1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,960 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,520 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,520 And in this series, hope and healing have been arising. 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,160 Where are you grateful that God has given us a serious I am, I'm 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,440 very grateful. Are you grateful? 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:24,600 Pastor Kim's grateful. And healing has been happening. 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,440 But as you know, when you dive into the corners of mental 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,840 health, it's like there's a sheet of wood on the ground and 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,920 it's been there for years. And you finally lift up the 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,360 sheet of wood. What's under there? 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,400 A bunch of creepy crawly things. And that's what's happening here 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,400 at Illuminate Church. And it's a good thing. 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,800 It's better to reveal it and deal with it than to leave it 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:54,440 there, growing in its power. So we've seen demonic activity 15 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,600 in the church in the last couple weeks and we expected it. 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,040 We've seen deliverances and we've seen attacks. 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,400 We've seen strange things that don't normally happen here that 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,519 are happening and we knew it was coming. 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,480 So what we're going to do today is make a stand against the 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:14,240 demonic in Jesus name. Today is deliverance day. 21 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,000 Amen. Believe it. 22 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,600 Let me just say a warm welcome to anyone who's here for the 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,400 first time. If you're brand new, we say 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,960 hello to you. I'm going to tell you that you 25 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:27,200 can make one decision that will change the rest of your life. 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,320 And it's this simple. At the end of service, stop by 27 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:33,000 connect central. If you stop by connect Central, 28 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,720 they can connect you to the heart and the message of the 29 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,600 church and what to do next. And suddenly you will find as 30 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,600 many, many, many, many, many people before you have found I 31 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,120 just needed to do one thing. Go to connect central, get 32 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,800 connected. Go to lifestyle one, lifestyle 2 33 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,360 and a things just changed, as you hear me say in the lifestyle 34 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,400 one video over and over. The trajectory of your life will 35 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,240 be absolutely changed if you make that one decision. 36 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,800 So please go. If you're brand new or if you've 37 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,600 been here for years and just been stubborn, I mean, not able 38 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:06,520 to go, whoops, Please go. We are in a series called Weeds 39 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:07,920 in My Garden. We're in week 4. 40 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,520 This is a series about being honest about mental health. 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,840 If we're honest, we haven't been honest about mental health. 42 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,360 In week one, we learned that in order to live out the second 43 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:24,480 greatest commandment, we needed to love well by destigmatizing 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,120 the issues surrounding mental health and making it easy for 45 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,760 people to understand. It's OK to admit that you're not 46 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,600 OK to create a hospital where the doctor, his name is Jesus, 47 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,920 can come and do his work. Jesus said out of his own mouth. 48 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:42,840 The greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all 49 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,040 your heart, soul, mind, and strength. 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,800 And then he said the second is to love your neighbor as 51 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,040 yourself, right behind it. When we fail to love people 52 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,280 well, when we fail to help people through mental health 53 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,640 issues, one of four things happens, maybe all of them. 54 00:02:57,640 --> 00:02:59,960 Number one, it impacts our relationship with God. 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,520 If we don't help people, it impacts our relationship with 56 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,520 other people. And on the flip side, it impacts 57 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,560 their relationship with God and it impacts their relationship 58 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:10,800 with people. What do I mean? 59 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,240 Well, if we don't love people well and deal with mental 60 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,200 health, then we're saying to God, we don't love what you love 61 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,720 because you love people and you came to heal people, but we're 62 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,080 too busy or too bothered or that's too creepy or too hard, 63 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,040 so we're not going to deal with it. 64 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,120 It impacts our relationship with God. 65 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,120 Beyond that, it also impacts our relationship with them. 66 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,480 Like what are you talking about? Well, it's going to be harder 67 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:38,600 for people to come to us and be honest with us if we don't help 68 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,600 people who are in the this sort of battle. 69 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,040 And what they end up doing is we condition them. 70 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,000 We train them to not be candid with us. 71 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,320 We train them to give us roses and hide the weeds in their 72 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,440 garden because we're not a safe space for them to come and be 73 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,800 honest because they're like, oh, that's too hard, too weird. 74 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,560 You're creepy. You've had this issue. 75 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,360 Go deal with it some other way. Not by me. 76 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,440 This is the message we can give. And it what happens is we leave 77 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,040 them isolated, we leave them vulnerable, we leave them as 78 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,600 sheep without a shepherd. The very help they need, we 79 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,200 drive them away. Them being all of us, by the 80 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,760 way, it can impact also their relationship with God. 81 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,079 Why? Because they're going to judge 82 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:27,480 God by our actions. Did you hear me? 83 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,480 They will judge God by our actions. 84 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,080 We are both the hands and feet of Jesus. 85 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,480 We are the expression of God to the hurting world, and when we 86 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,960 handle poorly the glorious mission that has been given to 87 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,960 us, it changes how people see God. 88 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,960 This culminates in them having a hard time in relationships with 89 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,160 others as well. Because if Christians can't be 90 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,960 trusted, if God can't be trusted, then who can? 91 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,040 Nowhere is safe. No one is safe. 92 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,560 I retreat all the more. Again, isolation, vulnerability, 93 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,800 loneliness, sheep without a shepherd. 94 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,960 That's not the kind of Church of the kind of people that we want 95 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,400 to be, we want to love. Well, as I said in week 1, I 96 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,080 want to recapture the idea of what mental health is so that 97 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,800 we're all on the same page. And here at Illuminate Church, 98 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,080 we're using incredibly broad strokes to define mental health. 