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February 26, 2022
PRESENCE AND PROVISION
Seek me. Follow me. While it’s easy to camp around a sermon or preacher, they only point to me. Experience My divine presence and majesty as you pitch your tent next to me. I will care for you.
PRESENCE AND PROVISIONOnce they escaped their slave masters in Egypt, the children of Israel found themselves in uncharted territory – the wilderness. The wilderness was incredibly hard because they quickly found out freedom was not about doing things their way. Freedom is about letting God do things His way for and through you because His ways are higher. Ouch!
The wilderness is an ugly place where God shows up and amazing things can happen if you let them. It’s the place where God says, “Rest, relax and rely on me. I’ll show you I can be trusted.” How? By camping in His presence, the Hebrews would see Him at work day in and day out.
They learned to live with God in a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. Amazing!
While we no longer see that cloud or pillar of fire, God still wants you and I to camp out around His presence. He wants you hidden away from the mob and the influence of your Egypt. He says, “Don’t focus on the daily routine of the world – what you will eat or wear. Just focus on me. I’ll take care of those details while you get to know My heart.”
“And He said, ‘My presence will go with you and I will give you rest.” – Exodus 33:14
Pretty soon, you will feel more alive today than you did yesterday. Things that used to wear you out, don’t anymore. That’s what the presence of the Lord does for you. That’s why you don’t want to find yourself camping around a sermon or a preacher. The only place to camp out is in Jesus’ presence.
When you do, you’ll wake up to manna each morning. While the children of Israel found fresh food that tasted like biscuits and honey on the ground, you too will find provision in His presence. You’ll find joy through the song playing in your head, strength in the verse you read this morning and purpose in the testimony He is writing through you. That’s your manna.
Sound easy? It’s not. It’s incredibly hard not to grab the steering wheel several times each day and demand your way. Giving up control is never comfortable. It is, however, wise when it comes to your Deliverer. If you want your upgrade, if you want the next level, you need to surround yourself with Him. Talk to Him. Listen for Him. Seek Him and camp where He is. You’ll never be the same.
NEED PROVISION? TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO SET UP CAMP IN THE LORD’S PRESENCE AND STAY THERE. LET HIM MEET YOUR EVERY NEED.
From my sermon series Milk and Honey
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February 25, 2022
COMMIT TO THE CROP
I will never leave you nor turn My back on you. In the same way, don’t turn your back on others.
COMMIT TO THE CROPWhen it comes to the harvest, you must stay committed. You will not fall out or lose focus. God expects a crop of believers pulled from hell’s thresher.
If you signed up to teach Sunday School, don’t think of ways to get out of it because it’s time consuming. Mentoring a new believer? Don’t give up because schedules or personalities clash. Find a way! Serve. Love. Testify. It’s what we do and we don’t give up when things get inconvenient or uncomfortable.
Just as important as being committed, you need to stay in your own plot of land that God Almighty has given you, whether it’s one acre or 100,000 acres. Do not look at your brother’s plot and say, “He’s more fruitful than me. I want a crop just like that.”
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you , and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.” – Leviticus 23:10
Get your eyes off someone else’s ministry. The ministry God gave you is uniquely tailored for your strengths, talents, time and placement. You stay committed to it. Have lots and lots of Kingdom wins and give your High Priest the biggest harvest of souls you can.
There are days when things happen. There are days you don’t feel good, but you can’t run off. The enemy doesn’t like you sowing seeds and he really hates you pouring water on your fields because it puts out his flames. He doesn’t want Jesus to get a harvest. He will oppose you.
Defy the devil! Stay committed until there is a harvest. It really is that simple.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO COMMIT TO YOUR MINISTRY WITHIN THE CHURCH AND YOUR MISSION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. DON’T HAVE ONE? ASK GOD AND HE’LL SEND A PURPOSE YOUR WAY.
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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February 24, 2022
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
The blessings of God are all “YES and AMEN”, through and in Christ Jesus. When we seek to acquire our blessings on our own or through fleshly desires we slide right by the best God has for us. Be still and let the Lord lead you into His “YES and AMEN” for you.
