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[Music] good morning everyone we're so grateful to have you with us today on the lord's day you all get excited because we get the opportunity to worship our lord and our savior jesus christ so let's sing unto the lord a new song let's give him glory give him honor and give him praise and let's get ready to go higher and worship [Music] god we give you praise god there's none like you god you are so sorrowing god you are the all-wise god and god we just bless your holy name god there's none like you god we can search the world over and we will find that there is none like you oh god daughter of heaven we just praise you for you are lord of lords you are king of kings you are alpha and omega the beginning and the end that you are jehovah jireh our provider you are jehovah shalom our peace you are jehovah rapha our healer you are the god who sees jehovah roy and you are jehovah shaman you are the god who is there so god we don't ever have to do life alone because you promised that you will always be with us you said that you will walk with us oh god that we would never have to do life alone oh god god you said that we can lay all of our cares at your feet god so today god we're laying our balances at your feet we're laying our family at your feet we're laying our children at your feet god we're laying our jaws at your feet oh god cause you promise that you will prevent those things which concern us oh god god we stand on your word god and we know that you will do just what you say god god we bless your holy name oh god and god we against you bless all of those gods that who need healing today god touch them god and meet them at their very point of need oh god god we just thank you guys for you said in your word that miracles signs and wonders shall follow them that believe and we believe you to do great and letting things know god so god move by your spirit god you take control god no matter where you are god make an altar make an altar and get in his presence god we love you oh god glory to your name we bless your holy name o god and god we just thank you o god we thank you o god move out your spirit and have your way we love you so much oh god on today yes lord come on lift your voice and give a praise in the room father we love you we love you we love you how many know he's in control he's the sovereign god and he's the sovereign king he never makes a mistake come on family i want you to lift your voice and give god praise with us we love you we praise you there's nobody greater than you father have your way inhabit this place sovereign god sovereign king i trust in you i trust in your sovereign god southern king i trust i trust [Music] [Music] we will sing he's in control [Music] come on let's raise it up and everybody says [Applause] we trust and we will see [Music] come on somebody raise it and say [Music] he's in control [Applause] thank you you got it is he's in control [Music] come on raise your family and say it [Music] he's in control he's in control [Music] in control of my future [Music] god he's in control [Music] god [Music] oh help me say that he's in control [Music] he's in control [Music] he's in control [Music] he's [Music] he's in control [Music] in control [Music] we know that our god is in control because he is the great i am he is the great i am nobody greater than our god nobody better than our god no one above him no one beside him we serve the great i am come on twc right where you are i need you to lift your hands and just declare that he is the great i am he is the great i am [Music] i wanna be close close to your side so heaven is real and death is alive i wanna see angels singing as one singing as one hallelujah holy holy god almighty the great i am [Music] who is worthy none beside thee god almighty the great i am [Music] [Music] through your [Music] singing can you give him the highest grace [Music] hallelujah [Music] you're the great i am [Music] i am [Music] [Music] is [Music] and the presence 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need and so for because of that if we give to him just as hezekiah did in second chronicles just as the children of israel did as they came together and they gave their first fruits there was so much in the storehouse that there were heaps that they took information that they took all of this from and they were able to give and they were able to share and they were able to make sure that people were taken care of and so that's what we want you to do to worship god with your first fruits worship god with your offering let's do that now [Music] tithing is not only something we talk about at twc it's what we do why because honoring god's word is our top priority and every year as we continue to make a difference in the lives of others by giving back 10 of everything that comes to god through twc god continues to open the floodgates of heaven and shower us with incredible blessings but he wants to do the same thing in your life so today i challenge you to give god a try if you're ready you can give online at twccc.org you can give via our mobile app or even by texting the amount you wish to give followed by twc tithe to 4588 for those who are ready to take the next step if you've already mastered tithing join our heart for the house initiative still not sure feel free to test god by taking our 90-day tithing challenge all of the details can be found on our website and in our app you know in addition to the other amazing work we do all year last year at christmas we were able to make a difference and give nearly 800 000 to families and organizations in need imagine what we could do if 