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Unwrapped | Chaos-Mas | Pastor Scott Thomas

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  1. hello hello friend thank you so much for

  2. tuning in here at Free Life Chapel where

  3. we help you discover and live the free

  4. life in Christ my name is cot and I'm so

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  11. happening at your church there's a

  12. phenomenal message in store just for you

  13. I hope you're encour I don't know what

  14. Christmas is like at your house but

  15. Christmas is

  16. highly

  17. organized at our

  18. house uh when when you have when you

  19. have the matriarch of the

  20. family who runs with a extra special

  21. dose of OCD just a just a little extra

  22. special OCD I think everyone needs a

  23. touch of OCD I think OCD but but she boy

  24. she's gifted with OCD and and and and

  25. that gifting is next level our fath

  26. family the way she has it and and quite

  27. honestly uh we laugh about it but we are

  28. also grateful for it because check this

  29. out um everybody in our family everyone

  30. has their own assigned wrapping

  31. paper how many y'all do that anybody

  32. else say the fact look y'all OCD

  33. everywhere you know they have medication

  34. for all this right they do have

  35. medication for all this no kid watch

  36. watch like okay so I have my paper

  37. anything wrapped in something that has a

  38. a a deer on it that's Scots uh Caleb has

  39. his Liz has hers Cindy has hers Malachi

  40. toah they have everything but but you

  41. don't even have to find a name on it

  42. doesn't need to be any name because you

  43. know that paper that paper belongs to so

  44. and and and that's just kind of how it

  45. rolls that that that paper is going to

  46. be there so we're we're that's how we

  47. roll and and and so we distribute the

  48. gifts based on the paper it's kind of

  49. fun but has

  50. anybody has anybody ever identified

  51. somebody in your family that when

  52. they're opening their gift they get on

  53. your nerves yes like when when when they

  54. open the gift there's like a few

  55. different kinds of gift

  56. openers H how many of you are that are

  57. that person when they put a Christmas

  58. gift in your hand you just rip the thing

  59. to Pieces you're just tearing paper off

  60. and you're just going at it like it's

  61. just a flurry okay I'm loving all y'all

  62. I love all y'all I'm with you okay you

  63. you you got those people and then you've

  64. got those you got another another group

  65. of people that they open it they're just

  66. they're just not real fast or excited

  67. about it it's like they just tear hey

  68. did I tell you all what happened last

  69. week and like they're just they're just

  70. working their way through the paper like

  71. Easter is coming like it's getting

  72. really close like

  73. that and then there's there's a third

  74. group of people and they do make

  75. medication for these people too I'm just

  76. saying but my my dad is one of these

  77. people love my dad love my dad got on

  78. our nerves growing up when it came time

  79. to open gifts cuz we would put a gift in

  80. his hand and my dad would go here's the

  81. well my goodness who got this for

  82. me and so he wants to pick it

  83. up

  84. well well that's from

  85. Scott did you get this from me

  86. son well

  87. then he would reach in his

  88. pocket and pull out his little pocket

  89. knife proceed to look at it and make

  90. sure he pulled out the right

  91. blade take the Christmas

  92. gift and start slicing at the

  93. tape like the guy was performing heart

  94. surgery on this gift like it's just

  95. these little Precision Cuts and we're

  96. all looking at him I now at the like I'm

  97. drinking coffee I'm not chewing on my

  98. coffee mug like would you please get

  99. this give and he we're not saving the

  100. paper throw it rip it and and it's

  101. notorious he would do it knowing it was

  102. on all of our kids' nerves that we would

  103. just all of a sudden attack his gift rip

  104. the paper off and then go from there he

  105. loved just slowing the whole process I

  106. medication they they make medication for

  107. that here's the

  108. deal the paper the paper is not

  109. important the paper is the cheapest

  110. thing in fact it's just

  111. trash I don't know if you keep the paper

  112. at your house don't tell me if you do

  113. God bless you at our house we throw that

  114. stuff away as soon as it's off man it's

  115. in pieces it's shredded everywhere just

  116. bag it up and throw it away there's

