1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,880 So Are you ready? Because we are going to go 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:04,240 straight into the Word of God. God has given us word from the 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,920 book of Nehemiah, chapter 8, and it's got a day. 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,560 I'll have the Scriptures. I'll put it on me on the screen 5 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:14,480 for US. Nehemiah Schmatter 8 Whoo Hoo. 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,280 I feel the joy in this place, right? 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,880 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've got some radical, joyful 8 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:20,480 people. Yeah. 9 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,160 This is a festive celebration, my God. 10 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,720 Hallelujah. So let's pick it up there from 11 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,680 verse 9. And it says then this day is 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,520 holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or win. 13 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:38,200 Verse 10 Nehemiah said go and enjoy choice food, sweet drinks 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,000 and center to those who have nothing prepared. 15 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,920 This day is holy to our Lord Hallelujah. 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,480 That sounds like a holy celebration. 17 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:55,680 Do not grieve for the joy of the Lord is your praying Hallelujah. 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,640 Let's just by Father, we thank you for this word of 19 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,040 celebration. Holy Spirit annoying my lips 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,800 open our hearts. Let the rivers of joy flow in 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,800 this place. Flow in every heart through US. 22 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,560 Oh Lord have your way Holy Spirit release fresh strength. 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,480 Oh, fresh joy in this meeting today. 24 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,680 And we give you praise in advance of what you're about to 25 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,000 do in this place. And all of God's people shout, 26 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,400 Amen. Put your hands together and 27 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:29,040 reprise. OK, so our scripture here today 28 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,680 from the book of Nehemiah Chattai, God's people, the 29 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,360 Israelites, they have just come back from exile, the Babylonian 30 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,400 captivity. And so they back and they have 31 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,200 just rebuild the walls. OK, so the city walls they were 32 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,160 rebuild, but the problem is their hearts were still broken. 33 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,080 So they back in the city, yes, the city is standing, but their 34 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,960 hearts are still heavy. And so God raised up Nehemiah to 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,400 rebel and to restore what was broken. 36 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,200 And so then we see here just to give you this verse in context, 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,639 is that Ezra the high priest stood up and he read out the 38 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,400 book of the law. And so as he read out the word 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,560 of the law, what happens is that the conviction fell on the 40 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,640 people. And so they start. 41 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:21,800 The tears started streaming on their faces because they realize 42 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,920 how far they have drifted. And so right, they're in the 43 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:29,440 middle of they weeping and they crying and they saw Nehemiah 44 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,640 stood up and Nehemiah interrupted and he said, listen, 45 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,760 do not mourn. Do not grieve. 46 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:39,120 This is a holy day. It is a time to celebrate. 47 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,080 And then he says this powerful statement because and this is 48 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:47,400 the revelation, because the joy of the Lord is your strength. 49 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:51,280 Somebody shout Hallelujah. I feel like preaching here 50 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,320 today. Are you ready? 51 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,720 Somebody can I preach this because here is Nehemiah. 52 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,280 He interrupted. They sadness, they crying, they 53 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,280 tears. He interrupted and he gave them 54 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:07,000 permission on the holy day to celebrate, to have a joyous 55 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,600 festive celebration. Somebody shout, celebrate. 56 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,040 Come on, try to celebrate. Tell your neighbors. 57 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,960 Celebrate. Yeah. 58 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:21,680 And so Nehemiah stood up, and he said something that shifted the 59 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,960 entire atmosphere shifted what was going on? 60 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,600 And he was saying anything. Listen, do not camp in guilt. 61 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,720 Now is not the time to stay stuck in a place of sorrow. 62 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,880 Do not live with the weights of the past, because this is a day 63 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,360 of celebration. This is a day that the Lord has 64 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:43,920 made. And he goes on and he says, the 65 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,120 joy of the Lord is your strength. 66 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,120 Are you getting this somebody? Are you receiving the word 67 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,200 today? OK. 68 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:56,240 You see, this was not a time to camp out at guilt. 69 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,880 It was a time to step into celebration. 70 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,280 This was a time to step into greater grace. 71 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,200 OK? Listen, this was not a funeral. 72 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:10,520 This was a homecoming, OK? And so this time of celebration, 73 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,120 Nehemiah understood this revelation, this principle, and 74 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,959 that's why you were saying this joyous feast of celebration, 75 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,280 relation equals strength. The joy of the Lord is your 76 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:25,480 strength. Somebody say that the joy of the 77 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,280 Lord is my strength. So I say it again, the joy of 78 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:31,200 the Lord is my strength. I want you to grab that and get 79 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,360 that in your spirit today. Hallelujah. 80 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:42,440 OK, Now that word strength, in the Hebrew, it is maozed. 81 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:48,160 So it means a fortress. It means a safe place, a 82 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,160 stronghold. So it's a place of safety. 83 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,040 So joy isn't just a flimsy feeling. 84 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,440 Joy is a fortress, OK? It's something that God bolts 85 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,240 around your heart and your mind. Joy is like a shield. 86 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,760 It's a protective shield around you, keeping you protected 87 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,200 against discouragement, despair, and defeat. 88 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,600 OK, and so when you're Maya explained the word of the law to 89 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,000 them, I want you to go and read this whole chapter in context as 90 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,160 well. You explained it to the people 91 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,240 very clearly so that they could understand. 92 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,000 Then something shifted when they finally got it, when they 93 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,040 understood the word of the law, something changed. 94 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,400 And what happened? They tears turned into dancing, 95 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,160 they mourning turned into feasting and the entire thing 96 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,600 shifted around and what happened? 97 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,080 The people broke loose and they ate and they drank and they 98 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,200 shared their food and they started with a celebration, a 99 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,760 festive celebration after they got the revelation what Nehemiah 100 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,160 released. And I trust God to date that, 101 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,280 that some revelation will hit your life. 102 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,720 But that revelation that the joy of the Lord is your strength 103 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,480 will hit you and you will start celebrating and feasting like 104 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,960 never before in your life. Because it's time for the 105 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,880 Christian Church to celebrate. The days are over of mourning 106 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,680 and crying, and so it's time for the church to rise victorious 107 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,520 and celebrate more than the world. 108 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,600 The Christians know how to party and to celebrate. 109 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,560 Hallelujah. And so this is what the Bible 110 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,800 says. They celebrate it and listen, I 111 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,400 love this work because it says they celebrate it not just 112 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,080 little loop or little flaky. They celebrate it with great 113 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,680 joy. Somebody say great joy. 114 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,560 Now let me read it to you. It says here in verse 12. 115 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,120 Then all the people went away to eat and drink to same portions 116 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,440 of food and celebrate. Somebody shall celebrate us with 117 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:50,280 great joy because they now understood the words that had 118 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:53,200 been made known to them. Do you understand this church? 119 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,480 Once they got the revelation, once they got the Word, and that 120 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,400 is this celebration. Now I want you to see Heaven's 121 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,240 order, because there is order of flow, how things flow according 122 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,600 to the book of Nehemiah. The first thing is understanding 123 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,400 the word of the Lord, that once they understood the Word, joy 124 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,480 rises. Once the joy rises, strength 125 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,600 comes. When the strength comes, the 126 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,440 victory hollow. Somebody shout Hallelujah. 127 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,880 Judge, listen. Joy is not optional. 128 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,680 Joy is a fortress. It is a strategy. 129 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,400 It's not what you feel when everything is good. 130 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Joy is not what you just feel when life is all perfect. 131 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:40,520 No, joy is what God gives you so that you can walk through the 132 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,240 difficulty, walk through the storms of life with strength. 133 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:49,480 That's the power of joy. Now Nehemiah made that clear to 134 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,600 the people. Listen and he said and explain 135 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,200 joy equals strength. Joy is strength, and that's what 136 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,720 I want you to get, because joy is how you keep on going when 137 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:06,520 you feel tight. And so joy is like the 138 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,880 thermostat of your spur. Now, let me just tell you the 139 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,680 difference between a thermostat and a thermometer. 