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The Eyes Have It – repost of Pastor Todd’s sermon

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to “Try Jesus!” If this is your first time joining us, it’s great to have you with us. I would like to thank all the new members for joining “Try Jesus.” Also welcome those in Washington, Oregon, Pensacola, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Iowa.

Praise God! These are exciting and daunting times we live in. Did you know that true born-again believers hold God to his high standard of always doing things the right way?

Christians also believe his living word in spite of what they see going on in society. Someone once said, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it!” No wiggle room for doubt, is there?

So, today, September 10th, 2023 you can embrace and hold God to his word that says, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Luke 21:28 KJV).

These comforting encouraging words by Jesus are for those previous he spoke in verses 7-28. Even if things escalate and get worse, the true believer and follower of Jesus has God as his shield and buckler. (Psalm 91:4; Isaiah 41:10).

Let’s pray, “Heavenly Father, thank you for being our rock, our shelter and our protector. Lord, this morning we set our hearts on your presence. When we are afraid, sick, or in deep trouble, we live and rest in you.

Today Lord, I pray you’re Holy Spirit would boldly fill the lives of those seeking you. Help our hearts to be pliable so our sins can be confessed and not grieve and diminish the presence and voice of the Spirit.

Help us crave your presence and your word today. Help us grow in the fruit of the Spirit and walk closer with you today. Guide us through your words of promise. Let your will and promises be written in our hearts. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

How many of you have ever had to take a side during pleasant debates about where your family would go out to eat? Growing up in my family, it seems we were always taking a vote on which fast food place to eat at.

No matter the venue, it seems we were deciding where to go on a vote. My parents were the judge and jury as to where they would take us to have fun. They kept their sights on going from point “A to Z” and back home.

They never got frustrated from all the loud voices in the back of the car screaming about which place to take us. They would be creative by conjuring up different games to break any ties.

Voting by playing games like Rock, Paper, Scissors, left my wrist hurting. For some reason (which I can’t explain), I lost a whole lot more than I won. All that, just because I wanted to go to Pizza Hut instead of McDonald’s.

My parents would come up with new ways for us to vote each time they took us out for fun. Sometimes they would just ask us for a simple vote on two different places. It was simply an “I” or “Nay.” I guess that meant “Yes or No.”

When all the voices were cast (in a loud way. You know how kids are), my mother would say, “The “I,s” have it!” I still didn’t get it. I just wanted some pizza. I guess we can’t always have what we want.

Now that you’ve heard how important it is to keep peace by having your “I,s” in the right place, today’s message is about that very topic. No, not the “I,s” but “The eyes.” What a transition, huh?

I know, but I’m just trying to keep everyone interested (Smile). That’s why the Lord told us not to worry about what we would say, because he would reveal it to us in that very hour (Mark 13:11). So, I’m relying on the Holy Spirit’s help.

I also covet everyone’s prayers each week to say and write how the Lord directs me. Sometimes I just ask the Lord to open the eyes and ears of each heart and draw them to the truth.

In this case, God does want the eyes of our heart to be open. He wants us to see with clarity and discernment. But it takes spending time with God to achieve that spiritual twenty-twenty vision. You cannot get there by taking your eyes off of God.

During the pandemic, there were many people who were shedding many tears. The church cried out to God for mercy and healing. I stood in the gap for many who were separated from grandparents because of the virus.

I wonder how many tears have to fall before a person will surrender their heart to the Lordship of Christ? I used to see many tears from time to time growing up in a family with six siblings and two parents.

In previous sermons, many of the members probably know by now that my parents watched television. I realize some Christians do not watch television at all. I think that’s wonderful.

Since Jesus saved my life, I have to use wisdom about things I choose to watch. God certainly does not want me to fill my eyes up with things he disapproves of. But my parents would watch these game shows and their sports teams.

There was an occasion where my mother would watch a movie she referred to as a “tearjerker.” She would make sure she had those tissues nearby. The strange thing is, she would watch that movie more than once.

As a ten-year-old, at the time, I would wonder if she’s ok. Some people love to have a good cry. But is there such a thing as a good cry? When was the last time you cried about anything? Do you think there are people who have never cried?

My mother would refer to some people’s tears as “crocodile tears.” What are crocodile tears? Are they tears from a crocodile? In a medical since our eyes have tears that optometrist call Epiphora. 

Epiphora helps in producing watery eyes. Usually, tears lubricate and protect your eyes. However, this medical term meant nothing to my mother’s disposition when referring to one of her children crying crocodile tears.

My mother would call them fake tears. Sort of how actors do when playing a role in a movie. Crocodile tears refers to a person’s phony display of emotion. I can certainly remember crying those tears when I saw that switch coming.

Just hearing that swoosh sound in the air when I did something wrong that deserved punishment made me cry before my mother would administer that spanking. She would tell me, “Those crocodile tears are not going to help you.” (Smile).

Kids are great at knowing how to get those tears out really fast to maybe reduce the punishment that’s coming. (Smile). Some children are very coy at playing on their parents’ emotions. We can do many things with the eyes God gave us.

My sisters were great at rolling their eyes at you if you did something to make them angry. Siblings are good at shedding those tears to get another sibling in trouble.

I lost count at hearing those phony cries downstairs to my parents, “Mom Todd won’t stop bothering me!” Of course, I was totally innocent of all charges. (Smile). But as we open the living word of God, what does the Bible say about our eyes?

Well, let’s start with God’s eyes first. The Bible describes the eyes of God as being everywhere. Of course, God is Spirit (John 4:24). God does not have a physical body with eyes and ears, or arms and legs. His presence is his omniscience.

The word of God tells us, “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3 KJV). Also his word tells us, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” (Psalm 32:8 KJV).

The next two verses after verse 8 tell a different story for those who will not allow the eyes of God to guide them. (Psalm 32:9-10). God encourages us not to be stubborn like horses or mules that have to be controlled by bits and bridles.

Nothing and no one in heaven and on earth can escape being observed by the watchful, all-pervading eyes of the Lord. Adam and Eve were the first ones to try it, and things did not work out well for them.

With his eyes, God sees over the entire earth. “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.” (2 Chronicles 16:9 KJV).

The Bible tells us that God is always paying attention to our needs (Philippians 4:19). He also hears our cry and desires to take care of us with care and gentleness (Psalm 34:15-19).

This great care was shown in evidence time after time. Many people look at God today and say “If God really cares, why is there so much suffered in the world? Why does he allow evil to continue?”

“Why are there more tears than smiles?” The answer is quite simple. Because the world has rejected God and his plan of salvation. It also depends on the prism of what lens you are looking through.

Obviously, I can’t answer all the questions as to why God allows certain things to take place in society. But I do know that evil and sin shall be done away with upon the return of Jesus.

Since God is omniscience, omnipotent, and omnipresent, he is in total control of everything on earth. The Bible tells us the earth is the Lord’s and it is his footstool (Psalm 24:1; Isaiah 66:1).

God’s knowledge is unlimited. Knowing that God is omniscient should encourage us to trust his will, his Word, and his timing through world events. Noah certainly understood and trusted the eyes of the Lord.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” (Genesis 6:8 KJV). God cares and keeps his eyes on the righteous at all times. He has every one if your hairs numbered (Matthew 10:29-31).

He keeps watch over the land and the steps you take. (Deuteronomy 11:11-12; Psalm 121:3-4). Our loving God has eyes that see us as his special treasure. We are also the apple of his eye. Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 32:9-12; Zechariah 2:8-9).

Believers are precious to God (Psalm 116:15); they are his very own children (Psalm 103:13). God saw you before you were born. (Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 139:13-18). God’s eyes are greater than the far-reaching technology of man’s microscopes.

☆The Lord’s field of vision is omnidirectional and unrestricted. Nothing we do can be hidden or kept secret from him. Closed doors and locked chambers will not obscure his vision. He sees everything, including our sins (Hebrews 4:13; Psalm 11:4). ☆

The Bible also gives a descriptive view about our Lord and Savior through the eyes of John. (Revelation 1:12-20). Verse 14 says, “His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;” (Revelation 1:14 KJV).

Jesus has the same eyes as his Father. (John 14:8-10). How many of you can remember seeing your birth as you came into the world? Silly question, right? How many of you can remember the first tears you ever shed?

Did you know your eyes were not created for tears of sadness? The first time you see the word cry in the Bible is after the transgression of Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:10 KJV). And it so happens, this was blood crying out to God.

Imagine all the cries of blood that belong to the unborn that are aborted and throne away. I wonder if those who believe in abortion also carry the mindset, “Am I my unborn keeper?”

The Bible tells us that life is in the blood. The blood is still crying out today more than ever before in our nation. The Hebrew word crieth (tsâ‛aq) means to shriek. To cry, cry out, to call, cry for help.

