I have heard pastors say all my life, "You can't go to church on Sunday and live like the rest of the World the rest of the week." You are right in saying that God is not impressed with us. Awesome message today. Thank you.
@@chriss7477 Jesus' parables are sometimes difficult for us to understand, as Jesus told them in words that people of that day and that society could relate to. Dwayne is doing the same for us.
@@abstraction6212 "You have heard as it was said, 'love your neighbor and hate your enemy' but I say unto you this, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
I needed to hear this. I get on my knees and pray every morning and tell God I'm greatful but throughout the day I'm an angry person with a sharp tongue, even with my own family, I pray to God to grant me the strength to be a better person in his name. I lie to myself often but I do not want to lie to God.
@@merowin_We are all children of the fall. Do not feel discouraged because of your natural affinity to sin, merely acknowledging it creates change in oneself, that is the meaning of growth for the kingdom of God is within us, not without. Sorry, felt the need to say that and usually can't articulate my thoughts but I'll keep this one I think 😅
Some verses that always stuck with me are the ones where King David's wife despised him in her heart when she saw him dancing before the Lord with all his heart. She became barron and couldn't give him any children. We must not be critical of or judge others. It's not our job. It's God's. He sees everything. Blessings Dewayne.
The scriptures reveal to me that I am a sinner and in my flesh dwells no good thing. Christ alone is the standard whereby all people will be judged. I need a Substitute, Surety, Redeemer and a righteousness that I cannot produce. I rest alone in the finished work of the Redeemer for sinners, my only hope.
Messiah Yahushua himself taught you, I and everyone who will actually listen to him, to be perfect. This is on absolute harmony with YAHUWAH Elohiym Most High's beautiful and everlasting commandments ie his Torah, and echoes the very commandments given to Abraham and to all of Yisra'el. "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5:48, + Genesis 17:1, Deuteronomy 18:13.
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast."
@@adventurerretro3766 If you think some man, coming after Messiah Yahushua himself, teaching apostasy somehow gets to overwrite or usurp the eternal, everlasting commandments of YAHUWAH Elohiym Most High, you're sorely mistaken, and have been taken for a ride. Romans 3:7 KJV - "For if the truth of God hath more abounded through MY LIE unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?" 2 Corinthians 12:16 KJV - "But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being CRAFTY, I caught you with GUILE." James 2:19-24 KJV - "Thou believest that there is one Elohiym; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed Elohiym, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of Elohiym. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." Who is the vain man coming after Messiah Yahushua that Yahushua's blood brother Ya'acob (James the Just) refuting, for his Sola Fides, faith only salvation doctrines? None but Paul, Saul of Tarsus.
I am a sinner and I have problems and I admit I need to try harder to defeat them. I ask GOD for forgiveness and I will continue to live for him and cast out my wickedness AMEN
Brother or sister, remember that what God commands he will enable us to do. It's for this very purpose that he sent his own Holy Spirit. God's power and love will bring us to conviction and repentance and give us the strength and will to stand strong in the hour of temptation. Do not forget that God's grace which forgave us (and yet forgives us) also made us a new creation in Christ, and in us now exists the very mind of Christ. Through his power we castoff the old works of darkness and clothe ourselves with Christ. Keep acknowledging before God that your strength is not sufficient because Christ himself will be your strength and sufficiency. We were never meant to live the Christian life without his help. Sending up a prayer for you! Please pray for God also keep working in me!
don't focus on fighting sin. Focus on seeking Jesus Christ with all your heart- and He will give you the strength you need. Make a habit of turning to Him consistently during those moments of temptation
I Thirst for You "Behold, I stand at the door and knock… (Rev. 3, 20) It is true. I stand at the door of your heart, day and night. Even when you are not listening, even when you doubt it could be Me, I am there. I await even the smallest sign of your response, even the least whispered invitation that will allow Me to enter into your heart. And I want you to know that whenever you invite Me, I always come - always, without fail. Silent and unseen I come, but with infinite power and love, and bringing the many gifts of My Spirit. I come with My mercy and My desire to forgive and heal you, and with a love for you beyond your comprehension - a love every bit as great as the love I have received from the Father. As much as the Father has loved me, I have loved you. I come longing to console you and give you strength, to lift you up and bind all your wounds. I bring you My light, to dispel your darkness and all your doubts. I come with My power, that I might carry you and all your burdens; with My grace, to touch your heart and transform your life; and My peace will I give to still your soul. I know you through and through. I know everything about you. The very hairs of your head I have numbered. Nothing in your life is unimportant to Me. I have followed you through the years, and I have always loved you - even in your wanderings. I know every one of your problems. I know your needs and your worries. And yes, I even know every one of your sins. But I tell you again that I love you - not for what you have or haven’t done - I love you for you, for the beauty and dignity My Father gave you by creating you in His own image. It is a dignity you have often forgotten, a beauty you have tarnished by sin. But I love you as you are, and I have shed My Blood to win you back. If you only ask Me with faith, My grace will touch all that needs changing in your life, and I will give you the strength to free yourself from sin and all its destructive power. I know what is in your heart - I know your loneliness and all your hurts - the rejections, the judgments, the humiliations, I carried it all before you. And I carried it all for you, so you might share My strength and victory. I know especially your need for