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God Never Promised an Easy Life 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's the god of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:55 I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to the broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about that, you know, God never promised that we would have this easy life. I know that there's a lot of people, like,1:07 there's some some, you know, pastors or people that say, oh, you know what? You get saved. You you give your life to the Lord. And they act like you're never gonna have a problem again in in your life.1:19 And and that's just simply not true because it's not that God isn't good. It's not that it isn't amazing to be saved. The difference is is that you live in the world, we're always going to have trials and troubles1:31 because we live in a fallen broken world, but the difference is now you get to go through those trials with Jesus. Because I'm telling you that my life before1:42 Jesus and after Jesus no matter what I've gone through, and I've gone through some pretty horrific things since I've been a Christian, but God was there with me every single moment of it. He was there with me.1:54 He was bearing me up in the midst of the trouble because that's the difference. He's it's his grace. He loves you, and he will see you through the difficult times no matter what you're dealing with.2:06 Well, and, you know, talking about people think that when you serve God, well, everything's gonna be like a bed of roses. But really, like I when I was,2:18 first being discipled, I was being discipled by these TV, you know, pastors and, you2:30 know, even in our church, there was a lot of, like, if you're sick, then you're in sin. If you're Whew. Yeah. If you're, you know, if you have a problem, it's on you.2:41 Yeah.2:42 I mean, seriously. So there was a lot the Bible says there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. It doesn't mean that, yeah, if you smoked a bunch of cigarettes and and now you have an2:53 issue, with your lungs, probably you shouldn't have smoked cigarettes. Right? It's a law of sowing and reaping, so there is that. But the thing is a lot of3:05 times, like, even when, people would I I we You didn't pray3:18 enough.3:22 You didn't pray enough. You didn't3:23 pray enough.3:24 Isn't that what the devil does?3:25 That's just that's just false.3:27 It's always woulda, shoulda, coulda, you shoulda, you shoulda, like, and that's that's how he tries to get you and and hang that on you. But, you know, the Bible says right here, Jesus speaking. John 16 33,3:40 in this world you will have trouble, but take heart because I have overcome the world. In second Timothy 3 verse 2, followers of Christ will face hardships. That's what3:52 it says. It says that he does not promise the comfort, but the comforter. Don't you love that? He promises us the comforter in second Corinthians 1 3 and 3 to4:04 4. So no matter where we are, no matter what we're facing, no matter if it's an illness, a crisis, you know, if if if you're facing, you know, a a surgery, you have a backslidden4:16 child, you're going through a rough time and and maybe you've lost your job or a marriage, you know, God is the comforter. God is the restorer of the breach. God can take care of things. He can pull you out of there and4:27 help you. It doesn't mean you're not gonna have to walk through it. You know, maybe you're going through a difficult divorce or an illness and it it it doesn't mean you're not gonna have to walk through treatments or or4:37 a long process, through courts or whatever. But God's with you the whole the whole every step of the way, the whole time. He will never leave you or forsake you, and you can count on4:49 that. Because, you know, God you don't have to think about the disciples. They had to go looking for Jesus, you know, they had to go find him, and they had a lot of times asked, how come this didn't work when we prayed?5:00 And all this kind of stuff. We don't have to do that. Jesus, if you are born again, he has already sent the Holy Spirit to live in you, and he's your advocate, he's your5:12 counselor, he's your healer, he's everything that we need. And when we call on the name of Jesus in the midst of our trials, he will lead us through, he will guide us, he will give us wisdom to navigate the5:24 difficult times. Give us wisdom maybe to what protocol to take, what doctor to seek. He will lead you and show you the way. But we have to understand and know that that it's not promised5:36 that we're gonna have this easy life and that everything's just gonna be, like, you know, some some giant party the minute you give your life to the Lord. That's not true, and that's not how it went.5:46 Yeah. And, like, you know, even, you know, back in the eighties, they were like, if you give this money, then you're gonna get this and this and this. And, honestly, that's a that's a5:58 false doctrine. It does say that if we give to the Lord, he will give back to us, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give unto your6:10 bosom. That's what the Bible says. So it does promise, but it doesn't mean you're gonna be rich because you gave to God. I mean, that's just a lie.6:20 1 of the things they promised, like, you're gonna get this and you're gonna, you know, send 1000 dollars today, like, right now, and you're gonna get all these things. You know, that that's and and poor people. God6:31 wants, you know, he loves a generous giver and when you just feel led, you know, you're at church or whatever, you know, is that God will lead you into what to do and and that's, you know, that can bring a6:43 blessing back to you, the Bible says, but that's not why you do it. You know what I mean? Right. You you give God loves a generous heart that you want to sow into the things of the Lord and6:55 what his agenda is, and and, you know, whether it's for orphans or for what what you know, whatever the case may be, or to to for us, it's souls. And and when we keep doing what7:07 we do because it's