Welcome to the podcast of the White Church in Adelaide, South
Australia. Father, we come before your
throne. We thank you.
It's a throne of grace, unmerited, undeserved, and we
are unworthy. But you love us.
You'll never stop loving us. You give us shepherds, people to
care for us, people to preach the word of God to us.
And we thank you for David and Hillary, for the leadership in
this church, for all the people in this church.
And we ask that our ears will be opened by the Spirit of God,
that you'll help us to hear what you want to say.
We think of those words. He that has ears to hear, let
him hear what the Spirit is saying.
So bless and anoint David with a special anointing, anointing
that breaks yokes and teaches us, builds us up, strengthens us
at every level, encourages our faith and causes us to want to
do more for you. We ask it in Jesus name with
Thanksgiving. Amen.
Thank you, Dudley. He who?
Has ears to. Hear, let him hear What the.
Spirit says to the churches. I'm glad that you.
Said that because that's. In this message today, I'm
believing that like we're going to experience that today.
I know that the Lord wants to speak.
To us. Today I know that he's got
things that he wants to deposit into our hearts and like.
It's it's really up to us if we're.
Open for him to do that and a lot of what this message is
going to be sort of around these things today.
You know, we want to. We want to know.
The word of God. Like we want to, we believe.
That this is the word of God, His Bible is is truth, we.
Believe that we want to live by that.
We want this church to be a church that holds to this.
And lives by his words. In an uncompromising way in
just. A way that goes.
You know what, If it's in your word, then I would submit.
To your word because. When we're submitting to His
Word, we're not just submitting to the words on this page.
We are submitting to Him as Lord.
This is what it means to submit to the Word.
Of God. And we want to be.
A church that does. That we want to be.
A people that do that, and I hope that for all.
Of us in this room, we want to do that.
We want to submit. To to the Lord as God and
follow. His ways and do the things that
he's calling us to do, you know? Israel had the scriptures.
You know they didn't have the New Testament.
Scriptures. But they had the scriptures.
They had the old. Testament scriptures and they
still. Follow.
They still failed to follow. Him, which is interesting, isn't
it? God made a people raised up a
nation and gave them his word and they still weren't unable to
follow him. They still.
Fell short of that. And I just want you to keep that
in mind as we go through the message today.
Because we have the word of God today.
But does that guarantee that we're going to?
Follow it does that. Guarantee that we're going to
walk in it and we're going to see the things.
Of God outworked. In US and through US it doesn't.
They had. It we have it.
Just keep that in mind. You know the words of God, the
the the scripture, the Bible. It's not just words on a page.
We need those words to. Be.
Living and active in our hearts. We need the Word to to be in our
hearts that we would draw upon like a well that's in our hearts
to be led by him, to hear him clearly.
And that's what the New Covenant has done.
As I said, Israel had the word of God, but it was.
Outward the new covenant is is God putting the Word of God in
your hearts? He's taking a.
Flesh of a heart of. Stone and he's giving.
You, a heart of flesh. Jeremiah, 3133.
Says. I'll put my law in their minds.
And I'll. Write it on their hearts.
And I'll be their God. And they shall be my people.
This was a promise given to believers, that a promise to
come. I will put my Lord in their
minds, but not only in their minds.
I'll write it upon their hearts. And this is a promise fulfilled
in Christ. He is, you know, our bodies.
Are a. Temple for the Holy.
Spirit. This is what the Word teaches.
And so Christ dwelling in our hearts is the fulfillment of
that. Scripture, it's your heart being
filled with the Lord. Amen.
Do we believe that today? Do we believe that you've.
Come from having a heart of stone to having a heart.
Of flesh that the spirit of the. Living God lives in you.
Because that's what a believer. Is that's what it means.
To be saved the. The language of salvation is is
black and white. It's like you come from death to
life. You come from darkness.
To light. It's a huge.
Transformation that takes place when you are born again.
Think of that born again, the language of the.
Scripture is clear. There's a.
