The Place of Pressing
Not only is there a place here? Not only is there a place here for the public? Not only is there a position for them on my brother sister? That's another point. We need to look at another thing. We need to examine. Yes. Yes, there is. opposition for the public but what I also see when we look at the narrative is also a place for the personal. a place for the personal
brothers sisters right here at the text. The Bible says something interesting and he says after he set them. Engage information of where he was headed verse 33 says any took Peter James and John with him. And he began to be troubled and deeply distressed. Yeah, once you position the public. There's a few more steps. You need to make him and every now and then God will give you an intimate and intimate group. Those who are like-minded or at least you hope I like minded those who also understanding of the seriousness of this nature notice. What Mark is observing here that the three cakes are the three who were able to witness things that the other disciples could not see Did Jesus understand the benefit of of the circles he had a circle out with of a public that was simply there to spectate looking at his miracles wondering if there could be a benefit for them, but then there was a group of quail that he call from out of the spectators to be participate as he would give them delivered time. He would give them dedicated lessons. He would give them decisive teachings. But even in the 12 he found three. Those three soft things that the others did not see.
Those three saw things that the others couldn't navigate. those three soft things better out of crowd with Miss cuz they were seeking self that the that that secondary Crown might miss because they were not quite ready for the full weight. But these three saw Jesus changed from a rabbi to a figure of pure light these three want a mountain when Jesus invited down celestrial houseguest that stop by Moses and Elijah Terry to talk with the Christ and they even had the added pleasure of hearing the very voice of God saying this is my son in whom I am. Well pleased. Can I ask you a question? Who are you at 3?
Who are your three you take deeper in the things of God, who are your three that can Journey further than just what's on the surface? Everybody ought to have a few people. If not, just one a few know when you are putting on a good face. Everybody ought to have somebody at least one but a few people who understand when your girl smile is really hiding the hurt. From the harm that's been causing your life. Gotta be somebody I just spend at least one but it hears three who might know what it's like when pain is present when when problems are persistent when different Coty has delivered themselves to your door. Do you have three who can go a little further? A little beyond the days when you just have money can they go to a place where you're worried where your next meal would come from? Is there a circle of three for you in a place of pressing the public stops at a position but they ought to be some stages where the personal can Journey a little while longer.
he had three and notice when he left that public Ramen to that personal space it was then we're what was in the spiritual realm began to manifest in the Physical Realm on my residence is at a party and tell you that that transformation is real. Because the things of God that way on your heart Artist Joe physically from your hands with the last time you cried, but you weren't said about your life. When's the last time you felt pain, but you had no helmet in your body? When's the last time you felt waited down but for the first time in a long time, your plate was empty. God has a way of allowing a sincere Seeker to join him in a place with what ways on God begins the way on you. And I said, you ain't got that kind of intimacy with God. You better get closer. The public will never know when things break the heart of God that the public realm can't understand when God takes things personally. Can you imagine the heart of God how it breaks when he sees how we treat one another? We see the difference. We make it in in each other from color of skin to zip codes to the kinds of clothing. We wear we have this way of allowing human behavior to affect the Divine condition Jesus's feeling I was not only did he take three little further, but it was then. Then he began to be for the word trouble. Kia my imagine having the creative authoritative Sovereign power of God gets filled of weight and worries. Of humanity simultaneously the resistance. It probably took from Jesus to deny deity to embrace Humanity. The feel what it feels like when Bill's got you down. To feel what it feels like when the doctor says I think we've done all we can do. Somebody right now is in that place where you feel that way where there are no more medicines to try. No more programs to getting a you've done all the marriage counseling you could you start out all the therapist that can help your loved ones. You've even tried all you can and pop all the pills. You could prescribe be prescribed to you and you've even tried some substances that aren't in the pharmacy trying to get that weight off you but now you recognize this might not go anywhere.
