Vessel God Will Use | Matt Cruz

praise God everybody he's a funny guy he's a funny guy who's excited [Music] we gotta praise God for three people in the front first is there anybody who drove here it came from afar drove a far distance raise your hand sweeper hand we won't acknowledge you well could we give it up for all those who drove far there we go and all the hands come back thank you so much for coming we honor you acknowledge you in this moment thank you for being here with us I believe God is gonna do something mighty in the service Pastor Vlad all the other pastors of this church everyone who's a part of hungry Jin thank you for having me it's an honor to be here and I'm just really excited for what God is doing not only in my life but in the life of everybody in my generation on this church and the body of Christ revival is breaking out right now and I want to be a part of this move of the Spirit amen the outbreak of the spirit of revival is here and God is doing amazing thing so before I go into my message a little bit about me pastor Vlad pretty much covered it I was lost now I'm found I grew up in the church my whole life didn't have a prayer life didn't read my Bible I have amazing praying parents I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago our church is the largest multicultural Church in Chicago so it's very diverse I was heavily involved in ministry growing up but I never had my own encounter when I had a fresh encounter with Jesus how many know that when you encounter him you cannot deny him and it when your eyes open and the scales fall off you understand that it's always been about Jesus it'll always be about Jesus he's the reason for our belief and he's amazing when he come to that personal knowledge of who he is it changes everything so I was just raised in in ministry in high school about my junior year I was involved in law enforcement I was a cadet at this Police Department in my town was a volunteer program did that for a few years turn 18 I became a CSO officer which is right under a police officer I worked there for some time I had my whole life set before me how many have your whole life set and then what God shows up it ruins everything he just wrecks your plans before they wreck you come on somebody I had my my whole career planned out how I was gonna retire and I resigned try to listen to the military nothing was going right for me so I just said well let me try the whole Jesus thing I started developing a prayer life in one moment in my basement the Holy Ghost showed up and he just changed everything and broke the chains off my life and he empowered me to do the service of God effectively is there anybody thankful for the power of the Holy Spirit yeah he's real he's real our counselor he's our guide he's our teacher so I'm really thankful for that and shortly after that I just started going out in Walmart's and grocery store streets of Chicago sharing my faith and just seeing healings and deliverances in non-believers come to know Jesus I started going live on Facebook and just provoking I want to my heart was to provoke other Christians to rise up and do the same thing and walk like him walk like Jesus walk because he placed his spirit on the inside of us amen we have the power to do what he's called us to do so we're gonna talk about but I'm gonna share a bunch of testimony today I'm gonna talk about how to be a witness what's the criteria to be used by God and what are the vessels that God uses I'm gonna talk about being an available vessel a willing vessel a clean vessel and I believe it's gonna bless you because we need to know the keys of how to be users there's a lot of us that are scared we're not we feel like we're not bold enough we feel inadequate uneducated is there anybody in here who can beat let's be transparent this this afternoon a lot of us even myself when I first started evangelizing I was real shy I didn't know how to talk to people but when the Holy Spirit comes upon you you will receive power you he empowers you with this holy boldness and this courage in this fire to share the gospel with power and with authority and I believe that when you get filled with the Spirit of God you have you you when you open your mouth those words come out and you just walk in the fire the Holy Spirit and you spread that and people will see Jesus in your eyes I promise you so in this service we're just gonna man we're gonna we're gonna encourage you just to rise up in as we have they that we I feel like I'm a part of this church already as you all have next week and when Easter comes up I just want to fire you all up to go in the grocery stores go on the streets of POSCO whatever town you're from and share Jesus with people plant that seed even if they reject you Jesus says if they were not rejecting you they're rejecting me and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me don't feel discouraged he's with you and goes before you just be obedient and share the gospel and I promise you God will back you up he will bet and you be surprised when he step out in faith he and you have ears to hear and eyes to see he will speak to you about people and people are waiting they're waiting out there for what you carry they're waiting for that for the message of the kingdom to be preached so I encourage you all share your faith with people and watch God move you will be I'm telling you be so surprised as you just when you step on faith what God uses you and how he uses you and what he says through you you know but it'll blow your mind I mean I've been some places in some stores right is going and I'm even shopping and God says something to me and I just share it with him and