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMYWhen I preach freedom, grace and love, I’m not preaching “carnal” because carnal things will destroy you. They will chew you up and spit you out, then laugh at you as you lay there dying.
As Christians – Christ followers – we should have a different mindset. We should not partner with the world or carnal things. The Bible calls this being unequally yoked. That’s when you partner with worldly thinking or people who bring you down, slow you up or just drag you off course completely.
Yet, instead of trying to get those things out of our Promised Land, we make the mistake of trying to live with them. That never goes well, just ask the 12 tribes. Many times, instead of weeding these hindrances out and not tolerating their existence, they went into covenant with the enemies of God and not only learned to live with them, but slept with them as well.
The result? They reproduced more enemies for the Lord and for themselves.
We do the same thing today in body, heart and mind. You and I partner with the enemy and tell ourselves we’re in control and there won’t be any consequences. But there always are.
The bottom line is this: We shouldn’t have the same conversations as non-believers. We shouldn’t laugh at the same jokes or get excited about the same things. We really shouldn’t have the same passions as the rest of the world.
Instead of trying to control our enemies, let’s just practice self control, the final of nine “fruit of the spirit.” Self control is the only control you truly have, so use it. Kick out some enemies today!
For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? – 2 Corinthians 6:14-16a
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO PRACTICE SELF CONTROL BY ENDING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENEMIES IN YOUR THINKING. PARTNER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR PROMISED LAND.
From my sermon series: EXODUS
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REVENGE TO JUSTICE
“Vengeance is mine,” says the Lord of Hosts. That means fantasies of revenge for past wrongs or hurts has no place in your thinking. Jesus wants to battle for you, bringing redemption into your wounds and leaving you with justice.
REVENGE TO JUSTICEIf you’re talking to snakes, I have this advice for you. Stop it! Why? Because those voices in your head telling you to say this, do that, or turning you paranoid against people who love you are the voice of the enemy himself.
You know what I’m talking about. Those times when you relive past hurts by practicing a conversation you really shouldn’t have. Why am I telling you not to get some of your own back – a little revenge to get even for wrongs committed against you?
Because they don’t belong to you! They belong to God.
You see, your Father is in charge of handling the people and situations that lay you low, not you. Vengeance belongs to the Lord and He will do battle for you.
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. – Romans 12:19
You see, the Father is uniquely equipped to bring redemption onto the battlefield. Redemption? Yes!
When redemption is applied to the situation, revenge becomes justice! Isn’t that awesome?
Justice is when the poor have opportunity and the widow security. Justice is when the orphan has a name. When past hurts become ministries and outreaches to lift others out of their misery.
When Jesus rules, His majesty causes us to become overcomers in places we were once victims. Oh, I like that!
Now, the Bible tells us the devil is a liar and a thief. He loves to steal your job, your security, your relationships, your opportunities, your reputation and your territory for the Lord. If he can take your ministry, your friends or your family, he’s got you on the ropes.
Cry out to your Father, the righteous judge for justice. He can return what the thief stole and bring truth where lies once ruled the day. Let Him fight for you because the reward is justice: restoration – getting back what was taken – and restitution – getting compensation above and beyond the offense!
Call on a just God today and keep calling until He renders judgment in your favor.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO THINK OF THE INJUSTICE IN YOUR LIFE. CALL OUT THE DEVIL ON HIS SCHEMES AND DECLARE JUSTICE FOR WHAT THE ENEMY HAS TAKEN!
From my book: Soul Invasion
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February 22, 2022
IN THE BEGINNING…
Regardless of what’s going on around you, or inside of you, focus on Him. Align yourself with His thoughts, declare His Truths and stand on His promises. Then watch and pray.
IN THE BEGINNING…God can be very direct, and I like that about Him. Check out the first four words of Genesis so I can make my point.
“In the beginning God…”
He just lays it out. “I started it all.” Those four words make this book illegal in every communist country in the world and most muslim nations as well.
