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No Longer Driven – (2004 Sermon)

Hear the call of the Spirit to no longer be driven by the desires of the flesh but rather to be given fully to Jesus. It's a wonderful but painful process that Jesus will take us through if we are willing.

Scriptures Used in Today’s Broadcast: Leviticus 26, Deuteronomy 28, 1 John 3

Most of us have been driven by our fears, expectations of others and ourselves, and many other things. The question is whether we will give all of these things into the hands of Jesus and be set free to serve Him, to love Him, and to obey Him. Even the curses of God are a call to come back to Him as explained by Pastor Ray below:

The curses of God are always given in Scripture for one reason. To turn our hearts back to Jesus. Curses are not given to destroy us. They’re given to call us back to his heart. So as I’m driven by those past memories and God begins to deal with me and he begins to bring into my life situations where I have to confront them and recognize who I am and what I am and what he’s really doing is saying now will you give up the control? Will you give up the authority over these things? Will you put them in my hands and will you allow me to rule your life?

Pastor Ray during today’s sermon

Pastor Ray spends the rest of the sermon laying out 1 John 3, which is so glorious and that is the purification of our hearts by the blood of Jesus. Know that this will cost you your life, in every conceivable way.