God Has A Plan - Pastor Sean R. Moore

[Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] come on good morning FCC good morning family whatever you're logging in uh we welcome you to the online experience listen grab your wife grab your husband grab the kids get around the TV get around a laptop get around the iPad and let's go in we may have stopped joining here but Jesus is still joining you wherever you are so let's raise his name let's lift up the name of Jesus right where you are [Music] [Applause] [Music] we call your name [Music] we cannot explain that happens when we proclaim your great name you're crazy [Music] Hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] see you Oh [Music] Oh [Music] the name of Jesus power yeah oh Jesus so much power see there is so much let it rising there is oh we're not yeah [Music] that's good [Music] Oh Hastur you are don't bury oh Jesus let's shout the name of Jesus and we call on your name his name is above everything god we thank you for your name we know that no matter where you are able to make a way out of no way so we release ourselves to you no matter where we are God we lift our hands in worship in our living room in our bedrooms God because you are still as powerful as you are in a church house as you are in our homes have your way you are [Music] you are working in this police how worse [Music] we call [Music] we lived on cool [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you would [Music] never snow I can never stop you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] but it's home [Music] yeah [Music] more and more [Music] yeah [Music] Wow Oh yes the Lord is good [Music] yes [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] can deliver your heart your heart [Music] come on sing it one more time right where you are [Music] come on this is a declaration right where you are [Music] Father we thank you lord for who you are because everything on this earth may change but you are the one thing that remains the same now while everything else seems out of control we depend we worship and we lean on the one who always asks control so father we thank you Lord because what the devil meant for bad what the devil meant for evil what the devil meant to take us out God you were turning that thing you are turning that thing you are turning that thing no matter what it is we're going through you are turning it and it is working for our good so we give you the glory we give you the honor we're not going to wait until we see what's on the other side of this but we are choosing right now in this moment in this way to keep your name glory to get your name prize but you are the tits testing doctor you are thankful God so we now have anything to worry about but bust you which shot hallelujah [Music] we give you the Friday let's south walk you still I think user Gus we whoa come on you oughta be up right there and to the mouth right in front of that because neuter scream fired up it needs to be like fire not just in the sanctuary but in your house start a revival in your home right now [Music] hallelujah glory to God hallelujah he is the king of kings he is the Lord of lords he reigns supreme that is the God that we served he loves us so much he has thoughts of peace he has thoughts of love he has thoughts to give us an expected end we serve an awesome God and I know that you are lifting your hands in your homes and you are giving him the glory and the honor in the praise that he deserves it is so awesome to worship God and that we have the freedom even to worship Him online praise His Holy Name well good morning family my name is Stephanie and I just want to thank you so much for tuning in online for your church experience we are just so we're just experiencing the word of the the presence of God here in the house and we trust the same for you and your family and everyone that's worshiping with you we trust that you enjoy praise and worship and we know that the message that God has for us today it is going to be on time for you that it is going to help you it's going to encourage you for this week also for all of those who are joining us for the very first time we want to thank you so much on behalf of our pastors pastor Sean and Erica Moore and we would love the opportunity to connect with you so if you would just text the word guest to the number that's on your screen one of our team members would be happy to reach out to you and connect with you this week it would be our pleasure to do that bored at home well we can help instead of Spanish watching Netflix their tribe Inge watching past sermons on our website go to our main page and click recent sermons not as a church we are committed to giving intentionally regularly and sach eventually to the future of FCC so I just we have many ways to pick up your phone send a text to one of your brothers or your sisters in the in the church family and just say hi to um say good morning tell them that you're worshiping with them even though you may be in a different location so we're gonna have a wonderful time in service today and we just want to again thank you so much for tuning in live for your online weekend church experience bored at home well we can help instead of binge watching Netflix try binge watching past sermons on our website go to our main page and click recent sermons as a church we are committed to giving intentionally regularly and sacrificially to the future of FCC we have many ways for you to give and we thank you in advance for your generosity make sure to follow us on social media to stay connected online and share this Sunday online experience thank you so much for tuning in to our Sunday worship online experience [Music] jesus said in acts 20 and 35 it is more of a blessing for us to give than it is for us to receive here faith Christian Center we believe in giving intentionally given regularly and given sacrificially we believe should find out what the Bible says about giving and just do what God says we believe this you should also give regularly even though physically we're not meeting in our facility we are still impacting lives all across this nation and all across the world but also give sacrificially because our vision is not just impacting where we are it's also taking us somewhere and that is for us to be able to cross the street into the future that God has for faith Christian Center there are many different ways that you can give you can either text to give you can give online on our website or you can even mail your check in to our church we thank you so much for your generosity thank you so much for sowing into Faith Christian Center and we hope you enjoy the rest of service all right good morning Faith Christian Center listen I want you to know I wish that you were here but I know that you're at home you're tuning in and listen just because you're not present in the place doesn't mean God cannot meet you right where you are and man so this is church for us this is our new normal for right now until we find out differently and so I just