Obtaining the Promises - July 23, 2023: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:00 Welcome thank you for joining us online it’s good to be in God’s house I want to welcome you and invite you to join us for worship this morning those in the room welcome would you stand with me as we worship God take time to worship God this morning. And uh let’s get started amen. The joy of the Lord is.

▶ 1:08 Foreign. Let’s see. There is joy in the Lord there is.

▶ 2:21 Up here. There’s a mountain apples like a river. There is. With all glory.

▶ 3:15 Ever are his let our wisdom and strength be the Lord. There is joy in our Lord there is. There’s a mountain that blows like a river from heaven.

▶ 4:19 Abounding with love to my soul. All glory and power part is. In this place. I’ll be here.

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▶ 6:43 Are you love me. Foreign. I’m in a fight not physical.

▶ 7:44 I’m in a war but now in this world you. Ain’t fast. Enough. For the day so I never have to worry what tomorrow will bring cause my face. A miracle of Christ in me is the mystery that sets me free I’m nothing like I used to be.

▶ 8:39 Just open up your eyes. So the miracle of Christ in me is the mystery that says. I’m nothing like I used to be just open up your eyes. Go away more than enough strength to live foreign.

▶ 10:02 The miracle of Christ in me is a mystery that sets me free I’m nothing like I used to lead. The miracle of Christ in me is a mystery that sets me free I’m nothing like I used to be so open up your eyes. That won’t go away more than enough. Foreign.

▶ 11:52 Foreign. Jesus and we praise you today for the joy of the Lord is our strength no matter where we find these circumstances of life you are there Lord and we praise you anywhere we are in life we praise you Lord whether we’re on the mountain top or we’re in the valley we praise you Jesus for you will never leave us never forsake us no weapon formed against us shall prosper Lord we praise you with the weapons of our warfare which are not carnal but mighty through God the pulling down of strongholds casting down imaginations and every high thing to you alone are worthy Lord.

▶ 13:31 Sometimes you gotta dance through the darkness sing through the fire praise. Sometimes you’re gonna stare down. Sometimes. Trust in that he’s gone against you there sometimes you gotta welcome the wonder wait for the answer worship. Anywhere praise giving praise giving praise. Something.

▶ 14:45 Sometimes you gotta praise. You anywhere. Yes. Faithful all my life blessings day and night countless reasons why I’ll praise you anywhere every promise.

▶ 16:07 Every step each and every brand I’ll praise you anywhere. Reasons why I’ll praise you anywhere everybody. His worthy. He is. Praise giving praise giving praise.

▶ 17:05 Even praise. Foreign. Is worthy. He is. I’ll praise you anywhere.

▶ 18:28 Praise them each and every breath I’ll praise you in a new way. You are worthy of it all. You are worthy of yours. Thank you more from you are all things.

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▶ 21:14 You are worthy. Glory. Days. For us. Foreign.

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▶ 24:02 Grace. Lord we pray that you’re in whatever we do or Jesus. God we need you and our worship we need you in our service this morning ah we pray that you work with the word this morning God we need you in our personal lives God as husbands spouses.

▶ 25:00 Mothers fathers Jesus and everything that we do God. I mean God Lord we want to be good examples to the next next generation. God we want to come and we want to meet with you when we gather together Lord Jesus we want you in it God Lord you are the one who is worthy. Lord it’s not man. God in all of our accomplishments in our current world today are nothing in comparison to the king of kings. Lord Jesus we need you. We need you Jesus. Like the song that says for from you are all things through you are all things God without you God without you in the worship without you in the word without you in our faith God belief in you Jesus if you’re not in it there’s nothing to God and we need you we need all of what you have for us Jesus.

▶ 26:06 Thank you Lord Jesus. You. Are worthy. Praise give you praise. You. Are worthy. We pray give you praise give you praise.

