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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Good morning, Liberty! What a great day to be in the House of the Lord. We are so excited you're here on March 1st. Wow. It's March. Holy moly guacamole.

Where is the year going? It's going forward. That's right, that's right. Get on the train. That's right. Y'all, welcome to Liberty Life Church on this first Sunday of March. This is Kyle. I'm Jenny. We'd love to meet you, so drop your name in the chat. Let us know where you're streaming from this morning. We love seeing our people all over the world. We have someone we want to shout out this morning. Yes, in the chat. Megan! Won her bowling tournament. Yes, she did. Out of town last weekend in her bowling tournament. That's amazing. Do you like bowling? I do. I'm not super great at it. I need about, I don't know, 15 to 20 games to warm up. That's when my arm starts giving out and I start not playing as good. Yeah, sometimes I throw the ball like this. Like, you throw the ball out? Yeah. Oh, does it spin? You know how some do the spin? No, I can't do no spin. Megan, are you spinning your ball?

Or are you just going straight down? We digress this morning. There's so much going on at Liberty and it's not bowling. No, it's not bowling. We've got a lot coming up. If you haven't already, make sure you check out our It's Life podcast. Episode 2 just dropped with Miss Tammy and Pastor Grant talking about love. Yeah, they share their story, how they met, which is a really interesting story. They also have a special message to singles, those of you that aren't married. you've lost a spouse, and how you can just love well in that season. So it's super encouraging. It's available now on YouTube, the It's Life Podcast playlist, plus anywhere you get your podcasts, Apple, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, so check it out. We believe God wants more for you in 2026. It's part of what we've been talking about all year, whether that's a Bible plan, whether that's baptism, like at our One Day Revival next Sunday. Next week, One Day Revival, March 8th. We have Evangelist Scott Dawson coming in. It's going to be a great time of worship and just hearing a powerful message. If you want to get baptized on that day, we want you to come in person, so text BAPTIZE to 40371 and get signed up today. That's right. And invite somebody to come and join you. Maybe offer to go to lunch afterwards or grab coffee beforehand. This is the service, if you're willing to drive a long distance for, this is the one you want to be at this year. Y'all may know we rescheduled it because of bad weather, so we are confident that God's going to do something big next Sunday. You're not going to want to miss it. And you can join us at any one of our locations. That's right. We'll be at all of our campuses. This isn't like 21 Days of Prayer or Day 21, where it's just at Hampton. You can go anywhere. All six or seven, however many we have. Yes, that's a good point, Kyle. Thank you for mentioning that. We'll be at every campus and online if you absolutely cannot make it in person. We know some of y'all can't, and we love you for being faithful to the online family. We'll also be here online next Sunday. Today's also going to be good, continuing in the Living with Joy series. Are you ready to get to it? I am. Are you ready to get to it? I'm ready. We're so grateful you joined us. Let's get you a ♪ It is worthy of all praise ♪ ♪ Give Him praise, give Him praise in the highest place ♪

♪ Give Him praise, give Him praise in the highest seat ♪ ♪ It is worthy, yes He is worthy of all praise ♪ ♪ He is worthy of all praise ♪ ♪ Oh, we worship You, Lord ♪ ♪ Cause He is worthy, yes He is worthy of all praise ♪ Come on, give Him praise in this place today. Come on, give Him praise in this place today. Aren't you glad to serve a God who never fails, who never will? Amen, come on, let's just sing this out today. ♪ Christ is my firm foundation ♪ ♪ The rock on which I stand ♪ ♪ Everything around me is shaking ♪ ♪ I've never been more glad that I put my faith in Jesus ♪ ♪ Cause He's never let me down ♪ ♪ He's faithful through generations ♪ ♪ So why would He fail now? ♪ ♪ He won't, how many know that's the truth? He won't ♪ ♪ I've still got joy in chaos ♪ ♪ I've got peace that makes no sense ♪ ♪ So I won't be going under ♪ ♪ I'm not held by my own strength ♪ ♪ Cause I've built my life on Jesus ♪ ♪ He's never let me down ♪ ♪ He's faithful through every season ♪ ♪ So why would He fail now? He won't, no He won't, He won't ♪ ♪ He won't, no He won't, He won't, He won't, He won't, He won't ♪ ♪ I've never seen Him fail, He won't fail, He won't fail ♪ ♪ Christ is my foundation ♪ ♪ The rock on which I stand ♪

