The Joy of Christmas - Pastor Will Roos

Today I want to talk to you about the joy of Christmas.

I meant somebody excited about the joy of Christmas.

Oh, Hallelujah. So, yeah, I'll just put an

update for us. The joy of Christmas.

I'm just so excited because joy is here.

Hallelujah. The joy of the Lord is our

strength. The joy of Christmas.

This is some power anointing in that the joy of Christmas.

Tell your neighbors, say the joy of Christmas is here.

Yeah, the joy of Christmas is here.

Hallelujah. Praise God.

And so, I mean, this week, Michelle and I, we went to our

boys nativity school play. And you know, they those

nativity school plays, they are the most real, the most honest

Christmas services. You've got little Mary up there

waving while teaching Mom, David standing there confused,

standing around. Why do I have any lines?

And you've got the Angel circling around because they're

all excited, and you've got the teachers whispering directions.

You know, you've got the parents laughing and crying at the same

time, and it's so real. And I just love that because

it's a picture of real life. Life is not always perfect or

polished, OK, But it's full of heart, it's beautiful, it's

real, it's genuine. And that's Christmas, isn't it?

Christmas is not always perfect. Christmas is not always a calm,

silent night, OK? Most good times, Christmas is

loud night, loud explosion. OK, busy schedules.

OK, So you know, amazing moments, people everywhere,

emotions running wild up and down, travel plans, travelling,

you know, their cooking adventures.

And there's something, some surprises that flips things

upside down. And so you finally get the kids

dressed, fed in the car, ready to go to church.

And then just as we stuck in traffic, then we just hear a

little voice somewhere at the back.

Mommy, dad, I need a wee, I need the bathroom.

And there's no exit inside. We stuck in traffic.

There's no bathroom sign inside. And I mean, anybody.

Bombay. OK.

Yeah. I got a wee daddy and mommy.

I'm like, OK, well, we're stuck in traffic, right?

Yeah. They'll say we're like, what do

we do now? And that's my prayer.

Your prayer gets real, real quick.

Oh, Lord, help Jesus, help us. You know, and just sometimes,

you know, in this season for us as parents, the only peace on

earth for us parents, OK, in this season is when the kids are

finally asleep. That's the only piece on earth,

OK, because finally the kids are asleep.

We can breathe. Thank you.

Jesus. Peace on earth.

Now, I want to. I've got to tell you about those

wish lists. Wow.

Now OK, now tell the wish list when I was a kid was simple.

The wish list was so simple. It's like a two way car and like

some sweets please. Nowadays the wish list is like

electric scooter, hoverboard, the latest iPhone, a puppy, the

Xbox, PlayStation. I'm like Oh my Lord, I read that

wish list. Unlike sweetheart.

I mean, how about some socks and a whole lot of Jesus?

Yeah, it's just some socks and a whole lot of Jesus.

Amen. I mean, you know, the other day

I saw a real funny clip online. This dad is trying to be really

high tech. And so he decided he's going to

take his drone, and he's going to use his drone to decorate the

Christmas tree. OK.

Right. So no ladder needed.

Very smart, right? That sounds really genius.

OK, And so the drone goes wrong until the drug goes wild and

buzzing like a mad bee. And so it's just knocking

ornaments, flying, tangling in the tinsel and crashing there

right into the Christmas tree. Christmas tree for and the whole

family dunking and diving again on the floor, laughing in a heap

on the floor in the maze. Then you can almost hear the biz

crash. And so that's Christmas.

You know our best plans. Sometimes it flocks, OK?

And in all of the beautiful chaos, the drone disasters,

God's joy still breaks through. It's real, it's messy, it's this

and that. But in all of that, Jesus is

still with us. And that is what I love about

Christmas, that God stepped into our imperfect lives.

It's our everyday lives with our everyday struggles are

imperfection. And he's making all things

beautiful. Amen.

Come on, somebody. Hallelujah.

And so, yes, we love all the Christmas, the fun parts and the

shining lights, the twinkling lights, the beautiful, joyful

music and the delicious food and those precious family moments.

Yeah, we love all that. But let me just shift us for a

second because I know for this season it's not easy for

everybody, OK? And so some of us are smiling

big on the outside, but deep inside we have carried, maybe

carrying something like a heavy load, something difficult,

something struggling. And maybe this year has been a

hard, rough year. And it's been pressure, it's

been grief, disappointment, anxiety.

