The Moment Everything Changed - Pastor Will Roos

And so the title of the message today, the moment, everything

changed. Are you ready for this judge?

Shall I put that up there? Because Jesus is alive.

Jesus rose from the grave. Because Jesus, everything

changed. Amen.

Everything changed, everything changed.

So let me put that up there. The moment everything change,

Hallelujah. Glory be to God.

I believe before this service is over, something big is about to

take place. God is about to show himself,

make himself real in a very personal way to us today.

God is about to make himself real to somebody in this room

today. Are you ready for this?

Hallelujah. OK, this is not just another

service, OK, this everything can change.

This can be your turning point. This can be your moment where

everything change, OK? This can be your God moments.

I'm sensing a God moment in this place.

A moment, a personal moment with your God, a my God moment.

Come on, say that. This is my God moments.

Oh Hallelujah. So you're ready for the word

because we're going to go straight into John chapter 20.

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Hallelujah. God has been sharing a powerful

word and I want to release that the way God showed me John

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chapter 20. So go with me to John 20 and

we're going to pick it up from verse 24.

It says now Thomas called the twin one of the 12 was not with

them when Jesus came. He was not with them, right.

So I want us to get this doubting Thomas, we was not with

them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore

said to him, OK, we've seen the Lord.

So this is what Thomas said, unless I see his hands and the

print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the

nail and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.

Now watch this after 8 days. OK, so this is not a week later

Jesus come back, disciples were again inside and Thomas with me

right? So this time Thomas, there Jesus

came, the doors being shut and locked and stood in the midst

and said peace to you. Then he said to Thomas, reach

your finger, yeah look at my hands and reach your hand here

and put into my side. Do not be unbelieving but

believing. And Thomas answered and said to

him, oh, here it comes. Here's the my God moment.

My Lord and my godfather, we thank you for your presence in

this place. We thank you that because Jesus

is alive, everything changed. Lord, speak to every heart,

every person. Let faith arise.

And God, let this today be a personal moment, a my God

personal moment with you this morning in Jesus mighty name, we

pray somebody say I may. So what I love about this

passage of scripture here in John chapter 20 about this

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Easter scripture is not only the fact that Jesus rose from the

grave, but also about the fact that Jesus still meets people

personally. And I love that how we came

personally to Thomas. He still comes personally and

yes, Thomas doubting. And so Jesus still comes

personally to those. Maybe somebody feels unsure,

maybe disappointed or wounded, struggling.

And he still comes to those who feel like he has missed the

moment. Maybe you feel somebody that

feels like missed an opportunity missed the moment.

OK. And I love how Thomas he walk

with Jesus for 3 1/2 years. He heard him teach, he watched

him move. He watched Jesus perform healing

miracles, science and oneness for 3 1/2 years.

And then Jesus died. Oh, and the Friday is not always

like a Good Friday because it wasn't disappointing for the

disciples disappointment Jesus and gone.

The leader is gone. And so Jesus, after the death,

he rose, and from his restriction, his first

appearance, Oh my goodness, Thomas is not there.

Ooh, okay, so Thomas missed that moment.

And that's how many people feel today.

Maybe you feel you have missed a moment.

Maybe you feel you've missed an opportunity.

Maybe you feel that you've missed and a relationship or a

career, or you've missed, you've lost years.

You feel that you should be further along by now and you

feel that you have missed an opportunity, missed the moment.

And so deep down you're saying like, listen, I have missed my

moment. Maybe that is how you feel like

Thomas. And this is a very powerful

story here from Thomas, a story that we are learning to that

we're seeing because it reminds us that missing a moment doesn't

mean missing God doesn't mean missing God's mercy.

OK, because and this is what I love because Jesus came back

Hallelujah. OK, so missing doesn't mean

missing his. Eight days later, the.

Bible says Jesus came. Back, OK.

And I love the fact that when Jesus came back, he was not, he

said, listen Thomas, that's too bad.

You missed your moment. You were not there.

Jesus did not say, Thomas, you were not there because you were

not there because you missed your moment.

OK, you missed me. Jesus did not say that.

Eight days later, when Jesus came, he released an encounter.

There was an encounter, a personal moment, a God moment.

And so I love the fact that Jesus came back for him.

He came back for the one who fell.

They missed. Come.

On somebody, Are you creating this message?

From the book of John. Hallelujah.

And so I just love our merciful, our King, our comeback King.

Hallelujah, somebody, the comeback king, the comeback

Jesus, he comes back for us. And so maybe if you feel that,

you know, it's you feel you've missed an opportunity or you

feel wasted years, missed opportunities, OK, maybe you

feel late, but you are not too late.

Maybe you feel missed, but you are not being left out or you've

missed something or too much, but you have not missed God's

mercy. I mean, somebody, are you

getting this? And so the enemy would come with

condemnation and try and and and put guilt and shame and say,

well, you've missed it. The.

