Becoming A Different Person – Sarah Jakes Roberts

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is anybody grateful to be activating

tonight our first activate of 2022. if

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my brother just posted he said a million

didn’t make it but i am one of the ones

who did i am so grateful that we have

another year to start over to show up in

the world differently and it is an honor

to serve you

through activate i am

especially excited because it is my

first activate since my tonsils were

stolen they were robbed right out of my

throat and god has brought me to a place

where i can speak again and i could not

wait to come and fellowship with you to

chat with you to share with you

what god has been saying to me

because i recognize

that when we come together this is a

sacred moment

this isn’t us just doing something

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you someone’s connected because they

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to receive

i love the way that god works

that everything is in decency and in

order i thank god for the other team of

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not have spoken a week sooner or a week

later but god works everything in order

and i just believe that there’s a

momentum connected to the messages that

you have been receiving and especially

especially our chief shepherd our pastor

our visionary my husband pastor teray

there’s a momentum happening that one

online i don’t know if you know this but

there’s a momentum happening and if you

are plugged into the movement don’t just

plug into one service don’t just plug

into one speaker but the spirit is

moving through momentum through all of

us and you don’t want to miss anything

that god is doing or saying

in the earth

i want to get into my word

i am in second corinthians

chapter 5

verse 17.

my subject is simple

it is becoming a different person

becoming a different person

i thought about naming it activating

metamorphosis but you know what

metamorphosis is one of those weird

words that you know you’re going to

stumble over while preaching so i just

broke it down to something i know i can

say without my stolen tonsils trying to

rob me again okay second corinthians 5

and 12

5 and 17 my apologies

and it says therefore we know many of us

know this scripture therefore

if anyone is in christ he is a new

creation

old things have passed away

behold all things have become new

now all things are of god who has

reconciled us to himself through jesus

christ and has given us the ministry of

reconciliation that is

that god was in christ reconciling the

world to himself that means that god

came through christ because he wanted to

reconcile everyone who was in the earth

back to him we started with god but we

got away from god so god became christ

so that he could pull us back to himself

not imputing their trespasses to them

and has committed to us the word of

reconciliation

now then

because we have been reconciled we are

ambassadors for christ

as though god were pleading through us

we implore you on christ’s behalf

be reconciled to god for he made him who

knew no sin

to be sin for us

that we might become the righteousness

of god

in him

that means i’m not without hope

because i am in christ

i have been reconciled in such a way

that i have access to righteousness

where there was once a breakdown where i

feel insecure who are you wherever

you’re feeling insecure wherever you’re

feeling inadequate wherever your fear is

i want your fear to know that i have

access that that access allows me to tap

into the righteousness of god not the

righteousness of money not the

righteousness of the industry not the

righteousness of my family but the

righteousness of god through

him i want to pray with you and i want

to share with you what god revealed to

me about becoming a different person

spirit of the living god we welcome you

wherever we are we recognize that your

presence is hovering

but just because your presence is

hovering it doesn’t mean that it has

invaded our habitat

so spirit of the living god invade our

space

invade our mind invade our heart invade

our spirit have your way great god that

you are we didn’t just come here to stay

the same we came so that something could

be activated down on the inside of us

and we don’t know what that something is

but we know that if you would just

breathe in the room if you would just

allow your presence to fall wherever we

are then that something that you place

down on the inside of us would come

alive like never before god blessed me

to deliver this message

allow it to come out the way that you

went in not the way that i studied

have your way

in jesus name

amen

i don’t know about you but this is the

time of the year where i try to resist

the trap of the whole new year new me

thing

but i can’t help but wonder what are

some areas of my life with this fresh

year that i want to focus on i’ve got a

full year to make a change to make a

difference within my life

and most of the time i set out my goals

and the goals seem like they are

attainable and that they are within

reach based on who i am but this year

feels a little different

this year i am burdened with the reality

that in order for me to become the type

of person who achieves those goals

i myself am going to have to become a

different person

is that anyone’s testimony you have a

goal but that goal is not attainable for

this version of who you are this version

of you may not have the discipline this

version of you may not have the

communication skills this version of you

may not feel knowledgeable enough for

what is ahead of you you’re stepping

into a relationship and you’re wondering

i don’t know if i have what it takes to

