New Testament Christian Church - Irving, TX

#GratitudeToJesus

“You see, genuine gratitude should deepen our love for Jesus. By god's grace, you're not an addict anymore. The blood of Jesus has washed away your sins. By god's grace, you're no longer drunk. The grace of god has washed away all your sins. By the grace of god, you're no longer a thief. You're no longer a liar. You're no longer down. But god's grace has picked you up, you around, cleaned you off. Because he's done all that, the question ought to be going through your mind right now, what can I do for him?”

#PersonalRelationshipWithGod

“You know, when we look at that church world today, it's still the same way. Brother, you've gotta get something from god. You can go to church and be entertained by this entertainer. You can go and hear this song, this choir. He has this person testify. All that, but it will not do a bit of good against the devil unless you've got a connection to god himself. You've gotta know Christ for yourself. You can't pray in the name of Jesus that somebody else knows. You've got to know Jesus for yourself. You have to have your own spiritual power.”

#SurrenderToGod

“Instead of asking God to do what you want him to do, why don't we surrender our life over to God and say, God, in times past, I did what I want to do, but, I want to be led by your spirit. In the name of Jesus, let me throw away my checklist, God, and then call upon the Holy Spirit. Lead me and guide me and write me. Help me, Jesus.”

#GodsPeople

“He can forgive. He can restore. He can strengthen. But you gotta stay faithful to God. So if you're going through something right now, let me remind you of something. Moses was not taking the people to the promised land as Egyptians. He was not taking the people to the promised land as Pharaoh's people. He was taking the people to the promised land as God's people. And this morning, we are the people of God.”

#CommitmentToGod

“They were willing to work for an idol, but they were unwilling to wait on god. What we're saying is that you can work hard, but that doesn't mean that you're working for god. You have to examine your commitment level. Are you committed to God? Are you listening to the master? Are you following the spirit? Just because you you do a lot of things that that may be called religious, doesn't mean that you're growing closer to God. There's a lot of people that they're suffering right now because they're so busy doing things.”

#FindPeaceInJesus

“You don't have to return to the old ways. You don't have to return to the bottle. You don't need to return to the drugs. If you want peace, get closer to god. You don't long you need to go back that old way. You don't need to corral the streets. You don't need to go back to the party life. You don't have to get into a place where you're religious on the outside but sinful on the inside. What you need is just call upon his name, Jesus. Lord, I need you. Come into my life, god. Give me the strength, god, to just let go of all these things that I've been holding on to for so long.”

#NeedGod

“See, Moses realized something's broken here. He began to realize the seriousness of this. He understood what mattered most. It was not the blessings. It wasn't even promised land. That didn't mean anything to Moses if god was not there with him. Oh, as long as I get to Florida and have my vacation, I'm good. As long as I've got these things that I want, I'm good. Brother, it's gotta get to a place in your life where you put aside sin, when you put aside everything else, and you say, god, I need you. I need... Moses was so desperate for god. He said, show me your glory. I need you, god.”

#HeartRevealed

“Waiting did not create the problem, but waiting revealed the problem that was already in the heart. A lot of times problems happen, and things come up to us, we're presenting a situation, and then people begin to act in certain ways. Somebody will say, that problem there, it triggered me. That problem, it caused me to do some things. But I'm out of the persuasion. It was already in your heart.”

#SurrenderToGod

“But in all we've talked about, it all boils down to not my will, god. Your will be done. It's surrender. Yes. I wanna serve god. The flesh may tell you that's not what I want. Your plans may say that's not what we have planned. Your fear says, but what if? Your past says, I can't do that. But faith says, god, not my will. Your will be done.”

#TrustGodAllIn

“This widow gave everything that she had. The word of god says, even all her living. Let me ask you this morning. Can you trust god for what happens next in your life? Can you totally obey god now and let god take care of tomorrow? See, the widow was poor. Nobody standing around the treasury even saw what she was doing. Nobody was paying any attention to her. But in her heart and in her mind, she refused to hold back from god. And that's what I wanna look at this morning. Trust in god. Obey in god. Letting god be your backup plan.”

