 family those who are watching on YouTube come on and wave if you're awake this morning and alive come on if you know that you're ready to receive what the Lord has we're worshiping together in spirit and in truth you are part of the body just as we are here part of the body distance is not a barrier this morning how many of you believe that the Lord is working in you right now and that praise and worship opens up that door so that you can walk through come on opens up that door so that you can walk through into that very place where you long to be close to the Lord I want to read from Psalm 63 this morning it says God you are my God and early somebody say early on it's 9 0 1 a.m. and I don't know about some of you are watching online but all over the world it is early early will I seek you my soul thirsts and my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land how many of you know that sometimes right now but feels like we live in a dry and thirsty land oh come on somebody somebody I don't know where I don't know where you're living but sometimes it seems like you you try to look for an answer somewhere and you try to even listen to something else but it's just motivational God is not motivational he is the way the truth in the life the way the truth in the life let's go on it also said so where there is no water he is the water of life that's why we come to him so look we look in the sanctuary that's where we are this morning in the sanctuary we're gonna open our lips and that's where we find that when we praise and worship God that as our praises go up his glory comes down come on he's producing glory right now and we're ready to receive this morning we're gonna praise and worship the Lord with all of our heart our mind hallelujah your praise and worship the Lord every hand lifted in this place begin to sing that out in your life begin to declare that he's worthy in your life whatever you might be going through just declare that Jesus you are worthy Jesus you are worthy Jesus there's none beside you there's none that compares come on every hand lifted in this place with your own words just take a few seconds to begin to declare his goodness begin to declare his mercy begin to declare his loving kindness that his love surrounds you that his mercy is new every morning for your life come on church sing it out worthy your name Jesus we serve a good God and man church we serve God that answers prayers amen we had this week many wonderful events in place we had a service in the park where 22 people declared that Jesus Christ is the king of kings and Lord of lords and the God water baptized let's put our hands together for that such a wonderful time this place is in the works of rescuing people from the pit of hell from the pit of their bondages of their darkness and she introducing to them to eternal Jesus Christ the way the truth in the life and man church and this is a result of your and my prayer amen and Matthew 7 7 says if you pray you will receive you seek you'll find if you knock the door will be open to you amen the results that we have today is of the prayers that we prayed yesterday the prayers that we prayed in and out the thousands locally and millions globally are taking place before our own eyes and you and I are part of it amen we had right now pastor Ilya preaching in Ukraine in Romania we had many of our pastors go through the United States this week and proclaim the gospel and it's not by a mistake it was a prayer of Lord we want to see thousands saved we also want to see millions be affected through my prayer amen and we don't want these prayers to stop or we'll also see the reward of our prayer amen because in Matthew 7 8 says if those that pray if they continue to pray they will receive if they'll continue to seek they will find and will continue to open amen and right now what we're going to do is we're gonna continue to pray we're gonna continue to ask for we're gonna do is we're gonna pray for every single person that we wrote down that needs salvation if you want God to say maybe your family member maybe your wife your husband maybe your kids I want you to come up onto my left here and there's a marker there and write their names we're gonna pray for their salvation we're gonna pray that God's gonna rescue them from whatever darkness they're in that they will get to know Jesus Christ who is the the way the truth and the life in Jesus mighty name amen church I want you if you can just stretch your hands towards these towards these lists if you can come up also and to begin to name them by name and begin to declare God Chris Julia John Keith David Selina will serve you Lord there will be delivered from drugs they'll be delivered from anxiety from depression from a suicidal thoughts Lord you will return to eternity will the know Jesus Christ the true joy the true peace that comes from knowing him amen church I want you to stretch your hands towards that let's begin to pray I pray right now for every single person Lord all these names that are written on these boards for your fire Lord to reach every single soul Lord for your hand Lord not to be too short to reach every single heart in Jesus mighty name Lord I pray for every single person Lord that's written down there fucking games that are stuck in gambling that are stuck in addiction for them to come out of it in Jesus Christ Jesus mighty name father we declare every single person on this father every name on the sheet Lord that they'll come to know the truth the way in the life with this Jesus Lord they'll be plucked further from hell from their darkness and plugged in into eternity will they'll know you in Jesus mighty if you believe that say amen come on come on somebody right now we want to pray our last prayer we're gonna begin to pray for every family member we're gonna begin to pray that Joshua 24 15 says to me and my family will serve the Lord many of your families that might not be here today maybe may you have your brother maybe sister maybe answer maybe your parents still don't know God I want you to stand on this promise that God me and my family will serve the Lord begin to declare that begin to pray my wife you know when she she came she was a Catholic before and she given her life to Jesus she was the first one out of her family and she stood on the promise and she said that God me and my family will serve you and then slowly but surely her brother began to come and to serve Jesus Christ and this is not the end that the whole family when when we tune in and when we go live they're commenting and they're tuning in says oh pastor Vlad's message is this like pastor Vlad is their idol or something you know it's like everybody now is tuning in whereas before it was like if you're a Catholic there's a seat though one way out is it's death you know you don't you don't leave this religion but when you stand on the promise that me and my family will serve the Lord God begins to change hearts God will begin to change destinies God will begin to take the scales of people's eyes and they'll then know that Jesus Christ is the only way a man I want every single hand raised in this place I want to begin to pray for your family begin to pray for extended family for your brothers and your sisters your aunts and your uncles your mom and dad your grandparents begin to name him by name begin to say God I want to see the lives being rescued Lord from their religion from their father maybe they're in the false religions maybe they're bound by certain diction God I want them to know Jesus Christ who is the way the truth in life begin to pray in the mighty name of Jesus that you prayed put your hands together for Jesus because he listens to our prayers and he answers they may man church come on God is a good God I saw us I want you to turn to your neighbor and greet them say I'm happy that you're in this place because you and I are gonna be blessed today man and welcome to Hungry Gen Church I want to remind you that every week we have morning prayer available to you all opening the doors at 5 a.m. and on Wednesday corporate prayer at 6 a.m. definitely come out check it out and let's pray together also in just less than a month on September 20th Tuesday we take off life groups if you're part of a life group guys again like last week texture leader tell them you're excited get ready for the most amazing semester of life groups but if you're not part of a life group you can go to hungry gen dot com forward slash groups to get connected you're gonna see a virtual spot a local spot and you can go through there and sign up to a life group so check it out last but certainly not least we are changing how we approach our guest lunch our guest lunch used to be on the first Sunday of each month but instead we're changing it to quarterly to implement a few changes that will help to share our vision and our mission the next one is gonna be in 