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Hi and welcome to the Via Zion 
Sermon podcast. 

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We are a local church based here
in Chennai, India. 

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We are so glad you are with us 
and hope that this will 

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encourage, inspire and instill 
fresh faith in you. 

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Our theme for the year 2024 is 
set apart, and today we look at 

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how God sets us apart to carry 
our cross. 

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Jesus was open and honest with 
his disciples of the kind of 

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life they would be called to 
live should they choose to 

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follow Him. 
It's not one that's easy, but 

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one of great fulfillment and 
eternal rewards. 

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As you listen in, would you ask 
God to show you how better to 

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carry your cross and follow 
Jesus, his Son, into the spaces 

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he leads you? 
Hi church, it's such a joy and a

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privilege to be bringing God's 
word to you today, even on this 

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Palm Sunday as we celebrate 
Jesus entry into Jerusalem. 

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I believe Jesus wants to enter 
into each and every one of our 

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lives, into each and every one 
of our hearts. 

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Not just a one time King, A1 
Sunday King, but everyday king 

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who we can worship every day. 
And so even before we get into 

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the passage that I've chosen, 
what I've done a little 

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different this time has taken 
the passage from Matthew chapter

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21, and I just thought for 
understanding the context for 

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seeing what was actually 
happening around in that time. 

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I've taken the reference from 
Lumo, the video CDs, and so even

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as we hear from verses 1 to 11, 
I pray that even as you watch, 

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you'll be able to see and relive
what it would have looked like 

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for Jesus to make the triumphant
entry into Jerusalem. 

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So let's watch right now. 
As they approached Jerusalem and

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came to Bethpage on the Mount of
Olives, Jesus sent 2 disciples 

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saying to them. 
Go to the village ahead of you, 

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and at once you will find a 
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by her. 
Untie them and bring them to me.

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If anyone says anything to you, 
say that the Lord needs them and

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he will send them right away. 
This took place to fulfill what 

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was spoken through the Prophet. 
Say to daughter Zion. 

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See, your king comes to you, 
gentle and riding on a donkey 

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and on a cult, the foal of a 
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The disciples went and did as 
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They brought the donkey and the 
colt and placed their cloaks on 

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them for Jesus to sit on. 
A very large crowd spread their 

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cloaks on the road, while others
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spread them on the road. 
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him and those that followed, 
shouted Hosanna to the son of 

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David. 
Blessed is he who comes in the 

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name. 
Of the Lord. 

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Hosanna in the highest heaven, 
when Jesus entered Jerusalem, 

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the whole city was stirred and 
asked who is this? 

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The crowds answered. 
This is Jesus the prophet from 

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Nazareth in Galilee. 
So even as we watched, we saw 

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Jesus entering into Jerusalem. 
We saw people were plucking 

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those palm branches. 
They were taking their cloaks 

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off and they were just laying it
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That was tradition back then. 
And we see one of the distinct 

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responses to the king of kings 
coming into Jerusalem was not 

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like how a normal king would 
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If you've seen, you know, the 
old historical movies and things

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like that, you'd see kings 
entering in in their Chariots. 

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You would see king entering in 
with their army. 

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In fact, the Romans were known 
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in to show that they were the 
rulers with all their strength. 

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But here we see a king who's 
riding on a donkey. 

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Here we see a king who's 
fulfilling prophecies that was 

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told way back. 
Here we are seeing a king who's 

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walking as meek, as humble. 
He doesn't have an army behind 

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him he doesn't have. 
He had followers, but he didn't 

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have anyone to showcase the 
might that the people around 

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were wanting. 
And so even today, as we look at

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one of the prophecies from 
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10, there are key distinct 
things as to who this Jesus was 

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and who he entered in as 
Zechariah. 9 verses 9 to 10 says

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this. 
Rejoice greatly, or daughter of 

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Zion, shout aloud. 
O daughter of Jerusalem, Behold,

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your king, Messianic king is 
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He is righteous and endowed with
salvation, humble and unassuming

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in submission to the will of the
Father, and riding on a donkey 

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upon a colt, the foal of a 
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I will cut off the chariot from 
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Jerusalem, and the bow of war 
will be cut off, and he will 

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speak words of peace to the 
nations, and his dominion shall 

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be from sea to sea, and from the
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the earth. 
For those of you are 

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highlighting, I would like you 
to highlight certain key aspects

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of who Jesus was prophesied 
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That he'd be righteous, he'd be 
endowed with salvation, He'll be

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humble and unassuming, and he 
will speak peace to the nations.

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His dominion shall be from sea 
to sea and from the river to the

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ends of the earth. 
One of the things we see, the 

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characteristics of Jesus when he
walks in, peace follows. 

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When he steps in, peace comes 
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And so today, as this King is 
coming in into Jerusalem, they 

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expected a king who would look 
entirely different. 

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They thought they probably were 
used to so many uprisings where 

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they saw so many within them 
rise up to overthrow the empire.

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But Jesus didn't come to give 
temporary freedom. 

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Jesus came so that each of us, 
you and I, all of mankind, all 

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of humanity, will be set free 
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God was in human form, and even 
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and miracles, it all led to a 
place where He was being humble 

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and was coming to a place of 
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He was coming to a place of 
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Father. 
He came for one purpose, and 

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that purpose was being fulfilled
right as he was walking in. 

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And so today he tried setting a 
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He wanted them to follow His 
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They wanted the kings to be 
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And in fact, even as Samuel, you
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age, the elders of the nation 
came to him and said, we want a 

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king for ourselves, just like 
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They said your sons aren't 
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Give us a king. 
And Samuel said this is what a 

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king will demand. 
This is what a king will do. 

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And God told that. 
And they chose, saying that we 

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would love for a king from 
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They didn't want the king of 
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They rejected him back there And
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But Jesus is coming back as a 
king of kings on a donkey who's 

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unassuming. 
And so today, even as we praise 

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him, even as we worship him, you
know, one of the things about 

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Palm Sundays about worship is we
worship a God, oftentimes within

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the constraints of what we want 
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But today, can we worship God 
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He is everything. 
He's everything. 