And you have been showing up strong for others.

But deep inside you feel warm down, tired, stretched out.

And I just want you to hear that today that God knows your

challenges, God knows what you've been facing.

God knows what you've been going through.

God understands the challenges, the difficulties.

He knows. He understands the pain.

He sees you, OK? You are not forgotten, You're

not overlooked. God knows that God sees you.

And today I have a word from the Lord for us today.

And I really believe this word has got the power to turn a

situation around, to turn hearts.

Maybe you have felt despair. I believe God is turning the

spare into joy, turning what is heavy into holy.

And I believe with all of my heart that joy is rising in this

place. Come on, somebody, make a joyful

voice. Give God some praise.

Hallelujah. Yeah, OK.

Because Christmas, it's not just an historic event.

It's not just tradition or a one time moment or something that

happened in the past. Christmas is the big heavens

announcement. Christmas is havens

announcements and the big announcement declare in the book

of Luke 2 the declaration that good news of great joy.

Somebody say good news of great joy.

You see God, Heaven did not send a self help plan, Heaven send a

savior. Heaven didn't just whisper, but

heaven declared out loud good news of great joy, Hallelujah.

Come on, somebody shout, make a joyful noise, declare it, come

on, shout it out, declare it good creators of great joy.

Hallelujah. Now let's go to the word it says

here in Luke chapter 2 and we'll just read the verse 10.

Luke 2 · chapter mention

It says there. But the Angel said to them, do

not be afraid. I bring you good news that will

cause great joy for all the people.

Now I love that the good news and the great joy because

church, that great joy is for us today.

Hallelujah, great joy. Now the Angel didn't say I bring

you a good suggestion. The answer I brought, I bring

you good news of great joy. OK, now that talks about the

word of God. The word of God is good news.

Come on somebody, the gospel is good news.

Okay, so here comes the Angel he's bringing.

Now how do you faith and joy and how to rise in our hearts?

The Bible says that faith comes by hearing and hearing the word

of God. Here comes the word of God.

Here comes the good news. What happens when the Word of

God comes and they receive it? It releases faith.

Faith rises, hope rises. All of a sudden it brings great

joy. So why did you see the

connection between the announcement from heaven, which

is the word of God, which is good news that releases great

joy? Because I believe as we are

preaching this word today to you and it's falling in hearts that

it will produce this faith and it will release joy in our

lives, the greatest joy ever. And that good news brings great

joy. Somebody say good news of great

joy. OK, so the scripture says that

the great joy is for all people, much as they select few.

It specifically says everyone, not just a religious bunch, not

just a specific group, not just the perfect flawless people.

It's for everyone. That is for you, your family,

your neighborhood, your community.

It's for everyone. It's for everyone.

Oh my God, it is for all of us. There's great joy.

Hallelujah. Praise God.

Can you say I mean somebody? Because here is the key.

Here is the truth that holds you steady when life feels shaky,

when it gets shaky, when it gets uncertain.

This is the truth that holds and holds us steady.

Because Christmas is not just a move, it's better than just a

good move. Christmas is heaven's

announcement that Jesus can close.

So the joy of Christmas is here because Jesus is here.

Come on, somebody's getting that.

Because, listen, that is the anchor for our lives.

That is the anchor. The thing that we are standing

on today, that the joy of Christmas is here because Jesus

is. Yeah.

Now joy is here not because everything is perfect.

Joy is here not because circumstance is perfect, not

because the bills are paid, not because there is a holiday lined

up or presents. OK.

Joy is here because Jesus is here.

Hallelujah, somebody. OK.

And so when Jesus is here, hope easier, faith easier, joy

easier. When Jesus is here, you are not

alone. Hallelujah.

The Bible calls it Emmanuel. Emmanuel means God with us.

Somebody, say God with us, give, give God some praise, somebody.

Now I want to just play quickly. Father, thank you for your

presence in this room. Lord Jesus, we thank you that

you are Immanuel, God with us. And Lord, I pray that your good

news will touch every heart and release great joy in your

people. Holy Spirit, do what only you

can do. In Jesus mighty name we pray.

Amen. So the joy of Christmas is here.

