WEBVTT 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:17.480 Well, it is a privilege this morning to welcome 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:20.679 a friend and a guest. I don't know if I can call 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:22.399 you a guest anymore. You're just kind of family. 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:26.579 We sure enjoy having Rachel Hickson and Helen 00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:29.320 Azar with us, and they did a fantastic job at 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:31.280 the Women's Conference. So we're going to just, 00:00:31.379 --> 00:00:33.399 we held them over a little bit. We want to have 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:35.399 Rachel come and share the word this morning. 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:37.320 Would you give a big Life Bible welcome to Rachel 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:46.369 Hickson as she comes this morning? Thank you. 00:00:47.170 --> 00:00:51.950 Well, it is an honour. Thank you, thank you, 00:00:51.990 --> 00:00:56.469 thank you. As was said, it was an amazing time 00:00:56.469 --> 00:00:59.990 with your girls. We missed a lot of you, especially 00:00:59.990 --> 00:01:04.450 the men. I love being on Sunday morning. I have 00:01:04.450 --> 00:01:07.319 to say, my favourite. is when we've got the men 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:09.819 and girls together and we're worshipping. Thank 00:01:09.819 --> 00:01:13.500 you, worship team. I love that sound of one heart, 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:17.400 one soul, one place, making Jesus look great. 00:01:18.340 --> 00:01:22.629 So thank you so much. So I want to come and share 00:01:22.629 --> 00:01:24.950 the word with you this morning. I feel really 00:01:24.950 --> 00:01:28.310 encouraged because already just being in your 00:01:28.310 --> 00:01:31.030 prayer time and just hearing so much about the 00:01:31.030 --> 00:01:34.930 release of healing and then just the words that 00:01:34.930 --> 00:01:38.010 you brought for our offering about just the seeds 00:01:38.010 --> 00:01:40.829 and what we carry and all the way through, God 00:01:40.829 --> 00:01:44.370 has tapestried his sound this morning. So I want 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:48.219 you to just... Listen more. You don't have to 00:01:48.219 --> 00:01:51.019 listen now. Just listen more because he's been 00:01:51.019 --> 00:01:54.159 knocking already. And I've called what I'm going 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:57.680 to talk about this morning, forget and remember. 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:02.579 Can you say that with me today? That's okay. 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.280 Let's try more coffee. One, two, three. Forget 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.699 and remember. You're most probably thinking I'm 00:02:10.699 --> 00:02:13.340 slightly schizophrenic. Make your mind up, girl. 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:18.360 Forget. Or remember, no, forget and remember. 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:23.560 And as I begin to unpack, you will just see what 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.180 I'm doing. Sorry, I'm just taking this off because 00:02:26.180 --> 00:02:31.699 I forgot one thing. Forget. And it keeps shutting 00:02:31.699 --> 00:02:33.599 down on me and saying, shut up talking, girl, 00:02:33.699 --> 00:02:35.860 you're done. And I'm saying, no, I need my notes. 00:02:38.189 --> 00:02:40.710 But I was walking over the fields with my wonderful 00:02:40.710 --> 00:02:44.310 chocolate Labrador dog. And as I was walking, 00:02:44.409 --> 00:02:49.469 I just felt Holy Spirit say this. You need to 00:02:49.469 --> 00:02:55.050 learn the grace of forgetting correctly and the 00:02:55.050 --> 00:03:00.370 art of remembering completely. Just read this 00:03:00.370 --> 00:03:03.370 with me one time. One, two, three. You need to 00:03:03.370 --> 00:03:08.389 learn the grace of forgetting correctly and the 00:03:08.389 --> 00:03:13.069 art of remembering completely. And he said the 00:03:13.069 --> 00:03:15.909 reason we need to do this is in order to live 00:03:15.909 --> 00:03:20.710 an emotionally healthy life. So I'm going to 00:03:20.710 --> 00:03:24.289 unpack what does it mean to remember to forget. 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:28.879 Remember to forget. And God took me to a scripture 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:34.360 in Isaiah 43 verse 25. Now I'm a girl that went 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.599 to church before I was born. I have missionary 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.919 parents. I'm a preacher's kid. I've read the 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:43.740 Bible and had the Bible in my world for a very 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:47.139 long time. And, you know, I still am convinced 00:03:47.139 --> 00:03:51.560 that God sneaks. scriptures or extra words into 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.819 certain verses that you know we know that this 00:03:54.819 --> 00:03:57.139 is the authentic word of God but how many of 00:03:57.139 --> 00:03:59.000 you discover you read something you think no 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.319 that wasn't there last time I read it I'm sure 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:05.680 he snuck something in well I want you to read 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.120 this verse with me and I'll tell you what I am 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:11.180 convinced God snuck in my Bible this time in 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:18.769 September 1 2 3 Isaiah 43 25 I I am he who blots 00:04:18.769 --> 00:04:24.449 out your transgressions for my own sake, and 00:04:24.449 --> 00:04:35.629 I will not remember your sins. I am he who blots 00:04:35.629 --> 00:04:39.870 out or forgets your transgressions for my... 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:43.779 own sake. You see, I always thought God was generous 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:46.720 and kind in this verse, and I was reading it, 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.579 that this amazing God, God says, I am God, and 00:04:50.579 --> 00:04:54.740 I forget your sins for your sake. I always thought 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:59.560 it was about my sake, my need. But right here, 00:04:59.579 --> 00:05:04.139 it isn't God saying, I need to action this for 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:07.379 your sake. Actually, I'm Actioning it for my 00:05:07.379 --> 00:05:10.019 sake. And as you begin to look at that for my 00:05:10.019 --> 00:05:13.540 own name's sake, it actually means that God, 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:17.439 even God states and confesses for the integrity 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:24.660 and the well -being of his personhood. He makes 00:05:24.660 --> 00:05:29.839 an active, intentional choice. I will delete. 00:05:30.810 --> 00:05:35.829 completely forget eradicate remove all trace 00:05:35.829 --> 00:05:42.250 of your transgression I will not remember I have 00:05:42.250 --> 00:05:45.750 made an active decision it's not on my grid reference 00:05:45.750 --> 00:05:53.110 at all when I look at you and so you see the 00:05:53.110 --> 00:05:56.560 intentionality of God and God's decision making, 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:00.680 is also how he wants to school and tutor us. 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:07.500 So then let's read it for me. Rachel, Rachel, 00:06:07.740 --> 00:06:14.480 for your own integrity, personalhood, and emotional 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:20.850 well -being, forget the transgressions. The actions, 00:06:20.850 --> 00:06:25.170 betrayals, happenstances of people in your world 00:06:25.170 --> 00:06:29.529 against you. Make an active, intentional choice 00:06:29.529 --> 00:06:35.449 for your own name's sake that Rachel will not 00:06:35.449 --> 00:06:45.189 go there. She will not remember those sins. You 00:06:45.189 --> 00:06:50.399 see... If we make these active decisions, we 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.120 remove the pollutants and the contaminants that 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:58.279 get inside the very well -being, the very center 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:04.639 of our lives, and they become a pool that festers 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:09.319 and pollutes. It's much easier said than done. 00:07:09.379 --> 00:07:13.300 How many of you know that's true? And we all 00:07:13.300 --> 00:07:17.040 know it, but it's hard to do it. And I believe 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.620 God spoke to me that this is a season for the 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:23.839 church to grow up and begin to discover a new 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:27.939 attitude of generosity. And already Pastor Brad 00:07:27.939 --> 00:07:30.720 brought it up in concerning our offering. And 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:33.519 sometimes giving forgiveness is far more costly 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:38.759 than giving $10. You see, I've discovered one 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:42.579 thing of life. I'm 57 years old. I have two children. 