 Let me just mention to you while you're turning in your Bibles to the book of Luke chapter number two Luke chapter number two I Want you to get your minds and hearts prepared for this coming January? I know we're not through with December yet, but I want you to get your hearts and minds ready for January January is going to be revived 24 It's going to be a month-long revival in every service What you just saw a few moments ago laying hands on the sick believing for recovery I want you to believe God with us every Wednesday night, especially there's gonna be prayer for the sick every Sunday as well I've got some great men of God coming in to be a part of revive 24 I want you to make sure that you are marking it on your calendar and don't miss one service Evangelist Jason stittum is going to be back with us along with pastor Sam Luke a man who believes in miracles He'll be laying hands on the sick believing God I want you to believe God is pastor Clint Brown and southbound come back He'll be preaching the Word of God and then we will end the entire month of January on that Sunday Miracle Sunday praying for all of the businesses giving prayer claws and anointing oil out for everyone who needs and wants that and Bishop Tim Hill the overseer Bishop of the Church of God Will be here in service with us if you've ever been in service with him. He's a man who believes in miracles He'll be laying hands on the sick every Wednesday night pastor T's gonna be preaching one Wednesday night I'll be preaching another Pastor Jose Alvarez who is right now in Guatemala wants to thank you for your gifts towards this Christmas this week It starts today as you have provided toys and food for the Thousands of children that will receive it this coming week for their annual Christmas outreach And I want to thank you in advance your missions giving today It's so vitally important and we praise God for it and thank you for doing that You will not want to miss one of these services throughout the month of January and then of course prayer meeting on Tuesday nights happening We're gonna need God in 24 like we never have But I have a feeling in my spirit that 2024 is gonna see the manifestation of the power of God in a visible active way There's gonna be opposition in all kinds of spiritual warfare going on there is no doubt But we're gonna keep our hearts and minds centered upon Jesus and what's gonna happen when the Lord touches down It's gonna be nothing short of miraculous, so I want you to believe it spread the word This is a church that believes in miracles, and I believe that God is able a man Don't forget all of that that's coming up at the end of the service today You've heard pastor T already mentioned it I want you to make sure that if we are remembering your loved one many of you have turned the names in of Your loved one we will remember them in this memorial service at the conclusion of today's service And I want you to make sure that you're with us if you possibly can if you have to leave We certainly understand but those of you that we will be remembering your loved ones will gather you towards the front and Have a very special time and a service for you and your family Also at the conclusion of my message this morning We will receive communion together and I want you and those of you that are watching around the world to get your Elements of communion ready as we honor the Lord on this first Sunday It's gonna be a jam-pack month of all kinds of things taking place next week the Christmas program parents Please make sure you got your children here for practice this afternoon. It's vitally important And then Christmas with the kids after that Christmas Eve service I'll be preaching on the night before Christmas on Christmas Eve and Then the 31st the last Sunday of the month You will not want to miss that great New Year's Eve service will have communion together in that service at very special time And I'll be preaching to you. God willing About the change that comes and the opportunity you have to make the difference and I praise God for it I was thinking about what the Lord has done for us in this past year and Surely in spite of all of the opposition You can testify with me that God has been good to us in 23 a man So today I want to draw your attention to the book of Luke chapter number two if you found that see a good amen It reads like this a little extensive reading but important I believe in verse 21 is where I want to start as we pick up this story pre The entrance of the Magi and so forth But we're talking about what took place With Jesus and his mother and father entering into the temple in verse 21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child his name was called Jesus Which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb and with the days of her Purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished. They brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord as It is written in the law of the Lord every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy Under the Lord and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord a pair of Turtles doves or two young pigeons That's the poor man's offering that they brought and behold there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon and The same man was just and about waiting for the consolation of Israel and the Holy Ghost was upon him And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ And he came by the Spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law Then took he up in his arms and blessed God and said Lord Now let us now thy servant depart in peace according to thy word For my eyes have seen thy salvation Which thou has prepared before the face of all people a light to light upon the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel and Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of him and Simeon blessed him and said in a merry his mother behold this child is Set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be