1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,960 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,520 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:16,239 I believe this season is a special season when we see 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:23,040 everybody going back to the stores, return the gifts and 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,760 it's wonderful. Giant lines. 6 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:32,360 Isn't it wonderful? Friday, my wonderful wife, she 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:38,160 said to me, oh, let's go to, you know, Betty Bath, Betty body and 8 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:41,920 beyond. You know, this thing, we went 9 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,080 there. I could not see the bath, the 10 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,760 bath, then the beyond. I just see 3000 bodies there, 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,360 you know, wow, lines, lines, lines. 12 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,560 So yes, it's a season when we go when return, but it's also a 13 00:00:54,560 --> 00:01:03,120 season when we reveal things, when things come to our mind. 14 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,560 How was this year? What happened? 15 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:15,080 Good things, frustrations, not good things. 16 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:24,240 Maybe goals that we didn't accomplish conquers losses. 17 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:32,960 Maybe divorce or almost divorced. 18 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:47,320 Maybe health issues or lost a lovely, lovely family member or 19 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:52,880 lost a friend or relationship broken. 20 00:01:54,920 --> 00:02:03,880 So this season we review a lot of things and most of the time 21 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:12,440 frustrations come and we see what we experienced during 2025. 22 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,880 And I want to share with you today a message about healed, to 23 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:26,320 start receiving the healing, to start receiving the healing, to 24 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,240 enter in 2026 with all the healing that God wants to 25 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,800 provide for me and for you. And first of all, it's so 26 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:43,160 important to know that in every situation, God is always 27 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,600 available. God is always available. 28 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:56,120 Whatever you think or whatever you remember about 2025, God is 29 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:00,160 always available. And I want to invite you to open 30 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:05,960 your Bible in Psalm 145. You should, and it's going to be 31 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,160 amazing. We will read the Bible. 32 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,360 When we read the Bible, something is going to happen. 33 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,120 So I just want to invite you to be excited because we will read 34 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,360 the Bible now Psalm 145. If you don't have the Bible, 35 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,560 just raise your hand. One Bible will show up in your 36 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,200 hand. It's a miracle. 37 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,080 Yes, for the ushers will help you. 38 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,920 We have one hand over there, yes. 39 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:42,640 So Psalm 145, yes, over there. Good, good. 40 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,960 Keep, keep your hand close to heaven. 41 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,360 They will see one Bible is going to the floor now. 42 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:57,920 OK, so Psalm 145, verse 18145, verse 18. 43 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,440 I love the Bible. I love to read the Bible and I 44 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:06,240 know God's always working when we start reading and listening 45 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:13,800 his voice. So Psalm 145 verse 18, good. 46 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,440 So the Lord is near. God is always available. 47 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:18,880 This is what we are talking about. 48 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,120 The Lord is near to all who call on him. 49 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:28,320 Look at this, the Lord is near to all who call on him, to all 50 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:36,320 who call on him. In truth, Isaiah 4110 says do 51 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:42,960 not fear for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your 52 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,760 God. I will strengthen you and help 53 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,760 you. I will uphold you with my 54 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:56,880 righteous right hand. Look at this, I will uphold you 55 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:02,680 with my righteous right hand. This is the Lord talking with me 56 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,040 and you. So when we think about 57 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,480 everything that happened 2025 and we see some frustrations, 58 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,400 just take this true for you. God is always available. 59 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:22,640 And I remember I was like 6 years old, so many years ago. 20 60 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:28,320 No, OK, so I was six years old and we were at this season, 61 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:34,360 Christmas season. And you know, I was looking and 62 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,000 asking something for my parents, like as a gift. 63 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,560 And my dad, he had the flashlight, you know, that flash 64 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:48,520 like they, they turn it on and you can see the clouds, the 65 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:54,360 sound of the like, you know, and my dad had one of these and wow, 66 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,240 I need a flash like my like my dad. 67 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:02,040 And I just asked my dad and my mom, Hey, I saw and I store 68 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,640 close to my house in Brazil. There was a flash, a Miki 69 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,240 flashlight in Brazil. Miki was in Brazil that time, so 70 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:16,880 I saw that that flashlight and as a mom and I was sure I can't, 71 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:18,680 I can't show you the flashlight here. 72 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:24,160 Look at this. I was sure my life will change 73 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,280 when I receive this. This is all I need in my life. 74 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,520 So I said to my parents, please make a flashlight. 