What are you bringing forward | Pr Gloria Paul

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What are you bringing forward? Yes? What are you bringing forward?

Yeah?

And I just felt led to remind all of us

this morning that we are not created to carry the

world on our shoulders.

Yeah.

God is the one who carries the world, and we

are just part of it. And all we've got to

do is to allow God to lead us.

Right.

What is it that God has shown you this year,

to different experiences, to different challenges that has built your faith?

And you're saying, yes, Lord, I want to bring this

forward so that I can be a testimony for you

that I can glorify your name.

Yeah.

Or maybe what is it that God may be challenging

us to say, Okay, I choose to let it go.

I choose to surrender so that I have the capacity

and the space to receive the so much more that

He has for us.

Right.

If you, if you go in with a with a

with a full back, a full luggage of things, you

won't have enough space to put in whatever else that

God has for us. Yeah, And so that's why we've

got to empty some part of our lives as well. Yeah,

and it takes an action from us.

Right.

Sometimes it could be some of us here forgiveness, right,

letting go of a certain uh, something that's painful in

your hearts, right, something that is still bothering you and

you think about it, like policies in the Bible is

like a torn You know, if you ever got a

ton on your little toe or your finger, you can

feel all right your entire body, but that one ton

is causing a lot of irritation, right, And that is

how unforgiveness can feel. And it kind of hindus us

from loving others or pursuing even other things.

Right, So it could be forgiveness.

It could be that God wants to put your faith

in action.

So we say, yes, we have faith.

But God wants you to answer a call, be it

to serve, be missions, be just to say yes to

something that He has called you to pursue, right, putting

your faith in action, Trusting God a little bit more.

Trusting God. It's a very simple word, trusting, But it

takes a lot of faith to trust and not just

trusts because I know I can do it, but trust

God and let go. How many of us can do that? Yeah?

Is it towards holiness.

Sometimes our lifestyles, the choices that we make purity. There's

all the things that God pursued wants us to pursue,

or even renewing of our minds. Yeah, renewing of our

minds to get rid of whatever. That's all the carnal minded,

like the Bible says, right, we're not off the world.

Were God's children. You need to be transformed. Yeah, So

what is it you know best? And that's why it's

good to reflect. Yeah, it says here in Isaiah forty

three Versus eighteen to nineteen, do not remember the former things,

nor consider the things of all.

Behold, I will.

Do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. Shall

you not know it? I will even make a road

in the wilderness and reverse in the desert. Yeah, that's

God's word for us. The book of Isaiah is filled

with prophecies, Okay, and this is one of the reminders

for us. It says here, do not remember the former things.

We learn from past experiences. Yeah, we learn from from

difficult moments, right, but it says here not to remember it,

because you know what, if the more we remember, the

more we dwell.

It's hard for us to move forward.

Yeah, it says I will do a new thing. How

many of you are looking for new things in your lives? Yeah,

new blessings, new breakthrouths, new testimonies. Okay, testimonies keeps us going.

Every time we hear testimonies, we're reminded, Well, God, you

are showing up. God, You're able to break through barriers

that you know seem so impostant, well in the eyes

of men, But God you make it possible.

Right.

The testimony of this precious family so powerful. Right, how

God brings you through the grief and brings a great blessing. Okay,

So testimony is new testimonies. And it says in the

scripture your I will even make a road in the wilderness.

No one can do that, only God and rivers in

the desert. I don't think so we have rivers in

the desert, right, But with God, he can do it.

So if you feel a dryness in your faith, a

dryness in your life, God can bring those new water,

believing water that never runs dry.

Amen. Second Quarantians five seventeen.

It says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is

a new creation. All things have passed away Behold, all

things have become new.

Amen.

It says you're a new creation the moment you step

in to the presence of God and you say, yes, Lord,

I want to follow you. I want to follow your ways.

I've made mistakes in the past, right, but we learn

from those mistakes. But it shouldn't be the one that

determines your identity. Right because it says here that all

things have become new and man, so some of us

may need to let go of certain mistakes. That makes

you keep thinking, making you feel like I'm a failure.

I can't do this because I made this mistake. Maybe

I'll do the mistic again. So I better just be

where I am right. But God doesn't want that of you.

He wants you to surrender YEA. Revelations twenty one point five,

right at the final book of the Bible, it says,

then he who sat on the throne said, behold, I

make all things new, And he said to me write

those right, for these words are true and faithful.

Yeah, he makes all things new, and this is the

God with self.

