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The Kingdom Is For Now By: Dr. Pete Norris

Harvest Fellowship Church

Jun 2, 2026 · 29 min5K

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The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. (Luke 16:16 NKJV)

Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in. (Luke 16:16 NLT)

The kingdom is not a religion, but a government Royal heavenly relationship with our Father.

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.”(Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV)

Jesus went teaching the gospel of the Kingdom.

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. (Matthew 4:23 NKJV)

Jesus taught his disciples to teach the kingdom.

“And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” (Matthew 10:7-8 NKJV)

“And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’” (Luke 10:9 NKJV)

And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. (Acts 19:8 NKJV)

“He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.” (Luke 19:12-13 KJV)

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Matthew 24:14 KJV)

Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:20-21 NKJV)

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Romans 14:17 NKJV)

You will either think like God or think like men.

When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” (Matthew 9:27-29 NKJV)

And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16 NKJV)

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of Lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful. (Revelation 17:14 NKJV)

King of Kings not King of servants. To those who have accepted a relationship with Jesus’ message and purpose, they are no longer servants.

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be Lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (Galatians 4:1-7 KJV)

“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.” (John 15:15 NKJV)

He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.” (Matthew 13:11-12 NKJV)

If you follow what you understand in the natural, you will have what you see. If you can perceive the boundless potential in the spiritual, you will receive what you believe.

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. (I John 4:17 NKJV)

“And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:29-32 NKJV)

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Today on Power In The World. God makes perfect people. Listen, we're not born perfect except in Christ. We're born into this world because of Adam's fault. We're born in this world as a sinner. But because of his marvelous grace we're made righteous and upright and we can stand before the Father without any condemnation because he came to earth to set up a kingdom to bring me a new joy to bring us not just out of sin but out of darkness into the glorious light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That's what me and you are living in now. Welcome to Power In The World. Jesus preached about the kingdom of God so people ask is the kingdom now or is it in the future? So today Dr. Norris examines the kingdom of God. He defines the kingdom and explains when the kingdom arrives. It's an eye-opening message so you stay with us and be encouraged. So I want to talk today about the kingdom is now. How many of you know the kingdom's for now? Right now. You know a lot of people preaching the kingdom of God's coming but guys we're in the kingdom right now and if the kingdom of God's not on the earth then the Holy Spirit's not in me and you. So the kingdom is here on earth right now. Look at somebody say the kingdom's inside you. How do I release that kingdom? How do I get that kingdom out of me and operate that kingdom on this earth? Now think about it just a minute. How do I function? How do I operate the kingdom? How many of you know God loves you? He's got a great plan for your life and that plan is good and it's not evil and it's got an expected end. Right? So let's go to Luke 16 16 in the New King James. The law and the prophets were until John. In other words that John was the end of the law and the prophets. Right? Bible said there's never been anybody greater than John until you and I were born. Amen? But when the new creation started that John was nothing compared to us. Right? The Bible said Solomon was nothing compared to us until Jesus was born. You and I've turned into some kind of something. Look at somebody say I'm some kind of something. The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time, since that time the kingdom of God has been preached to everyone and everyone is pressing into it. So the kingdom of God's being preached and everyone's pressing into it. When Jesus came back after the