♪ With everything around me shaking ♪ ♪ I've never been, I've never been more glad ♪ ♪ That I put my faith in Jesus ♪ ♪ Cause He's never let me down ♪ ♪ He's faithful through generations ♪ ♪ So why would He fail now? ♪ ♪ He won't, He won't, He won't fail, He won't fail ♪ Come on, sing this with me. ♪ Rain came when blue of my house was built on You ♪ ♪ I'm safe with You, I'm gonna make it ♪ How many, is this your testimony? ♪ The rain came when blue of my house was built on You ♪ This is how you made it. ♪ I'm safe with You, I'm gonna make it, I'm gonna make it ♪ ♪ I'm gonna make it through, cause I'm standing strong, oh ♪ ♪ I'm gonna make it through, cause my house is built on You ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm gonna make it through ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ My house is built on You ♪ ♪ Christ is my firm foundation ♪ ♪ The rock on which I stand ♪ ♪ When everything around me is shaking ♪ ♪ I've never been more glad ♪ ♪ That I put my faith in Jesus ♪ ♪ He's never let me down ♪ ♪ He's faithful through generations ♪ ♪ So I believe in Him now ♪ ♪ You are one ♪ ♪ You are one ♪ ♪ You won't fail, You won't fail, You are one ♪

♪ You are one, I've seen it with my own eyes ♪ ♪ You won't fail, You won't fail, You are one ♪ ♪ You are one, You won't fail, You won't fail, You are one ♪ ♪ You won't fail, You won't fail, You are one ♪ ♪ My Savior, the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ You will never fail, I trust in God ♪ ♪ My Savior, the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ Good morning, Liberty. We have five people to be baptized today, starting with Ethan. And you know, Ethan was just telling me that he got saved out of a toxic relationship just one week ago. And so he stands before you. Ethan, based upon your testimony, it's my privilege to baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Married with him, raised to walk in the goodness of life. And we have, next we have Tracy and his girlfriend, Adrienne, who's right here. Tracy said that he was raised in the church, got saved when he was 18, and now he stands to make that next step in his walk with God. So Tracy, my privilege to baptize you, my brother. In the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. And here we have Adrienne, said she grew up in the church, got saved when she was seven years old,

and she is taking that next step in her walk with Christ. So Adrienne, my privilege to baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. And then we have Casey. Casey said she got saved in 2021, right around there, and she says she is taking that next step in her walk with Christ. What a privilege, Casey, to baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And then we have Bryson. Bryson is 12 years old, said he gave his life to Christ after coming here about two years ago. And so Bryson, after hearing your testimony, what a privilege to baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Let's continue to worship together. We look forward to being friends with you and your family. God bless you. Can we pray? Can we do homework at home during the week? Can we read the Bible while we pray? Thank you, thank you for letting me know what the greatest gift is to you, ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ That's why I trust Him ♪ ♪ That's why I trust Him ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪

♪ That's why I trust Him ♪ Come on everybody in this place now. ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ That's why I trust Him ♪ ♪ That's why I trust Him ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered ♪ ♪ That's why I trust Him ♪ ♪ That's why I trust Him God ♪ ♪ My Savior is the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ Who will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ ♪ I trust Him God my Savior the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ Oh the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ ♪ Oh I've never seen the righteous forsaken ♪ ♪ I've never seen the righteous forsaken ♪ ♪ I trust Him God my Savior the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ Who will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ ♪ I trust Him God my Savior the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ You're the one who will never fail ♪ ♪ He will never fail ♪ ♪ I trust Him God my Savior the one who will never fail ♪

