Participants: Lynell LaMountain
Series Code: FC
Program Code: FC000343
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00:30 Welcome to Faith Chapel. My name
00:32 is Lynell LaMountain the speaker and director 00:34 of Life Ignited. Today, we are gonna talk 00:36 about how to overcome failure before we get into 00:38 our Bible study let's pray and invite God's presence. 00:41 Father in Heaven, I thank you so much for being here 00:43 throughout today and I pray that as we study your 00:45 word that you would open up new truth to us 00:48 about how to overcome that thing, which hold us 00:51 back so often which is failure. Lord you are the 00:54 solution for failure help us see that and find that 00:57 today in your word is our prayer in your name Amen. 01:02 This is a story about a man who failed his best friend 01:07 of a man who believed his denial of his savior 01:10 had put him forever beyond the reach of redemption. 01:12 This is the story for anyone who feels here 01:16 she has really blown it big time anyone who feels 01:20 broken beyond repair this is a story of people 01:23 who feel irredeemable. This is a story of the weakness 01:27 of man, the story of the greatness of Jesus Christ 01:30 and his grace. This is a story about a man 01:33 who thought he thrown away the chance of a life time 01:37 just when Jesus had needed him most. Peter failed him 01:41 not just failed him, but denied him. He was filled 01:46 with self loving, he was crushed by guilt, 01:49 he was haunted by regret, he was disempowered by a sense, 01:52 a deep sense, a profound sense, a haunting sense 01:55 of his unworthiness. Peter decides to go away and 02:00 think about it for a while he decides to go fishing. 02:02 The Bible says in John chapter 21 verse 3, 02:06 the first half of verse 3. Simon Peter said to them, 02:10 "I am going fishing." Some of the others thought 02:13 it was good idea, so they tag along they get out the 02:15 mothballs boat, the mothball fishing gear and they 02:18 shake out the seal, sails in the head of deep water 02:22 have you ever felt like putting a sign on your door 02:24 it's says gone fishing. There is something being 02:27 going so terribly wrong in your life that you just 02:29 got to get away while a dust settles. We all have 02:32 these moments, where we just feel like saying 02:34 hey we are out here for a while, don't know 02:37 when they will be back, but they were gone fishing, 02:39 going to sort things through. In John chapter 21 02:43 and verse 3 starting with the second half, 02:45 the Bible says they said to him, "We are going 02:48 with you also." So they went out and immediately 02:50 got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. 02:54 Their fear and discouragement and doubt took them 02:56 back to where they first started when Jesus was 02:59 calling them, it took them back where they first 03:01 started that was away from Christ empty, hopeless, 03:08 and nets they were also empty they were right back 03:12 to square one. That night on the water they remembered 03:15 the good old days with Christ long before who have 03:18 been crucified. Memories of him calming the storm 03:21 of him walking on water and of Peter joining him 03:24 for a few minutes before Peter took his eyes off 03:26 Christ and started plunging into the depths. 03:29 Memories of him sitting in the boat with them teaching 03:31 the people lining the shore all of these memories came 03:34 back to them that night on the sea as they gotten away 03:37 from it all and fished. The hill upon, which the 03:40 5000 were fed wasn't far from where they were 03:42 and componium was on the other side of the lake, 03:45 but now they questioned there own future what once 03:49 look like a glorious future now seem it grimed, 03:52 it was dim, and it was black. The glimpse of the golden 03:57 morning burst through the blackness of the night 04:00 as midnight and noon trade it watch and Jesus was on 04:05 the shore. They didn't know it, but he was there 04:08 and he was watching. John 21 verses 4 and 5 04:13 in the new King James version reads But when 04:16 the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; 04:19 yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 04:22 Then Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any 04:25 food?" They answered him, "No." Something surprising 04:31 here to me is we actually find a group of fishermen 04:34 who tell the truth. Jesus asks them have you caught 04:37 anything and they say no, most of us would have said 04:40 yeah we have caught a lot, but we have it throw them 04:42 back but they answer honestly no we have nothing 04:45 our nets are empty. The second thing that strikes 04:49 me about this verse is a language Jesus uses 