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celebration that's happening in heaven right now all of heaven is rejoicing and lord as we enter into this sacred and holy place we know that there is a war raging right now in the heavenlies a war for our souls for the souls of our loved ones for the souls of this generation but in this church we are making a stand we are rejecting the lies of the devil we are rejecting the mandates of demons and we are saying yes to the king of glory yes to his promises greater is he that is in us than is he that is in the world amen is that true is that true can i get an amen hallelujah so father we thank you for the sacred and holy time lord we thank you for how you have gathered your saints together and how you are doing what you do best you do miracles and we praise you jesus we praise you living god we thank you for opening our hearts to receive all that heaven has for us and we give you all the glory we give you all the praise for you are worthy and worthy to be praised hallelujah thank you jesus [Music] lamentation says through the lord's mercies we are not consumed because his compassions fail not they are new every morning great is your faithfulness we thank you lord for the grace lord we thank you for the renewing we thank you god for this morning god not just another sunday lord but a new sunday to be able to receive revelation father to be able to come here with expectation to receive healing god to receive the word that you've got for every single one of us we thank you lord for the undeserving god the the undeserving sacrifice you made lord in an effort for us to be united lord for us to be washed by the pure blood god for our sin to be washed away we pray god that the anointing come down over the message that be spoken today that we be edified god that everybody that comes through the door receive the touch they're looking for god receive the healing of their soul receive the healing in their body god we speak it over the service in jesus name [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and that's your name but the mountain shaking combo and that's your name [Music] and that's your name angels will bounce the earth will rejoice [Music] yahweh [Music] that's your name [Music] and that's your name [Music] creation sings your story [Music] the earth will rejoice in your people [Music] is [Music] fill it [Music] oh [Music] praise you there's lord like our god we will see we will sing there is no one like your god we will praise you praise you there's no way [Music] [Music] we will [Music] we will [Music] oh [Music] shall your name share your name [Music] [Music] we love your name [Music] open your mouth and sing as praises this morning [Music] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we share your name is [Music] [Music] is [Music] i am [Music] we thank you that you make our old things new again we thank you jesus that you give us a new life you give us new love be glorified [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you is [Music] on [Music] [Music] impossible [Music] we let our light shine [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Applause] [Music] is [Music] um [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and the faithfulness of our lord in christ jesus in this place can we just erupt in praise can we interrupt in prayer unto our king can we erupt in so whatever it may look like to you but this morning to remember the goodness and the faithfulness of our god if you have a testimony of what he's done in your heart and what he's done in your life just begin just to declare it just begin to remember of his goodness in your life jesus we come this morning to remember of your goodness to remember of your best love even as success all through our songs from you he says i david the steadfast love of my god i remember his faithfulness and unto the break of god i will give praise unto the king of glory give praise unto our god from the from the moment until the dawn breaks i will give praise i will give praise unto my god this morning can we choose in our hearts and our minds to give praise to our king to our king of glory jesus we love you this morning we give you praise this morning we give you honor this morning we give you glory because we have seen your faithfulness and your goodness upon our lives [Applause] [Music] is we give you glory we give you the glory we give you [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] faith can move [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] love is [Music] is [Music] it's too often it's too often that we hear that a situation is too far gone it's too often that we hear grown men saying that they can't change this or they can't change that or that addiction will always be there but today right now for every single need we believe that that need has met its match in the blood of jesus in the power of the cross and if it's not for you then bring to remembrance those relatives are those people that think they're too far gone i think that they can't make it we're gonna we're gonna keep singing this i just feel they're so strongly this morning to even intercede on behalf that there's power in the blood there is power in the cross to save any soul to heal any sickness to deliver out of any bondage any darkness any demon any stronghold there's power in the blur there's power in the cross [Music] for the city the power [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] blood of jesus [Music] over the city [Music] oh there is no chain this blood can break there's nothing strong in the blood oh there is no chain this blood can't break [Music] and there is no chain this blood can break we believe there is no chain this blood can't break [Music] and there is no change [Music] [Applause] there is no change there is no change [Music] [Applause] 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heavens all the earth [Music] bow before you jesus they bow before [Music] there's no one like you jesus [Music] [Music] my [Music] my [Music] you were the worthy worthy worthy jesus [Music] we bow before you jesus lord of lords king of kings [Music] we declare there is no one like you there is no one like you jesus [Music] bah [Music] oh jesus [Music] [Music] there's been a cry out to the king of glory [Music] we magnify your name we lift you high there is no one like you jesus [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Laughter] [Music] oh [Music] lord jesus jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] god's presence is in this place amen hallelujah we worship you jesus we worship you jesus we give you all the glory thank you jesus that we can come before you thank you jesus that we can come boldly before your throne thank you jesus that there is power in your name [Music] every sickness by your name goes away in jesus name father every breakthrough that we need this morning lord every family that needs restoration lord every need in this place lord we want to come surrender before your throne lord jesus believing and expecting for you to come true lord in jesus name we pray and we believe we want to give you all the glory jesus yes all the praise this morning [Music] thank you jesus thank you lord hallelujah [Music] wow what an amazing time to be in god's presence amen god is good yes let's make some noise hallelujah god is good god is good thank you jesus please take a moment to say hi to somebody give somebody a hug we want to welcome you this morning online viewers thank you for choosing to be with us thank you welcome to church of truth it's good to have you guys this morning here do we have any first timers in the in the house somebody over there i see alex's family here with us welcome we're blessed to have alex in our church all right let's continue to worship amen you know every single one of us we inherit different personalities aspect of personalities from our parents grandparents right and i looked at my father throughout the years and i've seen that uh one of his uh um good character you know he was a giver he was uh a cheerful giver you know every time he had a situation every time he saw a need he didn't have to think twice and i've seen how god blessed him throughout the years opening doors for him just blessing in in so many ways and i really believe that he he gave with all his heart and he he wanted to be a blessing for the people and um i want you guys to i want to remind you that when we became born again when we surrender our lives to jesus we uh inherit his nature amen and what does god do he gives right he gave his only son so that we can be saved jesus you know in everything that he did in his ministry he was reaching out to people he was a blessing for the people amen he's our savior but he he blessed so many people and he encouraged us as christians as his children to be a blessing for each other amen is we're going to have offering this morning i just want to remind you be a blessing be a blessing for this church be a blessing for your family be a blessing for the people around you amen can we all stand and have ushers come forward father we come before you lord and i pray this morning that your holy spirit is going to work in our hearts in our lives lord that we would understand and we would step father in your nature in being a blessing for each other and giving and helping father one another and reaching out to this world lord i pray that you're gonna touch every single one in this place every need lord i pray that you're gonna continue father to speak to us i pray that you're gonna continue to put your anointing upon us this morning lord we just want to surrender to you lord and we just want to glorify your name in jesus name we pray amen hallelujah how many of you feel it sense it believe it that the presence of god is in this place you know some sometimes you don't have to convince someone it's just here amen and i i would love all of us to stay alert what he's going to be speaking to us not just okay worship's over now we can do whatever no just stay alert because the presence of god it's it's real he's faithful where there's two or three gathered in his name he's there and listen he knows all your needs jesus knows all your needs before you even speak it but when you come into his presence how many times we see in the new testament when jesus shows up he's always asked are you willing and jesus yes i am willing and sometimes jesus would say do you want it to be healed so be be aware what jesus wants to speak to you amen okay well i want to announce a couple you know in our in our church we celebrate engagements we celebrate marriage we celebrate family amen that's that's one of the things that that the family has on this earth to represent god amen so can we welcome bright to be anna i don't know if i will pronounce her last name right herta anna where are you please sorry anna oh there she is okay and the young man that fell in love with her jared where are you come on we are multicultural family here so we see romanians get to married russians russians get to married hispanics this is multicultural family so we will celebrate amen amen we're so happy for you guys we're so happy that you guys chose to build your family on the right foundation amen church are you ready to bless them can we all rise father god we're so thankful that you are here in this place we're so thankful that you are uniting those two people together and we believe that you will provide everything for them while they're preparing for the wedding we pray that you will have your provision over their life in jesus name we pray for your protection for your prosperity and for your blessing in jesus name every everybody said amen amen we also have with us a missionary from ukraine that left america went to ukraine and start um kids ministry there he's among us slavic can you please come share what you have on your heart really quick oh thank you god is good uh we were here i think last year and just this summer we were able to reach 3 000 children they're being