78 days I know pretty far out but it's gonna be after conference it's gonna be on a Monday at 6 p.m. food will be provided childcare be provided and some of the changes are you're gonna be able to meet our pastoral staff you're gonna be able to meet our staff that works at the church and some of our leaders part of this mission and vision and so it's gonna be from guest lunch to becoming a member interest dinner and so we hope you're able to make it and if you're interested be able to look out for more information about this awesome awesome evening with that said help me welcome the next person to the stage come on hungry generation we want to welcome every single person that is here for the first time God bless you those that are watching us online Facebook YouTube on zoom God bless you you guys are family are you guys happy to be in the house of God I don't know you just became a little quiet amen come on joy turn to your neighbor say neighbor it's good to sit next to you come on come on we have we have different ministers ministering at different parts of the world right now pastor Ilya is ministering in Romania with his wife and we're continuing to pray for him he has one more service there's great things are happening demons are being cast out come on Malachi just came back from Mexico he was ministering over there with with another worship team just doing great things for the Lord pastor Zaki is in at City Hill was on the way home in transit come on and so and I also came back from North Carolina God did great things over there also got healed saved and and touched people encountered and so we just celebrate everything that God is doing through this ministry at hungry generation we're a church that believing for thousands locally to be saved in millions globally whether it be through online services in-house preachings or ministry trips we're believing for many to come to know the Lord amen and right now we have come to a time where we're gonna be giving our offerings our tithes and the things that we have prepared for the Lord amen the Bible says he loves a cheerful giver why because a cheerful giver knows he's not losing he's transferring accounts amen so remember whatever you give you're not losing it's going to your heavenly account Apostle Paul continues to write about this he says I write that this may might be credited to your account and so we all each one of us we have an account in heaven and whatever we give to the Lord it goes into that account but also you understand that with your finances you're touching lives you're touching souls I just want to tell you one story and then we're gonna we're gonna pray and we're gonna give you know Jesus the Bible says that Jesus did so much things in the last chapter of John that not even the whole books can be written of all the things that Jesus did you believe that you know not everything that was recorded in the Bible we only know what Jesus did but the Bible says he did so much that not even the whole world of books can contain the things that Jesus did that's that's written in the Bible but you know what what interesting thing is is the Bible says that women supported his ministry women and some others and you know when those women will go to heaven the lives that Jesus touched the lives that Jesus healed the lives that Jesus set free all the people the women especially that supported Jesus's ministry they will be credited that credit it that also why because Jesus was a carpenter at first right he worked the job but when he went into ministry he no longer worked he relied on the support of those women not that he needed that let me tell you Jesus told Peter cast cast the line in the first fish that comes out you can pay the tax Jesus can could have received financial anywhere he wanted to but but he allowed those women to support him so they can be credited to their account so understand people of God when you give you're not just given into a blank space you're given into a ministry that is touching souls you're given to it in you're given to a ministry that we're having three internship programs you know ministry programs and the people that are touching you're also touching those lives you might not see it but it's spiritual man there's one more story if I can share it we can share it on the next service if you're there there was this one man of God there's a lady that comes up to him and says hey I don't know why but but God put it on my heart to give you this much of money and she's like you know what I'm believing for my lost son to be saved and you know what this man of God did he's like this is what what came to him he took a portion of that money and he showed into a young man and in another one he took a portion of the money and you showed into an intercessor and he's like this is what what God put on my heart he's like I want I want the spirit upon how this young man is serving the Lord I want that to be upon that person's soul that that she's believing for and I want this intercessor to pray it through and she he just released it and you know what it's financial you can't see it but it's doing something in spiritual work that lady's probably praying it through and we'll see what God's gonna do my point is this when you give is this isn't just just doesn't disappear it goes somewhere and so I want to encourage you God loves a cheer for giver why because a cheer for giver knows he's not losing he's only gaining yes right now you can't see it but when you get to heaven you will see what your finances did amen so right now I want you to bow your head and we're gonna pray there's different ways to give you can look at that behind me but let's pray for that for that seed to be released that it would it would fall into good soul and produce lots of fruit in Jesus name are you with me so father in Jesus name I pray for every cheer for giver here God father I pray that you would increase their storehouses God father I pray that that you would help them in their finances in their job and their relationships in every area of their life father I pray that you would bring an increased God father as as they give God let that seed fall into good ground let it produce 30 60 a hundred fold father father as we when we come to heaven we will see what our seed has done God father I thank you for every faithful giver at hungry generation those that are watching online and in person Lord I bless their finances in Jesus precious mighty name and everyone says amen and right now the buckets are gonna be passed and fix your eyes on the screen as we watch this video I've been dealing with ulcerative colitis for three years it's gotten really bad I'm supposed to be on medication for the rest of my life I'm an EMT and I had to quit my job because of it because I couldn't be out on an ambulance helping people because I needed help anyways nothing was making it better and I got prayer yesterday and I was getting prayed for I could feel like this buzzing and this tingling in my hands and then I could feel from the center of me it just went like all throughout my whole stomach area and I have had I won't get into the symptoms at all but I've had zero symptoms since that happened like the whole time before I could feel all the gurgling and the pain that more that morning and I haven't had it since so come on church let's give a round of applause thank you so much Madison amen hallelujah what a wonderful testimony right anyways good morning everyone right now we're gonna share another testimony to glorify God and to remind us that God can do it for each and every one of us we all have issues problems that we are facing but we believe and we connect with our faith that the Lord is good and He is here today and today He can touch your case amen and we stand in faith with you as we're gonna be praying for each one of you and right now would you please help me welcome Ilya Net as she comes up to the stage let's give it up for her come on Ilya Net hi thank you so much for coming up to share your testimony would you please start with how did you come to know Jesus Christ when was it and how did you end up at hungry Jen so I was basically born and raised in church so I did baptism at 13 and when I turn 18 I think my first year in college was like okay God I really want to keep you know my relationship with you and go deeper in my relationship with God wonderful and how did you end up in tri-cities and hungry Jen so we I'm originally from Puerto Rico so we only been here it's gonna be now five years and we started looking for churches as soon as we got here and we had you know the three top churches but as soon as we I came here I'm like honey this is home it's like let's keep coming and you know but this is home now so come on awesome we are so happy to have you with your family now with the baby and would you please start sharing of your deliverance testimony what was