1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:06,120 So today is part three of our final message and our series of 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,480 resurrection line. Amen. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,040 Somebody said Jesus is alive. Yeah. 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,160 How many of you have enjoyed this series? 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,960 Praise God, you've. I mean, you've been here, 3/4 of 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,560 you. OK, those of you that's not been 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,120 here, I want to encourage you to listen again to those messages 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,240 last week. OK? 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,720 If you were not here, you must. Don't worry. 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,000 Relax. All good today. 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,120 This is your day, OK? This is your day. 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,480 We the last one. This is the one. 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,040 OK, So we left the last one the the last the hot one. 14 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,200 This is the hot one. We left the last message of the 15 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,920 series, the hot 1. So this one is going to be hot. 16 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,840 Is that OK? OK, It's OK because I enjoy some 17 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,520 Tabasco sauce and, you know, like, but it feels like you bite 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,040 into a chili pepper. Is it, is it OK? 19 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,200 Can somebody, I know some hot stuff in here today. 20 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,520 Is it OK if we go hot and we spice it up with some chili with 21 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,920 the flame, the fire of God? OK, Tell your neighbor this is 22 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,080 going to be hot. OK. 23 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,400 This is going to be hot. Yeah. 24 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,920 This, this is going to be hot. This last one. 25 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,000 OK. So I'm just excited about this 26 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,680 one. OK, so we're going to spice it 27 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,920 up some hot flank rolls, spicy. I really believe this world's 28 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,920 going to release a fire of God in this house. 29 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,600 Now I'm just giving you a little heads up to some disclaimer 30 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:21,960 before we go. This is going to be hot. 31 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:26,160 OK, before we get in before we OK, I know you came hungry, but 32 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,960 you know, it's OK. You're going to handle some hot 33 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:30,320 stuff. OK, OK, it's going to get hot in 34 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:32,240 this place. Get ready for this is a hot 1 35 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,000 because I really believe God's going to do something very 36 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 powerful because God gave me this basis and he said the title 37 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,280 of this Mace is burning heart. OK, burning hearts. 38 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:41,280 Yeah. Oh my goodness. 39 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,920 OK, burning hearts. So let me put that up and now 40 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,440 before we go any further, just thank you worship team. 41 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,000 Wow. Can we give the worship team a 42 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,400 heads up? Oh, wow, wow. 43 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,760 What an amazing club. These songs, I mean, they were 44 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,840 so in line with this message. I'm like, my goodness, these 45 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:04,520 lyrics, I can't help but burn. And this is already an connect 46 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,880 group on Tuesday already. And, and God's has been speaking 47 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,199 to me and I'm like, wow, Lord, burning hearts straight from 48 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,040 Scripture, Luke 24. Wow. 49 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:16,800 And it's just amazing how God just connects it all together. 50 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,280 And so wow, this is exactly where we're going today. 51 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,320 Burning hearts. Somebody say burning hearts. 52 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,040 Burning hearts. Amen. 53 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,160 And so, yeah, I mean, you see, The thing is, God's plan for his 54 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,400 people is not to be ice cubes in a fridge, just this, or I've 55 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,760 just survived and just get by and just barely making it that 56 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,120 God's plan for his people is to be hot, boiling on fire, full of 57 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,640 the fire of the Holy Ghost, full of our desire. 58 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:45,560 Who likes lukewarm tea? You like lukewarm tea? 59 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:51,080 Oh, I like hot coffee. Spicy hots on fire, boiling hot 60 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,240 on fire. That's what God wants for his 61 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,960 people. You see, The thing is, 62 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,000 lukewarmness went out with the 80s already. 63 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,240 We are already in 2026, so get with the time. 64 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,280 The times is no more lukewarmness. 65 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,160 That's way out being in the middle. 66 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,200 Oh, settle. We just tried to blend in and be 67 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,280 like everybody else. No, we are, we are on fire. 68 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,600 And I am not going to make excuses if I offend somebody 69 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,560 because I'm on fire burning for Jesus. 70 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,760 OK, so it's OK to be radical because that's what he wants. 71 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,800 That's what Jesus wants. He wants us to be hot, boiling 72 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,160 on fire, absolutely in love with you. 73 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:29,840 That's the first commandment in our entire Bible. 74 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,880 Love Jesus, all of your heart, all of your mind with everything 75 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:36,480 you've got and fire for Jesus and fire for Jesus. 76 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,200 That's the plan of God, full of the Holy Ghost. 77 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:43,680 So it's time to burn for God. I love that song obsession. 78 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,120 It's OK if we obsessed with Jesus, that's fine because he's 79 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,200 our number one. He's our everything obsession. 80 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:54,600 My heart hurts. We are not called to be ice 81 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,280 cubes, OK? We are not going to be in the 82 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,880 region call. We're going to be on fire. 83 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,920 On fire only goes fire. There's fresh fire in this place 84 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,880 today. So this is a word. 85 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,800 This word is a hot 1. I really believe it's going to 86 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,240 release hot fire. So Are you ready to burn for 87 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:11,960 him? Hallelujah. 88 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,200 Praise God, I've come to the right place because Jesus is 89 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,640 still looking for people, not perfect people. 90 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,360 He's looking for hungry people who comes with hunger, who comes 91 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,360 and says, yes, Lord, I want to burn for you. 92 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,280 Yes, Lord, like William Booth, Salvation Army, set the fire, 93 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:28,520 send the fire. That's what William Booth is not 94 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,800 Send the fire. So Lord burn set me ablaze on 95 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,960 fire. Let me be passionately on fire 96 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:37,680 for you. And I really believe this is a 97 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,920 timely word because God is rising up a standard. 98 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,600 He's pouring out fresh fire on his people. 99 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,040 He's rising up a standard against because the world is 100 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,640 pressure. There's difficulties and 101 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,200 challenges full of pressure and challenges and deadlines and 102 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,920 uncertainties. And so the days we're living in, 103 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,960 it's easy for the pressure that presses people down and it's 104 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,920 easy to leave you with a heart that is heavy difficulties and 105 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,040 challenges and the stress and whatever we're facing. 106 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,920 And so maybe you've come in and you've had a rough week and you 107 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,120 feel tired and difficult and you're carrying something heavy. 108 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,440 Listen, here's the good news. I've got some good news. 109 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,640 You're in for some good news. If you came in difficult with 110 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,520 carrying something, you do not have to live the same way you 111 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,760 came in. Listen, this is what I thought. 112 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,560 You do not have to live the same way you came in because there's 113 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,880 fresh grace in this place. There's fresh strength in this 114 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,440 place. There's fresh fire in this 115 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,280 place. Oh, come on, somebody, are you 116 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:32,120 getting this? Are you ready for this? 117 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,120 Hallelujah. Glory be to God. 118 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:35,680 There's fresh fire in this place. 119 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,200 So get ready, open your heart. Why? 120 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,560 Because God is about to pour out fresh fire. 121 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,400 Hallelujah. And so for the next few moments, 122 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,000 I'm going to show you something very powerful, some truth keys 123 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,960 from the very word of God, straight from Scripture. 