Resurrection Power: Choosing Faith Over Fear in Darkness

We're always waiting for God to do something that he's already done. When are you gonna activate this kingdom of God inside of you? When are you gonna be a resurrection power kind of Christian that sows, oh, you have a problem? I have the answer. I know what the word of god says. See, this word is inside of me. So, I will be extracting from the word of god. [00:52:01] (22 seconds)  #ExtractHisWord

So what are you extracting from within yourself? What kind of kingdom are you extracting from? Because I can tell. The bible tells me that by your fruits, you shall be known. So the way you speak and the way you act and whenever you choose fear and whenever you choose stress, I know which kingdom you're extracting from. It's not the kingdom of light. That's for sure. [00:51:13] (29 seconds)  #ByYourFruits

The concept of the book of Job was that a man had everything he could ever want or need. Ruling his kingdom, he was ruling his kingdom amazingly and the Bible says that the thing that he fear has come upon him. So in Job three twenty five says, what I always fear has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. I have no peace. I have no quietness. I have no rest. Only troubles come. [01:05:08] (35 seconds)  #WhatYouFearComes

We gotta partner with something. Are we gonna partner with faith this year, or are we gonna partner with fear? It's a choice. We have a choice. Like I warned you earlier, we all have a choice in the matter. All of us, from pastors, from senior leaders, from elders, from every member here, from every child, from every adult, from whoever the youngest to the oldest, we all have a choice. Who are we gonna partner with? [01:17:26] (30 seconds)  #PartnerWithFaith

When we're in our weakest point, when we're about to sin, when we're about to fall in temptation, sometimes we gotta come to a place and look at ourselves and said, I remember who I am. I remember whose I belong to. I remember what kingdom lives inside of me. I remember whose kingdom I'm part of. This kingdom has nothing missing, nothing broken, and nothing lacking. I remember. [01:11:35] (31 seconds)  #RememberWhoYouAre

See church, my own understanding has taken me to very dark places. My human understanding has led me to make a lot of poor choices. Even being a Christian, even being a pastor. When I relied on my own trust and my own understanding, I had failed. The kingdom of god was not so bright inside of me. Yes, I was carrying the kingdom of god but it was not bright. [01:03:55] (37 seconds)  #BeyondYourUnderstanding

Man, how beautiful it is and when trouble comes your way and darkness is all around you. How beautiful that you can say, man, Lord, I don't care what's happening. I wanna trust in you. That that will be the first thing that you extract from inside of you. Lord, it doesn't matter the bad news I hear. I'm gonna trust in you, father God. [01:01:20] (20 seconds)  #ExtractTrustFirst

So, he took him one night. He said, come on, Simba. I gotta show you something. He took him to a body of water and he said, Simba, look at yourself. Look at yourself and when he saw himself, he didn't see him. He saw his father behind him. He saw this big old lion. And he told him, remember who you are and remember who you belong to. Love that. [01:11:05] (29 seconds)  #RememberYourIdentity