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November 26, 2018
ARE YOU TAKING THE LONG WAY?
I Am a loving, powerful God. Yes, I could make this or that happen, but the truth is, I want your involvement. Partner with Me through the Holy Spirit. Take authority as My child to love the unlovable.
THE LONG WAY HOME
Both believers and non-believers say, “If it’s not of God, it won’t work. And if it is God, you can’t stop it.” While this is true, it’s also false and you need to know the truth.
Let’s be clear: there is the will of God that is fixed, permanent and is going to happen. A good example is Jesus is coming back. Nothing is going to stop Him. You can vote or not vote. You can believe or not, it doesn’t matter. Jesus is coming back.
Then there’s also the will of God that concerns His heart’s desire. That is the plan of God being carried out in our individual lives. Problem is, the “in-a-me” often gets in the way and we get in the way of God’s plan for our good.
I know for a fact that God wanted me to be a preacher who traveled all over the world helping people nobody else would help. Instead of partnering with Him as a kid or a teenager, I had my own dreams and planned a future as a musician.
Drugs, alcohol, broken relationships, anger issues, legal troubles – I brought all of these left turns into my life and was actively derailing God’s heart, His will, for my life. I got in the way and so do you, my friend.
How many times have you launched into the next thing – the new job, relationship, financial scheme – only to leave the Lord out of that decision? Finding the will of God demands partnership. Want to find your destiny? Ask God for your identity. Then go after your purpose by asking the Father to reveal His heart for you to you.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. – Matthew 7:7
That door is to His Heart. Don’t take the long way home. Partner with Him so His Kingdom can come and His amazing will be done on the earth of your life as He planned it in Heaven.
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. – Ephesians 2:10
FROM MY SERMON SERIES BEGAT
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November 25, 2018
DO YOU SEE GOD WORKING IN YOUR LIFE?
My hand is at work in your life, as is My heart. Look for them both as I work all things for your good. You are called according to my purpose.
NATURALLY SUPERNATURAL
Sometimes it’s just as miraculous when God moves through natural things as when He moves through the supernatural. Although one can be explained, the other can’t.
When it comes to the indescribable gift of the Lord Jesus Christ, you should have both of those kinds of experiences.
The natural miracles happening in your life are blessings and experiences you give God complete and total credit or glory for. It’s miraculous because if it weren’t for the Spirit of the Lord moving upon the natural things, those “babies” would never have been born. Amen.
There are also things that happen in your life and you don’t know how to explain at all except by the word “supernatural.” Supernatural miracles are things no man could bring to pass.
Born again believers going after the heart of Jesus should have both of those things going on within their lives. Kingdom people should be able to point to the way heaven is invading their earth both naturally and supernaturally.
Do you see God working in your life? Do you see His favor moving things into place for your success, well-being, and abundance? If you’re not, you’re either not looking or you’re not pursuing God.
Want more? Want to see the natural and supernatural hand of God? Go after them by going after the heart of your heavenly Father. The rewards are worth it.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28
FROM MY SERMON SERIES THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT
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November 24, 2018
WHAT IS BETTER THAN RICHES?
I love you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you to Myself in lovingkindness. No good thing will I withhold from you this day. You are my child, chosen and set apart for My glory.
BETTER THAN RICHES?
What occupies my thoughts most of the day? What am I pursuing? What am I worrying about? How am I investing my time, talents, and energy? Of course, the book of Proverbs has something to say about what you and I need to be pursuing.
“A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.” – Proverbs 22:1
Yes, the Bible says favor – a good reputation with God – is gained through investment. You are to go after favor the way you go after silver and gold. Nobody has ever gained gold and silver without actually looking for it and digging for it. Just like that, favor is something you look for. When you do, you find God is not some “thing.” God is a person.
There are things God likes and things He doesn’t like. Things He loves and things He hates. God is love so He can never have hate. No, the opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is selfishness. Amen.
Finding God’s favor means investing in what He invests in. Loving what He loves and hating what He hates. If you’re going to be full of the love of God, you will hate racism and slavery. There are slaves everywhere today because the world is so selfish.
