Modeling Heaven - November 12, 2023: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:12 Good morning everyone we want to thank you for joining us it’s good to be in God’s house this morning we’d like to welcome you to join us in worship to our God this morning uh we want to remind you to be a participant this morning participate worship God for yourself we’re going to find out in the message today why that’s so important but I invite you let’s stand we’re going to sing a song unto our God and worship him let’s praise him. Together. Amen love is call in. The mercy follows every where we. R leading with the greatest. Tenderness showing us the path to take us.

▶ 1:11 Home as we leave this be in place run into your arms of grace we. Return we will dance and celebrate our lives we dedicate to the test testimony of what you’ve done for. Us our path has been made clean with a rob of righteousness your grace brought us out of the wilderness joy like a mighty river joy like a mighty river. Flows giving us the strength to carry on. The wind of our destiny now.

▶ 2:07 Blows the bitter taste of failure now is. Gone as we look upon your face feel the warmth of your embrace we. Return we will dance and celebrate our lives we dedicate to the testimony of what you’ve done for. Us our past has been made clean with a ro of righteousness your gra brought us out of the wilderness we will dance we will dance and celebrate our lives we dedicate to the testimony of what you’ve done for.

▶ 3:05 Us our past has been made clean with a ro of righteousness your grace brought us out of the wildness oh your grace brought us out of the wilderness your grace brought us out of the wilder. Hallelujah thank you jes that’s what he did on the cross for us we that’s what he did he brought us out of sin he brought us out of dark thank you God you are wonderful. Lord and we will triumph in the Lord we will triumph like never before for greater he that makes me.

▶ 4:04 Overcome we will walk in the power of his might we will shine forth his glorious light for greater is he that makes be. Overcome he we will triumph in the Lord we will triumph like never before for greater is he than makes me. Overcome we will walk in the power of his might we will shine for his glorious light for greater is he that makes be. Overcome okay yes we will triumph in the Lord we will triumph like never before for greater is he that makes me.

▶ 5:02 Overcome we will walk in the power of his might we will shine forth his glorious light for greater is he that makes me. Overcome and we will triumph in the Lord we will triumph like never before for greater is he that makes me overcome. We will walk in the power of his mind we will shine for his glorious light for greater is he that makes be. Overcome for greater is he that makes me. Overcome for greater is he that makes me over.

▶ 6:01 Come. Hallelujah thank you Lord we praise you God let’s pr thank you Jesus worship him. Hallelujah hallelujah there we go. Hallelujah we are more than conquerors in Christ and as easy as singing this song that’s how our victories come when we proclaim who we are in Christ we’re more than conquerors am we’re more than overcomers and we have to speak those things and encourage ourselves sometimes right cu sometimes we don’t feel like we’re overcomers but we are in Christ amen yes. Amen oh we are able to go up and take the country and possess the land from Jordan to the sea the giants maybe there our way to ender our God has given us the victory.

▶ 7:01 We are able to go up and take the country and possess the land from Jordan to the sea the giants may there our way to hinder our God has given us the victory can we hear the men of God let’s sing this again guys we are able to go up and take the country and possess the land from Jordan to the sea out ladies though the giants may be there our way to hinder our God has given us the victory and we are able to go up and take the country and possess the land from Jordan to the sea so the giant may there our way to hinder our God has given us the victory.

▶ 8:01 And we are able to go up and take the country and possess the land from Jordan to the sea though the giants may be there our way to hinder our God is gi us the victory our God is gi us the victory our God has given us the v. Victory. Hallelujah thank you. Lord thank you Jesus he reign he reigns on high us the victory hallelujah. Hallelujah. Jesus. Hallel.

▶ 9:12 Hallelujah. Hallelujah and we will. Triumph in the Lord we will triumph like never. Before greater is he that makes me. Overcome we will walk in the power of his might we will shine forth his glorious. Light for greater is he that makes me. Overcome. And we will. Triumph in the Lord we will triumph like never.

