A New Beginning: Run to Jesus First
January 6, 2019 · 1:34:33 · Watch on YouTube ↗
These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.
Summary
On the first Sunday of the new year, this English service centered on one theme: a fresh start that begins and ends with Jesus. From the opening of John's Gospel, the church was reminded that the Word who made all things is the light shining in the darkness, and that 2019 is an invitation to let God renew our strength, faith, ministry, and spirit. Several believers testified along the way - a young man recalling his recent water baptism and the three dates every Christian should remember, and a sister who, after months of illness, came simply to praise God for renewed strength.
The main message warned that we set physical and emotional goals for the new year but quietly neglect our spiritual resolution. Quoting Jesus' words, "I am the way, the truth, and the life," the preachers insisted that it is not our good deeds but knowing Christ personally that brings us to the Father. Works alone never open heaven; only His grace and mercy do, received through a real relationship with Him.
Finally the congregation was urged to clear the heart of what blocks that relationship - selfishness, bitterness, rejection, and evil thoughts - and to be transformed by the renewal of the mind. Like the local Epiphany custom of diving for the cross, we are called to jump in and swim hard toward Christ, not waiting until we feel worthy, because we are made whole only by coming to Him.
Key Points
- A new year is an invitation to let God renew your strength, faith, and ministry.
- Set a spiritual resolution, not only physical and emotional ones.
- It is knowing Jesus, not your good deeds, that brings you to the Father.
- Heaven is opened by God's grace and mercy through relationship, not by works.
- Clear the heart of selfishness, bitterness, rejection, and evil thoughts.
- Don't wait until you feel worthy - take the leap of faith and run to Christ.
- God is raising up a new generation, and every believer has a place and a time to serve.
Devotional
A new year tempts us to chase resolutions for the body and the mind while quietly ignoring the heart. Yet the one date that changes everything is the day you truly come to know Jesus. Before you try to fix what feels broken in you, run to Him - selfishness, bitterness, and old wounds are healed in His presence, not before it. Ask Him today to renew your mind and give you an honest, fresh beginning. He is standing at the door, ready to come in.
It is not your good deeds that open heaven - it is whether you truly know Jesus.
You don't fix yourself and then come to Christ; you come to Christ and He fixes you.
Don't wait until you feel worthy - jump in and swim for Him.
Transcript
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with God all things were made through him and without him was nothing not made anything that has been made in him was alive and the life was the light of men and the light shall Ashish his light was shining in the darkness and the darkness apprehended it's not today is a new beginning yes it's a new beginning in this 2019 and we're welcoming everyone who is ready for new fresh start girls were that everything's go through Jesus everything around him through him as his the world and it's just the new beginning is it just new strength in his word for you this year for me for everyone are we expecting the new things yes we are and that's what we worship that's why we're here or new things not as old not as the oldest bad but it's good but it's gone in the past and God said I will renew your strength I will renew your faith I will renew your house I will reunify Nance I will renew your ministry I will anew this spirit in you and among you I will renew our will increase that's what we hunger for Lord who need you we need you tonight when you this year 2019 wouldn't know what is in the front of us but we expect we want a new beginning new start I welcome you to this I introduced you to this this that the spiritual gift or spiritual revelation I shared that with you I hope you can use and we gonna continue to worship His name we're gonna continue to simply to glorify His name and whatever you are here was a soar over there whatever you under in your couch or I couldn't drive and are you gonna watch the two three days later she get out what's happens over there and the first thing the service this year we just want to encourage you become Tom come with expectation and going to his words jesus is alive and he wanna new lessons for you in this 2019 can we say Amen on this I just continued to worship his hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujahs la mota parasport Apollonia is a slob literary was not suitable oh oh hospice 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loving turns around us we always have something to give praise for cuz I just wanna encourage each and every one who has never forget to give praise [Music] you know it's uh we just always want to find the reasons to praise God right and it's just beginning of the year and the one person asked me today what is the commotion goal and I said people just rubbish sure they're 2019 it's right here but we on the Wednesday the pastor Nicolai he share the prophecy one of the men of God evangelist he was a receive division not vision award he was praying on a New Year Day actually before the new year end of the day from 12 to 12 he was a praying he was a praying 12 hours starts at 12 noon and probably you know in turn was a prayer to the new 2010 and Lord speak to him he said I'll give you that two day two years ahead of you they've anointing and the power of God will be among the people use new generation that's what would he see if that's what we was like in chorus you know I believe that and not let's just to be a kind of notice of what season around around the time we're living in of course it's uh and it's a new year it's right there obvious of course today is a Christmas Eve or half of the world and I think that what I sense that the Lord actually want us to notice that what time in frame what is it surround us what what time we live in what is the will of God for this year or English service or continue what we do and you know it's it's interesting today I was driving through the downtown we have to be we have to be sensitive to the God put you in your life what he lets you to live who is the people around you it's all this stuff it's no one else can replace you for next 20 30 40 years whatever God will give it to you that spot belongs to you do you know that the spot in time belongs to you this generation belongs to you I see house in our church to use just kind of like you see that the raise up they get popular strong and they just get married and fan don't fade away and I see the new ones coming up and today I was a good example when we see the one couple was announced in the church with look at those children in Sunday school this house replacing he keep it that time that's your time it's your time to praise and worship it's your time to be in a boom box it's your time to just to do what you can do time will come God will replace you with somebody else because his his time will come and I noticed today when I Drive it through the downtown of Tarpon