Recorded January 26, 2025, with Rhonda Harrison.

It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast

with Rhonda Harrison on 1017 Bay of Anish. Good

morning and welcome to Champions in Christ. This

is the day the Lord has made and we will rejoice

and be glad in it. Wow, what a week it's been.

Snow in places you haven't heard of snow being

in quite some time. We got some snow as well

and snow always reminds me, I love. beautiful

snow. It always reminds me of the scripture that

talks about when God says when he washes our

sin away, he washes us white as snow. Pure, just

pure white and it just sparkles in the sunlight.

It's beautiful. We're going to talk today about

how treasured and valued you are in God's eyes.

You know God loves you so much and we're going

to go in the Bible today to Psalms 139, and I'm

going to read it in the New Living Translation,

and we're going to stop along the way. It says,

Oh Lord, you have examined my heart. You know

everything about me. Can you believe that? God

knows your heart. He knows every single thing

about your life. It continues on and says, you

know, when I sit down, you know, when I stand

up. You know my thoughts even when they're far

away. You see me when I travel and when I rest

at home. Just think about that. He knows when

you sit down and when you stand up. He knows

when you travel. He knows when you're resting.

He knows every detail of your life. He is omnipresent.

That means he can be everywhere at the same time.

There's only one God. There's only one Lord.

There's only one faith. There's only one Holy

Spirit, and there's only one Jesus Christ. Verse

three says, or verse four says, you know everything

I do. He knows everything we do, good, bad, and

the ugly. You know. You go before me and you

follow me. That means God is always with you

You know, the Bible says he never leaves you

He never forsakes you when he created Adam. He

already had you in mind He had us in mind long

long time ago, even before Adam. He had you in

mind He wanted fellowship. He wanted a family.

He wanted relationship He follows you. He follows

you. You know, there's in Psalms 23. It says

goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days

of my life. Wow. Isn't that awesome? God's goodness

and mercy. You know, if you're in a hard time

in a hard situation right now, God's goodness

and mercy is following you. You don't have to

worry. You're coming out. If you put your trust

in him, if you put that faith in him, he's going

to bring you through and you're going to be better

than you ever were. It goes on to say, you place

your hand of blessing upon my head. You know

everything about God towards you or I is nothing

but love and grace and mercy and kindness and

forgiveness. He is the God who forgives why because

his son he sent his son to take the payment for

our sin that we could be forgiven. You know the

fact that God knows every single thing we do

every single thing we. Look at every thought

we have. He's there when we sit down. He's there

when we stand up. He's there when we sleep. He's

there when we're busy working. He's there when

we're with our children. He's there when we're

in sin, you know, the Bible says while we were

sinners Christ loved us. He says such knowledge

is too wonderful for me too great for me to understand.

You know, this is this is David talking about

the Lord to the Lord. And this is a song. So

it was a song of sorts back then and it's beautiful.

It's beautiful. You know that knowledge to think

about it think about how God could think about

you your five brothers your two sisters your

cousins, your aunt, he thinks about everybody

every single day. We are the forethought. We

are his whole heart. He loves human humanity.

He loves the human race, all kinds, all colors.

It doesn't matter. He loves us the same. It doesn't

matter if you're the worst sinner on the planet

or you're not. He loves you the same. Why that

love? change. It can't change. He chose to love

us. Now, does that mean he's happy when we're

in sin or happy when we're making bad decisions?

Absolutely not. Let's go on in verse 7. It says,

I can never escape your Holy Spirit. Never. Never

can we escape the Spirit of God. It says, I can

never get away from your presence. Oh and in

another place David praise earnestly take not

your presence from me. You know, we can't get

away from his presence because he's everywhere.

He just loves you so much. He just wants to do

so many wonderful things in your life, but he

won't do it without your permission. He'll bless

you. He'll give you mercy. You know, there may

be someone else praying for you today. Maybe

you've hated God. Maybe you got mad at God thinking

God did something wrong or didn't allow something

in your life. Guess what? God gets blamed for

a lot of things. He doesn't do there is a real

enemy on the planet. And his name is Satan and

he's got a horde of demons that align with him.

But guess what? Jesus defeated him and them on

the cross. So once you know your authority in

him, once you've given your life to him, there's

no wall. You can't climb over. There's no victory

that can't be won in your life because the Bible

says nothing is impossible with our God. Nothing.