how did you know that cuz the God that I serve you're on his mind a whole lot and he loves you and his thoughts about you were more than every grain of sand in the world he knows you and he's called you my name so let's let's dive into this message I believe he's gonna bless somebody I want to talk about a vessel a vessel it means a large ship and it also it means a container if you look it up that holds liquid such as a bowl a cup in a glass but in the Bible a vessel how many have heard that grown up I want to be a vessel forgot to use an instrument forgot to use a vessel also means a person that God uses and among vessels there's useful ones and not useful ones and my question for you this afternoon this service is would you like to be a useful vessel would you like to be effective for Christ's Kingdom you know just was Anna I was gone away from home for three weeks I went to Denver Colorado northern in Southern Cali I was a part of some Bibles out there in the southern called-- we did some some services getting ready for ignite California June 1st at Azusa Pacific University for just sons and daughters that gather and to be empowered to go out and just a witness in to preach the gospel and a prophesy and walk in signs and wonders so I'm really excited for that but as I was gone I was in Denver and they had this service in this auditorium and I went to help set up with some chairs and I said God let me be a useful vessel for you I want to be used for your glory in your honor so I'm in this auditorium I'm setting up these chairs and they had this custodian many of you probably seen this testimony if you followed me on Facebook I posted it a few weeks ago and I saw this lady she was helping us with some chairs and I looked at her and I heard the voice of the Lord tell me what was wrong in her back in her body so I went up to her and I said hey ma'am do you mind me asking you have any pain in your lower back and this lady said yes I do how how do you know and I said well there's Jesus serve he lives on the inside of me and he just he shared with me what's wrong with her back and I believe he wants to heal you right now and so she was a kind-hearted lady I go up to her pastor Vlad and I said do you mind if I pray with you and she let me and this other pastor pray with her we shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with her I laid my hands on her on her shoulder and I just commanded that body to get in alignment with the Word of God because I believe there's humming oh there's power in the name of Jesus when you mention that name things happen we come out of that body that pain to respond to the word of the Lord and so we prayed with her and she looks at me and she starts sweating in her face and she says what is this heat I'm feeling and I said that's the fire of the Holy Spirit burning that pain right out of your body this lady goes to tell me that she's a Muslim I would have never thought she was actually a slavic woman and she said she was a Muslim and I said wow so we shared just kept sharing the gospel of Jesus with her invited her to church and and that day she got healed and set free from the pain in her back how many know that when you step on a faint see God lay he laid that on my heart but if I wasn't obedient enough to step out this lady would have never got healed I'm sure God would raise somebody else up and use somebody else of with you know I don't know whatever date wherever she's at but in that moment I was obedient to go out and to tell her what I felt in my heart to do last service she said when the Holy Spirit lay something on her heart move without hesitation but why because people are waiting under immediate obedience it was so awesome that lady got healed that day and I believe that God is gonna do amazing things in her life and I just was obedient so when he obedient God will use you for his glory and his honor I was on my way to LA I was in the I was in the uber I landed on LAX Airport and I just took an uber to the place I was staying and I literally went on was getting the uber I said God send the right ooh BRR somebody I can pray with I want a divine appointment in this uber this uber I wouldn't live on Facebook the other way too with this story and this driver picks me up and he starts telling me how he was about to clock out and he he did his last ride for the day and my face pops up I said praise God for that he's you you're picking up the right person because I'm gonna give you Jesus this whole ride he tells me he's about to go home and my face popped up to pick pick me up and he says I'll do one last ride he picks me up he starts sharing with me just about his life where he's from and he's from Africa and so I just started asked if you have any pain in your body this amount of God we're gonna preach in the minute I believe this is some testimonies that will inspire you and encourage you to do the same thing even in the uber z-- God moves into Ebers he moves in the taxis there's no he's I'm not present he's everywhere at once and were called to be carriers of revival of this fire everywhere we go so I'm gonna Zuber driver and I'm in this uber this driver starts telling about his life and I asked him if he has any pain in his body he tells me you know some years ago about five years ago I was climbing this tree to get some fruit from my mother and I fell off the tree and I was in the hospital for over five months and he said while he's in the hospital he's in excruciating pain and I said let me pray for you but keep your eyes on the road I'm trying to get to this place safely and I need to live there's some things I got I got a do it before I die so he starts lavenders you know