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We 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 27 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: God bless you. 28 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: What a joy it is to come into your homes today. 29 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 5: We're here at minute May Park, the home of the 30 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 5: Houston Astros. But you know what, We're celebrating the resurrection 31 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 5: of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And so we 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 5: thank you for tuning in. And if you're ever in 33 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 5: the Houston area, I hope you stop buying and see us. 34 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 3: We'd love to have you. 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 5: At one of our services, and I promise you we'll 36 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 5: make you feel. 37 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 3: Right at home. But thanks for tuning in today. 38 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny each week, and 39 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 5: I'll tell you one of my favorite ones. This May 40 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 5: called up the church office and he asked the church secretary. 41 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 5: He said, I want to speak to the head hog 42 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 5: at the trough and the church secretary she was kind 43 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 5: of offended. She said, if you mean the pastor, then 44 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 5: you're gonna have to call him pastor, but you may 45 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 5: not call him the head hog at the trough. He said, well, okay, 46 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 5: I was just gonna make a ten thousand dollars donation 47 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 5: to your church. 48 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 3: She said, hold on, Porky just walked in. 49 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 5: All right, come on, hold up your bibles and say 50 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 5: it like you mean it. 51 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 3: Are you ready? 52 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 53 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 54 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I'll be taught 55 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 56 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 57 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 5: I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living 58 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 5: seed of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 59 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 5: I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 60 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 5: You sound great as usual. I want to talk to 61 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 5: you today about learning to receive the good things that 62 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 5: God has in store. And really, God has already done 63 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 5: everything he's going to do. He paid the ultimate price 64 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 5: through the death, the burial, and the resurrection of his 65 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 5: son Jesus, and he has made a way for each 66 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 5: one of us to live in victory. But we have 67 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 5: to do our part and really start believe in it 68 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 5: and start acting on it. And all through the Bible 69 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 5: there are so many promises of. 70 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 3: What God has already done. 71 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 5: Says in Ephesians that God has blessed us with every 72 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 5: spiritual blessing past tense. 73 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: He's already done it. 74 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 5: Says in Colossians that God has made us worthy. Our 75 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 5: sins have already been forgiven. The good news is there 76 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 5: is mercy for any mistake we will ever make. But 77 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 5: the problem many times is we're not acting on it. 78 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 5: And so instead of receiving God's mercy and receive and 79 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 5: forgiveness and moving on, we just go around all guilty 80 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 5: and condemned, trying to pay God back, feeling bad about ourselves. Well, 81 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 5: you know, I just don't deserve anything good. Now we've 82 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 5: got to learn to receive what God has already done. 83 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 5: I know when I first started ministering, before I would 84 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 5: come out to speak, I would pray and pray, God, 85 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 5: please give me your annoying God. 86 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 3: Please help me. Please God. 87 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 5: Well, one day I found in the Bible that God 88 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 5: has already anointed us. 89 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 3: He's already given us his power and ability you don't 90 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 3: have to beg God for that. You've simply got to 91 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: start acting on it. 92 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 5: Now before I come out, I just boldly declare I 93 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 5: am annoying. I am well able to do what God 94 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 5: has called me to do. 95 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 3: See. I don't have to pray about that. I don't 96 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 3: have to beg God for that. 97 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 5: I've just got to rise up and receive it by 98 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 5: faith and really begging God doesn't get his attention. In 99 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 5: Matthew chapter fifteen, this lady came to Jesus and she 100 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 5: was all upset and crying, and she began to beg 101 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 5: and beg, Jesus, please heal my daughter. Jesus please come 102 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 5: to my house. I'm begging you, Jesus please. On and 103 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 5: on she went, and it's kind of interesting, Jesus didn't 104 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 5: pay any attention to her. 105 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 3: He just basically ignored her. 106 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 5: This went on for a long time, and finally, when 107 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 5: she realized that wasn't getting her any place, she decided 108 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 5: to quit begging and instead she started worshiping him. No doubt, 109 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 5: she started saying thank you Father for your mercy, thanking 110 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 5: him for his goodness. And then when she did that, 111 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 5: that got God's attention. Jesus stopped right there and sent 112 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 5: healing to her little girl. The point is, you don't 113 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 5: have to beg God to bless you, or beg God 114 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 5: to help you, or even beg God to forgive you. 115 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 5: You simply need to ask in faith and receive it. 116 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 5: Start acting like it's done. I know plenty of people today. 