Speaker 1: Family.
Speaker 2: Have you ever felt like you've worked hard, prayed faithfully
Speaker 2: and still came up empty. Have you ever wondered if
Speaker 2: God could youse someone with a messy past, someone who
Speaker 2: feels unqualified, someone who feels broken, or someone who thinks
Speaker 2: they've missed their opportunity. What if your greatest disappointment is
Speaker 2: the very place where Jesus wants to reveal his greatest purpose.
Speaker 2: Today we're stepping into one of the most life changing
Speaker 2: chapters in the Gospel of Luke, a chapter about obedience,
Speaker 2: calling faith, friendship, forgiveness, transformation, and making room for the
Speaker 2: new work of God. This is Luke Chapter five. Hello
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Speaker 2: No matter where you are, no matter where you've been
Speaker 2: or what you're still walking through, you are welcome here.
Speaker 2: Come as you are, and let the Holy Spirit lead
Speaker 2: you into the light, into the Kingdom, where grace transforms.
Speaker 1: And love restores.
Speaker 2: As Jesus said in Matthew six, verse thirty three, seek
Speaker 2: first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all
Speaker 2: these things will be added to you. It is my
Speaker 2: intentions to guide you on a journey of rediscovering the
Speaker 2: Kingdom within your purpose, your power, and your identity as a.
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Speaker 2: Whether you're single and whole, married and growing, or simply
Speaker 2: sinking God's will for your life, you belong here. So
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Speaker 2: me in prayer. Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing us
Speaker 2: together once again around your word. Thank you that your
Speaker 2: word is alive, powerful, and able to transform every area
Speaker 2: of our lives. Today, we ask you to remove distractions
Speaker 2: from our hearts and minds. Father, teach us what it
Speaker 2: truly means to trust you when we don't understand. Give
Speaker 2: us years to hear your voice, give us courage to
Speaker 2: obey your words. Help us leave behind whatever keeps us
Speaker 2: from fully following you, Holy Spirit. Illuminate every verse, reveal
Speaker 2: Jesus more clearly, renew our minds, strengthen our faith, and
Speaker 2: draw us closer to the Father's heart in Jesus' name. Amen,
Speaker 2: Welcome back to our gospel journey. If this is your
Speaker 2: first time listening, we're walking chapter by chapter through the
Speaker 2: Gospel of Luke, allowing scripture to shape our hearts and
Speaker 2: renew our minds. As always, when Jesus is speaking and read,
Speaker 2: slow your heart and listen carefully.
Speaker 1: Every word he speaks.
Speaker 2: Reveals the culture of his kingdom. All right, family, let's
Speaker 2: open God's word together.
Speaker 1: Today.
Speaker 2: We're stepping into lou Luke chapter five, where Jesus caused
Speaker 2: fishermen into his mission, reveals his authority through miracles, restore
Speaker 2: the broken, and teaches what it means to surrender and
Speaker 2: follow him. For those of you who don't have your
Speaker 2: Bible handy, some of the texts in this chapter includes
Speaker 2: they direct words spoken by Jesus. Don't worry, I'll let
Speaker 2: you know when Jesus is speaking so we can slow down,
Speaker 2: hear his words, and receive what he is saying to us.
Speaker 1: Today, let's dive.
Speaker 2: In Luke chapter five. Jesus provides a miraculous catch of fish.
Speaker 2: So it was the multitude pressed about him to hear
Speaker 2: the word of God that he stood by the lake
Speaker 2: of Dissenterate and saw two boats standing by the lake,
Speaker 2: but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing
Speaker 2: their nets. Then he got into one of the boats,
Speaker 2: which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a
Speaker 2: little from the land. And he sat down and taught
Speaker 2: the multitudes from the boat. When he had stopped speaking,
Speaker 2: he said to Simon, all right, family, this is Jesus speaking.
Speaker 2: Is written and read, Launch out into the deep and
Speaker 2: let down your nets for a catch. But Simon answered
Speaker 2: and said to him, Master, we have toiled all night
Speaker 2: and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word, I will let
Speaker 2: down the net. And when they had done this, they
Speaker 2: caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.
Speaker 2: So they signaled to their partners in the other boat
Speaker 2: to come and help them, and they came and filled
Speaker 2: both the boats.
Speaker 1: So that they began to sing.
Speaker 2: When Simon Peters saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying,
Speaker 2: depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Oh Lord.
Speaker 1: For he and all.
Speaker 2: Who were with him were astonished at the catch of
Speaker 2: fish which they had taken, and so also were James
Speaker 2: and John and sons of Zabde, who were partners with Simon.
Speaker 2: And Jesus said to Simon, all right, family, this is
Speaker 2: Jesus speaking. Is written and read.
Speaker 1: Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.
Speaker 2: So when they had brought their boats to land, they
Speaker 2: forsook all and followed him. Jesus heals a man with leprosy.
