If you want to know God’s vision for your life, you have to make spending time with Him a priority. Let’s put aside the distractions and practice sitting in His presence. He wants to walk with you through every season of life!
>> VICTORIA: THANK YOU,
JESUS.
THANK YOU, FATHER.
WE’RE HANGING ON TO YOU.
AMEN.
YOU MAY BE SEATED.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH A
PRIVILEGE IN PRAYER.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE TAKE
PRAYER FOR GRANTED, BUT
PRAYER IS A PRIVILEGE.
IT’S TALKING TO GOD,
COMMUNICATING WITH GOD.
YOU SEE, THE BIBLE SAYS,
“THAT WHEN OUR SPIRIT
CONNECTS WITH GOD’S SPIRIT,
SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPENS.
WE ARE IGNITED WITH THE POWER
OF ALMIGHTY GOD.”
SEE THE STRONGEST PART OF YOU
IS NOT YOUR PHYSICAL BODY.
IT’S NOT YOUR EMOTIONAL OR
YOUR SOULISH REALM.
THE STRONGEST PART OF YOU,
THE ETERNAL PART OF YOU IS
YOUR SPIRIT MAN.
AND WHEN YOU CONNECT THE
STRONGEST PART OF YOU WITH
THE STRONGEST FORCE IN THE
UNIVERSE, THERE’S AN EXCHANGE
THAT TAKES PLACE.
THERE’S A POWERFUL
TRANSFORMATION THAT TAKES
PLACE.
SEE, GOD IS A BIG GOD.
HE FLUNG THE STARS INTO
SPACE.
HE’S IN FULL CONTROL.
JUST LIKE WE SANG ABOUT, GOD
IS UNSHAKEABLE.
HE’S HUGE, AND WE HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE TO COMMUNE WITH
THIS HUGE GOD.
WE CANNOT TAKE FOR GRANTED
THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO GOD, AND
THAT GOD HEARS US.
IT SAYS IN ROMANS 8, “GOD’S
SPIRIT TESTIFIES WITH OUR
SPIRIT.”
YOU SEE, GOD’S SPIRIT IS
CONSTANTLY TELLING OUR SPIRIT
WHEN WE GET INTO COMMUNION
WITH HIM, WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE
CAN DO.
OUR SPIRIT IS PICKING UP THE
SIGNALS OF GOD.
IT’S CHANGING.
IT’S GROWING.
IT’S TAKING ON A NEW
DIMENSION, A HEAVENLY
DIMENSION, A DIMENSION THAT
YOU CAN’T GET ON THIS EARTH.
YOU CAN ONLY GET IT WHEN YOU
IGNITE AND CONNECT YOUR
SPIRIT WITH GOD’S SPIRIT.
NOW, THAT SOUNDS FAR OUT,
DOESN’T IT?
BUT IT’S THE TRUTH.
IT’S THE TRUTH.
YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL BEING,
AND YOU WERE DESIGNED TO
CONNECT WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL
FATHER.
IN FACT, WHEN JESUS LEFT THIS
EARTH, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
HE SAID, “I’M LEAVING THE
HOLY SPIRIT HERE WITH YOU.”
THE PERSON OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT, THAT’S WHO WE GET TO
TALK TO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
PAUL TOLD US, AND ENCOURAGES
US ALL THROUGH THE NEW
TESTAMENT, TO PRAY
CONTINUOUSLY, TO PRAY WITHOUT
CEASING, TO PRAY ALL KINDS OF
PRAYERS, ALL KINDS OF
REQUESTS, ALL KINDS OF
PETITIONS TO GOD.
HE WAS SAYING, “GO FOR IT.
TALK TO GOD.
TALK TO GOD.”
WOW, ISN’T THAT INCREDIBLE?
THAT GOD DOESN’T JUDGE US
WHEN WE TALK TO HIM.
HE COMMUNES WITH US.
THINK ABOUT WHEN YOUR CHILD
COMES UP TO YOU, YOU DON’T
JUDGE THEM.
YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.
YOU WANT TO HELP THEM.