▶ 10:13 Before for greater is he that makes me. Overcome we will walk in the power of his might we will shine forth his glorious. Light for greater is he that makes me. Over. Come thank you Lord you you make us overcome we love you we love you Lord. We bless your name. Jesus worthy are you.

▶ 11:09 Lord worthy is. King our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is healer awesome and power our God our God our God is greater oh our God is great our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is healer awesome in power our God our God.

▶ 12:04 And if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what can stand against if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what can stand. Again. What can stand. Against our God our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is healer awesome in power our God our god.

▶ 12:57 Into the darkness to. Shine out of the ashes we rise there’s no one like. You none like you into the darkness you shine oh into the darkness you. Shine out of the dashes we rise there’s no one like you. Jesus there’s none like you our God our God is greater oh our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any.

▶ 13:54 Other our God is healer awesome and power power our God our our God and if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what could stand against if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what could stand. Again. What can stand. Again our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any.

▶ 14:47 Other our God is healer awesome and power our God our God. Water you turned into wine open the eyes of the blind there’s no one like you. Jesus there’s none like you into the darkness we shine oh into the darkness you. Shine out of the ashes we rise there’s no one like. You none like you there’s no one like.

▶ 15:42 You our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is healer awesome power our God our God as we sing that chorus again let’s lift up our hands together and let’s declare this unto our God this morning our creator from the beginning of time he created all things he spoke everything into existence we have a great God an awesome God and he lives in us and he empowers us let’s sing this unto him this morning tenderly softly under. Him our God is.

▶ 16:34 Greater our God is. Stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is. Healer awesome and power our God our God our God thank you Jesus we exalt you ex all you. Lord thank you. God we worship you. Lord.

▶ 17:27 Hallelujah. Holy. Holy God. Almighty the great I am who is. Worthy none. Beside God. Almighty the great I. Am. Hallelujah holy holy. God. Almighty the great I am who is worthy none beside thee God. Almighty the great I am the mountains the mountains shake before him the demons running ble at the mention of your name king of majesty there is no power in hell nor any who can stand before the power and the presence of the great I am the great I am the great I.

▶ 18:52 Am the great I am the great I am. The great I. Am. Hallelu holy. Holy God. Almighty great I am who is worthy none beside thee God. Almighty the greater I am. You are the great I am you are the great I am you are the great I. Am you are great I am you are the great I am you are the great I am God oh you are the great I am you are the great I am you are the great I.

▶ 20:08 Am holy. Holy God. Almight the great I. Am who is. Worthy none beside. Thee God al mighty the great I. Am God with our heads bowed we call on the great I am right now to come in this place in this room Lord with all the people here God you are the miracle worker the great I am the creator of all things Jesus we invite you right now God we pray that you come Lord come with your conviction God come with your healing power come heal our minds our heart our bodies our spirit our soul Jesus you made us body soul and spirit we pray that you come right now let’s lift up our voices together invite him and pray unto him that he would come that he would heal us body soul and spirit let’s invite him right now God we call on you right now Jesus we invite you to come Lord step down from your throne Jesus Lord come your people heavenly Jerusalem God we need you this morning Lord we pray for your en we pray for your help we pray for your healing Jesus Jesus Jesus

▶ 21:39 we pray for your conviction God Lord we need you we need your spirit to come Jesus Jesus son of God the great I am Lord we call on you this morning come Jesus Jesus arise in us Lord God heal us body soul and spirit God we need your your great power God Jesus we call on you Lord we look to you this morning Jesus Lord we invite you to come Lord come to our young people come to our children come Lord to every one of us God come with your power come with your might Jesus Jesus son of God Lord Jesus Jesus Jesus is your name oh Lord let your people repent of their king of kings Lord let the nation humble themselves Jesus Jesus Jesus Lord that you might heal our land Jesus Lord when Nebuchadnezzar threw in the three people in the furnace for not lifting up and praising the image of gold God the the king sat and he looked inside that furnace and he said did did not we send three did not we put three in the furnace but I see four I see a one as the son of God the son of the highest and he is walking amidst him God come in our midst this morning God Lord though we may have come in maybe 20 God we pray that the king of kings and the Lord of lords would walk

▶ 23:10 amongst us God we pray Lord Jesus bring us through your fire bring us through the healing bring us through everything God we pray this morning Jesus Lord oh Lord come in our lives we need you. Jesus. Hallelujah holy. Holy God. Almighty great I. Am who is. Worthy none beside. The God. Almighty the great I.