so many cars and it was like man and David was sad how many I said David come and help me out on the missionary service today he said listen Peter I was actually wanna check was real happens downtown in Tarpon we called it what is we called it I want a cold baby that we're gonna give you a couple of words and I wouldn't ask you a couple questions you know I love that David and he said you know what I want to kind of like going and sneaking out little Beth and I want to check it out what's really happening downtown and Tarpon David always wondering I see all the balls I seal this up so whatever they call this holiday today I think it's called Epiphany the Greeks celebrated so what is all about I know the boys dive in for a cross yeah well I've been I know a little more but I want you to speak I've been trying to catch it for the last couple of years so luckily I was driving through downtown tarpon this morning and I I was driving past the Greek Church and I noticed that they were praying for the boys up front and I started like today is it today you know so I knew it was the boys diving for the Cross but at actual service it's a symbolism for Christ's baptism so it was really cool to watch that they go and they do a prayer in the church and they have a procession walking down to the bayou and then they do a couple of things actually the first thing they pray they sing with the boys and then the boys get in the water then they bless the water they pour holy water they released the Dove and then they talk about Christ and who he was God becoming man what he did for the people and then they do this as a simple symbol you know of what he did in that what the cross meant of his sacrifice and Wyatt that cross is important so it was pretty cool to see you know packed like crazy and I heard this outside of the grease is one of the largest Greek communities that true yeah yeah we that's what they say I didn't count but that's what they say the people who are doing this so it's a great you know it's really it's try not strike me don't opens my eyes and I wanna breathe but I wanna brought this to to us tonight and one of this one of the conditions the boys have to be in certain age right I think so they were all really really young yeah yeah but not to mirror it me and no no it's gonna be new generation and as I understood right much as I do my research I live in Tarpon for um you know 19 years well they were the boy gonna the pops he dropped the cross in the water hold it for you who never been in Tarpon welcome one day and they just drop but they just jump in the water today is a good day sometimes it's cool it's run around the Christmas this time and whatever who's in the muddy water will found the cross and bring it out they say he's the blast and his family blessed til the next time they're gonna drop the cross for 12 months it was actually really funny because it was really cold they had the FWC which is the Fish & Wildlife police yes they had wetsuits that are dry suits they had like five or six of the guys in the water to protect the boys and then also I heard that the boy that gets it people bless him so they give they give him like a car they give him money they give him all this stuff for for him they're they're really trying to get it so this is the one of the way if you want to be blessings you just have to bring the twenty bucks in his pocket you know said and of course he'll be blessed if the whole Greek community come I say touch him you know because he's blessed from God you just want to stay was a guy who just be blessed by God that's what they believe you know I'm not really kind of commercialized this I'm not whatever they will believe for them but for me personally is a believer for ours today in the church we said how much is so much blessings the God wanna do through the young generation one of the conditions Greek supposed to be boys new generation you know I truly believe well they have the man of God brain and receive the tribulation the prophecy was passed in Nikolai's share and what happens today in downtown of Tarpon my question today is it true God looking for a new people new generation the one who is is still strong the one who is still wanna be serving God and God want to touch this generation this is the English service it's more for like who can go in reach your generation and I'm glad for our church I'm glad for what we do what we do what we have yes what we want to cherish it won't be faithful and we're gonna continue to praise and worship God and see what God can do for us that's a beautiful David nice beautiful so you bring the good report from downtown and Tarpon you know we have to serve which is was mentioned today or they will live in here so this was God send us the force prophecy which is not very field yet past Tara's brother of pastor pastor yeah and amen cuz somebody can say Amen it was mom and dad come on I mean make up this it just slipped from my mind from my lips yes yes yes we will pray and yes and now god bless you god bless we're gonna pray no it's my heart that will cut will raised off new generation in our church will bless them the marriage is just a blessing it's not stumble block what's blessings and I received that through last couple couple services one God wanna bless people in the church you always take care of your family because then you can be effective you can be answered this world God designed this way I truly believe it's one of the blessings and what else happens today this today what's the good things happens I heard another prophecy was received young men is that some kind of private stuff or somebody can share is anything can we just glory can we just like you know what the Bible said when you see something you just talk about and say if somebody prophesized the other ones just talked about and glorified a god it's can we have another moment of open before after this it's gonna be open microphone I think I started with this and anybody else want to share what you receive today I heard there was a good some testimonies in the nursing home ministry right is that are you it's okay if I just ask few more question come come come yeah how you doing how you doing so tell me what's what what happens today today in the nursing home after we finished singing songs one of the ladies told me that she received a prophecy from God that I would keep drumming and that I'll become a great drummer and that follow God's path and is Herbie you receive that you accept that praise God you know we have to be praising ya we have to praise God oh yeah the more to it because I was there I would listen to it not only you're gonna become a drummer you're gonna become a preacher and then it's gonna be drumming for four it's a lot of people's gonna receive the Lord through your ministry it's not just a German I look more than that all of that I love that if somebody can't just glory to God for this hallelujah thank you so received it keep it you know new beginning Guster's was a moment that's was all about so I'm gonna leave the microphone here is empty open mic if any of you would like to share I'll just move through this worship there is a time before we're gonna hear the word of encouragement and a word of lesson what brother Taurus will share with us pastor for us but open microphone