Huge transformation that takes place when you're saved, when
you're born again, when you, when you take on the.
Lord as your Lord and. Savior.
And there's a That's what happens in your heart.
Something changes in you. You are changed from the inside
out. And that's the.
Advantage that we have in Christ.
Today over those that were. Living under the old covenant, I
just want to look at Moses for a moment.
Moses was the first leader of Israel of the nation of.
Israel, the Lord. Used Moses to to bring them out
of Egypt. And the Lord used Moses.
To give them the word of God in the 10 commandments and so
forth. Moses was a faithful guide.
It says that he was. The most humble of all men.
When I get into that, I don't know.
It doesn't matter who wrote it. Moses was a humble man.
That's the truth, right? But he failed.
In his end, he fell. Why disobedience when you read?
The story of Moses. In numbers 20 it.
Says that the the Lord. Gives him instructions.
This is what the Lord instructs Moses.
He says speak to the rock before their eyes.
And it will. Yield its water.
Thus you shall bring water from them out of the rock.
So that was the commandment that the Lord gave to Moses.
Go and speak to the rock, and give them water.
So Moses goes, and this is what he says to them.
He says. Listen up, Rebels here.
Rebels. Right, he's angry.
And he says. Must we bring water for you out
of? This rock, he's frustrated.
Right. And Moses lifts his hand and
strikes. The rock with his rod.
Twice and outcomes the water abundantly and the congregation
and the animals drink now. Moses was close to God.
It says that Moses, you know he. Had the word of.
God, it says that Moses spoke. Face to face with the Lord God.
Actually makes a point of saying you know, I've spoken to.
The prophets in a certain. Way, but not Moses.
Moses I've spoken to face to face, and Moses has a special
relationship with the Lord. But God's Word was still
outside. Of Moses.
You know Moses. What Moses lacked.
Is the thing that Jesus brings for you and I and that's.
The word of God. Living inside of us isn't that
amazing. That is as amazing as it was for
Moses. To.
Go up the mountain. To see.
God, in a way. You know to for the.
Glory of Him to. For his face to.
Shine, because he's been before the Lord.
All these things. You look at that and you just
go, wow, imagine being Moses. How cool would it be to be Moses
and to know? The Lord like that.
Well, you and I are in a better covenant.
We can know the. Lord, in a better way.
Than Moses did. Do we believe that?
I don't. I don't know that we do.
I think that when we read the Old Testament and see the signs
and the wonders and see the amazing things that God did.
I feel like we think that if we could just.
See those things? Then we would know that.
We were close to God. But this is not.
What the scripture teaches. We are in a better covenant.
It's better. For us to have.
God living inside us. So Jesus.
Let's just talk about Jesus for a moment.
We should talk about Jesus more. Let's talk about Jesus for a
moment. So Jesus exampled what?
Moses. Lacked right.
Yes, Jesus. Humbled himself?
Yes, Jesus put aside his own will, John. 638 says.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will,
but to do the will of Him who sent me.
That's pretty amazing. Jesus is putting his own will.
Aside to do the Father's will, yes, but.
Jesus, it was more than that. Jesus had the word of God.
In his heart, John 114 says, And the Word became flesh, and dwelt
among us, and we beheld his. Glory, The glory as of the.
Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, the Word become
flesh. So I'm not saying that, you
know, I'm not just saying that. Jesus had the word of God in his
heart. Jesus was the word of God all
right. Jesus had the word of God in his
heart. Jesus was the word of God.
He. The word was with him.
Everywhere that he. Went Jesus was empowered.
By the Spirit of the Lord, so the Spirit.
Came upon him Jesus. Was actually born of the Spirit,
right? Jesus was not born of the seed
of men. Jesus was born of the Holy.
Spirit. Jesus had the Spirit.
Of God living inside him. Jesus was led by the Spirit of
God, but the Spirit of God. Didn't do it all for him.
We said, we read that Jesus was yielded to the God's will.
That means that the Spirit didn't just take over Jesus body
and make him. Do the will of the the Father
Jesus still. Had to give himself over.
