1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,080 We are one church. We love God, love people, love 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,800 his mission and love his church. Welcome to the One Church 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:17,360 Podcast. Hello, my name is Callum and 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,400 it's my privilege to welcome you to the One Church Podcast today. 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,240 It's been a great summer so far, in spite of the weather here in 6 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:25,680 Leicester, and I believe it's only going to get better as we 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,840 begin our new teaching series Jehovah. 8 00:00:28,340 --> 00:00:30,700 Unpacking some of the names of God to understand what they mean 9 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:33,620 for us today. But first, I would love to 10 00:00:33,620 --> 00:00:35,980 encourage you all with Ephesians 320. 11 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:40,060 All glory to God, who is able through His mighty power at work 12 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:42,860 within us to accomplish infinitely more than we might 13 00:00:42,860 --> 00:00:46,100 ask or think. Whatever mountains are in your 14 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:48,140 path this week. Know that you have the power of 15 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:50,980 God working in you, and through that power He can accomplish 16 00:00:50,980 --> 00:00:52,980 more than you would ever have dreamed possible. 17 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:56,540 So buckle up and get ready for our message from Pastor Susan, 18 00:00:56,580 --> 00:00:59,620 recorded at the OB site on Sunday the 30th of July as we 19 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:02,460 find out about the victory that we have in Jehovah Nissi, the 20 00:01:02,460 --> 00:01:08,700 Lord Arvana. Today is all about, as Tom said, 21 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:10,820 in the worship. We're starting a series on the 22 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:13,860 names of God, particularly the ones that start with Jehovah, 23 00:01:14,180 --> 00:01:16,620 and we're going to talk a bit about lifting up our hands 24 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:17,460 today. So that's. 25 00:01:17,980 --> 00:01:19,940 Really good. But I wonder when you meet 26 00:01:19,940 --> 00:01:22,100 somebody, one of the first questions, what's one of the 27 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:23,620 first questions that you might ask them? 28 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:27,100 But I would imagine you might say, what's your name? 29 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:30,540 What's your name? It's a bit embarrassing if you 30 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:32,380 have to say that. If you, if you know that, you 31 00:01:32,380 --> 00:01:33,780 really should know that person's name. 32 00:01:33,780 --> 00:01:36,460 You've known them actually a long time and suddenly that name 33 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:38,300 goes out of your head. If that ever happened to you. 34 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:42,340 I remember when we first came to lead 20 Life Church 16 years 35 00:01:42,340 --> 00:01:44,530 ago. I remember asking Jesus for a 36 00:01:44,530 --> 00:01:47,650 special anointing, a special gift, to be able to remember 37 00:01:47,650 --> 00:01:50,490 people's names, because I knew there was so many new people we 38 00:01:50,490 --> 00:01:53,130 were going to meet. And I do think he helped me with 39 00:01:53,130 --> 00:01:55,610 that actually. And so that's, that's good. 40 00:01:56,410 --> 00:01:59,170 But most of us have more than one name, really, that we're 41 00:01:59,170 --> 00:02:02,810 known by. And how people talk to us 42 00:02:02,810 --> 00:02:06,210 depends on their relationship with us or the name they call us 43 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:07,850 by. So for me, if you wanted to be 44 00:02:07,850 --> 00:02:10,449 very formal, you could call me Susan Elizabeth Hynde. 45 00:02:12,410 --> 00:02:15,450 If you wanted to call me by a nickname I was known as at 46 00:02:15,450 --> 00:02:20,010 school, you could call me Shep. So my name was Heppel, Susan 47 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:21,970 Heppel. And so my friends used to call 48 00:02:21,970 --> 00:02:25,650 me Shep because it's S Heppel. And also there was a sheep dog 49 00:02:25,650 --> 00:02:28,050 on Blue Peter, which was a program back in the day called 50 00:02:28,050 --> 00:02:30,610 Shep, and I don't know why they thought I was like a sheep dog, 51 00:02:30,610 --> 00:02:34,210 but maybe that's a compliment. Anyway, David, by the way, used 52 00:02:34,210 --> 00:02:38,530 to be called be no because of Heinz beans and also Angel eyes 53 00:02:38,530 --> 00:02:41,330 because he had sort of very fair eyelashes. 54 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,680 Our children and grandchildren will often call a star in Meemaw 55 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,440 because Annabelle, when she was a little girl, couldn't say 56 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,280 grandma. So she used to start. 57 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,200 She started calling me Meemar and then since then everyone's 58 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,600 called me Meemar. And in fact, even people on the 59 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,200 staff now call me Pastor Meemar or memes. 60 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,080 So yeah, there you go. But it depends on the relation. 61 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,120 You know the relationship we have with a person. 62 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,640 Determines what we might call them or name them and the way 63 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:14,440 that they are revealed to us. And God is known by many names 64 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,480 in the Bible, and his names reveal different aspects of who 65 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,720 He is and who he is to us and how he wants to reveal himself 66 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,480 to us. Do you know? 67 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,640 The understanding and speaking out and declaring the names of 68 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:32,280 God is very powerful. So it says in Psalm 138 you have 69 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,560 exalted above all things, your name and your word. 70 00:03:37,330 --> 00:03:40,610 God's name and God's words stand above all other things. 