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Knoweth part 5

10/22/2016 17:22

You can't believe something that you don't know. But when you know it... you can throw it. You can't give something you don't have. But once you receive it... you can release it. It's not a formula, per se, but it is an important first and second step. That's why 1 John 4:16 says, "And we have...

Knoweth part 4

10/21/2016 13:59

Heart knowledge is a whole different thing than head knowledge. It's the difference between knowing ABOUT something with your head, and KNOWING something with your heart. Look at Psalm 139:14, "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul...

Knoweth part 3

10/20/2016 13:56

If you know it, throw it. That's how ministry works. That's what being a witness is all about. That's what I mean when I preach and Rant (all the time) about receiving and releasing. But that first part is so vitally important. Because you can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what...

Knoweth part 2

10/19/2016 15:27

You can't believe something you don't know. That's why--in the same way that we receive first then release--we KNOW and believe the love of Christ. It's like this, "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to...

Knoweth part 1

10/18/2016 15:30

Good old King James English. But bear with me. Last week I preached about "The First Move." About how we love in response to being loved. We don't have to make the first move, because God made the first move. He gave us His only begotten Son. He gave us His Spirit--the love receptor, the Spirit of...

Embrace part 5

10/17/2016 11:46

There aren't many things in this world that are more powerful than a loving embrace. It can turn things around in a hurry. And I've always liked the quote that says, "You can't change the whole world, but by loving someone you can change THEIR whole world." That's what an embrace is all about. It's...

Embrace part 4

10/16/2016 15:34

When you give someone something unexpected, it can turn their whole world around. Especially when, instead of an eye for an eye, you give them a loving embrace. Especially when you show them a more excellent way. I think people--unfortunately--are used to getting a bad deal. We always ask, "Why do...

Embrace part 3

10/15/2016 18:20

There were two brothers. And they didn't exactly get along. The younger brother was a swindler. He stole his brother's birthright, and his first-born blessing. Then he ran away and hid, for fear that his big brother would, well, kill him. He had what they refer to as a "guilty conscience." So when...

Embrace part 2

10/14/2016 15:39

I find that if something is Spiritually true, the reverse is often true. Usually even more so. For example, Acts 17:28 says, "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring." Absolute truth. We live in Him. But the...

Embrace part 1

10/13/2016 18:45

You had to know I was gonna pull on this thread a little bit. I truly think one of the things the world is most desperate for is a loving embrace. And it drives me absolutely bonkers crazy when we put up hoops for people to jump through in order to earn they thing they NEED. Notice--I didn't say...

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