Our Father’s Heart

"The key that I want to focus on is that all have sinned. That means you. That means me. It means my children. It means my parents, my grandparents, my great-grandparents. I don't even know them. I never met them, but it applies to everyone. It applies to the people that you hate and hopefully, that's not you. It applies to people that you love. It applies to people that you love, love dearly, dearly. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Forgiveness | Ep. 112 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13469884 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #allhavesinned #allfallshort

"But when we truly repent, when it's sincere and when it's genuine, it's because it has this element or this attribute, an aspect, as I read it "in meekness, instructing those that oppose themselves. If God, peradventure will give them repentance." What? "To the acknowledging of the truth." That's right. Maybe because sometimes you hear ,and I'm just using my kids because it's a great example you hear the sorry, you hear it, but then they keep doing it over and over again. Well they weren't really sorry! They're sorry, they got caught. But if they were really sorry, even if there were tears of remorse, if they were really sorry, like a sorry is really meant, they wouldn't do it again. Because they would recognize that what they did is what caused the offense, the hurt, and so they were... They would try their best not to do it again. But that's the same way with God. If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Forgiveness | Ep. 112 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13469884 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #repentance #repent #acknowlegethetruth #imsorry

"So I fall upon your tender mercies. I ask you to wash me clean, because I can't. And remember what happened when David was found out by Nathan the prophet, what happened when the baby was born? But what was he doing? He was fasting. He was fasting and praying, and asking for what? Mercy. But he still suffered the consequences of his sin, didn't he? The baby died, and that was his judgment. And did David argue with God about taking away his son? No, he did not. He accepted it because sometimes, even though we may be forgiven eternally, we have to pay for the consequences of our sin." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Forgiveness | Ep. 112 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13469884 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #tendermercies #mercy

"I know that there have been times in my life where I have been disobedient, willfully. I know that there are times in my life where I've heard the Lord and I disobeyed out of fear. I can honestly tell you it's been mostly out of fear, like he wanted me to say something, he wanted me to do something. And all of these sins that I've committed over so many years, and I think about my list, and you could think about your own list as you consider, what I want to share with you today is that I have done these things before I was born again, obviously, and I did some of these things after I was born again and it's led me to, unfortunately, be my own worst critic." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Forgiveness | Ep. 112 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13469884 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #fear #myownworstcritic #myownworstenemy

"And that's what I want you to walk away with, knowing that the Lord wills to heal you. He wants to heal you as much as you want to be free of the sickness and the disease or the Infirmity or the pain or the discomfort that you're going through in the physical, and you need that physical healing, if you come to Him with that same desire for your spiritual healing, for the forgiveness of your sins, I'm telling you that the Lord wills to forgive you, to cleanse you, and to make you white as snow as if you've never done anything wrong. He wants to do that. He has an extreme desire to do that very thing." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Forgiveness | Ep. 112 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13469884 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #Hewills #forgiveness

"...all the scriptures, from beginning to end. You see how it started in harmony and you see all of this disharmony all throughout till you get to the end of revelation where he brings about the restitution of all things. But see, He's able to do that, and He's only able to do that and fulfill that in your life if you do not walk sinning willfully, but desirous of getting rid of the works of the flesh from your life. The good thing is that what began in harmony, even though there was all of this disharmony which looks like a lot. But remember, it started in harmony in an internal state and it ends in harmony in an internal state. This is just a small little vapor. This life in between, this life that you have 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 years is but a vapor in the midst of all eternity. Make it count, make the right decisions." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #worksoftheflesh #maketherightdecisions #lifeisavapor

"That's good news, that's tremendous news that we should be praising and singing. Just because it was His obedience that's going to make me righteous. Yeah, I'm struggling, but I'm pulling away. I'm drawn closer to you, Lord, and if I don't make it, I know that you will enable me to stand in the day of judgment. In the day of Christ Jesus, you will perfect me and make me what I should have been, what you've called me to be. But in order to be reconciled to God, in order to be made perfect. We must walk in harmony with the Lord, with his Will and with his Word. It can't happen any way. You cannot continue to willfully walk in the flesh and think that God, in the end, is going to save you." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #harmonywithGod #makemerighteous #reconciledtoGod