100 of our twc community trusted god tithed and participated in a heart for the house initiative no matter how you choose to give today thank you for honoring god and helping to make a big difference in the lives of people [Music] all right family let's give our gift of confession in this moment lord we give now out of our faith obedience and trust in you you own everything all that we have and will ever have comes from you you promise that if we put you first you'll take care of all of our needs because you're our number one priority we will not treat banks bills and other things better than we treat you you promise that if we tithe and give you will give back to us far more than we give to you so today we give expecting your blessings and your will to permeate every area of our lives for your glory in jesus name amen so family let's continue to worship you alone [Music] and you alone deserves my praise you alone deserves the honor so we bless you name yahweh our way we bless your name yahwah way we give you praise we bless you [Music] you alone jesus [Music] my grace [Music] deserve the honor so we lift you up [Music] you [Music] [Music] your way [Music] you were [Music] me [Applause] we are because we love you [Applause] at the beginning [Applause] [Music] amen [Applause] [Music] [Applause] me [Music] and we lift you higher [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we praise you [Music] [Applause] [Applause] my so you alone [Music] deserves my praise [Music] yahweh [Music] yahweh yahweh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] before a holy god [Music] cause you can handle it that's why we give rubbish to your name father we buy cause you can handle [Music] there's it too big for you oh god we believe and we know that you can handle it you can you can you can you can you can [Music] [Music] you can handle it yeah [Music] a lack of peace [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] you are you are [Music] the king of kings and the lord of lords just lift your hands and worship the great i am and as you worship him he comes to you whatever situation you find yourself in just believe that he can handle it i know he he can handle it i know he can't anywhere he can handle it i know he can [Music] he can handle it and i know he will he can handle it you alone deserve our worship [Music] you alone deserves our praise you alone deserves the honor so we lift you [Music] happy sunday family it is such a great honor to be with you today i am super excited for us to jump into the word of god after tremendous times in worship it's now time for us to get into the word but before i do that first of all let me give an incredible shout out to our teaching team who did a fabulous job this summer with our get closer teaching series i am so so very proud of them while they led the majority of our summer teaching series they also gave me an opportunity to finish writing my dissertation in order to finish my doctoral program and i am so grateful for their help and i am finally grateful to have all of that writing of my dissertation behind me because i'm super excited about what god is doing now and what's coming in the fall and i can't wait to share it with you so i am so excited to jump into the word of god with you this morning largely because we are starting a new teaching series called new and we're going to be in this teaching series for some time this series is going to be broken into a few parts on today i'm going to share with you what god has revealed to me about where we are and what god is doing in this season of our lives and so i want you to meet me if you have your bible grab it if you're following on the app open up the bible section on our app and meet me in isaiah chapter 43 and i'm going to start reading in verse 18. but first let's pray together father i thank you for the power of your word and i sincerely pray lord that you would open our hearts to not just be hearers of the word but to fully grasp what you're saying to us in this moment and in this season god i thank you that you're doing a new thing help us lord to fully connect with it in the mighty name of jesus we thank you now for your word and for what you're going to do in the hearts of your people in jesus name amen all right family let's jump right in isaiah 43 and starting in verse 18 god says this forget the former things do not dwell on the past see i am doing a new thing now it springs up do you not perceive it i'm making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland the wild animals honor me the jackals and the isles because i provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland to give drink to my people my chosen the people i formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise now family whenever you read the word of god there are a few important things that you should be aware of first whenever you find a promise from god you ought to claim it as we have been doing our soap devotion and reading through the bible whenever you find a promise no weapon formed against you shall prosper a promise the lord is our shepherd he makes us lie down in green pastures and whenever you find a promise that god will open the windows of heaven and pour you out blessings you have a room enough to receive whenever you find a promise you need to underline it circle it commit it to memory but most importantly claim it whenever you find a promise from god in the word you ought to claim it but second of all whenever you find a pattern of god in the scriptures you want to pay attention to it because the patterns that you see in scripture reveal the way that god often works in our lives so i want