be vulnerable i’m going to have to

become a different person to raise this

child i’m going to have to become a

different person to lose this weight i’m

going to have to become a different

person to lift on this level to speak on

this level to be in charge of my of my

business and my organization and my team

on this level there are some things that

we have to do in life that we ourselves

cannot do and stay the same

we’re going to have to become a

different person to get it done

if you’re like me you have these moments

where you feel the frustration

internally

when you realize that you need to become

a different person but you just don’t

know how

the frustration of knowing you need to

be different but not really knowing

where do i start or how do i begin what

are the decisions that i need to make in

order to activate this change

when we’re in those circumstances where

we focus on the fact that we need to

become a different person what we end up

doing is we miss out on us actually

creating vision for who we need to

become

that means that we focus so intently on

our need to be different we beat

ourselves up i need to be different

something’s got to change something’s

got to shift down on the inside of me

but what is that shift

what is it specifically that you want to

change i want to speak up instead of

silencing my voice i want to learn to

become more vulnerable we use these

blanket statements to help us understand

that i need to change but we have to

become specific about exactly what needs

to transform in our life if we’re going

to experience the metamorphosis that

comes with becoming a different person

when’s the last time you got specific

about what needs to change

when you stop saying i just want my life

to be different what in your life do you

want to be different what in your

relationships do you want to be

different because how can we wage war on

an adversary that we have not assessed

how can we wage war on a demon that we

won’t look at how do we wage war on an

addiction that we will not confront it

is not enough to say that i want to be a

different person if you are not willing

to be specific about what it is you want

to change therapy is powerful but it is

even more powerful when you come in

there and you say this is what i want to

change i’ve got a negative way of

thinking i’m insecure about what

happened in my past i feel like i’m an

imposter in this role when you give that

therapist something to work with they

get eager they get it activated

themselves because they recognize now

i’m dealing with someone who’s got a

pinpointed area of acute pain that they

want to see transformed

that’s not always everyone’s testimony

though when it comes down to becoming a

different person

it’s not always you have this internal

frustration that’s making you want to

change your life and change your

identity

there are also moments

when god exposes you

to a version of yourself that you never

thought that you could be

when god exposes you to an opportunity

to a calling to a ministry that is so

beyond who you are and you think to

yourselves god i’m just satisfied with

where i am i’m finally happy with what’s

happening in my life and now you’re

exposing me to something that is so

beyond me and i know that in order for

me to lay hold of it i’m going to have

to become a different person god how

could you put me in ministry i’m going

to have to become a different person to

do that god how could you set me up to

move to that city i’m going to have to

become a different person for this role

there are moments when our life is

completely fine and complacent and yet

god exposes us to how he sees us i feel

my help coming you see what happens when

god sends us a word and sometimes that

word comes through an experience

sometimes that word comes through an

opportunity that word is meant to be a

mirror that is exposing you not to how

you see yourself but to how god sees you

and when god sees you a certain way he

won’t just allow you to stay comfortable

when you could step into the change

agent that he needs in the earth and so

god will expose you until you become

hungry to become a different person

this is

exactly what happens with moses

moses

is minding his good holy ghost business

is anyone else just like mind your

business ministries i am it is me okay i

belong

moses is minding his business when god

allows this burning bush to appear in

front of him he has found a life that

makes sense for him there is no drama

there is no stress there is no pressure

there is no conflict there is no

confrontation and now all of a sudden

there is this burning bush and god

saying to him that i see you differently

than the life that you’ve set up for

yourself

i see you differently

than who you are allowing yourself to

show up as in the world who are you

i feel like this is speaking directly to

you

that right now god is trying to say to

you that i see you differently than who

you are showing up as in the world

that i know you are content to stay the

same

i know you’ve got precedent for how

other people act around you and that

precedent makes you believe that this is

perfectly fine and for them maybe it was

fine but for you god says i see you

differently i see you differently than

how you’re showing up i see you

differently than how you speak i see you

differently than how you think and

unless i interrupt your regular

programming you may stay connected to a

version of yourself that is smaller than

how god sees you and moses is standing

there looking at this burning bush and

god is calling him higher god is

standing there looking at moses and

telling moses i see you differently

but in order for you to step into who

i’ve called you to be

you’re going to have to become a

different person

