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YOU ARE ENOUGH

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

When you feel like you’re alone, it’s a lie. When you feel like you’ll never measure up, it’s a lie. When you feel like you’re unlovable, it’s a lie from the deceiver. You are one of My sheep and My sheep know My voice. When have I ever told you that you’re not enough for Me?

ALREADY ENOUGH

John received an awesome revelation that we – the Church – need to return to a lifestyle of being loved. We need to change and repent in how we think. 

“We love Him because He first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19

You may have believed the lie that you have to perform to be loved. You think you have to measure up and jump through all these different hoops to be worthy. Why? Because you do it for your husband or your wife. You jump through hoops for your kids, your boss, your teacher or your coach. 

Everything you and do in this world is about performance. You think, “If I do this, then I’ll receive that.” That may hold some truth in the world, but it’s not how the Kingdom works. 

With God, you don’t have to perform. You don’t have to do anything but respond. 

He wants to love you. Some of you need to hear that you are trapped. You are connected to chains and being held captive because the only way you can be loved is according to how you perform. That’s not what God is inviting you into. 

He’s inviting you to receive and to respond to His love. You can’t earn it. You don’t deserve it. It’s a gift. 

“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.” – John 3:27

Stop trying to earn God’s love. It’s already yours. You don’t have to drive yourself crazy trying to measure up. You’re already enough. 

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – ALIGNMENT

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TOO MUCH TO LEAVE YOU THAT WAY

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

When I say I know the plans I have for you, it means I see you as complete – full. You are lacking nothing in My love. Let old attitudes and habits go. The new has come.

TOO MUCH TO LEAVE YOU THAT WAY

What are the things you are absolutely rock-solid on because you have experienced God in those places and you know His power? You’ve seen His hand and know His majesty by personal experience? 

You know what that is? That’s being a person of revelation that is tapped into testimony. 

Just so you know, your testimony is not what you did before you were saved. That’s your history. We don’t live according to history because our history is all about death.

Your testimony is who Jesus is to you. How He’s shown up and how you have known Him by personal experience. When you testify to Jesus, it’s all about how He saved you and redeemed every part of your life. It’s all about life.

Because you and I are carnal, one of the things we look for is we come before God and we’re looking for enhancement. We just want to be better, do better and have better. That’s a pretty small vision.

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. – 2 Corinthians 3:18

God’s not looking for enhancement. No, sir! He’s looking for transformation. He doesn’t want to just take what you’ve got and make it better, He wants to take what you’ve got, throw it in the trash and give you something awesome – something that looks like Him. Amen.

When He does that – when He starts moving you into your destiny – you’ll find your testimony is full of life. It’s full of upgrade, yes, but better than that, it’s full of newness. The experience of Jesus is always transformational. He loves you how you are, but He also loves you too much to leave you that way!

FROM MY SERMON SERIES THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT

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OUT OF THE WATER

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Time is My creation. With it, you can put failure and sin behind you. Step into your identity by stepping forward and leaving the past where it belongs. You are a new creation, My beloved one!

OUT OF THE WATER

Baptism is one of the coolest acts in the Bible. It is so weighty, so heavy with meaning that we could study it all day and come up with new revelation after new revelation. Right now, let’s just focus on this one cool aspect of baptism.

“It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” – Revelation 1:9-11

See the emphasis is on coming out of the water not going in? It’s a game-changer. Why? Because religion always makes a big deal out of the wrong things. 

Religion always makes a big deal out of exactly how you go into the water and what words are being said. That’s not the point. The point isn’t going into the water. The point is coming out of the water. 

And the reason we don’t get that is because we don’t understand that baptism is prophetic. It ain’t about joining a church. It’s about a prophetic act that initiates heaven into your life, and here’s the deal: heaven responded to Jesus being baptized. 

Heaven literally opened. The Kingdom came down, and it started when He came up out of the water – not when He went in, but when He came out. God spoke and said, “You are My Beloved Son with whom I Am well pleased.” It’s the upgrade from, “Well done good and faithful servant.” 

So go down into the water and leave your past and the things that plagued you there. Come up and hear your Father speak your identity as His beloved child.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES EPIC

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WANT TO SEE GOD’S WONDERS?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I did not create you to live a nominal life. You are not common as you’ve been told. You are extraordinary and have been created for an extraordinary purpose. I know who you are. Listen to Me and I will tell you great and mighty things you do not know.

TA-DAAAA!!!

If you can explain every single part of your walk with God, my goodness what a shallow walk you have! You need to have an unexplainable part of your life that belongs to Jesus.

The most powerful part of the supernatural side of God is not signs or miracles. The most powerful part is wonders. Wonders are jaw-droppers. They’re so unexplainable, you can only marvel at the greatness of God.

