Bringing Back Hope | Pastor Darren Palmer | Faith Church

You can turn with me to 1st Peter chapter 1.

1st Peter chapter 1. And Cami mentioned that

we're going to be in Pittsfield tonight. I have

been for the last three or four years on some

Sunday nights going to different churches and

ministering. And at the beginning of the year

I felt the Lord tell me to lay that down. and

that he would launch me back when it was his

time. And so I did not pursue it and have not

done anything like that for quite a few months.

And then about a month ago, I got five different

calls for ministry. And I said, I think the Lord

is opening up the door for ministry again. And

it seems like, Every time that we have gathered

together. In fact, I posted this on my Facebook

page Every time recently that we have gathered

together Whether it be a one -on -one meeting

or whether it be a small group The seniors had

an amazing small group time at the Cubatz home

How many seniors were there and it would say

wow look what God did? God is doing something

unique In every gathering that we come to, God

presences Himself in a unique way. We thought

we were done, didn't we, last Wednesday? We thought

we were done and the Holy Spirit just showed

up. And as the joy of the Lord was coming on

different ones, there were declarations that

were being made and We sing the song he's gonna

do it again this morning. He'll do it again breakthrough

God is bringing breakthrough to people in their

walk with Jesus God is touching people. He's

awakening things inside of people God is using

national events even to awaken desire for God

in people. I'm getting testimonies of people

saying, you know, I've had this Bible in the

back of my shelf for years, and now I'm picking

it up and I'm starting to read it. And that's

not to bring condemnation if you have not been

doing those things, but God is awakening in the

hearts of people. Amen? We are seeing it happen

Nationally, we are seeing it happen We are seeing

it happen on a local level and we are believing

God That he is gonna give us not only our city,

but this entire region in Jesus name this morning

another missionary that was driving on his way

to Bloomington felt led of the Lord to stop in

here And he hasn't stopped, he's a missionary.

He preached here in 2015, hasn't been here in

10 years. And I had him close us in prayer. And

you know what he prayed? He prayed that God would

release a prophetic and an apostolic anointing

on this house. And he said, God, give them this

city and God, give them this region. And he has

I've never shared with him my heart for ministry

that God called us to to raise up a local church

and to partner with people around the region

that are seeing God's kingdom move forward. Amen.

And so that's what we're doing. And we're and

we're watching God work and it's powerful and

it's wonderful. People are being healed. physically.

Talking to different ones that have received

emotional breakthrough in their life. Freedom

from fear and anxieties. God is doing an incredible

work and we're believing for more. We're believing

for more. God has breakthrough for your family.

Amen? God has breakthrough for your family. I

don't know how much of this I'm going to get

through this morning. I want to just start in

1 Peter chapter 1 because I believe that God

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has something to speak to us. And this might

be a different kind of a message for you this

morning. I might preach it in a way that I don't

normally preach in. But I believe that God is

going to speak to us powerfully To the pilgrims

of the dispersion in Pontus Galatia Cappadocia

Asia Bithynia elect according to the foreknowledge

of God the Father in sanctification of the spirit

for obedience and sprinkling the blood of Jesus

Christ. Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Father I want to thank you for your word this

morning and I ask God that you would just apply

it to each one of our hearts. I ask God that

your word that that penetrates and goes in deep

would change us and shape us and make us and

mold us. God I have no power to to change a life

but you do. The anointing that is upon your word

as it's being preached. God is powerful and I

ask God that you would just Speak to each one

of us today in Jesus name Amen Peter starts out

by using language pilgrims of the dispersion

This is language that the Jewish people although

he's not just writing to Jewish people But that

they would that they would know about they had

been called pilgrims of the dispersion Psalm

Psalms 147:2

147 verse 2 the Lord builds up Jerusalem he gathers

the outcasts of Israel that's talking about the

pilgrims of the dispersion Isaiah 1112, he will

set up a banner for the nations and he will assemble

the outcasts of Israel and gather together the

dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the

earth. Some of you were alive when Israel first

reclaimed their land in the nation of Israel.