Speaker 2: And it happened when he was in a certain city
Speaker 2: that behold. A man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus,
Speaker 2: and he fell on his face and implored him, saying, Lord,
Speaker 2: if you are willing, you can make me clean. Then
Speaker 2: he put out his hand and touched him, saying, all right, family,
Speaker 2: this is Jesus speaking. It's written in read. I am
Speaker 2: willing be cleansed. Immediately the leprosy left him, and he
Speaker 2: charged him to tell no one. All right, family, this
Speaker 2: is written in red. This is Jesus speaking. But go
Speaker 2: and show yourself to the priest and make an offering
Speaker 2: for your cleansing as a testimony to them, just as
Speaker 2: Moses commanded. However, the report went around concerning him all
Speaker 2: the more, and great multitude came together to hear and
Speaker 2: to be healed by him of their infirmities. So he
Speaker 2: himself often with threw into the wilderness and prayed. Jesus
Speaker 2: heals a paralyzed man. Now it happened on a certain
Speaker 2: day as he was teaching, that there were pharisees and
Speaker 2: teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out
Speaker 2: of every town of Galileeq, Judea, and Jerusalem, and the
Speaker 2: power of the Lord was present to heal them. Then behold,
Speaker 2: men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed,
Speaker 2: whom they sought to bring in and lay before him.
Speaker 2: And when they could not find how they might bring
Speaker 2: him in because of the crowd, they went up on
Speaker 2: the housetop and let him down with his bed through
Speaker 2: the tiling into the mist before Jesus. When he saw
Speaker 2: their faith, he said to them, all right, family, this
Speaker 2: is Jesus speaking. It's written in red man your sins
Speaker 2: are forgiving you. And the scribes and the pharisees began
Speaker 2: to reason, saying, who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who
Speaker 2: can forgive sin? But God alone? But when Jesus perceived
Speaker 2: their thoughts. He answered and said to them, all right, family,
Speaker 2: this is Jesus speaking. It's written in red. Why are
Speaker 2: you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier to say
Speaker 2: your sins are forgiving you, or to say rise up
Speaker 2: and walk, But that you may know that the son
Speaker 2: of Man has power on earth to forgive sins. He
Speaker 2: said to the man who was paralyzed, All right, family,
Speaker 2: this is Jesus speaking. It's written in red. I say
Speaker 2: to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to
Speaker 2: your house. Immediately he rose up before them, took up
Speaker 2: what he had been.
Speaker 1: Lying on, and departed to.
Speaker 2: His own house, glorifying God. And they were all amazed.
Speaker 2: And they glorified God and were filled with fears, saying,
Speaker 2: we have seen strange things. Today Jesus eats with sinners
Speaker 2: at Matthew's house. After these things, he went out and
Speaker 2: saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office.
Speaker 2: And he said to him, all right, family, this is
Speaker 2: Jesus speaking. It's reading, and read follow me. So he left,
Speaker 2: all rose up and followed him. Then Levi gave him
Speaker 2: a great feast in his own house. And there were
Speaker 2: a great number of tax collectors and others who sat
Speaker 2: down with him and their scribes, and the Pharisees complained
Speaker 2: against his disciples, saying, why do you eat and drink
Speaker 2: with tax collectors and sinners. Jesus answered and said to them,
Speaker 2: those who are well have no need of physician, but
Speaker 2: those who are sick. I have not come to call
Speaker 2: the righteous, but sinners to repent. Religious leaders asked Jesus
Speaker 2: about fasting. Then they said to him, why do the
Speaker 2: disciples of John fast often and make prayers? And likewise
Speaker 2: those are the Pharisees, But yours eat and drink. And
Speaker 2: he said to them, all right, family, this is Jesus speaking.
Speaker 2: It's freading red. Can you make the friends of the
Speaker 2: bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the
Speaker 2: days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
Speaker 2: from them, then they will fast in those days. Then
Speaker 2: he spoke appearable to them, all right, family, this is
Speaker 2: Jesus speaking. It's written in red. No one puts a
Speaker 2: piece from a new garment on an old one, otherwise
Speaker 2: the new makes a tear. And also the piece that
Speaker 2: was taken out of the new does not match the old.
Speaker 2: And no one puts new wine into old wine skin,
Speaker 2: or else the new wine will burst the wine skin
Speaker 2: and be spilled, and the wine skins will be ruined.
Speaker 1: But new wine must be put.
Speaker 2: Into new wine skins, and both are preserved. And no
Speaker 2: one having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he
Speaker 2: says the old is better. All right, Family, Now that
Speaker 2: we've read the scripture, let's bring context to what we
Speaker 2: just read. Holy Spirit, breathe on this. The Lake of
Speaker 2: Gsentera was also known as the Sea of Galilee or
Speaker 2: the Sea of Tibrius. Fishermen of the Sea of Galilee
Speaker 2: used nets, often bell shaped nets with lead weights around
Speaker 2: the edges. A net would be thrown flat onto the
Speaker 2: water and the lead weights would cause it to sink
Speaker 2: around the fish. Then the fishermen would pull on a cord,
Speaker 2: drawing the net around the fish. Nets had to be
Speaker 2: kept in good conditions, so they were washed to remove
Speaker 2: weeds and then mended. Simon was awe struck at this miracle,
Speaker 2: and his first response was to feel his own insignificance
Speaker 2: in comparison to his man's greatness. Peter knew that Jesus
Speaker 2: had healed the sick and driven out demons, but he
Speaker 2: was amazed that Jesus cared about his day to day
Speaker 2: routine and understood his needs. God is interested in not
Speaker 2: only in saving us, but also in helping us in
Speaker 2: our daily activities. There were two requirements for coming to God.
