ENGLISH Dante Gebel #862 | I thought it was free
There is no way to follow Jesus without denying oneself; there is no forgiveness without repentance; there is no salvation without surrender. However, instead of approaching our faith with a spirit of renunciation that says, «What can I do for Jesus?», we have developed a socialist mentality that asks, «What can Jesus do for me?» or even worse: “If I follow Him, what will He give me?” If there has been no sacrifice in your life, if you have not felt at least a little uncomfortable because of following the Lord, perhaps you are not carrying your cross.
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there we have the flags from all the
countries Nicaragua very
wellar Nicaragua Colombia Honduras
Dominican Republic Peru
Ecuador Venezuela let’s go with all
those flags look how beautiful the flag
from each country each Nation as we
connect with joy and happiness here from
Broadway Street transmitting to Asia
Africa Australia
Europe for the five continents don’t
stop that Applause because we’re happy
to be here connecting punctually here
from River Arena look how
beautiful really they let you in with
all these flags look at that the
Argentinian flag the world
champions may God bless you may he
protect you this is for those on the
other side we’ve sung we’ve worshiped
we’ve celebrated we’ve prayed for our
offerings and now is the moment to
connect to the rest of the world the
people aren’t too good in the head the
people that congregate here and they
come in with
flags but that’s just how they are from
the pastor down there’s no one here
that’s
semi-normal but we’re happy and in just
a few minutes I’m going to transmit what
I believe God placed in my heart for
this morning afternoon or or night
depending on where you’re watching from
and now that we’re connected
I want us to watch something very
special that has to do with the missions
but
before I think it corresponds to say
this but when we
founded this school in
Africa we got to know many many people
amongst them teachers deacons directors
professors nurses Medics they’re all
part of our
Personnel they’re sustained financially
by us on top of of the 300 children that
are there our Personnel is sustained by
us and we got to know Pearl Pearl is a
girl for those that have a good memory
it’s a 12-year-old
girl that wants to be a reporter she
wants to do interviews she’s going uh
going to appear in many videos that will
show through the rest of the year her
mom Jennifer is a nurse at River School
in Uganda she’s a
nurse they have
high quality facilities with Excellence
we’re going to see this throughout the
year she’s a mother of five and one of
her her children is is Pearl three
biological children and two adopted
children and yesterday unfortunately at
the age of 37 she passed away it was in
an accident she had no illnesses she
felt a little bit bad and so she took
medication that she was allergic to and
so she began to
suffocate and on the the way to the
hospital she passed away she lost her
life we say that she lost her life on
this side of the sun we know that she’s
with the
Lord and all the children are are hurt
this was yesterday we found out in real
time when Jennifer went to be with the
Lord at the age of 37 we’re going to see
her a lot in the videos because she’s in
the recording she was
speaking we she spoke in the
interviews and we were saying what
should we do in from Africa they said no
she would have loved for the church to
continue on for everything to continue
for everyone to sing for everyone to
worship because she loved music she
loved
worshipping and we had a few minutes
they’re watching us now live from Uganda
all the children are there gathered in
front of the
screen and we have some images 30 or 40
seconds
of of what the funeral was like
yesterday the goodbye from this Earth of
our beloved Jennifer here we go
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in our PR
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and when a member from river goes to be
with the
Lord we all join in solidarity with
everyone her family with with with the
five little
ones amongst them our beloved Pearl and
obviously we’re her parents so we’re
going to be supporting these children we
won’t leave them alone we’re going to
cover them we have them there in our
home in the school they they sleep there
they live
there so this year’s project is to have
a high school there so that the
children so that that way they don’t
have to finish elementary school and
then disappear they can be contained at
least a few more years so all the
children that are watching me all the
people from River School the whole
church is praying for you for Spiritual
strength that’s what we want that’s what
we believe in we believe that we’re
going to the New Jerusalem we were just
singing that here and we believe that
when somebody passes to the presence of
the Lord even if the people on this side
are sad it’s like a birth it’s like
leaving that dark
placenta which is life here it’s the
only thing that we know on the other
side we can’t see anything but we know
that
the death of the of the Saints says the
Lord the Lord rejoices it so we say
goodbye and the Lord says the dinner for
welcome home so we’re praying for you
and we celebrate that she’s gone home
and as they always say she got ahead of
us but with that being said and praying
so that you
never forget about this so that we can
continue backing all of Jennifer’s
family now I want to show you what
happened in the most recent trip to
Uganda
because when we
went we thought that maybe we couldn’t
do much more than what we had already
done but no we were able to bless the
the
neighborhood we built a playground for
the children and a lot of things that
we’re going to be sharing with you but
this was the most recent trip after this
we went to India I remember but we’re
going to share that in a few weeks this
is River in Africa we are river and this
is your
seed after this I’ll transmit what I
believe God told told me to tell you
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El the people of river we need them
because they they are making us so
excited we need them they sharing with
us with some stories that make us very
excited we love them so much we wish
they could they cannot live here wish
they can remain here until until we stay
together and until God comes
back they had even sleepless nights
waiting for you to come it was so hard
for us to sleep because all the time we
were saying is it tomorrow we were so
excited for coming back actually it is
our prayer for you to remain here
forever when I I heard that you coming I
jumped I was happy so
happy I I don’t know how to talk
but I I thank God for the gift of life
for sure I S to much love inside me for
all of than
you thank you baby we love you
too environment where you live in
matters a lot because I can see self
esteem upon children is growing they
they love themselves the moisture around
today makes everyone to be confident
because they are in good condition they
are using computers where they we never
knew how to use computer but today it is
like a game thank you this schol is very
beautiful is very wonderful because you
see where we are where we are there is
fresh air and anything we need is here e
our glasses are so smart and clean oh
you you like to Dan right yeah yeah yeah
you’re a good dancer singing dance
really yeah can you show me some moves
moves yeah some dance some dancing M I
want to learn
man there you go yes you can teach me
dance oh you want me to show
okay and you
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sing
we have children who who is supported by
river and they are in secondary school
so River pays cor faith for those
children in different school I have my
group here this group we are all
sponsored children and we are here to
present a song appreciate you cuz if
wasn’t you we could have not gone to
school anywhere but for your support
your love love everything you decided to
take us to school and I think we shall
