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Who is God in your life | Pr Gloria Paul

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  1. You're listening to a message to go from ast Church.

  2. We hope this message will light up your day.

  3. Okay, So it's uh, it's just good to bring God's

  4. word this morning, right, And I'm just going to share

  5. with you something to just encourage us and to prepare

  6. us for what God has installed for us in this

  7. year as we draw, draw and end right, and also

  8. anticipating for what God has installed for us. Right. And

  9. so the title of today's message something for us to

  10. just ask ourselves. Okay, if I'm just looking all across

  11. the room, I think most of you have been believe

  12. us for a while now or even actively serving the

  13. House of God. But this message is to just remind

  14. ourselves of who God is in our lives. Okay, if

  15. you may ask this question to yourselves, you know, who

  16. is God truly in our lives? Or if a friend

  17. is going to ask you yourself your God? So faithfully

  18. you go to church every Sunday, But who is this

  19. God really besides the world knowing him as Jesus. I mean,

  20. everyone knows Jesus, everyone knows God, but how would you

  21. share it to them in a way where it actually

  22. represents who God truly is? Right. We heard the testimony

  23. just now by Tyrol and Truman. Thank you for sharing. Right,

  24. and Truman reminded the church that it is a season

  25. for us to share God's love, right, to share this

  26. message of hope. That is the very reason why we

  27. celebrate Christmas. The world sees it as you know, it's

  28. one of the most festive time of the year. Everywhere

  29. you go you can see the decoration. You know, this

  30. is the time people spend a lot of money buying gifts. Right,

  31. but we all know that the true meaning of Christmas

  32. is the gift of hope that God has given to us,

  33. and that is why you and I are here today, right,

  34. Jesus to the earth. You know, the enemy had a

  35. whole different plan, but it didn't prevail because God had

  36. a perfect plan for us. So as we listen to

  37. today's message, I just hope that by the end of

  38. this message, you can catch the idea of who God

  39. is in our lives and that you will have something

  40. to share to someone as you meet your friends and

  41. family during this festive season. Right, So, if you have

  42. your bibles, Okay, could we turned together to the Book

  43. of Daniel. Okay, Daniel chapter four, Right, So are you

  44. all familiar with this character Daniel? Yes? What comes to

  45. your mind when you hear about Daniel? Yes, a custom okay?

  46. What else? Furnace? Yes, it's like that hero, right, who

  47. came out of the furnace of fire, which these days

  48. you see it in the movies, all right, which is

  49. not something very happens in now every day. But this

  50. is Daniel. Okay, he came out the furnace of fire. Okay,

  51. what else? What else can you recall about Daniel? He

  52. went on a diet, yes, okay, and that's how we

  53. came up with this Daniel fass right, so we eat

  54. fiji and fruits. Yes, that's right. Okay. So they were

  55. quite well known during that time for the kind of

  56. actions and no decisions that it took was very different

  57. from the arts. Yeah, right, so Daniel. Anything else you

  58. can recall? Lions Dan, Yes, that's another encounter that he had.

  59. How God delivered him. Prophecies. Yes, there's a lot of

  60. prophecies by Daniel. We can even read that in the

  61. other books as well of the Bible. Yeah, okay, So

  62. we are quite well familiar with this character Daniel, especially

  63. if you've been in church for some time, right, and

  64. there was a time of the year. I mean, I

  65. think it was last year or the year before. That

  66. was one of our prophecies as well that all may know.

  67. And we were referring to the Book of Daniel. So

  68. you're very much familiar with this character. Yeah, and you're

  69. going to just use this as an example, this character

  70. to teach us of how Daniel saw God in his life.

  71. And it was very much evident with the way people

  72. treated him. And again, Daniel was not living in a

  73. time where it was just rainbow and sunshine, right. It

  74. was a difficult time, okay, when people were worshiping idols.

  75. There was so much of things that was not, you know,

  76. pleasing towards God. But yet Daniel was very different, right,

  77. and it was people around him that recognized as well.

