"Stand On The Rock" RESCUE RADIO with Marjorie Cole

0:00 Music. Rescue Radio, because there's a war for your soul. Yes, indeed. Father God, we thank you for the victory that this war has been won since the foundation of the world, even since Jesus died on the cross. Father, we thank you that we have to get the right perspective to know what's going on here.

0:43 So help us to walk in the truth of your word, guided by your spirit, that your will be done, O God, on earth, in and through us as it's being done and declared in heaven. Father, we bind the powers of darkness that have come against your people, against the remnant, against the truth, Father, against justice. We come against the spirits that have tried to strangle justice and hold it down and box in the truth. We release, Father, the revelation of your love and truth through your word, through your spirit, to each heart today, Father God, in Jesus' name that we have eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart to know where we're at. We thank you for where we are at in this sequence of things, Father, and we thank you for Jesus dying on the cross. Lord, thank you that you shed your blood, saved our lives through that act of love and kindness, and that you're coming again to receive us unto yourself.

1:31 So we thank you, Lord God, for giving us faith and courage and diligence and peace and rest and not to be distracted by all the distractions. We bind the powers of darkness that have done that and are trying to kill people. And we also thank you for the divine promise that no weapon formed against us will prosper, that no word, said, deed, done, or action taken and will be able to be used by the enemy to bring forth shame, trouble, reproach, or destruction to our lives, to our families, to those who work for us and pray for us and love us. Father, guide us now by your Spirit. In Jesus' name, amen. We want to welcome you to Rescue Radio, obviously. And today we're going to be talking about, I'm not quite sure, we've got two different things. I'm sure they're coming together. They're blending together.

2:12 I'm sure they will. Yes, yes. You know, I've been thinking about, you know, what do we do when we face situations where there seems to be absolutely no hope? Well, that's why we're in right now. Yeah. That's it. You know, you can go as far back in your world as you can go back to find a place, have to go quite far, actually, to find a place where you felt that there was a normal life, that there was normality or a firm footing. We hear that a lot, don't we, that nothing's normal anymore. Right. Whatever normal was. Go back to that place where life, we were confident, peaceful, assured, days were ordinary, everything is going to be all right. That kind of predictable life back then, the place where we could live and safely raise our families and follow our dreams, you know, that place is really gone, I'd say.

2:59 Yeah, even though we get promises that we're moving into the golden age of America. Well, we're coming to a golden age, but it's going to be the golden age of Jesus. The golden age of the kingdom of God. You know, that's far beyond this world. Well, yeah, it's like, you know, we have to kind of stand here and look back and then look forward and say, where were those days? Where did they go, the one we were caught up to live life without turmoil? Now it's all about turmoil, anxiety, fear, attacks, pestilences. And that's exactly what Jesus was talking about, especially in the latter parts of the Synoptic Gospels where he's talking about his return. Yeah, and then a lot of people want to get nostalgic and go back to the good old days when the old days weren't really that good either. Yeah, but now they're outright, obviously, trying to kill us covertly, overtly, in every way that they can, every day.

3:52 Whether it's the food we eat, the air we breathe, the soil we walk on. I mean, there's got to be a place of safety, and that place of safety and assurance is only within the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the rock. That's where safety and stability will have to stay from now until the time. Because he said everything that can be shaken is going to be shaken. I keep thinking of that. There's two things I keep thinking of, Jerry. Everything that can be shaken is going to be shaken, and we're in the beginning of birth pains. You know, when a woman is going to deliver that baby, she starts with those contractions, maybe a day or two, or maybe even before that. She's starting to feel the body pulling and muscles coming forward to do what they're supposed to do to deliver that child. And the earth is in those birth pains right now.

4:41 Even the earth is travailing. The earth is being manipulated. The earth, the nature, creation, the wind, the rain. It's out of course. Well, that's what the Bible says. It's out of course. Everything is out of course. And it's like they have weaponized it as a war machine. The weather is not okay. The weather is this ridiculous wind and rain and beating daily upon everyone, flooding. And you know what, it's like this the loss of life, those soon forgotten, because the shock of the tragedy that someone goes through is swept away by the next horrible event that in an ever, ever increasing, intensifying assault against us, like, where do you find your peace, okay?

