to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
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… to comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. Such a wonderful, wonderful verse, And really what he's saying is, he's saying, listen, the Holy Spirit is upon me. I know the Holy Spirit lives in us. As I've stated countless times through the years, the Holy Spirit is in me for my sake, but he rests upon me for yours. We have to understand that when the Spirit of God comes upon us, it's always for action. It's always for impact. It's always to change something. We've been privileged to step into the middle of an impossibility. We may not know what's supposed to happen. And we just know God doesn't want it left the way it is. And we come in looking to him. Our hearts turn to him for solutions. …
… to comfort all those who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion. I love this. To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. God's freedom in your life is not so that you can get recognition. It's so that God can get recognition. Knowing that we cannot set ourself free, we needed a greater man and a greater power to break the chain and set us free. And so I want to preach a message today. Write down the title. it's called Thank God I'm Free. Thank God I'm Free. And I don't know about you, but anybody get a little bit of that sense today? Thank God I'm Free. Come on, clap if you're free today. Free to clap. And I just want to tell you, this is God's plan for your life. …
… There is always multiplication, always abundance, always flourishing, always rest. I'm going to end with Isaiah 61 verses 1-3 pointing to Jesus. maybe hold your hands out in a posture of receiving the spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all who mourn. Are you mourning today? To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. This is Jesus. This is our savior. This is the God of all coming in human flesh as a tiny little poppy seed. …
… But down in my spirit, I feel a change about to take place. God's going to give me beauty for ashes. The oil of joy for mourning. The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. That's why it's not good for you to sit by me because when I get my breakthrough it's a breakthrough It's a breakthrough it's a breakthrough It's a trick. I'm gonna break it. I'm gonna break through it. I'm gonna break through my own will I'm gonna break through my father's nasty attitude. I'm gonna break through my mama's nasty my i'm gonna break through my granddaddy i'm gonna break through the spirit of atheism i'm gonna break through the spirit of suicide i'm gonna break through the spirit of poverty poverty has been in my family for generations but i'm gonna break through it i'm gonna break through it if i have to lay out on the altar if i have to lay out on my face if i have to call on the name of the Lord, I'm going to break through it. Is there anybody in here that's made up your mind? I'm going to break through it. If I have to dance out of my shoes, if I have to leap up and down, if I have to shout where I stand, if I have to wave my arms in the air, if I have to look like a fool, if I have to apologize, if I have to lay on my face, I'm going to break it. I'm going to …