  78. So we're not going to go through the whole story

  79. but Daniel, we keep it for another day. But you're

  80. just going to see a portion here from the Book

  81. of Daniel, chapter four versus eight, the kind of response

  82. that the King gave to him. Okay, So if you

  83. have not been reading this book, just to give you

  84. a bit of context, if you read the chapters before that,

  85. these are the dreams okay, that King Nebukanza had and

  86. he was trying to find someone to interpret okay, but

  87. it was not as successful until Daniel came into the

  88. picture and he helped. Right. So now let's just read

  89. a portion here Daniel chapter four versus eight, Okay says

  90. but at last, So when you see the word but

  91. at last, meaning that there's a solution all of a sudden, Okay,

  92. there's something that just took place. Okay. But last, Daniel

  93. came before me, okay, and his previous name was bel

  94. Sesar Okay, a little bit difficult to pronounce. But then

  95. his name was Daniel. According to the name of my God,

  96. in him is the spirit of the Holy God. And

  97. I told the dream before him, saying, Belchazzar, chief of

  98. the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the

  99. Holy God is in you, and no secret troubles. You

  100. explain troubles. You explain to me the vision of my

  101. dream that I have seen, and it's interpretation. Right. So

  102. in this portion here, it's the respond that the King

  103. gives after recognizing who Daniel is, okay, and that there's

  104. nothing that you cannot do. Right. And so when he says,

  105. here in verse nine, because I know that the spirit

  106. of the Holy God is in you. And this is

  107. coming from someone who do not believe in God. The

  108. king right, because he's he called the people to worship him,

  109. they had idols, but yet he saw that in Daniel, right,

  110. and he says that there's no secret that troubles you,

  111. and you can actually explain the visions of my dreams.

  112. And so this speaks something about Daniel himself to be

  113. able to actually stand out from the crowd. Yeah, and

  114. this is because Daniel actually knew who God is in

  115. his life, right, and he could actually bring that out

  116. as well. Yeah, I'm sorry, my my, my pet what

  117. is not petty is failing me? I mean I have

  118. to rely on the slights. Okay, if we just go

  119. through the slides, I think it's time for a new

  120. and okay, all right, So yeah, so this is who

  121. Daniel is, right, And so I think it's important for

  122. us to just ask ourselves again, go back to the

  123. go to the next right here, Right. It's important that

  124. we know someone because that builds a greater trust with

  125. the person, right. And if you have been if you're

  126. familiar enough with someone, you can very easily say about

  127. their character. Right, you can tell that, oh, this Eddie

  128. is a very kind friend, and so then you can

  129. trust the person, right, you can actually go for help.

  130. You know, you can count on the person. It's because

  131. you know the person enough. Right, So knowing the person

  132. intimately and familiar with them actually helps. Yeah. Knowing who

  133. God is helps us to recognize that He is sovereign. Right,

  134. he is sovereign. So the question for us to ask

  135. ourselves is that do we see God as the sovereign

  136. God in our lives? Because the way you see God

  137. will determine how you respond to situations in your life,

  138. the decisions that you take, just like how Daniel did, Right,

  139. he could respond because he knew who God is in

  140. his life. Yeah, okay, let's go back to the next one. Right,

  141. So I'm gonna introduce to you tree names of who

  142. God is. Okay, as we all if you if you

  143. if you know this that there's actually so many names

  144. of God if you read the Bible. Yeah, but I'm

  145. just gonna introduce to you Tree and one bonus because

  146. it's Christmas season. Yeah, and just knowing these names, I

  147. just pray and hope that it will speak to us

  148. and even show you of who God is in your

  149. lives as well. So the first one that we have

  150. here is Elohim. Okay, God is Elohim meaning he is

  151. your creator. Okay, meaning the name of God himself is creator. Right,

  152. he is your creator. Right. Let's look at the next

  153. part here. It comes from the Hebrew meaning mighty, strong, God, power,

  154. and might. Right. So when you know that someone is strong,

  155. someone is mighty, how does that change the way you

  156. look at God? Right? You may have your circumstances in

  157. your hand, you may have the troubles, but when you

  158. know that God is that mighty and that powerful. When

  159. I say no meaning not just because you heard it

  160. from someone, because you believe it, it changes your respond

  161. to things. Right. So the first one we can see

  162. taken from Genesis one to one. It says, in the

  163. beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Why could

  164. he create because that's his very name, that's his name,

  165. and that is why he could create the heavens and

  166. the earth. That's his first creation. Right. If you go

  167. to the next one, Genesis one twenty seven, it says,

  168. so God created man in his own image, in the

  169. image of God. He created him male and female. He

  170. created them. And now it's not just about the creation

  171. that surround us, but He actually created you and me

  172. in his image. Take some time to think about that.

