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  1. morning I have a wonderful privilege of introducing

  2. to some newfound friends from the city of Arasatuba,

  3. Brazil. They are great people. They speak Portuguese.

  4. How many remember Kellner and Luciani that came

  5. and prophesied with us? Well, this is Kellner's

  6. pastor who he relates to, Pastor Samuel Sosa.

  7. Would you just welcome Pastor Samuel and his

  8. son Lucas as they come today? Come on, give them

  9. a Life Bible welcome. We welcome you in the name

  10. of the Lord. God bless you. It's going to be

  11. a great day in the house of the Lord. Good morning.

  12. I don't like to speak English, but I speak Portuguese.

  13. My English is bad. I'm very happy to be here

  14. with you this morning. It's such a pleasure to

  15. be here with Pastor Brad and Pastor Jenny. They

  16. blessed so much our church in Brazil. And more

  17. than we miss him, they left some marks in our

  18. church. Our church was marked by the Lord. And

  19. I want to thank you that you guys allowed your

  20. pastor to be with us. And we are so welcome here.

  21. I'm very glad because when my son Lucas lived

  22. here in the state of Oregon, he had a family

  23. here. And Mark's family is Muckers. And I'm very

  24. glad to be here in their city today. Yeah, Lucas,

  25. he's been to India with them. Yeah. So I came

  26. here once and that was so fun because I got to

  27. shoot when I came here. And the first shot I

  28. gave, I could break the clay pigeon. It was only

  29. for the first one. Because I missed all the other

  30. ones. So before I start my message, I just wanted

  31. to show you a short video about my church. As

  32. portas da casa estão abertas. Você pode entrar

  33. e encontrar o seu lugar. Como em uma grande casa

  34. em que vive uma grande família. Os netos, os

  35. pais, os filhos, os mais velhos, os recém -nascidos,

  36. as esposas, os homens, as crianças. Nessa grande

  37. casa, os filhos se ligam uns aos outros e se

  38. encontram com seu pai. They talk to him and listen

  39. to him. And when the doors of the house are open,

  40. what is inside comes out and invades the world.

  41. And the house expands, multiplies and influences.

  42. The doors of the house are open, open to those

  43. who want to be received. Open to those who want

  44. to be taught and empowered. Open to those who

  45. want to be transformed. Open to those who want

  46. to be sent. The doors of the house are open because

  47. the Father is with open arms. And throughout

  48. this land, the doors of many irrelevant houses

  49. are open. leading those who pass through them

  50. to a kingdom of life in abundance. Through the

  51. Gospel, Brazil has been visited, blessed and

  52. has known the purpose that is reserved for it

  53. in the heavens. To see the Kingdom of Christ

  54. Jesus expanding inside and outside its borders.

  55. I'd like for a moment that you guys help me praying

  56. about our country. Next Sunday we have our elections.

  57. And Brazil as a country is going through such

  58. a special moment. Actually there is a battle

  59. between light and darkness. And Brazil has a

  60. promise from God. And that will send missionaries

  61. to all the nations. And we believe that we will

  62. not lack any resources. But there is a battle

  63. this moment. We had a candidate that he's...

  64. He's actually following the word of God. He's

  65. fighting for the values of the presence of God

  66. being introduced to our nation, being put into

  67. our nation. Because in Brazil, in schools, children

  68. of four years old have been taught by teachers

  69. who have an ideology. some thoughts, some thinking.

  70. And teachers are saying to children, for your

  71. old children, you don't need to be a boy. You

  72. don't need to be a girl. If you are a boy, you

  73. can use skirt, you can paint your nails. If you

  74. are a girl, you can have all the boy stuff. And

  75. this is four -year -old children. They are having

  76. material for school. Books are being used by

  77. teachers. They are trying to teach these children.

  78. They are raising up a generation against the

  79. values of the word of God. But we believe that

  80. this spirit is going to fall. There's another

  81. thing that is destroying our country right now,

  82. it's corruption. Just so you know, last week

  83. here in the United States, one of the Brazilian

  84. companies made an agreement, a law agreement.