04:51 he just doesn't ask have you caught anything 04:54 and the Greek it reads have you caught anything boys, 04:58 got any fish kids. Not only they do not have any fish, 05:03 now as the stranger on the beach marking them 05:05 rubbing it in calling them children it is the only time 05:08 in the New Testament, where Jesus refers to them 05:10 as kids as boys, but I guess it's a third thing 05:14 about Christ question that makes me take notice 05:19 and it's this Christ question leaves them to 05:23 admit that they have failed, he wanted them to admit 05:27 the truth about themselves that apart from him 05:31 they had failed, apart from him their lives in their 05:35 nets would always be empty, so real question 05:40 to me go something like this. Find what are you 05:43 looking for boys so what he ask him that morning, 05:47 so what he asks me today, what he asks you 05:49 have you found what you are looking for it's your 05:52 life full is it satisfied, have you found what you 05:55 want. Jesus continues addressing them as children 05:59 by telling them what to do. In John 21 verse 6 06:04 And he said to them, "Cast the net on the right side 06:06 of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast, 06:11 and now they were not able to draw it in because of 06:13 the multitude of fish." This strange familiar voice 06:18 on the beach that goes across the water to them 06:20 try again if your nets are empty, try again, 06:24 so they put the nets down on the right hand of the 06:26 boat, which is interesting because that is the side of 06:29 the boat that was facing Jesus, the right side of 06:32 the boat, so they cast their nets and the text says 06:35 the nets were so full of fish that they could barely 06:38 pull them into the boat and then suddenly knee deepen 06:42 fish again they realized who the stranger is 06:45 on the beach it was Christ, Christ their Lord, 06:51 it was his voice, it was his power, it was his method, 06:54 it was his way, it way his miracle, it was him 06:57 once again meeting them, where they were he had 06:59 found them, he had come looking for them. He had 07:02 especially had come to looking for Peter, 07:05 Peter was so excited, I mean he can't stand himself 07:07 when he realizes that is Jesus on the beach. 07:10 And he is right back, where he started. A net bursting 07:12 at the seems of fish after a fruitless night of fishing 07:15 except Jesus wasn't in the boat with him this time 07:18 like he was in Luke chapter 5. Christ is on the shore, 07:20 but now Peter who had been following Christ 07:24 up until the denial is over joy with the power and 07:27 presence of Christ on the beach waiting for him 07:29 to close the distance. Overwhelm by the grace of 07:34 Christ, Peter takes off his jeans, he takes off his 07:39 lucky fishing shirt that he doesn't wash and as he 07:41 leaps into the water he is gone fishing hat, 07:44 is caught in the wind and blows away. I am not sure 07:51 what Jesus was thinking as he saw Peter's splash 07:54 towards him in the water, but I have a hunch 07:57 he was hap py and that he knew in his heart 08:01 that the cross have been worth it even if it meant 08:03 bringing Peter back, bringing him back home, 08:06 it was grace that was bringing Peter back to him 08:09 without grace Peter would have been swimming away 08:12 from Jesus, without grace Peter would have been going 08:14 in the other direction, without grace Peter 08:16 would have been trying to put as much distance 08:18 between him and God as he possibly could. 08:20 Just as fast as he could, but grace was offering him 08:23 a second chance and in that moment when Peter realized 08:27 it was Jesus, he realized to something else, 08:29 he realized that his failure wasn't final, 08:31 there was hope for tomorrow not only tomorrow there is 08:34 hope for today. He is very patient, this Lord of the 08:38 second chance when you say he doesn't easily give up on 08:41 people in fact he never does, he has never given 08:44 up on you and he never will. Peter slashed his forth 08:48 from the water and he runs toward Jesus and he drops 08:51 to his knees in the sand out of breath hand 08:53 on thighs, but Jesus doesn't say anything to Peter 08:55 just yet he just starts a fire to cook breakfast 08:59 as Peter gazes into that charcoal fire as John 09:02 tells us, he remembers the other night and another fire, 09:07 a charcoal fire, where he denied Jesus three times 09:11 while warming his hands. Peter smells the charcoal 09:16 and he remembers, he gazes at the dancing flames 09:20 and he remembers, he sees the nail prints in Christ's 09:25 hands and feet and he remembers; he faces 09:28 the truth, he faces the truth about himself 09:30 and the truth about what he had