love - how you are thirsting to be loved and cherished. But how often have you thirsted in vain, by seeking that love selfishly, striving to fill the emptiness inside you with passing pleasures - with the even greater emptiness of sin. Do you thirst for love? "Come to Me all you who thirst…" (Jn. 7: 37). I will satisfy you and fill you. Do you thirst to be cherished? I cherish you more than you can imagine - to the point of dying on a cross for you. I Thirst for You. Yes, that is the only way to even begin to describe My love for you. I THIRST FOR YOU. I thirst to love you and to be loved by you - that is how precious you are to Me. I THIRST FOR YOU. Come to Me, and I will fill your heart and heal your wounds. I will make you a new creation, and give you peace, even in all your trials I THIRST FOR YOU. You must never doubt My mercy, My acceptance of you, My desire to forgive, My longing to bless you and live My life in you. I THIRST FOR YOU. If you feel unimportant in the eyes of the world, that matters not at all. For Me, there is no one any more important in the entire world than you. I THIRST FOR YOU. Open to Me, come to Me, thirst for Me, give me your life - and I will prove to you how important you are to My Heart. Don’t you realize that My Father already has a perfect plan to transform your life, beginning from this moment? Trust in Me. Ask Me every day to enter and take charge of your life. - and I will. I promise you before My Father in heaven that I will work miracles in your life. Why would I do this? Because I THIRST FOR YOU. All I ask of you is that you entrust yourself to Me completely. I will do all the rest. Even now I see the place My Father has prepared for you in My Kingdom. Remember that you are a pilgrim in this life, on a journey home. Sin can never satisfy you, or bring the peace you seek. All that you have sought outside of Me has only left you more empty, so do not cling to the things of this life. Above all, do not run from Me when you fall. Come to Me without delay. When you give Me your sins, you gave Me the joy of being your Savior. There is nothing I cannot forgive and heal; so come now, and unburden your soul. No matter how far you may wander, no matter how often you forget Me, no matter how many crosses you may bear in this life; there is one thing I want you to always remember, one thing that will never change. I THIRST FOR YOU - just as you are. You don’t need to change to believe in My love, for it will be your belief in My love that will change you. You forget Me, and yet I am seeking you every moment of the day - standing at the door of your heart and knocking. Do you find this hard to believe? Then look at the cross, look at My Heart that was pierced for you. Have you not understood My cross? Then listen again to the words I spoke there - for they tell you clearly why I endured all this for you. Yes, I thirst for you. All your life I have been looking for your love - I have never stopped seeking to love you and be loved by you. You have tried many other things in your search for happiness; why not try opening your heart to Me, right now, more than you ever have before. Whenever you do open the door of your heart, whenever you come close enough, you will hear Me say to you again and again, not in mere human words but in spirit. "No matter what you have done, I love you for your own sake Come to Me with your misery and your sins, with your troubles and needs, and with all your longing to be loved. I stand at the door of your heart and knock. Open to Me, for I THIRST FOR YOU…"
“I try harder to defeat sin.” Some sins are harder to defeat than others. Trust that God will deliver you from sin and put your faith in that holy God to deliver you from them. It’s hard to say and hard to do as I convict myself writing this but truly is the only way to get out of sin.
Butt whippins in the tack shed are still free after all these years.... I'm leaving this video a little more than saddle sore, but I thank the Lord for it, and I thank you Dewayne. May the very King of heaven bless you people for your diligence.
Well said my friend! I was thinking the same thing and I’m thankful for the spanking. I needed that! And so thankful that Dewayne has started this new channel, and not shying away from the hard topics. Thank you Lord for this word today!
Growing up whenever a Christian was upset about something I always heard them say "I need my church", "I need my pastor" "I need my prayer group", etc, etc, Never once have i heard a single one of them say "I need God" or "I need to talk to Christ" I honestly get more out of scripture verses when its just me and God and no one else
My favorite story of Jesus is when he walks into the temple and turns the place over. Then he calls them out,"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness." Absolutely love it.
Isaiah 1:13-17 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
I am Spanish with a Catholic cultural background. I have this very vivid memory of my grandma one night, praying in bed before sleeping, and I asked her about what she was doing. She told me, well in her 80s: ''I am talking to Jesus and Mother Mary, I don't need a church or a priest that in truth is as evil as he can be, to tell me how to talk to God or what to do with my life. They're all evil.'' What she said to me has stuck with me all my life. And it surprises me to have found a man on the internet, many years after, from the other side of the planet, who is basically saying the same thing as her. This can only show how many people, no matter the background, country or religion, have reached the same conclusion, and the same truth. We make the very easy a very complicated thing, when deep inside the Truth is very easy and it's just simply there, in us.
May we fall down on our face and ask Jesus to forgive our sins. When he then gives us directions for our lives may we obey him in everything he asks us to do. The cross is a symbol of death. We must carry our cross and die to our sins. Everything God ask us to do is for our good. Sometimes it is very difficult to trust him. But we must trust him. He knows the plan that he has for our future.
What stood out to me when you read Romans 1:29-32 was the “without understanding” part. We are admonished in Proverbs 4 to “get understanding” and not to be “as the horse or mule which have no understanding.” (Psalm 34:9). It takes humility to honestly seek to understand.
Dewayne, as a younger man This really truly spoke to my heart. I feel ashamed and I know that I’m not in the will of the lord and this was a reminder to straighten up. Thank your for the hard truths sir.
