This is “Miracles in Your Home.” God is shining a light into our homes during this time. We’re in the midst of a rare opportunity for families to take inventory of their spiritual lives and see where we’ve laid up our riches. Inside a church building cannot be the only place we worship. It cannot be the only place we pray. We can no longer wait until we “go to church” to read the Bible, take communion, or lay hands on one another for healing. Could it be that God is saying, “Time is of the essence. I want you to nurture the Lamb—your relationship with Jesus—in your homes, with your families.” In this message, Jentezen Franklin teaches us an important lesson from Scripture: When you can’t give your family anything else, you can give them the Lamb.
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i want to show you something that maybe
you’ve never thought about
as i begin the first message in this
series
miracles in your home
there’s a story in second samuel chapter
12
and it says this in verse 3 but the poor
man
had nothing except one little lamb
which he had brought and nourished
notice that listen and it grew up
together with
him listen to the specific wording and
with his children
it ate of his own food drank
from his own cup and lay in his
bed or his bosom and it was like a
daughter to him
in the text in second samuel 12 nathan
was given an assignment from god to
confront david about the sin
that he had committed he had committed
adultery
and he had killed
bathsheba’s husband to cover it up he
had
spawned a web of lies and he was
not the same man that that he used to be
he’s not the same david that we read
about who would spend hours
in worship private meditation and
worship
playing the harp writing songs of
adoration to god
something had shifted in this text he
was proud now
he was arrogant as a matter of fact the
bible said in second samuel chapter 8
that david had gotten him a name
we would say he’s made a name for
himself the scripture puts it that way
that he got himself a name
he had become famous he
was so famous that they were writing
songs about
him the women would sing songs about
david david’s name was so popular that
mothers were naming their babies after
they gave birth
after king david they would name their
babies david
he had gotten him a name but something
had
shifted in his heart he no longer
was a man after god’s heart but now he
was living in deceit and living
in a lie and living in adultery and
living
in sin and pretending
and nathan the prophet was given the
assignment to go confront this man this
man who
had become so vicious so bloody
that he had killed an innocent man named
uriah to cover up
his own sin so there’s no doubt that
nathan
was even probably approaching the palace
that day
with consternation and fear and worry
that he could just turn on me and kill
me right there on the spot
and so he’s going through his mind as
he’s approaching the palace i could see
his
pace slow down i could see him maybe
kicking a rock down the road or whatever
just trying to ponder in his mind what
am i going to say
how can i somehow find that
david that used to have a heart after
god who loved him with all of his heart
mind soul and strength how can i how can
i reach him if there’s a little flicker
or flame
left of the man that he once was that
was so
passionate for god and now that he’s
famous
and he’s powerful and he’s got wealth
and palace and
and and everything that the world can
offer
and his heart is so cold
and as he approaches the palace he says
i know what i’ll do
when it’s all said and done if there’s
anything left of david of the man he
used to be
the spiritual loving god man that he
used to be
i’ll tell a story about a
a shepherd and a lamb
and he walked into the palace that day
and david was sitting on his throne
and david knew that he was a prophet
from god
and david looked at him and when he did
he said back
to him david i want to tell you a story
he said what kind of story he said it’s
a story about a lamb and suddenly a
little flicker
of the love that david once had when he
was a little shepherd boy watching his
father’s sheep
fighting bears and fighting lines to to
guard
the sheep the precious sheep the lambs
he would hold them
in his in his arms
and he said i want to tell you he said
then tell me the story and he said there
once was a rich man
and there once was a poor man and they
both lived
in the same city
and they both were
in the same location one on one side of
town and one on the other
the rich man held wealth and power and
prestige
david’s leaning in now and he’s
beginning to listen
he had flocks without number he had
hired
shepherds who tended after his flocks by
the hundreds and thousands
he had a beautiful home and he was
prominent
and he was powerful and he had
all that you could imagine and living in
the same city on the other side of town
was a poor man
this poor man had
times when his family went to bed hungry
they had no
wealth they had no house to speak of it
was just a shack
they were just poor people a man
married to his wife and they had a
little boy and a little girl
they had children they were unknown and
unimportant the total
opposite of the rich man was the poor
man
he only had one possession that we’re
told of in the text he had one lamb
one little lamb is all
that he possessed they lived in the same
city but they were worlds apart one
powerful famous
with wealth with fame with flocks
without number
thousands and thousands of lambs and one
