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October 26, 2017
NO LONGER A SLAVE
My righteous right hand is over you. My presence is your freedom to go forth. Though there is much darkness, there is more Light within you to show you the way.
NO LONGER A SLAVE
The Promised Land is all about empowerment.
Empowerment is not when somebody gives you something. It’s when all the obstacles are removed so you can do something. The Wilderness it is not about empowerment, but in the Promised Land, Father God says, “Sic ’em, and I’ll back you up!”
Promised Land living is when you partner with God Almighty. You have to, and it comes with responsibility. If you see yourself as a victim, you will never take responsibility for how you think, act, feel, your broken relationships or finances.
You’ll say, “No, I’m not responsible for that.” You won’t do anything.
But God says, “You are no longer a slave. You are my child. I love you, and we’re friends. We’re going to make this thing work, and we’re going to be awesome together.”
He’s fixing to show you the you you never knew was you!
The Lord says, “I’m about to put some armor on you and I’m about to point you to walled cities, 31 ungodly kings and terrible giants. I’m going to say, ‘Sic ’em!’ and you’re going to fight like a madman to take your ground.”
Jesus will give you plans and strategies. He will back you up and give you brilliant ideas when you learn to partner with Him.
Want to move out of your box? Looking to start a new ministry, open your own business or follow that dream you’ve had since you were a kid? Get into the presence of God. Trust Him fully and step out. He’s got your back!
You go before me and follow me. You play your hand of blessing on my head.
– Psalms 139:5
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS! STEP OUT IN FAITH KNOWING GOD WILL BACK YOU UP WHEN YOU TRUST HIM!
From my sermon series MILK AND HONEY
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October 25, 2017
THE POWER OF PENTECOST
It is time to declare the dry bones of your life to come to life! Give those places to Me and I will pour the rain of My harvest and saturate them until they overflow.
THE POWER OF PENTECOST
There are three specific seasons where God Almighty said, “If you stop what you’re doing and seek My face three times within the year, there will be an open window of heaven.” Seasons in the Bible are all about prophetic appointed times.
While we western Gentiles have been led to believe these seasons, marked by feasts, are Jewish property only, get this – they’re not!
There are three times God said we can find Him in a much more accelerated time than others: Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Today we’re going to focus in on Pentecost.
The Feast of Pentecost happens 50 days after the Feast of Passover which is at the time of the barley harvest. Also called the Festival of Weeks, Pentecost is celebrated during the wheat harvest.
“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year…”
– Exodus 34:22
Pentecost is all about the Spirit of the Living God in your life so you are infused by the same resurrection power that raised Jesus from the dead. That’s what Pentecost is all about. If you’re somebody who doesn’t want to live a powerless life, you need a Pentecost harvest.
Break up the fallow ground in your life or ministry. Get committed and you’ll experience one Kingdom win after another until you have the harvest of empowerment that comes with Pentecost.
If you’ve never operated with of the gifts from the Holy Spirit, never seen miracles, never had a dream or vision, never seen somebody healed, never heard God speak in a radical way – my friend, if you want these things, you need a Feast of Pentecost harvest.
Go after it. Find the dead, dry places in your life or ministry and call that ground His. Break it up so you can sow and water seeds for the Lord of the Harvest. He wants to bring power to your life. How bad do you want it?
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GO AFTER THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. GET READY FOR A FEAST OF PENTECOST HARVEST IN YOUR LIFE.
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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October 24, 2017
WRITTEN IN STONE
I am the chief cornerstone. I paid the price you could not pay. Crucified, I rose the third day. I conquered death and the grave. My Love for you made a way!
WRITTEN IN STONE
It’s amazing that God chose to communicate with His people through a written language, words – a book. Moses comes down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments – God’s Top Ten list for how to live right – carved in stone by the very finger of God Himself.
Do you understand what a big deal it is that this was written in stone – unchangeable, durable?
God basically says, “OK, we’re going to go by the book – not by who the current leader is or how folks are feeling. We’re going to do this thing by the book.”
However, when Moses took those stone tablets down the mountain and found the people breaking every command and them some, he did something radical and prophetic. He threw the stones down and broke them.
Do you see it? The prophetic picture? The unchanging Word – Creator God Jesus – the rock of our salvation, would have to be broken for their lawlessness.
