1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,600 Welcome to Go Church Beirut. Your place to love, grow, and go. 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:13,000 Get ready to hear an inspiring message recorded during a Go Church Beirut gathering. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,700 The message theme for this month is joy. 4 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:21,000 You know, and joy isn't just something that... 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,100 Does everybody like Julie's sign that she made? 6 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:30,800 Joy is something that we commonly see around Christmas time, right? 7 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:35,800 You'll see signs that say, joy. There's this nice song, joy to the world. 8 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:42,000 Joy is commonly associated with Christmas and in the West at least, 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,400 that's tied to the practice of gift giving, the exchange of gifts. 10 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,300 Now, I would love to tell you that that's because for centuries, 11 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:59,800 these people have been using gifts as a way to remember the gift of God in Jesus. 12 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:05,200 But it's not. It's an old pagan Roman practice. 13 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:10,100 Anyway, it's great for retailers, which is good for the economy. 14 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:14,300 And it's fun to give gifts. My wife loves to give gifts. 15 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:20,200 She would wrap me in wrapping paper and have me unwrap myself. 16 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,800 She just loves it. She... Whoops, I've gotten too far. 17 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:32,600 And this, by the way, this is kind of how our living room looks since the Able message. 18 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:39,900 This is a window into the Christmas world at the Hatter Balls. 19 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:44,300 Joy is a fun concept, 20 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:52,500 but I think in our modern society, it's confused with happiness. 21 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:56,100 And joy and happiness are not the same thing. 22 00:01:56,100 --> 00:02:04,900 In fact, Galatians chapter 5 verse 22 says that joy is one of the fruit of the spirit. 23 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,000 And we've talked about this before in our grow groups. 24 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,700 And if you're not part of a grow group, well, frankly, you're not part of Go Church 25 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:13,600 because that's where Go Church happens. 26 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,400 But in our grow groups, we've talked about the fruit of the spirit. 27 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,400 And the fruit of the spirit, one simple way to say that is just 28 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:28,800 it's the result of the Holy Spirit working in us. 29 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:36,000 One of the things that he does in us is produce joy. 30 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 And he uses that word fruit. What happens with fruit? 31 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:47,100 It grows. It grows, you enjoy it and more growths, right? 32 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:54,400 But it also fruit grows more when it's in an environment for growth. 33 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,300 And that's why being in an environment for growth is so important for us. 34 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:07,700 As we follow Jesus, we want to be in a place where we're in an environment that promotes growth. 35 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:16,300 Joy is something that should be present and grow in our life as followers of Jesus. 36 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:24,800 John 15 11, Jesus said this. He said these things I have 37 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,900 spoken. 38 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:36,800 Something was transferred by words. What? What was transferred by words? 39 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:43,300 My joy. He said these things I have spoken unto you that my joy might 40 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:49,100 remain in you and that your joy might be full. 41 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:55,100 Have you ever been around someone that is full of joy? 42 00:03:55,100 --> 00:04:00,100 Have you ever been around someone that has been like on like just below 43 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:04,900 below quarter of a tank somewhere between quarter of a tank and the E 44 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:09,300 with the with the gas light on on their joy meter? 45 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:13,000 You know what I'm talking about? How are you doing? 46 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,900 Not so good. What's wrong? 47 00:04:18,900 --> 00:04:25,900 I don't know. Tell me what's wrong. 48 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:29,100 You know. 49 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:37,400 County situation. Inshallah, it'll get better. 50 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:42,200 Hush. One day we were in our village. 51 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,800 We have a lot of villages here. Julie and I were in we were in line at Hill Me's 52 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,000 never bought lemonade at Hill Me's. 53 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:55,100 I highly recommend it not sponsored but we're standing in line at Hill Me's 54 00:04:55,100 --> 00:05:01,100 and Julie and I were just enjoying the day. We've been walking around and 55 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:05,100 we're waiting for our lemonade. The lady behind me. 56 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:12,900 She says. So Julie who's never met a stranger in her life. 57 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:17,800 She turns around and she says beautiful day and she goes beautiful day, 58 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,200 but not in this country. 59 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:28,600 I thought oh, how to this lady is in she's talking to the wrong people. 60 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:35,300 Like, sorry, but what let's explain some. 61 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:42,900 So Joy is something that is very easy to recognize, 62 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:47,900 but it is impossible to fake. 63 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:55,700 And Joy is something that should mark us as followers of Jesus. 64 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:59,500 I say this, you know, sometimes I don't know if you understand what I mean by it, 65 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:02,800 but it's good to check up on yourself. 66 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:10,300 Like sometimes I like to sneak up behind me and listen to me. 67 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:17,200 And one of the things I try to listen for is I listen for the wine in my voice. 68 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:21,100 I don't mean the wine where my friends are from in Zach. 69 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:25,200 Like these guys are from City Gate Church. They drove very far. 70 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:30,800 They get the award. Maybe I don't know. 71 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:43,100 No, you know what I mean by get the wine out of your voice. 72 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:47,300 Joy the Bible says in Nehemiah. 73 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:50,200 This is in Nehemiah chapter 8 verse 10. 74 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:59,300 The joy of the Lord is our strength. 