71 00:03:40,610 --> 00:03:43,650 So above all your feelings, do you know what that's true? 72 00:03:43,650 --> 00:03:47,570 That whatever you're feeling, God's name, God's word is above 73 00:03:47,570 --> 00:03:50,770 those things. Above all rule, above all 74 00:03:50,770 --> 00:03:52,650 authority. We've sung that this morning. 75 00:03:53,050 --> 00:03:56,290 You're lifted high above all other things. 76 00:03:57,330 --> 00:04:00,170 There's two friends of ours who have a son. 77 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:03,330 And over the last few months, in fact, the last year or so, he's 78 00:04:03,330 --> 00:04:06,770 been trying very hard to get into a particular program. 79 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,720 He's actually in the army and it's it's been really difficult. 80 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,400 It's a really, really, really difficult and elite sort of 81 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,440 training program and they've been speaking over him every 82 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,240 day. Certain scriptures, particularly 83 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,160 as I have 40 about you will run and not grow weary, you'll walk 84 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,320 and not grow faint. And just this last few days they 85 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,040 heard that he had actually got into this program that he's 86 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,240 passed and graduated and it's a very rare thing. 87 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,640 So they were absolutely delighted and their son has said 88 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,680 because he knew this was happening and he's had quite a 89 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,560 few encounters with God. Over this whole season, just 90 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,880 through the whole process, and he's having written on the 91 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,640 inside of his cap, he's having written that scripture as I-40, 92 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,040 you will run and not grow weary. You will walk and not grow 93 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,920 faint. You know, it's powerful thing to 94 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,040 speak God's name, God's word over our children, over people 95 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,480 close to us. But Jehovah is God's personal 96 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,800 name. In the beginning of the Bible, 97 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,150 he's revealed as Elohim. Our creator. 98 00:05:03,310 --> 00:05:06,070 But the word Jehovah, he's revealed as the God who wants 99 00:05:06,070 --> 00:05:09,430 relationship. Jehovah's actually a combination 100 00:05:09,430 --> 00:05:14,710 of the word Yahweh, the holy Holy name of God, and AD and I, 101 00:05:15,070 --> 00:05:17,830 which was the spoken name that the Jews would speak. 102 00:05:18,070 --> 00:05:20,150 And those have been mixed together and made the word 103 00:05:20,150 --> 00:05:22,270 Jehovah. So over the next four weeks, 104 00:05:22,270 --> 00:05:24,790 we're going to look at four names of God that start with 105 00:05:25,030 --> 00:05:29,030 Jehovah and, you know, as we preach, the mighty names of God. 106 00:05:29,970 --> 00:05:33,210 We can expect deep transformation in us, and we can 107 00:05:33,210 --> 00:05:37,010 expect a wide impact in our lives and through our lives. 108 00:05:37,010 --> 00:05:39,930 So I want us to raise our faith that as we really understand 109 00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:43,130 more of these names of God and speak them out in our lives, 110 00:05:43,330 --> 00:05:45,210 we're going to see impact and change. 111 00:05:45,610 --> 00:05:48,730 We're going to look at Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our peace. 112 00:05:48,730 --> 00:05:52,170 We're going to look at Jehovah Jira, the Lord our provider, 113 00:05:52,570 --> 00:05:55,050 Jehovah Rafah, the Lord our healer. 114 00:05:55,330 --> 00:05:58,690 And today we're going to begin with Jehovah Nissi, the Lord, 115 00:05:58,770 --> 00:06:01,710 Our Banners. So a bit about banners. 116 00:06:01,710 --> 00:06:04,270 Well, a banner today is like a sign, isn't it? 117 00:06:04,270 --> 00:06:06,550 Or a flag. We might think of a a sporting 118 00:06:06,550 --> 00:06:10,070 event where people wave a flag to say which team they support. 119 00:06:10,590 --> 00:06:13,950 In ancient times, you see people going to war under a banner 120 00:06:14,550 --> 00:06:17,550 lifted up for everyone to see. The symbol of victory, A 121 00:06:17,550 --> 00:06:20,790 reminder for the Jews, as we're going to read in a moment, that 122 00:06:20,910 --> 00:06:24,510 the victory was God's alone, and the Israelites followed the 123 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:27,790 Lord's banner into battle, and it's in His name that they 124 00:06:27,790 --> 00:06:31,060 conquered. Jehovah Nissi, the Lord our 125 00:06:31,060 --> 00:06:32,300 banner. So we're going to read from 126 00:06:32,300 --> 00:06:36,580 Exodus 17 where this name is first mentioned in the Bible. 127 00:06:36,580 --> 00:06:40,900 So here we go, Exodus 17 So these lights have just come out 128 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:44,340 of the promised land, just started wandering in the desert 129 00:06:44,420 --> 00:06:46,820 and here they come across the first attack. 130 00:06:47,620 --> 00:06:50,940 The Amalekites came and attacked of the Israelites at refedeem. 131 00:06:51,420 --> 00:06:54,060 Moses said to Joshua. Choose some of our men and go 132 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:57,750 out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of 133 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,950 the hill with the staff of God in my hands. 134 00:07:00,470 --> 00:07:03,910 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, 135 00:07:03,910 --> 00:07:06,150 Aaron, and her went to the top of the hill. 136 00:07:06,670 --> 00:07:09,030 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were 137 00:07:09,030 --> 00:07:10,550 winning. But whenever he lowered his 138 00:07:10,550 --> 00:07:12,070 hands, the Amalekites were winning. 139 00:07:12,830 --> 00:07:15,470 When Moses hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it 140 00:07:15,470 --> 00:07:19,310 under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and her held his hands up 141 00:07:19,310 --> 00:07:22,870 one-on-one, side 1 on the other so that his hands remain steady 142 00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:26,620 till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite 143 00:07:26,620 --> 00:07:30,260 army with the sword, and then the Lord said to Moses, write 144 00:07:30,260 --> 00:07:33,340 this on the scroll as something to be remembered, and be sure 145 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:36,100 that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the 146 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:37,900 name of Amalek from under heaven. 