Walking in Truth

If you’ve ever been to a hockey game, you know there are high emotions and lots of physical roughing up that happens. Thankfully, there are those tall walls of plastic that keep the players from coming into the stands. The players have a limit to where they’re able to go. Boundaries and limits can actually be a good thing so that you can thrive where you are. Today, Pastor Johnny mentions the benefits of having borders that you can work within and grow in a way that’s best for you and those around you.

An inheritance is something that you feel honored to receive, knowing that your relatives before you cared enough to leave you with something they worked hard to earn. Well in today’s passage, Pastor Johnny talks about what it means to have the Lord as your inheritance. It may not seem all that exciting as you hear about it. But what you need to realize is that having the Lord as your inheritance is more meaningful than any kind of material inheritance you could acquire here on earth!

The Roman Empire was a powerful force that spread and took over much of the known world at the time. The Romans ended up taking control of places that hadn’t been conquered before. Every place that was ruled by them was under their authority. Well today, Pastor Johnny asks you if there are parts of your heart and your life that still need to be conquered. Are you holding on to certain areas, in hopes that God won’t care enough about that section of your heart? He wants to be Lord of all of you!

So often, it’s exciting to see a house or a room transformed from what it once was to something even better. Well, try this on for size. What if you changed a cruise ship to a battleship? That would be a different twist on renovation, right? But today, Pastor Johnny is saying that this is a necessary change for the people of God and the church to transform from what was easy- breezy to being battle-ready for a fight. While the first idea may seem better and more leisurely, you’re caught by surprise by the attack.

When you think about concrete as it’s poured, it’s soft and moveable. But as time goes on, the concrete sets and becomes firm and then immoveable. The whole point of using concrete as a substance is so that it will be very difficult to move or manipulate once it dries. Well in today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny doesn’t want you to have a heart like concrete that becomes so hard that you’re unable to see God work and move in your life. Be willing to be soft toward the things of God!

When you think about the great empires that ruled in history, you might think of the Persian Empire or the Roman Empire. These great nations expanded their territory and took over areas that weren’t originally theirs. Well today, Pastor Johnny has a message for you…God wants to expand His territory in your heart. He wants to take over and rule and reign in a way that will only bring blessing and victory over areas you thought would be impossible to overcome. If you’re willing, He’s more than able to conquer those nagging habits and those negative influences!

It’s hard to let go of control. You have everything in place and things are happening just as you want them to, but there’s something empty about it. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but it’s almost as if the most important piece of the puzzle has somehow gone missing. Today, Pastor Johnny is saying that seeking God and His will in the thing you’re pursuing is the biggest and most important piece of the puzzle. Seek God’s will and then everything will fall into place as it should.

Classic signs of an enemy are that they’re not for you, that they’re looking to attack you, and that they somehow have a good knowledge about you. But have you ever thought about the fact that usually, an enemy is in some ways similar to you or tries to camouflage themselves, as if they’re one of you? Today, Pastor Johnny gives fair warning that your enemy is looking to take you out and sometimes, it’s from an angle you’re least expecting. Sometimes, it’s from within your own camp.

What comes to mind when you think about Easter Sunday? Do chocolate bunnies and Easter egg hunts arise in your memory? Those are nice things, but they’re not the important reason that Easter is even a holiday. In today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny shines a light on the real reason why Easter should be celebrated. There’s an importance to the fact that this event happened and it compels you to believe it’s true. Why? Because the weight of your eternity is on the line and it matters!

Seeing is believing, right? But what about when you just hear about something happening but you weren’t there? You have to go on an eyewitness account. You may not have seen the car accident happen, but you can gather information, based on someone who was standing on the sidewalk and saw the event take place. Today, Pastor Johnny wants you to see the truth behind Jesus’ resurrection. This is the one thing that sets Christianity apart from any other religion…the resurrection!