Jesus Centered Life - Will Brocker 2-8-2026

Jesus Centered Life - Will Brocker 2-8-2026 by Will Brocker

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So, good morning again to you here at Grace and Truth Church. Always a pleasure to be with the church family. And we're praying for everyone, even those who aren't here. And we're praying for all of you online or who will listen or here in other places at other times. And there are a lot of you. We're so blessed and so thankful that that has uh has come to pass. And some of you watch, some of you listen. There are lots of ways that you can hear the messages, and so glad that you are. And I've just started mentioning some of you because I get messages and so forth. So God bless you in Germany and in Ireland and in Indonesia and India a lot lately, Turkey, France, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Russia, Spain, and um, and then the um the UK. Just to name a few. I don't want to uh stop, but those are some just recent, and uh just want to know, let you know that we we we see you and we pray, I pray for you just like you're here. And uh I know that there are many that think of this as their church, and great, we love you. We think of you as part of the same body of Christ as us, and and you are family, if you belong to the Lord, if you're just dipping your toe in the water or peeking through the window and still trying to uh find out. Um because just like when someone comes to sell you something, which I'm not selling you anything, if I were, I would have the greatest product of all time and the greatest price. But but you don't know who to believe. Just like when I came to the Lord and he called me in truth to the Lord, I always said I was a Christian, but I wasn't. But when I really, when he really got a hold of me, and then he made it apparent that he wanted me to come into the ministry, I was uh reluctant, like Jeremiah, I guess. And I said, uh, what do you want with me? I got a late start. There's a church on every corner, they all disagree. Who am I supposed to believe? Silence. I said, Well, you would have to teach me. And believe it or not, he said, Okay, that's a deal. Turns out that's very scriptural, so not a problem there. And so I trust him. He's faithful, and uh I thank him for it. But I love you all. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you so much for this opportunity to come together and to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for the anointing that breaks every yoke. Thank you for using me to spread the seed of your word, Lord, the matter from heaven, and that it take root and bear fruit into the hearts of all the hearers in Jesus' name. Amen. Well, a lot's happening. Lots happening. I always say that I like to share from the pulpit a little bit about everything that you might hear on the news or things like that, which I don't watch the news. We don't even have television, like regular television, but but I, you know, it's not hard to get the tidbits just enough to know, hey, I need to say something about that maybe, because it's best that you get it from the pulpit in truth based on the word, amen. So lots happening, obviously, in the world at large, in our nation at large. And, you know, just to start there, we are blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed to live in a nation that is founded on faith and biblical principles. With all of our warts, with all of the problems and everything else, I think that that is a wonderful, wonderful thing. And we are blessed that God knew where we would be born and uh chose us for such a time as this. And like our dear friend was saying, there are people all over the world who have nothing. They have very little. Some cling to a couple of pages from this Bible. In that very country in India, we heard a I heard a story recently from our brother Russell that uh of a of a of a pastor whose home they stayed in, an associate pastor for for Pastor Ramboso. But he his his testimony was he had been a Hindu priest or monk, yeah. And he was traveling, he found, just came across one of Andrew Wamak's books, You've already got it. And he absorbed that, didn't even have a Bible, and he just began going and preaching. He he received Jesus as Lord, he converted and he just began to preach. And uh, you know, a lot of things have culminated since that time, and now he's an associate pastor, has a great business. The Lord directed him, told him to go to this city and start this kind of business and did all these wonderful things. So wonderful things are happening, but we're blessed to be here, and and we need to not take it for granted, to be thankful and to understand that we have a responsibility that goes with it. But when the when the when the the pilgrims that sailed uh across on that that little ship, the Mayflower from Plymouth, England, in what uh 1620, and then they landed in uh Plymouth, Massachusetts. Um they didn't, you know, they didn't carry a flag. They didn't carry an English flag on that ship, they carried a cross. And they had a chaplain on board, and they they um before they got off, we know that they signed the Mayflower Compact and so forth, but you know that that chaplain, he went to them and he told them, he says, I have observed you on our journey, and you are not ready. And so he called them to a fast and prayer, and then they sat on the decks of that small ship and they had communion, just like we did this morning. And then they did the Mayflower complex, they got off of that ship and they didn't plant a flag, they planted that cross in the ground. And so I think that is worth noting. And uh we we live in a precarious time and a wonderful time. Uh it's a time of great revival. I believe the third great awakening has begun, and we are in the midst, the beginning phases of that. And with every great awakening, uh there has also been uh great hardship and shaking that goes along with it. Amen. The first one was right around the Revolutionary War, the other was around the Civil War. You see what I mean? And yes, we know from the word that judgment begins in the household of God. Yes, right, but I want to just give you a warning. Be sure not to be a Pharisee in these end times. Thank you for that thunderous silence. No, I know you're just listening. But we are called to grow in grace, not judgment. Amen. It's sad to see when the body of Christ begins uh eating its own, so to speak. That's a terrible phrase, but you get my point. Especially when much of the information is is very limited or incorrect that they're going by. They're so quick to jump to judgment. This is a sin. Yes, there are many things that do need to be shaken. And we can trust that God is doing that. He promised that he will do that. As I've said this, because I've declared it for almost two decades now, that the Lord showed me, because I said when I said there's a church on every corner, he said they're not what you think.