124 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,880 We're going to go on a journey. Are you OK to go? 125 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,560 Go with me on a journey. So we're going to go on this 126 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,760 journey, Luke 24. We're going to walk with these 127 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,360 disciples on the road to Emmaus and this amazing chapter, 128 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,320 please, where this week spend time in their ways loaded with 129 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,040 revelation. I'm like, oh God, I'm going to 130 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,760 share all this in an hour or not even. 131 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,160 Like I'm going to get through all of this because there's an 132 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,800 amazing journey on Luke 24. So powerful, the resurrected 133 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,280 king. It's so powerful. 134 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,880 Please read it. This week. 135 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:17,160 I'm going to show you some keys how to shift and move from a 136 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,520 heavy heart to a burning heart from a heavy heart to a burning 137 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,080 heart. So she Are you ready for this 138 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,480 one because Luke 24 the road to Moses, these two disciples of 139 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,400 Jesus. It shows us something very 140 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,120 powerful. Remember Jesus the risen Lord on 141 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,320 resurrection day, the risen Lord. 142 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,800 That's when he joined OK these this and it shows us how Jesus 143 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,160 met them and he's so clear the Bible appreciate they were very 144 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,760 discouraged and he made them in the discouragement and I just 145 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,880 love the fact how Jesus shifted from heavy heart to burning 146 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:49,800 hearts. Oh my God. 147 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,040 And so flow with me today because I really believe 148 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,880 something powerful is here for us today. 149 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,040 So we've come hungry. Hallelujah. 150 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,440 And so let's read that we're going to do, we're going to go 151 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,560 straight into Luke 24. It is absolutely amazing. 152 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:05,480 I've just spent some time here and it's just amazing what the 153 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,160 Lord has been showing to us. So I'm going to let me put it up 154 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,040 here for us in this NIV. This one is the other version 155 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,840 and I'll go to that one. So it says Luke 24 verse 52. 156 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,320 So let's read there. It says they ask each other, 157 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:17,960 yes, he's through the disciples of Jesus. 158 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,320 We're not our hearts burning. Somebody say burning hearts, 159 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,560 right? So our hearts burning within us 160 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:31,720 while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures 161 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,600 to us. Father, I thank you for your 162 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,760 goodness in this house. Lord Holy Spirit, we welcome you 163 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,880 to come lift burdens, open eyes, set every heart ablaze. 164 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,680 In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. 165 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,080 Amen. Right. 166 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:50,160 So this amazing chapter in the Bible, yeah, verse 2024, it 167 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,560 tells of the story of these two disciples and they are on the 168 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,520 road to Emmaus. Now this is long. 169 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,280 It's miles. It's not a 5 minute walk. 170 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,160 This is a long road to Emmaus. Now watch this. 171 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,240 He Emmaus. This is so powerful. 172 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,800 When God showed this to me, I was shocked. 173 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,360 I'm like, Oh my God, Lord, this is so powerful in the Hebrew. 174 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,240 Now you've got to go deeper because we're going to go 175 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,680 deeper. This is how we do research and 176 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,200 study the word of God in the original Hebrew. 177 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,440 This word mean that Emmaus, the meaning of Emmaus. 178 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,720 I'm going to show you something very powerful here because if 179 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:27,240 you go back to the Hebrew word, the root word from Emmaus, it 180 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,400 means burning place. Hello, somebody. 181 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,720 Are you getting excited? And I just love it because I've 182 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,679 looked at different scholars at different, different 183 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,960 dictionaries and it's amazing how this, this village, this in 184 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:44,240 Mayes is closely associated with warmth, with Hot Springs. 185 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,280 Micah, I love that picture because here's a place and 186 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,680 they're on the road and they journey onto this road where 187 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:58,120 these discouraged parts, it becomes a place of burning in 188 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,640 the presence of Jesus. I love the word of God. 189 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,600 I love the meanings and what God is showing us here. 190 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,440 Are you getting this somebody? So these two disciples, they are 191 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,800 walking with the Bible. They were sad and gloomy. 192 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,320 They were discouraged and they were talking amongst each other 193 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,680 about what has happened. They were not walking in 194 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,400 celebration. They were walking in sorrow 195 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,320 because listen, Jesus has just been crucified. 196 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,560 They lead at who they followed and believed in his God. 197 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:32,920 So yeah, they are on the Sunday. Friday Jesus was crucified. 198 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,160 He's now gone. They're all sad, they're all 199 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,360 gloomy. They feel very discouraged. 200 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,800 And they are talking amongst themselves about the heartbreak, 201 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,600 about what had happened, trying to make sense of what has 202 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,920 happened because that was not what they expected. 203 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,080 This is the leader, Jesus. They thought he's going to 204 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,520 restore everything and now he's been Crucible. 205 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,440 He's been taken out of the way and there they are on this road 206 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,920 and it's not an easy Rd. Their hearts were heavy and they 207 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,080 talking about these things. They turn their confusion about 208 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,400 the loss. And while they were walking and 209 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,160 talking amongst themselves about the problems about all of a 210 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:13,520 sudden Jesus joins the resurrected Lord. 211 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,840 Jesus walks and join in that walk and he comes right there 212 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,120 with them. And now the picture of this 213 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,320 story is Jesus made them on the Heavy Rd. 214 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,200 I love that how Jesus in his resurrectors met them on the 215 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:32,880 heavy the heart He was with them in the disappointment, he was 216 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:37,120 with them in the difficulty. And you know, this is amazing 217 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:45,160 because sometimes the miracle is not that the road or the journey 218 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,360 changes immediately. Sometimes the miracle is 219 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:53,040 covering that he's worth you, that he's worth us in the 220 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,040 journey. He's worth us in the challenge, 221 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,040 in the difficulty that that is that we understand and discover 222 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,400 his presence, that he's with you in the challenge. 223 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:04,360 He is with you. Somebody say he's with you. 224 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,200 So Italian neighbors say he's with you. 225 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,600 He's with you. I mean, that's what I love about 226 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:15,400 this message. On Resurrection Day, He 227 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,480 conquered the bride. He defeated that. 228 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:22,280 He rose up on victory. And what did he do on 229 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,800 Resurrection Sunday? He chose to walk. 230 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,120 He took a walk. My God, we can relate to that, 231 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:32,080 right, man? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 232 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,720 Come on. I love that. 233 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,480 On Resurrection Day, this is resurrected. 234 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,640 I've become in victory. He took a walk. 235 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,680 That's how he's not he's not panic, he's not stressed, he's 236 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:50,600 not faking. Oh, I'm behind schedule. 237 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:55,080 I've got to do so many things. He's like I that's what he he 238 00:11:55,440 --> 00:12:00,120 took a walk. I love that church Rose from the 239 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,560 guy took a walk. He just took a walk. 240 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,720 And so it just helps me that Jesus is not just the God of the 241 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,600 mountain top, but he's the God of the road. 242 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:14,320 He's a God with us on the journey, on the journey, walking 243 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,760 with us. Now when I was younger, I must 244 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:23,680 admit I didn't like walking. I honestly, I, it was just too 245 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,200 slow for me And I'm like, I want to get there fast. 246 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,720 I think it's because I used to be a lot of athletics, sports 247 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,240 training, running. One essay is number 1. 