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▶ 28:40 Foreign. Thank you for joining us this morning. I brought some handouts if you’d like. And uh. It’s good to be in God’s house this morning we’re going to talk about obtaining the promises last week we learned about God how God is not partial. He is does not show favoritism to one group over another and that his promises are for everyone therefore.

▶ 29:33 Every race Jew and Gentile. There’s no special group he will come to you just like he came to others in the scriptures. I remember his experiencing God at 12 years old for the first time encountering God meeting with him and his presence came it’s powerful. And uh. It was an excellent excellent time in God’s presence I wept and his love came over me gave me a big hug even though I couldn’t see him but I could feel him. And from that day forward I knew Christ was real. And I know that God does not is not partial and doesn’t show favoritism he wasn’t showing me favoritism because I was born in a Christian home and I had a Christian was in a Christian school because there was somebody right next to me who was experiencing the same thing.

▶ 30:36 And he was crying and weeping and he was a stinker. It all depends on how we respond to God and how we respond to the offers and the presence that he comes and what happens how do we respond when he comes amen and this morning we want to talk about obtaining the promises. God is not partial we can all receive the promises but it’s important to understand the difference between God as a wishing a star. God is a wishing well and understanding God. Fulfilling his promises that he has made. Abraham’s faith works the scriptures talk about Abraham and his faith how was accounted to him for righteousness we have to get away from the faith that America is preaching and get back to the faith that Abraham had it’s important to go to the source.

▶ 31:41 Right. We don’t want to make up our own kind of faith we want to stick to the faith that works that’s in the scriptures. God doesn’t promise to heal everyone he’s got a picture of somebody on a hospital bed God doesn’t promise to break you out of jail when you commit crimes he doesn’t promise to reign money from heaven and give you hamburgers from heaven and he doesn’t promise to help you score for your team that’s not what his promises are you know when you’re a kid and you pray for things you pray for things like oh I pray that I would make that hockey goal today you know and God you know maybe he’s smiling and ill hell I don’t know but that’s not what he promised. Okay uh he’s not promising those things but what he is promising.

▶ 32:38 Is very important and very powerful in Acts 2:38 says repent let everyone let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for what the remission the removal of sin and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit now this was spoken by Peter but Peter was with Christ he’s a disciple an apostle and these are the things Jesus said Jesus said repent and why to remove sin so Christ is promising that we can be cleansed from our sin if we will repent and be baptized amen so this is a promise it’s a promise to muslims it’s a promise to hindus buddhists it’s a promise to every person on this planet we know in acts chapter 17 it says God commands all men everywhere to what repent.

▶ 33:37 Everyone. I don’t care what your world view is Jesus Christ is the king of kings and the Lord of lords if you are living a life of sin God is calling you to repent. And his promise is that if you repent and baptize you you identify with the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That he will remove and cleanse you from your sin. Isn’t that a great promise it will be well with you and long life how do we get that Ephesians chapter 6 verse 1. Obey your parents in the Lord honor your father and your mother this is the first commandment with what promise. This is God’s promise.

▶ 34:32 You live a life that is honoring your father and your mother even if uh they are not honorable doesn’t matter it says obey your parents in the Lord right. If they’re telling you to do something that’s good and right you’ll obey that if they’re teaching you to do the stuff that’s wrong you don’t listen to that but if it’s pick up your trash pick up your room these are all things to help you grow. You can’t go to God and say I hate my parents because they make me do stuff no. We gotta obey. As you get older you want to live a life that is honorable to your parents do you have a good reputation or are you someone who brings dishonor to your family name to your parents.

▶ 35:26 This is the first commandment with promise. 1 John 2:25 this is the promise that he has promised us and this is a big one huge what is it eternal life. That is. That’s that’s a big one I want more than anything I want to make sure I’m in heaven with Christ and if I’m in heaven I want to be as close to him as possible amen. I do not want to be far from God in heaven. I want to sit with him in his throne I want to every promise that is in Revelations I want part of that power from on high Luke chapter 24 verse 49. It says behold I send the what promise of my father upon you.