That’s a wonder. And there need to be some of those things within your life. If not, you may have been playing it safe. I’ve done that. I thought I had to play it safe and walk that invisible “church line” because I might get in trouble. 

I was surrounded by religious people that judged and criticized everything folks said and did that wasn’t just like them. I’m telling you, I was scared to death I was going to get in trouble. This is what I know: I did not learn that from Jesus and neither did they.

God’s not mad at you and He’d definitely not waiting for you to mess up so He can punish you. That’s just not Him. The thing He’s waiting for is for you to have such a faith and intimacy with Him that He can blow your mind with His wonder-working power.

I’ve seen it. I’ve seen that power and, believe me, you want to witness it too. You want to see God show off just for you because if you’re in that secret place of relationship with Him, He’ll strut His stuff just to watch your jaw drop and your eyes light up.

If you don’t have this in your life, you should. Do you want to be a witness to the most powerful part of God? Tap into the unexplainable by loving the Lord in a crazy way so He can show up in your life and say “TA-DAAAA!!!”

And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.” – Luke 5:26

FROM MY SERMON SERIES TIMELINES

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WANT A MATURE LOVE WITH JESUS?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Don’t be afraid of the secret place between us. I will serve your greatest needs there and you will serve mine by loving and helping those without hope. Care for the widow, the orphan, the lonely and oppressed and selflessly serve them as you would Me.

LOVE SONGS OF OLD

The power of intent is huge in the Kingdom. Being intentional means you have determined to make something a priority. Make no mistake, this is about romance. 

God Almighty is the inventor of romance. If you don’t know anything about romance, you’re not going to know anything about this. What’s real is intimacy changes from when you’re young to when you’re old. 

The only understanding that young people have of intimacy at first is the physical part. After time, that changes into an understanding of serving that other person and putting their needs first. It’s vulnerability. It’s all about being vulnerable with someone and trusting them with everything that you have. 

How you express that at first is physical and it’s glorious! But it morphs into something much more than something just physical. It matures into something deep and life-giving because your life is about selflessly serving that other person and wrapping your world around them. That’s what love songs are always about and the Lord Jesus knows a little about that.

The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.” – Jeremiah 31:3

Notice the words “appeared of old to me.” The Lord is saying the love between him and Jeremiah is mature, deep and selfless. That’s some love song God wrote to that prophet and He’s singing it to you as well.

Want a mature love with Jesus? Serve Him and the least of these. He will serve you right back and, I promise you, it will be life-changing.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – INTIMACY

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THE NEW NORMAL

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Have you wondered why I said it is for freedom’s sake that I give you freedom? Because without freedom, there can be no love. Likewise, freedom without love is useless. Give love and bring freedom to the captives. Do it for freedom’s sake. 

THE NEW NORMAL

Normal church and normal Christianity are over. They don’t work in this present day when offense and drama rule in the public arena. What’s real is Christianity is supposed to be a verb. 

Did you hear that? The love of God is supposed to be a verb. You and I are to be a people of action bringing heaven to earth the lost and hurting. It’s your assignment to see the results of heaven in people’s lives. Amen. 

You need to be in alignment for that assignment. I know I am. I know my assignment is to bring freedom to the captives of sexual slavery, poverty, religion, sin and death. Just like that, you need to be a mission-minded person who is all about carrying the presence of our living God into every single storm of life – yours and those you come in contact with.

You and I are not afraid or intimidated by the things this world brings. We are much more aware of the presence and promises of God than we are of the birth pains you and I are experiencing as we get closer to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ!

 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars … Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. – Matthew 24:5-7

Make no mistake, the birth pains have already started. My friends, it’s on! Because the time is so short, there is no room for drama or offense. There is only time to extend the freedom of salvation to those perishing. Like I said, normal church is over. Make love a verb. Be the hands, feet and heart of Jesus today. It’s the new normal.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – NEWNESS

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THE EXPERIENCE OF JESUS

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

You have a choice to love Me, just as Judas did. He was not locked into his fate. That’s why I gave him the money bag knowing he was a thief. He had the power to choose. So do you. Choose Me.

THE EXPERIENCE OF JESUS

What are the things you are absolutely rock solid in because you have experienced God in those places and you know His power? You know, the times He’s showed up in your life and you know His majesty by personal experience. 

You know what that is? That’s being a person of revelation who is tapped into testimony. 

Know this: your testimony is not what you did before you were saved. That’s your history. Now that you’re on this side of the cross, you don’t live according to your history. 

On this side of the cross, you live according to your destiny. Your testimony is who Jesus is to you – how He has shown up and how you have known Him through personal experience. Because Jesus is ultimately personal, this is a big deal.

You see, Jesus doesn’t just show up for you the same way He does for me. Oh, no, no, no! He knows you and I are different cats. He shows up for you in ways that He knows will speak to you. He shows up in ways that will blow your mind.

