I saw a video a couple days ago and it's a video of this guy is training in like
MMA and you have a coach directing him to do something and the coach represents
2024 and and yeah it's the other way around the coaches like 2025 and and it
shows this parallel of 2025 2024 and it's about it's about getting up and do
we have that clip in the back I think some of you have experienced this
just
play it one more time some of you think catch it play it one more time
have you ever felt like that before like come on get it together get your life
together come on it's 2025 get up and you're like I'm trying I'm trying I'm
trying to get up and Lita had a word at the beginning of the year the word is
that the tide has turned that the tide has turned so we're gonna be in a series
called the turning of the tide and this is this is a spirit this can sound
spiritual but what it means is divine reversal it means divine reversal it
means that there's a shift in your struggle there's a shift in your
struggle that the things that you've been struggling with maybe there's been
times when life would beat you up like that you're like him and God's like get
you know get up but a time when the tide has turned is when you have a grace to
do what God's called you to do and I believe we're entering that season I
want to read out of Luke 8 40 through 56 this is 16 chapters so if you didn't get
your Bible reading in today you're gonna get it in right now we can put it on the
screen we're gonna read out of the passion translation are y'all hungry for
the Word of God awesome me too Luke 8 40 50 through 56 and when Jesus returned to
Galilee the crowds were overjoyed for they had been waiting on him to arrive
just then a man named Jairus the leader of a local Jewish congregation fell
before Jesus's feet I want you to under underline that fell before Jesus's feet
he desperately begged to him to come and heal his 12 year old daughter his 12
year old daughter his only child because she was at the point of death as Jesus
started to go with him to his home to see her a large crowd surrounded him in
the crowd that day was a woman who suffered greatly for 12 years from slow
bleeding how many of you know that's a long time to suffer something some of
you might be suffering something for 12 years something that's been going on for
a long time it could be an addiction it could be a thought process it could be
heartache it could be anything 12 years she was going through this even though
she had spent all that she had on healers or doctors she was still
suffering pressing through the crowd she came behind Jesus and touched the fringe
of his garment the thing that's really interesting about this the fringe of the
garment is on the bottom of Jesus's garment and the garment the fringe
actually represented the covenant of God and she said if I can just touch Jesus
the fringe of his garment and so instantly when she did that bleeding
stopped and she was healed Jesus suddenly stopped and said to his
disciples someone touched me who was it while they all denied it Peter pointed
out master everyone is touching you trying to get close to you the crowds
are so thick we can't even walk through the people without being jostled and
Jesus replied yes but I felt power surge through me I love this because many
people are touching Jesus but one touched him many people are around Jesus
but one really touched him I felt power surge through me someone touched me to
be healed and they received their healing when the woman realized she
couldn't hide any longer why would she hide because not only did she have a
problem with the bleeding in the culture in that day if you had that condition
you were considered ceremonially unclean and you were actually an outcast of
society so just the fact that she had enough boldness to come into a crowd
much alone say and admit that I touched Jesus's garment was a very bold act so
when the woman realized that she couldn't hide any longer she came and
fell trembling at Jesus's feet before the entire crowd she declared I was
desperately I was desperate to touch you I was desperate to touch you how many of
you are desperate to touch him I think desperation has a unique value of
drawing from God Jesus for I knew if I could just even touch the fringe of his
garment I would be healed and Jesus responded beloved daughter your faith in
me release your healing I'm gonna say that again your faith in me release your
healing you may go with my peace and while Jesus was still speaking to the
woman someone came from Jairus his house and told him there was no need for the
master to come any further and gave Jesus the news that the daughter was
dead now I'm gonna give a Evan translation right here so you don't you
know go off into ADD land Jesus says Jesus says she's not dead she's just
sleeping I'm coming to your house he goes to the house he brings Peter James
and John in this translation Jacob which is a surname and brings them to the
house and Jesus goes in and says she's just sleeping the family laughs he says
get the family out because how many of you know that if God's gonna move he
wants faith in he gets the family out and he says get up be healed stand up
