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January 24, 2021
21 Part 4: The Weight and Measure of Your Life
21 Part 4: The Weight and Measure of Your Life
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
In 21– Part 1
The Number Revealed
January 3, 2021
TWENTY ONE–21
MANIFEST SPIRIT & LIGHT EXPOSING THE DARKNESS
Making things manifest or visible
The number 21 is in the Bible 7 times
* 21 is 7 times 3 and typically when you see biblical examples of the number 21 it has to do with light being made manifest.
* 3×7=21 – When the Spirit (7) has perfectly completed (3) His work, everything is seen for what it really is.
Ephesians 5:13
But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
This is the year to press into the presence of God.
The 2021st verse in the New Testament:
Luke 6:19
“And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.”
The word “Frankincense” occurs 21 times in Scripture, as well as the phrase ‘the Father.’
Intimacy, prayer and the secret place with the father.
7+7+7 =21 7X3 =21
Manifest presence
Exodus 20:21
So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
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21– Part 2
Totally Legal
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021
1 Corinthians 13:11-13
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things….
The call to maturity is huge this year. There is a need for grown up Christians to actually grow up and put away childish things.
Samson would not become mature so he became cursed by becoming a blind entertainer.
The lack of fathers as leaders has stunted the growth of the church. We have to have fathers as leaders in the church–people who see the people of God through a lens of example, potential and discipline. This means a big shift of the new wineskin is about the fatherly role of raising and equipping men and women of God. It’s about passing down an inheritance that gives them an advantage and guarantees their successful walk in Jesus.
1 Corinthians 4:15
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
The 2021st verse in the Bible:
Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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21–Part 3: “For Those About to Rock”
January 17, 2020
Proverbs 21:31
The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety/victory [is] of the LORD.
Ephesians 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
YOUR FEET ARE COVERED IN BEING PREPARED TO HAVE PEACE.
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21 part 4 – The Weight of Your Life
Numbers are important in God’s economy. He uses them to speak to us in so many ways.
In fact, numbers are so crucial in His messages to us, He even has a special angel whose job it is to number everything.
This Angel can be found doing his thing in Daniel 8:13-14.
Daniel 8:13-14 (NKJV)
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, “How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?” 14 And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”
This angel gets his name from the Hebrew word for “certain” which is Palmoni.
It just so happens that Palmoni is a contraction of two other words:
“Pala” which means “wonderful or marvelous” “Mone” which means “to count or number”This is how we come by his name “Palmoni, the wonderful numberer.”
What kind of numbers does Palmoni keep for the Most High?
Weights, measures, amounts, distances, place, order, time, dates
We first see numbers being important in Genesis 1 when the days were numbered and in Genesis 5 when the family line of Adam is spelled out in great detail – including how long each of these men lived. This is how the Jews know that exactly 5781 years have passed since the fall of Adam.
Just like that, weight is a big deal to God:
Proverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
21 AND THE WEIGHT OF YOUR SOUL
DISCOVER MAGAZINE
In 1907, a Massachusetts doctor named Duncan MacDougall performed an unusual series of experiments. Intrigued by the idea that the human soul had mass, and could therefore be weighed, Dr. MacDougall put together a bed fitted with a sensitive set of beam scales, and convinced a series of terminally ill patients to lie on it during the final moments of their lives.
MacDougall was so detail-oriented, he recorded not only each patient’s exact time of death, his or her total time on the bed, as well as any changes in weight that occurred around the moment of expiration. He even factored losses of bodily fluids like sweat and urine, and gases like oxygen and nitrogen, into his calculations.
His conclusion was that the human soul weighed three-fourths of an ounce, or 21 grams.
It’s hard to imagine these experiments getting any serious attention from the scientific community today. But the lines of thinking that led to them — and the reactions they generated — remain with us to this day.
Here’s the Measure:
FALSE PROPHETS: A media mouthpiece that proclaims righteousness but is actually full of propaganda.
Flashy people with incredible gifts, but live like the devil and produce hell.
Blind entertainers who count on you to be stupid and immature so they can get away with their agenda.
Here’s the true measure:
False prophets/self promoters/mouthpieces of hell
YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS
Matthew 7:15-20
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
False prophets/self promoters/mouthpieces of hell
YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS
Matthew 7:15-20
17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
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Here’s where you can find a true individual who loves and follows Jesus.
Here’s the true measure:
THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS
John 13:35
“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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The Church:
“I KNOW YOUR WORKS” Revelation 2:2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;”
Revelation 2:9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.”