spoken against Yay a sword shall pierce through thine own soul that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed and We cannot leave this woman of God out and there was one woman Hannah Anna a Profitus the daughter of Fennel of the tribe of Asser She was of the great age and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity And she was a widow of about four score and four years 84 years which Departed not from the temple But served God with fasting and prayers night and day and she coming in that instant Gave thanks likewise under the Lord and spake of him to all them that look for redemption in Jerusalem may the Lord add the blessing do his word this morning. I want to preach to you for a few moments on Christmas all the time Anybody into that Christmas all the time How many Christmas all the time without having to put up all the lights trees and by all the gifts Well, let me tell you something Christmas is not about the gifts the tree the lights or anything that's underneath the tree It's about the one who hung on the tree And when you get that perspective, right? It makes no difference if it's October August February or December it's Christmas all the time look at somebody to tell them I want Christmas all the time Father in the name of Jesus may the word of God be strong and rich in our midst today and bring faith to us like we've never had before In this very critical hour We give you praise for it now in Jesus mighty name and let all the church say a good. Amen God bless you as you're seated today From the prophecies in Genesis chapter number three of the coming Messiah There were 42 generations that had transpired in preparation for the birth of Jesus the prophesied Messiah Through the tabernacles and the judges and the kings and the prophets both major and minor prophets They brought mankind it brought mankind to a place that we would identify in history as the dark ages 400 years of no word from God. Can you imagine? Maybe even going to church and there is no true word from God for 400 years They had created an environment of unbelief created an environment of gloom and despair Would the Messiah the prophesied Messiah come to pass? Well, the Bible says in Genesis chapter four verses four and five But when the fullness of time was come God sent forth his son made of a woman think of this made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might Be received and received as adoption of sons the Bible says Let me set up this message to tell you the conditions prior to Jesus coming into the world See if this doesn't sound familiar In the time of Christ in his first advent these were the conditions Big government was making huge new taxes the Roman government That's the reason why Joseph and Mary had to travel back to Bethlehem in the first place to register for a new round of taxes Divorce rates were high abortion was a serious problem. That's the reason why Joseph debated about Mary getting an abortion doing away with the child When they weren't married The middle class were losing their buying power and debt was a serious problem for the average owner of A home the crime rates were high and jails were full the tensions in the Middle East Was the attention of the whole world and kept them all on edge Most people had lost hope see if this doesn't fit somewhere Lost hope and faith in God so much that most religion was nothing more than a waste of time for many people Worship services became mechanical and without meaning No one had confidence in their political leaders prior to Jesus arriving Some things ladies and gentlemen just never change This is the climate that God decided that the time was right to make this major announcement And I want to say to you that God was an indifferent in the situation in the earth When Jesus was coming to earth laying aside his royal diadem in fact It was more of this to be the foundation of the earth that was laid by God's divine plan from the very Beginning of time the lamb slain from the foundation of the world And I want to make this emphatic statement to you today That I know that we're caught up in the trappings and all that's going on with Christmas right now But you know and I know that there's a looming thing over our heads While the Middle East is on fire and let me stop and say we continue to support Israel unequivocally and today Israel and the leaders of Israel need your prayers and support We are in a world that is that Was needing at the time when Jesus arrived a miracle someone to come to deliver Israel from the trouble the very world from the trouble that was in If our world ever needed a miracle we need one right now We live in a very skeptical society today and even the church Among people who are supposed to believe in miracles many people do not believe But I can tell you you don't believe in a miracle or need one until you need it Talking with my friend pastor Jose on the phone yesterday as he was getting on the plane to go to Guatemala He said pastor you know Because quite frankly we sent what you brought in and it wasn't what it was last year and I said pastor I'm sorry. I don't have and we don't have this year apparently at the bite has taken hold He said pastor don't worry about it and we both agreed that apparently God has purposefully left room for a miracle to transpire See if you can meet the need and I can meet the need then we don't need God But whenever there's a gap whenever there's a crisis whenever there's trouble that's on the horizon And you've got to call out on the Lord and you've got to depend on the Lord It's then that pastor Jose's words come into my ears. We depend upon miracles in Guatemala. He said So in this skeptical society, we're in what you believe actually determines your destiny and your behavior While some people don't believe in miracles today I do and this church does and I will continue to do that because I've seen them with my own eyes In fact, it is a non-negotiable Somebody tries to talk me out of a