to make sure that you get it whenever you find a promise of god claim it right claim that promise because it is a promise of what god wants to do in your life whenever you find the promise of god claim it but whenever you find a pattern of god pay attention to it because it's the pattern that shows us the way that god will often work in our lives now there is one particularly important pattern of scripture that is extremely relevant for where we are as a people as a faith community and even as a country right now now the pattern is this that god often moves in new fresh ways right after the most difficult of seasons and circumstances family this pattern is consistent all through scripture often right after the most challenging of difficulties the most challenging of circumstances or seasons often right after that god moves in new special fresh and unique ways for example if we go back to genesis in genesis 15 god makes a promise to abraham and the promise is that he's going to make him the father of many and in this promise in genesis 15 god tells abraham that his descendants are going to be enslaved and mistreated for 400 years now that's the difficulty but god promises abraham that after that 400 year period is over that he is going to bring abraham's descendants out blessed and with great possessions and sure enough that's what god did 400 years later he brought the children of israel out of egyptian captivity he did a new thing because the bible says that he didn't just bring him out he brought him out blessed he caused the egyptians to be favorably disposed towards the israelites and the egyptians gave them gold and silver he they blessed them as the israelites on the way out another example of this is in numbers 13 and 14. when 12 leaders from the nation of israel go to spy out the promised land and 10 of them bring back a negative report and have a lack of faith to trust god and possess the promised land god says to joshua and caleb because the people would not trust me he says here's what i'm going to do they are going to wander in the wilderness for 40 years there's that difficulty again but after the 40-year period is over god promises to do a new thing he says that he's going to raise up an entirely new generation meaning the children of the people he brought out of egyptian slavery and he was going to bring them along with joshua and caleb into the promised land and sure enough that's what god did while the nation of israel wandered for 40 years all of the adults all of the individuals that were slaves in egypt they all died out in the wilderness but in the wilderness god raised up their children another generation that did not know egyptian slavery and it was that generation along with joshua and caleb that god brought into the promised land after the difficulty after the hard season god did a new thing another example of this pattern is actually what we're reading now in the old testament if you're doing your soul devotion we just finished reading the book of jeremiah and now we're reading the book of ezekiel and in both of these books god is pronouncing judgment on the nation of israel because they had forgotten him they had forsaken him they were worshiping idols they had drifted so far from god that god allows the babylonians under king nebuchadnezzar to destroy jerusalem and take many of them into exile that is the difficulty family that we have been reading about in jeremiah and ezekiel but here is the pattern again amid the difficulty in the midst of it god promises that he's going to do a new thing god promises that after the period of the exile is over god tells jeremiah and ezekiel that he is going to bring the exiles back to jerusalem and that jerusalem would be rebuilt and that he would give his people a new heart and a new mind this is where in fact that verse comes from in hagat chapter 2 when god says your latter shall be greater than your past god is literally saying yes i know that you've been through a difficult season in exile but i'm going to do a new thing and this new thing will be greater than the stuff in your past and so once again we see this pattern god often moves in a new and fresh way right after the most difficult of seasons and circumstances family this is why this word that god speaks in isaiah 43 is so important so much of the book of isaiah is prophetic in nature god is speaking through isaiah to the nation of israel they're in exile but he's talking about the new stuff that he's getting ready to do oh please don't miss this they are in exile they are in the midst of difficult situations difficult circumstances yet god doesn't want them to focus on that instead god wants them to focus on the new stuff that god is getting ready to do family this is why this word is so important for us because over the last year and a half if you haven't figured it out already let me just declare it to you we have been living in exile we have been living through difficult situations difficult circumstances life as we knew it has been turned upside down yet the pattern of god remains true after the difficult seasons after the difficult circumstances guess what there's light at the end of the tunnel because that's when god moves in new and fresh ways this is why god has given me this word this morning and this word is very prophetic in nature the word is that god listen to me family is getting ready to do a new thing but the first thing that we have to do is prepare our hearts for the new i pray i pray that you my god and and i have the same heart's desire family i don't want to miss god in this new season it is so clear and obvious that god is doing a new thing and i don't want