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:47.699 My son is 31. My daughter is 34. And I have five 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:51.040 grandkids. And so I've done a bit of life, done 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:54.519 a bit of relational life. I've been in the church, 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:57.019 as I said, for a long time. Gordon and I have 00:07:57.019 --> 00:08:01.160 pastored. I've been in community life. I've watched 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:04.769 the good, the bad, and the very ugly. How many 00:08:04.769 --> 00:08:06.310 of you would say, yeah, I've done a bit of that 00:08:06.310 --> 00:08:11.250 too, my world. And I have noted one thing, historical 00:08:11.250 --> 00:08:16.610 people usually become hysterical. You know, there 00:08:16.610 --> 00:08:19.850 are those moments of meltdown and they usually 00:08:19.850 --> 00:08:22.550 are because finally a button's been triggered 00:08:22.550 --> 00:08:25.610 and suddenly you go, yeah, I can't believe you're 00:08:25.610 --> 00:08:28.110 doing this and you did this and you did that 00:08:28.110 --> 00:08:29.870 and you did the other and you did the other and 00:08:29.870 --> 00:08:33.789 you go, whoa, bring it on. I didn't know. That 00:08:33.789 --> 00:08:37.029 you were so bitter. Have you ever had those moments? 00:08:37.330 --> 00:08:40.990 And when it's done to you, it feels utterly unreasonable. 00:08:42.669 --> 00:08:46.009 But when we do it, it's actually utterly understandable. 00:08:46.649 --> 00:08:49.669 Don't you remember? You forgot. You never did. 00:08:49.750 --> 00:09:02.789 You never. Hello. You see. That historical pollutant 00:09:02.789 --> 00:09:07.029 often triggers us. But then we end up in this 00:09:07.029 --> 00:09:10.750 catch -22 situation. We end up feeling that the 00:09:10.750 --> 00:09:15.070 devil says, yeah, but if you just forget, you're 00:09:15.070 --> 00:09:18.009 letting them off easy. You're just becoming a 00:09:18.009 --> 00:09:22.490 doormat. You're just weak. Be a man. Man up. 00:09:23.210 --> 00:09:30.419 Let them know. It's just... Too easy to just 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:36.340 forgive and forget. After all, they should pay 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:39.240 at least something. They should feel mama's wrath. 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:44.679 They betrayed me. They hurt me. Don't they understand? 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:47.299 Don't they have any idea what they did to my 00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:51.580 world? And the enemy then says they should pay. 00:09:51.940 --> 00:09:55.769 The problem is the price has been paid. Jesus 00:09:55.769 --> 00:09:59.509 has paid it in full. We have no right to make 00:09:59.509 --> 00:10:06.049 people pay unless we want to pay. And so you 00:10:06.049 --> 00:10:09.110 see, the enemy always says, don't let them make 00:10:09.110 --> 00:10:14.549 you a doormat. But the greater way is trust. 00:10:14.909 --> 00:10:18.250 And what we're wrestling for in that moment is 00:10:18.250 --> 00:10:21.929 the trust in the goodness of God who does all 00:10:21.929 --> 00:10:26.029 things well, who will. stand on our behalf, who 00:10:26.029 --> 00:10:30.009 will cover our humility, who will make the crooked 00:10:30.009 --> 00:10:33.210 place seem straight, who will make it right. 00:10:33.370 --> 00:10:37.149 And we lean and trust into the goodness of God 00:10:37.149 --> 00:10:42.669 rather than our own defense. But that takes huge 00:10:42.669 --> 00:10:47.149 courage. And then God said this to me, Rachel. 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:52.240 You need to upgrade in your emotional intelligence. 00:10:53.059 --> 00:10:56.059 How many would agree? Most of us need an upgrade 00:10:56.059 --> 00:11:00.320 in our emotional intelligence. How many of you 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.980 have had a moment, even though 50 -odd, you're 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:06.740 being three? I don't want it. It's not fair. 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:11.620 I can't believe poor little me. And suddenly 00:11:11.620 --> 00:11:12.940 you're watching yourself and you're thinking, 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:15.659 I'm about three right now, but I'm not going 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:22.750 to go there. Why do those things trigger? What 00:11:22.750 --> 00:11:29.049 is that? I, even I, for my own namesake, blot 00:11:29.049 --> 00:11:32.429 out, delete every transgression, every pollutant, 00:11:32.429 --> 00:11:35.590 every contaminant. You see, God wants us to remove 00:11:35.590 --> 00:11:44.129 those contaminants. We need to realize that unforgiveness 00:11:44.129 --> 00:11:50.850 is a luxury we cannot afford. We need to realize 00:11:50.850 --> 00:11:56.230 unforgiveness is a luxury we cannot afford. You 00:11:56.230 --> 00:11:59.649 see, it pollutes the very essence of who you 00:11:59.649 --> 00:12:05.409 are. It makes the sweetest people bitter. It 00:12:05.409 --> 00:12:07.769 makes you look at yourself and not like yourself, 00:12:07.950 --> 00:12:10.509 but then you're justifying it. How many of you 00:12:10.509 --> 00:12:15.759 know what I'm talking about? Once we decide to 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.840 remember the wrongs people have done against 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.860 us and we catalogue them and keep an account, 00:12:22.059 --> 00:12:28.379 we start a negative route or route in our lives. 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:33.059 We start this process that leads us to emotional 00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:39.799 self -harming. And you know... You watch maybe, 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.559 and in our culture and society today, I live 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:46.179 in Oxford. And my world is a student's, young 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:49.360 professional, young adult's world. My church 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:52.919 is very much a 35 under church. Just because 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:55.740 that's my culture. That's where I live. And I 00:12:55.740 --> 00:12:58.620 see the evidence of physical self -harming. But 00:12:58.620 --> 00:13:01.179 it never starts on the skin. It starts in the 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:03.980 heart. And for so many of us, we cover it better. 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.340 And it doesn't show on our hands. But oh, we've 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:09.820 got it on the inside. that self -harming those 00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:15.559 blistering blistered places and unforgiveness 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:19.120 we all the devil fools you yeah hold on to it 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:22.159 or hurt them the thing is it doesn't it lacerates 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:27.320 you it lacerates you and when we make those decisions 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:30.879 to remember what we should forget actually we 00:13:31.610 --> 00:13:35.429 hurt ourselves most. And that injustice, bitterness, 00:13:35.649 --> 00:13:38.549 rage, resentment, anger, depression, sadness, 00:13:39.070 --> 00:13:43.409 weakness, self -pity, all the stuff actually 00:13:43.409 --> 00:13:49.389 becomes contaminants. But it takes great courage. 00:13:49.730 --> 00:13:52.830 But come on, Oregon people. You're pioneers. 00:13:52.990 --> 00:13:55.710 You've got some welly in you. That means you've 00:13:55.710 --> 00:14:04.460 got some guts. Got some... Metal got some willy 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:11.899 in you. You can have that one for free. But you 00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:16.980 need to remember to forget. But there's another 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:19.360 level and this word has already come up today 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:23.559 in the worship set several times. You also need 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:28.320 to forget yourself. You see, unforgiveness towards 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:33.320 yourself is self -harming too. It's regret. Say 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.200 that word with me. Regret. You see, regret is 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:43.740 a very wicked master. 