Tell your neighbor the joy of Christmas is here.

Yeah, OK, Now why? Tell them why the joy of

Christmas is here. Why not?

Because situations and everything's perfect and we've

got money in there. All the joy of Christmas is

here. Tell them why?

Because. Oh, Jesus is here.

Oh, somebody's already getting this.

Basically, somebody's already preaching this word, Hallelujah.

And so church heaven has announced good news of great

joy. And here's what I want you to

grab hold of today. God brought that joy into a real

world. OK, not a perfect one because so

many people think, well, God will show up when I've got my

life sorted out, when everything falls in play, when everything

comes together, you know, when I'm in a good place, I'm calm,

I'm stable, I'm happy. You know, when precious lives.

But Christmas says something different.

Christmas says something better. God doesn't wait for your life

to be tidied. God steps into our everyday

lives, into real life. Somebody.

Yeah, real life. That's how new Chapter 2, we see

that so clearly. I mean, it's not fairy tale

language, OK? Look, it's everyday real life

language where the king, the, the, the Roman Empire, Augustus,

he releases this decree. Now when Caesar Augustus

releases this decree, I mean, that's real, that's pressure,

that's paperwork, that's my, that's disruption, OK, travel

arrangements. And yes, Mary pregnant, we have

got to go, not because we have got a holiday, cozy holiday

somewhere planned out because the, the decree life demands it,

OK. And so they are on their way

travelling all the way to Bethlehem.

And when they got there, the Bible says that there was no

room, no space, no comfort, no room.

The door was shut and closed. Now, some of you know what that

feels like. You know what it feels like?

Maybe this year you have had some clothes room, some no room

moments in your life. OK, so you went to a tour and

you found the chart. You've applied for the job,

you've applied for the position you have, you've pressed onto

the but you found the door in shut and it didn't work out.

You have hoped that it would have been different, but it

didn't. It didn't work out.

So many of us know what that feels like.

I know room situation where you have expected an open door, you

have respected space, but you have got resistance.

Come on, am I talking to somebody?

And there's some real people that's had some resistance this

year. You thought that it's going to

happen and it didn't happen. OK.

And so there's no room situation.

The miracle of Christmas shows us something very powerful.

Even in the no room situation, even in the resistance

situation, Jesus still thank. Oh, I feel the anointing in this

place. Because God cannot be stopped.

You cannot stop. Nothing can stop our God.

Even in the no room, even in the closed door, Jesus still around,

Jesus still thank. Even in the pressure, even in

the resistance, Jesus still thank.

Ah, buddy, Hallelujah. Somebody shout Hallelujah,

because this is a word for somebody.

This is your word. Somebody listen close balls

don't stop God. Season of justice, don't stop

God. The Prime Minister, don't stop

God. The politician, don't stop God.

You cannot stop God. The economies that cannot, don't

stop God. No resistance, no pressure.

The pressure, don't cancel your promise, the disappointment and

derail your destiny. The close door, the difficulty,

the challenge Jesus told comes through for us.

Somebody's getting this word. Mary, Joseph had a close.

Oh, I did not stop the Saviour of the world to come into our

world and Simon rescue us. There is no government, no

closed doors, nothing that can stop.

Oh my God, nothing can stop the move of power.

I'm telling you right now, I don't care what country you are,

if you're in South Africa, the UK and the US, the Australia, I

don't care. No government gets stopped there

and I love power. Nothing gets stumped.

Jesus Christ. I feel the anointing of Jesus

Christ. They got on the door.

There's no room in Bethlehem. He's still kind.

You cannot stop God. No religion can stop God.

God is God. Nobody faulted God in.

God created us. God does not report to abort.

God does not need to ask permission.

When God moves, he moves season of God says no, no we can stop

it. No, you cannot stop God.

Now connect this with first John 114 the word became flesh and

made his dwelling among us. Now that means that God didn't

stay distance. God didn't loved you from far

away and send a message from heaven and say good luck down

there. The Bible says he can't close my

God, I feel the anointing of the Holy Ghost in this place.

The Bible says that a word of God put on flesh.

Now listen, God is spirit and God put on skin.

God is his spirit and he put on skin Jesus Christ.

He became one of us. God put on skin.