want to give you just a few things that are that are key that are vital going forward into these next few weeks one is during the service be present you know I know that you're at home and it's easy when we're at home to just kind of get distracted with a lot of other things and so you know you can you can certainly wash the dishes while you watch the service but let's pretend like you're literally in church so I encourage you take a seat pull out your notepad pull out your pen pretend like God Himself is getting ready to have a one-on-one conversation with you right there in your living room your family room your car wherever it is that you are secondly we encourage you to comment in the feed that that is a way for you to be able to connect with the other people that are online with you at this time it also helps you to feel like you're a part of what's going on and not just necessarily watching a TV show thirdly we encourage you to share share like you know what what what you're experiencing tell the people about what's going on see right now you have an opportunity to invite other people to be your guest I invited in the tune in for the live stream etc etc so we encourage you to invite other people be it to your home and fight other people to watch the live stream broadcast we believe God's gonna use this moment to do something supernatural that's gonna touch people all across the world well I believe that you came ready but somewhere today if you came ready for some word type amen in the comments let's get ready to pray father in the name of Jesus we honor you we bless you we thank you for the opportunity to come boldly to your throne that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need and God as we come today we come in faith we come trusting and believing that both your grace and your mercy has been made available for us father we know that though we may not have all of our body here in this place God as they are where they are we just believe that there is no distance in the realm of the Spirit where two or three are drawn together as your followers in your name there you are in the midst of us so we believe that you have met us at our place of agreement and we agree today that we are faith Christian Center and we believe God that you are sure have already shown up in this place this atmosphere has been charged through praise and worship and God we thank you for invading our space throughout the remainder of the service make me like a fly on the wall - they let me speak with specifics and details that transcend my human comprehension but speak specifically into the hearts and lives of everyone that is listening to this message today and when it's all said and done I thank you in advance for every life that will be impacted and changed as a result of this experience today in Jesus mighty name and everybody in the agreement with this prayer either said or typed and man all right well listen we're gonna get started today over in Matthew chapter 24 and we're gonna read verses three through verse 14 I'm gonna read it to you from the Amplified Bible the classic Edition so you can follow along whichever translation you had it says while he was seated at the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately and said tell us when will this take place and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end the completion the consummation of the age jesus answered them be careful that no one misleads you deceiving you and leading you into error for many will come in and on the strength of my name appropriating the name which belongs to me saying that I am the Christ the Messiah and will lead many astray and you will hear of wars and rumors of wars see that you are not frightened or trouble for this must take place but the end is not yet for a nation will rise against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom and there will be famines and earthquakes and earthquakes in place after place all this is but the beginning the early pains of the birth pangs of the intolerable anguish then they will hand you over to suffer affliction and tribulation and put you to death and you will be hated by all nations from my name say and then many will be offended and repelled and will begin to distrust and desert him who they ought to trust and obey and will stumble and fall away and betray one another pursue one another with hatred and many false prophets will rise up and deceive and leave many into error and the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity but he who endures to the end will be saved and this good news of the kingdom the gospel will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will come so I'm in a minister to you today a message entitled God has a plan God has a plan now the Bible you've heard me say many many different times is three different things it is a history book it is an instruction manual and it is a book of prophecy these three things alone provide us with direction and provide us with instruction on how we ought to live our lives but the Bible as a book of prophecy can also provide a great deal of comfort and peace particularly when we are in a season or a time of crisis and I'm gonna tell you folks when I take a look at this prophetic book this prophetic book tells me based on the prophecies that I see in Scripture that the end is not yet so because the end is yot not yet but that means is that folks we are going to make it through this somebody say or type amen to that we are still in the dispensation of grace this is why I can't say enough why it's so important to not just be someone that just hears the word on Sunday but someone that studies the word all throughout the week because what you'll find is if the word won't just give you the the faith and the hope that you need to make it through this moment that you're in right now the word will also shine light on where God is taking humanity to the direction that the earth is going in so that you and your household can be prepared for what's going on so we are in a dispensation of grace how do you know that because Saint John chapter 3 verse 16 and 17 tells us for God so greatly loved and Billy prized the world that he even gave up his only begotten unique son so that whoever believes in trust then clings to and relies on him shall not perish come to destruction be lost but have eternal and everlasting life for God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge to reject to condemn or to pass sentence on the world but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through him so I need to say today that this pandemic is not God judging the world Amen because if it was God Himself will be working against the very purpose for him for jesus's death burial and resurrection he told us in Saint John chapter 3 that listen I so loved the world that I gave my only begotten Son and I didn't give my son to judge the world to condemn the world to pass sentence on the world I gave you my son so that you can find salvation and be made safe and sound in him that