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of the goodness oh [Applause] oh [Music] i love your voice oh i'm delighted to tell you about the new edition of my living free devotional journal it takes you through 120 days with jesus covering many of the basics of the christian faith something that you can reflect deeply on and grow no matter where you are in your christian life the devotional includes topics such as assurance and blessing guidance and security power and authority obedience and surrender and each day there is a scripture passage to read a brief explanation of the passage a place for you to record your own thoughts and reflections a key verse to meditate on some place where you can write down questions to follow up and an important discipleship step to take it's a place for you to record your action points so that you can move forward in your spiritual life and then there is a key prayer to pay it's well laid out with plenty of space for you to write your own thoughts and this will become a key part of your devotional life as you learn to journal your spiritual journey [Music] peace [Music] i love you lord [Music] i've been held by your hands of the goodness foreign [Applause] oh [Music] oh i'm delighted to tell you about the new edition of my living free devotional journal it takes you through 120 days with jesus covering many of the basics of the christian faith something that you can reflect deeply on and grow no matter where you are in your christian life the devotional includes topics such as assurance and blessing guidance and security power and authority obedience and surrender and each day there is a scripture passage to read a brief explanation of the passage a place for you to record your own thoughts and reflections a key verse to meditate on some place where you can write down questions to follow up and an important discipleship step to take it's a place for you to record your action points so that you can move forward in your spiritual life and then there is a key prayer to pay it's well laid out with plenty of space for you to write your own thoughts and this will become a key part of your devotional life as you learn to journal your spiritual journey [Music] peace [Music] i love you lord for your [Music] i've been held by your hands from the moment of the goodness foreign every breath that i am [Music] oh i'm delighted to tell you about the new edition of my living free devotional journal it takes you through 120 days with jesus covering many of the basics of the christian faith something that you can reflect deeply on and grow no matter where you are in your christian life the devotional includes topics such as assurance and blessing guidance and security power and authority obedience and surrender and each day there is a scripture passage to read a brief explanation of the passage a place for you to record your own thoughts and reflections a key verse to meditate on some place where you can write down questions to follow up and an important discipleship step to take it's a place for you to record your action points so that you can move forward in your spiritual life and then there is a key prayer to pay it's well laid out with plenty of space for you to write your own thoughts and this will be [Music] so good afternoon kt welcome to church can you all stand with us we're going to lift up some high praise to the lord put your hands together this afternoon come on from the rising to the setting sun all creation sings an endless song come on [Music] from the rising to the setting sun all creation sings an endless song we pray [Music] we will join [Music] we're singing [Music] hey singing you are worthy [Music] [Music] god [Music] [Music] you are worthy [Music] you are worthy [Music] forever [Music] forever you'll be [Music] forever [Music] [Music] so we lifted [Music] [Applause] [Music] you are worthy [Music] you [Music] is [Music] thank you jesus [Music] [Music] it was [Music] [Music] yes i've tried [Music] till i met you you called my name [Music] into your glorious day you call into your glorious day [Music] now your freedom is [Music] jesus when i met you [Music] into your glorious [Music] it's a glorious day [Music] [Music] is [Music] is me [Music] your glorious day [Music] hallelujah [Music] so there is a sound i love to hear it's the sound of the savior's road when he walks into the room where people pray when we hear praises [Music] there is a sound i love to hear it's the sound of the savior's robe as he walks into the room where people pray when we hear praises [Music] [Music] sing sing his praise aloud sing his praises [Music] sing his praises [Music] there is a sound that changes things the sound of these [Music] sing his praise [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] hey oh [Music] awake [Music] [Music] away is is oh [Music] is [Music] this breeze [Music] [Music] one more time [Music] [Music] is [Music] right where you are why don't you awaken your soul afresh to the king of kings and the lord of lords this afternoon do business with god in the peace and the comfort in the sanctuary and security of where we stand right now do some business with god allow your heart to be opened his presence is here he's moving up and down the aisles he's ministering into hearts and lives and situations right now and has a wonderful sense of his presence and his peace that's just filling hearts and lives so father in the name of jesus christ would you come by the power of your spirit and speak into every situation into every circumstance every challenge in every trial that is facing your people the obvious and the evident and maybe the hidden and the not so obvious and would you come and bring direction and order and strength and clarity into hearts and minds we've come here today to encounter the one who first encountered us we've come here today to express our praise our worship our adoration to our king our king of glory that rules and reigns [Music] and he's our champion he's our hero he's the first and the last [Music] he's our prince of peace our tower of refuge and we can lean into his presence right now and find that joy maybe not find answers but find that joy to help us navigate those trials and challenges and we will emerge victorious because what is impossible in the eyes of man is