▶ 24:12 Am our God is. Stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is. Healer awesome in power our God our God our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is. Healer awesome and power our God. Our God as we find our seats this morning I’m going to ask somebody to just lift up their voice in closing and transition to the next part of the service that God would do a great work in our midst in our hearts just lift up your voice right where you’re at prayer this.

▶ 25:21 Morning Lord your word they over the blood of and word Lord we thank you that you have already defeated every enemy you have already given us victory though we face challenges and though our life can be inil you have overcome and you have set a standard against the enemy. Lord Jesus today we thank you for being in our midst we thank you that it’s not by our great. Faith abilities. But. We today and declare our iser than any other Lord just bless your word to us today let it change us let it become a part of us.

▶ 26:35 So before we begin we’ll going to play this special song called my Jesus are you past the point of weary is your burden weighing heavy is it all too much to carry let me tell you about my Jesus do you feel that empty feeling the shame done all it’s stealing are you desperate for some healing let me tell you about my Jesus he makes a way where there ain’t no way rises up from an empty grave ain’t no one that he can save let me tell you about my Jesus his love is strong and his grace is too good news is I know that he he can do for you what he’s done for me let me tell you about my Jesus let my Jesus change your life let him change your life let him change your life let him change your life.

▶ 27:50 Who can wipe away the tears from broken dreams and wasted years tell the past to disappear let me tell you about my Jesus all the wrong turns that you would go and undo if you could who can work it all for your good let me tell you about my Jesus he makes a way where the ain no way rises up from an empty grave ain’t no one that he can’t say let me tell you about my Jesus his love is strong and his grace is to good news is know that he can do for you what he’s done for me let me tell you about my Jesus let my Jesus change your life let him change your life let him change your life let him change your life let him change your life let him change your life let him change your life let him change your life.

▶ 29:12 Thank you Jesus amen. Hallelujah all right we’re going to get right into the message this morning hallelujah this is our final message on serving God in every season we were reminded by Joshua that famous. Scripture in the Bible in Joshua 24:15 if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord choose for yourself this day who you will serve and his response to the people of Israel was as for me in my house we will serve the Lord and so today we’re going to be talking about breaking the curse we’re going to be talking about what is uh God’s sight and why his sight is important we’re going to talk about God’s response to our behavior and restoration and lastly modeling.

▶ 30:10 Heaven in Joshua 24:31 Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua which had known the works that were done so it’s very important for us to be examples to the people around us and that’s what Joshua did in his day he served the Lord for everyone to see even after he had won the battle and won the war and they they took over the parts conquered Canaan and they had their promised land he did not stop there he kept serving. God the mana was gone there was no more magical bread from heaven there was no more water from the rock they had to go and work and get the stuff themselves now the only thing they had was the captain of the the host and he was fighting and winning battles for them and Joshua remained faithful even though all that stuff all the miracles weren’t happening but God was with them how do you know you can you can get far when God is with you amen.

▶ 31:13 Amen 2 Kings chapter 15:2 I want to show some other examples of people that were uh examples to the people after them Azariah became king at 16 years old can you imagine being king at 16 years old and reigned 52 years that’s a long time it says that he did right in God’s sight according to all that his father amiah had done 2 Kings 15:32 jothan became king at 25 and he reigned 16 years he did what was right in God’s sight according to all that his father uzziah had done and I bring this up because we have two fathers here that that were examples to their children they laid a a uh a lifestyle out before their children that their children could follow and model and that is very important that’s what Joshua did he lived a life that people could follow and that’s very important if you want to serve God in every season you’ve got to take on the responsibility of being an example to everybody around you not just your children but it’s important that you see that people are looking at you to you know how are they going to act I want to uh they want to see what what God can do in your life you we want to be an example and these kings did that second Kings 18:1

▶ 32:44 Hezekiah the son of Ahaz became king at 25 and reigned 29 years he did what was right according to all that his father David had. Done 2 Kings 22 verse 1 Josiah son of Amon became king at 8 years old holy cow and reigned 31 years can you believe that he did what was right in God’s sight and he walked in all the ways of his father David he did not turn to the right or to the left and I bring these two kings up because their fathers it says Hezekiah the son of who. Ahaz Josiah the son of who. Ammon those fathers were were evil they were evil. Men and Hezekiah and Josiah had to not let their example their bad example.