140 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,360 OK? A thermometer reflects the 141 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,360 temperature, right? So that's a thermometer. 142 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,280 It reflects the temperature. So it tells you how hot or how 143 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,000 cold the environment. That's a thermometer. 144 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,960 But what's different between a thermostat? 145 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:32,600 A thermostat sets it. OK, somebody, you're getting 146 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,280 this because joy makes you a thermostat. 147 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,360 It sets the tongue. That's what joy will do. 148 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,480 So when life gets stormy and difficult and challenging, OK, 149 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,000 you don't reflect what's going on the outside. 150 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,200 You don't reflect the stormy and the difficulty because you set 151 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,000 the tongue. That's what joy will. 152 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,880 It sets the tongue. OK, somebody's getting it. 153 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,080 That's what a thermostat and hug you phrased about your city. 154 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,000 That's the tone, that's the atmosphere. 155 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,760 And so the economy may be cold, the news may be stormy, 156 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:10,040 difficult challenges on the outside, but on the inside you 157 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,600 set your atmosphere. You set the atmosphere, right? 158 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,160 So instead of it is cold out there, I'm feeling down and I'm 159 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,200 feeling miserable. Now you declare that God is 160 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,480 good, God is faithful, God's blessing. 161 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,560 This is the day that the Lord has met. 162 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:32,240 We will rejoice and be glad. And so you set it to, yes, I 163 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:37,720 will celebrate regardless of what's going on around us in the 164 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,160 world, in the situations on the news, you said. 165 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,520 And so the bottom line is, listen, you can't not always 166 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,520 control what is going on around you, cannot control the people 167 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,800 around you, can't control everybody or everything around 168 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,520 you. But by the spirit, by the joy, 169 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,640 by the famous, you can control what's within you. 170 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,640 You can set it in you. You can set that. 171 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:06,680 And so when you set a thermostat of joy and you set your joy, 172 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,080 when you do that, then strength comes and then the victory 173 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,400 follows. Somebody shout Hallelujah. 174 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,840 You know, I read about this marathon runner and he collapsed 175 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,720 just near the finish line. His muscles just go away. 176 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,840 His party just said there's no way. 177 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,600 But then when that happened was he crawled through the finish 178 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,000 line, He crawled across the line. 179 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,080 And so later he said my strength was gone. 180 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,480 My physical natural strength was gone. 181 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:45,520 But the joy of finishing carried me through. 182 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,920 The joy of finishing. Come on, somebody carried me 183 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,040 through. That's what he said, OK. 184 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,080 And so the joy of finishing now, that's what the Bible means when 185 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,920 it says that the joy of the Lord is your strength, OK? 186 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:06,880 And so joy carries you when your natural abilities runs out. 187 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,440 Did you hear that? Joy carries you when your 188 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,560 natural talents and your natural strength and natural abilities 189 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,000 runs out. Joy will carry you through the 190 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,560 situation. And so Nehemiah's message is 191 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:25,040 still speaking to us. Don't wait until everything 192 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,120 starts. Don't wait until life is 193 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,880 perfect. Rejoice now. 194 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:34,200 Choose joy now. Choose to celebrate now. 195 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,600 Come on, somebody now, joy. The thing is, it's not tight and 196 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:44,720 connected to circumstances. Joy is connected to Christ. 197 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,760 Can you say, I mean somebody? And so Nehemiah told the people 198 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,120 to stop crying, to stop mourning and weeping. 199 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,720 Do not mourn, but go and feast, go and celebrant, go and enjoy. 200 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,920 Go and have a great blessed life. 201 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,000 And he give them permission because he's saying this is the 202 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,920 revelation that we're getting today, that the joy of the Lord 203 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:10,880 is your strength. Now, God was not minimizing 204 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,000 their time of tears, OK? He did not minimize. 205 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:20,800 There is a time of weeping. There is a time of sorrow and 206 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,840 crying and mourning. So He did not minimize that, OK? 207 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,760 Listen, conviction of the Word, that is, and we see that in this 208 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,320 text. It is vitally important, OK? 209 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,360 But the problem is you cannot stay there. 210 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,040 This is the problem with so many Christians today, that they stay 211 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,960 going around the same mountain of feeling the failure and the 212 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,760 mistake over and over, repeating it over and over. 213 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,720 OK, so we cannot stay and park there and stay and feel 214 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,960 convicted and sorrow and cry over the mistake that I've made 215 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,600 five years ago and still crying. Other things that happened 10 216 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:05,000 years ago, still going to No, we cannot stay in the same place. 217 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,680 At some point, the crying needs to stop. 218 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:08,880 OK? I feel sad. 219 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,320 I feel sorry for what I've done. I apologize. 220 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,400 I'm so sorry, brother, sister, I'm sorry for what's happened, 221 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,680 what's done. But then you've got to move on. 222 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:22,040 We don't camp there and cry for weeks and days and months and go 223 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,520 around the same mountain. Families and situations in 224 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,760 workplaces, marriages, wherever. We move on from that. 225 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,760 We ask forgiveness, we repent. The conviction was they said so, 226 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,280 but we move. So we have got to, at some 227 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,920 point, move on to celebration. That's where a lot of Christians 228 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,880 are struggling. They get caught up with tilt and 229 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:45,000 shame and condemnation. But it's time to come off that. 230 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,760 Nehemiah is saying now is the time to celebrate. 231 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:53,960 It's time to move on because if you don't celebrate, you'll 232 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,560 never access the strength that comes with the joy. 233 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:59,880 Somebody, come on short. Hallelujah. 234 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,360 Oh, I feel annoyed to you, this place. 235 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,520 I feel the Princess of God in this place. 236 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,320 Hallelujah. Are you with me? 237 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,600 Somebody? It's like a wedding feast, OK? 238 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,480 The whole wedding is ready. The food's prepared, the party, 239 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,040 the excitement, the music's playing. 240 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,440 Everything is excitement. Big, huge wedding. 241 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,120 I know weddings because my mom, but she's wedding into the. 242 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,040 So this massive, big wedding is ready. 243 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:28,760 And then the case are weeping and crying because you know 244 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,760 their shoes are dirty from the journey to the wedding. 245 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,720 That's what happens when we keep on mourning and crying over the 246 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,440 same things. We keep on going around the 247 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,560 sunny mountain, keep on awning and crying when God has already 248 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,600 dealt with that. That's what happens when we keep 249 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,520 on crying and mourning and crying. 250 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,800 But God has already dealt with that. 251 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,680 God has already forgiven. God has already wiped that, 252 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,520 throtted it out, removed. They cancel it. 253 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,280 The Bible says he's already moved that as far as the east is 254 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,320 from the West. He's already dealt with that. 255 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,240 So why now we should be still carrying on crying. 256 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:04,920 Why should we still feeling sorry and what? 257 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,480 It's time to celebrate, It's time to move on. 258 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,200 Hallelujah. And God sent me here to David. 259 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,520 This word God said, tell my people it's time to celebrate. 260 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,360 I'm coming with the word of the Lord tonight. 261 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,600 Stretch. I'm just giving you the word of 262 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,800 the Lord of God gave it to me and I just want to give it to 263 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,080 the way that the Lord gave it to me. 264 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,000 And God sent me here today and said that heaven is not hosting 265 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,600 a funeral. Heaven is hosting A feast. 266 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,600 I'm going to say that again because that is so good. 267 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,760 Heaven is not hosting a funeral. Heaven is hosting A feast. 268 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,800 Somebody celebrate. Somebody shouts celebrate, 269 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:44,560 celebrate. And parents, you understand 270 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,880 this. You know when you give your 271 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,760 child a birthday present, wrap the birthday present, put the 272 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,240 wrapping on, look beautiful. Give the birthday present to 273 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,320 your child. And instead of smiling and thank 274 00:15:55,320 --> 00:16:01,840 you, they're crying, crying, sorrow Corning. 275 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,240 Oh no, I'm not good enough for this present. 276 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,920 I don't deserve this present. It doesn't make sense. 