75 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:02,900 The joy of the Lord is our strength. 76 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:07,600 Gilbert who is in India now, right today. 77 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,200 He made this comment. I really like it. 78 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:16,400 He says the Bible doesn't say that the strength of the Lord is our joy. 79 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:22,000 It's the joy of the Lord is our strength. 80 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,100 Here's what that looks like in practice. 81 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:30,600 When the Lord does something amazing for me, I'll be joyful. 82 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:40,400 No, because Proverbs actually says that the voice of your flesh is never silent 83 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:49,300 and the appetite of your flesh is never satisfied. 84 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:52,900 What's quiet? 85 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:57,600 I quote in the Bible. 86 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:03,500 The joy of the Lord is our strength, not the strength of the Lord is our joy. 87 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:08,200 When the Lord does something for me, then I'll be happy. 88 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:16,600 Until then. 89 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:23,100 Quit that. 90 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:24,700 Let me ask you this. 91 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:29,300 How many of you have ever taken care of a baby? 92 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:32,600 How many of you have ever been a baby? 93 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,400 That's everybody, right? 94 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:43,600 Babies, if they're tired, what do they... 95 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,100 They let you know, right? 96 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:50,800 If they're hungry, I want something to eat right now. 97 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,100 I don't care that we're in traffic. 98 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:59,200 Hey, hey, I have to go to the bathroom. 99 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,700 I don't care that I just went. 100 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:04,800 I got to go right now. 101 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,200 I want to play. 102 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,800 I want to play. 103 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,300 I want to be loud. 104 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:11,700 I want to color. 105 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:12,600 I want to do this. 106 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,100 You know what that sounds like? 107 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:22,000 Sounds like a baby. 108 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:29,300 If we have to have all of our circumstance in perfect line. 109 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:31,100 We wake up on the right side of the bed. 110 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:33,600 We come outside and the temperature is perfect. 111 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:34,800 The sun is in the right place. 112 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,600 Not too... 113 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,500 No one has parked close on me. 114 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:44,200 Traffic is not bad. 115 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,400 No one cuts me off. 116 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,000 Ah, today I can be happy. 117 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,700 That is how a baby talks. 118 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:54,000 And if we as Christians act like that, 119 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:59,100 we'll never accomplish great things for God. 120 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:06,300 Because at some point, grown-ups go into hard situation. 121 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:08,600 Oh, joy. 122 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,600 Let's read the Christmas story. 123 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,000 I'm talking about the joy of the Lord is our strength. 124 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:20,900 Letting joy develop in you so that regardless of circumstances, 125 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:22,300 I am unmoved. 126 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:26,100 And in the face of contradictory circumstances, 127 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:30,900 I announce the victory that I don't see but believe 128 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:36,700 because Jesus paid it all for me. 129 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:41,700 That is who do exploits for God. 130 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:45,800 Daniel chapter 11 verse 32. 131 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:55,900 Those who know their God will be strong and do exploits. 132 00:10:55,900 --> 00:11:01,400 Babies will wait for something to be done for them. 133 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,300 Joy is something that we need to develop on the inside of us. 134 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:08,600 It should be our characteristic. 135 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,800 People that don't know where you go to church 136 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:16,500 shouldn't talk about how joyful you are. 137 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:19,000 Not how happy you are. 138 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,500 Not how satisfied you are with the present circumstance. 139 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:27,700 I'm talking about joy, the strength of the Lord. 140 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:30,900 Look at Hebrews chapter 12. 141 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:33,500 Hebrews chapter 12. 142 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:39,300 Joy enables us to go through hard places. 143 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:41,000 One of my favorite verses in Proverbs 144 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,900 says the righteous will come through trouble. 145 00:11:45,900 --> 00:11:46,700 I love that. 146 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:54,000 Because if you've ever lived long enough to experience trouble, 147 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:59,000 what you want is the way through. 148 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,400 Psalm 23. 149 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,700 I walked through the valley of the shadow of death. 150 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:08,400 I do not install a mailbox in the middle of it. 151 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,800 Well, this is it. 152 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,500 This is where I live now. 153 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:14,800 Now, I'm coming through. 154 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:20,200 Joy is the strength that takes us through trouble. 155 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:26,000 Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2 says, looking under Jesus, 156 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:34,500 the author and the sinisher of our sake, who for the joy 157 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:46,200 set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, 158 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,700 and is sat down at the right hand of God on high. 159 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:54,200 What a great verse. 160 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,400 Jesus, the author and the finisher. 