Chosen | Julian Kyula

[Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so understand that we are living in a time when everything is possible and nothing is impossible accept declaring this church you shall be 10 times better whether you are a lawyer you are a doctor you are an engineer whatever it is you are doing may god make you worth ten times spiritual things can only be spiritually desired we must be able to trust the speakings of god above and beyond our the intellect says if any one of you lacks wisdom let him ask of god who gives it liberally i want to encourage you and let you know wisdom brings courage wisdom helps you encounter the dangers of the physical breath because of the supremacy you have with the spiritual realm wisdom will bring you to a place where you don't need to fear what men fear you become sincere about what god is saying and doing [Music] from nairobi to the world the purpose center church welcomes you to sunday service live come on put yours together celebrate jesus this morning [Applause] [Music] come on let me see you dance [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] only way [Music] here come on foreign [Music] so listen [Applause] can i see you guys [Music] oh [Music] foreign oh me me me [Music] [Music] [Music] this is what i'm doing are you ready here i can come see come on um is we knew [Music] yes me one more time oh [Music] further we think [Music] father we were [Music] listening well if you applaud it we exalt you in our families your absolutely bless your name jesus [Music] how about everybody say you say [Music] [Music] god glorious [Applause] [Music] [Music] praised oh glorious today we were is will our oh is is [Music] is i we praise the grace oh you [Music] [Music] before [Music] we worship the lord we worship with jesus [Music] let's hold the other names fade away let all the other names fade our way two days only let all the other names fade away jesus take your blessing jesus take your place everybody say come on [Music] fade away [Music] jesus um is jesus all right [Applause] [Music] let's pour the other way [Music] jesus thank you [Music] [Music] um [Music] we live too hard nobody like will lift your hearts praise the lord happy new year to every one of you we thank god for his mercy and his grace his provision what an amazing god we serve i want to thank god that you are on this side of the year i thank god for his mercy and grace to keep you keep you safe keep you in his presence keep you desiring him and growing in him glory be to god i want us to begin this service today by thanking him for his greatness and as is our custom as a church by lifting up our bibles wherever you are and making this declaration of belief together with us that i am a winner and not a loser i'm a victor and not a victim i have changed my mind and my attitude to reflect what god says about me my faith is built on god's word i can do all that god says i can do nothing is impossible from this moment on for i am a new breed a new kind a remnant and i am after my purpose praise the lord well what an amazing season we have come from and even more exciting the season that we're about to go into i know that god is going to continue giving you direction no matter what you've been through i want to give you a word for the year i want to give you a word for this season that god has given to us as a church as a community as a people and this is the word of the lord for this day i want us to go to psalm chapter 33 verse 12. psalm 33 verse 12. this will be our theme verse for the entire year we thank god for giving us his word because we stand on that word as i'll be teaching you in a few minutes it says blessed is the nation whose god is the lord the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance i read that again blessed barack salute praise is the nation whose god is the lord the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance let us pray father in heaven i glorify your name i thank you for who you are thank you for what you do what you show us what you teach us as i share these words today with your children may they enter their hearts and their spirit if they come into a place of understanding and understanding this word for its richness and guidance in destiny for assignments as we begin this year father i want to pray your blessing over your people that there shall be a separation there shall be a knowledge that will come into them a separation from where they were before and what you're doing now may your name be glorified in our midst honor you and bless you father and i give you all the praise and all the glory in jesus mighty name we pray somebody shout aloud amen amen from wherever you are i can hear you in the spirit happy new year glory be to god well one of the things we do if you allow me to just do right now is we like to share communion as a family we like to do it at the very beginning of the year we did it at the end of the last year we do it now on the first sunday of 2021 and so i want us to break bread together and if you can take your cup take your bread with your family i want to just say this on the night that jesus was betrayed he took the bread he break it among his brethren saying take eat this is my body which is broken for you do this continually in remembrance of me let us share together the body of our lord jesus christ hallelujah and on the same night that he was betrayed he took the cup he shared it among his friends and said take drink this is my blood which is shed for you for the remission of sins do this continually in remembrance of me let us drink together the cup of our lord [Music] hallelujah what an amazing thing it is to begin the year by understanding the power of the body the power of the blood and so father we thank you because your body represents the work that you did throughout your life on earth the cup represents your blood which is shed for us for the remission of sins on the cross so father we re we remember you today through this sacrifice that you made that we may have life and have it in abundance so be glorified in 2021 as a family we come before you as a people we stand before you i say be glorified in the heavens on the earth and under the earth nothing good shall be withheld from your children in jesus name we pray amen amen what an awesome god we serve what an awesome god we serve the word god has given me for 2021 for us is this simple word chosen chosen as the entire rock assembly and family individually as families corporately we're going to thank god for his word and we're going to stand by it throughout the season that we are now entering we seem to like the ends of a year at the beginning of another because we say the end of a thing is better than its