  85. And they are going to give back $4 .2 billion.

  86. And the United States government required $3

  87. .2 billion to the Brazilian government. This

  88. money is out of corruption. It's only one company.

  89. And we believe that's going to fall too. And

  90. God is raising up a man that he's following the

  91. values of God. A man that he's fighting for the

  92. family. A man that is saying that he doesn't

  93. want all these things because there is something

  94. behind these things. That school needs to teach

  95. us. school things and the family needs to teach

  96. values. Parents need to teach their kids. This

  97. man, he was raising up and then three weeks ago

  98. he got stabbed. And he almost died. And he's

  99. fighting for his life. And at this moment we

  100. have two people. One that defends all this corruption.

  101. And another one that is defending the values

  102. of the word of God. And the church of the Lord

  103. is raising up in our country. And we are saying

  104. that immorality, violence and corruption is falling

  105. in our nation. And I would like you guys to pray

  106. with us. Just blessing our nation now. Because

  107. next Sunday is going to be a crucial moment for

  108. us. And we believe that God is going to bless

  109. Brazil. At this very moment, I just got some

  110. pictures. from our city more than 10 ,000 cars

  111. they are on streets that Christian people they

  112. are praying so this spirit can fall and I would

  113. like you guys to pray with us now could you stand

  114. up please could you guys pray for Brazil now

  115. Heavenly Father, we come before you now. And

  116. Lord, you set people in office. It is you that

  117. lifts up. It is you that puts down. And Lord,

  118. we're asking tonight, this afternoon, Lord, it's

  119. four hours ahead in Brazil. This late afternoon,

  120. we're saying, we're agreeing with the nation

  121. and the prayers that are being lifted up from

  122. every church, from every corner of that city.

  123. Let the righteousness of God prevail in Jesus'

  124. name. Let the right... of the king of heaven

  125. begin to sweep out that which is deceptive, that

  126. which is bathed in destruction and perversion.

  127. Lord, we come against, Lord, every assignment

  128. that would try to mark a younger generation.

  129. And we say in Jesus' name, put down, Lord, the

  130. enemy and raise up the king of kings. Put the

  131. godly men and women in office. Word says, when

  132. the righteous flourishes, the city flourishes.

  133. And Lord, we're praying for the nation to flourish

  134. under the banner of the Lord Jesus Christ and

  135. his kingdom. In Jesus' name, and everybody said,

  136. amen. Thank you. Keep us in prayer, please. I'd

  137. like to show you my family. So we have our three

  138. grandchildren. Miguel is in my lap. And there's

  139. Eliseu and Raquel. That's my oldest daughter,

  140. Larissa. That is beside my wife. Behind is Leticia,

  141. my middle children. And that's Lucas. And these

  142. are our three children. And we have a daughter

  143. -in -law, a wonderful daughter -in -law. Livia.

