Following Jesus | Pr Joel Vijay

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Let's read at Luke seven, verse eleven to seventeen. I

have that on screen, says here. Now it happened the

day after that. He went into a city call nine

or nine, and many of his disciples went with him,

and a large crowd. And when he came near the

gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried,

and the only son of his mother. And she was

a widow, and a large crowd from that city.

Was with her.

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her

and said to her, do not weep. And then he

came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried

him stood still, and he said, young man, I say

to you, arise verse fifteen. So he who was dead

sat up and began to speak, and he presented him

to his mother. Then fear came upon all, and they

glorified God, saying, a great prophet has written among us,

and God has visited his people. And this report about

him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region.

Thank God for the reading.

Of his word. So this story is about.

I love how this story ends, and it says God

visited his people. I would love that when we meet

on Sunday, that we feel like, wow, God visited this place,

not some speaker from ex Melbourne, not from any plan

other name, no other name, by the name of Jesus,

that when you're experience him, you go like wow, I

felt God's presence here. And that's the ultimate goal that

we journey on as believers, so that we experienced Him

and some of us. God has been impressing on my

heart that some of you you're starting the year, it's

a fresh year, but like this lady, you've got some issues.

Some things which are not going right. It says you.

And Luke seven it says, let's read that again that

he the dead man, was being carried out the son

of his mother and she was a widow. That's really tragic, right,

how many of you think So it's a son a

dead man, first dead man, and then.

She was the only son and then she.

Was a widow. When I read that, I went like, wow,

this is this is bad, Like how bad?

Can it be? Right? This is bad?

The only son is dead and he was carried out

the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

And God was speaking to me that some of us

you might be in that place. No, maybe you don't

have a dead child, but some dreams have died. Maybe

last year you're believing for something and then God didn't

come true. You feel like God, You feel that God

didn't come true. But maybe you don't know that God

is working things for our good. You feel like, ah, God,

you didn't come true for me last year.

Too bad.

If you don't know God already. Read the book of Hebrews.

Hebrews eleven speaks about the characters of faith. Read about

all the different people who came before us and they

were living a life of faith.

I'm going to read you.

I was just reminded just now that in Hebrews eleven,

verse thirty nine, if you have your bible's turned to me,

turn with me. Now, turn to me, turn with me

to eleven. Hebrews eleven, verse thirty nine.

That's on this.

For some of you who are there, you feel that

God has abandoned you, you or you haven't received your

breakthrough Hebrews eleven, verse turning out you guys there, let's

read that together. It says, all these people earn a

good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them

received all that God has promised. So this chapter actually

talks about all the people like you know, Great, the Great,

the whole of not faith, fame, but the whole of faith.

And you've got so many characters that You've.

Got Abel, You've got Abraham, you've got Noah. All these

people came, and yet that verse said they did not

receive all God has promised. And so I'm here with

you because I'm also in that boat like as a family.

I don't know where the I didn't plan to share this,

but I want to tell you that God is real.

God is faithful, and God journeys with us where the

we get what we want or we don't, God is

still faithful. And I'm just bringing this message because I thought,

let's be real.

We're family.

I'm just another church punter in Melbourne doing some things.

Last year or the year before and the year before,

Delia and myself. We've had Sophie. If you don't know,

dearI is my wife. Sophie is my daughter, and so

we had.

A child.

Yes, Sophie is my daughter. And after a couple of years.

We had some tragic birth story. Okay, ask me about

it and next time. But after that, the doctor saw us,

don't ever try again. The ACG you do us, don't

try because your body cannot take it. You nearly died,

give up and stuff for that. So we're like, okay.

And after two years they get They say, if you

want to try, after two years, until your body is

fully healed, them maybe you seek some specially then you try.

So we were like, so after two or three years

we decided, okay, we're gonna try. And then guess what, yay,

Dina got pregnant last year and so we were we

were like yeah, and then Dealer says, we know how

we're going to tell Sophie she's not going to be.

The only chow anymore.

And said, the Dealer's really excited, right, So she's like,

I'm going to tell I'm going to tell her. I'm

going to break it to her. And I said, don't, don't.

Don't sport a surprise. And on one of the Sundays

we were serving together, I think Dealer is a chaperson.

I was on that day. I was speaking, I was

playing the guitar, and then Suddenly she looked at me

and she says, ah, like of this pain and it's hurting,

and so I was thinking, okay, hang in there. And

so right off the church we decided, hey, let's we

love the fellowship.

