WEBVTT 00:00:00.710 --> 00:00:05.429 Yo, pray and rise God is good. God is great Hope 00:00:05.429 --> 00:00:08.630 everybody stand blessed and focused highly favored. 00:00:08.810 --> 00:00:11.550 I want to bring you out a daily reader this morning 00:00:11.550 --> 00:00:14.830 Hope everybody keeping God first y 'all bow your 00:00:14.830 --> 00:00:17.129 heads We're gonna pray and we're gonna read the 00:00:17.129 --> 00:00:20.070 daily reader and get into some scriptures our 00:00:20.070 --> 00:00:22.859 father which are in heaven, how to be thy name, 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:25.519 thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:28.280 it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, 00:00:28.420 --> 00:00:30.719 forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:33.539 and lead us not into temptation but deliver us 00:00:33.539 --> 00:00:36.079 from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.460 the glory forever. Amen. Amen. God is good. We're 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:43.000 gonna read the daily reader. Merry Christmas. 00:00:43.060 --> 00:00:46.320 Hope everybody staying blessed and focused. Highly 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:48.820 favorite. Keeping God first in everything you 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:54.590 do. As you wait attentively in my presence, sitting 00:00:54.590 --> 00:00:57.649 close to God, waiting in God's presence, keeping 00:00:57.649 --> 00:01:00.250 your mind open. The light of the knowledge of 00:01:00.250 --> 00:01:03.170 my glory shines upon you. This radiant knowledge 00:01:03.170 --> 00:01:06.790 transcends all understanding. It transforms every 00:01:06.790 --> 00:01:09.890 fiber of your being, renewing your mind, cleansing 00:01:09.890 --> 00:01:13.650 your heart, invigorating your body. Open yourself 00:01:13.650 --> 00:01:17.010 fully to God's presence. Be awed by God's glorious 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:21.099 being. Try to imagine what I gave up when I came 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:24.180 into your world as a baby. I set aside my glory 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:27.840 so that I could identify with mankind. I accepted 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:31.120 the limitations of infancy under the most appalling 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:34.019 conditions, a filthy stable. There was nothing 00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:37.140 glorious about that setting. Though angels lift 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:39.780 up the sky proclaiming glory to aqua -struck 00:01:39.780 --> 00:01:42.950 shepherds, when you sit quietly with me, The 00:01:42.950 --> 00:01:45.870 process I went through is reversed in your experience. 00:01:46.189 --> 00:01:49.230 As you identify with me, heaven's visas open 00:01:49.230 --> 00:01:52.269 up before you, granting you glimpses of my glory. 00:01:52.530 --> 00:01:55.230 I became poor so that you might become rich. 00:01:55.709 --> 00:01:59.430 Sing hallelunias to my holy name. Amen. God is 00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:02.189 good. We're going to read four scriptures today. 00:02:03.170 --> 00:02:06.590 Keep a good attitude. Keep a good mindset. You 00:02:06.590 --> 00:02:10.210 going in. We're going to read four scriptures. 00:02:10.250 --> 00:02:12.840 The first scripture we're going to read Is that 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:19.039 a second Corinthians? We're gonna go to second 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:24.219 Corinthians. Open the Bible, store the scriptures. 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:36.060 God is good. Let's go to second Corinthians chapter 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:44.819 four verse six. as it reads. Second Corinthians 00:02:44.819 --> 00:02:47.240 chapter four verse six. For God who commanded 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.219 the light to shine out of darkness has shined 00:02:50.219 --> 00:02:52.939 in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:56.520 of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 00:02:57.699 --> 00:03:00.219 To give the light of the knowledge. The second 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:02.439 scripture gonna be Philippians chapter two verse 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:32.699 six through seven. And we right here. who being 00:03:32.699 --> 00:03:35.919 in the form of God thought it not robbery to 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:39.460 be equal with God but made himself of no reputation 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:42.960 and took upon him the form of a servant and was 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:50.800 made in the likeness of men. Let this mind be 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.419 in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Let this 00:03:54.419 --> 00:03:57.159 mind be in you means literally Keep thinking 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:00.360 this, that is constantly maintain this attitude 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.979 within yourselves. The mind or attitude, the 00:04:03.979 --> 00:04:07.020 Philippians are to maintain, it's spelled out 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:13.759 in verses. The mind or attitude. So Philippians 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.459 chapter two verse five, let this mind be in you, 00:04:16.660 --> 00:04:19.959 which was also in Christ Jesus. Let this mind 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.500 be in you. Keep thinking this, stay focused, 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:28.339 stay positive, stay consistent. Amen. The next 00:04:28.339 --> 00:04:30.019 scripture we're going to read is Psalms chapter 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:32.860 five, verse three. In the morning, Lord, you 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:35.220 hear my voice. In the morning, I lay my request 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:39.439 before you and wait expectedly. Amen. Be patient. 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.699 Keep God first. God is good. Amen.