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Crossing Over Clean - Pastor Will Roos

Revivall Church Bracknell

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  1. No, listen, I want to announce today because God is not letting

  2. us limp out of 2025 tired, worn down, OK?

  3. No, not you know, we are not limping out of this year.

  4. You know, we are going to finish strong.

  5. How many say yes, we're going to finish strong this year?

  6. OK, that is an amazing response. Thank you God.

  7. So we're going to finish strong because we're going to crossing

  8. over 2026 with fresh fire, fresh faith, fresh favor on our lives.

  9. OK, somebody shot Hallelujah because I am ready to finish

  10. strong. I am ready to crossover.

  11. Are you ready? Are you with me?

  12. So so I'm ready to crossover, finish strong.

  13. OK, So we're not going to drag when dragging the old baggage,

  14. OK. Into the new year, the regrets,

  15. the hurts, OK, the the bad habits that's been holding us

  16. back, weighing us down. Now we are leaving that behind

  17. today, OK. And I have decided to follow

  18. Jesus, right? I am not dragging pain into my

  19. promise. Oh, Oh my Lord.

  20. Yeah, I have decided to follow Jesus.

  21. You know, because some of us are like that old suitcase we were

  22. meant to unpack last season, unpack last holiday and but it's

  23. still that old suitcase is still sitting there in the corner

  24. without sandy socks and that half eaten bag of crust from the

  25. from the the last holiday season.

  26. You see, the problem is when you cram everything like yesterday's

  27. gargage it drive from into one bag.

  28. The problem with that is that it, it, it, everything starts to

  29. swell. You know what I'm talking about.

  30. That the old baggage, you know, The Dirty laundry, the stinky

  31. socks, the wrinkles shirt, OK, The weights of this day, you see

  32. it, it ruins the next trip, the new holiday trip.

  33. That that's the problem with old baggage, OK?

  34. The problem with dirty laundry, OK, Everything starts to smell.

  35. Everything starts to just weigh us down, keep dragging us down.

  36. And that is exactly what happens when we try to carry the old

  37. weights into a new season, the old baggage into a new season.

  38. So, Christian Church, we are not taking dirty laundry, stinky

  39. stocks, OK With us, OK. Into 2026, can you say?

  40. I mean somebody? Yeah.

  41. So leave the sand, leave the crisps, OK?

  42. Leave the old package because God is giving you a brand new

  43. suitcase full of new mercies every morning.

  44. Come on, somebody. Hallelujah.

  45. So how many of you are ready for a fresh start?

  46. Are you ready? OK, three people, right?

  47. OK, only three people. I see those three hands brought

  48. forth. OK, ready for a fresh start,

  49. Right. Only three people.

  50. Am I in the right church today? If I come to the right place

  51. today, I get like 3A means over here my still waking up, still

  52. digesting Turkey. It's been a big Christmas lunch.

  53. OK, so let's try again. Wave your hand if you're ready

  54. for a fresh start. Yeah.

  55. Ready for a fresh start? OK, praise God.

  56. Ready for a fresh start because I want to show you how to cross

  57. over clean without The Dirty laundry, without the baggage,

  58. without the weights. I want to show you how to

  59. crossover clean into a fresh brand new start OK because this

  60. is our crossover moment so today the title of the message I'll

  61. put it up here for us is crossing over clean.

  62. So the title of the message is crossover clean, and we're going

  63. to be in the book of Joshua chapter 3, and there's five.

    Joshua 3 chapter mention

  64. And so this is our key phrase today.

  65. The theme, OK, that I want you to grab hold of today.

  66. That I am not crossing, I am not dragging my pain into my

  67. promise, OK, I want you to grab hold of that, that I'm not

  68. dragging pain into my promise. Say that with me.

  69. I am not dragging pain into my promise.

  70. OK? So that is going to be our key

  71. phrase today. But listen, this is bigger than

  72. just a calendar flow. The end of the year is bigger

  73. than just a date change on a calendar.

  74. It's much bigger than that. It's a spiritual doorway, OK?

  75. It's much bigger than just a date change.

  76. It's just in the Bible, God's always marking crossings, OK?

  77. From wilderness to promised land, OK, From bondage to

  78. freedom, from old season to new seasons, God's always marking

  79. crossings. So this is a very powerful

  80. meeting, crossover meeting season today for us today.

  81. And so, like the Israelites, yeah, I'm going to just give you

  82. some background. They're standing on the edge

  83. right there of the Jordan River. And so as they're standing at

  84. the Jordan, they are steering across to the promised land.

  85. Now they are on this side. So they are about to cross over

  86. into the promised land now, just like that.

  87. This is our crossover moment somebody, because this is the

  88. last service of the year 2025 before we crossover into a new

  89. chapter. So we are not, again, we are not

  90. limping out tired or just drifting or casually, just like

  91. we are stepping and crossing over on purpose.

  92. So we are not closing and ending tired.

  93. We are ending victorious. OK, Come on somebody,

  94. Hallelujah. Are you with me?

  95. OK, somebody say out loud, I am closing this year strong.

  96. Start again. I'm closing this year strong.

  97. I am crossing over clean. Say that I am crossing over

  98. clean, so I want you to grab hold of that, that I'm closing

  99. strong. We're closing this year strong

  100. and we are crossing over clean. And I'm going to show you this

  101. revelation that God has shared with me that I want to give to

  102. you. Come on, give Jesus one more big

  103. shout. Hallelujah.

