Spiritual Heaviness
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In “Spiritual Heaviness,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about demons and deliverance, Satanic opposition, idolatry and occult influence. Drawing especially from Psalm 69:20, Romans 9:2, Philippians 2:26, James 4:9, the teaching emphasizes that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes.
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Odle focuses on revival while working through Psalm 69:20, Romans 9:2, Philippians 2:26. The message argues that revival begins with repentance, renewed hunger for God, and practical obedience among His people. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Acts 27. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Proverbs 18:21, 2 Corinthians 10. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Proverbs 23:7, Isaiah 55, Isaiah 54. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on idolatry and occult influence while working through Psalm 55. The message argues that objects and practices tied to idolatry are treated as spiritual compromises that should be renounced. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on demons and deliverance while working through Mark 5. The message argues that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on divine judgment. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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Oh [Music] yeah. Living in a dry and thirsty land. [Music] I am dry and thirsty. Lord, send your rain. Send your rain. And Lord, I need your touch again. Send your rain. Let it rain. Let it rain. Let it pour from heaven. Let it rain to revive my soul. I need your rain. I need your streams of regressing. until I thirst no more. Lord, I need your cleansing now. Send your rain. Send your [Music] Please forgive forgive my every sin your Oh Lord send your rain. Let it rain. Let it pull up from heaven. Let it rain. Let it it rain. [Music] to revive my soul. I need your rain. Yes, I do, Lord. I need your sweet refreshing until I thirst no more. [Music] I need your rain. I need your rain. Yes, I do. We're living in a [Music] dry and thirsty land. Send your rain, oh Lord, send your name.
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America needs, it needs your touch. One more time. Send your rain, oh Lord. Send your rain. Let it rain all across all across this nation. Let it rain. Let it rain. Let revival rain. Let revival. We need your We need your We need your blessing for every thirsty soul. Let it rain. Come on, sing it. Let it rain. Let it pour from heaven. Let it rain to revive to revive my soul. to revive my I need your I need your refreshing till I thirst no [Music] more till I thirst no What we need is your rain. We need Holy Ghost [Music] revival in our churches and our schools in Washington DC. Let your glory fall. [Music] Bring it on. Bring it, Lord. Bring it, Lord. Bring it, Lord. Bring it, Lord. Bring it, Lord. [Music] It need somebody help me. We need it. If that's your prayer, come on, lift up your heart. We need it. We need it. We need it. We need your rain. We need it. We need it. We need it. We need it. [Music] We need it. We need it. We need it. We need your Lord. Yeah. Come on, give him praise in this place. Thank you, Lord. We need you. We need your reign, Lord. The outpouring of your Holy Spirit on this country again, Lord. We need true revival again,
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Lord. Lord, we truly live in a dry and thirsty land. There's so much watered down and empty Christianity. Lord, you said the false prophets and teachers were like clouds without water. We need you to move, Lord. We need you to move. We need you to pour out your spirit. It's been a long time since there was a real revival in America that swept the country from one side to the other. We need we need you to move, Lord. We pray for your mercy. We pray for your help in this time of need. It's in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. You may be seated this morning. Hallelujah. Good to have everybody here today. Y'all uh did y'all have a good week? All right, that's good. Well, it's good to have you. I want everybody to get your Bibles out. We're going to go to a lot of places. I'm I'm going to share some things with you. Um probably in a way that I never have. Um I just have to, you know, I have to be true to what I feel the Holy Spirit laying on me. Uh but I'm just going to tell you the past say three weeks leading up to today I have been so spiritually heavy in my heart just so I mean like I haven't been in a long time and you know you just look up you can just do a word search of the word heaviness in uh the Bible and you get it a few times both in the Old and New Testaments. Um, and I just did that real quick because I thought, you know, um, it's not something that's new or something that's just it's not, you know, the prophets didn't experience this or the people of God. Um, uh, one thing David said in Psalm 69:20, and you can put this up, and he says, "Reproach hath broken my heart." He said, "I am full of heaviness, and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none." And what he was saying was the heaviness was so strong upon upon him really, there was not anybody that could make it go away. Um, Paul talked about this when he thought about his fellow Israelites in Romans 9:2. He said that he had great heaviness and continual sorrow in heart about his brethren after the flesh because of the judgment upon them from
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God because of their rejection of Jesus as their Messiah. And Paul talked in Philippians 2:26. He talks about Epaphroditis who uh he said he longed after you all was full of heaviness because you had heard that he had been sick. Um James 4:9 says, "Be afflicted and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness." Why is he saying that? because of the realities of what is going on in the world and what's going to come upon the world. Um, and I could read on. There's many others. And the Bible does say, uh, it says, "Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." And so, uh, if you don't do that from time to time, the heaviness can just overwhelm you. Uh, but we're going to talk about several things because I think there's a multitude of things going on right now in the world. And who knows, maybe it's only going on in my world, but we'll find out soon, won't we? Um, but there are several things I felt. I felt this extreme heaviness this morning. So heavy that it was hard to breathe. This is spiritual heaviness, but just heavy. And of course, my wife doesn't like to see me that way. And she asked me, "So, what's what do you think it is?" And one of the things she made a comment about was, "Do you think something bad's going to happen in the world?" I said, "Well, that could be it." Um, you know, we joke a little bit about uh Star Wars and a disturbance in the force, but the Holy Spirit of God Almighty, the creator, the spirit of Jesus Christ is everywhere. And he knows what's going to happen before it happens. And I think he puts it on our hearts or at least begins to let us feel the weight of it. Um, so that we will get ourselves to prayer and fasting. Um, I don't know if that's it for sure. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Another part of it is I know that last week in particular, I felt the spirit of witchcraft, just just powerful witchcraft coming at me like I hadn't felt in a long time. And you say, "Pastor Dean, how can you tell the difference between just regular heaviness and witchcraft?" Well, just one of those things you have to kind of get used to over time, figuring out. I can't describe it to you. It just it's almost like me trying to describe a color or a flavor to you if or a smell if you've never smelled it. Um but we have to understand that some things are going to come down and we need to have ourselves ready. And how do we get ready? Well, I've learned that when this kind of heaviness comes on me, it means that I need to get myself in the place of uh prayer and
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