5:28 This against, and we have to live here, unless, of course, some people exit by killing themselves. That's not the way out. That's not the option. That is a tragedy in itself. How many people are just, you know, can't take it anymore? or their hearts are failing them for fear, and they're just getting out of here. Then we have the personal pain and tragedies of sicknesses and infirmities, people's bodies burning up inside because they're on medications, or their skin is burning up inside because they have an immune disease, or because they're anxious because of a broken relationship, or they're being stalked or traumatized by something. Where's the solid rock? Where's the place we can stand? Where is the thing we can know?

6:11 Because Jesus told us it would be like this. Right. And the Bible says that everything that can be shaken will be shaken, that those things which cannot be shaken would remain in. Right. And so, you know, and Jesus is, there's an old Christian song that says, on Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. And that's really true. So in the midst of all this, we have this solid rock, Christ Jesus, and it's the revelation that Jesus is the Lord. I mean, on this rock, Jesus said to Peter, I will build my church.

6:51 We're not building the church upon Peter, but upon the revelation that Jesus is the Christ. I will bring my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. This is the battle. The battle is at the gate, and we're at the gate. This is not going to get any better, really. I mean, we're not doom and gloom people because actually this is part of the birth process. And when the birth process and that debt, it's a good thing. It's a hard thing to go through that delivery. But at the end of it, you have the wonderful addition to your family of another child. And this one will have the addition of Jesus Christ back to rule and reign and be reinstalled, reinstated as the King of Kings and the King of the Earth.

7:32 But in Luke, he's talking about this. He's about ready to go to the cross. As a matter of fact, this is right before all of those events take place where Peter denies him and Judas betrays him. And so he's telling the disciples a couple of last-minute, very important things to listen to, and he predicts the coming conflict. He says in Luke 22, verse 35, he says. And he said to them, when I, let's see, when I send you out without money bags and sacks and sandals, did you lack anything? They said, no, nothing. And he said to them, but now he who has money, a money bag, let him take it.

8:16 And likewise, he who has a sack, let him, he who has a sword, he's saying, prepare yourself, get your money, get your defense weapons. He says, and he said, this is going to happen, he says, there's going to be a shaking, a time of tribulation, a time of war, a time of trouble, a time of trial, and that all the things that can be shaken are going to be shaken. Now, it's interesting in Haggai, the Old Testament book of Haggai, the little book of the prophet Haggai, he says in Haggai chapter 2, beginning with verse 6, for thus says the Lord of hosts, once more it is a little while, I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land, and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the desire of nations, and I will fill this temple with glory, says the Lord of hosts.

9:08 Now, they were at the place of rebuilding the temple of the Lord that had been destroyed. But anyway, he says, I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the desire of all nations. So part of the shaking, part of the purpose of the shaking is that we will come to the, it's capitalized in the Bible, the desire of nations. That is to Jesus Christ. The shaking, the shaking around is all this instability. It's assorting, right? And so there are those that are going to be shaken and fall and be out of the scene. Sifting and shaken. You know, like when you're sorting out a seed, like say you're sorting out wheat from the weed seeds, there's a thing, you shake it, you fan it, you sort it out.

10:01 And this is what's happening, the sorting is happening now. And Jesus has come to bring that division, the righteous from the unrighteous, the good from the, you know, there's no more middle ground. You're going to either be for him or against him. And this is kind of what this sorting and shaking is all about. So don't be too overwhelmed with your particular condition right now. I know it's scary, but Jesus did say in his word, he would never test us or tempt us above or beyond that he's able to keep us. But with every temptation or trial or temptation to fail or fear, he will make a way of escape that we're able to bear it. So he's going to give us grace now for this sorting, this sifting.

