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Speaker: Welcome to Ministry Moment. We are so glad that you have joined us today. you know why? Because... Jesus is Lord. Yes, but that's not what I'm trying to say. are to say Because this is the day. That the Lord has made. Amen. And I will rejoice in the beginning. And I'm rejoicing. And you have to rejoice. It is a personal decision. It is. You can decide to rejoice or you can decide to be You know what? I get i was rejoicing today because it's been a while since I did your makeup.
Speaker: And I did, I'm sorry, your TV technical device. Yes. So I did his TV technical device. So whenever I do his TV technical device, I always like to sneak a kiss in.
Speaker: yeah That's why he likes me do his makeup. And I say, honey, we have to be so spiritual. so That is spiritual. yeah so we like We like to have fun. It's okay to be.
Speaker: you know Yeah, because we are rejoicing ah for what God has done in our life. And you know we are so blessed to have you you know with us and through this ah amazing you know program. And you I'm telling you, your life will be... you know your life will never be the same.
Speaker: you know I'm not saying this because sometimes when we say your life is about to change or your life will never be the same, you know because we are used to that. Sometimes we don't really unleash our faith to see, yeah you know to really embrace the prophetic statement. Because remember, when we say these things, when we speak, or someone speaks to your life, that you can trust them. yeah Remember, we are we are people of prophecy.
Speaker: God made the whole, the entire universe, not just by thinking, by His spoken words. That's what brought things into manifestation. So every time that we release God's promises or the scriptures, we are prophesying.
Speaker: So we are setting things in the motion. So when we say God is about to change your life, it is a prophetic, statement And when you embrace that, the content of that proclamation will manifest in your life.
Speaker: It's same thing when God says to that you are a tree, you will become a tree. He doesn't have to do anything. right You know what I'm saying? yeah You know, i can take we can take you to so many scriptures and it's real. So sometimes, so don't take this statement lightly. We say this is the day that the Lord has made for us and we um we have made a decision because it is you have to make a decision to rejoice and be excited about God.
Speaker: You say because Jesus is Lord. Wow. I'm excited. It is. Well, and it is a choice that you make every day. And here's the thing, no matter where you are, the word says we go from glory to glory. glory Right? So there's always change. God always has something that he wants to do in your life. And I think that's why what we're talking about today is so important, because You have to learn how to walk out what God has for you in your life. You have to learn how to walk in the perfect will of God. And if you don't know how to do that, you don't want to end up getting to the end of your life. And our pastor sometimes will say, you know, I want the Lord to say, well done, good and faithful service servant. Not well, done what? I love that. Right? And we don't want you to do that either. We want you to walk in the fullness of what God has called you to do.
Speaker: i think that's the key. You know, if you want to, if you if you this this applies to all of us, If we want to have a a beautiful life in this earthly realm, we must listen to what He he wants from us. yeah You know, most of the time, you know, if you, I can, you we can take you back to the Old Testament from the scriptures. You know, every time Israelite, God's people, they refuse to follow His instruction.
Speaker: they always find themselves in ah in ah in a pit, in trouble. yeah And God have to find a way to bring them out of that mess.
Speaker: And you know what? Every time God, even though every time God is you know is is excited to bring them out, because He's a good Father, He doesn't want us to suffer. That's why oh when we make a mistake, you know He always finds a way for us to come back to Him.
Speaker: so But I have noticed something. Because God always used a prophet to bring them out. Because a prophet or the men of God always speak things that the Father wants him to say. that That prophetic message will bring them out. So we can go back to the Old Testament to the New.
Speaker: There's the same principle today. So I want encourage you. You know, get your Bible, right okay? You know, thought about, you know, like I believe ah one is it, two weeks ago, our pastors was challenging us, you know, that it's time for you to get a physical Bible. yeah So get your Bible, find a piece of paper, notebook, take a note.
Speaker: And I'm telling you, at the end of this program, mean that's not just one, maybe we may do have part
Speaker: B, or C, D, or 1, 2, 3, whatever we decide to name it. I'm telling you, our goals, or our desire for your your life to move from one place you know to another level, the next level in your life. So take a note and open the book by by yourself, study the Word, and have fellowship with the Holy Spirit to give you more clarification if there's something needs to be clarified. So I'm excited for this topic. And so I'm excited because, you know, when I say I'm excited, yeah, I'm excited. My spirit is rejoicing in me because God has been so god have been so faithful.