  104. Yeah, yeah. Let's go to the work.

  105. Joshua chapter 3, verse 5, it says that Joshua told the

    Joshua 3:5

  106. people, consecrate yourselves for tomorrow.

  107. The Lord will do amazing things among you right now.

  108. This is what Joshua now I want to read it to you in another

  109. translation as well. It says, yeah, Joshua told the

  110. people, purify yourselves for tomorrow.

  111. The Lord will do great wonders, man.

  112. You let's pray quick, Jesus, do what only you can do.

  113. Heal what need to heal, close what need to close, free what

  114. need to be free. Lord, give us clean hands and

  115. pure hearts. And Lord, as we crossover into a

  116. brand new year lay 2026, be marked with great wonders,

  117. amazing things amongst us, sights, wonders and miracles and

  118. somebody sharp. Hey, man, come on somebody.

  119. The castle plays Hallelujah. OK, So Josh, Sean, they on this

  120. river on their Jordan on the edge, ready to cross over.

  121. And so he's told the people consecrate yourselves or purify

  122. yourselves, whatever translation, because the Lord is

  123. about to do great wonders, amazing things among you.

  124. Now that is your word church. I feel anointed that's your God

  125. is speaking. I believe in all my heart.

  126. God is speaking the same word over us today.

  127. The same word is speaking over us that God is about to do

  128. wonders. I hear the Spirit of God saying,

  129. kid, ready, get ready, get better, get ready, because I'm

  130. about to do great wonders among you.

  131. Who's receiving? Who's receiving?

  132. Who's receiving? You also open, you're receiving.

  133. Get ready. I am about to do amazing things,

  134. says the Spirit of God. Come on, keep God some flies in

  135. this club. Mighty size, oneness and

  136. miracles. Great wonders, Great wonders.

  137. Come on, somebody shout great wonders.

  138. Yeah, come on, say signs on this.

  139. And miracles. Science wonders and miracles.

  140. Yeah. Tell somebody great wonders.

  141. Yeah, Yeah. Amazing things.

  142. That's what the Bible says. Amazing things.

  143. No, no, tell somebody amazing things.

  144. God, it's about the amazing things amongst us.

  145. Come and say amazing things. I feel the anointing in this

  146. place. That is your word church.

  147. Somebody shout Hallelujah. Yeah.

  148. Now listen. OK.

  149. So yeah, this is where it starts.

  150. Great science wonders, miracles, great amazing things.

  151. Here. It starts crossing over clean.

  152. OK, pass the wall right now. How do we do this?

  153. How do we crossover clean? That's why we're here today.

  154. I'm glad you asked because I'm going to show you and from the

  155. word of God how we did this. Number one, it starts with a new

  156. mindsets. The Bible says in Romans chapter

    Romans 12 chapter mention

  157. 12, be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

  158. Oh, somebody's getting lost. It's a renewed mind with a fresh

  159. focus. We're talking about crossing

  160. clean, crossing over clean. OK, so we must lock into a new

  161. mindset, into the mind of Christ, a mindset that is focus

  162. with a fresh focus. Now, you may have been through

  163. some stuff in 2025. Disappointments, OK,

  164. discouragement. Some shake packs, closed doors,

  165. some battles you didn't choose, pain you didn't deserve.

  166. But I'm here to tell you. I'm here to announce somebody.

  167. That's not how your story. I feel annoyed to get this place

  168. because, listen, the devil would love for you to end this year

  169. better. Discouraged, offended, cynical

  170. with flame, low. But when you receive the word of

  171. the Lord, that's when you're going to end this year.

  172. You'll end this year with a new mindsets.

  173. You're going to end this year with a fresh focus.

  174. Hallelujah. Somebody said Hallelujah.

  175. So we're going to finish strong. Are you with me?

  176. Can you say I made somebody? Yeah, And God gives us the

  177. strategy for the last stretch. And this is in Philippians 3.

  178. Paul says verse 13, but I focus on this one thing, forgetting

  179. the past, looking forward to what lies ahead.

  180. I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the

  181. heavenly price for which God through Christ Jesus is calling

  182. us. So he says, I focus on one thing

  183. so important because that is a focused, A renewed, a new

  184. mindset is a mind that is focused.

  185. Paul doesn't say, oh, I'm doing 100 things.

  186. He's saying there's one thing I am focusing.

  187. I have got a new mind, a focused mind.

  188. And so that is strong finishes because we're talking about

  189. finishing strong right now. Strong finishes, they simplify

  190. one thing, focus, and they stay focused.

  191. That is strong finishes because finishes, this is the key for

  192. finishes. They lock in, finishes, focus,

  193. and then this picture goes on. Forgetting the past, forgetting

  194. what is behind. OK, but that doesn't mean

  195. denying it. It does.

  196. It's not in denial. Paul doesn't say, OK, we forget

  197. that we are denying that what's happened.

  198. We are not pretending that it didn't happen.

  199. He does not say we are going act like he didn't hurt.

  200. Paul is not in denial when he says forget the past.

  201. What he's saying is that I am not living there, okay?

  202. I'm not living in the old regrets, in the old shine.

  203. I'm not putting a permanent residence in offense.

  204. I am not relaying and replaying and reminding the mistake, the

  205. failure, the difficulty. I am not going to replay that

  206. because I am not camping in yesterday.