God is fulfilling his promise, those that are

dispersed. But he is not just talking about those

that were dispersed physically, although they

were in Acts chapter five. He's talking about

those that are outcasts, those that society has

written off. In fact, the religious people in

Jesus' day, this is a lot later than many, this

is many decades later, but the religious people

in Jesus' day had written many people off that

Jesus focused his ministry on. He came not to

buddy up with those that already thought that

they were righteous. But Jesus came to seek and

save those that were lost and those that had

been rejected as impossibles Jesus brought them

near those that had been dispersed We like it

when people come into our church and they're

already polished and they're already Looking

good and hey, here's somebody that that that

can fit right in But how many of you know that

God is not just looking for those that already

have the the Bible memorized from cover to cover

God is looking for those that everybody else

overlooks and and and stares right past and says

and says no not this one but God does not say

no not this one God says draw near to me come

on I'm choosing you for my team And so Peter

opens up and he says, the pilgrims of the dispersion,

the outcasts, all the people that nobody wanted

in Pontus and Galatia and Cappadocia and Asia

and Bithynia, you are now not outcasts, you are

now elect according to the foreknowledge of God

the Father, hallelujah. You are now sanctified.

Glory to God, that means that you are now washed.

hallelujah and that you have right standing with

God he called you for sanctification of the spirit

he called you for obedience amen I'm thinking

of John chapter eight. I'm thinking of the woman

that was caught in adultery. A woman that they

were ready to stone. A woman that certainly nobody,

none of the religious leaders would ever think

could do any good. But Jesus looked at that woman

and said, go and sin no more. Do you know what?

He was giving her the ability to overcome her

prostitution and overcome all of the garbage

of the past and she could too. become a new creation

in Christ and walk with God. Hallelujah. Obedience.

People that you look at and say they are far

from obedience. But God says, you can walk with

me. Sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.

the twofold work of the cross that forgives us

of our sin and heals our broken body according

to Isaiah chapter 53 by his stripes we are healed

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and God has called us that this term sprinkling

of the blood it means that you walk in the power

of God And when you pray over people, sometimes,

in fact, if you grew up with me in the late 80s,

and I was fortunate to be surrounded with great

men of God that knew how to pray, and they knew

how to seek God. And so here I was a young teenager

and I would listen to these men of God pray,

but it wasn't just the words that they said,

it was the interaction that they had with God.

Isn't that what discipleship really is all about?

Being able to see with your eyes and hear with

your ears. And so I was brand new in my faith,

but I would go to the prayer meetings and I would

listen to my pastor and he had a deep voice and

he would say, hallelujah. He would just he was

just be in the corner and he would just be saying

hallelujah And It wasn't the words that he said

or how they said them but I could tell that he

was fellowshiping With with God and he carried

an anointing that I wanted to carry And many

times I would hear these great men and women

of God say this, Lord, we plead the blood of

Jesus. Over this one that needs healing how many

of you ever heard that term before? Plead the

blood of Jesus. Well, it's similar to this straight

out of the scriptures sprinkling the blood of

Jesus and and Peter is saying you were you were

once an outcast but now you have the authority

to pray with power to Sprinkle the blood of Jesus

everywhere you go to pray over people that the

same the same blood that Jesus shed that cleansed

and washed you of your sin, the same blood that

healed you, you can sprinkle the blood, you can

pray the power of that blood over everybody.

Hallelujah. And so you were once an outcast,

but now you're used mightily of God to see miracles

happening wherever you go. Grace and peace be

multiplied to you. He goes on and and I Might

not get past this next section here. I intended

to preach clear down through chapter 2 As long

as I preach good you'll sit there and listen,

right? Blessed be the God and father of our Lord

Jesus Christ Who according to his abundant mercy

has begotten us again to a living hope through

the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

to an inheritance in corruptible and Undefiled

and that does not fade away Reserved in heaven

for you who are kept by the power of God through

faith for salvation Ready to be revealed the

last time glory to God The word that came forth

this morning and that many of you responded to

was a confirmation to me of the scripture that

God wanted me to preach and I want in fact, I

prayed over a couple of you that God would restore

hope to your life Hope about things that you

have given up about. Hope to walk in health again.

Hope to be used by God in a ministry again. Hope

to see some things that he's whispered in your

spirit and now you're at the point where you're

saying, well I'm just not sure if that dream

was really from God or not. But God wants to

put hope back in your life amen and This phrase

that's in verse 5. There's so much in here, but

let me skip to verse 5 we are of those who are

kept by the power of God Amen now I read This

morning a story that captivated me It is the

story of a man named Larry Walters Larry Walters

in 1982 Thought that he could use some Hot air

balloons some small ones many to raise himself

up in his backyard and He blew up 42 small hot

air balloons with helium and He sat in the chair

thinking he would go five or ten feet in the

air and He cut the rope He was a truck driver

and they nicknamed him lawn chair Larry Because

when he cut the rope that held him to the weight

He began to rise in his lawn chair Now he wasn't

complete he wasn't completely Christian he brought

two things with him He had a pistol and a beer.

