Winning at the Christian life - May 5, 2024: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:12 Uh we’re going to get in the word this morning there’s some handouts if you’d like to follow along this is uh it’s nice because you can just take it home you can pray with it pray over it and it really helps because you’re going to hear it today but if you go and review it again uh you give you have time to go at your pace and let that word sink into you and uh permeate your spirit which is very important it’s. Powerful we want to talk about this morning. Winning in our Christian life winning at the Christian life and uh we want to be uh prosperous and successful in our goals in growing in our walk with Christ amen. In Numbers chapter 10 verse 11 it says on the 20th day the second month of the second year and I’m just pointing this out because uh Israel had just come out of Egypt they were delivered they remember they were enslaved and God brought 10 plagues and uh they were brought out of Egypt no longer slaves but now they’re traveling in the wilderness and it’s been a year and two months okay a year two months and 20 days so February the 20th.

▶ 1:40 If we want to go there but I’m sure the calendar’s I don’t want to go there uh Numbers 13:25 at the end of 40 days they returned from exploring the land so uh after a year and two months they come to the Canaan land the the promised land that God had is bringing them to the land flowing with milk and honey right so God is leading them to the wilderness with the cloud and he’s brought them to Canaan land and when they get there God says okay select some people to go spy out the land so they spend 40 days spying out the land and they come. Back after 40 days so now they’re in the tank for a year and four months okay cu 10 days plus 20 is 30 and another 30 days is another month right so we’re a year and four months so in a year and a half they went uh a little under a year and a half they went from Egypt to the promised land and we want to point out that it doesn’t take your whole life to obtain and possess God’s.

▶ 2:55 Promises God has a goal for you it’s the promised land and you can get there it doesn’t take a long time you don’t need to spend your whole life uh waiting to possess what God has promised you uh the new covenant I have brought up many times you don’t have to wait a lifetime for God to give you a new heart to put his spirit into you you don’t have to wait a lifetime for him to cause you to walk in his ways you can get that stuff in a short period God is not on a long schedule in this instance in your individual life he wants to work as quickly as you’re willing to respond all right and that’s very important we uh if you’re on the long schedule with God that is your choice and you don’t have to it doesn’t have to be that way you can move with God at a quick pace he can change you he can change your heart at a quick pace you can know him at a quick pace it says all shall know me from the least to the greatest you can begin to separate yourself he says I will be their God and they will be my people you can begin that you don’t have to wait numbers chapter 14: 6 Joshua and Caleb said this the land is exceedingly good do not rebel against the Lord do not be afraid of the people of the land.

▶ 4:22 Uh Joshua and Caleb remember they had a different spirit they had a different approach to God they didn’t complain they didn’t come at God saying why have you done all this you’re a stinky God I don’t like you. Uh they had trust and faith that God would bring about the promise he made them and that’s very important in your life God wants to he has made a promise a new covenant with you that he’s going to bring this stuff about in your life he’s going to change your heart he’s going to give you a new spirit he’s going to do all these things for you and it may not happen right away and it may take some uh you may have some opposition getting there your own self may oppose you but if you put your trust keep heading toward it God will bring you to that place amen Romans 1620 the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with.

▶ 5:33 You and I’m underlining soon here because God wants to do it quickly all right the when Egypt came and tried to bring uh Israel under bondage again how long did it take for God to wipe them out in the red sea how long did it take it took it happened that day it wasn’t a long drawn out thing God doesn’t God doesn’t want to draw this battle with Satan in your life out okay he wants to destroy him in your life and the next thing you’re going to have to face is the fight that you have with your flesh amen and you’re going to have to face that fight a long. Time so he wants to make changes in your life quickly he’s waiting on you and you are uh.

▶ 6:30 You don’t have to wait forever on God Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 1 God led you all the way these 40 years in the wilderness so what happened they got there in a year and a half they came to the promised land and then they started to argue and complain they said oh God’s promise is not true God is a fake God this God I don’t know why I even came here I don’t know why with this people I don’t know why I follow this God in the desert this cloud you know forget this get me out of here t go back so that’s what was coming out of the mountain and they’re also worshiping other gods while they’re in the desert okay so you know God is he’s a little frustrated with these. Guys I don’t want to be in that place do you want to be in that place or God’s. Frustrated so he leads them their punishment was to be led through the wilderness 40 years and he did it to humble them to test them to know what was in their heart and God knows what’s in your heart he wants you to know what’s in your heart so that you can change it so you can uh.