Speaker 2: Like Peter, we must recognize our own sinfulness. Then, like
Speaker 2: these fishermen, we must realize that we can't save ourselves.
Speaker 2: If we know that we need help, and if we
Speaker 2: know that Jesus is the only one who can help us,
Speaker 2: we will be ready to leave everything and follow him.
Speaker 2: This was the disciple's second call after the first call
Speaker 2: Matthew chapter four, verse eighteen through twenty two. Mark chapter
Speaker 2: one through sixteen through twenty Peter, Andrew, James, and John
Speaker 2: had gone back to fishing. They continued to watch Jesus, However,
Speaker 2: as he established his authority in the senegalgue, healed the
Speaker 2: sick and drove out the demons. Here, he also established
Speaker 2: his authority in their lives. He met them on their
Speaker 2: level and helped them in their work. From this point on,
Speaker 2: they left their nets and remained with Jesus. For us,
Speaker 2: following Jesus means more than just acknowledging him as savior.
Speaker 2: We must leave our past behind and commit our future
Speaker 2: to him. Leprosy was a fear disease because there was
Speaker 2: no cure for it and some forms of it were
Speaker 2: highly contagious. Leprosy had a similar emotional impact and terror
Speaker 2: associated with it as AIDS does today. Sometimes called Hanson's disease.
Speaker 2: Leprosy still exists today in a less contagious form that
Speaker 2: can be treated. The priests monitored the diseases, spanishing lepers
Speaker 2: who were in a contagious stage to prevent the spread
Speaker 2: of infection, and readmitting lepers whose disease was in remission.
Speaker 2: Because leprosy destroys the nerve endings, lepers often would unknowingly
Speaker 2: damage their fingers, toes, and noses. This man with leprosy
Speaker 2: had an advanced case, so he undoubtedly had lost much
Speaker 2: bodily tissue. Still, he believed that Jesus could heal every
Speaker 2: trace of the disease. Leopers were considered untouchable because people
Speaker 2: feared contracting their disease. Yet Jesus reached out and touched
Speaker 2: the leoper to heal him. We may consider certain people
Speaker 2: who are diseased or disabled to be untouchable or repulsive.
Speaker 2: We must not be afraid to reach out and touch
Speaker 2: them with God's love. Whom do you know that needs
Speaker 2: God's love of Chuch. People were flocking to hear Jesus
Speaker 2: preach and to have their diseases healed. But Jesus made
Speaker 2: sure he often withdrew to quiet, solitary places to pray.
Speaker 2: Many things clamor for our attention, and we often run
Speaker 2: ourselves ragged attending to them. Like Jesus, however, we should
Speaker 2: take time to withdraw to a quiet and deserted place
Speaker 2: to pray. Strength comes from God, and we can only
Speaker 2: be strengthened by spending time with him. The religious leaders
Speaker 2: spent much time defining and discussing the huge body of
Speaker 2: religious traditions that had been accumulated for more than four
Speaker 2: hundred years since the Jews returned from exile. They were
Speaker 2: so concerned with these man made traditions, in fact, that
Speaker 2: they often lost sight of scripture.
Speaker 1: Here.
Speaker 2: These leaders felt threatened because Jesus challenged their sincerity and
Speaker 2: because the people were flocking to him. In the Bible times,
Speaker 2: houses were built of stone and had flat roofs made
Speaker 2: of mud mixed with straw. Outside stairs led to the roofs.
Speaker 2: These men carried their friend up the stairs to the roof,
Speaker 2: where they took part as much of the mud and
Speaker 2: straw mixture as was necessary to lower him in front
Speaker 2: of Jesus. It wasn't the paralytics faith that impressed Jesus,
Speaker 2: but the faith of his friends. I'm going to repeat that,
Speaker 2: it wasn't the paralytics faith that impressed Jesus, but the
Speaker 2: faith of his friends. Jesus responded to their faith and
Speaker 2: healed the man. For better or worse, our faith affects others.
Speaker 2: For better or worse, our faith affects others. We cannot
Speaker 2: make another person a Christian, but we can do much
Speaker 2: through our words, actions, and love to give him or
Speaker 2: her a chance to respond. Look for opportunities to bring
Speaker 2: your friends to the Living Christ. When Jesus told the
Speaker 2: paralytic his sins were forgiven, the Jewish leader accused Jesus
Speaker 2: of blasphemy claiming to be God or to do what
Speaker 2: only God can do. In Jewish law, blasphemy was punishable
Speaker 2: by death Leviticus twenty four, verse sixteen. And labeling Jesus
Speaker 2: claim to forgive sins, the religious leaders show they did
Speaker 2: not understand that Jesus is God and he has God's
Speaker 2: power to heal both the body and the soul. Forgiveness
Speaker 2: of sins was a sign that the Missenic age had come.
