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Receiving God's Mercy
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God already paved the way for you to live in victory, but you have to do your part and start acting on it. Instead of feeling guilty over past mistakes, receive God's mercy, and get ready for all the good things He has in store! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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And so we thank you for tuning in. 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:17.399 And if you're ever in the Houstern area, I hope 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.440 you stop by and see us. We'd love to have 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:21.320 you at one of our services, and I promise you 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:23.080 we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks for 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.960 tuning in today. I like to start with something funny 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.000 each week, and I'll tell you one of my favorite ones. 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.640 This man called up the church office and he asked 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:33.680 the church secretary. He said, I want to speak to 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.920 the head hog at the Trough, and the church secretary 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.359 she was kind of offended. She said, if you mean 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:41.880 the pastor, then you're gonna have to call him pastor, 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:43.560 but you may not call him the head hog at 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.760 the Trough. He said, well, okay, I was just going 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.480 to make a ten thousand dollars donation to your church. 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:54.120 She said, hold on, Porky just walked in. All right, 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:56.120 come on, hold up your bibles and say it like 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.760 you mean it. Are you ready? This is my Bible? 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.720 I am what is he says? I am? I have 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.280 what it says I have. I can do what it 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.360 says I can do. Today I'll be taught the word 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:12.040 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:15.800 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:21.639 am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:26.160 of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:30.920 I'll never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.800 You sound great as usual. I want to talk to 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:37.440 you today about learning to receive the good things that 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.880 God has in store. And really, God has already done 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:44.880 everything he's going to do. He paid the ultimate price 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.080 through the death, the burial, and the resurrection of his 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.960 son Jesus, and he has made a way for each 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.600 one of us to live in victory. But we have 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.400 to do our part and really start believe in it 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.160 and start acting on it. And all through the Bible 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.760 there are so many promises of what God has already done. 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.800 Says in Ephesians that God has blessed us with every 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:10.920 spiritual blessing past tense. He's already done it. Says in 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:14.480 Colossians that God has made us worthy. Our sins have 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:18.960 already been forgiven. The good news is there is mercy 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:22.239 for any mistake we will ever make. But The problem 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.200 many times is we're not acting on it, and so 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:29.480 instead of receiving God's mercy and receiving forgiveness and moving on, 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.640 we just go around all guilty and condemned, trying to 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:36.800 pay God back, feeling bad about ourselves. Well, you know, 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.640 I just don't deserve anything good. Now we've got to 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:43.359 learn to receive what God has already done. I know 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.280 when I first started ministering, before I would come out 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:49.320 to speak, I would pray and pray, God, please give 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:53.200 me your annoying God, Please help me. Please God. Well, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.360 one day I found in the Bible that God has 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:59.240 already anointed us. He's already given us his power and ability. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:01.719 You don't have to beg God for that. You've simply 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.800 got to start acting on it. Now, before I come out, 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:08.200 I just boldly declare I am annoying. I am well 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.680 able to do what God has called me to do. See, 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.840 I don't have to pray about that. I don't have 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.119 to beg God for that. I've just got to rise 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:19.000 up and receive it by faith and really begging God 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:23.400 doesn't get his attention. In Matthew chapter fifteen, this lady 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.440 came to Jesus and she was all upset and crying, 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.719 and she began to beg and beg, Jesus, please heal 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:32.960 my daughter. Jesus, please come to my house. I'm begging you, 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.040 Jesus please. On and on she went, and it's kind 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.479 of interesting, Jesus didn't pay any attention to her. He 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:42.960 just basically ignored her. This went on for a long time, 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.720 and finally, when she realized that wasn't getting her any place, 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:51.480 she decided to quit begging and instead she started worshiping him. 