Miracles For Receiving - Andrew Cox

praise the lord y'all ready to worship we're gonna go before the lord in song and bless his name praise is rising to the one who set us free praise is rising to the god of victory praise is rising praise is rising to the king above all feet praises rising as we lift our voice to sing he is your presence now show us us is praises rising to the god of victory praise is rising to the king above all kings our is to sing he is worthy we god fill this fill this place reveal yourself oh lord in this place in this sanctuary [Music] reveal your glory reveal your glory we want your glory we love when you fill this place reveal your glory reveal your glory we want your glory [Music] this place [Music] [Applause] is we want we want your glory we want you your praise is rising up the head [Music] [Applause] [Music] amen it's okay let's worship him for just a moment fill this place with your glory with your power with your spirit fill this place let your train fill this temple [Applause] hallelujah open up the heavens and pour it out on us today [Music] i believe god's going to pour out his spirit here today i believe there's going to be healing and signs and wonders and miracles they're gonna take place here today we had a tremendous first service i'm looking forward to what god's gonna do in this service he's been pouring his glory out already and his glory's still here and i'm excited about what he's going to do in this service we're going to give god the opportunity to move supernaturally on your behalf and on my behalf and on those of you that are watching on your behalf we're going to go to the lord in prayer and we're going to see the heavens open up we're going to see things take place supernaturally in jesus name let's remember to pray for israel the peace of jerusalem let's pray for america let's pray for a local uh economy and industry here in synlaw that god will bless us with industry and jobs and of course uh everybody that's been dealing with the the ramifications of this past week with our winter storm that has affected the whole deep south uh asked that god would would be with families many of you many of our first servants many watching by way of the web that are still dealing with uh broken pipes and roof leaks and having to replace sheetrock cetera et cetera that god will be with you and that god will strengthen those of you that are dealing with those situations let's remember our church family that need prayer randy tucker and joyce wright and families that are dealing with loss pain hurt and grief the family of albert chamberlain that is the father of pat posey and the stepfather of tim stanley let's keep them lifted in our prayers and if you have a need here today can you signify that with a raised hand take note of somebody's hand that is raised i've got pages of names here that have been written down in faith names that will come up on the screen point your hand towards somebody that had their hand raised and joined together in faith believing that god's going to work a miracle in their life to those of you watching by way of the web you can message us there's a link you can follow we ask in the name of jesus that god would touch you right now in jesus name whatever the situation is whatever you're going through whatever you're facing financially spiritually physically emotionally whatever it is god is big enough god is strong enough he is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think according to the power that works in us so let's release our faith here today and see the supernatural power of god manifest himself hallelujah hallelujah honored to see everybody at the second service here at the poa for our 11 o'clock service thank you for joining us thank you for being with us to our church family and to our guest it's an honor to have you in house and it's an honor to have those of you watching by way of the web church family and guests we welcome you thank you for joining us we are excited to have you and of course a church member we want to recognize her candy christoph running for congress district five honored to have her here today praying for her that god will be with her and strengthen her as she seeks to serve us in office before you are seated why don't you turn around wave at somebody put a smile on your face let somebody know how excited you are to see them how happy you are to see them [Music] miss candy i didn't see you over here i was looking for you we are praying for you as you seek to serve us [Music] and you can be seated thank you for coming to church excited about what god's going to do here today amen amen it is time for our sunday morning tithes and offerings amen what an honor it is to invest into god's kingdom to honor god in our giving and as you well know to those of you that are here in service with us today and of course those of you watching by way of the web we only had one service last sunday and we did not have midweek service so if you don't mind maybe giving a little extra today and of course those of you watching by way of the web we are doing our very best to continue to to bring to you uh this webcast that is as best as possible we're doing our best so if we minister to you please minister to the kingdom of god and give of your tithes and offerings and we know that you maybe haven't had the opportunity to do that the past couple of weeks so if you want to put a little more in the offering plate today it goes to the cause of spreading the gospel of the lord jesus christ in our local community around the world with our