January 7, 2024 — The Word and The Spirit: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:02 Thank you for joining us online those in the room it’s good to be in God’s house amen amen uh I’d like to turn your attention to the banner behind me it reminds us of of ways to worship God ways to worship God with our hands everybody lift your hands you got those hands we can use those hands our posture our uh let’s see what else our mouth yes very important we can sing we can shout we can speak with our mouth the wonderful mighty works of God amen we want to use our hands this morning to praise God lift them clap with our hands some of us have instruments this morning we also have some flags if you’d like to wave a flag just make sure not to hit your neighbor uh will you stand with me let’s join in worship this morning as we sing unto God praises.

▶ 0:58 Amen I will ar. And go forth in the name of the Lord of hosts I will. Arise turn on. Your sorry about. That here we go praise God I will arise and go forth in the name of the Lord of hosts I will arise and go forth in his name in his name I will declare he is the Lord and of him I am not ashamed for he has coned every f by his name by his name I will de and go forth in the name of the Lord of hosts I will arise and go forth in his name in his name I will declare he is the Lord and of him I am not ashamed for he has coned.

▶ 2:12 Every by his name by his name I will declare he is the Lord and of him I am not ashamed for he has coned every f by his name my his name I will declare I will declare he is the Lord and of him I am not ashamed for he has coned every f by his name by his name by his name let’s praise him we love you Lord we lift you up oh Lord we exalt the king of kings oh Lord God almighty praises to the Lord.

▶ 3:05 We worship you Lord we worship you. Jesus a br nation of pe people that we should show forth the praises of him who has called us out of darkness out of darkness out of darkness into his marvelous. Light into his marvelous. Light you are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation a pec people that we should show forth the praises of him who has called us out of darkness out of darkness out of darkness into his marvelous.

▶ 4:09 Into his marvelous light called us who has called us out of darkness out of darkness out of darkness into his marvelous into his marvelous who called us out of darkness out of darkness out of darkness yes he has into his marvelous to his marvelous thank you Jesus we worship you Lord we exalt we praise you Lord we lift you up.

▶ 5:05 Lord worthy is the king of kings worthy is your name thank. You we are the children of promise we are the people of God spirit alive in us now spirit alive in us oh we carry the light in the darkness we carry the truth of the cross nothing can stand. Against nothing can stand. Again let the people of God rise up rise up every daughter and son rise up rise up join in the anthem tell of the risen.

▶ 6:04 One let the people of God rise. Up rise. Up oh rise. Up rise. Up to the broken we speak. Resurrection to the hurting and lost we decre hope hope is alive in. Us hope is alive in. Us to the gospel has preached every nation to the ends of the earth we proclaim Jesus is Lord of all Jesus is Lord of all to the people of God rise up rise up every daughter and son rise up rise up join in the anthem tell of the risen.

▶ 7:08 One let the people of God rise. Up rise. Up oh rise. Up rise. Up let the people of God rise up r up every daughter and son rise up rise up join in the an tell of the risen. One let the people of God rise. Up let the people of God rise up let the people of God rise. Up thank you Jesus Lord you are Lord of all God you are the hope of all the nations Lord your spirit alive in us oh God we worship you Lord you worship you Lord.

▶ 8:14 Oh Jesus. Jesus Lord today we do we rise up in your name because there is so much to be done in the kingdom of God and a great harvest Lord so Lord today in 2024 Lord let us abide in you that we might have strength to reach this world Lord Lord they’re right outside our window yes Jesus. Hallelujah. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

▶ 9:13 Oh there’s a song that stirs the spirit and it calls the heart to life it’s an anthem in the making can you feel it start to rise can you hear. Generations getting louder over time every son and every daughter singing out into the night it’s not time to be silent don’t you dare hide your light there’s a world outside your window so don’t let it pass you by lift your hands to the heav lift your voice to the sky praise the Lord of all creation let his name be lifted.

▶ 10:10 High singing. Oh. Oh. Oh from the famous to the faceless from the palace to the streets I can hear that drum beat pulsing and it’s calling you and me I can hear the world awaken oh the sound is heavenly every tribe and every nation sing in Jesus I. Believe it’s not time to be silent don’t you dare your light there’s a world outside your window so don’t let it pass you by lift your hands to the heavens lift your voice to the sky praise the Lord of all creation let his name be lifted.

▶ 11:21 High sing it. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh the world see the world light up one heart at a time see the strongholds break in the blink of an eye death in all our s noh inside for the Lord he is alive see the lost return from the dead of the night every captive free every chain left behind have you ever seen such a beautiful sight all the world coming alive see the world light up one heart at a time see the strongholds break in the blink of an eye death and all our sin nowhere insight for the Lord he is alive see the lost return from the dead of the night every captive free every chain left behind have you ever seen such a beautiful all the world coming.