147 00:07:38,780 --> 00:07:42,420 Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my banner, 148 00:07:42,580 --> 00:07:45,900 Jehovah Nissi, he said. Because hands were lifted up 149 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:48,700 against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will be at war against 150 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:51,700 the Amalekites from generation to generation. 151 00:07:52,650 --> 00:07:54,250 And here we see the power of that name. 152 00:07:54,610 --> 00:07:58,530 Jehovah nissi. The Lord is our banner, and 153 00:07:58,530 --> 00:08:01,810 that's at all times. So, Lord, we just ask you, come 154 00:08:01,810 --> 00:08:04,850 and reveal yourself through this name, through this mighty 155 00:08:04,850 --> 00:08:07,970 powerful name. And Lord changes as we read your 156 00:08:07,970 --> 00:08:09,610 word right now as we look into it. 157 00:08:10,050 --> 00:08:12,850 Amen. So Jehovah Nissi is our banner 158 00:08:12,850 --> 00:08:18,090 when we are weak if we look back a few verses before this passage 159 00:08:18,090 --> 00:08:20,060 that we just read. We read this. 160 00:08:20,060 --> 00:08:22,940 The whole Israelite community set out from the desert of Sin, 161 00:08:23,180 --> 00:08:25,700 traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. 162 00:08:25,740 --> 00:08:28,900 They camped at Refadeem. This is the place where they 163 00:08:28,940 --> 00:08:32,140 they are when the attack comes. But there was no water for the 164 00:08:32,140 --> 00:08:35,020 people to drink. So the Israelites have just seen 165 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:37,580 this amazing victory over the Egyptians. 166 00:08:37,580 --> 00:08:42,380 They've been taken through the Red Sea, parted amazing miracle 167 00:08:43,059 --> 00:08:46,620 out towards the promised land. They're experiencing the desert 168 00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:48,900 life now. They're dependent on God. 169 00:08:49,850 --> 00:08:51,770 But complaining also was started. 170 00:08:52,010 --> 00:08:55,450 So they've already complained at Mara because of bitter water. 171 00:08:55,450 --> 00:08:58,130 And the Lord's done a miracle where Moses struck the rock with 172 00:08:58,130 --> 00:09:00,770 his staff and the water became fit to drink. 173 00:09:01,130 --> 00:09:04,410 They've grumbled about the food, and God has provided manner and 174 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:06,970 he's provided quail for them. And they've traveled to 175 00:09:06,970 --> 00:09:09,250 Refadine, where there's no water to drink. 176 00:09:09,370 --> 00:09:11,410 So they are in a place of weakness. 177 00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:14,450 And God instructs Moses it says this. 178 00:09:14,450 --> 00:09:16,530 It says I will stand there before you. 179 00:09:16,530 --> 00:09:18,450 This is what God says by the Rock at Horreb. 180 00:09:18,970 --> 00:09:21,570 Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to 181 00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:23,410 drink. So Moses did this in the sight 182 00:09:23,410 --> 00:09:26,610 of the elders of Israel, and he called the place Masa and 183 00:09:26,610 --> 00:09:29,610 Mariba, which because the Israelites quarrelled and 184 00:09:29,610 --> 00:09:32,650 because they tested the Lord saying, Is the Lord among us or 185 00:09:32,650 --> 00:09:35,450 not? So Moses struck the rock, and 186 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:38,410 water came gushing out. And they called this place 187 00:09:38,410 --> 00:09:41,810 testing and quarrelling. And they were asking, is the 188 00:09:41,810 --> 00:09:43,450 Lord with us or is he not with us? 189 00:09:44,430 --> 00:09:46,070 So this is a place of weakness for them. 190 00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:47,790 This is a place maybe of weariness. 191 00:09:47,790 --> 00:09:50,670 They don't really know what's happening, but God had helped 192 00:09:50,670 --> 00:09:52,830 them. He was the Lord, their banner. 193 00:09:52,830 --> 00:09:55,590 Even in that moment, even before this battle that we've just read 194 00:09:55,590 --> 00:09:59,230 about, He met them in weakness, You know, in one Corinthians 195 00:09:59,230 --> 00:10:01,590 10/2 to four, it says this powerful scripture. 196 00:10:01,590 --> 00:10:04,270 It says they were all baptized into Moses. 197 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:07,630 This is in the New Testament, says this in the cloud and in 198 00:10:07,630 --> 00:10:09,350 the sea. They all ate the same spiritual 199 00:10:09,350 --> 00:10:11,430 food and drank the same spiritual drink. 200 00:10:11,830 --> 00:10:14,110 For they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied 201 00:10:14,110 --> 00:10:19,350 them, and that rock was Christ Jesus Christ, the solid rock, 202 00:10:19,350 --> 00:10:21,710 The cornerstone was struck. He was beaten. 203 00:10:21,710 --> 00:10:24,550 He was crucified on the cross and way back. 204 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:27,790 Even like right near the beginning of the Bible, the the, 205 00:10:27,910 --> 00:10:31,710 the power of this, this cross still gave victory to the 206 00:10:31,710 --> 00:10:33,950 Israelites. And for anyone who will call on 207 00:10:34,030 --> 00:10:37,430 Jesus today, even today, He is our banner. 208 00:10:37,430 --> 00:10:41,590 When we are weak, Jesus is our banner in times of weakness. 209 00:10:42,290 --> 00:10:45,090 Jehovah Nissi, you know he will enable us to run and not grow 210 00:10:45,090 --> 00:10:47,890 weary. To walk and not grow faint as 211 00:10:47,890 --> 00:10:52,410 you let him be your banner. He'll enable you to run and not 212 00:10:52,410 --> 00:10:54,650 grow weary. To walk and not grow faint. 213 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:57,050 I wonder, are you feeling a bit weary today? 214 00:10:57,050 --> 00:10:59,650 Are you feeling a bit weak today in one way or another? 215 00:10:59,650 --> 00:11:04,410 Well, lift up your hands today, because the Lord, your banner is 216 00:11:04,410 --> 00:11:07,570 with you. He can still strike that rock if 217 00:11:07,570 --> 00:11:10,290 you like, and the water can come out to refresh you. 218 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,400 Jehovah Nissi is our banner at all times when we're weak. 219 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,840 And secondly, Jehovah Nissi is our banner when we are at war. 220 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,800 So now the attack comes suddenly. 