  144. Livia. And I also need to show you two sons -in

  145. -law. If you have children, you know that. I

  146. pretend I like them. My problem is not the mother

  147. -in -law. It's two sons -in -law. No, I'm just

  148. kidding. There are pastors in our church. And

  149. they're a man of God. I'd like you to open your

  150. Bible in Hebrews chapter 6. We're going to start

    Hebrews 6 chapter mention

  151. from verse 9. So Hebrews 6, starting on verse

  152. 9. Yes, I'm using NIV. So even though we speak

  153. like this, dear friends, we are convinced of

  154. better things in your case. The things that have

  155. to do with salvation. God is not unjust. He will

  156. not forget your work and the love you have shown

  157. him as you have helped his people and continue

  158. to help them. We want each of you to show the

  159. same diligence to the very end, so that what

  160. you hope for may be fully realized. We do not

  161. want to become lazy, but to imitate those who

  162. through faith and patience inherit what has been

  163. promised. When God made his promise to Abraham,

  164. since there was no one greater for him to swear

  165. by, he swore by himself, saying, I will surely

  166. bless you and give you many descendants. And

  167. so after waiting patiently, Abraham received

  168. what was promised. People swear by someone greater

  169. than themselves, and the oath confirms what is

  170. said and puts an end to all argument. So we're

  171. going to read through 20. 17. Because God wanted

  172. to make the unchanging nature of his purpose

  173. very clear to the heirs of what was promised,

  174. he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so

  175. that by two unchangeable things in which it is

  176. promised for God to lie, impossible for God to

  177. lie, he would have fled to take hold of the hope

  178. set before us may be greatly encouraged. We have

  179. this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and

  180. secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind

  181. the curtain where our forerunner Jesus has entered

  182. on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever

  183. in the order of Melchizedek. I'd like to speak

  184. this morning about three simple things. But I'd

  185. like to say that faith and patience, they walk

  186. side by side. We need to understand that sometimes

  187. we have no patience to wait on God. Do you know

  188. someone that's very angry all the time? The person

  189. has no patience at all? Do you know someone like

  190. that? That when this person prays, you say, God,

  191. you need to do this right now because I have

  192. no patience to wait. This person wants everything

  193. for yesterday. Do you know someone like that?

  194. In Brazil, there's a lot of people like that.

  195. People they have no patience to wait. They just

  196. want everything so fast. But here the word of

  197. God says in verse 15. And so. After waiting patiently.

  198. Abraham received what was promised. Could we

  199. read all together? Could you put the verse? It's

  200. Hebrews 6, 15. So we can read all together? Or

  201. you can repeat after me. Yeah. And so, after

  202. waiting patiently, Abraham received what was

  203. promised. Now instead of saying Abraham, you're

  204. going to say your name. So let's do it together.

  205. And so, after waiting patiently, received what

  206. was promised. I'd like to start with a question.

  207. Who here when you were a child you said I swear

  208. by God. Children in Brazil they say that. Here

  209. I don't know if you guys say I swear by God or

  210. I just I swear I don't know. But Children in

  211. Brazil, they say, I swear by God. And they say

  212. like that when they want to actually affirm what

  213. they're saying. Like, Mom, I'm saying it is true.

  214. I swear by God it's true. So they want to say

  215. that this is what they did. And here in verse

  216. 16. He says a man swear by someone that is above

  217. themselves. Because the oath confirms what is

  218. said. To put an end to all argument. So when

  219. someone says I swear by God. They didn't want

  220. to talk anymore. They say, I'm saying the truth.

  221. But now imagine God looking to Abraham and saying,

  222. Abraham, I'm going to bless you. I'm going to

  223. bless your family. I'm going to give you a blessed

  224. offspring. And these are the promises of God

  225. to us. But look with me what the verse 13 says.

  226. That God's... Yeah, God, there was no one greater

  227. for him to swear by. He swore by himself. So

  228. God looked to Abraham and he said, I swear by

  229. God. that I'm going to bless you I swear by God

  230. that I'm going to bless your family I swear by

  231. God that I'm going to bless your offspring and

  232. I think about this God So great, so wonderful.

  233. With so great mercy. That he gave his son to

  234. us. That he didn't need to swear. He is God.

  235. But because he loves men, he cares about men.

  236. He looks to a man and says. I swear by myself.

  237. That I'm going to bless your life. bless your

  238. family that I'm going to give you a descendant

  239. I'm going to be with you I'm going to be with

  240. you every day and you're going to taste my favor

  241. because Abraham was in the beginning of his relationship

  242. with God and I believe that this is our victory

  243. as a church We are not based. In a human doctrine.