Yes, I have felt ashamed as well brother, but Jesus said whoever trust in him will not be put to shame and our faith will not be in vain. May peace and grace be multiplied by the God of all comfort
Glorify me by how you live and not how you worship. I am 100% convicted, thanks be to God for this brothers teaching its a blessing from above and answered prayer. Glory to God.
God doesn’t want you in a building. He want you to have him in your heart not in the house you do something for God because you want to not because you were told to. I couldn’t agree with you more. It’s always been my problem with religion organized religion organized religion is about what a man wants not what God wants. I talk to God every day because I need him because I love him not because somebody told me to you and I see things very similar for the same reasons. I’ve had a hard life very hard life, but God pushes me every day to do for others not for me not for what I want but for what he wants. I’m so grateful I found you the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Many people go to church and then walk out and do horrible things. Myself included. I went back to the church four years ago, but I am very aware this time that sitting in church is nothing if I can't be a better person when I walk out those doors into the world. I use church to recharge my heart and soul so that I hopefully will continue to improve the way I live, and though that, my relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My ongoing prayer is that he help me to be less like me and more like Him. Thank you for the lesson. God Bless.
Truth. God isn’t impressed on how good a man is. The real way to impress God is by how dedicated you are to serve him and live for others. The passage in Isaiah is about how wicked the Jews were and would offer empty sacrifice in the temple. Meaning they turned it into a ritual doing it because their parents did it/ were told they had to offer sacrifices. John MacArthur once stated it is a hard thing to be raised in the church because most of the things you do are because people make you do them not because you as an individual do them out of Love and honesty for the Lord.
Yes Sir….that’s why we need to examine ourselves to see weather or not we be in the Faith. I know I ain’t where God would have me be. Still tryin’ to fight the good fight after a devastating loss of my long time Tennessee Girlfriend. She was clean & sober for a Year when she passed away from a Heart Condition at the age of 31. You are right about what you mentioned in regards to the corruption on Telephone & Internet…, I ain’t tryin’ to Feed that Filthy Perversion into my Brain. That’s why I no longer own a Television.
This convicted me beyond belief. I’m almost terrified at how much of a hypocrite I’ve become. Thank you for this message. May it reach everyone it has to
well it reached me the slow decline into a pattern; then recognizing that you have become this to Him are we just wrestling against common things or truly hypocrites the way that the Torah and grace come together is so good
Excellent teaching, he who has ears let him hear the Truth! I heard a sermon this morning on The power of the Blood. The Blood of Jesus Christ will never lose its power! That’s the most profound statement I’ve heard in a long time. One drop of Blood from Christ is more powerful than all of the blood from animal sacrifices before Jesus came and died.
Not all who say Lord Lord will enter the kingdom. God looks on the "heart", the heart being the essence of who we really are. When our hearts truly change, our lives will change. We will love God and we will love our neighbor. We will learn to be kind and thankful. We will learn to find happiness as a result. You're right, it isn't in our church attendance or how we dress or how much we give in the offering plate. Those things might be affected by the condition of our heart, but they are not the important things. It's how we love and treat others. Some people are hard to love, but when we look closely, they are in all likelihood the ones who need it most. Most of all we can begin by simply being kind to each other. Give people a smile. That's easy and we need that more than ever these days.
Amen! The church ecclesia is the called out assembly that makes so much sense that he is standing at the door of the church the body of Christ as a whole
And I thought I was doin' soooooo good. How quickly we forget the Lord. Thanks for the great reminder for each and every one of us. Paul said be unceasing in prayer. When we are not, we get ourselves in trouble. Happens to me every time I listen only to myself or trust myself too much.
Every heart that loves God will examine their hearts for any hypocrisy and confess it and repent of it. Every other heart, well, as Wayne put it "move on"
Amen brother! Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Matthew 5:13
Weeeeelllll, my flesh didnt want to hear this today, but its spot on. All the religiosity we can muster isnt fooling the One who sees the toughts and intentions of our hearts.
It was a tough, tough day today. It's the 6th year anniversary of my Dad's passing. I miss him dearly every day. It sure has Not been easy. I know he wants me to be happy again. 😢❤
Thanks for the word ,Dwayne. I haven’t been to church in over 8 years. People in the church ran me out of the church. I’ve seen so much death, my heart is callus. It’s not Gods fault. I’ve just fallen from the peace I once had. I believe but I’m also broken. I sure hope to get back to loving God like I used to.
Amen. Each day the Lord has allowed us to wake up to his beautiful reation, it should be each and every one of ours goal to live that day a better person than the last. Each day with less sin and wickedness in our hearts and minds. I pray that all of us find the will, motivation, and desire to do better. With faith, the Lord can help us achieve anything. Anything is possible through God. Amen and bless yall! ❤
Just think Dawayne, if all these people God touches, thru you, actually fall on our knees and repent with true repentance, then that would definitely change our nation and we would get leaders that are no longer tyrants😊
Ears to Hear / GOD knows everything people need to come to realization of this. And we all fall short but I do believe he knows the ones that are trying to or are living a Holy life and Love him with everything that's in them and need him 24 / 7 yes sir . { Philippians 2:7 } I have not arrived yet , But I'm not where I use to be either a train wreck in the ditch of a Man. Let me tell ya His blood if I confess my sin yep whiter than snow. Thank you this is much appreciated. 👍🏻
Agreed, all have sinned & fall short of the glory of GOD. Sincere Repentance is Faith in Yeshua Hamashiach/ Jesus Christ maintaining a life without willful sin.
