Has what you’re attracted to ever ended up just subtracting from your life instead?
In this sermon, Pastor Michael shows us in the story of David how true repentance can bring restoration.
hey welcome to this week’s sermon I am
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and um I think this word is it’s
challenged me all week and I believe
it’s gonna challenge you everybody in
the auditorium take your seat because we
are starting week 8 of a series that we
are calling help me relationshipgoals
reloaded your part all right some of
y’all church is getting weak but I’m
telling you my messages are getting
stronger okay we only have three more
weeks left in this series i’ma preach
today and then I have two more messages
and I I believe that culture is crying
out right now for a godly example
playbook and instructions of what
relationships are supposed to be and
this week in culture there’s been a lot
of talk about marriage in and in
relationships and there’s been all kinds
of stuff in culture that’s showing us
how when you make up what you think a
relationship or a marriage is supposed
to be and you weren’t the creator of it
how it ends up hurting people or
changing people or getting people into
entanglements I know that that
everybody’s trying to figure
how to do what God has asked them to do
as well as get everything you want out
of it but I’m telling you that there is
a way that relationship is supposed to
be done and God set it up like that so
that you could be able to win in
relationship somebody type that in the
chat everybody say it out loud I will
when in relationships but you only can
win if you go by the playbook and too
many people are making up rules to a
game that they did not create and it
took everything in me Demario not to
preach a message about entanglement
today took everything in me and I’m not
but next week I can’t make no promises
but today I want to finish what we
started last week now if you’re just
joining us and this is your first time I
need you to honestly get off right now
or get off after this and go back and
listen to part one that I talked about
our attractions and how attractions um
make us seem like it leads to
satisfactions but many of the times it
doesn’t lead to us being satisfied it
leads us being distracted and many of
our attractions has taken us from the
place that God wants us to be into a
place that we never thought we would be
and we’ve been looking at this in the
life of David so if you got your Bibles
right now I want you to go to UM
proverbs chapter 14 and I want to show
you a scripture real quick in verse 12
because everybody is trying to make
their own path in life when it comes to
relationships and I do not think that’s
this was God’s intention this scripture
stuck out to me and studied and it made
me think about this in my entire life
but it made me think about it when it
came to the context of relationship it
says proverbs 14:12 there is a path
before each person that seems right
isn’t it crazy that in our relationships
when we’re in them it seems right like
has anybody ever been in a bad
relationship that while you were in the
relationship it still seemed right
now y’all quiet today but I’ve seen your
Instagram pictures go from being with
this person to that person to this
person it’s only been 12 months the
reason is because when we were in it
when we started it when we got into it
it seemed right but it says that path
before every person that seems right
it ends in death and I’m not just
talking about a physical death I want to
know how many things in your life are
dying because it seemed right at the
time
how many callings how many how many
moments have you missed how many things
that have been happening and this is
what I want to pick up because we talk
about David all the time as the one who
defeated Goliath and became the king but
David had a dark side and his dark side
was fueled by his attractions and I know
a lot of us don’t want to admit it but
some of our attractions have been the
thing that has led to our distraction
and it’s honestly led to the death of
things that God wanted to live and when
I sit here and I think about my own life
I think about the relationships that God
had me in and wanted me to be in it was
my attraction to things that were not of
him and not like him
attraction to things that God didn’t put
in front of me but that culture enticed
me with it was those things that led to
the deaths of death of some things and
this is where we find David look at 2nd
Samuel chapter 11 verse 1 and 2 for
recap it says in the spring when Kings
normally go to war David was supposed to
be at war he stayed he stayed in the
place verse 2 late one afternoon after
his midday rest
David got out of bed and was walking on
the rooftop of the palace as he looked
out over the city he noticed a woman of
unusual beauty this is his attraction
taking a bath the first thing I want to
give us as a framework is I want to give
you the equation of attraction write
this down this is going to help you
attraction plus attention equals
interaction
you can never ever stop your attraction
if you don’t huh let me say it like this
you can never ever stop your attraction
attraction is neutral it happens but you
can stop your attention and when you
stop your attention from going to that
site to going to that person to going to
that thing that will stop and make
powerless the interaction the problem is
most of us think that we can be
attracted to it and just look at it
every once in a while and just talk to