beginning now we're beginning another and i pray that you will finish strong and that you will not look back and as we do that one of the things we get into the habit of is to hear the lord for the word for the season a lot of people say it's not scriptural to name a year and to say this is what we want to call it well you're right i haven't seen even one scripture that tells us at the beginning of the year we should name the year but i will say this i believe you need to have a word for season every season has a word and therefore for god to give you the strength the ability for you to have something to go back to the word we can go back to in this season that we've entered is from psalm 33 verse 12 blessed is the nation whose god is the lord and so we speak over kenya and say kenya is blessed because the lord is god of this land and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance isn't this amazing that god has chosen us for this inheritance so thank you so much and i'll come come to you in a few minutes so we can get into some worship now what does chosen mean i took some very simple definition of the word chosen and you know i was telling the team it's it's now time to stop speaking to cameras it's time to have some people in church and um we were having a good discussion around that so we will be sending out not to open the whole church i will let you know when we do that and god is going to bring us together very soon many of you are anxious saying when are we opening the church we will but we will select some of you to come in and we'll have a live service just from a select number of people and be able to broadcast to the world the word of god so that i can speak to human beings and not just cameras because god wants us to fellowship but there is a word i'm seeking and waiting for from the lord to re open the entire assemblies of rock so be patient in the lord and just wait for instruction and guidance something is happening there's something we're preparing there's a place where going we need to have the tools ready to go where we're going we need to have systems in place so just bear with us fellowship with us online when you can and allow us to just finish what god is preparing us for and when you see it you will be delighted that the lord truly has chosen us as his own inheritance to do a work in this season so i pray that god will bring a few of you to come and we'll select some of you you will be notified so that from next sunday we'll have a live service with some of you right here with us as the lord wills but what does chosen mean it simply means one who is the object of choice or of divine favor an elect person who is an elected person one who is selected or mocked for favor or for special privilege now i want to be very clear as we enter this next season there is a shifting that is happening i've spoken about it for a while there is a shifting that's happening in the spiritual even in the physical there's been a departure of some powerful powerful fathers and mothers of the gospel both locally and internationally over time we've seen great men and great women such as billy graham such as ravi zakarias god is calling them home on the local scene we've seen the departure of fathers spiritual fathers bishops archbishops and there is nothing that is happening out of a surprise to god because god is all-knowing but there is an awareness to those that are hearing and hearing well an urgency of preparation has come for those of you that have been called for such a time as this a preparation of the heart of the mind of the body to uphold continue to increase in the work that was started by those that have departed there is a passing on of batons happening this is not in any way to rush the passing on of a baton but there needs to be an awareness in the spirit that it has begun and as this is happening i pray that the sons and daughters of god will be prepared to receive the amazing work done by the fathers and mothers that have gone ahead of us and to have the heart to continue on the journey that is not going to be an easy one but is filled with favor because god has chosen you for his own inheritance for such a time as this the responsibility not just in the church i'm not just talking about pulpits i'm talking about responsibilities and families and some of you are having to step in as fathers some of you are having to step in as big brothers some of you are having to step in now as mothers your responsibility matrix is being increased and some of you are feeling like i'm not ready for this god has been preparing you all your life the other day i was um i was with my son in a swimming pool my youngest son and his older brothers were swimming having a good time and kind of like you know when you've learned something how you look at someone who doesn't know how to do what you're doing and you almost almost gloat almost boast and you're kind of proud of where you are i reminded my sons the older ones you were all here because i was holding the little boy and saying don't worry you will learn just like them and i could see in his eyes the youngest boy was not very pleased because he wished he could float and swim in the water like a fish like his brothers he almost wished that overnight he could just move but i told him something because he was scared of coming in the water he wanted to swim but he was scared i said to him the only way you learn how to swim is by getting wet there's things that have come as responsibilities to some of you that were not prepared at some point i know because i taught the other boys i said to him not only do you have to get wet i have to take you to depths in this pool that you're not going to be comfortable with but because i was there with him he felt comfortable but one day he's gonna have to go to that deep end of the swimming pool without me but there's no way he is going to learn unless he is in the water some of the things you have to grow into you will be ushered into them with an urgency because this is not about your agenda it's about god's agenda some of you are gonna have to learn to swim quickly some of you are gonna have to learn to grow faster than you imagined you needed to i don't know why the spirit of god is leading me this way but it must be for somebody to hear that in 2021 there are some shoes you're gonna have to fill that you do not feel ready for i need you to know the lord is with you he said to joshua as i was with moses so shall i be with you in this season that we've come into there are some very particular things i want to talk about i'll touch on a few of them today and a few of them next sunday one of them is focus attention proverbs chapter 4 verse 20 says my son be attentive to my words