WEBVTT 00:00:00.841 --> 00:00:02.283 It's good to be in God's house. 00:00:02.283 --> 00:00:13.929 We are reading from Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 1 to 7, again just ashering in that Christmas season Remembering Christ. 00:00:13.929 --> 00:00:18.615 Isaiah 9, verse 1 to 7. 00:00:18.615 --> 00:00:29.797 The Bible says nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who are in distress. 00:00:29.797 --> 00:00:35.747 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who are in distress. 00:00:37.210 --> 00:00:53.252 In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naftali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations by the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, the people walking in darkness have seen a great light. 00:00:53.252 --> 00:00:58.329 On those living in the land of the deep darkness, a light has dawned. 00:00:58.329 --> 00:01:02.280 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy. 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:10.001 They rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. 00:01:10.001 --> 00:01:29.810 For, as in the day of medians defeat, you have shattered the yoke, the burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the road of their oppressor, every warrior's boot in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire. 00:01:31.474 --> 00:01:45.081 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders and he will be called wonderful counselor. 00:01:45.081 --> 00:01:54.183 Mighty God, everlasting father, prince of peace, of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. 00:01:54.183 --> 00:02:02.745 He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness. 00:02:02.745 --> 00:02:10.806 From that time on and forever, the zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. 00:02:10.806 --> 00:02:14.836 This is God's word, and God's people say amen. 00:02:14.836 --> 00:02:23.826 You may be seated in God's presence, amen. 00:02:23.826 --> 00:02:27.729 Let's pray. 00:02:31.092 --> 00:02:46.272 Father, we thank you for a season of celebration, celebrating your son Jesus Christ and dear Lord, with many festivities, many travelings here and there. 00:02:46.272 --> 00:02:52.289 We want to thank you for the year and preserving us to this day. 00:02:52.289 --> 00:02:55.637 That we may finish the year strong. 00:02:55.637 --> 00:03:05.116 Eternal God, as we hear your word this afternoon, may your spirit speak to our hearts. 00:03:05.116 --> 00:03:08.525 Somebody may be coming needing an encouragement. 00:03:08.525 --> 00:03:10.872 Somebody coming needing healing. 00:03:10.872 --> 00:03:13.300 Somebody coming needing comfort. 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:15.102 Somebody coming needing peace. 00:03:15.102 --> 00:03:16.920 We have just found out. 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:20.060 You have said you're the prince of peace. 00:03:20.060 --> 00:03:22.667 Somebody needing counsel. 00:03:22.667 --> 00:03:24.794 You're the wonderful counselor. 00:03:24.794 --> 00:03:27.039 Somebody needing a father figure. 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.485 You're the everlasting father. 00:03:29.485 --> 00:03:31.991 Somebody needing a breakthrough? 00:03:31.991 --> 00:03:34.177 You're a mighty God. 00:03:34.177 --> 00:03:43.633 Father, come through for us as we wait upon you with open hearts receiving your word. 00:03:43.633 --> 00:03:46.802 Thank you for hearing our prayer In Jesus' name. 00:03:46.802 --> 00:03:50.088 We have prayed Amen, amen. 00:03:50.088 --> 00:03:51.531 Again. 00:03:51.591 --> 00:03:57.866 It is a blessing for me to be able to tell Pastor Simon welcome back. 00:03:57.866 --> 00:04:04.033 Come on, let's appreciate Pastor Simon In Jesus' name, amen. 00:04:04.033 --> 00:04:08.046 Did Pastor Simon greet you today? 00:04:08.046 --> 00:04:10.914 What would you like him to greet you? 00:04:10.914 --> 00:04:12.919 You want to hear his voice? 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.103 You want to see his face? 00:04:15.103 --> 00:04:17.386 You want to see his suit? 00:04:17.386 --> 00:04:23.913 Hallelujah, come on, let's appreciate Pastor Simon. 00:04:23.913 --> 00:04:33.091 Yes, he's been away and he comes to greet us. 00:04:34.353 --> 00:04:36.295 Thank you very much, reverend Ambrose. 00:04:36.295 --> 00:04:37.737 Amen. 00:04:37.737 --> 00:04:49.646 I'm glad to be back so that we can close the year together and experience the warmer fellowship as we close the year 2023 and start the year 2024. 00:04:49.646 --> 00:05:05.377 I've been away, visited in the United States a couple of states, five of them Illinois, washington State, texas, north Carolina and, finally, new York. 00:05:05.377 --> 00:05:12.117 While I came back, I also had a chance to visit around the country, especially my family. 00:05:12.658 --> 00:05:18.759 And so the first thing, reverend Ambrose, is just to bring greetings, a whole bag of greetings from all over the world. 