unknown 8:31

That's right.

SPEAKER_00 8:32

And I mean, that may sound however you want to hear it. That's just what I heard, and I knew that it was him. And then he took us around the body of Christ, didn't he, honey? And we saw some things. We saw a lot of things, wonderful things and awful things. I heard more things because I was privy to things as a minister than I wanted to hear about certain situations and churches and places and things that still astound me to this day. So, no doubt that some of it is necessary. But I remind you that when we have our focus, the Bible says, and I have to remember in Proverbs or Psalms, when we when we keep our focus on others, God will keep his on you. Focus as in judgment, that is. God will keep his eyes on you. So just keep that in mind as things transpire. I don't have to dig into the details of anything specifically. You all have discernment. You all know the word, you all have Jesus. And I just want to tell you, here's the simple, here's the simple resolution to that. Here's the simple fix to all the things that you're wondering if you have to worry about. Follow Jesus. Keep him at the center of your everything. Your marriage, your family, your finances, your home, your work, anything you do, your relationships, and you'll be okay. This is this is just this is how simple God is. He didn't call you to be the church police, or the the Christian police, or the minister's police. Now, having said that, we are called, people say, we don't judge. No, the Bible tells you to judge everything. You are to judge all things, but judge nobody. There's a difference. There's a difference. Jesus told the woman, neither do I condemn you. What else did he say? Go and sin no more. He judged the sin. He did not judge the woman. You see, there's our example. Isn't it wonderful? He God came and walked the earth to give us an example. It's so easy to find. Oh, there. There it is. And let me tell you this. Even if you misinterpret something, which I I may have saying this wrong, but you'll get my point. If you if you see, okay, here's Jesus, this is what I believed you would do based on what I saw you do. Even if that's wrong in that particular situation, he'll judge that as faith and he'll make the correction in your life and he'll fix it. That's how good he is. That's how good he is. That's how faithful he is. Man looks on the outward appearance. Yeah, they did this, they said that. Jesus is looking at the heart. Huh? So follow Jesus. Stay free. Let God be God. You follow Jesus. Overseas, we just heard about India. We've been hearing a lot about India. It's so sad because they were always so, they were never a Christian nation, but they were very tolerant and loving. But now with this government, they they will arrest them. You can't openly convert to Christianity. And you just heard some of the people pastors and people who do convert openly are disappearing. People that go there to preach, ministers, like if I were to fly over there with a group of ministers, they they wouldn't do anything. They'll follow you around and stuff like that. But then everyone that you affected who responded publicly, they'll get them when you're gone. That's awful. That has to be stopped. We need to pray. Your prayers are effective, praise God. We're gonna pray. We're gonna keep praying. But I want to mention Persia. I call it Persia still. Because it at one time Persia had become a great friend of God in the Bible. Modern-day Iran, I mean. But there, listen, the numbers you hear, the few thousand that you hear that have been killed by that tyrannical, demonic Islamic government, that's a that's that's a way understated. Some say it's closer to 50,000, 60,000 dead. Just for protesting against that oppressive demonic government. Pray for them. Pray for them. Pray for them. