Life In The Boat - Matt Fielder - Kingdomcity

[Music] hi everyone welcome to kingdom city we're so glad you've joined us today if you're new or visiting thank you for coming our pastors and team are here to help you in any way we can and if you're part of our kingdom city family welcome home feel free to passionately praise and expressively worship and believe that the word today will change your life lift your faith even now because with god all things are possible [Music] [Music] [Music] father god move by your power and might in our service holy spirit have your way in this place may the weak feel your strength may the sick encounter your healing may the righteous be blessed may the lonely feel your love let your miracles leave us astonished let breakthrough fill our worship may the revelation of your word bring light to our hearts and may the lost be found in jesus name hey judge welcome to kingdom city my name is sam and i'm part of the team come on who's ready to answer his course with praise if you're ready why did you shot him man come on if you're ready put your hands together like this we're gonna welcome the king of glory as we sing amen come on our praise becomes your house your place our praise becomes your house your place where dreams together our break becomes your house your place oh god come on you believe in chad we're gonna welcome his presence in come on every voice i sing this we sing a song and you come in like a dance and you come in shout your name and you're coming you give you praise and you call me you sing a song and you're coming make a dance and you call me [Music] [Music] the praises of your people we save it our praise becomes your house you're amazing i'll play [Music] [Music] becomes your [Music] [Music] we sing a song and you're [Music] we'll [Music] [Music] the praises [Music] people [Music] [Music] we see [Music] glory to the king of peace [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] all around the world becomes your house your face hey church you know what time it is it's christmas time come on who's excited we have only five days away so put your hands up [Music] that jesus christ is born everybody we see [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] and god [Music] oh [Music] oh christmas is savior here the world is here his name is [Music] when i was a seeker i soared both night and day i asked the lord to help me and he showed me the way come on join us here hope it's found and peace jesus christ that jesus christ [Music] amen amen come on someone wherever you are behind every screen why don't you give him some praise go daddy to the mountain jesus christ is lord amen come on welcome kingdom city no matter which part of the world you're from we want to say thank you for joining us today is going to be a god day for you come on you know something that i just love this song go tell it on the mountain in fact i want to share testimony right now of what the lord has done just recently right here in kelp one of our connect members by the name of peter chin suffered a life-threatening stroke and in 48 hours he was on life support but you know what the lord has done in five days after the stroke he woke up and not only is he able to speak the doctors thought he may look he may lose his eyesight but he's alive and well now this is the thing in that time when he was in a coma he felt a word god give him and i want to declare this to all of us right now and that's in psalms 118 and it says i will not die but live and proclaim all the lord has done come on wherever you are can you just give him a shout of praise come on you know we believe in prayer in kingdom city it's our priority because we have seen god move in amazing ways and right now we want to take a moment and pray for you if you have any need whether it's a healing you're believing god for whether it's a provision whatever it is we believe god is the god of the impossible and he can work a miracle just like he did to peter and you are going to proclaim the great things that god has done through your life so if you have a prayer request just put your request right down in the link that's below but right now across every room can you lift up your hands and we're going to pray right now in this moment and believe for heaven to be unlocked so father in the name of jesus we declare even as you have come down that you will come down into every room that you will come down into every circumstance and god your lordship will break forth and healings signs and wonders and miracles god will begin to be released into every life that's believing you right now for a miracle we pray this in jesus name can someone shout out a big amen come on we're gonna continue in our worship right now so why don't you lift up your hands wherever you are from as the worship team begins to lead us in a time of worship come on let's worship we give you praise [Music] [Music] lift your voice off creation lift your voice [Applause] [Music] so praise god from whom oh blessings blow praise him all 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know the hope that is found in jesus christ and as we bring our tithe and give our offering as you have that prepared right now the link is on the screen right now if you want to give online and the details are below but why don't you just hold that in your hand or put your hand on your heart as we begin to pray and trust god as the source of everything that we need in our life and so father right now across every location we just thank you for your presence your presence that's filling every room your peace that is filling every heart and god we thank you that we have the privilege to give to you lord and we pray that you will multiply the resources in the hand of every believer and let the hope that is found in you alone reach to the furthest corners of the world especially this christmas in jesus mighty name come on can someone shout out a big a man amen amen well merry christmas everyone welcome once again to our service we are so glad you have joined us today you know christmas