Walter monsters lift moves into the wood like they say you know

the hood the neighborhood thank Jesus moving to our lives a job

community and he came close. Are you with me somebody so

listen Joy he's not waiting for perfect conditions.

Joy is standing in the room with you now.

Let me take you back to a season on my own life.

And this is amazing because I I fight for always those in my

heart every time I think about this when Michelle and I just

stepped into full time minister and this is now going back what

8-9 years, like a decade. OK, so we're in a time of

transition. So we gave up our our full time

jobs. So everything cave everything

away. God said start the church by

faith, not with savings to the bank from strats.

And so there we are with our one and only our first born son,

very excited. Yeah.

And we we're excited about what God has called us to do, but in

and through that transition period, because now we're still

living in Bristol and we still don't know where we're going.

So in that transition period, we find ourselves in a no room

situation because we have given up our jobs, we have moved out

of our little flat and we literally needed accommodation

budgetly. And we saw in that time of

tradition, just like Mary and Joseph, they travelled all the

way back. They got there.

No, what do you do when you have got a word from God?

We follow God, Mary and Joseph on that way.

She's pregnant. We are on the move in transition

travelling and we get to close door because we it was this,

we're like this, we there's no way to live.

Where do we start? Doors are not opening, we're

phoning around, finances are tight.

We've given everything away and then we are.

We are praying hard, trying everything.

And those are the moments where God loves to move.

Those are the moments where you see Joseph and Mary, God making

a way. Because listen, God has given us

a word and Mary you will carry like very the very Christ in the

inside. The word is being about to be

born. We're about to pull out a church

because we've got a word of God. Now what do we do?

Same situation of Mary and Joseph.

Yeah, I am with my wife. We're like Lord, where are we

going? And I love the fact how God

steps in and out of nowhere, a beautiful African family from

the church file that opened the doors.

They say, listen, come and live in our house.

We are family, my God. And so we live there in Bristol

with their family. They cared for us.

They feed us all and I love, I love the coke meat, I love

African flavour food, I love it. And they, they loved us, they

cared for us, for us and our son.

And we were all there for a whole month until God swung open

the next door in Bracknell. And so we're in, we're in

Bristol and so we've moved like Mary Joseph from Bethlehem and

we're like, right, thank you, Lord, for opening the door and

Bracknell, and that's where we plant the church.

Hallelujah. Praise God.

Now God knows how to turn pressure into promise.

Hallelujah. And so he made a way for us

where there was no way in the national God opened the door for

us and he took our no room season and he folded with

people, with his promise and with his praises.

And so if God did it for us, He will do it for you.

If God did it for Michelle and I and I, I believe that God is the

same God today for you and He will open up some doors for you

and into the ministry we God has planned for you to go the word

of the Lord open those doors for you.

Whatever door right now feels closed and feels shut, whatever

need feels urgent, I believe that God is stepping in and God

is bringing breakthrough and God is making the way for you.

Oh Hallelujah, that always makes him way because he is a

winemaker. Somebody said winemaker.

Hallelujah, no breakthrough is here.

I decree and declare and I prophecy under the unscrilled.

The Holy Ghost open doors. Your breakthrough is here.

Hallelujah. If he Derek for us, he'll do it

for you. Come on.

Waymaker miracle worker. Almost Kitty light in the

darkness. My God, that is who you are.

Listen, that is who you are. That is what we are declaring

that God is a waymaker. Hallelujah.

Now it shows if God steps into real life, our lives into the

real world, that tells us something about God's heart.

It tells us something about his character, his nature.

That Christmas doesn't just show us something that God did in the

past and a historic event, but that he is stepping into the

real world, into our world, our situations.

And that shows us who is that God came close, that God came to

us. We didn't reach out for God.

God reached out for us. It's not like we God came to us,

Emmanuel and so God reach us. And so some people, you know,

they grew up thinking, well, God is distant.

God is hard to reach. God is near to only the

religious folk. God is near to people that's got

their lives either black, you know, God is now real because I

had a perfect week of you. You've you've prayed your

perfect praise. Now God is near and God is

close. Now God is saying I am close, I

am with you Emmanuel. Now watch this Matthew chapter

one verse 23. The Virgin will conceive and

give birth to his Son and they will call him Emmanuel, which

means God with us. Emmanuel, God with us, not

against us, not tolerating us. God is with us, God is for us.