  173. Right when we are created in his image, meaning he

  174. doesn't make any mistake. Right. And if you know that

  175. God is all powerful, almighty, and he chose to create

  176. you and me, meaning he had a powerful reason, it

  177. doesn't make any accidents. Again, the eyes of men can

  178. look like, oh, it's the wrong timing, or I'm not

  179. fit for something. I may not have all the abilities

  180. that someone else's has. But the word of God tells

  181. you something else, right, And this is the word they've

  182. got to hold on to, that he created us in

  183. his image. Man. And we can see this in the

  184. Book of Sums right in Psalm one hundred and thirty nine,

  185. verse thirteen. Okay, let's just read this year. It says,

  186. for you formed my inward parts, you covered me in

  187. my mother's womb. I will praise you for I am

  188. fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are your works, and that

  189. my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden

  190. from you when I was made in secret and skillfully

  191. wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes

  192. saw my substance being yet unformed. And in your book

  193. they were all written the day's fashion for me, when

  194. as yet there were none of them. Take some time

  195. to just look at this scripture. Yeah, it's a scripture

  196. that we sometimes say quite often, right, But it says

  197. that you formed my inward parts, meaning every part of

  198. you is not an accident. Every part of you was

  199. created by Him. And it says for I am fearfully

  200. and wonderfully made. And I think that many people sometimes

  201. miss out this point. Right. We tend to forget that

  202. we are fearfully and wonderfully made. But when we forget this,

  203. we then we struggle when we compare ourselves with someone else, right,

  204. or when we feel that we're not good enough. Someone

  205. else is getting a hit, but I'm left behind. Right.

  206. But remember God created you fearfully and wonderfully. Right. And

  207. if you look at the last portion here, it says

  208. in your book they were all written. You know that

  209. God has a book. He records everything. Okay. In this

  210. Christmas season, we have songs talking about center remembering whether

  211. you're naughty or nice. Okay, but we know that that's

  212. not true. The real one is God and his book.

  213. He's keeping record of everything. Whether you are naughty or nice,

  214. he still is faithful. Okay, we don't work things out

  215. to get his favor. That's the God beserve. And in

  216. his book it is written, it is written the things.

  217. Of course, there are things that we need to be

  218. accountable as well, because God has called us to be holy. Right,

  219. there are consequences when we don't. But at the same time,

  220. he writes things that He has for you and me,

  221. the plans that He has for you and me. Right,

  222. he knows the day that you will be born and

  223. the day that we will go to him. Nothing happens,

  224. as you know, just because something came across the space

  225. and therefore you were formed. No such thing. Right. God

  226. has a plan and a purpose, a man a plan

  227. and a purpose. It's the most basic, the most foundation

  228. of our faith that we've got to remember all the time.

  229. You know, it's easy to forget when we get so

  230. caught up, you know, with troubles of the world. But

  231. let's never forget that you are so precious in the

  232. eyes of God. Right, you are so precious. Every time

  233. you look yourself in the mirror, say I am created

  234. in their eyes in the image of God. Amen, Meaning

  235. all of you have an image of God. So I

  236. think then it's important to ask ourselves how am I

  237. carrying this image of God. I'm not just car carrying

  238. myself as Elaine, Pong or Nick, but I'm carrying God

  239. in my life. When someone else see me, they're seeing

  240. God as well. Then how much more are we supposed

  241. to live our lives? Right, not just for ourselves, but

  242. representing who God is. No one can see God as

  243. an image, but they see God true the way we

  244. live our lives, the love, the action that we show

  245. to others. Right, So let's just have a heart check

  246. and ask ourselves when people see me, do they actually

  247. see God through me because I'm created in His image? Amen? Right,

  248. And let's go to the next one here again the

  249. First Quarrinthians, Chapter eight, verse six. He says, Yet for

  250. us there is one God, the Father of whom are

  251. all things, and we for Him and one Lord, Jesus Christ,

  252. through whom are all things and through whom we live,

  253. meaning all things are to Him, all things are true Him,

  254. and nothing happens without Him knowing. Right, even in the

  255. things of the world, you know sometimes you know, people

  256. have questions about you know, why does bad things happen

  257. around us? You know, why are there so much of struggles?

