Victory In The Spirit // (September 17, 2021)

thank you lord for who you are pray that tonight as we come into your house lord as we come into the church as the church [Music] pray that you would just dwell among us have your way in us this evening lord we pray that you would give us what we need tonight we love you lord in jesus name [Music] [Music] dog tried to hide you and steal you away [Music] and dad tried to keep you inside of the grave [Music] the enemy fortune he tried by the lord you cannot be stopped [Music] when we cried for freedom you tore down a wall the weight of our burdens you carried it on [Music] our fears and our failures ain't dead on a cross you cannot be stopped [Music] hallelujah [Music] we stand on your victory and shout out your praise [Music] miracle maker you're mighty to say [Music] [Music] you can understand [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] there's nothing that can stop our god there's nothing that can stop our god there's nothing that can stop [Music] there's nothing that can 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[Music] when i can feel it oh you're still working on it's just who you are [Music] lord is who you are [Music] [Music] so [Music] said the lord is my light and salvation whom shall i fear of whom shall i be afraid said the lord in my light is heavy whom shall i feel of whom shall i be afraid lord i will wait for you will wait for you [Music] i will wait for you [Music] wait for you [Music] i said the lord my light is salvation [Music] my salvation [Music] [Music] i wait for you lord i will wait for you [Music] i'll wait for you i will remain i will remain five six confident in this of the lord [Music] of the lord for you [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] only one who is [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] i'm away you [Music] lord i wait for you [Music] and lord even as david said he's looking back on his life how faithful you've been to him and he's facing some some gnarly circumstances and he says that i believe that even in this even in this i'll see the goodness of god and lord because of how faithful you are because of your nature and your character who you are it doesn't matter what we see or what we face [Music] we know that in the end we will see your goodness come through it no matter what it is thank you for being the good god that you are thank you that you're working all things together for good for those of us that love you and are called according to your purposes lord we just pray that you give us the faith to see your goodness in the end in jesus name somebody said amen awesome so cool you guys can be seated uh for today if you were here today we had the funeral service memorial service for arizona palacios and it was a phenomenal service this place was filled it was such an impactful service that one life could impact so many by her infectious smile by her servanthood mentality by the love of a of a mother the influence of a friend that truly impacted so many people's lives um it was pretty phenomenal if i i believe it might still be like on our youtube it was on there today if you have an opportunity maybe watch it tonight before you go to bed pretty awesome as we celebrated her life family is going through so much but the family is full of faith as well and is surrounded by so many of the body of christ that are encouraging them due this time if you have your bibles open up to the book of romans chapter 8 book of romans chapter 8 as we continue our study through the book of romans chapter 8 as i said last week this is the pinnacle of the book of romans this is that chapter of victory and the title of my message tonight is victory in the spirit victory in the spirit last week we covered romans chapter 8 verse 1. it's a verse that i've memorized myself because there's battles that we all face right the enemy comes into your life at times and you go through times of discouragement you go through times of oppression you can't see clearly maybe are battling with that guilt and the shame of your past and you're starting to believe the lies of the enemy and the bible says and that's why i've memorized this verse there is therefore no condemnation to those who are in christ who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit it's a victorious verse and it is something that paul wants his listeners to understand as well we are once at war with god because the fleshly nature my fleshly desires all of them are against the character of god and yet when i come into a relationship with god the war is over i've waved that white flag of surrender lord i'm done i need you to come into my life and for a man or a woman who has surrendered their life to the lord there is great victory when jesus told the disciples come after me and i will make you fishers of men they left their livelihood everything that they thought was their life and they came to a place where they walked with the lord and they saw great blessings they went through challenges they had lapses of faith but they saw the power of god working in and through their lives and following the steps of christ all the way through the gospels and when paul comes to the lord and he comes to the lord by a dramatic conversion he was all about his faith we're living in a day and age today and i said this last week how our faith is going to be tested and we are in need of men and women that stand for truth and faith today because we are getting