75 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,800 And you know, when when the kid wants to receive something and 76 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,400 flashlight, then my mom was coming with coffee flashlight. 77 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,240 My mom was driving me to the school flashlight. 78 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,600 I come back to the school flashlight, you know, so the 79 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,520 flashlight was my life. So I was like, oh, I need this 80 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,800 flashlight. When I received these, my life's 81 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,800 going to change. And I was sure about this. 82 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,880 I don't know why you were laughing then I asked that to my 83 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,840 to my dad. I just have one sister and 84 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:15,880 Christmas Day my parents went to our bedroom and woke us up and 85 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:24,040 they said the gift you asked me and my sister is hidden in the 86 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,720 living room. You need to find it, you know. 87 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:35,640 You know, I was in my bedroom 2nd floor when my dad wasn't. 88 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:36,760 You need to fuck. No, fuck. 89 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,520 I was, you know, running to the stairs. 90 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,640 I will find my Mickey flashlight. 91 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,560 My life's going to change. And I was running to the stairs 92 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,760 and I was not just waiting to go to the floor. 93 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,880 You know, when I was close to the floor, I will jump and I'll 94 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,600 try. And there was like a giant 95 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,800 pillow, you know, the pillow that they put the feet. 96 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,800 Someone told me the name is Otoman. 97 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,480 I don't know why this thing is a man, but it's Otoman. 98 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:16,160 OK then I was the stairs and I jump on this Otoman you know I 99 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,800 will find. And when I jump, I just hear. 100 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,800 And I was praying for that noise come to my from my sister's 101 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:31,320 gift. No, I'm Christian, so I was 102 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,320 praying, you know, trust in the Lord. 103 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:45,000 So was not my flashlight, Mickey Flashlight was 127 pieces, you 104 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:55,320 know, I was destroyed. I went to the couch, you know, I 105 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,800 start crying. My mom came with some cake. 106 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,200 My mom is like this, you know, if you eat, everything's going 107 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,560 to be OK. I love my mom and I'm still 108 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:08,600 eating. OK, look, my mom came and said 109 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,960 no, don't worry. I really look at, you know, one, 110 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:19,440 one piece of Miss Mikke had was walking and I was at the couch 111 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,200 like crying destroyed. And my dad came with all these 112 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,960 pieces and he said, no, we will restore this. 113 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,240 We rebuild it. And I was thinking about, Can 114 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:39,200 you imagine Milky rebuilt like no way, There's no way. 115 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,800 And my dad, no, we will do this. And he starts like gluing all 116 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,640 the 4000 pieces of the, the flashlight. 117 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,160 And he started gluing this and he did everything and he, he 118 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,400 stored the flashlight. I was like, I don't know if it's 119 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,040 good or not, but he rebuilt the flashlight. 120 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:05,640 And I, I need to tell you that frustration was not wonderful. 121 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:21,600 And maybe during 2025, your flashlight was broken and maybe 122 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:28,360 you were guilt, maybe you were not. 123 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:34,600 But my flesh, I, I was thinking why I jumped over that pillow. 124 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,680 Why? So a lot of things, I was like 6 125 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,200 years old and that couch, think about how I did that. 126 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:51,760 And maybe during 2025, these things came to your life and 127 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:56,840 some flashlights were destroyed and you're feeling guilt. 128 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:05,000 I was feeling guilt. And I believe today is a time to 129 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:13,880 allow God, our dead, to come and rebuild dreams, rebuild our 130 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:23,960 flashlight, rebuild emotions, rebuild goals, rebuild trust. 131 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:31,880 We need that to enter 2026 in a different way. 132 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:39,240 So the prophet Isaiah, he shared God's desire for his people in 133 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:46,480 Isaiah 61, one to four. I want to read for us Isaiah 61 134 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,480 one to four. This is God's desire for his 135 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:56,320 people and says this way, the spirit of the sovereign Lord is 136 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,880 on me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good 137 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,240 news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the 138 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,400 broken heart, to proclaim freedom for the captives and 139 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,560 release from darkness for the prisoners. 140 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:16,760 To proclaim the ear of the Lord's favor and the day of 141 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,120 vengeance of our God. To comfort all who mourn and 142 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,920 provide for those who grieve in Zion. 143 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:29,600 To best on them a crowd of beauty instead of ashes, the oil 144 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,440 of joy instead of mourning and garment. 145 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,520 A garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. 146 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:42,400 They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the 147 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,880 Lord for the display of his splendor. 