Great Grace | Jentezen Franklin

the following program is sponsored by friends and partners of Kingdom connection do not let failure become final in your life it's not God's will hidden and every mistake is a portal possibility a doorway of discovery he does not want your mistake to be a prison he won't seek to be a pathway to a greater revelation of his grace to have your Bibles I want you to turn to Acts chapter 4 Acts chapter 4 verse 33 and with great power the Apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus here it is and great grace was upon them all I want you all to read that last sentence of that and great grace was upon them all I believe that God wants to put on you and on your life and on your family and on your failure great grace mistakes are the price we pay for a full life if we learn from those mistakes the issue is not are you going to be knocked down the issue is if you're going to stay down someone said you have to take a lickin and keep on tickin the word is called resilience in a dictionary mistakes are the catalyst to the miraculous if you will put them in God's hands don't let mistakes destroy you heaven wants to make you hell wants to main you and both want to use your mistakes to do it the adversity wants to mock and maim you for the rest of your life for the mistakes that you have made and you have made them but God can transform you through your mistakes to be what he wants you to be mistakes should not maim us the rest of our life mistakes can become prison houses that hold you hostage the enemy would love for for all of us who have made mistakes to live and be held hostage in a prison mentally emotionally spiritually by the mistakes that we have made mistakes can become informative mistakes can become revelatory Adams mistake brought a revelation about God that Adam never would have known without his mistake because if he looked at the only being that had made a mistake in the universe before Adam showed up was Lucifer and God never gave him another chance but when Adam and Eve failed God said I'm gonna show you a side of me that you wouldn't have seen without your mistake I'm a God of mercy great grace only comes after great mistakes the greater the mistake the greater God's grace comes to every one of us I didn't come with any bad news today if you're waiting on it you ain't gonna get it today all I came with is great grace point number one of my little sermon here today is number one you may have made a mistake but you are not one you gotta let that sink down into your soul when the enemy's beating your brains out telling your trash you're stupid you're nothing how could you be so dumb argue what how could you mess your life up so bad you may have made a mistake but you are not one you may have failed but you are not a failure you may be down but down is not your destiny God still has a plan and a purpose and a great thing that he's gonna do because he's got great grace for great mistakes everybody give him a praise in the overflow wherever you are give him a praise for great grace you will experience a resurrection you will come out of this mistakes can open a doorway of discovery a portal a possibility that you would never discover had you not gone through the mistake I'm not advocating go out and make mistakes so you can find out more about God's grace I'm just telling you what the devil means to destroy you with and imprison you with and defeat you with and humiliate you with God says I can put great grace on your great mistakes and they become a doorway of possibility a portal and opening to discovery your mistakes are not final your failure is not final that's why Nahum said rejoice not over me o my enemies you'll see me mess up but don't you start throwing a party and start rejoicing over me o my enemies for when I fall I will rise again though I sit in darkness it's not forever his light will find B again do not let failure become final in your life it's not God's will hidden and every mistake is a portal a possibility a doorway of discovery he does not want your mistake to be a prison he wants it to be a pathway to a greater revelation of His grace God will never define you by your mistakes see I just said something huge right there people will your critics will your enemies will define you for the rest of your life by your mistakes but your God will never define you by the worst mistake you ever see that's what people think oh that but God says I even I am he that blots out your transgressions to remember them no more how never define you by your worst mistake never will God do that elder brother spirits wheel you know the only one to bring up the past of the prodigal son was the older brother the father never said a word about it he's through a coat on him and covered him up brought him home said let's throw a party get the musicians out Russ get the instruments out play the drums let's dance let's let's have a party and the older brother sitting over there wanting to talk about the past but God will never define you by your worst mistake don't join the devil side he's the accuser of the brothers don't define people when they fail and make a mistake by their mistake you're joining the devil side let's stop defining people by their mistakes God will never define you by your worst moment mistakes and failures do have consequences there's no doubt about it but you're not supposed they're not supposed to define your future how many of you ever made a terrible blunder and the rest of your lives how many of you have never failed I see one hand two hands three hands I want to meet you I said how many of you have never failed and you raised your hand but thank God there's great grace on you see heaven wants to make you hell wants to main you God in order to conform us into his image lets us fail because he lets us come to an end of ourself and our self-righteousness the devil desires to crush you for your mistakes and make you feel unworthy and make you feel worthless when in reality you are a precious child of God right now God knows everything about you every mistake you've made and if you've repented of that mistake God says you're a precious child of God but Satan wants to make you feel totally worthless I'm saying to you today that mistakes make you feel like you're stupid you ever done something you just felt so how can I be so stupid to say that to do that what an idiot and you just beat yourself up Abraham made a terrible mistake lied about his wife he made another mistake when he slept with a woman that wasn't his wife that's terrible God never brought it up not one time even though he made mistakes God said go on move on I'm still gonna make you the father of faith I know you messed up but I'm not defining you by your mistake you made a mistake but you're not a mistake and I'm gonna use you for my glory God uses