attacked by so many different levels right so many platforms we see it in our daily life we we see it in messaging and different agendas across this nation across this world and you're like wow lord how much longer until you come back and yet we know that the bible says that we are to occupy until he comes nobody knows a day or the hour but we do know this is that we have one life to live and it will soon be passed and all that you do for christ is that which will last don't waste your life don't take a day for granted don't take your family for granted your marriage for granted your family your friends all that you have been given in your life and recognizing that truly your citizenship is in heaven in romans 8 where it says there's no no condemnation to those who are in christ who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit he also says many things about the flesh and the spirit life the flesh when it's speaking about the flesh it speaks about a lifestyle that you once lived before walking with god it means that your whole life was dictated upon how you were going to fulfill those desires of the flesh those were the primary focus of your life whether it was through drugs and alcohol through through sex through various avenues that you felt like this is what you needed to survive this is what you needed to find rest or peace or these are the things that just excited you and gave you drive and yet they found in your life you found it to bring emptiness and when you question the reality of eternity and you found christ in your life there was a flip over that took place no longer is the flesh driving your life your life is now led by the spirit of god and it is truly a supernatural thing the christian life was never meant to be lived out by rules and regulations by do's and don'ts by your own willpower a lot of friends that i grew up with when they saw me stop doing drugs and i wasn't hanging out with crazy crew and the girls that i was with i broke up with at that time it wasn't because i was making all these choices by my own strength and my own willpower there was something that was taking place inside of me that i couldn't deny like i didn't feel comfortable at the bar any longer i didn't feel comfortable getting high any longer i didn't feel comfortable being in a relationship a toxic relationship that was just driven in the flesh i had conviction i i pastor always say that the holy spirit is like an alarm sometimes it's just like it's the weirdest feeling sometimes right where you just feel so uncomfortable and something that you used to find was a drive of your life maybe it's pornography and the things that you used to watch all the time to fill the stuff that you would listen to all the time it was just your life that's just the things that you found pleasure in but then when god gets a hold of your life you're listening to to those things it's like your spirit gets grieved you feel uncomfortable it's the way the holy spirit works in our lives and that's what jesus said before he went to the cross in chapter 14 of the gospel of john he says let not your heart be troubled you believe in god believe also me that i go to prepare a place for you that where i am there you will be also if it were not so i would have told you and he would go on to say that i'm the way the truth and the life but then he would go on further to say this but look i'm going to jerusalem they're going to beat me they're going to scourge me i'm going to be killed crucified but i will rise on the third day but also wanted them to know but i'm not going to leave you alone i'm not going to leave you as orphans i'm not going to leave you without a way out i am going to pray the father send you the holy spirit and this is what the holy spirit will do he is a person and he will lead guide direct you into all truth he will bring to remembrance all the things that i have spoken to you and that is the work of the holy spirit when you are growing in a relationship with god and the word of god is going into your life and you're reading you're praying you're going to your church that teaches the word of god the holy spirit brings to remembrance the truth of scripture in your life sometimes in a way to speak it to other people and sometimes in a way of just be reaffirming truths in your life when the enemy is discouraging you where doubt is creeping in and then the holy spirit brings to remembrance your word god's word and when that happens it speaks of that spirit-filled life he convicts you of sin he convicts you of righteousness and of truth and it is truly a new life and that's why i entitled tonight victory in the spirit verse 12 says this therefore brethren we are not debtors to the flesh to live according to the flesh he says look i'm not in debt any longer to the flesh i don't own my i don't do not owe my flesh anything i no longer have to live in a way of feeding my fleshly appetites just to satisfy them for temporary gratification that is not because when you start i give an example of my own life like drugs and alcohol when you start doing it a little bit when you're younger like so often you have this experience you're like wow this is like dope and whatever you like the experience and after a while then even sometimes you might have a bad trip or you have a bad time but you always try to chase that high that you felt that one particular time and you know what guys chase that high women chase that high and they chase it all the way