Amen! What you say is truth. And in context. This sound has unfortunately been silenced in today's church. So nice to hear this sound again! Holiness is not an option, without holiness no one can see God.
👏👏👏 WELL SAID! 👏👏👏 I can think of lots of "others" who are this. Minimum work for maximum rewards is what comes to mind, but... You called me out too! Thank you for that. We all need that mirror turned around once in a while to, "examine ourselves", and keep ourselves corrected.
Thank you for your time Mr. Dewayne. Appreciate you putting out the videos on this channel so regularly. God bless you have a good rest of your Sunday.
It's odd that I just caught this video tonight, as I just read chapter 1 last night! This is so much related to today and what is happening not only to people but in our nation! We should be on our face before Him. A nation under judgment.
As a Roman Catholic, what you say rings true to me, Dewayne. All Christians must do some profound soul searching to figure out if their actions and interior dispositions conform to their words and outward practices.
“So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:6-7 NLT
Ezekiel 16 sums this up nicely, the most significant part being verses 59-60: For thus says the Lord God: "I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant."
I always love what you say! You’re like a dad figure that I would definitely listen to! I wouldn’t say I don’t believe in god, instead I would say I don’t know … but I would say is I do feel and sense of something I feel and it hits differently within my body , I am saying there’s a higher source and it makes you feel good all over . So much joy and no sorrows . I do however believe in angels ! I know how ironic of me to say I know. Haha. I’m Chinese lady and I love you and mamma bear 🐻 with love Shanda .
Best church I ever attended was out in the timber on my horse literally crying out to God. I like to think the rocks cried out with me. I spend a lot of time in prayer and petition. The word woodshed keeps cropping up...
Where are you from? I am from North Alabama. You and I are bold and get straight to the truth and stand on that bold truth, which is Jesus Christ!!! Don't stop, brother!! All glory and praise to our LORD Jesus Christ!!
Dude, that was so profoundly true. I think about these things all the time and am constantly trying to do the right thing. I often make mistakes and foul up, but I find joy in making life better for the animals and humans in. my world, with God’s help. Thank you for a wonderful talk.
I have heard pastors say all my life, "You can't go to church on Sunday and live like the rest of the World the rest of the week." You are right in saying that God is not impressed with us. Awesome message today. Thank you.
Hes breaking it down and explaining the things we all need to hear.
@@chriss7477 Jesus' parables are sometimes difficult for us to understand, as Jesus told them in words that people of that day and that society could relate to. Dwayne is doing the same for us.
That was powerful and direct. Thank you, Godbless.
“It doesn’t matter what truth we teach until it matters what truth we live.” Thanks for the nuggets of gold, the treasures AND warnings of God’s Word!
Momma went with Jesus Sunday. She led us all to the Lord. It took me 50 odd years but i finally came home to Him.
I'm sorry for your loss. May God give you strength.
@@Rude_Boi what loss
@@Rude_Boi thank you sooo much!!
Welcome home my brother! You will now be able to see your mom again.
Hallelujah! the LORD be praised in Jesus name, Amen.
“If you hate your brother, you’ve already murdered him in your heart” might be the best and most enlightening phrase I’ve ever heard.
Abusive siblings exist you know, and I'm not excusing a family member to get away with commiting atrocities
@@abstraction6212 "You have heard as it was said, 'love your neighbor and hate your enemy' but I say unto you this, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
I'm nothing but a filthy rag. I thank Christ for His mercy and gift of His Spirit
Amen! Thank You Jesus!
@@ajeedapoetreincarnatedquee1431 hallelujah
Amen God Bless🙏
@@jahshshdhdgsh4686 Thank you. Same for you
do not call yourself that. you are Christs' beloved
I needed to hear this. I get on my knees and pray every morning and tell God I'm greatful but throughout the day I'm an angry person with a sharp tongue, even with my own family, I pray to God to grant me the strength to be a better person in his name. I lie to myself often but I do not want to lie to God.
Live for Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Not for yourself. Give him your heart and life.
I wish we would think like this 24/7
@@merowin_We are all children of the fall. Do not feel discouraged because of your natural affinity to sin, merely acknowledging it creates change in oneself, that is the meaning of growth for the kingdom of God is within us, not without.
Sorry, felt the need to say that and usually can't articulate my thoughts but I'll keep this one I think 😅
@@svmwasthesheet1971i sometimes have the need to say something like this 😅
First you must release your heart from the world to do that. And that is a tremendous battle
God needs to be with us 7 days per week not just church days.
Amen
Hard truths, not easy lies. That's how I came to know Jesus Christ our Lord.
Be humble, sincerely repent, and follow him.
Peace be with you.
Learning to love that feeling of conviction in the spirit
Some verses that always stuck with me are the ones where King David's wife despised him in her heart when she saw him dancing before the Lord with all his heart. She became barron and couldn't give him any children. We must not be critical of or judge others. It's not our job. It's God's. He sees everything. Blessings Dewayne.
The scriptures reveal to me that I am a sinner and in my flesh dwells no good thing. Christ alone is the standard whereby all people will be judged. I need a Substitute, Surety, Redeemer and a righteousness that I cannot produce. I rest alone in the finished work of the Redeemer for sinners, my only hope.