99 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,320 When most people typically think of mental health, you usually 100 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,080 doesn't always happen, but you usually go to clinical 101 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:39,720 diagnosis, meaning somebody has OCD or schizophrenia or clinical 102 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,600 depression or clinical anxiety and that's mental health. 103 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:48,600 And I'm not that to be clear, in this series, we are dealing with 104 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,800 those clinical diagnosed issues as well as we're handling mental 105 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,080 health in any sort of capacity as it relates to the 106 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:02,120 overwhelming emotions that come to us because of life loss, 107 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,160 wounds, worry, unhealed wounds, crushing stress, perpetuated 108 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,000 brokenness. It causes us to suffer mentally. 109 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,360 We're not operating as God intended us to operate. 110 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,520 Mental health issues, I said in week one, are comprised of 111 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,120 multiple components all relating to each other. 112 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,760 One impacts the other. There's situational issues. 113 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,760 Everyone say situational. Yeah, what's going on in you and 114 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,520 around you, actions you were doing, actions of others. 115 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,040 There's physiological issues, say physiological. 116 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,720 Yes, the brain wiring. You can literally rewrite how 117 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,040 your brain is wired. There's chemical malfunction, 118 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,080 something not operating just right with your pituitary gland 119 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,480 and all the ways the amygdala and the way that the brain 120 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,640 works. There's clinical issues that I 121 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,600 just mentioned. There's also spiritual issues, 122 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,240 say spiritual, and this is what we've been drilling down on the 123 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,960 last two weeks. There is an enemy who is against 124 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,680 you. And here's what I want to 125 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,320 stress. In the end, when we're talking 126 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,640 about spiritual issues, everything is spiritual. 127 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,000 Though there may be situational issues, clinical, medical, 128 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,880 physiological issues going on, everything is spiritual. 129 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,320 But when we list out all of these components and say they 130 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,840 relate together, what we're trying to do is help everyone 131 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,920 understand, though everything is spiritual, everything is not 132 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,680 exclusively spiritual. Meaning that the you may need 133 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:35,000 clinical medical help and there's no shame in that, but 134 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,840 you also may need situational help. 135 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,000 Lord, deliver me from this brokenness. 136 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,600 And then I return to the brokenness by the way that I act 137 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,680 or the people that I continue to share life with. 138 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,600 And guys like I want to deliver you, but you keep running back 139 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,360 to prison. So I want to show you how this 140 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,440 all works together. Pastor Kim shared so brilliantly 141 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,120 last week. So honestly, I'm so grateful 142 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,440 that you did that, Pastor Kim. There's so much help that came 143 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,880 from that. And he shared his testimony, as 144 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,840 he called it a message testimony or a mess that became a 145 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,600 testimony, whichever one works. And what he said is that his 146 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,760 situation as a young boy caused him to physiologically change. 147 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,680 If you weren't here, by the way, go back and listen to last 148 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,920 week's message. Profoundly beautiful. 149 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,640 The physiological change from because his brain got hardwired 150 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,840 to believe that he could not ever let his defenses down. 151 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:37,400 He was always switched on guard. Did you hear what he said last 152 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,120 week? To relax was dangerous to him. 153 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:44,720 Dangerous. If I let down my defenses, I may 154 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,120 get hurt. Not only that, but his 155 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,600 Physiology change. He said in his nifty 50s, he's 156 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,840 got started to react to the amount of strain and unhealth 157 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:56,440 mentally that he was experiencing. 158 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,680 But eventually, praise be the Lord, he went and sought 159 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:03,400 biblical Christian counseling and Jesus met him in that and 160 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,120 gave him freedom from this Hallelujah, Amen. 161 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,720 And it all, you see how all of it works together. 162 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,400 The situation with the physical, the spiritual, all of it is kind 163 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:18,160 of combined together. And I just don't want to pause 164 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,760 here and say this as well. Pastor Kim and Heather this 165 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,600 Saturday leave on a six week sabbatical. 166 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,600 Yep. Come on, sabbaticals that are 167 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,800 Illuminate Church are a rest for ministry for our pastoral staff. 168 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,480 And it happens once every seven years. 169 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,280 Only once every seven years do you get the rest. 170 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,440 That's not the truth, but it's an extended rest for ministry. 171 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,960 And I'm so excited for the two of you to get away and to do 172 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,400 this. And we're going to miss you 173 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,440 while you're traveling. They're traveling here and there 174 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,120 and whatever. You might see him occasionally, 175 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:58,440 but leave him alone, he said. Amen. 176 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,080 But nothing wrong is happening, nothing bad if you don't see 177 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,880 Pastor Kim that is. Some people have always hopping 178 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,000 to Kim. He's doing great. 179 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,880 He and Heather are great. Amen. 180 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:09,840 All right, well, here's the main issue of this series. 181 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:13,920 I think it's becoming clearer as we go into this series. 182 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:19,400 The devil is trying to steal, kill and destroy us via our 183 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:24,120 mental health issues, using the cloudiness and the unhealth 184 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,640 mentally to steal, kill, and destroy. 185 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,800 This verse should sound familiar because we've been quoting it 186 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,640 almost every week. John chapter 8, don't turn 187 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:33,680 there. If you want to turn somewhere, 188 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:36,280 turn to Mark chapter 2. If you need a Bible, raise your 189 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,320 hand and we'll bring one to you. Mark chapter 2, We're going to 190 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,160 be there in just a moment. But in John chapter 8, Jesus is 191 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,280 speaking about the devil. He says you belong to your 192 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,960 father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's 193 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,320 desires. I'm going to take out all the 194 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,200 pronouns and just use the devil's name. 195 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:54,760 The devil was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to 196 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,080 the truth, for there is no truth in the devil. 