is the whole purpose for Jesus coming but what we are saying unfold before our eyes is the effects of sin being in the earth not so much this your sin or my sin or a group of people sin or a city sin but just sin in general because Genesis 822 tells us as long as the earth remains a while the earth remains seedtime and harvest shall not cease oftentimes what people see as judgment is more so humanity just reaping the harvest of us choosing cursing over blessing us choosing death over life but just because we are in a dispensation of grace does not mean that grace does away with the law of seedtime and harvest as long as the earth is here seedtime and harvest is still going to be in operation now this is what I thank God for what I think God for is that even though sin does abound grace does much more abound I need somebody to get excited about the grace of God in your life you've heard me say on many occasions that grace is what we don't deserve but we get anyway and God said even in the midst of an abundance of sin that is going on in the world today there is also an abundance of grace to help you and equip you for the times that we're living in today so I could say it this way there is an abundance of what we don't deserve standing between us and what we do deserve I need somebody to shout in your living room today whoa hallelujah say this let me say God has a plan say it again say God has a plan I want you to put it your spouse your child your mother-in-law your father-in-law your neighbor your coworker whoever is at your house put - your dog your cat your couch and tell them God has a plan so now even though this is not the end of the world what we are seeing is prophecy unfolding Jesus shares with us here in Matthew chapter 24 certain signposts that we can look for to help us identify the times that we're in and what he tells us in the passage is this is everything that he described this is the beginning of Sorrows the word Sorrows in the Greek is is is the words birth pain so Jesus was saying this is the beginning of the labor pains the birth pains of the earth now Jesus was not implying that the signs he mentioned in the passage are new signs for us to look for because I mean no pestilence and famine and nation rising up against nation and and and and government rising up against government something that's been happening for thousands of years amen but what Jesus is saying is that the closer we get to the end these signs like a woman in childbirth will increase in intensity now I want you to pay attention to three things that Jesus says in Matthew 24 because I believe this is a word for us what he tells us in the passage number 1 is even though the closer you get to the end you'll see an increase in famine and pestilence in in in in races or ethnic groups rising up against ethnic groups governments and kingdoms rising up against other governments and kingdoms even you're gonna see even though you're gonna see an increase of this don't be trouble don't be frightened and don't be alarmed and I really feel like that is a word for us today because so often times any time something happens that's a little bit different than what we expected what we planned people have a tendency to just let their faith go right out the door and Jesus is telling us I'm giving you inside information like he told the disciples in John 16 I'm telling you these things before they happen so that you won't be taken unawares so that you won't be taken by surprise by the things that are going on you can be comforted by the fact that if I saw it was gonna happen before it happened then I can take care of you when you are in the midst of hallelujah the second thing that Jesus told us is he who endures until the end shall be saved all right so this is not about how fast we get to our final destination this is about who has the endurance and the perseverance to make it through all the way into the end so the question is in 2022 will you still be here in 2025 will you still be holding on to your faith in 2027 after having been through tribulation and persecution and pestilence and famine and everything else will you still declare in your heart that Jesus is still the Lord of my life the third thing that Jesus says is that this gospel will be preached in all the world and then the end will come so in the midst of everything that is going on God has said the mission is still going to continue famine didn't go stop the gospel pestilence isn't gonna stop the gospel disease isn't gonna stop the gospel race Wars is not going to stop the gospel nations being an upheaval against other nations is not going to stop the gospel this gospel in the midst of everything going on in the earth is still going to get preached into all the world and then the end shall come and I just feel like we have a better chance now of fulfilling this and in any other time because everybody is forced to stay at home and now the church has been forced to shift everything that we do online where the world is so we don't have sports no new TV shows no busy schedules no school no restaurants no movie theaters some people don't even have work God has literally taken ministry put it into the hands of his people and said get my gospel to your friends to your family members to your neighbors to your co-workers because all of them are at home right now so God has literally taken something that was at the back of the line and with the snap of the finger has moved the gospel up to the front of the line so that all of us can reorganize and reprioritize our lives and now begin to focus on the things that are the most important instead of not having time for the things that we should have been making time for oh I'm preaching better than you type in a man out there today Gold me the second chronicles chapter 16 second chronicles chapter 16 we're going to look at verses 12 and 13 it says in the 39th year of his reign King ASA developed a serious foot disease yet even with the severity of his disease he did not seek the Lord's help but turned only to his physicians so he died in the 41st year of his reign now as I was studying preparing for today the Lord brought this this story back up in my heart and as I'm reading it I'm asking myself the question why did God put the details regarding ASE's life in the scripture I mean second second Timothy tells us that all Scripture has been given by inspiration of God and is profitable for reproof for correction for prefer doctrine for instruction and righteousness so Holy Spirit found it fit to make sure that these particular details regarding ace's life were included in here in second chronicles chapter 16 so I'm asking myself why put this story in the Bible in the 39th year of Asus reign he develops the seer yes disease foot disease and and and the physicians were able to keep him alive for two years but in the forty first year of his reign he dies and I feel like God put the deep this story in the Bible as a reminder to us of what happens when our trust is solely in man and not in God now I find it interesting