#UseYourGifts

“The question is not merely what do I have, The question is why did God place it in my hands? God gave you the ability to think. God gave you the ability to walk. God gave you the ability to sing. God gave you the ability to talk to people. Why did God give you that? Could it be he wants you to do something with that gift? Could it be that God expect you to use your gift of talking and tell somebody about his son? God gave you the ability to sing, sing for his glory.”

#PrayDontDelay

“Talk to God today. Don't put it off and say, you know what? In a couple weeks when I get everything put together, I'll be in church. Now so many times, I have people to tell me, you know what? I'm going through a lot right now, but as soon as I get all this taken care of, I will be in church. I as soon as I get all this taken care of, I'll be there. And then just look at them. If you could do all that you got and put everything together, why did Jesus have to step out of glory? Why in the world did he die on the cross if you could put it all together? Brother, we can't do it. That's why we serve God today. Call upon his name today. Worship God today. Pray today. Now”

#GodFirstAlways

“``God expects. Now here's something that's gonna really hurt for some people. God expects to be the number one priority in your life. He said, he's a jealous god. Thou shalt no other god before me. If you put your car before god, that's idolatry. You put your girlfriend before god. That's idolatry. He said, thou shalt no other god before me. So when you come to god, he's gotta be at the top of your life. I know we have all these things we got going on in life. We got husband, wives, girlfriend, boyfriends, children, a job, and all this, but god comes first in your life. And when we begin to say yes, Lord, he begin to put things first. So he says, seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness. And all these other things will be added unto you. Seek ye first the kingdom of god. You've got to learn how to walk in god's will.”

#LoveInAction

“``If we say that we love Jesus, eventually, it should show in how we treat people. Now, you can't treat people all evil and mean and and and, sometimey. Sometimes you love them, some hate them. Sometimes you don't anything to do with them. If you love god, you should be able to people at all times, and and it really should influence how you treat people. A genuine relationship with god should become visible in how we treat others. Now one of the things we wanna share tonight, we kinda really maybe throw out this an opening question. When you say I'm a Chris what evidence do people see that that's true? When you say I am a Christian, what evidence do people see to know that statement is true?”

#PerceptionOverProvision

“He did not pray, send the chariots because the chariots of fire were already on the mountain. They were already there. The heavenly protection was not manufactured that morning. Or in that moment of crisis. All along, it was present. It was active, and it was deployed. The problem, yet this servant didn't understand it, was never the lack of provision. It was a problem with a lack of perception.”

#DailyDevotion

“``Walking with god is not one great decision. It's a thousand daily devotion, daily decisions. You don't have to understand everything god says to you. You just simply have to obey. That's all god wants is for us to obey. He's saying, come closer. Come closer. You don't have to understand what god's getting ready to do. Well, god, if I come closer, what's gonna happen? Are you getting ready to bless me? Are you getting ready to heal me? God, you're to spank me? God, what is going to happen? He never, you don't have to ask that question. Just come closer. Whatever god has for you is for your good. And then every time I've gotten closer to god, miracles begin to happen.”

#TrustGodThroughLions

“``Daniel had an opportunity to accept his consequences and start acting like everybody else acts. But he chose to go to the lion's den. One thing I wanna bring to your attention before we pray this morning, god never said he was gonna save him from the lions. God never said whether he was gonna deliver him or receive him into his grace. Many times people think that when they went into the lion's den, they already knew that god was gonna work it out the way that he did. He did not. He just had a trust in god for god to work everything else. God expects us to trust in him.”

#HiddenHandOfGod

“Now, as I look through this this morning and and I was praying about this this week, you never see the name of god in the book of Esther. Throughout all the book, Jehovah's name is never written. However, his fingerprints are on every chapter. The hand of god was working things out. The god that gave Esther the favor. The god that placed Mordecai at the gate. The one that exposed the enemy. The one that positioned his people exactly where they need to be at the right time.”

