Out of Darkness - January 21, 2024: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:06 It’s good to be in God’s. House uh I don’t have any sheets today but we’re going to get right in the message this morning I also want to remind you before we begin. That when Paul and Silas were in prison they didn’t have any music they didn’t have a bass guitar they didn’t have electric guitar they didn’t have drums they didn’t have an orchestra but they had no problem lifting up God’s name in that prison. Amen and that’s how you know when you’re a worshipper can you worship no matter what’s going on or no matter what uh kind of music you’ve got now I’m not saying any of those things are bad I’m just saying when you can worship in any situation that’s a worshipper amen am.

▶ 1:07 Amen we’re going to look at. Gideon for a moment in Judges chapter 6:11 and you can get a piece of paper to take notes an angel came to Gideon and he said the Lord is with you you mighty man of valor go save Israel and Gideon’s response was how can I save Israel my clan is the weakest in Manasseh I am the least in my father’s house he also had some other things to say Gideon said if the Lord is with us why then has all this happened to us where are all his miracles the Lord has forsaken. Us and many times God’s people and 2024 we can feel like Gideon we look at the current situation and cannot see what God sees maybe even in in your individual.

▶ 2:06 Life it’s important to understand that in Gideon’s time the Midianites were uh God’s judgment upon Israel because they had forsaken God God brought the Midianites as judgment but God because of their cry he brought restoration through Gideon and so Gideon wasn’t ready to hear hey it’s time to. It’s time to. Win. And it’s important for us to understand that br God brings can bring correction to a country God can bring correction to a country and it’s for the reason of sin uh in Proverbs it says that righteousness exalts a nation but sin brings a reproach or correction so when when a country or a land decides to forsake God and uh not necessarily forsake God but go into complete.

▶ 3:10 Wickedness God has a right as judge of the earth to bring judgment but he also when God’s people lift up their voice can come with. Deliverance and we can’t sit back and say well God’s not doing miracles today well maybe he’s he’s correcting you know maybe he’s got some judgment going on so when he does show up you got to be ready and you got to be willing to. Respond uh like Gideon here was uh he did respond finally the angel said or the Lord said tear down that altar and he did it so it may have taken him a while and maybe it takes us a while but we can get there we can finally respond and I bring this up. Because the church God’s people are very powerful no matter what the outlook looks like around us God is very powerful through his church in Revelations.

▶ 4:14 7:9 I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could number of all nations tribes peoples and tongues standing before the throne before the lamb clothed with right white robes with palm branches in their hands Revelation 5:9 you have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe tongue people and nation so first I want to point out there are a lot of people in heaven a number that can not be numbered do we understand that so when somebody says to you only oh there’s only 144,000 getting into heaven when somebody says to you oh it’s only the certain I was walking with with some someone and we were we were in riverside downtown we we stopped and there was this group and they said that only the uh people of a certain color and certain race are going to go to heaven or I’m going to be subservient to them in heaven and I was like what what is this there’s going to be a great multitude of every tribe people nation and tongue and it’s important for us to remember that God is going to reach the whole world every tribe every people every tongue every nation with his gospel before he.

▶ 5:35 Comes God is calling all nations to himself it is not exclusionary to just the Jews God wanted the Jews to preach his message way back in Abraham’s day but they did not so he brought all the fulfillment as his plan was already he brought it through the Gentiles and that’s what’s going on right now the message is going out throughout the whole world and lastly God has made us what kings and priests to our God and we shall what reign on the earth now does this include. Women. Yes some of us haven’t been out in the u church world or maybe to hear some of these things but I I’m just letting you know in Revelations 510 he’s talking about everyone and what he’s saying here is you are going to be a ruler I’ve made you to be a ruler over your life I’ve made you your mouth to speak the mighty words of God yes you women yes you men and I’ve made you to be a priest a priest under God you women and you men.

▶ 6:58 Yes. And he wants us to reign on the earth just to men no men and women husbands and wives families young ladies daughters sons he wants us to reign the ones that are obeying and serving and following him he wants you to reign he wants you to reign over your flesh he wants you to reign in the community he wants you to rain in. Heaven. Amen. I saw the holy city coming down out of heaven I saw no temple in it for the Lord God almighty and the lamb are its temple. Um we can get fixated on a building we can get fixated on the natural and you can have the natural building you can have a big awesome building and there’s buildings all over in every country they have these great temples some of them are built with billions of dollars they’re so beautiful they got the granite they got pillars they got stone they got these things that are just wonderfully.