keeping his eyes on the road he's driving and I prayed with this man and he feels the fire of God going his back he said something is moving my spinal cord right now I said that's the power of God listen it's not what Matt can do it's not what Pastor Vlad can do it's what Jesus can do not by might not by power but by his Spirit lives on the inside of you this guy got so fired up in the car and he says my I'm I've never felt this in my entire life he pulls over and we got to my destination I was meeting this past shop comes out of this office I said pastor man you know we got to pray for this guy right he wants to get filled with the Holy Ghost we're on the side of the road in this guy's getting filled with the Holy Spirit on the side of the road gets healed in his back and now he left with a fire the Holy Ghost come on give God praise for that obedience obedience will you be bold enough to start a conversation that really matters will you be bold enough God created us for a purpose you know each individual was created according to God's plan and purpose everything we said last service these chairs are made for people just to sit on the guitar is made for people to play music on the drums it's made for people to beat on nature is created to glorify God the Bible says the heavens declare the glory of God the sky proclaims the work of his hands in Psalm 19:1 32 mountains seas and stars and indeed the whole of nature declares the glory of God flowers bloom and birds sing for the glory of God we humans are created to glorify God like the moon which shines at night we should shine and reflect the light of Jesus everywhere we go every where we in this dark and sinful world we need to reflect his light and my heart breaks for people that aren't and that are Christians and they aren't going out and evangelizing and I encourage you we've got to rise up we've got to rise up people there so the souls are the heartbeat of God and and God and that that's what we got to get hungry and have a burden for souls everywhere we go everybody that's walking past us needs a mirror they need a breakthrough they need to deliver they need something and we've got the answer living on the inside of us and all we've got to do is be bold and on a shape because I believe and we're building on the shame than the gossip on I believe it's the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes you got to we've got to rise up today I'm now believed that God is gonna give you this fire and is gonna give you this passion and next weekend I'm saying we again we're all gonna expect many people in the sanctuary and God is gonna save them and he's gonna empower them amen amen you know I'd be very sad if creation was it used for its intended purpose you know if you buy a brand-new car and you've never used it what a waste that would be and it's the same thing our life will also be a waste if we're not used to glorify Him we should fulfill the purpose that we were given by God we were to be used by him I'm telling you the Bible in Isaiah chapter 43 verse 7 it says everyone who is called by my name whom I have created from my glory I have formed him yes I have made him how many know God is referred to as a Potter and we are the clay s-64 Nate says this right here we are the clay and you are the Potter we all the work of your hands a potter designs a paw according to its use he chooses the design of a pot according to his use he chooses its size and its shape its color according to his plan we are not the Potter and he is not the clay is the other way around he's the Potter I'm up here and I said God if your if your anointing don't show up I don't want to preach I want your power and I want your anointing to flow through me I'm just clay in your hands many people think they're the Potter and he's no no he's the Potter and were the clay see a lot of people wake up in the morning and they think that they're that you know they breathe in his air they suck up his blessings they drink up his water and they act like they did it themselves when we should be thankful that he just blessed us to be here that's why we're still here we have to acknowledge God in all of his sovereignty you see the air that we breathe we can't see it but we needed to live that's the same thing with the Creator of creation he muna may not see him physically but he's more real than you think he's more alive than you think he's alive and active he's a speaking God and I believe that when you skull on the name of Jesus you will be saved when you taste and see that the Lord is good your life will never be the same and you'll say God you are so good to me that I want to share you with everybody I come across when I leave my house do you know Jesus when I go shopping you need to know this man named Jesus am I going to work you've got to know do you have any pain in your body because I serve a God who's a great physician thank you lord you know Romans 9 21 even says or does not the Potter have a right over the clay to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use a pot is one of those vessels so we humans are also referred to as vessels jesus said that Paul was a chosen vessel I want to read Acts chapter 9 9 verse 15 it says but the Lord said unto him go thy way for he is a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel just as vessels such as cups are used for drinking we should also be used for the intended purpose of glorifying God and throughout this message this afternoon I'm gonna have an analogy of a cup and when I have when I speak about this cup just imagine you being this cup and God using you a clean and emptied cup and I believe I believe that God is raising up a generation