197 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,400 When the devil lies, the devil speaks the devil's native 198 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,160 language, for the devil is a liar and the father of lies. 199 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,120 This is who he is. We're coming to you. 200 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,200 We see hands. We're coming with Bibles in Week 201 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:16,000 2 that I share that there are three main lies that the enemy 202 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:21,800 speaks to us to diminish our mental health and these three 203 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,080 main lies if believe long enough eventually lead to for some 204 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,600 suicide, which we're going to address in two weeks, week 6. 205 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:33,200 I hope that you are here so we can address this very it's so 206 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,600 essential that we address this topic in the church suicide 207 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,800 that's in two weeks. But in week one we said that the 208 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,000 first slide that Satan tells us that we are meaningless or we 209 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:47,240 are without worth worthless because of battles we face, the 210 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,480 feelings we feel, our value, our meaning and our significance 211 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,880 have been reduced. It's been diminished and for 212 00:11:52,880 --> 00:12:00,080 some extinguished completely. But the truth is it's the God 213 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,800 himself that made you, which means that God himself knows 214 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,080 you, which means that God has personally and significantly 215 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,440 created you. And in this way, we have 216 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,960 relationship with them. We are known by him. 217 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,400 We're not meaningless, we're not random, we're not insignificant. 218 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,000 Last week, Pastor Kim talked about the lie that the devil 219 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,640 tells us, which is you're not lovable. 220 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,680 Who would love you? You. 221 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:32,440 Through his story, he was telling us the truth, which is 222 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:37,360 there's nothing you can do to unearn the love of God, and 223 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,000 there's nothing you can do to earn the love of God, Love of 224 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,160 God. The Lord's love is irrevocable. 225 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:50,640 Think about that word. The love, the Lord's love is 226 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,360 unconditional. Think about that word. 227 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,640 This week I want to talk to you about the third lie that Satan 228 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:03,160 tries to whisper to us, and it's not great, but see if you've 229 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,080 heard it before. You are ruined. 230 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,800 You're ruined. It's too late. 231 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,040 There's no coming back from this. 232 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,520 I think of the lady in the Phillies jersey at the Marlins 233 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,280 game. Maybe you've seen this on social 234 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,600 media. Home run gets hit, ladies there. 235 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,680 It hits near her feet, then it rolls down and in baseball 236 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:27,840 rules, it's fair game. Whoever gets the ball gets the 237 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,200 ball. Well, this other dude, dad grabs 238 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,440 the ball, takes it to his birthday boy son gives it to 239 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:34,400 him. They hugged like this is 240 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,400 amazing. And then Phillies lady comes 241 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:42,040 over and like rings them mine, mine, mine. 242 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:47,080 And the guys like, listen here, you take it clearly you need it. 243 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:53,920 Well, she's all over the Internet and basically there's 244 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,480 no coming back from this for her. 245 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,640 She's been fired from her job. She's ruined. 246 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,240 Now I think, what if all of my mistakes were on social media? 247 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,560 What if my mental health was posted on social media and 248 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:19,400 everyone decided let's cancel him? 249 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,120 There's no coming back from that, Ingram. 250 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,800 This is what the enemy tells us. There's no coming back for you. 251 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,000 The lie of the fact that we are ruined comes in the various 252 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,280 forms of mental health that I've been sharing with you. 253 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,040 Let me just go through them. It could show up in the 254 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,040 physiological as you come to grips with the facts, the 255 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,680 reality that you were put together physically different. 256 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,760 Your brain is wired different. Your chemicals pump into your 257 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,200 body different. Your physical struggles have 258 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,240 ruined you. This is what the devil says. 259 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,200 You will never be able to be the person God created to be. 260 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,680 You'll never be able to live your lifeout the way that God 261 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,760 intended it. The way that other people get to 262 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:08,960 live it is different for you. It could show up also. 263 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,840 This lie. You are ruined in the clinical 264 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:15,000 as you deal with the weight of a diagnosis, the life you were 265 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,960 hoping to have, the dream life you've been just chasing slips 266 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,040 through your fingers. That's what Satan does. 267 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,400 He tries to get you to believe that your diagnosis is bigger 268 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,240 than your choices. Hopelessness. 269 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,240 You have no choice. This is the end. 270 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,360 And he also gets you to believe that your diagnosis is bigger 271 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:40,480 than your God. And worse than that, he tries to 272 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:45,240 get you to take ownership of the diagnosis so that your diagnosis 273 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,960 is your identity. When we're going through a 274 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,600 battle like this, we'll say stuff like my depression, I used 275 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,960 to say, my anxiety, my OCD, whatever. 276 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:02,480 Think about what that means. Like my wallet, my car, my 277 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:10,960 pants, whatever. You are not your wallet and you 278 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:16,320 are not your diagnosis. You may have a diagnosis, but 279 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:19,680 the diagnosis doesn't have you in Jesus name. 280 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,480 But if you believe the lie that you're ruined, then you are your 281 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,240 diagnosis. Go ahead. 282 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:36,080 Yeah, it can also show up in the situational in two ways. 283 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:41,280 The first way is when you begin to reveal your actions to 284 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,520 others, because our actions are tied to our mental health. 285 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,280 Some of our mental health issues are the result of our own hands. 286 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,680 You've done something so long under the cover of darkness, but 287 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,400 now it's coming to light and the devil will tell you that people 288 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,440 are going to look at you differently. 289 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,680 They're going to judge you. The mask is being removed and 290 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,440 now they're going to see you for who you really are. 291 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:07,920 You're ruined. Then there's also the actions of 292 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,599 others, which come with an incredible pain and damage. 