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July 24, 2024 • Pastor Bracken Christian

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Psalm 105:37 Then He brought them out with silver and gold, And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.

WRONG THINKING ROBS OF US THE HIGHEST FLOW.

YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU ARE OK WITH.

Exodus 11:7 that you may understand how the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

HONOR THE WORD AND PUT IT FIRST PLACE.

Psalm 107:20 He sent His word and healed them and delivered them.

James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick?

Matt 9:2 And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 And some of the scribes said to themselves, “This fellow blasphemes.” 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? 5 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’? 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.”

THE MANS HEALING WAS IN THE SAYING...

IT GETS HARD WHEN WE LEAVE THE SAYING AND GO TO THINKING.

SOMETHING HAS TO BE SAID BEFORE SOMETHING CAN BE PERFORMED.

WHEN YOU ARE FEELING SOMETHING IS WHEN YOU SHOULD START SAYING SOMETHING.

JESUS NEVER CALLED ANYTHING HARD...

THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO THINK IT’S HARD BECAUSE IT’S BEYOND YOU.

GOD GIVES US SOMETHING EASY BECAUSE JESUS ALREADY DID THE HARD PART.

AMPC Prov 14:30 A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body

TLB – A relaxed attitude lengthens a man’s life

WRONG THINKING MAGNIFES HARDNESS...

Prov 13:15 Good understanding produces favor, But the way of the treacherous (transgressor) is hard.

KJV Prov 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

IF IT’S NOT EASY WE ARE INVITED TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING FURTHER.

TPT Prov 15:19 Nothing seems to work right for the lazy man,

but life seems smooth and easy when your heart is virtuous.

TLB Rom 10:8 for salvation that comes from trusting Christ – which is what we preach – is already within easy reach of each of us; in fact, it is as near as our own hearts and mouths.

HIS DIVINE NATURE IN US MAKES LIFE EASY.

EW KENYON... AS OUR MINDS ARE RENEWED THE DEVIL IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM TO US. FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD SHOWS AND REVEALS TO US HIS UTTER DEFEAT AND OUR COMPLETE VICTORY. WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO LIVE AS THOUGH WE HAVE NO ENEMY. FOR HE HAS BEEN STRIPPED AND DEFEATED. RENEWING OUR MIND AND EXERCISING OUR FAITH MAKES US AN INTELIGENT VICTOR. RENEWING THE MIND PREPARES AND EQUIPS US TO OVERCOME ALL ADVERSITY.

WHEN WE KNOW SOMETHING HAS BEEN UTTERLY DEFEATED, IT’S EASY.

DAD HAGIN... ANY CHRISTIAN WHO IS IN BONDAGE IS IN BONDAGE TO AN UNRENEWED MIND NOT TO THE DEVIL.

THE FAITH TO FORGIVE

November 6, 2024 • Pastor Brody Christian

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.