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When someone is dying, and they know their days are numbered, their words, the last things they choose to speak, the last wisdom they are intentional about sharing, their loved ones deem their words as priceless.

I had the pleasure of experiencing that when my dad passed, and in the midst of his talking, it dawned on me, “you should be recording this,” so I did.  I am so glad the last words and the last things Jesus’ was intentional about doing and saying on His way to the cross were recorded and that we all have access to the priceless gem of the words and teachings of Jesus.

The first of the four parables Jesus was intentional about conveying is in Matthew 24:45-51, and it reads.

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The lesson of this parable is about accountability and how we as servants will have to give an account to our master for how we conducted our lives here on earth.  We like to proclaim that we are independent and don’t have to report to anyone.  I told you all a while ago that independence is an illusion,  and is never mentioned in the Bible.

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Passion Week, aka Holy Week, is about commemorating and acknowledging what Jesus did and deemed important enough to address before making the ultimate sacrifice on the cross.

Holy Monday is the day Jesus cleansed the temple, was praised by local children, and cursed the fig tree (Matthew 21:12–22).  

First, I want to set the scene for you. Although the people were praising Jesus, most did not believe he was the Messiah. However, they were willing to honor, worship and give praise to one they thought could meet their need.

The honor and praise they gave Jesus was similar to the honor and praise people today give psychics, celebrities, and those with wealth, with no foundation of godliness in their actions or intentions.

Matthew 21:12-13 scripture tells us. “Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.’” 

We pay homage to Jesus for setting the standard against people using what should be sacred as a marketplace for profit, which deters believers from their mandate to give tithes and offerings, which in turn robs the people of God from the full release of the blessings of God in their lives.  

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Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, it's when the people laid down palms and branches in front of Jesus as a sign of honor.

The big question I have for you all today is, as the people chose to honor Jesus with such grandeur and praise ritualistically, how sincere were their hearts?

In Luke 19:41-42 the scriptures tell us that as Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, and HE WEPT over it and said, “if you, even you, only know on this day what would bring you peace, but it is hidden from your eyes”.

What I want to say to you this morning is don’t get so caught up in the physical exaltation of praise and the grandeur that comes with a celebration that you forget who Jesus was, His message, and what His sacrifice meant not just to the body of Christ but to you individually, to what God created for you to fulfill.

Like the people welcoming Jesus to Jerusalem, if we get caught up in the physical, in only what is seen with our eyes, we cheat our hearts and discount our souls, and then find ourselves living lives as hypocrites while declaring to serve God and love Jesus.

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Initially, this message was to address just the importance of walking in the truth.  We serve an all-knowing God and He knows there is someone who needs to hear the “love” component side of truth as well.

My mother used to say, “it's your lil red wagon; you can pull it or push it.”  This was her way of telling someone that how they utilize their free will in making decisions and choices for their life comes with the weight of accountability.

The real truth about truth is it weighs much less than lies.  Lies get heavier and heavier because to sustain one lie; it will oftentimes require that another lie, and then another, be added to the equation.  And before we know it, we have a wagon filled with bricks of lies, and we’re trying to pull it up a dirt road.

Some of us must accept the truth about some of the people we engage with daily, even those to whom we have attached our souls. 

Then some of us must also deal with the truth about ourselves, our faults, our abilities, and our inabilities.  

And we all need to set the standard concerning every aspect of our lives based on God’s truth.

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There is no difference between a billionaire and a beggar, it doesn’t matter whether you are young or old, tall or short, we all have the same amount of hours in a single day and we all have access to the gift of free will.  What makes the difference in any life is how time and free will was and are utilized.

 You know what establishes value in our economy, supply and demand, when supplies are low or demands are high, the value goes up, and the valued price of the product or service goes up.   Time is so valuable because the supply is consistent it doesn’t change, day in and day out we get 24 hours a day regardless of the day of the week, the climate, who is in office, or regardless of popular trends, or the economy.  

Our supply, our allotment of time never changes. The demand for time is high because we have no ability to control it. When it comes to “time”, we cannot stop it, pause it, sped it up, or slow it down. So the measure of time, its supply, and its demand make time valuable.

And how we invest in the time given defines our individual lives. There used to be an old lottery slogan that said, “you have to be in it to win it”.  The same thing applies to time and life.  Each of our lives is measured by time.  When we are asked our age, we respond with dictation of time, 30 years old, 50 years old.  

When you apply for a job, the questions are asked concerning your experience, the expectation is that you respond with a measure of time.  Time is the passing of our existence.  In Job 14:5 the scripture reads “A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. So look away from him and let him alone,  till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.

In other words,  the scripture is telling us.. each of us… has an expiration date, a day when our time will be up.  We can’t postpone it or change it all we can do is make the best of the time we have, for the scripture says we have set limits that we cannot exceed.

The scripture goes on to advise “look away, let him alone”, in other words, don’t waste your time wasting someone’s else time. The same scripture continues with “till he has put in his time like a hired laborer”.  When God purposed your life He hired you to fulfill a purpose, and some of us have been sleeping on the clock.

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No two religions can be right, as every religious doctrine contradicts another, so all can not lead to God.  Don't be deceived. All religions do not lead to God.  In Joshua 24:15, it reads: “Choose this day whom you will serve ... but as for my family and me, we will serve the Lord”.  The Lord the scripture is referring to is the Lord of the Lords, the King of Kings, the creator of all things.  www.BibleDeliverance.org

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God said he would hardened Pharoah's heart, so how can God just hold Pharoah responsible for the hardening of his heart?  Listen for the answer

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“Common sense” is defined as the simple perception of facts. Jesus is evidence of the common sense of God. Stay with me, and I will explain how we can be sure of that. Jesus is evidence of the Common Sense of God.

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Let’s be honest; we have all felt at one time or another that our prayers may have fallen on deaf ears.

Prayer is our wireless connection to God, and His divine wireless plan has assured us that no prayer, no call, will ever be dropped and that we have access to him from anywhere, any time.

I recently google the world’s population. Did you realize there are over 8 billion people on earth?  Now imagine for a moment if just ¼ of those people pray daily.  

Listening to and honoring those prayers seem like an unimaginable workload, but God hears and is equipped to handle every utterance.

I want to encourage you…. don’t lose patience and know that because God's timing has not aligned with yours, it does not mean your prayer is out of his will.  

God’s timing is orchestrated in a manner that considers the influence, impact, and inspiration your answered prayer will have beyond you.

In Romans 8:28, the scripture reads all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord.  

God specializes in making things work together, look at all of His creation. Everything he created depends on something else to sustain its existence, depends on something else to reproduce or prove itself productive.

You may deem your prayers personal and exalted to accommodate your individual needs, desires, and mission. 

Your prayers are under the masterful custodianship of God,  as he coordinates how your answered prayer will bless, meet the need, encourage, and work together for good beyond you.  

If we look at the story of Hannah in the Bible, we can see how God’s timing regarding answered prayers can impact beyond the individual exalting the prayer. 

Hannah prayed for years that God would open her womb, and when He answered her prayer, she gave birth to Samuel, who was born at the right time to accomplish great things because of God's timing.  

Samuel is represented in the Old Testament in every leadership role open to a Jewish man of his day priest, judge, prophet, and military leader.

Had he been born as an immediate answer to his mother’s prayer, his legacy would not have had the impact on generations at the magnitude it did.

Don’t stop praying. Don’t become discouraged.

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Genesis marks the beginning, the baseline, the standard.  We all have our own Genesis how we respond and nurture it determines a lot of our successes and failures.

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