that it doesn't say that ASA did not ask for the Lord's health what it says is that in the severity of his situation he didn't seek the Lord's health you know there's a difference between asking and seeking as a matter of fact it's a lot easier to just receive when you ask and then immediately it's given to you versus having to seek something so that you can until you discover it for example when you graduate from high school you get ready to go on to college the question and everybody is asking is whether you get ready to do next what did you go to make of your life and so you what you say is you know I'm getting ready to go to school to pursue a degree you don't go to college to ask for a degree you go to college to pursue a degree why because if getting a degree was all about just asking everybody would be a doctor everybody would have degrees all over the place but the reason why some people have them and some people don't is because some have pursued it while others heaven let me give you another example how many single ladies do we have and any single ladies in the house any single ladies tune in online if you single and you're happy and you know it type a man I'm you know ladies don't just want to be asked out on a date they want to be pursued right come on don't just date me pursue me but but not right now go in person just pursue me online hashtag social distancing I was thinking about this how many people's holding this game has gone to another level because of social distance hashtag holy by default something are you like I got the word I got the blue I got the name I got the word of God I got the Holy Ghost all you needed was a little bit of government regulation to take your life to the next level somebody say holy potty phone holy I'm holding on TV but some of you I want a serious number but some of you all you needed was a little bit of a break away from some unhealthy relationships to develop some immunity again some resolve some ability to resist what you were struggling to say notice this is how God takes something that feels and seems like an inconvenience and uses it and like a reset button to reset our lives and realign us again what we were supposed to be doing from beginning then to begin with hallelujah see seeking again as the differs between seeking and asking say that let me say there's a difference between seeking and asking say it again so there's the difference between seeking and asking pointing somebody in your house your couch your dog you can't tell them there is a difference between seeking and asking seeking requires a different kind of commitment than asking to us and I was just thinking about this how one of the reasons why sometimes we have not received the instruction and the direction that we desire from God is because we're asking about something that we need to be seeking him about and this is good this is good see in Matthew chapter 6 it doesn't say ask ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added on to you it says seek ye first the kingdom of God can you imagine if all the kingdom was about was about us just asking everybody would be enjoying the blessing of the kingdom everybody be walking in healing power everybody would be walking in a measure of the favor of God everybody would be prospering it unless coming in and bless going out and blessed in a city and blessed in the field everybody will be walking the level of blessing but the reason why some people are experiencing the kingdom on a certain level and others are not is because when some got done asking others kept seeking I'm ready to preach up in here today in Matthew chapter 7 look at this it says ask and it shall be given seek and you shall find knock and the door shall be opened well watch this before you ever start doing something physical like knocking you need to first of all go through the process of asking and seeking if you ask and it's not given then you need to seek it until you find it I'm gonna tell you many of you are very well informed on all the updates surrounding this pandemic but let me ask you a question because you stay regular when it comes to these news updates but are you staying regular when it comes to revelation about what's going on in the kingdom right now see we can easily fill ourselves with natural information and move discernment and spiritual inside to the back of our cars or what's driving us is what the news is reporting instead of what should be driving us is what the good news has to say about what's going on why because God already told us we were gonna experience moments like this so let's stop being troubled let's stop being frightened let's stop being alarmed we can be aware of what's going on but we refuse to be in fear about what's going on you've been asking Siri you've been asked in bixby you've been asking Alexa for pandemic updates but have you been asking Jesus for some Kingdom updates I promise you if you went to God and you look like God you ain't gonna believe this you got a minute give me a minute Lord you are not gonna believe this have you heard about this pandemic that's going on and I promise you the Lord would be like yeah you know I am the Lord I just I happen to stay on top of most of these things matter of fact I knew about it before you did and I promise you what you're never gonna hear God say is that he's worried or concerned about his ability to cover you and your family during this time is he a shepherd is he the one that leads us to the green pastures and beside the still waters is he the one that restores our soul for his namesake is he the one that causes us to walk through the valley of the shadow of death so that we fear no evil is he still on the throne does he still have a name that is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue shall confess if he's God keep him on the throne then Jesus asked Peter in Matthew chapter 16 he said who who does the public say that I am and Peter says Simon Peter he said well some say that you're John the Baptist some say that you're Elijah or Jeremiah or even one of the prophets and Jesus turned to Peter he said but who do you say that I am cuz this is what's important it's not about you just repeating what is trending and when everybody else else has to say online what's important is what you have to say who do you say that I am he said you are the Christ you are the son of the Living God and Jesus said blessed are You Simon bar Jonah for flesh and blood has not revealed this old to you but my father which is in heaven and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it and that just goes to show that sometimes what's being said publicly is not always what God is saying privately to us behind the scenes and that's why you got to keep your prayer life alive during this time so that the only thing you're hearing about is not what your TV or your following is telling you but you're also hearing what the Holy Spirit has to say I even feel like you know in Revelation the Lord kept making the statement he that has an ear to hear let them hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying on to you today and I just believe that that is what God is saying to his church right now if you have an ear to hear don't just take heed of what you're hearing take heed how you're hearing it I am filtering the news that is being reported through the good news that lives on the inside of my soul I am filtering what is being sin and what is being heard through God's ability to protect me and my family and my church and my city and boat and my nation and those that I love I'm hearing it through the filter of Scripture instead of making scripture submit to what the world has gone over well now that you know and have been reminded that God has a plan there are a few things that I want you to think about while you're at home this we're gonna give you some action steps number one extra step number one we need to accept for right now that this is our new reality we just need to accept it for right now you know when when when our world is turned upside down the way that it's been turned upside down over these last few weeks and watch this you don't have a choice as to whether or not you're gonna go through it or not all of us are required to go through it when something like this happens oftentimes there are certain emotions and feelings that rise up on the inside of us because of that and some of those feelings are some people are afraid some people are anxious some people are have feelings of an uncertainty some people are frustrated some people feel overwhelmed and listen some people are just flat-out mad they're just angry and watch this you don't have to deny how you feel you just can't stay parked there you have to decide that you are gonna move past the initial feelings that you had when this pandemic was released into the earth you got to decide that okay now that I've had some time to adjust now I'm gonna recommit to the things that I knew prior to going through this alright to give you an example of this Abram at a time he was able later on we know him of course was Abraham I made a decision to relocate to Egypt during the famine and and when you read the story in Genesis chapter 12 the Lord has said to Abram you know get me out of my country from my kindred from that father's house and go to a land that I'm going to show you and each other listen if you do this I'm gonna bless those that bless you I'm a curse those that curse you and in you we'll all families of the earth be blessed alright so that was the promise from God you read on later down in the chapter you'll find that April was literally in the Canaan land but because Abraham didn't want to accept his reality that in the place where God had made a promise I don't like the way the land looks right now so instead of just accepting the fact is God never said there was gonna be a famine in that land forever that was just his present reality in that given moment instead of just staying there toughening out and trusting that what God had promised he was going to perform Abraham instead decided to relocate him and his family down to eat well when he made that decision that decision set off a chain of events in his life in his family and also in Israel's history and I'm saying all that because sometimes people say you know desperate times call for desperate measures but I'm here to tell you today don't make any desperate decisions that you are going to regret when all of this passes now moments like this oftentimes people want to know what the experts have to say and I'm and I'm here to tell you today that you needed you need now more than ever to know what the expert of experts has to say about what's going on in our world today what does God saying to you right now see this is our reset this is a time for us to reset it almost feels like this is the beginning of a new year and this is the first challenge that's in front of us we got to decide we're gonna hold on to what we heard prior to this and we're also gonna decide that we are not going to become a casualty in the midst of everything that's going on but we are going to overcome because we believe that we're safe so what is God saying to you about your family what is God singing to you about your marriage what is God saying to you right now about your purpose about your home about your kids what is God saying to you about your career what is he saying to you about your money what is he saying to you about your church what is God saying to you about this nation and and sometimes situations like this slow life down enough so that we can take a good hard look at the things that we didn't have time to deal with in the past I truly believe with all in my heart that God is seeding vision into the hearts and lives of his people in this season so you don't get pregnant in public you get pregnant in private and now that we are in the privacy of our home our own homes more than any other time before I believe that God wants to see some vision on the inside of you and use the pressure of the times the birth pangs of the time to push forth a baby in this season that you didn't even know you were pregnant with who somebody say amen to that come on somebody type amen to that somebody say come on Jesus in the field action step number two decide what kind of person you're going to be going through this come on Eid you to turn to somebody or tell yourself if nobody else is in the room I need to decide what kind of person I'm going to be as I go through this look at Matthew chapter 12 verse 33 it says either make the tree good and it's fruit good or else make the tree corrupt and it's fruit corrupt what the tree is known by its fruit so long before the fruit is produced you first of all have got to decide what type of tree you're going to be because who you are will determine how you go through this and I just need to make a PSA a public service announcement four weeks ago you were God's God's man and woman of mighty faith and power four weeks ago us you was leaning over the edge of Hell and spitting in the devil's eye four weeks ago you were in spiritual warfare fighting the enemy and pushing back the works of darkness and now you just concerned so what happened to the mighty man and woman of faith and power why is it that you only believe when everything in your life is going the way that you expect but when a pandemic hits the earth now you're concerned you need to decide who you are gonna be while you go through this because what you can't be is a different kind of person I mean you can but it's not gonna be good because II James chapter 1 tells us that a double-minded man or woman is unstable in all of their ways and everything that they think they feel and they decide so if you're God's mighty man and woman of faith empower on Sunday and then you're a concerned citizen on Monday and then you turn your faith back on on Tuesday and then you're concerned again on Wednesday and then all of a sudden you turn your faith back on on Thursday and then you're concerned again on Friday and then all of a sudden your faith