always possible with god and god has a way of turning situations around he took joseph from the pit to the palace in the blink of an eye but other things take time david was anointed king long before he became king there was a process he had to be positioned for that promise and for some of us we are being positioned for a promise of god to manifest over our lives so don't allow the temporary to crowd out the eternal don't allow the things of this world to distort and distract you from the plan and the purpose of god over your life so father right now i pray for every person here in the building watching online would you saturate them in your grace would you pour out father the way that you have and the way that you can and the way that you will will you pour out wisdom into every circumstance will you pour out direction will you pour out finance will you pour out provision and protection spiritually emotionally mentally in every area and aspect of our lives would we see your righteous right hand you never see the righteous forsaken so we cancel every lie of the enemy that seeks to steal and destroy diminish and dilute all that you want to do innocent through us and today we choose to once again reorientate our heart to you our compass has been reoriented to the king of kings and you are sovereign you are lord you rule you reign and so father would you come and give victory grant victory in your name for your glory for the expression of praise for testimonies to come father in the name of jesus christ because you are good you are faithful and we can trust in your unfailing love in this place this afternoon and so we give you all our worship all our adoration all our praise and all our thanks because you and you alone are worthy so let's give the lord a great big shout of praise in the house [Applause] this afternoon praise the lord thank you so much to our worship team please do take your seats this afternoon and rest in that promise rest in the presence of god right now he is here and he is with us we want to extend a very warm welcome to everybody that's watching online this afternoon so if you are watching on kttv on youtube or on facebook let us know where you're watching from we've got members of staff members of our online pastoral team that will receive you share some links with you throughout the service so that you can navigate your way through everything that's happening in the service this afternoon and we extend a very warm welcome to you you can also join our welcome zoom room the meeting id is eight six zero zero one zero five two four two three and we've got members of our welcome team online and you can also engage with them towards the end of the service and they will be able to pray with you in a breakout room answer any questions that you might have and just really help you feel comfortable here at kt we also want to take a moment to really welcome you if you're new with us or relatively new with us here in the building we have members of our welcome team here at the front and going up and down the aisles so if you take a moment and you're new you no need to be shy we really want to celebrate you and acknowledge your presence with us this afternoon so if you take a moment just lift your hands our welcome team would love to place a gift pack into your hands from our senior minister pastor colin it's a great resource for you because it covers a significant number of materials on some thoughts some questions some ideas that you might have about the church we're able to answer them in there but also it's just a way of really celebrating your presence with us here this afternoon we also want the stewards if they're able to please make available the september edition of our revival times this is our church magazine it's a great resource for you as a member of the church and this is a retrospective issue from our senior minister pastor colin covering the last 30 years of his senior leadership here in the church it's his it is his final edition as the editor in chief but also it gives us a fantastic snapshot into the new ministry that the holy spirit is catapulting pastor amanda and colin into in the autumn and into 2022 so if you're looking to stay up to date with what's happening in the life of the church but also what's going on in the lives of pastor colin and amanda can i encourage you do take a copy it is free and it's a great resource for you so we encourage you to engage intentionally with that do pray for pastor colin by the way he is away today and so i know that he would appreciate and honor your prayers for him at this time do continue to lift him up and affirm him in your personal devotional and prayer time two more sundays before sunday the 10th a big celebration here in the life of the church at 9 00 a.m 11 a.m 2 30 and 5 30 on sunday the 10th of october so mark your diaries for that it's going to be a great time of celebrating all that god has done in the lives of pastors colin and amanda here at ktlc and pastor colin will actually be ministering and leading the 2 30 service next week amen he will be here at our 2 30 service and he will be speaking to us and showing us his documentary that captures his life it's called a light to the nations it will be an incredible experience for us if you haven't already seen it that captures his childhood all that he went through into the royal ballet and then the call into the ministry and it will cover a significant number of elements and testimonies and mission trips and evangelistic outreaches that you may not be aware of will be familiar with so it will be a fantastic time at our 2 30 service next week we really encourage you to be here and join with that and to that end i'd love for you to take your time now to view the screen behind me we're gonna have a devotional video from pastor colin on our living free devotional journal that he has for us i'm delighted to tell you about the new edition of my living free devotional journal it takes you through 120 days with jesus covering many of the basics of the christian faith something that you can reflect deeply on and grow no matter where you are in your christian life the devotional includes topics such as assurance and blessing guidance and security power and authority obedience and surrender and each day there is a scripture