▶ 7:47 Repent from it whether you would keep his commandments or not that he might make you know that man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord and man chastens his son so the Lord chastens you so God is bringing him through this correction because he is trying to get them to be humble because they weren’t humble and God is asking that today are you humble or are you proud do you hold your uh your beliefs higher than God’s that’s pride your your pride you have pride in what you believe over what God. Says do you know what is in your heart God uh you know that’s why we come to the altar that’s why you come and pray and bow before God you you want God to search out your heart like it says in the Psalms as David prayed search my heart oh God right we want our hearts to be right toward our God whether you keep his commandments our do our hearts and our lives our choices are we keeping and following his commandments and the difference between the commandment and a demand is that people make demands all the time right I make demands here and there I can make demands on you but it’s a demand and the difference is a command the person saying it commanding it has.

▶ 9:17 Authority okay I have no authority over your life but God does God has authority over every one of us and that’s why when things come down from God they are commands and we’ve got to follow. Them he loves us that’s why he’s chastening us but it’s important that we do not live a lifetime of correction you don’t want to live a lifetime of correction God is wanting you to respond to repent and to follow. Him it’s not what God wants for you he doesn’t want to live to have you in a lifetime of correction he’s wanting you to repent and turn and to move on in God so what are these steps to success what are these steps to having a prosperous uh path uh.

▶ 10:30 We we understand where Israel was and this. Is they’re they’re coming to the Canaan land and they have to decide they have uh they’re going to possess the land okay Deuteronomy chapter 31 verse 1 Moses went and spoke these words to all of Israel so the first thing we got to understand before the steps is that the message that God has is for every one of us it’s not just for the pastor it’s not just for the rich person it’s not just for a certain ethnic certain color of skin it’s for every one as the new covenant says all shall know me from the least to the greatest every one of us this word and this message is for all of us his correction is for all of us okay that’s very important Deuteronomy 31:8 the Lord will be with you he will not leave you nor forsake you in Matthew 28:20 Jesus confirms this and he says surely I am with you always to the very end of the age the Lord in the Old Testament and Jesus they’re the same person God almighty in the Old Testament he’s the same person as uh Jesus in the New Testament Jesus Christ came in the flesh he is God in the flesh his name is emmanuel.

▶ 11:59 God with. Us surely I am with you always to the very end Acts chapter 16:25 as we uh heard already Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and suddenly there was a great violent earthquake and so God brought about deliverance he this this story just um is an example of God being with his disciples and his apostles God God is with you it’s very important.

▶ 12:33 Number two Deuteronomy chapter 31 verse 7 says be strong in Ephesians chapter 6:10 it says be strong in the Lord and in his mighty. Power it’s hard when someone always has to put you back together if you’re always falling apart you have and have no strength str within you that’s not what God wants for you if you if you have the Lord if you say you have him he’s saying that he has strength for you be strong in the Lord in his mighty power Christ has power he has strength and it’s available for you if you’re falling apart if you can’t handle life that is not God has a solution for you Psalms chap 28:7 the Lord is my strength and this is an easy scripture to quote but if we are going and finding strength elsewhere and having to go and and get uh all kinds of counseling and we reject and refuse the the Lord who is our strength who will give us.

▶ 13:53 Strength we’re missing out on his solution my shield my heart trusts in him and he helps me my heart leaps for joy and with him and with my song I praise him so the Lord will give us strength we put our trust in him and he can make our heart leap for joy how many know when you touch Jesus when you experience Christ there is a good feeling your heart is happy it’s a wonderful feeling it’s it’s hard to explain even I remember when I was 12 and met Christ for the first time for real I just wow it was I it was so special it was an experience it was love it was peace it was it was everything and that’s what Jesus does and when you touch that source of life it can bring you out of your mindset it can bring you out of your your whatever is going on in your mind and you can be strong in him.

▶ 14:59 Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who gives me strength it’s so. Important that we lean on Christ for our strength the world today I would question and say are we leaning on Christ for our strength is the church world today leaning on Christ for our strength because that’s what the scriptures say he has you know Jesus didn’t walk around well you got to get the strength somewhere else I don’t have it no he’s got. It and if you’re not getting it from him it’s available to you and it’s a solution you can have in your life nehemiah 8 verse1 do not grieve oh do not grieve I was told I have to grieve somebody’s like did you grieve about this grieve about what what is what do you mean I have to.

▶ 15:55 Grieve for the joy of the Lord is your strength I can’t I got kids and I got a race you know I they can’t be walking into dad. Dad’s you I gotta take him to school I gotta provide I gotta work I gotta do this I gotta you know I got I don’t have time to. Grieve I need some strength I need some joy I need a smile on my face I got to love my kids when they walk on the door I got to be a a good. Parent and soon I got to be a good. Spouse. Amen and we need our strength from.