Is it possible to cry without tears? I remember when my dad disciplined me one time for breaking something in the house. I tried to hide the item in the basement so he wouldn’t find it.

After the punishment, he gave me this look (with eyes of anger) and told me, “I better not see one tear drop fall from your face.” I was too afraid to cry outwardly, but I was sure crying on the inside.

Some of you may have grown up being taught that boys should never allow themselves to cry. That real boys and men should never cry. Today, men are certainly being robbed of their masculinity.

They are told that it’s wrong to carry an emotional soft side. Well, as usual the world’s experts are always wrong when standing next to the Lord Jesus Christ. Born-again men are real men who love Jesus. Do you think Jesus carried a rock hard exterior? I remember a pastor friend of mine told me, Christians should have thick skin but a soft heart. 

Before we look at the personality of Jesus, here’s a little truth about our eyes. Did you know before Adam and Eve sinned against God; they did not know what tears were? Just as they never saw rain, they never saw tears.

Tears usually imply sadness. Of course, God would use the eye ducts to later produce tears as a way of showing remorse for sins committed against him. But God will always attach outward emotions by looking inward at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7).

How many of you can remember when the doctor gave you that first spank on your precious little bottom in the delivery room? Another silly question, right? For some maybe that was your only cry you evercried. However, I doubt it.

But did you know that when Christians are born again, they are spiritually babies in Christ? There is no initial spanking to make us put out that first cry like when we were in the delivery room. Christians no longer live under condemnation (Romans 8:1-10).

Jesus came to dry up those tears and give us eyes to see his salvation. And yet Jesus still understands our suffering while we are in these fleshly corrupt bodies. (Hebrews 4:15; Psalm 103:14-18).

Jesus understands the conditions of our eyes when sadness fills them. When our eyes swell up with tears, he’s there to console and comfort us. (Luke 7:37- 48; Psalm 56:8-9; Jeremiah 9:17-20). God knows every problem and sees every tear. God cares for us.

Jesus showed his deep loving care when Lazarus died towards the family and friends of Martha and Mary. 33} “When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

34} And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35} Jesus wept. 36} Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!” (John 11:33-36 KJV). When Jesus saw the weeping and wailing, he, too, wept openly.

The personality and emotions of Jesus are front and center in his reaction to those filled with grief. In his life on earth he often expressed deep emotion, and we must never be afraid to reveal our true feelings to him.

He understands them, for he experienced them. Be honest, and don’t try to hide anything from your Savior. It reminds me of the song “He knows my name.” Do any of you remember the lyrics?

Here’s a reminder; 🎵 I have a maker, he formed my heart before even time began, my life was in his hands. He knows my name, he knows my every thought, he sees each tear that falls, and he hears me when I call. 🎵

For the believers that have cried out to God and saved up an ocean full of tears, God shall hold them in his hands and replace them with everlasting joy. In the Kingdom to come, we shall rejoice forever. Look and trust God’s promises.

5} “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6} He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” (Psalm 126:5-6).

There was a very old gospel song my grandmother used to play on the piano. 🎵 Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness, sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve; waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping, we shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. 🎵

Whenever Jesus shows up, he sows the fruit of the Spirit. There is great rejoicing for those who live in the Spirit. “TRY JESUS” saints, be encouraged today by the living word of God.

5} “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6} And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.” (Psalm 30:5-6 KJV).

“For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” (Revelation 7:17 KJV).

3} “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4} And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5} And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.” (Revelation 21:3-5 KJV).

Just imagine when you get to heaven (after meeting Jesus) and see the clear beautiful eyes of Jeremiah the prophet. He was given the nickname, “The weeping prophet.” His eyes carried puddles of water praying for Israel.

(Jeremiah 9:1,17-18; 13:17; 14:17; 31:16; Lamentations 1:16; 2:11; 3:48). Jeremiah is no longer weeping but rejoicing. His eyes see the Savior sitting in glory and splendor on his throne. “Hallelujah! I’m ready to rejoice in tears!”

King Hezekiah also experienced the joy of the Lord’s touch on his life. Since Hezekiah did right in the eyes of the Lord, he added fifteen years to his life after Hezekiah received news to get his house in order (that he would die). (2 Kings 18:1-6; 20:1-3; 5-7).

God deeply cares for every aspect of our lives. Nothing is hidden when he sees the tears in our eyes. Jesus cares about our physical sight and our spiritual sight. He opened the eyes of many during his ministry on earth.

Did you know there are blind people whose eyes see better than many who have 20-20 vision? Why? Because physical sight alone cannot see the Kingdom of God.

Many blind born again believers have great spiritual sight. They carry great spiritual vision without seeing the devastating effects that sin has in this nation. What a blessing it will be for them, that the first pair of eyes they will see after death will be Jesus.

We had a young blind man named Chris at our church. He loved Jesus and would praise God enthusiastically during the worship service. I enjoy fellowship with him because he could see many things without seeing.

He had a keen spiritual insight into many things and people during the service. He would pray for people with an amazing discernment into their prayer concerns. God’s blessing was on his eyes and his life.

Jesus showed his power over blindness on many occasions. He healed someone with his own saliva as part of his healing miracle on someone who couldn’t see with his natural eyes (Mark 8:22-25).

He also healed another man’s physical sight, but later healed his spiritual sight. (John 9:5-7). Notice the progression of this man’s spiritual healing. (John 9:11, 17, 35-39). Do you see the spiritual growth coming to fruition?

First he referred to him as somebody named Jesus. He had heard about Jesus but didn’t know Jesus. Has that ever happened to you? Thinking just because your eyes see someone doesn’t mean you actually know them.

It was just the opposite for the eyes of the Pharisees and Sadducees. They thought they had clear vision concerning the law. But Jesus said they were blind. Sin keeps a life blind (John 9:40-41). They were blind leaders leading the blind (Matthew 15:12-15).

Many religious people make the claim of knowing Jesus, but do not having a living spiritual relationship with him. Their eyes are no different than the Pharisees and Sadducees (2 Corinthians 4:3-4; Revelation 3:17-19).

So, how do you view yourself with those precious eyes God has given you when you look in the mirror? Do you appreciate how the designer created you?

There are many people in our nation today that are confused and depressed about how they view themselves. They feel they are supposed to be a boy or a girl. They feel the need to identify as anything other than how God sees them.

Who do you suppose has sent this delusional attack against their minds? Again, they can read (2 Corinthians 4:3-4). The Good News is open and revealed to everyone, except to those who refuse to believe it. (John 1:4-9; 3:18-21).

Satan, “the god of this world,” works to deceive, and he has blinded those who don’t believe in Christ (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). The allure of money, power, and pleasure blinds people to the light of Christ’s Good News.

Those who reject Christ and prefer their own pursuits have unknowingly made Satan their god. When people turn away from the identity God has created them for, Satan uses their own eyes (The window of the soul) against them.

How many heartbreaking stories have you heard about women who look in the mirror and suffer from bulimia because they see something in the mirror they don’t love. Pray for them. God always sees them as his beautiful masterpiece.

Beauty will always be in the eyes of the beholder. God said after creating us in his image that we were “Very good!” (Genesis 1:27-31). Beloved, no matter how you may negatively see yourself, God sees you as his special treasure. (Psalm 139:13-18; Exodus 19:5).

I’ve always wondered how a big powerful God could align all the solar systems in place, place the sun in the exact location, create everything on the planet earth, but then make a mistake in applying gender to someone.

It just doesn’t add up. God has left too many truths, facts, and perfection in his word about creationism. When Jesus transforms any life by the Holy Spirit’s power, they are given eyes to see the Savior. (Psalm 33:18; Job 34:20-22; Proverbs 5:21; 1 Peter 3:12).

Please read aloud the last verse in (1 Peter 3:12). Notice the last sentence, …“but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” In this world, we all weep and shed tears. (Ecclesiastes 3:4). But as I mentioned earlier, God shall wipe away the believer tears.

But the eyes of the wicked that have rejected the Lord and his salvation, shall continue to weep and cry after leaving this earth. (Matthew 8:11-12; 13:37-43; 49-50; 2 Peter 2:12-15).

[The Greek word weeping (klauthmos) means a weep of wailing and Lamentations. In the New Testament loud mourning and crying were customary when a person died (Mark 5:37-38).

The lack of such a reaction was the ultimate disgrace and sign of disrespect. Some people, usually women, made mourning a profession and would be paid by a dead person’s family to weep over the body.]

But those who reject Jesus and open their eyes in hell will suffer an eternity of weeping and tears of fire falling from their faces. However, there is good news while you may be reading or listening to this sermon.

You can take those eyes and turn tears and turn them into repentance with godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:8-10). This is the approach Ezra took by setting the standard of what true repentance meant towards God (Ezra 10:1-3).