Revelation 2:13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.”
Revelation 2:19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.”
Revelation 2:23 ”I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.”
Revelation 3:1 The Dead Church “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.”
Revelation 3:8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.”
Revelation 3:15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.”
Every group of Christians need to serve as an army of one for an audience of One. We should all have a tremendous stacks of trophies of grace that we can clearly identify and point to while saying, “the Kingdom of heaven looks just like that!”
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January 23, 2021
HE WILL LIFT YOU UP
The mob of the world wants to control you. I Am the Lord your God and I give you freedom – freedom to choose My ways or the world. Conform your heart to Mine and I will do in you a new thing. Do you not see it?
HE WILL LIFT YOU UPThe world will tell you that to be humble is to be weak. That, like nice guys, humble people finish last, get the dregs and the leftovers. That’s not what Father God says.
Humble yourself before the Lord and He will lift you up. – James 4:10
To humble yourself in the sight of the Lord means you conform your life to the way God sees things. In this day and age, you need to do this on a daily basis. But here’s what’s real: Do not humble yourself before the world.
Religion will tell you you’re suppose to humble yourself before the world. It says you’re a racist, a hater, and a snob. You’re privileged, judgmental and intolerant. You do not conform your life what reality TV, Facebook, CNN or the New York Times says. The world is not suppose to have authority over you. You’re suppose to have authority over the world.
“Pastor Troy you shouldn’t say controversial things because you’re going to make somebody angry.” What if I’m trying to stir the pot a little? I will not humble myself before the world. I’m going to the gates of hell and saying, “You will not prevail against me!” Amen.
In spite of my history, lack of education, my flaws and major malfunctions, here’s what’s real: I’m not redeemed according to my righteousness. I’m redeemed according to His righteousness and that makes me a bad motor scooter.
I may be your pastor, but I fight the same insecurities you do. The first thing I have to deal with every morning is who my history says I am. Then I have to humble myself in the sight of God – I have to conform my life to how He sees me. Then He upgrades me. He lifts me up. This is the Word of God.
“Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” – Isaiah 9:7
Here’s the deal guys, if you’re not passionate about the next level, your heart is not lined up with His heart. For “the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” Do you have a zeal, a passion, for who Jesus says you are? Humble yourself and be lifted up.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES UPGRADE
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January 22, 2021
CHANGE YOUR BORDERS
I have a plan for you—a territory for you to inhabit and a purpose in that territory. Do you want it? Praise Me. Thank Me for the gift your life is. Listen to what I have to say about you. You are the apple of My eye. I love you forever.
CHANGE YOUR BORDERSTribe is connected to territory. That’s God’s idea. It means the people you are connected to are part of the assignment God has called you to.
On a more basic level, when God divided up the Promised Land among the 12 tribes, He gave certain territories to specific tribes. This is a picture of how it works in the Kingdom—a natural representation of the supernatural.
Let’s imagine the Promised Land is your life. Your life definitely has borders. It’s got a beginning, middle and an end, and every one of the tribes represent an important part of your walk with God.
The tribe of Judah is all about praise and thankfulness. They were the singers and musicians, and they were not a bunch of pansies. God actually had them lead the Israelites into battle time and time again. Judah has the largest territory because praise and thanksgiving is supposed to be a huge part of your walk. Too many Christians only give a tiny closet to Judah.
Simeon is a circle and it’s completely surrounded by Judah. Simeon means “hearing” and represents you hearing the Word of God. It represents your faith and “faith comes by hearing.” When you see the map, you see a picture of hearing God speak by entering into His presence through praise and thanksgiving – Judah and Simeon.
That’s how your personal territory is supposed to be as well.
The second largest territory belongs to Joseph’s oldest son, Manasseh, who received a double portion. Manasseh means “the Lord has caused me to forget.” That means “I don’t live according to my history. I live according to my destiny.” That’s supposed to be a huge part of your territory too.
How big a part do praise, thanksgiving and hearing God play in your life? Are you too bogged down with your history to go after your destiny? Change your borders! Give more territory—time and attention—to the things that move you to your destiny.
“You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.” – Deuteronomy 19:14
FROM MY SERMON SERIES I LOVE MY TRIBE
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FIND YOURS
You are honored and loved more than you know. I have called you to fulfill My plan for your life. Don’t underestimated your value in My Kingdom. Seek Me for that place I have called you to.
FIND YOURSA rockstar named Moses came down from the holy mountain with two tablets of stone hewn out by the finger of God Himself. These were The Ten Commandments. The top 10.