it every once in a while and just be
around to everyone every once in a while
and I’m telling you one plus one does
equal to if you are attracted to it and
you give attention to it you will have
an interaction with it and there’s so
many people that act like this is not
true just because we don’t see your
interaction with it doesn’t mean you
don’t have interactions with it just
because it’s not public knowledge and
what I’m telling you is last week as I
demonstrated how I had an attraction to
cake it was when I gave that cake my
attention that eventually I face-planted
in it I had an interaction with the cake
and my question to you is what are you
looking at right now that attracted you
in one season but the interaction is
very close the interaction that may
interrupt what God wants to do in your
life and the reason I’m talking to you
like this is because I don’t want to
keep seeing people that God has chosen
to be relationship models for what he
wants to do in your life being taken out
by little stuff that we keep giving our
attention to David the king of an entire
region gets thrown off because he was
doing a little peekaboo over the rooftop
it was the little peekaboo it’s the
little peekaboo it’s the little people I
don’t know what you’ve been peeking and
booing at but you can forfeit
kingdom because of a peekaboo and that’s
what happened to him because he fell
into the trap of attraction and the
crazy thing about it is your attraction
can be to something good if you put your
attraction on you know what I’m gonna
live pure if you give your attention to
the Word of God you will have an
interaction with your purpose you can
actually use this formula in Reverse and
get to the place and the interactions
that you actually want to have that will
help you reach what God has called you
to reach let me put it to you in a point
attraction is good when it’s submitted
to God attraction is good everybody say
attraction is good when it is submitted
to God the reason I want to say that
because we know every good and perfect
gift comes from the Lord we understand
that God is the one that has created
everything it goes all the way back to
the garden remember when Adam was by
himself and God was like it’s not good
for him to be alone so he put him to
sleep
took his rib out and then he gave him
Eve when he woke up he was attracted to
Eve how do you know he was attracted to
Eve cuz the first thing he said was whoa
man Jesus she find my God today we gonna
call her whoa man God okay whoa man
woman that’s the first thing he said
so that was an attraction that was
submitted to god it was sub to the
mission but those same people had an
unsubmitted attraction when God told
them you can eat of every fruit in the
garden except this one they were
attracted to the fruit that was
forbidden and when they ate of that
fruit the attraction that they thought
was going to bring satisfaction actually
ended up subtracting them from the place
that they were supposed to live forever
now pastor Mike why are you why are you
taking us systematically through this
because I’m trying to
you locate why you’re in the spot that
many of you are in right now it’s
because we have listened to our
attractions and now it’s ending us up in
subtraction think about this real quick
I wrote this start down Jesus would have
had Jesus would have never had to die if
Adam and Eve had control of their
appetite listen to what I just said
again Jesus would have never had to gone
to the cross he would have never had to
make a way for God to be back with
humanity if Adam and Eve would have just
controlled their appetite you don’t get
it something I have to show you here we
go again
it’s a cake I’m attracted to it but
after last week I made a deal with
myself and with God that I was no longer
gonna eat the cake so so I’m attracted
to it but today I’m gonna control my
appetite but the cake is still here but
I’m a move on but where did these honey
buns come from I’m not gonna eat the
Kate but there’s always an alternate
whenever you have your appetite set on
something the enemy will always present
an alternate to you and my appetite once
for this but I’ll settle for this but no
I’m gonna stay strong in the Lord and
the power of his might and I’m not gonna
eat this honey bunny but when my
appetite was for this can I say no to
this there’s always cookies
there’s always cookies that will be
presented to me and this is what I’m
saying to you
it’s that it has to be a resolve on the
inside of you that you are not going to
give in to what your appetite is because
God has prepared something for you that
is actually better for you what if I
told you that on this amazing spread
that we have of things that are
attractive
none of these things are good for me
except the last thing this last thing is
a beautiful chicken salad and it’s got
all kinds of little peas and very
healthy stuff in it and all this other
stuff and I’m hungry right now and this
is what God has ordained for me to eat
this is the thing this is the
relationship this is the marriage this
is the job that God wants me to
participate in indulge in he wants me to
be fully satisfied here but this would
be enough if I didn’t taste all of this
and what happens in many relationships
in many marriages is what we do is I’m
tired of waiting on what God has for me
and I have this natural appetite so I’ll
take a piece of this I’ll take a buyer
this I’ll take a tip of this gummy bear
yep
murder
I would have to either swallow or spit
out what I have to receive what was