  207. So today when he says we are forgetting that, we are not in

  208. denial. We are not denying what

  209. happened, the pain, the difficulty.

  210. We are not in denial. Acting that it didn't hurt, OK,

  211. But what we are doing is we are refusing to live there.

  212. So yes, we have made mistakes, but the Bible says that God is

  213. good and faithful. He has forgiven us.

  214. Yes, you have lost something, but God restores.

  215. Yes, people have hurt you, but God heals, OK?

  216. Yes, something stopped, but God, he keeps on writing.

  217. God's not done writing your story.

  218. He's just turning the pipes. Come on, somebody say Amen.

  219. OK, so grab hold of this word because I want to go deeper

  220. because Paul takes us deeper and he says, listen, the very he

  221. says I press on. Now when he says I press on,

  222. that is not talking about luck. He's not talking about

  223. everything was working out the way I wanted.

  224. Now when he says I press on, that is a decision, OK?

  225. That is a renewed mind with fresh focus.

  226. So right here at the end of 2025, draw a line in the sand

  227. and make a decision that I am not slowing down, I'm not

  228. quitting. Yeah, or giving up yet in

  229. December, right? I am finishing strong.

  230. Make a decision that I'm finishing strong and I'm

  231. crossing over clean. Oh, I feel anointing on that.

  232. Now. You don't need a perfect year to

  233. finish strong. You need a new mindset with a

  234. fresh focus. OK, now a fresh focus with a new

  235. mind that you are closer than before, Closer to freedom,

  236. closer to healing, closer to restoration, closer to that turn

  237. around that you have been praying for.

  238. You are closer. So don't sit down at the finish

  239. line, will you? Closer.

  240. Don't throw in the towel now it's we're in the last stretch.

  241. Don't. This is not the time to slow

  242. down or this is not the time to fade.

  243. This is the time to focus that I am finishing strong because I am

  244. focused again. Say that with me, I'm finishing

  245. strong because I am focused again.

  246. Come on, put your hands together somebody because I want to show

  247. you this in the book of Hebrews chapter 12 verse one, very

    Hebrews 12 chapter mention

  248. powerful. It says let us lay aside every

  249. weight. OK, everybody on the line that

  250. let us say aside every weight and this sin which so easily

  251. says us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set

  252. before us, looking to Jesus the author and the finisher of our

  253. faith. Now did you catch that, that the

  254. Bible says looking unto Jesus. So that's where we focus.

  255. We fix our focus on Jesus. That's what the Bible says.

  256. OK, so when you fix your eyes on Jesus, not your feelings, not

  257. the circumstances, not the headlines, he did not say focus

  258. on your feeling. Oh, I don't feel very good to

  259. that. He does not say that.

  260. He says focus on Jesus. So fit your focus on Jesus.

  261. And then he goes on and he says that.

  262. Well, in fact, he says in the very first verse, he says they

  263. let us lay aside the weights. So that's heavy.

  264. Throw it off. Throw off the regret, the

  265. bitterness, the chip on the shoulder.

  266. Oh, that person, Oh, offended. Oh, that, throw it off.

  267. Love is not easily offended. Jesus said forgive.

  268. They don't even know what they do forgive.

  269. Come on now. No one's perfect.

  270. We are brothers and sisters. We forgive.

  271. Everybody's got mistakes. Come on.

  272. We are not going to be hard on each other.

  273. We're going to forgive each other.

  274. We're going to let go. Hey, that's my brother, My

  275. sister. I love you.

  276. I love you. Oh, you cannot do anything to

  277. hurt me. I love.

  278. I forgive. That's so important that we

  279. throw up. Let go because that package is

  280. heavy. Oh, boy, it's heavy.

  281. That unforgiveness. Let go and listen.

  282. This is the picture we check in at the airport.

  283. The airport. That's not key.

  284. How cute your suitcase is. Oh, OK.

  285. They don't care how cute the suitcase is.

  286. They just put it on the scale. As I put the suitcase on the

  287. scale and they look at me, they say, Sir, it's too heavy.

  288. I'm like, oh, Gee, OK, the bag is too heavy.

  289. No, I can argue later on and say, hey, can I argue with the

  290. scale? You can't.

  291. I cannot argue. They say your baggage, you're

  292. about to get on this fly. Your baggage is too heavy.

  293. You understand what I'm saying? The baggage, it's OK.

  294. And so listen, can we say yes, Lord?

  295. Oh God, yes, we are ready. Evan says yes, but in 2026 we

  296. are going to travel lighter. Oh, I feel that anointing some

  297. travel lights, travel lights, travel lights.

  298. Come on. Some lady show travel lights,

  299. travel lights, travel lights. Oh, Hallelujah.

  300. Because listen, we can, we cannot reach our base potential.

  301. I cannot run very fast if I have a lot of bags on me.

  302. I mean, the other day I've got Josh on my shoulders and I'm low

  303. and I'm trying to like go like this.

  304. So the pizza and Paul are running.

  305. I'm not going to be. The thing is, when you have got

  306. something heavy on you, you cannot run your full potential.

  307. You cannot run fast. So the same with flying.

  308. We cannot fly that far with baggage.

  309. That's why the Bible says let's throw off the baggage.

  310. And so today we are going to do like wise people do.

  311. We have to count and take in. We're going to open the suitcase

  312. and we're going to take out what doesn't belong.