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:20.382 Do you receive them? 00:05:20.382 --> 00:05:22.264 Hallelujah? 00:05:22.264 --> 00:05:44.653 And specifically Whitten Bible Church, where Pastor Victor and I were part of what is called the Global Mission Fest and we spent very good time with our partners there, and the leadership congregation at Whitten Bible Church in Chicago, whitten area, said high. 00:05:44.653 --> 00:06:01.379 My children also bring us greetings, including my two grandsons who have grown older now, the first one is three years and some months, I think about four, and the second one is now going seven months. 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:03.706 Do you receive greetings from my children? 00:06:04.750 --> 00:06:07.759 Glory to God, hallelujah, I'm so happy to see you all. 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:31.531 We are finishing strong, reverend Ambrose, and something within me, the spirit of God, says that we shall enter year 2024 with a shout and with a bang, and God hallelujah, that in the year 2024, he is going to cause us to rise to levels we have never known. 00:06:31.531 --> 00:06:41.216 This scripture we always proclaim here a rise and shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon us. 00:06:41.216 --> 00:07:02.752 He's going to find this consummation this coming year and so, as Pastor Ambrose releases the theme, we shall be turbocharged and supercharged and, given Holy Spirit wings and year 2024, I know we are going to rise to heights we have never experienced before. 00:07:02.752 --> 00:07:04.276 That's something in me. 00:07:04.276 --> 00:07:13.660 So, thank you very much, have a great Christmas and we enter 2024 with a bang and a shout in Jesus' name, thank you. 00:07:17.944 --> 00:07:18.346 Amen. 00:07:18.346 --> 00:07:21.009 Let's appreciate Pastor again, amen. 00:07:21.009 --> 00:07:37.040 We have been engaging the county of Marraquet through what we call love embraced and we have had amazing engagements in that place. 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:50.459 We thank God for family media who have been broadcasting some of our engagements down in Kerrio Valley and we really want to thank God and one of the requests that had been asked. 00:07:50.459 --> 00:07:57.762 When our team visited down into the valley we were able to speak to some of the warriors and some of the harders. 00:07:57.762 --> 00:08:03.800 One of the things they said is that they would like to visit away from that valley. 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:13.464 Some of them have been born, lived and died in that valley and they were asking if they can get an opportunity to be able to visit. 00:08:13.464 --> 00:08:29.189 And some of us stakeholders were able to catch that vision and tomorrow they will be traveling, tomorrow, actually arriving in Nairobi tomorrow, heading to Macquaini County, and we want to thank God I don't know how many there will be. 00:08:29.189 --> 00:08:34.405 There will be how many Sixty six, zero. 00:08:34.405 --> 00:08:36.809 Be praying for them. 00:08:36.809 --> 00:08:44.754 This is a great opportunity, even as we seek for healing, for restoration, for a new mindset change for them. 00:08:44.754 --> 00:08:58.533 And so we are collaborating with the Marraquet County and the Macquaini County through the governors and through our love embraced and Parkland Baptist Church is that bridge that is bringing these things together? 00:08:58.533 --> 00:08:59.855 Isn't God good? 00:08:59.855 --> 00:09:05.671 Yes, god is good, and so be praying for that mission. 00:09:05.671 --> 00:09:08.537 Look at your neighbor. 00:09:08.537 --> 00:09:12.965 Tell your neighbor Christmas is here, amen. 00:09:12.965 --> 00:09:17.052 And I'll be announcing some of the dates later. 00:09:17.052 --> 00:09:30.322 So, just like Dekon team has done, and so that we are just aligned together, we want to decree God's word and I want to tell you God's word is coming your way. 00:09:31.245 --> 00:09:34.797 Now, if you may notice, we are quite a number of us in the sanctuary. 00:09:34.797 --> 00:09:51.082 Some of us are sitting with our children Hallelujah and some of us are sitting with our youth, because the children's department and the youth department have closed for the year and so they are within our services, amen. 00:09:51.082 --> 00:10:08.327 And so when you find that the space you used to enjoy is not there, tell your neighbor Nisawa, amen, because we want to just run together, so we want to hear God's word together. 00:10:08.327 --> 00:10:26.587 I'll tell your neighbor. 00:10:26.587 --> 00:10:32.075 We are talking about destiny. 00:10:32.075 --> 00:10:33.677 Tell your neighbor destiny. 00:10:33.677 --> 00:10:50.431 And for this month, that destiny is wrapped up in Jesus Christ, and we are today, we are declaring the divine centerpiece of destiny is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:10:50.431 --> 00:10:54.702 There is a centerpiece, there is something that brings us together. 