277 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,160 Listen and you tell your child. Listen child, I'm not giving you 278 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,000 this present because you deserve it. 279 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,520 I'm not giving you this present because you have now not been 280 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:17,680 naughty or you've been a good boy. 281 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,760 I'm giving you this present because I love you. 282 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,320 I love you, Mommy and daddy, we love you. 283 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,320 God loves you. Hallelujah. 284 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,760 We're the children of God. Somebody shout Hallelujah, Glory 285 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,560 be to God. So it's not because you earned, 286 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,280 it's because of the love of God. So that's what God says to us. 287 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,080 God is saying stop crying over who you know. 288 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,320 Stop crying over the mistakes in the failure. 289 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,600 Start celebrating. God is saying start celebrating 290 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,040 with who I am. And that's powerful because we 291 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,840 should be celebrating how good our God is, how amazing parties. 292 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,720 Oh God, you are glorious. You are awesome. 293 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,000 You are Somebody shout Hallelujah. 294 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,840 God is good. God is good. 295 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,320 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hallelujah. 296 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:03,480 So the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt, but God was building 297 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,760 joy walls on the inside. Joy walls. 298 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:11,920 Somebody say joy walls. OK, Because without joy a heart 299 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:16,400 is like a city. Without walls, it is vulnerable. 300 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,160 OK, so it's wide open to discouragement, despair, and 301 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,160 defeat. Now listen, you can have talent. 302 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,840 You can have money, you can have jobs, you can have 303 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:33,880 opportunities, but without choice, you're vulnerable. 304 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:38,400 Without choice, celebration, you are vulnerable. 305 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:42,480 You're because The thing is with choice, joy is a fortress. 306 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,800 Joy is a safe place. It's protection and joy. 307 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,480 Come on, somebody. So this week when you spend time 308 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,840 on the word and you read the Bible, OK, When you read the 309 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:58,040 word, celebrate it. Yes, when you read that 310 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,840 scripture, when you yell or speak to you celebrate it, it, 311 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:08,400 show it and you speak it when you yell, I promise from the 312 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:14,880 Lord. I mean, don't just nod, OK? 313 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,680 Read the Bible in a little scripture again. 314 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,240 Yeah, Rejoice. Wow, what a loss of word from 315 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,920 God. If I can read John 316, I've 316 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,200 read it out of thousands of thousands. 317 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,880 So I've read through it so many times, but it's still fresh. 318 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,600 It never gets old. It never gets old. 319 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,760 It's never gets old. I would read that same very 320 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,320 verse over again, John 360 for God. 321 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,720 So love the world and I would read it and I would still get 322 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:49,360 excited. Yes, you get excited about the 323 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:52,040 work. So this week when you spend time 324 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,640 in the work throughout your day, take 10 second praise breaks. 325 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,400 I love taking praise breaks. You know, when you take a praise 326 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,880 break, listen, you just pull joy walls. 327 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,600 When you take these praise breaks. 328 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,880 Listen, you've got like a a tough meeting at work and it's 329 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,920 difficult and stressful. Take a take a joy break. 330 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,160 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You take a joy break. 331 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:15,960 Difficult meeting, boardroom meeting. 332 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,480 Listen, I've been in the corporate world. 333 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,880 I'll go to the bathroom. Just take a quick joy break in 334 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,480 the bathroom. Jeez. 335 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:28,280 Yeah, yeah. Something happens, you know, or 336 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,680 kids acting up. Difficult situation. 337 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,280 You just take a joy break. Just take a joy break. 338 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:35,960 I just go and sit and laugh for 10 seconds. 339 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,560 You just laugh and you just take the joy break and you just 340 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,800 declare the word you say, listen, this is the day that the 341 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,200 Lord has made. I will rejoice and I will be 342 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,320 glad. Yeah, you take a joy break. 343 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,000 And so the bulls are piling up. Difficult situation. 344 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,240 And so in the kitchen you just start singing while you're 345 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,240 making tea. This is the day. 346 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,000 This is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has 347 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,800 made. We will rejoice. 348 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,360 We will rejoice and be glad in me and be glad in you. 349 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:07,960 That's what I did. OK, so we take these joy graphs 350 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,360 throughout the day. And so this week try these joy 351 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:13,840 breaks. And So what you do is, and this 352 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,680 helps, they've proven this psychologically as well, that 353 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:21,160 when you smile, so you, you, you smile on purpose and you can 354 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,400 look in the mirror and you can smile and it released happy 355 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,760 hormones, you feel better. So when you smile on purpose, 356 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,680 I'm not talking about the situation or sugar. 357 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,120 I'm not talking about you lying on the beach. 358 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:33,320 I'm talking about just before you go into a stressful board 359 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,080 meeting. You smile on purpose. 360 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,640 OK, so it's rather so because The thing is your face has to 361 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:44,680 prophecy of your feelings. Your face has to prophecy of 362 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,360 your feelings, OK? And so you just put on a joy 363 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,680 laugh. So I'm saying it's a fake laugh. 364 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,760 Like you laugh because when you laugh, you will tell you will 365 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:59,360 overrule the feelings, OK. And so you don't wait for the 366 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:02,280 joy to come. You don't wait for the joy or 367 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,680 the happiness to arrive somewhere. 368 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,440 No, you release it, you make it twice a decision in hospitals 369 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,560 kinds of they showed them funny comedian videos you can watch on 370 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,560 YouTube, these trips with this video, the cats and the dogs and 371 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,000 things make people laugh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 372 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,520 It's, it's it's proven. It's it's it's physical, 373 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,480 logical, but it's also Bible make people laugh, feel better. 374 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,360 Yeah. So you release it and then 375 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:29,760 strength follows. And so this is Nehemiah. 376 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,560 He got the revelation. It's in the Bible. 377 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,840 He said, listen guys, you need to go and celebrate this crying 378 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,840 and this sorrow, this and this and you need to shake off the 379 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,000 dust. You need to start celebrating 380 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,160 some choice festivity because he knows what's going to happen. 381 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,480 He knows that the people are going to be lifted up. 382 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,920 You walk out of a church meeting, you've had a full belly 383 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:50,800 laugh. You feel better. 384 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,320 And those of you, I've been in Rodney R Brown's meetings in 385 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,560 Johannesburg now. When I walked in that the first 386 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:00,680 time, I really thought it was a circus because he was not 387 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,840 telling any jokes. But the people were laughing 388 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,280 constantly laughing and laughing and laughing. 389 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,240 And so it caught guns on me and I couldn't stop. 390 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,760 And I walked out there and I felt lighted. 391 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,920 It's Bible. Have you noticed when you start 392 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,000 laughing and you can be around people all of a sudden, not 393 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,240 before long, people are laughing with you. 394 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,520 Yeah, people are laughing even if they don't, even if you 395 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,960 haven't told a joke, you're just standing around people and they 396 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,600 love and they don't even know why they're laughing. 397 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,200 No, because that's how joy, it's contagious. 398 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,440 It spreads. That's joy. 399 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:39,520 That's joy. Laughter. 400 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,520 Yeah, it's contagious. Listen to we live in a stressful 401 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,520 world, OK? The world is stressed out. 402 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:51,240 There's heaviness, there's fear. The vision, the answer is joy. 403 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,560 Joy is medicine. Listen, I'm telling you, the 404 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,560 Bible, the Bible says that the joy, this is the medicines of 405 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,000 the world. And listen, it sits with the 406 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,920 questions, it sits with the church. 407 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,680 The church is supposed to be the solution to the world, to the 408 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,640 problems in the world, not the other way around, not the 409 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,640 government, the politics, no, the church, the government of 410 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,120 the church is the solution to the problems and the challenges 411 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,160 of the world. The joy of the Lord. 412 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,640 It's medicine, the joy, the Bible says it. 413 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:30,200 Laughter is the book of Proverbs. 414 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,320 Laughter is as taking good medicine. 415 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,360 So when we are laughing in church, we are taking our 416 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:39,520 medicine. We are having our dose of 417 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,880 medicine. Yes, Judge. 418 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,360 Now let me show you something else what he said because she 419 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:50,360 goes on and he says this Nehemiah said go and enjoy 420 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,400 choice food and sweet and drinks. 