  313. Are we going to say we are leaving that?

  314. Yeah. Today we are leaving regret,

  315. mistakes, worries, fear. Today we are leaving it behind.

  316. We are not taking that with us into 2026.

  317. We are leaving it because I'm travelling, all right.

  318. And so if we are going to crossover clean, we must let go

  319. of what ended because some of the heaviness that people carry,

  320. it's not even what is happening today.

  321. It's something that's happened in the It's something that's

  322. already ended and now it's dragging Yesterday from what

  323. didn't work out, from a mistake, from a hurt.

  324. But I came with the word today that there are some endings.

  325. That's necessary. Necessary endings is not

  326. rejection, it's redirection, I mean, and so it's the God

  327. pushing you away. It's God moving you forward.

  328. That's why it's ended, OK? Because sometimes God ends a

  329. thing because he has got something greater.

  330. That's why he ends a thing. He ends this one because I've

  331. got something greater. It's like, but I want blue.

  332. Oh my, I want to stay in 2025, but 02025 there's something

  333. better. God says let go.

  334. So interesting because that thing is like scaffolding.

  335. And when you look at scaffolding, it's not a

  336. permanent structure. Scaffolding is useful when the

  337. building is going up. The building scaffolding, OK, It

  338. stabilizes. When you put the scaffolding, it

  339. gives support, it gives access. Come on, you know when the

  340. building goes up, that's the scaffolding, OK, It stabilizes

  341. the process. But listen, when the building is

  342. up and the building is complete, nobody says, oh, let's keep the

  343. scaffolding. I mean, come on.

  344. I mean, the building is up. The building is complete.

  345. What a beautiful building. Nobody says, hey, keep that

  346. scaffolding up. No, that was a scaffolding

  347. season. And so now that it's complete,

  348. the scaffolding comes down. Now when we take the scaffolding

  349. away, that's not losing, that's progress and that's a word for

  350. somebody is mourning over something that God is removing

  351. out of your life, but God is saying I'm removing that out of

  352. your life because it was scaffolding as I am 4318.

  353. Forget the former things. Do not dwell on the path.

  354. Meaning we don't live there. See, I am doing a new thing now.

  355. We love the new thing, but it takes faith to accept the ending

  356. of what God is ending because what he's ending.

  357. To accept the ending. It makes room for the new.

  358. So yeah, when God closes the door, keep your fingers and your

  359. feelings out of the door. Because when God says that is

  360. closed, he's not taking from you, He's protecting you.

  361. When God says that door is closed, keep your feelings and

  362. fingers out of that door, because God is taking you

  363. forward. God is promoting you.

  364. Oh my God, Hallelujah. And the Scripture gives us this

  365. picture. In the book of Joshua, chapter

    Joshua 5 chapter mention

  366. 5, the Bible says that the mana stopped, ceased.

  367. So for 40 years, every morning they received supernatural.

  368. They receive mana. That's enough to sustain them in

  369. the wilderness every day, supernatural bread.

  370. But then one day it stopped. Suddenly it stopped.

  371. OK, now the mana stopped, was it punishment?

  372. Was it because they're living and said?

  373. Was it because they they lost favor or they did so no, the

  374. reason the man has stopped was because God had something

  375. better. They're so supple.

  376. How many of you know there's a difference between the world

  377. that is upon this land? OK, the manner was just enough.

  378. Now there is a promised land. God has got a new level.

  379. He's got overflow. Listen, stop the manner, because

  380. if the manner did not stop, they might stay in the wilderness on

  381. that level, satisfied with just enough.

  382. In the meantime, God has got overflow, a new level.

  383. He wants to move forward and advance you to more.

  384. How come somebody's getting this to go?

  385. So it's so simple. When it stopped, that is a sign

  386. that something data is coming. It's stopped.

  387. It's a sign that the promised land is coming.

  388. The man not stopped for a reason.

  389. God stopped it. Necessary endings.

  390. Some of you, you are grieving because something has stopped.

  391. In 2025, a door closed, a season shifted, something.

  392. The routine stopped. But that's not losing.

  393. That's promotion. That is a sign the reason it

  394. stopped. It's a sign that you're going to

  395. something bitter, higher, more advanced.

  396. If somebody plays golf. This is the very same principle.

  397. In first Kings Chapter 17, Elijah sits at the brook and

    1 Kings 17 chapter mention

  398. then the Ravens is feeding. It's working.

  399. It's provisioned. The brook stops.

  400. What's it because? Elijah said no.

  401. The brook stopped because God was not abandoning him.

  402. The brook stopped because God was advancing him.

  403. Yeah, sometimes what worked stops working because God is not

  404. abandoning you. God is moving you forward.

  405. So if something dried up and something stopped in 2025,

  406. whether it's a relationship or a situation at the career or job

  407. situation, don't panic, don't beg, don't bleed over a handle

  408. of a closed door, but stand on the Word of Faith.

  409. This ending is necessary. This is my necessary ending.

  410. This needs this. This was a necessary ending.

  411. And you stand on that word that God is changing my seasons.

  412. Why? Because he's preparing me to

  413. blossom. Hallelujah.