the woman the lady the girl 12 years old she's healed and she gets something to
eat and there's these two huge miracles I'm not sure why I'm not totally sure
why the Bible says there's a 12 year old girl and this woman this other woman was
bleeding for 12 years there are many people that preach on this I don't know
why but I do know this that there are things that you've had for a long time
that are yours that can seem like are drowning or dying and God wants to do a
miracle there are also things in your life that seem like has been going on
forever and we're believing that this is a season that the tide has turned the
tide has turned how many of you want to come into faith that the tide has turned
the tide has turned the other morning early in the morning I had this word
because I was thinking of a prayer that I really I was praying to God and I
really wanted God to do something and and the Holy Spirit spoke this to me and
I believe that this is for this house this body sometimes he'll he'll he'll
download something to me for you sometimes he'll download something for
me just for me but I believe that this download for me is for you look at your
name and say it's for you so I was praying this prayer and this is the word
that I heard your breakthrough is on the other side of your consecration your
breakthrough is on the other side of your consecration see God God blesses us
sometimes out of the blue because he's just a good God but there are some
blessings that are hidden in your consecration now I'm gonna explain what
consecration is it sounds like a spiritual world but word but we will get
down to what that that means I believe consecration see consecration I'm gonna
explain this this sounds spiritual we're not trying to sound spiritual we're
gonna break this down but consecration produces sanctification for your
breakthrough so consecration this is what consecration is I'm gonna explain
consecration is the grace that God gives us to give ourselves to God it's the
grace that God gives you to give yourself to God grace comes from
humility this woman was broken for 12 years she was desperate it is possible
that when we have allowed ourselves ourselves for a certain there is a
certain level of consecration that comes when we have a certain level of
brokenness there is a certain level of so consecration is you setting yourself
apart for God it is you saying I'm giving myself to God now consecration
produces your consecration your separation God will begin to do a work
in you and this work and I'm gonna explain this in a little bit this work
is called sanctification say sanctification see God's work of setting
us apart is his work consecration is our work but it takes a grace it takes a
grace to do see anointing comes from the work of the Holy Spirit so when we set
ourselves apart now listen there are times God is just gonna bless you there
are times when God's just gonna be good for you but there are certain blessings
that come from you having the grace to consecrate yourself and set yourself
apart for God Joshua 3 5 now to give you a little context of this Joshua there
was Moses that brought the Israelites out of Egypt into the wilderness it was
millions of people but the people in the wilderness did not believe in God they
did not trust God they murmured and complained so God didn't let a whole
generation go into the promised land which they were promised to go into but
did allow the generation of Joshua and Caleb Joshua and Caleb was ones that
stood on God's promises and this is what God tells Joshua to do before he enters
the promised land this is what I believe God is telling us to do before we enter
the changing of the tide this is what I believe God is asking us to do before we
see some of the breakthroughs now there are sometimes in our life that God will
say stand still and watch God move so I'm not suggesting that every time God
moves is because you did something but I am suggesting there is a prompting there
is a grace from the Holy Spirit to say I want you to separate yourself to God for
a season so that he can do the work and so that you can go into the promised
land now this is what he tells Joshua he says then Joshua said to the people
consecrate yourself for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you set
yourself apart and get your heart ready for God to do the miracle how many of
you want to have a certain heart posture for God to do the miracle now something
that we see that is parallel in this story in Luke is that Jairus is is
seeking after God and bringing Jesus to his home he is on his knees you see on
the outside what's going on on the inside there's a heart posture of
humility I'm desperate for you God I'm desperate for you to touch me I'm
desperate for you to come in my home you also see it and the lady with the issue
of blood she's on her knees how do I know she's on her knees going to
against the crowd because she touches the fringe of Jesus's garment so she's
getting down low she has a posture and a desperation for God sometimes when you
don't have a desperation that's when you need to fast when you feel flat-lined
when you don't feel a spiritual jolt you don't have any motivation that's when a
fast is necessary not when you feel like it and so God what God I believe he