sometimes to a jail cell sometimes through multiple rehabs and sometimes all the way to the grave it's what happens the enemy gets his hooks in you and he directs you and you owe the flesh you feed the flesh and you've awoken this big appetite and every day you have to feed it and feed it again and feed it again if it's pornography same thing you feed it again you feed it again if it's you know cheating if it's lying if it's greed you get you have all the money in the world and then you just need more you need more you need more you cut corners in so many areas just to fulfill this temporary gratification and then you need more and yet in the word of god here it says we're no longer deaders to the flesh look your flesh will never be satisfied my flesh will never be satisfied and that's why we have to recognize this true life that i desire to have in the spirit is the only life for me pastoral has said that in john 15 5 where it says without christ you can do nothing until you believe that verse until you live out that verse you will be defeated but when you believe what christ says there without me you can do nothing you will begin having victory in your life remember in the the time where jesus had fed the the 5000 and all these multitudes went and jesus are going on after with a story and he says that i am the bread of life unless you partake in my flesh you will by no means enter the kingdom of god of god and it said that the people heard his teachings and they were like wait a minute this is kind of difficult to grasp too difficult to understand what is he trying to say how can we partake of his flesh almost thinking is this like cannibalism or something like partake of his flesh you're looking at it from a very natural standpoint but what jesus was saying he was giving them an illustration that they could understand food everybody can understand food everybody likes food and there's food where you can live like a glutton and eat as much as possible but food also is necessary to survive and live right and jesus is saying that i am the bread of life daily you find ways to have meals because you need to feel not sustenance and jesus is saying that if you stop eating you eventually die but jesus is also saying i am the bread of life you get bread and food to sustain you physically but then you have to do it again and again and again but i am the bread of life i am the one if you partake of me you will be filled you will be whole you will be at peace there's no other way but through me jesus said and all the people were like started scratching their heads remember they were going after him sometimes people follow after the lord with wrong motives they're like oh if i give my life to the lord then my whole life is going to be fixed i'm not going to have no more problems i'm gonna have all this money in my bank account all these things are gonna work out for me and that's why when trials come sometimes people fold right jesus talks about the different hearers and these people and that that jesus is speaking to you at this moment they were coming at him because of the miracles they're like whoa he changed water into wine he made the blind man see he made the death here and now he has provided for over 5 000 men not counting women and children you do the math you can go up to 15 to 20 000 people that were fed by just a little bit of fish just by a little bit of bread as he blessed and broke it and then they even had mourned abundance after how did that happen it was that miracle is the only miracle that is mentioned in all four of the gospels matthew mark luke and john all four of them many of their gospels focus on different aspects many of them um you know piggyback each other on the same some same stories but there's some stories that are in others that aren't in other ones more parables different things but that is the one miracle that was spoken in all four of the gospels it was a very pivotal time and so the crowds were like chasing him coming multitudes all around him sometimes people have an emotional experience of god and they go with the crowd but a relationship with god is a relationship it is a solo thing between you and god now we have others in the body of christ that can come next to us and be an encouragement to us but the walk is directed upon my own walk in obedience to the lord the bible said that when that multitude heard what jesus was saying about being the bread of life and he said the people said this this is crazy and it said at that moment many stopped following after jesus many of them went back to their old lives and then peter and the disciples were sitting next to him and he said to him do you two also wish to go as they did remember what peter said where else can we go lord for you have the words of life that's a victorious statement i got nowhere else to go you're all that i need what a great moment in his life now we know that peter would fail later but it was at that moment where it was recognized that truly i got nowhere else to go don't get your eyes on the things of this world because the things of this world fade away so quickly your sustenance your stability will only be in the truth that is found in the lord trying to live a life after the flesh thinking you owe things to the flesh again is foolish it's foolish jesus wants you to live that abundant life verse 13 goes on to say a little bit more for if you live according to the flesh you will what die contrast though