 I welcome every single person that is watching us online those are in the second century first century may the Lord Spirit be with you and we're gonna go into the Word of God if you have your Bibles you can open up to Luke chapter 17 verse 21 and Jesus said these words behold the kingdom of God is within you behold the kingdom of God is within you church I want to say these words what is going on on the inside of you is way more important than what's going on on the outside of you you got to hear me out catch this what is going on on the inside of you is way more important than what's going on on the outside God and the enemy wants to put something within you okay God and the enemy they want to both of them want to put something inside of you and each one of us we are a product of what's been put inside of us from the age of growing up you know your mom your dad they instilled something inside of you you know the things that you watched the things that you heard you're a product by default or on purpose of what's been put inside of you yeah the way you think the way you analyze the way you're just a product of what's been put inside of you like it or don't like it each one of us were a product of what's been put inside of us you know people with big bucks businesses they pay a lot of money if you look at the Super Bowl you know 15 seconds or I don't know how many seconds of the commercial lots of money think about it why would a business pay so much money for 15 seconds of your time to flash something before your eyes some kind of images why well because something goes inside of you like it or don't like it when you drive a car and these these big old billboards you know they're there they're there for a reason and so when you're driving and your eyes look at that thing something goes inside of you Coca-Cola or Pepsi something goes inside of you big bucks are being spent to put something inside of you and you know in the 1920s is when television was introduced 1920s do you know what TV stands for huh tell a vision L a vision just as in the Bible says in the last days I will pour out my spirit and your young men will see visions and dreams and your old well your young men's will see visions your old men will dream dreams meaning God is going to show something to men and women of God but the devil also wants to show you something and put something inside of you also and if we look at society how society has degraded you know 1920s the television was introduced into the home and people would spend hours and hours and hours watching that thing and slowly just like a frog being boiled without even knowing that things were placed inside of you know average screen this is the 2023 we're now in the average screen time for Americans is six is seven hours and four minutes the average screen time globally is six hours and 58 minutes so about seven hours roughly both in America and worldwide so if you look at how how society has degraded all you know the things that were crazy back then right now it's normal the things that were like you know what would shock the people in the 1920s right now it's normal what happened is because something was placed inside of us and right now we think it's it's no big deal just as the word of God is a seed it's a seed is is very very small but when it grows it grows into a tree when you listen to the word of God something gets planted inside of it right it might not look nothing but over time it grows the kingdom of God is inside of you and just as the and just as our God the Father has good plans for you the Bible says I know the plans I have for you plans to prosper you to give you a future and a hope well the devil also has plans for you and both of them want the screen of your heart and if both of them can plant something inside of you your future can see where it goes the word of God is a seed and the things we wash the things that go into the gates there's the eye gates the ear gates you know the five senses we we interact with this world where there's also there's gates we can allow things to go inside of us and garbage in is garbage out good stuff in is good stuff out you know we believers some of us we think Christianity is hard anybody think like that is hard I'll tell you what's hard what's hard is filling yourself up with garbage and trying to live holy now that's hard that's very hard because you're trying to please God but you filled yourself up with junk and all you're doing is you're fighting the junk that you allowed to come inside of you now that is difficult because all you're doing is doing warfare because you want to please God but you're also pleasing your flesh whatever you put inside of you is most of the times is what will come out what's been put inside of you Proverbs chapter 4 verse 23 says this guard your heart with all diligence for from it flows the springs of life another translation says this above all else guard your heart for everything you do flows from it you know when there's something valuable like the bank you know he has lots of money sometimes I'll be guard standing make sure that there'd be no intruder to come in and steal and rob that place diamonds are very valuable they are guarded with lasers a piece of rock for crying out loud yes it's it's it's found somewhere who knows where it's found but it's a rock and many of us believers we open up our heart to anything not knowing that our hearts are more valuable than that diamond our heart our mind is more valuable than a piece of rock I don't care if that rock flew from Mars from the meteorite and hit the earth and it's worth like millions of dollars but it's a rock for crying out loud your heart your mind is more valuable than a piece