I know God knows me, but I want to be known of God – known in heaven as somebody who cooperates with the Holy Spirit and with heaven. That means living a selfless life and pursuing the advancement of His kingdom on earth more than pursuing riches for myself. It means giving my life away to help set the captives free.
You and I will always pursue what we feel is most valuable to us. Knowing God and being known of God is a life empowered by the Holy Spirit. Believing that God is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him is a life of favor better than any earthly riches.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES SERVOLUTION
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DO YOU QUALIFY?
Come closer to Me. I have plenty of time for you. You don’t have to share Me with anyone because I Am infinite. You have all My attention. Open your heart to My love so you can give love.
DO YOU QUALIFY?
The more you get with God’s program, the more of the Kingdom He offers you. Kingdom principles are transferrable for every part of your life, and this is a Kingdom principle.
What’s real is, relationship qualifies you for intimacy. You have a different relationship with your spouse than you do with your friends. The level of intimacy is different on many levels because the relationship is different.
Let me tell you about the “in” people. Those people have a relationship with Jesus that other people don’t have. That’s why they have the power of God and other folks don’t. Relationship qualifies you for intimacy.
We have to go after a deeper relationship with God. We have to be people who want to know God forward and backward. We need to know Him in every single part of our life – our marriage, family, work, finances, thoughts, health – everything. We want to be people who love Him and love requires transparency.
Everything in the Kingdom is relational before it is functional. Revelation knowledge leads to invitations and permissions of greater experience with King Jesus. When you begin to know Him as Jehovah Rapha, not only is He your Healer, He is the healing. What God shows you through healing is an invitation to experience Him in that way. That’s how intimacy works.
Do you want permission to know God’s identity, purpose, and destiny for your life? Be transparent with Him. Be vulnerable to the Lord. Chase after Him the way you chased after your sweetheart – with crazy abandon. When you do that, you will qualify for such intimacy with King Jesus that your whole life will be transformed.
And transformation attracts the eyes of the lost. It provokes them to jealousy. They’ll want what you have and you can tell them about Jesus. Are you with the program? Do you qualify?
The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. – Jeremiah 31:1
FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – INTIMACY
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November 22, 2018
DO YOU KNOW YOUR ASSIGNMENT?
I never tire of talking with you or listening to your requests. I understand your problems and challenges, so bring them to Me. Because I made you and have purposed you for My plan, I know how to set you free from the bondage of a wasted life.
FINDING YOUR GPS
Let’s talk about something I believe to be very important to the Kingdom and that is alignment. The dictionary defines alignment as “an arrangement; in correct or appropriate relative positions.”
When it comes to the issues of alignment, you can have things in your life that are not bad, but they’re not appropriate for the assignment that God Almighty has given you. Aligning with God’s promises, His Word, and His plan for your good is the key to living out your identity, purpose, and destiny.
Have you considered all the promises that come with alignment and why we need alignment for our Kingdom assignment? Those promises are all about fruit and having a harvest to present to the Lord Jesus. Our lives should draw people to salvation but that’s hard to do if we’re not living in our identity and purpose.
Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself: Are you “dressed” for this assignment? Is your life lining up with it? Do your friends help or hinder your alignment for assignment?
If you’re called to be a musician, you should be surrounded by musicians and involved in musical things. You should be learning how to write songs, book gigs, and understand how the recording industry works. If you are you just messing around with a bunch of friends who aren’t serious or don’t have anything to do with music whatsoever, you’re missing the boat.
You see, it’s not that your friends are bad. They’re not appropriate for your assignment. You have to consider what alignment is all about. It’s about lining up your words, your actions, your relationships, finances, time – your entire life – with your assignment. Your assignment is the identity and purpose God put you on this earth for.
Don’t know your assignment? Use your handy GPS – God’s Plan Strategy. This is how it works. God says in Jeremiah 29:11 that He has a plan and purpose for your life, and it is good. Then, He tells you how to get it.
Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity… – Jeremiah 29:12-14
Call, seek, follow. The Lord promises to bring you out of the captivity of a life without purpose and put you into alignment for your assignment.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – ALIGNMENT
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November 21, 2018
DO YOU WANT TO RELEASE MIRACLES?
