Tired of Fighting

Jamal Bryant · New Birth Missionary Baptist Church · Published April 6, 2025

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0:00 Brace yourself and buckle up. You are about to hear a life-changing, history-making, world-defining message from the New Birth Podcast. Tell everybody you know, things will never be the same. 2 Samuel 23 verse 10. but Eliezer stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the sword the Lord brought about a great victory that day the troops returned to Eliezer but only to strip the dead but Eliezer stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the sword you may be seated in the presence of the Lord I want to preach this morning using as a subject I'm tired of fighting look at the person beside you and tell them that's where i am that's where i am I'm tired of fighting.

1:34 Comrades, the most consistent voting demographic in America is black women. of whom, according to Pew Research Center,

1:55 black women are 84% of black women are Democrat. their uniformity could not be denied in the last presidential election when 90 percent of black women voted for vice president kamala harris to their shock and chagrin to see america reach over the most qualified to reach for the most convicted was the proverbial last straw sisters who so often are relied upon to save the democracy now want to know who's going to stand for them when they stood for this nation many who they believed were allies for the advancement of women turned out only to be wolves in chic clothing 53 percent 53 percent 53 percent of white women voted for trump the trauma that black women have had to carry of being qualified but being discounted is too much of a burden to bear. The grief usually reserved for funerals now haunts our community like the ghost that wasn't properly buried when it had a body.

3:49 As a consequence, many have decided, even on your role, many sisters have decided this time they're just going to drink their water, take up Pilates, mind their business, and learn boots on the ground. Where them fans at? the consensus among sisters is that they are simply tired of fighting there comes a time for every adult where you are just too exhausted to argue you. You don't have the energy for another altercation. You no longer have it in you to get upset. Having to play defense has become too draining. If they hang up that phone, I bet you I won't call them back.

4:57 if you attempt to leave I promise to God I'm not gonna chase you I am okay if you no longer want to be friends you can send your best written manifesto in a text message but i promise you i'm only reading the first three sentences i am just tired of fighting i'm tired of being misunderstood i'm tired of people having assumptions about me i'm tired of you having an opinion and you don't even know me I'm tired of you being an internet gangster while you go behind the keyboard but you ain't ever gonna say nothing when you see me in my face I'm just tired admittedly there are some people who feed off of infractions second samuel sites uh joshua who is uh one of david's team who is recorded for destroying 800 members of the enemy's force in one day did you hear what i just said david had somebody in his army his name is joe sheff who had to fight off 800 members of the enemy force in one day i'm telling you with all that you got going on people better be real delicate how they talk to you they don't know how many demons you gotta fight in a day just to keep your sanity it take a whole lot just for you to get out the bed just for you to get out the car just for you to be able to speak to people I'm telling you you are figure skating on thin ice I am

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