right here all right so during this worship I was just touched to say we were seeing the song I surrender and I just wanted to quickly come up here before my testimony and just tell everyone just let's just in the beginning of this new year make a resolution to just surrender our lives to Jesus and just everything like pastor Peter said there was this revelation that there's supposed to be a great revival but none nothing will happen if we don't surrender our lives so we just give everything we have to him and just follow God's path and great things will happen and so when pastor Peter asked me to share a testimony I was kind of thinking like going back over what happened in 2018 and I realized that such a great event happened in our live in my in my life you know many people say say that 2018 had ups and downs but for me it was like really in the middle I had its ups and it's downs and our pastor always says pastor Nicolae he always says there's three dates that every Christian should remember yeah the day they were saved the day they received the Holy Spirit and the day they were baptized you know I'll remember 2018 forever because about four months ago I was baptized with water baptism and it was just such a great event in my life just to be able to surrender everything I have to Jesus and just follow him and our youth pastor Paul he always preaches that uh he always asked people after they get baptized maybe a year or maybe the next time the people are getting baptized gasps other people the recently baptized um how is the first year after you get water baptized and everyone always says that it's tough it's not the easiest ever and I even in my own life I can already see the devil isn't making it easy it's not gonna be easy path but all you have to do is just surrender all we have to Jesus and the way we'll do this is by just following the people in our lives are the the leaders just youth just everyone that you're surrounded with they're put there for a reason God didn't put you here just because everyone's here for a reason you know I was really worried to get baptized because I was scared when I when I was younger I always thought like oh I wanted to get baptized it's so cool everyone like everyone's getting baptized it's such a cool thing like just give everything away and just get water baptized but I was always too scared I always had doubts like Oh am I too young maybe I'm not ready I'm not sure I didn't get a sign or anything like that but then I realized Paul our youth pastor Paul he I shared this before he just he started preaching on baptism that everybody should get baptized you know you don't have to wait at just your everybody is ready they just need to just kind of give everything to Jesus and just get baptized just do it and you know this really opened it up to me that with Jesus everything you should just you don't need a way you don't need a you just need to take a leap of faith with Jesus and just follow him and follow his footsteps and I just it just opened up to me how important that these people are in our lives and I just think that we just need to all just use the people that are surrounding us in this church in this place in our ministry that people that you have in your life just so that they would encourage you they will help you and with Jesus everything is possible you should just that nothing's impossible and I think we should just all just surrender our lives to Jesus just follow him with this great crowd that we have in our church and ah and these ministries and we'll do great great things all of us the youth and the elders I'm very thankful for everybody who prayed for me and three months being in bed I had my announced reactions to Madison it wasn't easy but yesterday I just got this burst of energy Peter went to engagement and I just had this energy I got up I start doing laundry I was like I was like we even walk across the house yesterday was just look so amazing I was like wow I was like so excited I feel so much better and then I hear this tomorrow you're gonna be at the worship service like in my heart and I'm like like Sarah start laughing my heart like my face thank God for powerful makeup it's all like bruised up I had very bad reaction medicine and it's like it was horrible makeup on I start like planning and then this morning I woke up it was I was kind of like I was like battling battling and Here I am and this is just praise to God because this is God hallelujah praise God you know God can surprise us when we're faithful and I don't know it's just so amazing so amazing well there is another moment of open microphone and if anybody please that's at the time and we're just gonna you know continue just be you I don't make sure we can see me we can hear we can clearly hear me you know it's a this is the place one even in service when you come where you are and we want to keep with this we want to maintain this to go to a simplicity in the freedom and the spirit in humbleness to praise his let's just continue to be and that kind of keep that spirit keep that atmosphere God will speak to us we need him we have nothing to show but which only the reason we're here we just Here I am Lord send me use me you want at night you want the door of our church Slavic full gospel church open on Sunday night once a month here we are Lord we do what we can so take me use me is a vessel there is a community around us the people who is not the luckiest us who is not heaven through the three different services through the through the week so we can bring the gospel we can bring the gospel to this town we can bring the gospel to people around you around us we can do this and that's our desire that's what we really really want to do Lord for you that's it simple to that let's just praise God's name again Alleluia praise God brothers and sisters I wanted to start off saying sister Lilia you did not make a mistake by coming here because Jesus is here and his presence is here and there's no better place to be than a place where Jesus is residing and the people of Christ are here as well and we support you we pray for you and we love you more than anything and about that I actually wanted to add to that it was funny because my dad was talking to my parents last night and my dad told me he's he said when I when I was born he he always he was they weren't believers at the time my parents but he when I was born he always said that I would be he said propably they send me a group of you think this is my preach this is my preacher and it's my mom even said to irritated her because they weren't Christian at the time she thought it was some weird guy that it's gonna like you know whatever do something weird but at anyways my dad would always say he'd pray over me this is my preacher this is my preacher he's gonna be a preacher so as far as a preacher I can take that I can I you know I acknowledge that responsibility and I believe that I should be serving in this area faster if that's if that's what God has for me I am willing to take that but I as of right now I am more than glad to just preach the word and you know serve people through my preaching okay so what was that yeah well I gotta get married and the other thing so I gotta take it one step at a time one step at a time and I'll and I'll get