In Season and Out of Season

Father Tom DiLorenzo: Good day, good day, it's Father Tom and I want to ask you a question. Are you stuck? S-T-U-C-K. Are you stuck? Well, today is the day to get unstuck in the name of Jesus. Today is the day to get unstuck in the name of Jesus. What are you stuck about? What's happening in your life today? I want to tell you that the Lord Jesus is sovereign Lord over it. You don't need to be stuck. You just need to rely upon Jesus. How often have I said that to people? You just need to rely upon Jesus to get unstuck and make a difference.

Oh yes, we were born in the Holy Spirit to make a difference. I am making a difference. You can make a difference. Get out of your darkness, get out of your sorrow, get out of your pity party, get out of your hurt, and you can make a difference to one person. Oh yes, when I am suffering, I ask Jesus, send me one person that I can help. I don't want to think about my suffering. I want to help that one person. And you know what? He does, he sends the person. He sends the person to be helped.

And the only thing I can do is pray and tell the person, you know what, it's going to be all right. It's going to be all right. I'm telling you today in the name of our Lord Jesus, as you put your trust in him, it's going to be all right. Things will work out and they will work out in your favor, I hope in the name of Jesus. Work out in your favor in the holy name of Jesus. He loves you today and has a plan for your life and you only need to receive that plan. That's what you need to do.

You want to walk in him, you want to walk with him, you want to walk by him, you want to walk all the way with Jesus. He will see you through whatever you're going through and you know what? Every day there's something new to go through. Oh yes, and he will help you. You know why? He's in love with you. Our Lord Jesus not only loves you, but he's in love with you. He shed his blood upon the cross out of love for you. He's shed his blood upon the cross out of love for you.

He died on the cross out of love for you. And he was buried in the graveyard out of love for you. And he rose victoriously from the grave out of love for you. And he's got plans for your life. No, you're not too far gone. Nobody's too far gone unless they've been dead an hour and a half. If they've been dead an hour and a half, they're too far gone. But if you're not dead in an hour and a half, you're not too far gone. He's got help for you. You only have to reach to his wounded glorified hands for the help.

You see, I can't make it on my own. I'll tell you the truth. I need the Lord Jesus to make it. I can't make it on my own. If he doesn't help me, I'm in dire straits. But you know what? Today is the day to receive the help of the Lord, just for today. When tomorrow comes, there'll be more help for tomorrow. Getting through the day but being a blessing as you're through the day. I don't just want to get through the day, I want to bless people. I want them to know whatever they're going through is going to work out if they trust in God.

Whatever you're going through is going to work out if you trust in the Lord Jesus. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Rely not upon your own understanding. Trust in him and he will act. Oh, that's what the Psalm says. Trust in him and he will act. And he will do for you what you cannot do for yourself. Oh yes, you've got to do all you can do for yourself. Then you've got to let it go. You need the help of salvation, the help of the Savior, the help of Jesus. Where would I be without the help of Jesus?

I don't know. Thank God I've got it, I've had it, and I will have it. You too. I'm not special, you're not special. We're all the same. All have sinned, fallen short of the glory of God. All need the Lord Jesus Christ. You might not even be a Christian. You might be a Muslim, you might be a Jewish person. You need the Lord Jesus Christ. I am desperate for the Lord Jesus Christ. And you know when we need him and ask him to come, he runs. Oh, he runs.

And he says in John 6, "No one who comes to me will I ever reject." No one, that's you and me. I will never reject, Jesus will never reject you. I've experienced much rejection in my life, but never from heaven. Never from the Lord Jesus. Never, never, never. And why rejection? Oh, they wanted to see me out and out and under. No, no, no, I have a Savior who keeps me going. One day at a time sometimes, one hour at a time sometimes, one minute at a time. I've got a Savior who keeps me going. You too. You've got the same one.

You just need to lean on Jesus. That's what you need to do. You haven't got the ability to take yourself out of the problem you're in. That's okay. That's okay. What do you need? You need a Savior. You need to lean on Jesus. And he'll get you through one minute at a time, one hour at a time, one day at a time. He's there for you, he's not there against you. The Lord says if God is for you, who can be against you? He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all.

Will he not give us all things in Christ? All things beside in Jesus Christ? He who did not spare his own son, will he not give us all things, you too, in Christ Jesus? What do you need today? Ask and it shall be given unto you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door will be opened. All things will be given to you to not only get through the day but to be a blessing to people through the day. You know what? The old enemy doesn't want you being a blessing.

He wants you crying out, "I need help, I need help." Listen, once you cry out, the Lord's hand is there. I want to be a blessing no matter what I'm feeling, no matter what I'm going through. It's not about that foolishness. Oh yes, I've got to admit what I'm going through and I've got to admit that I need help. I've got to admit that if he doesn't help me, I'm gone. But "No one who comes to me shall I ever reject." That's what Jesus says and I believe it. And if it's not only good for me, it's good for you too.

