Humility, Glory, and the Power of Love

In this internet age where people can say very flattering things about you or very harsh and critical things about you, how you react to that is very exposing. Like, you know, I get criticized every day. There's articles written that, yeah, mostly are not true, but the fact that it when they bother me so much, God's saying why does that bother you so much, your reputation or is it really about God's reputation? [00:20:09]

Francis, this system that we have in place is designed to make men like you and I fall. Really it is set up for our failure, the fame, the glory. He goes but he goes my hope is Jesus did it. He was able to do it, so we can also. But it, I so believe what he said everything is set up to make us fall. There's something very demonic in this system that wages war against our spirits. [00:22:41]

The spider Church you have all the power The Authority in the head. You know so if you smash the head you'll kill all the organizations. But they starfish if you could start fishing 10 pieces every piece grows another starfish. It's pretty cool it's really interesting. So he was saying about this organization where the authority and the power of the spirit is like everywhere. [00:23:34]

He says I am the Lord and I will not share my glory with another. He does not want to share that Glory, and so when I realize I am stealing Glory that belongs to him, that foundation of the fear of God I thank God you know like Isaiah 30 like the fear the lord is our treasure. [00:27:32]

Whenever there's selfish ambition, like you want something for you, he says it's going to lead to the most disgusting vile practices in God's eyes. Now we in American Pride Brazil we won't people won't see it no but God will look at it and say that is so disgusting that is such an evil practice. [00:28:08]

There's like this lie where we think we must increase so that he can increase. You know and John's like no I must decrease I've got I have to actively figure out how do I become less and less and him more lifted up. And so I've wrestled with that because there is a truth too. [00:29:11]

God gifts different people in different ways yes and there's a way in which the apostles and Prophets and evangelists and Shepherds and teachers are all supposed to work together to build up the body of Christ and that's where I failed. I thought everyone should be able to do this. [00:30:15]

You can hurt the body by not using your gift and sometimes I remember this worship leader she said to me you know I stepped out of worship leading because I thought you know what I don't want to draw too much attention to me and and it's pride and but then she later on said you know the truth is is it was Pride that caused me to step out of worship leading. [00:31:49]

You have this gift of preaching it's not for you. And if you try to use for you to get something to get famous money or something you failed right. But you got to use to the audience right and that's the Temptation there. In Matthew 4 because he's saying oh use your power to make bread for you. [00:33:26]

I want to heal people, but a lot of times that's not because I love the person I just want to see a miracle right and I want everyone else to see a miracle but is there love in my heart. I want to give a prophetic word I mean that's just fun you know but is it because I so love these people. [00:35:17]

The strongest command in the New Testament is for us to love one another and how this was how the world was going to know that we're his disciples by this deep love and our church we loved each other and I would say even more so than the you know any any mega church I knew of. [00:37:35]

Peter tells us to be self-controlled and clear-minded for the sake of our prayers because the end is near. So there's something about Christ is coming soon so we better not be distracted we better exercise self-control for the sake of our prayers. [00:49:05]