Sunday Service - Kingdomcity - 11 July 2021

[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 come on everybody wherever you are come on stand on your feet nothing can restrict your praise nothing can restrict your focus nothing can restrict your faith nothing can restrict yourself come on all over the globe lift our voices onto him come on the victory that you have won can't help myself but give you praise god you've been so good to me cause when i think about all you've done the victory that you have won get out myself and give me praise god you've been so good to [Music] [Music] in your me and this is my victory [Music] [Music] [Music] nation for everything that you have done [Music] everybody one voice we say [Music] [Music] to you [Music] to you [Music] me [Music] is [Music] welcome to church no matter where you're coming in from around the world we want to welcome you to kingdom city it is such an honor to have you in the room hey listen if it's your first time at church if it's your first time even receiving the link today we would love to connect with you why don't you follow the link below and uh and let us know where you're from and we would love to let you know more about kingdom city hey listen we're about to go into a time of worship no matter where and where you're worshiping right now i want to encourage that we serve a god that heals we serve a god that restores we serve a god that delivers welcome to the house of god the house of god is where you are right now heavenly father we thank you lord for every need for every person right around the globe lord we pray that healing restoration lord let fake the rise in every heart and in every home lord we pray let your kingdom come let your will be done as we worship you lord you've done it you've done it before lord do it again do it again do it again in jesus name come on wherever you are why don't you stand to your feet let's worship god together amen [Music] oh [Music] away [Music] heavenly father we had all your names with honor we worship your worth we proclaim give us we thank you provider you've not filled us yet that's right look at your kingdom and let your kingdom come and your will be dying till earth looks like heaven and then your kingdom come till your church is one and your name is exalted [Music] let it be done [Music] foreign [Music] temptation [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] um [Music] infinite love is [Music] knows [Music] is [Music] be done [Music] [Music] [Music] until we're in heaven [Music] surrounding your thrones [Music] we'll give you [Music] hello foreign [Applause] let it begin [Music] jesus he'll never let me down [Music] he'll never let me down [Music] oh is is [Music] is [Music] if [Music] is [Music] [Music] is glory is [Music] is me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] things [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] hallelujah he has done great things [Applause] [Music] lord we thank you that lord you have done great things the lord every need lord right across the world we thank you god in advance that you have done great things lord we speak it out in faith you have done great things and lord we pray we we worship and we proclaim that he is the king of kings he is the lord of lords he is the great i am he is worthy of all our worship all our worship and everyone right around the world said amen amen amen amen wow what an amazing time of worship there is such faith in the room right here and i know right in the rooms wherever you're meeting right across the world you know right now we're going to come around a time of our tithes and our offerings pastor ben brought an amazing word last week and we are hearing testimonies all week about god's goodness god's faithfulness as we bring the tithe into the house we are seeing god just open up doors you know financially uh spiritually we are seeing bodies being healed we are seeing families being restored because people are getting their lives in alignment with the word of god you can follow the link below uh to give her your tithes and your offerings right now but let me pray let us pray that god will will pour out the windows or open the windows of heaven over your life heavenly father we thank you lord we come around the time of of giving of our ties and our offerings and lord we pray the lord as we get our lives and our households in alignment with the word of god we thank you that your promises say that you will open the storehouses of heaven the windows of heaven and pour out so much blessing upon us we won't be able to contain it lord we take a hold of that word but first of all we get our lives in alignment with your word and we thank you god for every gift for every giver and lord we pray let your kingdom come that your will be done on earth as it is in heaven and everyone said amen amen hey church we're about to go into kingdom city news and then into our global gather we are on the launch pad guys we're on the launch pad we are heading into global gathering it's going to be an amazing time so why don't you take your seat and let's go to kingdom city news [Music] hello is anyone there yep hello i'm here man i'm here come on it's time for connect what are you doing what are you talking about come on turn on your screen pastor man i i told you last time come on there's a little button down there it's called video just all right all right clicking clicking now here we go all right let's try it how's that hey there he is that's that's the most beautiful forehead i've ever seen so just let's just bring that camera down there we go hey blake how you doing man good love you look i'm feeling good i'm ready for connect i'm excited we we fancy god's about to move the blossom of glory are you ready for connection man i'm ready for connection you know what i love about this season blake is there's never been an easier time to connect to get connected you can connect with your family your neighbors meet in households and if you can't do that because of restrictions just get on zoom like we're doing right now and instantly you're in the room that's what it's all about friends family for your kids we got it all i don't know what people are having to fuss about this is the season it's time to get serious for god don't act like you're an angel and not be connected in this scene you know what this is this is the last connect before a global gathering can you believe it come on listen i brought a birdie along because i'm so excited for this last connect i'm bringing everyone i'm inviting my friends we got to tell everybody about so for those that