But we had to tell her to say hey, we've

we've got it.

So we booked an appointment, went to the doctor and

we found out not so great news that hey, you

know what you're having. The doctors just said you're having

a miscarriage. So we were like, oh wow, that's how

it feels. It's not a great feeling, but we're like okay.

And what makes it worse is we had to wait

from three pm up to eight pm because in the

Australian public system, they feel like miscarriage not so important,

so you can just can't wait.

Other emergencies are important.

So we're like, okay, maybe we waited there till eight

o'clock and then they say like, look, your daughter's sleepy,

you know what, why don't you bring her home? And

then you guys go and then I'll take a cat

back there. It is the worst thing as a husband

to think about, like, wow, how can I leave my

wife who's going through this and go home. I said, God,

surely you are good, Surely you can come true. And

so got that long story shot. I went back home,

gave Sophia shower, gave us some food, brought some food

along along the way. She fell asleep in the car,

reached Pigtavor back and then we went back home and

I said, hey, you know what, it's okay. God is

still with us. God is still good. And then she says, yeah.

And I don't know why this happened. I thought I

was being careful, and I said, no, look, it may

not be you, but we still have to believe that

God is faithful.

God is good and so true.

That season, God was teaching me that, hey, you know what,

you may not receive the good that you think, but

I have a better plan, and true that as we

shared that journey with our church, we found out that, hey,

you know what, God used our story to lead others

to know that, hey, you know what, God is a

god not just of good times, but true bad times

as well. True the pain true, the sorrow, true, the

persecution true. Whatever you're going through at home, he is

still faithful and He's still there. And I read this

verse then that Lord, you were the god of all

these heroes, and they never saw you, they never saw

the fulfillment. So I'm here this share with some of

you that I don't know who I'm sharing with that

maybe are believing for something. But God is saying, even

though if you don't see it, can you trust me?

How do we break it to Sophie?

We were thinking that we have to tell him because

she felt something's going on. We felt like, oh, and

so we said, she said, Mommy, am I going to

have her sister deck hand boss and not not boss,

but uh that I can't care for? And then we

tell we'd always say like, actually, mummy was wasn't feeling

so okay, So we.

Didn't get the baby.

Then she said oh, and then she said I know

I know why, Daddy, And then we're thinking, oh, no,

what is she gonna say? How are we gonna explain?

And she said, I think because I pray, and she's

been praying every week you go and pray for Mammy's tummy.

And she said, I think Jesus has no stock in

heaven because I've been praying for a baby girl, and

maybe there's no more baby goes in heaven. So there's

no stock, and then I was driving, I said, yes, yes,

there's no stock or baby goes in heaven like like

Elven saying all the boys, you're right. So I was like, oh,

thank God, you explain it to her that way, no

stock in heaven. Great, don't have to explain to her.

Right months to come, you discover what we went through.

But true that period we journey it as a family together,

and I think it was tough for Delia to go

through it while serving. I don't know about women going

through these kind of circumstances. And that's why I look

at like past Elvin and Jazz and the team here.

I know the labor, the sacrifices you make, not just

leaders here, but everyone's serving that you're going through stuff

and sometimes no one knows. And I'm here to tell

you that God knows. Luke seven, verse eighteen, it says

the Lord saw her and he had compassion on her,

and he said, do not weep. And God saying to

some of you today that God is he knows what

you're going through, saying, do not weep, do not be afraid.

So how can we be more like Jesus is? Some

of you you know that that movie The Passion of Christ. Right,

I think you've got your own Jesus here?

What's his name? You you sing? Yushing? Got it right? Right?

You should follow and become more like not but in

that sense to be more christ Like, it's not just

to have passion. A lot of us. You can have passion,

you can be jumping on the stage. But compassion is

another sense. Compassion is where God really dwells in, God

really moves in.

Let's read that. What is compassion?

Maybe I'll give you a quick glimpse on what is

compassion compassion?

There's two words here. I'll read you the.

Hebrew meaning first, which is the word can anyone pronounce that?

Rakhum is r a k h m kind of thing

which is full of compassion, merciful?

You understand that. So that's compassion. That's what we know.

When you say someone is compassionate, we feel like, oh, yeah,

the person's merciful. But the Greek meaning it's this funny

word almost feels like sliver coming out of you, which

is splack needs mine or no me, which means to

be moved as to one's bowels. Funny right, to move,

to be moved as to one's vowels hands to be

moved with compassion, having to have compassion as though your

bowels are known to be the seat of love and pity.

