1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,440 And so there's pressure around distractions, deadlines and 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:09,360 things are happening and we, God is moving, but we can miss it 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,760 when God moves because life is busy, deadlines, difficulties, 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,480 challenges. And so God, this is something 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,040 he's moving, but we we can miss it. 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,000 And so God is working, He's moving, and we don't notice it. 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,040 But I came with a word from the Lord for somebody today that God 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,960 is about to open your eyes to see what God is doing in your 9 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,200 life. Can I say I meant somebody? 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,520 Hallelujah. Yeah. 11 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,200 So God, he's turning the light on. 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,520 I just heard that so strongly. God's like, tell my that I'm 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,520 turning the light on. In fact, I'm shining on you. 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,080 And I'm going to give you the Scripture, what God gave, He's 15 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:56,880 shining on you. The Bible says that the Lord 16 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:02,320 makes his face to shine upon you. 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,959 OK? So when his face shines on you, 18 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:08,200 it doesn't matter what happens in the economy. 19 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,560 It doesn't matter what happens around you, in the economy, in 20 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,600 the politics, When the face of God shines on you, it doesn't 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,040 matter how dark the world gets. It doesn't matter because when 22 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,840 God's face shines on you, the face of God brings light. 23 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,560 Wow, light. When God's face shines on your 24 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,840 life, he turns the light on. And God, light changes 25 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,680 everything. Light casts out dark lights. 26 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,480 Light is powerful. He turns on the light. 27 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,040 Hallelujah. Now. 28 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,960 So that's the theme. Now let me give you the title of 29 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:46,240 today's message. OK? 30 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:52,920 Are you ready, Judge? The blessing of God's face. 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,880 Oh, Hallelujah. I feel the anointing right now. 32 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:00,240 Somebody say that the blessing of God's face, right? 33 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,520 I'm going to put that on there for us because I feel the 34 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,200 presence of God in this place. Listen, I really believe this 35 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,320 word is going to bless your life today. 36 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:10,360 Are you ready for the word? Somebody. 37 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,960 Can you shout Hallelujah already? 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:13,800 Yes. Yes, Yes. 39 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,640 I want you to talk to me today. Yeah. 40 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,080 Thank you. I really need you guys to talk 41 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,160 to me. OK, listen, I come from the end 42 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,160 here. I know what these are now. 43 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,520 I I love a loud chest. OK. 44 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,040 OK. So we just got to get loose and 45 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:30,760 relaxing. Yeah. 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,520 And we're going to be talking. I don't want to hear your 47 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,160 response. I'm like, yes, Pastor. 48 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,240 If that's your preacher, Pastor, throw another one in that hole. 49 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,400 Yes. Go to there, pastor. 50 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,840 OK. Because that's how you receive, 51 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,920 OK? I'm not just preaching to empty 52 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:46,840 chase. I'm preaching to like, yes, OK, 53 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,640 Imagine you, like at a football match or a rugby match or 54 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:51,560 somewhere and they score a try. Yes. 55 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,160 Poker. Yeah. 56 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,000 Cool. So when you get the word that 57 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,040 plays you, you stand up and you shout. 58 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,440 Cool. Can you shout louder than 59 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,280 football? Or is football more important 60 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:07,400 than Jesus? Come on. 61 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,760 Let's just be honest and real. Yeah, that's right. 62 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,240 Yeah. So that's what we're going to 63 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:14,880 do. So this is how we're going to 64 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,000 flow today. And then you might be seated. 65 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,840 So any time when that word comes and you say Amen, that means 66 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:27,560 Amen means so be it. So when I say God turns on the 67 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,720 lights and I say there is a blessing, your eyes open, you 68 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,360 say Amen. That means you're receiving 69 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,280 that. That meant because this is very 70 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,720 exciting because I just laugh earlier as I walked in, post 71 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,000 Michelle was already saying that and I'm like, wow, she's reading 72 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,960 my mail because I'm like, what God, What do you want to see God 73 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,960 smiling over us? And yes, post Michelle saying 74 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,080 that I walk in, I'm like, well, that you you're taking my you're 75 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,280 taking the word what our God has given me. 76 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,200 But in fact, you're actually confirming the word. 77 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,360 And so God is smiling over you. Heaven is smiling over. 78 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:08,040 And I want you to say that say Heaven is smiling over me. 79 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,720 Yeah, Tell your neighbor Heaven is smiling over you. 80 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:18,720 OK, now do it again. But this time smile, smile. 81 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,800 Can you give them the biggest smile and say Heaven is smiling 82 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,640 over you and I'm also smiling at you? 83 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:29,840 Yeah. Yeah. 84 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:33,480 That's it. So now we're going to read. 85 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,720 Now, Are you ready for our theme scripture? 86 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,320 How many of you can remember the theme scripture for last Sunday? 87 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,280 Oh, Stephen, you got it. Yeah. 88 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,800 You see, he's already receiving. He's already there. 89 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,600 Pretty cheap, Pastor. You see, that's how we're going 90 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,160 to flow today. Back and forth responses. 91 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,360 OK, so Numbers chapter 6. Remember that is our anchor 92 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,720 verse for this entire series. And so we're going to break it 93 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,120 down. We're going to go verse by 94 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,320 verse. So Are you ready for this 95 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,600 because it's your father's blessing his people. 96 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,520 Hallelujah. Now Numbers chapter 6, let's 97 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,320 open. I'm going to read it up there as 98 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,640 I read from verse 24. It says the Lord bless you and 99 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,280 keep you. The Lord makes his face shine 100 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:15,880 upon you. And this is our title of our 101 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:17,960 message. And be gracious to you. 102 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:24,640 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 103 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,520 OK, so let's just pray. Father, we thank you for your 104 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,120 presence in this place. Lord, let a lot of your face 105 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,400 shine upon every heart. Open up our eyes to see the 106 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,920 blessing of your face. In Jesus mighty name we praying 107 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,440 somebody shout. I meant I meant yeah, awesome. 108 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,400 Now let's flow because I want us to look at this blessing because 109 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,600 this isn't just a little cute poem, OK, This is just a little 110 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,560 church slogan. This is a word of God. 111 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,240 This is God's heart. This is God's wolf and he starts 112 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,960 or blessed you the first one God bless you. 113 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,680 So God gives you and is adding to your life good things OK to 114 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,720 you. And so the next one keep you and 115 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,400 they all flow together, keep you. 116 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:08,280 So God is protecting what he gives you so you don't have to 117 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:12,480 live afraid of losing it. And then the next one, because 118 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,640 listen, I want you to just see that keep you because the same 119 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,440 God who blesses you, OK, the blessing God is able to also 120 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,440 keep you. OK, All right now then he goes 121 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,200 on. He says, makes his face shine 122 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,880 upon you. Now God is turned towards you 123 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,200 with favour. Somebody say favour. 124 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,120 OK, he goes on. Be gracious. 125 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,040 That is the kindness, the goodness, the grace of God 126 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,360 showing up in your life. Then lift up his countenance. 127 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:54,040 God is looking at you, OK, And so he's and then the end result, 128 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:58,480 because she's not distant, and then he ends it off with peace. 129 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,960 That's the result. Shalom, peace. 130 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,640 Somebody say peace. OK, so that is the blessing. 131 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,440 Now what's powerful is the timing when God gave the 132 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,480 blessing. Now quick recap block from last 133 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:18,400 week when God gave the blessing to Israel, they were in a hard 134 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,400 time, a hard season. They were in the wilderness, 135 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:27,040 struggling challenges in a difficult dry place. 136 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,520 OK, they fell behind disadvantage, OK, and so 137 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,160 outnumbered. And so they in this season of 138 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:43,200 uncertain and right there in the difficult season, God does not 139 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,160 respond with judgment of pointing a finger. 