WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.120 It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:19.059 with Rhonda Harrison on 1017 Bay of Anish. Good 00:00:19.059 --> 00:00:22.179 morning and welcome to Champions in Christ. This 00:00:22.179 --> 00:00:26.059 is the day the Lord has made and we will rejoice 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:29.370 and be glad in it. Wow, what a week it's been. 00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:32.990 Snow in places you haven't heard of snow being 00:00:32.990 --> 00:00:36.570 in quite some time. We got some snow as well 00:00:36.570 --> 00:00:40.479 and snow always reminds me, I love. beautiful 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:43.500 snow. It always reminds me of the scripture that 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:46.740 talks about when God says when he washes our 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:51.439 sin away, he washes us white as snow. Pure, just 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:54.479 pure white and it just sparkles in the sunlight. 00:00:54.939 --> 00:00:58.979 It's beautiful. We're going to talk today about 00:00:58.979 --> 00:01:03.119 how treasured and valued you are in God's eyes. 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.840 You know God loves you so much and we're going 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.920 to go in the Bible today to Psalms 139, and I'm 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:15.560 going to read it in the New Living Translation, 00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:18.579 and we're going to stop along the way. It says, 00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:21.680 Oh Lord, you have examined my heart. You know 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:26.000 everything about me. Can you believe that? God 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:31.280 knows your heart. He knows every single thing 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:35.379 about your life. It continues on and says, you 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:38.299 know, when I sit down, you know, when I stand 00:01:38.299 --> 00:01:41.340 up. You know my thoughts even when they're far 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:45.239 away. You see me when I travel and when I rest 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:48.140 at home. Just think about that. He knows when 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:52.140 you sit down and when you stand up. He knows 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:54.359 when you travel. He knows when you're resting. 00:01:54.659 --> 00:01:59.159 He knows every detail of your life. He is omnipresent. 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.719 That means he can be everywhere at the same time. 00:02:02.939 --> 00:02:05.799 There's only one God. There's only one Lord. 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.000 There's only one faith. There's only one Holy 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.960 Spirit, and there's only one Jesus Christ. Verse 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.840 three says, or verse four says, you know everything 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:23.060 I do. He knows everything we do, good, bad, and 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:29.080 the ugly. You know. You go before me and you 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:32.979 follow me. That means God is always with you 00:02:32.979 --> 00:02:35.539 You know, the Bible says he never leaves you 00:02:35.539 --> 00:02:40.120 He never forsakes you when he created Adam. He 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.159 already had you in mind He had us in mind long 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:48.180 long time ago, even before Adam. He had you in 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:51.939 mind He wanted fellowship. He wanted a family. 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:59.270 He wanted relationship He follows you. He follows 00:02:59.270 --> 00:03:02.870 you. You know, there's in Psalms 23. It says 00:03:02.870 --> 00:03:06.030 goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days 00:03:06.030 --> 00:03:11.219 of my life. Wow. Isn't that awesome? God's goodness 00:03:11.219 --> 00:03:13.159 and mercy. You know, if you're in a hard time 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:16.300 in a hard situation right now, God's goodness 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:19.379 and mercy is following you. You don't have to 00:03:19.379 --> 00:03:22.139 worry. You're coming out. If you put your trust 00:03:22.139 --> 00:03:24.979 in him, if you put that faith in him, he's going 00:03:24.979 --> 00:03:27.439 to bring you through and you're going to be better 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:31.319 than you ever were. It goes on to say, you place 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:34.580 your hand of blessing upon my head. You know 00:03:34.580 --> 00:03:38.159 everything about God towards you or I is nothing 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.340 but love and grace and mercy and kindness and 00:03:42.340 --> 00:03:48.460 forgiveness. He is the God who forgives why because 00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:52.400 his son he sent his son to take the payment for 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:57.939 our sin that we could be forgiven. You know the 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:00.740 fact that God knows every single thing we do 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:05.500 every single thing we. Look at every thought 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:08.560 we have. He's there when we sit down. He's there 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.719 when we stand up. He's there when we sleep. He's 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:13.240 there when we're busy working. He's there when 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:15.659 we're with our children. He's there when we're 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:18.899 in sin, you know, the Bible says while we were 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:24.079 sinners Christ loved us. He says such knowledge 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:27.779 is too wonderful for me too great for me to understand. 