10:42 This shaking that is beginning and even the earth. I mean, there's going to be earthquakes. He says here in Luke 21, he said to them, verse 8, and he said, Take heed that you be not deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, I am he, and the time has drawn near. Therefore, do not go after them. He says there's going to be a lot of false prophets, a lot of confusion in the end days, a lot of deception. Misguiding people deliberately. But when you hear of wars and commotions, what's that word mean, commotions, things, bad reports, scary things, rumors, disrupting things, commotions, do not be terrified, for these things must come, must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.

11:30 Then he said to them, nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. We've basically had that probably since the very beginning, when Moses and Joshua went to war against the giants and the Philistines. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences, and there There will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven." You know, we're having this sun, I heard the other day that we lost a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of a second on the day because the moon got disrupted or something, and that the sun is flaring and freaking out. But he says, and sun, moon, and stars, and there's going to be the blood moons this fall too.

12:14 Again, we had them in 2012, I think it was, on this side of the earth. Now this coming blood moon series is going to be over Israel. Visible to Israel. And the moons, the signs and the sun's moon and stars. But before these things, they are going to drag you into court, persecute you, try to criminalize us, kill us, actually. And then he goes on in that same chapter 21 of Luke, telling them ahead of time about the destruction of Jerusalem. This is a very specific event that he wanted to warn them about that was going to happen about. 40 years after he departed from here, well, 35, whatever.

12:57 And so he wanted them to make sure that they weren't there. They get out of town, don't go into the city. It's going to be ravaged and destroyed. You'll be trampled by the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Jerusalem is still, in a way, compromised and divided and trampled by Gentiles, and everybody's claiming it. It's the most claimed real estate in the world, and the reason it's so fought over is because God is going to establish his throne there. This is my spot. And saying, no, you will not. And so then he says, and the second coming, and then there will be signs again in the sun, the moon, the stars, and the earth, distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring. Do we not have that weather freak out now?

13:40 We've got tornadoes all over the place. We've got wind and hurricanes. We've got rain and we've got lightning. We've got thunder. We've got floods. We've got earthquakes threatening, even in our national parks. Men's hearts failing them for fear, for the expectation of those things that are coming upon the earth, and for the powers of heaven will be shaken. Then we will see the coming of the Son of Man with power and great glory. How are we going to see this? We're all going to see this. We're going to see Jesus Christ show up, come back, and when these things begin to happen, And he says, look up and lift up your heads because your redemption does nigh. So we're in the middle of our own personal trial, our own death, destruction, wrecked relationships, poverty, homelessness.

14:30 And yet he says— Betrayal. Betrayal, yeah, rejection. In the midst of all this, he says, look up, look up, stay alert. And he says, pray that you be worthy to escape from the things that are to come. He says that Thessalonians watch and pray. I'm thinking of a painting that was done many, many years ago, and it was in an art gallery, and the title of the painting was Peace. And it was along the scene of it, it was along a rocky, a very rocky shore along the ocean. And the waves were crashing in and the wind was blowing. You could see the sky was all gray and the wind was whirling and the waves were crashing.

15:12 And it was just lightning was striking, you know, out on the ocean. And the title of it was Peace. And somebody was looking at it, I don't see any piece there. That has nothing to do with pieces. He's trying to just mock or whatever. And the curator of the museum or the art gallery said, oh, look closer. And he looked closer and there was a little bird just sitting quietly tucked in in a little crag, a little crack in one of the rocks, just sitting there. and it was okay. It was okay. As long as it stayed there. It just stayed there.

15:55 Stay on the rock. It's important for us to be able to stay in the peace of God. Stay on the solid rock, yeah. The Bible says that, you know, Isaiah said there's no peace to the wicked. You know, and people say, well, peace, peace, when there is no peace. But there is peace for the child of God, for the one who's trusting Jesus. We're in the rock. We're on the rock. Christ Jesus. And peace. Just to be able to have peace of mind and to be able to release cares, worries, and fears to the Lord. He says in Philippians chapter, I think it's 4, where you give yourself joy. So release your cares to the Lord. And he said he'd give you in everything with prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, right?