▶ 36:25 But tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endowed clothed with what power from on high and no matter if you’re from that era or the era before or today’s era we all need this Holy Spirit we all need to be clothed with power from on high to give us strength and what was the thing he said go and what wait in the city of Jerusalem we know that there were how many 500 that heard this message and how many were in the upper room 120. See God is not partial his promise is to everyone but people decide how they are going to respond amen.

▶ 37:18 Amen. 2 Peter 3:13 according to his promise look for a new heaven and a new earth in which righteous in which righteousness dwells God’s promising a new place a new earth and a new heaven so God has got big plans for the world he’s got big plans for you he has eternal life for you he has can clothe you with power from on high he can give you a long life he can cleanse your sin and more I’m just mentioning a few that are obvious. But this is important to recognize God is not some kind of task boy that you can go send you know on your gopher test go get me this God go get me that go get me no no no he’s made what promises. And you can count that God will fulfill and complete those.

▶ 38:22 Going to Romans 4:20 talking about Abraham Paul here is talking about Abraham he did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief but he was what strengthened in faith. Giving what glory to God a lot of people have trouble with this they can’t give glory to God they won’t give glory to God then are tired of uh they don’t want to worship they don’t want to give God glory and strength. But being fully convinced that what he had promised he was also able to perform Abraham. Was convinced fully convinced fully persuaded that God would do what he said he was going to do.

▶ 39:15 Therefore it was what accounted to him for righteousness and this kind of faith makes me righteous and we’re going to learn did what that what what Abraham do did he just sit there and say I believe. God made a covenant with Abraham Genesis chapter 17 10. This is my covenant which you shall keep here it is my covenant there’s a promise that we’re making to each other every male child among you shall be circumcised. Which will be a sign of the covenant it is not the goal it is not the answer it is a what sign. I will bless Sarah and give you a what son.

▶ 40:06 So we have a son of promise and we have circumcision I will establish my covenant with you uh with him for an everlasting covenant talking to Abraham so God is making an everlasting covenant and it has to do he was requiring them to circumcise the male children and God is also going to give him a what son. And what are these signs pointing to what is circumcision pointing to what is. The promise the son of promise Isaac what is it pointing to what does it mean today okay. In Romans chapter 2 29 explains and clarifies what this is talking about. Paul says he is a Jew who is one inwardly and circumcision is that of the what.

▶ 41:06 Heart. Circumcision is of the heart not in the letter whose praise is not for men but from God circumcision is the removal of the outer flesh and after you do that it is super sensitive and tender and that’s what God wants to do with your heart he wants to remove your stony flesh I’m sorry your stony heart your hard heart Americans have a hard prideful heart we are the epitome of examples of a hard heart. And God can change each and every one of us if we are willing to respond to him God is not what partial. He can complete his promises.

▶ 42:02 Making giving you a new heart is a promise. Galatians 4:19 my little children for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you so this promise the son of promise his name is Isaac he was promised to Abraham that Abraham and Sarah would have a son Sarah wasn’t able to have children but all of a sudden God comes in and says okay you’re going to have a son and his name his eyes what is it talking about today is talking about God being formed in us Christ being formed in us when there was no life when there was no spirit of God in us all of a sudden we have the new covenant that comes in and says I’m going to give you a new heart and I’m going to put what my spirit in you and my spirit is going to form and grow and become stronger and stronger in you but we have to respond we have to seek this new covenant we have to ask for it how many you want Christ formed in you how many want Christ growing in you and and changing your mind and your heart empowering you I want that I want that.

▶ 43:27 Hebrews 11:1 faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen what was Abraham’s faith. God came to him in Genesis chapter 12 verse 1 he says go get out of your country from your family from your father’s house to a land that I will show you I’ll make you a great nation and bless you make your name great and you shall be a blessing I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you and you all the families of the earth shall be blessed why will they be blessed in him and through him because who is coming out of him Christ is coming out of his his children. So here is the faith here is the actions.

