Breaking Free: Overcoming the Lies of the Devil

1. "We get to travel and be in different churches and in different cities. And just to see God move across the world, it's very encouraging to know that the Lord is here in Canada as well. And what God is doing in this church. I hope that you know this is not normal. And if you live in this area, I think you're aware of that, that there are not a lot of thriving and growing churches. And so Spirit of God is alive here. And it is a joy to be in this house." [47:34] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "The devil's been lying to me my entire life. Things that my parents said to me, and I got great parents, but things my parents said to me that the enemy has used. Things that spiritual mentors in my life said to me or did that the enemy has used and twisted and corrupted. And so today, man, I'm so excited to preach on this topic. It's not something that we would say we're experts in, but we have been fighting against the lies of the devil in our lives personally, for our children, for our church." [49:04] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "Why is it important to know what the lie is that the enemy is saying? Because if we don't know what the lie is, then we won't know if it's him or are we just believing this about ourselves? So the reality is this, the devil has been lying since the very beginning. Go back to the garden, Adam and Eve hanging out in perfection. Come on, let's go. Here they are. No issues going on, no sin into the world yet. And here comes the devil and the first thing he does is lie to them. And they give into the lie and as a result, sin and brokenness enter our world. The same is true for us. Why do we need to identify the lie? Because the moment we give into his lies, sin and brokenness enter into our lives." [55:29] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "He's not creative. He's repetitive. He runs the same play over and over and over again. The same lie that you were fed as a child is probably the same lie that he is feeding you your entire life. He's just using different people in your life to say it. And at some point, I heard a pastor say this, he lies to us so much, but then at a certain point, he kind of retires and lets us just take over. And we just speak that same lie that he instilled into us at a young age. We just start speaking it over ourselves. And the enemy is relentless. And he just keeps speaking the same lie over and over and over." [56:23] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "When that thought comes into your mind, when that lie comes into your mind from the devil, some of you, the lie is you're not good enough. You don't have what it takes. That's what my dad instilled at me at a young age. And I still feel it to this day. I felt it walking up on this stage right now. You don't have anything good to share to these people. They don't want to hear from you. They'd rather hear from your pastor. Please come back next week. You get to hear from your pastor. You know what I'm saying? And the devil will tell me I'm not good enough. I'm not a good enough father to my kids. I'm not a good enough husband. I'm not a good enough pastor. I'm not a good enough follower of Jesus. And the moment I let that thought rattle around in my mind, the moment I start to believe it." [58:02] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "You either take your thought captive or it'll take you captive. You either make your thought a prisoner or it'll make you a prisoner. So this is how it plays out in my life. Again, this is how it goes. The moment I feel the lie come in and I know this is not from my heart. This is not from my father in heaven. This is from the enemy. This is from the devil. So the moment I feel it, I grab it. Like literally, like figuratively, literally, like all the above. I grab it and I go, that's not from God. Other verses of scripture would say we bind it in the name of Jesus. So out loud, and I know this is weird and it might be in your cubicle at work. It might be you driving in your car. But the moment that lie comes, you grab it and you go, this is not from God. This is not who I am. And you start speaking. You start speaking the truth of God over your life of who you are." [58:57] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "Jesus said the enemy, the devil, is a murderer and the father of all lies. Why would you let a murderer in your mind? You cast him out in the name of Jesus. Well, how do we do that? We identify the lie. But then the second part is this. We fight back with truth. Come on, somebody. I love that the armor of God pieces that he gives us, one of them is called the shield of faith, right? And so we have this shield that not only blocks the arrows that the enemy shoots at us, the Bible tells us, but they are fiery flaming arrows. And it says that they don't just block it, they extinguish it. And the shield that I carry for myself protects me. But if we think about Roman times, a shield wasn't just a protection, it was to protect you, it was to protect the people around you. And so you would interlock shields together to protect one another." [01:00:01] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "Jesus had this amazing moment where he got baptized. It was awesome. It was incredible, supernatural. And in Matthew chapter three, it says that after he gets baptized, he comes up out of the water and the heavens open up. And this is what happens. A voice from heaven, God the Father said, this is my son whom I love, with whom I am well pleased. This is my son. What is that? He is speaking identity over Jesus. You belong to me. I love you and I'm proud of you. Guess what? Jesus had not performed a single miracle at this point. What is God proud of? He hasn't done anything. He's proud of Jim just because of who he is. Because he belongs to him." [01:07:27] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "Why does the devil lie to you about your identity? Because he doesn't want you to step into your calling and purpose. Why does he lie to you when it comes to temptation and sin? Because he knows the moment you give into that, that he's going to steal, kill, and destroy every good thing in your life. So what are we doing, church? We're saying, God, if freedom is available, I'll do anything I can to get it. You ever seen a grass path where people should have used the sidewalk, but instead they just walked through the grass and they wore out like a path in the grass? Anybody know what I'm talking about? How many of you had that spot in your home? Maybe you should walk around, but you just walk right through the grass. That's what we need to do." [01:19:23] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "For some of you, you have been replaying the lies of the enemy over and over in your mind your entire life. That you're a failure. You need to live in shame. you've worn out a path believing the enemy. What if we wore out a path into the truth of who God says we are? What if for the next 40 days, we just wore out a path into the presence of God? That every morning we wake up, our first reaction isn't, I'm going to scroll on social media. I'm going to read the news. No, my first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to run to the presence of God. And I'm going to wear out a path. And I'm going to sit with my father. And I'm going to let him speak over my life who I am. Because my first natural reaction isn't to remember who I am. And so I've got to spend some time speaking over my life. I am a son of God. I belong to God. I was far from him. But now I'm in the family. I choose to think righteous thoughts today. I choose to speak holy words today. I choose to live out a holy life today, God, by your grace and by your power. I declare that over my life every single day. Out loud. So that I'm reminding myself of who I am. And I'm also reminding the devil he has no hold on my life." [01:20:13] (80 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)