baptized in the holy spirit they're getting baptized in water they're receiving training they're becoming missionaries they're serving it's such a privilege to serve it's such an honor uh we're here with my family we're expecting another child so we're four months pregnant keep us in your praise god bless you guys uh thank you amen here's the thing when we when we have people like this that literally leave everything and went on the mission especially this is for business people just come up and bless him okay if you own a business come up and bless this man of god amen and let him continue to do what he's called to do amen and we also have a bishop all the way from russia vitaly khrushchev can we please welcome here he's going to share a couple minutes before the main message is i serve in almost 800 000 square kilometers germany is 350 000 square kilometers anglia england it's 130 000 square kilometers we have many churches entrusted me with two churches uh 600 kilometers apart if you take the area on the south on the north is bronzk the city on the south the city and the biggest source of fresh water we on the south the church is only six years old and in this time we've organized in our region 17 rehab centers we do a good work there who are on the bottom of their and people are devoting their lives to minister to people like this we do a huge social work we visit orphanages homes for children that were rejected and over the last eight years god unites us with prophets and people who have been telling us one and the same thing they don't know one another and they don't know us bringing us into the social area and with all the spiritual work that's happening at the same time [Music] i'm so happy to greet you church [Applause] thank you so much could we stand together this morning before we continue um just having my heart before we get into the message if we could just begin to pray uh we have some needs but before we even pray for the needs i wanted us to just take just to take some time and begin to pray in the spirit um incredible what god's presence and what the holy spirit has begun to do during worship i felt that we could just continue to worship and pray but before we hear the message and whatever god's put on my heart to share i want us just to begin to pray and there are so many needs right now that we have and so many things that we need to pray for but there is so much power when we just pray in the spirit when the spirit of god through us begins to intercede and we don't just pray with our thinking in the in the things that we know that we need or or asking god to fulfill but we just begin to cry out in this by the spirit and that spirit that spiritual prayer is not just praying in tongues it's also just allowing the holy spirit to pray through us often in words there's things that we want to pray for but when we begin to pray in the spirit there are things the spirit of god begins to pray through us and so right now i just want us to pray in the spirit just begin you know before i even start praying for the needs that we have we have people that are in the hospital right now that are sick that are on life support that are in the icu there's people that are going through really difficult seasons right now but we're just going to be beginning to pray in the spirit and believe for the spirit of god to raise us up to strengthen us to pray through us to pray pray for those people in jesus name are you ready come on let's begin to pray father god we thank you we thank you lord we thank you lord quran we worship you god right now we set our eyes on you jesus we thank you for your your presence in this place we thank you for your faithfulness god we think that you called your house a house of prayer the only way it's a house of prayer is if we fill it with prayer and right now lord we open up our mouth we open up our heart we and we lift our voice right now we begin to pray right now we fill this house with prayer in jesus mighty name holy spirit holy spirit lead us right now fill us as we are praying in jesus mighty name we thank you holy spirit for your presence here we thank you holy spirit for your infilling when we begin to open up our mouth foreign we are in need of you lord we are in need of you we need your presence in our life we need your leading holy spirit we thank you that without you we cannot do anything we are dependent upon you as a church right now we raised our voice in prayer the holy spirit you would fill this place you would fill every person those watching us online the families that are in need right now holy spirit that you would touch touch every person touch us in jesus name some of us maybe are not aware of what we need but holy spirit we are always in need of you and we pray that you would feel feel feel and feel every single person here in jesus mighty name that your life-giving spirit would fill every person that your life-giving spirit would fill every body that your life-giving spirit right now would would would strengthen each person right now in jesus mighty name that living water would renew refresh and strengthen every individual here in jesus mighty name father right now we stand in the gap for every family every marriage in jesus mighty name we thank you so much god the devil wants divorce the devil wants division but we pray right now for marriages to be strengthened for families to be made whole we declare the blood of jesus over every household over every husband over every wife every father every mother every child every elder in jesus mighty name we declare the blood of jesus we declare your protection we declare unity we declare understanding and peace love and joy to fill every household in jesus mighty name baba we intercede right now for vital vitality zakat who's in the hospital sick right now his lungs are not doing well his respiratory areas are being attacked and we pray healing over him right now in jesus mighty name strengthen his immune system strengthen his lungs strengthen his body holy spirit touch him