11.00AM Sunday Service: That's not You Anymore

Devotional

Day 1: Remain in Love: That Ain’t You Anymore

You are not who you were; in Jesus, your name and nature are being renamed. Remaining in His love is how that new identity takes root—no longer servant-minded, shame-ridden, or boxed in by old labels. Abiding steadies your steps and clarifies your worth until your heart says, “That ain’t me no more.” Start this year anchored, not in hustle or hype, but in His steady affection. Let His love be home, not a hotel. [02:18]

John 15:9–10, 15: Just as the Father has loved me, I have loved you—so stay planted in that love. When you keep my ways, you live inside my love, just as I have remained in my Father’s love. I’m not calling you servants who don’t know what’s going on; I’m calling you friends, because I’ve shared with you what I heard from my Father.

Reflection: What label from your past still tries to name you, and how will you answer it this week with, “That ain’t me no more,” in both words and habits?

Day 2: Joy and Love Are Your Battle Weapons

Victim thinking loses its grip when joy becomes your chosen weapon and love becomes your practiced response. Identify the real enemy—sometimes the harsh voice is your own—and refuse to hand your peace to other people’s moods. Let joy set the climate in your heart, not circumstances; let love set the strategy, not resentment. Create boundaries that protect the joy Jesus puts in you. You’re moving from victim to victor, from reacting to reigning. [02:37]

John 15:11–13: I’m telling you these things so my joy settles in you and your joy reaches full. Here’s my charge: love one another the way I’ve loved you. The greatest kind of love is when someone lays down their life for their friends.

Reflection: Where do you most often lose your joy in conflict, and what one boundary or habit will you practice this week to guard it?

Day 3: Remember and Sit with Jesus at Table

God invites you to remember—because remembrance protects joy, fuels gratitude, and keeps your story straight. Communion isn’t empty ritual; it’s our present-table that points to past rescue and future hope. Fasting, too, is not just about saying “no” to food, but saying “yes” to time with Jesus—moving from knowing of Him to knowing Him. Sit with Him; let remembrance refocus you and cleanse your home of fear. Don’t let the world decide what the church remembers. [03:05]

Exodus 12:13–14: The blood on your houses will be the sign; when I see the blood, the destroyer passes by. Mark this as a day to remember through the generations, a lasting practice so you won’t forget what rescue looks like.

Reflection: What simple practice will you adopt this week to remember a specific deliverance God already gave you, and when will you do it?

Day 4: From Hopeless to Hopeful: Receive Forgiveness, Release Yourself

Jesus named that people would fail Him, and He still chose forgiveness—and He invites you to forgive yourself, too. Hopelessness often grows where self-accusation is watered; hope returns where grace is received. Let Him speak into your purpose, your plans, and your people—dream again, and distinguish “what I want” from “what I’m called to.” Write goals in pen and plans in pencil, trusting Him to guide the route. You are not stuck; you are seen, forgiven, and led. [03:11]

John 15:14–15: You are my friends when you live out what I command. I’m not keeping you in the dark like hired help; I’ve called you friends because everything I heard from my Father I’ve opened up to you.

Reflection: What self-accusing thought keeps replaying, and how will you answer it this week with the truth that Jesus has already moved on and calls you “friend”?

Day 5: Friend of God: Fruitful, Forceful Love, Be a Factor

Friendship with God makes fruitfulness simpler—He shows you what to do and where to invest so results remain. It also makes love more forceful, choosing to push bitterness and division out with practiced, sacrificial love. And it makes you a factor: a chosen vessel who carries Jesus’ name into places others won’t go. You are appointed, not accidental; sent, not sidelined. Step into a year of lasting fruit, courageous love, and visible impact. [03:00]

John 15:16: You didn’t choose me; I chose you and set you in place so you would go and produce fruit that stays. Then, as you ask the Father in my name, He will supply what’s needed for that mission.

Reflection: Where is God inviting you to be a “factor” for His kingdom—at work, at home, or in your community—and what specific step will you take there this week?

Sermon Summary

Rooted in John 15:9-16, the call is clear: abide in Christ’s love, receive His joy, and step into a new identity. In the upper-room setting, Jesus moves His disciples from distance to intimacy—“no longer servants… but friends”—and hands them a strategy to live free and fruitful. This moment, echoed through the Passover/Communion tradition, is not empty ritual; it is a lived memory that fuels present faith and future hope. Traditions that rehearse God’s saving work keep the heart awake to gratitude, keep the church anchored, and keep believers bold in a world eager to erase remembrance.

Knowing Jesus means more than knowing about Him. Fasting becomes a relational choice—laying down food, screens, noise, and even certain relationships—so there’s room to hear His voice. The name details—Jesus/Joshua—point to the same reality: Savior. The heart of it is what He does and is still doing—saving from sin, shame, and self-sabotage, and leading into purpose.