I can be transparent if I could be honest open transparent. I I try to be hot right here. Yeah, I'm in a space like that. I'm in a space where I want to weep over the loss of my mother, but I'm worried about the state of Christianity. I want to cry that I'm separated from my siblings who are suffering from such a single important figure being being taken away yet. I'm worried about my brothers and sisters in Christ. But this crisis might create spiritual chaos in their lives. I'm worried that there might be some men of God out there who feel like they don't have to preach the truth no more. I'm concerned that there might be some individuals who think that what's going on right now is more important on what God has planned to go on for us and Eternity. I'm worried that churches have closed their doors and their purposes. This is they can't be at the address if they have no Commission. I'm worried that we're trying to navigate being in different places but being bringing old mechanics to these new environments
in Jesus's feeling a much heavier weight he's feeling the serious tonnage of seeing that sitting on him not just for Humanity now but past and future he's feeling the heaviness of being dead yet being bound in humanity he's being the all existing All-Seeing all-knowing Timeless 1/2 now someone reaching the end of their time About to feel the pain in their human body about end or the psychological strain. being abandoned being ignored his another one. He's about to be alone.
R34 said he saved my soul. Is exceedingly sorrowful. Even to death to see a difference here wants you to watch for change. He says in verse 34. Stay here and watch. I see a contrast that I kind of want to compare verse 32 he told the public Ram sit while I go pray, but when he got to a place with the personal he said stay
y'all understand what that meant from the Messiah I struggle with it. But what can I tell you what I think could I tell you what? I think the Holy Spirit might be communicating that I could be wrong. But let's look at it. Let's see if we can see what he might be meaning by what he's sharing here. Yes, he's he's shown us the position for the public and now he's taking us to the place for the personal now. I see him doing something very different. now he's going to take a posture. for the pain pasture for pain look at where the Messiah is when we reach this portion of scripture verse 34 has him declaring that he is beginning to feel the weight of the the word of being the propitiation for man seeing that just means being the sacrifice to satisfy his father. He he feels that that now he's becoming that thing this is the place where he must enjoy the entire pressure of being perfect. This Begins the work we're now the wounds of humanity will open up and unlocked the door wonderful Deliverance. from the Messiah 434 declares that he is sorrowful unto death. You don't know how I've been sad. But carrying a star a sorrow that leads to the demise. I never felt that before. I believe this is exclusive to the savior. He understood that the pain I'm feeling nothing will come for it. Nothing will make it be sued unless it's the death to satisfy the master. My Daddy needs a perfect sacrifice. He needs something that ever had the wrong thought the wrong word the wrong motive the wrong intention to not let go of perfection in this moment. And this moment is the hardest it's win pain inners that being perfect becomes almost impossible. Any of you familiar with pain?
No pain. And I have a special relationship.
It's a love-hate. I hate it, but it seems to love me. It's gone to a place now where I can't remember being out of pain. I'm not saying this to bring sympathy. I don't want that. I'm not wearing this like my own crucifixion. I'm not delivering the world. I'm just telling you. I wish. Is that pain wasn't so persistent. I wish pain wasn't so powerful pain. She makes you take Pleasant moments and turn them into poison. Pain can get you to ignore things that have been consistent and committed. And compassionate towards you paying can have you acting out of character? Pain makes you curse at those who are closest to you. pain can make you pink you standing upright, but almost put you face down on the floor pain. Can she be locked in bed when you got to be about the father's business? Are you familiar with pain? Not only does pain have a product but I believe pain has a posture. Pain in the case of our Saviour right here in this 34th and 35th verse says that pain created a different positioning for the Messiah. Play some verse 35 says he went a little farther. and sale on the ground they don't have you losing all stability. Paintball remove all type of coordination pain, not you away from presentation. You ain't trying to be pretty when pain is present. You ain't trying to be polite when pain is present. You'll do Raise Your Voice you'll lose your mind. You let go of control your exude unnecessary energy. Is anybody here? ever felt power pain and never been bit to the posture that pain causes pain or take you off your high horse.
pain will take you down from that arrogant appearance pay me disarm that intellect pain will remove that Charisma pain. Will crush that coolness in you.