The rules were not enough to save mankind and God knew it. So why did He carve the stones if He knew Moses would be forced to smash them? Because He was speaking to the people. Just like we do today, they needed the picture.
They needed hope. Although there were only 10 rules, the people soon realized not one of them could keep them. But a redeemer was coming. The Word would come to earth where He would be called Jesus because He would save His people from their sins.
Jesus would redefine the rules. He said, “Let’s cut it down to these two things: be madly in love with God and love your neighbor as yourself. If you can just do that, you can fulfill all the laws of the prophets.”
Love. It’s that simple. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us to show us love through His sacrifice. That’s why we call it the Good News!
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
– John 1:1, 14
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO UNDERSTAND YOU CAN’T GET TO HEAVEN BY FOLLOWING THE RULES OR CHECKING OFF THE BOXES. LOVE GOD. LOVE PEOPLE AND TELL JESUS YOU TRUST IN HIS SACRIFICE.
From my sermon series JESUS UNVEILED
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October 23, 2017
STRENGTH IN UNITY
Believers have two blood families; the one they’re born into and the one they’re born again into. Love them both with the Love of the Father that they may become one.
STRENGTH IN UNITY
The twelve tribes of Israel have not always been unified. It’s an interesting study to know who fought who, and see tribes that are notorious knuckleheads like the tribe of Simeon. Hotheads who constantly made bad choices, they were a plague to the others.
Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
– Romans 16:17
Israel lost too many battles to foreign invaders because they were too busy fighting among themselves.
There have been toxic churches who, in the name of Jesus, have done horrible things, and have plagued the other tribes [churches]. That’s not us!
Let’s make Kingdom choices and represent the goodness of God. Let’s love and help people. Let’s encourage people with a smile on our faces. Let’s never shame anybody because there’s no shame in Heaven.
Get away from the toxic environment of the mob spirit that says, “We’re going to turn against this person. We don’t like that person or what they’ve done.” That stuff has been in the church way too long. We lose when we’re divided.
Want to win? Realize the devil is the enemy, not the church down the street. Refuse to join the gossip about your pastor or speak badly about the people in your church. Heck, refuse to speak badly about any pastor or any church! Serve together. Worship together. Represent Jesus first, then your church.
Yes, you can love your tribe and be loyal, but know this: we’re not everybody’s cup of tea. If your friend likes us, great. If they want to try First Big Church across town, encourage them. Be grateful for the folks who may not be of our tribe, but they follow the same King.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIAL IN ON THE TRUE ENEMY – SATAN. PRAY FOR THE CHURCH AND BUILD IT UP WITH YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS!
From my sermon series I LOVE MY TRIBE
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October 22, 2017
ENJOY THE MANNA!
I am in you and you are in Me. Do you sense My presence? I am here. I see you and am with you wherever you go. I am the Bread of Life. Find your sustenance in Me. Wear My presence like a cloak and you can go anywhere!
ENJOY THE MANNA!
The Wilderness has some really cool lessons. Like the awesome thing that happened every day for 40 years after the Exodus – when God’s people wake up, there’s food on the ground.
That would be a game-changer for me! The people would pick it up and eat it, but they were not allowed to gather two days worth, except for the day before the Sabbath. The lesson here? You don’t get to plan past the day in front of you when you’re learning to rely on God for your provision.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about the rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not…”
– Exodus 16:4-5
Yup, there’s a stage you go through where God doesn’t let you make plans for the far-off future. You just have to learn to live within the day you’re in – with Him and yes, it’s a test!
To pass, you’re supposed to grow up and get past the “I just need to survive the day” stage. It doesn’t mean you’re weak if it takes a while. You get to move forward when you learn to value the presence of God more than you value the thing you had.
That’s when the Spirit actually displaces the enemy within your life, and I love that. Once that enemy thought process, situation, relationship or habit is displaced, you cross another Jordan River and there’s your Promised Land!
Are you surviving in the Wilderness? A better day is coming for you! When you learn to let Him provide while you enjoy His presence, you’ll find yourself taking steps into places you never thought you’d go! For now, enjoy the manna!
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO LET JESUS DISPLACE SOME ENEMIES IN YOUR LIFE. HAVE A VALUE FOR GOD’S PRESENCE.