miracle taking place All I've got to do is just start remembering what the Lord has done not just in my life But in your life as well Because God is a God of miracles. I want you to know and I told you a few weeks ago a whole conference was set up in California of all places in California to be able to say that Sensation has taken place inside of the church that Speaking in tongues and went out with the apostles and miracles went out the apostles that God doesn't speak like he does Well like he did back then well That would be a problem except for the fact that many people in this building and those of you watching and myself Have heard the voice of God in our spirit Recognize what he's done and have seen miracles with our own eyes I declare to you this morning when I opened this service Nobody could have walked away from that wreck save God's hand was upon their life You're looking at a miracle. Come on. Give him glory for the miracle that you are today And so a miracle atmosphere is created by an attitude of expectation Let me flip it and say this if there is no expectation of a miracle. Don't worry. You'll never see a miracle All I have to do is reflect upon the man that was laid by the gate beautiful in the book of Acts chapter number three And you'll find someone who had an anticipation of Something happening in his life He was shaking his little cup and said alms for the poor and when Peter and John showed up full of the spirit they laid hands on him and Commanded him in the name of Jesus of Nazareth to rise up and walk The only thing he could do was get up and run through the building of the synagogue and disturb the whole service I'm gonna tell you if a miracle takes place in your life You're not gonna be sitting with your hands folded acting like nothing happened I can assure you when that baby is healed and when your child walks out of the wreck and when God provides for you I won't have to pump you prime you or say anything to you You just say oh hidden God good, and I got to tell everybody about it And so where believers believe and proclaim the word there is miracles Where people of God praise and worship his greatness Miracles will happen where God's presence is found miracles will happen All of that means this that you can have Christmas in February I know you only think about your valentine, but I want to tell you there's a new love that you need to have on your mind It's the Christmas love come down from heaven You wouldn't even know how to love your spouse or love one another were it not for the love of God that came down among men And I know we want to today in society They want to write it off and they want to say well forget about it, but I just want to let you know you can have Christmas in July All I got to do is think about the goodness of God and his love towards me And I can celebrate Christmas any day of the year because Jesus came Jesus limited himself to time and to space to become what I am so I could become what he is and he fulfilled the law to every letter making him the Anticipated Messiah that Isaiah wrote about seven hundred years before his birth. I want you to know that Statistically Jesus is the only one that could have fulfilled the very prophecy that he is the Messiah that is to come There's none like him. There'll be no one after him. You don't name your children Jesus there's only one and He fulfilled it. How did he fulfill it? Well in his eight days on this earth as a child a baby He fulfilled by the by the circumcision in Leviticus 12 by every male and Jewish child being circumcised Secondly his mother who was going through 40 days of purification after the birth of the child Mary was allowed then to come to the temple after her purification And now Joseph and Mary in our scripture and the child Jesus are on their way to the temple to God's house on the 40th day of his 40-day year-old existence on this earth Because yet one more thing was to be done to complete the law for the firstborn That was the firstborn must be redeemed That is to say or Dedicated whenever we have baby dedications around this altar. I remind you that it's not salvation But what are you doing? You're giving back to God what he gave to you first The only way your child can be redeemed is if you give him back into the hands of the Almighty God Let me stop here and say by the prompting of the Holy Spirit for all of you out here that Dedicated your children and now they're grown and they're doing something else and not serve in the Lord I came to tell you all you got to do is remember the fact that they're not in your hands They're in the hands of the Almighty you gave them to God and they will return According to the Word of God somebody ought to give God praise for that prophecy being fulfilled right there The Redeemer had to be redeemed or Dedicated to fulfill the law given back to his father. So this was not a baby shower at the temple This was a time of worship This was a time of fulfilling the law according to Joseph and Mary following that law and the child being Redeemed or dedicated back to God you give back to God what he gave to mankind And that's what they were doing. It doesn't have to be Christmas to find your way to the house of God ladies and gentlemen There are seasonal Christians among us Seasonal Christians only serving God seasonally when Christmas comes around we welcome you back with candle and communion When Easter comes around we'll see you when Jesus gets out of the grave All you have however for those of you that are seasonal Christians is a seasonal God and The last thing you need is a seasonal God that comes and goes if it gets too cold or too hot I Need a God who is faithful and Serving him in every see I need a God for every season in fact I serve the God who made every season and whether it's hot He said I'll never leave you or never forsake you if it gets too cold some of y'all in here right now I don't know. I'm a little chilly. I want you to know God won't run out of you Or run out on