▶ 12:45 Alive oh it’s not time to be silent don’t you dare hide your light there’s a world outside your window so don’t let it pass you by lift your hands to the heavens lift your voice to the sky praise the Lord of all creation let his name be lifted. High singing. Oh. Oh oh. Oh can’t you hear the cry of the spirit. Oh bring revival.

▶ 13:51 Lord we. Pra God. Come Jesus. Oh don’t you dare hide your life there’s a world outside your window so don’t let it pass you. By thank you Jesus. God. We. Exalt of the Jesus we lift you up ex. You Jesus you said if I be lifted up so we lifting you up in your house.

▶ 14:47 Today we worship. You God we thank you for your promises this morning God we thank you for your covenant this morning morning Lord you say you’ll give us a new heart God you say you’ll put your spirit in us and cause us to walk in your ways Lord it says in the scriptures that all can know you from the least to the to the greatest God it doesn’t matter who we are what where we’ve come from what our life has been like God you let us all come in boldly to the throne of grace to Jesus Christ the righteous one and know God for ourselves to have a relationship with the king of of kings and the Lord of lords ourselves God Lord we thank you for your covenant we thank you for your promises this morning God your covenant that cannot be broken throughout the generations your covenant cannot be broken God your promise Lord is for us today we can know you today we can have a new heart your spirit in us today we thank you for your promises today thank you.

▶ 15:57 Jesus. Father of creation unfold your sovereign. Plan raise up a chosen. Generation that will march through the land all of creation is. Longing for your unveiling of power would you release your anointing oh God let this be the end.

▶ 16:50 Let your glory fall in this. Room. Let it go forth from here to the nations let your pr rest in this. Place as we gather to seek your face a ruler of the nations the world as yet to. See the poor and least of your promise the church in.

▶ 17:46 Victory turn to us Lord and touch. Us make us strong in your mind. Overcome our weakness that we could stand up and fight let your glory fall in this. Room let it go forth from here to the nations let’s lift our hands together let your praise rest in this. Place as we gather to seek your face.

▶ 18:40 Let’s sing this chorus one more time together with our hands lifted in. Unison let your glory fall in this. Room let it go forth come here to the nation let your fragrance rest in this. Place as we gather to see your face.

▶ 19:16 Let’s just take a moment with our heads bowed as she continues to play to and let’s lift up our voices together and just praying at the rule of the nations God who was on high that he would come and let his kingdom come on earth that he would let his kingdom come in our individual lives that he would let his kingdom come in our government we we want to invite our God to ren the heavens to step down and come move on his people move on the church move on government and all the world let’s pray for that right now God we lift up our voices to you right now Lord we pray Jesus that you would come let your kingdom come in our lives God Lord your kingdom is powerful God Lord Jesus when your ways are followed Lord it is a blessing to all the people God Lord it is a blessing to families to homes Jesus to children God it is a blessing to husbands and wives it is a blessing Lord to this world God Lord we pray Lord let your kingdom come Lord that your word be preached let your word be followed let your spirit come and move upon your church Jesus Jesus God we call on you together Lord as one God we lift up our voices come in our individual lives Lord let your kingdom come let your kingdom reign in our individual lives God please we call on you this morning Jesus Jesus king of

▶ 20:46 kings and Lord of lords let your kingdom. Come let your will be. Done let your will be done let us see on. Earth let us see on earth the glory of your son kingdom. Come let your kingdom come let your will be. Done let your will be done let us see on earth let us see on earth the glory of your son.

▶ 21:48 Let your glory fall in this. Room let go for from here to the nation and your fragrance rest in this. Place as we ga to seek your face as we ga to seek your face. As we. Gather to seek. Your. Face thank.

▶ 22:42 You we bless you Lord we love you God let your kingdom come let your will be done oh. Jesus. We worship you. Lord we worship you. Lord we thank you. Lord Lord we lift up our voice for the church right now God Lord that we would no longer be self-seeking and selfish of what we want in our lives but Lord as your son said I do the will of my father God Lord I pray that our attention and our mindset would change change to stop doing our own will what we want and what we desire but Lord turning and saying to the Lord Jesus Christ to God in heaven and the Holy Spirit saying I want to do your will God we pray right now every one of us that we would have a heart to do your will Lord to reject the will of our flesh to reject the will of our maybe the evilness in our heart that we want to get rid of of and Lord turning to you and doing your will Jesus we ask for that heart this morning right now would you just give us a new heart make a new clean heart in us

▶ 24:12 God we thank you and your precious name everyone said amen if you agree with that prayer this morning just bow your head and say God I pray for a heart to do the will of the father. Just amen excellent you may find your seats this. Morning. We’re going to first pray and make sure this is coming through testing.