But you've got to trust. Oh, you've got to trust in the Lord with all your heart. You have to rely not on your own understanding. Trust in him and he will act. You see, it's so simple. What you were taught on the first day, trust in the Lord. You're being taught as you're 97, trust in the Lord. That's all we have. But you know when we trust in Jesus, things begin to happen. I take things out of my domain and I live in the domain of heaven. I live in the domain of the Holy Spirit.

You see, we've been doing these broadcasts for 41 years. If I did not experience the influence of the Holy Spirit, I would have been gone a long time ago. There's sometimes I've come to this microphone as poor and needy. But you know when I opened my mouth, the Lord spoke to people. And you know when it was over? Well, the poverty and neediness was still there. He eventually took me out of it. He gave me himself, but it took some time for me to receive it. It's all, all been paid for.

I remember the young boy and him family. They were from Italy coming to America. And this kid was about 11 years old and he was hungry. And so, the father gave money to the kid so that he could get something to eat. The father didn't have very much money, but he gave what he had. And the kid came back in two hours. His clothes were all filled with what he ate. And the father said, "No, no, no, we are not beggars. You needed to use my money." Oh, the kid said, "Father, I ate this, that and the other thing.

You know what? It all came with the ticket." And I believe people don't know it all comes with the ticket of salvation that he'll get us through the day and be a blessing. You'll be a blessing. It all comes with the ticket of the blood of the lamb and the power of his resurrection. People don't know that. They think they've got to deal with their problems alone. Never, never, never, never. I deal with my problems one at a time with the Lord Jesus Christ. That's all. But there are six other ones? Well, you know what? They've got to be on hold.

They'll be blinking. I need to depend upon our Lord Jesus for this one thing and that's enough. As I get through that one thing, I can go to a next thing. Oh yes, that's the way it is. It is not God's will for you to take a breakdown. No, it's not. It's God's will that you be blessed today. Blessed by the passion, death, and resurrection of our Savior. Blessed by the gift of the Holy Spirit that came to you at baptism, confirmation, and through faith. Oh, how we need the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

I could not do these broadcasts if the Holy Spirit did not outpour himself into my mouth. I couldn't do it. I wouldn't have anything to say. But I am never without something to say. God touches people even when I'm in Death Valley because I say, "Here I am, Lord. I come to do your will. It's not about me. It's not about that I'm feeling I'm in Death Valley. Speak to your people. Just one word, let them know experientially it's going to be all right."

That's why these broadcasts have prospered because it's going to be all right in Jesus. Not without him. Without him, it's going to be messy, awful, dark, unsolvable. But you don't need to be without him. How do you get him? "Here I am, Lord. Come into my life, Lord Jesus. I'm desperate. Come into my life, Lord Jesus, forgive my sins. Oh, reveal yourself to me, Lord Jesus Christ. I surrender." It's so simple. It's simple but it's also difficult because you've got to go through it with Jesus.

He doesn't flip you over and take you across to another place. You've got to go through it with the Lord Jesus. I love that song. Through it all, through it all, I learned to trust in Jesus. I learned to trust in God. Through it all, through it all, through it all. It's not the right melody, but it's the right words. Through it all, I learned to trust in Jesus. And you know what? I'm going to tell you a secret, don't tell anybody. Jesus is sufficient. Oh yes, he is. Sufficient for you in the depths of your problems.

Jesus is sufficient. But you've got to take him. He said, "Take my yoke, not your yoke." No yoke but Jesus's yoke. "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me that I am meek and humble of heart." Take his yoke. You see, when you put your head in the yoke, his head is in the other yoke. I do not, I am not yoked alone. I am yoked with the Lord Jesus. He is the one who leads. I am yoked with Jesus. Sometimes doesn't feel that way. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed.

But I know despite feeling overwhelmed, I am yoked with Jesus and he is going to get me through it. One day at a time, one minute at a time, one second at a time. He can do it. You know why? Because he already did it on the cross. He took you to himself. Our Lord Jesus, he said, "When I am lifted up, I will draw all men and women unto myself." You and I were drawn into the heart of Jesus as he was on the cross. He was like a magnet drawing us, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

All of us was drawn into the heart of Jesus. You just have to let it happen. You have to open your hands and say, "Here I am. It's all drawn into you. You're going to help me through today. I'm not alone. Through it all, through it all, through it all, I learn to trust in Jesus. I learn to trust in God." No matter what you're going through. Financial problems, through it all, through it all, through it all, I learn to trust in Jesus. I learn to trust in God. Marital problems, oh seek the face in Jesus, you and your husband.

I learn to trust in Jesus, I learn through it all. I don't care what your troubles are today. He's bigger than your troubles. Thank you, God. My troubles, I've got them too. He's bigger than my troubles. Much bigger. He is bigger than the mountain of troubles and he's so quiet. He just says, "Trust in me and I will do everything I need to do as you trust in me and follow my lead." I've learned to live that way for over 46 years by the grace of God. I've had big problems, some of them seemed unsolvable.

