Hello everyone!
My name is Matthew Deibler and I’d like to welcome you to The Lamp On The Stand.
Let’s begin our journey together with a short story on where my mission began…
In July of 2011, God met me in the Best Buy parking lot.
I was in a season of intense agoraphobia…
I didn’t leave home unless I absolutely had to…
So retail therapy was not on my radar.
This was a “desperate times call for desperate measures” moment.
I needed a fix…
And I had just cut off my lifeline.
My drug of choice was the online casino and sportsbook.
My method of injection was my laptop…
A laptop that I had just put out of commission in a fit of rage following a bet gone wrong.
No laptop meant no gambling.
If I didn’t act quickly, I’d be forced to address my racing thoughts and paralyzing anxiety.
I couldn’t handle that.
I believed I had no choice.
So I raced to the store and threw my money at a new device…
And made my way to the parking lot, shaking with nausea.
That’s when God showed up.
I encountered a stranger who approached me aggressively out of nowhere, and spoke a choice word to me that only God could know…
An ugly word that I had used in my earlier meltdown within the confines of my apartment.
It hit me like a ton of bricks.
I was naked.
He could see everything…
And now I knew He knew.
Conviction washed over me.
Get rid of this ugly habit, now.
I went home and immediately cleaned out what was left in my account…
Then I got in the shower…
And God spoke to me again.
He was leading me to take ownership of my past…
To repent and seek forgiveness…
And to come out of hiding and reveal the truth.
I was a finger pointing fraud…
This had to end.
Hours later I purchased the domain for my very first blog…
The next day I began writing my story.
I approached every post with the mindset that NOTHING mattered outside of my relationship with God…
Doing right by Him was my only concern.
There was tremendous freedom in that.
I learned quickly to fear the judgment of no one.
And over time, I grew more and more bold.
I wrote about every painful aspect of my life in the years that followed.
It didn’t matter how taboo the subject matter may be, I went for it…
Nothing was off limits.
I understood His Love for me…
I trusted Him…
And I yearned for more.
So when He called me to war with the devil in 2020, I didn’t hesitate…
I published a book revealing every detail of his wicked schemes…
And simultaneously, I built a podcast to amplify my testimony and highlight the miraculous journeys of others in my network who had found their redemption through Jesus Christ.
I recognize that I don’t need anyone’s approval to run this race…
If God is for me, then who can be against me? (Romans 8:31)
Friends, I pray that you will accept these words as Truth…
If God gives you the assignment, the opinion of anyone else is totally insignificant.
You need not seek permission elsewhere.
So stop hesitating…
Stand tall and step forward in faith.
There will be those who will judge and confront you openly…
Others will whisper and snicker about you behind closed doors.
Some friendships will fade…
And you may even lose a family member or two (those sting)…
But in the end, you’ll gain far more than you lose.
You’ll find freedom…
You’ll find purpose…
You’ll find true community…
And you’ll find pure love…
Everything the way He intended it for your life.
It’s time…
LIVE YOUR SERMON.
24 HOURS at a time in faith FOR ETERNITY.
For more on my background and bio…
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