moses gives god like premium

top shelf miss me energy

right there when the bush is burning

and god is saying i want you to go back

to egypt i want you to have a face-off

with pharaoh moses is like miss me with

that i am not the one i can’t do it he

has all of these excuses

but one of the things i love about moses

is that though his mouth was saying one

thing

his presence and his actions were saying

another thing

his mouth was saying i can’t do it but

he never turned his back to god and went

back to doing what it was that he was

doing before then

he stayed there and allowed himself to

wrestle with god

he allowed his inadequacy to wrestle

with what god was saying he allowed his

insecurity to wrestle with what god was

saying i feel like someone has been

saying one thing about what you’ll never

do about who you don’t think you can

become but on the other hand your

presence your actions how you keep

exposing yourself to ministry how you

keep showing up for that opportunity how

you keep creating that music and

dreaming about those plays and writing

down every dream that comes into your

mind your actions are saying one thing

you say you don’t want it but your

actions are saying that you’re actually

planning for it you say you don’t want

it but your presence is telling me that

you wouldn’t mind being stretched you

wouldn’t mind being exposed and moses

stays in position even though his mouth

is saying one thing and i love what

happens in this scene in the bible

because moses’s inadequacy

and god’s identity

have a confrontation

that’s exactly what has to happen for

all of us

when we’ve come to a place in our lives

where it is clear that i’m going to have

to become a different person

you don’t get to just step out of your

inadequacy and into this new role

you got to sit in that inadequacy for a

minute

you got to let that inadequacy wrestle

with god’s word how else are you going

to be healed unless you allow that

inadequacy to be vanquished forever i

don’t know who you are but you’ve been

running from inadequacy you’ve been

running from your insecurities you’ve

been living your life in such a way that

you never have to feel inadequate again

and i hear god saying that until you sit

in that inadequacy until you sit in that

insecurity you’re never going to be able

to run very far because what i have for

you i don’t want your inadequacy to

sabotage you think you can build a life

separate from what god has called you to

do but i hear god saying there are

limits to that life there are

restrictions to that life that life is

going to fall apart because that is not

the life that i ordained for you but the

life that god has ordained for you is

going to require that you sit in your

inadequacy you’re going to have to feel

like you’re not good enough you’re going

to have to feel like you don’t have all

the answers you’re going to have to

release your need to be in control so

that you can depend exclusively on god

and moses sits in that inadequacy and

god says i’m waiting for on somebody who

doesn’t mind sitting in this space of

inadequacy who doesn’t mind sitting in

the place of insecurity so that my

presence can wrestle with you my

presence wants to wrestle with you i

hear god saying that if you would allow

yourself to be all the way exposed that

i can expose you to my presence and when

your exposure meets god’s exposure then

a beautiful picture is developed because

my exposure met the ultimate light my

exposure allowed me to see that that

thing i was insecure about is the very

thing that god wants to use to catapult

me that thing that i was insecure about

god says my glory can still get in that

that my presence can still change that

that i can transform it god says i’m

ready for you to start seeing yourself

the way that i see you i’m ready for you

to start seeing that ministry the way

that i see it it’s not just a little

ministry it’s not just a little marriage

it’s not just a little family it’s how

i’m gonna move through the earth and i

need you to see it the way that i see it

and i need you to put some weight on it

because it’s meant to shake the earth

and until you realize that you are

called to shake the earth you will think

that you are a small player in a big

world and i hear god saying you are a

big player and you have no idea how big

the world is i’m calling you to but

until you grow up you’ll never see it

you gotta grow up for this

you gotta grow up for this this isn’t

just becoming a different person you

gotta stretch yourself for this you

gotta be disciplined for this you gotta

be exposed for this and let me tell you

something your hunger will never forget

the fact that it has been exposed your

hunger for

more your hunger for more will never

forget that it’s been exposed

exposure is more powerful than

inadequacy

if god exposes you to a version of

yourself that you never thought you

could be

even if you go back to the same city

even if you go back to that same couch

even if you go back to that same family

what hits your spirit can’t get out of

your spirit exposure is more powerful

than inadequacy that means i’ll go back

to the same city but it’ll be in my head

how you use me beyond what i thought was

possible i’ll go back to that same

relationship but it’ll never get out of

my head how you told me i could be whole

how you told me how i could be healed i

could go back to the same bar but i’ll

never forget the word i received when i

was sitting in that church that’s why it

doesn’t matter what happens with our

children as long as we expose them to

the presence of god i believe that what

i’ve exposed you to is going to be

pulled out of you when life gets

finished

a glory exposure

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you want to become a different person