is 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through our brokenness than our giftedness anyone who says their faith is boring is following someone other than the god i know if you don't step out of the boat you'll never know you can walk on water after you've pulled the trigger god's ability to guide the moving bullet following god is a series of ordinary simple next steps that build an extraordinary life your next step may not be spectacular but if you're following god it is always significant here's how you give online head to our webpage kingdomcity.com forward slash giving and once you've selected the campus you're from on the drop down menu you'll see all the giving details on [Music] screen [Music] hello kingdom city wow it is so exciting to be with you wherever you are in the globe thank you so much for joining us in today's service my name is matt fielder and i have the privilege of bringing the word to you today you know how exciting is it this is the last sunday before christmas and the second to last sunday before the end of 2020 and i can hear some of you yelling thank god for that well awesome stuff you know it has been a crazy year but god has been doing some amazing stuff as well in the midst of all the craziness how many people know i mean we tell people all the time what the devil intended for bad god will use for good and there's no doubt about it god has been doing significant things over 2020 and today i want to share a passage of scripture and break it down a little bit and i feel like it's going to relate to each and every one of you but before we get into the word let's just pray father god we thank you for the opportunity of gathering together all across the globe father we pray father whether people are meeting with families friends or just by themselves lord god father let them know that you are with them in this and lord god we pray let your word go out with the power that it deserves give me the ability to speak it in the way that your word deserves to be spoken let it impact let it change let it challenge lord god and let it set free every listener we ask this now in jesus mighty name amen amen you know there's this incredible passage of scripture in mark chapter four and it's something that god began to speak to me about during the course of this year especially in the craziness of everything that's going on and it's mark chapter 4 verse 35 to 41 in the new living translation and it says this as evening came jesus said to his disciples let's cross to the other side of the lake so they took jesus in the boat and started out leaving the crowds behind although other boats followed but soon a fierce storm came up high waves were breaking into the boat and it began to fill with water jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion i love that scene the disciples woke him up shouting teacher don't you care that we're going to drown when jesus woke up he rebuked the wind and said to the waves silence be still suddenly the wind stopped and there was a great calm then he asked them why are you afraid do you still have no faith the disciples were absolutely terrified who is this man they asked each other even the wind and the waves obey him you know i love this story because it's talking about a journey it's talking about a journey the disciples went with jesus getting into a boat crossing over the other side of the lake and so for simplicity the title of my message is life in the boat life in the boat how many people know life is a journey and what i see in this passage of scripture is four things that really stand out to me and maybe they stand out to you maybe they speak to you and i'm really praying that as we go through this message today not just one but maybe a few of these points will really speak to you and help you on your journey in this thing of life in the boat and the first thing is this right we see jesus and that they get into the boat and they start crossing out to the other side right and i love this because it says suddenly but soon a fierce storm came up you know a lot throughout the new testament we hear about storms that suddenly come one minute we're going sailing beautifully and all of a sudden a crazy storm comes in the book of acts records about a a northeaster that blew in and uh paul was on a ship and all sudden suddenly a storm just approached it's the same way with life isn't it one minute we're cruising along i mean one member in february everything's sweet 2020 and in march happens boom locked down shut down everything goes crazy the world's in a frenzy who knows storms come suddenly right and all of a sudden the wit the wind the waves the water is all starting to fill in the boat right and i love it because the disciples actually ask this question they shout at jesus right they actually don't ask it they shout it they say don't you care that we're drowning first thing is this right look at this it says don't you care that we are drowning can i ask you this question have you ever said something like that to god when you're going through a hard time when you're going through a storm when you're going through a fierce time in your life when all of a sudden it seems like everything's coming against you have you ever sat there and gone hey hey god don't you care i'm perishing here i'm dying here it's all bad here have you ever said that to god listen i i have to admit i've done it you know i'd love to say that i've never done it beforehand but you know when all of a sudden calamity happens there have been moments that matt fielder has lost the plot and turned to god and said excuse him why do you have any idea what's going on here have you ever said to god don't you care don't you care i mean when i read this it hit me do we really know what we're saying to god what on earth would make us think for a moment that he doesn't care for us what on earth would begin to entertain our mind that god doesn't care see what i realize is this is when i get to that point it's because i'm caught up in the cares of this world i'm caught up in the cares of