Speaker 2: Isaiah chapter forty, verse two, Joel chapter two, verse thirty two,
Speaker 2: Micah chapter seven, verse eighteen in nineteen, and Zachariah thirteen,
Speaker 2: verse one. For more about Levi, who was also named Matthew,
Speaker 2: the disciple and author of the Gospel of Matthew, see
Speaker 2: his profile in Matthew chapter nine. Levi responded as Jesus
Speaker 2: would want all his followers to do. He followed his
Speaker 2: Lord immediately, and he called his friends together to meet
Speaker 2: him too. Levi left a lucrative, though probably dishonest, tax
Speaker 2: collecting business to follow Jesus. Then he held a reception
Speaker 2: for his fellow tax collectors and other notorious sinners so
Speaker 2: they couldn't meet Jesus too. Levi, who left behind a
Speaker 2: material fortune in order to gain a spiritual fortune, was
Speaker 2: proud to be associated with Jesus. The Pharisees wrapped their
Speaker 2: sin and respectability. They made themselves appear good by publicly
Speaker 2: doing good works and pointing at the sin of others.
Speaker 2: Jesus chose to spend time not with these proud self
Speaker 2: righteous religious leaders, but with people who since their own
Speaker 2: sin and knew that they were not good enough for God.
Speaker 2: In order to come to God, we must repent, and
Speaker 2: in order to renounce our sin, we must recognize it
Speaker 2: for what it is. Jesus knew his death was coming.
Speaker 2: After that time, fasting would.
Speaker 1: Be in order.
Speaker 2: Although he was fully human, Jesus knew he was God
Speaker 2: and knew why he had come to die for the
Speaker 2: sins of the world. Wineskins were gold skins sown together
Speaker 2: at the edges to form watertight bags. Because new wineskin
Speaker 2: expands as it ages, it had to be put in
Speaker 2: new pliable wine skin. A used skin, having become more rigid,
Speaker 2: would burst and spill the wine like old wine skins.
Speaker 2: The Pharisees were too rigid to accept Jesus, who could
Speaker 2: not be contained in their traditions or rules. Christianity required
Speaker 2: new approaches, new traditions, new structures. Our church programs and
Speaker 2: ministries should not be so structured that they have no
Speaker 2: room for a fresh touch of the spirit, a new method,
Speaker 2: or a new idea. We too, must be careful that
Speaker 2: our hearts do not become so rigid that they prevent
Speaker 2: us from accepting the new way of thinking that Christ brings.
Speaker 2: We need to keep our hearts pliable soul, we can
Speaker 2: accept Jesus life changing message. All right, family, now that
Speaker 2: we've read scripture brought context to what we just read,
Speaker 2: let's bring practical application on how to apply this to
Speaker 2: our everyday life. Holy Spirit, breathe on this. Obedience opens
Speaker 2: doors that effort never could. Peter and the other fishermen
Speaker 2: had worked all night. They knew the water, they knew fishing,
Speaker 2: they knew what success looked like, and yet they caught nothing.
Speaker 2: Then Jesus gave one simple instruction, launch out into the
Speaker 2: deep and let down your nets. Notice something beautiful. The
Speaker 2: miracle didn't happen because Peter became a better fisherman. The
Speaker 2: miracle happened because Peter trusted a greater teacher. Peter answered, nevertheless,
Speaker 2: at your word. Those three words changed everything. Family, There
Speaker 2: will be moments when your experience says one thing, your
Speaker 2: emotion says another, but Jesus says something completely different. Faith
Speaker 2: is choosing his word over your feelings. Sometimes the greatest
Speaker 2: breakthrough of your life begins with one act of obedience.
Speaker 2: God meets us in ordinary places. Jesus didn't call Peter
Speaker 2: inside a place. He called him while he was working.
Speaker 2: He stepped into Peter's boat. He met him in the
Speaker 2: middle of ordinary life. That encourages me. God isn't only
Speaker 2: interested in Sunday mornings. He's interested in Monday mornings too.
Speaker 2: He cares about your workplace, your business, your family, your finances,
Speaker 2: your daily responsibilities. Sometimes we divide our lives into spiritual
Speaker 2: and ordinary. Jesus doesn't. He steps into the boat, He
Speaker 2: steps into the office, he steps into the salon, he
Speaker 2: steps into the classroom. He steps into our everyday lives
Speaker 2: and transforms ordinary places into places of kingdom.
Speaker 1: Purpose.
Speaker 2: Identity produces assignment. Luke chapter four establishes Jesus identity. Loup
Speaker 2: chapter five begins establishing his disciples. Notice the progression. Jesus
Speaker 2: first knew who he was with the Father. Then he
Speaker 2: invited others into his mission. He told Peter, do not
Speaker 2: be afraid. From now on you will catch me in.
Speaker 2: Peter thought his identity was fishermen. Jesus revealed his calling
Speaker 2: was disciple. How many of us have limited ourselves to
Speaker 2: a job title. I'm gonna repeat that, how many of
Speaker 2: us have limited ourselves to a job title. When God
Speaker 2: sees a kingdom assignment. You may work as a teacher,
Speaker 2: a nurse, a hairstylist, a barber, an entrepreneur, or a mechanic.