248 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,800 And I did a lot of training. I was after school. 249 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,200 I was basically professional go fall into just running, running, 250 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,400 running. So everywhere I was just 251 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,440 running. And so walking for me is very 252 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,720 slow. It wasn't very clear. 253 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,080 So I never really loved. But what's amazing is over time, 254 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:52,960 over the years, it's tight. I have not actually I really 255 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,960 enjoy walking. I love I've learned to full love 256 00:12:55,960 --> 00:13:01,000 of especially my morning walks first thing like this morning, 257 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,840 absolutely beautiful. I'm just out there walking in 258 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,120 nature in forest. I go for a walk, see nature, see 259 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,120 the deer, pray. This is one of my most amazing 260 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,760 times with the Lord where I'm just the prey walk where I just 261 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,280 go for a like a walk in the stroll or you go take the dog 262 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,840 for a walk and it's amazing because that walks. 263 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:23,240 It's like the Lord has taught me to slow down where I would have 264 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,200 easily like Mystics. I would not have noticed that if 265 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:31,040 I would have stayed in the rush, rushing busy staying there. 266 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,680 It's like the Lord showed me, listen, well, slow down. 267 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,000 You are, you are so fast, you're running. 268 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,480 Yes, you won s s, you're the number one in South Africa, the 269 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,160 fastest runner. But listen, I'm going to turn 270 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,760 that running and that sprinting from South Africa, I'm going to 271 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,760 turn you into slowing down and take notice because in these 272 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,280 walks early in the morning when I woke up first thing before I 273 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,440 said I just go for a walk and I meet with the Lord. 274 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,200 The most sweetest most encounters I've had with the 275 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,680 Lord where he's revealed himself to me is with walking. 276 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:09,360 Yeah, come on. Many of you can relate to that. 277 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,520 Mikey, you as well used to be put that on the connect group 278 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,200 and he was walking and then you and nature and all of that and 279 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:20,560 awesome shall share about that walking with the Lord and that's 280 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:26,160 why this story is just it just touches me so deeply because on 281 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,840 resurrection day, yes, Jesus in his resurrected form. 282 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,880 OK, so he can literally with a resurrected body. 283 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,840 So there he is in that resurrection. 284 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,520 He could have done anything he could have done anywhere go 285 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,080 anywhere, but he chose to go for a walk. 286 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,280 Oh my word, Hallelujah, somebody. 287 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,560 Now he chose to walk and he in a treasure on that day. 288 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,880 He could have done a million other things, but he's like, I 289 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,720 chose to walk and I'm going to walk with two discovered 290 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,480 disciples. 2 of the disciples who felt sad and gloomy. 291 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,040 I'm going to go for a walk. And so sometimes we think, you 292 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:06,960 know, that Jesus, we only show up when our faith is so strong 293 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,640 and we've got everything together, our attitude is right 294 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,080 and everything is perfect and Jesus will show up. 295 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,240 But this passage, it shows us something different. 296 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:21,320 It shows us that he meant them on the road of difficulty of 297 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,640 challenge, OK, of a road of disappointment. 298 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,920 They were sad and confused. And this so that means you do 299 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,560 not always have to have it all together and be all perfect and 300 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,960 be all strong for Jesus to show, show up and for Jesus to come 301 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,560 near and for Jesus to come close. 302 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,080 Come on, somebody. Are you getting this word today? 303 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,080 Yeah. So maybe you're here today and 304 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,520 you've been in a season that it's it was a season heavier 305 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,880 than expected. Okay, maybe it was a financial 306 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,960 setback or maybe a relationship that didn't work out and the 307 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,080 pressure was intense. It's been intense and maybe the 308 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,200 door closed and you here today and you just feel maybe you're 309 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,240 tired. Listen, the good news is Jesus 310 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,360 that never avoided disappointed people. 311 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:09,840 In fact, he made them. He joins them on the road on 312 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,280 that long, heavy, tired Rd. He joins them. 313 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,840 And so he didn't just stand at a distance far off and shouted 314 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,840 instructions to them. No, he's the one that comes 315 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,000 close. He's the one that comes right 316 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:23,920 near. He can. 317 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,040 That is our God. He steps into our story, into 318 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,600 our lives, into our business. He steps right into our 319 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,240 journeys. OK, so he's not far off. 320 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:39,080 He's Emmanuel at Emmaus. OK, Emmanuel, come on, somebody 321 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,560 say Emmanuel, come on. Say Goddess, we're fast. 322 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:43,960 Hallelujah. Come on, say that again. 323 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,520 Emmanuel, come on, shot. Goddess, we're fast. 324 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,600 And so the scripture says in Luke 24, watch this man. 325 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,440 This is amazing. It says as they talked and 326 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,000 discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and 327 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,680 somebody say walk. Yeah, about that. 328 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:07,040 On the resurrection day, on the resurrection Sunday, he goes for 329 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,280 a walk. I love that. 330 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:12,440 And he joins them. So I'm here to tell you, you're 331 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,440 not walking alone. Whatever journey, wherever you 332 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,680 are, you are not walking alone. He's walking with you. 333 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:20,599 Jesus is walking with you. In the mornings. 334 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:21,960 It's one of the most exciting things. 335 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,240 When I get up out of bed, I'm going to walk with Jesus. 336 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:26,960 I'm going to go for a walk and I'm going to walk with the Lord. 337 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:30,680 That is, I say you don't walk alone, He's walking with you. 338 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,960 Come on, say it with me. Say Jesus is with me, start 339 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,400 again. Jesus is with me, Hallelujah. 340 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,320 So you might not always understand how everything is 341 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:43,200 going to work out yet, and maybe you have been carrying something 342 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:47,560 heavy, but heavy hearts don't have to stay heavy because Jesus 343 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,680 knows how to turn a heavy heart into a burning heart. 344 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,280 Come on, somebody say it. Hallelujah. 345 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,880 Probably beat your car. Now here's the challenge, 346 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,320 because I was reading this story and I'm like, OK, Lord, what are 347 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:02,760 you saying? And so here's the challenge In 348 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,160 this story. Jesus was right with them, but 349 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:13,640 they did not recognize. Yeah, yeah, that's right. 350 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:23,240 So he's right there, but they did not realize because they are 351 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:27,680 so focused on what's wrong, what happened, They're so discouraged 352 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,320 and sorrowful and doubtful that they've missed the miracle, 353 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:37,600 right? So caught up in the 354 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,560 disappointment and the difficult and the harsh and all of the 355 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,680 discouragement. Oh, he's gone, Jesus crucified, 356 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,400 He's gone. He's right. 357 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,520 And they missed the miracle in that moment right there. 358 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,200 They did not recognize him. And so Jesus was there. 359 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,400 That reminds me of that old story that the man in this flood 360 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,880 came and he was caught up in this flood. 361 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,880 And so the water started rising up. 362 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,240 And so he decided, OK, he's going to climb up on the roof of 363 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,880 his house. And so there he was standing and 364 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,960 he's praying. He's like, oh, God save me. 365 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,040 And the water escaped on rising and rising and this flooding and 366 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,240 flooding. And he said, Oh God, I pray save 367 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,160 me. And so here comes the boat. 368 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,080 And so the people on the boat say we're here to help, come 369 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,720 jump in. And so this man say no thanks. 