the thing that you struggled with and how did you realize that you needed deliverance so I have my baby in 2019 and after having my baby I started dealing with postpartum depression anxiety all of our families in Puerto Rico so that was it's still a little bit difficult so I started struggling with that and I had prayer over that and I joined a life group and I know fast forward to now I know my deliverance has been you know years coming progress and yeah so in 2020 I started getting sick again I started going to therapy I ended up going to the psychiatrist I stopped that because you know I'm free I'm like God you're healing me I'm not taking pills I am not receiving this and then I started dealing with things with my thyroid so they were telling me that I was gonna be hyper I had hyperthyroidism and I did all the studies even the nuclear thing and at the end everything regulated so I'm like thank you Jesus I am healed I'm free from this and then this year oh my god this is it like I am not struggling with sickness anymore I I started to work out I take supplements like an old lady like I have a bunch of supplements and vitamins that I say I'm changing my diet you know I'm working on all of this stuff and I keep getting sick so and around April or May I went to my doctor do did all the tests and I'm fine I don't have anything and then my husband also he's like we were fine so I'm like honey if I keep getting sick this has to be something spiritual because I think we're doing everything that we're supposed to do so that started you know I'm like God if I keep getting sick there's something spiritual so I listen to you know our pastors preaching and I see God working in my heart towards different things and I brought this I'm like I'm not gonna cry um guys started working on me and different things and I for the past couple of months I started helping here in financial peace University right and then our finances got way back and oh my god like I'm helping people in our finances we're following things like what is going on I started having lustful dreams and I deal with pornography for a longest the longest so after I also heard the preaching from I think probably Pastor Vlad about him being set free from that I'm like oh I can't I guess I can be free too because at some point I'm like I've been serving God though my whole life I read my Bible I do everything that I'm supposed to do you know I'm trying to be a good girl and at some point I'm like well if he got delivered from that I can be delivered from that so I started you know God teaching from that and God delivered me from this and I stopped watching pornography and I testify in the live group I'm like I'm free from this I don't struggle with that anymore but then in this year I'm like having this lustful dreams I'm like I woke up on honey I'm having this dream I try to be very open in our relationship because I learned like if you keep your sin sacred you know that's where the devil can keep attacking you so I'm like honey I'm so sorry like I promise I feel horrible telling you this that I just want to pause just for a moment to point something out you know many times we there's a lot of teachings out there that if you're a Christian you cannot have demons you cannot get attacked but you know we all struggle with things and we need freedom and and this is another proof that you know don't be afraid if you're a Christian seek out help seek out deliverance because the devil is very sneaky he can launch launch on to us to one area and deceive us and we will live in bondage as long as we are you know afraid of recognizing that you know there's the devil and he needs to be cast out from our lives and this is what she started to recognize her being Christian all her life you know being struggling with these things and realizing that now it's not just a discipline issue she needs something more she needs deliverance and after you share that with your husband how did that happen the deliverance so okay I shared that with him we keep praying and then I said God's also started touching my heart regarding finances I'm like I figured and I share this with the class I'm like I figured that my whole life I've never really been depending on God because I always and I saw myself saying I do this you know I do the budget I do this I've never really trusted God with my finances because I was teach good work ethic so for when my parents is like you were you want something you work for it so that's has been my my my son the whole time so a couple of months I'm like oh my gosh I just realized God I never really trusted you with my finances you know how hypocrite of me like so God work on that in my heart and then yeah I work at that and also in the part of like letting my husband lead my house I always been also like very goal oriented very generally you know if he wants to follow me fine but so changing my heart towards that too like I do want to be led by my husband I do want to be that example and so yeah we went to the girls that retreat the worship team so we didn't plan any like we were fasting and praying in the mountain you know it was a fellowship we were gonna get to know each other and I had the opportunity to talk to each of them and when they're telling me their stories of deliverance I keep having like memories of stuff that happened that I literally I was a type of person that if something happened I'm like you're dead kind of a thing you know I need to move forward I am not dwelling on this so it literally I feel like I have stuff that I had forgot in my in my memories so I kept crying the whole time and then I know that I telling the girls I also heard again like you've been doing this aye aye aye and then also I'm tired of fighting like I'm I'm tired I just got tired and we were talking one of the nights super late and and one of them said you know God will work on you and in layers you know if you haven't given God one part of your heart and and I'm recognizing now about my finances and my husband and all the rest of the stuff you know God is gonna work when you you know open those areas so and so when they talk to you and started to pray for you what was happening at that moment so we didn't pay that that part I'm that was me just you know keep saying like okay I do need deliverance like I I the week before I got sick again I lost my voice like three times and I'm here part of the worship the right so I'm like God like what's going on and I got sore throat one of the times the rest of the time I was always it wasn't that and I just literally felt like three open wounds in my throat so that's why okay God I think do I have a demon like do I need deliverance and I started listening to deliverance video and I start having big headache so I'm like okay this is one of the signs I schedule a meeting with Brittany that week after the retreat I'm like hey I think I need prayer like figuring out all this weekend all these things I want prayer I'm tired you know so the whole though I scheduled that meeting for Friday and the whole weekend I got nauseous the whole time I got I started I I started feeling like poised sharp pain and I woke up I said that day too but I'm like no I'm gonna go to Brittany so she asked me a couple of questions and then I let it all out you know I'm like I'm tired I need I need I need to be free like if it's a demon that I have inside or whatever like I need freedom so when Pastor regard comes down as soon as he puts his hand in my in my head I literally feel something detaching from my heart and then I started feeling all this you know like the demon coming out of me and I you know I started to manifest and all of that and it was better of infirmity over my life and I know he was like spirit of lust and anxiety and depression and all of that and God sent me free that day come on let's give it up for Jesus what a wonderful precious testimony come on we're so happy that you received freedom that evening and what would be your advice to people who might be struggling with similar things what would you tell them first of all if you want to go deep and in God you have to recognize that you need freedom you need to keep searching you know if something is not you know if you're not receiving breakthrough you keep getting sick if you see all the signs you might be that so seek for that deliverance you know we we are all whether without titles we are all leaders so we are able to help others you know if we're free and how do you feel right now after that deliverance I sleep like a baby I sleep like a baby I just feel when you put a man in your mouth and you feel like cleanse that's how I feel my heart and even that weekend I'm like even the praise and the worship everything feels different I can pray in tongues again and and like intercede so I feel great wow so beautiful thank you so much let's give it up for her thank you so much what a