done and he remembers, 09:33 he felt naked because in that moment as he is looking 09:35 to the flames Jesus Christ had removed his masks, 09:39 all the Peter's masks gone. He couldn't pretend to be 09:44 spiritually healthy not today there was distance 09:47 between him and God; distance that he had chosen 09:50 to put there so Peter kneels by the charcoal fire. 09:54 He acknowledges the truth about who he is 09:57 and what he is done. Jesus knew the truth about who 10:00 Peter was and guess what he didn't leave, 10:05 Jesus didn't abandoned Peter. Jesus stayed there, 10:10 he still loved Peter, he loved leader, He loved Peter 10:12 more than life itself in fact he loved Peter 10:14 more than death and he stayed. The others join Jesus 10:20 and Peter for a breakfast of fish sticks and after 10:23 breakfast has finished Jesus says to Peter got a minute 10:26 can we just talk for a little bit there is something 10:29 on my heart, something on mind, something I wanna 10:32 ask and Peter he must have felt like a guy waiting 10:36 the guilty verdict. The disciples are looking on, 10:38 the are listening, he can only imagine what's coming 10:41 next, he feels vulnerable, he feels uncertain, 10:45 and than Jesus asks him this question 10:47 in John 21 verse 15. Jesus says so when they had eaten 10:53 breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of 10:56 Jonah, do you love me more than these? And he said 10:58 to him, yes Lord you know that I love you. He said 11:02 to him Feed my lambs. Think of all the things that Jesus 11:07 could have asked Peter, he could have asked Peter 11:10 are you sorry for what you've done, he could have 11:14 said Peter do you promise to never let it happen again, 11:17 Peter do you promise to try harder next time, 11:21 no, Jesus doesn't ask any of those questions, 11:24 he just says Peter I've been wondering about something, 11:28 do you still love me more than these? 11:32 Now Christ's heart is on the line, he is a vulnerable 11:35 one because when you ask that question do you love me, 11:39 you leave yourself totally exposed. My wife and I met 11:43 in college and I remember telling her that I liked her, 11:46 and I wanted to be with her, and I asked her she like 11:50 me back? And I was kind of imagining and hoping that 11:53 she would say something like this, I'm so captivated 11:56 by your charm and your sheer animal magnetism 11:58 that is all I can do to keep from rushing into your 12:01 arms and that is pretty much what she said it just took 12:05 me six months to get it our of her, when you ever ask 12:08 someone do you love me you are putting your heart 12:10 on the line it's a vulnerable moment, this is Christ 12:14 question to you today and to me do you love me? 12:19 It's a question he asked Peter except the Peter, 12:21 so he doesn't use Peter's nick name Peter, he uses 12:24 Peter's surname Simon son of John, he says Simon 12:28 son of John do you love me? It says if Jesus is saying 12:31 I won't presume that you still want the old intimate 12:34 relationship that we want to enjoy it and I won't 12:36 presume that you are still Peter, so Simon son of John 12:41 do you love me, now listen carefully because I don't 12:45 want you to miss this, the word Jesus uses for love 12:47 is Agapao, it's a verb form from the word Agape 12:51 it's a highest form of love, it's love based on 12:54 intelligence, love based on reasoning, comprehension 12:56 coupled with a corresponding purpose, it's a love that 12:59 does not change no matter what's going on at the time, 13:01 it is unaffected by situations and circumstances, 13:04 it's a supreme love, it's the same word that used in 13:07 John 3:16 which says for God's who love the world. 13:10 So, Jesus asks Peter, Peter do you love me with a 13:13 highest form of love more than these as you wants 13:15 so boldly claim that you did and Simon replies 13:19 yes Lord I am fond of you, instead of the word 13:24 Agape Peter uses Phileo instead it's the Greek word 13:28 for love that, that means fondness, affection, it's 13:32 a love that needs something return to actually keep 13:34 on going into exist or else with us and it's a totally 13:38 different word than Agape and these two words never 13:41 ever equal or equal in their meaning and this is a new 13:44 ones that is usually lost in most translations 13:47 and interpretations, Peter replies to Jesus 13:52 I am fond of you Lord, I have deep affection for you. 13:57 Now, if Jesus would have been like you and me 13:58 you know what he might have said just as I 14:01 thought you haven't changed at all, you are the same 14:04 old Peter, trader there is the door use it, 14:12 but Jesus isn't like us, halleluiah for that he is not 14:15 like you and he is