370 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,040 I'm trusting God, God will save me. 371 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,280 God is the one that will rescue me. 372 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,400 And so moments later, just a while later, here comes a 373 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,760 helicopter. And so this and they're like, 374 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,400 listen, we are lowering the rope. 375 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,400 Just grab hold of the rope and we'll pull you up. 376 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,080 And he said, oh, no thanks. I am trusting in God. 377 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,560 God will rescue me. God will save me. 378 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,320 And so the floods came any drought. 379 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,640 So when he got to heaven, he asked God, he's like, God, I 380 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,440 trusted you. I believe that you're going to 381 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,440 say to me, why did you not rescue? 382 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,480 What? And God said what I've sent 383 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,480 about. I have sent in a helicopter. 384 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:13,600 What were you waiting for? So that's a lesson for us 385 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:19,120 because sometimes God will send hell and the hell that he says 386 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,880 shows up different than what we were expecting. 387 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,240 He shows up in a different way, in a different way, in a pocket 388 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,000 hang up the different from the way that we were expecting. 389 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,560 And sometimes the presence of God is right there, right in 390 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,040 front of us. But it seems so ordinary. 391 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,560 It seems so like every day there's a boat and helicopter. 392 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,520 This is can't be God. This is just a boat. 393 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,400 And it seems so ordinary that we miss it. 394 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,920 It's easy to miss. Are you with me, somebody? 395 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,120 I want you to grab hold of this word today because sometimes we 396 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,360 think that it has got to be so dramatic. 397 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,680 Spectacular fireworks, fire and lightning and Thunder from 398 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,080 heaven. That is, that's God. 399 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,560 And we think, oh, it's God only, you know, when he's a thunderous 400 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,640 loud voice from heaven and he's like spectacular. 401 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,840 Oh, and it's this big huge sign from heaven. 402 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,880 And then if it's. But you see, here's the thing. 403 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,480 God sometimes comes in the quiet. 404 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,960 It comes in this small and simple, like a boat in a 405 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,280 helicopter. He comes in this simple things, 406 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,280 OK. And so he moves in different 407 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,600 ways, in like everyday ways, and he comes and the Holy Spirit 408 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,600 just gives you a nod. Oh, there's just that prompting. 409 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,040 Or it's just something simple, like a Bible verse, just the 410 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,320 script, just just one line. You're like, oh, you're on a 411 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,360 connector. If you just read this verse and 412 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,560 this verse pops up, something like that. 413 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,280 And God, it's in it. But it seems so simple and 414 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:53,440 ordinary. It's like just a verb. 415 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,680 It's like sometimes it's just a conversation, having a chat with 416 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:02,160 a friend and it's God grading you and before you know it, God 417 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,400 is God. He gives you that peace and the 418 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:09,280 pressure and he's, he's taking and he's saying things to you. 419 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,240 Sometimes God is the closest when life feels ordinary. 420 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,480 Oh, this is just very ordinary. I'm just going for a walk. 421 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:24,920 I have been surprised at my walks many times, and not just 422 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,280 by deer and animal and nature and all of that. 423 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,760 It's like, wow, oh Lord, it's like the Lord's just in these 424 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,480 ordinary walks. Just the walk. 425 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,360 Jesus. When he joined that too, on 426 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:44,160 their Rd. on their long road to Emmaus, He didn't arrive on the 427 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,760 spotlight, His face all beaming and shining in the resurrected 428 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:48,560 void. He didn't. 429 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,680 He did not interrupt in a dramatic, spectacular way. 430 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,600 Joy. He he just came as a fellow 431 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,480 traveller walking along. And because it seems so 432 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:06,520 ordinary, it seems so. They did not recognize they 433 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:11,520 missed, missed the miracle because it seems so common and 434 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,360 ordering. They missed the miracle beside 435 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:14,840 them. How often do we see the same 436 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,200 thing? We are so focused on the 437 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,360 pressure at work, the set back in finances, the stress in the 438 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:25,640 relationship, the problem we're trying to fix, so caught up with 439 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,880 the difficulty that we fail to recognize what God is doing in 440 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,680 our lives. We fail to recognize how God is 441 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:37,080 sustaining us, keeping us sister, protecting us, how God 442 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,600 is guiding us because we're so caught up and blessed with 443 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,520 things that we fail. And are you with me, somebody? 444 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,680 Because they were talking with Jesus and they didn't know it. 445 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,520 They didn't realize it there. They're walking with Jesus. 446 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,920 And sometimes for what you are praying for, the answer is 447 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:02,000 walking right beside you. There's the resurrected thing of 448 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,760 things, Lord of Lord, resurrected form miracles 449 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:09,800 walking right beside them. Miracle is right there. 450 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,760 Recognise it. Miracle is right there. 451 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,960 It's so close. It's so near, right there, the 452 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,360 prayer that I pray. And you can be so close to a 453 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:25,000 miracle and miss it if you are too busy focusing on the 454 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,840 problem. It's easy to miss what is right 455 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,880 yes, so busy focusing on the problem, talking about the 456 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,480 problem, what the problems so busy with them missing what God 457 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,760 is doing. So don't get so focus on the 458 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,160 problem. Don't get so focused on what is 459 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,200 wrong that you fail to recognize what is right. 460 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,040 You found what is God is doing OK because they are so 461 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,760 discouraged that Jesus died on the cross, but the fearing Jesus 462 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:58,960 is walking right next to them. My God, let's not get some focus 463 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,120 on the problems that we miss out what God is doing all the 464 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:04,720 problems in the world, but what about what God is doing in the 465 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,880 church? What about the miracle science 466 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,280 and wonders? What about the glory of God 467 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,000 where people are getting heals inside and century, but we just 468 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,440 turn on the news and see all the problems hang on. 469 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,680 If we just keep on focusing on the problems, you might miss the 470 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,720 miracle. Now God is still at work. 471 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,800 God is still for you. God is still on your side. 472 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,760 So even when life feels ordinary in common, heaven is close, 473 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:36,640 Heaven is closer than you think. How is it that they're walking 474 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,920 there? They did not know this, they 475 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:44,000 didn't realize it. Jesus, he is closer than you 476 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,440 think. Are you getting this? 477 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:50,760 Somebody you know? There was an experiment years 478 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,160 ago. They've done an experiment on 479 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:57,520 this famous musician and this guy, this musician, he can play 480 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,280 this violin, incredibly wolf famous. 481 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,200 So they took this wolf famous musician and they put him in a 482 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:09,360 subway with ordinary clams. Now that musician, that famous 483 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,480 musician, he, he played that violin. 484 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,640 That's worth millions. Now if people go to a concert 485 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,920 hall, they pay a fortune for a ticket just to hear the music, 486 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,160 just to experience the beauty of that music. 