221 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,760 The Amalekites came, it says and attacked the Israelites at 222 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,760 Refidine. The Amalekites, the relentless 223 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,440 enemies of the Jews they came in attacked. 224 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,400 Interestingly, attack will always happen or often happen to 225 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,000 the people of God while we live in this world. 226 00:11:36,050 --> 00:11:38,050 But refedeem here means a place of rest. 227 00:11:38,090 --> 00:11:40,170 The Amalekites came and attacked, if you like, when 228 00:11:40,170 --> 00:11:42,930 their God was down, when they maybe you're losing confidence 229 00:11:42,930 --> 00:11:45,650 where they're a bit confused when they're weary. 230 00:11:47,690 --> 00:11:50,530 They were saying it just before this is the Lord really with us 231 00:11:50,530 --> 00:11:52,890 or not? And suddenly this enemy comes 232 00:11:52,890 --> 00:11:55,970 and attacks them. But Moses takes charge. 233 00:11:55,970 --> 00:11:58,050 It says Moses holds up the staff. 234 00:11:58,850 --> 00:12:01,690 Tomorrow, he says, I'll stand on top of the hill with the staff 235 00:12:01,690 --> 00:12:05,600 of God in my hands. I got a bit fascinated when I 236 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,400 was studying for this about this staff and just thinking back to 237 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,000 what this staff actually was, that Moses held up. 238 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,320 Well, this is the staff that he had in his hand when God called 239 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,240 him at the burning Bush that we looked at a few weeks ago. 240 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,640 It was his normal tool of the trade. 241 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,680 It was his shepherd's crook that became a catalyst for performing 242 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:27,520 miracles. It was used when he showed the 243 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:32,200 signs to Pharaoh, when all those different curses came on the 244 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,880 people in Egypt. So that eventually Pharaoh let 245 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,480 his people go. This is the staff that Moses 246 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,960 lifted over the Red Sea and it parted. 247 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,240 This is an ordinary thing, but it was a catalyst for miracles. 248 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,280 And remember, God had said to Moses when he called him, he 249 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,400 said, what is in your hand? And Moses had said, I've got a 250 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,840 staff in my hand, and God had used that and wonder for us 251 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,480 today, What do we have in our hands that we can lift up to 252 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,520 God? You know, it's time to maybe 253 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,760 lift up a skill that we might have again. 254 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,040 And say here I am, Lord, I'm lifting that up to you. 255 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,920 Maybe it's time that we can lift up to him. 256 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:11,240 Say I have this time. What? 257 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,440 What do you want for me to do with it? 258 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,920 Resources. Have we got resources that we 259 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,480 can lift up and say to God, what do you want to do with those? 260 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,000 Maybe it's our heart or prayer. This is really a sign of prayer 261 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,720 that Moses lifts up the staff in his hand. 262 00:13:28,190 --> 00:13:29,950 But we bring our whole selves, don't we? 263 00:13:29,950 --> 00:13:33,070 We bring our whole selves and say, Lord, I'm lifting up the 264 00:13:33,070 --> 00:13:35,630 staff to you if you like. I'm lifting up that ordinary 265 00:13:35,630 --> 00:13:39,310 thing, my life to you, and say, what do you want to do with it? 266 00:13:39,310 --> 00:13:41,430 And that's the way that we win the victory. 267 00:13:42,590 --> 00:13:45,670 And then it's hands up for victory because it was the 268 00:13:45,670 --> 00:13:47,990 lifting up of hands. So it says, Joshua fought the 269 00:13:47,990 --> 00:13:51,270 Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and her went to 270 00:13:51,270 --> 00:13:53,910 the top of the hill. And as long as Moses held up his 271 00:13:53,910 --> 00:13:55,270 hands, the Israelites were winning. 272 00:13:55,270 --> 00:13:57,830 But whenever he lowered them, the Amalekites were winning. 273 00:13:58,540 --> 00:14:03,020 To lift up your hands like that in a a battle situation was a 274 00:14:03,020 --> 00:14:06,620 military signal. For beginning the battle, or to 275 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:10,540 advance and possibly to lower your hands again, was a sign to 276 00:14:10,540 --> 00:14:13,620 retreat. And here it shows that winning 277 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:18,020 the battle is all about prayer. It's all about dependence on 278 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:21,340 God. It's true for us as much as it 279 00:14:21,340 --> 00:14:24,900 was for them, that we can only win the battles that we face. 280 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:27,180 As a church, we can only win the battles we face. 281 00:14:27,690 --> 00:14:31,610 As individual people, with God's help, we have to lift up our 282 00:14:31,610 --> 00:14:34,250 hands and say, Lord, this is all about you. 283 00:14:35,530 --> 00:14:39,090 Moses stands on the hilltop. When his hands are staying 284 00:14:39,090 --> 00:14:41,250 lifted up, then the Israelites are winning. 285 00:14:41,970 --> 00:14:44,730 Psalm 63 says this. I will praise you as long as I 286 00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:47,650 live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 287 00:14:48,290 --> 00:14:50,850 What does lifting hands mean? Well, we could think of lots of 288 00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:55,170 different meanings, but maybe surrender, Maybe praise. 289 00:14:55,910 --> 00:14:58,630 Maybe just lifting your hands to heaven, saying, Lord, this is 290 00:14:58,630 --> 00:15:00,790 all about you. This this battle is being fought 291 00:15:00,790 --> 00:15:04,630 in the heavenly places and worked out on the earth, and 292 00:15:04,630 --> 00:15:07,670 we're part of that. What happens on the hilltop 293 00:15:08,070 --> 00:15:10,630 determines the outcome in the valley. 