are watching right now get together with your kinect join and connect and get ready for global gathering [Music] hi everyone as we come towards global gathering we're calling for 10 days of prayer and fasting every one of us wherever we are in the world will come together and united and surrender we will pray and fast in the presence of god from july the 20th to july the 29th this is how it's going to work every day you will get a prayer focus and prayer points that will come out on kingdom city instagram also on kingdom city website every morning at 8 00 am there will be a devotion come and join us it will prepare us it will bring the alignment and together we can search and pray together and then again every evening at 5 00 pm we will come together and it will be a prayer meeting and together we can pray and seek the heart of god listen if you're in connect groups you can do something special get your connect group members together and prepare a list of people you want to see save starting with your family and your friends put the names down on your connect whatsapp and send it out together you and your connect group can pray for salvation can pray for miracles can pray for breakthrough there meeting everyone's need and seeing our families come to christ this miracle offering [Music] hey church i just want to encourage you with an amazing testimony that we have as we're coming up to global gathering and miracle offering i hope this stirs your faith and i want to encourage you to take this testimony as yours we have an amazing carrier couple in kl who had been believing for a baby for 10 months they were believing for a miracle child coming up into conference last year god gave them an amount to give into miracle offering the amount that god had given them they would have to use their savings and at a time like it was last year with job loss the pandemic this was huge but they were obedient came to miracle offering and they gave the amount that god had led them to give god actually spoke to her at miracle offering last year and said to her this is my battle to win even when you can't see it even when you can't feel it i'm moving on your behalf in december a friend texts them and said to her no more weeping it is time for rejoicing no more delay january this year this amazing couple found out that they are expecting their miracle child what an amazing testimony we pray that it stirs your faith as you prepare for miracle offering this year to give online head over to kingdom city dot com forward slash giving once you are there select the campus you are from and the giving details will be displayed on your screen thank you so much for your generosity as we continue to bring the reality of god to our world [Music] [Music] i want to oh [Music] what can i do can i make a difference why am i here the needs that surround us the pandemic that afflicts us and the questions that plague us 2021 launches a decade that answers these questions a journey that needs unwavering focus with eternity motivating us discipleship defining us and togetherness identifying us this year our global gathering is a convergence of two high points our connect conference and our annual miracle offering over the weekend from friday 30th of july to sunday first of august our church is going to gather globally in homes and give sacrificially as a family let's do this together there's power in together following god is an adventure when we do it together giving sacrificially is world impacting when we do it together even if you're by yourself you are not alone even though we can't all gather we can do this together every family every couple every person intentionally sacrificing this year when the opportunity to do good presents itself as we at unprecedented levels bring the reality of god to our world but we didn't start here on 9th april 2006 a handful gathered but a movement started in the 15 years since kingdom city has grown to a church numbering tens of thousands across many nations around the world the momentum tangible the acceleration incredible and then 2020 happened this global pause provided us with a divine opportunity to reset our values and refocus our priorities in a way we never would have in the busy rhythms of former routine in uncertainty one thing became clearer followers of jesus thrive in crisis more than casual observers of faith which is why jesus said to go into all the world and make disciples it's hard to see a few weeks ahead and yet the longer term path has never been more lit to make disciples christ followers of every nation the explosive early church and acts or revival at three layers in larger gatherings house to house and on each soul personally while many of our larger gatherings were affected and some still are our connects have exploded with new urgency and it's changed the very nature of church ordinary people begin to meet the needs of other ordinary people and we begin to function like a real body the latent potential of every believer is awake and we have seen salvations testimonies care support baptisms and genuine loving connection in homes and personal community around the world this weekend coming up is the church gathering giving and growing you're invited join in but don't just watch play your part and give your temporary currency eternal value we are sowing into a decade of discipleship as you prayerfully consider your miracle offering see the good see the unseen see beyond because we are seeding the good seeding the unseen and seeding beyond we are seeing expansion evangelism and education as a global family we have expanded knowing god's son died for every color and corner of our world we partner with ministries who are reaching those we can't because evangelism is our privilege and responsibility we're putting a stake in the ground of education as we announce kingdom city international school a world-class christian based global online education utilizing our hubs around the world launching in 2023 which will strengthen the next generation with a godly worldview whatever you do on your own to bring the reality of god to your world keep doing it but let's do this gathering together tens of thousands will be gathering in homes in many countries to worship and pray together laugh and cry together eat and drink together share and give together and connect and celebrate together i can do something this is why i'm here i can make a difference so it's come to this this is unity this is unprecedented this is our global gathering [Music] well welcome everybody around the world [Applause] and uh wherever you're at from our