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for the church at large. But let me tell you this, because there's always, God is always doing wonderful things, even in the midst of all the tragedy and adversity. In the midst of the devastation and the tragedy, the greatest church growth in the world right now is where? Iran. The Iranian church is multiplying dynamically. They have to meet in secret, just like in China, just like in India. And they always have a birthday cake there in case these government spies barge in because they will arrest them if they don't pretend, you know, it's a birthday party. So they things like that are happening. But the church has always grown in the greatest times of persecution, you know. So it'll prosper. On the rock of revelation of Jesus Christ as Lord of all, he will build his church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Amen? So it's a good time to be alive. It's a good time to be a part of this. So thankful that our friend is here today to share, just to get a glimpse. I mean, outside of our mundane, you know, oh yeah, like he said, you know, we have church on every corner, stack of different Bibles and different translations, and you can turn on and hear 150 different sermons at any time you want, from, you know, why get out of bed? It's my only day of rest. I could turn it on later and hear some of the really great preachers, you see. That's not, you know, but the greater manifestations, the people that really get the healings and the miracles and things like that that are available to all of us, already been granted, but the ones that are hungry, the ones that that climb the mountains and walk through the jungles and go four or five hours overnight and just are waiting out there when the man of God walks into the little room where they're going to meet and they sit on the floor and whatever, those people, they're desperate for God and they're hungry and they they get whatever it is that they came expecting from God. He's no respecter of persons. The same thing's available to us, and it's good to remind ourselves of these things. This is a time of or for the church of blessing and favor in this nation, for sure. We are we've been tremendously blessed. We have a, whether you like them or not, individually, we have a president, we have a government that is more pro-church and pro-Jesus Christ than ever before in our lifetimes for sure. And it doesn't mean that it's a time for us to rest in that and just go, oh, exhale and just take it easy and try to ride the fence to appease the other, the demonic influences in this nation. They're not people. The battle's not against flesh and blood, but you know what I'm saying. Don't say, okay, well, now things are good for us. So now let's just be kind and more tolerant. No, no, no, no, no, no. That is not the time for that. We should be taking ground for the church, for the kingdom of God, sharing the gospel from the rooftops while we have this great door of opportunity, because it will not always be open. Don't see it as a time of rest, but as a time to be a worker in the harvest of souls that Jesus died for. Amen. Remember Lot's wife. Jesus requires you to put your hands to the plow and don't look back. Hallelujah. Lead a Jesus-centered life, a spirit-filled and equipped life, adorned and with all the armor of your Father, the creator of heaven and earth, and wielding the sword of the Spirit, the word of truth. Amen. In Matthew chapter 7, verses 13 and 14, Jesus says, Enter in through the narrow gate. Spoiler alert, he is that gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through that. That's that highway to hell that ACDC used to sing about. But small is the gate and narrow the road that takes, that leads to life, and only a few find it. Now, when God talks about a few, I mean, there, think of all the people ever born, or ever will be born, or even people that are alive on this planet now. I don't think it's just going to be a handful of people in heaven, of course not. But there's going to be a lot more that don't make it. And we don't want that for anyone. God does not want that for anyone. It's not his will that any should perish. Praise God. 2 Corinthians 5.17 says that we're a new creation in Christ. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he's a new creation. The old is passed away. Behold, the new has come. All things are new. In 1 Corinthians 6, 17, anyone who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him. Hallelujah.