already prepared for me and what happens
many times is the reason why you can’t
be satisfied when one marriage partner
is cuz you tasted everybody else before
you made the commitment the reason why
it’s the appetite I’m trying to your
attractions your appetite the reason why
this would have been enough it was if it
was the only thing I ate this would have
been enough for me I would have been
satisfied and thankful but when I keep
going around tasting things that will
ultimately leave me hungry
again and I’m showing you this because
many of us are sacrificing things out of
selfishness we won’t wait on the plan of
God so we tastes counterfeits pasta
Michael are you going as hard because so
many of us are having things subtracted
from from us like God is holding out on
us and what he’s doing is saying stay
away from all of these snacks stay away
from all the things that look good at
the moment but will not actually make
you any healthier this is what we have
to do when it comes to social media when
it comes to business when it comes to
everything what is your appetite telling
you to eat that will end up leaving you
hungry and I know some people are trying
to tune me out right now cuz I’m to in
your life this is so normal for you some
of y’all are watching this right now
eating the stuff that I got right here
some of you will pray for a goal that
you will go right after you pray for the
goal and you will discredit what you
prayed for about what you consume I’m
gonna be a pastor today I’m coming to
talk to you and I don’t care if you like
it I don’t care if you need it I’m
telling you God told me that your
appetite is killing your destiny and
that’s what happened to David
today I’m calling the Sermon
satisfaction – subtraction now that’s
that’s what I want you to realize it’s
that everything that promises to satisfy
is actually going to take away david
goes in here and he has an interaction
with bathsheba he doesn’t just see her
he’s not a just attracted to her he said
bring her up here look at it in second
chance a mule chapter 11 verse 4 it says
then david sent messengers to get her
and when she came to the palace he slept
with her they had an interaction right
this point down interaction always leads
to a transaction interaction if we don’t
come in contact there is going to be a
transfer this is where people think that
whatever you do no they don’t have no I
mean it’s all good nobody got her harmed
in it I’m telling you you cannot touch
anything without some of it getting on
you last week when I put my face in the
cake there was no way I could say that I
did not have an interaction with the
cake because that interaction created a
transfer what was on the cake got on me
this is why I’m telling people all the
time why shouldn’t we have why should we
wait to have sex before we get married
because when you do that outside of the
container of marriage that God has
placed in there there is a transfer and
that transfer is called the soul tie and
I think next week I’m gonna talk about
that and I may call it entanglements I
don’t know I’m still working on the
title right now but all I’m telling you
right now is when there’s a transfer it
gets on you there’s evidence that you
have been with something that may not
have been God’s best for you when we
look at David culture would say when he
called Bathsheba up and they slept
together satisfaction yes
I scored I saw it I had it it’s over no
bye
he’s hurt I’m the king I’m the queen I’m
the one that did it
I decide my my temporary um desire and
it’s all good but this is the thing that
I want to let everybody know that every
transaction always has evidence and
anytime that you have a transaction
because of your attraction there will
always be evidence in your life we know
you’re messing around with the guy that
you’re not supposed to because there’s
evidence in your attitude you’ve changed
since you’ve been with them there’s
evidence it may not be for everybody to
see but we all know there’s evidence to
what’s happening yeah I know that
business transaction it’s the biggest
deal you ever made but there’s evidence
and how you don’t pay attention to your
family anymore
there’s evidence of the transaction you
thought it just made your bank account
big it made your actual wealth of family
low there’s everybody shot at me
evidence and the evidence for David was
there was a baby I can imagine that
night David sleeps with me Shiva and
then he’s like alright cool you’re
saying I’ll hit you back up if I ever
need you again and he was like it’s done
I came I saw I conquered and then she
sends word back to him I just see a
episode in my mind knock knock knock
knock who is it
it’s me fool Bathsheba hey I wasn’t
expecting to see you I didn’t call for
you
no you didn’t call for me but you
knocked me up and I gotcha baby I have
evidence we were together I have
something that when we connected created
something else that I never knew I would
have to deal with for this long I didn’t
know that being your friend would make
me like this for this many months I
didn’t know not doing this but doing
this wouldn’t make me have to deal with
this insecurity for this I used to be
confident before I got in a relationship
with you
but when I had that interaction with you
and we made that transaction I’ve been
insecure ever since and it’s been nine
months and now it’s in full depression
it’s come full term I used to seek God
and pray but when I had an interaction
with you because of my attraction to you
now there’s evidence in the way that I
don’t pray anymore the way that my faith