  117. nothing

  118. special in it's just

  119. paper but what it's doing is we wrap

  120. that gift and the paper

  121. conceals it

  122. hides what's valuable right it's so

  123. close but I can't tell what it is it's

  124. right there but I'm I can't fully get

  125. into it because I can't see it it could

  126. be the thing that you've wanted for

  127. years and finally he listened to you

  128. y'all pray for your

  129. boy and and they got it and they wrapped

  130. it and you're walking by it it's under

  131. the tree and you glance at it and you're

  132. like yeah whatever but if you only knew

  133. what was there you would be dancing as

  134. you went by this thing and it's so close

  135. but yet so far because it's not

  136. recognized because of the wrapping

  137. because of the

  138. paper it's it's much like the story that

  139. quite honestly churches Christians

  140. around the world are really recognizing

  141. and reading today where the Angels Came

  142. and made this big declaration Jesus has

  143. come Jesus is born Jesus is here what

  144. the Angels actually are doing is they

  145. are unwrapping and presenting Jesus to

  146. the world he has been concealed for a

  147. long time and now he's here in fact I

  148. want to I want to take you and just kind

  149. of walk you through and show you what

  150. this is uh in the Bible uh Luke chap 2

  151. is where we find this the again let me

  152. set it up for you Gabriel shows up he's

  153. got his all of his posy with him and

  154. they're making these big declarations

  155. can you and and shepherds are in the

  156. field they're watching sheep B and they

  157. got all this going on and then all of a

  158. sudden boom here it appears and man all

  159. this is going on and and they're they're

  160. witnessing they never seen anything like

  161. this before it we sit in the church

  162. today and we hear this story we go oh

  163. yeah really cool

  164. but ladies and gentlemen if if like 40

  165. Angels popped out of a Poke County sky

  166. and started talking to you it would not

  167. be oh yeah really cool you'd be what the

  168. you'd hit the ground like they did there

  169. was nothing normal nothing natural about

  170. this how many you think it would have

  171. been really weird for all of that to

  172. happen and the angels go that was so

  173. cool man that's that's cool and then

  174. just get back to life no there was

  175. something that happened that rock their

  176. world and what rock their world gives

  177. actually a picture and a message to you

  178. and I there's three things that happened

  179. to these Shepherds that I didn't see I

  180. didn't recognize until Friday as I was

  181. reading this story again and it just hit

  182. me different and I want to share it with

  183. you the angel is making this

  184. announcement and the first thing that

  185. happened is when we when the Angel's

  186. talking to the Shepherds the angel is

  187. giving it doesn't sound sexy but just

  188. hang with me information

  189. information but it's it's good news

  190. information Luke 2: 11 and 12 Watch what

  191. it says here look at this today in the

  192. town of David a savior has been born to

  193. you he is the Messiah the Lord read this

  194. this will be no no no no no no no no no

  195. no no your Christmas morning voice your

  196. your eight-year-old excited Christmas

  197. morning voice are you ready here we go 1

  198. 2 3 this will be a sign to you you will

  199. find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying

  200. in them the Shepherds were shook come on

  201. now all of the they're like what is

  202. going on what is happening they're

  203. hearing this information information

  204. information about Jesus the Messiah the

  205. savior of the world is born in Bethlehem

  206. you see this they the angel didn't have

  207. to explain who Jesus was they knew who

  208. he was because it had been spoken of for

  209. centuries leading up to this time and

  210. every one of these Shepherds were raised

  211. hearing the Prophecies of Jesus of the

  212. Messiah of the king of kings that would

  213. be born to Israel this actually started

  214. watch this y'all this started in Genesis

  215. chapter 3:1 15 is the first mention that

  216. a messiah is going to come Genesis 3 why

  217. that that's kind of early isn't it it's

  218. it's just right after Adam and Eve

  219. screwed up bit the Apple it might have a

  220. little concern about the fact that your

  221. Apple phone's got that little anyway

  222. they bit the

  223. Apple they blew it there's a separation

  224. from God and God says here's how I'm