So when I thought I read this verse, I'm like,

oh my gosh, like vowels. Every time I think of bowels,

I think of toilet. Right, But then I thought about no, Actually,

when the word compassion comes in is when you see

something and it hits you in the guy, I need

to do something about it, to be moved, not just

out of pity, but hey, you know what, I'm going

to do something about this. I'm gonna move to us this,

I'm gonna change this situation. And that's what compassion. That's

the same compassion that Jesus had when he saw this lady.

When he saw this condition, he said, hey, know what

Jesus had compassion. It was not like, oh, Jesus felt

like I need to go to toilet, guys. No, he

went like, I need to step in and I'm going

to show you. Many verses are a couple of examples

here that God moves with compassion, not just hey, you

know what I'm passionate about Jesus. I'm passionate about church,

but hey, Let's move with what Goddess? What is God's

heart for us? Let's read Exodus thirty five, verse five

to six. It says, here the Lord descended in the

cloud and stood with him, and there there proclaimed the

name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him, the Lord,

the Lord, your God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and

abounding in goodness and truth. So compassion is part of

his nature. When he introduced himself, read that to Moses,

he introduced himself as not good looking, not kind, but

his introduced his introduction of self introduction. Here it says,

the Lord, the Lord, your God, merciful and gracious, merciful, compassionate.

Exodus thirty four, vers six says, the Lord passed in

front of Moses right and some of us. God, you

think that God is merciful to other people and his

God and just he walked past you, God saying no,

I see you, and I want you to journey with me,

even through the heartache, even through the unmad dreams, God

is wanting to be merciful to us. Jesus moved with compassion.

Matthew fourteen, verse fourteen says, when Jesus went out, he

saw a great multitude, and he was moved with compassion.

He was moved with compassion for them and heal they're sick.

And then there's a leper story in my one. Verse

forty says a leper came to him, imploring, kneeling down

to him, saying to him, if you're willing, you can

make me clean. And Jesus moved with church compassion and

stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him,

I'm willing be cleansed. So I'm just giving you examples

to let you know that Jesus, yes, he was passionate

about him his father's business, but he was compassionate to

reach more people, to save, to heal, to deliver, to

set the captives free. That's the God that I know.

And I'm here to encourage you that God sees you.

I want you to know that God knows what you're

going through. I don't know who has started the year.

And you're thinking, like I feel that this situation is dead.

John ten.

Verse ten, it says the thief comes but to kill, steal,

and destroy. But I've come to give you life and

live more abundantly. And so when I read this verse

this morning was reminded that hey, you know what, the

thief and the story came to kill that son, stole

the son from the lady, and then destroyed her life.

Did she have a husband?

No?

In that sequence, he came to kill, to destroy, and

to steal from this lady. And what does Jesus do.

Jesus steps in and he goes, I'm here and I'm

gonna move. I'm gonna start off afresh. That which you

think is dead, God can raise your life. And so

I'm here to bring you that word that hey, let's

focus on being compassionate. Maybe it's maybe it's you're studying

here right now.

If that's here in this space, great, You're like.

Yeah, news resolution, I'm ready to spring out. But God

is challenging you. Hey, look around. Not everyone is starting

in a good place. Can you be moved? Can you

step out? Can you be compassionate? Look up for that

one the campus team that they said like, oh, only

one person can that was invited. I'm like, hey, you

do not know who you're reaching sometimes, and that one

Jesus left. He explained that leave the ninety the one

hundred ninety nine for that one, and so that one

life can be important, God, ask God this year, Lord

show me that one Lord helped me to be more compassionate. Lord,

give me that compassion to move. Amen, let's read on this.

So number one is to be compassionate. Number two, if

you're taking notes, is be bold. This is something that

some of us. I think most of us need to

work on being bold. Luke seven, verse thirteen. Lord Lord

saw her, and he had compassion on her and said,

do not weep?

How do you tell someone don't cry? Are reading? Let's

be practical. If someone's you go the funeral.