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.359 No doubt, she started saying, thank your Father for your mercy, 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.680 thanking him for his goodness. And then when she did that, 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:02.240 that got God's attention. Jesus stopped right there and sent 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:05.599 healing to her little girl. The point is, you don't 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.160 have to beg God to bless you, or beg God 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:11.240 to help you, or even beg God to forgive you. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.840 You simply need to ask in faith and receive it. 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.840 Start acting like it's done. I know plenty of people today. 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:22.640 They're living all guilty and condemned. They're always praying, Please God, 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.680 forgive me for that mistake I made. Please God, I'm 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:29.400 just so sorry. Practically every day they are begging God 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:33.240 to forgive them for something they did a year ago. Now, 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.600 please understand, God forgave you the very first time you ask. 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:40.640 Quit being a beggar and start receiving God's mercy, Start 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:44.320 receiving his forgiveness. If you don't, you'll go through life 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.320 guilty and condemned, trying to pay God back for all 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:51.000 your mistakes. And I know so many people today they 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.080 live with this weak worm of the dust mentality. They 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.680 don't feel like they deserve to be blessed. They've made 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.599 too many mistakes, They've done too much wrong. But no, 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:03.080 you need to know that God has already made you worthy. 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.080 And the scripture says you've got to put on your 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:11.120 robe of righteousness. One translation says, put on the breastplate 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.720 of God's approval. Notice it's something we have to do. 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.800 It's not gonna automatically jump on you. Every morning when 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:21.200 you get up. You need to boldly declare God approves me. 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:25.560 God is pleased with me. I am accepted, I am forgiven, 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.520 I've been made worthy. The picture I want you to 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.760 have today is that God is smiling down on you. 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.560 You are the apple of God's eye. God is not 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:37.120 out to get you. God is not gonna try to 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.200 pay you back for all of your mistakes. His mercy 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:44.120 is from everlasting to everlasting. Why don't you start receiving it? 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:48.360 Why don't you start receiving God's forgiveness? Too many people 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:52.480 today go around feeling wrong on the inside. They've got 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.520 this nagging feeling down in here. When you say, Joel, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.880 what about the mistakes that I've made? No, that doesn't 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.240 change what God has already done. And God is not 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.120 pleased maybe with everything you do, but you need to 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.840 know God is pleased with you. You do not have 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:09.480 to live guilty and condemned. 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:10.320 Now. 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:13.040 I don't mean this to sound wrong, but many times 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:17.000 this goes against everything that religion has taught us. Religion, 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.320 when you make a mistake, especially, they want you to 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.280 feel bad about yourself. I hate to say it. A 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.960 lot of times religious people will be the first ones 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:26.840 to kick you when you're down and to condemn you. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.320 Don't ever get God mixed up with religion. God is 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:34.560 for you. God is on your side no matter what 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:37.640 you have done. God wants to give you a new beginning. 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.640 He's a god of second chances. My prayer today is 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:44.199 that you'll begin to feel God's love in a greater way, 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:49.840 you'll get rid of any feelings of guilt and condemnation unworthiness. Really, 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.440 the message of Easter is a message of hope. God 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.920 didn't come to condemn us. He came to save us. 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.679 And sure we all make mistakes, we all do certain 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.120 things that we wish we could do. Oh, but God 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:04.600 sees our hearts. He knows we're not perfect. He can 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.680 see the desire you have to please him. If you've 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:10.600 made some bad choices in life, please don't go around 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.880 feeling wrong about yourself. God has already made you worthy, 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.880 and it wasn't because of anything you did or didn't do. 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.320 It's because of what Jesus did. He shed his blood 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.560 that we might live an abundant life. And really, it 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.600 doesn't bring any glory to God for us to go 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.960 around begging him for something that he's already done. I 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.400 challenge you quit being a beggar and start being a believer. 