“Jesus, I put on truth. Help me see what’s real.

I put on righteousness. Remind me I’m covered.

I step into peace. Let me walk it out today.

I take up faith. I believe what You say.

I guard my mind with salvation. I’m Yours.

I grip Your Word as my weapon.

And I pray — because I know You’re listening.

Amen.”

Don’t wear your faith like a costume.

Wear it like armor.

Luke 13:1-9 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 

4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."

6 And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.'

7 And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now . I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?'

8 And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

POINTS

Luke 13:6 And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.'


Every *Person has Been *Planted on *Purpose for a *Purpose



7 And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now . I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?'

Our *Spiritual *Fruit will Be Remembered, not Our *Spiritual *Facades 



God’s Patience is *Active, but Not *Apathetic 



8 And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

Your *Breakdowns can become your *Breakthroughs, if you Allow God to Do the *Digging

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SERMON TITLE: "LEGACY OF A MOM"

“Your greatest contribution to the Kingdom of God may not be something that you do but someone you raise”

Genesis 16:6-13 - 6 Abram replied to Sarai, “Here, your slave is in your power; do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai mistreated her so much that she ran away from her. 7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.” 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.” 10 The angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.” 11 The angel of the Lord said to her, “You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction. 12 This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him; he will settle near all his relatives.” 13 So she named the Lord who spoke to her: “You are El-roi,” for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me? ”

1. GOD SEES YOU EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T SEE HIM.

Genesis 16:10-11 - 10 The angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.” 11 The angel of the Lord said to her, “You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.

Genesis 16:13 - 13 So she named the Lord who spoke to her: “You are El-roi,” for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me? ”

Genesis 16:9 - 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

2. YOU ARE NOT BURIED, YOU ARE PLANTED

Genesis 21:15-16 - 15 When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes 16 and went and sat at a distance, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I can’t bear to watch the boy die! ” While she sat at a distance, she wept loudly.

Genesis 21:17-20 -17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What’s wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy crying from the place where he is. 18 Get up, help the boy up, and grasp his hand, for I will make him a great nation.” 19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. So she went and filled the waterskin and gave the boy a drink. 20 God was with the boy, and he grew; he settled in the wilderness and became an archer.

3. LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, JUST PERFECTED

Hebrews 12:2 - 2 keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1. *Grace Comes Looking When You Have *Nothing *Left to Offer

Luke 19:10 - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

2. Grace *Repositions You for a Life You Could *Never *Earn

Ephesians 2:4-6 - 4 However, God is rich in mercy. He brought us to life with Christ while we were dead as a result of those things that we did wrong. He did this because of the great love that he has for us. 5 You are saved by God’s grace! 6 And God raised us up and seated us in the heavens with Christ Jesus.

2 Samuel 19:24–28 - 24 Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, also came down to meet the king. He hadn’t taken care of his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely. 25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Mephibosheth, why didn’t you go with me?” 26 “My master and king,” Mephibosheth answered, “my servant abandoned me! Because your servant is lame, I asked my servant, ‘Saddle a donkey for me so I can ride and go to the king.’ 27 So Ziba has slandered your servant to my master and king, but my master and king is a messenger of God. So do whatever seems best to you. 28 Even though all the members of my grandfather’s family were nothing short of demonic toward my master and king, you still put your servant with those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to beg for still more from the king?”

3. Grace *Sustains You When Life *Breaks Your Strength

2 Corinthians 12:9 - 9 He said to me, “My grace is enough for you, because power is made perfect in weakness.” So I’ll gladly spend my time bragging about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power can rest on me.”

(Acts 1:3-8 csb) After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time? 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

“Worth The Wait”

1. Our *promise is initiated in a *period of *pause.

(Acts 1:4-5) While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise.“Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”

*Answers allude when we ask the wrong *questions.

(Acts 1:6-7) So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

(Isaiah 40:30-31 csb) Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall, 31 but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.

Strength gives you *capacity while power gives you *authority.

(Acts 1:8) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

(2 Peter 5:6-7) Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.