From my sermon series MILK AND HONEY
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October 20, 2017
CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER
Today is a day of choices…choose life! Choosing life means choosing those things that will help you to move forward. If you aren’t moving forward, then you’re moving back…
CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER
When the Lord tells us not to be unequally yoked, it’s not a polite suggestion. It’s a warning that what we’re partnering with is going to bring us dire consequences.
A yoke is something that drives you. It’s a passion. I am a very self-driven person and cannot tolerate people who have to be goaded into action. Why? I’m not going to force anyone to do anything and I refuse to micromanage them. I can’t stand people who are not self-motivated and hate anything in my life that shuts down my motivation.
I really have to guard my heart against those things. For example, as a grown man, I have to keep myself out of sexually charged environments. These situations often have very dire consequences and I don’t want to lose my testimony. When things heat up, I just yell. ‘Leanna!” and I run. I literally run away!
If you’re not going to keep yourself out of sexually charged environments, who is? If you’re not going to stand for righteousness, who will? If you’re not going to buy girls out of sexual slavery, or feed hungry and homeless or give homes to orphans, who is?
We’re to partner with things that move us forward, make us whole and turn our eyes and hearts toward Jesus. Anything less is an enemy waiting to devour us.
Remember, we’re supposed to be moving forward, constantly transforming and progressing into new and bigger Promised Lands. Being unequally yoked, sleeping with a Philistine – the enemy – or partnering with the wrong spirit will send us backward. We will be of alignment for our assignment and that means people we’re supposed to bring with us to heaven could get left behind.
“I will establish your borders … I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
– Exodus 23:31-32
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO CHOOSE CAREFULLY THE ATTITUDES AND PEOPLE YOU PARTNER WITH. IF THEY’RE NOT PROPELLING YOU FORWARD, YOU NEED TO PROPEL THEM AWAY FROM YOU.
From my sermon series: EXODUS
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October 19, 2017
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
I look at you and see increase; increased peace, joy, hope, love, blessings… abundance, overflowing for others to enjoy with you.
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
God is the richest person who ever lived. He doesn’t think like poor people think. He thinks like rich people think. So how do rich people think?
They think in terms of investments.
Your Father in Heaven, who is the most generous person ever, expects a return on His investment in you. Has the Lord invested in your life? He sure has. You need to look in the mirror and ask yourself these questions:
How many miracles has it taken for me to be living the life I’m living?
How many people better than me never got to live the life I’m living?
What kind of price has God Almighty had to pay?
And how many people before me had to pay the price for me to live the life I’m living?
Should there be a return on the investment in you? God sees things eternally and He says yes, there should be a return. That’s what the harvest is all about. God doesn’t just want your life to be fruitful. He wants your family and friends to be fruitful because of His investment in you and your investment in them.
This takes some labor on your part, but know this: God wants you to be in heaven, but He’s not looking for you to show up alone. Invest His love, His Word and your time in others and you will hear these words:
“The master said, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’”
– Matthew 25:23
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO INVEST IN OTHERS. SHOW THEM HOW JESUS HAS WORKED IN YOUR LIFE AND WATCH THE FRUIT PORTFOLIO GROW!
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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October 18, 2017
THE BODY AND THE TEMPLE
I am the Living God who has given you My Holy Spirit. Don’t keep Him locked in a closet. Allow Him access to every room of your heart. He will clean your house.
THE TEMPLE AND THE BODY
The Bible says believers are not only the temple of the living God, but the body of Christ. Hear me on this: those are two different things. Both cool, and both good.
The temple is rock solid. You are I are called to be living stones in the body of Christ. The body of Christ is fluid – always growing, moving and changing. While they seem to be polar opposites, they work together to bring a beauty to the church and to us.
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, whom is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own…”
– 1 Corinthians 6:19
When you are the temple, there needs to be certain things within your life and thinking that are rock solid. Things you won’t give up on. One of those things is that God is good. You cannot convince me God is not good. I refuse to give up on the goodness of God. I’m rock solid on that. Are you?
There are other places you thought were rock solid, but God shows up and says, “I was fine with that for a long time, but you don’t need that in your life anymore.” He uses progressive revelation to take you higher and deeper. You’re still rock solid, maybe even more so as you know Him more.
Now you are Christ’s body and individually members of it.
