A new day! - December 31, 2023: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:17 We want to welcome you this morning those online those in the room it’s good to be in the house of the Lord amen amen yes we’d like to welcome you and join us in worship this morning and join in the new year praising God amen lifting up his name amen uh the scriptures say out of the mouth of babes I’ve ordained praise to still to stop to beat back freeze destroy the enemy in your life uh the kingdom of darkness seeks to steal kill and destroy but we have the tools that God has given us amen and that one of them is praising and lifting up the name of Jesus Christ I invite you let’s stand let’s worship our God this morning amen amen. Amen take me back to the river where I first believe take me back to the moment where freedom I receive heaven knows where I would be if it wasn’t for your mercy my to now forgiven you remember.

▶ 1:35 Me singing halelujah. Praise to the Lord faithful to deliver faithful to restore sing. Hallelujah sing out my soul all my s are washed away in the river of the Lord. Oh take me back to the river where I first believed take me back where. Freedom I received heaven knows where I would be if it wasn’t for your mercy my sins are now forgotten do you remember. Me singing.

▶ 2:28 Hallelujah. Praise to the Lord faithful to deliver faithful to. Restore. Hallelujah sing out my soul all my ss are washed away in the river of the Lord I’m coming back to the reason that I first believed coming back to the hour where freedom I receive so take my heart surrender take every part of me brench me in that water only you I. See singing. Hallelujah praise to the Lord faithful to deliver faithful to restore singing.

▶ 3:32 Hallelujah sing out my soul all my s are washed away in the river of the Lord singing. Hallelujah praise to the Lord faithful to deliver faithful to restore singing. Hallelujah sing out my soul cu all my s are washed away in the river of the Lord let sing that again. Hallelujah praise to the Lord faithful to deliver faithful to. Resto. Hallelujah sing out my soul all my sins are washed away in the river of the Lord all my s are washed away in the river of the Lord all my s are washed away in the river of the Lord amen thank you Jesus Jesus amen we wor thank you God we thank you God for your river thank you for your washing thank you for your cleansing oh we worship you Lord hallelujah we invite you Lord.

▶ 5:04 Jesus you are worthy you are. Wonderful down the mountain the river blows it brings refreshing wherever it goes through the vallees and over the fields the river is rushing and the river is here the river of God sets our feet danc the river of God fills our hearts with cheer the river of God fills our mouths with laughter we rejo for the river is.

▶ 5:45 Here the river of God is teing with light and all who touch it can be revived and those who linger on this river shore will come back thirsting more of the Lord the river of God sets our feet at dancing the river of God fs our hearts with cheer the river of God fills our mouths with laughter we rejo for the river is here we rejoice for the river is here and up the mountain we love to go to find the presence of the Lord along the banks of the river we run we dance with laughter giving praise to the the river of God sets our at dancing the river of God fills our hearts with cheer the river of God fills our mouths with laughter we rejoice for the river is here and the river of God set our feet of dancing the river of God fills our hearts with cheer the river of God fills our with laughter we rejo for the river is here and we re for the river is here and we rejoice for the river is.

▶ 7:15 Here yes your river is here Lord thank you Jesus for the abundance of your good pr you today we worship you worship ex we thank you Lord hallelujah bless his name. Lord look what the Lord has done look what the Lord has done he healed my body he touched my mind he saved me just in time oh I’m going to praise his name each day is just the same. Come on and praise him look what the Lord has. Done look what the Lord has done look what the Lord has done he healed my body he touched my mind he saved me just in time oh I’m going to praise his name he say is just the same.

▶ 8:29 Come on and praise him look what the Lord has. Done oh look what the Lord has done look what the Lord look what the Lord has done he healed my body he touched my mind he save me just in time oh I’m going to praise his name each day is just the same come on and praise him what the Lord has done come on come. On come on and praise him what the Lord has. Done come on and praise him look what the Lord has. Done hallelujah we praise you Lord we exalt we lift you up on high kn we magnify your name your name is great Lord your name is.

▶ 9:38 Excellent thank you Lord we worship you Lord. Hall let the river. Blow. Let the river. Flow. Ohly spirit. Come. Move in in. Power let the river. Flow let the poor men say I am rich in him. Let the lost man say I am found in.

▶ 10:36 Him the river let the blind man say I can see. Again let the dead man say I am born again oh and let the river. Oh oh. Let. The river let the river. Blow let the river.

▶ 11:32 Holy Spirit. Come move. In. Power let the river. Flow let the poor man say I am rich in him let the lost men say I am found in him oh and let the river oh my man say I ain’t see. Again let the dead man say I am born again oh and let the river.

