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Making Jesus the Center of Our Lives 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's the god of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:55 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to the broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about, let's make Jesus the the center the center of our hearts and the center of our lives again. You1:07 know, maybe you're just going about your daily life, maybe you're going to church on Sunday, maybe you do pray every day, but is he really the center of your life? Like, are you putting him first in everything? Is he1:19 Lord? And, you know, even going back to your your your when you were first saved, remember those days you're you were just everything was different and everything was changed and a time maybe when you were on1:30 fire for God or or maybe you've never experienced that yet and we're gonna pray that you would have, you know, a time today to to make him lord of your life. But I'm telling you, sometimes, you know, we get so1:42 busy with the affairs of life, and then does it seem like he's on the the the back burner? Like, you know, people will say, well, I don't have time to get all these prayers in, but, you know, are you Netflixing? Are you,1:53 you know, scrolling through your phone for endless hours? You know, we're all guilty of all these things. But if we're going to have a relationship, a close intimate relationship with2:05 Jesus Christ, we have to spend time with him. How would you be close to anybody that you did not spend time with? And so today we're gonna be talking about that. Let's go back to the beginning. Let's go make2:17 him the center of our lives again.2:19 Amen. Well, I I remember, Naina, whenever my, my father passed away, how very alert, I guess, I was. Because the the2:31 kingdom of heaven became very almost just it it almost like it was tangible because it's like here I had a dad in my house every day and then2:43 all of a sudden he's in heaven. Like, how what just happened to my life? You know? And, I was at a a very pivotal age when that happened, and my mom had just2:55 gotten saved. And so I can remember just the the most precious memories of us seeking the Lord. We were like almost like we were following3:07 a rock band. You know, we would go to any revival. I we would go to any place that a praise group was singing. We were listening to, before 700 Club and3:19 CBN used to be 24 7. And so we we were watching that at night, and, we would sleep in in back then, you didn't have TVs in every room like you do now. We3:30 would sleep in the in the living room. My mom would sleep on the couch. I would sleep on the love seat. My brother would sleep in a recliner, and we would just listen. Seeking God3:42 first. And that was 1 of the first scriptures that really jumped out to me is seek first the kingdom of heaven, and then Yeah. All things will come unto you. And I just thought, alright. Alright. I'm doing this. You3:54 know? I mean, it was it was simple. It was it was simple faith, and I can just remember, you know, we didn't know any of the Christian songs really. And, just we we did no 1.4:06 The simple, you know, the the song Hallelujah, you know. And and because I guess it was comforting to my mom and I just remember I would grab her hand and we would squeeze really tight. It was just a4:18 precious time, really, it's a very sad time, but a precious time of of having God first, stealing away with God. Nothing mattered. I did not care about going to a party in high school.4:30 I did not care about worldly things. I was not interested. All I wanted to do was figure out what I could do for God, and it's just such a precious4:42 memory. And the Bible says go back to the things you did at first. And so if you've if you've gotten lukewarm, go back to the things you you did at first. If if if4:54 you've gotten into a ritual, some kind of religious ritual where you, you know, get up, you read the Bible, you you're not really fellowshipping with the Lord, you're not really entering the5:06 presence of God, go back to things you did at first.5:09 And he is you know, think about that time, for you. He he's so close to the brokenhearted, and he comforts us, and and he's always with us. He never leaves us or forsakes us. And and, you know,5:21 and so if if you're distant from the Lord, it's not him who moved. And so we need to come back to that place where we and just ask him.5:30 Just say, Lord, I just need to5:31 feel your presence. Holy Spirit, you know, be here with me. Get some praise music on, and just start really spending time with the Lord. I I always, take a notebook, and, you know,5:43 as as I'm sitting there in the quiet, I will, you know, write things down that I feel like in my spirit, like, that he's saying, and then it's so comforting and he'll give me, like, maybe a scripture. And when I look5:54 that up, it's exactly what I need to