117 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 5: They're living all guilty and condemned. They're always praying, Please, God, 118 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 5: forgive me for that mistake I made. Please God, I'm 119 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 5: just so sorry. Practically every day they are begging God 120 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 5: to forgive them for. 121 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 3: Something they did a year ago. 122 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 5: Now, please understand, God forgave you the very first time 123 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 5: you ask. Quit being a beggar and start receiving God's mercy. 124 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 5: Start receiving his forgiveness. If you don't, you'll go through 125 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 5: life guilty and condemned, trying to pay God back for 126 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 5: all your mistakes. And I know so many people today 127 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 5: they live with this weak worm of the dust mentality. 128 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 5: They don't feel like they deserve to be blessed. They've 129 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 5: made too many mistakes, they've done too much wrong. But no, 130 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 5: you need to know that God has already made you worthy. 131 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 5: And the scripture says you've got to put on. 132 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 3: Your robe of righteousness. 133 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 5: One translation says, put on the breastplate of God's approval. 134 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: Notice, it's something we have to do. 135 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 5: It's not going to automatically jump on you every morning 136 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 5: when you get up. You need to boldly declare God 137 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 5: approves me. God is pleased with me. I am accepted, 138 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 5: I am forgiven, I've been made worthy. And the picture 139 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 5: I want you to have is that God is smiling 140 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 5: down on you. You are the apple of God's eye. 141 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 5: God is not out to get you. God is not 142 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 5: gonna try to pay you back for all of your mistakes. 143 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 5: His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting. Why don't you 144 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 5: start receiving it? Why don't you start receiving God's forgiveness? 145 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 5: Too many people today go around feeling wrong on the inside. 146 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 5: They've got this nagging feeling down in here. Well, you say, Joel, 147 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 5: what about the mistakes that I've made? No, that doesn't 148 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 5: change what God has already done. And God is not 149 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 5: pleased maybe with everything you do, but you need to 150 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 5: know God is pleased with you. You do not have 151 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 5: to live guilty and condemned. I don't mean this to 152 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 5: sound wrong, but many times this goes against everything that 153 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 5: religion has taught us. Religion, when you make a mistake, especially, 154 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: they want you to feel bad about yourself. And I 155 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 5: hate to say it, but a lot of times religious 156 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 5: people will be the first ones to kick you when 157 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 5: you're down and to condemn you. Don't ever get God 158 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 5: mixed up with religion. God is for you. God is 159 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 5: on your side no matter what you have done. God 160 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 5: wants to give you a new beginning. He's a god 161 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 5: of second chances. My prayer today is that you'll begin 162 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 5: to feel God's love in a greater way. You'll get 163 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 5: rid of any feelings of guilt and condemnation unworthiness. Really, 164 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 5: the message of Easter is a message of hope. God 165 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 5: didn't come to condemn us. He came to save us. 166 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 5: And sure we all make mistakes, we all do certain 167 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 5: things that we wish we could do over. But God 168 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 5: sees our hearts, he knows we're not perfect. He can 169 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 5: see the desire you have to please him. If you've 170 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 5: made some bad choices in life, please don't go around 171 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 5: feeling wrong about yourself. God has already made you worthy, 172 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 5: and it wasn't because of anything you did or didn't do. 173 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 3: It's because of what Jesus did. 174 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 5: He shed his blood that we might live an abundant life. 175 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 5: And really, it doesn't bring any glory to God for 176 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 5: us to go around begging him for something that he's 177 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 5: already done. I challenge you quit being a beggar and 178 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 5: start being a believer. Start acting like you're a child 179 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 5: of the most high God. That means you need to 180 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 5: put your shoulders back, need to hold your head up 181 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 5: high and just boldly declare I am blessed, I am forgiving, 182 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 5: I am redeemed, I am worthy, I am a new creature. 183 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 5: I am more than a conquer I am the head 184 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 5: not to tell see it says there in Hebrews four sixteen. 