They hurt. No, my brother and sisters if I can leave the narrative and come near to you. What will what is Ping done to you? I got physical wounds but there are some wounds where the pain is red wreaking havoc that no one can see somebody's hurting with the pain of a broken heart. When friends have forsaken you and family has neglected you and and those loved ones who promised they'd be there have let you down for the umpteenth time when when the church is trying you and Christians are denying you win religion has left you reeling when when when things that were serious and necessary met Institute in sincerity and and relegated you to the off Stewart. There's some pains on the inside.
that knock you down to Depression is an inside pain. Grief is an inside pain but it still puts you in the same posture. Y'all pain can be problematic, but it can also be perfecting. is there Because when the penny hit Jesus it knocked him down not in surrender but in submission. You see it in a text. He says he fell on the ground and prayed. You pray brothers and sisters in the place of pressing. Once you've left the public once you dispatch the personal what's pain? has presented itself there's only so much that needs to happen. If you are about the father's business if the ministry God is slated for you and I I need to stop saying men if it is leading to a place that put you in the place of pressing anything you would tempt for God. Must be away from public eyes must be Beyond personal relationship and it will produce pain.
but the good news is the glory of God that I share that moment is. Yes. It's probably yes. It's personal. Yes, it produces a posture for pain. But if I keep looking at it, if I keep dwelling at this point the scripture also tell me that I will have regression and progression in the place of pressing. Let's look at the progression first cuz I want to see the step jesus takes for word before he begins to deal with the humanity of looking back it interesting. That Jesus he is almost reminiscent of what we do in moments where we're trying to get spiritual progress. You got to this place and and you feel the weight of the call of God on your life. He's planned is pair for you and you accepted it. But now you coming to the place where acceptance bring Agony now, you got to be a long you got no more personal Circle. I'm looking right here in the text and all the sudden the pain hit you willing to do for God based on just believe in faith and honoring him if it knocks you down and you go in prayer your first step forward is to ask to be let out of it.
Jesus You're not showing cowardice. He's showing. How crucial and critical this moment is?
the real death It's something that you really can't be delivered from. Everything in you wants to stay alive. But when your will is to do with the father wheels for you and his will is for you to be a sacrifice. Then you must wrestle every cell in your body to become a sub minute servant to suffering. Be brave.
If it were possible.
The hour might pass from him. I love it. He says if it were possible. It's almost the juxtaposition of being willing and still being reluctant. It is a thing of tentative. Yes, maybe somebody knows what I'm saying. Somebody said hey, I'm going to need $1,000 from you tomorrow. I think you can handle it. You might be sitting on a thousand and you say I want to help you but the wrestling of knowing you have it, but are you willing to do it? knowing that it's Possible, but can I make it possible? You ain't never been there? You hadn't really ever wrestled. Wrestling what you can do and wrestling with are you willing to do knowing that is for you but still not wanting any parts of it. That's what the place of pressing does. It exposes the true conflict that lives in all of us as a part of us that wants to do right and that's his other part that ain't never wanted, right? Who is Paul with you? And I got to hurry cuz y'all got a lot of time for me to be preaching it probably he would talk about this he would say. This is part of me and my heart where I get up in the morning and create this desire to please God, there's good gushing from me. And and in my heart is a meditation to glorify him of honoring him home living worthy of the calling. He's giving me a being thankful for His blessings. He's as good as meditation moves to mechanics. He said it becomes sin. He says that which I do not want to do that. I do that I want to do I do not sound confusion, but it's clear as mud to me. It's who we are as Humanity. We have good intentions. We just have grotesque ways of going about him. We start off wanting to help and all we do is harm. Trying to clean folk without dirty hands. Trying to reach out and offer strength from our week positions. We want to be good, but we just so simple. Play suppressing put those two indirect. Opposition to each other it exposes them and said is your wheel 100% my will or are there? Tinges of Steel self dwelling any brothers sisters your place depressing ought to be exposing you right now. This ain't suffering, but it's still serious. It is showing if you were really committed to the church or if you really were connected to an address. if it was really Christ or if it was just about the charity you received. Was it really preaching or was it just a preacher?
Was it being in worship to God or just being seen as a worshipper?