David continues to say, if I go up into heaven,

you're there. If I go down in the grave, you're

there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if

I dwell in the farthest ocean, even there your

hand will guide me. We know that's true because

of Jonah. You know, Jonah was a very rebellious

man of God. He was a prophet and and God told

him to go to Nineveh and he just didn't want

to. So he got got himself on a boat. And he started

heading in another direction, but the loving

correction of God, the loving correction, there

goes his mercy with Jonah. You know, he showed

him mercy by letting him be swallowed up in a

large fish or whale. You know, but he was with

Jonah and Jonah repented. And guess what? God

restored him to that place as prophet. He went

and prophesied and it saved Nineveh and all the

people there. So it's important we yield to the

Lord is for our own good. You know, he loves

you. He doesn't want to harm you. You know, Jeremiah

29 11, he knows the thoughts and the plans he

has for you plans to prosper you and give you

a future not to harm you. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

It says, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even

there your hand will guide me. Your strength

will support me. He's always there to support

you. If no one else is there, if you're in Antarctica,

if you are in Iceland, if you are all by yourself

because you decided to be by yourself in a small

place, in the woods somewhere, guess what? God

is there with you. He is there. David continues

on in verse 11. He says, I could ask the darkness

to hide me and the light around me to become

night. But even in darkness, I can't hide from

you. Wow. Wow. Just think God is right there

waiting to hear your prayer, waiting to hear

your opinion, waiting to talk to you. He wants

fellowship with you. Talk to him all during the

day. You know, it says, you made all the delicate

and inward parts of my body and knit me together

in my mother's womb. You know, that's why life

begins at conception because God created us in

our mother's womb out of that little bitty cell.

Praise God. Praise God. And David says, thank

you for making me so wonderfully complex. When

you realize, and those of you who've been to

medical school do realize, how complex the human

body is and how powerful the hand of God is to

create all of that in a little cell. And it just

expands into this human being that can see and

hear and speak and run and do feats that people

could never believe. all because of his wonderful

works. David continued to say, your workmanship

is marvelous. How well I know it. You know, if

you just look, if you've taken biology in school,

and we all have, unless you haven't as of yet,

biology will tell us so many wonderful things

about all the things God created. and his love

for you and I just in the creation he prepared

before he brought Adam and the earth and the

earth we live today although it's been corrupted

by sin and sickness and and all the horrible

things of the enemy guess what it's still beautiful

you still can look out in the woods and see the

beauty of his handiwork the mountains and the

valleys and the You know, we are so blessed in

America. We get to see it all. If we took a tour

around America, we would see the greatest mountains.

We would see the Grand Canyon and the valleys.

We would see the beautiful red rock. We would

see the oceans, the lakes, the rivers, the streams,

the snow, the sun, the heat, the sand. Beautiful,

beautiful handiwork. Thank God for his handiwork

and Heaven's even better. Good thing we can't

see that or we wouldn't want to be here, right?

And he goes on to say, you watched me as I was

being formed in utter seclusion. And as I was

woven together in the dark of the womb, you saw

me before I was born. He knew you before you

were born. How about that? Think on that. Selah,

S -E -L -A -H, it means think on that. Wow, he

knew you before you were even born. That's why

abortion is such a, it's not only heartbreaking

and sad, but it's murder because you're taking

away life that you didn't give. and that life

doesn't have a chance unless we give it to them.

And if you've had an abortion, God's grace and

His mercy is there. He'll forgive you if you

repent. He'll heal that place in you and He'll

restore you to that rightful place with Him.

So there's no condemnation in deception. Many

people, we've all been deceived in this or that

thinking this way or that way, not knowing God's

word. But he will redeem us. Hallelujah. If we

repent, it says every moment was laid before

a single day was passed. He already knew he already

knew what was going to happen. He knows the end

from the beginning and the beginning from the

end. How precious are your thoughts about me?