00:10:56.125 --> 00:10:58.692 This year we have been talking about being world changers. 00:10:58.692 --> 00:11:18.472 We have seen different characters through the year, but those characters have formed the peripheries of destiny because, at the centerpiece, what brings all those characters and what they stand for together is the centerpiece, and that centerpiece is the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:18.472 --> 00:11:39.630 Amen, that's the centerpiece, that's the thing that brings us together and I want to pray that if, as you hear this message, that you realize that your life was planned for many, many years ago, before the worlds were created, before even the angels were created, god thought about you. 00:11:39.630 --> 00:11:44.863 You are in God's destiny and God's destiny is good. 00:11:44.863 --> 00:11:50.572 And we keep reminding you the way people have defined destiny. 00:11:50.572 --> 00:11:53.905 They have defined it with a negative connotation. 00:11:53.905 --> 00:12:04.256 Destiny for some people is what they call fate, that if you are born in a certain family and it is a poor family, that is your destiny, that is your fate. 00:12:04.256 --> 00:12:06.062 Just accept it. 00:12:06.062 --> 00:12:10.835 Live that life, die in that life and that's your destiny. 00:12:11.856 --> 00:12:16.974 And so many times when we come now talking about God's destiny, we are thinking in the same terms. 00:12:16.974 --> 00:12:21.130 We are thinking that we're in this world and there are some things we cannot change. 00:12:21.130 --> 00:12:33.768 There are some things that God has designed for us and maybe he was upset with our grandparents and he has just destined us for poverty, for hunger, for problems, for causes. 00:12:33.768 --> 00:12:36.995 But that's not what destiny is about. 00:12:36.995 --> 00:12:45.475 Destiny is about God's goodness expressed in your life, in this season and in this time hallelujah. 00:12:45.475 --> 00:13:00.311 And God's destiny is a good destiny and that is why it is important for us to to run and to rush to receive that destiny and say God, plunge me in into your destiny, let me stay there. 00:13:00.311 --> 00:13:07.898 Because the centerpiece of that destiny is our Lord and Savior, jesus Christ, and that is why we are celebrating Christmas. 00:13:07.898 --> 00:13:10.726 That is why we are saying this one who came. 00:13:11.006 --> 00:13:15.139 The Bible says it has dawned on a land where there was darkness. 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:21.171 Light has come where there was distress, freedom has come. 00:13:21.171 --> 00:13:30.109 For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and guess what his destiny is like? 00:13:30.109 --> 00:13:30.690 A government. 00:13:30.690 --> 00:13:33.081 The government shall be upon his shoulders. 00:13:33.081 --> 00:13:34.183 He's in charge. 00:13:34.183 --> 00:13:38.134 The devil is not in charge, he's in charge. 00:13:38.134 --> 00:13:39.738 God is in charge. 00:13:39.738 --> 00:13:43.768 When you connect to Christ Jesus, you connect to destiny. 00:13:45.772 --> 00:13:52.611 Israel was part of God's destiny and even though they went through difficult times, god still watched over them. 00:13:52.611 --> 00:13:59.269 And let me tell you this God has watched over you since the month of January and just watching and guiding you. 00:13:59.269 --> 00:14:05.889 And many times the Israelites would stop to reflect on that destiny. 00:14:05.889 --> 00:14:08.212 They would sit back and write songs. 00:14:08.212 --> 00:14:11.484 One of those songs is in Psalms 105. 00:14:11.484 --> 00:14:16.621 I want to read part of it and just see how they thought of what God had done in their life. 00:14:16.621 --> 00:14:18.326 That God is still the same God. 00:14:18.326 --> 00:14:19.469 He is our God. 00:14:19.809 --> 00:14:22.500 Listen to this verses Bible says. 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:27.070 In Psalms 105, verse 1, it says give praise. 00:14:27.070 --> 00:14:29.293 Now let me start that again. 00:14:29.293 --> 00:14:33.966 Psalms 105, verse 1. 00:14:33.966 --> 00:14:49.491 It says give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name, make known among the nation what he has done, sing to him, sing praise to him, tell of all his wonderful acts. 00:14:49.491 --> 00:14:51.534 Glory in his name. 00:14:51.534 --> 00:14:55.807 Leather hearts of those who seek the Lord, rejoice. 00:14:55.807 --> 00:15:01.501 Look to the Lord and his strength, seek his face always. 00:15:01.501 --> 00:15:05.091 Remember the wonders he has done this year. 00:15:05.091 --> 00:15:08.399 Remember the wonders he has done, oh yes. 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.606 Remember when you are broke in January, thank you, jesus. 00:15:11.606 --> 00:15:15.173 And in February you got a job, hallelujah. 00:15:15.173 --> 00:15:18.509 Remember the wonders that he has done. 00:15:18.509 --> 00:15:19.453 I keep reading. 