it’s going to require a glory exposure

and you’re going to have to grow up into

it

moses

wrestles with god

until god modifies the plan

god doesn’t give up on moses because

moses doesn’t want to do it

he modifies the plan

god will modify the plan but he will not

cancel the demand

that means if god has placed a demand on

your life

even if the plan has been modified

it did not cancel the demand

god has called you to the nations

but you got stuck in your own mess

you got stuck in your own shame you got

trapped somewhere that you never thought

you would be the demand is still on you

the plan has just been modified

we serve a god who knows how to modify

the plan to still get you to the same

destination

i used to think that i became a preacher

because i got pregnant

and god told me you got it all wrong

that you were always gonna be a preacher

i just modified the plan to include your

own decision making but it didn’t change

the demand that was on your life i don’t

know who you are and i don’t know what

plans have been modified in your life

but i feel like someone ought to let you

know that even though the plans have

been modified the demand has not been

cancelled god still wants oil out of you

god still wants breakthrough out of you

god still wants generational curses to

be broken through you the plan may be

modified but if you are watching this if

you are still here the demand has not

been canceled

we are not random

we are not just here floating through

life

i’m waiting for the moment

when the plan and the demand get

together

and allows me to collaborate with god

from the place of my own insecurity

from the place of my own vulnerability

the plan and the demand come together

because

what god has decided to do in the earth

must happen

by any means necessary

so when i go to my text in second

corinthians

i recognize that in this moment

paul is writing to the church of corinth

because he wants them to understand what

happened

when they received jesus as their savior

when you decided to begin following

jesus it means that you can’t keep

functioning the way that you used to

function you have to become a different

person

because what is the use in salvation if

i’m going to live a life that causes me

to continue to drown

drowning in shame drowning in fear

drowning in insecurity

i love this text in second corinthians

because it says

that if anyone is in christ he is a new

creation all things have passed away

behold all things have become new the

way that the scripture reads it almost

seems as if it happens instantly

but if we use moses as an example what

we recognize

is that when god gets ready to transform

a person

that god has already made a decision in

heaven that moses is someone new

but moses still has to get a revelation

about the new thing that is down on the

inside of him

what we see happening in the story of

moses

is specifically when god begins speaking

to him is god pulling out that new thing

that he’s done down on the inside of him

i wish i could say it the way that i

hear it in my head but god comes down

because he recognizes that moses is a

new creation but moses doesn’t realize

he is a new creation yet when you say

this prayer of salvation and for those

of you who haven’t had an opportunity to

do that we’re going to do it at the end

of the service but you say the prayer of

salvation let me tell you when i was a

little girl i said the prayer of

salvation every sunday and when i mean

little girl i mean in my 20s okay i mean

about 18 19 16 15 because i just didn’t

know okay and every time i said that

prayer over and over again nothing in me

changed because at the end of the day i

was praying for salvation and sameness

at the same time

not realizing that if i’m going to

function in that salvation i have to

realize that there are some old things

in me that have to pass away

and in order for me to step into that

new creation i have to be willing to

confront those old things

i was wondering when i was studying for

this text

what does it say about god

that aligning with that new creature

that new version of ourselves

often means that i am placed in a

position

and have to play a role that leaves me

saying to myself i don’t know if i can

do this

part of the reason why i said the prayer

over and over and over again

is because i wasn’t really sure that i

could live the life that i thought a

believer was supposed to live

i don’t know if i can do this

what i missed in those moments is that

god was not counting on me

somebody needs to hear this

that god wasn’t counting on me to be the

change

god was just hoping that i would make

space so that his presence could come in

and create the change god is not betting

on us to save the world god is betting

on himself through us god is not betting

on us to change our families god is

betting on his work through us to change