not like me and that's good news. 14:19 He says to Peter it's okay feed my lambs then Jesus 14:24 asks him a second time in John 21 verse 16 14:29 He said to him again a second time, Simon, 14:31 son of John, do you love Me? He said to him, yes, 14:34 Lord, you know that I love you, he said to him 14:38 tend my sheep. What's missing this time, 14:43 what's missing in this question, the phrase do you 14:48 love me more than these, it's gone Jesus took it out. 14:54 Jesus removes a peer pressure of comparison 14:56 and says okay Simon forget the other people and the top 14:59 five priorities of your life, where do I fit in, 15:03 do you love me with the supreme kind of love in your 15:06 life am I near the top and again Peter answers 15:11 yes Lord I am fond, I am fond of you, Peter says 15:19 Jesus you are admonishing, you know everything, 15:21 you can read my heart, you can examine my soul, 15:23 you know beyond the shadow of any doubt that yes 15:26 I am telling the truth I am fond of you. 15:31 Jesus says okay Peter that's alright, that's an honest 15:34 answer and I can deal with it, feed my sheep. 15:39 Then Jesus asks Peter a third time, three times 15:42 Peter had denied Jesus three times he must confess 15:44 his love for him and Jesus asks in John 21 verse 17 15:49 he said to him the third time, Simon son of John, 15:52 do you love me, Peter was grieved because he had said 15:54 to him the third time do you love me and he said to him 15:57 Lord you know all things you know that I love you, 16:01 Jesus said to him feed my sheep. Why do think 16:06 Peter was so grieved at Christ asking this question 16:09 a third time because this time when Jesus asked him 16:13 if you loved him he use the same word that Peter 16:16 has been using the same Greek construction, he says 16:20 Peter are you only fond of me? Set of Agapao O Jesus 16:28 uses flare oh, Peter's grieved because Jesus is 16:32 questioning the authenticity of his fondness. 16:35 He says yes Lord you know, you absolutely know you 16:38 can take it to the bank that I am fond of you, 16:41 I am affectionate, I am telling you the truth you 16:43 know this because you can read my heart. 16:47 Peter says I wish I could say I love you with the 16:50 Agape kind of love, but I can't, I can't do that right 16:56 now, the best I can do just to say I am fond. 16:59 I once said that I loved you with everything 17:02 that I had never you leave you, I had never deny you, 17:04 I had never depart from you, I want to claim that 17:06 I loved you with the highest form of love, 17:08 but I don't trust myself anymore, I can say that 17:12 because I failed you once, but I know for sure 17:16 that I am fond of you, I am affectionate towards you 17:19 you didn't count on that. Jesus didn't spare 17:25 Peter the pain of going through this and it hurt 17:29 and sometimes it hurts when Jesus takes the masks off. 17:32 When Peter denied Jesus he had denied all common 17:37 affection even for Christ and now Jesus 17:43 he asked the question whether or not that 17:46 affection is in Peter's heart, but Peter 17:49 understands what Jesus is doing because Peter 17:51 was right. Jesus did know that Peter had a heart 17:53 full of affection and fondness for him, but what 17:56 Jesus was doing in front of the other disciples 18:00 he was confirming and affirming that yes indeed 18:03 Peter had a heart for Christ and they needed to see 18:07 that, they needed to see Jesus forgiving Peter, 18:09 they needed to see Jesus restoring him, they needed 18:12 to see Jesus giving Peter a second chance publicly. 18:16 Before Peter's fall he was rash and he was always 18:18 speaking his mind and speaking out to turn, he was 18:20 impulsive from moment to moment. He was always 18:23 ready to correct others and ready to speak without 18:26 thinking, but this Peter the post-denial Peter 18:33 this was a very different man in grace was regulating 18:37 his zeal now and the disciples could see that 18:39 there was a decided change in his heart. 18:43 Three times over charcoal fire Peter denied Jesus, 18:46 three times he had failed and now three times 18:48 over another charcoal fire he confessed his undying 18:51 love for Jesus. This is Peter Story, but the fact 18:55 is it's everyone story, it's your story and it's my 18:58 story, it's a story of anyone, who has ever 19:00 stood by the fire and fail God. Jesus is saying to 19:04 us right now like he did to Peter, he is asking 19:06 he is saying whoever you are and whatever you have done 19:09 get back into the game, you are still called, 19:12 you still chosen, you've still being commissioned by 19:16 me, get off the bench, get back into the game. 19:19 Jesus comes to you and me right now today and he says 19:22 I am