Oct. 9 (AFT) - The Champ Is Here Part 9

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ahead and take your seats. My name is Pastor Dylan, and I'm

one of the ordained pastors here.

Love quest. And I have been entrusted with

the honor and privilege of sharing a word with you this

morning. And I want to be sure to take a

moment to give honor, where honor is due.

I want to thank my pastors my spiritual parents, my spiritual

covering passed through Terrence and Sister Julia for trusting me

with this microphone for extending an opportunity, for me

to discover my voice to step into my gift, to release my

anointing, an opportunity for me to release the champion that's

inside of me. And so I just want to say Pastor

T, Pastor Julia, thank you so much.

I love you. And with it being Pastor

appreciation day. I just want to A I truly truly

appreciate you from the bottom of my heart.

And also this opportunity to pull down a word for you guys

has really shown me what a great responsibility is and you have

to you can't just live your life any old way and expect to hear

from heaven and it's only just given me a greater appreciation

for the lives that are pastors have Laid down on a day-to-day

basis to hear from heaven for you guys.

So we just give a round of applause for our pastors.

We love you. We thank you.

We honor you amen. Man who's been blessed by this

series. The champ is here, I know I have

the Lord is up to something great, and it is a privilege to

be Be a part of it. If you've ever been on a winning

team, it takes a movement of people all Gathering under One

Vision. All operating in unity in order

to accomplish the goal and the Lord is doing a new thing within

the Church of Canada. He is re-establishing.

Covenant, Jesus is, is re or the bride, I should say.

Jesus is always held up. Is end but the bride is

re-establishing. Their Covenant, their commitment

to their groom and here is a people who have made.

Being a member of the body of Christ a priority in their life.

And so man, we are on the championship team and so I'm

here to continue. A word on The champ is here.

And so as as I share with you, I'm just going to share my

thoughts. If that's okay with you guys.

Holy spirit, guide your servant, I Surrender myself to be used by

you father, anoint my tongue and holy spirit, guide my thoughts

Lord. I just, I just ask that the

people are fed through your word and they are encouraged father.

Maybe they know that they can do all things through you, the And

who is in them in Jesus name, we pray.

Champions, the thing about Champions is they are uncommon

Achievers. Can you say uncommon Achievers?

That is why we celebrate them, they have committed their life,

to get to the top, right? They we often look at what they

have done to get there. But today, I want to highlight

and look at what they have not done.

Which has position them to be where they are now, right?

Jesus himself said not my will but your will be done in order

to walk in resurrection power. If first means me surrendering

self, I must share in the crucifixion of Christ.

If I am to also partake in the resurrection of Christ.

And so Champions have a sense of crucifying self for the greater

cause Kobe Bryant often said, man.

I don't go out with my teammates to party after the games.

You find me back in the gym. I don't go on holidays and

vacations with my friends because I'm busy becoming a

master of my craft. I say no to the common things

because I'm in pursuit of great things, right?

And so, Those who achieve greatness.

Have the most influence and impact.

And so Christ has greatness in mind for his church because he

wants to impact the world with the message of Jesus Christ with

the gospel of Salvation. And so he wants people to see

his church as a winning church. But in order for the church to

get there, it requires consecration being set apart, we

cannot move the same way that the world moves.

Right. And so, Those who achieve

greatness have most influence. And so, Luke, says, Luke chapter

Luke 12 · chapter mention

12 for everyone to whom much is given of him, shall much be

required and of him to whom men and trusts much, they will

require, and demand all the more.

And so the higher you go, the further, you separate.

And the greater the responsibility, right?

I grew up in a Christian home and I was a lukewarm Christian

and eyelid love Jesus. But I also was pulled in to the

Temptations of this world, right?

And I was in a vicious cycle of man, I would pursue Jesus for a

week, but then I would stumble and fall back in and I was

Desiring change in my life. But I was also Desiring the

things that the world had to offer.