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Amen.

SPEAKER_00 20:25

In the first epistle of John 4.4, I just remind you again, little children, you are from God and have overcome them. And when we talk about them, I'm talking about that world system, the demonic influences, the Satan and his army. You have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Hallelujah. We remember in Luke chapter 10 how Jesus delegated his authority to the disciples. But do you know? We were born again with the authority in us. It's not delegated to us for certain occasions and purposes and jobs. That anointing is built in, dwells within us now. And if we just come to know that and to live from that, we have confidence from Jesus' gift of righteousness. So we can be guilt free. He took your sinful life upon himself on the cross, and God poured out his wrath on Jesus. So there was a divine exchange. And it was God's plan to do that because he loves you so much. It was his good pleasure to do that. And now it's his good pleasure to give you the kingdom. So now you can have strong faith as we trust in him and keep him at the center of it all. Center of our lives. I just want to keep saying that. I want to keep you thinking that this week. Amen. Keep him at the center of everything. It's an easy litmus test. No matter what you're going through, no matter what's going on, you start to lose your peace a little bit. Hold on. Is Jesus at the center of this? Let me get re-centered around my Lord and Savior, Christ in me. Keep our focus on Him. A focus on Him, a life after the Spirit of God and not after the flesh. That's what the Bible calls us to. And what does that mean? It means, like I say so often, we're supposed to live inside out once we're born again. Not outside in. Do we understand that? No. It could get kind of a convenient little phrase, but are we understanding that? To live according to the flesh just means to live according to a soulish realm. This natural mind and this body. The external needs and wants and desires, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life. The emotions. To be governed by our emotions. We're supposed to govern our emotions, not vice versa. Some people are led by the emotions, the desires of the flesh. They react to external situations and circumstances instead of acting in faith, according to what the Bible teaches us and what God promises us and what Jesus has provided for us. See here, here's a my wife is sitting here, and I think of her. You're either going to be a sponge or a fountain. God gave me this yesterday, and I was so thankful. You're either going to be a sponge or a fountain. Your choice. But if you're a sponge, that means you're living from the external, the outside in. And you're going to soak up in fear, because fear, fear it mandates this. Fear will cause you to soak up fear. You'll soak up strife. You'll soak up chaos. You'll soak up death in all its various forms. Or you can choose to live inside out from the fountain within, the kingdom of God within, and you produce life wherever it flows. Wherever you go. It's a choice. Like I was saying before, when you when you sit down to someone and they start sneezing or sniffling, do you think, oh man, I'm going to get sick? Or do you think, thank you, Lord? I see why you set me here. They're going to get healed because I sat down here. That's living from the inside out. The other, when you mask up and go, oh, cooties, that's living from the outside in. Okay. I think you got it. Amen? Try to paint a little picture. If we know this and operate in faith, no demon in hell will stand against us. Against you, Barbara. Praise God. If you can believe you're righteous, Samuel, and because of the gift of righteousness, you have authority. Because that strengthens our faith. Knowing that we are righteous, in right standing with God, because of the gift of righteousness from Jesus, and that we have been given this authority, that will strengthen our faith. And then we can operate in real working faith. Not just theological Bible talk, faith. But like my dear friend was saying, he likes to not only share the word, but he he wants to make sure that word took took root and bearing fruit. Huh? To talk to me about your life. What does this mean to you? How does it apply? I get that and I love that. If you can believe you're righteous, you can operate in that strong faith that we like to talk about. That mountain moving, devil stomping faith. Matthew 10, 8. Jesus told them heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. Freely you have given, freely give. It's all by grace. Share Jesus. Share Jesus. But know this. Now here's a community advisory alert, whatever you want to call those things. Know this. The enemy is watching you. I'm not saying this to scare you, but to prepare you. We don't look for a de a demon on every doorknob. I want you to be like Smith Wigglesworth. He woke up that night. Sure that someone was there. Turn his lamp on. Devil was standing at the end of his bed. He said, Oh, it's only you. Went back to sleep. That's who you are and what you have in Christ. But do you know it? Because the devil's watching to see if you truly believe it. Believe me on this. If you look at things in the natural, you can see the same principle worked out, what I'm trying to convey here. In other words, the laws of our of the land, the laws being on the books, don't keep people in line. The enforcement of them does. Right? The rules in a home or in a school or in a workplace don't keep people abiding by the rules. The enforcement of them does. People watch those with authority, right? They watch to see if they enforce the rules or the laws, whether it's bosses or parents or teachers or governments, and if they see that they can break the rules or the laws, and there are no repercussions, no penalty, no discipline, well then what's the natural tendency? To go ahead and break the rules. Because there's no enforcement, no consequences, no guarantee of