To to God's will, it says that he was.
Tempted in all the same ways that you and I attempted.
I don't think we grasp that. I think that we think that.
Just because. The temptation is really hard
that God understands. That we've we'd get it.
Wrong. Jesus was tempted in all the
same way as you and I, but without sin.
That says to me that it's possible to overcome sin.
By the spirit of. God, not by your flesh.
By the Spirit of God, that's. Living in US.
Jesus held God's Spirit. In high regard he made much of
God the Father. The Jesus knew the ultimate
authority and. Then he lived by that Jesus knew
that God. Was the ultimate authority
always, no matter what, and he lived that way, and he heard
from God, and he listened to God, and he.
Followed the the Father's steps always do.
You know that God not only commands us, you know it not
only gives us 2 commands to follow.
We know that God commands us right?
We know that Jesus commands. We've got the word of.
God, Jesus makes commandments in here, His word.
When Jesus speaks, you know what it is.
When Jesus tells you to do something, do you know what it
is? It's a commandment because he's.
God, right? It's like it's not optional when
Jesus says you know when. Jesus said to his disciples.
I want you just to go over there and you know there's going to be
a donkey tied up and all these. He wasn't suggesting, hey, maybe
just do that. He was giving them a command and
they knew that they they were under.
His authority, so they. Went and they did.
But God has an expectation for obedience from us.
Do we understand that? God expects his people.
To be obedient to Him, to follow Him.
If Jesus has called us to follow.
Him. Do you think that Jesus has an
expectation that we would follow him?
He does. So there's I'm going to talk
about this for a moment, Jesus. That that God.
Has an expectation for obedience.
Following God's word is not optional for us.
It's not. If we feel like it, we are
believers. We are.
Sons and daughters of the King, we call him Lord.
Why do you call me Lord if you don't do the things I say?
It's not optional. For us to follow the.
Lord and his commands. He expects us to be.
Holy and set apart that that is a good thing that we to be holy
and set apart is a wonderful thing.
And we think that like, you know, oh God's, just, you know.
I have to be holy. I have to be set apart like it's
some. Burden on us.
It's a good thing to be set. Apart to be holy.
For him, and God expects that from us.
And God has made every provision.
For us to do that. There's every provision in.
Place for us to hear the Spirit of God for us to be led.
By him. For us to walk worthy.
Of him, everything that needed to be given to you and I.
To be able to walk. This thing out well God has done
through his Son, through the Holy Spirit, which is an amazing
thing. We can be led by him.
We can work, walk worthy of Him. You know, like so.
So the. Early church is established and.
You know. Jesus goes, and he's seated on
the right hand of the Father, and the Holy Spirit comes and
the and the. Church the early church in.
Acts like when you read. The early church.
The early. Chapters in Acts.
The church is doing really well. They're they're doing really
well. They're following the Lord the
the the power of God is. Moving powerfully in in the
church, but you don't have to get far when you start to see
things get a little. Shaky I.
Want to just bring your attention?
To the story Story of. Ananias and Sapphira we don't.
Really like to talk about this story because it's it's the
church. It's like believers.
That you know, they they. Lie to to Peter, they lie to the
apostles. And Peter calls them out and he
says. You'll actually be.
Lying to the Lord, right? They sell some land, they bring
in the offering. And I think what's going on, I
believe what's going on is, is that they're giving their
offering and they're saying here we've sold our land.
Here is all that that we've gotten from this land and that
we're giving it to God. We're giving it to the apostles.
Do what we rule. With it and Peter.
Through the Holy. Spirit is going hang on a
second. You're lying.
You're not giving it all. You're making it seem like
you're giving it all, but you're not.
And so anyway, this story. Unfolds God kills these people.
The Holy Spirit kills them. And they die, right?
And it's for lying. And I think to myself, I just
go, Lord, Oh my goodness. I've seen some pretty shady
things going on in the church. We've heard some pretty horrific
things going on in the church. Why isn't God striking it all
down and and killing it? And I've been pondering that.