to miss him in this this is why god says what he says in isaiah 43 he says some very important things that i want to make sure that we start with this morning because in essence he's saying if we are going to prepare our hearts for the new number one there are some things that we must do if we're going to prepare our hearts for the new number one there are some things that we must do the first thing that god says in verse 18 of isaiah 43 is forget the former things don't dwell on the past now this is important to pay attention to because there are several times in scripture when we are in fact instructed to remember or to recollect the things that god did in the past in fact just two verses earlier in verse 16 of isaiah 43 it says this is what the lord says he who made a way through the sea a path through the mighty waters who drew out the chariots and horses the army and reinforcements together and they lay there never to rise again extinguished snuffed out like a wick so family god is reading his resume here he's referring to what he did when he brought the children of israel out of egyptian captivity he's talking about some of the things that he's done in the past but then get this right after he says that he turns right around in verse 18 and says forget about all of that don't dwell on it why does god say this what does he mean by all of this the nation of israel had a past that was both amazing and awful they had a past that was amazing because they could literally look back over their life and remember god moving in some amazing ways they could remember that he literally opened up the red sea and allowed them to walk through on dry ground that when they were hungry he opened the heavens and allowed manna to fall and when they were thirsty he brought water from a rock and when they craved meat he blew in quail just by the motion of wind i mean they had some amazing times when they didn't know which way to go god led them by a cloud by day and fire by night i mean god brought them in to a blessed place a land with flowing with milk and honey the bible says and they lived in houses that they didn't build they had harvest that they didn't plant i mean they could look back over their life and see god moving in amazing ways they had a past that was amazing but they also had a past that was awful because they could also look back and remember that after god had done everything for them they ignored him and began to worship idols and they did everything that god told them not to do instead of being the chosen nation that god created them to be they wanted to be just like everybody else so they lost everything jerusalem was destroyed they lost their blessing and they lost their blessed place but before we pass judgment on the nation of israel too quickly it's important that we pause right up in through here and acknowledge that all of us have had a past that reads the same way we can look back over our lives and see times when god moved in amazing ways but we can also look back over our lives and have to drop our head in embarrassment because of some of the awful things that we have done yet god says forget about that stuff don't dwell on it what does he mean by all of this why does god say this god says this because if you allow your past to have control over your life if you allow it your past will overshadow your present and will eclipse your future you know romans 8 and verse 38 is a very famous passage of scripture many people know it by heart it says for i am convinced this is the apostle paul talking that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither the present nor the future nor any powers neither height nor depth nor anything else and all creation will be able to separate us from the love of god that is in christ jesus our lord now this is an important passage but we often read this list and never pay attention to what is left off the list paul says for i am convinced that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons here it is neither the present nor the future nor any powers neither heighten or death nor anything else on all creation will be able to separate us from the love of god that is in christ jesus well guess what's left off that list the past is left off of that list why because if you hold on to the past it can separate you from the love of god and everything else that god has for you listen to me if you allow it the past will try to define you and confine you that's so important my god i have to say that again if you allow it the past will try to define you and at the same time confine you the past will try to define you by leading you to believe that the awful things that have happened to you the awful things that you've done or even the awful mistakes that you have made that they're the sum total of your life the past will try to even shape your outlook and even your sense of self-worth based on the awful things in your past and i'm talking to some of you right now there have been uh this kind of dark season of clouds hanging over your life and it's happened for far too long you you right now listening to me some of you have been like living under this dark cloud and this dark cloud has been following you everywhere that you go but it has originated from your past see when you look at your life and when you look at what's in front of you you can't even see clearly because everything is being affected by this dark cloud from your past but the word of the lord for you this morning is forget about that stuff don't dwell on it you cannot allow your past to define you but here's another thing you also cannot allow the past to confine you see the past will try to