Cornerstone Church LIVE 8:30am on Sunday April 5th 2020

for all that you do in so many ways will make it possible for us to share the gospel of Jesus Christ to this nation and to the nations of the world I love you thanks [Music] [Music] hello cornerstone and all of you who are watching online this is Sunday morning and we are so glad that you've taken the time to join us today there's a lot of exciting things at Cornerstone Church has been working on since this kovat crisis began much of it has to do with supporting the local community and we're gonna tell you more about how you can be a part of that either through receiving services or by helping us continue to support the more than 89 counties that we've reached here in this local area 89 zip codes I should say there's been 2500 boxes of food that's been given out there's been several thousands of hot meals that we've generated and created and as I'm walking into the sanctuary I want you to consider doing something special here at Cornerstone this week you know next week on Sunday pastor Hagee is gonna celebrate his 80th birthday so if you would like to hashtag a birthday greeting to him do so by putting it on your social media and we'll compile them to present to Pastor next week does hashtag is going to be Hagee 80 so if you'd like to do that for us this week we're so glad that you would we've given you a behind-the-scenes look but in just a moment we're going to begin our services live the Bible says I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord and we're about to do that from San Antonio Texas at Cornerstone Church with you in your homes today [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] traits belongs to one Jesus Christ so lift your voice and sing with us every phrases to our knowledge every praise is to our God yes word of worship would wanna caught every brain it's Oh sing hallelujah sing hallelujah - ah God yes glory hallelujah is Juba ever praise is to let you boys sing ever praise if the praise is to my god yes every word of worship with one Accord praise every praise is to our God sing halleluh seem to Ma da yes every word of worship with one Accord every praise is to our God see God my Savior God oh god my god I deliver yes he is yes he is seen again you are [Music] my healer God my deliverer yes he is yes he is [Music] yes praise mr. buckets everywhere to worship [Music] if [Music] my god [Music] greetings to all of our members in the city of San Antonio I want to tell you a cornerstone Church I miss you I look forward to the day that have been all gather here again and worship the Lord in spirit and in truth but until this crisis is past we're delighted to have the opportunity of coming into your home to share the Word of God in sermon and song and I pray that this day is a very special blessing to each of you so let's pray one for another and also pray for our nation right where you are join me in bow your heads in this prayer a most gracious Heavenly Father I ask you today that the anointing of the Holy Spirit come into the home of every person that's listening to this telecast let them feel the nearness of the Lord because God is everywhere all the time we pray today for America because we are in a state of great national crisis and only God can help us get out of this crisis we ask you for our president that you would give him courage that you would give him the wisdom of Solomon to make very difficult decisions we pray for the doctors and the nurses who are on the front lines fighting this invisible disease pray that you would protect them that you would drink them till I ask you Father today that the presence of the Holy Spirit filled this room where we are and that everything that said and done will bring glory and honor to your name that it will uplift the body of Christ and for us to be able to say I was glad when they said unto me let us go to the house of the Lord a man god bless each and every one of you some Cornerstone we have been doing all that we can to make sure that you stay connected during this time of personal distancing we don't want you to feel any distance from this church so today here in the multi-purpose room we've sent up our worship team to worship and today you're going to get the opportunity to hear them lift their voice and sing unto the Lord and I want you to join them now as they worship the Lord you do the same god bless you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good meet us [Music] don't tease me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Father we worship you and we honor you this morning we love you we're here to give you all of our praise on beyond because we know that in the middle of the storm you are for us [Music] [Applause] [Music] the roughest watch I won't go on when I'm in over my head [Music] it's [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] let's see rounds [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] but you wear the victors crown [Music] nice by your grace I live sources [Music] for you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] there are thousands who are joining us here today at Cornerstone Church over the Internet there's individuals watching from more than 20 nations now from the Philippines to Germany Tobago is watching I've learned how to say that this week as we've had opportunity to engage here on social media we've also got many states from Kansas Philadelphia Wyoming New Mexico Georgia Oklahoma all the surrounding areas New York is watching we want you to know that we're praying for each and every one of you that you would find peace in this hour and that you would have hope in your heart if you need prayer today you can call to 104 91 5100 as we have prayer partners who are standing by they are here for you they want to join their faith with yours and let you know that there is no distance in prayer we also want to let you know that we're going to have a lot of great things coming your way pastor Hagee is fixing to prepare a message that is entitled joy in the day of trouble and as he comes to present I want to remind you that today we're gonna be taking communion at the end of this service so we want you and your family to join with us