"Now you want a king what, like the kings of those nations around you? And so he ended up doing that. He gave into their request and he said unto them in first Samuel, 8: 5 through 7 Behold our old and my sons walk not in thy ways. Now make us a king to judge us, like all the nations. They're telling Samuel this Samuel was the last judge. And but the thing displeased Samuel when they said give us a king to judges. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord and the Lord said into Samuel, hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say into thee, for they have not rejected the, they have rejected me. That I should not reign over them. See, that's a perfect example of God's Mouthpiece coming to the people to give them the direction, and they don't want to listen and God doesn't see it as, oh, you rejected him. No, they rejected me. So that created discord, that created disharmony. Yes, he gave in to their request, even though he knew that they were wrong." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #king #theyrejectedMe #samuel

"But you have to come to the point where you acknowledge that I was wrong and you know what, at that point, that I did that thing wrong. I knew what was right and I did it anyway and I deserve whatever the penalty and the consequences. All the other times well, not all the other times, but a lot of other times it was just ignorance. I didn't know any better. But that point, oh yeah, I did know, but I wanted to do it my way. And you know what? I had all of these people surrounding me telling me that's not a good idea. They counsel me to do something else and I refused. I didn't want to listen to the counsel of the Lord because I didn't. I didn't, I didn't want to admit at the time that, yeah, that was the Lord. He, he was talking to me. And so we go about and we start suffering and we wonder why? Why am I going through it? Why am I going through that?" If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #iwaswrong #counselofthelord #why

"And what happened in creation is by one man's sin, all of creation was affected. By one man's sin, all of creation was infected with something that caused what was not there to begin with: sickness, decay, death. And when that sin affected all of creation, it created a resounding sound of discord, a sound of disharmony. And the more and more time has passed, the more and more the disharmony has become evident." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #sin #disharmony #oneman #adam

"And yet it's that very little thing that causes us to stumble time and time and time again. And until we acknowledge the truth, it keeps happening over and over again and we wonder why, but why, but why? And people come and talk to us about those things. They may not even know that they're talking about that thing that God has been trying to deal with in your life. They're just talking about it and you get this little conviction, a little bit of a sensitivity to what they're saying, and then you get mad at them that they said it and they didn't even know what they were talking about. They just you kind of share it. But it's that happens in the people as a corporate, but it happens in you, it happens in the areas of your life. Individually, we maintain and hold on to disharmonious elements which lead us to having discord in the symphony that we call life." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #acknowledgethetruth #symphonyoflife

"There's so many times that we in our lives do not seek the Lord on certain things and we begin to go do things having not been sent, having not been told that that's what we're supposed to do. We don't search the scriptures beforehand, we don't let the scriptures dictate to us what we are to do, what we're allowed to do, what we shouldn't do, what we are to be, how we're to be. We choose what we want to do first and then we go do it, and then we just hope that God is blessing our endeavors. But then later on, we take a look at the scriptures and we take them out of context in order to justify our wrong decisions that we made, instead of looking at our past in the light of the scripture and saying, oh, I was wrong. Because we won't humble ourselves " If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #humbleyourself

Parenting is a divine role and calling delegated to us by our Creator. Parents are not just providers and caregivers, but also spiritual guardians tasked with the sacred duty of nurturing their children's spiritual growth. We have ultimate authority over our children and are the primary educators of our children. We teach at all times by words and demonstration of the spiritual biblical principles that guide us throughout the day for their spiritual well-being. In the hustle and bustle of life, parents often grapple with striking a balance between imparting worldly wisdom and divine instruction. As spiritual guardians, it's crucial for parents to guide their children to meaningfully engage and apply the Word of God at all times. Parents are to guide their children in understanding and obeying God's commandments, as discussed in Deuteronomy 6: 1-7. Parents should be the first to teach their children, by word and demonstration, the following: • Pray • Study • Fast • Praise • Worship • Hear the Lord • Discern between truth and error • Forgive • Love We encourage parents to lead by example in demonstration and to take an active role in their children's spiritual education. Be vigilant about who is teaching, counseling, and administrating within the school system, and take a more active role in your child's growth overall as we are held accountable by the utmost authority, the great giver of life, our heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ.