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.420 You know, this is this is David talking about 00:04:31.420 --> 00:04:35.230 the Lord to the Lord. And this is a song. So 00:04:35.230 --> 00:04:38.910 it was a song of sorts back then and it's beautiful. 00:04:39.050 --> 00:04:41.350 It's beautiful. You know that knowledge to think 00:04:41.350 --> 00:04:43.870 about it think about how God could think about 00:04:43.870 --> 00:04:47.730 you your five brothers your two sisters your 00:04:48.740 --> 00:04:52.439 cousins, your aunt, he thinks about everybody 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:57.199 every single day. We are the forethought. We 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:02.759 are his whole heart. He loves human humanity. 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.720 He loves the human race, all kinds, all colors. 00:05:06.899 --> 00:05:10.560 It doesn't matter. He loves us the same. It doesn't 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.879 matter if you're the worst sinner on the planet 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:17.740 or you're not. He loves you the same. Why that 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:22.860 love? change. It can't change. He chose to love 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:25.939 us. Now, does that mean he's happy when we're 00:05:25.939 --> 00:05:28.180 in sin or happy when we're making bad decisions? 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:31.740 Absolutely not. Let's go on in verse 7. It says, 00:05:31.860 --> 00:05:37.680 I can never escape your Holy Spirit. Never. Never 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:43.100 can we escape the Spirit of God. It says, I can 00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:47.180 never get away from your presence. Oh and in 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:50.199 another place David praise earnestly take not 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.379 your presence from me. You know, we can't get 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:55.540 away from his presence because he's everywhere. 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.560 He just loves you so much. He just wants to do 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.199 so many wonderful things in your life, but he 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.449 won't do it without your permission. He'll bless 00:06:06.449 --> 00:06:09.069 you. He'll give you mercy. You know, there may 00:06:09.069 --> 00:06:11.269 be someone else praying for you today. Maybe 00:06:11.269 --> 00:06:15.069 you've hated God. Maybe you got mad at God thinking 00:06:15.069 --> 00:06:19.449 God did something wrong or didn't allow something 00:06:19.449 --> 00:06:22.149 in your life. Guess what? God gets blamed for 00:06:22.149 --> 00:06:24.550 a lot of things. He doesn't do there is a real 00:06:24.550 --> 00:06:27.240 enemy on the planet. And his name is Satan and 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.379 he's got a horde of demons that align with him. 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:34.839 But guess what? Jesus defeated him and them on 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:37.720 the cross. So once you know your authority in 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:40.779 him, once you've given your life to him, there's 00:06:40.779 --> 00:06:46.860 no wall. You can't climb over. There's no victory 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:49.779 that can't be won in your life because the Bible 00:06:49.779 --> 00:06:54.779 says nothing is impossible with our God. Nothing. 00:06:56.129 --> 00:06:58.709 David continues to say, if I go up into heaven, 00:06:58.850 --> 00:07:01.670 you're there. If I go down in the grave, you're 00:07:01.670 --> 00:07:04.189 there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if 00:07:04.189 --> 00:07:08.149 I dwell in the farthest ocean, even there your 00:07:08.149 --> 00:07:11.050 hand will guide me. We know that's true because 00:07:11.050 --> 00:07:14.069 of Jonah. You know, Jonah was a very rebellious 00:07:14.069 --> 00:07:17.970 man of God. He was a prophet and and God told 00:07:17.970 --> 00:07:20.350 him to go to Nineveh and he just didn't want 00:07:20.350 --> 00:07:24.470 to. So he got got himself on a boat. And he started 00:07:24.470 --> 00:07:27.250 heading in another direction, but the loving 00:07:27.250 --> 00:07:30.649 correction of God, the loving correction, there 00:07:30.649 --> 00:07:34.089 goes his mercy with Jonah. You know, he showed 00:07:34.089 --> 00:07:37.490 him mercy by letting him be swallowed up in a 00:07:37.490 --> 00:07:41.889 large fish or whale. You know, but he was with 00:07:41.889 --> 00:07:45.050 Jonah and Jonah repented. And guess what? God 00:07:45.050 --> 00:07:47.509 restored him to that place as prophet. He went 00:07:47.509 --> 00:07:50.689 and prophesied and it saved Nineveh and all the 00:07:50.689 --> 00:07:54.500 people there. So it's important we yield to the 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:58.560 Lord is for our own good. You know, he loves 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.860 you. He doesn't want to harm you. You know, Jeremiah 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:04.959 29 11, he knows the thoughts and the plans he 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:08.639 has for you plans to prosper you and give you 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:13.740 a future not to harm you. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 00:08:14.569 --> 00:08:17.949 It says, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even 00:08:17.949 --> 00:08:19.990 there your hand will guide me. Your strength 00:08:19.990 --> 00:08:23.329 will support me. He's always there to support 00:08:23.329 --> 00:08:26.290 you. If no one else is there, if you're in Antarctica, 00:08:26.529 --> 00:08:30.949 if you are in Iceland, if you are all by yourself 00:08:30.949 --> 00:08:34.950 because you decided to be by yourself in a small 00:08:34.950 --> 00:08:37.509 place, in the woods somewhere, guess what? God 00:08:37.509 --> 00:08:43.299 is there with you. He is there. David continues 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:45.759 on in verse 11. He says, I could ask the darkness 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.720 to hide me and the light around me to become 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.320 night. But even in darkness, I can't hide from 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.980 you. Wow. Wow. Just think God is right there 00:08:56.980 --> 00:09:00.340 waiting to hear your prayer, waiting to hear 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:04.240 your opinion, waiting to talk to you. He wants 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.620 fellowship with you. Talk to him all during the 00:09:06.620 --> 00:09:10.299 day. You know, it says, you made all the delicate 00:09:10.299 --> 00:09:13.519 and inward parts of my body and knit me together 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:18.120 in my mother's womb. You know, that's why life 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.879 begins at conception because God created us in 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:25.039 our mother's womb out of that little bitty cell. 00:09:25.179 --> 00:09:29.659 Praise God. Praise God. And David says, thank 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:32.620 you for making me so wonderfully complex. When 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:35.379 you realize, and those of you who've been to 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:39.080 medical school do realize, how complex the human 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:42.759 body is and how powerful the hand of God is to 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:46.759 create all of that in a little cell. And it just 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.580 expands into this human being that can see and 00:09:50.580 --> 00:09:53.840 hear and speak and run and do feats that people 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.720 could never believe. all because of his wonderful 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:01.259 works. David continued to say, your workmanship 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:05.960 is marvelous. How well I know it. You know, if 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:10.059 you just look, if you've taken biology in school, 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:14.139 and we all have, unless you haven't as of yet, 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:17.440 biology will tell us so many wonderful things 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:20.440 about all the things God created. and his love 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.759 for you and I just in the creation he prepared 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:26.559 before he brought Adam and the earth and the 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:28.799 earth we live today although it's been corrupted 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.820 by sin and sickness and and all the horrible 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:35.320 things of the enemy guess what it's still beautiful 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.059 you still can look out in the woods and see the 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:41.139 beauty of his handiwork the mountains and the 00:10:41.139 --> 00:10:44.559 valleys and the You know, we are so blessed in 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:48.000 America. We get to see it all. If we took a tour 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:51.139 around America, we would see the greatest mountains. 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:54.200 We would see the Grand Canyon and the valleys. 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:56.960 We would see the beautiful red rock. We would 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.860 see the oceans, the lakes, the rivers, the streams, 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:07.240 the snow, the sun, the heat, the sand. Beautiful, 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:10.779 beautiful handiwork. Thank God for his handiwork 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:14.980 and Heaven's even better. Good thing we can't 00:11:14.980 --> 00:11:17.039 see that or we wouldn't want to be here, right? 