▶ 16:39 Somewhere out of the m mouth of babies and nursing infants you have ordained strength because of your enemies that you may silence the enemy and the avenger I encourage you this morning when you go to church it’s not just to hear the songs fly through the room and oh it’s so such nice music no it is opportunity for you to become strong it’s an opportunity for you to silence and still and stop and destroy beat back the enemy in your life and when you walk into church and you are hands down sitting down letting God’s worship just fly by and not participating you’re missing out on strength that you can have in your life and you don’t have to wait till Sunday you can do it during the week on your own on your knees with God and if you don’t know what to pray if you don’t know what to praise it’s already been written David he knew what he learned what to pray and praise and you can read and pray and praise what he wrote and after you read all through that maybe the second time through the third time through the Psalms you’ll be like hey I got a song of my own I’ve got a prayer of my own but you can read the ones that are already written they’re powerful.

▶ 18:00 So I encourage. You God says we can be what. Strong and we he has strength to offer us he has a source of strength it’s even one of the spirits of the Lord as we learned a couple weeks ago that of the seven spirits one is the spirit of what might strength. Amen Deuteronomy 31:7 be. Courageous in Hebrews chapter 11 it’s known as the faith chapter Paul is writing about all these people in the Bible and he’s talking about how their faith uh how faith is so important in their lives and one of them is. Moses at the end of this at the end of the chapter Paul says you know I don’t have time to talk about the faith of David I don’t got time to talk about the faith of sam I got time to talk about all these examples of these people in the Bible that were.

▶ 19:07 Courageous Hebrews chapter 11:24 Moses was courageous he refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s. Daughter uh if you don’t know Moses was put into the river the nile river and he floated by his mother because he didn’t she didn’t want him to die she loved him she had. Faith and uh he floated down to Pharaoh’s daughter Pharaoh’s daughter pulled him out of the water called him Moses he grew up he knew who he was he knew he wasn’t part he knew he wasn’t uh Pharaoh’s daughter’s real child and he said you know I know that you guys have riches I know that I can have status here I know that I can be in charge and I can be. Wonderful but I’m going to go and identify and be with those slaves down.

▶ 20:01 There the people that you’re ruling. Over why because they’re the people of God somewhere. Moses was. Courageous and he said you know I’m not gna. Just go along with you guys I’m not going to go along with your sinful practices your sinful lifestyle I’m going to go and follow my God he chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin you know I the scriptures say it so powerfully he chose to be mistreated along with the people of God can you believe that what courage that’s. Courageous he regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt because he was looking ahead to his reward it’s very important for us not to be shortsighted we need to look ahead to our reward in heaven remember the scriptures say Jesus said I go to prepare a place for you in my house there are many mansions and I go to prepare a place for you God as a reward for his people.

▶ 21:25 And you have to make a choice are you going to be his people in his kingdom or you going to live in the kingdom of darkness Deuteronomy 31:6 step four do not. Fear in Matthew chapter 14:26 the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water and they were what. Terrified shaken in their shoes shaken in their boots they were they were you know can you can you believe that on the boat can you imagine them like shaking what is that oh my God.

▶ 22:06 Would I maybe I would be shaking Jesus said take courage it is I do not be. Afraid and uh there’s a lot more to this story you can go read it later but Peter ends up walking on the water he said it says he walked on the water and came toward Jesus but when he saw the wind he was af afraid and began to sink and he cried Lord save me and Jesus said why did you doubt you know there’s 11 more disciples in the boat but Peter was on the water you know he sank yeah but where were the other 11 you know at least he went out in the water and you know after Jesus pulled them up they walked on the water back to the boat and Peter was walking on the water again.

▶ 23:00 So it’s not like you know if you doubt God just gives up on you no he’ll pull you back up and you keep walking with him but the point is we can’t be afraid to follow Jesus Christ some of us don’t like change some of us may have the fear oh my gosh God’s going to do this in my life God I’m afraid that that all this stu bad stuff’s going to happen if I have to follow Jesus I got to follow Jesus what is what is he going to do what is he going to make me. Do you don’t have to be afraid you don’t have to be afraid of following. Christ second Timothy 17 for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power of love and a sound mind this is one of the scriptures I tell my children when they tell me I can’t do it I’m not I can’t I can’t I’m just not what does God.

▶ 24:04 Say I have not given. You a spirit of give up I’ve given you a spirit of power of love and I’ve given you a sound mind amen we can’t be afraid to follow him we can’t be afraid to move on in Christ and grow in Christ we can’t be afraid to say what he says. Or to listen to what he says step number five Deuteronomy 3. 31:6 nor be afraid of them so first of all you cannot be afraid in general can’t be afraid to follow Christ and now you don’t you can’t be afraid of them and uh Moses or God here he talking about Canaan he’s talking about the people in Canaan they were giants when they spied out the land they found out these guys are giants they’re too big they’re too great for us no you don’t be afraid of them.