missionaries and around the world through the web so we encourage everybody to give here today lord jesus thank you so very much for this opportunity where your word tells us we are honoring you through our giving we don't take it lightly that we are honoring you right now and that we are worshiping you right now so thank you for this opportunity lord jesus when we give here today we know that it goes to support your gospel reaching this world and we don't take that lightly either so god bless each and every individual as they give here today bless their businesses their homes their finances we speak this in jesus name amen amen also along with your giving and along with missions the bake sale is taking place here today and that goes to support missions so we encourage you stop by the bake sale in the foyer bless a missionary and bless yourself by taking home some good sweets sister man gonna be proud of you so go by and get you something louisiana district women's conference will be march the 4th through the 6th at the louisiana district campground pre-registration has finished but you can register on-site discover poa this is very important to any of our guests that are here or any guests that are in syn law maybe you're watching us and you want to know more about us this is very very important if you would like to take the next step in connecting with our church and knowing more about our church and who we are and what we believe at seven o'clock on wednesday nights in the west wing which is the portion of our campus that is closest to the oak tree it's very easy to find the west wing we have discover poa every wednesday and every single wednesday the first class happens over and over and over again so you're never behind you can always get caught up and we encourage you if you've never been through discover po8 to do that and if you're a guest especially those of you that are in syn law that want to know more about us seven o'clock on wednesday night's discover poa also at seven o'clock on wednesday nights we have our poa wednesday nights and we weren't able to have it this past week due to the ice storm and the winter storm that had come against the south and come against america in general but on wednesday nights we've had tremendous momentum and tremendous energy and there's been tremendous teaching and god has been manifesting himself all over this campus on wednesday nights there is something for everybody no matter what age you may be there is a place for you on campus so to those of you that are watching we understand those of you that maybe are a little timid still because of coven 19 but we have our social distancing guidelines in place we're encouraging everybody to come to the house of the lord on sundays and on rpoa wednesday nights you don't want to miss that next sunday we have service at 9 00 and 11 looking forward to having great church next sunday as well let's all stand together as we go to the lord in worship ahead one of the most important things that i will say at this church and that is this is black history month and in our church we have some of the greatest african-americans that there has ever been [Applause] and next sunday either for a few minutes out of the service or in our bulletin that we hand out we're going to give honor to our african americans i would hate to know we had to do poa without jennifer and some of the others that helped make up this church and you people up in the balcony that's here so faithful i want you to know this is your church we are your pastor and we're glad you're a part of it we don't need any kind of racism in this church let's give a big welcome to our african americans today [Music] [Music] come let us worship our king come let us bow at his feet he has done great things see what our savior has done see how his love overcomes he has done great things god you do great things [Music] and break every chain oh god you have done great things [Music] [Applause] you've been faithful to every storm and you'll be faithful forever it's your promise god [Applause] you [Music] hallelujah above it all hallelujah god unshakeable hallelujah you have done great things if you believe it sing it as a prayer say hallelujah [Music] hallelujah he's done crazy you have done great of things you conquer the grave you free it recapped it you break every chain oh god you have done great somebody oh jesus and break every chain [Applause] oh you have done great things is hallelujah isn't he a great guy hasn't he done great things for you if you don't have your victory now praise him for the victory he already gave you he's done it in the past and he still does great things in the name of jesus in the name of [Music] jesus [Music] so [Applause] i have this confidence because [Music] i've seen the faithfulness of god but still inside the storm the promise of the shore i trust the power of your word [Music] enough to seek your kingdom first beyond the parent place beyond the ocean ways when i'll walk [Music] i [Music] you keep the promises you make thank you isn't one that is delayed so i will not into the lose [Applause] [Music] [Applause] my god [Applause] i'll stand before the declaring victory [Applause] me behind me i am foreign [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Applause] every step of the way i know it's all in your hands it's all in your hands so we trust you lord thank you for leading me and guiding me jesus [Applause] i know i'm sheltered in your arms i know your presence surrounds me lord every and i'm grateful for this confidence for your faithfulness did