  258. That God is a good God, why would all of

  259. this happen? Well, the reality is that we can never

  260. be able to comprehend the love of about Father. Okay,

  261. there's the reason why he can see things in a

  262. whole big spectrum in the way where we cannot see

  263. because we're so limited as humans. And I think that

  264. is when we've got to just say, whatever it is,

  265. I'm just choose to trust God. I wouldn't want to

  266. question the act of God, but I just choose to

  267. trust in his perfect plan and timing. That is fiate Okay,

  268. when you can just leave it all out and just say, yes, Lord,

  269. I choose to trust you. Right, So that's what the

  270. scripture reminds us. Let's go to the next one. Okay.

  271. So if you know that God is your creator, he

  272. is powerful and living, how does that change the way

  273. you look at yourselves? Right and the world around you?

  274. Who has the authority over your lives? Right? Who has

  275. authority over your lives? When you know the truth of

  276. how who is your creator? That he knows every details.

  277. How would it change? First of all, the way we

  278. look at ourselves. God is always interested with the person first,

  279. and then what we can do to show to others

  280. as well. Right, I'm just putting this question here for

  281. us today, is so that we can again have a

  282. heart check prepare ourselves as we draw a close to

  283. the year. Do I want God to be part of

  284. the coming year? Right? If you say yes, then I

  285. think sometimes you've got to position ourselves in a way

  286. where God truly has the authority, not just on little

  287. other things or some things, but in everything else. God

  288. has the full authority and the full say in my life. Yeah,

  289. full say in my life. So let's just think about that. Right.

  290. So the first point here is that God is our

  291. work creator. Do you know the name is now Elo

  292. him very good. Right, So that's his first name. Let's

  293. go to the next part. The next name is el

  294. Roy okay, meaning the God who sees. Okay, the God

  295. who sees. He knows every detail. He knows everything that

  296. is going on, even when the people beside you be

  297. able to see it. Sometimes we may live in the

  298. same house, but no one can actually really understand or

  299. see your need, Like how our Abba father does. Right,

  300. Let's look at the next slide. Yeare in Genesie sixteen thirteen.

  301. For some reason, I was just preparing my slights yesterday

  302. and I felt I should put all the scriptures. I

  303. think it's for this reason, okay. So he says in

  304. gene six sixteen thirteen, he says, therefore, Hagar, and youe

  305. knows who Hagar is in the Bible, who's made Sarah's made?

  306. Very good? Yes, testing your Bible knowledge? Okay. So therefore

  307. Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord who

  308. had spoken to her. She said, you are the God

  309. who sees me, and also said, have I truly seen

  310. the one who sees me? So that well was the

  311. name bear Lahai Roy. That's where the name comes from,

  312. which means well of the living one who sees me.

  313. So this name comes from the encounter that Hagar had.

  314. As we know Hergar was the servant of Sarah. So

  315. the plan was that the agreement that they had was

  316. that because Sarah couldn't give birth, she told her made

  317. to actually give birth to a child. But when the

  318. child came, you know, there was a little bit of

  319. a conflict between the two of them. And she chased

  320. the servant away from the house. And so you can

  321. just only imagine Hagar having a child, being out there

  322. the desert and no help, no one was around. And

  323. this is when she called when the name of God right,

  324. and she encountered God as a god who sees, a

  325. God who sees yea, and that is how the name

  326. comes right. How can we related to the times that

  327. we are living in now? When we go true our

  328. everyday life, do we recognize him as our God who

  329. actually sees us? And this can be seen in two

  330. different ways. Firstly, is when we see God sees, meaning

  331. the troubles that you go through or the needs that

  332. you may have, and you feel like no one is seeing,

  333. no one is being able to notice it, but He sees,

  334. he sees, he provides, he delivers. And another thing about

  335. this God sees is also are we aware of our actions,

  336. meaning we're not just doing or looking good in front

  337. of others right only when people are seeing, but even

  338. in closed doors or when no one else is there.

  339. We have the fear of God in our lives because

  340. God sees right. We're not here to please men because

  341. man only sees the outside. He only sees the limited,

  342. but God sees beyond that. He knows what's in our heart. Right.

  343. Sometimes we can go on serving every other Sunday or

  344. you know, speaking all that we want, But ultimately God

  345. knows if the person truly honors him, if you're truly

  346. pleasing him? Right, And so again a question to us ourselves,

  347. Am I living a life that pleases God? Right? Do

  348. I have the fear of God in our lives? Because

  349. at the end of the day, that is all that matters.