we are going to become important people
in in in our future the name of the song
it says the the the heading
says thank you for your
support it is in English and I was the
composer we were then we were all we we
we all composed oh everyone gr a little
bit yeah everyone
join
so I think you should be happy as you
listening the song with M here we are
going to
start have
nothing to give you for all of
your but
know we pray and go
to bless you for all of your
love if wasn’t
you we
couldn’t if wasn’t you we could not
survive if wasn’t
you where could with
be but for your loving heart you brought
us
home but for your loving heart you
brought us back
home you know when God was going he told
us always love one another you loved us
so much you did everything to us for
sure we we are very appreciating to you
thank you River Alena thank you River
Church may the Lord richly bless you
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abundantly
Rivera
River we are
nothing to give
you for all of
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your we pray and ask God to bless you
for all of your
love
thank you thank you thank you we love
you and
we we promise to make it better as you
accept thank you we love you so
much I know we make you to be good
people like you do thank you may the
Lord bless
youen baby you don’t have to give us
anything
you already gave us the best gift which
is your smile your love and just to do
good in school you don’t owe River
nothing don’t feel that okay because
you’re already given us everything the
love that you guys share with us is
amazing thank you so much for that love
that you share with
us
thank Beau thank you you we’re here
today as River School Uganda to say
thank you and dedicate this new play
area on behalf of the school we want to
say thank you to River Arena and Anaheim
for everything that you’ve done and for
this play area 5 4 3
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that is your
seed that warm Applause goes to all
those that sew here and around world
that is your
seed as you
see the girls in the in the high school
were saying that they’re they have a
scholarship we still don’t have a high
school that’s what we want before the
end of the year we have all the all the
documents everything approved to obtain
our own high
school that way we won’t have to sponsor
them anymore but they’ll be able to stay
at River School they’re very Greatful
because if it weren’t for us they
wouldn’t be able to continue studying so
every time we offer every time you you
do the task of going to the urn or the
box or if you’re at home and you send in
an in an offering or you say take it
automatic as automatic payment you have
to know that we have a very transparent
accounting anything that comes in goes
out not just to Uganda but also to India
and then Egypt coming soon and
everything we have planned around the
world this is church we chose that we
wouldn’t have any annexes or any
churches around the world but that we
would use our resources to bless those
that have less
as we did it for these little ones we
we’re doing it for the Lord so there’s
joy in the heavens and we’re happy yes
or no are we ready stay with me I’m
ready very
well Jesus is speaking before a crowd
that may be greater than 5,000 people we
all remember that episode that moment
right
Jesus had never been as popular
until this
moment word had spread about his
healings his
teachings and after an entire day of a
conference Jesus realizes that the
people are hungry so he asks his
disciples what he could use to get food
one of the disciples
philli
says not even by gathering the eight
salaries would they have the would they
have enough money for everyone to eat at
least a bite another disciple Andrew
says look Jesus I don’t know if this is
worth anything but there’s a young boy
that has a basket of food he has five
loaves of bread and two small fish and
so Jesus Took the basket he prayed and
with that he was able to feed the entire
crowd he multiplied the small basket
that was brought by the Adolescent boy
after dinner the crowds decided to Camp
there to spend the night to be able to
continue listening to the Lord the next
day and the next morning the crowds wake
up and they are hungry again logically
so they look for
Jesus demanding another
meal but at this
point Jesus had crossed the lake to the
other side without saying
anything but once they finally reached
Jesus they were dying of hunger they
hadn’t had
breakfast they missed out on breakfast
but now they’re asking for lunch they’re
preparing for lunch they ask where is
the line for lunch what is Jesus going
to multiply today and Jesus decides to
close his all you can e Buffet he said
all the free food is done it’s
over no more Community Food and in John
6 26 he says something strong he says I
tell you the
truth you want to be with
me because I fed you not because you
understood the miraculous
signs but only because you ate bread
yesterday until you were full and so
Jesus knows that these people were
following him because of the free
food do they really desire Jesus or are
they interested in what Jesus can do for
them and to prove that what he’s saying
is true Jesus changes the menu
unexpectedly he changes the menu
immediately he says I am the bread of
life whoever comes to me will never be
hungry again whoever believes in me will
never be thirsty so suddenly Jesus says
I’m the only thing on the menu today and
the crowd should
decide whether that’s enough for them or
not if that satisfies them or not that’s
the only thing on the menu there’s
nothing
else and this is what we read at the end
of the chapter
S many of his disciples and followers
turned their back on him and were no
longer with him
it surprises me that Jesus didn’t go
after them he didn’t send his disciples
to follow them by taking a brochure or a
flyer or proom promising them a dinner
with tacos burritos and
pusas and so this takes us to the
conclusion that Jesus wasn’t so worried
about the size of the
crowd but more so their level of
commitment and Jesus wasn’t going to
minimize the gospel looking
for people just seeking free food free
bread he could have continued
multiplying the food and there could
have been thousands not even thousands
millions of followers there was Hunger
in that city across the land so I see it
in this
way the fact that he didn’t want to give
free bread to the people each day I see
it this way let’s
imagine that you have a
daughter that just turned 25 years old
but she’s still single she’s pretty
she’s attractive but she’s still
single so you begin to offer her by
posting a listing online and you make
shirts that say choose my daughter
please choose my daughter and be on the
back it says at least give her a
chance and you clarify that whoever
wants to be her boyfriend and take her
you’re going to give a gift maybe a
check some cash
food
but don’t you think that would minimize
your daughter as a
person wouldn’t you be saying that
whoever is taking her would be doing you
a favor for getting rid of that
burden take my mother-in-law now that
would be more logical yeah I would pay
for
that but a daughter it’s not it’s not
the same thing we wouldn’t do that as a
parent I have very high standards I
would analyze the curriculum of the
applicants I would run them through a
lie detector I would have the FBI
investigate them I would have them
triple check their
applications I would call the references
I would install hidden cameras in the
boyfriend’s home if somebody wanted to
have a relationship with my daughter I
don’t want to just hear that they love
them or that they like her I want to
know that they’re truly committed to her
I want them to say that they would give
their life for her that they would make
her happy
over over his dead body and if not I’ll
make sure that he has a dead body but
here’s the point of the message message
the Lord
said if somebody wants to be my
disciple then you must give up your own
way take up your cross and follow me so
how can we deny ourselves in a culture
that tells us that everything has to do
