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Making Jesus the Center of Your Life 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 back burner? Like, you get people say, well, I don't have time to get all these prayers in, but, you know, are you Netflixing? Are you, you know,1:54 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 with Jesus Christ,2:06 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 make him the center of2:18 our lives again. Amen. Well, I2:20 I remember, Naina, whenever my my father passed away, how very, alert, I guess, I was. Because the the kingdom of heaven2:32 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 then all of a sudden2:44 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 just gotten saved.2:56 And so I can remember just the the most precious memories of us seeking the Lord. We were like almost like we were following a rock band. You know, we3:08 would go to any revival. We would go to any place that a praise group was singing. We were listening to, before 700 Club and CBN used to be3:20 20 fourseven. And so we we were watching that at night and we would sleep in and back then you didn't have TVs in every room like you do now. We would sleep in the3:32 in the living room. My mom would sleep on the couch. I would sleep on the loveseat. My brother would sleep in a recliner, and we would just listen. Seeking God first. And that was 1 of the3:44 first scriptures that really jumped out to me is seek first the kingdom of heaven and then all things will come unto you. And I just thought alright. Alright. I'm doing this. You know I mean it was it was simple. It3:55 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. Simple, you know, the the song4:07 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. And it was just a precious time4:19 really, it's a very sad time, but a precious time of having God first, stealing away with God. Nothing mattered. I did not care about going to a party in high school. I did not care4:31 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 precious memory. And the Bible4:43 says go back to the things you did at first. And so if you've gotten lukewarm go back to the things you you did at first. If if you've gotten4:55 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 the presence of God,5:07 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, you5:21 know, 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. Just say, Lord, I just need to feel your presence. Holy5:33 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, as as I'm sitting there in the5:45 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 look that up it's exactly what I need to5:56 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 my coffee, my bible. I I just I and6:08 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 practicing in getting in that presence6:20 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 address everybody I know in the full6:32 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 or you're going through6:43 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 to distract you so that you6:54 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 I'll tell Rich, I'll tell my husband, I'll say, you know, the7:06 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 say this word, and that's how we know7:17 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 little things into your into your lap. And7:30 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 gonna say, I wish I didn't spend more time with so much time with7:42 God. Well, and7:42 he's the only 1 that can redeem time. You think, I don't have time for that. You don't have time not7:48 to do it. Exactly. And then 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. He8:01 redeems time. The Bible actually says that. Yes. So we I don't understand Rose.8:06 I don't Praise8:08 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 spoke the world8:20 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 9 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 evenThe Power of Prayer and God's Presence 8:42 know about. To get the word out, we're having a 25 dollar extravaganza. 2 pack multi use my pillows, 25 dollars. My pillow sandals, 25 dollars.8:55 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 this9:07 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 pillow9:18 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.9:31 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina 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 your attention9:42 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 we are10:18 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 was spending10:30 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 was like this10:40 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 was like, yes,10:52 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 what that11:03 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 age when11:15 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 us12:02 to 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 Hold. 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.14:33 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. Just just ask him. It's always Jesus, help me. I14:56 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 you to15:08 the right person to help you, to an 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 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 something15:44 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 for years15:56 and you feel like you've just gone, you know, dry in 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 open arms and he16:08 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 the grace to just16:19 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 you can fellowship16:31 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 can still have16:43 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 get don't you16:54 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, believe17:12 everything 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.17:24 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 even17:36 know about. To get the word out, we're having a 25 dollar extravaganza. 2 pack multi use my pillows, 25 dollars. My pillow sandals, 2517:48 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, 25 dollars. And I've18:00 never done this 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 go18:12 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 absolutely18:23 free.Embracing God's Plan and Overcoming Distractions 18:25 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle. We're talking about, you know, just, you you know, letting God steal your attention again. Let him be at the forefront of everything. Let him be front and center, the18:36 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 wanna try? That's how I18:48 would got it. Call a clue. Hashtag fail. That's it. It's because it's like I don't even wanna try, been there, done that, you know, it just doesn't work well. And I even know, honestly, if you18:59 ever get up late or you're 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 you19:11 how I feel like he's been waking me 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,19:23 okay, devil, if you're gonna wake me 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, because19:35 that, you know, it's it's all 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 the19:47 center of things because 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. Amen. 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 living20:33 God. But just talk to the Lord and just say you know, Lord you know you saw when this happened. You're with me.20:45 You're with my children. They're they're not in the house, but they're over here in another city. Thank You that You're omnipresent. Thank You God that You know everything20:57 that they need today. Watch over them today. Give them angels to watch over them. Let let them be surrounded by a godly posse21:09 that they will be strengthened in their most holy faith. I mean you can just begin to dream. Dream with God. That's who I dream with. Like while I'm sitting there and I'm reading the21:21 word and I see they got 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 right21:33 here. I want that. And I do that all the time. And and I It's true for you. We can pray. We can pray what it says in the Bible and when we get away with God we21:45 can pray those bold prayers. He doesn't judge us for asking Him for great and mighty things. I mean why not? He's God.21:56 Yeah. He's honored by the size of our gift, by the size of 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 think22:08 about, like, we like to be ministered to when someone comes up and talks to us and, you know, and and ministers to us, but the Lord wants us to minister to him. He's he22:20 had he hired the he had the Levites who were perpetually ministering before the Lord in the habitation where the ark was. They would go and they would sing songs. They had22:32 certain people that sang. I mean I I'm so impressed with that. You know because that was a type. But now you are treasures in earthen vessels. The the treasure of the Most22:44 High God is in your earthen vessel, which is here you are a human. That's what it's talking about. You're the vessel, And that means everywhere you go the power of God can be,22:56 the Word of God can be spoken, and and it doesn't it can look totally hopeless, but God can intervene when you steal away with him and you get23:07 alone with him. It says he who dwells in the secret place of the most high God shall abide in the shadow of the almighty. Think about that. Don't you want to be in the shadow? I want to 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. I'm pretty23:39 pretty sure some of them are pigeons. I don't even know. But 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, just like23:51 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 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 time24:14 as this. If you're here right now, in this very day and age, when everything is going down, we we we don't know when end times exactly is, but we're we're looking at the signs. And when he24:26 says, 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 in25:02 the 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. 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