▶ 44:26 That Abraham took first of all God made a covenant with him right that he had to circumcise hit the male children what did he do to complete that covenant he did it. He did it. And God comes to God comes to Abraham and he says leave your country leave your family leave your comfort. And I’m gonna take you to a new land and what did Abraham do he what he did it. It wasn’t like traveling today he couldn’t just hop on an airplane he couldn’t just drive in his uh you know u-haul van and pack up all his stuff he had to gather all his things and travel on foot and go where God told him to go he had to go to a place he had never been before but because he had this kind of faith that says yes I trust in the word that I heard I have faith in that word and I am going to act take actions that line up with that word and that’s what God is asking us today we have the scriptures we have the Bible.

▶ 45:49 How are we responding to those scriptures Abraham didn’t have the the Old Testament Abraham didn’t have the New Testament he only had what God’s word we have a big book to study and read and learn about and get the whole story and you can read God’s word and you ask and open up to you he opens up the word to you and it’s great and it’s powerful but Abraham didn’t have that. You know you ask yourself well why did Abraham get God’s voice why does Abraham get to hear an audible voice you know I I ask these questions you know God why does Abraham get to hear your voice I don’t get to hear your voice like that. You know God comes and he gives Abraham uh clear instructions clear go over here.

▶ 46:45 Because Abraham didn’t have a book we have the Bible amen we’re living in in 2023 we have everything that’s written everything that’s in that happened we have to be responsible to respond to those words. Amen to respond the promises that are already written they they work they are true so they departed to go to the land of Canaan and he took lot his nephew with him. And later on lot was captured. And you see Abraham had faith and he’s saying wait a second God said to go and take me and my family he’s part of my family. I don’t care how many kings have abducted my nephew I am gonna go get him and he got 318 of his trained servants together and he went and he attacked those four kings who had just beaten five other kings and he got his nephew back.

▶ 47:58 Why. Because he had faith and was fully convinced that what God said would happen would happen. Amen. He wasn’t going. To. Just let this promise go he wasn’t going to let lot go he believed that lot was part of the promise part of his family. We’re going to look at Jonathan’s faith. First Samuel 23 verse 14. David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness and Saul sought him every day. As you know David killed goliath dave was at this point he was anointed king as a teenager and Saul hated him because you know they sang the song Saul has killed his what thousands and David his tens of thousands so what do we got here we got a pride issue we also have an issue where God came to Saul and said I’m going to take the kingdom from you and Saul did not want to let go of the kingdom.

▶ 49:13 And so he’s seeking after David every day to what to kill David. And Jonathan went to David Jonathan is Saul’s son he went to David in the woods strengthened his hand in God so David and and Jonathan were buddies not just buddies they they they fought together they fought in battles they had each other’s back you know when you go fight in war these soldiers come back and they say none normal people don’t understand. You know these guys I would lay down my life for these guys they backed me up they fought for me they had my back they pulled me out of the ditch. That’s what these you know that’s the kind of brotherhood David and Jonathan had they would lay down their lives for each other.

▶ 50:09 So Jonathan went out in the woods and strengthened his hand and he said to David you’re going to be king over Israel and I will be next to you so see Jonathan was willing to humble himself right he was willing to say okay you’re a king man I acknowledge that I acknowledge God’s anointing. I’m gonna be right there with you and the two of them made a covenant man man this is sounding really good right it sounds good. And David stayed in the woods and Jonathan went to his own house so here Jonathan understood what was supposed to happen he knew what was going to happen he knew what the promise was. But. His faith didn’t line up.

▶ 51:04 I mean he had he believed it he believed it. But what happened to Jonathan. He died he died fighting with his father father in battle. And I would say it’s because he didn’t have faith enough to go and follow the true king. And God is asking us that question today do you have enough faith to follow the true king. It’s not just about believing in Jesus it’s not just about saying oh yeah he is the son of God no it’s believing him enough to go out and follow him where he is to submit yourself to his authority to put yourself where he is take up your cross and follow me.

