Humble Obedience and Taking Up the Cross

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foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] he shall never come Lord [Music] cry [Music] baby [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] those crystals [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] so much [Music] those crystals [Music] and now we will have our special prayer we have people that had their birthdays in January and February and of course not on every birthday we were able to all attend Alex but for every day of birth we want to praise the Lord and as a family of God's children we want to bless you for the many years you have have ahead of you there are people that had birthdays on a meaning uh brother Sergey and sister hilah 70 years you know and many of us we have good days and for those I would like to thank the Lord when you notice that the life of a person is like a tiny seats and for example there where there's war there's thousands dying there where there's an earthquake um also thousands have died and I heard from a pastor also that um Pastor all right pastor friend that the pastor and all the members of the church 70 they all died there as well foreign it's January and February so if your birthday is in January and February please come forward we will be praying for Alaska please [Music] as a church if you could put out the words on the screen we want to bless them and pray for them prayer or blessings [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] and children are a blessing from God it's not an easy blessing but it is foreign foreign foreign I would like to sing a song this is a song um thank you foreign [Music] [Music] it will be [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign foreign language yeah but brother Nikolai which shared first is thought about us denying ourselves and following the Lord foreign in song it is written is words on the screen uh so proverbs 23 3 or 4. 23. 22. your uh Christians that are obedient but they don't they aren't humble my name is and they are disliking what they are doing for some or many reasons foreign what the child really wants to um and the child doesn't watch because the mother said no Allah but she all with all her heart wants it and she listened but did not not with humility is this way with us as Christians is always in resistance against God Romans 8 6 through 8. so it says the mind is governed by the flesh is death and a mind covered by the spirit is life and peace the Mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God it does not submit to God or God's law nor can it do so and those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God is and until our fleshly nature is crucified with Christ we will continue to resist or Rebel and only a spiritual man or spiritual nature can be humble and obedient toward s we have examples in the word of God in the very beginning when Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden God gave one command and it's it wasn't something hard he said you can eat from all the trees in the garden but not from this tree is that a hard thing to fill you might even think it wasn't an easier command they didn't eat mystery ideas in the appearance of a snake and he put doubt into the words of God yeah and Eve was tempted if she was to not only obey but to be humble with what the Lord said there is no other conversation and God tests every once in a while for these simple things it tests are our humility foreign and in the word of God there are many things that are simple about the appearance outer appearance covering of heads there are things that are more spiritual meaning we shouldn't judge because God is the one judge he is the only one that is so when we hear people talking about others foreign I couldn't um when we don't think about being humble into everything that we do and we'll oftentimes think oh well maybe it's not so bad maybe it's allowed someone else is doing it and therefore I will do it but the blessing is in humility examples Mary the mother of Jesus Christ she was humble before the Lord and the Lord she didn't just listen foreign and she said I am a I am a servant to you and let what I do be with your aligned with your will um and when Mary also the chapter praises the Lord okay in Luke 1 48 says he said for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant for now all on all generations will call me blessed God is looking for a humble heart is foreign therefore the word of God asks us for wives to be submissive First Peter chapter 3. which is so wives in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands that if if any of them do not believe the word they may have be won over with your words by the behavior of their wives many wives are unhappy today because they do not submit and many years go on when husbands do not return to the Lord and they don't know why I would like to share this example if a man comes home then and it acts wrongly um when he gets home and he says to his wife a Christian food foreign itoji cell service and that heart begins to burn when there's no humility and God's not able to step in because there is and the situation doesn't change when the wife is and the heart of man changes in God tends to the heart and the man comes to God praise God Christ showed us an example of humility he said I go to do your well father um was humble in it he said not my will but your will be done and he teaches us to be humble between one another Ephesians 4 Chapter 4 verses one through three years as a prisoner for the Lord then I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received be completely humble and gentle be patient bearing with one another in love make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace and also in Ephesians 21 or 5 21. where it says to thank the Lord for everything in the reverence of Christ and therefore the word of God encourages us to be humble before one another what in the reverence of Christ make sure this is therefore it doesn't mean if someone's calling me to do something sinful and I have to be humble is what if someone is that's how the word of God encourages us this is where we learn to submit to one another foreign and God desires for us to especially submit to Elders or which is therefore it is written to Hebrews 13 17. so have confidence in your leaders to submit to their Authority because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account do this for their work will be a joy not a burden for that would be of no benefit don't just listen from an agreement in your heart with what's being told we know that I'd say and he did not submit he was thrown from Heaven that was his way was pride in and not being submissive this is the result attack or characters and the word of God clearly characterizes what it is to not submit first Samuel 15 23. where Rebellion is a sin of divination and arrogance like the evil of idolatry because you have