“In the beginning God” is profound. “In the beginning God” is a game changer. “In the beginning God” is a worldview completely different from the spirit of this world. If you don’t get anything else out of Genesis, you need to get “In the beginning God.”
The book of Genesis goes through this incredible story of creation by the Word, it ends with these five words.
“…in a coffin in Egypt.” – Genesis 50:26
The first four words are the best that can possibly be and the last four are as bad as can be. The story goes from great to horrible. We’re not just talking about dead, we’re talking about dead in a coffin in Egypt dead. That is some serious dead.
What happened? You and I entered into the picture.
What an amazing capacity you and I have to mess up amazing things. We can take something that works, then partner with the devil to ruin it all. It doesn’t have to be that way.
The creator Word became flesh. The Bible says He dwelt among us and brought us life, which was the light of man. Though many did not recognize the light, you and I did! Because we have faith in Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection, every day for us is “in the beginning God!”
Will you let Him give you a brand new beginning today and every day afterward? It’s a much better deal than that coffin in Egypt!
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. – John 1:14
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO START AGAIN! GIVE YOUR MESS OVER TO GOD AND HEAR HIM SAY, “IN THE BEGINNING GOD…”
From my sermon series: EXODUS
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PROPHETIC ALERT: PORTALS, PLUTO & PENTAGRAMS
PASTOR TROY BREWER, OPENDOOR CHURCH
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022
2/22/2022 – 2 is about a faithful witness; separation of light and dark, good and evil.
You cannot be a faithful witness without being separated from death, destruction, and darkness.
Godly division
2+2+2+2+2+0+2= 12
Supernatural or spirit: God’s perfect government, rule and reign
Natural: word on Government
Numbers that Preach:
2x2x2x222= 1776
Today, there is a word for America
WHILE WE LOVE THIS DAY AND CELEBRATE PROMISES OF GOD THROUGH 222 AND 22:22 SCRIPTURES, THE DEMONIC REALM BELIEVES TODAY IS THEIR “OPENING” TO OPEN A PORTAL TO HELL.
Intelligence Briefing 35, 36, 37 with Robin Bullock. He will explain the numbers and patterns of the calendar the demonic realm is using. You need to know this stuff!
WHY DO THEY WANT TO OPEN A PORTAL TO HELL?
DANIEL 7:25 – THE FOURTH BEAST – He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time.
THE DEMONIC REALM—WITCHES, WARLOCKS, NEW AGE GURUS, THE MASONS, THE “SCIENTISTS” AT CERN IN SWITZERLAND—ARE WORKING TODAY TO DO JUST THAT – CHANGE THE TIMES AND LAW.
They want to push Satan’s timetable and bring about the anti-Christ, the tribulation and utter destruction on the world. WHY?
To catch the church asleep
To take out as many as it can before they can awaken to fight, to be saved
Satan knows he cannot win, but that’s not his goal. It’s to hurt us and God.
WHAT IS THEIR PLAN TO DO THIS? PORTALS
Portals – tubes, tunnels, wormholes, doorways
Not “sci-fi” – in the Bible
(VIDEO OF WHAT’S OVER WASHINGTON DC – INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WITH ROBIN BULLOCK #35)
Washington DC was BUILT, CONSTRUCTED by Masons.
They had plans and blueprints. Very well thought out. (TOM HORN – SKYWATCH TV)
Masons worship Lucifer through the Roman God “Saturn” or Cronus.
The Egyptians know him as OsirusIn Greek “mythology” he leads his brothers and sister, “the Titans,” in revolt against their father, Zeus.WHAT DOES THIS SOUND LIKE?WATCHERS (FALLEN ANGELS) AND THEIR HALF-HUMAN DEMONIC OFFSPRING “NEPHILIM”Is this mythology or are these other cultures actually proving the biblical narrative of fallen angels having sex with women to make demons or “Demi-god” – half human/half supernatural?Washington DC is laid out in a Pentagram. (PICTURE – COMMUTE FROM HELL)
Most cities are laid out on a north, south, east, west grid. DC has many.
