The Source of True Power: A Revelation of God's Love

Hey welcome to the power to change today if you're watching me by television or webcast let me encourage you to call somebody in the house or text somebody Twitter them Facebook them tell them to join you right now and tune in because today you're gonna discover the most important revelation of the Bible a revelation of the love of God it is going to impact your life in an amazing way I'm telling you that today's program is the most significant thing that you'll ever hear in your life because you're going to discover the value in you like you might never have understood it before or heard before it'll revolutionize your thinking and it'll change your life this program is so important to me because one thing I've discovered in over 20 years of ministry is that we all have this in common a need to feel loved a need to feel valued for the life around us the people around us the job you have your path it all can make you feel of no value some days right you know what I'm saying every one of us needs to feel special important valuable loved you needed I needed and folks I'm here to tell you you are loved you are valuable it's time to discover a revelation of the love of God to find your significance to find your special unique place in this life in God's eyes which will make which will become a reality in the world around you as well watch this and find out how in second Timothy chapter 3 you remember what he says in verse 5 he said in the last days through verses 1 through verse vs. 4 I believe in the last days men will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God lovers of themselves boastful arrogant prideful and he goes through this list of the condition of culture and the condition of our society and then in verse 5 he describes the worst of all of it and the source of all of it he says holding to a form of godliness but denying the power thereof do you hear that he talks about all these problems that will exist in the last days lovers of pleasure lovers of self boastful arrogant he says but the worst of it all is people that have a form of godliness but they deny the power to have a form of religion without power oh that's it the Bible look at what the Bible says turn away from that I don't want to Christianity without power I don't want an experience with God that doesn't leave me different I don't want to read my Bible and stay the same I don't want to pray and not have anything happen and just feel at least I got it off of my chest no when I pray I want an answer when I read my Bible I want to be changed when I touch somebody who's sick I want them healed when I when I pray for something I want to see the answer come to pass one an experience with God that is powerful that is real that is undeniable oh you can argue did Adam have a bellybutton you can argue where did Cain get his wife you could argue can a person be born a homosexual people can argue all day about stupidest things but one thing that is in arguable one thing that is undeniable is when the power of God touches somebody's life they'll never be the same they will never ever be the same look with me in your Bibles to mark chapter one mark chapter one and verse 11 Jesus was baptized by John his cousin John the Baptist and the Bible says after he was baptized in verse 10 that the Spirit of God descended upon him like a dove and verse 11 a very familiar scripture here if you come to church here very long you know I love this verse this is a foundation of my life and I hope it's a foundation of your life of what I'm going to share it with you today about it for the next few minutes anyway or the remaining moments that we have together I believe it'll change you forever in verse 11 after he came up out of the waters of baptism the Bible says that there was a voice from heaven saying you are my beloved son and in you I am well pleased he said you are my beloved son and in you I am well pleased and now notice what happened immediately after he heard these words the spirit drove him into the wilderness notice in verse 11 God says you are my beloved son in you I am well pleased and verse 12 immediately Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days and forty nights facing the wild beasts and the angels of God ministered to him notice it was immediate after he heard these words you are not ready to face temptation until you've heard these words you are not ready to go into the wilderness until you've heard the words you're not ready to face the next day of your life until you've heard these words you're not ready to face your destiny to experience God's significance in your life his purpose for your life until you've heard these words Jesus did not go into the wilderness until he heard these words he did not go into the ministry until he heard these words he did not go into fulfill his destiny until he heard these words he did not go into heal the sick until he heard these words he did not preach a sermon until he heard these words he did not raise the dead until he heard these words he did not rise from the dead until he heard these words he did not make a sacrifice on this earth until he heard these words beloved we have to understand something that God told them that he loved him and God told them that he was pleased with him and God called him his son before he ever did a thing for you before he ever did a thing for God before he ever did a work of his hands God spoke to him out of heaven and he said the first recorded words we have from God to Jesus are these words you are my son I love you and I am pleased with you and this is what marked Jesus life this is what marked his ministry this is what marked everything that's about to happen in his life and everything that's going to happen through him it all happened because he heard these words remember what I've said to you before you will not hear the voice of God until you've heard the voice of love Jesus heard the voice of love before he heard anything at least that we have recorded Jesus heard words of approval before he ever faced any ministry opposition before he faced any popularity or lack of popularity really nobody knew about Jesus at this point he hadn't done any miracles he hadn't preached any sermons he had his fame had not spread abroad yet God did not speak to him as you heard me say many times before God did not say to Jesus you are my evangelist he not say to Jesus you are my sacrifice for man's sins he's not say to Jesus you are the Lamb of God need to not say to Jesus you are my prophet you are my pastor you are my preacher you are my healer into this world your great and and and you're gonna you're