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.559 Start acting like you're a child of the most High God. 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.240 That means you need to put your shoulders back, need 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.800 to hold your head up high and just boldly declare 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:45.800 I am blessed, I am forgiven, I am redeemed. I 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.000 am worthy, I am a new creature. I am more 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.360 than a conquer I am the head not to tell 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:55.600 and see it, says there in Hebrews four sixteen. Let 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:59.200 us come boldly to the throne of Grace to obtain 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.480 mercy and find help in our time of need. Notice 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.120 God doesn't say come to me with a weak, defeated, 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.880 pitiful attitude. He doesn't say, come to me thinking about 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:12.120 all your failures and how unworthy you are. 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:12.599 No. 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.280 God says, you come to me with boldness. You come 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.480 to me with your head held high, knowing that I'm 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.440 a good God and I want to help you. He says, 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.440 in effect, come to me knowing that you are the 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.680 apple of my eye, knowing that I want to be 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.360 good to you. And really, the only way you're going 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.679 to go to God boldly is to know that you're righteous. 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.760 You've got to know that God is pleased with you, 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.160 know that your sins are forgiven, know that God has 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.680 good things in store. You will never rise up in 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.280 your authority as long as you have some kind of 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.960 feeling of inferiority. And there's nothing the enemy would love 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.800 anymore than for you to go around thinking about your 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:56.400 faults and weaknesses, all the mistakes you made last week, 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.360 and all the times you messed up last month. No, 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.200 don't even go down that road. Quit dwelling on what 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.000 you've done wrong, and start dwelling on what you've done right. 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:07.640 You may not be all you're supposed to be, but 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.240 at least you can thank God you're not what you 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:12.720 used to be. We all make mistakes, but you know 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.480 what you need to learn to Just be quick to repent. 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:19.040 Say God, I'm sorry forgive me, help me to do 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.800 better next time. But then don't stop there. Take it 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:25.480 one step farther. Say Father, Now I receive your mercy. 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.760 Now I receive your forgiveness. See, you should not go 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:33.040 around feeling guilty and condemned like you've got to pay 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:36.000 God back for your mistakes. When you do that, all 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.600 you're really saying is the sacrifice Jesus made on the 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:41.760 cross wasn't quite good enough, So let me do a 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.840 little bit more. Know the good news is the price 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.240 has been paid in full. You don't have to add 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.160 your part to it. Simply learn to receive that mercy. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.440 Receive God's forgiveness, says in Proverbs twenty eight to one, 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.440 that the righteous are as bold as a lion. The 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:00.720 only way you're gonna have the bold God wants you 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.880 to have is to know that you are righteous. Because 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.360 when you know who you are in Christ, when you 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.000 know that God is smiling down on you, when you 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.360 know your sins are forgiven, that's when you're going to 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.400 hold your shoulders back and have the boldness and confidence 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.840 that God really wants you to have. And when I 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.400 say that we've been made righteous, I'm not saying that 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.439 we're perfect. I'm not saying that we don't make mistakes. 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.640 But if you have a heart after God, and I 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.760 know you do, or you wouldn't be here today, If 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.160 you have a desire to please Him, then you have 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.719 been made righteous. You have been born into God's very 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:37.960 own family. You did not do anything to earn this righteousness. 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.439 It's simply a gift, and you've got to learn how 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.040 to receive it. I can tell you this is one 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:46.560 of the main areas people struggle in So many people 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.240 they just feel wrong on the inside, like they don't 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.240 deserve anything good and they just got that weak worm 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:55.680 of the dust mentality. I know people they've made mistakes 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:58.160 in the past and they have prayed and asked God 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:02.320 to forgive them. They're very they've done that part, but 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.000 they're still holding on to all the guilt, and they 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.079 let that old black cloud follow them around everywhere they go. 