THIS IS ONLY ONE PENTAGRAM. OTHER PICS HAVE MULTIPLE LAYERS!The seat of our defense is called the Pentagon. 6,636,360 square feet. Lots of 6’s. 9/11 American Airlines flight 77 (the Church, House of God) was prophetically driven into the Department of DefenseThe Washington Monument is set up as an obelisk, just like EgyptiansTOM HORN – SKYWATCH TV APP POTOMAC RIVER – PLACE WHERE TRIBUTE IS BROUGHT.IS THIS A PORTAL BEING OPENED OVER OUR NATION WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1776 AND OUR NATION’S CAPITOL ON 2/22/2022?
IN THE HEAVENS – TODAY, 2/2/2022 NEW AGERS AND ASTROLOGERS ARE TELLING US THAT PLUTO IS RETURNING TO THE SAME POSITION IN A BIRTH CHART WHERE IT WAS WHEN THE CHART BEGAN.
Pluto (God of death and destruction)
“Power eating Dwarf planet”“Holy Spirit devouring” & “growth stunting” – spiritual and physical halt & deathLarge orbit around earth – Every 248 years.Last time was 1774 – two years before America became a nation so this is the first “American return” of Pluto. 1774 – BRITISH PASSED LAWS KNOWN AS INTOLERABLE ACTS AND PLACED AMERICA UNDER MARTIAL LAW. Colonial protesters led by the Sons of Liberty issued a call for boycott.DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?????Portals in the Bible— they are real! God uses them for His purposes.
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
Genesis 7:11 – In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
Isaiah 24:18 – Then it will be that he who flees the report of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.
Genesis 8:2 – Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
2 Kings 7:2 – The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” Then he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.”
2 Kings 7:19 – Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, “Now behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.”
HEAVENS OPEN AT JESUS’ BAPTISM
Matthew 3:16-17 – When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
JACOB’S LADDER – DREAM PORTAL
Genesis 28:12 – Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
ENOCH CHAPTERS 75-77 TALK ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT PORTALS—IT USES THE WORD PORTAL.
12 portals (God’s perfect government)4 corners of the earth and 4 winds (things created)“ends” and “foundations” – portals above and below. This is where winds originate. In the spiritual, that’s movement of the Holy SpiritThis is where weather originates – frost, dew, rain. God asked Job “do you know where I keep the storehouses of snow?” Job was silent. Enoch tells us it’s in the portals between heaven and earth. This is where judgments come from – locusts, storms, droughts and desolation: “and from the last portal which adjoins the south come out drought and desolation and bringing and destruction.”This is where blessings come from – again, moves of the Holy Spirit: “from the middle portal comes out dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing.” (JACOBS LADDER!!!)Enoch 76:14 (2×7) – And the twelve portals fo the four quarters of the heavens are therewith completed, and all their laws and all their plagues and all their benefactions have I shown you my son Methuselah.
Daniel 7:25 – The devil & his hoards seek to change times and laws!! He is trying to take over our nation, its government and laws. To push up the timetable of the One World Government that is being talked about every day by world leaders, business and industry and those in communications, media and the Metaverse – THE NEW WORLD ORDER.
HOPE:
THE HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS
Isaiah 35:8– “And a highway shall be there, and a way and it shall be called The Way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, though fools shall not err therein.”
HIGHWAY – SALAL
Salal is spelled Samek, lamed, lamed.
SAMEK – A CIRCLE WITHIN A CIRCLE – A WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL.
Could Isaiah has seen the same “wheel within a wheel” that Ezekiel described?
Could this have been a heavenly highway or portal?
Is the wheel within a wheel the throne or chariot of God?
SO WHERE IS THE THRONE OF GOD?
Isaiah 14:13 (Generational promises – Rebellion) – For you (LUCIFER) said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north.”
Psalm 75:6 – For exaltation comes neither from the east; Nor from the west nor from the south.