161 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,400 Like one person said, if you're in the middle of your story 162 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,000 and not at the place where it's a complete victory, 163 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:10,200 you're not at the end yet because he is the finisher. 164 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,800 He's the finisher. 165 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,000 Sickness and disease likes to show up and say, 166 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,100 I'm the finisher. 167 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:18,600 No, you're not. 168 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,900 Jesus is the finisher. 169 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,600 Political distress, war, economic disaster 170 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,400 likes to say, we're the finisher. 171 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,300 No, you're not. 172 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:31,600 You're a liar. 173 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:36,200 Jesus is the finisher. 174 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,200 Look to Jesus. 175 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,100 Hebrews says, look to Jesus, the author and the finisher 176 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:43,400 of our faith, who for the joy. 177 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:44,800 So here's the example. 178 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,500 Jesus goes to the cross. 179 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:48,000 How? 180 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,600 I guess. 181 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,100 For the joy. 182 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:57,800 It says, for the joy. 183 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:03,000 For the joy, he endured the cross, despising the shame. 184 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,800 That word despising is important. 185 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,300 Do you know what it means? 186 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:11,500 The way we use it today, it means like the way 187 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:13,100 I think about cucumbers. 188 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:16,400 I despise cucumbers. 189 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,000 But in the Bible, despise actually 190 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,600 means to think little of. 191 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,800 To think little of. 192 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,300 To not think much about. 193 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,800 How do you think about your problems? 194 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,200 Have you ever been around people that 195 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:39,500 brag about their problems? 196 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,800 Being in ministry, sometimes you want to pray for someone, 197 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,800 someone comes and I'll say, I want prayer. 198 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,300 OK, what can I pray for you about? 199 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,300 And then the bragging starts. 200 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:55,700 Let me tell you. 201 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:57,500 I went to a doctor, but not just any doctor, 202 00:14:57,500 --> 00:14:58,800 the very best doctor. 203 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,500 It's the doctor that other doctors go to. 204 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:07,500 And he said that he's never seen anything like my problem. 205 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:08,000 Come here. 206 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:08,500 Come here. 207 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:16,200 That is not despising. 208 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,300 That is magnifying. 209 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:22,300 Making much of. 210 00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:23,400 You've got to. 211 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:24,800 No, you don't understand. 212 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,300 My problem is very special. 213 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:31,400 Just like me, it is unique. 214 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:36,000 My problem is so unique, no one on the planet 215 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,100 has ever faced anything like that. 216 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:42,000 Hush. 217 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,600 That's the wine I'm talking about. 218 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:52,000 Jesus endured the cross despising the shame. 219 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,500 Make little of, think little about. 220 00:15:56,500 --> 00:16:00,300 So what was he thinking about? 221 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:01,700 He was thinking about you. 222 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:08,700 He was thinking about you. 223 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:10,600 What's the joy? 224 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:15,500 What's the joy that caused Jesus to endure the cross 225 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:24,700 and think little of the shame of death was you? 226 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:32,400 That day, 2000 years ago, when Jesus was beaten, 227 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:37,700 bruised, blindfolded, hit, a crown of thorns 228 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:42,700 fashioned and pressed into his head. 229 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:51,100 Beaten by Roman soldiers all through that. 230 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:52,300 All through that. 231 00:16:55,700 --> 00:17:02,600 He said, you know what I'm excited about? 232 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,300 Christelle's going to get it. 233 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:06,700 Christelle's going to get it. 234 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:11,700 They're going to see the truth and they're going to say yes. 235 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:13,300 They are worth it. 236 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:21,500 Jesus endured hardness for us. 237 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:22,300 How? 238 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:24,100 For the joy set before him. 239 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:25,100 Who's the joy? 240 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:25,600 You. 241 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:33,800 Think about the gift that God gave to us in Jesus. 242 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:39,400 This is in Luke chapter 2. 243 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,500 Luke chapter 2 verse 9 and 11. 244 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:45,000 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, 245 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,000 whose them, them are shepherds. 246 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,600 What were these shepherds doing? 247 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,500 They were watching sheep. 248 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:53,800 Which sheep? 249 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,400 They were watching the sheep that were being raised 250 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:57,900 for the Passover. 251 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:07,700 And the glory of the Lord shone around them. 252 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:10,000 And they were amazed. 253 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,700 First hand, but the angel said to them, do not be afraid. 