▶ 33:42 Determine how they were going to behave so on one end you have fathers that are a good example on the one end you have a bad example but here do you see what it what it attributes the uh the good behavior too there they did according to all that who had done. David now if you don’t know Hezekiah is way down the line from David Josiah is way down the line from David but they are descendants of David so they had to look way. Back to an example how many want maybe a grandson great grandson great grandchild looking back and say I’m going to serve God the way my great great grandfather did or my great great grandmother did I mean know that’s.

▶ 34:41 Good so you’re not just living and being an example for your children you’re being an example for everybody after you and of course our example is Jesus Christ but do you understand the point here right we want to be an example not not just for what we see not just what but what we can’t. See maybe your children reject God or will reject God or have rejected God but there may come a time where there’s a child in the future that decides to serve God wholeheartedly with everything they have and you might hear in heaven oh my gosh my great great great grandson is serving God the way I did. Amen that’s. Powerful so our behavior can have an impact on our descendants for years to come and we have to serve God in that way do we want to have an impact on the the our descendants do we want to have an impact with our lives uh for years to.

▶ 35:53 Come breaking the curse Proverbs 3:33 the curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked but he blesses the home of the just Deuteronomy 5:9 I am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon of the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me but showing mercy to thousands to those who love me and keep my commandments now I’m I’m throw I’m laying out the scriptures here but I want us to understand what we’re saying so back in our example ammon was Josiah’s father father and because he was wicked he brought a curse on his house amen and a curse is just God’s correction you are inviting the kingdom of darkness to come in you are making yourself vulnerable to allow the kingdom of darkness to come in and just have his way with you but Josiah his son.

▶ 36:53 Lived justly and he did what was right now Amon was he rejected or hated God hate means to reject you forsake but Josiah he loved God and kept his commandments so everything was broken with Josiah in one generation Josiah was able to break that curse and he was able to live a life that was pleasing and was blessed by God and Hezekiah is a great example Hezekiah uh his father was Ahaz and he had to break the curse and we know if you read about Hezekiah he brought about restoration to the temple he brought up he brought back the assembling. Together and God backed him.

▶ 37:45 Up the Assyrians came [unclear] came with 185,000. Soldiers. Came and said we’re going to we’re going to take you guys over we’re going to going to kill you. All and the angel came in one night and defeated that whole army how many you know is that a curse is that a curse no that’s a what that’s a blessing and it happened to a son of somebody who was cursed so Hezekiah broke the curse why because he loved God he kept his commandments and he followed God hardly he was uh the he he lived justly amen so you can break any curse you don’t want to live your life thinking that you got curses on you okay you got oh got a generation you don’t understand my grandfather great that doesn’t matter break the curse serve God love.

▶ 38:47 God forget about this curse nothing’s stopping. You when you’re in God’s hands nothing nothing is going to touch. You after Joshua and the elders died Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord Judges 2:11 Matthew 4:1 in red letters Jesus said to Satan it is written you shall worship the Lord your God and him only you shall serve and I bring this up because it is very important that we uh care about what God views as right and wrong does it matter what your neighbor thinks does it matter what your church thinks does it matter what you.

▶ 39:44 Think we can’t live our lives based on people’s opinion we have to serve God and his word his truth what he. Says and so you got to ask yourself am I doing what is evil in God’s sight maybe it’s not evil in my friend’s sight but is it evil in God’s sight and what what is right in God’s sight what can I do that is right in the sight of the Lord the scriptures tell us if you read the Bible you’ll understand j Judges 2:11 the children of Israel serve the bales they forsook the Lord they turned from him so God brought him through the uh with plagues he brought him out of Egypt uh he brought them through the red sea he he kept them safe in the wilderness for 40 years fed them with mana from the rock uh he gave them water from the rock so that they were able to.