▶ 25:05 Exodus 14:10 as Pharaoh approached the Israelites were what. Terrified Moses said do not be afraid stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today the Egyptians you see today you will never see again the Lord will fight for you you you need only to be still so. Important you know you may come from a background of you got gang members you. Know they have a much different situation when I was a kid I wasn’t afraid of my for my life to follow God but you know depending on where you’re coming from you might have some serious fears the gang’s going to come after me the you know all of these things things but God is saying you don’t need to be afraid of them you don’t need to be afraid of your past life you don’t need to be your afraid of your past ties with the kingdom of darkness you can be courageous you don’t need to be afraid of Satan you don’t need to be.

▶ 26:15 Afraid of them. Amen we can overcome. Acts chapter 5:28 so not only not being afraid of your past but also uh looking forward there’s opposition in overcoming there’s opposition in speaking the truth as Peter found out in Acts 5:28 uh the Jews the synagogue said to him said to Peter did we not command you that you should not teach in Jesus’s name. And behold you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man’s blood Jesus’s blood upon us yes we’d love for the blood to come upon you that’s what you need you need Jesus blood no uh the blame but Peter responded and he said we ought to obey God rather than men.

▶ 27:19 And we can’t be afraid of the world’s morals or immorality we can’t be afraid of their arguments we can’t respect their message over God’s message we. Can’t we’ve got to have the fear of God. First that is the greatest thing we can do is love God fear respect honor above our family and friends above the world we’ve got to not fear the world but fear who. God that’s what the scriptures say all throughout Proverbs the fear of the Lord is depart from evil the fear of the Lord is a spirit of the Lord we need that fear of God in. Us.

▶ 28:12 Amen number six Deuteronomy 31:8 neither be dismayed discouraged depressed cast down and this uh he was speaking to Joshua he’s speaking to a leader here don’t be dismayed it’s it’s easy to get cast down all of a sudden things come problems happen things happen people say things and you you just like oh my gosh you. Get you get. Discouraged and then I’m talking all this this is for me you know I’m sitting right there and I’m talking to that guy discouraged dismayed being afraid being afraid of them no you can’t be like that michael get up.

▶ 29:03 Lift up your heads oh you gates be lifted up you everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in we don’t need to live a life of discouragement and depression and being cast down when the king of glory comes in there you don’t have any of that he’s going to wipe that out he is the king of glory the long the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battle when you have that guy entering into you you’re you’re going to be strong Psalms 4211 why are you in despair why are you cast down oh my soul why are you uh disqui or restless within wait for God for I will again praise him for the help of his presence my God I like this version because it said the help of his presence his presence when he comes it makes a big difference his presence when you meet with God and you can meet him at home when you meet with God on Sunday morning it is it changes you it can change your mood it can change your mindset.

▶ 30:12 And we need that the Bible says the renewing of your mind the Bible says also that we’re going to have tribulation uh in this life you’re going to have tribulation and trouble when you walk out and go home there’s going to be trouble there going to be trouble this week but you can be renewed and you can come before his presence and you don’t you can have all these solutions to get you back in right relationship with God and also not being. Dismayed but being strong having hope. Amen Acts 18 verse5 Paul faced opposition preach preaching to the Jews in Corinth and when he preached to them they were they were upset and they’re like you need to go away get out of here we don’t want to hear you anymore and Paul said you know fine forget you I’m going to take my message to the Gentiles I’m not speaking to you your blood is on on your you know your blood is on your head you rejected the message see it that was Paul’s response the Lord comes to him in the night.

▶ 31:28 to Paul he says do not be afraid speak do not keep silent for I am with you no one will attack you to hurt you I have many people in this city and he continued there a year and six months teaching the word of God among them you know Paul he got a little discouraged in that moment right he’s like fine forget it I don’t want to talk to you. Either but Christ comes back and he reminds him hey I’m in charge. And I want you to keep speaking and I want you to keep silent and uh it’s important for us to have a hearing ear amen and he continued there a year and six months teaching the word of God teaching the word of God in Hebrews it says the word of God is living and powerful sharper than any two-edged sword we need the word of God and it’s not just the scriptures we need life in the scriptures we need a living word.

▶ 32:30 Amen and Paul his teaching uh had an impact on Corinth it’s very important that we remember that teaching the word of God is. Powerful and we need to pray for a word that is transformative to. People we can’t just get up and open up Genesis 1 and say okay Genesis 1 let there be light we want a living. Word number step number seven Moses died and God speaks to. Joshua and he says to Joshua in chapter one verse two go to the land which I’m giving to them every place that the soul of your foot will tread upon I have given you Matthew 28:8 all authority is given me go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit teaching them to obey my commands.