pastor Hagee and I as we have the opportunity to share communion here typically on cornerstone on the first Sunday of every month we have communion and because this is the first Sunday we want to break the bread and take the elements today that remind us of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ so stay tuned there's a lot of great things coming your way pastor Hagee is coming to bring a message and then sandy Parker is going to prepare a song his eye is on the sparrow welcome pastor thank you pastor Maddon greetings to all of our church members who should be watching this telecast faithfully to all of our friends and partners across America and around the world our topic today is joy in the day of trouble let me read from Psalm 63 verses 1 through 4 oh god you are my god early will I seek you my soul thirsts for you my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water so I looked for you in the sanctuary to see your power and to see your glory because your loving-kindness is better than life my lips shall praise you thus will I bless you while I live I will lift up my hands in your name America today and the world are in a horrific day of unspeakable trouble in a matter of 30 days the US economy has been shut down businesses are closed many of you have lost your jobs there's massive unemployment churches are empty schools and universities are closed social distant social distancing is now the law of survival people are wearing gloves they're wearing masks I've washed my hands so much they're wrong hospitals are flooded with people who are sick and those who are passing doctors and nurses are on the front lines courageously fighting this invisible foe if there was ever a time to pray for America it's now when a day of trouble arises personally and nationally our first instinct is to ask God to take it away take away the pain and the suffering take away the broken hearts take away the black night of shattered dreams let there be a glorious sunrise of new beginnings for our families and for this nation and I want to tell you I believe if we meet God's conditions we are going to have a glorious sunrise consider the history of Christianity Jesus asked the same thing of God all 90 the night before he was to be crucified by Rome in the Garden of Gethsemane he prayed while his disciples slept in agony he lifted his face toward God and said father if as possible let this cup pass from me God's in a FedEx and said from the foundations of the earth you have been destined to die on the cross for the redemption of mankind jesus said not my will but thine be done all great Christian living begins the day you crucify your will and start doing the will of God God had a plan for the storm that Jesus was going through and that plan included you and me in the plan of salvation for the world I believe the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob has a plan that will bring America through this storm which is now raging in every home in America and the world it will bring us together not tear us apart consider the day of trouble for the Apostle Paul the Apostle Paul asks God three times to remove the thorn in his flesh that was causing him so much physical suffering but there was a problem the problem was that there was so much of supernatural power flowing through st. Paul some people were trying to worship Him and God said to Paul if I remove this weakness people are going to be think people are going to be come to think that you are God and you might have a time when you start believing it so God said my grace is sufficient for you Paul my strength is made perfect in weakness the message you can survive the storm God puts you in the point anytime we think we're getting strong enough or smart enough or wealthy enough or connected enough anytime we think we are enough without God we're saying that we don't need God in our lives I think that's what God is saying to America right now listen closely I think God is thinking you've kicked me out of your schools and universities you forced the 10 commandments out of the public square your churches are now lukewarm and disgusting you have a form of godliness but denied the power thereof you have substituted righteousness for ritual you have substituted hype for holiness you have embraced other gods and ignored the God of heaven with whom your forefathers made covenant at the Plymouth Rock your forefathers sought for guidance when they knelt to construct the Declaration of Independence you have embraced the murder of infants their blood cries out to me for justice and justice they will receive you have become a 21st century Sodom and Gomorrah and let me show you how quickly you can become weak and helpless as a nation and I think all of us in America are shocked at how absolutely tragically this nation this disease has shackled our nation the Lord is saying just as I chastise ancient Israel my firstborn son for disobedience so will I chastise you God is no respecter of persons I believe that God Almighty is giving America the opportunity to repent of our national sins because we as a nation have lost our moral compass and he's saying if you do not I'm going to allow your political and economic system to be destroyed second Chronicles 7:14 says if my people who will call but my name will humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven and I will forgive their sin and I will heal their land it's up to America God is asking his people to pray God wants to hear from the church triumphant therefore I'm asking everyone under the down to my voice for the next seven days to find a place of prayer to pray for America to ask God to forgive us of our sins to ask God to heal our land pray for God to expose the members of Congress who in their arrogance and corruption refused to give us intelligent and godly leadership when we pray then the issue is in God's hands the future of our nation is hanging in the balance and I believe it's going to be determined on the prayer life of the body of Christ I urge you to pray for America and on a personal level God uses our weaknesses God uses our failures our faults and our personal storms to show us just how Almighty he really is look at the lives