293 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:15,200 And the longer that people damage you, the more you think 294 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,400 you are damaged. Meaning if you think so lowly of 295 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,560 me that you're willing to treat me this way, I must be a lowly 296 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,760 person. Because I know you don't treat 297 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:29,680 poorly that which you value. You treat your vehicle better 298 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,520 than you treat your spouse, and that says something to your 299 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:38,040 spouse. I just made-up an example, not 300 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:42,120 pointing fingers, by the way. All of this is the devil's 301 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,360 playground, because the devil wants to come into you and 302 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,040 remove all the light. He wants to remove all the help, 303 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,400 all the hope. He pushes in. 304 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,880 He double s down. He says to you would be better 305 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,480 off for you, and it'd be better off for the people around you if 306 00:17:55,480 --> 00:18:01,400 you weren't here anymore. No one's ever going to allow you 307 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,200 to get over this. There is no coming back. 308 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:09,680 You are ruined. You were going to have a great 309 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:17,160 life, but now too late. Now just in the listing of the 310 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,800 physiological, the clinical, in the situational, look how much 311 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,120 ground Satan has taken, and we haven't even talked about the 312 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:26,480 spiritual. Satan begins to tell you that 313 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:29,680 God couldn't love you. Satan begins to tell you're too 314 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,800 far gone, you're too messed up, you are ruined. 315 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,680 And as a result, we come to some conclusions. 316 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:37,800 Three of them. Number one, we come to this 317 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,720 conclusion that God isn't big enough for my problem. 318 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,920 Meaning my problem is too big for God, He can't handle it. 319 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,920 Or on the flip side, we say my problem is too small for God, 320 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,280 He's too big and important for little me. 321 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,000 Or thirdly, we come to the conclusion of well, I've been in 322 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,640 church this whole time and I still have these problems. 323 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,960 I guess church doesn't work or I'm not doing church right. 324 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,560 Something's wrong with me. I don't have enough faith. 325 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,920 I'm not praying right? So I'm not putting the pieces 326 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,200 together, pulling this the the slot machine of God, So 327 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:20,080 something pops out, right? This is the spirit behind 328 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,120 deconstruction. If you've heard this term in the 329 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:25,720 church, people leaving the faith, deconstructing what God 330 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,840 had built to them because they've come to the conclusion 331 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,000 it doesn't work. It's not real. 332 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,320 It must not be real deconstructionism. 333 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,440 The hardest part of all of this is that the very part of your 334 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,920 body that is being attacked is also the very same part of the 335 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,200 body that is making all the decisions about what to do going 336 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,480 forward. How can I make healthy decisions 337 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,960 if my mind is unhealthy? Think about that. 338 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,800 If the devil has 1 foot on the gas, 1 foot on the brake and 1 339 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:01,880 foot on one hand on the wheel, I still have to get in the car and 340 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,320 go places. Just when I go those places, I 341 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:11,280 always end up somewhere unhealthy, lonely, ruined, 342 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,720 hopeless. So this is the lie you are 343 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:16,800 ruined. What is the truth? 344 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,840 If you're here today and want help and hope, then what I'm 345 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,320 about to share is critical as we walk this path forward with 346 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,720 Jesus towards mental health. 5 truths to combat the lie that 347 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:28,920 you are ruined. Truth number one. 348 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,120 Are you ready to say yes? God is not surprised by our 349 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,400 struggles. What? 350 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,200 I was asleep. I didn't know that Tim had done 351 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:38,760 that. What? 352 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,040 Right? No. 353 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:42,720 He knows our situations. He's not afraid of our 354 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,320 brokenness. He's not allergic to our pain. 355 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,120 He's not allergic to our misery. When Jesus came to the earth, he 356 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:53,360 came to help and to heal. If you read to the Gospels, 357 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:55,600 you're going to see over and over again how much time Jesus 358 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,680 took to minister to people in pain. 359 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,120 All sorts of pain. Physiological pain, situational 360 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:03,480 pain, clinical pain, spiritual pain. 361 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,160 I mean, he healed a woman caught in adultery, healed the demon 362 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,360 possessed man, He healed the man on the mat, He healed the woman 363 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:12,280 with the flow of blood. And these are just a few of many 364 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:18,080 times that Jesus says I've come to handle the problem. 365 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,240 Luke chapter 4, we've looked at a few times in this series and 366 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:27,240 it's important to remember because it essentially shows us 367 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:31,520 the reason Jesus came. He said in verse 16 of Luke 368 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,480 chapter 4, he went to Nazareth, Jesus, where he'd been brought 369 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,920 up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue as was 370 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,040 his custom. Note this, Jesus went to church 371 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,920 every week. This is custom. 372 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,800 He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was 373 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,480 handed him. Unrolling it, he found the place 374 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,840 where it is written. The Spirit of the sovereign Lord 375 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,400 is upon me because he has anointed me to proclaim good 376 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,400 news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim 377 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,120 freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, 378 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,920 to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's 379 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,280 favor. Then you roll with a scroll, 380 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,520 give it back to the tenants, sat down and says everyone in the 381 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,160 room had their eyes fastened on Jesus. 382 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,360 And then he began by saying to them, to them, today the 383 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:20,040 Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing, meaning Jesus is saying 384 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,880 that time that you have been waiting for as you've awaited 385 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,600 the one who would come to heal, that time has arrived. 386 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,600 The time is now. I am Him, I am here. 387 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:36,640 Amen. Which means very, very simply, 388 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,760 He's not surprised by our struggle. 389 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,400 He came because he knew we were struggling. 390 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,360 That's what he just said. I came to set the oppressed 391 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:51,240 free, set the prisoners free. I knew you were struggling. 