2 MINUTE WARNING

A few days ago I was convicted by a thought:

 

Do You Know Why I Believe What I Believe?

 

And for several days I have pondered this very question.

 

You see, many would say that they “grew up in the church”….and therefore, they are followers of God.

 

I am fine with that—I really am.

 

But for me….it was a different road.  And that is probably because I have never been one to fall in line…..

 

And so praying over how I would write this blog….I was struck with several questions:

 

What would our world look like if the Bible was true?

1. There would be evidence of a worldwide flood.
2. There would be great conflict between the descendants of Isaac and the descendants of Ishmael.
3. Man would be corrupt and sinful.  There would constant and ever present displays of man’s hideous ways, and the world would not have peace.
4. The Jewish people would be blessed, yet despised.
5. There would have been a great event in Jerusalem about 2000 years ago and a new religion would have “risen from the ashes”…..much like the story of the Phoenix.
6. This new movement would cross cultures, nations, races, economics, and politics.  In other words—it would not be a movement in one small section of like people, but it would be widespread and diverse.

 

I believe that I could go on with this list….and perhaps I will in another blog…..

 

But for now I want to leave you with some thoughts……

 

We are creatures with incredible design.  Eyes that focus. Knees that deal with incredible movement.  Thumbs that grab. Even our cells operate like cities full of people.  The complexity of our physical being is beyond description. The atheist can call me a fool for thinking there is a God…..But how can our existence be a random accident?

 

The faith has changed me.  It has changed the way that I think about things and the way that I respond to things.  I have been convicted to change who I am in order to walk more in line with who He is. The atheist can call me a fool for believing that God has changed me…..But how can the change I see in others be explained?

 

Jesus words of wisdom are incredible….and for that matter, the words of wisdom in the rest of the Bible are incredible as well.  How to manage money. How to lead. How to live in a family and raise children. How to live out daily life. It is the greatest “how to” book that has ever been written.  The atheist can say:  there are other books out there that also make us better…..But how can a book written in so many countries by so many people in so many time eras be SO MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE AND SO ACCURATE AT THE SAME TIME?

 

How could this plan have made more sense for what it was intended to be.

 

I watch people.  I watch exchanges between politicians in our country.  I watch scientists and mathematicians and philosophers speak out about what they believe is true and not true, what they believe is right and not right, what they believe is best and not best….and yet, none of them outside of a Godly counsel seems to know what they are talking about…..only those who have followed biblical principles, or prayerful intuition, or both, seem to fully know what needs to be done.  The atheist can say:  Our best plan is a collection of the wisdom of men…..But where has that gotten us?  It has caused us more harm than good.  

 

And then there is the Bible.  Jesus shows up 2000 years ago in one of the hardest places to live.  There is corruption, there is brutal governmental intimidation, and there is a religion that is all but swallowing up the very people that it was intended to save.

 

People are “drowning” in the middle of the desert.

 

And yet with no money, no power, no status, and no favor He sets a new standard of living—-BY DYING.

 

His plan for salvation is spread by men who are so inadequately prepared for what they set out to do that it can’t help but fail.  

 

And yet, I sit here today and read the very words and bask in the very freedom that they have saved and passed down.

 

And….if that is not enough, I have convictions and dreams and visions and thoughts that are not my own to lead me in my moving forward.

 

Nothing, and I mean nothing, that I have ever encountered or talked to or read has done anything close to changing my life like God or His great word have.  And I have watched and witnessed Him do it to others as well.

 

Do You Know Why I Believe What I Believe?

 

Because……

It Is The TRUTH

 

John 1  12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God–

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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None of us wants to face up to who we truly are.

 

Because each of us must, ultimately, come face to face with the face that ….. We failed.

 

And, in many cases, we failed miserably.

 

If we could truly face our failures, we would hear more testimonies about it.

 

I don’t mean the one that had us sleeping in an alley high on heroin.  

 

I am talking about the testimony that shows how hard we are to live with….how lazy we are….or what our thoughts truly are when know one is watching.

 

So why do we do it?

 

One reason is that we lack faith.  And…..just like the disciples, we can’t see the end of the road and fear where it leads…..so we run the other direction.  And, just like them, we cower.

 

It is why we fall asleep when He asks us to pray.

It is why we run when the going gets tough.

It is why we cover up our inadequacies.

 

John 21  15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?”  “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” 16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”  17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”  18 Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.

 

He is going to rise from the dead.

He is going to return to you.

And He is going to restore you, and forgive you, and promote you.