of the greatest preachers in the history of the world who had a day of trouble George Whitfield whose ministry led to the development of the Methodist Church he preached with asthma while he preached he wheezed and he gasped for breath yet thousands of people were converted under that man's ministry Smith Wigglesworth he was a celebrated healing evangelists and after praying for others to be healed he would go home at night and roll on the floor in agony with kidney stones think about dr. Charles Haddon Spurgeon who is called the Prince of preachers from London England he died with gout before he was 60 years of age Jonathan Edwards was so nearsighted when he read his great sermon sinners in the hand of an angry god the ink on the page rubbed off on his nose until his nose turned black get a picture of that how do you think that would go over on television thousands came to Christ as a result of Jonathan Edwards sermon that birthed a great spiritual awakening in America point none of these ministers of the gospel had their storms removed they did not allow the storm to conquer them they trusted in God to be their strength he was their source of power it was His grace that gave them the ability to endure and to be triumphant they turned the world upside down with the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ and this generation can do the same thing King David was a prophet he was the poet he was a warrior statement statesman who fought and won 18 wars in the defense of Israel David was going through a day of trouble when he was driven from his throne by his rebellious son Absalom King David fled from the city of Jerusalem and he headed into the wilderness to a bitter and barren wasteland he is walking across the northern edge of the wilderness of Judea and he's headed for the area of the Dead Sea it's it's a depressing place I have been there many times hot it is hotter than the hinges and the gates of hell King David is away from the comforts of his magnificent palace he's away from his family he's away from comforts of his wealth and power what did he miss most in this personal storm what did he miss most in this personal storm he puts his pen to parchment and he writes for generations to come to read listen verse 2 so I looked for you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory what David missed most in the day of his storm was the joy of the Lord and the house of God David writes I was glad when they said unto me let us go to the house of the Lord sidebar here when this health crisis is over and we are going to get through this I long to see the saints of God packed this empty church to the rafters and hear them sing the praises of God and to feel the awesome power of the Holy Spirit in this place because it's going to be a day of rejoicing when all of God's children get in this building I'm looking forward to it in the house of the Lord there is refuge from the storms of life in the house of the Lord broken hearts amended burdens are lifted chains are broken by the champion of the Cross in the house of the Lord sick bodies are healed we won't be wearing gloves we won't be standing six feet away in the house of the Lord the garments of praise will replace the spirit of heaviness heaviness in this verse is depression it's anxiety in the house of the Lord there's the presence of joy joy that's unspeakable and full of glory joy the world didn't give and joy the world cannot take away in the house of the Lord there is grace and glory there is might and Majesty there is hope for the hopeless there's peace in the midst of the storm and you can have that sitting on the couch looking at me right now you can have that David writes in verse nine verse one you are my god you are my god oh that America could meet that confession of faith right now David who guarded sheep under the stars was saying to the 21st century how can how can you look at the creation of God and deny the reality of God the heavens declare the glory of the Lord the Sun the moon and the stars are celestial evangelists who race across the heavens every 24 hours speaking to all of humanity in every language that there is an almighty all-knowing ever-present God he is the shepherd of the stars because he calls them by name he holds the seven seas in the palms of his hand he waged the mountains and the scale and the hills and the balance from everlasting to everlasting he is God when I pray the God of the Bible answers by fire when I am lonely he is the friend that sticketh closer than her brother when I am sick he is the great physician when I am under attack he is my high tower he is the shelter in the time of the storm in the day of battle he is my fortress my shield my buckler he is jehova shamma the Lord who is there in the greatest storm of my life he is walking toward me on the water in the midnight hour shouting fear not it is I I will never leave you nor forsake you even to the ends of the earth that's the kind of God we serve triumphant in the day of trouble verse two so I have looked for you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory think about it to see your power the power of God makes the average Church in America uncomfortable but we need to release the power of God in the pulpits of this nation the greatest need in America is to see the manifest power of the Lord in the church you want to know why the young people are turning to the occult because it promises power the kingdom of God came with power the Lord's Prayer for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory how did the New Testament church start acts two you shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you jesus said to his disciples I give you power over demons over disease over death over hell and over the grave that is a package of five that can shake the world where is Jesus now he seated at the right hand of God the Father a position of power how is he going to return he's going to return in the clouds of heaven with power how shall he how shall he ruled the earth and his eternal kingdom the Bible said he's going to rule it with a rod of iron that means his word is the last word the leaders of planet Earth are going to go to Jerusalem and bow before