Amen brother
Amen
Messiah Yahushua himself taught you, I and everyone who will actually listen to him, to be perfect. This is on absolute harmony with YAHUWAH Elohiym Most High's beautiful and everlasting commandments ie his Torah, and echoes the very commandments given to Abraham and to all of Yisra'el.
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5:48, + Genesis 17:1, Deuteronomy 18:13.
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast."
@@adventurerretro3766 If you think some man, coming after Messiah Yahushua himself, teaching apostasy somehow gets to overwrite or usurp the eternal, everlasting commandments of YAHUWAH Elohiym Most High, you're sorely mistaken, and have been taken for a ride.
Romans 3:7 KJV - "For if the truth of God hath more abounded through MY LIE unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?"
2 Corinthians 12:16 KJV - "But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being CRAFTY, I caught you with GUILE."
James 2:19-24 KJV - "Thou believest that there is one Elohiym; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed Elohiym, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of Elohiym.
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."
Who is the vain man coming after Messiah Yahushua that Yahushua's blood brother Ya'acob (James the Just) refuting, for his Sola Fides, faith only salvation doctrines? None but Paul, Saul of Tarsus.
I am a sinner and I have problems and I admit I need to try harder to defeat them. I ask GOD for forgiveness and I will continue to live for him and cast out my wickedness AMEN
AMEN me too He knows our hearts
Brother or sister, remember that what God commands he will enable us to do. It's for this very purpose that he sent his own Holy Spirit. God's power and love will bring us to conviction and repentance and give us the strength and will to stand strong in the hour of temptation. Do not forget that God's grace which forgave us (and yet forgives us) also made us a new creation in Christ, and in us now exists the very mind of Christ. Through his power we castoff the old works of darkness and clothe ourselves with Christ. Keep acknowledging before God that your strength is not sufficient because Christ himself will be your strength and sufficiency. We were never meant to live the Christian life without his help. Sending up a prayer for you! Please pray for God also keep working in me!
don't focus on fighting sin. Focus on seeking Jesus Christ with all your heart- and He will give you the strength you need. Make a habit of turning to Him consistently during those moments of temptation
I Thirst for You
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock… (Rev. 3, 20)
It is true. I stand at the door of your heart, day and night. Even when you are not listening, even when you doubt it could be Me, I am there. I await even the smallest sign of your response, even the least whispered invitation that will allow Me to enter into your heart.
And I want you to know that whenever you invite Me, I always come - always, without fail. Silent and unseen I come, but with infinite power and love, and bringing the many gifts of My Spirit. I come with My mercy and My desire to forgive and heal you, and with a love for you beyond your comprehension - a love every bit as great as the love I have received from the Father. As much as the Father has loved me, I have loved you. I come longing to console you and give you strength, to lift you up and bind all your wounds. I bring you My light, to dispel your darkness and all your doubts. I come with My power, that I might carry you and all your burdens; with My grace, to touch your heart and transform your life; and My peace will I give to still your soul.
I know you through and through. I know everything about you. The very hairs of your head I have numbered. Nothing in your life is unimportant to Me. I have followed you through the years, and I have always loved you - even in your wanderings. I know every one of your problems. I know your needs and your worries. And yes, I even know every one of your sins. But I tell you again that I love you - not for what you have or haven’t done - I love you for you, for the beauty and dignity My Father gave you by creating you in His own image. It is a dignity you have often forgotten, a beauty you have tarnished by sin. But I love you as you are, and I have shed My Blood to win you back. If you only ask Me with faith, My grace will touch all that needs changing in your life, and I will give you the strength to free yourself from sin and all its destructive power.
I know what is in your heart - I know your loneliness and all your hurts - the rejections, the judgments, the humiliations, I carried it all before you. And I carried it all for you, so you might share My strength and victory. I know especially your need for love - how you are thirsting to be loved and cherished. But how often have you thirsted in vain, by seeking that love selfishly, striving to fill the emptiness inside you with passing pleasures - with the even greater emptiness of sin. Do you thirst for love? "Come to Me all you who thirst…" (Jn. 7: 37). I will satisfy you and fill you. Do you thirst to be cherished? I cherish you more than you can imagine - to the point of dying on a cross for you.
I Thirst for You. Yes, that is the only way to even begin to describe My love for you. I THIRST FOR YOU. I thirst to love you and to be loved by you - that is how precious you are to Me. I THIRST FOR YOU. Come to Me, and I will fill your heart and heal your wounds. I will make you a new creation, and give you peace, even in all your trials I THIRST FOR YOU. You must never doubt My mercy, My acceptance of you, My desire to forgive, My longing to bless you and live My life in you. I THIRST FOR YOU. If you feel unimportant in the eyes of the world, that matters not at all. For Me, there is no one any more important in the entire world than you. I THIRST FOR YOU. Open to Me, come to Me, thirst for Me, give me your life - and I will prove to you how important you are to My Heart.