our families god is not betting on us to

be good spouses and good partners

because he knows we raggedy we are

incapable of doing that but he also

knows that because we are willing to be

a part of his divine nature that if he

is able to inhabit us then he can work

through us in such a way

that he can still get the glory

this text speaks to what happens when we

collaborate with god

if you want to become a different person

the kind of person who can step into

those rooms the kind of person who can

step into those opportunities to write

that book and and create that music if

you’re going to become that person

you’re going to have to be willing to

collaborate with god in order to make it

happen

and i know in this world of self-help pt

talks about this on sunday in this world

of self-help and do it by yourself and

you got this and you you you that

collaboration seems like it is

unnecessary

but if we’re going to become a different

person the kind of person that doesn’t

change the moment the wind blows we’re

going to have to be willing to

collaborate with god that’s what paul is

saying to the church of corinth in this

text is that you’re not going to be able

to do this unless you become someone new

and you cannot become someone new unless

you collaborate with god and so my

question to you

is where do you need god

to collaborate with you

maybe i should say that differently

maybe the real question we need to be

asking

in our prayer and meditation

is god where do you

want to collaborate with me

what is in my life what is coming out of

my mouth what’s in my heart

what’s in my actions

that are in need of collaboration with

god

because undoubtedly

there are fears there are inadequacies

that we cannot master on our own but

through collaboration we can overcome

those things

old things versus new things my old way

of thinking versus my new way of

thinking my old way of speaking verses

my new way of speaking all of those

things i lay out before the presence of

god and i say god here are my old things

and you carry my new things and i need

collaboration so that i can lay the old

things down and lay hold of the new

things

i want to talk to you a little bit

practically

about how we become a new person

the only change that is long-lasting is

the change that happens within us

sure there are external benefits maybe

you’re trying to change your weight

but there has to be an internal decision

about who i’m going to become and what

i’m going to change what discipline am i

going to implore so that i can achieve

this external this physical goal or

destination

when we think about this practical way

of becoming a new person

i think it’s important for us to

recognize that a new thing can’t happen

in your spirit without there being

reconciliation

not with your fears but with god

reconciliation reconciliation when i

looked this word up in the greek it

literally meant to be different to be

different

that means that to be reconciled with

god means that i am going to come

together with god so that i can become

different with god

whatever we reconcile with we take on

the identity of that thing

when i reconciled within myself

that i could only live from a place of

fear that i could only live from a place

of shrinking that i couldn’t have some

levels of confidence that i would always

have low self-esteem that was

reconciliation to make a definition

about who you are to make a declaration

about your identity a declaration about

your potential a declaration about your

promise and your destiny is to make a

reconciliation and to live within that

reconciliation because you believe that

no more is possible for you

but to be reconciled with god is to take

the limits off of who you are

to be reconciled with god is to never to

never be without creativity to be

reconciled with god means to never be

without prophecy to be reconciled with

god is to never have to wonder what

you’re going to speak about when you

walk into a room to be reconciled with

god means that i am no longer insecure

to be reconciled with god means that i

cannot have anxiety to be reconciled

with god means wherever god’s presence

is god is going to consume whatever is

in god’s presence that’s why you can go

from being reconciled with stress and

reconciled with overwhelmed and into a

worship service where all of a sudden

things lift up off of you because i’m

now reconciled with god and god is an

all-consuming presence he is an

all-consuming fire and when i reconcile

myself with the presence of god there

were some things that cannot be

reconciled with the presence of god that

means that my shame can be reconciled

with the presence of god god says i

can’t use that in this reconciliation my

fear can be reconciled with god i can’t

use that in my reconciliation my anxiety

can’t be reconciled with god so even if

it’s just three minutes of worship

that’s three minutes that that pain has