Most of you have been to a funeral before, some

of you, And then you reach the people that he said, guys,

don't cry. I'm like, whoa, How can you tell people

don't cry? The only way you can tell someone not

to cry is if you have a better solution. And

he came touched the open coffin, and those who carry

it around him stood still, and he said, young man,

I say to you, arise, And he who was dead

set up and begin to speak, and he presented him

to his mother. So there's that boldness, knowing that I'm

coming not in the authority of death, but coming in

the one who has sent me the Father, and He's

given me life and life more abundenly, I'm going to

proclaim it over this life. So that's the God that

we serve. And I'm here to encourage you that, Hey,

you know what, you can do that as well. And

most of us need to step out in that faith

because that's what the Will needs. Doesn't need more Christians

who are trying to become like the world needs more

Christians who are more christs Like. So I'm here to

encourage you as I am learning that. You know what,

Let's let's be more christ Like. Let's be more bold

in the calling that He has called us to be.

When I told our church back in Melbourne that hey,

I'm preaching XPG and how's your minded From the team,

They're like, oh yeah, that's that's one of our plans

that send the most people across Do you know that XPG.

Whether you know it or not, you guys have sent

so many people to Australia. Thank you for sending them, teens,

campus students, young workid outs. We've got some of our leaders.

So most of y'all know Elo and Hanson and and Jaden,

and then you know Island and Kiko. I don't know

where you know, Ilen Kicko. They are leading on West

Holmes and they're they're reaching homes a demographic of people

that is just way out in the west. It's like

one I went twenty minutes away from us. That's where

they live. And they're reaching a group of people who

are not even in church. And then I was reminded

of this story which I wanted to share with you.

Is this guy, this teen who came to our church

and I think passe Alvin knows him. And so this

teen and I told him, I said, his name is Hanson.

I don't know where you'll know him. He was when

he was here, I think he was like nine or ten.

And then he moved to Australia. He followed his family there,

and I landed in Australia the year after. And so

he said, hey, passes shows. He was a cute kid then,

and so he came up with he said, Hi, I'm

from XPJ bus Elvin sent me here. I said, oh,

And then I was like, oh wait this day he

said ring Wood. Then I said wow, ring Wood. So

where's that He's like? So I googled it up and

I was like, wow, that's forty minutes by train. They said, yeah,

it's just forty minutes, So like, okay. So he started

coming to church and I'm like, wow, this guy takes

the train all the way forty minutes. And then he

started coming and then we had a getaway y'all know

a getaway.

It's like a camp. Do you all have a camp here? Yes?

You had an amazing one, right, And so he said,

I want to go over the camp. He said, but

my mother won't aloud. Can you meet my mother? And

then I was like, oh, So I took the train

ran to PJ and then I was like having his

barbecue and stuff that I was thinking, oh no, Like

what's why does his mother want to meet me? And

then the mother said like, oh, thanks for coming all

the way bass the shoe, and I just you know

that it's not that we don't want him to go

for your cam. It's just that we feel that the

people at the camp may not like him. I was

like why, and then she says, because he's got this

thing where in the middle of the night he wakes

up and he has panic attacks and anxiety attacks, and

he hears voices and he goes back and forth and

so that's why we brought him to some mediums.

We tried different things.

He's gone for some sleepovers and some people traumatize, and

so I don't know whether he should go for your

cam you get away, I said, I'm thinking, and I said,

maybe he'll stay with me. Yeah, your room with me

worth thing to do, right, put yourself in danger. Said okay, yeah,

your room with me great, and then go home. And

I told you, la, I think your room separately here,

your room with me, right, and I'll take one more

boy or one more guy do the bunks there.

And then they said are you crazy?

And then I said it's okay, Like I gave his

mom the word that it's gonna be fine, and then

I first get away there pass Candea Banzenra came and

then they were like setting up, so we had like

two shelleys booked out like twenty other people. And then

came the night, and truly enough, it happened like they're

sleeping and then sudden you get up. You're like and

then this guy goes walking walking past this and then

he's panting and pending and came up and then he

suddenly just collapsed on the floor.

And then all the guys in the room. I think

it was a tree or four guys woke up like right.

And then the next morning at five eight, five, six am,

preparing breakfast, no one's talking to each other. Right, let's

not talk about what happened, right, just make your coffee,

make your mid low. And I was thinking, God, surely

you can do something.

Surely.

So we had a great day on the second day,

and then on that night again, guess what happened again?

And this time worse. He was walking back and forth again, came.