▶ 8:15 Constructed but God is not. Interested in those things God is in he says I dwell not in temples made with what. Hands he can dwell in a person that is in a prison cell like he was with Paul and Silas with Peter when they were in the prison was God there yes he can dwell with a person in a dungeon he can dwell in a cave with people gathered in his name and there’s caves throughout the world where people are worshiping and praising God they’re gathering in his name is God there. Yes it’s important to understand God is not interested in land or buildings he is interested in the people in that land he’s interested in the people in those.

▶ 9:08 Buildings he can make buildings with one word of his mouth in heaven and in earth he’s not that’s not his focus the temple was not his focus the temple was an illustration of what he is doing in the spirit and we’ve gone over that in the past and we will go over it in the future. So that being said Revelation 21:3 the temp the tabern tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people uh another scripture says that we are what the temple and the spirit of God dwells in us it is imperative that you make your body your temple a dwelling place for God make time for him when you spend time with him his words will repair you on the inside they will repair your temple do you feel like your temple is broken down maybe rubble maybe it just need maybe it needs a lot of work right but God’s word as you spend time with him his word will begin to repair you Christ can repair you inside.

▶ 10:31 Out he will repair your mind your heart your soul your spirit and when you let God dwell in you he will bring you to the best version of yourself. Amen is a beautiful work that he wants to do in. You God will wipe away every tear from their eyes there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor crying there shall be no more pain for the former things have passed away I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts and he who overcomes shall inherit all things everything that people are protesting today will be. Removed everything that we’re all concerned about we’re fighting about climate change we’re fighting about racism or people are getting out in the streets promoting their sinful pride.

▶ 11:30 We protest wars it will all be. Gone and God will expose everyone and he will be a just judge over all of the earth and all over. Heaven and if that is the case then it is important that we set our priorities on the priorities and that is the gospel of Jesus Christ the gospel of repentance turning from sin and following his commandments that is imperative because if everything is going to if this world is going to pass away which it is what’s left we’re going to stand before God we’re going to give an account for our life whether what we did was good or evil and that is the truth so it’s important to make that.

▶ 12:30 The priority you know we all know that we need to be able to breathe we need clean air we need clean water we need to have food and all that and we got to keep that going of course and that’s part of loving your neighbor yes that’s the other side right but priority number one is we are going to die and we’re going to stand before. God that is a big. Deal uh people are you know talking about the world lasting another million years and you know looking into the future because we know the sun’s going to last billions of years we know that and you know we’re we’re trying to make sure that you know everything on the planet I mean we’re not going to last that long according to God’s word. Okay and I’m not going to put a date on it or anything but I’m telling you it’s not going to be no million years it’s going to be a whole new world that God has changed in a million years years maybe.

▶ 13:31 But uh you know all this debate trying to get the the world to last millionaires and move to mars I mean come on. Guys when you know the scriptures you know what the priority. Is Ecclesiastes 12:13 fear God keep his commandments for this is man’s all this is the duty of man let’s get back to the priorities let’s hear the conclusion of the whole matter why are we here we are here to serve fear God keep his commandments this is the duty of man it’s important for us to respond to that message Revelation 21:27 there shall by no means enter anything that defiles or causes an abomination or a lie but only those who are written in the lamb’s book of life Revelation 3:5 he overcomes will have his name in the book of life and I’m summarizing there but that’s what it’s saying if you overcome you got to.

▶ 14:44 Overcome if you receive a letter from a church or religious group if I write you a letter and say oh you’re going to heaven my writing doesn’t matter my words don’t matter my writing on a book it doesn’t matter if you go go get some book somewhere and get your name written in it that book is. Worthless you get a certificate sent to you from a church or something you did a confirmation whatever it is it’s not going to get you in you can’t go up to God and say look I got my certificate he’s going to say what that’s not in the book we. Uh it’s funny but it’s true we want our names written in his book and there’s not a place on earth you can go travel to go write your name in the book he’s got it up there and he’s writing in it if we haven’t repented from our sins renounced our sins been born again working on changing them you’re not going to get your name written and he’s talking here to his disciples in uh in the New Testament he he has a spot where be glad your name is written in the in the book of life he’s talking his to his disciples and if you’re going to be written in the book of life you want to be a disciple of Christ.