passage to read a brief explanation of the passage a place for you to record your own thoughts and reflections a key verse to meditate on some place where you can write down questions to follow up and an important discipleship step to take it's a place for you to record your action points so that you can move forward in your spiritual life and then there is a key prayer to pay it's well laid out with plenty of space for you to write your own thoughts and this will become a key part of your devotional life as you learn to journal your spiritual journey amen so we know that it will be a great resource for you as a member of the church and so we do have copies of pastor collins journal that are available for you at the end of the service they are priced five pounds uh 10 pounds sorry and also you'll be able to get other books and materials that are here as a gift bag for you as well so we really encourage you to engage with that it's been a real privilege for me to be serving in the house over many many years and the resources and the energy and the effort and the commitment that pastor colin has put into writing so many of these different books over many many years they will continue to be a great resource and encouragement to you to inform you in your ministry but also help you to grow not just give us information and intellect but actually how we can subsequently apply it and implement it in our own ministry in the call that god has placed on our lives to help us become the best disciple makers that we can be in jesus name amen so we really encourage you at the end of the service i'll be there to your left my right to facilitate you with that the ghanaian fellowship community will be gathering this coming saturday at uh on the 2nd of october at 10 a.m for a time of prayer and intercession for the nation of ghana but also for everyone in ktlcc so if that applies to you well that's something you want to engage with can i encourage you to come along in person here at kt this coming saturday the 2nd of october and that will be a great time as we gather together for that and finally want to encourage you with our ib iol evening class the actual bible school started monday a week a week ago but our evening class starts tuesday the 5th of october in kt for three evenings and then seven subsequent evenings online and it's going to be understanding world views now more than ever with the culture and the context of life that we find ourselves in we need to understand world views we need to understand the infallibility of scripture we need to understand our own doctrine our own theology and why we believe what we believe and be able to prove that but more than that we also need to take time to understand what other world views are communicating in schools universities and out there in marketplace and in workplace scenarios so it's a great time for you it's in time to encourage you and empower you and equip you so that you can be a strong rob robust vessel for the lord in your workplace and in your community if you need more information it should be on the screen behind me otherwise you can contact the office on 0208 799-616-2 amen and amen praise god but we're going to get ready to continue our worship this afternoon in the giving of our regular tithes and offerings so if you need an offering envelope if you take a moment there should have been an envelope on your seat but if there wasn't or you need one if you take a moment and lift your hands these stewards will facilitate you with an envelope and a pen this afternoon and i want to encourage us when we prepare our offering that god sees our heart amen in mark's gospel chapter 12 verses 41 through 44 it gives us the story of the widow who went to the temple treasury and she put in two small copper coins and many rich people were throwing in large amounts of money and the disciples were with jesus and they had been on a ministry tip with trip with jesus they had seen him perform miracles they had walked with jesus for quite some time at this point but they hadn't recognized this widow who had gone to the treasury and slipped in two small copper coins and so jesus called his disciples to him and he said truly i tell you this widow has put in more to the temple treasury than all the others that are thrown in large amounts why because she had given out of her poverty she had given all that she had to live on which was everything that she had and so in that glorious moment of trust she put her trust in god she didn't withhold even the last two coins it must have been tempting for her to hold on to the last coin to buy some food or bread but no she entrusted all of her confidence into god and that's what drew jesus attention so as you prepare your giving this afternoon allow yourself to be reminded that jesus sees your sacrifice he sees your giving but more than that he sees your heart the motive behind why you choose to give and so i pray that you're blessed as you prepare your giving our worship team are going to take us forward in some songs of celebration celebration and rejoicing as we give of our tithes and offerings so let's stand together in the house of god and worship him [Music] come on let praise be a weapon let praise be a weapon this silence is the enemy let the grace be a weapon that conquers all anxiety let it rise let praise the arise we say we sing your name in the dark and it changes everything we sing with all we are we claim your victory [Music] break down every wall we'll watch the giants flow and fear cannot survive when we praise you the god of heavens on our side forever [Music] let faith let faith be the song that overcomes the raging sea let faith be the song that calms the storms inside of me let it rise [Music] [Music] [Music] we'll see you break down [Music] the breakthroughs on our side [Music] [Music] this is what freedom feels like this is what heaven sounds like we praise you we praise you this is what living looks like this is what freedom feels like this is what heaven sounds like we praise you come on stick it out well this is one living look this is what freedom feels like this is what heaven sounds like we praise you this is what living looks like this is what freedom feels like this is when we practice [Music] come on church lift your voice [Music] will all creations [Music] we praise you [Music] we break you crazy [Music] you called me out upon the waters the greater [Music] in oceans [Music] and i will call upon your name [Music] for i [Music] [Music] deepest waters your sovereign hands [Music] surrounds me [Music] and [Music] oh if you are [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] spiritly spirit lead me when my trust is with our bodies let me walk upon the waters wherever you will call me take me deeper than my feet could ever wander and my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my savior spirit be where my trust is [Music] and my faith will be made [Music] is [Music] my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my savior [Music] take will be me stronger [Music] [Music] oh jesus [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] we work [Music] take me [Music] is [Music] forever [Music] [Music] [Music] upon and keep my eyes above [Music] jesus [Music] he goes before [Music] i [Music] no weapon can harm me [Music] he goes before [Music] [Music] we don't oh [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] yes [Music] your spirit lives within me so i will walk in yours your spirit lives within me your spirit lives within [Music] your spirit lives within [Music] your spirits within my victory [Music] my [Music] yay [Music] [Music] he is [Music] yes lord [Music] we bless your name we thank you lord that through your blood you have made us victorious there's victory in this room because you're present so we raise both of our hands right now [Music] we raise our hands in alignment to the victory that you won for us on the cross and as we keep our hands raised we are believing that we are going to run that that lap of victory that we call life [Music] but i pray as you use me today for my words to be filled with spirit and life for there to be such an anointing that it breaks yokes it breaks every evil thing that has been connected to us and i declare in the name of jesus christ that we're going to walk free we're going to come out of this building today looking a little bit more like jesus so lord we thank you your word says that in your presence there is fullness of joy so lord i pray that we make a lot of joyful noise this afternoon in jesus name amen take a seat god bless you let's clap for jesus let's talk to the world come on a and amen okay so my message today is called heavenly thinking heavenly thinking have you heard of the saying that you can be so heaven you could be so what's the word um you can think so heavily minded that you're not earthly good right you've heard that one and i can see why people say it but today the aim is for us to truly understand the significance and power of thinking heavenly amen so let's just jump straight into it colossians chapter 3 verse 1 to three i'm going to read from the amplified okay if then you have been raised with christ to a new life thus sharing his resurrection from the dead aim at and seek the rich eternal treasures that are above where christ is seated at the right hand of god and sets your mind and keep them set on what is above the higher things not on the things that are on the earth for as far as the world is concerned you have died and your new real life is hidden with christ in god amen so as i was pondering on this text so many things was jumping out at me and one thing i just want to jump on straight away is verse two set your minds and keep them set on what is above the higher things not on the things that are on earth set your mind and keep them set on what is above i really want us to think about that because there's an option there the option is if you don't set your mind on the things above you can set your minds on the things below rent who's upset me who's disrespected me who's let me down who won't say hello to me when i come to church how come pastor andy won't say hello to me when i come into church or these are the things that we do put our mind on we walk around forgetting what jesus has done here's another thing i just want us to look at verse one this is the amplified aim at and seek the rich eternal treasures that are above aim at and seek now i'm a bit of a football fan at times i won't tell you who i support it's a long story but interestingly i realized in any sport if you take away the goal or you move the goal the game has changed i'll say that again any sport if you take away the goal or move the goal the sport has changed so here's my question to you all what is the goal of your christian walk and if you don't know the goal of your christian walk then the chances are whatever you're shooting at is missing so the key thing is this yes we've accepted jesus or i'm pondering it maybe not everyone's here who's who's a believer i've accepted him what do i do now if you think the goal is to just come into a building which we call church you've missed it if you think the goal is just reading your bible because i just need to read as much of it because you know the last time pastor andrew was here he just said just read your bible so i'm just reading my bible and if that's all you're doing just for the sake of reading you've missed it the goal of the christian walk is for you to realize that you're a son of the most high to walk fully in the kingdom of god walking in the kingdom of god what's that look like and this is what today's message is partly about what does that look like what what what is having a heavenly way of thinking why is it significant let's just jump into the bible okay i want to go through this very quickly but i don't want you not to capture what some of the bible says about heaven okay listen to this revelation 21 4. i'm not going to read it i'm just it's just what you can gather from it revelation 21 verse 4 no more death no more tears no more bad memories no more pain no more sorrow no more curses no more bad moods and attitudes no more poverty one corinthians 2 9 no i can imagine what god has prepared revelations 21 22-27 no need for a sun or a moon in heaven because the glory of god will give everywhere light hebrews 13 14 the world as we know it is not our permanent home but should but we should be looking forward to things to come there will be a new heaven and a new earth nothing unclean will ever be allowed to enter heaven there will be no more sin there