it goes all over the world, and we we pray for souls. That is our burden, that people would get saved and that we could all collectively fill heaven, you know, with with7:19 souls, because they're all matter to the Lord. And and I think of myself sometimes, like, if if I if I didn't know the Lord, like, how that all happened for me, and where would I7:30 be right now, and how would I be if if if I didn't have that opportunity? And so it's so important to me, and to you, I know, you know, that people get to know the Lord and hear7:42 about him.7:43 And and that even when you say yes to Jesus, he promised that we were gonna have trouble. That's that's the truth. Yeah. The truth is that we're still living in the7:55 world even though we have Jesus. The only thing that's different and it makes all the difference is that Jesus will walk you through it. It even says, yay, though I walk.8:07 Everybody knows the scripture through the through the shadow of the of the valley of death. I will fear no evil. Right? And it so it promises that you're going to walk through8:19 some things, but you just keep walking. And and but you keep walking with Jesus with that good shepherd. And so we when we come back, we're gonna talk more about this.8:28 It's finally here, our second annual mega sale. This sale only comes around once a year, so take advantage of the best offers ever while you can. For example, save 50 percent on our Giza8:40 Dream bed sheets as low as 29 98. And for the first time ever on TV, MyPillow mattresses and MyPillow mattress toppers as low as 998:51 98. And you save 50 percent on our LuxPure 6 piece tall sets. Regular 69 98, now only 39 98. And our best selling standard MyPillows,9:03 regular 49 98, on sale for 17 98. Wait on it. Mega sale only 14 98. So go to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use9:15 this promo code to take advantage of our second annual mega sale. But wait, There's more. To make the mega sale even more special, when you order right now, your order's gonna shipCasting Cares and Waiting on the Lord 9:27 absolutely free.9:29 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're talking about how god never promised us an easy life. And we're sorry to break that news to you, but, you know, if you know somebody that just has this9:40 fabulous life all the time, I guarantee you, you don't know the the behind the scenes because a lot of that is just is is is fake news for real, because everybody has their things, you9:51 know. Everybody's got some sorrows. Everybody's got some hurts and and pains and family issues. And and and, I mean, you're not gonna escape it because if you're dealing with people every day on a daily10:03 basis, you know, whether it's people at your job or people in your household, whatever it is, there's going to be issues. You know, there's gonna be financial issues and health issues and children issues, marriage10:14 issues. That's just life. But when you rely on God, you know, the Bible says the peace of God will guard your hearts and your mind in Christ Jesus. That means no matter what you're dealing10:26 with, you can ask him for his peace. And, you know, the Bible talks about his perfect peace that surpasses all understanding. And when you cast your cares, cast your cares, that's an action word.10:38 You know, he didn't just say, you know, set your cares down. No. It's like hurl those things. Cast them off onto his shoulders because he cares for you, and he wants you to give him everything.10:50 And when you send those off to him with prayers and supplication, you would make your request known to him. Say, I I don't even know what to do about this. And, you know, I always picture myself I I11:02 picture the altar. Right? And I lay things down on the altar, whether it's a person, whether it's a thing, whether it's even thoughts. Like, I don't wanna think this way anymore. I don't wanna have these fears, or11:14 I don't wanna have these issues, and you lay that down. And those are a trouble that you're going through, even if you know the Lord. Cast it off to him. He wants all of it because11:26 he wants our yokes to be easy, our burdens to be light. And so when we understand that we don't just race to the phone, we don't talk about it, we don't rehearse it, we don't give it so much life, these11:37 problems, but instead we give it to the Lord. And we find scriptures that's so key. Go find scriptures on anxiety, on fear, on on finances, you know, on11:49 wayward children. There's something there's a scripture for everything you are facing. And then stand on it and repeat it and say, Lord, this scripture's for me. Personalize it. I want this. I12:00 speak this over my life, over my family, over whatever it is, and he will break through for you. And and we're not saying it's gonna be immediate. We're not saying it's just gonna be like, you know, boom, everything12:12 changed. Stand on it because God inclines his ear to hear and he is so faithful to appropriate his word, you know, and and that means he's he's faithful to to watch over12:24 it and to and to perform it12:26 over your situation. Amen. That's that's some good preaching. You know, I think about, like, there are people that we live in a very populated12:39 society, but the loneliest society probably that's ever existed because we're not, like, you know, in in historically, people had12:51 communities, and now people are just kinda scrolling online, and they're they're on these dating apps. And we, I think, live in the loneliest generation.13:03 And I feel like there are people that are you've been, you know, feeling like, you know, hey, god. I'm a Christian. I've been praying for that man. I've I've been praying for that woman for so long,13:15 but you know what? God says that he places the lonely in families. This yes. This is a trial. You are gonna stand and wait. Like the Bible says13:27 that, you know, that that you're gonna go through trials, but that you'll be refined in the fire when you've gotten through them. When we suffer in the flesh,13:39 we cease from sin. That's what the Bible says. So