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March 7, 2021
FEAR NOT
I Am the omniscient God – the ever present, all knowing Creator. You ask for My direction yet are afraid to follow. I will not lead you into calamity for My love for you is great. Trust Me. Trust My still small voice inside you.
FEAR NOTFor all of us who have a pioneer spirit about us, we’re the kind of people who are always pushing the envelope. There comes a place where we step across the line and the thing that has always worked no longer works there. That’s part of your upgrade.
It’s not a comfortable part of your upgrade, but one of the things you find in the Promised Land is the comforts you had are gone. Why? Because God is not offering you easier. He’s offering you better.
I don’t know that better is ever easier. Think of all the time you’ve wasted going after easier when you could have had better. “…and the manna ceased.” It wasn’t that supernatural signs, miracles and wonders ceased. It’s that God moved from supernatural provision to supernatural strategies.
A huge part of your upgrade right now is that God is changing the counsel in your life – your strategies, plans, goals and your worldview. God is changing all of that. It reminds me of this verse in the book of Isaiah:
“Behold, I will do a new thing…shall ye not know it?” – Isaiah 43:19
Do you think you’ll be able to wrap your head around this? Can you get a grip on this? The answer to that needs to be, “Yes.”
If you have recently found the manna ceased—the thing that’s always worked doesn’t work anymore—can I just encourage you? That’s just part of your upgrade. That’s just how it works. It’s normal to move into that place. And just because you’re scared doesn’t mean you don’t have faith.
Sometimes you just have to conquer your fear. Don’t be afraid to follow where God leads. It may be different. It may even be scary. Step up to your upgrade. Better is not always easier, but it is better.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES EXODUS
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REDEEMING YOUR TIMELINE 4 – The Greatness and Goodness of God
REDEEMING YOUR TIMELINE 4 – The Greatness and
Goodness of God
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
Redeeming Your Timeline
Sermon Series Part 1: The Holy Trinity
The life-giving side of God is the Father (God for us).
The creator and the ONE who rules over creation is Jesus (God
with us).
The empowering person is The Holy Spirit (God in us).
Abraham, Issac and Jacob
Saul, David and Solomon
Peter, James and John
30, 60 and 100-fold
Body, soul and spirit
The will of God from Romans 12:2:
Good, Acceptable, Perfect
PROPHET, PRIEST, KING
GOOD SHEPHERD, GREAT SHEPHERD, CHIEF
SHEPHERD
SUN MOON
STARS
DEATH BURIAL
RESURRECTION
HUMILITY CONVICTION
REPENTANCE
KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING
WISDOM
LOWLINESS MEEKNESS
LONGSUFFERING
GOD IS LOVE GOD IS SPIRIT
GOD IS LIGHT
The power of the devil: ACCUSE, DECEIVE,
CONDEMN
Three mountains in Jerusalem: GILEAD, MORIAH, ZION
LAW GRACE GLORY
John 1:3
All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything
made that was made.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning (Time) God created the heaven (Space) and
the earth (Matter).
Everything in the material universe falls into these 3 categories:
Time has past, present and future
Heaven has height, width and depth
Matter has protons, neutrons and electrons
So all the great works of God–everything He does that is
manifest to us as humans, He does in the three arenas or
environments.
He is a master at dealing with time, space and matter.
So God works in all these things,
Romans 8:28 (NIV)
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those
who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Psalm 86:8
Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.
“GOD IS GREAT, GOD IS GOOD”
The Greatness of God and the goodness of God is something
you have to be willing to think about and engage in.
Anything we look at that has to do with time, space or matter
Anything that has happened or we think is going to happen
Anything that is spiritual or covers big territory
Anything that is real and tangible, we have to view those things
through the lens of the Lord God.
We have to accept the responsibility of how we look at things.
Matthew 6:22-23 KJV
The light of the body is the eye: if there- fore your eye be single,
thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy
whole body shall be full of darkness…
THE LENS WE VIEW EVERYTHING THROUGH SHOULD BE
THE GREATNESS AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD, FROM
THE WORD OF GOD AND OUR OWN PERSONAL HISTORY
WITH HIM.