the great great grandson of King David Jesus of Nazareth and he is going to be king of kings and Lord of lords and of his kingdom there shall be no end thank you God verse 3 because thy loving-kindness is better than life how many of you have ever seen somebody who was doing something they really enjoyed and they said this is the life I mean this is living the golfer makes a hole-in-one he probably cheated but this is the life a fisherman goes out and catches the trophy fish this is the life a sports fan watching his or her team win the national championship and they throw their hats and their bleacher seats dress up like absolute maniacs and think this is the life David said life is dear but God's presence his love his anointing his power is better than life the Bible says in him we live and move and have our being remove his light and we walk in the shadows of death and the midnight of apostasy apostasy remove his love and life becomes as bitter as gall remove his hope hope is absolute depression an endless night of darkness think of this God has shared life with the lost form of animal life but his loving-kindness has only been reserved for the righteous his loving-kindness is only reserved for the righteousness by loving-kindness David said is better than life verse three my lips shall praise thee David is in the desert he's alone he's hot it's desolate its bitter its barren his response my lips shall praise you my lips shall praise you praise is not dependent on your feelings praise is not dependent on your emotions your circumstances praise is not dependent even in a time of national crisis praise is an act of your will it's an act of your will are you in the desert of your days are you going through a great storm by an act of discipline you need to learn to lift your hands and give God praise for this very day if you are weary if you're tired if you're brokenhearted praise the Lord anyway Paul and Silas were in prison beaten bloody by the Roman Empire surrounded by rats and death and the stench of death their response they sang in the midnight hour and the angels of God danced around that jail they walked out of that jail with the jailhouse keys in one hand and a convert in the other hand because they dared to praise God in the greatest storm of their life praise as a sacrifice Hebrews 3:15 and 7 by him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise until the Lord continually continually not just when things are good but all the time for with such praises God is well pleased very few times in the Bible do you read something that says God is well pleased but your praise pleases the Lord because praise is God's address the fact a sacrifice cost you something the sacrifice of praise the sacrifice of praise cost you your ego your pride your arrogance I've had people over the 62 years of ministry said well I wonder what people will think if I lift my hands and praise the Lord let me tell you something what does God think what does God think are you a father pleaser are a people pleaser is your ego so fragile that if you lift your hands to praise the God that gives you the breath of life it reduces you somehow are you discouraged are you weary are you frightened are you overwhelmed by this national stock national crisis our God is a miracle working God our God is a miracle work in God he is going to bring us through this crisis we are going to be more than conquerors in this crisis there is a storm but God Almighty is still on his throne and everything is going to be alright I want those of you who are watching this telecast right now just extend your hand toward me and I want us to have a prayer together I want you to repeat this prayer with me right now while everyone gets settled extend your hand toward the television our Father which art in heaven I bless your Holy Name I praise you for your loving kindness I praise you for your mercy I praise you for your amazing grace I praise you that you are with us in this storm I praise you for protecting me in my family in this national crisis no plague shall come nigh my dwelling you are my hope you are my defender you are my deliverer you are my great physician keep us safe until the storm passes by you your loving-kindness is better than life in the name of Jesus who is Christ and Lord we say Amen I want you to stay tuned our singers are coming and pastor Matt and I and pastor Matt is going to be speaking later in this telecast with a great word from the Lord and I want you to hear it [Music] Wow [Music] [Music] my heart [Music] yeah [Music] and home when she [Music] haha [Music] sir and I know [Music] you [Music] Rachel [Music] [Music] this [Music] he loved just [Music] [Music] we're here now to take the offering and to worship the Lord with our giving it's something that we do here at Cornerstone each and every Sunday and there's more than 5,000 people watching now and we want to know we want to let you know that you can participate in this offering as well you can do that by going to sa cornerstone org and if you put in the backslash give you have the opportunity to participate that way you can also if you're in the local area as one of our church members you can mail your gift and your offering to the church as we have our staff here during the week taking the opportunity to receive those you can also if you need to contact us and we will come by your house we've been doing wellness visits and checkups on individuals who are in quarantine and need services and so if you need to you can contact us at to 109 six to forty forty and as always our prayer line - 104 nine one fifty one hundred but I want to show you some of the things that this ministry has been doing here in the local area as we've mentioned we've given out over 2,800 boxes of food and we've also served over 2,600 meals in the community as individuals need hot food and services we've been doing that out of our school advanced Jackson we've also taken the opportunity to feed individuals who are in homeless shelters as well as our local first responders fire departments and police departments we've often said that cornerstone cares and the way that you demonstrate care is not by what you say but it's what you do and I want