[His weeping brought others to the point of sorrow. My friends, the Bible does advocate tears. God made them for a reason. We are certainly to experience joy and happiness in this world, but scripture clearly also teaches that there is a time for tears.]


🗣📢 Last words: Jesus cried, and so can we. This world has plenty of pain, hurt, trouble, and toil. God gave us a way to combat those things, tears. We should not fear tears, because they can be a weapon used against Satan.

God sees your tears every day. God can use your repentant tears to bring healing. Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you.

The God who said, “Blessed are you who weep now” (Luke 6:21), will not reproach you for the tears you shed as you walk through the ruins of this broken nation. The concerned and compassionate eyes of the Lord are always on us, penetrating even our darkest night.

[Our tears can be seeds that will grow into a harvest of joy when we plant them in trust of God’s sovereign plan. God can always bring good out of tragedy. When burdened by sorrow, know that your times of grief will end and that you will again find joy.]

From the moment we are conceived and every day thereafter, he sees us. The Lord keeps his eyes on his children to protect and preserve them and lead them home. Set your eyes on heaven’s throne. (Colossians 3:1-3; Hebrews12:2).

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5 KJV). It’s time for your next spiritual eye examination. Make this one with Jesus!


📕 More salve for your eyes. Psalm 126:5; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 39:12; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 102:9; Psalm 119:136; 2 Kings 20:5; Lamentations 2:18; Luke 7:44; 2 Corinthians 2:4; Philippians 3:18;



🛐 Here’s a prayer you can pray to trade in those tired eyes of sin. “Heavenly Father, thank you for this timing message I needed to hear. My tears have been misplaced. Please remove the scales of darkness from my eyes.

I’ve been crying for far too long without any hope of things changing in my life. Lord, there’s so much pain, agony, grief, hurt, and loss around me. I just want things to be okay again; to be happy and for my life to be filled with joy.

Father, please help me to fix my eyes and heart right on Jesus, and on His face. Help me to gaze at Jesus without taking my eyes off him, no matter how many stormy waves assail me. And as I do, please give me peace, stability, and strength.

Fill me with joy again. Fill me with joy and peace in believing. Fill me with the fullness of joy that comes only from being in your presence, I ask, in Jesus’ name. Lord, I repent of my sins and anger towards you.

Work in me to turn my attention toward you in all things. I put my hope and my confidence in you right now. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. And it’s in Jesus’ lovely name I pray, amen.”



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Pastor Todd Boxley

Worship Center Ministry

Misplaced Priorities – by Pastor Todd Boxley

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to “Try Jesus!” If this is your first time joining us, it’s great to have you with us. I would like to thank all the new members for joining “Try Jesus.” Also welcome those in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Illinois, this week.

It seems we’re having a bit of a heatwave passing through the country. Summertime is a great time to get outdoors and meet new people. Yes, it’s hot but God is in complete control over nature.

God is always great at calming things, amen? He calms storms in nature and in us. Trust that God has the world in his hands. If he controls the world, then he also controls the climate, right?

It’s hard to see God at work if you’re an unbeliever. Why? Because you need spiritual eyes to see a spiritual God. Let’s pray, “Heavenly Father, thank you for gathering hearts and minds all over this country.

Lord, we begin today by giving you thanks. Thank you for the breath of life this morning. Your love endures forever, it never fails. Though there are many ways in which we have failed, we have not exceeded the supply of your mercy and grace.

We thank you for revealing yourself to us through your word in “Try Jesus.” As we open the Bible today, we pray that we would hear your voice. We ask that your Holy Spirit would be at work, opening our ears to hear and our hearts to receive your word.

May we be transformed into your likeness. Set us apart from the world’s chaotic system. Help us to stand on your strong foundation, who is Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.”

Have you ever been ready to do something important with your family and found out there was a slight delay because somebody forgot something? It happens all the time, right?

How many of you have been involved in weddings where you were relied upon to decorate the reception hall? When people get pressed into one time event proceedings it can bring pressure.

I’ve been in situations where taking time to make the right decision is vital to the well-being of those involved. “Hey! Men also need that Calgon take me away moment, or that Southwestern commercial where you just “Wanna get away.”

But let’s face it, there are times when we must choose a direction or take a stance that may not be popular with the masses. This can cause us stress at times and cause us to misplace vital priorities.

To misplace something means to put something in the wrong place. To temporarily have a mindset of forgetting where something may have been placed. Have you ever misplaced your car keys?

How about misplacing those eye readers you rely on day after day. Ever try to read someone’s Bible who has very small print? One of my friends had a very small print Bible and wanted to know what a particular passage meant.

I looked at his Bible asked him if he hung out with Bugs Bunny in the carrot patch. (Smile). He had excellent vision. I’m sure if he misplaced his Bible, he could find it with that telescopic vision (Smile).

We all may misplace things in our lives from time to time. But does it ever affect anyone close to you? Have you ever misplaced something that didn’t belong to you?

These can become important priorities that are crucial towards peaceful resolutions. Have you ever misplaced something important that belonged to your spouse? How much tension followed by your admission?

Did you know some people misplace their priorities around trust, confidence, or affection in an unwise manner. Is it easier to find your own stuff than finding someone’s stuff? We all may have heard someone say, “I can’t remember where I put my papers.”

Misplaced priorities can be seen as giving more priority to something that indeed should require less priority from you at that point in time. Misplacing priorities will, therefore, lead to one losing that priority which was supposed to be the most important.

We’ve all had moments when our priorities weren’t quite in line. But we should never dismiss them as trivial or not affecting others the way they might affect someone else.

There are some real mind boggling silly examples of misplaced priorities that people, having gone through them, have thought to themselves, “I must have been out of my mind to do this.”

For example, many of you love your cell phones, but would give it away if it meant saving your life. One man was given a choice by a robber. He chose to get shot instead of given up his phone.

Another man dropped his phone in an area surrounded by high electrical wires. Another man dropped his phone in the toilet and got his arm stuck. There are all kinds of misplaced priorities that people make that make you scratch your head.


Why would a woman run back into a burning house to get her baseball tickets? What about a woman who went shopping and left her 3-year-old child in the car? Of course, it was extremely hot that day.

Many of you have heard of tragic stories about leaving children in a car with the windows rolled up. The woman in this story locked her keys in the car. The police came and told her they would have to shatter one of the windows to get inside.

She didn’t want the police to damage her 1999 Lexus. She understood that her son needed to get out of the car, so she came up with a compromise. Drive over a mile to her home to get her spare set of keys.

Keep in mind that her son had been in the hot car for 15 to 20 minutes at this point. Children’s body temperatures rise faster than adults. Misplaced priority? What was she thinking? Think she needs prayer about what is important?

What about someone who assaulted another roommate over girl scout cookies? She came home from work and was all set for some mouthwatering cookies.

But her roommate had come home on her lunch break and thought the cookies were a gift. She failed to look at the receipt which she mistook for a note. When the other woman came home, she attacked her and viciously beat her.

Finally, a man preferred prison time over arguing with his wife. Wow! That must have been some real misplaced communication! How did this happen? The man got into trouble with the law on a dump truck violation.

When his court day arrived, the judge put him under house arrest for a number of days. After a few days of confinement in his home, the man got into too many arguments with his wife. 



His wife wanted more help with the kids since he wasn’t working. Eventually the arguing was too much. The man left his house and drove to the police station. He actually proposed prison to married life.

He violated his house arrest and immediately turned himself in because he didn’t want to be at home with his wife anymore. The police denied his request and sent him back home.

“Ok, “Try Jesus” female members, was this man a milk-toast husband or what?” All teasing and kidding aside, this marriage was in trouble long before the violation. The communication they once cherished was broken.

Priorities, priorities, priorities, where are yours centered today when it involves God in your life? What does God say about our priorities? What are the things that matter most in life, the true priorities of life?

Let’s look at how Jesus handled a priority compared to the ones above. Look in your Bible at (Luke 13:10-17). Here we find Jesus in the place where we were accustomed to finding him, doing the work his Father sent him to do.


The Bible tells us Jesus was teaching. He was the greatest teacher that ever lived on earth. He taught the truth of God to a broken creation, us. (Mark 12:29-31; Luke 4:18).

Jesus could set his sights on others because his priorities were in the right place. When dealing with others, Jesus would often get away to pray to his Father.

I would like to categorize some these priorities Jesus throughout his ministry. #1 Priority: Jesus put his relationship with his Father first.

“And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.” (Matthew 14:23 KJV).

Those silly examples of misplaced priorities above can become life endangering to those we say we love. Jesus gave us the example to follow. Some people will use interruptions as an excuse to get away from everyday priorities. Here are proven priorities. 

#1- To love God and to love others, and to do it with all you’ve got. When you sincerely love God, you will also love others. Don’t confuse what’s urgent with what’s important (Mark 12:29-31; Matthew 6:33).

