Becoming a Vessel of Honor Pt 4 - Joe Sweet

and we've been talking about becoming a vessel of Honor what's a vessel of Honor it's a vessel that's clean sanctified and useful for God to use we get that out of 2nd Timothy chapter 2 this is part 4 I'll read 2nd Timothy chapter 2 verse 20 and 21 but in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also wood and clay some vessels are for honor some are for dishonor and as I've said before in our home we might have a fine silver picture for when we have company or a special meal we also have a plastic trash can under the sink they're both vessels they're both used once for honor once for dishonor so he's saying in God's house there's all different kinds of vessels some vessels God uses for honor and some are used for dishonor he said what kind of vessel do you want to be what kind of SOE R is up to us he said therefore if anyone cleanses himself so that means it must be intentional if we cleanse ourselves from the latter meaning dishonor he will be a vessel for honor sanctified that means set apart for God and useful for the master prepared for every good work so what what is it that we need to be prepared in God's eyes for every good work and that's to be clean in our heart then when our hearts clean our lips are clean because from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks so what God's looking for is purity in our heart purity in our thoughts our heart is what we think our imaginations what we value God says if we will cleanse ourself he will count us as a vessel of honor and in his eyes will be useful and in his eyes will be ready for every good work so what makes us ready is not whether we have a degree in theology or not I'm not saying that studying is not important it is but having a clean heart is more important so he said that's what makes us because in God's eyes what makes us a useful vessel is the flow of his love of his spirit of grace his spirit of truth so I just love and it's not just truth it's both together love without truth is lawlessness the truth without love is death it's a grace and truth love and truth together that flow coming from our life makes us a useful vessel ready for every good work you want to talk about that what we want to talk about we're going to go on today I believe you and I want to be vessels of Honor don't we now when God made us God put something in all of us we all have it and that's a desire to be significant a desire that our life would count how many have that yeah that's from God there's an ungodly way to fulfill that desire through ego through flesh chasing money even ministry accomplishments we could get our identity in ministry that's an idol but our value comes from abiding in Christ and knowing that he is the treasure in the earthen vessel that's our value what higher value could there be than to know that Christ lives in us come on and so the Jesus told a parable about the kingdom he said the kingdom of heaven is like a man who found a treasure hidden in a field and when he did he went for joy and sold everything he had to get that treasure that's a picture of a believer having the lights go on see where were the field second Corinthians chapter 4 paul says we have this treasure in earthen vessels the treasure he said is the glory of God that's in the face of Jesus who's in our heart the glory of God the Spirit of Christ is in us but we can live like mere men we could know it from the neck up we can know it intellectually yes a man I know Christ is in me but the kingdom of heaven is like a man walking through a field and all of a sudden his eyes are open and sees under his feet a treasure that treasure is more valuable than everything he owns and so it for him it's pure joy to sell everything to get that treasure now when you don't see the treasure and you just say okay you're supposed to be good you're supposed to do that it's supposed to do that it's drudgery and tyranny it's religion it's like oh yeah I know I should obey I should pray I should no no when we know Christ is in us revival is only eighteen inches away when it goes from here to here it's revival when the lights go on and we say oh I but it's real it's real Christ is in me who if he's in me I want his life to manifest and then then we're ready to sell everything to get that and it's a journey it doesn't happen overnight we have to learn we Christ is in me I want the life of cry how many want the life of Christ see that's the UH that's the kingdom she said the kingdom is when the lights go on oh Christ Jimmy how help me Lord how how do I do this I gotta find out how to walk so that he comes out and that's called the process of sanctification and when the lights go on we'll sell everything to walk that out we'll sell everything and we'll do for joy we won't organ oh I have to pray slike I'm I get to pray I get to read my Bible because I see the treasure I'm going for the life of Christ so that's why the Bible says if anyone will cleanse himself and I mention this in the previous messages there are scriptures that tell us that God Himself will sanctify us than those other scriptures it says sanctify yourself so which is it God said Psalm 138 verse 8 I will perfect that which concerns you 1st Thessalonians 5 verse 23 and 24 now may the God of peace sanctify you completely may your whole body soul and spirit be a preserved blameless under the coming Lord faithfulness he who calls you he will do it Hebrews 13 20 and 21 now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead that great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant may he make you perfect in every good work working in you what's well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever those are promises that God will sanctifies then you read Joshua 3:5 God says sanctify yourself for tomorrow I'll do wonders we read 2nd Corinthians chapter 6 and verse in chapter 7 where God says I will dwell among you all walk among you I'll walk in you it says I'll be your God therefore come out from among them be separate touch not the unclean thing so he's telling us to do it so what is it here's what it is picture this God creates water God has makes a shower God put soap in the shower there's a towel hanging on the bar here we are we're dirty God said sanctify yourself and I'll wash you he's saying you sanctify yourself and I'll sanctify you what is he saying get in the shower he said I will make you it's my shower my soap my water I'll sanctify you I'll clean you get in there so we we get in the shower we turn on God shower God's water God's soap and God cleanses us and we sanctified ourselves that's how it works we do our part he cleanses us how does he do it Ephesians chapter 5 by the washing of the water of the word so if Satan can get us so busy and so distracted that we don't have undistracted time in the word we are severely flooring and hindering the sanctification process so that's our battle our battle is in our busy lives with all that we are have to do to carve away the time where this becomes a priority we cannot let the tyranny of the urgent keep us from the most important because this life flies by fast if you get time alone in the word when you can find it you won't find very much but when your time alone in the word because you make the time it'll happen every day now we don't have to be bird and say oh what a job just sanctity no no we just get in there and turn the water on God will do the cleansing his word is living active powerful alive and it'll washes he'll transform us of course that was last week's message if you missed it you need to get the CD so now there's a vessel of honor so we just make up our mind I am going to be a person of the word I'm going to be a person where I prayerfully without distractions let the word wash me that means go to church listen to your anointed preacher read your Bible it's the truth obey those Hebrews 13 people don't like to hear this says obey those who have ruled over you for they watch out for your souls as they must give an account to God so don't make their job hard and grievous the Bible says so when you're told things from the word you know let's do it okay now that's what it encourages us what what motivates us to be sanctified is it God is called every one of us to be significant there is no one please hear this there is no one who has an unimportant part in the body of Christ there is no one you may not see it but you need to know it it's true your part is important every one of us should give ourselves to the Lord to let him sanctify so we can do our part God is as a significant purpose for every person do you believe that now so we sanctify ourselves we're motivated I'm talking about the motivation now I'm going to talk about in a moment we'll get to the means of sanctification if you're going to get encouraged but another motivation is found in John 17 verse 19 jesus said of himself to the Father he prayed father I sanctify myself for their sake so that they also can be sanctified by the truth so we don't we sanctify ourselves just so we can have the treasure of Christ manifesting but there's a purpose beyond that it's so God can make us vessels to bring grace and truth to other people so they can be sanctified so the Lord can have his harvest so the sick can be healed the brokenhearted can be healed so we have to if we're gonna be a vessel of Honor that God uses that way we have to set us our selves apart to be clean but our tongue has to be clean our thoughts our heart clean before God that's what makes us ready cleanness amen now so we took that's our motivation are you motivated all right now we saw it last week just by way of reminder if you missed the previous messages you can watch all of them free on YouTube or you could get a CD for a dollar the lowest price CD in the nation probably but maybe not I don't know but um what we learned last week is this God wants to restore glory back to the church glory I mean the manifested glory of God presents where all the church is anointed that was last week everybody's flowing in the gifts in the power that's what God wants and I'm I'm going for it I don't want to have any other kind of Church you know I don't please don't misunderstand me don't misunderstand me I love everybody here and I don't want anybody to leave the church but if you know in your heart I don't want to walk with God I don't want to grow in holiness this is not the church for you I want to be with people that are like me where none of us are there we're all on the road but I want to be with people who want to go all the way for Jesus all the way and that until the glory starts breaking out until we tell like now listen I'm not being funny this is real there's something that has to be covered before Jesus comes back the Bible says when Moses encountered the Lord his face shone he didn't even know it when he came down from the mountain he didn't know that his face was shining and it put fear of God into people itself so you had to put a veil over his face and Paul