487 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,120 They took that same famous musician to put him in the 488 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:29,600 subway during rush hour. And the people walk past, too 489 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,480 busy, too distracted, owing where they suppose they just 490 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:40,240 walk past instead of noticing the world famous class music, 491 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,320 that instead of paying millions, buy a ticket to go to the hall 492 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,080 and listen to me. They could, but they pass by. 493 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:55,040 They walk by because of her distractions and they failed to 494 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,160 recognize and to realize this is a world famous musician. 495 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:03,480 Let's enjoy this music. Yes, life is presentations on 496 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,560 the road, but let's take a moment and enjoy the journey 497 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,200 because they are on this road on Emmaus. 498 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,840 Enjoy the journey. Yes, it may seem hard and 499 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,440 difficult, but who's walking right next to them? 500 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,840 I was in the subway playing that beautiful music, a very famous 501 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,400 musician. We can enjoy the music. 502 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,040 Or are we? Are we going to enjoy Jesus on 503 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,440 our journey? The joy in the journey? 504 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,760 And Betty was right there in front of them. 505 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,360 And so sometimes the the extraordinary is hiding. 506 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,120 And here's this camouflage because they are hidden and they 507 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,280 are concealed in the ordinary city. 508 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:52,160 Very easy to miss because it looks so common and we miss it. 509 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,800 And that is what happened on the road to Emmaus. 510 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,360 They were walking and they did not realize it recognized this 511 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:01,280 is Jesus. They didn't Jesus right next to 512 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,000 them in they met walking next to them. 513 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:09,880 That is why this has got to become our prayer eyes. 514 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,240 I love that shot. We started right off today. 515 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:42,000 Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. What a powerful pray, God, open 516 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,800 up my eyes to see your goodness, to see your faithfulness, to see 517 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,160 you every day in my everyday job, my workplace, my family. 518 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,440 When we go, open my eyes to see the goodness. 519 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,480 I'm still alive. Then we're still here and we're 520 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,440 still breathing. We have air now. 521 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,520 And we thank you, Lord, for the good things, Lord, that there's 522 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,480 still food on the table. Thank you for the roof of back. 523 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,520 Thank you, Lord, the goodness. I'll open up my eyes to see the 524 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,560 goodness. Oh Lord, please, I don't want to 525 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,080 focus on the wrong and the problems. 526 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,240 I want to see the right thing. I want to see what is good. 527 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,400 Now this is remember Jacob, this is shocking. 528 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,160 It says here in Genesis 28, verse 16, it says then Jacob 529 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,880 woke up from his lip and said, surely the Lord, he's in this 530 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,320 place and I didn't know it. God is in this place. 531 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:32,360 I didn't know it. God is here. 532 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:40,160 I did not know that God is here. How many times in our lives that 533 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,000 this is true, that God was in that situation. 534 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,760 He was there all along and we didn't realize it. 535 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,120 He was in that season, in that conversation. 536 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,640 God was in that phone call, that conversation, right? 537 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,120 God was in it. God is here. 538 00:29:55,320 --> 00:30:00,720 We didn't even, we didn't even recognize that was God, that 539 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:05,160 open door, that opportunity. And so we are too focused on the 540 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:12,520 finish line, on getting there, moving forward that we miss the 541 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,360 moment. We like the finish line is there 542 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,240 and we focus on that. And so we miss the joy in the 543 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:20,840 journey. And it's like, you know, I will 544 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,400 be happy one day when I live in that house. 545 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,440 I will be happy one day when that problem is sorted. 546 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,240 I'll be happy one day when I meet that person or when I'm 547 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,800 connected there. One day I'll be happy when that 548 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,760 problem is solved or that pressure is removed, and then 549 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,040 I'll be happy. And so we keep on postponing, 550 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:43,920 but later, how many of you later keeps on moving? 551 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,840 Because when you get there's another challenge and there's 552 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,400 another problem and another different and another reason to 553 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,560 postpone joy. Oh, so now I've reached this 554 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,480 goal and that's great, OK. But now is another one. 555 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,600 OK, so we're postponing joy. But Jesus wants us to be happy 556 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:04,560 and enjoy life every day, every day, even though on the road to 557 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,880 Mayas Jesus walking with him. And he wants us to enjoy life. 558 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,200 He wants us to enjoy the journey. 559 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:18,160 And so if we're not careful, we can spend our whole life waiting 560 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:25,160 for a future moment that we miss the beauty of this moment that 561 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,080 we miss the beauty of the music. That music. 562 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:35,320 Yeah, Jesus is walking with us. And so try a different approach. 563 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,120 Instead of saying, oh, it's Monday, I've got to go to work, 564 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,600 try this approach and say, Lord, I thank you that I have a job. 565 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,480 I thank you that I have income. I thank you that I have strength 566 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,600 and that I have an opportunity. Oh, oh, it's Monday, I've got to 567 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,280 go do a job. No, Lord, I thank you, I have a 568 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,640 job. Oh Lord, you know, I've got to 569 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,640 clean the house again. I've got to do the dishes all 570 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,360 these children. So what about try different 571 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,520 approaches. Lord, I thank you that I have a 572 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,880 place to live and not these kids are so busy. 573 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,880 No, I thank you that I have children that I can look off you 574 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,840 sometimes the kids hard work, but I have kids. 575 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,600 I have thank the Lord for kids for children. 576 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,160 Thank you Lord for I can clean. I have a roof over my my head. 577 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,360 I have food on the table. I thank you, Lord, for those 578 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,920 things that I have. That's that approach. 579 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:33,000 And so it's not pretending that life is perfect, that 580 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,920 everything's ignoring the pain, ignoring and denying the 581 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:40,400 pressure. It's just choosing not to let 582 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:48,120 the wrong blind you from what is right, not to let allow the 583 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,880 problems of this world and the difficulties and the challenges 584 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,000 blind you from the right and the good that is in this world, the 585 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,920 good that is happening, OK. And so don't get so focused on 586 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,200 what is wrong that you miss what is right, OK? 587 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,400 In other words, what I'm trying to say to you is look for the 588 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,200 good, Philippians. That's what Paul Apostle says. 589 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,880 And think of all these good things, Pierre, holy, those 590 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:16,040 things. So think of look for the good, 591 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,880 look for the good. And a good thing is simple is 592 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,440 that you are still here. I'm still here. 593 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,880 It's by the grace of God that I'm still here. 594 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,040 Yeah, I many times I've died, nearly died. 595 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,920 I could have died. I drowned in, in, in a Mogga, 596 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:40,000 nearly drowned in South Africa in a bicycle, massive accident. 597 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,760 I flipped over the car, go outside many times. 598 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,400 I could have died, but I'm still here. 599 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,640 By the grace of God, you are still here. 600 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,640 The enemy did not wipe you off. The enemy did not. 601 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,960 The battle did not break you. The pressure did not finish you 602 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,760 off. You are still here. 603 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,240 By the grace of God, you are still here. 604 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,560 You still have grief and air in your lungs. 605 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,720 Roof over your head. Hallelujah. 