with you that you have to empower
yourself that you have to do what you
feel that you have to live
life in Matthew
19 a man appears
whose name we do not
know he’s referenced as the
famous young rich man and he comes to
Jesus with a question the question is is
accurate it’s pertinent he says teacher
what can I do to obtain eternal
life he said I’ve obeyed all the
Commandments I’m a good person but what
else must I do he wants to know how he
can reach heaven how he can be sure that
he’ll have a boarding pass to heaven and
Jesus indicates them he says look you
still have some things to do if you want
to be perfect go and sell all your
possessions and give the money to the
poor and you will have treasure in
heaven then come and follow me with a
couple of underwears a couple of socks I
just added that
part I’m clarifying so that way you
don’t say I’m a heretic but the Lord
places this man in a Crossroads and the
man must
decide between following Jesus or
keeping his things but he can’t keep
both there is no way to follow Jesus
without denying yourself so many people
relate this story to money but this
doesn’t have to do with money this has
to do with how you should follow Jesus
what does this mean for
us that a requirement to follow Jesus is
to sell everything you have no not
necessarily what it means is that anyone
that wants to follow Jesus is going to
be found at a Crossroads always at one
point we’re going to have to decide do I
choose
Jesus over my family do I choose Jesus
over
money do I choose Jesus over my personal
goals I choose Jesus over watching
pornography I choose Jesus and it
doesn’t matter what people say about
me so when you deny yourself as a
person you communicate true commitment
and
love I remember this and I’m sure that
it’s happened in many homes of the
people that are present here today that
when I was little for some reason if the
food if there wasn’t enough food this
would typically happen on Fridays or
weekends towards the end of the month my
mother used to say I’m not hungry you
guys
eat but early in the morning sometimes
we would find her making coffee and
eating bread and we would ask well I
thought you weren’t hungry and she would
say yeah I got a little hungry but she
knew that if she also sat down at the
table to eat it wasn’t there wasn’t
enough for everyone but she wouldn’t say
that she would just pretend that she
wasn’t hungry and when my brothers and I
discovered that we felt more Lov than
ever we said mom gives up her food
because of
love I would never stop eating back in
those days I would even eat my brother
if I had to and so we can’t follow Jesus
by sectorized or fragmenting areas of
Our Lives
certain areas that we don’t want him to
access there is no way to negotiate
these terms with him there’s no way to
negotiate the agreement H well I’m going
to follow Jesus but don’t ask me to
forgive the people that have that have
hurt me I won’t go that far these people
don’t forgive deserve my forgiveness
yeah yeah I follow Jesus but don’t ask
me for a percentage of my money because
I work very hard to earn it nobody gave
me anything so we can’t follow Jesus in
just certain
areas and the Lord never
left an option open for a selective
commitment there are no exception
Clauses you can’t say this yes this no
so if we call ourselves Christians we’re
committed by definition to follow Christ
in all I love that word all in all areas
of Our Lives not just some but all not
to long ago I was reading a report of a
new group of
vegetarians they were interviewing a
girl who was saying
that generally speaking she’s a
vegetarian generally speaking and so the
interviewer asked what we want to know
what does that mean generally speaking
well that from time to time I eat a bit
of
meat and so she represents a great group
of vegetarians that make
exceptions they don’t eat
meat unless it’s a good Argentinian
cut yeah of course they’re not going to
break their vegetarianism for a bua but
if they do break their diet when you
guys preach you can give whatever
example you want but that’s the one I’m
using
today if if the bacon if the steak is
worth the worth worth it then they break
their diet obviously true vegetarians
started shouting and tearing their their
clothes and they legally asked that
their name be change to not cause any
confusion so they accepted and now
they’re called f flexy
vegetarians flexy
vegetarians the girl was saying well I
explain it this way I love I love
vegetarian food I love
it but I’m not committed
100% if there’s a party and if there’s
meat then I’ll eat meat and I was
thinking well there must also be flexy
Christians
I love
Jesus but I’m not 100% committed in
other words they follow Jesus but
they’ll have a bite of some good meat
from time to time if there’s some good
meat on the menu then the commitment
will adapt something like I have my
convictions but if I see that
something tempts me then I’ll find other
convictions I can
change so in reality the thing that they
that the Young Rich Man was committed to
was left exposed when he refused denying
himself maybe the Lord if the Lord would
have said no no no don’t sell it
all may maybe the Lord was said no it
was just a test don’t sell it all but
who
knows but since he didn’t want to
refus selling his his his his belongings
it was exposed that he’s a flexi
Christian a flexi follower he loved
Jesus but he said oh but I thought this
was
free I thought it was free
I was told that following Jesus has no
cause that everything is just
Grace on top of it all that gentleman
was one of the people that believed that
the concept of denying himself was not
part of the plan or part of the
agreement and it tends to happen in our
in our
Hispanic culture an American isn’t
speaking to you no a Hispanic person is
speaking to
you instead
of
saying I gave my life to Jesus now what
can I do for him we’ve developed a
socialist attitude and we ask okay well
now now what can Jesus do for me or
what’s worse if I follow Jesus what is
he going to give me what do I gain by
following Jesus and as a church many
times we committed the mistake of saying
or telling the people Jesus saves Jesus
heals Jesus sets you free the only thing
he asks you is to give him an
opportunity now imagine that what a
fallacy it shocks us to think that if we
make a that says give my daughter an
opportunity it means that we’re giving
her up however we live our lives saying
Jesus is asking that you give him an
opportunity asking us for an opportunity
imagine
that did you ever see that publicity on
TV where they offer a product and if
they say if you buy it now buy it now
they promise you that you’ll be thin in
less than a
week there’s
pills there’s shapewear that that
vibrate call
now and receive this limited time offer
you’ll have the massaging belt that will
make you lose 30 lbs lose weight while
you watch TV lose weight while you eat
watching TV and if you call now we’ll
send you three more for your
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friends we know they’re
scammers but there are many people that
call in and buy if buyers didn’t exist
then these people couldn’t pay for The
infomercials for the commercials and
many times us preachers have committed
that mistake you want to have eternal
life would you like all of your sins to
be
forgiven and start again and there’s
more and more if you call now and if you
come to the altar now not only will you
take home eternal life but you will also
take a Prosper prosperous life for all
your loved ones just repeat a simple
prayer and it’s done
are you willing to claim longlasting
health for you and your loved ones do
you want the riches that the Lord has
reserved for you don’t wait anymore run
to the altar now what are you waiting
for take what is
yours and just like on
TV there are many people that buy this
a gospel that offers everything but
doesn’t cost you
anything and in the US we add things to
it because here for 20 cents more you
can always make the combo
bigger but wait because there’s more you
live in the US then join our church each