You do not need to run…or cower…or doubt.

It is on His plan that we will plant our eternity.

 

I say this because we all cower and cringe.  We all duck back and fearfully guard ourselves.  We all show incredible moments of NO FAITH.

 

THANK GOD THAT OUR FAITH DOES NOT DEPEND ON US!

 

And that is the reality of Jesus….and Christianity.  We have not done this thing. We have been the recipient of a great offer.  That offer is eternal. It is undeniable. And it is irrevocable.

 

It is an offer that makes me want to stand up and worship.  You see, if the enemy was going against just me—-then I would already be destroyed.  But I have a teammate. And that teammate shows up on the shore with me just like He did with Peter.  He fills my net with fish, my heart with hope, and my life with purpose. And He restores me.

 

As I listened to our worship team sing this beautiful song yesterday at church….God began to convict me about God’s success rate.  Even though I know it—He reminded me—it is 100%.

 

He is going to win….and He is going to win big.  

He is going to make things right…and He is going to make them more right than I can possibly fathom…..and He is going to give all who call on Jesus eternal life.

 

And, most importantly for us, He is going to give us a new hope and a new day and a new purpose.

 

When we begin to doubt this …. We just need to remind ourselves.

 

He Is Not Confined….He Confounds

He Will Not Resign….He Resounds

He Is Not Restrained….Hear The Sounds

Rocks Are Falling

The Broken Calling

To The God Who Moves The Mountains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3xsn6db2iI

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Read the following statements and, as you read them, classify each as a statement that you agree with or disagree with:

 

Money Is The Root Of All Evil

I Am A Sinner Because I Constantly Sin

People Are God’s Greatest Ally

The World Can Corrupt Us

You Only Live Once

Live A Great Life And God Will Reward You

God Is Mad At Me

I Need To Change Things And Get Right With God

It Is Too Late To Go Back Now

 

The reality is…..these all contradict what God tells us in the Bible.

 

Money Is The Root Of All Evil

1 Timothy 6:10 says that “the love of money is the root of all evil”.  And God makes it clear that, with Him, we are rich.

 

Psalm 50:10 even goes so far as to say that “He owns the cattle on a thousand hills”.

 

I Am A Sinner Because I Constantly Sin

Romans 3:23 says that “we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

 

People Are God’s Greatest Ally

Romans 5:10 says that, without Jesus, “We are ENEMIES of God.”

 

The World Can Corrupt Us

Psalm 51:5 says that we were “born into sin”.  And the reality is–we are like Pork.  We are corrupted from the inside–not the outside.

 

You Only Live Once

John 3 tells us that we we must be born again.  In fact, a great truth comes from that.

Revelation 20 tells us:

If we are born twice—we only die once.

But if we are born only once—we will die twice.

 

Live A Great Life And God Will Reward You

John 10 Jesus says:  “I am the door”.

 

God Is Mad At Me

Romans 8 says that we are without shame, that we are sons, that we are heirs of the Kingdom, and that we are MORE than conquerors in Christ Jesus.

 

I Need To Change Some Things And Get Right With God

Galatians 3 says that us doing good works is WITCHCRAFT.  That we are saved by His grace and His grace alone.

 

It Is Too Late To Go Back Now

Repent is the greatest word in the Bible.  It is His offer to each of us that we can turn back….that we can turn from our sin and be bought by the blood of the Lamb.

 

It is His offer to each and every one of us.

 

It is the hope of the ages and the only hope of all mankind.

 

To turn to Jesus is to actually find life.

 

It is to leave your life of hopelessness and begin to live a life of freedom and grace.

 

This is the word that the world so desperately needs to hear.

 

It is the hope that saves our cities, our states, our country.

 

It is the hope that saves the world.

 

John 3:16 says all that we would ever need to know and draws us to read the rest of the love letter that God created over hundreds of years, through dozens of men, recorded in 66 books.

 

He says:

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

 

God LOVES the world.

He gave His Son to save the world.

And He offers eternal life to any who will receive Him.

 

And everyone you know needs to know that.

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Testimony is STILL one of the most powerful tools to finding the truth.

 

Eyewitnesses lead us to the TRUTH, and the TRUTH should be all that we truly care about……

 

Paul found the Truth on his way into Syria—in pursuit of the opportunity to torture, imprison, humiliate, and even kill the followers of Jesus.

 

And after his conversion, he wrote this:

 

Romans 8  1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.  And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.  5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.  9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

 

I want to encourage you today to TRULY read that.

