there is nothing that you've done that is too big to separate you from the love of god
you do not have to abdicate your place if god set you in place
no demon in hell or no other person can displace you take your place god has put you in place
the job of a prophet a pastor apostle a teacher an evangelist is to train and equip the saints
to do the work of the ministry this program is called equip and empower for that whole reason
it's not that i come and do the work for you it's that i equip and empower you to embrace
your place and do what god has called you to do i would want one part of this television program to
encourage you on the other side of the screen to say i am not just a spectator at a christian event
but i am a participator in the christian journey i'm going to get out of the grandstands i'm going
to get on the playing field i'm going to run my race i'm going to finish my course i'm going
to embrace my place we have too many displaced christians too many displaced christians and so
the body cannot function the way god has called us to function until each and every one of us embrace
our place it is so important your love matters your love matters to someone your forgiveness
matters to someone if you are withholding forgiveness do you know how much pain and
suffering there is because we withhold loving and forgiving one another and you think well it
doesn't really matter yes it matters because we're part of an eternal body we function in the same
way our natural body does but it's eternal it's spiritual and we want every part to be strong so
that we can be a force of love and grace and mercy on the earth we are the hands and feet of jesus
but what is happening is we think that because it's not on social media it's not on god's radar
and i'm like are you kidding me are you kidding me like it doesn't matter what you say because
you know this person doesn't see it or that person god sees it god sees it does matter what we say
does matter how we act does matter how we respond does matter how we care for each other does matter
the disunity must grieve god i don't know why we spend so much time arguing about stuff that god
even doesn't care about we care about it more than he does do we love jesus yes do we believe that he
is the way the truth the life that no one comes to the father but by him yes so then why don't we
just embrace our place and get about the father's business together that's what we need to do
we need to get about the father's business you know the the good thing is that um you have to
understand that if you've displaced yourself if something has happened and you're displaced
you can't easily be replaced people go god will just get anyone to do it well god will have his
way but the specific thing you were called to do the opportunity that you were going to have
there's not anybody else that can do that that was the thing that was created for you it doesn't mean
god's not going to fulfill his ultimate purpose god will and he will do it another way if he needs
to but your lane your race nobody but you can run your lane and your race and this there's a huge
consequence to not embracing your place because what it means is the body is out of alignment now
when i snap my acl i wish i brought it in for you to see i had this massive leg brace so i walked
like this literally and that's all i couldn't bend this thing it's like this and i i could not
well all my body was out of alignment because then all of this side the left side of my body
had to compensate for the right side of my body so it bore the weight that this leg was not bearing
anymore it bore everything which you know what then that started to do that started to deform
this part of my body because then my sciatic nerve and still to this day has been damaged because i
was i was just out of alignment so i was walking for quite a long time with that leg brace and post
surgery and so this part of my body compensates do you know how much of the body of christ is out
of alignment because this part of the body is carrying the weight for this part of the every
time you don't give every time you don't serve every time you're not generous or you don't give
a word of encouragement or you don't forgive or you don't love or you don't act in mercy or grace
or every time you decide that you're going to disobey the word of god and just going to go off
and you know what someone else is compensating for that and so if you could see in the spirit realm
instead of this awesome body of christ that is arising to be salt and light and love and
mercy and compassion on the earth advancing the kingdom of god we're like this crippled body
where one part is compensating for the other and i believe that the holy spirit wants
like a divine he's like a divine chiropractor and he wants to readjust the body into place
by us embracing our place us getting over our petty arguments our petty issues about things
that don't even ultimately matter when it comes to the in light of eternity in light of the truth of
god's word they're just personal preferences if we could just get over ourselves enough to take our
place in the body of christ we could move in and do what god has called us to do it's time to get
in place i'm speaking to someone today you have been out of place and somewhere you were displaced
maybe because of a hurt and honestly just be a christian for 35 seconds and you will be hurt i
promise you it's just the way it is we live in a people go like i'm a christian i was hurt as if
they're shocked i'm like and and welcome to planet earth sweetheart of course that is going to happen
maybe an offense you just have to make a decision i was texting a friend the other day and
and i wrote to her and i mean this i have made this a mantra in my life i said you could say
no you could do whatever i am unoffendable and i've just made a decision because you can only
be offended if you can so you'll know if you can be offended because you are yeah
so i've just made it i'm unoffendable so no matter what i'm going to let it go
off it doesn't mean i'm going to put myself in a situation where it's an abusive relationship or
but but i'm not going to live offended you know what be quick to forgive be quick to forgive do