The Goodness of God
I often highlight the Goodness of God and its actually a theme
of my life. It’s something the Lord stirs in my spirit and uses to
keep me passionate and steadfast.
Psalm 27:13
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see
the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.
Romans 12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
THE GREATNESS OF GOD
Luke 18:27
But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are
possible with God.”
Remember Psalms 86?
Psalm 86:8
Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.
First, from verse 8 the greatness of God makes him greater
than all the gods. “There is none like thee among the gods, O
Lord.” I take this very seriously.
1 Corinthians 8:5 says that there are many gods and many
lords. Paul means that there are demons, evil spirits (1
Corinthians 10:20). Satan himself is called the “god of this age”
(2 Corinthians 4:4) or the “god of this world” (John 12:31).
Therefore I take David to mean that God is greater than all
angels, demons, evil spirits, principalities and powers, and
world rulers of this present darkness, and all spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places.
1 John 5:19 says the whole world lies in the power of the evil
one.
But 1 John 4:4 says,
1 John 4:4
“He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
And 1 John 3:8 says that “the Son of God appeared to destroy
the works of the devil.” And Jesus said,
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. GO
therefore and make disciples . . . “
IN CONCLUSION
When God created all things and joined His creation to time,
space, and matter, He programmed its DNA with components of
hope that cannot be altered.
Anyone can access hope to all things past, present, and future
because anyone can access Jesus in any way they perceive
time. It’s all part of the beauty and genius of God.
The sweet redemption of King Jesus is meant to be discovered
and experienced without measure. Our key to the power of this
beautiful marriage between the Lord and His bride is simply
never being able to imagine any part of our lives without first
thinking about our life with Him.
That’s the key to any beautiful marriage.
So, in wrapping this up, let me remind you that you still have
time. Your past time is still your past time and Jesus wants you
to discover Him and experience Him there.
Psalms 139:7-9 (Passion)
Where could I go from your Spirit?
Where could I run and hide from your face?
If I go up to heaven, you’re there!
If I go down to the realm of the dead, you’re there too!
If I fly with wings into the shining dawn, you’re there!
If I fly into the radiant sunset, you’re there waiting!
Jesus is literally waiting in your past to redeem it! He wants you
to tap into this revelation of Redeeming Your Timeline.
Your present time is your time with Him to live and breathe His
life more abundantly. Your future time is ready to be the room
where Jesus is.
Unveiling His glory in new prophetic upgrades and green lights
of joyous discovery and adventure.
Jesus is thrilled at the opportunity to live life with you in the
dangerous places of time, space, and matter. His heart longs to
find us thrilled at the same opportunity to live with Him in those
same places.
When we find Him there, we find He is not afraid. He is
victorious and full of hope. He is full of appreciation and love of
life. He is willing and ready to confront evil, and bless every
place with transformation and His Kingdom dominion.
He wants to find us in those same places exactly like He is. He
wants to make us be as He is because we see Him instead of
seeing our slave master in time.
The promise of the Word is that when we see Him, we will be
like Him. Now that is redeeming time.
1 John 3:2
…but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him,
for we shall see Him as He is.
Hope for every time and season. A cross for every time and
season. Redemption and exchange of life for death for every
hour of every day.
So, now it is time to accept the invitation, permission, and
commandment to change your measures of time to places
where King Jesus rules from His throne. He wants to bring His
Kingdom and save you in every way a person can be saved.
Our Redeemer lives and is not subject to time. Time is made
subject to Him. Redeeming time says the salvation of your
past,
present, and future is not behind you or in front of you. The
Great I AM is ready to bring your redemption and salvation to all
things past, present, and future. He is ready right now.
For He says:
2 Corinthians 6:2
“In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of
salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time;
behold, now is the day of salvation.
Peace to you!
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March 6, 2021
HUNGRY FOR GOD!
When you seek Me first and My righteousness, I can add so many things to your life – good things that move you forward to your destiny. When you hunger for My presence above all and seek Me, I will fill your life to overflowing.
HUNGRY FOR GOD!Paul was a man who put God first. The reason we’re still talking about Paul 2,000 years after his life ended is not because he was a Marvel-comic superhero, or because he had some kind of tripped out Jedi-juice or special X-gene.