▶ 16:12 Amen and so we need to ask ourselves a few questions is talking about nothing will enter in that defiles causes an abomination or a lie and so you want to ask yourselves a few questions what causes are you supporting. Are you supporting the cause of abominable or wicked. Behaviors are you passing on lies or lying. Yourself are we defiling our temple our body it’s important for us to uh operate and live in a way where we fear God we care about what he has said about our body our temple what is his opinion.

▶ 17:05 And Psalms chapter 73 it talks about the wicked I was envious when I saw the prosperity of the wicked they don’t have any trouble they don’t have a plague they don’t get sick they don’t they’re they’re prideful they’re they they are violent they have an abundance they scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression they set their mouth against the heavens and and it says in s verse 17 until I went to the sanctuary of God then I understood their end the Lord has made all for himself even the wicked for the day of doom you know God will hold people accountable they may look like they have it all sorted out figured out but when they die they’re going to stand before him without all of those things you know Warren Buffett’s not going to have any of his money he’s not going to have any of his uh possessions he’s not going to have any of his land it’s all going to be gone and he’s going to be standing before God just him and his soul.

▶ 18:05 And his status will be nothing and mean nothing to. God and I’m not picking on him you know I don’t know about his beliefs but a lot of these rich people think that they run the show and they don’t they’re going to stand before God and realize God runs the show that doesn’t mean you can’t be rich and not know God you can you can do that Revelation chapter 21 the cowardly unbelieving abominable murderers sexually immoral sorcerers idolators and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone which is sec the second death it’s important that we understand the truth you’ve got to hear the truth that God is not going to put up with some things.

▶ 18:59 You need to understand that you can’t just keep going and living your flagrant sinful life there must be a a a turning point a stopping of your sin and you’re turning to God you’re you’re trying to put that behind you you got to put it behind you. Cowardly when you fear the kingdom of darkness you fear your friend your neighbor your family or you fear your own flesh some people that are addicted to stuff it it’s they have to go through a lot of withdrawals to get over it and you see when you fear all of that and you’re afraid to go through that over the fear of God you are cowardly that’s what God is saying here and I don’t want to be that way you got to have some courage and Christ will give you that courage to stand up against the kingdom of darkness against the message of the world and your own flesh his mercy endures forever there is a Psalm uh 136 every other sentence says his mercy endures forever his mercy endures forever and it’s true Joel chapter 2:13 rend your heart not your garments return to the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and great and of great kindness and he relents from doing harm David he murdered somebody but God forgave

▶ 20:30 him a lot of people in the scriptures did horrible things and God forgave them and it gave him them mercy it’s important to understand that no matter what you’ve done in your life Christ God has the mercy the power to forgive you and is merciful. Amen but please do not misunderstand or uh think that his mer mercy. Is uh means that he is approving of the behavior God may be merciful to a lot of people that mock God publicly they’ll mock God and say oh this and they’ll say it on their their their shows and their videos and nothing happens to them. Right and don’t you know don’t confuse his mercy.

▶ 21:26 With you know. His approval he’s not approving of that behavior he’s going to have to hold them accountable and he’s going to bring his word to them and if they keep rejecting it and refusing it they’re going to pay a price because he is. Merciful Matthew chapter 10:28 do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul but rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. It we must at some point get the fear of God back into us that’s what a lot of this scriptures are about getting his fear back into us you know I don’t want to live a life that brings shame on the name of God I don’t want to live a life where I am uh defiling the temple that he has given me.

▶ 22:23 Amen I am the temple of God I don’t want and we’ve got to take take it seriously every one of us every person on this planet that body belongs to God it breathes because of God it is the temple of God and when we defile it we are we are rejecting. Him are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin not one of them falls to the ground apart from your father’s will but the very hairs of your head are all numbered do not fear fear therefore you are of more value than many sparrows and what he’s saying here is that you don’t need to fear the world you don’t need to fear the kingdom of darkness you don’t need to fear your neighbor you need to fear God above all of that because he has control of both your body and your what wherever it is your soul your spirit so do not fear man who has no control of your soul fear.

