Bethel Church Service | Kris Vallotton Sermon | Worship with Austin Johnson, Emmy Rose

Good morning. >> Hello. Hello. >> Hello. Welcome to church. We're so glad you are joining us this morning. >> Merry, merry Christmas. >> Merry, merry Christmas. >> Gearing up if you didn't realize. If >> you didn't realize >> two weeks away. >> Yeah, maybe not. E. >> 14.

So, less than two weeks away. >> Less than two weeks. >> So, buckle up. We would love to hear where you're coming in from. >> And I want to know if you're ready for Christmas. [laughter] Someone just asked me that and I was like, "No, I'm I'm not ready for Christmas. >> [laughter] >> And now you said it's that many days away.

It's our daughter's birthday today. She turns >> Yes. Our youngest. >> She turns three. So I'm kind of like, we do the birthday. >> Then we did Jesus's birthday. One birthday [laughter] at a time. >> You know, our daughter was like, "Hey, let's uh" She's like, "I want a Christmas cookie decorating party." >> Actually, I think I suggested it cuz she's three. >> Oh, I thought she said she wanted cookies.

Decorate cookies. >> I think I suggested it. >> My wife took that pretty seriously. I asked chat GBT how many how much to make. >> She made 233 >> guys. I have so many cookies. So we're 8 hours later generous. >> It's wonderful. I tried to reason with a bakery >> when she was like 95 cookies in.

I was like you know you can freeze the dough and pause what you're doing. She's like no it'll be fine. I'll keep going. >> We should talk about garden things. >> Midnight we go to bed. [laughter] >> But we have a lot of cookies. >> Lot of cookies. >> We're going to have a nice time.

But good to see some of you tuning in from Brazil, other places. >> The flag just helps us. >> Yep. >> Um, yeah. Let somebody said happy third birthday. Tell Olivia. >> Merry Christmas as well. >> Is it snowing? Yeah, we're out in a blizzard in there. >> We're in a blizzard. >> Yeah, it's not.

We're It's 42 degrees Fahrenheit here. >> Look at this. This blizzard. >> I know. Which would be like four or five degrees Celsius for all you. >> We have some We have some prayer requests. >> But we have a great day today. We got Chris Valatin bring the word.

We got Austin Johnson, Emmy Rose, Corey Miller leading us in worship. It's going to be a powerful time. And tonight, we'll talk more about it. It's not going to be like a normal night at Bethl. >> It's going to be a Christian night. [laughter] >> It is going to be a Christian night.

It's always a Christian night for Sunday night services, but it's going to be a Christmas concert >> that's done really like well done. Our production teams like >> our production team shout out to production. >> Shout out to production. Absolutely. It's going to be an amazing uh cool thing.

If you watch last year, you'll know it was pretty epic. It was the first time we did it. >> Yeah, I was watching it back. >> I'm hoping it'll be better even this year. >> If not, I'm going to have to give Gabe feedback because this is a Gabe Gabe V. >> Oh, it's going to be so good. >> Origination here. >> People said [clears throat] David said hello from New Zealand.

Um Francis said it's bright and sunny here in Dubai. >> Oh, amazing. >> There you go. Um I need prayer. This is coming from order. Sorry for audacious queen. I'm probably that's maybe what you're saying tuning in from Singapore. We got any prayer for reconciliation and provision. >> Yes. >> Yes.

Father. Yeah. We can we can start praying for people. There's there's a few um >> Bethy, she's in the home hospitalized care with latestage Alzheimer's and neurological damage and severe mold toxicity. Yes, we can be praying for that. >> Yeah. Let's let's pray. We we had an event yesterday here at the >> holiday feast, >> the church called the holiday feast which is something we do every year and we invite different people from our community.

Um we have >> we had like 50 something roundts in our sanctuary and families come over for three course meal, >> free clothes, 200 presents given out to kids. >> Yeah, it's it's a super super fun time. But the Lord showed up as we fully expected and believe him to do and a number of people got healed.

I was just hearing another testimony this morning. Um and we pray for people to have a Christmas miracle. That was one of the words that we released. And so we want to release that over you too right now that you would actually receive that Christmas miracle. And so we pray for Bethy >> um that uh right now in hospice.

And God, we thank you >> for all the Alzheimer's um and neurological damage leaving in the name of Jesus. >> God, we speak over Bethy a turnaround in Jesus name. God, what the doctors have deemed impossible, we declare possible right now in the name of Jesus. Um I also feel like if if this applies to you, put it in the chat or it might be people watching it back, but someone that needs a miracle for their dad.

Um, and it's a it's a a a really kind of a a last minute. I need a miracle. >> Um, to pray. And so, God, I thank you right now for anyone believing for a miracle for their dad. Again, put it in the chat so we can join with you in prayer.

But I felt like the Lord said to pray and prophesy resurrection life >> and to declare they will live and not die. And so, God, we declare that in the name of Jesus. And we come into partnership with anyone believing for their dad for healing and life and health in Jesus name. >> Yeah.

Shirley, we just released grace over your lungs right now. And surely I just saw you uh taking in a deep breath like three or four times just and blowing out. And as you do that, I'm just going to pray. But Father, I thank you just for a loosening up in her lungs.

I thank you for a restoration and just just declare brand new lungs right now. No more issues, no more u complications anymore in Jesus name. All disease to leave the lungs right now in Jesus name. Thank you father. test it out surely and then just let us know in the chat if anything's changed if it's a person sentence changed better.

We want to hear what Jesus is doing. >> Um we also >> Isaiah said here I need a miracle with my dad. So we are believing with you um >> yeah as he's karon 9191. >> Where are you looking again? >> Uh yes my father Joseph Joseph with you.

Okay. Yeah. Thank you father. Um there's a number of people asking for there's two things sticking out to me in the in the chat. Sometimes things just kind of pop out and I'm like, "Oh, the Lord's highlighting that." One is um restoration. I know we read a prayer request.

Um your name was on audacious queen of restoration and provision. Um somebody else saying they need restoration with their son, I believe. Um and then the other prayer request that seems to be coming a lot is uh things with the mind. So Alzheimer's, dementia. Um and so I want to pray for those two things. >> Yeah.

He just put that to dad needs a miracle. Currently in the hospital, dementia, lost mobility, double. >> Um >> yeah, God, I I I I feel like it's really on the Lord's heart and it's not a coincidence that that that's coming up a number of times on the chat.

And so God, I thank you um that you say that you don't give us a spirit of fear, but you give us a spirit of you give us a sound mind. And so God, instead of even fear right now, I and even fear surrounding diagnosis or um even people struggling with with fear and memory loss, I declare over them a sound mind in the name of Jesus.

God, I thank you um for all Alzheimer's or dementia or schizophrenia, um anxiety, just different. And I feel like the Lord's like people that have been diagnosed with a uh condition, we declare healing and a reversal. God, you are the God who um things that with you things have life.

And so I feel like the Lord's like wherever it's felt like things were deteriorating right now speak the opposite. And so God, we speak the opposite. Um that there would be life, they start to remember things, they start to remember you um and there would be breakthrough in Jesus name. >> Yeah.

A lot of lot of Yeah. So play for restoration, but just also a lot of miracles needed for family members. And so if that's you, I want you, if you're next to them, you can lay a hand on them. If you're not, just go ahead and put a hand on your heart.

I'm going to pray. But Holy Spirit, we just thank you. Regardless of what's going on, whether it's their their father, their mother, their son, daughter, their brother, their sister, whatever it is right now, we just release grace. Father, we just command whatever the issue is, whatever the condition, we thank you for an intervention right now, a heavenly intervention.

We just declare no more problems, no more issues, and we thank you for a turnaround moment right now. Turnaround moment, pain leaving right now, clarity coming right now. Thank you, God. The whole family, God, I thank you that this Christmas there will just be health and wholeness in all of our families in this Christmas season right now.

Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Go ahead and we're going to pray for that restoration thing too. But go ahead and test out your body. Um or if you're with somebody, just lay a hand on them and ask them to test out their body and tell us what's happening in the chat.

That the test me of Jesus is a spirit of prophecy. And often one thing happens and it causes this kind of snowball catalytic effect on the the the rest of us. And so um please let us know in the chat what's happening. If you put testimony or a tea before it, it kind of helps us distinguish between a prayer request um and then what the Lord has done.

But God, we thank you also for restoration that you are the God of family. And as so many people are putting prayer requests for their family, um I I felt like there's going to that we we should prophesy that coming home. >> Come on. >> Coming home of sons and daughters, coming home of mothers and fathers, um connection, intimacy, and that the Lord would knit hearts together.

I felt to to pray that the Lord would hit knit hearts together um that feel like they just keep missing each other. And so we bless uh we bless you and we bless your family and those that um you represent even being on this call in Jesus name. >> Yeah.

Come on. Surely put uh thank you for the prayers. Slight improvement with taking a deep breath. Something I've not been able to do for some time. When I breathe deep, it's like having a restricted band around my chest. Father, we thank you for what you're doing over Shirley.

And Father, right now in the spirit, we just snip that band around her chest right now. And we just command a release and command all of that restriction off of her. All of that heaviness off of her. We just command all infirmity, trauma, fluid, uh inflammation to leave right now in Jesus' name over Shirley.

We just release grace and peace in Jesus name. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Father. And Father, I thank you just for even little baby Eden on there. God, I just ask that you just lift that gird right now. >> [snorts] >> And father, I just thank you just for peace coming over our whole body and peace over mom and dad as well.

And father, I thank you for a great night's sleep, sleeping through the whole night and not like constant interruptions. Father, I thank you just for grace coming over her as she sleeps in Jesus' name. Thank you. And then other people have been putting in there just uh a lot of different issues from uh mobility issues to uh salvation's for my dad.