▶ 25:10 Good let’s bow our heads and pray this morning for God’s word Lord Jesus we lift up our voice right now we pray for your word that it would come into our innermost being God that it would be made alive in us in our heart and our spiritual man God we don’t want to live a life being dead your word Lord having ears that cannot hear God we want to have a hearing ear like it says in Revelations hearing what the spirit says to the churches and not just to the church but our individual lives God I pray right now that all of us in here when we ask for that new heart we also ask for a hearing ear for your word and your truth God your word is so powerful God it brought people back to life when you spoke Lord you brought Lazarus back to life God you brought those dry bones back to life and Ezekiel God your word is powerful now we pray for that spirit this morning we pray for the word this morning that it would come into our innermost being and change us in your precious name everyone said amen this morning we’re going to talk about the word in the spirit we want to welcome you this morning thank you for joining.

▶ 26:26 Us. In John 15:1 Jesus says in red letters I am the true vine and my father is the vine dresser every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away and every branch that bears fruit he prunes that it may bear more. Fruit one of the first things you want to recognize is that he says he is the true vine the kingdom of darkness and Satan will try to make sin look and seem very pleasant and pleasurable in our time in America in 2023 uh breaking the ten commandments and God’s basic laws are lies that are being taught as morals and truth if you hear the way that they say these things you know abortion is a way to you know you’re saving the the the the lady from and the baby from life of poverty and such and so we we break the ten commandments and believe the lie that it’s it’s moral to break the ten commandments when it’s not true we can’t believe the lie and that’s what God Christ is saying here he is the true vine the true vine is a source of life and that true vine is Jesus Christ you’re not going to find a source of life in another avenue in the kingdom of darkness you’re going to find

▶ 27:57 it in the one Jesus. Christ if you remember this famous scripture it says that I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the father but by me so we must first recognize that Christ is the authentic genuine real way to receive life in your spiritual man every one of us has a spirit amen and when God talks about eternal life he’s talking talking about your spirit that’s going to live forever when you die your spirit is separated from your natural body when you go to a grave you’ll see bones you’ll see flesh when you go to somebody’s wake or funeral you can see their body but their spirit is gone. Amen.

▶ 28:45 Amen my father is the vine dresser the scriptures say that he chose the choicest the best vine you go to the store and you get that meat it says oh you could get grade a you can get choice the best pick now if Jesus were a vine and he was in a store he’d only be in one store he would be special look there’s the choice vine the best vine you could ever use that’s Jesus Christ and God the father has picked it for us to build and found our lives and connect our lives to so this understanding this illustration of the vine asks several questions who are we associating our life with who are you committing your life to who are you connected with I heard someone say your connection uh leads to your destination I thought that was a powerful way to say it if you’re connected with the world if you’re connected to the kingdom of darkness that’s going to you’re going to it’s going to take take you to the kingdom of darkness if you’re connected to Christ and his kingdom it’s going to take you to his kingdom simple amen and that this vine illustration explains or or shows that if you connect yourself with the source of life Jesus Christ on

▶ 30:15 this in this life in your life today it will take you to eternal life amen amen we got to remember Jesus is sitting on the right hand of the father so that’s where he’s at right now Jesus isn’t in hell amen. Amen and you see here there’s two pictures uh if you notice one is real and one is fake I hope you can tell the difference can anybody tell me which one’s real and which one’s fake uh junior which one’s real which one’s. Fake that’s the real one’s on the left that’s right and the fake one is on the right the one on the right right looks pretty it looks green it looks lush it’s got these things hanging down but you know if you know what a a vine looks like if you never seen a vine you might think that’s a that’s real but if you know what a vine looks like it looks like the one on the left and the one on the left is real so we have to be careful the world and Satan he will try to disguise his uh.

▶ 31:23 His kingdom that it’s life that it’s pleasurable that it’s the way to go when it’s not if you connect yourself with the kingdom of darkness it’s not going to give you any. Life as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine neither can you unless you abide in me so we have a responsibility to abide in the vine Jesus. Christ Psalms 1 vers1 blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law he meditates day and night this. Scripture is where the rubber meets the road right this is explaining what it’s talking about because after Psalms 1:2 it says that he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water if you want that life in you we must be people that delight in in the law of the Lord in his law not our own law not what our truth is not I believe my truth or I believe his truth or the way he said it was right I mean if you go online there are so many people advertising trying to reach you with their message.

▶ 32:47 But the truths of the Bible the truths of God’s word are above all of that and you can’t grab on to that those things as if they are truth unless they agree with God’s. Word a lot of people today may believe in the cross and the blood of Jesus Christ and will ask that Jesus forgive them but they may not want his counsel and see that’s what this scripture is talking about we need the counsel of God God the godly counsel not the council of uh the ungodly it’s important that we decide what is going to bless our life is walking in his godly counsel nor stands in the path of sinners if you remember zakus in the Bible he was.