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.520 But as long as we're living guilty and condemned, we 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:14.959 will never experience the good things of God. God works 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.520 where there's an attitude of faith. He works when we 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:21.160 have an expected heart. If you've made mistakes in the past, 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.880 don't fall into the old trap. And you know, just man, 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:26.640 I don't deserve anything. I'm such a lousy, old sinner. 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.880 God's never gonna bless me. No, put your shoulders back 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.760 and go to God with boldness. Your attitude should be 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.160 I may have made mistakes, but I have repented. I 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.040 have received God's mercy, and I refuse to wallow around 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:43.680 in guilt and condemnation. I know because of what Jesus 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.040 did two thousand and five years ago, I am forgiven, 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.120 I am redeemed, I am made worthy. I know His 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:54.000 mercies are new and fresh every single morning. See, you 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.480 got to shake off the old rags of guilt and 0:13:56.559 --> 0:14:00.480 condemnation and start putting on your robe of righteousness. If 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.480 we're going to be all God's created us to be. 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.240 We got to have a boldness about us. One time 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.959 I was praying at this big event here in town, 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.360 and there were several other ministers there with me, and 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:13.760 the men that went right before me. He's a very 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:17.240 well respected leader in the community and a very fine gentleman. 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.400 But he prayed about the most depressing prayer that I 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:24.120 think I've ever heard. He said, God, you know how 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:27.640 unworthy I am to even stand up here before you. God, 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:29.680 you know what a wretched sinner I am, and I 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.280 don't deserve your goodness? And God, how could you even 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.760 use anybody like me? On and on man. By the 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:37.760 time he got finished, I felt like I needed to 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:41.480 go repent. I felt like I was about that tall. 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.400 I just wanted to hang my head in shame. Now, 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.359 let me ask you, how can we expect God's blessings? 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.840 How can we expect his goodness if we go around 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:53.400 feeling wrong about ourselves? I wanted to ask him afterwards, 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.120 did you really mean what you prayed? You said you 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.720 were weak, you were defeated, you were an old sinner, 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.280 you were unworthy. Listen, I'm not going to declare that 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.320 kind of junk over my life. I'm gonna put on 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:08.160 my robe of righteousness. I know God approves me. I 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.520 know God is pleased with me. I know that I 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:15.760 have been accepted. I have been made worthy. Hey, you say, Joe, 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.880 we're just all old sinners saved by grace. No, the 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.080 truth is we were old sinners, but when we came 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.920 to Christ, we're not sinners anymore. We are sons and 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.119 daughters of the Most High God. We have been changed, 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:33.040 We've been born into a new family. We are new creatures. 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.720 And sure we may sin every once in a while. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.280 You may make some mistakes, but that doesn't make you 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.880 a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.320 the inside of you, and you have got to start 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.400 seeing yourself differently. And you need to have the right 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:49.920 concept of God. I remember Daddy used to tell about 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.840 this guy by the name of Clyde, and he had 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:56.560 so many problems. He always was making mistakes here and there, 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.960 living upset and frustrated. Nothing in his life was one day. 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:04.040 He is complaining and complaining God, why the bad things 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:07.000 always happened to me? God? Why can't I get ahead? God? 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.960 Why is it always me? He said? This voice boomed 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.600 out of the heavens, and God said, I don't know, Clyde, 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.680 There's just something about you that really ticks me off. 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.040 And you know, a lot of people think about God 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.400 like that today. They think God's kind of mad at them. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:26.240 He's disgusted they've made mistakes, so surely God's paying them back. 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.880 But the good news is God is not like that. 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.000 God is not out to get you. God is not 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.840 looking for some reason to slim you down. That is 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:38.400 the wrong concept of God. You need to know. God 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:42.040 is on your side. Your sins have already been forgiven. 