hear. But it's like practicing the presence of God and getting in that place with him, and there's nothing like that. And, honestly, I I I can't wait. I get my6:06 coffee, my Bible. I I just I and now it's so it's so nice in the mornings. I go outside and sit there, and I just can't wait to see what He has for us that day, and what if you would start practicing6:18 in getting in that presence where you can be with Him and ask Him to order your steps, go back to that secret place of just inviting Him into your day, asking Him to protect, guide, I mean, I address6:30 everybody I know in the full armor of God, I get in that place with Him. And you know, it's not always like that, things ebb and flow, and I know that when we go through different stages in life and you get super busy or6:41 you're going through something and it seems like the distractions be, you know, from the devil, because isn't that what he always wants? He wants to steal that time that you wanna spend with the Lord, and he wants to6:53 distract you so that you don't have that time with him because he knows that's where the victory is. That's how we become the overcomers that we are. And, you know, I know even even to I'll tell Rich, I'll tell7:05 my husband, I'll say, you know, the Lord just gave me this word like like he's you know, and it was like it's like a word that I don't say, and I'll tell you that a lot too. Like, I I don't really know this word or say7:16 this word, and that's how we know it's the Lord. And then I'll look it up and research it, and and it'll really speak to what I'm dealing with. And he he really is so sweet that way, that he just will drop these little7:27 things into your into your lap. And so, you know, going back to that time and making him the center of your life, there will never be a time you'll wish you didn't do that. You're never gonna7:39 say, I wish I didn't spend more time with so much time with God.7:42 Well, and he's the only 1 that can redeem time. You think, I don't have time for that. You don't have time not to do it.7:48 Exactly. There's never been a7:50 time when I spent a lot of time with the Lord that I regretted it, really. Because he sends people to help you or to to do something you were gonna do, he'll send someone to do it. HeThe Power of Prayer and God's Presence 8:01 redeems time. The Bible actually says that. Yeah. So we I don't understand. I wrote8:06 this time.8:07 Praise God that he does it. So seek God first. God will tell you what you need to know, and he will tell you what you need to do that day, and he'll make an order to your day. I mean, he spoke8:19 the world out of chaos into order. He'll do the same for your day. So make sure you keep him first. And with that, we're we're gonna come back in just a minute. You're watching Grace Grace with Nyn and Michelle.8:30 When I started MyPillow, it was just a problem solution, 1 product company. Well, since then, with the help of my dedicated employees, we now have hundreds of products, some you might not even8:42 know about. To get the word out, we're having a 25 dollar extravaganza. 2 pack multi use MyPillows, 25 dollars. MyPillow sandals, 258:54 dollars. And for the first time ever, our 6 pack towel sets, you guessed it, just 25 dollars Our brand new 4 pack dish towels, dollars 25. And I've9:06 never done this before. Premium MyPillows with all new Giza fabric, any size, any loft level, even king-size for only 25 dollars, and there's so much more. So go9:18 to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code for our 25 dollar extravaganza. Order 75 dollars and over. Your entire order ships absolutely9:29 free.9:31 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're talking about just getting back to making Jesus the center of your life again, back to that place where he can just steal all of your9:42 attention because and it's not like he's out there going, hey, you know, he's waiting for us. He wants us to want to spend time with him. He wants that, like, would would you want to spend time with anybody9:54 that you had to say, please spend time with me? You know, will you please make time for me? You wouldn't want them to feel, oh, okay. No. God wants our hearts to be in it. He10:06 wants us to just be so in love with him and to seek him and to be with him. And those moments and those times are just so sweet. He's so, you know, he he just overjoyed when we10:18 are there to spend time with him. He is so much for us to know and to to bestow upon us. I know even the other day, I told Rich that, he said that, I I was10:29 spending time with him that he would, you know, meet me in the hallows, and I didn't I don't know what I didn't know what that meant. And and I so I know it's not a word I say, but when I went and looked it up, it was10:39 like this it was like a secret place. It was like a, a time of just a closeness and a and a and a sanctified time. And so when I looked that up, I just started to cry about it, like, because