▶ 33:35 Amen so we have the authority from Christ to. Go we have the authority from Christ to make disciples we have the authority to baptize we have the authority to teach and nobody can just come in and say oh no you can’t do that we got to have that kind of attitude. Amen you know remember the scripture says the earth is whose the Lord and all that is. Therein and everyone every soul in it is. His every person you me. Us as a church and I’m talking to the people uh that have been here a long time especially we can’t act like the you know oh I’m sorry am I am I am I intruding on your life right.

▶ 34:42 Now the world belongs to him I have authority to be here by who by God every soul every place that the sole of my foot treads upon God has given me and you. To share his word to teach to make disciples to. Baptize and so we have to go to the sinners we have to go to the immoral we have to go to the rich and the poor with the different e ethnic groups and different cultures and everywhere else everyone else whoever they are nobody’s excluded. That’s the last step in Joshua chapter 1.

▶ 35:36 verse 8 it says this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth you shall meditate it you shall meditate on it day and night that you may observe to do according to what is written in it and as I um always remind us almost every at least every month almost every other message message it is so important for you to put God’s word in your mind it’s important for you to obtain knowledge of the word of God and in 2024 there’s no excuse we have phones you can download an app you can listen to the Bible you can that you can order a Bible on Amazon we can give you a Bible to take home and you just you got to take time to put God’s word into you we are still responsible this word right here even though it was spoken thousands of years ago it’s still for you and for.

▶ 36:35 Me thank God today in our year we have the Bible we have God’s word we can put it into us and it says we can medit we we we need to meditate on it day and night if you read Psalms 1 verse one it says he shall uh you need to read Psalms 1 just go read it and it and confirms all of this. Here it’s important for us not just to read it but also to keep and observe to do what it according to what it. Says for then you will make your way prosperous you will have good. Success we have an opport we have a choice.

▶ 37:31 Of whether or not we’re going to respond to God and God has asking us today are we going to live a lifetime of correction or are we going to respond to him. Repent begin to serve. Him we don’t have to live a life correct ction we can touch the tree of life and have life in. Us and so if we want success we must remember that God is with us he’ll never leave us nor forsake.

▶ 38:25 Us that we can be strong. We can be. Courageous it’s going to take some courage and in your daily life it’s going to take some strength and we can get that strength from. Christ remember God is not a God that’s far away he’s not distant on another planet another universe he’s right here the scriptures say that he inhabits the praises of his people and this morning he was here here in the room he’s available to you the scriptures say the kingdom of God is within you the kingdom of God is at hand it’s available you got to reach. Out do not fear we can’t be afraid of following Christ do not be afraid of them we can’t be afraid of the kingdom of darkness we can’t be afraid of the world you got to have some boldness.

▶ 39:25 Amen even if it’s in your individual life some boldness to say no I don’t I my God is bigger my God is. Stronger do not be dismayed. Discouraged we don’t have to live. Discouraged. Go obtain meditate observe his word it’s important for us to take God. Seriously God’s not a joke. He is genuine and he loves us. Amen so as we take this time to pray this morning we’re going to sing. Emmanuel God with us it’s important for us to remember that God is with us God is in this room and we want to invite him to come we want to invite him to speak to us we want him to want to invite him to renew our mind minds and our hearts and we want to pray for these things here.

▶ 40:31 Strength we want to pray that we would not be afraid we want to pray for courage amen so will you stand with me we’re going to sing Emmanuel. His name. Isu God with. Us. Re his name.

▶ 41:31 Is. Immanuel see one more time emmanuel. Uel gl we pray. He. You his name is called. Heuel God with. Us it. Us your name is. Called immanu.

▶ 42:29 We’re going to lift up our voices right now and we’re going to pray and ask God that he would be with us that he would give us strength you can look at your paper right now and you can remind yourself of what to pray for and just pray and ask for the fulfillment of those seven things in your life let’s lift up our voices together God we come before you this morning Jesus Lord we pray that you would be with us Lord we pray for your promise Lord it’s says you’ll never leave us nor forsake us Lord that you would be with us always even to the end of the age Jesus we pray Lord we need you we need you Jesus we need your strength oh Lord God Lord we pray oh Lord we pray for your strength God Lord our strength is in you in the Lord God almighty Jesus we invite you this morning we invite you to.