If it's possible. We want to be out of that place of pressing if it's possible. We want the pain to go away if it's possible. We don't want any problems any difficulty any bad things happening to us, but can I break your delusion this morning and said, he ain't never possible. In this life, you will have tribulation you might want good days. But if you're living for a good God good days are just that one. They will come but don't you count on them always be there?
You must up you must didn't do what you must hurt pain must become a part of your walk. Must be something you're satisfied with. Loneliness must become a part of a lingering act in the life of the believer and don't look at me as negative. Look at him if necessary. almost done
He said Abba Father, he called out in the intimacy that depressing Place produces. This wasn't Heavenly Father Day one here. We are now once again bow down before you with our heads turn heaven looking for the god of Glory to come be good to his prepared. People know, it's Daddy. Daddy please pop. Dada Papa I'm just your baby now don't. Don't make me do this. Give me a way to get away from this. If you ain't never cried to God from a place of infancy, I doubt you know. what a lamentation to the Lord really looks like Mandala, elephant words ain't no que colloquial terms. There's no alliterations is ugly. I can remember the young lad watching my mama pray at the foot of the bed, and I wanted to pray like she prayed and when I drew near one night, I didn't hear words. I heard groans. I heard moans. I heard weeping I heard agony. And I don't want no part of that. I stepped back to my room and I waited for her to finish and when she came out of there. She was not weeping. She was not crying. She was not. In a posture of broken is when she came out she show progress. Then what Jesus did he break? He says Alba all things are possible for you. Take this cup from me progress.
nevertheless regress not my will
But what you will not what I want this it ain't wrong to pray to be let out it's wrong to try to find your way out after you print. It ain't wrong to want to be released from pain is wrong to try to medicate yourself. So that pain ain't present. Now go ahead and ask for it all but except what he allows. Apps for release but if he cheats you there you keep on being committed a problem is we keep asking for what will never come we keep pleading for what it's not a purpose. We keep demanding what never God has declared for us. Try to help you while I'm trying to help me I pray for the wait to be off and then I pray for the strength to keep carrying.
Cuz it died. Let me to it is his desire to leave me through it. but Jesus says I still have
the work of prey the price of pressing produces prayer and then there's that was his progress and he got to a place where he asked for what he needed but he was willing to go back to what the father had for me. Here is the problematic part in this verse 2. Yes. He left the Divine encounter went back to a human exchange or 36 37 says any came and found them sleeping.
I wish I could really laugh here. But my laugh is sarcasm not humor. Ain't that just like that don't you you want everybody to be as hyper critical as you when you're going through the place of pressing you think your friends are losing sleep to you you believe that they give your partner your girlfriend all your that that that that that tight tight group you developed over the years that they are they are agonizing like you are agonizing and it hurt you. Sometimes when you go back you regress back to see if they struggling like you are a big with you in the fight if they putting up against the powers-that-be and you find them at rest. Yeah, we in the same situation, but I struggle ain't the same. We might be off of occupying the same space but we're not going through the same difficulty. Y'all do know every battle with the the purpose of God. The place of pressing that is meant to produce the most precious thing God needs which is a surrendered saprophyte fights obedient life that that there is a distraction that is only for you. Stop looking for your friends to struggle like you struggle with things that keep you up at night. Sometimes your wife don't even know the word of God is placed in your heart. I'm trying to communicate to people who have no understanding. They don't speak the language of of hurt and difficulty that God has taught you to speak. It's an individual dialogue. It's a unique dialect. It is only for you and the master to understand. He knows your pain. He's keenly aware of your struggle. He understands what the place of President is. That's why he says talk to me talk to someone who not only knows all about it. But has been all about it. That's why Jesus is the perfect mediator. He's carry that weight you're worried. But Jesus knows what we feels like. You're depressed because knows what depression is you lost loved ones. Jesus knows what love feels like. Look at his life. He didn't do it everything your life is indoor and he's been poured he's been alone. He's had family betrayed. He's had disciple disciples desert him. He has been declared a minute. He has lost popularity. He knows what it is to be carried on shoulders. He knows what it is to be Trampled Under feet You are not alone in your struggle, but stop expecting people.
