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RESPOND TO HIS LOVE

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I know the real you. You cannot pretend with Me. I see you and I love you no matter what others say or believe. Surrender to me and I will bring you peace and belonging. Come to Me and I will give you rest.

RESPOND TO HIS LOVE

The same way you entered into salvation is the same way Jesus expects you to walk out your salvation the rest of your life. I love that.

You know, He wants you to respond to love. He wants you to respond to the passion of the Father that He has toward you. First love is truly knowing the heart of the Father for you. It’s about being restored and responding to God’s passion for us. 

First love is not about performance. It’s about the passion He has for His Son Jesus Christ being lived out through you. The Bible says when we trust Christ, symbolically and spiritually speaking, we are put into Christ and Christ is put into us.  

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name…” – John 1:12

There’s a transfer. Not only does His love transfer, His passion transfers from His Son to you and me. Another word for passion is “zeal.” Zeal is all about enthusiasm, eagerness, fervor, ardor and being committed in a crazy cool way.

If God is that passionate about us, our response should be full of passion. I don’t know about you, but I entered into salvation with eagerness to know God and I was committed to following Him the rest of my life. I’m still doing that.

What about you? Are you zealous for God? Look back at how you entered into the Kingdom and respond to His love because He is love.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – ALIGNMENT

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WHAT’S YOUR TESTIMONY?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I Am the One Who is, Who was and Who Is to come. I know the beginning from the end. I have seen your finish and it’s glorious. Walk in power this day and be prepared to give an answer to the hope of glory within you.

ONE POWERFUL TESTIMONY

I want to talk to you about the importance of tapping into the power of testimony.  When you tap into the power of testimony, which is the power of God in your past, you tap into the Spirit of prophecy. 

The Spirit of prophecy which is the power of God in your future. BOOM!

The Bible says in Revelation 19:10 that the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy. Amen. Well, why do you need the power of your testimony and the power of your prophecy? So that you can live powerful right now. 

You don’t have to wait until you have it all together or until you understand how all this prophetic stuff works. The Lord wants to give you a powerful walk and a powerful testimony of His goodness today and every day. 

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. – 1 John 5:11

You know where God has been with you and you know where God is going with you. Because of this, you know God is with you here and now. Hallelujah. And that makes you an overcomer because you’re an overcomer “…by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony.”

My friend, you have eternal life. That’s one powerful testimony of Jesus!

FROM MY SERMON SERIES THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT

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DO YOU TRUST GOD?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I have given you abundant life through My Spirit within you. Why do you look for other sources? I Am a well springing up inside you bringing living water. Never thirst again. Look to Me. I Am your source.

HE’S GOT YOUR SIX

Exodus tells us the Hebrew slaves spent 40 years wandering around in the wilderness due to their mumbling and grumbling. They refused to put their trust in God and they paid a heavy price because of it.

In the Promised Land, you need to trust God or wander around lost and discontented just like they did. 

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6

Grumbling against God is easy. The default of your sin nature is to blame someone else. It takes a right mind, and it takes faith and trust to move past the need to point a finger at God and say, “You let this happen” or “What did I do to deserve this, God?”

You know God’s character, His goodness. So, why, when the chips are down and things aren’t going your way, do you believe He is punishing you or has sent sickness or a financial blow to cripple you? You do know God’s not in the punishment business, right?

“But Pastor Troy, I’m a good Christian and I believe, but so many bad things happen to me. It seems like one thing after another so it’s hard for me to trust God when He says He’ll fight my battles. I feel like I’m on the battlefield wandering around lost and alone.”

First off, your feelings are liars. Don’t listen to them. Trust that He’ll fight your battles in every wilderness of your life. You just need to keep following Him. Once you learn the lesson that He is good and He is not the problem, He’ll point you to the Promised Land.

In the Promised Land, God doesn’t lead you. He backs you up. He’s on the battlefield. He’s waiting for you to step out in faith because He’s got your “six.” Stand on the word of God. Trust Him. He will make a way where there was no way. I take comfort in that and I trust Him. Do you?

FROM MY SERMON SERIES BEGAT

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YOUR PLACE IN HIS HEART

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Surely, My salvation is near those who trust Me. 

THE COVER OVER YOU

Intimacy is supposed to be covered. Intimacy is those places in your heart that are reserved for those in covenant with you. You don’t just let everyone in your life have the same access to your heart because most of those people cannot be trusted. 

Why? Not everyone deserves equal access to your heart because they’re not in covenant with you.

A covenant is a spiritual agreement or pledge that goes deeper than any legal contract ever could. When you say, “I do,” you’re not just entering into a legal contract that “what’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine.” You’re entering into a covenant that says, “I will love and shield you no matter what your past or future holds. I will not leave you uncovered.”