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He's just not one aspect of who 
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Probably a deliverer or healer 
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You know, a person who'll bring 
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No, he's everything, which means
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So when I'm praising him, is 
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Is my own agenda in the 
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want to see happen? 
Am I only looking at my physical

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sense, as the Israelites saw 
that day of our freedom to be 

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set free from the Romans? 
But are we looking at him as we 

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want to be free from the 
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Because he came to break 
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free from that. 
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We see when Jesus is walking on 
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possessed free. 
He said those who are you know 

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who are bound, he set them free.
But when we look to Jesus, are 

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we looking for a deliverance? 
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today we are constantly going to
him in part saying God, I want 

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only this part to be delivered. 
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aspect of this area in your life
to be delivered, which means it 

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will take time, which means it 
may not happen the way you would

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like, but I will make you wholly
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Are we looking for momentary 
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But God's saying no, I don't 
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physically, you know, for where 
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He's saying I want to save you 
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Are we looking to the Him as a 
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just from an oppression? 
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I'm coming in as a king of 
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Worship me because I have 
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oppressor. 
It's not the oppression and 

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often times we are just treating
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We need to go in and seek and 
ask God. 

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God, would you please deal with 
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You came here to set us free. 
I want that freedom, you know, 

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And Jesus walking and Jesus 
entering into Jerusalem that day

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was significant because he just 
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He came for all of us. 
And even as I was preparing, I 

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was going through this whole 
aspect of the palm leaves and 

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there were clear indicators as 
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As much as it's, you know, part 
of that land, you know it's 

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available as a tree. 
There it grows there, it 

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flourishes there, it it's 
there's a distinct comparison 

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that we can see across the 
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He exists beyond time. 
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worship of him should be one of 
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Even as we go into God's Word 
deeper, I want us to look at God

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like that. 
The first thing I would love for

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us to look at is when we worship
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was. 
What does that look like? 

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2 weeks back I remember talking 
to you about being set apart and

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I said we go back to our ancient
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What does the ancient path look 
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It's one which it's been 
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But those who chose to follow 
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their Lord and Saviour by those 
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want to follow him, those 
ancient parts are one where they

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stuck to it. 
They didn't let culture define 

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him. 
They didn't let culture dictate 

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how they would behave. 
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ancient part. 
Saying Jesus, you dictate us. 

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You tell us how we should 
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You tell us how we should serve 
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They were clear, focused. 
They didn't have too many 

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targets. 
They were clearly doing the 

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mission that God had set out 
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So even as we look in this, we 
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the instruction that God gave to
Moses specifically was for them 

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to celebrate certain festivals, 
certain festivals where God had 

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actually delivered them. 
And one such festival was the 

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Tabernacle of the feasts. 
And we see Leviticus chapter 23 

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verses 39 to 44. 
This is what we see. 

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Let's read verse 39. 
So beginning with the 15th day 

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of the 7th month, and after you 
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land, celebrate the festival to 
the Lord for seven days. 

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The first day is the day of the 
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also is the day of the Sabbath 
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On the first day you ought to 
take branches from luxuriant 

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trees, from palms, willows and 
other leafy trees and rejoice 

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before the Lord your God for 
seven days. 

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Celebrate this as a festival to 
the Lord for seven days each 

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year. 
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ordinance for the generations to
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Celebrate it in the seventh 
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Live in temporary shelters for 
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All native one is relates are to
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So your descendants will know 
that I had the Israelites live 

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in temporary shelters when I 
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I am the Lord your God. 
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Israelites the appointed 
festivals of the Lord. 

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And even as I said that we 
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he was the God who delivered us 
here. 

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He's delivered Israel. 
He's brought them out of Egypt. 

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He's brought them out of 
captivity, He's brought them out

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of slavery. 
And even as they're going in the

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wilderness, he's saying do this 
to remember where I brought you 

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out from. 
They were temporary shelters, 

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but he was taking them to a 
promised land. 

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The instruction that he gave 
Miss make this a lasting 

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ordinance to the generations to 
come. 

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He wanted them to celebrate it 
even beyond 510 generations. 

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He wanted them to recount that I
brought you out. 

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When you live in these temporary
shelters for these days, look 

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back. 
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from people who've lived in 
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the Lord did. 
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are going to go back to a place 
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what is it you did in my life? 
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We when we look back, we're 
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delivered us. 
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experience, we made it our own. 
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tuned that we are able to just 
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caught up with the worries and 
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around us. 
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we want to control things around
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the circumstances. 
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I was. 
Didn't I deliver you? 

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Why are you worried now? 
Didn't I deliver you? 

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Why are you worried now? 
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Why are you being anxious today?
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they went into the promised 
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this entire thing stopped. 
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The kings came in, The people 
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So today church, if you're going
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worship God for who he was, who 
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He was the God of Abraham, 
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He was a God who gave clear 
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people to obey. 
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obeying, we are not worshipping 
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If we are not doing what God's 
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fails from that timeline. 
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in Nehemiah chapter 8, where it 
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completely. 
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second day of the month the 
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with the priests and the Levites
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to give attention to the words 
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through Moses, that the 
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temporary shelters during the 
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that they should proclaim this 
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Go out into the Hill Country, 
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olive and wild olive trees, and 
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trees to make temporary shelters
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themselves temporary shelters on
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courtyards, in the courts of the
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the Watergate, and the one by 
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temporary shelters and lived in 
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of Nun, until that day the 
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like this and their joy was very
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as we go deeper you will see 
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But our worship should always be
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He delivered and he will 
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He was. 
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do it today. 
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do it today. 
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it will still happen. 
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Am I wanting it? 
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recounting what God did? 
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Few, but the the instruction was
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Maybe move ourselves to a place 
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comfortable with the comforts of
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We will never be comfortable. 
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you can get the latest thing 
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realize there's always much more
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There's always much more you can
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There's always much more you can
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And as I look more deep into 
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you having a holy discomfort 
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caused them to move away from 
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Yes, they moved from slavery to 
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They occupied the land. 
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but somewhere down the line the 
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the pressure of what was around.
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stand strong? 
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comfort of the promised land 
that I am just so concentrating 

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on the promise that I am making 
sure my it's just me, myself, my

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house, my agenda. 
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worship costing me anything 

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today? 
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we say you know what we want to 
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do what I'm calling you to do. 
I don't want you to do what you 

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want to do. 
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actually went ahead for us when 
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worshipped him and they said we 
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they did something when only 
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asking us, will you do what I 
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Somehow we fail to share God's 
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Our praise is constricted to the
culture and we're just trying to

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fit in. 
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We're trying to match up. 
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today. 
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Jerusalem, he was just an 
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Jesus, the son of a Carpenter. 
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the Lord of Lords. 
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entering in. 
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He was there when the Israelites
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walked through the wilderness 
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land, he was reclaiming he was 
bringing back, He was bringing 

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back saying, hey, let's go back 
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And so today, when we look at 
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what who God was, it should 
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God, I'm praising you for what 
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that only you are in control. 
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Every day he works out something
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seeing God in our everyday life?