148 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,320 Look at this. They will be called oaks of 149 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:55,520 righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his 150 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,360 splendor. They will rebuild the ancient 151 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:02,080 ruins and restore the place long devastated. 152 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:07,120 They will renew the room cities that have been devastating for 153 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:10,400 generations. Can you imagine that this is the 154 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,120 plan. So here's the plan for today. 155 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:20,080 God healing us to start with him 2026. 156 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:28,120 Can we go together? God healing us to start 2026. 157 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:33,400 So how to receive the healing? How to receive the healing? 158 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:39,240 So first we need to face the flashlight destroyed. 159 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:44,280 First we need to face the flashlight destroyed. 160 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:49,120 So it will be worse if we minimize it. 161 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:55,200 You know, it will be worse if we say, oh, nothing happened, it's 162 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:59,160 nothing, or ignore what happened. 163 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,360 OK, some days the good thing is going to happen, you know, this 164 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,160 kind of thing. We it will be worse if we 165 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:12,000 ignore, if we minimize it. I remember a couple came for 166 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,200 marriage counseling and they were asking for me and Celia, 167 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,040 maybe for Celia because she's wonderful, you know. 168 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:24,200 Then the couple came and the husband, the husband was there 169 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:29,320 at the couch and the husband said, my wife pester, she's, you 170 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,720 know, blue. You understand what blue means? 171 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:38,280 He was saying a lot of not wonderful things and she was 172 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:44,240 there and I and I was like, wow. Then I did the question for her 173 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:49,720 like, oh, and how do you feel when your horse your your 174 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:55,240 husband? When how do you feel when your 175 00:14:55,240 --> 00:15:00,520 husband say that things to you? And I was just asking her, 176 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:05,600 please do these, you know, I was like, I'm a pastor, you know, 177 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:15,880 just Jesus loves you see him, you know, kind of minister, you 178 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,920 know, then I asked her for how do you feel when your husband 179 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,840 say that things about you waiting that she will destroy 180 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,840 him. He's like, yes, you know, I was 181 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:32,320 like, let's fight. I was Christian at that time. 182 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:41,800 But you know what she said? Our pastor, it's OK, it's OK. 183 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,560 Our pastor, it's OK. I was like, it's not OK. 184 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:53,320 This is not good. Emotions were coming and being 185 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,560 destroyed and you were minimizing it. 186 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,720 It's OK. So we need to see what it's not 187 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:11,240 OK and face it, face it. So the first thing to receive 188 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:16,640 healing is face it. So it will be worse if we 189 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:23,120 minimize, also will become worse if we look for isolation. 190 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:30,240 You know, no talk with people. Start being just you, do not 191 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,040 talk with anybody, no friends, no nothing. 192 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:41,880 So isolation, isolation will not lead you to healing and also 193 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,280 distractions. You know like try to find 194 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:50,560 something to lead you to. Do not think about the issue, do 195 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,440 not think about the things that happened 2025. 196 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,680 So I know we prefer to do not see it. 197 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,920 We prefer to be far from the pain. 198 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,960 We don't like pain. We don't like even the idea of 199 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,720 pain. You know, Saturday, Friday or 200 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,560 Saturday. Gabriela, my daughter, she came 201 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,520 close to me and she said, dad, what happened? 202 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,119 And she pointed to my leg and something was like black here 203 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,520 and she's dad what happened? And she came and touched once 204 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,839 she touched, I feel the pain cause nothing that's dirt. 205 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,320 But you know, just to think about, oh, we don't want this. 206 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,040 We don't want to feel pain. We don't want that. 207 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,240 We don't want to go back and feel pain again. 208 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:42,960 We don't want to reveal things that didn't go well. 209 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,720 Are you understand what I'm trying to say? 210 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,840 So minimize it will not help you. 211 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:57,040 Isolation will not lead you to healing and distractions will 212 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:03,000 not lead you to healing as well. So minimizing distractions, we 213 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,240 need to work on this. And I know it's comfortable, but 214 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:14,560 when we don't go there and face the flashlight, destroy it, the 215 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:23,760 pain will be with us, true to 2026, the same limits, the same 216 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:29,200 emotions, hurt, will go with us to 2026. 217 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:37,480 And this is not God's plan. What wants to heal us, to lead 218 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:44,400 us to 2026 and some signs that we can find when we are not 219 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:51,960 facing the issues. Complain more, No complain more 220 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:56,280 all the time everything complain more. 221 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:01,760 The second thing is decrease deeper relationships. 