Oh, God, they cannot be numbered. I cannot even

count them. They outnumber the grains of the

sand. Wow. Think of the grains of the sand all

over the world, under the oceans and above those

which we can squish our toes in. His thoughts

towards you are outnumbered, are outnumbered

like the sands of the sea. Can you imagine? how

much he thinks about you, how much he wants to

bless you, how much he loves you. Oh, that sin's

not worth it. No, no, no, no. His payment, he

gave his life that we could be free. He gave

his life that you could be set free from alcohol,

drugs, sickness, disease, infirmity, calamity,

poverty. He took it all. It's the good news of

the gospel. He is ready to pour it out in your

life. The only thing he says is you have to believe

the grit, the size of a mustard seed, which is

one of the smallest seeds created. That's how

much faith you have to have and he'll do it for

you. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He

says, and when I wake up, you are still with

me. He's right there when you wake up. You know,

you can say good morning, Lord. And he's saying

good morning back. Good morning, Lord. Let's

start this day together. Good morning, Lord.

Help me lead me guide me. You know, we never

go wrong with his guidance. Never. Anytime he

spoke in the word of God to someone and they

were obedient to that word. it only blessed them.

It only brought them reward. It only brought

them success. It only brought them answered prayer.

Do you know there wasn't one sick person when

Jesus was on the earth that asked him to heal

him and believed him for it and received? There

is no one that didn't receive it. No one. Everybody

was healed. Why? Because they believed. Now when

he went to Nazareth, Nazareth People wouldn't

believe him. They looked at him as the carpenter's

son. They didn't understand the gravity of who

he was. They just chose not to believe. Believing

is a choice. So change your thoughts. If you

had a bad idea about God, if you thought he was

not a good person, not a good person, not a good

God, if you thought that there was another God,

guess what? Buddha's in the grave. His dust is

still there. Every other God is nothing. There

is no other God but our God. Hallelujah. There

is no one else that can be everywhere you are,

that knows every thought about you, that created

you. There is no other. So what are you waiting

on? If you want the goodness of God flooding

your life, then why wouldn't you? He's so good.

He's so great. but he's not going to overcome

your will. He's so loving and so wanted us to

love him on our own that he chose to give us

free will. Therefore we don't all have to choose

him and unfortunately not everybody will and

because they don't accept that free gift and

their sins won't be forgiven, they will find

themselves in an eternal hell forever. But those

of us who choose him, those of us who realize

the greatness of our God, we get to live eternally

with him. And heaven's a beautiful place, and

there'll be a new earth and a new heaven, and

it's great, but greater than what we'll be living

around, we'll be living with him. But it doesn't

have to start in heaven, it can start right here.

You can have heaven on earth by following him,

by following his word. Does that mean you'll

not have trouble? No. No, no, no, no, because

every test, every trial, every situation you

overcome is another victory for God and for you.

So yes, we will continue to have trouble. We

will be persecuted. Yes, we will. But guess what?

God's overcome the world. He said, be of good

cheer. So change your thoughts today. Put your

eyes on Jesus and trust him. You know, David

was human. But he's praying and he's talking

to God and he's thinking about what great God

is. And then he switches tones a little bit and

he says, oh God, this is verse 19. If you only

would destroy the wicked, get them out of my

life, murderers. They blaspheme you. Your enemies

misuse your name. Boy, we know that to be true,

don't we? Oh Lord, shouldn't I hate those that

hate you? Shouldn't I despise those that oppose

you? Yes, I hate them with a total hatred for

your enemies are my enemies. That was God, I

mean David, sharing and venting to God. But I

want to read you something in the New Testament

and what God tells us to do about our enemies.

He says this is Jesus talking in Matthew 5 43

says you've heard the law says love your neighbors

and hate your enemies But I say love your enemies

pray for those who persecute you In that way,

you will be acting as a true child of your father

in heaven. For he gives sunlight to both the

evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just

and the unjust. If you love only those that love

you, what reward do you have? For even the corrupt

tax collectors can do that much. If you're kind

only to your friends, how are you different from

anyone else? Even pagans do that. But you...

be perfect in love even as your father in heaven

is. You know when you go, how can I do that?

How can I love those that have hurt me? How can

I love those that hate me? How can I love those

that persecute you? You can't accept through

God's love. And as He expands your heart, you

know, one of my prayers daily is, God, give me

a heart to see people as you see them and to

love them as you love them. Because only when

He fills you with His goodness, His grace, His

Holy Spirit, can you love Him like that. You

know, so David was just venting to God because

then I want you to see what David ends this psalm

with. He says, search my heart, O God, and know

my ways. Test me and know my anxious thought.