house to yours we we have a we have a passionate loud we have a passionate loud group of people here right here in perth and uh from wherever you are watching we just want to say welcome and whatever brought you on stay until the end because not only were you blessed by that incredible worship but there's a word that i want to share as we're only 20 days from our global gathering we literally as uh as mike said we're on the launch pad of what god's about to do and it's going to be real exciting filled with faith really believing for your house as well so uh there's so much to celebrate so much to be excited about and that ten day fast as well which is in ten days from today so uh wherever you are hopefully you can take your seats and i wanna get into the word father i pray that you give me clarity of thought and the ability to articulate what you are saying to me uh in a way that does justice to it uh that it would actually uh touch the hearts of everyone who's keen and eager and hungry right now father i pray for the removal of every demonic distraction every daily distraction and every menial distraction and even good distractions god we pray for the removal of all of those that hearts would be soil fertile to absorb receive the nutrients of your word and it would truly bring change whether it be today tomorrow next week next month or next year father we welcome your word into our heart because it's living in active sharper than any two-edged sword able to divide between soul and spirit joint and marrow and it's a discerner of our hearts father continue to speak uniquely specifically powerfully and personally to everybody in africa everybody in asia everybody in australia everybody in europe everybody in north and south america wherever around the world they are speak personally to them in their accent so they could hear your voice in jesus name we pray and everyone said amen you know in times like this people worry the days we're living in anxiety is a real issue and the bible simply says don't worry be anxious for nothing people are scared and the bible says don't fear yeah i don't know if you've had a friend like that who just gives you absolutes like you're like i'm struggling with insecurity well don't well right right now i just wanna i'm wrestling with an addiction we'll stop it i mean they're right this is not helpful i'm feeling really anxious and fearful suppose just don't okay but how's this uh how where does it get you know and but that's the thing you might go but but i have bills to pay the miracle offering is coming up and i've just lost my job and and so genuinely i have anxiety and the scripture says don't be anxious still um but my kids are away from god and and i don't know where they are at night and the scripture says don't worry don't worry uh but but uh but you know i got the vaccine and i feel sicker than before i got the vaccine well don't fear delphia rarely does the scripture ever give you an absolute instruction without giving you something to go with it it never just tells you to do something in isolation so before it tells you to stop something avoid something quit something it actually gives you the key to how to replace that and displace that so before you start you stop you quit or you avoid something bad in you the scripture always gives you something to start and to pursue and to feel good in you that's why the scripture does not just simply say be anxious for nothing but it says but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving make your request known to god so he's not just saying avoid that he's saying this is what you do to replace that this is what you do to displace that don't it says don't fear it many times through the scripture but it says perfect love casts out the fear in other words don't go i've got to avoid fear i've got to avoid fear lord give me perfect love because that gets rid of the fear that i'm trying to avoid when when when it says don't worry do not worry about your life or what you will eat or what you wear i've spent many years taking the scripture too literally i have not worried about what i've eaten and i've not worried about what i've worn then i got married and i had to worry about what i wore and uh now i have to worry about what i eat so the problem is that scripture does not just tell you to avoid all the anxiety that a season like this would bring it actually tells you in matthew 6 here's what you do to displace that worry you seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness all these things will be added unto you it's the principle of displacement displacement meaning it's not just avoid something something fills it that displaces the very thing that you're avoiding and what religion will do is will tell you what not to do but faith in christ actually brings things into the mix that gets rid of the very thing that religion wants you to get rid of but you have no power to do yourself that's why in the middle of a pandemic that's why in the middle of lockdown that's why in the middle of 2021 that's why in the middle of people under living under weird governments and crazy people that decide what they want to do for us we can comfortably confidently say we won't worry we won't be anxious and we won't fear why because he's given us the key he said in everything by prayer and supplication he said seek first the kingdom of god he said receive perfect love and it'll drive out all fear so here's what i want to do for a few minutes i want to actually talk about you know everyone would know if i said to you i want to talk to you about prayer today everyone go yeah we've heard we know we're meant to yeah all right uh pastor mervyn will give us a sermon on prayer we'll feel guilty for about a week we may do it for about a day and then it's back to normal life but there's a journey what would it be like can you imagine a a day where prayer is not your duty but your longing imagine when presence of god is not something you have to attend but something you actually uh crave that would be a good thing right i mean you know if you're trying to get healthy imagine if you actually i believe i'm told this is purely theory i have no experience with this there is a day you can get where you actually enjoy broccoli and love good green foods and i don't mean like you're just avoiding all the bad stuff i mean you long for the good stuff apparently i can speak from what i know about god and i know that they can come a craving and a desire and a longing for god that is so real that is so powerful that it makes all the diligence around the duties that you feel that you