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resurrection what did he preach? He preached the kingdom. The Bible said that Paul preached the kingdom. Now I want you to go to Luke 16 16 in the NLT. New Living Translation. Until John the Baptist the law of Moses and the message of the prophets were your guides. How many of you know that we're not supposed to be led by a prophet in the church or an apostle in a church or anybody in the church. We're supposed to be led by the Holy Spirit. Right? That's living on the inside of us. Now does that mean prophets and and and and and apostles are here on the earth now? Absolutely. But prophetic words are going to be a confirmation of something God's already told you. Okay. Think about it guys. If a prophet comes and tells you to go to China he's gonna have to go to China until you want to come home. Right? So we've got to learn to listen to the Holy Spirit on the inside of us that's going to teach us all things and bring all things our remembrance that he said unto us. Right? So the Holy Spirit's going to be our guide now. Right? But now the good news of the kingdom of God is preached and everyone is eager to get in. Everyone is eager to get in. Now think about it. It didn't say that everyone's going to get into the church and everyone's eager to get in the church. You know why? Because we're not preaching the kingdom. We're preaching religion. Here's what's happening in the world. We're telling people how to help themselves. You do this and this and this and this and this and this. You know most messages today are going to be about that deep. And I'm not meaning that in a critical way. I'm not meaning that in an ugly way. I'm not meaning that in a disrespectful way. How is that changing and transforming our life? How are we walking out of here with anything that's going to take us and elevate us and move us forward and learn anything extra and new about this person named Jesus? See it's all about Jesus and that's what the kingdom of God. And he said the good news. So it should be good news not bad news. When I went to church it was bad news. You're going to hell Pete. You're going to hell buddy. You're going to bust it wide open if you got that sin in your life and you got a bunch of it brother. Now think about it. So the kingdom. Jesus never come for religion guys. He come to set up a kingdom on the earth. He was not

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a Democrat or Republican or now an independent. He was not a transgender. He was not straight. He was God in flesh. Now watch this. But a government royal heavenly relationship with our Father. That's what he come to set up. To restore back a relationship with a father and a son. And that sonship is what me and you are operating in. That's no disrespect for women. But you got to understand that Jesus set up a kingdom. He did not come to bring religion. He come to bring a kingdom into the earth. Now go to Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6. You hear this one at Christmas, for unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. The government shall be upon his shoulders, the government shall be upon his shoulders, the government shall be upon his shoulders. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Five names, what does it mean? It means grace. So we understand that he's the Prince of Peace, so there's going to be some peace in him. He's an Everlasting Father, that means you can't lose it. He's a Mighty God, El Elyon, El Shaddai. Listen guys, he's wonderful, he's a counselor, he's not a dictator, he's not mad at you, he's not angry at you, and the government of the world shall be upon his shoulders because he came to set up a divine kingdom of God on the inside of me and you. What he done is he took his deity spirit and he placed it inside of me and you. God makes perfect people. Listen, we're not born perfect except in Christ. We're born into this world not because of Adam's fault, we're born into this world as a sinner, but because of his marvelous grace we're made righteous and upright and we can stand before the Father without any condemnation because he came to earth to set up a kingdom, to bring me and you joy, to bring us not just out of sin, but out of darkness into the glorious light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That's what me and you are living in now. But look at verse 7. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to order it, to establish it with judgment and justice from the time forward even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. What's he going to do? He's going to increase the government and there will be no end for peace. Why? Because you and I have a covenant of peace with him and he's going to sit upon the throne of David. You and I came from the seed of David and also from the seed of Abraham. Abraham was the lineage of the land and the property and David was the king and the throne that brought