294 00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:15,590 The sword of Joshua in the valley, fighting practical 295 00:15:16,190 --> 00:15:17,910 action. The earthly battle. 296 00:15:19,430 --> 00:15:22,750 The flesh and blood, if you like, And what was happening on 297 00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:25,250 the mountain? The spiritual battle that's 298 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:30,050 fought above can I say Fight the good fight of faith. 299 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:33,410 Pray and fight for your marriage. 300 00:15:34,610 --> 00:15:37,130 Pray and fight for your children. 301 00:15:38,010 --> 00:15:41,530 Pray and fight for your business or for your testimony. 302 00:15:41,850 --> 00:15:45,370 The you know the arm of flesh that speaks about in the Bible 303 00:15:45,370 --> 00:15:48,850 will fail alone. But with God we have the 304 00:15:48,850 --> 00:15:51,210 victory. With God we have the victory. 305 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:57,100 I was reminded preparing this of a card that I received many, 306 00:15:57,100 --> 00:16:01,260 many years ago, 30 years ago, from a wonderful lady that used 307 00:16:01,260 --> 00:16:04,300 to be in our old church. And it was when our eldest son 308 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,300 Sam was first diagnosed with autism. 309 00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:10,100 And she wrote Psalm 20 and a card for me and underlined some 310 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,060 bits. And suddenly while I was 311 00:16:11,060 --> 00:16:14,260 preparing this, it came back to me and it was really powerful to 312 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:16,820 me because this is what she wrote, she wrote, May the Lord 313 00:16:16,820 --> 00:16:18,180 answer you when you were in distress. 314 00:16:18,180 --> 00:16:20,180 May the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 315 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,400 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support 316 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,360 from Zion. May he remember all your 317 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,320 sacrifices and accept your offerings. 318 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,920 May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your 319 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,640 plans succeed. May we shout for joy over your 320 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,920 victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God. 321 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,400 And then it's it. It says the Lord gives victory, 322 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,440 and so on. Some trust in Chariots and some 323 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,280 in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. 324 00:16:45,010 --> 00:16:47,570 And I was thinking when I when I thought about that card, and I'm 325 00:16:47,570 --> 00:16:50,490 pretty sure I have it somewhere, if I bothered to look it out, 326 00:16:50,490 --> 00:16:53,450 it's in a box somewhere. I was thinking, well, look what 327 00:16:53,450 --> 00:16:56,650 the Lord has done. Because yesterday Philippa and I 328 00:16:56,650 --> 00:17:00,930 went to a tea party, like a hen tea party with Fiona. 329 00:17:00,930 --> 00:17:03,490 Who's the lovely lady that Sam's going to marry in a few weeks 330 00:17:03,490 --> 00:17:05,609 time. When I look at Sam, now that 331 00:17:05,609 --> 00:17:08,050 he's done a degree, a master's degree, that he's. 332 00:17:09,579 --> 00:17:11,619 Living on his own, when he was told he would never live 333 00:17:11,619 --> 00:17:14,660 independently all those amazing things that God has done in his 334 00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:18,380 life and that our answers to prayer and we lifted up our 335 00:17:18,380 --> 00:17:21,780 banners in the name of the Lord, we said before we even saw that 336 00:17:21,780 --> 00:17:24,420 victory. We said this is our victory and 337 00:17:24,420 --> 00:17:28,580 we we declared it and we praised God and we spoke the scriptures 338 00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:32,500 over him, and we did everything we knew to do and look what the 339 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:35,300 Lord has done, because we couldn't have done that. 340 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:38,020 But he has done an amazing, mighty thing. 341 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:42,780 And you know He can. You know, he can do that in 342 00:17:42,780 --> 00:17:44,940 situations that you might be facing right now. 343 00:17:45,780 --> 00:17:49,260 We lift up our banners in the name of the Lord our God we say 344 00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:51,260 Jehovah. We see you are the Lord our 345 00:17:51,260 --> 00:17:52,940 banner. The victory is written over your 346 00:17:52,940 --> 00:17:55,300 banner already and we declare it. 347 00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:59,300 But you know we cannot win alone because it says here Moses hands 348 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:01,580 grew tired. And you know every person gets 349 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:05,060 tired at times, don't we? And when he grew tired, they 350 00:18:05,060 --> 00:18:07,500 took a stone and they put it under him and he sat on it. 351 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:09,560 I love that picture. Just on there. 352 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,200 Moses will get a stone and sit down. 353 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,280 And they held his hands up. Erin and her held his hands up 354 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,880 one-on-one side, 1 on the other, so that his hands remain steady 355 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,920 till sunset. And that phrase there that just 356 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,760 struck out to me when I was reading this passage. 357 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,560 His hands remain steady till sunset. 358 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,480 It's not what we want for our lives that our hands remain 359 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,280 steady, remain steady till the very end, the very sunset of our 360 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,160 life in on this earth that our hands remain. 361 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,480 Steady. He couldn't do it by himself. 