16:42 Be thankful in the midst of all this. Let your requests be known unto God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will keep your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Well, the thing that keeps our hearts and minds is knowing that God keeps his word, that God is over all. He's bigger than the tornadoes. He's bigger than the heartbreak. He's bigger than the cancer diagnosis. He's bigger than all of it. And the other thing to know that not is He bigger and able, He also loves you very much, specifically loves you, knows the trial you're going through. He doesn't want you to grow weary, lose your confidence. You know, there is a rest to the believer, but the rest comes from within, knowing that you are loved.

17:26 And, you know, people who are tormented with a lot of sicknesses and infirmities, If you ask them, you know, Jesus said, you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free. So if you ask them, well, what is the lie that they're believing? A lot of times something would come out of their mouth like this, I'm not good enough, or I'm not worthy. And so what does that mean? Well, that means I'm not worthy to receive the answer, the breakthrough, the prayer, the healing. I can't earn it. I don't deserve it. And, you know, the thing is, healing and salvation are gifts. They're not earned. You don't earn your Christmas presents. Your Christmas presents are given to you by people who love you.

18:07 Sometimes they feel obligated. But, you know, you're given a gift because of who you are, not of what you did. And a thank you gift is different. You know, you can give someone a thank you gift for, or you pay them, give them wages. That's different. But a gift is given because the giver appreciates or loves you. And so these gifts we're asking for are from the Lord. And he wants to give them. I believe God really wants to give a lot more gifts. I believe that when Jesus died on the cross, the cross was like a Christmas tree. And, you know, underneath the Christmas tree, if you believe in Christmas trees, and don't go theological on me, just listen for a second. So underneath that, typically, there are a bunch of presents that are waiting to be open.

18:51 And so when the beautiful bright day comes or evening or whatever it is, everybody gets to dash under the tree or be handed a gift that has their name on it or whatever. And so you open the gift. Now, Jesus, when he died on that tree, the cross, it was a gifting tree. Because he saw on the bottom, on the base of that tree, all kinds of gifts were set out. Healings, hope, restorations, life, joy, peace, breakthroughs, physical healings, mental, emotional breakthroughs. Everything you and I need, was left behind at that spot at Calvary to be picked up, to be received when it was needed.

19:34 So the gifts of God keep giving and giving. The generation who was there when He died on the cross, they received gifts and healings, and the generation—but He keeps on giving. It's even for 2,000 years later, we are still as able to receive from His generosity as they were. But you have to go to the tree. You have to submit, you have to surrender, you have to declare, thy will be done. I can of my own self do nothing. Lord, help me. Have mercy upon me. And this is exactly what happened with Lazarus, Mary, Martha and Lazarus, when they were at the end of, which end? They were, Lazarus was dead in the tomb. For four days. Yeah.

20:16 And it was considered a hopeless situation. I mean, they said, well, Jesus, so when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, and he was away, and he waited two more days. Purposely. Purposely, and they thought, well, don't you care? How come you're not coming? Isn't this typical for all of us? Where's Jesus? How come he's not here? How come he let that thing happen? Yeah, and God's delays are not his denials. That's right. And everything the Lord does, he does it. It's right on time. It's perfect also. Right on time. We think, oh, you missed it, Lord. You know, if you really cared, you would have been here, and my brother wouldn't have died.

20:56 I mean, and he could have, theoretically, he could have just spoke the word from her. Right. Because he wasn't there at Bethany, the little town just outside Jerusalem. Yeah. So he didn't do that. He didn't say, you know, he didn't send a word to heal him. And he did that before, too, and many times he sent the word, and they were healed and delivered. And he said, this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God. and then they heard, He was dead. And Jesus said, well, he's not really dead. He's sleeping. They're thinking, well, what is this? Well, they're looking at reality. They're looking at reality instead of truth. Everybody's declared him to be dead. The coroner's come. You know, it's all gone, done.

