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Living Guilt Free - Joel Osteen

2017-06-03 | 🔗
Do you feel weighed down today in condemnation and shame from past mistakes? It’s time to make an exchange. Because of what Christ has done, you can walk in God’s mercy every day. Instead of living in regret, you can live in peace. You don’t have to sit on the sidelines of life and pay penance for your past mistakes. God has a gift of righteousness to cover you. Nothing you’ve done in the past is too much for the mercy of God.
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God bless you. It's a joy that come into your homes and if you every in our area. Please stop by being one of our services, I promise you will make you feel right at home logic to sort something funny and art about the Two men named Archie. In Jack. They had debate. Their whole life as to what their Jesus was why or whether he was black Archie was certain. He was why Jack was just issue he was black as they would have it. They both dad on the same day rushed to the, the gates said Saint Peter, please, we ve been debating our whole life tell us is Jesus. Why are easy black about that time? Jesus stepped up and said,
Y know steers, say it like you made it. This is my bible. What it says I am have what it says. Can do what it says. I can do They will be taught the word of God boldly. Fast mine is alert, heart is receptive. I will never be the same, Jesus name. God bless. You talk to you today about living gear. Free. We all make mistakes do things. We know we should see. To go around with the heaviness feeling bad about ourselves, but living guilty doesn't do anything productive. Doesn't help you to do better it causes the struggle more good, drains emotionally physically it will, where you're out when were guilty weed, pursue dreams. We don't believe to overcome challenges, we get stuck there
This is why the enemy works over time in this area. He knows guild will keep you from your destiny, theirs, Then he would love anymore then, for you, too, through lie against your cell phone. Estonia failures, feel unworthy. He's called the accuser of the brethren He'll remind you, have everything you ve done wrong for the last thirty years. Before you get out of bed in the morning. He'll replay mistake since you ve made how you weren't there for your children, how you lost your temper how you gave in to the temptation, here's the key them Will you ask God to you? He not only for gave you, but he does Remember, your sins anymore. That means give someone is bringing up negative things from your past. That's not God, that's the accused
Try to deceive you into carrying the heavy load of guilt. Do yourself a favor say no thanks. I'm not perfect, but I m Forgiven You can't drag yesterday's failures in today in living victory. Let it go. God's mercies or fresh. Every morning. Don't spend another minute down on your cell living in regrets God four! Given you! Why don't you forgive yourself? It is not pushing you down. Why don't you quit push yourself down the scripture talks about God has made you righteous righteous holy blameless. Honourable doesn't say you bill to be righteous one day when you perform better when you get to four under control. You are just right now now
because of what you ve done, but because of what Christ is done, you can't do anything to make you more righteous. In back the scripture says All of our righteousness is, as filthy ranks mean We can never measure up on our own, no matter how hard we try, how. Discipline we are, there will be times that we fail. Paul sit in Romans. The gift of right. Just this is, all who receive it. If you see yourself as unworthy, not deserving, measure. The problem is not receiving the gift. Accused or whatever you made to many mistakes you failed to. Many times you'll never get it right. God says you are my holy righteous. Blameless. Honourable anointed amazing chop who, you're, going to believe
Are you going to let the accuser deceive you into carrying the guilt going begin to yourself knows receiving the gear those voices remind you, have everything you are not one of the best you can say is. I am righteous holy. Blameless, I am honourable thing in your mind will say no you're, not you have an addiction. You keep giving in to the temptation you made was mistakes, but when you, declare. I am righteous you are announcing to everything, we're still trying to stop you Europe, see to the accuser today, guilt the heaviness Udall. Control. My lie, you determine my destiny. You can't stop my purpose there
he ate or of the universe made me righteous. He made me wholly. He made me blameless. What are you doing? You're receiving the gift of righteousness, proverb, says the righteous or is bold as a line when it comes righteousness. You have to be bold, your own thoughts. I will tell you you're, not blameless. God is not pleased with you. Look what you ve done. Look at your mistakes, guilt in condemnation will come knocking at the door, if you're, unsure doubtful, timid, aided guilt will take over This is where you have to be borne in mind feel worthy but are no God is made me worthy. I don't feel righteous, but Father faith, our receive your gift. I thank you I am righteous, Joel, I'm just an all sinner, say bad grace know you you, to be an old center, but You gave your life to Christ, you became
a new creation now you're, not an all sinner, your son, you, a daughter most toggle look it wholly people righteous people, blameless people, honourable people, you may abroad guilt in here with you today. You must leave it at your see. You might abroad heaviness regrets unworthiness you unload all that right now you can make an exchange if you give up your guilt, you grants you're on this God will give you his righteousness. But sometimes is like we're carrying all these bags. With this everywhere we go that way, a stand for leave the house, let me get my bag guilt Let me load up. All the mistakes are made everything I did wrong. Hang on, I need another bad didn't fit in one bag. Let me put my Gregson, their sugar ray.
