I bring you greetings, family, friends, partners, brothers and sisters, and the Lord members
of the Church of Jesus Christ.
Today is a special day.
This is not a normal scheduled podcast that I usually talk to, but my name is Joe Watson
and you're listening to Choices We Believe special edition.
I got up this morning thinking about the next episode I would record and the Lord put a
fire in my heart.
And I'm very excited today and I want to share with you the things that have been going on
in my heart and what I feel like the Lord is telling us today.
I've recently had several conversations with not just one person, but multiple people about
the sad affair of the church in America.
Now things are falling apart.
Leaders are against each other.
Things are happening, but I want to encourage you.
Let me take this opportunity to inform you and encourage you and lift you up about what
is happening in the United States and across the world because God is on the move.
We are in the greatest awakening the world has ever seen.
People are turning to Jesus Christ faster than in any history that's been recorded.
It's time for the church to focus on what we have in common and not the differences.
We need to focus on Jesus Christ, the gospel message that Paul preached.
The enemy wants us to feel defeated.
Yeah, he wants us to think all is lost and we just need to hold on for the rapture and
get out of here.
Leaders are closing, leaders are at odds with each other and it feels like nobody's telling
the truth, which I totally understand.
Certainly not on television news.
You can't get the truth.
But right now the Lord is saying now is the time to stand up and be counted.
We are not on defense.
We are on offense.
Right now we are living in the greatest awakening that has ever been on earth.
Leaders and ministries that preach the gospel that Paul preached is growing faster than ever.
America is not hopeless nor too far gone.
We are wounded and bleeding, but we are not dead.
It's time to divest ourselves of those who don't hold to the true gospel or move out
to take lost ground back from it by the grace of God.
He's calling loudly and strongly.
And I'll give you some biblical examples verses that he gave me to think on in Isaiah 61
through 3.
It says arise shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises on you.
See darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples.
But the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
Nations will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Wow, what a fantastic scripture.
It's so encouraging to know that God's word is truth and what he says to us through his
word we can bank on.
Psalm 2 says why did the heathen rage the people imagine a vain thing the kings of the earth
set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his
anointed guess what who's his anointed I know that's an old testament verse but who's
his anointed are you born again that means you're anointed you've been sealed by the
Holy Spirit you are his child you belong to him stand up get ready because here we go
I want to tell you about some things that are happening some organizations and people
that are pushing forward and not going backwards there's a group called decision point yeah
you can go on the internet do a search for decision point and read some of this for yourself
decision point is committed to equipping middle and high school students to reach their peers
with the gospel this is actually happening today they helped hundreds of students start
Bible clubs in their schools and hold out reaches where the gospel has been shared on
public school campuses public school this is not charter this is not a Christian school
this is not us for no more they're going out to public schools recruiting teen age years
it's amazing and they're seeing others come to saving faith in Jesus Christ what a deal
there's a guy out in California he's been doing this for a long time but he's ramping
up moving out you ever heard of Mario Marillo maybe you have maybe you haven't his international
ministry spends most of his time in California okay but Mario's voice has been heard by
millions around the world bringing a message that zeros in on the hurts of society well
he's got a lot to talk about right now doesn't he he presents Christ clearly intelligently
and openly declares the power of Jesus to totally transform a life his simple declaration
is this come and see Mario regularly preaches to thousands he has this tent that he's got
and I think it seats like six thousand he sets up a tent holds a tent revival and it's
always full with people standing outside you get a chance to catch up with Mario Marillo
listen to him sometimes so he don't preach the way I believe he says something different
he preaches the name of Jesus and lives are transformed the evidence of what he preaches
comes in miracle signs and wonders it's in the Bible and guess what some people say those
things quit with the apostles and when they're all dead but I don't think they're dead at
all I think the end of the world is coming I think Christ is returning and he's stirring
up his church he wants to bring those things into effect to bring the gospel somebody who