has gone down the way that I’m
pessimistic instead of optimistic and
some of y’all have not been able to be
self-aware enough because you haven’t
been reading the only word that reads
you God will allow the Bible to read you
when I read this thing he said Michael
there’s evidence you haven’t been with
me there’s evidence that you’ve been
running to other things instead of me
and for David it comes out in a baby and
I don’t know what it comes out for you
but when the evidence comes out when the
evidence comes out we go in to what I
call the great cover-up when it comes
out that our attractions have led us to
two interactions that are not good what
we try to do is act like it hasn’t
happened and it has no effect and it’s
and it’s not that big of a deal we try
to act like that that the infraction
really didn’t matter but right at this
point down it’s never true satisfaction
if there has to be an infraction David
slept with another man’s wife it was
adultery from jump he tried to probably
keep it out of his mind he probably
didn’t want to think about it but the
crazy thing about it is Beth Sheba’s
husband was working for David fighting
his battles
he literally betrayed somebody that was
fighting for him he was loyal to him
that’s how you know that your
attractions will lead you to a place and
two things that you never thought
you would do you can be loyal to
somebody and if you go down the road of
attraction you can end up hurting
somebody that you in one season we’re
cool with it can never be true
satisfaction if it started with the
infraction my question is to you how did
the attraction start how did it how did
it go from what you thought was good how
did it go from what seemed to be right
how did it go from something that felt
good to me and then it went to something
that was going to cost me more than what
it was worth this is what happened to
David look at it in second Samuel
chapter 11 verse 6 it said then David
sent word to Joab send me Uriah that is
Bathsheba’s husband the hittite so they
they sent for him he’s out there
fighting david says she about to have a
baby so this what I’m gonna do I’m gonna
cover it up this is what I call human
interactions and human infractions and
sin reactions this is what happens to
all of us now get get this my man is out
here fighting the war I slept with his
wife
so i’ma cover it up I’m gonna call him
back and what is every man that’s been
with a whole bunch of men fighting the
war what’s the first thing he gonna do
he gonna go find his wife and he gonna
sleep with his wife so if I can bring I
can bring them back and they can sleep
together so he says I’m gonna go and I’m
going to bring her husband back cuz I
made a mistake I’m a cover it up i’ma
bring the husband back and what’s the
first thing that every man wants to do
when he been around a bunch of sweaty
dudes fighting war he wants to come back
and be cuddled by his wife and maybe
they can have relations and after they
have relations the baby can be born but
they’ll think it is his baby they’ll
think that maybe this was how it was
supposed to be and this man comes home
he’s like yeah
I don’t know why I’m here right now my
mind is back at the battlefield and he
doesn’t sleep with his wife and David is
sending a palace like what is going on
you got to read your Bible because this
stuff is better than any sitcom he said
what is going on he calls him back he’s
like bro you should go sleep with your
wife he’s like how can I sleep with my
wife
and my friends and my brothers are on
the battlefield and so Dave is like all
right cool we got to come up with
another plan we got to come up with
something different and what does he say
something happen it is it’s what does he
say he says I’m gonna send you Raya on a
special mission i’ma send him on a
special mission tell him to come here
I’m gonna send him to the frontlines
and when I send him to the frontlines
he’s gonna end up getting killed so he
literally tries to cover up his
appetites his attractions his
interactions by taking somebody out that
had nothing to do with it now I want to
say this to everybody because when we
talk about our attractions and our
attention we never think about the the
innocent bystanders who will die because
of our decisions do you know that there
are so many people that are being
affected and that are dying because we
are attracted to something that’s not
even ours this man sins him to the front
line he dies and at this moment
everything that David did he has not
felt the weight of it yet because he
keeps covering it up and there’s some of
us that right now you think you’re
living a good life right now because you
keep covering up what you’ve messed up
and God says to you today what’s done in
the dark will always come to the light I
don’t know how else to be able to
describe this to you but nobody around
David knew what was happening
accept him and because he knew it and
God knew it this would end up
subtracting from his life and there’s
some people that are here right now that
because nobody knows publicly what your
attractions have made you do you think
you’re winning but I came as a prophet
of God today to tell you that this is
the moment that you need to go ahead and
go first if you’ve done something you
need to tell your wife if you’ve done
something you need to tell your husband
this is the moment of transparency not
just honesty honesty is telling the
truth when they ask you or when it’s
found out but this is the season of
transparency it’s the season of