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Can we be intentional When we 
praise Him for what he has done?

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When we praise him for what he 
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ahead looks conquerable because 
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who to call on praise arises 
from the scriptures that we have

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in our hands. 
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Him. 
We see Ezra as he's reading 

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here. 
He took the living word of God. 

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It was buried, you know, 
kingdoms that come trampled 

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over. 
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was a living word of God. 
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you, I strongly believe God's 
calling you to some of the 

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passages that God spoke over you
go back to them because our 

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worship is in in in what God has
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Every song that we sing birds 
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found in Scripture. 
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for who he is more than actually
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the song, go back to the 
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word come alive in you and 
you'll be able to see who God 

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was. 
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worship God for who he is, who 
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When Jesus entered into 
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with different lenses. 
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and Joseph's son. 
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When you read in that passage, a
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they saw Jesus when he was 
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with them. 
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Jerusalem was actually walking, 
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And I just highlighted a few 
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even today. 
That's who he is even today. 

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John 638 He fulfilled the will 
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For I have come down from heaven
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will of Him who sent me. 
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worshipping the one who did the 
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Timothy chapter one, verse 15. 
He came down to save sinners. 

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Here is a trustworthy saying 
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Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners of whom I am the

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worst. 
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encourages him. 
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came with a specific goal to 
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He came down for all of mankind.
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realize they need saving, they 
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Paul is very clear that till 
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sinners. 
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prayer that God my heart is 
deceitful. 

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My heart is full of sin. 
We need you. 

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You are the one who saved us. 
Would you come in? 

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Our worship is towards our 
Savior. 

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The third thing is from John 
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He brought light into this Dark 
World. 

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I have come into this world as a
light so that no one who 

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believes in me should stay in 
darkness. 

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The Jesus who entered in that 
day was one who actually had 

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came down to bring light into 
this world. 

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He was there in the beginning 
when light came Into Darkness 

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and the very person was actually
walking into Jerusalem as the 

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light and he is still today the 
light of the world. 

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So today even as we worship who 
he is, he is the light into this

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Dark World. 
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John 651 eternal life is 
through. 

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Jesus 51 says I am the living 
bread that came down from 

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heaven. 
Who over eats this bread will 

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live forever. 
This bread is my flesh which I 

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give for the life of the world. 
We saw him him coming in all 

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humility and submission to the 
will of the Father. 

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And going into Jerusalem was so 
that we all will get to have 

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eternity with them. 
Jesus didn't die, He rose again.

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We are worshipping a living God.
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worshipping a God who is he is 
eternity. 

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We see in one John 3/8 he came 
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The one was it says the one who 
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devil because the devil has been
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The reason the Son of God 
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devil's work. 
Amen. 

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We are worshipping the God who 
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He is the one who came to put an
end to devil's work. 

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We also see in Philippians 
chapter 2, verse five and eight 

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that he was humble even to 
death. 

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There was so many aspects where 
he could have stood up and said,

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you know what, you don't know 
what you're accusing me of? 

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No, But he came down as a lamb 
led to the slaughter. 

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He was a perfect lamb. 
In him there was no sin. 

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And so even as he walked, in all
humility, we who worship Jesus 

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today have to walk. 
In all of that humility. 

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Philippians chapter 2 verse 5 to
8 says in your relationships 

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with one another have the same 
mindset as Christ who being in 

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the very nature God did not 
consider equality with God 

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something to be used to his own 
advantage. 

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Rather he made himself nothing 
by taking the very nature of a 

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servant, being made in human 
likeness and being found in 

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appearance. 
As a man, he humbled himself by 

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becoming obedient to death, even
death to a cross. 

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So today when we worship Jesus, 
there is a clear line that we 

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are called to walk on in all 
humility. 

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If Jesus walked in this world in
all humility, we are called to 

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walk in this world in all 
humility. 

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Today we see this world and we, 
as we read and we see the 

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responses of them all 
worshipping, we see that they 

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worshipped thinking that they'll
be set free from the clutches of

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00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,280
the Romans. 
But today we are being set free 

451
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,160
from the clutches of sin. 
We are being set free from the 

452
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,880
strongholds and the hand of 
Satan over our lives. 

453
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,440
And we see Jesus did that as he 
walked in, as he, you know, 

454
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,040
travelled on the donkey. 
He did it in meekness and in 

455
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:42,040
majesty. 
As much as it seemed meek, there

456
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,320
was something majestic about 
him, there was something 

457
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,600
majestic about him. 
So Palm Sunday is a reminder of 

458
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,000
who Jesus is. 
He's just not someone who 

459
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,080
walked. 
He just didn't do a ramp walk 

460
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,440
once. 
No, he when he walked, he was 

461
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,480
setting the clear record 
straight. 

462
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,040
He walked in to make sure that 
the curtain wall will be broken,

463
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,800
will be divided so that all of 
us have access. 

464
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,400
So today if someone tells you 
that you know, you can have 

465
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,480
access only through this person 
or if you have to pray, no, you 

466
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,960
have access to God because you 
can call on his name, he's 

467
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,000
saying. 
Anyone who calls on my name, I 

468
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,800
will listen. 
I will hear. 

469
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,600
Even as you saw the video 
earlier, you saw the Pharisees 

470
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,200
were questioning. 
Why are they shouting? 

471
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,800
Why are they doing this? 
And we see when we worship him, 

472
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,040
we worship him for who he is. 
Even as I read to you right now.

473
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,040
He's the one who did the will of
the Father. 

474
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,080
He's the one who came to save 
the sinners. 

475
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,360
He's the one who brought light 
into the darkness. 

476
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,720
He's the one with whom we have 
eternity and eternal life. 

477
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,080
He came to put an end to the 
devil's work. 

478
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,720
He walked in all humility, even 
to death. 

479
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,280
When we see all of that, we see 
Jesus for who he is. 

480
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,120
The Pharisees thought he's 
another person who's coming. 

481
00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,720
They were so insecure that he 
will be. 

482
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:03,200
He will move the people away 
from him. 

483
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,760
He didn't didn't realize that 
he's fulfilling the scriptures. 

484
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:11,080
So today, even as we follow 
Jesus as we worship Him, our 

485
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:18,680
agendas of all have to come down
as our our our status, our 

486
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:24,160
positions all come down. 
When we all bow down, we all 

487
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,560
surrender our crowns. 
Whatever crown we are wearing. 