140 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,640 God does not respond with shame. He does not respond with a long 141 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,160 lecture. He responds by giving a 142 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,240 blessing. Oh Hallelujah. 143 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,080 So God was for saying my face is on you. 144 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,240 I'm looking towards you, my face. 145 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:09,040 So I am not against you. I am for you, say agaris for me. 146 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,440 Yeah, somebody say it again. Agaris for me. 147 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:18,040 Now maybe you're here today and you are facing a storm in your 148 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,840 life. Maybe it's pressure in a 149 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,200 marriage relationship in in a health condition, difficulty and 150 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,720 challenges, financial storm. I have got good news for you 151 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:36,400 today that God's smile is stronger than your storm. 152 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,919 Hallelujah. Glory to God, say that with me, 153 00:08:40,919 --> 00:08:45,720 God's smile is stronger than my storm. 154 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:51,280 Sorry, God's smile is stronger than my storm. 155 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,640 OK, Hallelujah. Now I want to say that you so 156 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,960 God's smiling over you, God's close his face towards you. 157 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:06,480 You are not at a disadvantage. He is shining on you. 158 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,000 I mean somebody say he's shining on me. 159 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,960 OK, so our key point today, see the blessing. 160 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,680 Now let me emphasize this point because it all comes down to how 161 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:23,040 we see how we perceive. Have you ever taken a photo with 162 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,560 a camera and you've accidentally used the wrong lens? 163 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,520 OK, yeah. Or you've like your own filter 164 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,160 and you look at it and you're like, oh, the photos all blurry 165 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,040 and it's out of focus. It's like you why? 166 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,840 Why does everything look rain and dull and this whole photos 167 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,840 blurry? It is same people, same moments, 168 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:47,760 same settings because of the legs, the filter. 169 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:54,480 So the filter, the lens made it look worse than what it really 170 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,760 was. Same people, same moment, same. 171 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,560 But the photo, the lens made it out of focus and it came out 172 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,520 blurry. Now life can do that. 173 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:12,440 Pressure can do that. A hard day can become a hard 174 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:17,920 lens, a hard, difficult, struggling day, OK. 175 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:22,560 A season of hardship can become a hard falter. 176 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,760 A hard lens, that stressful season, that difficult, it can 177 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,520 become a fear falter, OK? How we see things, how we 178 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,160 perceive, because there's been a lot of stress and deadlines and 179 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,960 difficulties. And So what happens is the way 180 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:41,880 we perceive the focus OK keeps blurred. 181 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,760 And so the blessing can be around the goodness, things are 182 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,080 happening, opportunity, great things can be around all around 183 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,440 us. But because of the difficulty, 184 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,840 you don't even notice it because life is busy and we just keep on 185 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,840 going. And so it is to get that focus. 186 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,600 And Jesus said something very powerful in the book of Matthew 187 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,560 6. He says the eye is the lamp of 188 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:09,440 the body. We are talking about the if your 189 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:16,920 eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light, OK? 190 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:22,920 And so that means that what you focus on doesn't just stay in 191 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,400 the eye. What you focus on, it spreads in 192 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:31,520 your whole life, OK? So if you keep on focusing on 193 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:36,120 the problem, the problem becomes bigger because what you magnify 194 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,560 multiplied, OK? So if you keep on focusing on 195 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:44,640 fear, fear gets stronger. Keep on focusing your problem, 196 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,840 the problem gets stronger, OK, But if you lift up your eyes to 197 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:53,120 God, fight prizes again, Hallelujah or something more. 198 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,200 We beat you God. And so today we are changing the 199 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,640 lens. Yeah, the falter is coming off. 200 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,080 That fear falter. OK, we flipping off the fear 201 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,320 falter. It's coming off because when you 202 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:11,480 see his smile, light floods your whole life. 203 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,640 When you see the blessing of God's face, when you see the 204 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:20,200 smile of God shining upon you, it floods your whole life. 205 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,800 Peace and joy, It comes to you like he's coming to you. 206 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:29,760 So that decision that you have been afraid of, the light is 207 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,200 coming to it, OK? God's turning on the light. 208 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,760 God's shining the light. The light's coming to it, OK. 209 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,640 So that situation that felt confusing, light is coming to 210 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,240 it, OK. That season that felt heavy, 211 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,240 light is coming to it. So I want us to make this our 212 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,440 pray today. Oh God. 213 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,440 Lord, give us healthy eyes. Give me healthy. 214 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:59,240 Say that with me, Lord, give me healthy eyes, say light up my 215 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:04,680 life, form me with your light my whole life, I mean. 216 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:07,080 So now here's what I have learnt. 217 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,600 Many people, they believe that God exists. 218 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,040 Many I've been, I've been around for years. 219 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:19,400 Many people, they believe, yeah, God is real, God is exist, but 220 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,360 they don't believe he's smiling at them. 221 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,760 They live like God is angry. God is keeping score like the 222 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,800 strict teacher, OK, with a clipboard, You did good 223 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,040 yesterday, but today you messed up, OK. 224 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:38,320 And so now I'm distant. And so a lot of people, they are 225 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,920 walking around thinking that God, oh, God is angry. 226 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:47,800 God is God is mad walking around thinking God is disappointed. 227 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:53,000 God is decimal God's not distant he's turning towards as the 228 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,960 Bible doesn't say the Lord frowned you. 229 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,680 No, it doesn't say frown had you. 230 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,400 The Bible is very clear that he says the Lord makes his face 231 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:08,520 shine upon you. OK, and so this means that you 232 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:14,720 are not living under a frown. You are not living under the 233 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,200 anger and the madness. You're not living under, you are 234 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,800 living under a smile. I want you to grab hold of this 235 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,080 word to David. God is smiling over us. 236 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,160 And you know David goes into this as well. 237 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,520 I want to show you this because it's all over in the Bible. 238 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,800 I was just like, Lord, how can I do all these scriptures? 239 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,480 Because the smile of God, the face of God is everywhere in the 240 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,640 Bible and I will show you in Psalms as well. 241 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,320 Here comes David, he says it in Psalms 51 verse 16. 242 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,560 He says, let your face shine on your server. 243 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,240 And I'm like, what? It's all over in the Bible, in 244 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:51,000 the scriptures, OK, shine on it. And it's it's talking about the 245 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:56,160 grace of God, OK. And so God smiles and I just 246 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,880 love it that he smiles first. Because you see, he chose us 247 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:03,520 first. He loved us first, even before 248 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,240 we've done anything good or wrong or the God, the Bible says 249 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,480 Christ died while we were yet sinners. 250 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:13,200 So he smiled first. So if you are waiting for God to 251 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:19,120 smile, OK, when you are getting everything right, if you are 252 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,880 waiting for God to smile when I've been a good person, I've 253 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,320 done everything. If you're waiting for God to 254 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,640 smile when you have been a perfect person, you're going to 255 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:35,120 wait a long time, OK? Because grace smiles first the 256 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,960 blessing, it says it right there, make his face shine. 257 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,840 And then the very next verse he says be gracious. 258 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,080 So I want you to see how they both connected the face of God, 259 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,080 OK, shining upon us and His grace. 260 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,080 They are both connected in the blessing. 261 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,920 They are both there. So His shining face is about 262 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:02,240 grace and so once again I was going through the Scriptures and 263 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:06,600 I see the same verse again, they say in the Bible or everywhere. 264 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,960 Let me show you Psalm 6167 verse 1. 265 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,720 He says he said May God be gracious. 