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Daniel Whyte III has spoken in meetings across the United States and in over twenty-five foreign countries. He is the author of over twenty books. He is also the president of Gospel Light Society International, a worldwide evangelistic ministry that reaches thousands with the Gospel each week, as well as president of Torch Ministries International, a Christian literature ministry which publishes a monthly magazine called The Torch Leader. He is heard by thousands each week on his radio broadcasts, The Prayer Motivator Devotional, The Prayer Motivator Minute, as well as Gospel Light Minute X, the Gospel Light Minute, the Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message, the Prophet Daniel's Report and the Second Coming Watch Update. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Theology from Bethany Divinity College, a Bachelor's degree in Religion from Texas Wesleyan University, a Master's degree in Religion and a Master of Divinity degree from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been married to the former Meriqua Althea Dixon, of Christiana, Jamaica for twenty-five years. God has blessed their union with seven children.

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Scandal... the word conjures images of trusted leaders caught up in adulterous affairs, high-powered politicians cutting backroom deals, and scheming, corrupt businessmen running ponzi schemes and swindling others out of their money. The word "scandal" has been thrown around a lot recently, especially since three political crises situations came to light and shook up the White House and other branches of government. Now officials are scrambling to fix what went wrong and to ensure that it never happens again.

You've probably also heard the word "scandal" in reference to ABC's political thriller series starring Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope who runs a crisis management firm and operates as a "fixer" to protect the public images of politicians who find themselves in trouble.

Perhaps, some of us can identify with the word "scandal" ourselves. Of course, our problems and crises may not be in the public eye, but we certainly struggle and have done things wrong that we would be ashamed to have others find out about. In many ways, we are just as messed up as the people we watch on TV and read about on the internet who have to work out the problems in their lives under the microscope of public scrutiny and criticism. Sometimes, we tend to think that we are better than others because we do not have the problems they have. However, we have our own set of problems that we must deal with. The Bible tells us in Romans 3:10, "There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."

Yes, indeed, we have to face the problems, scandals, and messed up situations in our own lives. However, the Bible does not just tell us about our problems, it also tells us that there is One who can fix our problems. This problem-fixer is Jesus Christ. How does Jesus Christ fix our problems? The only way Jesus can fix our problems is if we turn over our hearts and lives to him and allow him to do in us what we cannot do in ourselves.

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He is an American basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He was a first-time All-Star in 2013 in his first season with the Rockets. He was named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012. He played college basketball for the Arizona State Sun Devils, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009.

He was selected third overall by Oklahoma City in the 2009 NBA Draft and became a key part of a young core of players which led the team to the 2012 NBA Finals. He was also a part of the United States national team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where they won the gold medal.

Even though he spent much of his time with the Oklahoma City Thunder on the bench, he said that "God had a plan" for him in being traded to the Houston Rockets. And after a record-breaking debut performance with the Rockets, he gave God the glory for his success. He said, "I just want to thank God for everything he has done in my life. I really am a believer. All glory to God." When he is on the court, he wears a wristband that says, "In Jesus' name I play." His name is James Harden.

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Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message #120

TEXT: Matthew 6:6-13

There is much talk today about deliverance. Even churches put the word "deliverance" in their names. People are searching for deliverance from many things; things such as: a bad marriage, an unhappy home life, drug addiction, addiction to pornography, alcoholism, sicknesses, depression, homosexuality, and the list could go on.

People are so desperate for deliverance that they are turning to anyone and anything for it: psychics, doctors, psychologists, counselors, and television talk show hosts. Some people are willing to relocate, to adopt a new lifestyle, or to leave their families to get deliverance from whatever they are facing. And, sadly, some people even try to get deliverance through suicide.

But, what is true deliverance? True, biblical deliverance is when God supernaturally steps in to a situation and delivers a person or a group of people out of a predicament that is humanly impossible for them to be delivered from. After the deliverance, no matter how one looks at it, only God can get the credit. When you get deliverance from God, you will sing like the old saints, "If it had not been for the Lord, who was on my side..."

Some examples of true, biblical deliverance are: the Israelites leaving Egypt in a mass exodus of an entire nation; the preservation of the nation of Israel through their 40 year wilderness wandering; Paul and Silas being delivered from jail by an earthquake; and Peter's deliverance from prison by an angel. However, sometimes, God will use a human agent as his means of deliverance. He will place a person in your life at just the right time and place to work on God's behalf for your deliverance.

Now that we know what we are talking about when we talk about deliverance, allow me to share with you three key points about true deliverance. We all have things that we need to be delivered from, and those things can be classified in two major categories.

  1. First of all, we need spiritual deliverance. That is, we need deliverance from sin, temptation, and the devil. When Jesus showed the disciples how to pray, he told them to pray, "Lord, lead us not into temptation." And of all the people who can deliver us from sin and temptation, the Lord is certainly the one we need to call on to do that. Second Peter 2:9 says, "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations..."

  2. Secondly, in this life, we need physical deliverance. This is the kind of deliverance we need from circumstances and situations beyond our control. The disciples were also to pray, Lord, "deliver us from evil." In the Bible, the word "evil" not only means spiritual evil, but also refers to physical destruction, calamity, hardship, or death. All of these things are considered to be "evil" that we ought to want to be delivered from.

  3. We must choose to allow God to deliver us from the problems we face. Notice the third part of this section of the Lord's prayer that we are looking at today: The disciples are taught to pray, "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory."

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TEXT: Revelation 3:1-6

Today, we come to the fifth sermon in our series on the messages that Christ gave the church for the end times. This letter was written to the church at Sardis. Sardis was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and was the capital of the rich kingdom of Lydia. The city was set on a cliff, and was almost impregnable. However, because of its great wealth and its security, the people of Sardis were known for their apathy and immorality. The two times when the city was conquered -- once by King Cyrus of Persia, and again by the Greek king, Antiochus -- it was done not by being directly defeated, but by the lack of diligence and overconfidence on the part of its military.

As we will see from our passage, the church at Sardis, was much like the city it was situated in. And Jesus Christ has some very important words for this church, which also apply to many churches today as well.

  1. First of all, let's look at the illusion of life. Jesus Christ tells the church at Sardis, "I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest..." The "name" of the church at Sardis refers to its reputation. This church had a reputation that it "lived" -- the Greek definition implies that it was alive, active, fresh, strong, and efficient. Vance Havner comments on this and says, "We are not to get the impression that Sardis was a defunct affair with the building a wreck, the members scattered, the pastor ready to resign. It was a busy church with meetings every night, committees galore, wheels within wheels, promotion and publicity, something going on all the time. It had a reputation of being a live, wide-awake, going concern."

  2. Now, notice the reality of death. Jesus Christ tells the church at Sardis, "thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." In other words, 'You look like you are alive. Your reputation says that you are alive. However, the reality is you are dead." Why does Jesus Christ call the church at Sardis a dead church? The reason is in verse two where He says, "I have not found thy works perfect before God."

  3. Third, notice that this is a time to be revived. Jesus Christ tells the church at Sardis to "be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die." This instruction from Jesus tells them they need to identify, examine, and protect what they have that is not yet dead. The spiritual condition of the church of Sardis was bad, but it wasn't hopeless. The church at Sardis could be revived. There were things that remained that could be strengthened.