right now back up we press forward in prayer right now right foreign we pray for her in jesus money name that she would strengthen her body that you would heal her god that she would begin to breathe on her own that every organ in her body would function the way you created it we declare healing power over her right now as they do tests as they check her we pray she would begin to pass the test that they would say that they would take her off the ventilator they should begin to breathe on her own we bless her right now in jesus mighty name holy spirit toucher holy spirit raised her body up right now we pray come on open up your mouth press in right now in jesus name [Applause] remastered our prayer has power in this moment when the church begins to pray hell begins to shake when the church begins to pray things begin to happen in the spiritual world come on begin to pray right now we thank you for the authority that you've given us we thank you that we can bind and loose we thank you god so much that we pray on all occasions that we god will fill this house with prayer god we thank you so much that you're interceding through us right now romo rambam [Applause] foreign [Music] we thank you lord so much we thank you so much holy spirit for what you're doing every single need that we've prayed for are those that we haven't addressed the needs that people have here needs that are being written to us online we we ask that you would meet lord every need we thank you god that you are a living god the only living god you hear you hear your children's prayers and you're able to answer them and we thank you so much we trust in you we don't trust we don't trust in our owners on our own understanding we don't trust in how we think it should be we trust in you we trust in your word and we thank you for what you're doing god that we have we have given our lives over to you that means you're in control you are in control of our life nothing and no one can take us from your hand and so god no matter how big the need is no matter how big the the the urgency is god we trust in you we just pray for your peace your supernatural peace over every person right now in need every person right now in the worry every person right now that might be stressing out for any reason we thank you for your supernatural peace we thank you so much lord for us trusting you putting our faith in you we thank you so much lord for keeping us whole we thank you so much lord for your joy in our in our life your righteousness in our life we thank you for what you've done every promise in your word is yes and amen we thank you that your name has been lifted to the highest name and we put our faith in you we fix our eyes on you we thank you that we would not be downcast god but we would worship you and praise you we look to you where our help comes from and we thank you god so much we bless we bless each other in jesus mighty name we pray faith into each part into each person's life we pray strength in each person's life and we thank you for what you're doing hallelujah hallelujah come on give god a mighty shout out give god a mighty shout and give your neighbor a hug and sit down [Applause] every sunday is a special sunday every day is a special day but today uh is a an especially special day today exactly today september 19th in 1993 our church this church started it's a miracle if you're a part of this church you got to put this day in your calendar this is the day our church celebrates its birthday when on this day for the first time we had our first service it was i think three families and maybe some people that were guests or heard about this church starting who came i think we could all fit in the room and this church began over 28 years ago now and so next weekend we're going to be celebrating our church conference and so if you have not heard yet we've been announcing it but next weekend it starts on friday at 7 pm we're gonna we're going to be gathering as a church celebrating what god has done in this church but even more so expecting and believing for what god has promised to do through this church and we want you we want you to be there obviously to join in um and we're gonna you know every time every time believers gather it's always there's always something that's going to happen it's not the conference it's believers gathering with expectation you know someone asked me why don't why doesn't every service the way services are at youth conference a lot of it comes down to expectation a lot of it comes down to our need our faith you know when people are coming to conference they're expecting for god to touch them and speak to them and move but god can do that every single day and so this weekend when we celebrate our church conference it's a it's a special weekend but it becomes even more special for each of us individually when we come with expectation we come ready to be a part of what god is doing here are you here okay well if you're not here you're going to be here soon i wanted to before i preach i wanted to honor our senior pastor pastor sergey god had spoken to him some time before that first service and begin to prepare him to start this church he had never ever planned to start a church and exactly is i love this because what god has put on my heart to preach about is the church and some of the things that i want to preach about is exactly what happened in this church but i just wanted to honor pastor sergey who obeyed god who obeyed god and said god yes to your plans and i love one time we were we were saying pastor we thank you so much for obeying god and and because of you we're here and and he he turned to us and said it's not because of me we're here because if it wasn't my obedience to god it would have been someone else's but god does god plan for this church to be here but i'm so privileged and i'm so honored and i know our all of our team is to walk under him to walk behind him he pushes us forward to lead but we're so thankful for his leadership and his example in our life and