Churches in Aliquippa

“There are theories that are treated as law. I don't have to go much further than that. But when people start treating ideas and examples of things like evolution, like all sorts of ideas that are out there, when you start treating that as fact, even though they are stated as theory, you start to believe something that isn't true. What you believe matters. Are you getting tired of me saying it yet? I'm probably gonna say it two more times, so you can you can count that. Maybe three. Holy Spirit, come. Would you reveal to us some ideas and flaws and strongholds that we may have created or this world may have influenced that we have adopted? Would you reveal to us today what we might be believing that is limiting us from experiencing your truth, the only truth. Call that to our remembrance in Jesus' name. Amen.”

“when the tempter whispers in your ear, but remember that you serve a high priest, Jesus Christ, who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews four fifteen. And so lean not on your own strength for our own strength is brittle. Lean instead on the word of God for it is written.”

“Alright? It didn't start that way and it can't finish that way. Alright? Christianity from a to z is by faith. Alright? It was by faith that we were declared righteous to begin with by believing the promise of Jesus. Alright? It it is by faith that right now, we're being transformed. That's sanctification is the word for that and it's by faith that we're gonna be completed, that he's gonna finish what he started. That's called glorification.”

“Do you bring your passions to the word and say, bless these, or do you go to the word and say, make me passionate about what you were passionate about. Do we start in the word and say, send down your fire like Elijah. Send down your fire while I'm in your word that I can be passionate about what you are passionate about.”

“You say he lied on me, that's small stuff. You know? He didn't speak to me. Small stuff. Small. Small. They saw me coming. They went the other way. Small stuff. Small stuff. If you contend with footmen and they weary you, how are you going to run with horses?”

“The word burden absolutely removes from anything that we're gonna be doing going forward in this particular, book is incredibly serious akin to when you are weighted down. Malachi is literally going to feel in his heart, in his emotions, in his body, in his mind, God's weight upon him. And the only way he's gonna get rid of that is to unleash it as he speaks to God's people.”

“We think God can't use somebody like me. I don't know enough. I don't have enough. My resources are way too limited for God to use someone like me in my workplace, in my neighborhood, in my family? What can God do with what I have to offer? God can do inexpressibly more than you can ask or imagine.”

“The serpent doesn't start with rebellion, he starts with questioning God's goodness. Did God really say? It the temptation is not about eating fruit. It's about trust. Adam and Eve are tempted to believe that God was withholding something from them, that he could not be trusted, and that independence is better than dependence.”

“We're actually far better off when we don't take shortcuts. We don't take the easy way out. In fact, would argue that probably everyone in this room, we're all defined by the hard way, by the struggle. It's not the easy moments that have made us who we are, it's the struggle that has made us who we are. It's the journey. Right? And to be honest, the journey is pretty awesome, often. It's not all bad.”

“"urgency not being encumbered with the world and let's go out and get some sheaves to carry into the kingdom of God and lay at the feet of Jesus I can just imagine the the joy of those working a harvest and just going out and just getting these big bundles and just throwing them up there and just feeling dusting off their hands and just feeling the the satisfaction of a day's work and so we want to have that same satisfaction at the end when Jesus returns and the harvest he puts the sickle in and everything is complete those that are his have been harvested to him and put in his storehouse then we can we could say we laid our hand to the work of the harvest and lastly here I just wanted to remind you if you don't feel equipped or worthy of this work jesus says in 21 and to 23 i thank you father lord of heaven that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children yes father for such was your gracious will and so i think he puts that in there for you and me i think the people that he called that were sending were probably considered the dregs of the earth look at the look at the disciples the 12 that he picked it was like you know a tax collector that was despised and nobody ever thought the tax collector can do the work of god you know and so none of them thought they were worthy for such a task but he chose them he chose them and he's choosing you this morning you are here in this room he has chosen you he set his love upon you and just that alone says that you are qualified for this work and and you might not have the qualifications you might not know the first thing about farming you might not know about seed the soil contact and all that stuff but he's going to teach you along the way and he's going to give you what you need for the work he intends to use everyday people and and so lastly i just want to leave you with this thought that i believe that this was a trial run this 70 being sent out was a trial run in that day to act as a prophetic significance for the global work that would take place throughout all of history that remained in the last 2 000 years this is the work that it's symbolizing to people going into every town every city bringing the gospel because jesus is soon to come you see he's going to come and and he intended to go into every city in the world but he couldn't do it in his in his earthly body he did it in that trial run to show us that his body was going to go throughout all the world and we are going to prepare the way for him preparing the hearts of men because he's going to come and that will be the great harvest the great harvest and the great harvest of every soul and so the work that has been done for all of time ever since there's been humans that is the harvest and we have the privilege of laying our hand to this work when we go out into our workplaces when we go out to the gym when we go to our schools when we go wherever we are we are doing that work shining the light being the light of the gospel so so do that work do that work and do it with joy let us use every opportunity to share the gospel with those around us and the gospel is knowing that jesus died for our sins taking on himself the punishment that was due us and he therefore created a bridge because he's given us his righteousness and though we're worthy of judgment and death he when he died and took all the sins on him he was able to rise because it's impossible that he could be held in the grave and so because he's righteous and so he can transfer his righteousness to us so when we stand before the lord to give account on that day of judgment we can say it is his righteousness in us and he's going to say well done my good and faithful servant and so we don't want to you"”