transparency for America this is the
season of transparency for everything
and God is saying you better go first I
know they not gonna like this one
Demario but as a pastor I can’t just
teach the things that tencel eyes the
ears and not teach the things that will
change your soul you better go first cuz
just because people doesn’t know doesn’t
mean that God doesn’t look what happens
to David his attraction that he tried to
cover up his the same thing that’s been
happening since the very beginning when
Adam and Eve listen to their attraction
they ate the fruit and then God came
around and he asked them the first
self-awareness question that I’m asking
you he said Adam where are you
that’s the same thing he didn’t lose
Adam this was a question to see if Adam
can locate himself and I am going to ask
you like God asked Adam as we’re sitting
here and all of this stuff is hearing
you thought today is good like oh I’m
about to get powned Michael to see him
smash some cakes no no no God’s coming
to search your soul where are you if you
can’t locate where you are right now
you’re gonna do what Adam and Eve did
they went and got leaves and started
doing what covering up and when they
came to this cover up just like David
went to this cover up
your attractions write this down can
make someone else a fraction a fraction
is something that was whole and has been
broken down into pieces
David’s attraction to Bathsheba actually
robbed her
some of y’all side pieces out there
think you got a better deal because you
got the Gucci in the Louie but it’s
actually robbing you your value is going
down because you have given in to
somebody else’s attraction and their
attraction made you a fraction and for
some reason the thing that used to be
holding you is now pieced out I think
that’s why they call it a side piece oh
look at second Samuel chapter 11 verse
26 when Uriah’s wife heard that her
husband was dead
she’s a fraction now she mourned for him
she didn’t want that thing to die she
didn’t want that tact she would just
think about it from Bathsheba standpoint
she was in an herbal essence commercial
taking a bath washing her hair she gets
sent for the king is like baby let’s do
this they sleep together she gets
pregnant her husband dies she didn’t
want this to happen so she mourned but
watch this when the period of mourning
was over look at this fool David David
sit for her
you done crying come on baby that one
thing we did that was nice and he
brought her to the palace and she became
one of his wife then she gave birth to a
son watch this but the Lord was
displeased with what David had done it
doesn’t matter if everybody is cool with
your offense if the Lord is displeased
it doesn’t matter if now y’all in a
relationship and we good now and we bout
to get married and we’re going to try
to make it right now it doesn’t matter
if the business was successful but it
started off crooked it doesn’t matter if
we do all this stuff it doesn’t matter
if everybody sees you successful a CEO
or whatever it doesn’t matter if
everybody’s cool if the Lord is
displeased David thought the cover-up
worked he thought his attractions led to
his satisfaction
that’s what culture would tell us that
his attraction for Betsey but I know
there was some crazy stuff that happened
in the middle isn’t it crazy how we how
we sum up all of the foolishness and
despair and heartache that happens in
our lives too just like there was a
crazy season I was attracted to where we
went through a crazy season and now it’s
all good but his attraction from this
moment has caused so much despair and
loss and death and hurt and mourning and
pain but then he thought it was good and
the reason I had to preach this message
today is because I needed to help
somebody who really thinks that what
you’re doing what you’ve done you
listening to your attractions have ended
you up at a spot that you cool David
when he brought her to be one of his
wife’s was like okay we made it
and then God sends a prophet named
Nathan and Nathan though the way this
happens in Chapter 12 I need you to read
your Bible he literally says I’m about
to rebuke you David cuz the attraction
that you had has now equaled subtraction
write that down attraction can equal
subtraction watch what David’s about to
lose because of what he saw on the
rooftop think about what you have the
opportunity to lose because you went to
that website think about what you have
the opportunity to lose somebody’s got
to hear me because you keep hanging with
people think about what you have the
opportunity to lose he had to send a man
of God to rebuke him and I’m you gotta
read the whole thing but I’m gonna just
go to verse 11 he says this is what
Nathan says this is what the Lord says
because of what you have done with your
attraction I will cause your own
household to rebel against you if you
read further in the story I didn’t even
know this until I went back but later on
in David’s life as a king one of his own
sons named Absalon rises up against him
and makes David as the King go hide
because he’s trying to overthrow
everybody in his kingdom he literally
was going to birth into the world his
consequence he said because of what
you’ve done your own household will
rebel against you I will give your wives
to another man before your very eyes and
he will go to bed with them in public
view my god is that not called reaping
what you sow he said you did it secretly
but I will make it happened to you
openly in the sight of all Israel this
is a dangerous scripture and this is one