mistakes to take us beyond Elijah called down fire from heaven outran the horses of Ahab did amazing miracles but then he he heard that Jezebel wanted to kill him and he ran and fled and hid in a cave trembling in fear he made a mistake after all that good stuff we how is it a man can do a million things right and and and one thing wrong and we define him by the one thing wrong and forget all the good stuff that he did with just people and he's sitting in that cave and I love the fact that when he's sitting in that cave feeling bad about the mistake that he's made God doesn't show and say you sure messed up God never brings it up but he comes in a steal small voice and he says you're still my servant I'm still chosen you I've still called you I still have a plan for your life God never brought up his failure and God isn't bringing up your failure he wants you to move beyond your mistakes went into his great grace Jacob lied deceived the people that we make the almost deities out of in the Bible David committed adultery he really did he killed people he did horrible things the point is God uses people who make mistakes God said you're a scam artist you're a liar you're a deceiver Jacob you've done about all the bad things you can do you're a liar you're a luster you're a loser but I'm gonna make you a prince renamed you your name will no longer be Jacob but you're gonna become Israel which means a prince with God and I'm gonna give you power with God in favor with men I love the fact that Peter really messed up he lied and cussed and denied Jesus Christ three times and Jesus when he showed up to him never said when he when he showed up in his resurrection body and cooked him a restoration meal Jesus didn't look at him and say give me the keys back you know he gave gee I give you Peter the keys to the kingdom well just because you've messed up and made a mistake Jesus never said give me the keys back Jesus is saying to you I haven't changed my mind about you I haven't changed my mind about your purpose and your destiny I'm telling you that I knew you would mess up but I put great grace on great mistakes if you just look to me I'll never give up on you I don't know who I'm preaching to but somebody needs to hear this today your mistakes are not final somebody give the Lord a shout of praise if you believe God will use you anyway turn to your turn to your neighbor and say don't let your mistakes hold you hostage no you weren't perfect no you haven't done everything right no you yes you could have done something better if you don't watch it those mistakes will hold you hostage and you can't even praise the Lord you're under such condemnation that God's not putting on you the devil is putting it on you God will use you anyway I've made so many mistakes it's not funny you have no idea how many mistakes I've made as pastor of this church ridiculous stupid stuff but God never came to me and said give me the keys back you're not pastor anymore people would have had a few tried to destroy me people would have but God says no I gave you what I gave you I like you I love you I'm for you saying that about you somes 38 verse 16 said David said when my foot slipped didn't say if all you are you real holy 5 people out there he said when my foot slips not if my foot slips you gonna slip you don't slip and say something you shouldn't do something you should you're gonna make a mistake I love what he goes on to say he talks about how the his enemies fit back really wanted to pounce on him but he says in verse 18 I will declare my iniquity you know what declare means open your mouth until God I made a mistake and you move from admission to remission if leukemia is in remission it means it's losing its power going down down down down down and when you when you when you come with admission I made a mistake then suddenly that mistake goes into remission you you go from declaration to restoration you go from declaring I'm guilty and God pronounces you're innocent my blood has covered you I wish I'd handled it different I I wish I wouldn't have said that the devil wants to magnify your mistake God wants to magnify himself in the midst of your mistake I will not let my mistakes define me I am a child of God I am called and anointed and I'm gonna do what he's called me to do with more determination and boldness than I've ever done it before yes I've messed up yes I've made mistakes but my mistakes don't define me my Heavenly Father defines me and he says I am cold I am chosen I am royalty I am cleansed I am washed how about you give God a praise if you believe in great grace great grace the greater the mistake the greater God's grace God is greater than your mistakes God is greater than your failures God is greater than your wrong choices mmm thank you Lord the Bible said that we need grace and mercy grace and mercy listen there's a difference between grace and mercy grace gives me what I don't deserve forgiveness acceptance a clean slate a new beginning grace is God giving me what I don't deserve total forgiveness but there's a difference between grace which is giving me what I don't deserve and mercy mercy holds back what I do deserve what's powerful is when you have grace and mercy working where you have grace giving you what you don't deserve and mercy holding back what you do deserve the judgment that you do deserve God stands like he hailed the Red Sea back and says pass on through goodness and mercy are following you will hold it back to goodness you hold that side of judgment and mercy I'll hold this and what you do deserve well I'll hold back what you don't deserve and give you what you what you do deserve what you don't deserve you know what I mean I'll say something right here it's hard to misdirect a parked car the only people who do not fail are people who don't try to do much so if you're trying to be great at anything polite to your life if you're trying to be great at anything you're gonna fail because it's hard to misdirect a parked car so these people who sit back and judge everybody by their mistakes usually aren't doing very much themselves it's better to fail trying than not try at all sums 145 and verse 8 the Lord is gracious and full of compassion listen to me if you've messed up listen to me if you made a mistake made a wrong choice done something that was foolish the Lord is gracious I don't know what you've heard about God but he's gracious full of compassion slow to anger great in mercy then I love the last part of that in verse 14 he upholds all who fall and raises up all who are bow down you may make a mistake but you are not a mistake your mistakes are not greater than God's grace God's got more grace than your disgrace and God will not define you God will not define you by your worse mistake that's my sermon today if I need this today and I feel like this is exactly