Enter into My joy this day and partner with Me to serve. Watch how the power of the Holy Spirit is released through you as I see My face in the ones you serve.
RELEASE THE MIRACULOUS
It’s in the context of serving that the miraculous is unleashed. Serving is powerful because it is fruit-based. Fruit is when heaven shows up. Jesus said that His Father is glorified when we bear much fruit (John 15:8). Serving is about results and fruit is heaven’s result.
Serving is also powerful because it’s faith-based. Mother Teresa is famous for saying, ‘I always saw the face of Jesus in every leper I ever cleansed.’ She cleansed the festering, nasty wounds and treated them like royalty as if they were Jesus.
There are two ways you can receive this. When you’re serving someone, you can either treat them the way you’d treat Jesus or you can treat them as if you are Jesus. You partner with the Lord both ways and it’s not blasphemy. It’s partnership to literally be His hands and feet. Isn’t this how Jesus trained His disciples?
“Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” – Matthew 25:40
We are the only hands and feet of Jesus the world is going to see. If the only face of Jesus the world sees is a mean face, or a racist face, or an accusatory face, we’ve missed the mark. What’s real is, we ought to blow peoples’ minds with how we serve.
We have the privilege of being the face of Jesus to everyone we come in contact with each day. God trusts us with that. In the Gospels, Jesus modeled what serving Him looks like. One of the last acts of servanthood He performed right before He went to the cross was to wash the disciples’ feet.
“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”—John 13:14
The creator of the universe humbled Himself and gave us an example in which to follow. Let’s you and I follow Him and serve. I give you permission to release the miraculous in your life and the lives of others by serving Jesus.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES SERVOLUTION
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November 20, 2018
ARE YOU LIVING AN EPIC LIFE?
My Son sacrificed Himself to give you life – an abundant life. To live anything less is to live your life and take His name in vain. Abundance is yours. Go after it and the prophetic gifts I offer. They are already yours.
POWER OF PROPHETIC ACTS
When I ask if your life is going to be epic or nominal, I’m actually talking about the power of prophetic acts.
God has designed things so that the spiritual realm is ignited or initiated through natural things. In the New Testament, God has designed things so the spiritual follows the natural. I’m still talking about the power of prophetic acts.
For example, consider how we anoint people with oil. There’s nothing magic in the oil. It’s the same kind of oil you fry taters in. When we lay hands on the sick and we use oil, that oil is not some kind of healing salve. It is the natural invitation for the Kingdom to work supernaturally through the faith of the act.
Here are some more prophetic acts in the natural that ignite something in the supernatural realm. We shake the dust off of our feet whenever we’re not received. We prophetically wash the wounds of lepers when we love on those society has cast out, like at our homeless outreach.
We’re acting prophetically when we give financially to the church and sow seeds into Kingdom projects believing this will initiate a response from heaven toward us.
As the body of Jesus Christ, I don’t know that we really understand the power of prophetic acts and actions. They literally send angels into motion to stir things up, to change atmospheres and outcomes.
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; the things you don’t allow on earth will be the things that God does not allow, and the things you allow on earth will be the things that God allows.” – Mathew 16:19
The Bible says prophetic acts shake the rafters of both heaven and earth. Grab those keys to the Kingdom and call down angels. Tap into the power of prophetic acts by doing what Jesus did!
FROM MY SERMON SERIES EPIC
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November 19, 2018
WHAT DO YOU LOVE?
For such a time as this, I have created you. I have called you to fulfill My purpose and plan for your life. Come and rest in Me. I will fill you to overflowing with the oil of My Spirit. Trust Me to make a way even in the wilderness.
STILL YOUR FIRST LOVE?
We start getting into alignment with God whenever get the idea of the majestic side of God. Alignment creates breakthrough. Alignment makes you an overcomer. Alignment brings you into abundance. Alignment is being subject to the Majesty of Christ.
When you look at how Jesus judges the churches in the book of Revelations, He bases it off three things only. What do you love? What do you hate? What is it that moves you? One comes into alignment when we love what God loves and hate what God hates and then act upon that.