  225. going to rectify

  226. this the seed of the

  227. woman she will have a child and the

  228. enemy will bruise his heel but his heel

  229. will crush the head of the enemy this

  230. was a prophecy given in Genesis 3:15

    Genesis 3:15

  231. speaking of Jesus that there would be a

  232. woman who would have a

  233. child and that that child would the

  234. enemy would bruise his heel but that

  235. child would crush the work of the enemy

  236. literally speaking of Jesus from Genesis

    Genesis 3:15

  237. 3:15 The Book of Numbers uh Isaiah uh

  238. Micah all of these guys prophesied and

  239. all these Shepherds were raised hearing

  240. about this but but everyone kept talking

  241. one day one day one day one day one day

  242. one day and now the and Gabriel shows up

  243. and saying today today today today like

  244. are you serious like it's actually

  245. happening it's no longer one day he's

  246. GNA one day it might one day maybe what

  247. H what what what do you do when the when

  248. the news is today it happens today he's

  249. here he's already born the this is good

  250. news this is why they were shook it

  251. wasn't just the fact that they were

  252. getting a savior you need to understand

  253. in that time Rome had been so hard on

  254. all the Jews that this was National

  255. salvation the oppression that we under

  256. is being broken that that has controlled

  257. us and made our life weak and small is

  258. being broken apart because our King is

  259. here the king of the Jews the Messiah

  260. he's coming to rectify everything not

  261. just get our hearts right with God but

  262. get our hearts right here and our hearts

  263. right here and get my mind right and get

  264. my family right he's going to put

  265. everything into order he's going

  266. to he's going to turn your chaos into

  267. chemistry he's going to make it all work

  268. for your good your days of struggling

  269. without purpose are over this is what

  270. the Shepherds heard and the Shepherds

  271. went crazy the information gave them

  272. hope until they heard that they had

  273. nothing to hope for and now they do but

  274. then there was a second thing that

  275. happened

  276. they then had inspiration that hit them

  277. it it starts with information you got to

  278. learn you got to hear what you don't

  279. know but once you hear what you didn't

  280. know then it hits you in a different way

  281. and it brings inspiration look what the

  282. Bible says in Luke 2:15 this is the a

    Luke 2:15

  283. couple verses later read this with me

  284. also here we go let's go to Bethlehem

  285. and see this thing that has happened

  286. which the Lord has told us about first

  287. two words to that verse let's

  288. go that's how you know when you're

  289. inspired that I heard something that

  290. gave hope to me it lets me see beyond

  291. where I am right now but you know you're

  292. inspired when you're willing to leave

  293. where you are and move to a different

  294. place in life I'm not staying here

  295. anymore I have a hope that something can

  296. change I something has touched me deeper

  297. than I've been touched and something is

  298. coming alive in me that I've not felt

  299. shift move kick in a long time do you

  300. know what the word inspire means it

  301. means to Exhale or to breathe

  302. into to you're able to catch your

  303. breath I haven't breathed deep in a long

  304. time I haven't laughed hard in a long

  305. time I haven't had this excitement about

  306. life and my future in a long

  307. time I've been

  308. inspired you see if you're not able to

  309. be inspired then that means means

  310. nothing in your life is going to

  311. transpire and eventually you will

  312. expire you and I need to hear good news

  313. about Jesus and let it touch us in a way

  314. that I believe it enough to leave where

  315. I am change something and move my life

  316. I'm not living this way anymore I'm not

  317. going to have dead dreams I'm not going

  318. to Bear they're not going to bury them

  319. with me I'm going to do something I was

  320. made for more than where I'm living

  321. right now I know my best days are ahead

  322. and I'm too young to hang out right here

  323. the addiction is going to be broken my

  324. mind is going to be put back together

  325. God is going to restore this house I'm

  326. not playing this game life is moving too

  327. fast my best days are ahead and I'm

  328. coming after them now I'm inspired let's

  329. go you should be hyped about being in

  330. God's house to hear good news

  331. information that excites your heart and