▶ 12:27 Oh let the ring. Flow let the river. Flow let the river. Flow Holy Spirit come. Move. In. Power let your river. Flow let your river. Flow let your river.

▶ 13:23 Flow let the river. Flow. Let your river. Flow thank you. Jesus thank you. Lord we worship you. Lord oh we exalt you. Lord Jesus. Jesus jes. Jesus oh. God the Bible speaks of a thirsting there is a thirsting for Christ there is a thirsting for the spirit of God right now in the world people are living their lives and they thirst for life.

▶ 14:22 From our God and he’s the only one who has that life. There is a pure river that flows from the father and from the lamb it’s that river of life and this morning we if we thirst we can come and drink of his river of life that river of life will begin to come inside of us it begins to transform it begins to feed it begins to to nourish our spirit spiritual man and keep us living and alive keep us following him living for. Him the river is for everyone the Christian the ones who don’t believe we can all drink from this.

▶ 15:21 River this river is so important and powerful let his river come this morning let it flow and drink of it this morning the river can flow through but we have a responsibility to get down on our knees we have a responsibility to respond to that river you can just sit and look and watch it go by or you can get down and drink you can get down and partake of the river of life Jesus Christ the spirit of God this morning as we sing this song I encourage you take the steps necessary take the actions to to reach out and drink from that. River let your living water flow over my soul let your Holy Spirit come and take.

▶ 16:22 Control of every situation that has tr. My mind all my cares and burdens unto you I. Rule. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus come. Now come now Holy Spirit. And take. Control hold me in your loving arms and make me. Whole wipe away all doubt and fear and take my pride draw me to your love and keep me by your side.

▶ 17:25 Jes. Jus. Jesus. Jesus. Spirit. Spir. Spirit give your life to Jesus let let him fill your soul let him take you in his arms and make you. Whole as you give your life to him he’ll said you. Free you will live and re with him.

▶ 18:25 Eternal. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Father. Father. Father oh let your living water flow over my soul let your Holy Spirit come and take. Control of every situation that has trouble my mind all my cares and burdens unto you I.

▶ 19:23 R. Jesus jes. Jesus. Jesus. Spir. Spir in response this. Morning we’ve been singing this chorus saying Jesus father spirit come come and address these things that are troubling our mind come and address these things that are troubling our heart come and let your life flow in us and over us in response this song is a prayer it can be a prayer this morning and so right where you’re at if you want Christ the Holy Spirit father all of him to come to.

▶ 20:26 You and and help you in your situation just bow your head right now your eyes closed say Lord. God father father Jesus Holy Spirit Holy Spirit I invite you to come I invite you to come dwell in me dwell in me abide in me abide in me let your light shine in me let your life shine in me let your river of life flow let your river of of life flow in me in. Me Jesus I surrender Jesus I. Surrender thank you. Jesus oh.

▶ 21:24 J Holy. Spirit ent seeds for us in ways that we cannot express ourselves deep. Groanings. Correct correctly approaching God the spirit prays for us but it says we don’t know how to pray we but it means we’re praying no prayer no interceding we have to pray no matter how limited no matter how weak no matter how broken it is we have to pray and that Holy Spirit he’s not limited he’s not broken he’s not weak he prays God prays for us Jesus Christ his Holy Spirit is our advocate with God just remember to pray no matter how weak how feeble you think you are just say just pray that Holy Spirit he’s not limited he takes over and he prays for us remember that whenever you pray whenever you open your mouth that Holy Spirit is right.

▶ 22:46 There hallelujah amen amen I want to remind you of the scriptures this morning just one more thing Peter says repent and and be baptized every one of you and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit this promise is to you and to your children and those who are far off that promise of the Holy Spirit is for us when Jesus walked into the room of his disciples he breathed on them and they received the Holy Spirit this morning we want to take a moment to just pray and invite the Holy Spirit inside of us that he would dwell in us us that the promise of the father would come to us this morning if you’ like to receive the Holy Spirit you’d like to invite him to breathe on you his life right where you’re at just say Lord Jesus father in heaven send your spirit send your spirit let it dwell in mew in me I I I desire your Holy Spirit I invite your hly Holy Spirit to come and live in.

▶ 24:02 Me Jesus breathe on. Me your Spirit. Amen speak. Speak speak. Spir.

▶ 24:55 Spir Lord Jesus we come before you this this morning oh Lord God almighty father in heaven we come un to you this morning Holy Spirit we invite you this morning all of you in all your forms God Lord we pray that you would come to us this morning we pray Lord this week God that you would come to us this next year coming up God that you would come to us this morning God Lord we ask the father the son and the Holy Spirit would come and transform us Lord we want that new creation yes Lord in us Lord it says if those who are in Christ if we’re in the Holy Spirit if we’re in the father if and that that Holy Spirit is working in us Lord you’re going to make us a new creation old things are going to pass away all things will become new God we pray that you would do that fulfill that in our lives God Lord we need that new creation Jesus we need your new creation in us Lord make us new this year make us new this morning make us new this week make us new this coming month Lord in 2024 make us a new creation God please we call on you we ask Lord let your spirit move upon.