254 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:25,400 I bring you good news that will cause great joy 255 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,500 for all the people. 256 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:32,600 Jesus brings joy. 257 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:39,000 Jesus brings joy. 258 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,600 Joy is strength. 259 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:50,900 The angels announce joy has come. 260 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:56,000 Joy has come, not is coming. 261 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,200 Arrived, done. 262 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,800 This is the gift, right? 263 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:07,200 Today in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you, 264 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,400 the Messiah, the Lord. 265 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:14,800 That word Messiah, the anointed one of God. 266 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,800 He's the answer. 267 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:19,800 He's the gift. 268 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,700 This happened in Bethlehem. 269 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:33,300 Salwa told me this and it was too good not to repeat. 270 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:39,000 Sorry, Salwa fuss at me for saying her name. 271 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,100 She said, you know, Bethlehem means house of flesh. 272 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:45,800 That's where the word became flesh. 273 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,500 Yes, John chapter 1 verse 14, and the word became flesh 274 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:51,400 and dwelt among us. 275 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:52,400 Where? 276 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,100 Bethlehem. 277 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:58,000 Glory to God. 278 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,200 I want to take just a moment and think about this gift 279 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,700 that God gave to us in Jesus. 280 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:10,800 Because if He'll do that for us, if He'll give Jesus for us, 281 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:15,200 Romans chapter 8 says, if He didn't spare His own Son 282 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,600 but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not freely 283 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,000 with Him also give us all things? 284 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:31,100 Hebrews chapter 10 verses 4 through 6 says, 285 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:35,600 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats 286 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,200 could take away sins. 287 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,400 Christ's death fulfills God's will. 288 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:47,200 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said sacrifice 289 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:54,200 an offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared 290 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,200 for me. 291 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,400 But a body you have prepared for me. 292 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,100 I'm talking about the gift. 293 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:03,400 Jesus brings joy. 294 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,500 He is joy for the world. 295 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,100 Joy is strength. 296 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:10,900 Joy allows us to something that we should grow in to go 297 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,100 through hard circumstances. 298 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:14,800 And that begins with Jesus. 299 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:15,800 He's the beginning. 300 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,500 He's the end. 301 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:17,300 He's the author. 302 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,200 He's the finisher. 303 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:24,200 And Jesus said a body you have prepared for me in burnt 304 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,700 offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure. 305 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:31,100 That's Hebrews chapter 10 verses 4 through 6. 306 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:35,300 This is actually quoting from the Old Covenant, a prophecy 307 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:37,800 about Jesus coming. 308 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:42,100 A body you have prepared for me. 309 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:44,500 A body you have prepared for me. 310 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:49,300 What was the price that God paid? 311 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:51,200 Jesus, right? 312 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,600 We have something to shout about. 313 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:53,700 Jesus, Jesus. 314 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:54,700 Yay, Jesus. 315 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:57,000 Praise God for Jesus. 316 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,200 But what was the cost? 317 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,700 Paying me money. 318 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:06,700 Need money. 319 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,400 Right? 320 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:14,400 I want you to, in your minds, go with me to a toy shop. 321 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,500 Christmas time. 322 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:18,400 Christmas shopping. 323 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:24,300 A grandmother is with her daughter and their little, 324 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:28,800 little boy. 325 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,000 The grandmother loves, loves her grandson. 326 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,700 Who wouldn't? 327 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:44,100 Cute, little mischievous, but this family, they don't have a 328 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:46,100 lot of money. 329 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:50,200 They're walking through the toy shop and this little boy sets 330 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:55,400 his eyes on this toy. 331 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:01,200 He sees it and he enters a whole world just right there in the 332 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,500 shop of imagination. 333 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,700 If I could have this toy. 334 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:09,100 This toy would be so much fun. 335 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:11,900 I would love to have this toy. 336 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:17,500 The mother says, Yell-O-Mo, let's go, let's go. 337 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:25,400 But grandma saw the way he looked. 338 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,600 She saw it. 339 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,300 She looks at the price. 340 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:35,900 $62. 341 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:38,800 She doesn't have it. 342 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,000 Me. 343 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,700 But she has some time. 344 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:47,200 They leave the shop. 345 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,000 They go about their day. 346 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,400 And she makes a decision. 