He Came & You Missed Him with Guest Eric Jjombwe | Coastal Church

Jesus is saying that prayer is the bridge between your brokenness and righteousness. Prayer is how you prepare your heart to receive him when he walks in. Prayer will soften your heart. It will cause you to reconsider things. Actually, prayer will help you to see the impending destruction even more clearer so that you know your need for the savior when he shows up. Prayer is necessary for the life of a believer. [00:48:18] (38 seconds)  #PrayerBridgesHearts

But let me tell you this, obedience has the power to overturn destruction. Obedience to God has the power to overturn destruction. And many times when God calls us to obey in a specific way, he is seeing something that we don't see. And sometimes the hard part is trusting him even when you do not see the full picture and actually leaning into whatever he's asking you to do so that you can actually reap whatever he he he has planned for you. [00:37:35] (32 seconds)  #ObedienceOverturnsDestruction

Repentance is not the thing that you did the very first time you say to Jesus, I surrender my life to you. Yes, that was one part of repentance but repentance is also a lifestyle because as a believer I acknowledge that even though I want and long to follow Jesus as closely as I want to follow him, every single day I fall and I get back up. I fall and I get back up. I mess up and I go back to him. Why? Because he invites us to repent. [00:46:20] (36 seconds)  #RepentanceIsALifestyle

And so when Jesus visits, actually comes to take residence. But not only just a, you know, a tenant or somebody, your roomie. No. He comes in to be the landlord. You know? And so when he walks into Jerusalem, he's like, Jerusalem, I'm here to take over. And they're like, hey, no. No. No. No. No. No. No. Like the vibe. We like, you know, this whole what's going on right now but that taking over thing, I think crucify him. [00:42:13] (33 seconds)  #JesusComesToTakeOver

Repentance is a lifestyle. And so when things don't work out the way that you thought they were gonna work out, maybe you have thoughts that you didn't wanna have, you you end up doing something that you didn't wanna do, repent. Repent. This is the first step, you know. And then the second thing, release your idols. Release your idols. You can't hold on to him while you're still holding on to everything else. There is there's there has to be a release in order then to actually embrace him. [00:46:56] (42 seconds)  #ReleaseIdolsEmbraceJesus

So that made me think, so is it possible for us to be praising God but our hearts being far from him? Is it possible for us to act like we are fully in on him and yet two days or three days or a couple of days down the road we're going to say, no, we choose Barabbas. You can crucify that guy. This is what happened. One moment they were saying hosanna, the next moment they were like, who the heck is he? They're like, get rid of him. We don't want him. [00:29:16] (32 seconds)  #PraiseVsSurrender

In Christian circles, we talk about encounters. Right? If you've been around the church quite a lot, you will hear this term thrown around all the time. Oh, I had an encounter with God and it changed my life. And those are good. Those are great. But what about visitations? What about when God walks into the room on his own accord? Remember, this day, April was God's day. [00:39:24] (36 seconds)  #EncounterVsVisitation

They can let him like enjoy the praise but they're not willing to relinquish control. They're not willing to give him total surrender. So there's a difference between encounter and visitation. And when Jesus visits, he's here to surrender. So let me ask you this question, what would it take for you to be ready when he walks into the room? What will it take for you to surrender completely, totally? What what what is it gonna take? [00:44:03] (40 seconds)  #ReadyToSurrenderFully