God decided the ten priorities of this new society – a Kingdom society living on planet earth – would be all about selflessness. He wanted his people to be about how they serve God and each other so everybody would know it is awesome to serve God and know Him.
It’s mind-blowing that in a day where women were treated like cattle and common property throughout every culture, that this new kingdom culture Father God was presenting to the world through Moses established that women were, in fact, just as important as men.
The fifth most important rule – the number five representing grace – is to honor your mother and your father. Not just your father, which, if a man had written the Bible 3,500 years ago that’s what it would have said.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. – Exodus 20:12
That was a revolutionary thought in Old Testament times. It was still revolutionary in Jesus’ day. Check out the New Testament and you will find Jesus gave honor to women in a day when women were still seen as less than men.
In fact, women were not considered smart enough or valuable enough to testify in a legal proceeding. Then along comes Jesus. Think about this: Who were the original witnesses of His resurrection. Not men. It was three women, one of them a former prostitute, whom He trusted with telling the world He was, in fact, not dead but alive.
The bottom line is this: God values women. He has from the beginning lady bugs. Do you value yourself and see yourself as God does? Men are you treating and see women the way God wants you to. If not ladies and gentlemen, REPENT. God has a purpose and plan for each of us. Find yours.
FROM MY SERNON SERIES NEXT OF KIN
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January 19, 2021
SEEK THE KINGDOM FIRST
I have given you great authority to do signs, miracles and wonders in My Name. Have you used that authority? Seek My Face and My Kingdom. The rest will follow.
SEEK THE KINGDOM FIRSTThere’s a certain protocol that happens when you meet a King. You don’t just nonchalantly walk into the palace, go to the throne room and shake his hand, “Hey, King, it’s good to know you.”
Oh, no! Take it from somebody who has actually met kings, it’s a very formal thing. When you follow the protocols, or rules, of meeting a king, you get to stand in front of him in a place designated to you to be heard. It’s a legal thing.
Look, you need to know Jesus as your King so you can stand in a legal place of authority. Authority is a big deal to God. It means you are a vital part of the Kingdom, trusted to carry out His will.
While there is no such thing as a King without a kingdom, t there is no such thing as a kingdom without real estate. “Pastor Troy, what does that mean?” It means this: Jesus said that the kingdom is within you. Jesus also said this,
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” – Matthew 6:33
You learn Jesus by experiencing Him. God Almighty puts something in your heart, and you have to conform your mind to it. When you do that, you are in legal standing. You are in front of the King and have the authority to carry out His will in the Kingdom.
It’s His will to bring peace to the world. It’s His will that all would be healed. It’s His will that none should perish. It’s His will that you should have life and life more abundant. Are you in right standing to do the will of the King? Conform your life to Jesus. Seek the Kingdom first.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES JESUS UNVEILED
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January 18, 2021
THE HILL YOU’RE WILLING TO DIE ON
To partner means “to take part with.” Partner with Me and together we will establish My will in your life. I have never left you and I never will. Surrender your will to Mine and be amazed at what you’ll experience.
THE HILL YOU’RE WILLING TO DIE ONSome politicians act foolishly in addressing every criticism, slight or accusation. With that said, I see godly people do the same thing all the time.
If your objective is to reach your kids for Jesus and your strategy is to include them in church activities, do not gripe at them in the parking lot before church and all the way home. That tactic does not work. It’s not a productive strategy because it’s partnering with a critical spirit.
There are times, especially with your kids and your critics, that not everything needs to be addressed. This is also called “choosing your battles” or “deciding which hill to die on.” It’s all about being on the battlefield that you have the grace to win on, and getting off the wrong battlefield.
Arguing and defending yourself can easily distract from your objective. Pick your battles. Is this crisis really that big of a deal? If it is, by all means handle it. If it’s not, take that opportunity to teach others about grace and maybe even a bit of mercy.
You’re going to have to change your behavior and lay down your life. If you’re fighting every battle, you’re poisoning the harvest You have to recognize and humble yourself when you realize something doesn’t work toward your objective.
You’re not who you use to be. Amen. God has done a great and a tremendous work in your life and He’s not done with you yet. He’s proud of you. He loves you. He sees the harvest. He’s called you and He’s trusted you to partner with Him for that harvest. And my friends you will see that harvest.
Don’t get so caught up in addressing every little thing – every issue, criticism, fault and foible – that you put your strategy to win the lost, including your kids and family, on the back burner. Keep your head in the game and choose the hill you’re willing to die on.