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.560 All you've got to do is accept it. You don't 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.400 have to carry around that old heavy load of guilt 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:51.400 and shame. Why don't you let it go, starting joy 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.440 and life. God intended you to have. Jesus paid an 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:59.560 incredible price that we might be free from guilt, condemnation, 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:04.600 all these feelings of unworthiness. And please understand, God is 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:07.600 not keeping a running record of all of your mistakes. 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:11.199 The very moment you repent, God does not remember it 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:15.439 anymore forever. Now, let me challenge you stop remembering what 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.680 God has already forgotten. Why don't you let the past 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.959 be the past? Why don't you start receiving God's mercy. 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.800 I know this, you will never receive the new things 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.400 God wants to do in your life as long as 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:31.479 you're holding on to the old. You gotta quit dwelling 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.800 on your mistakes and failures. Quit looking back at all 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.680 you've done wrong. As long as you're looking back, you 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:41.760 will never go forward. The scripture says forgetting what lies 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.680 behind and pressing forward to the good things God has 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.800 in store. Do you know who keeps bringing up your past? 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.600 It's the enemy. He's called the accuser of the Brethren. 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:54.679 There's nothing he would love anymore than for you to 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:58.520 go through life focused on your past, guilty and condemned, 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:02.320 feeling wrong, feel unworthy, like you don't deserve anything good. 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.280 That's why many times when you first get up in 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.520 the morning, the first thoughts that will come to your 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:10.520 mind are all the mistakes you made last week. Now, 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:13.600 don't even go down that past. Let the past be 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:17.400 the past. Receive God's mercy. It's fresh and new every 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:20.360 single morning. And some of you today you're way too 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:24.600 hard on yourself. Quit beating yourself up over every mistake 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.920 that you may give yourself a break. You're learning, you're 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:31.520 growing God's not finished with you. You're a work in progress. 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:35.879 If you always are blaming yourself and living condemned, you 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.320 will never go forward. When you make a mistake, ask 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:43.560 for forgiveness and move on. Don't wallow around feeling depressed 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:48.520 month after month. Let it go. See God forgives you immediately. 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.960 The real question is will you forgive yourself? Will you 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:55.159 receive God's mercy? Will you let the past be the past. 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.560 I know people today. They have gone through some kind 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.800 of disappointment, kind of failure, may be a divorce, some 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:04.640 kind of setback, and you know, the only thing that's 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:08.480 keeping them in mediocrity is the fact that they just 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:12.159 will not forgive themselves. They don't have any problem forgiving 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:16.400 anybody else. They'll forgive their spouse, their parents, their neighbors, 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.439 but they just can't seem to let go of the guilt, 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:23.800 and they're always blaming themselves, living so condemned. But really, 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:25.680 the first step to being free is you've got to 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:29.280 be willing to forgive yourself. Doesn't matter what you've done. 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:33.040 There's no sin that's too difficult for our God, no failure, 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:36.280 no mistake, no setback. I know some of you today 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:38.639 you're just kind of sitting on the sidelines of life. 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.600 You've had some broken dreams, and you're just convinced that 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.320 God is mad at you. He your life is all 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:46.679 washed up. But you need to know God wants to 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:49.360 give you a new beginning. He wants the next part 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:51.240 of your life to be better than the first part. 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:53.840 If you'll get rid of all the guilt and quit 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:56.560 blaming yourself all the time, I believe those new doors 0:19:56.600 --> 0:19:59.320 will begin to open up. I know this is exactly 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:02.600 what my father did. Daddy was married at a very 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.320 early age, and unfortunately wasn't one of the best choices 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.360 that he made, and it didn't work out. His dreams 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:11.879 were shattered, and he thought for sure his days and 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:15.000 ministry were over. Didn't think he'd ever have another family. 