You are GOD's Favourite Flavour | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, and Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist, and founder of John Gifta International.

0:44 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta just screams. I don't know how many of you love ice creams, but I love ice creams. And if you gave me ice cream at any given point of time, I would love it. But at the same time, if you gave me chocolate flavor of ice cream, I would be on cloud nine. I would be so excited. I would be so happy, and I'll be like, Wow, I want to get some more scoops of ice cream. I want to get something as much as I can. Why what is the difference? I allow ice creams, but if you give me the chocolate flavor of ice cream.

1:37 I like it even more. The difference is the fact that this is my favorite flavor. This is something that I delight in. It's not just like any ice cream that gives me normal level of satisfaction and pleasure, but it's like a delightful treat. Now, I want to just share a few scriptures with you to help you on the and something that I would really love you, guys, to have as your perspective on how God sees you and how God is looking at you and what God feels about you. Because we live in a time and age where so many people put us down.

2:15 We look at all these ideal scenarios or what is mentioned as the standards said by Hollywood, or all these Bollywood and Nollywood and all the different woods out there, you know. But the truth of the matter is our standard is not defined by Hollywood or Bollywood or Nollywood. It is defined by the one who died for us on a piece of wood, that is Jesus Christ. Right. So God loves you and that's the standard for us and his love. He has spoken over it, and he has mentioned it through his word. When you look at Steph and I are Chapter three, verse seventeen, and I'm reading from the Nalty version, and this is what it says.

2:57 For the Lord, your God is living among you, is a mighty savior. And this is the line I want you to understand. He will take delight in you with gladness. He will take delight in you with gladness with his love. He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. I love this part which says I'm just going to focus on one part in this episode. I want to talk about how God says. You know, the word of the Lord says he will take delight in you. Like I said, the word delight in itself is so awesome.

3:37 The word delight, when you look at the meaning, it means great pleasure, okay, which means first of all, I was like, okay, what does pleasure mean? Okay, When you look at the meaning of the word pleasure, it means a feeling of happy, satisfaction and enjoyment. Pleasure means happy satisfaction and enjoyment. And delight means great pleasure, which means great level, a greater degree, a greater feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment. That is what God feels about you. I want you to think about it.

4:15 We always look at God in this sense that he's always angry with you. He's mad at you. He's waiting to see you make mistakes and punish you. And you know, that's the kind of picture we have. See. I understand God is our daddy God, and as every father wants to discipline his children, God would discipline you and I so that we will be on track, so that we don't run away make poor choices. That's always there. But the truth is He is a loving father. You cannot deny that. And it says here that when God sees you, he's not mad at you.

4:50 He's not angry with you. He's not always coming from a place where we have this picture that God is always against us. No. You see, when God sees you, he says that he delights in you. And the word delight means he has a feeling of happy, satisfaction and enjoyment in a greater degree, great pleasure away. It's like saying I love ice creams. Ice screams give me joy, satisfaction and happiness, but when it is the chocolate flavor of ice cream, it gives me a greater decree of joy and happiness. If if you gave me normal flavor of ice cream, I would say, okay, one screwp fine, I'm happy about it.

5:40 But if it's chocolate flavor, can I get two scoops please? Or three scoops? If it's okay, you know why because it gives me that extra joy, extra pleasure and satisfaction that is so unexplainable it comes like wow. Right. I wanted to understand that God is not mad at you or against you. When God looks at you, you are his favorite flavor of ice cream. You are his favorite flavor of ice cream. So today I pray that every wrong misconception you will have about how God sees you, let it be broken, let it be crushed.

6:22 And I pray that you will see yourself the way God sees you, that you are his favorite flavor of ice cream right, because He delights in you, and I will catch up with you in the next episode. God bless you. You've been listening to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA. We hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for you. Make sure to subscribe to the John Gift of YouTube channel for regular uploads of sermons, skits, interviews, and more. Follow John Gifta on Instagram for regular inspirational posts, and don't forget to check out the best selling books written by John Gifta, Who Am I which will help you understand your identity and the latest number one bestseller Unveil Your Purpose, helping you discover your purpose and to start walking in it.

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7:45 If your heart stops beating, now, do you know where you're going? If you came face to face with death, Now do you know where you're going? And this is not a message of condemnation. This is a message of hope. That is a God who loves you so much he sent his only son, Jesus Christ to come down and pay a heavy price by shedding every drop of his blood on the cross. Thank you for dying for my sins. When you believe in Him, you have free gift or salvation for you that it shows us that we will go to heaven when we die instead of suffering in hell forever.

8:25 I'll just encourage you today to make the simple step of faith and say, Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross. Thank you for giving me this gift of eternal life.