2 Corinthians 7 verse 10 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:48.399 says this. Read it with me. 2 Corinthians 7 verse 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:56.740 10. God wants us to experience, leads us away 00:14:56.740 --> 00:15:03.200 from sin and results in salvation. There is no 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:13.120 regret with that kind of sorrow. You see, the 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:18.659 devil is a manipulator masterly, a master manipulator. 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:23.480 And again, you see, just like the forgiving of 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.960 people, you know, the devil begins to say, don't 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.539 let them off light, they should pay. With the 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:31.759 regret thing, he says, were you a mean? How many 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.620 of you know there was truth in it? And I taught 00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:36.840 on this, and if you want to hear it, listen to 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:39.919 the Beyond Measure with the girls thing. Don't 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.379 believe the devil, even when he's telling the 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:45.399 truth. You see, there's truthful information. 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:48.519 It's not the spirit of truth, but it's truthful 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:51.559 information that he uses to accuse and bully 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:56.019 and beat you up. Yeah, but you had the affair. 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:01.440 You had the abortion. You cheated on your wife. 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:06.740 You sneak off and watch the porn. You've been 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:12.929 aggressive with your kids. Irresponsible with 00:16:12.929 --> 00:16:17.230 the money. You were, you were. And because it's 00:16:17.230 --> 00:16:22.769 true, it has a power. And he bullies. And so 00:16:22.769 --> 00:16:24.909 we come into the presence of God and we say, 00:16:24.970 --> 00:16:29.610 oh God, I am sorry. And the devil says, how sorry? 00:16:34.549 --> 00:16:38.679 And he keeps saying, not sorry enough. But the 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.279 Bible says, no, there is a journey of repentance. 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:44.220 And that journey starts by coming to Jesus and 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:49.139 saying, I am sorry. And that leads you away from 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:53.740 your sin. As you look to Jesus, he's taking your 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:57.100 hand and he's walking you away from your sin. 00:16:57.220 --> 00:17:00.279 And he's walking you in to a brand new redemption, 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.440 a brand new life. He's got you on a journey. 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.500 The devil wants you stuck. God wants you on a 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:10.359 journey, leaving your sin into redemption, totally 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:15.940 100 % free. There is no regret. Say it with me. 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:22.960 One more time, there is no regret with that kind 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.539 of sorrow. God, I'm sorry. I want to leave it 00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:29.660 behind. And I believe today, this is my last 00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:32.299 time I preach before I go home after three weeks. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.240 I believe today, God brought me here for you, 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:38.240 precious people, because he wants you to get 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:42.579 free, totally free, forever free, never feeling 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:51.940 that bullying. Because there is no regret. It's 00:17:51.940 --> 00:18:00.920 time to remember to forget. I want to just explain 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:04.160 forgiveness because sometimes we get messed up 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:08.279 with that. But let's have, this is what God said 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:13.119 to me. It doesn't mean that there wasn't an injustice. 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:16.640 It doesn't mean that there wasn't things that 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:20.079 could have been done better. But forgiveness 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:23.119 is you actually being empowered, not becoming 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:28.019 weak. Forgiveness is you stepping up, not stepping 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:33.500 down. You see, this is what forgiveness is. Forgiveness 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:37.079 does not mean that you're coming into agreement 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:41.380 and alignment with the actions. Next slide, please. 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:46.500 that you agree or come into alignment with the 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:51.279 actions. Forgiveness just means you will not 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:57.740 hold those actions against the person or against 00:18:57.740 --> 00:19:01.539 yourself. And you can say to the devil, I know 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:05.299 that wasn't my smartest moment, but it is finished. 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:12.339 Let me go. I forgive myself and I am forgiven. 00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:18.819 Forgiveness doesn't mean that you agree and come 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:22.940 into agreement. It just means you have been empowered 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:27.220 by the incredible grace of God to be outrageously 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:31.519 generous and to say to people, I do not hold 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:36.980 it against you. I let you go and I go free to 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:42.509 live my life making Jesus look good. So let's 00:19:42.509 --> 00:19:45.150 read this scripture together. Romans chapter 00:19:45.150 --> 00:19:50.630 12, verses 17 to 20. One, two, three. Can you 00:19:50.630 --> 00:19:55.450 read it with me? Never pay back evil with more 00:19:55.450 --> 00:20:01.210 evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can 00:20:01.210 --> 00:20:07.579 see you are honorable. Do all that you can to 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:11.140 live in peace with everyone. How many of you 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:16.819 know everyone's a big word? Everyone. Think of 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:23.980 that someone and now say, help me God. We've 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:28.059 all got a someone in our everyone. Should we 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:31.609 read one? Do all that you can to live at peace 00:20:31.609 --> 00:20:35.269 with everyone. Verse 19. Dear friends, never 00:20:35.269 --> 00:20:39.690 take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger 00:20:39.690 --> 00:20:43.690 of God. For the scriptures say, I will take revenge. 00:20:43.890 --> 00:20:48.309 I will pay them back, says the Lord. God's payback. 00:20:48.789 --> 00:20:52.990 I'll let him do that. I wouldn't want to be on 00:20:52.990 --> 00:20:57.410 the end of God's payback. Let him. Trust him. 00:20:57.529 --> 00:21:02.970 Amen. Instead, if your enemies are hungry, feed 00:21:02.970 --> 00:21:05.690 them. If they're thirsty, give them something 00:21:05.690 --> 00:21:09.289 to drink. In doing this, you heap burning coals 00:21:09.289 --> 00:21:14.470 of shame on their heads. Do not let evil conquer 00:21:14.470 --> 00:21:22.049 you, but conquer evil by doing good. Amen. So 00:21:22.049 --> 00:21:24.289 just put your hand to heaven and just say, help 00:21:24.289 --> 00:21:29.319 me, Jesus. Father, I pray right now. that you 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:36.140 would help us remember to forget. I pray that 00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:41.259 you put a grace in us this morning to break power 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:45.960 of regret in our lives and the power of unforgiveness 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:51.019 and really help us come to peace. In Jesus' name. 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:55.960 Amen. Now having remembered to forget, we now 00:21:55.960 --> 00:22:03.460 need to... Don't forget to remember. Don't forget 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:06.880 to remember. Because you see, there are special 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:10.299 treasures God's given to you and he wants you 00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:16.099 to remember correctly. Remember correctly. And 00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:18.240 you see, when you walk through a tough season 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:22.140 of life, your memories get skewed. We can often 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:25.400 get very negative. We look at seasons and all 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:28.859 we can see is the real hell hole we went through. 