I just want to give an encouragement to all of

you this morning that God wants to be gain something

new in our lives. But what it requires us is

to take that step of faith as we step towards

the coming year, and to help us understand a little

bit more, we're going to draw towards a story from

the Bible. Okay, and this particular story, I'm sure it's

not a news story. If you've been long enough attending church,

you would have been able to thank you, you've been

able to hear different perspectives of this guy Joseph, Right,

and so we're going to learn from this Joseph here,

this dreamer, how did he come out from his circumstances?

And I will see able to move forward beyond all

that he went through in life. Yeah. And as we

go through this story this morning, he wouldn't be able

to read all the passages, but you can read it.

Yeah.

If you're trying to cover at least one Bible story

before the year ends, maybe this would be a good start.

Okay.

You can read on from Genesis thirty seven right until

Genesis fifty. It's all about his life. Yeah. And you know,

as we read this story here, why don't we just

put ourselves in the shoes of this guy, Okay and

try to imagine what does it feel like when your

own siblings actually betrayed you, right, everyone for forgotten you,

and then you're in this you know, this strange land.

You know that everyone is so new to you. And

yet he rose up from that.

Yeah.

So he's not a special angel. He was just a human, right,

he was just a human like any of us who

goes through hurt, pain, grief. But he rose and it's

only possible because of the faith that he has in God. Yeah,

and so we're gonna read. If you have your Bibles,

you can just look through as I draw in a

couple of scriptures from here. Okay, So what we can

learn from Joseph is that, you know, he could experience

the fullness of God because he knew what he had

to hold on to as he stepped forward. Yeah, and

what he had to also render. And that is why

when you read towards the end of his story, he

was able to forgive his breaths. In fact, not just forgive,

but to also provide for all of them. And if

you can just be real, yeah, can we do that

to someone who actually betrays someone who chows you to

become a slave. Not an easy thing to do. Yeah,

of course, with God's love and forgiveness. We can, but

just speaking as a human not possible. So that must

be something about Joseph that's in him that allowed him

to actually freely give, freely forgive. I mean those parts

we don't see in the Bible, the details when he

had to maybe cry out to the Lord and ask him.

I mean, there are some parts where it shows that

he grieves and evaps, right, But I'm pretty sure if

you look at all the details, there would have been

moments in his life when he had to ask God,

how can I do this?

Right?

But he had that one source that he kept going

back to.

Yeah, So for those of you.

May not be familiar with this story, we'll just go

through a bit of a storyline so as we can

see the first Yeah, so as we know Joseph Osser,

what was his specialty dreams, interpreting dreams.

He could dream, he could interpret dreams.

Yeah, and in fact, that was the gifting that he

never forgot.

He kept, he kept practicing it.

Yeah, he kept because we know about when it comes

to gifts, you've got to keep doing it to be

sharpening your gifts. God gives us certain abilities like prophesying,

interpreting dreams, you know, but we've got to do it,

and that's when God will sharpen it as well. Yeah,

so that was about him. So he dream right, and

do you remember one of those dreams that he was

sharing to his brothers. What did he tell them, let's

test your Bible knowledge, but yes, that they will bow

down to him?

Right?

And so how do you think the brothers felt angry? Yes, okay,

they felt angry, They felt upset. I mean, he was

not the eldest the family. There were so many other

brothers and then here you are telling that there will

come upon a time when you will actually bow down

to me. Of course they didn't take it well, right,

But of course Joseph being all, you know, excited about

what he dreamed, he was just all out sharing it out. Yeah,

so that was who he was. That's how the journey starts.

And as we read on the scriptures, m and then

we can okay, let me just show you a portion here.

Okay.

It says in Genesis thirty seven versus nine.

Okay, okay.

Then he dreams still another dream and told it to

his brothers and said, look, I dream another dream, and

this time the sun the Moon and the eleven stars

bowed down to me. Okay, so that was you know,

the dream that he had and how they will all

be bowing down to him.

Yeah. And so because of that, what happened was the brothers.

Were very jealous and of course his father loved him.

Who was his father, Jacob, That's right, okay, Jacob, And

so you know, you always give him the best, right,

and so these brothers started building jealousy in them. Okay,

they were just very upset. How can you know all

the privileges be given to him.

Yeah. And so what the brothers did.

Yes, they sold him right as a sleeve.

Yeah.

So they took him. They kind of plotted twist there.