there anyways you know I really like it here like preaching here over anything else just specifically just English service because like I just feel like you know I feel like I'm a part of it you know what I mean I don't feel higher than you guys I don't feel lower you know I feel like I'm it's all we're all together in unity you know and everything I say is encouraging you and then everything you guys say encourages me and it's just like the the atmosphere you know it's just so strong and it's and you know that's really encouraging to me and I would like to actually share going on actually everything that's been spoken about today where there was David and Peter and everything even nursing home that we should start our year off with Jesus I actually shared nursing you know everyone has New Year's resolutions yeah you guys did anyone here raise your hand if you guys had some have some kind of resolution for the New Year for yourself right so some of us you know make resolutions for a body our physical body we want to go to the gym you know to whether it's to lose some weight whether it's you know get in shape you know that's our that's our physical resolution that we want to take care of ourselves then we have whether it's emotional or mental you know we're thinking we have to you know not get angry as much not through this not you know being more caring and loving towards other people we have resolutions like that as well but for some reason we tend to as you know Christians we look we can even see those resolutions but then we tend to fail to realize we have the resolution spiritually you know has anyone actually you know prior to anything that's been going on today have set themselves a spiritual resolution you know you can ask ask yourself that question because me personally you know it hit me real hard today you know like am I really applying myself spiritually am I really going to Jesus as much as I need to you know what I mean so like what I wanted to kind of speak about today is is that we all like to encourage all of us myself included too you know I spoke last time about the I don't know if any of you remember the golf ball and that's our purpose and if we're swinging at it and if we're not actually hitting it the purpose which is the golf ball that's our you know our God's will for our life that's Jesus you know and David mentioned it he said to surrender your life to Jesus and actually I'm going to build off of this verse and John chapter 14 verse 6 it says jesus answered I am the way and the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through me if you really knew me you would know you would know my father as well from now on you do know him and have seen him so you know something came across you know to me the other a little bit ago people a lot of times people will say like oh because because he's doing this he's not gonna go to heaven no because he has this problem he's not gonna go to heaven he's addicted to these things he's not gonna go down he's gonna go to hell you know like a lot of people like bass people's actions are the things they do to where they're gonna end up or how well they're doing spiritually and you know I thought about it and actually the it's not what they do that's gonna keep them from heaven or make them go to hell it's actually whether they know Jesus or not that's gonna keep them from going to heaven or hell you know the Bible says that we are all we are all short of the glory of God meaning we all need Jesus you know we're not one of us is able to say that everything that we do is perfect and it's going to be good enough for God no and and now one is righteous not one is righteous so basically saying is that we need to run to Jesus we need to make Jesus a number one priority of our life and you know I I believe that like this year we need to really really because as Peter but there's not mentioned how the you know people who are getting married away the next the new youth is rising up and I believe that there needs to be a lot of like you know like there's preach earlier to say laborers and harvest is full and there need more laborers but you know we need people to step up to move in and to actually inspire the youth to inspire that new new generation that new you know the the people that are that are kind of rising up and they want to to serve and we have to give them that spark that fire to kind of kind of get them get them going but none of this can be done unless we all Center our focus on Jesus and that's what I really love about these services is that we come here with one purpose only it's to meet with Jesus and I would like to actually kind of wrap everything up and I have a feeling I'm feeling Dan has something to say to add on to what I have going and and then I'll finish up after tag-team preteen once again so I just had a few thoughts and before I start I want to say so one thing I don't know why but this was while I was in Charlotte and I'm very disorganized person so like I don't have a planner don't have a calendar in my room I kind of just go with the flow every single day and so I don't know Ellen can attest to this I once called her I was like you know what today I'm gonna go to Walmart i'ma put like a black board on my board and imma have a calendar have my like days set for what I'm gonna be doing every single day and on the side of the blackboard there's like this note section and on my note section I have like my work days stuff that like just general stuff that I wanted to do or work on and then I have my prayers at the the bottom of the notes and so like as soon as I got that calendar and now on that calendar in my prayers I have like praying for totally Lea buttons on and I don't know I just wanted to share that with you this was like months ago so I just wanted to share that with you today Lila that you weren't forgotten even in Charlotte I love you very much anyway so Happy New Year everybody it's already to the new year but as we see on the clock behind me the clock hasn't struck 12:00 yet so we're we're technically not there yet and looks like I can't change it because it's screwed in so I'm sorry guys we're still stuck start on start on movem idea so what I'm gonna be sharing is just a short few words and I'll kind of elaborate on it I shared a nursing home and so when we enter the New Year everybody says like Oh new year new me like the problems of the past year they're not gonna follow me into the new year but how realistic is that really because like maybe someone I don't know how really like who has this problem this major just be me shooting in the dark but maybe you have like some big debts that you can't leave those behind in the new year like how are you sorry sorry the bank I'm just gonna not pay you because those are last year's problems I leave my credit cards back there I'm getting new ones this year you're like you're broken cards you're still driving it today you can't do anything about that I still got my cards broken too and like some things is just it's a battle every single day so every single day like I'm very positive person and I like to think that every single day is a new beginning because God gives you that breath every single morning you have that breath you wake up I don't know how people wake up it's kind of crazy