488
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,400
Some of us wear a crown of 
superiority thinking we are from

489
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,320
a higher caste. 
Some of us wear a crown of 

490
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,520
thinking we are of higher 
influence. 

491
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:40,640
Some of us wear a thing thinking
we are from a higher tribe, from

492
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,800
thinking we are from a from a 
from a higher part of society. 

493
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,160
No. 
In Jesus, everyone is equal. 

494
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,160
Everyone. 
There's no difference between 

495
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:52,080
the rich and the poor. 
To him we are the created, and 

496
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,440
He's created all of us in his 
image today. 

497
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,240
The people wanted freedom from 
oppression. 

498
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:04,680
The people wanted freedom from 
the physical taxing that they 

499
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,480
were being done by the Romans. 
They wanted freedom from so many

500
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,240
things. 
And today a lot of us want 

501
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,920
freedom from so many things. 
Probably you're in debt. 

502
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,320
Probably your relationship with 
your spouse is not the greatest.

503
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,200
Probably you've been struggling 
to even get married and find 

504
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,600
that person because every time 
you try meeting someone, there 

505
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,240
are some red flags that are 
coming. 

506
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,000
Probably you are in a dire 
situation where you've been 

507
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:33,240
caught in something which is 
totally out of this world where 

508
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,840
you thought this wouldn't happen
to you. 

509
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,560
But God saying, would you raise 
a worship altar to me today? 

510
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:47,120
Because I can step in. 
I am who I am before I am even 

511
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,840
the same God today. 
Luke 19 verses 37 to 40. 

512
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,960
We see when he came near the 
place where the road goes down, 

513
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,960
the mount of Olives, the whole 
crowd of disciples began 

514
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,720
joyfully to praise God in loud 
voices for all the miracles they

515
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,520
had seen. 
Blessed is the King who comes in

516
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:09,000
the name of the Lord, peace in 
heaven and glory in the highest.

517
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,640
Some of the Pharisees in the 
crowd said to Jesus. 

518
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,680
Teacher, rebuke your disciples, 
I tell you Jesus replied, if 

519
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,320
they keep quiet, the stones will
cry out. 

520
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:23,280
They were shouting in loud 
voices for all the miracles they

521
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:29,960
had seen. 
Today God's asking will we shout

522
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,880
and worship him even for the 
miracles we don't see? 

523
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,760
You know, we trust processes a 
lot. 

524
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,920
We trust that you know what, if 
you go to this particular 

525
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,280
government office, this will be 
done. 

526
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,720
Document A, Document B, Document
C, and I should be getting this.

527
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,240
This is how the world is 
structured. 

528
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,840
Processes. 
This is how companies and 

529
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,880
everything. 
We think of a process so that 

530
00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,880
it'll be done step by step. 
But today, our worship is not to

531
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,600
a God of process. 
Our worship is to a God who will

532
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,800
do it his way and I'm coming in 
submission to that. 

533
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,000
If God in human form could 
submit to the will of the 

534
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:17,960
Father, I who am a who have just
been created in this image have 

535
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,720
to submit to His will so that I 
can see it happen his way. 

536
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,400
And Jesus saying, would you 
submit to my sovereignty, my 

537
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,280
sovereign way, my sovereign way 
of doing this today? 

538
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,280
What? 
What aspect of life is Jesus 

539
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,160
working in and through you that 
you've been struggling to say 

540
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:38,960
God, this is not being done my 
way. 

541
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,120
Jesus saying no, allow it to 
happen my way. 

542
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:47,240
When I open the doors, when I 
open your heart, when I open 

543
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,360
your emotions, I will see to it 
I am in control. 

544
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:55,720
I would lead you. 
And one of the things we see of 

545
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,880
people rejoice because of the 
miracles he had done or they 

546
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,120
heard about it and they thought,
OK, you know what? 

547
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,240
If we can praise Him, He is He 
is blessed, is He who comes. 

548
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,560
If we, if he can even do a 
miracle with the governance, 

549
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:13,160
probably is what they thought. 
But God has different ways and 

550
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,200
different methods of working 
certain things out. 

551
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:21,120
Are we willing to still worship 
Him when we see it happen His 

552
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,800
way and not our way? 
Are we still OK to worship Him 

553
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,320
when we see it happen in His 
timing and not in my timing? 

554
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,960
And the response that Jesus 
gives to the Pharisees is very 

555
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:36,840
important because at that time 
Jesus is God. 

556
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:41,800
He didn't pre, you know, judge 
the people who are giving him 

557
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,400
praise knowing he knew that one 
week from now they will turn 

558
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,800
against him, but he still 
received their praise. 

559
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,480
So today, if you're worried, you
know what? 

560
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,680
God Today my praise is going to 
be conditioned because I don't 

561
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,160
know if I'll be able to keep up 
with this. 

562
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,680
No, don't be worried about 
tomorrow. 

563
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,760
Worry about today. 
Can you praise God today for who

564
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,760
he is? 
Tomorrow will worry about 

565
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,920
itself. 
But if you fail to praise God 

566
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:11,800
for who he is today, you will 
regret tomorrow. 

567
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,480
Because you could have praised 
God today, but better. 

568
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,360
You could have praised God in a 
more better way. 

569
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,320
And I'm, I'm, I'm coming from a 
place of saying that. 

570
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:25,159
Let's move to make sure our 
worship is we've given it all 

571
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,440
every day so that we live with 
no regrets. 

572
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,440
One of the things of worshipping
the God who is, is the fact that

573
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,440
we worship him saying God, this 
is who you are. 

574
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,960
But we also understand that we 
who've now received Jesus into 

575
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,800
our heart, He breaks our heart. 
We see a Jesus. 

576
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,800
There's something beautiful that
happens in Luke 19 verses 41 to 

577
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,040
44. 
As he approached Jerusalem and 

578
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:54,679
saw the city, he wept over it 
and said if you even you had 

579
00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:58,760
only known on this day what 
would bring you peace, but now 

580
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,720
it is hidden from your eyes. 
The days will come upon you, and

581
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:04,480
your enemies will build an 
embankment against you and 

582
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,320
encircled you and hem you in on 
every side. 