347 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,400 She says, I'm going to buy it. 348 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,700 She doesn't have the money, but what she does is the next time 349 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:06,100 she goes to the market, instead of buying 100 grams of flour, 350 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:10,700 she buys 50. 351 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:17,000 Instead of buying four tomatoes, she buys two. 352 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,700 And slowly she begins to gather the money. 353 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:28,300 She gathers the money by not doing some things that maybe 354 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,700 she would have done normally. 355 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:36,000 Imagine standing behind her, just in front of her is a young 356 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:41,600 family, and they're buying, it seems like a whole grocery store, 357 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:47,700 all fruits and vegetables, apples and bonadoura and bananas 358 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:50,700 and all kinds of things. 359 00:24:50,700 --> 00:24:55,400 But look, she's not sad. 360 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,500 She's smiling. 361 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,700 Do you know why? 362 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:07,300 Because she knows her little grandson, what he's going to 363 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:10,800 look like when he opens that gift. 364 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:16,100 She can stand there in that line and see her grandson unwrap 365 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:16,600 that gift. 366 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:23,700 Now she knows that a week later he'll forget that he has it. 367 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:33,500 But that joy makes that sacrifice easy. 368 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:37,100 And when she finally gathers that $62, she goes back to the 369 00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:38,400 shop. 370 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,400 She goes up to the cashier. 371 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,800 She takes the toy. 372 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,700 She gives the toy to the cashier. 373 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:46,400 The cashier says $62. 374 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,300 She takes, here's the $62. 375 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:56,200 The cashier sees her pay the price, but she has no idea what 376 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,700 the cost was. 377 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:07,400 She has no idea the days that this grandmother invested and 378 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:13,800 the experience that she has invested in creating this gift. 379 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:25,300 I want you to see this because you can show up at the end of 380 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:30,800 John, at the end of Luke, at the end of Mark and see the price 381 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,500 that was paid by Jesus. 382 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:38,700 But what about the cost? 383 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:50,800 Because the cost, what did it cost God to give us Jesus? 384 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:56,900 The Bible says in John chapter 1, in the beginning was the 385 00:26:56,900 --> 00:27:02,800 Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. 386 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:09,300 The same was in the beginning with God. 387 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:18,700 And in verse 14, chapter 1 says, and the Word became flesh, 388 00:27:18,700 --> 00:27:26,300 not for a day, not for a week, not for 33 years. 389 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:30,300 God became man. 390 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:36,800 Jesus is forever in a human body. 391 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:43,800 In not very long, in not very long at all, He's coming again. 392 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,200 The Bible says that we which are alive and remain will be 393 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,500 caught up together with Him and so shall we ever be with the 394 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:51,000 Lord. 395 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:59,100 The Bible says that this mortal will put on immortality and 396 00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:03,700 we will be glorified, made like unto Him in His resurrection, 397 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:07,900 except for this one thing. 398 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:12,100 Bob, when me and you are standing next to Jesus in just 399 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:18,300 a few days in heaven, there'll be a difference, one difference 400 00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:21,000 between us and Him. 401 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:29,800 The marks of my redemption that He forever carries, the 402 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:34,500 print of the nail in His hands, the wound in His side, the 403 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:39,200 scars on His back and His brow. 404 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:46,600 God is forever like us in Him so that we could forever be like 405 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,400 Him in Christ. 406 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:54,700 That is the cost of our redemption. 407 00:28:54,700 --> 00:29:08,600 How shall He, God, if He did that, not also freely give us 408 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:14,500 all things in Christ, if He was going to withhold anything, it 409 00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:15,500 would be Jesus. 410 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:26,700 If it was going to pull back on anything, but He gave all. 411 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:28,600 Why? 412 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,800 For the joy. 413 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:34,300 Like that grandmother. 414 00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:41,500 I would much rather see the smile on my grandson's face 415 00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:43,700 than have the two extra tomatoes. 416 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:48,400 So for the joy, I'm going to give. 417 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,700 For the joy, I'm going to put something else first. 418 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:55,700 I'm going to change my priorities. 419 00:29:55,700 --> 00:30:08,400 That is what God has done for me and for you and for the 420 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:15,900 world, for the joy. 421 00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:24,300 And that's what we're called to mimic. 422 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:29,600 The cost of the gift was His body. 423 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:35,400 His body was the fulfillment of a promise God had made to 424 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,800 Abraham. 425 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:43,100 His body was sinless, pure, undefiled. 426 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:51,000 He was the only man that had completely fulfilled God's law. 427 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:57,500 And that was the body given as a gift for us. 428 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:12,100 How shall He not also with Him freely give us all things? 429 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:21,100 So what will you give? 430 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:31,300 2 Samuel chapter 24 verse 24 says, this is David speaking. 