back on on Saturday and you barely make it to Sunday you're gonna be unstable in all of your ways and you're gonna put your soul through things that it doesn't have to go through in this season let's look at actions step number three you get something out of this today if you gets honest type a man same an action step number three put a plan in place alright so don't try to make plans for what you can't control make plans for what you can control all right we know we're gonna be at home the kids gonna be at home we're working from home listen my kids been home this last week living the best life ever it just unlimited video games unlimited TV yeah live it my best life ever ain't got no homework ain't got no home I mean they live in the trees but their mother and I are making a plan have been shown I say in Hana I dare you to say man today all right so the kids are at home we're working for home maybe for some of you business that slow down for you a little bit and what I'm encouraging you to do is to start planning don't panic think pray plan think pray plan say that with me think pray plan say it again think pray plan that's getting good to me now think pray plan say it again now think pray plan are you feeling me think pray play hey hey think pray plan say it one more time see pray plan now in Luke chapter 16 there's a there's a story over there yeah I think we'll really encourage you you all remember the story in Luke 16 of the unjust steward and so he found out that he was going to be put out of his stewardship and so he began to develop a plan about what he was going to do now that his source of income was getting ready to be cut off and so when he first of all did was he began to be real and honest with himself about what he was not going to do and about what he could not do physically so he made this thing mean he said when I what I can't do is I can't dig sorry I can't I can't be laboring you know on jobs that require me to be digging so maybe there was something going on with him physically that didn't allow him to do that the second thing he said is that what I am NOT going to do is I'm not gonna beg anybody I'm not gonna beg because I would be ashamed to do that so in identifying what he couldn't do and what he wouldn't do he found out that what he was going to do and what he was going to do was he was going to go to all of the people that old his master some money and begin to shave down what they owed him so that he could be received when he was put out of his stewardship into favorable habitations all right and so I heard people say you know a moments like this well you know I'm out of money I don't have anything and it's amazing to me how we say all the time about how God is is is upon the throne of our lives but then when when aren't when our money is funny when the money in there like we expected to be there all of a sudden people make statements like I don't have anything but that's not true because sometimes when you're low on one thing sometimes what you'll find is that you'll have an abundance of something else so you know the balance in your checking account but was the last time you check the balance in your favor account okay because sometimes in a season of famine you may not see an abundance of finance but you might see an abundance of favor and I will tell you one day a favor is worth a thousand days of labor favor will get you into some places that money cannot you'll be looking at what you have and be like God what can you do with this and God is like let me show you what I can do where my favor starts working on your life I don't have the money to buy toilet paper but all of a sudden favor brings toilet paper into your life all right you're low on finances but what about your creativity what about any what about your ideas man don't disqualify yourself as having the ability to make it through these terms just because you don't have some dollars and cents in your pocket right now there is more to you than that you are much more than just a piece of paper in your hand you got the God of the universe living only inside of you let's start walking like his soul talking like it's so acting like it's so and believing that he can take care of us say this with me say all I have is all I need I will be honest I'm when this first hit I you know it's so important that you have the right self-talk and when all this hit and I start thinking about you know fighting over toilet paper and you know and and and paper towel and you know and hand sanitizer I'm like look we fighting over that we really about to get into it at Walmart because you tried to take a toilet paper out of my basket the devil is alive listen not Shawn Ramone Morrie and then ain't gonna be me and you can't take from me I'll just show the toilet paper in the old Lord I receive right hey or harvest I told the pan oh come on receive the harvest of Tola being right now but I'm gonna tell you when this first hit I started to think about just the different stories in the Bible about times when God took care of individuals in the midst of what was going on in the nation man just this past week I was I went to do my workout on Tuesday and what I was what I had planned to do was I had planned to leave my workout and I got this little spot that I go to can tell you what it is because all I'm saying y'all will be there I got this little spot that I go to to pray to pray and spend some time with Jesus all right and so I pulled up into my spot getting ready to open my Bible getting ready to to spend some time with God and the Holy Spirit said to me go to Costco now at that point we were running long on paper time and there were a few other things that we need it and God knows I don't want to be at the store when it's in the friend zone right I'm not interested in I have no interest in that whatsoever Lord you could take care of me you tell me when I need to go and I go I show up at Costco and and Costco one scheduled to open up until 10 a.m. but all of a sudden their doors were open at nine o'clock and they had opened their doors early in order to event avoid the frenzy act in the clock so I was one of those individuals there at nine o'clock winning Costco got everything that we needed watch this because God doesn't just take care of groups of people God knows how to take care of you individually action step number four this is the last one commit to pray for to commit to pray through this until we break through this this is important Matthew chapter 9 verses 36 to 38 commit to pray through this until we break through this matthew 9:36 to 38 it says but when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion for them because they were weary and scattered like sheep having no Shepherd then he said to his disciples so he didn't speak this to the masses he spoke this his disciples and he disciples in here and watching online if you're a disciple say man then he said to his disciples the harvest truly is plenteous are few therefore pray the lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest to support