Episode Transcript
This morning, I feel led topray for you. I want to pray
that you will begin to see yourselfas God sees you, that you will
begin to conduct yourself even more asGod leads you. That you will continue
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in your dedication to God, inthis legacy that you're creating with him,
and leave him for for eternal glory. For everything that you do today,
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every decision you make, every thoughtyou think, is another page on your
journey. So what do you wantyour legacy to look like? If a
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day is a page in your chapteror in your book, what do you
want it to represent? What doyou want people to gather from it?
And beyond all of that, whatdo you want God to get from it?
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So I was sitting here and Iread Romans six and seven, and
Roman seven specifically talks about marriage andhow we as believers, how God sees
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us and the relationship between us andsin and marriage, and basically what it's
saying is that before you became abeliever, you lived in sin. It's
just that simple. And it givesin an analogy of Roman seven of a
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woman getting married and if she leavesher husband while he's alive, then she's
seen as an adulteress. But ifhe dies and she moves on, then
it's fine. She's not seen asan adulteress. And the comparison there is
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when you become a Christian, youessentially are made new. So God doesn't
see your sin. As I'm sayingthis, I see a light. God
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sees you as light. In fact, if I could go on and venture
out and say, we're all light, and that's how he recognizes his people
from his position, because we servea God that sits high and looks low.
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So what does your page RepU?What will it represent? If you
are already made new through Christ,why are you still holding on to certain
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things? If you're caught up inany type of sin, it's as simple
as stopping. It's a choice,and that choice elevates you and it aligns
with your walk. Your walk actuallyaligns with that thought, and you begin
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to move different and live different andbe different. But it starts with you
just thinking I can do this.I can do this. For we know
that the Bible says that some ofour issue are all issues flows from where
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the heart. So if your heartis deceiving you, which we know the
heart is deceitful to continue in yoursin, then you have to deal with
the issue of your heart. What'sin your heart that's causing you to continue
in the sin. Romans also talksabout us worn against our flesh like it's
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a constant struggle, which means theflesh is gonna keep roaring and raging.
But so is the spirit. Soyou have to recognize that, and you
have to be willing to not succumbto your flesh, be willing to follow
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the spirit, be willing to dealwith the matters of your heart, the
matters of your heart, because theheart is deceitful. So I pray right
now, Father God, that youwill continue to forgive your people, for
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your word says our sins are asfar from the eases to the west.
Let us walk in that freedom.God. Let us begin to see,
Father God, that you have somuch in store for us when we obey
you, when we align ourselves withyou. For those that aren't sure if
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they're hearing from you, God,it asks that you will give them clarity
and let them rest in your voiceand your guidance and your comfort, and
your teachings and your leadership and yourlove and your thoughtfulness and your forgetful and
your forgiveness. Let them bask init, God, all of your qualities
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from you being a waymaker, apromise keeper. The lily in the valley,
a bomb in Gilead, and thatmeans what the bomb. It means
literally, God, is there tobe a bomb over whatever you're going through
like it's a healing bomb. Itmakes you, he makes you feel better.
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So, Father God, to askthat you will touch their hearts God,
and let them not be deceived bytheir hearts. God. Let them
have the strength and give them thestrength to be able to stand against the
flesh. I ask, Father God, that you will forgive us of our
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sins, the ones intentional as wellas the ones unintentional. I ask Father
God that you come right now andmeet us right where we are. God
God, for we praise your name, We glorify you, We honor you,
Father God. Hallelujah to your nameJesus. Thank you, Father God
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for all that you've done. Thankyou, Father God for how you continue
to watch over us and keep us. Father God, thank you God for
being a good good father. Thankyou God for continuing to be a hedge
of protection. Thank you God forbeing a bomb in Gilead. Thank you
God for being the Prince of peace. Thank you God for being our master
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our Lord, Father God. Thankyou God for being a way maker.
God. Thank you God for allthe plans that You've laid out for us.
Father God, give us the strength, God, the fortitude, the
mental capacity, the heart healing God, that we need to follow after you,
to constantly seek after you, FatherGod, God, for your always
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their God. For you delight inour praise, Father God, you delight
in our worship of you, FatherGod Lord. I believe that faith,
God is the substance of the thingshoped for and the evidence of things not
seeing. Father God Lord, letus know and connect with your faith,
Father God. Let that faith beactivated within everyone that's listening to this prayer.
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Father God Lord, I ask Godthat you will just wrap your loving
arms around everyone that's listening right now. God, whatever their circumstances are,
whether it's finances God, whether it'semployment, Father God, whether it's a
relationship, Father God, whether it'stheir spiritual walk, Father God, whether
it's their health, Father God God, you meet them where they are,
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Father God Lord, you provide thehealing that they need. Right now,
Father God, I decree and declareGod that their finances are restored in the
name of Jesus Hallelujah. I decreeand declare God that their health will be
restored. Father God, I decreeand declare God that they will go deeper
and deeper and deeper and higher intheir walk and worship with you, Father
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God God, that they will havea desire now to get up and go
walking, and to get up andexercise. God, to be a good
steward over the body that you've giventhem. Father God Lord, we just
praise you right now God for thestrength God. We praise you right now
God, for you just being foryou given us the strength God to be
able to create new lifestyles God,for us to be able to create these
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new things that we do, FatherGod, these new morning routines, the
new evening routines, the new nighttimeroutines. God. That is a reflect
who you are. Father God.Let them not feel like it's just too
much to always think of you,Father God Lord, that their minds should
stay on you, Father God Lord. That prayer is only just so you
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could pray in just a whisper.Father God, give them the confidence to
pray to worship You Father God,to thank you God a heart of gratitude
God, to walk in your virtues, Father God, to just be your
child and to not forget your commandsand your laws. God, we magnify
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you, We glorify you, God, for we know that you're coming back,
and you're coming back soon. AndGod, we want to be ready.
We want to be ready. Tomorrowis not promise God, for all
we have is today and right now, even the next second is not promised
God. So Lord, let uscontinue to walk as though all we have
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is the second that we're in rightnow. Hallelujah. Thank you God.
Let us continue to walk as thoughright now this second is all we have.
God. We thank you for beingsuch a love and and patient.
God. We thank you God forbeing available showing up on this morning,
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and repraise your name because you're worthyof all the praise. God, send
jobs, businesses, overflow, overflow, overflow and obedience. Obedience and overflow,
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not because we are being obedient toreceive and overflow, but because you
delight in our obedience and that activatessomething within you. Just like we have
children, and we're proud when ourchildren are obedient to us. We expect
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them to be obedient to what wesay, and God has that same reflection
and expectation from you. So God, we thank you and we praise you.
It is in the matchless name ofJesus to Christ and our praying Amen.
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