▶ 26:22 Us Lord let it change us in the house of the Lord we want to look forward to a wonderful new year 2024. Amen we want to look forward to our own development as Christians and reaching the world with the gospel we want to be reminded of a few things Romans 13:9 all the commandments are summed up in this saying you shall love your neighbor as. Yourself love does no harm to a neighbor therefore love is the fulfillment of the law I’m going to go through some reminders here and point out this simple truths in them and it’s important in this specific truth that the commandments are the source of truth in our day in America today everybody is trying to define what love is and what harm is they’re trying to define define what uh theft is.

▶ 27:31 Stealing what uh what is immoral what’s moral what sexual if if sexual immorality is moral not moral and they’re pointing out to people that believe in truth and saying that they are the ones that are. Wrong but that what when it comes to Christ when it comes to Jesus God the father father we have to find our source in his commandments his commandments are the truth they are the standard for what love is and what harm is it’s not our own definition we can make up our own definition but it is not the truth and since you want your name written in the lamb’s book of the life and I want my name written in written in the lamb’s book of life I have to follow the lamb’s.

▶ 28:30 Criteria. Amen if I follow my own I can get into my own book but my own book’s going to burn up I want to be in the book of what. Life so very important don’t let the world deceive you this. Year the scriptures say in Romans 3:4 let God be what true and every man and a liar we’ve got to remember that his truths they will last for eternity the word Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever joh first John 4:16 God is love and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him if God is love then how can how can these contradictions contradict with God and his word word people will twist what love is and they’ll say this is what love is that’s what love is well you have a problem because God says he is love and the greatest thing that we can do is to what love.

▶ 29:45 God we got to follow him obey. Him abiding in God means that you’re not abiding in sin you abide in God you’re with him amen you’re not in the kingdom of darkness and that’s a process you know don’t give up on yourself all right if you make a mistake get back in right relationship with God okay he is a good uh person to be in a relationship with if you mess up make mistakes he’ll restore you. Back but you’ve got to admit you’re wrong don’t sit there and act like don’t try to approve your sin. Colossians 1:20 having made peace through the blood of his cross and you who once alienated enemies in your mind by wicked works now now reconciled in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy blameless and above reproach in his sight so Christ God through his love is going to bring us to a place and present us holy blameless and ab brub reproach that’s what God wants to do in you that’s where God wants to take you he wants a transformation to happen in in your life by his love.

▶ 31:10 And it says in verse 23 Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue in the faith there is a condition here. Right Christ wants to bring you to a place but we have to continue in the faith we got to continue in the process continue adding to your faith. And many people have accepted. Christ but they do not continue or allow Christ to be formed in them and they do not allow Christ to bring them to a new creation that’s very important in your Christian walk simple truths this morning Galatians 3:26 you are all sons of God through faith faith in Christ Jesus it’s important for you to understand that you are an offspring a child of God now okay no matter what kind of family or uh situation you have parents dead you’re an orphan you got rejected all of this stuff that may have happened to you Jesus looks at you God looks at you and he says you are my child.

▶ 32:24 Very important. And his children have an inheritance his children get to have their father they get to have all the good things that God provides there is neither Jew nor greek slave nor free male nor female you are all one in Christ Jesus God isn’t looking at the man and the woman and saying oh the man is better than the woman no he looks at you the same he’s looking at his spirit he sees your spiritual inner man inner. Human okay just because you’re a man doesn’t make you. Special and we are heirs according to the promise heirs meaning you have an inheritance you’re going to receive something there’s a promise for.

▶ 33:22 You a promise of eternal life and not only eternal life but are partaker of the divine nature today in your life this year the in your lifetime you can grow to a place where you have partaken of the divine nature and you can be changed you can become that new. Creature 1 Samuel 14:12. Jonathan in the Old Testament he went up to take on the philistines if you remember and he says to his armor bearer come up after me for the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel and when you look at the Old Testament you got to realize a lot of these stories are illustrations of Jesus Christ and this is one of them and Jonathan is saying to his armor bear come up after me Jesus came he died on the cross and he said I’m going to send the promise of my father the holy Holy Spirit he’s going to come after me and what we recognize in this illustration is that the Holy Spirit is like a what armor bearer he equips.