Actually they wanted to actually kill him, but one of

the brothers said, no, let's at least spare his life. Ruben,

that's right, Yeah, Ruben said, okay, now, man, let's spare

his life. At least he doesn't die. Yeah, And so

that is what happened to him. Again, if you put

ourselves in the shoes of this guy, Joseph, it's not

an easy situation. Your very own breath is betrayed you

why because of jealousy.

Yeah.

So this is where he is. So, then what happens

as we read on? Of course you can read on

the different passages as we go. Where does he end up?

Joseph Egypt? He goes to Egypt, right, and he's in

the jail. And again it's because of his gifting got

him out of the prison, because he was able to

interpret dreams. And this king at that time was looking everywhere,

you know, if someone I need someone to interpret dreams,

and he couldn't find the right person until they heard

of this Joseph. But even then it took quite a

long time because he was actually interpreting dreams for the

cup bearer, right, and he said, please, don't forget me

when you come out.

Did the cup bearer forget? He forgot?

Right, he forgot because he was so caught up with life,

I guess, okay, And so then again Joseph was forgotten.

But again later on.

The king got to know about him, right, and he

started interpreting dreams. Yeah, And as we read a couple

of portions of scriptures here, okay, let me draw, Okay,

we can see in Genesis chapter thirty nine, right, Genesis

chapter thirty nine. Okay, let's start from verses one it

says now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt and

portiper and officer of Pharaoh, captain of the God, and

Egyptian brought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him

down there. The Lord was with Joseph, and he was

a successful man, and he was in the house of

his master, the Egyptian, and his master saw that the

Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all

he had to prosper in his hand.

Yeah.

So as you read the scriptures, you'll see portions of

the scriptures where it highlights about how the Lord was

with him through it all.

The Lord did not forget him.

He went through the most down situations in life, but

yet God raised him up.

Yeah, he became successful.

And then again there was this lady who came and

you know, she really liked him, tried to seduce him,

and then again he because he refused, he got back

into trouble, right, but again he rose up from that. Yeah,

And of course we all know, towards the end, he

becomes one.

Of the rulers, right, because the.

King really admired his ability of how he ruled, how.

He did his work.

And I think one of the things we noticed about

Joseph is that no matter what life hit him, he

didn't choose to kind of like just find the easy way, right,

He still did the right thing, and that is why

he found favor. Yeah, and I think that's something we've

got to always hold on to, as believe us, when

we're out there in the marketplace or when we're out

there in our communities and schools. Always do the right thing.

Don't just follow the majority. Yeah, don't just please men

and say okay, because everyone else is doing this and

that's the fastest way to be successful.

But is it right in the eyes of God? Yeah.

Men may not see, but God sees. And the same

thing with Joseph. He could have just kind of fell

for all the wealth and all the riches that they

were offering him, right, but he did not. He still

chose to honor God. And you know what, he's still

rose up right by doing.

The right thing. Yeah.

So that's the thing about Joseph that we can also learn. Yeah,

and as we read on towards as we go on,

you know, in different in the different chapters, you can

see this until chapter fifty, Yeah, you can see how

there was a great famine that happened, and his bread

came over looking for food. Yeah, and so Joseph could

immediately recognize that this are my brothers, but they couldn't,

maybe because he was looking very different, right, with his

appearance and dressing and all that.

Right, And the.

Scripture tells us here that his heart was filled with

grief because he missed them very much. He was thinking

of all that happened. Yeah, but as we go on, okay,

we can see that he actually tells the brothers here. Okay,

in Genesis forty five, if you read the whole chapter,

Joseph actually revealed to his brothers and said, this is

who I am. Yeah, and you'll tell that I'll give

you all that you need. Right, And in fact he

says your okay in verses okay, in verses one onwards.

Genesis forty five. Then Joseph could not restrain himself before

all those who stood by him, and he cried out

and verses two, and he wept out aloud, and the

Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard it. This just

reminds us that he's just a human. Yeah, he felt

all the grief and the hurts his five But now

do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourself because

you sold me here, for God sent me before you

to preserve my life. That's amazing for a person to

say after all that he has gone through. He told

the brothers they don't feel and they feel bad about

it sometimes and someone makes us angry, like, yeah, you

better feel it because you put me into all this trouble. Right,

he could have said that I've almost lost my life.