truly I believe it I'm wholeheartedly convinced that he's raising up a people that are so passionate they do not care what people think about them they do not care what people say about them they just only care about what Jesus says about them friend it does not matter what people think it matters more about what Jesus thinks because on Judgment Day I don't know about you but nobody else is gonna vouch for me Stanek was standing with me in front of the King of glory it's just gonna be me and Jesus and I want to make it to the kingdom of God and I want I want to hear well done that good and faithful servant is there anybody else in this place I want to hear well done he's real he's alive we thank you lord so I want to I want to just talk about four points here the first one is availability the essential standard for vessels to be used is a availability proximity accessibility being available for God to use you I believe that if you're an available vessel God will use you mightily for his glory I want to be available for him Here I am God send me I don't want to be too busy where I'm so focused on the things of life in work and you know paying bills and all that all that stuff I want to say God I want to make room for you to use me every day of my life every day of my life I want to be available for you t to use me I believe that the vessel has to be near the user if it is to be used the user will not bother to use the vessel if it is out of his reach no matter how clean how pretty how expensive and how precious this cup may be would you use a cup if it takes too much to get it so it's important that the vessel is is within the users reach and I believe that availability the greatest ability that we can have is availability to be within reach for God to use us in other words for example if you should all of us have filled up gas in our vehicles before imagine pulling up to a gas station and you got to pull up on the right side where the the gas tank is and you have to pull up in that perfect distance where it's parallel to where the pump is to put it in your car and if your car was a little bit over you won't be able to reach into it it's the same thing at a gas station when you're right there and it's available to use you're within the reach and you put in that pumping it you fill up gas it's the same thing with us we need to be near God to be what are you saying man you need to spend time with him and to read his love letter you need to be with him in his presence and say God I want to hear your voice every day I want to I want to walk like you you say in your word Jesus those who believe in me will do the works that you have been doing if we believe in you you say we will do the works you've been doing and we shall do greater I want to be available for you to use me is there anybody in here that wants to be available to be where God can call us I believe that an accessible BIRT person an available person is needed and where you will be in relation to God is essential for you to be used by him we've got to be near him you know the Bible says come near to God and he will come near to you in James 4:8 Isaiah was near God in the temple when he heard God's call whom shall I send and who will go for us and because he was near God he could hear God's call and he could answer Here I am send me and Isaiah 6:8 you know samuel was near God lying down in the house of the Lord where the Ark of God was and the Lord called Samuel he answered Here I am and because samuel was near God he was used mightily as a prophet of God what does it mean to be close to God I worked at an airport before I went to full-time ministry and working at this place it was like the mission field for me I was available forgot to use even in the work place and I remember this driver pulled up and as this taxi driver and I was just sharing Jesus with somebody else before they went into that cab and this driver said to me I know you you're that little Jesus kid I don't know about you but I would rather be a Jesus Freak I don't care what anybody says I said that's right I love Jesus and I'm gonna share him with you right now and because he had to wait for this guy to go with some man went back into the into the terminal and so I had a few moments with his guy and I would never forget this day this taxi driver pastor Vlad an atheist he comes and starts telling me all this stop it and I just looked at him I said just take my hand and let me pray with you and I prayed with this man and his eyes were closed for about 35 seconds and I thought something happened to him I was so scared he opens up his eyes after about a minute and he says I have never felt this in my life I want this Jesus you serve I what did I do all I did was take his hand I said God reveal yourself to this man right now show him who you are and let him see that you are who you say you are and you could do what you say you can do in this guy it was literally lasted just a few minutes in this moment this man gave his life to Christ right there in the taxi all we've got to do is be bold enough to start a conversation that really matters this week go out and start this conversation shake people's hand and pray for them and spread the gospel spread the fire of the Holy Ghost open them up God will fill you with the words to say I may feel uneducated No this was the most uneducated man and all he had was a staff and look how mightily God used him I feel inadequate listen friend God often recruits from the pit in not the pedestal he looks at the broken places of the people that say I can't do it I can't I can't preach I don't know what to say and be free I'm a witness to this I told my parents you'll never