266 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,800 OK, you see that gracious to us and bless us and make his 267 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,200 studies. Come on, Are you getting this 268 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,360 somebody you can see how I mean we've just read it in the book 269 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,880 of Numbers from Moses Islam. Now we are reading the Psalms 270 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,960 and we see the same. You know, I just love that song. 271 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,680 Show me your glory. I mean, isn't that a powerful 272 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,760 song? And these songs, these letters 273 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,280 becomes a prey like a cry of our hearts. 274 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:45,160 Show me and I remember in Pretoria, I mean years ago, wow, 275 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,040 when that there was a song that came out. 276 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:53,640 Show me your face, Lord. Oh my word, there was just such 277 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,840 an amazing. I'll never forget those moments. 278 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:02,120 Ensures back in Pretoria before I moved to Joburg because I went 279 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:08,800 to study in Pretoria. Show me your face, your power 280 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:13,079 and grace. I mean, that is the cry of our 281 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:15,960 heart of this house. Show me your face. 282 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,520 Amen. Yeah, show me your face. 283 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,680 And it's just like this other words the the Lord showed me to 284 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:28,400 see the blessing of God's face, the title of our message. 285 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:33,240 OK. And so why does this matter? 286 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,320 And I want to show you this because here's why it matters. 287 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:47,320 The way we see God matters how we see God, like I've explained, 288 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,640 some people see him as mad and angry as some people the way 289 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,920 you'd see it. And we got to go right back to 290 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,600 the Bible the way we see God and perceive him. 291 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:01,320 OK, because if you see God wrong, you live wrong because 292 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,280 that's how it because you reflect his fight. 293 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,520 So, so if you have a wrong perception of God and you think 294 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,960 God is this angry man, disappoint God, That's how you. 295 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:16,200 So if you think that God is mad, you hide. 296 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:23,040 If you think that God is disappointed, you shrink. 297 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,600 And so if you think that God is distant, it's like you're trying 298 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:34,560 to get approval and strife. But when you see God's smile, 299 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,840 when you see the goodness of God, how good is, how gracious, 300 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,040 how loving, you just want to come close. 301 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,280 You just want to run into his arms. 302 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:49,280 You're like, oh, I want more of those. 303 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:55,320 Wow, you are good. You are so, so good. 304 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,560 I'm like, I'll have another dose of the Holy Ghost. 305 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,560 One dose. No, I want another one. 306 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,360 One time tasted. The Bible says taste and see 307 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,560 that the Lord is good. So here you have just got a 308 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,640 taste because once you taste it, I'm like, oh boy, that's 309 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,160 amazing. So when you see his grace, when 310 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,800 you see his love, if that he forgives, you can get back up 311 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,760 because he's a forgiving God. He's a God of second child. 312 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,240 He's going to give me Hallelujah. 313 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,080 So say this with me. God's not mad at me. 314 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,800 God is smiling over me. Now let's talk about what that 315 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,680 shining face looks like. OK, The shining face because 316 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:48,640 it's talking about God's focus. So face equals focus. 317 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:54,720 Face is relationship. Now, this week it was amazing 318 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,760 because I helped. I was holding baby Noah where 319 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,320 they had youth events. And so, yeah, I was holding baby 320 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,520 Noah and Noah was looking instead right into my face. 321 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,320 You see, here's the thing. I love it when we have a 322 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,160 conversation. And it's like you're looking 323 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,480 straight into somebody's face. And I have you ever had those 324 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,040 conversations? You talk to somebody and they 325 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,360 just doze us off and they sort of like, look the other way. 326 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,520 OK. It's just like, so I love it 327 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,200 when there's that face to face conversation and you just look 328 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,640 at the person that looks straight back at you. 329 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,280 And here's a baby and I'm holding a baby. 330 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,640 And so we were there at the youth event and and so Christine 331 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:38,920 was standing there and Noah's and staring right at my face. 332 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,400 That's what I love about babies. You see, they, they, they want 333 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,520 that face to face moment. I remember that with my kids as 334 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,720 well, you know, And still today, Josh, it turns my face. 335 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,400 I love it because they get in your face and I love that. 336 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:57,720 You see, babies don't just need food, they need a face. 337 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,840 Babies need a face. Parents face to see the face. 338 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,600 OK, face to face moment. And and it's like he says I'm 339 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,160 here, I see you and I love it when you're only baby. 340 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:12,960 And I'm like, I see you go on as a parent, I've always like, I 341 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:17,000 see you, Daddy sees you. And I just love that because 342 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:22,480 that's like I'm saying like I'm here, I see you, you're safe, I 343 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,840 see you, Daddy sees. It's just so reassuring. 344 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,240 And that is this is a longing and the cry of every heart, 345 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,440 Everyone's God. Let's cry, Lord. 346 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,320 I just need to know that you see me. 347 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:39,280 It's in every heart. I just need to know that you see 348 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,560 me, Lord, and that God. And he answers. 349 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,840 I am not distant. I am not disappointed. 350 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,320 I am not annoyed, OK, I am looking at you. 351 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:53,560 My face is turned to you. That's why the blessing mentions 352 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,920 God's face over and over again. Did you? 353 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,680 Did you actually? And it's amazing. 354 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,840 Well, I'm like over and over this. 355 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,360 It says here, the first one. So it means it's twice the Lord 356 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,280 makes His face shine on you, and then he means it again the 357 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,320 second one. The Lord lift up his countenance 358 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,560 upon you saying the same thing. OK. 359 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,640 Meaning that you have got God's attention. 360 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:22,920 Yeah, His attention is on you. His face is towards you. 361 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,840 He's shining, He's smiling. Now attention, I love this 362 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:32,200 because attention is valuable. When you have a conversation 363 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,200 with somebody, attention is valuable. 364 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:39,520 And we we don't always just say give attention, but we say pay 365 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:44,320 attention. Oh, so attention is costly. 366 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,600 Now here's the gospel. Jesus paid the price on the 367 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:56,000 cross for a close to close moments, OK, for that close, 368 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:00,520 those face to face closeness. Jesus paid for it on the cross, 369 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,400 very costly, very expensive. He paid the price that we can 370 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,280 live under the Father's Brexit, the Father's smile, the Father's 371 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,840 fate, without fear, without Connor, but without shame, 372 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,640 without distance. Jesus paid the price. 373 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,080 I mean, my kids, they do it all the time and they're like, 374 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,640 especially when they play and they say Daddy wants me. 375 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:29,160 I'm like, okay, wants me dad, when they ride their bicycles, 376 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,240 Oh my goodness, they're like Daddy, daddy, look, I'm going to 377 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,200 go over the rack and I'm going to do this jump and they just 378 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,840 keep on like daddy, daddy, they just keep on look at me, dad, 379 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,920 look at me and they on their bicycles. 380 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,640 And then they and my kids, they don't want half attention. 381 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,720 They don't want like that on the you know, you like on a phone 382 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,120 call somewhere. And now the, the, the, the kids, 383 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:56,240 they want the moment that daddy's watching me, oh, daddy 384 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,640 is looking at me. Daddy is giving his, my, my 385 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:03,880 attention that I'm right there face to face giving them the 386 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:08,280 moment because they're like, oh, my dad sees me and daddy is in 387 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,960 all of us. We all, we want to be seen, 388 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,880 every one of us. So the good news is God's not 389 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:20,640 too busy. God's not distracted, OK? 390 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,440 God's not distant and God is not unavailable. 391 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,640 Somewhere in the Galaxy creating, boy, He's not too 392 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:32,120 busy, OK? He's turned towards you with the 393 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:33,720 light. He's turned towards you with 394 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,240 favour, with goodness. And I remember a time when I was 395 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,760 away from home and I missed my wife, I missed my Charlotte. 