Sunday and we’ll take care of your child
for two hours so that nothing can
distract you during the
service we
also entertain your adolescent children
and your young children we have
activities for The Whole World
gatherings for singles widows divorce
desperate picnic Night karaoke Nights
movie nights and the people
come so one of the reasons why our
churches become factories of flexi
Christians and fans is because we’ve
separated the message of
believing from the message
of committing so our churches are filled
by fans until we break that that
dichotomy between following and
believing believing and
following following is a part of
believing and believing truly believing
if we truly believe then we’ll
follow so if someone has once spoken to
you about making the decision of
believing but they told you very little
they hid the fact that you have to be
committed that you have to change your
life
the way in which you live changing
certain things are many then you’re not
a Christian if they didn’t tell you that
you had to change certain things and
this isn’t stepping over the grace I’m a
defender of
Grace but if I tell you that it’s just
about believing and there’s nothing
more than I’m gifting you
Jesus good salesmen know that in order
to sell something quickly first they
have to
offer never mention the negative parts
of the product just take it
now come to the register we’ll take your
information and boom you’re a
client but they don’t tell you that
without forgiveness there’s no
repentance with no repentance there’s no
forgiveness yeah Grace is abundant but
there has to be repentance Grace doesn’t
flow if there’s no
repentance there’s no salvation without
surrender there’s no life without death
there’s no way to believe without being
committed there’s no Throne without a
cross and it’s fine I wasn’t expecting
an Applause or amens I just wanted you
to listen and the day that that client
that bought a throne without a cross the
day that a client has to give something
back or has to sacrifice them themselves
to follow Jesus that’s where they become
frustrated and they say well I thought
it was free and I’m not making fun of
you but I’m making fun of those that
come to the second service that aren’t
here yet I thought it was free no it’s
not free
I’ve
learned that part of a good business
plan is establishing a marketing
strategy I’ve done it with many
businesses and and companies that I’ve
had and a good marketing
strategy immediately produces a slogan
that and a symbol that attracts clients
a slogan and a symbol one word if
possible it can’t be
complicated this happens in churches as
well
certain churches are called The Shea of
the seventh trumpet of the Lamb risen
from
our sinful
flesh but nobody’s going to remember
that name so it has to be quick it has
to be simple the right
slogan should generate a desire of to
obtain the product so I’m going to give
you some
ideas of famous slogans and try to guess
what company or product corresponds to
it
you can’t just have one lace some said
it’s at this time
but pop open happiness Coca-Cola the
chocolate melts in your mouth not your
hand oh you’re all on a diet oh nobody
knows it huh
M&M’s the brand does not abandon you
somebody got abandoned I’m sure
where dreams become reality Disneyland
I’m loving it
McDonald’s so keeping that in
mind what do you think the slogan or
symbol of those that follow Christ would
be the slogan undoubtedly is come and
die because the Lord says if you don’t
deny yourself and don’t take the cross
and then you have death come die today
and the symbol is a
cross the image that represents Jesus
followers is an is a torture instrument
a death instrument why not a dove why
wasn’t the symbol a dove which
represents
peace or the Argentinian shirt which
represents the world
champion until the next World Cup that
shirt represents the
champion or maybe a rainbow
before it was taken by the LGBT
community it represented one of God’s
promises we want the symbol to be more a
septic
cleaner but why is it two planks of wood
nailed to each
other Jesus says if you want to be my
disciple you need to deny yourself and
carry your cross each day each and every
day it’s an invitation to
die
it’s an invitation that in those days
was insulting even nowadays it’s whoever
wants to follow me needs to take their
electric chair because you’re going to
use it at one point you’re going to be
electrocut
electrocuted and to
not make it a cause for for for the
state you have to have your
own it’s
important that we
analyze the
implications that accepting this
invitation brings so at the end of
chapter nine in the Book of Luke after
Jesus extends his invitation to follow
him three characters appear three
guys who are anxious in becoming his
followers like the Young Rich Man Who
first appeared but now three more have
appear and like the Young Rich
Man as they process the topic and they
realize how following Jesus will impact
their lives they give excuses oh that’s
not what I
thought these guy tried negotiating the
terms with Jesus it was exposed that
they were fans that they were flexi
Christians that they offered themselves
saying oh we thought it was free the
first one comes up to Jesus and says it
says that they were on their way when
someone said I will follow you wherever
you go
wherever what an
offer this obviously seems like it’s
coming from someone that’s very
committed I’ll follow you wherever you
go
without restrictions wherever you want
no limits wherever no
borders and
Jesus then
says birds have nests but sometimes the
son of man has nowhere to lay his head
so Jesus is saying look I have no
roof and this tends to be the breaking
point in the treatment with many flexi
Christians because Jesus leaves it clear
that following him doesn’t mean you’re
going to travel through the Nations stay
at the Ritz asking for room service when
the follower said
wherever he was speaking metaphorically
it was rhetoric it was an analogy he
meant yeah I said anywhere but it
doesn’t mean literally
anywhere like when we all speak
figuratively like the majority of us
have done when we
say I surrender to him have we sung that
or no no don’t look at me with that
innocent face because I know you’ve sung
it at one point or
another everything to Christ I
Surrender I want to be
faithful I want to be faithful is a
desire but giving everything to Jesus
there’s no doubt in that so it’s one
thing to sing those words as something
poetic and it’s another thing that that
commitment that surrender becomes
specific we should say everything to
Christ I surrender we should say
something just some things I
Surrender
so we want to give him a few things not
everything just a
few things that aren’t doing so well
let’s say we don’t have a problem with
Jesus getting into the car of our life
but we have him as a co-pilot as a
passenger so sometimes we follow Christ
but we don’t surrender our lustful
thoughts we don’t surrender all of our
time time we don’t surrender our money
we give Jesus something maybe the
leftovers once we pay off our bills if
something’s left over then fine for the
kids in
Africa but following Jesus literally
means going wherever Jesus goes I will
follow you wherever you go the guy the
man said so when we think of it that way
suddenly the poetic words oh I Surrender
oh I’m his do what you want with me like
the Potter undo me and do me again
but we don’t realize that these words
have enormous
implications so like this first
applicant maybe we’ll be quick to say
Jesus I’ll follow you I’ll follow you
wherever you
go but let’s get past the hypothetical
let’s be more
specific what’s the place where it’s
toughest to follow Jesus where is it
toughest to follow him really you’ll
follow him anywhere I’ll follow you
anywhere really what about our own
home because what we have that tendency
of following Jesus and taking the Cross
and leaving it at the door at the front
door we put the leave the cross outside
like an umbrella and we go into our home
or we leave the cross in the
garage and instead of being submissive
in at home maybe we fight for our rights