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:32.740 And we can end up with a little bit of a reactionary, 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:35.839 maybe even rebellious cry that goes, where was 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:39.690 God when I needed him? But you see, what has 00:22:39.690 --> 00:22:43.650 happened in that process is that our whole emotional 00:22:43.650 --> 00:22:46.970 life has been so skewed that we have got focused 00:22:46.970 --> 00:22:49.529 on the negative and we've lost the fingerprints 00:22:49.529 --> 00:22:53.049 of God. And God, I believe today, wants to take 00:22:53.049 --> 00:22:55.890 you back to take you forward in your personal 00:22:55.890 --> 00:22:58.650 lives. Some of you right back to childhood. Some 00:22:58.650 --> 00:23:01.309 of you back to maybe marriages that didn't work. 00:23:01.970 --> 00:23:04.829 Relationships that have fractured. Business partnerships 00:23:04.829 --> 00:23:08.609 that got messy. All sorts of things. that just 00:23:08.609 --> 00:23:12.170 left their marks negative. And he says, ah, I 00:23:12.170 --> 00:23:15.089 want to take you back so that you can remember 00:23:15.089 --> 00:23:20.950 correctly. So often we miss the face of God in 00:23:20.950 --> 00:23:26.309 times of trouble. Deuteronomy 8 verse 18 says 00:23:26.309 --> 00:23:30.900 this. Read it with me. One, two, three. But remember 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:38.420 the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:43.500 the ability to produce wealth and so confirms 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:47.640 his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:54.619 as it is today. Remember, it's actually God that 00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:58.000 has given you this incredible power to sort it 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:01.000 all out. If you read the beginning of Deuteronomy 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:04.460 8, they have come through a time of hell. They 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:06.640 have lived in the wilderness. They have felt 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:10.000 everything was stripped, relationally, financially, 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:14.420 intellectually. Everything just felt like, where 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:18.279 is God? And they'd gone through this time. They 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:22.839 couldn't build houses. They couldn't have children. 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:25.539 They'd lost their livestock. They'd lost everything. 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:29.500 And they were crying, God, God, God. But now 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:31.619 they were in a season where they were building 00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:34.839 again. And it says, now you have your houses. 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:38.809 You have your wealth. You have your thing. But 00:24:38.809 --> 00:24:43.769 please be careful. Don't forget God. And it isn't 00:24:43.769 --> 00:24:47.690 just don't forget God now. Don't forget the journey 00:24:47.690 --> 00:24:51.130 with God. Don't give the devil all the credit 00:24:51.130 --> 00:24:53.589 for the wilderness. Oh, it was hell and this 00:24:53.589 --> 00:24:55.710 happened and I was diagnosed with cancer and 00:24:55.710 --> 00:24:59.289 my kid failed out of school. We rehearse the 00:24:59.289 --> 00:25:01.809 negative journey of the wilderness. But where 00:25:01.809 --> 00:25:05.049 was your Jesus? He was the fire above you. He 00:25:05.049 --> 00:25:07.569 was the light of the day. He never left you. 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:11.059 never forsake you but the devil has skewed your 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:13.640 understanding and again that puts a bitterness 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:16.519 and it breaks down the trust in your God do you 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:20.160 understand what I'm saying let me just illustrate 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:22.940 it you see as I've been digging in to preach 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:27.519 this word I just had Jesus, just we were talking 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:30.200 and suddenly I went back to my boarding school 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:33.180 years. I'm a missionary kid. And between the 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:36.900 age of nine to 16, I lived over a thousand miles 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:39.740 away from my parents. Saw them for about six 00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:43.480 weeks a year. They lived in Mumbai, India. I 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:46.180 lived in the south of India in a boarding school. 00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:50.410 It was a religious, tough. difficult atmosphere. 00:25:50.750 --> 00:25:54.170 It wasn't the greatest. And when I got into my 00:25:54.170 --> 00:26:00.309 age 12, 13, I became the point of wicked bullying. 00:26:00.450 --> 00:26:03.009 It was a girls only school and girls can find 00:26:03.009 --> 00:26:06.150 nails and words like nothing else. They can be 00:26:06.150 --> 00:26:10.400 really mean spirited. And I was on the butt end 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:13.619 of most of the ridicule, the humiliation. My 00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:16.960 family were known as one of the prestigious missionary 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:19.859 families that were beginning to see the breakthrough 00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:23.680 of the charismatic Holy Spirit moving in India. 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:29.400 This was 1963 to 1978. So it was against a very 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:32.420 conservative God the Father, God the Son, and 00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:41.920 God the Holy Stick. I got beaten to death. How 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:47.720 many of you recognize that one? And so here I 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:50.240 am in my little 12 year old and I have got many 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:53.559 memories that are not happy. And as I was walking 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:56.000 over the fields, just ruminating, he's saying, 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:58.500 God, give me a word to preach. Show me. He said, 00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:02.740 but Rachel, don't you remember me? And I'm like, 00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:07.940 I remember the music room where I got. Hell beaten 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:11.359 out of me. I have memory. And he said, but don't 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:14.960 you remember Miss Hunt and Miss Payne? And I 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:17.400 finally thought, oh, yeah. I mean, we're going 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:22.180 back ancient history, 40 years, 45 years. I'm 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:24.759 thinking Miss Hunt, Miss Payne. Yeah, Miss Hunt 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:27.420 was the math teacher. Miss Payne was my physics 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:31.140 teacher. And thank you, Jesus. I was good at 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:37.099 both. So I learned to score well, do well, and 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:39.460 they both liked me. And they were new to the 00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:43.240 school. And looking back with my adult perspective, 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:46.519 I suddenly realized they most probably realized 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:49.470 what was happening to me. But because of the 00:27:49.470 --> 00:27:53.009 very legalistic setup of the school, they had 00:27:53.009 --> 00:27:56.349 no way to really protect me and help me. But 00:27:56.349 --> 00:27:58.470 in their own way, they found a way because they 00:27:58.470 --> 00:28:01.230 were young, modern, trendy, and everyone wanted 00:28:01.230 --> 00:28:03.269 to be on the good book of Miss Hunt and Miss 00:28:03.269 --> 00:28:08.569 Peg. And I was. And Miss Hunt, my math teacher, 00:28:08.710 --> 00:28:11.500 suddenly said, I want extra tutorials to you 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:13.440 because I think we could really get you three 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:16.759 into scholarship level papers. So come for tutorials. 