WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:09.359 We are in a new year and I say God bless you big time in this new year 2026. 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:19.280 I want to thank God for opening the gates of the year 2026 and allowing me and you to be a part of this year. 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:38.000 There is um uh a great work he's choosing to do in this year, especially in refreshing our connection with the Father, our connection with the Father, and Jesus uh Jesus is the one who made our connection with our Heavenly Father possible. 00:00:38.320 --> 00:01:00.079 In John chapter 1, uh verse 12, the Bible says, Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave them the right to become children of God, children born of not of natural descent, nor of human decision, or a husband's will, but born of God. 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:29.280 And I I want to to say to you that uh you are a child of God, you are a child of God, and uh this year I want you to celebrate the fact that you are a child of God, a child of God, not uh born out of human will or natural descent or the decision of a husband, but born of God, a child of God, born of God. 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:53.680 Celebrate the fact that you are a child of God, and this is to say, then God is your source, God is your source because you're a child of God, and uh, this year, as you come to God in prayer, uh come with confidence, come excited because you're coming uh to your father's house and you are praying in the name of Jesus. 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:55.280 You are a child of God. 00:01:55.519 --> 00:02:00.319 Come to God, believing that He will give you everything that you ask. 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:08.319 You know, Matthew 7 7 says, Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be open unto you. 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:08.960 Yeah? 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:15.360 For whoever asks receives, whoever seeks finds, whoever knocks the door shall be open unto him. 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:24.479 You have the right, because you are a child of God, to pray by faith, to pray boldly and trust God for provision. 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:27.360 But number two, you are a child of God. 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:29.919 Serve like a child of God. 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:40.000 As you go out, know this year that God is with you, and uh, in the name of Jesus, you can serve at any level and also at every level. 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:50.479 The power of God is granted to the children of God, and so everywhere you go as you minister, the works of the sons and daughters of God shall manifest this year. 00:02:50.639 --> 00:03:00.560 Uh stand like a child of God and do not apologize as you go out serving and ministering because you are a child of God. 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:08.240 The the enemy will whisper all kinds of things, but I want you to believe that as a child of God you are victorious. 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.199 Number three, I want to say you are a child of God. 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:15.759 For that reason, the enemy will not be able to put you down. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:22.000 This year 2026, I declare the enemy will not be able to put you down. 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:27.759 You are more than a conqueror, no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper, I declare. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.960 And that the enemy will come in one direction and be scattered in seven directions. 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:33.599 Why? 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:44.639 Because you are a child of God, born through the Spirit of God, from the root of the persona of God, and therefore everywhere you go, you're going to be victorious. 00:03:44.800 --> 00:04:04.800 And so this year I pray that you'll celebrate that connection that you have with the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ, and that you'll boldly go everywhere saying, I am a child of God, and I know it, not out of the will of man, but out of the decision of God. 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:13.599 And may the grace of God flow in your life, may the power of God through uh flow through you as you serve as a child of God. 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:17.120 God bless you this year more than you've ever imagined. 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:18.079 Amen.