▶ 34:45 You if you read in Ephesians chapter 6:11 you read about what the armor of God and the Holy Spirit will arm you with a breastplate of righteousness a belt of truth the shield of faith the helmet of salvation the gospel of peace over your feet and the sword of the spirit we need all of these things and that Holy Spirit will arm you and equip you if you don’t have the Holy Spirit we have to search and seek to receive that Holy. Spirit it’s very important you do not want to arrive on the battlefield.

▶ 35:28 Ill. Equipped not having anything ready to go how many would you like to uh get on you know have you dropped in parachuted in and you are just bare and you have nothing that God doesn’t want to do that to you okay remember there’s a spiritual war going on and we have to fight a spiritual fight and we have to have that armor on and we have to have our weapons of offense that sword s of the spirit it’s the living word of God you got to get that word into you get knowledge of that word and pray that God opens up that word to you and that spirit will come and open up that word to you but you got to get knowledge of it I you got to make a goal you got to make a goal this year to put God’s word into you whatever your schedule is you need to make time you know I’ve been in a teenager I’ve been an adult now I’ve have kids I know what it is to have to make time for.

▶ 36:30 God you’ve got to make time for his word to put the knowledge of his word into you you got to make time to pray if you don’t know how to pray time to learn how to. Pray you got to make time you do not want to be ill equipped that Holy Spirit wants to arm you but we have to come to that Holy Spirit and get. Armed so I encourage you this year if you don’t have the Holy Spirit maybe you accepted Christ maybe you’ve got the blood of Jesus Christ flown in you we got to take on that Holy Spirit that Holy Spirit wants to bring you to a new level and a new place if you’ve had the Holy Spirit for 30 years now 20 years 10 years and you’ve been filled up it’s time to start letting the river flow out of you you’ve got to find a way even in your condition your state to let the river of God flow out of you because if you don’t let the river flow he can’t put any more into you and you’re going to sit there and a little bit’s going to go out and you’re and you’re going to wonder what is going on what is going on with God’s spirit in my life well you got to let it out of you it’s very very important.

▶ 37:58 M Mark 4:36 they took him along in the boat as he was and a great windstorm arose the waves beat on that boat so that it was already filling he was in the stern asleep on a pillow and they awoke him saying teacher do you not care that we are perishing he rebuked the wind said peace be still the wind ceased and there was a great calm and he says why are you so fearful how is it that you have no faith now this story is about the disciples and they’re in the boat Jesus is asleep in the boat and he had to wake them up but the Bible. Likens the tumults or the arguments of the people like the noise of the waves and the children being it says that children are tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine the waves beat on the disciples boat the world right now is beating up the church the world right now in America especially in our country okay we’re in America you go to other countries it’s different but it’s still the same thing the world and its message is beating on the church right now it’s beating on your children it’s beating on you its message is being sent out in all kinds of forms on your phone on your tv everything you watch all the art arents you see in in the political arena government.

▶ 39:32 Everywhere every wind of doctrine is coming out and beating on America right. Now but Jesus Christ he rebuked the wind and he said peace be still. The wind ceased and there was a great calm it’s important to recognize and remember that Christ his words are. Powerful and no matter what the world is saying and no matter what the noise is going on right now when you have the living word of Jesus Christ when you have that word spoken it cuts through all of the junk and when he is in his word and when that word is spoken and he is with it it will shut.

▶ 40:32 Down the world’s. Message it will shut down the noise and Christ is asking us this year and in your life today why are you so fearful how is it that you have no faith and this is for me this is for every one of us we can’t be afraid. To speak his word we can’t be afraid and just stay in our corner and just believe in God we’ve got to have the faith that says I’m going to speak God’s. Word I’m going to tell these noise this noise of the waves no no no no Jesus says this is what Jesus says this is his word and his word is powerful.

▶ 41:25 Amen. 2 Timothy 3:13 evil men impostors will grow worse and worse deceiving and being. Deceived sometimes I get very tired and upset with. Uh you know the world advancement and getting um taking such a foothold. But we have to remember that this is where things are headed it’s by design you know you may sit back and be like God why why. Why uh the simple parable in the scriptures about the tares and the wheat the the they’re going to both grow together right so the world’s going to grow just as high as the people of God we need to remember that but he says here you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of I remember when I was 12 years old I remember the carpet I was standing on I remember where I was at carbon canyon church I remember the song they sang I remember who sang the song and it was the first time that I had met Jesus Christ for.

▶ 42:51 Myself it was the first time Christ revealed himself unto me he came came with his presence he gave me a hug and I couldn’t see him I couldn’t feel his arms but he was there and it was powerful the love of God just hugged me and I wept I wept uncontrollably I did not know that he was this. Real and from that. Time many of us. We’re taught and we have learned you know some the reason why we play songs and do certain things is because this is what we have learned and taught and this is when when I met Jesus they did something a certain way they sang a song they had a time of response at the end after the message that’s why we do this after the message to give you an opportunity to meet with your God.