We read in Revelation 2:1-7 the church at Ephesus knew how to do church really well. They lived out Christianity but, they have left their first love. First love has to do with when you first get saved. The game-changer in your life is that you are aware of God’s Presence and you don’t consider anything without considering the Presence of the Lord in your life.
Jesus is saying to them, “You think you can just do church without Me? OK. I’ll leave and I’ll just remove My candlestick.” The candlestick represents the Presence of God and how He is made manifest. We want His manifest Presence in every single part of our life, that’s what we want.
The candlestick represents His manifest Presence because there is a light on the top of it and oil inside it. The oil of God is His anointing. My friend, you are anointed by God to be somebody in this generation. That makes you significant.
The oil on the inside represents our private life with Jesus. The light is on the outside represents our public life with Jesus. My friends, if we want to see Jesus show up publicly, we have to cherish Him privately. My entire life private and public must be stewarded to come into alignment with Him. When it is, Jesus says there is much fruit.
“I am the vine, you are the branches, He who abides in me, and I in Him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5
FROM MY SERMON SERIES FIRST THINGS
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November 18, 2018
DO YOU KNOW YOUR WORTH?
I gave My Son because I love you! He willingly gave His life because He loves you. By His blood, you are made righteous. You think you’re not worthy. I know you’re worth every drop.
THE BLOOD SPEAKS
Satan tried to pollute the bloodline of Christ by getting Cain to kill his brother Abel, who was supposed to be in the line of Jesus. When that didn’t work, he tried to pollute it through Seth, the son Adam and Eve had after Abel’s murder. God transferred the bloodline to Seth.
That’s when the devil got a new plan to pollute the whole earth – to have demons that somehow manifested themselves physically and literally have sex with women to pollute the bloodline that way. Some of those people manifested themselves as giants. The entire Philistine nation was a product of that.
What was that really about? The blood.
Here’s what I want to throw at you: the bloodline that starts at Abraham and goes to Isaac, and goes to Jesus, speaks righteousness upon those who have faith. The blood speaks and it speaks righteousness upon behalf of those who have faith in Jesus.
Think about that because here’s the deal: when the world hates the Jews, whether they know it or not, they hate the Jews because of their blood. The reason they hate the Jews because of their blood is because it says, “You’re saved.”
You are the reason the world hates the Jews because the blood speaks upon your behalf. For the Body of Christ to hook up with a demonic, racist spirit against any color of folk and against the Jews, it is a demonic agenda because the blood speaks. The reason the devil hates the blood is because he hates you.
Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. – Romans 5:9
Read that aloud, “we are righteous by His blood.” That just makes my baby leap! The blood of Jesus speaks about you – your identity, purpose, and destiny. Don’t let the enemy pollute it.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES BEGAT
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November 17, 2018
PERSONAL REVIVAL? YOU NEED IT!
I Am the God of yesterday, today and tomorrow. When we first met, I remember the fire you had. Over time, it seems to have fizzled to a spark. Revive that fire and tell everyone you meet what I have done for you.
CHAYAH!
Here’a little secret nobody tells you when you sign up to follow Jesus: there are two paths and you choose which one you’re on. You’re either going to be somebody that partners with the Lord or somebody that resists Him.
“Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.” – Romans 6:16
When the Spirit of God begins to move on your life and take you into new places, you won’t have it all figured out. You will need to be practical, faithful, and committed. You also need to be willing to cry out to God. By fasting, praying, going on a missions trip, and allowing God to break your heart for what breaks His, revival will begin within you.
The word ‘revival’ is an interesting word. It’s a noun that means “an improvement in the condition or strength of something” and “an instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again.” That’s cool, but in the kingdom, we can’t settle for improvement when we can have transformation.
Revival can sometimes mean a “comeback.” When churches have an event labeled as a revival, that’s legitimate. There’s nothing wrong with having a time of dedicated consecration where we cry out for revival.
The Hebrew word for revive is “chayah” which means “to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, nourish and preserve life, live prosperously, live forever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life and health.”
You and I need a personal revival. We go to church, feed the hungry, some of us even have t-shirts and bumper-stickers showing we belong to Christ. But when was the last time you testified about the love of Jesus? If you can’t remember, my friend it’s been too long. Revival begins with us. Chayah!
FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – REVIVAL
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