God near you, not God near you. Only when you do well, God with

you. Emmanuel is not just a once a

year God with us. Emmanuel is not seasonal, just

Christmas time. God is with us.

Emmanuel is daily. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday, Friday, Saturday everyday.

God with you on the school run. God with you in the family.

God with you when life hurts. God with you when things are

difficult and troubling. God with you when you are tired.

God with you. When the enemy whispers lies

that the enemy just like the God is far, the God is this that he

forgot. Now the scripture says the

opposite. The scripture says in Psalm 3418

that the Lord is clown to the broken hearted and saves those

who are crushed. So close to the broken hearted,

not the perfect, the broken hearted.

That's it close. So the the lonely God is close,

the grieving God is close, they're anxious, God is close.

The parent, he's pouring out and feels empty.

God is close. So if you are feeling broken

today, if you are feeling crushed today, I believe with

all of my heart that God is close.

He's leaning in and he's referring you.

He's refreshing you, He's strengthening you, He's pouring

joy. Come on, it's in your life right

now. God is close to you.

Somebody said God is close. Yeah, say it again.

God is close. Yeah, God is closer than you

think. He's so close.

Now here's where joy comes in. Because God doesn't just come

close just so that we can have a warm, cosy Christmas, OK?

God comes close because joy is in his presence.

OK, now I'm going to show you this because listen his presence

and and when God's go, his presence is fullness of joy

right now. It says here, Psalm 16, verse

Psalms 16:11

11, you will show me the path of life in your presence is

fullness of joy. OK, so that means Joy has got an

address, a home address where joy lives.

OK, Now let me just ask somebody here, right?

OK, where does joy lives? Because when I'm telling you the

problem says that joy has a home address, it has a source, OK?

The joy lives in his presence, yes.

So that's what he says. So in the presence of God,

that's where joy is. So that's where the joy, the

source of joy does his prison. So joy and I, I want you to get

this because joy is in his presence.

It does not say perfect circumstances.

It doesn't say in perfect circumstances, this fullness of

joy. It doesn't say, OK, right, my

bank account is full. I've got money in the bank all

his while kids family nowadays joy.

It does not say that it doesn't say when life is good when I'm

living lying on the beach somewhere I'm happy all

circumstances of family. Everything's perfect.

There's no pressure being neutral.

No, the Bible is very specific that he says where do we find

joy Now I thank God for Christmas gifts and all these

things we buy and all of that. But listen how how many of you

know that another smart TV or phone account.

It does not give you joy. I'm not sure about him happening

joy. How do we get joy is the Bible

says in his presence? OK, so Christmas joy, the source

of joy is in his Christmas. Christmas joy is not mainly

about what's under the tree. Christmas joy is found in his

presence. So the joy of Christmas is here

because Jesus is here. Let's say that again, the joy of

Christmas is here because Jesus is here.

That's what joy is all about. Joy is about who came to the

earth, the present Saviour, the praises of God.

This is what we are enjoying is his praises.

That's why we are full of joy, full of the strength of the law,

and this is our time to shine. So people out there can

understand that Joy is not found in another holiday, in another

full bank account. Joy is not found in drugs.

Joy is found in his prisons. That's when he finds joy.

So again, the home address of Joy, Joy Lips, where Jesus is.

Let's stop. It's such a simple message to

die, but it's powerful. That's joy.

Come on, say it. Joy loves where Jesus is.

Say it again. Joy loves where Jesus is.

The joy of Christmas is here because Jesus is here.

Come on, give me some praise. Hallelujah, somebody.

Yeah. OK, so you can be going through

some tough, difficult time, circumstances and still feel

full of joy. You can have some hardships,

challenges, hurts, rejection. You can still have joy because

Jesus has the final sight. You can be going through a

process and still have the presence of God, still have the

joy because Jesus has the final say.

And so where Jesus is, that is where joy is.

So if you walk in the service feeling heavy and tired, the

presence of Jesus lifts up. It lifts off the heaviness, it

turns the despair into joy because of His presence.

The presence of God is lifting the heavy weights because joy is

in His presence and that Hallelujah.

Now can we go a little deeper, OK?

Because I want to go. I want to go.

Can we just, I just want to go all out here today.