606 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,080 Somebody praise God. Yeah. 607 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:11,679 It's the grace of God. Now. 608 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,520 This is what I love about this text. 609 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,960 It's amazing. Jesus now, and he says listen to 610 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,719 it. He begins to explain the 611 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,480 journey. It's so beautiful how he does 612 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:23,960 it. Please, because of time, I'll 613 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,880 just give you a snap. He explains the journey and he 614 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,280 goes all the way. He takes it all the way from 615 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,120 Moses and he pulls it all the way through the prophets and he 616 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,920 brings it together and he's actually talking about himself. 617 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,080 He explains the journey from the scriptures. 618 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,840 And So what Jesus is doing, he's speaking, He's opening up the 619 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:46,040 Scriptures about himself. Now remember, they're walking, 620 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,880 they don't know it's Jesus. They don't recognize it. 621 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,920 They don't know this is Jesus. And he's explaining the journey. 622 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,480 Now I want you to see this. This is amazing. 623 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:57,160 It says here Luke 24, verse 27, it says in the beginning with 624 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:01,360 Moses, all the prophets, He explained to them what was said 625 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,160 in all the Scripture concerning himself. 626 00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:06,640 So he's listening to them, to their disappointment in the 627 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:07,760 Proverbs, He's walking with them. 628 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,840 And then Jesus, he began to speak. 629 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,000 And so when Jesus began to speak, the word happened as are 630 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,920 the scriptures. He opened the scriptures and he 631 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:20,240 showed them the what looked like the end. 632 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,600 The Friday the Christian was not dead. 633 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,840 The Friday the Christian, that looked like the end. 634 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,600 That was the road to victory. Yes. 635 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,840 So he's explaining this in Scripture to them because 636 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,280 remember that morning they sorrow about what happened on 637 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,600 the Friday and he's explaining to them that was actually the 638 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,480 victory. And he's making this clear that 639 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,920 what felt like defeat was actually the victory. 640 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,720 And that's exactly what we need. We don't just always need a 641 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:55,480 change situation or change circumstances, an instant fix or 642 00:35:55,480 --> 00:36:00,720 an instant answer to pray. What we need first is fresh 643 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:03,120 fight. Fresh fight brings perspective 644 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:04,840 through the word of God. And I want you to grab all of 645 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,280 this because this is what Jesus doing. 646 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,240 I want you to say because he's stirring the fire. 647 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:12,800 He's stirring fight, so he's sharing the scriptures. 648 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,400 And when the scriptures becomes alive, what's happening is all 649 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,680 of a sudden they are getting a new perspective on really what's 650 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,600 going on. Because remember, they are now 651 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,480 thinking they lost their master, they lost their leader, He's 652 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,320 gone. But now Jesus, that actually 653 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:33,000 leader comes and he opens that up to them and he explains this 654 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,880 to them. Yeah, in the Scripture, and it 655 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,400 opens them because what happens when the Word of God opens, it 656 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,960 strengthens your faith. When the Word comes, When the 657 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:46,520 Word opens, faith rises. And this is what Jesus is doing. 658 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,280 And this is very, very powerful when He opens the Word, because 659 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,600 that is why you have got to stay close to the Word. 660 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,120 You're hearing what I'm saying, Judge. 661 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:59,840 You've got to stay close to the Word in every season because the 662 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,040 Word will anchor you. The Word will steady you. 663 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,080 The Word will remind you that He is with you. 664 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,320 That's what the Word of God will do. 665 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:13,680 He will remind you that God is in control, God is for you, and 666 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,920 God is walking with you. That's what the Word of God. 667 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,920 And so, yes, Jesus, the resurrected King, and he's 668 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:25,520 opening up the Word that brings strength, that brings faith, OK, 669 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,000 that brings the fire. And that's what He's doing. 670 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:31,680 So listen to it when your heart feels heavy. 671 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:40,040 When your heart feels heavy, open the word. 672 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,720 Yeah, that's right. Let him speak to you. 673 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,040 When you feel down and difficult, you're going through 674 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,560 a tough time. My heart feels heavy. 675 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,040 Open the word and let him speak to you. 676 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:58,800 Let him remind you that Friday was not a defeat, but that was 677 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,200 the road to victory. Let Him remind you that Sunday's 678 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,760 coming, and in fact, today is Sunday. 679 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,880 And today I am the resurrection. I am the life, and I'm standing 680 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,320 here with you. Yes, I died on Friday. 681 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:15,360 It looks sad. But listen, I am here right now, 682 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,280 the resurrection. And so you open the word when 683 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,960 your heart feels heavy and let it speak to you. 684 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:29,720 And when that happens, 05 rises. Oh, when you go for your walk, 685 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:32,960 your prayer walk and you have that chat with the Lord, all of 686 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,920 a sudden you feel like, Oh my goodness, something is stirring 687 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,280 in me. There's a fire stirring in me. 688 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,080 There's a fire that's stirring in me. 689 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:45,760 And now Jesus walks with him. He listens, He opens the 690 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,800 scripture. And what's happening when he's 691 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,760 opening the Scripture? Because Jesus is opening the 692 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:50,920 Scripture to them. What's this? 693 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,160 On this long journey, they're walking, he's opening the 694 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,320 scripture opening. And so what's happening is hope 695 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:59,560 is rising. So all of a sudden, and this is 696 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:04,040 the whole muffle, the theme of this message where they say, 697 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:08,080 didn't our hearts burn? Because this is what Jesus is 698 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,160 doing. He's opening up the word and 699 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:14,600 faith is now rising. All of a sudden, the fire is now 700 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,280 is now beginning little by little is beginning to burn 701 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,040 again. And they're like, Oh my 702 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,400 goodness. And that's what Scripture will 703 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,960 do to you, the word of God. It will stir your heart. 704 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,640 It will stir the fire. And I watch this the moment now 705 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:28,960 they're coming close to the village. 706 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:33,040 And here Imas is coming. Now watch this. 707 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:35,560 Jesus is doing something amazing. 708 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,520 Eraser, right? I think he's acting like he's 709 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,800 leaving. Hi, Cleo. 710 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,480 Yeah, one of the disciples. Cleo. 711 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,760 Yeah. Come read it. 712 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,280 He acted that he's leaving, but he's not leaving. 713 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,920 Bye. What is he doing? 714 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,800 By Cleo Chelsea later. Go. 715 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,320 What is he doing? He's drawing the hunger in their 716 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,720 hearts. Remember now the fight is 717 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:08,560 rising. The fight that fire is stirring. 718 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,200 He's drawing, he's seeing, he's drawing something that's on the 719 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,960 inside of it. He is waiting for an opportunity 720 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:23,480 for them to say stay, oh, stay with us. 721 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:28,040 He's waiting for that invitation. 722 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,160 He still goes by that invitation. 723 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,240 What they have to say, that's not how it works. 724 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:39,600 Listen, Jesus, he will never force himself, he said. 725 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,520 He said gentle in a very, very gentle way. 726 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,640 He will never force himself on it. 727 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:50,880 He goes on invitation. He'll he'll draw near, he'll 728 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,560 come and he walk and he's pretending and acting like he's 729 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:55,000 going to the next village. Bye. 730 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,400 See you guys later. But really he's just waiting for 731 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:03,720 that invitation. He's not forcing himself on 732 00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:07,400 anything the Bible says in Revelation 3. 