Yeah, believing for it right there. Uh SK uh spino bipida pain within your back. So, Holy Spirit, once again, if anyone needs a miracle in their body, we just command pain to leave. We just declare full mobility and peace to come upon them right now in Jesus name.

Thank you, Father. >> And then Sharon, we see you over in Amsterdam. We love you and we declare favor and grace even over you and Mark as you're looking for a home in Amsterdam and others that are believing for provision um over Christmas. We declare uh Christmas miracles in that realm as well.

We're we're going to have a great service. We've already said we'll have Chris speaking and >> keep checking out your body. >> Check out your body. Keep chatting with us. Let us know what's going on. We're so thankful that you are joining us and we pray you have an incredible time encountering Jesus this morning and we'll be back with you at the end. >> See you soon. >> Bless you guys. >> Come on, sing it out.

Uh, good morning. Let's stand together, please. Good morning. Good morning. >> How many of you have lived in Reading for like 20 years or more? How about 10 years or more? How many of you just got here this week? Let's [laughter] Well, welcome all of you. I don't remember ever having fog like this for so long.

So, this is brand new. I I've never seen it before. And so, we're just calling it the glory cloud. We're just uh we're just we're we're going to be in the blanket of God's presence. So, well, I'm so glad you guys showed up. Glad you're here today. I want to read scripture to you uh as we start this day.

It's out of Psalms 130. It's out of the Passion translation. So, it will be a bit more passionate than you're accustomed to. A little bit of fire. New wine, too. But your forgiving love is what makes you so wonderful. Just think through this now. Your forgiving love is what makes you so wonderful.

No wonder you are loved and worshiped. This is why I wait upon you, expecting your breakthrough. For your word brings me hope. What brings hope? >> What brings hope? >> The word. >> The word. That's right. Your word brings me hope. I long for you more than any watchman would long for the morning light. >> I will watch and wait for you, oh God, throughout the night.

Oh Israel, keep hoping, keep trusting, ((music playing)) and keep waiting on the Lord, for he is tender-hearted, kind, and forgiving. He has a thousand ways to set you free. I'm going to read the last verse again. You got to catch this. Keep hoping, keep trusting, keep waiting on the Lord.

((music playing)) He is tender-hearted, kind, and forgiving. He has a thousand ways to set me free. Say that with me. He has a thousand ways to set me free. Amen. Well, you got people all around you that he is freeing up and delivering and blessing and giving abundance to. I want you to take a couple minutes, find out who they are, bless them really good, and we will get started.

((music playing)) What's up? >> ((music playing)) >> That was ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> Hey for you ((music playing)) and for ((music playing)) You are the ((music playing)) one we [singing] want to meet. Jesus, ((music playing)) shine through all the praises ((music playing)) that we sing. We lift our voices. Sing that today for you. For you. You're the one we want to meet. Jesus, shine through.

((music playing)) All the praises that we sing for you, Lord Jesus, ((music playing)) for you. You're the one ((music playing)) we want [singing] to meet. else. King Jesus shine ((music playing)) through all the praises [music and singing] that we sing. We invite you here today, Lord. ((music playing)) For you are the one we ((music playing)) want [singing] to be. Oh Jesus, ((music playing)) shine through right here among us.

All the praises that we sing, ((music playing)) we sing. >> ((music playing)) >> We prepare for ((music playing)) every voice coming. Come and let your ((music playing)) presence fill our praise. Fill our praise. Come and ((music playing)) let your presence fill this place. Come and ((music playing)) let your presence fill our praise. Fill our praise. Come and let your ((music playing)) presence fill.

Oh, sing that again. Come and let Come and let your ((music playing)) presence fill our praise. Fill our praise. Come and let your presence ((music playing)) fill this place. Come and let ((music playing)) your presence fill our praise. Fill our praise. Come and let your presence fill. Come on for you. For ((music playing)) you. You're the one we want [music and singing] to be.

King Jesus [singing] shine through. ((music playing)) All these [singing] praises that we sing, we sing ((music playing)) straight to you today. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) to give [music and singing] you highest praise. Highest praise. We have come to love you in this place. We have ((music playing)) come to give you [singing] highest praise. Highest praise. We have come to love you ((music playing)) in this.

Yes, we have. Is why we're here, Lord. We've come to ((music playing)) give you highest [singing] praise. Highest praise. We've come to ((music playing)) love you in this place. We have come to give you ((music playing)) highest [singing] praise. Highest praise. We have come to you ((music playing)) in this place. ((music playing)) Yeah. ((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) Yeah. ((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) [singing] ((music playing)) Yeah. Heat. ((music playing)) Yeah.

((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Yeah. Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Here ((music playing)) we are. Here we are. ((music playing)) Just for you, Jesus. Only [music and singing] to meet with you today to bring you the highest praise. ((music playing)) Say, "We love you, Lord, and we ((music playing)) love you. We love you, [singing] Lord. You're the one we came ((music playing)) here for. We love you. We love you, Lord.

You're the one ((music playing)) our hearts adore. We love you, Jesus. We love >> with our whole hearts ((music playing)) today, Lord. We sing. You're the one we came here for. We love you. We ((music playing)) love [singing] you, Lord. You're the one our hearts ((music playing)) adore. We love you. ((music playing)) We love you, Jesus. ((music playing)) We welcome you here today.

Oh, we love you. ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> You're right here. Let this ((music playing)) be Jesus. We ((music playing)) love you and we love [singing] you. We ((music playing)) love you. Yes, we do. You're the one ((music playing)) we came for. We love you. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Heat. Heat. ((music playing)) It's all you. ((music playing)) It's all for you. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Yeah. ((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Heat. Heat. ((music playing)) Oh, here we are.

Here we are. Right ((music playing)) here. Here we are, [singing] Lord, with the praise you're worthy of today. Why else would ((music playing)) we gather here, Lord, but to meet with you and give you the worship you're worthy of? Hey. ((music playing)) Oh, this is why we're ((music playing)) here, Lord. You're the one our hearts adore.

The one we're here ((music playing)) for. You're the one our hearts ((music playing)) adore. There is no one else worthy of this. Lord, you're the ((music playing)) one we came here for. ((music playing)) You're the one our hearts [singing] adore. ((music playing)) Oh, and we ((music playing)) have come to give you highest praise, highest praise. We have come to love you in this place.

Oh, we have come to give you highest praise. [music and singing] Highest praise. We have come to love you in this ((music playing)) place. Can we lift our hands and sing that to him? We have come to give you highest praise. Highest praise. We ((music playing)) have come to love you in this place. Oh, and we have ((music playing)) come to give you.

It's why we're here today, Lord. Jesus, we have come to love you in ((music playing)) this place to welcome you here. Jesus, ((music playing)) lift your voice. Welcome the Lord today. Shouts of praise to the Lord. ((music playing)) We welcome you here, Jesus. Oh, ((music playing)) I lift it up. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Yes. >> ((music playing)) >> Heat. Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Oh, lifting ((music playing)) hands in song and dance, humbled [singing] by the glory of the ((music playing)) cross.

We've ((music playing)) been redeemed and reconciled, [singing] caught up in the splendor ((music playing)) of it all. [singing] Eternal ((music playing)) life you gave. So we will bring a song of praise, ((music playing)) how wonderful, ((music playing)) how lovely is your name. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) You captivate our hearts. You ((music playing)) save us by your grace. Thank you, Lord. Oh, God of ((music playing)) mercy, God of love.

How we marvel at your majesty. ((music playing)) And as we kneel before your throne in the beauty of your ((music playing)) mystery, we are children. ((music playing)) We are children of the king. Father of ((music playing)) your love we say. Oh, ((music playing)) how wonderful, how your ((music playing)) name. You captive ((music playing)) our hearts. You save us by ((music playing)) your grace.

How wonderful, ((music playing)) how lovely is your name. You captivate ((music playing)) our hearts. You save us by your grace. Oh, how we love [music and singing] you, Lord. Oh, [music and singing] how we love you, Lord. So [music and singing] much in a name, Jesus. In oh ((music playing)) the name of Jesus. [singing] ((music playing)) Oh the [singing] name of Jesus. Oh the name ((music playing)) of Jesus.

Oh the name of ((music playing)) Jesus. Oh the name ((music playing)) of Jesus. Oh, the name of Jesus, ((music playing)) none more powerful. Oh, ((music playing)) the name of Jesus. Yes. ((music playing)) Oh, the name. Oh, we sing out your name. Oh, the name of Jesus. ((music playing)) Oh, the name of ((music playing)) the name. Oh, the name of Jesus. ((music playing)) The name of Jesus.

((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> You captivate our hearts. You save ((music playing)) us by your grace. ((music playing)) Oh, what a savior. Heat. Heat. Heat. ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> You can't see your heart. ((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> Wonderful, how lovely ((music playing)) is your [singing] name. No sweeter name. You captivate our [singing and music] hearts. You save us by your [singing] grace. How we love you, Lord.

How wonderful, how lovely is your name. Oh, just ((music playing)) sing it to him this morning. You captivate [music and singing] our hearts. You save us by your ((music playing)) grace. Oh, just lift up your own ((music playing)) songs. Oh, just sing out ((music playing)) your adoration. Oh, how we love anything. ((music playing)) Oh, lift up your voices. Sing out a song of praise.

((music playing)) Oh, how we love. Oh, how we are ((music playing)) you ((music playing)) ((music playing)) know just a little Oh ((music playing)) wonderful, how lovely is ((music playing)) your name. And you captive ((music playing)) in our hearts. You save us by your grace. ((music playing)) How wonderful, how lovely ((music playing)) is your [singing] name. You captivate all. You save ((music playing)) us by your grace. >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> Nobody ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Jesus, there is No name like yours, Jesus.