#2- How much priority do you make in putting God first at the beginning of your day? Here’s how Joshua spoke about his relationship with God. God loves you so much, he gives you a choice how to respond to his love.

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:14,15 KJV).

Jesus likened your priorities to treasures. “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Luke 12:34 KJV). Where do you put your time, money, and energy? What do you think about most? Are your priorities aligned with Jesus? (Exodus 20:3).

[If God is the center of your life, you will make your relationship with him your highest priority. You will long to spend time with him, to talk to him, to listen to him, to think often about him, to please him, and to obey his word.]

If you want love, peace, assurance, and sanity in your home, invite God into it. Some say, “Pastor Todd, we do put God first in our home, we read the picture frame on our wall every morning that says bless this house, then we go about our own business.”

Seems something is missing. Making God a high priority should demand more time than waving at a framed picture in your home on the way out the door. Seeking God means that your heart should yearn for him.

This takes time. God always looks at our heart in determining how much of himself is in there. He wants to see an image of himself in our hearts. This time you spend is stored up in heavenly realm. (Matthew 6:33; Colossians 1:4-6; 3:2).

#3- Some people set their priorities in a disorganized fashion. Some days they put God first, other days they put their doctor over God. Some married couples put each other over God. I knew of one couple, if the wife didn’t come to church, he wouldn’t come.

5} “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6} In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7} Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. (Proverbs 3:5-7 KJV).

There is no greater priority than to love and obey God and to accept Jesus’ gift of salvation. Seeking after God’s wisdom is the way to discern right priorities.

Just simply asking and inviting God first before you start your day is wise. (Deuteronomy 10:12,13; Jeremiah 35:15; 1 Kings 3:9; 1 Timothy 2:1; 1 Peter 4:8). Be intentional about priorities. Set them and tend to them first. You’ll have fulfillment.

#4- When you fail at keeping priorities: Doing things in life apart from God brings stress, and unstable consequences. Putting your own interests first (me, myself, and I) opens you up to failing achievements.

Time has not changed human nature. Most people still reject God’s way of living. When we Ignore God’s direction it leads to confusion and destruction. Anyone who has not submitted to God will end up doing whatever seems right to them at the time (Judges 17:5,6).

@ Some of you may remember a television show called “father knows best.” The show centered around the inter-personal relationships between loving parents and their children.

Each and every episode had a wholesome message such as “What’s more important, career or family?” It’s also about how to allow your children to choose their own path in life even if you don’t approve.

Theparents made mistakes as all parents do and so did the kids, but by the end of each episode, love prevailed, and their family was secure. @- TV Guide. Don’t all families thrive better when love (boundaries for children) is set by inviting Jesus into it?

The foundation these parents stood on was love. It helped solidify their relationship. It helped them keep their priorities in order. How much more love will God pour into your life when you invite him in? (Matthew 7:7-11; 12:11, 12; Luke 11:9-13; 12:22-28; Romans 5:7-10; Hebrews 9:12-14).

Jesus came to fix broken out of order lives. Jesus had priorities that put the person first. The Pharisees and Sadducees (and religious leaders) had priorities for the people, but they were heavy, burdensome, and hurtful.

If you are using “Try Jesus” in a small group Bible study please read these scriptures aloud to your group. Jesus exposed the religious leaders for their empty words.

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.” (Matthew 23:15 KJV).

Jesus mentions the word “woe” (ouai) eight times against the Pharisees and Sadducees in (Matthew 23:13-29). Which is an excamation of grief. This word is similar in some sense to exclamation. It is a sudden cry or remark, especially expressing surprise, anger, or pain.

The religious leaders had a form of godliness but denied the power thereof. There priorities were filled with rotten agendas (Matthew 23:33-35; 2 Timothy 3:5).

[Jesus accused the religious leaders of shutting the door to the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus made these stinging accusations because the leaders’ hunger for more power, money, and status had made them lose sight of God.]

Their blindness was spreading to the whole nation, preventing people from entering the Kingdom of Heaven. When priorities are selfish, those following will spread falsehoods throughout the community.

Myself and all teachers and leaders today shut the door to God’s Kingdom when they elevate their own priorities, desires, traditions, or ideas above the truths of God’s Word. Some churches actually make it harder to get to heaven with outlandish rules and legalism.

We must not become so involved in perfecting the practice of religion that we forget that God is concerned with mercy, real love, and forgiveness. Misleading priorities can bring an avalanche of sorry.

Bad priorities: The cause and effect:

They can cause others to miss the pathway to heaven. They can cause a failing relationship with a loving God. They can cause people to care more about man-made traditions and programs more than God.

They can cause leaders to cross every “T” and dot every “I.” Where as they should be caring about justice, mercy, and love. They can cause outward appearances to look the part while keeping corrupt things hidden from view.

They can cause leaders to act spiritual while covering up sinful deeds. They can cause pretentious learning curves for themselves and others, while keeping present behaviors that destroy the mind and soul.

The Pharisees and Sadducees were so fixated on their hard prioritized oppressive rules, they missed the real meaning centered around the person. They were more concerned about the iron clad Sabbath laws than the effects it had on the people.

Concerning Sabbath observance, the Mishnah lists 39 primary kinds of labor that were not allowed on that day. Once again, they focused on the letter of the Law and obeyed it with pride, but they missed the weightier things of God.

Their religion was external; their hearts were not transformed. Once again, they appear to obey God, but their hearts were far from him (Matthew 15:7–9; Isaiah 29:13).

Jesus’ Sermon on the mount emphasizes the true intent of the Law over the letter of the Law. The Pharisees and Sadducees emphasized the letter, completely missing its spirit. They cared more about prestige than truth.

Now, let’s go back and look at (Luke 13:10-17). Jesus knew it was the Sabbath before he approached this woman. Seven times Jesus healed people on the Sabbath.

[God created the Sabbath for our benefit; we are restored both physically and spiritually when we take time to rest and to focus on God. For the Pharisees, Sabbath rules had become more important than Sabbath rest.]

Over the centuries, the Jewish religious leaders had added rule after rule to God’s law. Jesus offered love and healing with the law; the religious leaders just offered more stringent rules. The religious viewed the Sabbath with a narrow lens. They sought strict obedience to rules over compassion.

[They saw healing as part of a doctor’s profession, and practicing one’s profession on the Sabbath was prohibited. The synagogue leader could not see beyond the law to Jesus’ compassion in healing this handicapped woman.]

This is still going on today in the year 2023. People are being hurt more by government laws and rules instead of dealing with the true symptoms. Every time we kick God out of something, destruction and pain comes.

Jesus shamed the leaders by pointing out their hypocrisy concerning this woman. They would untie their animals and care for them on the Sabbath, but they refused to rejoice when a human being was freed from Satan’s bondage on the Sabbath.

I see this on TV infomercials when they try to humanize animals and have organizations do everything to try and place animals on the same creative platform as humans. I love animals. God gave them to us to care for.

But God gave us dominion over them. Jesus did not shed his precious blood for animals. Animals were even sacrificed as an atonement for the people’s sins.

Today, we prioritize many things over the care of humans. We lock up produce to keep criminals from stealing merchandise, but we keep releasing the same individuals to commit the crimes over and over again.

We want to save animals but destroy babies. We want to legalize drugs, but we can’t figure out why communities are falling apart with people living on streets. Cities say they want to help people get off drugs, but supply crack vending machines on the street.

I wonder if anyone thought to put Bibles in the vending machines. We want our schools and children to be safe from gun shootings, but then we want to legalize gender affirming surgeries on children.

We say the mind of a youth doesn’t fully develop until age 24, but we insist that they can make life changing decisions about body parts and who they think they might be when they are minors.

We say we care about the planet, climate, and pollution but when the activists and protesters come to an event they trash the place they are pretending to care about.

We say we care about carbon footprints but we drive big SUVs and fly personal jets to world conferences that could be conducted on zoom. We say we care about society but treat them like cattle led to be slaughtered.

We say adultery is wrong, but we promote unhealthy lifestyles in front of our children. We call evil good and good evil in our society today. And we wonder why our priorities are backwards, upside-down, and failing?

If the nation loses it’s one nation under God cover and a healthy respect for who God is, why he created us, and what he wants us to accomplish, how can we learn from the source of all knowledge if we don’t respect his Word?

God wants us to have priorities that put his glory first and then seek the highest good of every individual we come in contact with. Solomon said it so brilliantly.

13} “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14} For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13,14; also, Psalm 69:5; James 1:27 KJV).

Satan, on the other hand, wants to bring disunity, insignificance, irrelevance, chaos, and destruction to every created life. He comes to steal, kill, and destroy all that God has purposed for his creation. Satan is the author of all the evil in this world.

The good news is that Jesus is more powerful than the devil and can defeat any plan he may bring against us, if we ask him to be Lord of our lives. When Jesus returns, he will put an end to death, disorder, and division forever.

