Transformative Love: Embracing Identity and Community in Christ
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"if his words will become a part of you you can ask anything you desire and it'll be done that's why even in the 11th hour and hearing a report that Lauren's pretty much gone I go nope Lord with everything in me I'll keep fighting we've seen God do such great things over and over and over again but to live like that guys you have to reject the narrative of the world around you that says you can't that says it's not possible it's not going to happen you have to begin to live like the cross actually meant something it's not a ticket to heaven it's a ticket that everything of this life can change it's access it is a key that opens." [01:20:51] (60 seconds)
"and God has moved and his hand is right here in your midst what is it that you need him to touch in your life today what is it that you need him to make whole to move so that you can look like act like sound like be free to be like Jesus in every arena he says just believe just step into that his words would be more than enough for you it's not about praying long enough it's about do you believe him do you hear him do you hear him say I love you and that's enough tonight he didn't try to build this group of people who would get it right no he he called out that people would look like him." [01:22:52] (56 seconds)
"he's not giving you a task that you can't do he's not giving you hope for something that you can't possibly have he's issuing a challenge that you've been lied to and that by obeying him loving one another you can actually look like act like and sound like God because you are his kids you're the ones he chose you're the ones he loves above everything else so think about this with him in Romans Romans says it this for the earnest expectation of creation is of eagerly awaiting the revealing of the sons of God your neighborhoods your homes your families your job your hobbies need you to look like act like and sound like Jesus." [01:24:36] (64 seconds)
"and without love it doesn't mean anything that love changes everything but you cannot see yourself as a slave or a servant you cannot see yourself as the one who's required to be a part of something you have to know that you are his child and in being his child you transform into the image of god not because of you getting it right but because you belong to a family now we have to stop trying to do things for god and be who god made us so that he can do things with us we have to step into a season where like it's kind of funny like in the body of christ when when one person gets breakthrough in some places there's jealousy." [01:31:23] (66 seconds)
"what if everything in your life that you're waiting on god to do for you to fix to change isn't about you finally doing it right or saying it right or praying right or walking into the kingdom and doing the right thing on the right day what if it's all waiting for you to receive it as inheritance when he says seek first the kingdom and its righteousness and all these things will be added to you that means that well you're going god i need you to fix this issue in my life and my sin my problem that's not that it's not real but what if he says come learn how to serve others with me first that that sin issue." [01:33:04] (55 seconds)
"and you stop trying to fix it, sometimes God just simply needs us to set something down long enough for him to take it away. For some of you, it literally is the picture. God, when are you going to deal with this? When are you going to deal with this? And you're waving it at him over and over and over. God, when are you going to fix this? And it's like he's trying to snatch it out of the air for you. And you just keep waving it at him. When are you going to do this? And the second you stop trying to fix it and let it go, he might be able to snatch it from you." [01:34:27] (38 seconds)
"Can you hear the Lord say, hey, you are my beloved in whom I'm well pleased? When I say that, does your heart light up because you know it's true? Or does it struggle? It doesn't matter which is the reality of it, but that's literally what God is saying over your life. If it's hard to accept, then you just settle in and go, Jesus, I don't believe that yet. He's not afraid of it. If you have begun where that is an okay thing and you truly do believe, because this is the key, in whom I am well pleased. Can you feel his pleasure?" [01:38:36] (51 seconds)
"letting God say he loves you and not only letting it be enough, but it becomes to me this place where you operate from inheritance because if your family didn't do it right for you, what does that mean? In heaven, God has it all for you. And he's going to release it here to the earth so that you can be who God made you to be. You are not limited by the choices of other people. You are not limited by the things that have been done to you. That's what Isaiah 61 means when it says that there is freedom for the captors, release for the prisoners. Captives, someone has done something to them." [01:45:50] (45 seconds)
"Sadly, that is what the enemy tells every other religion, right? It doesn't matter. You can look at every religion on the planet. You have these rules. Okay, you have to believe in whatever God. Then you have to behave correctly. Then you get the reward. God flips that on its head. He says, believe in me and I will make you, my sons and daughters. And the reward comes then already and your behaviors change after you believe, after you belong. You have to live from identity because that's what transforms who our God is inside of you." [01:48:50] (46 seconds)
