Recorded February 16, 2025, with Rhonda Harrison.

It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast

with Rhonda Harrison on 1017 Bay of Thrones.

Good morning and welcome to Champions in Christ.

We're so glad you joined us today. This is the

day that the Lord has made. Let's rejoice and

be glad in it. God is such a good God and he

loves you today and he loves me today and guess

what? that love never changes. No matter what

you do, no matter what you say, it cannot change

the love God has for you and for me. And I'm

so happy to be with you today and we're going

to go in the Bible and we're going to start off

talking about God's love again, but this time

we're going to go a little different direction.

Let's go in Mark chapter 2 and verse 1 and I'm

Mark 2 · chapter mention

reading out of the living translation. And it

says when Jesus returned to Capernaum several

days later, the news spread quickly that he was

back home. Soon the house where he was staying

was so packed with visitors there was no room

even outside the door. While he was preaching

God's word to them, four men arrived carrying

a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn't bring

him in to see Jesus because of the crowd. So

they dug a hole through the roof above his head

and then lowered the man on his mat right down

in front of Jesus. Wow talk about that's some

real friends. I mean they had heard that God

was healing people through Jesus and they wanted

to make sure their friend got in front of Jesus

and it was so packed that they went and tore

a hole in the roof just to get him in front.

That's some really good friends. Do you have

good friends like that, that stand beside you

through thick and thin, that will fight with

you through everything you're going through?

It's great if you do, but if you don't, guess

what? God will do that with you. Jesus is your

best friend. He will help you. He will be with

you through that trial, through that circumstance,

and He will answer your prayers. So let's continue.

It says, then they lowered the man right down

in front of Jesus seeing their faith. Jesus said

to the paralyzed man, my child, your sins are

forgiven. But some of the teachers of the religious

law who were sitting there thought to themselves,

what is he saying? This is blasphemy. Only God

can forgive sin. But Jesus knew immediately what

they were thinking. And so he asked them, he

said, why do you question in your hearts? Is

it easier to say to the paralyzed man, your sins

are forgiven or stand up and pick up your mat

and walk? So I will prove to you that the Son

of Man has the authority on earth to forgive

sin." And then Jesus said and turned to the paralyzed

man, stand up, pick up your mat and go home.

The man jumped up, grabbed his mat and walked

out through the stunned onlookers. They were

all amazed and they praised God exclaiming, we

have never seen anything like this before. Wow,

what a miracle, right? Here this man comes and

he's paralyzed and they bring him and Jesus says,

my child, your sins are forgiven. Why did he

say, what's the difference in saying that and

take up your mat and walk? Either way, the words

of life came out of Jesus and salvation, when

we get born again, we are saved and that salvation

is all inclusive. Why is it all inclusive? Because

when Jesus took our sin upon him and became a

curse for us, for cursed is everyone who hangs

on a tree that the blessing of Abraham might

be upon us, he also before being on the cross,

he was stricken 39 times, whipped. right? With

the cat of nine tails and it was ripping the

flesh right off his back and it's by those stripes

we're healed. That's what your Bible says. That's

what my Bible says in Isaiah 53, 4, and 5 and

in 1st Peter 2, 24. He talks about by those stripes

we were healed. Jesus took our sin and took our

sickness. Hallelujah. Do you know in Isaiah In

Isaiah, it was prophesied 700 years before Christ

was on the scene. That's how perfect the Word

of God is. You know, that was prophesied that

many years before and then Jesus shows up and

everything they prophesied came to pass. God

is a good God. He loves you and he blesses you.

He loves you and he blesses you. Let's talk about,

you know, the difference. There's a scripture

in John 10, 10. It said, the thief comes to steal,

kill, and destroy, but I have come, this is Jesus

speaking, that you may have life and life abundantly.

So the word of God being true says that the thief

comes to steal, kill, and destroy. The thief

is the enemy, the enemy that was allowed to get

involved on the earth when Adam fell. When Adam

sinned, that opened up the earth. The earth became

cursed. Satan had rule and reign. So he likes

to run around. And although Jesus gets blamed

for sickness, he doesn't put sickness on people.

