Pre-Decide: When You Want To Give Up

You see, he brought you into this world, into existence with a plan and a purpose for your life. You're not here by accident. I don't care what the world tries to sell you on that. You are here by the design of the creator God with a plan and a purpose for your life. And the worst thing you can do is start listening to the lies that you're just an accident and and you don't even really have any reason for being here. You just gotta make the best of it. What a miserable way to live because you end up treating yourself and others so terribly when you think that's what your life is about. [01:02:51] (39 seconds)  #CreatedOnPurpose

The same spirit that raised Jesus from that grave, where is he now if you're a Christian? He's in you too. That's the same spirit that brought Jesus back from the dead. It's in you. It's in me. Every day wherever we go. People are always saying, I just wanna feel the presence of the spirit. Sometimes you're not gonna feel it, but does that mean he's gone? No. He's still there. He promised this is a gift from God. God doesn't go back on his gift. You have his spirit in you all the time [00:53:38] (35 seconds)  #HolySpiritWithin

See, the father doesn't wanna leave you when you fall, when you fail, when you mess up. His mercies are new every day. He's right there with you to pick you up and help you keep going. If you could keep your eyes where they need to be and look for the help of the father, he says, I'll never let you be tempted or tried beyond what you will be able to bear up under because I will be there to help you bear up under it. I will help you get across the finish line, but don't let the enemy get you to look somewhere else. Look at me. That's what the father was saying to his son. Just just let me help you. Just look at me. Put your head up, son. Look at me. And he got him across the finish line. [01:07:13] (40 seconds)  #FatherAlwaysWithYou

Simply stated today, here's the pre decision I want us to make, all of us together. It's when we start feeling like we wanna give up, you pre decide, I'm gonna fix my eyes on Jesus when I'm feeling that. I've gotta put my eyes on Jesus when I think I can't go on anymore, when I can't take another step, when I can't do this now like he wants me to do it. [00:30:31] (24 seconds)  #PredecideOnJesus

And here's what we do in our struggles. We start looking at the struggles. We start giving them all of our attention. We start focusing on, the money problem. We start focusing on everything wrong in our marriage or we start right. We look at the problem more than we look at Jesus, more than we focus on Jesus. That's when we sink. That's when we fall. That's when we trip up and make mistakes. That's when we don't keep our eyes where they need to be. [00:58:38] (35 seconds)  #EyesOffProblems

The medics are coming out and the father comes out of the stands and he pushes the medics away and he goes over to his son and he grabs his son's arm and he puts it across his shoulder and he grabs him around the waist. And the the son just his head is buried in his father's shoulder and he just crying and he said, failed. And the father said, no, you haven't. [01:06:21] (22 seconds)  #HeldByTheFather

But he says, I'm gonna leave you, but I'm not gonna leave you as orphans. Instead, what I'm gonna do is when I when I go back to the father, I'm not gonna leave you without the help you need. I'm gonna send back to you the help that you need. And he calls this help the advocate and he's reveals in scripture that the advocate he's referring to is the Holy Spirit himself. He says, I'm gonna send another advocate to help you and be with you forever. [00:50:32] (29 seconds)  #SendTheAdvocate

And his father just helped him take those next steps. And while they were finishing to get to the finish line, over 65,000 people stood up and just applauded. And tears were flowing. And the father got the son across the finish line. He didn't win an earthly race that day. He finished something that he saw as his purpose with the help of his father. [01:06:43] (30 seconds)  #FinishedWithFather