Sunday Service - Kingdomcity - 15 August 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 amen amen come on everybody everyone in the room outside of the room come on lift up your praise the seasons change for our god his goodness remains come on let's declare it in this place we praise you jesus [Music] [Music] the sound of your voice [Music] [Music] that's how good you are [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the chain [Music] makes me [Music] that's how good you are [Music] that's how good you are [Music] [Music] [Music] who can't do what you do there's nobody like who can't do what you do lord there's nobody [Music] there's nobody [Music] okay [Music] is [Music] [Music] every time is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] come on kingdom city are you excited to be in church today come on man wherever you are whether you're in a room together on a zoom together even sweep in a broom together we're so excited that you have joined us for church today listen you're in the right place at the right time for god to do something incredible in your life and right now you know what we want to pray we want to pray we believe in the power of prayer and i want to tell you right now it doesn't matter what situation you're going through god sees it and if god sees it he can't help himself he wants to act on it and so you may have a massive situation it's not too big for our god you may have something you go it's oh it's not it's not so important it's too small listen it's not so small that god misses it and so right now wherever you are let's join our faith together in every city across the globe right now wherever you are if you can stand stand raise your hands and as we pray right now let's believe that our awesome god is going to come and meet you at your point of need so come on right now i'm going to pray father god we declare all over the globe right now every need great and small father god you are the god of the miracle you are the god of provision you are the god of protection so right now look god we declare father god for every need small and great come and meet them at their point of need of god provide protect heal lord god let people see that you are the overcomer in every situation or god so father we declare right now let miracles take place across every globe across every nation in every city in every house across the screen let your power and your provision come we ask this now in jesus awesome name shout it out worship god together [Music] [Music] i know [Music] cause those who are heavy and weary find rest in our lives [Music] sparing a spring of water [Music] flesh in our souls [Music] [Music] and in his presence our spirits fear [Music] [Music] god [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] fills me [Music] is [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] now is [Music] our spirits river is [Music] [Music] [Applause] comes from [Music] everything we need is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you [Applause] [Music] food again [Music] [Music] come here is [Music] [Music] in is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] oh jesus jesus came above all names you are jesus jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus in jesus world keep me from you jesus i don't want anything to keep me from nothing i i don't want anything to keep me [Music] keep me [Music] i don't want anything lord i don't want it to keep me [Music] my [Music] jesus [Music] jesus [Music] jesus jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] the lord bless you and keep you make his passion upon you be gracious [Music] the lord bless you [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] day [Music] oh [Music] [Music] let it be come on wherever you are come on give him some praise in this place oh we thank you god we thank you god we thank you god let it be done father god we declare that right now let peace come upon every single person lord that has been singing and worshiping lord god and at the sound of my voice will god let peace come upon them right now in the name of jesus we declare peace in their household peace in their city peace in the neighborhood peace god your peace goes beyond understanding lord god we can have peace even in the worst of storms of god we thank you right now we put our faith we put our trust and we put our focus in on you and you along the god no matter what is around us or god it is not in us greater is he that is in us than anything that can come upon us so we thank you lord god and we declare amen amen amen we thank you lord in jesus wonderful name everybody said amen our god is an awesome god he is an awesome god you know what welcome we want to welcome you to kingdom city welcome to church if this is your first time joining us we are so happy that you've come to join us today and if you want to find out more information saying hey i'm looking for a church then click on the link below someone from our friendly church wherever you are in the globe will get in contact with you how awesome is that that's pretty awesome right you know we love worshiping god we love the word of god we love praising god and we love giving to our god and you know there's an incredible passage of scripture in matthew 6 33 it says therefore if you seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness everything else will be added unto you right now seeking isn't just looking you know listen when i look for my clothes i just look and go i can't find it but when i seek i pull the house apart see seeking is looking on steroids it's actually looking with intentionality it's actually putting more intention to what you're doing and the bible says if you seek the kingdom of god first and his righteousness when we come we are coming intentionally when we give we are giving intentionally we're giving back to god what belongs to him so that god can watch over the rest and so i want to encourage you today maybe you've never given me forehand i want to challenge you today christian if you've never given beforehand why don't you start seeking god first with your finances amen amen let's seek god first and so