THIS LEAVES ONLY THE NORTH!
POLARIS, THE NORTH STAR IS FIXED IN THE SKY FROM OUR FIRMAMENT. ALL OTHER STARS, CONSTELLATIONS AND PLANETS REVOLVE AROUND IT FROM OUR PERPSECTIVE OR “FIRMAMENT”Maryhill Museum in GoldenDale, Washington (meant to be a peaceful place of God’s manifest presence)
Stonehenge replica overlooking the Columbia River & Eastern Oregon
I have believed for a long time this is a demonic portal
Washington and Oregon filled with witches, New Age and demonic oppression.
WHAT CAN WE DO AGAINST THIS? WE MUST RISE UP AND FIGHT IN PRAYER AND INTERCESSION.
Love these lost and rebellious people into the Kingdom!
Isaiah 22:22 – The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
THE FAITHFUL CHURCH HAS KEY TO OPEN DOORS-PORTALS
Revelation 3:7 – “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:
PHILADELPHIA – BROTHERLY LOVE. LOVE PEOPLE INTO THE KINGDOM. PRAY FOR THEM, NOT AGAINST THEM.
PRAY AGAINST THEIR PLAN AS YOU INTERCEDE FOR THEIR ETERNAL SPIRIT TO COME TO JESUS.
RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH – THE DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN
Revelation 4:1 – After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? WE ARE TO WAKE UP AND GO TO BATTLE.
PRAY
INTERCEDE
GET BACK IN CHURCH
HELP THE WIDOW, THE ORPHAN AND THE HOMELESS
CAST OUT DEMONS AND HEAL THE SICK.
GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AND POLITICS AT EVERY LEVEL
BRING THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO THE LOST, HURTING AND REBELLIOUS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!
PRISONERS OF WAR
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February 21, 2022
ALL MEANS ALL
You are valuable to Me. Learn to value yourself. You are worthy because I have made you worthy in Christ. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1). Believe it!
ALL MEANS ALLGod is not indifferent. God cares about people and God loves people. God is not mad at anybody. Nobody.
“Well, I’m mad at everybody, so God has to be mad at everybody.”
God is not created in your image. The Bible says at the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, He reconciled the world unto the Father. The word reconciliation means “the removal of all hostility.” At the cross of Jesus, God put everything He’s mad at us about on Jesus.
Is the world saved? No. Reconciled means the world can now approach the Father for redemption. The upgrade of reconciliation is redemption.
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. – 2 Corinthians 5:19
How can you say, “Run to the Father because, by the way, He’s going to kill you because He’s so mad”? That’s not the way to sow seed for a harvest of drop-dead, sold-out Jesus freaks.
How can you say, “Run to the Father before He throws a hurricane at you”? The message of the body of Christ should be clear: Because of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, nobody has to be afraid to run to the Father for redemption.
Don’t mess this up because you don’t like or agree with somebody. Remember, all means ALL. All have been reconciled. You are responsible to plant seeds and water them for a harvest of souls. God’s not mad at anybody and that’s a great message to win a lost and hurting world.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TELL SOMEONE GOD IS NOT MAD AT THEM. WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN, HE’S THERE TO LOVE AND GUIDE – NOT TO PUNISH AND JUDGE.
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR
God has freed you from bondage. Take heart and love others who are still in bondage. Remember the chains you shed. That is your testimony of Jesus.
ENDOWED BY OUR CREATORAmerica needs Christianity because America needs a memory. Understand this reality: if there is no church, there is no America.
The second sentence of the Declaration of Independence – part of the covenant our godly forefathers made – says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
These rights exist not because the government decided it, but because God Almighty decreed it. Our founders were in agreement with the Apostle Paul when he wrote, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty and freedom.”
This truth will offend nearly everybody. The Muslims don’t believe this, and if they get a greater Muslim voice in this country, we won’t have a country anymore. Atheists don’t believe this. The liberal teachers and college professors running our schools today don’t believe this.