you go before me behind me always beside me and there's no shadow and no valley where you won't find me so i am not afraid you'll go before me behind me [Music] always always be such is away behind me [Applause] [Applause] me [Music] i will not feel the way oh [Applause] declaring victory [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] away we trust you love how sweet it is to rest in your hands to rest in your presence forever how we foreign your presence jesus [Applause] we trust you lord every word every promise we remember all the great things you've done all the great things [Applause] hallelujah [Music] somebody received [Music] that's where god is and that's what god's doing for us it doesn't matter what we've been through this week god's with us [Music] so thankful for your hands always please we can't run from your promises come on why don't you say that out loud i'm not afraid [Music] i am not i'm not afraid [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus i am not afraid absolutely i am not afraid well somebody needs to receive that right now god's given you some confidence the spirit of the lord is breathing on your benefit right now it's been season of doubt season of fear season of frustration and god is wanting you to understand you have the ability to not be afraid confidence of the lord the name of jesus the name of jesus come on let's give a handclap of praise big head clap for praise i love you jesus [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah that's the highest praise hallelujah yes yes yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah you have the spirit of the living god inside of you so you need to speak some things into existence my word creates life and you need to speak and prophesy over yourself i can do all things but i need willing vessels and we are in partnership together so you need to speak some things as though they were you need to speak doors open you need to speak new seasons speaking now whatever you need over your life speak it now if you want the abundance speak it come on speak some things right now take authority in the name of jesus boldly proclaim the name of jesus speak things as though they were and they will be i have given you authority i have given you power i have given you anointing stop looking around at the way things are and change them speak them the waters are stirred walk into them yeah speak the word people speak it count to the god in your salvation [Music] [Applause] speak the word [Applause] speak your word receive your word receive your miracle speak your word go out of there out of there rocky gone speak the words [Music] thank you why don't you just speak the word of the lord right now come on you know the scripture you've heard the scripture boldly declare the word of the lord [Music] in the name of jesus this is [Music] in the name of jesus we have captured the lord's attention but this is three or four of the last five or six sundays where the word of the lord has spoken speak the word of the lord [Music] the name of jesus thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus thank you [Music] hallelujah hallelujah the name of jesus the name of jesus the name of jesus there's miracles in this room [Music] there are miracles in this room i am here if you want a miracle i am the god of miracles i am here receive it he's the god of miracles thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus we're we're at a place where it would be easy to admonish you to continue in what we're doing i feel very strongly about the word of the lord being it's around miracles i want to share for a few moments from the word of the lord i'm going to ask you to keep your anticipation your sensitivity to the spirit the peak i believe we can get right back to this moment and i do feel like god is a word for someone so i want to share from this passage of scripture john chapter 6 verse 35 and let the word of the lord minister to us redix washington is with us today city councilman for district one thank you for being here my friend one of one of poa members [Applause] i want you to keep your anticipation high worship you were anointed thank you very much john chapter 6 verse 35 jesus said unto them [Music] i am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst i want to minister to you this morning from the subject miracles for receiving and you may be seated miracles for receiving miracles happen at the command of god and are a rare exception to the ordinary course of nature for the intention of proving that god has acted in history i'll give you a real life example selena lewis is a lady that is a member here at the pentecostals of alexandria she was involved 23 years ago february the 18th in a terrible car accident in a desperate plea for help and unable to move herself from the ditch that was full of water she called out a name familiar with miracles she called out the name jesus [Applause] jesus responded to her cry for help in this manner a man named louis came and visited with selena and selena and lewis talked he held her out of the water until the policeman arrived and while being put into the ambulance selena asked where is lewis i need to see louis i need to thank louis and no one at the scene knew of whom she spoke no one had seen this man named louis to this day her mother would say and i quote i believe in miracles because selena is not only a survivor selena is a miracle thanks to the angel of the lord named [Applause] lewis i've come to encourage somebody there's a miracle in the house for you i come to raise somebody's