Enemy is the one that brings condemnation, guilt and say

you've missed your moment, you've missed your, you've

missed that relationship, you've missed that career, you've

missed that. That's the enemy, not Jesus.

Jesus, Easter says this and I know how to come back for you.

OK Thomas, you were not there the first appearance you were

not there, but I just yelled to tell.

Jesus knows how to come back. Jesus knows how to find you.

Jesus knows how to find the Thomas and I just love that.

Can we put our house together for King Jesus?

Yeah, come back, King. He knows how to come back.

Maybe you've missed the moment, but you thought he missed his

mercy. And that is one of the things I

love about God, that you know, he's not just the God of perfect

people. He's not just the God of people

that always gets the first time right, always get it right the

first time always. He's the God of imperfect

people, rough ages, wrong turns, messy situations and stories.

OK, that he still loves you. He still believes in you.

Even sometimes when you struggle believing in yourself, He still

loves you, He still comes for you.

He knows how to find you. Okay.

And that is what I want us to get today in this message that

you may have missed a moment, but you've not missed His mercy.

You've not missed His mercy, you've not missed the grace of

God. Hallelujah.

That is a good news of Easter. Now I want to tell you because

the Bible says in verse 26, yeah it says after 8 days these

disciples were again inside and Thomas with them and Jesus came

the doors being shut and stood in the mint and said peace.

Now I love that little phrase. Thomas was with them.

Hallelujah. So this time, OK, he is now with

them. Thomas is dead even still.

Full. Of questions, doubts, unsure, do

not understand it all, don't have it all together.

But this is what I love about Thomas.

Even doubting Thomas. We all believe he's been labeled

doubting Thomas, even though he's still full of questions,

unsure. He come back anyway now.

Oh my God, I love that. I love that phrase that he come

back anyway, like, oh, I, I don't have all the questions.

I don't, I don't understand everything.

I kind of explain that, OK, but come back anyway.

And that is such a powerful word because sometimes faith doesn't

mean having all the answers. Faith doesn't always mean we've

got it all together. Everything perfect, all figured

out. But showing up, Lord, I do not

understand everything I do not have.

Lord, I don't feel great. I don't feel very sure.

I don't feel on top of Lord I. But I'm still coming anyway.

Yeah, Lord, I'm struggling with this.

I don't have the question. It feels like life has been so

unfair. Life has knocked the wind out of

me. But Lord, I'm still coming

anyway. And I love how Thomas even

doubting Thomas he still shows up.

Comes. Anyway.

And that is real faith, because real faith is not pretending

that we have all the answers. OK?

It's not pretending that we have no questions, but faith is

bringing the questions in the presence of Jesus, bringing the

doubt, the unsurety into the prisons.

And maybe that is where you are today.

You did not come here today feeling on top of the world that

everything's perfect, strong, OK.

You didn't come here and and feeling that you know,

everything is perfect. Maybe you come here and you're

facing some private battles. Maybe you've had a rough week,

you're facing some difficulties and some challenges and you just

cannot explain it all. But what I love is that you

showed up and this is amazing. I thank God that you I'm glad

you are here today. I'm glad you showed up because

you showed it that matters. Come on somebody, it matters.

And that's what I love when we tell one another, listen, I'm so

glad you are here. I'm so glad you are at the right

place at the right time of all places where people like you've

come to church on Easter Sunday morning, you've showed up.

That matters somebody. Are you getting this?

It's it matters that you're showing up because sometimes the

greatest faith, it's just simply showing up.

Yeah. Yeah, just.

Simply showing up. OK, yeah, we don't understand

it. We don't have all the reason,

maybe feel doubts on the skin, but we're showing up.

We're showing up OK. Showing up to church when my

heart, if my heart feels heavy. But I'm showing up for church.

You show up for worship. Life has been unfair, but we're

showing up for worship. We're showing up to pray when

all I can say is 1 St. and says is Lord, here I am.

I feel. Broken, I feel doubt, but you

know what? I'm showing up for church.

I'm coming to you. And I love that when Thomas

says, listen, I'm going to show up.

And Thomas, he did not wait until everything in his life is

perfect. I've got all the questions on

everything. Thomas was with her.

He showed up, Hallelujah. Even through disappointment,

through difficulties and trials, he decided, listen, he kept

showing up. And I want to encourage somebody

here today keep on showing up. Keep on believing, keep on

praying, keep on Lily, keep on story up.

Hallelujah. Because when you keep on

showing, it's an act of faith and it's one touch, one

encounter with God. And everything shifts.

Everything changes in a moment. And that's what I love about

Thomas. Oh, he might not have been there

the first time when Jesus, but he came back and we are here

today. We show up and when it comes, I

believe God is about to reveal himself to somebody in this room

today. Everything changes.

Keep showing up. Tell your neighbors they keep

showing up. Yeah.