Jesus did many things that people took umbrage with without understanding why he did it. He simply loves us more than petty rules that add stature to one’s life. He did these Sabbath miracles and received pushback for doing it.

Jesus sent a demon out of a man (Mark 1:21-28).

Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-31).

Jesus healed a lame man by the pool of (Bethesda John 5:1-18).

Jesus healed a man with a deformed hand (Mark 3:1-6).

Jesus restored a crippled woman (Luke 13:10-17).

Jesus healed a man with swollen arms and legs (Luke 14:1-6).

Jesus healed a man born blind (John 9:1-16).

Politically, why do people say something is bad for people, but if they do it, they say this is good for the people? Does an “R” or a “D” next to the name matter more than the welfare of its citizens? When laws and rules are applied selfishly the people suffer.

Blind priorities can lead to blind loyalties. Over the centuries, the Jewish religious leaders had added rule after rule to God’s law. For example, God’s law said that the Sabbath is a day of rest (Exodus 20:10-11).

When Christians claim loyalty to God, it means more than just worshiping in church; it involves truly serving others. Keeping his priorities for us on the street called straight means letting your priorities become his (Colossians 2:6-7; Psalm 1:2-3).

When you’re priorities begin to fail, go back to God and reset yourself. It’s like resetting yourself at a track and field event. When you commit a false start, you reset yourself in the blocks. God is one who gives us many opportunities to refocus our priorities.


🗣📢 Last words: Our lives tend to skip from one urgent interruption to another. And all the while, we miss what is really important. When we fail to set priorities, we will stop doing what is right in God’s eyes (Judges 17:6).

How can we distinguish true priorities from apparent priorities, like a ringing phone? Don’t’ allow worldly distractions from Satan to water down what’s vitally important in keeping your priorities clear and in eyesight.

The Bible always sets your priorities in order from start to finish. (Philippians 1:6; Proverbs 3:6; 1 Corinthians 1:8; Romans 8:28-30; Titus 3:4-6).

Seek his will in all you do, and he will prioritize all he has for your life. You are always the apple of his eye. God is more dependable than the US Postal Priority Mail. SO, GET PRIORITIZED!



🛐 Here’s a plumbline prayer you can pray. “Heavenly Father, thank you for today’s message. I have procrastinated far too long. I need renewed priorities in my life. Lord, I come into agreement with your powerful name.

Whether I’m by myself or with others around me, you are in the midst of my life. I know you will answer my contrite heart. There is no distance from your Spirit and mine when I call your name.

Lord, open the eyes of my heart and help me consider the new priorities you will guide me in. I place all my priorities each day in your hands so you will be glorified in the decisions that are made.

Rearrange my daily priorities so I can rest in you and be flooded with your peace. Help me to have all things concerning you with proper balance. Help me invest in the present, but also in eternity.

Thank you Lord for the possessions you have given me to be a good steward over. They are temporary but used for Kingdom blessings. Help me to manage priorities for long life. May these resources you’ve given me help others.

Father, help me always organize with your wisdom. I want to invest wisely with your priorities so you will be pleased. I pray you help me to manage time wisely.

Lord, strengthen me to further your priorities that will further your Kingdom and outlast this earth. I decree and declare and receive everything you give in the wonderful and precious name of Jesus, my Lord, amen.”


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Something in common

Repost of Pastor T. Boxley’s Sermon.

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to “Try Jesus!” If this is your first time joining us, it’s great to have you with us. I would like to thank all the new members for joining “Try Jesus.” Also welcome those in Alabama, Alaska, North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota this week.

Have you ever sat something down on a table that wobbled? The first place you usually look are the legs under the table. To keep everything on the table stable, you need to make sure the legs are sturdy.

Does it feel like many things in our nation today are on a wobbled stand? It doesn’t take much for things to fall when weight is placed on that wobbled weak leg. Without our God, our nation is destined to fall.

Let’s pray, “Heavenly Father, thank you for giving us your continued breath of life today. Thank you for gathering hearts and minds together. Lord, surround us with your powerful, life-changing presence.

Thank you Lord, that your foundation stands secure and immovable. Thank you for being our precious tested and tried cornerstone in Zion. Thank you for loving each of us and for calling us to walk with you. We come before you as we meet and declare our dependence on you.

Fill our hearts with your love. Open our understanding by the Spirit of truth. May the joy of the Lord be our strength today, may your living word resuscitate hearts today, in Jesus’ name, amen.”

How well do you get along with others when playing a board game, you don’t understand? Have you ever been caught in the middle of a disagreement on how people want the game to be played?

I’ve played some games (such as Monopoly) and others where people make up new rules as they go along. When there’s big debate conversations about the game as you’re playing, it takes the fun out of the game.

Doesn’t it seem that when you, family members, or friends get together for day of fun and laughter, there’s always that one or two individuals that come with controversy.

I’ve always thought that some people just like to “throw a fly in the ointment” to get dissension started before the fun gets underway. I been through this a number of times with friends and family.

I used to get together with two very close friends of mine on the weekend from time to time. We would plan out our schedule by eating at a fine restaurant.

Since one of my friends was a chef himself, we would usually let him decide which restaurant we would dine at. Everything would always be great, that is until our food was brought to our table.

Being that our friend was a chef, he had this insatiable habit to critique the food before we could even enjoy it. I and my other friend would tell him the food looked and tasted great. But he would call the waiter and have him reheat or recook his order.

Sometimes he would ask for the manager and tell him he wouldn’t pay for the meal because it wasn’t the right temperature. By the time me and my friend had received our dessert, my friend was still waiting on his perfect entrée to arrive.

Of course, by the time we got in the car to maybe go play some basketball, or go bowling, the day started to slip away. We were a little frustrated and sometimes just go back to my mother’s house where our other cars were parked.

My mother, who loved to see us always together, would always see us in debating conversations. She would explain to us that she’s never see so close friends seem like they have everything in common, but nothing in common.

She then gave us the nickname, “The three stooges.” We did have a lot if things in common, but at the end of the day, it seems we couldn’t agree on how it would start, or how it might end.

It’s been said that opposites attract one another. It’s also been said that opposites can compliment one another. When you started dating someone, did you look for things you had in common or things that were opposite from your personality makeup?

How different are you than your spouse? What about your friends or children? In regard to dating and marriage the Bible has something to say how Christians date on a common ground interest.

Spiritually they are not to be unequally yoked together. (1 Corinthians 6:15-20; 7: 39; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18). Many single Christians have tried to force or put together common interests that spiritually don’t work.

I’ve counseled some individuals who ran into serious problems because they married someone who wasn’t an authentic born-again believer. Some people think they can change people by forcing Christianity on them.

I told one woman who was dating an unbeliever to be careful because “if you marry him, it’s like getting the devil as your father-in-law.” There is never common ground between light and darkness.

There have been many well told stories of what can happen when you try to coerce someone into something they’re not ready to receive. It’s like forcing a piece from a puzzle into a place that doesn’t fit. How do you balance a difference?

Do your differences support each other’s weaknesses? I feel that no matter what side of seesaw opposite end you sit on, eventually you come to the middle to balance the whole in your lives.

Having common ground in life can be easy until it’s not easy. There needs to be agreement and peace mixed in that common ground. Have you ever jumped off a seesaw without thinking about the other person?

That quick fall to the ground comes without warning and causes discomfort in the end, (literally your end). People who are argumentative rarely think about meeting in the middle to bring about a peaceful resolution.

Common ground is not hard to find when you invite the one into it who always stands on Holy ground. God created us to have many things in common. Some are easily noticed. For example, we all have to eat, right?

Some love to get in the kitchen (like chefs) and mouth watering meals. Cooking meals together with loved ones and even friends can bring common ground enjoyment.

From special events to family gatherings, when you say everyone bring a covered dish, and food is on the menu, someone who loves food will say “I’m bringing an appetite!” (Smile).

Jesus knows all too well how much people love food as he blessed the food he gave and fed 4,000 and 5,000 people respectively. He also served his disciples with a delicious meal before getting to serious conversation. (John 6:1-14; 21:9-19; Matthew 15:32-39).

Of course, Jesus told those who came to him that it wasn’t the miracles and signs but the food that filled their bellies that kept some coming to him (John 6:26,27). Many people today still use food for the wrong reasons.

Many religions still use food to try and draw up attendance numbers in their congregations. They will also use it to help in financial endeavors for the church.

Another thing we all have in common is sleep. Everyone has to sleep at some time, right? I realize there are some people who suffer with some form of insomnia. I have a friend who used to call me for prayer because he couldn’t sleep.

Pray for people who suffer in this. The Bible says we can have peaceful rest and sleep in Jesus (Psalm 127:2). Of course, I sympathize and pray for common ground solutions for those who are married to those wives or husbands who snore (Smile).