to commend our staff I want to commend our church members I want to commend all of the individuals who have committed their resources and their time to showing the cornerstone indeed does care about the city of San Antonio in the lives of individuals who are here pastor Hagee is as you and I have discussed the church has an opportunity in this season to be the hands and the feet of Jesus Christ but the way that we do that is by taking the resources that come into the house of God and distributing them in services throughout the city and the surrounding areas for the entire length of your ministry you have done that that's how we've reached the world but there's something important that I wanted you to visit with our audience today about when it comes to the tithe and the offering and the importance of it is when you tithe in obedience to the Lord he rebukes the Devourer yeah but when you read the book of Malachi it very clearly says when you don't tithe God does some very specific things what are those specific things when you don't tithe under the Lord let me let God take the offering to those of you who are listening god forbid that a preacher would try to tell you what to do but this is what God says will a man Rob God you have robbed me in what ways have we robbed you you have robbed me in the tithe and the offering you are cursed with a curse for even you have robbed me even this whole nation bring all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be food in my house the food that we're giving away is exactly what we're talking about and try me now set the Lord if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out on you such blessings that there will not be room enough to contain I will rebuke the Devourer for your sakes right now we need for God to rebuke the Devourer who's eating this nation and the world alive so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground shall the vine fall the fruit for you and your fields at the Lord and all nations shall call you blessed for you will be a delightful land set the Lord I like that verse and I will rebuke the Devourer for your sake that's God Almighty speak into this nation God demands to be first seek first the kingdom of God first fruits is God tithing is firstfruits when you give it to the Lord first I know that some of you who are watching this telecast have never heard the word this is a foreign concept to you because your pastor hasn't taught you that but when you start to honor God with the firstfruits of your income God says I will multiply that and you will live far better on 90% that's blessed than the 10% that you steal from me God says will a man Rob God people who don't tithe God has your mug shot up on the bulletin board and effort he's looking for you and he's not going to bless you not financially or not in any other capacity you're watching this telecast I want you to make a contribution to the Lord for our nation for your family God's blessing comes to those who are obedient to the Word of God we're getting ready to have a song and as this song is being played I want to remind you that there are several ways that you can participate in this offering one you can go to sa Cornerstone org backslash give you can also text to 108 8 0 2300 and that'll give you the opportunity to participate in this offering as well you can call eight five five six nine four nine six five three and one of our representatives is standing by or if you'd like the mailing address P o box 1400 San Antonio Texas seven eight two nine five is where you can mail in your gift today as pastor mentioned from the book of Malachi God's words that he will bless those who are obese but his judgment is upon those who do not take him at his word and give to the Lord what is due we want you to listen to this song the anchor holds and allow it to bless you as you participate in this opportunity to prosper and give unto the Lord [Music] me through the long dark ha opens [Music] by faith No I don't know [Music] and yet his eye watching me the ankle [Music] though the ship the egg whole though the sales at all I [Music] [Music] the raging sea but the anchor Oh inspired the stone [Music] I've had vision [Music] and dive [Music] I've even held in yeah but I never [Music] they would sleep right [Music] they were me [Music] but the end [Music] though the ship is pa [Music] the sales [Music] and that face the religion but that inspire [Music] now Oh and [Music] [Music] [Music] his mom me [Music] be a hose [Music] though the sales at all [Music] and not the raging sea but then anchor and smile [Music] the raging sea inspire I want to draw your attention to the book of Mark the fourth chapter beginning at the 35th verse as for just a few moments I discussed this topic am I going to make it here's the Bible account it says on the same day when evening had come he Jesus said to them let us cross over to the other side and now when they had left the multitude they took him along in the boat as he was and other little boats were also with him and a great wind storm arose and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling but he was in the stern asleep on a pillow and they awoke him and said teacher do you not care that we are perishing then he arose and he rebuked the wind and the sea and said peace be still and the wind ceased and there was a great calm but he said to them why are you so fearful and how is it that you have no faith and they feared exceedingly and said to one another who can this be that even the wind and the sea would obey Him this question am I going to make it is something that each and every individual is asking themselves all over this nation and in many places of the world there are several nations and states that are watching us right now and in your homes somewhere in your heart these words are echoing am I going to make it as my business gonna make it through this economic trial are my children gonna make it through this season of stress and strife is my marriage gonna make it as we walk through this storm together is our country going to make it and return to the times of prosperity and peace that we so look forward to you see as I read this text in the book of Mark I immediately