Can we go deeper? OK.

Because once you know that the joy is in his presence.

I want us to go deeper because here's what makes it

unshakeable, OK? Are you ready for this?

Because Christmas proves that God keeps his word.

So when life gets uncertain, when life gets challenging and

there's difficulties and hurts and challenges that we face, the

first thing that the enemy attacks is your confidence in

the Word. That's the fact.

That's one of the first places that the enemy attacks is your

confidence and your trust in the word of God.

And so the enemy whispers, well, God won't come through.

The promises are not for you. But Christmas is God's answer to

that lie. Christmas proves that God is

faithful to his Word. God's faithful to perform and to

fulfill His word. Are you getting this?

Somebody listen, let me just break it down to you.

Let me just explain it to you. Because hundreds of years before

Jesus was born, we're going back.

Hundreds of years before Jesus was born, God promised.

He promised that how the Messiah would come one day.

God promised it, He declared it, He prophesied it, He put it in

his words. And I'll give you one in the

book. I'll give you 1 haziahs.

Now what's this prophecy, this promise of God that one day a

Messiah will come? Watch each word.

Isaiah 714 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.

The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will

call him Emmanuel. God prophesied it, God said it,

He promised it, and it happened. Hallelujah.

He's not a liar, He's not a man that he's a liar.

He prophesied it, He declared it, He did it, it happened.

And then He went even deeper. He said, listen, you want some

details, I will show you even where.

Oh my God, you want to tell me hundreds of years before the

same you're going to tell me where he's going to be born?

Yes, Let me give you another powerful prophet.

Come on, can we prophecy in this place?

Let's put our prophecies in this place.

It says Micah 5 is to but you Bethlehem and from that though

you are swollen among the clans that you know out of you will

come for me one who will be ruling over all of his listen,

God made the town God prophesied put the promise in his word the

clear the clan in the town of Bethlehem.

That's where the Saviour will come.

Now listen, Luke chapter 2, I decree.

Luke 2 · chapter mention

Yeah, from Augustus. That decree.

Now, this is amazing. Mary and Joseph moved, shifted

because of the decree. Now that looked like a

disruption, but it's actually divine direction.

You mean a Roman Empire? You mean a decree from the

government, from the politician? That decree look like this, but

it was divine direction. So God used that decree to shift

and move Mary and Joseph to the place that he prophesied.

Yeah. Oh, God used it.

God used the decree of that interim to fulfill his word.

Is somebody getting this? God can do the same with your

situation looks like the pressure, that pressure that

looks in your life that difficult, that challenge.

Whatever the situation, God will use it to shift you, to move you

into your promise, into your colleague, into when you are.

Somebody's getting this today, my Lord.

Yes, God looks like pressure in your life.

God will use it to shift you into his promise.

If God can use a decree from the Emperor Augustus to fulfil his

word, he can use your situation, your difficult, your challenging

situation in this world, in the UK.

He can use governments, politicians to move us into his

plan. God can use it all for our

goods, but somebody didn't get out excited and his Yes, he'll

use this. That's what I hear what the

Spirit is saying that what God spoke over your life in private,

He's about to bring it to pass the public.

Yeah. Come on, come on.

Somebody sitting here whole perfect moment is coming.

You're perfect of the ministry. You're perfect of the call.

You're perfect. Something is about to happen in

your life. It's the spirit of war.

It's a prophecy. Grab hold of His word today.

Whoa. Hallelujah.

I feel anointing in this place. Your moment is coming.

Somebody shout out Hallelujah. Yeah, that's right.

Listen, God kicked His word over those hundreds of years, over

centuries. God get His word and He will

keep His word in your situation. He will keep His word if He kept

His word for those times hundreds of years for Jesus to

be born. He's keeping his word in your

life. If you are believing God for

healing in your body, if you are believing God for provision, if

you are believing God for a family member, a marriage or

situation, children, a family restoration, If you are

believing God for future direction.

Listen, Christmas is saying God keeps his word.

Oh Hallelujah, Hallelujah. God keeps his word.

God is faithful for full prophecy.

It shows that God is faithful. We see that in scriptures,

prophesied for fault, prophesied for fault.

It shows us we serve a faithful God.

That is Christmas for us. He keeps His word.

Let's look at it, say it out loud.