▶ 23:34 God Jeremiah 5:12 they have lied about the Lord and said it is not he neither will evil come upon us nor shall we see sword or famine the prophets become wind for the word is not in. Them we have a lot of prophets today who are speaking a lot of wind the word is not in them the word of God is not in them it’s their own word scientists and academic professors if you go to college the professors are there to convince you of their thinking as you young people get older and go to the next step they’re going to try to convince you of their way of life of their beliefs and it’s going to oppose most of the time it opposes the Bible God’s word the books that you have in you’re in college you know they’re they’re not going to profess that there is a God uh they’re going to say there is no.

▶ 24:39 Judgment and the only judgment is that’s coming is if we don’t deal with climate change then the world’s going to end so that’s the judgment that we’re getting not God’s. Judgment cuz if we if there is no God then we’re just going to die and go to the dust and that’s it. It I don’t know if I should say this there will most definitely be climate change in hell. Because right now you’re in a great climate and hell that’s a different climate so yeah there’s going to be some climate change when you haven’t repented it’s important to repent we’ve got to. Turn people were predicting that the world would end in 2012 they made a movie about it uh climate change people have said that catastrophe would happen a few years ago didn’t happen.

▶ 25:32 Ministers uh and people are making their predictions as well about when the end of the world will come but you’ve got to. Remember what truth is and what right. Is job chapter. 38. When God is dealing with job and talking with job he says brace yourself like a man I will question you and you will answer shall answer me sometimes we need to be reminded that even though we have all these complaints and a lot of people are complaining and a lot of people blame God for all kinds of things and they say that God is all this and all that and he doesn’t love people and you know how can I God do this well you know what you better hope there’s going to be a day where he’s going to say to you brace yourself cuz I’m going to ask you some.

▶ 26:38 Questions okay and we can see his questions in the scriptures it’s important for us to hear his word let his questions come now don’t wait for the end don’t wait for there to be no hope and you know that God brings uh he brings the word to people but they they decide to reject it don’t wait for the end to respond to God into his word but I guarantee you God has some questions for you and for me and we need to answer. Them even so you outwardly appear righteous to men but inside you’re full of hypocrisy and lawlessness and he’s talking to the religious Jews see God they had a lot of questioning the the Pharisees they would send these Pharisees to Jesus and they would question Jesus oh but what about this situation and what about that situation and that happened many times and Jesus comes back and says wait a second I’ve got some questions for you now I’ve got some statements to you you see we don’t just get to sit back and scoff at God he’s going to come to us with some questions and we need answers.

▶ 27:57 And he has the answers Matthew 5:14 you are the light of the world let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in. Heaven we just want to be reminded again this simple scripture rures here to be uh encouraged to do what is good and what is right before God we want to live a life that is pleasing to God we’ve got to care more about what God thinks of us than what the world thinks of us and God spoke from the heavens a few times and said this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased and you must ask yourself is God well pleased with your behavior with your life like a father looking at his child are you rolling on the floor throwing a tantrum throwing your shoes at dad or are you running away from dad or are you uh working with your father to.

▶ 29:15 Grow. Amen John chapter 14:2 in my father’s house are many mansions if that were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and Jesus here is talking to his disciples this is red letters. And this is a good question all these rich people the Warren Buffetts the billionaires they have all kinds of possessions but God says that there are there’s some real estate in heaven for his disciples and how many would rather have that real estate than all the real estate here. Amen and that’s a good question to our rich folks do you have real estate in heaven you’ve invested all your money your time to obtain all these things but do you have any real estate in heaven God’s people his disciples are very hopeful in that.

▶ 30:25 Promise verse 31 Acts 17:31 because he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained real quick I want to uh go through here how important this righteousness is as we know we already you know righteousness exalts a nation but sin brings a reproach amen brings correction in your own life and in the nation uh if we act wickedly God has the right to correct us in your own life if you are wicked God is going to correct you and hopefully before you die amen Ezekiel chapter 14:12 the word of the Lord came again to me saying son of man when a land sins against me by persistent unfaithfulness I will stretch out my hand against it so what brings the correction what brings the uh the judgment it’s sin.

▶ 31:28 Even if these three men Noah Daniel and job were in it they would deliver only themselves by their what their righteousness so not going into the the story of what Ezekiel is talking about right now just looking at what these scriptures are saying they’re saying that you can deliver yourself a country can deliver themselves a people can deliver themselves a community by what by righteousness. And when they came when the the rich man said to Jesus what do what should I do to obtain eternal life what did he say he said keep the commandments and it’s. Important praising God as we expressed this morning during worship praising God is part of the promise God wants to beat back the kingdom of darkness in your life but you if you want to go on further you want to add to that obeying fearing God keeping his commandments uh there and there’s plenty of Proverbs and Psalms to confirm that but one of them is is that.