222 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:08,640 So maybe having friends, but not deep relationship. 223 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,880 Can you imagine how many people are looking for? 224 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,760 They want to have deeper relationship, deeper friends, 225 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,560 having community that the meaning that has a meaning for 226 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,200 them, but they don't have it. Maybe because of the pain, 227 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,360 because they're don't, they're not facing the pain, they're not 228 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:33,000 facing the issues. We need to face the flashlight 229 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,640 destroyed. Are you understand flashlight 230 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,720 destroyed. So we need to face it. 231 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:45,680 So some signs are complain more, decrease deeper relationship, 232 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:55,920 also increase family issues. Those are signs that we are not 233 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:03,160 facing the frustration. So if you see these around your 234 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,720 life, there is a giant invitation for me and you. 235 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:14,520 To face the flashlight destroying and how to face the 236 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,640 frustration, how to face it? How can we face it? 237 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:25,600 So the first thing is ask for wisdom, ask for wisdom. 238 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,840 When we ask for wisdom, we will see with God's eyes and ask for 239 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,920 wisdom means we have one perspective, but we need God's 240 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,800 perspective about this. We need to see what God was 241 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:46,240 seeing through that situation. So James chapter one verse 5 242 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:52,840 says if any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God. 243 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,200 Easy, ask God. Ask God. 244 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:02,000 If you need wisdom, ask God. The Bible is amazing. 245 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,240 If you need wisdom, ask God who gives generals to all without 246 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,400 finding fault and it will be given to you. 247 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,560 If you need wisdom, ask God. So how to ask God? 248 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:21,440 And I remember when I was in the kids ministry in Brazil and they 249 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:25,680 were teaching about the King Solomon and God came to Solomon 250 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,520 and said you can ask whatever you want. 251 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:35,880 And Can you imagine a kid when I, when the teacher was teaching 252 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:44,000 this, wow, Salomon, Salomon, he could ask 5 Nikki flashlights. 253 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,320 Can you imagine? You can ask whatever you want. 254 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:54,600 And these kids, wow. Then Salomon, he asked wisdom, 255 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,200 and with wisdom he received everything. 256 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:03,400 And I was like, I will every time my dad was asking me 257 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,240 something. I want wisdom, dad, so you can 258 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:10,520 give me everything you know. But the correct thing is to 259 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:15,520 understand that God's wisdom is a treasure. 260 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,480 When we have this and you know what it means, discernment, 261 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:26,320 wisdom, we will see with God eyes, but we cannot see this 262 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,560 just waiting. The Bible says ask for if you 263 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,520 need ask for, ask for means pray. 264 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,400 We need to pray. We need to talk with God. 265 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,480 Do you know about the deep relationship? 266 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,720 We need to have deep relationship with God. 267 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:48,120 So when we go and we pray for wisdom, we receive. 268 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:51,680 The Bible says we will receive wisdom, we receive discernment. 269 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:57,440 And Can you imagine me and you 2026 like doing a New Year's 270 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:06,480 resolution pray 365 days at least once a day to pray and 271 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:12,440 talk with God increasing developing a deep relationship 272 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:16,240 with God. So why not to pray and to 273 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:21,160 receive and to walk with God. The second thing to face the 274 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,640 frustration is memorize verse. I don't know if you love to 275 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,960 memorize. I cannot see like the energy 276 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:34,120 here. You know, memorize verse and you 277 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:39,120 know it's wonderful when you read the Bible it with something 278 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:44,960 connect with your frustration. I encourage you to look at the 279 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:49,600 Bible and if you are going through some issues in your 280 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:54,440 family, try to read this. Try to read like David, the King 281 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,720 David, he had issues with his son. 282 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,120 He had some issues in the fact how he went through this. 283 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,560 So reading the Bible receive the discernment and you know 284 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,240 memorize it. I love this in my I love the 285 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,480 Bible. Do you love the Bible? 286 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,120 You need to love, you need to respect, you need to read like 287 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,080 wow, something's going to happen now. 288 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,040 Are you excited? Yes. 289 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:24,120 So you know, in my last D group, we were and, and the group's a 290 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:26,800 discipleship group and I encourage you to get in. 291 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:32,320 But in our D group, we were reading passage connect with the 292 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:33,880 things that we were going through. 