00:15:19.453 --> 00:15:29.722 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles and the judgments he pronouns you, his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob. 00:15:29.722 --> 00:15:31.647 He is the Lord, our God. 00:15:31.647 --> 00:15:33.931 His judgments are in all the art. 00:15:33.931 --> 00:15:44.106 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he saw to Isaac. 00:15:44.106 --> 00:15:49.120 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree to Israel, as an everlasting covenant. 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:54.010 To you, I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit. 00:15:54.792 --> 00:16:02.961 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 00:16:02.961 --> 00:16:07.390 He allowed no one to oppress them for their sake. 00:16:07.390 --> 00:16:10.597 He rebuked kings hallelujah. 00:16:10.597 --> 00:16:14.570 And he continues talking and then first forward to verse 37. 00:16:14.570 --> 00:16:21.048 In verse 37, because now they were in Egypt, they were oppressed, they were being given a hard time, difficult moments. 00:16:21.548 --> 00:16:31.211 Verse 37 says he brought out Israel laden with silver, and God has carried you through. 00:16:31.211 --> 00:16:38.471 He brought out Israel laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes, no one faltered. 00:16:38.471 --> 00:16:47.630 May you not falter in Jesus name in Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them. 00:16:47.630 --> 00:16:53.767 He spread out a cloud as a covering and a fire to give light at night. 00:16:53.767 --> 00:16:57.453 They asked, and he brought them quail. 00:16:57.453 --> 00:17:00.403 You remember the quail season? 00:17:00.403 --> 00:17:06.336 Hello, he brought them what he brought them quail. 00:17:06.336 --> 00:17:08.319 I like that now. 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:11.796 He fed them well with a bread of heaven. 00:17:11.796 --> 00:17:14.842 He opened the rock and water, gashat. 00:17:14.842 --> 00:17:23.635 He floated like a river in the desert, for he remembered his holy promises given to his servant, abraham. 00:17:23.635 --> 00:17:28.326 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones, with shouts of joy. 00:17:28.326 --> 00:17:38.721 He gave them the lands of the nations and they fell heir to what others had told for that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. 00:17:39.501 --> 00:17:41.965 And then it says praise the Lord. 00:17:41.965 --> 00:17:45.412 That word, praise the Lord, is the word hallelujah. 00:17:45.412 --> 00:17:53.548 When you say hallelujah is the word praise the Lord. 00:17:53.548 --> 00:18:01.576 So hallelujah means praise, yeah, or jar means tell me. 00:18:01.576 --> 00:18:04.851 It means the Lord jihuva. 00:18:04.851 --> 00:18:08.450 So there's so much to praise the Lord. 00:18:08.450 --> 00:18:12.403 So look at your neighbor, regardless of what you went through, hallelujah. 00:18:12.403 --> 00:18:21.769 Tell them, regardless of what you went through, hallelujah, amen. 00:18:21.769 --> 00:18:26.897 Even if you got broke, hallelujah, he provided for you. 00:18:26.897 --> 00:18:28.923 God has been good to you. 00:18:28.923 --> 00:18:34.926 What we are trying to say is that God has been good to you and his destiny is amazing. 00:18:34.926 --> 00:18:40.704 His destiny is perfect, and so in that destiny, christ is right at the center of it. 00:18:41.646 --> 00:18:47.988 The Bible says in John, chapter 1, verse 14, that this Jesus in the fullness of time. 00:18:47.988 --> 00:18:53.807 The Bible says that the Word became flesh and made his way, dwelling among us. 00:18:53.807 --> 00:19:02.829 We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 00:19:02.829 --> 00:19:12.786 Jesus is the centerpiece of God's destiny, and so three things I want to bring to your attention today when we talk about this centerpiece. 00:19:12.786 --> 00:19:20.771 Number one because of Jesus, eternity has connected to the now, amen. 00:19:20.771 --> 00:19:26.224 Because of Jesus, abundance has engaged our luck. 00:19:26.224 --> 00:19:33.884 Because of Jesus, our restoration has aligned us to dominion. 00:19:33.884 --> 00:19:36.069 So remember those three things. 00:19:36.069 --> 00:19:40.163 Let me start with eternity connected to the now. 00:19:40.945 --> 00:19:48.605 I read these verses in Galatians, chapter 4, verse 1 to 5, that talks about the fullness of time. 00:19:48.605 --> 00:19:59.471 You see, in God's perspective there's what we call eternity past, and then we have eternity future. 00:19:59.471 --> 00:20:08.480 Now for God, who is from everlasting to everlasting, to come into the now, he had to release Jesus Christ. 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:18.373 And so the Bible says in these verses, as I read them, what I'm saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he's not different from a slave. 00:20:18.373 --> 00:20:28.483 Although he owns the whole estate, the heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 00:20:28.483 --> 00:20:35.705 So also when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. 