362 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,800 He needed the family. If you like, can I say find an 363 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,080 error on find a her who will stand with you, Who will stand 364 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,600 in prayer. In our prayer army zoom meeting 365 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,680 on Friday we had, I felt we had a great time of prayer, praying 366 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,520 all around the world. And in our little small group. 367 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,080 When we broke into groups, one lady really blessed David and I, 368 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,520 just the way she was thanking God for our church and for all 369 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,120 the amazing different people in the church. 370 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,720 And what a blessing it was to her. 371 00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:09,580 And that just blessed our heart. But I wonder, where are your 372 00:19:09,580 --> 00:19:15,020 Aaron and her? Don't neglect being alongside 373 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:17,500 other believers. There's going to be a great 374 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,660 surge in small groups. I'm going to speak it out. 375 00:19:20,020 --> 00:19:21,380 We're going to have more small groups. 376 00:19:21,380 --> 00:19:23,620 We're going to have more opportunities for people to 377 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:27,300 connect together, to love one another and to grow together. 378 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:33,300 Joshua overcame the Malachite army, it says with the sword. 379 00:19:34,150 --> 00:19:37,390 It happened because Aaron and her stood with Moses and they 380 00:19:37,390 --> 00:19:40,710 declared together and they lifted up their hands to heaven 381 00:19:40,710 --> 00:19:43,670 and the battle was won. You know, in a small group, you 382 00:19:43,670 --> 00:19:47,390 can agree on things together with other people, you can agree 383 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:49,830 with your friends, you can stand together. 384 00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:52,230 So don't keep. If you've got a need even in 385 00:19:52,230 --> 00:19:54,510 your life today, don't keep it to yourself. 386 00:19:54,510 --> 00:19:56,510 Make sure you ask somebody to pray with you. 387 00:19:56,510 --> 00:19:59,270 Ask someone to stand with you, because we need one another. 388 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,480 And in one church at the moment, I think this scripture is a 389 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,920 really good one for us. The the horse is prepared for 390 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,840 the day of battle. It says pro verse 2131. 391 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,800 But victory belongs to the Lord. It feels like everything's being 392 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,600 got ready for this new day that is coming. 393 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,440 Jehovah Nissi is our battle at all times. 394 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,760 And you know what? His arms never get tired. 395 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,640 Moses arms got tired. But Jesus arms, our our Father's 396 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,680 arms, they never get tired. They're always lifted up on our 397 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,390 behalf when we're weak, when we're at war. 398 00:20:29,390 --> 00:20:33,590 And finally, Jehovah Nissi is our banner when we worship, the 399 00:20:33,590 --> 00:20:36,510 Lord said to Moses, write this on the scroll as something to be 400 00:20:36,510 --> 00:20:40,030 remembered. Sometimes when we we are 401 00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:41,750 worshiping, it isn't just singing. 402 00:20:41,830 --> 00:20:44,270 Sometimes it can be. It can involve actually 403 00:20:44,270 --> 00:20:47,350 recording something, actually saying this is what you've done, 404 00:20:47,350 --> 00:20:50,350 Lord, I'm declaring that, or this is what you're going to do. 405 00:20:50,710 --> 00:20:53,430 I believe it. It's like a banner is a reminder 406 00:20:53,430 --> 00:20:56,150 of what he's done and what we're praying for him to do in the 407 00:20:56,150 --> 00:20:59,140 future. It's a testimony of his 408 00:20:59,140 --> 00:21:01,260 faithfulness. And sometimes when we're 409 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:04,020 singing, we're just saying I'm testifying to what you've done 410 00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:07,260 in my life, his faithfulness in every season. 411 00:21:08,140 --> 00:21:12,060 I was reminded a few weeks ago because I met with a lady called 412 00:21:12,060 --> 00:21:15,220 Marianne who was an old school friend that I've known since I 413 00:21:15,220 --> 00:21:18,060 was 12 years old. And we haven't seen each other 414 00:21:18,060 --> 00:21:20,340 for many, many years. And we had quite an emotional 415 00:21:20,340 --> 00:21:22,700 moment in the car park in this place where we met, where we 416 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:25,900 just because we both, honestly, I think we both look really, 417 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:29,220 really not the same as we did at 11, but certainly as the last 418 00:21:29,220 --> 00:21:32,060 time we saw each other, we didn't look that different and 419 00:21:32,060 --> 00:21:35,340 we just had a big hug and it was just so nice and so easy to 420 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:37,300 talk. We felt I was just kicked off 421 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:40,940 again where we left off. But it made me remember what I 422 00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:45,300 was like at 1314, an insecure, lost young lady. 423 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,700 You know, I had quite a hard family life at that time, quite 424 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:52,180 a lot of challenges and even though my parents were wonderful 425 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:55,700 but things, things were not that easy at home achieving. 426 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:59,700 Well, I was happy in a new great school, but inside I had this 427 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:02,700 longing for God, longing to know God. 428 00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:06,420 I'm not sure how to find him, but just full of full of 429 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:09,260 potential if you like. And then I was captured by 430 00:22:09,420 --> 00:22:12,780 Jesus, heard the gospel, the simple gospel explained for the 431 00:22:12,780 --> 00:22:16,180 first time that I couldn't get to God on my own. 432 00:22:16,260 --> 00:22:21,010 There was this wall in between us of of my sin and I needed 433 00:22:21,010 --> 00:22:23,090 Jesus. I needed to invite him to come 434 00:22:23,090 --> 00:22:24,810 and be the bridge between me and God. 435 00:22:25,410 --> 00:22:27,250 And just that very simple explanation. 