David had made the most hideous of decisions.

He had betrayed his morals.

He had betrayed his men.

And, most despairingly, he had betrayed God.

From a porch in the high castle, he had let his eyes fall upon beauty that was not meant for him.  And that beauty led him to do something terrible.

He had slept with another man’s wife.

He had tried to cover it up by sending her husband into battle.

He had allowed her husband to be killed.

The perfect cover up.

But God…..

God knows.

He knows what David did.

And he knows what all of us have done.

I am fully aware of this this very morning.  I have simply, if you look through a magnifying glass, at everything about me, FAILED.  But God……

God’s grace is so amazing.

It HEALS.

It INSPIRES.

It COMPELS.

It COMES WITH NO GUILT.

We can simply do what David did and go to Him and hit reset.  Look—-this verse is RESET:

Psalm 51 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,

and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me from your presence

or take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation

and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

If we are truly surrendered to God, we have to let ourselves reset to Him, and let Him lavish His grace on us and reset us.

Because if you are like me (and 1 John 1:8 ASSURES me that you are!) we can stand up and fix things that God wants to fix—-and we do not have to be ashamed about it!

Hallelujah!  Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 

Because that, my friends, is the gospel of Jesus Christ that we all so desperately need.

And we can say, with great confidence, 

God Is Not Done With Me………Yet!

Hebrews 10 14because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Create In Me A Clean Heart O God

And Renew A Right Spirit In Me

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I am not sure what to say today…..

I just want to encourage all of us to worship.  To raise our hands to the Lord.

To truly cry out and thank Him that He has prepared a way for us.

This is not a way for AFTER we are gone from this earth.  It is a way for us to walk NOW.

Praise Him who went to the cross for all of us.

It wasn’t nails that held Him to that cross…

It was His Incredible Love!!

John 14  1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms;

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

I’m Gonna Sing

In The Middle Of The Storm

Louder And Louder

You’re Gonna Hear My Praises Roar

Up From The Ashes

Hope Will Arise

Death Is Defeated

The King Is Alive

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My mama took her last breath this morning at 4:30.

She is now with the Lord in the very place that He has prepared for her.

I think this God-inspired song says it all.

My love to all of you.

In Jesus Name.

As I walked out of church two Sundays ago, I heard the news of Kobe’s death.  In an instant, he was gone. A sad day for basketball. A sad day for all who watched his great career.

And yet, the end is a reality that all of us must face…..

ALL of us will breathe our last and say goodbye to our lives on planet earth.  All of us our destined for the same reality. And we must all face that this is common of all of us.

There were nine souls on that helicopter, and all had something else in common too.  In fact, ALL of us have this in common.

And that is the opportunity to surrender to Jesus Christ.

His offer was for all of mankind.

It was for all who would dare surrender their soul and follow Him.

He did not discriminate.

He has willingly offered His life for Kobe, for you, and for me.  And He has sealed His offer, in blood, on Calvary.

As He has proven again and again, He does not discriminate:

Black or White

Man or Woman

Religious or Heathen

Military Ruler or Peasant

Sailor, Tax Collector, Synagogue Ruler, King

He put no one above any other, and none were unworthy of His time.

He had seen them in all creation and He had come to save them.

Mark 5  22 Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him………………….

35 While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher any more?”

36 Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 But they laughed at him.

41 After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!” ). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and walked around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.

And so it is with you.

You, too, are destined to leave this earth.

You, too, are on a collision course with eternity.

You, too, have an opportunity to choose who you belong to…..

I choose to SURRENDER…….

to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Starry Night by Chris August

I am giving my life to the Only One

Who makes the moon reflect the sun

Every starry night

Was His design

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To be in the center of the battle can be terrifying.

It can cripple us and scar us.

It can put us into a place of fear.

But 2000 years ago, on a cross on calvary, Jesus walked into the eye of the storm and walked away victorious.

This is not a story in a book that you can not relate to.

It is the story of you.

And, more than that, it is the story of what God can do with you and all those you love.

Mark 4  39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

40He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

41They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

In the eye of the storm.

Jesus walked in love, in faith, and in power.

And He walked that out as a man ….. So that you too could experience His undying, unrelenting, and unbiased love.

You are not powerless.  Just the opposite.

You are meant for greater things.

Nelson Mandela understood this.  I believe that is why he wrote:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

What does all of this mean in 2020?

I want to challenge you.

Not to think you have to do something, but to receive.

Ask God.

Ask Him.

Ask Him to come into your situation…or your mindset…or your fear—-whatever might be stealing from you right now.

When I recently read this verse, I thought, this is CRAZY.  

It is CRAZY that Jesus came to earth.

It is CRAZY that Jesus healed the sick.

It is CRAZY that He stood up and calmed a storm.

As I read this—I thought— “that is consistent” —because He has constantly done CRAZY things in my life.

He has rescued me in my finances, in my personal life, in EVERY area in my life He has showed up and done something CRAZY that has totally rocked my world.

Jesus is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords

He is the First… and the Last

He is the Lamb… and the Lion

He is the Defender… and the Counselor

He is the Rider on the white horse… and the Healer

It is often joked about by those who don’t know—but the reality is it is the truth.  He IS the ANSWER.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

In The Eye Of The Storm By Ryan Stevenson

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FAITH PULLS RAMS’ BRUCE

THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES

As a man whose faith has always been first and foremost, Isaac Bruce doesn’t consider it his job to convert anybody. He believes what he believes, and if you think he’s square, well, that’s what you believe. His mother, a minister, raised her other 14 children the same way.