 

It is an incredible testimony to our God.

 

And it is a great reminder to us.  We are not supposed to forget who we are:

• We are Forgiven.  And we are not to look back on our past and be ashamed….THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION
• We are Free.  We are not in the bondage of our own sin.  We are to put a new focus—on Jesus….THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE SET ME FREE
• We have a new Mindset.  WE HAVE OUR MINDS ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES.
• We are not bound by legalism—for ourself OR others.  And God warns us that when we judge others—we judge ourselves.  It is a simple concept: if we want to be truly judged by law—ALL OF US ARE GUILTY.  And so we can be free of the law because THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE SET ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.

 

We are entrenched in LEGALISM—and time and time again I prove it to myself:  I have read that very verse and said this: “Do I live according to the Spirit?  Because so many times I am not—so am I in Christ Jesus?”

 

But God is trying to tell us to walk into the freedom He is offering…..

 

We can walk away from legalism….and guilt….and doubt….and self-hatred…..

 

And we can walk with Jesus.

 

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about a response.  It is about a God who takes 5000 steps at us—to meet us—and to love us.  But we must RESPOND and take just ONE to meet Him.

 

What would your life truly look like if you could walk in Romans 8?

 

Would it look different than what it does today?

 

If it would, I encourage you on this day to RESPOND to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

Memorize that scripture and ask God to write it on your heart.

 

• John 3:16 says He came to save the world.
• 2 Corinthians 5 says that we are to reconcile men to God.
• John 19 records Jesus saying that “It is finished”—that our sin debt is PAID IN FULL.
• Isaiah 53 says that He (God) laid on Him (Jesus) the iniquity of us all.
• Ecclesiastes 12 says that we are to “fear God and keep His commandments–for this is the whole duty of man…”  (Not by legal means—but by BEING IN CHRIST JESUS!!)
• Genesis 6 says:  “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord…”
• Genesis 14 says that Melchizedek put grace and blessing and hope on Abraham just like God, through Jesus, wants to do with us.

 

And so how do we RESPOND?

 

I think a model of our response can be found in scripture.

 

Men and women saved by Jesus did not go live in seclusion and focus on their faults and deficiencies.  They lived in freedom and began to walk out the call that Jesus had put over their lives.

 

And so should we.

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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From John 6 I want to make reference to verses 53-54, 60, and 66.

 

John 6  53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

 

60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

 

66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

 

Jesus can heal you, and He can heal your situation, and your mindset……yet He Is More.

He can rescue you from the claws of the enemy and the pits of Hell……yet He Is More.

He can speak and give you a word of wisdom that will change not only your life, but the lives of others……yet He Is More.

He can give you principles to make your business survive, your marriage survive, your family flourish……yet He Is More.

 

And that is what I want you to take with you today from what I am saying:

He Is More

 

He isn’t your fall-back

 

He is not your rescuer in times of trouble

 

He is not your hope for the nations

 

He is not a God who reigns on high who doesn’t know anything about you

 

He is not a rabbit’s foot that you can use for your big battles

 

He Is More

 

Many followed Him to see the next great thing….but He is not a traveling show to awe the crowd and make people stand in amazement….

 

He Is More

 

And He proved it then, and He is going to prove it now…..and He sealed it so that you could meet Him by taking JUST ONE STEP to allow Him into your life……

 

Coming to represent God, He made sure that we would have no excuse:

He showed up illegitimate so that we could tell Him “my life does not matter” and He would understand.

He was taken to the desert and starved and tempted so that we could tell Him “I am being tempted beyond my strength” and He would understand.

He was talked about and challenged and ridiculed when He did His best work so that we could tell Him “they don’t even recognize my best” and He would understand.

He became a carpenter so that we could tell Him “my work is hard” and He would understand.

He came at a time that they would not recognize Him so that we could tell Him “I am not noticed or recognized” and He would understand.

He gathered the most ill-prepared and under-valued people that He could, and had no money, no home, and no power so that we could tell Him “I don’t have enough resources” and He would understand.

 

And when it came time to stake His claim on your life—–

 

He did it in body and spirit.

 

Betrayed by a confidant

Abandoned by His friends

Tried in a court with no fairness

 

He was beaten and jeered

 

He was made to carry the instrument that they would kill Him with

 

He was mocked by the very men He was executed with and made the worst of the worst

 

And yet, as He took His last breath, He said:

 

It Is Paid In Full

 

Never will we have to say:

 

I don’t have enough

 

OR

 

I am short

 

OR

 

My qualifications don’t measure up

 

And when you ACCEPT the free gift that He gives us and worship Him and pray to Him…….

