Breaking the Yoke
As a Christian, and as Pastor, I have often wondered where is the power that changed those 3,000 people at Pentecost! Think about it... something happened to Peter and the others as they were tucked away in that upper room. When they came down, not only were they different, but most of the people who were outside had a change of heart after hearing Peter's message.
In a lot of churches today, that power seems to be just a story that we talk about during our services. We share about it, but there seems to be very little changing going on. I mean, when was the last time you witnessed that type of revival?
I will admit that some church's today have weakened the Good News, while others seem to use it to condemn everybody and anything that doesn't walk just like they do!
I know that there is a lot of different ways to minister God's word, yet I have discovered that the best way is through the power of love. That's the power that breaks the yoke of sin. That's the power that rescues souls from eternal damnation. That's the power that set me free in 1984.
We have churches who just want a large attendance, so they allow anything to go on in the body, and we have church's that go over board and tell people there going to go to hell if they have tattoos and were screwed up last night.
Listen to me... God loves, and that's what we're supposed to show this world. When we walk with the same kind of love that Jesus walked, others develop a change from within that breaks them away from the way they were.
I am not saying that we should just allow sin to flow through the body of Christ, but I am saying that when you reach out and love others, you've accepting them just as they are just like Christ accepts us. Acceptance and approval are two different things.
As a parent, I accept my children because their a part of me. That doesn't mean that I approve of everything they choose to do, and I don't kick them to the curb or turn my back on them when they make bad decisions. I love then through because that's what I believe that Jesus does for me.
26 years of walking with God and He is still being patient and correcting me when I screw up. Since that is what God does, accepts me where I am, why should I condemn others who are still searching for this love and truth?
When the lady who was caught in the act of adultery got busted and was thrown at the feet of Jesus... Jesus spoke first to the stoner's who were very "devote religious people" and when He finished His question, they all dropped their rocks and left. Then He asked the "sinner" where are your accusers and she said they are all gone. Jesus said "neither do I accuse you, go and sin no more".
You see Jesus accepted her, forgave her, loved her right where she was and that was the power that broke the yoke of sin in her life.
If you can follow this principle... changing the hearts and lives of people is still a possibility.
If you're a "Born Again Believer'... my closing question to you is are you accepting people as they are or do they have to be just like you before you can accept them?
You're comments are always welcome.
In His Service
Jim "DoughBoy" Brady
Sr. Pastor Harbor Light Family Church
In a lot of churches today, that power seems to be just a story that we talk about during our services. We share about it, but there seems to be very little changing going on. I mean, when was the last time you witnessed that type of revival?
I will admit that some church's today have weakened the Good News, while others seem to use it to condemn everybody and anything that doesn't walk just like they do!
I know that there is a lot of different ways to minister God's word, yet I have discovered that the best way is through the power of love. That's the power that breaks the yoke of sin. That's the power that rescues souls from eternal damnation. That's the power that set me free in 1984.
We have churches who just want a large attendance, so they allow anything to go on in the body, and we have church's that go over board and tell people there going to go to hell if they have tattoos and were screwed up last night.
Listen to me... God loves, and that's what we're supposed to show this world. When we walk with the same kind of love that Jesus walked, others develop a change from within that breaks them away from the way they were.
I am not saying that we should just allow sin to flow through the body of Christ, but I am saying that when you reach out and love others, you've accepting them just as they are just like Christ accepts us. Acceptance and approval are two different things.
As a parent, I accept my children because their a part of me. That doesn't mean that I approve of everything they choose to do, and I don't kick them to the curb or turn my back on them when they make bad decisions. I love then through because that's what I believe that Jesus does for me.
26 years of walking with God and He is still being patient and correcting me when I screw up. Since that is what God does, accepts me where I am, why should I condemn others who are still searching for this love and truth?
When the lady who was caught in the act of adultery got busted and was thrown at the feet of Jesus... Jesus spoke first to the stoner's who were very "devote religious people" and when He finished His question, they all dropped their rocks and left. Then He asked the "sinner" where are your accusers and she said they are all gone. Jesus said "neither do I accuse you, go and sin no more".
You see Jesus accepted her, forgave her, loved her right where she was and that was the power that broke the yoke of sin in her life.
If you can follow this principle... changing the hearts and lives of people is still a possibility.
If you're a "Born Again Believer'... my closing question to you is are you accepting people as they are or do they have to be just like you before you can accept them?
You're comments are always welcome.
In His Service
Jim "DoughBoy" Brady
Sr. Pastor Harbor Light Family Church
5 comments:
I too want to experience that revival from Pentecost. I want to see bondages broken. I have been on a personal journey for 8 years now so far to experience that revival in myself. Jesus has broken bondages off me; however, He still isn't finished. This journey includes lots of participation from myself. I have to be willing to learn to do things different. Willing to change my thinking, (my thinking is so far off from God's point of view), willing to let go of offenses, hurts and wounds, sometime the wounds have been there for my whole adult life. But its at those times when I can forgive, let go and let God I can and have experienced that revival in myself. To me it's letting go of myself and everything that made me-me and letting and asking the Holy Spirit to come in and replace those feeling of hurtfulness, selfishness, resentfullness, unforgiveness...........
The key is letting go and getting filled (saturated) with the Holy Spirit. I'm still on this journey and looking forward to my next level of infilling of Holy Spirit!
Doughboy I loved your blog very much
Great message. Your church seems to have a lot of love for each other and to give away.
Let go and let God.
Anonymous
I thank Jesus everyday for my new family @ Harbor Light as I rebuild my own family!! Keep on preaching Pastor Dough! Jesus is comming soon!! In Jesus Love,
Lynne Jacqueline Dezi Robin and Angel
I know I'm a work in progress and you have helped me in a lot of ways thank you for brining these points home for me todays sermon was an awesome representation of what we all should be about I actually learned a couple things today about moses I have been mulling the sermon over and a couple things amaze me about this great man 1 how many people would have the strength to forsake riches and power in this world for the riches of our fathers world? and the other one is how do I put moses strenght to work in my world thank you so much for the insight into my own behaviour today and week after week we love you
jay chrissy zachary and christian
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