583
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,680
They will dash you on the 
ground, you and the children 

584
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,480
within your walls. 
They will not leave one stone on

585
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,200
another because you did not 
recognize the time of God's 

586
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:21,120
coming to you. 
We see Jesus weeping over 

587
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:26,320
Jerusalem and I believe when we 
start worshipping him, when we 

588
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,680
start worshipping him for who he
is, he will start breaking a 

589
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:34,280
heart so that we will start 
weeping for what we need to be 

590
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:38,000
doing here on this earth. 
God's redemption part is just 

591
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,560
not for us to be redeemed and 
left alone, but it's for us to 

592
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,520
be redeemed so that we'll be 
able to do what he wants us to 

593
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,760
do in this broken world. 
Transformation that he's causing

594
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,600
us to see will happen here. 
When we've put this byline 

595
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,880
saying set apart to bring heaven
here on earth is because we've 

596
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,040
received Heaven's gift, That's 
Jesus into our lives. 

597
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:04,120
We are responders today to bring
Jesus here on this earth. 

598
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,400
So what? 
Is God really breaking your 

599
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,560
heart today? 
What aspect is he really 

600
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,160
breaking? 
Is it Is it on the lines of 

601
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,760
poverty? 
Is it on the lines of offence? 

602
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,280
Is it in the lines of, you know,
education? 

603
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,680
Is it in the lines of leading 
marriages? 

604
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,400
What is it? 
Because you will soon realize 

605
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:28,280
God is distinctively breaking 
some area of your heart so that 

606
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,680
you'll be concerned far more for
the people outside than your own

607
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:36,960
4 walls of your home. 
And I've seen time and again 

608
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:42,840
that when we the biggest 
struggle that we've really had 

609
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,480
in accepting and when you 
receive Jesus into that 

610
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:50,520
particular area, he uses us to 
minister the strongest in that 

611
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,440
area. 
So I pray that we will identify 

612
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,080
our brokenness. 
Some of us are so prideful that 

613
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,640
we think we're not broken, but 
there is a heavy breaking that's

614
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,600
happened in our life. 
Can we allow him to come into 

615
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:09,040
our hearts, showcase that, heal 
that, so that he'll be able to 

616
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,640
use us mightily in the days to 
come? 

617
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,520
Jesus heart broke for all 
humanity. 

618
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,720
We as is created, our hearts 
will break for a particular 

619
00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:21,120
area. 
It won't break for the entirety 

620
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:25,000
because we can't handle it. 
And so when we pray, we start, 

621
00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:29,120
you know, every time he shows us
and says this is what my heart's

622
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,160
broken. 
So that's what a church 

623
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,800
beautifully combines or is a 
collective of. 

624
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,120
It's a collective of people 
who've accepted Jesus and Jesus 

625
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,480
is breaking each and everyone's 
heart for a particular area. 

626
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,880
And so eventually, if you bring 
all of them together, it's the 

627
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:48,920
entirety of a city and title of 
a nation. 

628
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:54,800
And I believe, as each and every
one of us identify the plan and 

629
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:58,320
purpose that he has for us as we
start walking and accomplishing 

630
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,920
it, we will be his hands and 
feet in that specific area that 

631
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,960
he's calling us. 
Oftentimes the very place where 

632
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:12,440
we lacked and we had him come 
in, Jesus come in and work with 

633
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,480
the very place he will use us to
minister. 

634
00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:19,520
We will no longer be in 
receiving mode because we've 

635
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,240
received this healing. 
We are being healed, but we've 

636
00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:24,920
come to a place of received and 
now we're giving it. 

637
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:26,440
We're saying, hey, you know 
what? 

638
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,440
You can find freedom from 
alcohol. 

639
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,520
You can find freedom from, you 
know, from drugs. 

640
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,480
You can find freedom from 
actually, you know from your 

641
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,280
sexual addiction. 
You can find freedom and be 

642
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,400
committed to the love of your 
life here. 

643
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,400
Who's your spouse? 
He will give you freedom from 

644
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,920
your from your sexual identity 
if you're struggling with that, 

645
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:55,120
but it'll come down to a place 
of us really allowing him and 

646
00:38:55,120 --> 00:39:00,920
worshipping him for who he is. 
This Palm Sunday may a genuine 

647
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,960
worship be to the King of Kings 
who walked in. 

648
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,440
He was meek, but he was 
majestic. 

649
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:12,600
He in all meekness he came in 
and fulfilled but it was all of 

650
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,720
His Majesty that came in with 
that. 

651
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,800
And the second thing is, as we 
worship him for who he is, May 

652
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:23,400
God break us so that we will be 
able to be his hands and feet. 

653
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:24,920
We'll be able to dirty our 
hands. 

654
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,200
We will be able to dirty our 
hands. 

655
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,400
Just this week we have a dog at 
home. 

656
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,120
And one of the things of having 
a dog which, you know, which we 

657
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,200
got during the pandemic is the 
fact that the dog is so 

658
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,880
domesticated. 
And we've named her Mocha. 

659
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,600
And so we realized that, you 
know, there's we're unable to do

660
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,280
certain things because 
everything revolves around her 

661
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:50,920
who takes care of her. 
And so one of the things we 

662
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:55,000
decided started this year is we 
needed to get her trained to be 

663
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,120
in a kennel, you know. 
And so this week was a time when

664
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,080
we actually did it. 
And more than actually, and I'd 

665
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,800
planned it out. 
I'd been actually telling my 

666
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,400
wife for the last three months, 
coaching her, working her 

667
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,640
through this whole thing. 
And we booked it. 

668
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:14,080
We went, we dropped her and we 
realized that she automatically 

669
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,640
caught certain traits of her 
Master. 

670
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,720
So she's here in the canal, they
have sand, all the dogs are 

671
00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:24,520
playing, but looks like she's 
ours to sand. 

672
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,320
And my wife doesn't like the 
beet sand much. 

673
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,800
She can, you know, and she 
doesn't like it sticking And to 

674
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,080
her feet and all that. 
And you can see certain traits 

675
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,080
just rub off. 
And even as I, I, you know, they

676
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,680
kept sending us updates or 
videos of how she was doing 

677
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:43,280
there. 
And I just realized, God, I want

678
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:48,560
to have that same kind of trait 
where I am so much in close 

679
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:54,280
contact with you that I start 
rubbing the qualities of you so 

680
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,120
much in my life. 
So much that when I go into the 

681
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,000
actual world, I'm not behaving 
like her, where you know I 

682
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:06,360
can't, but I'm actually willing 
to be there because my dislikes 

683
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,120
when rubbed off doesn't serve 
anyone. 

684
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:15,120
But when I start rubbing off the
the true nature of Christ in my 

685
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:19,200
life, I start becoming useful in
the world where he's placed me. 