((music playing)) There is no name like yours. ((music playing)) None more powerful and holy. [music and singing] Jesus, there is no ((music playing)) [singing] name like yours. None ((music playing)) sweeter and more beautiful, Jesus. ((music playing)) There is no name like yours. ((music playing)) Thank you for the power of your name, ((music playing)) Jesus. There is no name ((music playing)) like yours. ((music playing)) Oh Jesus, [singing] there is no name ((music playing)) like yours.

And worthy ((music playing)) is your name, Jesus. [singing] You ((music playing)) deserve the praise. Worthy is your name. Worthy ((music playing)) is your name, Jesus. You ((music playing)) deserve the praise. Worthy is exalt the Lord. ((music playing)) Worthy is your name. Jesus, how lovely ((music playing)) and beautifuler the praise. So worthy ((music playing)) is your name. And worthy is your name, Jesus.

((music playing)) You deserve the praise. Worthy ((music playing)) is your name. Worthy is your name. Praise. ((music playing)) Oh, you deserve the praise. >> ((music playing)) >> Worthy is your name. Worthy is your name. You ((music playing)) deserve the praise. Jesus ((music playing)) ((music playing)) is your worthy. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Yeah. ((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Worthy is your name of all ((music playing)) glory, honor, power, and praise. Worthy is your name.

Worthy is your name, ((music playing)) Jesus. You deserve the praise. ((music playing)) Worthy is [singing] your name. Worthy as your name, ((music playing)) Jesus. You deserve [music and singing] the praise. Worthy is your name. Holy is your name. How [music and singing] lovely, how beautiful is the name of Jesus. Worthy of all praise. One more time. Sing that. Worthy. Worthy is your name.

((music playing)) Jes. There's none like it, Lord. You deserve the praise. Worthy is ((music playing)) your name. >> So worthy is your name. Jesus, ((music playing)) you deserve the praise, worthy is so worthy is ((music playing)) your name. Glorious, ((music playing)) holy, righteous, and worthy. >> ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> Thank you. Thank you. You save ((music playing)) me. >> ((music playing)) >> He saved me, Lord.

Yeah. If you've been redeemed, bought back, brought back to ((music playing)) life, healed, delivered by the love of Jesus, would you just start to pour out thank yous? Pour out love. Oh, thank you, Lord. You saved us. >> ((music playing)) >> You did it all for love. You did ((music playing)) it all for love.

Bring him ((music playing)) an ocean and watch [singing] him parted wide. Bring him a ((music playing)) nation and see how he revives. Mighty [singing] deliver. Bring him in justice ((music playing)) and watch him make it right. Bring him a dead man and watch ((music playing)) him breathe new life. mighty deliverer. Hosana. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Glory to God in [singing] the highest forever.

((music playing)) Oh, glory ((music playing)) to God in the highest. ((music playing)) You did it all for love. Bring him your tri ((music playing)) and watch him take it down. Bring ((music playing)) him your battle. He'll turn it all around. Our mighty [music and singing] deliver. ((music playing)) For every struggle, he will give you faith. very strong. [music and singing] Our God will make the mighty ((music playing)) ((music playing)) All glory to God [music and singing] in the highest.

((music playing)) All glory to God ((music playing)) in the highest. [singing] Glory ((music playing)) to God in the highest. are [music and singing] belongs to you Lord. All the ((music playing)) honors, all the things belongs to you Lord. ((music playing)) You will be exalted ((music playing)) in honor. Worthy [singing] of all wisdom and power. ((music playing)) Only [singing] your name. Only your name. ((music playing)) You will never leave us, forsake ((music playing)) us.

You will always guard [singing] us and keep ((music playing)) us. Only your name. Only your name. ((music playing)) You will be exalted in honor. Worthy of all ((music playing)) wisdom and power. Only ((music playing)) your name. It's only your name. Only your name. Only ((music playing)) your name. ((music playing)) Heat. Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Yeah. ((music playing)) Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> in the highest. Oh, glory to God ((music playing)) in the highest.

Oh, glory to God in the [music and singing] highest. ((music playing)) All the glory [singing] is yours. Glory ((music playing)) is yours. All [singing] the glory is yours forever and ever. The glory is yours forever and ever. ((music playing)) The glory is yours forever and ever. [snorts] The glory ((music playing)) is yours. The only one worthy. ((music playing)) The glory [singing] is yours. >> ((music playing)) >> The glory [singing] is yours.

((music playing)) Glory is yours. Glory is yours. ((music playing)) No one else. No one ((music playing)) else is worthy [singing] like you. No ((music playing)) one else deserves our open hearts. No ((music playing)) one else is worth the wildest praise. No one else is worth ((music playing)) the wildest praise. So we give it all. We give it all to you, ((music playing)) Lord.

You will be exalted ((music playing)) worthy of [music and singing] wisdom and power. Only your name. ((music playing)) Only your name. ((music playing)) You will never you ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) worthy. Yeah. Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Yeah. Heat. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) Jesus ((music playing)) glory to God in the highest. ((music playing)) Hosana. ((music playing)) All glory forever. ((music playing)) Oh, glory to God in the highest. ((music playing)) Yes, Lord. It's all yours, Lord God. It's all yours, Lord. >> Glory ((music playing)) to you. >> It's all yours, Lord.

((music playing)) >> Yes, Lord. It's all yours, Lord. >> We give you ((music playing)) all the glory. [singing] We give you all ((music playing)) the glory. [singing] We give you all the glory. Request [singing] the Lord. [singing and music] We give you all the ((music playing)) glory. We give you [singing] all the glory. ((music playing)) We give you [singing] all the glory. [singing] ((music playing)) Christ the Lord will praise.

We'll ((music playing)) praise your [singing] name forever. Will praise your [music and singing] name forever. will praise [singing] your name forever. ((music playing)) Christ, for you alone are worthy. For [music and singing] you alone are worthy of all praise ((music playing)) and honor. For [singing] you alone are worthy. ((music playing)) [singing] For you alone are [music and singing] worthy in Christ ((music playing)) the Lord. He ((music playing)) is worthy, worthy, worthy.

Why don't you put his name on your lips? Let's declare together out loud. Raise your voices. ((music playing)) You alone are worthy Jesus. Worthy, worthy, God. Worthy of our worship. Worthy of our praise. Lift your voices. He is worthy. Worthy. Worthy. Holy are you, God. Holy are you, God. Worthy, Jesus.

You alone. You alone are worthy, Jesus. Wow. ((music playing)) Wow. I'm going ((music playing)) to read to you. It's hard to only have two hands sometimes. Okay. The people who walked in darkness ((music playing)) have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.

((music playing)) You have multiplied the nation and increased its joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy of harvest. As men rejoice when they divide ((music playing)) the spoil. For you have broken the yoke of his burden and the staff on his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor. as in the day of Midian for every warrior's sandal from the noisy battle and garments rolled in blood will be used for burning and fuel ((music playing)) of fire.

Four. Unto ((music playing)) us a child is born. Unto us a son is given. And the government be upon his shoulder. and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace ((music playing)) there will be no end. upon the throne of David and over his kingdom to order it and establish it with ((music playing)) judgment and justice.

From that time forward, even forever, we will figure this all out and it will be up to us. No, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will see it through. He will accomplish it. He will do it. It's being done.

It's not up to us. It is being ((music playing)) done. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this. You know, we we have some things to pray over today as a church body, as a body of believers. ((music playing)) Let me see if I can access my other set of hands.

Hold on. The first part of Isaiah that verses 2 through5 we're given a prophetic promise of light a promise over a people something when it was spoken it was something that had not been but it will be. And then it says for for unto us a child is born.

All these things will happen because ((music playing)) for unto us a child is born. He He was born. He was born. We are celebrating this Christmas season that it was done. He came and the answer to all the problems. The answer to all the things burdening a world ((music playing)) was a baby born in a humble stable in less than ideal conditions.

And this holiday season, we're invited, as always, but especially at the holidays, we're invited to consider ((music playing)) the miracle that the zeal of the Lord of Hosts is performing all around us. And you know, if you're paying attention to uh current events, you know that there have been um some shootings this week.

And not just here in the United States of America, but in Bondi Beach, Australia, at Brown University, here in the States, in a small town in Minnesota, all within the last week. And ((music playing)) how many of you know that deep darkness will cover the earth [laughter] and that we are constantly in need ((music playing)) of a savior?

[snorts] But this morning, as we consider that unto us a child was born, a son was given to us, and his government ((music playing)) will not end, nor will his reign of peace. That's a reality that we need to see invade every aspect of human life. That's a reality that we need to see invade every aspect of culture, every issue of humanity.

We need to see it. But how many of you know that whether or not we see it doesn't determine whether it is true of him, of his nature, of his goodness, the zeal of the Lord is performing it. So this is a this is one of those things, right, where um [sighs and gasps] when God is moving on the earth, sometimes we don't have the words always.

We don't always need to have the words. He given he's given us the language ((music playing)) of the spirit. He has given us uh prophetic declaration and promise. We don't always have words for what he is doing and what he is accomplishing. But what I want to invite us into today, ((music playing)) we're going to pray.

We're going to pray over an we're going to pray an end to violence, an end to chaos, an end to darkness. We're going to pray that the light would absolutely invade that that this child born to us that his kingdom would be established in every realm of society.

But how many of you know that whether or not there's a shooting ((music playing)) this week, he is good and he is God and he is on the move and he is doing something. So what I want to invite us into is this very supernatural ((music playing)) experience that we get as believers to understand that there are more than one reality happening at the same ((music playing)) time.

There is what we can see. There is what we can touch and feel. There's what we read about in the news. [snorts] And then there is a kingdom of heaven being established that will never end. It will only increase. That's the thing that we're going to close our eyes right now and step into.