185 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 5: Let us come boldly to the throne of Grace to 186 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 5: obtain mercy and find help in our time of need. 187 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 5: Notice God doesn't say come to me with. 188 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 3: A weak, defeated, pitiful attitude. 189 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 5: He doesn't say come to me thinking about all your 190 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 5: failures and how unworthy you are. 191 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 6: No. 192 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 3: God says you come to me with boldness. You come 193 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 3: to me with your head. 194 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 5: Held high, knowing that I'm a good God and I 195 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 5: want to help you. He says, in effect, come to 196 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 5: me knowing that you are the apple of my eye, 197 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 5: knowing that. 198 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 3: I want to be good to you. 199 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 5: Really, the the only way you're going to go to 200 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 5: God boldly is to know that you're righteous. You've got 201 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 5: to know that God is pleased with you, know that 202 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 5: your sins are forgiven, know that God has good things 203 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 5: in store. 204 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 3: You will never rise up in your. 205 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 5: Authority as long as you have some kind of feeling 206 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 5: of inferiority. And there's nothing the enemy would love anymore 207 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 5: than for you to go around thinking about your faults 208 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 5: and weaknesses, all the mistakes you made last week and 209 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 5: all the times you messed up last month. 210 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 3: No, don't even go down that road. 211 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 5: Quit dwelling on what you've done wrong, and start dwelling 212 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 5: on what you've done right. You may not be all 213 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 5: you're supposed to be, but at least you can thank 214 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 5: God you're not what you used to be. We all 215 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 5: make mistakes, but you know what you need to learn 216 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 5: to Just be quick to repent. Say God, I'm sorry 217 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 5: forgive me, help me to do better next time. 218 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,839 Speaker 3: But then don't stop there. Take it one step farther. 219 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 5: Say Father, now I receive your mercy, Now I receive 220 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 5: your forgiveness. You should not go around feeling guilty and 221 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 5: condemned like you've got to pay God back for your mistakes. 222 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 3: When you do that, all you're really. 223 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 5: Saying is the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross wasn't 224 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 5: quite good enough. 225 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 3: So let me do a little bit more. 226 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 5: Know the good news is the price has been paid 227 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 5: in full. You don't have to add your part to it. 228 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 5: Simply learn to receive that mercy, receive God's forgiveness. Says 229 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 5: in Proverbs twenty eight to one that the righteous are 230 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 5: as bold as a lion. The only way you're going 231 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 5: to have the boldest God wants you to have is 232 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 5: to know that you are righteous. Because when you know 233 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 5: who you are in Christ, when you know that God 234 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 5: is smiling down on you, when you know your sins 235 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 5: are forgiven, that's when you're going to hold your shoulders 236 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 5: back and have the boldness and confidence that God really. 237 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 3: Wants you to have. 238 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 5: And when I say that we've been made righteous, I'm 239 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 5: not saying that we're perfect. I'm not saying that we 240 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 5: don't make mistakes. But if you have a heart after God, 241 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 5: and I know you do, or you wouldn't be here today. 242 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 5: If you have a desire to please him. Then you 243 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 5: have been made righteous. You have been born into God's 244 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,079 Speaker 5: very own family. You did not do anything to earn 245 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 5: this righteousness. It's simply a gift, and you've got to 246 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 5: learn how. 247 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 3: To receive it. 248 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 5: If I can tell you, this is one of the 249 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 5: main areas people struggle in. So many people they just 250 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 5: feel wrong on the inside, like they don't deserve anything good, 251 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 5: and they just got that weak worm of the dust mentality. 252 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 5: I know people they've made mistakes in the past and 253 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 5: they have prayed and asked God to forgive them. They're 254 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 5: very sincere, they've done that part, but they're still holding 255 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 5: on to all the guilt and they let that old 256 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 5: black cloud follow them around everywhere they go. But as 257 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 5: long as we're living guilty and condemned, we will never 258 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 5: experience the good. 259 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: Things of God. 260 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 5: God works where there's an attitude of faith. He works 261 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 5: when we have an expected heart. If you've made mistakes 262 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 5: in the past, don't fall into the old trap. And 263 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 5: you know, just man, I don't deserve anything. I'm such 264 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 5: a lousy old sinner. God's never gonna bless me. No, 265 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 5: put your shoulders back and go to God with boldness. 