spirit there's a miracle in the house for you i've come to speak with the name of jesus backing me up there's a miracle for somebody in the room [Applause] concerning miracles most people would agree miracles are for receiving i don't know many people that would turn away a miracle you may be skeptical on miracles but most people would be willing to receive a miracle in a dark moment now if we had announced this morning all you had to do to receive a miracle is to show up there would be no one worried about the person around you if you have a chronic sickness and it was we blasted on social media and emailed and called everyone that's in attendance today receives a miracle you wouldn't care about your neighbor's bad breasts if they had a shower if they had electricity you were going to be here no matter what happened [Applause] miracles you see point to jesus and we need him because he is the giver of miracles now concerning miracles john lennox believed and i'll quote god is not a prisoner of the laws of nature god who set the regularities there can himself feed a new event into the system from outside science cannot stop him from doing that [Applause] so i broke it down where i could understand it god is not held captive by the order that he created in the very beginning if need be and if it's for our benefit god can and god does give us miracles god can and god does give us miracles now john chapter six can be summarized in four words if you if you go read and go through john chapter six it can be summarized in four words salvation received by us that's john 6 i gave you the cliff notes but you need to go read it salvation received by us salvation is definitely a miracle worth receiving don't get quiet on me on salvation now y'all when bananas on sickness and finances salvation is a miracle worth receiving [Applause] john 6 records three miracles for our interest and i'm gonna quickly go through the first two so we can highlight the second but the first miracle jesus fed a lot of people now we have a pretty good bit of people in here and i was so excited in the first service that i forgot my illustration in the first service so i had to get it in the second service jesus felt a lot of hungry people are there any hungry people in here are there any physically hungry people in here you're ready for lunch there's okay there's a few people i brought some lunch i brought a lunchable that would be nice i brought some lunch today i figured somebody may be hungry for an oreo maybe some cheese maybe some crackers and maybe some turkey and i'm gonna break bread and thank you lord for the the meal that we're gonna partake and i'm gonna break bread and we're gonna all eat from this cracker it didn't happen for me like it did jesus kind of breaks it down for us if we're all going to share this cracker or this lunchable it's going to be extremely difficult for us to get a piece of this now you may enjoy eating after people that have touched you know your food i don't so i'm gonna let everyone who enjoys that you know you can have some of the lunchable if you want but jesus decides he's gonna feed everybody that is lit they're listening to him teach so he fed a lot of hungry people the symbolism there is amazing he just took you know a few pieces of bread and a few pieces of fish and he decided to feed a bunch of hungry people what a miracle what an amazing miracle it was so amazing that the people decided this guy is a prophet but we really need to make him our king now you can't become a king in the jewish culture of things until you're anointed by the high priest jesus could not have been their king until he had become their high priest jesus isn't interested in being their king before he's their high priest so he decides he's going to leave so now we're already struggling jesus leaves the disciples get in the boat they're going to go try to find him and a storm happening so that's going to bring us to our second miracle now everybody has been hungry at some point in life and everybody has incurred a storm at some point in life recently this week some of you still don't have power or water and i'm sorry for that everybody's encountered a storm pastor ryan yesterday i think it was yesterday or friday said tornadoes coveted two hurricanes two snow snowstorms all in about a year what's next lord i agree hopefully the rapture so the disciples in a boat and there's a storm now the scripture says jesus saw them toiling in the dark i'm glad we have a god that sees what we're in the middle of he was not immune or he was indifferent to their dilemma he was watching and the darkness could not hide his disciples from him so i want to encourage someone you may be weary you may be tired of the hostile winds and waves but the eyes of the lord are watching and there is no darkness that can bind his eyes i want to encourage someone in the storm that you're in it may be dark but god can see through the darkness now the beauty of this is they received them into the ship and immediately they came to the shore and the storm was ceased from these two miracles we have confidence in the divine support of christ recognizing and answering our need do we not he answered their need so we have support that he can answer our need now the previous two miracles point to the most important miracle of jesus ministry it's the greatest of all time miracle he's ever done we say it in short the goat miracle greatest of all time you'll get there in a second if you're over 20. but of this miracle all can receive because jesus he fed thousands jesus he tamed a