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May 15, 2020
Episode 40 – Our First Staff Meeting Since the Virus
Listen in as I teach on the Four Horseman and how it works in the workplace.
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May 14, 2020
REAP WHAT YOU SOW
If you see yourself as being incapable of doing good in any area of your life, you haven’t given Me everything. Until you do, I can’t show you how good I am. Trust me today.
REAP WHAT YOU SOW
We humans tend to make God in our image. Since we’re so bipolar – loving Him one minute, mad at Him the next – we presume God is bi-polar. That He is pleased with us one minute and angry the next. He’s not.
I can hear it now, “Pastor Troy, are you telling me God does not judge?” No! God is a world-class judge, and He is a righteous judge. But know this: judgment is always out there working.
Judgment is all about, “If this happens, then this is the price you have to pay for it.” You can also call that “consequences for actions.”
You need to understand that redemption is also working! The body of Christ is supposed to stand where redemption is. You’re supposed to point people to the blood on the doorpost – the Blood of the Lamb. You don’t point people to the death angel.
What will you harvest if you sow seeds of distrust in God, then water them with judgment? I’ll tell you what you will harvest – enemies. God did not call us to harvest hell. He wants fruit – people who know and love Him.
If you are truly about the Father’s business, you will be planting seeds of goodness – His love and His word. You’ll be selflessly serving to water those seeds. See, it’s all about the fruit and the harvest. What are you planting?
Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah – Psalms 50:6
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO KNOW GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU. HE’S JUST NOT.
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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May 13, 2020
WORSHIPPING IDOLS
I call you the temple of the living God. I will dwell in you and walk among you. I will be your God and you will be My people. Therefore, come out from among them and be separate. Be holy as I Am holy.
WORSHIPPING IDOLS
I’ve been to India many times and seen giant monkey statues with sixteen arms holding swords and I think, “That’s just ridiculous!” You know what? It’s real to these people. I saw a mama bring her sick baby and lay that child at the foot of that idol and weep. It absolutely broke my heart.
While we don’t find many statues of monkey gods, Vishnu, Ra or Odin here in the United States, we tend to be idol worshippers too, especially at church. What?
When we put God into one image or one place, and say He only acts in this certain way, we’re putting him in a box. Nobody does that better than religious folks who tell us how God is going to move because the last time He moved, “It looked like this.”
Even we non-denominational folks are whack! Who else could make a religion out of not being religious? We tend to worship the way we worship, and often the place we worship, rather than worshipping Jesus.
There was a time in my life when I was part of a fundamentalist denomination. It was pretty strict. All the men had the same haircut, sideburns and wore ties. The women didn’t wear makeup. Their hair was in “bundage” and they dressed like June Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver. We looked the same, dressed and acted the same. We were worshipping the image of what we thought godliness was.
And I’m going to get hate mail for this, but here goes. Your Bible is not God! It is God’s word and it is good, but it is not Jesus! The Bible testifies to Jesus. Oh, I just pegged a few cringe-meters!
Let’s not carve images in stone! Let’s get back to what worship and church are really about – chasing Jesus. Being in His presence. Strengthening each other and lifting up God’s name. It’s all about Him!
‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me,Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ – Matthew 15:8-9
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO REPENT OF IDOLATRY IN YOUR WORSHIP. SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, WEALTH, BELONGINGS, SELF – ALL ARE POOR SUBSTITUTES. BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH AND GIVE YOUR HEART ONLY TO JESUS.
From my sermon series JESUS UNVEILED
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May 12, 2020
AN EXPECTED END
I have given you all you need to glorify My name. Your life, your successes and even your failures are a testimony of My goodness and faithfulness. Do not fear letting people know you are My child. Your job is to be a witness of My love.
AN EXPECTED END
God expects a harvest from each of us. So what is a harvest?
A harvest is the fulfillment of God’s heart toward you. He has a dream for your future. He wants to bring you to an expected end like in Jeremiah 29:11, and that includes work only you can do to bring Him glory and bring the lost into the Kingdom.
I want you to think about all the miracles God had to do in order for you to be you. Do you realize you won the location lottery by being born in the United States of America?
How about when you were born? The 21st century is a time of incredible impact. Think about the technology and transportation advantages we have today. We live more life, meet more people and go more places in one year than people in the 1960s did in a lifetime.
Yes, it’s a good place and time to be alive! Your impact should far outstrip that of men and women any other time in history. So let me ask you, is that true of you?
Know this: the harvest doesn’t just happen. The harvest only happens if we are committed to it and understand that God expects a harvest from us. He wants a return on His investment in you. Can you give Him one?