Keep showing up, Keep showing up.

Keep showing up. Hey, man, keep showing up

because we are here not for relief.

We are here for God. We are here for the Lord and we

keep showing up. Now here's one of my favorite

parts of the story because you know, Thomas said, OK, so the

disciple said, so Thomas missed the first one.

And they're all like, hey, Jesus alive.

You know Thomas, like unless I see, unless I touch, unless I, I

will not believe unless Now when Thomas said that Jesus was not

visibly standing there when Thomas said I if I don't touch

and see for myself, if I don't, I will not believe.

Jesus was not standing there when Thomas said that statement.

So what does? But then a week later when Jesus

appeared, 8 days later, Jesus answered Thomas word by word.

What does that mean? It means Jesus was listening the

whole time. My car.

No, he's listening the whole time.

Jesus heard Thomas say those words.

Jesus heard the doubt. Jesus heard the struggle.

Jesus heard the pain behind those.

Words. Jesus is listening.

I'm here to tell you that Jesus is listening.

God, Yes, he is us. Come on.

Are you getting this somebody? Yeah.

He heard Thomas, he heard the dog, he heard the struggle, he

heard the pipe. And then Jesus answered him word

for word. And I believe that's a word for

somebody to die. Because maybe you have been

praying for your family. Maybe you've been praying for

healing, for peace, for breakthrough.

Maybe you've been praying for. For your future.

And maybe you've not seen it in the moment yet, but that doesn't

mean God did not hear. Doesn't mean God didn't hear

just because you didn't get the answer quickly.

You see, the enemy wants to twist it and say, well, God's

not listening, but the devil is a liar.

Because this story, Thomas, it shows us, it breaks the lie, and

it shows us the truth that Jesus hears everything.

He. God hears everything.

He hears us in our pain, our difficulty hears.

Us Oh, you worked with. Somebody OK, so he heard Thomas

and so he hears you. Jesus is listening.

Somebody say Jesus is listening. Yeah, Jesus is listening.

Yeah, he's listening. You know how people joke about

the phones? That's listening.

OK, if you know, So whatever technology, AI technology might

be a lecture or do you have Google or what's the other one,

Siri. OK, so if you've got Siri or

Google or phones listening, you know, people are joking.

You mentioned one thing and then all of a sudden on your phone,

these adverts are popping up. Why, yeah, I'm not.

OK, This is listening because, you know, I just mentioned

something about taking a holiday and all of a sudden there's

flights coming showing up on my phone, Hotel bookings are just

popping up on the photos. I'm like, OK, so this

technology. So, yeah, I mean, that's made by

man. So that's technology mate, if

that can pick up the whisper. How much more your Heavenly

Father can a yellow cry of your heart if the phone, if

technology can, Yeah. Listen, God Almighty can hear

the cry of your heart. You can hear the thoughts you're

thinking God, yes. I mean that it's a phone that is

made by man. Man is made by God.

And. Yes, technology that can pick up

a whisper, but God who made you, God who formed you, knows your

cry of your heart, your silent thoughts.

Every little prayer you say, just like that, God knows.

God picks it up more than a poem.

He's a creator. He's our Father.

He hears our heart, He hears our cry.

Your silent thought that you have been asking maybe, Lord,

are you listening? Well, I'm here to tell you, yes,

he is listening. He heard Thomas, and he is you

too. Somebody shout Hallelujah.

Yeah, he. He is you and you know, at the

right time. And I just love that.

Yeah. Eight days later.

Yes, Jesus, he's on the scene at the right time.

God knows exactly how to answer you.

That. Prayer.

You've been praying about your family, about the relationship,

about the situation. God is ready.

He knows exactly how to answer you and your prayer.

Are you with me, somebody? Yeah.

Nothing can stop Jesus. Nothing can stop it.

If a tomb, a sealed tomb. Hell in the grave, death and

darkness. Or cannot stop him.

Nothing can stop him. There's no buryer.

There's no wall. In fact, the Bible says he

walked through the walls. How do you explain?

It when the doors rocked, the disciples are all hiding.

They're all behind shut and closed doors, and you're Jesus.

The Bible doesn't say he walked through the door.

He appeared. Come on, somebody, nothing's

going to be. There's no barrier that can stop

Jesus from coming in, OK? And so these are disciples and

so they, they, they saviour has died.

And Friday wasn't just Good Friday, it was, it's quite a

rough Friday because he's gone, he's dead.

He died on the cross. OK, that was hard for them.

And so now they are afraid. So fear shut the door, grief

shut the door, disappointment shut the door.

So they behind closed doors. But what I love about the fact

Jesus came anyway. He came anyway, OK.

And so we all know what shut doors feel like.

It might be emotional, it might be a relationship failure,

relationship breakdown. Now we hurt, so we shut our

hearts. People offend us.