gonna witness great miracles you said I love you I'm pleased with you I approve of you say why are you saying this pastor why are you repeating why are you here why am i hearing this again because you will not experience the power of God until you've heard these words and if we really want to walk in the power of God we need to hear these words and if we really want God to use us we need to hear these words and if we really want to fulfill our destiny we need to hear these words if we really want to have a great marriage we need to hear these words if we really want to raise great kids we need to hear these words if we really want to be secure in an insecure world we need to hear these words if we really want significance in life we need to hear these words if we really want to be important in this world we need to hear these words Oh beloved everyone's longing for significance everybody's longing for importance this world will give anything to feel important in the eyes of others - they'll do just about anything to feel significant in the eyes of others to be popular in the eyes of others Jesus is about to be the most popular and the most hated all at the same time but he didn't live for the approval of men and he did not fear the disapproval of men and if we're going to live lives of power we cannot live for the approval of people and we cannot be afraid of the disapproval of people well this world is this culture is suffering a disease folks there's a disease that's worse than any plague that has ever existed in the world we think we've healed all the plagues we've got vaccin for all of the the diseases the black plagues and the former plagues that have hit our world in the past that have leveled and devastated generations leveled and devastated whole cultures and societies that's nothing those plagues are nothing compared to the plague of needing people's approval and I don't you work a job and you want to increase the budget in your department you're gonna need some approval not talking about permission are you hearing me well I don't need anybody's approval praise God I'll just do whatever I want that's not the kind of approval I'm talking about that's not the kind of approval we're talking about here you approve what we're talking about is to feel such love from God to know these words you are my beloved I love you I'm pleased with you before you've ever done anything forgot I thought we got to do great things for God in order for God to be to approve of us and in order for God to be pleased with us folks know what we have to do is wake up to the reality that God is not waiting for us to do great things for him he is waiting for us to realize how many great things he's already done for us because that's when power is gonna flow through your life that's when greatness is gonna flow through your life beloved listen we're living in a generation where we're afraid of disapproval we're we're am I dressed right will I look stupid will people laugh at me am I gonna embarrass myself am I gonna make a mistake what are people gonna think about me what are people going to say about me we live for the approval of people because we're afraid of their disapproval so we constantly want to get them to approve of us because life with their disapproval is a discouraged life life with their disapproval is a fearful life life with their disapproval is a is a timid life and yet why would we give people that kind of power in our lives we don't need to be afraid of their disapproval and even when they tell you they approve of you they're probably lying because people lie and they say things to get things you need to realize something folks men will not always be honest with you have you noticed ladies who a lot of feminine amens there I want to share this thought with you folks the fear of disapproval is a plague that will destroy your destiny because God might tell you things or to do things that aren't popular with people you got to be willing to take the good results of doing what God says and be willing to take the adversity that comes from doing what God says what God says isn't always popular give your last dollar to God imagine God telling you that Jesus told that to people sometimes we think God would never tell somebody that and yet if God was ever going to tell somebody to stop giving he would have told the widow of Zarephath when he lied you matter remember Elijah the Prophet meets this widow God tells Elijah you're gonna meet a widow God tells the widow you're gonna meet a prophet can you imagine what they both thought but they both thought the Elijah prize oh I'm gonna go to meet a rich widow I need some money for the ministry and the widow probably thought oh I'm gonna meet a man of God and he comes up the scrawny gag Lea little prophet that has just run away from Jezebel running for his life thanks for the help running for his life and he meets her I'm the Prophet and she looks at him you and she and he said I'm looking for a the widow of Zarephath can you are you her maid and she said no I'm the widow of Zarephath and Elisha feels like taking his life you'd think if God ever was concerned about what people thought he would say no don't give your last barrel of meal and Jarlo but the Prophet said give me your last barrel of meal and Jarrah oh no all I have is for me and my son to have a meal and then we're gonna die he said we'll give it to me first you filthy selfish greedy widow advantage takin preacher but yet that's when the miracle happened when you seek the approval of people or you're afraid of their disapproval you shut down the power of God how about the widow if anybody if Jesus would have ever told somebody not to give wouldn't he have told that widow not to give remember she gives those two mites the widow's might remember she gives her two last coins and you'd think if Jesus wouldn't tell anybody to take it back he would have said wait a minute lady stop that you're poor you're broke that's your last two coins to live on take it back in fact take the rest of the offering to know Jesus didn't say that he let her put that in and taught those Pharisees a lesson he said you gave out of your surplus she gave out of her lap she gave all that she had to live on he didn't say don't do it he said go ahead and do it you think if he was concerned about what society said what culture said what the media would say Jesus televangelist Jerusalem evangelist takes the last two cents of a widow and takes advantage of old folks right Jesus didn't care you want to walk in the power of God you got to stop caring for everybody to like you and really stop wanting anybody to like you I just want to be like that just