. who very graphic and bloody and goes against all my morals. But we need to know what happened when people are stubborn and rebellious against God. This is what happens. So… Let’s see how people in the Bible who were all alone fulfilled the plan that God instilled in them. And if you go to Judges 7 with me, it’s such a wonderful chapter because Gideon found himself alone. And he was threshing the wheat, and he was afraid of the Midianites, and he was all alone. Then the Lord said, I want you to tear down the idol in your father’s yard. So he goes and tears down. He was obedient. That’s one thing he was. He was very obedient to God’s instructions. Tore down the idol and they were going to kill him. So Gideon had some real experience with opposition before God instructed him to go and defeat the Midianites. I mean, millions, millions of men. So here in Gideon, excuse me, Judges 7, Gideon, Gideon actually rounded up 32,000 men with him to fight the Midianites. And that’s a pretty good number, especially with the expert fighting experience they had. So, you know, he was feeling pretty good. And then the Lord said to him, You have too many warriors with you. Oh, my goodness. It’s like, oh, Lord, I’ve only got $300 till the end of the month. It’s okay. I’m with you. That’s plenty. You can survive here. And you have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, then the large army will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength. It’s not by might nor by power, but by God’s spirit. Remember that in Zechariah 4.6. Tell the people, and this is God speaking to Gideon, tell the people, whoever is timid or afraid may leave this mountain and go home. Well, you know what? Only 22,000 of them went home. Oh, I think I might be with the 22,000. It’s sad to say, but I might go home. So 22,000 of them went home, leaving only 10,000 who were willing to fight. Okay, so we can still fight with 10,000. That’s quite a group of people. Oh, God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, friend, and his ways are not our ways. And the Lord told Gideon, and this is verse 4 of Gideon 7. There are still too many. Bring them down to the spring and I will test them to determine who will go with you and who will not. When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the Lord told him, divide the men into two groups. In one group, put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group, put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream. Okay, so if you’re getting down into the stream, you are not looking at the horizon. You are not watching out for the enemy. You’re involved in just getting a drink, while these others… told Gideon they’re going to cup their hands and drink from their hands. These are the guys that are really on spot and they’re waiting for any clue from the enemy. And guess what? Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream. Stay alert to what is happening in the spiritual realm, my friend. Set your mind on things above and not things on this earth. So, out of the 10,000, 300. Oh my The Lord told Gideon, with these 300 men, I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home. So reluctantly, I’m sure, Gideon collected the provisions and ram horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept 300 men with him. The Midianite camp was in the valley just below Gideon. Gideon listened to the Lord’s instructions and carried out every detail, even sneaking into the enemy camp and listening to the Lord. to what the Midianites were saying, and they were scared to death. Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, Oh boy, I bet his adrenaline was pumping. Get up, for the Lord has given you victory over the Midianite horde. Oh yeah, right. He divided the 300 men into three groups and gave each man a ram’s horn and a clay jar with a torch in it. Now, how are you going to fight with a horn and a clay jar? then he said to them keep your eyes on me when i come to the edge of the camp do just as i do as soon as i and those with me blow the ram’s horns blow your horns too all around the entire camp and shout for the lord and for gideon it was just after midnight after the changing of the guard when gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the midianite camp they had broken up a hundred men in a in a group Suddenly they blew the ram’s horns and broke their clay jars. Then all three groups blew their horns and broke their jars. They held the blazing torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands. They didn’t have any kind of implement to fight with. No swords. as we would have guns or swords or knives. And they all shouted a sword for the Lord and for Gideon. Each man stood at his position around the camp and watched as all the Midianites rushed around in a panic, shouting as they ran to escape. Boy, they did. They just ran in all directions. I’m sure some of them were killed from just the confusion and the running of the crowd. And then Gideon instructed several hundreds, thousands of men to go after the Midianites, and they destroyed the Midianites with 300 men and torches and clay jars. Go figure. Oh, God is so good. Oh, if God is for us, my friend, who can be against us? Here’s a song by Matt Marr.

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Father, let your kingdom come Father, let your will be done On earth as in heaven Right here in my heart Father, let your kingdom come Father, let your will be done On earth as in heaven, right here in my heart. Give us this day a daily bread. Forgive us, forgive us, as we forgive the ones who sin against us. Forgive them and lead us not into temptation. Let your kingdom come. Father, let your kingdom come. Father, let your will be done. On earth as in heaven. Right here in my heart. Father, let your kingdom come. Father, let your will be done. On earth as in heaven. As we forgive the ones who sin against us, forgive them and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil one. It’s yours, it’s yours All yours, all yours The kingdom, the power The glory are yours It’s yours, it’s yours All yours, all yours Forever and ever The kingdom is yours It’s yours, it’s yours

SPEAKER 01 : 24:41

Praise God. I love that song. Oh, you’ll hear it often. Father, let your kingdom come. Let your will be done in my heart. We’re not going to look at other people. We’re going to get our act together. We’re going to do our thing that needs us to get closer to God. Let your kingdom come right here in my heart. God is for you, my friend. He’s not against you. No good thing will he withhold when you’re walking with him. There is not one circumstance that I’ve gone through in all the years that I’ve lived on this earth that I can say, well, you didn’t come through for me this time. Not once, not once. Even when we were homeless, even when we didn’t have something to eat, we didn’t lose a whole lot of weight. This is really amazing how God has taken care of us. When Darren owed $1.5 million, you talk about a debt. Oh, it’s a death stream debt. Oh, and God is so good, friend. He’s been there all the time. He will be there for you. Remember, 1 John 4, verse 10, this is real love. Not that we love God, but that he loved us and sent his son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Oh, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love one another. As Jesus said in John 15, as I have loved you, you love one another. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. God bless you. Darren and I are going to be on the air tomorrow. Oh, we want you to know God loves you so much. I want to leave you today with that. God loves you. He truly loves you. And I want you also to know that we don’t take any care on ourselves. No more burdens. We take joy.

SPEAKER 02 : 26:50

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SPEAKER 1 : 28:17

Thank you.