I was10:51 like, yes, because he knows I know that was him then. Yeah. Because then we know that is not a word I say. That's nothing I know what that means or what those are what what hollows what what11:03 that is. And so when you meet with him with expectancy, he will give you so much. He will just download into your life, and honestly in this day and age11:15 when there's so much fear and hopelessness, and it seems like evil is winning everywhere, No. God wins. He's already sent his son to fight the battle. The11:27 battle's already been won, but how are we gonna know what God wants us to do? How he wants us to pray? What he wants us to pray about? What we get to as his army11:38 here and now for such a time as this, isn't that what it's all about? For such a time as this, we get to be here, we get to happen to the world, the kingdom of heaven is always advancing, and when11:50 you go back and let him have your full attention, he's gonna show you a strategy, a battle plan. He's gonna be with you in the thick of things, and he's gonna get you through it. And he's he wants us to12:02 hope again and believe in him again and get right with him again. He wants our hearts. Amen.12:08 And I and I just talking about, you know, the secret place. Some people, I I feel like when when we're talking about this, you think, I'm not like that. I I I, you12:20 know, I wanna be like that, but I don't know how to be like that. I've lived this, you know, sinful life, and I don't know how to be like that. And some, you know, when Jesus died on the12:32 cross, that blood was powerful that he shed. That that when he died on the cross, that same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, he died on the cross,12:44 he rose from the dead, and that same spirit is with you Amen. When you pray. All power that raised him from the dead is with you.12:56 And so you think, okay. I'm not worthy. I can't go to the Lord. You know, I have all these sins. Well, the Bible says that because of the blood, you are worthy if13:08 you'll ask for forgiveness and make Jesus the Lord of your life. And I I I was reminded while we were talking about this scripture in Acts, and it's Paul and Barnabas.13:20 They grew bold, and they said this. It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting13:32 life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. Now we can't reject the word of God. What you have to do, get yourself battle ready. Get in a get in a room. Find a13:44 place to pray. Get the word of God out. If you can't seem to focus when you're reading the word, listen. Listen to your favorite preacher. Get faith into your13:56 mind, body, and spirit. You need to keep it keep an atmosphere of faith. Make sure you're not watching things that are pulling you away from God, and dedicate14:08 yourself knowing you're we're all unworthy. But through that cross, through that blood that he shed for you, you can go boldly to the14:20 throne of grace to find help in times of trouble. And that secret place that we're talking about right now is just as much as for you as it was for Billy Graham or any great preacher14:32 now.14:32 If you think that you're not good enough or or you've done too much wrong, you are just not that powerful because because there is so much power in the blood of Jesus that 1 drop. He knows what you did. He14:44 knows everything in your mind, your heart, your soul, what you've done, and he's so standing there with open arms ready to welcome you back. He just just ask him. It's always, Jesus, help me.14:56 I need help. I'm a mess. Come help me. And he will. It doesn't have to be some perfect prayer. It doesn't have to be all wordy. Even if you don't know any scripture, that's all you have to say. He'll lead you15:08 to the right person to help you, to accountability partner, to the right church. He will he will start, you know, leading you to wanna watch preachers and pastors and get scripture in you. When you make that commitment,15:20 when you just ask him for help, he's gonna send everybody and anything to try to help you. You know, sometimes we miss. We're so bigly big distracted over here on all these big15:32 things that we're missing the small little nuances that he puts in our lives every day. You know, just maybe there's just a kind word. Maybe there's just like this little blurb on the radio. You know, there's something15:43 that that, you know, God is trying to get your attention, and he loves you, and he wants you. If if you don't know him, he wants you to know him. But if you've already walked with God for15:55 years and you feel like you've just gone, you know, dry in in your walk with him or you're kind of drifted away from him, God wants you back, and it's never too late. And he's standing there with open16:07 arms, and he is ready, you know, because I'm telling you, you know, his the grace that he has for us. And and and again, it's not like he doesn't know everything anyway, but he's so there