laborers into his harvest alright so what we see in this passage is we have to decide in moments like this that we are going to be the disciples and not just the harvest because see in the midst of what was going on Jesus saw the harvest was struggling so he didn't speak to somebody that was struggling to go in to the environments where people were struggling he spoke to the disciples the people that had a connection with him the people that had a relationship with him the people that were hearing from him on a regular basis and he said I want you two to pray to the Lord of the harvest that people like you disciples like you will be sent out into the harvest where the people are and I pray that our hearts in this season will break for what breaks is my prayer is is during this time we will not become so inward focused then all of a sudden all our all our focus and our attention is on God protect me God take care of makeup they'll take care of my family I can't be taken care of nobody else I can't be given nothing to nobody else right now I can't be sowing into the kingdom I can't be taking care of the church or giving my offerings I need to look out from I need to take care of me right now and my prayer in this season is that you will not become so inward focus that you decide you are going to stop being a sower in this season now and listen to me I'm not just talking about giving your offerings I'm talking about sowing your life sowing your time sowing your seed being at the grocery store and saying let me buy that for you let me be a blessing on to you my wife the other day she was at the grocery store and she was in line at Target and and she said she said she told me came home and she's like babe away like you know three I think we was like $75 were for gift cards you know first initially your responses but she but then she was like I was in line and I felt God say to me to go so these gift cards into another couple that was standing there in line and she said when she did they broke out into tears I'm you know God still needs hands and feet that are available that are not so inward focus that their only concern about what's going on in there in their world and are not concerned about what's happening in the world around us people need our prayers now more than any other time before because even though this pandemic may not have touched your house if we believe in Jesus name it never will there are people in this world who it has affected and we need to be in prayer because we don't wrestle against flesh and blood folks we wrestle against principalities against powers against spiritual wickedness against the rulers of the darkness of this world and let's not forget in this season that the thief cometh not but for to kill to steal and to destroy it ain't changed so our prayers are needed now more than ever because God told us be sober be vigilant because the adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour and what's this let's not stop at him just not devouring us let's have the attitude that God used me and use my prayer life to cover other people those related to me and those so I want to do this I want to I want to take a moment and I want to I want to spend just a few seconds a few minutes here just in prayer amen so right where you are if you will just just just pray with us today let's let's cover a people and let's cover those that are going through this moment follow me we thank you and we give you praise and we give you glory for your word and for your spirit God thank you for not leaving us alone in this life thank you for being with us everywhere that we go guiding our steps guiding at guiding our lives guiding the decisions that we are making we thank you so much God for being with us and we thank you that you'll never leave us like orphans you will never forsake us you're the God that sticks closer than a brother and God I pray that right now not only will we declare with our mouths that we trust you but we'll live our lives like we really do trust you with our well being and with our families and God we pray for those that are experiencing anxiety and fear right now we come against that anxiety we come against that fear and we declare that God has not given you a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind I pray that if you lost your faith that your faith is restored that it comes back to you now in this season that you begin to trust again like you used to at one time or if you never have that you'll begin to trust that God can take care of you and your family in this season but God we're also asking right now to not just take care of us but we're praying for everybody that's been affected by this pandemic we pray for healing power to be released not only here in Arizona but all across this nation and in other parts of the world we pray for miracles signs and wonders to confirm the word with signs following we declare that regardless as to what other people have said regardless is what the physicians have reported we choose today to believe the report of the Lord God work a miracle work of healing let there be testimonies that come out of this time because we chose not to just be focused on us but to make sure that we were releasing our prayers across the airwaves all around the world and you told us God if we will humble ourselves and pray and seek your face and turn from our wicked ways then would you forgive our sins we would hear from heaven and you would heal our land well God our lamb is in need of healing right now and we just declare in the name of Jesus that the will of God be done that healing be released all around this world today and we declare that the weak are becoming strong we declare those that our feeble are becoming strong those that have been sick that healing right now is manifesting in their bodies we thank you Father for the work that you are doing in people's lives today and God as we've talked about over these last few weeks God we are not just believing to get through this we're asking for vision beyond this show us what is on the other side of this so that we can begin to prepare ourselves for what's coming we believe in the name of Jesus that you still sit on the throne and you still have a name that is above every name and that at your name every knee will bow and every tongue will confess than you our Lord we give you praise in Jesus name right where you are today God has a plan for you we've communicated that today but God's plan for you if you've never received Jesus Christ as Lord of your life starts with st. John chapter 3 verse 16 for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in him would not perish but have everlasting life there's not a better time than right now for you to know Christ for him to be the one leading and guiding your life and the decisions that you're making so if you're in here today or if you're watching us online and you don't know the Lord you've never received him into your heart and into your life I'm here to tell you today you're not gonna find salvation in any