but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live what i love about a relationship with god it is a choice you've heard that said before it is a choice nobody forces crisis and forces way into your life he pursues you he stands with the door knock he he loves you but yet if you desire to walk in the flesh if you desire to choose a world over him he will allow you to make that choice your will must be laid down by you to the lord it is a choice but the consequences of that choice now that's on you he says what's the result of those that live according to the flesh you will die if you reject the lord if you continue a lifestyle of sin there's no repentance there's no change you live just like like the world you may believe in the lord from a distance but there's no relationship with god what does the bible say you shall not inherit the kingdom of god for those that live according to the flesh will not inherit the kingdom of god neither fornicators nor adulterers nor sorcerers nor liars drunkards all these things that is spoken of in galatians and ephesians and corinthians paul speaking to the churches he said don't look in the carnal life don't live after the flesh there's no life there it's death it led you down a pathway that destroyed your life why would you choose that door to pursue the rest of your life you will be empty and in the end is death eternal death eternal separation from god for eternity hell which was prevail prepared for the demons and satan but also for those that reject the name of the lord by their words and by their life this is what the bible says but if by the spirit of god he put to death the dead the deeds of the body you will live reckon that old man to be dead meaning consider that old man dead i'm not going to feed it any longer you know i'm not saying you don't eat i'm not saying you don't drink water you know you obviously take care of your body but what he is saying is my life is now led by the spirit of god lord what do you have for me in relationships lord i used to think this way in relationships what does your word say when it comes to marriage what does your word say when it comes to pursuing my spouse what does it say about raising my children what does it say about dealing with my addictions what does it say what does god's word say about pornography what does it say about drugs alcohol what does it say about greed and covetousness and as you get the answers by god's word and by god's spirit you will see that when you reject those lifestyles you will have the peace of god that surpasses all understanding not that your life will not be difficult sometimes it doesn't mean that you're not going to have temptation i have temptations still this day doesn't mean that you're not going to have trials i have trials still this day just because you give your life to the lord doesn't mean that you're exempt from having bad days bad weeks going through financial difficulties sometimes you go through these moments where you have a spiritual high and then boom a testing comes right i mean even yesterday like i had a good morning actually i i had a i was able to teach for pastor dale last minute and i loved teaching for pastor dale at 10 o'clock yesterday and then right after that me and ryan and raul recorded a radio show for like an hour about 30 minutes after that i got a call from my wife i got a call from my wife and my oldest son cohen had done a foolish thing had one of my son's toys and you can freeze it it has like gel in it or whatever froze it but i don't know why what he was thinking he threw it in the microwave to thawed out and when he brought it out he squeezed it and all that hot goo went all over his face and i'm on the phone with my my wife and i'm like you know trying to track it i had to just bounce grab my stuff and i flew home and my son's on the couch my son's a tough kid my older son like my sister he hasn't played with toy since he was eight or nine years old he's always been more mature he just that's how he is so it was just a weird thing thinking it was him that did that and i'm seeing him in so much pain he has a cold cloth across his face and i'm watching my son just going through his pain and agony i had my brother's a fire captain i had him look at him and he's like had to take him to the urgent care and i took him in go to the hospital four hour wait a five hour away fortunately the lord just hooked it up and i i got in and out of there an hour and a half receptionist saw him saw he was in pain brought him back was able to get him in a place where he was looked at he's he's gonna be okay just so you know he's gonna be okay um but he was in pain he was in pain the whole time and he had to give him some medicine now that he has cream on he has to put vaseline around his eyes he got burned around he got burnt around his eyebrow around his cheeks around his forehead he has a little bit of of a blister thanked the lord and didn't get into his eyes at all and my son is an athlete like he plays baseball like crazy he plays flag football he's very athletic and he loves it it's his passion and he's told me dad he's like when that happened i saw sports flash before my eyes like i wouldn't be able to play again because it came so close to getting in his eyes and i had this moment because he started freaking out a little bit like almost having like you know he's getting ahead i'm like look you just got to relax it's not as bad as you think you know and this is why prayer is so important this