need to do because you're a believer suddenly become the greatest privilege you've ever had in your life but it starts somewhere it starts with a decision everyone say decide you know i was saying decide while writing decision that was a bit tricky a decision the scripture always gives you a choice choose you this day whom you will serve you have to make a choice you have to choose life or choose death you have to choose christ or to reject him there is a choice you have to make and a lot of us have no problem starting with the decision but a lot of us don't even start with the decision if we're going to do this 10 days of prayer and fasting i want to encourage you already here's an idea decide to do it don't go well i think we'll get there and i'll see if i remember and if the pastor reminds me next week or they send me a whatsapp oh yeah maybe i'll just have tea instead of coffee i want to encourage you make a decision everyone say decide look at your neighbor say i have decided it's a song i have decided to follow jesus it doesn't start with you waking up and you drifted into jesus you decided to follow jesus he made a decision to leave heaven come to earth die on a cross it was a decision he made he didn't float onto the cross he made a decision for you so you and i could have an opportunity to make a decision for him and everything we do make a decision i want to be a person of prayer maybe you've never even said that out loud you thought that's his servant's job well someone pray someone in the church will pray someone in the the elders will pray decide say today my heart god today i don't care whether i'm young old what stage of life i'm in i want to be a person of prayer have you ever thought about that as a concrete choice or you thought oh yeah but that's not my gifting i'm not really an intercessor ever you know what prayer is access who doesn't want access to god prayer is access it's a divine invitation to have access with the god of the universe the god of all creation the alpha the omega the beginning the end that is what prayer is it's simply saying i've now removed every hindrance to you and me now come before me in fact before quarantine before isolation jesus said when you want to pray go into your room and shut your door but he didn't say where a mosque and he said speak to your father who is in the secret place and your father who's in secret will will reward you openly there's something about making a decision that actually is the start of it then the decision has to lead to what we call discipline [Music] yeah this part's hard but the discipline how many people have decided things but never had the discipline to carry it out hands up yeah i should put two for that uh on many areas of my life i've made decisions that i have not had the discipline i have started more fast than i've ended and i've in fact finished a lot of fast supernaturally within like a day or two even though it was the 10 day faster i just felt released by dinner uh you know so i want to encourage you do not uh mistake the fact that a decision must lead to discipline it's the commitment it's the consistency it's the god i will do it and you know one of the things that will help you get there i'm going to try and do this with a different color to make it cool is and really what the difference between a decision which is a choice it's actually commitment that will take you to discipline so it's one thing to choose it's nothing to commit right every one of you have made choices in life but the only way the choice came became real is when you committed to the choice and the key to actually helping you with the choice sometimes in commitment is others others can help you you know i've told the story before i have a sermon online called everybody needs a paul and troy it was literally a message i spoke a year ago about going to the gym which is the absolute a decision i made but i had zero discipline no commitment but i had others who literally carried me like the paralyzed man on the stretcher because that's what i felt like every time i went to that lovely place and uh and yet every time you know the discipline is when i don't feel like it i don't want to pray when you make a choice to pray you will not suddenly feel like praying let me just help you he said i was waiting for the holy spirit to just make me want to pray that doesn't come with the decision in fact opposition will come to your decision and then really what you need is some people some friends you need to go from choice to commitment and then really where that leads to the discipline eventually if you do that long enough is what i call devotion have you ever met someone who's devoted or a devout man a devout woman a devout worshiper a devout spouse a devout friend a devout a devoted person now now the scales have tipped a bit now it's no longer i have to i get to yeah it's not like you know there's almost and and the key to to go from the discipline and the consistency of making sure i do this to actually where there's a sense of devoutness is actually a word that we don't use much now it's called consecration to consecrate is an exclusive word it's like to set myself aside for the purpose of anything that you want as a value in your life will never graduate from a discipline to a devotion unless you start to become focused in your concert consecration if you give yourself a myriad of options you you may maintain the discipline through your sheer commitment but you'll never become a devout person oh god i want to be a devout man of prayer i don't just want to be someone that has to do it i want to get to do it and there's something about devotion that now flavors your discipline with a little bit of delight you now don't just you know strangest things happen the strangest thing happened you know going to this horrific gym long enough through sheer commitment and discipline because of the help of others eventually i got to the point where even when troy couldn't pick me up i actually went stop pray yeah yeah i know i know i know i know i know i know testimony.com that's going on there because what happens i actually don't don't judge me i sickly in a weird way sort of enjoyed it i didn't entirely enjoy it but i sort of enjoyed it and you know wouldn't it get would it be wonderful if you actually enjoyed prayer yeah oh that's not where i'm at well let's start with the decision and make the choice get some help around the commitment that's why we're all doing this fast together don't do it alone every time you do it alone you're likely to fail when you start to make yourself accountable