I've been thinking about that because that seems harsh to me
that someone could lie. Well, what didn't?
Jesus, pay the price. For our sins.
So anyway, I'm thinking about that and maybe there's an answer
to this question because I've had this question when I, when I
came to the church, when I started being involved in the
church. I've got this question in my
heart. It's why don't we see the same
power and the same signs and wonders and and you know the.
Spirit of God. Moving with power like I read in
the scriptures in the early church and I wonder is the.
Church really set apart. The same way.
That the early church was. Are we completely given over?
To this thing. Is she a holy and spotless
bride? Are we in this world but not of?
This world, could you truly say that?
The Church, the body of believers.
Are operating separate to the world in God's systems, not the
world's systems. I don't know that we could.
Maybe that's the answer to this question.
Why don't we see? The power of God moving like we
would read in these scriptures. And it's happening.
Don't get me wrong. There's there's things going on
around our world. God is moving, God is building,
God is doing amazing things. But I want to see what I see in
scripture. And so I wonder.
Is it possible that? The church doesn't look the same
today because we've become worldly because we're not no
longer set apart for him. Completely.
We're set apart. For him a bit.
I don't know that you could. Be set apart a bit if I set
aside. Some money for something and I
go, I'm setting that fat 50 bucks, I'm setting that money
aside, that's for this. And then I start spending it for
something else. Was that money set apart for
something or not? I don't think it was.
So maybe God's not, you know, you know.
As he did with Sapphira. And Ananias, you know, just
wedding out the unrighteousness killing, you know the.
Liar. Maybe there'd.
Be no church left. If you did that today, right,
that's a scary thought. We laugh like we like.
And we, you know, it is funny. I don't know if it is, but
anyway, it's not funny. Because like we serve a holy
God, we're called to be a set apart bride.
We're called to be spotless. He's you know Jesus is coming
for a spotless bride, right? That means that we need to be
set apart and holy and you'll just run into this if.
You read the scripture, you'll read.
That God has made this. Very clear that we need to be
set apart. And God's not the one that's.
Supposed to pull us over. And make.
Us do all the right. Things like I said before, it
wasn't the holy. Spirit that forced Jesus.
To walk holy and righteous. It was Jesus's willingness to
lay down his life and serve the Lord and be led.
By the Holy Spirit that. Kept him holy and blameless.
I want to turn our attention to the letters.
That Paul writes to the. Corinthian Church, listen to
this. I'm just.
Talking about how the church. Just sort of gradually just gets
further and further away from being set apart and holy listen
to what, Paul? Has to write.
One Corinthians 5, first five. It's actually reported that
there is sexual. Immorality among you that Such
immorality that is not even named among Gentiles.
It's not even out in the world. Guys, the things that's going on
in the church, you won't even find those things out there.
Do you see what he's saying? It's like, guys, what are we
doing? We're.
Supposed to be set. Apart we've become worldly, so
there's correction that that's been needed.
What about 1 John? 1 John?
21 John is just like I can't read 1 John without, you know,
wondering whether I'm actually in the church.
Anyway, 1 John 2 verse 3 it says now by this we know that we know
him. This.
By this we know. We know him.
If we keep his. Commandments.
He who says I know him and does not keep his commandments is a
liar, and the truth is not in him.
That's pretty. Jarring, isn't it?
Isn't it? I'm just trying to.
Highlight to. You the the seriousness.
Of the. Scriptures when it comes to
following him and being set apart.
And then we come to. Perhaps the scariest of all for
the scriptures written to the churches.
You know where we find that revelation?
Jesus writes letters. To the churches.
And this is like the bookend of the.
Bible this is like. The end revelation is.
Last book of the Bible. You'll find these things in
Genesis. You'll find the things that I'm
saying in every book in between. When we get to.
Revelation. Jesus.
Writes letters specifically to the.
Churches and Jesus draws a line right down the middle.
Of the church, and he says those.
That are on one side. That are my followers that are.