Out right to me anyway, right, And I was like,

at that time, it's where the boldness kicking in. And

so I said, in the name of Jesus, get oh,

get behind, and then he fell. I just said, in

the name of Jesus, get out of this boy. And

he stopped and then he woke down. He said, what

was happening? He doesn't know what's happening. And I said, Hanson,

what your mom said happened? He says, But I don't

what to do. I don't what to do. Can you

pray for me?

He said?

And I said I can. But and then God, let

me tre this to say, you pray for this Hanson.

So we sat next to the bed. I said, Hanson,

do you want this out of your system? Do you

want to be set free? Then you gotta pray, and

let's believe together that you'll be set free. And so

he prayed in the name of Jesus, thought, set me free.

I don't want crime. Thirteen year oh, pray, prayed. It

was a good night after that, and then we didn't

think about it much. We were like, yay, there's not

that day, thankfully, right, because you know, two days, one night, yay, right,

go back to my wife.

I didn't think about much of it right after that.

Two years later he says, oh, but I want to

be baptized, and then we were like, okay, sure. I

finally decided my parents are okay with it and stuff,

and I add the baptism. He shard say, Actually, I

just wanted to remind you guys that I thought about it.

That God set me free from this anxiety that I

used to be having for many years. And we've tried

many things, and God only came true at this camp,

at this time when I prayed and set me free.

And I just wanted you to know. When he shed that,

we were like oh yeah, right, we didn't even remember anything.

We were like, oh yeah, that's right.

You had that thing in you, but God set you

free and we were like, God, you are amazing, and

I'm here to challenge you that let's be bold in

declaring God's presence, not just on Sundays but in our

workplaces when things are not going according to or not

going to what's right, declare God's word. And that boldness

can only come as we go into point tree from

being in his presence. Let me read some scripture for

you that God has not given us second Timothy one,

verse seven, A spirit of fear, but of power and love,

er sound mind. And sometimes we forget that. Hey, you

know what, it's normal to operate in fear. It's normal

to go like, hey, you know what, delby demons. I

tell this to different parents that they're raising the children

as it like, hey, you know what, if you want

to send your kids and you think that Australia has

a better life, be warned. We are dealing with different demons,

and a lot of us go like, ah, demons, why

is that right? It's no, demons are real, but greater

who is in you.

Is greater than who is in the world.

And God has reminded us so many times that, hey,

you want it's not just about having a bad education there,

but hey, where does God want me to be? That's

the important question to ask, Lord, where do you have?

And God has not given us the spirit of fear,

but of power of love? Anna sound mind? What does

sound mind speak about? Self control, self discipline? And so

I'm sharing with you this is because sometimes things are

out of our control.

That's where that sound mind comes in.

Lord, give me that peace, give me that perseverance, give

me that hope that I need in this situation. And

so God may not give you what you want, like

that baby we were praying for. I'm here sharing it

with you that we didn't get a baby, but God

gave us peace. With the peace, I'm gonna trust him

even more with that piece, I'm gonna say, Hey, you

know what God is, A God is good with or

without that promise, Lord, you are faithful, And so God

has given us his spirit.

Let's draw boldness only from his presence.

When you spend time with God, that's where that baldness

comes a lot of times, it's like what Paskenna said,

And I'm bringing here his greetings.

He said, hey, share with the church that he loves you.

And I'm here to say that, you know what, His

presence is all that we need. If you spend one hour,

think about it, newest resolution, one hour in God's presence.

That one hour can make a difference in your twenty

four hours, right in your twenty three hours. Why don't

you spend And there's so many verses in the Bible,

says Jesus told his disciples, go and read it in

the Bible.

Why don't you wait with me? How many hours? Just

one hour? Why don't you wait with me? One hour?

Why do you fall asleep? Why don't you wait with me?

So there's something about Hey, you know what, when I

spend time with God, God gives me the strength so

I can take on today, so I can take on

whatever's ahead of me. But that bondness comes from his presence.

That's where some of us need to this year. Maybe

that can be a resolution. Maybe you're gonna go into

your office tomorrow and you're thinking, oh, the boss again, right,

But I'm here to say, hey, you know what, take

it on my bondness, not going to score your boss.

I'm the boss.

Right, but you go like, hey, you know what, no

matter what I'm facing, Lord, you are with me.

Give me the strength. Amen.

Last one is to be like what Christ was doing.

He was God's ambassador. Jesus had this saying in the Bible,

which she says that I've come to do the will

of him who sent me.

I know food of what you don't know of. That's Jesus.

And so when he came, he's representing the Father God.

And as Christians, that should be our aim as well.