storm and in doing so people followed him and at this point jesus had their attention and so i'll ask for your attention because they ask him now a new question rabbi how did you get here or when did you get here and jesus responded you seek me because you were filled because i filled you with substance and i filled you with peace greedily do we earnestly seek after a splendid combination now think about it if jesus came in the room and started breaking the lunchable and it just kept going ain't nobody leaving like free food for the rest of your life if jesus came in here and just started distributing peace and said you'll have peace forever nobody's leaving and there's going to be a whole bunch of people start coming in greedily very selfishly do we earnestly seek after such a splendid combination yet the priority of jesus is not our being filled with just a natural film it or just a natural piece the priority of jesus is that we will be filled with the miracle of eternal fulfillment and eternal contentment that is the priority of jesus jesus told them for the first time jesus tells this massive audience always before he's don't go tell anyone leave it alone don't don't just just receive your miracle for what it is but now jesus is so drawn by their attention that he has to identify the greatest miracle of all time and jesus tells them i want to be your savior and the response is so devastating show us more proof he gave them the playbook for eternal life and their response is what more can you do for us john 6 chapter 28 they said unto him what shall we do that we might work the works of god jesus answered and said unto them this is the work of god that you believe on him he hath sent they said therefore to him what signs show us thou then that we may see and believe you what are you going to do what does that work it's obvious from this there are no boundaries to man's pride to man's doubt and man's resistance to the spiritual things of life everybody everybody needs to receive the miracle of salvation but why do so many want more proof [Applause] none of them questioned how did you break the bread how did you multiply the fish none of them questioned how did you calm the storm but when we get to salvation can you show us more can you give us more the miracle of salvation is so staggering why do we ask the question what more when we have the answer right in front of us this is the work of god that you believe on me salvation is the miracle it is the proof that god has acted in history salvation points to his identity his miracles always pointed to his identity but his miracle of salvation points that he is our savior [Applause] john 6 35 i am the bread of life [Music] he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst jesus is the miracle of eternal life please let there be no more hesitation please let every thought let every question let every doubt subside in your mind let there be no more questions i beg of you this morning receive him that's the bread of eternal life [Applause] because jesus does things that nobody else can do miracles occur for the sake of receiving something beyond our understanding and accepting and uniting us with somebody beyond our ability that is the purpose that is the reason of miracles they point to jesus as the bread of life so salvation is not a miracle to earn salvation is a miracle to receive greatest opportunity of your life is not that he'll give you more food it's not that he'll calm the storm the greatest opportunity of your life is that he will give you salvation it's the finest miracle of life john 4 the woman at the well she asked what must i do give me water so i will never thirst again the rich young ruler what shall i do to inherit life eternal life the prodigal son looked at the father and said i am not worthy just make me a servant in your house the philippian jailer in acts 16 when all the world is coming to an end apparently because there's an earthquake and everybody's escaping the the jailer asked what can i do to be saved the same question was asked by the attendees on the day of pentecost a supernatural occurrence has happened the miracle of salvation is poured out and now you have a bunch of people no asking what must we do to be saved and peter's response is the answer of all answers repent be baptized every one of you in the name of jesus christ for the remission of sins and you what you shall be saved salvation is the greatest miracle of all time what's so hard about accepting it why is it so difficult why can we justify asking for more bread why can we justify asking for peace in a storm when all he wants us to do is believe he is the bread of life [Applause] beauty of the miracle of salvation is it joins us to a faithful savior who is determined to give us an ex an eternal experience rivaled like no other experience so i'm going to come to a conclusion would you stand with me miracles miracles and jesus came not as our enemy now consider this he came not as our enemy we take this for granted he came as our savior now remember the definition of a miracle miracles are given at some point as an insert or as an extra to the ordinary course of nature the ordinary course of nature we are sinners the ordinary course of nature is jesus coming as our enemy and as the omnipotent god there is no enemy that ever rivals him but jesus said no i'm gonna give my people whom i've chosen whom i've loved i'm going to give them a miracle i am going to be their savior i am going to save them because i love them and the ordinary course of nature that i settled in the beginning