#SurrenderBeforeDeliverance

“``I know some of didn't want to hear that. I know you didn't want hear that but I'm going have to say it again. God's expecting surrender before deliverance. God, I need you to pay my bills. God, I need a new place to stay. God, I need a new car. My car just broke down. God, I need a new job. I need a new place to stay. God, I need deliverance. before this deliverance, there's gonna be surrender. I give you everything, lord. I belong to you, lord god. I'm the sheep of your pasture. I'm of your flock. See, James said, submit yourselves therefore to god. Hebrews says, today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”

#SurrenderToJesus

“``And because of the unclean spirit, it would lead him to do the wrong things. How many times in your life have you wanted to stop things you were doing? How many times in your life did you wanna stop acting a certain way? But you find yourself continue to do the same thing and over again. And they want change in their life. But change only comes when you surrender your all to Jesus. And say, god, come into my life. Take away my sin. God, make me a a Christian. See, god can change where man cannot. Man cannot do so much. All man could do was tie him down with chains and feathers. That's all that man could do but god can do so much more.”

#FollowTheLight

“``And so we look at this like a lighthouse. A lighthouse shows the light of safety. It shows a way away from the rocks. So, the ships come in, they can go a different direction. The lighthouse does not remove the rocks. It just shows its path away from the rocks. Now, if you wanna choose a path that leads to the rocks, that's on you. The captain can ignore the light or the captain can listen to light and go away to safety. So, it is with us today. We have many times people are trying to do things that and if they would just listen to god, god can lead them to joy and happen and everything that they're asking god for.”

#HeartOfGod

“The robe covered the shame. The ring covered the sonship. The shoes showed a new walk. But the fat calf shows the heart of god. He loves and looks forward to having a relationship with you. He's looking forward to having a relationship with you. I know there's people say, not today. I'm not ready. There are those who say, I'm not ready to get in that deep. I'm not ready to serve god that way. God is. He's waiting right now. I have not seen nor yet heard the thing that God has prepared for you.”

#PresenceRenewal

“``Sometimes, brother, the next victory is not coming from a miracle from god. The next victory comes as we learn to spend time with gods. To get in his presence. When you learn to get in the presence of god, there's encouragement. When you learn to get in the presence of god, there's joy. You learn to get in god's presence, there's a spiritual renewal. And this is what god wanted.”

#DreamInFaith

“You see, one of the things that you have to do sometimes and this is very hard to do for many people. You've gotta close your eyes. Maybe take your Bible in your hand. Get a hold of god's hand and close your eyes and dream. And dream. Dream of your burden being lifted. Dream of your marriage being healed. Dream of the addiction being taken away from you. Dream of that depression being defeated. Dream of the fear being removed. Dream of you being stronger in god than you've ever been. So many times I've in past, I have not done that and I'm trying to do it now. Before I respond, what can god do in this situation?”

#SeekGodDaily

“See, the tragedy was not that they lost the book. The tragedy as they stopped looking for it. That's the tragedy. Not that they missed the book, not that have been misplaced, not they've been put in a corner somewhere or thrown away but the fact that they learn to live without seeking god's voice. Nobody woke up one day and decide to abandon god. They begin to drift. They neglected god and they forgot about god.”

#DontGiveYourHeartAway

“The issue is not his hair. The issue, his heart began to be attached to something other than god. When you allow your heart to start being attached to other things than god, you're you're drifting away from the very heart of god. People are still doing that to this day. They give their hearts to their careers. They give the heart to money. They give the heart to success, entertainment, media, friends, family, boyfriend, girlfriend. They give their hearts to everything but god.”

#FightForYourSoul

“I want to fight for that which is right. I want to fight to make sure my soul stays right with god. I want to make sure I'm staying in the prince of god. If you accept all the junk of this world, if you accept all their their culture and their sin and all the things they wanna shut down your mouth, you give up the fight and you die lost without god. Your soul is worth fighting for. Your soul is worth fighting for.”

#ChurchKnowledgeIsNotPower

“So, these young men, they knew about church. They knew about working the tabernacle. They knew about different things. In their minds, they had something. But the reality is, they had nothing because the demon looked at him and said, now, Jesus, I know. Paul, I know. Who are you? Who are you? I don't care if your father was a priest. I don't care if you learn how to pronounce Jesus like Paul the other. You're understanding the same way. You don't know. Why are you in front of me? And he said, he whipped upon them and sent them out naked.”

#JesusPaidMyDebt

“Even though sin demanded judgement, even though sin caused a problem and and something had to be done, Jesus took my sin to the cross. Nailed, it was nailed on the cross. Not by the nails but by the love he had for us. Even when he he called us and said, it is finished. That was my debt that was paid. Because of what he did. If anytime the father could've just said, I'm done with him is when he had looked down and seen sin applied to his son on the cross. Sin that his son did not commit.”