There are people on our Supreme Court who do not believe this. The racists among us don’t believe this.
Christians are the only people in America who believe in what America is all about.
America needs the church to be the church because America needs a conscience. Without the church, there is no conscience.
As the church in general, and the Tribe of OpenDoor Church in specific, do you believe in the freedom Jesus brings? If you do, you’ll be offering it to everyone you meet! If you do, you’ll testify to the love and transformation He brings.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. – Revelation 12:11
If you love your life as an American Christian and a member of the OpenDoor tribe, lose it for Jesus. Serve. Love. Testify. Redeem.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO LOSE YOUR LIFE FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. BE THE CHURCH BY LOVING PEOPLE INTO THE KINGDOM.
From my sermon series I LOVE MY TRIBE
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February 19, 2022
TEN COMMANDMENTS
Before beginning a trip, be sure to take along everything you need, starting with the God of everything.
TEN COMMANDMENTS“Hello, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” – Exodus 20:2 Pastor Troy Version
That’s a great way to introduce yourself to somebody. Saying, “I’ve gotten you out of a mess and I’m not going to let you get back into it.”
Then God says, “This is how you’re not going to get back into the house of bondage”:
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image…
3. You shall not bow down to idols nor serve them…
4. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain…
5. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it, you shall do no work…
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
Seems simple, right? But God knew we couldn’t keep them. We would bend and break them. So why did He give us the 10 Commandments? Was it so He could condemn us? No way!
See, people are whacked. We need rules. We need boundaries. Although we say we hate rules, and find new and more creative ways to break them, we secretly desire structure. Why do you think the children of Israel asked God for judges and Kings? Because they craved rules!
Although we need rules and boundaries, they cannot become the thing we worship – doggedly keeping the rules but forgetting the heart of the one who gave them to us for our protection – yes, protection! Boundaries are how good parents show their love. It’s how we, like Father God, protect our children from harm and heartache.
Want to stay out of bondage? Learn to live within the boundaries God has set for your life. Break a rule or go off the reservation? Repent and run to Abba. It’s that simple. Remember, Jesus simplified this list of 10 down to two “Great Commands”:
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 22:37-40
When all else fails – LOVE! Remember 1 Corinthians chapter 13 says “love hopes all things, endures all things, believes all things. Love never fails.”
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO RUN TO DADDY WHEN YOU MESS UP. DON’T HIDE OR WAIT. HE’S READY TO RESTORE YOU BECAUSE HE IS LOVE AND LOVE NEVER FAILS!
From my sermon series JESUS UNVEILED
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February 18, 2022
OUT OF EGYPT
Stay close to me. I am a well-spring of provision. I am the answer to every need. Don’t look to yourself for provision. Stop looking to others to supply answers. When you learn to follow me, you have true freedom.
OUT OF EGYPTThe wilderness is the place where you learn to live with God, day in and day out. It’s an ugly place because you and I try to take control there. The whole point of the wilderness is to learn to give up control.
When God shows up in your wilderness, amazing things happen. He says, “You don’t need to do anything because I’m going to do everything for you.”
You have only one responsibility in the wilderness: stay close to His side. Why is it so hard? Why do you want to run off and do things your way?
You and I love Egypt. It’s all you’ve ever known. Yes, you were a slave there, but it was familiar, so you long for the way it was. You run back to Egypt in your finances, marriage, relationships, work or ministry. The cycle never stops and you soon realize that light at end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.
Stop! You have a heavenly Father who wants to supply all – and that means ALL – of your needs. He is rich beyond measure and merciful without end. Learn to let Jesus supply all you need.
You see, where you were once a slave, you are now part of God’s family. The family is welcome at the table where you no longer eat scraps, but the best the King can offer. You are free to follow Him or go your own way. Just a tip, you’re way isn’t the best way.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. –2 Corinthians 9:8
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO LET GO. LET GOD PROVIDE YOUR IDEAS, NEEDS AND RELATIONSHIPS. HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING.
From my sermon series MILK AND HONEY
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