  350. You know, the only person that we're going to be

  351. answerable is to God himself on the judgment day, right,

  352. no one else. So would it be a good time

  353. for us to come to a place of holiness? And

  354. I would say that it's very different from all of

  355. you here. You know, the lives that we are living in,

  356. the choices that we make, the things that we watch,

  357. who we speak to, sometimes even the things we speak

  358. about without you realizing, we are we pleasing God with

  359. the conversations? Right? Are we pleasing God? Because it's either

  360. we can go with the crowd and see all that

  361. we want, listen to all we want because everyone else

  362. is doing that, or would you be still bold enough

  363. to be that one person that is still different because

  364. you choose to please him. And I would say that's

  365. a very bold step to take, right when everyone else

  366. has a certain opinion, but you choose to go with

  367. the opinion of God that pleases him. Right, because God sees. Amen,

  368. God sees Let's go to the next part, King David,

  369. as we read just now as well from psums right

  370. one hundred and thirty nine, it says you saw me

  371. before I was born. Every day of my life was

  372. recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before

  373. a single day had passed. Right. King David recognized that,

  374. and that is why he could come to a place

  375. of saying, God, this is my heart. I bring to

  376. you me a clean hands and a pure heart because

  377. he knew that God sees, right, God sees next part,

  378. So do you know God as l Roy, the God

  379. who sees you? Okay, he can turn to the person

  380. next to you and ask them, do you know God

  381. as your el roy? He sees you? Right, He sees you.

  382. And sometimes you can get very discouraged or disappointed that

  383. people are not recognizing what I'm doing. You know, I

  384. do so much, but it's I think just good to

  385. remind ourselves that we do everything unto God. Right, We're

  386. not doing it unto men, but we do it to him.

  387. People can forget, but God doesn't forget you. Right. Even

  388. things that were many years ago, or you a long

  389. time ago, God still remembers. He knows your heart's desires. Amen. Right,

  390. let's go to the next portion. So the third name

  391. that we can see here is Jehovah Nissi. Okay, what

  392. does this mean? The Lord is my banner? Right, the

  393. Lord is my banner. In those days we look at

  394. the Old Testament times, it was very common that you

  395. see banners everywhere, right, So this banners are put up

  396. to remind people that this is who God is, This

  397. is what he has done. You know, this is who

  398. he is is capable, right, and so banners will all

  399. put up. Right. We can see a portion of a

  400. scripture here where we got this Yeova Nisi from. This

  401. is from Exodus, chapter seventeen, verse fifteen, and Moses built

  402. and alter and called its name. The Lord is my banner.

  403. So it means a standard we put up a banner,

  404. meaning we are trying to set a certain standard that

  405. this is who God is in our lives. Yeah, meaning

  406. God's protection and guidance over his people. This portion of

  407. scripture here in Exodus seventeen is when the people were

  408. set free from all the trials and the struggles that

  409. they were facing, and once God delivered them. This is

  410. when Moses actually put it up, right to just remind

  411. the people that God is our protector, He is our deliverer. Yeah,

  412. He's the one who guides us. Okay, So as we

  413. again just reminding ourselves, if we have those banners in

  414. our lives, all over our lives, you know, I think

  415. there's just so many banners that we can put up

  416. about God. And when we say banner in a real

  417. actual life, is the kind of conversations we have with

  418. people when we talk about God. You know, can we

  419. actually see that God is my protector. I was going

  420. through this tough time and God delivered me. He is

  421. my provider, right, He's the one who comes true. Can

  422. we actually put up those kind of banness in our lives.

  423. When someone sees you, they can see all these banners

  424. all over your face, because that is so evident of

  425. how God is living through you. Right, and God is

  426. our banner. Right, Let's go to the next portion here, Okay,

  427. the Lord will fight for us. The battle is is

  428. and he is a God of deliverance. I just want

  429. to encourage different ones here this morning. If you have

  430. different battles in your life, You're not alone in those battles. Right,

  431. you don't have to be fighting all by yourself, but

  432. God is fighting for you. Right. There are sometimes things

  433. that are beyond our physical strength, beyond the physic our,

  434. beyond our abilities. By the Book of Romans reminds us

  435. that sometimes these are spiritual principalities which can only be

  436. fought with God, right, his Spirit, the Holy Spirit. And

  437. so that is when we just need more of Him.