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:22.759 And he goes on to say, you watched me as I was 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.720 being formed in utter seclusion. And as I was 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:29.980 woven together in the dark of the womb, you saw 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:33.919 me before I was born. He knew you before you 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:39.059 were born. How about that? Think on that. Selah, 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:44.379 S -E -L -A -H, it means think on that. Wow, he 00:11:44.379 --> 00:11:47.940 knew you before you were even born. That's why 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:53.080 abortion is such a, it's not only heartbreaking 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:57.980 and sad, but it's murder because you're taking 00:11:57.980 --> 00:12:01.450 away life that you didn't give. and that life 00:12:01.450 --> 00:12:05.029 doesn't have a chance unless we give it to them. 00:12:05.929 --> 00:12:08.490 And if you've had an abortion, God's grace and 00:12:08.490 --> 00:12:10.870 His mercy is there. He'll forgive you if you 00:12:10.870 --> 00:12:16.230 repent. He'll heal that place in you and He'll 00:12:16.230 --> 00:12:19.149 restore you to that rightful place with Him. 00:12:19.649 --> 00:12:24.700 So there's no condemnation in deception. Many 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:27.120 people, we've all been deceived in this or that 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:29.659 thinking this way or that way, not knowing God's 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:33.720 word. But he will redeem us. Hallelujah. If we 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:37.279 repent, it says every moment was laid before 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:41.840 a single day was passed. He already knew he already 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.200 knew what was going to happen. He knows the end 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.120 from the beginning and the beginning from the 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:50.220 end. How precious are your thoughts about me? 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:54.720 Oh, God, they cannot be numbered. I cannot even 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.500 count them. They outnumber the grains of the 00:12:58.500 --> 00:13:03.240 sand. Wow. Think of the grains of the sand all 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:08.279 over the world, under the oceans and above those 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:13.460 which we can squish our toes in. His thoughts 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:17.539 towards you are outnumbered, are outnumbered 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:21.789 like the sands of the sea. Can you imagine? how 00:13:21.789 --> 00:13:24.230 much he thinks about you, how much he wants to 00:13:24.230 --> 00:13:28.389 bless you, how much he loves you. Oh, that sin's 00:13:28.389 --> 00:13:32.789 not worth it. No, no, no, no. His payment, he 00:13:32.789 --> 00:13:36.470 gave his life that we could be free. He gave 00:13:36.470 --> 00:13:40.610 his life that you could be set free from alcohol, 00:13:40.929 --> 00:13:45.250 drugs, sickness, disease, infirmity, calamity, 00:13:46.169 --> 00:13:50.299 poverty. He took it all. It's the good news of 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:52.779 the gospel. He is ready to pour it out in your 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:56.240 life. The only thing he says is you have to believe 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:59.799 the grit, the size of a mustard seed, which is 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:03.480 one of the smallest seeds created. That's how 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:06.100 much faith you have to have and he'll do it for 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:12.159 you. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.340 says, and when I wake up, you are still with 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:18.250 me. He's right there when you wake up. You know, 00:14:18.250 --> 00:14:22.169 you can say good morning, Lord. And he's saying 00:14:22.169 --> 00:14:26.470 good morning back. Good morning, Lord. Let's 00:14:26.470 --> 00:14:28.809 start this day together. Good morning, Lord. 00:14:28.850 --> 00:14:32.509 Help me lead me guide me. You know, we never 00:14:32.509 --> 00:14:36.950 go wrong with his guidance. Never. Anytime he 00:14:36.950 --> 00:14:40.490 spoke in the word of God to someone and they 00:14:40.490 --> 00:14:45.139 were obedient to that word. it only blessed them. 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:47.740 It only brought them reward. It only brought 00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:50.899 them success. It only brought them answered prayer. 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:53.960 Do you know there wasn't one sick person when 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.980 Jesus was on the earth that asked him to heal 00:14:56.980 --> 00:15:00.620 him and believed him for it and received? There 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:04.539 is no one that didn't receive it. No one. Everybody 00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:08.679 was healed. Why? Because they believed. Now when 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:14.139 he went to Nazareth, Nazareth People wouldn't 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:16.399 believe him. They looked at him as the carpenter's 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:20.159 son. They didn't understand the gravity of who 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:24.559 he was. They just chose not to believe. Believing 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:26.860 is a choice. So change your thoughts. If you 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:30.399 had a bad idea about