Don’t you realize that My Father already has a perfect plan to transform your life, beginning from this moment? Trust in Me. Ask Me every day to enter and take charge of your life. - and I will. I promise you before My Father in heaven that I will work miracles in your life. Why would I do this? Because I THIRST FOR YOU. All I ask of you is that you entrust yourself to Me completely. I will do all the rest. Even now I see the place My Father has prepared for you in My Kingdom. Remember that you are a pilgrim in this life, on a journey home. Sin can never satisfy you, or bring the peace you seek. All that you have sought outside of Me has only left you more empty, so do not cling to the things of this life. Above all, do not run from Me when you fall. Come to Me without delay. When you give Me your sins, you gave Me the joy of being your Savior. There is nothing I cannot forgive and heal; so come now, and unburden your soul.
No matter how far you may wander, no matter how often you forget Me, no matter how many crosses you may bear in this life; there is one thing I want you to always remember, one thing that will never change. I THIRST FOR YOU - just as you are. You don’t need to change to believe in My love, for it will be your belief in My love that will change you. You forget Me, and yet I am seeking you every moment of the day - standing at the door of your heart and knocking. Do you find this hard to believe? Then look at the cross, look at My Heart that was pierced for you. Have you not understood My cross? Then listen again to the words I spoke there - for they tell you clearly why I endured all this for you. Yes, I thirst for you. All your life I have been looking for your love - I have never stopped seeking to love you and be loved by you. You have tried many other things in your search for happiness; why not try opening your heart to Me, right now, more than you ever have before.
Whenever you do open the door of your heart, whenever you come close enough, you will hear Me say to you again and again, not in mere human words but in spirit. "No matter what you have done, I love you for your own sake Come to Me with your misery and your sins, with your troubles and needs, and with all your longing to be loved. I stand at the door of your heart and knock. Open to Me, for I THIRST FOR YOU…"
“I try harder to defeat sin.” Some sins are harder to defeat than others. Trust that God will deliver you from sin and put your faith in that holy God to deliver you from them. It’s hard to say and hard to do as I convict myself writing this but truly is the only way to get out of sin.
Butt whippins in the tack shed are still free after all these years.... I'm leaving this video a little more than saddle sore, but I thank the Lord for it, and I thank you Dewayne. May the very King of heaven bless you people for your diligence.
Well said my friend! I was thinking the same thing and I’m thankful for the spanking. I needed that! And so thankful that Dewayne has started this new channel, and not shying away from the hard topics. Thank you Lord for this word today!
Growing up whenever a Christian was upset about something I always heard them say "I need my church", "I need my pastor" "I need my prayer group", etc, etc,
Never once have i heard a single one of them say "I need God" or "I need to talk to Christ"
I honestly get more out of scripture verses when its just me and God and no one else
Thank you Jesus Christ for coming to our rescue
Yes and AMEN
Amen, and for every single time we call upon Him.
My favorite story of Jesus is when he walks into the temple and turns the place over. Then he calls them out,"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness."
Absolutely love it.
... And HE MADE THAT WHIP!!!
Is He saying that to you?
@@Missblu1961 Absolutely, that's why I love it!
This is a very needed and fearful message
My brokenness feels beyond repair, but for Jesus.
Same 😭
Isaiah 1:13-17 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Truth! God clean my heart in Jesus Name
I am Spanish with a Catholic cultural background. I have this very vivid memory of my grandma one night, praying in bed before sleeping, and I asked her about what she was doing. She told me, well in her 80s: ''I am talking to Jesus and Mother Mary, I don't need a church or a priest that in truth is as evil as he can be, to tell me how to talk to God or what to do with my life. They're all evil.'' What she said to me has stuck with me all my life. And it surprises me to have found a man on the internet, many years after, from the other side of the planet, who is basically saying the same thing as her. This can only show how many people, no matter the background, country or religion, have reached the same conclusion, and the same truth. We make the very easy a very complicated thing, when deep inside the Truth is very easy and it's just simply there, in us.
"Glorify me by how you live"
Love this
May we fall down on our face and ask Jesus to forgive our sins. When he then gives us directions for our lives may we obey him in everything he asks us to do. The cross is a symbol of death. We must carry our cross and die to our sins. Everything God ask us to do is for our good. Sometimes it is very difficult to trust him. But we must trust him. He knows the plan that he has for our future.
What stood out to me when you read Romans 1:29-32 was the “without understanding” part. We are admonished in Proverbs 4 to “get understanding” and not to be “as the horse or mule which have no understanding.” (Psalm 34:9). It takes humility to honestly seek to understand.
Convicted. Thanks for the wake up call.
Ive realized how deep scripture actually is, its not just words its Gods words and they will echo through eternity forever
Dewayne, as a younger man This really truly spoke to my heart. I feel ashamed and I know that I’m not in the will of the lord and this was a reminder to straighten up. Thank your for the hard truths sir.
Yes, I have felt ashamed as well brother, but Jesus said whoever trust in him will not be put to shame and our faith will not be in vain.
May peace and grace be multiplied by the God of all comfort
Proverbs 3 12 translation NLT,For the LORD corrects those he loves,just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights
This brought me to tears, you’re right Dewayne
Glorify me by how you live and not how you worship. I am 100% convicted, thanks be to God for this brothers teaching its a blessing from above and answered prayer. Glory to God.
God doesn’t want you in a building. He want you to have him in your heart not in the house you do something for God because you want to not because you were told to. I couldn’t agree with you more. It’s always been my problem with religion organized religion organized religion is about what a man wants not what God wants. I talk to God every day because I need him because I love him not because somebody told me to you and I see things very similar for the same reasons. I’ve had a hard life very hard life, but God pushes me every day to do for others not for me not for what I want but for what he wants. I’m so grateful I found you the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Your reward will be great in heaven. Peace be with you.