I hadn't come to a place where I was willing to separate because

it's uncomfortable separating, but it wasn't till the moment

that I decided to separate myself and join myself to other

like-minded believers. That wanted more, that wanted to

excel, that wanted greatness. That is able was able to break

free of that lukewarmness and step into what the Lord have for

me. And so the higher you go, the

further, you separate, and the greater the responsibility.

And as a responsibility increases, Proverbs says, that

we are to keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and

above all that you guard for out of it flow.

Whoa, the Springs of Life. And so this idea is we talk

about a championship life in order to live a champion life,

you must guard your heart, Like A Champion.

And we need to understand. We are trying beings Body, Soul

and Spirit and the Soul speaks to the heart or the mind, the

will, the emotions the choosers. And so for me, saying keeping

guard your heart, it's the same as saying, keeping guard, your

mind and pastors been talking a lot about the mindset of a

champion. A champion mindset requires

constant examination of the heart to handle the pressure of

going higher or as EJ. So eloquently was preaching

earlier, you need to scout yourself.

You constantly need to examine your heart, examine your mind

and guard your heart and guard your mind.

Right. Until I prioritize this, I'm

going to remain lukewarm and stuck pressure will expose weak

points. Will it which will expose you if

not addressed, as you go higher. You look at these foundations

that are being built for these high-rise buildings all around

us. They dig deep deep holes into

the ground and You're out of work for months and it doesn't

look like they're doing much, but they are securing a firm

foundation because there is about to be a great weight,

built and added onto those foundations.

And if they bypass the necessary process of solidifying, that

Foundation, as that building goes higher, it's only going to

Expose any cracks that may have been there from an early stage.

David was known as a man after God's Own Heart.

And David invited the Lord to search his heart.

He says search me. Thoroughly o God and know.

My heart. Try me and know, my thoughts and

see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me and Lead Me in

the way Everlasting Everlasting. And so, if I were to have a

title of my sermon, a subtitle under of my sermon, it would be

that Champions have mastered, the art of elimination that

after asking the Lord, search my heart reveal.

If there is anything any cracks in my Foundation, a champion

would respond by eliminating anything.

Thing that gets in the way that hinders them from rising to the

top them. From separating them from going

higher, they would have zero tolerance for anything that gets

in the way of greatness. Proverbs 4 says above all and

you say above all guard, the affections of your heart.

For they affect all that, you are pay attention to the welfare

of your innermost being for from their flows, the Wellspring of

life. So, to tie it all together.

Guard your heart or guide your mind.

Because out of it flows, your life.

So, in order to walk in the championship life, you need to

guard this Championship, bind set, this Championship heart.

The condition of your heart determines the reality or realm

that you live in. The Bible says that as a man

thinketh in his heart, so is he? The heart is a product of the

environment. It exists in, right?

We have Windows into our soul or enter our heart, our eyes, our

ears, their receptacles, and they relay information, which

then in Parts a truth, I didn't say the truth, but truth into

our heart Art and determined depending on the environment.

We place ourselves in will determine the information that's

being relayed to our heart. And a champion understands that

the heart, or the mindset, is a product of the environment that

it exists in. And we are born with a sin

nature. We inherited a heart that is

deceitful Above All Else. The Bible says it wants to do

what the flesh desires by nature.

And so we have to be diligent to renew our mind, or renew her

heart, right? And so who you hang around, or

the environment. That you place yourself in.

Has a great impact on the condition of your heart.

Champions, take dominion over their environment.

They are not victims of the circumstances that they find

themselves in, but they choose to place themselves in

environments where they will be victorious.

They're not willy-nilly with their plans.

They are very calculated in their day-to-day plants, they do

not position themselves. Amongst loose living people, as

they are trying to become Elite athletes in human beings.

They don't go to McDonald's with the boys to grab a Big Mac when

they are. Building a body.