i just want to honor pastor sergey we thank you so much and and especially thank you to his wife ludmila who is hiding somewhere and all of their kids edema victor mark sophia victoria the the wives the children the family is growing in jesus name and so we're so thankful in the beginning of our church god gave these verses to our pastor out of the book of luke in chapter four where jesus is returning to galilee and he's beginning to preach the holy spirit is moving through him using him he comes to the village of nazareth his childhood home and he enters the synagogue on sabbath where he would usually usually enter and he begins to read scripture but this is a little different the scroll of isaiah is handed to him he's not looking for it it's handed to him he opens it up and he finds this place specifically in isaiah where it says in verse 18 the spirit of the lord is upon me for he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor he has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released that the blind will see that the oppressed will be set free and that the time of the lord's favor has come he rolled up the scroll handed it back to the attendant and sat down all eyes in the synagogue were at him then he began to speak to them the scriptures you've just heard have been fulfilled this very day everyone spoke well of him and were amazed of the gracious words that came from his lips how can this be they asked isn't this joseph's son then he said you'll undoubtedly quote me this proverb physician heal yourself meaning do miracles here in your hometown like you did in capernaum but i tell you the truth no prophet is accepted in his own hometown certainly there were many needy widows in israel in elijah's time when the heavens were closed for three and a half years and a severe famine devastated the land yet elijah was not sent to any of them he was sent instead to a foreigner a widow of of zer zero fifth in the land of sidon and many in israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet elijah but the only one healed was naaman assyrian when they heard this the people in the synagogue were furious jumping up look at that look how this this this changed from such a good sermon to the worst thing they had ever heard and they now are it says are furious jumping up they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built they intended to push him over the cliff but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way when this church started i found this out not too long ago this church was actually called international church of truth because our pastor received from the very beginning that it wasn't going to be a church for russian people or ukrainian people or slavic people it was going to be a church for everyone it was going to be a church for the americans in this community the hispanic community the asian community is going to be for every single person there was not one demographic or one type of people that we are reaching we believe that this church would be an answer to every group of people to come and to hear the good news be transformed by the power of god and begin to serve god and be used in whatever plan and calling god had for their life and i'm so thankful that today we are witnesses of what we received in the beginning today we have all kinds of nationalities all kinds of languages all kinds of people from different backgrounds that are here and that is an absolute miracle it's a miracle in matthew 16 verse 18. let's read this together this is a famous famous famous conversation that jesus is uh having with his disciples and we we know this uh these verses we quote them all the time but this is when jesus is asking his disciples who they say that he is and he asks who do people say i am and they give him different answers and then he changes the question a little bit he says who do you say that i am and simon peter answers you are the messiah the son of the living god jesus replied you are blessed simon son of john because my father in heaven has revealed this to you you did not learn this from any human being now i say to you that you are peter which means rock and upon this rock i will build my church and all the powers of hell will not conquer it and i will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the messiah peter receives a revelation from god that jesus is the messiah the son of god jesus responds to peter by saying and you simon are now called peter which means rock and on this rock i will build my church jesus is ex is saying for saying his disciples are showing his disciples in this moment what he is about to do what his mission is is when he is be what his mission is here on earth and he tells them peter on the revelation that you just spoke that no person can give you but god can reveal to you on this revelation i will build my church now it's really important for us church is not a man-made building it's not a man-made institution it's not a man-made organization it's not a building that looks like a cathedral and has to have a cross on it this building is the place that we gather now i want you to think about what's the first thing that comes to mind when you even hear the word church most people think sunday services most people think there must be a a choir a worship team somebody's gonna preach you know we have greeters at the door and then you come in through the greeting door and there's the smell of coffee hallelujah and cookies and people are smiling and they want me to be here and that's why i keep coming back comfortable seats loud music somebody that can sing if they can't sing i just whatever and the preaching has to be you know keep me on the edge of my seat a little laughing a little crying excitement energy screaming spit hallelujah towels sweat what is our idea of church you know most people's idea of church is almost always wrong when they first have an experienced christ interesting before we even can talk about church we must first talk about christ who is the messiah the son