confine you by leading you to believe that things will always happen the same way that that the amazing things have happened in your past now this is tricky and very subtle because when amazing things have happened in our past you know what we like to do we like to take those things and place them in the box of predictability meaning we like to believe that when other amazing things happen in our lives they're going to happen the same way that's what we like to think and we do this because we don't like the unknown we crave comfort and and the things we know and have grown accustomed to that's what we like to hold dear because we know how the amazing things happened in our past we have a tendency to want to believe that the same way that god moved in our past we think that god is going to move that same way today but the truth is he won't this is another reason why god says forget about that stuff don't dwell on it god is literally saying do not stereotype me do not put me in a stereotypical box and think you know how and which way i'm gonna move in this new season god is saying listen just because i parted the red sea in the past don't think that that's the way that i'm gonna move in this season just because i gave you manna from heaven in the past don't think that that's the way that i'm going to move in this season just because i've opened doors and gave you raises and bonuses in the past that doesn't necessarily mean that's the way that i'm going to be moving in this season just because we have some great and amazing things that i did in your past don't automatically assume that that's the same way that i'm going to move in this season now there's nothing wrong with any of those great things they only become a problem when you begin to think that those are the only ways that god is going to move now see family quite often we get to a place in life where we begin to live more from our memory instead of from our imagination but in this new season if you are stuck living from your memory you are going to miss god you have got to put your memory aside for a moment and tap into the spirit of imagination you have to have a heart that's open for whatever god wants to do in this season this is why if we're going to prepare for the new number one there's some things that we must do god says forget the past don't dwell on it but then number two there are some things that we must understand there are some things number two that we must understand this is why in the very next verse in verse 19 god says see i'm doing a new thing now it springs up do you not perceive it the new international version starts off with the word see another translation the king james and the new king james starts off with the word behold another translation says it this way look at this all of these phrases in the hebrew mean look this way or look over here or surprise in essence what god is saying is that you have been focusing on one thing or you have been looking where you always look or you have been fixated on that but what i need you to do is look this way look over here god is saying surprise when i was in graduate school working on my master's degree i worked as a waiter and a bartender at a hotel in downtown atlanta and because i worked for tips whenever the restaurant and the bar was slow i used to do magic tricks i learned how to do magic tricks just as a way to earn additional tips and i learned that the effective way to do a magic trick is to get people to focus on what you're doing with one hand so that at the height of the trick you could reveal the magic the tada the surprise with the other hand that's what god is saying here on one hand you've been focusing on covet on one hand you've been focusing on all of the drama and other issues on one hand you have been focusing on the fallout and the challenges but surprise to die look over here because i'm doing something else with my other hand oh family god deserves a praise break right there because some of you were getting ready to make the wrong decision based on one hand some of you were getting ready to miss god based on focusing on only one hand but god says surprise look over here i'm doing a new thing which means that god is up to something now family we got to stop for a moment and deal with this phrase when god says behold or see i'm doing a new thing because that phrase new thing in the hebrew means fresh it means brand new it means never seen before watch this it also means never done before ah don't miss this god is saying listen this new thing that that he is doing it's fresh it's brand new it's never been seen before and it's never been done before listen to me family this means this new thing that god is doing will be beyond anything that you have a point of reference for that's so important i got to say it again this means that this new thing that god is doing will be beyond anything that you have a point of reference for and you need to prepare your heart for this now because often when god begins to lead us into the unknown that's when fear tries to take over and often we end up grabbing for our past instead of trusting god as he leads us into uncharted territory you know this is why the nation of israel actually started murmuring and complaining and talking about going back to egypt when god was leading them out because what they were afraid of was the unknown this is why lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt when god was leading them out of sodom and gomorrah why because what she was afraid of was the unknown this is why when timothy was getting ready to to fully embrace a leadership position beyond anything that he had a point of reference