Yeah, empathy for you 4 sure, because life is a hard road for everybody, get that and brush it off.
Many people go to church and then walk out and do horrible things. Myself included. I went back to the church four years ago, but I am very aware this time that sitting in church is nothing if I can't be a better person when I walk out those doors into the world. I use church to recharge my heart and soul so that I hopefully will continue to improve the way I live, and though that, my relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My ongoing prayer is that he help me to be less like me and more like Him. Thank you for the lesson. God Bless.
John 3:30 !!! Me, too... ❤️❤️❤️
Truth. God isn’t impressed on how good a man is. The real way to impress God is by how dedicated you are to serve him and live for others.
The passage in Isaiah is about how wicked the Jews were and would offer empty sacrifice in the temple. Meaning they turned it into a ritual doing it because their parents did it/ were told they had to offer sacrifices. John MacArthur once stated it is a hard thing to be raised in the church because most of the things you do are because people make you do them not because you as an individual do them out of Love and honesty for the Lord.
Yes Sir….that’s why we need to examine ourselves to see weather or not we be in the Faith. I know I ain’t where God would have me be. Still tryin’ to fight the good fight after a devastating loss of my long time Tennessee Girlfriend. She was clean & sober for a Year when she passed away from a Heart Condition at the age of 31. You are right about what you mentioned in regards to the corruption on Telephone & Internet…, I ain’t tryin’ to Feed that Filthy Perversion into my Brain. That’s why I no longer own a Television.
God bless you brother! Sorry for your loss!
This convicted me beyond belief. I’m almost terrified at how much of a hypocrite I’ve become. Thank you for this message. May it reach everyone it has to
well it reached me
the slow decline into a pattern; then recognizing that you have become this to Him
are we just wrestling against common things or truly hypocrites
the way that the Torah and grace come together is so good
Dewayne the word of the Lord sure puts a person in their place .🙏
God Bless us all with a Godly, humble heart. Love like Jesus Christ ❤Amen. You can do it!!
Excellent teaching, he who has ears let him hear the Truth!
I heard a sermon this morning on The power of the Blood.
The Blood of Jesus Christ will never lose its power!
That’s the most profound statement I’ve heard in a long time. One drop of Blood from Christ is more powerful than all of the blood from animal sacrifices before Jesus came and died.
So true, worship alone is not enough. Living right is the harder part.
Oh thank you god for your goodness and forgiveness!
Powerful words, Lord may our sacrifices be acceptable in your sight. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Not all who say Lord Lord will enter the kingdom. God looks on the "heart", the heart being the essence of who we really are. When our hearts truly change, our lives will change. We will love God and we will love our neighbor. We will learn to be kind and thankful. We will learn to find happiness as a result. You're right, it isn't in our church attendance or how we dress or how much we give in the offering plate. Those things might be affected by the condition of our heart, but they are not the important things. It's how we love and treat others. Some people are hard to love, but when we look closely, they are in all likelihood the ones who need it most. Most of all we can begin by simply being kind to each other. Give people a smile. That's easy and we need that more than ever these days.
Amen! The church ecclesia is the called out assembly that makes so much sense that he is standing at the door of the church the body of Christ as a whole
I’ll pray tonight in gratitude for your humbling wisdom of the lord. As a young man it’s more valuable than gold, I mean that literally.
And I thought I was doin' soooooo good. How quickly we forget the Lord. Thanks for the great reminder for each and every one of us. Paul said be unceasing in prayer. When we are not, we get ourselves in trouble. Happens to me every time I listen only to myself or trust myself too much.
Every heart that loves God will examine their hearts for any hypocrisy and confess it and repent of it. Every other heart, well, as Wayne put it "move on"
Amen
Amen brother!
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Matthew 5:13
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The BEST SERMON ever given, is a life well lived. Love yall, God bless you.
I don’t go to church or read the Bible to impress God or anyone else. I do these things to learn about Him.
The church is us!!
10:03 Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:16)
Godly wisdom from a fellow pilgrim on our journey.
Thank you.
Weeeeelllll, my flesh didnt want to hear this today, but its spot on. All the religiosity we can muster isnt fooling the One who sees the toughts and intentions of our hearts.
It was a tough, tough day today. It's the 6th year anniversary of my Dad's passing. I miss him dearly every day. It sure has Not been easy. I know he wants me to be happy again. 😢❤
Then don’t let him down. Be happy.
Thanks for the word ,Dwayne. I haven’t been to church in over 8 years. People in the church ran me out of the church. I’ve seen so much death, my heart is callus. It’s not Gods fault. I’ve just fallen from the peace I once had. I believe but I’m also broken. I sure hope to get back to loving God like I used to.
You have to take responsibility for your own actions, not lay it on people, start there. Said only in love maybe tough.
I’m guilty….😢 Thanks for the message today. I appreciate it
Amen. Each day the Lord has allowed us to wake up to his beautiful reation, it should be each and every one of ours goal to live that day a better person than the last. Each day with less sin and wickedness in our hearts and minds. I pray that all of us find the will, motivation, and desire to do better. With faith, the Lord can help us achieve anything. Anything is possible through God. Amen and bless yall! ❤
You are the first person that I have heard the word from that I can take in and actually hear you. Thank you for being there in so many ways.