And so then you shut the heart. Maybe you threw a heart or a

difficult situation in your life.

And so in that area of your life, you should be behind

closed doors. Shut doors, shut your heart.

That's what happens. But what I love about Jesus, OK,

the good news is that he knows how to come right in to the

places where we need him most. Jesus knows exactly how to come

into those areas. He knows exactly how to come

into a broken heart. Jesus knows exactly how to come

into a troubled mind. He knows exactly how to come

into your situation. A weary situation may be a

difficult family. He knows exactly how to come in

and intervene. And what I love about the fact

when he walked into that room, he just released peace, Shalom.

And he brings peace, and he comes into a broken heart, and

he says be healed. Come on somebody, that's our

listen, saviour. No limitations.

He. Can come and bypass the

situation would right into an emotional mindset situation and

he can bring peace and calmness to your mind.

He can bring stress peace into a stressful situation just like

that. He can calm the storm like that.

Hallelujah. Praise God, Somebody.

Yeah. So when Jesus, he walked into

that room and this is what I love.

He went straight to Thomas. Yeah.

He went straight to the one that's struggling.

He went straight to the one that's doubting Thomas,

Hallelujah. I love that about our God

because he's he doesn't move away from struggles.

Disappointment hurts. He doesn't move away from.

He walked towards it, he walks towards the one that's

struggling in the room. Hallelujah, Somebody.

Somebody's getting that Jesus. Doesn't move away.

He moves towards the one that's unsure.

He moves towards the one that's got the questions and that

feels, oh, I'm doubting, I'm not going to believe that Jesus went

straight to it. And I love that about his

Murphy, his mercy. And he moves toward the one

who's saying, Lord, I want to believe, but I'm really

struggling. I don't understand this.

I've got questions about this. I don't know about this, you

see, but Jesus comes in. And there's that encounter and I

love the fact that this count, it changes because that's who he

is. And that's still he's he's

that's what he does today. He comes to every situation,

every one of us that has got a situation and he comes.

Now let me give you another example.

Because this is our God. This is his nature, his love,

his kindness, his mercy. Think about Peter the very next

chapter. When you finish chapter John 20,

the very next chapter, it talks about Peter.

Now, Peter, we know he denied Jesus three times when he

promised that he never would. But.

Then there was pressure, and the pressure was so much that he

failed. And then when the rooster crowd,

he knew exactly what he did. He didn't deny Jesus.

He knew and about. He went out and he wet bitterly.

If there's anybody that I felt disqualified, it had to be

Peter. He failed but what I love about

after. The cross.

When Jesus resurrected, come back, King.

He didn't just come back for time.

He came back for the very nature for Peter.

Oh my God, please. I wish I had more time to go

into John 21 how he restore peace because he went.

And the Bible says on resurrection morning, the Angel

didn't just say go tell the disciples.

The Angel said, go tell the disciples.

And Peter, No, I love that. Yeah, Heaven named him.

Yeah, heaven named the one that failed.

Heaven named the one that stumbled that.

Denied Jesus three times that messed up heaven named him and

called him Oh Hallelujah my God, somebody heaven knew and.

Heaven was saying, listen, we knew Peter, we knew what

happened and we knew how ashamed you must feel, but we still

calling you we. Still calling you?

Oh my God, I'm still calling your name.

OK, that's the gospel. When you fail, God doesn't turn

away from you. Keep this in your spirit today.

When you fail and make a mistake, God doesn't turn away

from you, He writes towards you. How about somebody's going to

get when you fall? When my son, when my children

fall, I don't move away from them, I run to them.

When you fall, when you fail miserably, God writes towards

you with his mercy. That's.

The God that we serve, that's how nature of our God.

He comes running towards you with mercy, Tom.

Thomas was doubting Thomas. But listen, he Jesus came back

for him. Thomas doubted, Peter denied.

Jesus came back for both. Look at those powerful examples.

Thomas and Peter, Jesus came back.

So if you came in today and you're thinking, well, I've made

too many mistakes in life, I've messed up too many times, I

could have done better. I should have been further along

by now. I should have been.

I've missed my moment. If that's you, this message is

for you that God is saying I'm still know you, I still know

your name and I'm still coming for you.

I still calling you. Still calling you.

Still calling you? Come on, somebody.

Come on, he's still calling you. He's still coming for you.

He's. Still coming, Maybe you feel

unsure, difficult and struggles, but He's still coming for you.

He still comes for you. So don't let the enemy lie.

Don't let the enemy come with distractions.

Don't let the enemy tell you well, you know, when you make a

mistake, God turns away from you.

Don't believe the lies of the enemy, OK?

Because there's no problem or struggle or fail.

The struggle does not repel Jesus.

Come on, somebody doesn't repel Jesus.

It doesn't mean now because you struggle, OK, Now he loves you

less because he loves you less. No, they trolls.