see me preach that's not my thing it's out of my comfort zone and my mom told me be careful what you say God might just do the opposite and me standing there crying running out of the bathroom at a young age in the youth they would ask me to preach ask me to speak all this stuff into you and I would cry in the bathroom so scared so nervous with anxiety and fear and not knowing that I was what I was called to do I did not know what I care I did not know that God wanted to speak through me then I was called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ I said no I don't want to do it I can I'm unqualified and I just I just really feel that God was saying that's the one that I want to use that's the exact person that I would want to use friend God would rather use you more on the basis of a willing heart rather than on the basis of the abilities you possess he would rather use you more on the basis of a willing heart if you're willing it doesn't matter if you can't sing it doesn't matter if you can't rap if you feel like you have no talent there's potential on the inside of you that can only be unlocked by the power of the Holy Spirit and I believe that God wants to unlock some things in you and activate some things in you when you leave this place you're gonna blaze on a fire in a flame of the Lord every single day of your life I don't know about you but when I wake up in the morning I want to crush hell for a living because the devil doesn't stop bothering me I'm gonna keep going and pushing forward singing devil you're a liar I've got the power and in the anointing of the Holy Ghost on my life and perfect love casteth out all fear I'm not gonna be scared because every Christian is anointed to proclaim a good news we've got the power living on the inside of us all we got to do is put our shoulders back and say I am a daughter and I'm a son of a king I'm a citizen of a kingdom that cannot be shaken and I believe that God wants to use me for his Lord I belong to him and he's called me out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light and he's gonna use me for me sometimes you got to encourage yourself David sexo why are you cast down speak to your soul say why are you cat why are you down get back up some stop looking for ways to get out start looking for ways to get through I'm not gonna go around looking for people are going through the same struggle i'ma look for people who have overcome the struggle and say mad been there and God could use you through whatever situation his strength is made perfect in your weakness see what the devil does is he's trying it tries to use your weakness to make his strength but thank God that his strength is made perfect in our weakness we got the power living in us are you tracking with me you guys with me come on what does it mean to be close to God it means that we become conscious of God's presence and have an open heart to listen to him what are you saying I'm saying this so those whose hearts are tuned to God are close to him they're the ones who are attentive in a tune with the Spirit of God and you're close he will use those kind of vessels there are those who are seeking God by reading his word and praying to him if you want to be close to someone you need to communicate to that person often I tell people all the time communication is established and maintained through communication through relationships are established it means I'm sorry relationships are maintained through communication and when we maintain a communication with God he'll use us for his glory will hear him will feel a peace like we never felt before how many know that he's the Prince of Peace he's the breath of life he's the cornerstone you know he is the Avenger he's the captain of salvation he's all that the love of our soul the apple of our do you know who you serve a mighty God our refuge our fortress our Redeemer the fountain of living waters and he desires to use us God sees your brokenness and he longs to heal you the guy who made the sky and the stars and he decides how far the ocean can come only come up so far up the shore knows your name and wants to speak through you every single day this king that we serve is real and he lives in me and all I've got to do is walk it out all I've got to do is walk it out and trust that he's with me everywhere I go because the Bible says you'll never leave us nor forsake us never leave us he's faithful and you know what's amazing is that his love is a mighty love and the Bible says that nothing on this earth can separate you from this love his love has no beginning and no end when people fail you he'll never fail you when people are faithful to he's faithful when people hurt you he'll never hurt you when people talk about you he'll never talk about you he's there why do we go to other people fill this void in a heart that was only created for God to fill and we go to everything else but him and he's waiting there at all times saying come to me cast all your anxiety on to me because I care for you come to me all those who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest he's a real listen closeness does not only mean physical distance but also a good relationship a husband and a wife who live under the same roof do not necessarily feel close to each other if they do not communicate enough we need to communicate to God by talking to him through prayer in a reading every single day you know I was working at this airport I got out of work one night and I actually this was on a Sunday and I remember it is a powerful testimony many of you have seen it online and I remember my buddy his he's married his wife's parents which is his in-laws her divorce