1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,440 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Love Quest International 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,560 Church podcast, where we seek to love all nations, equip the 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:09,520 church, mobilize the equipped, and serve all. 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,040 We're super glad you're joining us from whenever and wherever 5 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,760 you're at in the world. Welcome to the family to get 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,440 your Bibles ready, get some water, get some coffee, maybe 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,640 some tea, and get ready to receive. 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:22,600 It's go time. Let's get into it. 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:27,880 Who? Knows that with just one look 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,360 everything can change. One encounter with the living 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,280 God and your whole life will never be the same. 12 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,800 Who knows that that moment you encountered the love of God, you 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,640 knew that you were seen by God and that God so love you. 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,760 He sent his only Son, that whoever believed in him shall 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,280 not perish, but have everlasting life. 16 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:55,200 One look and everything changed. If that's your story, give a big 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:00,240 shout of praise. Lord Most High, take your seat. 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:08,200 God is good. God is good all the time. 19 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,680 Hallelujah. Thank you, Sir. 20 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,840 How are you guys doing this beautiful morning. 21 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,720 It's good. You guys can take your seats in 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,760 the presence of the Lord. He is here. 23 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,080 He is here. Hallelujah. 24 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,600 Thank you, Lord, for blessing us with your presence. 25 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,960 For those of you who don't know, my name is Pastor Dylan. 26 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,080 I'm one of the ordained pastors here at Love Quest International 27 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,200 Church, and it is my privilege to bring you the Word of God 28 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,160 this morning. And I'm, I'm very thankful to my 29 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,120 beloved pastors, Pastor Terence, Pastor Julia, for entrusting me 30 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:57,920 yet again with this microphone. And I do not take it lightly to 31 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,680 stand before you on behalf of God and bring a word I believe 32 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,400 will activate faith within the Saints to obtain the things of 33 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:10,039 God this side of heaven. And so I just thank you, Holy 34 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:13,200 Spirit, that you are with me. You empower me as your 35 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,880 surrendered servant to preach the Word of God. 36 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,360 And so today's title of what I'm going to preach to you is called 37 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:28,440 Put Your Face in the Sunlight. And that is not a typo. 38 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:35,880 I purposely wrote Sunlight, SON light, Speaking of the Son of 39 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,840 God, Jesus Christ. And at the top of the year, we 40 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,680 were given a prophetic charge and the man of God, Pastor 41 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,600 Terence, pulled up Scripture from Isaiah 60, a word that God 42 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,320 gave to his people. And God is saying the same word 43 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,760 to us, love quest. This is a word to activate us. 44 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,600 This is a word to charge us. This is a word to challenge us. 45 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,560 And this is what I'm going to be preaching here this morning. 46 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,240 So the word for today is, put your face in the sunlight. 47 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:19,520 Isaiah 60 verse one says, arise, touch your neighbor, say arise 48 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,600 from the depression and prostration in which 49 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:33,760 circumstances have kept you. Rise to a new light, shine, be 50 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:39,480 radiant with the glory of the Lord, for your light has come 51 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,280 and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 52 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:49,840 And so this is a time where the Lord is taking his people from, 53 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:55,720 delivered to walking in dominion, from slaves to sons. 54 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,040 God's intent is to activate sons and daughters, to walk in the 55 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,840 same authority, the same power, the same love that Jesus Christ, 56 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:11,960 his Son walked in well on earth. Jesus came as an example to us 57 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,079 as what it looks like to be fully manned, fully surrendered 58 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:21,360 to God and and the Lord is trying to get the church to this 59 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,520 place of being the light of the world. 60 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,240 Jesus moved in the miraculous and as a result crowds were 61 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,800 gathered. The nations were drawn to him 62 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,800 because it was evident that he had something that they did not 63 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,320 and they wanted it. And that is the Lord's intent is 64 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,360 to get the body of Christ to move and operate the same way 65 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,360 that Christ moved and operated well on earth. 66 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,720 And so here we say the here we hear the man of God-given a word 67 00:04:53,720 --> 00:05:01,320 from God saying to the people, arise, arise from the depression 68 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,360 and prostration in which circumstances have kept you, 69 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:13,880 circumstances have kept you. And so I'm going to, I'm going 70 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:19,800 to start by preaching to you about arise, arise, arise. 