421 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:59,640 I just hope no one's fasting. We celebrated today and send 422 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,240 some to those who have nothing prepared. 423 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:09,440 OK, we'll have some more fast coming up anyways. 424 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,520 But today's day of celebration anyway. 425 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,720 So it just means that joy doesn't just stay with you. 426 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,960 Joy overflows. It overflows, OK? 427 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:25,200 It's joy. It doesn't hoard Joy shares. 428 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,400 Yeah. Feed off. 429 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,080 OK, since we're talking about, we are having now Pastor 430 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,680 Michelle's birthday at Jock's Day today. 431 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,080 How exciting is that? And so that's going to be 432 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,600 awesome. Now think about birthdays, 433 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,400 right? OK, let's talk about a birthday 434 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,080 cake now. A birthday cake. 435 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,960 When we bring out the birthday cake and it's happy and 436 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,920 celebrating everybody, wow, there's a nice cake and 437 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,200 beautiful cake. Birthday cake. 438 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,800 What do we do with the birthday cake? 439 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:58,360 OK, The birthday cake does not just go to the birthday person. 440 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,200 The birthday cake, kids, what? Sliced up and shared with 441 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,520 everyone around the table. We all. 442 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,560 That's how joy is supposed to be. 443 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:14,120 It's meant to be shared. Joy is missional, it's 444 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,440 evangelistic. It's reaching out. 445 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,200 Now, listen, this is what I've learned over the years. 446 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,360 Now I've been in many industries, corporate 447 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:26,000 industries, customer service, hospitality and Bristol. 448 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,960 I was the first face of the organization to Monica tries. 449 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,480 And so the first point of contact, the first face, right 450 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,280 People when they walk in, OK, now this is talking about a 451 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:41,040 retirement village for the retired people that there's a 10 452 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,440 year waiting list, very affluent, all enlisted 453 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,600 buildings. OK, A lot of people want to. 454 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,960 So I'm the first one of gone people. 455 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,000 The first thing they want to see is when they walk in through the 456 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,480 doors into my office. I had a big dance with my deputy 457 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,080 manager. The first thing they want to see 458 00:25:55,080 --> 00:26:00,200 is a small voice. OK, am I right? 459 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:05,920 Somebody who's who's come on now, they want to walk in. 460 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,840 This is people that retired, OK? These are people that pay 461 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,320 £1,000,000 for one flat, OK, That's, that's the people we are 462 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,000 dealing with. You know, people walking through 463 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,160 very professional people. What's the first thing they want 464 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,720 to see? They want to see a small face. 465 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:22,000 I've learned over the years, over many, many years, people 466 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:28,480 are not drawn to long faces. And that's not a very big, huge 467 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,160 revelation today. But I just want to tell you 468 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,520 that, listen, people are not drawn. 469 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,440 They are not attracted to a long face. 470 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,720 Sometimes just look in the mirror and just smile at 471 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:40,960 yourself because it feels bigger. 472 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,480 Yeah, people are not attracted. They are not drawn. 473 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,240 If you know, in the gym industry, in the sport industry, 474 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,520 whichever industry they want to say they are not attracted to 475 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:57,080 heaviness, sorrow. Now people want to see joy walk 476 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,160 in the street, smile at people you'll see go change the to that 477 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,960 go and walk and just walk around smiling. 478 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,920 You'll see the difference because people want to see hope, 479 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:09,240 they want to see joy. And so when you walk into work, 480 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,880 so on Monday you walk into work with a smile on your phone. 481 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,800 So when you smile now the pressure is real. 482 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,360 OK, it's stressful in the office. 483 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,560 OK boss, OK, things are going on board me and readings. 484 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:28,400 I know that in mystery, but you walk in the smile, people will 485 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,920 take notice. They will look at you and I say, 486 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,520 listen, there's something different about you. 487 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,080 How is this possible that there's so much stress going on 488 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,320 in this office, but you are still smiling? 489 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,880 How is that possible? That's a great moment to say to 490 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:48,240 them, listen, the joy of the Lord is my state. 491 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,000 Come on, somebody shout Hallelujah. 492 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,400 Oh, we need to go. The joy of corners was straight, 493 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:58,600 so guess your cup should be so full that it spills over. 494 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,600 Everywhere you go, at work, everywhere there should be joy. 495 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,960 I know fights. Christians are supposed to be 496 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,200 the happiest, most joyful people on the planet. 497 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:11,160 We are supposed to be there. I am not talking about 498 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,600 situations and circumstances. I'm talking about us, the 499 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,440 happiest people on the planet. Happy, happy, happy, full of 500 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,840 joy, spoils over everyone. And think about it, when you are 501 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,680 full of joy, you don't just want to keep it to yourself, you want 502 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,600 to share it. You want to give it to somebody 503 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:27,280 else. OK. 504 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,360 And so this week, just back to sending these portions because 505 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,680 that's what he's saying. He said, listen, right now we've 506 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,320 got the joy. So now we're going to send it. 507 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,000 So this week, so you go out and you take somebody on an 508 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,280 encouraging text, send them a message of encouragement, tell 509 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,280 somebody, give them a word of hope, give them a word of 510 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,280 healing, give them a word of strength. 511 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,480 Reach out to some, go and buy somebody some groceries. 512 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,000 Go walk up, shock somebody, stand at the camp and say, 513 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,000 listen, I'm paying for your groceries today, can I go 514 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:56,880 listen, Just go buy somebody coffee. 515 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,080 Just do something radical. Listen, you just find that 516 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:04,200 friend that is struggling saying that phone that would reach out 517 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,200 to that. Listen, you invite and go and 518 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,120 invite somebody to church this week and fight somebody just and 519 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,480 say, listen, I've got more than enough for both of us. 520 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,360 I'm overflowing with someone. And listen, evangelism works 521 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,640 very, very powerfully. When you walk up to somebody 522 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,360 with a big smile, big smiles, I'm telling you, people love 523 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,440 that. Big smiles, great conversation, 524 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,440 everyday language, come on, will not come up. 525 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,760 Be religious. It's not a funeral, it's a 526 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,280 feast. Somebody show up. 527 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,480 It's a feast. Yeah. 528 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,760 Hallelujah. Abundant life. 529 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,520 This is what Jesus said. Remember what Jesus said in John 530 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:41,320 changing. I have come that you might be 531 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,640 full of sorrow, sadness, crying, wig. 532 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:50,320 I have come that you might have life to the full. 533 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:55,640 Far is abundant, overflowing, enjoying life. 534 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,720 It doesn't mean there's no troubles in the world and 535 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,200 difficulty. Jesus said there will be 536 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:07,360 trouble, but be of good. Sure, I have overcome the world. 537 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,160 It's going to be challenges. But James says counting all joy 538 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,600 when these trials come. But that should not make a sour 539 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,720 a storm. A difficulty in life should not 540 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,920 make a sour, Jesus said I've covered you my life, abundant 541 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,320 life. Joy is festa, joy is victory. 542 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:30,360 It's a continual journey, everyday journey of joy. 543 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,560 It's overflow. That's what Jesus said over and 544 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:42,400 abundantly more than enough. And so that abundant life is not 545 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,480 just a reward one day. So we have got to struggle now 546 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:51,000 for 506780 years on the earth struggling or life is so hard. 547 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,440 As a Christian sour, I've been eating Ceres lemons and all the, 548 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,120 you know, change it into lemonade. 549 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,880 Yeah, yeah, yeah. When life throws you lemons, you 550 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:08,640 just change it into lemonade. And so it's not just one day and 551 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,160 then in heaven we're going to laugh and then abandoned. 552 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,880 Life is a reward. It's an everyday, everyday 553 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,200 journey, victory. It's a continual celebration. 554 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,440 And so this isn't joy isn't something that you feel or do 555 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,800 when life is better or everything is perfect or once 556 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:30,640 the after the devil leaves, joy makes the devil leaves. 