Transformative Power Of God's Word - Julius Rwotlonyo

[Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] hey family welcome to church it's so good to have all of you join us today my name is fasca and my name is comfort and if you're just joining us whether online or on air you're right on time for our main celebration service that's right so wherever you are just get up get up get up on your feet get some space and let's celebrate jesus together well good morning everyone so glad to have you with us this sunday come on wherever you are why don't you rise to your feet let's celebrate jesus come and put your hands together like this come on come hey let's sing it out together you are here as we're lifting up your name lifting up your name you are here as we're giving you the praise giving you the praise the kingdom of god is released in this atmosphere [Music] is [Music] everybody [Music] [Music] you are here [Music] there are miracles the kingdom of god is released in this atmosphere oh yeah with freedom and breakthrough and victory all right here [Music] there's no place i would rather be cause with you jesus it's heaven on earth oh yes it is [Music] hey [Music] [Music] right [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] presence there's no place i would rather be cause with you jesus together [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] is [Music] this is heaven on earth we want to be where you are lord [Music] don't put hallelujah hands like this don't get tired [Music] all i need to know is [Music] all i need to know is you are with [Music] you are here [Music] [Music] all i've ever known [Music] all i've ever is [Music] [Music] with us [Music] with us [Music] it was [Music] what they didn't know [Music] it is you it was you standing at the grave son of god rising up again for all the world to know that god [Music] [Music] with us with us [Music] [Music] lift up the name of jesus we bless your name jesus there is no one stronger than you there's no one greater than you come on worship him worship him and lift up his name hallelujah [Music] i [Music] i've been held in your hands [Music] of the goodness [Music] [Music] oh of god i love your voice [Music] in the goodness [Music] are the goodness is [Music] give you everything [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] with every breath that i [Music] all am goodness [Music] oh [Music] god [Music] you need our god we thank you for each day we wake up to your goodness each day we wake up to your mercy like the psalmist said i was young and now i'm old i've never seen the righteous forsaken lord you are faithful and indeed great is your faithfulness thank you for your kindness thank you for your mercy thank you for your goodness that flows unendingly because of that o lord we are here today to just declare thank you and blessed be your holy name you know friends the scriptures tell us in romans 8 and 32 that if god did not spare his own son but he gave him up for us all how much more will he together with jesus give us all things the assurance in that scripture is that god's generosity wasn't just limited to the person of jesus coming on the earth god's generosity extends even beyond what god did when he sent jesus on the earth because god is faithful because god is good he wants to meet you right where you are i don't know what your need is but this one thing i know that god wants to meet you right there so would you take a second 30 seconds right there and just make your request known to the lord and let's believe him to do a great work in your life right now just leave your request to the lord [Music] is [Music] heavenly father we come before you with the boldness of the fact that you are generous you are gracious you are kind and you are merciful because you did not spare your own son but you gave him up for us all lord that very confidence is why we come to you because you're able to do exceedingly abundantly above what we even think or ask or even imagine heavenly father i pray for that person who perhaps is in the hospital bear right now that the power of god will meet them right where they are bringing healing to their bodies that person that's broken in their soul in their heart lord i pray that you will comfort them you will heal them you will strengthen them this day i pray that you renew the joy of your salvation in their life the one that seeks financial breakthrough or a financial miracle from you lord i pray that you will step in reveal your glory to them reveal your power to them reveal your provision to them even in this season lord even before we come to you know our every need and right now heavenly father whatever need has been lifted to you by faith we commit it into your hands and we receive from you today because you are good and all our lives we have experienced that we give you thanks in jesus name and every one of us say amen amen amen amen amen amen what a wonderful time of worship in the presence of god and friends we are so glad that you chose to celebrate jesus with us today if you're joining us for the very first time you are most welcome and we'd love to hear from you write to us connect with otherchurch.com and we'll be sure to get in touch with you be reminded as well that our in-person gatherings have resumed it's been amazing having people in the room worshiping jesus together to book yourself a seat visit our website watodachurch.com forward slash services and now it's time for the word we're carrying on with our summon series the supremacy of god's word so get your bible your notebook your ipad wherever you're going to write your notes and let's welcome pastor julius as he preaches god's word [Music] i want to welcome you all to our own air and online what total church service today thank you for joining us i know you are already being blessed by the service well we are in a series entitled the supremacy of god's word powerful series and uh just as a reminder last week we talked about the fact that god's word is sufficient and it's sufficient enough for us to know everything about who god is it's sufficient for us to know truth because there's a lot of people who are trying to create their own truth but also god's word is sufficient for us to know the meaning of life and god's word is sufficient for us to know man's destiny we don't have to leave guessing about our destiny and our eternity it's all there in god's word now we want to continue the series and i want to encourage you right now to open your bibles to one of the very simplest books in the bible and that is the book of genesis it's the very first book in the bible and it's so easy to find and we want to read the first three verses right there genesis chapter 1 the book of beginnings verse 1 