  414. Now here, this deep in your spirit.

  415. God never ends your story in a mess.

  416. Are you getting this now? I want to read you this.

  417. Amazing so I never ends your story and I'm going to read this

  418. amazing powerful verse. I want you to get this but grab

  419. this grab hold of this word in your spirit.

  420. There's a God never ends your story in defeat.

  421. OK, you're getting this. I want to give you this powerful

  422. verse. God never ends your story in

  423. defeat. 2nd Corinthians 214 Now thanks be to God who always

  424. leads us in triumph. So it always leads us in

  425. triumph, always leads us into victory.

  426. Not sometimes when things go our way, not when it's been a good

  427. deal, not when things are working.

  428. Always. God always leads us into

  429. victory. OK, so let me say this way.

  430. So if you are in a mess, in a difficult situation and things

  431. are not where it's supposed to be, your career, your family is

  432. not where it's supposed to be, God comes, He turns it around

  433. for your good and it leads us into victory.

  434. God always leads us into victory.

  435. So if you're in the middle of a mess, if you're under pressure,

  436. under a difficult situation, God comes, He turns it around.

  437. He always works evil for your good.

  438. He works it out for your victory, for triumph.

  439. That is what that scripture says.

  440. So God is right. God never ends your story in

  441. defeat. Hallelujah.

  442. Now God turns a mess into a message.

  443. He turns battles into testimonies.

  444. Now maybe you're thinking, OK, pass the wall.

  445. I want to finish strong. This is what I want to finish

  446. this year, strong. I want to receive this word.

  447. But, you know, things have been really difficult.

  448. It's been a rough year. It's been hard.

  449. And yes, we understand that. You know, many of us, we've

  450. carried responsibilities, OK, standing and fight for our

  451. family, pressing through the pressures, OK?

  452. And it's been harder. But that is why God, he has got

  453. a gift for the last stretch. And I want to minister this to

  454. you because it's called a finishing grace.

  455. So God has got grace to finish strong.

  456. You're getting this, that there's a finishing grace

  457. because finishing strong is not just try harder, OK, finishing

  458. strong, it is spiritual. And so because the last stretch,

  459. you're not just going to need motivation, but you are going to

  460. need grace for that large stretch.

  461. Now. So anybody can start easy.

  462. That's the easy part. Starting part is easy.

  463. Anybody can start because there's excitement.

  464. Starting a marriage, it's exciting.

  465. Start a marriage. It's the easy part.

  466. Starting a marriage, starting a business, starting a ministry,

  467. starting a new career, it's all exciting.

  468. Oh, I'm starting with a new job, new career.

  469. Starting is easy part, very easy because we're starting this

  470. adrenaline. Just start easy.

  471. The problem is many people when it comes in the middle, towards

  472. the end path, that is where people start whispering, what's

  473. the use? Why is this taking so long?

  474. Because during the middle and end part, that's where there is

  475. discouragement, setbacks, that is where there is delays.

  476. It's like, why it seems like things are taking so long?

  477. And so there is emotions. And so people are saying, well,

  478. listen, it's taking too long. I'll just fade and give up and

  479. throw in the towel. But we just read earlier, the

  480. Bible says that God is the author and the finisher of our

  481. faith. OK, Now the author and finisher,

  482. that means both, OK, not just starting the starting, God is

  483. the starter, but He's also the finisher.

  484. So when God started, He'll finish, He'll complete as well.

  485. OK, so it means that God didn't just start you, but He will also

  486. complete you. OK, so if God has given you the

  487. grace to begin, He will give you the grace to complete.

  488. So God doesn't just put a dream or a desire in your heart and

  489. then midway or towards the end, God all of a sudden just leaves

  490. you halfway. It says in Philippians one verse

  491. 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you

  492. will carry it on to completion. So when you feel weak, when you

  493. feel tempted to give up, say this to yourself that God, you

  494. have started me. This is where you have started.

  495. This is where you have called me to be and you have brought me

  496. this far. Now, God, if you have brought me

  497. this far for all these years, you're not dropping me now.

  498. You're not leaving me now. You're the author and the

  499. finisher. You started my marriage, you

  500. started my career, you started my you're going to complete it.

  501. So we are not giving up yet in the middle of before the end,

  502. OK, God gives us these finishing grace.

  503. Grace say that with me. God is giving me finishing grace

  504. surrogate. God is giving me finishing grace

  505. to finish the race. I meant because you know the

  506. enemy. He fights finishers, the enemy

  507. does not resist starters, he doesn't panic when people start

  508. because the devil is seen. Many people start something and

  509. then in the middle somewhere, they fight, give up.

  510. So the starters, the enemy, the devil is not worry.

  511. He's not panicking about starting a new career, the

  512. business, a charity and ministry starting a year.

  513. But when you keep on honouring God, when you keep on showing up

  514. for church, when you keep on growing, when you keep on moving

  515. forward, when you keep on going and ongoing and serving, when

  516. you keep up, that's where the pressure comes.

  517. But don't miss really, the resistance, because the

  518. resistance, the pressure, that intensity is a sign that you're

  519. closer. Come on, it's a proof.

  520. Oh, Hallelujah. That resistance, that intensity,

  521. that pressure, that push back is proof that you're closer to

  522. finish line. Is this helping somebody?

  523. I thank God for finishing grace. Finishing grace.

  524. It's like, oh Lord, this year has been a long one.

  525. The end is I'm like getting tired.

  526. God's like this finishing grace because there's strength that

  527. God puts in US. It's a strength that we don't

  528. even always aware of, we don't know about.