other place but in the name of Jesus now you might say well pastor but you don't know what I've done and you don't know all the mistakes that I've made and all the decisions that I made that have put me in the position that I'm in today but listen the good for you is that salvation is now something that you earn salvation is something that's been freely given to you by Jesus Christ and he has made himself really available to you and all you've got to do is believe in your heart that G is that God is raised from the dead and it's acknowledge the fact that you want him to be the lord of your life if that's you today wherever you are whether you're here in Arizona God I believe I cannot find salvation in any other name but in the name of Jesus Jesus come into my heart Jesus come into my life save me today save me from sin save me from all the trouble that's happening in this world and I receive your love I receive your forgiveness by faith today I believe you've got me covered in Jesus name God I pray for those who have prayed this prayer I also pray for those of you that maybe have drifted away from God and then this pandemic going on in the world has reminded you that man I need to be in his hands I need to be in the place of grace if you're in if you're watching online and you say you know what I need to recommit rededicate my life then make a decision today that you're coming back home believe on the Lord Jesus again and ask him to forgive you of the things that has not destroyed the relationship but maybe broke the fellowship and took your confidence today make the decision to recommit your life to him god I'd give my life back to you it again forgive me of this forgive me of that whatever it was cleanse me from all unrighteousness I receive your love today now I couldn't help but think so many people now are making decisions about you know what church is gonna be the church that they go to they're in this time and they're in this season and you know what we hope and we would believe that maybe this place is a safe haven for you a place where you and your family can count on having an encounter and an experience with God getting a timely word that you're gonna need in this season if you're interested in becoming a part of our our church family becoming a part of our tribe listen we would love to have you even if right now is just connecting with us online as you begin to comment in the feed and things in the net you'll find that some of our members as they're in the feed - they'll begin to wrap their comments around you and show you the love that you would experience if you were here in the sanctuary we would love to have you right here at Faith Christian Center so god I pray for everyone that has made a decision in one of these areas and I just pray the eyes and their understanding be enlightened that they will know what is the hope of their calling that we have literally returned to the church to return to the days of the early church when they met from house to house god I'm just thank you so much for the grace on people's lives to be able to grow and and spiritually like they never have before in this season we believe God that you are able to touch people wherever they are and we give you praise and we give you the word for the work you're doing in their heart and in their life in Jesus mighty name amen and amen well listen we celebrate the decision that you made today to give your heart and your life to Jesus Christ we believe your life will never be the same as a result of making this decision today if you would do us a favor we would love to connect with you so if you gave your heart to Christ or rededicated your life you're interested in in membership you've got questions about the church I just ask that you uh text connect to the number that is in the comments on the screen and then someone from our team is going to connect what you follow up with you to answer whatever questions and you might have congratulations on making an eternal decision we believe your life will never be the same as a result as we get ready to kind of close out our last thing today I just want to encourage you to stay connected throughout the week there are going to be sermons and updates and things that were rolling out through the course of the week you know for every week that goes by we're going to just try to find ways that we can get better and better and serving you and your family out of out of the privacy of your own home and we are committed to doing that as a church we we encourage you guys to also connect with each other reach out to one another I love the fact that you guys continue to meet with your small groups over this past week even if you couldn't do it physically you still did it virtually and those are the things that help us to keep our sense of community that's important to me what's important to me is it's not just that we have Sunday service what's important to me is that we maintain the sense of community that we have had over the years here at Faith Christian Center in and so some of the things that you can do is like us on facebook follow us on Instagram subscribe to our YouTube page a lot of the new news and updates it's gonna get rolled out it's gonna get rolled out one of those different ways and so make sure that you do that because again you're gonna get a chance to meet him and some of our members not just me and has to Erica you get a chance to meet some of our members and some of our tribe that is online and is commenting in the field we also ask that you uh share this experience with others be it you inviting people over to your house you know stand within that number that you need to stay in whatever makes you comfortable you fight your neighbors you know maybe some of your coworkers people right now they need a church they need a place where they can get pulled where their faith can be stirred up and even if you can't don't want it and fight anyone over to your house or no one left to come over to your house and again send them the live stream link you know so that they can watch it themselves we believe God's gonna do a mighty work on the inside of them all I can say is that when the time comes for us to be back together again you better watch out because we gonna take like never leave up yeah I don't hear me up there I can't wait for it that's Eric and I want you to know how much we love you the FCC staff volunteers their family we want you to know how much we love you you're in our prayers again we look forward to all that God has for you at 12 noon the youth they've got their service coming up online so you don't want to miss that if you're a a youth thing if I sound so whole Liberia youth if you're a young person you know but you understand what I'm saying if you're between the ages 12-18 we encourage you to tune in to their service we believe it's going to be a great blessing to you alright so we are signing off we love you we look forward to seeing you next week god bless you [Music] you

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