and his mother-in-law lives in Arizona and his father-in-law lived right there Chicago we were to add his father-in-law's house and he doesn't believe in healing he gets healed in his back God shows up in this house everybody we're all crying we're all worshiping the Lord and my buddy came to me and Gio said Knapp my mother-in-law who lives in Arizona they said that she has a mass tumor in her colon and that she has cancer can you pray with her I said absolutely where is she he said she's in Arizona I said well get her on FaceTime he facetimes his mother-in-law passive lat gets on the phone I said listen could we pray with you she starts crying like you all want to pray with me I said absolutely God cares for you he's not forgotten about you we pray with this lady over the phone and declare the fire of the Holy Spirit over her life from the top of her head to the soles of her feet over through I believe that God's presence is tangible even through a phone even through a broadcast a live video no matter what it is a phone call he's I'm not pretty steady work once omniscient omnipotent he's got all the pop he's an all-powerful all-knowing God we spoke to her body to function in the name of Jesus this lady through the broadcast feels a heat only in the area or the mass children was so she says and I said well I can't look inside her body so I can't tell if you're here look healed or not but we're believing with you overnight I got the testimony back that next day while I was at work my buddy text me he says Matt you won't believe it my mother-in-law said when she went to bed that night she literally felt something get pulled out of her body she's some people might not understand this but it's real I don't believe in God it doesn't matter if you don't believe him he still believes in you he still believes in you this lady in 24 hours woke up the next T this how God works she had a doctor's appointment that next morning we prayed for her that night divine appointment the way that God set it up and orchestrated it all she goes to the doctor's for a checkup and they say we can't find no cancer in you that cancer disappeared come on give it up the power of Jesus is so real today he still heals he still delivers he still restores he still sets free he's the same God yesterday today and and he's a killing up he kills he heals he heals whatever you're going through know that Jesus he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and by His stripes we are healed I feel the fire of God in this place lady gets you that cancer got cancer and died by the power of God Sheridan on Facebook reached over a hundred million people that's wild just a young guy going live on Facebook and God breeze on that thing and it lets it spread and go go crazy all over the world do you know any people probably receive their healing through that video there's power in the name of Jesus cancer no more no more lady drove I did a service in Denver she drove from Wyoming came in we did an altar call somebody comes up to me says Matt this lady drove from Wyoming she follows your ministry and she's deaf in her left ear and I said bring her up here she said they said she's too scared to come up can you go up to her so I go up in the seats and I said ma'am come with me to the altar so she comes up with me just made her feel loved and welcomed and just comfortable how many know we can't just shove the Bible at people and slap them over the face we've got to love on them where they're at I'm almost through I want to show this with you this lady so she comes up to the altar and then she says man I just I can't hear this ear and I have an incurable bladder disease I've got over a hundred she had over a hundred and one surgeries on her how is that possible over the past few years and she's still alive I laid my hands on her ears and I said in the name of Jesus I command this year to open right now I'll open my eyes and she's like this and I said what's wrong she said that music is so loud God restored her deaf ear get the doctors of course back her doctor was an atheist the doctor said I don't know what you're doing but keep it up because this is a miracle I believe pastor Blatt said in one of his vlogs he said we're not here to define God we're here to discover him he said something like our questions take the backseat because when he shows up we it does not heat his understanding no one can fathom nobody can they cannot understand or comprehend him of what he does we got to stop putting him in a box he could do whatever he wants oh we came from heaven oh no no you look at the solar system and all the planets and all of it's a movement and then you look at the earth it never changes its movement if it gets an inch closer to the Sun it'll burn up an inch away it'll freeze who he holds it in his hands and he also hangs the earth on nothing powerful God we serve are you all blessed by these testimonies he's real an emptied vessel the vessel has to be empty it cannot be used if it is full of things we have to empty ourselves from all of us and be full of the Spirit some people say Matt I want to be on fire for God I want to be hungry for God well if you're not hungry for God you're probably full of yourself I don't want to be full of myself I want to decrease so that he would greatly increase this is why I honor your pastor because he constantly lives a lifestyle of prayer and fasting and he says God I want to be an empty vessel for you to flow through me and use me for your honor in your glory now how can I be used in being empty vessel this is it right here can you use a cup filled with something when you want to drink water even if the cup is near you it is if it's