we're going to pray as we take up our tithes as we take up our offerings we want to thank you for your giving but let's pray right now father god we declare lord god as we put you first as we seek you first in our finances look god we bring our tithes we bring our offerings before you look god and we pray father be glorified we thank you for entrusting us with the rest we pray father god watch over the rest cause what we have to go further than what we could ever imagine possible in our own natural hands look god but with your supernatural attitude father god it'll go further wider and provide all our needs we thank you lord god in jesus mighty name amen amen you know there is so much going on in king of city and in just a moment you are about to hear a cranking word from our senior leader pastor mark but before he comes up don't move stay focused to the screen because we're coming up with this week's edition of kingdom city news [Music] we didn't come for a nice service we came for a resurrection service with one heart with one mind with one accord or god lord let the miraculous begin to break out father i declare miraculous begin to break out tonight lord we pray for the islands we pray for the subcontinent we pray for the cities the nations it happened before it happened before let it be done again god hey kingdom city family we want to share with you an incredible story about the goodness of our god you see there was a lady who came to our church a few years ago and uh she got on fire for gosh she joined the kinect group and then she also started serving in our kids ministry and she began to pray that that her husband would be safe now this is four years ago she began to pray for the salvation of her husband fast forward to miracle offering this year she feels a summoner heart to give to mook offering but she's a bit reluctant because her husband's not saved she goes oh god you know what maybe maybe i'll i'll just give a portion of that i'll only give a half of that so she gives a miracle offering right now this is where the story gets incredible come the last night of global gathering her husband comes to church and this is the greatest miracle of all he gives his heart to jesus four years later after prayer he gives his life to jesus and he's radically safe and that is the greatest miracle but here's where the story gets incredible even better he looks at his wife and he goes hey did we give in to miracle offering with hesitation she was like maybe he's angry ah yeah yes we did he goes you know what we should give double that let's double it these people need it let's be a part of this miracle come on man that is the goodness of our god after four years of prayer he gets saved that's what pastor mark says we've got to stay in faith long enough to see the miracle and what a miracle salvation breakthrough in jesus name come on let's give god glory amen to give online head over to kingdomcity.com forward slash giving once you're there select the campus you're from and the giving details will be displayed on your screen if you would like to give towards our miracle offering you can still do so through the kingdom city app or head to kingdom city dot com forward slash miracle offering and follow the steps thank you so much for your generosity as we continue to bring the reality of god to our world [Music] [Applause] there is nothing in all this world neither height nor death angel nor demon life nor death that could separate us from the love of god when god puts glory on your life he can restore you so much that when you actually share your testimony people can't even believe you came out of what you're testifying about [Music] it [Music] is falling down [Music] welcome everybody to church [Music] come on why don't we give jesus the loudest out of praise why don't we give the king of kings what is you we bless you god we honor you we praise you we magnify you god we exalt you today father we direct all our energy all our affection all our attention and we turn it in your direction god father we pray that you would have your way speak to every heart let every life right now that is logged on somehow got a hold of this link church at home wherever they're watching around the world father we pray that it would find good soil so that you would speak so uniquely and powerfully and specifically to their need to where they are at father remove any distraction demonic or natural and god we pray that everybody's focus would find a space in place where they can truly receive what you want to say father take out my words and insert your voice take out my voice and let them only hear your word and i thank you god that even as we celebrate thank you for that time of worship thank you for that time of joy and giving and and the energy that is around the world at this moment and father we thank you you have done great things but you're still doing great things and we listen with anticipation because of what is about to happen in jesus name and everybody around the world said amen amen fantastic good job everybody so so if if you're not seated in your home you may take your seats and to this passionate [Applause] let me start by asking you a question would you rather have a close family that has no house would you rather a mansion all by yourself with no relatives or relationships okay we're gonna take a vote in the studio and you can vote at home but if you're with your relatives just be careful who okay here the two choices you'd rather have a really close-knit family relationships but nowhere to live or you've got a palatial mansion but no meaningful relationships at all who votes for the first look at all these spiritual people i just want to remind you because that is the right answer i suppose you try living homeless for a while with your family and i bet you after a while you'll trade a couple of them for a house which is why pastor julian from cunningvale didn't vote for the first one you know but you think about it it is it's not meant to be and yet obviously if you're by yourself and you've got everything that money has to offer but you're empty and you're lonely uh it's not the same and yet and yet