everything else and so all of a sudden when things go wrong i think god obviously doesn't care about me see god cares for us beyond our comprehension the real problem is we want him to care about everything we care about the same way we want him to be highly concerned about everything that we're concerned about exactly the same way and that's not the way it works see you need understanding god absolutely cares for you and i listen we're all guilty of saying it at some stage in our life no matter what but listen to these passages of scripture matthew 6 verse 25 to 33 this is jesus speaking he says therefore i tell you do not be anxious about your life what you will eat or what you will drink nor about your body what you will put on is not life more than food and the body more than clothing look at the birds of the air they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly father feeds them are you not more of more value than they and which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to the span of his life and why are you anxious about clothing consider the lilies of the field how they grow they neither toil nor spin yet i tell you even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these but if god so closed the grass of the field which today is alive and tomorrow was thrown into the oven will he not much more clothe you oh you of little faith therefore do not be anxious saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we wear for the gentiles seek after all these things and your heavenly father knows that you need them all listen to me he knows what you need but seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you see i i the devil's desire is to get you so focused and concerned with your natural when really we should be concerned with the eternal the eternal should always be our priority you know i was thinking about this perishing in the natural is nowhere as bad as perishing in the supernatural right look at this matthew 10 verse 28 to 31 and do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell are not too sparrow soul for a penny and not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your father but even the hairs of your head are all numbered let's just pause for a second i'm making it easy for god every day he doesn't have to count very far in fact when he gets to about 30 he says that's enough matt we'll let it go but he says even the hairs of your head are all numbered fear not therefore you are more valuable than many sparrows number one we say this don't you realize or don't you care that we're drowning god absolutely cares about you number two don't you realize who's in the boat with you think about this right don't you realize who's in the boat with you i feel like so often we can quickly forget who is with us who is with us the moment of storm comes we forget he's there well i mean what do you think jesus did it doesn't say suddenly a storm hit the boat and jesus dived out and swam to shaw no he's there and he's in the boat my friends listen you've got to remember who's in the boat with you surely if jesus is in the boat you don't need to panic i mean if he got up can you imagine listen my mind works in crazy ways i'm imagining this when i read the scripture i kind of picture it like a movie i'm imagining a storm hitting can you imagine if jesus goes i'm out of here and dives out he doesn't even have to swim he could run on the water right and go so long suckers how many people know he didn't leave the boat so what makes you think he's going to leave yours what makes you think that he's going to leave yours don't don't you realize who is in the boat with you and listen to this right he's not just in the boat he's sleeping i love it because the bible says that he's in the end of the boat sleeping with a cushion under his head i mean my gosh isn't that a perfect picture of the awesomeness of our god we're running around pulling everything apart going everything's falling apart here the world is about to explode and god's there going sorry he's asleep i mean doesn't that bring you comfort i would panic if he wasn't in the boat but he's in the boat not just is he in the boat but he's in the boat sleeping i mean gosh he's sleeping while you're panicking i think honestly we make god laugh at times by our overreaction the world's falling apart here oh my god what am i going to do and we freak out all sorts of stuff and god's just going can you believe that holy spirit look at them they're losing the plot again right i'm sure we must make god laugh at different times listen to me don't you realize who's in the boat with you listen to this matthew 28 20. jesus is going into the great commission here but he says this teaching them to observe all that i have commanded you and behold i am with you always to the end of the age joshua one verse nine let me tell you every scripture you can appropriate into your life because it's it it's it's related to you and i joshua 1 verse 9 says this have i not commanded you be strong and courageous do not be frightened do not be dismayed for the lord your god is with you wherever you go wherever you go he's always with you romans 8 verse 38 to 39 paul speaking says this for i am sure that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come nor powers nor height nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of god in christ jesus our lord nothing nothing will be able to separate you from him hebrews 13 verse 5 to 6 keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what you have for he has said i will never leave you nor forsake you so we can confidently say the lord is my helper i will not fear what can man do to me he will never leave you and he'll never forsake you man that's good news some someone needs to hear that right now you feel like you're by yourself you're never by yourself with god you're always the majority he is with you right now and all you have to do is reach out to him all you have to do is realize right now his presence is with you so you're not by yourself you're never alone he is always with