The Transformative Power of Honor in Community
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"Honor means to highly value, highly esteem somebody. Honor means to love somebody else or something. It's the most powerful expression of love. Honor is the love attitude that releases but also sustains a kingdom family. It sustains the kingdom of God. It's so powerful because it attracts heaven into our lives, into our reality. Honor releases heaven's culture into our lives. Honor is the value system of heaven. Honor is the glue that keeps our relationships together. It keeps us healthy, vibrant, and also with no hidden agendas." [01:15:14] (47 seconds)
"Culture of honor is celebrating someone who he or she is without stumbling over who they are not. Yet. I'll say it again for those who missed it. In the culture of honor, we celebrate who the person is. But we do. We do not stumble over what they are not or yet. That means we don't trip over their stuff. We don't trip over their issues. We don't trip over. And surely we don't define people by their weaknesses. Amen? We don't define people by their weaknesses. But we celebrate every person who is uniquely made by God." [01:16:01] (42 seconds)
"We are all on a journey of healing. Yes, in our spirit, we are absolutely perfect. We are perfect in Christ. We are heaven ready. We look like Jesus. We have his righteousness. Everything. But the thing is, though, in our mind and our soul, there's issues. There's things that have happened to you. Things have been done to you. Or you've done stuff yourself. Made mistakes. And things like that. But we cannot keep people in prison for what they have done. Or a mistake that they made in some moments in their life." [01:17:35] (28 seconds)
"I'm so against this cancel culture. I talked about it last week. I'm so. I think it's from the devil. And the problem is, though, it's gone into the church. The cancel culture says, you made a mistake. I cancel you. You are out. You failed. You're a failure." [01:17:50] (18 seconds)
"Let's not be offended by other people's mistakes or weaknesses or thoughts or whatever, but let's allow healing to flow. Let's give space to people. People need space. For one, they need to belong. They need to know that God loves them and that I love them and that you love them. That's the first thing, that they belong." [01:19:04] (19 seconds)
"Jesus loved his enemies because he knew the potential that they had. He knows all the problems. He gets all that stuff. But he says something about this, about honor, that it's amazing. If we don't take justice in our own hands, when we love and honor, when we learn to do this, then God, and this is the secret, then God would be and will be our vindicator. He will be. Our vindicator. See, we react in the opposite spirit of what comes at you." [01:24:15] (34 seconds)
"Even when we struggle with enemies, the divine promise of God is that when we still choose to, to honor and to love and to see with the eyes of Jesus, it says that he will release justice. He will release blessing and favor on your life. Verse 20. If your enemy is hungry, buy him some lunch." [01:28:10] (29 seconds)
"This is powerful. This is so powerful. Never let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good. It is the opposite spirit that we can react and God's favor is upon this. When we honor, when we do this, God will bless us. He will give us favor. May not be easy, but there's something about the divine interaction that God honors this kind of stuff. You'll see more when we go through this. Honor releases God's favor, divine intervention and blessing." [01:28:53] (33 seconds)
"Love and honoring Jesus is the most important thing we can ever do I'll tell you if we want to see a culture of honor in our personal lives and a culture of honor In our church, honor is our posture. If we want that, then Jesus has to be first." [01:38:27] (24 seconds)
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"Culture of honor is celebrating someone who he or she is without stumbling over who they are not. Yet. I'll say it again for those who missed it. In the culture of honor, we celebrate who the person is. But we do. We do not stumble over what they are not or yet. That means we don't trip over their stuff. We don't trip over their issues. We don't trip over. And surely we don't define people by their weaknesses. Amen? We don't define people by their weaknesses. But we celebrate every person who is uniquely made by God." [01:16:01] (42 seconds)
"We are all on a journey of healing. Yes, in our spirit, we are absolutely perfect. We are perfect in Christ. We are heaven ready. We look like Jesus. We have his righteousness. Everything. But the thing is, though, in our mind and our soul, there's issues. There's things that have happened to you. Things have been done to you. Or you've done stuff yourself. Made mistakes. And things like that. But we cannot keep people in prison for what they have done. Or a mistake that they made in some moments in their life." [01:17:35] (28 seconds)
"I'm so against this cancel culture. I talked about it last week. I'm so. I think it's from the devil. And the problem is, though, it's gone into the church. The cancel culture says, you made a mistake. I cancel you. You are out. You failed. You're a failure." [01:17:50] (18 seconds)
"Let's not be offended by other people's mistakes or weaknesses or thoughts or whatever, but let's allow healing to flow. Let's give space to people. People need space. For one, they need to belong. They need to know that God loves them and that I love them and that you love them. That's the first thing, that they belong." [01:19:04] (19 seconds)
"Jesus loved his enemies because he knew the potential that they had. He knows all the problems. He gets all that stuff. But he says something about this, about honor, that it's amazing. If we don't take justice in our own hands, when we love and honor, when we learn to do this, then God, and this is the secret, then God would be and will be our vindicator. He will be. Our vindicator. See, we react in the opposite spirit of what comes at you." [01:24:15] (34 seconds)
"Even when we struggle with enemies, the divine promise of God is that when we still choose to, to honor and to love and to see with the eyes of Jesus, it says that he will release justice. He will release blessing and favor on your life. Verse 20. If your enemy is hungry, buy him some lunch." [01:28:10] (29 seconds)
"This is powerful. This is so powerful. Never let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good. It is the opposite spirit that we can react and God's favor is upon this. When we honor, when we do this, God will bless us. He will give us favor. May not be easy, but there's something about the divine interaction that God honors this kind of stuff. You'll see more when we go through this. Honor releases God's favor, divine intervention and blessing." [01:28:53] (33 seconds)
"Love and honoring Jesus is the most important thing we can ever do I'll tell you if we want to see a culture of honor in our personal lives and a culture of honor In our church, honor is our posture. If we want that, then Jesus has to be first." [01:38:27] (24 seconds)
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