▶ 52:00 Amen. There’s a big difference. And so Jonathan he he was close but he didn’t make the transition. And we have to make that important transition. So Abraham his faith we see the results of his faith he did exactly what God wanted him to do Noah did what God wanted him to do he built the ark he spent a hundred years of his life or more building that ark. Going out to the woods cutting down uh trees cutting wood putting it all together and you got to remember God can put the knowledge into your mind and into your heart of how to do something he equips you. He could have enabled Noah to understand how to build he may not have known how to do any of that I mean can you imagine him to come into a millennial today and saying build a boat.

▶ 53:04 They’re like how how are things built what is what is pitch what is sealant I don’t what. Amen. But I guarantee you if a millennial today were to hear God’s message about building a boat and then applied themselves God would give them the strength the ability to do it. If they were willing to respond amen. Luke 8:43 in the New Testament people were coming out to David in the Old Testament people were not Jonathan not michaela’s wife but many other people were coming out to David in the wilderness. And in Luke chapter 8 43 we have a very similar thing happening in Jesus’s day people are coming to who to Jesus Jesus said of the uh religious people he said you won’t come to me that you may have what life.

▶ 54:13 But many people did starting with this woman who had a flow of blood in Luke 8:43 for 12 years she had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any she’s at the end of a row. This is her last chance she doesn’t know what else to do she’s desperate. And she said if I can just touch the hem of his garment I know that he’ll heal me I don’t know where she came up with that. I mean where does where do you get that. Right. But she got out of her house she was sick she was hurting she had to push through a crowd to where Jesus was and she touched his garment and the flow of blood stopped and Jesus stops what he’s doing now remember I think I’ve preached this before or mentioned this before he already knows who touched him.

▶ 55:21 He knows her name he saw her coming down from her house she knows he knows where she lives. But he stops and what does he say who touched me. Why. Because he knows that this is going to be written for you and for me and for the world. And the question is are we seeking to touch to know to experience Jesus Christ. Are we coming after Christ where he is are we going and running to and seeking God. Are we leaving our opinions and our beliefs behind.

▶ 56:13 And seeking to touch the king of kings and the Lord of lords who touched me very important question Jesus is asking and then what does he say I perceived I felt virtue power go out of me now people are touching him all around and nothing has happened but this woman. When she touched Jesus Christ power came out of him and touch and and healed her Americans today need this kind of healing we need this kind of healing for our minds. For our spiritual man and if you want any healing from Jesus Christ if you want a healing from from Christ that men can’t do you need to seek Christ you need to put your faith and trust in him get out of your house get out go seek Christ.

▶ 57:22 Find him. Go to his place go to where he is. You know she had to reach out her hand she had to touch his garment she had to overcome the obstacles there’s a lot of obstacles getting in getting to church on Sunday. Amen and some of us got really good every week at overcoming the obstacles if we’re so good at it we can just do it in our no problem we’ve just we’ve overcome the obstacles before uh all of a sudden a new one comes up is like I know how to solve that problem I’m still getting to church. I’m going to God’s house. Amen. But we’ve got to come out from where we are this is an example of faith Jesus says to her what you’re what faith.

▶ 58:24 Has made you well. And as I have just explained her actions that she took. She entrusted Jesus so much that she was willing to even though she was sick pushed through a crowd travel to find and to just touch that part of the hem of his garment. Powerful. A powerful example of faith. 1521. Matthew a woman of Canaan it was not a Jew she was not even part of Israel. She was from another place she came she cried out to Jesus. You know I don’t know how you get your child I don’t know how your child becomes demon-possessed I don’t know how old the child was you know was she old enough to be a teenager where she was playing around with that so was her mom a witch doctor I don’t know doesn’t say but her daughter has a demon and she doesn’t know what to do.