you and he'll never forsake you number three i love this because it says it says that they woke jesus and jesus got up and he rebuked the wind and spoke to the wives look at this right number three don't rebuke the wrong thing don't rebuke the wrong thing have you ever found yourself in the place where you're praying for things to change but nothing seems to be happening come on come on listen if i can't see you but raise that hand up and you go excuse me yes you're talking to me have you ever been that time where you're going oh god oh god i claim this you got a mahaha and you're going crazy tongues are happening you're doing the dance you've got the tambourine holy water sprinkling all over the place and you're going absolutely nuts listen i don't know whether holy water is a thing but hey listen and you're praying like crazy but nothing is changing have you ever been in that place now listen it might be because god's teaching you patience that could be the case but it also might be that you're praying for the wrong thing that you're praying for the wrong thing sometimes you're rebuking the results but you're not rebuking the reason sometimes you're rebuking the effect but you're not rebuking the course right i think about it jesus uh pastor mark preached this incredible message just last weekend about getting rid of the roots right look at jesus jesus often dealt with the root not the fruit right mark 2 verse 9 to 11 right here's a story about a paralytic man and and jesus he's brought before jesus and it says this in mark 2 verse 9 to 11 which is easier to say to the paralytic your sins are forgiven or to say rise take up your bed and walk right now there was reason why jesus is saying this because there was conflict because jesus looked at this man who was brought in lame and he said son your sins are forgiven. and also in the crowd when who on earth can forgive sins except for god alone and they had a bit of a conflict with him right because they didn't understand who he was so jesus said which is easier to say the paralytic your sins are forgiven or to say rise take up your bed and walk but that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins so he's actually proving his point here he said to the paralytic i say to you rise pick up your bed and go home right jesus didn't want to just deal with the fruit he wanted to deal with the roots right he knew which part to play in his prayer right he could have just said get up rise and take your uh mat and walk but he said son your sins are forgiven see sometimes we're praying and we're rebuking but we're rebuking the wrong thing right jesus dealt with the root not just the fruit i want you to note in scripture in this passage in chapter mark 4 note this this is very important verse 39 it says this when jesus woke up he rebuked the wind and said to the waves silence be still two things happen there number one he rebuked the wind but he spoke to the waves he rebuked the wind and he spoke to the waves why not rebuke them both right why not rebuke them both see some of us have spent the best part of our christian walk rebuking the waves and focusing in on the wrong things and you're wondering why god isn't answering see listen why did jesus rebuke the wind but only speak to the waves why i'll tell you why because when you deal with the wind the waves will follow waves don't create wind but wind creates waves that's why jesus rebuked the wind and not the waves if we rebuked the waves the waves might have calmed down but guess what the wind would have picked it back up again but he rebuked the wind and he told the ways be still some of us in this place here right now you're praying but maybe you're praying over the effect but not the cause some of you are praying you're praying for that friend to change god that friend just needs to change you know god you need to change him and you're sitting there trying to remove the speck from their eye but the problem is the plank in yours until you deal with a plank in yours you'll never be able to deal with the speck that's in their eyes right does this make sense right some of you are rebuking the horrible nightmares that you have at night now listen i'm sympathetic to people having nightmares but some of you are rebuking the nightmares and it's not the nightmares you should be rebuking it's the rubbish you keep on watching that fuel the nightmares praise god let's just let that one sink in so people say i'm having nightmares now listen i know there are times when you have nightmares and you haven't watched anything bad you haven't listened to anything bad that's a different circumstance but i've met people that have said pastor can you pray for me i keep on having terrible nightmares and then they tell me the stuff they watch they watch all types of horror oh but it doesn't affect me yes it does that's why you're having nightmares praise god sorry i feel better now right rebuking your bank account because it's empty when really the problem is you don't know how to save or budget you can rebuke that bank account till the cows come home whatever that means it's not going to change your bank account you need to start speaking to the cause not the effect maybe you're bad at budgeting maybe you're bad at saving right you're rebuking your weight gain i bind this fat in jesus name but you eat at mcdonald's six days a week praise god listen listen there's no point in rebuking the weight gain i used to tell people all the time listen if jesus can turn water into wine he can turn fat into muscle but listen as much as i'd like that to be a real prayer i've tried it it doesn't work i've gone six pack in jesus name six pack in jesus name there is a six-pack but it's deep under cover you know some men say my wife is always nagging me god you need to deal with her but maybe she's nagging you because you never keep your promises so the problem isn't the nagging the problem is the fact that you don't keep your word and maybe if you kept your word she might stop nagging my kids are always giving me grief they never listen god smash