want to be loved that's why God gives us this pattern God spoke to Jesus I love you you won't ever need anybody else's love to find your approval you're my son you won't need anybody else to claim that they're your father a claim that they're your mother or claim that they have that they're the reason why you are the way you are I've made you who you are I love you and your father you're my son you're the image of me and you are and I am pleased with you you haven't done anything for me yet but I'm pleased with you you haven't done anything for me but I love you and there is the birthing of Jesus destiny and there is your birth the birth of your destiny is in these same words when you know that he loves you you no longer are afraid of other people's approval when you know you have God's approval you're no longer fighting for man's when you have God's significance and a sense of importance from God you no longer need man to make you feel important but we are living in a culture that is forever striving for the love the approval every child wants his father's approval every wife wants her husband's approval every human being is looking for somebody to approve of them and somebody to give them that sense of Worth and that sense of value and we will cheapen ourselves and we will give of ourselves and we will beat ourselves and we will let people take advantage of us if we can just have a crumb of their approval and yet when they die their body will turn to dust just like yours there's nothing glorious in man's approval nothing glorious in man's power and man's accolades and what men can say about you that's why we've got to be delivered that's why the love of God gives us the power to be free from people's disapproval and free from needing people's approval can you say Amen he didn't eat it he got it from God I just wish somebody would encourage me encourage yourself everybody wanted to stone David in 1st Samuel chapter 30 and they wanted to kill him and they wanted to take his life and they wanted to lynch him and they wanted to kill him and they wanted to beat him up and those were his disciples you understand those were his guys they were so mad at David they wanted to kill him he didn't have any brothers ready to just to encourage him didn't have anybody encouraging him so what does the Bible say in 1st Samuel chapter 30 verse 6 and David encouraged himself in the Lord today is our freedom day today we're walking out of here with the source of true power what is that source of true true power of Revelation of love a revelation of love when you get this when you really get this you're ready for life you're ready to handle whatever life or the devil throws at you notice only when Jesus heard these words only when he had that approval he had that sense of love and affirmation was he ready to face temptation only then was he ready to face opposition only then was he ready to be challenged only then was he ready to go into the wilderness and face every temptation you are not ready for the wilderness folks why do so many people fall why do so many preachers fall you keep you're not you're not ready because you have a gift you're not ready because you're talented you're not ready because you're anointed you're not ready because you're special you're not ready because you you can preach or you can or you're in business and you can make money you're not ready for the wilderness not ready to face temptations just because you're gifted or talented you're ready to face temptation when you know you're loved you're ready to face the devil when you know you're loved you're ready to face whatever Life brings whatever child's bring whatever comes your way you're ready to handle it you're ready to overcome it because you know you've heard those words you are my beloved son you are my beloved daughter I am pleased with you I love you I'm not against you I'm not mad at you I'm mad about you you're ready now when you know that you're loved when you know you're secure when you know you're approved you can walk through fire and not be burned you can walk through water and not be drowned when you know you have the love of God when you know that you have a revelation that he loves you and he will never stop loving you no matter what you do son of God the king of kings and the Lord of lords heard this I love you you're my boy and I'm happy with you right now and he was freed and that that moment he had the power to be free from the fear of disapproval and free from the need for man's approval and at that moment he had the power to face temptation at that moment he had the power to overcome it at that moment he was ready to face whatever life brought at that moment he stepped into the pound well I know you're ready to fulfill your destiny if you want a great marriage if you want to walk in success in life if you want to walk in the true significance and importance that you were created to walk in you've got to listen to these simple words you are my beloved that's what God said to Jesus and he stepped right into his significance stepped into his fame stepped into his destiny and it's time for us to escape the old religious strongholds we don't have to do all of the right things in order for God to love us once we discover God's love for us we're able to become who he called us to be we're able to discover the power of God and just like I said in today's teaching Christianity without root power is just a religion it's time for us to be free from the disease to please the disease of fearing man's disapproval in fact there's someone right now whose friends or family have told you that you're crazy for doing what God says well I want to promise you once you're secure in your significance knowing God's love for you you don't have to listen to anything people say you don't need man's approval you're free from them you're free from their disapproval you can walk in what God told you to do and have success and I want to see you get there I have put together a collection that will launch you into God's purpose and destiny for your life it begins with my CD series the unfailing love of God folks if you're gonna be successful in life it starts by being rooted in love when you know your importance to him when you know your significance to him no amount of success or acclaim will satisfy you God's love will satisfy you and you'll never need anybody to make you feel important you'll never need to feel significant in other people's eyes you'll have it from God it'll change everything when you call today I 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Length: 28min 30sec (1710 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 15 2012