giving you a do over for that situation that you 19:25 can undo I am giving you a do over. Sometimes in life, 19:28 sometimes in our walk with God many times in our 19:31 walk with God, we failed and we do things that we 19:34 cannot undo. There are times when the devil 19:36 would say to you after what you have done we will make 19:38 you think you are qualified to serve God. How can you 19:41 possibly follow him when you know the truth 19:42 about who you are you know that he knows too, 19:45 you are hopeless the devil comes and says to us. 19:48 Well maybe the devil is right, maybe he is right 19:52 about what we did just maybe we did deny Christ 19:57 not just once, but three times, maybe you messed up 20:01 so badly that you lie awaken bed and stare the ceiling 20:04 at night, maybe you are afraid to go asleep because 20:07 you are afraid that those dreams will terrorize you 20:12 and from those dreams you can't just wake up and say 20:14 aha it never happened because you know it happened. 20:19 Words can't be taken back, moments that can't be 20:22 relived, decisions that you can undo they hunt us, 20:25 but Jesus comes to us and he finds us and he says 20:28 would you like it do over, we have had those moments 20:29 would you like it do over, we have had those moments 20:32 where we stood by the fire, it made wrong decisions, 20:37 so how do you deal with failure, how do you deal 20:40 with those moments when you feel like you blown it 20:43 and you blown it for good. Is there something you 20:45 can do overcome failure to deal with failure. 20:48 Well indeed there is first John chapter 1 verse 9 20:53 gives us this promise If we confess our sins, he is 20:58 faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse 21:01 us from all unrighteousness. In addition to first John 1:9 21:06 that wonderful promise of forgiveness that we can 21:08 claim forgiveness even though we don't feel like 21:10 we are forgivable, in addition to that promise 21:11 is this promise in Romans chapter 8 verse 1 21:15 The Bible says there is therefore now no 21:18 condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. 21:22 Jesus tells Peter now you are beginning to see 21:25 why I went to cross in the first place, I went to the 21:28 cross and I arose from the tomb, so I could give 21:30 you Peter, so I could give you a do over, take it Peter 21:35 it's free my gift to you doesn't cost a thing. 21:43 It's the strangest thing about us, we read about 21:46 the cross, we talk about the cross, we sing about the 21:49 cross, but in a moment in times we need it most 21:52 and those moments when we failed and those moments 21:55 that we forget that the cross exists we forget that 22:00 there is a solution to our failure when we need the 22:03 cross most sometimes we forget it, we accept the do 22:07 over that Christ freely offers us and we get back 22:10 into game that's how we deal with failure. Hey, 22:12 we could not accept the forgiveness, we could not 22:15 accept the grace, it's a choice, it's a decision. 22:19 If you wanna deal with failure and overcome it 22:21 you accept the do over that Jesus Christ offers you, 22:23 forgiveness is a choice and Jesus has chosen 22:26 to extend it to you, to offer to you, and now you 22:29 can choose to accept it or to reject it. The thing 22:33 about the cross, the cross is for people who don't 22:36 deserve the cross, so if you don't feel deserving and 22:39 you don't feel worthy then guess what the cross is 22:42 especially for you that's why it's there and Jesus 22:45 is offering you new hope and a new chance and a do over 22:48 today. We hold ourselves back from coming to the cross 22:53 because we think we don't deserve to come to it 22:55 and that's the reason why it's there for people who 22:57 don't deserve it, people like Reyhan, Mary Magdalene, 23:00 people like King David and people like Peter, 23:02 people like you and me we need the cross. 23:04 Forgiveness what a sweet word restoration, 23:07 reconciliation, victory, healing for regrets, healing 23:11 for spiritual scars, healing for fractured hopes, 23:14 forgiveness. Forgiveness is for those who least 23:18 accepted and for the least deserving, so stop feeling 23:21 irredeemable because of your failures, stop feeling 23:23 that you have been disqualified to lead, 23:26 stop feeling that Jesus Christ is disappointed 23:28 in you and the God is only letting you in his family 23:30 because of a technicality, stop feeling like your 23:33 liability to Christ and to his cause. Jesus is saying 23:37 to you right now, I forgive you now get back 23:39 into the game, it's okay, it's alright you may, 23:44 you may have comprised your integrity, you may have 23:46 comprised your credibility, but Peter