293 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,640 And it's amazing because we were reading, we were memorizing it, 294 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,080 and we were helping each other to memorize. 295 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:46,600 And I need to tell you, when we read the Bible, when we memorize 296 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,760 and when we make it personal, we personalize it. 297 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:57,160 Is it English? So we read the Bible, we 298 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,480 memorize and we personalize. Make it personal. 299 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,400 You know what's happened? We we learned this at the 300 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,960 church. Here at the church, we create 301 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:14,280 new neuron. Neuron connections will lead us 302 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:20,640 to a new understanding, discernment, wisdom that we were 303 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,320 praying. So when we read the Bible, we 304 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:29,200 memorize and we personalize it. We receive new understanding and 305 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:34,120 we can see with new eyes. So traumas and frustration will 306 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:40,200 not lead our life to 2026, but God's vision will lead us in 307 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,280 2026. Isn't it wonderful? 308 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,840 So can you see in another way how to memorize the Bible, how 309 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,440 wonderful it is? So when we decide that, why not 310 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:58,440 decide to memorize one passage a week with your family, You know 311 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,080 your kids here in the kids ministry. 312 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,960 They are learning the Bible. Help them to memorize. 313 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,680 I praise the Lord I went to to my kids ministry in my church in 314 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,280 Brazil. Was Portuguese a little bit 315 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:14,880 different from English? But you know, they were teaching 316 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,240 my dad, my mom, they would teach me to memorize. 317 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,280 And you know what happened? We received the understanding. 318 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,000 Your kids will receive the understand God's vision will 319 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,840 come to your kids heart. They will have their 320 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,320 understanding from God and when the world come to teach them 321 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,960 different things. No, no, no, no, no. 322 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,080 I know the correct understanding. 323 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:41,000 So I encourage you to help your kids to memorize the Bible to 324 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,360 understand, but not just your kids, for us as well. 325 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,040 So memorize. So the traumas will not lead, 326 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,720 but the God's vision will lead us. 327 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:56,520 So most of the time we have information when when we read 328 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:04,960 the Bible, when we pray, we have understanding and maybe till now 329 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:10,920 information from 2025 are coming to your mind. 330 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,440 What we need to receive the healing and face the frustration 331 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,560 is to receive God's understanding. 332 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,960 So we will go to 2026 in a different way. 333 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:31,320 God's wisdom, God's Word can lead us to understand Psalm 119. 334 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:37,840 Verse 11 says I have hidden your word in my heart that I might 335 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,600 not sing against you. Can you see that I have hidden 336 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,560 your word, not just I know the word, but it's in my heart. 337 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:51,560 I feel I feel your word, Lord, I feel when I'm reading them. 338 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,320 I feel your word. I feel that you are talk. 339 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,120 I feel that you are teaching. I feel that you are taking care 340 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:58,280 of me. Amen. 341 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,320 So I have written your word in my heart. 342 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:07,960 So the third thing is decide to be around people full of life. 343 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,640 Decide to be around people full of life. 344 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,880 Maybe why not to join a discipleship group here at the 345 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,480 church discipleship group, we get together, we read the Bible, 346 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,000 we memorize the Bible, we memorize the Bible. 347 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,600 We, we pray for each other. We had accountability, you know, 348 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,200 we when, when we have some challenge, we talk and we pray. 349 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:35,400 And how was this week? Oh, I kicked the dog again, you 350 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,600 know. No, don't kick the dog anymore. 351 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,640 We'll pray for you. We'll cut your feet. 352 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:47,480 No, we try to help. We, you know, so in AD group you 353 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,320 can have it. But you know, the best thing is 354 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,680 decide to be around people full of life. 355 00:28:55,520 --> 00:29:00,360 Another wonderful thing that's available for you for 2026 is 356 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:04,480 join a dream team. Drinking here at Illuminate 357 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,320 Church is the place that you serve. 358 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:12,320 You know, you can serve in different areas, but serve is 359 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:20,000 not going and do something. Serve drinking means become more 360 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,280 like Jesus. So when you are serving, you're 361 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,760 not just doing something, but you are deciding how would Jesus 362 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,760 do this? Does does do this? 363 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,360 You know what I'm trying to speak with you. 364 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:40,880 Oh, Jesus would do this. So like if you are a reader, you 365 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,280 know, it's just do this. You open the door. 366 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:52,600 But with Jesus becoming more like this, your face will change 367 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:58,280 the door. If if the I need to tell you, if 368 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:04,760 the wind is not clear at the window, the glass is not 369 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:13,080 extremely clean, they will not see because your face will shine 370 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:18,000 much more than the wrong thing. Just because you are trying. 