To be at the same level of participation. Why are you struggle? They are sleeping and he purposely caused Peter Petra The Rock from this rock. I build my church. He was probably snoring the loudest. It's the strongest of us that failed at the the simplest of test from the Divine because of human strength cannot endure in spiritual struggles. You can deadlift 1000 lb, but you can carry an ounce of the weight of God.
Are you sleep? She said Lotus.
Call about an Earthly name Simon cuz this is the flesh finally showing up sermon. Simon official cussing jumps out of boat Simon the one that grabbed swords and cut off ears Simon who's impulsive Simon who's emotional Simon who's based off of human strength and Truman Elementary Truman participation in human emotions. You two are Simon Simon I have part of me that wants to be Peter, but the most serious part of me is still signing week. weight struggling sleeping almost done if you could watch one hour. hang on harp on this He said man, if you knew what I was doing up yonder you watch if you knew what I was struggling with back there you'd be praying like I gave you clear command you when you pray cuz if I drop the ball up, there is all bad back here. If I messed that up y'all are messed up. He's trying to communicate the urgency and seriousness of the place of pressing for the savior. It is just too serious for you to stop trying to enlist True Believers. You better focus on the struggle.
You better stop trying to convince people that you are about God's plan cuz the place to practice as I don't care who else is supposed to be here. It's your time here. I don't care who you brought with you. They're not that this is not that time. They might come with you, but they can't be with you.
He said Watch and Pray lest you enter into here. It is Temptation. He sleeping brings surrender.
I was stopping to wake up y'all. You been up early this morning telling you in Sunday school. We got communion later. This might be a long day online. I hope you stay with this participate, but but but you can't be here and be half sleep wake up. Wake up. It's what Jesus was telling us what the scripture is telling us. Wake up today. You been riding in those cars thinking it would take you where you wanted to go. Wake up. There is no Highway to Heaven. You've been working your job talk about this providing for you. Wake up. I'll take away your work and still provide for your needs.
You been thinking the government got you covered stimulus is satisfying. God said I can pay you from places. With no currency has ever come from I can supply you from store houses where no hand has touched it. I can bring to you things that you need before, you know, you need the things that you need, but wake up.
Because I'm not a fisherman from Nazareth. I'm not a scandal from Bethlehem. I'm not from a broken home. I'm not just some drunkard Rabbi roaming the streets calling ragtag religious disciples to follow me and relationship. Wake up. I'm more than that. This ain't just three years. Wake up. This is eternity. This ain't just been a month in solitude. Wake up. This is the rest of your eternal life. God's trying to purge you from that. The crazy place of predicament where you're trying to be serious and you get silly. Where you start walking in righteousness, and then you started relying on Grace. He said wake up. Any tells you why it's important stay alert. He said the spirit is willing. But the flesh is weak. I'm leave you alone. You really want to go I want to go to them tired sermon is hit me too hard. I don't want to deal with the words of Christ that he puts in front of me because the sermon strikes me before it ever hits your ear. The place of present is a position for the public. There is a position for the public. There's a place for the personal it produces a posture that accommodate Spain it shows regression and progression, but I noticed something else about this place depressing.
It produces. powerful prayers and it has power for your purpose. It produces powerful prayers. I know you don't really recognize where the power came in when Jesus prayed. when he said Nevertheless not what I want but what you want. In that production of that prayer be immediate effects weren't readily see. This is a problem with patients needs to come when we pray some of y'all been praying for stuffing and you're wondering you've been praying for years and you're saying why isn't come to pass. Maybe God ain't listening. Maybe I got the wrong type of relationship made me my walk is filed. How about this? Maybe it's not a season for production.
prayers like crops have seasons of production because prayers are never manipulating the will of God. Program it to manipulate the wheel of the one prey.