God is faithful to His word. What God promised, He will

before. If God said it, he will do it.

Come on, give God some praise somebody Hallelujah.

That is confidence in his Word. It's confidence and trust in the

whatever. You don't have to live afraid.

I love that. Look to the first.

You don't be for good news. You don't have to look the

fright. You don't have to look defeated.

You can look your head up hearts and you can remember the peak

announcement from heaven. Good news of great joy for all

people, everyone, somebody, Hallelujah, That's for you.

It's for me. It's for all of us, our

families, our communities, for everyone.

Hallelujah. So choose family.

As we wrap up this space, I want you to grab hold of this message

in your spirit today. That Christmas was not just an

historic event sometime in the past, but Christmas joy is

fresh. It's alive.

It's breaking through into our lives today.

Papa, Are you ready for this somebody?

Because I want to bring this to a close.

Because now we have seen how God keeps His promise.

We have seen how God stepped into our amazing situations.

Our lives are real, whole world. And Emmanuel, how God is with us

and we have said how the joy it's in the presence of God,

Hallelujah, fullness of joy, the greatest joy is in his presence.

Now, Now I'm going to bring this to a close.

Are you ready for this one? OK, because this one is, is is

this amazing, one of the most beautiful ways how God brings

joy to us. Are you ready for this one?

OK, because I really believe this is going to stir your

faith. It's going to take you to

another level. The next level it's going to.

Are you ready for this? OK, Toy has a sound.

Come on, grab all of that in your spirit.

Feel that. Receive that in your spirit.

Toy has a sound. OK, now it shows us exactly how

heaven moves. I want you to get this because

heaven did not announce Jesus with a whisper, with a quiet

little note. No way.

Heaven announced Jesus with praise.

Toy has a sound and now it's Jesus with praise.

Oh Hallelujah. The angels exploded with a

massive choir. Watch this Luke 2 verse 13.

Luke 2:13

It says suddenly a great company of heavenly hosts appeared with

the Angel praising God, saying glory to God in the highest

heaven. That's how God is showing us how

joy comes into our lives with a sound, a voice, with a song.

Praise and worship. It's not just something nice

that we do, OK? It's powerful.

Listen praise. Praise is against changer.

It's shifts. That was your open statement and

breakthrough comes in quick. Be open up and answer.

We give our claims. That's what happens now.

All through history that God has brought hope through song.

It's almost hard to believe what a simple Carol can do.

One song. Think about the amazing

Christmas trees in 1940 in World War One.

In the trenches, mud, enemies everywhere, guns shooting in the

battlefield. Fear.

But on Christmas Eve, German soldiers started singing Silent

Night in that language. The British heard it across the

battlefield. They heard it, and the British

joined in with the Germans in their own language in English,

singing Silent Night. The gun stopped.

The Carroll stopped the guns. Why did the gun stop?

Why did the fighting stop? Because the song went down.

What you mean? What?

Carol, The soldiers step out of the trenches, shook hands,

stared food, even play football. Yeah, yeah.

Read the streets there. One cattle stop guns on the

battlefield. So if one cattle can bring peace

amongst enemies, what can your praise do today?

No praise, listen, no praise can bring peace in your mind.

Because we might not be in a battlefield right in the

trenches out there, but the battlefield is in the mind.

Your peace can bring peace in your marriage.

Your praise can bring peace in your home and your family and

your children. Your praise can bring peace and

restoration in your life. Peace.

Because when the song goes up, when the praise rise, peace

comes down. Come on somebody, give God some

praise. Wow, a simple plow.

So instead of a quarrel, because listen, your praise can bring

peace in your relationships, in marriages, instead of a quarrel,

why don't you sing a Carol? OK, listen, can I just give

somebody's advice here? Because that's what we do in our

car when we like talking, we're like, OK, let's just break out

and wave my car for a moment. We like, look, we we're going to

say some words. Listen, we are not talking about

that anymore. Come on, kiss Mummy and Daddy.

We're all singing white. Yeah, that's right.

When price rise, peace comes down.

God knows how to gain joy to you.

And so when the anxiety rises, just raise a song.

Because when there's situations in our lives, in the car, just

sing. Open the mouth.

Just sing a camel. Anytime we're out and about,

just start singing. That's right.