#CastYourBurdens

“``How long you're going to sit there on all your problems? How long are you going claim everything the devil says you have? You've got this problem, you got that problem? Yes, mister devil, you're right. I got that. That's my problem. Yes, yes. And just keep letting add on the top of you. Or do you say, wait a minute, I'm a child of the king. I belong to god. I cast off all those burdens. I rebuke in the name of Jesus. I will not receive that. That's not coming from god. I do not receive that. And I give it to god. Lord, I'm just cast it all upon you.”

#DoTheFathersWill

“I begin to think about it. He wasn't looking for the easy way when he went to the cross. When they slapped him and put on the crown of thorns, he wasn't looking for the easy way. He said that he was going to do the will of the father. The one that sent him and finish the work. That wasn't them or anything else but obey the father's will and so when I'm coming to do things that I gotta think about this. Is this the father's will?”

#ReadyToMeetGod

“``In fact, let's just go ahead and say it today. If he was to come today, are you ready to meet god? I know some of you trying to put together. Well, hold on. Let me let me take care of this. Let me pay that bill. Let me put this together. Let me do one more thing over here. I can put everything to get no. You can't. Are you ready to meet god right now? As you've been trying to hold on to everything, it's wearing you out. Stop controlling and start surrendering. Stop trying to carry the burden. You can't control everything.”

#chooseToServe

“They did not say, did our heart and minds understand? They said, did not our hearts burn within us? God ought to be setting somebody on fire. You don't know everything about god. I don't know everything about god but I do know one thing. I'm going to serve him. For the rest of my life, I know I'm going to serve god. How many of you this morning are on fire for god have made up your mind? I may not be perfect. I I may still some problems in my life but I know one thing, I'm going to serve him. Yeah.”

#JesusNotMoney

“But to see the word of god lets us know that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the lord Jesus. It's all it takes. Confess with the mouth, the lord Jesus. Receive him into your heart and god can help you this morning. You don't just need relief. You need Jesus. Somebody said, if I could just win the lottery, all my problem will go away. If somebody would just give me a million dollars, everything will be alright. You don't just need money. You need to be in his presence.”

#ObeyAndReceive

“If god told you to move, you gotta move. If god told you to surrender, you gotta surrender. If god told you to change, you need to change. Everything that you needed in life is prepared for you. We're getting ready to pray right now. Here's the good part. Provision is at the address of obedience. All you gotta do is just say, yes, Lord, and God can work everything out. I know you need a blessing. I know you're going through a hard time, and I love each and every one of you this morning. And so I love you enough to tell you, let go and let god. Let go. Your stubbornness, your disobedience, just let it all go and let god bless you.”

#LetThePotterWork

“See, god does not just expose the problem. He provides you an answer. He lets you go to the end degree of your doing it your way, and then you fall flat in your face that you no longer have a thrill for God, a desire to serve God. When it comes to Sunday morning, you couldn't care less if you go to church or not. God has an answer for that. You try to do it on your own. Now let the potter take control. He'll mold you and to make you what he wants you to be.”

#HumbleForGrace

“Pride will shut the door to god. Humility opens it. God's grace is empowering help, not just forgiveness And so when we look at this, you have to let go of your pride and just say, god, I need help with this. Whether smoking, anger, lying, stealing, whatever the case may be because god will love you and says, he gives us grace to the humble. We just humble ourselves and acknowledge that I I I'm failing in this and I wanna grow in Christ. I wanna go closer. Lord, help me.”

#ServeNowNotLater

“See, when people go throughout their life thinking, I can always serve god when I get around to it. I'll always serve god when I get around to it. The answer came back, I know you're not. Now, again, for those taking notes, hear what I say. Their moment had passed. So there was a window where they could be blessed. There was a window where they could go and be with those and have a good time. But that window closed on them. So when people think, I have all the time in the world to do what god wants me to do. No, you don't.”