like I took a course on psychology and I had to learn about all the nervous here it's how your sleep works and I still I still can't comprehend how person goes to sleep and then somehow in the morning they know how to wake up after they're well-rested anyway so what I'm gonna be talking about is things that clog our heart and hinder our relationship with God and how this pertains to new year because after the new year we want to star our relationship with God on a new level but sometimes that doesn't work sometimes the problems of yesterday of last year they may follow you into this year and so I would like to encourage us to just keep working on ourselves every single day so just whatever problem may be in your life so it's very important for us to kind of every single day every single night look into our heart like Oh what happened this year kind of reap recap with ourselves in God like Oh what happened this day what can be kind of stopping me from being able to talk to God because all of us well like our end goal is obviously to be in heaven with each other and see each other there and just be with God and like to do that we have to have a relationship with him and be able to have a personal communication with him because he says that if I know you he'll write you in the book of life and we literally heard today some people the people come to heaven they're like God we know like we we did all these things for you when our mission trips we did all this but like why aren't you letting us into heaven and but God's like no I did not know you depart from me and like like that's such that's such a real thing to think of like sometimes we just cast that aside but imagine coming to heaven's gates and you're thinking like I was a Christian my whole life I did all these things I served on the worship band I went on missionary trips but really what you were lacking was actual communication what you were doing was what the church thinks is good and today Jessica thought I said in nursing home good deeds won't get you into heaven a lot of times people think like Oh like just cuz I tried doing my best and following all the commandments as best as I can then that'll get me into heaven because God will see that ow I'm trying so hard I'm putting all my effort but know what God wants is for you to personally love him and have that communication with him your good deeds alone will not get you into heaven the only thing that can get you into heaven is the grace of God and the mercy of God and that you can get that through the relationship you have with them so to open up a relationship we have to rid ourselves of selfishness so I don't know if you guys know anything about selfishness it's just basically when people when you think about yourself more not necessarily a prideful but you you put yourself first before you think of others and this can be finally found in a lot of different situations and it is a very general thing that can happen some people just don't like God says treat treat others and is that how it goes treat others as you want to be treated like that's kind of the golden rule but some along those lines treat your neighbor treat your neighbor how you like you would want to be treated and so if you just treat like if you only love yourself but then like your neighbor you're just like oh he's so bad like I'm so good here then like if you're only thinking about yourself and you're not doing good unto others how can you have be like oh I'm so good God but oh it's kind of like that story when they come praying at the temple and the funny Shaye's sitting there and he's like God you see this guy here he's doing so good but me I'm a church leader I'm so good but this guy's like God all I want is just for you to take me in just take me into your hiding place anyway so selfishness is one of the first thing and the how to rid yourself of selfishness is trying to be selfless live your life for others and mission trips are actually really good because there you see that you there are other people that are in such dire situations that are way worse than yours maybe maybe you can think of yourselves lower but like like that that can help you out second thing is bitterness and what I have as a tagline for this one is that hurt people hurt people so if you are a hurt person then you're gonna hurt other people and that's not what we're called to do sometimes that bitterness can just grow inside your heart excuse me real quick sometimes that bitterness can just it's like a seed it can grow inside your heart and then you you just grow into a better person I know you guys have met some no offense but like oh like older people that are just sitting there and they're like they're always mad at everyone they're always mad at something and that's just cause bitterness for something just kept growing in their life and we need you need to cut that out before it gets to grow because if you're able to live on that and just keep meditating if you're able to live on that and keep meditating it will grow into a big tree and then you won't be able to see around it you won't get past you'll be like God where are you and you're covered by your tree of bitterness that you grew inside of yourself so sometimes this can happen when you have too much time to think I shared that nursing home that like in Charlotte I work a lot and I just have a lot of time at work just to like it's nine hours a day basically and then like when you're working sure sometimes you'll just be our noise guys you don't think everything the whole time you'll just be doing like oh I need to carry this piece of wood so I'm gonna carry this piece of wood but then sometimes you just start going into your mind and your thoughts start racing and sometimes like maybe one of those thoughts like oh I remember when that person did that to me and I can't believe they did that but you need to stop that like stop yourself right there and just be like god help me with this I know that I am struggling in this situation come and take this top this tree of bitterness out of my life before it grows too big another one is rejection whenever maybe someone that you look up to some like some person that you have such a high kind of on a pedestal and maybe it's someone in your family maybe it's your father maybe it's even someone at church cuz we have to realize that people are going to be people people don't stop being people and turn into gods once they achieve some certain stage people are always going to make mistakes that doesn't mean their unholy that they oh they also have the grace of God like if we have a pastor like and he does something bad that doesn't mean that he's all of a sudden is like maybe he treated you wrong or something but rejection you need a if you feel rejected then you need to pray to God about that as well I don't know where that may be coming from I don't know I said to the people in nursing home if any of you has a thought of where any of these things that I'm going to be speaking on if you feel like one of these part places affect you and you have that thought keep that and at the end we're going to be praying for that and then the last one is evil thoughts evil thoughts can just eat away at your heart and just either way you and kind of point you in the wrong direction of