436 00:22:27,610 --> 00:22:31,130 I just said yes to Jesus in my heart and that was the star of a 437 00:22:31,130 --> 00:22:37,490 whole new life for me. 50 years later, I'm in the 36th year of a 438 00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:41,890 marriage to the love of my life, serving this amazing church, 439 00:22:42,930 --> 00:22:45,810 more confident in the goodness of God than ever before. 440 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,680 You know Jehovah Nissi, I can say he's my banner. 441 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,960 We could, we could probably now stop and spend many, many hours 442 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,040 while you will tell your testimonies of how the Lord has 443 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,440 been your banner. You you give a witness to what 444 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,760 the goodness of God in your life but us as a house as well as as 445 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,000 a church. His faithfulness bringing us to 446 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,040 this .5 thriving sites and about to plan to six. 447 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,920 That's exciting to now be thinking about reaching out 448 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,830 again. The story of even what you've 449 00:23:15,830 --> 00:23:18,270 seen on the screen, the development of 1 Center. 450 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:21,070 Look at what the Lord has done. The Lord is our banner. 451 00:23:21,070 --> 00:23:24,550 He's brought us this far and our best days are ahead. 452 00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:27,950 You know, this week we had an e-mail from somebody in one 453 00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:33,270 church and she sent us a song And she, she said while she was 454 00:23:33,270 --> 00:23:35,990 listening to this song, she just saw loads of children dancing 455 00:23:35,990 --> 00:23:40,150 into the new yearly refurbished 1 center in a sort of a vision 456 00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:43,860 and filling the aisles and all around waving flags, big 457 00:23:43,860 --> 00:23:47,420 beautiful flags, banners in the name of God, bright color and 458 00:23:47,420 --> 00:23:50,740 joy on their faces. And she said, I felt like God 459 00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:52,860 was saying we're coming into an open heaven. 460 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,100 And she said quite a few other things as well. 461 00:23:55,740 --> 00:23:58,380 What she doesn't know is that I'm not going to give away any 462 00:23:58,380 --> 00:24:01,420 secrets, but there's going to be some exciting things a bit like 463 00:24:01,420 --> 00:24:05,500 that in very, very similar. And even the same song that she 464 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:09,460 sent us is going to be used as children dance in our new 465 00:24:09,460 --> 00:24:11,260 center. So she's hearing from God there. 466 00:24:11,780 --> 00:24:14,060 But that's so exciting to think that God is going ahead. 467 00:24:14,060 --> 00:24:16,620 He's bringing us an open heaven. And that won't just be in one 468 00:24:16,620 --> 00:24:18,180 place. That will be across all our 469 00:24:18,180 --> 00:24:22,220 sides, Lift up his name and bow down in worship. 470 00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:25,460 Moses built an altar and called it the Lord is My banner. 471 00:24:26,020 --> 00:24:28,660 The battle is the Lord's. God will contend for us. 472 00:24:28,660 --> 00:24:31,940 God will fight with those who contend against us. 473 00:24:32,860 --> 00:24:37,170 And you get under the banner of the Lordship of Jesus, and he 474 00:24:37,170 --> 00:24:43,010 will give us the victory. It's a safe place to be Jesus. 475 00:24:43,010 --> 00:24:45,450 He raised a bloodstained banner, if you like. 476 00:24:45,970 --> 00:24:47,850 And in him we have victory over unbelief. 477 00:24:47,850 --> 00:24:51,770 We have victory over fear, victory over temptation. 478 00:24:52,850 --> 00:24:56,570 And in the battle for his Kingdom in this world, One 479 00:24:56,570 --> 00:24:59,050 Corinth is 15 says this. For sin is the sting that 480 00:24:59,050 --> 00:25:01,850 results in death, and the law gives sin its power. 481 00:25:01,850 --> 00:25:05,570 But thank God he gives us victory over sin and death 482 00:25:05,570 --> 00:25:08,970 through our Lord Jesus Christ. So lift up His name. 483 00:25:08,970 --> 00:25:12,570 He is the Lord our banner. Just imagine even over this 484 00:25:12,570 --> 00:25:15,810 place, this huge blood stained banner that we're lifting up 485 00:25:15,810 --> 00:25:18,210 with Jesus name on it just says Jesus. 486 00:25:19,010 --> 00:25:21,850 We're building an altar of worship because we cannot do 487 00:25:21,850 --> 00:25:25,290 this ourselves. We cannot see many people find 488 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:28,970 Jesus without God's help. We cannot build His Kingdom 489 00:25:28,970 --> 00:25:31,370 without His help. We cannot even face the battles 490 00:25:31,370 --> 00:25:33,860 in our own personal lives without him. 491 00:25:34,620 --> 00:25:37,060 So whether you're at weak, you're feeling weak this morning 492 00:25:37,060 --> 00:25:41,180 or you're at war, and actually, if we, if we know it or not, 493 00:25:41,180 --> 00:25:44,900 we're all at war in one area or another, we will worship. 494 00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:48,140 You know, we go out under his colors, if you like. 495 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:51,980 We go out under his flag. And the wonderful thing is that 496 00:25:51,980 --> 00:25:55,060 he's already won the victory. It's already won. 497 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,700 I was listening to a song this morning in the car and I thought 498 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:01,620 I'd just write down the words. It's a song called Valor by 499 00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:04,890 Christy Knuckles And it says with you I will face the day and 500 00:26:04,890 --> 00:26:07,810 the war that's over me and what I choose to believe. 501 00:26:08,370 --> 00:26:11,610 You're the lifter of my head and a shield above me as you answer 502 00:26:11,610 --> 00:26:14,810 my cries for help. And Jesus, you keep calling my 503 00:26:14,810 --> 00:26:18,050 by name with a love that just keeps hunting me down just to 504 00:26:18,050 --> 00:26:21,250 hold me up. I'm still here standing in a 505 00:26:21,250 --> 00:26:24,730 strength that's not my own. I don't face this hour alone 506 00:26:24,730 --> 00:26:27,610 because Jesus, your cross, your death, your resurrection life in 507 00:26:27,610 --> 00:26:29,450 me. You'll always be my Vella. 