incline thine ear to my sayings can i tell you that whatever has your attention will have your time i'm not even gonna wiggle around this whatever is watered will grow what you water what you give your attention because you become the life-giving force that god has put inside you starts to speak to other things around your life and you will water whatever you want to grow whatever is invested in it will give a return i plead with you in this season give your attention to what god is doing for you to be able to know what god is doing you have to incline your ear to him you have to incline your ear to his word to his sayings to the things he's already pre-written for your benefit these words that he's spoken they are alive today as they were when they were written thousands of years ago because god doesn't change i want to tell you something that you have to understand if you do that don't get worked up by the things that you don't know about for tomorrow don't get worked up about the things from your yesterday you need to focus and bring your attention to what god is doing now when you do that it is by hearkening your ear to his word that you can grasp what he wants to do with you now i don't want to waste another day running around on julian's agenda i want to die to my agenda and be filled with the agenda of god whatever you water will grow if there is a hard thing that you're having to deal with now god is going to give you the strength and ability if you are aligned to what he is saying please come with me and let me help you so that you don't lose another day of this year doing what is not important to god even though it may be important to you but it is not in god's agenda for your life you will find your time getting lost your day is getting lost your energy dissipating and god wants to do something with you today if there was ever a dilemma that god had and god has never had a dilemma it is impossible for god to be in a dilemma situation but i want you to just imagine if he was ever to and i don't mean that in a blasphemous way because god is omniscient god is omnipotent he knows everything he has knowledge of all things and therefore he cannot be in a dilemma but if he was to be in a dilemma then it would be that his children don't take him at his word i can only imagine when i was speaking to my son and saying don't worry i'll catch you but i could still feel my son closing his body up and his feet and getting scared wanting to take control one of the biggest mistakes i've made in my life is when i have decided to take control because i felt god is not doing what i needed him to do at the time he needed to do it you put heaven at a puzzle when the word is clear but your actions are contrary in this next season may your actions be in line with what god is saying if you don't know what he is saying then your focus will be derailed and let me talk about that for a minute god's word is his direct expression of his will for your life it's his intent his testament and direction yet yet we are inadequately equipped to follow him at his word it's plainly placed there love the lord your god with all your heart plainly there trust in the lord with all your heart in all your ways acknowledge him it's plainly there it's written but we have a hard time hearkening to his word when it comes to provision which is one of the places a lot of us i was reading a story the other day just this week and uh there's a story about this this thing an asteroid it's in space i don't know about the authenticity of the story because there was a lot of feedback about what is being seen what's not being seen but a lot of scientists have agreed so i'm not here to give the story any validation or lack of validation but there was a story and uh there's this very large asteroid in between jupiter and mars that thing that asteroid it's estimated to be carrying uh precious goods precious metals worth 10 000 quadrillion did you hear me you can google it i know this is a googling generation this asteroid has so much gold diamonds precious metals precious stones it's one big gigantic thing it can solve everybody's financial problem on the earth ten thousand quadrillion dollars worth of value it's floating in space in between mars and jupiter and god has the entire universe in the palm of his hands and you think he cannot take care of you and your rent your perspective of god for provision for the things you need you state you can't understand why god didn't give you rent last month why god did not give you this give you that give you this give you that but i want you to incline your ear to what he is saying and doing now because there's nothing too difficult for god the woman the man of god needs to be thoroughly equipped complete lacking nothing second timothy 3 16 to 17. this word i'm giving you today it's inspired of god that's what it does this word is inspired of god and it is profitable that's what the bible says for what for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness that you the child of god the woman or man of god may be complete your completion is not an assumption your completion is in this word for you to be thoroughly equipped complete lacking nothing you need to incline your ear to god's word so that your focus if your focus is on the thing that god wants you to do you will not have your time wasted glory below god glory be to god there has to be the right perspective in this next season about your assignment and i'll come to that about the things you're supposed to do there has to be a completion listen whatever has your focus has your time you will be shocked how much time if some of you could just put your phone settings right you will be shocked how much average time some of you spent on facebook last year you'll be shocked how much time some of you spent on instagram last year it gets offensive when we have to speak like this because some of you don't want to hear the truth but some of you spent 30 40 times more time on facebook last year compared to spending time on the word of god and now you have wrist pain you have neck pain you have migraines you have headaches your body is aching whatever you invest in will grow that's why the thing that's growing right now is your body pains because you're just on the phone eight hours a day focused on what god is not saying you see there's a harmony that comes into the things of the spirit when your spirit soul body and mind are in harmony with what god is doing you will find that your health is right that yes there can be health attacks but you'll find your body is right your your mind is right your spirit is right there's like a there's like a a a unity around direction so get in with them this year do not allow anything to