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June 30, 2020
YAWEH’S FAMILY VALUES
Come into My presence and find out who you really are in Me. You are a reflection of Who I am. What you value will change as you stay in My presence.
YAWEH’S FAMILY VALUES
God said, “I’m going to establish a people and these commandments are going to be their culture.” It was pure genius because it took man a long time to figure out how to define a culture: you define its values.
Values are the things you make a big deal over. Do you value peace, kindness, generosity, hard work? As part of God’s family, you need to value what He values. If you don’t, the devil is waiting to step in and take your culture straight to the pit of hell.
If you turn the values of your house over to Facebook, Instagram or MTV and you expect good, godly children, you’re on crack. You need different values than the world. If you want different fruit in your house than the world, you’re going to set the culture according to God’s priorities. Let’s look at the first two as spoken by God Himself:
First and foremost, you’re going to value My presence. Second, you’re not going to worship idols. – Exodus 20:3-4 Pastor Troy Version
Seems easy, but while those words were being etched by God’s Holy Fire, the people below were already breaking His top two rules, and get this: God was well aware they had made a golden calf and were worshipping it.
He was also aware the people wanted to keep their distance. He had invited them all to come near His presence, but they had no value for it, so they sent Moses alone.
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”…So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was. – Exodus 20:18-21
Would I have joined Moses? I’d like to think so, but I may be kidding myself. What I do know is this: I don’t want to be one of those people who stands far away from the presence of God and only listens to His words through a preacher, a book, Christian music or Bible scriptures on Facebook. I don’t want my knowledge of a loving, powerful, creative God from secondhand reports.
While He speaks through the Bible, God isn’t the Bible. While He speaks through me, I’m just a man. While He speaks through creation, rocks, rivers and trees cannot save you. They don’t love you back, but Yahweh does!
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. – 1 John 4:8
Want to set the culture? Love is the answer.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DRAW NEAR TO JESUS. LEARN TO COME INTO HIS PRESENCE AND VALUE WHAT HE VALUES – HAVE A CULTURE OF LOVE.
From my sermon series JESUS UNVEILED
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June 29, 2020
THE HOUSE OF BREAD
I came so that you might have life and life more abundantly. I Am the Bread of Life that sustains you, especially when trials and temptations hit. I prepare a table in the presence of your enemies. Sit. Eat. You will never hunger again as I fill you with my Spirit.
THE HOUSE OF BREAD
I like to thank God for His indescribable gift of Jesus. But there’s something else in the Bible that is indescribable and that’s manna.
“And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as the frost on the ground. So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was…And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.” – Exodus 16:14-15, 31
The word “manna” literally means, “What is it?” It was bread that fell from heaven and couldn’t be defined or explained. It was supernatural and natural at the same time.
Exactly like the Savior the Bible foretold would be born in Bethlehem. That baby would be supernatural and natural at the same exact time – 100 percent God and 100 percent man at the same exact time. Jesus was a natural piece of “bread” that didn’t come from earth. He actually came from heaven, and He was born in what city? Bethlehem.
“But you Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” – Micah 5:2
The name Bethlehem means “house of bread.” That’s a big deal. So why was it prophesied that Messiah would be born in a city called the “house of bread”? Because He is supernatural and natural at the same time just like manna.
Manna is a type and a shadow for Jesus Christ. It’s something that shows up every single day of your life and you don’t know where it comes from, how it got there, but He’s there and your life is good because of that. You go through things that ought to kill you, but this power of God that shows up on a daily basis and manifests – well, you know how to walk it out, but you don’t know how to explain it to anybody.
Well, that’s Jesus. He said it himself in the book of John:
“…I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” – John 6:35
He, like manna, is an indescribable gift from Heaven. This Christmas, thank God for the gift of Jesus!
From my sermon series INDESCRIBABLE
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THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT
You are my treasure, and I yours. You never have to share My time, attention or love with anyone else. You have it all because it is limitless. Sit with Me and let the Spirit of Truth bring to your mind all the things I’ve said to you.
THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT
If you are able to describe the power of God within your life, you don’t have the power of God your life. Because of this, it is so important you and I tap into some things that are, in fact, indescribable.
One of the reasons so much of the power and the gifts of God are so indescribable is because they are unique to each of us. They don’t belong to anybody else.
The principle of uniqueness is so important because it has to do with intimacy – things that are personal. I’ll tell you this, there’s a big part of my walk with God that is personal. It doesn’t belong to anybody else.
Do you know that some of the most powerful things in your life are only going to belong to you and they’re not going to belong to anyone else? Religion doesn’t teach you that.
You go to a religious church and they’ll tell you that we’re all suppose to have the same exact walk. They’ll tell you there’s not supposed to be any diversity among us whatsoever – nothing unique, we all look, talk, act and dress the same. Boloney!
What’s real is, God isn’t doing the same thing within all of us. Yes, He saved us all through the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, but you and I are not trying to be saved anymore. Now we’re trying to live like we’re saved!
And how I walk that out is going to look different from how you walk that out. You demonstrate Jesus in ways that I don’t and vice versa. Why? Because you’ve experienced Jesus in a whole different way than I have, and it’s awesome!