says the glory of the Old Covenant is in fear to the glory of the new he said the glory the news greater so if we will allow God to sanctify us individually and corporately we're gonna get to the place where we have more glory than Moses walked in that's the truth we now listen I know people might kilt and think ah what what are you talking about only what's in the Bible it says in Isaiah 60 verses 1 & 2 it says when gross darkness covers the earth the glory of the Lord will rise and shine upon you it shall be seen now that's not in the Millennium darkness won't be covering the earth in the Millennium the devil and all the demons will be in the pit glory will be covering the earth as the waters cover the sea the knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the earth during the Millennium that'll be an awesome time so he says when gross darkness I think that's right now when people don't know what gender they are where politicians get on and just spew out lie after lie and say it's the truth and pretend they're sad about impeachment when they're drooling for it it's gross darkness it's gross darkness that means it's a time for the glory to start emerging that means God's gonna raise up a people that'll come out of Sunday Christianity into seven days a week walking with God saying Lord wash me let your word get in me Lord sanctify me Lord move me on Lord until my face starts shining that's where we're going now what's the means by which God does it the means is is by the washing of the water the word and by the activity of the Holy Spirit let's look at the scriptures John 17:17 he said father sanctify them by the truth Your Word is truth by the way sanctification is the greatest blessing that could happen to any of us I pray regularly God sanctify my heart and sanctify this body you are prayed for every week for you are prayed for four hours every week that God would sanctify you we've got a team here in our body and we're praying for you all the time to be washed in the water of the word because what we become now in this life sets our eternity it's what we're going to be for eternity not everybody's going to be in the same place in God's kingdom there's different levels of reward different levels of authority different levels of glory as we allow God to deal with us correct us washes renew our mind and make us more like Christ so that his spirit can flow out of us that's preparing us for our eternal place in God's kingdom so he said sanctify them by the truth Your Word is truth visions 5 Christ loved the church gave himself for her that he might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word what happens when we allow the word to washes it says he can present her to himself a glorious church there's the word glory you're so excited I'm going to go ahead and read the next verse 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 this is our lead-in to today's message 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 13 and 14 Paul says we're bound to give thanks to God always for you brethren beloved by the Lord because God from the beginning chose you for salvation the salvation in the Bible speaks of justification sanctification under glorification that's what the word salvation means where you're forgiven transformed unto glory until we're like Jesus he said God chose you for this through sanctification by the spirit and belief in the truth those are the two means by which God changes us we believe the word of God and the Spirit changes us we do the believing God does the changing so God chose you to be justified transformed unto the glory of Christ through the process of sanctification by believing the truth and the spirit changing you because of the truth that you're believing that's how we're transformed to which he called you by our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ when Jesus went up on the Mount of Transfiguration and showed his glory he was he taught Peter James and John how to be transfigured and Peter teaches it in his epistle I have a whole message on that I think it was I did a few weeks ago on a Thursday night I did a series called Authority glory and rewards I think it's the third third message I talked about how Jesus taught Peter how we can grow into Transfiguration we can grow into glory my prayers that God let me live long enough and tell my face is shining like Moses I want to be dead and he lives no we can't do that by our own energy in our own power it does by faith in God's Word and his spirit working in it okay how many see the process sanctification is what makes us vessels of Honor agreed sanctification happens by the activity of the Spirit when we believe the truth when we believe the truth the Spirit works and it brings us unto glory okay here's another one acts 20:6 not all believers will get not sad is sad to say not all believers will get their eternal inheritance it's it's you're it's possible to go to heaven but not get your inheritance you understand that our inheritance is the measure of Christ that were capable of carrying and manifesting now listen acts 26 verse 16 the Lord appears to Saul on the road to Damascus who then became Paul the Apostle who wrote more than half the books of the New Testament the Lord said to him rise because he fell down when he saw the glory of God stand on your feet for I've appeared to you for this purpose to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you've seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you I will deliver