Okay? I want to invite you to do that with me. Close ((music playing)) your eyes for no other reason than to just be aware of what is happening in the spirit beyond what is happening here on earth. Beyond what is happening in our news. beyond what we hear about that would be discouraging.

We see you, God. We see you. We recognize that you sent us a son, a baby boy into the humblest of circumstances, into a dark time to a people who needed a rescuer. We still need the rescuer, God. We need you, Jesus. We are aware of our need for you, God.

And we acknowledge right now in the name of Jesus ((music playing)) that you are accomplishing it. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do it. So with ((music playing)) your eyes closed and with your spirits locked in and engaged to that realm of reality where heaven is expanding. Heaven is expanding.

We're going to pray. ((music playing)) And I'm taking a second for this, but I want to tell you one other thing. ((music playing)) As we pray, I want you to consider this. Pastor Bill just last week invited us into believing for 12 months of quickly answered prayer. Quickly answered prayer. And I have been studying in Isaiah 65 another prophetic declaration, a promise over a people that there would be provision and light and resource and longevity and answer to prayer.

These things come when we align our prayers with what God is already doing and already saying. So, we're about to lift our voices together and pray as the body of Christ. But here's how I want you to pray. I want you to pray not from a place of need.

He is very aware of our needs. ((music playing)) >> We're believing for quickly answered prayers as we declare out loud what he is saying and doing. So I want you to get a picture. I want you to hold in your hearts these cities. Bondi Beach, Brown University, smalltown Minnesota. I want you to hold these places in your hearts and I want you to ask the Holy Spirit to give you a word, a picture, a promise.

He's aware of the need. Let's partner and align with his vision for how the kingdom of heaven shall expand into every dark place. I'm going to give you one moment for that. Holy Spirit, help us see eyes and ears to see and hear what you're doing. God, ((music playing)) we thank you for this gift of prophecy.

We thank you for access to your heart and to your mind. We want to co-labor with you, Jesus, ((music playing)) King of Kings. All right, we're going to lift our voices together out loud as a body. We're going to speak out and prophetically declare over these dark situations what God is up to and how he is on the move.

And we're all just going to shout it out together. So, ((music playing)) ready? 1 2 3. Start praying from this place. Start praying from this place where God has given you a vision. He has given you a word. Thank you, Jesus, for what you are doing. Thank you for what you are doing, ((music playing)) God.

We see and declare that these cities and nations shall be full of people aware of the presence of God, obedient to the moving of the Holy Spirit, sensitive to the kingdom of heaven at hand. ((music playing)) We declare an end to violence. >> ((music playing)) >> We see you, God, coming with your government of peace that has no end.

((music playing)) We see you, Spirit of God, moving into dark places and breathing life. We see you releasing captives and ((music playing)) setting prisoners free. God, we hear you say that generations ((music playing)) after generations will hear of and tell of your goodness and your glory in the earth. Keep your voices ((music playing)) raised, guys.

Let's pray. Let's press in together. We see heaven coming to earth ((music playing)) in these dark spots. We recognize, God, we recognize that your zeal is accomplishing an expanding kingdom. We welcome it. We welcome it. Make us so aware, God. Make us so aware. We bless, God, what you're doing.

((music playing)) We bless God what you're doing. We bless Australia. We bless Minnesota. We bless Brown University. ((music playing)) God, we declare that in a time where where violence ((music playing)) and chaos would like to raise its head. You are supreme. Your reality is greater. What you are accomplishing is so much bigger ((music playing)) than we could fathom. much less see.

We align our hearts and minds with ((music playing)) that in the name of Jesus. We ask for your reign. We thank you, God. We thank you, God. Now, I want you to put a hand on somebody next to you. We're going to pray for our own church community here. We're going to pray for our own city that ((music playing)) that uh in this Christmas time that the people here in Reading, the people listening online in our online community that our neighbors would actually ((music playing)) experience the peace and reign of Christ in their homes.

Raise your voices. Let's pray for those next to us. Let's bless the families represented in this room. We thank you, Jesus, for what you're doing in our community, in our city. We thank you God for our online family. We ask for the peace and reign of Christ to ((music playing)) surpass every every challenge, every hurdle.

We declare that there will be no end to your government in these homes and families and relationships and covenants re represented here this morning. Thank you, Father. >> ((music playing)) >> Thank you, Father. >> Yeah. Bless him real good in Jesus name. Amen. You guys did ((music playing)) great. Well done. All right.

Thank you, worship team. Oh, man. Okay. Well, merry Christmas. As you are heading back to your seats, we've got a full room in here today. Why don't you bless somebody on your way back? And if you've got a seat open next to you, maybe help our ushers out and raise a hand just to indicate if you've got some space.

We got people around the side still. All right. Gabriel Valenuela. >> Gabriel. ((applause)) >> It's already been good. We could go home right now and it would be good. But we're not we are not going home. Well, let me I know everyone's finding their seat a full service this morning.

Let me just first say uh to everybody if you're watching online, if you're in uh the house with us today, uh welcome. Welcome to Bethl Church. Um sometimes I feel like you ever fly United and they're like, you could have chosen any airline this morning, but thank you for choosing us.

There's you could have been there's lots of amazing churches. Uh yeah, but uh there's one Jesus. So, thank you for choosing him. And then, um, yeah. Oh, we love you. If you're a guest with this morning, first time here, could you just give me a wave? Just a just a hello.

Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Anybody over here that I miss? A few. Hello. If you want to keep your hand up. Our ushers have something special for you, you can uh you can do that. Uh that would be awesome. And then I do have one verbal announcement for you before we watch uh the glory that is church news here at Bethl Church.

Uh tonight, if you didn't know, we've announced it for a few Sundays, but tonight is our second annual, which it sounds impressive when you say second annual uh Christmas concert. Who's coming tonight? Okay, that listen, I love that that you're coming. I need you to check your heart right now.

Check your heart. Ask the Lord. I know you can watch it online. I know you can. And it sounds incredible. Thanks to everybody. But there is something about being in the room. So, uh, if you're watching online, be blessed. But for our local church family, the concert is going to be, uh, phenomenal and and amazing.

I can't say enough things. Uh, we're kind of a musical family, so we kind of love it. Um, but it we were at rehearsals, uh, yesterday. Um, and it sounds unbelievable. >> Yes. So, I would want I want to encourage you, bring your friends, bring your bring your family, all of them, especially the quiet ones.

Bring those. So, it is familyfriendly mostly, right? So, uh, no, it is family friendly. It is. Some of you guys are like, "Wow." No, listen. It's a concert, so you know, don't be don't. Anyway, that's enough. Okay. Family friendly. Bring the lost. It's a great It's a great moment for the lost to come and hear about the love of Jesus.

We're going to be singing all kinds of Christmas songs today. Yes, there are some about Jesus, but let me just some prizes. There's a there's a few that are just fun Christmas songs. We're going to sing those, too. Yes. And and uh if you come in a little early and bring all the kids, uh I'm pretty sure that the best looking Santa Claus you've ever seen is going to be here handing out some gifts to the kids.

So that's going to be really really fun if you guys want to do that. So we hope to see all you tonight. Uh we love you guys. Merry Christmas. Enjoy church news. >> ((music playing)) >> Hey everyone, happy merry flannel Christmas. I'm Dan Flannely. Let's just go with that. And uh this is Steve Moore.

We're here for Flannel Church News. This January the 4th through the 10th, a Sunday through the Saturday, we're going to have an intentional time of fasting as a church. And I just encourage each one of you to think about what you could lay aside for a season. If it's food, if it's the distraction of screens, if it's ((music playing)) sports or something else where you can create space to meet with the Lord and to hear his heart for our church.

((music playing)) We're going to be specifically praying into salvations because people need to know the Lord. And we believe a worldwide harvest is underway. ((music playing)) And so we we'll be praying into that. We'll be gathering for prayer, having some email, just staying in connection with each other as about what we're hearing from the Lord as we move forward.

((music playing)) So really invite you to prayerfully consider what you and your family might lay aside so that you could feast on the presence of the Lord. If you'd like more information, go to bethl.com/fast to see the full ((music playing)) schedule and be A PART. PROPHETIC CONFERENCE 2026 the Herald Steve has spoken.

It's happening guys from February 18th through the 20th. It's going to be in Reading and online. This year we are gathering the hungry, the seekers, and the bold. Those who long to hear God's voice and partner with him prophetically. The harvest is here and it must begin with us being ((music playing)) transformed through encountering the spirit of God ourselves.

We believed hearts will be stirred, spiritual eyes will be ((music playing)) opened, and lives are going to be set apart. Join us for this amazing time. It is not too late to sign up for BSM online. If you've been hungering and considering whether you wanted to do BSSM, ((music playing)) but you just can't get here, I want to encourage you.

We have an intake that's happening in January, not just for English speakers, but Spanish speakers as well. ((music playing)) Hola, Danny. Hola, Steve. That's about all I got. Applications are going to be open until December 20th. And so, it's not too late to sign up and see the Lord move powerfully through your life ((music playing)) through BSM online. >> Yeah, we're constantly amazed by how God just transforms people through an online encounter.

So, you're going to want to be a part. I wanted to just give you a testimony as we come to the close of this powerful year marked by lots of amazing things ((music playing)) that have happened in God's presence. At the Open Heaven Conference this year, a guest joined us who had metal screws ((music playing)) in a wrist from a surgery 15 years ago and they were painful.

She could feel them ((music playing)) and they limited her motion and it was uncomfortable and anything touched them. But she received prayer. The pain was gone. She could no longer feel the screws ((music playing)) and she had her mobility back as well. So again, the Lord does ((music playing)) great miracles. Whether it's something that's been going on for 15 years or 15 minutes, press in for the breakthrough.