733 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,800 He's standing at the door and he's knocking. 734 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:17,000 It's up to us if we open it. It's up to us if we he goes by 735 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,760 invitation. Now remember, they still don't 736 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,440 know this is Jesus the resurrected, but something is 737 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,800 starting in the hearts. Let me show you that. 738 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:32,160 Verse 3, Verse 20. Look, I stand at the door and I 739 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,400 knock. If you hear my voice and open 740 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,200 the door, I will come in and we will share our meal together as 741 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,080 friends. So Jesus is knocking. 742 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,160 Jesus. Yeah, Jesus right there. 743 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:46,320 And so he is waiting for somebody to open the door for 744 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:50,600 him. He's waiting for you to say, 745 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:55,640 stay with me, come into this house, come into the situation, 746 00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:59,080 come into my finances, my health, my marriage, my family. 747 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,200 And that is what these disciples did. 748 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,400 They invited him in. They said, stay with us, stay 749 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:06,560 with me. I love that. 750 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,760 What a powerful prayer to pray many times. 751 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:16,240 Oh, it's beautiful. Lord, stay, stay, staying when 752 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:20,320 this long journey stay in this uncertain situation, this 753 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:24,920 battle, stay with us because the presence God is not just a 754 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,120 bonus, it's not just an add on and we know God is omnipro. 755 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,000 But I'll talk about the manifested presence here, OK, 756 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,400 because I've seen I've been in a viable meetings where somebody 757 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,680 gets healed of cancer and a person next to him is sleeping. 758 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,040 I've I've literally I've taken somebody to church and South 759 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:42,360 Africa are the top athletes. He had a massive burnt actually 760 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,880 cut off and, and, and he really needed, he was sleeping through 761 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:47,440 the entire service. He's like, no, God's not. 762 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,280 Yeah, he wasn't. But the moment there was prayer 763 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,760 and God touched him and healed him and his hamster was 764 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:58,560 completely, he realized God is in the place even we, we, we 765 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,400 went early. We went to the he said, oh, I'm 766 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,560 so bored. This place, this, this the he 767 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,800 didn't know God is in the place. He didn't know God's about to 768 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:10,120 heal him. Many times I've seen it over and 769 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:11,440 over. I'm talking about the manifest 770 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,720 praise of God that God turns up God's in the place and it's 771 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:17,200 like, Lord, open up my eyes and I want you. 772 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:22,800 I want you, Lord. That's and he goes, it's amazing 773 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,160 because he still goes on invitation on hungry hearts. 774 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,200 That's how he works. That's how God, he still works 775 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:34,200 like that today in our lives. Hungry hearts, Yeah, you got to 776 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,760 be you got. He goes with invitations like 777 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,560 invite the law, invite him in and say Lord come. 778 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,040 He responds to hunger, the invitation. 779 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,000 And so I want to tell you if you will make room for him. 780 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:51,240 If it's in a morning walk during the day, you make room for him. 781 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,000 He will meet you. Then I have that. 782 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:59,120 That's my God knows that like we book appointments on calendars. 783 00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:01,600 We go on our calendar and we book appointments and all that 784 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,960 for various meetings, business meetings and all that. 785 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:09,160 Put on your calendar, book a meeting with God. 786 00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:13,800 I'm telling you now, it worked. I'm telling you now, you an 787 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,800 invitation like I book meetings, even with ones What? 788 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,640 When we do a date night, we book a time, we book a OK, so you 789 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,320 book that appointment with God. You go on your calendar, you 790 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,440 say, right, God, I'll meet you then there many times. 791 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:26,240 Yeah. And this forest. 792 00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:28,840 Yeah, this one, the forest, not the one at the lookout. 793 00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,240 I can tell you over and over and over. 794 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,720 I've booked meetings with God and God every time shuts up. 795 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,160 He's never late, He's on time. I've booked a meeting book. 796 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,880 When you make time, when you make room, he'll meet you. 797 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:41,480 When you open the door, he'll come in. 798 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,760 I'm telling you, God responds to the invitation. 799 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:48,520 He responds, OK, this, this is exactly what we see here because 800 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:50,600 he will meet you there when you make room for him. 801 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,200 When you invite him, he will come in. 802 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,520 He responds because that's what he does. 803 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:01,240 When they the Bible says, when they invited him, they said stay 804 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:04,160 with us. The Bible, Jesus joined them. 805 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:08,800 He went into the house. That's the goodness of God. 806 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:13,360 That's the faithfulness of God. And so that brings us to 807 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,600 communion, because this is the beauty of communion, because 808 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,480 it's all in this chapter. Communion is an invitation. 809 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:23,200 It's a divine invitation. Are you ready for this one 810 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,160 church? Do you have your communion 811 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:26,680 elements? OK. 812 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:28,880 Because it's the beauty. Because. 813 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,880 So he came into the house and yeah, he's joining them at the 814 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,520 table. And here's something on the 815 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,600 table. It looks ordinary, just like an 816 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:42,880 ordinary meal. But that ordinary meal turned 817 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:46,680 into a holy moment. Yeah. 818 00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:49,760 And so this is where everything changed. 819 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,640 This is where the whole story shifts. 820 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,200 This is now the turning point. OK. 821 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,920 This is where the whole shift takes place Because Jesus, the 822 00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,720 Bible says Jesus took the bread he took and he blessed it. 823 00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:02,920 He broke it and he gave it to them. 824 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,000 I want you to get hold of this because this is where everything 825 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,640 changes, the whole story. Everything shifts. 826 00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,200 OK? Don't miss this moment now 827 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:15,280 because Abad says the moment Jesus blessed broken and gave 828 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:21,280 them the bread, suddenly they eyes opened. 829 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:29,200 Jeez, that long mild journey, that road, all of a sudden 830 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:31,360 they're at the table. This is so look, so ordinary. 831 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:35,800 Just branches all of a sudden, the moment they took comedian 832 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:41,000 open their eyes open and they recognize this is Jesus 833 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:45,600 comedian. What looks so small, so simple 834 00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:51,160 can do this to our lives, can shift your entire life today, 835 00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:54,200 completely shift your perspective, the way you see 836 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:57,320 things and shift everything in your life, in your career, in 837 00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:01,000 your health from this. That looks so ordinary, but it's 838 00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:05,280 a holy moment. What a moment. 839 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,480 Suddenly their eyes are, they didn't just talk about Jesus, 840 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:12,080 they just think about Jesus. They didn't just discuss Jesus, 841 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:18,000 they recognize here it is encountered Jesus, an encounter 842 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,560 with the Lord and revealing versus Jesus and their eyes 843 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,800 open. This is Jesus. 844 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:29,280 This is what I'm believing today for us today, this moment of 845 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,880 communion as a corporate party of Christ Jesus, body of Jesus, 846 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:38,600 that burdens will lift, eyes will open up, that this is your 847 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:42,480 suddenly moment. This is your eye opening moment. 