Identity must catch up with grace. “That’s not you anymore” names the shift: from victim to victor, from hopeless to hopeful, from foe to friend. There is a battle plan: identify the enemy (often the self), identify the weapons (joy and love), and identify the battlefield (set real boundaries). Joy is not mood—it’s a weapon. Love is not sentiment—it’s force that heals and holds covenant, especially under pressure. Boundaries are not rudeness—they are wisdom that protects calling, peace, and focus.

Hope rises when forgiveness takes root, starting with forgiving oneself. Jesus tells the disciples they will fail—and announces forgiveness before the failure—so shame cannot define the future. As friendship with God deepens, He reveals purpose, plans, and people. Goals are written in pen; plans in pencil. The route may shift, the calling won’t.

Friendship with God makes life fruitful, forceful in love, and a factor for mission. He shares what He learned from the Father “from the beginning,” wisdom greater than any app, to guide real choices in real time. Sent as chosen vessels, believers become living invitations to follow Jesus—moving beyond mere labels to true discipleship. For this year, set the highest aim: be a friend of God. Walk into the new with a new name over your life: that ain’t you no more.

Key Takeaways

1. Move from victim to victor Jesus gives a proactive plan so storms don’t steal identity. Victimhood remembers injury; victory remembers promise and power. Receive the joy He supplies and stand where grace seats you. Your past is real, but it’s no longer your ruler. [17:55]
2. Guard joy, love, and boundaries Joy is a weapon that stabilizes the soul; love is a weapon that heals what hell fractures. Without boundaries, even good hearts burn out and lose clarity. Decide who has access, where the fight is worth it, and where silence saves your peace. [21:59]
3. Practice forgiveness, especially of yourself Jesus names future failures, then announces forgiveness in advance. Self-condemnation builds hopelessness; grace builds courage to try again. Release the debt you’re holding against yourself so hope can breathe and obedience can move. [26:48]
4. Live as God’s trusted friend Servants get orders; friends get insight. God shares purpose, plans, and people with those who abide, revealing more than information—direction. Friendship with God makes you fruitful, forceful in love, and a factor in His mission. [36:25]

Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[01:25] - Abide in Love and Complete Joy
[03:02] - Theme: “That’s Not You Anymore”
[04:50] - Passover to Communion: Why We Remember
[10:32] - Knowing Jesus vs. Knowing About Him
[11:51] - Fasting to Make Room for God
[15:54] - From Victim to Victor
[19:47] - Strategy: Enemy, Weapons, Battlefield
[22:46] - Boundaries and Wise Access
[24:52] - From Hopeless to Hopeful: Forgiving Self
[29:51] - God Reveals Purpose, Plans, People
[33:21] - No Longer Servants: Friends of God
[38:32] - Friendship Produces Fruitfulness
[44:59] - Be a Factor: Sent and Useful
[47:48] - Aim of the Year: Be God’s Friend
[49:59] - Declare It: “That Ain’t Me No More”

Bible Study Guide

Bible reading
- John 15:9-16

Observation questions

In John 15:9-10, what does Jesus tie to “remaining in my love”? What shows someone is actually remaining?
John 15:11 names two joys. Whose joy is placed in the disciples, and what is the result of that joy?
In John 15:13-15, what shift does Jesus announce about their relationship, and what reason does He give for calling them “friends”?
What three parts made up the “battle plan” named—enemy, weapons, battlefield? “Identify the enemy… identify the weapons… identify the battlefield.” [19:47]

Interpretation questions

If remaining in Jesus’ love is connected to keeping His commands (John 15:9-10), how should obedience be understood—as cold duty or as the way intimacy is protected?
Joy is promised by Jesus to make the disciples’ joy complete (John 15:11), and joy was also called “a weapon.” How can joy function as strength that stabilizes someone during pressure? [21:24]
“I no longer call you servants… I have called you friends” (John 15:15). What does friendship with God imply about access, insight, and trust—not just getting orders but being let in on the Father’s heart? [33:21]
If love is a command (John 15:12) and boundaries were described as wisdom, how can real love and real boundaries work together so that calling, peace, and focus are protected? [22:46]