That's what happened. You can see from scripture how

he drew the the mercy of God. Jesus will appear in that room.

OK, immediately, right there, Jesus walked to Thomas.

Are. You with me?

Somebody can we move the camera to the back brother, please.

It's distracting people. Thank you.

So what I'm saying here is his heart and his nature, the nature

of God. That's what we I want you to

grab hold of this picture that there is Thomas.

He's struggling. He's unsure, but Jesus come

wrought to him. Are you grabbing hold of us?

That's that's the proof. Thomas is the proof.

Romans chapter 2 talks about the goodness of God, not the

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condemnation. Jesus did not point the finger

to Thomas. Thomas, why didn't you turn up

the phone? Why?

Where were you? Jesus never point the finger.

Romans 2 verse what the Bible says.

It's the goodness of God that leads to repentance.

It's a love, the kindness of God.

God comes as very kind. Many times it's been portrayed

God has been misrepresented by religion.

That is an angry God. No, the Bible does not say that.

The Bible says it's the goodness of God the loving Father.

That. Leads to repentance.

That's what little Peter the goodness, the kindness, the love

of we see this Jesus comes back every time, restores Peter.

We know you fell three times, Thomas, let's restore you.

It's the goodness of God that brings change.

It's the kindness of God. That's when everything changes.

It's an encounter with Jesus, the goodness of Jesus with his

love. Amen.

And so finally, what I love when Jeff, yes, Thomas, and when he

finally encountered the the living Jesus, he made one of the

highest, most powerful, greatest declarations in all of the

Bible. Thomas answered, my Lord and my

God, Jeez, my Lord, Thomas, I said to him, my Lord, my God,

what a change. Everything shifted.

One moment when he encountered the real Jesus.

That's kind. That's loving.

The resurrected King Jesus. And so Thomas shifted from doubt

to trust, from hesitation to surrender from questions.

To worship from I am not believing, I am doubting.

I've got questions to Oh my Lord my God, what a change, what a

ship, what a turn it on. Everything takes 1 moment, one

encounter. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, I love that. And so, yeah, he's 3 labeled him

doubting Thomas throughout the years, labeled and called him

doubting Thomas. But the goodness of God saw

something better. The goodness and the love and

the grace of God saw a better future.

Someone who carried the gospel forward.

And he did. Of all the disciples, he carried

the gospel all the way to India. Thank you.

Yeah. Of all the what?

A turn around from doubting to trusting to taking the gospel

all the way to India with one encounter with the risen Savior

Jesus. Not condemning, not pointing,

but giving him grace. Oh, I love that trusting Thomas.

And you know, that's let's why don't we just call him, you

know, instead of doubting Thomas, why don't we just call

him trusting Thomas? Yeah.

I mean, I mean, why don't we just call him?

Do you think it if we just call him instead of we calling him

doubting, let's call him trusting Thomas, forgiven

Thomas, restore Thomas, and we put and we call him the way that

grace and God's goodness sees him.

Yeah. Because he had a personal

counter. He had a God moment.

I love that. A God moment.

And this is what happens when Jesus makes himself real to you.

We shift from doubting to trusting when we encountered the

real Jesus. Everything shifts in our lives

and we become full, full of trust.

And that is how a God moment works.

Now let me let me just show you another God moment because we

see this God moment as well on the cross when Jesus Christ and

Jesus said my God, my God. And I love the way that heaven

responded. The Bible says that the curtain

in the temple, the veil was torn in two and it says from top to

bottom. I love that because it was told

from top to bottom, not, not bottom top, not people reaching

or trying harder or performing for God, not not religion

reaching up to God, but from top to bottom, meaning that God did

it. Yeah, where people, OK, could

never fix, God fixed it. Come on, somebody religion could

never solve, but God solved me. Yeah, Sin could never send more

separation. But grace opened the way for us.

And so that's all that vile that was torn open doesn't mean for

God to come out-of-the-box. It means for us to go in.

So we can now come boldly. We can now come personally and

freely. We can come to power freely.

We don't have to earn it. We.

Don't have to try and perform and get everything perfect.

We can come to God every day in the kitchen, in the living room,

in the car, wherever we are. Every moment He's hoping Jesus

made the way he's open. Somebody come on.

Hallelujah. Yeah.

And you know, Mark 15, when you read there, there's some of the

people standing there at the distance from the cross, But

they said, well, Jesus was calling for Elijah, but they

added the backwards that he wasn't calling for Elijah.

The Bible says he cried Eloy. Now Eloy, it means not Elijah

because they were standing from a distance, they misheard what

he said. He would say Eloy meaning my

God, that's what Jesus cried out.