  332. makes you want to leave where you've

  333. been and move forward let me just ask

  334. you something has anybody heard anything

  335. good about Jesus that made you want to

  336. leave where you were and move towards

  337. where he is has has that done to any

  338. yeah me too me

  339. too when you believe you

  340. move and after they

  341. moved the Bible says that they showed up

  342. where Jesus

  343. was and that was

  344. information that moved to

  345. inspiration that became

  346. transformation this is all by what what

  347. the angel said look look look look look

  348. we got to read it let get just a few

  349. verses

  350. later Luke 2:20 read it with me the

    Luke 2:20

  351. Shepherds returned glorifying and

  352. praising God for all the things they had

  353. heard and seen which were just as they

  354. had been

  355. told what they had heard and hoped for

  356. now they have seen with their own

  357. eyes what do you do

  358. when you've seen a

  359. miracle that will change you

  360. forever no one would ever talk these

  361. Shepherds out of what they saw that

  362. night people can call him crazy you lost

  363. your mind I don't know what you're

  364. smoking drinking man you are you you are

  365. gone you are BL you don't understand

  366. what that was like I saw I heard one

  367. talk and there was like a seven

  368. squillion of them standing there looking

  369. at us and talking and singing these

  370. songs and all I know is what they said

  371. it touched me different and it made me

  372. move I had to leave where I was and move

  373. my life forward I felt life hit me it

  374. was different it wasn't just someone

  375. just calling with some good news it

  376. wasn't just a nice text this is

  377. different this was holy this was

  378. something that was going to change

  379. everything and I felt it hit me deep

  380. I've never felt unlocked emotionally

  381. like that before to where I wanted to

  382. leave and go forward without any proof

  383. but just the fact that I I had hope that

  384. something could change it moved me and

  385. when we got there and we saw him and we

  386. realized that this is real that it's not

  387. just our imagination it's not just

  388. something that people are hoping for but

  389. he's here he's real he's alive it's even

  390. better than what I thought their hearts

  391. were

  392. transformed it was changed the Bible

  393. says when they went back they were

  394. glorifying God look their whole

  395. disposition changed they're now praising

  396. and glorifying

  397. God but their circumstances were the

  398. same

  399. it's not because life had changed right

  400. but their heart had changed can I tell

  401. you something when you get a big drink

  402. of Jesus when you realize he's as good

  403. as he said he is when you realize that

  404. that hope is not wasted when you realize

  405. that he's he's even better than what

  406. you've heard about when you realize he

  407. can actually do what he said he can do

  408. when that hits you and you experience

  409. that for yourself ladies and gentlemen

  410. life can still be chaotic and it could

  411. be flurries all around you but you know

  412. everything is going to be all right

  413. you've got a hope and a strength in the

  414. middle of the difficulty I know I've got

  415. an addiction but I know my God is able

  416. to break this off of my life as well and

  417. the home is a little crazy right now but

  418. God's going to heal all of this too his

  419. peace is coming at us I know he's good

  420. I've already experienced a change in my

  421. life and I know more changes on the way

  422. yes sir you and I have got to lean all

  423. the way in

  424. to experience all that he

  425. is what was it that was so powerful the

  426. key to all of

  427. this was that it was true verse 20 says

  428. it was just as they had been

  429. told let me just put it this way to

  430. you God doesn't tease you with his

  431. promises God's word is

  432. true God's word is is true he can do

  433. everything and more than what you can

  434. imagine or

  435. think this is word we cannot allow life

  436. to crush him dumb him down to limit him

  437. in our expectation in Our Hope because

  438. what will happen is if you and I begin

  439. to Discount and push him away what will

  440. happen is you will hear good news and

  441. you won't be inspired by it and you'll

  442. know about the Bible but it can't do

  443. anything for you because it doesn't move

  444. you internally or maybe just maybe you

  445. hear good news I love what I heard in

  446. church and I'm inspired and I feel alive