is why we come to the lord in these moments like don't allow your emotions to get ahead of you he started oh if i would have just done this if i would have done my homework my mom said i'm like okay all that kind of thought isn't going to change where we're at right now so we're just going to focus on you getting better we're going to listen to what they have to say and then that's it and then by last night he was actually the pain subsided you know his face is looking a little bit better and then when he woke up today you know he has got a little bit of swelling and a little bit of marks across his eyes and across his his forehead but he kind of liked it kind of looked like he got in a fight you know so he kind of looks like kind of tough and stuff so he wanted to come to the service today and um because they don't want him to be in sun right now for the first week or so he had to wear a hat like cover his head coming through the the back door but once he was in he was able to sit through the service so he's gonna be fine i just say that because i'm just like any of you i get bad phone calls sometimes you're emotionally like i seriously i had an amazing time teaching we had did an amazing show where i just felt like everything flowed and connected and 20 30 minutes later i'm in an er with my son or urgent care of my son who i love so much hey it doesn't mean that god's against me it's just life and these are moments in our life where maybe in the flesh you could react different ways but in the spirit of god you led to prayer waiting on god trusting in god using it as a teaching lesson for my son for my other sons for my wife for my for their cousins and yet god is always true and he's always faithful the spirit-filled life will always lead you to peace and joy verse 14 for as many as are led by the spirit of god these are the sons of god so verse 13 speaks of choice what are you going to pick you're going to choose a spirit-filled life you're going to choose the flesh it's up to you you make the choice verse 14 is what's the evidence what is the evidence for as many as are led by the spirit of god these are the son of god for those that are led by the spirit of god in their lives by the way they live their lives is a picture of who they are it's their testimony right i remember hearing the study long time ago probably 10 years ago and i think it was great glory and he gave me an example and the example was if you were convicted in a court of law if you if you were yeah you were convicted of a in a court of law that you were a christian would they have enough evidence against you to convict you that's what it was if you were accused of being a christian that's what it was if you're accused of being a christian in a court of law would they have enough evidence to convict you or would your life speak more of the world the flesh that just phrased and i know many people have echoed that example over the years but it's always raining true to me because when people see me do they see christ the place that you work do people know that you are walking with god and it's not even by your preaching to them or do you just blend in with everybody else and in the sports league you got kids in in the sports you know so many other parents after the game what are they they're getting hammered cursed like sailors a lot of times right do you go with that flow are you able to be with them and be cool with them and but also keep your integrity in character are you being an influence to them are they influencing you see that basic statement right there are they influencing you or are you influencing them is an example in the old testament because the children of israel were called to be the light of the world they were called to be dead people that were different than the other nations around them and that's why the lord didn't want them to partake of their gods and be influenced by them they were to influence the world around them but what happened they liked the things the idols the sexual things and all these things that continued to enslave them and instead of them impacting the nations around them the nations around them impacted them in such a way that it was split up and beat up multiple times by the enemy and that same picture can happen to us as well when we allow the world to influence us when all that i'm taking in is the flesh the world through music through television through media do things i read through the things i watch and it has no filter from the holy spirit or the convictions like no i don't want to put that in my mind no longer i don't want to watch this any longer i don't want to do this any longer and then not just that are you not just clearing those things and stopping doing those things but are you also filling your heart with the things of the lord are you investing into your spiritual life are you reading are you praying is your relationship with god a priority are you invested in it are you a child of god walking by the spirit of god because those that are led by the spirit of god are the sons of god is there evidence in your life that is a question that only you can answer does my life speak of christ then it says this 15 for if you do not re for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear he's saying look the work that god did in your life the free gift of salvation the gospel message it is the free gift of god and you have not received it for a spirit of bondage again to fear he does not want you