“Now, if we are co-heirs with Christ and he lives in us and we have the blessing of sonship, what’s the blessing of sonship for? It’s to suffer for what God declares to be significant, knowing that if we suffer for what is significant, we will also share in his glory.”
“’I don’t have to be that person anymore! And when you get tempted to be that old guy, you need to declare your spiritual reality to your flesh, and to Satan himself, and you say, ‘I don’t have to be that person anymore’.”
“’I don’t have to be that person anymore! And when you get tempted to be that old guy, you need to declare your spiritual reality to your flesh, and to Satan himself, and you say, ‘I don’t have to be that person anymore’.”
“’And there’s that new voice calling you forward saying, ‘You know what, you’re going to have to take a new risk here. I know that you’re used to doing it this way. But here’s what God says and here’s the example of Christ. Just take a new risk.’ And as we take a new risks, all of sudden, we begin to experience the freedom that is already ours in Jesus Christ. Amen? That’s how the process works.”
“’When things get tough, you just go back to the old you- the old ways of coping, the old ways of dealing with things, the old ways of doing relationships instead of the new ways and a new spirit. You see, it’s one thing to be made free by God, it is a totally different thing to act free.”
“Have you acknowledged that there is a part of yourself that is evil? That there’s a part of you that’s broken. That there’s a part of you that is not going to be totally extracted from you. It’s called the sin nature. It’s called selfishness. Sin is just synonymous with selfishness.’”
“We have to get to that point where we realize that will power is an oxymoron. Key word: MORON. Right. It’s a fantasy to believe that simply because I intend to be better or live a better life or become a better person that you will.’”
“Guys ever heard of the phrase, ‘regime change’? When a man comes into Christ, there is full regime change. You can struggle with regime change, but you can’t change full regime change. You can fight it. You can resist it. But the reality is, there is a new sheriff in town.’”
“ There’s this compartmentalization of life versus a full identification of life. Sort of like, ‘well, I’m going to step into Christ, but then I’m going to keep certain parts to myself. I’m going to keep the way I talk to my wife to myself. I’m going to keep the way I relate with her to myself. I’m going to keep my computer screen to myself. He’s not the Lord of my life, he’s an accessory of my life.’”
“And let me tell you, if you’re a non-believer and you’re listening to me right now, I feel you. Because I look at so many people who name the name of God but who don’t live out the life of God because it’s not really about God. I mean, they have religious words, but they don’t have religious ways privately. And if you have been confused by that, so am I.”
“Men begin this quest for validation in culture. It goes with titles, and toys, and titles, and the car I drive, all in this quest for validation. In reality, it’s a desperate quest for validation, acceptance and affirmation.”
“And I know, he wants a new normal for you. He wants to take you to a new level. It’s not how many people have I led to Christ. It’s not how many quiet times I’ve had. It’s not any other criteria other than what God sees. Because man looks at actions and God looks at intentions. And God wants to know, are you willing?”
“When we have the new normal, not only does our identity change, not only do our priorities change, not only do our loyalties change, and our thinking changes, and our relationship changes, and the way we approach other people changes, but what we say changes. Our message changes. Our message of our life, our message in our words.”
“When Jesus Christ invades a life like he invaded the Apostle Paul’s life. It’s a new normal. Because if it’s true, it changes everything. Truth is not a respecter of opinion. Truth is not a respecter of your feelings. Truth is not a respecter of your convenience or your comfort. It demands a response.”
“I remember in the fall of 1982 struggling with sexual integrity issues. And I had this split and I was so conflicted and I felt like such a total hypocrite. Because I couldn’t win the battle, seemingly, over this temptation. And I learned that my battle was every man’s battle. Amen?”
Do you know that God loves you?
What enslaves you?
Are you ready to lead people to opportunity?
“If I am not impacting people, I am not bearing fruit that lasts. Who are you reaching? Or is it all about you? Are you reaching your kids? Are you reaching your wife? Are you reaching your neighbor? Are you reaching the unconnected man? Or is it all about you?”
“What I love about the word faithful is that there’s not number associated with it. Jesus didn’t say, “well done good and high performing servant.” He didn’t say that. He said, “well done good and faithful servant”. So my question to you is- do you realize that you’re accountable to God? Secondly, are you being faithful?”
“Are you taking your place? Is your life the light of men like it was of Jesus? Do they know that you have a mindset of eternity? Is your vapor trail marked as they see you in this life making your vapor trail- that is going to vanish? And what… what do they smell?”
“Is He still the God of miracles? Does He still have authority over evil? Yes He does. Because you are in Christ and the blood of Christ was shed for you and covers you. And you are in Him and you have spiritual authority. Unless you’re yielded to the authority of God in your life, don’t expect the power of God to flow through you.”
“It’s my stand that I have to take, in my season of battle…with the circumstances and accessories that God has given me…as a husband as a father, as an employee. Not just to protect and to provide but to advance the Kingdom of God in myself and in my family, and in in my world-wherever I am, whoever’s in front of me-I am an agent of light.”
“’And here’s an interesting thing- we need to get angry at ourselves. Some of you today need to say, ‘What am I doing? Why am I looking at porn? Why am I doing this? Why am I depersonalizing my wife? What am I doing? I’m God’s man! Forgive me for losing sight of you, Jesus.’ You need to get mad at yourself.”
“’I’m talking to some guys right now and you’re out of place. God is calling you back to take your place- as a God’s man who’s a husband, as a God’s man who’s a dad, as a God’s man who’s a neighbor. Because no one else can take the territory that only you can take and that God has assigned you to take in this hour. You can’t phone it in.”
“’Here’s the thing. He didn’t wake up that day going, ‘Oh you know what, I want to wreck my life.’ It never starts off that way. He didn’t wake up saying, I’ want to destroy another person, I want to destroy another family’. None of those thoughts were in there. Why? Because he was out of place. He was like ‘well, you know, I’m gonna give myself these liberties’.”
The Interview with Mark "Oz" Geist from 13 Hours The Benghazi Story Part 3
The Interview with Mark "Oz" Geist from 13 Hours The Benghazi Story Part 2
The Interview with Mark "Oz" Geist from 13 Hours The Benghazi Story Part 1