  447. I feel Joy man this is exciting I feel a

  448. stirring in here but if I don't get up

  449. and leave and go towards him if I don't

  450. move my life forward then church is just

  451. a pickme up it's an emotional bump it's

  452. not transforming or changing my life

  453. that's why you can see some people come

  454. to church get excited about what they

  455. hear here even give their life to Jesus

  456. but after hanging out for 4 months 5

  457. months 6 months all of a sudden the

  458. honeymoon begins to die off and all of a

  459. sudden not as excited as I was and I'm

  460. not moved like I was and I begin to

  461. drift why because they didn't get up and

  462. start moving on their own towards Jesus

  463. to experience a transformation in life

  464. when you hit transformation ain't

  465. nothing shaken you lose from Jesus when

  466. you get transformed when he touches your

  467. heart and he changes your family and he

  468. touches your mind and brings peace where

  469. you had chaos nothing will drive you

  470. from that if God told you he can do it

  471. he can do it if he told you he was going

  472. to bless you for trusting him he's going

  473. to bless you for trusting him if he told

  474. you he's going to heal your family then

  475. he's going to restore your family I'm

  476. just telling you it's on the way that's

  477. who he is but here's the challenge

  478. here's the

  479. challenge life wraps Jesus in some stuff

  480. that makes it hard for us to see

  481. him you can't really see this gift we

  482. call it a gift but you don't know what

  483. kind of a gift it

  484. is can't see it all you see is the

  485. rapper you see when you've been through

  486. life fear will wrap itself Around

  487. Jesus and

  488. shame will wrap itself Around Jesus to

  489. hide hi him from you you'll go through

  490. loss that you can't see Jesus because

  491. you're blaming Jesus for the

  492. loss I'm so mad at him I don't want to

  493. look at him that's why you can't see

  494. him the Bible says he's a friend that

  495. sticks closer than a brother he comes

  496. close to us in our time of need but when

  497. I've got my issues my past my reputation

  498. the addiction the anger the frustration

  499. the Brokenness and it is all screaming

  500. I've got him so wrapped in that I can't

  501. even see what he can do in my life and

  502. I'm walking right by the greatest

  503. opportunity I could ever have this is

  504. why we have to unwrap Jesus to see him

  505. and experience him listen listen ladies

  506. and gentlemen some of God's greatest

  507. stories greatest blessings in the Bible

  508. are all wrapped up in ugly

  509. circumstances they were

  510. nasty Ruth Ruth H she was married to

  511. Boaz and her goes Boaz Boaz okay I'm not

  512. mad at Boaz good for Boaz that's a cool

  513. story but the truth is Ruth's marriage

  514. to Boaz was wrapped up in the loss of

  515. her first husband and the loss of her

  516. home and she had to move she had to run

  517. Israel had to tear through the packaging

  518. of Giants and fear in order to get into

  519. the promised land do you understand

  520. Joseph Joseph had to rip through the

  521. covering of betrayal by his family in

  522. order to get through that and become the

  523. governor of of all of Egypt he had a

  524. reason if Joseph had gotten angry and

  525. blamed God why did you let this happen

  526. why didn't you stop my family from doing

  527. this this is wrong I don't deserve this

  528. it's Injustice and you keep on

  529. complaining and play the victim you will

  530. live in that prison for the rest of your

  531. life but Joseph said I was made for more

  532. than this and I don't like the

  533. circumstances but it's not God that did

  534. this I got 99 problems but Jesus ain't

  535. one of them you understand I got issues

  536. in my life but he's the answer in my

  537. life and so I'm not going to get mad at

  538. the answer and stiff arm his involvement

  539. in my life I'm going to call on him in

  540. the midst of what I don't like what

  541. doesn't feel good what I don't

  542. understand what seems completely wrong

  543. but I'm going to start digging and

  544. ripping at this package I've got to get

  545. past the rapper and I've got to get to

  546. the gift that's where you and I are

  547. we've got to get through the issues that

  548. are trying to show you and lie to you

  549. and tell you that Jesus doesn't care

  550. he's not there he doesn't work for you

  551. this is just for a few people but not

  552. you all the lies are coming to prevent

  553. you from actually reaching the gift