▶ 59:34 And Jesus exchanges some choice tough words with this girl this woman. And this woman of Canaan had had to endure some obstacles the shame. That her daughter is demon possessed the shame that she is a sinner she’s living a life of sin Jesus calls her a dog in front of everyone. And she said even the dogs eat from eat the crumbs from the master’s table Jesus I don’t care what you say to me right now I need you. And I’ve I’m guilty of everything you’re saying I’m guilty of but I need you.

▶ 1:00:30 And she’s and he said great is your faith what faith. Has she came to Christ. Endured some ridicule humbled herself. Cried out to him. Do we do that why aren’t we doing that. What is with us Americans what what is wrong with us or we can’t humble ourselves. We can’t come to Christ like this. Luke chapter 7 36 a woman the woman with the alabaster uh. Perfume bottle of bastard she came she she was known throughout the community as a sinner as soon as she stepped in the door everybody looks at her and they give her that look like uh what is she doing here we know her and.

▶ 1:01:27 She starts to weep and she starts to wash Jesus’s feet and everybody’s like what is he doing. Why is she why is he allowing her to touch him doesn’t he know. This woman comes in and as soon as she’s in the presence of Christ she begins to weep. Because she knows she’s a sinner. And she’s humbling herself. She has brought something to bring oil to make Jesus fragrant she’s brought something. She’s humbling herself she’s using her the tears from eyes can you imagine how much she had to weep. She was bawling.

▶ 1:02:20 She had sin in her heart a lot of sin that she had done and she was she was through with it she didn’t want it anymore. And she comes in Christ’s presence she begins to weep and she knows that he has the power to cleanse her and she’s weeping. And he’s she’s drying his feet with her hair. And she puts that oil on his feet. And he says your faith has saved you what faith. That this woman was willing to endure the ridicule. To come out from where she was. To come to where Jesus is and humble herself before.

▶ 1:03:12 Him. This is the kind of faith that will help you obtain the promises this is the kind of faith all these people all these examples that we have this is the kind of faith we need. Willing to humble ourselves willing to uh. Go to where Jesus is. You know we might have to go and administer an outreach to people maybe that’s where he’s at. And he wants to reach people we’ve got to be willing to do it. Amen. Matthew 8 chapter chapter 8 verse 5 a centurion came to him pleading with him saying Lord my servant is lying at home paralyzed.

▶ 1:04:11 Tormented. And Jesus says oh I’ll come and heal him I mean gosh I got a centurion here a centurion comes and he’s decked out and he’s got his helmet and he’s got his his armor on and he’s got his weapons and I mean he was probably tall he was probably muscular he was this guy was no joke. And he comes to Jesus who we don’t know how tall he was. But this centurion. Like a general or like he got arnold schwarzenegger or some bodybuild some big guy people are afraid of he comes to Jesus and he humbles himself. And he says Jesus. Please. Help me.

▶ 1:05:04 Do you understand how that’s faith do you understand how important that faith is that faith of humility. The centurion stopping what he’s doing the centurion he is holding whatever roman uh uh orders that he has he’s putting him on hold and he’s going to who Jesus. And he’s humbling himself. Amen. He didn’t come and demand he doesn’t come and point the sword at him and spirit you better come over here and heal my no no he came respectfully. Giving honor to God to Jesus said please I pray please. Right. And Jesus is like oh man I’ll respond to that that’s a good I’ll take it and he goes to make his first step in the the centurion says wait hold on.

▶ 1:06:11 And he starts to say Lord I believe you have the authority to heal. With just your words I’m a man under authority I have people over me and I have people under me and I tell this person go and he goes they make commands to me I go and I do it God you can just say the word and it will happen. And Jesus says he’s like wow. Amen. The centurion. Who was not a Jew. It was fully convinced that Jesus had the power to heal his servant with just the words of his mouth.

▶ 1:07:08 And here he is he’s trying to convince the religious Jews and the people in the synagogue that he is the son of God he’s trying to show you know he can’t get them convinced. And this centurion who’s not even a Jew comes down and he says not only do I believe you’re the son of God but I believe you can heal with just the words from your mouth that’s how much faith I have I am convinced that you’re the king of kings and Lord of lords. You see the difference. On one side these guys won’t believe for nothing on the other side this guy is humbling himself he has faith not only that he is who he says he is not only that he can heal but that he can heal with just the word of his mouth.