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:18.119 It was the darkest hour of his life, and Daddy 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:20.680 told how one of the most difficult things for him 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.879 to do was to forgive himself. He was so tempted 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:26.040 to just hold onto the hurt and pain. He was 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:29.679 tempted to just go around continually blaming himself, and he 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:32.520 could have easily let that one setback keep him from 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:36.160 moving forward and really fulfilling his God given destiny. He 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:39.639 had to be willing to receive God's mercy. And Daddy 0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:43.000 took that step of faith and he forgave himself. And 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:46.280 as he did that, God began to restore back to him. 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:48.760 God began to give him a new beginning. It was 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:51.160 after all that that he met my mom and God 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:54.440 gave him a new family. They started Lakewood, and Daddy 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:56.879 had over fifty years in ministry. He ended up touching 0:20:56.880 --> 0:20:59.560 the world, But none of that would have happened had 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:02.399 he not been willing to forgive himself. Now, I'm not 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:04.960 saying it's okay to take the easy way out, but 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:08.040 you know as well as I do, you cannot unscramble eggs. 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.520 What's done is done, no matter whose fault it was. 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:15.119 You need to receive God's mercy, receive his forgiveness, and 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:18.000 keep pressing forward. I know some of you here today 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:20.320 kind of like my dad. You've been through a setback, 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:23.119 you've been through a disappointment. But I really believe if 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:26.159 you'll take this to heart and forgive yourself and receive 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:28.639 God's mercy, then your best days are going to be 0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:31.360 right out in front of you. Only God can take 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:33.800 all the negative and turn it around and bring you 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:37.840 out better off than you were before him. The darkest 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:41.560 storm will always give way to the most beautiful sunrise. 0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:44.280 God has a new beginning in store for you. Keep 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:47.560 your head held high, forgive yourself and learn to receive 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:51.760 His mercy. And remember God looks at our hearts. I 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:55.640 think about my own children. They make mistakes, they're not perfect, 0:21:55.920 --> 0:21:58.800 but as their father, I can see their hearts. And 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:01.199 it's one thing. If they had an evil heart, they 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:03.600 were defined, they wouldn't listen to anything I said. But 0:22:03.640 --> 0:22:06.040 they're not like that. And sure they do things I 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:08.800 don't always agree with. They don't always respond in the 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:10.920 way I would like. But I don't just write them 0:22:10.920 --> 0:22:13.080 off and say, you guys have blown it. Man, you 0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:15.560 made a mistake. I'm never gonna help you. No, they're 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.560 my children. I can see their heart. I know their 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:22.119 heart down deep is to please me. The scripture says 0:22:22.320 --> 0:22:26.159 in Second Chronicle sixteen nine that God is looking for 0:22:26.200 --> 0:22:30.240 people to bless whose hearts are turned perfect toward him. 0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:32.960 Notice God is not gonna bless the people that have 0:22:33.040 --> 0:22:36.240 a perfect performance or the people that never make a mistake. 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:40.520 God is looking at our hearts, my children, even though 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:43.480 they make mistakes even though they're not perfect. They know 0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:46.600 because their heart is right, they are the apple of 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:49.560 my eye. They know they are my pride and joy, 0:22:49.720 --> 0:22:51.800 and they know how to come boldly to their father 0:22:52.440 --> 0:22:54.640 When they come home from school. They don't even ask. 0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:57.320 They go straight to the refrigerator, give me something to eat. 0:22:57.800 --> 0:22:59.560 They know that's a part of their privilege. They're a 0:22:59.600 --> 0:23:02.600 part of the family, and some of you. It would 0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:05.720 bring God great joy today if you just start acting 0:23:05.840 --> 0:23:08.000 like you're the apple of his eye, if you just 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:10.800 go boldly to him and start acting like he's really 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:13.600 pleased with you. See, I want you to get rid 0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:17.320 of all these rags of guilt, condemnation, unworthiness, and start 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:20.600 putting on your robe of righteousness. Learn to receive the 0:23:20.640 --> 0:23:24.000 good things God has in store. It's funny. I've said 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:26.399 to my children many times, let's go up to the 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:28.800 toy store today. I just want to buy you something special. 