00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:19.259 And all the others goes, ha ha, you're on thing. 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:22.140 But I loved it because every time I walked in, 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:25.019 there was the hugest chocolate cake and tea and 00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:28.539 every treat we never got. And God knew to get 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:31.799 through that wilderness, a girl needs chocolate 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:39.240 cake. And I suddenly thought, I used to love 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:41.720 my tutorials because we didn't actually do a 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:44.420 lot of maths, but we did a lot of just fun and 00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:47.119 talking and things. And I suddenly thought, oh, 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:54.980 this is that. Hello, this is that. And then Miss 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:58.299 Paint used to take me out. for special outings 00:28:58.299 --> 00:29:00.059 because at weekends you had to get a weekend 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.980 pass. You weren't allowed out the school gates. 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:06.099 But somehow Miss Payne always managed to manoeuvre 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:08.880 it that I got to be on her team to go out with 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:11.460 her, to do something special, go for lunch, et 00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:14.299 cetera, et cetera. And I suddenly felt the goodness 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:17.700 of God in a land that had been hell. Come on, 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:21.160 God wants to wake up memories for you. Don't 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:24.740 let the devil say he won. God has never left 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:28.019 you, never failed you. And today God wants you 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:32.160 to remember correctly, even though those seasons 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:36.559 that were very hard. Is that good? Can we do 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:39.740 it? You see, I believe I've been sent here today 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:45.000 to stir up your memories. To stir up your memories. 00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:47.480 And sometimes, you see, we're frightened of doing 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:50.720 that. But God has asked me to come here to you 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:56.160 in Life Bible Church and in this incredible auditorium 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:58.980 and this incredible gift of God that he's given 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:01.960 you in this facility, in this land, and in your 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:04.759 relationships. And he says, come on, stir it 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:09.529 up. Stir it up. It is a time to remember. All 00:30:09.529 --> 00:30:12.910 through scripture, there are these constant sort 00:30:12.910 --> 00:30:16.890 of background theme that says, come on, remember 00:30:16.890 --> 00:30:21.430 God. Do not forget. Rehearse the story. Put a 00:30:21.430 --> 00:30:27.150 legacy. I believe that this house is a tri -generational 00:30:27.150 --> 00:30:30.109 house of legacy. That God is going to put something 00:30:30.109 --> 00:30:33.250 on the grandparents and on the parents and on 00:30:33.250 --> 00:30:38.109 the children. individually, but simultaneously. 00:30:38.309 --> 00:30:41.950 It will be together upon all. It doesn't just 00:30:41.950 --> 00:30:46.069 have to be a baton passed and released, but simultaneously. 00:30:46.190 --> 00:30:49.789 And even watching Pastor Brad sing with his daughter, 00:30:49.869 --> 00:30:53.089 Jennifer, as I watched that corporate anointing 00:30:53.089 --> 00:30:55.970 of worship upon them both, something in me said, 00:30:56.029 --> 00:30:59.150 God's modeling. As it is, it will be upon the 00:30:59.150 --> 00:31:01.390 house. And come on, fathers and sons, fathers 00:31:01.390 --> 00:31:04.309 and daughters, mothers and sons, mothers and 00:31:04.309 --> 00:31:06.289 daughters. Don't just... Let's push them out. 00:31:06.470 --> 00:31:09.170 Stay with them because God's going to do something. 00:31:11.190 --> 00:31:15.150 God wants to stir up your memories. Psalm 77. 00:31:15.829 --> 00:31:19.809 If you read this Psalm, it's a psalm of David, 00:31:20.009 --> 00:31:22.950 obviously. And as you read it, this is David. 00:31:23.769 --> 00:31:25.990 Having a bit of a meltdown and then checking 00:31:25.990 --> 00:31:30.210 himself. A Rachel version of this psalm would 00:31:30.210 --> 00:31:33.269 go something like this. Oh God, I am fed up. 00:31:33.369 --> 00:31:37.029 I am sick and tired. I feel overwhelmed. Life 00:31:37.029 --> 00:31:40.930 is just hard. Where are you? I'm on my bed. I'm 00:31:40.930 --> 00:31:43.730 groaning. I am not getting up for church. I'm 00:31:43.730 --> 00:31:47.029 not doing anything. I'm staying right here. It's 00:31:47.029 --> 00:31:50.690 duvet day, pity party. I'm fed up. And in the 00:31:50.690 --> 00:31:53.380 middle of him telling God he's had a... enough, 00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:56.500 suddenly we get verse three and it goes, but 00:31:56.500 --> 00:32:01.259 when I remember God, I moan. And then I meditate 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:04.359 and then my soul faints. And it isn't the fainting 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:06.779 of, oh, knew I should give up. It's that, oh, 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.859 fainting of, oh, you're breathing on me, God. 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:14.500 You're breathing on me. And then he goes on and 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:18.569 he said, but God, don't try and just. Talk to 00:32:18.569 --> 00:32:21.609 me and smooth me up. No, God. Look, let me have 00:32:21.609 --> 00:32:24.950 a talk. All these people are after my back. My 00:32:24.950 --> 00:32:27.650 back is raw. They're talking about me. They've 00:32:27.650 --> 00:32:30.589 humiliated me. They've been at me. Come on, God. 00:32:30.670 --> 00:32:33.390 I have got a case. Don't just make me be nice. 00:32:34.430 --> 00:32:39.009 The Rachel version of Psalm 77. And then he goes 00:32:39.009 --> 00:32:43.289 on and it says, yeah, but let me remember to 00:32:43.289 --> 00:32:51.750 sing. Let me remember to worship and sing. And 00:32:51.750 --> 00:32:54.950 suddenly when you begin to sing of him, you can't 00:32:54.950 --> 00:32:58.950 be so cross and mean. And David loses it again 00:32:58.950 --> 00:33:02.710 and says, oh, wow, God, you are amazing. And 00:33:02.710 --> 00:33:04.730 then he wakes up in the middle of the night and 00:33:04.730 --> 00:33:07.049 he's remembering all the things he wished he 00:33:07.049 --> 00:33:09.690 had said to all these people who are really annoying 00:33:09.690 --> 00:33:13.089 and irritating. And then he says, yeah, but even 00:33:13.089 --> 00:33:17.470 in the night. My heart can't help but go back 00:33:17.470 --> 00:33:20.710 to you. And I felt that God wants to get hold 00:33:20.710 --> 00:33:23.109 of some of your night times because the devil 00:33:23.109 --> 00:33:25.730 comes in in your night times. You have learned 00:33:25.730 --> 00:33:29.190 to hold him in your conscious mind in your day 00:33:29.190 --> 00:33:31.569 times. You've learned how to address all those 00:33:31.569 --> 00:33:33.769 sneaky thoughts in the day time. But it's the 00:33:33.769 --> 00:33:36.289 night time when you're a little bit more out 00:33:36.289 --> 00:33:38.369 of it. Through your dream life, through your 00:33:38.369 --> 00:33:41.069 subconscious. And it's in that time you begin 00:33:41.069 --> 00:33:43.789 to rehearse and hear the psalmist learns the 00:33:43.789 --> 00:33:48.150 key. No, in the night time. I will. I will remember 00:33:48.150 --> 00:33:52.029 my God. I will rehearse his good deeds. I will 00:33:52.029 --> 00:33:55.049 declare what he's done. I am not going to let 00:33:55.049 --> 00:33:59.869 the devil steal my night times. Come on, is there 00:33:59.869 --> 00:34:03.950 an amen in the house? Don't let him accuse you, 00:34:04.009 --> 00:34:12.010 bully you in the night times. Often when we're 00:34:12.010 --> 00:34:14.650 being through a hard time, we are scared of memories. 