of god reveal to me you'll never have a correct perspective of church when you first have not experienced christ you will always have a twisted perspective of church a wrong perspective a church maybe even an innocent naive perspective of church when you first haven't experienced christ how many of our kids need to be re-saved because they grew up in church seeing and hearing the same thing over and over never having experienced the power and the love and the presence of god and then you're having to re-teach them everything that we do at church christ says to to peter the my father in heaven has revealed this to you no man can reveal this to you and he warns them he warns them i know this is almost sounds like you know should we preach to people should we not preach to people he warns him and says don't tell anybody that i'm the messiah the messiah can only be revealed to an individual by the father it is a supernatural experience it is it is a spiritual encounter it's when the heart of an individual opens up to understand and believe that this man is not just a good teacher he's not just a prophet he's not just a healer he doesn't just feed us with bread and fish he is the messiah the son of the living god and that experience that experience happens through the power of the holy spirit and the grace and love of god to reveal to a person who's made of dust that this is not just a man or a good preacher he in fact is the messiah he's the one who's going to carry your sin go to the cross and by his name you shall be saved and until a person has that experience he'll always have a twisted perspective of church i will build my church and all the power of hell will not conquer it some people think well i've heard this before when you read this and simon is now called peter and peter means rock and jesus says i'mma build my church on that rock there's actually two different words that's used here when jesus says to peter to simon you are peter which means rock this is the word petros which is a detached stone or a pebble a small rock that can be found along a pathway one that a man can throw another definition says an isolated rock when he says on this rock i will build my church he uses the word petra which is a mass of connected rock such as a projecting cliff in other words peter will be like a stone but my church will be like a cliff he did not build the church on a man he built the church on the revelation of jesus christ being the messiah the son of god he built it on a revelation that that hell cannot twist or overturn or change or go back in time this is the truth jesus christ is the savior jesus christ is the messiah jesus christ is the anointed one in luke 4 who has been anointed not just to preach good messages and tell you what you want to hear he has been anointed to set the captive free that the blind would begin to see that the oppressed would be released and every year now is the year of the lord's favor he did not build the church on a man he built the church on a supernatural divine hidden revelation that jesus christ is the savior of the world see the church will take simons and turn them into peters but it's not that they become so strong it's that they become a part of something that god had ordained my experience my personal experience with christ brings me into his body it brings me into his body which we call the church but the church is not sending services the church is not good worship and good preaching and kingdom kids the church is not tuesday prayers and friday night life groups and everything else that we do listen whenever we whenever we focus on the organization of a church or the programs of a church or all the departments of a church we can very quickly become become idol worshipers when worship is a different way when the department's not how i like it when they don't have this or they have this and it doesn't really fit me the church is not all the programs and everything that we do these are things to fulfill the vision but the church is not departments the church is not the building the church is not the worship team the church is not the preacher the church is christ's body it's christ's body and see whenever you've got an issue with the church you got an issue with the head because he's the head of this body and usually when there's a disconnect from the head there's a negativity towards the body listen ain't no church perfect you can you can get hurt at church you can get offended at church you can get made fun of that church people talk behind your back at church all these things can happen because this church is full of people period nothing else needs to be said people but see it's deeper than that it's way deeper than that it's his body and i've been i've become a part of his body i was a pebble that has now become a part of the cliff the rock not what's man-made what god intended not what we can all do together to make this nice and pleasing and soft and and comfortable what god designed to bring me to make me a part of him are you here now it's interesting as soon as they didn't like the preaching they took him to the edge of a cliff and they tried to throw him off the cliff they didn't get it that he is the cliff he is he is the rock he is the one on which the church will be built on on god god always wanted a group of people in all the old testament that would be set apart unto him that would bring his plans onto earth that would spread his kingdom on earth that would be wholly set apart that would not blend in and compromise that would not be okay with what everybody's okay with that would know who he is would know his voice that would institute all the the plans and promises of god here on earth and in the new testament it's not just a certain group of people it's international church of truth they didn't like to hear that in times past god actually was doing what he would always do he was going to other nations healing feeding touching people and they were reminded of what god did but because they became religious in