lord I wanted to share a little bit of 2018 I titled this the year of good news
the year of goodness so we say good news doesn't it just sound great good news
you know we understand that the good news according to our word is the very
word of God the Bible goodness but yet your good news too
because you carry the very essence of God with you and if you carry the
essence of God with you and Holy Spirit lives in your heart how could you not be
good news now I understand you have bad days but
for the most part we're just simply the good news to a world that needs good
news I found this passage and I just really really love this passage it was
they'll just bless me so much and it's in Isaiah chapter 43 did we get that up
there Thank You Corey I'm trying hey are you doing great and Isaiah 43
and starting in verse 15 it says on the Lord your Holy One
Israel's creator and king on the Lord who opened the way through the waters
making a dry path through the sea I call forth the mighty army of Egypt with all
of its chariots and horses and then God says this I drew them beneath the waves
and they drowned their lives were snuffed out like the smoldering
candlewick how did you see there's times when comet just doesn't mess around who
did this to the Egyptians John did and you know the truth is I
think sometimes God shows off his greatness right before he leads his
people in the new territory because we'll need it to sustain us on the
desert journey now I was looking back when we left our old building that we
were in a time when we were worsening the church was growing it was
probably at its peak it was doing great and all of a sudden we get the message
that we have to move in so many months that was like and but then it was like
hey this is no problem that's gonna be easy we're gonna go find something and
let's buy a property and let's do great things for the Lord and then it was like
one obstacle after the other who was a child here and a mountain here and as
much as we would speak to the Giant into the mountain it seemed like you get
mocked kind of like that song what's that
waves crashing of crazy in the storm that money and that's what we did we
gonna praise God in the storm and it felt like the storm just kept going I
could only imagine when Noah felt for 40 days and 40 nights and then waiting for
the water to subside and the boat to end up somewhere on ground and sending those
out to find the skiff that would come back with it and what madness and
craziness but you know thank God that there's times when God give us a glimpse
of his greatness in this power because then you get to hold on to that because
you know that God is God. And you know so it's it's been a year of testing and
a year of trying but yet on the other hand it's been a there's been a lot of
great things and they've taken place which I can't discount. it goes on to say
here in the middle of this passage and God says - I'm the Lord your Holy One is
Israel's creator and King. I'm the Lord who opened to way through the waters making
a dry path through the sea for His people. I called forth the mighty army of
Egypt with all chariots and horses I drew them beneath the waves and they
drown their lives were snuffed out like a smoldering candle wick. And then it
goes into this in 18, and it says, But forget all that, it's like no big
deal for God it's nothing compared to what I'm gonna do. And when I
saw that was like wow! Come on Lord! He said for I'm about to do
something new. Somebody say new. See I have already begun do you not see it?
Well I've been seeing it really vividly. I hope that you get to see it too because
that's a revelation between you and God and knowing that God is who he is, how do
you believe 2018 will be an awesome year it could be an awesome year for you I
mean awesome here for your families being awesome here for your workplaces
it will be an awesome year for your neighborhoods and whatever it is that
God has you touch I just pray that it turns to gold.
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it's on our channel
Yes Lord! (laughter)
But I love that verse. I mean just the way they said I'm about to do
something new forget the past, forget all that stuff that was good, but it was
yesterday - how about today. What do we got today and I was thinking about this
is there anything that God can't do is there really anything that God can't do?
He can turn nothing into something just like that, He does it all the time
God will cause dead things to live again done that to go take the worthless and
make it priceless, you ever seen that? You know it's how I felt when I met God
It's like wow, I have value and so cool. He will turn old things into new things
who take us from the past and bring us into the presence, He will intercept with
Satan intended for evil and he'll make it good and that I really love it will
intercept what Satan meant for evil and He will cause it to be good. So with that
him saying but forget all that but forget all that it's nothing compared to
what I'm gonna do it's nothing compared to what I'm gonna do. God is so creative
and outside of the box that we put him in, we have no idea from week to week
what God can do how he can show up in all glory and power and touch the heart
and soul the situation of everybody in this room - just like that - How many here
could use a touch from God or miracle from God or you believe me God for
something or some type of healing or for God to move in the situation - just like
that - just one touch something brand-new
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