"When he gets to move, when he gets to touch your heart, when he gets to stand and you relent on having to fix it, then all these things get transformed inside of us. And you live out of his heart, his wants, his desires. You don't have to fix the things. I lived this for years and years saying, God, when are you going to fix this big, massive problem in my life? When are you going to solve what I think is my problem? And over and over he'd say, let's go work on this. Let's go deal with something else." [01:49:55] (43 seconds)
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"and God has moved and his hand is right here in your midst what is it that you need him to touch in your life today what is it that you need him to make whole to move so that you can look like act like sound like be free to be like Jesus in every arena he says just believe just step into that his words would be more than enough for you it's not about praying long enough it's about do you believe him do you hear him do you hear him say I love you and that's enough tonight he didn't try to build this group of people who would get it right no he he called out that people would look like him." [01:22:52] (56 seconds)
"he's not giving you a task that you can't do he's not giving you hope for something that you can't possibly have he's issuing a challenge that you've been lied to and that by obeying him loving one another you can actually look like act like and sound like God because you are his kids you're the ones he chose you're the ones he loves above everything else so think about this with him in Romans Romans says it this for the earnest expectation of creation is of eagerly awaiting the revealing of the sons of God your neighborhoods your homes your families your job your hobbies need you to look like act like and sound like Jesus." [01:24:36] (64 seconds)
"and without love it doesn't mean anything that love changes everything but you cannot see yourself as a slave or a servant you cannot see yourself as the one who's required to be a part of something you have to know that you are his child and in being his child you transform into the image of god not because of you getting it right but because you belong to a family now we have to stop trying to do things for god and be who god made us so that he can do things with us we have to step into a season where like it's kind of funny like in the body of christ when when one person gets breakthrough in some places there's jealousy." [01:31:23] (66 seconds)
"what if everything in your life that you're waiting on god to do for you to fix to change isn't about you finally doing it right or saying it right or praying right or walking into the kingdom and doing the right thing on the right day what if it's all waiting for you to receive it as inheritance when he says seek first the kingdom and its righteousness and all these things will be added to you that means that well you're going god i need you to fix this issue in my life and my sin my problem that's not that it's not real but what if he says come learn how to serve others with me first that that sin issue." [01:33:04] (55 seconds)
"and you stop trying to fix it, sometimes God just simply needs us to set something down long enough for him to take it away. For some of you, it literally is the picture. God, when are you going to deal with this? When are you going to deal with this? And you're waving it at him over and over and over. God, when are you going to fix this? And it's like he's trying to snatch it out of the air for you. And you just keep waving it at him. When are you going to do this? And the second you stop trying to fix it and let it go, he might be able to snatch it from you." [01:34:27] (38 seconds)
"Can you hear the Lord say, hey, you are my beloved in whom I'm well pleased? When I say that, does your heart light up because you know it's true? Or does it struggle? It doesn't matter which is the reality of it, but that's literally what God is saying over your life. If it's hard to accept, then you just settle in and go, Jesus, I don't believe that yet. He's not afraid of it. If you have begun where that is an okay thing and you truly do believe, because this is the key, in whom I am well pleased. Can you feel his pleasure?" [01:38:36] (51 seconds)
"letting God say he loves you and not only letting it be enough, but it becomes to me this place where you operate from inheritance because if your family didn't do it right for you, what does that mean? In heaven, God has it all for you. And he's going to release it here to the earth so that you can be who God made you to be. You are not limited by the choices of other people. You are not limited by the things that have been done to you. That's what Isaiah 61 means when it says that there is freedom for the captors, release for the prisoners. Captives, someone has done something to them." [01:45:50] (45 seconds)
"Sadly, that is what the enemy tells every other religion, right? It doesn't matter. You can look at every religion on the planet. You have these rules. Okay, you have to believe in whatever God. Then you have to behave correctly. Then you get the reward. God flips that on its head. He says, believe in me and I will make you, my sons and daughters. And the reward comes then already and your behaviors change after you believe, after you belong. You have to live from identity because that's what transforms who our God is inside of you." [01:48:50] (46 seconds)
"When he gets to move, when he gets to touch your heart, when he gets to stand and you relent on having to fix it, then all these things get transformed inside of us. And you live out of his heart, his wants, his desires. You don't have to fix the things. I lived this for years and years saying, God, when are you going to fix this big, massive problem in my life? When are you going to solve what I think is my problem? And over and over he'd say, let's go work on this. Let's go deal with something else." [01:49:55] (43 seconds)
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