71 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,680 He says you can't arise because the glory has come upon you. 72 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,880 The glory has risen for you. You need to know that Jesus 73 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,680 Christ is that glory that has risen for you. 74 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,600 And so the Lord would be unfair to tell you to do something that 75 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:40,360 you are not equipped to do. But the Lord has a right to tell 76 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,400 you to arise because your help has come. 77 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,880 Your help is here, your help is in. 78 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:51,200 The Lord arise from the circumstances that have kept you 79 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,480 down. And so I want to speak to you 80 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,280 about circumstances that keep us down. 81 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:06,240 Circumstances speak to the way things are, or circumstances 82 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,000 speak to the lack of things. There's a slide for this. 83 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,680 You'll have to skip 1 to get to it. 84 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:19,640 Circumstances speaks to the way things are or the lack of 85 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,240 things. And then those are often the 86 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,680 reasons that that we are stuck in a downward state. 87 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,800 OK, Things are not going the way that I hoped or planned they 88 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,480 would. The things that I'm believing to 89 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,560 show up and manifest in my life are not here yet, and it's 90 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:42,320 bummed me out. It's keeping me in a downward 91 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,280 state. It's preventing me from shining 92 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,360 my life. How am I supposed to go and tell 93 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,400 the world about this, the victory I have in Christ, when 94 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,800 I'm still battling this sickness? 95 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,880 How am I supposed to tell the world about the victory I have 96 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,720 in Christ when the very thing I believe in Jesus for hasn't 97 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,000 arrived in my possession yet here on earth? 98 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,680 How am I spell supposed to walk in victory when this depression 99 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:14,040 keeps clinging to me? How am I supposed to tell the 100 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:19,080 world about the victory in Christ when I'm still the way 101 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,720 things are going in my life? It doesn't look like I'm walking 102 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:26,160 in victory. Well, I want to come and speak 103 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,320 to you about how the enemy has a plan. 104 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,480 The enemy has a cycle. Bible says to John 1010 that he 105 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:40,400 comes to steal, kill and destroy and he starts by stealing things 106 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:45,120 in our life. And then he wants that to go 107 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:51,280 from stealing things to killing our hope, killing our joy, and 108 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,880 ultimately has a plan to destroy our faith or our legacy of faith 109 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,480 of us being a, a people, a bloodline of faith where we 110 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,320 raise up children the way they should go, where we are soul 111 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,400 winners. But I just declare that we are 112 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,840 not a people that cling so tightly to things that when 113 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,520 things don't show up, when things are taken from us, it 114 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,160 does not disrupt our hope. It does not disrupt our joy. 115 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:23,120 For our joy is so much deeply more rooted than things here on 116 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,280 earth. The Bible says do not store up 117 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:31,960 for yourself things, treasures on earth where the thief can 118 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:37,039 destroy and where, where where rust and mold can destroy, but 119 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:39,200 store up for yourself treasures in heaven. 120 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:47,160 And so I just declare I'm in the presence of Saints who like Paul 121 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:52,280 said in Romans, we may be going through some things, we may be 122 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,000 in some rough, rough circumstances, But like Paul, we 123 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:01,160 are convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's 124 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,000 love. Neither death nor life, neither 125 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,880 angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries 126 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:15,000 about tomorrow, not even the powers of hell can separate us 127 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,800 from God's love that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 128 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:25,240 Our hope of glory. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 129 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:33,720 Hallelujah, arise. The word of God says Pastor 130 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:40,320 Terence gave us this charge to say where he said look up, turn 131 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:45,560 to your neighbors, say look up. Get your face out of other 132 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:47,720 things that keep distracting you. 133 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:54,320 Keep your face out of other things that keep distracting 134 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,240 you. The enemy can't stop you, but he 135 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:05,000 can slow you down. And so it's not always the enemy 136 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,360 who's stealing things. But sometimes when we fix our 137 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:14,240 focus, when we meditate on when we obsess over the things of 138 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:20,560 this world instead of putting our hope and our affections on 139 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:24,000 the lower, it becomes a distraction. 140 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,640 If I'm just putting in front of my face Instagram and I'm 141 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:34,320 looking at everybody else's things or the way things are 142 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:40,480 going for everybody else, it starts to, I start to become 143 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,960 distracted. I get this woe is me about me, 144 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,160 Man, I wish I was doing what they were doing. 