  529. It's a strength that is reserved.

  530. It's like it's reserved that's hidden until you need it.

  531. I know what it is to run a 400 meter hurdles in my country.

  532. I was #1 I say South Africa. I know what it is to run over

  533. the last hurdle. Lactic acid burns your muscles.

  534. I was a professional athlete. I know what it is, especially

  535. the last hurdle and you have the finish line.

  536. You see it right over there and you run and you see and you are

  537. reaching out for that finish line.

  538. Everything in your body is like collapse wants to collapse.

  539. And this is what we studied. There is something that kicks in

  540. when you see that finish line, something.

  541. There's a strength that God gives you.

  542. You're not aware of it, you don't know about, and it's all

  543. you need it, OK. It's like a vehicle cruising on

  544. the flat roads and it's just cruising smoothly because I like

  545. the four by four vehicles. And then all of a sudden you hit

  546. this hill and this steep hill, when it goes up like this,

  547. something kicks in, The turbos kicks in if you drive with Nick,

  548. right? I mean, next to when there is,

  549. but those turbos kick in. It's not when we're cruising.

  550. When does the turbos actually when you what, refit Because you

  551. said to me the one time it what? That's it.

  552. So yeah, that's when the turbos kick in.

  553. But don't cruise control. Oh, life is green light.

  554. It's the moment you hit that resistance, the moment the enemy

  555. sees you are making progress, he increases the heating, increases

  556. the intensity. God says, right, let's give them

  557. some finishing grace. Let's give them some strength,

  558. That strength in reserve. Yeah, yeah, I got and and it

  559. just kicks in that strength and I'm like, Oh my goodness,

  560. finishing strength, that strength in reserve.

  561. And you know that, that push that you just get, you didn't

  562. know it was there yesterday. That piece, you cannot explain

  563. it. And listen, the strength as your

  564. days are so, so your strength, so as the days, oh, this day is

  565. hard, strength kicks in. This is Deuteronomy.

  566. What's this? Deuteronomy 53.

  567. And this is very powerful because as your days go, yeah,

  568. verse 25, watch this, it says as your days, so shall your

  569. strength be. OK.

  570. So the strength you will have, you will have what you need when

  571. you need it. You'll have it.

  572. That moment. This is a crunching moment over

  573. the last hurdle. Oh, my lung.

  574. Oh, I called, I called. That's when it kicks in.

  575. You will have it. What you need when you need it.

  576. Oh, Lord, this is the end of the month.

  577. How am I going to play the bulls?

  578. How am I going to play the electric?

  579. How am I going to play the reins?

  580. How am going to play? It's the end of the month.

  581. Finish it. Grace kicks in one phone call.

  582. We are wiring some money. We are sending finances.

  583. When we started this church, we had nothing.

  584. We had nothing. I get one phone call from South

  585. Africa, a guy that I haven't spoken to, he said, listen, God

  586. spoke to me, I'm selling my property.

  587. I'm wiring money over to you. I'm sending you money for the

  588. Gee, we were about to die. We had nothing.

  589. I never liked the government, not once tense of coming to this

  590. country. I said God, you are my source,

  591. not the government. No, Jesus is my source.

  592. I said God, you called me out of a job in Bristol, sitting behind

  593. the desk earning big salary. You call me out of the family,

  594. you are going to provide for me. I'm not going into government

  595. housing or benefit. You are going to provide for me.

  596. And then I start getting calls from South Africa.

  597. People are sending money from South Africa.

  598. This team, God knows that last stretch.

  599. Think about Raidmond at the Olympics.

  600. There is run in the race, and I know what it is because I've run

  601. a lot of races. And so Derek Redmond on the

  602. Olympic Games, in the race he pulled his hamstring.

  603. Now that's very painful. A hamstring pool is very

  604. painful. And he's running and right there

  605. in the hamstring pool and everything in his body is in

  606. pain and says just throw in the towel, stop.

  607. But he refused to quit. This is the Olympics.

  608. I've trained for years for the Olympics.

  609. I'm going to keep on even if I limping up.

  610. And so when he pulled that, he refused.

  611. His dad saw it. Now his dad is all the way up in

  612. the pavilion, in the stands, and his dad made his way down

  613. change. And his father broke through

  614. security and he broke through all of that protocol just to get

  615. onto that track to run after his son got his limping with a

  616. hamstring, pulled hamstring. And he carried him.

  617. Come on son. And he helped him through that

  618. finish line. My godfather beating his son,

  619. his son is Jesus over that finish line.

  620. Now. He didn't come first, but he

  621. didn't finish aloud. That is a picture of God's grace

  622. for us Church, if you feel you cannot give the next step, if

  623. everything in you feels that you cannot carry on, you feel like

  624. you're throwing in the towel, Listen, God's grace is with you.

  625. Your Father, your Daddy is with you.

  626. He's carrying, He's helping you grace.

  627. He comes, He strengthens you, He stabilizes you, He holds you up,

  628. He carries you through the finish.

  629. And so today. You might be lumping, but you're

  630. still moving forward. You might feel tired and worn

  631. down, but you're not defeated. I mean, somebody.

  632. Now here's heaven's perspective, the new mindset that God's

  633. putting in you. We already know the outcome.