Speaker: You know, all of us, we got have a testimony. ah My testimony may not be exactly like, you know, someone else or you that are are watching today. You know, we have a different testimony and you have a different journey. And in my testimony, you know, I have to have a testimony to testify you know, God's goodness in my life. That is the only way that I can really express my ah ah my understanding of God, you know, or my Heavenly Father everywhere I go, because I can only express, you know, my myself based on what I know about Him.
Speaker: Well, and it says in the book of Revelation that they overcame by what? The blood of the Lamb and the Jesus. the word of of their testimony. So you have to, you do, you have to have a... Yeah, you gotta have it. And you know, in life in general, when God decided to decided to make ah mankind. he He wants to have fellowship.
Speaker: He wants to have a family. He wants to be in community or in fellowship with mankind. Now, for sake of time, we don't have time to go back to tell you, you know to explain what happened, what didn't happen, who said what. you know But the bottom line is that Your heavenly father wants to be in constant fellowship with you.
Speaker: And he wants us to have, you know, a vibrant life, a life of excitement, a life of celebration always.
Speaker: Now, and the sad thing is that the enemy came in trying to mess things up, but that was fixed. that's that's the That's the reason why Jesus came. That was repelled. That was corrected by the coming, the death, and the resurrection of Jesus.
Speaker: So we have to know that. he When we go back to book of Jeremiah, the book of Jeremiah, Bible says, you know the bible says God's, what, he, he said, I know the plan. Jeremiah, I think Jeremiah, let's go to that verse. Jeremiah 29, verse 11. Verse 10 is beautiful. Verse 12 is so powerful. But we're going to stick with a verse.
Speaker: I know I didn't give you, I know, if you guys can help me, Jeremiah 29.
Speaker: Okay, very Jeremiah 29 verse 11. You want to read the verse? In King James? Whatever i version you have. The best one. Well, NLT is the best one, but I'll read in King James. think for you, though. Just for you. No, for anyone that wants to understand the Bible without having to translate it from Old English into New English verse.
Speaker: All right. I'll read it for you from King James. For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. See, that's NLT. That's your favorite one. Yeah, I like that too. Yeah. yeah Okay. That's because it's the best one. All right, let's go to the, I'm going to read the King king king James Version 1. All right. The Bible says,
Speaker: uh... for i know that thoughts okay that i think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you an expected end. That's King James Version? All right. so So, see, the Bible is saying that, you know, NIV also is so beautiful. NIV presented very well. You know, those translators are just sometimes, some of them just want to make money. That's that's me. oh That's what you have to...
Speaker: study for yourself, to get the content, you know ask the Holy Spirit you know you helps you know to help you to understand the scriptures. Yeah, and there is no perfect translation. So we joke about it. I like the NLT because it's written in modern English, and I feel like it does a pretty good job overall of staying true to what the scripture says. You know, maybe we can our own version of the Bible. Yeah, we can do it. But we do. That's why studying the Bible is so important, though. And so I do...
Speaker: use the King James version to study just because the Strong's Concordance and, you know, those that they're all based off of the King James. So I read out of the NLT, but I also will use the King James when I study. Yeah, it's always good to go to multiple translations to catch the picture. But at end of the day You know, you always rely on the Holy Spirit to confirm. yeah You know what I'm saying? The content, what he's trying to communicate to you. Because remember, you know, because the Holy Spirit though is the author of the Bible. So that's why it's better for all of us to go back to the Holy Spirit. ah simple question don't be so religious just say Holy Spirit help me to understand now when you say Holy Spirit help me to understand make sure that you read the scripture don't just say that pray without spending time in the verses on it in the Bible you know the Bible also says see I don't know change the subject but it says to study the scriptures not just to read it yeah you know reading is the entryway to show yourself approved you get a study to show yourself approved so
Speaker: It's better for all of us to ask the Holy Spirit. So what this verse is very plain. We don't need a you don't need a new translation. it's trying to He's telling us, he's Christian, that as good father, he knows the plan that he has for us.