punishment. It's the same in the spiritual realm. I'm not talking about punishment from God as a child of God because Jesus already paid for that. I'm talking about your authority against an unseen enemy and his army. As a child of God in Christ, you have total authority over all the works of the devil and his demons. But ask yourself a question. Do they listen to you? If not, it's because you don't follow through with your authority. All right then. You just think about that. Talk to the Lord about it. Luke 24, 49. Jesus said, The promise from my Father will endue you with power from on high. It's done. That's the Holy Ghost. Now you have authority, you have power to plunder the strong man's house. To take back what the enemy stole, to heal your own body. Of course, it's not you, it's Christ in you. Heal your own body. To take back your peace, love, and joy, your family, your relationships, your prosperity, to call forth blessings and favor and power from on high. It's not you, it's Christ in you. It's the armies of God responding to the authority of God's blessing spoken over you in Christ. And when you wield the sword of God's word and promises, with your declarations and your proclamations in confidence, in boldness, the angels of God are responding and making God's word come to pass. So are we using our authority? That's just a question for ourselves. The Bible says, examine yourself to see whether you be in the faith. That's faith. Jesus said, When I return, will I even find faith? That's such a sad thing for me every time I read it. I just want to say, yes, Lord. Oh, let me be found in faith, Lord. Are we using our authority? Are we standing firm in it? Or is it seen by the enemy as just an idle threat? If you see this as a real thing, if you begin to see the spiritual realm more real than what you can see, because it is, it created this, and you begin to live this way, you'll see lots more benefits in your life and then the lives of those you're praying for and believing for. If you'll make up your mind to begin today, to use your God-given authority to drive out darkness by shining your light, speaking life in confidence, in Jesus' name. It'll change circumstances and situations and begin to rid those situations in your life of that darkness. You don't get rid of darkness by shoveling out of the room. You got to flip on the light. You are the light of the world. When you walk in the room, the atmosphere should change. And if the demons begin to hiss a little bit, don't take it personal and get your feelings hurt. Jesus said if they hate you, it's because they hated me first. Let it be because of Christ in you and not because you're acting like the devil. Praise God. Oh, goodness. Your righteous gift will cause that darkness to flee. That's a promise. It's a promise not from me, but from God. It's that simple. And turn to James 4 7 and I'll try to finish up here. But, and I just want to tell you, because we're familiar with this passage of scripture, I love James. The only one more to the point and right between the eyes is his brother Jude. He only used one page and he didn't even preach about what he wanted to. I wanted to write to you about this, but so I just want to tell you this. Don't let religion interpret scripture for you. Was that too vague? Don't let religion interpret scripture for you. He said, some people read their Bibles in Latin and some in Greek and some in Hebrew. I read mine in the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. Religion will beat you into submission. But the goodness, the grace and truth and mercy of God will bring repentance. Godly repentance. You see? God hates sin, yes, and he wants all of us to walk in our true identity as righteous and holy children of God. Because sin destroys lives, doesn't it? As it gives place to the devil to steal, kill, and destroy, which is all he does. In its various forms. So yeah, God wants us to embrace the life of Christ in us, the hope of glory, to walk in freedom from sin and shame, and to enjoy the light of God, to walk in his perfect peace and love and joy. Amen. But there's a huge difference. God doesn't want religion to beat you into submission because it's not honest. It's like that story that Samuel was telling me this morning. Some people do things just to be people pleasers or just to be seen or whatever, and it's not real. And God sees that, you see. Jesus will just stoop down and wash them for you. So James 4 7 says, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. So submit to God, submit to your new identity, submit to the gift of righteousness, his armor, his power, his love and acceptance for you. When you have a revelation of his love for you, the obedience will fall into place. That will be your response to his amazing love for you. Yes, it will. In Jesus' strength. You say, I can't, I'm too weak. In your weakness, he is strong. You either believe the life that you now live is Christ who liveth in you, or you don't. You need to believe. She's just so open and honest. She was telling one of you. She's like, I told, I told William this morning, I was on that couch. I told him, you better pray for me right now because I don't know. I'm gonna get up from here and get going, you know what I mean? And she goes, and so he did. Of course, walked right over there, laid hands on. We don't, I don't give any space for the devil. When Jesus is vited in, he he just comes right through the door. Amen. And and uh I walked over there, I prayed, and I didn't wait to see what happened. I walked off and kept doing what I was doing. It was done, you see. Now, when it was gonna manifest, I don't know. I just knew it was done. Believe you have what you pray for when you pray, and you shall have it. Seed time and harvest. Sometimes it happens immediately. Wonderful. Even most healings, though, are gradual. I just believe when I sow that seed, that it's bringing forth a harvest. And I'm believing for it to happen immediately. Hallelujah. Where was I?

