Sermon from Sunday, June 27 from Hope in Christ Church located in Albuquerque, NM.
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How to Sleep Better, Jump Higher and Be Like Jesus
We have been severely hurt at some point in our lives. Whether it’s a parent, a child, a spouse, or a close friend, we’ve all been wounded, betrayed, hurt. And many of us have been unable to totally forgive those people for what they’ve done.
Wouldn’t you love to be able to sleep better, jump higher, and be like Jesus?! You say, “Yes! But, you don’t know what I’ve suffered! You don’t know what I’ve been through!” Well, the more you’ve suffered, the greater the blessing you have waiting for you this morning – the blessing of total forgiveness.
Teach Us to Care and Not to Care
What we focus on, what we care about, is what we see. There are things in our lives we need to stop caring about. Because what we care about determines the course of our lives. It determines what we see and don’t see. It determines whether we walk toward death or life.
Our culture is dying because it cares about all the wrong things. Our churches are dying because we have cared about the wrong things. Therefore, Jesus, teach us to care … and not to care.
Never in Darkness Again
If I asked you the questions “Where have you come from? Where are you going?” How might you answer? Those are very important questions. Where we have come from gives others and gives ourselves a picture of who we are, and it will profoundly affect the way we live.
Satan doesn’t want us to discover who we are in Christ. He knows that if we were to learn how Jesus answers those questions: “Where have you come from?” and, “Where are you going?” the kingdom of darkness would be in serious trouble. In fact, darkness itself would become a thing of the past in our lives if Jesus shapes our identity instead of the world.