▶ 43:24 Come Jesus Lord we pray pray for the courage to stand up for truth we pray for the courage to follow you do what is right God we pray that we would not fear Jesus Jesus Jesus Lord that we would not be afraid of the world God oh God we pray Jesus Jesus we need your spirit in us Lord we pray for a spirit of courage a spirit of boldness a spirit of might spirit of power God Lord we look to you you this morning God is not by might nor by power but it’s by your spirit says the Lord Jesus Jesus God we invite you right now God Jesus Lord have your way in our lives have your way in us Jesus come with your spirit come with your living word come oh spirit of living God Jesus Jesus arise in us God arise in us with your power God arise s us with your truth Jesus Jesus we call on you this morning God oh.

▶ 44:39 Lord. Jesus I need your power. God renew my mind renew my spirit oh father. Are before. Youus this time we’re going to pray pr for one another and whether you put your hand on somebody’s shoulder or join hands or just pray however you do let’s pray and lift up our voices.

▶ 45:41 For one another that God would fulfill his new covenant that God would fulfill these steps to being successful in our Christian walk let’s pray for another right now God Lord we lift up our voices for our brothers and our sisters Jesus God we pray for one another right now God Lord God that we would find strength and might in you Lord and spirit of the Lord would come upon us Jesus Jesus that we would be able to walk strongly with power with might God Lord that we wouldn’t need to be afraid of the enemy that we wouldn’t be need to be afraid of following you God Lord Jesus we leave it all behind we l us side every weight Jesus we pray for one another God Lord that we would lay aside Lord lay aside the excuses God that we would lay aside all of the Jesus frustrations Jesus Lord that we would come to you Lord Jesus that we would come and find strength and the king of kings and the Lord of lords Jesus the Lord strong and mighty God oh God we call on you this morning Jesus Lord for one another we lift up our brothers and our sisters.

▶ 46:57 God we ask Lord that you would begin to do that work in us Jesus Jesus. Please Lord let your spirit come let your mighty spirit come. Lord. Oh we lift our Holy hands up. We want to touch. You we lift our voices higher and higher and higher. You. Jesus we live our ho hands up we want to touch you.

▶ 47:57 Jesus we lift our voices higher and higher and higher you Jesus. Lord we lift our Holy hands. Up we want to touch you. Jesus we lift our voices is higher and higher and higher to you. Lord you’ve never accepted Jesus in your heart we want to give you that opportunity the scriptures say in Romans 3:23 all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God in Romans 6:23 it says is the wages the wages the result.

▶ 48:57 The outcome of our sin is death and hell and nobody wants that but it says that the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord and in 1 John 1:9 it says if we confess with our mouth he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness if you’d like to accept Jesus in your heart today. Will you pray with this prayer with me just lift up your hand if you want to accept him if you want to invite him into your life if you’ve never done it publicly just lift up your hand right where you’re at and let’s pray this prayer Lord Jesus I admit I confess I have sinned Lord Jesus I pray that you cleanse me forgive me.

▶ 49:57 Lord Jesus I commit to following your word to following your kingdom thank you Jesus for cleansing. Me. Amen. Amen we lift our Holy hands up. We want to touch. You we live our voices higher and higher and higher you Lord. Jesus we lift our holy hands up we want to touch you.

▶ 50:58 We lift our voices higher and higher and higher to. You we are. Hungry we are. Hungry we are hungry for more of you we are thirsty. Oh. Jesus we are thirsty for more of you.

▶ 51:41 Let’s take a moment we want to lift up our voices let’s turn up the attention off of us and let’s pray for the world who want to pray for the park next weekend as we go that God would prepare people’s hearts I want to pray for Lake Elsinore that God would prepare people’s hearts to hear what God has to say let’s lift up our voices together Lord Jesus we pray we pray for your spirit we pray for your spirit Holy Spirit that convicts the world of sin Jesus Lord we pray oh God Lord you have authority over all creation all things over everyone Lord we ask that you would come that you would be in our midst God Lord that you would be in everything that we do next weekend God we pray for the world out there God Lord that as we make these efforts to reach the world Jesus Lord that you would equip us God that you enabled us Jesus Lord that we would Lord do do a might that you would be with us in a mighty way that you do a mighty work to us God please we call on you this morning God Lord do a transformative work do a great work in people’s lives Jesus Lord we pray prepare their hearts to hear what the spirit of the Lord has to say Jesus God we call on you right now God Jesus prepare people Lord prepare people to hear your truth to hear your word

▶ 53:12 oh God oh God please Jesus Jesus. Jesus thank you Jesus for those online want to thank you for joining us trust. That you can follow these steps to lead to a successful Christian walk with Christ God bless you thank you for joining. Us good to have you guys thank you for joining us we’re going to begin this morning with worship to our God the scriptures say oh come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our maker and as the scripture we have the the u banner on the wall here uh at the Vine Cluster Church when we come in we like to express and follow the scriptures and expressing worship to God in these ways through lifting up our hands through clapping uh through playing instruments we want we want many instruments if you play an instrument we want you guys to come and join us flute trumpets you know join us during practice time learn an instrument we want more instruments not just guitar uh standing in the house of the Lord and each one of these has a scripture corresponding to it bowing as I the the scripture I just quoted talks about kneeling before the Lord