you from the Jewish people as well as from the Gentiles whom I now send you now listen to his Commission verse 18 to open their eyes to turn them from darkness to light for the power Satan to God now why that they're going to receive two things they may receive forgiveness of sins one and number two an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me now it's possible to receive forgiveness of sins but not allow the Lord to sanctify us Jesus said the inheritance that God has for us is for those who are sanctified by faith in him to say that so there could be two groups of Christian those that have forgiveness of sins and those also that are their sins forgiven but they're getting their inheritance because they're allowing God to sanctify them by faith in Jesus he said I'm sending you so that they can have their sins forgiven and in inheritance now the inheritance is for those who are sanctified by faith what's our inheritance Romans 8:17 said if you're children of God then your heirs you are joint heirs of God he's our inheritance and heirs with Christ Jesus Romans 8:17 it's conditional now I've many many years ago in the Word of Faith Movement there's a lot of good things you could learn for the Word of Faith Movement there's also things we can bypass we can just confess I'm an heir of God amen I claim it but there's a condition here we are we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together so sanctification will involve a degree of suffering it's denying self and yielding to Christ so he said if you suffer with him you'll be an heir that means if you allow sanctification if I allow sanctification to work in me if I'll deny myself admit my faults repent when I'm wrong give up my will yield to him in other words I'm believing the word and yielding to the word the Holy Spirit works in me to be able to make me able to yield he said if you'll suffer with him you'll be glorified with him and then you end up being an heir and now an heir of God means God fills you and we become like Christ too where Christ said I'm not doing the works the father in me does it works like Christ said as here I I speak as I see I do father and I are one so so getting our inheritance in Christ is Yuling to the process of sanctification till the Holy Spirit brings us to the place of John 17 verse 2021 where G said father I pray that they'll become one in us like you and I are one that's our inheritance where self is no longer running me well I'm not reacting because of my ego god help us but we're dead we can here's what it says in 1st Peter chapter 2 Christ suffered for us leaving us an example that we should follow in his steps who did no sin neither was there deceit in his mouth when he was reviled he did not revile back that's not easy when he suffered he did not threaten but he committed himself to God who judges righteously Peter says Christ suffered left us an example let's follow in his steps if we'll follow his word his Spirit will work in us we may not get it right the first time or the second time or even the tenth or twelfth time but we keep getting up and keep following we'll eventually get it right God doesn't flunk us he just keeps giving us the test over and over how many have had our on multiple tests be - oh I feel better now he knows huh he knows our frame he remembers that were dust that's what Psalm 103 says so there's a process now if we're lacking in sanctification it means we're lacking in believing the word now I can't believe he said sanctify them by the truth I can't believe the truth if I don't read the book every sin that we commit is from a lack of knowing and believing God's Word period do you agree with that see we can sin with our tongue because we forget we may read it but we forget the word we didn't keep the word in our heart I know that's how it's happened with me if something comes out either Oh Lord I repent I didn't keep the word in my heart thy word have I hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you she's word said death and life are in the power of the tongue God said that we're gonna give an account for every idle word that we speak so in that we hold that word in our heart that word becomes a stronghold of light it keeps us sanctifies us no no for the believer sanctification is a lifestyle of believing it's a lifestyle of looking to the Lord looking to his word leaning on him relying staking our life on the truth of his word what's taking our life on what his words says man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from God's mouth so the more we know his word and can internalize it the more light we could walk in Psalm outter 1930 says the endurance of his word gives light we can think we know God but when God illuminates his word it'll change our mind amen now here's what Jesus said in John 3:18 he that believes the Gospel message is this repent and believe that means stop what we're doing the direction we're going and now believe what God says now if I believe what God says is gonna change what I do agreed okay listen he that believes in Him is not condemned he who does not believe is condemned already because he's not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God a lifestyle of believing takes us out from under condemnation because in Christ but when we don't believe God said you're already condemned you can't be saved unless you're believing my word believing his word is our salvation John 3:36 he who believes in the son has everlasting life who does not believe look to rely upon