with the grace, just the16:19 grace to just forgive us and to to just walk with us and to just get us back onto the right track with him because he wants he wants to know you too. He wants you to sit with him so that you16:31 can fellowship together because He wants to bless your life. And by Him guiding you and you spending time with Him, your life is gonna be blessed in so many ways. Even if it's hard, you can16:42 still have joy because He will still bless you through the tough times, But you need to be with him. You need to have some time with him. And the devil wants in every way, doesn't he try to come and get get16:54 don't you think the phone's gonna start ringing that, you know, like, that there's always gonna be something, the doorbell?17:00 Keep the phone out. I mean, I know some people, like, read the Bible on their phone. That's the only thing. But get a hardcore Bible. Walk in there, stand on that word, believe everything17:12 in it because it's all true and forever settled in heaven so you can pray it. And that's the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. And when we come back, we're gonna talk more about that.Embracing God's Plan and Purpose 17:24 When I started MyPillow, it was just a problem solution, 1 pronged company. Well, since then, with the help of my dedicated employees, we now have hundreds of products, some you might not even17:36 know about. To get the word out, we're having a 25 dollar extravaganza. 2 pack multi use my pillows, 25 dollars. MyPillow sandals, 25 dollars.17:48 And for the first time ever, our 6 pack towel sets, you guessed it, just 25 dollars. Our brand new 4 pack dish towels, 25 dollars. And I've never done this18:00 before. Premium My Pillows with all new Giza fabric, any size, any loft level, even king-size for only 25 dollars, and there's so much more. So go to my pillow18:12 dot com or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code for our 25 dollar extravaganza. Order 75 dollars and over. Your entire order ships absolutely free.18:25 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. We're talking about, you know, just get you you know, letting God steal your attention again. Let him be at the forefront of everything. Let him be front and center,18:36 the most important thing. You know, when the Bible says apart from him we can do nothing, and we can do all things with him who gives us the strength, then why would we even want to try? That's how18:48 I would18:48 try it. Call a clue.18:49 Hashtag fail. That's it. That's because it's like I don't even wanna try. Been there, done that, you know, it's just doesn't work well. And I even know, honestly, if you ever get up late or you're19:01 rushed in some way and you don't have that same kind of time with the Lord, it's just never the same. Like it is not. Like I crave that time, and I was even telling you how I feel like he's been waking me19:13 up at, you know, 3 in the morning, and I know that's just such a powerful time to be praying, and there's no distractions, there's nobody around. And so I'm I'm like, okay, devil, if you're gonna wake me19:25 up, I'm just gonna pray. I'm gonna sit here with Jesus. I'm gonna have this great time, and then I'm declaring, and I won't be tired tomorrow. And you know, because that, you know, it's it's all19:37 about Him. And I know in these times, there's how are we gonna ever get through anything without him? You know, don't you just just wanna be right there with him in the center of things? Because19:50 there's just no other way to handle things and get through these times, and we need people to know God. We just that's so important to us, and I know our call.19:58 Absolutely. And if you need, like, we God wants to spend time with you. Yes. And so, you know, some people just don't you've never heard anybody20:10 pray. You necessarily like that. Just go into to a room and shut the door and just tell God what you're thinking just like you would if you called20:22 your best friend.20:23 Amen.20:23 Unload your heart or somebody that you used to talk to that is no longer there. Don't talk I'm not talking about talking to the dead. Trust me. I'm talking about talking to the living God, but20:35 just talk to the Lord and just say, you know, Lord, do you know you saw when this happened. You're with me. You're with my children. They they're20:47 not in the house, but they're over here in another city. Thank you that you're omnipresent. Thank you, God, that you know everything that they need today. Watch over20:59 them today. Give them, angels to watch over them. Let let them be surrounded by a godly posse that they will be21:12 strengthened in their most holy faith. I mean you can just begin to dream dream with God. That's who I dream with. Like, well, I'm sitting there and I'm reading the word and I see they got21:24 it. I can have it. And so Lord, you gave it to them. Now I want it. And I'm asking you to do a miracle like you did right here. I want