of rock the people of this earth they got lasers to guard that thing and and and what are we doing we open our ourselves up spending these time on the screen time open ourselves up to junk not knowing that something by default is coming inside garbage is coming inside and you're wondering why I can't live this holy life why is it so hard when I lay hands on the sick and nothing happens the kingdom of God is within you you need to guard your heart your heart is more valuable you cannot open it up to anything you know when God revealed this to me that there's a message behind the things we watch that the things from Hollywood are not just little Hollywood stuff there's lace the stuff is laced over there okay it's after your children it's after it's to put a deposit of an agenda inside so there's there's a spirit behind that God and the devil they want the screen of your heart you can't just watch anything we carry victory on the inside of us first before victory on the outside will manifest we carry defeat on the inside first before defeat on the outside will manifest look at the people that take their lives do you think they wake up one day and says you know what today will be a great day to take my life no something was put inside of him and they were marinating and marinating and marinating and the enemy was just feeding them and feeding them and feeding them and you know what they they got fed up so much I maybe they didn't receive delivering I don't know what happened but they took their life it didn't happen just because they woke up and they decided to you know what I don't want to live anymore something was placed inside of them come on ask yourself this question what is inside of me and now analyze yourself what's inside of it because you're a product of what's been put inside of you by default or on purpose what's inside of you scan yourself if we look in the Old Testament there was a man aching he was delivered by God from Egypt they were going into the promised land he was a warrior in the army of God and he hid the forbidden stuff in his tent what was inside hidden destroyed him a matter of time passed and him his family the belongings all perished now there's another person her name is Rahab she was a prostitute come on very very bad background you know prostitute you don't want that name under your your name but the Bible says that she hid the spies you know pastor of lab last week preached about it the word of God in prayer she hid the spies and because of what she hid on the inside her family was saved why do you know that she was doomed for destruction because Jericho was doomed for destruction God says annihilate the whole place don't let no one survive but because of what she hid inside she was spared what's going on on the inside of you make a make a analyze the Bible actually teaches it tells us to examine ourselves do we have any hidden lust depression unforgiveness unforgiveness will kill you guys slowly it's poison jealousy envy anger rain rage sexual images unbelief doubt double-mindness impurity what's on the inside David said these words in Psalms 1 19 verse 11 he says I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you David made a decision to hide the word of God inside what are you hiding the spirit of God faith self control goodness patience love sound mind gentleness kindness godliness the fear of God the kingdom of God is on the inside of us it's very important to analyze what's going on inside because yes you might look great on the outside but your inside will catch up to your outside look in the Old Testament Abraham and his wife they were naturally barren meaning they couldn't produce any children in the natural but see what God did what God deposited on the inside you know the Bible calls Abraham Abraham his name was Abram first he called Abraham a man of faith actually the father of faith meaning the father is you know if we're children then he's the father meaning that someone to look up to but he didn't receive faith just out of nowhere catch this what did God do this is what God did I'll show you and you can go in the Old Testament after the service and you can look in the read it and you can see but this is what God did he says Abraham you're no longer will be Abram you'll be Abraham and this is what God says he says look at the stars you see that that's gonna be your children look at the sand you see that that's gonna be your children you see God deposited in something inside of Abraham see faith didn't come out of nowhere it was deposited by God in the Bible says Abraham believed and it was credited to him righteousness he didn't wake up one day and just like I'm a father of faith no God deposited something into Abraham and he believed you know back then there were it was a desert and every time he walked he saw he saw the sand and he's like that's my children and every time you walk because in the desert the skies are so bright the stars are so bright and day and night he would see he would see he would see and the image of victory was on the inside of him and yes it took 25 years but let me tell you something God manifested the children in Abraham's life but it didn't come out of nowhere something was deposited inside of him what is being deposited inside of you God and the enemy wants the screen of your heart faith came to Abraham because something was put inside of him now let's look at Adam and Eve they're in the garden nice and naked walking around eating fruit and then the snake comes did God really say and now we see doubt was in part doubt was deposited into Eve did God really say let me tell you it didn't come out of nowhere some kind of information was spoken some kind of something was