will be no more fear there will be gold pavements this one is amazing isaiah 65 the wolf and the lambs will feed together lions will eat straw like the ox the cow will graze with the bear nature will be at peace you will see loved ones again who knew jesus you will have a new glorified body no more knee pains no more back pains physically you'll be perfect here's my fault sounds really good do we know that or do we believe it when was the last time you looked at scripture and thought to yourself what does the bible say about heaven what does the bible say about the life to come have you been encouraged by that why should you feel encouraged by that maybe you should feel encouraged by that because of this one thing the bible says that everything that christ is he's given to you one corinthians 6 17 says that we share one life with christ the bible says be holy as he is holy jesus is perfect so the ability to live a life free of sin is there it's there because the life of god is in you but here here's the question if the capacity to live like god on earth is in you because you simply have believed in the blood of jesus why have you chosen to have unforgiveness why have you chosen to walk in bitterness why have you chosen to to believe who you are is based on what you have why have you accepted what people think about you to be who you think you are we've been given everything but why have we settled for everything else that is less than what god has given to us i look at this and i ask myself andrew this is there's so much here thinking differently it's not just the case of thinking differently is thinking of the mind of christ that's what this is i want to tell you a story now this is one of my friends he doesn't go to this church but i'm allowed to tell him i'm allowed to tell you this story he gave me permission so he has just he's about to embark in a relationship that he believes god has brought to him an amazing woman of god he's an amazing guy and he said to me he said andrew i know god has given me this blessing of a woman and he said to me if i knew i was going to be with her the last 10 years of my life would have been completely different on a relational front i said wow this man is in love he's in love and the beauty is this now that he's in love he realized if he had the faith to perceive to trust that god's word says that every good thing comes from above and it is god's desire to give you the desires of the heart that he's put in there if he truly believed that whether he saw a vision whether he saw a dream if he kept on believing then some of the relationships that he was in wouldn't have had to happen but he allowed the moment of finally being in an in an amazing relationship it was like a light bulb moment and i said to myself wow that's an amazing story how true is that gonna be when we go to heaven think about that there's going to be a time when you actually see father god there's gonna be a time imagine you're just gonna be standing in heaven and just looking around this is amazing let it not be to us that we get there and automatically we have regrets this is how i should have lived if i knew it was going to be this good if i knew all the worries that was plaguing me for the last 10 years means nothing to where i am and whose i am and and the god who loves me if and i thought to myself wow i don't want to get to heaven with regrets with regrets that whilst i was on earth i didn't give everything to the one who gave me everything no amount of drugs no amount of alcohol no amount of fornication no matter you name the sin it it pales in comparison to what god has for you and it's not just the blessings of god it's him and it made me realize how often do we walk in deception thinking that something is more significant than god's love for us is deception unfortunately thinking that you have to be the richest person the most successful person in your field all of these things mean nothing in the grand scheme of things i'm not sure if this is a nigerian parable or my mom has said it to me too many times but she said andrew does about how much money you make you're not going to be able to take anything with you when you die so straight away i realized it's not about what i acquire on a christian perspective is how well i love my value is in christ your value is in christ when you realize your value in christ that's when people see how valuable you are this isn't about trying harder this isn't about gritting your teeth oh i must i must be a better person god's not asking you to be a better person he's asking you to be filled to filled with his capacity to do in you which only he could do so ask yourself right now what is stopping me right now what is stopping me from making a decision today and saying i will be your disciple then what's stopping you from picking up your cross and dying to self you know the funny thing the funny thing is when you accepted the gospel you died to self so it's not that you have to die again but when you come to his word believe it receive it acknowledge it you remember that you already dead i kid you not a lot of our walk initially is about remembering what we already have what do we have i hear them say we're born again and as a church around the world we have a starred in the idea of being born again but the funny thing is jesus rarely spoke about being born again in fact he spoke about it once to nicodemus in the middle of the night somewhere and to be honest with you it sounded like jesus was was was taking the mick a little bit the message that he preached was the kingdom of god the rule of god now i'm not going to go too deep it's a 230 service but the part of the kingdom of god i will talk about is his rule in your heart you cannot have a functioning kingdom you cannot participate in a kingdom without obeying the will of the king so when we pray let your will be done on earth through me as it is in heaven do you know what you're saying you're saying any will that i have that is not in line with your will let it not be for me that's surrender each day you wake up you're making a commitment to remember that you have died and you are living in him each morning you don't remember that guess what you will forget and you'll be walking in your own understanding you'll be pursuing all these crazy things