living in this fearful lifestyle in the lord where you're walking on eggshells like man if i think this if i do this like the lord's just going to zap me with like a thunder strike from heaven and i'm done right like he doesn't want you living in this rules and regulations and just feel like you're going to mess up every day that's not freedom he's not putting into a place of bondage and when you're led by the spirit of god you will be led to the peace that is granted to you but you look but you receive the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out abba father or daddy the relationship between a child and their father such a beautiful picture you know the word love is first mentioned in genesis chapter 22. and what was it it was the first word was from a father to a son take isaac your only son the one you love to the mountain pretty cool and here we see the love of the father for a son then he also says adopted why is he why is the word adopted there because we are once on the enemy side we were led by the prince of the power of the air who works in this in the through the spirit of disobedience in the world that's satan the enemy the flesh and well our lives were at war against god but when you are born again in the holy spirit you ask christ into your life you are taken from the corruptness of this world and you are adopted into the family of god and you are part of the family we are part of the family so the gospel message transcends all nationalities all ethnicities across this world doesn't matter the locality the bible says that when you come to the lord you are adopted into the family of god and you have the same benefits as somebody else that is walking with with god see this is something that was so foreign to the jewish people back in the day because in the old testament even though there were many prophecies that were speaking that salvation was going to come to the gentiles as well the jewish people looked down upon the gentiles in so many ways they didn't think it was possible and really the gospel first came to the jewish people first and then came to the world right and all of the blessings the inheritance that was given to the nation of israel for the future of heaven of salvation of the messiah we are adopted into the family of god to reap the benefits of that relationship with god jesus speaks of the god of father the god of isaac jacob abraham that's who we serve the lord that has cleansed us and washed us by his blood verse 16 the spirit himself bear witness with our spirit that we are the children of god the holy spirit works in your heart and life that there's a change there is a change in my heart i do desire the things of god i am connected to the lord i am guaranteed heaven the bible says that the holy spirit was given to you as a guarantee you know when you purchase something and they give you a guarantee it's connected to what you're purchasing what you have received it's a guarantee and it speaks of the holy spirit being that guarantee are the promises that god has for us not only at the current time but also in the future the holy spirit allows you to understand the deep things of god and that's why it says the non-spiritual man can't understand the things of god for it is foolishness to them but those that have been led by the spirit of god understands the things of the spirit before you ever came to the lord you tried to read the bible it's probably hard for you no it's hard for me but then when god's spirit is working in you it's like you feel like you're reading stuff that happened to your life last week or today you're like how does that happen right that's what hit me that first month of reading the bible for the first time i read the gospels then i said okay well this is clicking and making sense because it was god's holy spirit starting to work in my life then i went to the book of genesis and i began to read through for about a month span i went to genesis exodus leviticus and for whatever reason i know now the lord was working in my heart i was able to read it and comprehend it and understand it and i had a simple basic understanding of it that when talking about the nation of israel okay when they were close to god there was blessings when they forsook the lord there was cursings basically i'm like that's how our lives are today and it was it became so basic and so simple but that's how god works in your heart that's why i'm teaching this study romans chapter 8 that was written thousands and thousands of years ago but yet it still resonates today because we still battle with the flesh the enemy is still discouraging so many and we need to know of the promises of god in psalm 27 it says even if my mother and my father forsake me the lord will never forsake me so if you have had bad experiences in your home and with percentages wise many in this room have in our nation over 50 almost 55 percent divorces in and outside the church now or having so much abuse even in a home that has both mom and dad in the home maybe you feel forsaken there are some that never knew their father or their mother my close friend scott solomon you know him as a pastor he never grew up with a dad his dad was out of the picture his whole life but yet he came to know the lord and he being adopted into the family of god has a lord that will never forsake him but that's true for all of us hey you've had a tough upbringing your parents have done you wrong relationships have done you wrong guess what