686
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,840
I don't. 
I don't come across as a 

687
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,280
standoffish, you know, person 
who can't talk to everyone. 

688
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,800
No, I start becoming his hands 
and feet. 

689
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,880
Where you know the sin doesn't 
cause us mean time to talk. 

690
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,480
I start seeing people for who 
God's created them to be. 

691
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,520
I start speaking with hope. 
I start speaking with love, 

692
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:44,160
care, genuine care. 
And so that is the worship that 

693
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,640
Jesus wants us to have. 
When we worship him, worship him

694
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:52,160
for who he is. 
The third thing we worship is we

695
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:58,120
worship God for who is to come. 
And I love this because I I 

696
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:03,280
think God's moving the the 
worship globally to be singing 

697
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:07,880
songs of who is to come because 
the world is so broken. 

698
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,240
We see wars, we see leaders who 
are campaigning, who we don't 

699
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:16,400
even have hope in. 
We see the the, the, the lies 

700
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,480
that are being spread around. 
We see so much of, you know, 

701
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,360
there's no love for humanity. 
People killing one another. 

702
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,360
We see people pulling down one 
another. 

703
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:33,240
We see so much of hatred. 
But if our eyes are focused on 

704
00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:36,440
the one who is to come, we'll be
able to run this race. 

705
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:40,200
Well, what does that mean? 
Jesus, when he came here into 

706
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,880
this earth, even as he walked in
on Palm Sunday, he was walking 

707
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:49,280
in so that eternity will be set.
He was walking in so that our 

708
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:54,000
eternity will be secure. 
He was walking in so that we 

709
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,720
will spend eternity with him. 
What? 

710
00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:59,400
So what is praise looking for us
today? 

711
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:03,440
We saw that the Israelites 
imbibed the the intermarried 

712
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:07,400
they they caused. 
You know, they disobeyed God's 

713
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:11,960
laws entirely and we see them 
move away from God. 

714
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:17,240
But if you have to worship the 
God who is to come, we have to 

715
00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,920
stick to what God's called us to
do. 

716
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:24,640
We cannot move away from that we
you know, And today let's move 

717
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,960
into a place of, you know, why 
should I not do this? 

718
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,920
Why can't I do this? 
Is this what the Bible says more

719
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,400
than what the Bible says? 
What is God telling you? 

720
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:38,800
Because honestly, if we looked 
at Scripture as to what is God 

721
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:42,040
telling me, through the 
Scripture we will make better 

722
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,440
decisions. 
And I believe when God is asking

723
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:49,680
us to worship him for who is to 
come, we will soon turn our 

724
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,760
worship in every circumstances. 
We will soon start churning out 

725
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:58,040
worship in every situation. 
Our response would wouldn't be 

726
00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,880
one of how can I problem solve 
this? 

727
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,520
Who can I call? 
Who's the who's the person I can

728
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,760
dial in my contact list? 
No, it'll be one of worship. 

729
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:11,600
We see an In Acts 1525, Paul and
Silas, undaunted, prayed in the 

730
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,200
middle of the night and sang 
songs of praise to God, while 

731
00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:18,160
all the other prisoners listened
to their worship. 

732
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,840
Today Paul and Silas, given the 
situation, I believe will be 

733
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:25,680
doing the same thing. 
There are keywords in which the 

734
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,680
Passion says is they were 
undaunted and they prayed in the

735
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,640
middle of the night. 
Today, if Lord of you who are 

736
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:37,040
plagued by loneliness, by you 
know, by anxiety, by depression,

737
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,640
by anything emotional, if your 
spirit is low, open the word of 

738
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:42,120
God. 
We have audio bibles. 

739
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:46,520
Listen to the word of God. 
If people who were in the prison

740
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,280
rooms were able to listen and 
experience the breakthrough that

741
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,880
came because of worship, you and
I can also experience it because

742
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:56,800
of the Word of God. 
Today I believe in this day and 

743
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:00,080
age more than us looking to 
interpret the Word of God, more 

744
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,080
of us looking to find the 
revelation of the Word of God. 

745
00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:07,040
Let the Word of God be spoken 
over your life, because when 

746
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:11,320
it's spoken out, your eyes 
automatically are lifted to the 

747
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,280
one who is to come. 
Your spiritual eyes are suddenly

748
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:18,920
like God in line of eternity. 
Is this how I should respond in 

749
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,800
line of eternity? 
Is this how I should lead my 

750
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:28,040
family in line of eternity? 
Is this how I should behave with

751
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:32,280
one another? 
Peter walking out of jail was a 

752
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,000
direct correlation because 
worship was being raised 

753
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,640
somewhere else. 
So today, even as we worship 

754
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,920
with prayer and supplication, 
even as we have a Friday nights 

755
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:45,600
open heavens happening, it's 
because we believe when we are 

756
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,520
worshipping here something else 
is happening someplace else. 

757
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,960
And it's OK even if I don't get 
to hear about it. 

758
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,240
We don't have to be the first 
people to hear about the news. 

759
00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:58,560
But I'm sure someday down the 
line someone will come and say 

760
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:02,320
you know what, Friday at 10:30 
PM something happened in my 

761
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,640
house and we'll be able to know 
because there were a few of us 

762
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:09,080
here worshipping. 
Am I content with that? 

763
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:14,680
I am content with that. 
So today our worship is to a God

764
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:19,320
of who is to come, which means 
because he's coming. 

765
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:20,800
I'm not. 
It's not like I'm not doing 

766
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,360
anything. 
It's because he's coming. 

767
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:27,160
I will keep doing everything. 
I will keep doing everything. 

768
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,120
A lot of us have become 
complacent. 

769
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:29,960
You know? 
We have. 

770
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,720
Like, yeah, he's coming. 
My eternity is secure. 

771
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:35,680
So you know what, Chalta Hai. 
I'll just like, you know, cruise

772
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:36,320
through life. 
No. 

773
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,360
God is saying I've created you 
with a purpose. 

774
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,440
Fulfill the purpose that has to 
be a burning flame for you to go

775
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,200
and fulfill it. 
We are so conscious about 

776
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,200
fulfilling things for our 
immediate circle. 

777
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,360
Oh my. 
This is what I should eat. 

778
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,120
This is what I should wear. 
This is what I will do. 

779
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:56,760
This is how I will avoid 
everything else that I don't 

780
00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:00,160
become my anxious Know if you're
worshipping God, you will allow 

781
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,240
all of him and He will guide 
you. 