consider what the disciples must have been thinking when the familiar becomes frightening why because they're professional fishermen a rabbi from Nazareth has come and asked them to do something that they've done thousands of times he's asked them to get in a boat and take him across the Sea of Galilee James John Peter they've spent more hours on the water than they have on the land how easy and how simple should this boat ride be for professional fishermen but on this particular occasion the familiar becomes frightening and when the familiar becomes frightening immediately everything that you once held to is in question we're in a similar situation in our world because the simple things have become frightening simply going to school is a frightening thing so the schools are empty coming to church and shaking hands with your brothers and sisters in Christ receiving hugs from your friends and loved ones are a frightening thing so the churches are empty the economy is rising and falling in such drastic ways nobody knows exactly what to do they're trying to support local businesses but they're also concerned about their future financial withstanding and so they're sitting here asking themselves am I going to make it and in the midst of this storm Peter he turns to James and James he turns to John and these men wonder if tonight the water that has supported their livelihood is going to become their watery grave when the familiar becomes frightening and everything is in question and you're wondering if you're going to make it you start to ask yourself this very real question does Jesus know and does Jesus care throughout this process I've been reaching out to church members and they question what is God doing they question how are we going to recover the questions are natural the questions are normal do not think that it's a fault in your life if you have a question but the good news is is that Christ has already answered the question for you Peter and James and John want to know does he care read the text in mark chapter 4 they turn and they find him sleeping in the back of the boat the disciples have fought this storm to the point they're physically exhausted the water from the lake is now getting into the boat and they turn to Jesus and Jesus isn't kneeling in the back of the boat saying his final prayers Jesus isn't flipping through his Bible looking at Psalms 91 and finding out how he can dwell in the secret place of the Most High he's looking in the back of the boat and there he is asleep now the disciples misinterpret his sleep because they think that it's a disconnect they see his slumber as him not caring about the situation and so they ask him teacher do you not care that we are perishing I want you to know that it's all together natural to want others to be just as upset about the circumstance as you are when things go wrong in our life we turn to our friends and if we cry we want them to cry and if we're angry we want them to be angry and if we're offended we want them to be offended but what do you do when you turn to Jesus and his response is not the same as yours when something is upsetting you and it's not upsetting him when something is moving you and it's not moving him when something is bothering you and it hasn't even begun to bother him don't misinterpret what he's doing Jesus was not disconnected from the lives of the disciples Jesus was not unconcerned about the situation the reason that Jesus could sleep in the storm is because Jesus was in total control of everything that was happening there wasn't one thing that the disciples were facing that Jesus could not stop in an instant listen to me God is not disconnected from this situation God is not unconcerned about his children God is not unaware of what we're going through God is in total control while this nation in this world are caught in the storm while the headlines are saturated with covet 19 while we watch our economy rise and fall well we're saturated daily in headlines of despair and doom while we're watching the world that we live in shaken to its knees do not think for a moment that Christ is not aware do not be fooled about the voices of the cynics and skeptics that say where is your God now he's not worried about this storm he's in control of this storm he's not concerned about the outcome he's the one who holds tomorrow he knows exactly what's going to happen in our future while these winds in these waves of turmoil seem to tear our world apart we need to understand that God is in control one of the things that I love about this account in mark chapter 4 is that Jesus Christ is asleep in the midst of the storm but when his children call upon him the Bible says then he arose it wasn't the weight of the water in the boat that woke him up it wasn't the sound of the wind as it ripped through the sails that made him move it wasn't the collapse of thundering of the flashes of lightning that disturbed him from his sleep but the second that one of his children called upon him teacher don't you care then he arose you need to know the thing that moves God is when you his son his daughter his child call upon him it's when you speak to him that he begins to move heaven and earth on your behalf God is not moved by your circumstance God is moved by your request throughout the Word of God you read that he's waiting for his children on this earth to call upon him pastor Hagee mentioned at second Chronicles 7:14 if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray then I will hear from heaven and I will heal their land God is waiting to hear from you he's waiting to hear from you father about your family he's waiting to hear from you mother about your children he's waiting to hear from you businessmen about your future finances he's waiting to hear from his children here on earth who will cry out to him because when we speak to God he then moves and he begins to silence the winds and the waves of the storm that we're facing he begins to move and stop everything that's destroying our peace he begins to move and open up the windows of heaven and pour out upon us blessings that you cannot contain God is not moved by the winds and the waves of your storm but he said call