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us into the kingdom. That's why Revelation 1-6 says me and you are kings and priests and we're going to reign on the earth. Revelation 5-10 says you and I are kings and priests. Where at? On this earth. Why? Because the kingdom of God is right here on the inside of us. You ain't got to look for God. He's inside of us. I've heard people say, well you know I found the Lord. The Lord won't ever lost. His purpose was to resurrect into your life and to live inside of you and reveal himself to you. So he gave you his spirit to reveal himself so the spirit on the inside of him is crying out Abba Father for a father-son relationship. There's nothing my son can do to break our lineage because he's got my blood in him. He's got my DNA in him. Now he can change his name. He can deny me for the rest of his life. It's not going to change the fact if you check his DNA he's going to come from me. If they check your DNA you're going to come from God. Think about it a minute. The royal blood of David flows through our veins. How many of you know your royalty? Jesus went teaching the gospel of the kingdom. He said come and bring good news. Think about it a minute. What's good news to somebody that's hearing bad news? Good news means it's good. The good fight of faith. What does that mean? We win. Let's go to Matthew chapter 4 verse 23. And Jesus went about all of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. So we know that he went teaching in the synagogue and preaching the what? The gospel of the kingdom. So he comes speaking the good news and healing the sick and all kinds of disease. So we see what he simply did. Jesus just went around and just healed the sick and preached the kingdom. Well that tells me that inside of understanding the kingdom is probably your healing. So if we don't understand the kingdom of what he was preaching how are we ever going to understand that that's a part of our reward of being a child of God is the healing for our bodies. Because we don't understand the kingdom because we're living in condemnation all the time. Romans 8 and 1 there's no condemnation of those in Christ Jesus. Jesus said in John 3, 17, I didn't come into the world to condemn the world but through me the world might be saved. See he came to bring us life. He come to bring us the kingdom. And a part of that kingdom is the healing of your body. God wants you well. He wants you whole. He wants you upright. He wants you walking in blessings and favor. But see you can't just do this thing temporarily. This is not a part time

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job. He loves you man. He wants to teach you. He wants to show you. He wants to reveal to you all the things he's freely given to you that belong to you. So Jesus taught his disciples to do what? To teach the kingdom. Tell me about the kingdom. See we get all into the Republican and the Democratic party and the Independent party and I'm not against any of that. But here's the answer. The kingdom. So ever what happens in that kingdom is how the king looks. So let me ask you something. If you were standing outside of the kingdom what would God's kingdom look like on earth? Because us on earth is a representation of the kingdom. right? So the way the king who is looked at is based on what the king's inside the kingdom is doing. Correct? So when they look at the earth and they look at the kingdom because the earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof for always in Psalms 20, 24 and 1. But the world, the cosmos, the God of this world, the cosmos is the enemy. 2 Corinthians 4 and 4, the God of this world have blinded the minds of them that believe not. So we understand that Jesus came into the world that the world might be what? Saved. So the word cosmos, so the devil owns the cosmos but he don't own the earth. You got to understand that he owns the earth and everything in it. So we understand the cosmos, we understand that Jesus died for the whole world to redeem everybody inside the cosmos. The world, right? He didn't have to die for the earth, the earth was already his. You understand what I'm saying? So the kingdom representing on the earth is a result of how we see the king and how the king is respected in the kingdom. That's why it's so hard for Americans because we're a Democratic and a Republican parties and we operate through a bureaucracy. Right? And the reality is he wants us to operate through a kingship and a kingdom. If an ambassador from America goes to, let's say, Puerto Rico and he's going to be an ambassador for America in Puerto Rico.

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He doesn't have a say-so in Puerto Rico. He speaks what Americans believe here and that's what he says in Puerto Rico. You and I are heavenly beings and we ought to be talking heavenly things on earth instead of speaking natural things like everybody else. Because that's the way the kingdom functions. Jesus come to earth and that's why he said, and he stood before the disciples and said no one's ever seen the Father in heaven, no one's ever been to heaven, but he that came from heaven that is in heaven right now standing with you. He was saying I'm in heaven even though I'm standing with you right now. Think about that just a minute. Let's go to Matthew chapter 10 verse 7. And as you go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Look at verse 8. He didn't say pray for the sick. He said heal the sick. Cleanse the leopard, raise the dead, cast out demons, freely you have received, freely you give. Isn't it amazing? Every time he went and preached the kingdom before he did these things. Is there something beneficially of understanding the kingdom before you can go do this thing? Well let's use the insurance business. I was in that for a little while. In the insurance business. Okay, you go into a house and you say I'm representing Anchors Life and Casualty. We're selling this, this, this, this, life insurance, 401k's, we're selling disability, we're selling all these things. So we represent that company. So I can go in and represent those products because I have a license to sell those products. Jesus came, died on the cross and resurrected and came back and gave me and you the kingdom and now we got the keys to the kingdom and the authority of the kingdom. Now he said represent the kingdom on the earth for me. That's the way this works. It isn't about us trying to barely to get by,

