Faith Overcomes the World: Love God, Love Others

But you live inside of the forgiveness of sins. Jesus' blood is continually washing you, cleansing you every moment, every day, every thing, every thought, every feeling. It washes you continually. It it doesn't make light of sin, but it very much makes big Jesus and his sacrifice. And the bigger we can make that into our world, man, the more effective and the more in our minds it makes total sense. We wanna make Jesus big. And the word says that you're continually cleansed and continually washed of your sins. That's what that's talking about. Whoever's born of God does not sin. Continually cleansed. [00:36:19] (34 seconds)  #WashedByHisBlood

He hears us. Man, praise God. When you're like, Pastor Toph, I don't know if God hears my prayers. Are you praying what the word says? Are you praying what God's will is? Those two are the same thing. Can I tell you, the Bible promises He hears you? He absolutely hears you. He absolutely hears you. And in 2026, if you're gonna change things in your world, you need to be confident of the fact that God Almighty that slung the stars into existence hears your prayers. [00:28:51] (28 seconds)  #HeHearsYourPrayers

And I I think that part's important too because, don't know about you, but sometimes I don't I don't know what to do. Right? You know, a problem presents itself in life or just whatever, and you're like, man, this is tough. I don't know. What's the Bible saying? How do I figure this out? What am I supposed to do about this? Well, John reminded you, the spirit is truth, that you have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of you, and he brings truth to the inside of you. So whatever problem, whatever question you have, whatever you've been rolling around in your heart and you're like, man, I don't know, The Holy Spirit has the answer if you'll stop and you'll listen to him. God wants the best for you through the Holy Spirit, bringing truth into your life, which is pretty awesome. [00:15:10] (39 seconds)  #HolySpiritGuides

Because this verse doesn't say anything about being perfect. Right? That there's no perfection inside of a relationship with Jesus other than Jesus. He's the perfect thing. So then you come into that, and it's all about a relationship, and it's all about a pursuit, but it's not perfection. It's all about a a journey and pursuing the things of God. Knowing that some things will click, and they'll they'll be added to your life, and you'll be like, oh my gosh, that's so good. And then there are other things where you're like, okay, I gotta take a little bit of time, and I gotta grow in that. And I gotta sow that back down in my heart, and figure it out, and I'm gonna do it right, and I'm gonna mess it up. You know? But a relationship with God is all about that kind of idea. And there's no burdensome part of keeping the commandments of God. [00:08:02] (42 seconds)  #RelationshipNotPerfection

And this life is in his son. We have that life when we have a relationship with Jesus, and we have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of us. So whether you realize it or not, you have access to life redeemed from the penalty of sin kind of life. Zoe life. [00:24:52] (15 seconds)  #LifeRedeemed

We need to figure ourselves out, grow inside of that. Let the Holy Spirit minister to your heart, and then go and let that leak and change people around you. You know? Whether it's a smile, whether it's an encouraging word, whether it's an attitude that used to be this way. Okay. But now, it's a new year, and the Bible's gonna come alive on the inside of my heart, and I'm gonna choose to be this way instead, because this is what God's best for me is. Let it change you on the inside, and then let that thing leak its way onto your neighbors, your school people, your employees, your your place you work at. You come to church, man, let it let it let it leak on those folks. You know? God will use you to change lives around you. God will use you to be an encouragement around you as we love him and as we love other people in a real way. [00:43:59] (47 seconds)  #LetFaithLeak

So you gotta know who you are before you can go love people the right way. And man, I've got so many stories of just growing inside of that. You know? Sometimes we run into tough stuff as believers, and it's like, man, but I treated that person the wrong way, or I could've handled that conversation better, or, man, I was a jerk to my kids today. My goodness, I didn't I didn't love other people like I wanna be loved. But you realize that as God does a work on the inside of your heart, as you as you open up the word, and you read first John, or you read the New Testament, as you read just the Bible, let it come alive on the inside of you. And what it does is it changes you on the inside, so then you can go, and you can love other people the right way. You cannot be offended like you were. You cannot be angry like you used to be. You cannot be, well, I just hate people. I'm not talking to anybody. You know? That's not God's heart. He wants you to impact and to love on the people around you in a real way. [00:43:02] (54 seconds)  #RootedToLove

Put it into your heart, and watch that thing just grow out of your heart. You know? The bible talks about how your heart's soil. Right? And we put the word inside of it. God knows that, and He hears it. It's His words. He said it first. You're just repeating what He said. God, you promised this. God, you said in your word this. God, you said, because I love you, you hear me. God, there's nobody else on the planet that hears me. But God, I thank you that your word says that you do, always. God, I think it could be a thousand things. And watch that thing begin to grow you on the inside, and begin to change things on the outside of who you are. It's pretty incredible. John's digging into some really good stuff. [00:31:10] (39 seconds)  #PlantTheWord