I'm going to tell you this: that was the lie of the devil. No problem is unsolvable. No problem is so deep that he, the Lord Jesus, is not deeper still. No problem. You are no problem to the Lord Jesus Christ. As a matter of fact, he draws you into himself because he's in love with you. I'm telling you more than loves you, he's in love with you. He went to the cross. Isn't that wonderful? We were all destined for hell. Why? All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

I was destined toward hell. But he, through his wonderful meekness, loving kindness, drew me to himself. And no more was I drawn to hell. I was drawn to him to live in him, to live in him and have our being in him. Oh, that's what it's all about. You are not an orphan. That's the lie of the devil. You are a child of God, a daughter of God, a son of the Father. That's who you are. Stand up and let it be who you are. Walk with your shoulders upright because you are more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus.

I'm not telling you it's not difficult. I know difficulty. But I'm telling you he is greater than your difficulty and greater than my difficulty. Sometimes doesn't seem that way. Remember what Hamlet said to his mother? "Seems, mother? I know not seems." Sometimes it seems that way. He is the deliverer, he is the one who helps us, he is our salvation, he is our healing, he is our Savior, he is our brother, he is our Lord. Surrender to him today. That's what it's all about.

These broadcasts have been done so that you would surrender to Jesus today. How do I do it? "Here I am, Lord. I can't do it on my life." What is "it"? "I cannot live on my own without your help. I am desperate for salvation, for help in the areas of my life. If you don't do it, I'm going into the drink the fourth time. But I know you will do it because you said it: "No one who comes to me will I ever reject, for I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.""

Listen to the will of the Father. It is the will of him who sent me that I should lose nothing of you, that's me, of what he has given me, but that I would raise it up, that's you and that's me, on the last day. Oh yes, I can only preach what I have to go through and go through. I don't say I am superior to these words. No, no, I am desperate for the presence of God. And in my desperation, he comes. You know, I have to come to this microphone a half an hour each day.

If he doesn't give me the words and what I need to say, it's zero. Nothing will happen. It's like I'll be gagged. I completely trust that he gives me the words. Why? Because he loves you. Because he loves you and he wants you to know nothing in your life is impossible to God. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Don't believe the lie of the devil. Oh, I've heard those things. Things have happened in my life and I heard the voice: "This is what's impossible to you and to God."

And I said, "I step on you, Satan, in the name of Jesus. Nothing is impossible to you and to God and to the Lord Jesus." Nothing, nothing, nothing. He's going to see you through. And you know what else? Not only will he see you through, because he sees you through, you're going to be able to help people. Oh yes, it's not only for you. It's for the people that he's going to send to you. You needed the help of the Lord and he came. When I spoke the word, oh Lord, you came to me.

You came to me. I don't think you've got to feel it. I know you've got to believe it. I don't feel it right now, but I know it. I'm not alone. He's at my right, my left, my top, my bottom. You, he's at your right, your left, your top, your bottom. He's got plans for you. And maybe the plan for you is only to get through today. Get through today. One day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time. Trust in him and he will act. That's our problem.

Adam and Eve did not trust God. They wanted to go their own way. They sang that song, "I did it my way." No, no, no, not your way, not my way, but his way. Yahweh, the Lord, his way. Things happen when we do it his way. But we have to definitely make that choice. We have to reject my way and accept his way. And sometimes his way brings me through the fire. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not get released until they were brought through the fire.

And in the fire, their clothes were not burned. There was one as a son of man that greeted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And that son of man is Jesus Christ. And he's for you now and he's with you now. And he's going to see you through one step at a time. Yes, one step at a time. You don't have to be afraid. He's got your life in control. Doesn't feel that way, that's okay. I surrender Jesus. I surrender Lord. I surrender my Savior.

I give you my life. Just lead me through. One day at a time, one minute at a time, one second at a time. Oh, I've been called to this microphone when I needed Jesus one second at a time. Did it stop me from proclaiming? No, it didn't. As a matter of fact, those were the days when I spoke more the word of God because I was absolutely in need. I'm still in need, but I was absolutely in need that day. And he spoke through me so that you would be blessed.

He wants to do the same for you. Don't quit. Quitters never win. Stay in the race. And I'm going to tell you it's not a little race, it's a miles and miles and miles and miles race with Jesus. Stay in it. I know you'll be tempted to leave it. I know, I know, I know. But stay in it and go one step at a time. Trust in the Lord and he will act. Not might act, but will act. Trust in him and he will act. It is God's will to work in your life and to bring you through.

Bring you through. Bring you through. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had to be brought through the fire, but they were not scorched and then they could praise the Lord in the midst of the fire. Can you praise the Lord in the midst of your pain today? Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. Wonderful Jesus. We praise you, we bless you, we worship you, we glorify you, we honor you. You're wonderful. There's no one like you, no one, no one, no one. In the name of the Lord, God bless you.