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wondering if we're going to make it tomorrow, hoping that Jesus will come back so we can get on out of here. He healed the sick there and he said to them the kingdom of God has come near to you. Now think about it a minute. Who had come near to him? So he said heal the sick there and say to them the kingdom of God has come near you. In other words, let them know the kingdom of God is near them now because you're here. Now do you understand these people were healing sick before they ever got born again? These people weren't even born again because Jesus hadn't died and resurrected yet. It's going to Luke 19, 12. Therefore a certain nobleman went into a far country and received for himself a kingdom and to return. Luke 13. And he called his ten servants and delivered unto them ten pounds and he said unto them occupy till I come. Think about it a minute. This is Jesus talking, right? He said I want you to occupy the kingdom. As a certain nobleman went into a field to return. So what did he do? He owned the kingdom, right? So he left the kingdom. It means you should be occupying the kingdom, doing business in the kingdom until he comes. Correct? Think about it a minute. Are you operating the kingdom? Or are you just trying to stay saved? I'm telling you, most people on the verge of losing they're hanging on by one string and a knot at the bottom. Ninety percent of what you're dealing with right now is between your ears because that's the seat that Satan's going to sit in and that's the area he's going to deal with in your life and that's the area he's going to wear you out with. I'm telling you, he's going to wear you out if you don't get some revelation and renew your mind and change the way you're thinking. Because the way a man thinketh in his heart, that's exactly how that man is.

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You've got to change the way you're thinking. You've got to change the way you're thinking. If you don't change the way you're thinking, you're never going to change your situation. Listen to me. You're never going to have peace externally until you have peace internally. You've got to find happiness with you. You've got to love to be in your skin. Look at somebody and say, I love being in my skin. sounds like an arrogant statement on it, but turn to someone and say, I love being me. Think about it a minute. Do you love being you? Are you happy being... Jesus told me one time, Pete, you ain't fun to be in. You ain't a whole lot of fun, because I used to be real serious. I'd cast that every devil if the wind blew. I wanted to go through the nursing homes and heal everybody in there. I'd go and pray for everybody. On Sunday afternoons, I'd go to the nursing homes and preach it, and I'd go through the elders, and I'd pray for everybody in there, man. And I'd pray serious. Here's the thing. You don't have to do all that. See, that's having a lot of zeal, but no knowledge. Let's go to Acts chapter 19, verse 8. And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. This is Paul, guys. Paul went to the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reckoning, reasoning, and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. What did Paul preach? Why does nobody know nothing about it? Most people's never even heard about it. And if they've heard about it, they don't know anything about it, because they think it's coming instead of living in us now. How many of you are kingdom now, people? Amen, right? Because the kingdom's inside of us right now, right?

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That's not a cult. That's the kingdom of God living on the inside. What does that mean? The spirit of God's living on the inside of me and you. Now go to Matthew 24 and 14. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come. Think about it a minute. The gospel's going to be preached in all the cosmos. Now think about it. How many of you ever heard this said? Well, I'll tell you what, until people hear about Jesus, people's going to hear about Jesus. They're going to hear about Jesus. Somebody needs to tell them about Jesus. He said this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world. Seek ye first the kingdom. He didn't say seek Jesus. Jesus come to establish a kingdom, died, resurrected, ascended to the Father, making intercessions for me and you. Me and you in the spirit realm are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and now he lives and moves and has his being through us, so he's preaching out of us the revelation of the kingdom of God, and he sent us to establish it. That's why Jesus, that Peter had fished all night, you know the story. Peter had fished all night, and Peter was tired, and Jesus said, catch your nets right over here, after he got out and talked a little bit. And Peter didn't catch no net, he just caught one. He was smart. He was a smarty pants. But what was Jesus saying? Catch them right over here. Why? I'm going to show you what power you're supposed to have them establish on the kingdom. He said, I've given you power upon everything that creepeth upon the earth and everything that moves upon the sea.

