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did you all know you guys know this
because you know everything that the
most important part of an apple is
really not the part that we eat and
enjoy but it’s the part that we end up
throwing away the core the core is
defined as the part of the fruit that
holds several small seeds and is
surrounded by a tough membrane
the membrane is encased in an edible
layer of flesh and so the most important
part of this fruit is not the part that
everyone gets to see and enjoy it is the
core that most of us throw away but the
truth is that it’s not important to us
but if we were responsible for producing
apples then the core would be more
important to us because we would
recognize that in order for us to
produce more apples that we would need
to make sure that we protected the core
I’m one of those people who believe that
what we see in the natural is a
reflection and a clue about us as humans
and so when I look at this notion I
realize that it is also true that the
most important parts of us is not the
part that people get to see and enjoy
but it’s really our core and it’s
important for us to know that because we
will be so glad that we’ve met someone
and that we’ve been in their presence
that we never stop to ask what’s
underneath them what’s who are they at
their core and we are the only creation
that has the ability to change our core
an apple tree doesn’t get to decide that
it’s going to become an orange an orange
doesn’t get to decide that it will
become a pear but yet us as humans us as
beings we get to decide that we can
change our core there are people in this
room who were once so fearful and
insecure but I got in this situation and
it forced me to get into alignment with
God him when I got into alignment with
God I went from being afraid of public
speaking to being the first one to stand
up in the meeting because something
happened in my core you got to know that
you can change your core I don’t always
have to be this way I don’t always have
to think this way I don’t just have to
accept that because everyone else in my
family acted a certain way that I have
to
act that way too I can change my core I
may have been born in this community but
I don’t have to look like this community
I can change my core and if you are not
intentional about changing your core you
will revert to your default setting
changing your core takes intention
because we all have a default setting my
default setting showed up on me when I
was driving I said Lord I thought I was
more safe than this she’s trying to make
a left turn traffic is building up okay
but you’re supposed to leave a little
space so that a car can still make a
left turn even if you’re at a red light
okay two lanes of traffic trying to make
a left turn alright here I go
first lane stops gives me a little space
second lane the girl pulls up and blocks
my little space and she’s at a red light
and she could back up if she wanted to
and she just stood there and looked
straight ahead I had not had breakfast
and I had not had my vitamins and my
default setting tried to creep up on me
and I just laid on the horn for a really
long time I started to open up the door
and just go cuz you had a red light and
I don’t have a number time an
opportunity anyway since you want to
block the lane I had somewhere to go but
now you want to block the lane so you
Morenci that was the default setting she
came up right here and I had to make a
decision in that moment to not let
someone else’s experience and let
someone else his personality and let
someone else’s decision change who I was
at my core you have to know that
protecting your core is necessary so you
don’t fall back into a default setting
so when we meet Peter and John in this
text they’re working with the new core
when Jesus first met them they were
fishermen
and they’ve walked with Jesus as
disciples and now Jesus is gone and they
have his Holy Spirit but they have made
a decision that I’m not going to revert
back to who I was before I had this
encounter so now I have to fight for my
new court got a fight for this new court
because I had this default setting I
receive a word and the word stretched in
my mind and it stretched in my faith and
in that moment I didn’t have depression
and in that moment I thought I could
create and in that moment I thought I
could forgive and in that moment I
thought that I could love
unconditionally and so now I have to
fight for the core that I received when
I stepped into this newness and so when
we begin this text Peter and John are
learning to navigate their new
connection with Jesus they once had him
physically but now they have him in the
spirit and their conscious of protecting
the court the only way that they can
protect their core is that they produce
from that core because they have to make
sure that they don’t go back to who they
used to be and the only way I can make
sure that I don’t go back to who I used
to be as if I make a demand that I
produce from this Court
I’ve got to say that the way of selling
I can’t let the old me make decisions
anymore because I’m trying to protect
this change that I experienced in my
core I can’t let the old me just speak
anymore because I’m trying to change my
Court and the only way I can change it
is if I start producing from it because
the core is what holds the seeds and the
seeds will reveal the next version of
Who I am and I cannot expect a harvest
from somewhere I have not watered and so
I have to produce from this new core I
have to produce from this new mentality
I have to produce from this new
spirituality and you have to be
conscious of that because when you are
used to producing from your old core
when you step into your new core it
feels a little uncomfortable
Peter and John are producing from this
new core because they realized that they
have a destiny my default setting was a
fisherman but jesus said he would make
me a Fisher of men and now Jesus is gone
but he’s given me the spirit so that I
can reach other people and so I have to
produce from this court do you know that
your default setting and your destiny
may not be in alignment that’s why you
can’t trust your default setting that’s
why you have to be willing to change
your core I’ll give you a practical
example your default setting may be a
strong independent woman but now you’re
married I’m not speaking my life I’m
just talking about somebody else and if
you aren’t careful you’ll bring your
default setting into your new destiny
you’re shy but God has called you to
speak your default setting could
sabotage your destiny if you aren’t
careful and so they have made a decision
to not let this default setting you will
no longer trust your initial reaction
when you realize I can’t trust my
default setting my initial reaction will
likely be wrong because it is what I am
most used to doing and so before I act
and before I speak I have to qualify
what I’m doing with who I’ve been called
to be because my default setting and my
destiny don’t always align yeah
so Peter and John has been working in
producing from their core and what
happens to them is what will happen to
all of us is they’ve gone from speaking
and preaching and now it’s time for them
to actually start doing and they heal
the lame man and when they healed the
lame man it begins to create a problem
with the Sanhedrin Council because no
one had a problem when they were just
speaking about Jesus and no one had a
problem when they were just talking
about it
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