We all have to live somewhere. There certainly is common ground in this area. Today, we see individuals in some cities living in tents. Some of these cities have adopted the name “sanctuary” for the homeless epidemic.

There is nothing sanctuary looking about these places. They do not have a utopian palace look to their surroundings. Jesus came to free people from the corrupt bondage that binds them in places like these.

Jesus came to tell us about a place he’s prepared for us that is anything like a tent to live in. (John 14:1-3). However, not everyone will end up living in these homes he has prepared for us. Some people will leave their tent to a much worse place with no dwelling.

Let’s move along briskly with some more things we have in common. We all tend to get sick. We all get old at some point. (At least most of us.) My testimony involves my niece dying at the age of seven. (Psalm 103:3; Proverbs 18:14).

Death of course is common to us all. (Hebrews 9:27). Many people try to block this event from their mind because it brings about thoughts of everything ending.

There is a finality to it. Many fear it because they can’t see life beyond it. Only Jesus can give us life beyond this one. (John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Psalm 89:48; Hebrews 11:5).

We have commonality of all coming from parents. It is still a fact that all creation has come through the legs of a female (woman). No male on earth were given the parts to house an embryo. Satan is the architect behind perverted immoral lifestyles in our nation today.

We all come from the sinful seed of Adam and Eve. We did not originate from primates. (Romans 1:18-32; 5:8-12; 17-21). And because this seed of sin was spread from Adam and Eve, God’s love, righteousness, and holiness moved him to act on the sin spread. (Genesis 6:11-13).

Many people who do not know or understand how a Holy God could decide to wipeout an entire people. God’s purity cannot tolerate sin. If one speck of sin was allowed to enter his glorious home (heaven), everything would be corrupted.

But God saw something in his creation that would signify how much he loved them. Why? Because after the birth of Seth, his son’s name was Enos. Look at how God saw the heart of some men.

25} “And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26} And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.” (Genesis 4:25-26 KJV).

So God still held his plan from the very beginning (Genesis 1:26-28; 3:14,15). Satan the originator and tempter of man had signified his own demise. (Isaiah 14:12-15). The blood of Jesus would defeat Satan forever.

Satan is a counterfeiter in that he tries to duplicate what God does, but it is to his own ruin. God and Satan have absolutely nothing in common. Light and darkness have no fellowship together.

Did you know there is a well-known religion that places Satan and Jesus as spirit brothers? That they were both created? Let me know if you can guess which religion teaches this erroneous lie.

Some people will say to me, “Pastor Todd, my siblings and I have a lot in common, blood is thicker than water.” My response is always the same. Yes, God gave us families to love and support one another.

But Jesus came to bring light in all families. Many of you have unsaved family members. Jesus is the prince of peace, but sometimes that peace is disturbed when someone in the family becomes an authentic born-again believer.

Jesus spoke these words about families. 34} “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35} For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36} And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.   37} He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38} And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.” (Matthew 10:34-38 KJV).

When the glorious light of the gospel comes into families, that common unholy alliance becomes unsettled. Yes, we should strive for peace, but when light and darkness get together there can separating opinions.

When I first became a Christian (born-again) I knew my life was on a new common ground with Jesus. All the musical partying concerts me and my siblings went to together stopped. All the wild house parties stopped. All the girl chasing stopped.

They began to look at me differently. They would sometimes have negative debates with me about Jesus and sin. In so many ways I was seen as a fanatic. Did your coming to Jesus upset the common ground in your family?

Christian commitment may separate friends and loved ones. Jesus was not encouraging disobedience to parents or confrontation at home. Because some will follow him and some won’t, conflict will inevitably arise.

Family and friends may see our new faith as rejecting them personally, as we turn from our former beliefs, activities, and life choices. Sometimes they can resent your life being new. Joseph went through this with his family.

Love of family is important, but even this love can be self-serving and used as an excuse not to serve God or do his work. When you get saved your commitment to God should be your first priority.

Noah was one man who made a commitment to follow God. His common ground with the people that rain was coming changed their thoughts about him.

But when the floods came, God would preserve eight people on the ark. Noah, his wife, three sons, and their wives. This stands to reason we all came out that ark. There were a variety of nationalities that came from that ark.

Some people don’t understand how the races came to be. Just simply go and read the tower of Babel in (Genesis 11:5-9). The people had much in common then. The people chose to be a monument, but it was a monument to the people themselves rather than to God.

The people still had this ingrained common ground call sin. It would continue to sprout itself as time moved on. Our emotions came off that ark. We all have common emotions. We all laugh and cry.

We may all get angry at times. And when we get angry, we sometimes do things we shouldn’t. And why do we do all these things from A-Z? Because we are all sinners. (Romans 3:23). We all caught the sin sick cold from Adam.

Does that give us excuses or a way out of our sins? No. We are still held accountable for our own actions. It’s always easy to point blame away from ourselves. But God made it clear we are responsible for our own sins.

We will never stand at the throne of Jesus and turn and point and say he/ she made me do it. (Deuteronomy 24:16; Jeremiah 31:30, Ezekiel 18:18-32). People who end up in hell are not sent there because God chose them to go there.

God never sends anyone to hell; they send themselves there because they reject their only hope of redemption. It’s not God’s will that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9; Isaiah 1:18-20; Ezekiel 18:32; 33:11).

Again, many people who held on to their disbelief in God have much in common. They may have uttered words like, “I hate God! Jesus is not the only way, there’s nothing wrong with lying, adultery is ok, its ok to steal, we’re all gods, I love sinning.”

But there is a way to be on common ground with God. You don’t have to be eternally separated from God. All you have to do is repent, turn from sin, and tell God you’ve sinned and that you believe Jesus died for you.

Please read aloud in the Bible these verses (Romans 10:8-13). After sincerely praying “God, I’ve ruined my life. Please forgive me. Jesus, I believe you washed my sins away on the cross. Be my master and take me to heaven, thank you Lord, amen.”

If you just prayed this prayer sincerely, you now have something in common with those who are going to heaven. Some think this is too easy. They think they must earn their way to heaven by working long hours on the mission field.

They think they must feed a million people, or give a million dollars, maybe knock on a hundred doors. Reading the whole Bible. Never miss church attendance. Remember my friends, Jesus came to earth to do what we couldn’t do, save ourselves.

For those who try to reach God by choosing their own way to God, they are in for a startling surprise. Jesus spoke about man’s religious ways of seeking God (John 10:1-5). It is impossible to reach a Holy God by man-made religion.

Jesus said these powerful words over two thousand years ago. 21} “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.   22} Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23} And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matthew 7:21-23 KJV).

🗣📢 Last words: Not everyone who talks about heaven belongs to God’s Kingdom. Jesus is more concerned about our walk than our talk. (Titus 3:3-5; Ephesians 2:8,9; Galatians 2:21; Romans 11:6; Romans 3:20-30; Ecclesiastes 3:1-11).

[Most religions prescribe specific duties that must be performed to place a  person on common ground with any god. Christianity uniquely teaches that no good deed we do will make us right with him. To be on his Holy common ground we must accept his redemption standards.

No amount of human achievement or progress in personal development will close the gap between God’s moral perfection and our imperfect daily performance. Doing good is important, but it will not earn us eternal life.]

Today, you get to choose. Don’t miss your opportunity to have something common with God. Jesus has nothing in common with the world. (John 7:7; 15:18-25; 1 John 2:15-17). Take heed by words God sends out daily (Joshua 24:14,15).

Common Ground- I accept Jesus on his Holy ground and ask him to be Lord of my life.

Uncommon Unholy Ground- I’ve thought about it and choose to go my own way. I think Christianity is all nonsense.

When this current earth is no longer here, there will be two judgments everyone will appear at. Believers will be at one Judgement and unbelievers will be at the other.

We all deserve to be at The Great White Throne Judgement, but God sent Jesus so we could choose life or death. The great thing about genuine love is, it doesn’t force you to accept it.

Jesus came as the God-man. He was God coming to love and live among his people. He offered himself up close and personal. (John 1:1-14; 8:24; 10:17,18, 30;  Colossians 1:14-20; Philippians 2:6-11).

Some people think they can get on common ground with God by accepting him but not his son. Or some say, “Yeah, I’ve read the Bible, and I like Jesus, but I don’t like the God of the Old Testament.” But they’re actually exactly the same. If you reject one you reject both.

GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT- Unbelievers common ground and meeting place at death. (Revelation 20:10-15; 21:8).

JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST- Believers common ground and meeting place at death. (John 5:24; 10:27-29; 2 Corinthians 5:8-11; Revelation 3:5; 22:14; James 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:8).

A long time ago someone asked the question, “What do I have to do to go to hell?” The other person simply stated, “Just don’t do anything and you’ll find yourself there.” There are no excuses in front of Jesus. (Philippians 2:9-11).