THE FIRST THING THAT YOU WANT
TO DO IS FIX THEM, ENCOURAGE
THEM, STRENGTHEN THEM.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT WHAT
THEY’RE DOING RIGHT, NOT WHAT
THEY’RE DOING WRONG.
BUT WHEN YOU COME TO GOD, HE
IS LOOKING AT WHAT YOU’RE
DOING RIGHT.
HE SEES THAT RECREATED SPIRIT
WITHIN YOU, AND HE IS
CONNECTING HIS SPIRIT.
THE VERY LIFELINE OF HEAVEN
IS BEING CONNECTED TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, JESUS GAVE US AN
EXAMPLE OF A HABIT THAT HE
HAD.
AND IT SAYS, “THAT JESUS
WOULD OFTEN WITHDRAW TO
LONELY PLACES, LEAVING THE
CROWD TO CONNECT WITH HIS
FATHER IN HEAVEN.”
HE ALSO TOLD US THIS IN
MATTHEW 6, “BUT WHEN YOU
PRAY, GO INTO YOUR ROOM AND
SHUT THE DOOR.”
HE SAYS, “WHEN YOU PRAY TO
YOUR FATHER, WHO IS UNSEEN,
IN SECRET, HE WILL REWARD YOU
OPENLY.”
YOU SEE, JESUS WAS SAYING,
“NOT ONLY DO I NEED TO GET
AWAY FROM THE CROWDS, MY
CROWDED LIFE, THE NEEDS OF
THE WORLD TO GET WITH MY
FATHER, BUT YOU SHOULD TOO.”
WE MUST WITHDRAW FROM THIS
BUSY SCHEDULE, FROM THIS
CRAZY, HECTIC WORLD, AND GET
ALONE WITH GOD.
WE NEED TO MEET WITH GOD
EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALONE.
IN FACT, JESUS SAID IN
MATTHEW 6, HE SAYS, “WHEN YOU
GO INTO YOUR ROOM AND YOU
SHUT THE DOOR, YOU PRAY IN
SECRET AND GOD WILL REWARD
YOU IN SECRET.”
GOD WILL COMMUNICATE AND BEAR
WITNESS WITH YOUR SPIRIT,
THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE
MOST HIGH GOD.
YOU ARE CONNECTING THE
STRONGEST PART OF YOURSELF
WITH THE STRONGEST FORCE OF
THE UNIVERSE.
YOU ARE TRANSFORMING YOUR
INTER LIFE, YOUR INNER LIFE.
THAT’S WHERE THE SPIRIT
DWELLS.
THE BIBLE SAYS, “IT’S THE
SPIRIT OF THE MAN THAT
SUSTAINS THE MAN.”
WE WANT OUR SPIRITS TO BE
STRONG, AND THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN DO THAT IS WHEN WE COME
INTO THIS PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING
BECAUSE WHEN JOEL AND I WERE
DATING, WE WOULD JUST GET
ALONE, LOOK INTO EACH OTHER’S
EYES, SIT OVER DINNER.
WE RARELY WOULDN’T EVEN HAVE
TO SAY MUCH.
SOMEHOW, WHEN WE WERE
TOGETHER, WE JUST HAD THIS
CONNECTION.
WE FELL IN LOVE THAT WAY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE DATED
AND WE NEVER GOT ALONE, ALL
WE DID WAS HANG OUT WITH ALL
OUR FRIENDS?
HE WAS ALWAYS WITH HIS
BUDDIES.
HIS BUDDIES WERE ALWAYS
AROUND.
MY GIRLFRIENDS WERE ALWAYS
THERE, ALWAYS DOING
SOMETHING, ALWAYS DISTRACTED.
WOULD WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE
THE WAY WE FELL IN LOVE, WHEN
WE JUST SAT WITH EACH OTHER,
LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, GOT TO
KNOW ONE ANOTHER?
IT’S INTERESTING, I KNOW HIM
QUITE WELL.
IN FACT, WE WERE MARRIED
8 YEARS BEFORE WE HAD OR
SON, JONATHAN.