431 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:38,900 He said, no, but I will surely buy this from you. 432 00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:40,600 What's he talking about? 433 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,600 In the context, he's going to prepare an offering to the 434 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,600 Lord. 435 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,100 An offering to the Lord, meaning he's going to take an 436 00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:54,300 animal and burn it up as an offering, a sacrifice to the 437 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:55,900 Lord. 438 00:31:55,900 --> 00:31:59,800 And this man says, here, you've done a lot for me. 439 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,600 I'm just going to give this to you and you can make your 440 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:03,900 offering. 441 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:08,500 And David said, no, no. 442 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:13,400 He said, I will buy it from you for a price. 443 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:17,300 That word literally means I'll pay you what it's worth. 444 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:22,300 He's not like selling it to him for a dollar. 445 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:25,900 He said, I will buy it from the price. 446 00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:26,900 Why? 447 00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:31,900 He said, I will not offer a burnt offering to the Lord, 448 00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:34,900 my God, which cost me nothing. 449 00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:51,100 That's honoring the Lord. 450 00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:57,300 David had so much respect for the covenant of God and the 451 00:32:57,300 --> 00:33:02,800 price that God had paid for him to be in relationship with 452 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,000 him. 453 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,700 He said, I will not offer to the Lord that which cost me 454 00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:10,000 nothing. 455 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,200 Yes, David. 456 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:19,500 Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2, again, Jesus, he did what? 457 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:23,900 He gave all. 458 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:25,000 How did he give all? 459 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:36,200 He gave it in joy. 460 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,200 Second Corinthians chapter 12 verse 15. 461 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,200 I love this verse. 462 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:53,000 He says, Paul says, I will very gladly spend and be spent. 463 00:33:53,000 --> 00:34:05,200 You most of us, most people generally are happy to give some. 464 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,300 I have a cookie. 465 00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:10,000 You don't have a cookie. 466 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,500 I break my cookie and I give you some of my cookie. 467 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:17,300 Now you have some cookie and I have some cookie. 468 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:21,000 Some. 469 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,000 But that's not how God gives. 470 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:29,600 He gave all. 471 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:36,200 And what he gave cost him. 472 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:43,000 It cost him for God to redeem us in Jesus, cost him eternity 473 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:50,900 to be like us. 474 00:34:50,900 --> 00:34:53,500 Wow. 475 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:55,400 You know what that is? 476 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,200 That's love. 477 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:03,200 That's love expressed as a commitment in a gift. 478 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:09,400 And given to us when we didn't deserve it, when we couldn't 479 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,700 earn it. 480 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:13,600 He gave. 481 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,500 He gave. 482 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:19,200 What will we give? 483 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,400 I'll give my whole life. 484 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,000 I'll give my whole life, Lord. 485 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:31,000 Will you? 486 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000 Oh, I'll give my whole life, Lord. 487 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000 I'll give my whole life to you. 488 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,000 Will you? 489 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,000 Or will you keep back part? 490 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:49,500 Or will you keep back part? 491 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:57,500 I'm going to finish with a very not Christmas story in Acts 492 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:00,500 chapter 5. 493 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:05,600 How many of you know the story in Acts chapter 5? 494 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:13,100 Acts chapter 5 is about Ananias and Sapphira. 495 00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:19,600 Now what's happening in Acts chapter 5 is everyone is so 496 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:24,800 excited about the move of God and the new church that's been 497 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:30,000 launched that they're all freely giving of themselves. 498 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,100 And the Bible says in the end of chapter 4 that those that 499 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:44,100 owned land sold the land and brought the money for the church. 500 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,900 So Ananias and Sapphira said, well, we've got this piece of 501 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:48,200 property. 502 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,300 Let's sell it. 503 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:52,100 So they sold it. 504 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:59,500 But in chapter 5, I believe it's in verse 2, it says, but 505 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:09,800 they decided to keep back part. 506 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:20,300 They decided that they were going to keep back part. 507 00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:25,500 Now it didn't work out very well for brother Ananias, 508 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:28,400 sister Sapphira. 509 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:34,400 And the ushers had to become pallbearers. 510 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:40,200 A rough day to be an usher at that church. 511 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:50,100 So they go, the thing is it would be silly to think that 512 00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:54,200 Ananias and Sapphira are the last couple that decided to 513 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:59,300 keep something back for themselves. 514 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:02,900 It would be silly to think that that's the last time someone 515 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:06,600 decided, you know what, I'm going to bring a little death 516 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:14,400 into the move of God and I'm going to stop the flow of God 517 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:20,800 with my selfishness. 