Choose to Remember

Watch. Think about this for a second. David looks and says, when I was a shepherd in my father's field now, it's interesting he says, when I was a shepherd, because that's already past tense, because he remembered who he was and what he was anointed to be. That's number one. Then he looks and they look and he answers and says, well, when a lion came and took one of my sheep, or when a bear came and took one of my sheep, I chased that sucker down, grabbed it by the beard, slayed it, and took my sheep back. And this giant will be like one of them. He remembered what God had done, and he went to fight Goliath remembering the promise. [00:30:46] (42 seconds)  #RememberYourCalling

And we go back, and and and and and we go back with the tail tucked between our our legs thinking we're not worthy, we're full of shame, and the Lord sees us, and hugs us and runs after us and restores us. We've got to remember who we are. If you've made Jesus the Lord of your life, there's nothing you can do that God is gonna push you. You're now a son. You're a daughter, and we have to remember that. We have to remember that. Remember who you are. [00:17:02] (30 seconds)  #LovedNotShamed

some of you in this place right now or watching online, you might be fighting for your marriage. Don't give up on it. Remember what God has joined together. No man will separate. No circumstance will separate. You might be fighting for your children. Remember that God says that he protects your children, that he guards your children, that he watches over your children. Some of you right now, you're dealing with a crisis in your health. Remember what he says, that by his stripes, you have been healed. Remember the promise. Oh, but pastor, when will I see it? I don't know, but keep believing. Keep declaring it. Keep saying it over and over and over. [00:27:04] (43 seconds)  #KeepDeclaringFaith

Some of us were stuck in a place right now where we're in unbelief or disbelief or doubt for our healing because we know someone else that prayed for it and didn't receive it. I know so many people that have told me, no, don't wanna believe in God anymore, or I don't believe in God anymore because my aunt prayed for healing and she died. Where was God? But when you remember that you are a son, that you are a daughter, even when things have happened that painful, when I remember that he's still with me and getting me through it, I can continue to believe for what he will do tomorrow. But it's a choice. It's a choice [00:33:09] (49 seconds)  #ChooseToBelieve

We just did the Lord's Supper. And part of what Jesus said when he instituted the Lord's Supper communion, he said, do this in remembrance as me. As often as you drink it, it's remembering that I broke my body for you, that I shed my blood for you. These are examples of God showing the importance of what happens when we remember. The Passover, which is what was celebrated right at that Lord's Supper when Jesus then dies on the cross, Passover was something that was set up to remember what God did and how he brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. Over and over throughout all of scripture, you see God institute the importance of remembering. [00:08:36] (49 seconds)  #DoThisInRemembrance

Man, I don't know if you've hit rock bottom in your life, but when you're desiring to eat what the pigs eat, there ain't much lower. You can go. So he begins to say and rehearse in his mind, you know what? I'm no longer a son. I've messed this up. That's the lie of the enemy in our lives when we've messed up and when we've sinned. He's like, he he starts rehearsing it. I'm no longer worthy to be a son. I'm gonna go back and say, just hire me as a servant. Let me be an employee. And there's some of us that we're in that place where, like, you know, I've messed it up, and and we think we've lost our sonship. [00:16:28] (34 seconds)  #RestorationNotRejection

Many times we remember the miracle of the Red Sea. Right? We've read the story. We've seen the the the movies of prince of Egypt, let my people go. We seen that Moses gets there. He puts the staff out, the Red Sea parts. And people sometimes don't realize there's other parts of scripture where God did the same thing, the Jordan River being one of them. And in that moment, everybody saw that God's anointing now rested on Joshua. But this is what God tells Joshua, get one leader from each of the tribe and have them put out a stone as a memorial. [00:07:19] (33 seconds)  #StonesOfRemembrance

Get one of these stones from the middle of the water and erect them all together that when your children ask, what is this? You can tell them about what I did at the Jordan. This is what God was telling them, make something a memorial. We think about other things where God does that. When they're building the tabernacle in Exodus, and God's giving all of the instructions for the tabernacle, when they go to make the priestly garments, there was an ephod that had to be built that had all of these stones on it. And the bible says that God told them on each stone, write down the name of the children or of the tribes of Israel as a remembrance. [00:07:52] (44 seconds)  #NamesOnStones