God does not see us for our issues the Lord does not see us for our struggles but God sees us for who we are in him we are created for a purpose we are created with gifts and a calling experiencing a problem or an issue in this journey of life should not be your identity you are so much more in Jesus God does not see us where we are but rather for where he's taking us to God you are not defined by your struggles or your issues God can see past your issues to see the
real person underneath now if we allow God to he can take us through the process of healing to overcome these struggles crisis traumas baggage and broken hearts God is in the restoring business you are not your issues we must always remember this our identities are based in Christ and not on our issues to God you are not an alcoholic you are his child who is struggling with alcohol you are not an addict you are his child who is struggling with addiction to God you are not a fornicator you are his child struggling with fornication now
in saying that I do want to be clear and tell you that sin is still sin God does not tolerate sin he loves you you as his child even though you are struggling with sin this should never be an excuse for us to continue living a life of sin though we should fight strive and be resilient to live righteously before him there will be things you struggle with but ultimately you can struggle while you are being set free and being delivered or you can struggle with sin and do nothing about it which is wrong God
does not identify you with your sin any more than you identify your children with their mistakes no matter how many mistakes your children make they are always your children there's nothing they can do to take them out of that designation in the same way the Bible says who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword for I am sure that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come nor powers nor height nor depth nor anything
else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our lord nothing you can do can take you outside the realm of God's grace and mercy your issues do not define you you are defined by love you are not the alcohol you struggle with you are not the addiction that holds you captive you are not the depression that suffocates you you are not the trauma that has been inflicted on you you are a child of God you are beloved so much so that while you were yet a
sinner Christ died for you foreign people of God I want to ask you something when was the last time you publicly acknowledged Jesus Christ as your lord and savior now it may have been to a co-worker that you see every day or to someone you just met and struck up a conversation with but overall I believe that every single one of us during the course of Our Lives we will have at least one opportunity to publicly declare what we believe and who we believe in the Bible says in Matthew 10 verse 32 therefore whoever confesses
me before men him I will also confess before my father who was in heaven now I don't know about you Saints but here's my confession I believe in Jesus Christ I believe that he is the way the truth and the life and no one can get to the father except through Jesus I believe he is the bread of life he is the one who can sustain us I believe that Jesus Christ is the prince of peace and in him you will find peace beyond all human understanding I believe Jesus Christ is the light of the
world and the Good Shepherd I believe he was a Healer and a miracle worker when he walked here on this Earth and I also believe that he is still able to do the impossible even today [Music] I believe he died on a cross for our sins for my sins and I believe that he rose back to life after three days and ascended on high and right now he is Seated on the right side of the father listen to me in the name of Jesus There Is Power Jesus Christ is the name above every other name
he is the author and the finisher of our faith he is the Risen one the almighty one when we speak that name the mighty name of Jesus Christ every sickness has to bow every disease has to leave every chain has to loose and so here is my word to you as believers we should not be ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ we should never compromise the word of God so that we can fit into this world we should not be ashamed of the gospel because the devil in the world oh they are aggressively spreading
a message of deception the devil in this world is aggressively trying to lead people away from the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ and so it's time that we as Believers of Jesus Christ it's time for us to stand up and to declare to the world that there is a savior there is someone who can set you free if you're bound there is a redeemer and his name is Jesus Christ we should not be ashamed of the Gospel but as Christians we must stand up and fight for the gospel we must rise up as Sons and
Daughters of the most high [Music] Isaiah 41 verse 13. for I the Lord your God hold your right hand it is I who say to you fear not I am the one who helps you this is a promise a promise for those seasons in life when you feel as though you can't get a break it's a promise that God Almighty will help you the Lord will come to your Aid he will be your support he will be your Pillar of Strength Isaiah 40 verse 29 says he gives power to the faint and to him who
has no might he increases strength this is a promise a promise for us to hold on to in times of weakness God will give strength to the weary he will help you to stand when times get tough he will help you to move forward when it looks like you are about to be overwhelmed [Music] [Music] foreign