 

I want you to remember:

You are Loved exactly as you are…He made you and He is proud of you just as you are

 

You are Saved from your worst choices…He cancelled them on the cross

 

You are Valued in your points of least value…He put His life over yours and gave you RICHES BEYOND DESCRIPTION

 

And I suggest that you tell Him:

 

You Are More

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TkUMJtK5k

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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I sat on Thanksgiving morning as my wife, Angie, lead the family in a devotion before we started our day.  This message, in its entirety, is based on the notes I took as she taught us.

 

She made reference to the fact that we can “start over”….that we can begin again.  It is not a new concept but she presented it in a new way.

 

Just as we can restart or reset a computer, we can do that with our own life.  Now, this is not usually true away from God. But it is ALWAYS true with God. He allows us to simply reset….or renew….or, in His words—repent.  Repent is really to turn.  We can simply TURN….We can TURN our life in the direction that we should go.

 

Paul spent some time in Galatians 3 correcting the Galatians—accusing them of “witchcraft”, legalism, and many other things….you can almost sense his frustration as he writes to them…but at the end of the day he communicates what God truly wants to say to us:

Galatians 3  11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”

 

Many of us are guilty of getting caught in the chaos of life and becoming…..”legalistic”

 

But the reality of the gospel is this:

• It is for EVERYONE.
• We are not better than those who live in darkness.
• It is not aligned with politics.

 

Though we all know these to be true….if you are like me…..you tend to not believe that in your heart.

 

I am guilty of judging.

I am guilty of aligning the Bible with political views.

I am guilty of thinking:  “I have done it ‘right’ …. so I am better.”

 

But God’s reality for all of us is simple:

We are ONLY RIGHTEOUS by Jesus….and we are ONLY RIGHTEOUS by living by faith.

 

In as clear of language as we can understand, God tells us to not live by legalism…..but to live by Faith in Jesus, and Jesus alone.  Isaiah even goes so far as to say in Isaiah 64:6 that our good works are like “filthy rags”.

 

We were created to worship God.

 

Made from nothing to truly be something.

 

God has called us to bring LIGHT and ORDER and BOUNDARIES to a world that has escaped those things and is in dire need of finding something to grab onto to bring back hope.

 

Hit the Reset Button.

 

Ask God to Rebuild Your Life.

 

Because having God “Build Your Life” is the only hope you could ever have.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEuldF9RQ00

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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When Jesus got upset with the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the religious leaders, etc….He Went Off….

 

He called them out and He called them out BIG TIME.

 

He called them Hypocrites.  Which I would say is Two-Faced or Fake.

 

Who is your God?  Or should I ask: What is your god?

 

As I ended a long day today and heard the song “Yours Will Be” by Big Daddy Weave…..but it sure hit home…..

 

What do I care what the world thinks?

 

I really only care, at the end of the day, what God thinks.

 

I mean, really—–if I live for Him—–and Him alone—-then my life would be really well lived.

 

And as I sat and sang that song to the Lord—I was deeply convicted by this.

 

He is the one I live for….because if I live for Him—then EVERYTHING ELSE will line up….and if it doesn’t—then maybe I was in the wrong line in the first place.

 

Paul is expressing the heart of God when he writes this:

Philippians 1:9-11

9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

 

Faith in the Lord is a really simple thing:  We make Him the center.

 

And that simple line in the song says it all:

The Only Thing That Matters To Me

 

When what He thinks is The Only Thing That Matters To Me my life begins to change and He begins to give me the character that I want others to believe about me.

 

When what He thinks is The Only Thing That Matters To Me my actions begin to not be in line with what He wants me to do and not what I think others want me to do.

 

Being duplicit, or TWO-FACED occurs when I have two masters.  A student of mine would say FAKE…..

 

I don’t want to be FAKE.

 

I want my God to say that I am REAL….and that I do exactly what He wants me to do.

 

I want His Name to be THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnDTDLOM0rY&list=PLos3S5nRDkEauFAUA0nzGaynZAA_lB6pf&index=4

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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You should never fear the road you have in front of you.

 

I do not say that with arrogance or overconfidence…..

 

I don’t say it because I have delusions of grandeur…..

 

I do not say it out of a lack of wisdom…..

 

I say it because I know Lord…..

 

And He owns the cattle on a thousand hills.

He has counted every hair on your head.