filled with any other substance you're not gonna use it you will leave there empty the cup and clean it before using it or you will simply just reach for an empty cup the vessels have to be empty if they're to be used by God no runner listen to me no runner will run a race carrying a heavy bag you're gonna either even try to lose weight for the race if you feel you're overweight for the race and the Bible says in this I want to share this I'm almost through here Hebrews chapter 12 verse 132 it says let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us keeping our eyes on Jesus the Pioneer perfecter of our faith wouldn't say in the first words let us throw off everything Apostle Paul on the crew on the ship through the grain out of the ship to make it lighter as the ship was in danger of sinking in the storm and ax 2738 records this when they had to eat in as much as they wanted they in late in the ship by throwing the grain into the sea in order to save their lives in order to save their lives I had to eliminate their less important things what is in your life that's not important that you need to eliminate so that God can use you we thank you Lord in order to achieve the mission of God I believe that he has given us we must often eliminate the less important things in our life that's distracting us that's stealing our time with him we got to get rid of him because he's the only one that matters God cannot use an unclean and simple person I had to confess his sin and get rid of it before he could say Here I am send me he said woe to me I cried I am ruined for I'm a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips and my eyes have seen the Lord Almighty even he how to say God purge me I want to be clean for God to use I thank you lord my last point here before I close is just being a willing vessel just being willing for him to use us even if an employer I believe an employer wouldn't want to use an unwilling worker person who just complains all the time says I don't want to do this job you're not gonna want to use them aren't you I want to use I want to be a Willie vessel for him to use and I believe that when you get that revelation it changes everything we thank you Lord let me thank you Lord I just feel his presence right now thank you Jesus we thank you Jesus can't get everybody to stand up with me at this time he's gonna fill us with his boldness we thank you lord many of you in this place probably say Matt how can i cultivate my desire to serve god I want to let you know you have to know how much God loves you if you realize how much God loves you you would want to serve him in return I believe that love is reciprocal if you know when you were loved by somebody it is natural that you're gonna want to serve that person now believe that we have to learn more about God's love than our desire to serve God will be greater well the Bible says dear friends since God so loved us we also ought to love another if we realize how much God loves us we will in return serve our neighbors and serve God thank you lord God used the uneducated fisherman Peter he was unschooled ordinary man and God he used him God will use of us so near him and empty one a clean one and a person willing to be used do you want to be a useful vessel do you want to be somebody that God can flow through with this power if that is your desire to be a useful vessel vessel let us be near him let us be not occupied by the things of this world and let us be available empty clean and willing for him to use us for us to serve Him that's you in this place I would invite pastor Vlad to come up here if you're in this place and you say Matt I want to cultivate this desire I want to serve God with everything out God if that's you and you say I want this boldness and this courage and this fire that even you're sharing about this passion for souls and that's you in this place I want you to make your way up to this altar right now that should be everybody in here including myself I want to be used more by God if you're in this place you say Mao that's me I want to burn it for Souls I want to be more bold than unashamed of Jesus of the God that I serve even in the workplace I want to be bold and unashamed to my neighbors my co-workers my family I want them to say you want your family saved you have family members that need to know Jesus and you want to be bold enough to share the gospel with them how to be effective if that's you come up to this altar we thank you lord we thank you Lord we thank you Lord we thank you Lord Jesus just feel his love in this place could we pray with them pastor bladder I want you all off so more people are coming up front it's amazing just Sylvia that's you just work your way up here it doesn't matter what people think we're here just to receive Laurel what God has for us I believe in ease and empower us in the service Thank You Lord everybody up here just lift up your hands right now I just want us all to activate our faith right now say this with me it's not a Salvation this is just to activate your faith if you don't know how to pray just pray this with me say God I love you because you first loved me I believe in your power I acknowledge and I stand in your presence now I thank you for your love that's unconditional give me this passion give me this boldness empower me to do the service of God effectively power me to with souls I receive this courage now and Jesus name in Jesus name come on as they sing right now I want you just to give a shout to the Lord to the Lord right now give me a shout wherever you are come on come on he's alive he's alive

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Published: Mon Apr 15 2019