He came to heal people. He came to set them free.

And so let's talk about sickness for a minute.

If the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy,

Let's talk about sickness. Does sickness steal?

Yes, it steals your health. It steals your time.

It steals your money. Does it kill? Yes, many

people die of disease and sickness. Does it destroy?

Yes, it destroys lives. It destroys family. And

who did Jesus say still kills and destroy the

thief? But Jesus is I've come to give life and

more life abundantly. That's why. healing and

divine health is of God. Right? He's not doing

it to teach his children something. There are

lots of ways to teach children. Would you put

sickness on your child to teach them something?

Heavens no. Heavens no. And neither would Jesus.

Jesus healed every person in the Bible that came

to him. The only thing he required is that they

believe and they act out their belief. So with

every person that said, I believe they had to

act because faith without works is dead. So it's

an amazing thing that God created man to live

heavenly on earth when he created Eden and Adam

and Eve and they were doing great, right? Adam

named every animal that was ever created. Can

you imagine that? Wow. That's how fully functional

our brain was back then before the fall. They

were living it out. The only thing they couldn't

do is eat of the tree of the knowledge of good

and evil. And that's the thing the enemy came.

He tested them by having them question what God

said to them. And that's what he likes to do.

He likes to put a doubt, a thought in your mind.

Not every thought that comes in your mind is

yours, but it's whether we take that thought.

Right? You don't have to take every thought in

your brain. Every thought that comes in your

head is not your thought. It may be put there

by something you heard. It may be put there by

the enemy. Maybe put there by God. Maybe put

there through something you read. So you want

to take out those thoughts that are not in line

with God's Word and replace them with thoughts

in line with God's Word. Meditate on the Word

day and night. That means think about it, dwell

on it, chew on it, because it's going to bring

life and health to all your flesh. That's what

the Bible says. You know, in Exodus 15 -23, he

said, I am the God who heals you. I am the God

who heals you. Hallelujah. You know, and after

that design, you know, the land was cursed. Then

came the plan of redemption and Jesus came to

take those stripes to bear our sin, to be raised

from the dead. That took care of it. That was

the payment for our sin and our sickness. It's

all inclusive. And now we are the proof of his

design by going out, preaching the word, teaching,

laying hands on the sick that they would recover.

Casting out demons, that's what Jesus told his

disciples to do and that's what he's still telling

his disciples to do, the good news. There is

no bad news when it comes to Christ. It's all

good. The same word of God that Jesus used out

of his mouth, we use today. He used the word.

He spoke the word against the enemy. You know,

when he was tempted 40 days in the wilderness,

how did he defeat the enemy in the wilderness

with temptation? He spoke the word. He said,

it is written, man shall not live by bread alone,

but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth

of God. We are to live by every word out of the

mouth of God. And do you know, when we do that,

let's turn over to Mark. 11, 22 through 25. I

want to read you what Jesus promises. He says,

and Jesus said to the disciples, have faith in

God. I tell you the truth. You can say to this

mountain, be lifted up and cast into the sea

and it will happen. But you must trust in your

heart and have no doubt. I tell you, you can

pray for anything. And if you believe you receive

it, it will be yours. But when you're praying,

forgive anyone you're holding a grudge against

so that your father in heaven will forgive your

sins. In other words, every time we pray, believe

in God for something and he said anything we

ask, we will have what we say. If we trust him

and believe it, we can't hold unforgiveness that

will hinder our prayers because if we don't forgive,

he can't forgive us. So hallelujah, I mean, he

has given us all authority over all the works

of the devil. That's what the word of God says.

You know, in first John chapter five, in verse

12, it starts out and says, these things I've

written to you that you believe on the son of

God, that you may know that you have eternal

life and that you may believe on the name of

the son of God. which is Jesus and this is the

confidence that we have in him that if we ask

anything according to his will he hears us. Well

if Jesus healed every person while he was on

earth that came to him and asked why wouldn't

he heal you why wouldn't he heal me he didn't

stop and ask them well tell me about your life

tell me about your sin in your life he didn't

do any of that he had mercy and compassion. And

that's why He came to redeem us and restore us

to that rightful place of divine health, salvation,

prosperity. He wants you blessed. You're His

child the same way you want to bless your children.