▶ 40:47 Live everything that they had did not wither their sandals didn’t come off and all this stuff God took care of them and then later on. He fights for them to overtake Canaan they get the promised land and here the children of Israel decide that they’re going to turn their back on. God and so what does God do he delivers them to the hand of pl plunders he sells them back into the hand of their enemies that so that they could no longer stand before their enemies wherever they went out the hand of the Lord was against them and they were greatly distressed how many want that in your life. No no you see God’s got a problem we come to God’s house we become Christians we we take on his forgiveness his cleansing with his blood and then we go we turn our back and we give him the finger and say forget you I’m going to do what I want that’s a problem.

▶ 41:48 And you see they’re not winning wars anymore they’re not winning battles you hear a lot about oh you got to win the battle you got to be you gotta fight the battle and fight well you’re not going to win if God’s not on your side you know you don’t want to go out there when God’s not on your side amen I wouldn’t want to go out and face goliath if God’s not on my side David went out there because he knew God was with him amen has God lost his power. No what was wrong they did evil in the sight of the Lord and they had to correct. It the thief does not come except to kill steal and to destroy but I have come that you may have life and that you may have it more abundantly the curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked if we.

▶ 42:52 Want oh here we go. This is a live uh cyber attack threat map throughout the world and so if you look there’s constantly streams of attacks happening from the united states from different countries and there’s scanners going on there all everybody’s always trying to find uh a a a vulnerability so that they can come in and steal information bring down your network at my company we have they there’s all there’s a whole department called information security just dedicated to make sure that our stuff is protected and when you when you bring in when you forsake God you’re basically forsaking that protection it’s called a firewall you guys ever heard of it a firewall it blocks all of these scanning things that are happening you know any company that puts their exposes their website out they have to go through a lot to keep it safe and protected and so just as an illustration here you’ve got to be careful there are constant attacks uh the scriptures say that in this life you’re going to have.

▶ 44:19 Tribulation but do not be afraid I have overcome the world this is Jesus talking I have overcome the world I’ve overcome all these attacks I can protect you I can keep you safe and I can bring you through it but we’ve got to stick with him amen we can’t forsake. Him judges chapter 10 verse 10 the great thing about Jesus the great thing about the cross the great thing about his blood uh it says the children of Israel cried out to the Lord saying we have sinned against you we have both forsaken our God and served the baal so they’re here they’re admitting what they have done and what they’ve done is wrong so they’re confessing unto God right now right they’re crying out to him they are humbling.

▶ 45:15 Themselves you know this morning we have a chance this morning to humble ourselves and worship and praise and thank him that is our way of crying out to God and you you can cry out to God when you come before him and pray and and ask him to come and change your heart you can confess these are the these are what they this is what they did back. Then judges chap 10:1 16 they put away the foreign gods from among them and serve the Lord and his soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel if you remember we talked about Solomon and how he prayed for the temple at the the consecration of the temp temple and uh one of the things that scripture that came up in 2 Chronicles 7:14 says if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray turn from their wicked ways and seek my face I will hear from heaven and heal their l that’s exactly what is happening right here they cried out to God they confessed and it says they put away the foreign gods and sered the Lord and what he heard from heaven he said his soul could no longer endure the misery he’s standing up there in heaven oh my gosh I need to help my people I can’t stand it anymore and I can’t I can’t punish them anymore I got to help them don’t you want God to say that about you a man mike’s in a tough situation I