266 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 5: Your attitude should be. I may have made mistakes, but 267 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 5: I have repented. I have received God's mercy, and I 268 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 5: refuse to wallow around in guilt and condemnation. I know 269 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 5: because of what Jesus did two thousand and five years ago, 270 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 5: I am forgiven, I am redeemed, I am made worthy. 271 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 5: I know His mercies are new and fresh every single morning. See, 272 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 5: you got to shake off the old rags of guilt 273 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 5: and condemnation and start putting on your. 274 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 3: Robe of righteousness. 275 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 5: If we're going to be all God's created us to be, 276 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 5: we got to have a boldness about us. One time, 277 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 5: I was praying at this big event here in town, 278 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 5: and there were several other ministers there with me, and 279 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 5: the men that went right before me. He's a very 280 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 5: well respected leader in the community and a very fine gentleman. 281 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 5: But he prayed about the most depressing prayer that I 282 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 5: think I've ever heard. He said, God, you know how 283 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 5: unworthy I am to even stand up here before you. God, 284 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 5: you know what a wretched I am, and I don't 285 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 5: deserve your goodness? And God, how could you even use. 286 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 3: Anybody like me? On and on man. 287 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 5: By the time he got finished, I felt like I 288 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 5: needed to go repent. I felt like I was about 289 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 5: that tall. I just wanted to hang my head in shame. Now, 290 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 5: let me ask you, how can we expect God's blessings? 291 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 5: How can we expect his goodness if we go around 292 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 5: feeling wrong about ourselves? I wanted to ask him afterwards, 293 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 5: did you really mean what you prayed? 294 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 3: You said you were weak, you were. 295 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 5: Defeated, you were an old sinner, you were unworthy. Listen, 296 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 5: I'm not going to declare that kind of junk over 297 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 5: my life. I'm gonna put on my robe of righteousness. 298 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 5: I know God approves me. I know God is pleased 299 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 5: with me. I know that I have been accepted. I 300 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 5: have been made worthy. Hey, you say, Joe, we're just 301 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 5: all old sinners saved by grace. No, the truth is 302 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 5: we were old sinners, but when we came to Christ, 303 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 5: we're not sinners anymore. We are sons and daughters of 304 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 5: the Most High God. We have been changed, We've been 305 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 5: born into a new family. We are new creatures. And 306 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 5: sure we may sin every once in a while. You 307 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 5: may make some mistakes, but that doesn't make you a sinner. 308 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 5: You've got the very nature of God on the inside. 309 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 5: Of you, and you have got to start seeing yourself differently. 310 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 5: And you need to have the right concept of God. 311 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 5: I remember Daddy used to tell about this guy by 312 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 5: the name of Clyde, and he had so many problems. 313 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: He always was. 314 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 5: Making mistakes here and there, living upset and frustrated. 315 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 3: Nothing in his life was right. 316 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 5: One day, he is complaining and complaining, God, why the 317 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 5: bad things always happened to me? 318 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 3: God? Why can't I get ahead? God? Why is it 319 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 3: always me? He said? 320 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 5: This voice boomed out of the heavens, and God said, 321 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 5: I don't know, Clyde. There's just something about you that 322 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 5: really ticks me off. And you know, a lot of 323 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 5: people think about God like that today. They think God's 324 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 5: kind of. 325 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 3: Mad at them. 326 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 5: He's disgusted they've made mistakes, so surely God's paying them back. 327 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 5: But the good news is God is not like that. 328 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 5: God is not out to get you. God is not 329 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 5: looking for some reason to slam you down. That is 330 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 5: the wrong concept of God. You need to know God 331 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 5: is on your side. Your sins have already been forgiven. 332 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 5: All you've got to do is accept it. You don't 333 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 5: have to carry around that old heavy load of guilt 334 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 5: and shame. Why don't you let it go, start enjoying 335 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 5: the life God. 336 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: Intended you to have. 337 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 5: Jesus paid an incredible price that we might be free 338 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 5: from guilt, condemnation, all these feelings of unworthiness. And please understand, 339 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 5: God is not keeping a running record of all of 340 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 5: your mistakes. The very moment you repent, God does not 341 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 5: remember it anymore forever. 