deposit something was transferred and now we see Adam and Eve messed up separated from the glory of God what did it just happen out of nowhere no something was deposited on the inside what's going on inside of us is way more important what's happening on the outside faith came because something was deposited what in Abraham and doubt came because something was deposited don't think that what you watch is just nothing or what you hear is just nothing it all goes in somewhere Jacob in the Old Testament was tending Laban sheep and God gave him a dream because you know what his wages were being changed a lot of times and Laban was cheating Jacob out of his out of you know he was just working hard but anyways God gives him a dream and Jacob's like Laban I'll tend your sheeps if you give me the speckled and a spotted sheep and then God gives him a dream put some sticks in front of them when they're mating and the sheep will see that and they produce after that kind and that's what was happening they were producing speckled or spotted sheep and Jacob had a lot of livestock because because the sheep what was were producing what they were seeing so whatever picture is in your heart most likely that is what you're going to be producing if you have a picture of victory on the inside of you most likely you're going to be producing victory but if you have a picture of defeat on the inside of you most likely that's what you're going to produce that's what I said God and the enemy they both want the screen of your heart Proverbs 23 7 says this as a man thinks in his heart so is he Matthew chapter 5 verse 8 says this blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God where you gonna see God you're gonna see him in your heart your heart is the contact point where you meet with God but if you got junk in your heart who you gonna what voice are you gonna listen to inventory of what's inside you know when we travel we go into the airport and we go through security you know the bags get scanned you take off your shoes you take off your belt you everything empties in the pocket you stand over there zing zing and they check if there's nothing there me so you didn't bring any weapons into the plane and but we people we don't set up security systems in our mind we don't set up security system in our heart in our thought and what we watch the average person spends seven hours a day on the screen and you know what you think you're you think it's nothing but let me tell you something something is going inside and you're wondering why is my faith so weak well maybe because you're feeding off the wrong stuff maybe instead of feeding off the word seven hours a day but you're watching the screen seven hours a day and yes it's funny it's great or it's it's entertaining but your spiritual life how is it when you lay hands on the sick how is it when you try to drive out a demon how is it when you want to walk in victory how is it when you want to be a man of faith a woman of faith don't think that you're gonna wake up and just become a man of God a woman of God it doesn't happen by default something goes inside and you need to and you need to not just allow anything to go inside your heart your mind is very precious as they said God has a plan for your life but so is the enemy you want God's plans and purposes to succeed not the enemies I want to share you a story you know at the age of 16 17 and 18 I gave my life to Christ and I wanted to follow Manhattan encounter with God a radical encounter God marked me in a deep way and I really really wanted to follow God but I was a I was in a family of nine I was the youngest in my family I come I have three sisters and I have five brothers six with me and so I was the youngest and at that time I used to work construction with my brother and I remember sitting in sitting in his truck because he would ride the truck I'm the youngest and he drives you know in his car and he would he would have bad music playing and there was a lot of cuss words actually I used to listen to bad music and cuss words back then I used to cuss a lot actually BC days God delivered me but when I gave my life to Christ I didn't want that junk to go inside of me and I remember beating that car you know you're the youngest you're not gonna turn the radio down first of all it's not your car he's older you're younger it's his car his truck okay so I'm like okay and I remember being at construction at constructions people cuss a lot like bad bad and I remember you know your whole day you're your old you were you're around this atmosphere and all that stuff goes in your head and I remember Friday Friday night it was youth and I would come up to the front lift up my hands but I got cuss words in my mind like so much why because I've been in that junk so I'm like okay God what I do so back then we didn't have what we had right now back then we had CD players so I'm like okay you want to listen to that junk I got my CD player I got two headphones in I put good stuff in you know he has bad stuff going in him I have good stuff going in me and later on they came it came out with iPads I loaded up my iPad with the word of God I loaded up my iPad with good stuff with with just good stuff and in construction you know you guys you want to do whatever you want to do but you know what I'm gonna have good stuff come inside of me and you know how much word of God and the day you can get inside of you you know I'm having good stuff coming inside of being edified and making money and you know what time time happens I grow in God now I buy a car and you know what my brother is in my car and my music is playing mm-hmm that's right and you know what we're in two different worlds