  554. Proverbs chapter 25 verse 2 here's what

    Proverbs 25:2

  555. the Bible says it is the glory of God to

  556. conceal a matter and the Glory of Kings

  557. to search it out what does that mean

  558. Scott this is what it

  559. means God's glory his

  560. majesty is whenever you have some hell

  561. going on in your

  562. life he says I'm going to I'm going to

  563. put a gift inside of

  564. it I'm going to put purpose to the pain

  565. so that you're not wasting your time and

  566. just crying for no reason and fighting

  567. and praying for no reason whatever

  568. you're going through I want to put

  569. something beautiful up inside of here

  570. that if you will just stay on it baby if

  571. you will just keep praying if you'll

  572. just keep trusting me I'm going to make

  573. it work for your good I'm going to make

  574. it pay you back with interest it's going

  575. to blow people's minds who were angry at

  576. you didn't want you to have it never

  577. thought you should be around it I'm

  578. going to have you walk out of it looking

  579. good just keep digging stay in the game

  580. the Bible says God will shroud he'll put

  581. that gift inside of things that are

  582. hidden so that you and I kings are there

  583. to search it out you got to have a

  584. king's mindset you got to have a queen's

  585. mindset to dig for stuff that I'm not

  586. just hanging out I'm not just here and

  587. I'm not just a victim of life I'm going

  588. after something something because here's

  589. what I know he calls us Kings because

  590. kings and queens are those who walk in

  591. authority in arenas it is those who want

  592. to walk in authority that keep going

  593. until they get their hands on what is

  594. right so I get past my feelings and my

  595. emotions and my pity party and my blame

  596. games and stop blaming everybody and

  597. pointing fingers and crying myself to

  598. sleep and I'm going to start looking to

  599. him as the answer as the author and the

  600. finisher of everything in my life I'm

  601. not quitting until till I get a handful

  602. of Jesus I'm getting through this with

  603. some days it feels good some days it

  604. doesn't feel good but my faith is not

  605. circumstantial I'll trust him when I

  606. understand I'll trust him when I don't

  607. I'm digging I'm ripping I'm digging I'm

  608. ripping I'm not letting up I'm going to

  609. stay faithful I'm going to show up the

  610. church again and I'm going to lift hands

  611. and worship again I don't feel like it

  612. but I don't care I'm going to lift those

  613. hands and I'm going to worship my way

  614. through this thing I got a messed up

  615. mind but he's going to give me a piece

  616. that passes all understanding everything

  617. is going to be fine but I'm digging and

  618. I'm not letting go until I see him for

  619. myself ladies and gentlemen that's where

  620. you're

  621. transformed and when you're transformed

  622. ain't nothing taking you back when you

  623. experience two handfuls of Jesus that

  624. changes

  625. everything 2 Corinthians chapter 3:18

  626. says that we are being

  627. transformed into His Image the same

  628. image from glory to glory what the heck

  629. does that mean I'm glad you

  630. asked it literally

  631. means from fight to

  632. fight from from frustration to

  633. frustration but I ain't quitting would

  634. you turn to three folks and tell them

  635. I'm not quitting I'm not quitting just

  636. just just just witness to somebody just

  637. I'm not quitting I'm not quitting watch

  638. watch watch watch I'm showing up again

  639. I'm serving again I'm worshiping again

  640. I'm praying again I don't feel like it

  641. you're not a child get up let's go come

  642. on here let's lean in maturity reaches I

  643. heard something that's amazing I got

  644. some information it has inspired me I

  645. believe better days are ahead I was made

  646. more from where I'm living right now my

  647. dreams are I'm still dreaming they're

  648. still alive and I'm going to be

  649. transformed into his image from glory to

  650. glory that means the fact that you

  651. showed up again today you're one step

  652. closer than you ever were before because

  653. you just keep showing up you don't even

  654. understand how close you are to getting

  655. through the final rapper and seeing

  656. Jesus on the other side that's why you

  657. got to stay in the fight that's why we

  658. keep showing up that's why we keep

  659. serving that's why we keep worshiping

  660. and honoring God because you're on the

  661. brink of reaching the Heart of Jesus in