He’s supplied you with all you need. You’ve been set up for some crazy cool success. It’s time to plow and plant in your home, family, friends and workplace. It is your expected end.
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness – 2 Corinthians 9:10
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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May 11, 2020
SOWING AMONG THORNS
No matter how or why you are hurting, I promise to help you as much as needed; to carry your load over the finish line. Let’s run this race together!
SOWING AMONG THORNS?
Are there dark places in your life you want to turn over to the Lord of the Harvest but you just don’t know how?
Do you look at your marriage, finances, ministry or children and say, “Jesus, there has been nothing but thorns in this part of my life and I want there to be a harvest. I want God’s magnificent heart to be seen in this part of my life. Lord, I’ve been scared to break this ground up. I don’t feel big enough or smart enough to start plowing anything here.”
I know I’ve personally had times when I thought, “All I’ve ever done is contaminate this field. Everything I put into this is toxic. Lord, you want a harvest in this place, so I’m going to get committed to it. I’m going to start moving rocks. I’m going to start plowing it up.” That’s what the Bible says to do!
For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem. Break up your fallow ground and do not sow among thorns. – Jeremiah 4:3
Break up your fallow ground where you’ve been afraid to let Jesus in. Realizing you need to clean up that field is a positive start. Now, commit to the work it’s going to take. Determine to go to God because you want a harvest in this part of your life.
Sow for yourselves righteousness. Reap in mercy. Break up your fallow ground for it is time to seek the Lord ’til He comes and rains righteousness on you. – Hosea 10:12
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIG UP THE ROCKS AND THORNS IN THAT DARK AREA OF YOUR LIFE WHERE NOTHING GOOD GROWS. GO AFTER REDEMPTION ONE STONE AT A TIME!
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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May 10, 2020
RACISM – A SPIRIT THING
The Father is ready to show you His heart for others. Don’t harden your heart but remain pliable and teachable. Let God show you things you’ve never imagined before!
RACISM – A SPIRIT THING
There’s always been racism in the United States, especially in the South. I grew up in the South and I remember getting slapped on the back of the head as a little boy because I drank out of the wrong water fountain at the Fort Worth Zoo.
I remember being shamed and crying, and people yelling at me to never drink out of that water fountain again. That did not happen 1,000 years ago. It happened within my lifetime.
I can remember pumping gas at my grandfather’s gas station. A black family pulled up and I ran to pump their gas. The manager said I could not pump gas for them. This was in downtown Alvarado, Texas in the late 1970s.
I also know what it’s like to run a rental store in a black community and be called every racist name you can possibly imagine day in and day out. I’ve even been shot at because I’m white.
One time, I was in the projects in LA giving out food. There were 52 pastors and I was the one white guy in the crowd. Somebody threw a brick at me, which dang near killed me. I was there feeding people!
Racism is not a black thing. Racism is not a white thing. It is a spirit thing!
The demonic spirit of racism, and the mobs that feed off it, have been stirred up by Satan himself and it belongs in the pit of hell. For those of us with an eye to see, we know God loves and created the races – all races. Do not partner with the spirit of racism!
Partner with the Holy Spirit. See others through His eyes. He wants us to be one in spirit because that’s where we are made in His image.
And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. – John 17:11
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO SEE THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE IN OTHER JESUS FREAKS. LOOK PAST THEIR SKIN COLOR AND KNOW YOU SERVE THE SAME KING!
From my sermon series I LOVE MY TRIBE
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May 9, 2020
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
I have known you from the beginning. Before I formed you in your mother’s womb, I planned an identity for you. I am your Heavenly Father. Your expected end is at My table. Break bread with me even today.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
While we Christians call the second book of the Bible “Exodus,” the Jews reading their Torah’s don’t. They call it the book of Names.
Now, “exodus” is a Greek word and the Jews don’t speak Greek. They speak Hebrew. They call it the book of Names because the second word in the second book is the word “names” in Hebrew.
At its core, the book of Exodus is about naming things. It’s about identity. There is no such thing as redemption without a brand new identity. Identity is a place in your relationship with God where the Lord Jesus says, “I no longer call you a slave, now I have redeemed you. Now I call you family.”
Man, that’s so important to me. Aren’t you glad for your identity in Jesus? He doesn’t see you the way you were in your sin and shame. He doesn’t even see you as you are today working and striving to follow Him in this broken world.