that. And I do that all the21:36 time. And and and I can pray. Mhmm. We can pray what it says in the Bible. And when we get away with God, we can pray those bold prayers. He doesn't21:48 judge us for, asking him Mhmm. For great and mighty things. I mean, why not? He's God. Yeah. He's honored by the size of our gift, by the size of22:00 our request rather, and our gift too. I mean, when when you go before the Lord, you're ministering to the Lord. We don't think about, like, we like to be ministered to when someone comes up and22:12 talks to us and, you know, and and ministers to us, but the Lord wants us to minister to him. He's he had he hired the he had the Levites who were perpetually22:24 ministering before the Lord in the habitation where the ark was. They would go and they would sing songs. They had certain people that sang. I mean, I I'm so impressed with that, you know, because that was22:36 a type. But now you are treasures in earthen vessels. The the treasure of the most high God is in your earthen vessel, which is here you are a human. That's22:48 what it's talking about. You're the vessel. And that means everywhere you go the power of God can be, the word of God can be spoken, and and it doesn't it it23:00 can look totally hopeless, but God can intervene when you steal away with him and you get alone with him. It says, he who dwells in the secret place of the most high God23:12 shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Think about that. Don't you want to be in the shadow? I wanna be in the shadow.23:19 Always. You know, the enemy of our souls is just so afraid that we're gonna rise up and become who God truly made us to be. And so, you know what? I'm not sitting here acting like I23:31 have all my ducks in a row all the time or everything's perfect. In fact, I don't even know where half the ducks are. Some of them are pretty sure23:37 You actually do have ducks.23:38 I'm pretty I'm pretty sure some of them are pigeons. I don't even know. And I'm just saying, it's just God's not asking for perfection. He wants us to do the best we can just to just to be with him. You know, just23:50 like if you wanna spend time with your own kids and just, you know, is the time always perfect and great? No. But we're you you know what? You're you're wanting to put that time in. You're wanting to invest into that24:02 relationship. And that's all he's asking. Just come be with me. And again, you know, the the devil wants to steal that time because he doesn't want you to become who God has made you to be for such a time as24:14 this. If you're here right now in this very day and age when everything is going down, we we we we don't know when end times exactly is, but we're we're we're looking at the signs. And when he says,24:26 when you see these things, you know, behold, your redemption draws near. We are seeing so many signs. So God, it's no accident that you're here right now, right now in this time. And so24:38 let's spend time with God. Let's get back to that great place with him so that he can use us powerfully in these last days, and that we can be such a light in the world that's so filled with24:50 chaos and darkness right now. And that's the whole point of this whole thing is the devil doesn't want you there. He wants you fearful. He wants you wandering, distracted with all the evil that's going on in the25:02 world. And now more than ever is when we need to get back to that place with the Lord.25:06 I was recently reading about David, the king David, and his last words. And, you know, you want pay attention to somebody's last words because they're getting to the nitty gritty.25:17 Yeah.25:17 The most important thing. Right? And it and it in it, it talked about how, you know, he he was a warrior, and he was also a worshiper, and how he had25:29 the it it it described it in my notes as the Ruash power of God. That's that's when God talks back and you talk to him.25:38 And so with that, we're gonna pray. We just ask the Lord to just bless everyone watching right now. We ask right now that they would know draw closer to you, Lord, as you draw closer to them. We know that you're25:50 gonna experience more with God when you spend time with him. God's got you. We love you. We're so grateful you for you. Thank you for watching. Head on over to our social media. You can find all kinds of good scriptures26:01 and and some devotions over there to help you. And stay tuned. You're gonna wanna hear this great message from Daryl Youngblood. We love you.26:08 We love you. God bless you.26:09 Does science disprove God? Is there a war between science and faith?26:14 We don't need God to create a universe. There's no evidence for God, and it's irrational. Is there no evidence for God? Am I delusional for my beliefs? Is delusional and stupid?26:24 Am I brainwashed?26:25 Do I ignore reason? Logic.26:27 Critical thinking. Science.26:44 RDOF uses logic and reasoning. 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