A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel. – Proverbs 15:18
FROM MY SERMON SERIES LORD OF THE HARVEST
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January 17, 2021
KILLING YOUR UNGODLY KING
My enemy is not as powerful as you believe. Worse than him is the in-a-me – the thoughts, attitudes and habits that keep you from truly following Me. Come against them in My name and see victory over your circumstances.
KILLING YOUR UNGODLY KINGThe second enemy you must defeat in your Promised Land is ungodly kings. An ungodly king is something that doesn’t come from God that want you to partner with it instead of partnering with God.
It’s when you say, “Well, I’m saved, but this thing that’s in my life (addiction, habit, mindset, person) that God wants me to wipe out, I don’t need to wipe it completely out because I benefit from it sometimes.”
An ungodly king is really just a “friend with benefits.” You know what happens when you have a “friend with benefits.” You reproduce enemies – things that will rise up to kill you because you’re fighting the wrong battles.
When you fight the wrong battles, you lose. Then a trapdoor falls out from underneath you and you end up in the wilderness because you bailed on God. You have to learn not to bail on God again so you go back to the wilderness!
Here’s the thing you need to understand about making alliances with ungodly things in your Promised Land: you can’t keep the king without keeping his idol. There’s an idol involved in that and if you don’t tear down your idols, the result is foreign invasion.
God says, “If you don’t tear down the idols, I will allow foreign invaders to come in.” And you know what they do when they come in? They tear down every single house. They fill in every well. They destroy every vineyard, and you go back to the wilderness.
What do we learn in the wilderness? We learn not to bail on God. You understand how it works? Do you recognize this cycle in your own life? I’ve sure seen them within mine. So, recognize your ungodly king – that behavior, attitude or person who separates you from God. Wipe it out and claim your territory in the Promised Land.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES MILK AND HONEY
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21–Part 3: “For Those About to Rock”
21–Part 3: “For Those About to Rock”
January 17, 2020
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
History of the 21 Gun Salute
In 1842, the Presidential salute was formally established at 21 guns. In 1890, regulations
designated the “national salute” as 21 guns and redesignated the traditional Independence Day
salute, the “Salute to the Union,” equal to the number of states. Fifty guns are also fired on all
military installations equipped to do so at the close of the day of the funeral of a President, ex-
President, or President-elect.
So I wanted to do a sermon on being prepared for anything and everything this year. It’s the
year 2021 and I couldn’t help but tie it into what I think is the perfect title for BEING PREPARED
AND READY: 2021 and a 21 Gun Salute.
Part 3 of the series called 21 is “For Those About to Rock” we salute you!
“There is always a prepared place for a prepared person.”
– Jack Hyles
“Depend on it, my hearer, you never will go to heaven unless you are prepared to worship Jesus
Christ as God.” – Charles Spurgeon
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
The Boy Scout motto of “be prepared” means “you are always in a state of readiness in mind
and body to do your duty.”
This is very much a KINGDOM THEME and mandate from the Lord.
Scripture tells us that we must always be ready to tell others the Good News. We must be
prepared as Paul writes in
2 Timothy 4:2 (CEB)
“Preach the word. Be ready to do it whether it is convenient or inconvenient. Correct, confront,
and encourage with patience and instruction.”
1 Peter 3:15-16 (CEB)
“When anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready … Yet do it with respectful humility.”
The idea of “being prepared” seems to surface from time to time in our daily lives. When a
health or financial crisis comes our way, we wonder if we have enough insurance and resources
to carry us. We stop and ask ourselves, “Am I prepared?”
We prepare for a vacation, a trip or a new job. We discover the need to be prepared in so many
places in our lives as we make plans for careers, marriage and retirement.
Some of us take the idea of preparedness very seriously, while others seem to get along fine
with less preparation.
John the Baptist came saying PREPARE!
AND WE ARE TO BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER FOR THE HOPE THAT IS
WITHIN US AS 1 PETER 3:15 SAYS.
PROVERBS 21 DESCRIBES THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH GOD HIMSELF DURING
INTENSE TIMES OF WARFARE
Proverbs 21:31
The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.
Ephesians 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
YOUR FEET ARE COVERED IN BEING PREPARED TO HAVE PEACE.
THE 21 GUN SALUTE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A SIGNAL FOR PEACE.
say “I come in peace.” These battleships had 7 cannons that chambered 3 cannon balls so they
fired off 21 guns. Because it took so long to reload, firing all their cannons was a signal that the
ship was vulnerable and would not attack.A 21 gun salute has been used throughout western society to signal both sides in a battle to
lay down their weapons and clear their dead from the battlefield. It is a moment of peace in the
midst of chaos.