you're more likely to land in the place of devotion but imagine if we can get to the point where devotion becomes desire [Music] desire and how how do i take myself from a devoted person to one that desire there's a thing called you've probably heard this cravings when you start to crave something it becomes a desire and here's the beauty of god you know when people say how do you stay hungry for god what's the key i'm not pretending that i've always been hungry forgot there are times where my journey has had to go from here to here to here to here and then i life happened and i ended up just here or ended up here sometimes i ended up here and i had to start again go oh man god i make a choice and i've got to recommit to this and then eventually that commitment leads to that now here's what happens this is not a works issue this is the privilege we get of following god and the beauty about our global gathering is it's a crucible of of expectation and faith and hunger what would it feel like if over the next 10 days in the lead up to the 10 days of prayer and fasting we said god here's what i want out of these 10 days not a new car not a new house not a new spouse not a new life not a new that i want i want to become a person who has a desire for you that's why the psalmist said early will i seek you my soul my soul longs for you not his spirit your spirit will always long for god but your soul is your mind and your will and your emotions his soul got to the point where he's even his mind and his work they longed for god in fact he took it a step further he said my flesh my flesh longs for you my soul first for you and my flesh longs for you he got himself to the point david did where he was not only a man who decided to follow god but disciplined himself to follow god and he was a devoted worshiper and follower of god he had a longing for god everything about his dna started to ache in the direction he started craving god more than he craved the flesh he started craving god more than he craved netflix he started craving god then he craved some binge tv series he started craving god then he started craving uh you know whatever else the things that would otherwise pull it as flesh what a privilege if we can get to the point where we desire him again now now i haven't forgotten about others here what others you know how do you know who can help me with consecration others but not as many you know when you make a decision because maybe many of you have made a decision and you've got a connect group you've got friends your family but then you decide i want to be devoted when you and your family decide i want to actually not just be yeah yeah i do the sunday thing yeah yeah i'll watch the sermon i'll go christmas easter i actually want to be devoted there's going to be less people that'll walk with you so there'll be many who share your commitment to the virtue of believing in god but not as many will share your desire because then they start using words like you're a little too church little too god god god anyone have family don't point just yeah that thing of you just care about that yeah why do yeah and then and then how do i get from consecration to craving uh just there's only going to be a few people now you're talking to to only a handful of people in your life who will even understand your desire for god because at this point they start calling you things like fanatic they start calling you things like you know you've got to have a balance in your life why is this god god god god god you know this mindset that you need to flavor your heaven with hell in your your spirit with flesh is a weird one because you're always going to be flesh i'm not saying you can live in perfect desire all the time but can you imagine if this is your hunger and this is where your heart longs for and we could find just even a handful of people that said god i want to get to the point where your presence is my pursuit that's what i long for you know i don't want you because of what you give me i there's nothing wrong with god blessing people every message you hear where you cheer about the potential the promise and the power of what god will do through your life because of his word is wonderful you can amend that you can take that to the bank every day of the week but imagine imagine if jemima only wanted to marry me because she thought oh i'll get some title i'll get some money i'm in debt and he'll get me out of that hmm you know you'd start to feel you'd actually want someone to want you because of who you are i i want to be loved because i'm a nice person not because of what i can do for you well guess what as the bride of christ let's not desire the groom himself just because of what he'll do for me in this miracle offering just because of what he'll do for my family imagine now it is nothing wrong he will he will that's his nature he is a rewarder that's who he is but can you imagine the joy when that is actually who i desire thank god the songwriter didn't write the song this is my discipline to worship you this is my decision to no this is my desire there's something about desire that speaks to the very awakening of who you are and if you're finding yourself going here but that's not me now that's okay don't feel condemned find out where you need to start for some of us we need to start at a decision again and that's okay you you know you it's not like you've got to go nine months here seven months here five that's not that's not how it works it simply is a measure of your choice your commitment your consecration and your craving what does fasting do it's rocket fuel to everything you want to do it's not just a diet it's not just abstaining from food but i'm displacing that space with prayer it's called prayer and fasting not sleeping fasting so i'm so tired i'm going to bed i can't wait till dinner stay you know you spend a whole day dreaming about what you're avoiding and you're wondering why god this is it's purely discipline so get around others say come on i'm feeling really tired let's just put some worship on let's pray let's do something and i want to encourage you this may be the greatest 20 days of your life i said the potential of what god could do in your life is literally mind-blowing if you would start with a level focus kicks in about here it's like you know what consecration does it's like i set myself apart for you in other words i'm not going to allow other things i'm not going to allow other things to clutter that when someone becomes devoted or devout it's because they have given themselves to this one thing and that's why