what what I want you to remember is that God hears your prayers and that you he is gonna place the13:51 lonely. And the Bible if you break that word down, it's desolate. That I mean, you're so isolated, and you're like, god, where are you? That's a you're going14:02 through a trial. But if you just keep walking, god is gonna get you through it. You God hears you right now. He hears you on this, and you're gonna get through this lonely14:14 season. It's only a season.14:16 Yeah. You know, every trial has a first day and a last day. I'm serious. It says because like you said, you're walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Every trial has a first day, and14:28 that's the worst, and it has a last day. You're coming out of it. There's going to be an end to this. There's going to be a last day. But guess what? God is there every day through the whole thing,14:40 from the day 1 to the victory day. And he's there through the whole thing. He's got you and he's right there with you. And you know, 1 of the things you can easily say, and this I do, it's like, can I control14:52 this in any way? Worrying about it, losing sleep over it, pacing your floor, calling 5 friends, complaining, none of that is gonna15:04 change it. You if it's out of your control, if it's not a problem you can solve with a phone call or a payment or whatever it is, something easy, if it's not15:16 something like that, then then you have to just give it to God and say, I can't control this. I cast it off to you. I'm going to give it to you, and Lord, I know you've got it and you're going to do something about this.15:27 And then stand on that. Say, God, I know you got it. I don't know how you're going to do it, but I you are God. So I'm not even going to question because you've got ways I've never even thought of, and that's so cool to15:39 see him work, and he has done that in my life in the most amazing ways. I have so many testimonies of things like that, and I know you do too. And just that and when you do see God15:52 move, so many times, it's in the craziest way because you know it was Him. And there's no, like, like, way to explain that that16:03 would have happened in the natural.16:06 And and today, where everything's like a microwave, you know, they want you want quick answers, I want quick answers. Right? But the Bible says, and this is how you get to the other side of16:18 these trials. They that wait upon the Lord, he will renew their strength, and they will mount up like wings, like eagles, and they will run and not be weary, and they will walk and16:29 not faint. And and even young men, they get weary, but they that wait upon the Lord Yes. He's gonna renew your strength. Love it. And that is a promise. So don't16:41 give up. Don't do something crazy because you're frustrated. Don't, you know, backslide because you think, well, god didn't hear me. No. Wait. Wait.16:53 Wait. Wait until you get the answer. I know, we've been talking about the eighties, so I'm just gonna go back to that. Push. Pray until something happens. Pray until something happens.17:05 That's a good eighties term. Right? That's what we're gonna get. If you push, you're gonna pray until something happens, that trial is gonna end, and there is gonna be hope. The Bible says17:17 that I know the plans I have for you, plans for good and not for evil, plans for a future and a hope. Amen. We'll come right17:26 back. Have you ever wondered if someone was monitoring you, like nefarious tech companies, corrupt federal agencies, or hostile foreign countries? News flash. They are the deep state, big tech, and China are tracking17:37 your every move and using it against you up until now. You've been powerless to stop it. However, Quanta has cracked the code with quantum resistant encryption, and we control the entire ecosystem end to end.17:49 Visit quantasure dot com today to take back your privacy and help vanquish the enemies of free speech. When communications need to be secure, use Quanta and be sure. Enter the promo code on your screen for a discount on18:01 your subscription.Overcoming Through Testimony and Prayer 18:04 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're talking about, you know, God didn't promise us that everything was just gonna be smooth sailing, easygoing, you know. It's not some, you know, song.18:15 Christian cross. You think about the country western songs like you used to used to hear, you know, what do you get when you get when you play a country western song backwards? Well, you get18:24 My wife.18:25 You get your dog back, your wife back,18:27 your18:27 truck back, you get it all back. You know, that's you know, God's not the, you know, he's not he's not the record played backwards. That's not how it works. But but he but he does restore, and we did a18:39 show about that today. And so even though things are not are not, you know, what you expected, like, God didn't you know, you just think, oh, I'm a Christian, and I gave my life to the Lord, and I feel like this has gone18:50 wrong, and this has gone wrong. Well, you know, that's honestly, I read 1 time this whole story that if if if everybody you were all sitting down at a party, a whole bunch of people you knew, family members,19:02 whatever, and everybody had to put their problem in a jar and then we got to read them out loud, you would take yours back. You know, everybody thinks that their problem is, oh, no. The world is19:14 collapsing. I have the worst thing. And I know that there are very, very difficult things that people are enduring and going through. But so many times, you know, you you hear these these accounts and you hear19:26 these testimonies, and sometimes these are people that you just can't believe. Like, I I would never have guessed that they have gone through such things, you know,19:38 and and yet here they are just just following the Lord, and they're just there's just glory all over them, and they seem happy and cheerful and you know that's an overcomer19:50 because the Bible says that we overcome through the blood of the lamb and the words of our