you know around the world right now uh we even in the midst of this crazy pandemic there's building happening shout out to all our family in new zealand who are right now on the verge of our new building they're doing checks at home so kyora told our family there and uh and uh but you know we're waiting on a building we've got a great family there but we're waiting on a building there's building projects in butler and perth waiting for it to happen it's going to happen in jesus name [Music] [Applause] in in kl one city we're gonna actually get in there and we're gonna have that place right around malaysia we've got hubs in jv kodi kinabaluki kuching jake uh penang in bali i think we've looked at a few places so that's good uh in fact all around the world london we're everywhere we're looking for hubs for hotels because how many realize that we do need buildings [Applause] a big thank you to everybody who gave around the miracle offering a couple of weeks ago people are still giving and you know here's the thing about the word building building is both a noun and a verb now i don't want to go all english teacher on you but if you remember in school you would have learnt about how nouns are a thing right and verbs are uh action word doing thing yeah so so the the building is a noun it's a thing we're in a building right now we're grateful uh you know in perth we went to the convention center that's an iconic building an amazing building amazing but that but that's the noun and how many realize that as amazing as the noun is and we're believing for the noun building all around the world at the end of the day it's also a verb and jesus talks about the verb a lot he says i will build my church he's building his people unless the lord builds the house psalm 127 they that labor labor in vain so there is both a noun and a verb and god is interested in building you as much as he's interested in blessing you with buildings and whether it's a physical house whether it's the physical things you're looking for at the end of the day whatever he blesses you with in terms of the noun he's more interested in the process of who you're becoming because building the church is not putting stone upon stone but livingstone upon livingstone and that is people fitted together for a purpose and so you've got this situation where the bible talks about the the verb but it does talk about the noun and i wanted you to look here with me in isaiah 66 there's a scripture we go to today it says thus says the lord thus is the lord in the book of isaiah heaven is my throne heaven that's a big throne and earth the entire planet is my footstool not our city not our country the entire planet is where he rests his feet so the question is where is the house that you will build me and where is the place of my rest and he says in verse 2 for all those things my hand has made it's like god is saying i appreciate you guys doing your building projects and you've doing what you can to really you know house but just remember you're not really building me a house if you give me a building you're building me a house if you give me yourself because i want to build you he says uh just in case you think you're impressed by your auditoriums uh exactly where you're gonna build me because i rest my feet on your planet uh so i'm not sure what you exactly wanted me to occupy and if you do find something impressing impressive all those things my hand has made i made it and all these things exist so if you're a builder don't be depressed right now just understand this is more about perspective god is introducing himself in a magnitude that realigns everything and then he says this in verse two but on this one will i look in other words i'm not really looking at your buildings i'm not really looking at those incredible things that you think are incredible but i'll tell you what i'm looking at i'm going to tell you who i'm looking at and i want to speak to you for a few minutes from the title getting god's attention getting god's attention everybody say getting god's attention [Music] i don't know if you've ever tried to get anybody's attention and uh you know if you had a choice around the planet you could get someone's attention some would pick an actor some would pick a profile personality some might pick you know bill gates you'd like to get his attention uh because you'd like to get his money maybe uh you you might pick a celebrity you might pick someone you know you might even be a relative some of us live our lives constantly trying to get someone's attention and really getting any humans attention is not wrong but how many realize around the world it's better to get god's attention if you're going to spend your entire life chasing the attention of a finite person think about it for a second and say father what do you look at what gets your attention and the good news is we don't have to guess you'd be surprised what doesn't get god's attention what doesn't get god's attention is talent because he gave it to you did you hear the ways he sings yeah yeah i know i gave her that voice he's not impressed by the did you look at the talent that guy has well yeah he gave so he's not drawn to that he so you could be rich you could be poor you could be young you could be old you could be famous you can be unknown it really doesn't matter whether on the spectrum of life you fit on one scale or the other you'd be surprised none of that really get god's attention so if you feel neglected you feel oh well i'm not really known you'd be amazed what man looks at and what god looks at and always in fact often are not the same thing he says on this one well i look the good news is he doesn't leave us blind he doesn't i wonder what god wants i wonder he tells us now here it is on him who is poor and all the rich people said oh no it does not mean you have no money does not mean you live on the poverty line when the bible says on him who is poor it's not talking about someone with no resource it's talking about someone who is has awareness of their need when when you hear the the most famous sermon the sermon on the mount beatitudes it starts with this blessed are the