  244. In a philosophy of a guru. But we are under.

  245. We are formed. In the word of God. Of a God.

  246. That he never fails. He has character. He loves

  247. man. He gave his son to man. He is the same yesterday,

  248. today and forever. So I'd like to bring to you

  249. guys three principles. Because I believe God

  250. has promises to your life. And God has promises

  251. to this house. God has wonderful things to do

  252. among you guys. And while we were praying. I

  253. saw the atmosphere of the Holy Spirit here in

  254. this place. convince Pastor Brad and Pastor Jenny

  255. that people from a lot of places, people from

  256. other nations, they will come to Harrisburg to

  257. see what God is doing among you guys. God is

  258. raising up a church, a strong church in this

  259. place. God is raising up a people that they are

  260. referenced. I'm going to repeat. that God is

  261. raising up a people they are a reference to the

  262. others don't look to the size of the city don't

  263. look to yourself look to God that is on this

  264. church and he's saying I swear by myself that

  265. I'm going to do of this church a great house

  266. a light that is going to shine from this place

  267. it's going to reach so many regions of this nation

  268. and people will come to this place to see the

  269. light that is shining in this place I have promises

  270. upon this house says the Lord but this same God

  271. he has promises to your life this morning who

  272. believe that he has promises to your life this

  273. morning who here has promises they are not fulfilled

  274. yet That's why faith and patience. They walk

  275. side by side. That's what this text says. And

  276. the first thing I want to say to you. The first

  277. principle. It's that God is unchangeable. God

  278. is unchangeable. Repeat after me. God is unchangeable.

  279. Men changes. As pessoas mudam. People change.

  280. Mas Deus não muda. But God is unchangeable. Você

  281. conhece alguém que mudou? Depois que ficou rico?

  282. Do you know someone that changed after they became

  283. rich? Depois que ficou pobre? After they became

  284. poor? Depois que virou chefe? After they became

  285. a boss? After he had an office in church. Became

  286. a leader. And put in the linear leader. Man changes.

  287. Depending on the circumstances. But the biggest

  288. problem. Is that we think that we deal with a

  289. God like this. That he reacts like man reacts.

  290. that he thinks like man thinks that he changes

  291. like man changes but if it were like this we

  292. were lost how many people you know they became

  293. cold in their faith they leave the house of God

  294. they just leave the office they have in church.

  295. And when you ask them, what is happening? They

  296. say, oh, God is not the same with me anymore.

  297. He thinks that he changes. So many people look

  298. to God and think he changes like we change. When

  299. they don't see that things they're expecting

  300. for are not happening, In their minds, they became

  301. to not be satisfied. And the thoughts come thinking

  302. that God has changed. And the heart becomes to

  303. grow cold. And the first conviction I want to

  304. bring to your heart this morning is that God

  305. is unchangeable. Malachi 3, 6. He says, I am

  306. God. night don't change. It is true. Society

  307. changes. Everything is changing so fast this

  308. time. Times are different now. People are not,

  309. they are not, they don't hold strong to anything

  310. anymore. But the Bible says it can come the time

  311. and the and it can come time and then And God

  312. says that everything can pass. But my word do

  313. not pass. Just change the verse here. I'm sure

  314. about something this morning. God has not changed

  315. with you. Even though you can't see a promise

  316. happening in your life right now. God is still

  317. the same. He doesn't change because you're struggling

  318. with something. He doesn't even change when you

  319. sin. Is this still a loving God, a merciful God,

  320. and a faithful God? He's a God that loves you

  321. and He calls you a son. He doesn't change when

  322. we change. 2 Timothy 2, verse 13 says, even though

    2 Timothy 2:13

  323. we are not faithful he remains faithful because

  324. he cannot deny himself and his promises they

  325. are not void about us and that's why you cannot

  326. accept lies in our mind because man is man and

  327. God is God man changes But God doesn't change.

  328. We are under some promises. These promises will

  329. never change. So first principle is God doesn't

  330. change. God is unchangeable. Second principle,

  331. God doesn't lie. It seems obvious. But it's something

  332. true that we need to bring to ourselves. God

  333. doesn't change. God doesn't lie. Can you repeat

  334. after me? God doesn't change. God doesn't lie.