▶ 33:45 Short he couldn’t see he couldn’t get through the crowd he had obstacles but Zacchaeus went and put himself in the path of who Jesus Christ as we have a choice are we going to put ourselves in the path of Christ or we going to put ourselves in the path of sinners are we going to put ourselves and walk with them or are we going to walk with Christ do we want to have an encounter with Christ or we want to have an encounter with the world cuz that’s two different experiences nor sits in the seat the scornful so it’s important to recognize the law of the Lord so you’re going to get your weekly reminder if you’re not putting God’s word into you it’s time to put his word into you it’s time to open his book up and read it it’s time to listen to it it’s time to get it in your heart so that God has something to work with you need we need to delight in the law of the Lord Lord and God is saying the benefits of that are we’re going to be like a tree planted by the rivers of water bearing fruit in its season if we want the results of the Holy Spirit which are the fruits of the spirit we’ve got to be putting God’s word into us and also in Psalms 92:13 those

▶ 35:16 who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God no matter where you go no matter what your location is we want to be planted in God’s house you want to be faithful in God’s. House and stick with it and hang in there be a help and a source of solution for your church where you’re going be planted. Amen Hebrews chapter 4:12 the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing to the division of the soul and spirit the joints and marrow is the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Man it doesn’t stop it’s that good uh a lot of people some people that I know have dealt with some heart issues lately uh physical heart issues if you go in for a cardiac screening or or heart test they will connect you to monitors and listen to your heart and then they have methods for checking for blockages in your blood and if there is a problem you’ll have to go undergo.

▶ 36:25 Surgery and uh some people say you have to go under the knife and so what they’ll do sometimes is they’ll take a vessel from one place and put it in another place because the one down here is clearer than the one that’s over here right and they’re basically taking parts and you know that you went to the the shop home depot this is blood depot and they oh I got to pull that part put it over. Here and uh for one thing it’s amazing that the body can do that God created you uh you’re fearfully and wonderfully made but in the spirit it is very similar that word of God is like a knife and it will cut and it will pull out the thing that is blocking or creating a problem an ideology a philosophy that maybe you’ve had for years the word of God can come in and pull out replace cut out and put in the right.

▶ 37:29 Thing there are certain beliefs there’s certain ideologies that if you hold on to that are not gods they can affect the uh life flowing in your spiritual man you uh. Amen and the word of God is there to help with that Acts chapter 2:37 this is an example when they had heard this they were cut to the heart and they said said what shall we do now Acts 2:37 is when uh they received the gift of the Holy Spirit Pentecost they received tongues and they started preaching the mighty wonderful works of God in different tongues and Peter got up and he started to preach and he had a living word and that living word basically was showing through the he showed through the old.

▶ 38:21 Testament Peter was showing through the Old Testament that Jesus Christ was Lord and messiah and he used the Old Testament scripture to reveal that to the Jews and when they heard this there were it says they were what cut to the heart so God comes in with his word and he says okay here’s my Old Testament scripture that you believe in and here you go get away from this belief that you have your rejection of the messiah your rejection of Jesus Christ Christ is Lord it’s time to put your faith and your trust in him and so the word that he spoke did its work cut out the part that they needed to cut out and put in the new part.

▶ 39:13 Amen Acts 7:54 when they heard these things they were cut to the heart now this example is much different steven is standing before the high priest and he is standing before the Sanhedrin. Acts if you know is after the resurrection of Jesus Christ and Stephen is using the Old Testament to show that their behavior and their commitment to the temple. Building over God was wrong and that they should have committed to the Lord Jesus Christ instead of having him. Killed and that’s what steven’s message was the summary of his message and it says they were what cut to the heart so the word of God was doing its job again but their response was much different they didn’t say what shall we do they ran at steven and had him.

▶ 40:16 Stoned and so that is an illustration of someone who did not let God’s word come. In and fix the spiritual man that is someone who had a hard heart and rejected God’s word and you don’t want to be like that. Amen the word of the Lord is right his work is done in truth Psalms 33:4 for you have magnified your word above all your name God has magnified his word above his name his name casts out demons his name is powerful his name is uh famous throughout the earth and God has magnified his word above his name we have to remember that he created the world by his word when he said let there be light there was what light he spoke us into being his word is powerful so we have to remember that if we believe in the name of Jesus Christ if we believe in calling on the name of Jesus Christ baptizing people in the name of Jesus Christ we also must above all that hold the world as number one the word of God as number one priority in our life.