396 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,080 And we're texting each other as I'm texting her and she's 397 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,880 texting me back. And after a while I've, I really 398 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:51,400 missed her, I realise I don't just need a text. 399 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,520 And So what I did was because, and it's far away and I'm like, 400 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,600 OK, you know what I'm going to do? 401 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,240 I'm just going to. And it was, I'm going back years 402 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:05,880 now, just when, when you have an iPhone, you can get free 403 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:11,920 FaceTime. So I Facetimed her, wow, what a 404 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,240 difference compared to just a text. 405 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,480 Wow, face top. I wanted to because there are 406 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:26,120 moments that you don't just need a text, you need face top or you 407 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:30,720 need some moments on face because a face carries wolf, a 408 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:37,160 face carries comfort, a face carries connection, that face to 409 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,760 face moments. And so that is what God offers 410 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,400 us today. God offers you. 411 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,000 God does it. He's not just offering you 412 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,120 information. A lot of people hear things 413 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:54,000 about God hearing about God, OK, He's not just giving you 414 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,920 information, hearing about OK, he's offering you. 415 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,720 He's giving you his presence. Oh, Hallelujah. 416 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,360 He's turning his countenance, his face towards you. 417 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:10,720 And so if you have felt distant, maybe felt that his silent 418 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:15,520 season distant, God has never turned away from you. 419 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,120 OK, His face is still towards you. 420 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,240 Can you say I meant somebody? Yeah, the face of God. 421 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,720 And so he sees the lonely, He feels unseen. 422 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,240 God sees. And I want to speak to every 423 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,160 person who feels at a maybe at a disadvantage, forgotten. 424 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:37,040 OK, God sees you. He sees the single mother trying 425 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,040 to hold it all together. He sees the single parent trying 426 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,040 to do his best, the father, the single parent dad. 427 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,320 He sees the dad trying to do his very best. 428 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,240 He sees. He sees the pain. 429 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,640 He sees the struggle. He sees the heavyweight that 430 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,920 you've been carrying through what you've been going through. 431 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,400 Every difficult, every challenge, everyday work, all of 432 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:05,680 these, God sees you and God sees what you have been through. 433 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:09,720 Now we see this so clearly in Hagar's story. 434 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,960 Remember in Genesis chapter 16, Wow, yes. 435 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,880 And she was struggling in the desert. 436 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:25,000 She's and God, but I saw her struggle and I love the moment 437 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,840 because Hagar, she gave him a name. 438 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,240 She gave him a name. Oh, Roy. 439 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:39,120 He Al Roy. He Jesus, you have got to get 440 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:40,720 this revelation. She's in the desert. 441 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,040 She's struggling. Oh, my God. 442 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,600 What am I going to do? God saw this. 443 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,840 She gave him an Al Roy. He means he sees. 444 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,440 Whoa. That's the meaning of Al Roy. 445 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,720 When she named God. Yeah, God sees me. 446 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,160 And she was basically saying now I know, oh Hallelujah, this is 447 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,720 powerful. I know that you see me my God 448 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,880 life changing. I know that you see me and I 449 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,440 want to read. I want to this is powerful. 450 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,200 Watch this. Please don't miss this. 451 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,080 This is powerful. It says Genesis 16. 452 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:20,120 It says she caved this name to the Lord who spoke to her. 453 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:25,920 You are the car. Oh, who sees me for she said. 454 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,880 I have now seen the one who see. Oh, somebody. 455 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:36,280 So Hallelujah. Yeah. 456 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,920 I mean, here she is. Fast forward 4-5 chapters later. 457 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,480 Well, let's go to Genesis chapter 21. 458 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,960 She's cast out in the wilderness in a desert. 459 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,560 Difficult time. OK, Single mom. 460 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,760 She's got her son. They're about to die. 461 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:01,040 No pride place, no resources, no water, no food, and they're 462 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,160 about to perish. They're right there in the in 463 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,680 the wilderness, in that dry season, in that. 464 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,280 And it's amazing how in these wilderness difficult moments, 465 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:14,200 how God meets us, God encounters us in these difficult times and 466 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,040 she's right there in that light try place and God shows up. 467 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,800 This is the same one. She's like, wow, God sees me 468 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,640 from that. And God says, listen, it's like 469 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:33,480 he's saying, I am about to open your eyes to see the blessing. 470 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,320 Did you catch that? So she had the revelation God 471 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,040 sees and now God's right, I'm going to open your now watch 472 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,360 this. It says here in Genesis 21 verse 473 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:50,200 19, it says, then God opened her eyes and she saw a wall of 474 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,280 water. Now notice this God did not 475 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,760 create all of a sudden a brand new well right there in that 476 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,840 moment. Okay, the well is already it's 477 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,360 all it's been there. It's like it was just hidden 478 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,640 from plain sight. It's like, but now, so what's 479 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,640 happened is God simply, and this is it because the blessings are 480 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,640 around, the goodness of God is around. 481 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,680 Refinable is spreading like wildfire. 482 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:19,480 But some years ago I'm like somebody said to me, but why 483 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,400 don't we see this on television? I'm like, my God, you think 484 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,720 mainstream media is going to broadcast great outpourings of 485 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,800 the Holy Ghost? OK, no, OK, right. 486 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,360 So listen, it's happening. Refinable is breaking out live 487 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,920 rises. So if you're only going to watch 488 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,800 one TV channel and they'd say, of course it's not going to be 489 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,880 broadcasted in certain in certain channels. 490 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,240 And here she is, she's about to die. 491 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,400 God opens her eyes. Oh, there's the water. 492 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,600 It's not like God created a brand new world member. 493 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,960 He just simply opened her eyes. And that's what I'm praying 494 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,960 happens today, that you see the blessing. 495 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,000 That's why I pray that you start seeing the blessing in and 496 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,800 around your life. And it's not that God had to 497 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,440 create a new blessing. He has already blessed us. 498 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,760 Ephesians, gentlemen, we have already been blessed with all 499 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,480 spiritual bliss in the heaven. We have already been blessed. 500 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,480 So we just need to start seeing it. 501 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,640 Hallelujah. And so I want you to grab hold 502 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,320 of this word today of see the blessing. 503 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:40,080 Now this week my youngest one is bicycle the stabilizers much 504 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:45,480 time is ready enough to for the stabilizers to come off so he 505 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,760 can we want him now to go to the lecture and I was looking for a 506 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,920 tool everywhere. I couldn't find the tool for the 507 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,680 bicycle. And so I'm looking in the 508 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,080 kitchen, in the house, everywhere. 509 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,640 And my other son, he's like, listen, dad, have you checked 510 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,000 the drawer? I'm like, yes, of course I've 511 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,160 checked the drawer. I don't know where the tool is. 512 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,680 Maybe I have to go to Simon and go, maybe they've got a tool for 513 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,120 me or so. But no, yeah, where is the tool? 514 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,640 And so Peter, listen, let go, Dad, let's go and have a look 515 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,120 again. So right there in the kitchen, 516 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,600 the drawer that I've been open now, sure enough, there is the 517 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:23,000 tool and it was like a light bulb went up in my head. 518 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,480 I was thinking about this message about see the blazing. 519 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:32,240 I have looked in that for so many times, but it's like God 520 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,280 turns the lights on and you see the blazing. 521 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,120 All of a sudden, Oh my God. There's the business, there's 522 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,440 the opportunity, there's the right person. 523 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,560 Why is it that I haven't met or seen you? 524 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,840 We've lived in Joburg for so many years and it's like all 525 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,080 this time and then finally we get married. 526 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:55,000 God turn the light on. God made the connection right 527 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,080 there. And I was looking for the tool 528 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,120 and finally I found the tool. Even though I've looked in that 529 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:03,240 same drawer like so many times. And then it's not like it was 530 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,600 new provision, like the tools. It's always been there. 