upon me and I will answer you and I'll show you great and mighty things that you know not look in the Word of God at those who called upon the Lord and see what God did Moses goes down to the Red Sea out of Egypt he calls upon the Lord and the waves roll back left and right 2 million walk through on dry ground and then God uses those waves to destroy Moses's enemies when you call upon God he'll move heaven and earth on your behalf Elijah called upon him and fire fell Daniel called upon him and Lyons slept Sampson called upon him and was given victory over his enemies Jesus called upon his father in heaven when he was here on the earth and the lame could leap and the death could hear and the dead could live again why because when you call upon the Lord you receive everything that you need I know what you're going through today you're asking yourself am I going to make it call upon the Lord and see what he has to say about it call upon him because he will not fail you call upon him because he is able call upon him and let God arise and his enemies be scattered but when you call call in faith and not fear there are a lot of people crying out to God today but they're crying out in the wrong voice they're crying out in fear like the disciples did in this storm think about the question that they asked him teacher don't you care that's a fearful question that type of voice has put faith in anxiety rather than putting faith in God Almighty don't you care when you ask God if he cares about you you're forfeiting everything that he's already giving to you don't you care don't you understand that it's in him we live in him we move and in him we have our being if God didn't care about you you wouldn't be breathing don't you understand that it was he who gave His only begotten Son that whosoever would believe in him would not perish but have everlasting life if God didn't care about you we wouldn't have salvation don't you understand that you wouldn't be where you are today if God didn't care about you he cares about you so much that he's given his angels charge over you he cares about you so much that he takes the time to number the hairs on your head he cares about you so much that you were created in His image the Bible says that he fearfully and he wonderfully made you he cares about you so much that he said in his word what you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven what you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven he cares about you to the point that he said I go to prepare a place for you that where I am there you may be also if you forget everything that you hear today remember this one thought God Almighty cares about you the disciples in fear he said God do you care then he arose and he said peace be still child of God I want you to call upon the Lord today but I don't want you to do it in fear I want you to do it in faith you see if you have faith in the midst of the storm if you truly understand who's sleeping in the back of your boat you wouldn't wake him up and ask him if he cares you would speak to the storm and say don't make me get Jesus you would be looking at the winds and the waves and you would say don't you know who's in this boat with me don't you know that he's the Alpha and he's the Omega don't make me wake up the one who holds the seven seas in the palm of his hands who weighs the mountains in a scale in the hills and a balance don't make me disturb the Word made flesh that has come to earth and his dwelling among us don't make me wake up the creator of heaven and earth who is the rock of ages' immovable when you're walking through a storm don't speak to Christ in fear speak to that storm in faith and say the one who is for me is greater than all those who are against me he's the bright in the Morning Star he's the Ancient of Days he is Emmanuel he's my Redeemer he's my all in all he's my el shaddai he's the Conqueror of death hell and the grave I am his and he is mine don't make me turn him loose because when he I'm victorious you see I believe what the Bible says I believe that our words have power and when you use your words in faith believing you fight the good fight of faith and you win the day but when you use your words in disparaging and demeaning ways all you do is build a mountain that's too big for you to move Jesus said faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain speak in faith today speak in faith today are you in a storm yes you are but don't worry about the winds and the waves speak in faith today about the master of the wind who's in the boat with you there's a storm in your business don't cry to Jesus if he's going to provide for you he's already provided for you look at that storm and say don't you know that I have the one who holds all things use the Word of God it is the Lord that gives me the power to get well speak that to your financial storm tell that storm that you've never seen the righteous forsaken nor God's seed begging bread tell that storm that many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers them out of them all are you in a storm of sickness today many are watching in hospitals today many are awaiting test results today speak to that storm declare I shall live and not die I shall declare the goodness of God in the land of the living declared to that storm today by His stripes I am healed are you full of fear and worry and anxiety speak to that storm today I'll keep them in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee speak to that storm today the Lord is my light and my salvation of whom shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid remember what Jesus said what you bind on earth I'll bind in heaven what you loose on earth Oh loose in heaven what would happen if every child of God on the face of the earth today were to say in the mighty name of Jesus that this virus is bound that this evil is bound that we have been given the name that is above every name and at the name of Jesus coronavirus must bow because he Jesus Christ has given us victory in all things you see Church when you call upon him call in faith and you can move heaven and earth but remember what he said you see Jesus when he woke up and he calmed the winds