it's a result of sin it's a result of the enemy and he got a hold of your parents or he got a hold of your brothers and sisters and friends and hopefully god doesn't work in their life if they're still alive but if these are things that have happened the past two you have to just realize you can't allow your life to be filled with bitterness and hate towards anybody in your life any longer you just recognize that they just as your battle with the spiritual things as well they spirit they battle with it in some way or the other maybe they failed maybe you got to learn from that maybe you don't repeat some of those decisions and you build up your family in the things of the lord and you allow god to use your life in a powerful way to be that example of christ verse 16 the spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of god i am a child of god i am able to say abba father verse 17 and if children then heirs of god and joint heirs with christ if indeed we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together with him knows what he says he said indeed if we suffer with him so paul recognized because when we come back next week he's going to talk about suffering and as we are united in the blessings of the lord and we're united in the things of christ and the blessings of god in this world at times we are also connected to the sufferings of the lord as well as the rejected christ some are going to reject us as well as some of them receive the lord some of us are going to receive our message as well but we are joint heirs we we come into this godly rich inheritance on this earth i might be broke as a joke but in heaven and in the heavenly things there are great riches there's a great inheritance a godly inheritance it's the greatest thing that you can also pass on to your children your grandchildren reflecting again on this service that we had here today eric sally was taken to be home with the lord believe she was 45 maybe 46 years old six children that adored her and a husband that adored her and yet as she leaves she left such an impact three days after she went to be with the lord we had a prayer meeting here i was sitting over there and the whole family all six of them and some of their friends were in here worshiping and praising god i went up to them hugged them this this morning one of her one of her daughters sang worship four songs for the service she's young early twenties she left it aris alley left a legacy an impact in life the children communicated things of god they acknowledged to her they have their her bibles with all of her notes in it printed some of them of the promises the words that she spoke before she departed from this earth are impactful and is lasting that's what we have to realize as well we have been given this godly inheritance what are we doing with it don't waste it don't forsake it allow the lord to bless your life and use your life in powerful powerful ways let's pray lord we thank you so much for the grace love and mercy that you have in our lives let's all stand i pray for every man and every woman in this place that you would guide them by your spirit lord i pray that you would bless their families i pray lord that you would direct their steps in all of your ways i know lord that you are good to us i know lord that you are faithful and true i pray lord that you would bless this night i pray lord for the palacio family continually lord that your angels would surround them and lord that you would just be with us lord be with the men in the ministry here be with pastor raul i pray that you would heal my son completely lord and i know lord that you you will i trust you so i pray lord that you would just continue guiding us in all of your ways i pray lord that you would help any of those that are battling with sicknesses illnesses financial difficulties doubt fear anxiety heal their hearts lord heal their minds for the single moms the single dads grant them wisdom lord as they raise their children in the lord i pray for marriages on the rocks lord that you would restore i pray for children that have gone astray lord that you would restore [Music] i pray lord those are battling with addiction lord that they would be set free lord this night by your spirit thank you lord that you are in our midst [Music] press your word so deep into our hearts lord that we would never fear that we would never doubt thank you for all you do in and through our lives in jesus name we pray amen god bless you guys one more song and we'll hang out after and now i can finally see it you're teaching me how to receive it [Music] this is [Music] last time you're my champion thank you [Music] undefeated [Music] god bless you guys [Music] say something real quick hey guys as you leave i just want to let you know as well that on friday nights at 6 30 p.m if you would like to come we meet for prayer before the service men women children come pray see what god's going to do also on these friday nights there's opportunities to serve in some way one of them first thing i ever did was help clean put things to back together and doug and david hilleman out out in the foyer if you would like to help clean the restrooms get things ready for sunday morning it's just an opportunity to serve love you guys so much have a great evening peace [Music] [Music] so [Music] i don't do the most but i do a lot alive [Music] [Music] gotta protect them you

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Published: Fri Sep 17 2021