00:34:16.329 --> 00:34:19.889 But I believe God wants you to take hold of your 00:34:19.889 --> 00:34:22.909 memories and he wants you to begin to rehearse 00:34:22.909 --> 00:34:27.949 your God stories. In fact, one of the girls at 00:34:27.949 --> 00:34:31.050 Beyond Measure told the story of the lineage 00:34:31.050 --> 00:34:33.670 of her different family lines who'd gone through 00:34:33.670 --> 00:34:36.969 very tough times but had made an active choice 00:34:36.969 --> 00:34:43.690 but God. And there are... those moments where 00:34:43.690 --> 00:34:46.429 we have to just begin to rehearse the God story 00:34:46.429 --> 00:34:52.929 and not let the devil write his line. You see, 00:34:52.949 --> 00:34:56.949 there is a God story carried in your DNA. There 00:34:56.949 --> 00:35:02.050 is a God graciousness and kindness and he wants 00:35:02.050 --> 00:35:06.789 to stir it up. I believe there are many family 00:35:06.789 --> 00:35:10.110 lines like my line. My parents were the first 00:35:10.110 --> 00:35:13.750 ones to come to Jesus. So we thought, having 00:35:13.750 --> 00:35:16.949 now done a little bit of research, I find out 00:35:16.949 --> 00:35:22.289 my great -grandmother got born again in the Welsh 00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:27.769 Revival. And she, at the age of 42, married to 00:35:27.769 --> 00:35:31.530 a very alcoholic husband who was a minor, who, 00:35:31.610 --> 00:35:33.869 as far as we know, never really turned to Jesus, 00:35:33.929 --> 00:35:36.469 became an incredible woman of prayer for her 00:35:36.469 --> 00:35:42.579 five children, one of them my granddad. And her 00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:45.619 13 grandchildren that were present at that time, 00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:49.260 one of them my father, and she targeted them 00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:52.940 with prayer, died, never knowing whether any 00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:56.920 of them ever made any shift to God. But at the 00:35:56.920 --> 00:36:01.800 age of 30, my dad came to Jesus quite supernaturally, 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:06.480 just before the Billy Graham 1954 London mission. 00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:12.139 Because... A little triplet group of prayers 00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:16.320 wrote on their cards and began to victimize my 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:19.960 dad in prayer. And the hellhounds of heaven got 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:22.420 hold of him and he got born again before they 00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:25.199 ever had the opportunity of taking him to the 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:32.019 London mission. Come on, VIP cards. That changed 00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:38.760 the legacy of our destiny as a family. So my 00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:42.519 dad came to Jesus. His mum and dad came to Jesus. 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:46.159 His three children, myself, Rachel, Duncan and 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:50.659 David all love Jesus. I've got two kids. Duncan's 00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:54.039 got three. David's got two. Seven grandchildren 00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:58.739 all love Jesus. I've now got five grandchildren 00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:01.800 and already I had Leela ring me up from Australia, 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:04.849 eight years old, granny. You know what you were 00:37:04.849 --> 00:37:07.389 talking about, that you can really know God loves 00:37:07.389 --> 00:37:10.670 you. She was going through all sorts of emotional 00:37:10.670 --> 00:37:14.269 insecurities at school. And she was reacting 00:37:14.269 --> 00:37:18.110 appropriately for an eight -year -old, but not 00:37:18.110 --> 00:37:22.309 the best for life. And I said, you don't have 00:37:22.309 --> 00:37:25.969 to be spiteful. You can be gracious. Yeah, but 00:37:25.969 --> 00:37:30.610 granny, I said, come on, Leela. We always go 00:37:30.610 --> 00:37:33.699 in the opposite. I can't, but I... I said, but 00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:36.420 she's, I don't know. So she phones me up. She 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:39.300 said, I was in worship. She said, and something 00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:42.780 came on me. And in her own way, she describes 00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:47.159 an encounter with the love of God who came upon 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:51.139 her, flowed upon her, flowed in her, and how 00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:54.579 she was filled to overwhelming with the warmth 00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:58.460 and the sense of a daddy who loves her. She says, 00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:03.039 I know my daddy loves me. I understand it now, 00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:07.380 granny. I've got him inside me. And when I feel 00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:10.380 scared, I have my special language that Jesus 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:13.519 and I can talk and no one can understand. And 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:18.739 we've got our secret world. Come on, generation 00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:26.559 to generation to generation. 2 Timothy chapter... 00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:30.179 Now I made myself cry. Helen will rescue me. 00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:35.239 Thank you, sweetheart. She always knows how crying 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:40.750 has the deal. The Kleenex ready. 2 Timothy 1, 00:38:40.849 --> 00:38:44.730 5 -7. Can you read it with me? 1, 2, 3. I am 00:38:44.730 --> 00:38:50.130 reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that 00:38:50.130 --> 00:38:53.989 dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your 00:38:53.989 --> 00:39:00.010 mother Eunice, and now I am sure dwells in you. 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:07.679 as well for this reason I remind you to fan into 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:13.219 flame the gift of God which is in you through 00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:18.280 the laying on of hands for God gave us a spirit 00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:25.219 not of fear but of power and of love and of self 00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:28.690 -control As I was praying over that this morning, 00:39:28.869 --> 00:39:31.289 God just said something to me. Again, he snuck 00:39:31.289 --> 00:39:34.449 it in there. And I know it's there. He said, 00:39:34.510 --> 00:39:36.670 so often when you read that scripture, you're 00:39:36.670 --> 00:39:39.309 excited about, God did not give me a spirit of 00:39:39.309 --> 00:39:42.349 fear, intimidation, anxiety, but God gave me 00:39:42.349 --> 00:39:47.889 a spirit of love and power. We sort of forget 00:39:47.889 --> 00:39:51.550 this self -control. We're excited about love. 00:39:51.750 --> 00:39:56.909 We're excited about power. What about... That 00:39:56.909 --> 00:40:01.929 one. Awkward one. Self -control one. You see, 00:40:01.969 --> 00:40:05.130 what is self -control? It is that intentional 00:40:05.130 --> 00:40:09.369 decision to align my life, wrestle it, to do 00:40:09.369 --> 00:40:13.789 what's right, to control my emotional intelligence. 00:40:16.570 --> 00:40:19.809 Self -control. We love the love. We love the 00:40:19.809 --> 00:40:24.130 power. We don't like so much. Is that true? It's 00:40:24.130 --> 00:40:28.960 true for me. So God wants you to rehearse your 00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:33.559 God's story. So I want to wake up some of the 00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:38.050 prophetic. that I believe is upon you by the 00:40:38.050 --> 00:40:40.510 laying on of hands. It's like the Holy Spirit 00:40:40.510 --> 00:40:43.469 has put his hand upon you individually and upon 00:40:43.469 --> 00:40:45.789 your house. I want to go a little bit wider. 00:40:45.909 --> 00:40:48.590 What does God want to do in the Northwest at 00:40:48.590 --> 00:40:52.510 this time? It was really interesting. I think 00:40:52.510 --> 00:40:56.449 it was Pastor Brad, but someone said about just 00:40:56.449 --> 00:41:03.320 loosing the cap. Loosing the cap, releasing the 00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:05.920 cap. And so I want you to listen to this word 00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:09.320 and I will give the transcripts to you for your 00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:11.699 prayer team and others. But Johnny Enloe had 00:41:11.699 --> 00:41:16.500 a word for the Pacific Northwest and it includes 00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:19.920 you, Oregon, Washington, on October the 5th, 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:23.800 2013. And he said, as I was in Tacoma, Washington 00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:27.659 recently, the Lord spoke to my spirit and I perceived 00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:32.179 this region of Washington. Washington, Oregon. 