their idea of church and their idea of the temple and their idea of the synagogue that oh yeah everything that's in the bible is only for us and jesus said i've been anointed i've been anointed that the blind would begin to see but see the blind for them are people that are cursed i've been anointed that those that are lame would begin to walk but see the ones that are lame probably have some kind of form of sin or or or generational sins and curses that are in their lineage i've been sent to release the freedom to release those that are captive well we are not captive we are not slaves to anyone we serve god i've been sent to bring freedom to those that are oppressed we're not oppressed anymore we've been taken out of egypt and they missed they missed the heart and the plan of god that jesus was about to fulfill don't you remember that when there was a widow and there are many widows in israel he went to a widow outside in a different town and brought her a miracle don't you remember many people in this in this time jesus says were sick with leprosy but he went to naaman who was a syrian and healed him of his leprosy and they took jesus and began to push him to the edge of the cliff because they didn't like what they were hearing [Music] have you been a part of church only long enough to hear what you like [Music] have you only been a part of a church a local church somewhere until the point that you don't like it anymore [Music] or have you stayed long enough in a church whether it's this one or you're visiting from a different one have you been in a church long enough to where it pushes you to the cliff side but you need to stay just there [Music] i have come to the conclusion that much of what is in the new testament cannot be accomplished by you as a believer unless you are planted in a church [Music] you need an example the bible says in galatians that we ought to carry each other's burdens but how do you carry an individual's burden when you don't even know them see you have to be planted to know what the next person next to you is going through and the burdens they're carrying to be now in a place of being able to carry that burden but many of us we don't want burdens to care we've got enough burdens of our own but what god is asking of us in the new testament is that all of us not just pastor not just the team all of us are supposed to carry one another's burdens or how about seeing if your brother has any kind of need that you sell this or give that or do this to fulfill their need jesus is brought to the edge of the cliff and the bible says he just begins to pass through them as a believer who's a part of a church god has given me the ability to pass through every single one of us that have decided to follow christ you know before we became members of any church we first became followers of christ before we signed any kind of card our name was written in the book of life before i signed up for any department but for the foundations of this earth god called me by name and made a plan for my life but you have to be ready [Music] before we pray you have to be ready to be taken to the edge of the cliff [Music] and then god supernaturally will allow you to pass through because you're not just a pebble in his hand you have been engrafted into his body you're not just a tool that he uses he knows you by name he calls you by name you have become his and before you can do anything for him he did everything for you that you would know who he is that you would receive salvation that you would receive forgiveness and freedom that you would walk in his plans and the purpose and plans god has made you that you would discover them and begin to fulfill them if you stand with me this morning ephesians 2 19 so now you gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners you are citizens along with all of god's holy people you are members of god's family together we are his house built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets and the cornerstone is christ jesus himself we are carefully joined together in him becoming a holy temple for the lord through him you gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where god lives by his spirit you are members of god's family together we are his house [Music] [Music] jesus announces on this rock i will build my church and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it up until the church hell was constantly prevailing hell is a real place hell has power hell has principalities and rulers demons and plans and strategies and it says all of the power of hell will not prevail against the church yo we got too used to hearing that one more time all of the power of hell will not prevail against the church [Applause] [Music] jesus is taken to the edge of the cliff and he just passes through he just passes through and he tells peter peter on what based on what you just said that my father has revealed to you i am building a church and this church even the gates of hell will not prevail against it all of the power of the enemy all of the wickedness all of the scheming all of the tools all of the strategies every demon every wicked thing that possibly could be against you will not prevail not because you are a rock but because on this rock i'm going to build the church [Applause] [Music] you can't just be a pebble in god's hand you are called to be a part of his body you are called to be engrafted in to the cliff [Music] see our strength is not in numbers our strength is not in talent our strength is not in buildings our strength is not in the systems and all the things we have our strength is in christ our hope is in christ our captain is christ our cornerstone is christ [Music] and all the gates of hell all the power of hell will not prevail against the church [Music] some of us only like it here because we're comfortable but i want to tell you we're stepping into a time where you will be very uncomfortable you will be very uncomfortable because there's going to be pressure on you there's going to be people