So a Carol for the quarrel. Yeah.

There we go. Yeah, exactly.

That's what happened this morning.

And that is so powerful. We just because when you raise

this song, the atmosphere shifts open.

Heavens, peace comes down and your soul becomes a doorway to

joy. All of a sudden Joy's bubbling

up. You mean what, Carol?

One soul. You see the enemy doesn't mind.

Quiet Christians, they can have. Quiet Christians don't mind

quiet bleeders. Silent Christians don't mind at

all. Little polite little clappies,

you know, like a little, you know, when you're at the golf

because I like, well, let's get a little golf clap.

We got to be cute. We got to be very polite.

Oh, I got to be all, you know, at the golf course.

We got to be all like, very cuties.

David doesn't mind that how trembles when you start opening

your mouth and you decree on the prayer and you twice who is your

God in Ayo yay, Hallelujah, Papa, somebody stand up, get us

and pull me in this place. Troy to the world, Troy to your

house, joy to your family. Somebody shout Hallelujah.

Give him the loudest, longest place.

Oh, no. And give him praise.

Somebody. Yeah.

That's what we do. God is here.

We will not be silent. We will not stay silent.

But we will open our mouths just like those soldiers.

And we will sing and decree and declare.

And we will sing, sing, sing. Joy to the world.

The Lord is here. OK, so great joy is flooding

this place right now. I know.

Now keep standing. We got to pray.

I'm going to pray for you. Are you ready?

Are you ready somebody? Because joy is coming back.

The joy of Christmas is coming back.

He's coming back. Oh, Hallelujah.

So come on, declare it one more time.

If you believe like you believe it with all of your heart, with

every fibre in your being, say the joy of Christmas is here

because Jesus is here. Hallelujah.

Listen, the greatest joy is yours, your greatest joy, your

greatest Christmas. This is your moment.

It's your best. Days are ahead.

Now I want to pray for some people here today because I'm,

I've been feeling this since I've been praying this morning

that some people, some of us are carrying heavy loads alone and

so trying to be strong for others and holding it together

for other people. But inside you feel tired and

heavy and anxious, worn down. Now here's the invitation.

If you have been carrying heaviness and you feel

discourage, anxiety and grief, this is your moment.

I want you to put your hand on your heart, lift your other hand

just as a sign that you're receiving from God.

So 1 handset, Lord, this is what I've been carrying.

The other one, Lord, this is what I'm receiving.

I'm ready to receive what you're ready to give me.

So let me just pray for you right now.

So just receive this. Pray, Jesus, we come before you

right now, not because we are perfect, but because you are

your Lord, because of your presence and because you came

close and that you are Emmanuel. God, that you are with us now.

Father, in the name of Jesus, I break every power of heaviness

right now. Every white, every dark cloud,

every discouragement, every anxiety, every fear that's been

stealing peace. I command thee to lift now.

In the name of Jesus, break every heavier right now.

Remove every heavy burden right now from God's people there.

It's lifting. It's lifting right now.

Thank you, Lord, that you gave us the garment of praise instead

of despair. So today we lay down heaviness

and receive a fresh oil of joy. We lay down fear and we receive

strength. Jesus, right now release your

joy. Restore joy to your people.

Restore the oil of joy right now, fresh oil for tired people.

All because you promise in your world that the joy of the Lord

is our strength. So right now, Lord, joy in

homes, but I felt tense not restore joy, joy that comes from

your presence. Your word says in your presence

is fullness of joy. So right now, Lord, release your

fullness, your great joy upon every heart in this place.

Big joy breakout breaklist put a song back into the hearts of

your people. Let people sing and I cry for

the grieving today. That is that feel broken hearted

Lord that you come close right now.

Comfort, strengthen, Lord, let them feel your love in a real

way in Jesus name. There's the power, there's the

power, there's the power, there's the anointing, there's

the presence. Thank you Holy Spirit.

God is stretching out his hands. God is stretching out and

releasing his presence upon his people right now.

Hallelujah. Come on, let's make some

declaration. Say I declare joy is coming back

into my life. Jesus is close to me right now.

My house will know God's joy what God had promised, he won't

before. Fear is breaking.

Peace is settling. The joy of Christmas is here

because Jesus is here. Come on, Simony, Hallelujah.