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P a s t o r N o l o

When you enjoy something you have a feeling of

happiness, satisfaction and enjoyment.

This is meant to be the s a m e thing in our walk.

H e a v i n e s s

Feeling sorrowful, walking in condemnation and

feeling heavy in your walk.

There are many symptoms to show that you're

dragging your feet in your walk but you're not

really all there your feeling heavy almost all the

time.

H e r e s s o m e :

Only walking cause you want to get to heaven

not wanting to have a relationship with Jesus.

Only walking because you don't want to look like

a hypocrite.

Only walking cause you're scared of what others

will think.

Only coming because you might not go to hell if

y o u c o m e .

Only coming because you feel obliged.

You feel condemned almost every second day.

Always feeling guilty because of the mistakes

you've done or what you could of done better.

The reason why we can feel this way is because

we are walking with the wrong intentions or

always thinking of the negative things and the

mistakes that you've done or what YOU can do

and never thinking of what Christ has done and

what he can do.

Never focusing on Christ, always on your

problems.

1 J o h n 5 : 1 - 4

1 Whoever believes that J e s u s is the Christ is

born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves

the child born of Him. 2 By this we know that we

love the children of God, when we love God and

observe His c o m m a n d m e n t s . 3 For this is the

love of God, that we keep His commandments;

and His c o m m a n d m e n t s are not b u r d e n s o m e . 4

F o r w h a t e v e r is b o r n o f G o d o v e r c o m e s t h e

world; and this is the victory that has overcome

the world--our faith.

W h e n w e l o v e t h e f a t h e r w e l o v e t h e s o n a l s o

and verse 3 this is love of God that we keep his

c o m m a n d m e n t s a n d h i s c o m m a n d m e n t s a r e

not grievous or burdensome.

Our walk is meant to be Joyful.

John says J e s u s commandments are not

burdensome or heavy or hard to do. He's right its

not hard but its when you choose to sow to the

flesh and lose focus it will get hard.

Sometimes we still get confused of why we are

heavy in our walks with God but its simple... loss

of focus, dwelling on flesh and problems.

Let me ask you guys something, have we

forgotten what the Lord has done for us?Have

we forgotten why we started walking in the first

place?

I Ask this b e c a u s e if his c o m m a n d m e n t s a r e n o t

heavy and everyones finding it hard and

dragging their feet... are we walking the way we

should be walking with God?

Somethings not right here. Have we even

replaced our focus on God with something else?

We have to check ourselves. I don't want to

stand here and preach about trials or challenges

cause that part of our walk that will never

change but when we focus on that and not on

Christ... everything all of a sudden gets heavy.

|\Testimony\\

Challenged every single day big or small its still

not my identity its still not my focus.

can't do anything about some things just move

on.

disappointing people so you feel heavy

Pleasing people or yourself you didn't wake up

to please people or to make yourself happy

where is that in the bible?

you did something you didn't like or made a

mistake, who said you had to please yourself?

you only wake up to please God. He is al ways

well pleased with you cause your his child.

H e b r e w s 1 2 : 1 - 3

1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed

about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us

lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth

so easily trap us, and let us run with patience

the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto

Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who

for the joy that was set before him endured the

cross, despising the shame, and is set down at

the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For

c o n s i d e r h i m t h a t e n d u r e d s u c h contradiction of

sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and

faint in your minds.

Lay aside the weight and sin that easily traps us.

Consider! m e a n s Think about it ! look at the

example Jesus set! Jesus endured the cross

despised the shame! so he could do what he

w a s called to do.

For us the cross is willingness to deny ourselves

and for us despising the shame is thinking little

of the unfortunate situation.

so that we can run the race properly not as if its

a burden but so we can run it joyfully.

M a t t h e w 1 1 : 2 8

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-

laden, and I will give you rest.

Why am i not rested? Maybe we need to come

unto Christ.

J o h n 8 : 3 6

So if the Son makes you free, you will be free

indeed.

Nature of The Walk.

Nature is what something is or what should be

happening normally with something.

Psalm 40:16

et all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;

et those who love Your salvation say

continually, "The LORD be magnified!"

everyone that seeks the Lord should be rejoicing

in him and saying the Lord be lifted up!

Phillipians 4:4

rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say,

rejoice!

Paul the Apostle tells us to rejoice in the Lord

always.

1 Peter 4 : 1 2

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery

trial which is to try you, as though some strange