531 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,560 It's just like hidden provision. I mean. 532 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:15,080 And so I declare over you that this week you will start seeing 533 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,880 the blessing. Come on, somebody shot. 534 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:21,160 I mean, yeah, I declare that over your life that you will 535 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:25,160 start seeing the open door, You will start seeing the right 536 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,400 connection, the right opportunity. 537 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,600 Yeah, you will see that connection, that you will see 538 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,440 the breakthrough this week. God, I believe this is a word 539 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:39,600 from the Lord, that you will see it and then somebody shout 540 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,720 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, glory to God. 541 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:48,600 Because sometimes it's hidden. If it's a relationship or if 542 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,720 it's an opportunity or a career or ministry, it's hidden. 543 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,320 But all of a sudden God turns the light on. 544 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,400 The moment that light flicks on, Oh my God, it's been right. 545 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,720 This city, that opportunity, it's already, it's been there. 546 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,679 And I heard a story about also talking about having a single 547 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:14,280 mom. And so she was overwhelmed. 548 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,639 She was feeling so worried because the balls is piling up. 549 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,280 Kids are hungry. It felt like she's in this 550 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,679 abandoned place. There's a dry place and she 551 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:29,800 prayed like Hagar that one night she prayed like a the very next 552 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,679 morning she felt a prompting just go check that old savings 553 00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:37,320 account that she had been completely forgotten about. 554 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,880 She when she checked. Sure enough, that's saving to 555 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,560 God right there. The provision, the money has 556 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,480 already been there the whole time. 557 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:52,840 Somebody showed Honolulu. Yeah, as you said. 558 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:57,680 Listen, one moment I was staring and looking at this difficult, 559 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,600 no finances trace, no money in the bank. 560 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,840 And all of a sudden it's like God flick the sweets, open eyes 561 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:08,480 and all of a sudden there's more than enough to bless you. 562 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,080 Yeah. I just love that song. 563 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:16,480 Open the eyes of my heart. Open the eyes of my heart. 564 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:24,760 I want to see. See you high and lift it up. 565 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,320 Shining in the light of your glory, you see. 566 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:34,400 Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see the blessing of 567 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,440 God's face. Now can't we go deeper? 568 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,320 Somebody OK. Because the blessing. 569 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,120 All right, the favour, the goodness of God. 570 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,080 But now across the wall, Does that mean we're not going to 571 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,480 have problems? OK so the placing it does not 572 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,480 mean that there's no darkness. It doesn't mean that darkness is 573 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,240 not there. OK, it just means that the 574 00:35:54,240 --> 00:36:01,080 darkness doesn't win because God shines his light now as I seeks 575 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,680 the gives us the bigger picture. It says, as I see, arise, shine, 576 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:08,320 for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon 577 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,080 you. For behold the darkness shall 578 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:15,280 cover the earth, and deep darkness the people, but the 579 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:21,200 Lord will arise over you, and his glory will be seen upon you. 580 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,720 So notice this, that he acknowledges the darkness. 581 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,960 It's not in denial that there's no darkness, OK? 582 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,000 Because placing and fiber and all that is no, no, no problems, 583 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,920 no child, OK, that's denial, OK? It's very clear darkness is 584 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,360 real. We live in a fallen world. 585 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,760 Life difficulties, troubles, storms of life is very, very 586 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,480 real. But he gives us the promise that 587 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:52,440 the Lord rises upon you. So the blessing doesn't mean you 588 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,360 won't face problems or face troubles or difficulty or 589 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:59,120 darkness or shadows. It means that God's light shines 590 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,840 on you. That's what we talk about, the 591 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,800 blessing, the face of God, the goodness of God. 592 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,040 Grace is on you. There's light on you. 593 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,480 The grace, the peace, the joy is on you. 594 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,840 And so when God's face is shining on you, what it does it 595 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,720 it releases a favor upon your life that you cannot explain. 596 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:21,520 And he says in Deuteronomy 28, verse 2, it says all these 597 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,040 blessings shall come upon you and overtake you. 598 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,480 Now that word overtake it means chases. 599 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:31,480 It chases you, so it catches up. It's like a rugby tackle, A 600 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,440 tackle, okay? It overtakes you, right? 601 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,880 So chases you, overtakes you, surprises you. 602 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:41,880 It shows up in your life, okay, so it's like a magnet attracting 603 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,560 things. You know when you hold up a map, 604 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:47,680 it attracts the good, the favored pools and attracts good, 605 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:51,280 the right things into your life, the right people, the right 606 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,880 connections, the right open doors, the right opportunities. 607 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:59,320 It's like a magnet that's on your life, a favor magnet that 608 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,440 attracts the blessings wherever you go. 609 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,520 It's like there is this favor. I'm like, oh wow, I got that 610 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:06,920 approved for my passport. Thank you. 611 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,680 My passport is true and it's true and no time favor. 612 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,080 Not because I'm a good person or I've done anything right because 613 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:17,880 of his face shining around me. I've seen it over and over when 614 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,760 my job interview as well, I got promoted, somebody told because 615 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,640 of God's favour of my life, not because I answered the questions 616 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,320 right. I didn't even have the right 617 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,920 qualifications. God's promotion, God's favour, 618 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,720 the right call, the right e-mail, the right call. 619 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:36,800 That's why the enemy hates it, OK? 620 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,040 Because God's blessing cannot be cancelled. 621 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:45,720 Oh Hallelujah, Hell, demons, the devil, Hell cannot cancel what 622 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:49,160 God has blessed. OK, Remember that's what Palin 623 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:54,560 had to admit when he wanted to try and curse the people of God. 624 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:59,480 He had to admit it that he could not curse. 625 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:03,560 I don't care if it's a Harry Potter witchy or whatever curse 626 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,280 or spell, it cannot curse what God has blessed. 627 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:12,200 I don't care if it's witchcraft in Africa or shongolo or 628 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,680 whatever, traditional doctors or whatever. 629 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,280 I come from Africa and we see lots of shong comas. 630 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:27,960 And I said, wait, roll the bones, whatever. 631 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,240 Come on. I, I, I've seen these little 632 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:34,920 witchcraft things in Africa. I come from, I'm an African boy, 633 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:40,600 you know, I'm, I'm from Africa. I've seen these witchcraft and 634 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,760 witch doctors and, and multimedicine and Copco, you 635 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,600 know, and, and all these things. This cannot curse what God has 636 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,560 placed. I've, we've had so many 637 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,720 outreachers mixing traps, all of that, all the way through. 638 00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:57,000 I've been to every country. We do with some Mozambique, 639 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,280 we've gone through Malawi, all these places. 640 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,400 I've been there. I know it. 641 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,000 I've done that since I was young. 642 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,920 We've seen these things. But I cannot curse what God has 643 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,240 blessed. That's what Thailand had to 644 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:13,280 admit it. It's like God's people I 645 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,760 blessed. I cannot curse what God has 646 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,400 blessed. So no devil, no demon, no curse 647 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,000 can cancel what God. They don't have the power or the 648 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,920 authority to cancel it because the Bible says God's word is 649 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,200 eternal. It's forever simple. 650 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,560 God watches over his words. The blessing, the word of God, 651 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,520 the face of God, the light of God shines on you. 652 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,120 I don't care what witchcraft they want to practice, They 653 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,120 cannot curse what God has blessed. 654 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:47,880 I don't care whatever incontation, whatever spell they 655 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,800 try and cast. Read the Bible. 656 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:55,720 Palin could not do it. Not Harry Potter, no witch. 657 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,440 God wants us over his Word. God's it, He protects it. 658 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,240 He doesn't just give the blessing, but he keeps his 659 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:06,720 blessing. He protects it, He keeps it. 660 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,480 The Scripture says it, that I will bless you. 661 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:17,200 Now when God Almighty, that is powerful, says I bless you and I 662 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,120 keep you. No devil, no demon, no, he's 663 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:25,080 confused when God says it. That is the command of God. 664 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,560 When God is not a man, that he lies. 665 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,760 God keeps his word because a lot of people, they live afraid. 