21:37 But Jesus had another plan and another purpose for this particular—and so with you, too. There's a reason why there's the delay, or there's a reason why you go a different way than someone else. Don't think of it as— God is a reason. Right. Don't think of it as a delay. Think of it that God has perfect timing. Think of it that way. Faith says, it looks like delay to us. It looks like on the surface, like he doesn't really care and he's not really doing anything. But he makes, Ecclesiastes chapter 3, he says he makes all things beautiful in his time. So everything is good. Everything is right on time.

22:19 Yeah, Ecclesiastes chapter 3, the first part of verse 11, he has made everything beautiful in its time. But what we think of as beautiful, pleasant, and beautiful is not necessarily what God sees as good and pleasant. And Paul, I think, got the true identity and understanding of this in Philippians 3, and he says, what does Paul want? The three things he wanted? Well, if you had three wishes, what would you wish? He says, that I may, in verse 310, Philippians, that I may know him, that's wish number one, prayer number one, that I may know him and the power of his resurrection. That's number two, the power of his resurrection, seeing God do miracles, raising people from the dead, and healing was in himself.

23:06 And the third thing was the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death. In other words, Paul is saying, I want to feel like Jesus. I want to go through what Jesus kind of went through. So I can fellowship, so we can have a deeper understanding of one another, so I can appreciate what he did for me and the fellowship of his sufferings. That's why Abraham had to go through that whole thing with Isaac, so he could feel what God would feel when God sent his son and did sacrifice him and didn't pull back the knife at the last second. And so when you're suffering, don't look at, I got to get out of this, I got to get back, something's got to fix, change. See what God is doing to take you forward. Your answer is in going forward, going forward and seeing what God will do.

23:52 So we want to take a few minutes here to just ask the Lord, wait on the Lord to pray for some of you with your various and particular ailments and afflictions that God will touch you. So we're going to do some praying for a few minutes here, and you can just listen up. And if this works for you, Lord Father, we just pray that you would reveal to your words of knowledge, discerning of spirits, prophetic words, words of miracles, miracles and healings, that you would touch this audience today, that they are ready to receive. They are suffering. You know that. You're with them in this suffering. And we pray right now that you'd lift them from this place of grief. There's someone with a lot of heaviness on their heart.

24:33 Grief, you've just either found out something or you've been in it a long time, but the grief is just getting almost unbearable. It's over a person that you love, a child, possibly a child. Lord God, we just pray that this will break forth. There will be a breakthrough in this relationship, in the restoration, that this child, this husband, this wife will come out of the tomb alive, that they will come forth out of death, out of the blindness, out of the stupor, out of the enchantments, back into the fullness of knowing who they are. It's almost like they died and now they're being reborn and they'll come back with that right attitude and that knowing, being born again, knowing that they are loved by God.

25:20 So I just pray that God will give you endurance and faith and peace in your heart as you wait for this person to revive and return. Yeah, and then there's someone here that you've been betrayed, you've been severely betrayed by your husband. And, and there's times where you felt like you're way out on the edge of things. Like, you're just like, what do I do now? Where do I go? How does this ever work? How could this happen? You know, and you feel like you're just, you get, you're just tossed out. Like you've just been tossed out. You're just on the edge of things.

26:04 On the edge of what hope do I have? What do I do now? Where is God? Even you've asked that. Where is the Lord? And he's there with you. He's there with you. And out of this, you're going to see the giftings of the Lord come out through you. There's stuff that's in you that you don't even realize right now. There's giftings within you. And Margie mentioned at the beginning of our time here today that there are at the cross, through the cross, it says when Jesus was raised from the dead, he led captivity captive and he gave gifts to men.

26:49 So through the cross, through his resurrection, through the way he has built you and designed you, even though you've been just laced through with pain, it's just like you just had. Like swords cutting through you from every direction. There's gold in you. There's giftings in you that you haven't discovered yet. And out of that pain and out of that betrayal, there's life coming. There's life coming for you. Transformation. And there's life coming for you to give to others. You might think you don't have anything to give. You might think you don't have any credibility. but you have so much to give out of your brokenness, out of your emptiness.