have more time than the time you give to god one of the great men that lived i think it was smith wigglesworth that could be wrong he was asked how um it was either smithfield goes off or john knox i can't remember who but he was asked how much time do you spend in prayer and he said i don't pray much i seldom pray for more than 30 minutes but then again i don't remember a time more than 30 minutes passed and i didn't pray you see the place you're heading to the shoes you need to feel the responsibility that's come in your direction it's gonna need you to be a man a woman of god that is complete lacking nothing thoroughly equipped what does it mean to be thoroughly equipped it means that you need to have the armor that has been provided for you this word must be in your mouth in season out of season one of the last messages i preached last year was to show you when isaiah came into the presence of the lord he says woe to me i am undone i am a man of unclean lips he almost he literally was cursing himself in the presence of the lord for whatever standard he had could not match up to the excellence that is in god for where you're going your attention and your focus will need to be programmed in the things of god nothing in this next season could be more important for you than your time in the things of god he says in his word be attentive to my words incline your ear to my instruction to my saying whatever has your attention will grow the second thing i want you to get right after your attention and focus by the grace of god is what we call we must have the right picture the imagery of god must be right imagery of god must be right we forget that we have been created in the image of god genesis chapter 1 verse 27 there are things that bind us that mess us up and bring us to a place of a lack of progress and a lack of movement there are things that will cause you to move backwards in your life we're bound by our own image we are not made in our own image we are made we have been created in god's image and in his likeness but when we see ourselves moving into these other images we've been fed a lot by other gods now every god wants you to operate in its image this is why god will exalt himself above every other god we will find ourselves in idol worship that we don't even know is idol worship and one of the things god hates about another god small g is that every god is seeking your worship and every god you will emulate and imitate and start to have the image of that god let me give you an example i'm i'm bringing up something i feel is very critical could you reduce your television hours in 2021 could you reduce your time on social media in 2021 i'll tell you why the number of people that will pause with their phones and dreams reflect an image out there that is not them and bring a competitive thought pattern to somebody else that sees that as an image and wants to become like them when michael jackson was alive i was one of his fans yeah i was a michael jackson fan when i was a young man if you saw my hair in the time i had hair you would see me do some interesting moves i even got the name mj in my younger days because everything i did emulated him and you don't realize the power of imagery until you understand that men want to be like other men women want to be like other women i was watching something the other day for a short time on television because my appetites have changed i don't have much time for television now but i saw something and there was this program going on and this woman was co-hosting with someone and was told if you had if you could change to be anybody who would you want to be and her imagery immediately moved and said i would want to be uh beyonce and the man and she asked them what would you want to be said i wouldn't want to be jay-z you see you have to understand the power of image is such that when it's portrayed in front of you there is something that draws you to become like somebody else and yet god himself is saying i have made you in my own image in my likeness you will be drawn to these things other ungodly images become formatted in your soul and your soul starts to desire to have an imagery that has a virus an imagery that cannot bring you the righteousness and the salvation and the redemption that you need paul was very clear that you should imitate me as i imitate christ the center of imagery and reflection and the right image of god can only be found centered on jesus christ if this year you're gonna have an imagery dimension correction of identity in your life let it be that your focus is on the person of jesus christ if you're gonna get things right in your life it is important that you understand that you should not live on borrowed identities and ideologies you should not live on borrowed identities of other people you sit in an illusion of purpose driven by a machinery that has been created by an enemy of truth and an enemy of purpose and an enemy of direction causing you to be an idol worshiper when you are called a child of god that has been chosen privileged for such a time as this i urge you by the mercies of god by the mercies of god you know the older i grow the more i'm realizing i want to just focus on messages that have to do with their centrality being the word of god and the image of jesus christ you will discover that no matter how much we go into so many antithesis and theses about theology at the end of the day our theology must be right for our doxology to be upright what you say about god the things you release in your spirit about god can only be right when you've spent enough time with him then shall his word be close to you thank you holy spirit thank you holy spirit we are not ashamed romans 1 16 of the gospel of christ this is the good news this is the power of god it says for we're not ashamed of the gospel of christ for it is the power of god unto salvation this power is released through the good news the power of god is released through the good news the gospel of christ released first to the jews and then to the gentiles for in it the righteousness of god is revealed it comes by revelation in it the righteousness of god is revealed from faith to faith as it is written the just shall live by faith you don't live by what you see we the chosen ones live by faith correct your imagery of god i want to say something i feel is very important it is very important that a man and in this i mean spirit so both men and women are included here it is critical that a man be secure in his calling one of the dilemmas i believe in the body of christ is a lot of insecurity about your calling so much competition taking credit where you don't deserve it trying to compete and show that you are the one that originated