  438. And if you have a battle that you're fighting for,

  439. struggling already, need that you've been praying for a very

  440. long time, let me encourage you to not lose hope,

  441. but to bring it unto God this morning, right, to

  442. bring it to him and say, God, I just laid

  443. all before you. Would you come and deliver? Right? Would

  444. you come and even give me the strength. Some of

  445. you may need the strength to endure it. Some of

  446. you may need the wisdom. What do I say in

  447. these times? Right? And He gives you those words exactly

  448. what to say. Again, that is how God leads, and

  449. that is how God guides you a man, right, and

  450. so he is our banner. So these are the three

  451. names that we can just recall and again when you

  452. tell someone about God or not use these names. That

  453. was the first one. Again, can you remember elo Him?

  454. What is that? Elohim is our God, is our creator. Right,

  455. He's able to create. And when we speak about remember

  456. he can also create those dreams and desires that he

  457. has in your hearts. Right, we are created if I mean,

  458. imagine if God created us. If you look at if

  459. you just don't do your friend beside you, and you

  460. look at your face, how can there not be a creator? Right?

  461. Each of us are so different. If you look at

  462. a twin, they are also very different. Right. If you

  463. look at the creation, it's so creative. What more, the

  464. dreams that God places in your hearts, how creative? How

  465. powerful is those things? So never think that our lives

  466. are just meant to Monday, Tuesday, Wenday, Thursday, Friday. Okay,

  467. I'm done, and then I go on to the next week. Right,

  468. Sometimes you can get so mundane and routine, right, But

  469. let's not forget that God gives us certain desires, certain

  470. dreams that we can create. Right, we can make good things.

  471. Some of you can sing, some of you can dance,

  472. some of you dance for the first time today. Right,

  473. some of you have great abilities. Why not use that? Right?

  474. Why not use that? Don't stop dreaming, That's what I'm

  475. trying to tell you, Church, Okay, don't stop, you know,

  476. looking forward to great things because God is always exciting. Right.

  477. God is always you know, wonderful in the way he

  478. makes things happen. What more earth s his creation. He

  479. wants us to keep doing things. He wants us to

  480. keep believing for more. Right. And so as we step

  481. into twenty twenty five, why don't you ask God, God,

  482. this has been in my heart, this has been in

  483. my dream. Could you help me to achieve that? Or

  484. maybe you might be saying, God, I don't know what's

  485. the dream in my heart. I feel it's just the

  486. same old thing. Could you place a dream or desire

  487. in my heart? Right? And he brings it to pass? Okay,

  488. So let's not stop dreaming, let's not stop believing, because

  489. we serve our God, who is our creator. Amen. And

  490. what was the second one that we learned el Roy

  491. meaning the Lord sees. Yes, so he sees you. He's

  492. been seeing you throughout this year, and he will see

  493. you true in twenty twenty five as well. Do you

  494. believe it? Yeah, it's going to bring you, to bring

  495. you true if their needs beat, finances, beat a new

  496. place that you're going into, relationship, whatever it is. God sees, Yeah,

  497. he sees, and he will come true. And the third

  498. name is Nissi, Yes Jeovah Nissi meaning the Lord is

  499. our banner. The Lord is there as our refuge, as

  500. our strength, is always there watching over us. So let's

  501. not forget to put up those banners. Okay, don't just

  502. put up Christmas decor. And that's the only time your

  503. neighbors know that you're a Christian just because this house

  504. got a tree, right, But every other month, how are

  505. you going to show that I'm a believer? Right, even

  506. without a tree, they can tell by your speech, by

  507. your action, that this person is a child of God. Right,

  508. because I'm kind, I'm looking out for others, and I'm

  509. showing who God is true my life. Amen. Right. So

  510. these are the three names, and then we have one

  511. bonus since we're in the Christmas season. Okay, which is

  512. God is Immanuel God with us? Right, Immanuel God with us.

  513. He's always with you, He's never left you. Right, He's

  514. always by your side. It's just a matter of whether

  515. we recognize him. Right. Let's just read this passage Isaiah

  516. chapter seven, verse fourteen. Yeah, right, so, Isaiah, thank you.

  517. Isaiah chapter seven, verse fourteen. It says, therefore the Lord

  518. himself will give you a sign. Behold, the Virgin shall

  519. conceive and bearer's son, and shall call his name Emmanuel.

  520. So when you're see in this book of Isaiah, it

  521. has not come to pass. It's a prophecy. And did

  522. you know how many years it took before Jesus came?