powerful testimony amen and you know we believe that the Lord can do it for you if you're watching and if you can connect to that testimony you find yourself with similar struggles let me tell you please hear me the Lord wants to set you free and deliver you recognize that you need deliverance and seek out your freedom in Jesus name with this being said would you please help me welcome pastor Vlad to the stage amen thank you so much for sharing that you know I had one person commented one time on deliverance video they're like oh it's all of your people keep getting delivered and it seems like your church is just full of demons and it's the same people it's and it's the leaders one service there in the stage the other service they're manifesting see people think that the moment you get to the stage you reach some kind of a level that you become superhuman and the reason why you see so much deliverance taking place and I told that person is because there's no deliverance taking place in your church so people from your church keep driving here and that's not true I'm not this is not just jab-back or but there it is true that there are some people that seem to go through deliverance as a process and I said and if you have a problem with that I'm pretty sure there are people in your church who go through the process of sanctification and I'm like and if they don't it's because you haven't allowed the Holy Spirit to move in that regard so so for us church we we open the work of the Holy Spirit we're open to that and deliverance sanctification growing in Christ is messy and we welcome that because the result is beautiful come on let's give the Lord a clap offering amen church I want to just remind you a few things you already have heard of them so one of this is battle scars okay so if you're noticing and if I just kind of maybe take a walk limping just a little bit I fell from a bike yesterday okay so thank God no hurt lesson learned slow down on Olympia Street amen so but just so that it's not a sickness okay so you don't have this not a disease or a leprosy it's just just scratched fell yesterday thank you for your concern and if you shake my hand do not squeeze it too hard because the blood could come out so you don't want to do that all right thank you the second thing that I want to highlight some of you who are visiting our church for the first time I just want to say welcome if you're visiting our church from another city if you're from tri-cities welcome if you're watching us on live stream as well welcome those of you and the Russian channel the bro-pajalovate we're radish to wisdom me we're translating the service into Russian language right now on a different channel that we're streaming everybody on zoom we welcome you as well for those of you who part of our church you're part of our church family this week you received an email and right behind me is the google cure code you will receive the email to leave a review on google concerning our church in fact I want everybody to pull out your phone who's part of the church if you're visiting feel free don't be engaged with that focus on Christ right now and but if you are part of the church scan this cure code the reason why I want you to scan this cure code because I want you to see the review that you already have left maybe things have changed maybe you've been delivered your opinion has changed I remember I checked my review this week and I said I am so glad to be a part of a good new church I was like scratch that that's not even a good news church that was like 10 years ago things have changed and if you feel comfortable and you can upload a photo of yourself and add to the Google review and maybe add a sentence you probably have matured seen things grown you may say why would pastor take two minutes from his sermon and ask people to do something fleshly like a Google review seems like a business marketing I'm gonna tell you why when people look for a restaurant a church they don't go on their knees and say God where do you want me to go usually people go to Google this Wednesday in the park a lady came for the first time to our service because she watched our services she googled our church goes to the park for the first time gives her life to Jesus Christ this is what it does when you leave reviews it puts our church a little bit above other churches and it gets a chance for people to come and experience the great church that we have so that's why I believe it's an evangelistic tool this is not a marketing tool this is getting the word out and another thing that what it does is there are few people there who came in and they didn't even sit through the service and they didn't like it and they leave a bad review the more good reviews happen the more bad reviews are not seen amen I'm a pastor I love hungry Jen so don't judge me amen starting this week starting this week another little announcement is that we're gonna have our three services identical without Spanish translation on the stage so that means that the first service like we see today it has a little bit you know more of a lower tone in the sense that we don't do crazy lights and smoke second service will be the same and the third service is where the crazy will go on so for those of you who are like man I just want more crazy welcome to 1 p.m. and if it's gonna be the same as first two services in the sense that there will be no translation from the stage same preaching except third service will have the liver and service and sometimes other things the reason why I'm letting you know is for those of you who maybe prefer coming in afternoons it's an option that is available starting today the third service will be translated into a Spanish and earpieces and it will be translated into a Spanish YouTube so just wanted to kind of give you that heads up Joe have mentioned this I want to mention it not because I believe you missed it but I want you to hear they be hard behind it starting this this fall instead of having our monthly new members meetings which happens every first Sunday we felt like a lot of people came to those some of people came in who didn't come to church for a while and secondly we wanted you to meet our team we want you to meet the team leads we want you to meet the postoral team and we want we want to make it a banquet style so come to our church if you like our church if that's something you want to join like man I want to serve I want to be a part of that I want to meet the team I want to learn the history we will have a banquet not just a lunch a actual banquet here we're going to set up the whole thing have service every dinner we will meet you we will talk with you and that will happen in November so instead of doing it every month we're going to do it once a quarter but in that banquet high-style now for those of you who like man what if I missed I want to go to see the banquet you can come and serve at the banquet if you remember but this is for the new folk amen also water baptism as you saw in the summer we did it one baptism during three months we will continue to do that in the fall instead of monthly we will have that in November so for those of you who have given your life to Christ your next step is water baptism make sure that you don't miss that it will happen in November and that's pretty much all the announcements that I have today concerning our local church you've heard a lot a lot of good stuff where a team is traveling ministering praise God for that amen if you have your Bible would you go with me today to Psalm chapter 1 verse 1 and Psalm chapter 1 verse 1 is a very famous Psalm that a lot of people have had it memorized and it says the following blessed is the man who walks not in the console of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful I read this and I'm like so what do I do I can't stand I can't sit and I can't walk I am sorry David I can't fly so David says don't sit don't stand and don't walk okay so what do I do well thank God for the New Testament because in the New Testament in Ephesians if you go to Ephesians chapter 2 let's open our Bibles Ephesians chapter 2 verse 6 it says and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus hmm so David says don't sit and Paul says you have been seated in Christ Jesus in the heavenly places come on this will make about this shout this is amazing and if you go to Ephesians chapter 4 verse 1 it says I therefore a prisoner for the Lord urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called so David tells us don't walk in this particular way Paul tells us I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord are you with me David tells us in Psalm 1 1 he says don't stand in Ephesians chapter 6 let's scroll just few pages Ephesians chapter 6 or if you are reading and through an app you can just scroll down Ephesians chapter 6 and verse 11 it says