  634. We already know how the story ends.

  635. Come on, church. We've read the Bible.

  636. We have read the last final book of the Bible.

  637. And I've got good news. It says we win.

  638. We know the outcome. Hey, we win.

  639. The fight is fixed. We know the outcome.

  640. Yeah, back in South Africa, I had tickets to watch the

  641. Springboks. It lost the stars for beautiful

  642. big state right opposite. I went to school there and I'm

  643. looking forward to this amazing match, this game, great sports

  644. match. I'm like, wow, got you and all

  645. something urgent. It was like a work situation.

  646. It was it's unfortunate I could not attend the match, the game.

  647. So when I decided I'm like, all right, I cannot attend the

  648. match, but on see, I'm going to record it.

  649. OK, So I recorded the game and so I did my work shift and

  650. finish all of that. And so later I watched the

  651. replay. Now what's amazing is so I'm

  652. like, OK, I, I wait. The way you watch, you watch it

  653. different. Everything changes when you

  654. watch it on a replay. When you know the outcome, you

  655. know the results. Somebody is going to get this

  656. today because listen, you know the outcome and and I'm like,

  657. OK, so the Springboks are against the All Blacks or what?

  658. And so somebody already said, listen, relax, your team won.

  659. So now I'm watching the game. OK, so the game is already

  660. finished. The victory is already settled.

  661. You already know the victory, OK, but now you are watching the

  662. recording. Oh my goodness, that first half

  663. is messy. It's rough.

  664. I mean, the opponents, they already have tries.

  665. They're already ahead, and it looks like you're losing ground.

  666. It looks like this game is just really messy and we're not going

  667. to make this one. But you don't panic, so you're

  668. watching the replay. Why don't you panic?

  669. Why don't you fall apart? Why don't you worry when you're

  670. watching the replay and the other team, the opponents

  671. scoring tries? Why don't you worry?

  672. You already know the result. You already know the score.

  673. You already know, so we already know the outcome.

  674. Judge Heaven's perspective. God already knows how it ends.

  675. Oh, what about AI? What about wars?

  676. Rumours of war? God knows the end.

  677. We win. God already knows the outcome.

  678. You already knows. God has already seen your

  679. victory. God has already seen the

  680. comeback. God has already seen the turn

  681. around. God has already seen your

  682. breakthrough. God has already seen it.

  683. He knows the outcome. He knows that you win.

  684. He knows the end from the beginning.

  685. He knows the victory. He knows.

  686. So that is why we can relax. We can live with faith, relax

  687. even though it looks like, wow, this, this match, we, we, it

  688. seems like we're losing ground here.

  689. It looks I don't even know if we're going to win this.

  690. We really know the outcome. Sometimes it looks like

  691. circumstances are going this politics are going this way, AI

  692. is going this way. This is this, this is chaos.

  693. But hang on, God is the Creator of the entire United States and

  694. He gave it to us. So this is heaven's perspective

  695. that we know the outcome, we know the results.

  696. So as we come to a close, let me go to where we started this

  697. message back to Joshua 3, verse 5.

    Joshua 3:5

  698. Let's go full circle. Consecrate.

  699. Joshua told the paper, consecrate yourself.

  700. So tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.

  701. OK, now I love that because consecration is not punishment,

  702. it is preparation. So God is getting you ready for

  703. great wonders. God is getting us ready to do

  704. amazing things among us. That's why he's saying crossover

  705. clean. That's why he's saying

  706. consecrate, because he's getting us ready for time's wonders and

  707. miracles. And that's why Psalm chapter 24

    Psalms 24 chapter mention

  708. asks the question we all have to answer at a crossing moment.

  709. And this is it. It says in verse 3, whom I have

  710. sent to the mountain of the Lord, whom I stand in his holy

  711. place, the one who has clean hands and a pure heart.

  712. In other words, if we are going to go to another level, so we're

  713. going to go higher. OK, So going from wilderness to

  714. promised land, that's a higher level.

  715. Going to a higher level. We cannot keep on carrying on

  716. and holding on to lower things. OK, let me say this, if we are

  717. going to go onto a higher level, the promised land, the overflow,

  718. the better the science one, OK, We cannot hold onto the manner

  719. in the wilderness because the promised land there is overflow.

  720. OK, So clean hands, it's about what we are doing on the

  721. outside. Pure hearts is about the motives

  722. of our hearts. And God isn't saying to shame

  723. you. He's saying to free us because

  724. the Bible says that we're the spirit of the Lord is there is

  725. freedom. So this is not a shame moment.

  726. It's a freedom moment. It's a crossing over moments.

  727. I mean, and so think about years, Israel, Joshua standing

  728. with his people, people of Israel, they're standing at the

  729. edge right there on the Jordan River, stepping across at the

  730. promised land. Now they have been there for 40

  731. years in the wilderness, 40 years of surviving, 40 years of

  732. dust, setbacks, delays, lessons. But now they are now finally in

  733. the final stretch, right there in the last before they

  734. crossover. And so Joshua doesn't say,

  735. right, everybody pack more manner.

  736. We're crossing over, pack more manner because we don't know if

  737. it's going to be put. No, OK, He doesn't say bring

  738. more, pack more, load more. He says consecrate yourselves.