family that’s poor and unimportant and
unknown
by anyone and all they had in their home
the bible said
they had it in their home as a
as a part of their family one little
lamb
when i hear the word lamb i can’t help
but think
of the lamb of god jesus is
is known if he’s known for anything in
scripture he’s known
as the lamb of god when the book of
genesis opens up
isaac is asking his father on top of
mount moriah as
the altar is built and the knife is
laying there and the fire is kindled
and he says father where is the lamb the
book of genesis
opens with the question where is the
lamb
the new testament opens in the first
book with john the baptist
pointing his finger and saying behold
he’s pointing at jesus and he’s saying
behold the lamb of god
that takes away the sins of the world
the book of revelation
ends with the multitudes in heaven
on a sea of glass around the throne of
god and the lamb is central
and they’re singing in the book of
revelation the last book of the bible
worthy is the lamb that was slain
worthy is the lamb that was saying
the bible talks about a donkey
that would have a coat
and this coat that this
mule would have or donkey would have to
be consecrated to god this is talked
about in the book of leviticus
and if it was the if it was the
firstborn the bible said
that if they didn’t bring a lamb for
that firstborn
cult then they had to break its neck
and on palm sunday we read that jesus
through the prophecy of zechariah
chapter 7
comes riding into jerusalem on
a cult why was he riding
on a coke why not a white stallion
because he was fulfilling the old
testament
where if the firstborn of a donkey
was not redeemed by a lamb
they had to break its neck
and jesus the lamb of god was riding in
on a donkey he was saying i’m the lamb
of god and because i’m the lamb of god
your neck doesn’t have to break with
judgment
because i’m going to take it i’m going
to bear it on the cross
i’m going to take your sins to the cross
as the lamb of god the book of
revelation the central theme
of the book of revelation is the
revelation of jesus christ
the lamb he’s called 27 times in one
book the book of revelation
the revelation of jesus christ is what
the book is called
the book of revelation is not the
uncovering the word revelation means
uncovering
it’s not the uncovering of the
antichrist it’s not the uncovering
of the end times it’s not the uncovering
of prophecy certainly those things are
in there
but we shouldn’t make that the central
theme of that book
it’s not the uncovering of 666
the book of revelation if it is anything
is the revelation or the uncovering of
jesus christ as the lamb of god
27 times in the book of revelation the
bible calls
jesus the lamb of god he’s the slain
lamb he’s the worship lamb in the book
of revelation
these are all biblical phrases in the
book of revelation he’s the worthy lamb
he’s the lamb on the throne he’s the
lamb that breaks the seals and opens the
book
he’s the lamb at the center of the
throne
it’s the wrath of the lamb it’s the
salvation of the lamb
it’s the multitude standing before the
lamb
it talks about the horns of the lamb the
war of the lamb
the song of the lamb the marriage supper
of the lamb
it talks about the twelve apostles of
the lamb
it talks about the lamb’s book of life
and people’s names and family names that
are written
in the lamb’s book of life
you can do with a without a lot of
things you can do without the foul of
the air the beast of the field or the
fish in the sea
but one thing you can’t do without in
your home
is you need a lamb in your home that’s
why the bible said in
exodus 12 concerning the passover let
every house have a lamb
for that house
you’ve got to have the lamb for your
house
and so in the story that nathan begins
to tell
david he says the rich man had exceeding
flocks
of lambs but the poor man listen
carefully
did not have all the things the rich man
had
but notice what it said in verse 3
that he had one lamb
and he number one nurtured it
the word nurtured means to feed
something
until it grows just as a mother
nurtures her newborn baby
it’s the lamb that was nurtured in their
home
it didn’t live out in the backyard it
didn’t live out in a barn
it lived in their home the bible’s very
clear about that
and they were feeding the lamb and the
lamb was growing in their home
and in their family their family grew up
with the lamb
the children were familiar with the lamb
the lamb was a part
of their family the bible said that
he ate at their table
he ate it their table the lamb it was it
was not
a pet it was not
an animal that they had a distant
relationship with
that was that was not really bonded and
connected he didn’t stay out in the barn
in the backyard out in the field
somewhere
but the bible said that the lamb
it it was not a a petting zoo lamb
so that’s kind of how we want to treat
jesus says we just want to go to church
and we want to have a petting zoo and
pet the lamb
and then leave after church is over and
go do
our thing but this was not the
relationship
this was the relationship of the lamb in
the home and the bible said
he ate at their table
he hated their table it’s not like they
had the lamb’s
little bowl over there and and he would
eat in the corner like a dog or
something
but he would the lamb would be at their
table it’s a beautiful picture of
communion
it’s a beautiful picture of the cup
jesus said this is my cup and this is my
body the bread
and the lamb they’re they’re having
communion common union
