Restoration of Authority - August 25
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🗓️ 25 August 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
As we near the end of our week looking at Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, we’re going to look today the restoration of authority the father gave to the son. And we’re going to create space today to look at what it means be granted the authority of the Father in our own lives. May we be positioned to work with God in bringing his powerful love to earth all around us as the result of our time in his presence today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 16:19, and today's worship is Refresh Me by Leeland.
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| 0:00.0 | As we near the end of our week, looking at Jesus's parable, the prodigal son, |
| 0:09.0 | we're going to look today at the restoration of authority that the father gave to the son. |
| 0:14.1 | And we're going to create space today |
| 0:16.0 | to look at what it means to be granted the authority of the father |
| 0:19.3 | in our own lives. |
| 0:20.9 | May we be positioned to work with God in bringing his powerful love to Earth all around us |
| 0:26.5 | as a result of our time in his presence today. Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | Our verse today comes from Matthew 16, verse 19. Scripture says, I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whenever |
| 0:47.0 | you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whenever you loose on earth shall |
| 0:51.6 | be loosed in heaven. |
| 0:56.0 | One day as I spent time with the Lord I felt him speak to me. |
| 1:00.5 | Come follow me and I'll give you the keys to my kingdom. |
| 1:04.0 | I stood still in awe and wonder and a god who would break through the natural |
| 1:10.0 | and speak straight to my heart. |
| 1:12.0 | At this point I'd yet to read a story. and speaks straight to my heart. |
| 1:13.0 | At this point, I'd yet to read a scripture |
| 1:15.0 | that I believe was meant to define the lives of all believers. |
| 1:19.0 | And once I came across this verse, |
| 1:21.0 | I felt the purpose for my life was changed forever. In Matthew 1619 |
| 1:26.8 | Jesus tells Peter I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven and |
| 1:31.3 | whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and |
| 1:34.8 | whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. And later in Matthew 18 |
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