Overcomers and those that are on the other side, and you'll see.
I'm going to read some of this stuff.
Revelation 2. I'm just going to pick some
verses out and this is the. From the letter to the Church of
Ephesus. Remember therefore where you
have. Fallen repent and do the first
works. Or else.
I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its
place unless you repent. He's talking to the churches and
he's saying unless you repent, unless you turn from the way
you're going, I'll remove the lampstand.
That should be a scary. Thing the church is a lampstand
that God plants I will remove. It he says.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the.
Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes?
To him who overcomes. I will give to eat.
From the tree of life which is in the midst.
Of the paradise of God. To him who overcomes writing to
the churches, Smyrna, be faithful unto death.
I will give you the crown of life.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the.
Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be
hurt by the second death. Do you know what the second
death is? The second death is hell.
It's like eternal damnation, right?
We're all going to die. Those who?
Are written in the book. Of life are saved forever those
who are not. Second death.
So Jesus is writing a letter. To the churches.
And he's saying those who overcome will not be hurt by the
second death. I don't need to keep reading
these. Right, like there's there's so.
Many things that Jesus says. To those who.
Overcome. I'll give you a crown.
I'll you'll eat from the tree. Of life you.
You know you will be with me forever, all of these things to
those who don't, the second death, you know, I'll remove my
lamp stand. There's a lion that Jesus draws
through the middle of the church, and he says.
Those that are truly. Following me those who are
overcoming, those who I have an ear to hear that are listening
to what the. Spirit of God.
Says they are being they are following him for their life.
The way that Jesus did, those people, the other people, they
have their place. Somewhere else?
Why am I saying all? This just because you go to
church? Just because.
You've been in a church your whole life.
Just because you tell your. Friends and you tell everyone
that you are a. Follower of.
Jesus does not mean that you are an overcomer according to
Jesus's words, not according to me.
I don't get to choose who's in and who's out.
Jesus does right? And His word says those who
overcome, those who listen to the Spirit.
Of the Lord. Amen.
That should be challenging. That's a challenging word.
For us as a church, it should be.
It should stir us. Into thinking.
About the sort of lives that we live.
And and being given over to His ways.
Amen. So we.
Want to be a church that hears the Spirit of God.
We want to be a church that. Walks by the.
Spirit of God, Who here would like to hear the Spirit of God
more? Clearly, I want to hear from God
more clearly for my life, for this church, for my family.
I want to hear what God's saying clearer.
I think we all do, right? Can I ask another?
Question. What would you be?
Willing to give up? To hear clearer.
Would you be willing to give up your?
Sleep. Would you be willing to give up
your money? Would you be willing to give up
your time? Would you be willing to set?
Apart. Set aside.
Some things to hear from. Would you be willing at all to
give up anything to hear him clearer?
Or would you just? Be not willing at all, because
ultimately. Like the the choice is ours.
To be willing or not willing. I said before that Moses spoke
to God. Face to face, but.
Then the problem with Moses is Moses had to turn his back on
God and go back down the mountain, right?
That was the problem because the.
Spirit of God like. God was with him and he said he
was with him. But Moses would sit before God
and God would speak and he, Moses would listen, but then
Moses would have to go away. You know when most when God said
to Moses, go and speak? To the rock.
Moses was like, all right. Cool, got it.
Got it. And then, then, then he had to
walk through the Israelites, right And.
Then he had to see like these people that had just.
Been so disobedient and just complain and whinge about.
I wonder how many people grabbed at Moses.
While he was on his. Way and complained and asked him
to do something or whatever and by the time that Moses.
Got there. He was so frustrated.
That he just grabbed his stuff and he just hit the rock.
But not us, not us. God in us.
The hope of. Glory.
That means something to us, John 617 says.
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage
that I go away for if I go. Away the.
Helper will come the helper. Sorry.
For if I do not. Go away the helper.
Will not come to you. But if I depart.
I will send him to you. If Jesus stayed.
In Jerusalem, we would have to go to Jerusalem and line up.