the psalmist said one thing have i desired of the lord and that will i seek after that i may dwell in his house all the days of my life there's something about longing for god in his presence and his spirit that actually can become the first of your very dna and i'm not saying you live in there for the rest of your days you'll have good seasons bad seasons busy seasons tough seasons life but don't drift too far from desire and maybe this is a wonderful opportunity to start again maybe it's a it's your time today to say god i need to make a fresh decision you know i want to encourage you make a decision say you know what i don't even have to wait 10 days to start the first i'm going to start listening to the devotions online the devotions that are on on instagram or whatever i'm gonna i'm gonna actually make some time i'm gonna maybe cut out some of the secular music and the rubbish and i'm actually gonna feed myself worship i'm gonna stain from alcohol and i'm gonna actually just drink of living water i'm gonna actually decide for a season to displace some of the stuff that not evil i'm not going to hell over it but guess what i'm after i want to be a devout i want to be a person of desire i don't just want to constantly oscillate because of religion religion will be happy if you never get in fact religion doesn't want to take you to desire it's just happy with your decision and your discipline the devil wants you to stay in there because then he's got something to condemn you with he's got a big stick to beat you over and when you hear a sermon on prayer and fasting you're like i can't pray this because you never went beyond discipline there's a space of enjoyment and hunger and thirst you know the pretext for psalm 63 it says the psalm of david when he was in the wilderness of judah the wilderness of judah some of you feel like you're in a wilderness right now you feel because of life anxiety worry pandemic drama you feel in a wilderness he was in a wilderness the wilderness of judah it's a place but really the wilderness of judah the word judah means praise some of you have been so barren in your praise in fact you you often skip the entire service until the word or maybe the last slow song because hopefully everyone knows that one and you're like it's like i don't even you've had a wilderness appraise because that's just for energetic young people i've had a wilderness of declaring the greatness of god and and and this psalmist david was in the wilderness of judah and and you know when you read the psalm if you ever read the pretext it's weird it's like a psalm of david when he's in the wilderness of judah oh god you are my god early will i seek you my soul first for you my flesh long i'm like this guy was in a wilderness and that was the that was the decision of his soul that was the decision of his flesh who is this man no wonder he's a man after god's own heart no wonder david is this guy that he's not perfect but he captures god in a way that is so unique because he's decided god i decided and yeah i got some disciplines you know let me help you i this is the irony this is it's irony on irony might be the good word the hypocrisy might be the bad word i am i don't even consider myself a disciplined person so you know what i have to choose the areas i want to be disciplined in there's some practical wisdom for you in the middle of an anointed moment if you're not a disciplined person hands up okay wow that's i feel like the whole studio just raised their hands um so here's what we do so i can't be disciplined in everything so i'm going to choose what i want to discipline in does that make sense don't try and eat the whole elephant just take one bite out of the favorite part just just go if i'm going to be disciplined in anything some of us have made a decision if i'm going to be disciplined in anything it's going to be the gym over god if i'm going to be disciplined this is my eating over my over my prayer or whatever i mean you i'm going to be disciplined in one thing it's in my career and you've your family suffered i'm going to be just so devout to my family that you're that your friends and your and your walk with god is full you know everyone you can't have everything you have to choose where you want to anchor your discipline because no one is so disciplined they're perfect tony robbins uh craig rochelle and a few others but no one else the rest of us humans have to live with choices and all i'm saying is over the next 20 days i want to invite you to make the right choice i want to invite you right now in fact if you can why don't you stand to your feet why don't you get your heart ready and and i'm praying that others many many will take the first step and not many will start to walk you to devout and devotion and even less will take you to desire but you will find two or three there will be a few if no one in your house someone in your connect if no one in your connect someone in someone else's connect i can promise you there are people who long for it and so here's really what i want you to do right now i want you just to take stock for a second and we can we can remove this thanks guys i want you to take stock for a second of where you are with the lord in a moment i'm going to get pastor marvin to even come up and lead us in prayer because i want to believe that we're going to do this together everybody say together here's here's what i want now though in complete an utter clarity with just you and the lord just say lord where am i and it's not a condemning report card like lord am i do i get an a or a b or a c or a d it's not like that it's it's got let me let me realize don't say i'm a devout person if you're really struggling even with the discipline or maybe maybe maybe the many today who need to make a decision and your decision is to follow christ i just got to become a christian i just got to make a decision uh the rest will come you know why often when we pray this prayer at the end we say tell someone about it or walk with others or get connected be a part of a family the reason for that the reason for that is with others we can engage in the journey of following god because your flesh will cry out i can promise you i don't go gee i can't wait to go three hours in prayer if i haven't gone 30 minutes in prayer three hours is a pipe dream if i haven't gone 10 minutes in prayer one minute is going to be tough but there's something about doing it with others that will take us to the next page but there are many of you that are already there i want to invite you a little deeper i want you to invite you a little