The Lord Is My Light: Find Courage in Quiet

Just make an appointment with you and god. Just me and him, we're gonna deal with this. We're gonna do this. Me and god, I'm gonna get along with him, and I'm gonna figure this thing out. And if you don't get all the answer the first time, keep going back. I found that I needed extended appointments, that it wasn't a one stop fix all kind of thing. Because when God started working on me, I found out there was a bunch of stuff wrong. And he had to begin fixing the things that were gonna be foundational first and then he would build on that foundation the places that he wanted to take me. But until the foundation was stable, he can't do anything with me. I'm gonna leave you with this. The light that God gives you in a quiet place may one day become the light that helps someone else finds their way. [01:44:57] (63 seconds)  #QuietTimeWithGod

How many times you hear an altar call in church when people want you to come give your life to Christ and telling you all your problems are gonna get better and everything is gonna be awesome. Just come give your life to Christ. I wonder how many people would respond to, and when you give your life to Christ, it's gonna require you to die a horrible death and live unimaginably selflessly and there's no money in it, and there's no fame in it. There's nothing in it but a relationship with me that lasts for eternity. How many people would sign up for that? Because a lot of times we present Christ with all the amenities like we're looking for a resort to go to. And I don't know where we got the idea of that, but Jesus says, come and die. That's his invitation. [01:09:32] (51 seconds)  #CountTheCostOfFaith

So you got too many people that are crowding your space, and God is saying, you need to separate these because they're distracting you from what I'm trying to do in your life, and alone I can get it done, but I can't do it as long as you've got these Klingons. I don't wanna be alone. It's not forever. It's just for now because your future depends on what you do now. The decisions you make today affect you next week, next month, next year, the next five years, next ten years. You're making decisions right now with your life that will affect you five years from now and you're asleep at the wheel. [01:25:44] (46 seconds)  #GuardYourCircle

We need to read the bible because we need to understand what God is like, but the only way that I'm gonna know Christ is in the depth of my despair. When I finally realized I got no other hope and no other options. It's Jesus and nothing else. It's Jesus and there isn't no add on. And see today we we have this thing where where we want Jesus and something else. We want a little Jesus and but we want all this other stuff until you get to a place where it's just like Jesus is enough. [01:13:46] (30 seconds)  #JesusIsEnough

See, that's the purpose of the pain that you're going through right now. And I tell people all the time, don't waste your pain. It's too valuable. Don't waste it. God is going to use it in the life of someone else. And in the midst of him using your pain to heal someone else, you find healing in that because then you can stand back and say it wasn't for nothing and it suddenly begins to have new meaning and understanding. [01:43:51] (34 seconds)  #DontWasteYourPain

If you looked at your life right now and said, if if nothing else changes is Jesus enough? That's the that's the question you need to answer. Is he enough for me? And until you can answer yes for that, you don't go anywhere in the kingdom of God. And I don't care how much bible verses you memorize until he sits on the throne of your life. God speaks in the quiet place. It's it's it's it's been a it's been a pattern in scripture if you if you look at it. [01:14:22] (46 seconds)  #MakeJesusEnough

Spiritual warfare is real. It's a real deal and if you're living below that, that's why you're getting the snot kicked out of you right now because you haven't come to realize that because you said yes to Jesus Christ, the enemy has a bull's eye on you and he wants to destroy you and your family. He wants to take your testimony from you. He wants to make a mockery of his name and and this is the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I be afraid? Amen. He is the stronghold of my life. [00:44:50] (36 seconds)  #SpiritualWarfareIsReal

I mean, are you a grit? Are you a person with a divine soul with a purpose in the kingdom of God that he's trying to craft and build and direct? I mean, what are you? I mean, we want the instant answer, but the thing is is there's no instant answer in in eternity. If there's something god's wanting to do in you and develop in you and and and use you for kingdom purposes, he's not gonna put you in the microwave. He's going to stick you in the crock pot. It's an all day deal. A [00:59:10] (39 seconds)  #GodsSlowRefinement

We need to read the bible because we need to understand what God is like, but the only way that I'm gonna know Christ is in the depth of my despair. When I finally realized I got no other hope and no other options. It's Jesus and nothing else. It's Jesus and there isn't no add on. And see today we we have this thing where where we want Jesus and something else. We want a little Jesus and but we want all this other stuff until you get to a place where it's just like Jesus is enough. When Jesus is enough right where you are. If you looked at your life right now and said, if if nothing else changes is Jesus enough? That's the that's the question you need to answer. [01:13:46] (45 seconds)

I like instant grits as good as the next man. I like to put the water in the bowl, stir it up, throw it in the microwave and thirty six minutes later, you have grits. I mean, are you a grit? Are you a person with a divine soul with a purpose in the kingdom of God that he's trying to craft and build and direct? I mean, what are you? I mean, we want the instant answer, but the thing is is there's no instant answer in in eternity. If there's something god's wanting to do in you and develop in you and and and use you for kingdom purposes, he's not gonna put you in the microwave. He's going to stick you in the crock pot. It's an all day deal. A long time. You're gonna marinate in there. See, because that that stony thing that you got residing in your chest is so hard and so callous, he's gonna put you in there till you till you are tender. He may take the lid off every once in while and shove a fork in it. Are you good yet? No, it's still you're not quite there yet and put the lid back on it. [00:58:51] (82 seconds)