To hear what God's. Saying it'd be a pretty long
line, right? So he's saying it's better.
For for you that I go, because the Holy Spirit.
Will come and then he will speak.
Directly into your heart. That's the new covenant.
It's a powerful. Covenant.
It doesn't leave us alone, ever. The Holy Spirit is never not.
With you to give you. Counsel to help you, to
strengthen you in your temptations, all of these things
he's never he will never leave you alone or forsake you.
But we have to position. Ourselves to hear the Holy
Spirit. Jesus positioned himself that's.
Really. This is really the.
Point of what I'm saying today, that Jesus positioned himself.
To hear the Lord. And if Jesus being born of the.
Holy Spirit full of the Holy Spirit.
Never tainted by sin. Never.
LED astray. If he had to position himself to
hear how much more you and I and so I.
Asked us what would be? What would be we?
What would we be willing? To give up.
I've read this to us before, but Mark one verse 32 says.
This is of Jesus, it says at. Evening The sun had set and they
brought to him so it's gotten dark.
They brought to him all the sick, and the demon possessed,
and the whole. City was gathered towards the
door. Then he healed.
Many who were. Sick in various diseases.
And cast out many demons. And he did not allow the demons
to speak, but they knew him now in the morning, having risen
long. Before daylight, he.
Went out and. Departed to a solitary place.
And he? Prayed Jesus had a.
Late night serving Jesus was up way before the sun was early to
go and hear from the Lord. Jesus sacrificed his time.
Jesus sacrificed his sleep. Jesus.
Sacrificed everything to hear from the Lord.
He knew how important it was. He knew that the.
The call was so big that he had to be at God's.
Feet listening to the Holy. Spirit.
He had to be led by the Holy Spirit.
I think that we. That the.
Church has been deceived. I think that Satan has made us
so worldly and distracted us and caught.
Us up. In so many things that we we.
Struggle to hear. The voice of God for ourselves.
Now it's like maybe the only time you're ever going to hear
from God is when you come into the meetings and you sit here
and you're not thinking about anything else and the Word of
God is being preached and you're attentive to the Lord.
Maybe that's the only time we're hearing from Him.
That's not enough, guys. The Lord wants us to have a
genuine relationship with Him through His Holy Spirit every
single. Day everywhere you go.
He wants to be speaking and leading us.
The Church is entertained by all of the same things that the
world is. We have all.
Of the same habits. We go to.
Work with the same motivation. People go to work.
To pay their bills and and like we do the same.
It's just like I have. To go to work because I have to.
Pay all my bills. You could look at work.
Differently as a believer. You could go to work.
To serve the king, you could make money.
So that you could. Invest it in the Kingdom, you
could make money. To to raise up a.
Family to know him do you see what I'm saying you could switch
the way that you think about everything your.
Sleep pattern like our sleep. Patterns are the same as the
world you got. To sleep your 8 hours.
Like, do you see what I'm saying?
Like we we anyway. We're just, we're so caught.
Up in worldliness and I feel like what the Lord is saying to
us as a. Church as a people, as the
church. It's time for the church.
To wake up and be set apart again and put aside worldliness
and put aside the things of this world, and be attentive.
To what the spirit of. God is saying Amen.
So I want to I want to put out a bit of a challenge to.
Us this week to sacrifice. Some of our time once, once this
week. I know some of us.
Do this already but. One time this week I'm going to
challenge all of us. To set.
Aside an hour, one whole. Hour.
To turn off your phone to get away from people to.
Isolate yourself. Somewhere and to just sit.
With the Lord. And say, here I am, Lord, speak
to me and let your mind settle, you know, because you will sit
there and you will think of everything else.
You will because this is what? We do you actually have to
intensively say I'm just going to sit here until these.
Voices are quiet. Lord help me seek.
The Lord and say Lord, quiet the other voices.
I want to hear. You.
Your word says your word says that.
We will know the shepherd's voice.
Lord, I want to know your voice. So many voices in my head, so
many voices in the world. I want to hear your voice.