follow lean upon the son shall not see life but the wrath of God is already resting on him John 3:36 so so all compromised if we have any compromise in our life well it's just exhorting saying hey don't compromise isn't the answer the compromise comes from not believing God's Word get back in the word let the word change your mind the word is the ultimate truth when Jesus was challenged he would say it is written when he asked questions he'd say have you never read when they challenged him about being the son of God he said it's written in the scripture ye are gods and he said Jesus said the scripture can't be broken the word is the final authority some hundred of 19 verse hundred five said his word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path if I'm not walking in line with the word I'm not walking in the light I don't care how rational or right it seems to my mind the human mind can deceive us but the word is alight now let's keep going a little farther on sanctification I want to talk about peace when we believe God Romans chapter five verse one says we now have peace with God through faith in Jesus Christ remember she said they're sanctified by faith in me so we believe Jesus suffered died buried rose again and he did that as a substitute for us the sinless one took our guilt the sinless one took our punishment I was guilty he paid my debt we believe that and the blood of Jesus applied to us we have peace with God we feel peace now there's another piece that's peace with God but remember he said they're gonna receive their inheritance by being sanctified by faith in me faith brings peace and now that's peace with God I know God's not mad at me I know I'm not going to hell I know my sins are forgiven praise the Lord that we could just have a hallelujah for a long time just over that but there's another level of peace there's a peace with God then there's another piece it's called the peace of God I could have peace with God I know I'm not going to hell but I could have anxiety and stress in my heart I could have bitterness and anger unforgiveness and I don't have the peace of God of course if you have unforgiveness you'll lose your peace with God if you have unforgiveness you will not make it into heaven jesus said that it's a it's a serious we can make light of it see well I'm just mad holding grudges will make you not go to heaven Jesus said it read mark chapter 11 he said when you pray forgive whoever here has hurt you or offended you he said so that your father will forgive you he said if you do not forgive neither will my father forgive you we need to pay attention to that now why are we talking about peace sanctified by faith faith brings peace people in the world don't have peace peace with God now why because when we look at sanctification of God the work of God's Spirit the sanctifying work of God's Spirit always starts with peace and blamelessness and holiness and sanctification spring out of peace they follow peace let me show you through the scripture then we'll go back and talk about peace of God here's a scripture 1st Thessalonians 5:23 now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely so since the God of peace sanctify Kayson peace is the linchpin to all the fruit of the Spirit when we have peace we can the fruit of the Spirit can flow when we become aware of this know for a long time I wasn't aware of this when we become aware of our heart and aware of the level of peace in our heart then we can work at maintaining peace now when we maintain peace the fruit of the Spirit can flow I can look back at my life and anytime I had an attitude or is something that was ungodly or not or fleshly whatever is because I lost my peace when you lose your peace the fruit goes out the window are you with me so what what look at these verses now may that first of all may the God of peace sanctify you so when we become aware of that our goal is to keep our focus on the Lord I have peace with God but we need to walk in the peace of God I'll talk about that in a minute but when we have peace with God and we can maintain the peace of God where we don't get rattled we can stay in the fruit of the Spirit at all times there's another one Hebrews 13 verse 20 21 now may the God of peace make you perfect in every good work so sanctification follows peace making you perfect follows peace here's another one it says a second Peter chapter 3 verse 13 he's talking about all the things that are coming on the end of the ADEs he said nevertheless we according to his promise we look for new heavens and a new earth which righteousness dwells therefore beloved brethren look forward looking forward to these things be diligent to be found by him in peace without spot and blameless so first he said be diligent to be in peace if we can maintain peace we'll be spotless blameless come on somebody now when we become aware of this the enemy will use people situations things to agitate us and get us to lose our peace when the again the peace is the linchpin of all the fruit of the Spirit you lose your peace all the fruit go out the window now so we know we want to have we have peace with God how many have peace with God through the blood of Jesus let me know that you're saved you have peace with God now well now our challenge is we want to walk in the peace of God there's a difference and if we can walk in peace with God and the peace of God well the sanctification process will speed up it will speed up he'll accelerate while we're in the peace of God we