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HERE COMES THE BRIDE

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Come into the secret place where I reveal My heart toward you. Do not be afraid. I will not be disappointed in your faults and shortcomings. You are made perfect through My sacrifice. Show Me your heart and I will make it whole.

HERE COMES THE BRIDE

There’s this great big part of our relationship with the Lord that nobody talks about. It’s somehow taboo as if we think only of God in terms of His greatness and our weakness. While this is part of the package, Jesus didn’t die to keep us at arm’s length. He died to draw us closer.

Yes, I’m talking about intimacy. That’s the special, deep revelation you give to Him and He returns to you, just like in a marriage. Husbands and wives share a knowing that those outside that bond don’t. It’s like that with the Lord as well. 

Intimacy has to do with being a bride. A child or son can have his own agenda. A bride cannot. 

You’re in a family, you’re an heir, but you can have your own agenda. When you’re a bride, you’re all the way in. You never think about your life without thinking about your husband. It’s always an “us” thing. 

Paul said he counted everything a loss except knowing Jesus more and more and more. That’s not a son talking. That’s a bride – a partner. Psalms 91 says, 

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” – Psalms 91:1

While it’s good to be a son or daughter – to be part of the family – it’s better to move into the place of being a bride. Brides “abide” or dwell in the identity, purpose and destiny of their husband. Do you abide in Jesus? Become the bride of Christ. He already paid the price.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – INTIMACY

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YOUR REWARD IS WAITING

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I long to give you rest, to reward you for seeking My presence. It is here you will find peace of mind and the ability to move up to greater things. There is more of My heart to discover. Come! Go with Me. 

YOUR REWARD IS WAITING

Seeking is a big deal to Jesus. There is always a reward attached to seeking. Not only will you find, but other levels of intimacy and blessing are always attached.

To seek means to pursue until you see. Do you know what causes you to give up? Offense. That’s why seekers qualify for finding because the only way you can continue to seek is if you get past your offense because seeking isn’t easy. It’s not comfortable and it can cause you to go into some territory you’d rather ignore and hope it goes away. 

Jesus Christ will show up in your life – even the uncomfortable parts. He’ll lead you into a place you were not expecting to go. He’ll show up in a way that you didn’t expect Him to. He will tell you to go places and love people you don’t want to. He’ll do things you didn’t even know He did and you have to be able to deal with the offense of that.

I’m going to tell you, there’s a very offensive side to Jesus. It’s outright offensive that He’ll show up and tell you to be a giver when you’re so broke you can’t even pay attention. It’s outright offensive that He’ll wake you up at 3:33 a.m. and tell you to seek Him. 

It’s offense that keeps us from seeking and I want to tell you, get over it! If you want to see great blessing, unbelievable upgrade and favor, seek and keep on seeking even when you want to shout, “What are you doing here Jesus? I don’t understand!”

You weren’t called to understand. You were called to seek. Once you do, He’ll be found and you’ll suddenly go, “Oh, there you are. I see you in this. I get it now and I’ll never be the same.”

You’ll be changed forever and that’s the point of seeking. Your reward is waiting.

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me. – Isaiah 66:10

FROM MY SERMON SERIES FIRST THINGS

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Episode 94 – Me on The Local Legends Show

Hey friends, today I’m with my good friend Jonathan Cook who traveled all over the world in a boy band. We talk about ministry all over the world and mental health specifically suicide. You can find their show on Facebook or Apple podcasts simply search The Local Legends Show.

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WHAT’S GROWING INSIDE?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

The day you made the choice to follow Me, you became a new creation. Your life will never be the same. Dig into the letter I left you, My Holy word. I will speak new things into your life.

WHAT’S GROWING INSIDE?

The term “after its own kind” is in the book of Genesis 10 times. Ten is the number for perfect order, the number for when God sets things up.

It’s one of the reasons why, in the ancient Middle East, it was such a shameful thing for a woman not to be able to have children. If she was barren, it was assumed there was a problem with her marriage and that the union shouldn’t exist. 

It was such an important principle back then that they actually put a hideous curse on people who couldn’t reproduce. They cast horrible judgment and shame on people. 

God hates bareness. I’m not talking about God hates it when someone cannot have a baby. What I’m saying is God hates it when people do not reproduce the Kingdom. 

God wants to bring fruit from your life which comes from intimate communion between the two of you – God doing a work on the inside. Then you’re going to have to labor with God until that thing is produced. 

This is responsible Christianity. This is not sitting around saying, “Well, if it happens, it’s God and if it doesn’t happen, it’s not.” You can want a job all day long, but if you don’t actually look for a job and apply, chances are you’re not going to be employed.  

But the fruit of the Spirit is love joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. – Galatians 5:22-23

Folks, this is the kind of fruit God desires for you to reproduce. If you’ve trusted Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are a new creation. That kind of means you will do “new” things.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES BEGAT

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WHAT OWNS YOU?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I see what hunts you in the dark. If you can trust Me, I will remove those monsters and give you a new mind – the mind of Christ – and replace your heart of stone with a heart of flesh. 

WHAT OWNS YOU?

Just as the sins of those baptized in the Jordan River flowed into the Dead Sea, when you get baptized, all the filthy junk that went in with you flows into the sea of forgetfulness. 

The Bible says that when Jesus came up out of the water the heavens were opened to Him. 

 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” – Matthew 3:16-17

If you’ve already been baptized you need to claim that for yourself. I mean it. And if you have not yet been baptized or you’re going to get baptized again, you need to claim that. Why?

Because when you get baptized, you have a legal right to claim that all the mess that has separated you from God is gone and has been left in the water. Just like Pharaoh’s armies chased the Hebrews into the Red Sea, there are some things chasing you and they want to consume you.