instead of serving maybe we stay
seated oh I worked all day I earned it
and inste of
giving encouragement we gossip but we
say we’re just speaking with our family
but no someone that gossips just said
amen no he knows he knows it’s his old
life instead of being a spiritual leader
at
home maybe you’re just passive
apathetic really I’ll follow you
anywhere really anywhere what about at
work because I’ve gotten to know many
people many flexi
Christians that get to the office at
9:00 in the morning and they say Jesus
Jesus wait for me in the car seated in
the passenger seat okay I’m going to go
work I’ll come back at 5: and we’ll go
home singing
together and Jesus says yeah yeah let me
wait let me wait for you just leave the
window
open you go in you you you punch in your
time card and then once you punch out
you’re a Christian
again and you justify your ambition at
work by saying I do it for my kids you
rationalize dishonesty by saying it’s
just
business You Don’t Preach to any of your
co-workers and you say I prefer to not
mix
things really we’re going to follow him
anywhere what about practicing a
sport I’ve seen Believers you give them
a ball and Satan comes out from within
them
they fight the whole match they insult
each other they they become demonized
their voice even changes they say pass
me the
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ball really I’ll follow you anywhere
Jesus I’ve gotten to know people that
have said that they have the the burden
of being missionaries but then once it’s
time to talk about the
salary that they’ll have to do with very
little and they’ll live and all the
things that they have to give up all
their comfort then they begin to think
about it more all right it’s fine it’s
fine I follow Jesus wherever but it
doesn’t mean wherever it doesn’t mean
any
place I thought I wasn’t going to
abandon my comfort I thought this was
all
free and that’s due to the fact that
when God points
somewhere he says all right then there
but we don’t take it as an order we take
it as a
suggestion we say Lord I’m going to
follow you anywhere all right follow me
at your work then at your at your job I
want you to talk about me or with your
family I want you to follow me when you
go out Friday and Saturday I want you to
be following me oh no no I follow you
for two hours on Sunday from 9 to
11 so we love
Jesus we value his wisdom but we don’t
want him as our Lord but just as a
a consultant a
counselor a consultant is is is that’s
very in right now someone that consults
us but at the end of the day we make the
decision that’s why we call it the call
them
Consultants Consultants counselors look
give me your advice give me your point
of view but don’t tell me what I should
do guide me but we have just a small
problem God isn’t a consultant to anyone
he doesn’t give counseling he’s never
done it God will never do it he is God
and he gives
orders he doesn’t give consultations he
doesn’t
suggest it’s tough but that’s how it
is so when we treat him like a a
consultant we say Lord stay there I’ll
call 911 if I need something or if we
treat him as a
counselor then he stops coming to the
appointments he’s not interested in
being anyone’s consultant following
Jesus
anywhere for some it meant saying no to
their children as far as growing up in a
comfortable
household because that they had to go on
a mission trip or to Africa or India
wherever saying yes to
Jesus for others meant saying no to the
possibility of raising their
children or being close to the
grandparents or
close to the loved ones well that’s the
price that the family has to pay it’s
not that first God will make sure that
my children are fine that that they
don’t lose their comfort in their
environment and if God gives me all that
then I’ll follow him anywhere that’s not
following him fine you can stay but
don’t say you’re following
Jesus saying yes to Jesus as far as
following
him implied to some saying no to a
comfortable private
life so Jesus tells his first applicant
that following him could imply living in
the streets and sometimes sleeping under
a bridge that doesn’t mean that Jesus
was saying that you need to be poor he
says you know what I don’t know where
I’m going to sleep tonight I don’t have
anywhere to lay my head we might eat we
might not if there’s no food then we’ll
just fast if there’s nowhere to sleep
then we’ll pray all
night if we’re near the city then we
have lazarus’s house to stay at but if
we’re not then we have nowhere to stay
is that fine and then the man said ah
well I wanted to be normal Christian not
not a
fan that’s what our our family members
say sometimes ah it’s great I love that
you’re religious but you know what you
take it a little too far but there’s no
way to be Halfway Christian or halfway
vegetarian or halfway committed this
reminds me of when I see young couples
that want to get married very soon
they’re 21 20 18 years old they want to
get married but they have no idea the
commitment that they’re assuming I’m not
judging their love I’m not saying that
you have to be 50 to know that you love
you can be in love but they don’t know
the commitment that they’re taking on
the girl says things like oh I just want
to spend my whole life with him why uh
because because because he loves
music he writes his own songs with the
guitar he wrote me
too it’s a free Soul he has long
hair he doesn’t care about any material
things he doesn’t care about anything he
makes me laugh and he loves singing to
God
girl I’m going to give you the unedited
version of what your life’s going to be
like you ready look at me look at me
you’re going to get
married within a year you’re going to
want to kill that free
Soul I’ll tell you now he’s going to get
as fat as a pig by Christmas he’s going
to stay bald be bald first
he’ll be on the couch playing his guitar
eating out of a tub of ice cream and
with the same spoon that he’s eating
he’s going to scratch his back all the
way down to where the back loses its
dignified
name you’re going to walk by and say I
can’t believe it he’s going to be
scratching his back eating ice cream
he’s going to shower once every two
weeks you’re going to have to wash those
underwear that actually require nuclear
treatment and he’s going to say that he
can’t find a job because what he’s
looking for can’t be found nobody can
value his heartart and in that precise
moment you’re going to realize that his
love or that love doesn’t make you
happy and whether he believes in God
loves God or doesn’t you’re going to ask
that God to take this man with him to
heaven for the good of humanity right
within a year you’re going to say oh I
thought it was free no
no I want you to understand what you’re
committing
to so it’s not just about saying poetic
words that you recite on your wedding
day no there are words that have
implications
anywhere these aren’t just words to to
show commitment no it becomes a
lifestyle I’ll follow you anywhere Lord
following Jesus is like that famous
Jewish
saying May the dust he raises cover you
when you would follow a rabbi they would
say May the dust he raises cover you
when you would walk so close to him the
dust would cover
you so we can’t call ourselves followers
of Jesus if you if we refuse to go where
Jesus wants to go or where he’s
been following
Jesus means we’ll have to go close to
Sinners that no one else wants to be
seen
with we’re going to be amongst the sick
that others try to avoid to
not be
contaminated man religious people will
sell will send us to hell in fact I had
a
revelation look all the religious people
send me to hell this week they said
you’re going to hell this week I posted
a picture they said you’re going to burn
you’re going to hell they give visas to
go to hell and I’ve learned that in
order to be an ambassador and give a
visa to another place they have have to
have the nationality and be citizens of
that exact place where they send
people if not then they couldn’t send
anyone to
Hell who lets you into the US well an
American representative well who lets
you get into hell well a representative