And they thought that it's Elijah's not Elijah now, because

when you look at Elijah's story, you'll actually see that Elijah

was pointing to something great. Elijah's story when we're going

to go down and it's actually points us to something great to

Christ because Elijah's story if you actually go the first

resurrection in the Bible was the first king 17 first

resurrection. So if we look at that, OK, but I

want to say this because Jesus was crying out my God, my God,

not Elijah was not the answer. Elijah pointed to Christ now he

says the first in first king 17 remember when when Elijah stood

over at the dead boy, he stretched himself over the dead

boy in first king and now I want you to see this because over and

over throughout the Bible principle of we every time I

love it, we see how my God, there's a my God moment, how

people cry out my God, my Lord Thomas, my Lord, my now yet his

first king. He straights himself out on the

boy three times. Cry out the Lord, my God, let

this boy's life return to him. So that was a powerful miracle.

And it was a. Powerful picture of how that was

pointing to something greater to Christ.

And then so Elijah stretched himself over a dead point, but

Jesus stretched himself for the whole world.

Hallelujah. Come on.

Yeah, that's what it is. And so Elijah saw life come back

to one boy. But Jesus that rose from the

grave, whoever believes in him receives life.

OK. And so that's the beauty of a

scripture, because the Old Testament is full of shadows and

patterns that points us to Christ, to something writer to

the New Testament, Amen, points us to Jesus.

And the good news is, the same God who heard then is the same

God who he is now. He's the same God who years the

heart of your cry in your situation.

And is the still the same God who brings life in dead places,

who brings life in dead marriages, in dead finances, in

dead relationships. He still brings life.

In. Whatever situation that the dead

bone, it becomes alive in the presence of God.

He still brings life, He still restores, He still heals.

Jesus still saves today. Hallelujah.

It all leads to Jesus. Can you say, I mean somebody?

And so sometimes the challenge is this is that Friday did not

look very good. The cross did not look like a

victory, OK? The cross blood, it looked like

the end. It looked like lost, that it was

silence, evils winning, OK? It looked really hard and they

like lost. And so Friday looked like the

end. But what looked like the end was

not the end, OK? Heaven was still moving the.

Victory was still happening, Jesus was still coming for, and

that is what Easter teaches us. Even though Friday was hard and

difficult, but Sunday is Easter. Sunday is the good news.

That's the full story. So.

We cannot just stop on the Friday.

We have to look at the full picture.

We have to come to get on a Easter Sunday and celebrate that

there is more to than just the Friday.

This Sunday's coming. Guess.

It's Friday's hard, difficult disappointment, but Sunday's

coming. Yeah, Yeah.

And So what it teaches us, don't make a final decision in the

middle of the story, but look at the full picture.

Look at what's what's happened on this Sunday, OK?

Because a lot of people, they stopped on Friday.

They stopped on the disappointment, the pain, the

hardship, and they thought that it's over.

It's like picking up somebody picking up a newspaper and they

just read part of the headline because the the page is folded,

but you can only read half of the headline.

Football team loses. Oh, and the heart sink.

Football team loses. And it's like you feel like, oh,

no, it's over. It's the end.

But that's only half the story. That's only the the moment you

unfold the newspaper and you can read the full story.

Football team loses half time, but then wins the championships

in extra time. That's Sunday morning.

That's Resurrection Sunday, Easter Sunday.

That's the full. So the problem was not the

story. The problem was that we didn't

see the full picture. So he doesn't just stop on the

Friday and listen, we've got to celebrate the Sunday of the

resurrection of Jesus Christ, that he's alive, that he believe

that he's alive. OK, now Sunday shows us the full

picture and the full picture is Friday.

Jesus was not defeated. The full picture is sin was

defeated, hell in the grave was defeated, darkness was defeated,

shame and fear was defeated, the grave was defeated and said the

enemy was defeated. I love that song.

The enemy has been defeated. Dave couldn't hold you down.

We kind of lift our poison victory make our praises loud so

the enemy has been defeated and I want to show you something

here in Colossians chapter 215 having this on principalities

and powers. He made a public spectacle of

them triumphing over them and and So what looked like it was

dangerous has been defeated. It's like walking down a path in

the woods and there's a snake stretched out.

And so you, like, jump back and think this is a fridge.

And you're like, oh, what's this doing?

And it looks dangerous and all until you realize the snake's

dead. OK Now.

Yeah. You chop and you fix it.

But you look at you realize it's dead.

Now, it may look dangerous. The snake may look intimidating,

Right? And it may look that it can stop

you. But the head has already been

crushed. Yeah.

That's what Easter did. To fear, to shame, to regret.

OK, to hell in the grave. And so yeah, they may make a

noise, they may try to scare you, but Jesus has already

crushed their power. So don't let the dead snake stop

your purpose. Don't.

Let the dead snake intimidate and stop your destiny.

OK? Because sickness does not have

the final word. Set back does not have the final

word. Failures does not have the

mistakes don't have the final word.

They don't have the final word. Come on, somebody.

Sunday morning proved it. Sunday morning proved that God

has got the final word. Oh my goodness.

