I don't wear these tassels, but sometimes they mean so much to me, like it normally is in my closet. There's been times where I was so worried about something, and I went into my closet to get dressed, and I was trying to decide what shirt to wear, and I looked up and the tassels were pointed out, and it just reminded me: God is God, and I am not.
There have been times where I thought I was going to have a stroke, from the anxiety that had come over me, over something. My head was rushing, my face was flushed, I was all flustered, I didn't know what to do, and I walked in my closet, and this was hanging out. I reminded myself: God is God, and I am not. May the worries of this life, and the deceitfulness of wealth, never rob me of God's best.
Lord, we repent for allowing the things that choke our life: the worries of this life, and the deceitfulness of wealth. Lord, I repent for letting those things be Lord. I repent for letting those things dominate my thoughts.
Forgive me Lord, for every time I've been here, but actually there. Forgive me Lord for the deceitfulness of wealth, for constantly pushing for something that doesn't come. Lord, we repent for that.
We change our thinking; and Lord, we look at our list, and we tell You: this is stuff we can't do anything about - and we leave it with You. Truly, in our emotions, we leave it with You. Lord, we repent for the feeling of worry, and what it does to our faith. We own it. We repent for it.
We stand against it together. We stand against any spirit that comes against our mind that tells us: worry is the best way for life. No, we stand against it. We stand against the deceitfulness of wealth.
Maybe we need to commit to taking a Sabbath, to the principle of Sabbath; reminding ourself that He is God, and we are not. I want you to have a holy moment with God. The tassels are here for you.
If you're paying attention, you can really sense a strong presence of God in here. He's dealing with those emotions that come from the worries of this life, and the deceitfulness of wealth, things that choke our life out. He's just dealing with those things. He's setting people free. They can leave free to have the word of God take root in their life, and we leave tonight with that mind.
So let that presence keep flowing thicker and thicker and thicker, that feeling of the presence of God. Let it just rush through this place now, through every person from the top of their head to the soles of their feet. I reach into that now, and I ask that You'd flood this place with Your presence.
We just love the sweetness and the gentleness of the Holy Spirit, and how His presence takes painful things like these sometimes, and He just deals with them and sets us free.
In a position of faith Lord, we stand now with You. We stand against these things, and we proclaim ourself kingdom people. We live Your way. Let the word of God take root in good soil in our heart.
May the worries of this life, and the deceitfulness of wealth, die off of our ground. Just weed it out, Lord. Pick the thorns out. Lord, I say to You: please do that in my life. I submit my heart to You, tell You I love You with everything I am; and I want Your best for me. Let this take hold.
Lord, I pray that You bless us tonight, that You would mark us - let us mark this in the spirit tonight - as a moment where we know that we're empowered over the worries of this life, and the deceitfulness of wealth. Free us Lord, for the principle of Sabbath - to know that You are God and we are not. In Jesus' name, Amen.