But Bruce, the St. Louis Rams‘ All-Pro receiver in town for William and Mary’s Colonial All-Pro Football Camp, has a couple of stories to make you think. You could call both of them coincidental, and maybe you’d be right. Or you could say that maybe he’s onto something.

The first came on the night of this past Dec. 7 when the Mercedes he was driving blew a tire and skidded off the interstate. His car flipped twice, he wasn’t wearing a seat belt, the airbags didn’t deploy and the convertible roof collapsed. Yet Bruce walked away without a scratch and his girlfriend had only a small cut on her forehead. The reason, Bruce believes, is because as he lost control of the car he called Jesus’ name.

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Mark 3 1 Another time he went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”

4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.

5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

It is amazing to me how men of faith watched Jesus—looking for a reason to accuse.  Had they truly surrendered their lives to God? In my moments of weakness, I have to ask myself the same question…..

Jesus wants to move in 2020.

He wants to do something amazing for all people, in all places, of all colors.

He wants to bring us to freedom.

God is well aware of our abilities to compartmentalize our lives.

He knows that we might be incredibly strong and faithful in one area of our lives while being broken, lost, and blind in another.  And He loves us anyway.

Where are you?

Is God truly winning?

In the kingdom of God, most things seem backwards.

In the kingdom, if you want to conquer, you must surrender.

That’s right….SURRENDER.

And He showed us.

At the cross, He SURRENDERED His life that we might see how it looks.

So my word to you today is to Let Go.

At The Cross By Chris Tomlin

At The Cross At The Cross

I Surrender My Life

I Am In Awe Of You

Where Your Love Ran Red

And My Sin Washed White

I Owe All To You

I Owe All To You

Jesus

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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He is going to win.

As I reminded myself of that on Christmas day it became clear to me that nothing could be more true.

As we say the Lord’s prayer, we say:  “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

Nothing is better than when God gets hold of something.

He has saved my life on many occasions.

He has redeemed businesses, and marriages, and relationships, and many broken things have been put back together as a direct result of His very hand.

But there is still a reason that we pray that very prayer.

And that is because—we can see brokenness.

There are things that we each must face on a daily basis that are simply BROKEN.  Not partly broken. BROKEN.

But God…

The greatest two words in the Bible.

But God…

You see, there is a truth that we can hold onto. 

But God…

We will eventually break down, get weak, and take in a final breath. 

But God…

We live and work and sometimes don’t have enough.

The enemy can wreak havoc.

Our friends can hurt us.

Our solid plans can be crushed.

Our good works can be waisted.

Our mistakes can be shoved right back into our faces.

But God…

I am not going to lie.  My mom is dying. Her body is shrinking.  Her mind is deteriorating. Her life is growing much smaller.  I had a moment on Christmas day where I simply went in the bathroom and wept.  And I could not stop crying.

But the reality is this:  The enemy might think that he has won on this one, but he will not win.  And God clearly told me that in the bathroom.  And if I wanted to curse the enemy—-all I needed to do was PRAISE the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

The Lord has my mom.

He has all of us that would dare cry out to Him.

Revelation 5 5 and one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping;  behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

You see, Jesus is the The Lion of the Tribe of Judah.  And He sits on the hill and watches. And when God says the time is right, He will come.

Do Not Curse The Enemy

Do Not Let Sin Destroy You

Do Not Crumple At The Sight Of Death

He Is The Lion Of The Tribe Of Judah

And He Is GOING TO WIN

Rejoice In That Now—–

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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And we shall call Him Emmanuel

(which means “God with us”) Matthew 1

Mark 2 14As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

15While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the “sinners” and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”

17On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

The gospel of Matthew was written by Levi—that tax collector in the verse above.  And many would say that this is the great hypocrisy of the Christian faith. But the reality for me is that it is the proof of it.

You see, this is a crazy thought to someone on the outside looking in—the idea that a thief who was hated by the Jewish people would write them a letter compelling them to change their focus.

And yet he did.  And God used it to stir up the greatest movement in the history of the world.  And it was because HOPE came down.

And that—–can not be stated enough times.

HOPE came down.

HOPE came to the world that rejected it and did not leave until it had been given in full measure.

HOPE came in the form of none other than Jesus Christ.

And HOPE did not discriminate.

It saw the disease that had all the fruits of hopelessness.

The fruits were not just despair, or loneliness, or sadness.

Hopelessness lives in lust and greed and hatred and covetousness also.  It lives in revenge and selfishness and pride also.

Hopelessness does not “disappoint” in its ability to bring destruction.  It can generate all of the depravity we see.

But HOPE, it snuffs out hopelessness.

Romans 5 20 The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more …

Sin can’t win.

It won’t win.

The championship game has been played…and decided.

The winning team has been crowned.

And that team belongs to Jesus.

When Danny Gokey lost his wife, it was devastating.

She was gone and he was not sure what to do.

But that was not the end of her story…it was the beginning.

And all of us, no matter where we are, can have a beginning.

And all of that, is because HOPE came down.

What he sings about.  What God did for us. All of this.  People do not know about it. SHARE IT.  Because the world could use some HOPE.  And it could use a beginning.  Make sure that all you know know who has the winning team—-and who HOPE is.

Hope In Front Of Me

Danny Gokey

There’s Hope In Front Of Me

There’s A Light I Still See It

There’s A Hand Still Holding Me

Even When I Don’t Believe It

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In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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