Come on, let's give Jesus the highest praise. We trust you, Lord. We love you, Lord. God, I'm asking right now in the name of Jesus that that song would be the declaration of our hearts today. God, we trust you. In every circumstance, we trust you. In every situation, we trust you because you're faithful and you're good. Lord, we declare like the psalmist. He said, I was young and now I'm old, but I've never seen the righteous forsaken. God, I've never seen your children begging for bread. And so in the midst of struggle and in the midst of hardship, God, we're putting our eyes on you, believing that you have what we need, believing that you're more than enough for us. God, there's no circumstance that you can't come through today. There's no miracle that you can't work in our lives. And so God, I'm asking in this service that you would calm people's hearts. God, we say like the prophet Isaiah, you keep us in perfect peace when our minds are stayed on you and so our minds are fixed on you. Would the peace of God just wash over us even now? God, I pray that our faith in this service would rise to you. God, I pray that you would bring healing and rest, comfort and provision.

God, we praise you that you're for us and you're not against us, that you're working all things together for good to those that love you and are called according to your purpose. Jesus, we're here for you this hour. So would you meet us right where we're at? Your holy, precious name that we pray. Everybody said, amen. Come on, are you expecting for what God can do today? Give somebody a high five, a handshake around you. Tell them you're glad to see them in church. Y'all can be seated as you turn your attention to the screen. Good morning and welcome to Liberty. If this is your first time here, we're so glad you joined us today and welcome home. That's right. And we want you to get connected with us here at Liberty. So text connect to 40371 or visit us at one of our next step centers after the service today. That's right, Kyle. We have one church in multiple locations around Hampton Roads and online with one mission. That is to change lives, communities, and the world for Jesus Christ. For more information, visit libertylive.church or follow us on social media. Now here's some important things happening soon. If Spanish is your heart language, then we want to invite you and your family to the launch of Liberty Live in Español on Sunday, March 22nd. For more info and to become a part of our launch team, text noose to 40371. Your generosity fuels the mission of Liberty. Lives are being changed, families are being restored, and communities are being reached with the hope of Jesus Christ.

Every gift helps move the gospel forward across Hampton Roads and around the world. You're not just supporting a church, you're investing in eternal impact as we work together to change lives, communities, and the world for Jesus Christ. To partner with us, simply text give to 40371. Liberty family, our one-day revival is happening next Sunday, March 8th at every campus. And to make it easier for families to get here, Liberty kids, we're celebrating by wearing PJs and enjoying some Pop-Tarts. We're believing Jesus for more for our lives, our loved ones, and our church. And if God has been tugging at your heart about following him through baptism, the one-day revival on March 8th would be the perfect day to celebrate that. Don't wait. Text baptism to 40371 right now. Liberty family, these are exciting days in the life of our church. We're praying God speaks to you through today's message. So grab your Bible, and let's jump into living with joy. Anybody glad to be in church today? Can you believe it is the first Sunday in March? It's actually March the 1st, and we're excited and want to welcome all of our family at every location and our guests. We know that many of you are joining online, missionary families, military families, and we're going to have special prayer for you today. Men and women in the correctional facilities, come on, every campus, put your hands together and welcome all the family. On March the 6th, that would be this Friday night, we're going to have a foster care and adoption interest dinner. Because for those who are currently fostering or adopting, or you're just interested in finding out more about it, we want to bring together and partner with community organizations and our families. And I want you to know that this will be a time of encouragement, it will be a time of information that you need, and we want to do everything that we can to encourage this