My children better, should have finish school yelled at my co worker yesterday limited that regret in there I lost my temper in traffic last week. Got so upset spoken tongues that driver I need a whole new bag. For that one. We through lie caring all these bags. We wonder why we walk with a limp We wonder why life is a struggle, while tar while we can accomplish a dream is because, we're carrying things. We were never designed to carry you weren't created to live guilty. The head that nagging boys always telling me this Then wrong with you. You don't deserve be happy Those are weight that the accuser use is to try to keep you from your destiny. If you can't get you off course, he'll at least try to you down, so you go as far as you sure the tell
to lay aside the weight that can easily be set us. It's Easy to carry weight. Are you carrying weights of guilt? weights of shame weights of regret its time to lay aside those white time to get rid of that Most airlines tell us two bags for customer. They have a limit. Have a very strict rule around here. No bags prick some of you may have brought some, but you can leave them where you are This is a new day. Go I want you to go out of here lighter the acute or has held you back long Edna, nothing, new in the past is too much the mercy of God now, but change are being broken. Strong you're coming down. You are de you are restored. You are wholly. You are blameless. Shake off the Gil show
off the accusing voices can receive the gift of righteousness. When our children were small, I would take them up, the toy store, a lot didn't have to be assessed. No occasion I just like to buy them thing They come on Jonathan, come on Alexandra. Let's go! Toy store Never once did Jonathan say no dad I don't deserve to go. I didn't leave no room yesterday at through food baby. Sister of none of that came to mind. He simply. Yes, dad I'm ready. Let's go. Children know how to receive a gift. They don't debating whether they deserve it. Had they earned it had they been good enough pages receive it like a child. You have I received a gift of righteousness, don't start about all you did or didn't do. Try to figure if you really deserve it, if you're good enough, you can earn it it's a gift just received
See sometimes we think we have to pay God back from our mistakes. By living down and discouraged to show him that we're sorry that we're remorseful, yes, There should be a conviction when we do something wrong. Saying just do whatever you want, never feel bad about it. My point is once you asked for forgiveness, you don't have to pay God back price has already been paid. But when you live guilty you say it. In effect, the sacrifice quite made wasn't enough. Let me something to it. Let me do my part but pay, Some kind of penalty for this long that I've done live in guilty and condemned, doesn't bring the honor to God. After all, Christ did to pay. The price If you want to honour God, get rid of the guilt quit
sitting to the accusing voices and move forward with your life. As I said remembers our sins, no more God in all knowing God. He knows everything that's going to happen past present and future? Yet when we ask God to forgive us this all power all knowing God in Aceh, stepped out of character. Says I'm going to delete that event, I'm not going to keep any record he chooses not to remember. If God forgets it, why don't you forget it? if God let it go, why don't you let it can? I know people there God to forgive them for the same thing year after year, something they did twenty years ago realize the four Tom. They asked God not only for gave them, but he d Remember it anymore. When you bring it up it's as if
is saying: what are you talking about I don't remember that mistake. I dont remit with a failure I don't remember that time you gave in the temptation remembering what God has forgotten quit tell em how bad you are, how you messed up, how you? Your temper, he from your way back when you asked the first All that's doing is making you feel guilty condemned. About yourself instead of asking for forgiveness, for the same thing so receiving gods mercy mercy covers our mistakes, mercy gives you what you didn't deserve. You were guilty was your fault. You deserve judgment mercy says you're forgiven, you redeem restore when you Tempted to ask for forgive
for the same thing, just turn it around father. Thank you for your mercy in my life, this is what Jonah had to do He had just made one of the biggest mistakes of his lie. God told him go to the city of Nineveh and tell the people to repent Joan with the other direction and almost lost his life He spent three days in the belly of a fish when that finally spit him out on dry ground. You would think God would say, Jonah, need to sit on the sidelines and think about your mistake. You, to pay some kind of penalty for that wrong may one day, I'll use. You again maybe one day I'll, give you another chance as soon as Jonah, was on dry ground as soon as he was saying this picture says the war the Lord came to Jonah a second time say: go to Nineveh and tell them to repair,