of the things that people get thrown off
by because they think that God is mean
because there are principles of
consequence they had a transaction the
baby was a consequence of their
transaction I need you all to hear me
right now consequence is a principle
that lives on the earth if I slap
somebody there’s gonna be a consequence
if I if I eat too much cake there’s
gonna be a consequence I’ll be on the
toilet all night if that there is a
consequence and what people many times
want to happen is we want our
attractions to subtract from us but we
live without the consequence and you
can’t David finds out that his
attraction actually is going to end up
subtracting from him not in that moment
and this
where we we get played not in that
moment will it subtract from us but over
our lifetime there will be things that
is like this was supposed to feel better
than this this was supposed to be more
fulfilling why isn’t it it’s because in
a different season we were led by our
attractions
all right Pastor Mike so what do we do
because many of you are like me you were
led by your attractions for many years
and it continued to have interactions
and it’s subtracted from you well
attraction can equal subtraction but
listen to this
repentance can bring restoration this is
what I’ve told this whole story for why
did I spend two weeks talking about this
cuz I want to let you know about the
grace of God repentance can lead to
restoration restoration means to be
restored better than new I don’t know
who I’m talking to but as I was going to
come the slippery slope that made some
of us feel like as you were in a pit you
felt like David at this moment where God
saying there’s consequences for what
you’ve done but if you would repent if
you would turn from living your life the
way you’ve been living it going the way
that you’ve been going talking the way
that you’ve been talking watching the
things that you’ve been watching if you
would everybody say turn that’s all the
word repent means it means to turn and
some of us will not turn and not just
turn it’s turn to God after David found
out that he was going to be subtracted
from look what happened to him in 2nd
samuel chapter 12 verse 13 I love this
this is the attitude that many of us
gonna have because I don’t know what
you’ve done and I don’t know I only know
what I’ve done but this is the remedy to
it then David confess to Nathan I have
sinned against the Lord watch how quick
God’s grace is Nathan replied yes
you sinned but the Lord has forgiven you
I want you to see how quick grace rushes
in to anybody who turns he said I have
sinned I’ve done the wrong thing and
Nathan says yes you’ve sinned but the
Lord has forgiven you
the grace of God is not trying to make
you suffer he just needs you to
recognize that you couldn’t do this
without me you won’t be able to live
pure without me you won’t be able to get
out of these toxic relationships without
me he said I need you to everybody shout
at me repent and at the moment he repent
and confessed he said you’ve already
been forgiven for me to sit so home cuz
I made so many mistakes did so many
things listening to my attractions in my
appetite and giving it attention and
having interactions and making other
people fractions and doing all this
other stuff and at the moment I came to
God for real I remember it I got down on
my knees in my bedroom I said god I
don’t want to live like this anymore
I’ve heard this person and this person
and more than anything I’m dealing with
the consequences of this this this and
this and I no longer want to live my
life going down this road god I turn to
you and at the moment I said I turned to
you it was like grace like a flood came
and it rushed over me it rushed over my
soul it rushed over my life and God says
all I needed you to do was repent and
now I can provide restoration I know
that there are people right here that on
the inside even as you’re watching this
you’re trying to keep it all together
because you don’t want anybody around
you to see that this may have an impact
on your life but what you are is bottled
up with all of these infractions all
these secret texts and emails all of
these thoughts you know you saying
I didn’t do it but the Bible tells us in
the New Testament as a man thinks as a
woman thinks that’s that’s the thing
that you’ve you’ve thought and so you
might as well have done it God’s saying
all of us have sinned and fallen short
of the glory we’ve all been led astray
by our attractions but you can remedy it
right now by repenting and when you
repent repentance will lead to
restoration can I be very clear with you
that repentance for David didn’t take
away the consequence ah this one sucks
because he repented in this moment
Bathsheba has a baby and the baby they
had died and in the moment the baby
passed away the Bible says that David
begin to worship because he had repented
and he knew that there was consequences
from what had happened but he knew that
no matter what the consequences where
his heart was right now and there are
some people that you’re still in the
middle of the consequence of what’s
happened in your life you’re still
dealing with stuff but if your heart is
right you can still lift your hands and
worship and there’s many of you that
you’re still dealing with baby mama
drama you’re still going through court
cases you’re still dealing with hurts
and pains and family not liking you and
all this other stuff that’s going on but
God says just make sure that you’ve
repented in your hearts right with me
because even in the worst moment of his