making fun of you there's many people pointing fingers at you you're going to be taken to the edge of the cliff because you're a christian but our strength is not because i it because of me my strength is not because i've been in church for 14 years because i know how to hold the mic my strength is in the one who saved me who called me who i belong to and when this world is going to take the church to the edge of the cliff it will prevail it will prevail it's going to pass right through it's going to pass through every sickness it's going to pass through every trouble it's going to pass through every hardship it's going to pass through in jesus mighty name come on begin to lift up god's voice we're going to lift up god's name let's go [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] you are worthy [Music] [Music] [Music] to be [Music] oh [Music] see you worthy [Music] you worthy [Applause] [Music] [Music] upon you are worthy [Music] [Music] worthy [Music] you were [Music] [Applause] we want to give an opportunity to any person right now if you're here we read out of luke 4 18 that jesus has been anointed that the blind would begin to see that the lame would begin to walk that those that are oppressed and in prison would be released and free if you're here right now and there is any form of blindness or lameness in your life whether physical or spiritual if you're oppressed by the devil if you're being uh being oppressed by by something you're going through if you're a captive to any form of sin or addiction jesus is here to bring freedom into your life to bring healing into your life he is the only one through which we can be saved and this is the one that we believe in he is here right now he has touched our life and he can touch yours if you're here right now and you need healing you need freedom you need deliverance you need a breakthrough i want you to come to the front or raise your hand we're going to come to you and pray for you or you can come to the front we're going to pray for you we are a church that's for every type of person because god came and he loved this world and he gave his son for there is no far distance that you can go or how low you can go god is able to save and transform your life when you call on him if you're here and you need prayer i want you to raise your hand as we continue to worship we're going to pray for you and minister to you you can come to the front if you see a hand lifted up leaders please go to them and pray for them in jesus mighty name we believe right now and people getting saved and touched and healed in jesus name come on let's worship him [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] praises lord is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] cause your name [Music] isn't you [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is higher your name is [Music] your promises [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] your promise on changing [Music] is [Music] always [Music] is [Music] [Music] you were [Music] my [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] church can i ask us to pray for yuba radnicki i just got a text message during prayer her son grigori is asking for prayer she just got surgery last night she's not coming out of a coma her heart's having issues right now he's just asking for prayer for his mom luba radnicki god we thank you we unite in prayer right now for the radnicki family lord god for luba rudnicki for grigori his whole family lord god i pray right now you intercede lord god we intercede on her behalf jesus and we ask the powerful hand that healed the powerful hand that continues to heal to touch luba's life right now in the mighty name of jesus right where she is in the hospital touch her in the mighty name of jesus we pray and we unite in faith god we stand as one body the body that you build and no gates of hell shall prevail no force of hell shall prevail we exalt you jesus we exalt you lord we thank you we thank you that the spirit of the lord is upon us that you poured out your spirit upon all flesh to go and preach the gospel to go and fulfill the will of the lord on this letter we thank you jesus we thank you jesus we thank you jesus we thank you that you have not grown tired you've now grown weary that you saved today that the gospel has not aged it has not become weak but we thank you that you are the alpha and the omega the beginning and the end the first and the last the king of kings and the lord of lords the god of gods the great i am the great i am thank you thank you jesus thank you for your goodness we exalt you lord we thank you for your presence in this place we thank you for touching each one of us god we pray for one another we bless one another we ask you to cover us with your blood because there is power in the blood of jesus there is power in the blood of jesus we thank you so much we bow before you lord we ask you to continue to lead us and to guide us that even this week lord god we would sense your presence we would sense your guidance god that we would not be silent when you encourage us to speak to someone when you encourage us to share with someone when you encourage us to minister to someone around us we give you all the glory and all the honor and all the praise in jesus mighty name amen amen church before we go i want to remind of a few things friday night 7 p.m please make sure you set everything aside be here let's celebrate let's celebrate what god is doing what he's going to continue to do also before you go if you have it on your heart please uh ushers be ready there we're going to offer um into bishop vitale's ministry also slavic here missionary stock please come on up bless and bless these people who are doing the work of the lord this is a work of god and we're so happy to partner with that god bless you church be blessed we will see you guys tuesday for prayer and then friday it's going to be in english so if you need interpretation grab a smile

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