And his lawn chair began to rise. Begin to rise.

And lawn chair Larry rose. 16 ,000 feet over

his city, no seatbelt. This is July 2nd, 1982,

over San Pedro, California. And when he got so

high, he thought, How am I gonna get down and

he began to shoot balloons The flight lasted

45 minutes He interrupted flight patterns as

as me is major airlines Picked him up on their

radar and had to alter their path On the way

down He entangled in power lines and caused a

blackout in Long Beach, California He was not

seriously injured and was fined by the Federal

Aviation Administration for violating aviation

regulations. His flight became a media sensation.

He inspired movies, a musical, and holds the

Guinness World Record for lawn chair flight.

Larry Walters I Read that story and I thought

that story is sermon worthy Because I was picturing

myself 16 ,000 feet somebody figure out how many

How far that is up in kilometers or miles? Somebody

pull your phone out and figure that out for me

Three miles I can't even imagine. Now I went

up in a balloon one time for Balloon Fest. Me

and my son traveled up and we got up so high

and it wasn't near this high and we could not

hear a thing. It was still, it was magical. How

many of you have been up in a balloon before?

And you know what I'm talking about. And you

know what I thought when I was up there? There

is nothing holding me from my death except for

this platform, this high, this basket that we

are standing in. And I found myself kind of knuckling

the rope behind me like this is nerve wracking.

And I begin to imagine myself as I'm reading

this story. of me sitting in a lawn chair three

miles above the earth with nothing keeping me.

Nothing keeping me, it's making some of you nauseous

even as you're sitting right there in your chair.

I remember when we went to the Sears Tower, it's

now called the Willis Tower, I have trouble calling

it that. Chicago and we went up to the hundred

and third floor and on the hundred and third

floor they have a glass walkout and you that

have been there know that even though you know

in your mind that you're gonna be okay that stepping

out onto that glass walkout it feels it gives

you a sensation that is a little bit disconcerting

And even I, I'm not afraid of heights at all,

but here I am standing over 103 stories looking

down over Chicago. How many of you have stood

on that platform before? Some of you have been

there before. And you get a little bit disconcerted.

And you can start to picture what it's like,

what it might be like if you had nothing. keeping

you. Nothing keeping you. This morning in your

spiritual walk some of you have felt like nothing

is keeping me. I'm kind of interested in God,

but I don't know if I can trust Him again. I'm

kind of pressing in, but if I put all my eggs

in one basket, is He going to do it? I want to

bring the simple message confirming the word

that was already spoken this morning That the

same God That brought you here today The same

God that really has been working in your life

all along you haven't recognized it so much But

God has been working in your life every step

of the way friend He has been there He grieved

with you silently although you didn't hear him

He he he protected you and that car wreck He

was there With his hand on your life when when

you weren't even thinking about him He has been

more faithful to you than ever you realize And

I want to declare to you today that you can trust

Him with your life to bring you all the way through

to the end. Some of you see obstacles that you're

facing and can I tell you between now and the

end you are gonna face a lot more obstacles than

the ones you're facing now. It's just the truth

that in this world we will have trouble. But

I want to elevate this morning your level of

Trust in a God that is never going to leave you

and he is never going to forsake you He is going

to walk with you every step of the way You are

kept by the power of God Amen You are not kept

by the power of a pastor Isn't that good news?

Because I fail people all the time But there

is one that I try my best Feebly though it might

be to represent there is one that I represent

Who will never fail you? He will never leave

you. He will never forsake you glory to God You

are kept by the power God. Whoo! I feel the anointing

in this place right now because there are some

there is some thinking in your mind that needs

to crumble. God is able to keep you. Some of

you have just overcome addiction and you've thought

well I've overcome this addiction before but

and so what is different now? What's different

now is that you're gonna trust in the God that

is able to keep you from falling Hallelujah,

let me read a couple of other scriptures to you

right now Thank You Father glory to God John

John 10:27

chapter 10 verse 27 says this my sheep Any sheep

out there if you're a sheep go That was kind

of weak. We need to do that again. Ready? That

was awesome! My sheep hear my voice and I know

them and they follow me. I give them eternal

life and they shall never perish neither shall

anyone say anyone neither shall anyone snatch

them out of my hand my father who has given them

to me is greater than all and no one is able

to snatch them out of my father's hand I and

my Father are one. Glory to God. Now do I believe

that somebody can choose to walk away from God

and deny the faith? We see that even in the Bible.