wants us to do we're coming into a season where God is turning the tide
he's turning the tide but it's up to you to get into that flow have you ever been
a whitewater rafting before I went whitewater rafting in blackwater it was
horrible it was in Columbia and and I thought you know a prerequisite to go
whitewater rafting is knowing how to swim but half the people when they did
not know how to swim they thought they were gonna lose their life that day but
there are there are certain times there are certain forks in the road when you're
going whitewater rafting and you have to position yourself to go to the right
route it's not just gonna send you there you can either go this way and you're in
trouble because there's a waterfall that way or you can go this way in the right
direction what I believe God is wanting us to do so that the tide is turning is
to begin to position our hearts in a way so that you can discover and experience
the miracle that he has for you so Mark Patterson says this he's a pastor in
Washington DC says if we do our job God will do his job if we consecrate
ourselves to God amazing things will happen it's inevitable
consecration always ends with amazing I want you to write that down
consecration always ends with amazing now I'm gonna I'm gonna tell you about
consecration with a good heart because I also know a religious heart that tries
to separate itself with God and but it's in a religious heart posture we're not
talking about this we're talking about a heart posture that's going after Jesus
write this down consecration is yielding to God so that he does the work for us
it is you it is yielding our will to his will how many of you know his will is
better his will is better consecration is complete surrender to the Lordship of
Jesus some of that that makes you nervous but I'm here to tell you that
he's never gonna ask something from you when he doesn't have something better
for you he's never gonna ask something from you when he doesn't have something
better for you he's a good father Dwight L Moody a revivalist in the 1800s also
an evangelist he said the world has yet to see what God can will do with and for
and through and in and by the man who is fully and wholly consecrated to him
the world has not yet seen now I actually looked up this word because
this word can be confusing when you're reading the Bible the Old Testament is
in Hebrew the New Testament is in Greek Jesus's day he spoke Aramaic but you
look up Greek words in the New Testament now in the New Testament alone
consecration and sanctification means is interchangeable but there are different
meanings and it's it's it's important that we know this as a matter of fact I
looked up the word sanctification and there's 25 different meanings of
sanctification you can separate them by consecration and sanctification now
again consecration is you setting yourself apart for God sanctification is
God God setting you apart for him consecration is you setting yourself
apart for God sanctification is God setting you apart for him right now let
me talk about the words of consecration I looked up 25 these are just some now if
you're looking to see what the Greek is in the New Testament it's written by
numbers and in his Greek words but they're all verbs consecration is all
verbs it's a you have consecration which means to go you have a consecration
that's a verb that this like consecration or set apart or consecrating
a gift or consecrating a tie a prayer is can be consecrated there's also the
altar they can be consecrated set apart circumcision of the heart is cut is
constant it's setting yourself apart is to consecrate it's a consecrate now this
is interesting because these are all verbs and sanctification sanctification
and consecration goes interchangeable but sanctification the word for
sanctification is haggis most is the only noun that you see in all of the
words of consecration or sanctification and this word is something that only God
can do so it's not a verb it's not something you do this word consecrate or
sanctification actually means that he sets you apart once and for all now he's
doing the work for you to see it Hebrews 10 10 says this for God's will was for
us to be made holy by the sacrifice of Jesus's body once and for all time this
is the thing when you give your life to God you are fully sanctified but it
takes consecration for you to even see it God has done the full work you are
perfected in Christ but he has to it takes our consecration and he begins to
sanctify you and set you apart and show you his will so you can step into the
promises God has for you does that make sense
Hebrews 13 12 and Jesus our sin sacrifice off also suffered death outside of the
city to make us holy by his blood now there's also a sanctification that God
does that is the finished work or the perfect work of Jesus there's also a
sanctification that God does is to anoint you what it meant to anoint
somebody was they would get a some oil they would pour it over the the head of
a king in the Old Testament or a priest and what that meant was that now that
person is set apart for a special work of the ministry did you know when you