remember that our goal first Timothy 1:5 is love sweet so he said be diligent to find what'd he say second Peter 3 be diligent to be found by him in peace without spot blameless we give an example what the peace of God is somebody who ever heard me share this before some of you have it many years ago probably about 40 years ago 40 41 years ago I was at a meeting with a Holy Spirit field very saintly man I think he's still alive I looked on a website recently a Catholic priest that was filled with the Holy Spirit and the love of God his name was father John Hamm it's a colouration priest and he was doing when I lived in Palm Desert he was doing these eight-hour seminars so he floated the gifts of the Spirit word of knowledge and so forth and inner healing for people so we would go to a hallway and uh he would teach for two or three hours have a little break and and teach to again to lunch then have a lunch break and teach until the afternoon and then pray over everybody he lots of people get inner healings and physical healings and the Holy Spirit moved just a godly man so I'm at one of his meetings actually I was I've been at one of his meetings but the meeting that this happened to him I wasn't at I just heard him tell about it in one of the breaks he went back in the hallway and he was you know everybody went out to go eat lunch they didn't provide lunch so he went back in the hallway it looks moved around in the kitchen see if he could make himself a cup of coffee so he found a coffee pot and it was already plugged in and had hot water in it so he found a thing of instant coffee found a cup found a spoon put some hot water in a cup put some instant coffee in there and but what he didn't know was the kitchen was closed and the ladies had been in there cleaning and that wasn't hot water in a coffee pot it was lie which is a very strong acid but it comes out clear like water so he put the instant coffee in made a cup and drank it down when he did he instantly was gasping for air it totally destroyed and burned up his vocal cords they did call 911 I am to the hospital he was in writhing and pain on the hospital bed now listen at the time he was about fifty years old late 40s or 54 30 years he's in the hospital he's in pain the doctors are checking him they do their scans and here's the doctor say this over him this man will never speak again his vocal cords are completely destroyed he said when I heard that panic struck my heart he said I my first thought was oh god I'm a preacher I preach and teach her word that's what I do how could I do anything if I can't talk then he said I I caught myself this is such wisdom he said I caught myself and I realized I wasn't in peace he said I know that the kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Spirit he said if we will abide in righteousness when we abide in righteous it results in peace he said I realize my heart was anxious and he said that is not the Lord the Bible says be anxious for nothing so he said I realize I was anxious he said I said no I will not be anxious I'm gonna get into peace and he said so in my heart I he couldn't talk in my heart I said to the Lord Lord I choose peace you're the sovereign God I trust you and if it's your will that I never speak again so be it I accept it if your will to heal me I accept that but come what may I choose to live in peace because the kingdom of God is peace he said as soon as I chose peace it felt like warm oil was poured over my head I felt a physical sensation of warm well going down over my head and when it got to my in a matter of seconds to math wrote my vocal cords were completely recreated in about two seconds he said I could feel him healed I set up on the bed said doctor I'm healed I'll be going home now come on now listen we are caught that's called the peace of God this is where I learned this I learned it from him and I should have been listening to that CD more over the last 40 years actually was a cassette tape listen this is this is called the peace of God it's where God is it's where his domain is king see when he got in the peace of God he got into the realm of the kingdom in the kingdom the kingdom life manifest so here's how how do we walk in the peace of God Philippians chapter 4 it says be anxious for nothing we need to recognize we need to become more aware of what's going on in our heart Derek catch yourself you're in the shower you're driving you're all by yourself and you're mumbling to yourself well you know what I'll do this am I the only one that does that do you do that well I've got so many things to do today when I go over there I gotta go I got to do that my life goes what you say I got old nothing you know you talking to yourself no no it's just you know and I realize that there's anxiety and when I when I realize I can't stop stop I refused anxiety now the only way to overcome it is by faith in God's Word so when we find ourselves anxious we have to find a scripture that overcomes it if it's anxious about oh you know the bills you know I did the mortgage of course I'm not anxious like that God delivered us from that decades ago one of the ways God will deliver us from being anxious about money is it takes all of it away from you and and you learn to live by faith and you go hey you finally get to the point you go what's the worst that could happen well I'll die well what what happens if you die away you either go to hell or heaven one I'm save I'm going to heaven it's like oh what's the worse that could happen no