Paul discipled people that then turned and walked

away from God. That's true. You can walk away

from God. But friend, nobody. that is after the

heart of God. Nobody that comes before the Lord

and say, God, I'm doing my best to follow after

you. Nobody that is a sincere believer that is

coming after Jesus. Nobody, nobody will ever

be taken out of the Father's hand that is after

the heart of God. Hallelujah. You are secure

in your salvation. Well, Pastor, I messed up

last week. Pastor, I messed up last week. I sinned.

I sinned. Friend, the Bible says this, that the

righteous may fall seven times, but this is what

the righteous do. The righteous get up again.

They get up again and they keep on going. And

so if you're one of those sheep, guess what?

You've been made righteous by the blood of the

lamb. That does not mean you've been made perfect

yet. You are being perfected and you do grow

from glory to glory. We're watching people's

lives transform as they're set free from sin.

Right? I want to thank God. Let me give you a

statistic from Barna Research Group. Four years

ago, 55 % of adults in the United States said

that they had a relationship with Jesus that

was meaningful to them. 55%. Now, how many of

those are actually born again and following Christ?

I don't know. But 55 % that was down from 2003

which was 87 % 87 % down to 55 % in a matter

of years that does that tell you the direction

that our nation is heading? Well, let me give

you some hope because four years later that number

has rebounded to 67 % two -thirds Now that does

not mean that they're all born again But they

have some kind of knowledge of Jesus that is

meaningful to them Among but but let me give

you a statistic now that that is not so good

61 % of Christians Are addicted to pornography

61 % on a weekly that's a weekly or daily basis

61 % Jesus came to set captives free We you know

you wonder why industries grow the way that they

do is because of the sin of mankind. You wonder

why we don't have revival yet. Friends, it's

coming. It's coming. I'm not trying to be a wet

blanket. What I am calling us to is to be kept

by the power of God. Because you're kept by the

power of God, you can overcome. I'm through the

introduction of my sermon, I'm not going to preach

the whole thing tonight, this morning. And so

in conclusion, what we are watching, what we

are watching is God setting captives free. And

God exercising, keeping power, right? Not snatched

out. I love the passage in Jude. It's a praise

to God. Now to Him who is able to keep you from

stumbling and to present you faultless before

the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.

Now I often wonder, well, who there gets the

exceeding joy? Is it Jesus that is presenting

us before the Father? And is it Jesus that has

the joy in doing so? Or is it us that as we are

presented, we have exceeding joy? I believe it's

both. believe it's both that that Jesus is looking

forward one day to present you to the Father

and say hey this one this one that this one's

come through a lot but this one was kept by the

power of God here he is father here she is father

they made it to the end hallelujah This is a

verse that every that maybe this is the one we

memorize from next week Jude Just one chapter

in Jude verse 24 now to him who is able to keep

you from stumbling and To present you faultless

before the presence of his glory with exceeding

joy To God our Savior who alone is wise be glory

and majesty Dominion and power both now and forever

Amen Amen. Amen. Can I say this? Most people

that are addicted to pornography wish they weren't

because the conscience and the conviction of

the Holy Spirit and the shame, they're just tired

of it. It destroys. Every part of your being

it destroys marriages It destroys families and

that's just one addiction How am I gonna face

it pastor Because you're gonna look to your mountain

you're gonna look to your sin that that secret

sin Whatever it might be God is applying this

to everybody and You're gonna look at that thing

and you're gonna stare it down and you're gonna

say I have a Jesus in my life. That's bigger

than you and The Jesus that's in my life According

to Titus has taught me to say no to ungodliness

and worldly passions and pleasures this Jesus

is able to keep me from stumbling and walking

the wrong direction hallelujah whoo glory to

God And so some of you this morning, you're gonna

take this into your prayer closet and you're

gonna say, God, I thank you for the power that

you've given me to overcome. It's not power for

tomorrow, but it is strength for today. To deliver

me according to the Lord's prayer, you taught

us to pray. God, deliver us from the evil one

and deliver us from temptation. In the name of

Jesus, you help us to overcome, hallelujah. You

can overcome that eating addiction. You can overcome

that lazy addiction. You can overcome that spending

addiction. You can overcome any enemy of the

cross so that God God's work can happen in your

life. Where does it start? It starts with the

most beautiful word in the Bible, repent. Repent.