#GodHasPrepared

“Not only has god mapped out the route but he's also secured the journey. The Bible tells us about ministering angels that will serve god and help us. We've already been told he's the lord of Sabiath, the lord of wars. Says in Hebrews, are they not all ministering spirits? Send forth to minister for them who shall be the heirs of salvation? That mean god is already working on our behalf. God already has prepared the place. He's already arranged the circumstance. He's already sent the help ahead of us.”

#ResistTheIllusion

“After god heals us and restores us, there's always this temptation of going backwards, going another direction. It's like a city. It's over there. And I can get to that city if I want to. But I'm in this tower, and I and I think I should stay here. But I see over the city, they're getting loud. I'm hearing the music, and then they're having a good time. It's not like there's a party over there. And there's a little whisper in my ear. Don't you wanna go over to the city? Don't you wanna go over there? Sometimes you can almost hear the laughter. You can almost see the glitter. But hear what I say. That's an illusion. An illusion. Yeah. While you're in the tower sometimes that you no longer have that urgency because nobody's beating at your door because there's no problems and you're thinking everything is alright. But it's not that there's no enemy.”

#KeepGodFirst

“But the more you got your mind on the things that god's given to you and you stop looking to god, the more you drift and the more you begin to drift away from god, the less he blesses you. See, when you want joy, come to church and worship him. You get in the presence of god and there's joy unspeakable and full of glory but the less you spend time with god, the less joy of god you have and it's in those times, those that are drifting begin to say some incredible things.”

#PrioritizeGod

“Looking at at a man this morning, as our our bible reading, by the name of Absalom. Absalom is the third son of the king of David. But I wanna take a look at a couple of things this morning that he built his life. He had a lot of things he was working toward, but he never spent the time working on a relationship with god. I wanna take a look at that this morning.”

#RememberRepentReturn

“When's the last time you volunteered for a project? Not because you had everything put together, not because you had nothing to do, but you felt that you could be a blessing to that project. When's the last time you invited somebody to church? See, the word of god says, remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do thy first works. What are the three steps? Remember, repent, and return.”

#WakeUpToLostSouls

“When Booth awakened, he was shaken, that he was bothered, and he realized that hell was real and that souls are perishing every day. There were some that were inside debating about the Bible. They were debating the verses. They were debating what's what is it need going back and forth as they were going from topic to topic to topic. But while they were inside debating one another, souls were dying in the sea.”

#DieDailyCommitment

“Paul said, I I have to kill that old man dailies. I I've gotta make up my mind. I'm gonna walk a certain way. So I begin to I die daily, he said. I I've got to give myself to god. And as we begin to serve god, those are the things we have to make up our mind. And then as things come our way, I'm not the same person. I made it my mind to serve god, and so I have to stop for a moment.”

#AcceptTheMessage

“``There are those that have had a parent give a warning. Parent the the child didn't wanna receive the message from the parent, and so they brush it off. There's been times that you go to see a counselor or have counseling high school or whatever and they may speak the truth but the person says, that's not for me. See, the message was clear. The problem was not understanding the message. The problem was accepting the message.”

#ShareTheTreasure

“``Jesus gave everything for us. Can we give him our voice and our effort to help somebody else get saved? It is not enough that you gave your life to god. To god, thank god for that and and we give god all the praise and glory for every soul that gets saved. That the bible talks about how heaven rejoices when one soul gives himself to god. However, once that one soul gets saved, then it's time to reach out to somebody else. And if you go all your Christian life and you've never invited somebody to church, there's something wrong with that. Because once you get saved, you get this great treasure, this precious treasure you wanna share with somebody else.”

#HearingIsObedience

“``It's receiving direction. It's receiving a command. And so if you're gonna serve God, you can't just come to God when you're crying, when you're hurting on the inside, when you feel betrayed. You can't just come to God when you're having a down moment. That's not hearing from God. Hearing from god is when you have a made up mind to do something and no comes down. And you receive that no. That's hearing from god.”

#TakeBackYourCuttingEdge

“``You know, there's many times that god is calling us to do more than we've ever done before. And we see in the word of god, there were different characters that we see a different people mentioned in god's word who were prominent because they allow themselves to be used of god and they do whatever god wanted them to do. Now, we know that one of those was, of course, by the name of Elijah, But Elijah had somebody working with him whose name was Elisha.”

