Owners of the Promise: New Ground - Jon Laurenzo

Hear it today as a prophetic warning. There are things that matter more in life. There are things that if left up to you have the ability to sap and to destroy the entire work that God would want to do in your life this year. And as a result, God speaks to Israel and says to them, get rid of all of it. Therefore, it be made known among the nation and among the nations to come that the Lord alone is the reason for victory, that the Lord alone is the reason for wealth, that the Lord alone is the reason for prosperity. [00:04:23] (35 seconds)  #LordIsOurVictory

And a church today wants to walk in power, walk in repentance and holiness. And every time we gather, it is an opportunity for us to once again return to the Lord. Every time we come to an altar, every time we come to a worship service. My main idea for us today is this, repentance and holiness will allow me to live in the power and the promise of Jesus. I don't want you to visit the promise of Jesus. I don't want you to see the promise of Jesus. I don't want you to hear about the promise of Jesus. I want you to occupy the promise of Jesus in 2026. [00:08:27] (42 seconds)  #OccupyThePromise

He doesn't look at him and say, oh, yeah. Woe is you, Joshua. This is just how it's gonna be. He doesn't say, oh, you're right. It's your boss' fault. It's your family's fault. It's that abuser's fault. He says, get up. He said, it's time to fight again. He said, it's time to restore the covenant again. And God would speak that word to our church today because Jesus' blood and his grace is sufficient. Anyone that would call upon Jesus can walk in this freedom and healing. [00:13:52] (33 seconds)  #RiseAndRestore

encouragement to our church today is this. There are real enemies that you are going to need to fight to walk into the promise that God has for you this year. And if we do not deal with the devoted things, it doesn't make you a bad person. It doesn't make you an evil person, but you are entering into a fight with your arms tied behind your back. [00:14:51] (19 seconds)  #DealWithDevotedThings

``The thing you quickly find out about something like a tiger is there is no way to tame an adult tiger. In fact, if you were at the zoo, next time I would encourage you, look at the way they enclose lions versus the way they enclose tigers. Lions can be enclosed with a simple fence, with a simple enclosure, but the tiger enclosure has a pit around it and high walls. Because every story you read about a tiger getting out of its cage in the zoo, someone got hurt or someone died. And you need to understand something in your life. The enemy, he only has one purpose. In sin when it is fully grown, that is the destruction that it brings. [00:19:37] (37 seconds)  #UntamableSinDestroys

What do we do with hard passages of scripture? What do we do with moments in scripture that feel like they're hard for us to wrap our mind around? Well, the first promise that you get to stand upon today is that we are new covenant people. I'm thankful that Jesus took that kind of pain and that kind of punishment upon himself. Therefore, you and I might not have to. But the takeaway from this passage that we need to take is that sin, when it is full grown, leads to destruction, and it deserves a harsh response. See, the second step for an internal life of consecration is that we make war on sin in our lives. [00:21:29] (42 seconds)  #MakeWarOnSin

You need to understand something. The only chance that you and I have against fighting sin in our life is to love the promise more than we love the sin. When I first started going to church, I was so frustrated and so intimidated by the pastors because I would look at them, and I assumed that all of them did not struggle with sin in the same way that I did. I was like, oh my gosh. Those guys, those girls, they're perfect. They've got it all figured out. They are not like, woe is me, the heathen that I am. [00:24:17] (29 seconds)  #LovePromiseOverSin

I have no interest in being a renter in the promise of God. Y'all treat a vacation rental. I'm on edge. I'm like, kids, you better not break anything in here. Take your shoes off. Don't put the food there. You gotta make sure we're not writing on walls. We're not doing anything. But if I own that thing, you gotta change that carpet. This is my house. We're changing the color on the walls. This is the way I see the house going. We're gonna paint this. We're gonna fix this. We want it to float. We'll knock down that wall. Why? Because I'm not renter. I'm an owner in the promise of God. [00:30:57] (35 seconds)  #ClaimYourPromise