▶ 1:08:01 He believed in the authority of God and the authority of Jesus Christ his son. You know he’s saying man if I can command my servants to go do stuff if God is God he can sure as heck go you know make commands and make stuff happen. Right. And his servant was healed. You have people in the Bible in mark chapter 9 verse 23 if you can believe all things are possible to him who believes the father cried out and said Lord I believe help my unbelief a lot of people in the scriptures. Even though they didn’t have all the faith and all the belief God still worked in their life don’t exempt yourself don’t throw yourself out because you may not have all the faith.

▶ 1:09:00 Amen. God did a lot of things for people that did not believe. And our faith has to rise above their lack of faith if you’ve got people out in this world in our community that have a lot of lack of faith. We’ve got to bring them to Jesus. Our faith has got to rise above their lack of faith. We can’t just say oh well there you know they didn’t believe enough so they’re not going to get the the encounter with God it’s their fault no no no we gotta rise above that. Our faith has got to rise above that. We’re reminded today.

▶ 1:10:06 That God. Jesus Christ has the power. To do in us what he promised. Jesus Christ our faith we need that faith of Abraham trusting that he has the power to complete and to to finish the good work that he began in us. Mary the mother of Jesus was given a promise she responded elizabeth was given a promise and she responded Noah built the ark like we already talked about for over 100 years he responded to the promise Abraham as we mentioned left his home and his family he responded to that promise. Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2 says looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith who for the joy was set before him endured the cross despising the shame is set down at the right hand of the throne Jesus Christ our author our finisher.

▶ 1:11:10 He wants to finish the good work that he began in us amen. Our eyes must be on him who has the power to perform what he promised. Foreign. To the river.

▶ 1:12:11 I am going. Bringing sins I cannot bear. Come and join. Join in that river. Lord I need to meet you there. Precious Jesus. I am ready. To. Surrender everything. Can’t take my hand now leave me closer. Lord I need. You there. I’d like to invite you to stand with me so you take some time seeking Jesus this morning taking some time to ask that God would.

▶ 1:13:11 Complete those promises in us do that next step of work in our lives he’s the author and the finisher of our faith that means he’s always working on us he’s always working on our hearts our minds we want him to keep doing that work and that change in us so let’s sing this song with that attitude in mind asking Jesus to come coming to Jesus where he is having faith to humble ourselves before him. Oh to the river. I am going. Bringing sins I cannot bear foreign. Lord I need.

▶ 1:14:08 You there in these waters in these waters. Healing. Mercy close from freedoms from. Despair. I am going to that river. Lord I need meet you there precious Jesus precious Jesus. I am ready. To surrender. Everything. Take my hand now leave me closer. Lord I need meet you there.

▶ 1:15:06 There came a sound from heaven. Like a mighty. Rushing wind. It filled their hearts with singing. And gave them peace within. The master gave this promise. Oh the spirit. Will descend. And from your inner being. A river with no way Jesus.

▶ 1:16:02 River. That flows from deep within there. There is a fountain. To cleanse the soul from sins. Come to to the waters. There is. A river. That. Never shout. Ing. Let’s open up let’s take some time this morning to pray.

