Liberty Life Center Podcast Pastor Dawn Rene' McCann

Barry and Patty Jordan, missionaries to Papua, Indonesia, (the western half of the island of New Guinea,) gave a moving report of how the Lord is using them in this majority Muslim nation. They said it is “such a privilege and pleasure” to be used by God in teaching Bible School, spiritually parenting many, many young people, and to also be in outreach to Muslim communities, even building and staffing Christian kindergartens in Muslim communities. Barry and Patty have found an effective way to mentor young people to “lay aside every burden,” and come to the Lord and enter the rest that only He can give. They read Hebrews 12:1 and ask the young person, “Do you have any burdens? And do you want rest from your burden?” Invariably, the answer is yes. Then Barry and Patty encourage them through a deep and cleansing experience of forgiveness, confession, resisting the devil, blessing those who have hurt you, and being filled up with the Holy Spirit. Then they prayed for everyone at the altar.

Pastor Dawn asked several speakers to share 10 minutes each on one of Liberty’s core values—generosity.
1. Bryan Emory spoke on “The Measurement of Generosity,” letting your giving be from your heart, and contrasting measuring your giving with a spoon, a shovel, or a bulldozer!
2. Trish Turner spoke on “The Sensitivity of Generosity,” about being a cheerful giver and being attentive to God to give what another person needs.
3. Letha Skinner reminded us that God loved the world so much that He GAVE His own Son—John 3:16.
4. Duffy Skinner spoke on the wisdom and humility of generosity portrayed by Ruth toward Naomi.
5. Justin Taylor exposed 3 lies the devil tells us so that we will withhold and be sparing instead of generous in our giving.
Each one of our speakers brought the focus back to Jesus

The REAL promise of Pentecost is living a life empowered by the Spirit of God to walk in holiness, to have freedom to live life bigger than wrestling with your demons, to experience a life of discovering what you are capable of when you are partnering with the Holy Spirit! We have the Holy Spirit as our parakletos, our “defense attorney,” the One who is our Helper, but we need to engage with Him fully in order to experience our freedom from the entanglements of the enemy. Pastor Dawn ministered in a deeply personal way with each person to release freedom from sin, depression, confusion and other strongholds. We experienced the Holy Spirit shift the atmosphere as Pastor Dawn prophesied, “The beauty of today is that you have been set free from captivity, awakening the truth in your mind, body and finances, and in your circumstances, that you are not beggars, but you are more than conquerors!” Amen!

We can learn and be inspired by Mary’s story. She leaned on God’s Word and moved forward, trusting God’s leading and direction. Mary believed that God would keep His promises, and decided to trust Him during the uncertainties in life.
Although Mary’s path was unknown, she surrendered to faith, hope and love, and trusted God in moving forward. Moments with God will release hope when you are facing unbelievably difficult challenges. You can experience faith in the midst of the circumstance and say to God as Mary said to the angel, “Let it be done as you have said.” And God will give you grace in that moment to do and be all that He has for you, and you can know that you can feast on His love, rest in His love all the way through the unknowns. The most important thing is to make the “God decision,” and then it’s on God to fulfill it!

Pastor Dawn reminded the body of Christ that we are in a spiritual war, and that when Satan comes with his lies, it is God’s Love that wins the battle for us. There is no force in the universe more powerful than the love our Heavenly Father has for His children. God sent His Son out of love, and He will always love you no matter what. In this time, God is reestablishing us in His love so deeply that we will see God BIG, know His love in our brokenness, turn away from lies of the enemy about God, and understand His love gives us our true identity, and gives us purpose and meaning. Pastor Dawn shared how God called her to be a Pastor at the Sea of Galilee and she saw all the “diamonds” on the water that represented how many lives would be changed by His love and her yes. Tearsa Burgess gave a beautiful testimony of how God realigned her heart and gave her back her confidence that the Love of God would see her through every challenge, and in this process we need each other in the body of Christ.

: Pastor Dawn introduced the topic of Faith, and introduced four people to talk about Faith for 10 minutes each. We learned that Jesus lived full time in both the physical realm and the spiritual realm. Feeding the 5,000 and healing the woman who accessed the spiritual realm by Faith when she touched Him are beautiful examples of living in the unlimited dimension of the spiritual realm. We can do the same things Jesus did if we keep our Faith free from fear. We’ve all been given a measure of Faith, but in some ways, engaging Faith is like a risky investment, as shown in the parable of the talents. God is pleased when we engage Faith to expand His Kingdom because that shows we really believe Him, and we are fully invested. Faith is how the Kingdom of God advances on the earth. Everyone, even an atheist, has Faith in something, so locate your Faith and make sure your Faith is in the Truth. Truth is a person; it’s Jesus! Then saturate yourself in Truth until you experience what you believe. Cultivate the promises you need, and “up the dosage” until God’s Presence is more real to you then any other thing, because Faith knows God’s will and lives intentionally.