666 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,600 We are not under, we are over, we are not the, we are the head 667 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,320 and not the tail. And so when God's place, they 668 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,920 think, OK, God's now place, but now am I going to lose the 669 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,960 blessing? God please and keep. 670 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,240 That's the same word. It goes together. 671 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,200 He is a keeper. He's not going to stop. 672 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,680 He's going to keep blessing. That's his word. 673 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,760 So the enemy cannot curse what God has placed. 674 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:02,160 So I heard about a young man and he started his career and he 675 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:05,560 works hard, real hard worker, go the extra mile over and above. 676 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:10,440 But his boss never liked him, even though he's doing a good 677 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:15,320 job, he's working so hard. But his boss never gave him one 678 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,240 credit, not one good compliments. 679 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,800 In fact, other people were promoted that had less 680 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,240 experience and the supervisor never given career. 681 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,520 And so this young man is like, OK, it's the start of my career 682 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,040 and I'm going to continue to be faithful. 683 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,080 I'm going to show up and I'm going to still continue to do a 684 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:32,680 good job. I'm not going to slack off. 685 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,440 I'm going to do good. One day he walked in his boss 686 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:42,360 supervisor as he resigned and the management called him in. 687 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:47,200 They said your supervisor, your boss recommended you for his 688 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:56,240 job, for his position, what Mike recommended by the one who did 689 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,840 not like him. That work colleague that don't 690 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,200 like that recommend. That's favour. 691 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,840 That's Lacey. That's God opening a door that 692 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:10,680 no man can shut it. When God says yes, nobody can 693 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,600 say no. I don't care if it's supposed to 694 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,440 super. When God opens the door, when 695 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:21,040 God promotes, nobody can say no. What God has blessed cannot be 696 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:27,920 cursed. OK, so the enemy cannot cancel 697 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,960 or shut down what God has set in motion. 698 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:35,360 The Church of Jesus Christ has been going on for thousands of 699 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:39,640 years. You cannot stop the church, even 700 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:41,920 with covet. You cannot just lock down and 701 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,600 stop the church. The church is going stronger and 702 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,600 stronger. For thousands of years the Bible 703 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,560 says the gates of hell cannot prevail. 704 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:55,120 Hallelujah, somebody. Now as we bring this to a close, 705 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:59,280 let's come back to the heart of it, the blessing of God's face. 706 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:05,920 Because the Scripture says God spoke to Moses face to face as a 707 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:12,760 friend speaks. A friend, my God, God speak to 708 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:17,480 Moses face to face as a friend speaks, that's friendship. 709 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:24,080 As a man speaks to his friend. OK, that's not distant. 710 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,160 That's not God in a Galaxy far away. 711 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:32,200 And that is close personal relationship. 712 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,800 And you know, what I love about that personal relationship is 713 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,880 that we don't have to strive. We don't have to earn brownie 714 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,640 points before them. Strive strength. 715 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,800 It's a friendship. I mean, how do we hang out with 716 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,360 our buddies, our friends? This is a friendship 717 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,360 relationship that we have. It's it's not in striving. 718 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,320 It's just about spending time in his presence. 719 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:59,760 And Moses shows us what it looks like when we spend time in his 720 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:05,760 presence. The Bible says that the shining 721 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,480 lights of God. His face. 722 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,440 Come on, somebody. The face of Moses. 723 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:12,880 Come on. Am I talking Bible? 724 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,160 Yeah. Or somebody's opinion? 725 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,920 I'm giving you the word of God. Yeah. 726 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,280 His face was shining. Thank you. 727 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:22,440 William. Is this a fairy tale or is it 728 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:24,320 really true that his face is actually shining? 729 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:30,160 Glow, Exodus 34. That's really not the skin of 730 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,560 his face shot while he talked with him. 731 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,440 Now you see this relationship, Moses with God. 732 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:41,120 OK, He was not forced, not strained, not performing. 733 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:48,240 OK Moses was just reflecting God, the light of God. 734 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:53,360 He was reflecting. And so when we are spending time 735 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:58,080 with God in His presence, we walked out different. 736 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:05,440 I have just been with that person and we've had a business 737 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:09,640 meeting and while we got the deal right, so you've had that 738 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:15,440 spent time with God, you walk out changed because you have 739 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,800 been in the praises of God. And what happens is you are 740 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:24,120 reflecting peace, joy, grace, favour, because that's theirs. 741 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,200 That's who God is. You are reflecting it. 742 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:31,160 And so that's why some of you this week you are going to be 743 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:35,680 walking in places, workplaces, rooms, places which are and 744 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,000 people are going to start sensing something on you. 745 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:42,240 They're going to start sensing something on your life. 746 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:45,080 They're like, they don't, they cannot explain it or wonder or 747 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,000 what this, but they sense something. 748 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:49,920 When you walk into a room, you walk into the office, you walk 749 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,920 into a place, they sense there's something calm about you. 750 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:55,960 They sense that there's peace on you. 751 00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,280 There's confidence on you. When you walk into a place, into 752 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:02,280 a business meeting, wherever you go into the shops, there's 753 00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:05,080 something different about you. I just cannot. 754 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,400 I put my finger up, but you carry. 755 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,280 There's a presence, there's a peace, there's a joy on your 756 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,960 life at grace. And I wonder what, what is it? 757 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,880 What is it about you? I mean, you smiling. 758 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,000 What is it? I mean, life isn't that good, 759 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,160 but you're smiling. Why are you happy? 760 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,440 Why are you smiling? I mean, life is stressful and 761 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,720 you're smiling and you walk around out in the shop smiling. 762 00:47:27,240 --> 00:47:29,800 People think you're crazy. You're like, OK, And they're 763 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:32,720 like, what's why? And the answer is simple. 764 00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:35,600 The blessing. Somebody say the blessing. 765 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,760 So here's the key. We don't make the light. 766 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:42,000 We don't manufacture the light, reduce the light. 767 00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,840 We reflect this great. We reflect. 768 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:49,720 OK, so we don't strive. You don't strive to shine. 769 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,400 You just reflect to shine. Yeah, you just reflect his 770 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,760 glory, his praises. OK, so let me give you an 771 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,000 illustration. So if I stand here, so yeah, I'm 772 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,680 in the shadow. So if I stand here, all of a 773 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:08,520 sudden I'm in light from the light that's projecting from the 774 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:10,680 projector. The this projector, the light is 775 00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,920 projecting. So when I'm now, I'm standing 776 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,160 over here. So if I'm standing here, this is 777 00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:20,240 the shadows. So if I step over here, all of a 778 00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:24,480 sudden I am reflecting what is shining on me. 779 00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,920 Are you getting this somebody? Yeah. 780 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:36,080 So to project the light, it doesn't say make your own light. 781 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,160 It doesn't say produce, manufacture your own light. 782 00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:46,280 It says step into the light, Messiah 60 arise and shine. 783 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,520 So arise and shine. It means step into it. 784 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:55,800 So I'm just you just step into what God has already given, what 785 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:59,280 a God is already doing. You step into his grace, his 786 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:02,960 favour, his joy. OK, you step into that. 787 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,280 And so it's so simple what we do. 788 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:09,560 It's not striving to forming. Oh, I've got to be this good 789 00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:11,480 Christian. Oh, I've got to know though, you 790 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,880 know, not you know, wow, I've got to know. 791 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:18,040 Listen, there's freedom where the spirit of the law these 792 00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:21,880 days, not bondage. It's been most filling 793 00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:26,320 relationship I've ever had is with the law when we get to know 794 00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,640 him. Oh, wow. 795 00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:34,000 The more you walk with me, the more you conversate with you 796 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,880 realize he's actually incredible and he's so simple. 