Grab a brother or a sister. Believe together for God to meet your need and ((music playing)) and touch you with his power. If you've missed any of these announcements, you can find them at bethl.com/flannelurch ((music playing)) news. Just leave the flannel part out. By the way, shout out to my son. And I picked this out of his closet.

I gave it to him as a Christmas gift and ((music playing)) then I regifted it to myself cuz it's flannel, baby. It's all about the flannel. Have a great week. 2,000 years ago, Jesus gave the command to his church to go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

And yet today, over a billion people have never heard the gospel even once. 98% of all the languages of the world do not have the full Bible. So what God is calling our generation to give ourselves to is to bring together these two elements. simple gospel proclamation to every individual and making disciples of all people groups with the full ((music playing)) Bible >> which is the proclaimers.

It also has the solar at the back so they don't have to charge it from ((music playing)) electricity all the time. >> We often try to bring our Bible and try to share the good news to them but they rejected us. What they told us is like oh this is not our language we cannot receive this because this this not belong to us.

And then we started to translate ((music playing)) some songs in their own language some Bible scripture in their own language. They they they ((music playing)) accepted those things. They accepted and they say oh this feels ours. You know through OMT like they listen they heard the good news. They heard the word of God.

They they feel oh the god is our god you know that's your god and my god you know >> as we brought even the first few books of the bible that have been translated into this language we just saw the joy on the faces of ((music playing)) believers as they heard the word of god in their language for the first time in ((music playing)) history and this joy that we saw is not meant to be limited to a few languages ((music playing)) around the world.

God's dream, the heart of the father in heaven is that every mother tongue language is that the full word of God people would know him and worship him rightly on earth as in heaven. >> God is moving in a historic way. Millions of people are coming home to Jesus for the first time.

Right now we have 60 languages waiting in Africa, 14 in Indonesia and 40 more in Myanmar. We have all these languages ((music playing)) and we're lacking the funding. It used to take 16 years and over ((music playing)) a million dollars. Now, through championing mother tongue translators, ((music playing)) you can commission the full Bible to be translated in less than 18 months into ((music playing)) a language for the first time.

For around 1% of the cost, at 16 times the speed, we can get the word of God into every language in the world. We truly ((music playing)) can change history. We truly can see the fulfillment of the great commission ((music playing)) in this generation through your partnership. So, join us. help us propel us from going ((music playing)) from hundreds of translations to tens of thousands.

((applause)) Isn't that so good? At Bethl Missions, we love to do whatever we can to get the word of God into the hands of those, especially those who haven't had it yet. You know, when we lived in Asia, actually, it was one of our most favorite things to do was to get these audio players into the hands of the local people.

And quite honestly, that's pretty much why we got kicked out. As you heard, there are still so many people groups, so many that don't have a Bible yet in their language. Can you just for a second think about what it would be like if when you became a Christian, you had no Bible? no resource that you could use. >> And that's why we're excited to announce today a partnership between this house, between Bethl Missions in every language.

Uh we just love their vision to get God's word out there and let's do it quickly. Uh to be able to get these audio translations, uh a whole translation of God's word into a language in under 18 months. Uh this is amazing. And so we just we want to highlight what they're doing.

Uh we want to ask you to pray for this vision. Uh we also you can you can learn more about this vision at every language.com. And then also just as a house we're going to get behind this. We're going to commission I believe many of these Bibles uh to be translated.

We're already talking with them about uh the regions where our 12 tribes are and what uh dialects, what languages are needed there. But we're going to get behind this project. Uh I think they mentioned, you know, one translation of of the entire Bible using these high-tech uh methods and these native translators.

We can do it for under $18,000, which is it's pretty incredible. That break it down. That's $250 for a book of the Bible or 50 cents for a verse. Can you can you imagine translating John 3:16, you know, for the first time into a language? I I'm just really excited uh about what God is doing here.

So, what we've done for our partners at Every Language is we've set up a a a separate M account for that. So, if you want to get behind this specifically and give a gift that would go totally to this uh M70 is your number there. You can go to the QR code, scroll down uh and look for M70. uh if you're giving via check or uh via a a giving envelope, just write M70 on that and all of that gift will go to them.

We also want to thank you for your end of the year giving to our general missions fund, which is the QR code there. And and actually through that, we're already giving to this. In fact, I just heard this morning that a thousand of these solar audio Bibles got delivered to some of our missionary partners in Mosamb beek.

So, I just want to thank you. A thousand of these in hands this week in Mosamb beek. God is on the move uh through this every language project. And one of the other things I wanted to tell you right here at the end of the year, because of your generosity, we were able to send a Christmas bonus check to all of our long-term missionaries around the world.

So, y'all, thank you for the way you give, the way you pray, and the way you go into the nations. May God bless you. And now, would you please welcome Steve Moore as he comes up uh to take our offering. ((applause)) >> Come on. So good. Go ahead and stand to your feet.

It's offering time. We're going to do offering reading number two. And uh just to reiterate tonight with uh the concert, everyone's welcome. It's going to be normal child care. Bring the whole family. It is a great time. I highly recommend it. But let's uh let's declare this out as we receive today's offering.

We are believing you for heaven opened, earth invaded, storehouses unlocked, and miracles created. Dreams and visions, declarations, declarations, impartations and divine manifestations, anointings, giftings and calls, positions and promotions, provisions and resources to go to the nations. Souls and more souls from every generation saved and set free carrying kingdom revelation.

Thank you, Father, that as I join my value system to yours, you will shower favor, blessings, and increase upon me so I have more than enough to co-labor with heaven and see Jesus get his full reward. Hallelujah. Just wanted to emphasize the declarations and that, you know, from Bill's message the other week.

Go ahead and scan that QR code to give. We got ushers passing out the buckets. And while you do that, will you please help me welcome Chris Valatin as he brings the word. ((applause)) Well, Steve, that was a rookie mistake up there. We only repeat that for I think it's been 46 years, but all right, you'll get it soon enough.

He's our COO. Scary, right? Well, it's good to see you. I've been gone for quite a bit at the time. I think was in Brazil. No, I was in Brazil and then in Nashville after that, so I missed a few few Sundays. But um glad to be here.

Um let's pray. Holy Spirit, thank you for what you're doing um throughout the world, everywhere. God, you're just moving powerfully throughout the world. And we we pray for your grace and your revelation and your peace to be on us today as we gather and talk and pray together.

Bless this day, Father. Let this be a special day. Let this be a significant day in the kingdom. Amen. >> Um I want to tell you real quickly, we we're starting a a Bethl business network that'll be online. It'll be also on campus. So, if you're a business person or um some of you that are uh watching on our Bethl um uh streaming, I would love to have you in the Bethl network.

Yeah, you put the that code right there doesn't tell you anything about it. It just gets you on a list. Laugh appropriately if you don't mind. Like, we want to we want to email you what's happening. What's going to in early January it's going to launch. So, we'll send you information.

We want to get you on a list and this is just like yes, I'd love more information. So that kind of list, but it's going to be amazing. We're also going to have an entrepreneur school on campus and online. We're super excited about it. Building business by business people for business people.

How many you know you can go to a university and be taught and get an MBA and never be taught by anyone who's ever been in business. So this is going to be powerful. We're going to we're going to homogenize the supernatural, the wisdom of God, prophecy, all of that stuff in with practical uh skills.

Uh and then also, you know, um I'm doing what you're doing. It must be there's something up here. He knows you when you're sleeping. He knows you when you're awake. That's the only worship song I can think of right now. I only have 30 minutes. I got to go.

Yeah. Noble character is what I was trying to say. We want to want to homogenize mo noble character. Noble charact. Okay, that's it. I'm done with that. Let's see if I can preach now after all that. So, we've been talking about developing a culture of wealth and I want to talk about some lessons from the life of Joseph.

And last time I preached, which I think was about a month ago, we talked about the the the life of Joseph and how he came into prominence. I'm going to repeat some of that because uh I have kind of part two of that and not all of you come to church every week for various reasons and all that kind of stuff.

So uh if you'll turn to Genesis chapter 17 I want to start here. Um this is Abra Abram. He's have he's having an encounter with the Lord and the Lord says to him as for me behold my covenant is with you and it will be with and you will be a father of a multitude of nations.

Say this. and you will be a father, >> you will be >> of a multitude >> of a multitude >> of nations of nations. >> I'll read you the rest. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have for I have made you a father of a multitude of nations.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from forth from you. I'll establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations and for an everlasting covenant to to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

I will give you and to your descendants after you the land of your sojournings and all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession and I will be their God. He goes on to say in verse 15, "Then God said to Abraham, as for Sarai, your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but you shall call her Sarah shall be her name, and I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her, and I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations, and kings of people will come from her."

And I'd like to point out that many the theologians think that the Ham Abraham the Sarah that that was adding the breath or the spirit of God onto his name. That every time after that someone called his name Abraham that God was saying to him, I'm adding my spirit to your name.

I'm adding my spirit to to your personhood. And God said, no longer shall you be Abraham, but you shall be Abraham because I've called you to be a father, not of a nation of many nations. and your wife, I will add my ha to her name, too. I will add my spirit to her name.

No longer shall she be Sarai, but she shall be Sarah because she shall be the mother of many nations, and kings will be birthed through her. And so, this is the promise of Abraham. And so, Abraham, as you know, had Isaac. Isaac had Jacob. Jacob's name was changed to Israel.

And Jacob had 12 sons and a daughter. The 11th son of Jacob was named Joseph and Joseph was his father a fa his father's favorite his he uh Jacob Israel Jacob and Israel same person they he favored Joseph and he made and part of the story is that he made Joseph a multicolored tunic his brothers were jealous of him and he was the 11th son of Jacob and he taunted his brothers with his fathers with his with his uh father's favor.