  335. Verse 16, Hebrews chapter 6. Verse 18 of Hebrews

    Hebrews 6 chapter mention

  336. 6. It says, God did this so that by two unchangeable

  337. things, that he doesn't change, that he doesn't

  338. lie. The text says it is impossible for God to

  339. lie. Two things are unchangeable. What he said

  340. is going to come forth. The word that comes out

  341. of his mouth doesn't come back empty. And that's

  342. why I believe that God has promises to this house.

  343. That doesn't matter what happens. These things

  344. are going to happen, come to pass. God has promises

  345. to your life. And since he doesn't lie. And since

  346. he doesn't change. I'm sure. These things are

  347. come to pass. John 4, verse 6, he says, I am

    John 4:6

  348. the way, I am the truth, and I am the life. James

    James 1:17

  349. 1, verse 17, says that in him, there is no doubt,

  350. and things doesn't change we are secure John

  351. 8 32 so you will know the truth and the truth

  352. will set you free God doesn't change and God

  353. doesn't lie this is the spiritual truth for the

  354. church a church that doesn't live by appearance

  355. they don't live by Being deceived. They don't

  356. live pretending things. But they live by a true

  357. relationship. With that one that searches the

  358. heart. A people that know. That if they go to

  359. the highest heaven. God's gonna be there. But

  360. if they go to the deepest place. God's gonna

  361. be there too. A people that know that God knows

  362. our substance. Before even we were formed. That's

  363. what Psalms 139 says. And that's why you need

  364. to be true in our relationship with our God.

  365. When you come before him sincerely. And I said,

  366. God, I need to be set free. I need a change.

  367. I just want to get rid of this addiction. This

  368. attitude. This resistance. This sin. He will

  369. always come to your favor. Because he is the

  370. God of the truth. And he loves the truth and

  371. sincerity of your heart. I was seeing my daughter

  372. -in -law here. And her uncle was someone that

  373. was. You know that person that gives you a lot.

  374. For so long, he didn't change at all. He was

  375. resisting everything. And I remember that someday

  376. he told, I'm not smoking anymore. And then I

  377. was driving by and then I saw him in his car.

  378. And he was smoking. And I was getting close to

  379. him. And since he didn't want to show me that

  380. he was smoking, he threw the cigarette. And then

  381. he tried to put it out. But the smoke came. And

  382. it was in the car, the floor in the car. And

  383. I said, you can just put it out because I saw

  384. you smoking. But someday this man had an encounter

  385. with God. And that moment he opened his heart.

  386. And he said, God, I've been resisting your word.

  387. I have been not being sincere. I've been lying

  388. to my wife, to my church. But I need your mercy.

  389. Change my heart. And in that moment, a man that

  390. used to smoke four packs a day, he was an alcoholic.

  391. from like out of a sudden he was completely changed

  392. and today he's actually a great leader in our

  393. church because God loves the truth God doesn't

  394. change God doesn't lie but the third principle

  395. is I have an anchor it's a conviction in my heart

  396. Verse 18, Hebrews chapter 6. So that by two unchangeable

    Hebrews 6 chapter mention

  397. things in which it is impossible for God to lie

  398. we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered

  399. to us may be greatly encouraged. Yeah, so To

  400. take hold of the hope offered to us. Verse 19.

  401. We have this hope as an anchor to the soul. Firm

  402. and secure. It enters in the sanctuary. Behind

  403. the curtains. An anchor that is in the hole of

  404. holiness. An anchor that is in the presence of

  405. God. In our church, in our city, in the region

  406. over there, there's a lot of fishermen, and then

  407. I know Mark likes to fish a lot. And who goes

  408. fishing a lot knows that if the water is still,

  409. if there is no streams, if everything is still,

  410. you don't need an anchor. The anchor is necessary.

  411. That the boat doesn't move away. So that the

  412. stream doesn't take the boat away. And I keep

  413. thinking. How many people they are in church.

  414. But in their minds. They are struggling. They

  415. are questioning. They are unstable. They are

  416. living a lot of circumstances. Because they have

  417. no anchor in their mind. Because they do not

  418. trust completely in the promises of God. Because

  419. they have no patience to wait in what God's doing.