money I'll go to heaven tomorrow okay that's not bad I'll be peaceful but we have to recognize for example we've got to grow in the peace of God it says be anxious for nothing but by everything with prayer and supplication let your requests be made known under God but don't stop there it says with Thanksgiving Paul wrote to the Colossians in chapter 2 he said abounding in faith overflowing in faith by Thanksgiving as you've been taught so we pray what prayers unload the burden on the Lord recognize the anxiety lord I make I'm anxious about this pour out your heart pour it out pour it out until there's no more anxiety and then when you get up start thanking him by faith lord I thank you that you're going to take care of this and but you won't be able to have faith if the words not in you for example if you're anxious about money unless Matthew 6:33 is in your heart not in your head in your heart it says seek first the kingdom of God and everything will be added to you give and it'll be given unto you so if you live by putting God first and being a generous Giver you'll never worry about anything I don't worry about money I haven't for years I mean I I think about how I spin I try to be cautious that way but not worried but so we've got to find the word for a situation if it's your health I went through that I've I haven't shared us with people but I've had a death sentence in my body for more than ten years I've had to come to grips with it and say well if I die die if I live I live what is it I just choose peace but you can't just choose it you have to have the word in you so so the word gets in and you start living by that word I found the word it was actually given to me by dick mills before I found out how bad it was you know sometimes ignorance is bliss they want you to go to the doctor no I don't want to hear anything he has to say how many been there you should get a checkup no look at this here's the verse dick mills gave me it's it's my daily bread I mean it's in me now it's in my bone I'm not afraid of dying I'm not I've arrived in pain so bad within the last year I privately told Melinda I said I don't think I'm gonna live more than three more months but then in comes another injection of his power I feel come into my body I'll say I'm good now watch this I was given this word by dick Mills he said we don't want you to be ignorant brethren of our trouble which came to us in Asia how many have ever heard this or seen it on a Christian postcard God will never give you more trouble than you can handle you've ever seen that that's not the Bible God on purpose gives you more than you can handle so it will drive you to your needs all that those pink postcards aren't true watches we want you to know brethren the trouble that came to us we were burdened this is this is God's choice favorite apostles their names are written on the wall of the City of God here's what he said we were burdened to beyond measure above strength so that we despaired even of life yes we had the sentence of death in ourselves why that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead who watches who he said who has delivered us test him who does deliver us present and we trust that he still will deliver us so God will allow things to come into our life maybe the bank accounts empty not because God doesn't love you because he could want you to quit trusting it he wants you to trust him maybe the bad report from the doctor wasn't to get you full of anxiety say oh my god what did I do is make you to say I trust in the God who raises the dead how can we have faith to raise someone else from the dead if we can't trust him to raise us help me somebody anyway that wasn't part of my notes but what what what here's I want to I want to finish this this is so important is some of the Lord's really teaching me if we can maintain peace our sanctification will accelerate blamelessness holiness it all follows it Springs out a peace in fact the Bible says the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace now the peace of God is when we believe God's Word over our circumstances over our checkbook over our health even relational difficulties we try our best we do the best we can we've got to trust God now we do it we take our anxiety it says Philippians chapter 4 is how to get the peace of God let your requests be made known unto God and then thank him by faith you will not be able to think of my faith unless the words in you because you got to believe it you got to believe it you got to believe it and thank you by faith and then it says what will happen if you thank him by faith pour your anxieties on him think of my faith it says and then the peace of God now listen that passes all understanding you can't figure it out I can't figure it out it passes our understanding God said in Isaiah 55 as the heavens are high above the earth my ways are above yours my ways are not your ways it comes down to faith jesus said they're gonna receive their inheritance which is God by faith in me they're gonna be sanctified by trusting me so as we trust him his Spirit works and transforms us into the peace and the fruit of the Holy Spirit and then we get our inheritance our inheritance is not just for the next ages for this life our inheritance is to be full of God it says lay requests be made known with Thanksgiving the peace of God that passes all understanding will guard your hearts and mind in Christ Jesus the word guard is a military term in the Greek it means a garrison of soldiers god