782
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:07,600
He will guide you. 
So today, even as we look, I 

783
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,680
want us to keep our eyes on 
Jesus. 

784
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,000
This is what Hebrews says. 
In Hebrews, 12 verses 123. 

785
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:19,160
As for us, we have all of these 
great witnesses who encircle us 

786
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:23,400
like clouds, so we must let go 
of every wound that has pierced 

787
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:26,440
us and the sin we so easily fall
into. 

788
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,280
Then we'll be able to run life's
marathon race with passion and 

789
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:33,160
determination for the path that 
has been already marked out 

790
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,400
before us. 
We look away from the natural 

791
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,040
realm and we focus our attention
and expectation unto Jesus, who 

792
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,560
birthed faith within us and who 
led us forward into faith's 

793
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,400
perfection. 
His example is this, because his

794
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,600
heart was focused on the joy of 
knowing that you would be his. 

795
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:52,080
He endured the agony of the 
cross and conquered its 

796
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,160
humiliation. 
Now sits exalted at the right 

797
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:57,440
hand of the throne of God. 
I love how we can end this 

798
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,680
because he modelled it for us. 
He loved us. 

799
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:05,160
He came down. 
He bore everything so that you 

800
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:08,520
and I can be saved. 
So today, because of us being 

801
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:13,440
saved, we have to go through 
life, go through everything so 

802
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,480
that we can see him face to 
face, so that we'll be able to 

803
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:18,600
see him and say, God, you are my
God. 

804
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:22,040
Thank you that I can. 
I can't wait to stand along with

805
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:25,480
the great cloud of witnesses. 
He is coming back. 

806
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:30,200
He is coming back. 
So today when we meet him face 

807
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:32,600
to face, it shouldn't be like 
God. 

808
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:33,880
It shouldn't be like one of 
those. 

809
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:38,640
The person who received the last
bit, who went and buried it are 

810
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,400
salvage. 
It's not meant to be buried and 

811
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,040
left somewhere hidden. 
No, it's meant to be lived out, 

812
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:48,520
which means it's meant to be 
lived out in and with people. 

813
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,440
Revelation 7 talks about this 
beautiful place where we will 

814
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:56,960
all stand in front of the King 
of Kings at the Lord of Lords. 

815
00:48:57,240 --> 00:49:01,720
And even as I was going through 
this, I realized that there was 

816
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:05,480
a phrase where it says that we'd
be standing there with palm 

817
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,480
branches. 
And so even as we look through 

818
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:12,120
the entirety of scripture, the 
palm branches in the beginning 

819
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:17,120
when we read in Leviticus was 
for one was showcased so that we

820
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:21,200
will remember of the God who was
with us in that wilderness 

821
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,200
season, who brought us, who was 
our deliverer. 

822
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:27,840
We see that we need to worship 
the God who is that as he walked

823
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:31,800
in all humility to die for us. 
He was on a mission and he did 

824
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,680
it, and we worship him for who 
he is. 

825
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:38,080
But we also will be worshipping 
the true and living God in 

826
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,160
eternity. 
Face to face would not, you 

827
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:45,000
know, without any pain, without 
any sickness. 

828
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:50,400
We will have our entirety 
looking different there. 

829
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:54,560
When we see Him face to face, we
will worship our King. 

830
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:57,480
We will worship our Lord. 
This is what it says in 

831
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,000
Revelation 7. 
I looked again. 

832
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,640
I saw a huge crowd, too huge to 
count. 

833
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:04,440
Everyone was there, all nations 
and tribes, all races and 

834
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,400
language, and they were 
standing, dressed in white robes

835
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:11,040
and waving palm branches, 
standing before the throne and 

836
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:15,440
the Lamb and heartily singing 
salvation to our God on this 

837
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,760
throne, Salvation to the Lamb. 
All who were standing around the

838
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,640
throne. 
Angels, elders, animals fell on 

839
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:24,960
their faces before the throne 
and worshiped God, singing, Oh 

840
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,720
yes, the blessing and glory and 
wisdom and Thanksgiving, the 

841
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:32,240
honour and power and strength to
our God forever and ever. 

842
00:50:32,240 --> 00:50:37,680
Oh yes, As we see them waving 
palm branches, I'm reminded that

843
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:45,440
these people who actually waved 
and who actually turned around 

844
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:49,080
Jesus and said, you know, 
crucify him, these people who 

845
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,200
are waving today are waving to 
the true and living King. 

846
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,720
They have tasted and seen that 
the Lord is good. 

847
00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,920
One of the aspects of 
worshipping is the fact that 

848
00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:03,720
everyone is gathered. 
The church that gathers is for 

849
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:06,280
all. 
It's by all and it's for all. 

850
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:11,880
The church is no longer just, 
OK, this is just going to be a 

851
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,560
single church or it's going to 
be a marriage church. 

852
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,400
No, it's for all. 
All of us have stages in life. 

853
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:21,480
All of us move in stages. 
So today the church is 

854
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:25,480
everything for everyone. 
Be it single, married, be it 

855
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:28,840
young and old, be it Baron or 
fruitful, be it master or slave,

856
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:32,200
be it rich or poor, be it 
educated or uneducated. 

857
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:38,000
The church is called to keep 
their eyes on him so that we'll 

858
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:42,160
be able to run this race well. 
And today I don't know what is 

859
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:47,200
causing you to not wave those 
palm branches and say, Jesus, 

860
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,160
you are king. 
I don't know what is holding you

861
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:54,880
back because to worship who he 
was, it is tough. 

862
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:58,840
Because many a times the hurt, 
the struggle, the the scarring, 

863
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:02,200
the the abuse, everything that 
we've gone through is hard. 

864
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:07,800
But if he was our deliverer back
then, he is our deliverer today.

865
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:12,960
Also. 
He who he God is today, our 

866
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:17,720
worship is to who he is today. 
Also He is still our deliverer. 

867
00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:21,560
He's still our God. 
He still is seated on the 

868
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:25,480
throne. 
He still is the victorious one 

869
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:29,720
over the deceiver. 
And so I don't know what 

870
00:52:29,720 --> 00:52:32,840
circumstance you're going today,
but don't discount the God who 

871
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:35,920
did everything before. 
He will do it again. 

872
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:41,320
And the God who does it today 
will continue to lead as long as

873
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:45,800
you keep your eyes on eternity. 
The minute you move your eyes 

874
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:48,840
from eternity to something here 
on this earth, it'll become 

875
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:51,960
tough because you will people 
pleasing will start coming in. 