He taunted them and they began to first they despised him but over time Joseph just created the kind of culture that they just began to hate him. And then in the 37th chapter of Genesis, Joseph goes out into the field where his brothers are and he's got his multicolored tunic on.

You have to understand this multicolored tunic is a is part of the plot. Like his father made one for them. It's like it's like under the Christmas tree is one gift for just Joseph and no one else got one. And so Joseph wears this this tunic and he's kind of the the story kind of feels like that Joseph taunts them with this special gift from his father.

And so they see Joseph coming and Joseph has this dream. And in the dream he sees that 11 sheav or 10 sheav bowing down to him. And he sees that that these sheav are obviously his brothers. And the next night he has another dream that the sun and the moon and the sheav bow down to him.

And his brothers are like they he just keeps taunting his brothers like I saw 11 sheav bowing down to me in a dream last night. And they're like are we going to bow down to you? And then the next night he's like, "I saw the sun and the moon bowing down to me."

And his his dad's like, "Wow, bro." And and Joe Joe's just like he's like the arrogant, super gifted jerk. And so his brothers see him coming. He's wearing the tunic and they go, "Here comes the dreamer." That's what they say, like, "Here comes the dreamer." And so they start to they start to uh say, "Well, we should kill him.

Let's just kill him." And and so they're like they're they're thinking about killing him and they're like, "Well, let's throw him in a pit while we talk about it." So they throw him in the pit and they're and Reuben, the oldest, is like, "We can't kill him." And they're like, "Yeah, we should kill him."

And Reuben's like, "We can't kill him." Well, while they're having this debate and Joe's in the pit, the traders, slave traders come by and they go, "Hey, let's sell him into slavery." So they sell Joe into slavery and they take the the tunic off of him and they they go, "Well, what are we going to say to our dad?"

Well, let's say the animals ate him. So they take the tunic and they they they they dip it in they kill a goat and they dip it in blood and they take it to his dad and they go, "Look, the tunic he was eaten by wild animals." And you know, of course, I you know, Israel is distraught and he thinks his son is dead.

So that's how the story goes. And Joseph goes into slavery and he he's sold to Potterer. And this it's famous story. You probably know the story. There's so many new believers with us all the time. I think that it's important to kind of at least tell some of the story.

So he gets he gets sold into slavery. He gets sold into to a a guy named Potterer who's kind of the Pharaoh's right-hand guy and Potterer's house prospers with Joseph there. Like everything Joseph touches turns to gold. It says that Joseph was a successful man and all potterer's house prospered with Joseph there except for potterer's wife was she was not a good woman and she was trying to sleep with him and Joseph wouldn't sleep with her.

So finally she says he raped me and he goes to prison. So he goes from slavery to prison and everything in the prison prospered with Joseph there. And it says and Joseph was a successful man and this was the royal this was this is the the the the royal prison where the king sends his prisoners and consequently Joseph is there and the baker and the cup bearer go to prison where Joseph is coincidentally there and they have a dream.

They each have a dream the same night. And Joseph interprets the dream for the baker and for the cup bearer. To the baker, he said, "You're going to die tomorrow." To the cup bearer. Not Bethl prophecy interpretation. Little Old Testament. And he says to the he says to the cup bearer, "You're going to be restored to your position."

And and then he says to him, "Hey, remember me when you come into your kingdom." But the cup bearer gets restored and doesn't remember Joe. And for two years, he doesn't remember Joe. Now Joe's been in slavery and in prison for a number of years. And then all of a sudden, the pharaoh has a dream.

He has a dream of seven fat calves and seven skinny calves. And the skinny calves eat the fat calves. And for some reason, the pharaoh who doesn't know God knows the dream is divine. And he's troubled. And he's like, "Hey, does anybody know how to interpret dreams?" And the cup bearer goes, "Mama mia."

I don't think he said mama mia. Really? That's not in there. But he's like, "I know a guy who interprets dreams." Yeah. Two years ago interpret my dream. So they bring Joe in. Joe interprets the dream for the pharaoh. And then he and he says the seven fat calves are seven years of blessing.

Like he great prosperity. But the seven calves that are that are the seven skinny calves, those are seven years of famine. And those seven years of famine are going to eat up all the seven years of prosperity. And then Joseph says, you know, you should find someone like kind of like good-looking like me.

And you know, someone who has got some wisdom and says to you, you know, you should put away 20% of your grain for seven years and then sell it back to the Egyptians. and and the the pharaoh's like, "Yeah, hey, it's like you you're the guy." So the Pharaoh immediately puts Joseph in charge of all of Egypt.

And this is what he says to to all of his servants. He says, "I although I am Pharaoh, no one will lift a hand in all of Egypt without Joseph's permission." And Joseph becomes the ruler of all of Egypt. A few years go by as you know the the fam seven good years and then seven bad years and the years are so those famine years are so bad they don't just affect Egypt they affect Canaan where Joseph's brothers and his father and mother reside and so they come into Egypt to get food not knowing that Joe who they haven't seen for 17 18 19 years it's been years like Joseph's probably 40 by now they haven't seen him and his father doesn't know he's alive.

His brothers don't know he's in Egypt. And they come in for food. And this goes on for a while, like three three times they come in, I think, for food. And Joseph gives him food. And on the third time, they come in for food. And Joseph exposes himself to him and said, "I am Joseph who you sold into slavery."

And then he says immediately, don't be angry with yourselves, for the Lord sent me here before you to save you from the famine. And then he says this to them, "Come in to Egypt and I will take care of you. For I have become the father to Pharaoh.

I have become the father of Pharaoh." So powerful. And then another thing happens. His father comes in. Finally, the boys are in like his brothers are in like two times and then he says, "Bring my father." They bring he brings his father and they all move into the land of Egypt.

And the pharaoh is so thankful for Joseph that he gives his family, all of his family uh goes to him, the best land of all of Egypt. And they come in during the famine and and um and Israel, Jacob and Israel, same person, takes Manessa and Ephraim, who are Joseph's sons, and I'll read it to you in chapter 48.

Israel said, "Your two sons who were born to you," speaking to Joseph, "your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I be um before I came, I'm sorry. Your two Now, your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are mine.

Ephraim and Manessa shall be mine as Reuben and Simeon are. But your offspring after the after this who are born to you, they are yours." And here's the point. His point is is that how many understand that there are 12 tribes of Israel? And and there are there are 12 there are 12 gates in the New Jerusalem that have the 12 tribes name on them.

But Joseph can't be a tribal leader because he's not the leader of Israel. He's the leader of Egypt. Are you with me? So he can't be a tribe leader. And the tribal leaders can't be the grandson of Israel. They must be sons. So he takes, so Israel takes Jacob, Israel takes the two grandsons of his and says, "I'm going to adopt them.

They are no longer going to be my grandsons. They are going to be my sons. They are not your sons anymore. They are my sons." And there can't be 13 tribes in the in in in in Israel because there's only 12 gates in the new Jerusalem in this.

Are you following me? So they take the two they take Manessa and Ephraim and instead of making them two separate tribes so there's 13 tribes they become two half-tribes. Are you with me? And and consequently they consequently that becomes the the government for Israel. But here's the crazy thing.

How many understand when in the book of revelation there are 12 gates and it tells us that the names of the 12 tribes are on the 12 gates. Are you following me? >> Okay. But it doesn't tell you what the names of those tri 12 tribes are on the gates.

But Ezekiel in 48th chapter of Ezekiel he has a vision of the new Jerusalem that's shown in the book of revelation. Are you with me? He sees the same temple coming down with 12 gates. And he sees that the west that the eastern gate he says is the gate of Joseph.

Are you following me? >> But how many you know there can't be there's there Joseph is not a tribal leader. He's the leader of Egypt. Are you following me now? >> But the gate says Joseph. It doesn't say Ephraim and Manessa. In other words, it should be the gate of Ephraim Manasseh, but instead it's the gate of Joseph.

What's the point? The point is this. Remember the promise to Abraham that you shall be the father of many nations, not of a nation. Remember that Joseph was given a multicolored coat. That multicolored coat was a prophetic declaration that God is the God. He's the God of the rainbow.

He's the God of many colors. He's not the God of is just Israel. He's the God of all nations. Why did they dip it in blood? Because this is a prophetic declaration that the savior would dip all the nations in the blood of Christ and they would he would rule all the nations.

Are you with me? >> How many understand that the new Jerusalem that has the 12 tribes are supposed to be named on the gates but one of the gates is named Joseph. Not because Joseph is a tribe leader but because that the eastern gate was the gate in which the Gentiles got in.

Here's the final part of that. When Jesus came into the on a donkey and he rode into Israel, guess what gate he rode through? He rode through the eastern gate. Are you with me? It was a sign. It was a sign that all Are you with me? It was a sign that all the nations would come into the gate of Joseph, who was the first fulfillment of the promise of many nations and not just a nation.

Are you with me? And God said to Abraham, "And you shall be the father of many nations." And when Jacob when I'm sorry when Joseph said to his brothers, I have become a father to Pharaoh. Do you understand that he fulfilled the he was the first fulfillment of the promise to Abraham that he was a father not to Israel but to Egypt and that's how you and I got in when Jesus said make disciples of all nations in Matthew 28.

Therefore, all authority has been given to me in heaven and earth. Therefore, make disciples of all nations. Teach them everything I taught you. How many understand that was not a new idea. That was the fulfillment of the father of faith who's Abraham. How many you understand? We got saved through Christ.

But we are children of Abraham >> who was the first. Are you with me? >> That gate for everyone in here that isn't Jewish, we got in through the gate of Joseph. >> Are you with me? Okay, that's a good word. Actually, >> here's the rest of the story.

