We’ve watched the world around us the past few weeks, and it seems that everywhere you turn there is turmoil and pain. A devastating hurricane that has taken lives and obliterated homes, schools, church campuses and grocery stores.

A war in Ukraine that intensifies even today as we sit here. Our own president using worlds like Armageddon and nuclear crisis in his weekly updates and speeches.

The global economy is on the brink of something it has never seen before. Just a few days ago in London, the BOE had to step in and limit margin calls on pension funds. The decline was so rapid, so severe that if the BOE had not intervened it would have meant pension funds and other banking institutions would have become insolvent, depleted of all value in one trading session. Economic turbulence is more than likely just beginning. 

I want us to look into a very special moment in the life and history of Israel and especially King David. The King is in the last few days of his life. He is preparing for his absence on this earth. He knows his days are numbered and he is making preparations for the day that he won’t be king. 

David’s son, Solomon is to ascend to power and David’s greatest concern for his son and for his people, is that they would build the house of God. The temple where God would be glorified, where through the high priest the people could be in close communion with God. Notice what David is saying in the first few verses of this story:

So whats our game plan?A game-plan is a strategy worked out in advance!  sports, politics, or business. How are we going to train, prepare and even train ourselves to think so we can win? 

We are fighting, struggling against the enemy and the flesh. What are we going to do on the front end, preemptively to be victorious? Let’s ask the question first, can we be victorious over satan, over the enemy? The answer is yes, because of Jesus. 

Jesus beat satan, overcame him as a man in the flesh by quoting scripture, fasting and praying. So can you. Some of this struggle is mentality. How I think, how I perceive myself and my “odds of winning”.

As we have said, this year we’ve been praying for the lord to give us confidence and authority in our walk as we continue to grow spiritually and challenging ourselves that we are never to be satisfied with where we are. We should never be satisfied, rather always hungry for more. 

So whats our game plan?A game-plan is a strategy worked out in advance!  sports, politics, or business. How are we going to train, prepare and even train ourselves to think so we can win? 

We are fighting, struggling against the enemy and the flesh. What are we going to do on the front end, preemptively to be victorious? Let’s ask the question first, can we be victorious over satan, over the enemy? The answer is yes, because of Jesus. 

Life can truly be painful. If you live life around people at all, you are at risk to be hurt. People are naturally, emotional creatures. We offend an get offended—its part of our human curse, our imperfect flesh. You will get hurt in life.  Maybe you have been hurt by what people said about you… by what someone thought about you… You may have been hurt by what people have done to you emotionally, physically, verbally or financially.  It’s inevitable. You will be hurt by what people say and do.

Christians are called to live above the ebb and flow of human emotion, above human life. We must learn to get past hurt. There are folks in this room that have had horrendous things said to them, terrible things have happened to them, but I’m here today with the Word of God to show you that you can move on, and more than anything I want you to see The Real Reason You Can’t Move On. 

No delay here, no suspense build up—I just want to lay it out. The reason you cant move on, the reason you cant find joy or peace, is the absence of the one and only solution and thats forgiveness. The real reason you cant move on is because you haven’t forgiven your offender