If you can see it right there in the text. The Bible daily verse 39fden he went away and pray. And spoke the say moved on to a new prayer, but y'all need to go back to the same word. God I want to follow you more closely and you you'd pray that one time and I was like God I need you to bless me with what the clothes following gives me and guys like wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I need you to say that one more time. If you want to follow me more close to pray for that one more time. Come on. Show me the Sears show me you're serious about what you're asking for. When we got him, I trying to change your mind now, but I'm trying to change yours the Lord says. Brother say the Sunday school today that the it's the Mind wrestle with. It's the thinking they said as a man thinketh. So is he can you let God change your mind? That's what the place of pressing will do it or squeeze out your nonsense and put it in God's sense. Aeropress down your practical approaches and it'll give you a supernatural Reliance on him is meant to squeeze out your desire for for self-satisfaction and self-service and self-centeredness. It presses away the personal
almost done When he returned he found them sleep again for their eyes with happy.
He said when he approached them, they did not know what to say. You have been disappointed in real time. You have a cut up with somebody who you counted on and you look them in the eye after the critical moment had passed and it's now produced this catastrophe in your life and you look at them and they look. So undone, I know the look cuz I've done it too. So many people I disappointed in my I've let him down after stress them. I cause more harm than good in my life. You ain't got to declare. I know I'm probably in amiens all over the country, but that's okay. I'm here to tell the truth on myself. I know what I've been I haven't been someone you can count on I haven't been trustworthy. I haven't been someone you rely on the place of pressing exposes my personal problem. That's what I'm trying to show you that that's what the Squeeze Inn is about is about you getting real about who you really are and I can get real about who I really am. I'm not somebody God can count on
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don't know what to tell him. I got no words. I'm sorry it enough.
If you never feel hopeless like that, you have been honest like that. Just get tired of going to God to forgive me for that thing from a front of him nothing.
lyrics sorry excuse for Servant I couldn't see it. She says I know. It's right next to it. Are you still sleeping? He still let me down. Are you still not what I need you to be so k? What he said? You said it is enough? Didn't need you to be the PowerHouse that's enough. I know you were trying but I knew you were never able it's enough. I didn't tell you to find me I said seek. It's enough until you open the door. I said knock just do that part that you can do and I know you ain't you thinking it's not enough. I know you ain't pleased with your effort, but the good news is I never needed your effort. See the place of pressing the place where pain. Permeates, every part of your body to place with struggle is serious where weaknesses is well on display that plays produces power for your purpose and guess and it won't give you power until your purpose is his purpose. He just came that third time and he didn't need them to watch. He came in third time. He didn't need them to pray. Perfectly said it's done. the son of man has been portrayed the hours here. Y'all two hours here. I'm closing.
I'm closing. This is the critical hour for us to
the place of Preston is a real thing. but I'm wondering
are you in your place depressing?
You got to put the public in the right position. You got to have a place for the personal you're going to have to assume the posture for pay. You got to be expected of this condition. They're going to be progress and regress you going to go for go back. It's not an easy struggle in the Pacer pressing. But listen, it will give you some most intimate powerful prayers you have ever prayed and when those prayers come to pass. he'll give you power for your purpose but only when your purpose is his purpose can I tell you something
Kissimmee was a place where Oil was produced an oil represents Joy
I wish Frankie Beverly were here Joy and Pain it's like sunshine and rain See you never can experience the joy of the Lord if you haven't fully endure the pain of your purpose. depressing place
Is meant for production what will your place of pressing produce? Can I tell you what are produced for Jesus? Can I tell you that the place of pressing for Jesus gave us some of the best oil of Our Lives? The cross was The Crucible. Golgotha was the gauntlet. The crown of thorns was the crisis the whip. What's the worrisome weight? The thieves were the taunting. It was all meant to press him and that Friday he got pressed. He got Presto blood ran down his his head. He got pressed to his back yielded to the bruises of taskmasters. Whip. He got pressed to the nails in his wrist in the ribbon in his feet begin to rip apart his body. He got pressed until friends turn to foes to family fled to disciples desert it. He got pressed.
Until they stabbed him in the side with the spear. The Bible says out came blood. are water the blood for the remission of sins the water of the cleansing. A body he got pressed till he died benefactor pressing didn't kill him. He was pressed but he still produced. No, man, takes my life. I lay it down. He prayed because it was the will of the father that he offered his life a sacrifice. He died. They placed him in a borrowed tomb.