unknown 40:46

James 7.4.

SPEAKER_00 40:48

Yeah, James 4, 7. So it's Jesus' strength. It's not our strength. And when we when we submit to God, resist the devil, then it says he, the devil, he will flee from you. It's not because it's of you, it's because of who you are now. Because the authority you wield now. People don't people don't put their hands on the car and put their hands behind their back and get handcuffed because a man told them to. They do it because it was a man wearing a badge. So he's been given some authority. And now the times in which we live in, they're just you see, that's another demonic thing in the household, in the family, to teach a child that they don't have to be obedient to that authority, that's a sin. You see what I'm saying? Nevertheless. But those demons, if Satan will, it's James was referring to Satan, he will flee from you, he being Satan. So if he'll flee from you, you know, probably no one here has ever encountered Satan himself. He's just one being. He's only in one place at a time. He's got a lot of demons. But if he will submit to you or flee from you, not submit, but he'll flee. How much more? His demons. Huh? Amen. Christians who don't know who they are and what they have in Christ are the ones that get beat up by the devil. That's why we're teaching this. Not to make people feel bad. I hear so many Christians these days. Only in America, though. Only in America. You don't hear this coming from testimonies from overseas in the church. Only American Christians. I left that church because they made me feel bad because I didn't have enough faith and this and that. Sometimes faith is taught in error, right? Like a work. You know? So I get that. But I think people are just so easy to be offended. Ah, you made me feel bad. No, I'm trying to, I'm, I don't know what they did. Some of them do do things that are wrong, terribly wrong. The church, listen, the Bible taught, and this has been going on since the Bible, you know, the book of Acts, since before, you know. So there's nothing new. There's always been people taking advantage of their authority and doing things wrong and teaching wrong. And all that will continue. Paul said, you know, not not many of you were uh the cream of the crop of this world when you came to God, basically. I boiled it down. You know what I'm talking about? Not many of you were this and that, and great and wonderful and rich, and all that. You know why? Because they don't think they need God.

unknown 43:58

That's right.