poor in spirit not poor in bank account not poor and ring yet not poor in whatever blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven i need you to understand how big a deal it is to be a believer that is always aware of your need always aware of your need for god does not mean you you have a poverty mindset it does not mean you have a spirit of lack it does mean that no matter how much god blesses you with you always realize we never outgrow dependence on god we always are dependent on him for everything in life we need god you know it doesn't matter which country you're at didn't matter how bad covert is in your setting we need god don't matter whether you're going through a triumph or a crisis we need card doesn't matter whether you're single or married we need god no matter we are barrett of the lots of kids we need god whenever we become aware of our need for god god says you have my attention people go how much money is too much money like what point you know the bible never says money is evil it says the love of money is the root of all evil i don't know if you know sometimes people want a dollar figure like how much is okay now i'm being too uh greedy or i don't know that there's a dollar figure the bible doesn't specify but i guess the simple way to answer that is once you get to a level where you stop depending on god then you've got too much [Music] because you've lost god's attention even though you've got all your money i know people who have lots and still aware of their need for god and i know people who don't have much to go i don't need god they have too much even though they don't have much because it's not a bank balance god is interested in it's your heart balance it's your hunger balance it's your desire balance may we never get to a place as a church as a family as an individual where you think i've got this i've got it sorted every day start the day god i need you god i thank you that without you i can't do this i can't do children without you i can't do marriage without you i can't do ministry without you i can't do work without you i can't do life without you i can't even do me without you i need you god says that person has my attention faith he said blessed are those who wear their need in spirit theirs is the kingdom of heaven here's a better word for paul if you want to talk about awareness of need it's humility humble people get god's attention and humble people humility isn't a posture you know i used to because i'm an introvert i thought oh you know i'm humble introvert's not necessarily humble i mean it's a very proud silent people who said nothing and it's not about your personality humility c.s lewis said it this way it's not thinking less of yourself it's thinking of yourself less and it's not this it's not this worm-like posture of you know i studied postures of humility i didn't really study it as a course i just like studying and i realized humble people never make eye contact they just look down or they look up or they look down and they often fiddle with the hem of their garment [Laughter] that's not humble humility is not a physical external thing it's a posture of your heart but i want to tell you this isn't about the kind of christian you need to be because you know that fits a nice religious mold humility has massive consequences and to put it another way the opposite has even worse james 4 6 says this god resists the proud but he gives grace to the humble if you want to get god's attention you'll actually get it on either way but the one that gets his attention in the good way is those who are always aware of their need for him which is really where humility kicks in you know so so mike come and help me pastor michael hambuster right so this is mike he's he's uh he's very humble yeah so so so this is what it looks like this is literally what this verse looks like you're going about your day you're going to bite your life and maybe start on this side of the thing and then you're walking you're going through life and you're very humble yeah you don't make a very good humble person but anyway let's keep going yeah so now now here's what the scripture says god is not inactive the minute you get proud now you're proud i don't know what that looks like yeah that looks like you all right um so here's what here's what the scripture says you know here's what the scripture says god resists the proud in other words god is no longer just going oh that guy's full of himself he actually gets in your way so when a proud person is trying to move on with life god goes yeah i am now your opposition life is hard enough with enemies with in-laws with employers with counselors with governments you know it's hard enough dealing with the people that you think you're fighting against god says there nothing i will become your opposition if you become proud i will resist you i will so you can try you know often in my life if i'm going why is there barrenness in that area why can't i get any breakthrough i don't check for anything first but pride in my own heart i go god have i become proud because the last thing i want is you as my enemy you as my opposition now it might not be pride it might be something else it might be circumstances it might be a thing we have to pray through not just pray about and it could be all of that but always first check for that because the last thing i need is god is my opposition you're like but i thought god is for us yes but he's not for the proud god resists the proud so mike's trying to move on with life and and you're feeling i can't get any traction what's going on god where have i got too full of myself but here's the opposite it doesn't finish there it says but he gives grace to the humble so it's not like he goes oh you're humble okay fine i won't be opposition he literally swings the other way gets behind you and he says you know you know what grace is graces grace is the empowerment of god the ability to do things you know in the old days in airports i used to love going on the escalators i used to play travel races against the other passengers they didn't know they were in the race but i would do it because they would walk