  420. And now I keep thinking about Abraham. God looked

  421. at him in Genesis 14. And said Abraham I swear

  422. I'm going to bless you. I swear I'm going to

  423. bless your family. I swear I'm going to do your

  424. family a blessed family. Your children will be

  425. blessed. But for your son to be born. 24 years

  426. passed. 24 years in a mind that is anchored in

  427. one word. 24 years waiting for something that

  428. he could not see. Imagine a man at 75. 75 years

  429. old. 80 years old. 85 years old. Having lunch

  430. with the family. Gathered for Christmas. Hey,

  431. Abraham. What are you waiting for? A son. And

  432. people. This old man is just crazy. He needs

  433. some pills. 90 years old. And family, what up,

  434. Abraham? I'm waiting, I'm waiting. Waiting for

  435. what? A son? And then Sarah looks at him. I know

  436. this old man. He sleeps like an angel. It's impossible.

  437. But Abraham. He had his anchor. In the promise.

  438. God doesn't lie. God doesn't change. And they

  439. know that God has promises to people here. A

  440. lot of times you were looking. You were saying,

  441. God, I cannot see that happening. So many times

  442. things start to happen. And the enemy looks to

  443. you and says, where is your promise? Look to

  444. your marriage. Look to your children. Look the

  445. problems you are facing right now. This time,

  446. you have to raise up your anchor and say, enemy,

  447. I have an anchor. Me and my house, we will serve

  448. the Lord. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and

  449. you and your house are going to be saved. So

  450. many times the enemy says, look to your health.

  451. Look to the illness you're facing right now.

  452. Look the size of the giants over you right now.

  453. And you raise up your voice and say, I have an

  454. anchor. The Lord is the one that heals all the

  455. sickness. I believe in him. I trust in his promises.

  456. And he's going to bless me. Brazil as a country

  457. is going through such difficulties. And the enemy

  458. is raising up his voice. And the enemy is saying,

  459. look to your finances. You cannot bear this moment.

  460. You're going to go bankrupt. But there's a voice

  461. coming from the church. We have an anchor. Our

  462. God. Because his richness and glory. He will.

  463. To provide. Every single one of your needs. In

  464. Christ the Lord. When I say. That God doesn't

  465. lie. That God doesn't change. I go through the

  466. veil. I go to the place of his presence. I stay

  467. in the place of the presence of God. And nothing

  468. can take me out of there. No streams. No water

  469. that comes against. Even though they try to take

  470. out my boat. My boat will remain anchored. Still.

  471. Firmed. In the promises. Of a God that doesn't

  472. change. Of a God that doesn't lie. Of a God that

  473. has promises to my life. Of a God that swore

  474. by himself. And he said I'm going to bless you.

  475. I'm going to bless your family. I'm going to

  476. bless your house. I'm going to bless your emotions

  477. and nothing is going to take me out of this place

  478. of the presence of God I'd like you to raise

  479. up your hand because the word of God is this

  480. this morning and so after waiting patiently Kristen

  481. had what she was waiting for. All the promises.

  482. And so. After waiting patiently. Tanya. Reached

  483. what was promised. God has promises. To your

  484. life. To your life. To your life. To your life.