give your life to Jesus that the Holy Spirit anoints each of us to do special
work of the ministry that's why Jesus said the Spirit of the Lord is upon me
because he's anointed me to preach the good news and you have that anointing
the Bible says that when he ascended into heaven after his death he set us
all apart for a special work of the ministry is that good news that God has
a special work for you and he has anointed all of us now I want to get
back to this this thing of consecration because there can be attention here
there can be attention here so are you saying that God will only sanctify me if
I consecrate myself are you saying that the only way that I can be set apart is
if I consecrate myself now I want to read this scripture to you are you okay
today we're setting a foundation for this series Philippians 2 12 says this
therefore my beloved as you have always obeyed not just in my presence only but
now much more in my absence listen to this this this kind of this kind of this
makes me think work out your own salvation with fear and trembling for it
is God who works in you both to will and to do for his good pleasure work it out
it's consecration work it out as consecration salvation is the process
that God does in us but he says to work it out look at your neighbor and say to
work it out now this is the problem this is the problem see see fear and
trembling this word actually means to honor and to reverence this is not to be
scared of God it says to work out your salvation with fear of trembling what is
he talking about what is he talking about Proverbs Proverbs 9 10 says that
the fear of the Lord or the honor of God is the beginning of wisdom now some of
you right now this is the problem many of you are thinking works right now
you're right I need to work I'm gonna fast I'm gonna fast 40 days like Jesus
right now you're thinking what can I do to consecrate myself and this is the
thing this is the thing calm down that's the thing calm down because there is a
flip side to this there is a flip side to this Ephesians 2 8 through 9 for by
grace you have been saved through faith nothing you did could ever earn
salvation for it was the love gift that God brought to us in Christ so no one
will ever be able to boast for salvation is never a reward for good works of
human striving so your salvation you are not working for salvation God gave you
that as a gift but you need to consecrate yourself to see the truth of
that salvation he's finishing the work that he started in you but it does take
a grace for you to separate yourself to be able to get with God and to see the
work that he's done he's already done the work now he wants you to be a part
of the process of seeing the work that's already done in you so Galatians 3 1
says because people get off in this Paul said this to the Galatians he said hey
you started out where salvation was only thing that you could have but who
bewitched you who who put a spell on you that now you believe that now it's all
of your good works for you to get what God has for you to get so there is a
balance here there is a balance in that that God has given you a free gift and
God does ask you to set yourself apart but God does not want you to do it in a
religious spirit God does not want you to do it as a religious duty Romans 8
15 says this and you did not receive the spirit of religious duty leading you
back into the fear of never being good enough you ever been there never being
good enough but you have received the spirit of full acceptance and folding
you into the family of God and you will never feel orphaned for as he rises up
within us our spirits join with him saying this words of tender affection
beloved father for the Holy Spirit makes his fatherhood real in us and whispers
in our innermost being you are beloved child how many of you love that God
speaks to us so here's the secret here's the secret because I have seen people
man they're gonna be radical you know what they're gonna do I'm waking up at
three o'clock in the morning every single morning in the woods I'm gonna
see it search God I'm not gonna eat anything and I'm just gonna because I
want God more than you I am gonna begin to separate myself more than all of you
and I am so spiritual and holy and that's why God is gonna bless me so much
and at the end of it they burn out and usually cheat on their wives you're
like what did that where did that come from I've seen it I've seen it people
try to overcompensate and do things in their own strength and then they have no
grace people overcompensate and try to do things in their own strength and they
have no grace because when you're focused on your own works and what you
can do God says I resist the problem but give grace to the humble the truth is
I'm kind of nervous about this 21 day fast because I know me three days in I'm
gonna want some sweets three days in my stomach is gonna be growling and I am
gonna want something good you know what I mean something good you know it's not
a fast if you eat pizza you know what I'm saying you're like I'm just doing
like breads and like sauce and like that's not a fast after a fast you gave
40 pounds that's not a fast right I know myself I'm saying God what do you want