Jesus is personal because He’s a bridegroom and He’s madly in love with His bride – you. He will reveal amazing parts of His nature to you when you treat Him like a bride treats a groom and become madly in love with Him. 

Consider your testimony. Think about how your Bridegroom has shown up for you because He has. This should change some things in your thinking. It should give you a foundation, a stability knowing you have experienced true love. Can you see it? 

If not, let yourself fall in love with Jesus. Prepare yourself like a bride would for her groom. Tell Him everything. Give Him full access to your fears and failures, your hopes and dreams. The experience of Jesus begins today.

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.  – Romans 5:5

FROM MY SERMON SERIES THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT

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WHAT’S YOUR FAITH BUILT ON?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I Am always speaking to you. Do you recognize My voice? When you know Me, you will trust Me. You will not only recognize My voice but My face and My hand at work. Do not be deceived. 

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS

Any time God builds anything, He doesn’t look at the roof. No, sir. He looks at the foundation. He’s all about the foundation. Anything that is built – like trust – God Almighty is all about the part you can’t see and I love that.

There’s a great big part of my walk that is foundational. It’s based on truths I will not budge on. You will never get me to say God is mad at you or that He sends judgment in the form of a hurricane or a suicide bomber. God is good and He loves us. He does not punish or squash us like a bug on a windshield. 

Why am I so steadfast on these things? Because my house – my relationship with Jesus – depends on it. 

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.” – Matthew 7:24-25

Standing on the rock – the foundation – of who Jesus says He is and who I know He has been to me makes me a wise guy! My friends, I refuse to get caught up in foolish thoughts or debates of any kind. That is not my sandbox. That’s the sandbox of the media, the socialists and the religious. Cats play in that sandbox. 

Is this you? Are you playing in the sandbox of the world, unsure of who Jesus is to you? Or do you have foundational beliefs about Jesus that you refuse to budge on no matter what the haters say? If you don’t, you’re missing it. You’re being deceived. 

Without a strong foundation, your house will crumble when the winds of this world blow. Make no mistake, the wind is already picking up. What is your faith built on?

FROM MY SERMON SERIES TIMELINES

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HE IS COMING BACK

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I saw you in your distress and I loved you. I saw you at your best and I loved you. You are My special love and I will not spend eternity without you. I have paid the price for your life. I Am yours and you, beloved, are Mine.

THE PLACE OF OUR DWELLING

“We love Him because He first loved us.” – 1 John 4:9

Through this revelation, John is saying that we, the Church, need to return to a lifestyle of being loved. We need to act like a bride – a beloved bride.

This verse is the beginning of a love story. It’s the story of a Bridegroom who chooses His beloved. He leaves His house, travels to her home and offers her all that He has.

If she accepts His gift, what the Jews call “the bride price,” He goes back to His home and builds a house that the two of them will live in. It is the place of their dwelling – a place of relationship, intimacy and joy.

That’s what Jesus did for us. He came to this earth and offered you and I all that He had – His very life and eternal inheritance. When we, like so many others before us, accept this gift, we can be assured He is where He said He would be doing what He said He would do.

“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.” – John 14:2

My friends, our Bridegroom Jesus has been building your mansion for 2,000 years. He hasn’t forgotten us. On the contrary, that mansion is so personal, so individual to each of us, that He’s putting on the final details. 

He’s coming back. Are you prepared? Are you dressed and ready, watching day and night for His return because He’s coming soon. He’s coming for His bride. He’s coming for you.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – ALIGNMENT

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UPGRADE OF BAPTISM

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I Am so proud of you. You do not hide your pain and problems from Me. Your past is just that – in the past. I Am your identity, purpose and destiny. Follow Me.

UPGRADE OF BAPTISM

Baptism is God’s prophetic act to show you, and the world, what He has freed you from. Take those addictions and attitudes that have chained you into that water and come up shouting, “I am free from that” because you are. 

Another crazy cool thing about the act of baptism is this: the power of the Holy Spirit has been initiated in your life after you leave that junk in the water. 

I believe that after baptism you can hear God speak like you’ve never heard Him speak before. Maybe you have an issue you need a word from God about. You take Jesus off the back burner, you take it into the water and boom – you hear God speak. 

It’s a biblical principle. When Jesus came up out of the water, Heaven opened to Him. The Spirit descended and God spoke. He said what each one of us wants to hear when we’re in front of the throne.

And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love, with you I am well pleased.” – Mark 1-8

That is the upgrade from “well done good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:21) and upgrade is what baptism brings. 

Want doors that are shut to open? Need restoration, revelation and relationship like you’ve never had before? Leave your problems and your past in the water.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES EPIC

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