you when you get too cold Come on somebody and even when it's just right when spring time comes I want you to know he's still the God of the winter spring summer and fall you get in trouble He's a God who's a present help in time of need you're going through a crisis in your life He's a God who doesn't bite his holy fingernails wondering what to do next. He is an answer for every question Come on somebody. He's the God who was waiting on you not to be seasonal and fickle But to be a faithful individual to a faithful God If you're God's child you love the house of God I Never thought I'd have to be preaching about this but since COVID took place some people think that going to church is optional But Mary and Joseph knew it to be a form of worship that they regularly participated in And I want you to know if you're a child of God you love the house of God You love the church with God's people Fellowship being with God's people being in the presence of God now if you're in a church where there is no presence of God run Find you a place where the presence of the Lord is so real and so thick That you're not waiting on somebody to sing you there talk to you there or preach you there You come into his presence with singing and you're making a joyful noise under the Lord on the way in only to meet The same whenever you walk in the door because there are people of light precious faith. I love worshipping God. I Love to come to church with God's people It is the action of faith Regularly that you're saying every week that you come every service that you come you're literally Rededicating yourself back to God you are redeeming yourself back to God to return to the house of God Renewing and redeeming yourself in other words when I know that I'm going to go to church every week and worship God There's something purifying about that There's something cleansing about that and the those of you that don't get saved on Saturday before you come on Sunday You're missing a golden opportunity Because worship becomes more exciting and more Deeper than ever before then when you come to church expecting God to move There are people inside of this church sitting here right now watching online that have told me that their business Regularly takes them out of town and they have to be out But they have purposed in their heart that they will be determined to be home and in church every Sunday And cut the business short because they know that being in the house of God means something I will come into his gates with Thanksgiving and into his courts with pray. It means something to gather together I want you to know COVID stripped a lot of things, but I was glad when they said unto me Let us go into the house of the Lord. You know why there's fellowship there. I can't get anywhere else There's joy there. I can't get anywhere else. There's peace there I can't get anywhere else. There's fellowship there. I can't get anywhere else There's prayer that goes on pre-service that I can't get anywhere else There's something that happens when I step across the threshold That says like David. I was glad to get in this house. I've been struggling all week long But when I get in here leave my cell phone down. I don't want to talk about the car of the groceries I want to talk about Jesus until he dips his finger in love and baptizes my soul again Is there anybody that loves the Lord of the house? You would step further and say this to you. There are some people That come early to church Some people come early to church. You know why? So that they can get into the house and find some worship before they worship I Need to rest and settle my spirit Otherwise I will miss the entire serve I need to get into the house that's been dedicated to God and dedicate myself again Until my spirit has settled down my emotions are rassled down to the ground Until my spirit can open up and say God here. I am completely. I surrender all to thee I want you to know it would do you good to come early to church. I'm gonna try that on again It would do good for you to come early to church 80,000 fans blocked out the AT&T Arena and I bet you nobody had to tell them you better hurry to get your seat They already had their ticket designated seat, but they wanted to get there early why to enjoy the atmosphere I want you to know that if you'll come to the house of God with an expectation Not with a skepticism and not with I have to go to church God help us to change our mind because in the days that are ahead you better value this place right here That's a sanctuary for you when you're losing your mind you can come here and find it again There is a place that's been dedicated to God and Joseph and Mary were on their way to the house Because they needed to be there They and the child went to the temple and when they arrived They met two old Saints of God I Love these characters God began to deal with my heart earlier in the week about Simeon and Anna These two old Saints of God Simeon and Anna are At the house of God. They're in their place at the house of God They were regular attenders. They didn't need any follow-up where y'all at this weekend. Well Where you been? No, no the Bible is clear. They were regular participants familiar faces and This out of all of the days that they came to the temple to worship Boy, did they ever pick the right day to be there? Actually, they didn't pick it. It was the fact that the Holy Spirit began to deal with their heart the Bible says it's Simeon a Just and a devout man his name means hearing and listening Anna a Prophetess of God whose name means grace and favor. She's the only woman in the New Testament called a prophetess Dedicated themselves with such urgency and expectancy of the coming Messiah Please get this picture the Bible says they were waiting for the consolation of Israel They were waiting for the Messiah They were waiting for the ultimate Deliverer to come and bring peace and comfort to their soul Because they were living in a time of high taxes and