Do you want to be made whole? What area of your life have you stayed comfortable in for far too long?! 

Jesus’ encounter with the man at Bethesda challenges us to look at our lives and find places where we have allowed disfunction to hinder us from growing. 

To mature in the Lord and see progress, we MUST get rid of the barriers built by our past choices and experiences. 

🔥Destroy the barricade of comfort!

🔥Destroy the barricade of blame!

🔥Destroy the barricade of a faulty belief system! 

Remember, the real problem isn’t what you don’t have, it’s what you won’t do!!! 

Choose faith, stand up, and walk forward into the bright future that God has for you!!!!

Do you really understand that God is with you?! Are you confident in Christ and the power that’s at work in your life?! The life of David is a perfect example for how we should face adversity and the storms of life. Before David fought Goliath, he declared the victory; not through his own might but through the power of Almighty God!!!!!! We must keep our eyes focused on Christ and remember that He is and always will be Emmanuel, God with us!!!! Because of His presence, we WILL come out of every valley and every storm and reign victorious over the things in life that come to take us out!!!!

Praise God that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God! Jesus was not just a man, not just a prophet, but the eternal, uncreated Son of God! The power of the gospel is in the revelation of who Jesus really is: the image of the invisible God! When you start thinking of Jesus as a created being, you miss the fact that He is the eternal redeemer who existed before your mistakes, your mess, and your pain. He was already carrying the weight of your sin on the cross before you ever failed! Jesus is not reactive to your failure; He is proactive in His love! Don’t let the world convince you that Jesus only cares about your success, your purpose, or your strength. He’s our Kinsman Redeemer, the one who stepped down from Heaven, not because He had to, but because He was willing to pay the price for your redemption. He wasn’t forced to come to earth — He chose to become one of us, to carry our burden, to destroy the works of the devil and transform our weakness into victory. Your pain, your failure, your chaos cannot cancel the mission that Christ has placed on your life! He came to save you, not to sympathize with you, and He is with you now, transforming your weakness into strength! Keep your eyes on Him! Joy and blessings are coming, in Jesus’ mighty name! 

Patience. It’s a fruit of the spirit, and one that most of us would say we don’t operate in very often. In our culture of now, with fear of missing out at an all time high, patience can seem to be unattainable. However, the Word promises that our patience will grow as our faith is tested. When the storms of life come, are we placing our trust in God and responding only how and when He wants us to?! If we choose to WAIT with confident trust in our great God, our patience will grow and we will find ourselves able to navigate the tough times of life with joy and peace unaffected!!!!! 

Stop waiting, start working!!!

Have you been waiting for a promise from God’s Word to come to pass in your life? Too often we find ourselves in a stagnant state, idly waiting for the Lord to move. This is futile, and leads to a life of constant frustration! 

Study God’s word, put it to work in your life, watch your faith grow and prepare yourself to walk in to the new seasons God has planned for you!!!!!!

Do you care more about reality or perception? Fools will tell you that perception IS reality, but those same people will lie about who they are because they’re too weak to face the truth. Jesus tells us that there are people who will honor Him with their lips, but their hearts are far from Him! They may look, talk, act, and dress the part, but the reality is that Jesus will tell them, “Depart from me; I never knew you!” Time is short and you have to make the choice of whether you’re just going to have a form of godliness or if you’re a sold-out believer! Anyone who isn’t with the Lord opposes Him; anyone not working with Him is working against Him. As believers, we must the truth, tell the truth, and allow the truth to be told! Don’t just be perceived as good while you’re really out there doing evil. Build your faith through the unchanging truth of the Word of God, and anchor yourself to God’s reality! 

Following Jesus does not absolve us from the responsibility of making choices in our every day lives. There is a powerful connection between the choices we make and the consequences we face. Let’s not spend our lives blaming others for choices we are making!!! 

•Stop making excuses! 

•Recognize all decisions have consequences. 

•Ask yourself, Where are my decisions leading me?

It is IMPOSSIBLE to sew seeds of the flesh and reap fruits of the spirit!!!! 

Let’s stop being led by 

emotions, fear, and pride and allow the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to govern our choices!!!!

Just because people have a lot of passion about something doesn’t mean they’re right! Passion without transformation leads to dysfunction. John was called the apostle of love, but he didn’t start out that way — Jesus called him and James the sons of thunder because their passion was misdirected! John allowed Jesus to soften him and didn’t allow who he used to be to define him. What are you letting control your identity? If you allow yourself to be defined by who you used to be, God can’t take you to where you’re supposed to be! Let Jesus redirect your thunder for His glory, and allow God’s transformational power to rewrite your story!

God’s call on ALL of our lives is to respond to the gospel and choose to walk it out, living in Christ and representing the fruits of His spirit. 

Do our choices and decisions come from God or do they come from the desires of our flesh? The motives behind our actions matter!!! 

🔥 Give up your own way. 

 Mark 8:34 & Proverbs 3:6

🔥 Stay in bounds with the word of God.

 Proverbs 4:20-22

🔥 Don’t compete with others. 

 James 3:16

We can’t successfully offer our lives up to Lord based on our willpower, our intellect or outside influence; we can only please the Lord when we live according to His Word!!!

Many problems persist because we're not claiming the authority Christ has given us. The Devil thrives when we stay in the arena of reasoning, but victory is ours when we stand firm in faith!

- Faith is 100% certainty - Know the Word, trust it and speak with authority.

- Guard your mind, heart and mouth - Don't let negative thoughts or words give the enemy a foothold.

- Resist the Devil - Stand firm in your faith, and he will flee. (James 4:7)

We are seated with Christ in victory! Don't hide-walk in the Word and claim your authority!