May you never say again: my father ate sour grapes so my teeth are set on edge. May we quit making excuses, and laying blame on the previous generation; or for that matter, anybody else. No, when someone eats sour grapes, they are the ones whose teeth get set on edge. Just because someone else ate sour grapes, does not mean your teeth have to be set on edge.
I bless you today to have the courage to step into the light, to have the courage that no matter what your family tree says, that you can step out of darkness and into light. You can call darkness 'darkness', and let God deal with that; and let God give you a new heart and a new spirit. By faith, may you have the courage to step out, and behave and live in God's ways; and may life, light and increase dominate your days for the rest of your life.
I bless you today to handle your money God's way. I bless you today to handle your tongue God's way. I bless you today to handle your actions God's way. I bless you today to be people of integrity. Come on now, you guys can do it. I speak motivationally, I speak prophetically into your spirit. If you're here today, and you don't know if you could do it: yes, you can. I set before you today blessings and curses, life and death - choose life, that you might live!
It doesn't matter if your father ate sour grapes. It doesn't mean your teeth have to be set on edge. Light, life and increase are therefore yours for the taking; and if you're here today, and you need a new heart, there's a way for it.
Let's pray together. Lord, we honour You and we love You. We proclaim You are king. We're humbled by You. Jesus, I stand before You now on behalf of all of us, and say: here's my heart, and here's its darkness - I choose light. Now would You honour Your promise to give me a new heart, and a new spirit. Would you mend it all up, throw it out, and just put a whole new one in there. We love You Lord. If you need in on that prayer, I just pray that you just lift your hand or open your heart up to God, Lord I believe and I agree with every person for a new heart and a new spirit. We choose Your way. Amen.
Prelude For those of you who don't know me, I've had the incredible opportunity to be mentored by a pastor who just happens to have his rabbi training for the last 10 years, so we come at it from that bent. I also have a master's degree in clinical psychology so if you're sort of messed up in your head come back there as well, we've got something for you. We use the profit from that to help us with our mission for Tsedaka, for generosity, for taking care of the poor and the afflicted, and also ministering in places that can't afford it.
So if you come back there to the resources table afterwards, I'll be back there today to say hello, and you could pick something up that will change the way you look at God forever, and in so doing you will also help me put food in people's bellies that can't eat, so enjoy it back there. We also have our online mentoring up and going, so if you'd like to come into an online classroom, and learn how to see the Bible like my rabbi taught me, we've got that up and you can pick up a flier at the back.