God, if you thought he was 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:35.679 not a good person, not a good person, not a good 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:38.759 God, if you thought that there was another God, 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:41.240 guess what? Buddha's in the grave. His dust is 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:45.500 still there. Every other God is nothing. There 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:48.559 is no other God but our God. Hallelujah. There 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:51.200 is no one else that can be everywhere you are, 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:53.460 that knows every thought about you, that created 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:56.860 you. There is no other. So what are you waiting 00:15:56.860 --> 00:16:01.700 on? If you want the goodness of God flooding 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:04.820 your life, then why wouldn't you? He's so good. 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.269 He's so great. but he's not going to overcome 00:16:08.269 --> 00:16:11.409 your will. He's so loving and so wanted us to 00:16:11.409 --> 00:16:15.289 love him on our own that he chose to give us 00:16:15.289 --> 00:16:17.970 free will. Therefore we don't all have to choose 00:16:17.970 --> 00:16:21.210 him and unfortunately not everybody will and 00:16:21.210 --> 00:16:23.710 because they don't accept that free gift and 00:16:23.710 --> 00:16:25.850 their sins won't be forgiven, they will find 00:16:25.850 --> 00:16:30.350 themselves in an eternal hell forever. But those 00:16:30.350 --> 00:16:33.409 of us who choose him, those of us who realize 00:16:33.409 --> 00:16:38.049 the greatness of our God, we get to live eternally 00:16:38.049 --> 00:16:41.309 with him. And heaven's a beautiful place, and 00:16:41.309 --> 00:16:43.710 there'll be a new earth and a new heaven, and 00:16:43.710 --> 00:16:47.230 it's great, but greater than what we'll be living 00:16:47.230 --> 00:16:51.490 around, we'll be living with him. But it doesn't 00:16:51.490 --> 00:16:54.090 have to start in heaven, it can start right here. 00:16:54.149 --> 00:16:58.029 You can have heaven on earth by following him, 00:16:58.149 --> 00:17:00.090 by following his word. Does that mean you'll 00:17:00.090 --> 00:17:02.240 not have trouble? No. No, no, no, no, because 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:06.319 every test, every trial, every situation you 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:09.559 overcome is another victory for God and for you. 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.740 So yes, we will continue to have trouble. We 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:16.480 will be persecuted. Yes, we will. But guess what? 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:20.019 God's overcome the world. He said, be of good 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:24.700 cheer. So change your thoughts today. Put your 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:28.559 eyes on Jesus and trust him. You know, David 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:31.940 was human. But he's praying and he's talking 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:33.980 to God and he's thinking about what great God 00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:36.519 is. And then he switches tones a little bit and 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:39.859 he says, oh God, this is verse 19. If you only 00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:42.700 would destroy the wicked, get them out of my 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:45.799 life, murderers. They blaspheme you. Your enemies 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:49.339 misuse your name. Boy, we know that to be true, 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:53.859 don't we? Oh Lord, shouldn't I hate those that 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:56.180 hate you? Shouldn't I despise those that oppose 00:17:56.180 --> 00:18:00.180 you? Yes, I hate them with a total hatred for 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:03.619 your enemies are my enemies. That was God, I 00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:07.400 mean David, sharing and venting to God. But I 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.559 want to read you something in the New Testament 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:14.119 and what God tells us to do about our enemies. 00:18:15.780 --> 00:18:19.700 He says this is Jesus talking in Matthew 5 43 00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:22.200 says you've heard the law says love your neighbors 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:26.339 and hate your enemies But I say love your enemies 00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:29.750 pray for those who persecute you In that way, 00:18:29.890 --> 00:18:32.690 you will be acting as a true child of your father 00:18:32.690 --> 00:18:35.750 in heaven. For he gives sunlight to both the 00:18:35.750 --> 00:18:38.589 evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just 00:18:38.589 --> 00:18:41.670 and the unjust. If you love only those that love 00:18:41.670 --> 00:18:44.769 you, what reward do you have? For even the corrupt 00:18:44.769 --> 00:18:48.170 tax collectors can do that much. If you're kind 00:18:48.170 --> 00:18:50.549 only to your friends, how are you different from 00:18:50.549 --> 00:18:54.529 anyone else? Even pagans do that. But you... 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.700 be perfect in love even as your father in heaven 00:18:57.700 --> 00:19:00.339 is. You know when you go, how can I do that? 