It’s indescribable.
Praise be to God for His indescribable gift. – 2 Corinthians 9:15
Jesus is our indescribable gift. When we learn one thing about Him, He gives us five more glimpses we need to search out. How are you experiencing Him right now? If you can’t answer that, ask Him for a revelation of who He is to you and be prepared for the Ta-Da!
From my sermon series INDESCRIBABLE
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June 27, 2020
WHY WOULDN’T YOU?
Blessings don’t always show up as new shiny thing. Sometimes, the maker of Heaven and Earth invites us to get our hands dirty with Him creating the most beautiful things ever – relationships!
WHY WOULDN’T YOU?
If you have the opportunity to help starving people, why wouldn’t you? If you can love, bless and encourage people, why would you not do that?
On a recent trip to Africa, I saw starving little boys and girls eating grass. It’s all they had. It makes me mad that there are so many people in first world countries who’ve never lifted a finger to help one single person in a third world country.
We live in a small world now. We can communicate instantaneously across the globe. In less than one day, we can be on the other side of the world. This is why it makes me mad the church doesn’t have a greater vision to help people. So little makes a big difference in these places.
If you don’t think it’s important that church does what it does, come out to the OpenDoor Food Bank and see all the single mamas, struggling families, and isolated older people. If they don’t show up at our place, and we don’t load them up with a complete carload of groceries and treat them like kings and queens, can I ask you, where else can they go?
Can they go to the atheist organizations? That’s right! Atheists don’t do anything for anybody except to hate on Christianity.
We need to have a voice – a big voice – and we need to do something big! It’s important that the Body of Christ in the United States doesn’t fade away right now. The church has the answer. The world does not.
The world enslaves. The Body of Christ sets free. What are you doing to bring freedom to your family, friends or coworkers? What about the lost and hurting around the world? Are you actively trying to bring them relief and everlasting peace?
Do something! Why wouldn’t you?
The third time He said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.” – John 21:17
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO SERVE THE HURTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. TOMORROW, THE WORLD!
From my sermon series I LOVE MY TRIBE
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June 26, 2020
LET IT BE ESTABLISHED
I have so much more for you than you can even imagine! Take the step of faith and be obedient. You are arising as a warrior! I have trained you, protected you, and fed you. Go after My heart and in doing so, your heart will be satisfied.
LET IT BE ESTABLISHED!
How you live in the Promised Land is how you live in the promises of God.
For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. – 1 Corinthians 1:20
What does that mean? It means when it comes to Promised Land living, God says, “Yes,” and you have to say, “Amen.” God says, “Go,” and you have to say, “Let it be established.”
If God says, “OK,Troy. I have empowered you to go to college.” Then I have to say, “Let it be established.” I need to start wrapping my head around it and living my life as if I’m going to graduate college.
As I begin to pursue that, I put my foot on it and God gives it to me. I take another step and God gives me that place. I don’t have a clue in the world how I’m going to pay for it, but I start looking at grants. I start talking to people and asking, “How did you fund your college, because I feel like God has given me a green light.”
You do not sit on your blessed assurance and expect manna (miraculous provision) to show up. You’re not going to wake up and find it in your front yard. There is no manna in the Promised Land.
You have to pursue! You have to be responsible and work for it. You see, it works completely different in Promised Land living. It’s about pursuit.
Do you want to be a successful person living out your dreams and God’s divine purpose for your life? Get with His program. Let it be established!
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO STOP SURVIVING ON MANNA. GO AFTER GOD’S BEST AND RUN INTO YOUR PROMISED LAND. HE’LL BACK YOU UP!
From my sermon series MILK AND HONEY
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Episode 44 – An Interview with Paul Wilbur
Me and the Worshiping Warrior Paul Wilbur discuss the Impact that the virus has had on our families.
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June 25, 2020
FREE TO GROW
It is for freedom’s sake that I have set you free. Walk in the knowledge that I will never try to control your thoughts or actions. I like your uniqueness and revel in every stage of your progress. Keep moving forward toward My destiny for you.
FREE TO GROW
Listen, our entire walk is not supposed to be about us getting saved. It’s about saved people bringing the Kingdom to a lost and dying world.
If you’re saved, you do not need to earn your salvation over and over again. It’s time to move forward and learn to grow up. These steps are called “rites of passage.”
Baptism is very much a universal Body of Christ rite of passage. Baptism is where you say, “I’m leaving some things from my past in the water. I’m coming out on the other side of this, and things are different from now on.”
God will honor that. He really will.
Another rite of passage is raising your hands in worship. I know there are a lot of churches where people who raise their hands are shunned or looked at as showoffs of some kind. That’s so not true!
Christians raise their hands for the same reason unsaved people do: surrender, celebration, victory or reaching up for our Daddy to pick us up. When you get to a place where you understand the significance and are comfortable doing that in church, it’s a big deal.