from me what we want to do is like you know what I'm gonna go after God I'm
gonna be like that woman I'm gonna I'm gonna touch I'm gonna be the one I am
gonna you know what right now right now I could do it four o'clock in the morning
I'm just gonna get up early you know what I'm reading the whole Bible in two
months that's what I'm gonna do all y'all are reading like a devotional
little baby Christians I'm gonna read the Bible in two months and so you go
after that's fine at all if God tells you to do it but don't do a bunch of
things just because you've decided to do it you're not gonna have a grace to do
it and what happens I've seen it and you said that thing earlier is out of the
blue I've seen people begin to just try to do radical things to get the
acceptance of God and when God actually blesses them they think it's them that
does it and when they think it's them that does it then they begin to put down
on other people and they have entered into a religious realm that has now
you're entitled and you're better than everybody and that is not the spirit of
Jesus that was the spirit of Pharisees the spirit of Pharisees knew how to
consecrate themselves they knew how to tithe off the smallest little thing but
they did not have the right spirit and they came into a spirit of judgment and
pride and begin to belittle people and they thought they were entitled and God
says I'm resisting the proud and giving grace to the humble so this is not how
much can we do and we're just gonna get it together this is I need to get away
with God God what do you want from me because I can only do what you're
giving me a grace to do and you might ask something of me that seems hard and
I don't know if I can do it and God I need you to give me grace to do it you
know what it's like when you start a fast when you start a fast that's when
King K comes out you know to me as soon as you say I started fast that's when
people offer you food for free I don't know why that is but that's how it
happens canes for free see God does not reward us with salvation through human
striving but he does reward us with with revelation by human seeking or humbly
sinking how does God reward us he is a rewarding God Hebrews 11 6 says this and
it is impossible impossible impossible help me out impossible to please God
without faith anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and
that he rewards say rewards he rewards those who sincerely seek him the reward
is not for approval we already have that the reward is for his appearance in your
life we already have his his his acceptance God is a rewarder do you
believe that there are rewards when our consecration produces something in
others did you know that your consecration your setting apart for God
can actually produce sanctification in others see this is the problem we cannot
give what we do not have we're gonna heal we're gonna heal a city yeah but
you're broken we're gonna we're gonna bring break for it yeah but you don't
believe God wants to do in us first so that he can do things in your family and
in your city because when I change everything changes this is what Jesus
said in John 17 19 Jesus said this and for their sakes I sanctify myself so
that they could be sanctified by truth what did Jesus say I'm separating myself
so that they can be sanctified this this kind of boggles my mind because Jesus
said this before he said this he is on the Mount of Transfiguration he comes
down and God is like you know God is showing up in a spiritual way Peters up
there saying a bunch of gibberish because he's nervous and while this is
going on God consecrating himself down below there is this son and the father
and the son has this he's possessed and he's throwing himself in the water and
in fire and I think it's interesting because they're arguing with the
Pharisees and Jesus comes down and he he says he says for this demonic force to
go and it leaves him and the disciples are like hey we're trying to do this
thing how come it's not working for us and this is what Jesus says Matthew 17
21 he says however this kind of demon or this kind of breakthrough does not go
out except by prayer and fasting so there is a level of your consecration
that brings sanctification or a change or set apartness for you and for other
people is it that awesome how is the city going to be changed for us just to
pray but it's not in us no God wants to change you and when I change everything
changes you're like God change my husband you might need to change I didn't
say that to you but I wasn't I wasn't like that's not that's not that's all
the other all right I meant to say the other way around I don't know let's move
forward Luke 11 20 through 22 I've been on a good streak I don't want to mess it
up Luke 11 20 through 22 listen what Jesus said because there are people that
were they were they were complaining with Jesus and saying hey the only reason
you can cast out demons because you have one was telling Jesus that and this is
Jesus's response he says but if I'm casting out demons by God's mighty power
God's kingdom is now released on you but if you but you still reject it now
listen to this this he's telling us about a spiritual world when a strong
man with many weapons guard his palace his possessions are safe but when one