797 00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,320 You just step into the light like that. 798 00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:41,880 Suddenly the light. Here's another picture. 799 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,200 The moon doesn't produce its own light, am I right? 800 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:48,200 OK, so the moon doesn't produce its own light. 801 00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:51,280 The moon reflects the light of the sun. 802 00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:56,320 That's so everything that's beautiful about the moon is a 803 00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,160 reflection from the sun. The sun shines on the moon. 804 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:02,320 The moon just reflects it. That's us. 805 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:04,760 We are not shining in our own strength. 806 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,440 We are not shining in our own goodness, our own. 807 00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:11,800 We are shining because of what we have received from Him. 808 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,880 Come on. That's why we are shining. 809 00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:22,680 So anything that is good about us, OK, it comes from the Lord. 810 00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:27,080 Anything that shines, it comes from the law upon our lives. 811 00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:30,360 So it's not like trying to be this perfect Christian. 812 00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:33,800 Are we just reflecting him? Amen. 813 00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:41,800 OK, so so the so the sun shines on the moon. 814 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:51,000 Now the source is the sun, not as UN. 815 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:57,360 Your source is SOA. Yes, you got it. 816 00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:02,520 That's your source. Your source is Jesus. 817 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,240 So we just reflect him. Now comes to close. 818 00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:10,640 I want to show you these two. Moses, I'll cover. 819 00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:12,360 I'm going to show you something in the New Testament. 820 00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:20,360 We just buy it. Moses shows glory in the 821 00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:23,360 presence. Flip over to the New Testament. 822 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,840 Stephen shows us glory in pressure. 823 00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:29,840 Now I want you to see this. So 1 isn't 1 isn't pressure. 824 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:31,360 OK? Are you ready for this somebody? 825 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,920 Because in the book of Acts, please go read it. 826 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,800 Stephen is full of the Holy Ghost, full of faith. 827 00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:38,640 Bible says full of faith. Miracles happen. 828 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,000 No, still happen. OK, Miracles are people believe 829 00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:46,080 God. Now, just because you have 830 00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:49,760 faith, that doesn't mean you're not going to have opposition. 831 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,960 Just because God's face shines on you, the lights on you, the 832 00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:58,680 favour, the blessing, doesn't mean you are not going to face 833 00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:02,040 opposition or difficulties or challenges, OK? 834 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:06,800 So because when God starts promoting you, not everybody's 835 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:08,680 going to be happy. Not everybody's happening. 836 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:11,240 Not everybody. When you get promoted and when 837 00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:15,400 you get in the place of open door favour and the goodness of 838 00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,520 God upon your Life, OK, not everybody's clapping for you, 839 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:23,520 OK? Let's just be open and let's 840 00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:26,720 just be honest. Not everybody celebrates your 841 00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:29,920 success, OK? Let's just be honest and real. 842 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,440 We are living in a real world. There's some critiques, OK? 843 00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:36,480 These enemies, critical people, spread lies, stirs up lies, 844 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:40,280 rumours, gossip and think. Not everybody's happy when you 845 00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:45,280 are successful, OK? Now Stephen was arrested, 846 00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:48,600 brought before the council. Hostile faces, hostile voices. 847 00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:51,680 And so the Bible says something incredible. 848 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,800 Watch this. At this point, everyone in the I 849 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:59,880 council stayed at Stephen White because come on, somebody. 850 00:52:59,880 --> 00:53:04,080 Really. His face became as plied as my 851 00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:06,160 God. So his face is shining now. 852 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:11,480 When in pressure, in a time of pressure, in a time of difficult 853 00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:17,080 hardship, struggling situation, God shines his glory on him in 854 00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:19,280 the world. In a difficult situation, he's 855 00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:23,360 in a hostile situation. And so God was showing us that 856 00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:28,720 when it gets harder and harder, I am not going to leave you, but 857 00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:30,560 I'm going to shine brighter and brighter. 858 00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:33,200 So when it gets harder and harder, I'm going to shine 859 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,760 brighter and brighter. Can you sign me in somebody? 860 00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,120 And so Stephen lifted up his eyes. 861 00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:41,040 So they are raging, but he's calm. 862 00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:44,000 OK, He's steady. So they they're accusing 863 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:45,880 himself. So they are pulling, but he is 864 00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:49,080 glowing. Now let's go full circle where 865 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:50,720 we started. Yeah. 866 00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:54,560 It's the secret. Stephen changed what he was 867 00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:57,960 looking at. Did you get that? 868 00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:02,600 He got the revelation, the secret I'm giving it here. 869 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:06,240 It is just Stephen changed what he was looking at. 870 00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:13,600 The Bible says he lifted up his eyes, he shifted his focus. 871 00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,680 Come on, we're coming right back where we started, how we see, 872 00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:22,040 how we perceive Acts 755. But he being full of the Holy 873 00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:28,480 Spirit guys into heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing 874 00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:33,000 at the, Oh my God hand of God and said, look, I see the 875 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,520 heavens open. I see the Son of man standing at 876 00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,400 the right and I go, oh, don't you catch that? 877 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:44,360 He gazed up into heaven. He looked up, and not because 878 00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:47,760 the pressure was gone. OK, the pressure was still 879 00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:51,160 there, but he refused to let that pressure be the biggest 880 00:54:51,160 --> 00:54:52,720 thing. So he looked up. 881 00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:56,200 He went open pressure still there, difficulty, challenge, 882 00:54:56,360 --> 00:55:01,440 okay, hostile Fred, still there. But suddenly Steven, he saw 883 00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:06,240 something that is greater. Yes, there's problems, yes, 884 00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:09,640 there's wars, rumors of more economy problems in the world, 885 00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:12,600 but there is something that is greater. 886 00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:16,320 He saw something that is higher. He saw something that is more 887 00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:19,520 powerful. He saw the Bible says he sees 888 00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:22,800 glory, he sees Jesus. OK. 889 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:27,680 And he didn't see Jesus city. The Bible is very specific. 890 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:33,720 He saw how did he see Jesus? Thank you standing. 891 00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:41,760 So that means that heaven is not passive about your pressure. 892 00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,760 Heaven's not passive about your pain. 893 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:47,920 Heaven's not passive. Heaven is engaged. 894 00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:52,800 Watching Jesus is present. Jesus is standing for you. 895 00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:58,480 And Stephen's face changed. His face changed. 896 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:02,360 Why? Because of what he was looking 897 00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:04,160 at. That's why it's fashion. 898 00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:10,400 What are you looking at? What are you looking at? 899 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:14,840 Because what you look at, what you be, all you become, what you 900 00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:16,720 look at, that's what you reflect. 901 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,480 Come on, Jesus said it. What the eye is going to your 902 00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:21,880 whole life, it's going to fall your whole life. 903 00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:28,960 I love that song. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. 904 00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:40,720 Look full in His wonderful faith, and the things of this 905 00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:52,440 world will grow straight of His glory. 906 00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:59,440 So you turn your eyes upon Jesus and the problems of this world 907 00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:02,960 very steep start to be start right? 908 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:06,400 See Jesus higher, bigger, higher door. 909 00:57:10,240 --> 00:57:15,320 So when you fix and focus your eyes on Jesus, peace floods your 910 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:18,040 life. So what are we looking at? 911 00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,880 What are we beholding? The Bible says in the book of 912 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,200 Corinthians what you behold like a mirror. 913 00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,080 You look at the place, they're like a mirror. 914 00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:30,880 The word of God, we are changed. That's how we changed. 915 00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,440 Not performing. Oh no, I've got to like, you 916 00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:38,640 know, do another fast or something. 917 00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:44,000 It's not performance. We behold Him. 918 00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:48,400 That's how we changed. When behold him in a mirror, we 919 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:53,000 are changed from glory to glory. That's how we changed. 920 00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:56,600 What you're looking at, Behold, when you behold Him, peace 921 00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:59,840 floods your life. So when you change what you are 922 00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:01,560 looking at, you change your whole life. 923 00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:07,720 Oh Hallelujah. People want to do all sorts of 924 00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:09,200 things. These that do change. 925 00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:11,480 I need a better counsellor. I need to change. 