Friday was bad, but suddenly came and Jesus rose up and it

defeated every devil and every demon, every hall in the grave.

OK, so that disappoint doesn't have the final say.

God has because the Saviour got up, and because he because he

got up, you can get up. The resurrected King is

resurrecting you because he got up.

You can get up in. Your marriage, in your home, in

your work. Because he got up.

You can get up, Hallelujah. You can get up and you can live

again. You can get up and you can

believe again. You can get up and you can dream

again. You can get up, Hallelujah,

somebody say because he got up, I can get up.

The resurrected king is resurrecting me.

Hallelujah. Romans 8 verse 11 says the same

Romans 8:11

Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead lived in you.

Think about that. The same power, all that

conquered the grave, the same power that rolled the stone

away, the same power that defeated the enemy.

That same power lives in you. It lives in you.

That same power that got him out of that tray, that got him out

of that tomb and lives in you. You are full of resurrection

power. That voltage, that electricity,

that same power, if it now has thousand voltages or a million

voltages that the Holy Spirit used to resurrect Jesus Christ,

that same voltage, power, electricity, He's on the inside

of you. Resurrection power is living in

you. You are not weak.

Somebody, come on. You are not weak.

You are not helpless. You are not at a disadvantage.

You are not a victim. You are full of the power of

God. Hey, I clear the resurrection

power in this place. I feel the glory of God in this

place. Hallelujah.

Somebody shot resurrection power.

If death could not hold him, that problem cannot hold you.

If the great could not keep him, that obstacle cannot keep you.

Come on, somebody. Come on.

Somebody. That enemy.

If the enemy could not hold him back, no depression can hold you

back. No devil in hell can hold you

back. He couldn't hold it back.

He cannot hold you back. Darkness, that same darkness

could not hold him back. So whatever's coming against you

cannot stop your destiny. It cannot stop your calling.

It cannot stop your family. It cannot stop your life.

Oh, Hallelujah. I feel the resurrection power in

this place. Hallelujah.

Yes. It could not hold it back.

It will not hold you back. I see somebody's coming loose.

Somebody's turning free. Chains are falling off.

God is resurrecting His body, which is His church.

The church is the body of Jesus Christ.

Just like Jesus came out of that grave, the church is coming.

Out. Whoa, the church is coming out.

It's time for the church to come out of the closet.

Not skeletons come out of the closet.

Christ, come out of the closet. My car.

It's time for the church to rise and shine.

For your glory have come the. Glory of God is in this place.

Your life will never be the same again because the Bible says,

oh, Dave, where is your sting? Yeah, and a honeybee can stink.

Yeah, a honeybee can stink. But once it leaves its Stinger

once it cannot use it again. Oh my God, somebody's getting

this. Once the honey bees.

Left his feet. Cannot use it again.

Yeah, cannot. That's a picture of Calvary.

Death made his move from Calvary.

Death came to the cross on Calvary.

But Jesus on the third day rose and he took this thing out.

Hey, he cancelled that. He took this thing out of death.

Oh Dave, where is your stick? Where is your victory?

Because Jesus loves the Saviour of the world, President, Saviour

Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.

Because he got up. You can get up, you can get up.

Hallelujah, somebody. So in closing, let's wrap this

up and bring this full circle. This is your international.

Everything shines with a personal my God moment, a my God

moment, Saying this is the thing of Thomas.

Thomas didn't stay just what he heard about Jesus.

He said it when there's disciples coming, said listen,

Jesus is listening. I want my own encounter.

Oh, somebody's getting this. I want money.

I don't just want to go by what I heard.

Yes, your disciples you saw, but I haven't seen you.

I haven't had my encounter. I was not there.

So Thomas did not stay. I just heard about Jesus.

He's like, I want my own personal my God moment.

That's what I want. And the moment he had that

encounter, everything changed. Everything shifted and he

answered my Lord, my God. Now he didn't say he is Lord.

He didn't just say he is Lord. He said, my Lord, he didn't just

say, oh, he is the God because there's a lot of the city.

Oh yeah, he's God. He's God.

No, but he's, he made it personal.

He's my God. This.

Is the moment everything changed Judge where Easter becomes

personal? Where?

It becomes personal a 101 a personal a my God encounter, my

Lord my God, everything changes. And when Jesus is no longer just

the God that you heard about. 'Cause I grew up and I heard a

lot about God for many years, but it's how I counted him for

myself. My Lord, my God, a personal no

longer just heard about Jesus heard that he's but now I've

encountered he met him for himself.

He had that encounter where Jesus made himself real.

And that's the good news today that I believe that today is the

day. This can be the moment your my

God moment that encounter moments, that turning point that

can turn everything around and it's a fresh start.

Everything changes. I really believe that God has

sent me it to release this virtue, that this can be your my

God moment. Let's all start together.