stronger than he comes and attacks and overpowers him the stronger one will
empty the arsenal in which he was trusted the conqueror will ransack his
kingdom and distribute all the spoils of victory now listen to this this is what
he's saying he's saying when you come into a place of light you come into a
place of faith of sanctification of setting apart and freedom your light will
actually cause the darkness to leave other people your light will cause
darkness to leave other people now listen to what he says he says this is
what it's like he says the one that is trapped with with demon and darkness and
you can call it whatever you want to call it but I've seen I've seen I've
seen addictions and everything under the Sun and I can tell you that there's
influence there and he says what happens is there is a it's this force around
them that it's like an army and and they have all their arsenal and they're
protecting and they're not wanting they're wanting to keep this person in
bondage and he says but the believer the believer that is stronger than the
enemy he comes with a stronger arsenal overcomes the enemy and plunders the
enemy not only that but their spoils for everybody that was in on the deliverance
for them to get blessed with this is what I'm telling you when you separate
yourself when you begin to sanctify yourself there are blessings that are
stored up for you and somebody else's deliverance there are blessings stored
up for you and somebody else's deliverance when when we are working as
one and people get set free in this house in this city it is not just one
person but God distributes the spoils we begin to get influence we begin to
God begins to promote us he begins to bless us because he says first of all
you're stronger than the enemy and second of a second of all when he begins
to get defeated you get blessed Jesus says sanctify me so that they could be
sanctified I'm saying in this season not only is God gonna do a work in you but
the work that God does in you he's gonna begin to do in the work of people around
you like Jairus said come to my house come to my house I believe that the God
the work that God is doing in you is gonna be doing the work God's gonna
begin to do a work in your family in your neighbors and it's not some like
spooky no it's gonna be God is gonna lead you and you're gonna love people
and you're gonna see them set free how many of you believe that in this season
and so this is the heart of prayer and fasting Reese if you can come up and
play and then we're gonna have the whole band come up in a second this is the
heart of prayer and fasting Hebrews 12 1 through 2 therefore when you see the
word therefore see what it's there for
about ten of y'all got that therefore since we are surrounded by such a huge
crowd of witnesses first of all is that awesome that right now the Bible says in
heaven there are believers that passed on but they're in a crowd like the
Superdome times a thousand and they're all looking down cheering us on because
we have the baton and it's time for us to run and there's a there's a in the
heavens there is a crowd of witnesses that says come on Teresa let's go
there's a crowd of witnesses that say come on Jack it's your turn there's a
crowd of witnesses that's cheering us on and this is what the Bible says he
says therefore since we're surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the
life of faith let us strip off every weight say wait that slows us down
especially the sin you know that sin you know that sin that's in that trips you
up might not trip up anybody else but you know that thing that trips you up
y'all are looking at me like you don't know you know you know that thing that
trips you up he says especially the sin that so easily trips you up and let us
run with endurance the race that God set up before us we do this by keeping our
eyes on Jesus the champion who initiates and perfects our faith now the previous
chapter in this is all these people that consecrate themselves and God does great
exploits in them because God sets them apart and they're working and they're
operating in in faith they're not working in their own works they're
operating in the grace that God gives them and in faith and the Bible says hey
now it's your turn now he says if you want to do this we're running a race if
you want to have endurance you're gonna have to strip down some extra weight
you've never seen an Olympic runner run with a big jacket on why because they're
running a race they need endurance and so this is what he's telling us if we
want to run this race if we want to see a turning of the tide this is the thing
there are times when God will ask you to put aside not even necessarily bad
things but things that are distractions things that we can give up to put our
focus on him I'm not saying social media is bad but if God is telling you to give
that to him don't just give it to him that every time you have that urge to go
on social media some of you have a tick I mean it's like you go you go 15 minutes
without on Instagram you start like going in like convulsions right you like
you start you start it's obvious you start going through withdrawals right
