Churches in Lindale

“And when God came down, the one who had everything that they needed, they hid because they were embarrassed and ashamed when all they had to do was trust the one In their own works, they covered themselves. And God came down, and he sacrificed an animal to clothe them. And he covered them. And when Jesus came to the earth, he became the sacrificial lamb who will cover you and covers me. Paul said there's only one who has qualified us. It's the father.”

“``Ask one more time and you'll get it but you need to know it is not god's will for your life. What would you do? How bad do you want it? How many of us would go, okay, I I know that's the way you feel about it but go ahead and give it to me and then I will show, I will prove you wrong. I probably wouldn't word it that way. You can have it. But it's not god's will. How many of you would say, god's will be done. Who has to be defeated for that to happen? You do.”

“His temptation to Adam and Eve in the garden was this. God's holding something back from you. If you'll come to me, if you'll eat that fruit, I'll give you something more. You know what they had? They had everything that they needed, but they believed a lie, and they ate that fruit. When they ate that fruit, their eyes were opened to their own disobedience. Immediately, they saw their brokenness, their nakedness, their shame, and their regret.”

“``Christ enough. You don't need another thing. You don't need a new revelation. You don't need your circumstances to change. You just need to believe more fully, more completely in the one in whom you have trusted from the beginning. You just gotta relax and trust in him. You've gotta release and know that Christ sufficient. He's enough.”

“And the message for some of us today is you don't need something new. You just need to trust again the one in whom you have believed. Amen. You don't need to know more. You just need to press into the one who's already been with you that's been faithful, the one whose word has been faithful and true to you. And can I tell you that the enemy, his ploy from the beginning has been that God isn't enough for us?”

“You see it? Like, if you're just praying for one thing and it's gotta be this way and god goes this way, you're gonna have a lot of trouble praising god for that. In fact, you'll probably go into those one of those fun little cycles of maybe it's because I'm a sinner and maybe I'm unworthy and maybe god doesn't love me and maybe like like kids do their parents. You hate me, don't you? No, I don't. You'll figure that out later. Like we get to those weird little self deprecating and and pouty cycles. But here's the thing, if I'm asking God only give it to me if it's good, and please don't give it to me if it's not good, then whatever god does, praise be the name of the lord.”

“What am I talking about? I'm talking about you're running at that wall. You've been training for this. This is the single most important thing in the world and god just has somebody stick out their foot and trip you. Tumble, you go. But off you get to walk safely. How often has god saved you from your addiction? Your own passion, your own folk. There are plenty of times where he he backed you. How many times? The truth is, we don't even know. We don't even know but praise god for all the ways that he has done that.”

“That's what god said. God said, no. He just said it gracefully. He said, what I've given you is exactly what you need to have. I'm gonna do more work through you this way than your way. And Paul got it. He said, most gladly therefore, I would rather boast about my weaknesses. I think he was blind personally. Think, look, I can't see nothing. But I'm doing it in the name of the lord and god's using it.”

“turns out the church is just a bunch of people and if my individual thinking moves back towards christ from whatever corner you may be residing god's people become just a collective of people who put christ first and in that is victory and in that is growth and in that is hope what i want to finish with could have read anything and i'm just going to finish in colossians 2 in verses 8 through 12 are you there colossians 2 8 through 12 we started with him we'll finish with him see to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men according to the elementary principles of the world rather than according to christ in him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form in him you've been made complete and he is the head over all rule and authority and in him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands and the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of christ having been buried watch this please with him in baptism in which you were also raised up with him through faith in the workings of god who raised him from the dead your main concern is christ and him crucified and being buried with him and raised with him and living with him and for him have you been buried with him have you been raised up in him and are you living for him”

“how about the christ focused congregation resembling the congregations of smyrna and philadelphia they might appear poor but they're spiritually rich their focus isn't so much on trends among brethren as it is on their savior they may seem to only have a little power and are probably not widely known however because of their humility and perseverance and keeping god's word god's word they're recognized in heaven that's all that matters their main concern is not doing what some group of congregations or some movement is always done neither is it in identifying themselves as non -traditional they simply want to imitate the master a part of doing that is imitating faithful early disciples who were taught by christ inspired apostles and prophets that helps them avoid imprudence lack of wisdom they don't trust in themselves to be faultless even though that is their desire their aim is to grow in grace and in knowledge of their lord and savior jesus christ trusting in his mercy in those areas where growth may be lacking honest to the fact that it may be may god help us through his word and good examples to be like that third congregation and then he adds that same principle applies to individuals”