518 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,200 What is too much? 519 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,600 What is the thing that the Lord would ask of you that you 520 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:33,400 would say, please, not that. 521 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:40,700 I want to keep something back for myself. 522 00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:44,200 I can't answer them. 523 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:50,700 But I'm challenging you as we go into this new year. 524 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:59,300 That we look at ourselves in the light of the cost of our 525 00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:07,900 redemption, what God has done for us in Christ. 526 00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:12,100 And say, what will I give? 527 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:15,300 What will I give to the King? 528 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:18,900 What is too much for me? 529 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:26,500 What would I want to hold or keep back for myself? 530 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:30,900 God has already answered that for himself. 531 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:32,700 Nothing. 532 00:39:32,700 --> 00:39:37,000 If he was going to hold anything back, it would be Jesus. 533 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,600 Joseph, why don't you come? 534 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:42,900 If he was going to hold anything back, it would be Jesus. 535 00:39:42,900 --> 00:39:47,900 But he said, I will freely give. 536 00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:49,600 I will freely give. 537 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:56,300 I will freely give. 538 00:39:56,300 --> 00:39:57,700 Hallelujah. 539 00:39:57,700 --> 00:40:03,200 Joseph is going to just lead us in some time where we can make 540 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,600 this practical. 541 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,200 Is here. 542 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:14,100 And tell them to get ready to receive from him. 543 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,800 Are you ready to receive? 544 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,200 Are you ready to receive him? 545 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:23,200 Are you ready to receive from him? 546 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,900 Because he is here. 547 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,300 How I know he is here? 548 00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:32,300 Because his name is Emmanuel. 549 00:40:32,300 --> 00:40:36,100 It's in his name that God is with us. 550 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,400 He is with us. 551 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,900 He came for us. 552 00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,000 He came to encounter us. 553 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,100 He came to bless us. 554 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:44,600 He came to heal us. 555 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,200 He came to deliver us. 556 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,900 His word says so. 557 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:56,300 In Matthew 1, 23, it says the virgin will conceive and give 558 00:40:56,300 --> 00:41:01,700 birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel, which means 559 00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:03,700 God with us. 560 00:41:03,700 --> 00:41:08,700 How did God come to be with us? 561 00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:11,800 As Pastor Matt said, he became in flesh. 562 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,900 The word became in flesh and dwelt amongst us. 563 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:16,900 He is amongst us. 564 00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:18,700 He is with his family. 565 00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:19,700 He is with his church. 566 00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:23,500 He is with his children. 567 00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:26,200 But why did he do that? 568 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:32,100 In John 3, 16 says that God so much loved the world that he 569 00:41:32,100 --> 00:41:34,800 gave his only begotten son. 570 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:40,400 So whoever believes in him shall not perish but inherit 571 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,100 the eternal life. 572 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:43,600 Why he did that? 573 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:44,300 Why he did it? 574 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:46,500 Because he loves you. 575 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,400 Because he loves you. 576 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,500 Because he loves you. 577 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,000 Because he loves you. 578 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,100 And his love is unconditional. 579 00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:59,300 To receive his love, you don't need to do anything. 580 00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:03,300 You just need to receive it. 581 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,400 So what I want to do now is that I want to ask you please 582 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:16,100 stand up and get ready to receive from Jesus. 583 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:19,400 First of all, between you and him, this is so personal 584 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:24,000 between you and him, I want you to close your eyes. 585 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,700 I want you to see him standing in front of you as Pastor Matt 586 00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:31,000 was saying, what will you give? 587 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,900 Today think of that thing that you want to give. 588 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:39,700 But first of all, I want you to think that have you given him 589 00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:41,000 your life? 590 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,200 Have you given him your heart? 591 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,300 Have you given him yourself? 592 00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:47,500 Have you given him your family? 593 00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:50,800 What is the thing that you need to give to him? 594 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,500 And today I want to give you the opportunity to chance, 595 00:42:54,500 --> 00:43:00,500 the chance that while he came for us and he gave himself to 596 00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:05,600 us, that you have that opportunity to give back to him 597 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,800 yourself, your heart, your life, your thoughts, your ways, 598 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,600 everything that he is asking for you. 599 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,400 So I want you to pray with me. 600 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:21,200 And I want to ask you that you pray in a loud voice that 601 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,000 your ears can hear it. 602 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,000 Amen. 603 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,200 Let's pray. 604 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:31,400 Father, we thank you for Jesus. 605 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,700 Jesus, we thank you that you accepted to do the will of the 606 00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:47,500 Father, that you became flesh and dwelt amongst us. 607 00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:54,600 We thank you that you got up on the cross to pay the debt of 608 00:43:54,600 --> 00:44:04,000 our sins and to make us righteous to God in you. 609 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:09,900 Jesus, today I give you myself and I pray that you forgive my 610 00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:17,400 sins and you make me part of your kingdom. 