inflation They were living with wars and rumors of wars They were living under the heavy hand of a government that was oppressive the Roman government They were living in a time when there was such poverty and difficulty that they were saying can someone help us They're living in a time coming out of 400 years of the dark ages where God has not spoken a word and they are waiting patiently for the consolation of Israel I Want you to know that same waiting that same spirit is happening as I speak right now Because Israel is embroiled in a not a conflict but a war for their very existence and Continually there are oppressive spirits that are coming against them and you may say well What about this group and what about that group ladies and gentlemen there was a ceasefire Prior to October the 7th, but on the October the 7th Hamas decided to literally take babies and put them into ovens like Auschwitz and Declare war upon the Israeli people I say let them rise to the occasion and let God arise and let his enemies be scattered I read the reports long enough to be able to know that it is nothing short of the attempt to Get rid of the nation of Israel But I want you to know ever since the time that the miracle took place that on May 14th 1948 that Israel became a State and a nation and a people again They will never again be wiped away from the face of the earth like they were prior to that date You know why because God who sits high in the heavens Declare through the prophet Isaiah comfort you comfort you my people what's taking place to you I've allowed it to bring you back to me But I've got a plan for you Israel and even though you're embroiled in war this very day I still have you as the apple of my eye Ladies and gentlemen you ought to take comfort in the fact that you don't serve a fickle God the same God Who's watching over Israel and has kept them since their inception is the same God who's gonna keep you and keep me in the days ahead And our anticipation should be looking for the coming Messiah The same heart that Simeon and Anna did look at the character characteristics and attitude of this man and this woman who were waiting for the Consolation of all mankind Luke 2 and 25 says behold there was a man of Jerusalem Whose name was Simeon and the same man was just and devout If you're gonna be anything today, you need to be just and devout Live a righteous life of faithful dedication to God. That's what that means To be devout before God means that you can count on me God. I'm not gonna be in and out up and down Come on church. I'm preaching to you right now Because if we've ever seen a decline in not only just church attendance, but in people who call themselves Christians serving the Lord today, and I mean serving the Lord I'm not talking about coming to get another blessing and leave out and burp at the back door I'm talking about serving the Lord no matter what it looks like where it is Because the time is fast approaching when you name the name of Jesus Christ that the opposition you see against Israel Right now is coming fast towards those who claim themselves to be believers But if you're a true believer and you really are serving the Lord then remain just and devout before God And the Bible says he will scatter your enemies seven ways I want you to know my dear friends that the God we serve is a just God and a faithful God And we too should be just and we too should be faithful to God. Can I get a good amen right there? They were waiting for the consolation of Israel according to the scripture in verse number 25. They were patiently waiting For Messiah to come now when you and I say patience our Reflection of patience means I just gave my order at the speaker. I could not understand and And I've been told to drive around to the second window to pick it up and If it is not ready in less than five minutes Our patience has run very thin In fact, some of you have considered to get out of your car going there and cook it yourself And you know and I know that whenever they tell you we cook to order By the time you taste that leather bound Piece of meat, you know good and well. It's been under a heat lamp somewhere for a little while That's not what simian and ano were in their spirit of patience their spirit of not hopelessness or unfaithfulness, but the Bible said they waited and They waited a long time. How long they've been waiting decades. I want you to hear what I'm about to tell you The Bible says in the book of 1st Peter He said in the last days scoffers will come Saying where is the promise of his coming? For since our fathers fell asleep all things continue just like they are Ladies and gentlemen the same attitude that was in the days of simian and Anna is the same attitude That's coming from religious people today church people who are saying I've heard you say that Jesus is coming But it doesn't look like he's even participating in the world. We're in I want you to know ladies and gentlemen Things are not falling apart Things are falling into place God is watching over this world and he's looking for a group of people who will patiently wait for the return of Messiah So here's the question then pastor I hear you, but how can I do that when I'm struggling when I'm having to go to my job every day and do this and do That and all these issues that are going on my life Let me give you a little help right here The Bible says when Jesus went away from this earth He they looked up into heaven and said this same Jesus that you see is coming again in like manner But he told his disciples whatever you do don't preach don't sing Don't try to serve the Lord or anything until you wait in Jerusalem and Terry Until you be endued with power from on high. He said when I sit down at the right end of the father I'll pray the father and he will send to you another Comforter of the same spirit the Christ who lives inside of me the one who is the power That power is going to come into you and the three-day dead body of Jesus was raised up