But then here he says, do not be angry with yourselves,

And I think that would have caused such a liberty

in the hearts of his brothers as well. Right, that

someone has forgotten, forgiven me for all that has happened. Right,

and he acknowledges the fact that God sent me here

to preserve my life. Yeah, he knew that the hardships

he had to go through was for something else. God

knew better. It didn't work out the way I thought

it would, but see where I am today because of

God's faithfulness. Yeah. So what was so different about Joseph

that made him respond in such a way they could

provide for the whole family. Yeah, let's just look at

three pointers here, which I pray and hope it will

be an encouragement and also a reflection for all of

us as we step into the new year. Yeah, the

first thing that we can learn that Joseph here, what

he brought forward was God's anointing and strength upon his life.

If you read the story throughout the different passages, you

realize that God never forgotten his gifting. He was given

opportunities to keep interpreting dreams, to pray for others, to

do what is right until the very end. Yeah, god

anointing was upon his life. And for those of you

here who have been serving, who are called once, God's.

Anointing is in your life. It is there.

But it's the matter whether you want to acknowledge it

or take a back seat and say it's okay, let

the others practice. Yah, their anointing and that God has

in them. We need to acknowledge it. You've got to

make room for it. Right, You've got to step forward

and say, yes, Lord You've called me. I have your anointing,

and I'm going to march forward.

Right.

Whatever life hits me, I'm just going to keep overcoming

it because God is with me. Yeah, God's anointing and

strength was.

Upon his life.

In Isaiah forty verse thirty one, it says, but those

who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They

shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run

and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint.

The Bible gives an example of an eagle, not just

like any other bird out there. Eagle that's the best,

the ones for us, the one that's source really high. Yeah,

and it says here that we will run and not

grow weary, not just walk, but run, because the run

is when you can just keep going. Remember, life is

a marathon, our faith is a marathon. We have to

keep our eyes focused on what's ahead of us, the

price that is ahead of us. Yeah, and for all

of us who run, I'm sure you know that it

takes discipline, it takes perseverance. There can be so many

distractions around you, but you still keep going because you

know that what's ahead of you is what's most important.

And I pray that all of us in church here

today will run in such a way. Don't just stop

just because someone else's is stopping, someone else is giving up,

and therefore I have to don't be distracted by the

problems around you.

Let's keep running.

There will be time. So you just got to run

a little slower, which is okay. God will renew your strength, okay.

He will know how to fill your cup when you're

feeling dry and you're feeling thirsty. But we've got to

just keep running.

Church.

Can we run towards the coming year with confidence?

Right?

With boldness that? Yes, Lord, I want to keep doing

your work. I want to keep serving you, want to

keep focusing my eyes on you no matter what life tows.

I am going to march forward. Amen.

Right, turn to the person next you in turn, do

not stop running. Yeah, some of you might need to

change your running shoes okay, or build your stemina, let's

do that, right, let's do that.

But we just have to keep going. Okay, we have

to keep running. Amen.

It says in Lamentations three twenty two to twenty four.

The steadfast love of the Lord never sees his mercies

never come to an end. You can never run out

of God's mercy. Yeah, they are new you every morning.

Great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, sees

my soul. Therefore I will hope in him.

Amen. Right, this is the God we serve.

They are new every morning, so it's alright, if you

mess up today, what's most important is if you wake

up the next day and say, God, forgive me, help

me Lord, and.

He will lead you.

Yeah, because his mercies are you every morning? Is faithfulness?

Are you every morning?

Yeah? And I always believe to start where you are at.

And I know sometimes I've been having conversations with friends

about eating better, losing weight for the coming year and

all that, and they'll say, Okay, man, I'm just gonna

eat for this week, and I still have time until

the thirty first, and then the first I will start afresh. Well,

my question is, if you can't start now, what makes

you think you'll start on the first right?

Why not we start today? Okay?

If you messed up your lunch, well, start right for

your dinner maybe right. If your sleep it's just all

over the place, then try to wake up better tomorrow

or sleep better today.

Right.

It is about doing it now in your own capacity, right,

in your own ability, so that you will be proud

of yourself.

Hey, before the year starts, I'm already doing it right. Yeah.

And isn't it better to step in the year with

that kind of discipline right right than just doing it

right on the first okay, but who knows that distractions

will come on the first and the second. It never

ends until we do something today. Yeah, let's do it right.

Yeah. Now, what Joseph had to let go okay?

What did he had to put in action was forgiveness,

right or surrender because if you think about it, all

that he went through in life was not easy, okay.

And for him to do all that he was doing,

and he was leading, he was leading the people, he

was leading the community, I'm sure there was something that

he had to surrender before leading others.

Right.