145 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,920 Man, I wish I had what they had. Man, I wish I had the the 146 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,680 influence that this person had. Man, this person's life looks 147 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:57,480 like it's so much more fun than mine. 148 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:03,600 But this is the season where we look up to the hills from where 149 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,120 our help comes from. This is where we stop fixating 150 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,200 on the things of this world and we push into the things of God. 151 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,960 This is the season that we lock in. 152 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,000 This is the season where it is go time. 153 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,400 And so look up, get your face out of other things that keep 154 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,040 distracting you. The face speaks to identity. 155 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,640 The face speaks to affection. The face speaks to attention. 156 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:40,400 And so where I am, where I am positioning my face is often 157 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:45,640 what's building my identity, and it's often where I am aiming my 158 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,760 affections. The Bible says that the eye is 159 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,760 the lamp of the body. The Bible also says what you 160 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:58,640 behold, you become. And So what we are putting our 161 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:02,640 face in front of what we are allowing into our eyes. 162 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,720 Not yet, please. What we're allowing into our 163 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:12,640 eyes directly impacts my heart, the eyes, the lamp of the body. 164 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:18,320 What you behold, you become. What I'm setting my face towards 165 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,640 is directly impacting my heart and the heart. 166 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,880 Heart belief is the very epicenter of which faith comes 167 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:32,440 forth from. I must be a steward, a guard of 168 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:36,640 my gates that impact my hearts in order for my faith to be 169 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:41,200 effective, for my faith to be potent, and for my faith to 170 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,880 work. The Bible says that hope 171 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:48,840 deferred makes the heart sick, but active hope where my hope is 172 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,240 positioned properly is a healthy heart. 173 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:57,000 And if heart belief is is directly impacting my faith, I 174 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,560 better make sure that my hope is set on Jesus Christ alone, for 175 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:05,560 He is the author, perfector and finisher of my faith. 176 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:12,280 And so where you keep your face is where you keep your faith. 177 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,360 Where you keep your face is where you keep your faith. 178 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,720 You choose where you aim your hope on the things that you 179 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,840 behold. You choose where you aim your 180 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,640 hope by what you said in front of your face. 181 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:32,360 And so it's time to look up, get your face out of the things that 182 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,480 are distracting you, and put them on Jesus. 183 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,200 And so it's time to arise, church. 184 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:49,440 It's time to arise. Put your face in the sunlight. 185 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:56,760 The message translation breaks down Isaiah 60 like this. 186 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,680 Get out of bed, Jerusalem. Get out of bed. 187 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:03,920 Love quest. Get out of bed, Andrew. 188 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,640 Get out of bed, Israel. Get out of bed, Rachel. 189 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,440 Wake up. Put your face in the sunlight, 190 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,400 for God's bright glory has risen for you. 191 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,120 The whole earth is wrapped in darkness, all people sunk in 192 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,360 deep darkness, but God shut it out. 193 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:39,120 But God rise is on me. His sunrise glory breaks over 194 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:44,920 you. Hallelujah, it is done church. 195 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,400 All you got to do is step into it. 196 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:55,080 The cross is a finished work. You just got to step into it. 197 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:00,880 Immerse yourself in the glory or goodness of God. 198 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:06,000 Immerse yourself in the glory or the goodness of God. 199 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:12,960 This is what I mean by put your face in the sunlight, Moses, ask 200 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,400 the Lord, show me your glory, and the Lord says I will cause 201 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:23,080 my goodness to pass before you. And who knows who knows that 202 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:28,480 Jesus is the King of glory, that Jesus is the love of God 203 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:33,760 revealed that Jesus Christ is the fullest expression of God's 204 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:38,040 love for us. The Bible says John 316 For God 205 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,960 so loved the world that he sent Jesus. 206 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,880 This word glory speaks to fullest expression of. 207 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:55,000 And so a flower that has fully opened and is fully bloomed and 208 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,840 is in its prime state, that is a flower that is in all of its 209 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,880 glory. And so Jesus Christ, the Bible 210 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:07,280 says in Hebrews 1/3, is the full glory of God revealed to the 211 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,680 earth. He exactly reveals God's nature. 