deeper i want you to say god help me to go a little deeper help me to help me i don't just want to have to do this i want to enjoy this god flavor my flavor my prayer with it with a desi i don't you know i know i i'm waiting on you but i want my strength renewed see that the power of prayer is not that we can just have the title of wow we're a praying church prayers are priority that's not it be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving make your requests known to god and god promises you peace god promises strength for these those that wait on him god promises security of mind this is all waiting for you every believer has total access and entitlement to peace strength and security perfect love he gives you grace he gives you boldness every believer he's given you access prayer space to say you know what no matter what the rules are around me now i can have your presence and that's why jesus himself said when you pray not if you pray not to those who pray not to the prayer team but when you pray go into your room well the government's done its bit to make sure you're in your room but that's all it can do then shut your door and pray to your father and you're wondering where god the father is i'll tell you the scripture tells you jesus tells you he's in the secret place and your father who sees in secret you know right now even if you're with many people you can have a secret place moment he says don't and don't don't worry if you're the many new christians going out i don't know what to say he says don't worry don't use vain repetitions like the heathen do they think they need loud flowery words don't be like them your father knows your need before you ask him and he says in this manner therefore pray and then and then he teaches us how to pray and we sang it earlier in fact we're going to sing it again it's it's our father in heaven hallowed be your name worship you god you're my father it's it's our father we're in this together our father in heaven we and maybe some of you you need to get back to this and just say god i make a decision today to say this prayer our father in him and i i hallow your name let your kingdom come in my life your will be done on earth and that's not a planetary prayer about unearthed the nations the word earth is the word dust let your kingdom come let your will be done on earth on dust do you know who's dust me and you we're dust with breath that your kingdom come let your will be done on earth some versions say in earth in this piece of dust lord let your kingdom come that you will be done in this piece of dust in earth as well as on earth as it is in heaven give us today all we need our daily bread and lord right now this there's never a bad time to forgive i forgive everybody i forgive anybody and don't just pray generic forgiveness if there's a specific person you forgive them now and lord as i do please forgive me because his promises if you forgive men forgive people forgive those who wronged you that's when he forgives you lead me not into temptation god and deliver me from the evil one for yours is the kingdom power and the glory forever amen you know there's you know as as gary and the team leaders in the song again i want you just have a moment you can you can stand you can kneel you can do whatever you can do but just have a secret place moment you're in your room right now maybe you're with a few people church at home don't worry about what they think just have a moment with god have a moment with god and after we sing this i'm gonna invite pastor marvin and we're gonna pray heavenly father we have yawning with honor we wish with honor we were your worth we proclaim [Music] give us this day our daily our daily friend thank you provider you've not failed us yet that's may your right come and your will be done it's your life looks like let your kingdom come [Music] to your church [Music] simply means let it be lord let it be done again we agree we agree with [Music] [Applause] yes lord we say yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] the healing begins [Music] come on [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] god with all our faith we say [Music] we agree i've asked pastor marvin to come and lead us in prayer so right now what i'd love is right whether you're with a few people over you're by yourself come on begin lift your voice in prayer if you've got that heavenly language start to use it we're not just doing this to get a name or a title or a reputation god answers prayer with thanksgiving we have so much to be grateful for we have so much to be thankful for you have access right where you are right where you are you have access so come on let's walk into that space do not worry do not fear do not be anxious but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let's make our requests known and as pastor mervyn leads us come on that's it let's join our hearts together thank you lord father we hear your call and cry an invitation to come and pray and fast god father we hear that cry open our hearts open our minds open our spirit of god to that invitation to come as one people as one house a god with one mind to seeker the very presence of god today i pray o god a hunger will awaken in the hearts of your people today i pray a god a desire will be given to us in the name of jesus a cry a longing a passion the seeker the facer of our god to shake your face lord [Music] your word promises that even in our weaknesses you come holy spirit and help us so i remove every fear i remove every anxiety about a season of prayer and fasting this very moment i release the presence of the holy spirit upon you he is going to help you with your weaknesses he's going to help you with your infirmities he's going to put words in your mouth he's going to wake you up in the morning he's going to stir your heart come on as we begin to dedicate our lives to a season of prayer and fasting all over the world kingdom city rise up this is your time this is your moment rise up this is the day that the lord is made let us seek the lord let us call on his name let us lift up all the ender let us begin to declare the goodness of our god upon the lander in the name of jesus in the name of jesus thank you lord i release her that anointing and that present in jesus name i pray amen [Music] is right now right now [Music] declaration speak it out right now open your place [Music] he's done it before he can do it again he's starving his nature it's our man amen we say let it be tonight let it be done so we agree so we agree so we agree so we agreed can you just give god some praise