them remind them to honor and obey i'm going to quote ephesians 6 over and over again but maybe it's because you never compliment them you always complain about them you always tell them what they're not doing you're always letting them know that they're not good enough and you've never spoke a kind word to them and so they struggle with obeying and honoring you listen my friends please i want you to hear my heartbeat here but if i want my kids to honor and obey me it's not just me telling them everything they're doing wrong but i've gotta i've gotta i've gotta spice it up with some compliments i've gotta let them know that i love them oh but i do love them that's why i spanked them praise god okay listen i need more money god well listen maybe you just need to stop spending it faster than it can be printed so you're rebuking the wrong area where you're rebuking the effect you're not rebuking the cause see when you rebuke the effects not the cause it may go for a while but it pops back up it's because the waves weren't the problem it was the wind that was needed to be rebuked that's why jesus rebuked the wind the waves have to follow i love it because jesus was constantly tested in this area he was asked questions by the religious people he never answered the question as their object objective was never to get an answer from him their objective was to trap him you know i was thinking about this a lot uh the other night i was going god show me a passage where uh there's a wrong rebuke where the rebuke was in the wrong place and let me tell you the clearest one that i could find was this one which we probably all know matthew 16 verse 21-26 jesus is uh letting the uh peter just had the revelation of jesus being the christ and now jesus is laying down the platform of what's going to happen in the future son of man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men he's going to be crucified but it's cool he's going to raise again on the third day right it says this from verse 21 right from that time jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised and peter took him aside and began to rebuke him saying far be it from you lord this shall never happen to you but he turned and said to peter get behind me satan for you are a hindrance to me for you're not setting your mind on the things of god but on the things of men then jesus told his disciples if anyone would come after me let him deny himself take up his cross and follow me for whoever would save his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it for what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul or what shall a man give in return for his soul see peter had the wrong mindset and jesus had to rebuke his rebuke and say you're behaving like the devil you're not thinking from a god perspective you're not thinking from a plan that god would lay out your thinking from a man's plan and often i find myself when i'm rebuking the wrong area it's because i've got the wrong mindset i'm thinking from a purely carnal or a man's motive rather than going to god and saying god what's the perspective i should have in this see simply saying is this is god what's the source ask god what the source is god what is the source why am i angry all the time why am i struggling with this area god what is the source because i don't want to just pray over the effect i want to pray over the course see i remember i was working at a place called glenrob hydraulics i'm a mig welder by trade i'm a welder by trade and i used to do high pressure cylinder welding uh that was my that was my portfolio back then and uh i struggled in this job because i didn't like the management i didn't like the bosses and i really had a hard time i felt like they overworked us and they underpaid us and i was just getting mad i constantly going to work mad i'd be angry with the boss i'd be looking for an opportunity for a fight and i remember going to god and i fasted and prayed and at first i started praying god get me out of this job get me out of this job right in the second day of my fast i found god began to speak to me and said wrong prayer and i felt challenged by god to pray this prayer god changed me in this job or changed the job it took me from a man's perspective to getting a godly mindset on the situation god if i'm the problem change me but if you if i'm not the problem and god changed the job do you know what god did he answered that prayer he changed me first to the point of i actually loved working there then he changed my job and gave me an even better job but he changed me first listen my friends see you need to understand we've got to get god's perspective we've got to ask god what is what's the course that i should take in this prayer i think of people like daniel and the lines then you know what you read about this in in the book of daniel here's daniel thrown into lion's den for doing nothing wrong the funniest part was it says the king that threw him into the pit lost sleep all night and panicked but daniel got a good night's rest and when the king came to the lion's den there was daniel probably laying amongst the lions going so sweet here let me tell you when you get a god perspective on things you can sleep even amongst lions what are you rebuking that you should be speaking to and what are you speaking to that you should be rebuking and the last point is this don't forget the promise don't forget the promise what i what do i mean by that what was the first word that jesus gave in this passage of scripture it says this in verse 35 it says as evening came jesus said to his disciples let's cross to the other side of the lake as evening came jesus said to his disciples let's cross to the other side of the lake one version says let's get in the boat and go over to the other side that was the first word he gave do you think that god changed his mind do you think that everything caught him by surprise i can promise you nothing catches our god by surprise 2020 did not catch god by surprise he wasn't up the gun hey hey who what how did this happen excuse me