342 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 3: Now, let me challenge you. 343 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 5: Stop remembering what God has already forgotten. Why don't you 344 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 5: let the past be the past? Why don't you start 345 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 5: receiving God's mercy? I know this, you will never receive 346 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 5: the new things God wants to do in your life 347 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 5: as long as your whole on to the old. 348 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 3: You gotta quit dwelling on. 349 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 5: Your mistakes and failures, Quit looking back at all you've 350 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 5: done wrong. As long as you're looking back, you will 351 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 5: never go forward. 352 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 3: And the scripture. 353 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 5: Says forgetting what lies behind and pressing forward to the 354 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 5: good things God has in store. 355 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 3: Do you know who keeps bringing up your past? It's 356 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 3: the enemy. 357 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 5: He's called the accuser of the Brethren. There's nothing he 358 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 5: would love anymore than for you to go through life 359 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 5: focused on your past, guilty and condemned. Feeling wrong, feeling unworthy, 360 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 5: like you don't deserve anything good. That's why many times 361 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 5: when you first get up in the morning, the first 362 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 5: thoughts that will come to your mind are all the 363 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 5: mistakes you made last week. 364 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 3: Now, don't even go down that past. 365 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 5: Let the past be the past, receive God's mercy. It's 366 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 5: fresh and new every single morning. And some of you 367 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 5: today you're way too hard on yourself. Quit beating yourself 368 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 5: up over every mistake that you may. Give yourself a break. 369 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 5: You're learning, You're growing. God's not finished with you. You'll 370 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 5: work in progress. If you always are blaming yourself and 371 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 5: living condemned, you will never go forward. When you make 372 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 5: a mistake, ask for forgiveness. 373 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 3: And move on. 374 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 5: Don't wallow around feeling depressed month after month. Let it 375 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 5: go see God forgives you immediately. The real question is 376 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 5: will you forgive yourself? Will you receive God's mercy? Will 377 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 5: you let the past be the past? I know people today. 378 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 5: They have gone through some kind of disappointment, some kind 379 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 5: of failure, may be a divorce, some kind of setback, 380 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 5: and you know the only thing that's keeping them in 381 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 5: mediocrity is the fact that they just will not forgive themselves. 382 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 5: They don't have any problem forgiving anybody else. They'll forgive 383 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 5: their spouse, their parents, their neighbors. But they just can't 384 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 5: seem to let go of the guilt, and they're always 385 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 5: blaming themselves, living so condemned. But really, the first step 386 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 5: to being free is you got to be willing to 387 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 5: forgive yourself. Does it matter what you done. There's no 388 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 5: sin that's too difficult for our God. No Failu're no mistake, 389 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 5: no setback. I know some of you today you're just 390 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 5: kind of sitting on the sidelines of life. You've had 391 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 5: some broken dreams, and you're just convinced that God is 392 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 5: mad at you. He your life is all washed up. 393 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 5: But you need to know God wants to give you 394 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 5: a new beginning. He wants the next part of your 395 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 5: life to be better than the first part. If you'll 396 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 5: get rid of all the guilt and quit blaming yourself 397 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 5: all the time, I believe those new doors will begin 398 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 5: to open up. I know this is exactly what my 399 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 5: father did. Daddy was married at a very early age 400 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 5: and unfortunately wasn't one of the best choices that. 401 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 3: He made, and it didn't work out. 402 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 5: His dreams were shattered, and he thought for sure his 403 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 5: days and ministry were over. Didn't think he'd ever have 404 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 5: another family. It was the darkest hour of his life, 405 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 5: and Daddy told how one of the most difficult things 406 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 5: for him to do was to forgive himself. He was 407 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 5: so tempted to just hold onto the hurt and pain. 408 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 5: He was tempted to just go around continually blaming himself, 409 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 5: and he could have easily let that one setback keep 410 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 5: him from moving forward and really fulfilling his God given destiny. 411 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 5: He had to be willing to receive God's mercy, and 412 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 5: Daddy took that step of faith, and he forgave himself, 413 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 5: and as he did that, God began to restore back 414 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 5: to him. 415 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 3: God begin to give him a new beginning. 416 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 5: It was after all that that he met my mom 417 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 5: and God gave him a new family. They started Lakewood, 418 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 5: and Daddy had over fifty years in ministry. 