Matthew 26:36-42 – 36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.” 39 Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” 40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 

SERMON TITLE: “UNSTOPPABLE UNDER PRESSURE”

Matthew 26:38 - 38 He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

1. MISSING THE *HUMANITY OF JESUS ROBS US OF THE COMPLETE *REVELATION OF HIS *VICTORY

Hebrews 4:15 - 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. 

2. JESUS DIDN’T JUST FEEL THE *WEIGHT OF THE *CROSS BUT THE *BURDEN OF THE *CUP

Matthew 26:39 – 39 Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 – 21 He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

3. JESUS WASN’T *WAVERING IN THE GARDEN, HE WAS *SUBMITTING WHAT WE DIDN’T

Matthew 26:42 – 42 Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 

Philippians 2:7-8 – 7 Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, 8 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross. 

3 Frightened, Jehoshaphat decided to seek the Lord’s help and proclaimed a fast for all Judah. 4 People from all of Judah’s cities came to ask the Lord for help. 5 Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the Lord’s temple in front of the new courtyard. 6 “Lord, the God of our ancestors, you alone are God in heaven. You rule all the kingdoms of the nations. You are so powerful that no one can oppose you. 7 You, our God, drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave this land to the descendants of your friend Abraham forever. 8 They have lived in it and have built a sanctuary in honor of your name in it, saying, 9 ‘If calamity, sword, flood, plague, or famine comes upon us, we will stand before this temple, before you, because your name is in this temple. We will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’ 10 So look here! The Ammonites, the Moabites, and those from Mount Seir—the people you wouldn’t let Israel invade when they came out of Egypt’s land, so Israel avoided them and didn’t destroy them— 11 here they are, returning the favor by coming to drive us out of your possession that you gave to us! 12 Our God, won’t you punish them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We don’t know what to do, and so we are looking to you for help.”

2 Chronicles 20:15 - 19

15 “Pay attention, all of Judah, every inhabitant of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat,” Jahaziel said. “This is what the Lord says to you: Don’t be afraid or discouraged by this great army because the battle isn’t yours. It belongs to God! 16 March out against them tomorrow. Since they will be coming through the Ziz pass, meet them at the end of the valley that opens into the Jeruel wilderness. 17 You don’t need to fight this battle. Just take your places, stand ready, and watch how the Lord, who is with you, will deliver you, Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid or discouraged! Go out tomorrow and face them. The Lord will be with you.” 18 Then Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord in worship. 19 Levites from the lines of Kohath and Korah stood up to loudly praise the Lord, the God of Israel.

Jeremiah 29:10-13 This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

Points

Jeremiah 29:10-13 This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.

The Objective of *Adversity is *Annihilate; but every Adversity has Been *Appointed an *End

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

The Plans of God are Designed to *Move us to *Miraculous *Moments

Jeremiah 29:12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

A Move of God is never *Accidental, but always *Conditional

14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 

15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

1) There are No *Perfect *Families because Every *Family has a *Past

Colossians 2:13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 

2) Everyone Carries a *Past because Everyone Carried *Sin

Colossians 2:14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 

3) You Must *Let *Go of your *Past before your *Past will *Let *Go of You

Colossians 2:15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

4) When the Devil *Reminds you of your Past, *Remind him of Your *Future

14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 

15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

**POINTS**

1) There are No *Perfect *Families because Every *Family has a *Past

Colossians 2:13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 

2) Everyone Carries a *Past because Everyone Carried *Sin

Colossians 2:14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 

3) You Must *Let *Go of your *Past before your *Past will *Let *Go of You

Colossians 2:15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

4) When the Devil *Reminds you of your Past, *Remind him of Your *Future

Exodus 12:23 When the Lord passes through to strike Egypt and sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, he will pass over the door and not let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you.

**Points**

a) One of the Enemy’s Primary Strategies is to Steal Peace from the People in Your Home

John 10:10 A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

Exodus 12:13(a) The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you

b) Though the Enemy sees us as Targets, God sees us as His Own, Marked and Set Apart

Exodus 12:13(b) when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

c) Satan’s Schemes Fall Flat when Faced with the Blood of Jesus 

Ministry Time:

1 John 2:1-2: 1 My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one. 2 He himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.