212 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,880 He, he exactly reveals God's love. 213 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:19,480 He exactly represents God the Father in man form. 214 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,280 And so Jesus is the King of glory, the love of God revealed 215 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,800 Hebrews 1/3. I'll read it for you. 216 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:34,360 Jesus being the brightness of his glory, put your face in the 217 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,200 sunlight. Jesus the brightness of his 218 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:42,000 glory and the expressed image of His Person, and upholding all 219 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,240 things by the word of His power, when he had by himself purged 220 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,800 our sins and sat down at the right hand of the majesty on 221 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,760 high. And so Jesus Christ is the full 222 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,480 glory, the full expression of God's love. 223 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:04,640 Simultaneously, Jesus is the author, perfector, and finisher 224 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,200 of faith. And So what the Lord really hit 225 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,359 me with that He wanted me to get to you today. 226 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,119 He wanted me to reiterate this word that Pastor Terence 227 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:23,359 preached, that a faith rooted in love is a faith victorious, ever 228 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:28,720 blooming, and ever fruitful. In other words, love is the 229 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:33,160 foundation for a faith that works. 230 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:40,400 A faith rooted in love is a faith victorious, ever blooming, 231 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:46,120 and ever fruitful. The Bible says in Galatians 5. 232 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:51,560 When we are in Christ Jesus, the only thing that matters is faith 233 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:57,120 that is activated, energized and expressed and working through 234 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,160 love. You need to get this picture. 235 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,800 Faith operates and is energized and moves through love. 236 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,000 And so the Bible says that God is love. 237 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:16,560 God is love, it says it's in first John 4/16. 238 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:25,240 And so man, the Lord really started to unpack this thing to 239 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,480 me. The man of faith that works is 240 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:34,000 rooted in love and God is love in order to have a potent faith. 241 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,200 Man, sometimes we get so fixated on I want the thing. 242 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,760 So I got to figure out how to how to manipulate faith in order 243 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,400 to possess the thing. But the Lord, the Lord is 244 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:49,120 showing me he's like, man, just just get in my presence. 245 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,480 Come to know my love, understand the depths of my love for you. 246 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:58,320 Put your face in my sunlight in my glory. 247 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,440 Get to know the love that God expressed through Jesus Christ 248 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,040 for you. And when you understand how much 249 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:11,240 God loves you, your faith will be so potent because how could 250 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:16,240 God not? How could God not? 251 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Because God is love and love has nothing but the best in store 252 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,840 for me. And so I started reading the 253 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:30,720 scriptures differently with this revelation, man, God is love and 254 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,920 Jesus is the author in faith. How do those work together? 255 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,800 And so I just, I started reading these scriptures that that I 256 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,760 have so well memorized, so written up my heart scriptures 257 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:46,400 like Matthew 633 where it says, but seek first the Kingdom of 258 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,760 God and his righteousness or seek first love. 259 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:58,360 Seek first the Kingdom of love. And all these things that your 260 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,320 faith brings shall be added to you. 261 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,080 And so you have to see the order of this. 262 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:08,960 You have to see man seek first love. 263 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:15,280 Seek first knowing who you are in the love of God before we're 264 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,800 trying to activate faith for things. 265 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:25,200 Man, put your face in the sunlight and know love. 266 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,440 Seek first love and righteousness. 267 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:33,120 Psalm 37 says, delight yourself also in the Lord, or delight 268 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:38,520 yourself also in love, and He shall give you the desires of 269 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:49,840 your heart. And so man, put your face in the 270 00:20:49,840 --> 00:21:00,720 sunlight. There's something about man. 271 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,640 That song really hit me, man. Everything changes with just one 272 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:10,880 look from the Lord. Something about knowing that you 273 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,800 are seen and known and loved by God so much that He gave His 274 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:23,000 best to be reunited with you. That He just wants us. 275 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,240 He wants relationship with us, He wants us to be one with Him. 276 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,840 He wants us to seek first relationship with the Lord and 277 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,080 then all these other things will be taken care of for you. 278 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:45,280 And so the Word of God says arise, for Jesus has made it 279 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,240 possible for you to arise. The glory of the Lord has risen 280 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:54,120 so that you can rise too. Put your face in the sun, man. 281 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,680 Get to know who you are in Christ. 282 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,640 Be built up in the presence of God. 283 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,040 Be built up in the love of God. The Holy Spirit has been given 284 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,000 to you. Hebrews 55 says that the Spirit 285 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:14,000 of the Lord, the Holy Spirit, he sheds the love of God abroad in 286 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,120 your heart. And Jude and Jude 20 also says, 287 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:24,000 but you, beloved, build yourself up on your most holy faith, 288 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:29,440 praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, 289 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,040 looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. 