The frozen chosen have been telling people how to do church for too long. It’s time to thaw out. There are some things unique to this tribe, OpenDoor Church, that don’t make sense to other tribes in the Body of Christ. One of them is freedom.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. – 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Just like God – who is love – does not demand His own way, but gives us free will to choose Him, this tribe operates in freedom. Like Jesus, we’re not about controlling anybody. We’re about freedom to be who you’re called to be, even if you’re weird. We like weird.
We’re not going to shun you for being a drop-dead, sold-out Jesus freak. Be who God has called you to be and walk in the gifts he’s given you because in this tribe, you are free to grow!
FROM MY SERMON SERIES: I LOVE MY TRIBE
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THE NEW NORMAL
Kingdom living is full of My Spirit! Live empowered by Him! In My name and with My love and goodness, speak life into the dead places of this world.
THE NEW NORMAL
Do you want to create a new normal for your family? One that includes a Kingdom worldview and reliance on the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
I’ll tell you what, I’m going to pass down something better to my children. Every person who works for me is going to be happy that they work for me. Everywhere I go, I’m going to help, bless and encourage people. God Almighty is going to give me some amazing ways to answer the darkness of my generation with His goodness.
My life could be so different. Before the Lord raised me up to be the guy pastoring a church and stomping all over the world doing mission work, I was seriously messed up and enslaved by the enemy. I lacked the love and leadership of Jesus. So did you.
What you need to grasp is, you now have a green light to do whatever you want for the Kingdom of God – missions, teaching Sunday School, feeding the poor or freeing slaves. Go and don’t stop. That’s what I do. I don’t know how much longer I have on this earth, and I want to go a lot further. I’m still passionate.
There is a little girl who is tied up in sexual slavery on the other side of the world, and she has no idea I’m coming to rescue her. I can’t do that if I hang around with the knuckleheads I used to hang around with and live the life I used to live.
You and I have been empowered to bring Heaven to this earth and that’s what Promised Land living is all about. Let that be your new normal and hand a legacy of salvation to 1,000 generations.
In the way of righteousness where is life; along that path is immortality. – Proverbs 12:28
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO PUT YOUR FAMILY ON THE PATH TO BEING WORLD CHANGERS. RESCUE THE LOST AND HURTING FOR THE GLORY OF JESUS.
From my sermon series MILK AND HONEY
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June 23, 2020
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
I Am the Living Word. My words are powerful and as you are made in My image, yours are as well. Speak wisely and with love. Convict, correct, comfort and edify with your words because the power of life and death lies in your tongue. Speak life!
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
The disciple John didn’t mess around. He started his book off with the revelation that rocked his world, and still rocks ours today: Jesus is God.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, nothing was made that was made…the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. – John 1:1-4,14
What a revelation – that Jesus’ name in heaven before He took on flesh and a human name, was “The Word.” It makes sense though, as He spoke the universe into existence. This is the fourth face of God as revealed on the seraphim. It’s the face of the eagle.
The face of the eagle means He’s spirit, supernatural and all-powerful. It means He is eternal. To know Jesus this way is to be in awe.
Now, what is concealed in the Old Testament is revealed in the New Testament. John reveals Jesus as the all-powerful God, but centuries earlier, Daniel hinted at what was to come. The name Daniel means “God is my judgment.”
So, Daniel pointed to Jesus as the righteous Judge. Now, some of you might not like the judgment part of God Almighty, but I do. Jesus judges me righteous. He took my filth – my sin – and traded it for His righteousness. What an exchange!
Do you recognize Jesus as your righteous Judge? Do you see the beauty in this face? Jesus as God has the authority to judge you guilty, but He doesn’t. He clothes us in His own right standing before the Father. That verdict is Good News to me. Is it to you?
From my sermon series JESUS UNVEILED
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June 22, 2020
PROMISED LAND PARTNERSHIPS
I am counting on you to testify to My goodness. I have put people in your life who will only hear the truth from you. I have trusted you with influence. Use it to bring those you care about into My house.
PROMISED LAND PARTNERSHIPS
In the wilderness, you survive. You fight for victory. In the Promised Land, you are an overcomer and fight from victory. The big difference between the wilderness and the Promised Land is partnership.
A partnership between you and God is when heaven wants to invade earth and God Almighty makes Himself vulnerable to us. It’s an amazing thing.
In the wilderness, we make ourselves vulnerable to God. In the Promised Land God actually makes Himself vulnerable to us. He says, “Here’s the deal, cowboy. I’m going to empower you to walk in the promises and take it to the next level. This is My heart and I’m counting on you to fulfill your mission.”
Think of it as a marriage because you and I are the Bride of Christ. Amen.
This is covenant stuff here. This partnership isn’t just us counting on God. He’s counting on you and I. He really is. He has people He wants delivered from addiction and shame. He has people who need saved and His plan is for you and I to reach them with our testimony.
I think there’s been way too much of us breaking His heart when He’s given us opportunity to do incredible things and we fall out or lose focus.
Don’t do that! God is counting on your to partner with Him. That means this relationship is a two way street. He always keeps His end of the bargain. Can you do the same?
For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. – Philippians 2:13
From my sermon series MILK AND HONEY
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