▶ 41:36 John chapter 8:31 if you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free so number one if you abide in his word you’re his disciple number two that truth that you put into you is going to set you free it’s going to set your sp spiritual manfree and that’s what all of us. Need the word is very very important and again it’s saying abide in my word like it said in Psalms 1:1 we must delight in the law of the Lord you’ve got to make putting God’s word into you a priority this is a new year that we’re looking unto right this is the the 7th day of 2024 and you can set a goal to read the Bible through in one year you can read it how however many times you want in one year but set a goal to read the Bible through this year by the end of by December 31st 2024 you should be done reading the Bible through this year I encourage you this word is reminding us to put his word his truth in our hearts.

▶ 43:00 Amen Joel 2:28 it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit on all. Flesh Isaiah 11:2 tells us what that spirit is the spirit of the Lord the spirit of wisdom and understanding spirit of knowledge the spirit of the fear of the Lord the spirit of power and of counsel let me take a breath here for a second the Holy Spirit was the promise of the father given to uh in Acts 2 given to the disciples and the people that waited and it says I will pour out my spirit on all flesh and when he says his spirit it’s talking about all of these different things that we can have we can have the spirit of the Lord we can have wisdom understanding strength power the fear fear of the Lord knowledge and counsel this is all available to God’s people it’s important to recognize what you have available to you what is available to you when it comes if you say that you’re filled with the Holy Spirit this is the kind of stuff that the Holy Spirit should be doing in your spiritual man in your heart it’s not just about the outward it’s not just about some uh you know thing over here over there no these seven things

▶ 44:32 are. What. Uh gives us a good understanding what the spirit is doing James 1 verse 5 if any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God it gives to all liberally and without reproach and it will be given to him now you got to remember that his covenant is to give you a new heart his covenant is to put his spirit in. You right so when you ask God for a new heart when you ask God put your spirit he comes and he’ll put his spirit in you and when you ask for this wisdom he will give you wisdom and I have prayed many times in situations I as I’m driving to the issue or I’m dealing with the issue I’ll stop and I’ll just say God Lord I need your wisdom God I pray that I would behave wisely I pray that I would handle this w I pray that I would speak wisely God I need your wisdom and he comes and he.

▶ 45:32 Helps James 3:17 the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle willing to yield full of mercy and good fruits without partiality and without hypocrisy America needs to get back to the wisdom that is from. Above right now we’re getting wisdom from. Inside or we’re getting wisdom from. Below I want the wisdom from. Above and it says it is first what. Pure we have a great lack of pure purity in our country we have a great lack of respect for.

▶ 46:24 Purity. We take pride in. Impurity and that’s not right that is not God’s spirit that is not the church we should not be prideful in our impurity we’ve got to get back to. Wisdom that is from above. Amen the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor to heal the brokenhearted proclaim liberty to the captives and opening the prison to those who are bound the spirit of the Lord this is Jesus he quoted this scripture when he was on earth he c went into the synagogue he rose up and he said this scripture and I think he said today this is fulfilled in your hearing that was Jesus Christ but we are also joint hs with Christ amen and so when the spirit of the Lord is in us this is what the spirit wants to do the spirit of God wants to preach and Jesus isn’t on earth right now walking around preaching we are supposed to be doing that.

▶ 47:38 Amen now Jesus Christ and I need to be careful what I say there yes the Holy Spirit Jesus are still speaking amen I mean you’ve met him when God came to you God came to me he came with his word and is powerful but it it was because I heard somebody preaching the word and I responded to it and God comes in with his spirit and he backs all that up what I’m trying to remind us is that we have a responsibility if we say we have the spirit of God we need to be preaching those good tidings to the poor in spirit we need to be preaching and and healing the brokenhearted people need a new heart that Christ is. Offering they need liberty. From the oppressor Satan and they need their prisoners need freedom from.

▶ 48:32 Sin. Amen that word of God that spirit of God wants to do these things it has a definition in the Scriptures Hosea 4:6 my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge I will also reject you from being priests for me because you have forgotten my the law of your God if we do not have knowledge of things going on in um our own family it can lead to problems if we don’t have knowledge going on in government it can lead to problems we can’t get involved and address things amen and it’s the same way in the spiritual world if you have no knowledge of the law of God of his truth and again this is a reminder to put his word into your heart if you have no knowledge of it you’re rejecting that knowledge you’re forgetting his law you’re neglecting his law you’re not putting it into you it’s going to cause.

▶ 49:43 Destruction mark chapter 6:18 John the baptist said to Herod it is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife I say I’m quoting this scripture because Herod was a Gentile and John the baptist is a Jew and he’s speaking to this Gentile and this Herod who is a Gentile is following his own roman laws that he followed and John the baptist is saying to him that God’s law should be followed even you Herod you’re a leader you’re a Gentile but God’s law is for you you see we think oh oh it’s just us that need to follow God’s word no his word is for the whole wide. World his word and his truth works for the whole.