He was a normal guy who did extraordinary things. The reason he was able to do extraordinary things that impact our lives today, on the other side of the world, speaking a language that wasn’t even invented when Paul was alive, is simple. Paul put God first.
You have no idea how important it is to put God first. I’m afraid I don’t have any idea either, and I’ll tell you what, I want to change that. I’ve done good in a lot of things and I’ve also failed in a lot of areas. However, any time that I revisit the practice of putting God first, everything in my life starts to get accelerated.
That’s why you fast – pardon the pun – but it’s the truth.
When you fast, you can’t ignore the fact that you haven’t eaten. You can’t deny it or out- think it. You can’t be a part of something else and forget about it for a while. It’s not easy to fast.
When you fast, you’re unplugged from a machine that you’re always plugged into and you’re so aware of it. That’s why fasting makes such an impact. It brings on a hunger, an emptiness, that illustrates our need for God.
That’s how it is when you don’t put God first. You get empty, even hungry in your life. You try to satisfy your needs with money, fame, family, accomplishment, ministry – and all these things are good. They’re just not God.
Go after this. Fast. Try one day this week. Twenty-four hours is a great way to start. Drink only water and every time you are tempted, cry out to God. When your stomach growls, open your Bible. When you think you can’t take any more, pray. This is a great way to learn how to put your hunger and thirst for God before your own comfort, wants and even needs.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
– Matthew 5:6
FROM MY SERMON SERIES FIRST THINGS
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March 5, 2021
NOUN OR VERB?
I will never let go of your hand. Every step you take I am there to encourage you and pick you up. Believe nothing is impossible because of My presence in you.
NOUN OR VERB?Christianity is supposed to be a verb, not a noun. The fifth book of the New Testament is not called “the complaints of the apostles.” It’s not called “the denominations” or “the non-denominations of the apostles.” It’s not even called “the history of the apostles.”
It’s the acts of the apostles. The book of Acts records the kind of church that turns the world upside down. A church that gets up and does something. Not the church of pew warmers. They are a church of action.
They are flawed. They made mistakes and in the midst of the mess, Jesus is standing there going, “Yaaay, I finally have a people who are willing to get up and do something! They believe me! I’m just going to bless what they do!”
We are His church. What are we waiting for before we can act? What does God want us to do that He can bless and cheer us on? Jesus calls us to act in the midst of our own weakness and flaws.
“ My grace is sufficient for you, My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest may rest upon me.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9
God is a loving Father who praises and rejoices every small step we take, just like any parent claps and encourages their child’s first steps. So, the Father is with us, cheering us on and picking us up when we stumble. He encourages us to keep going forward.
What acts does God have for you today by the power of His Spirit that dwells in you? What can you believe He can accomplish through you? Say with Paul today,
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13
FROM MY SERMON SERIES UPGRADE
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Episode 73 – Awaken Podcast with Micheal Lombardo
Hey friends, time is a mystery that many long to comprehend. God created time, He is outside of time, but He dwells with us within the limited constraints of time. Scripture is sprinkled with revelation on this very subject. Join Micheal Lombardo and me and on the latest episode of Awaken Podcast, hosted by Michael Lombardo. I dive deep into the redemptive nature of God and how He redeems our past, present, and future through Christ. Tune in for wisdom, revelation, and impartation.
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March 4, 2021
UNITY AND COMMUNITY
The cry of my heart is for My bride to be like-minded – unified. That does not mean you have to agree completely with each other, only that you love and follow Me, working to bring the glory of many souls to Me. Love. One. Another.
UNITY AND COMMUNITYTribe is about the territory God has given you and your territory is all about your assignment. It is what you’re responsible for.
This gets into stewardship. None of us really owns anything – not even our own lives. You own your life the same way your little girl owns her bedroom. She doesn’t pay the bills, you do. Jesus paid your debt. He owns you, simple as that.
So, in God’s economy, your territory is what you’re responsible to steward and those things change throughout your life. You steward your education, then your career, then your marriage, then kids, then ministry – sometimes several at once.
If you’re a purpose-driven person, which all Kingdom people are designed to be, you’re on a mission. You’ve got to fulfill that mission. You’ve got to make something happen because the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force. That means you are advancing into new territory for Jesus.