If we confess our sins, He's faithful and just

not to not to just forgive us of our sin but

to cleanse us from it to get it out of our life

Amen I'm gonna stop right here because I believe

that God wants to work in some people. I'm gonna

ask if the worship team would come You've got

some overcoming to do but you're not alone in

it You've got some overcoming to do you're not

alone in it because there's people right in this

room that have been right where you're at Addicted

to the same thing you're addicted to But Jesus

set them free and now they're walking in power

And so repentance is a word that's celebrated

it's it's Do I feel repentance? Yeah, sometimes

it feels like godly sorrow Because it's that

sin that put Jesus on the cross Right that sin

put Jesus on the cross And we feel that God I'm

sorry But it's a beautiful word because it's

the first step that you take Toward God when

he comes running toward you And you say God set

me free What do I need to repent of? Anything

in my life where I've strayed that doesn't line

up with God's Word. If you're a new believer

in the house, there might be things in the Bible

that you're not aware of yet. Where your life

isn't completely lined up yet. I want you to

know that God is patient with you. And He is

going to lead you as you grow. In fact, the second

part of this message that I'll preach next time

I have an opportunity is about how to do that,

how to grow. And it comes down to this, to feeding

on the milk of the Word, giving yourself to prayer,

and getting involved with a local church body.

Having others around you. It's simple. But repentance

is the beginning. You're coming to the one that

can keep you. You're just confessing your need

for Him. And you're saying, Lord, I just put

myself in Your hands. Will You forgive me? Will

You wash me? If you've never come to Christ,

That's the first step. But how many Christians

in here after you came to Christ still needed

to repent? Linda's laughing down here. She must

have needed to repent a lot. Jesus wants a bride.

That's the church, the bride. The bride of Christ

is the church. He's the groom. He wants a bride

that is clean and pure. Clean and pure. And that's

how I want to be. When I go the wrong direction,

I want the Holy Spirit to show me. so that I

can go the right direction. Father, all across

this room you are working, you are speaking to

hearts, you are convicting, but you're also assuring

that you will keep your people. And so God, I

pray that you would help us to have the courage

to respond. And so Lord, all over this place,

as Holy Spirit is convicting people, I just pray

that you would work your work. If you're here

this morning, and you're saying, Pastor, I need

forgiveness. I need to repent. All over this

place, on the count of three, I'm just gonna

ask you to stand. By standing, you're just saying,

the Holy Spirit's speaking to me, drawing me

closer to Him. showing me an area of my life

that hasn't been right with Him. And I need to

get that area of my life right with Him. On the

count of three, stand. One, two, three. Just

stand up all over this room. Come on. Come on.

Don't wait for the next person. Come on. Come

on. Come on. Come on. I'll give you a moment.

Come on. Take heart. Take courage. Take courage.

And ask all of you that are standing. This is

what we call the altar area. The altar is a place

of worship. It's not just a place to repent,

but it is a place to just come before the Lord

and lay that thing down. So I want to invite

you that are standing to come down to the front

And just say Jesus here. I am he loves you so

much He's here for you. Come on come down to

the front. We're gonna pray together We're gonna

pray together This walk that you make it's just

an act. It's an action of repentance Thank you,

Lord Thank you, Lord It might be the way you

spoke to somebody It might be the thought that

you thought about somebody. It might be something

that others, if they knew, would say, that is

huge. But it isn't about everybody else. It's

about you and Jesus. Those of you that are up

here at the altar right now, I just want you

to begin to pray, just you and the Lord. Just

close your eyes. Close your eyes and say Jesus

will you forgive me? Jesus will you wash me?

Just confess your need For him to you might even

speak to that thing pornography get out of my

life in the name of Jesus I belong to the Lord

You might speak to that thing Addiction you do

not have me anymore I belong to Jesus. God, I

thank You for Your power operating around these

altars right now in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.

I thank You, Father, for people from every generation

responding to the work of the Lord, responding

to what You're doing in their lives right now

in Jesus' name. things that when they came in

this room were not right with God. But when they

leave, we're going to stay here at the altar

in the name of Jesus. Father, we thank you for

the shed blood of Jesus Christ. God, I ask that

right now that there would be a washing and a

cleansing over this house. Hallelujah. God, I

pray that you would cleanse from the mind to

the spirit, God, all through the soul in the

name of Jesus. We look to the cross right now.