But early Sunday morning. Oh, I was produced. They went to the Garden looking for discarded Olive husk called the body of Jesus. It was not there. It has been pressed to what was refined from it was pure powerful and perfect. So perfect keto Mary don't touch me cuz I have not yet ascended the oils not where it needs to be yet. But when it gets there, it'll be in a place where you will come cuz where I am you can be all so that's the good joy of the oil that was produced. My brother is my sister's where is your production today? What will the place of pressing produce in you?
I hope if you're trying to decide there's three things. I want to offer you in a counseling Ministries standing by notice things like an awkward and inconvenient way to do it, but we're going to do it. The only way we can I'm offering you faith in Jesus right now. I'm offering security before you go to the place of pressing. Here's what I'm saying why I go and do a suffering if it's not for a worthy cause this life has death already prescribed for it. But if you decide on Jesus today death is not an end destination. It is a Deliverance. You got to make a decision for salvation. If you just ask Jesus to save you from your sins. You have to accept that he's the son of God that he dwelled on this Earth that he work miracles. He raised the dead. He fed the hungry. He strengthened lame leg that he died on a cross at Calvary. He was late in the bar to the resurrected again on the third day that he ascended to the father and sits at the right hand and left the Holy Spirit to be a counselor or comforter or compassionate teacher. You can accept and believe and confess that you are a sinner and you need the salvation of Jesus and salvation is yours whosoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be safe. You need salvation as Jesus save you from your sin. Do you need membership? Listen Christian love online is the church. The church has never been an address. It's been the members. We are the body of Christ. In the church ain't perfect because we are not perfect. But God is making us perfect. Be patient, but you need to be in a church. Commit yourself to membership join us at Christian love and continue to grow and mature and develop and then lastly. If you are saved if you are belonging to a church and you just need prayer the Press is painful, but it is so profitable. We want to pray with you as God's will is done in your life just to be accepting of what God is allowing. If you answered any one of those three any one of those three, where you at, I just call you right now. You made a decision for salvation for membership for prayer. Contact our counseling Ministry email us reach out on the platforms used to YouTube Facebook on a livestream. Go to website Christian. Love Modesto. Org forward contact us tell us of your decision. Give us your information later on counselors reach out to you. Let us help you walk through the narrative what it means to follow Jesus in obedience.
Hall brothers and sisters it's time for us now. to participate in communion in I don't know. if you had an opportunity to view our notice, but we don't want to let our time of observance passed by without us. Embracing what it means for us. This is a time where we honor the sacrifice of our savior. We honor it. By remembering what he did. Now I know that we used to being in a place in a position, but I'm a firm believer. That are motifs is more important than our mechanics know we can't be in a church. We can't have on our gloves. We can't be in our suit. We can stand at the front. We can't serve you out. You can't sing the hymns of all we can't be in that Sacred Space honor it with the Holiness the sacredness it deserves but in my heart all those things can still be true. I go to scripture right here cuz it's important 1st Corinthians chapter 11.