what I need to hear and if you won't quit I know God's grace won't quit God's mercy won't quit great grace is coming upon this church this ministry great grace well in our remaining time I want to take a moment and thank each of you for your generous support of Kingdom connection through your giving in your prayers we're seeing miracles happen in people's lives because of the faithfulness of friends and partners just like you God is using this ministry in incredible ways in 2019 we're believing that we're gonna see the greatest year that we've ever seen this month I'm excited to share with you a brand new project that we have just begun we are partnered with youth for tomorrow they provide shelter and care for at-risk children who are in desperate need many of them unaccompanied minors that have been brought across the border alone with no parents no relatives and no place to call home we're feeding these children we're clothing these children and our ministry is building a home I've been to the border I've fed these children I've seen them I've heard their stories I've met eight and nine and ten-year-old girls who were raped by human traffickers I've talked with girls who were pregnant and they were pregnant because they were raped and they will be staying in this home and I'm believing for 600 people today to do their very best we are going to believe by faith that God is going to use you and me to provide critical care to the children in desperate need will you help me today here's my announcer to tell you how you can be a part this year over 700 thousand children and young people entered the United States with no hair sent to be trafficked or worse pushed across the borders with nowhere to turn and nobody to turn to but we know that our God is a father to the fatherless and we believe as the church we have been called to the front line to help these children in the most desperate need that's why we're partnering with youth for tomorrow to provide residential educational and outpatient services to these fatherless children at Kingdom Connection we believe that we are commanded to care for those in desperate need and when we do God promises to bless the work of our hands you can join Jensen Franklin in building this brand-new dorm by sowing your best gift of $30 or more when you do you'll receive the newly released restart your heart 21 day devotional for those who so a special $1,000 seed to complete this project and leave a lasting legacy you'll receive Jenson Franklin's best-selling book love like you've never been hurt with their restart your heart companion devotional or name will also appear on the legacy wall of faith and you'll receive a legacy certificate commemorating your generosity this month as an exclusive bonus you'll receive the Jenson Franklin Legacy Bible with over 300 thousand words of commentary and over 150 articles from decades of messages the legacy Bible will remind you and your family of God's faithfulness for generations to come visit us online to extend a hand of grace to these fatherless children in desperate need yeah it was last summer in Detroit you know and I thought I was engaged there girl of my dreams and job was going very well where I thought all this was headed was marriage and family and and I could not have been I could not have been more wrong she asked to meet me so we met in a Starbucks parking lot she gave me the ring back she needed time to figure things out and I'm just a mess I'm losing it you know wondering will I ever see you again you know and that was August 18th of last year and I never saw her again friend came in my office he knew my story he said I don't know how to show you this I just have to show you he turned his phone around and it was her wedding photo it turned out that when she met me to give me back the ring she was married she had already been married side bends I'd been struggling with alcohol for probably two years after she gave me back the ring and disappeared I went to the bar that night and I drank for 10 11 11 hours so from the fourth of July until Sunday August 20th I had been drunk all day every day it was a real harrowing time of my life and I got home I walked into my bathroom and without even thinking about it on the way I had I had this favorite belt am I in this really sturdy belt and I put it over the door and I'll tell you what I was thinking this is too much like this is too much I can't this is too much I can't get through this God you know and that's what I picked up my phone then went to youtube and search for how to recover from a broken heart and a man I had never heard of in my whole life popped up Jenson Franklin and I sat in my bathroom and I watched his message deep wounds deep healing and I didn't know it until the next day but the anointing that is on pastor Jenson somehow it came through my phone and I was delivered from alcohol instantaneously I watched that message on repeat for six hours until I was sober again I started skipping through sermons and I saw this one on fasting and so I watched it and I was like that's fascinating you know I need that in my life to become weak so that I can become strong because his strength is made perfect in my weakness and so that following that that weekend when I drove down to visit free chapel because God I knew God had called me to free chapel and I said I'm gonna fast so I got all the way through the drive and I it was my first fast was coming down to free chapel to visit what I knew was gonna be my new home my new church somehow someway I fasted the whole way and then I ruined it with a red ball at the end I went to the nine o'clock service and this is a guy that has never raised his hands in his entire life and the minute the worship starts I just go like this I just knew I was home I just knew it this is where this is where I belong you know this is a smudge and that I had to go back to Detroit I've got a good job in Detroit I'm doing okay and a week later I got a phone call from a recruiter for a competitor with an Atlanta position that was open for the same job I was doing in Detroit just for a different company he called me and he delivered me here in two months it's like we serve I would say to anyone who hasn't fasted all right who hasn't tried fasting I feel like I accelerated his power through some of the most difficult situations I've ever faced in my life there's no there's no better way to clear the clutter out of your life and to focus solely on the Lord Jesus Christ than to fast this program has been sponsored by friends and partners of Kingdom Connection we hope you've enjoyed this teaching by Jensen Franklin and thank you for your continued support of this ministry [Music]

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Length: 28min 30sec (1710 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 25 2019