  523. Seven hundred over years right before when this prophecy was written.

  524. And then after seven hundred years Mary was there and

  525. she conceived Jesus. What does it tell us tell us

  526. about how God is faithful, He keeps to his promises.

  527. When something is said, it is done right, it is done.

  528. And if you have received a prophecy or a word

  529. from God, you may not see it coming to pass immediately,

  530. but it may take time, but it does happened. Right.

  531. So that's the prophecy that was given. And then when

  532. you look at the next scripture here, okay, Matthew one

  533. twenty three. Okay, it says, behold, the Virgin shall be

  534. with child and embarrass son, and they shall call his

  535. name Immanuel, which is translated as God is with us. Right,

  536. God is with us. And that's where the name Immanuel comes,

  537. meaning the very reason why God sent Jesus as his

  538. one and only son. Right, And Jesus led his life

  539. as a normal human. He knew what it means to cry,

  540. he knew what it means to have a family, to

  541. be happy, and he went through all of that so

  542. that he can be able to empathize with you and me. Right,

  543. and that is why he can be with us so

  544. ever present, right, so ever present. That is the God isself.

  545. And the next scripture Matthew twenty eight twenty this is

  546. the last book of the Book of Matthew. Right, So

  547. the first one you saw Matthew chapter one, when Jesus came,

  548. and then you read the whole book of Matthew, you'll

  549. see all the miracles he performed. Right, we have learned

  550. it throughout the year. The seven i Ams, turning water

  551. into wine, all this story, the things that Jesus did,

  552. and then in the final book of in the final

  553. chapter of Book of Matthew, it says, teaching them to

  554. observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo,

  555. I am with you always, even to the end of

  556. h So what does it tell us? He's been there

  557. from the start and he'll still always be there with us.

  558. And so when he ascended to heaven, he sent the

  559. Holy Spirit to be a helper, meaning he'll never leave

  560. your site, is always by your side. And I hope

  561. that in this Christmas season you will recognize that. Right,

  562. Let's not just be caught up with the festive and

  563. the fun, but to also feel God's presence in our lives. Right,

  564. to feel how near God is, how intimate God is

  565. to us, Right, and then you can feel it for yourself.

  566. It's the best feeling than anything else. Right, And when

  567. you can feel it, you also want to share it

  568. to others. And it's the very meaning of Christmas. You know,

  569. we had our homes did Christmas chair and we have

  570. c S. Two is also doing different things to bless

  571. one of our brothers. Right, what can we do in

  572. this season to bless someone right to reach out a

  573. helping hand, to pray for someone, you know, to take

  574. some time out of our to do and scare things

  575. to buy, right, but maybe someone who may need that

  576. dinner with them, you know, or someone who may need

  577. a little gift that you can just bless them with.

  578. You never know that something small goes a long way, right,

  579. So let's make the most of this time, this whole

  580. week that we have to be a blessing to someone

  581. during this Christmas season, to tell others the true meaning

  582. of what Christmas is a mean. Right. So these are

  583. the four names. A very simple message this morning, just

  584. to to help us come to a time of you know,

  585. ending the year by reminding ourselves who God is and

  586. to step into the year with victory, right, not just

  587. you know, carrying all the burdens on ourselves, that's not

  588. how we meant to live our lives, right, but to

  589. bring it to God, because we serve a God who sees,

  590. who's always there with us, right, and we want to

  591. you know, position ourselves in a way that says, yes, Lord,

  592. this is who I am. You know, I'm ready to

  593. what to to, you know, to look forward to the

  594. year that has to come and could you use me,

  595. use me for your work, use me to bless artists

  596. and to make your name known. Amen. Right, I invite

  597. extreme forward. Okay, And as we even think of these

  598. for names, I just want to even welcome us to

  599. in time of worship, to surrender ourselves, you know, to

  600. thank God. You know there's so many things that has

  601. happened over this year, right twenty twenty four, to bring

  602. all those things to God, you know, to step in

  603. with us, with us with a heart of gratitude, saying

  604. thank you Lord for everything that you've brought. Thank you

  605. for bringing me through the difficult times. You may have

  606. had your difficult times that no one else has seen. Right,

  607. we want to bring it all to him and say, God,

  608. what is it that you have for me? In twenty

  609. twenty five, I just want to bring myself before you.

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