#EmptyCupBlessing

“``Anybody need a blessing this morning? We need to spend the time with God. We need to get a hold of God. If we've made mistakes, own those mistakes, and let's move forward. But there's no time, to be in a state of mind. We walk in the door, and we're not truly getting a hold of god. Every time that you enter the church, you ought to come with your cup lifted up, empty, and asking god, fill it up, Jesus. I need a blessing from you. God, there's a bill coming next week I can't pay, or there there's a problem at my work, and I need help, god, thinking my way through that problem, or we're having a problem in our marriage. God, I need you to bless our marriage. Bless my family. Do you see when you come to church, you ought to come to receive something from gods. But if you can't hear god, you're gonna leave without getting the answer that you need.”

#AdmitYouNeedGod

“To change is to admit that you are broken and that you need god's help to fix you. Somebody said, I I don't wanna go to church right now because I got a lot of things I got to put together. But if you could put it together, why did Jesus have to step out of glory? Why did Jesus have to step out of glory and die and come and live as man and then die on the cross? If you could work everything out for yourself. You see, the call went out. He can help you. But you've got to hear the call and not refuse it.”

#GetToGodForMiracles

“They're suffering because the enemy is using their pain to misdirect them away from God. If you get to God, you get peace. If you get to God, you get victory. If you can get to God, God can take you higher. God can touch your mind, heal your body. If you can just get to God, God can work miracles in your life.”

#PrayerChangesEverything

“There's been something that was said that God does nothing but in answer to what, Pastor? Prayer. The greatest revivals happened because people were in prayer. Prayer, first off, repenting of sin and cleansing themselves, working on themselves. Then prayer, working to get others, others to Christ. Prayer to get the ability, the ability to work in their gifts. Prayer to see God, God's kingdom, and God, God move.”

#ObedienceWhenUnseen

“You see, he obeyed because he trusted in God and I want to share this this morning. Real obedience is proven when no one's watching. Real obedience is proven when nobody's watching. You can tell everybody that you love God and this is what really gets in my skin sometimes. There's so many people who say, I trust in God. I'm a Christian. But when it comes to walking that walk, even when you don't understand what God is doing, that's when people begin to fall off.”

#FinishWell

“To go throughout life and have pursued your own endeavors and never his is a failed life. But to go through life, as Paul said, he said, I fought a good fight, and I kept the faith. And the one thing that really just always impressed by me, just really, he said, I am now ready. Because what? He had done everything God had called him to do.”

#PainToWorship

“If you're feeling lost, completely abandoned by family and friends, God has a message of hope for you today. See, there are those that tried the world, tried to find help and hope in all the wrong places, all the wrong faces. There are those that tried sin and tried to find relief in that sin. There are even those that tried bitterness for protection, being bitter against the world and all the things and stealing themselves up so nobody can hurt them anymore. But Anna teaches us that God does more than just heal pain. He transforms it into worship.”

#RememberWhoYouAre

“``When Jonah began to realize something, he said, I will pay my vow. I've got to offer up the voice of thanksgiving. You see, Jonah realized that serving God wasn't optional. His past vow meant present action. His past vow meant present action. Just like the man in our illustration, he began to remember who he was supposed to be. But we've got to remember who we're supposed to be. We are the people of God. We're the ecclesia, the called out ones. We're the royal priesthood, the peculiar people.”

#BelieveBeyondSight

“He decided not to sit there and die. See, this kind of shows us the thought that we see in 2 Kings chapter 7. He thought things were so bad. But on the morrow, God turned everything around. And suddenly he remembered what God had promised. And he had something to be thankful for. Rather, we ought to be thankful for what God has promised to us.”

#OvercomeWithFaith

“Yet in all that he had to go through, here's what the man of God says, at the end of his life, preach the word. Now, that's pretty powerful. When you think about, he could have said, you know, at the end of his life, looking back on all the years and all the torment and all the persecution, even now he knows he's in a cell, and it's most likely he's not going to be coming back from this one, yet he's still encouraging people to do what God tells you to do.”

#MoreThanConquerors

“The enemy is making war against God's people. Even today, he sees that when we get filled with the Holy Spirit, we say, God, come into my life, take away my sin, and we truly give our life to God, we become victorious. We are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”