▶ 43:57 Because this is what we’ve learned this is what was made real to us by. God you must continue in the things you have learned and been assured. Of we also have learned a uh a lot of teaching from the scriptures and I bring this up because sometimes we get discouraged and we want to want to change something we want to just move away from what we know is. True and it’s just a reminder here we must continue in the things that we have learned I am encouraged when I read this. Scripture second Timothy 4:1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom preach the word convince rebuke exhort with all longsuffering and teaching.

▶ 44:54 So in this exhortation to from Paul to Timothy this is a letter to Timothy from Paul he is reminding of him him to continue in what he’s learned he’s reminding him to preach the word exactly what we just talked about in the previous slide how Jesus said peace be still that’s exactly what we need to do we need to preach his word with patience and teaching be watchful in all things endure. Afflictions I’m just reminding you and encouraging you of the goal the goal that’s been set forth even from Paul to Timothy it’s the same goal today it’s the same solution today the word of God is powerful the word of God is living it will it will dissect it will divide us under that’s what it says in Hebrews the word of God is living and powerful a sharpen than any two-edged sword amen that word is the answer it is the key.

▶ 46:01 Hebrews chapter 8 verse 5 the tabernacle served as a copy and shadow of heavenly. Things 1 Corinthians 3:16 do you not know that you are the temple of God and the spirit of God dwells in you this is also a reminder I bring up these kids here uh if you travel to different countries and you see these temples that they have made to their God that the temples they have made to uh uh other gods even you. Know people they they call gods in the middle east in asia in africa there’s temples some of them are built some of them are multi-million doll buildings maybe even billions of dollars so much money’s been spent on these I mean the columns you walk in they’re so beautiful the 16 chapel has the the paintings oh there’s there’s places in in in in italy in europe they’re just so.

▶ 47:06 Magnificent but you see God in. Heaven wants to dwell in. Them these little kids that are. Starving that are. Dirty that those children to to God are more. Valuable than all the beautiful marble and the paintings you know as beautiful as they are that is not God’s goal the scriptures say that he does not dwell in temples made with hands. Amen he dwells in people like you like me and like these children here God could have all the gold the marble and the beautiful stone columns the beautiful paintings. His own throne is worth more than the riches of this world but he has chosen to dwell in.

▶ 48:07 Us it’s magnificent we are that important to. Him we are that important to him and it’s also important to recognize that your temple your body we don’t want to defile. Our body our temple if anyone defiles the temple of God God will destroy him I don’t want that. Man very strong language for the temple of God is holy which temple you are be reminded of that this morning how valuable you are to Christ to Jesus to God in heaven you are a chosen generation a royal priest ood a holy nation his own special people you’re a special.

▶ 49:01 Force on this. Earth when you let God make you into a new creation you become a special. Force you become a spiritual navy seal a spiritual green beret a spiritual delta. Force that you may procla claim the praises of him who called you out of darkness the story of the good samaritan if you remember the story of the good samaritan it’s an example of Jesus.

▶ 49:48 Christ the samaritan was beat I’m sorry not the samaritan the man was beaten on the side of the road he was left for dead and two religious people came by and they couldn’t touch him because they can’t touch dead bodies but the samaritan came by and he could touch him and see that’s who Jesus is it’s an illustration of Jesus Christ he is a different priest he’s a different under the order of mdc he he can come in and he the the the uh ceremonial laws don’t apply to him they’re about him he can come in and give you life it says that the samaritan had wine and oil to heal his wounds the samaritan had compassion on this man see that’s what Jesus does he can come and he can heal your spiritual man he can heal your mind he can heal your soul.

▶ 50:54 And he the samaritan brought the victim. To uh the in and he paid for. His uh treatment and Christ is bringing people to his church and we have to take some responsibility to care for the people that come that need Christ that need. Restoration and and he will repay us for our work just like that story of the good samaritan go and do likewise is what he told the man that asked him you know what is love who is my neighbor and that was his response after the good samaritan story he said go and do likewise treat this is how you need to treat.

▶ 51:48 People Romans 6:14 sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under law but but under. Grace when you say you’re under grace you’re saying that you’re under the influence of Christ just. Like people today that are under the influence of alcohol under the influence of marijuana cocaine drugs whatever it is when they take these things it changes them it changes their mind it changes how they act and what they say what comes out of their mouth right is this. True and it’s called being under the what under the influence and it’s the same way with Jesus Christ and when we are under grace we are under the influence.