Common ground with God makes you stand on solid rock (Psalm 40:1-3). Today, if you want common ground move your heart to higher ground.


🛐 Here’s a prayer for getting your heart in common with God’s heart. “Heavenly Father, thank you for today’s message that made your word a lamp unto my heart and light on your narrow path.

Lord, Sometimes I think I’m on good common ground until it turns out to be quicksand from the enemy. Please help my heart and feet to stand on your promises so that all the other ground is sinking sand.

Each day you weigh my heart, and you know my intentions. Instead of my flesh being my internal guide, let your Spirit instruct me on the way that I should go. I pray that I become sensitive to hearing your instruction so that I know what to do.

Lord help me to live righteously with you and set apart from the world. Let your will be done in my life and let the plans that you have released in heaven, be aligned here on earth.

I pray that I understand your purpose for me so that I do not stray from it or forget it. Let my desires become aligned with your purpose so that I am not conflicted in my lifestyle. This is the prayer of my heart, in Jesus’ name, amen.”


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Sharing Your Silence
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to “Try Jesus!” If this is your first time joining us, it’s great to have you with us. I would like to thank all the new members for joining “Try Jesus.” Also welcome those in Georgia, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, South Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio, this week.

Last Tuesday, many celebrated our nation’s independence, freedoms, and liberties. We also contribute these rights to those who stood and fought for these freedoms.

The evening culminates with a spectacular array of fireworks. At the end of the day, I thought about how all this compares to the illuminating presence of Almighty God.

His light is a beautiful divine radiant light that never fades or is extinguished. People will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. (Revelation 22:5).

The world’s fireworks lit up the sky for a few minutes but after the show is over the skies once again turned to darkness and smoke. Fireworks and the nations celebratory actions each year are fine.

However it pales considerably in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. (Genesis 1:3; John 1:5; 8:12; Matthew 5:16). God’s glory shall never diminish or burn 🔥 out. This is the fire and work our nation needs, amen?

Let’s pray, “Heavenly Father, I thank you for gathering hearts with your burning fire, drawing them with your loving kindness. This is the day Lord that you have made, help us to be glad and rejoice in it.

Father, show us this morning how to pray that people’s eyes are opened so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the grip of Satan to the freedom of God.

Your word commands us to go into the world and let your light shine that the lost may see the works that are produced by the power of the Holy Spirit working in the lives of the body of Christ.

May the light of your word reach our families, our neighbors, our cities and beyond so that you alone will receive the glory! And when eyes are opened may they see and experience new life forever, in Jesus’ name, amen.”

Good morning, once again everyone. Today’s message is a difficult one to bring this morning. It’s hard because there are lives that have seen hard excruciating things come against themselves.

We may all know someone who has been excluded or abandoned by those they thought loved them. This message is difficult because there are some precious souls who have been silenced and buried in rejection.

Have you ever met someone (or maybe yourself) that was excluded during the childhood years? Have you ever tried to fit in, only to be rejected and sent back to your emotional shell?

Just about every child has some memory of being and feeling excluded in school, on the playground, and even at home. Many kids grow up with labels and nicknames that never wanted.

When you were growing up did you ever get left out of activities because other kids saw you as some kind of pariah? Being an outcast early in life is no fun to any kid. All of us start out with silly putty emotions. Our adolescent emotions get stretched daily.

Everyone just wants to fit in, right? We have enough personal problems without the masses telling us we are victims, and we should revolt and carry all these biases in our hearts. Many want individuals to stay divided.

However, many do not understand that you can’t separate something of the same origin. Blood is something that you can’t separate. There aren’t more blood rainbows you can pick and choose from.

We are one human race. If you read Acts chapter 17:24-31 with an open heart, you can see how we are all in this thing together called sin. And sin has nothing to do with skin color.

God accepts anyone who comes to him in repentance and faith. In 2023, people should get rid of any prejudice or bias that keeps them from sharing the Lord with others. Jesus welcomes all people into his Kingdom.

The people that rejected Jesus’ offer of salvation while alive and are in hell right now, are not concerned about how many nationalities are in pain and torment. They have actually come to the realization that Jesus was right.

All their preconceived fleshly thoughts of liberalism and no mercy towards the most venerable (the unborn), have kept them from coming to the knowledge of the truth (Jesus). (Romans 1:18-32; 2 Corinthians 4:3,4).

When we get filled up with pride, power, and pessimism, we inevitably are headed for a huge fall. If not on this side, then in the presence of the judge of all lives. (Proverbs 16:18; Revelation 20:10-15; 31:8; Matthew 7:21-23).

This is why it’s extremely important to present the love of Jesus to youthful hearts that have been hurt into deep silence. Did you know there are many people whose hurts are so deep that it keeps them from coming to church?

Shame is one emotion that Satan uses against people. Also, the church and leadership must be spiritually equipped to handle difficult cases of those silenced in pain by Satan. This takes a heart that will love on an individual until there is a victorious breakthrough.

I once knew a church who didn’t know how to handle a 35-year-old woman who was mentally 16 years old. They tried to place her in adult biblical studies and tried to buy her clothes she never would wear.

There intentions may have been in the right place, but without wisdom and spiritual insight they missed the mark. I suggested they first meet her where she is by just loving her.

I also suggested until God delivers her, it might be best to let her join those in the young adult youth studies group. Also, if she desires to wear junior miss clothes from the Gap instead of clothes from Macy’s for 40- to 50-year-old women, then allow her to do so.

As long as she’s still dressing modestly when coming to church, she might feel better about connecting with others. When love is stretched for the long duration of a life, it can produce beautiful fruit in their life.

However, when churches force through oppressive rules and regulations, it can have a negative effect on the spiritual growth of a person. Individuals who come into the church with serious emotional distressed lives must be handled gently.

How would you verbally work with someone who came to your church with suicidal tendencies? How would you handle an adult who cuts themselves? How would you handle a teenager who is severely depressed?

According to the *CDC, the rates of suicide, self-harm, anxiety and depression are up among adolescents. I have worked with all of these individuals. It can be heartbreaking. 

Sometimes you think there’s no progress being made. You stand in the spiritual gap for them and cry out to God for them to be set free. God does everything great and perfect in his timing.

He receives the glory in a way where more lives are blessed than expected. God sees the glorious outcome long before we understand his plan. He truly is an amazing God. I continuously find myself in awe of everything he does.

God cares very deeply about the vulnerable and mishandled lives of delicate souls. He supremely loves us all more than we will ever understand. We must seek God for spiritual discernment when dealing with crushed spirits.

When leaders in church misunderstand the delicate but serious emotional cases, they sometimes shun the very ones they are supposed to love. Love is supposed to cover a multitude of sins.

One female leader in a church was trying to help a young woman who had been sexually abused by her uncle. After a while, the leader through up her hands and said, “This woman is too weird, I don’t want to deal with her.” How sad.

Many have closed their ears to the silent cries of sex trafficking in this country, of which most are females. Anytime our youth are hurt, it can be a long arduous journey to their physical, mental, and spiritual recovery.

God desires all children to be introduced to his everlasting love and care. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Jeremiah 1:4-8; 29:11; Psalm 139:13-18; Mark 10:13-15). Jesus loves your children.

Many states have seen a sharp increase in children isolating themselves away from others. Many states have seen a huge increase in attempted suicide in the country.

When children feel abandoned and left out, they can be pulled into withdrawal and muzzled with hurt. But exclusion doesn’t stop as children grow into adults. Many adults suffer with loneliness and emotional withdrawal.

From work cliques to Facebook jibes, people of all ages exclude others from acceptance, love and affection, often for no discernible reason. Everyone wants and desires love. God instilled this want in every heart.

God’s redemption, by his grace, can heal the brokenness inside of every person when they cry out to the Lord. The power of God’s love toward the broken heart is enough to set them free. Jesus can heal to the very depth of your silence.

This message today is for those who fill like their life is in a deep well and there is no one around to draw them out. My beloved friends, the brokenness in your life is not beyond repair. Please read (Psalm 40:1-4) aloud to your own heart.

God sees your suffering, and he himself will rescue, restore, reconcile, and resurrect your life today. You have been ransomed and redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ (Revelation 5:9,10; 12:11; 1 Peter 1:18-20; Ephesians 1:7).

[God ransomed us from the tyranny of sin. He did this not with money, but with the precious blood of his own Son (Romans 6:6,7; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Colossians 2:13,14; Hebrews 9:12).]

The death Jesus died specifically for you gave two wonderful benefits to us, redemption and forgiveness.  Redemption pictures the price paid to gain freedom for a slave (Leviticus 25:47-54).

Jesus paid the price to release us from slavery to sin and its devastating consequences. You no longer have to stay quiet and hidden in a broken shelled life.