by that same Holy Ghost power I want you to know it's that same power that's holding the Sun in place today the Sun moon and stars He's holding the Bank of Clouds up to let a little rain fall on your grass so it'll grow some more You know why because when he was looking for someone to help him keep on believing Simeon said and the Bible said that the Holy Ghost was upon him God help us to be faithful hopeful and joyful in the Holy Ghost The Holy Ghost was upon him the Spirit of God was upon him I want you to know not just at the temple He had to go back to his house and lay his head on his little pillow He was the same Spirit of God that was there prompting him and every morning He woke up the Spirit of God said look today. It might be today Your miracle might be today your your advance might be today your return of joy Might be today the Holy Ghost was upon him Listen, it may not have been Simeon's time to minister in the temple, but he was there because he loved the God of the house of God This would be different ladies and gentlemen, but not unexpected This would be a different day, but Simeon had an anticipation Messiah could come today He got up and went back to the house of God because he knew someday some way the Lord has prophesied to me and said I will not die until I lay my eyes on Messiah the son the Lord's Christ What kept him focused? What's gonna keep you focused in these days of wars and rumors of wars and trouble and inflation and you can't buy eggs Unless they're increased and holy God if they'll just get rid of these EV vehicles and give me back some fossil fuels And the Pope has said by 2028 we need to be done with fossil fuels I want to know mr. Pope why in the world are you busy with climate change and fossil fuels when we need to be About the business of the father. You're not hearing what I'm saying You tell you why because he's a mere man. They call him the vicar They call him the one who is after Peter that is the Pope of the church the likeness of Christ But I came to tell you every man has sinned and comes short of the glory of God and Everybody got to get right with guy. Oh, I hear what I said. I don't care if you're sitting in the White House Or you're sitting in the poor house every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the father. I'm not waiting around on another Jesus I found the one that loves me the most Wave your hand at the Lord if you know what I'm talking about Who was it that's gonna help you he said the Holy Ghost to come upon you and in three verses He tells us the action of the Holy Ghost in the Simeon and the action of the Holy Ghost in us He said first he's gonna come upon you Secondly in the next verse he says and the spirit he came by the spirit of God into the temple He was led by the spirit into the temple I can tell you there's one place for sure that the Holy Ghost is gonna lead you to he the devil will keep you away From church, but the Holy Ghost will lead you there Come on church Who else would show him the Bible says in John chapter 16 verse 14 The part of the job of the Holy Ghost here inside of us not just with us But inside of us is to show us things to come so not only was the Holy Ghost Upon him and not only was the Holy Ghost leading him and directing him to be sure to be here on this special day But the Bible said it would be the Holy Ghost that would reveal things to him Now I've been on a few days of sabbatical from ABC Fox News Even as NBC and all the rest of those liars and I just came to tell you today. It's a it's a catharsis, it's a cleansing of the mind. You know what I'm talking about I'm talking about the fact that whenever you've heard the nonsense for so long Sometimes you can't tell up from down right from Rome But I've got a friend that sticks closer than a brother called the Holy Ghost And he will reveal the truth to me and show me things to come so that means you don't have to wait on pastor Rogers, you don't have to call the Pope. You don't have to call the prayer line Just get on your knees and say Holy Ghost talk to me and tell me what I need to know Bible said that the Holy Ghost revealed to him. How did he know? Jesus was gonna be there on that day. It wasn't because he got an email Get a text message. He had a download straight from heaven The next thing he's prompted to get up Come on y'all. I'm talking about a miracle here How in the world did Simeon and Anna show up at the same time in a very busy temple with a Newborn 40-day year old baby and they all the sudden came together I'll tell you some of the things that you look at your life and you say wow That's just a that's kind of freaky or or wow that's fate or wow That's just a lot no sir my friend those that are the righteous or ordered of the Lord every step you take God has got it. I want you to know nothing has happened by accident in your life He has a divine appointment and a divine intervention for every believer That's the reason why you're here this morning. I said that's the reason why you're here God don't do anything by accident Can you imagine him throwing the stars out by accident whoop there goes one Bible said he put him in place He's so detailed he knows the name of every one of them Contemplate that for just a little while while you're still trying to figure out where it is this past week This past week they said they discovered a whole new galaxy That is so clear and so clean and so beautiful and so vivid it is beyond anybody's Imagination can I tell you a secret long before man ever showed up to confirm it? God already put it in the place and said I've got things waiting on you That eyes have not seen and ears have not heard neither is it entered into the heart of man What God is prepared for those who love him a holy ghost revealed to him This is the Christ hold it You got a 40-day year old baby, and you're saying this is the king That we've been waiting on I'm gonna tell you my friends. Here's a little something for you Before you see him Those that are