in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth now the earth was formless and empty darkness was over the surface of the deep and the spirit of god was hovering over the waters take a moment and picture that in your head the earth without form very empty dark that's what it was like formless and dark but the spirit of god was hovering over the waters and verse 3 something begins to change the story and god said let there be light and there was light and god said that phrase and god said appears about 10 times in this very first chapter of the bible because listen my friends when god speaks when god says get ready something powerful is about to happen light boom and whenever god speaks get ready because he's about to unveil a powerful life principle so you get ready to listen because god's word is supreme you know what my friends god's word today is as powerful as god's word in the book of beginnings in genesis when he speaks his word has power so today i want to talk about the transformative power of god's word wow let's pray together father i want to thank you so much for your word your word is powerful and man cannot live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from your mouth and so today i pray speak to us concerning the supremacy of your word and its transformative power in jesus name and all god's people said a man the transformative power of god's word what do i mean by this transformative power of god's word it means that god's word has the power to make and produce an undeniable visible and remarkable long-lasting change compared to any other words or any other literature and the kind of change that god's word brings to us is not cosmetic it's a change from the inside out this is not like putting on makeup when you read god's word this is about a complete make over when you read and get into god's word friends we hear so many words today from the news from what we read we read a number of books man i can't forget in school uh high school how we had to do about 13 subjects and you had to read various books history and physics and chemistry and all kinds of books but i've never had someone come to me and say you know what julius i read this physics book from cover to cover and it has changed my life never had i've never had someone come and say man this chapter in chemistry has changed my life in fact for many people it scares our lives because we're going to be tested and examined after that i never had anybody say that i've never had anybody come to me and say today i read the newspaper and it changed my life never you know what physics books and biology books can give us education newspapers may give us information but only the word of god has the transformative power within it to bring change in our lives that's the power of god's word and the reason god's word has transformative power is twofold one it is spirit inspired and we've seen this over the last number of weeks but also god's word is spirit empowered second timothy chapter three and verses 16 to 17 we've been reading this literally every week all scripture is god breathed inspired by god and is useful for teaching rebuking correcting and training in righteousness so that the servant of god may be thoroughly equipped for every good work all scripture is inspired by god that's why it has transformational power in a transformative power but also god's word is spirit empowered first corinthians chapter two and verses four and five be and i'm gonna read it but let me give you context the city of corinth was full of so many uh so-called uh uh philosophers people who came up with ideologies on how life works and so it was a city of knowledge that's what it was and people would stand and begin to interpret what life is like and they came up with their own philosophies ideologies and then paul comes and he preaches god's word and it was being mixed up with some of these ideologies thinking oh this is another way of looking at life no no no my friends god's word is spirit inspired but is also spirit empowered to transform lives and here's what paul says in verses four and five first corinthians chapter two he says my message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words he wasn't creating some words and trying to persuade people he says no but it was with the demonstration of the spirit's power spirit empowered so that your faith and your life might not rest on human wisdom but on god's power this is not human wisdom my friends this is the word of god and it has transformative power within it that changes lives so i want to address two aspects today when it comes to the transformative power of god's word and the first is this god's word has the power to transform individuals but the second one is this as well god's word has the power to transform culture let's start with the first one individuals i found a number of people who take god's word casually they take it lightly my friends god's word wasn't given to impress us this word was given to influence us and change us and transform us hebrews chapter 4 and verse 12 says this for the word of god is alive and active it's a living word sharper than any two-edged sword it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit joints and marrow it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart god's word is deep it's living and it has transformative power in it that penetrates the very deep core of individuals how does god's word transform individuals it starts with our hearts it deals with heart issues jeremiah says that the heart of man is desperately wicked and all human attempts to try and tame the heart of man have failed you can take people to jail but it doesn't change their hearts you can take them through rehab it will not change their hearts and their lives it will do something for a season i met a young man who went through rehab and he was telling me his life is now back on track and i asked him when you are going through rehab did they do anything to teach you the word of god and you know what he said he actually said when we go through the entire process we are told the only way to sustain the change is by living by the word of god they acknowledge it that you can do things from the outside but only the word of god deals with the heart of man with the sin in man's heart only god's word my friend has the capacity to perform supernatural surgery into the hearts of men and gauge out the sinfulness in man's heart the word of god the heart is very important proverbs chapter 4 and verse 23 says keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life and the only way that heart can be protected and guarded is by the word of god no wonder in psalm 119 david emphasizes a great chapter i get to read it in one sitting david says how can a young man live a pure life