The Next Step

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Aint God So Good!? He has been so good to us. This year has been nothing but amazing! we see God doing big things in our people! I see so many people with a fire for jesus in their hearts. I see people getting motivated to participate! i see you! i see God changing hearts! i see God making changes. its truly amazing! this year 2020 has been lit! Jesus is doing something in this place and i want to be apart of it!

I say this all the time! im just a vessel. i Said yes to God. I said yes to Jesus! but it doesnt stop there! Im telling you it doesnt stop here! The reason people dont like me too much i think its because im crazy.

i took a personality test not too long ago and the results showed that only 2% of the world had my personality type. it explains alot honestly haha.

A part of me that many people dont like is that i always think that things could be better. in everything do i always think that if we push ourselves we could bring it to the next level.

like as human beings alone we are so amazing! we pushed boundires so far. weve set the bar so high in science in technology and in intelegence! no matter how far we go we continue to go fartger and farther.

i am the person who beleives in people. i dont think that we are every fully stuck.

its ok to not be ok. but its not ok to stay that way. we are here to move forward. we are here to help eachother and to help others.

im talking about moving forward. helping thoes who are stuck ! and not looking at people less because they are in a struggle!

Let me illustrate! i want everyone to lift their hands as high as they can and hold it there! ok not i want you to raise it one inch higher! do you see that ! i saw every hand go up even higher than they tought it could go!

i want the culture of this church to change this year! i want this to be a church that grows ! im not talking in numbers! im talking about you ! i want you all to grow and bring it to the next level !

is there anyone in this plavce today that is ready to bring it to the next level!

slap 3 people and say im ready to level up!

look at someone and say healthy things grow!

if you havtn been growing dont feel so bad because you arnt the only one. You just need a little nourishment. A little spiritual milk. a little fastinbg and [prayer.

Before we get into the txt, because i know how excited you are to hear Gods word take a second to think about where you are? and im not talking about in church. im talking about your relationship with God. Yea we are going there this morning. Todays message is a little differnt than what you are used to me preaching.

think about your prayer life. think about your heart. is it in the right place? are your intentions in the right place? think about these things. trust me i am not trying to make you feel back. becaue if we are being honest i started this year praying every morning i woke up and i dont remember the last time i got down on my knees and prayed. maybe like 2 weeks ago.

in order to take things to next leven you msut take the next step.

you cannot take things to the next level unless you change something. and you cannot change anything un till you choose to change it.

am i helping someone today?

You

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The New International Version Chapter 1

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

18 This is how the birth of [Jesus] the [Messiah] came about: [His] [mother] [Mary] was pledged to be married to [Joseph], but before [they] came together, [she] was found to be [pregnant] through the [Holy Spirit]. 19 Because [Joseph] [her] [husband] was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose [her] to [public] disgrace, [he] had in mind to divorce [her] quietly.

20 But after [he] had considered this, an [angel] of the[ Lord] appeared to [him] in a dream and said, “[Joseph] [son] of [David], do not be afraid to take [Mary] home as [your] [wife], because [what] is [conceived] in [her] is from the [Holy Spirit]. 21 [She] will give birth to a [son], and [you] are to give [him] the name [Jesus], t because [he] will save [his] [people] from [their] sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the [Lord] had said through the [prophet]: 23 “The [virgin] will conceive and give birth to a [son], and [they] will call [him] [Immanuel]” w (which means “[God] with [us]”).

24 When [Joseph] woke up, [he] did what the [angel] of the [Lord] had commanded [him] and took [Mary] home as [his] [wife]. 25 But [he] did not consummate [their] marriage until [she] gave birth to a [son]. And [he] gave [him] the name [Jesus].

Prayer

father we are here today befroe your presence. Asking that you do something new today in our lives. we pray today that we rtake the next step in our lives today. that this week you give us the strength the keep pushing forward. Use me today father as a vessel to deliver your message in Jesus name Amen!

Engaged but Prego

So Joseph and mayr found themselves

i love talking to atheist. people who dont beleive in God. I tell them man! this christian stuff is so hard sometimes. we go to church every sunday. we reas the bible and we pray to God. And we have to love our neighbor as ourselves! if you could just prove to me how everything came for nothing ill convert today ! nothing mean no thing. Aristotle said nothing is what rocks dream about. so what rocks dream about created everything?

i mean being atheist must be so fun! you could whatever you want whenever you want! no on would hold you accountable for what you do ! please if you could just prove to be that God doesnt exist and how everything came from nothing ill drop this crosss now becaue its getting super heavy!

but intil then im going to beleive that creattion hasa creator and his name is God! his name elohim. he is the alphe the omega the begging and the end.

and since we know God exist what is the greatest miracle in the bible? In the begging God created the heavens and the earth. so sine we know miricale exist how difficult would it be for God to make the virgen birth?

no too hard.

Jospeh and mar

Divorce

Dream

Will

Obey

Consumate

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