#codeorangerevival

Say what you will about him, but TD Jakes delivered an amazing sermon last night at Elevation church. So I felt compelled to share with you what I took from it.  There are still two nights left of this revival.  Don't miss it!!   Thank you again Lysa Terkeurst for sharing this with us.

things I liked from last night's broadcast of #codeorangerevival:

· Our God is a God of crescendos. He’s ever increasing.

· We as Christians love principles more than people. God did NOT die for principles but for people!

· Do not doubt your worth Jesus died for you.

· How can you doubt your worth when you’ve already been purchased?

· God is accessible to you. You don’t need anyone else to reach Him for you. And you can reach Him anywhere whether it’s in a closet, at an altar, in a car, in the shower, in the bed, or where ever!!

· I never knew how my parents loved me until I had a sick child.

· Just because Dr’s can’t do it or a man can’t do it doesn’t mean it can’t be done. It’s a just right job for Jesus.

· The greatest lessons are learned while waiting.

· When you talk more about your problem than your promise you are praising your problem.

· Faith is born when man’s ability fails.

· The world needs radical Christians.

· If the human spirit is strong enough to hang on to life long enough to say goodbye to a grandchild before passing away, then imagine how strong the Holy Spirit is.

The Sermon Notes start here:

• In the OT the high priest couldn’t be touched. There were many ceremonial types of washing that had to take place. Sometimes days had to pass before someone could touch the high priest. We have a high priest that can be touched!

Key Verses from the sermon

1. Heb 4:15- For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

2. Luke 8:46-And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

To understand this text of scripture you have to understand that Jesus was on His way to see Jairius’ daughter who was very sick. Jairius had requested that Jesus come and help her so Jesus was on His way to her and had a large group of men around him following Him there. The woman with the issue of blood in Luke 8 had been suffering for 12 years. She had lost money, relationships and was kept from touching or sitting anywhere without it being considered unclean. The law prohibited her from touching anything. This woman’s religion kept her from touching and told her not to touch Jesus. She went beyond her religion to a relationship. This woman had to climb OVER her history to get to her Destiny and so do you. Sometimes you just have to push your way and press through the crowd to Him. She was not walking to Jesus’ front; she was coming up from behind Him. She was probably saying inwardly to herself the entire time, “If I can but touch, if I can only touch, just one touch”. Have you ever felt like God had His back to you and was healing and working miracles for everyone but you? That’s how she felt. She drug through on her hands and knees and pressed through all the men just to get a touch of the hem of his garment. This woman was hemorrhaging and weak and crawling and she still caught up to a healthy young Jesus and you can catch up to Him too. She didn’t even touch Him, but touched something that was touching Him and she was IMMEDIATELY healed by the hem of His garment. The nastiest dirtiest dragging the ground part of His clothes Healed her. Jesus asked, “Who touched me”. It was dangerous for her to admit she had touched Him. The law and her religion told her she shouldn’t have even been in the crowd of men and certainly not to touch them. The woman knew she had to come forth because she had been made whole. I hope you haven’t forgotten about me saying that Jesus was on his way to see Jairius’ daughter. Also know that when the woman with the issue of blood was healed a man that came and told Jesus that Jairius’ daughter had died.

· One had been 12 years sick and one was 12 years old.

· One is the coming generation and one is a mature generation that is losing strength and blood.

· He gives life to the mature and takes it from the young.

· He heals the “former” and “resurrects” the latter.

· If you’re over 40 get ready to get healed.

· If you’re under 40 get ready to be resurrected.

· This generation is the one that everyone says, “Christ is not in them.” Know that God is able and he is resurrecting this generation.