God was saying in effect, Jonah. You made a mistake. You got off course, but you repented, you asked for forgiveness, now git back in the game, you do have to sit around defeated a week a month a year forgiven. You now do what asking you to do. At times we categorize our mistakes, if it's some small. We think we have to pay, God back, by living down and discourage for a day or two it the medium, maybe away you're too, but it is something big like Joe. We really messed up brought the trouble our ourselves. We think we have to give up our joy peace, our dreams for at least a year or two After all, it was our phone like with Jonah God, doesn't say go sit on the sidelines men You blew it. You, me a lot of trouble, I'm not will have
anything to do with you for years, that's not We got is now You accuse Earl, we'll work, overtime! Tellin, you God's not going to bless you! You can't expect his favor. You can spectre accomplish dreams, you got a whole lot for that mistake. No, the price has been paid. Don't believe those lies I'm sure Jonah thought God did I. Are you you mean you stay? want me to go to Nineveh and tell them to repair. Just repented Marcel, I just got out of the fish should not sit on the sidelines for a month and show you I'm sorry did not sit out at least a year and prove to you that I'll do what's right. God said no Jonah. I have something for you to do right now, have an assignment for you, but as long as your guilty and condemned you no use to me shit, that all and go to
In the same way, God can't you you in the way he wants. When you live guilty feeling can do and down on your cell- we're not a good witness, don't pursue dreams? We don't take steps of fate. God needs you, confidante secure in good about yourself an assignment for you. Can you imagine when Jonah stood up in front of the whole city of Nineveh and told to repair, every voice whispered in his ear, Jonah you're, a hypocrite. You just repented yesterday, You know better than these people. You have no right to be up here, Joe I had to do what we all must do he ignored the accusing voices. He shook off the guilt and receive the gift of righteousness. God was going to destroy the city of Nineveh, but big was Jonah, asked them to repair, because
didn't sit on the sidelines, trying to pay God back for his mistake. Whole city, repented God. And his mercy changed his mind and spared their lives, Are you letting a mistake you made? Some way you fail then shoe that God have anything to do with you right now maybe one day he'll usual, maybe one day here help accomplish a dream: no, God is saying to you what he said. The Jonah get back the game. I have something you to do right now that mistake, didn't stop your destiny. You don't have to sit on the sidelines of lie, start moving forward. Sometimes with little children. Were there not behave properly. The mother will them a time out. They have, to by themselves. For a few minutes not play not have any fun, we think when we make mistakes, Surely God must give us a time out depending
how bad it was. That's how long we have to sit out Jonah. That was a big mistake You called me a lot of trouble ass, a five year term I'll see you way down the road you didn't what Jonah did, but you lost your temper ass a three week time out feel guilty condemn you gave. To the temptation. Again, that's the fourth time in one month. That's a one year time out, like with Jonah, God doesn't have any time out He corrects us here. It is on the right course and says forward. Now. Here's what you have to be bold, because those thoughts will tell you. You know the right thing and you the wrong thing! Gods not going bless you just say no thanks. I've asked for forgiveness, obvious the gods mercy, I'm not going to live. Condemned down or myself I'm going to keep when forward. I know I have a destiny to fulfil in the scripture
Samson made a lot of mistakes. His birth was predicted by the profits an angel told his mother that issue have a son, he would be it liver and do great things insane and started off good? He had supernatural strength. He couldn't be defeated. Buys enemies, but his guard down. He started compromising one thing lead to another. This wants powerful, influential man ended up captured by his enemies. Gouged out his eyes. They put him in prison. He been his days grinding at the mail I'm sure the accuser said to him boy, SAM. You blew it big time either the angel said you would do something great, but look at you a sleigh. You change your work. An animal. You should feel guilty. You would think with all of you
poor choices, God would be done with him. After all, Samson knew better. It was his fall, but God never gives up on us that a state doesn't have to cancel your destiny, believe those laws that you ve gone too far off course. You made too many mistakes. One day, Sampson's captors we're having a big reception in their temple. Several thousand people there they Sampson out to make fun of him we're standing there being locked in killed him a young boy to place his hands on the big columns that held up the temple. The scripture says the Spirit of the Lord came on Samson. One more time. God gave him his swains back. He was able to push over the columns the whole building collapsed. Hamson, defeated more enemies in his death. Then he did in all of his lifetime.