  662. your

  663. life we don't

  664. quit but here's what I

  665. know you and I are going to face some

  666. push back when we start

  667. this but you just can't let the paper

  668. cuts keep you from unwrapping the

  669. package cuz fear is going to cut you

  670. what if it doesn't

  671. work you you you you can have you can

  672. have the paper cut of but my past is so

  673. bad well my reputation is you don't I

  674. got people No One Believes I'm doing it

  675. by myself well my spouse well well I'm

  676. I'm single well well I've got a

  677. situation you you it's going to throw

  678. all kinds of excuses to keep you from

  679. reaching those are just paper cuts

  680. trying to kill you with a thousand paper

  681. cuts if you'll keep digging through it

  682. baby let me help you with something if

  683. you're digging towards Jesus and you get

  684. paper cut let the blood fly keep on

  685. digging the truth is if we could open

  686. our spiritual eyes there's folks

  687. bleeding all over the place in here

  688. starting with the guy up here I'm

  689. bleeding I'm dripping because I've had

  690. issues hitting my life but I've just

  691. decided there's nothing to turn back

  692. towards I'm going forward I've heard

  693. from God I got great news I've been

  694. inspired by his word I'm being

  695. transformed day in and day out I'm not

  696. the guy I used to be I don't think you

  697. would have liked him but I'm getting

  698. stronger and I'm getting better because

  699. I'm giving him my heart I've seen some

  700. things and you can't tell me he's not

  701. real because he's been too good in my

  702. life my heart has been changed oh I

  703. still glory to glory I still got my

  704. struggle I still got my battle I still

  705. got my questions I still have my

  706. frustrations I still go through doubts

  707. just like you do but none of those are

  708. able to stop the goodness of God and the

  709. progress that I have in my life because

  710. I'm searching for something that makes

  711. me a

  712. king you got to stay in the game you got

  713. to keep pressing you got to keep moving

  714. forward you see Jesus Jesus did

  715. this for

  716. you Jesus looked at a package that was

  717. offered to him and he didn't like the

  718. paper and he had to decide to keep

  719. digging because he saw you below the

  720. paper for the joy set before him he

  721. endured the cross father let this cup

  722. pass from

  723. me I don't like what I see

  724. coming you see your salvation my

  725. salvation from

  726. sin the hope that Humanity has today was

  727. wrapped in a whip a cross and a

  728. grave that Jesus is willing to keep

  729. digging and he kept pressing

  730. and he didn't like it but the Bible

  731. tells me that it took him 3 days but he

  732. tore all of it off to reach the gift of

  733. New Life to hand to you and I anybody

  734. glad that he kept unwrapping that he

  735. kept

  736. digging Don't Let

  737. Jesus hide from

  738. you inside the paper I will not be

  739. denied the way that you discover Jesus

  740. is you have to

  741. disover

  742. him you have to uncover

  743. him and that's where you're going to

  744. have to rip off things that are trying

  745. to get in the way I I'm convinced that

  746. when the Shepherds finally got to the

  747. cave can you imagine Mary and Joseph

  748. sitting there near Jesus perfect

  749. baby you got Eeyore over here you know

  750. you know you got all the

  751. animals and the Shepherds come running

  752. in Mary's like

  753. hello yeah we knew you were here what do

  754. you mean you knew we were here angel

  755. told us yeah he's blabbing it everywhere

  756. like he told all of us we were all out

  757. there we all heard it and we had to come

  758. see for oursel we heard Emmanuel God is

  759. now with us it's already happened it's

  760. been prophesied from the very beginning

  761. of time and now here he is

  762. Mary you just got to understand

  763. something I want to see

  764. him well here he is no Mary you're

  765. missing it the angel told me we would

  766. find him

  767. wrapped in swaddling

  768. cloth and lying in a in a in a in a

  769. Manger I want you to unwrap him so I can

  770. see

  771. him I want to see his arms I want to see

  772. his hands I want to I I want to see his

  773. pull that little blanket back and let me

  774. see I want to see how oh cute onesie

  775. that's so nice I want I want to see show

  776. me his feet I I want to look at his I

  777. want to see him in other words I didn't

  778. come this far to live off of just a

  779. glimpse of

  780. Jesus I'm not just trying to get a peak