371 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,560 You will open your life to become more like Jesus. 372 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,560 So decide to be around people full of life. 373 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:31,240 You have opportunities here and I know it sometimes is hard, but 374 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,880 spend time with people. You know, we, we can decide 375 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,800 these, we can put these in our New Year's resolution and not 376 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:46,640 just physically around, but you know, having like eye pointed, 377 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:52,640 share things, talk with people open, try to have a 378 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,240 conversation. If you don't know how to do 379 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,200 this, it's easy. You can just say to the person, 380 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,840 hey, is there something that I can pray for you? 381 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:09,800 They will talk for 45 minutes. You can just be available to 382 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:14,000 become more like Jesus and to be around and the life will come. 383 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:19,520 I remember I was in a in a elevator and God told me love 384 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:24,240 people and talk with people and the elevator open, You know the 385 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:28,400 elevator open and I was decide I will talk with the person who 386 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,720 went through here. And one lady entered and she was 387 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:38,200 so faced like like this and she had a cat and I said, hey, how 388 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,360 can I pray for? I didn't know what to say but I 389 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,480 will start with that. How can I pray for you? 390 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,160 Then she said, can you pray for the cat Marilyn? 391 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,360 I don't know the name of the cat. 392 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,600 They said can you pray for the cat the cat seek And I said 393 00:31:53,440 --> 00:32:00,640 yeah, and I pray for the cat Lord in Jesus name, meow meow, 394 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:09,920 meow the language so the cat could understand me tongs. 395 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,520 But you know what happened? I was talking with her. 396 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:22,160 I pray for for the cat and you know, and you know, decide to be 397 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:27,160 around people full of life, decide to be that person full of 398 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,480 life. And I pray for the cat. 399 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:34,240 I don't know what happened with the cat, but when I finished the 400 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,640 prayer, I finished in Jesus name, Amen. 401 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,120 And she just said, wow, what a peace. 402 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,680 I received some peace. She said the cat didn't say 403 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:52,680 anything, but she said she said I received a peace, you know, 404 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:57,640 and she said I need Jesus and she received Jesus. 405 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,440 So I want to, I want to invite you, praise the Lord, I want to 406 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:07,840 invite you to decide to become more, to become more like Jesus 407 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,520 and be around people full of life. 408 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:15,440 So God's wisdom, God's understand will come and will 409 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,760 lead our lives and not frustration. 410 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:22,960 And I need to tell you when my dad finished to restore and 411 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:29,920 rebuild, make a flashlight, when he finished this and he turned 412 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:36,440 it on was working and he said I will wait to the night come. 413 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:41,360 So tonight we will not use my flashlight. 414 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:47,080 He said we will use yours, my Mickey flashlight. 415 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,800 And I waited to the night come, you know, And when the night 416 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:58,200 came, my dad turned off the lights off the house, and I came 417 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:06,560 with my flashlight, you know. And, and I need to tell you, God 418 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:15,679 wants to do the same with me. And you restore us, equip us, 419 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:22,320 because when the darkness come in 2026, we will be ready. 420 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:29,199 You know, I, I could not see the things that was wrong in my 421 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:34,560 flashlight, but I could see the light coming from my flashlight. 422 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,000 And my dad was teaching me, we are in the Christmas season. 423 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:45,280 It means delight. Jesus came for us, so you know 424 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,400 God wants to lead our lives on these. 425 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:52,920 Isaiah 43 verse 2 says when you pass through the waters, God 426 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,600 said I will be with you. When you pass through the 427 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,720 rivers, they will not sweep over you. 428 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:03,400 When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned. 429 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,560 The flames will not set you ablaze. 430 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:12,120 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. 431 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:17,000 So God will be with us. So I just want to invite you to 432 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,720 open your heart for that and finishing this message I want to 433 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:24,280 share with you. 2025 is not over. 434 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,480 We had three days. In three days, God can do a lot. 435 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,800 He can do a lot. He can restore your flesh life. 436 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:37,440 Hey man, He can stop in three days. 437 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:42,120 God creates a lot of things. Separate light from the darkness 438 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,760 in three days. God create the sky hot God did 439 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,440 the separation between earth and water. 