290 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:38,000 And it's in this place that we are to keep ourselves in the 291 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,640 love of God. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of 292 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,640 sonship is the one that reveals to us the love of God. 293 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,160 And we are the ones that are to position ourselves in the 294 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,040 presence of God. We are the ones that are to 295 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,880 positions ourselves in the light of the sun. 296 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,120 We are the ones that are to keep ourselves in the love of God. 297 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:06,880 And lastly, the Lord says shine. Now is the time for you to be. 298 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,200 Now is the time for you to walk in the spirit of sonship. 299 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,840 Now is the time to see yourself as one with Christ. 300 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,360 Now is the time that you yourself go and be the answer to 301 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:23,800 a lost and dying world. Now is the time freely you have 302 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,440 received. Now freely you give salvation on 303 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,080 to others. This is the year where sons and 304 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:36,480 daughters are activated in the mighty name of Jesus. 2nd 305 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:41,640 Corinthians says whenever someone turns to the Lord, or 306 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,240 whenever someone chooses to arise from the current 307 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,800 circumstances, the veil is taken away. 308 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,880 Where you were once blind, you can see now. 309 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:57,760 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Lord is, there is 310 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:02,040 freedom. So all of us who have had that 311 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:07,000 veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. 312 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,960 Man, that is powerful. I want you to get that in your 313 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:19,280 spirit, say, I can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. 314 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:27,120 Hallelujah, it goes on to say. And the Lord, who is the Spirit, 315 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:34,480 makes us more and more like Him, so we are changed into His 316 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:39,160 glorious image. Man walking with the Holy 317 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,320 Spirit, cultivating a relationship with the Holy 318 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:49,720 Spirit, praying in the Holy Spirit, spending time in the 319 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:54,760 Spirit, seeking the Lord that will change you into His 320 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,240 glorious image. Faith is not something that is 321 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,280 learned. Faith is something that is 322 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,920 imparted into you through the word of God and through the 323 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,600 spirit of sonship at work inside of you. 324 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:15,480 It's time to shine. It's time to be Acts 1038. 325 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,560 We read about Jesus. Remember, Jesus is the glory of 326 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,680 God, the full expression of God. He is our role model. 327 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,880 He is the author, perfector and finisher of faith. 328 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:28,960 He is the one that we are to be like. 329 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,960 Acts 1038 says how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth. 330 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:40,560 Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about 331 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:46,320 doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for 332 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:51,960 God was with them, or the love of God was with him. 333 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,520 So here we see Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit, 334 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,560 that same Holy Spirit that I was Speaking of, that comes to bring 335 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,920 the glory out from you. Jesus had that same Holy Spirit. 336 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,880 And with that Holy Spirit he went and he shone everywhere he 337 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,360 went. He pushed back darkness 338 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,840 everywhere he went. He cast out the devils and 339 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,280 unclean spirits everywhere he went. 340 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,280 He cured sickness everywhere he went. 341 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:31,440 He he set the truth in place. Everywhere Jesus went, he did 342 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:36,280 good. And so we need to see here the 343 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,680 Holy Spirit went everywhere with Jesus. 344 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,520 Jesus says I must go so that the Holy Spirit can come on you and 345 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,040 go everywhere with you. And you need to know that you 346 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,240 are anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power to go 347 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:54,800 about doing good. And as Jesus was shining his 348 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:59,400 light, the the Bible says that crowds continue to gather around 349 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,120 him. Rumors continue to spread of 350 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,640 Jesus of Nazareth who was doing all these miracle signs and 351 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,680 wonders. People were gathering their 352 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,280 friends, people were bringing their family. 353 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,160 People were bringing people to the feet of Jesus because he was 354 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,280 shining his light bright. And who knows that that is 355 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:23,920 Jesus's mission still is to gather people and set them free. 356 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,680 That is the mission of the church. 357 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,520 That is your ultimate mission is to bring people unto the 358 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:36,280 salvation of the Lord, to bring deliverance, to cast out devils, 359 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:42,320 to heal the sick. And so God, the love of God. 360 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,560 The Bible says Jesus was was moved with compassion. 361 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:53,080 He was overflowing and filled with the love of God and that 362 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,000 was the motivator to the faith that he released. 