testimony. And so these trials, so these difficulties that you will go through that God God has has promised to be20:02 with you in those times, he will turn it around and use it for his glory. And you can give a testimony about, look, I walked through this, but God did20:14 this, and God showed up. And that becomes your testimony, and it becomes like your faith journal. Because God is the same God yesterday, today, and forever.20:26 And so when you go through the next thing, you can look back and you can say, well, God brought me through this, and look what he did here, and he did this, and he changed my life here, and he brought us through this20:37 difficult time. He is the same God, and won't he be so faithful to do it again? And so so your testimony is there to bless others and to give God glory20:49 of look what he did, look what look what happened in my life, and look what God did for me, and look how he pulled me out of this. And then you can somebody can just hear that and and be so blessed21:01 by that. That's why we can overcome. The devil doesn't want you to testify. He wants you to be so quiet and keep that all secret so that we don't share the good news of what God has brought us through.21:13 He wants us to stay defeated and quiet. He loves secrets, and then God doesn't get the glory in any of it. But I'm telling you, if if I knew you know, I always say21:25 this. If if I knew when I was walking through a trial, if I knew then what I know now, I would never change a thing because of the closeness, the sweetness of21:36 God in my most difficult times, I would never change it. I would never change it. I would go through the same thing again to know the closeness and how far that has led me closer21:48 to the Lord, my relationship with him, how I can count on him, his faithfulness in the trials, I would never change it. And when you can get to the place where you can say that, that you22:00 can truly count it all joy, like you said, when you go through trials of many kinds, that's what it means because God is there in the difficult times no matter what we are dealing with and no matter what we are going22:11 through.22:12 Amen. Well, you know, the Bible says if any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. And I just feel like there are so many times whenever,22:24 you know, we are thinking we're we're serving God, so there's no trouble. Right? But but the problem is trouble is not optional. It's22:36 promised. Jesus promised we were going to have trouble, so do not be in shock and awe that you're going through a fiery trial. Do not be surprised by22:47 it because Jesus already knew this was coming. This is happening right now, and so you're gonna get through it. God's got you. God's22:59 got you, and you I promise you, God's gonna get you to the other side of this problem. Yes. And and so we what it it says it says, whoever does not23:11 bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Think about that. You're not even a disciple if you don't go through a trial. Like, what?23:20 It also says in Acts, it says we must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God. It says that. That's Acts 14 22. And it because that's that's that's23:32 the trials. That's that's where the rubber meets the road. That's how we know he is God because he meets us in those trials. He meets us in those places of difficulty.23:45 And, you know, he's not isn't it always like the pit when you find him, when you meet him? You know, nobody's got this, ah, my life is just great. I think I'll try Jesus today.23:56 That's just not how it is. It's like in the pit, even over and over and over again in the Bible, you know, where he showed up and what he did. And and you know what I also noticed is the power of24:08 short prayers. Jesus never went all wordy. He didn't say a zillion things. People think they have to just, you know, have you ever heard, well, I don't pray like that. I don't pray. No. Jesus was like, you're healed.24:20 You're done. I forgive you. You're get get your mat. Go. Walk. You know what I mean? That's what we need to do, girl. Wanna pray?24:26 Pray a short prayer because we have Yeah. A short prayer time. Alright. So whatever you're going through, we're gonna pray about it right now. Yes. Lord, I thank you, God, that we are not24:38 surprised that we are going through a fiery trial, that whatever it is, we know you're gonna get us through. I pray, God, that you would speak encouragement into each person listening, watching, all24:50 over, Lord, all over the world. We ask you, father, right now that you will, encourage each person in their most holy faith. Lord, you will give them joy, which is their25:02 strength. The father you will give them, fill them full of your holy spirit. Your word says out of their belly shall flow rivers of living water and all over. I believe that people are being baptized25:13 in the holy spirit in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen.25:18 Thank you so much for being such a big part of the show. Without you, we could not even do this. We are just so grateful to our partners and our viewers and all of your encouragement and your prayers and your blessings25:29 because we are all over the world right now in 75 different countries all over the nation. Only God and you partnering with us can do that and we are so grateful. We give him all glory and we ask the Lord25:41 to just bless you. So thank you so much. Find us all over social media. We wanna hear from you. We love you guys. God bless you. Love you.25:49 Why do atheists care so much about Christians anyway? Well, they tell you this. Religion is bad. It's the cause of most wars. But again, evidence shows differently. It shows26:01 that out of 1763 documented wars, only 123 were due to religion. That's between 6 and 7 percent. When you take out Islam, that only leaves 326:13 percent of all wars that could be attributed to religion.26:20 Does science disprove God? Is there a war between science and faith?26:25 We don't need God to create a universe. 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