The rest of the story is in Genesis 47. If you want to turn there for the sake of time, because Steve took so long to take the offering. I'm left with a pitiful 13 minutes. [clears throat] Bill's going wah wah wah in the front row. You didn't hear it. So now they're in the middle of famine.

So Egypt is in the middle of famine. They're in the fourth year of the famine and they have spent all their money. They're in the fifth year of the famine. Now they have no money. They come to Joseph in the 47th chapter and they said, "We don't want to hide from you what's happening to us.

We are out of money. We we we've we've we've sold everything. We've we've it's the fifth year. We're and and we're out of food and we're out of money. And they say this to Joseph, please don't let us die. We will give you our land. We will give Pharaoh our land and we will become Pharaoh's slaves.

Only don't let us die. And it says this in the 47th chapter. So Joseph enslaved all of Egypt. Now here's the interesting thing. Joseph enslaves all of Egypt. There's only one thing Joseph doesn't do. The land of Gosam, where his family came in, they did not have to sell things or themselves to get food because Joseph took care of his family.

He took care of the immigrants better than he took care of the citizens. And consequently, when the famine was over, all the Egyptians were enslaved and all the Israelites prospered. In Exodus 1:8, it says there now a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we are.

Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply. In the event of war, they will join themselves to those who hate us, and they will fight against us, and we and we will be departed from our land." So they appointed task masters, and they afflicted him.

The Egyptians celebrated survival. The Egyptians celebrated survival and made Joseph a national hero. When during after the famine, they celebrated Joseph as a national hero. But Joseph's years of incarceration blinded him to the fact that his solution lacked legacy and created retaliation for the Egyptians from the Egyptians, enslaving the Israelites for 400 years.

Furthermore, Joseph's Joseph gave grain to the Israelites without requiring anything of them who had now start over. Furthermore, Joseph gave grain to the Israelites without requiring anything for them, who had migrated to Egypt to survive. He took better care of the immigrants who he had compassion for than the citizens he was supposed to be leading.

This led to another social crisis in which the Jews who were living in Egypt became the upper class while the Egyptian citizens were left impoverished for generations as they struggled to work their way back out of slavery. Once the famine was behind them, the realization of their demise became apparent as they contrasted their poverty with the Jews prosperity created by Joseph's unjust strategy that favored his family.

This was nepotism at its worst, and the Egyptians passionately resented it. They feared the powerful Jews would enslave them again, so they enslaved them first. I I I want to point out that if Joseph would have told the Egyptians about the famine and the plan, they could have become rich.

Instead, he only revealed the plan to Pharaoh. Joseph spent years enslaved long before he was a prince. It affected his legacy perspective. His brothers were going to kill him, but instead they sold him into slavery. Slavery rescued Joseph from death. Joseph's actions saved the Egyptians by enslaving them.

And I'd like to point out that although Joseph in in some ways was an amazing man, and I've only heard and only preached for years that Joseph saved Egypt. But Joseph didn't just save Egypt. He enslaved Egypt. He enslaved Egypt because he was a prince who was raised in a prison and in a slave camp and therefore he did not have a legacy mindset.

He didn't think how today's solution was going to become tomorrow's in incarceration. And consequently, although Joseph was a great man in some ways, his inability to have a legacy mindset, a princely mindset, caused the Egyptians to actually incarcerate, imprison the Israelites for 400 years after they got past survival, the Egyptians watching Joseph favor his family.

Can I say this? The same way Joseph's father favored him. Did you get that? Joseph learned to favor his family because he was in a raised in a family where his father unjustly unjustly favored him. He watched his father. He grew up in a home where his father unjustly favored him.

And he created the same scenario by favoring his brothers in the in the midst of all the Egyptians. You can you imagine Pharaoh was good enough to give Joseph's family the best of the land. drive out the Egyptians, if you can imagine that. He had to give up their homes to the Israelites.

And then he allowed them to prosper in the midst of a famine while everyone else was being enslaved. He continued to feed them. And he created a two-party system in which when the famine was over, when their when their stomachs were full, they began to look back and go, "Hey, how come those guys prospered?

And how come we're we're how come we are in slavery? And they hated they began to hate him. After Joseph died, they celebrated Joseph's funeral as a hero. And a 100 years later, they hated him as a villain. I I I'd like to point out for us, what's important for us is this.

It's important that so many of us are reproducing what saved us instead of what transformed us. >> Let me say that again. So many of us are like Joseph. We are reproducing what saved us, but we're not reproducing what transformed us. I believe that the Lord wants us to begin to think like royalty.

I'm not talking about rich people who are walking around taking advantage of everybody. That's actually poverty. I'm talking about that we live in a way that benefits everyone. Do you realize that if Joseph would have had longevity thinking he could have made every Egyptian rich? Do you realize that all he had to do was tell the Egyptians what he told Pharaoh, but he withheld revelation from the Egyptians, but gave it to Pharaoh.

I'd like to point out that Jesus said in John 15, he said, "If you keep my commandment, you're no," he said, "If you keep my commandments, you're my friend." He said, "I no longer call you slaves because a slave does not know what his master is doing. But if you do keep my commandments, I call you friend.

For all things I've heard from the father have made known to you." What I'm getting at is this. Jesus said, "You start as a slave." What does a slave do? Obey. Jesus said, 'If you become a if you become obedient, then I I will promote you to friend.

What's the difference between friendship and slavery? Slaves do what they're told. Friends know all things that the father's doing. Are you with me? How many understand that revelation? No. Friendship changes the way you interact with God. Friendship says, I don't I'm not just I don't just do what I'm told.

I any in the world are in Africa, but the worst GDP in the world is in Africa. I'm pointing out that poverty isn't about money. It's about revelation. >> Revelation. >> Do you remember the story of the talents where one guy got five, one guy got three, and one guy got one, and the guy that got five made five more.

The guy that got three got three more. But what did the guy say who got three got three more. But what did the guy say who got sir? You thought you thought that I s I reaped where I didn't sow and I gathered where I scattered no seed.

And what's your response? To give me back nothing. You wicked lazy slave. And I'd like to point out that the other two slaves that prospered must have had a very different perspective of the master because they didn't have any problem risking. I'm pointing out that we are behaving out of who we think God is.

Joseph was behaving out of his upbringing with his father's jeal making everyone else jealous favoring him and he was raised in a prison camp. He was raised in enslavement. And when he came to power greaties in power, great has a good heart. The only problem is he's got the wrong mindset.

He doesn't understand that there's enough for everybody. He could have blessed all of Egypt. He could have been a national hero for generations to come. But instead, he didn't understand the ways of the kingdom. Are you with me? So many of us come into the kingdom and we're like, "Thank God we got saved."

And it's like, but we reproduce the slave mindset where we're thinking about today and we our today's solution becomes tomorrow's entanglement. Amen. >> And if we're going to disciple nations, if we're going to transform our own city, we have to think like royalty who every gener succeeding generation goes from glory to glory to glory to greater glory.

We have to live to empower the generations to come, not to enslave them with our personal debt. We have to make sure that the immigrants who come into our country are blessed, but the people that citizens are just as blessed. We can't create a two-party system where we bless one one group of people and not the other.

We can't do what Joseph did because it destroyed the nation. 400 years of bondage. There wouldn't have needed to be a Moses if there wasn't a Joseph. >> Are you with me? >> And I'm pointing out that God is trying to give us the mind of Christ so we think like him. >> We think like him.

Not the father who abused me. Not the mother who raised me, not not the not the the boss who hated me, but the king who loves me, >> who thinks about the generations to come and who said to Abraham, I'm going to bless all your children. I'm going to be a father to them like I am to you.

Here's my covenant with you, Abraham. You know how you and I have a friendship? I'm going to have that with your descendants after you. This is my joy. And this is my covenant with you, Abraham. is what you're doing today. The what you're doing today, the way you're going to offer up Isaac.

You don't even know that yet, Abraham. You're going to offer up Isaac. You're going to be the father of faith. And every successful generation, every success generation after you will grow in relationship with me cuz you're going to behave like a king. >> Would you stand? I'm going to pray for you.

Jesus in Matthew quoted the two greatest commandments. Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Second is love your neighbor as yourself. It isn't interesting in John 13, he said, I'm going to give you a new commandment. You're going to give us another You're going to give us the 11th commandment.

Here's the 11th commandment that you would love one another as I have loved you. Here's the new commandment. I don't want you to love your neighbor as I don't want you to love your neighbor as you love yourself. I don't want you to do that because if you don't love you're not going to love them.

I want you to love your neighbor as I love you. How many know Joseph thinking love your neighbor as yourself? Jesus thinking love your neighbor as God loves you. I believe we're stepping into a whole new way of loving people. We're not loving people as as I've been loved.

I'm loving people the way God loves me. Father, I pray right now that you would come in power that you would that you would break off a slave mentality over us. And God, you would break off a slave mentality that we would love the generations to come. That we would be thinking that how we could create ecosystems of prosperity for the generations to come.

That our children's children's children would love you. that they would they would they would not just serve you as as as slaves, but they would sit with you as friends. Lord, I pray that that that this revelation would roll out to the generations to come. I pray our own homes, every place where we have a slave mindset, every place where the world has raised us, do you hear me? every place where the world has raised us with the wrong pro with the wrong perspectives with bad philosophies to things that enslave other people or only benefit a certain group of people.

Lord, I pray that you would change that mindset that you would deliver us from the slave mentality in Jesus' name. If you're in here today or you're online and you don't know Jesus, I would love to lead you to a king who loves you more than you can possibly imagine.

And if that's you in the room, would you just raise your hand and say, "I'd love to I would love to know this Jesus." Or, "I'm coming back to Jesus." If that's you, would you raise your hand? I'd love to pray with you right where you're at. Three people back there.