▶ 52:44 Of Christ and just like it changes your behavior what comes out of your mouth when you’re under the influence of Christ it changes your behavior it changes what comes out of your mouth it should show in your life that’s what this grace this powerful grace is about it causes you if you remember that new covenant where it says in Ezekiel chapter 36 I will cause you to walk in my ways this powerful grace enables. Equips you to be under his influence not the influence of the world I encourage.

▶ 53:35 You 2 Kings 3:15 sec and first Kings 8:46 Elijah and Elisha had the hand of the Lord upon them and they were able to get a message from God they were able to do uh miracles mighty works Elijah in this case he was able to run faster than Ahab who was on a horse and he got ahead of him and was able to give him a message Elisha the hand of the Lord was upon him and he uh brought deliverance to Israel he said make this valley full of ditches you got to go read that story to understand what it’s talking about but God uh delivered the moabites into the hand of Israel because they listened to Elisha’s message and Elisha had the hand of the Lord upon. Him Acts chapter 11:20 some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene when they had come to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists preaching the Lord Jesus Christ and the hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed and turned to the Lord now you will never know the names of these men but these men were from where Cyprus and cene I don’t know who they.

▶ 54:52 Are you know I’m I’m from elenor never know you ever heard that. Place you I’m from breo whittier you know who I’m some nameless person maybe you’re a nameless person out there but you see the hand of the Lord was upon them and was with them and they great they brought a great number of people that turn to the Lord. They weren’t the apostles it wasn’t Peter James and John out there some men some women I don’t know who they are they just walked up some nobody hey I’m a nobody but you get the hand of the Lord upon you and he can do great things through.

▶ 55:54 You. Amen it’s important for us to go after these things it’s important for us to have these kind of goals where we want Christ with us speaking through us but it’s going to take some time you’ve got to start taking time for God like we said earlier let him put his word into you pray and ask him to change who you are start being in Christ let him make you a new creation let his hand be with. You okay another thing men from Cyprus they didn’t have a doctorate they didn’t have you know the education from the seminary I mean they were just somebody from.

▶ 56:53 Somewhere. And I express that because you got to remember you know we always want to put the responsibility on somebody. Else that may we think may have better credentials no God is looking at you God is looking at me and you and he’s saying you can be somebody that. Brings turn helps turn people to the Lord why because the hand of the Lord is on you. Revelations chapter 2 Jesus said in read letters many times I know your works it’s very important that we. Do. Right I know your works and he goes through and he talks to each church and he starts to explain to them I know your works you’ve done this this and this you did this good you did this wrong okay.

▶ 57:56 So there’s some things that we need to address in our lives you can’t just go about your Christian walk saying I believe in Jesus and I’m going to go to heaven and that’s it no Christ has got a message for you I know your works Revelation 2:11 he who overcomes shall receive the rewards and I uh he says several times to him who overcomes to him who overcomes to him overcomes there’s some overcoming that we need to do there’s some steps that we need to do next you can’t just accept Christ and leave it down and leave it you know oh die and go to heaven there’s some more that God wants to bring you to he wants you to overcome in your life and he has some great promises for those who are willing to overcome God has given us tools remember he love for God so loved the world that he gave gave his son his son has given us the tool of repentance his son has given us the tool of praising God we have all these tools to fight against the kingdom of darkness to address the sin on our lives we have all these tools that we can utilize to what.

▶ 59:23 Overcome. Revelation 15:2 I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire and those who have the victory over the beast when you hear about people talk about the second coming you hear a lot about the mark of the beast the beast is coming this and that but I want to remind you and point out that there is a people there is a a a people that have decided that they’re going to have victory over the kingdom of darkness and I tell you right now I want to be counted with that group of people I want to be part of that group of people that have gained victory over the beast and not just the over the beast but over the mark of the beast over whatever mark is coming there’s a people that have victory over all of that and we can have that you can have victory over the beast.

▶ 1:00:27 Now if the beast is Satan we got to have victory over him now amen if the beast is you know something that Satan created or or the influence of the world I want to have victory over that. Now Romans 8:37 in all things we were more than conquerors through him who loved. Us we can be. Conquerors. Revelations 510 he has made us kings and priests to God and we shall reign on the earth. God wants to make us a victorious powerful people on the earth not just in heaven but here right now he wants you to reign in your life he wants you to reign and rule over Satan over the kingdom of darkness and over your flesh.

▶ 1:01:32 And we can do it because he has made us he will fashion us into these kind of people Matthew 16:18 I say to you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against. It. We are part of that church this is red letters Jesus is saying this your name is Peter which means rock but he points to himself and he says on this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it Christ right now is building his church no matter what how we see it no matter how we view it God is still building his church and that’s what I want to be part of amen.