not live it's not worth it it is not worth it maybe you are out of place because of a betrayal
and people have betrayed you this is where it comes back to what do you believe about the word
you see judas betrayed jesus and jesus still loved judas and so there comes to a place if there is
nothing that we've gone through that jesus himself has not gone through and so what we need to do
is take that pain and take that suffering to the foot of the cross i'm not talking about denying it
i'm not talking about sweeping it under the carpet and pretending it didn't happen but there is a
whole lot of displaced christians that will not take their offenses to god and get them dealt with
and what we need to do is we need to grow up we need to not carry offense we need to not carry
hurt i'm not talking about denying it but i am talking about dealing with it and the bible tells
us how to deal with it and there are steps that we need to get to apply so that we can be free so
the body can continue to function and continue to move forward just like in a natural family
you've got to get over your stuff you've got to get over yourself if you're going to function
you're going to have to be quick to forgive you're going to have to be quick to get over offenses
and we're going to move forward and we are one big dysfunctional family that's what we all are
but we want to keep moving forward so you've got to deal with it you've got to deal with
your failure the sense of unworthiness the shame the guilt the condemnation i want to encourage
you to get back in place because as you carry this insecurity the fear the shame the guilt you hide
and so you abdicate abdicate your place and somebody else has got to step in and carry
that load and the devil's lying to you telling you it doesn't matter and i'm here today to tell you
it does matter because god sets every member in place and the devil will do everything he can to
displace you through offense through hurt through betrayal by heaping shame or guilt or condemnation
upon you or just making you feel indifferent or apathetic so you don't do what god has called you
to do and i'm calling you back into place today because i believe that god wants you to embrace
your place so that together as a body we can do what god has called us to do and so
the bible says you know what there's nothing ultimately that could separate us from the love
of god some of you you think you can't get back in place because you think you've messed up so bad
you think christine i love what you're saying and i wish i had a second chance but i have messed up
so much that i've lost my place in the body but i'm here to tell you today according to romans
8 verses 35 to 39 who shall separate us from the love of christ i love this question he's asking
who show tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword
as it is written for your sake we are being killed all the day long we are regarded as sheep to be
slaughtered no in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us for i am
sure writes paul that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things
to come nor powers nor high nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us
from the love of god in christ jesus there is nothing that you've done that is too big to
separate you from the love of god you do not have to abdicate your place if god set you in place
no demon in hell or no other person can displace you take your place god has put you in place the
bible says in first john 1 9 that if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness you can go to the spiritual bank on that promise when
the devil comes and says you've blown it you have no second chance it's too late you can just quote
that scripture and say no god is faithful and i'm not faithful but he said if i forgive my sins he
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness so it is time
to forgive yourself and it's time to forgive others for some of you it's you've been hanging on
to that bitterness and unforgiveness for way too long and it's going to take you out of the race
if you don't get back in place through forgiveness that's what's going to realign you and put you
back in the race for some of you it's just time to move past your past you got stuck in a moment of
your past and i know what that's like i was abused for 12 years i was abandoned at birth i could have
allowed my history to define my destiny but i made a different decision that i was going to
make what jesus did for me bigger than what they did to me and so i am going to move past my past
into the future that god has for some of you it's just time to deal with your fears your doubts your
insecurities it's time to call it what it is and ask for the grace of god to come and bring healing
and restoration because you're not in place out of your own insecurity you're not in place out
of your own fear and your own doubt and it's time to embrace your place it's time to deal with your
apathy or indifference or laziness some of you you've just abdicated your place because you're
like i don't really care it's time to start caring the hour is desperate the world is desperate we
need you to embrace your place it's time to start caring it's time to step out of your comfort zone
it's time to step out of your security zone it's time to get over those things that are keeping you
out of place and embrace your place the scripture says that god sets every member in place just as
he sees fit your place matters and we need you in place in jesus name amen amen amen so father
we thank you for your word we thank you that there are no disposable christians there is nobody that
is insignificant and father what man thinks is prominent is irrelevant to you you have set
every member in place for your glory for the sake of your kingdom and for the building up of your
body so i pray in the name of jesus christ that displaced members will be set in place
your body will be realigned and like a mighty force on the earth we will move
forward in unity and that your kingdom will come and your will will be done here on earth
as it is in heaven in jesus name amen amen amen thanks guys
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