and you're the one you still have some insecurities it is important that a man of god a woman of god who is complete lacking nothing be secure in their calling how do you become secure in your calling by having the right imagery live barracuda by having the right picture of god because when you've inclined your year to him to his sayings something in your life starts to align with what he is doing in your life you become secure there can only be one esther there can only be one roof there can only be one naomi there can only be one joseph there can only be one david you are unique in your calling but you must become secure in it my fellow ministers of the gospel whoever is supposed to hear you when you're obedient will hear you the sheep will know the voice of who is speaking to them become secure that will cause you to move away from competition competing interests competing things that come to compete with the word of god in your life oh glory be to god glory be to god every leader a man of god a woman of god and yeah i don't mean a pastor i'm talking about when you hear the bible say in in in in the book of timothy 3 uh um which scripture was that i referred to earlier second timothy 3 16 for you to be complete lacking nothing that woman or man of god is not a pastor necessarily it's not a bishop necessarily is not an apostle it's not a pastor or teacher necessarily this is wherever god has called you become secure in the place that he has called you so you only know that when your imagery is correct let me show you how it works god needed a man and hannah needed a son when you're when your purpose aligns with the desire of god for that season when god is able to find a man or a woman that has surrendered herself and he's ready to release what you need in line with what he wants to do on the earth when that collision happens something special happens when god needs to raise the next worship leader in the world because let me tell you whether you want to believe it or not there are men and women that he picks and puts on the global platform where your song as an african starts to be sung by spanish singers chinese singers where your ministry starts to become accepted all over the world it's because there was a season that god needed to have his voice released through song and there was a woman waiting in church but that whole that whole cosmic explosion needs a man to come and speak a word that then god starts to say something new is happening here and that's why an eli was necessary a priest was necessary glory be to god god needed a man the divine calendar of god [Music] the divine calendar of god his agenda must become your central focus in this year god what do you want me to do where do you want me to be the availability of the necessary human to carry out divine mandate it comes together so beautifully when a man finds himself aligned with the calendar of god when a woman finds herself aligned with the calendar of god something special happens what what messes us up is when we want to help god shift his agenda and we forget you cannot change the mind of god it's impossible i taught on this it's still available you can go read and research on it you cannot change the mind of god prayer changes things prayer does not change the mind of god because if you could change the mind of god then you're telling me that he's not all-knowing because through your prayer somehow you surprised him and put in him an idea that he hadn't thought of before that is not my god that is not the immutability of god and i'll talk about that in a second god is all-knowing he is omniscient he is omnipotent he has full power on him so he's never lacking power in any moment of time yesterday today and forever he's never lacking knowledge yesterday today and forever don't think because you're a new generation uh whiz kid that you've got some uh something on god that you've got this new revelation that god hadn't thought about no when he says come to me draw near to me and i'll draw nigh unto you it is for your benefit prayer does change things prayer does change things but certain pieces must come together for chosen people a hannah must collide with an eli at the right place ah i pray for you in this next phase of your life in this next season mark you i'm not talking too much about a new year i'm talking more about a new season in this next phase of your life may this collision of destiny happen may you be at the right place at the right time with the right man and the right woman may you meet and collide with the right people for the progress of the agenda of god through your life may this happen for you may you find your steps being ordered of god to be at the temple at the right time for a peter and a john to meet with you there in their way to prayer may you be at the right place at the right time when jesus comes visiting and finds you at the garden of gethsemane may you be at the right place at the right time for collision with destiny may this be the year where chosen people shall arise sons and daughters shall be picked by god to do amazing things may this be the year you understand diligence proverbs 22 29 says sees thou man diligent in his business he shall stand before kings he shall not stand before mean men until a man can master his or her identity by having the right image of god in you and understanding where you came from they will have a varying perspective and the varying perspective will give you a varying result destruction comes because a man is distracted son samson was distracted and destruction came upon him if you understand this what destructions are you talking about pastor well voices images influences gates there is no external influence in your life that did not get an internal ascent for it to control your life i'll say that again there is no external influence in your life that did not receive internal consent to distract you something caused you on the inside even satan required the permission of eve to destroy her nothing outside defiles a man jesus says there is nothing that comes from the outside that defiles a man it is what comes from a man that defiles a man all the things you're struggling with are not from without oh please don't wear short dresses let me tell you the problem is not the short dress there will be short dresses for the rest of your life if not even shorter than what you've seen there will be no shortage of materialism there'll be no shortage of tougher things on media and social media there will be no shortage of material that has been sent from hell to destruction it is not what goes into a man that defiles a man god will never forge you for what you've seen but he will fault you for your actions from a result of what you've seen it