We look to the blood of the lamb and we say,

Jesus, wash me. Jesus, wash me. Jesus, wash me.

Jesus, wash me. Jesus, wash me. Oh my God, my

God, my God. Would you wash your sons and daughters

right now around this altar in the name of Jesus.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Oh my God,

my God, my God. Jesus Jesus Jesus come on just

lift your hands to the Lord right now and just

receive from him receive from the Lord right

now a touch from heaven glory to God he loves

you he loves you he loves you he loves you in

Jesus name we thank you father hallelujah hallelujah

hallelujah hallelujah I want you to agree with

me in this prayer. In fact, just pray it with

me. Lord, this morning I thank you for washing

and cleansing me. I thank you for removing my

sin and nailing it to the cross. I thank you

for forgiving me. I break the power of shame.

And I embrace the power of Jesus. I thank you

Lord for freedom. I thank you Lord for victory.

I thank you that you've chosen me. I thank you

that you've made me your elect. I thank you that

you've empowered me to walk in obedience. In

Jesus' name. In Jesus' name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Thank you Father. Thank you Father. God's doing

a work around this altar right now. Jesus. Jesus.

Jesus. Lord, I want to lift up the men that are

up here at the altar right now. I want to thank

you Lord Jesus for men that are sensitive to

your spirit. Lord, for generations women have

carried the church in sensitivity to you. But

I thank you for men also that are sensitive to

the Holy Spirit, for young men that are sensitive

to the Holy Spirit, that are leading the way

and saying, God, I want to walk in right relationship

with Jesus. I've allowed things in, but no more.

I'm drawing a line. I'm moving forward in Jesus'

name. Hallelujah. Now look at me for a moment.

Some of you are up here for simple things and

you've felt God's touch and that's the end of

it. But some of you are gonna need a brother

or a sister to specifically agree with you in

prayer, for you to overcome. There are some things

that God just removes from our lives. When I

gave my life to Jesus, I was delivered from swearing

instantly. I have not sworn since the time I

was 13. I'm 52. 39 years. God has kept my, it

doesn't mean that everything that I've said is

sanctified, but the swearing part has not been

a part of me and God just took it away. But there

were other things in my life that I needed to

go to somebody. I remember going to my youth

pastor. because of sexual sins. They were what

some might consider to be very minor. But for

me, they were holding my relationship with Jesus

back. And I had to go to my youth pastor as a

young man. And I wept. In fact, I wept and my

youth pastor laughed. And he said, I'm laughing

because you think you're the only one that's

ever been in this place. But he prayed over me

and he broke the power of that thing and it was

gone. Some of you have things that you need somebody

to agree with you about. And I want to encourage

you to not be afraid to make the phone call to

set up the meeting. They're not gonna blab all

of your stuff all over the world. You know, later

on, it's just going to become part of your testimony.

And you're going to actually be able to help

others that overcome the very thing that you're

wrestling with. And you're not going to be ashamed

of it anymore because you're going to see, I'm

helping others get free. But for now, you need

to go to somebody. And you need to say, brother,

will you pray with me? Sister, will you pray

with me? And it can be a trusted man or woman

of God. It doesn't have to be Pastor Cammie or

myself. But we are here for you. And you can

come all the way through to freedom. Amen. Let's

give the Lord praise this morning for what He's

doing. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.

Thank you, Lord. Just take the hand of the person

next to you right now. take the hand of the person

next to you and I want you to just pray over

them and I want you to pray God's blessing over

the person on your right and on your left and

just say God will you give victory to my brother

to my sister in the name of Jesus give victory

to my brother to my sister in the name of Jesus

that we can walk in victory in this place hallelujah

hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah oh my God my

God we thank you Father we give you praise we

give you praise you are good hallelujah lord

oh we love you lord god is good god is good just

one final encouragement eventually And hopefully

immediately you will never need to repent for

this same thing again. But God will put his finger

on something else in your life. And you'll have

to come to the altar again. And I want you to

know that that's what believers do. They follow

Jesus. They're becoming more and more and more

like him. And so he's dealing with one thing

and then next week he might deal with another

thing. And that's okay. How many of you say,

Jesus, make me more like you? Repentance is a

good thing. Jesus, make me more like you. Amen.

Give somebody a hug before you go. Bless somebody.

In Jesus' name, thank you for being here today.