"We were all together changed when we were born again and we were zealous over the things of the Lord and sometimes for some of us, somewhere along the line, we were tried, we were tested. Maybe we got disappointed because we expected something that the Lord did not want for us, and so we take offense to it. Sometimes we just get tired, because it sometimes is taxing to walk this walk and we begin to hear the echoes and the melody of a song that we used to dance to, something from the old life. And then we try to dance both melodies and it doesn't work." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #changed #zealous

"When we find ourselves, however, in tune with the Spirit of the living God, then we are walking in agreement with him. The works of the flesh, if we walk in those, create disharmony, create discord. That means we are not walking together in agreement with God because he is not in the works of the flesh. They are contrary to his ways, they are contrary to his Word and his Will. But when we find ourselves walking in the Spirit of the living God, we find ourselves walking in his Word, we find ourselves walking in his Will, because He is never in disagreement with his Word. He is never in disagreement with his Will. When we allow the Spirit of the Lord to lead us, we march to a different melody. We march to a different rhythm." If you prefer, you can use the following direct link: Harmony with God (circa 2016) | Ep. 111 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13346463 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #intune #walkinginagreement #walkinginthespirit #melody #rhythm

Parenting is a divine role and calling delegated to us by our Creator. Parents are not just providers and caregivers, but also spiritual guardians tasked with the sacred duty of nurturing their children's spiritual growth. We have ultimate authority over our children and are the primary educators of our children. We teach at all times by words and demonstration of the spiritual biblical principles that guide us throughout the day for their spiritual well-being. In the hustle and bustle of life, parents often grapple with striking a balance between imparting worldly wisdom and divine instruction. As spiritual guardians, it's crucial for parents to guide their children to meaningfully engage and apply the Word of God at all times. Parents are to guide their children in understanding and obeying God's commandments, as discussed in Deuteronomy 6: 1-7. Parents should be the first to teach their children, by word and demonstration, the following: • Pray • Study • Fast • Praise • Worship • Hear the Lord • Discern between truth and error • Forgive • Love We encourage parents to lead by example in demonstration and to take an active role in their children's spiritual education. Be vigilant about who is teaching, counseling, and administrating within the school system, and take a more active role in your child's growth overall as we are held accountable by the utmost authority, the great giver of life, our heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ.

"You know we go through these painful processes, not just the parents but the child Because of that. And then the parents have to. You know it says train up your child in the ways of the Lord and they will not depart. And sometimes it is disheartening. Some people have longer, harder stories. We've had some heart, heartfelt, heart stoppers in this house. But you know this is where the rubber hits the road. Are you going to trust the Lord for his word? Are you going to stand on the word or are you going to cave into Society? Well, maybe I was a little too hard, maybe, maybe I shouldn't have been that rough on her, maybe I should have given in. And and the thoughts did come. I know they came to me many times and you know we had to help each other. No, we have to stay, we have to stay the course on this one." If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #trainupachild #heartstopper #staythecourse

"So I give this story as a warning, because you guys censored it and still it had that effect. It can have that effect, even as you censor. So when you get that lash out and whatnot, and you're right, I resented that for a very long time and I look back on that and I'm grateful because that for me has solidified all the messages and warnings I've seen about social media and electronics and being on too much. Sometimes I still have to check myself now and again. But having not, if I have not had that experience firsthand, it probably wouldn't hit so hard home, but it does for me because I know, yeah, it can happen. It happened to me and I was, I'm, and I was A student. I was very responsible in my academic. That was actually an argument she made, like I'm an A student and I'm doing this and that. I remember that and it was like yeah, but... " If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #warning #socialmedia