for paul encourages him to remember in second timothy 1 7 that god hasn't given us a spirit of fear and timidity but of power love and self-discipline i love this translation because often the self-discipline that you and i have to exercise is to not allow fear to reign in our hearts and cause us to miss where god is leading us in this new season listen this new thing that god is doing is going to present you with new opportunities it's going to present you with new open doors new responsibilities new access new influence new changes new leadership new relationships new expansion beyond your wildest dreams but you cannot embrace this with fear you have to lean into god with faith and trust that as he's leading you beyond anything that you have a point of reference for he's going to take care of you this is why hebrews 10 and 38 says it this way it says but my righteous ones will live by faith and i take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back but we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed but to those who have faith and are saved let me give you the the van moody translation of what god is dealing with in hebrews here in essence what god is saying here in hebrews 10 is this if we get to the door of this new thing that god is doing and we shrink back out of fear god is not going to be pleased but this is why family we are people of faith because instead of shrinking back out of fear we lean in and we exercise our faith and our trust in god as he leads us into the new listen you need to make it up in your mind now that you will not allow fear to drive the car of your life in this new thing that god is doing as a matter of fact fear should have no place in your mind in your home on your job in your finances or even in your heart as you pursue where god is leading you this family is the time to go for it if we were live in one of our campuses this is why i would tell you to touch your neighbor and tell them go for it go for it you may need to pull out your phone and tweet and post this is the time to go for it and if you can't remove fear completely let me tell you what you need to do put him in the back seat or in the trunk and do it scared if you have to trust god and drive in the direction that he is leading so god says forget the former things don't dwell on the past c meaning behold look over here surprise i'm doing a new thing it's fresh it's brand new never been done before never been seen before but then the last thing that god says in the b clause of verse 19 is this he says now it springs up do you not perceive it i'm making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland oh my god god says it's happening get this right now i i want you to just wrap your mind around that right because we are at a time in our country of all kinds of chaos think about it you've got issues in afghanistan you you got this delta variant that is continuing to to wreak havoc you've got schools that are trying to deal with mask or no mass there's so many things that are happening that that will cause us if we're looking at the world through our worldly vision to say it doesn't look like god is doing anything special but god says he's doing it right now right now god says it's happening right now in the midst of the delta varian in afghanistan and everything else god says it's happening right now you know there's a verse in ecclesiastes 11 4 that says whoever watches the wind will not plant and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap and i reflected on this verse as i was studying this passage because this verse describes many people because so many of us believe that god is only moving when the conditions are perfect in our eyes we we will look through our worldly vision and when we see that the stars are lying and the sun is shining and everything is going well we think well god is moving now but the truth is it's it's in times like these difficult challenging times when god moves the most and god says guess what y'all is happening right now i'm doing a new thing and it's happening right now you don't have to wait for god to get ready you don't have to wait for your season to come god says it's upon you and it's happening right now and here is the most disturbing thing that god says in this passage he says do you not perceive it this means if we don't forget the stuff in our past and if we allow fear to control our lives we will miss what god is doing in this season oh i don't want to miss it god god says but if you don't forget the former things if you are dwelling on the stuff that's in your past the amazing stuff but also the awful stuff if you're dwelling on that and fear is controlling your heart you are not even going to be able to perceive to recognize to comprehend to point out to be a part of the new things that god is doing this is the most disturbing part of what god says because it suggests that god is doing a new thing but if our heart is not right we'll miss it and i love it because he ends by saying i'm making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland that means that there are other people who will look around at where we are who may even look at where you are in your family or what's going on in your life and may speak doom and gloom and think that it is the worst case scenario they see it as a wilderness but god says i'm making ways in the desert and i'm making streams in the wilderness in other words god says other people may look at your life you may look at your life and look at your setting and your scenario and think this is toe up from the floor this is horrible but god says that's when i'm working he says because i am literally