Prioritizing Jesus: Transformative Encounters and Spiritual Hunger
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Mary has chosen the good part. Mary has chosen what she should have chosen. And Jesus said, you will not take it from her. He was saying to her, that's not important. I've come to tell somebody this Sunday morning, you got too many things going on that you walked into church with that Jesus might just be saying, that's not really important. [00:11:30]
The reason some of us can't give Jesus a chapter 12 kind of praise is because we done forgot what he brought us from in chapter 11. The reason some of us can't break open the oil in chapter 12 is because we done forgot I once was dead, but now I'm alive. [00:15:32]
Mary sat at his feet. Martha was distracted. She was distracted by good things, serving. We have to serve. We have to do the ministry, but not until we sit at his feet first. We cannot be so distracted in this life that it keeps us from his presence. [00:19:14]
People of his presence push through distractions. People of his presence push through the things that's trying to keep them. I'm telling you, the minute you wake up, what's the first thing you do? Do you spend time with Jesus or do you go to social media? [00:19:37]
Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector who was, the Bible says, very wealthy, but can I submit to us today, spiritually bankrupt. He was a wealthy man, yet spiritually he was seeking because his life was empty. He was wealthy, but spiritually bankrupt. That's America. [00:23:04]
Despite Zacchaeus, despite his position, despite his wealth, Zacchaeus knew that something was missing in his life when he heard that Jesus, was coming through his town. When he heard that Jesus was passing through Jericho, his desire to see this man, his desire to see Jesus was so intense that our Bible tells us he did something radical. [00:24:54]
Until you reach that level of desperation, you'll keep going through the motions and you'll leave empty. Until you get to that place of radical intensity where you're willing to do whatever it takes. I'm going to push through whatever crowd I've got to push through. I'm going to break open whatever jar I've got to break open. [00:27:01]
When you, when we become people of his presence, when you become people of his presence, your identity is restored. Zacchaeus had been identified by his sin, his profession, and his wealth. But after he encountered Jesus, his identity, he was given a new identity. [00:30:40]
Revival will change your identity and I'm telling you revival will change who you are with an encounter in the presence of God you may have come in one way but you my God I can't get no help in this way revival restores identity his presence restores identity. [00:31:40]
Revival often begins when people recognize their need for divine intervention and they turn to God in desperation seeking a fresh encounter with him that's the birth of revival just as Zachary had to go through the barriers and he had to climb a tree this woman had to she had to go through physical barriers. [00:38:14]
Revival is for people who refuse to settle. That's who revival is for. And if you don't want it, I'll take as much of the pie that you don't want. I'll take as much of revival as you don't want. That's revival. People willing to break through the barriers. [00:42:27]
I want my church to be the kind of church that heaven has to stop and say, who's pushing through the crowd, and who just touched me? I want my church to be the church that says, that heaven says, who is that that climbed the tree? When everybody else was just good for me to pass by, who is it that climbed the tree? [00:44:48]
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The reason some of us can't give Jesus a chapter 12 kind of praise is because we done forgot what he brought us from in chapter 11. The reason some of us can't break open the oil in chapter 12 is because we done forgot I once was dead, but now I'm alive. [00:15:32]
Mary sat at his feet. Martha was distracted. She was distracted by good things, serving. We have to serve. We have to do the ministry, but not until we sit at his feet first. We cannot be so distracted in this life that it keeps us from his presence. [00:19:14]
People of his presence push through distractions. People of his presence push through the things that's trying to keep them. I'm telling you, the minute you wake up, what's the first thing you do? Do you spend time with Jesus or do you go to social media? [00:19:37]
Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector who was, the Bible says, very wealthy, but can I submit to us today, spiritually bankrupt. He was a wealthy man, yet spiritually he was seeking because his life was empty. He was wealthy, but spiritually bankrupt. That's America. [00:23:04]
Despite Zacchaeus, despite his position, despite his wealth, Zacchaeus knew that something was missing in his life when he heard that Jesus, was coming through his town. When he heard that Jesus was passing through Jericho, his desire to see this man, his desire to see Jesus was so intense that our Bible tells us he did something radical. [00:24:54]
Until you reach that level of desperation, you'll keep going through the motions and you'll leave empty. Until you get to that place of radical intensity where you're willing to do whatever it takes. I'm going to push through whatever crowd I've got to push through. I'm going to break open whatever jar I've got to break open. [00:27:01]
When you, when we become people of his presence, when you become people of his presence, your identity is restored. Zacchaeus had been identified by his sin, his profession, and his wealth. But after he encountered Jesus, his identity, he was given a new identity. [00:30:40]
Revival will change your identity and I'm telling you revival will change who you are with an encounter in the presence of God you may have come in one way but you my God I can't get no help in this way revival restores identity his presence restores identity. [00:31:40]
Revival often begins when people recognize their need for divine intervention and they turn to God in desperation seeking a fresh encounter with him that's the birth of revival just as Zachary had to go through the barriers and he had to climb a tree this woman had to she had to go through physical barriers. [00:38:14]
Revival is for people who refuse to settle. That's who revival is for. And if you don't want it, I'll take as much of the pie that you don't want. I'll take as much of revival as you don't want. That's revival. People willing to break through the barriers. [00:42:27]
I want my church to be the kind of church that heaven has to stop and say, who's pushing through the crowd, and who just touched me? I want my church to be the church that says, that heaven says, who is that that climbed the tree? When everybody else was just good for me to pass by, who is it that climbed the tree? [00:44:48]
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