SPEAKER_00 43:58

So God. Who does Jesus get? Us granola Christians, the fruits, flakes, and nuts. And he loves us anyway. And he takes us and cleans us up and polishes up. He says, look what I can do. He uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise in their own minds, you see? Hallelujah. Thank you, Glory. Oh, goodness. So you have authority. And I'm done here, Joy. You want to put some keys on there? I have a. I feel it. I know when it's time. We never finish. We just stop and start again. Amen. But you do have authority over your situations, your body, your finances. So speak blessings and life and multiplication and favor into your situations and circumstances and of those you're praying for. Because you are not a victim. You are not a victim in Christ. If you were, it was before Christ saved you. But that person died. You have to reckon. That means you have to really reckon. You have to credit yourself. I'm looking at my friend because he's a CPA or whatever. You go with all that. There's a reckoning, and Barbara too, there's a reckoning. It means you have to determine that that is a done deal, right? I mean, I'm not, I'm fine. You have to see it that way. You have to see that you actually died with Christ on that cross. And now it is you living, it's him living in you and wanting to get out through you. Hallelujah. That lion devil may have played you as a victim, but now you know who you are and what you have in Christ. And you should rise up in strength and righteousness and in the power and might of God and take back what the enemy has stolen. Sevenfold. Hallelujah. Don't let religion talk you out of your identity and your authority in Christ. Because it will try. A leader, even a great general with a huge army at his disposal, with all authority, may be feckless and ineffective because he has no confidence to direct and command. You see what I mean? Even though he could. But in Christ, you are confident and you are bold and you are loved and you are redeemed and you are empowered and you are a child and representative of Jesus Christ and his kingdom. You have a Father, the creator of the universe, who is your Abba, Father. Believe it, lay hold of it, change your mind, change your thoughts, and increase your confidence in the Christ in you. And change your words, your declarations, your proclamations, and change your life. Rise and shine in the glory of God and tell the whole world about your Jesus. Don't worry about others. Follow Jesus. Keep that childlike faith. Keep Jesus at the center of it all. Rise and shine for Jesus. And watch what He'll do. It's gonna be great. He has wonderful plans, great things in store for you. He can do more with one year of your life than you can do in 60 or 70. That's a guarantee. He can do more in one minute. But there's only one day with God anyway, it's called today. All we have to do is get up. Lord, what do you have for me today? Thank you for this awesome day. And then just go spend all the grace that He gives you for today. And then start over tomorrow. You say, oh, that wasn't so hard. There's only one day. Only one day I have to worry about. And there's no worry. God's got this, He's got me. Say this the blessing of the Lord is upon me. The favor of the Lord surrounds me. And wonderful things are happening to me and through me and for me today in Jesus' name. Amen. Give the Lord a hand clap of praise. Glory to God. Father, we love you so much and we love you because you first loved us. You have proven your love. You are faithful. Thank you for your Son Jesus Christ. Thank you for your Holy Spirit. Thank you that our names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Thank you, Lord, for loving us, directing and guiding us. Thank you for your precious word today. We ask that we are helped and protected to meditate on this word and that you guard the peace of our minds as we stay focused on you and we let this word take root and bear fruit in our lives. And we begin to walk in the authority and the identity that Christ has made us into this new creation, this child of God, this ambassador for you and for your kingdom, holy God. In Jesus' name, amen. Now, before anyone gets up, I just want to say to anyone watching or listening at any other time, any other place in the future, the Word of God, the anointing of God knows no time limitations, no bounds or space. God is the creator of these things. He's not limited by them. But if you don't know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and you believe the message that you heard today and just means that God has drawn you to Himself and He's knocking at the door and He wants you to open. Let me show you how to open that door. You simply say, Father, I believe that Jesus is your Son. I believe that He came to earth and lived as a man, a sinless life, and that on the cross He took all of my sins and your judgment for those sins on his body. And he laid down his life for me. Only to take it up again on the third day. I believe that he lives today. Jesus, I ask you to be my Lord and Savior. Amen. If you said that prayer and you meant it in your heart, and you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior to the exclusion of all other gods, I'll see you in heaven. And I'm really looking forward to it. God bless you.