That can we be Christ in our workplace? Can we

be like Christ in our families? Can we be Christ outside?

To people know where Christians? That's one question and honest

they know we're Christians. Do they want to know Jesus.

It's not a question, but I'm here. The challenge is that, hey,

you know what God has called us, and all of

us have different giftings.

What passa Elvin does? I can't do what your gifted in.

I know most of you want to be like you

saying like you want to be like Jesus, but what

he is gifted in some of you might find it

hard to do. And I'm here just say that, Hey,

we're all part of the body. We play different parts,

and if every part does its share, it brings edification.

To the body. We can grow. So can we be

his ambassador?

Let's read that last verse nukes seven, verse sixteen to

seven and says fear came upon all and they glorified God,

saying a great prophet has risen among us, and God

has visited his people, and this report about him went

throughout all Jadere and the surrounding region. Once you walk

in boldness, people will want to know Christ. Once you

walk in that gifting, God will use you as a vessel.

And that's that's where God wants you to be in

this story. Where did he visit this place? Name Nain

right or nine?

Let's have a glimpse of it and we would draw

the clothes. Nine what does that mean?

A town of Galilee situated in the northern base of

Little Herman.

What does it say there? I'll read the bottom part.

It says a petty village inhabited by very few families.

And what caught me is God would stop for something

that's petty. Some of you might think like, I'm too small,

woe with me? Lord Lord, You're you're so concerned with

so many things. My need is so small. If God

could go into nine and minister to this lady and

raise the dead, don't you think you would want to

go into your little situation? Don't you think of God,

good God like Jesus would want to step in the

other of nine is beautiful. And that's why I want

us to know that God walks into a mess and

he takes these the insignificant, and he makes it beautiful.

And when I read this story, I went like, God,

you are so good.

Lord.

You love your people so much that Lord, even though

we are going through doubts, disappointments, Lord, even sometimes we're

angry with you, Lord, you would step in and you

would love us the same. And then there's no one

too small. He met the Samaritan woman in the desert.

I wrote here he went all his way for Jerry's daughter.

And then he went to Psychaas and Matthew, tax collector.

Nobody wants to hang with tax collectors. They think it's bad.

And then he jumped into whose boat Simon's boat? They

caught nothing. Sometimes you think that only when I have something,

God was interested in me. No Simon got nothing. Jesus

steps in. That's a God that loves you and me,

and yeah, I'm him to tell you that God wants

to step in. And you have the same spirit that

God has, which is the Holy Spirit. So you don't

have Jesus physically present. And this is where I want

to end my message, that He has given us the

Holy Spirit. How can we really be more like Christ

is to have His spirit in us, to be walking

not in the flesh, but in the spirit. For those

of you who were there at pray on Wednesday, I

think doctor Jill got us to read Romans eight and

Romans eight if you read it, says we walk not

by flesh but by the spirit. And the more we

walk by the spirit, the more we experience what the

more we commune with God. And so God can only

use those willing vessels. When I saw the leaders in

front there earlier, I went like, wow, God, this is like.

The wedding at Cana.

Where Jesus mother said, hey, do something about it, right,

and six vessels were there, And then Jesus said, my

time is not yet. But because he was moved, he

said I'm gonna save this wedding. I'm going to move

and do this. And he says, take these jaws, put

one into them and take them out. Was a miracle

in the water. No, a miracle is in the Lord

and his word. And so as we draw her close today,

even as a worship team comes up, some of you

are asking, Lord, what's your plan for twenty twenty five.

For me, it's a big question. And as you ask

that question, I would say, keep that conversation going, Keep

that conversation going, and ask God, Lord, how can I

be more like you? If that's you in his place?

Even as we stand right now, I know this might

not be a common thing, but I want to start.

I want us to start the year by dedicating our

lives to Jesus and being filled with the Holy Spirit.

God says that he wants to pour out his spirit

afresh upon his church because in his word he says

that greater works shall you do? When I go to

the Father, I believe that EXPG. You've sent so many missionaries,

You've sent so many disciples out, and God's not done

with you yet. God sees your heart. Thank you for

serving him faithfully. But it's not in the doing, it's

in the being more like Jesus. Thank you all this rain,

Thank you Jesus. Right now, we hands lifted up even

as we worship him. Right now, we're just going to

worship him with one simple chorus, and then I'm going

to pray it with us.

Hallelujah, Thank you Jesus.

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