▶ 50:42 World no matter what country and there are churches in Africa and Asia that are submitting to and following the word of God and it is blessing their lives. It is not some white religion or some American religion or a European religion it is truth and it works no matter where you’re. At no matter who you. Are acts chapter 68 steven who was. Stone as we shared earlier he was full of faith and power he did great wonders and signs among the people because the spirit of power was on him we want that spirit amen hey God what Holy Spirit would you increase in that area amen we got some things where we need some power and great wonders done amen second Timothy 1:7 for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and a sound mind you don’t have to live your your life in fear you can have that power that the spirit of God has given us the p the the spirit of love and that sound mind that God has put into us.

▶ 52:08 I remember this scripture growing up as a kid it was one of our uh verses at the end of our pace you know I grew up in the school and the church and they had paces and at the end they’d have that scripture God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power of love and a sound mind and it was good because I needed a sound mind I needed to be reminded that I had a sound mind and that when I learned my education you know I would say I’ve got a sound. Mind I can do. This Luke chapter 24:49 and and us young people today you got to be reminded that God his spirit will give you a sound mind his spirit will give you power and love you don’t need to be be afraid of the future behold I send the promise of my father upon you but t in the city of Jerusalem until you are endowed with power from on high until you’re clothed with power that Holy Spirit is one of its one of its.

▶ 53:13 Attributes that transfers to you is power amen and maybe you don’t feel like you have a lot of power today well you just keep searching for that spirit that’s the true authentic power is in the spirit of God and many of us have experienced it and if you want more you keep going after it amen amen the spirit of the fear of the Lord Proverbs 8:13 the fear of the Lord is to hate evil prde and arrogance in the evil way the perverse mouth I hate pride and arrogance oh boy should we have pride in our sin should we have pride in our uh I’ve got pride. I’ve got this pride I’ve got that pride I’ve got all the other. Prides the fear of the Lord is to hate turn away from evil by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil and says oh no I’m not going to do that my friends want me to do and participate in this no I’m not going to do that it’s evil I don’t want any part in it my friends are going to go to the store today and they’re going to steal some stuff because you know they’re not going to do anything so why.

▶ 54:39 Not the fear of the Lord prolongs days but the years of the wicked will be shortened by humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life today many people are trying to find a shortcut to riches and honor and life but you’re not ever going to receive eternal riches eternal life unless you get some respect for. God are we afraid to offend. God or do we go about not caring does this offend God does my behavior does the thing that come out of the things that come out of my mouth do they offend God do we have any fear of God into us. We got to ask ourselves that question. Uh if by the fear of the Lord we can depart from evil if you’ve been living a life or you have a history of of just living in complete sin maybe you’ve committed the worse sins in the Bible by the fear of the Lord you can turn from you can depart from all of that you can put it behind you God will help you the fear of the Lord is powerful John 16:13 the spirit of truth has come he will guide you into all truth for he will not speak on his own authority but whatever he hears he will.

▶ 56:07 Speak the spirit is a guide it will guide you it will give you counsel the results of this spirit is love joy peace longsuffering kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control and the Bible says against such there is no law meaning when you are lo when you love somebody you do no harm to them there’s no law against. That when you have joy and a smile on your face there’s no law against. That and if they do you can just put a mask on there’s no law against having peace in your heart there’s no law against being patient there’s no law against being kind and good and faithful. And this is what the results of the spirit are amen how many want these results I want these results in my life.

▶ 57:04 It’s going to take some of the the the seven spirits of the Lord working in you to produce. This we just want to remind you real quick on Pentecost they waited 10 days nothing was happening they waited and and tarried in Jerusalem 10 days in the upper room and when Pentecost had fully come they were all in one accord in one place they were together and when we have our prayer time and when we seek God uh it’s if we’re gathered in one room it’s important to be in one accord uh it’s powerful when we all worship together when we all participate you don’t want to just want miss woods up here playing the guitar singing the song and yeah miss woods go for it you know yeah go you know get on the train of worship do your thing no no no we want to be what in one accord there is a powerful work that God can do when we’re in what one accord there is a powerful work that God can do when we are in unity remember the scriptures say behold how good and how pleasant it is for us to dwell in.

▶ 58:23 Unity. Very powerful very important they were all filled with the Holy. Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance and Peter said repent let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit if you don’t have the gift of the Holy Spirit I encourage you you need to set aside some time to seek God for his spirit to come in you and uh got to remember remember Peter said repent be baptized you know get baptized God can always go around he can always make exceptions and give you a spirit before this and that but Peter here is he’s he’s trying to give us some information good information repent turn from your sin be baptized commit unto Christ and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit this is his promise.