You may have made mistakes the accused, I'm telling you you're all washed up like with Hamson God Has a one more time for you. You, not seeing your greatest victories, you song, your best song. You have not written your best book. You have not played your best play you wouldn't be a law unless God had something amazing in front of you now that question is where you get there: in the game. Will you get your far back passion back. You dream back lie is too short to go through it against yourselves, you may have made mistakes. We all God is saying, you're forgiven and people gives you why don't you give yourself. As long as your beating yourself up really failures. Dwell on own disappointment. That's going to keep you from your one more time, shake at all
This is a new day, it's time to say goodbye to gild good, condemnation, goodbye, heaviness Romans? Eight says there is no condemnation to those there are in Christ, Jesus here's, the key who walk after the flesh, but after the Spirit Make a mistake: if you're in the flesh you, yourself up. Feel unworthy. You try to pay God back by living down and when you do that, you'll feel guilty, you'll feel condemned, when you walk in the Spirit You say yes, I made a mistake. It was my fault ass God for forgiveness, He not only for gave me, but he doesn't remember and so on. Not going to sit around beating myself up, I'm saying, good body guild, I'm sorry audio to condemnation. Dismissing the accusing voices, getting ready. For my one more time
when there's no condemnation when you don't waller around in defeat when you I believe the accusers lies made mistakes like Samson. You got off course, but that is not how Your story ends if you're shake off the guild. God one more time come in your way. He has some then vigour more rewarding, then you ve ever imagine not learned just cause you feel guilty. Does it mean who are guilty, you can't go, your feelings for you, Don't always tell us. The truth may not forgiven, but I know I am forgiven. May not, feel wholly. I dont perform perfectly all the time, but I know I am wholly. I am right Yes, I am blameless. I am honourable with joy. Can you say that the cause I have received the gift of righteousness. The scripture tells us to resist the enemy
This means to not agree with what he's telling you, when you hear him whisper, you all washed up, you failed. Many times you made to many mistakes. The way you resist him is by saying no thanks My best days are still in front of me. I know gods, mercy is bigger than any mistake, Donna system resistant he'll tell you you don't deserve to be blast. Look what you ve done it! of assisting him you're right. What was I thinking resist him? I am the righteousness of God. I am pretty I am redeem for you fail. You blew You should have done better. He always talk to you about your past. Talk to him about your future. God's plans for me are for good the path, I just my path. It keeps getting brighter and brighter.
No one more time is come in my way. Until then, I'm gonna live guilt. Free. We have these chips at home that I like to eat. Bag, there's a sticker that says gluten free, means they don't have any gluten? You need to have an imaginary sticker own. You that says Guild free condemnation. Free Heaven is free when the accuser tries to dump that low guilt on you just showing your son, sorry guilt, free that's not acceptable here, You came in this building today you may realize it, but entered a gilt free zone. You I will leave it outside. This is a righteous place. A holy place herbal plays a heel implies a whole field wise one more time? Why are you carrying something this way and you down today Are you assisting the accuser by believing
his lies. It's time to start resisting him, though what God says about you, We ve all made mistakes, but remember you don't have to pay God back. The price has already been paid I'm asking you to receive his forgiveness, receive his mercy. You have enough against in life as it is, don't be against so sale. If you'll do this, I believe and declare Its of condemnation are lifted, offer you right now, you're going to live guilt, free, confident, secure, wholly blameless righteous. Honourable in Jesus name, if you receive it, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me just say Lord Jesus, I repeat, my sins. Come in to my heart, make your my lord and save it
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