392 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,920 That's why I showed up. Truth #2 God is not surprised by 393 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,040 our sin. From a spiritual perspective, 394 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,440 God knew that we were all ruined. 395 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,440 That's why I sent Jesus. Romans chapter 3 says it 396 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,960 plainly. For we all have sinned and 397 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,520 fallen short of the glory of God. 398 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,880 Raise your hand if you're included in the all. 399 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,320 If you're not raising your hand, you're a Sinner. 400 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,400 Sorry. From a spiritual perspective, 401 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:30,760 think about this. Some of us are tall, some of us 402 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,120 are not. Some of us are thin, some of us 403 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:35,240 are not. Some of us can Dunkin 404 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,960 basketball, Some of us can crochet. 405 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,480 Some of us can paint, some of us can't. 406 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,680 If you look around, God has made us so different in so many 407 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:53,440 wonderful ways, A kaleidoscope of His glory, so different. 408 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:58,800 But there is one way that we are not different at all, that every 409 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,800 single person in this room, every single person you see when 410 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,440 you walk outside, drive the roads, walk around Disney, you 411 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,400 can look around, say, hey, we all have this in common. 412 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:15,400 We are all ruined by sin, every single human being ruined by 413 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:20,240 sin. But God in his mercy stepped 414 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:26,720 into that space to deliver us from evil to the sacrifice of 415 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,640 his Son Jesus. Jesus, it turns out, came down 416 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,800 to deal with lots of needs, but he came down to deal with our 417 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:40,400 greatest need, our biggest need. And Mark, chapter 2, if you have 418 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,480 the Bible open there, it's one of the my favorite Bible 419 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,000 stories. If you've never heard this story 420 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,160 before, I feel like I'm showing you Disney for the first time 421 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,240 was like, what? Wow, amazing, right? 422 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,600 And so Jesus returns to his hometown, which isn't Nazareth. 423 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,960 That's where he was raised. But he lived most of his life in 424 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,200 the town of Capernaum, right on the Sea of Galilee, tiny little 425 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:03,160 village that he lived in. And he goes to his home and it 426 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,400 says that like the whole world seems to show up. 427 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,280 It's not true, but so many people show up that the house is 428 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,960 completely filled. People are standing all around 429 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,600 the house trying to get in to see Jesus. 430 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,960 Don't you know that every church should be filled to the brim 431 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,720 every single Sunday because Jesus is there? 432 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,920 Don't you know that this church should be filled with the brim 433 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,280 every single Sunday because Jesus, he's here. 434 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,040 There's some people in town who have a friend who's paralyzed. 435 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:45,360 Hope you have friends like this. They say, hey, friend, hope and 436 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,160 healing is here. We're going to take you to 437 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,800 Jesus. And if you learn anything about 438 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,960 God, I'm not sure what to do when you run into somebody who's 439 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,400 hurting, just take him to Jesus, right? 440 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,080 So they get this guy on a mat and they begin to carry him to 441 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,520 the house, like we're going to see Jesus. 442 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,720 And then they get to the house and so many people are there 443 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,840 like they can't even get in the house and they're like deuces. 444 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:15,120 They peace out and they take them home, drop them down. 445 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,520 Be like, sorry, that 'd be a terrible story. 446 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:20,560 It wouldn't even be in the Bible. 447 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:26,160 No, these friends are like, OK, Plan B up to the roof, like 448 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:33,040 Santa, sorry. Now think about the 449 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:37,560 determination of these people to get to Jesus and like we have 450 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:42,480 trouble out in the parking lot because I can't find a spot and 451 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:48,400 I got to park over there and they're like, all right, we're 452 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,000 going to dig a hole in the roof and lower homeboy down. 453 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:58,080 That's the Huber word, homeboy. Now the precision is amazing 454 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,560 because they're on top of the roof and they dig a hole big 455 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,520 enough for a man and they lower him down right in front of 456 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,160 Jesus. Imagine if they're like, oh, 457 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:11,680 estadad El bano de bano UN bano the bathroom, like whoops, no, 458 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,240 over here, down he goes right in front of Jesus. 459 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,800 Look in your scriptures, verse 5, when Jesus saw their faith, 460 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,200 he said to the paralyzed man, I heal your body. 461 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:29,760 Is that what it says? It Doesn't it make sense though? 462 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,400 He's on a mat, he can't use his arms and legs. 463 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,120 He's in front of Jesus, Jesus healing body. 464 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,200 And Jesus says, Son, your sins are forgiven. 465 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,640 What? Now Some teachers of law were 466 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,920 sitting there thinking to themselves, no, they didn't 467 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,120 speak. They thought, why does this 468 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,240 fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming. 469 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,640 Who can forgive sins but God alone. 470 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,200 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this is what they 471 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,120 were thinking in their hearts. Imagine that when you hang out 472 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:05,120 with Jesus, he's thinking what you're thinking. 473 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,160 And he said to them, why are you thinking these things? 474 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,800 And he asked him a question that I want to ask you. 475 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,400 Don't answer out loud, just ponder it. 476 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,320 Which is easier to say to this paralyzed man, your sins are 477 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,360 forgiven, Or to say get up, take your mat and walk. 478 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,000 Don't answer out loud. But which is easier to say? 479 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,640 Isn't it easier to say the one that won't have any physical 480 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,800 proof? Like I can't prove it y'all just 481 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,760 trust me. And isn't it harder to say the 482 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,680 one that requires demands physical evidence here and now? 483 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,640 Verse 10. But I want you to know that what 484 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,560 the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. 485 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,560 I don't know that I read that right. 486 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,040 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on 487 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,360 earth to forgive sins. In other words, Jesus saying, 488 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,080 oh, you don't think I can forgive? 