SO WE SPENT A LOT OF ALONE
TIME TOGETHER.
I KNOW WHAT HE LIKES TO EAT,
I CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU
WHAT HE LIKES AND DOESN’T
LIKE.
IN FACT, IF WE’RE NOT
TOGETHER, SOMEHOW, EVEN IF
I’M BY MYSELF AND A SITUATION
ARISES, I JUST KNOW WHAT HE
WOULD TELL ME TO DO.
NOW, IF I DO IT OR NOT,
THAT’S ANOTHER STORY, BUT
JUST SOMEHOW FROM BEING IN
HIM AND BUILDING THIS
RELATIONSHIP, I KNOW WHAT HE
WOULD WANT ME TO DO.
AND YOU KNOW THAT’S HOW IT IS
WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD.
WE LEARN ABOUT GOD, WE
DEVELOP THIS RELATIONSHIP,
THIS INTIMACY WITH HIM WHEN
WE’RE TOGETHER, WHEN WE’RE
AWAY FROM THE DISTRACTIONS,
JUST WHEN WE’RE GAZING INTO
HIS EYES, SIMPLY SITTING AT
HIS FEET.
YOU SEE, WHEN WE SET OUR SELF
APART, GOD SETS US UP TO WIN,
WHEN WE’RE WILLING TO LET GO
OF THE DISTRACTIONS, TO PUSH
THROUGH GETTING ALONE WITH
HIM.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE
IS A PUSH THROUGH THAT YOU
HAVE TO DO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES
YOU CAN SIT THERE AND YOU
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
MAYBE YOU TAKE A SCRIPTURE
AND YOU JUST PONDER IT OVER
AND OVER.
MAYBE YOU SIT THERE AND YOU
JUST SAY, “GOD, I THANK YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BREATH TO
BREATHE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
THANK YOU FOR MOLDING ME AND
MAKING ME WHO I AM.
FATHER, I WANT TO KNOW YOU
MORE.
REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME, GOD.”
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT
INTIMACY LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU,
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT
YOU HAVE A NEED.
THE ONLY THING THAT’S GOING
TO SATISFY YOUR SOUL, THE
ONLY THING THAT’S GOING TO
GIVE YOU VISION FOR YOUR
LIFE, IS TO SIT AT THE FEET
OF JESUS, TO SET YOURSELF
APART, TO SAY IT’S WORTH IT.
IT’S WORTH BUILDING A
RELATIONSHIP.
SEE, JESUS IS WAITING FOR
YOU.
HE’S WAITING TO FILL YOU WITH
VICTORY.
HE’S WAITING TO FILL YOU WITH
JOY.
HE’S WAITING TO FILL YOU WITH
A NEW DIMENSION IN YOUR
THOUGHT LIFE.
HE’S WAITING FOR YOU.
SOMETIMES, WE THINK WE’RE
WAITING FOR HIM, BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT?
HE’S WAITING FOR US, TO
SEPARATE OUR SELF OUT, TO
GIVE HIM THE TIME HE
DESERVES, TO SET OUR SELF
APART, SO THAT WE CAN BE HOLY
AND BE SANCTIONED BY HIM, TO
DO EVERYTHING THAT HE’S
CALLED US TO DO.
I BELIEVE THIS YEAR, THAT
WE’RE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS
HABIT.
WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT A
PRIORITY.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A SECOND
THOUGHT.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO
MAKE TIME.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE TIME.
SEE, TIME IS SO VALUABLE, AND
WHEN WE REALIZE TIME IS
VALUABLE, YOU CAN MAKE MONEY.
YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE MORE
MONEY.
YOU CAN GET ANOTHER JOB, BUT
YOU CAN’T MAKE TIME.
TIME IS PRECIOUS, AND IF WE
DON’T CARVE IT OUT, IT WILL
GET AWAY FROM US.
WE NEED TO SPEND OUR TIME
WISELY.
WE NEED TO SPEND IT WITH GOD.
AMEN?
AMEN.
> JOEL: THANKS FOR
WATCHING THIS
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YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
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