00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:36.150 Then he mentions visions. I'm going to mention 00:41:36.150 --> 00:41:39.650 the cities, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Portland, 00:41:39.909 --> 00:41:43.809 and the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Abbotsford, 00:41:43.929 --> 00:41:47.570 Kelowna, and all the areas making up the towns 00:41:47.570 --> 00:41:50.730 and villages between. There is a new wind and 00:41:50.730 --> 00:41:55.010 a breath of God blowing over you. This region 00:41:55.010 --> 00:41:59.289 is pregnant with destiny. There has been a generational 00:41:59.289 --> 00:42:03.429 buildup, but now it is ready to be manifested. 00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:09.420 released and I saw the Pacific Northwest poised 00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:13.539 as a drinks can with the pull tab in the hand 00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:20.579 of God. Take the lid off and this will open up. 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:24.019 this region and then resource the whole nation 00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:28.139 with a fresh wind of healing. I had the privilege 00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:31.159 of being in your prayer room before and all the 00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:34.539 words were about healing, healing, healing. But 00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:36.980 I want to expand your thinking of healing. I 00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:39.920 don't believe that the outflow of the healing 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:42.480 we're seeing is merely going to be people out 00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:46.239 of wheelchairs or cancers healed. I really believe 00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:50.559 that God is on a mission to do incredible mental 00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:54.900 health healing, emotional healing, healing and 00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:57.719 restoration of family lines and reconciliation. 00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:01.519 So I don't want you to downsize that word healing. 00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:05.079 Let the pull tab come back and let it flow with 00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:08.599 every type of healing. And the Northwest was 00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:11.719 poised as a pull tab to open up the nation to 00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:14.400 fresh winds of healing. It was not just the US 00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:18.219 side, but also the Canadian side. And I believe 00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:21.380 the spirit of... Elijah is ready to be blown 00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:25.679 and the angelic realm is present and very active 00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:29.340 over this region with literally millions of newly 00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:33.179 released angels carrying healing in their wings. 00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:37.659 This region historically has been a place of 00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:40.300 great healing ministries and movements but this 00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:43.679 new wind is bringing something different and 00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:47.440 something beyond physical healing. This region 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:51.909 will now release An evidence of healing that 00:43:51.909 --> 00:43:56.889 heals people, families, cities. Oaks of righteousness 00:43:56.889 --> 00:44:00.289 will arise from this area carrying these new 00:44:00.289 --> 00:44:04.460 fresh leaves of healing. And the spirit of Elijah 00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:07.159 will turn the hearts of their sons to their fathers 00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:09.500 and the hearts of fathers to their sons. And 00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:12.519 there will be a great connectedness within families. 00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:16.639 New revelation will come upon you to understand 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:21.409 dynamics, to heal families. enter the secret 00:44:21.409 --> 00:44:26.090 place of people's emotional wounds and find dysfunctionality, 00:44:26.150 --> 00:44:30.610 brokenness, coming strong once again. This will 00:44:30.610 --> 00:44:33.909 not just be a movement with healing revelation, 00:44:34.190 --> 00:44:37.250 but it will be a movement of healing information, 00:44:37.510 --> 00:44:47.110 training, discipleship. Do you want it? Do you 00:44:47.110 --> 00:44:49.869 think it could be true? You see, God wants to 00:44:49.869 --> 00:44:54.630 rehearse a God story over you. And then I saw 00:44:54.630 --> 00:44:58.130 great swirls of creativity over this whole region 00:44:58.130 --> 00:45:01.789 of the Pacific Northwest. There is a new wave 00:45:01.789 --> 00:45:06.039 coming that will impact society. You see, I believe 00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:09.079 what God wants you to rehearse, what you need 00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:13.619 to remember to forget, but do not forget to remember, 00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:16.539 is God is a God of a new thing and a new day 00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:19.000 and a new way at this time. And I don't think 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.579 it's going to be so church -centric as community 00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:27.039 -centric. There will be new ways of doing things 00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:30.699 that would explode all over this region. How 00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:33.500 many of you want to stir up a creative memory? 00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:37.539 There will be new trends that start from this 00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:40.139 place and begin to go national and even global. 00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:43.480 There will be new ways of doing music and worship, 00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:47.380 new fashions and fashion trends, new technologies, 00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:51.739 new church models, new eateries, coffee houses. 00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:53.739 You'd have thought Pacific Northwest had done 00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:58.800 enough with coffee. New ways of doing business. 00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:02.679 There is something about this creativity that's 00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:07.179 connected to the generational flow. And this 00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:11.760 is because it is to serve a new community heart 00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:15.400 and connectiveness and will bring social healing 00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:22.579 in vast measures for the sake of America. Let 00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:28.269 it be. Let it be. Come on, God, stir it up. How 00:46:28.269 --> 00:46:30.210 many of you can say, yeah, I can remember a few 00:46:30.210 --> 00:46:35.070 words like this before? And even in the prayer 00:46:35.070 --> 00:46:40.349 time, it was like, healing, healing. Sean Boltz 00:46:40.349 --> 00:46:45.809 on the 4th of June. There is an undercurrent 00:46:45.809 --> 00:46:48.650 of power in the Northwest and it is about to 00:46:48.650 --> 00:46:53.519 explode. With signs and wonders, healings and 00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:56.260 power. Everything that can be shaken will be 00:46:56.260 --> 00:46:59.380 shaken in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and even 00:46:59.380 --> 00:47:02.860 into Canada. There is a release of power that 00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:06.380 will come and explode over the nation. This word 00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:15.260 is for the whole Northwest area. Shake the can 00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:22.690 and pull it. Shake the can and pull it. Shake 00:47:22.690 --> 00:47:25.949 the can, God. Everything that can be shaken will 00:47:25.949 --> 00:47:34.809 be shaken. No wonder it looks a mess. But I believe 00:47:34.809 --> 00:47:42.510 it's time to create memories. I want you to be 00:47:42.510 --> 00:47:46.010 intentional. Don't only remember to forget, but 00:47:46.010 --> 00:47:50.329 please don't. forget to remember. Create memories. 00:47:51.070 --> 00:47:56.349 There will be a new spirit of creativity. Mark 00:47:56.349 --> 00:48:00.710 the land and leave some landmarks. Create some 00:48:00.710 --> 00:48:03.449 memories. And this is the final scripture I want 00:48:03.449 --> 00:48:06.630 to leave with you. And I felt this very strongly. 