normally i'm like haha there's an escalator rookie traveler i would get on the escalator and i would go with the same energy further and faster that's what it's like when god gives you grace and all of a sudden god knows i went from resisting you because of your pride but because you humbled yourself and you acknowledge your need for me i'll get behind you and i'll start to push you along and i'll actually make you stronger faster and better god resists the proud but he gives grace to the humble if you want to get the attention of heaven say god i choose to humble myself and it's not you know it's not this quiet worm-like thing it's god i just want to acknowledge you you know when you watch a humble worshiper i used to think a humble worshiper was a worshipper like this but i realize the people who are the most desperate for god may be the ones most aware of their need humility is not an external posture it's an internal disposition you want to get god's attention everyone say humility on him who is poor and then secondly of a contrite spirit of a contrite spirit the word contrite spirit literally means the word repentant you want to get god's attention repentant people get god's attention now that does not mean you need to keep sinning so you can repent so you can get his attention because repentance isn't just crying your eyes out at an altar call or just weeping because the prince of god is that that is a part of it but repentant is a softness of heart that basically says i will not only acknowledge my need for you i'll make whatever change i need to make to walk your way because the word repent literally means to turn around to change your mind so you're walking a certain way to repent is to turn around and start heading in god's direction and when you start heading in god's direction that is not just sign of your humility but a sign of your repentance to repent and say god i'm sorry for what i've done and then never change direction is not repentance people think once i've said sorry that's repentant that's sorrow it's the first step of repentance but to really repent means to turn around and actually walk in another direction so if you if you keep saying yeah but i don't like that i just feel bad so i say sorry and i never and but the lord will keep forgiving me because 70 times seven he forgives me 490 times a day that's not repenting that's repeating and god didn't say repeat for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he said repent for the kingdom of heaven as an end which means he wants you to actually turn around face another direction and start taking steps because there is a path that god has for you and there's the path that you have for you and he's saying listen if you're not willing to turn around and walk my way there's an incredible reality you know when you hear the words humility and repentance you think this is a terrible heavy sermon but i want to give you another perspective god has an incredible future for you but you'll only get his attention when you acknowledge your need for him and your willingness to walk in his direction i don't know what it is about repentance that's got it a bad name maybe certain preachers from certain decades like repent like you know you're like oh i don't want to go to hell and and look you need to repent because there's a narrow way that leads to life and a broad way that leads to destruction but repentance does not stop the day he got saved well i got saved i don't need to repent anymore are you kidding i ever since i got saved i've found that i've had to repent more than ever because now i'm aware of another way repentance is not a sign of weakness it's a sign of yieldedness it's a sign of i choose you god and god says that gets my attention on this will i look amazing buildings but i made them on this will i look people are aware of their need for me and are willing to walk my way and here's a good i remember pastor david used to say this when i was growing up in in the church in cantonville he'd say you know i'm going to do my best david store impersonation i'll try now look he's a legend he's my he's my spiritual dad but listen this is what he used to say and it was a great word he said there's a prayer that maybe did you make that up to someone else make that up he said um lord give us something to repent about and i remember thinking that is such a good posture every time you get around the word father today give me something to repent about you but i'm saved no but change my mind on something shift something in my heart i knew the points but but i my life wasn't pointing that way so help me to change direction on something in my life because that gets your attention god doesn't watch everyone who's watching church online and go wow look at them they're all at church he's going who's changed on that person will i look you might have what church at home for a year and a half and change nothing your logging on does not get heaven's attention your repentance does what has changed in your world what has changed in your mind where have you said father i'm aware of my need for you and i'll turn around and make steps in the right direction on this will i look on him who's poor have a contrite spirit and finally who trembles at my word who trembles at my word this does not mean you get scared every time the preacher turns up this does not mean when the bible is open you start shaking this literally is another picture of here's a word we don't talk about much reverence you know god's eyes are turned towards humble repentant reverential people what's reverence because it's you know in a church like ours where there's joy and there's energy and there's laughter and there's praise reverend sounds like this opposing atmosphere that almost because you know we we've even been criticized by maybe more conservative or traditional churches going there's no reverence in that church in other words we don't look miserable because there's old testament references where god's glory would come and they would all be laid out on the floor and so sometimes we try and create the form of reverence without having the reality of it and so we say everybody