Just think Dawayne, if all these people God touches, thru you, actually fall on our knees and repent with true repentance, then that would definitely change our nation and we would get leaders that are no longer tyrants😊
Dwayne you cut right to the quick, it's refreshing and needed. Thank you!
The Holy spirit, has spoken ! Thank You Lord for your word ! Blessed be the lord, Amen
Thank you Mr. Dwayne. You make the Bible very understandable for me.
Ears to Hear / GOD knows everything people need to come to realization of this. And we all fall short but I do believe he knows the ones that are trying to or are living a Holy life and Love him with everything that's in them and need him 24 / 7 yes sir . { Philippians 2:7 } I have not arrived yet , But I'm not where I use to be either a train wreck in the ditch of a Man. Let me tell ya His blood if I confess my sin yep whiter than snow. Thank you this is much appreciated. 👍🏻
God is using this man to send a message to us, God is speaking and if we dont hear and act upon it then we are in trouble.
Great message, none of us are perfect but there is one who is ✝️ let’s all try to be better followers of the faith
This is a good message, I needed to hear this
Whew, tough words to hear but so needed and true.
Thank you for your clear and inspired messages. I need to clean up my life to be sure. I am foul and need the grace of God to strengthen me.
Thank you for these hard truths that I needed to hear today, sir.
God is the greatest...God bless you mister
May God Continue To Watch Over Dewayne And Bless Him🙏🏽‼️ Thank You For This Message!!
Thanks for your video
I pray that whatever God desires of us, that we just do it.
Whew, Powerful VERY GOOD & Needed. Thank you brother for the message. It SPOKE to my heart.
Agreed, all have sinned & fall short of the glory of GOD. Sincere Repentance is Faith in Yeshua Hamashiach/ Jesus Christ maintaining a life without willful sin.
🧑🌾"amen"church begins as you go out of the church"
Amen! What you say is truth. And in context. This sound has unfortunately been silenced in today's church. So nice to hear this sound again! Holiness is not an option, without holiness no one can see God.
All I can say is…..AMEN 🙏‼️Thank you for starting this channel Dewayne, what a true blessing.
👏👏👏 WELL SAID! 👏👏👏
I can think of lots of "others" who are this. Minimum work for maximum rewards is what comes to mind, but...
You called me out too! Thank you for that. We all need that mirror turned around once in a while to, "examine ourselves", and keep ourselves corrected.
As always, thank you so much for these videos. God bless 🙏🏼 ❤️🔥 ✝️ 💪🏽
That was said so beautiful, amen ❤ forgive us Lord
Thank you for your time Mr. Dewayne. Appreciate you putting out the videos on this channel so regularly. God bless you have a good rest of your Sunday.
The spirit speaks through you man I've been watching for a couple weeks and each of these hit hard.
WOWWWWW. This caused me to take inventory. Please continue on this setting-ourselves-straight topic.
AMEN brother! That message hit me right in the heart! Thank you for sharing.
It's odd that I just caught this video tonight, as I just read chapter 1 last night! This is so much related to today and what is happening not only to people but in our nation! We should be on our face before Him. A nation under judgment.
As a Roman Catholic, what you say rings true to me, Dewayne. All Christians must do some profound soul searching to figure out if their actions and interior dispositions conform to their words and outward practices.
There is no worldly gesture that can conceal a failure of character from the lord.
Thank you for speaking Truth and being True to God. 🙏🏻
“So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.”
1 John 1:6-7 NLT
Amen. Thank you. Micah 7:7-9
Thank you very much, This is very powerful and helpful to me. Your video's on both your channels are a huge help to me.
Thank you.
Thanks Dwayne, it's encouraging that someone is standing strong for the TRUTH, well done we appreciate it all the way from Australia.
In Malachi God said that he wished someone would block the church doors to keep the insincere from coming in.
Wow. What a gut punch. I'm such a hypocrite and a liar.. please pray for me
Cold hard dose of reality, much needed 💜
Ezekiel 16 sums this up nicely, the most significant part being verses 59-60: For thus says the Lord God: "I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant."
I always love what you say! You’re like a dad figure that I would definitely listen to! I wouldn’t say I don’t believe in god, instead I would say I don’t know … but I would say is I do feel and sense of something I feel and it hits differently within my body , I am saying there’s a higher source and it makes you feel good all over . So much joy and no sorrows . I do however believe in angels ! I know how ironic of me to say I know. Haha. I’m Chinese lady and I love you and mamma bear 🐻 with love Shanda .
Wow! This one brought me to tears of repentance. Amazing intervention
Thank you for your straight forward videos!
Best church I ever attended was out in the timber on my horse literally crying out to God. I like to think the rocks cried out with me.
I spend a lot of time in prayer and petition. The word woodshed keeps cropping up...
Where are you from? I am from North Alabama. You and I are bold and get straight to the truth and stand on that bold truth, which is Jesus Christ!!! Don't stop, brother!! All glory and praise to our LORD Jesus Christ!!
Dude, that was so profoundly true. I think about these things all the time and am constantly trying to do the right thing. I often make mistakes and foul up, but I find joy in making life better for the animals and humans in. my world, with God’s help. Thank you for a wonderful talk.