▶ 46:46 got to get him out of that he loves me I love. Him you know when you’re in a relationship and you you have somebody that you love or your children and you see them in pain or hurt you know it’s hard right and it’s the same way with God and us when we are serving him and following him and we love him he’s he wants to help. Us he cares about us he wants to bring us through. It so and and it’s it’s a reminder we admit our sin we turn from it and God will pick us back up right where we left off you don’t have to reset your life you don’t have to be kicked back in the back and oh you’re a you’re you know you’re in recovery you’re back there no God will bring you back right where you’re left off he’s powerful he wants you and I to be the Christian that he designed us to be he is the author and the finisher of our faith in judges chapter 828 Midian was subdued before the children of Israel and the country was quiet for 40 years in the days of Gideon and Gideon is another example of uh if you read that story in judges chapter 6 I believe it is it starts it’s exactly the

▶ 48:17 same thing people they were in a bad state and go they were crying out to God for help they turned from their wicked ways and God came to Gideon and brought about a great victory and the the people of Midian the their enemies were subdued country was quiet meaning they had peace for 40 years you want peace in your life you want peace in your future you’ve got to respond to God you’ve got to submit yourself and cry out and admit and come before God until he comes with his solutions and gives your life. Peace puts a smile on your face amen we want that joy we want that peace judges chapter. 8:33 when Gideon was dead the children of Israel again served other gods so here we have it again just like Joshua when he died they.

▶ 49:15 Uh they served other gods and here when Gideon died the same thing is happening how many you know we don’t want to have a spiral relationship with God amen throughout your lifetime oh I’m going to serve God oh I’m not going to serve God oh I want to serve God oh I’m not going to ser how many know we don’t want to be like that right now what you have to remember is that that this is this is several years and generations and you know everybody has to make their choice right you know my children have to choose whether or not they’re going to serve God their children are going to have to choose whether or not they’re going to serve God but it’s still it can be the same way in your own life throughout your lifetime are you going to be back and forth with God or are you going to serve him wholeheartedly and and just dedicate your life like Joshua and Gideon did amen we understand. That Proverbs 2611 as a dog returns to his vomit so a fool repeats his folly we want to stick with restoration God’s restoration just stay in that don’t return back to the vomit.

▶ 50:24 Psalms chapter 24 verse 7 lift up your heads you gates be lifted up your everlasting doors let the king of glory and the king of glory shall come in who is this king of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battle a lot of people today are facing mental problems they’re facing times of despair hurt and pain a lot of guys they’re everybody’s going through stuff right can you imagine if the king of the universe comes in he says he’s strong and mighty he says he’s mighty in battle you can have him in your heart why don’t we operate these principles lift up your heads oh you gates lift up you everlasting doors don’t wait till you come to church at your own house in your own time you can set aside time where you open up your mouth you take time to be with your God and you let him come in and give you strength to win the battle John 15:4 abide in me and that’s talking about he’s saying make him your dwelling.

▶ 51:44 Place not just a weekly thing not just once a week but all the time no just live with God all the time you don’t want to have to put on some show or something once a week no be in God’s house in God’s promise in God’s word every day let that influence impact you all the time that’s what he’s talking about abide dwell in me and it says in in response I will dwell in you. Amen he wants to dwell in you. And he wants you to bring forth fruit like a vine that brings forth grapes and he’s saying here. Unless uh as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it bides in the vine neither can you unless you abide in me you’re not going to have that life and have that fruit coming out and have that life and that strength and that power coming out unless you abide in Christ.

▶ 52:56 And so we have to humble ourselves with fasting and prayer and seeking God coming into God’s house worshiping him learning his word there is no excuse in our time in our year 2023 of not having God’s word either in your brain with some kind of I you know I go to the gym all the time everybody’s got their stuff on right everybody’s got their ear you walk here you walk there the students they always got every young person I had they got the white things in their ear you know what they are right you see it too we can get God’s word in us all the time there’s no. Excuse you know if you want to be young go get some. Earbuds be cool I’m just. Kidding Isaiah 5031 those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint God has a promise for us and his the scriptures that he will arise in you and he can raise us up why wait years back and forth spiraling with God you know 40 years in the wilderness no.