00:20:35.705 --> 00:20:40.640 But when the set time had fully come, amen. 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:47.800 When eternity past and eternity future locked in one place, that's when the Lord Jesus came. 00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:55.766 But when the set time had fully come, god sent his son, born of a woman, born under the law. 00:20:55.766 --> 00:20:56.769 To do what? 00:20:56.769 --> 00:21:02.423 To redeem those under the law that we might receive adoption to sonship. 00:21:03.685 --> 00:21:06.711 Verse 6 goes on to say amen. 00:21:06.711 --> 00:21:08.954 Give me verse 6. 00:21:08.954 --> 00:21:16.585 Because you are his sons, god has sent the spirit of his son into our hearts, the spirit who calls out our father. 00:21:16.585 --> 00:21:18.890 So you are no longer a slave. 00:21:18.890 --> 00:21:21.644 Look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor you're no longer a slave. 00:21:21.644 --> 00:21:24.713 What are you now? 00:21:24.713 --> 00:21:28.362 Your God's child. 00:21:28.362 --> 00:21:35.012 And since you are his child, god has made you also an heir. 00:21:35.012 --> 00:21:37.942 Hallelujah, you've been made an heir. 00:21:37.942 --> 00:21:43.964 So eternity past and eternity future connected and we got an inheritance. 00:21:44.686 --> 00:21:47.698 Let me read Ecclesiastes, chapter 3. 00:21:47.698 --> 00:21:52.030 The Bible says this in verse 1, that there are seasons that come and there are seasons that go. 00:21:52.030 --> 00:21:58.836 In verse 1 of Ecclesiastes, a book that you don't read you often, hello. 00:21:58.836 --> 00:22:19.421 It says there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens, a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to a fruit, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build. 00:22:19.421 --> 00:22:22.530 Then, first of all, that verse to verse 11. 00:22:22.530 --> 00:22:29.559 Because in verse 11 it says that it comes to a place where it is not just about time for this time, for this. 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:36.801 Jesus is the centipede and he says he has made everything beautiful in its time. 00:22:36.801 --> 00:22:39.631 He has also set eternity in the human heart. 00:22:39.631 --> 00:22:45.030 Yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 00:22:45.030 --> 00:22:49.085 I want you to know that Jesus Christ is the one who brings meaning to life. 00:22:49.085 --> 00:22:52.515 He's the only one. 00:22:52.515 --> 00:22:55.001 And I want you to know that Jesus is not. 00:22:55.001 --> 00:22:56.747 He did not come as a religious being. 00:22:56.747 --> 00:23:03.807 He did not come to represent Judaism. 00:23:03.807 --> 00:23:06.252 He did not come to represent Christianity. 00:23:06.252 --> 00:23:09.991 He did not come to represent any religious faction. 00:23:09.991 --> 00:23:13.122 He came to release the love of God. 00:23:13.122 --> 00:23:24.527 He came to show you how God looks like and when the fullness of time is, god connects with you, no matter where you are, no matter where you're hiding. 00:23:24.867 --> 00:23:40.190 The Bible says the shepherds who are just spending their time not knowing that something amazing had just happened While they were just sitting taking care of the flock, pigaring stories, talking about the politics of the day and talking about the rising taxes. 00:23:40.190 --> 00:23:43.266 They were just enjoying themselves, hallelujah. 00:23:43.266 --> 00:23:54.942 And the Bible says suddenly angels came into, into the into place and they said hey, something has happened, a child has been born in Bethlehem. 00:23:54.942 --> 00:24:05.260 Go see, your Savior has come and God is able to break through into a situation, into your darkness, into your things that are just not working. 00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:07.025 God can come in suddenly. 00:24:07.025 --> 00:24:07.346 Why? 00:24:07.346 --> 00:24:12.002 Because God destined you before the world was made. 00:24:12.002 --> 00:24:13.587 He had a plan for you. 00:24:13.587 --> 00:24:18.403 The Bible says I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. 00:24:18.403 --> 00:24:21.630 And God can get you anywhere. 00:24:21.630 --> 00:24:29.887 He can get you in Kenya, he can get you in Tanzania, he can get you in Europe, he can get you in India, he can get you in Pakistan, in Japan, wherever. 00:24:29.887 --> 00:24:31.993 God knows how to catch up with you. 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:37.813 One time there was a man by the name of Sadhu Sundar Singh. 00:24:37.813 --> 00:24:40.181 This was a person in India. 00:24:40.181 --> 00:24:43.807 He's not connected to Christianity, he's just living his life. 00:24:43.807 --> 00:24:54.310 And he came into a part of his life when he felt that life did not, was not worth living anymore, and he decided that he was going to kill himself. 00:24:54.310 --> 00:24:56.759 How was he going to kill himself? 