848 00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:47,560 This is your burning, your heart burning moment that when we 849 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:52,160 partake of the communion of the Lord, he is, but there will be a 850 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:57,960 sudden moment, heart's burning for Jesus. 851 00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,760 Every heart be set ablaze on fire for Jesus. 852 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:03,800 So Are you ready to receive community together? 853 00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,920 Because it says here Luke 2430, it says when he was at the 854 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,400 table, you want them into bread, gave thanks, broke it, began to 855 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,200 give it to them. Then the eyes were open and they 856 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,400 recognized him. Glory be to God. 857 00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,640 So this will be a moment where eyes open. 858 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:25,440 Are you ready where hearts burn? Jesus makes himself real again. 859 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:29,960 So let's take the bread, the wafer, just the top pot. 860 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:37,640 So this is not a little ritual dead religion, OK, This is now, 861 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:41,040 this is the party of Jesus Christ that we are receiving. 862 00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:44,240 So it's a divine invitation. So I want you to hold it in your 863 00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:46,200 hand and then pray this with me out loud. 864 00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,240 So thank you Jesus for the cross. 865 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:56,000 Thank you for your broken body. Open my eyes and set my heart on 866 00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:00,480 fire in Jesus name. Now eat the bread together. 867 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,720 Father, let your presence touch every heart. 868 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:11,920 Turn heaviness into holy fire. Stir faith, set every heart 869 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:16,840 ablaze in Jesus mighty name. Now take the cup in your hand. 870 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:25,040 Let's open that. This cup reminds us of the blood 871 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:30,440 of Jesus, gives a new beginning, brand new life. 872 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,600 Now pray this with me. Lord Jesus, thank you for your 873 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,000 blood. Thank you that my sin is 874 00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:41,320 forgiven. Thank you that the enemy has no 875 00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:46,240 claim over my life. As I drink this cup I receive 876 00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:53,080 life, abundant life, freedom, hope in Jesus name, Amen. 877 00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:58,240 Now drink the cup together. Now lift your hands to heaven, 878 00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,800 Father, let fresh fire fall upon every person in this room. 879 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:06,000 Lift heaviness, lift every burden. 880 00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:11,720 Open our eyes to see. Let revival fire touch every 881 00:50:11,720 --> 00:50:14,520 heart. Mighty name of Jesus and 882 00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,960 everybody, come on, give him some shout of praise. 883 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,880 Hallelujah. Glory be to God. 884 00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:24,920 So very quickly and closing, I just want to wrap this up half 885 00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,440 of the table. So everything's shifted. 886 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,960 Everything change. What was heavy began to put he 887 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,240 was a turn around. And so they looked at one 888 00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:39,040 another and they said, did not our hearts burn within us? 889 00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:43,120 Oh, I love that we're not our hearts burning burning hearts 890 00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:47,640 within us. Now they started the road heavy. 891 00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:51,040 They ended the road burning. They started the road 892 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:56,040 discouraged sorrow. They ended the road on fire, 893 00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:59,560 Holy Ghost, Fire. That is what Jesus still does 894 00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,320 today. He turns heavy hearts into 895 00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:07,600 burning hearts. And so heavy hearts can burn 896 00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:09,440 again. What sin? 897 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,840 They can live again because Jesus is alive. 898 00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:14,520 Your joy can live again. Your hope can live again. 899 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,960 Your faith can live again. Holy fire. 900 00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:20,640 You can burn again. And so when their hearts were 901 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,320 set on fire and yeah, right at the end of the charter, I love 902 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:26,280 the last part. It says when they got on fire, 903 00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:28,440 they returned to Jerusalem. Hallelujah. 904 00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:33,040 They returned to like promise Jerusalem on fire like that on 905 00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,360 fire, back to Jerusalem with the fire of God. 906 00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:37,240 They have now been touched and changed. 907 00:51:37,240 --> 00:51:40,080 They're on fire. They are carrying resurrection 908 00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:43,440 power, resurrection witness. We encounter the resurrection. 909 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,640 We are burning with fire. And so they are back. 910 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,560 They are back on the right and they are returning to Jerusalem 911 00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:51,720 with fire. Listen, they came. 912 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:53,800 They did not go back the same way. 913 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,320 And I believe you will not leave the same way. 914 00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,920 You can eat, OK? You'll leave with the fire of 915 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:02,520 God. Listen, when Jesus touches you, 916 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:06,960 your eyes don't stay the same. When you have a really 917 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,400 comfortable Jesus, you don't stay the same. 918 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:16,600 They were changed, hearts set on fire, awakened ablaze on fire, 919 00:52:16,720 --> 00:52:19,440 fresh fire and so really uncomfortable Jesus. 920 00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,840 It will put fresh fire in your life. 921 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:25,480 It will turn you up, will set your hot boiling. 922 00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:29,240 And I believe that you are not living the same way. 923 00:52:29,240 --> 00:52:32,200 You came into this place. You might have come in here 924 00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:34,320 carrying something heavy, something. 925 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,880 But listen, you are leaving this place with Holy Ghost fire, 926 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,280 fresh fire. You are living different. 927 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:42,920 You are living on fire, boiling on, on fire. 928 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:46,200 Hallelujah. So the same Jesus who walk with 929 00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,840 those disciples are walking with you, the very same Jesus who 930 00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,080 open up their eyes. He's opening up your eyes right 931 00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:59,240 now for fairy sake, Jesus, who set their hearts on fire. 932 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:03,800 They set it your hearts on fire right now the very same pieces 933 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:07,120 that turn their lights around is turning your lights around. 934 00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,440 So lift your face, lift your expectation. 935 00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:12,760 This is when your fire comes back. 936 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:15,520 Somebody get up, give God surprise. 937 00:53:20,720 --> 00:53:23,800 So right now, if you came in carrying disappointment or grief 938 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:27,720 or loss or heaviness, if you say, Lord, set my heart on fire. 939 00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:30,400 If you say, open up my eyes, lift your hands right now, lift 940 00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:35,880 both hands and say this with me. Say, Lord, open my eyes, stay 941 00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:40,640 with me, set my heart on fire. Now put your hand on your heart 942 00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,760 right now. Because the very same Jesus walk 943 00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:47,320 with those two disciples is here in this room right now. 944 00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:51,920 The Saint Jesus who walked on the road to Mayas is with, is 945 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:55,040 with, is with you right now. He's walking in this room right 946 00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,600 now. The same Jesus is here touching 947 00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,760 hearts. Heavy hearts can burn again. 948 00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:02,600 So Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for every person right 949 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:07,320 now under the sound of my voice. Let every burden lift, break 950 00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:11,320 every heaviness for heal every disappointment. 951 00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:16,680 Lord, strengthen where we saw. Restore joy, restore faith, 952 00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:20,440 restore hope and dreams, restore holy fire. 953 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:27,520 Now Lord turn every heart burning burning for your Jesus 954 00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:33,360 Central Church on fire. Let Bracken on burn for Jesus, 955 00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:36,200 blade our nation, the nation of UK. 956 00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:41,840 Burn for Jesus all the way from the all the way through into 957 00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:43,560 businesses. Every school will be set to 958 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:44,640 blame. Now. 959 00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:48,560 Receive that, receive peace, receive fire, receive strength, 960 00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:51,360 receive hope. Now I want you to declare this 961 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:54,400 with faith. Say I will not leave the same 962 00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:59,520 way I came. This is where my fire comes 963 00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:03,000 back. My heavy heart is becoming a 964 00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:07,720 burning heart. What fell cold will burn again. 965 00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:11,760 Jesus is alive and I will live on fire. 966 00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:17,760 I declare my heart burns for you Jesus. 967 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:21,200 Now give it some praise. Somebody top Hallelujah.