and it’s not like he’s just a pet in a
petting zoo
that they see once a week but he’s
living
in the home the lamb is now here’s the
story
you’ve got one man who has thousands of
flock
and he’s hired shepherds to take care of
him he used to be
david you used to be the one that took
care of the shepherd the sheep but now
you’re
you’re too important you’re too you’re
too busy to spend any time with them
you just hire it but here’s a family
and a man who said i can’t give my
children
the clothes that everybody else can give
them i can’t give them the house i can’t
give them
the stuff but there’s one thing that i
can give my family i could give them the
lamb
i can give them a relationship a
connection with the lamb
if i can’t give them everything else if
i can give them
if i can raise them in an atmosphere
where the lamb is central where the lamb
is a part of our family where the lamb
is head of our home
he’s at every meal he’s in every all our
conversations
he is the bedrock of our lives
and the bible said that the rich man had
a traveler come through
a stranger and instead of taking one of
his thousands of flock
this is nathan telling david the story
and david is totally captivated
he said instead of instead of uh
going out and killing indiscriminately
any of his lambs by the thousands that
he had
that he had no connection to
he he went and seized
the poor man’s lamb that was
the life of his family and he
slew the lamb for a stranger
and fed him to this traveler
and david was so enraged
that david said who is this man
he’ll pay he’ll pay fourfold
for what he’s done to that poor man that
only had one precious lamb
for his family you know what the bible
said the prophet whirled around
and pointed his finger and he said david
you are the man
and he said the judgment of the lord
will be even as you have spoken
four-fold
he lost absalom he lost adonijah
abner and and
three of his boys died and then the baby
four-fold
and he falls on his face and he repents
and he writes psalms 51
wash me and i shall be clean take not
your holy spirit
somehow he gets back to god and he
writes his greatest songs
psalm 23 was written after the fall
he wrote his greatest songs and he sung
his greatest songs
after he had messed up but the thing
that the lord spoke to my heart was
to challenge all of you who are watching
me all over the world and
to challenge our free chapel family
to not have a casual relationship with
the lamb
i want you to see jesus the lamb of god
and make sure that he’s in every house
there must be a lamb for every house the
franklin house must have a lamb
the redmond house must have a lamb
your house must have a lamb
do you have jesus
right where you are would you get on
your knees
as a family
would you just bow humbly before the
lamb of god
as a family would you just gather
everybody around there in the room
and would you invite the lamb
of god into your family and into your
home again i want every teenager to just
say god
i want to know the lamb i don’t want i
don’t want some
loose connection with jesus
i want to know him
i want him to be my life
i want him to be the center of my life
pray this prayer right where you are say
lord jesus
i receive you today as my savior
everybody
out there right now all over the world
wherever you’re watching this just say
lamb of god
cleanse me lamb of god cover my house
say that lamb of god
cover my children my grandchildren
lamb of god i ply the blood of jesus
christ on the door of my house
and may the lamb grow may the lamb get
bigger and bigger
while we’re confined to our homes may
the healing power of the lamb keep us
may it flow to the hospitals and flow
may it cover the doctors and the nurses
may it heal the nations of the world
that are suffering and dying by the tens
of thousands
we plead the blood of the lamb
in times of distress and disaster
plead the blood of the lamb
oh
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he’s here and he’s there in your home
there’s a miracle in your home
we’re gonna bless you with this blessing
on your house we dedicate your house
as holy ground we consecrate your living
room
as holy ground your family
is entertaining the lamb
he’s in the home with you the healer is
there the deliverer is there
the peacemaker is there the promise
keeper is there
and now may the lord bless you and keep
you may the lord make his space shine on
you
may the lord be gracious unto you may he
lift up his countenance upon you
and may he give you peace and protection
in jesus mighty name
you know in our closing moments together
i want to say thank you
god has opened amazing doors for us in
the nation of israel
and you’ve been a major part of that
last year we started the comfort my
people initiative
we’re partnering with the jewish
national fund
to comfort the region of eshkol that is
so
frequently the target of terrorist
attacks right now we’re in the process
of constructing a brand new
state of the art full bomb proof trauma
center
and play school kingdom this is an
amazing beautiful facility
that will save the lives of children and
families and
elderly people will you help us today
i know god will bless you i know god
will make a way
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god is not worried
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today he can
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remedy
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worry and struggle and anguish
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