Application questions

“That ain’t you no more.” Where have you been wearing a victim label in your words or habits? What’s one step this week to stand as a victor instead—one action that lines up with promise instead of injury? [16:19]
Joy is a weapon. What simple daily practices will you use to guard joy—morning Scripture, gratitude list, worship playlist, silence at lunch, evening reflection? Pick two and set a start time. [21:24]
Boundaries mark the battlefield. Who or what needs limited access this month so your soul stays clear—DMs, late-night scrolling, a draining chat thread, extra commitments? Name two boundaries and how you’ll communicate them. “Certain folks shouldn’t have access to you.” [23:14]
Fasting makes room to know Jesus, not just know about Him. What are you laying down this week (food item, TV, social media, music, extra noise) and what will you pick up in that space (Scripture, prayer walk, journaling, quiet)? [11:51]
Self-forgiveness opens hope. What failure do you keep replaying? What would it look like to agree with Jesus’ “I already forgave you” and release the debt you’re holding against yourself—tonight, practically? [28:07]
Friends get insight. Where do you need God’s direction right now—purpose, plans, or people? What rhythm of abiding will you commit to this week (15 minutes daily in John 15, listening prayer, one-day retreat) to receive His insight? John 15:15-16
Be a factor. Where is God sending you to be a “chosen vessel” this month—at work, family, school, team, neighborhood? Name one person you’ll intentionally love and one next step you’ll take to invite them toward Jesus. [44:59]

Sermon Clips

Come on. You cannot get get to know a person if you don't take time to sit with them. You know of them but you don't know them. Come on. And what you gotta understand is Jesus in this moment is saying to you, when are you taking time to sit and get to know me and not know of me? When are you not watch this. When are you taking time out of your schedule to sit and get to know me and not of me? [00:10:54] (36 seconds) #KnowHimDeeply

During this fasting season, dear brothers and sisters, is not so that you can break away from food, but watch this, so that you can also get closer to god. Fasting, dear brothers and sisters, is us also sitting there saying, I'm not just giving away food, but watch this. Some of you need to give away some TV. Some of you need to give away give up some secular music. Some of you dear brothers and sisters need to give up social media because it is tearing you from god, come on, and not closer to god. And for some of you, you need to get stop talking to certain folks. [00:11:30] (40 seconds) #FastToDrawNear

Because now he does something, dear brothers and sisters, that is very subtle and very interesting as he sits there and says, I no longer call you blank. In this setting, he sits there and says, who you used to be? That ain't you no more. And dear brothers and sisters, who you were in 2024 ain't gonna work in 2026. [00:15:35] (31 seconds) #RenamedByGod

Come on. He is sitting there saying, who you used to be is not going to work in the destination that I have called you to do. And what you gotta understand, in 2026, you gotta start saying to yourself and to other folks, that ain't me no more. That ain't me no more. Don't call me by that name. Don't ask me to do this. Don't ask me to do that. Why? Because that ain't me no more. I moved on. I moved past, and I'm trying to be the person that god has called me to be. That ain't you no more. [00:16:06] (37 seconds) #NotWhoIWas

Let me say that again. He is not reactionary. We serve a proactive god. We are reactionary. Nine times out of 10, oh, god gave you a plan before you went into a storm. The problem that we have sometimes is when the storm came, we forgot the plan. So he sits there and gives them a strategy in how to be victorious. [00:19:15] (35 seconds) #GodHasAPlan

Come on. You don't go to war without in identifying who you gonna fight. And some of us have accidentally shot friends who weren't enemies. Oh. Because you did not identify who the enemy was. And not only do you identify the enemy, watch this, you identify the weapons. In this season, you have to know what weapons are at your disposal. Oh my god. Let me say that again. You gotta know what weapons are at your disposable. Nobody goes into battle not knowing what weapons they got. [00:20:41] (41 seconds) #KnowYourWeapons

And Jesus tells all of the, watch this, all of the disciples, he tells them, hey, listen. You going to let me down. You go mess up but I'm letting you know now, I already forgave you. Come on. And what you gotta understand dear brothers and sisters that no matter what you did last month, last year, two years ago, Jesus wanted me to tell you that he forgave you. He done moved on, and guess what? So can you. [00:28:07] (34 seconds) #AlreadyForgiven

I think I told y'all this a couple weeks ago that goals are written in pen. Plans are written in pencil. Pencil. Come on. In case you missed it. Goals are written in pen. Plans are written in pencil. Come on. It don't matter the route you take. Long as you get to the destination that god called you to have. It don't matter the route that it takes. [00:32:21] (27 seconds) #GoalsInPen

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11.00AM Sunday Service: That's not You Anymore

Devotional

Day 1: Remain in Love: That Ain’t You Anymore

Day 2: Joy and Love Are Your Battle Weapons

Day 3: Remember and Sit with Jesus at Table

Day 4: From Hopeless to Hopeful: Receive Forgiveness, Release Yourself

Day 5: Friend of God: Fruitful, Forceful Love, Be a Factor

Sermon Summary

Key Takeaways

Youtube Chapters

Bible Study Guide

Sermon Clips

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11.00AM Sunday Service: That's not You Anymore

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