making ways in the desert in this new season and i'm making streams in the wasteland translation that which you think is problematic is going to be a setup for god to move like never before translation what other people thought was a barrier is actually going to be the door of the blessing of god in your life but i got to come back to the disturbing question that god asked he says do you not perceive it over the next several weeks i'm going to be sharing with you some very critical things that god has revealed to me that we have to do to prepare our hearts so that we can not only perceive the new but also so that we can take part in the new so that we don't miss god in this season because we've got to prepare our hearts if not the new will pass us by and let me just tell you if you haven't figured it out already for those of you who have the mantra i can't wait to get back to normal that day has come and gone god says behold see i'm doing a new thing the language is not getting back to what's behind us but it's leaning in to this new thing that god is doing and so over the next several weeks we're going to be talking about how do we prepare for the new towards the end of september we're going to go on a seven-day fasting journey and i hope that you would join us during this time in the summer i've even written a a fasting guide for all seven days because their particular scriptures their particular things that that the lord has said to me and said prepare my people prepare their hearts because the new is coming and we've got to deal with some things so that we can be prepared to receive it i hope your heart's desire is like mine i don't want to miss god in this season so family god is doing a new thing it's happening right now do you perceive it and even before i close some of you may have been listening to me and been thinking man i i don't want to miss god but i don't know where to start well one of the greatest places for you to start is to just open your heart to the lord if you don't know him as your lord and personal savior open your heart to him or maybe you you know jesus but you're not a part of a faith community an authentic integris faith community a place where you can be built up a place where you can be discipled well let me tell you something i've been sharing more information about when we're going to reopen our doors but even if you decide that you're not ready to come back when we reopen that's okay because we are working to release even more incredible ways to disciple you and your family and your children right there in the safety of your home because that's the kind of community we are we believe in transforming the world by transforming lives and so if you don't have a church family we'd love for you to be a part of our twc family family i'm excited this is a new season and god is doing a new thing i don't want us to miss it take care family when god speaks and his word goes to wherever he sets for it to go it doesn't return to him void think of it as like a check it doesn't come back to him it doesn't come back to him as a place where it's not done what it's supposed to do so we're believing that for the word that was deposited into your hearts this morning that this word is going to do everything that god set forth for to happen and so what is god speaking to you this morning what is holy spirit saying to you this morning for each of you that maybe you don't have a relationship with jesus christ we are inviting you right now in this moment to have a relationship with christ and for those of you all that are wanting to have a deeper more meaningful you want to get closer you want to feel god's presence you want to join the dream team whatever your next step is in jesus we invite you to take that next step today in this moment so what we want you to do is to text the word decision that you see to the number that you see on the screen right now and what we want to do is we're going to pray with you we're going to have somebody that's going to to to be with you and to be able to direct you in whatever your next step is and if you want to join us at twccc.org you can also go to our next steps page there and there you can find what is it that you are desiring to go and how you want to grow in god what is it that you want to do in the lord and so family we thank god for everything that he's done and what he's already done and how he's provided for us and how this word is going to see and be manifested into our lives this morning and throughout our lives as we go along and so i want to speak this blessing over you father in the name of jesus i thank you for these your people and i thank you god for the promise and the love of your word and god i ask that you move in the lives of your people i pray father that they would be blessed that they would be one that they would know that you are god you are god alone so father we ask that you would bless and cover them keep everyone healthy keep everyone safe cover them in their homes and their jobs bless the children as they're in school touch father in the name of jesus that you move by your spirit and by your power we love you lord we thank you god and we speak these blessings that we would never be departed from your presence that we never be separated from your love in jesus name amen family we love you come on in click like share comment we just want you to interact with this word and we just look forward to spending the time with you next week god bless you

Channel: The Worship Center with Van Moody

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Length: 73min 50sec (4430 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 05 2021