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:04.202 He was in the village, but next to his house was a railway line and trains used to pass there. 00:25:04.202 --> 00:25:05.866 So every day he would act. 00:25:05.866 --> 00:25:13.865 Tell himself one of these days I'm going to jump on this railway line and let the train take me to wherever, because I don't care about life. 00:25:13.865 --> 00:25:16.944 I don't see if there's any meaning in life, I'm just going to die. 00:25:18.269 --> 00:25:33.348 Now you can imagine that guy, sadhu Sundar Singh, has had no connection with Christianity, has never attended a church, never gone to Sunday school, no preacher has talked to him. 00:25:33.348 --> 00:25:34.330 He's a sing. 00:25:34.330 --> 00:25:38.750 He's in India, he's in a place where Christianity may not be there. 00:25:38.750 --> 00:25:42.083 But let me tell you this amazing things are happening in India. 00:25:42.083 --> 00:25:48.569 Many churches are big, big, bigger churches than Parklands Baptist Church are in India. 00:25:48.569 --> 00:25:53.465 Amazing things are happening, you see, because God does not care about your location. 00:25:53.465 --> 00:25:56.673 God cares about your destiny. 00:25:56.673 --> 00:25:58.366 I'm talking to somebody. 00:25:58.366 --> 00:26:01.922 God does not care about your location, god cares about your destiny. 00:26:03.426 --> 00:26:08.844 Some of you may be living in Lovington West and you think that's your destiny. 00:26:08.844 --> 00:26:11.730 Let me tell you this continue staying in Lovington West. 00:26:11.730 --> 00:26:14.987 God doesn't care about your location, he cares about your destiny. 00:26:14.987 --> 00:26:17.421 Somebody's ordering Lovington West. 00:26:17.421 --> 00:26:18.241 Where is that? 00:26:18.241 --> 00:26:33.546 A place called Kawangware, but we like saying it is you know, and so you think that your destiny is in Lovington West and you cannot, you cannot cross those lines and come this way. 00:26:34.106 --> 00:26:42.128 So this guy wondering what will I do Now if you are God, for just five minutes? 00:26:42.128 --> 00:26:46.962 Hallelujah, of course I know what some of you are thinking. 00:26:46.962 --> 00:26:53.080 If you are God for five minutes, arsenal would win the league. 00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:55.786 Just God for five minutes. 00:26:55.786 --> 00:27:03.201 But let me tell you this in Christ you never walk alone. 00:27:03.201 --> 00:27:07.211 Jesus' name, amen. 00:27:07.211 --> 00:27:14.653 So, pasariks, coming to this guy, if you are God and this guy is planning to kill himself, what would you do? 00:27:14.653 --> 00:27:16.501 Would you send him to church? 00:27:16.501 --> 00:27:18.250 Would you send him to a pastor? 00:27:18.250 --> 00:27:19.374 What would you do? 00:27:19.374 --> 00:27:21.602 Does that guy has destiny? 00:27:21.602 --> 00:27:23.626 Is he connected to God? 00:27:23.626 --> 00:27:25.471 How can God get to him? 00:27:25.570 --> 00:27:30.336 But anyway, this is what happened the particular night that he was just now deciding. 00:27:30.336 --> 00:27:31.019 This is the day. 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:44.170 It was dark in the house and he's sitting there and he's waiting to hear the train coming. 00:27:44.170 --> 00:27:55.147 By the way, I was in a family of a father who was worked with the Kenya Railways, so we could hear those things. 00:27:55.147 --> 00:27:57.333 So the train is coming. 00:27:57.553 --> 00:28:05.597 When he had the trumpet and the train was coming, when he was just about to leave the house, that dark house suddenly became light. 00:28:05.597 --> 00:28:08.777 There was light in the whole house. 00:28:08.777 --> 00:28:10.403 He looks around. 00:28:10.403 --> 00:28:12.228 This was no electricity. 00:28:12.228 --> 00:28:18.730 He was using those two mikebez of, where you would put clothes, and, and Mahfuta and light. 00:28:18.730 --> 00:28:19.942 That's the light he had. 00:28:19.942 --> 00:28:30.396 But suddenly there was a bright light in that heart and then he had somebody speaking and that person said I am Jesus and I love you. 00:28:30.396 --> 00:28:32.890 You don't have to kill yourself. 00:28:32.890 --> 00:28:37.568 I will tell you what to do in a few days. 00:28:37.568 --> 00:28:43.050 So when that voice finished, suddenly it became dark. 00:28:43.050 --> 00:28:47.309 But in those few minutes the train had passed. 00:28:47.309 --> 00:28:51.768 So this guy started wondering what was that voice? 00:28:51.768 --> 00:28:53.084 What is this light? 00:28:53.084 --> 00:28:55.247 What just happened to me? 00:28:55.247 --> 00:28:57.204 Let me tell you what had happened to him. 00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.486 Destiny had showed up. 00:28:59.486 --> 00:29:07.921 I'm saying destiny had showed up in Jesus' name the next day because he was confused and he had had this name Jesus he knew. 00:29:07.921 --> 00:29:13.147 The only time this name Jesus he has had is in a certain small church, somewhere. 