926 00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:17,720 But you know what's amazing is behold knowing that God's face, 927 00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:21,960 he's turned towards you. Now let me close with this. 928 00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:26,280 There was this little boy in A room and he's in the little 929 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:29,560 boy's in his room and it's only a few feet away, the other 930 00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:35,280 hallway from his parents. They were in bed for some reason 931 00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:39,880 that night. This little boy was afraid and 932 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:44,760 so he called her. Daddy, are you there? 933 00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:50,240 The father answered. Yes, my son. 934 00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:58,120 I'm, I'm here. 30 seconds later, again, the little boy asked, 935 00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:04,160 Daddy, are you in there? The father said yes, my son. 936 00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:07,160 I'm Yeah. Again. 937 00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:09,720 The boy, little boy is the phrase. 938 00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:13,640 Guys are. Daddy, are you still in there? 939 00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:17,640 Yes, the father. Yes, my son, I am still. 940 00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:22,440 Yeah. One minute went by. 941 00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:31,560 The boy asks something deeper. Danny, is your face turned 942 00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:36,840 toward me? Yes, my son, my face is turned 943 00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:40,640 towards you. Can I tell you something, Judge? 944 00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:42,440 This is the word of the Lord for you today. 945 00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:49,800 God's face is turned towards you, and he will never turn his 946 00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:59,560 face away from you. Never, no mistake, never, no 947 00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:01,560 problem, No devil, no devil, nothing. 948 01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:07,600 That's the message today. So it's very simple as I 6 did 949 01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:09,800 the rise and shine for your lightest God. 950 01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,040 The glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 951 01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:13,520 Amen. Let's all stand. 952 01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:20,960 Praise God so the Father's face is shining on you. 953 01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:25,160 Not when you get it all right, OK? 954 01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:29,160 The Father's face is shining on you right now. 955 01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:33,560 Not one day when you perfect, OK? 956 01:00:33,720 --> 01:00:36,200 Not one day, Sunday will be make no mistakes. 957 01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:38,880 Or when the pressure is gone or when the storm is gone. 958 01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:44,480 Right now God's face is turned towards you, OK. 959 01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:48,800 And so even when you have made mistakes, the Bible says 960 01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:51,280 everybody have sent them for short of the glory of God. 961 01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:55,080 Even when you've made mistakes, even when you've the face of God 962 01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:58,120 is on you. The mercy never leaves the grace 963 01:00:58,120 --> 01:00:59,560 of God. The love of God is 964 01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:00,880 unconditional. It's not. 965 01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:04,640 God is not like mood swings. It doesn't go up now. 966 01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:06,360 You've been a good point now and now I love you. 967 01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:09,560 You're not being that. God's love is forever settled. 968 01:01:09,560 --> 01:01:12,760 It's eternal love. It doesn't go up and down like 969 01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,680 this. God is not like he's everlasting 970 01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:18,480 love. I meant, and so I declare that 971 01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:22,280 this way, you will see the blessing in your life. 972 01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:26,000 You will see the blessing, God's present, God's face in your life 973 01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:28,800 this week. And people will start noticing 974 01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:32,600 something on you. People will notice something in 975 01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:34,720 the shops wherever you go. They're like, there's something 976 01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:37,520 about there's a peace, there's a calmness, there's a confidence, 977 01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:42,160 not panic, but peace. And they'll notice that because 978 01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:47,840 the King's face shines upon me. And that's why the king turned 979 01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:51,040 towards Ester and she's found favor with the king. 980 01:01:52,600 --> 01:01:54,880 Now we're going to respond because we are not just hearing 981 01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:57,200 a message. We are stepping into it. 982 01:01:57,240 --> 01:02:00,840 I mean, because we're not we. Now maybe you are here today and 983 01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:05,120 you're thinking that you feel that you know, you feel at a 984 01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:09,040 disadvantage, you feel unseen, you feel maybe lonely at 985 01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:12,120 distance from God, believing that you're not good enough. 986 01:02:12,120 --> 01:02:14,520 Or maybe you just need peace in your mind. 987 01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:18,280 Maybe there's sleepless nights, panic, stress, fear, worry. 988 01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:23,120 If you need favour, OK, maybe you feel you've stuck in a 989 01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:25,480 situation. Bring it to the Father. 990 01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:31,120 OK, So if you've courage, shame or rejection, maybe you're just 991 01:02:31,120 --> 01:02:34,440 feeling unseen you need and this is our moment and you feel, 992 01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:38,040 listen, I just want to see the blessing, the Father smiling. 993 01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:42,040 OK, this moment is for you. If that's you, lift your hands 994 01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:46,920 and I want you to say, Lord, let me see the blessing of your 995 01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:49,000 face. Come on, say it again a minute 996 01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:51,720 from your heart. Say, Lord, let me see the 997 01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:55,480 blessing of your face, your countenance toward me. 998 01:02:56,480 --> 01:03:00,160 Now put your hand on your heart. I just received this prayers. 999 01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:03,400 I pray of you Lord, I just pray shine your light on every heart. 1000 01:03:04,360 --> 01:03:09,040 Lord, I pray that you open every eye to see the blessing shine on 1001 01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:11,480 every mind that has been under pressure. 1002 01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:15,680 Lord, I pray that you just calm every storm. 1003 01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:20,640 Release favour, open doors that no man can shut. 1004 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,880 Release provision, release blessing right now, Lord, 1005 01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:28,760 resources to show up. Break every lie that says I'm 1006 01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:31,880 not enough. Break every lie that says I'm 1007 01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:38,160 unseen or forgotten. Father, let your smile break 1008 01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:43,920 every yoke, every chain. Let the Father's face shine 1009 01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:49,440 right now on your people, Lord, right now in Jesus mighty name. 1010 01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:51,600 Come on, give God some praise. Somebody. 1011 01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:56,880 So right now, I want you to open your mouth and I want you to 1012 01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:59,400 declare it like you mean. It's like God. 1013 01:03:59,960 --> 01:04:05,240 He's smiling over me right now. I see the blessing. 1014 01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:12,920 His face is shining on my life. The Lord is keeping me. 1015 01:04:14,120 --> 01:04:17,640 What God gave me will not be stolen. 1016 01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:25,000 Every curse is breaking, every fog of confusion is lifting, 1017 01:04:25,640 --> 01:04:29,680 Favour is chasing me. Doors are opening. 1018 01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:34,640 I want strive for shine. I reflect his glory. 1019 01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:39,480 Peace is my portion because I am blessed. 1020 01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:47,320 Hallelujah. So right now, if you're here and 1021 01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:50,400 you want a relationship with Jesus, maybe it's your first 1022 01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:53,320 time or you want to rededicate your life to Jesus. 1023 01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:56,760 If you don't have a relationship with Jesus right now, I want to 1024 01:04:56,760 --> 01:04:58,480 give you a chance. I want to give you an 1025 01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:01,200 opportunity to give your life to Jesus. 1026 01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:04,120 Just quickly, that's you. You just want to slip up your 1027 01:05:04,120 --> 01:05:05,680 hand and just say yes, pastor, that's me. 1028 01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:08,720 I want to I want to make sure that I'm right with God 1029 01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:11,680 relationship with Jesus. I want to go where he goes. 1030 01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:13,600 I want to see what he sees. I want the blessing. 1031 01:05:13,600 --> 01:05:16,760 I want because it starts with the relationship with Jesus. 1032 01:05:16,760 --> 01:05:19,720 Thank you, thank you, thank the God sees your hand. 1033 01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:22,160 This is family. We are family, OK, We're not 1034 01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:24,280 shy. We don't we worry about who's 1035 01:05:24,280 --> 01:05:26,920 beside us. This is eternity forever. 1036 01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:29,040 It's the biggest best decision you can ever make. 1037 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:31,760 OK, It's the highest best decision ever. 1038 01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:35,200 So if you say right now quickly, I'll just just slip up your hand 1039 01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:36,640 very quickly. If you all say you're born 1040 01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:39,440 again, want to be a child of God, Thank you, thank you. 1041 01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:42,760 Anybody else's quickly that want to be included in the spray. 1042 01:05:42,920 --> 01:05:45,280 Yes, I see that hand. OK, I see that hand. 1043 01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:47,400 Thank you. OK, Let's just pray this. 1044 01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:51,720 Pray that Lord say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. 1045 01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:55,200 I believe you died for me and you rose again. 1046 01:05:55,960 --> 01:05:59,320 I receive your forgiveness. I give you my life. 1047 01:05:59,920 --> 01:06:04,200 Hide me new for me with your peace in Jesus name. 1048 01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:07,200 So if you pray that prayer, welcome home. 1049 01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:09,600 You're part of God's family. You're a child of God. 1050 01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:15,960 Come on somebody. OK, so raise your hands to 1051 01:06:15,960 --> 01:06:18,320 heaven. Just want to declare the 1052 01:06:18,320 --> 01:06:22,200 blessing over you. So the Lord bless you and keep 1053 01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:26,920 you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance 1054 01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:32,600 upon you and give you peace in the mighty name of Jesus. 1055 01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:34,920 God bless you. Hallelujah. 1056 01:06:34,920 --> 01:06:40,120 We believe it, we step into it. And so remember, you're not 1057 01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:43,120 living under a frown, you're living under a smile. 1058 01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:46,800 So this week, see the blessing. Come on somebody. 1059 01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:47,480 Hallelujah.