process because we all know we got adopted into the family of God, amen? And so, I just believe that God uses this, and I encourage you, either use the QR code to go ahead and sign up, or go to libertylab.church slash events, and you can sign up there. Everybody say, next Sunday. Next Sunday is Revival Sunday. And we have special guest, evangelist Scott Dawson. He spoke at our men's event, and our men loved him, responded well to him, and I knew there would be a time and day when we would have him for all of the church family, men, women, boys, and girls to hear, and I want you to get your guest here. Make sure that you're praying and inviting all week long. I said recently we just had Lifetrack, had a whole family to join because a seven-year-old handed them an invite card at Sam's Wholesale, amen? And so if God can use a seven-year-old and an invite card, he can use you and your invite this week to get people here for the revival next Sunday. And I hope that you already know revival's already here. I mean, we're seeing people every week be baptized, every week, and important decisions are being made for Christ. Just the very attendance, you can see there's a move of God, and I don't want you to miss what's gonna happen next Sunday, and I want you to be a part of it. In fact, we have 21 days of prayer in January and August. And this year, we've decided that we'll take the first Monday of the month to fast and pray, which means tomorrow is the first Monday of the month. And what better time than to fast and pray for the revival next Sunday? And you know, our young people, our high school students yesterday met for fasting and prayer. And if our young people, our high school,

come on, give it up for the high school students. If they can do that, then I want you adults to set aside some time tomorrow to fast and pray for the revival, and I want us right now just to have prayer, praying for this message, praying for this service, but praying about all that's going on in the world, and praying about revival next week, so let's unite together in prayer. Heavenly Father, I thank you for the time of worship that we have enjoyed today. I pray we'll never take that freedom for granted. I pray, thanking you, that we do see you at work. And Lord, you are answering prayers, and you are changing lives, and we believe that there's more that you want to do, and so we pray, we pray for the revival next Sunday. We pray that you would use us. Lord, send revival to us personally as we fast and pray tomorrow. I pray, Lord, that even today at the invitation that we'll see lives changed. And Lord, today I know that all of us have on our mind, and some families have a heavy heart because they have a loved one who is overseas and carrying out missions, and Lord, we just, we want to pray for them today. We thank you for the brave men and women of our military. And Lord, I know that everyone carrying out a mission, that's someone's son, someone's husband, someone's father, it's someone's daughter,

someone's wife, someone's mother, and so I pray that you would watch over them, protect them, bring them back to their family safely, and I pray right now for their families back at home that, Lord, you give them a supernatural peace that passes all understanding. God, we're praying right now for the people of Iran. I pray, Lord, that they would find a new freedom like they have never seen before. I pray, Lord, for the government that will be coming to be. Lord, ultimately, promotion comes not from the east or the west or the south. Lord, you take down one, you exalt another, so we're praying that your will would be done and that you'll bring into power a government that will give them freedom, that, Lord, that, Lord, they would see something take place there like we've never seen. I pray even for this lifetime, this gospel going forth to the ends of the earth, that, Lord, we would see a gospel just spread across the Middle East. I pray that we would see the gospel of Jesus Christ setting people free. And, Lord, we're just praying for our missionaries. We pray for our military families. We pray for our leaders. We pray for wisdom.

And we pray for our own nation, our state, the Hampton Roads area, and we pray for revival right now in our own hearts and lives. In this service, we ask it in Jesus' name. And everybody say it. Amen. Amen. Well, we're in a series called Living with Joy. Take your Bibles and turn with me to Philippians 3. We're just going verse by verse through the book of Philippians. And last week, we stopped at verse 11, so we're picking up today at verse 12. And I wanna talk to you from this passage about pressing on, pressing on. You know, you look back at verse 11 where we left off. First of all, in every chapter in Philippians, it talks about joy. And we also see here in verse 11 where we left off that Paul makes this statement, assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead. I don't wanna leave you with the impression that he was just hoping, maybe, somehow, some way, I'm gonna have a resurrected body one day. No, when you study the Bible, that's what I love about verse by verse. You have to study it in context. Now, what did he say last week before he made that statement?