That will perform in game seven when it comes time to make that

Championship shot Champions, take dominion over their

environment. They take control over where

they Place themselves where they choose to exist and you have

that same control. You choose the friends that you

hang around. You choose the conversations

that you partake in. You choose the church that you

To join yourself to you choose, whether you relay gossip, or

whether you choose to Speak Life in return.

About that person, Champions, take dominion over their

environment champions live in the realm of winners.

Proverbs 11 says, we're, no wise guidance, is the people fall,

but in the multitude of counselors there is safety, and

this is why we cannot neglect the Gathering of the Saints.

Because there is great safety. When you're surrounded by other

winners by Champions by those who have gone before you in the

Faith, by those who walk with the conviction that Jesus Christ

is the way, the truth and the life.

And yeah. Champions live in the realm of

winners First Corinthians. 15 says, do not be misled Bad

Company. Corrupts good character,

Champions, eliminates a eliminate hazards.

They don't merely mitigate hazards in order to stay on top.

For those of you who don't know, I work with, I work for BC,

Hydro Monday to Friday. I work on high voltage power

lines. Most commonly in the city, here

we work on 25,000 V, primary electricity, and the main task

of alignment is to safely, keep the power on for this city,

right? And so when we're up there

working on the power lines, we actually we're big rubber gloves

and we go Hands-On. On it's called rubber gloving

right there. Like big dishwashing gloves that

are very thick and the idea is that when you're working on a

power line, you're like a bird on the wire as long as you're

only touching one wire at a time, you are safe.

But before we go up and do that, a good Lyman has the ability to

effectively spot. And label all potential hazards

as well, as how we can eliminate the hazards, and a hazard in

this situation would be as second point of contact.

So, if I can touch two wires at the same time, that would result

in catastrophe. If I can touch a ground plane

like the pole and the wire at the same time that would result

in death or loss of limb. And so it's important that we

eliminate the hazard completely, it is non tolerable to just

mitigate or minimize it. We will shut it down unless we

can completely eliminate the hazards, right?

And so if we cannot completely eliminate the hazard, we will

not work on the power, and there are many Christians.

Students, who desire to handle the power of God, but have not

yet learned the art of eliminating, the hazard.

Is too dangerous man. Priests back in the day if they

weren't living, right? They fell dead in the presence

of God. And champions understand man

where I'm going, there's zero tolerance for any nonsense.

I can't be living my life any old way and expect to walk

Empower, Romans 14. Tells us about the kingdom of

God or the power of God. The kingdom of God is not a

matter of getting the food and drink one likes or fulfilling,

the desires of the flesh, but instead it is righteousness.

Can you say righteousness, that state, which makes a person

acceptable to God and heart piece?

A heart piece? Joy in the Holy Spirit.

To summarize the kingdom of God is not food and drink but

righteousness peace and joy. The power of the kingdom is in

the heart that protects righteousness, peace and joy and

so guarding, your heart is the same thing as guarding the

kingdom. Walking in righteousness is the

same thing as expanding the kingdom.

Psalm 23 says, the Lord is my shepherd.

He leads me down Paths of righteousness for his namesake,

right? I am benefiting his name when

I'm walking on the path of righteousness.

I'm advancing his kingdom, as I choose to walk in righteousness.

Enos. Making and maintaining.

Peace is maturing in sonship for Matthew 5 says blessed enjoying

enviable happiness, spiritual prosperous with life, joy and

satisfaction in God's favor and salvation.

Regardless of their outward conditions are the makers and

maintainers of Peace for they shall be called the Sons.

Son of God. And so Champions eliminate

stress and distractions to function at high level.

The kingdom is righteousness. Peace and joy.

Keeping the joy. Brings this strength to succeed.

Nehemiah 8 says, that the joy of the Lord is my strength or your

strength and so true Champions know how to keep their love for

the game. A priority and eliminate factors

that take the joy out of it. Many of the great players will

say, man, I'm when they're asked.