on the floor that doesn't look like reverence it just looks like a bank robbery no smiling at church that's that's not reverence it just means you're miserable and the joy of the lord is your strength so what's reverence if if if there's false reverence or there's non-reference or there's a form of reverence what's real reverence real reverence is to tremble at god's word is to give his word such a weight in my life that even though i literally have two parts i want to go this way this is the way i want to go this is where i'd like my life to go my feelings my my life but then this is the way that god wants me to go and and i have a choice as to which way i go but because i give god's word weight i choose his way i know his word means something to me so i don't know it's 20 21 i don't believe the bible i just do it i'll pick and choose what i like no no i i tremble at his word so even though even though my flesh walks that way his word turns me and i go god no i tremble at your word and so i i have to go your way god and and i know that's not easy some people may think yeah does that mean i never make mistakes no there was a verse that grabbed my heart many years ago and i had an encounter around this verse i remember it was early in the morning and it's john 14 21 it says he who has my commandments and keeps them it is he who loves me think about that he has my commands and keeps them it's he who loves me like god says you say i love you jesus he goes i'll tell you if you love me i know you're telling me but let me tell you if you really love me he who has my commandments and keeps them it's he who loves me not he who says it but he who does it and he who loves me in other words the person who has my commandments and keeps them that person will be loved by my father obviously god loves everyone in a generic sense but he's his attention is turned and jesus says and i will love him and this part is what god got me and i'll manifest myself to him i remember thinking ah god i want you to manifest yourself to me because i heard about the manifest prince of god the glory of god and i thought he just would manifest himself to whoever he wanted but apparently he will manifest himself to those he truly loves the whom the father loves those who get his attention because and i remember thinking this this is a really powerful verse and i started to cry out to god god show me yourself manifest yourself to me i don't want to spend all my days i i i don't want to just work for you i don't just want to sing songs about you i wanna know you i wanna meet you i wanna feel you i wanna talk with you i wanna i wanna know you manifest turn up in my midst and and that was my heart cry and then this verse was so powerful and then i got depressed because i read the conditions he who has my commandments and keeps them i thought oh well that counts me out of the group that god will manifest himself to because i have his commandments but i haven't kept them and you're right ron around the world right now thinking yeah i've had god's commandments but i've never really kept them well i haven't kept all of them and you could get the wrong idea of what jesus means because you think you are now disqualified from him manifesting himself to you because how many people around here you say i know god's law but i haven't always kept it yeah that's all of us so this verse as exciting as it was because we don't meet the criteria we feel we're now disqualified and then i but there's something in the verse kept tugging me and so i decided to look up the original word for the word keeps and the word keeps does not mean 100 record of full compliance he who has my commandments my landmarks my laws my ways and keeps them the word keeps literally means to value to honor to weigh up not a 100 record and i thought oh my gosh wow see god knew we'd get it wrong but he just wanted to make sure we always valued right he knew we would walk down death but he just wanted to make sure we honored life and there's something about a reverential person that says even though i walk this way sometimes his weight his word has such weight in my life it it pulls me in the other direction and i'll sin and i'll repent but then i i can't go too far too long because god's word i've given his word weight on this one will i look on him who's aware of their need who will walk in my ways but gives my words such weight he trembles at my word to such a point that literally it acts not just as a compass but as a as a as a drawing thing that pulls me back the right way oh i know i want to hold bitterness and unforgiveness towards that person but his word has weighed in my life and i got it pulls me towards forgiveness and release i i know that i know that i want to hate that person but his word tells me i've got to love them and i've given his word such weight i don't give my feelings weight i give his word weight and so it pulls me in that direction i know that i don't feel i feel like gossiping about that situation but i know what his word says about the power of the tongue and so he's i give his word such weight it it pulls me out of that conversation it pulls me out of that whatsapp chat it pulls me out of that issue and it pulls me the right way i i i really don't like this whole tithing thing and and so i i just choose to do what i want to do but i give his word such weight the tithe means 10 not the tip and his word has such weight in my life that even though i want to do this with my finances his word pulls me in this direction because that is the person who trembles at his word my feelings don't want to praise but his word says put on the garment of praise so i turn my disposition that way and you want to get god's attention this is the person he looks at on him who's aware of his need he's willing to turn around but then for the rest of his days no matter the mistakes you and i will continue to make the world has such weight he who has my commandments and gives it such weight values it seems a lot of people who have god's word they give it no weight god's not manifesting himself to them according to the scripture but he who has my word and yeah you failed but