Nope. The Lord sees you as you will be on that great and glorious day. He sees you spotless as Jesus is spotless. He calls you sons and daughters – joint heirs with Jesus. That’s an awesome new identity and you have it today, this very minute.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. – John 15:15
Jesus calls you friend. He calls you family. He knows your destiny is greater than your history, so stop identifying with who you were, or even who you are. Identify with Jesus. When you take the name of Christ as a “Christian,” make sure you look like Him. He looks like goodness!
From my sermon series EXODUS
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May 8, 2020
HE’S NO TAME LION
You were made to bear My glory. Just as I fill My heavenly temple with the robe of righteousness, I offer that same honor to you. I am a King and I call you a priest and a king of my order. Let My righteousness shine through you.
HE’S NO TAME LION
What does it mean to know Jesus and see Him as the face of a lion? Simple. It means you see Him as King. He is a warrior – passionate and powerful. He is majestic, awesome and untamed.
The book of Matthew shows Jesus as a lion – our King. To add another layer to this revelation of the first of the four faces of Jesus, consider this: what is revealed in the New Testament, was concealed in the Old Testament.
This revelation of Jesus as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah in Matthew has its roots in the book of Isaiah. Isaiah means “God is my salvation.” Salvation is the face of a Lion. The beginning of Isaiah’s ministry can be found in chapter 6.
“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple with glory.” – Isaiah 6:1
The first big revelation is easy to miss. “In the year King Uzziah died…” Isaiah is saying that in the year his other king died, he started to truly see the Lord as King. I declare this is the year for your other king to die. You know, that thing that keeps you from truly knowing the Lord as your King of Kings.
The second revelation in this verse is all about what the King was wearing. Brother Isaiah was literally saying, “I saw the Lord as King and His garment glowed in the dark! It was literally made of righteousness.” He was overwhelmed by what he saw. That’s beautiful to me. I want to be overwhelmed with the righteousness of God while looking into the temples of the lives of believers like you.
You know you are the temple of the Holy Ghost. He lives in you and wants to fill you, His temple, with the train of His robe – righteousness. In the year your other king – bitterness, self, an unforgiving spirit, addiction – dies, you’ll start to see Jesus for the King He is and it’s awesome!
When you do, the Holy Spirit can fill you with righteousness you could never receive without the revelation of Jesus as your King. Do you want this revelation in your life? Do you want your ministry to begin? Bury your old king and crown Jesus today.
From my sermon series JESUS UNVEILED
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May 7, 2020
Episode 39 – An Interview with Ben Hughes!
Ben Hughes is a revivalist who has traveled extensively throughout the world with his family, preaching the gospel and igniting fires of revival for more than 20 years. Are you ready for the coming revival? Then you should tune in!
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MARTHA’S MIRACLE
I hear your prayers for the lost. My heart aches for them just as yours does. Continue bringing them to My throne. I will show them My resurrection power – the power to save is Mine and I will not fail.
MARTHA’S MIRACLE
For my money, Martha is a hero of the New Testament despite the bad rap she gets on the Sunday sermon circuit.
Yes, Martha illustrates some issues we all have. The only person in her messed up family to have it together, she became religious about having it all together. We do the same thing. We all try too hard, push too far and put duty, systems and tasks above relationship. I’m guilty as charged!
Let me tell you a little about Martha you’ve probably never heard – and know it’s a little about you as well.
Martha was the only person in her house who had it all together. Her brother was a former beggar and her sister a reformed shady lady. Surrounded by people with issues, Martha was stable, and you know what? That can be a lonely place when you’re the person who pays the bills, keeps the home in order, shows up on time and does what you’re supposed to.
You’re the “doer” of the family, but everyone is always talking about your brother’s death-defying miracle or your sister’s latest outrageous gesture.
While the world celebrates the Lazarus’ and Mary’s – and well it should because they are rock stars – heaven celebrates the Martha’s. She’s a big name in the Bible and Jesus used her to illustrate some crazy cool points.
The name Mary means “The Lord is coming.” The implication of this is that Jesus is coming “someday.” That’s what Martha thought. That “someday” Jesus would have the power to bring her brother back from the grave. The revelation was that He was already God and already powerful. Martha didn’t have to wait to see that miracle resurrection.
You don’t either. Who in your life is on that wide path to destruction? Who is dead in their sins though they think they’re alive? Know this: the Lord is coming to them. He is mighty to save TODAY. Are you bold enough to make the introduction?
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” – John 11:25-27
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO KNOW JESUS IS COMING. HE IS BRINGING REVIVAL TO THE HEARTS OF MEN, SO BRING THE DYING TO HIS FEET.
From my sermon series EXODUS
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