  739. OK, so this is a moment. Purify yourselves so that we can

  740. cross over clean, OK, not with baggage, not with The Dirty

  741. laundry. We're not crossing over from

  742. 2025 to 26 with baggage, with weights.

  743. OK? So set yourselves apart.

  744. Let go of the Egyptian mindset it OK, we're coming right back

  745. where we started with a mindset because I want you to get let go

  746. of the mindset. Let go of the way of thinking

  747. like a slave because you cannot step into Canaan, you cannot

  748. step into the promised land. Still thinking like a captive,

  749. still thinking like back in Egypt with the idols and and and

  750. the slave mentality. OK, so trying to cross into the

  751. promised land while dragging past change, but when they

  752. consecrated themselves, when they purified themselves, OK,

  753. that's when God moved. That's when the waters parted,

  754. the river opened. When they got cleaned, That's

  755. our message today. When they got cleaned, oh, I

  756. feel that God moved. It's a moment they purify

  757. themselves. The moment they let go of that

  758. mindset, let go of the baggage, the whites, signs, wonders and

  759. miracles started. Hovey, Hallelujah.

  760. So church, this is our moment today.

  761. This is our your Jordan moment. It's not just a date changing on

  762. the calendar into New Year. This is a spiritual doorway,

  763. spiritual crossing. Make a decision with a focused

  764. mind that I'm not dragging paying into my promise.

  765. We are crossing over clean, and therefore I'm declaring that

  766. 2026 will be the year of the Great Fix, a Kingdom repair and

  767. a Kingdom rebuilt. Come on somebody give God some

  768. price as I have 5812. Your people will rebuild the

  769. ancient ruins. You'll rates up the age of

  770. foundations. You'll be called repairer of

  771. broken walls, restorer of streets with dwelling scarred

  772. isn't just rescuing you, he is repairing you.

  773. And because you crossed over Kling, he can rebuild you.

  774. Kling yes, some of you walked in thinking, well, this is just my

  775. stories. This is just my life, my

  776. personality. This is just now God specializes

  777. in pigs. Oh bastard, This is now.

  778. I am my family, our personality, the way we are.

  779. God says he's a specializes in repairs.

  780. He specializes in restoration. He specializes in turning broken

  781. seasons into rebuild purpose. And so when the church crosses

  782. over clean signs, oneness, miracles, God will do amazing

  783. things. And this house will be marked in

  784. 2026 with bright wonders, amazing things among us.

  785. People will see it. People will they will be healing

  786. testimonies and it will be freedom.

  787. Breakthrough will be as easy as breathing because you cross over

  788. clean. Come on, let's all stand

  789. together. Give God some praise in this

  790. place. Hallelujah.

  791. So church, before we rush into the new year, I want you to hear

  792. me today. God wants you light again, OK?

  793. God wants you to crossover clean.

  794. And so today we make a decision in the presence of God that we

  795. will finish strong and that we will crossover clean.

  796. Don't drag pain into your promise.

  797. Because you know you can count down a year on a calendar but

  798. still drag all baggage, still drag yesterday's weights and

  799. dirty laundry. OK, you can change calendars and

  800. still carry chains and weights. But today, this is our moment.

  801. OK? We didn't just hear words, but

  802. we stepped into this crossing moment today.

  803. This is our moment. And so here's the promise as you

  804. let go after baggage, after dirty laundry, crushing over

  805. clean, God will lift you. OK, So just like Joshua said

  806. tomorrow the Lord will do great things, great wonders, amazing

  807. things, science wonders and miracles.

  808. God is preparing us and that's why he's giving us this word.

  809. He's saying crossover clean, finish strong, crossover clean.

  810. And so the invitation today, if you are feeling heavy, if you

  811. feeling baggage, OK, you're carrying things that you never

  812. meant to carry. Matthew 11 says, come to me, all

  813. of you who are weary and burden and I will give you rest.

  814. I believe Jesus wants to put rest in your spirit and he wants

  815. to put fire back in your heart right now.

  816. So if you're saying, pastor, that's me, I'm tired, I'm worn

  817. out. It's been a long year.

  818. I've been carrying too much, OK? And I want to crossover clean.

  819. I want to finish strong. This is your crossing moment.

  820. Put your hand on your heart and I want you to try this out loud

  821. with me. Say Jesus, I give you this

  822. weight, I release offence, I release regret, I release shame,

  823. I release fear. I forgive and I let go.

  824. I drop the weight. I am not dragging pain into my

  825. promise. Now raise your hands to heaven

  826. and receive Father in the name of Jesus.

  827. I'm going to pray for you just to receive this prayer right

  828. now. I speak strength of everywhere

  829. we hunt. I speak healing of a sickness.

  830. I speak peace of anxious mind. I speak freedom over every heavy

  831. spirit. Wash, clean, give clean hands

  832. your hearts, purify, consecrate your people right now, or

  833. there's a purification that's happening right now.

  834. God is consecrating hearts. There's a new trust.

  835. Someone is trusting more. You can just feel that you're

  836. trusting the Lord more. Doubt is leaving.

  837. Lord, restore, release, finishing, grace.

  838. Oh God, let your people finish strong.

  839. Oh God, let your people crossover.

  840. Clean, consecrate hearts, purify.

  841. O God. Lord, give us clean hearts, Give

  842. us pure hearts and clean hands. In Jesus mighty name we pray.

  843. Somebody shout Hallelujah. Give God some praise.