that seem right to you and there's this beautiful whisper of the spirit which is simply remember what you have in me the bible says that this blood speaks better things remember what you have in me in christ you have everything you're justified all the sins that you've ever done ever will do have been forgiven just as if you have never sinned so why are you walking with condemnation because you're still believing who you are is based on what you do but if you believed who you are is based on what he's done then it will change what you do set our minds on things above the word of god is the only thing that gives you information about things above so what should we set our minds on think about heaven think about some of these verses i've spoken about think about the fact that in heaven you're not going to have issues there are people in this room who've got issues with their family members and when you go to heaven you guys are going to see how pointless the issue was hold on so why wait you know what really upsets me about funerals apart from the person who's passed away all of a sudden the pent-up emotions and the communication that never took place comes out i should have done this should have been there should have said that why should we wait for someone else's death why can't we realize that we are dead so we can be the love to this world what else can we set our minds on set your mind on the lifestyle of god it's eternal life was eternal life eternal life guys isn't just living eternally it's not so much about quantity eternal life eternal life is about quality it is the quality of god's life functioning in you god is righteous god is holy so his life when it is activated in you will make you imitate him the funny thing about imitation is when we think of that word imitation when we think about that word imitation we always think well it's not the original way it's like a replica we're trying to copy something but when the bible says in ephesians 3 verse 1 i believe when it talks about imitate him i think it's ephesians five verse one when it talks about imitate him it's not try your best to be like it's realized you already are one with him and when you realize that you will be able to imitate him so that means you've got a real product that means you have access to a life that goes beyond the way of living you could ever do by yourself so here's a thought if that's true if you have this life in you that is brimming with life it is alive and active what's stopping you from releasing every issue in your life is connected to what i just said any relational issue you have quick answer who do you need you need jesus while jesus is in you release him you have a doubt about the future you need to think from a place of a heavenly location and when you have that you have what the bible calls hope hope is not a wish hope biblically is an expectation so that means you can have an expectation based on something you have received from god in the face of situations and people that look like it could never come to pass simply because you accept and believe what god has told you you can be like abraham and you can say i hoped against hope when there was no hope in the natural i had hope because the hope that you're called to function with has nothing to do with what anyone can say or anyone could do the hope you have comes from a spiritual realm and i will call that realm the heart of god so you have it already stop begging for it you have it you actually have it the bible talks about you know i read so many books about entering the presence how do you enter the presence of god it's so funny it's as if the presence of god just comes the reality is the presence of god is here the question is are you aware of it so let me make that clean you're already seated in christ in heavenly places i said again you already are seated in christ in heavenly places not because of what you've done but because of what you've accepted jesus done for you you have to be zealous to remind yourself of this reality if you do i want everyone to understand when you remind yourself of the truth of what jesus has done or specifically the truth of what jesus has given you through the cross and resurrection when you set your mind on that you will realize you see usain bolt fastest man in the world he runs 100 meters the moment his foot crosses the line he's won the race i want everyone to remember this illustration that first foot jesus puts past that finishing line when he's raised from the dead that first foot that declares he's victorious is also your first foot to enjoy his victory how do i get there how do i establish in my mind specifically my heart that i am in christ already very simple humble yourself humble yourself to the truth of this i am born again i'm justified i'm forgiven i'm loved i'm accepted but pastor a i don't feel like it's not about what you feel like it's about what the word says it's interesting actually because feelings is a strong thing and the reality is your feelings will change based on the information you focus on so if you focus on information for long enough your feelings change so if you're not feeling so good don't act from your feelings let your feelings be a red flag to you to say there's something you're thinking which is incorrect feelings are a powerful thing colossians 3 2 it says set your affection on things above that word set your affection is the greek word franeo for those who do a bit of bible study it's the strong number g5426 just google it you'll find out and interesting about freneo is it basically means your feelings and intellect which are combined and affect your outward behavior basically it's your own understanding so god says your own understanding don't be moved by your own understanding how can a christian not be moved by their own understanding this is how meditate on the word don't just read the word meditate on the words why because it's not just about reading it's about personally engaging with scripture so when you start to meditate on the words what happens is francis is produced francis the greek the the strong number is g5428 francis francis is practical wisdom understanding what leads to right action when your feelings and opinions please the lord because they have been shaped by divine persuasion in short