419 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 3: He ended up touching the world. But none of that 420 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 3: would have happened had he not been willing to forgive himself. Now, 421 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 3: I'm not. 422 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 5: Saying it's okay to take the easy way out, but 423 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 5: you know as well as I do, you cannot unscramble eggs. 424 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 5: What's done is done, no matter whose fault it was. 425 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 5: You need to receive God's mercy, receive his forgiveness, and 426 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 5: keep pressing forward. I know some of you here today 427 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 5: kind of like my dad. You've been through a setback, 428 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 5: You've been through a disappointment. But I really believe if 429 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 5: you'll take this to heart and forgive yourself and receive 430 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 5: God's mercy, then your best days are going to be 431 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 5: out in front of you. Only God can take all 432 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 5: the negative and turn it around and bring you out 433 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 5: better off than you were before. The darkest storm will 434 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 5: always give way to the most beautiful sunrise. God has 435 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,880 Speaker 5: a new beginning in store for you. Keep your head 436 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 5: held high, forgive yourself, and learn to receive his mercy. 437 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 5: And remember God looks at our hearts. I think about 438 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,199 Speaker 5: my own children. They make mistakes, they're not perfect, but 439 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 5: as their father, I can see their hearts. And it's 440 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 5: one thing. If they had an evil heart, they were 441 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 5: defined and they wouldn't listen to anything I said. 442 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 3: But they're not like that. And sure they do things 443 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 3: I don't always agree with. 444 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 5: They don't always respond in the way I would like, 445 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 5: but I don't just write them off and say you 446 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 5: guys have blown it. Man, you made a mistake. I'm 447 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 5: never gonna help you. No, they're my children. I can 448 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 5: see their heart. I know their heart down deep is 449 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 5: to please me. The scripture says in Second Chronicle sixteen 450 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 5: nine that God is looking for people to bless whose 451 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 5: hearts are perfect toward him. Notice God is not gonna 452 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 5: bless the people that have a perfect performance or the 453 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 5: people that never make a mistake. God is looking at 454 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 5: our hearts. My children, even though they make mistakes, even 455 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 5: though they're not perfect, they know because their heart is right, 456 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 5: they are the apple of my eye. They know they 457 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 5: are my pride and joy. And they know how to 458 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,959 Speaker 5: come boldly to their father When they come home from school. 459 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 3: They don't even ask. 460 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 5: They go straight to the refrigerator, give me something to eat. 461 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 3: They know that's a part of their privilege. They're a 462 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 3: part of the family. 463 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 5: Some of you, it would bring God great joy today 464 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 5: if you just start acting like you're the apple of 465 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 5: his eye, if you just go boldly to him and 466 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 5: start acting like he's really pleased with you. See, I 467 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 5: want you to get rid of all these rags of guilt, condemnation, unworthiness, 468 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 5: and start putting on your robe of righteousness. 469 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 3: Learn to receive the good things God has in store. 470 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:54,719 Speaker 3: It's funny. 471 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 5: I've said to my children many times, let's go up 472 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 5: to the toy store today. 473 00:22:58,440 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 3: I just want to buy you something special. 474 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 5: And do you know, never once have they said, no, Daddy, 475 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 5: I just don't deserve it. I made a mistake last 476 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 5: week and I really need to pay for it. No, 477 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 5: little children know how to receive. We as adults, we 478 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 5: think I gotta pay for it. I've got to earn it, 479 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 5: let me work for it. But no, you got to 480 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 5: receive as a little child. 481 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 3: And God is. 482 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 5: Saying to us on this resurrection morning, here's my mercy, 483 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 5: receive it. Here's my forgiveness, receive it. Here are my blessings, 484 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 5: we receive them. We say, wait a minute, Joe, I 485 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 5: don't think I deserve it. Let me at least pay 486 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 5: for it. No, it's a free gift. It's a part 487 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 5: of being in the family. You got to learn to 488 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 5: let God be good to you. The other day, we 489 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 5: took our little son Jonathan up to the store to 490 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 5: buy a guitar. He'd been wanting one for a long time, 491 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 5: and so we decided to just surprise him, and we 492 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 5: went up there and we came home and he was 493 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 5: so excited. He gave me a great nig hug. He said, Daddy, 494 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 5: I love you so much. Thank you so much for 495 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 5: my guitar. Then he said, by the way, Daddy, when 496 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 5: can we go back and get that new keyboard. See, 497 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 5: Jonathan knows how to come boldly. He's not shy. He 498 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 5: knows how much I love him. He knows I delight 499 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 5: in doing good things for him, and as a father, 500 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 5: it makes me happy when I can do things to 501 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 5: make him happy. And parents, you can imagine how you 502 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 5: would feel if your kids went around all the time thinking, 503 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 5: you know what, I don't deserve anything. I make so 504 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 5: many mistakes, nobody's pleased with me. I'd break your heart. 