by living according to god's word continues to say i've hidden this word in my heart so that i may not sin against god because this word deals with the heart transforms our hearts has the power to do that but also we see from the right and hebrews he says this word judges the thoughts it deals with our minds the word of god my friends deals with the way we think and as a man thinks so he is every day we are bombarded with all kinds of thoughts on a daily basis and sometimes many of these thoughts are negative and they hurt us how do we refocus our thinking how do we realign our mindset it is by the word of god read god's word not newspapers not these other things and expect to find some sense of mind renewal in fact romans chapter 12 says that the only way we can transform our lives is by having a renewal of our minds and how do we do that through god's word paul says the kind of thoughts we need the thoughts that are noble thoughts that are righteous pure excellent praiseworthy where can you get such thoughts is from god's word god's word has the power to transform minds my friends that's the power are you struggling with mindset issues thoughts in your life negative thinking defeatist thinking get into god's word it will begin to shape your thinking my friend but also god's word not only transforms our thinking it also transforms our emotions our soul scripture we just read it says it's so powerful it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit it deals with emotional issues this word of god we go through life and we will have all kinds of emotions and we get discouraged we will get anxious we get fearful where do we tend to to get encouragement last year this same time last year was a very difficult season for our country i can remember as wato we were going through a fairly turbulent season man would i get discouraged at times would i get anxious at some moments and even fearful but you know what i did i ran to god's word because it's the sure anchor for my soul let me tell you my friends the number one best seller when it comes to encouragement is the word of god my friends you turn to it and you will be encouraged when god speaks to us god's word has transformative power david said my soul why are you so downcast put your hope in god how do you do that reading god's word psalm 19 and verse 7 to 8 says this the law of the lord is perfect refreshing the soul the statutes of the lord are trustworthy making wise the simple and the precepts of the lord are right they give joy to the heart and the commands of the lord are radiant giving light to the eyes when you get into god's word it will transform your emotional life and your soul forever is the number one source of encouragement the other one paul talks about his born and marrow it can affect our physical bodies psalm 107 and verse 20 says this he sent out his word and healed them and he rescued them from the grave the word of god has healing power within it my friends if you're sick in your body stick to the promises of god god promises to heal he sent his word and healed disease in matthew chapter 8 we see a great story of a roman soldier who had a sick servant at home and he came looking out for jesus and he said jesus my servant is so sick and i know you alone can heal him please and then jesus said i'm gonna come to your house but this roman soldier said no no no jesus you don't have to come to the house you just need to speak your word and my servant will be well that soldier knew the power of words and he knew that if jesus spoke that was enough and jesus said man i haven't seen faith like this go home your servant is well because listen he sends his word and it will heal us my friends we gotta trust this word to bring healing and transform our individual lives so god's word has the power to transform our individual lives but secondly god's word has the power to transform culture every society every people group has a culture and culture broadly speaking is the way of life of a particular group of people whether it's a tribe whether it's an organization or even nations and every culture has unique things that we need to celebrate the food the dress the music and dance those things we celebrate but every culture has ungodly things in it and these ungodly things we must reject because not only will they hurt our individual lives they will hurt society some of those cultural things i'll mention some in our context here time keeping is one of them oh boy how people have gotten used to not keeping time and we think it's normal no it's disrespect telling lies has become acceptable immorality polygamy and sex for favors whether it's marx or promotion pornography and we get this deception that if you're over 18 you can watch pornography those are all lies greed when it's for power or for money and keeps people hanging on to these things and doing all wicked things to gain power or money lawlessness oh my goodness we are saying this not just in uganda but all over the world people are beginning to do the unthinkable and we ask ourselves why they have thrown up the word of god you throw out the word of god society will come apart and that's what we are beginning to see you see at the core of culture is a belief system and if we are to change culture we must address the belief system and so how do we do that how do you address the belief system we need to understand this every belief system is pegged on one of two things truth or lies no in between truth or lies and the bible says satan is the father of all lies and satan's agenda is to steal kill and destroy the moment we embrace the lies of satan with secularism that says take god out we get ready for destruction those are the lies that are driving the belief systems in governments in organizations lies lies lies satan's agenda is going to steal your future is to kill destroy this is our culture transformation stats reject the lies but don't just reject them embrace the truth then you'll begin to see the transformative power of the word of god where do we find truth jesus said john chapter 8 and verses 31 to 32 if you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed and you shall know the truth and the truth will make you free will set you free from these lies of satan my friends and the truth is found in the word of god when we abide in it we will know the truth no wonder when jesus was about to ascend to heaven he gave us this great assignment to go and preach the good news and get people saved but he also said we got to do one more thing matthew 28 and verse 20 teaching them to obey everything i've commanded you because the teaching of god's word brings truth and that truth will confront the lies that are in society and begin to change culture and begin to introduce kingdom culture