Just like that, it’s very important that you understand Kingdom intimacy is private, privileged and exclusive disclosure of secret things based upon covenant and trust. 

Your Bridegroom Jesus has some things He would like to trust you with – your identity and purpose. He also has some things He wants to disclose to you – like your destiny. That’s your place in His heart and in His Kingdom.

 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. – John 14:2-3

Jesus has made a place for you in His heart and in Heaven above that only you can fill. Nobody else. Have you given Him the same kind of place in your heart? Reserve some places in your life for Jesus. Invite Him in and let Him be the cover over you.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – INTIMACY

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WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I love it when My children seek My counsel. I formed your identity. I mapped out your destiny and I know the way home. Come to Me with your requests and I will give you the desires I put in your heart.

ANYTHING LESS

Your life is really a big deal and it needs to be lived well. God is trusting you to live the abundant life He paid for you to live. 

There’s a big difference between an epic life and a nominal life. Epic means heroic, majestic, impressively great. Nominal means existing in name only, very small. And what’s real is, it’s up to you if your walk with Jesus is epic or if it is nominal.

Because God gave you free will to love Him or not, He also gave you free will to decide how much of Him and His blessings you want. It’s up to you. It’s not up to anybody else. 

You can have the kind of walk with Jesus that provokes people to jealousy or you can be the kind of Christian that causes people to hate Christianity. It’s up to you. You choose.

My friend, once you declare you love Jesus, once you take on the name of Christ and call yourself a Christian, you’re under the world’s microscope. Unbelievers are watching – just waiting to criticize any mistake or misstep just like the dreaded Russian judge at the Olympics.

Instead of a low score, the world is waiting to brand you a hypocrite in the hope you believe their assessment. However, if you’re living an epic life full of God’s promises, you should know you’re identity. 

When you know who you are to Jesus – and hypocrite isn’t in his vocabulary – you understand your purpose and go after your destiny. That’s an epic life. Do you have time or energy for anything less?

God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. – Acts 17:27

FROM MY SERMON SERIES EPIC 

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WHEN YOU ACT LIKE JESUS

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I know your dreams. They are gifts from Me put in your heart before time began. It’s time to put away childish things and rise up. Your full potential has yet to be reached.

WHEN YOU ACT LIKE JESUS

You and I weren’t made to live our lives in comfort and safety attending Bible studies and planning potlucks. Nope. Jesus made you to be the solution to someone else’s problem.

You see, in the wilderness, God is the solution to all your problems. You just follow Him and He takes care of you. While that sounds great to a lot of you, it really isn’t. It’s like being a child who never grows up. It’s actually a curse to act like a kid when you’re a grown man.

You were designed for the Promised Land. You were made for conquest and construction. You take territory from the enemy and build on it because, in the Promised Land, you are the solution. 

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus. Christ himself was like God in everything. But he did not think that being equal with God was something to be used for his own benefit.  – Philippians 2:5-6

He says, “I send you out as lambs among wolves.” He doesn’t send you into safe places where you can figure everything out. He sends you into deep places and He’s trusting you to be rock-solid about His love toward you and yours toward Him – even when you don’t have a clue what you’re doing. 

Here’s what’s real: It’s OK to be clueless when you’re off your map and into uncharted territory. Never prophesied over a stranger before? It’s OK. Just do it and Jesus will give you the words. Never laid hands on the sick and declared healing in Jesus’ name? It’s OK. The results are God’s, not yours.

Comfort kills and safety swallows hopes and dreams. Step into the Promised Land and be the solution someone else has been waiting for. They’ll see Jesus when you act like Jesus.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES TIMELINES 

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YOU ARE HIS SOLUTION

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

When you testify of me, words are only part of the story – your story. Remember that actions speak louder than words. Demonstrate My heart. Let the lost see their redeemer in the way you serve. You are My solution. 

IT’S A POWERFUL THING

I know for a fact that serving Jesus will change your life. When I say that, I’m not saying it from some high and lofty tower. I’m saying from the lowest of the low places – because I’ve been there – that God Almighty is faithful. He’s faithful.

There are three different premises I want to give to you today that I can tell you have absolutely changed my life when it comes to serving.

The first one is this: You get Jesus into any situation by serving Him in that situation. Broke? Serve Jesus with your money by tithing or sowing into Kingdom projects and people. Depressed or lonely? Bring Jesus into that dark place by serving someone worse off than you. It will bring you joy, I’m telling you. 

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. – Hebrews 6:10

Second, serving is power because serving actually demonstrates Jesus to a lost and hurting world. I’m not talking about works here. I’m talking about acts – just like the disciples when they got filled with the Holy Spirit. Feed the hungry. Clothe the naked. Prophesy over the lost, heal the sick and raise the dead, amen.