508 00:26:30,570 --> 00:26:33,320 I'm standing in a battle that's already won. 509 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,040 I can almost hear it, the sound of the trumpet calling me onward 510 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,760 to a better country. So raising up a banner means we 511 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,240 declare it, we nail our colors to the mast. 512 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,160 And I wonder today I thought it would be good and to end with a 513 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,200 time of of worship. And somehow, I'm not quite sure 514 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,440 how this is going to go. But I know it needs to involve 515 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,280 us lifting up our hands because we're going to lift our hands to 516 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,180 heaven. We're going to say Jehovah 517 00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:02,420 Nissi, you are the Lord, my banner. 518 00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:05,580 I'm feeling weak. I need your strength. 519 00:27:06,180 --> 00:27:09,460 I'm at war. I need your victory. 520 00:27:12,260 --> 00:27:14,060 And we're going to declare his worship. 521 00:27:14,060 --> 00:27:15,820 And we're going to declare our testimony. 522 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:19,100 So wherever you're at today, I just wonder if you would stand 523 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,980 with me this morning. And let's lift our hands. 524 00:27:21,980 --> 00:27:24,300 Let's surrender. Let's give him all we have. 525 00:27:24,980 --> 00:27:28,260 All we are, we're saying, Lord, we need you. 526 00:27:29,170 --> 00:27:31,330 We praising you. We say, Lord, in your name. 527 00:27:31,330 --> 00:27:35,570 We have the victory. And whatever it is, whatever it 528 00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:38,290 is that you're standing for right now, it could be you're 529 00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:42,050 contending for a family member. It could be you are contending 530 00:27:42,050 --> 00:27:45,330 for something in your own life. It could be your thoughts go 531 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:49,210 wider to the world around us and where the battles are raging. 532 00:27:50,090 --> 00:27:53,130 And we're saying Jehovah Nissi, the Lord, you are our banner. 533 00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:56,530 We're lifting up your name. We're lifting up your name. 534 00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,890 Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. 535 00:27:59,630 --> 00:28:03,870 I wonder if you, if you speak in in tongues, if you just speak in 536 00:28:03,870 --> 00:28:16,230 that language that you've been taught by him, you might want to 537 00:28:16,230 --> 00:28:18,070 sing. You might want to sing your 538 00:28:18,070 --> 00:28:20,910 victory song. Sing your victory song. 539 00:28:21,590 --> 00:28:24,670 You're singing over me and we're singing to him. 540 00:28:55,550 --> 00:28:58,470 You know the amazing thing is as we lift our hands, Jesus is in 541 00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,990 heaven. He, it says in Romans 8 Jesus, 542 00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:04,750 who died more than that, who was raised to life, is at the right 543 00:29:04,750 --> 00:29:07,630 hand of God and is also interceding for us. 544 00:29:10,390 --> 00:29:13,310 And it says in these things we are more than conquest. 545 00:29:13,310 --> 00:29:17,390 Through him who loves us. Nothing can separate us from his 546 00:29:17,390 --> 00:29:19,510 love. We come under his banner. 547 00:29:20,310 --> 00:29:22,150 Thank you, Jesus. Well, we lift up your name. 548 00:29:27,130 --> 00:29:29,410 What a powerful thought from pastor season there. 549 00:29:29,690 --> 00:29:33,410 I love the image of Erin and her holding Moses hands up for him. 550 00:29:33,930 --> 00:29:36,970 If you would appreciate prayer or support, please get in touch. 551 00:29:37,010 --> 00:29:39,130 We would love to help you keep your own hands raised. 552 00:29:39,850 --> 00:29:41,490 A few items of family news today. 553 00:29:41,850 --> 00:29:44,530 This Sunday we handed out hundreds of postcards inviting 554 00:29:44,530 --> 00:29:47,770 you to the launch of our newly renovated and almost completed 555 00:29:47,770 --> 00:29:50,050 building on the 9th and 10th of September. 556 00:29:50,890 --> 00:29:53,610 This whole journey has been fantastic so far and it's been 557 00:29:53,610 --> 00:29:55,850 about so much more than a new Center for us. 558 00:29:56,250 --> 00:29:59,250 Do all that you can to join us and invite your world to What an 559 00:29:59,250 --> 00:30:01,530 amazing thought that we could begin as we mean to go on with 560 00:30:01,530 --> 00:30:03,690 many people responding to the gospel that weekend. 561 00:30:04,850 --> 00:30:06,570 Depending on when you're listening back to this, our 562 00:30:06,570 --> 00:30:09,570 missions team to Tanzania are either in the air or have just 563 00:30:09,570 --> 00:30:12,570 landed safely in Nairobi, Kenya. Let's be praying for them over 564 00:30:12,570 --> 00:30:15,330 the next week as they preach the gospel, serve the poor and dig 565 00:30:15,330 --> 00:30:18,400 some toilets. And off the back of that, we are 566 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,760 so excited to announce the applications are open for our 567 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,120 next mission strip. That's right, in March 2024, 568 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,840 we'll be going to Israel to see the very ground on which Jesus 569 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,760 walked and to meet some of our amazing mission partners who are 570 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,600 working tirelessly to see Jesus proclaimed in the Holy Land. 571 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,080 If your heart has been stirred for mission recently, then get 572 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,720 in touch for more details. Have a great week and remember 573 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:45,960 we're here if you need anything. The Lord bless you and keep you. 574 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,560 The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to 575 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,960 you. The Lord turn his face towards 576 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,640 you and give you peace.