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:04.019 How can I love those that have hurt me? How can 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:06.440 I love those that hate me? How can I love those 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:10.339 that persecute you? You can't accept through 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:13.599 God's love. And as He expands your heart, you 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.140 know, one of my prayers daily is, God, give me 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:19.460 a heart to see people as you see them and to 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:22.039 love them as you love them. Because only when 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:24.720 He fills you with His goodness, His grace, His 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:28.319 Holy Spirit, can you love Him like that. You 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:30.799 know, so David was just venting to God because 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.420 then I want you to see what David ends this psalm 00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:37.119 with. He says, search my heart, O God, and know 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:41.160 my ways. Test me and know my anxious thought. 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:44.839 Point out anything to me that offends you and 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:48.779 lead me along the path of everlasting life. He 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:51.960 doesn't want you tripped up and stumbling. He 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:54.759 doesn't. You are precious to God. That's what 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:58.529 the word says. You are precious to him. You are 00:19:58.529 --> 00:20:01.650 loved and forgiven and healed and delivered if 00:20:01.650 --> 00:20:05.609 you'll just receive him at his word. And we want 00:20:05.609 --> 00:20:07.569 to keep our heart with all diligence because 00:20:07.569 --> 00:20:10.430 out of it is the issues of life. Don't let the 00:20:10.430 --> 00:20:13.509 junk in, get the junk out, let it go, vent to 00:20:13.509 --> 00:20:16.630 God as David did. He wants to hear your venting 00:20:16.630 --> 00:20:20.329 and he wants to turn your heart. David, King 00:20:20.329 --> 00:20:23.029 David was known as a man after God's own heart. 00:20:23.109 --> 00:20:25.930 That's what God said about him. Why? Because 00:20:25.930 --> 00:20:29.509 he knew to run to God when he was having bad 00:20:29.509 --> 00:20:32.369 thoughts and feelings and he knew how to let 00:20:32.369 --> 00:20:36.009 it go and receive God's mercy and grace. You 00:20:36.009 --> 00:20:38.789 know Isaiah says you are precious, honored, and 00:20:38.789 --> 00:20:43.119 loved by God. And Romans 8, 18 says, for I don't 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:45.440 consider the sufferings of this present time 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:49.099 worthy or to be compared with the glory to be 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:51.319 revealed to us. You know what you're going through 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:55.319 right now? It's going to pass, but change your 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:58.960 thoughts and act. Act in faith towards God. Believe 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:02.619 His word and you'll see it come to pass. You 00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:05.299 know, God knows how to find you. He knows you. 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:07.299 He knows you. I want to tell you a few people 00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:11.440 in the Bible. You know, there was Rahab who was 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:14.900 a harlot who ended up being born again, loving 00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:18.619 God and following after him. Paul was a religious 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:22.319 Pharisee. He knew the Pentateuch, the Old Testament 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:25.720 like nobody business, and he thought he was doing 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:28.480 right, but he was persecuting and killing Christians 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:31.619 because he had a form of godliness and denied 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:35.759 the power thereof. Zacchaeus, he was a tax collector 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:39.500 and he was very money hungry. Noah would get 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:44.039 drunk. Joseph was abused. There's nothing you 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:48.059 have felt or done that someone else before you 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:52.500 probably listed in the Bible and God didn't redeem 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:54.920 them. Everyone I'm listing to you turned to God 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:58.200 and God redeemed them. How about Noah being a 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:00.940 Christian but rebellious in his walk with God 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:03.180 and he was a prophet. He's in the fivefold ministry 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:08.039 gifts and God redeemed him. God redeemed him. 