▶ 32:38 Uh how does that statement. Go God desires obedience over. Sacrifice say that. Again he desires obedience over sacrifice you we can come in and keep praising God but if you keep going home and you reject reject his commandments and and and refuse to listen that is also going to bring judgment and correction in your life important to understand that so you want to add both okay the kingdom of darkness coming at you you can praise God and lift up his name and also if you want to be blessed you want to turn away from sin and fall right if you make a mistake we have an advocate with the father remember that as you’re growing from the little.

▶ 33:36 Uh from a little plant to a tall tree as you’re in that process we have an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous who will forgive you he will strengthen you he will give you life do not give up keep growing keep pursuing keep letting letting that sin die off of you Matthew 5:20 I say to you unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven and we can go into that but the the scribes and Pharisees even though they were priests and even though they had their positions they were not actually doing what was. Right and I can explain that but not right.

▶ 34:34 Now. They well you will by no means enter the kingdom of God they were violent toward Christ they were violent toward an innocent man. Jesus you can’t do that that’s not God’s word that’s not right they murdered him. That’s not. Right that’s that’s not right that was not righteous what they did they got all fixated in all of their religious ceremony stuff and then they turn around they would they struck Jesus with their own and they would say prophesy who struck who struck you and he’s like yeah I know who struck. Me and I’m not going to say it you want to keep at it keep.

▶ 35:30 Going they were violent toward. Him and that is not what the the law and the prophets hang on what did the law and the prophets hang on they hang on what love loving God and loving your neighbor was Jesus loved by these people. No and I mean he’s God right so he wasn’t loved as God and he wasn’t loved as a neighbor so they broke both laws that on all hang the law and the prophets they were not doing what was. Right and we can act the same way with our family as parents we need to treat our children. Right as children as sons and daughters we need to treat our parents right we need to treat our siblings right we need to treat people right and you know when you’re a kid there you know you do all kinds of bad things but when you’re an adult you do not get the pass anymore you’ve got to be responsible for how you treat.

▶ 36:44 People Hebrews 12:10 they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them but he for our profit that we may be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present but painful nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by. It. Remember when God corrects us when God is doing something in your life maybe you don’t like and it’s irritating it’s not comfortable it’s to bring you to what. Righteousness and that righteousness is very important it’s important for your family it’s important for the people around you it’s important for the people that you may be hurting you know we if we continue in our wickedness and our sin it hurts the people around.

▶ 37:39 Us. Amen but you see righteousness doing what’s right is going to bless them like the fruit of the spirit it says against such there is no law you see when you treat people with love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gous self-control against such there is no law you are. Really doing something good for someone amen but when we sin against one another we’re hurting each other and so it’s a blessing to the people around you and to your own life to let God correct you and to be changed and add unto your to your uh add to your faith virtue. Also known as righteousness. Amen let’s bow our heads this.

▶ 38:44 Morning Lord Jesus we come before you we thank you for your word for your truth God we understand this morning Jesus Lord that you will judge the earth and you will judge according to our behavior whether good or bad Lord Jesus we also know Lord that you have made a way through your son Jesus you have made a way through the father through this Holy Spirit God for us to grow to be to to grow and to do what is right to partake of your holiness God you have made a a great system that if we are willing to surrender to fear you to honor you to come to you you will change change us you will mold us you will make us Lord Jesus a new creation and that is what we need Lord God we come before you this morning and we ask that you do that work in us this morning will you stand with me we’re going to sing this song together Jesus all for Jesus and we’re going to take some time to pray miss woods if you could help me I don’t uh well actually I’ll give it a shot.

▶ 39:55 Jesus all for jes. Jesus all I am and have and ever hope to. Be all of my.

▶ 40:49 Ambitions hopes and bl. I. Surrender. These into your hands for it’s only. In your will that I am. Free for it’s all. In your will that. I am. Free. Jesus all for.