00:48:08.230 --> 00:48:14.030 Joshua chapter 4 verses 6 to 7. God wants you 00:48:14.030 --> 00:48:16.849 to create memories and he wants you to begin 00:48:16.849 --> 00:48:21.070 to write them down, not forget them, rehearse 00:48:21.070 --> 00:48:25.489 them. And just like Joshua, read it with me. 00:48:25.650 --> 00:48:29.969 And we will use these stones to build a memorial. 00:48:30.309 --> 00:48:33.610 And in the future, your children will ask you, 00:48:33.710 --> 00:48:39.309 what do these stones mean? Then you can tell 00:48:39.309 --> 00:48:49.920 them, they remind us. Dot, dot, dot, dot. You 00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:53.000 need stones that trip you up when you got your 00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:55.920 head down and you're feeling angry and fed up. 00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:57.840 And suddenly you think, oh yeah, there's that 00:48:57.840 --> 00:49:06.380 stone. I remember. I remember. Because every 00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:10.340 one of you have got a stone. That word of God 00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:16.789 in your life. So remember to forget, but please 00:49:16.789 --> 00:49:21.070 don't forget to remember. Worship team, if you 00:49:21.070 --> 00:49:23.070 can come. And I wonder if you'd just stand with 00:49:23.070 --> 00:49:32.349 me as we come to a close this morning. Jesus 00:49:32.349 --> 00:49:41.400 has been speaking to us all day. And he wants 00:49:41.400 --> 00:49:44.780 you to mark the day. Don't forget to remember. 00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:50.239 In England, it is fall back day. But we were 00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:52.300 just saying to each other, God's been mean to 00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:54.780 us this year. We lost our hour in bed in the 00:49:54.780 --> 00:49:58.559 UK and we lost our hour in bed in the USA. We 00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:03.860 lost it all together. So in England, it is fall 00:50:03.860 --> 00:50:09.769 back weekend. But as we stand in the presence 00:50:09.769 --> 00:50:13.010 of God, before you run out and do life and do 00:50:13.010 --> 00:50:16.550 coffee and do friends, take a moment to do God. 00:50:20.710 --> 00:50:24.889 Mark this moment. And there are some of you where 00:50:24.889 --> 00:50:28.449 the wicked devil all your life has made you carry 00:50:28.449 --> 00:50:37.880 a rucksack of regret. But today, Precious Holy 00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:43.300 Spirit, send a crazy English speaking woman with 00:50:43.300 --> 00:50:51.940 weird English to come and shake it up. Some of 00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:54.860 you need to just remember God. So I'm going to 00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:58.099 make a space right in front of me, immediate 00:50:58.099 --> 00:51:00.639 in front of me. If you just know, actually in 00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:04.400 all the hell of life, I lost my face of God. 00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:07.659 Maybe you've known God, you gave your life to 00:51:07.659 --> 00:51:09.820 God a long time ago. But if you're really honest, 00:51:09.980 --> 00:51:12.500 standing in the presence of God now, you just 00:51:12.500 --> 00:51:15.539 know, my life isn't in the best place with God. 00:51:16.079 --> 00:51:22.699 I need to shift and take hold where I let go. 00:51:23.059 --> 00:51:26.320 If that's you, I'm going to invite you to come 00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:31.219 right here in the front of the stage. Maybe you've 00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:34.420 never let go of your life and taken hold of God. 00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:38.699 Now is a great day. You might say, but Rachel, 00:51:38.739 --> 00:51:40.800 that's a bit scary. I don't know how to do it. 00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:42.840 It's okay. We'll have prayer team. We'll have 00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:44.320 people with you. You're not going to be alone. 00:51:45.860 --> 00:51:48.519 But I'm asking you to leave where you've stood 00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:52.719 for many years. Some of you need to leave where 00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:55.619 you've just been marginalized and make a decision 00:51:55.619 --> 00:52:00.699 today. I need God back in my life. And I'm going 00:52:00.699 --> 00:52:02.980 to mark it today. So I'm going to ask you to 00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:05.480 come into the center. There's others of you who 00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:09.360 need to remember to forget. And before you go 00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:11.119 running out, I want to give you a moment where 00:52:11.119 --> 00:52:13.000 you could just be in the presence of God and 00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:17.559 say, okay, God, I am walking. Remember, I am 00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:22.000 walking out of sin towards my redemption and 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:27.840 there is no regret. Repentance. And you know 00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:30.519 the devil has played and messed with you with 00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:33.659 regret. And often it's people of real integrity. 00:52:34.780 --> 00:52:37.079 Because the devil slams you and says, yeah, but 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:38.900 you did it. You say, yeah, I know. Hands up. 00:52:38.920 --> 00:52:42.199 Take it. And the devil's messed with you all 00:52:42.199 --> 00:52:44.679 these years. But today, your walk of faith is 00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:47.699 to say, it's done. It's finished. There is no 00:52:47.699 --> 00:52:51.960 more regret. It's nailed. It's finished. If that's 00:52:51.960 --> 00:52:54.059 you, I'm going to give you this left -hand side. 00:52:56.159 --> 00:52:59.440 If you're saying... Oh, help me, Jesus. I want 00:52:59.440 --> 00:53:01.380 everything. Don't worry. Just choose wherever. 00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:06.760 It doesn't really matter. And then I was going 00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:10.039 to open this side and just say, if you know there's 00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:11.840 a sense that you've just forgotten God in the 00:53:11.840 --> 00:53:14.199 journey, it's just got harder. You're saying, 00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:17.480 stir it up in my heart, Lord. Stir up. Activate 00:53:17.480 --> 00:53:19.980 the prophetic. Let me see your face again. God, 00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:23.079 it's just felt very negative. But oh, there's 00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:26.000 a mishunt and there's a mispain in my life too. 00:53:27.150 --> 00:53:29.949 And it's good news. Oh God, I just want you to 00:53:29.949 --> 00:53:32.610 wake it up. Help me. Then I'm just going to give 00:53:32.610 --> 00:53:35.329 you this side. And if you want all three, really 00:53:35.329 --> 00:53:37.869 doesn't matter. But if you just know I need to 00:53:37.869 --> 00:53:41.130 press into God. Don't stress. Just press. Come 00:53:41.130 --> 00:53:44.829 to Jesus. You ready to move? Just come. Prayer 00:53:44.829 --> 00:53:46.690 team, if you could be ready to help, that would 00:53:46.690 --> 00:53:50.010 be awesome. Come press into God this morning. 00:53:50.650 --> 00:53:55.349 Worship team, thank you. Just press in. Leave 00:53:55.349 --> 00:53:59.380 that regret. No regret, no regret, no regret. 00:53:59.559 --> 00:54:02.260 We'll make this a regret side. We'll make this 00:54:02.260 --> 00:54:06.320 a Jesus place. And we'll make this a prophetic 00:54:06.320 --> 00:54:09.619 place. Stir it up in my heart, Lord. I've lost 00:54:09.619 --> 00:54:13.739 your face. I need to know you. You want Jesus, 00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:17.139 stand right here in the front. Thank you. You 00:54:17.139 --> 00:54:28.849 know where you need to come. you press into God 00:54:28.849 --> 00:54:31.150 I won't be able to pray for you all individually 00:54:31.150 --> 00:54:35.210 this is your time to press into him because the 00:54:35.210 --> 00:54:38.530 presence of God is going to come on you he's 00:54:38.530 --> 00:54:42.329 going to help you he's going to restore you all 00:54:42.329 --> 00:54:46.070 that regret all the accusation all the bullying 00:54:46.070 --> 00:54:49.650 of the enemy don't believe the devil anymore 00:54:49.650 --> 00:54:53.329 even if he seems to be telling the truth he's 00:54:53.329 --> 00:54:56.409 a liar He's holding the wrong things on your 00:54:56.409 --> 00:54:58.750 life. Just press it and say, it is finished. 00:54:59.329 --> 00:55:03.309 I'm letting it go. You have no right on my life 00:55:03.309 --> 00:55:06.929 anymore. And prayer team, ministry team, just 00:55:06.929 --> 00:55:10.070 move amongst. Help them stir it up. Help them 00:55:10.070 --> 00:56:03.320 leave it at the cross. or contacting Life Bible 00:56:03.320 --> 00:56:07.780 Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch .org or call 00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:11.239 us at 541 -995 -8282.