557 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,360 Come on, come on, If you want to do this, laugh at the devil, 558 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,280 laugh at the problems, laugh at the demons and the secret of the 559 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:41,880 devil. I I just laugh at all. 560 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,000 Many times I drive in my car after meetings and I had such 561 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,080 difficult streets, I would just laugh it off. 562 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,240 I would, I would laugh out loud. I would just put on laughter and 563 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:53,800 I would laugh it off. Yeah. 564 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,760 Now, by the way, there is a difference between joy and 565 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,840 happiness. OK, So happiness that comes from 566 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,840 happening. Things happening. 567 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,680 OK, happening. So when things go your way, then 568 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,720 you're happy. When things don't go your way, 569 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:16,360 then happiness disappears. But joy, on the other hand, joy 570 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:21,080 comes from Jesus. So that means that even if 571 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,760 things do not go your way, you still stay steady because joy is 572 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,520 steady, because Jesus is steady. The Bible says it's the same 573 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,280 yesterday, today and forever. Come on, somebody. 574 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,360 Hallelujah. Yeah, that's the thoughtless. 575 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:39,160 And so happiness is like the weather in the UK. 576 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,800 It's unpredictable, OK, from sunny to stormy, the weather's 577 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,880 going up and down. It changes all the time. 578 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:50,200 Happiness changes all the time, but joy is the same. 579 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,800 Joy stays the same. I might have had a very 580 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,920 difficult day at the office, but joy still stays the same. 581 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,960 It's like a rubber, it's like a water well. 582 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,120 It flows. It's throughout every season, 583 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,960 it's flowing. It's the same. 584 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,320 It's that the most stat that you set? 585 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,120 OK, now joy does not deny the problem. 586 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,320 It's not denial. It's defying faith. 587 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:19,160 So, for example, I see the storm, but I am still going to 588 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:23,080 celebrate. Even though I see the storm, I'm 589 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,800 still going to celebrate. I see the problem, but I am 590 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:33,640 still going to rejoice. I am still going to praise even 591 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,840 though it is a problem. I'm going to still praise my 592 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,920 God. This is what David said, Psalm 593 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,640 118, verse 24. This is the day that the Lord 594 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:47,720 has made. We will rejoice and be glad in 595 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,840 it. Every day is a gift from God. 596 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,560 And so God has made the day. He's loaded the day. 597 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,120 Oh, yeah, baby. He's loaded it with new mercies 598 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,480 every morning. Daily break. 599 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,360 Yeah. Wisdom for choices, 600 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:02,960 opportunities. It's loaded. 601 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:09,000 Now, here's the key. The key is Joy unwraps and opens 602 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:13,320 that gift, the daily gift package that you get every day. 603 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,480 Joy opens it. Complaining seals and closes it. 604 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:23,320 Rejoicing opens the gift that God has given us every day of 605 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:27,639 our lives. So David did not say, if the day 606 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:34,639 goes my way, then I will praise. He said I will, He said, that's 607 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:37,199 what we will do. We will rejoice. 608 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:42,679 We will praise, we will give God praise, we will rejoice. 609 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:47,040 So he said, regardless of what's going on, if now go my way or 610 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,679 not, we will praise, we will rejoice. 611 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,840 So what's that? That's a pre decision. 612 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,280 Pre decision meaning in advance, OK, before. 613 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,960 So that is I choose to rejoice and to praise before the traffic 614 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:08,800 jam, OK, before the news report, before the deadline, pre decided 615 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,960 in advance. So you preset your thermostat of 616 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:20,040 joy for the day you pre return. And so when you do that, then 617 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,600 your celebration, it becomes your prophecy. 618 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:30,000 Wow, I feel the anointing. Can you feel that somebody you 619 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:37,600 decide in advance? And so the enemy doesn't just 620 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:41,720 want your health or your money or your relationships. 621 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:47,040 It's after your joy because he knows if he can poke holes in 622 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,120 your joy, then he can drain your strength. 623 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,320 It's after your joy. But that's why Jesus gave us 624 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,640 John 16 verse 22. Watch this. 625 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:03,520 No one will take away your joy. No one. 626 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:10,160 Not a boss, not a doctor, not a bill, no demon in health, no 627 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,600 circumstances can cancel your joy. 628 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,240 Somebody shout Hallelujah. They cannot insist. 629 00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:21,440 Nothing can take away your joy. OK, so no, it can't. 630 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,440 So what happens sometimes with blockages? 631 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:28,320 What happens sometimes with it doesn't feel like the joy is 632 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,400 already there. This is the thing. 633 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:39,120 Nothing and no one can say unless you hand it over, unless 634 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,640 you give it, you should render it. 635 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,920 OK. Are you getting this somebody? 636 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,160 Because the joy of the Lord is your strength. 637 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,640 Say that with me the joy of the Lord is my strength. 638 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:51,800 Now Paul wrote in Philippians 4/4. 639 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:58,760 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I read it out loud. 640 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,480 Again, I will say, rejoice. They're sitting together, 641 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,680 everybody 123 rejoice in the law always. 642 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:11,000 Again I will say, rejoice. When Paul wrote that he was in 643 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,320 prison, not on a beach in Bahamas. 644 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,240 He wrote that from prison when he wrote that verse. 645 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:25,800 OK, now anyone can rejoice at noon when the sun is shining, 646 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,720 but it takes faith to rejoice in midnight. 647 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,280 Are you with me, somebody? It's easy to rejoice when the 648 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,800 sun is shining, but it takes faith to rejoice in the midnight 649 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,640 season. So don't fall into the trap of 650 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:45,400 as soon as, as soon as I get the promotion, I'll be happy. 651 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,880 As soon as the kids act up, then I will rejoice and then I'll 652 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,160 celebrate. As soon as the healing comes, my 653 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,080 body feels better, the pains lift, then I will celebrate, 654 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,240 then I'll be happy. As soon as the kids behave or as 655 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:01,440 soon as you know, I get the breakthrough, then I will 656 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,240 celebrate. When I get the breakthrough, 657 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:08,000 then I'll be finally happy. Now the celebration, OK, the 658 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,480 rejoicing, the joy is what carries you. 659 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:15,240 And it brings the breakthrough. Can you say, I mean, somebody 660 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,960 let's think of like an umbrella. The weather doesn't determine 661 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,520 whether or not you're going to stay dry. 662 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,800 Now you do. You decide, OK, right. 663 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,080 It's a, it's a rainy day. Now you decide to take an 664 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,920 umbrella, not the weather, not the outside circumstance, you 665 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,200 decide I'm going to take an umbrella of praise. 666 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,800 I'm going to put on joy. I'm going to set my thermostat, 667 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,440 I'm going to open the umbrella. And so I'm going to be walking 668 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,280 through the rain dry, so a cupboard, I'm going to walk in 669 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,480 through the storm cover. So that's how you decide like an 670 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,480 umbrella of praise. And so that is why Paul had this 671 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:54,400 revelation and he could say rejoice always rejoice. 672 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,560 We mean all the time, rejoice all the time for all 673 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,240 circumstances, difficulties, challenges, rejoice with storms, 674 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:05,520 any situation, any season, rejoice, always rejoice. 675 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,480 Anyway, that's what Paul was saying because he's changed in 676 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,160 prison did not control his choice. 677 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:17,680 The situation that he was in in prison did not dictate to his 678 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,640 spur the prison cell. The prison change did not 679 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:25,000 dictate the outward that not so to His Spirit. 680 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,080 He decided I choose joy on purpose. 681 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,720 If I'm now on a beach in the Bahamas, or if I'm now in a 682 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:37,000 prison cell captured being marketed for Jesus, I am still 683 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,680 rejoicing if I'm suffering or if I'm on a beach. 684 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:44,320 If I'm on a holiday difficult, I'm still choose joy on purpose. 685 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,440 Choose joy on purpose. Say it with me. 686 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:51,160 I choose joy on purpose. Say it again. 687 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:56,040 I choose joy on purpose. Now put your hands together and 688 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:57,400 praise the law. Hallelujah. 689 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,640 Right? Because listen, I want to show 690 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,120 you something else, which is actually the amazing Quebec 691 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,320 Chapter 3 by 70 watches. Though the fig trees does not 692 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,240 bite and there are no grapes on the bones. 693 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,640 Though the olive crops fails and the fields produce no food. 694 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:15,280 Though there are no sheep in the pen, no cattle in the stools yet 695 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,640 everybody say yet. I will rejoice in the Lord. 696 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,040 I will be joyful in God my Saviour. 697 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,360 That little word yet that changes everything. 