THE FAITH TO FORGIVE

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THE FAITH TO FORGIVE

November 6, 2024 • Pastor Brody Christian

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Luke 17:1, 3-5 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come… 3 So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” 5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Matthew 5:43-44 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those whopersecute you.

Eph 4:32 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Matt 6:14-15 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

WHAT FORGIVENESS IS NOT

· FORGIVENESS IS NOT FORGETTING.

· FORGIVENESS IS NOT FAIR.

Ps 103:10-12 - 10 He [God] does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

WHAT IS FORGIVENESS?

· Forgiveness is giving others what God gave you!

1 John 1:9 - 9 If we confess our sins, he [God] is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

FORGIVENESS DOESN’T JUST FLOW TO US!

FORGIVENESS FLOWS THROUGH US!

GOD DOESN’T ASK YOU TO FORGIVE, TO HEAL THE OTHER PERSON.

GOD ASKS YOU TO FORGIVE , TO HEAL YOU!

· Faith enables me to see an opportunity for freedom where others only see an offense!

Stop asking  How much forgiveness do they deserve?

Start asking  How much freedom do you desire?

Rubble To Revival

November 3, 2024 • Pastor Brody Christian

NEHEMIAH 1:1-11 NASB NEHEMIAH 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol, VS. 2 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. HE ASKED A QUESTION - HE OPENED UP HIS HEART AND CONCERN FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN HIMSELF VS. 3 3 They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.” Vs. 4 4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. HE HEARD & HE CARED GOD IS LOOKING FOR A HEART THAT HE CAN IMPREGNATE WITH A BURDEN Vs. 5 5 I said, “I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, VS. 6 6 let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my father’s house have sinned. BEFORE GOD CAN USE SOMEONE GREATLY, HE MUST FIRST BREAK THEM GREATLY VS. 7 7 We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. FREEDOM COMES WITH HONESTY BURDEN – IT’S WHEN THE HEART IS IMPREGNATED WITH THE CARES OF GOD. 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. VS. 8-9 8 Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples; 9 but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell.’ Vs. 10-11 10 They are Your servants and Your people whom You redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. 11 O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man.”

Things Jesus Never Said

October 27, 2024 • Pastor Brody Christian

JESUS DID NOT SAY….. GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH WHATEVER MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY WHOEVER WANTS TO BE MY DISCIPLES MUST AFFIRM THEMSELVES, AVOID THE CROSS, AND FOLLOW THEIR OWN HEART. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF! JUST LIVE YOUR TRUTH FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO, & YOU JUST DO YOU BOO BOO MATTHEW 18:1-14 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, 3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. He never calls us adults of God he calls us children of God 4 Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. GREATNESS IS HUMILITY 5 And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 “Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes! 8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. 9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell. 10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. DESPISE - TO DEVALUE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING 12 “What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? 13 If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. 14 So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Prayer

October 23, 2024 • Pastor Bracken Christian

AMP James 5:16 Pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. the earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]. Prayer is the power of life – people who pray are strong. Prayer for others speeds up the maturing process. Gal 4:19 THERE ARE 4 REASONS GOD COMMANDS US TO PRAY PRAYER IS THE SOURCE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD TPT John 15:7 But if you live in life-union with me and if my words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done. Prayer should be the foundation of everything we do because it affects everything. (Isa 56:7– House of prayer) FOUR KINDS OF PRAYER AMP Eph 6:18 Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. to that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people). 1. Prayer of faith – asking for things in faith because we know God’s will from his word… 1 John 5:14-15 Prayer is the voice of faith to the Father Prayer is the living word on the lips of faith AMP Matt 21:21 and Jesus answered them, truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done. 22 And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive. 2. Prayer for consecration and direction Matt 26:39 And going a little farther, he threw himself upon the ground on his face and prayed saying, my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I will [not what I desire], but as you will and desire. Acts 9:6 Trembling and astonished he asked, Lord, what do you desire me to do? The Lord said to him, but arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. 10 Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias.and he answered, here am I, Lord. 11 and the Lord said to him, get up and go to the street called straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man of tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying [there]. 3. Intercessory prayer and supplication (warfare) AMP 1 Tim 2:1 First of all, then, I admonish and urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men, 2 for kings and all who are in positions of authority or high responsibility, that [outwardly] we may pass a quiet and undisturbed life[and inwardly] a peaceable one in all godliness and reverence and seriousness in every way. 3 For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our savior, 4who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] truth. THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE WARFARE SIDE OF PRAYER 2 Cor 4:4 For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), who is the image and likeness of God. Ezek 22:30 And I sought a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. Prayer is facing God with man’s needs, with His promise to meet those needs Ex. Moses call in Exodus 3 You can pray and bind the powers of darkness – take what belongs to you. (Matt 16:19) 4. Thanksgiving, Praise and Worship Mess Phil 4:6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Take the things the devil is bombarding you with to the throne. Acts 16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly there came a great earthquake, James 5:13 Any one of you who is in trouble should pray