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:11.900 He loves you today. He will redeem you. He will 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:16.119 redeem you if you just let him. If you just realize 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:18.319 how much he loves you, how much he thinks about 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:22.599 you, how good he is, how good he is. He knows 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:25.539 what you're going through. He knows what you're 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:29.019 going through. We're going to listen to a song 00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:32.480 just about that very thing, how God knows what 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:36.369 you're going through and how he loves you. and 00:22:36.369 --> 00:22:38.490 I'll come right back and talk with you after 00:22:38.490 --> 00:23:06.299 that. And every day you try to pick up all the 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:10.039 pieces All the memories that somehow never leave 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:15.259 you Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you Nobody, nobody 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:19.960 will believe you God only knows what you've been 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:24.279 through God only knows what they say about you 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:28.180 God only knows how it's killing you But there's 00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:58.660 a kind of love that God only knows Somebody, 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:02.779 somebody sees you Somebody, somebody will never 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:07.420 leave you God only knows what you've been through 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:11.839 God only knows what they say about you God only 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:15.319 knows how it's killing you But there's a kind 00:24:15.319 --> 00:26:08.259 of love that God only knows If you're lonely 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:10.799 today, if you're ashamed, if you're misunderstood, 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:14.700 if you are the one to blame, you can start over 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:19.099 with God. You really can. You can start over 00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:23.799 with Him today. Right now, you know, He knows 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:26.039 how to find you because He already knows where 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:28.000 you're at. He's right there with you. He knows 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:31.430 the real you. He knows the things you... you 00:26:31.430 --> 00:26:33.789 you have in secret and you're afraid to tell 00:26:33.789 --> 00:26:36.269 that you're afraid someone's going to find out 00:26:36.269 --> 00:26:40.509 just as that song said he knows you he knows 00:26:40.509 --> 00:26:45.109 you and guess what he loves you he's pursuing 00:26:45.109 --> 00:26:49.390 you with all of his heart once you give him opportunity 00:26:49.390 --> 00:26:52.829 once you give him a chance he'll heal your broken 00:26:52.829 --> 00:26:55.950 heart he'll give you a miracle if you need one 00:26:55.950 --> 00:27:01.039 that's right he will do it he will do it And 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:03.319 I want to take this opportunity, just pray with 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:07.519 me. Say, Dear Heavenly Father, forgive me, cleanse 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:10.539 me. I realize now that you love me, that you're 00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:14.779 there for me. And I ask you to be my Lord, my 00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:18.059 Savior. I repent of my sin. I renounce the things 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:23.539 of the world. And thank you. Thank you for filling 00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:26.859 me with your Holy Spirit and with the fire of 00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:30.829 God. Thank you for loving me. When I couldn't 00:27:30.829 --> 00:27:35.009 love myself and I choose to forgive myself Of 00:27:35.009 --> 00:27:37.549 all the things I've done just as you have chosen 00:27:37.549 --> 00:27:41.660 to forgive in me in Jesus name If you prayed 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:44.299 that prayer today, I want to say you've been 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:47.059 born again. You've been restored to that rightful 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:49.480 place. Old things are passed away. Your sin is 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:52.119 gone and washed away. What do you want to do 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:55.759 now? You want to get a Bible. You want to start 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:58.059 reading it in the New Testament first, I would 00:27:58.059 --> 00:28:01.200 recommend. Find a good church that preaches the 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:04.359 whole word of God, the whole counsel of God, 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:07.950 that love people. where the power of God moves 00:28:07.950 --> 00:28:11.690 and you walk out changed. God loves you and that'll 00:28:11.690 --> 00:28:13.549 strengthen you. That's why He wants us gathering 00:28:13.549 --> 00:28:17.490 with the body. It strengthens us. Listen, if 00:28:17.490 --> 00:28:20.089 you need to reach out to us, you can reach us 00:28:20.089 --> 00:28:25.630 at championsinchrist3 at gmail .com. We love 00:28:25.630 --> 00:28:27.849 you today. We want you to go out and make it 00:28:27.849 --> 00:28:30.509 a great day. We want you to know that God loves 00:28:30.509 --> 00:28:36.539 you. We love you. and you are a champion in Christ.