The Bible says if we being evil know how to give

good gifts to our children, how much more does

our Heavenly Father want to give good gifts to

us? Glory to God. Thank you, Jesus. You know,

Mark 1027 says, with men it is impossible, but

not with God, for with God, all things are possible.

That's right. All things. There's no exception.

Anything is possible. And when we read that previous

verse about speak to the mountain, if there's

a mountain in your life today, whether it's a

mountain of debt, a mountain of sickness and

disease, a mountain of strife, a mountain of

hatred, a mountain of discontent, any mountain

that's in your way. The Bible says as we just

read, speak to that mountain and command it to

be cast into the sea in the name of Jesus because

that's where the power and the authority comes

from. It's just like a policeman standing in

the street. If he was in plain clothes and you

didn't know, that he had the authority and he

didn't know he had the authority to stop traffic.

People would either run around him or run over

him. But when he's in that uniform and he knows

his authority with that badge, then we obey most

of the time, right? Same with Jesus. When we

know our authority and we know what's in the

will the New Testament Old Testament means will.

Someone has to die for a will to be valid. But

when that will is valid and it is because Jesus

died, he's also he's also the mediator of the

testament of the will. Then it is true and we

have to stand and we have power and authority

over all the works of the devil. You know, first

Peter 2 24 says he carried our sins on his body

on the cross so that we being dead and sin should

live in righteousness by whose stripes we were

healed. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Remember that

table we talked about last week in Psalms 23

-5 that He prepares a table for us in the presence

of our enemy? Hallelujah. Guess what's on that

table? Healing and divine health. You know, we

can't live by circumstance and situation. We

live by the Word of God because Jesus said, I'm

the way, I'm the truth, and I'm the life. He's

the truth so everything else there are things

that happen in life that we don't understand

But we don't live by experience if you're a born

-again Christian. We live by the truth We live

by the word so we don't let what happens there

are many factors that play in To things people

go. Oh, well God didn't answer my prayer Well,

you don't know all the factors and we won't know

till we get to heaven. But if we stick to it,

if we believe him, if we trust him and we do

as he says and put action to our faith, we can

have whatsoever he wills. Isn't that exciting?

Isn't that just wonderful? God is faithful. He

is faithful. to a thousand generations. He is

faithful. Are you a part of that generation?

Am I a part of that generation? Absolutely. Absolutely.

Have faith in God. Trust his word. He will never

fail you. He will never fail you. Right? Jeremiah

30 17 says, I will restore health and heal all

your wounds. Maybe you're brokenhearted today.

Maybe you've went through a divorce, a breakup.

Maybe you're having family issues. Maybe you

just found out your dad isn't who your dad who

you thought your dad was. Maybe you've been abandoned

today by someone or your parents or who knows

life happens all over the world. But you know

what? God is the healer. God will never abandon

you. He'll never leave you. He'll never break

up with you. He loves you today. And you can

turn to Him. Just call on that name. Just say,

Jesus, I need you. And He's right there listening.

And you ask Him for help. Just say, Jesus, help.

He will help you. He will heal your brokenhearted.

He will give you a dream. He will give you a

new beginning. Jesus is all about new beginnings.

You know, we all fall off the horse. It's not

what the falling that matters. It's the getting

up. Are you gonna get up, pull up your bootstraps,

and head in a new direction with a new heart

towards God? Or are you gonna just lay there?

You don't want to lay there, there's too much

life to live, too much blessing God has for you.

He not only forgives our sin, He forgets our

sin. He throws it, the Bible says, as far as

the east is to the west and down deep into the

sea of forgetfulness. Aren't you thankful for

that? I sure am. I sure am. Another place in

Psalms 147 .3. It says, he heals the brokenhearted

and binds up their wounds. Glory to God, glory

to God. You know, Luke 10, 19 says, Jesus gave

us all authority over all the works of the devil.