Speaker 2: But your occupation is not your ultimate identity. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: repeat that your occupation is not your ultimate identity. Your
Speaker 2: greatest identity is that you belong to Christ. Your greatest
Speaker 2: assignment is advancing His kingdom wherever He places you. Wholeness
Speaker 2: before relationships.
Speaker 1: Family.
Speaker 2: This is the heartbeat of get married whole. Before Jesus
Speaker 2: ever entrusted people with ministry, he invited them into relationship
Speaker 2: before we become healthy spouses. God desires healthy sons and daughters.
Speaker 2: Marriage isn't the root. Marriage is the fruit. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: repeat that marriage isn't the root. Marriage is the fruit.
Speaker 2: Kingdom identity is the root. Kingdom identity is the root.
Speaker 2: Wholeness is the root. Intimacy with God is the root.
Speaker 2: Before you become someone's husband, before you become someone's wife,
Speaker 2: allow God to shape your character before you become someone's husband.
Speaker 2: Allow God to shape your character before you become someone's wife.
Speaker 2: Allow God to heal your heart. Healthy marriages are built
Speaker 2: by people who are continually allowing Christ to transform them.
Speaker 2: That's what it means to get me, masay read whole.
Speaker 2: Jesus is willing. One of the shortest statements in this
Speaker 2: chapter may be one of the most powerful. The man
Speaker 2: with leprosy asks Lord, if you are willing. Jesus answered,
Speaker 2: I am willing. Family, someone needs to hear those words today.
Speaker 2: Jesus is willing to forgive you. He is willing to restore,
Speaker 2: He is willing to heal, he is willing to redeem.
Speaker 2: He is willing to receive anyone who comes to him
Speaker 2: with humble hearts. Never confuse your past with God's willingness.
Speaker 2: His grace is greater. Don't let the crowd stop your faith.
Speaker 2: The paralyzed man couldn't get through the crowd. His friends
Speaker 2: refuse to give up. I'm gonna repeat that. His friends
Speaker 2: refuse to give up. They climb the roof, removed the tiles,
Speaker 2: Lord him before Jesus. I love this story because it
Speaker 2: reminds us that faith finds a way. Obstacles didn't become excuses,
Speaker 2: they became opportunities. Luke tells us something remarkable. Jesus sought
Speaker 2: their faith. Their faith affected someone else's miracle. Family, our
Speaker 2: faith influences people around us.
Speaker 1: The way we pray.
Speaker 2: Serve, encourage and trust God can help carry someone else
Speaker 2: closer to Jesus. May we become the kind of friends
Speaker 2: who remove obstacles instead of creating them. I'm gonna repeat that.
Speaker 2: May you and I become the kind of friends who
Speaker 2: remove obstacles instead of creating them. Forgiveness comes before healing.
Speaker 2: Before Jesus healed the man's by he forgave his sins.
Speaker 2: Why because eternity matters even more than temporary relief. Jesus
Speaker 2: cares about our physical needs, but he came first to
Speaker 2: restore our relationship with the Father. The greatest miracle isn't
Speaker 2: simply walking again. The greatest miracle is reconciliation with God.
Speaker 2: Jesus cause imperfect people. Levi was a tax collector, despised, rejected,
Speaker 2: considered a traitor by many. Yet Jesus walked up to
Speaker 2: him and simply said, follow me. Jesus didn't wait until
Speaker 2: Livi cleaned up his life.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna repeat that.
Speaker 2: Jesus didn't wait until Livi cleaned up his life. The
Speaker 2: invitation came first, transformation followed. That's still how grace works today.
Speaker 2: Jesus doesn't call perfect people, he protects those he calls.
Speaker 2: I'm going to repeat that. Jesus doesn't call perfect people,
Speaker 2: he perfects those he calls. New wine requires new wine skin.
Speaker 2: Jesus closes this chapter by teaching about new wine. The
Speaker 2: Pharisees wanted Jesus to fit inside their traditions. Jesus came
Speaker 2: to establish something greater. Family. Sometimes God wants to do
Speaker 2: something new in our lives. But if our hearts remain rigid,
Speaker 2: will resist the very work we've been praying for. I'm
Speaker 2: going to repeat that. But if our hearts remain rigid,
Speaker 2: will resist the very work we've been praying for. Ask
Speaker 2: yourself today, is my heart soft enough to receive whatever
Speaker 2: Jesus wants to do next? Remain teachable, Remain humble, remain surrendered.
Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is always leading us deeper. Even Jesus
Speaker 2: withdrew to pray, Luke quietly tells us something important.
Speaker 1: Family.
Speaker 2: Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray. Crowds needed him,
Speaker 2: people were waiting when miracles were happening, Yet he still
Speaker 2: protected his time with the Father. Activity never replaced intimacy,
Speaker 2: neither should it for us. Your greatest strength is not
Speaker 2: found in busyness, is found in abiding. And now for
Speaker 2: our reflection questions. Take a few quiet moments with the
Speaker 2: Lord and consider these questions. Where is Jesus asking me
Speaker 2: to trust his word over my experience? Number two? What
Speaker 2: empty net have I been discouraged by? Number three? Have
Speaker 2: I allowed my occupation to define me more than my
Speaker 2: identity in Christ? Number six? Is there an area of
Speaker 2: my heart that needs to become more flexible so I
Speaker 2: can receive God's new work? Number seven? Am I surrounding
Speaker 2: myself with friends who carry one another towards Jesus? I'm
Speaker 2: gonna repeat that one.