It's awesome. ((applause)) I'm going to pray for you right there. Yeah, right there. But I'm going to have you come up with my friends in just a minute and they'll just be with you a few minutes. Father, I just thank you for these guys right here who received you today.

Let this be the best Christmas of their whole life. God, may you bless them like you blessed like you blessed Joseph. Lord, would you bless them? May everything they touch turn to gold. May you break off every kind of slave thing that's happened to them like it happened to all of us.

And God, may they be princes and princesses in your kingdom. If you're online, same. Put it in the chat. I want to receive Jesus. I want to start a new life. And someone's going to connect with you right there and pray with you. those guys that raised their hand.

I think there was maybe someone right here that didn't raise your hand, but the Lord told me there's someone here that right back in that corner that you came here, you've been sitting there and the Lord's like, you promised me that you were going to receive me and you've come in here today and you've not raised your hand.

And I pray for God to touch you today. He's going to do something supernatural in your life. It's why he's talking to me about you. And I want you to come up right here. My friends are going to pray for you. If you've brought them, you can come with them.

And we'll just have them for 10, 15 minutes. It won't be a long time, but we want to get them started, right? God bless you. Have a wonderful day and have a a a great great Christmas. ((applause)) What a great message. That's my dad. My dad's awesome, huh? ((applause)) Well, this morning, we want to see a miracle happen in your body.

We want to partner with you. if I could have the ministry team come up. If you need a miracle in your body, if you need a miracle in your finances, if you need a miracle in this season, we want to partner with you. We want to pray for you.

Ministry team, if you can just grab your belongings and come quickly forward, uh that way we can we can clean up the the seats. Otherwise, you guys have an incredible week. We will see you next week. See you guys online as well. >> So good. So good. >> Um, we just want to take a moment to acknowledge there's a few people on the chat just wanting to give their lives to the Lord. >> Um, don't think I'm going to say your name right.

Ron As Hannah >> uh said they want Christ in their life. Somebody else said they want to be free from sin. Again, if if that's you and you want to receive Jesus today, just go ahead and put in the chat, I need Jesus. It is the best decision that you could make. you get to exchange your old life for a life um of freedom in Christ.

That Jesus came 2,000 years ago as a man died on the cross to take away our sin, our sickness, to pay the price for what we deserved and and do this divine exchange where in turn we get what he deserved. Um we get eternal life. We get life to the full.

Um and also a we get to walk life with Jesus. Come on. we get to know Jesus, that there is no barrier between him and us. And so, if you want to make that exchange today, I I specifically felt people struggling with hopelessness, um even grief around this this kind of holiday season.

You just tune in. You're like, I don't even know why I'm on here. Um the Lord wants to to meet you in those places and become a friend and a father. And so, if that's you, please put it in the chat. Uh I need Jesus. Our team want to connect with you, but I just want to pray for you.

Holy Spirit, I thank you. Um, I thank you for what you did. And Holy Spirit, I thank you right now that you are wooing different people online, that you paid the price 2,000 years ago for our sin and our sickness, our shame. Um, and God, you give us life and life to the full in you.

So right now, we surrender our lives to you all over again. And if it's for the another time or for the first time, we surrender our lives and we ask you to come and live in our hearts in the name of Jesus. >> Yeah. Uh if you just prayed that, we're just so excited uh celebrating that with you and just want to encourage you, it's the best decision you can make.

Uh you know, if you don't know, even part of Ruth and I's testimony. Ruth was in a wheelchair for 5 and a half years. I had uh debilitating injury within my shoulder where I dislocated my shoulder 27 times. Surgery, couldn't fix it. Jesus Christ in our lives not only completely healed us but completely transformed us.

I am medically confirmed MRI showing my sh shoulder uh being good and I just want to encourage you giving your life to the Jesus is the best thing you can possibly do and he will change your life upside down for the good. We all need a savior. We all come up short and it's by his grace that he pulls us.

He overcomes those things. And so if you're trying to do things in your own strength, you're trying to overcome problems within your life, uh I just want to encourage you to give up and to give God a chance. Uh and he's going to make himself strong to you.

And then also at the end of this call, uh we're going to have two links. Uh if you just gave your life to Jesus, you're going to see a ministry league comes up. It says start here. I want to encourage you to click on that. We got people on there that want to pray with you, connect with you, walk you through how does this life with Jesus work, get you plugged in, what does disciplehip look like, kind of plug you in there.

And then also we have ministry and prayer at the end as well. So if you're looking for more personal ministry, click on those links. You'll be taken into a Zoom room and we have a live team there that want to be able to pray with you. But such a good word from Chris.

Uh you weren't there so you can't you can't comment on it. She was with the Bethl kids if you noticed the shirt. >> I was with the kids. We had a great time. >> I failed to tell you about that you were online today and she's like I would have worn something else if I knew I was going to be online. >> It's true.

Um but what [laughter] you could do is you could fill me in. So, why don't you tell me what stood out to you? If you if you could give me in a nutshell [laughter] the service, go ahead and put it on the chat and then you can you can you can tell me what stood out to to you too, babe. >> Yeah, it's just a powerful reminder, right?

Like oftenimes we can get caught up in the moment and we can get fixated on the issues that facing us today and we can come up with solutions today, but we're also not thinking long term. And so, you know, oftentimes, I think we found this in our own life.

You know, if you're like, uh, let's take, you know, Egypt and Joseph, really what Joseph did is he got Egypt's finances in order. He got their house in order of of how we steward things and how we take care of things and how we set things aside. And, you know, often times when you face famine, you can be tempted to just want to get by or put everything.

But, Joseph put into practice, oh, set aside 20%, right? set aside these things so that way when hard times come I can be fruitful right and so it's important just to remember we get to actually put this into the practical it could be of okay I make a $100 a week I'm going to take a dollar and set it aside and it might seem insignificant but over time those things build up and so that when things come against us again we're actually set up for success and we're so quick to want to try to get the quick answer the quick fix but recognizing that building muscle building discipline building legacy takes time and we're living for generations that we'll never see.

And so it was such a good word today getting out of that slave mentality, but also not just thinking through the solution for today, but the solution that's actually going to help us in the future as well. >> So good. >> Yeah. A number of people, Denise said, having a legacy mindset.

Um, and Liz Marcus said the same thing, a legacy. >> Um, Alice said there are not many things better than Bethl kids. It's true. I'll tell you a little bit what we did too so you can feel feel part of it. Um but we we actually had a a little boy, a second grader that saw this picture of God holding a um big gold cup and then pouring that cup and it was filled with love um joy and peace.

And so he he shares this word and all the kids actually prayed for you guys. So we we spent time pouring out the the cups, heavenly cups of um love, joy, and peace on the adults this morning. We had um some knee healings. I know at least two boys in one of the class, one of them got completely healed and one of them got partially healed. >> If you need a knee healing, take it right now. >> Knee healing.

I don't know all the healings that happened. I know one of the classrooms I was in, three kids raised their hand, but I didn't hear all the testimonies from it. But I just release healing over you right now. If you're still believing for for a miracle, >> let's pray properly.

Let's do it right now. Not just declare. Let's just pray. I mean that [laughter] >> do it better. >> That was that was but I I I saw a couple of uh testimonies coming like not testimonies, prayer requests for shoulders, different things in there. And so we do want to take a moment before you go into the ministry rooms that we kind of direct our guns towards you.

You >> want to pray or should I pray for >> I think you should redeem yourself. [laughter] Lord Jesus, I just thank you right now for uh what you've done already this morning online in the in person with our kids and right now I say 100% healing every person listening, every person with knee problems.

Um there's someone you need cartilage as a woman. You're like in your 50s, mid-50s. Um and right now the I feel like the Lord's saying try going up and down the steps. So right now release over you a new cartilage, a creative miracle in the name of Jesus. >> Come on, >> God.

I thank you um for limes disease being healed. I thank you for neurological conditions being healed right now. God, I thank you um for viruses and infections leaving in the name of Jesus. >> Yep. So, why don't you go ahead and start testing out your body? Uh try to check it out.

See if there's anything different that you can or couldn't do before. If you notice any change, put in the chat. Say, I'm 20% healed. You know, I'm 100% better, 50% better. Put in the chat. We want to celebrate what Jesus is doing. And then also our team's going to be putting up those links again.

So if you just gave your life to Christ, please click on that link. Or if you're looking for further ministry, click on that link. We would love to partner with you. But >> anyone with cancer too, there's L. Hinch said, "Pray for a 5-year-old um a girl 5 years old with with cancer."

Um and so if you have cancer, there's uh >> someone just said, "My friend was cleared from all cancer." Praise God. If you have cancer, if you have tumors in your body, um we're just going after that as a house. And so right now we declare over you and everyone that uh is listening or on this call >> that or watching this back a cancer-free zone in the name of Jesus.

Every tumor uh every bit of cancer even tumors that are benign and are just everything to dissolve in the name of Jesus. Uh God I thank you for resurrection life flooding people's bodies in Jesus name. >> Come on Katherine put knee is not hurting. Come on. Amazing. That's amazing.

Thank you, God. >> Keep going. Well, we love you guys. We're so thankful that you have joined us today. Also, a reminder, tonight is the Christmas concert. It's going to be awesome. So powerful. We have so many talented people, including all of our production teams. You're going to be blown away by everything that they do, too.

It's going to be >> it's going to be powerful. But please click on those ministry links. We would love to partner with you further and believe Jesus, believing for Jesus to get his full reward in your life. So, we love you guys and we'll see you. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa.

My shoulder started hurting out of nowhere during the service, but it's gone now. Come on. >> Thank you, Jesus. >> That's a good word. We love you guys. We'll see you soon. >> Bless you.