not looking he won't appear the Bible says So if you're not looking for him, and I'm not talking about looking for his return I'm talking about looking for him on a daily basis. I told you a little let me back up I told you a little story this past Wednesday night if you were here about this watch that I have and How I took it while we were in Texas preaching to a jeweler and out of all the jewelers Let me finish this story Out of all the jewelers that were there that I could have selected from I chose this one place We drove there took us 30 minutes to find a place when we got there. It was a Beautiful jewelry store and shops all around it. I didn't care. I just needed my watch fixed But not just any jeweler would do Because the Lord was ordering my steps Let me go ahead and tell you it wasn't even about the watch being repaired Because when I got in there Walked in and started saying hey my watch is broken here. I need somebody to repair it Well, we don't do that here. We have to send it off. Okay fine means me spending more time in the store And I looked down at the man's name that was there on his little business car and He said And I won't call it out here this morning, but he said his name out and when he said his last name it was an unusual name and I said Well, I won't call it last name crutchfield Said crutchfield crutchfield I said, let me ask you something. Have you got any relatives and pay we're in Fort Worth, Texas? I just want to let you know you better know that God knows exactly where you are with out GPS. I Said crutchfield you know any crutchfields and I'm from he said where you from I said I'm from I said You have to say Pensacola when you out of town because people don't know where pace is But bless your heart I'll let them know whenever I get done where it is I'm the proud pastor of Pace Assembly Ministries. You ever looking for us and we have one traffic light come on by Some for Pensacola. He's been Pensacola. I said yeah pace assembly. He said what's your email? I said pastor at pace assembly.org. That's my email. He said yeah, I got some relatives over there He said I got an aunt said last name crutchfield. I said yeah You said will you pastor where yeah pace assembly? Oh, yeah, I went to that church when I was a child cuz I grew up there in pace Now at that moment sister Shannon, I knew it was all like donkey call you hear what I'm saying It wasn't about to watch it wasn't about the paperwork. It wasn't about the jeweler It was about a divine appointment that God set up from the dawn of time for me to be there to say hey, man It's time for you to get back home where you belong Jesus is waiting on you Well, I stood in that very expensive jewelry store the hot tears from heaven Started rolling down his cheeks because he knew that there had been a divine Appointment ladies and gentlemen. I want you to know God don't do accidents He does on purpose miracles and look at somebody beside you You're sitting beside a miracle right now. I wish I did have somebody give him at least 30 seconds of praise You know what I'm talking about 25 20 17 14 Care about Nick I'm gonna be here 10 You still got time some of you open your mouth not one bit, but I came to tell you he still knows where you are I said he's still the God who is the Christ of Christmas And if you want to have a great 24 meet the Christ of Christmas It's Christmas every day look at somebody and tell him it's Christmas all the time Look at her. She's gonna worship. You know why? Because when the baby couldn't be born and the baby had trouble and the baby had all kind of issues She said Lord if you don't do it, it can't be done But when the baby comes along, we're not gonna name him John Sue Mary, we're gonna name him miracle That's what we're gonna name him You got to put a name on what God has done for you. I'm talking about the presence of God y'all I'm coming with God shows up and changes everything You thought it was just December the third 2023 but what if this is the day that your eyes are open and you see God in a brand new way This is your special day for a miracle for your baby That's what means to come to church with an anticipation and an expectation I'm waiting on that. I'm waiting on it. I'm awake. You said it. I believe it. I'm looking for it It's coming in the name of Jesus be healed Be delivered and be set free in the name of Jesus Church in here. I said look what the Lord has done Some of you shouldn't even be sitting here right now COVID would have had you not just stand there with your hands folded Anticipation come upon this church station upon this house let us expect the God of miracles to show up and Manifest his glory. I wish I had a church in and everything else ugly is walking around If you're gonna pray it's about to reveal itself to some people in this place Days the water has been cut off and the transmissions have gone out and then what do you know? Hannah just walked up into come on praisers open your mouth You ain't got time for you see their hand ups is a sign And he's a wonder free this morning Tacking your mind Let the anointing of such a free Jesus trust in your faithful before you see the miracle happen You're saying Lord, I trust you do it when you can save you from your sin Put it in this house. I don't somebody else obey God while he's moving If you've got babies one year old up to five years old bring There's an anointing in this place right now for these babies. I Said there's an anointing in this house for the healing and protection of these babies Bring them and stand right here. Come on. Yes. Stop side by side. Listen to me. There's a spirit That's been loosed in our land of human trafficking Of abuse to children. It's that same old hered spirit That when it go find the child Jesus and let me come worship him You did babies around this altar come on around here. I want them right up here at that killing spirit Wanted to kill the baby Jesus and did every child. Did you hear what I just said? Evil spirit of