Finally, the love of God is found in serving and selflessness. When you put someone else before you, when you put your shoes on a prisoner in a trash dump or spend the money you were saving for a trip to Disney World on freeing a slave across the world that you’ll never meet, you’ll know the love of God.

The amazing thing is, so will they! Serving and selflessness should be the calling card of every drop-dead, sold-out Jesus freak. Is it yours? When was the last time you demonstrated Jesus? If it’s been a while, serve somebody. It’s a powerful thing.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES SERVOLUTION

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TO BE ALONE

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I Am Three in One. I created you in My image when I created man, woman and the Church. Together, we are complete in the fullness of eternal promise.

TO BE ALONE

I have officiated hundreds of weddings in my 20 years in ministry. I have also attended a few, and one thing I can be certain of: Genesis 2:23-24 will be preached.

It’s beautiful the way God knew it was not good to be alone. If it wasn’t good for Him, it sure wouldn’t be good for the first man, Adam. It’s amazing how the Lord made woman. She completed Adam and, together, they completed God’s family. He was their Groom. They were His bride.

But because of their rebellion, sin and death entered the world and corrupted everything – especially their relationship with their Groom. 

Thousands of years in the future, Jesus Christ – the second man Adam – would actually complete the mission of the first Adam, to have a bride. 

Jesus hung on the cross and when His side was pierced, blood and water mixed came out and the Bride of Christ – the Church – was born. 

The whole point of humanity is not just to be His servants. That’s what the Lord has angels for. The point of humanity is for you and me to be His Bride. He wants to share all that He has with you. 

My friends, it’s not crazy to seek God in a radical way. That’s what romance is all about and that’s what God Almighty created you for. He is love. Love requires intimacy – a special secret place of relationship. Why? Because it is not good for you to be alone. 

For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.  – 2 Corinthians 11:2

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – INTIMACY

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YOU ARE HIS PROMISED LAND

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I Am a faithful God. Trust Me and I will walk you through the storms of this life. You will make choices. Get to know Me. Know My heart and your choices will reflect My will.

YOU ARE HIS PROMISED LAND

The Bible talks about a land flowing with milk and honey, also known as the Promised Land. For milk and honey to be produced, a lot of things have to go right for a very long time. 

Think about all that has to happen for milk to be produced. Think about all the work that goes into a spoonful of honey. 

When God talks about Promised Land living, which is where you come against giants, mountains, walled cities, and 31 kings, He’s talking about obstacles in your life. On planet earth, you’re going to have to take a stand from time to time. Are you willing to sign up for a life that is not about survival? That’s the wilderness. 

If you’re about advancing the Kingdom, the Promised Land is perfect for you. There’s a whole different set of rules in the Promised Land. In the wilderness, all you need to do is keep God before you. That’s it. In the Promised Land, God is behind you and He says, “Sic ‘em!” 

In the Promised Land, He gets behind you and says, “Any place you put your foot, I will give to you.” That’s that promise from the book of Isaiah:

You will hear a voice behind you saying, ‘Turn to the left or turn to the right.” – Isaiah 30:21

God is going to steer you from behind. Like a general on the battlefield, He will give you your marching orders and send you out into battle, but He doesn’t leave you. It may seem weird not to have Him in front leading, but believe me, His vantage point is perfect. 

He wants to give you the victory because He’s producing milk and honey in you. He’s building the Promised Land in-between your two ears. Yes, you are His Promised Land. 

FROM MY SERMON SERIES BEGAT

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IT’S THAT SIMPLE

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Your enemy prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. He is not a lion. He is not that powerful. He needs your cooperation to devour you. Say no and stand stand your ground.

IT’S THAT SIMPLE

When all hell is breaking loose, you stand. When you don’t know what do to, stand is what you do. You hold on to the righteousness of Jesus Christ. That’s what it means to stand. 

But listen, you don’t have to stand for forever. You’ll get to advance again, you will. The Lord will show up on your battlefield. The momentum will change. Jehovah Nissi will show up. His banner will be seen and you’ll know the King has shown up on your battlefield. 

That’s when the momentum changes. That’s the whole understanding of Jehovah Nissi and ‘The Lord is our Banner.” We need Him to be our banner and fight for us because we don’t fight against flesh and blood, no sir. We fight “against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil… Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. – Ephesians 1:10-11,13

The devil isn’t God’s enemy. He is your enemy. He is my enemy. He hates and wants to destroy mankind because we’re what He wanted to be – made in the image of God and destined to be sons, daughters and heirs to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. 

We may be powerful, but we don’t always know how to fight. We have to learn it and lesson number one is learning to stand. Can you do that? Can you dig in your heels and say, “My God is good and He’s going to show up here”? You can. Stand your ground. It’s that simple.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES EPIC

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