it's a christ-enlightened perspective what do i mean by divine persuasion i mean this let's go practical lord i've done this yesterday i feel like this i felt terrible i felt terrible 10 people know about it and it's not good most people will confess that and say amen and walk away don't do that anymore continue with this i did do that but your word says this i did do that but your word tells me that jesus has died for my sins i did do that but i realized your word says that i'm free from the power of sin so lord i realize simply by being persuaded by your words that that action isn't who i really am when that is real to you and a peace and a joy returns to you then you can say i've prayed i said this a couple of months ago and i'll say again if you leave prayer feeling the same way that you did initially and initially it wasn't good then i dare say you haven't finished praying if the bible says that in his presence there is fullness of joy that means and you haven't sensed that peace you haven't sensed that joy then the chances are you haven't realized that you're in his presence so meditate on the word when you meditate on the word it's like receiving divine counsel you're allowing the holy spirit through the word of god to change and re-angle your thoughts and your thinking and your feelings righteousness is an outworking of practical divine wisdom what i mean by that is this practical divine wisdom is essentially the power of god flowing through you so as a result i say and do according to the spirit of god that is francis practical wisdom it's wisdom that is seen so when i walk in this divine wisdom what you're seeing is the righteousness of god not my own self-righteousness not my sense of what i think is right but what god is telling me this is the right thing to do and don't think it's always andrew this is the lord turn right it's not gonna be like that all the time guys sometimes it's just gonna be a feeling i think i should go right amen so let me encourage you guys some more so what should you focus on in order to operate with the mind of christ which is the the personification of of heavenly thinking understand this everyone when you're functioning by the spirit you're walking in the operation of the mind of christ when you were born again you received the mind of christ you have access to it when you're functioning by the spirit or filled by the spirit you you are you are operating with the mind of christ this is the mindset that does the father's will on earth as it would be done in heaven there is a mentality of a kingdom citizen which you are that flows from the mind of christ it is his mind that reveals and releases the culture of heaven any ethiopians here tonight this afternoon any raise your hands if you're ethiopian in the building yeah great there's always one you become as bad as nigerians okay i'm gonna use this lady at the back in the corner ethiopia was a country that was once ruled by italy am i correct not too sure okay i'm schooling you today right ethiopia was once ruled by italy so italy was essentially a colony of ethiopia ethiopia was a colony of italy so that means if you ever go to an ethiopian restaurant you may notice some unusual dishes you might see lasagna you might see things that are native to italy that's why okay why do i bring this point up because earth was always supposed to be a colony of heaven it was supposed to be a off-site heaven now we if you want to know what happened read genesis the first couple of the first couple chapters big issue we stumbled in but jesus fixed it all so now in order for the reality of heaven the mindset the perspective the attitude the heart of heaven to be seen god chose to do it through those who would believe in war in jesus when you're walking with heavenly thinking you are walking by the spirit you are walking in truth you are walking in freedom you are walking in love you don't love god first no you love god because he first loved you so that means every day we must position ourselves to receive the love of god and from that moment of receiving the love of god we are empowered to do god things why do i say that i say that it's because you should be hearing a subtle thread through this heavenly thinking doesn't require you to get a degree heavenly thinking happens to you because the antenna of your faith is receiving the frequency of the spirit that frequency that is both love and power and that's why paul said it is the love of god that khan trolls me he was walking by faith connected to the frequency the voice of the spirit i encourage every one of you here that you have the mind of christ and for all those who've come to church today who are tuning in at home and you've wondered what what is this all about this this this jesus thing let me tell you what it's all about there's a way of living that a human cannot live by themselves we are naturally selfish prideful arrogant you name your issue we all share some type of degree of it but not so with jesus god so loved the world that he said the human condition is a big problem it produces murder jealousy envy theft you name it and he said you know i want to send them my son i'm going to send them my word he's going to become flesh he's going to die for all of them so that they could die to what they were and could live in the newness of who he's called them to be and when they do those who do not know jesus shall be able to see and hear there's something different about that person this isn't religion this isn't tradition this is the culture of heaven being released through willing yielded vessels when you live like that that's true worship i just want to bring out the worship team maybe you're hearing this and you're hearing for the first time wait so jesus came to die for us so we could live like him so we could be owned again possessed again by the god who loves us maybe you're thinking right now but the hurts pastor hey the hurts i've gone through is just too much let me tell you this where you have sinned and where has and where sin has affected you grace abounds what do i mean by that god's favor means more than the worst thing ever done to you and you have ever done yourself forgiveness is in the building right now the flow of mercy hope and love and faith is flowing and if that's you right now whether