"And we see right now in our society where that's leading, it's a very relativist society. No, there's no Absolute authority, there's no absolute truth. Anything is whatever you want it to be. So we're nearly living in a society where everyone does right in their own eyes, yep, yep, and, and because you will not acknowledge even objective reality and objective truth, our society is decaying and it's it's tearing at the seams, at the fabric of our society, because you have rejected God and his biblical principles and doctrine. Well, I'm guilty of trying to instill in my children biblical principles and doctrine that I know that will leave there, that will lead to their eternal life in Jesus Christ. " If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's Heart (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #relativst #noabsoluteauthority #biblicalprinciples #doctrine

"I don't have any problem with indoctrination. I'm as guilty as every single family that raises their own family. They indoctrinate their children into their values, into things that they consider are important, some of them biblical, some of them not biblical. Everybody does that. Indoctrinating as the root word, doctrine. It's teaching. We are teaching our children in a certain teaching, in a certain doctrine, and it is a biblical one. And if I'm guilty of that, then so be it, because in the eyes of God then I'm in a good place. I don't really care what society says." If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's Heart (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #indoctrination #doctrine #teaching #biblicalteaching

"Whoa! God is that severe, but that's the consequence of if you, the Lord shows you something and how you to walk out with your kids and you're gonna let other people come and tell you something different that you do not have a witness about, it's not, It could be biblical, but it's not the biblical that God pointed you in. Then you're gonna stand before the Lord on that one, and that's something that I always told you guys too. I do not want to stand before the Lord Because I was disobeyed and you know have the charge of that. I did not heed him because he knows y'all's heart. Society doesn't know your heart. God knows your heart." If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's Heart (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #witness #standbeforetheLord #godknows

"So, here's the thing... This is where it's important that a husband and wife be of one mind and one accord in what they decide in their home biblically. Take biblical counsel, but at the end of the day, they are the parents that God gave for those children. They are the ones, they are the stewards, not the rest of the church, not your parents, not your grandparents, not the teachers, not you know, people around you. And so we have to stand..." If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's Heart (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #husbandwife #onemind #oneaccord

"There's too much stuff going on where your children are going off in a direction that you never, ever, thought they ever would. It was not even on. Like if you made a list of a hundred things that you were worried about. It wasn't even on that list and all of a sudden, your child went into that because you didn't stop something that you knew was going to be detrimental. You have to and then explain it to the child, and it doesn't matter how you explain it to the child. More than likely your child, already being addicted, will not care what you have to say and will not take into consideration what you have to say and will probably be resented for a long time. But let me give you an example." If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's Heart (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #socialmedia #addiction

"You know how it says my sheep hear my voice and they follow me. Okay, that's the shepherd. He speaks. They listen. If one sheep gets lost, goes astray, the shepherd is gonna leave the 99 to go rescue that one that got lost, went astray for whatever reason. really doesn't tell you. It doesn't intimate anything. And then I started and then I guess the Lord dropped into me. What about the prodigal son? Wasn't the father the shepherd? Yeah. Did the father go after him? No. What's the difference?" If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's Heart (part 6) | Ep. 110 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13300695 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #shepherd #lost #rescue #prodigalson

"I have told moms, if you have any doubts, call me, because I'm pretty transparent and I'm not going to tell you that everything was perfect. I remember one time when we I went to go get a Cuban bread and I went in and I told you guys to wait in the car and then all of a sudden you and Deborah decided you need to go to the bathroom, but you reassured me that John was waiting in the car because I left the car on and then John decided he didn't want to wait in the car by himself. So he locked the door and locked us out of the car and I was so frustrated, I was so mad because then we had to call your father to work because this was in the middle of the day to come and unlock us out of the car. And I would, I remember talking to Miss Althea. I was talking on the way home because I was furious, I was fuming, I wanted to kill y'all. " If you prefer, you can use the following direct links: Shepherding a Child's Heart (part 5) | Ep. 109 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/13152003 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1585741/support #shorts #somad #sofrustrated #fuming