876
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:56,280
You will start doing decisions, 
saying things which are not of 

877
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:58,520
you and which God does not 
expect of you because you're 

878
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:02,520
trying to please people. 
But God saying would your 

879
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:07,440
attention be towards me? 
Would your eyes be towards me? 

880
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,280
Live out the way. 
I've called it Lord, and that's 

881
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,280
what we see in the apple. 
Since time and again the Church 

882
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:17,680
went through hard times, they 
lived sustained through it 

883
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:21,000
because their eyes were on Jesus
and on eternity. 

884
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:26,720
We see that the binding factor 
in all of this is worship. 

885
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:30,200
We worship him for what he's 
done, we worship him for who he 

886
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:34,520
is, and we worship him for who 
he is to be in our future. 

887
00:53:35,720 --> 00:53:37,960
So church, I don't know what 
your week is looking like. 

888
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:41,400
I don't know what you're going 
through specifically, but Jesus 

889
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,400
when he entered Jerusalem, 
wasn't. 

890
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:48,440
It wasn't broadcast live event 
where all of us could TuneIn, he

891
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:52,760
it was just a normal day where 
he was entering into Jerusalem. 

892
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:56,840
It was a destined moment in 
history because that was when 

893
00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,320
redemption was coming for 
mankind in a week. 

894
00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:02,760
And today God saying would you 
still worship me? 

895
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,320
I don't know. 
For some though, as I'm leading 

896
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:08,520
and standing here right now, I 
can sense Spirit of God 

897
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:12,920
distinctively, telling me a lot 
of you have experienced Jesus. 

898
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:18,480
You've heard you've you your own
miracle, your birth miracle is 

899
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,680
is is one of a miracle. 
Your being born itself is one of

900
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:24,480
miracle. 
But today you stand confused 

901
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:29,080
discounting him and I would say,
would you return back to Jesus? 

902
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,440
He's willing to be your 
deliverer today. 

903
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:34,520
Whatever is oppressing you would
I would ask you, would you open 

904
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:37,160
the word of God? 
Let the word of God come alive 

905
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:40,200
in your spaces today. 
Be it your home, be it When 

906
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:43,680
you're travelling, listen to it.
When you're discouraged, let 

907
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:45,760
that be a refuge. 
Go back to the word. 

908
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:47,280
Open it up. 
If you can't. 

909
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:48,960
Don't feel like reading it. 
Listen to it. 

910
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,680
You have different ways in which
you can listen. 

911
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:55,600
Listen to it. 
Let it soak your spirit man so 

912
00:54:55,600 --> 00:55:01,040
that that will be renewed to 
look to Jesus and say I am doing

913
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:04,680
this so that I'll be able to see
and be in eternity with you. 

914
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,840
The times are tough. 
You're walking into seasons 

915
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:12,280
where it is going to be tough to
live this Christian faith. 

916
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:14,960
But God is saying would you live
it out in all boldness? 

917
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:18,560
So even right now I would ask if
you can just close your eyes 

918
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:20,960
wherever you're at. 
I just want to pray along with 

919
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:22,880
you. 
Lord, we thank you, Lord, that 

920
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:27,680
even as we celebrate Palm 
Sunday, we welcome you King, 

921
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:33,040
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Lord, we can't wait for that day

922
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:36,560
when we can stand and see you 
face to face, worshipping you. 

923
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:42,560
Lord, our minds can't fathom it.
Lord, it it seems we can figure 

924
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:45,800
something out. 
But, Lord, we can't wait to see 

925
00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:51,320
that glorious day where we won't
see a lot of the things that we 

926
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:53,120
see in today's world. 
We won't see that. 

927
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:54,800
We will see you in all your 
glory. 

928
00:55:56,080 --> 00:56:00,280
And we want to declare with our 
mouths holy forever, holy 

929
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:03,360
forever. 
You are holy forever, King of 

930
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,240
kings today. 
Would you walk into our hearts? 

931
00:56:05,240 --> 00:56:08,160
I pray specifically for those 
who have discounted you, who 

932
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:11,560
have not run away from you, who 
have been not holding on to 

933
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:14,640
their heart, and their bitten is
far too long that they have not 

934
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:17,440
detested you. 
Lord, would you come in? 

935
00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:20,280
Would you walk in? 
Would you come in and be God 

936
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,760
over their lives? 
Would you be their savior again,

937
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:25,840
Lord Jesus? 
I pray Lord, even for those who 

938
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:29,400
are walking through tough path 
that we will rise or worship to 

939
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:31,040
you. 
Lord, maybe never come to a 

940
00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:33,640
place where our worship is so 
quiet that the stones will start

941
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:35,360
crying out. 
But maybe worship. 

942
00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:37,880
Whatever circumstances we will 
worship you. 

943
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:39,920
Whatever our situation is, we 
will worship you. 

944
00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,640
Whatever we are going through, 
we will worship you. 

945
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:46,920
That will be our only response. 
Lord, we will see you come 

946
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:49,280
through. 
Come down upon us. 

947
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:51,240
Lord Jesus. 
Pray would protect us, be with 

948
00:56:51,240 --> 00:56:53,040
us. 
Bless this week, Lord, even as 

949
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:55,960
we step into Good Friday and 
Easter, there will be a week 

950
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:59,600
where we will encounter you. 
Lord Jesus, go before us and 

951
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:02,840
strengthen us. 
In your most holy name we pray. 

952
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:03,800
Amen. 
Amen. 

953
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:06,920
Pray that even as you step out, 
that you will step out in 

954
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:10,200
boldness. 
We will never be able to worship

955
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:12,960
enough. 
But we can worship him for all 

956
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,600
he is. 
Worship him every day. 

957
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:18,480
Have your moments. 
Make those moments personal, 

958
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,360
corporately. 
Come participate in worship. 

959
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:23,160
Come expectant. 
Come, say, God. 

960
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:24,960
I'm coming today. 
I want to hear from you. 

961
00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:27,120
I want to worship you. 
Reveal yourself. 

962
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:29,720
And I pray that he will reveal 
himself to you. 

963
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:32,600
As you step out this week. 
I pray his hands of protection 

964
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:34,880
be upon you. 
Go in peace. 

965
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,680
I pray you will enjoy His 
protection, health and strength.

966
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:39,400
Pray that you have a blessed 
week. 

967
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:42,000
God bless you all. 
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968
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,080
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969
00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:48,800
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970
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971
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:55,280
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972
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973
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:03,120
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974
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975
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