God didn’t design you to advance alone. Though He has gifted you personally, He also designed you for unity and community. When you have a tribe of like-minded folks, the devil gets scared. Unity isn’t his thing. He’s powerless against it.
So, what’s your territory? Who is your tribe? Take that walk on the wild side and cross the Jordan. Your tribe awaits.
“You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.” – Numbers 33:54
FROM MY SERMON SERIES I LOVE MY TRIBE
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March 3, 2021
YOUR NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES
Make no mistake. Your identity is found in Me – in My Name. I Am the Prince of Peace, the Everlasting Father and the Spirit of Truth. That is your legacy. Show the world who and whose you are. Love. Forgive. Serve.
YOUR NAME ABOVE ALL NAMESOn my dad’s 60th birthday, I took him to Gibson, Louisiana, to the famous ambush site of Bonnie and Clyde. That’s where the great warrior Frank Hamer, a Texas Ranger, ambushed this murderous duo and ended their reign of terror in this part of the world.
We not only saw a reenactment of this surprise attack, we discovered a Kingdom lesson on the importance of a family name I will never forget.
While many of Hamer’s descendants were there, so were the descendants and kin of Bonnie and Clyde. As we listened to the descendants of Clyde Barrow talk, my heart broke. It really did. Their lives were hell. While living in Dallas, people found out their name was “Barrow” and they were persecuted unbelievably.
They couldn’t go to school because the principal would throw them out. If they got pulled over, they’d say they didn’t have a driver’s license because if the police saw their name was Barrow, they’d go through more terrible persecution. These innocent people and their children went through hell because of their family name.
Just exactly like that, I ran into a descendant of Davy Crockett at the Alamo. Because he was a descendant of Davy Crockett, another one of my huge, monster heroes – this man is a man of God, a man of peace, he’s highly educated. He’s awesome. He feels a tremendous responsibility in living an exemplary life because of the name that he carries.
Isn’t it funny, and even sad, how much a name can affect you? It’s the same with God.
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that has taken his name in vain.” – Exodus 20:7
“Taking His name in vain” doesn’t mean using it as a cuss word. That’s blasphemy. What God saying is, “If I’m going to give you My name, you need to hold yourself responsible for demonstrating Me to your generation and beyond.”
We call ourselves Christ-ians, but would Christ talk and act the way we do? Would Jesus put Himself first? Or ignore the needs of the helpless by sitting on the couch and watching NASCAR or the Kardashians? No. He had the Father’s family name to demonstrate and so do you. And so do I. We bear the Name above all Names. Let’s show the family resemblance.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES NEXT OF KIN
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March 2, 2021
ALL ABOUT THE BLOOD
I Am a God who cannot go back on His word. My word says the wages of sin is death. I sent My Son to pay that wage for you, so you won’t have to. Accept His payment. Accept My love.
ALL ABOUT THE BLOODIf you bust out a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and look up Genesis 4, then go to the word “blood,” it’s actually a plural word. The King James translators didn’t want to make it plural because that doesn’t make sense in the English language, but it should have been plural.
This is what it should say in Genesis 4:10, “The voice of your brother’s bloods cries out to Me from the ground.” That means Cain didn’t just kill his brother Abel, he killed Abel’s children and their children. He murdered all of Abel’s generations along with their promise – all the way to Jesus the Messiah. The original bloodline of Jesus was going to come through Abel.
Cain committed a great act of abortion second only to his daddy, Adam. When Adam sinned against the Lord in the garden, he killed all of us before we were born. How? We entered into death before we had ever taken a single breath.
When God tells Cain, “The voice of your brother’s bloods cries out to Me,” let’s just note that blood has a voice – a loud voice. It cries out and God can hear it. Just like that, there’s another intriguing word in the book of Hebrews. This is the New Testament. So now, it’s talking about the blood of King Jesus, not the blood of Abel.
“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels…to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than the blood of Abel.” – Hebrews 12:22, 24
The blood of sprinkling speaks better than the blood of Abel? What?!? It’s easy to just keep on reading, but we need to get this because it’s a really big deal!