you you never dial this down because we are sick of being wrong we're sick of the fear of failing so i'll decide my sexuality i'll decide what i want to do with my economy and my my biology and my whatever no no i give god's word because he's never here to throw a stone at a repentant person are you kidding me on this one will i look not to judge but to lift up to strengthen and here's the beauty you're like what's the big deal about getting god's attention what's the big deal well number six 24-26 he sang it earlier the lord bless you and keep you the lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you may the lord turn his face toward you and give you peace earlier pastor matt declared peace over your life well the lord will turn his face towards you and when his face is towards you and your family there's not just peace there's favor there's increase there's grace there's courage there's everything that the presence of the lord imagine having the face of god turn in your direction if you're able why don't we stand to our feet right now and just for a second let the face of god find humble repentant reverential people because his face is turned in your direction you might not even know god and the starting point is to say god i need you his face is turned in your direction you might have had a bad week you might have made a lot of mistakes but if you humble yourself and say god i choose your way and i choose your word his face is turned in your direction on this one will i look but god i did this for you and i built this for you guys that's wonderful all those things my hand is made all those things exist but on this one will i look i want to be the kind of person [Music] that no matter where i live no matter what i do no matter what i build i always have the face of god in my direction and the great news is you don't have to be a perfect person for this to happen just a humble repentant reverential believer [Music] the people who came to jesus and worshiped passionately wiped his feet with her hair extravagant in their love in their life in their expression these are the ones who who lived love loudly but they they weren't doing it from pride or arrogance or my way or this is my personality they did it because they loved god they did it because they loved god they did it because they loved god so right now come on wherever you are take a moment [Music] take a moment [Music] may his face turn towards you right now wherever you are around the world northern and southern hemisphere whether you're with people or not may his face turn towards you [Music] may your grace be behind every person today [Music] that's it come on [Music] [Music] have the greatest weight in my life [Music] [Music] [Music] i don't want anything to keep [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus jesus he's reason for the grace [Music] jesus come on one more time all around the world lift your heart lift your head is [Music] right now you might be in a place where you can sense the lord drawing you and i want you to join me as i pray this simple prayer it's a prayer of salvation but maybe this time say it with humility say it with repentance like god i don't i don't want to repeat i want to repent and god i want to give you a word weight in my life and maybe for the first time in a long time this is going to mean something because god loves you he loves everybody the same in one sense and while he loves all people not everybody catches his eye [Music] two men walked into a temple one said i'm awesome i do everything and the other one barely raised his head and said god i need you and jesus said that man went home justified because god's eyes are drawn to humility to repentance to those who are poor and of a contrite spirit so i invite you right now to join me in this prayer maybe you've never made this decision or you once did but make this the most meaningful way you've ever prayed it like it's the first time you get saved dear lord jesus i'm sorry for my sins i acknowledge my need for you i can't do this life without you thank you for dying on the cross and forgiving me come into my heart right now and change me from the inside out and help me to follow you all the days of my life i repent i turn from my ways and choose your way from this day on be my savior be my lord be my best friend in jesus name amen amen amen lord it's our prayer it's our declaration it's our desire and right now all around the world as people have declared that father i thank you your eyes are turned in their direction and i want to encourage you i sense this in my heart right now for people literally all around the world the lord wants to almost redefine and renew your understanding of reverence it's not about looking miserable or pathetic it's not about looking sad it's about inviting the presence of god and giving him such weight i love hanging out with my friends but the word has such weight in my life that when it goes the wrong way i have to turn the other way but my feelings want to go that way but the word says this way i i lord i i want to be reverential see god is changing mindsets even now some of you have been logging on looking and you didn't you don't realize this but you were thinking man the preacher's got a t-shirt on he's no reverence well this is all one of these rowdy people there's i don't know where you've got the wrong understanding of reverence reverence is not an external posture it's an internal holiness it's an awareness of my need for god and right now i'm believing that the presence of god is filling every home as you say god your ways are higher than mine your thoughts are greater than mine i yield me my life and everything connected to me to you have your way in my life have your way in my house have your way in my home have your way in my future oh god i i weigh your word heavy on my life lord i have your commands and let me value them let me keep them let me honor them i thank you god that you would do great and mighty things in the houses which get your attention and like obedience behold may the presence of god reside wherever your word is valued and father we pray god that no matter the pandemic