▶ 59:25 Peter he waited on God he saw a vision and he went to Cornelius who was waiting on God who was fasting and Cornelius who was a Gentile and the people that were all in his house received the Holy Spirit and when uh Peter came back to the apostles and shared this story they. Said God they glorified God saying God has granted to Gentiles the repentance to life so not only was this message just for the Jews now it was for everyone else including you including me the promises the promise of his spirit the new covenant in Ezekiel that he’ll give you a new heart that’ll put his spirit in you he’ll cause you to walk in his ways that all can know him from the least to the greatest those promises they are for you and for me.

▶ 1:00:26 Not just the Jews and we also want to recognize what they did God came to Cornelius one. Man this man he was what he was a devout man and he was fasting and he was praying and he was waiting on. God that says a lot about this person you want results in God you you you want to exercise some spiritual. Principles fasting. Praying putting your his word into you those who wait on the Lord shall inherit the earth wait on the Lord keep his way and he shall he shall exalt you to inherit the land there’s some promises and special things for those who are willing to wait on the Lord to do not quench the spirit do not despise.

▶ 1:01:27 Prophecies test all things hold fast to what is good abstain from every form of evil it’s important for us to not quench the spirit of God when you come in I want to encourage you and remind you that Sunday mornings is not just a place where you know the worship leader is uh and and the preacher are the only ones allowed to talk no we invite you to speak from God’s speak spirit and to prophesy to pray out to speak out and let God’s spirit work in you come with something to say come with a word come with a song put God may have put a new song in your heart read 1 Corinthians 14 when you come in we don’t we don’t despise these things we don’t want to quench the spirit if God has a word from us we want to hear.

▶ 1:02:22 It 1 Corinthians 2 before we want to get back to this demonstration of the spirit and of power my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power in. 2024 this new year and even in years past we want to get back to this demonstration of the spirit and of power it’s the thing thing that makes the difference that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God we need God’s power working in our services we need God’s power working in our individual lives we need God’s power working in the message that he speaks and preaches through us.

▶ 1:03:16 Amen so with that I’d like to invite you to stand we have learned this morning that the word of God is so imperative it’s above his name that we need to put it into us we need to let it change our hearts do the surgery that we need in our spiritual man we need that word of God working in us we need his spirit and all the different expressions the spirit of knowledge the spirit of wisdom. Amen. So we’re going to take a moment.

▶ 1:04:12 Here to. Respond. We want to take a moment to ask his spirit to come and dwell in us we want to invite his spirit this morning we need that spirit of wisdom that spirit of love the spirit of power in us amen we need his word to come and do that work in us to cut us to the heart so let’s uh as we sing this this is going to be our prayer this morning inviting him into our hearts and our minds in our spirit and then we’re going to take some time to pray seek his face invite him to and we can pray you can pray whatever you want to pray unto him invite him to do whatever you want him to do in your your heart in your mind so let’s sing this song.

▶ 1:05:16 Together here I am. Waiting abide in me I. Pray here I am. Longing for. You hide me in your love oh bring me to my knees. May I know. Jesus more and more come live in.

▶ 1:06:12 Me all my life take. Over come breathe in. Me I will. Rise on. E wings come live in. Me all my life take. Over come breathe in. Me and I will run. On. E. Go.

▶ 1:07:10 Me at this time let’s lift up our voices right where we are our heads bowed our eyes closed and we want to lift up our prayer this morning that he would come with his word and convict us cut us to the heart that he would come and put his spirit into us that wisdom whatever it is this morning in response to the word let’s lift up our voices today and invite him to do that in us God Lord we come before you right now Jesus we pray that you pour your spirit out unto us God Lord in the scriptures it says that you will pour out your spirit on all flesh God that’s including us jes lo Lord we lift up our voices God we ask that you give your spirit unto us Lord your wisdom God your power God oh God your fear of the Lord the spirit of Lord God to go out and preach your gospel Lord Jesus to deliver those God who are brokenhearted God who are in prison to sin God Lord who are.

▶ 1:08:14 Jesus who need liberty God oh God we pray right now Jesus please Lord let your spirit come Lord let your promise come Lord come with your spirit God Lord anoint us God let your spirit come and flow inside of us God oh God please oh please we call on you Lord we want to be that river we want to that river flowing river of life flowing out of us. God Jesus Jesus Holy Spirit come Holy Spirit we invite. You come fill us oh Lord Jesus Jesus. Jesus oh Jesus oh God we pray Lord we pray that you would be with us Lord we pray that you would be in our lips Lord that we pray Lord Jesus that you would affect Lord what comes out of our mouth Jesus Lord that we would stop Lord speaking our own will but Lord speaking your will God oh God oh God please Lord we pray for a new mouth a new heart Jesus Jesus we call unto you this.

▶ 1:09:31 Morning come live in. Me all my life take. Over oh God cly breathe in. Me and I will. Rise on. E. Go wings come live in. Me all my life take. Over come breathe in. Me I will. Rise on. E. Go me.