▶ 54:43 dancing David danced uh there’s a famous song I grew up singing David danced David danced and they would uh we would have a circle and the kids would get in and all right Michael dance Michael dance and they they’d say okay your turn to dance and you dance you’re like. Okay. Uh but now it’s true David said I will be more undignified than this I will he was a king but he humbled himself and it’s humbling to dance it’s humbling to lift up your hands but that is the key to letting the king come in he wants to come into your heart he wants to come into your spirit but we have to humble ourselves and with our mouth so instead of cursing out somebody instead of using our mouth for something bad we want to use it for good this morning amen lifting up the name of the living God.

▶ 55:49 Speaking. Singing and shouting his awesome name amen so that’s what we’re going to do this morning will you stand with me as we begin. Worship we lift our hands in the sanctuary we lift our hands to give you the glory we lift our hands to give you the praise and we will praise you for the rest of our days yes we will praise you for the rest of our days lift our hands in the sanctuary. We lift our hands to give you the glory we lift our hands to give you the praise and we will praise you for the rest of our days we will praise you for the rest of our days Jesus we give you the praise emmanuel we lift up your name heavenly father coming.

▶ 56:53 Messiah and we will praise you for the rest of our days yes we will praise you for the rest of our days hallelujah hallelujah amen amen I’ve got to adjust the guitar just a moment but uh this is the introduction to our song lifting up our hands shouting unto God praising his name amen amen we want to lift Jesus up this morning. Yes move around we lift our hands in the sanctuary we lift our hands to give you the glory we lift our hands to give you the praise and we will praise you for the rest of our days we will praise you for the rest of our days Jesus we give you the praise emmanuel we lift up your name heavenly father coming.

▶ 57:52 Messiah and we will praise you for the rest of our days. We will praise you for the rest of our days yes we will praise you for the rest of our days let’s praise him this morning hallelujah Lord we praise you God praise we exalt we lift you up. Lord we praise the king of king we invite you Jesus come this morning God let your presence. Come Jesus Jesus king of all king give you the glory Lord we praise you we praise you the glory Lord you’re worthy.

▶ 58:46 God you’re worthy. Rising I feel my heart. In his praises. Our Lord and king the wonder the majesty we welcome our king of glory. In every tribe and tong every land will sing your praise till the end of time we’ll. See m. Y all. Majesty to the God of creation all.

▶ 59:38 Majesty God of all. Generations this an we sing to the God of all nations all. Mesty we. Sing yes we’re rising. I feel my heart. Sing his praises our Lord and king all the wonder the mest we welcome our king of glory. In every tribe and tong every land will sing your praise till the end of time will.

▶ 1:00:31 Seeing. Mesty. Hallelujah all. Majesty to the God of creation all. Majesty God of all. Generations his s we sing to the God of all nations. All majesty we. Sing all. Majesty we sing. Sing all. Majesty we. Sing yes we sing we sing. Hallah. Pra we exalt the king of hallelujah we lift you on high oh Lord we praise your excellent name oh God God you are glorious thank you are mighty oh Lord we praise we praise you thank you.

▶ 1:01:41 Jesus you God we ex the king of kings we ex you on. High great is your name great is your name. Worthy thank you thank you. Goding I feel my heart. Se your praises my Lord and king the wonder the mesty. Welcome our king of glory. In every tribe.

▶ 1:02:35 Andong every land will see your praise till the end of time will. See. Mest oh. Mesty to the God of creation all. Mesty God of all. Generations this anthem we sing to the God of all nations all. Mesty we. S oh mesty.

▶ 1:03:38 God Lord this morning God we acknowledge it’s so important what comes out of our mouth God when Paul and Silas were in the prison Lord Jesus they began to praise and lift up your name Lord Jesus Lord and you came with a great earthquake and you delivered them Lord you broke their bonds you shook the prison that night God you brought deliverance to the the jailer who was there they were baptized and they believed in you put their trust and faith in you God Lord we know in the Old Testament people lifted up their voice against others like miriam against Moses nathan abam and against Moses God Lord and God it didn’t go well God we pray pray this morning as the scriptures say God Lord that our tongue God it would be tamed by you by the spirit of a living God Jesus we need you this morning we pray and God we choose this morning to use our tongue to praise to lift up the name of Jesus Christ and the mighty works of the living God Lord we exalt you this morning hallelujah Lord great is your name we love you we love you Lord how wonderful how wonderful is our God Lord you are mighty God

▶ 1:05:10 you have done great things for us we worship we worship you. Lord. Jesus. Jesus jes. Jesus name above all. Nam. Beautiful. Savior glorious. Glor. Immanuel God is with. Us bless him. Redemer. Living.