where you're not supposed to be going so before I end and so that we can go into each day as a new person not just every single year but every day we are able to pray to God and start the day off on the right foot instead of on the wrong foot so let's just bow our heads and pray we don't have to get up it's all right so father God I pray to you today I thank you for the opportunity that we all have to be in this American service father God and even though it's not the new year anymore it's already the sixth day of new year but let us have a new beginning each and every day in our walk with you father God let us get to know you more let our relationship with you grow father God let us acknowledge that we can't be saved by our own deeds but only by you through you Jesus you died on that cross for us because you knew of everything that was gonna happen ever in our lives father God and I pray father God whatever is hindering people's hearts to open up to you father God maybe it's just stalling that relationship with you maybe it's just making that relationship with you harder maybe it's making that connection harder father God tear out all selfishness father God tear out all bitterness chop down that tree let them not hurt other people maybe it's because someone is hurt here finally give them forgiveness give them for let them forgive whoever may have wrongly done something to them wrongly accuse them wrongly done anything wrong in their life father God I pray for any rejection that anybody feels so God let them know that they are your child father God no matter what you are their father and you love them with your whole heart father God and then cast out any evil thoughts that anybody may have in their lives value God and I pray give us a renewal every single day so a relationship can start on a high note with you every single day so that we can get up every morning father God and just say thank you Lord for another breath that we have today thank you Lord for the beautiful day that is made through you Jesus and Jesus name I pray amen thank you then so I will conclude with this ah mom basically in everything that we do a lot of times like Dan was saying these things like bitterness selfishness rejection they will stop you from getting close to Jesus because you feel like you know you have that I guess you could say like root of evil or something something in you that you know doesn't allow you to actually come in contact with Jesus or you think you know you're doing something wrong that means Jesus you know you're not you and Jesus aren't this that's not the same you have to first fix this and then you can go to Jesus but in reality the truth is that you actually have to come to Jesus in order for it to be fixed he so he can fix it for you because there there are many things in the spiritual world that we as humans have no control over and the Bible says that it is actually given to us through the Holy Spirit and that's when we can overcome these things is when we come to Jesus so to conclude it we the example of the Epiphany that they used I just had like analogy come to mind so you see these people they're gathered around the lake in a circle and the cross is thrown into into the lake right so let's let's symbolize the cross this Christ Jesus okay so you have this cross that's thrown into the lake and it goes into the water and then everyone dives in for it right so they're all let's say going for Jesus this is people they are all you know trying to reach Jesus to get Jesus to receive blessing to receive deliverance to receive whatever it is that they need in their life and a lot of times like they mentioned the water was cold or you know there was the patrol around or many different circumstances you know that doesn't mean that they're gonna stop jumping in and oh it's cold and they jump right back out I'm gonna you know I have to first wait till it gets warmer then I'm gonna go later no you they the goal is Christ we jump into the water and we swim for it as fast as we can to receive that blessing for them only one can receive but the Bible says that anyone I just read the verse that anyone that Christ is the way the truth and the life meaning that anyone that goes to him will receive that truth that life and that way that the guidance so you know I would like to actually invite the band up we so we can kind of get into the mood to you know to really open up our hearts and and start this year off the right way bye-bye you know kind of I would say meeting with Jesus tonight and going for that cross diving in and actually attaining it dropping everything like you know there's so many things in our life that that we think we're real a core we're not good enough for but you know I'm here to tell you that we are we're all good enough the only thing that we are lacking is that we're not going for Christ there nothing else can stop us other than ourselves actually making that step that leap of faith towards him so as we go into prayer we're gonna pray and then I would like to sing a song or two and just to you know to pray and and and reach towards Jesus and to ask invite him into our lives to start this year off on the right step it's a new beginning that's the name of the service so you know in order for us to have a new beginning we have to start with the right with the right step we have to start with the right you know person which is Jesus Christ and as we go into prayer the band will sing a song and you know we'll well pray and open our hearts let us pray father God we come before you seeking your face God and you know this new year that we come into we want to make sure that that we started and on the right foot God so that so that we are actually looking for you so that it is you that we are seeking and it's not something it's not something that we that we think that we are not worthy of God but we are worthy of it and we are able to attain and let nothing let the devil not confuse anybody let nothing get in the way of us thinking that we aren't worthy that we aren't able because we are the Bible says that if we come to you that you will open the door you will let us send you will dine with us you will eat with us and Jesus we pray that we all actually make that step we make that step towards you start this year off right and not just for a little bit but to continue in it to stay consistent in it and to and to continue reaching out to you and any anything that comes our way it is not it is not the things that that hinder us that keep us from you God but it is us we need to make that step towards you Jesus and you will help us it's it is written in your word and we believe this and that is why tonight we we have made our minds up to to reach out to you to reach out to you and for you to to guide us in our lives and this year in this new year to help us bring up raise up new leaders to help raise up a new a new youth that is on fire for you God and so that we can serve you with all our hearts we pray God thank you for everything you have given us and thank you for this for this wonderful service and this wonderful fellowship of believers that we have here we pray that your presence come down got in touch every heart in this place God because we want you we need you and our lives got throughout to every single day of