said if you'll instead now to get that piece we got to be sensitive how many have ever had a burden for a week and you didn't really realize it and a week goes by and then you realize they come and I'm agitated okay but as we become more sensitive we'll catch it the first day and then we'll apply the word then we'll choose peace and now watch what happens the God of peace cells shoot shall soon Celie sold seashells shall soon crush Satan under your feet the god of peace the God of peace well crush the devil under our feet the devil can't operate where there's peace he works in strife and contention fear by the way anxiety is just a sweet cover-up word for fear I was a little anxious you're afraid men do that too we don't say we're afraid we sup concerned are you afraid no I'm not afraid just a little concern [Laughter] in that right Greg we're not afraid that's what anxieties that's fear fears the opposite of no now I want to close by this now that we know peace is the doorway to where we abide where the fruit is now we understand Lord willing I'm closing with this what Jesus meant when he said unless you become like little children you won't enter the kingdom now he's not talking about dying and going to heaven he's talking about what jon Hamm's father jon Hamm's did in the hospital bed when he was in anxiety his soul was not abiding in the kingdom the kingdom is peace he made a decision to enter the kingdom and he got into peace and then the kingdom manifested okay now Jesus said unless you and I become like little children you will not enter it you will not live in that realm of the kingdom the kingdoms where the power is kingdoms where the glorious now I have six grandchildren and they're all awesome probably more awesome than yours are I'm glad we already received the offer II know that all your kids are also there all kids are awesome aren't they you know what's so awesome too I'll just throw this in there because I've traveled around the world you know different parts the Philippines and the India and I've been to Singapore and you see every every nationality has the most cutest kids and that true every race has the most beautiful people anyway now kids kids he said if you don't become like a little child we're not gonna live in the kingdom now my four year old how old is Arden John she's four when she's four win in May now she before in May she I guarantee you she's never once worried about the mortgage or the car payment right she's never ever worried are we gonna have grocery money this week dad are you making enough money that's never crossed her mind has it now listen we're supposed to live like that that's where the kingdom and the power is for the glorious if we don't become like that we won't live in the realm of the kingdom she's not worried she doesn't even think about she doesn't go to bed go I claim I claim breakfast in the morning I claim it I claim I'm gonna have new clothes tomorrow to wear I claim the mortgage will be paid that's that would be your kid he'd have to take him to a psychiatrist if they were doing that like doctor help my kid what's wrong with them but we do it as adults sometimes our claiming is nothing Justin more fear I bind you I bind you I bind you oh yes Lord faith is a rest not worried just like little kids glory to God God listen we're listening we should be like this well I'm seeking God's kingdom first and I am doesn't he didn't say be perfect if he said be perfect I'd starve I'm not there yet are you but he said seek Him first and he said and then honor him with your firstfruits be generous give Ty's offerings alms live a lifestyle of generosity if you seek God first live a lifestyle generosity you can go to so you can sleep like a baby you'll never lack you'll never lack never and in every area of our life what we need to do is identify the anxiety and defeat it with the word of God and and turn it back into prayer let our suffocation be knowing under God with Thanksgiving until we're walking in the peace of God and then once we get in the peace of God we go we become sensitive to where we maintain it if there's a relational strife and you feel your heart start getting just calm down don't say anything back off get into a corner and pray say Lord uh what do I need it I got to do what I'm gonna do whatever it takes to stay in peace because when you're in peace is the kingdom now may the God of peace himself sanctify you may the God of peace who brought up her Lord Jesus from the dead that great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant made that God of peace make you perfect may the God of peace soon crush Satan's head underneath your feet praise the Lord that's a good word let's give the Lord praise now one last thing I just thought of another thing about kids is my closing point nothing about little kids you a little kids do you're seeing little kids fuss and fight over their toys and they're mad and they stick their tongue out their bottom lip out I don't like you and 15 minutes later they're best friends how many seen that yeah we need to be like that we need to be like little kids some of us need to learn how to forgive by watching little kids they may have a fuss and the next day they can't even remember it the person they were fuzz that's their best friend we have to be like that God make us like little children well I can tell you're all hurt in a hurry I can see it on your face praise the Lord God is good

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Published: Sun Dec 22 2019