have you ever had your phone in the pot your pocket and you thought it buzzed or
a text and it was nothing it's like we're conditioned we're always conditioned
and and this is not a bad thing I'm giving you example is God asking you to
put aside some things so that you can focus on him is God asking you to put
some weights maybe there's time there's time where you're just zoning out in TV
that's you know I'm not saying watching TV is bad but is God telling you I want
you to put that time aside and I want you to focus on me for this next 21 days
what fasting is is starving the flesh and focusing on Jesus that's what fasting
is so certain foods entertainment habits sweets alcohol any kind of substance
that's a go-to God saying will you give me that in focus on me and see what I
give you yeah give God a hand if you want to
see God doesn't just want you to give it up he wants you to replace it with him
if you just stop eating stuff that's just a diet that's not a fast a fast is
saying I give you this and when I have that urge to do that I'm praying instead
right so if I give you a lunch if I say I'm gonna fast lunch I'm not just fasting
lunch I'm are not eating lunch I'm going to God in that time that it took me to
eat lunch I say God I'm gonna focus on you I'm gonna think on you and so this
is prayer and this is the word in the next several weeks we're gonna be going
over the four seas of consecration and this is the thing that God will start to
do this is the first one we're gonna close but God will start to convict you
in this season God will start to convict you in love Romans 12 to don't copy the
behaviors of this world but let God transform you how many of you know that
God needs to transform us into a new person by changing the way that you
think you will learn to know God's will how many of you want to know God's will
you will learn to know God's will which is good and pleasing to you see because
conviction gives you an opportunity to repent how many of you love the word
repent nobody raised their hands I love repentance well it's because we have a
certain thought process of repentance the word repentance comes from the word
metanoia say meta noia so meta means to change noia means your mind that's the
Greek what is repentance it's changing the way that you think it's not just
saying you're sorry what God will do in this season he'll begin to convict you
but he wants to change the way that you think how many of you know that there is
a spirit of the agent that thinks a certain way and God says I want to
transform you by the renewing of your mind I don't want you just to say you're
sorry I want to begin to tell you who you are I want to begin to tell you who
I am and so I want to encourage you with this I want to encourage you with this
the scientists say that when people read their Bible and pray two days out of the
week they don't see much change third time out of the week they see a little
change four times out of the week this is what scientists say that four times
out of the week that feeling lonely drops 30% anger issue drops 32% bitterness
in relationship drops 40% alcoholism drops 57% sex outside of marriage drops
68% feeling spiritually stagnant drops 60% viewing pornography drops 61%
sharing your faith jumps to 200% discipling others jumps to 230% there is
something about renewing your minds there's something about changing the way
that you're think it is not just staying away from things it's saying I'm gonna
replace that thing with renewing my mind God told Joshua before he went to the
promised land he said meditate on my word day and night think about it day and
night and then you will see success and prosperity that word meditate means to
chew on God's word like a cow chews on curd it's kind of weird but a cow will
eat some curd put it in its stomach regurgitate that thing and keep chewing
it that's what the Bible is telling us to do I don't want you just taking this
word I want you to meditate on it I want you to let it change the way that you
think and then that's when you see your transformation that transformation
means metamorphosis it is like a worm that becomes a butterfly how by renewing
your mind look at your neighbor and said you got to renew your mind now I want to
encourage you in this season in this season let's start to encourage
ourselves you know if you want to start running go buy some running shoes right
go get go get some new sneakers or something motivate yourself this is what
I want to encourage you in this season start a new plan start a new plan start
a Bible plan there are tons of Bible plans because I want to give you I want
to give you these four things that we're gonna do in the next 21 days and it's
our devotion with God every single day and the acronym is soap can you say soap
soap does what it cleanses you how many of you want to cleanse mine so every
single day we're gonna do these four things the first thing is scripture
reading scripture this is when we're looking for Jesus we're looking for
Jesus in the scripture I want to encourage you to begin to read the
Gospels read if you've never done this before start in the book of John and
begin to read the Word of God and it will begin to transform your life begin