Hallelujah. That means he may try, but if we

stand our ground, just like, A father protects

his children. Our God, our Father, our Heavenly

Father protects us through the power of the Holy

Spirit. He gives angels charge over you to keep

you in all your ways, least your feet dash against

the stone. That's in Psalms 91. We are so blessed

people. I don't care what land you're in. I don't

care what country you're from or what country

you're in right now. Jesus is faithful if we

trust him. If we trust him, that's the key. You

know, Matthew 18, 18 says, I tell you the truth.

This is Jesus speaking. Whatever you bind on

earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you permit

on earth will be permitted in heaven. I also

tell you if any two of you agree on earth as

touching concerning anything you ask my father

in heaven will do it for you. For where two or

three are gathered in my name. am among them

he's there if you he's there with you right now

whether you're alone or with someone but when

you're with two or three and you come in agreement

over God's Word he will be faithful to do what

you need him to do the answer will be there if

you trust him and your actions meet his meet

your faith right praise the Lord Praise the Lord.

Proverbs 17 22. Laughter does good like a medicine.

Have you laughed lately? Have you watched something

funny? Turn the news off and turn on something

funny and laugh, laugh, laugh. It does your your

body good like a medicine. You know, in third

John two, Jesus said, I would have it that you

would above all things prosper. be in health

even as your soul prosper he said above everything

he wants you healthy and prosperous what does

that mean people go prosperous and salvation

to go to heaven one day no that yes that included

but he also wants you prosperous on earth he

will bless the hand your hands whatever you put

them to that's what the word of God says he became

poor that we might become rich will everybody

become rich no but it's available If you've got

the due diligence, if you trust God, if you use

wisdom, make right choices, be diligent, diligent,

diligent in business, not slothful. The Bible

says don't be slothful in business, but be diligent.

God is faithful. He's faithful to do it. If you

lock arms with him, he has big dreams for you.

Dream big. Big don't waste your dreams. Don't

waste your life time keeps ticking every day

every day. We can't take back five minutes ago.

We can't change anything that happened 30 seconds

ago or 20 years ago. Let go of the past grab

a hold of your future and let God lead you and

guide you put good things in and you'll get good

things out right garbage in garbage out good

things in good things out. We're going to go

to a song right now and I'm going to come right

back to you on the other side. When Giants come

calling my name My God is so much bigger than

troubles I face Why would I hunger for power

riches or fame? Better than all of these things

So I won't be ashamed Cause they know the bad

right our God is bigger greater stronger than

that mountain and we heard his command speak

to the mountain I encourage you to do that today

but it's only if you're a child of God that all

these promises are yes and amen to those that

believe in him so today if you've never believed

in him Or maybe you did and you walked away and

you blame God for something or maybe life threw

you a curve ball and you got involved with the

wrong group. Guess what? You can do a turnaround

today. Maybe you prayed a prayer many years ago,

but you're not sure if you're born again. God

wants you to be sure. He'll give you that assurance

in your gut. You will know that you know and

nobody can take you out of the hand of God. So

pray this prayer with me, dear Jesus, forgive

me of my sin, cleanse me, wash me. I yield to

your Holy Spirit. Fill me with your goodness.

Thank you for dying on that cross and rising

again. I declare you as my savior and my God

in Jesus name. Amen. And I want to tell you today

friend, you are born again. You are in that right

place with God and all these promises are for

you. And I want to say yes and amen. And I want

to encourage you to read your Bible. Get in the

New Testament. I would start there because that's

where we live. Start in the New Testament. If

you don't have a Bible, you can contact us at

championsinchrist3 at gmail .com and we will

send you a new Bible free of charge and we just

want you to have God's Word. Go to a good church

that preaches the whole Word of God. Turn on

some great preaching. Turn on worship music.

There's so much good music out there today. We

are so blessed to have it. And we want you to

know that we are here for you. Champions in Christ,

that's who we are, and we are here for you. We

want to give you opportunity. We will be taking

a trip to India. We've been asked to come and

minister the Word of God and some churches and

orphanage and schools. Give you opportunity to

sow into that. If you'd like to, you can contact

us. We can tell you more about it at championsincrist3

at gmail .com. But today we want you to go out.

We want you to make it a great day. Why? Because

God loves you. We love you and you are a champion

in Christ.