of
Hell the following applicant different
from the first remember I said there
were three the first one goes to
Jesus but now Jesus goes up to this man
Luke
9:59 and he said to another person come
follow me the man agreed but he said
Lord first let me return home and bury
my father but Jesus told him let the
spiritually dead bury their own dead
your duty is to go and preach about the
kingdom of God we’re not told this man’s
name if he would have followed him I’m
sure that we would know his name instead
of speaking about the 12 disciples we
might be speaking about the 13 disciples
because the man seemed willing he gives
the
impression that he was
unconditional the first word he says in
fact is Lord he refers to Jesus with the
same title that a slave would refer to
his master with
Lord the problem is that the next word
is first he wants to follow Jesus but
right now is not a good
time he tries to give an excuse that can
postpone
Jesus’s proposal for some time he
doesn’t say no as I clarify
always this man’s father was not dead
because Jesus would have probably said
yeah go bury him and then come back but
it was a way to say when my father dies
once I bury him then I’ll follow you
maybe his father didn’t approve of him
following a rabbi or maybe he was afraid
to tell his father that he wouldn’t
continue with the family business which
was a custom in Jewish tradition or
maybe he was waiting for his father to
die to inherit and then follow Jesus
more comfortably but whatever the reason
was it smells like an
excuse It’s not that he’s not willing
it’s just that it’s not a good time he
doesn’t say no he says I can’t right now
right right now just right in this
moment I
can’t so this is a second group there
are many Christians who love Jesus and
they have the intention that one day one
day they will seriously commit one day
they’ll do it but not right now not now
but soon very
soon what does Jesus say to this
applicant no no I understand you my
friend you’ll know when the time is I’ll
leave you an open
invitation does he say something like no
I don’t want to pressure you my friend
take your time I understand you just the
way they teach in modern seminars first
God then family then you’re called to
follow me once you’re ready then I’ll be
waiting for you right here no no that’s
not what Jesus said he said let the dead
bury their own
dead and so sometimes we understand
Jesus’s call in the same
way the same way we try and start a diet
right now right
now I have every intention of eating
healthy I love eating healthy I watch
documentaries about eating healthy what
did you eat yesterday well bacon wrapped
hot dogs and but it’s just because they
invited me to a dinner that I couldn’t
turn down but next week next week I’m
going to eat healthy strict
diet and we treat
Jesus like planning going to the gym oh
no no no no April April April’s my month
March is almost over but in April I’m
going to work out every
day and then we promise that all right
I’m going to serve you know what may may
at the latest and then we get to
December nobody has a diet in December
because of this holidays we start in
January but since there’s leftovers in
January we start February and our life
goes on that way and with jesus’
invitation there’s an expiration date
today the word tomorrow isn’t in the
holy spirit’s vocabulary so when Jesus
calls to follow he meant today Jesus
knew that in just a few days he would be
crucified he couldn’t wait for a guy to
finish building his family business and
that his father no you want to follow me
it’s
today tomorrow’s land is where elections
reside tomorrow’s land is where
unmanageable debts
reside and that’s where the prodigal
children reside that’s tomorrow’s land
saying tomorrow that Jesus is like
turning off the alarm clock and saying
you know what 10 more minutes and Jesus
says follow us and we say Lord just 10
more minutes 10 more Hebrews 3:15 says
today when you hear his voice don’t
Harden your hearts today because maybe
tomorrow you won’t be called again in
fact these people weren’t called ever
again Jesus didn’t try again the next
day to see if they were in a better
mood so it’s a lie that when God
prospers you you’ll be more generous no
it’s
proven those that are stingy devout
followers of stinginess when they don’t
have
anything then they become even more
stingy when they have something it’s a
lot that oh if God gives me something
then I’ve promised half of it to the
Lord no God doesn’t do business with
anyone he says first first you have to
believe then the signs will follow don’t
ask me for signs to follow me first you
have to believe you have to
give so those that don’t give today
won’t give
later it’s a lie that when you have more
time you’re going to go on that mission
trip if you don’t do it today you’re
never going to do
it it’s a lie that when you retired and
when you have time when you ask for
vacation no you’re not going to do it
and it’s fine for your own mental health
you have to say I don’t want to do it
but don’t say no no no I want to huh in
my heart no God doesn’t bless intentions
never then in Luke
nine we saw a third applicant there were
three of them and this guy says I’ll
Follow You Lord but first let me say
goodbye to my
family it’s obvious that this guy missed
out on the conversation with with the
applicant that wanted to bury his father
he didn’t
hear because it seems like a reasonable
request and we might say oh come on Lord
let him at least say goodbye to his
parents let him give let him give them a
kiss but no he this man doesn’t want to
give a quick embrace the Practical
Jewish culture of saying goodbye to the
family because they were going to travel
or going to go to a different city
implied numerous celebrations that could
last
weeks Jewish weddings lasted
days saying goodbye could last
weeks and Jesus answered I don’t have
these weeks anyone that looks
back no one that places one hand on the
plow and looks back then looks back is
not fit for the
kingdom this reveals where the man’s
heart was following Jesus isn’t his
primary priority he loves Jesus but he
says oh but I thought it was
free I was reading about a strange
custom in baptism for the kns Templar
the Knights Templar Church it exists
well it
existed even though it still persists in
a certain way but back in the
days when the church would would baptize
one of the Knights Templar they would do
it with their sword in hand but they
wouldn’t submerge the sword underwater
they would keep the sword always held
high they would be baptized by being
submerged but they would keep the sword
above the water while the rest of the
body while their body was submerged
there was a way to say to Jesus you can
take control of me but you won’t have my
sword Jesus I’m all
yours but who I am in the battlefield
and the way I use this sword doesn’t
make up a part of this agreement or of
my surrender the sword was on the
outside so that they didn’t feel bad
when they had to kill an enemy on the
Battleground that’s why they they
wouldn’t baptize a sword if that were
today’s practice I can imagine some
holding up their
wallets or their checkbook so that
they’re not too committed others will
have the remote
control I give you everything Jesus
except for Netflix others will keep
their phone
up their car keys I don’t
know the Young Rich Man wanted to get
baptized but hold up his
possessions
how far can I follow you without having
to give up what I have that’s the
question that flexi Christians
ask other word in other words I can come
here on Sunday lift up my hands and
worship and continue with my worldly
life and call myself a vegetarian from
time to time I eat meat but it’s just
from time to
time so Jesus doesn’t desire followers
that have shared loyalty with something
else and when we accept Jesus invitation
to follow him we’re not saying Lord
you’re going to be the first on my list
no he wants to be the center of your
list so he’s not going to share us with
anything nor with
anyone he wants us to invest in the
Kingdom more than what we invest in our