our life and and we and even if we even if we go a day without without reaching out to you God we know that you are the answer not the only way we have life is through you the only the only way we have truth is through you and so that that is why we we want to make up our minds to reach out to you and receive that truth and receive that life but and we pray in Jesus name Amen [Music] I [Music] I I today I will serve I was built I was moved by what I heard today and I was praying Lord Jesus what can we do and of this last year in beginning of the new and tonight a fill the desire to have a prayer in the Bible said in chapter 10 Romans 12 actually the chapter 12 and second verse and be not fascinated according to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that ye may prove that is there God a good and acceptable and perfect will of God I truly believe but do you know what I heard today and yes it's not just the you know things happens I was surprised and I call posture that we just laughing all this stuff and a smile but I felt in my spirit we have a special pray I want to pray for you to us and pray for you now because I know guys have a colon on your life any mind and okay I'm okay just be a preacher to be a pastor there is a some price to need to pay need to be calling we don't want to kind of like wish you but same time I don't want to be behind you know and God sell is the will of God for your life are us for you then I know in the few months you'll be married you'll be coupled with so encouraged so excited on the uncoupled yeah I mean young people they just go to missionary trip they just fire and fire for God but you know what's next happens I've been the youth pastor for years different churches and I see how they set up this is so excited the kids and all that stuff I know that my wife and I who go through this I want a break I want to pray then what God would put God have desire in your heart what got them store for you yes specifically for you there what happens in it you know it starts with a prayer and I felt responsibility I want to be obedient to holy school I wanna have the prayer who's you I wanna pray they've got to the natural do they move their make that if there's something is it is it me I go please come to us with Anela please come I will pray for you you know what I wanna just before I pray I just wanna don't do real nice and simple begin you know if it's a God's will Leila you being a pastor's wife you know maybe heaps to this house stuff starts happens here you know you've got call you to be a if he sponsor was make you them pastor's wife ya know it's so scary right I mean we were ready for a honeymoon all this stuff but you know what I just have that desire to pray we're not pushing but I don't want to be made either either and Bible said if you notice that on Sunday before when we have a three Posterous preaching here pastor Hector but then another brother Nikolai he was a translate and also there's a one drummer from from Muslim world you know what God put on my heart to say you know just kind of introduce those ladies who is in the church you know and sometimes we're just thinking in Bible said Rovner you show me if I would say in English yeah haha equals husband the wife and the husband are equal not equal but they actually join him it will be together soon it's not such a ministry was all wife to be involved you know I'm really wanna pray I want to pray the prayer of blessings we do not harass we don't know you're dead and one dream about to hear pastor I know one things you have a call we do have a call for a ministry Bella we have a : fragments I know the Bible said do you know it's a but we want you we want you to pray for you I want to pray for you I don't know about you guys but I want to 3 I have to pray and China was with me see she wanna see so see if a 2 of your dream you know we already agreed to pray over you I make this so simple I just want the desire to pray that God will steer that I know you have a lot of stuff to figure out you're about to get married and Bible said well God will - we'll go together we do not agree I know you will agree you know it's not just in my heart I felt that it's in the hearts of these other people with we thought that was you and uh I mean seriously but just wanna pray it prayer will be like this my prayer Lord let you will will be done if it is it would you call it that you make this so nice because who knows maybe God will send you the missionary to the next town maybe you're gonna be going start serving people maybe God will open up and move something in your heart and they say yes for a MacRay I'm ok to receive his last name well I had receive Jesus is he he is in heritage in the spiritual to follow him and since then just have this prayer Lord Jesus I pray Lord Jesus for trois Cornelia Lord Jesus and Lord Jesus I know you have call and for Tara's lives in Cornelia and we wanna that's this year will be that moment when you're gonna reveal your will Lord Jesus we don't want to push but we don't wanna be behind who want to be right in the midst of you will know Jesus say I pray Lord Jesus that you will you will you will open them you reveal your will for Tara's nailless not just a family life which you brought them together by agreement Lord Jesus but also in this spirit if it's a ministry if it's a : Lord Jesus let it be clear not just for trials for Nina and for all of us so we can see in the cellar Jesus Here I am sent me I ask your blessings I ask you that you will figure out all the questions will be answered everything will be naturally and your spirits will move and will be down Lord Jesus we pray that we're not gonna miss your will we pray that the Rossoneri will not gonna miss your well for the life or the life is a family life for the ministry we pray Lord Jesus we bless them we ask them Lord Jesus and also our Lord Jesus we just wanna trust in you which are full with the trust in your hands harassin daily a special time preparation for the be married Lord Jesus and also you the one who provide you the one who call you the one who can reward oh Jesus you're the one who we serve we just simply say this word but Jesus renew our minds this year let us see you will or Jesus that we can follow you will know that when your hands we bless your name Dara's inelia hallelujah hallelu god bless you so I'm sure Nelly will agree with me I'll actually have a desire in my heart to pray for brother Peter and his and his wife Lilia with what they're going through and and I'm sure Nelly would love to as well right and where I would like us all to pray you know you know in unity for their family for their situation and for the renewal of her her snake so we're let's pray let's ask God father God we pray with you continue God with his family Peter lilium but the Shawn guy you know what they're going through do you know that things had they were battling God and I pray we rank everything that could possibly be in the way of her renewal God anything that could bring her to her healing in Jesus name we break it in Jesus name die by the sword or but allowed her when I'm up God we pray that your healing power come down God my mother sort of what a leader but I'm off for Lillian about a sword or but a little but a mom we pray thou and your healing power