Speaker 1: Number seven?
Speaker 2: Am I surrounding myself with friends who carry one another
Speaker 2: towards Jesus? Number eight? Am I protecting time alone with God? Or?
Speaker 2: Has busyness crowded our intimacy? Invite the Holy Spirit to speak,
Speaker 2: Write down what he places on your heart? Family, Luke.
Speaker 2: Chapter five is one of my favorite chapters because it
Speaker 2: beautifully weaves together calling obedience, repentance, healing, forgiveness, and li
Speaker 2: the old life behind to follow Jesus. The central theme
Speaker 2: is Jesus doesn't call perfect people, he calls willing people.
Speaker 2: Obedience creates space for miracles, and grace transforms ordinary people
Speaker 2: into kingdom ambassadors. So, family, before we move into our
Speaker 2: kingdom keys, let's pause and lean into our get married
Speaker 2: whole community. These questions come from our get married whole
Speaker 2: family as they learn what it means to trust Jesus
Speaker 2: beyond what's familiar. This first question comes from Ava, age eighteen,
Speaker 2: from Australia, from our Get Married Whole Instagram Queen Recahelia,
Speaker 2: how do I know when God is calling me into
Speaker 2: something bigger, even when I don't feel ready, Ava, I
Speaker 2: hear your heart, and I think so many people listening
Speaker 2: can relate to this question. In Luke, chapter five, Peter
Speaker 2: had just finished a long night of fishing. He was exhausted, discouraged,
Speaker 2: and cleansing empty nets when Jesus told him to launch
Speaker 2: out into deeper water and let the nets down again.
Speaker 2: From Peter's perspective, it didn't make sense. He had already tried.
Speaker 2: But I love Peter's response. He said, Master, we've worked
Speaker 2: hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you
Speaker 2: say so, obedience changed everything. Peter didn't receive the miracle
Speaker 2: because he felt ready.
Speaker 1: He received it.
Speaker 2: Because he trusted Jesus more.
Speaker 1: Than his own experience.
Speaker 2: Sometimes God caused you deeper before you feel prepared, because
Speaker 2: your confidence is meant to grow in Him, not in yourself,
Speaker 2: and for our kingdom. Keep for you that are taking notes,
Speaker 2: you want to write this one down. Obedience often comes
Speaker 2: before understanding. I'm gonna repeat that, obedience often comes before understanding.
Speaker 2: Don't wait until you feel qualified. When Jesus says, launch
Speaker 2: out into the deep, trust that he already knows what
Speaker 2: He's placed beneath the surface. This next question comes from Isaiah,
Speaker 2: age thirty nine. We gathered this one from our Get
Speaker 2: Married Whole podcast email. Isaiah's from Chicago, Illinois. Queen Raklia,
Speaker 2: I've made a lot of mistakes. How do I stop
Speaker 2: feeling like my past disqualifies me from being used by God? Isaiah?
Speaker 2: I appreciate your honesty, because that's a question many people
Speaker 2: carry quietly. After witnessing the miraculous catch a fish, Peter
Speaker 2: fell before Jesus and said, depart from me, Lord, for
Speaker 2: I am a sinful man. Luke chapter five, verse eight.
Speaker 2: Peter became aware of his own shortcomings in the presence
Speaker 2: of Jesus. But notice what Jesus did. He didn't walk away,
Speaker 2: he didn't shame Peter. Instead, Jesus said, don't be afraid.
Speaker 2: From now on you will catch people. Luke, Chapter five,
Speaker 2: verse ten. Jesus saw Peter's future while Peter was still
Speaker 2: focused on his past. That's the grace of God. Tewod Corinthians,
Speaker 2: Chapter five, verse seventeen tells us that if anyone is
Speaker 2: in Christ, they are new creation. The old has passed away,
Speaker 2: the new has come. Your history may explain where you've been,
Speaker 2: but it doesn't determine where God can take you. And
Speaker 2: for you that are taking notes, you wanna write this
Speaker 2: Kingdom key down. Grace doesn't ignore your past, it redeems it.
Speaker 2: God doesn't call you because you've never failed. He calls
Speaker 2: you because He can transform your life into a testimony.
Speaker 2: And this third question comes from our Get Married Whole
Speaker 2: YouTube Grace and Daniel, aged thirty and thirty three from
Speaker 2: England Queen Rockahilia. How do we know if we're building
Speaker 2: our relationship around Jesus instead of just our feelings? Grace
Speaker 2: and Daniel, I love this question because strong relationships aren't
Speaker 2: built on emotions alone, They're built on a shared foundation.
Speaker 2: Luke chapter five shows us that everyone who followed Jesus
Speaker 2: has to leave something behind. Peter left his nets, Levi
Speaker 2: left his tax booth. They didn't simply add Jesus to
Speaker 2: their existing lives. They reordered their lives around him. I'm
Speaker 2: gonna repeat that they reordered their lives around him. That's
Speaker 2: an important difference. When Jesus called Levi, Scripture says that
Speaker 2: he got up, left everything and followed him Luke chapter five,
Speaker 2: verse twenty eight. For a relationship that means Jesus isn't
Speaker 2: just part of your plans, He's the foundation of your decisions.