right now because he's a good god can you just give him a thanksgiving shout out of offering just because it's who he is that's it that's it that's it we have so much to be grateful for an atmosphere of praise even if you are in the wilderness of judah you can begin to praise god even if you're in the wilderness of judah your soul can belong your flesh can cry out god i've looked to you in your sanctuary to see your power and your glory i will lift my hands to your name you know just gaze upon jesus but glance at the news glance at life glance at people that gaze on him i want to declare this prophetically and the team are going to sing it over you that i don't care what has happened i don't care what's going on right now the king see the in kingdom city the most important word is kingdom and in kingdom the most important word is king the king of this kingdom i've got news for you everybody around the world he's still in charge he's still on the throne he's still the king of kings he didn't lose his place he didn't lose his space he's not tripping over what you're falling over he's still the king the king of this kingdom he's still reigning in this season i don't mean when you were there or where you will be one day in this season he'll reign in the season and listen why because this is his heart this is desire that everyone would know that everyone the whole world would know infinite love beyond reason such unreasonable love that god while we were still sinners died for us and he paid a price on the hopes that you would respond in a moment like this [Music] so he's reigning in the season till everyone knows infinite love without beyond reason and i want to tell you he's also the lion of judah if you're in the wilderness of judah there's a lion of judah and he's not alive 2 000 years ago 2000 years to come but right now he's roaring in this hour so as we begin to declare this prophetically in song i want something to come alive in you i don't mind who's around you don't be so cool you cannot worship your god don't be so restricted and fearful you cannot declare because you need him more than you need anybody right now so right now as we declare he's ruling and he's reigning he's roaring and he's soaring that is your god he's with you so come on lift your hands open your heart start to declare that's what's happening now tell everyone [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] let it be done [Music] with a declaration of the king the king of his kingdom he reigns he rules he's with you he's for you father this is our desire this is our desire that we would worship you this is our desire that we be men and women of prayer this is our desire father i thank you that you are taking us on the journey we start with this decision but god i pray that there would be more than enough to walk us through until it becomes the very longing of our hearts [Music] well we have to discipline myself imagine having to discipline yourself to watch some netflix because you so desire prayer as opposed to the other way around you so desire netflix that you have to discipline yourself to turn it off imagine can you imagine a world where that's who you are lord lord we commit ourselves and we consecrate ourselves change our desires god change the cravings even within the very essence of who we are until that becomes the greatest longing of everything we know god made the desire for you outstrip the desire for anything and anyone else from now till the end of time father i pray right now for everyone who's got a hunger for you right now there's a hunger in the room so many places all over the world where there's a genuine hunger meet each one according to their desire lord give us the desires of our heart when it's finally the desires of your heart lord we long we crave our appetites are in your direction some of you maybe you need to join with me as we all pray together and make a decision make a decision to accept jesus as your lord and savior the decision is the starting point it's not the end it's the start and so i want you to repeat this prayer after me if it's truly the conviction of your heart if it's the desire of your heart to be saved make the decision today to truly accept christ as not only the savior of your soul but the lord of your life because i promise you he'll take you to places and spaces that no man or woman could ever orchestrate for your destiny because he's the author and the finisher of your faith if your faith feels flagging don't worry he didn't just start it he'll finish it he will strengthen you in this moment let's repeat after me pray with conviction come on all around the world let's pray with faith dear lord jesus i give you my whole life i'm sorry for doing things my own way please forgive me of all of my sin cleanse me wash me thank you for dying for me and rising again i receive you now as my lord and savior from this day on i declare that i am accepted i am forgiven i am clean i am your child in jesus name amen amen amen amen amen amen amen amen amen will i pray a covering of blessing over you and your loved ones i pray a covering of blessing over your city over your connect groups over everybody that's connected to you and father i thank you god that over each person we just release right now a canopy a covering almost as it were i see in the i see like a um like like a tent that is stretched over that protects you from the scorching sun and in a sense it's gonna keep you connected even in an isolated environment is gonna keep you loved in a lonely space there's a grace under his covering that is so real because it's the peace of god that surpasses all understanding [Music] even when it doesn't make sense peace is your portion strength is your portion receive it just receive it it's yours and father we thank you that as your people are blessed they in turn will be a blessing to their neighbors their loved ones to this miracle offering coming up to everything that's ahead of us god we thank you that you are taking a global church on an incredible journey from the youngest to the eldest from the oldest lord to the newest babe from the richest to the poorest red and yellow black and white every culture corner of our globe we thank you god this is your will this is your heart god bless you have a phenomenal week and may these words echo in your heart let your kingdom come let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven in earth in you through you in jesus name god bless you we'll see you soon [Music] is [Music] [Music] is chances [Music] [Music] is

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