Jesus always went on the road others (religious folks) wouldn’t dare to walk on. (Luke 10:30-37). Jesus was not like others. He would pour out his love on those where it wasn’t expected, to society’s outcasts. Again, Jesus included the excluded.

Here are a few people Jesus helped out of broken silence.

1) Jesus cares for broken children: He cares for the abused child that nobody can hear, silenced in pain and alone in their room day after day. The disciples with Jesus saw them as a nuisance.

Many parents sometimes see their children as unwanted baggage. If you suffered for years as a child, today your liberty is here. (Matthew 18:1-6; 19:13-15; 2 Samuel 22:48-50; Psalm 91:4-6; Isaiah 49:25,26).

2) A sinful woman: (Luke 7:36-50). Jesus reaches a life with no details about her name, age, address, employment, etc. Only her character and reputation was revealed. She wasn’t even invited in the house.

[The sinful woman lavished tears, expensive perfume, and kisses on her Savior. In this story, the immoral but grateful woman and not the religious leader is the one whose sins are forgiven.]

The woman who carried an immoral lifestyle did all the things Simon should have been doing. She was excluded by the religious phonies but Jesus drew out of her heart repentance, tears, and faith to receive forgiveness.

Jesus can do the same today for battered women, wives, who are unloved, fearful, suicidal thoughts, lonely, and those silenced in their own homes.

He can do the same for men who lost their identity, manhood, employment, suicidal tendencies, and boldness. All you have to do is come to him. When you realize the depth of your sin, you can appreciate the complete forgiveness that God offers.

3) Woman with an issue of blood: last week I spoke about people who are worried about bothering God with their problems. But God is always concerned for us. He loves us and wants our attention (1 Peter 5:7).

The woman in (Mark 5:24-34) is a great example of many who will travel the world to find the answers to their broken life, but won’t turn to greatest physician on earth who is as close to them as their next heartbeat. This woman suffered for 12 years.

Getting close to Jesus must have seemed hopeless to this sick woman, but she didn’t give up and fought her way desperately through the crowd in order to touch his robe. As soon as she did, she was healed.

She had tried everything. She knew about being ritually unclean among others. (Leviticus 15:25-27) She was like those above, excluded from most social contact.

She desperately wanted Jesus to heal her, but she thought that her bleeding would cause Jesus to be unclean under Jewish law if she touched him. How caring the silenced can be. Even when they are ostracized, they still care about others.

[Sometimes we feel that our problems will keep us from God. But his love reaches through to us, no matter how impossible or terrible we think the situation is. We should never allow our fear or silence to keep us from approaching him.]

I remember a neighbor who used to live in my neighborhood. He owned 3 dogs and would isolate them from playing or interacting with each other. From time to time, I would come outside and see him verbally abusing one of them, and sometimes hitting them hard in the face.

But it seemed no matter how much he disciplined them, they wanted to wag their tails in happiness to greet him. I understand the reason behind their wonderful label, “Man’s best friend.” But there is someone who sticks closer.

Of course Jesus had many one-on-one conversations with those who voiced their concerns and burdens. He turned their misery into overflowing joy. Jesus wants us to be set free in him.

Today, many in the church have been callous to the hard cases (extreme broken lives) because it takes time, effort, and surrendered sacrifice on behalf of another soul.

Jesus crossed all social and economic barriers to deliver those imprisoned by the hard by-laws and legalistic rules the religious leaders placed on them. Jesus came to set free all who are abused physically and spiritually in the church.

16} “And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? 17} When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Mark 2:16,17 KJV).

Jesus calls all that are silenced and outcast and misunderstood to sit in his freedom and heavenly touch, to be restored and whole. God’s purpose is to restore man’s right standing with him by forgiving wickedness and remembering sins no more (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:12).

Before we close, I want to encourage the body of Christ to cry out with rent hearts and be renewed with spiritual eyesight to see and hear the silence of brokenness in our country.

Do not be afraid to suffer persecutions from the enemies canceling tactics. The body of Christ has already overcome the battle and won the victory. God has given us the harvest. It’s been said, “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

Many denominational churches have given in to the pressures from the outside to accept all manner of immoral lifestyles that God’s Word says is an abomination and sinful. The Holy Spirit will not be a part of unholy practices.

Today in America, Christians and Christ believing parents have been forced into silence, into compliance, and told that we must accept what science wants to do with our children’s gender. They tell us that we must deny truth, back down, and look the other way. Christians should never grow silent when following God and Jesus is frowned upon.

Satan wants to use the blind hearted to attack God given Christian liberties. Have you noticed there are never words against other religious groups that may object to making or distributing something that’s against their religion? This happens only to those in true Christianity.

So, my questions are for those today that feel they are being held captive. What are the things that are holding you? holding the people around you captive? What has enslaved you? Where are you bound?

Do you feel the weight, the weight of sin and brokenness, the weight of choices, of fear, of things that have been done to you? Bring all those things to the Lord. Do you feel life isn’t worth living anymore? But I encourage you, keep reading.

🗣📢 Last words: Whenever Jesus healed someone, he meant it; his focus was on that person, he engaged with them, he looked into their hearts, he gave them his full attention. He understands brokenness (Luke 4:18).

Jesus wants us to be whole and complete in him. (Philippians 1:6; Romans 8:29; Ephesians 2:10; Colossians 1:27,28). He has power and love to pull down every destructive obstacle in your life.

If your lost years have been loveless years, things in your life that are in desperate need of repair, God says, “Now is the time!” (Matthew 11:28-30; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Hebrews 3:15). Draw near to God, and he will certainly draw near to you.

When your problems become bigger than you, you need someone bigger than your problem. Only God can understand and fix your shattered life that you only can’t hold together. Get set free.

Here’s the spiritual blueprint to keep 📌 to your heart.

1) Get Restored: God has restoration power in his hands. There is nothing that seems broken to you that he can’t fix. Trust in his timing. Be ready to rejoice. (Joel 2:23-28; Acts 3:1-8; Ephesians 3:19-21). Invest your life in heavenly things (John 14:1-4; Matthew 6:19-21).

2) Get confirmed and secured: Trust in God’s spoken word over your circumstances. Allow Jesus to place your life on his foundation. (Acts 14:8-10; Psalm 119:106; Philippians 4:6-8; 2 Corinthians 6:2).

3) Get strengthened: God wants your life to live a strengthened and victorious life, not a weakened and defeated life. You can be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. You can be effective in your new walk with God (2 Chronicles 1:1; Ezra 1:5,6; Psalm 8:1,2; 138:1-3; Acts 16:5; Ephesians 3:16-21).

4) Get Establish: Where God guides, he will provide. God wants you to be a pillar on his foundation. He wants to rebuild you from the rubble destruction you lived under and cause you to stand in his new armor. (Psalm 7:8-11; Romans 1:11,12; 16:25-27; Colossians 2:6-8; 1 Peter 5:10; Galatians 2:9; Revelation 3:12).

My friend, the silent brokenness in your life that no one else may see is not beyond repair. God sees your suffering, and he himself will restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you. He is doing all these things even in your suffering.

It is sin that has brought all this pain and suffering. There’s no world without God. Broken dreams, broken bodies. The human ruins are everywhere. But God is still in the business of resurrecting lives and giving them a reason to remain silent no more.

Today, why not “Try Jesus” through life’s detours, diseases, delays and disappointments because he is on the journey with you, actively guiding you towards his plans for you. Be encouraged my friend, your brokenness has an end.

Now that your silence is no longer muzzled, you can shout and go tell it on every mountain.

🎶 Shout to the Lord all the earth, let us sing, power and majesty, praise to the King. Mountains bow down and the seas will roar, At the sound of your name, I sing for joy at the work of your hands, forever I’ll love you, forever I’ll stand, nothing compares to the promise I have in you. 🎶


🛐 Here’s a prayer because you want to be set free. “Heavenly Father, thank you for today’s message. It was meant just for me. Lord, I’m tired of this revolving door of pain and emptiness in my life.

I’ve tried everything but you. I surrender my heart and life to you. I turn from sin to your salvation. Please turn my brokenness and silence into unspeakable healing and joy.

Lord, break all generational curses of pride, rebellion, lust, poverty, witchcraft, idolatry, suicidal tendencies, cutting, destruction, failure, sickness, infirmity, fear, schizophrenia, and rejection.

Lord, break all past perversion, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, and immorality out of my sexual character. I renounce all spirits of confusion, forgetfulness, mind control, mental illness, double-mindedness, and fantasy, against my mind.

Lord, break anger, sadness, depression, discouragement, grief, bitterness, and unforgiveness from my heart. Take away false guilt, shame, and condemnation out of my conscience.

You are the God of all grace, my deliverer, my peace and my protector. I place all of myself into your hands. I place all these broken pieces at your spiritual altar. I await the beautiful transformation you will create. In Jesus’ name, amen.”


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“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”
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