698 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,600 A little word like. Yet had Beckett looked at empty 699 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,920 fields, barren bonds. OK, drought everywhere. 700 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,520 It's dry. Everything in the natural says 701 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,880 this in is game over. It's gone. 702 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,200 There's nothing here. You could just as well give up. 703 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,760 OK, it's dry. But he made the decision. 704 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:50,080 Yet I will rejoice. And that's not denial. 705 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,440 He's not denying the problem. That is defying faith. 706 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:58,240 He say, I see the lack, but I choose to rejoice. 707 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:03,800 I choose joy. I feel the pressure, but I 708 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:09,360 choose the praise, OK. I choose, I feel, I see the 709 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,400 trials, but I choose triumph, OK. 710 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:20,040 And so when you say it, Heaven says yes, come on, somebody got 711 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,560 that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 712 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:26,520 That's when you say yes, I will. Heaven says yes, Heaven. 713 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,480 The angels say, oh, did you hear that? 714 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:31,240 Did you hear that revival? Did you hear? 715 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,800 They rejoice and they praised before the breakthrough. 716 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:41,400 Let's release the miracle. Let's release the strip, let's 717 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,760 release the victory because these people are praising before 718 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,320 they see the breakthrough. Come on, somebody give God some 719 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,120 praise and this place, somebody shout, follow me out. 720 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:54,200 Come on, take the place like, oh, hello, don't read it to God. 721 00:41:55,480 --> 00:42:00,240 And so today some of you, you are staring at into lands, into 722 00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:03,360 fields and relationship feels dry. 723 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,520 It feels difficult, it feels buried. 724 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:08,840 Maybe it's a business deal but fell through. 725 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,400 Maybe it's a job you didn't get. Maybe it's a healing diagnosis 726 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,240 that shook you, but the Spirit of God is saying add yet, 727 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:22,040 because when you add a yet yet I didn't get the job yet, I will 728 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,400 still rejoice. I didn't get that promotion yet. 729 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,840 I will I the healing hasn't come yet. 730 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,720 I will rejoice. The breakthrough has not shown 731 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:35,080 up yet. I will rejoice because when you 732 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:43,040 say yet heaven releases yes, come on somebody your yet 733 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:47,960 releases Heaven's yes. Somebody shout yes, come on, 734 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,640 shout again. Yes, yes, yes. 735 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:52,680 Yes, yes, yes, yes. Come on, tell your name. 736 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,560 Yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, 737 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,520 Yes. I feel, yes, I feel heavens. 738 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,480 Yes. In this place I want to prophecy 739 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:00,320 on the Creator. Claire. 740 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,760 Yes to your blessing. Yes to your healing. 741 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,280 Yes to your finances. Yes to your family, your 742 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:06,120 marriage. Yes. 743 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:07,680 To your breakthrough. Yes, yes, yes. 744 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,800 Because you have been praising before the breakthrough. 745 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:11,760 Heaven says yes. Release the miracles. 746 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:13,120 Yes. Release the breakthrough. 747 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,360 Yes. Release the business. 748 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,120 Yes, yes, yes, yes. Release the presence, the joy 749 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:18,880 and the strength of almighty car. 750 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,120 Yes to your victory. Come on, somebody shout yes. 751 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:25,520 Hallelujah. I want you to leave me right 752 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:26,400 here. This is there. 753 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,720 This is where it gets powerful. Acts chapter 16. 754 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:31,160 Watch this verse. But about midnight, Paul 755 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,560 insiders were praying and singing hymns to God and the 756 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:34,920 other prisoners were listening to them. 757 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,240 Suddenly there was this not turned violent earthquake that 758 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:40,160 the foundations of the prison were shaking. 759 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:45,400 At once all the prison doors flew open and everyone's chains 760 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,640 came loose. Hallelujah. 761 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:56,480 Yeah, OK. Anybody can praise at noon, OK, 762 00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:01,000 When the paycheck hits, when the money is in the bank, it's easy 763 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,760 to praise, OK. When things go good, when it's a 764 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,320 good report, things are working out, the sun is shining. 765 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,800 But a midnight price is different. 766 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:16,600 A midnight price, OK, don't just wait a midnight price. 767 00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:19,360 It doesn't wait for the breakthrough to come. 768 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:23,760 A midnight praise brings us a breakthrough. 769 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,400 Somebody shout out of New York. Oh, you know that. 770 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:27,760 Come on. Oh, you know that. 771 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,280 Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what the midnight crisis. 772 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:31,600 Did you get that? You got that. 773 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,480 OK. That's what a midnight price. 774 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,760 It doesn't wait for a midnight price. 775 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,560 Here's the thing. It brings the breakthrough. 776 00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,200 That's the power of a midnight price. 777 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,520 Hallelujah. And so scientists, they tell us 778 00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:49,040 about earthquakes. They they come that win, the 779 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:56,440 pressure pulls up on the ground. So when the pressure pulls up on 780 00:44:56,440 --> 00:45:01,560 the ground, then it releases, it shakes the foundation, the 781 00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:05,520 foundation shifts. And so this is what happened in 782 00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:09,160 Philippa. And so the pressure was heavy, 783 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,400 They imprisoned, the chains are tight. 784 00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:20,800 But when Paul and Silas started singing, suddenly the atmosphere 785 00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:26,400 shifted and all of a sudden the foundations started shaking. 786 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,880 And the prison doors, oh Hallelujah, it shook. 787 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,480 And from wide open, Come on, somebody's getting this today. 788 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:36,680 Come on, somebody's getting this today. 789 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,680 The moment when they started praising, things started 790 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,520 shifting. Things started moving. 791 00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,000 I don't know. Now notice this? 792 00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:48,520 It wasn't just pulling silence. They changed for that. 793 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,920 It wasn't just Paul and Silas just changed that fellow. 794 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,760 It was everybody around them that chains fell off. 795 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,400 Come on, Somebody. Are you getting this? 796 00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:01,760 Everyone's chains came loose. Not just no point in silence. 797 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,360 They were the ones praising. They were the ones rejoicing. 798 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:08,360 But everyone's face came loose. Listen, your praise doesn't just 799 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,640 free you. Your it Free someone else. 800 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,000 Oh, yes. Yeah. 801 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:18,320 Oh my God, yes. That's just free you. 802 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,640 It can free someone, everyone around you. 803 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,440 It can free the people around you. 804 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,440 It can free them. Your kids. 805 00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:32,080 Your price can free your kids, your spouse, your marriage, your 806 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:35,400 family members. Yes, the people around you, your 807 00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:39,280 Co workers, your praise, cut release and set others free, 808 00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,960 even sitting and praising here, people in the gym right here, 809 00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:46,160 even in the restaurant, even in this region, in Bracknell, you 810 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,880 can be praising here and people's signs are falling off 811 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,760 in the region. In the region, in this village 812 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:55,480 hotel, people can be in a hotel room right now and you don't 813 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,640 even know what's going in that hotel room, but they can be 814 00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,520 sitting somebody that is ready to commit suicide in a hotel 815 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:01,880 room. They can be somebody that is 816 00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,280 sitting in a hotel room and they can be so depressed. 817 00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:08,320 They can before there's a church opening in this region because 818 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,880 there's people that has been praising somebody got free from 819 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:15,600 depression, somebody got healed of a sickness, somebody's 820 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,600 addiction. Because there's a group of 821 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,640 people that is praising in Bracknell, in ready in this 822 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:26,440 region, in London, in the UK and the revival break free because 823 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,720 the churches decided to finally come out of the closet and 824 00:47:29,720 --> 00:47:32,200 celebrate and praise the movie Jesus Christ. 825 00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:40,240 Yes, yes, yes, freedom, freedom in prep life for us, given us 826 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:45,400 the nation and this nation will be a Christian nation under God. 827 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:50,480 Only I feel a revival coming. I feel this for somebody today. 828 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,000 You have been in a midnight season. 829 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,920 It feels dark, it feels heavy and lonely. 830 00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:01,160 But I am here to tell you that your praise has got power. 831 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:06,600 Your song has got power. Don't waste your midnight. 832 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,680 Don't let the darkness silence your praise. 833 00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:14,200 OK? If Paul and silence could praise 834 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:18,040 in the prison, if Paul and silence could praise in a 835 00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:21,560 change, you can praise. In your challenge, you can 836 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,640 praise. In your situation, you can 837 00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:25,560 praise. In your workplace, in your 838 00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,560 school, in your place of work, you can praise. 