▶ 1:10:29 Thank you Jesus pr power and tr again at this time. Let’s just put your hand on the person next to you and pray that God would come with his Spirit that God would pour out his spirit on person next to you all the seven spirits that we learned about that God would come with his word that he would come and powerfully move upon our heart let’s pray for one another right now lift up our voices God we pray for our neighbor God Lord we ask right now it says in the scriptures that you will pour out your spirit on all flesh God Lord it says in the scriptures Lord that you Lord God will change our heart God we pray for your word Lord that it would change our hearts Jesus Lord I pray God please we pray for one another right now God we lift up our neighbor God we pray that your spirit of love your spirit of power Lord your spirit uh your sound mind would come Lord Jesus your wisdom would come the wisdom that is pure God oh God oh God please God we pray that we would possess these things God not just speak and pray about them Lord but Lord that we would obtain them God we invite your spirit Lord to pour out Lord

▶ 1:12:00 we invite your spirit to pour out into us Lord to pour out into our neighbor God we pray right now Jesus please we lift up our voices and our our neighbor God Lord we lift up one another God. Please Lord let your word powerfully work in our hearts and our life Lord let your presence come Lord let your spirit come God let your spirit move upon us let your spirit God begin to to pull out all the things that may be hurting us God oh God oh God. Please God we need you we need your n God we need your truth God we need your spirit your power spirit of God we you come oh Holy Spirit Holy Spirit we pray.

▶ 1:13:01 Jesus come live in. Me all my life take. Over come bre in. Me I will rise. On. E ss come live in. Me all my life Lord take. All. Jesus come breath in. Me I will. Rise on him.

▶ 1:14:13 Go like to invite somebody to lift up their voice in. Prayer just confirming the things we have heard this morning what God may have put on your heart what God may have said to. You just lift up your voice right now in. Prayer. Yes.

▶ 1:15:22 Jesus. Jesus yes. Jesus yes. Jesus. Jus. Know yes. Jesus Jesus. Jesus Jesus. Jes us.

▶ 1:16:22 Word. Yes. Jesus yes God. Jesus.

▶ 1:17:47 Us us. Overl. Yes Jesus. Yes in agreement with that prayer that God would do great signs and wonders and heal let’s lift up our voices and pray many of us know the situations that people in the church have and maybe somebody that you know in your life that needs his healing needs a a wonder from God maybe a child that needs to encounter Christ be reminded of Christ let’s lift up our voices right now and just ask that God would do a mighty work Lord God we lift up Lord those in the church Jesus Lord that have physical ailments Lord have physical problems God Lord we pray that you come with your healing power God we pray that you would come with your healing hand oh Lord.

▶ 1:19:02 Jesus Lord we ask that you would come with your spirit of power God Lord like you did for Stephen Lord like you did for the new Jesus for all those people in the New Testament God oh God like you do for people in the other countries Lord Lord in the southern hemisphere God Lord we pray that you would come right now Lord. Jesus glory we lift up the people that we have that we know that need you that need your solutions God Lord enable them God enable them Lord to overcome their body their bodily issues God so that they may show forth your praise so that they may Lord speak a word of truth Lord from their heart from their mind God we pray Jesus we lift them up right now Lord do your healing God Lord bring people back unto you God Lord Jesus.

▶ 1:20:01 Please God we pray Lord we lift them up right now Lord that your mighty works and your signs would be done God we pray Jesus please please. Lord. Changes. In. Everything just one touch from the king. Changes. Everything. Oh just one touch from a king. Changes. Everything.

▶ 1:20:53 Just one touch from the king changes. It. Everything changes. Everything Lord Jesus we call on you we thank you Lord we bless you Lord we honor you oh. God we lift you up oh Lord we pray for your touch oh God we pray for your power Lord we pray for your spirit God Lord we invite you right. Now Lord just one touch from the king just one touch from your spirit Lord we thank you we thank you Lord hallelujah.

▶ 1:21:51 Lord. Thank oh thank you. Jesus thank you. Jesus let’s just sing a song of thanks in closing thank you. Jesus thank you Jesus. Jesus thank you. Jesus thank you. Jesus thank you. Jesus thank you.

▶ 1:22:51 Jesus. And ask somebody to lift up their voice or Mr. Thompson will you pray for the offering please in closing uh before he prays I want to thank you online those who have joined us online we trust you’ve heard the word this morning the power of his word the power of his spirit we want all those things working in us moving in us amen don’t limit God don’t limit his spirit to one thing don’t just take on one part part of him get that whole word into you hide it in your heart let the knowledge of his word fill you we encourage you this year put God’s word into you God bless you thank you for joining us go ahead mr Thompson.