put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil I want to summarize Christian life today in three words if you ever wondered what does it mean to be a Christian if you're visiting our church and you're not a Christian and you wonder what does it mean to be a Christian and if your version is their homophobic you know transphobic dinosaurs bigoted anti-abortion that is not what it means to be a Christian by the way Trump loving Republican voting that is not what Christianity is okay Christianity is really summarized in three words it's sitting it's walking and it's standing and that's what I want to break today down for us sitting represents our position in Jesus Christ that a Christian currently has walking represents a practice that a Christian has in walking things out in their world with their family with their work with their friends with their social life standing represents the posture that a Christian has in the spiritual warfare at the same time as they are walking and they are sitting sitting speaks of our belief system walking represents our behavior and standing speaks of our battle and if Ephesians goes through three of these phases or three of these parts of what it means to be a Christian let's touch on each one of them briefly sitting the Bible says you are seated in the heavenly places now the verse I've read in Ephesians chapter 2 the verse before that Paul says that we have been erased with Christ if you remember a few weeks ago I shared a message what I highly encourage you to listen to it's called the living dead where I've shared in that message that Jesus died for you and you died with him on the cross and not only you died with Jesus you were buried with Jesus you were raised with Jesus and that's why we get baptized because we identify with Jesus's death that's why Paul says in Galatians chapter 2 verse 20 I've been crucified with Christ Jesus wasn't crucified for me he died for me but I was crucified with Jesus so that means I don't look forward to dying to being set free from the old man I look backwards to his death to be reminded of the deliverance from the power of the old man but Ephesians goes one step further it says not only I've been crucified with Jesus meaning my current identity as a Christian is not hanging on the cross my current identity as a Christian is not even being raised with Jesus and walk in the newness of life my current identity with Jesus is being seated because in first John it says as he is so are we in this world it doesn't say as he was as he is so are we in this world what is Jesus right now he's not on a cross he's not roaming on the earth in newness of life he is seated at the right hand of God above principality above powers he is at the place of rest and the Bible says as a Christian you are not just identifying with Jesus with his death burial resurrection you are identifying with Jesus also with him being seated in the heavenly places come on somebody now this would seem at first that's why I believe we will go to heaven because we're technically already there I don't doubt that I will go to heaven why I'm already technically there in Christ who is where in heaven Christians don't live for heaven they live out of heaven they're seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus that is who you are that is where you are seated that is your spiritual place right now and that is incredible above principality above the powers of this world and of this age it's interesting that when God created Adam God's day of rest was the next day so Adam's first day on this earth was God's day of rest being created Adam steps next day into so what do I do and God says you rest with me creation was was happening on God's last day when God saves us guess what we step into we step into Christ and Christ is seated we step into the place into the position of God's grace and into the position of the finished work of Jesus we are in Jesus and he is seated therefore spiritually you supposed to be seated that is what Christians believe is that they are in Jesus seated now we live in a culture today where you can identify yourself with something that is not factually true there are people who identify themselves as particular animals for example like a person watched one documentary identifies themselves as a wolf so they go to school and they they howl as a response to the teacher and they are convinced that they are a wolf now for those of us who are believers we understand that you can identify yourselves with whatever you want but if it's not grounded in reality it's deception it's it's delusion it is it is it could be a disorder it could be a demon but you can identify yourself with whatever you want but if it's not grounded in reality it's not not gonna work so we don't identify ourselves with Jesus to make it real Jesus makes it real to give us the opportunity to be identified with him it's kind of like getting a license you cannot get a license if you're not an individual you can have an ID only after you are a person so your identification with Jesus only because there is a person named Jesus who loves you who died for you who has given you access to the father who is the way the truth and life and he allows you to be included in him as the Adam allowed him to be for you to be included in Adam and you have died with him you were crucified with him and that you will risen with Jesus and now you are seated with Jesus in Ephesians it talks about 14 different benefits that a Christian has through Christ it says we're blessed in Christ with every every spiritual blessing Ephesians chapter 1 verse 3 it says we're chosen before the foundation of the world Ephesians chapter 1 verse 4 it says we been redeemed through the blood in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 7 it says that we obtained an inheritance Ephesians chapter 1 verse 11 it says that because we're seated we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise Ephesians chapter 1 verse 13 it says that because of Jesus we've been made alive together with Christ Ephesians chapter 2 verse 5 it says we've been saved by grace Ephesians chapter 2 verse 5 we've been raised up with Christ Ephesians chapter 2 verse 6 as I mentioned we've been seated with him in the heavenly places Ephesians chapter 2 verse 6 we've been created in Christ for good works Ephesians chapter 2 verse 20 we've been brought near by the blood of God by the blood of Jesus to God Ephesians chapter 2 verse 13 we have access to the Father Ephesians chapter 2 verse 18 where citizens saints members heirs bride body and God's building in Christ Ephesians chapter 2 verse 19 we're loved by Christ Ephesians chapter 3 verse 19 is Ephesians chapter 5 2 and 5 25 that's that's 14 things I've mentioned only for one book of Ephesians that you have you're pretty wealthy I'm not sure what you'll maybe you're constantly reminded about what you don't have I want to tell you about who you who you belong to and because you belong to Jesus the Bible says you're you're in the cultural's terminology loaded you're filled with the riches in Jesus now I know your reaction will be like well that's great blood I don't feel it the Bible never says for you to feel it the Bible tells us to know it and it's you shall know the truth not you shall feel the truth when you know the truth the truth begins to set you free you are seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus I love that David tells us where not to sit and Paul tells us where we are seated I want to highlight one part about this you don't sit down you get seated the Bible never says a phrase to seat yourself in Christ you can't do that the Bible doesn't even tell us to get into Christ that is not something you and I can do by any merits or works the Bible tells us to abide in Christ indicating it's a fact you're already in him as a Christian the Bible introduces us from the beginning you are seated it doesn't say hey this is Jesus like a chair sit down it says this is Jesus you're already seated so we operate from the fact of the reality that the scripture says is the truth that we don't have to sit down we don't try to sit down we don't believe ourselves into sitting down we don't do mental gymnastics to think ourselves seated we are seated and from the place of seated we think ourselves we consider ourselves we reckon ourselves we view ourselves but it's an established fact you are seated in Jesus Christ if the Old Testament tells us not to sit down the New Testament tells us we are seated and accomplished fact thank you Jesus I don't have to try to sit down I receive as a fact amen Jesus is the identity for every believer now that is the first thing is that we are seated somebody say seated somebody dropped it in the chat seated in Christ a place of rest a place of no work a place of grace and it's a posture and a place of that I occupy right now in the spiritual realm in fact not in