Pastor Gavin Taylor

Today, I want to speak to you about the importance of guarding your heart or (protecting your) heart. I also want to take some time to explain what that actually means. When I say “guard your heart”, I’m not talking about the organ that beats in your chest. That’s your natural heart, that pumps blood through your body and keeps your physical body alive. I’m not talking about that “heart”. What I’m talking about your spiritual heart; which controls your emotions, feelings, and sentiments. Your spiritual heart is a synonym for your Soul; which consists of your mind, will, and emotions. To guard your heart, therefore, is to guard your Soul. The Bible says that your heart, our your soul, must be guarded (protected), with all diligence (or with the greatest of efforts), because your heart “affects all that you are” on the inside, and begins to release it on the outside.

Recently, I released a prophetic word stating that “your winter ❄️ is over”. I stated that you’re about to give birth to some dreams, that you thought had been aborted, dead, and were gone forever. I mentioned that, although you thought they were dead, they weren’t dead, they were just hibernating for the winter. I also told you that your season was changing and with that, flowers 🌺 of blessings were about to appear in your life. That was the prophetic word of the Lord, that He gave me to release over this house. Now, the key is to make sure that you protect that word until it comes to pass. That’s what I want to talk to you about today.

Today is Resurrection Sunday. This is the day that we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. This past Thursday, Jesus had His last supper with His disciples, He went to Gethsamane to pray and to prepare for the sufferings that were about to take place. He was then betrayed by a man He called friend; named Judas. On Good Friday, He was brutally beaten and crucified on a cruel rugged cross, finished His earthly mission, which was to die to take away the sins of the world (as the lamb 🐑 of God), and was buried. Saturday His physical body lie dead in a tomb, but His Spirit and Soul was very much alive in hell. I’m sure that the devil and his demons were down there throwing a party, believing that they had defeated the Son of God. But what the devil didn’t realize was that Jesus was there for one purpose. To finish paying the price for sin and to take away the keys (of hell and death) from the devil himself and to lead all the people, that were in Abraham’s bosom, to heaven. And today we celebrate His glorious resurrection. We celebrate the fact that Jesus is alive!

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The martial relationship supersedes all other natural relationships. Even the relationship between parents and children. The child is the parents responsibility up until they get married. After that, husbands and wives are to care for and provide for one another. Leaving their mother and father, and cleaving to one another. That, of course, doesn’t mean that you throw your parents or your family away. It just means that your marital relationship (now) supersedes that relationship. Today, we're going to continue to explore how to properly prepare for this type of commitment.

Last week, I mentioned that you have to be prepared and processed to receive the blessings of God. Why? Because someone that is not prepared and processed for His blessings, will (ultimately) lose the blessing due to mismanagement. That’s why you can’t leave a million dollar inheritance to a five year old child. Its not about love, but about the ability to handle and manage. It is, therefore, left in a trust until the child is old enough to receive it. The child has to grow and mature before they are able to handle the responsibility of having that kind of money. It’s a similar situation with us. That’s where process and the preparation come in. ‭‭

Last Sunday, I know that dropped a bomb 💣 on you by saying that, you don’t have what you’re believing for, yet, because you’re not ready for it. Last week, I mentioned that you have to be prepared and processed to receive the blessings of God. Why? Because someone that is not prepared and processed for His blessings, will (ultimately) lose the blessing due to mismanagement. That’s why you can’t leave a million dollar inheritance to a five year old child. Its not about love, but about the ability to handle and manage. It is, therefore, left in a trust until the child is old enough to receive it. The child has to grow and mature before they are able to handle the responsibility of having that kind of money. It’s a similar situation with us. That’s where process and the preparation come in. ‭‭

This is my real point. You have to be prepared and processed for the blessings of God. The reason why you don’t have what you want right now, is not because God doesn’t want to bless you with it, (but) because you’re not ready for it. You have to go through the process of being made, so you can be ready for His blessings. You don't want to miss this teaching. Blessings!

Your success or failure (in life) will be determined by how you handle provocation, jealousy, and envy. Provocation is an action or speech that makes someone angry; especially deliberately. With that being said, have you ever been provoked by someone? Has someone ever told you that you can’t do this or do that? Has someone ever told you that you’re not smart enough? If so, how did that make you feel? Did it stop you or did it fuel you? I don’t know about you, but when someone tells me “I can’t”, I have to figure out a way to get it done. Also, when someone is doing better than me, it also fuels me to do better. When you’re attacked with provocation, or jealousy, or envy, you can either get bitter or get better. You have to make a choice.