839 00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:32,120 If Paul and silence can praise in prison, you can praise your 840 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:34,720 workplace, you can praise we God has praised you. 841 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:38,080 Somebody shout Hallelujah. Take a place break, take a place 842 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:39,560 break. Give guys some place. 843 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:43,800 Come on, break loose, cut loose, celebrate, lift your voice, open 844 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,160 your lips. Friends, friends praise. 845 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:50,080 Praise him, praise him, praise him, praise him and watch when 846 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:53,440 the doors are opening. Change some falling, change some 847 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,120 falling. Family members are being loose 848 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:58,160 right now, generational process are being broken. 849 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,200 Generational cases from the third, the second, all the 850 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,520 generations are broken off Your families, you're praising God. 851 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,880 Praise doesn't just happen after the doors open. 852 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,400 Praise is the thing that one opens the doors. 853 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:15,000 Joy doesn't just come when the breakthrough shows up. 854 00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:17,800 Joy is what brings the breakthrough. 855 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,200 I want you to hear this church. It brings it. 856 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:24,320 So when the midnight comes, that's your moment to lift your 857 00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:28,160 voice and to celebrate. Somebody shall celebrate. 858 00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:31,080 The joy of the Lord is my strength. 859 00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:32,760 Say that the joy of the Lord is my strength. 860 00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:36,280 Every day when you wake up, say that the joy of the Lord is my 861 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,200 strength. When that alarm clock goes off 862 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:41,280 and you don't feel like going to work, you declare, listen, the 863 00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:44,480 joy of the Lord is my strength. Yeah. 864 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:48,640 And you just stick it out and you're like, oh, I don't feel 865 00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:50,920 like going to work. But you say out loud, today is 866 00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:52,760 going to be a good day. Yeah. 867 00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:54,280 Yeah. You say that over your life, 868 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,440 it's going to be a good day. Hallelujah, somebody. 869 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,720 Now I'm nearly done and I quickly just throw this in. 870 00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:05,360 Just go a little deeper. Somebody, John 414. 871 00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:10,480 The water I give them will become in them a spring of water 872 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:14,720 welling up to eternal life. Now, sometimes life can feels 873 00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:19,120 like your well is drying. It feels dry. 874 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:23,560 But let me just tell you the truth, it's not dry, it's just 875 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,440 clogged up. It's just clogged up. 876 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:32,200 OK, The enemy, what the enemy does, it throws stones into the 877 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,400 well. They throw stones of 878 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:39,840 discouragement, defeat, OK, doubt, insecurity, guilt. 879 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:43,200 And so it throws these stones in the well, OK. 880 00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:47,720 And so over time, it feels like the well, the river, it feels 881 00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:50,080 blocked. It feels like that it's clogged. 882 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,000 But the good news is that it's still there. 883 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:54,880 OK? The river is still there. 884 00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:59,400 John 738 says whoever believes in me, as Scripture said, rivers 885 00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:02,120 of living water will flow from within there. 886 00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:05,120 So the Spirit of God is still inside you. 887 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:08,120 It's still there. It hasn't dried. 888 00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:13,480 The enemy wants to try and lie. He wants to lie and try and tell 889 00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:17,560 you that it's gone, that your joy is gone, that is. 890 00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:22,160 But the truth is God says no, it's just clogged up. 891 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,360 It's just blocked. It's still there. 892 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:30,680 Now watch this in Genesis 26 year it comes and Isaac dug 893 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:34,480 again the walls of water which they had dug in the days of 894 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:36,400 Abraham. Islam for the Philistines had 895 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,320 stopped. So that's why today is a well 896 00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:43,280 digging day. Today, OK, we are removing the 897 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,480 stones. We are removing the stones for 898 00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:50,480 the rivers to flow again. We are unplugging, unblocking 899 00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:53,520 that. OK, it's time to let the rivers 900 00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,640 flow again. Somebody, are you getting this? 901 00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,400 Because that's what Jesus promised. 902 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,720 He promised living waters, rivers. 903 00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:04,120 Now notice it's not just one river. 904 00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:07,160 It's it's not just a little sprinkle or little drip or 905 00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,240 little St. It talks about rivers. 906 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,200 Now, rivers. That means that that is joy 907 00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,880 unlimited. That is joy, unspeaking, 908 00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:18,240 unstoppable. That is strength with mowing 909 00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:21,840 overflowing rivers of living waters. 910 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:25,120 Now listen, I've been on the farm with my grandfather. 911 00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:30,400 Now farmers know that if they the well have not been used for 912 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,480 a long time, what happens over time? 913 00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:36,960 The well gets clogged up. It gets blocked with dirt. 914 00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:41,440 But listen, when the farmer goes and he dig it again, he finds 915 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,880 that the water is still there. Come on, somebody is still 916 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:45,480 there. You find it's the water. 917 00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:47,400 The river is still there, waiting. 918 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:53,240 Now, maybe you haven't drawn joy lately because you've been busy, 919 00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,920 OK, you've been tired and weary, and so you haven't. 920 00:52:57,040 --> 00:53:00,240 But listen. If you will start praising 921 00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:03,920 again, if you will start celebrating again, and you will 922 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,960 open your mouth and you'll start thinking again and rejoicing 923 00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:10,920 again, you will see that that river of joy has never left. 924 00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:15,640 Somebody shout Hallelujah. And so I believe that God is 925 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,920 saying to someone today that you are going to laugh again. 926 00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:21,640 Less, less, less. You're going to laugh again. 927 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,040 Your choice. Your laughter is coming back. 928 00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:27,360 Your laughter is coming back. Your song is coming back. 929 00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,560 Your strength is coming back. I'm prophesying over your 930 00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:31,720 church. It's coming back. 931 00:53:32,240 --> 00:53:35,360 Yeah, the rivers of joy. It's flowing again. 932 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:38,400 Come on, somebody get excited. Give God some praise. 933 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:42,160 Yeah, Yeah, it's coming back. Somebody shot. 934 00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:45,600 Hallelujah. Say this out loud with me. 935 00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,880 The rivers of joy is flowing again. 936 00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:56,800 My strength is coming back. Hallelujah. 937 00:53:57,080 --> 00:54:01,760 I feel the joy. I can see it on your faces. 938 00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:06,760 My smile is back. Come on, come on, say that. 939 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,400 My smile is back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 940 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:10,680 I see it on your face. You're smiling. 941 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,720 It's amazing the difference when I walked in you early this 942 00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:14,680 morning. OK. 943 00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,800 Sometimes, like it's not another cup of coffee. 944 00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:19,240 It's just another dose of the only ghost. 945 00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:21,240 It's just another dose of the joy of the Lord. 946 00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:23,600 OK. And so my smile is back. 947 00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:25,000 Yeah. Come on. 948 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:26,520 Say that. My smile is back. 949 00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:30,240 Tell your neighbor my smile is back. 950 00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:36,640 Yeah. Now, enclosing, because your 951 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:38,760 story is not one of shame. Your story is one of 952 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:40,920 celebration. It's a celebration story. 953 00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,280 Church. Now, in closing, when a nation 954 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:47,680 wins a great battle, OK, they don't go back to the Baron 955 00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:48,680 Barrack. Silence. 956 00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:53,160 They don't tip it toe back home. All right, when they've won a 957 00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:57,200 great battle, they March through the streets with a victory 958 00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,720 parade. Yeah, that's the soldiers that 959 00:54:59,720 --> 00:55:01,320 fought. Leave the families that 960 00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:02,680 sacrificed. OK. 961 00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:08,760 They publicly celebrate, OK, because the joy it seals the 962 00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:13,640 victory, the joy, the celebrate, it's part of the victory, the 963 00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,960 celebration, OK. And so because that's what 964 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:21,080 Nehemiah model the feast, it was not just a meal, it was a 965 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:27,520 prophecy. It was a prophecy, OK, And so 966 00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:31,480 celebration, and This is why we're talking about celebration, 967 00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,040 what celebration is. When we come together, we 968 00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:37,240 celebrate. It's a public prophecy, that 969 00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:43,200 celebration, a public prophecy that we are not under defeat, 970 00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:48,560 that we are in victory. That's what happens when we 971 00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:50,480 church comes together and we celebrate. 972 00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:55,080 It's a public prophecy celebrating that we are not 973 00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,880 under the feet, we are not under the weather, under the 974 00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,160 circumstances, under the difficulties of the world. 975 00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:04,320 We are in victory. That's what we declare when we 976 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:08,760 celebrate as the church, OK? Because celebration, that's what 977 00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:12,040 it is, a declaration we are declaring. 