When Your Faith Feels Low

• The Greek word for overhear that  Mark uses… It’s a brilliant word.   It has three different meanings. Not  one meaning. It has three different,   distinct meanings where he says that Jesus  overheard them saying, “She’s dead. Why   bother?” [Phone ringing] Sorry.
• Three definitions:  to overhear something not intended for one’s ears;   to refuse to listen or discount the  truth of something… [Phone ringing] Okay. To refuse to listen or to discount  the truth of something or to pay no   attention to… Listen to this. He uses the word  parakousas. It means to ignore. [Phone ringing]   It means to know that a message  is trying to come through.
• See,   this was not an interruption. This is an  illustration. That button says “Decline.” It means that just because she wants to  talk doesn’t mean I have to answer. Now,   sometimes in my mind I have to  decline the Devil, like, five times   a second. You thought I was going to say,  “Five a day.” No, no, no.
• I’m way worse   than that. My mind is way crazier than that. It  means that she’s saying, “I want some Face Time   with you,” and I’m having to make a decision  in this moment. Decline, decline, decline,   decline or accept. You are making this decision  every time you hear the Devil calling you. I found the “Decline” button that says parakousas.  That means “I heard what you said.
• I heard you   tell me it’s over. I just choose to believe that  I don’t have to accept this message just because   it’s coming through.” As a matter of fact, some  of y’all need to tell the Devil before you even   leave this service, “I heard what you said, but I  decline.