▶ 54:09 Get pursuing God seeking. God when we admit our wrong when we come before him we humble ourselves he can do a powerful thing in us how many want their strength renew I want my strength renewed how many want to mount up with wings like eagles over the storm over the wind over the problems I want that how many want to be able to run and not. Faint and walk and not faint. Amen I want. That and lastly how can we serve God in every season. And this is a very important. One when you think about heaven in heaven right now there are no wars there’s no people that need to be saved there’s no sickness there’s no pain there’s no prophet up in heaven there’s no preacher in heaven telling God what his word.

▶ 55:18 Says there’s a people and they’re doing something unto God all the time right. Now it says in Revelation 4:10 the 24 elders fell fall down before him and worship him and cast their crowns before the throne Revelation 7:11 all the angels elders and the living creatures fall on their faces and they worship. God all in God’s temple bowed down and worshiped him so when you go to heaven a lot of this is going to be going on right now in heaven you know Moses and all these children of Israel the ones that are serving him people that responded to God those from the New Testament serving God I mean we’re at we’re we’re in 2023 there’s years of people up there and what are they doing they’re exalting and worshiping and lifting up our God right.

▶ 56:23 Now. And so what should we be doing when we come into God’s house it is our opportunity to. Uh to do exactly what they’re doing in. Heaven Revelations chapter. 15 oh hold on I missed. Something instead of missing out right we’re missing out right now you got angels up there you got the people up there you have a great party going on you know do you want to miss out we’re missing. Out I don’t want to miss out so instead of missing out let’s let’s join heaven amen when you come into God’s house you want to have that that perspective I’m going to join heaven I’m not missing out on the party.

▶ 57:21 I’m not missing out on the good things going on up in heaven I don’t want to miss out on the powerful presence the word of God I don’t want to miss out on that so I’m going to take time to exalt to lift up my God praise him worship. Him Revelations 15:4 all nations shall come and worship before you for Romans 14:11 every knee shall bow every tongue shall confess to God whether you want to do it now or not one day we’re all going to be doing it. Amen Revelations 19:10 for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy when the when we worship God in the presence of God comes the spirit of edification exhortation and comfort comes when we worship him it’s it’s a powerful addition right when we worship exalt him he comes with his spirit and he can build up and encourage the body of Christ it’s very important.

▶ 58:32 We can get answers for our family we can get answers for our own. Lives we can come before the counselor of counselors if we take some time to spend with him. Amen so let’s model heaven lastly. As they uh as we prepare for communion we’re going to take communion here in just a few. Moments we want to remember and what is our response in our lives that we can break the curse you can break the curse in your life you don’t have to let somebody’s life before you dictate what has happened to you today. Amen we want to do what is right in God God’s sight not in our own.

▶ 59:28 Sight we want to do what is right in the sight of the Lord when Jesus was. Baptized heaven opened up the spirit came on him like a dove and God said with his voice this is my what beloved son and what I am well pleased in his eyes Jesus he was well pleased in the sight of of God and we want that same thing restoration we can be restored if you mess up the scriptures say that we have an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous we can come boldly before his throne and be restored. Amen and we don’t have to. Wait we don’t have to miss out on.

▶ 1:00:20 Heaven every day we’re losing an opportunity to join heaven and worship and praise God don’t miss out on on your opportunity amen and me too I need to I need to listen to the same thing. Here don’t miss out on my opportunity so we’re going to take up. Communion I’m going to ask someone to pray for the bread uh mrs gomez can you pray for the bread just to prepare to pray for the bread this morning in 1 Corinthians chapter 11:26 it says whenever we eat this bread and drink this cup we proclaim the lord’s death until he comes and so we’re telling the world that Jesus for reminding the world that Jesus died on the cross for our sin his blood was shed for.

▶ 1:01:19 Us in 1 Corinthians 11:24 Jesus said take eat this is my body which was broken for you do this in remembrance of me Romans 12:5 we are one body in Christ and individually members of one another we are that body God c Christ gave up his body for his for us for the church and we are one body in Christ very important that we love one another very important that we love our Christ so will you stand with me as we take the bread together and I’m going to ask mrs gomez to pray for the bread this morning and let’s bow our heads this morning Jesus we thank. You yes.