When are you going to retire? And a lot of them, it's a man,

as soon as I love, I lose my love for the game.

But true Champions know how to keep the fire burning, they know

how to keep their love alive for the game.

The same game that used to get them excited when they were

young kids, they still managed to walk in that childlike Joy,

right? And so as a follower of Christ,

man, this is essential to know that you are Walking in the

power of the Kingdom, there has to be a joy that comes with

serving the true champion, Jesus Christ, because, if not, it

becomes an obligation. And that's what the difference

between religion and relationship is relationship, is

between a son and their father, their father, and their son or

daughter, Champions aren't born. They are developed through a

process. And this is this process of

sowing and reaping pruning and growing.

It's this idea of man. I'm willing to prune things from

my life for the sake of growing or developing myself.

I'm willing to go without an order to go in order to hone.

I don't need to experience everything because I got my eyes

set on one thing and I One accomplish that to the greatest

of my ability. I don't want to be part way in

and so that requires pruning in order to grow and sewing towards

where you want to go in order to reap.

That championship. The prize must outweigh.

The purge to not abandon the process.

The prize must outweigh. The purge to not abandon the

process. and I'm still just getting this

right now, but for me, It took a true encounter with the Living

God, in order to lay my life down.

There is a religious leader Nicodemus.

That Couldn't deny Jesus was who he said he was and he asked,

man, what do I what do I have to do in order to enter into this

Kingdom, that you come preaching about what must I do in order to

walk in this power that I see you walk in it?

What do I do to enter into this Championship Ron?

I see that you are running on and Jesus replied to him in

order to enter into my kingdom. You must be Born Again of water

and the spirit. And now being born again, of

water talks about repentance, you have to be willing to turn

from your ways, totally eliminate your previous plans,

totally and turn wholeheartedly towards Jesus.

And trust that he is the way the truth and the life.

And then secondly, after you've After this baptism of

repentance. This receiving Jesus Christ as

your lord and savior, allowing the blood of Jesus to wash you

clean of any sin. There is a second baptism and

that is the baptism of the Holy Ghost and Fire.

And it wasn't until I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost

and Fire that. I didn't understand what the

prize was or I fully understood. I better understood.

What the prize. Was when I received the baptism

and I was filled with the holy spirit because it no longer

became Theory. It became reality.

I knew that this word was true because I experienced it in my

inner most being and it was that experience that I still walk in.

The power of the holy spirit. That is my prize which outweighs

any pain of Letting Go. What comes in the way of that

prize. And it's, it's that prize Which

keeps me engaged in the fight. It keeps me locked in and it

prevents me from abandoning the process because I'm going all

the way up. I got no plan B.

This Is The Life For Me. Luke 17.

Asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God would come Jesus

replied to them. By saying the kingdom of God

does not come with signs to be observed or with visible.

Display nor will people say, look here it is, or see it.

Is there for behold the kingdom of God is within you in your

heart. And among you surrounding you.

And I really feel like the heart of my message here today is to

let you know that the champ is here.

The kingdom is here. the power of God is here, it's all around

you and its surrounding you And the main one and one translation

says and some it's within you. This translation says it's

within you but it takes Awakening.

To the kingdom of God. And it takes a protecting of

your hearts in order to fully enter into the reality of the

kingdom of God. And so declare with me, that the

kingdom of God is within me. The champ is within me.

I will Elevate as I eliminate all That tries to separate me

from being the great Champion that I am.

There's a great prophetic word that is gone forth of a king

tide that is rising amongst us of a fresh wind.

That is blowing through US of a great demonstration of the

kingdom of God, Heaven here on Earth.

And you are chosen to be the move, you are chosen to be the

water. You are chosen to be the vessel

that streams, like living water shall burst forth from.

Revival is here and you are Revival.

Say The champ is here. Amen, less the word that the

lord gave me to give you this morning.

I pray that it was a blessing to you guys, and at this moment in

time, I'm going to invite the worship team to come back up.

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