in the waves he chastised the disciples when it was over oftentimes we tell this story by showing Jesus wrapping his loving arms around the disciples but you cannot read the gospel account and see Jesus in that way he looks at the winds in the waves that they thought would kill him and he says peace be still and then he turns and he says how do you have no faith he looked at a boat full of fishermen and said amongst all of you there's not one measure of faith why because they're wondering if they're gonna make it and when you read mark chapter 4 and verse 35 he began the journey saying let us go to the other side before the storm even began God told them where they would arrive and he let them know I'll be with you every step of the way let us he didn't say go ahead of me and I'll catch up later he said I'm going into this boat with you I'm going forward to our destination right by your side if they would have simply remembered what he said they would have looked at that storm and said you don't have any idea what you're messing with God is on our side and everything's gonna be alright you may not have all the details of how you're gonna get through this storm but I assure you when you look in the pages of God's Word he's already told us our destination he said I go to prepare a place for you that where I am there you may be also he said I'll never leave you nor forsake you he said many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers them out of them all he said the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they're mighty for the pulling down of strongholds he said weeping may endure for the night but listen to this joy is coming in the morning he's told you Church where you're going to go before the journey even began therefore today remember what he said and declare in faith I'm going to make it I'm going to make it my business is going to make it my family is going to make it my marriage is going to make it my physical health is going to make it my finances are going to make it because God is on my side and I am more than a conqueror through Christ therefore no matter what the storm is because he's with me I'm going to make it I want to encourage you with a song and then pastor is going to come and administer the communion during this song I want you to go and get the elements for communion if you don't have them already get some bread get some juice get some wine be a part of what we're doing here because this is the day that we remember the sacrifice that Jesus made when he triumphantly walked into Jerusalem that he might become our Savior if you need encouragement today if you feel down today I want you to know there's a victory coming and I want you to let this song minister to you remember what Christ has done for us [Music] gonna pray these chains are found gonna learn to fire again may be hard but I'll do [Music] when I'm back on my feet again [Music] soon these tears all be tried soon these eyes will see the Sun might take time but I see when I'm back on my feet again when I'm back [Music] Oh crowd down the stage look at me they'll see that I'm strong gonna hear the children laugh gonna hear the voices sing won't be loved [Music] I'm back [Music] gonna be sweet light of heaven he's right on me once we did [Applause] [Music] back my feet again when a Mack [Music] [Music] and they'll see that strong [Music] and I'm not [Music] just [Music] cuz I'm learn to be strong [Music] my sis Oh [Music] do I see you when I'm back [Music] oh my on this Holy Communion we come before the throne of grace to celebrate something that Jesus Christ caved to the church the word communion is built around the word common you can see it instantly communion whatever your denomination this is what we have in common with all brothers and sisters in Christ regardless of what your denomination happens to be because Jesus Christ came to bring us together to be one in the faith there is no church denomination that receives favor in the Holy Communion there is one Lord one faith one baptism and we all partake of this Holy Communion I want you to share this with us as the Lord broken and he presented it to his body and to his disciples and they took it and as they're eating Jesus took the bread and he blessed it now it was a it was a loaf of bread that he had and he broke it and gave it to the disciples and said take it and eat it this is my body this is we do and then you took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying drink ye all of it for this is my blood of the new custom to new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sin but I say unto you I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I take it with you and my father's Kingdom can we take the cup there is coming a day and I think it's not far in the future when we stand around the throne of God at the marriage supper of the Lamb and all of God's children are going to take the holy communion with the King of Kings and the Lord of lords and the presence of God the Father under the anointing of the Holy Spirit ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands of us bowing before the holiness of Jesus Christ that day is coming may God hold us together in the unity of the faith as we persevere to the end may God bless each and every one of you let's pray father I thank you for this day I thank you for the word of God that has been preached from this pulpit today I thank you for the songs that have been sung I thank you for the people who have listened because their lives and their families have become now open to the blessings of God I pray for your blessings for our congregation for our friends and our families across the nations of the world let this day be a day of divine blessing let this day be a day when peace prevails over all sense of worry let us hear the voice of our Savior in the midst of the storm fear not it is I be not afraid may God bless the Word of God and may God bless the people of God amen amen [Music] cornerstone we look forward to seeing you very soon god be with you until we meet again you've been watching Hagy ministries [Music] come on sing it with us with my heart with my [Music]

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