▶ 1:02:23 Jesus. Yes thank you Lord let’s he it. Together and then he took the cup and he said this is the new covenant in my blood do this whenever you drink it in remembrance of me and he says this is the new. Covenant. The new covenant says that he will give. Us a new heart he will put his spirit in. Us that we can know him from the least to the greatest and that he will cause us to walk in his ways and of course this blood cleanses us this blood he takes our sin and he nails it to the cross by his blood we are very thankful for his blood amen let’s I’m going to ask.

▶ 1:03:36 Um Jim will you please pray for the blood and we’re going to take this. Together jus you said take of your blood because your blood shed for us. On we drink at the st to do the remembering things we need to do. You ask you Jesus. Make by your word and your spirit can be clean and whole like you we accept what you’ve done your body broken and bl. Sh with you in all join with you and recognize you you. Let’s drink the cup.

▶ 1:04:33 Together in response this morning we want to join with heaven we are thankful for what he did on the cross this morning we’re thankful for his blood we want to honor him this morning and he deserves all of our praise and after we heard the message we want maybe we need restoration in our lives. Maybe we need to humble ourselves maybe we need to admit our sin whatever it is let’s take some time right now to open up the gates and let the king of glory come in right now the Lord strong and mighty so that’s with this song uh will you join with me and sing you are worthy of it all. You are worthy of it.

▶ 1:05:32 All for from you are all things and to you are all things you deserve the glory let’s sing it together with our hands lifted you are worthy of it. All. Jesus you are worthy y of it. All for from you are all things and to you are all things you deserve the glory for from you are all things and to you are all things you deserve the glory.

▶ 1:06:28 Maybe in your life today you want to thought maybe you’re living under some kind of curse you want to break that curse it’s simple serve the Lord with all your heart love him keep his word it may not be easy but it’s at least a simple. Goal and right now what we can do is admit our sin come before him hum humble ourselves cry out unto him and get his cleansing his blood so let’s do that right now let’s take a moment and whatever God is speaking to you right now you have a a pad on your chair we can I’d like to invite you to come forward and just let’s take a few moments right now asking God to forgive us asking God to cleanse us and break that curse in our lives Lord we come before you right now let’s lift up our voices God we come before you right now Lord we pray Jesus Lord for anything that we’ve opened up Lord made ourselves vulnerable God we pray Lord that you would bring your protection again God we admit that our sin we admit the wrong that we have done Lord we pray for the things that we don’t know that we have done we come and we confess before you Lord Jesus we admit our sin God I admit my sin before you Jesus Jesus Lord I pray for your cleansing in my heart in my life

▶ 1:07:59 Jesus Jesus God we ask you to come with your presence your power your conviction Jesus Lord and change us body soul and spirit God please God we invite you right now Jesus. Please. Oh Lord I give you my heart 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 I give give you my heart I give you my soul.

▶ 1:09:00 I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Way have your way in. Me take day and night night and day let incense. Rise day and night night and day let in sensor. Rise day and night night and day let in sensor. Rise day and night night and day let in sensor. Rise day and night night and day let in sensor rise.

▶ 1:09:54 Day and night night and day let incense. Arise day and night night and day let in sense. Arise day and night night and day let incense arise let’s join with heaven you are worthy of it. All Lord you are worthy of it all. Jesus for from you are all things to you are all things you deserve the glory you are worthy of it. All you are worthy of it.

▶ 1:10:48 All for from you are all things to do you are all things you deserve the glory for from you are all things to you are all things you deserve the glory from you are all things to you are all things. You. Deserve the glory. Lord we thank you we bless you we bless you. Lord we exalt your name.

▶ 1:11:42 God. Worthy worthy are you the Lord we. Exalt. Thank you thank you thank you. God worthy. Is his name worthy are you. Lord those online we trust this morning that you know that you can break the curse in your life we trust this morning that you can find restoration and responding following Jesus wholeheartedly we trust this morning that you can model heaven you don’t have to wait till you get there we can model heaven no God now for ourselves I encourage you to do these things God bless you this morning thank you for joining. Us.