Again, blood has a voice. The blood of Abel cries while the blood of Jesus speaks. The blood of Abel cries because it was victimized by the injustice of this world. It demands a price has to be paid.
But get this: the blood of Jesus speaks of how He has conquered death and hell and says the price has been paid in full. Are you listening to the sound of eternal life?
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” – Romans 6:23
FROM MY SERMON SERIES BEGAT
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March 1, 2021
SHOW ME SOME LOVE
Surrender to My love. In My sight, you are a new creation, forgiven and made righteous by the blood of My Son. Fix your eyes on Me. Rejoice in all I have for you knowing nothing is impossible with Me.
SHOW ME SOME LOVEThose who love Jesus Christ are called to demonstrate that love by serving and loving others. If the Church actually believed that, the Body of Christ would look different and our impact on the world would look different.
How do we represent Jesus? Some of us believe representing Jesus is pointing out sin in other people’s lives. Others believe, it’s learning the Bible and quoting it to people. Still others believe it is by gathering together in a place that has a steeple on top of it. While there’s nothing wrong with any of those things, that’s not how we represent Jesus.
After His resurrection, Jesus was on the beach preparing breakfast for His disciples. This is just another example of His servant’s heart. He used this opportunity to reassure Peter of His love for Him.
“He said to him {Peter} the third time, ‘Simon son of Jonah, do you love Me?’ Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, ‘Do you love Me?’ And he said to Him, ‘Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed My sheep.’” – John 21:17
We love Jesus by loving and serving others. Jesus gave Peter a lesson in what it meant to love Him. That became one of the last messages in the Gospel of John that Jesus was trying to impress upon us.
Every day that Jesus walked on this earth, He demonstrated serving and loving others. The world judges success by how many people serve under a person. Not many seek to be last, or like being told what to do. Most, would rather be first and be the ones telling others what do. Jesus not only taught the opposite, He lived it out.
“…but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” — Mark 10:43-45
Until we know how to love and serve people, we do not know how to evangelize no matter how much Bible we have inside of us. A great awakening is coming to the United States in the form of a revival and we’re going to have a front row seat. But it’s not just going to happen through the power of the preaching of the Gospel; It’s going to happen through the power of the servanthood He demonstrated for us to follow.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES SERVOLUTION
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February 28, 2021
HANDS OFF!
You will fail. When you do, I will pick you up. Before striking a match to your field, consider the aftermath. There may be so many thorns and weeds that you see no chance of fruit. I see it! Don’t burn down your harvest.
HANDS OFF!Sometimes you will have to burn a field – a toxic relationship – but I do not recommend it. If you have time for that, go ahead. But know that if you burn that field, that relationship, the next several seasons of your life will also be about the burning of that field.
You need to make sure you don’t burn your relationships down by being very careful about the “me,” “my,” and “I’s” in your life. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, look at brother Samson. He was a monumental field burner and it cost everyone around him.
“Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, ‘O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!’” – Judges 16:28-30
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars and said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed with all his might and the temple fell. The Bible says Samson killed more people in his death than during his life. He burned his own field and he said “me,” “my,” and “I” seven times in his last prayer.
Verse 31 says, “He had judged Israel twenty years.” Let me tell you this: judges were supposed to judge Israel for forty years. Samson was a 50-fold Christian at best. Now, let me tell you about the collateral damage of Samson burning the field of his own life.
Samson was anointed to take out the Philistines, but instead, he slept with the Philistines. This caused an additional 400 years of slavery for Israel. That was until King David showed up and wiped them all out. We don’t find any more Philistines after David comes on the scene.
Folks, this is about the collateral damage we can cause to our friends and family when we don’t lay down our lives in our relationships. When we make things all about “me,” “myself,” and “I” with other people, we’ll eventually break those relationships off. Think about divorce or disowning someone; that is costly.
Instead of burning the field or trying to pull up the weeds yourself, let Jesus do the dirty work. He loves to separate the grain from the “tares,” or weeds. Let Him pull the weeds. And know that many of the weeds you see in your fields, Jesus can turn into fruit for a harvest. If you pull that weed, Jesus cannot transform it. So hands off!
FROM MY SERMON SERIES LORD OF THE HARVEST
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