▶ 1:02:26 A church that the gates of hell do not prevail against amen I want to be a king that reigns on the earth I want to be victorious over the beast don’t you want these. Things in. Closing Revelation 22:1 he showed me a pure river of water of life clear as crystal proceeding from the throne of God God and the lamb in the middle of its street on either side of the river was the tree of life we got to come back to the tree of life we have spent a long time partaking of the tree of knowledge of good and evil the world has helped us you know we’re good at ta partaking of the tree of knowledge good and evil the tree that we shouldn’t partake of but we’ve all partaken of it but God Christ is trying to bring us back to what that tree of life.

▶ 1:03:26 Which bore 12 fruits each tree yielding its fruit every month and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations so there’s a river that is coming from the throne of God in the land and the spirit and the bride say come let him who hears say come let him who thirsts whoever desires let him take the water of life freely. And so this water this river is coming from the throne of God and the spirit and the bride who’s the bride the church we say come partake of this water of life.

▶ 1:04:16 If anyone thirst let him come to me and drink he who believes in me as the scriptures has said out of his heart will flow rivers of lifegiving water but this he spoke concerning the spirit so that river is the spirit of God and this year we want that spirit of God to come there’s some people here that have never experience the spirit of God we want them to receive it we want God to do a work like he did on Pentecost where people will come and they’ll prophesy and they’ll speak the mighty works of God there’s nothing wrong with that we want people to partake of this. River and it is also important to understand as Christians maybe you’ve been a Christian a long time this specifically is saying something different as the scripture has said out of his heart will flow rivers of lifegiving water that is different we want to be a church that is letting the river of life be given out.

▶ 1:05:25 That is important that is. Imperative we’ve got to get our focus this year on giving the river of life to those who are willing to come and drink freely from that river amen and I encourage you this morning as we go through these reminders it’s time to start start taking the steps to reach these goals it’s time to start taking the steps to develop yourself in your christianity to grow into a place where you have become a new creation where you have the the river in you and ultimately to a place where the river of life is coming out of you this world needs the river it’s healing it they need the river of God.

▶ 1:06:24 So this. Morning we’ve got to remember to follow God’s definition of love he is love. Amen he has equipped us with every tool to be victorious and we can be. Victorious we must arm ourselves daily with the word and his armor and let the river of God flow out of us amen and we want to respond this morning just taking some more time after we’ve heard the word of God we want to take some time here so will you stand with me I’ve said a lot I’ve said a lot of Scriptures but the word of God is true and it’s powerful the world right now and its influence is trying to beat on the church but we got to rise up with the word of God.

▶ 1:07:19 And be victorious. Amen. So I encourage you this. Morning do not let the river of God just flow right. By do not let the river of God pass you. By our goal is for the river to come and for us to be able to drink freely I encourage you this morning let’s partake of his Spirit and to do that we’re going to pray to do that we’re going going to to respond and use your hands use your knees use your mouth this morning pray from your own heart asking God to do things in your life to make changes see you know the spirit of God he’s the one who he he convicts you he reminds.

▶ 1:08:17 You so first let’s just pray and lift up our voice and ask the spirit of God to come. And open up our hearts and our minds to the things that we need to address in our lives let’s lift up that prayer this morning God Lord we pray right now Jesus that your Holy Spirit would come Lord that your spirit Lord Jesus would come and search our hearts Jesus Lord that you would come inside of our heart Lord and and let your light shine Jesus Lord expose all the areas Lord that need to be addressed God Lord we pray Jesus that we would uh the result would be a difference when we go home Lord that we would be different when we walk out of here God we pray Lord Jesus Lord that you would bring up those. Things let your living water flow over over my soul let your Holy Spirit come and take.

▶ 1:09:27 Control of every situation that has tred my mind all my cares and burdens unto you I ru. Spirit. Spir. Spir spir. We’re going to take some time this morning to just pray right where we’re at with our heads.

▶ 1:10:10 Bowed that God would come with his grace that he would come with his mighty. Power and cause us to be made into that new creation let’s pr pray for the next step of his work to be done in our lives God we lift up our voices right now Lord we pray Lord that no matter what state we’re in Jesus God Lord that we would live under your influence God Lord that we pray for your next building block to be done in our lives God Lord the scriptures say that if we’re in Christ Lord we are a new creation old things are passed away God we need some demolition done in our lives Lord we need some demolition done in our Lord our our behavior and our sin God we pray Lord that you would come Lord and do that demolition in us God Lord we pray right now Lord that you would rebuild us Lord a new house a new spiritual house oh Lord God we pray for that this morning Jesus Lord make us new Jesus make us new God we invite.