  485. God has promises to every single one of you here.

  486. And because I know these promises are for my

  487. life and to your life. Galatians 3. Says that

  488. God broke all the curses. He broke all the curses

  489. when he gave his life for us on the cross. But

  490. they say more. Galatians says more. That he has

  491. done all this so the blessings of Abraham would

  492. reach us. Do you know what that means? That the

  493. same God that says I swear by God That I'm going

  494. to bless you. I swear by God Abraham I'm going

  495. to bless your family. I swear by God Abraham

  496. I'm going to bless your children. It's the same

  497. God that doesn't change. It's the same God that

  498. doesn't lie. And he's the God that says to you

  499. this morning. My promises to your life. They're

  500. going to come to pass. But it's not easy to have

  501. patience. You can just put your hand down. I

  502. just want to finish telling you about a testimony

  503. from our church. We have a couple, they are so

  504. precious. They are leaders in our church. And

  505. they had a daughter. And then she got pregnant

  506. again. And they were very happy. And one day

  507. they were just to do the routine exams. And then

  508. the doctor said, these children This child has

  509. the brain, it's all water, no brain. It's hydrocephalitis,

  510. yeah. Thank you. And the doctor said, since the

  511. diagnosis was so early, this child is not going

  512. to make it through. Because the brain is so taken

  513. by all the liquids. It is like this child has

  514. no brain. And they said to the parents. Don't

  515. even suffer. Because he's not feeling anything.

  516. The child is not going to make it. And they went

  517. to church. They present the cause. We prayed

  518. for them. And then we asked for them to go and

  519. do all the exams again. But every time they went

  520. there the doctor said the same thing. One of

  521. the last things the doctor said What do you want

  522. me to do? I think you don't understand that this

  523. brain is not going to develop. When you come

  524. to me, you think that something has changed?

  525. That it's going to be normal? And then one week

  526. before. One week before the baby was born. They

  527. made a tomography. Is that a word? No? Yeah?

  528. And I want to show the first picture. And if

  529. you can see there. All the dark part over there.

  530. It's liquid. The child actually didn't have a

  531. brain. And in that moment, the doctor asked the

  532. mom, how old is your daughter? And she said,

  533. three years old. And he said, oh, that's a good

  534. thing. Because she's not even going to remember

  535. this moment of pain. And I just want to say to

  536. you guys one thing. Just look for all the...

  537. How are you going to bury your children, your

  538. child? Because in Brazil it's very, very expensive.

  539. So you guys don't be under an emotional moment.

  540. Just go and provide everything for his funeral.

  541. And that moment the wife said, Doctor, you are

  542. not right. My daughter. She will play with her

  543. brother. And the doctor left. She left that place.

  544. And she went to buy like the. So the baby would

  545. come out of the hospital. And at that moment

  546. they came to us. And they said to us. Pastor

  547. we have promises of God upon our life. We believe

  548. in God. But we don't serve God because of what

  549. he does. But we serve him because of what he

  550. is. And I told them, since you guys are going

  551. through such a hard moment, if you want to step

  552. down a little bit for your leadership, it's okay,

  553. we understand that. And then you can come back.

  554. And they said no. We don't want to abandon anything

  555. in the house of God. God has done so much in

  556. our lives. We believe we know what he can do.

  557. But if he doesn't do anything. We still going

  558. to keep serving God. With the same passion. With

  559. the same involvement. We have a project every

  560. year. Then we go to the poorest region in Brazil.

  561. It's the northeast of Brazil. Yeah, and Lucas

  562. leads all this work. Where you go and we dig

  563. a well in places that are very, very dry. And

  564. we sent trucks of toys and clothes and food.

  565. And the toys are like really good. Because we

  566. asked the church to give the same toys they would

  567. give to their children to give to the people

  568. there. And they're like new toys. And we are

  569. going through that season. The best things. Clothes,

  570. toys and everything. Was made by that woman.

  571. For that couple. And for their small group. And

  572. they kept believing. And this was one week before

  573. the baby was born. And the doctor said. If he

  574. is born. He will be born dead. And then the moment

  575. came. Nine months waiting for it. And he was

  576. born. He had nothing. But suddenly the doctor

  577. said, no, the daughter, the sister is not going

  578. to see him. But next picture. And to this child.

  579. I wanted to show you what they did after the

  580. exams. Next picture, please. So that was the

  581. brain before. One week before. And this is after.

  582. God formed. What didn't exist. But there's a

  583. dark part over there in the middle. The doctor

  584. said, he was born. But he's not going to talk.

  585. He's not going to walk. Or he's going to have

  586. a mental problem. And there's after a while.