is not what goes into a man that defiles a man it is what comes out of man thank god for his grace and mercy because none of us would make it past this day see what i'm trying to drop to you is a key a very special key in your spirit a key that you need a key that will birth confident assurance in assignment may none of you be insecure this year may you be so sure of your assignment because you've heard from god later the place where a man a woman will sit in their absolute office come on now that's now that's the time a man will sit in their absolute office without contradiction of worrying what others think about them you will be so secure in your calling because you've been chosen for such a time as this may that be your portion in this next phase of life one of the biggest causes of insecurity is because you don't know whether where you are is where you're supposed to be you have no certainty whether the seat you're sitting on is your seat well i say to you the lord is gonna reveal to you to sit properly sit square sit on that thing because it is yours for this season god is not calling you to be a wimp or to be fearful about the role he's given you listen by the time joseph sat on that chair in the palace he sat on it as a chosen servant of god by the time daniel sat on that seat he sat on it as a chosen servant of god by the time ruth sat on that marriage bed and and and was laughing with her husband boss she sat on it knowing this is the reward god has given me for obedience [Music] have the confidence have the confidence to know that the execution of inscribed action that is embedded in you happened before eons of time even began there is a self-discovery of divine embedded destiny that was instilled in you before time began you are not a confused little thing that has come upon the earth you were designed for this time are designed to be here be secure in that thing the the words that have been spoken by men have caused you to think that you are not supposed to be where you are but i'm releasing a confidence that comes from god you are where you're supposed to be and if you're not god is going to release words to you in the coming season in this season you're in you will be in places where an eli will come and release the word that you need you will be in places where words will be spoken and destiny will collide with obedience you will be in a place that god will cause things to happen such a man shall stand before kings because you will not be insecure about your calling there's something i want to finish with here called seasons of a man seasons of a man just keep me on those strings this is a very key part of what i want you to understand listen you know it is possible it is possible it is possible thank you holy spirit don't ever underestimate the grace the favor the power of god the wisdom of god on a man or a woman that is going through a tough season [Music] when you go through tough seasons it is possible for people to think god has left you [Music] on the contrary if you look at your bible then what would you say you might misjudge hannah when she was lying on that floor and even the priest thought that she was drunk but she was she was drunk but with a whole different set of thought and prayer than what eli thought people misjudge you because of where you are in a tough place then what would you say about rebecca from where jacob and esau were gonna come from from where the 12 tribes of israel were gonna what would you say about ruth who has lost her husband lost a brother-in-law lost her father and now is losing her sister-in-law who's going back what would you say about such people listen the grace of god and the favor of god and the structures of god sometimes make look like they're not on a person but never underestimate how god is working on a person that does not fit the part at that moment you might misjudge david when he is hiding in the philistine camp and there's a misappropriation at that time i'm speaking to somebody right now i know i know i've been there where you feel very strongly that there is a there's so much judgment this is why your imagery of god your identity in god is so key to your security in knowing that even if i'm alone ha liberka it's a place where men reach and say though he slay me yet will i trust him there's a place that a man or a woman gets to that they know without the shadow of a doubt that this god will never leave me nor forsake me it comes with that pain and that maturity the seasons of a man you will go through seasons in 2021 but i'm saying as jesus told you that any man who puts his hand on a plow and looks back you have no permission to look back because when you keep your eye on jesus he is the author and the finisher of your faith i declare you will finish not because you have overwhelming strength but because in your weakness he is made strong let the weak say i am strong let the poor say i am rich because when they look at me it's no longer i that liveth i'm a dead man walking i'm a dead woman walking it's christ that lives in me let us preach christ this year may kadab look at this my point is very simple there's a misappropriation and a misjudgment of a naked savior his hands spread on a cross not one of his disciples besides john was there and he looks out for his mother and sees jonah says john behold your mother take care of her but the others had taken off [Music] jesus himself struggled with this when in the garden in prayer he said lord if it is possible for this cup to pass away but god the bible says it pleased god because for the joy that was set before him god turned his face from his son because he could not look at sin the blemish on jesus was too tarnished he took on everything from us the lamb of god that takes away the sin of the world this is the gospel we preach the imputed righteousness of an alien being coming into the earth and giving me his righteousness who the mutability of god i want to close with that jesus is saying you see when you look at jesus on that cross you think the favor of god is not on him there are some of you that have come from such a rough season that men have looked and said god has left you god has not will not do anything for you there is no man that has any right to speak like that because only the things of god it is only the spirit of god that knows what is in god and therefore you never know where men will have a reckoning with god and just because they're in a tough moment and in a tough place does not mean god's favor is not with them we have taught you wrong and made you think that the time the favor of god is with you is when you're going up up up listen you can be in the valley of the shadow of death and you have more favor than a person on the