Hallelujah. Praise God.

I believe that you are not just here by accident.

This is not just Easter on calendar.

This is a moment with God. This is a holy moment.

And the same Jesus who encountered Thomas is here, the

same Jesus who called Peter, who calls him by his name, who

restored him, who forgave him. The same Jesus is calling you

right now. The same Jesus.

Who? Just came through those shut

doors. He knows exactly how to walk

into a broken heart, a broken relationship, into your

marriage, into your family. He knows exactly how to come

into a where we live. So right now, just bow your head

right now where you are. If you want a personal my God

moment right now, if that is you, I want to give you an

opportunity right now. And maybe you've never received

Jesus into your heart. I just want to give you that

opportunity. Maybe you have given your life

to Jesus a while ago, years ago, and you've drifted.

Right now. If you want to give your life to

Jesus and you feel deep in your heart, yes, you want this

moment. You want the personal real

encounter with the Lord and you know, maybe things are not

rights between you and God and you want to just come right in.

Maybe that you're carrying guilt.

Or. Fear or shame or addiction,

Maybe there's pain or disappointment, heart failure,

relationship breakdown. Today is the day.

This can be your moment where everything shifts.

Everything changes in this moment, so don't let this moment

pass you by. God brought you here on purpose

this morning. Jesus died for you, He rose for

you, and he's calling you right now.

So if you are saying, yes, pastor, that is me, I want to

receive Jesus. I need to give my life to Jesus.

I need to come back to God. I need forgiveness.

I need a fresh start. If you say that's it, because

God is saying trust me, he's saying trust me, let me be your

Lord, let me be your God. Just come to me.

You are not too late. You're not too far gone.

You've not made too many mistakes, Just come as you are.

And so if that is you and you say, yes, I want this

forgiveness. I want a fresh start right where

you are, without hesitation, without shine, just quickly flip

it up your hand. That's right.

Just flip up your hand. Yes, yes, thank you.

Just flip up your hand. Just quickly.

You say I want this my God encounter right now.

Just lift up your hand. Do it boldly.

That's right. Hands here.

That's right, go up. Yes, thank you, Jesus.

That's right. OK, now just put your I see

those hands, thank you. Romans 10 says that if you

declare with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and you

believe with all your heart that he rose from that you will be

safe and you will be safe forever until eternity.

So if that is you right now, one more chance.

That's right. Just flip up your hand if you

want to be included and want to go to heaven.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. That's right.

I see those, thank you, I see those hands.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. That's great.

Hallelujah. So put your hands just on your

heart right now and just pray about Jesus.

I come to you today. I believe that you are the Son

of God. I believe that you died for my

sins, and I believe that you rose again.

Wash me and cleanse me. I turn from my sin, I turn to

you. Be my Lord.

Be. My God, be my Saviour, I receive

your forgiveness, I receive a fresh start.

I am saved, I am forgiven, I am free in Jesus mighty name.

Hallelujah. Come on somebody praise God.

Come on, give him some praise. Like you believe the grave is

empty? Yes, Christ, God is alive.

Yes. I believe heaven heard you.

I believe you are saved, born again, forgiven.

Hallelujah, part of the family of God, a new beginning.

This is your moment of fresh start.

Now put your hand on your heart right now and receive this.

Pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, I

thank you that the grave is empty.

And Lord, I thank you that because the grave is empty that

everything changes, that hope is alive in this room right now.

And Father, in the name of Jesus, release resurrection

power upon every person in this place under the sign of my

voice. Release resurrection power.

And every marriage, every home, every family, every situation,

every heart right now, resurrection, let dead things

come alive. Lord, you know, whatever dead,

whatever dead situations, maybe it's emotions that's been shut

down. Maybe it's a relationship.

Lord, bring life, bring life in that marriage, bring life in

those kids, bring life right now.

Lord, every dead thing to come alive.

Call your people by name and lift them up, Holy Spirit.

Lift them out of every grave of regret, every grave of fear and

depression, every grave of addiction, every grave of

disappointment, and lift them up and let teeth.

Follow this room full, every heart full, every family.

Lord, I thank you that you walk right now, even locks, even shut

doors that you know how to walk into.

That heart, that broken heart, those emotions.

Lord, let fear break, let shame go.

In the name of Jesus, break every chain and we declare that

peace and strength and wholeness and heal is coming to every

person in Jesus mighty name. Hallelujah.

Come on, somebody give God some praise.

Yes, yes, yes. Come on now, let's say this with

me. Say Jesus is alive.

Everything changes. Have.

Resurrection power. Living inside of me, the

resurrected King. Is resurrecting me.

I'm no longer bound by. Sin and darkness my.

Chains are broken my. Shame is broken.

My future is blessed because he got up.

I can get up. This is my fresh start.

This is my God moment, somebody said.

Hallelujah, Laurie de Cigar.