Speaker 2: When both people are pursuing Christ, they begin making choices
Speaker 2: marked by humility, forgiveness, prayer, and obedience. As Matthew chapter six,
Speaker 2: verse thirty three teaches us, seek first the Kingdom of God.
Speaker 1: And his righteousness.
Speaker 2: In all these things will be added unto you when
Speaker 2: the kingdom comes first. Love has a strong foundation to grow.
Speaker 2: And for you that are taking notes, you want to
Speaker 2: write this kingdom key. Healthy relationships don't ask how can
Speaker 2: we make each other happy? They first ask how can
Speaker 2: we honor Jesus together? I'm going to repeat that for
Speaker 2: you that are taking notes Healthy relationships don't ask how
Speaker 2: can we make each other happy? They first ask how
Speaker 2: can we honor Jesus?
Speaker 1: Together?
Speaker 2: When Christ is your foundation, love becomes deeper than feelings.
Speaker 2: It becomes covenant family. Luke chapter five reminds us that
Speaker 2: Jesus specializes in calling ordinary people into extraordinary purpose. He
Speaker 2: feels empty nets, he heals broken bodies, he forgives sins,
Speaker 2: he gives new beginnings, and he still looks at people
Speaker 2: who feel unqualified and says, follow me. So whatever you've
Speaker 2: been holding onto fear, shame, disappointment, or yesterday's failure, don't
Speaker 2: let them keep you on the shore, launch out into
Speaker 2: the deep, because the same Jesus who called Peter is
Speaker 2: still calling people today in family. As you reflect on
Speaker 2: Luke chapter five, what spoke to your hearts the most,
Speaker 2: trusting Jesus when the nets seem empty, letting go of
Speaker 2: your past and embracing God's grace, or building your life
Speaker 2: and relationship on Christ. Share your thoughts in the comments,
Speaker 2: and if this episode encouraged you, send it to someone
Speaker 2: who needs to hear.
Speaker 1: That God still call.
Speaker 2: Ordinary people into extraordinary purpose. Here at Get Married Hole,
Speaker 2: we believe our greatest catch begins with your greatest yes
Speaker 2: to Jesus. All right, family, I want to slow down
Speaker 2: just a little bit. I want to speak to anyone
Speaker 2: listening who has never surrendered your life to Jesus. Maybe
Speaker 2: you've been carrying guilt, shame, fear, or the weight of
Speaker 2: trying to fix everything on your own. Today, Jesus is
Speaker 2: extending the same invitation he gave Peter, the same invitation
Speaker 2: he gave LEVI follow me if that's the desire of
Speaker 2: your heart. Pray with me before we go further. I
Speaker 2: want to speak to your heart about what it means
Speaker 2: to enter the Kingdom of God, receive salvation, and receive
Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. Becauseation begins not just with knowledge, but
Speaker 2: with surrender. You cannot live according to a kingdom you
Speaker 2: have never entered. Kalasha's Chapter one, verse thirteen tells us
Speaker 2: that God has delivered us from the power of darkness
Speaker 2: and conveyed us into the kingdom of the son he loves.
Speaker 2: When you say yes to Jesus, you are not simply
Speaker 2: joining a religion. You are being transferred from darkness into
Speaker 2: God's kingdom. Salvation is the beginning of that transformation. It's
Speaker 2: your new identity, it's your new citizenship. It's your reconciliation
Speaker 2: with the Father. Romans Chapter ten, verse nine tells us
Speaker 2: that if we confess with our mouth that Jesus is
Speaker 2: Lord and believe in our heart that God raised him
Speaker 2: from the dead, we will be saved. Salvation is not
Speaker 2: just repeating words. It is a surrender of the heart.
Speaker 2: You recognize that.
Speaker 1: You need God.
Speaker 2: You believe Jesus Christ's Savior and Lord. You confess him
Speaker 2: as King, and in that moment you are forgiven. You
Speaker 2: are adopted, You are welcome home. You go from being
Speaker 2: separated from God to becoming a citizen of His kingdom.
Speaker 2: And then God gives you the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Speaker 2: Spirit is not just a feeling. The Holy Spirit is
Speaker 2: God's presence living within you. He teaches you how to
Speaker 2: think according to the Kingdom. He teaches you how to
Speaker 2: walk according to the Kingdom.
Speaker 1: He transforms your heart.
Speaker 2: From being inside out. This is not simply about attending church.
Speaker 2: This is about Heaven's culture being formed inside of you.
Speaker 2: Because Kingdom living begins within before it flows through you. Family,
Speaker 2: what is darkness. Darkness is not just the presence of evil.
Speaker 2: Darkness is life disconnected from God. It produces fear, confusion, bondage, addiction, unforgiveness,
Speaker 2: a life trying to navigate without the light of the Father.
Speaker 2: But Jesus said in John chapter eight, verse twelve, I
Speaker 2: am the light of the world. Whoever follows me shall
Speaker 2: not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.