your Holy Spirit taught regarded in a way God in which she will come to renewal God upon a sword when I'm on the what am i Lord what am I but this healing coming Jesus named about a soda but a lot of what I'm ah no more treatment got no more medicines got but your power your power torture in Jesus name cider what a load or what a mono an imam restore her from head to toe jesus name with a sword a mom every cancer saw that its life but it be disintegrating in Jesus name die by the sword about a mom but not one surviving Jesus names side I wanna load your mighty power touch her in Jesus name side I wanna meet that she may continue to serve and serve her husband in Jesus nailed a little order when I mom died we pray for peace and serenity in their lives God for assurance and for guidance god we pray that you show them the way give them that peace and their family of their children god we pray and we ask you in Jesus name [Music] Duras Bella Thank You affinity is a simple that's what they call the minused thank you for ministering to my wife [Music] thank you very soon I've lived thank you you know it's so I mean we can stay we're gonna continue to pray stay stay with me today you know I really feel like we need to pray for for two more people in this room I was thinking debated should I pray privately I wanna call you and I call David who for some reason I want to pray for you guys hallelujah we're gonna pray oh you don't like this we're gonna pray kasnia pray you know what I wanna pray for you you know today's a new year how many of you received it well prophecy says your God called you know I said so excited so powerful you know never let the things go away pray about this you say Lord the bed but a prayer for me and the church and the lady and the terrace and everybody else making is that the you Lord Jesus not letting this go away keep it I believe it's the Lord speaking you calling you know like a cult or a student mastery in it I said did I sleep at its prey for a poor kid here yeah let's pray for us Nellie pray throw me out oh Jesus we pray we pray Lord Jesus for Curiel or Jesus we want to be just faithful to you sense thankful to you very sensitively to You Lord Jesus if you give us revelation today if we come to your presence and we say yes we receive we don't want to go home without say thank you Lord Jesus without the prayer we just want to do that we want to really see we believe it is a call and Lord Jesus on the life of our brother Allah Jesus cRIO know Jesus only you know Lord Jesus although Jesus you know you know Lord Jesus I believe in the words because you promised said you will bless to the thousand generations yes his grandfather was serving you he's net and mom serving you oh Jesus look at all the Christians to receive him believe he say he's belongs to You Lord Jesus except the prophecy I felt in the spirit that you want that for him but Jesus blessed blessed blessed continue to speak to him also I pray that through this year give him confirmation yes yes from different areas in the life from different side of the war out people will come he will proclaim will be prophesied the same so he would know how do you know that Lord speak to me about this beginning of the year how do you know Jesus but you do this you confirm this prophecy you can do that Lord Jesus because you're looking for young people who will be per se he will be blessed for this generation for this world our Jesus we pray we trust in you he real his life Lord Jesus he received that he believed that but Jesus he said yes be that according to your warn to kirio to his life in Jesus name we pray hallelujah I love this your ministry your boom box you know you can continue to do the full glory of God you know David's we want to pray for you you know I don't know I'm not going to talk too much but I just want a quick I just want to pray hallelujah Lord Jesus let us pray Lord Jesus with praise it was me in the partnership Lord Jesus well Jesus I pray I don't know what's Holy Spirit you going if you use the count you as it was an intercession but I pray and I felt the presence of God I pray Lord Jesus that would be your mighty hand will be restore we keep the new beginning new blessings for new year for David Lord Jesus we pray we pour we bless him Lord Jesus what is your name whatever he's asking you Lord Jesus give him a dad give him that Incirlik Jesus give him that confidence give him that the new beginning new pablor Jesus in your name we pray we bless Lord Jesus I release in the spirit raava Rakesh Sharma the glory bear variegated sorrel Arenas Rob America to tour miracle at Vienna tour villages whatever it is Holy Spirit amen whatever is Holy Spirit amen amen refinery cases or political areas replicas for me i'm davina will bless his name we bless his life we pray the force of your blessings will be increased this year will be increased Lord Jesus from all the areas in his life Lord Jesus beaubien Chris let him to see Indian Christmas and will be increased of the blessings in confirmation will come that you speak to him tonight you were speaking rayon-based last couple days those what you talk to him which what it was from you or Jesus whatever your you reveal to David for this beginning of this year or last a few days well Jesus I pray we pray confirm them that he will know there was used in Jesus mighty name we break Alleluia amen so nice to be in the presence of God David our and our god bless you will love you also give its birthday this past weeks birthday David at the new blessings you know thank you for for everything we had today I think we're gonna continue to worship right and then when we're done somebody gonna you're gonna say blessings or you know pastors personally we can go home [Music] Amyas [Music] I [Applause] [Music] sure there is every [Music] that's before me [Music] merci let's be [Music] thank you Father God giving us an opportunity to gather here to truly seek your face to fill your presence to allow your spirit to lead these services God to allow your spirit to touch the people in this place tonight God and we pray that you continue your mood continue you continue touching hearts God and we pray that this that this expanse of your kingdom expands in this earth god this is the purpose of why we are here this is a purpose of why we are even gathering here at this service God and we pray that whatever it is that you have planned we all agree God that we want to be a part of this plant want to be a part of this movement we want to be a part of this revival that is being spoken about God regardless of whether it's this generation next generation all the generations will take part of whatever and whatever generation we'll do we'll do whatever it is you have plans to do God because it is you that we are living for it is Hieu that we are that we are doing what we are doing for God our purpose here is to fulfill your purpose God our life here is to live our life for you God so we pray that that you guide each and every person in here in that direction and we find exactly what it is that you have purposed for our lives purpose for this service and purpose for each and every person in this place in Jesus name we pray amen okay yes you guys you guys may be dismissed
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