never listens to Jesus you get him healed raise the dead do something fantastic in front
of them and now you've got their attention they'll listen to you and you can say Jesus
loves you won't you give your life to him somebody else there's a group in Arizona revival
Arizona which has monthly meetings presenting the gospel of Jesus in outside stadium style
meetings last October year ago on the 23rd at Arizona State University there was 3500
in attendance 500 came to the altar and after that a hundred of them were baptized this
year on October 21st they will have another event to a packed house or rather a root an
arena they continue to see people especially students coming to Christ this is happening
have you ever heard of the passion conferences passion 2024 you can go out on YouTube and
find it and even if you don't care for the music you can turn the music down I want you
to look at the crowds look at who is attending and the number of them this year the passion
2024 was held Mercedes Benz Stadium and there was 55000 their ages 18 to 25000 and as you
look at the audience during the music you will see some hands and faces raised to the
heaven worshiping the Lord and you'll see some on their knees with their face to the
ground worship the same God it's amazing I love to see this stuff now there's another
group it's an international missionary sending agency in Jacksonville Florida called go to
nations let's see what they're doing since 1981 over 2.1 million people have accepted
Christ through the work of go to nations 8.2 million people have received intentional
gospel ministry over the years a total of 27000 plus students have graduated from their
Bible schools great commission workers actively engage eight of the least reached nations in
the world go to nations has planted over 6000 churches and has ministered to more than 117
nations as a matter of fact last Sunday at a church I was attending I got to hear Dr.
Jerry Williamson the president of go to nations testify that these numbers are old and they
have increased and my list goes on and on when Elijah thought he was the only one left
in Israel what did God say we find that in first Kings 1918 and he says yet I will leave
7000 in Israel all the knees that have not bowed to bail and every mouth that has not
kissed him when Elijah thought he was the only one and they were going to kill him God
says not so there are thousands 7000 that have not been the need to bail in the United
States today there are thousands thousands and thousands of people who have already
come to the Lord who have not bowed to the knee who are not woke who are not socially
acceptable who are not buying all of the lies that you find on social media and TV they're
standing strong in the great awakening of the 1700s it was successful because of a group
called the black robe regiment that was the preachers of the time the pastors they were
teaching out of the Bible they were teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ happened again
in the 1800s when the clergy of the day preached the good news of the Bible and then in the
1900s the recent past century we had the Jesus revolution where we went out to California
and got a thousands of them baptized and believing in Jesus a bunch of hippies that at the time
didn't amount to a whole lot because they were full of drugs and stuff they turned to
Jesus Christ and they called themselves Jesus freaks but if Jesus is on the throne of your
heart he won't leave you in the dump that you put yourself in the government is not
where our hope is to be it's not our salvation my future and hope is in God and his plan
while it is important who's in the White House it's more important who sits on the throne
of my heart we're moving forward and I challenge you tell one person tell a friend a co-worker
a student somebody that goes to church with you head up cheer up and in John chapter 16
verse 33 Jesus Christ himself concludes his sermon to the 12 and he says these things
I have told you ahead of time that in me you will find peace for in this world you will
have tribulation but be a good cheer in other words take heart don't let it get to you
and then he leans forward and slays with a smile but I have overcome the world if you're
an overcomer Jesus is in you if Jesus is in you you're an overcomer do not despair about
what's going on around you your circumstances or any of the things that come at you it is
going to be okay because he takes all things to come to you who love the Lord and works
them out to the good it's going to be a fantastic finale this is going to turn around you're
going to see Jesus Christ once again in his proper place as head of the church and those
who follow him will follow him wherever he leads deny yourself take up your cross daily
and follow him that's all you got to do once you've learned that you're on your way and
people around you will say hey what's going on in your life why should I be positive so
I'm going to conclude with this, look up for your salvation draws near. Thank you my name
is Joe Watson you're listening to the podcast choices we believe and I believe every word
that I said