Point out anything to me that offends you and

lead me along the path of everlasting life. He

doesn't want you tripped up and stumbling. He

doesn't. You are precious to God. That's what

the word says. You are precious to him. You are

loved and forgiven and healed and delivered if

you'll just receive him at his word. And we want

to keep our heart with all diligence because

out of it is the issues of life. Don't let the

junk in, get the junk out, let it go, vent to

God as David did. He wants to hear your venting

and he wants to turn your heart. David, King

David was known as a man after God's own heart.

That's what God said about him. Why? Because

he knew to run to God when he was having bad

thoughts and feelings and he knew how to let

it go and receive God's mercy and grace. You

know Isaiah says you are precious, honored, and

loved by God. And Romans 8, 18 says, for I don't

consider the sufferings of this present time

worthy or to be compared with the glory to be

revealed to us. You know what you're going through

right now? It's going to pass, but change your

thoughts and act. Act in faith towards God. Believe

His word and you'll see it come to pass. You

know, God knows how to find you. He knows you.

He knows you. I want to tell you a few people

in the Bible. You know, there was Rahab who was

a harlot who ended up being born again, loving

God and following after him. Paul was a religious

Pharisee. He knew the Pentateuch, the Old Testament

like nobody business, and he thought he was doing

right, but he was persecuting and killing Christians

because he had a form of godliness and denied

the power thereof. Zacchaeus, he was a tax collector

and he was very money hungry. Noah would get

drunk. Joseph was abused. There's nothing you

have felt or done that someone else before you

probably listed in the Bible and God didn't redeem

them. Everyone I'm listing to you turned to God

and God redeemed them. How about Noah being a

Christian but rebellious in his walk with God

and he was a prophet. He's in the fivefold ministry

gifts and God redeemed him. God redeemed him.

He loves you today. He will redeem you. He will

redeem you if you just let him. If you just realize

how much he loves you, how much he thinks about

you, how good he is, how good he is. He knows

what you're going through. He knows what you're

going through. We're going to listen to a song

just about that very thing, how God knows what

you're going through and how he loves you. and

I'll come right back and talk with you after

that. And every day you try to pick up all the

pieces All the memories that somehow never leave

you Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you Nobody, nobody

will believe you God only knows what you've been

through God only knows what they say about you

God only knows how it's killing you But there's

a kind of love that God only knows Somebody,

somebody sees you Somebody, somebody will never

leave you God only knows what you've been through

God only knows what they say about you God only

knows how it's killing you But there's a kind

of love that God only knows If you're lonely

today, if you're ashamed, if you're misunderstood,

if you are the one to blame, you can start over

with God. You really can. You can start over

with Him today. Right now, you know, He knows

how to find you because He already knows where

you're at. He's right there with you. He knows

the real you. He knows the things you... you

you have in secret and you're afraid to tell

that you're afraid someone's going to find out

just as that song said he knows you he knows

you and guess what he loves you he's pursuing

you with all of his heart once you give him opportunity

once you give him a chance he'll heal your broken

heart he'll give you a miracle if you need one

that's right he will do it he will do it And

I want to take this opportunity, just pray with

me. Say, Dear Heavenly Father, forgive me, cleanse

me. I realize now that you love me, that you're

there for me. And I ask you to be my Lord, my

Savior. I repent of my sin. I renounce the things

of the world. And thank you. Thank you for filling

me with your Holy Spirit and with the fire of

God. Thank you for loving me. When I couldn't

love myself and I choose to forgive myself Of

all the things I've done just as you have chosen

to forgive in me in Jesus name If you prayed

that prayer today, I want to say you've been

born again. You've been restored to that rightful

place. Old things are passed away. Your sin is

gone and washed away. What do you want to do

now? You want to get a Bible. You want to start

reading it in the New Testament first, I would

recommend. Find a good church that preaches the

whole word of God, the whole counsel of God,

that love people. where the power of God moves

and you walk out changed. God loves you and that'll

strengthen you. That's why He wants us gathering

with the body. It strengthens us. Listen, if

you need to reach out to us, you can reach us

at championsinchrist3 at gmail .com. We love

you today. We want you to go out and make it

a great day. We want you to know that God loves

you. We love you. and you are a champion in Christ.