highest mountain favor of god the seasons of a man jesus on the cross dying shouting it is finished and right when it happens the heavens shake the earth shakes the thunder roars the curtain is torn into the greatest moment of the power of god starts to be seen on the earth and men who are crucified and start to say surely this was the son of god the acknowledgement of what god wants to do for you will not have to be done by you bible says that the vision is for an appointed time though a terry wait for it you may have to go through a pit you may have to go through a jail you may have to go through some pain you may have to go through some questions but at the end it shall speak wait for it wait for the greatest strength in men comes in that place of waiting they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength the greatest place of strength it says wait for it though he slay me yet will i trust him because even after my death there will be an understanding listen they crucified peter upside down they were not saying good things about him by the time they crucified him he chose to be crucified upside i said i'm not worthy to be crucified like my lord and savior they crucified him upside down and by the time he left now in history we are still talking about peter says though he slay me yet will i trust him you see when job said those words when you understand those words you reach a point where you realize that history will speak the truth even if the present may not trust in the law the greatest security a man can have in in this god is in understanding that when he has chosen you he will see you through thank you jesus thank you jesus why do men faint why do men look back because their focus gets distracted whatever has your attention this year will grow including doubts including fear including joy including peace my question is what has your attention whatever has your focus that thing will grow you're a royal priesthood you're a chosen generation [Music] you see we have highs and lows and seasons but here's what i've discovered about [Music] seasons my wife and i took a walk on our farm the other day and it was we were not prepared we were not alerted that we would be going around a pretty large farm so by the time we walked we had come i had one white clothes i was in sandals and she was in easy clothes and also in sandals and we walked around and by the time we finished and reached the car we were dusty soiled we looked like the place we were every season we go through will leave you looking like it but here's what i'll tell you by the time you're done what you've carried is a piece of that season with you but by the time you're done with what god is doing it is not the season you were in that is the season it is you that becomes a seasoned person by kasha by the time you're done with the agenda of what god wants to do you become the season you become a man or a woman when you speak people hear the things of god you can now speak about valleys of the shadow of death you can now speak about lions trying to tear you down you can now speak about the goodness of the lord in the land of the living you can now speak about how to stand when people speak against you unjustly you can now talk about the things of god when you didn't feel like it you can now talk about how god saw you through a wilderness listen it is good to be a conqueror but i think it is a far much better thing to be more than a conqueror i pray in this next season you will have the grace to stand through tough times i dare not tell you there will be no tough times i actually tell you prepare for tough times prepare for tougher times than the ones we've come from but you by the time we're done you chosen child of god you will be a seasoned man or woman of god when they look at you 30 years from now they will say this is a seasoned man this is a diligent woman that's why you'll be standing before kings there's no shortcuts you've got to go through the journey [Music] such a person is marinated so much in the flavors of god they know how to operate when they are high they know how to operate on their law paul said i have learned to be content in good in bad i have learned to be content in other words i'm now seasoned i've been there when the apostles rejected me i was there when i falsely accused a man and he was murdered i saw the mercy of god and the grace of god work for me i can now argue a case i used to use my legal opinions and legal knowledge to speak against the things of god i now use it in the things of god i am seasoned i started as a servant of god i started up as an apostle of christ i finish as a servant of the most high god because the more i've learned about jesus the more i've inclined my ear to him the more i've realized i am nothing but an agent of his will oh my god such a person has been marinated they have the word of god their spice is right their speech is right because it's no longer them that live but christ that lives in them if oprah didn't have a bad boss we wouldn't know about her today [Music] some of you have come for prayer pray for me i want god to remove my boss i pray that god does not remove that boss because it's not your will but his will i pray god gives you an understanding of how his things work how he works and orchestrates things because a lot of you are looking for shortcuts to glory but by the time you reach there there's the necessity of a cross if there was no cross jesus would not have told us to carry our own crosses he told us to carry ours because there's a cross for every privilege and every joy you will enjoy there's a place you're gonna come from that you will not have enjoyed but by the time you go through those sufferings you will say i counted all joy though i've gone through diverse trials and temptations knowing this that the trying of my faith produced something brought me a fruit glory be to god you are crying over the bad things that have happened in your life but hear me the seasons of a man are necessary to understand where you're going my times are in your hands psalm 31 15. that's how you understand seasons my times are in your hands so you have times you'll have good times you'll have tough times times of laughter times of crying times of joy times of pain you will have times but you must understand my times are in your hand oh god you chose me and i submit myself to you how can i be so certain of these things because i'm certain about the fact that god does not change [Music] this is what we refer to in theology as the immutability of god when you talk about mutation it is how something has moved and changed and morphed from this to this in fact the person i was when i started speaking to you is not who i am now something has already