own Comfort yes it’s true Oh I thought
we didn’t have to give money I thought
it was free no you have to give it
all he desires that we give up more
talent and more time than what we give
to our profession
yes he wants us to have more joy and
energy when we worship him than when we
watch the Super Bowl or a soccer
match the irony of flexi
Christians is that in the last World Cup
hundreds of churches had to suspend
their services
because their their country’s team was
playing in that World
Cup have I sinned by watching soccer no
the point is
why do we call ourselves followers of
Jesus if there’s if there if there’s a
final between Argentina and Mexico we
don’t go to church because church can
wait worshiping God can wait but the
game
can’t that’s what angers or
frustrates those that call themselves
followers of Christ and that frustrates
god let’s just say oh I’m a fan I like
it because I like the music they speak
nice but let’s not call ourselves
Christians Christians have to give it
all is it tough yes it’s
difficult we’re trying but man we can’t
minimize Jesus put him on a discount so
that it’s accessible to
everyone I’ve had to officiate hundreds
of funerals well not hundreds but dozens
and dozens of funerals throughout my
years and on occasions I I didn’t know
the the deceased person too well and to
be able to speak about the deceased at a
more personal level I invite the family
to share something with me to send me a
note and they tend to tell me about the
things that the person was passionate
about what they were a fan
of that is how a person is known and
identified when they leave this earth oh
you have no idea he loved soccer he
loved soccer he didn’t miss a single
game he followed every
League oh she was a gifted decorator she
decorated everything others oh he loved
smoking a good cigarette and he loved
good wine oh she loved Lis Miguel she
loved
him she had all his music and she would
throw her underwear at his
concerts he loved
cars she was a talented
musician he was a brilliant businessman
oh he was so witty anything he touched
turned to gold or she was the most
loving mother oh she loved cooking for
everyone she loved cooking for 30 40
people and I always
think it’s good that she was a loving
affectionate mother A Gifted decorator a
talented musician that she loved L
Miguel but please tell me that she was a
follower of Jesus because after all
that’s what
matters that we remember that they
remember us not because we were fans of
cars or The Simpsons that won’t change
anyone’s
life and apparently the third applicant
put his family before following
Christ and maybe when this third
applicant passed away maybe somebody
stood up and said oh he was a family man
huh he was a great family man he didn’t
care any about anything other than his
family he loved his parents his children
he always placed his family first and
those that are seated at the funeral
might say oh that’s good that’s good
what a great way to be remembered how
great he put his family first but those
of us that know the rest of the
story we know that one day this man was
face to face with the Son of God he had
the opportunity of being his follower
and making up a part of the group of
people that changed the world forever
but he didn’t do
it they didn’t say that at his
funeral the fact that he put his family
first doesn’t constitute a a test of
character he said no to the Lord but he
loves his family
and if God called
them
the man decided not to put God before
everything that was the worst business
deal in his life so this morning this
afternoon this night according to
whatever time zone you’re watching from
around the
world what is competing against your
loyalty to Christ it’s a question that I
always ask
myself and I’m not always standing on
two firm feet I have to reorder my
priorities maybe I have my hand on the
plow maybe you have your hand on the
plow but what makes you look back all
the time here’s a more direct
question following Jesus has it costed
you
anything has it cost you
anything what has it cost you to follow
Jesus I’m tired of hearing oh what
you’ve received by Grace give by Grace
oh give Grace brother give Grace
everything’s free no it’s invaluable
salvation is
invaluable just because we can’t pay for
it does it mean that it’s free so in
what way has Jesus interfered in your
life how has he complicated it because
Moses couldn’t follow God without
standing before
Pharaoh Noah couldn’t follow God without
building an
ark and being ridiculed by all his
neighbors Daniel couldn’t continue
praying to God without being thrown into
the Den of Lions so following Jesus
isn’t something that you can do by night
like Nicodemus tried when nobody was
watching no you can’t be a secret
admirer of Jesus
we can’t say oh well I like to be a
Christian it doesn’t bother me to come
to church on
Sundays I put a little bit of money from
time to time I pray before my food but
before my meals I just don’t want Jesus
to get in too into my life so when was
the last time that
Jesus cost you something the last time
he cost us
something when was the last time that
Jesus cost you a
relationship when was the last time that
following Jesus caused you a promoe
a raise oh I missed out on a great job
because they asked me to do things that
I knew weren’t right and with that money
that I would have earned I would pay off
my home so much quicker but I knew that
if I accepted that job or that raise
then I had to start lying or I had to
scam following Jesus cost me a raise or
a promotion or it cost me a lifelong
friendship because I realized that I had
someone that was always gossiping to me
they were sharing their their trash and
filth with me because I would lend my
ears to it and one day I had to cut it
off I didn’t care that it was a friend
from my
childhood it was gossip which is a sin
or Jesus when was the last time that
happened when was the last time that
Jesus cost you your
vacation and you strongly felt that
these those days that you had
free you had to go to India or Uganda
but you said no no I want to go to my
country and go to the beach is it wrong
no it’s not wrong but let’s define it
as that’s not that doesn’t make you a
follower of Jesus when was the last time
that they made fun of your
faith when was the last time that you
were left without a meal because of the
Gospel you say no no no I’m not hungry
my mom would do it a simple
mortal he was trying to ration the
portions so we truly
say that we’re carrying his cross and it
didn’t cost us anything so take some
moments and respond in your in your head
what is this costing me not what am I
getting what am I gaining from this what
are they
offering because if we come with that
mentality then we’re even going to
demand you’re going to say look I’m
following Jesus and I’m unhealthy I’m
following Jesus and I still don’t have
my papers I follow Jesus and I don’t
have a new car I have the same old
phone I’m never going to scam you I’m
never going to tell you that Jesus is
all that he’s not call now he’s not the
belt that makes you lose weight did it
cost you anything if there hasn’t been
any sacrifice if you haven’t felt
uncomfortable then maybe it’s time to
recognize that you’ve never taken the
cross you just
believed and if you’re having doubts let
me tell you now the Lord has decided to
close as all you can eat buffet all the
free food is done it’s over that’s what
the pandemic was no more nights of
empowerment no more Mira nights of
Miracle run do what you couldn’t do bend
over jump oh I couldn’t walk Oh Glory to
the Lord now that’s
over it’s done no more social
plans and it’s not that God doesn’t do
Miracles it’s just just that all these
people during the pandemic they all
disappeared the people that made the
miracles happen that would pray for the
Miracles and those that would seek the
Miracles they’re gone those that prayed
for miracles would say oh stay at home
there’s a a
contagion they hid in their kitchens and
the people were
discouraged because they said I thought
it was free but it was never
free he didn’t come to recruit recruit