▶ 41:48 Jesus all I am in. H and if ever hope to. Be we’re going to bow our heads and pray this. Morning pray first of all that we would grow in our fear of God grow in our keeping of his commandments that God would do that work in us. Today let’s lift up our voices together right now God Lord we pray Jesus Jesus Lord that we would have a tender heart Lord a responsive heart God to you to your commandments God Lord that we would not Lord look on you Jesus Lord as a chore God Lord as a problem Jesus but Lord look on you as our God our savior our king be thankful Lord wanting to please you wanting to live our lives for you Jesus Lord we pray for a new outlook a new outlook in our relationship ship with you God Lord a fear and respect and honor Lord a desire to please you with all of our heart Jesus Jesus please Lord we pray right now for a new.

▶ 43:11 Heart Lord we pray right now for a new heart Jesus Lord God a heart that is responsive to you Jesus Lord we look unto you this morning. God Jesus Jesus please oh Lord thank you. God the scriptures say in New Testament Paul wrote and said that un circumcision isn’t anything but the new creation.

▶ 43:56 That is what it’s all about and we want God and we want to ask God right now to do that work in our hearts and our lives to make us new creatures new people with a new mind a new heart new spirit new soul let’s invite him to continue that work in us God we come before you right now God Lord Jesus we want those old things to pass away Lord the old behaviors Lord Jesus Lord the old way we used to be the old way we used to handle situations God Lord we pray that we would become a new creation God Lord such a new creature God that the world would see it Lord such a new creature God Lord that we would shine in the darkness God we pray Jesus please Lord make us new creations.

▶ 44:49 God Lord God fashion us God make us new oh Lord Jesus we we call unto you this morning God oh God oh God please Jesus we need you Lord we need your spirit God we need your new creation work in our heart in our mind Jesus please Lord we look unto you this morning. Jesus.

▶ 45:26 Let’s pray for those that couldn’t make it today let’s reach out our hands for those are here just praying for one another that God would do that work in us making us a new creature Lord God we pray for one of this another this morning Lord we ask Jesus God that you would make us new Jesus Lord like the song Lord like the scriptures say God Lord you’ll give us a new heart you’ll give us a a new spirit Jesus you put your spirit into us God you’ll cause us to walk in your ways Jesus we want that in us Lord you say that all can know me from the least of the great Lord we want we pray for one another God Lord that you reveal yourself Lord that they would know you that they would meet with you Lord Jesus and find you God please we lift up our our voices for one another right now God we pray for one another Jesus Jesus Jesus Lord by the power of your blood by the power of your Holy Spirit God come Lord God we invite you right now Jesus Holy Spirit come Lord God do your work in our mind Lord do your work in our body Jesus Jesus.

▶ 46:42 Please oh. Oh. Oh. God. All of my. Ambitions h and plans I. Surrender. These into your hands for it’s all. In. Your will that I am. Free for it’s only.

▶ 47:37 In your will that. I am. Free that’s one of the scriptures up here stand standing in the in the house of the Lord out of respect I want to welcome you this morning online the those in the room it’s good to be in God’s house in the scriptures in Psalms chapter 8 it says out of the mouth of babes and sucklings I have ordained pra strength I have ordained.

▶ 48:10 Strength and also in the Old Testament it says that God has given us the garment of praise for the spirit of what heaviness. Heaviness and we want to remind you this morning of how powerful praise is is when Jesus quotes this Psalm scripture he changes the word from strength to what praise out of the mouth of babes and sucklings I have ordained praise to still to stop to beat back the enemy and the avenger and that garment of praise is for the spirit of heaviness it’s so important for us to utilize the tools that God has given us this morning I want to remind you that pray praise our opportunity this morning to praise God to lift up his name these the nine ways that we worship standing speaking shouting singing opening up our mouths it’s so powerful and beating back the kingdom of darkness many people in our era and in our time are having trouble with heaviness and the kingdom of darkness and I submit to you start applying this principle to your life lifting up the name of Jesus Christ praising him let that garment of praise come on you this morning.

▶ 49:38 Amen let’s sing this song this song is called sing wherever I go this is a joyful song so we’re going to clap together we’re going to sing together and uh let’s let’s sing unto. Him all my life all I know God’s been good good to my soul mountain high valley low I’m going to sing wherever I go my God is for me he’s not against. Me I will hold to the plans he has for me when I’m. Broken oh fix me. I will call on the name of the Lord.

▶ 50:32 All my life all I know God’s been good good to my soul mountain high val I’m going to sing wherever I. Go he’s my heart song in my sorrow he’s my hope hope and my strength for. Tomorrow when the storms. Rise all around. Me I will call on the name of the Lord all my life all I know God’s been good good to my soul mountain high valley low I’m going to sing wherever I.