Speaker: And he expressed that. Good plan, not evil one. now Even though he said that, we have to be the one willing to discover what he he's thinking about us. yeah That's when a lot of people, it it it things are missing today.
Speaker: It doesn't mean that God said, have a good plan for your life that is going to just happen. Right. Okay? And I have discovered. I may not prove this you know by any scriptures. i have discovered something.
Speaker: you know I know somebody preached one time and he said he believed that every human being on planet Earth has a two plans or two purposes.
Speaker: First one is that the fact that we are Adam, lineage or we came from Adam. That's a natural plan that you know we are required to, you know what I'm saying, because of the fall of men.
Speaker: that people can fulfill that. But there is a God perfect will for all of us that that can only be discovered when we surrender our life to Christ, which makes sense.
Speaker: yeah You know what i'm saying? It doesn't mean that, which for me it makes sense because in Christ God has, because the Bible talks about God's perfect will. So, what are we after today? today I'm sorry, you're trying to say something. Well, I was just going to say, I think there are things that we only fulfill when we're in Christ. In Christ. Because the Bible says that the Word of God, in Psalms 119, it's a lamp unto our feet, right? It guides where we should go. When you have the Word of God on the inside of you, it is showing you where to walk. The Bible says you'll hear the voice of the the Lord behind you saying, this is the way, walk you in it. so You're not going to have that if you're not in the word, if you don't have that relationship with where Jesus. says yeah You know, and and i i also love the scripture that says, if you abide in me and my word abides in you, right? you
Speaker: Whatever you ask, you'll have. Well, you're not going to have those things, be able to pray those things out if you're not in Christ yeah and his word's not in you. So I think there are absolutely things you only walk out that God's called you to when you're in the fullness of what Christ has called you to but there are natural talents in gifting that God have has given to you that you can step into even if you don't know Christ because he put it in you. Yeah. Right? I give for his glory. Two different things. And that's that's what we have. See, his expectations are for us to come and surrender those gifts in Christ so he can, so he can, you know, so we can fulfill God's perfect will for our life. So we're going to address some of them today and maybe sometimes during this program. You know, my, my, you know, this, this you know, this is what I'm very passionate about.
Speaker: Most of the time, the reason why you know, mankind. I found myself in these shoes before. And thank God that he brought me out of it. that's like So I'm gonna be speaking from ah experience.
Speaker: Yes, God has a plan for our life. But how many how many how many people today are really living the perfect will you know, for their life.
Speaker: The plan that God has for them. Only few, not everybody. yeah Okay? Because sometimes that's the key. That's the beginning of ah being successful in life. Step into God's perfect will for your life. First, you you have to discover that.
Speaker: And to discover God's will, i I found out that you gotta ask him about it. You have to be willing to answer the call that he has for you.
Speaker: From that, you ask, what is your plan? What is your will? Or what do you want me to do for you? Know what I want. right You know? Sometimes in this culture, people say, oh, you can become anything that you want.
Speaker: That's a lie from the pitch of hell. I disagree. Maybe you can, you know, that's my own personal opinion. Because if it got, because sometimes we we said these things and living God's out.
Speaker: When God is involved in it, you cannot just become or do whatever you want for for yourself. He has to be involved in it. That is the only way you can have happy, you can have a great life.
Speaker: You know what I'm saying? I think i hope this is making sense. Don't be too spiritual. Just use your common sense. and God you to be involved in our daily life. yeah He wants you to be involved in ah you know the clothes that you put on. Of course, you may say God is not an interest. Who told you?
Speaker: He made all of this for you. You know, He wants to be involved in your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Because if that wasn't the case, why He's asked us to pray?
Speaker: what is the prayer What is the purpose of of praying then? The purpose of praying is to be in in in constant fellowship with him so we know His thoughts, His will, His mind, what He's thinking about everything that's happened around us.
Speaker: So we want to encourage you. I know 20 minutes is not enough to talk about, you know, life teaching, you know. But i I guarantee if you can, what I'm going to ask you, I know we we have a lot of scriptures to give you, but we're going to take a baby step.
Speaker: That's going to help. Because, you know, ah I don't know what, what how you see yourself or what you you want to accomplish in this life. what no No matter what, regardless, your present condition or present situation, if you are still, have not yet discovered or you are not 100% sure of what God has for you, it's not too late yet.