the spiritual realm but in the heavenly realm in Christ Jesus and I live from the place of heaven on earth I live from Christ into life not into not trying to get into him he already by mercy and grace placed me in Jesus and that is so beautiful the step number two and this is also very important and we need to address this is walking somebody say walking now Paul tells us walking few things in Ephesians chapter 2 he was talking about make sure that we don't walk as he says but once you walked according to the course of this world meaning you lived like the world and he says we don't do that anymore and then a little bit later he says God created us for good works which in which we have to walk in meaning God doesn't save us by good works he saves us for good works and wants us to walk in those good works if you go to Ephesians chapter 4 you will see that walk worthy of your calling Ephesians chapter 4 verse 17 it says that no longer should we walk like Gentiles in the futility of their mind having their heart being darkened meaning we shouldn't walk like the world walks in Ephesians 5 to he says walk in love in Ephesians 5 8 it says walk as children of the light and in Ephesians chapter 5 verse 15 he says walk in wisdom so if you are seated that's my position in Jesus my practice is walking Psalm says don't walk like the world I want you to notice the Bible commends us to walk it doesn't say we are walking meaning because of Jesus you have all you need to walk but it is a choice to actually do walk I give an example for the last sixty eight days me and my wife have been walking what I mean by that is that we made a decision there was a few other things that happened partially of the messages that I'm sharing with you they made a big impression scripture and my life and I felt there's certain things they need to go out of my life and certain things need to come in and one of those things they need to go out is too much sitting on the couch and watching things that are potentially the inter entertainment has two words in it called enter and then whatever the enters you because it enters you through your eyes and when you are sitting not in Christ but on the couch and you're not walking you're allowing things to enter you no wonder in Ephesians Paul says if you're allowing anger and all of these things he says that you're giving open door to the devil and you're grieving the Holy Spirit so what we started to do is say okay what if we make a decision every night we would go for a 10 minute walk and so faithfully with exception maybe one or two nights we have practiced walking now up to this point 68 days before that it's not that I couldn't walk and not that walking is exhausting or walking afterwards I can't take it anymore I'm just so tired it's not like biking it's not like hiking it's not like flying it's not doing something supernatural in fact walking is extremely restful if your legs are not broken and if you have them now if you don't have legs walking is impossible if your legs are broken walking is painful but because of Jesus you are seated in Jesus you have legs meaning you have a new nature you have the Spirit of God which is like powers your new desires so to walk out to work it out to live it out is not hard to live a Christian life is just like walking it's not hard if you are a Christian it's not hard to score three pointers for Steph Curry it's very hard for me I don't even have a basketball in my house my dad is not a basketball player I don't play basketball I don't practice basketball every once in a while I I join a basketball what they play and for me to score if my life will be dependent on scoring three point shots every single time I will be burning in hell today because I am not a basketball player so for me to be good at playing basketball comes difficult when you are born again Christian to practice righteousness comes as natural because you're empowered by the Spirit of God that's why the Bible doesn't say to strive it says to strive it says walk walk but you can be seated and not walking but there are people who are trying to walk the Christian life who have never experienced the seated Christian life you come to church and you're like oh I know what it means to be a Christian read the Bible pray fast don't do anything bad no you can't walk you don't have legs you will get hurt tomorrow Christian life is not being living righteous Christian life is being righteous and you do that through your belief repentance in Jesus being in Jesus you become the basketball player so when now God throws you a ball you can shoot it into three pointers and if you miss it you're gonna practice more why because it's who you are your light your soul you a new person so to live a Christian life for the Christian is normal as walking so when we would take walks you know for the last 68 days I've noticed few things that you know it's not hard to walk it is just hard to make a decision to walk right but the actual walking part it's not like I don't come out of it I'm like drenched and sweat broken tired exhausted calling you know an emergency put come and please pick me up resuscitate me back to life because I can't take this anymore in fact when I finish my tan sometimes 30-minute walk I feel better I feel refreshed I lost 10 pounds so I'm like man I'm signing up for that diet I feel closer to my wife because when I walk I am now more engaged with her instead of sitting and letting whatever is entering me from over there enter me so that's exactly what Christian life walking is it's not hard if you're a Christian so if it's hard for you I want to ask you an honest question not are you a church person have you been born again has there been a new nature that wants to do good and if you are born again have you believed what the Bible teaches about you or you still think the Christian life is about doing it's about sitting first God doesn't expect people to walk who have not said the church will God won't because he knows it will be equivalent to asking Vlad to participate in a basketball championship I will embarrass myself my family my church and my God because I'm not a basketball player my dad was not a basketball player out on all the basketball that's not who I am to expect a person who has not been born again seated in Jesus to walk in love in wisdom not like the world is it's not difficult it's abuse it's wrong it won't work we can't do it but we will try to to only realize we need some kind of a we don't need a therapist we need a regeneration this thing is so messed up it can't be fixed it needs to be killed and then I need to die with Jesus and be risen with Jesus accept Jesus be in Jesus and then now I can let me try this got it why because the new creation in me is empowered by the Holy Spirit that lives inside of me makes it possible to live a Christian life for the glory of God come on somebody give God some praise right now as you begin to walk now when I mention something about the Charles Bergen said this the grace of God does not that does not change my life will not save my soul so many people we have today are seated but they do not want to walk and they will be like me pretty much just like hey I just want to be you're a Christian couch potato you don't want to walk out maybe your Christian life meaning you don't make priorities to read the word and this is not about salvation this is about walking out because you're not only living in heaven you're also living among your co-workers among your family you you're also living on this earth and this life on this earth the Bible says should be walked walking Christian life is a walk but Christian life is not physical practical Christian life is not seated it's walking spiritual Christian life is being seated in the heavenly places as you walk two things will happen you will close the door to demons and secondly you will open door to the intimacy with the Holy Spirit if you don't walk I'm not saying God will love you less I'm not saying that what's gonna happen is this is you will gain unnecessary weight burdens struggles that will come in not because God deemed it so it's because you've been entering everything else been entering you that had no business entering you you became a place for things that are not supposed to be a place for demons scorpions snakes and these demonic things Paul made a very specific in Ephesians meaning you open your life exposed to the enemy and secondly you you close your life to the Holy Spirit yes and you can brag about the fact oh but I'm still a Christian I can do whatever I want the grace covers me but the Bible says in Titus the grace of God that saves us teaches us to deny ungodliness teaches us to look forward to Christ if the grace of God did not change your life I really have a right to question whether it really saved your soul because if you're truly been seated you got legs my sister you got