  587. Next picture. You can keep passing. Yay. That's

  588. it. The next one. This is the last one. Oh, and

  589. that's him. That he is singing. In Portuguese.

  590. I am a miracle of God. A child that he was not

  591. going to speak. He was not going to walk. That

  592. he would not function well. God restored everything.

  593. Completely. Because and so. After waiting patiently.

  594. The couple over there. They reached the promise.

  595. God doesn't change. God doesn't lie. You have

  596. an anchor. But what God made this couple stay

  597. firm. Wasn't the words from the doctor. It wasn't

  598. the circumstances. It wasn't the problems. Actually

  599. all these circumstances. They would make this

  600. couple. they would take this couple out of the

  601. presence of God but this couple they had an anchor

  602. we believe in a God that he has promises upon

  603. our house and the same God is here today and

  604. maybe you are waiting for something maybe something

  605. didn't happen and just I just want to encourage

  606. your heart this morning to raise your hands and

  607. go through the veil because this is how we fight

  608. our battles This is how we fight these days.

  609. Believing in a God that doesn't change. Believing

  610. in a God that doesn't lie. A God that has promises

  611. to my family and to your family. that has promises

  612. to my house and to your house in a God that is

  613. looking to us right now and he's saying I'm going

  614. to bless you my promises to you are not changed

  615. so remain through the veil remain the place of

  616. my presence says the Lord because it is in this

  617. place it is in this place and seeing what the

  618. angels see seeing what made the angels just being

  619. amazed Is in this place. That God is going to

  620. keep. His promises. And he's going to bring forth

  621. the promises to your life. Because faith and

  622. patience. They walk side by side. If you are

  623. someone that is waiting for something from God.

  624. And circumstances they are working to make you

  625. get out of the presence of God. I just want you

  626. to stand right now. And he's just going to pray

  627. and reach out to the Lord. He is here this morning.

  628. And he's looking to every single heart here.

  629. So many times the enemy comes. Look to your trouble.

  630. Look to your problem. Look to the circumstances

  631. in your house. But who has an anchor? Who trusts

  632. in a God who doesn't lie? In a God that doesn't

  633. change? Raise up your hand. This is how. I fight

  634. my battles. This is how. I fight my battles.

  635. It seems that I'm surrounded. But I'm surrounded

  636. by you Lord. I'm surrounded by the one. That

  637. doesn't lie. Doesn't change. Has promises to

  638. my life. if you can raise up your hands even

  639. more and sing with me this song making the enemy

  640. listen to you this is how I fight my battles

  641. If you want to take in your hands. Prophetically.

  642. An anchor. Just raise your hands. I don't know

  643. what you're going through. I don't know the answer

  644. you need now. But the Lord is here this morning.

  645. And He knows what you need. What are you going

  646. to say upon these things? If God is for us, who

  647. is against us? Because I know that neither death

  648. nor life, nor past, nor present, nor future,

  649. nor principalities, nor demons, I don't know.

  650. Or other living creature. Nothing. Can take us

  651. away. From the love of God. That in Jesus Christ

  652. our Lord. Because in all these things. We are

  653. more than conquerors. More than conquerors. Through

  654. the one that loved him. So raise up your anchor

  655. right now. And you're going to declare loudly.

  656. This is how I fight my battles. This is how I

  657. fight my battles. And when you declare. It seems

  658. that I'm surrounded. I would like you to throw

  659. your anchor and you're going to say my boat is

  660. still firm because I'm firm in the God that doesn't

  661. change in the God that doesn't lie and I know

  662. that faith and patience they walk side by side

  663. so let's sing it out three more minutes now please

  664. This is now about May bless your life. May bless

  665. your house. And you never forget. Say with me.

  666. And so. After waiting patiently. Patiently. Your

  667. name. Reached what was promised. May God bless

  668. your life. May God bless your house. Keep through

  669. the veil. Remain in this place of the presence

  670. of God. Because your God does not lie. Does not

  671. change. And he has promises to your life. God

  672. bless you. Or call us at 541 -995 -8282.