I want to set aside. One hour, you know I.
Feel, I feel. Irreverent to God even saying
that hey. Church we should set aside.
One hour for God. I feel bad saying that.
Because he's so worthy, he's. So much more worthy than one
hour of my time being set apart for him.
I feel bad saying it, but we've got to start somewhere, right?
Because I don't think. I think if we're honest in our
hearts, I think that putting aside one hour, turning your
phone off, switching off the TV, turning off the radio, I think
that that's going to be. Difficult because of the
lifestyle that we live, because. Of the worldliness that we're
caught up in. We've just we've framed our
lives in a worldly. Way and.
We're not being led. By the Spirit of God.
For ourselves, we're relying on others to speak.
To us, like what's God? Saying for my life, what's God
saying for your? Life do.
You know. Do you expect?
Everyone else to know what the Lord's saying for your life.
If you don't know the Lord wants to speak to us.
So go and sit with him for one hour and ask him some questions.
Here's a couple of questions you can ask.
I would take a notepad and a pen.
Why would you take a notepad and a pen?
Because you're expecting that the Lord is going to speak.
There's faith in that. You're saying I'm going to take
a notepad and a pen and I'm going to.
Expect for the Lord to. Tell me something and you can
ask him, Lord, tell me something for me.
Tell me something for my life, Lord, give me some guidance,
something and you could say, Lord, give me a word for someone
else. Speak to me for someone.
Tell me that the people around me that have need.
Give me something for someone, Lord, and you could say.
Lord. Speak to me for the church, give
me something for the church, Lord.
And I'm expecting that when we come back together, we'll have
something to share. I'm expecting that when we do
this and when we. Realize that the Holy Spirit.
Is with us and he. Does speak to us.
Each and every one of us. And he does.
Lead us. And he does.
Want to have a real? Relationship with us.
I believe that it will stir us. To want to do that more.
That's the the the. Drawing of the.
Holy Spirit to his. Church is saying come, come to
me, come to to me who are heavy laden, come to me and I'll give
you rest. And I feel like that.
Now is the time for. This church, if the church.
Isn't going to. Do it if the church, we are the
church. If the church isn't going to.
Seek God for what is. For his direction, for our city,
for our community. For our world, for the lives of
the lost. Around us, if the church isn't
going to do that, who's going to do that?
How's God going to make his will known if not through?
The church. The church is God's will.
It is his. Hands and feet here on the
earth, and that means that there's.
A job for us to do. Amen.
Are we willing to do that? Would we be willing?
If you are willing, let's stand together and let's just pray.
Lord God. We thank you for your.
Word. We thank you.
That your word. Is not just words on a page.
We thank you, Lord, that. Your spirit.
Speaks to us in a. Real way and Lord, we pray that
you. Would give us the strength, give
us the leading, give us what we need to take that step of
obedience. This week to set aside ourselves
for. You for one hour, our Lord and
Lord I. Pray, Lord God, I pray that you
would speak, that you would direct us, Lord, that as we.
Come back together next week. Lord, that we would have.
Something to share with one another and that it would stir
us up into the future. It would stir us up.
Into this coming season for our lives and for the Church.
For the Church of this. City.
For the Church of Australia. And for the church around the
globe. I pray you would stir us up
Lord, to be led by you like. You led your son.
Jesus, Lord, we, we, we see the way that he followed you.
We see the way that he sacrificed.
We see the way. That you made a way for.
Us to follow you as you follow the Father.
Lord, so empower us today, grip our hearts.
Let us not forget, let us not be distracted.
Away, I'll pray that you would quiet.
Every voice of the enemy. That you would quiet every.
Excuse that we want to lead us somewhere else in the name of
Jesus. By the blood of Jesus, Lord.
I speak health and life over every single person here.
I pray that you would raise us up.
I pray that you would. Heal us from our pains and and
our sicknesses. Lord, I pray that you would.
Empower us, Lord, for the work that we have.
To be done this week in Jesus mighty name, Amen.
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