00:29:13.147 --> 00:29:23.988 So he went to that church, looked for the pastor and told him this is what happened to me the other day and the pastor, not knowing exactly what to tell him, got a new testament and gave it to him. 00:29:23.988 --> 00:29:27.664 He says read this book, it will tell you what you need to do. 00:29:27.664 --> 00:29:30.567 This man went and opened that Bible. 00:29:30.567 --> 00:29:36.311 He read the four gospels Matthew, mark, luke and John. 00:29:36.311 --> 00:29:51.989 And as he was reading those four gospels, suddenly this Jesus became alive to him and he realized why Jesus came and he gave his life to Jesus Christ and the life of that thing changed completely. 00:29:51.989 --> 00:29:54.346 Destiny had met him. 00:29:54.346 --> 00:30:05.729 That gentleman became an amazing missionary in India, walked many places, went to Tibet, went to many places just sharing the love of Jesus Christ. 00:30:05.729 --> 00:30:10.406 One time he even managed to go to London because he was just sharing this gospel. 00:30:10.406 --> 00:30:11.845 Destiny had met him. 00:30:11.845 --> 00:30:14.407 God knew where he was staying. 00:30:14.407 --> 00:30:16.926 Let me tell you this God knows where you're staying. 00:30:16.926 --> 00:30:19.084 God knows your location. 00:30:19.084 --> 00:30:22.387 You cannot hide from God because God has a destiny for you. 00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:28.848 One time, because of the persecution, this gentleman one time was thrown into a pit of snakes. 00:30:28.848 --> 00:30:31.184 There were snakes all over him. 00:30:31.184 --> 00:30:36.888 He was thrown into this pit inside there and there were snakes slithering all around. 00:30:36.888 --> 00:30:54.902 When he fell in he's not the only one who fell in, god also went into the pit and all the snakes suddenly became pillowcases for him and he just sat around snakes and he stayed there for many days just sitting there, praying. 00:30:54.902 --> 00:30:56.145 I'm calling on the name of God. 00:30:56.145 --> 00:30:58.487 And one day, out of nowhere, a rope. 00:30:58.487 --> 00:31:01.769 Somebody sent a rope to him and he just came down. 00:31:01.769 --> 00:31:03.748 That rope came down and he saw the rope. 00:31:03.748 --> 00:31:06.749 And then he held onto the rope and somebody pulled him out. 00:31:06.749 --> 00:31:10.607 When he came out, there was nobody there. 00:31:10.607 --> 00:31:14.364 God pulled him out. 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:19.125 I want to tell somebody, before the year is over, god is pulling you out. 00:31:19.125 --> 00:31:22.949 God is pulling you out of a dark hole. 00:31:22.949 --> 00:31:28.548 You see, because God had destiny, this gentleman may not even have changed his name. 00:31:28.548 --> 00:31:30.744 He was called Sadhu Sundar Singh. 00:31:30.744 --> 00:31:31.387 Until he died. 00:31:31.387 --> 00:31:37.153 He did not change his name to John Isaac Singh. 00:31:37.153 --> 00:31:44.404 Hallelujah, because destiny caught up with him In the fullness of time. 00:31:44.404 --> 00:31:46.911 Jesus was born. 00:31:46.911 --> 00:31:49.928 Jesus will be born into your situation. 00:31:49.928 --> 00:31:52.346 Jesus will be born into your circumstance. 00:31:52.346 --> 00:31:54.266 May Jesus connect with you. 00:31:54.266 --> 00:32:08.366 May you not kill yourself, may you not die before your time, because God has destiny for you and that destiny takes eternity past and eternity future and focuses it in the now. 00:32:08.366 --> 00:32:12.328 May God find you in the now, in Jesus' name. 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:15.449 There was a young lady around the age of 14. 00:32:15.449 --> 00:32:21.086 She's just sweeping, sweeping, sweeping, and just doing her chores, thinking of one day she'll get married. 00:32:21.086 --> 00:32:26.769 And just while she was walking around, boom, the place was lit up and an angel came. 00:32:26.769 --> 00:32:33.066 An angel said Mary, you are highly favored, you shall conceive and you shall have a child. 00:32:33.066 --> 00:32:34.210 Out of nowhere. 00:32:34.210 --> 00:32:37.403 This lady was not even in church, she was just at home. 00:32:37.403 --> 00:32:41.550 An angel showed up and destiny was unveiled for her. 00:32:41.550 --> 00:32:43.847 And the angel said you shall have a child. 00:32:43.847 --> 00:32:45.705 You shall call his name Jesus. 00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.946 And Mary's trying to engage this destiny. 00:32:47.946 --> 00:32:49.846 And she said by the way, I'm a virgin. 00:32:49.846 --> 00:32:50.743 Didn't you know that? 00:32:50.743 --> 00:32:52.786 Whoever sent you, did they know that? 00:32:52.786 --> 00:32:54.784 Tell you, I'm a virgin. 00:32:54.784 --> 00:32:56.003 This cannot happen. 00:32:56.305 --> 00:32:59.989 Let me tell you this it doesn't matter what impossibility you're facing right now. 00:32:59.989 --> 00:33:04.967 When destiny catches up with you, the impossible becomes possible. 00:33:04.967 --> 00:33:08.689 In Jesus' name, the impossible comes possible. 