mutated because i am capsuled in time and as long as i am in time i am moving into a process called decay a process that some may call growth but god does not change he's not confined in what you call the mutation and the processes of men or plants or animals or beings or even rocks even these rocks you will find that are million years old you will find it has changed and muff but god does not change how do i know that it says in his word in first samuel chapter 15 verse 29 and also the glory of israel will not lie or change his mind for he is not a man that he should change his mind if he has chosen you you can rely on his immutability to keep his word regarding your life but thou o lord dost abide forever and thy name to all generations psalm 102 12. jesus christ is the same yesterday today and forever hebrews chapter 13 verse 8 every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above coming down from the father of lights with whom there's no variation or shifting shadow james 1 17 you can rely on his word because he is immutable that means he can never change when he has chosen you let men that have been chosen this year let women that have been chosen in this season rise up and become secure in your choosing from god because it's not you who chose him jesus said you did not choose me i chose you and i want you to have this confidence that jesus had this mind that was in christ jesus that this confidence of his assurance of redemption and glory is coming to you i declare to you that god is immutable in all his attributes when he called the earth into existence in the beginning he's never changed when he comes in the dispensation when he sends his son into glory when he's already sent his son into glory when jesus comes in the time of the dispensation of the millennium when we understand the glorification of his son jesus christ this communication and this conversation happened before you and i ever existed and god has kept his word because he's the same yesterday today and forever where am i going and what am i saying i'm saying to you have this confidence that whatever he said to you it was not a lie he will not change his mind he'll keep his word regarding your life god does not change men of israel listen to these words jesus acts chapter 2 verse 22 jesus the nazarene a man attested to you by god with miracles and wonders and signs which god performed through him in your midst just as you yourselves know this man delivered up the predetermined plan and for knowledge of god you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless man and put him to death and god raised him up again putting an end to the agony of death since it was impossible for him to be held in its power for david says of him i was always beholding the lord in my presence for he is at my right hand that i may not be shaken therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exalted moreover my flesh also will abide in hope because thou will not abandon my soul to hades nor allow the holy one to undergo decay the same word i speak to you the same god that put this plan forward is the same one that has chosen you for such a time as this have this confidence and this assurance your season has come you have been chosen for such a time as this rise and shine for your light has come and the glory of the lord is risen blessed is the nation whose god is the lord the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance you have been chosen if you're a believer you've been chosen father i thank you for your word [Music] thank you for giving us this word as we begin this new season this next phase may your name be glorified let every man be a liar let god be god we place you in the highest place believing and trusting that you will honor every word you've spoken over us in this season [Music] let us understand that our imagery of you has got to be right our focus has got to be right we must have an understanding of the seasons of a man and we must also understand the immutability of our savior you never change you never lie thank you for your word because had you been a man we would not be able if you are not risen from the dead everything we've ever believed would be a lie but you did everything you said you would do because your word never changes now let every man and woman that is under the sound of my voice receive the confidence they need to in your word change their focus have an understanding of their season have the right picture of you and believe in your world we are chosen for such a time as this in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit have i prayed amen may god bless you if you do not know jesus as lord and savior i ask you to pray this prayer with me father i give you my heart i give you my life today i choose to stand on the right side of destiny i give you lordship over my life i give you my heart remove my name from the book of destruction and write my name in the book of life i celebrate with the angels as i declare my heart is yours my life is yours my soul is yours in jesus name we have prayed amen if you've prayed that prayer find a bible believing church near you but if you can't find one we are available for you and are happy to meet with you at any time may god bless you and keep you the information on your screen right now is for every giver every person that believes in giving to the kingdom because you're a mature chosen child of god may you give with a spirit of excellence may you have an understanding of the things of god and have an understanding that what we have to be and one of the things i will teach on this year is to be the right stewards good stewards and what it means to be a good steward everything i own belongs to god everything i have belongs to him there is nothing i own i simply am a steward of the things he has allowed me to have one of the things he requires us to do as stewards is to be faithful be faithful with your giving be faithful with your offering and with your sacrifice and thank you so much for standing with the ministry ministry must be supported ministry is not supported by air it's not supported by magic ministry is supported by the children of god that hear the word coming forth and stand with god make a commitment for this year on the things that you as a chosen child of god will do for the kingdom of god and may we become everything that god has called us to become i bless you i bless the lord for you and i declare over you a blessed 20 21 you will come out of this year stronger more mature more focused more diligent in the things and the matters of god see you next sunday by god's grace [Music] amen [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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