to get off of me that’s three minutes

that anxiety has to get off of me and i

don’t know who you are but you’ve been

struggling with your mental health and

you’ve been wondering god am i always

going to have ebbs and flows and i hear

god saying that it may take some time

but don’t give up on the reconciliation

because when god gets finished

depression can’t be reconciled with god

when god gets finished anxiety can’t be

reconciled with god and yes god may use

a therapist and yes god may use

medication but when it’s all said and

done you’re going to be reconciled with

god because god isn’t by any means

necessary god that means when you come

up short i’ll send jesus to pull you

back up where you belong because i’m

that serious about you being reconciled

with me do you know who your god is your

god says you started with me and i don’t

lose my children along the way that

means i’ll do whatever is necessary to

wrap my arms around you i’ll send a

stranger i’ll send a youtube video i’ll

send a video on social media because i’m

running after you i’m chasing you down

you got to be reconciled who are you i

hear god saying come back who are you i

hear god saying i still have plans for

you who are you i hear god saying you

can still become different who are you

who are you who are you i hear god

saying you can still break the

generational curse i hear guys saying

that you can still create the

breakthrough if you’re willing to be

reconciled with me

somebody needs to break up the

reconciliation they’ve made with their

past

break up the reconciliation you’ve made

with low self-esteem break up the

reconciliation you’ve made with

addiction you’re not always going to be

addicted you’re not always going to be

depressed you’re not always going to

wonder whether or not you have what it

takes i break that reconciliation in the

name of jesus and i call you back to who

you are in god you are the righteousness

of god and through christ jesus every

chain that’s holding you down it must be

broken every chain that’s got wrapped

around your mind it must be destroyed in

the name of jesus the name that is above

all names i’m calling you to become a

different person i’m calling you to step

out of your fear i’m calling you to step

out of your anxiety you’ve been you long

enough it’s time to be who god has

called you to be you’ve been who they

needed you to be long enough it’s time

for you to be who god has called you to

be i hear god saying step into your own

step into the land i gave you step into

the territory i have reserved with your

name on it i hear god saying it’s got to

be you it’s got to be you it’s got to be

you it’s got to be you it’s got to be

you it’s got to be you no one else is

going to do it stop looking around no

one else is going to write it stop

asking them to do it it’s got to be you

and no you cannot do it on your own

but remember god is not betting on you

god’s betting on his power to work

through you

through

oh god

god through your power

god you’re going to do it through your

power not by might

not by power but by your spirit god

anything that’s going to change in 20 20

22 is going to change through the spirit

of god

anything that’s going to be birthed that

changes the world is going to be birthed

through the spirit of god

and you’re wondering

where is the flow going to come from

where’s the momentum going to come from

where’s the power going to come from

where is the confidence going to come

from god i’m down to my last

when is the last time you were

intentional

about a fresh reconciliation with god

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maybe how you reconciled with god

three months ago a year ago six months

ago

ten years ago

that reconciliation is outdated

anyone who runs a business and

does accounting understands it

ten years ago that reconciliation has

nothing to do with my present

circumstance

you need a fresh reconciliation for a

fresh season

i hear god saying that you’re not

finished being made new

and because you’re not finished being

made new do you need a fresh

reconciliation

for where you are now

fresh reconciliation for that job a

fresh reconciliation for that vision god

so many things that we want to do in

2022 and we’re going to have to become a

different person to do it

but maybe the only way we get into the

womb that will allow us to change is if

we reconcile with you afresh

i want to pray with you

as i was speaking i felt so strongly in

my spirit and maybe it’s

just for me maybe it’s for someone else

watching but

i felt like god was asking me to lay

down

my old reconciliation

hear god saying that

i want to do a new thing

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i want to do something fresh

something that you have never seen out

of you

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i hear god saying that yes this is the