▶ 1:06:04 Word let’s lift our hands as we sing this this is a direct praise words of praise unto God and we want to sing it with all humility this morning let’s lift our hands. Jus name above all. Nam beautiful. Savior glorious. Lord. Manuel God is with. Us blessed. Redeemer living.

▶ 1:07:00 Word. Jesus name above all. Names. Beautiful. Savior glorious. Lord Immanuel. God is with. Us blessed. Rede. Word. Living. Word blessed. Redeemer living. Word blessed redeem.

▶ 1:07:59 Living. Word we surrender to you God we lift your holy name we. Exon pra thank you Jesus. For thank you you’re in our m how wonderful you heal every gl. Resto you. Jes bring us out of the into bless you Lord we bless. You oh the earth will shout your praise our hearts will cry these bones will sing.

▶ 1:09:01 Great are you. Lord all the earth will shout your praise our hearts will cry these bs will sing. Praise are you Lord. All the earth all the earth will shout your praise our hearts will cry these bones will sing. Pr are. You. Lord it’s your breath in our lungs so we pour out our praise pour out our praise it’s your bread in our lungs so we pour out our praise pour out our praise it’s your bread in our lives so we pour out our praise to you.

▶ 1:10:20 Oh oh ho you God. You give life you are love you bring light to the darkness you give hope you restore restore every heart that is. Broken great are you Lord. You give life you give life you are love you are love you bring light to the darkness you give hope you give hope you restore you restore every heart that is.

▶ 1:11:19 Broken great are you Lord. It’s your breath in our loves so we pour out our praise pour out our praise it’s your breath in our l so we pour out our praise pour out our praise it’s your bre in our so we pour out our praise we pour out our praise is your breath in our lungs so we pour out our praise to. You Lord the scriptures.

▶ 1:12:16 Say that the earth is the lords and all that is therein Jesus this morning we acknowledge Lord that we stand here today at your will at your pleasure God Jesus we acknowledge today God that we exist and we breathe the breath in our lungs is given by you and Jesus without you Lord things would not consist and God every one of us have a choice Lord Jesus to give you praise to follow you with our lives God everyone on the planet it’s not just for certain people it’s not just for the Jews it’s not just for a certain group it’s not for the rich it’s not for white people only God this is our God of the whole world and God Lord your breath goes in everyone on the planet and it’s in all of us God Lord we acknowledge you this morning.

▶ 1:13:29 All the earth will shout your praise our hearts will cry these bones will sing. Praise are you. Lord holy earth will shout your praise our heart will cry these bs will sing. Pr are you. Lord it’s your bread it’s your bread in our lungs in our lungs so we pour out our praise we pour out our praise it’s your bread it’s your bread in our lungs in our lungs so we pour out our pour.

▶ 1:14:26 Out our praise it’s your bread it’s your bread in our lungs in our lungs so we pour out our praise to you. Oh. God. You you. Ho you. Lord thank you Jesus we love you we love you. Lord we praise you. Jesus we exalt you on high oh God thank you thank you.

▶ 1:15:23 Jesus oh thank you thank you thank you. Thank you. Jesus thank. You. Jesus thank you.

▶ 1:16:20 Jesus thank you Jesus. Jesus thank you. Jesus thank you. Jesus thank you. Jesus thank you Jesus. Jus scriptures say to enter his gates with thanksgiving and praise and as his presence has come this. Morning we just want to thank him that’s what this song is expressing just thank you Jesus thank you for coming thank you God for loving.

▶ 1:17:20 Us you know we don’t want our love to be one way from God we want want to love him back and thank him back amen amen let’s sing I love you Jesus I love you. Jesus I love you. Jesus I love you. Jesus I love you. Jes I love you. Jesus I love you. Jesus I love you.

▶ 1:18:22 Jesus I love you. Jesus somebody lift up their voice in prayer as we transition to the word this morning just lift up your voice Jesus you are the God of love Lord and when people say things like well if you are the God of love why why this why that and Lord it’s because your longsuffering and your mercies Lord that you would have every man every woman every child to acknowledge you and to come to know you you give them time Lord you’re patient Lord not willing that any should perish and we thank you Jesus for your presence Lord for those who love you in this house today oh Lord we know your you’re here in our midst bless each one Lord open our ears to hear the power of the word that transforms our lives here in this place we’re grateful Jesus we thank you in Jesus’ name. Amen amen you may find your seats this morning.