0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:32.280 And do you know, never once have they said, no, Daddy, 0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:36.760 I just don't deserve it. I made a mistake last week, 0:23:36.800 --> 0:23:39.400 and I really need to pay for it. No little 0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:43.359 children know how to receive. We as adults, we think 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:45.239 I gotta pay for it. I've got to earn it, 0:23:45.400 --> 0:23:47.480 let me work for it. But no, you've got to 0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:50.560 receive as a little child. And God is saying to 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:53.919 us on this resurrection morning, here's my mercy, receive it. 0:23:54.440 --> 0:23:57.240 Here's my forgiveness, receive it. Here are my blessings, We 0:23:57.520 --> 0:24:00.199 receive them. We say, wait a minute, Joe, I think 0:24:00.240 --> 0:24:02.320 I deserve it. Let me at least pay for it. No, 0:24:02.520 --> 0:24:05.320 it's a free gift. It's a part of being in 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:08.000 the family. You got to learn to let God be 0:24:08.080 --> 0:24:11.360 good to you. The other day, we took our little son, 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:13.880 Jonathan up to the store to buy a guitar. He'd 0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:15.840 been one one for a long time, and so we 0:24:15.880 --> 0:24:17.840 decided to just surprise him, and we went up there 0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:20.320 and we came home and he was so excited. He 0:24:20.359 --> 0:24:22.080 gave me a great big hug. He said, Daddy, I 0:24:22.119 --> 0:24:24.439 love you so much. Thank you so much for my guitar. 0:24:24.880 --> 0:24:26.959 Then he said, by the way, Daddy, when can we 0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:31.440 go back and get that new keyboard. See, Jonathan knows 0:24:31.480 --> 0:24:34.720 how to come boldly. He's not shy. He knows how 0:24:34.760 --> 0:24:38.080 much I love him. He knows I delight in doing 0:24:38.119 --> 0:24:40.680 good things for him, And as a father, it makes 0:24:40.720 --> 0:24:43.240 me happy when I can do things to make him happy. 0:24:43.680 --> 0:24:46.239 And parents, you can imagine how you would feel if 0:24:46.280 --> 0:24:48.560 your kids went around all the time thinking, you know what, 0:24:48.720 --> 0:24:52.000 I don't deserve anything. I make so many mistakes, nobody's 0:24:52.040 --> 0:24:55.200 pleased with me and break your heart. But that's exactly 0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:57.679 what we do to God when we allow the enemy 0:24:57.840 --> 0:25:01.239 to heap all this guilt and condom on us, and 0:25:01.280 --> 0:25:04.760 we go around feeling wrong on the inside about ourselves. 0:25:05.160 --> 0:25:07.200 Some of you been living under that heavy load way 0:25:07.240 --> 0:25:10.080 too long. It's time for you to get free today. 0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:12.919 The price has been paid in full. Why don't you 0:25:13.000 --> 0:25:16.639 start really receiving God's mercy. I think of the story 0:25:16.640 --> 0:25:19.840 of the prodigal son. He made so many bad choices. 0:25:20.400 --> 0:25:23.040 He left his home and went out and wasted all 0:25:23.080 --> 0:25:27.120 of his money. He ended up so low and so desperate. 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:29.240 He was eating the food that he had been feeding 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:31.919 to the hogs there in the hog pen. Finally he 0:25:31.960 --> 0:25:34.399 decided he's just going to go back home. He thought, 0:25:34.520 --> 0:25:37.560 even the servants in my father's house are living better 0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:40.440 than I am today. Maybe Daddy'll just hire me back 0:25:40.480 --> 0:25:42.840 as one of those servants. You know the story. He 0:25:42.880 --> 0:25:45.520 went back when he got close to the house. His 0:25:45.640 --> 0:25:48.639 father saw him a long way off. He took off running. 0:25:48.960 --> 0:25:50.920 He went and gave his son a great big hug. 0:25:51.040 --> 0:25:53.640 He's so excited to see him. But then the son 0:25:53.760 --> 0:25:57.280 started to explain, Daddy, I've really blown it. I've wasted 0:25:57.320 --> 0:25:59.560 all my money. Now. I know I don't deserve any 0:25:59.600 --> 0:26:01.800 of this, but maybe you can just take me back 0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:04.520 as one of your servants. His father said, no way. 0:26:04.960 --> 0:26:07.639 You are not my servant. You are my son. You 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:10.920 will always be my son. No matter what you ever do, 0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:13.679 you will always be a part of this family. The 0:26:13.760 --> 0:26:16.840 father said to the servants, go kill the fatted calf. 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:20.200 My sons come home. We're gonna have a celebration. He said. 0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:23.040 Somebody go put the best robe on his back, get 0:26:23.080 --> 0:26:25.920 the family ring and put it on his finger. See 0:26:25.920 --> 0:26:29.640 that's the message of Easter. There is forgiveness for any sin. 0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:34.040 There is mercy for any mistake. No matter what you've done, 0:26:34.280 --> 0:26:38.240 God still accepts you and approves you. You have been 0:26:38.280 --> 0:26:43.320 made worthy. You remember the time when Jesus had just 0:26:43.359 --> 0:26:46.280 been baptized and he was coming up out of the waters, 0:26:46.560 --> 0:26:49.159 and a loud voice boomed out of the heavens, and 0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:53.199 God said, this is my beloved son in whom I 0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:56.040 am well pleased. Now I believe that's what God is 0:26:56.080 --> 0:26:58.320 saying to each one of you today. You may have 0:26:58.359 --> 0:27:01.399 made some mistakes, they have made poor choices, like the 0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:04.440 prodigal son. But listen to these words. Let them sink 0:27:04.480 --> 0:27:07.320 deep down into your spirit. Man, God is saying, you 0:27:07.560 --> 0:27:11.119 are my beloved son. You are my beloved daughter in 0:27:11.160 --> 0:27:14.680 whom I am well pleased. Let me challenge you. Start 0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:17.679 putting on your robe of righteousness. Get up every morning 0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:20.359 and say it to yourself. God is pleased with me. 0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:25.560 God approves me. I am forgiven, I am worthy. Remember 0:27:25.600 --> 0:27:27.960 you do not have to beg God for something that 0:27:28.000 --> 0:27:31.399 He's already done. Simply learn to receive it like a 0:27:31.440 --> 0:27:35.000 little child. Friends, God has a great life of victory 0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:37.479 in store for every one of you. No matter what 0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:40.560 you've done, no matter what you've been through. Let today 0:27:40.680 --> 0:27:43.400 be a time of new beginnings in your life. Don't 0:27:43.400 --> 0:27:46.040 go around with that old, weak, worm of the dust mentality. 0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:49.080 You are a child of the most high God. Hold 0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:51.920 your shoulders back and go boldly to the throne. If 0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:55.360 you do that, you will be free from guilt and condemnation. 0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:58.639 I know God will begin to pour out his blessings. 0:27:58.640 --> 0:28:01.639 You'll rise higher and you'll experience the victories that He 0:28:01.720 --> 0:28:04.000 has in store. Amen, how many of you receive it 0:28:04.080 --> 0:28:06.119 this morning? Can you give a Lord a shout of 0:28:06.160 --> 0:28:11.840 praise today? 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