489 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,880 Would you believe that I can forgive if I could heal this 490 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,400 man? And you're like, uh huh. 491 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,480 So he said to the man, I tell you, get up, take your mat and 492 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,320 go home. He got up, took his mat and 493 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,280 walked out in full view of them all. 494 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,840 This amazed everyone and they praise God saying we have never 495 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:24,240 seen anything like this. They lower the man in front of 496 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,480 Jesus and Jesus heart immediately goes to the sin, not 497 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,800 to the physical body. Because we must imagine Jesus is 498 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,240 thinking, what good is it to make a man walk if he's walking 499 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,960 straight to hell? What good? 500 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:45,080 So let me deal with the actual problem, the greatest need, 501 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,840 which is the sin. Mark chapter 2, verse 17. 502 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,360 Look just a few verses down. On hearing this, Jesus said to 503 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,640 them, is it not the healthy who need a doctor? 504 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,160 It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 505 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,520 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. 506 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,400 In other words, there is nothing that is too big for God. 507 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,760 If He handled the biggest issue of all of humanity for all of 508 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,920 time, certainly He can handle any other issue. 509 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:13,280 He came on purpose to save you from what? 510 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,920 Attempts to ruin us in Jesus name. 511 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,640 Truth #3 Nothing is too small for God. 512 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,920 Say when have you believe that God is only good for the big 513 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:28,880 things but not the small things? Don't busy him only call when 514 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,400 things get really out of hand. In light of all that is 515 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,640 happening in the world. Middle East, rumors of wars, 516 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:42,600 China, all of this. Do you think he's got time for 517 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,400 you? It's just a flesh wound. 518 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,680 Minimize it. It's nothing. 519 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:53,560 I need to confess to you something. 520 00:30:54,680 --> 00:31:00,200 I am not a handyman. Anyone else want to confess this 521 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:02,280 handywoman? Any. 522 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,000 I'm. Yep. 523 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,560 I once noticed in our shower that the line of caulk that's 524 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,720 down at the bottom, that kind of keeps the water in and from when 525 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,440 you know what I'm talking about, the bead of caulk that goes all 526 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,800 around everywhere. Yeah, I noticed it was like, not 527 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,360 good to look dried out. And some of it was not the right 528 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,680 color anymore. And I like, I need to fix this. 529 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,880 Certainly I can do this small little bitty, insignificant 530 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,720 house thing. And so I got the right tools to 531 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,280 dig out and the, the white caulk, they're going to zoom 532 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:35,120 here all around, you know, And four hours later, I'm literally 533 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,480 covered head to toe and white cock. 534 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,320 It's on my arms, it's in my face, it's in my hair, it's on 535 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,320 my knees, it's on my feet. And the lines looked like 536 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,240 they've been drawn by a kindergarten hyped up on 6 bags 537 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:53,560 of Skittles. And I just sat down and turned 538 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,600 out of the shower and wept. No, I didn't do that, but I felt 539 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:03,640 like doing it. Here's the point, why didn't I 540 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:08,280 just call the professional? But it's so much easier. 541 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:12,040 But it's just small job. I should be able to handle the 542 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,520 small thing, don't need to call a professional. 543 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:16,840 So I did. I call a professional, they come 544 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,440 over, 30 minutes later, they're done. 545 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,640 It looks amazing. And I look at them and say how 546 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:26,800 much do I hate you? Jealous. 547 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:32,680 The point again, why didn't I just call the professional? 548 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,200 It's not too small a job for them. 549 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,440 Luke chapter 12 verse 6 says are not 5 sparrows sold for 2 550 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,800 pennies, yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 551 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,600 Tiny little Sparrow, he knows about it. 552 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,000 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are numbered, all of them. 553 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,200 Don't be afraid. You're worth more than many 554 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,680 sparrows. I don't know if you ever cleaned 555 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,960 out a drain at your house and you pull it up and there's a 556 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,000 bunch of hairs there. I think to myself, God knows all 557 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,520 of these. He knows every single one. 558 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,920 He named this one Betty, that one Mabel, He's got them all. 559 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:13,400 He's aware. Yep. 560 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:18,000 This is the way my brain works. I want you to know that when you 561 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,920 pray, you're praying to a God who sees, to a God who knows 562 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:26,680 every intimate detail. Nothing escapes his notice, and 563 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,640 he cares about everything that you're going through, whether 564 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,960 it's big or small. The problem is we don't tend to 565 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,840 go to God until the small things become the big things. 566 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:41,040 Now, to be clear, the big things aren't hard for God, but they're 567 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,400 hard for us. Why? 568 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:49,800 Inertia, Momentum. The ship has sailed, it has 569 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,400 gotten heavier, and it is speeding up. 570 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:58,840 Think about turning a tiny boat and think about turning Icon of 571 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:03,400 the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, going fast to 572 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:07,240 the sea, weighted down. And what happens to us as we 573 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,880 begin to believe like, wow, you're right, I'm too far down. 574 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,000 This is too hard to turn around. The healing that it would take 575 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,320 requires too much. I can't go back. 576 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,800 I just going to set sail on this course and there's going to be 577 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,880 no change for me. Not true. 578 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,080 Better to deal with something early and often. 579 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,400 By the way, This is why we are a kids ministry. 580 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,000 This is why we are a youth ministry and a young adult 581 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,280 ministry. The Bible says if you train up a 582 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,159 child in the way that they should go when they are old, 583 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:44,080 they will not depart from it. Why not help them learn the love 584 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,520 and ethics of Jesus at an early age so they don't have the 585 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,000 inertia of the enemy to have to overcome later in life? 586 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,760 Amen. Truth #4 God has the power to 587 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,080 restore that which is broken and ruined. 