and because that Christian music is not he don't like it just because I don't like his music I mean it's it's water and oil we just don't mix but you know what you're in my car do you know why Jesus sat with sinners come on Jesus sat with sinners do you know what he can do what he did is because he was more stronger in God than the sinner was in the sin but a lot of times the sinner is stronger in the sin than we are in God so a lot of times they affect the atmosphere than the rather we to affect the atmosphere but you know what you got to grow in God to a point where you can affect the atmosphere but that doesn't happen by default it happens if you do it on purpose as I said God and the devil they both want the screen of your heart Galatians 5 once says these words it is for freedom that Christ has set you free therefore don't let don't allow yourselves to be burdened again by the yoke of slavery don't allow what are you allowing with the eye gate the ear gate don't allow God made us a free people he didn't make us robots he said you know he gave us a free choice you can watch what you watch you can listen what you listen to you know sometimes we don't have a choice what we listen what we watch like for example we're in the world sometimes we don't have a choice people around us do what they do but let me tell you I am talking to those of us what are you feeding yourself on entertainment when you do have a choice when you do have a choice to watch that or not to watch that to put that inside of you or not put that inside of you and then you know what sometimes and then you want your children to be all all great but you know what your children like like just like Jesus he says I do what I see my father do this is what children do my son he does what I do you want your children to be awesome what you got to be awesome because they do what you do and if you do what you do they're going to become what you are so be a man and a woman of God guard your heart don't allow just anything to come inside who or what have we befriended God does not deliver us from our friends he only delivers us from our enemies if we allow those things God's like okay look at the children of Israel got into bondage until they hated that junk they cried out and God delivered it why go through a cycle deliverance bondage deliverance bondage deliverance why come to why come to Saturday night prayer line again because you need to be delivered because you were in guarding your heart why go through that circle over and over where God has steps for you to take where he has a plan and a purpose and a destiny for you the choice is your I mean we'll take you for deliverance don't worry but you don't have to go that route God has dominion for you not deliverance come on so right now let us all stand if we can have the worship team come up you know I don't want to just speak a message just a cute cute message and great you know we have to make a decision what are we gonna put inside of it because hear me out right now everything might look great you might be enjoying life and everything might be smooth and roses but let me tell you your insides will one day catch up to your outside and the enemy will will use any avenues you give him don't allow right now I want us to take a moment of our time if we need to ask God to forgive us from the times we entertain ourselves with the things that actually brought nails into his hands come on sometimes we as people we entertain ourselves with the things that brought nails into his hands we are the people of God the body the bride of Christ God is going to come back for a pure bride be a pure be a bride it's not by it's not by our works but it's by his grace work with God work with him scan your life if there's any areas you need to repent from and ask God God forgive me I've heard your word I've heard your word I want to grow in my faith I want to allow only good stuff to come inside I want to be example for my children I want to leave a legacy on this earth Holy Spirit help me right now take a moment if you need to repent ask him to forgive you to cleanse you and make a decision to only allow good stuff inside of you father right now we come to you come on open up your lips we come to you right now we ask that you would forgive us for for for entertaining ourselves with things that brought nails into your hands God forgive us if we allowed any subconscious message to go inside of us Lord we turn away we want to be a people of faith men and women of God men and women after your heart father we want to do great works on this earth father we want to see giants being slayed father we want to be your people we want to be your bride I asked that you would cleanse us that you would wash us that you would deliver us from anything that holds us down oh God father I pray that you would purify our hearts cleanse us and wash us do a work which only you can do by your spirit father I don't want this to be legalism but father I pray God that you would do what only you can do give us a delight after you we want to delight ourselves in you God father we don't want to put garbage in and then fight that garbage God we want your spirit we want your word do it only you can do with each one father I pray for that person that is just crying out to you I ask that you your grace your anointing your mercy would meet them at the point of need I pray that that you would help them with that decision they're making to follow you to put faith to put goodness kindness the fear the Lord on the inside in Jesus mighty name father do what only you can do I pray in Jesus for watching this sermon if this was a blessing to you would 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