comprised both 23:50 his credibility and integrity, he betrayed 23:52 his Lord, he committed in a very real way spiritual 23:55 adultery and idolatry because he chose self over Christ, 23:57 but Jesus had the desire and the ability to restore 24:00 Peter to his rightful place as a son of God. 24:03 Sons and daughters of God, children of God are there 24:06 anymore beautiful words than these because if they are 24:09 I haven't found them. Peter dealt with his failure 24:12 through repentance, through confession and through 24:15 victory. Repentance, confession, and victory 24:18 restored Peter. You see Jesus loved Peter 24:20 just as he was and he met him there, but he loved him 24:23 too much to leave him there. Jesus loves you, 24:27 and he meets you where you are, but he loves you 24:29 too much to leave you there. Jesus Christ comes 24:31 to your life and he offers you a do over, a do over 24:33 that will lead to complete restoration. A do over that 24:37 will do it with all the failure that can be for, 24:39 he doesn't leave you in your failure, he leads you 24:41 unto victory and greater victory. We here Christ say 24:44 take a do over. Truth is if we could read each others 24:47 minds, forgive each others hearts to see all that we 24:50 have said and done and thought the past year, 24:51 we would loss creditability with each other instantly. 24:54 But Jesus Christ who knows us completely, who knows us, 24:56 where we have been, where we were going, 24:58 he comes to us and he sees our faults and our failures 25:00 and we can't fool him and he says take a do over, 25:02 get back into the game, if anybody should turn 25:04 his back on us he should be the one who knows the most 25:06 about us which is Jesus, but he doesn't he still 25:08 comes and he saves and he redeems and restores. 25:14 Warren Bennis writes about a promising junior executive 25:18 at IBM. This junior executive was involved in a very 25:22 risky venture for the company and he ended up 25:24 loosing 10 million dollars in a gamble, 10 million 25:28 dollars gone just like that, that's a pretty big failure. 25:31 Well, he called into the office of Tom Watson 25:33 senior, Tom Watson was a founder and chief executive 25:36 of IBM for 40 years. He has been a business legend 25:39 and as you might imagine this junior executive 25:41 is overwhelmed with guilt and fear, he bloated out. 25:44 Well, I guess you called me in for my resignation, 25:46 so here it is I resigned. Well, Tom Watson looked 25:52 at him and he said you must be joking, I just spent 25:56 10 million dollars educating you, I can't afford your 25:59 resignation and he put the kid back in the game. 26:04 On the most awful day of human history in the darkest 26:06 moment of the greatest friend Peter would ever have, 26:08 Peter turned his back on Jesus and denied him 26:10 three times he stands before charcoal fire and he says 26:14 I never knew him I am not, I am not his follower, 26:16 he is not my friend, he means nothing to me 26:18 and I pictured Jesus coming to that charcoal fire 26:21 that morning because this one is the big one this 26:23 failure is the failure of all failures, this isn't one 26:26 little embarrassing goof up, this was the denial 26:28 of his Lord and he says to Christ I guess you want my 26:31 resignation here it is and Jesus says you must be 26:34 joking Peter I just invested my life in you, I can't 26:37 afford your resignation get back in the game, 26:40 you think you're gonna quit, no absolutely not. 26:43 How many times do we tremble in the presence of 26:45 God expecting the very worse when we say sheepishly 26:47 here God here is my resignation and God says 26:50 you must be joking, I just invested my sons' life 26:53 in you, I can't afford your resignation. 26:56 If you hear nothing else today here this, Jesus 26:58 is giving you a do over right now would you like one, 27:02 I know I would. The Church is a place for people 27:05 who need do overs. The message and grace is place 27:07 for people who need do overs, people who are here 27:09 for redemption. Jesus Christ is the finder of 27:13 directionally challenged sheep, he is a searcher of 27:16 the runaway coin, he is the embracer of foolish 27:18 particles, his love knows no limits, his grace has no 27:23 measure, his boundaries are limitless and immeasurable, 27:27 his power is infinite, he redeems and he redeems 27:30 and he redeems, so do you love him and you accept 27:34 his divine do over today. If you do get back into the 27:38 game, he can't afford your resignation because 27:42 he invested eternity into you. Except you do over 27:45 today get back in the game, failures gone, you've 27:49 forgiven in Christ and restored forever await you. |
Revised 2014-12-17