perfect time of the year to start over

but it is also the perfect time of year

to build

again

i hear god saying that

this is going to require a sacrifice i

heard that word so strongly

sacrifice

moses had to sacrifice

he had to sacrifice a life that he loved

that he was comfortable with

for a calling that made him feel awkward

and inadequate

and yet he did it anyway because old

things

have passed away

and he is now a new creature

but

sometimes it takes

some time for earth to catch up with

what’s happening in heaven

and heaven every victory is already one

in heaven we’re all new creatures

in heaven there are no fears there’s no

anxiety there’s no insecurity there’s no

worry no doubt no depression down here

on earth we a little bit raggedy

and yet

our job is not to take on the nature of

this world

our job is to reflect heaven

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and from that posture

we have to be willing to confront old

things

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and lay down the old things

for someone watching

the idea of having a mind that isn’t

divided

that isn’t hoping for breakthrough and

hoping for transformation and hoping for

powerful opportunities but also talking

yourself out of them for someone to lay

down that way of thinking would be to

lay down an old thing

but i hear god saying i want your old

stuff

i want that old way of thinking i want

that old way of being

i want that old way of speaking you

can’t speak like that to yourself

anymore come on conversations you can’t

speak to god you can’t speak to others

like that anymore i hear god saying i

want that bitterness i hear god saying

that i want that fear i hear god saying

that i want those old things that keep

you limited

because i have a new thing for you

because you’re in christ

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i want to pray for those who are

watching

you’re watching this message and you’re

thinking to yourself

i do want to become a different person

but not just any different person

i want to become that new creature

that was promised to me when i first got

saved i want to become that new creature

you’re talking about i never been saved

in my life i don’t even know how i

stumbled across this video but i am

intrigued how do i become this new

creature

first of all

let’s pray for

you to recognize that the path to

becoming a new creature happens through

our relationship with jesus

by following the life of jesus

by recognizing that the life of jesus is

literally the only way we can be saved

the only way i can come out of my pain

out of my disease my dis-ease inside the

disease in my body it happens through

the blood of jesus i believe in the

cross i believe that what happened on

the cross is still reaping power even

into this day i believe i’m living in

the overflow of what happened in that

moment and there is room for you in that

overflow too

then i want to pray for those of you

who are watching this and

you didn’t know it but this is a

memorial service for your old things

old things are going to pass away

so that those new things

can live

do you hear me

the old things are passing away

so that the new things can live

god thank you for jesus

thank you for making him who had no sin

he had no fear

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he had no trauma not the kind of trauma

that changes us

god you took him

and you made him who had knows in all of

my sin

all of my weakness all of my thoughts my

self-deprecating thoughts my suicidal

thoughts god you took all of those

self-harm thoughts you took all of those

inadequate thoughts and you placed it in

his body and you nailed those things to

the cross

and you buried them

those old things have passed away

there’s a version of me in heaven that i

didn’t even know existed

and that version of me is free from all

of those things because when jesus was

raised up i was raised up to free and

victorious a new creature

and so god we’re praying

that we would have a collision with that

new creation

that new identity that took place

because we received the promise of jesus

over our lives

god you know every old thing connected

to this message

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old ways of promiscuity old ways of

drinking old things god you know them

all

lying lack of integrity you know all our

old things

and god now like never before we want to

be different

we want to be free we want to be sober

we want to be clean we want to be

disciplined we want to be confident we

want to be empowered we don’t want to

pull ourselves back when you’re calling

us forward and so spirit of the living

god

we grant you access to the old things

rip it out

take it out god perform divine surgery

as only you can do

highlight the areas in their lives god

where those old things are out of

control

and give them the strength

to exercise through your spirit

the ability to arrest those old things

and put them to death

and let the new things emerge

god i thank you that you’re even this

week

gonna be exposing them to new things new

things

new things that only the new creature

can see

new things that only the new creature

would say

new thoughts that only the new creature

would think god i thank you for the new

things

that are going to be harvested as a

result of this sacred moment

god i pray that you would take this word

and allow it to take root

that it would produce fruit god

and that that fruit

would make us ambassadors

just like our scripture said

that we would become ambassadors of your

glory and of your transformation

and that we would win other people

not to a life of rules and limited

living

but to a life of victory and freedom and

love and joy

that is only possible because we have

collaborated with you

thank you god for this word

seal it in jesus name

amen