Just like Moses, you’re going to take some stuff into that water. You’re going to come up and leave the monsters chasing you there. Whether it’s bitterness, shame or addiction; you can leave that in the water.

What has owned you and you need it gone so you can get back to following the One True God? Leave it in the water and watch the heavens open and say, “This is My child. I love them and am so happy to call them mine.”

FROM MY SERMON SERIES EPIC

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DONKEYS & HORSES

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

My plan for your life is for your good, not your harm. Trust Me even when it seems nothing is going right. Keep your eyes on your destiny. Rejoice with those who prosper and they will do likewise. 

DONKEYS AND HORSES 

When God called the children of Israel to be a nation, one of the things He did not allow them to have was horses. Check it out. They’re always riding donkeys. 

We’re talking about the Middle East–Arabia–where they have some of the best horses in the world. Why didn’t the Jews get to have horses? Because horses are animals of conquest and God didn’t want them going out into other nations, 

He wanted them managing the thing that He had given them to manage. I call that alignment for assignment. 

He didn’t want them looking over into other countries and wanting to fool around with some of the things they had. You need to manage what God Almighty has given you to steward. 

“But Pastor Troy, the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Someone else is prospering and if I can just get to their field, I can prosper too.”

That, my friend, is called coveting and it’s a major no-no with the Lord. He doesn’t want your eyes on the good things others have. Those are their blessings based on His relationship with them. It’s what they were made for and what they can handle. If you horn in on that, it will blow up in your face.

Instead, like the children of Israel, focus on what the Lord has given you. Trust is the key. You have to trust God that He’s given you the best for your calling and destiny. When you get your eyes on your prize, you can accomplish great things for the Kingdom. 

Want to prosper? Trust the Lord for your donkey and let the horses go.

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. – Psalms 20:7

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – ALIGNMENT

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HOW BEAUTIFUL

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I Am God, but I chose to become like you. I know your hurt, your pain, your fears and your delights. I was willing to endure to have empathy with you. Endure and have empathy on others until I come again. 

HOW BEAUTIFUL!

There are a lot of people I want to meet when I get to heaven. I have so many questions and I imagine having them answered would give me a complete picture of God’s amazing grace.

I wonder if Joseph ever asked Mary if she was sure that God said she was blessed and highly favored. I’m sure he wondered if it was necessary for them to go through all the hell of shame and rejection. I may not know if he actually thought about that, but I do know this: it was necessary.

It’s funny how western civilization portrays the birth of Jesus in such a positive way. Beautiful nativity sets that show pristine, sterile conditions of a perfect Joseph, Mary and baby. 

Three perfect wise men and three perfect little animals around and one perfect angel. When you see this, you’re going to go, “How beautiful.” And that’s the way we need to remember it, but it’s not the way it was. 

Remember that Jesus was born in the midst of a terrible mess, and remember that’s what makes it perfect. 

 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.  – Luke 2:17-19

FROM MY SERMON SERIES THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT

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WORTHY

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

You don’t have to hide your faults from Me. I see them, just not as you do. I see the great strength your weakness truly is. I see the great results your failures will achieve in your character. I see your true identity because it is a reflection of Me. 

WORTHY

Father God is a giver. He’s the most giving person ever and our blueprint for how you and I should give – generously. 

The Bible says one of the things He will give us is that we’ll learn to walk in the newness of life. “But Pastor Troy, I’m 40 years old. How can I have newness of life when I’ve got so much baggage and such a long way to go?”

Once you get yourself saved and start walking with God, newness is just part of the package. You don’t have to earn it. It’s His gift to you as you begin to figure out that your identity is not who everybody has always said you are. It’s also not who you’ve always thought you are.

Your identity is who God says you are. 

Let me say that again – your identity is who God says you are and, my friend, your Abba Father has nothing bad to say about you. Those failures from the past? He sees the victory He brought out of them. Your lack? He sees the abundance He has and is providing.

God created time so He could do a great big work of redemption in you and me. When you become a new creation in Christ, all that junk from your past is gone. The word says He has literally thrown that trash to the ends of the universe and beyond.

…as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. – Psalms103:12

This is my confidence and let it be yours too: Father God has given you a new life. Don’t run back to the old ways. Let that baggage go and be who He says you are – worthy.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – NEWNESS

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ADDITION TO MULTIPLICATION

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Seek first My Kingdom and all these things shall be added unto you. All means ALL! Count it all joy to love your neighbor. I will multiply your efforts and many will be saved!

ADDITION TO MULTIPLICATION

I’ve heard it said that people add but God multiplies. What is it God is trying to multiply through you? Maybe it’s love. Perhaps it’s a servant’s heart. Fact is, true belief gives birth to action – Not faith by works but serving God because you’re grateful and you love Him too. 

Faith that sits on the church pew or the couch doesn’t bring heaven to earth. Works without faith are just as dead. There can be no birth of a ministry or Kingdom mindset without both. Listen to what Jesus’ brother James had to say about this: 

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? – James 2:14-16

We can tell people Jesus loves them all day long, but until we express that love through selfless acts of service, they won’t get it. They won’t meet Jesus until you and I put two and two together by loving and demonstrating the Kingdom.

Are you reproducing? Perhaps you’re quite comfy where you are. Just know that comfortable is never a good place to be. Get out of the cheap seats and into the game. Step out in faith, you may be surprised what God will multiply through you.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES BEGAT

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Episode 93 – Benny Hinn!!!

Hello friends, this is an interview I had with Pastor Benny Hinn!! I am so excited about this! Oh my goodness guys it’s Benny Hinn just wow. Y’all are gonna love this!

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