505 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 5: But that's exactly what we do to God when we 506 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 5: allow the enemy to heap all this guilt and condemnation 507 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 5: on us, and we go around feeling wrong on. 508 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 3: The inside about ourselves. 509 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 5: Some of you been living under that heavy load way 510 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 5: too long. It's time for you to get free today. 511 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 5: The price has been paid in full. Why don't you 512 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 5: start really receiving God's mercy. I think of the story 513 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 5: of the prodigal son. He made so many bad choices. 514 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 5: He left his home. 515 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 3: And went out and wasted all of his money. He 516 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 3: ended up so low and so desperate. He was eating 517 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 3: the food that he had feeding to the hogs there 518 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,160 Speaker 3: in the hog pen. Finally he decided he's just gonna 519 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 3: go back home. 520 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 5: He thought, even the servants in my father's house are 521 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 5: living better than I am today. Maybe daddy'll just hire 522 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 5: me back as one of those servants. 523 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 3: You know the story. He went back. 524 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 5: When he got close to the house, his father saw 525 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 5: him a long way off. 526 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 3: He took off running. 527 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 5: He went and gave his son a great, big hug. 528 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 5: He's so excited to see him. But then the son 529 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 5: started to explain, Daddy, I've really blown it. 530 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 3: I've wasted all my money. Now. 531 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 5: I know I don't deserve any of this, but maybe 532 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 5: you can just take me back as one of your servants. 533 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 5: His father said, no way, you are not my servant. 534 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 3: You are my son. You will always be my son. 535 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 5: No matter what you ever do, you will always be 536 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 5: a part of this family. The father said to his servants, 537 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 5: go kill the fatted calf. 538 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 3: My sons, come home. We're gonna have a celebration. 539 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 5: He said, somebody, go put the best robe on his back, 540 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 5: get the family ring and put it on his finger. 541 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 5: See that's the message of Easter. There is forgiven for 542 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 5: any sin. There is mercy for any mistake. No matter 543 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 5: what you've done, God still accepts you and approves you. 544 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 5: You have been made worthy. You remember the time when 545 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 5: Jesus had just been baptized and he was coming up 546 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 5: out of the waters, and a loud voice boomed out 547 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 5: of the heavens, and God said, this is my beloved son. 548 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 3: In whom I am well pleased. 549 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 5: Now I believe that's what God is saying to each 550 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 5: one of you today. You may have made some mistakes, 551 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 5: you may have made poor choices like the prodigal son. 552 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 5: But listen to these words. Let them sink deep down 553 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 5: into your spirit. Man, God is saying, you are my 554 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 5: beloved son. 555 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 3: You are my beloved daughter in whom I am well pleased. 556 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 5: Let me challenge you. Start putting on your robe of righteousness. 557 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 5: Get up every morning and say it to yourself. God 558 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 5: is pleased with me. God approves me. I am forgiven, 559 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 5: I am worthy. Remember you do not have to beg 560 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 5: God for something that he's already done. Simply learn to 561 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 5: receive it like a little child. Friends, God has a 562 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 5: great life of victory in store for every one of you, 563 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 5: no matter what you've done, no matter what you've been through. 564 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 5: Let today be a time of new beginnings in your life. 565 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 3: Don't go around with. 566 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 5: That old, weak worm of the dust mentality. You are 567 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 5: a child of the most high God. Hold your shoulders 568 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 5: back and go boldly to the throne. If you do that, 569 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 5: you will be free from guilt and condemnation. I know 570 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 5: God will begin to pour out his blessings. You'll rise higher, 571 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 5: and you'll experience the victories that He has in store. 572 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 3: Amen, how many of you receive it this morning? Can 573 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 3: you give a lord of chat to pray today? 574 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 575 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make. 576 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 3: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 577 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 578 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 5: into my heart. 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