978 00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:17,000 And celebration is part of the victory, OK? 979 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:21,400 And so your praise is part of your prophecy. 980 00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:25,160 Your praise is part of the victory, your praise. 981 00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:29,280 And so don't wait until the devil packs up and leave. 982 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:33,400 Praise now, praise now. Celebrate now. 983 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:40,640 Rejoice now, because here it is, the battle is already won. 984 00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:44,320 Somebody said Hallelujah, come on, stand to your feet. 985 00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,160 Give God some cry. Somebody Hallelujah, the battle 986 00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:51,720 is already won. Somebody shout, celebrate. 987 00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:56,320 Yeah, that's why we celebrate the battles already won when 988 00:56:56,320 --> 00:57:00,280 Jesus victoriously resurrected from the dead. 989 00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:03,400 This is a holy moment. And so church, the Spirit of God 990 00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:08,400 is inviting us to remove scones and clog the rivers of joy, to 991 00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:11,240 die in the wells. And so let the joy can flow 992 00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:14,480 again. And so some of you a stone have 993 00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:18,400 been rolled into your well, and it may be a stone of 994 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:21,000 disappointment. Maybe you didn't get the job or 995 00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:23,520 something fell through and you feel disappointment. 996 00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:25,640 But the Lord is saying roll the stone away. 997 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:28,960 And so for others, maybe it's a stone of offense. 998 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:32,000 Maybe somebody hurt you and they they've turned up lights or they 999 00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:35,120 never apologized and you feel you've got this grudge. 1000 00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:39,040 OK, maybe they just hurt you and now it's clogging your flow. 1001 00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:43,000 So it's time to release that. It's time to forgive and 1002 00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:44,640 release. So don't let those things be 1003 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:46,800 your present. And so for some of you, it's 1004 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:50,120 condemnation. Maybe you are keeping on 1005 00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:54,600 replaying your failure, going through the same mountain cycle. 1006 00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:57,800 But the Bible says that if God has removed it as far as it is 1007 00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:00,800 from the West, then it is gone. It's wiped away. 1008 00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,040 Now for others, maybe it's discouragement. 1009 00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:07,800 Maybe the door closed. Now that no doesn't mean never, 1010 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,560 it means better. So Jesus said this in verse John 1011 00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:16,760 15, verse 11. I have told you these things so 1012 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:20,200 that you will be full with my joy. 1013 00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:22,920 Come on somebody say my joy. Who's who's talking here? 1014 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:28,000 Jesus, come on, say the joy of the Lord is my strength. 1015 00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:33,160 Jesus said listen, just I have told you these things that my 1016 00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:37,440 joy, which is the joy of the Lord, yes, your joy will 1017 00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,240 overflow somebody shout Hallelujah. 1018 00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:45,720 So choose joy on purpose, not because life is perfect, not 1019 00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:48,320 because God is good and God is faithful and God is on the 1020 00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:50,320 front. Now David plays something very, 1021 00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:52,440 very powerful about the joy of his salvation. 1022 00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:59,040 Watch this Psalm 51 restore to me the joy of your salvation. 1023 00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:03,040 That's powerful. If David could ask, and you know 1024 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:06,920 what happened in Psalm 51, He went through a repentance. 1025 00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:09,640 The conviction hit him because of what's happened. 1026 00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:12,960 He repented before God. And then what did he pray? 1027 00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:17,000 He said, God, now no, I'm not going to carry on sorrow and 1028 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:18,840 grief. I am going to rejoice. 1029 00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:20,640 So this is what I want you to do, Lord. 1030 00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:23,680 I want you to restore the joy of my salvation. 1031 00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:26,840 If he can ask it, you can ask the same. 1032 00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,400 Maybe you've gone through depression and difficult and 1033 00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:31,320 challenges. You can ask the same thing, 1034 00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:35,480 Lord, Restore the joy of my survive in my life. 1035 00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:38,360 Let the river of joy. Lord, I've not laughed for 1036 00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:41,000 months, for weeks, for years in my family. 1037 00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:44,800 I need to laugh again. Some of you just need to break 1038 00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:49,520 loose and laugh again. OK, Honestly, it's time to break 1039 00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:53,240 loose and cut and, and, and just laugh and enjoy life a little 1040 00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:57,120 bit more, especially with Christians for us to enjoy life 1041 00:59:57,120 --> 01:00:00,800 to the full. OK, now I declare today that 1042 01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:02,440 it's not just going to be a sprinkle. 1043 01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:04,320 It's not just going to be a sparkle. 1044 01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:06,440 It's not just going to be a little rough, but it's going to 1045 01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:10,600 be reverse Unlimited, unstoppable rivers are going to 1046 01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:12,800 rise again. You're going to laugh again. 1047 01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:14,160 Some of you are already laughing. 1048 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:17,280 Some of you listen. You came in, you're very sad and 1049 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,480 grieving. And down and heavy and weary. 1050 01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:21,480 But listen, today's an exchange counter. 1051 01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:24,520 This is what happens when we come to church, an exchange 1052 01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:26,200 counter. It means, listen, Lord, I'm 1053 01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:29,760 going to come and I'm going to trade my sorrow for your joy, 1054 01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:31,680 right? So we're going to try it now in 1055 01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:33,480 a moment, because I just love that song. 1056 01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:38,320 I'm trading my secret. I'm trading my sorrows for the 1057 01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:40,000 joy of the Lord. So this is what we're going to 1058 01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:41,040 do. We're going to come for we're 1059 01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:44,120 going to trade the sorrow, the grieving, the pain. 1060 01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,160 And we are going to give it to the Lord. 1061 01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:50,160 And the Lord's going to give us joy, joy, unspeakable joy. 1062 01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:54,000 OK, So if that is you today and you say, I want to try, just 1063 01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:55,200 raise your hands before the Lord. 1064 01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:57,840 If that's you and you say yes, raise your hands. 1065 01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,240 I just want to pray. Father, I thank you for your 1066 01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:02,680 presence in this place, in this house. 1067 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:08,000 Holy Spirit, let joy rise like a river, overflowing, unstoppable, 1068 01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:11,080 unclog every well we lay, every stone. 1069 01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:14,600 Disappointment, offends, doubt, guilt, insecurity at the feet of 1070 01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:16,760 Jesus. And right now, by faith we 1071 01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:21,680 release, forgive Lord, restore the joy of our salvation, turn 1072 01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:25,680 mourning into dancing, turn heavenness into gladness, open 1073 01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:29,680 the fountain within rivers of living water flow. 1074 01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:34,000 I speak strength to the weary. I speak healing to the broken. 1075 01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:37,360 I speak freedom to the power. Freedom right now. 1076 01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:41,640 I declare this is the day that the Lord has made, and we will 1077 01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:46,080 rejoice and be glad in it. We choose joy on purpose and no 1078 01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:50,920 one can take our joy. Joy, Lord, anoint us right now 1079 01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:55,840 to send portions of joy, to share our joy with the world 1080 01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:58,480 around us. Bless our homes, our marriages, 1081 01:01:58,560 --> 01:02:01,360 our children. Bless our world, our witness. 1082 01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:05,200 For every midnight season, Give us a midnight song as we sing 1083 01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:08,680 and celebrate. Shake the foundations, open the 1084 01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:10,560 prison doors, and then every child. 1085 01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:16,720 Paul, Hallelujah. Somebody's young Hallelujah and 1086 01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:18,600 all God's people shout Hallelujah. 1087 01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,400 Judge. Now it's time to put the word of 1088 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:26,160 God in action. Now, just like Paul and Silas in 1089 01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,960 prison, we are going to open our lips and we're going to praise 1090 01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:31,280 God. So right now, on the count of 1091 01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:34,520 three, we're going to take a 10 second of a midnight praise. 1092 01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:36,480 Are you ready for a midnight praise? 1093 01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:39,720 Somebody Remember, a midnight praise brings your breakthrough. 1094 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:42,920 It brings freedom. Are you ready, somebody, to clap 1095 01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:45,520 your hands and lift your voice and shout unto God with a voice 1096 01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:49,040 of triumph on the 3123 shot? Hello. 1097 01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:53,800 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Whoa. 1098 01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:56,920 Yeah. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1099 01:02:57,120 --> 01:02:58,960 Hallelujah. Shop, shop. 1100 01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:03,960 Now, now, now. Change of home. 1101 01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:08,000 Yeah, now change of wells are flowing. 1102 01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:12,040 Joy is flowing. Joy is really joy is rising joy. 1103 01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:31,640 Somebody shout. Say this with me. 1104 01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:36,440 Joy is my fortress. I choose joy on purpose. 1105 01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:40,880 My wall is on clog. Come on, say it again. 1106 01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:46,760 My wall is on clog or unplugged. OK. 1107 01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,600 The river is flowing again. Yeah. 1108 01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:53,680 Yeah, it's flowing again. This is the day that the Lord 1109 01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:58,920 has made. We will rejoice and be glad in 1110 01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:00,160 it. Say it again. 1111 01:04:00,160 --> 01:04:03,120 This is the day that the Lord has made. 1112 01:04:03,600 --> 01:04:06,480 We will rejoice. I'll be glad in it. 1113 01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:11,080 I will celebrate. The joy of the Lord is my 1114 01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,640 strength. Now celebrate your.