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So he said, cast them right there, and the fish are going to be right there, buddy. Cast them right there. Then he told Peter, he said, we've got to pay some taxes. Go catch the first fish that you catch, and in that fish's mouth is going to be a coin that's going to pay our taxes. He operated the kingdom. Now that's crazy to church folks, because they're just trying to survive. And I know that feeling of trying to survive. That ain't a good life. Knowing that you know that you know that you know is a good life. But wondering how God's going to do it. You ever heard people say, God works in mysterious ways? No, he don't. God ain't never done nothing mysterious. He ain't never done anything that was a surprise to you that you can't find in here. If he didn't do this, then it ain't Jesus. Let's go to Luke 17. And when he was asked by the Pharisees, when would the kingdom of God would come? He answered them, and he said, the kingdom of God does not come with observation. You're not going to be able to see it, sweetie. That's what he said. I added the sweetie. Twenty-one. Nor will they say, see here or see there. For indeed, the kingdom of God is where? Now he was talking to the scribes and Pharisees, and he said, the kingdom of God is inside of you right now. You're not going to be able to see it. It's inside you. I mean, the world's full of Thomases. If I could just see it, I'd believe it. If I could put my hand in the palm, if God would do something miraculous for me, I'd believe it. If I see God grow an arm back, I'd believe in Jesus then. Think about it. The Bible said the world's going to want signs, but I don't do things in signs. I am who I am.

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Think about it a minute. And the reality is, is you wouldn't believe if you saw that. That wouldn't make you a believer. That'd make your head believe, but that would never make your heart believe. And the reason God had never done anything for you, is because you ain't never asked Him. Let's go to Romans 14, verse 17. For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but it's righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Now I want you to think about this just a minute. The kingdom of God is not what you eat or what you drink, but it's righteousness. Him whom you know sin, became sin, that you and I might become the righteousness of God. Righteousness is the ability to stand in the presence of the Father or in the presence of the devil without any condemnation or guilt. Think about it. And peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Now how many of you know joy and peace are gifts that come out of righteousness? When we understand who we are, joy is not, I want to say this the right way, joy is not a temporary thing. The joy of the Lord is your strength. You can have joy and happiness is only going to come by happenings. So we're too moved by what happens externally, by what we see and hear and taste and touch and smell and feel, than we are by what we know on the inside. See your victory is not going to come from what you see, your victory is going to come by faith which you're full of. Because faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by the Word of God. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So you and I have the measure of faith according to Romans 12 and 3. So you and I are full of faith.

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Look at somebody and say I'm full of faith. So we're going to do one or two things. Now listen to me very carefully, this is very important, it's the most important thing I'm going to say. You either think like a mortal man or you think like God. You can't be in between. You either think like God or you think like man. I want you to go to Matthew 9 and 27, because I want you to realize how you think. How you think is going to determine everything that happens in your life. You got to understand that. How you think, how you think, how you think, how you think, how you think. I don't know the exact year, but the first time a four minute mile was broken, within the next year 16 people broke it. Why? Because God can be done. As long as something out of reach, it can't never be done. But once you can put it in reach, it can be done. Nothing's ever going to happen in your life that you don't believe is going to happen. You got to believe it. Faith comes by and hearing comes by the Word of God over and over and over and over. So the Kingdom of God is in us now. It's operating right now. Look at somebody and say it's operating in me. Now watch this right here. When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him crying out and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us. Son of David, have mercy on us. Son of David, have mercy on us. That's the flesh side of Jesus. Look at 28.