life I can’t imagine losing a child but
even in the worst moment he could lift
up his hands and worship God because he
said I don’t I I can’t figure out all of
this right now but I know that my heart
is clear now
because he repented and I feel the
spirit of repentance all over the world
right now I really do and I know that
some of you right now this message it’s
what God is trying to challenge and
penetrate your heart and some of you
have been rock hard this entire message
because you don’t want to admit the
infractions that have been made because
of your attractions but God’s saying I’m
giving you an opportunity to repent
right now repent for talking about those
people repent for inviting that habit
into your life repent for having the
attitude towards what I asked you to do
and I believe that it’s the season for
us to go as a church and as the body of
Christ we need to go on the road to
renewal let me give you a secret a
practical thing that helps me that God
told me he said Michael watch these four
steps when you’re reckless like when
you’re reckless when you do stuff that
is not like me when you go out and you
you you make decisions and you mess
things up when you’re reckless the first
thing you need to do is take
responsibility it was me it was your boy
messed that one up made the wrong
decision I talked to you wrong wife I
stepped out i emotionally cheated
husband I did all of this stuff I talked
to you wrong children you are reckless
but then you got to take responsibility
and after you take responsibility all
God says is repent turn to me and after
you repent the quickest thing that the
grace of God does is it renews you
and today I want everybody to make these
steps I don’t know what area you need to
make it in right now
but David’s attractions led to
subtraction
God wants everything that’s subtracted
from you to be renewed right now he
wants it to be renewed right now every
mistake every mess-up he wants to renew
you that’s why he sent Jesus cuz he said
I don’t want them to stay in that place
I love them too much to leave them there
so I’m gonna bring them to me sending
Jesus look at 2nd Peter 3:9 this is
where I’m gonna end this one of my
favorite scriptures and it’s kept me so
much the Lord isn’t really being slow
about his promises as some people think
no he’s being everybody stay patient for
your sake well cuz he does not want
anyone to be destroyed but once
everybody to do what repents hands
lifted all over the world all over this
room right now I don’t know what you
need to repent from but I’m gonna ask
God he’s not being slow he’s being
patient the reason he hasn’t elevated
you is cuz he’s trying to give you an
opportunity the reason why that he
hasn’t exposed everything to the world
is because he’s trying to give you an
opportunity to do it for yourself he
wants all of us to repent at the moment
David repented everything that God had
promised him would be restored after he
lost the one baby then he had Solomon
his next child his next attempt his next
try would go on to be the wisest man
that ever lived
God saying is what has set you back if
you repeat can turn into a setup the
next one can be the best one the next
try can be the one that takes it to the
world the next time but you can’t do it
without repenting this is what God’s
asking all us all of us to do repent
hands lifted father I’m asking you that
right now I did what you asked me to do
father
I brought my personal journey of
repentance to the forefront father God
but the steps you told me father God
that when I was reckless father you said
take responsibility and after I take
responsibility repent and at the moment
of repentance you would begin to renew
God I’m asking you to do that for all my
brothers and sisters that are watching
right now every marriage that there’s
been infractions in I’m asking you
Father God that you would allow there to
be responsibilities taken that people
will stand up and say that was my bad I
messed up I stepped out I did the wrong
thing God and I thank you together that
couples all over the world are gonna be
able to repeat together and dedicate
their relationship back to you father
God and you’re going to renew them I
pray for all my single brothers and
sisters right now who have made
infractions find father because of their
attention and because of their
attractions God and I’m asking you right
now they take responsibility father for
leading those people on to having
one-night stands with those people to
being in mental and emotional
relationships that have led them to
distraction got it I’m asking you right
now that they would take responsibility
and they would repent and at the moment
they repent kind of thank you that this
is a season of renewal
god you don’t want anybody to be
destroyed so you’re being patient with
us thank you for giving us your son
Jesus that allows us to be renewed and
I’m thanking you Father God that even in
this moment that people are changing the
trajectory of their lives because
they’re going to run to you and repent
today father God I’m asking you to do a
deep work do surgery on every
relationship on every person on every
heart and I thank you Father God that
you will get the glory the honor and the
praise out of our lives in Jesus name we
agree look at me right now everybody all
over the world David Steele is cited as
a man after God’s own heart even with
the mess he made because he repented God
did not see David like he doesn’t see me
and you through our worst moment God
sees us through the lens of Jesus and