Speaker 1: In Christ.
Speaker 2: You receive peace, You receive purpose, You receive a sound mind.
Speaker 2: You receive the power to become who God created you
Speaker 2: to be and family. The Bible is not just a
Speaker 2: book of information. It is God's word revealing the heart
Speaker 2: of the king. It reveals his character, his promises, his ways,
Speaker 2: his kingdom, and his plan for his people. And that's you.
Speaker 2: So today, if you are tired of carrying the weight alone,
Speaker 2: if you are ready to leave darkness behind, if you
Speaker 2: are ready to come home to the Father, I want
Speaker 2: to invite you to pray with me. If your hands
Speaker 2: are free, place them over your heart. Take a deep breath.
Speaker 2: You don't have to figure everything out. You simply have
Speaker 2: to surrender, and you don't have to move your feet,
Speaker 2: just shift your heart. Pray this with me, King Jesus,
Speaker 2: I believe you died for me and rose again. I
Speaker 2: confess you as my Lord and savior. I surrender my
Speaker 2: life to you. Transfer me from darkness into your kingdom.
Speaker 2: Forgive me, cleanse me, heal me, and make me hole.
Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, come and live within me. Renew my mind,
Speaker 2: transform my heart, Teach me the ways of your kingdom.
Speaker 2: I belong to you in Jesus name. Amen, Welcome home.
Speaker 2: If you prayed that prayer today, Welcome to the family
Speaker 2: of God. You are no longer separated. You are no
Speaker 2: longer walking along. You are now a child of God
Speaker 2: and a citizen of His kingdom. The Holy Spirit is
Speaker 2: with you, guiding you, teaching you, and transforming you. And
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Speaker 2: chapter five, his life changed in a moment, but walking
Speaker 2: with Jesus became a daily journey. The same is true
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Speaker 2: for showing us that obedience opens doors no human effort
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Speaker 2: Heal every broken place within us. Give us hurts that
Speaker 2: remain soft and teachable. Help us become people who carry
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Speaker 2: to invest time in your presence. Continue making us whole
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Speaker 1: We are complete.
Speaker 2: Hey, love, before we go, let's sit here for a moment,
Speaker 2: just you and me, like we're having a cup of
Speaker 2: my favorite beverage, hot chocolate. If you know me, I
Speaker 2: am a hot chocolate lover. You know, a lighthouse doesn't
Speaker 2: chase the ships.
Speaker 1: It simply shines.
Speaker 2: And that's what the Holy Spirit does. He doesn't force,
Speaker 2: he gently guides. I pray today's episode help shine a
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Speaker 1: This is Queen.
Speaker 2: Raqilia, and I just want to remind you to seek
Speaker 2: first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, not a religion,
Speaker 2: not rules, the real kingdom, the one Jesus talked about,
Speaker 2: with a real king, real laws, and a real purpose
Speaker 2: for you. The Kingdom of Heaven isn't just some far
Speaker 2: off place. It's a real kingdom, yes, but it also
Speaker 2: starts inside of you. It's a mindset, a way of
Speaker 2: seeing the world through the eyes of love, truth.
Speaker 1: And power.
Speaker 2: It's righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit Romans,
Speaker 2: chapter fourteen, verse seventeen. And I can say this gently.
Speaker 2: The kingdom of darkness is not just about demons or
Speaker 2: spooky stuff. It's a mindset too, one built on fear, pride, lies,
Speaker 2: and confusion. It shows up in the way we think
Speaker 2: about ourselves, about God, about life. But the good news
Speaker 2: is Jesus came to transfer us out of that and
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Speaker 1: Open your Bible.
Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you. He's not an it.
Speaker 2: He's a real person with feelings. He loves you, grieves
Speaker 2: with you, walks with you. Do not grieve the Holy
Speaker 2: Spirit Ephesians four, verse thirty. The Spirit himself intercedes for
Speaker 2: us Romans chapter eight, verse twenty six. The Bible is
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Speaker 2: and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added
Speaker 2: onto you Matthew six, verse thirty three. Jesus is teaching
Speaker 2: in this verse that if we prioritize God's kingdom and
Speaker 2: his ways righteousness, then the material needs of life like food, clothing,
Speaker 2: and shelter, which he just spoke about in verse twenty
Speaker 2: five through thirty two, will be provided by God.
Speaker 1: Seek first.
Speaker 2: It's about putting God's rule and way of life above everything.
Speaker 2: The Kingdom of God, his authority, reign and purpose in
Speaker 2: your life, his righteousness, living rightly according to God's standards.
Speaker 2: All these things your daily needs and concerns, and the
Speaker 2: Holy Spirit is the key to the world. He is
Speaker 2: the most important person on earth because he brings us
Speaker 2: the presence and power of the Kingdom of Heaven. May
Speaker 2: you be reconcealed to your creator King, receive the Governor
Speaker 2: into your life, and live as the Royal Kingdom citizen
Speaker 2: you are always meant to be. I am Queen Raqilia,
Speaker 2: wishing you a great week ahead, Stay blessed, stay whole,
Speaker 2: and stay in his presence. There is great love for
Speaker 2: you here and we are complete.
Speaker 1: Bye for now.