rejected the word of the Lord he has rejected the uske if someone were to tell me that rebellious if I do divination I would say what are you talking about but if you don't if you Rebel then it's similar ious and Christ he submitted himself brother Nikolai red Filipino Philippians found in the appearance of a man he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on the cross therefore God exalted him in the highest place and gave him a name that is above every name Christ had to submit or humble himself in in this in not a small area submitted or humbled himself unto death says and he was a liner he agreed with the will of God sometimes we just have to be humble in like small things but our sinful nature resists or Rebels we become rebellious I will not I don't want to is and to force someone to obey or to listen you can but to be humble it's a decision of every heart individual but it's a path in which if you humble yourself then God will exalt you you see that Jesus Christ I would like for us to remember this thought we live in these last times Christ's return is approaching is and in the Gospel of John is so bimia he says I have come in the name of the father and you did not receive D and another will come in his own name and him you will receive this is the difference between a church as they would call her that looks like a church the church is humble before the Lord it fulfills the word is in agreement with everything that is written the word of God to support itself and we live in a time where it's truly around us foreign so that we would say Lord let your will be done in my life I want to be submissive or humble yeah I listened to your word and I agree with it I listen and submit and Apostle Peter is First Peter chapter 5 verse 6. he may lift you up in due time this is the path of Christ where we are putting ourselves down and humbling ourselves and it is and he is glorified because as Christ was glorified glorify the Disciples of Christ there not be any desire to glorify yourself we will tell the Lord the desires of our heart you have to be I submit to you I humble myself let us pray Hallelujah foreign foreign foreign foreign be blessed praise be to the Lord your church raise your hands if you were glad to be here in the service majorities there's a very good word for all of us only one problem is it was directed towards our spirit man uh you could feel that your other man did not enjoy it yeah so there are requirements take your cross and then follow me and the other brother preach that is [Music] they don't want to listen to what Christ is saying they want to listen but they don't want to put it yes if the word of God the word God says if no then you are not worthy of me yes and so let us not be in that place because we will not enter the kingdom because if we are against the will of God you know uh consequences and let us take it seriously because in the end it says that we will give an account for every word we say we even every word we say what we did and what we didn't do it is so let us be the ones that want to carry across want to do what is right want to follow the lord so that we would be in the Kingdom I mean amen and now we will have a prayer for need yeah and I would like the main need after what I have said that we would take his cross truly in obedience with all of our efforts with his help but most importantly and I would like to read our help is from the Lord who has created heavens and earth so if we decide in our hearts that we will take him the path of Shame journey of Shame even when we are not able to carry our own Christ remember even Jesus wasn't able where a lot of Christians are headed it is actually a wide Road foreign Thanksgiving [Music] that was just email is tsunami and uh a brother from my church the church is um they found out that he's ill with cancer and for that God's will be done whether it be healed or to figure out what what needs to be done in this situation the health of my wife thank God for yesterday our time with the girls for my health and for my daughter's health I thank God first of my son everything went well perfectly he's healthy thank God for my wife and for God taking care of us I have a um request for you Brothers my friend at work and maybe he might not even be really my friend um for the reason because I didn't want to work with him because he was not uh like reliable is so I work with cranes and we work with many different types of people um but what I heard recently from him when he started to post like his status and when he began to explain the problem he's in with his heart opportunity and so he says he's in a really big problem he's very disappointed with his own life so he doesn't know if he'll wake up tomorrow because of serious problems with his heart and I began to share it with him about Jesus Christ which can save and heal now and he began to share with me about his life I did not know my life would end so soon he he is through a treasury will and so I did everything with my life I drink and and went out and did all the things I wanted because [Music] I'm really upset and in fear because I at this point in my life I have no family I have no health and I told him that the Lord is speaking to him and he perfectly understands this knows and I I don't want it to be for God to just heal me and I go and continue living my life and I truly want to uh change my life if God helps me to live for him today he is in the hospital and uh to pray so that God would heal them him physically but but most importantly spiritually let us pray right praise God because God is giving man a chance and so there was a moment in time where he went against God's Will and lived the way he wanted when he came to full bankruptcy and almost on the verge of death but God still gives a chance an opportunity and he can restore everything this is the God we have thank you to pray for my granddaughter she turned one one-year-old and for my grandchild for my children does not believe in Christ or my uncle um is in a very difficult State and to pray for him today we will have Riverside Ministry and I would like to praise that God would bless our gathering and especially for it to be blood spiritual it's lovely and so I'm thankful to God that um we had a grandson that was born and uh recently I thank God for this but then another one was born to us and so um there in Ukraine and to thank God for this is the Lord has heard all of our needs whether they were made or not but first of all let us pray that the word that was spoken today let it do its work in our hearts is God bless us that we would be yeah so for not just to be healthy and live our life healthy and and die but for us to live whether it's healthy or not for us to have a spiritual um health and to be in eternity foreign foreign foreign I mean I mean one another and may the Lord's peace be with you and everything around me is [Music] [Music] [Music] you are I've still got joy here [Music]