363 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:00,480 He was one with God the Father. Jesus was one with love. 364 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:05,320 Jesus set his face towards the Father and in return the Father 365 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:11,040 set his face towards him. And so Jesus was the love of God 366 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,160 walking on earth. You and I, church, are the love 367 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:18,880 of God walking on earth. And so we are to shine this 368 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:23,600 great love of God for God's people and believe that the Holy 369 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,920 Spirit is with us to bring the answer that this world is 370 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:35,800 looking for. And so this idea that man faith 371 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:42,120 that works is rooted in love must mean that great love 372 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:50,560 releases great faith. Great love releases great faith. 373 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,080 The Bible says that there is no greater love than a man lays 374 00:28:55,080 --> 00:29:01,200 down his life for his friends. And I believe that when we start 375 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:06,000 to walk in this love for others that we will start to activate 376 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:11,120 our faith for others and we will truly see this faith that Jesus 377 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,800 Christ released on earth operating and releasing through 378 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,440 us. It starts with us, create us, 379 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:24,360 carrying the love of God within us, and that is the foundation 380 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,680 upon which a great faith will be released. 381 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:37,680 Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God or have faith 382 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:45,640 in love, that the love of God is so big for you that this 383 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:50,040 seemingly immovable object can be removed. 384 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:56,280 Have faith in God or have faith in the love of God for you. 385 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,520 For assuredly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain be 386 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,560 removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his 387 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:10,520 heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, He 388 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:16,880 will have whatever he says. Great love releases great faith, 389 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:23,880 and I believe that a love not built on conditions, but 390 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,400 revelation is what moves mountains. 391 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,720 My love is not built on whether or not God gets me the things I 392 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:36,920 want or makes things start going the way I want them to, but my 393 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:42,040 love is built on the revelation of God's great love for me that 394 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:47,120 was made manifest in Jesus Christ coming and dying a brutal 395 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,360 death so that I could be set free. 396 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,160 The book the Bible says that his body was broken, that mine may 397 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:58,440 be healed, His blood was shed so that my sins may be forgiven. 398 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,360 An innocent man that knew no sin. 399 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:05,240 And then he rose three days later so that I can arise from 400 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,640 my circumstances that have kept me down. 401 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,000 And today, Church, I believe that you are gathered here at 402 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,720 this 9:00 AM service because you too are ready to arise from the 403 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,280 circumstances that once keep you down. 404 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:26,200 And so I just declare Church that you are ready because He is 405 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,840 with you and He is ready. I declare Church that you are 406 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:36,280 ready to arise. You are ready to put your face 407 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,520 in the sunlight. You are ready to shine. 408 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,680 And I'm just going to declare and decree this as the worship 409 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:49,920 team comes up out of Isaiah 60, it says, after you've arisen, 410 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:55,280 after you have put your face in the glory of the Lord, after you 411 00:31:55,280 --> 00:32:00,000 let your light shine, it says, and I declare this is our 412 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,360 reality here at Love Quest. So, Father, I just thank you 413 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:09,440 that nations will come to our light, that kings are coming to 414 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,840 our sunburst brightness. We do look up, we do look 415 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,040 around. We watch as they gather, we 416 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,760 watch as they approach us. Sons are coming from great 417 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,440 distances, daughters are being carried by their nannies. 418 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,960 And when we see them coming, we shall smile. 419 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:32,360 Big smiles, shout it out, church big smiles. 420 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,120 Our heart will swell and yes, burst. 421 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,440 I declare and decree that 2024 is the year of homecoming. 422 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,080 Sons and daughters are activating. 423 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:50,520 The Father's heart is revealed in the mighty name of Jesus. 424 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:56,000 Amen. Thank you so much for tuning 425 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,520 into this week's sermon. We pray you were challenged, 426 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,120 equipped and encouraged. Make sure to follow us on all 427 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,320 platforms. That's Lovequest Intl church. 428 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,760 We out here for real. We're really doing it. 429 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,680 That's Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. 430 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,240 You can find us anywhere you need to find us. 431 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,240 But until next time, you know the drill. 432 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,480 You know the motto, get your love fixed man and we'll see 433 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:19,120 y'all real soon.