  781. of who he is I'm not trying to just live

  782. off of a quick experience and then walk

  783. away oh no no no no no no no no I I want

  784. to see all that he is all that he has I

  785. don't want to settle for a little bit I

  786. have been through too much in my life to

  787. play with this game I am ripping

  788. everything I can find off of Jesus I'm

  789. not going to leave a little tag hanging

  790. I want all of it gone I don't want

  791. anything held back I want to see that's

  792. a really nice gift I want to I want to

  793. see who he is I I want every miracle I

  794. want every promise I want I want

  795. everything his word tells me and then

  796. some I want him to heal my family I want

  797. him to touch my mind I want him to give

  798. me direction for tomorrow I need wisdom

  799. on how to handle this situation I'm in

  800. right now I need him to guide me and

  801. Lead Me and people aren't going to get

  802. it I need him to do what only he can do

  803. but I've got to unwrap him I've got to

  804. get over my emotion get over the feeling

  805. so I can reach the truth of life and

  806. once I hit that then I can know what I

  807. can't know any other way I'm not playing

  808. I've been living in way too much chaos

  809. but I was made to unwrap him and see him

  810. for all that he is so I can have all

  811. that he promised I want it

  812. all would you stand to your feet in this

  813. room somebody say I Want It All I Want

  814. It

  815. All I Want It

  816. All why would you leave part of the gift

  817. under the tree I want it

  818. all you give me a gift that says part

  819. one part two part

  820. three baby I'm going to open all three

  821. of them and maybe another

  822. one I want it all yes sir I'm not

  823. leaving anything

  824. hanging ladies and gentlemen he paid a

  825. price for

  826. you don't leave the gifts hanging on

  827. that cross he paid for it

  828. all your peace your

  829. healing

  830. salvation in fact that's the greatest

  831. gift of

  832. all knowing that you can be forgiven

  833. that your

  834. past can be wiped away

  835. cannot be held against you

  836. anymore Gone

  837. Forever that's what he

  838. promised ladies and gentlemen that is

  839. one of the greatest Gifts of all would

  840. you bow your heads in this

  841. room I want to give you a chance today

  842. to to receive that

  843. gift I just want you to pray a simple

  844. prayer in your own words something like

  845. Jesus Come into my heart forgive for me

  846. I accept you as my Lord and my savior

  847. that's all it

  848. takes it's not a big professional prayer

  849. you don't have to pray it in my words

  850. you just got to mean it from your heart

  851. he hears you he understands and and and

  852. it means you're just as saved as I am

  853. there's no degrees of Salvation it's

  854. just it's all the same we're in it

  855. together so take the next 20 seconds and

  856. pray that prayer in your heart invite

  857. him in ask him to forgive you ask him to

  858. change you ask him to reveal himself to

  859. you father these prayers being prayed in

  860. this room right now I know are touching

  861. your heart you're hearing every one of

  862. them and I ask you God to let your peace

  863. your love your joy your strength let it

  864. flood their hearts today throughout this

  865. week with the realization that you heard

  866. them that you understand them that

  867. you're for them you're holding nothing

  868. against them but you've leveraged Heaven

  869. on their behalf you love us you're on

  870. our side you don't have a scorecard

  871. you're not throwing things at us but in

  872. fact you're just covering us with your

  873. grace and your mercy and today we say

  874. thank you God lift my friends in this

  875. room let them feel your love your peace

  876. your strength as we move towards you let

  877. us hear the good news and be inspired by

  878. it but inspired enough to be transformed

  879. by your power by your love move inside

  880. and do what only you can

  881. do I pray that this season will be the

  882. greatest season of their entire life

  883. as we finish this year and move into the

  884. next I pray your increase of blessings

  885. and presence to show off and remind them

  886. that you're for them and not against

  887. them that you're a friend we love you

  888. and honor you today in Jesus name amen

  889. did I or did I not say you were going to

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  891. out our website freelive chapel.org for

  892. more encouraging messages until then I

  893. hope you have a great day