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And when He had come into the house, the blind man came to Him and Jesus said to him, Do you believe that I'm able to do this? And they said to Him, Yes, Lord. There's your kicker. The Bible said in the book of Acts this man Jesus will be called Lord and Christ. I want to ask you a question. What did Jesus do for you? What does that mean? What does everything mean? A lot. Now that's pretty wide-stretched, isn't it? Don't let a man think he's going to receive anything from God. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. So what does a lot mean? A lot to you is a different lot than somebody that's got a lot. How much money is enough? Well, to you it may be enough to pay my bills. To another person it's enough to buy an extra house. So what's the lot? How big is God to you? That's why some people have a big God and others have a small God. Think about it a minute. He's the same God, but He's big to some people and small to other people. Remember the woman that came to Jesus, the prostitute, and she wiped His hair and wiped His feet with her hair and kept kissing Him, kissing Him on His feet and kissing Him over and over and over. And then He said a statement to her. He said, Much has been forgiven. See most people will tell you this. He forgave me of my sins.

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Then people use this word, He's done everything to me. Really, is He everything? So He controlled your checkbook. He controlled your marriage. He controlled your job. Anything He said, you'd step out and do it, regardless of what it was. Leaving your house, leaving your home, leaving your town, leaving your country. What He said, you'd do it. Think about it a minute. We say, He's everything. Is He? Not that He's going to call you to do those things, that's not what I'm saying. But we make statements that we don't mean. That's why I tell people all the time, be careful what you pray for. You just might get it. And then I heard a person say this week, I don't pray for a patient's brother because he might do it. Let me tell you something. You ain't got to pray for that. It's going to happen anyway. Because a person that lets patients have his perfect work, lacks nothing. A person that lets patients have his perfect work. Some people say, well, I don't know. Patience is a virtue. No, it's a fruit. Turn to somebody and say, it's a fruit. It'll blossom when it's time to blossom. I promise you, it'll come to the forefront when it needs to come to the forefront. And you'll like it. And enjoy it. Get to. You may not enjoy it up front, but you'll enjoy it down the road. Look at 29. And He touched their eyes saying, according to your faith

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let it be to you. So what did He say? It was your faith that made you whole. It's your faith that's going to set you free. It's your faith that's going to believe. It's your faith. See, here's what we do. People struggle in life because of what they've been taught or grew up to believe. Sons grow up, they want to be just like Dad. Then when they find out Dad ain't perfect no more, they want to cut ties. Okay? I wanted to grow up to be just like my dad. I'd run like my dad. I'd walk like my dad. He'd walk really fast. And if you had to keep up with him, you had to run. So I'd run the whole way to the hog house to keep up. I wanted to be just like him. Until I got grown and realized he wasn't perfect. But even though I didn't want to be like him, there was things about me that was like him. Even some of the things I didn't want to be like him was like him. You know where I'm heading with this? So what's going on inside of you is some of the battles of how you grew up. And people don't like this part of the message, but that's how you're going to deal and cope with the things in your life is some of those things being ingrained into you. But also, here's something the Holy Spirit spoke to me one time about my dad. He'd done the best he knew how to do at that time in his life. You can't base decisions on what little bit of experience you've had in that area. There's no perfect parents in the world. There's only a perfect God. And here's what I learned. Life is about growing every day and learning along the way. And as I learn and as I grow, I realize that I cannot be kept in bondage anymore to my past pains. I can't blame anybody anymore for why I am like I am. I am like I am because some of that's the way God made me. That's why I read Psalms 139 all the time. Why'd you make me so complex?

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He made me complex. Didn't he make you complex? But I want to make a statement to you today. You're absolutely special to God. He loves you just like you are. Let me tell you something. Don't let your past stop you from your bright future. Thank you so much for joining us today at Power in the Word. All of us here at Harvest Fellowship Church want you to know that God is not mad with you, but He loves you so very much. And He has a plan for your life. Please feel free to contact us here at Harvest Fellowship Church at our website HarvestFellowshipChurch.net. So until next week, please remember, there's power in the word.

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