YOU NEED A PERSONAL PEACE REVIVAL.
PREPARE OUR HOUSE FOR PEACE.
Matthew 1:1-5
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the Prophets:
“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.”
3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins. 5 Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and
were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
So let’s turn back the clock 700 years before John the Baptist to the prophet Isaiah and read His
prophecy about John the Baptist:
Isaiah 40:1-5
“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” says your God.
2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is
pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”
Double for your trouble in 2021.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the
desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places
shall be made straight and the rough places smooth;
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the
Lord has spoken.”
KINGDOM PREPARING MEANS
• A change of priorities
• Repentance
• Conforming your life & circumstances to the promises of God
Be prepared to be hit with hard things and brace yourself with the presence of God.
You are not expecting an easy year with ideal circumstances and perfect responses.
I do not expect this year to be easier. I expect God’s presence to be more powerful.
Be prepared for God to so something amazing – just because He is good. Learning to rely on
the goodness of God because of His character is huge in the Kingdom/Expectancy.
Psalm 62:5 (NKJV)
My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.
Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our
salvation nearer than when we believed.
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January 16, 2021
TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHTI set you free so you could be f...
I set you free so you could be free indeed. Stop running back to your past and picking up old habits and ways of thinking. They drag you away from your purpose. I know the plans I have for you. Freedom is your expected end.
PRISONER OF THE PAST?There are many folks who walk free in our world but are in prison to a way of thinking. They can drive, go where they want, even go to work, but the enemy has them in bondage.
On the other hand, some inmates may even say, “I am in prison, yet I’m free.”
Whether you’re in prison behind bars or imprisoned to your thoughts and behaviors, Christ is the key to your freedom.
Don’t be held prisoner by your past. Condemnation and shame are as thick as iron bars. Be set free by the love and mercy only found in a personal relationship with Christ. There was a very famous writer by the name of Paul whose life was the perfect picture of this.
He was never more in bondage than when he walked free, persecuting the followers of Jesus. He was also never more free than when he was in prison, shackled and beaten, but in the presence of his beloved Jesus, singing songs of praise or testifying to his jailers.
Paul wrote many letters from a prison cell and one thing is evident from them all: that brother was liberated.
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. – Ephesians 4:1 (NIV)
Be a prisoner of the Lord and the truth – Jesus – shall set you free.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES EXODUS
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CLAIM YOUR HIGHER GRACE
As a good Father and sacrificial Brother, I understand grace. I created it to bridge the divide between us. Grace can also bridge the gap between you and your children. They are My children too. Use My grace to bring them into their destiny.
CLAIM YOUR HIGHER GRACEBrother Samuel, the greatest of the Old Testament judges, was one of the most awesome prophets there was. He pleased God in such a tremendous way. He lived a life consecrated unto the Lord.
Unfortunately, his kids were so bad that the children of Israel said, “We don’t want judges anymore. We need a king,” and they went and rose up Saul. They opted for a curse on the entire nation because of Samuel’s family life.
The reason godly human beings make this mistake over and over again is they think, “If my walk with God is awesome, it’ll just work out with my family. My kids will be OK because I am.” Newsflash! It doesn’t work like that.
I don’t care how solid you are in the family of God, if you don’t bring the Kingdom into your household here, you’ll have t-total hell with your family all the way up to your deathbed.
That’s not you. God Almighty has something better for you. There is a grace on you to reach your kids that your parents would have never had a clue about. You must partner with the Holy Spirit to reach this new generation.
You can’t raise your kids the way your parents raised you. In today’s society, which is designed to kill relationships and promote drama and selfishness, you need what only the Lord can offer: there is a grace on you that is significantly higher than what was on them. The Bible says so.
“Where sin does abound, grace does much more abound.” – Romans 5:20
When I tell you the Lord has saved the best of every bloodline for these last days, I’m telling you the truth. There is so much He’s trusted you with. So many lost souls who need to find Him and He wants to partner with us and our kids in that.
You cannot parent on autopilot in this time in history. There is too much at stake. Pray for your kids. Teach them the Bible. Speak destiny into them with strong declarations about who they are to Jesus and what they are to do for His Kingdom. Love them and lead them into the Kingdom. Claim your higher grace!
FROM MY SERMON SERIES NEXT OF KIN
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