And He has a plan for those who love Him.

 

Never was this more emphasized than in the book of Samuel.

 

I am sure that David thought that he had been given the garbage job.

That he had been overlooked and disregarded.

That the plan for him meant nothing…..

 

But the reality was just the opposite.

 

David learned to defend sheep from predators and he spent time in worship.

 

Imagine how important those two things were for him as he walked into his destiny.

 

He knew how to defend the weak…..and he knew how to cry out to God.

 

When Samuel showed up to anoint him as king….he knew exactly who God had chosen as soon as he saw him……and to the surprise of David’s ENTIRE family, he was chosen:

1 Samuel 16  7 The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

 

So don’t be afraid to be a humble servant of the Lord that “lays in wait.”  When you are, find Him and have Him put something into you that can not possibly be measured by the outside world…..and then when you need to, release it…..just as David did.

Not too long after this meeting, David stood on a battlefield……….

And he stood on a battlefield with a Giant’s head in his hand.

 

The enemy of your soul can do whatever he wants.  He can speak into your mind and sabotage your plans …. And he can even totally discourage you….and he probably has.

He has discouraged me…..

 

But let me tell you this…..He can’t have YOU.  You belong to God. And you need to stand up and cry out to Him that you are His.  Because when you align with Him, the enemy can’t have anything but a fear of what awaits him.

 

So rise up, child of God…..and rise up with confidence and faith…..

 

Because that mountain or hill or discouragement that stands in front of you can be climbed and conquered……and the test that you go through as you get through it will eventually be something that others need to hear:  A Testimony

 

So if you are in a TEST:

FIGHT.

WORSHIP.

KILL PREDATORS THAT WOULD MESS WITH THE WEAK.

PLAY YOUR INSTRUMENT OF WORSHIP.

STAND ON THE HILL AND LOOK OVER THE VALLEY.

BUT WHATEVER YOU DO–

DON’T LOSE FAITH.  THERE ARE GIANTS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT NEED TO BE BEHEADED,

AND GOD HAS CALLED YOU– YOU –TO DO IT.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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It doesn’t take too long to assess that we have… “some issues”.

 

Watch a political advertisement, listen to a song, turn on the news.

 

We have lost our way.

 

And it has ALWAYS been that way.

 

But here is the TRUTH.  We are not very far from being VERY GOOD…..and it has ALWAYS been that way as well.

 

We just simply need to put things in order.

 

You see…..timing and alignment and order are EVERYTHING.

 

Football coaches know this…..because football is truly a game of inches…….

 

In fact, I am guilty of always sarcastically telling my team:

“Changing that won’t make THAT much difference.  It is just the difference between a sack for them versus a touchdown for us….but it won’t make that much difference.”

 

Timing and alignment and order in football are EVERYTHING…and it works like that in the faith as well.

 

Jesus Christ led the most compelling life in the history of all mankind…and if you want to be bought in hook, line, and sinker….then I will encourage you to open the book of John and truly press in and read about Him.  He will change your mind on all things…..

 

I know this….because if He can change my mind—then He can change yours—because mine is the most stubborn, double-minded, hypocritical, negative, and depraved mind that you will ever meet…..

And today…..I will simply say to you this:

 

Don’t ask God, “why can’t I do this?” or “Why would a loving God allow this?” or “Why is Jesus the only way?” or any other of the questions that you might have piling up……because that approach will not work….and even Jesus says this:  IT WILL NOT WORK.

 

Jesus makes some reference to this in Matthew 6:33 “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

 

We are not a lost cause….we are simply OUT OF ORDER.  We do our stuff—and we ask Him to come and join us in it…..what we really need to do is HIS stuff….and follow what He is trying to do.

 

It is a simple concept:

Seek First His Kingdom and His Righteousness, just as we say in the Lord’s Prayer:  

Thy Kingdom Come

Thy Will Be Done

On Earth As It Is In Heaven

 

And with this:

I want to lay down today the 20 Day Challenge

 

Seek Him and Him alone

Proclaim To Him:  “Your Kingdom Come, Your Desire Be Done, On Earth as You Have It In Heaven.”

 

And begin to walk out your day belonging to Him.

And give Him everything…..Good and Bad.

Lay it down at His feet.

 

It is a simple thing really….but God asks us for simple things.  

 

Align Your Life To Follow Him ALONE.

And ask your questions second.

 

I GUARANTEE YOU, IT WILL BE THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU HAVE EVER MADE.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7bD02ZmTqk

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J