Speaker: Moses was 80 years old. Yeah. But when he discovered, he what God has for him, look what God did with his life. Now all of that has to do with our willingness. I'm willing to listen to him. oh I'm willing to follow his step or what he has for me. So if you're not willing, you will never discover it.
Speaker: yeah You always be disobedient to God's grace, God's calling in your life. So I'm gonna challenge you. If you want have peace, maybe you know, maybe you backslide, whatever condition yeah you find yourself in I'm gonna encourage you, just go in your prayer closet.
Speaker: Do a simple prayer of very powerful that can change your life forever. know what I'm saying? Because at the end of day, that's what you're gonna give an account for. We are going to stand before Jesus and He's going to give you, ask you a question.
Speaker: I want to make sure that I'm talking to myself, that we are ready to answer every question that has for us. Yeah. You know what i'm saying? That's what this, ah that's the reason why I'm um i'm asking you, stop everything.
Speaker: Nothing wrong with it, you start over. Because there's a second chance in Christ Jesus. That's why we have the blood of Jesus to forgive us. Yes, why? Well, yeah, the blood of Jesus to forgive us. And God's mercies are new every more of morning. So don't let the enemy convince you you're defeated because of the mistakes you made. No, today's a new day. yeah You stand up and say, no, today, guess what, Satan, it doesn't matter what I did because it's under the blood.
Speaker: When God sees me, he sees the righteousness of Christ Jesus. God has anointed me for such a time as this. man God placed me here with a purpose. And you walk out what God has called you to do. The great thing is you can choose who you are and you just start being that person.
Speaker: And we we're going to get more into how you do that. But just because you made a mistake yesterday doesn't disqualify you today. It's all under the blood. God doesn't see it when he looks at looks at you. If you've repented, it just forget it. It's the enemy that tries to beat you up. He'll try to get you into sin or to do something so that he can beat you up and convince you to leave your post of authority because you have authority.
Speaker: authority over him. He doesn't want you to know that. He doesn't want you to fulfill what he's called you to do. So he'll try to get you distracted or in sin or whatever he can do to keep you from fulfilling the call of God on your life. So you need to just rise up.
Speaker: Don't worry about what you've done before. Say, God, here I am. use me Yeah, amen. And so I think youre I know for sake of time, right now I'm sensing in my spirit that some of some of you, or maybe many of you guys are who are listening to this message or has connected to this program right now, maybe live or maybe you know later on. I feel like ah some of you, you or you are in a place that you are very, very discouraged for god what God has for you.
Speaker: at And, you know, I know for sake of time, but let me encourage you. With God, it's never too late. Amen. I thought about, what was this guy? The guy? Is that who you're talking about? no I just was thinking of him because he he failed over and over and over again. And then, like, in his eighty s he...
Speaker: of this Yeah. Oh, no, yeah, we have so many stories about people who really step into their God's perfect will for their life. Look what they have accomplished. Yeah. So maybe if you are feeling so discouraged, you don't know, you know, what God has for you.
Speaker: Now, like I said, it's not too late yet. you know ah Your destiny is not dead. God's will for your life is not dead yet.
Speaker: What we're asking you, the beginner to step into God's perfect will for your life, it is your willingness to say yes to Him. Because anyone that is is willing to do something, they have the courage to pursue it.
Speaker: Because the moment you don't have the desire to do it, you may feel the pressure, you know, because God doesn't want you to, he doesn't want he doesn't force people to do anything for him.
Speaker: He presented to you, but you have to be willing to, what, surrender yourself or yield to what he's asking you to do And or if you are feeling you'll find yourself in that place, let me tell you, there is a second change, there's a hope for you.
Speaker: And very simple, just be honest with yourself and be serious and ask the Holy Spirit to help you. That's his job.
Speaker: One of his job is to help you, to help all of us to step into what he has for us. you know If you don't know, just ask the question. but Be ready. He's going to speak to you.
Speaker: when he speak When the Holy Spirit speaks, listen and be obedient. And that's what makes the difference. Obeying the voice of the Holy Spirit, the voice of your Father. And and ah you remember, he doesn't ask. I have discovered also, he has never asked us to do anything that is so hard for us.