when he looks at us and we’ve repented
and put our faith in Jesus he doesn’t
see what we’ve done he sees what Jesus
did for us
today there’s some people watching who
have never accepted Jesus as your
personal Lord and Savior and today all
you have to do is repent turn from what
you’ve been going to and turn to him and
as you turn to him god no longer is
counting your sins against you he sees
the finished work of the cross so today
all over the world if you’re watching
this live on a rebroadcast I believe
there’s about to be an explosion a
revival of salvations in this moment all
these people out here trying to preach
to you to make you happy and to make you
do that but if you die tomorrow and you
have not repented you have not turned to
God
eternity is destroyed and not what it’s
supposed to be for you and today I’m
fighting for somebody’s life
who needs to turn to God and God saying
this is your moment
according to Romans 10:9 all you have to
do is confess and believe that Jesus
Christ is Lord that he came just for you
that he lived and he rose again from the
dead to take away all of our sins and he
said you’re saved and today if you want
to make that decision I want to pray
with you all over this world there are
people that I believe that are gonna
make this decision and on the count of
three I want you to do something
physical I want you to lift your hands
today I feel a very apostolic anointing
a very pastoral anointing to speak into
your life right now I don’t care about
clicks and likes I care about your life
I want your life change I want your life
transformed I don’t want you to have to
repeat these cycles and today God’s
asking you could you repent and just
give me everything that I already gave
you one if this is the decision you’re
making you’re making the greatest
decision of your life – I am so proud of
you but more than that God is proud of
you three lift your hands all over the
world if you’re making that decision to
make Jesus Christ your personal Lord and
Savior come on hands are going up all
over the world now right now we’re about
to pray and transformation you already
know nobody prays alone at this church
we’re one big family so I want everybody
to pray this out loud for the benefit of
those who are coming to Christ right now
everybody just say God thank you for
sending Jesus
to take care of all my infractions today
I believe you lived you died and you
rose again just for me I repent of all
my sins and I asked you to be the Lord
of my life
change me renew me transform me I’m
yours in Jesus name
come on if you just prayed that prayer
can we give God a couple of
transformation nation let’s give God a
shout of praise all over this place I’m
telling you that somebody who just
prayed that prayer your life has just
turned in the right direction and if you
made that decision or you’re around
somebody that made that decision hug
them congratulate them because eternity
has changed you can it can be said of
you that you are a man or a woman after
God’s own heart I want you to text the
number on the screen right now I want
you to text this number and we want to
send you some resources we want to help
you we want to help you move forward in
your relationship with God and we want
you to find true satisfaction and true
satisfaction is found in Jesus today
so excited you believe is this message
goes out to the world and you hear it
it’s gonna ring back in your spirit and
this is why it’s so important for you to
be planted in a church hear me in this
time where everybody’s looking for the
next amazing quotable God is looking for
people to be planted in his house and
I’m asking you to get planted in a
life-giving church he doesn’t even have
to be transformation Church but I want
you to commit to being planted somewhere
where they’re not gonna manipulate you
for things or try to get things out of
you but they want things for you and as
your pastor for everybody that’s
listening what I want for you is for you
to become everything that God has called
you to be and so sometimes there’s
messages that I got to speak to you that
bring you all the way down the road to
let you see that the end of it is you
need to rebid guys today I’m believing
that God is changing people’s lives by
your obedience right now I love y’all we
got to meet two more weeks I think next
week I’m gonna talk about soul ties
because many of you are entangled in
things that you can’t figure out how to
get free from and I want to talk to you
about the power of sex and what happens
in that I think that’s where God’s
leading me pray for your pastor this
week and then we got one more message
after that and we’re gonna end
relationshipgoals reloaded but I see
what God is doing all across the world
he wants us to win in relationships I’m
gonna pray for you that you would have
the best week ever father thank you
that everybody that is under the sound
of my voice father God that you would
give them the fortitude to go through
this week with strength you said that
this here for our church is stronger and
today father even when we feel the
resistance it means that we’re getting
stronger I speak blessing over these
people I speak life over their
relationships I thank you that their
children succeed and I thank you Father
God that they walk in full purpose God
let us be the light of the world in this
season we will give you all the glory
all the honor and all the praise in
Jesus name we agree somebody say Amen
thank you so much for watching this
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