For those of you who have been in leadership, leading

others or serving, you've got to learn the hard way

to sometimes be able to guide someone else, right. And

in order for you to do that is to first

let go surrender, and then you can speak into people's

lives as well. Yeah, And that is exactly what he

had to do in efficience for that he oneted thirty two.

It says, get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger,

brawling and slender along with every form of maliss, be

kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just

as in Christ, God forgive you.

Right.

And this is something that the word of God always

emphasizes on do not talk about doing great things if

you can't love the brother that's beside you, if you

can't love the sister that's beside you, or if you

can't even show compassion to your own family. And here

we are talking about loving others, right. God always wants

us to start right with those around us us, be loving,

be kind. Right when we treat people around Let's do

it with love because God sees. Yeah, and it's just

the right thing to do. Yeah, that's the right thing

to do. In Luke six thirty seven, do not judge

and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and

you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.

I will all merciful God. If he could forgive us,

what more us? I'm sure we can do that as well. Right,

We've got to just learn and ask for God's grace.

I'm not saying it's easy to forgive certain hurt, certain

experiences can be very painful. Yeah, I acknowledge that, and

that is why we need God. We can't do it

by ourselves, right, And so maybe that could be your

prayer as you step into the new year, Lord help

me to forgive my brother or my sister so that

I can be more free and to enjoy the fullness

of life.

Mark eleven, twenty five.

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,

forgive them so that your Father in heaven may forgive.

You your sins. Amen.

So forgive them. And that is why Joseph could love. Really,

that is why he chose to also give back to

the very same family that betrayed him.

Yeah.

Right, So that's the first thing that we can learn

from Joseph is God's anointing and strength upon your life.

And I want to encourage all of you here today.

You have God's anointing, you have God's strength, his grace,

his mercy.

They anew every morning.

You've just got to hold on and say yes, Lord,

thank you, thank you for leading me and guiding me.

And I'm just gonna keep going forward. Yeah, all right.

The second thing that we can learn from this story

from the Bible is the renewing of our minds. Yeah,

because with forgiveness, you know, when we forgive someone, when

we have moved forward, there are still a lot of

things in our minds that needs to be renewed. Right,

The kind of things that the way we look at others,

for example, yeah, or the way the world is going,

or the way I look at myself, all those things need.

To be renewed.

Okay, if only we can renew those things, we can

see what's ahead of us in the perspective of the

eyes of God, right through the lens of God, not

throue our physical eyes, because our naked eyes can only

see that much, right, because we are so tiny as humans.

But in God's eyes, he sees beyond that. And so

my prayer every day, you know, like I always pray,

and I say, God, help me to see the world

the way you want me to see, help me to

see others the way you want me to see them,

and even help me to see myself the way you

want me to see myself. Because God sees you as

his child. How many of us acknowledge that I am

a child of God? Because if you can much forward

in life, you know, knowing that I'm a daughter of God,

I'm a son of God, you live very differently, right,

because you're acknowledging your the daughter and the son of

King of kings, right, the God who is sovereign, Meaning

whatever comes my way I can conquer it because God

is by my sight, and that is the kind of

confidence that we've got to build in ourselves. Ye renewing

of your mind Efficients four twenty two to twenty four,

to put off your old self, which belongs to your

former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

and to put on the new self created after the

likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness. I'm reading

from the ESV version Romans twelve too. It says, do

not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by

the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may

discern is the will of God, what is good and

acceptable and perfect. So if you are asking the Lord,

how do I know which is the voice of the Lord?

How do I know whether I'm making the right or

the wrong decision? Is going back to the gift of discernment.

And it's only possible to the Spirit of God, the

Holy Spirit, when he lives in us. We know how

to make decisions, We know how to move in the

most difficult world that we are in. You just know

what to do because God is there for you. Yeah,

And I always remember that whatever looks good is always

not doesn't mean it's always God right, that's when we

need discernment. Yeah, Ezekiel thirty six, twenty six. I pray

that this will be our prayer. I will give you

a new heart and put in a new spirit within you.

I will take the heart of stone out of your

flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Amen.

I pray that we'll all have a soft heart. A

soft heart can always receive. A soft heart can be

quick to acknowledge, to respond, to forgive. It's only the

heart of stone. It's like when you throw something to

a stone, it bounce back, right. It cannot absorb, it

cannot receive. Yeah, but if you look at a sponge,

it can absorb.

It's soft.

And I pray that that we will form those kind

of hearts. And that takes us to be renewed first,

so that we are only receiving the things of God,

his spirit, He's word, and his will to be done

in our lives.