▶ 1:16:59 To respond to Jesus. To commit ourselves to humble ourselves before him commit ourselves like the people in the Bible did. Many of these people spent years. Staying committed to the promise that God had for them. Let’s set up our voices in prayer this morning Lord Jesus God we trust you this morning Lord we are fully convinced Jesus Lord Jesus first of all and when we die we’re going to be with you God Lord their names are written in the lamb’s book of life God we thank you Jesus we thank you Lord God and Lord also today in our lives Jesus Lord we trust God that you can fill us with your spirit God Lord that you can give us the results of that spirit love joy peace patience kindness goodness Lord Jesus we want all of those things God in our lives and our and the people around us God Lord our children God Jesus Jesus Lord we know the Lord that you can do what you promised in us God Jesus we call on you this morning Jesus Lord we pray God Lord to do your will your way in us Jesus Lord we invite you God to fulfill those promises God Jesus Jesus Lord comes Lord

▶ 1:18:30 we need that cleansing from sin we need that hope that you bring in your spirit God Lord it says that you’ll form in us God Christ will form in us Jesus we want your spirit to form in us Jesus God we call on you this morning Jesus we want to be more and more like you God please Jesus Jesus please we thank you Jesus. There came a thirsty woman. Who was drawing from a well. Her life was ruined and wasted.

▶ 1:19:26 Her soul was bound for hell. But then she met the master. Oh who told the verb raising. And if you dream this water. He’ll never thirst again. Jesus. There you are the river. And you flow from deep within. Oh you. You.

▶ 1:20:18 Cleanse the soul from sin. I come to. Jesus. Oh there is a vassified. You. Are that river. You never shout. Shall run rise. Thank you Jesus. I want to take some time this morning to pray. To pray for our community. To pray that God would strengthen our hands. That our faith would rise above the unbelief that is in our city the unbelief it is in our state and our country.

▶ 1:21:16 That we would take people that we would take Jesus to people and bring Jesus. To people that to experience sin to encounter God. We ask him to equip our hands for this let’s lift up our voices and pray right now God Lord we come before you this this morning God we pray Lord equip our hands Jesus Lord reach people throughout this state throughout this country throughout our city God and our community God Lord Jesus to reach them Lord to turn to follow you to do your will o God Jesus Jesus we pray give us the skills necessary God Lord Jesus make us wise as serpents and gentle as those God to go out Lord and bring people unto you God Jesus please and Lord God we pray that you be with us like you promised God it’s your promise God when you ascended you said that you would be with us wherever we would go God Jesus Lord this is your promise to your people Jesus.

▶ 1:22:26 Please God we pray God equip us for the work God Lord equip us for the work Jesus to reach people with your truth your word God we pray we pray for a new faith God. Jesus Jesus please. Precious Jesus. I am ready. To surrender everything. Take my hand now lead me closer. Lord I need to meet you there.

▶ 1:23:19 Take my hands down leave me closer. Lord I need to meet you. Thank you Jesus. I dare to believe. That. Miracles happen. That mountain still moves. And demons must. Be oh for the God that we serve. Jesus he is much more than able.

▶ 1:24:11 Praise the Lord so don’t be afraid stand up and say I dare to believe. Oh I dare to believe. Ten miracles happen. That mountain still moves. And demons must flee praise the Lord hallelujah for the God that we serve. Sir he is much more than able. So don’t be afraid stand up and say I dare to believe. There’s a miracle inside you it’s just a mustard seed of fame but by the mighty hand of God now you know that tiny seed was placed.

▶ 1:25:11 Though the world may try to crush you they can never keep you down. In the world inside you will come breaking through the ground. Oh I dare to believe. That miracles happen. That mountain still moves oh and demons must leave. For the God that we serve he is much more than able. So don’t be afraid stand up and say I dare to believe. So don’t be afraid stand up and say I dare to believe. So don’t be afraid stand up and say I dare to believe foreign.

▶ 1:26:29 Thank you thank you Lord. Worthy is the king of kings thank you Jesus thank you those online we trust this morning that you are going to increase in your faith God is and are fully convinced that God is able to do what he promised able to perform. Scriptures say that mary responded said let it be unto me uh being unto me according to your word God is able to perform what he promised amen we trust this morning that you’re gonna increase in your faith not just believing in in your mind but also getting up out of your chair getting off from your schedule and putting time in it putting God in your schedule making time for Christ seeking him with all of your heart and humbling yourself before him God bless you thank you for joining us thank you God amen. Press the red stop button.