▶ 51:27 Go all my life all I know God’s been good good to my soul mountain high valley low I’m going to sing wherever I. Go I’ve got joy. Joy. Joy deep in my soul and I will sing. Sing. Sing wherever I. Go all my life all I know God’s been good good to my soul mountain high valley low I’m going to sing wherever I.

▶ 52:23 Go mountain high valley love I’m going to sing wherever I. Go mountain high valley low I’m going to sing wherever I go let’s praise him hallelujah to the king of kings hallelujah to the Lord of lords we exalt you. God we love you we worship you Lord we praise your name we lift up the name of Jesus than you. Lord thank you. God we love you we love. You worthy is our God worthy is our k hallah he alone is great than you Jesus he alone is mighty God you are.

▶ 53:33 Beautiful holy holy Lord God. Almighty thank you thankk you God. Hallah. Riseing I feel my heart. Sing his praises our Lord and king the wonder the majesty. Welcome our king of glory. In every tribe and tongue every land will sing your praise till the end of time will.

▶ 54:27 Sing. Mesty all. Majesty to the God of creation all. Majesty God of all. Generations this anem we sing to the God of all nations all majesty we. Sing let’s rise. Rising I feel my heart. Sing his praises let’s clap together our Lord and king oh the wonder the majesty we well come our king of glory.

▶ 55:24 In tribe and tongue every land will sing your praise till the end of time will’ll. See. Mesty all. Majesty to the God of nation all. Maest God of all. Generations this an we sing to the God of all nations all. Majesty we. Sing all. Majesty we. Sing oh all. Majesty we.

▶ 56:19 Sing all. Majesty we sing. Lord we. Sing hallelujah the king of kings hallelujah Lord of Lord we worship you Lord we exalt we worship pr is the king of all kings we love you we love you. Godj worthy is your name worthy is the king of kings. We exalt we exalt. You we lift you on high give you praise. Lordus we praise. You God of wonders beyond our galaxy.

▶ 57:17 You are. Holy. Holy. The universe declares your majesty you are. H. Holy Lord of all. Creation of what water earth and sky heavens are your tabernac glory to the Lord on.

▶ 58:12 High God of wonders beyond our galaxy you are. Holy. Holy. The universe declares your majesty God you. Are. Holy early in the morning I will celebrate the light when I stumble in the darkness I will call your name by.

▶ 59:10 Night God of wonders beyond our galaxy God you are. Holy. Holy Lord universe. Your. Majesty you are. Holy. Holy God of wonders beyond our galaxy you are. Holy. Holy the universe declares your majesty. You are. Holy. Holy.

▶ 1:00:23 Oh. That we may. Ascend unto your holy. H. Oh. God give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts that we may ascend your holy h. Give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts that we may. Ascend to your whole.

▶ 1:01:23 Give give us clean. Hands give us p pure. Heart that we. May to your holy. H we. May to your holy. Hill Jesus your wonders beyond our galaxy you are. Holy. Holy the universe dees your mesty.

▶ 1:02:20 You are. Holy. Holy the universe declares your majesty God. Youly yes. You’re God the universe declares your majesty God you. Arey. Holy. Lord. God thank you Jesus we bless you we bless you God we invite you. Lord let your glory come you are holy. Lord we worship you our praises.

▶ 1:03:19 Risus we praise. You we were. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh. Wonderful we thank. You give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts let us not lift our souls to. Another give us clean hands. Give us pure. Heart let us not lift our souls to another and oh God let us be a generation that se seeks your face oh God of Jacob God let us be a generation that seeks that seeks your our face oh God of jaob.

▶ 1:04:30 We bow our hearts we bend our knees oh spirit come make us. Humble we turn our eyes from evil. Things oh Lord we cast down our idol. Give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts let us not lift our souls to. Another give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts let us not lift our souls to another and oh God let us be a generation that seek seeks your face oh God of Jacob.

▶ 1:05:36 Lord Jesus we recognize right now Lord that Daniel Shadrach meach and Abednego Lord they faced their time Lord where they had to decide Lord who they were going to serve God who they were going to connect their lives to and their spirit and their soul to God but Lord Daniel was different he purposed in his heart Lord to serve you even though he was in Babylon serving the king Lord even though Shadrach and meach were were part of the Babylonian king God they still served you they would not bow before the idol and Lord God I pray for our generation today our young generation my gen generation the older generation God Lord that we would see that we cannot bow to the world we cannot bow to the world’s.