legs my brother and God says take a walk every single day walk your Christian life and how you speak to your husband walk your Christian life and how you speak to your wife walk your Christian life how you speak to your employees how you speak to your co-workers walk your Christian life in what you do on Sunday morning and the Bible made it very clear don't walk like the world meaning if all the people do in the world do it like that you want to be safe do the opposite why because you're a safe person you're a new creation is everybody still with me what does it mean to be a Christian it's what first is what what is the second one it's walk and now let's go to the third one and we'll be done it is to stand and this is the posture of a battle it is to stand now I want to highlight three things that we need to stand in or in this standing it involves number one to stand when the hell breaks loose the Bible says in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 13 it says that to stand on the evil day and to withstand that evil day when I think of an evil day I think when hell breaks loose have you ever had those days where everything that could go wrong goes wrong and you're like did this can't get worse and then it does and you're like and we still have three hours and then you still got the one text message that came at the end of like like a cherry on the top of a cake what is that evil day it's when the hell breaks loose and usually what we tend to do is we're like why is this happening to me and the Bible doesn't give us the answer to why it tells us what we should do in that moment not to walk to stand that means you just entered a third phase of what it means to be a Christian you entered into war it's better to be a warrior in the garden than a gardener in war and the problem with many Christians is while they're walking they're taking this evening walk with the whole with the Lord living for Jesus I'm just loving Jesus and then you got shot out of nowhere you're like who would hate a person like me I mean I'm not a threat to anybody why are they shooting at me well is there a sniper somewhere fiery darts that's equivalent to a modern-day sniper meaning somebody's shooting from a distance so the second thing after hell breaks loose the second thing and that is is when you get long shots from somewhere meaning these demonic thoughts that come out of nowhere and you just get bombarded with persuasive with convincing with these very compulsive with this pushy condemning doubting fearful intimidating anxious depressing comparative can I go on I think that's enough thoughts that's the thoughts these thoughts they're so strong and they're so powerful so the hell breaks loose it's you like you realizing well something is happening now when it continuously does that after you've taken your stand you might need deliverance but if you're walking with Christ and it occasionally happens the Bible says right away take your posture as a warrior you are a warrior you are equipped yes you're walking in a danger zone but you're also a dangerous person because you have the spirit of God living inside of you God's angels are surrounding you God's armor is upon you and you're not just in danger zone you are a dangerous person to the enemy do not fear child of God do not fret child of God do not flee child of God do not fall child of God do not run don't sit stand your ground you will withstand the hell that came against you you will withstand the valley that you are going through you will withstand the fire that came against you stand your ground if you don't know what to do stand if you prayed your prayer stand if you read the scripture confess the name they claimed it loud they grabbed it what do I do Vlad stands your ground my kids are not coming back to God my health is not improving it seems the hell is breaking loose stand right in the middle of it you are a warrior in the garden you are not a gardener in war you're a mighty man a mighty woman of God stand your ground somebody shall stand come on somebody shall stand but what happens if you get shot with fiery darts you also stand but this time you extinguish fiery darts the Bible says extinguish put out those fiery darts and what does that mean that means you're you're standing and usually this is what happens hell breaks loose and then your thoughts begin to come against you you did something wrong God is punishing you it's because of what this that this that and you begin to think why why this is happening what did I do why because you're being shot not only you're in the place of hell breaking loose now there are snipers and you don't know where they're coming from and the Bible doesn't say run the Bible doesn't say hide the Bible doesn't say get down the Bible doesn't say dodge bullets it says extinguish quench that's not from God that's not from me you extinguish if there will be a smoke we have fire extinguisher and we bring every single thing down that's exactly what God wants you to do in the moment when hell breaks loose usually your mind comes under a heavy attack of demonic thoughts do not accept them as your own do not allow them to come inside and say oh this is just the way I think about me no no no this is the way that devil thinks about you and he's shooting at you because you're most vulnerable when the hell is breaking loose because now he can shoot you anytime you're in a place where you're like I don't know where this is coming from I'll tell you where it's coming from a spiritual sniper somewhere on the mountain shooting at you and Paul warned us fiery darts will come that's why he says your Christian life is not only enjoying your position in Christ it's not only the world enjoying God's presence through you but you practicing your Christian life he says there will be a component people don't like to talk about and this component is gonna be your posture when hell breaks loose and you start getting shot from everywhere Paul does not say that a Christian should take in bullets it says the Christian should extinguish these fiery shots and then he tells us one more thing he says have a sword a sword is for a close combat the sword that he used in this in the context is actually not a long sword it's a short dagger you only use that sword if somebody comes very close so while I cannot take out the sniper out there because I don't see him I can catch and stop those and say no that that is not if God tells me that this is why this is happening if God points that I'm gonna believe if a mentor or a person that God sends in my life but if this is my own mind playing mind tricks I'm not gonna allow that why because I'm seated I'm walking and I'm standing but there's a third one and this one is heavy and this is when when the devil gets within a very close proximity and you actually feel him breathing on your neck people sometimes say that they feel that in the house they feel a presence something that it happened with the temptation of Jesus devil wasn't shooting from another planet he was very close in that moment you have a dagger dagger is for a close combat you don't just take the blame you don't take the presence you don't yield to that demonic presence you don't fumble you don't trip you don't fall the Bible doesn't say and the dagger is your pastor's phone number the Bible says the dagger is the word of God that means when it gets close you have to create a combat situation not run the Bible says resist him and he will flee that means the devil doesn't have a defense system for the weapons were given to you there is nothing he can do against that dagger that you have so when hell breaks loose tender ground if the stuff starts being shot at you the extinguish extinguish extinguish and when the battle gets close if he has the audacity to come and starts breathing on your neck dagger we and this is this and call the ashes to pick him up no maybe later just fall this kitty Joe is not the devil by the way he's the man I got just want to make it clear I don't want all of you to start going expressing your anger against the devil today like let me you know I've excused the devil let me just take my opportunity to avenge my my thing on Joe do not do that are you with me spiritual warrior in the garden Christian life I believe a lot of time is just enjoying his presence a lot of time is just people enjoying the peace of God that comes through us us walking in the beauty of holiness are walking in righteousness but there are moments where Christian life becomes war and maybe you came here today and you brought this war with you I want to tell you something you came to the right place God wants to bring you freedom deliverance and salvation I want you to rise to your feet Martin can grab a microphone and help me with something right now church before I give a call for salvation I do feel like God wants to liberate some people today amen and I