Nexus Church Jon Purkey

Do you hunger and thirst after the Lord and His Word?! Are you seeking after Him and His truth? God’s supply never runs out, He is always willing to fill you up. Just remember, you can never be filled past the space you create for Him in your life!!!! Make more time for Him in your daily life, invite Him in, give Him full reign to disrupt your schedule and priorities. Watch how He fills up EVERY empty space you make and overflows you with the blessings only He can give! 

Do you know who you are? Before God can bless you, you have to be able to face yourself! It’s only when you admit who you are that God can change you into who you’re supposed to be. Get alone with God and wrestle with Him! Seclusion helps rid us of distraction so we can focus on what the Lord wants to do in our lives. Don’t get discouraged when your camp is emptied out and you’re the only one left — people’s departure can be an opportunity for God to show up! Operate in the kind of faith that says, “God, I’m not gonna let you go until you give me what you promised me!” God’s looking for people who will put a demand on His Word! Give yourself up so that the Lord can take over. It might leave you with a limp, but don’t let the limp fool you — it’s just a sign that you’ve been through something! Let God break your will so He can break forth blessings in your life!

The false thinking that your life can’t or won’t get any better is a lie from the pit of hell! By faith, whatever situation you’re in can change. The Word tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, and that faith come by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Faith activates the very real things God wants to do in your life, but you can’t have faith without investing your time and energy into knowing the Word! Faith isn’t just believing or hoping God will do something; it’s doing what God says to do to prove that you believe it. Faith is sharing responsibility with God for what He’s promised in His Word through our obedience to His Word! Quit being disobedient and expecting to experience the benefits of obedience! God has something mighty in store for you; start operating by faith and watch the impossible happen in your life!

Did you know God had a plan in place for your life before you were even born?! Whether or not you know what it is yet or not, doesn’t change the truth that He does!!! God wants us to lean in to Him, to give Him all of our fears and concerns and weaknesses, so that He can show us the calling He has for our lives and equip us to walk it out on a daily basis!!!!! Don’t get caught in the trap of self pity and doubt the incredible future and good plans the Lord wants to come to pass in your life. In Jeremiah 1, we see how God wants us to surrender our doubts to Him, obey His word in our lives, and watch the mighty ways He will move!!!! 

The devil may want to distract, demotivate, and discourage us, but we’re shouting hallelujah anyhow! 
The enemy doesn’t know what to do when you respond to your pain with praise. A hallelujah allows us to boast in God and give a joyous praise in song, but maybe you’re still stuck in the mess you’re in because you’ve never bothered to raised up a hallelujah. When you think you’re not going to make it, give Him a hallelujah anyhow! When people are spreading lies about you, give Him a hallelujah anyhow! When the doctor’s report is grim, give Him a hallelujah anyhow! You might not feel like it — it’s hard to have a praise when you’re going through hell — but victory comes when you do things you don’t want to do. It’s called a sacrifice of praise for a reason! It’s a sacrifice to shout for joy in pit of despair! Stop putting up with what the devil is trying to scheme in your life! Stop looking at your situation and start looking at your Creator! Stop complaining, and praise Him with a hallelujah anyhow!

Do you allow God’s Word to settle into your life so that it can produce change? Just because people sit in church and hear the gospel doesn’t mean change will take place! The parable of the sower shows us that not only were hearts created by God to bring forth fruit when God’s Word is planted in it, but that not all hearts can be receptive to the truth! Has your heart been hardened by sin? Are you just hoping for a quick fix from God? Are the pleasures of this world choking out the seed that’s been planted in your heart? Only the fertile soil of an open heart can be receptive to God’s truth! We must be able to hear AND understand what the Holy Spirit is telling us through the Word. Jesus is the Gardner who can give you that fertile soil and change your heart – no other soil is able to receive the seed! The Lord is looking for His steadfast and immovable people in these last days. Come to Him and let him do the work of changing your heart!