Communists people that think H what do
what do you get for free no he didn’t
come to found a Socialist Party the Lord
came to recruit people that are willing
to die that’s what we are that’s where
we’re headed give an Applause to the
Lord of lords and the King of Kings yes
or
no
if you believe that God has spoken
because I haven’t heard many amens but
give a grand Applause and say Lord how
you love me you’re speaking to me this
morning blessed are
you come on celebrate the Lord has
spoken the Lord has spoken this this
morning blessed are
you
We Worship You Lord of
lords come on let’s let’s lift up our
hands to heaven for a moment Lord I’ve
transmitted today what you have asked me
to speak to your army to your
people and there are tears there’s
Brokenness because we’ve
realized that when our comfort
zone
God committed we set ourselves apart
from you we got
upset we became petulent
foolish
ungrateful forgive us
Lord lift up your hand to heaven and say
Lord today I want to carry my cross no
matter
what let it cost me whatever it has to
cost me so I can follow you it’s worth
it to waste yourself away pray for God
it’s worth
it the hours of sleep that you lose by
praying and interceding it’s worth it
the days in which you seek the Lord the
days in which you read the Bible with
discipline when you go out and visit
hospitals when you try to go to to jails
and prisons all the trips that you’ve
taken to visit loved ones and even if
you weren’t able to see
them you were there there’s not a single
act that the Lord doesn’t
register but we’ve been
told oh nobody is saved by acts to not
have to love we’ve been told that so
that we don’t have to be committed it’s
true Grace is what saves us but the Lord
says that he will tell us well done
faithful servant he never said that he
would say oh good job good intention
well thought out no well done as you did
it for my little ones you’ve done it for
me I was sick and you helped me I was
was in prison you visited me I was
hungry you gave me food what else does
the Lord have to say to us for us to
understand that the cross will make this
uncomfortable the cross makes it
uncomfortable it
hurts but I’m not talking about
sacrificing yourself to be saved
salvation is done God loves everyone to
him you’re his child and that won’t
change but when we want to go to the
second line and you say Lord I want to
cross that line I want to be a follower
I want you to use
me I’ve seen so many say I want God to
use me but they’re in love with the
pictures they’re in love with the
glamour not the
price they’re in love with coming out in
pictures they’re in love with being the
main character they’re in love with all
the invitations that come from all over
everyone invites me so I can preach for
an hour and then I met so many people
and they took so many pictures that’s
not taking the Cross taking the Cross
is sacrificing time with your family
sometimes
moving from the country you’re
in and the Lord knows what’s making you
uncomfortable over the last few weeks
months years but you’ve said no no no
not yet yes yes I I want to surrender to
you but just some things come on this
morning give everything to the Lord say
this is who I am do what you want with
me it’s unconditional I don’t expect
all hands to raise if there were a place
here I would ask you to come to the
front so that you understand the
commitment but I don’t expect everyone
here or at home to understand this level
of commitment because if everyone said
all right it’s fine I’ll take the cross
then I wasn’t clear in transmitting this
message this is a commitment where I
prefer 80
90% to think more on it and say oh whoa
whoa whoa whoa let me just continue
being a flex Christian let me just
continue being a fan not too much
commitment I’m going to continue
offering I’ll continue coming but no no
no no no I don’t want the Lord to ask me
for more
well then this
message
served so that there aren’t so many
people saying oh I want to serve the
Lord I want to be a servant no you have
no idea being a servant means you’re
Auto self-proclaim yourself as the slave
to Christ I’m a slave to Christ a
slave he says go I
go and I don’t ask for payment I don’t
ask for a reward I don’t expect Applause
I don’t expect my Ministry to be
recognized I don’t want no I’m a slave
to Christ the way Paul
Peter John began their
letters that is the gospel following him
believing we all believe but
following no my loved one no my loved
one following is so much more it’s going
to cost you everything not just a piece
of you lift up your hand and say Lord
thank you for this morning thank you for
this moment
Lord I’ve transmitted what I believe you
told me to say
today Lord thank you for this time thank
you for your presence Thank You For Your
Glory thank you because you fill us you
bless us because I can feel now that
something is happening Moment by
moment those that have the baptism of
the spirit intercede as the spirit gives
you utterance those that want to lift
their voices to pray pray with me but
lift up your hand and say Lord you’ve
spoken with me I receive this calling
now I receive it in my heart in my
life the new purpose for this
year this is the moment in which the the
lines begin to become
reduced but good
thing that Jesus has
stopped with his all you can e of
fa he says believe in me
for I am the bread of life of bread of
life and all the rest will
come in
addition but the Lord doesn’t want those
that just come and seek the social plan
that he’s
offering because Jesus isn’t a socialist
he’s not a dictator Jesus isn’t a
leftwing government or a right-wing or a
moderate no Jesus is someone that says I
ask you for everything everything
everything I’ve given you salvation I’ve
given you
Grace but on this side of the son you
have to give up your
life I can’t guarantee that there won’t
be prisons that there won’t be
tribulation that there won’t be death
that there won’t be illness it’s not
something that I can guarantee Paul
said but all that will show God’s glory
I will boast of my weakness because for
me to live is Christ and to die is gain
lift up your hands and say I want to be
a part of that Elite of people that say
I want to be belong to those the group
of those that give it all even if it’s
terribly difficult who impressive
everyone everyone everyone crying out to
the Lord It’s a morning of surrender of
change I can feel the Holy Spirit
stealing stealing this word yes yes
it’ll cost you
everything and sometimes you have to
face crisis and storms and problems at
home s at work it’s not Satan it’s not
the
devil it’s not God who let the go of
your hand no it’s your decision that
you’re going to follow him anywhere
wherever I give you my life Mind Body
Soul and Spirit father thank you for
this
morning Lord in the final days you’ve
lifted up a people that believes in you
that worships you that gives themselves
to you you’ve used US river as the bar
of the world but I feel it on your
behalf that a new time is coming a time
of absolute surrender I don’t know what
is coming but the Bible describes in the
Book of Revelations that when these
things happen we will lift our eyes to
heaven and we’ll know that the Lord’s
return is near and I don’t know what is
coming but what is coming is not going
to be a walk through the park won’t be
anything fun it won’t be God’s kingdom
here on Earth what is to come isn’t the
American dream fulfilled what is to come
is a battle it’s
resistance but blessed are those that
have the Lord in their heart and the
Holy Spirit with them because they will
have Victory they will fight and they
will win because the Lord will be with
them the Lord is with us he will bless
us he will sustain us and we will be
like the palm tree that bends over but
remains upright someone needs to worship
someone needs to celebrate the Lord
because of that do you believe it do you
truly believe it no no no do you truly
believe it may the Lord bless you people
may God protect you take your cross and
let’s go home bye until next Sunday
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