Herod is back today and the only that is strong enough To keep your babies in this hour is the spirit nursery go do it quick free child every baby Every child right up against the altar Bring them right up against the altar. I got some room right here I'm not gonna pray till it's right. God's in this place. How many of you recognize that I? Said how many of you recognize the anointing of God in this place? Tell you something the devil don't like what I'm about to do right here Because when you brought your babies get them get them up close come on over here mom come on over here Come on over here. Let me squeeze a couple right there. I want to get right close to them. Come on over here Help me ushers. Help me get them lined up right here Help me get them lined up The devil don't like what I'm about to do That's the reason why I'm gonna do it Patrick the devil says I do the opposite talk to me somebody Now some of you may have some babies and grandbabies that you need to pull up their picture on your phone And get them around this altar get them up here right now Shame Give me somebody that'll pray in the Holy Ghost right now Moms and dads around here grandparents to know that that baby is not an accident I don't care if you're a single mama single daddy You're not only they're not only not an accident. They're a miracle. You are holding a miracle right now. I Said you're holding a miracle right now, and if that baby Can come in contact with an evil spirit that would give him a little candy or something Ophentinole thing some kind of old spirit that would take him out You know why he wants the next generation? Because God said I want you to raise up a godly generation. Are you listening to me? It's your responsibility to raise up a godly generation Those children deserve to know the God of their fathers And the only way it's not because of the preacher and not because of the teacher It's going to be because you as parents take the responsibility More than change in their diaper more than taking them to school You infuse them with the word of God with the music that lifts up God So that they know from their mother's womb that there is a God in heaven And I will serve the Lord like my father and mother did If that is your vow or lift your hand right where you are leave her standing, but I see Jesus in this place I said I see Jesus in this place And you're holding him in your hands right now eyes like Simeon to see the glory of God It's just a young boy rest upon them right in the Jesus Loose the spirit of God upon their lives right now. I'm gonna tell you He's a God worth waiting on and you know and I know that once you get in that holy place You don't really want to go home at that point because it took so I just want to say something to the Lord Bible says When Simeon Jesus in his arms, and he spoke over him and Joseph heard the prophet Sable says they they were at what was being spoken of in other words It was way into the future that God was using Simeon to prophesy while Jesus was 40 days old and They marred how is this going to have how is he I? Have to ask Mary the mother of Jesus the question When Jesus could finally speak words he ever say anything about a flood and all of a sudden he spoke Into existence the stars and the sun and the moon Some of you don't get it. Let me explain it They were holding the 40-day human body of the baby Jesus But actually they were holding the ancient of day Jesus was older than his mother and chosen Jesus But they were holding the rock of Agents on his this Jesus has come I'm not waiting on peace to arrive because Jesus is in my house There will be peace by shooting somewhere else, but at my house never seen the righteous forsaken Nor his babies begging milk They're feeding them at the altar. I give you part two because old Simeon died brother John He saw the salvation or he said my eyes have seen I'm ready to die now See when you meet Jesus, you're ready to die. He said I'm ready to die now and he died But the prophet is Hannah the prophet is Hannah the prophet is Hannah the prophet is Hannah the prophet is Hannah She started telling everybody Guess who come to church today? After 400 years of nobody saying nothing God granted a woman called a prophetess The first shout of the gospel of Jesus Christ Because this is for somebody. I tell you that the woman was married for seven years And then her own husband died and the Bible says she's now 84 years old 84 years that's a long time For the legero to keep believing for the consolation of Israel, but she never got bitter because her husband died and She never lost hope and faith that she would see the Lord's Christ She kept on believing I want to say to everybody in this building Whatever you do, this is not the time for you to give up your hope Throw your hands up and quit There's some bad stuff that happened in 2023 You had to walk through some valleys and climb some mountains and you have Some things that you don't have answers for and the same is with me But can I tell you my hope? I'm on somebody My hope is in christ who has already come And i'm looking forward to the day when he's going to come again Could be this sunday. I'm going to just tell y'all My prayer is right now Lord, can you come on a sunday? Will you come back on a sunday because That's probably the biggest chance you're going to have to collect a larger crowd Come on back on a sunday. Wouldn't it be something That before we left out of this place this morning The long awaited expectation that you've been hearing me preach about for years All of a sudden everybody disappears Hold on to that expectation. I want you to turn around to somebody tell them This is christmas all the time Oriole service in just a moment Give me about five minutes and we're going to change the order of things for all of you Please leave the facility So we can set up and be prepared for this remembrance service god bless you If we don't see you now we'll see you this coming wednesday night. Don't miss it