440 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,640 You know in three days clarity can come. 441 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,760 Things can go to the correct place in your life in three 442 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,840 days. God did that in three days. 443 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:04,440 Jonah, he went to the big grave fish and he stands like 3 days, 444 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,560 three nights inside the fish, but the fish led him to the 445 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,800 correct place. Our life in three days can go to 446 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,960 the correct place. Our families in three days can 447 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:19,560 go to the correct place. Esther, she fast for three days. 448 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,760 She fast to talk with the king. The king could kill her just to 449 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,920 go there and talk with him, but she fast, she prepared, she 450 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:32,000 prayed, she she was talking about deep relationship with 451 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,000 God. And in three days she went to 452 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,720 talk with the king and the king gave her freedom and freedom for 453 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:43,240 all Israel in three days. In three days Jesus did 454 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:46,440 everything and resurrect for me and for you. 455 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:51,040 So don't give up, don't give up. We have three days. 456 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:55,000 God can use your life deep relationship with God, Apostle 457 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,480 Paul says in Hebrews 12. He said. 458 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:03,200 Therefore, since we are surround by such a great cloud of 459 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:09,920 witness, let us throw off everything that hinders and the 460 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:16,280 scene that so easily stangles, and let us run with perseverance 461 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:22,840 the race market out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the 462 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:30,080 pioneer and perfector of faith. For the joy set before Him, He 463 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:35,440 endured the cross, scorning its shame, and set down at the right 464 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:39,720 hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endures such 465 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:45,000 opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose 466 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:51,000 heart. God is for you, and I just want 467 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:55,320 to pray for you to receive. Pray for us to receive the 468 00:37:55,320 --> 00:38:00,640 healing face the frustration to entering 2026. 469 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,320 Let's pray. Lord, thank you. 470 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,080 Thank you for your way to love us. 471 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:09,520 Thank you for your way to lead us in being available. 472 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:21,960 We talk about difficult things this morning and Lord with you, 473 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,600 we want to face it. So I pray for each one here to 474 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:32,120 receive your touch, to receive your love. 475 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:38,440 He see your help, to face the frustration. 476 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,240 You can do this. We trust in you, Lord, so we ask 477 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:47,520 you. We want to experience three 478 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:52,640 wonderful days with you, leading us for a wonderful year with 479 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,800 you. So I pray for each one here to 480 00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:04,920 receive your healing. With your eyes closed, I will 481 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:10,040 ask you to repeat a prayer receiving Jesus as your Savior. 482 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:19,040 So repeat loud with me. Jesus, this morning I decide to 483 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:24,200 invite you to come to my life. I need you. 484 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:30,160 Jesus, I understand that you are my Savior. 485 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:40,440 You are my Lord and I receive you today as my Savior in Jesus 486 00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:46,200 name, Amen. With your eyes closed, just make 487 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:51,960 it personal. We just did a prayer receiving 488 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:56,080 Jesus as a savior. And if you did that prayer for 489 00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:05,440 the first time today, saying Jesus come to my life for the 490 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:11,920 very first time, I will count to 3 and I will ask you to raise 491 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:17,120 your hand if you did that prayer for the first time, if you are 492 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,560 here today or online, you were watching and you, you did that 493 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:26,800 prayer. I want to encourage you to raise 494 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,520 your hand. I will count to 3 and with 495 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:37,720 boldness, raise your hand. 123 Amen. 496 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:39,760 Amen. Hallelujah. 497 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:45,040 Amen, Amen. The ushers will give you 498 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:51,920 something and instructions to help you in this next journey 499 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,360 and I want to pray for you Lord, thank you for everything you are 500 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,800 doing. Thank you for the salvation. 501 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:04,520 We love you and we ask you Lord, that you keep loving and 502 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,080 touching and leading our lives because we need you. 503 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:13,480 We pray in Jesus name, Amen. Thanks for joining us today. 504 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,520 We hope God is speaking to your heart through this message. 505 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,520 If you'd like to connect with us, you can text Connect to 4:07 506 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:26,040 588-0115 or visit Illuminate dot Church. 507 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:27,720 Have a great week.