Speaker: that he expecting us to do it for ourselves. He's still the same helper who helps us. You know what i'm saying? oh I don't know. That's that's been my my experience. So anything he asks, he's gonna be the one giving the desire to do it anyway.
Speaker: And help you do it because yeah he'll ask you to do things you can't do on your own that you have to rely on him for. So let's let's put the pressure on him. yeah yeah That's the key. You got to put the pressure. No, we don't put it really put the pressure on the Holy Spirit, but you know what I'm saying. Let's just...
Speaker: Yeah, rely, trust him, throw the whole, the whole, everything back to him, say. yeah It's like the prophet, yeah he has the prophet, can this bone leave? The prophet say, i don't ask me, you know. You know, and get look what he did. So nothing wrong with saying, Father, I trust you, you know what what you want to accomplish, but I'm just a willing vessel to do whatever you want me to do. So if we can approach it this way, I think that's going to help all of us. And I'm excited to see what God's going to do. So before we close, before we close, we got two hours, I say two hours, 25 minutes, no, two seconds.
Speaker: Let's go to Romans chapter two. I'm going read this verse and I'm going to pray for you. We'll be right back for next time. Book of Romans chapter 12, verse one.
Speaker: Book of Romans chapter 12, verse one and two. So that's gonna be, ah you know, the foundation, the foundation of, all you know, this, what we are addressing. You know, the Bible says, i'd be it will ah you wanna help me with read? think verse one is good, verse two is powerful.
Speaker: But, okay you know. yeah Okay, in King James Version? Yeah. And then I'll read my version. ic I you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Speaker: i have Verse 2, say, don't be dumb. Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Yeah, so you see the the last section, the last portion of this verse too, it says what?
Speaker: It's talking about the good will, the acceptable, and there is a perfect will. FOR YOUR LIFE, THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CAMP OUT NOW THE PERFECT WILL.
Speaker: AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN REALLY STEP INTO THE BLESSING THAT GOD HAS FOR US. SO, BUT WE MAY BE ADDRESSING WHAT IS THE GOOD, YOU KNOW? WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE? SOMETIMES ACCEPTABLE MEANS THAT GOD IS NOT, THAT'S NOT, HE'S BEST FOR YOU, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE PUSHING IT, YOU WILL LET THINGS HAPPEN. And you know, at the end of the day, it's on you, you know? So we can give you some of the examples from the Bible, even life experience that, you know, that's gonna be a blessing to you. So we are so glad that you will will you are you have connected to this program and mini ministry movement. I'm telling you.
Speaker: God is doing something powerful, marvelous things in your life. And stay connected to be blessed. I'm telling you that God wants you to step into his perfect will for your life. And so he can use you as his trophy to display his perfection, his glory everywhere you go. And I'm excited to see the next phase of your life.
Speaker: God loves you so very much and He wants a personal relationship with you. When God created the earth, that was what He wanted was a family. Every single person that's in the earth, He wanted a personal relationship with. But sin separated us and God knew that man could never be good enough to earn his way into heaven. We can never be righteous enough.
Speaker: So God himself came as Jesus and died on the cross to pay the price for every sin that would ever be committed. That means you couldn't have done something so bad that God can't forgive you because Jesus, when he was on the cross, he paid for every single sin.
Speaker: And on the third day, he rose from the dead because he was completely righteous. And now he offers that free gift of salvation. to anyone who calls upon his name.
Speaker: Jesus is the only way to heaven. And he said that I'm the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except by me. There is no other way to heaven. So I want to invite you, one, to make Jesus the Lord of your life so you can have a relationship with him here. But two, so you can spend eternity with Him in heaven, which is what He wants. So if you would like to start that journey, I want to invite you to pray this prayer with me. Say, Heavenly Father, i thank you that you sent Jesus to die on the cross to pay the price for my sin.
Speaker: Jesus, I make you the Lord of my life. And Holy Spirit, I invite you to come and live in Amen. If you prayed that prayer, you're now part of the family of God.
Speaker: We would love to be able to send you resources that you may need. If you've prayed that prayer for the first time, send us an email. We'll get a Bible to you and connect you with some good teachings to help build up and equip you in your faith.