Amen.

Yeah, So let's bring let's let's step into twenty twenty

six with that desire.

A renewed mind.

Yeah, a renewed mind, not just on the first of January,

but we can start today as well.

Amen. Right.

And the last point that we can learn from the

life of Joseph here able to do all that he

was called to do was because he had confidence in

God and his promises. Right, confidence in God and his promises.

If you again try to recall the fact that he's

just a human, I don't think it's possible for him

to forgive, to let go and then to start leading

the people.

Right.

It's not just about the confidence that he had in himself,

but it's the confidence in God. Yea.

And so time of the time.

And you read the passages in the Bible. In the story,

you will see how he keeps acknowledging that the God

remembers josef Right, God had a plan for me. He

keeps saying that, and that is why I had even

though I went through all that he had the best

for me.

Yep.

So he kept acknowledging who God is and his promises.

And so though he had to go through the betrayal

and the pain and the herd, is still remembered.

But you know, God.

Doesn't leave us, doesn't forsake us. And that's why he

could come out of it. Yeah, it says in Romans

eight thirty one, what then shall we say to these things?

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Can we repeat this together in verse thirty one? Yeah,

what then will be said to these things? If God

is for us, who can be against us?

A man?

Right?

God is always for us. He is always with us.

He's always there, through the battles, through the ups, through

the valleys, he is there.

He'll never leave us.

Yeah, but we just got to say it time off

the time right. In the same chapter, in verses twenty eight,

it says, and we know that all things work together

for good to those who love God, to those who

are called according to his purpose, a man according to

his purpose.

So foll of us who love God.

Right, he works everything together according to his purpose, not

according to our own needs, according to our own purpose,

but according to his. And how many of us know

that his purpose is always the best, right? His plan

is always the best A man. Philippians for thirteen say

I can do all things through Christ or strengthens me. Yeah,

and I'm sure this is what Joseph had to keep telling.

I can do all this, I can forgive my breather

is because it's Christ. It's true Christ. It strengthens me.

I can keep ruling and leading the people because it's

thrue Christ who strengthens me. Yeah, and that is why

we can learn from his life as well.

Hebrews eleven to one.

Now, faith is the assurance of things, hope for the

conviction of things not seen.

So we keep talking about faith.

Right, But you know that faith is something you can't

quite see, but you still step forward, right because you

know who you're putting your faith on, Not on men,

not on what your eyes sees, but on God himself.

Amen.

And do to not me thirty one six. It says here,

be strong and courageous, do not fear or be in dread.

For the Lord your God, who goes with you. He

will not leave you or forsake you.

Amen.

And I just feel that maybe some of us here

needs to be strong, to be courageous with all that

He's pursueddly asking you to do to answer right, some

of you might need to make decisions in the coming

days to answer different calls in life.

Right. And the Lord is saying be strong and courageous. Yeah.

And it says that the Lord goes with you, not

very ahead of the time that he leaves you behind

or not behind, but he's with you, holding your hand

and walking forward.

Amen.

So I pray that this message here would be a

form of reflection or just a guide as we prepare

for the coming year. Yeah, as we go back to

that question, you know, if I can just invite extreme yere,

if we can go back to that question, what are

you bringing forward to twenty twenty six? The choice is

in our hands, right, if we can walk forward with

all these things that we talked about, his confidence, his anointing,

his strength, maybe letting go and surrendering right, forgiveness, renewing

of our minds. If we can bring all this forward,

then change Joy six is going to be a victorious

year for all of us. Amen, you've just got too

march forward, as the word of God says, right, putting

on the armor of God. And when we have the armor,

whatever life comes, we can still march on.

Okay.

A soldier does not give up right in a battlefield.

He still goes through when the fires come towards him,

he still holds the shield and still goes on. Right,

And who is our shield, God himself? God himself.

Amen.

So now we're going to spend some time just worshiping

the Lord, and I just want to encourage all of

us to build and alter right just between you and God,

how this word spoke to you. If it's some parts

of it kind of resonated with you and you felt like, yes,

this is something I need to do to step forward.

Yeah, or you could be seated here.

And saying, oh God, this sounds good, but I'm still

feeling very fearful in my heart. Well that's completely OK,

because you're just human and you can't do it by yourself,

and that's why you need God more right, and we

can just surrender our fears, our uncertainties, or the troubles

that could be in your hearts unto the Lord and

allow him to take over.

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