God laid out what it's supposed to look like not in the appearance, but in the end we part not for the better, but for the worst King James version since were the first of all when you come together in the church, I hear that there been divisions among you for that must be also heresies among you that's what you're approved unto this place, but it is not to eat the Lord's Supper you're coming for the wrong thing and one is hungry. And another one is drunk. What have you not houses to eat in drinking or despise you the Church of God and shame them that have not what shall I say to you shall I praise you for this? I do not praise you. I have received of the Lord. That's which I deliver unto you that the Lord Jesus. The same night with cheese and betrayed he took bread and we had given thinks he break it and said take eat. This is my body which is broken for you. Listen do this in remembrance of me after the same manner. He took the cup and it sucks in this cup is the New Testament in my blood do this as often as you drink. He said you do it in remembrance of me as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you sure Ford the Lord's death until he comes again. But listen to this party says whoever Ethan and drinks and unworldly eateth and drinketh Damnation to his soul but let a man examine himself. That's what we want. We want examination before we do demonstration. So whatever you have in your house if the deacons Ministry serves you and gave you a ready-made cup. Amen. But if they are Saltines if they're Ritz if there's a piece of bread and there's tortilla if you have pita bread take whatever you have. Go to a place where in your home where you can sit and be at Solitude and separate yourself from any other motive other than thinking about the sacrificial work of Jesus. Before you think about his sacrifice get yourself ready. Bible says
For this cause many a week a minion sick for he that eateth and drinketh unworthily Edith and drink of damnation is his for Reef. We would judge ourselves. We would not be judged. There's all in your heart. If you're angry if you got them forgiveness the real work and going to a church is chasing your heart let go of animosity or hatred and anger let go the unforgiveness. Don't eat what signifies a selfless act while you sit in your selfish ways. anybody got to ask you for forgiveness, you've done some harm to something folk that you would never ask forgiveness from They're not even here to give you forgiveness Bible says the word for forgiveness starts in the heart of man. You would judge yourself. You won't be judged. So take a minute. Ask yourself I have on my heart and if you got all your heart don't eat the bread don't drink the cup just Wait, don't fake this work. Make this work. This is something you can do. You can let go of the things that are holding you back. So if you got yourself together and I want to take a moment just to be in silence. I know it's going to be awkward but just a moment. It shouldn't take you long to say I let go up this I let go at this. I let go of this take that moment.
Bible says just as Paul Road in Corinthians and just as the gospels record that When they reach the upper room had finished their Passover meal at Jesus on the night. He was betrayed the night right before he went to the place of pressing. He took bread and he broke it. And he said this broken bread represents my body. Which is broken for you. It's a sacrifice. He made gladly he was broken so that we can make be made whole with the father. He said it's often as you eat it. You show forth my death till I come again. Let us eat together.
Eating the bread. He took the cup he gave thanks, but let me say this cup represents my blood which is shed for you. It also represents the joy. He had prepared to pay that painful sacrifice. He says the fruit of the vine Astro no more drink of it. Until I drink again with you in Paradise. He wants a break with us. It's a cup of suffering here, but it's a cup of Celebration there. This is often as you drink. You show forth my spirit of innocent blood for your sake. Let us drink again.
And right before he headed out to disseminate instead of sending him as they went out. I want to pray. I want to pray for us. I do not want to just say it where the prayers of your paws God. We remember. That you were broken. And that your blood was spilled for us. And while we were yet enemies with you, you became a friend for us. You died so that we might live you would sacrifice that you might sustain us and God we come right now releasing her hurts. I have it by hang ups on unforgiveness in VR anger to any and everything that might keep us from being in unity with you. We remember your sacrifice got the same forgiveness that your sacrifice provides for us. Let us provide forgiveness for others. Weather Omission or commission? Whatever the offense we let go and let you decide to be the judge of all we don't stand in Judgment of anyone. We love you, Jesus name we pray. Amen. Thank you so much for participating with us today at that's the end of our communion service. I want to run through a couple more things before you head off stewardship still matters. Please know that it matters. We have online giving him place. I want you to follow these directions go to Christian love Modesto. Org top right-hand corner. There's a given contact button select give any dry mounting financial information. You do not need to create an account to give to us. We would accept whatever offering I might lay on your heart, but for those of us in relationship with membership, we are already well aware by stewardship demands this time apart are not mean that I stewardship becomes absent. Let's continue to be obedient and faithful the what God has called us to I'm grateful for that. I want also always extend a special thank you to dr. Phillip Bell and bird singing pastor of gospel Fellowship Church in Richmond for allowing us access to his his two albums, and I wanted to make sure we know that that music was given as a Freewheel gift from him to us and we are grateful for that. Thank you Reverend Alan Berg and as soon as possible, we going to get together and share. Please follow us on our social media sites Instagram Twitter Facebook. We always do we want engagement without online community we're seeking that we're still about The Business of Being God's Church. And it finally you know what? I always say when we get ready to separate. You know what it always is and she'll always be as long as God gives me breath and strength to order it. I want you to know that I love you and ain't nothing you can do about it. God bless you. I hope you have a blessed rest of your sadness and I'll see you real soon.