no matter the condition no matter the problem no matter the pain your presence would be higher your presence would be greater you would stand out ahead of that every other value that we have in our life so come on just for a few moments worship the lord with reverence worship the lord with reverence [Music] [Music] [Music] i don't want anything to keep me [Music] this is an audacious surrender [Music] the greatest weight in my life [Music] father that's our prayer as a church around the world we don't want anything we don't want anyone we don't want any anything to keep god love whatever is pulling us in one direction may your word always have the greatest weight and the loudest saying father i think you're healing relationships right now your healing relationship the lord is speaking to some of you about some relationships that need healing i want you right now to to yield i i know your flesh doesn't want to do what your spirit is shouting loud but i i reverence his word i tremble at his word there are some homes where you need to take communion after this and enjoy it and when the weight of god when the presence of god comes like it is right here right now and where you are giving it weight means god this matters more than a run sheet this matters more than my schedule you matter more than anything else and lord we always wanted you to manifest yourself to us on this one will i look he doesn't need a fancy building he turned up in a stable we dedicate everything we have all that we are lord i thank you god that in this moment there's been amazing repentance humility irreverence and father we thank you that the eyes of the lord are turned in our direction and favor and peace joy life liberty and grace rest upon every home and lord we declare your blessing over your people that lord it is your desire to turn your face towards your people we're not turning the face of a reluctant god but we're bringing ourselves into his vision and his alignment and i thank you that your smile is over every household right now and father i thank you that you pick us up you lift us up and i thank you from this posture there's revival there's renewal there's a real shift in every home around the world today in the name of jesus we pray and everybody said amen amen amen you know in nehemiah's day they repented the walls were rebuilt the scattered came home and the people were thinking oh man uh there was humility there was repentance and the weight of the word the word was red they had not heard the word and people were in awe and then the the prophet says okay that's enough not enough repentance not enough humility not enough reverence but don't drag yourself into the form without the power remember the joy of the lord is your strength and then they did something radical that is so anti-religious they call it a feast after the fast they call a celebration after the morning and they said the joy of the lord is your strength so i don't know maybe the lord is touching in a profound way whatever but it's truly those who are touched and repented that get the benefit and the beauty of this and so i want us to realize that god's face is towards you his kindness is upon you and no matter where you are humility will draw his grace repentance will draw his gaze and reverence will keep you on track i believe we should stand to our feet right now i believe we should declare see see we we don't want hype we want joy we don't want noise we want praise we we don't want just a volume we want a victory we want a shout that comes from within because god is for you who can be against you even in lockdown even in a prison cell even a church at home the lord is with you so come on why don't we just get on our feet why don't we begin to tell the lord we love you we need you we're for you god i believe we should praise the lord we should bless the lord we should worship the lord we should give come on church all around the world [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] to play over your apartments declare over your family [Music] [Music] the lord bless you the lord bless you and keep you and make his face shine foreign [Music] yes you're right we're gonna see you one more time until it becomes the very essence of your soul begin to prophesy blessings [Music] make his face [Music] [Music] in the name of jesus come on why don't you lift up a victorious shot i depend upon you shadow praise [Music] and the church around the world said amen pass them out you are a reverential praiser i take that so i think we should end with a crazy praise sounds good and uh if you want to pull pastor david and philis and see him carry him around again one more time what do you reckon i think that's worthwhile who wants to see that i see those hands i can see those hands i see those hands come on folks that was an incredible word that you need to play on repeat after repeat after repeat if you're new to our church if you made a decision for jesus christ click on the link below someone will get in contact with you but listen stay healthy stay strong stay in faith we love you let's finish with some praise shall we come on come on come on come on that's the goodness of our god [Music] is [Music] i am [Music] [Music] he told me that [Music] [Music] [Music] but you believe [Music] up [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] come on in grace oh [Music] [Music] because of what he's done [Music] [Music] okay [Music] he changed my name and then he gave me that jesus christ so right now all around the world and online from africa to australia to asia new firefight to zambia to kuba indonesia and mexico we going around we gotta tell them your moment so let's go tell your friends share the link on the ash on the brink for jesus christ you'll never seek but this is why we gotta think this is the moment he is my god [Music] [Music] [Music] i've been a master [Applause] [Music] for jesus christ [Music] oh [Music] time doesn't wait so we should go show all the people how jesus [Music] that he says [Music]

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Length: 86min 10sec (5170 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 14 2021