– 1 Corinthians 12:27
As part of the body of Christ, you’re called a “living member.” You change, progress and go after upgrade if you are truly “living.” There are a lot of Christians today who are happy in their pew playing it safe. That’s not you!
If you’re a living member, you’re serving, ministering and chasing after an intimate knowledge of God and staying in His presence. You should be transforming. If you’re not, you might not be living the life Jesus has planned for you.
Do you see it? Do you see the beauty in the dichotomy? Go after it!
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO BE BOTH ROCK SOLID AND FLUID IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. YOU ARE THE TEMPLE AND A LIVING MEMBER OF THE BODY, SO REJOICE!
From my sermon series JESUS UNVEILED
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October 17, 2017
RACIAL DIVIDE?
Multiplication is better than division. God is ready to start multiplying when you come into unity with diverse brothers and sisters in Christ. He will lead you to a higher place.
RACIAL DIVIDE?
Any level of racial hatred does not belong in the Body of Christ. We’re not going to have it. We are not going to have racial hatred in this tribe.
Newsflash! We’re not supposed to be the same race. God Almighty created different races because He loves variety and uniqueness. It was a good idea because He doesn’t like everybody acting and looking the same. He loves diversity, unlike most church folk.
In the Book of Revelation, when Jesus comes back, the 12 tribes are numbered, which is 12,000 (12×12,000=144,000). This number means something and it’s not that only 144,000 people will be saved. Revelation says that number cannot be counted.
In the Kingdom, 12 stands for perfect government. The 144,000 means this: 12,000 multiplied by 12 is saying God loves them all equally and governs them equally.
God recognizes the diversity in the tribes, but does not recognize any difference in His love toward them. Nor does He recognize any difference in the significance of each tribe’s contributions. They are all the same to Him.
The Body of Christ needs to be like that. If we don’t have His Spirit, and we don’t offer something different to the rest of the world, we have nothing. If Jesus Christ removes His lamp stand – His manifest presence – like He did to the church at Ephesus, you can just do church without Him.
Tribe is God’s idea. It’s the bigger picture of the family. Tribe is not the devil’s idea to divide us, but we’ve helped that cosmic punk by dividing ourselves. Don’t buy the lie!
God loves all races equally, though they have different attitudes and habits. He loves them the same because they are different. Do you?
And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation…”
– Revelation 5:9
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO SQUASH RACIST ATTITUDES IN YOUR HEART WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD LOVES DIVERSITY. IT WAS HIS IDEA AND IT BRINGS HIM GLORY!
From my sermon series I LOVE MY TRIBE
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October 16, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN VS. CADILLAC
You are called to be My warrior. Come up from the ashes where you feel you’ve been burned. Instead, burn the enemy by helping My people going through the same thing. This is My vengeance for you! Rise up My warrior!
VOLKSWAGEN VS. CADILLAC
Your Wilderness is either going to be a 40-day or a 40-year period depending on your behavior toward the presence of God.
When you go into the Promised Land, there’s a whole new way of doing things. Many people get the thing they’ve been looking for their whole lives, but they don’t change when they cross the Jordan. The first army that shows up wipes them out.
Here’s a great example: Marriage.
You say, “Oh, God, if I could just have a woman.” You marry that woman and think you’re going to live the same way as before? No. Your life is over! There’s a whole new way of doing things now, cowboy.
You say, “Oh no, no, no. I’m still going to do things the way I was.” OK, then you’re going to be single, or live the most miserable married life you can imagine. Why?
Because you couldn’t change your method. You couldn’t change your way of thinking. You’re going to have to change because the only way to stay together is to lay down your life for that person and give up your selfish ways. That’s it!
You can gripe and fuss all you want about your marriage, but if you pray for a spouse, you will live differently when God gives you one. It’s an example of what happens with the responsibility of an upgrade. If you can’t take care of your Volkswagen, don’t ask God for a Cadillac.
“Teach me to do your will, for You are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.”
– Psalms 143:10
Is that you? Hunkered down in your busted down Jetta railing against God’s provision when you could be living large in your Caddie? Get used to God’s presence and provision, then rise to the challenge of the new thing. You won’t be disappointed.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GO AFTER THE NEW THING GOD HAS FOR YOU. LET GO OF THE PAST AND MOVE INTO YOUR DESTINY.
From my sermon series MILK AND HONEY
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