27:38 God is just bringing out these gifts now. They're coming forth. And you might not think that I don't really have this. I don't know what you're talking about. But they're there. And you might think, oh, what kind of gift it is. Oh, maybe it's just a special gift of compassion, of wisdom. Love. Of love, of truth, of grace, and being able to speak comfortably to people. In other words, to bring comfort to others and just to bring light that people will see that, man, I know what, you know, I see what they went through.

28:19 But look at, they're glowing with the glow of Jesus. And I just see you just like, yeah, glowing with the glow of Jesus. Transformation. And it's bringing light and hope and transformation to people that you see, that you meet. Yes, Father God, and this is our prayer, Psalm 143, verse 7. Answer me speedily, O Lord, my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit. Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for in you do I trust. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

29:00 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies, in you do I take shelter. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. Revive me, O Lord, for your name's sake. For your righteousness' sake, bring my soul out of trouble. In your mercy, cut off my enemies and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant. Father, we are your servants. This is our prayer. Answer us speedily. You do not grind the wheat forever. You are going to bring forth a precious vessel full with the oil that's been crushed, the oil that brings forth fragrance, the oil that brings forth beauty.

29:44 Father, in all of our souls, in all of our hearts, I pray encouragement today. I pray breakthroughs. I pray for the answers to come. I pray for our loved ones to be brought back, the prodigal sons and daughters, to be pulled back out of the grip of the terrible one. Even now, you would send the angels of the Almighty God to pull these children, these young ones, these teens, these 20-somethings, out of the grip of the terrible one. Even the 30s and 40s who are caught in terrible, terrible pits and cages and traps. Pull them back, Lord God. Bring them back. Release them. I command the spirits that hold them hostage, the witchcraft, the sorcery, the enchantments, the drugs, that those things be broken in the name of Jesus Christ, those spirits that hold them, and these people will be released into the fullness of the joy of the Lord, knowing that they're loved, Father God, in Jesus' name.

30:36 And I see someone that you're in a quandary. I see you almost like you're pacing back and forth. And it's just kind of dark around you. And it's like clouds around you, but you're like in a room. You're pacing back and forth, wondering what to do. You're in a quandary. And it's just like, and it's agonizing for you. What do I do? What do I say? How do I get out of this? It's what I just seem to be totally trapped and pacing back and forth. And the Lord is saying to you, just be quiet. Just settle down.

31:19 You know, I know it's painful. It's hard. Peace be still. It's a critical decision for you. But he's saying, like, yeah, like he said to the storm, peace be still. And you can just settle down. He's just saying, settle down now. Settle down with the Lord. Just come into that place. Turn it over to him. Turn it over to him. And he just wants you in a place of peace. And listen to what he's saying to you. He will make the way clear. And he'll make just something to know that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. Okay? So he's going to order. He's ordering your steps. But right now, you need to stand still, like the Bible says, and see the salvation of the Lord.

32:09 Stand still in His peace. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all of His works. Lord God, we thank You for Your tender mercies over all of us. We are Your works. The works of Your hands were Your children. Sons and daughters were here. You know the day, the hour, you know the situations we're in, and yet You're able to keep us in the midst of all the attacks of the enemy. So, tuck each one into the safety of the palm of your hand today and into the cleft of the rock, that we will stay, wait, and be okay, that you'll put your joy and your courage and your grace into our minds and hearts to calm them down and we'll walk in the Spirit, not in fear, in Jesus' name.

32:55 Amen. Amen. Thank you for joining us today. And again, you can check out liferecovery.com. We have a book there called Doing Relationships God's Way, which talks about our relationships with each other, ourselves, God, sin, difficult people. So it's a very helpful book, actually. And it also talks a lot about your identity, who you are, because you can't be in a relationship with someone else if you don't even know who you are. So, Father, we just thank you that these things will be helpful. Doing Relationships God's Way, you can get it on Amazon, or you can get it on liferecovery.com. God bless you. Music.