▶ 1:11:20 You. Oh. Father. Father. Father. Father. Father. Father. And we’re going to reach to our neighbor and we’re going to pray for one. Another going to pray and ask God that God would bring healing God would bring healing to the body the soul the mind every part of them that God we begin to rebuild and restore.

▶ 1:12:17 That God would make them into a new creature we want to lay hands on one another this morning and just pray and intercede and ask God to do his mighty work his transformation in us Lord we pray for one another right now we lift up our voices for our neighbor God oh God we ask Lord that you would Lord have your way in their life Lord that you would have our your way in our lives Jesus Jesus that you would do the cleansing that needs to be done Lord that you would let your light shine in us God Lord that you would transform our hearts God Lord we need your ability God we need you Jesus Lord we need your compassion Lord we need your your oil God on us Lord to heal those wounds Jesus we pray oh Lord we want to be a church Lord Jesus God equipped Lord to take care of your people God we pray oh Lord Jesus please equip us Lord may make us new God transform us Lord and during the transformation use us God oh God Lord let us see things differently God we pray for a desire for the word of God Lord we pray for a desire for your word ins satiable Lord a thirst for the word of God Jesus Jesus please Lord we lift up our voices for one another God

▶ 1:13:48 we pray Lord Jesus that you would bring us Lord to that maturity that fulfillment Jesus Jesus we want to become like you Lord let your river flow in us this morning God oh God please Lord stir Lord stir up one another God this. Morning Jesus Lord king of kings Lord God almighty spirit of the living God come with your seven spirits come with your spirit of wisdom your knowledge your fear God come with your might come with your power come with your spirit oh Holy Spirit. Come oh Holy. Spirit oh Holy. Spirit oh. Come oh.

▶ 1:14:45 Come Holy Spirit. Come. Arise. Arise. Spir. Spir. Spir. Father. Father. Father. Jesus. Jesus.

▶ 1:15:42 Jesus right now in closing I’d like to open it up for anybody and God has put even a sentence on your heart to express to pray and you just lift up your voice right now as an encouragement an exhortation an edification building of the body the the brethren for this new. Year just lift up your voice right. Now. Jus to hearts and of people to them in the body of christ.

▶ 1:16:52 And Lord. Remind of the united. States. Ination and that inauguration was even spoken to the prophets as they would anoint others for purpose and Lord in the New Testament you gi us that appointment to be set in an inauguration that we are kings now increase and we can come boldly into your presence Lord and I ask today Lord for this new year coming that there will be such a renewing of the heart and mind of your people here in this place today and in all the churches of the responsib of being set in the kingdom of God to pray as it was prayed earlier Lord to pray no matter how you feel because our position Lord in you is set you have set it up it is set no one can take it away no one Lord Jesus no height nor depth nor length nor breath can take away that setting into the body so you are father

▶ 1:18:23 you are the father you said we can come we can come fly no matter how simple how short how long howu our prayers Lord we are invited in because we have been accepted in the beloved Jesus Christ into the body of Christ we are all important and to thank you thank you. Jesus thank you. Jesus. Yes Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul I live for you.

▶ 1:19:16 Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Way oh have your way in me Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Awake Lord have your way in. Me. Amen Lord I give you my heart.

▶ 1:20:09 I give you my soul I live for you. Alone every breath that I take. Every moment I’m. Aake have your way in. Me Lord Jesus we surrender ourselves to you this year God Lord we don’t want to stay we don’t want to stay the same Lord at the end of 2024 we want to be new creations God we want to be brought to a new place a new growth in you Lord Jesus Lord Jesus we look forward to what you’re going to do in our lives and God we pray in advance Lord that you would come with your spirit that you would fill us oh God Lord like you did in the in the former church God you said the latter church will be greater than the former Lord we pray for that latter work to be done in us Lord that filling of the spirit God to.

▶ 1:21:26 Come Jesus we need your power we need to be clothed in your power God we ask for that this morning Lord as this year comes Jesus we pray for new experiences in the spirit of God Lord we pray for an outreach to our community Lord Jesus that is powerful that has you in it Lord like you said peace be still God God your words were spoken and your power was behind it God we pray for a living word God we pray that you would back up that living word by your mighty works God Jesus we thank you we bless your wonderful and awesome name thank you Lord Jesus and everyone said amen amen thank you Jesus online we want to thank you for joining us this.

▶ 1:22:20 Morning I’m not going to go over everything but we trust you heard the word this. Morning be a river let God flow out of you let his river of life flow out of you first let his river come into you take and drink of his water fle but be a church that lets the river of God flow out of them amen God bless you thank you for joining us this. Morning.