The Road to Good Friday: From Brokenness to Freedom

Baby, when Jesus said it is finished from the cross, that very moment when he gave up the ghost, separation between him and all mankind, between God and all mankind was done away with. There is no separation now today. We are in the church age, baby. And I'm telling you, if you're a child of god, you have a high priest that you can go to. You don't need to come to this pastor. You don't need to go to the deacon. You don't need to go anywhere. You can get on your knees no matter where you're at. Hey, you can stop picking your nose in the car that think nobody can see it and you can start praying. [01:08:19] (39 seconds)  #NoSeparationInChrist

I ask you today, is Jesus Christ the savior of the world or is he your savior? Is he the one that took your place on the cross or is it somebody because of tradition you come to church because it's expected of an American to be a Christian and to come to church on Sunday? So you're giving god his hour. Is it tradition or is it relationship? Because there is a difference. Amen? And I wonder sometimes if we don't do things out of traditions and yes, it may all sound good and be good but we're left empty. [00:42:26] (49 seconds)  #FaithNotTradition

Yes. We hurt. Yes. We hide at times because we don't want people to see us for who we really are. Let me tell you a little secret. Most people that are around you know that you're broken in two or three spots. You can hide it all you want with a smile and fig leaves. The grass of this world, you can hide it with a smile and you can act, hey, but when you get all strung out when a little something happens to you in your life, people can tell there's something deeper wrong. Come on. Amen. Those are the ones who we see that we ought to be praying even harder for. [00:59:26] (39 seconds)  #HiddenHurts

either in this room or watching online today, we have a god that wants to use you. He has chosen you. He empowers you today to be able to walk in victory today. You are an overcomer. You are not a victim of anything. But pastor, you don't know. Yes, I do. I know what hurt is. I know when someone tells you you'll never amount to nothing. All I've gotta say is I may not have amounted to a hill of beans, but I know this, that Jesus saved me and I've used his big old mouth of mine to proclaim from the mountain tops of wherever I stand that Jesus is the lord. [00:54:42] (48 seconds)  #ChosenAndOvercomer

You wanted to move out of your life, you can't sow fig leaves and hide in the bushes, honey of life. You've gotta come out. You've gotta understand that God is in control. Hey, we say that we're children of God. We say God's all powerful, but we don't wanna trust him today. I'm here to tell you today, we've got a savior that is alive and well and that can hear all of our complaints. We need to go to him when we have a problem. We don't need to be going to everybody else. The first thing we ought to do is get on our knees and we ought to ask god to give us wisdom. James says ask and he'll give it to you. Amen. Amen. [00:47:45] (39 seconds)  #AskForWisdom

So you see, if we, the leaders of the church, we, the pastors of the church, if we understand this road to Good Friday, the reasons it's good is because god's given us all the tools that we need to be relieved from the bondage that we've been under for years and we need to mouth it and we need to understand that we have a god that does not he knows our sin but does he's not Satan. He doesn't call us by our sin. He knows our sin and knows our name and calls us by name. Amen. Hallelujah. [01:18:13] (33 seconds)  #KnownByName

you're not standing in for Bubba. You're not standing for Debbie Dejean. When you stand here, you're singing for god. You are under contract with god to lead this church into worship because you've made a commitment to him. Can I get an amen? Amen. When you sit here or you stand here in this front line, you've not made a commitment to Debbie Dejean. You've not made a commitment to Bubba Pugh. You've made a commitment to god that you will lead his church. In worship. [01:19:59] (34 seconds)  #LeadWorshipForGod

If you're gonna follow Jesus as we're supposed to, we have to understand Jesus has already set people free. We ought to be the voice that says, you no longer have to be in that prison cell anymore. The door's open. Just walk through it, dude. And show them how. Love them how. It's not saying it's gonna take away the hurt but you see, we have a new high priest. [01:07:21] (30 seconds)  #FreedomInChrist