588 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,920 He does this in one of three ways. 589 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,320 Listen to me carefully everyone. Take a big breath. 590 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,800 Sometimes. God restores and heals. 591 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:17,200 Today in the here and now we pray and medically, mentally 592 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:21,440 there is relief and healing. I have seen it, I am part of it. 593 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:26,600 I have been healed of anxiety in Jesus name but moves me to the 594 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:31,360 second part. It didn't happen today, it 595 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,760 happened someday. Meaning I began praying for my 596 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,760 healing at the beginning and it didn't happen from Sunday to 597 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:43,880 Monday, it happened from 2016 to 2020 ish. 598 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:48,960 I don't even know. It took time, it took process. 599 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,920 There are things that I needed to walk through. 600 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,120 There are things that I needed to learn. 601 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,120 There are things that I needed to let go. 602 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,560 A foundation that the Lord wanted to build under me that 603 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,280 couldn't have happened the same way if you just been taken away 604 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:08,120 from me. That resistance, that waiting to 605 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,240 be healed, built something in me that the enemy cannot steal. 606 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,240 So sometimes the healing happens today. 607 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:20,320 Sometimes the healing happens someday and sometimes the 608 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:25,440 healing happens one day and that one day is the 2nd coming of 609 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:29,280 Jesus Christ where he says behold I will make all things 610 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,920 new. This is a frustrating teaching 611 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:37,800 because everyone desires the two day healing. 612 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:45,640 Who would want to wait for someday or the one day God? 613 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:50,320 Give me the 2 day healing. But as I've just shared with 614 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:54,200 myself and I've seen happen time and time again, people who are 615 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,680 walking through the struggle, waiting on their healing, 616 00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,080 processing, walking through healing, making right 617 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,440 relationships, walking towards their healing. 618 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,160 They turn their struggle into a story. 619 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,360 They turn what's called a tragedy into a testimony. 620 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,400 While other people might have a shallow understanding of the 621 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,440 power of God, these people have learned to depend on the living 622 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,680 God with their every breath. As they're waiting the healing, 623 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,240 they might say something like, even in my worry, I will trust. 624 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,840 Even in my anxiety, I choose to follow. 625 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,960 Even in my depression, I will still give him glory. 626 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,440 Even to my pain, I will raise my hands and praise. 627 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:36,280 I think of Joe when he said, Though you slay me, yet will I 628 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,080 trust in you. Though he slay me yet will I 629 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:51,720 trust in him today, someday, one day the healing is coming in 630 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:56,040 Jesus name. Which brings me to the close and 631 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,640 the last. Truth is an invitation. 632 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:05,040 Truth #5 God delivers from evil. I told you at the beginning, 633 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,920 today is deliverance day. What does that mean? 634 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,600 I want to speak to something that has been sensationalized in 635 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,840 the church to the extent that we turn a blind eye to and like I 636 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,000 don't want to deal with that. It's too kooky, spooky or weird. 637 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,040 But Jesus dealt with this. And if Jesus dealt with it, the 638 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,280 church should be dealing with it. 639 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,240 Amen. Do you really believe that? 640 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:29,640 Say Amen. When we hear the word demon, 641 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,120 we're not sure what to think. We think of horror movies, 642 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,680 Halloween Horror Nights. Certainly demons are attending 643 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,360 there. So if you attend that, you're 644 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,040 going to party with demons. Just letting you know, don't 645 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,360 mean that as judgment, just mean that as a shepherd. 646 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:52,480 Here's what the Bible tells us about demons. 647 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,480 Ephesians chapter 6. You've heard me say this before, 648 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,280 that we don't wrestle against flesh and blood each other we 649 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,240 get, we wrestle against the rulers, the authorities, the 650 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:05,160 powers, the spiritual forces of wickedness raps, RAPS that exist 651 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:09,480 in the dark realm. It's a reality that we must be 652 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,280 aware of. Be alert and sober minded. 653 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,600 Your enemy seeks to devour you for lunch and this is what the 654 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,440 enemy looks like. Unseen spirits, rulers, 655 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,320 authorities, power, they exist. You see their evidence every 656 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,520 time you open your social media feed, every time you turn on the 657 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:31,240 news, you see the evidence of demonic activity. 658 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:35,520 Luke chapter 4 that I just read, Jesus says I've come to set the 659 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,760 prisoners free. The oppressed Free from what? 660 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:45,480 Demonic activity, Mark chapter 16, Jesus says I'm giving you 661 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:49,120 power to cast out demons multiple times in the book of 662 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,040 Matthew, multiple times in the book of Mark, one time in Luke 663 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,960 chapter 13, Jesus is casting out demons. 664 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,080 The body of Christ should be doing what Jesus did when he was 665 00:39:58,080 --> 00:39:59,960 in his body and he cast out demons. 666 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,240 We're going to cast out demons today and I don't want you to be 667 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:08,800 fearful. Demons are under the authority 668 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,480 of Jesus. Let me read to you. 669 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:11,920 So just in case you're not sure of that. 670 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:13,680 Let me read to you a few scriptures. 671 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:17,960 Ephesians chapter one, verse 19. Let me give us some light here. 672 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,280 And his incomparably great power for us to believe. 673 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,160 That power is the same as the mighty strength that Jesus 674 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,720 exerted when he said that God exerted when he raised Christ 675 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:29,800 from the dead and seated him at the right hand. 676 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:34,840 In the heavenly realms far above all rule and authority, power 677 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:39,000 and dominion, far above, and every name that is invoked, not 678 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,120 only in the present age, but also in the one to come. 679 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,040 And God placed all things, even demons, under his feet, and 680 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,360 appointed him to be the head over everything for the church, 681 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:53,000 which is His body, the fullness of him who fills everything in 682 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:58,040 every way. First John chapter 4, verse 3. 