to read look for Jesus look for Jesus listen the Bible says that faith comes
by hearing and hearing the the good news or hearing the gospel I'm all for the
one Bible the one-year Bible if you have a little bit of Old Testament a little
bit of New Testament and all that but I do not recommend just going through
chronological order you're gonna go in Leviticus and you're gonna be sad
you're like I'm getting nothing it's cuz you're reading Leviticus and you just
got saved I'm just gonna read Revelation stop it stop it just have a good
balance and anytime you read the Old Testament you're seeing it through the
eyes of Jesus we're gonna get to that later oh s is scripture I'm looking for
Jesus I'm not looking for me I'm looking for Jesus you're like I'm David no David
the Bible is representing Jesus not you but he lives in you it's another message
Oh say oh observation observation I want to encourage you to get a journal write
thoughts down if you don't understand it ask God questions say this is
observation I'm not just gonna read something and just post it on Instagram
and show people that I'm reading my Bible I'm gonna observe and I'm gonna
say this God what do you want from me what is in you what do you want in me
journal it ask him questions the next one is what acronym three people are
listening I'm so excited a is application application don't just
observe you know what God what do you want from me ask God this God what do
you want me to do to look more like you the Bible says when you hear the word
and you put it into practice it's like building your foundation on a rock the
wind come and you're standing firm but those that hear the word and you don't
act on the word it's like building your house on the sand when the winds come
you fall over how many of you want to be built on the rock the last one the last
one some of you are like thank God it's past 12 o'clock we're only gonna be one
more hour no worries Saints aren't playing anymore we can go as long as we
want and they're not good this year so P P is pray pray pray talk to God if he's
asking you to do something and it seems like it's over your head it's probably
God you know what prayer is like God help me this that you're asking me to do
I need your grace how many of you need grace I need grace in my marriage I need
grace with my kids I need grace with the ministry I need grace anything that God's
asked me to do I need grace you know how you get grace you humble yourself and you
pray the Bible says that if you ask for wisdom God is not gonna he's not gonna
say he's not gonna say how dare you ask me for that he's gonna grant you wisdom
this is how I want to end today if the worship team can come on up I want today
to start the beginning of the year to start the beginning of the year for us
to say will I be will I be like the crowd will I be like the crowd the
everyday Christian that I go to church on Sundays but I have no divine
devotional life or will I be like the woman with the issue of blood that says
God what do you want me to do how do you want me to go after you what do you want
me to go I don't know what to do show me what to give up I believe the Holy
Spirit is gonna begin to put on your heart this is what I want you to do I
want you to give up this and I want you to look to me and this is what I want
you to do you're like tell me just tell me what fast to do I'm not telling you
let God tell you you hear from God you're like no I don't yes you do those
thoughts that come that line up to God's word you're hearing from God how many of
you want to say today I want to be like the woman with the issue of blood that
goes beyond the crowd and I'm going after Jesus and I know that he is a
rewarder of those that diligently seek him that he's gonna touch my life he's
gonna touch other people's lives in 2025 come on let's all stand up today I want
to pray for you today if you're here and you don't have a relationship with God I
want you to say this with all of us we're gonna say it together say this say
Jesus I believe in you I believe you died for me and that you rose again I
turn away from my own way and I pick up your way from this day forward I make
you my Savior and my Lord the Bible says that those that believe in their heart
and confess with their mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord you will be saved with
everybody's eyes closed and heads bowed today if you said that prayer I'm not
gonna embarrass you but if you said that prayer today can you just lift up your
hand I see your hands I see your hands all over the room all over the room God
bless you God bless you can put your hands down the Bible says that when you
said that prayer that you are a new creation all old things are passed away
and all things become new and the Bible says that the heavens are rejoicing
because you have given your life to God I want to tell you today welcome to the
family welcome to the family of God there are believers all over the world
that you have entered into a family and God does not want you to do this alone
church 54 in the count of three can we give those that have given their life to
God can we party with heaven one two three
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