▶ 1:06:36 Message God we got to cast that aside Lord we can’t make it our idol we can’t make it our priority in our life Jesus at some point we got to say no no I’m going to serve God I’m going to worship God. Even if I got to worship God on a in a prison cell or wherever it is I’m going to worship God because I’m a worshipper I’m going to serve God because I love him no matter. What God I pray for that spirit to arise in our young people God that you would convict us this morning Lord my generation that you convict us this morning God Lord that we’d stop being so focused on all of what we want in our lives but Lord focus on what you want Jesus.

▶ 1:07:33 Please we bow our hearts we bend our knees oh spirit come make us. Humble we turn our eyes from evil things. Oh Lord we cast down our idols give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts let us not lift our souls to one. Another give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts let us not lift our souls to another and oh God let us be a generation that seeks seeks your face oh God of Jacob oh God let us be a generation that seeks seeks your face oh God of jacob.

▶ 1:08:52 We lift our Holy hands. Up we want to touch you God al Lord we lift our voices higher and higher and higher. You Jesus Lord we we lift our Holy hands up let’s lift our hands we want to touch you God oh God we lift our voices higher and higher and higher to you let’s sing it unto him we lif we lift our holy hands up.

▶ 1:09:54 We want to touch you God we want to touch you we lift our voices higher and higher and higher. You. God we are. Hungry we are. Hungry we are hungry for more of you Lord we are. Thirsty oh. Jesus we are thirsty for more of you more of you more of you.

▶ 1:10:52 Give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts let us not lift our souls to. Another give us clean. Hands give us pure. Hearts let us not lift our souls to. Another oh God let us be. Generation that seeks seeks your face oh God of Jacob.

▶ 1:12:22 M. Lord Jesus we recognize this morning Lord that Daniel Shadrach mshack and abedo their choice God to serve you Lord it costs them something Lord you’re with them and you’re with. Us and God Lord through their choice Lord you brought about great deliverance in their time you brought about out a great time where people were called to serve. You they made laws and decrees that the land should serve their God to serve. You God you brought brought out a a great victory and God we want that in our lives we want that in our year.

▶ 1:13:16 Lord in our lifetime Jesus please we cry out if there’s anyone this morning that God has. Stirred you you agree with that prayer this morning just lift up your lift up your hands and lift up your voice and say Lord God I agree I want to serve you I want to make that choice just lift up our voices right now and just commit unto him Lord God we call on you this morning Jesus Jesus God we lift up our voices Lord we make our commitment to you like Shadrach mhach and Abednego Lord we make our commitment to you like Daniel did God to purpose in our hearts Lord not to defile ourselves but the world Lord Jesus God we pray Lord let your word God let your word Jesus permeate Lord let your word come into our spirit our soul our mind God Lord do your perfect work in us Jesus.

▶ 1:14:22 Please. The universe declares your majesty you are. Holy. Holy the universe declares your majesty you are. Holy you are are. Holy. Lord thank you Jesus we honor you Lord you are holy God you are wonderful Lord we lift you up we worship you God we glorify your name worthy is the Lord.

▶ 1:15:18 Worthy. Is the king thank you Jesus Jesus we. Pray worthy is his name as we go into the word this morning I’d like somebody to lift up their voice in prayer and confirmation of this worship time this message that came. Out God would give us clean hands just lift up your voice.

▶ 1:16:11 Lord we thank you for your presence here today Jesus reminding us Lord those that can ascend unto your holy hill Lord and Jesus we want to be that people that are humble that bow before you that worship you that pray Lord you have called us Jesus to be representatives of your glory in the earth we’re not like the beast of the field Lord that some hibernate all winter long even you Lord Jesus you were in the temple on the Sabbath but during the week Lord Lord let us be reminded you were among the people the disciples were among the people Lord you have made us to show forth your glory and your majesty in the earth and Jesus we lift up our holy hands to receive from you all that we need we have and all that we need to do Lord you will give us what we need we thank you and we praise you Jesus for your presence today you are surely in this place in Jesus name everyone said amen.

▶ 1:17:25 Amen you may find your seats thank. You I want to thank you for joining us online we trust you heard the message this morning fear God keep his commandments let it make you a new creature let God bring you to full maturity amen thank you for joining us God bless. You.