says i can't do that but a miracle because i am god a miracle says i can abort that ordinary course of nature and i can insert something new into their life so you can have your bread you can have your peace i want jesus as my savior [Applause] all that men would know him oh that men would praise his name because if he is lifted up he will draw all men to him he is your savior a little girl treated her mother very rudely she was ashamed of her mother and her mother had a big ugly scar on her face she looked horrible a little girl would never bring her friends around because of the scar on her mother's face she would never invite her mother to her school events because of the scar on her mother's face and her father her mother finally asked her honey why don't you ever bring your friends around why don't you ever bring me or invite me to school events my daughter said mama it's the scar on your face i just can't bear to introduce you to others her mother said darling sit down let me tell you something i've never told you about the scar on my face one day i went out to draw water when you were a little girl when i looked back from the well i saw the house was on fire i rushed backed in dropped my water i came and grabbed you out of your crib the fire was engulfing you but i got there just in the nick of time and on the way out of the house one of the beams of the house fell and pinned me to the ground the beam seethed on my face for a period of time before i could get it off but i was able to throw you to safety i wanted you to know baby girl the next time you don't want your friends to see me the only reason i have a scar on my face is because i was saving your life quite a moving illustration but one greater than that is jesus has scars on his hands has scars on his feet he carries the scar in his side [Music] let me tell you how he got those scars you and i were on our way to hell i know it's not a cool word i know it's not a popular word i know it's not a word we throw around much but you and i we're on our way to hell and jesus ran from his heavenly throne jesus ran we were on our way to be separated but jesus ran he ran as a holy god forever and jesus looked down and he said i don't want him to suffer the consequences and i don't want him to suffer the ordinary way of nature and i don't want him to suffer what i created in genesis so i'm going to go and jesus came down and he stretched his arms jesus came down they nailed his feet jesus came down and they put a spear in the side so the next time you want a question for the next time your pride or your doubt or your need for more proof is greater than your response to his salvation remember how he got those scars remember it was a miracle it was a miracle of salvation [Music] [Applause] the next time you are embarrassed to step out and admit i need saving the next time you're embarrassed to admit i need to repent next time you're embarrassed if i go get baptized in front of all those people here they're going to think i'm weird the next time you you just are hesitant to to lift your voice to god and him fill you with this spirit just remember nails and hands and feet spear and aside for one reason john 6 35 put him there i am the bread of life and he that comes to me shall never hunger and he that believes on me shall never thirst so the beauty of jesus jesus response warrants a response from us if you can hear do what the spirit says he that has an ear let him hear what the spirit has to say uh multiple in both services today we had multiple words from god that he was a miracle worker that he was a provider of miracles now i'm confident as you watch and as you listen there's a miracle for you there's a miracle in the form of substance there's a miracle in the form of emotional health but the miracle beyond all of those is the miracle of salvation and i'm confident that god wants to give you that miracle today so i'm gonna ask you what's your excuse what's greater than his scars he has [Music] them [Music] uh hallelujah i have called you this day to come unto me and to protect the bread of life from the living waters i have been holding up my hands unto mankind for all eternity is set before you this day you must let go of your past let your shame your reproach hold you back for i will plot out the record of your transgressions i oh the source i am the only life the only bread that is eternal the only quenching of your soul what is christ for me thank you jesus thank you jesus [Applause] should anyone not come can anyone refuse jesus i don't think so it's a miracle for you it's a miracle for receiving it's a beautiful thing it's a wonderful thing there's no embarrassment there's no condemnation every one of us in here at some point we're lost at some point we're sinners and jesus gave us a miracle for receiving you may not understand you may have questions let's lay those aside for a few moments and let's receive that's what he told us to do believe believe believe [Music] before you leave today and if you're watching and if you haven't been baptized in the name of jesus christ for the remission of your sins i am begging you it's a miracle for salvation and it's a miracle for receiving so please reach out to us or if you're in here make a move make a step he took it for you scars he bore for you miracles for receiving and all we have to do all we have to do is believe all we have to do is receive it's a miracle for receiving he's the god of miracles [Music] so where's our hesitation where's our question you

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