683 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:02,160 But every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from 684 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:06,560 God. This is the Spirit of the 685 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:10,080 Antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is 686 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:14,120 already in the world. You do. 687 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:18,480 Children are from God and you have overcome them because the 688 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:23,000 one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the 689 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:28,000 world. What I'm going to do today is 690 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,960 just Prairie in the authority of Jesus. 691 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,040 This is the way you can think of it. 692 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:36,720 Jesus we just read in Ephesians has authority over everything. 693 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,080 And when Jesus speaks in Luke chapter 4 saying I'm going to 694 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,600 free you from everything, he says I'm doing this in the power 695 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,880 of the Spirit. The Spirit has anointed me to go 696 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,880 and set people free. So you have Jesus and the 697 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,320 Spirit. Jesus is the badge, the Spirit 698 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,680 is the gun. Jesus is the authority, the 699 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:01,240 Spirit is the power, and so we're going to pray in Jesus 700 00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:05,720 name for the Spirit to come and work and to remove every demonic 701 00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:11,360 activity that is on any person in this room, any possession or 702 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,120 any oppression. Possession is of the unbeliever, 703 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:19,240 oppression is of the believer. If you can understand that the 704 00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:22,440 devil cannot possess you if you belong to Jesus because you are 705 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:30,240 territorially bought by the blood of Jesus, your body is a 706 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:33,200 temple to him. The oppression comes when the 707 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,840 devil tries to convince you that you don't belong to Jesus. 708 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,560 He says you've been set free from this prison, but the 709 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,400 devil's like, no, no, no, you're still in the prison. 710 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,720 Shove, shove, shove, though you're not there. 711 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,160 So we want to speak freedom today and pray. 712 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,280 Let's do this. Would you all stand with me? 713 00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:58,760 I'm going to ask our prayer ministers to come forward, our 714 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:03,680 pastors, our elders. Some of them will be up in the 715 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:09,440 mezzanine. And what I'm going to do is do 716 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,440 what Jesus did. He prayed in his authority to 717 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,280 rebuke and to cast out every demon. 718 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:19,920 And while we do this, it doesn't have to happen, but sometimes it 719 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,760 happens that a demon will manifest. 720 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,480 Don't be shocked or alarmed. Know that Jesus is dealing with 721 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:30,800 this and setting somebody free because that's what He came to 722 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:36,480 do Amen. As we deal with this, your job 723 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,560 is agreement. I agree that the authority of 724 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,760 Jesus and the power of the Spirit is setting people free, 725 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:50,000 is setting me free. Receive it into your heart and 726 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:51,800 into your spirit. If you just bow your heads and 727 00:43:51,800 --> 00:44:01,840 close your eyes in the name of Jesus, we say demons come out. 728 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:06,640 We say that Jesus is here to deal with you. 729 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,120 Father God. It is by your authority that we 730 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,400 proceed to deliver all those here that have gathered by the 731 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:18,200 power of the Lord Jesus Christ to every demon in the room. 732 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,360 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by His authority, I 733 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:25,680 join with everyone here in commanding you to leave now. 734 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:29,000 You have no right to be here. You are trespassing upon God's 735 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,480 property. Get away now. 736 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,200 Father, we pray that you will empower this rebuke that we have 737 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:42,520 just issued in Jesus name. We acknowledge that some of our 738 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,760 behaviors may have been empowered by demons and evil 739 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,920 spirits. If it is Lord, we declare, I 740 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,760 want nothing to do with it. If you agree with it, say I 741 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,840 agree. Lord Jesus, we confess that you 742 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:57,080 triumph over these demons and evil spirits by the power of 743 00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,720 your cross that purchase forgiveness for all of our sins 744 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:03,120 by your death, burial, and resurrection that provided my 745 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,640 new life in Christ. If you agree, say I agree, 746 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,600 demon, in the name of Jesus and the authority of Jesus, I 747 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,920 command you to get away from me now. 748 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:16,000 If you agree, say I agree. Lord Jesus Christ, I ask that 749 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,360 you send these demons and evil spirits away from me now. 750 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:24,080 If you agree, say Amen. Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you 751 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:27,160 for hearing our prayers and answering our prayers. 752 00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:30,800 Please, by your grace and mercy, reveal anything in my life that 753 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:35,120 might give demons and evil spirits opportunity within me, 754 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:42,080 and please fill me anew with Your Holy Spirit so that I will 755 00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,120 be empowered to live out your life and joyful obedience to You 756 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:49,240 and freedom from sin and harassment. 757 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:53,880 In Jesus name we command general generational curses to go. 758 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,320 In Jesus name we command the demon of poverty, the 759 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:05,920 impoverished spirit, to go. In Jesus name we command the 760 00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:10,080 orphan spirit to be vanquished from this house. 761 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:14,720 In Jesus name the spirit of abuse must go, The spirit of 762 00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:17,680 addiction must go. The spirit of pornography must 763 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,600 go, The spirit of alcohol must go, the spirit mammon over money 764 00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:24,080 must go. In Jesus name, the spirit of 765 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:30,280 pride, ego, the spirit of vanity, driven out by the power 766 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:34,840 of Jesus, the spirit of infirmity, we cast it out in 767 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,680 Jesus name. Bring your healing and your 768 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:42,280 power because of who you are. And we thank you for your good 769 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:44,600 work. Before I say Amen, would you 770 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,720 just look up here? The altar is open. 771 00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:51,160 If God is stirring something in you, let him finish the work. 772 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:56,760 Everything else can wait. Come forward, be prayed for. 773 00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,480 Our whole group is up here ready for you. 774 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:03,800 Jesus knew you were struggling, so he came to earth and He's 775 00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:06,760 empowered people to pray with you for deliverance. 776 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,640 Thanks for joining us today. We hope God is speaking to your 777 00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,200 heart through this message. If you'd like to connect with 778 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:21,400 us, you can text connect to 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate 779 00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:24,000 dot church. Have a great week.