holy spirit angels get over here how did this how did covert happen in 2020 didn't catch him by surprise it catches us by surprise but god said what he meant and meant what he said and when he said to disciples we're getting in the boat and we're going over to the other side that was the promise that the disciples should have held on to what promise have you forgotten from god you need to go back to what he said to you i've got plans for you i'm going to prosper you i'm going to look after you and your family your family will be saved your body will be healed your husband will come back your wife will come back your kids will return to jesus your life is going to be blessed you're going to be financially free whatever it is that you wrote down in the back of your journal you wrote down the back of your bible or you felt god speak to you so clearly and challenge you on and say i'm promising you let me tell you he didn't forget what he said you and i have you've got to go back to the promise don't forget the promise go back to what he's saying to you 2 corinthians 1 verse 20 says for all the promises of god in him are yes and in him amen to the glory of god through us my friends listen to me he'll never leave you he'll never forsake you he cares about you more than you could ever imagine the bible tells us in one scripture that the thoughts that he has about you are more than the grains of sand on the seashores across this planet he adores you he'll never leave you he'll never forsake you he's always with you no matter what the circumstances start speaking over the cause not the effect god what do i need to learn in this storm god what do i need to grow in in this storm what are you trying to teach me right now when it comes to finances what is it that i'm doing that keeps on making me angry god father i want to rebuke the right thing and stop rebuking the wrong thing i want to rebuke the wind and i want to speak to the waves you know what is it and then go back to the promise he hasn't changed his mind he is always with you he is always with you come on right now let him just minister to you right now through this song let him just minister to you right now through this song stand if you can raise your hands and let god speak to you in jesus name come on come on come on [Music] there is is is is another [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh standing next to me [Music] everybody right now just stretch out your hands before god i'm just going to pray for you father god we declare right now in the mighty name of jesus lord let that song resonate within us we're not by ourselves lord god father i pray right now for that one that's so worried come in your comfort come in your peace let that peace that surpasses all understanding surround them right now i tell you right now i'm prophesying some of you get ready for a phone call in the next few days from a family member that has been away is going to get in contact with you and wants to come home we declare it in jesus name for those that are waiting on a breakthrough for work right now i see jobs coming across your path you've been knocking on so many doors and it's been god am i doing something wrong let me tell you the right job is about to come across your way in jesus mighty name we declare it god i pray father god for those that are waiting on healing right now in the name of jesus let your healing power come upon their bodies right now even as i'm speaking god let your healing power come upon their bodies right now we speak against cancer we speak against fevers we speak against any form of sickness right now in the name of jesus restore your child to hold and heal in jesus mighty name in jesus mighty name we declare it and right now there may be people you're watching right now and you don't know jesus christ as your lord and savior let me tell you the greatest christmas gift you could ever receive is salvation you know we put up a tree the other day and we'll put presents under the tree but you know when it comes to christmas the greatest gift is not found under a tree the greatest gift was hung on a tree his name is jesus christ and he was crucified why for you and i he he volunteered to pay the price for yours and my sin sin doesn't mean you're the nastiest person around sin means you are separate from a righteous god and jesus said father i will pay the price so they can come back into relationship with you and me and he died on that cross but he didn't stay dead he rose again on the third day and today if you're saying matt if that's what he did for me the least i can do is give my life over to him then right now i would love the honor of leading you in a prayer asking jesus christ to come into your life and if it may be the very first time or it may be a re-commitment to him that i want you to repeat these words mean and with all your heart and the bible says you'll be born again just say this with me dear lord jesus i come to you today and i acknowledge that i am lost without you and so today lord jesus i ask you to forgive me of all my sin wash me clean and make me bring you i receive you as a gift of salvation into my life and i ask you to be my lord be my savior be my best friend from this moment on i am yours and you are mine in your awesome name amen amen god is good god is good amen we want to thank you listen if you prayed that prayer for the very first time there's a link at the bottom click on that and someone from our friendly church no matter where you are we'll get in contact with you and let you know that we're here to help you in any way shape or form in this journey called christianity you know what that's going to wrap it up for this week we want to thank you for joining us don't forget we have a special christmas day service going to be absolutely spectacular we love you all to bits please stay healthy please stay strong and stay in faith in jesus name god bless you we love you see you again soon [Music] [Music] let's take this moment to worship jesus [Music] you

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