you're sitting here right now or sitting at home i want you to raise your hand if you're hearing what is coming out of my mouth is more than human wisdom but you are hearing and receiving a divine resonation from the spirit of god calling out to you come my child i love you i forgive you if that's you i want you to stand right now if you're online on zoom and that's you i just want you to to jump on that zoom and i want you to speak to someone there if you are hearing this message and you're thinking to yourself it's time i i truly started enjoying this life he's given me i want you to bow your head and close your eyes lord i pray that heavenly thinking continues to deliver us from the weight of sin that inflicts our minds that changes our perspectives that gives us wrong attitudes lord i pray that we are diligent diligent disciples of jesus christ that we give everything to the feet of the cross and we walk in the newness of life i pray that that love that you have given us comes to complete perfection in our lives so we can love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable lord i pray that heavenly thinking becomes our portion and our way of life from this day forward in jesus blessed name we prayed amen let's clap for jesus hallelujah and he always guides me through mountains and valleys his joy is refreshing [Music] restores my tongue surely goodness and mercy [Music] gives me your soul that [Music] he always guides me he always guides me [Music] his joy is refreshing restored restores my soul goodness and mercy [Music] me is [Music] [Music] my [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] is [Music] your spirit your spirit lives within me so i will walk in your peace your spirit lives within me my victory [Music] [Music] [Music] my i am [Music] is yes lord we thank you that you are our comfort that you're always close that you never leave nor forsake us well i pray that the message that was delivered today touches hearts and affects hearts it affects hearts eternally in the name of jesus before we go i just want to introduce everyone who will reintroduce everyone to the colin dye living free devotional journal which is available to my right your left i like how scott's done it um and it's 10 pounds so if you haven't got one yet i strongly advise you get one of these devotionals they are pretty amazing right so it's got four months worth of content and i am truly believing that once you go through those four months deliberately with a meditational style i really believe that you will be blessed by the lord amen and katie hubb is i'm taking place to this straight after to this afternoon session um below the surface is the name of today's kt hub program and it will be going deeper in the message that i just shared just now so i'll be led by i believe sam and ben and i'm sure it's going to be an amazing time so i do encourage you that if you're in between i think it's like 18 17 18 to your 30s come on down and enjoy them going deeper in the word of god today and the party's not over pastor scott will be sharing a word this evening at the 5 30 service called triumphing in times of trials and troubles so if you are available online or physically here don't leave and really enjoy what god is going to say through scott and last but not least my favorite thing the grace okay so you know my rules you have to look at people in the eyes if you don't know the words it's fine but next week you have to learn come on now okay so are you ready may the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god and the fellowship of the holy spirit be with us now and forever surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the lord forever and ever amen let's tap for jesus and the final thing my apologies welcome if you were touched by today's message i encourage you to please don't run speak to the welcome team so just come through um these doors to the right here and someone from the welcome team will be able to speak to you for those who are online there is a welcome team online as well so if you're online and you are touched by today's message don't leave online jump on the welcome team speak to them and they will give you help god bless you all amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] is i am i love you lord for your nurse she never fails me and all my days i've been held by your hands of the goodness [Applause] oh is [Music] oh i'm delighted to tell you about the new edition of my living free devotional journal it takes you through 120 days with jesus covering many of the basics of the christian faith something that you can reflect deeply on and grow no matter where you are in your christian life the devotional includes topics such as assurance and blessing guidance and security power and authority obedience and surrender and each day there is a scripture passage to read a brief explanation of the passage a place for you to record your own thoughts and reflections a key verse to meditate on some place where you can write down questions to follow up and an important discipleship step to take it's a place for you to record your action points so that you can move forward in your spiritual life and then there is a key prayer to pay it's well laid out with plenty of space for you to write your own thoughts and this will become a key part of your devotional life as you learn to journal your spiritual he journey [Music] i love you lord for your mercy never fails me and all my days i've been held by your hands of the goodness oh [Applause] oh [Music] oh i'm delighted to tell you about the new edition of my living free devotional journal it takes you through 120 days with jesus covering many of the basics of the christian faith something that you can reflect deeply on and grow no matter where you are in your christian life the devotional includes topics such as assurance and blessing guidance and security power and authority obedience and surrender and each day there is a scripture passage to read a brief explanation of the passage a place for you to record your own thoughts and reflections a key verse to meditate on some place where you can write down questions to follow up and an important discipleship step to take it's a place for you to record your action points

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