611 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:23,800 I receive you in my heart, in my life. 612 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:28,000 Thank you for making me a new creation. 613 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:33,400 In Jesus' name, amen. 614 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,900 So now, step two. 615 00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:41,300 Jesus didn't finish it at the cross. 616 00:44:41,300 --> 00:44:47,000 We have a lot of things that he offered under that redemption, 617 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:52,700 which is healing for our bodies, which is being delivered from 618 00:44:52,700 --> 00:44:56,900 sin, delivered from sickness, from disease, from oppression, 619 00:44:56,900 --> 00:45:00,700 from depression, from sadness, everything he bore it on the 620 00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:01,800 cross. 621 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:07,600 So what we are going to do now, we are going to do an exchange. 622 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:08,600 Who? 623 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,100 He's here. 624 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:11,500 I can feel he's here. 625 00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:12,800 His anointing is here. 626 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,800 His spirit is here. 627 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,400 So what we are going to do, we're going to do that exchange. 628 00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,900 So whatever you are carrying and you have been carrying, 629 00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:27,300 and I know because Jesus was seeing the expectations that you 630 00:45:27,300 --> 00:45:35,300 have been coming with and Jesus has a plan for you today. 631 00:45:35,300 --> 00:45:39,700 And some of you were asking him to encounter him, that he is 632 00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:40,700 made real. 633 00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:45,300 And today you will encounter him if you allow him to move in 634 00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:46,800 your life. 635 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:50,400 And today if you need to rededicate yourself to him, I want 636 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,500 you to take time and do that. 637 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,800 Tell him Jesus, I renew my covenant with you. 638 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:57,600 I renew my vow with you. 639 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:02,200 I renew that word that I gave you years ago. 640 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:03,200 Maybe it's been a year. 641 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:04,800 Maybe it's been months. 642 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,500 Maybe it's been 10 years, 20 years. 643 00:46:07,500 --> 00:46:09,600 It doesn't matter. 644 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:13,200 But Jesus, I want to continue with you. 645 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,500 Maybe you need to start afresh. 646 00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:19,800 Tell him Jesus come and have your way in my life. 647 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:24,000 So if you have any sickness, any disease that you need healing 648 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,800 from, I know the power of God is here and he's going to 649 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:29,600 manifest in your life. 650 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:33,300 There's an anointing of healing that is active in this place. 651 00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:36,700 I want you to lay your hand right now on that place of 652 00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:39,800 sickness and disease. 653 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,800 And I want you to declare whatever has been given to you 654 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,400 on the cross. 655 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:49,700 In Jesus name, Father, right now, I thank you that healing 656 00:46:49,700 --> 00:46:54,200 is the bread of the children, Lord, and it has been paid 657 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:57,300 for in full on the cross. 658 00:46:57,300 --> 00:47:02,100 So every sickness, every disease right now that is illegally 659 00:47:02,100 --> 00:47:08,500 present in our bodies right now, I pray for it to be gone 660 00:47:08,500 --> 00:47:11,600 in the name of Jesus. 661 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:17,600 Right now, I pray healing on everybody in the name of Jesus. 662 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,600 I rebuke the devil. 663 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:24,800 I rebuke the spirit of sickness and infirmity in Jesus name. 664 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:31,000 Be gone right now, right now in Jesus name. 665 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:36,800 Bodies made whole, pains leave, nerves right now become 666 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,400 to your normal state. 667 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:45,300 Muscles be healed, bones be healed, tumors be gone, 668 00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:48,900 cancers be healed in Jesus name. 669 00:47:48,900 --> 00:47:50,600 Hallelujah. 670 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,900 Thank you, Lord, for wholeness in your church. 671 00:47:53,900 --> 00:47:55,100 Hallelujah. 672 00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:56,200 There is no need. 673 00:47:56,200 --> 00:48:00,000 There is no sickness in the camps of the righteous right 674 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:00,600 now. 675 00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,200 Thank you, Lord. 676 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,700 Thank you, Lord, in Jesus name. 677 00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:07,400 Hallelujah. 678 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,000 Hallelujah. 679 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,700 Hallelujah. 680 00:48:10,700 --> 00:48:12,600 There is more. 681 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:13,400 Ha ha. 682 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,500 There is more. 683 00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:20,000 There is a promise that Jesus has given us. 684 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:27,000 Jesus is the baptizer with fire and the Holy Spirit. 685 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:28,700 That is a promise. 686 00:48:28,700 --> 00:48:30,500 You can see it in the Bible. 687 00:48:30,500 --> 00:48:33,800 If you don't believe me, go to the book of Acts. 688 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:37,600 Go ask those people in the Bible what happened with them. 689 00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:41,900 So I want to ask you, if you want to be baptized with the 690 00:48:41,900 --> 00:48:45,600 Holy Spirit and the fire of God, I want you to leave your 691 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,400 place and come forward. 692 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,200 Thank you for joining us at Go Church Beirut. 693 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,500 Go Church Beirut exists so that everyone can experience 694 00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:59,200 the unconditional love of God, grow in His love and go 695 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:02,200 with His love to their world. 696 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,300 To stay connected with all that is happening at Go Church, 697 00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:08,700 follow us on social media at Go Church Beirut. 698 00:49:08,700 --> 00:49:12,400 And if no one told you yet today, we love you and expect 699 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:39,400 God's best for you.