acts chapter 19 tells a story of how paul went to a city of ephesus that was infested with witchcraft and he preached the word of god for two years daily he declared the word of god and transformation began to happen in verse 18 of acts 19 it says many who became believers confess their sinful practices change their way of life and a number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their in potential books they had other books they were following that couldn't help them and banned them at a public bonfire the value of the books listen was several million dollars so the message about the lord spread widely and had a powerful effect why because this word of god has the transformative power to change culture when we embrace this word of god we embrace kingdom culture and the result is blessing blessed is a nation whose god is the lord blessed is a family whose god is the lord blessed is a tribe whose god is the lord blessed is a company organization school government agency whose god is the lord god's word is undeniably powerful that's why it is supreme my friends it has the power to transform individuals and society but here's my concluding thoughts how can we unlock the transformative power of god's word here are two keys number one faith we must believe god's word without faith it's impossible to please god hebrews chapter 4 and verse 2 actually says this for indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them but the word which they heard did not profit them why they did not mix it with faith we must mix this word with faith we must believe it and then it will be profitable it will bring transformation in our lives and society but secondly second key is obedience obedience will unlock the transformative power of god's word deuteronomy chapter 28 and verse 1 to 2 says now it shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the lord your god his word to observe carefully all his commands which i command you today that the lord your god will begin to do something he will set you high above all the nations of the earth and all these blessings he begins to list them below there shall come upon you and overtake you because you obey the voice of the lord your god when we obey god's word god begins to honor his word in our lives we begin to experience the supernatural power of god's word because god's word will never return to him for it my friends so what am i saying today the word of god is supreme because of its transformative power a well-transformed individuals lives it will transform culture and eventually society and to unlock the transformative power of god's word we must mix it with faith but we also must put our faith to action in obedience and then we will experience an abundant life based on the word of god totally transformed a fruitful life let me ask you are you experiencing that kind of life if you're not get into god's word and let god's word get into your life it will change your life maybe you are not born again you do not know jesus today the bible says actually if you hear his voice don't hide in your heart soften your heart cause now is the time for salvation and i'm speaking to you right now you need to get born again would you repeat this prayer after me say lord jesus i thank you that you love me today i have heard your word and i'm convicted i am a sinner in need of a savior forgive me lord of my sin make me a child of god in jesus name amen amen if you pray that prayer you are now a child of god and i want to welcome you to the family of god hey we want to help you in whatever way we can so please write to us connect atwaterchurch.com or you can text any of the numbers on the screen and someone will get in touch with you welcome to the most fantastic family and for the rest of us man let's live by the word of god it has transformative power that will forever change our lives god bless you come on church let's clap our hands and let us thank god for the preaching of his word thank you pastor julius for helping us understand that god's word is supreme because of its supernatural power to transform individuals communities cities and nations and to everyone that has given their lives to jesus we're so excited for you welcome to the family of god well if you're watching on facebook and on youtube here is what i would like you to do there is a link that has appeared on your screen just click that link share your information with us we want to come alongside you and help you grow in your relationship with jesus if you're watching on air this is what i'd like you to do write to us connect watotochurch.com we cannot wait to hear from you we want to come 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generosity [Music] hey welcome to church i hope you're having a great day celebrating jesus together i'm here with pastor daniel and maria ogual from kansanga celebration point and i always feel so jealous when i stand next to daniel his hair i wish i had hair like that and his clothes you always look so smart i'm trying to real hard to keep up the daniel well we're here to let you know that uh kansanga is going to start in-person services again on may the 2nd same place dd's world two services eight o'clock and ten o'clock tell your friends come along let's worship jesus together he's been so good to us have a great day [Music] i've tried so hard to see it took me so long to believe it that you choose someone like me to carry your victory perfection could never earn it you give what we don't deserve you take the broken things and raise them to glory you are my champion [Music] i am who you say i [Music] with the one [Music] now i can finally see it now i can [Music] me finally to receive it so that all the strings this is [Music] everybody i am who you are [Music] [Music] you're the one conquering oh yes you are [Music] jesus has given me when i open up my mouth mirror start breaking [Music] jesus has [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus when i open up [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] you are my champion giants for when you stand [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] such a beautiful service i was really blessed the word the worship was really a powerful time in the presence of god we hope you were blessed too amen if you would love to talk to someone or for prayer and counseling please call any of the numbers you see on your screen or write to connect potatochurch.com you can also get in touch with us through any of our social media platforms facebook instagram twitter and youtube and tune in to 104.1 power fm to keep up to date with the different programs we have available for you and your family we would love to see you in person in one of our 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