This Means Everything // Easter // Pastor Keenen Worrell

The thief comes to steal, to kill, and destroy, but because of the resurrection, the thief's work is undone. The grave is empty, and the power that broke those chains is alive, and it is available to you right now. You don't have to wait for heaven. You don't have to wait for next week. You don't have to wait for a better circumstance. You don't have to wait for more strength. You don't have to wait for the right timing. The resurrection is now. [00:41:18] (41 seconds)  #ResurrectionNow

This is not just another Sunday. This was not just something that happened two thousand years ago and has no reflection on today. No. This is life. This is why we are here. This is is everything that is everything. This is what this means. This is why the scripture says we don't mourn like those who have no hope. No. We have a hope because he rose. And if he rose, then that means we can rise. [00:42:37] (43 seconds)  #RiseBecauseHeRose

Our hope cannot be in a person. It cannot be in our spouse. It cannot be in a job. It cannot be in a bank account. It cannot be in a political party. Our hope has to be in the only one who beat death and the grave. Our hope is Jesus. That's where our hope is. [00:19:32] (22 seconds)  #HopeInJesus

I'm I'm not worried in the least bit. Why? Why? Why? Because peace is not the absence of the storm. Peace is the presence of Jesus in the midst of the storm. It's not this idea that nothing is going on. It's not this idea that everything is great and we just run around in daisies and roses and act like this is just an amazing place. No. We see exactly what's going on. But we have a peace. [00:12:23] (30 seconds)  #PresenceNotAbsence

Do not skip past this. Do not diminish the importance of what today means. Do not let this be another Sunday that you come to a church and you hear a message and you go home and you continue your life. Do not diminish this day. Easter does not just change history, Easter changes your history. This is specific for you. This means something for you. [00:03:15] (31 seconds)  #EasterChangesHistory

The resurrection proves that there is no power on earth, no addiction, no habit, no voice in your head has the final say over your life. The lie is that you can you can never be free and that you will never be free, but I am here to post notice on the enemy. Because Jesus has overcome the power of sin, you have overcome the power of sin. Why? Because when you accept him, we said this last week, you are in Christ. [00:27:12] (31 seconds)  #OvercomeInChrist

The beauty of this day is that through Christ's resurrection, we have an open invitation to come home. Can I tell you today's the day that you come home? If you've been away, today's the day that you come home. It doesn't matter how far you you've gone. It doesn't matter how long you've been gone. It doesn't matter the reason. Today is the day that you come home. [00:38:08] (30 seconds)  #ComeHomeToday

Maybe you came in today and you have been carrying this battle with addiction. You've been trying to fight it. You've tried everything. You know that it is destroying you. It is you're destroying your life, but you cannot seem to kick it. I want to tell you this morning that Jesus died and rose so that you could be set free. The grave could not hold Jesus and addiction cannot hold you. Not because you are strong enough, but because he is strong enough. [00:24:26] (43 seconds)  #AddictionCantHoldYou

What is the doorpost of your heart? Your eyes, your ears, the things that you're listening to, the conversations that you're having, the things that you're watching. Guard. Guard the doorpost of your heart because out of it flows the issues of life. Pay attention to what you're paying attention to. Can I tell you something? Just delete the app. I dare you. I just feel a spirit of deletion right now. Delete the app. [00:22:56] (28 seconds)  #GuardYourHeart

See, the enemy tries his best to kill your hope because he understands the value of it. Spends twenty four hours a day, seven days a week trying to kill your hope because he understands the value of it. Hope is not wishful thinking. Hope is not maybe things will work out. Hope is the substance. It is the actual reality of what God has promised. That's what hope is. [00:17:49] (36 seconds)  #HopeIsSubstance

I don't got time to dive into this, but I wanna just share this this right here. Once for all. Jesus is not getting back up on the cross. Everything that he needed to do for eternity is already done. He died once for all. That's you. That's me. That's the people that you think deserve it and the people that you think don't deserve it. He died once for all. [00:25:50] (32 seconds)  #OnceForAll

And when you begin to accept that you are in Christ and the identity of who you are in Christ, then you have an opportunity to walk that out as the holy spirit enables you through freedom. It's not about what you are doing. This this idea of how how do I do it? How do I get free? It's not about what you're doing. It is about what Christ already did. [00:28:50] (27 seconds)  #IdentityInChrist

This is not a thing where you you this works, and I gotta I gotta do it. I gotta do it. I gotta do it. No. This is a thing where you rest. You rest. You rest in what Christ has already done, and every morning you wake up. God, I thank you that I am in Christ. I thank you that I am in Christ. I thank you that I am empowered. I thank you that your holy spirit is working on the inside of me. [00:29:17] (26 seconds)  #RestInWhatHeDid

You are not forgotten. You are not forsaken. You are not too far gone. You are not too broken. You are not too addicted. You are not too anxious. You are not too lost. You are seen. You are loved. You are called home. This is the hope that is found in the resurrection, and this means everything. [00:42:00] (37 seconds)  #YouAreSeenLovedCalled

If you're here today and you have been bound by addiction, the resurrection is calling you to freedom. If anxiety has stolen your peace, the resurrection is calling you to rest. If hope feels like a luxury that you can't afford, the resurrection is calling you to believe again. Today you might've come in carrying something. Maybe it's a weight, Maybe it's shame. Maybe it's an empty place where hope once was. Maybe, it's the distance between you and God that feels like a void that's too far to cross. [00:39:35] (59 seconds)  #ResurrectionCallsToFreedom

Hear me and hear me clearly. The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus means everything because it means that you don't have to carry that anymore. You don't have to carry that anymore. [00:40:34] (18 seconds)  #StopCarryingIt

Reignite hope on the inside of you. Reignite hope on the inside of you. Do not let the enemy beat you down and get you to a place of hopelessness. The scripture says, we are not like those who have no hope. We are not like those who have no hope. And can I tell you some if you've been struggling with hopelessness, can I challenge you? Pay attention to what you're paying attention to. K? Pay attention to what you're paying attention to. [00:21:54] (50 seconds)  #ReigniteYourHope

He says, do this. And as a result, the peace of God notice he didn't say the peace of drugs. He didn't say the peace of alcohol. He didn't say the peace of pills. He didn't say the peace of addiction. He didn't say he didn't say the peace of a relationship. He didn't say the peace of an identity. He said the peace of God. Hallelujah. The peace which reassures the heart, that peace that transcends all understanding, understanding, the the the peace peace that's that's gonna gonna stand guard over your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus, he said that peace is yours. [00:09:13] (41 seconds)  #PeaceOfGodOnly

Maybe you walked in today and you have been carrying this sense of hopelessness. Hopelessness. You're looking at your situation, you're looking at the world, and your hope is at a place that's really low. Maybe you're looking at finances, you're looking at a relationship, your your state of your marriage, the state of your kids, the state of your household, and your hope is at a law all time low. Can I tell you that the resurrection addresses this? The resurrection addresses this. Jesus died and rose so that you could have faith. [00:13:59] (46 seconds)  #ResurrectionGivesFaith

The resurrection means that there is no sin too great. It means that there is no distance too far. It means that there is no amount of time that is too long. God does not move on from you. He waits for you. He runs towards you. The scripture says he is married to the backslider. He says, I'm married to the backslider. Come home. [00:33:34] (34 seconds)  #NoDistanceTooFar