00:33:08.689 --> 00:33:11.821 And for sure, mary later said let it be unto me. 00:33:11.821 --> 00:33:19.229 According to your word, jesus is the centerpiece of destiny. 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:26.087 But very quickly, I want to talk about abundance, because this Jesus causes abundance to engage our lack. 00:33:26.087 --> 00:33:31.987 Tell your neighbor we are no longer going to lack. 00:33:31.987 --> 00:33:40.991 I'm going to explain that lack in a moment, but let me read this verse in John, chapter 1, verse 14 to 16. 00:33:40.991 --> 00:33:46.390 Let me read it in the amplified version and see that God wants to give you abundance. 00:33:46.390 --> 00:33:49.327 In Christ, you have everything that you need. 00:33:49.327 --> 00:33:51.423 Look at your neighbor one more time. 00:33:51.423 --> 00:34:01.163 Until your neighbor In Christ, I have enough, and more than enough, I have abundance. 00:34:01.163 --> 00:34:06.362 And if you don't believe me, I don't care. 00:34:06.362 --> 00:34:10.128 Hallelujah, yeah, because you believe. 00:34:10.168 --> 00:34:10.750 Now listen to this. 00:34:10.750 --> 00:34:11.985 I really love this statement. 00:34:11.985 --> 00:34:32.668 It says this and the word Christ became what Flesh and lived among us, and we actually saw his glory, the glory as belongs to the one and only begotten son of the Father, the son who is truly unique, the only one of his kind, who is full of grace and truth, absolutely free of deception. 00:34:32.668 --> 00:34:33.744 Look at the next verse. 00:34:33.744 --> 00:34:42.567 John testified repeatedly about him and has cried out, testifying officially, for the record, with validity and relevance. 00:34:42.567 --> 00:34:55.847 This was he of whom I say he who comes after me has a higher rank than I and has priority over me, for he existed before me. 00:34:55.847 --> 00:34:57.784 Now look at verse 16. 00:34:57.784 --> 00:34:59.083 This is where I'm going now. 00:34:59.083 --> 00:35:02.407 For out of his fullness, whose fullness? 00:35:02.407 --> 00:35:04.231 God's fullness? 00:35:04.231 --> 00:35:24.391 For out of his fullness, the super abundance of his grace and truth, we have received grace upon grace, spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor and gift heaped upon gift. 00:35:24.391 --> 00:35:29.422 Now tell your neighbor that is fullness, amen. 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:33.510 Many times you think that destiny is for us to just survive. 00:35:33.510 --> 00:35:35.686 You know, destiny is just I'll just survive. 00:35:35.686 --> 00:35:37.144 I'll just survive. 00:35:37.144 --> 00:35:41.231 If I can just make it to the evening, I'll be fine. 00:35:41.231 --> 00:35:45.186 If I during the night, if I can just make it into the morning, I'll be fine. 00:35:45.186 --> 00:35:47.447 Let me tell you this God has something better. 00:35:47.447 --> 00:35:49.925 I'm saying God has something better. 00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:53.288 I'm saying to somebody now, a celebration is coming your way. 00:35:53.288 --> 00:35:54.943 I'm talking to somebody. 00:35:54.943 --> 00:35:56.563 I'm saying a celebration is coming your way. 00:35:56.563 --> 00:35:59.867 You thought you may not ever be celebrated. 00:35:59.867 --> 00:36:01.947 Now you're going to be celebrated in Jesus' name. 00:36:01.947 --> 00:36:08.012 God can surprise you and God will surprise you in Jesus' name. 00:36:08.012 --> 00:36:12.987 God loves those kinds of things and it doesn't matter what time of the year it is. 00:36:12.987 --> 00:36:17.086 God can suddenly show up. 00:36:17.086 --> 00:36:21.206 When he shows up, he shows up with abundance. 00:36:21.206 --> 00:36:23.545 May that abundance be your portion. 00:36:23.545 --> 00:36:25.927 I'm saying may that abundance be your portion. 00:36:25.927 --> 00:36:28.206 I'm saying may that abundance be your portion. 00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:36.382 Look at this verse in Isaiah God talking to Cyrus, isaiah 45, verse one to six, again talking about his abundance. 00:36:36.382 --> 00:36:41.643 He says this is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus. 00:36:41.643 --> 00:36:43.385 Now let me read this in the NIV. 00:36:43.385 --> 00:36:47.489 Please Just turn it into the NIV so that he can just flow for us. 00:36:47.489 --> 00:37:03.585 This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of, I'm going to subdue nations before him, strip kings of their armor to open the doors before him so that gates will not be shut. 00:37:03.585 --> 00:37:07.625 I will go before you, I will level the mountains. 00:37:07.625 --> 00:37:09.585 May God level your mountains. 00:37:09.585 --> 00:37:11.846 I'm saying may God level your mountains. 00:37:11.846 --> 00:37:16.545 I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. 00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:28.847 He says I will give you hidden treasures, riches, totes in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, god of Israel, who summons you by name. 00:37:28.847 --> 00:37:37.891