want you I'm just gonna lead you in about few prayers we're just gonna pray together and if there is anything that maybe you have picked up or you came with and God can set you free right now addiction demonic presence maybe some kind of an intrusion sexual dreams constant sicknesses that you cannot find a solution for anxiety and depression that is not normal that it they cannot just go away phobias and fears God can set you free from today in Jesus name just say this with me say Lord Jesus wash me with your blood I believe you are my savior and you are my victor deliver me today say this with me say any chain any witchcraft any demonic covenant every abuse every demonic soul tie any demonic agreement the Satan might have used to connect me to himself be broken be broken be broken in Jesus name come on open up your lips right now begin to just pray right now begin to break every demonic agreement every demonic soul tie maybe some kind of a covenant some kind of an abuse that has been used again just open up your lips I just break that right now come on if you're a Christian be engaged this is your moment to be a warrior don't depend on somebody else's prayers depend on your own right now depend on the word of God let's begin to break that in Jesus mighty name say this with me say that chain that chain of affliction the chain of affliction that chain of torment the chain of addiction the chain of addiction the chain of sickness be broken in Jesus name come on begin to break that chain right now name of Jesus every chain every demonic agreement in our life will begin to break it over our lives those things that demonic the fiery darts the snag us that begin to bind us to change the grip of Satan we break it in a mighty name of Jesus depression anxiety suicidal thought lost full thoughts addiction father gambler dictions Lord smoking addiction addiction to pornography addiction to masturbation addiction to gambling to gaming in the name of Jesus we break those things in our lives in the name of Jesus every chain of the enemy be broken over our mind over our family over our marriage over our finances over our health everything that has to do with us in Jesus mighty name the Bible says about one of the David's men his name was Shama it says when Philistines attacked the field of beans if you have the scripture Lisa could you give it that to us the Bible says that he stood his ground he defended that field and killed off the enemy and that's really what it means to stand is that you are the Bible says and after him was Shama the son of Iggy the Herod Herorite the Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils so the people fled from the Philistines the next verse but he's stationed himself in the middle of the field defended it and killed the Philistines and the Lord brought about a great victory you want a victory you have to station yourself in the middle of your field and then you have to defend that field and sometimes that's what it takes is you take the word of God and you begin to declare and decree God's word and you resist the enemy and then God brings victory victory will never happen when you run for a Christian victory only happens when you stand let everybody else run people run from their marriages they give up in their health they give up for their family they give up on their walk with God and they say oh I'm under attack I run hopefully God will do something that's not what Shama did some Shama says you can run you can fall you can fall I will position myself because not only I am seated in Christ not only I walk in Christ but I also stand in Jesus Christ I will defend my field of health I will defend my field of finances I will defend my field of spiritual freedom I will defend my field of mental health why because it is my field that God wants me to defend and God will bring a great victory I want you to pray one more prayer with me say that evil spirit affecting my health affecting my marriage attacking my finances attacking my business attacking my career my spiritual life my emotional life my mental life out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out right now right now in Jesus name come on place your hand up on your heart right now let me pray for you father in the name of Jesus I thank you for the authority that you have given to us as your ministers I break off everything that's demonic anything that's not of Jesus any fiery dart that has been attached to the son and daughter of yours I break it off right now a spirit of addiction any kinds of affliction that is demonically afflicted any kind of demonic persuasive convincing voice I break it off right now in Jesus name spirit of fear you have to go spirit of witchcraft you have to go every spirit of heaviness you have to go every spirit of distress and anxiety you have to go every spirit of infirmity you have to go every spirit of fear and phobia you have to go in Jesus name be free in Jesus name be free in the name of Jesus thank you Lord thank you Lord in Jesus name every head bowed and every eye closed when I give an opportunity to maybe anybody in this room who have tried to live a Christian life without being a Christian when I give an opportunity to become a Christian by not adhering to a particular set of rules but by placing your trust in Jesus repenting of your sins and saying Jesus I can't do it on my own I'm helpless I'm hopeless I can't do it I need you to save me all of my efforts and trying has brought me to the point of realization I cannot do it on my own make me new person forgive me all my sins and deliver me make me new give me that that gift of lad was talking about to be seated in you to be placed in you if you're that person and you're saying I want that blood I want to become a Christian I want to become saved I want to be in Jesus just raise your hand high I want to pray with you thank you see your hand thank you anybody else thank you see your hand anybody else saying hey today I would like to become a Christian I'm really inviting you for a miracle that's what it is it's not just to pray a prayer except Jesus something is about to happen if you raise your hand or you wanted to I'm gonna ask you to take a bold step and come forward I want to pray with you here as a church we want to celebrate your decision just come don't be afraid yeah let's make your way we want to see you here come thank you thank you just come the lady right here come come the lady right here just come as people are coming church can we give a round of applause to them if you're watching us on live stream you can just comment I would like to get saved I would like to give my life to Jesus anybody else anybody else I think I saw one more hand that was raised just just come forward don't don't be shy the only thing that you should be afraid of is is sin but that this is this is a good decision amen okay whole family coming out come on come on anybody else but I do want you know what you're coming for you're not coming for prayer you're coming for a miracle that only God can do about this miracle can happen if you recognize that you need you need this miracle is that Jesus gave me a new heart you really are coming for a new heart you're coming for a new nature you're coming for so that's what salvation is is to be rescued and he places you in heaven that's why you don't have to wait to die to go to heaven you're gonna experience a little bit of it right now through the power of the Holy Spirit amen the Bible says if we place a trust in Jesus we repent of our sins that God will begin to accept us into his into his family place your hand upon your heart right now let's pray together I want you to say Lord Jesus I am a sinner in need of your salvation I don't deserve to be saved I cannot earn your salvation but I really need it thank you for dying on the cross for my sins and for including me in your death your burial your resurrection and now that you're seated in heaven I ask you for a miracle give me a new heart give me a new nature that will love you that will please you and be a warrior in Jesus name right now our team is gonna pray for you but before our team ministers to I do want to mention the according to the scriptures the Bible says when we place our trust in Jesus because we identify with him our next step is to get water baptized publicly so the Lana will talk to you just for a little bit more about that make sure you remind it can I have life group leaders to come forward and and to go in the room with them church can we give a run of applause to all these precious people let's go just follow my wife for just a minute or two follow my wife for a few minutes amen church were you blessed today amen amen God bless you have a wonderful Sunday we will see you this Wednesday at the new church for prayer on Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock better is that good enough the best is yet to come