He said, I wanna know him and the power of his resurrection. So this resurrection that he's hoping to attain. to is not something in the future, it's right now, every day, resurrection power lives in us. If Jesus lives in you, resurrection power lives in you. God wants you to have victory today. And Paul's telling us how that happens. He said, everything that I've gained I counted as loss. And so he's teaching us a principle that I want you to make sure you get and you understand. Are you awake? Say amen. In order to gain, you have to lose. In order to live, you have to die. In order to receive, you have to give. And in order to be first, you have to be last. And he said, ultimately, that's where we find joy in this life. That's how we win by losing. So ultimately, when he says here, I'm hoping to attain to this resurrection, he is saying, I want to trade everything I can do for what God can do. And I'm telling you, that's a swap you want to make. Amen? Press on. Press on now, he's going to say. Number one, press on with progress. Let's pick up in verse 12. Not that I have already obtained all this or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on. I called it press on because he's going to say it two times in these few verses. He's going to say, press on. Everybody say, press on. He said, I press on with progress. Listen, Paul is making it clear here. He's not perfect. He has not arrived, and neither have you. I haven't arrived. You haven't arrived. None of us have arrived. And I want you to write this down. The goal in this life is not perfection. It's progress. Paul is saying, I'm not everything I ought to be, but praise God, I'm not what I used to be. And that's my testimony today. And I hope that's your testimony today. All of us ought to have a sign that says, be patient with me. God's not through with me yet. And so the goal is not perfection. The goal is progress. I want you to apply that to your marriage. You're not going to have a perfect marriage, but you make progress. I want you to apply that to your home, to your work, to all relationships. Apply it to the church. There's no perfect church. You're not going to have a perfect job, perfect family, perfect marriage. No, but we can all make progress. We can all get better. They ought to be inside of us a holy

discontentment that I'm not satisfied with where I'm at. I believe God's got more, amen, that God's got more than he wants to do in my life. You've heard me say it many times. You can make excuses or you can make progress, but you can't do both. And so every day you got to wake up saying, Lord, there's more than I believe you have for me. We haven't learned everything about everything. None of us have arrived, and anybody who thinks they've arrived, you have. You've gone as far as you're ever gonna go, but as long as you've got a hunger inside of you and you humble yourself before God, God has more that he wants to do in your life. Paul is the greatest Christian we know anything about, and yet we see here he is flexible, he is teachable, never stopped growing, never stopped learning. Caleb at 85 said, give me this mountain. Did you know that Colonel Sanders didn't find chicken finger-looking good until he was 70? 70. Ray Kroc introduced the Big Mac at age 70. Thomas Edison invented the memograph machine at 85. And I know a lot of y'all saying, what's a memograph machine? Let me tell you what it is. It was a duplicator, and it smelled real good. You know, you got your fingers really messed up, and the smell, they give you a high while you're copying stuff, you know? But it was a copier before we had copiers and printers, and now we got 3D printers and 4D printers. Progress, everybody say progress. There's so much more to be accomplished. Success is not determined, listen, success is not determined by what we are, but by what we are compared to what we could be. It is not measured by what we've done, but by what we've done compared to what we could have done. Progress, press on with progress. Number two, press on with purpose. Everybody say purpose. Verse 12 says, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. One reason that people have no joy is they have no purpose. One reason people have no joy in life is because they have no direction in their life. They're just drifting, just existing. Now I don't want you to read over this and miss it Christ Jesus took hold of me. You know what Paul's saying He is saying I didn't find God he found me That was Paul's story on the Damascus Road. He wasn't looking for God. He was looking for Christians to arrest and persecute But God took hold of him on the Damascus Road, and I'm telling you that is true of all of our stories ultimately

We don't find God God finds us God's not the one lost I'm saying to you that the encouraging side of that is this You don't have to hold on to Jesus It's not just oh if I could just hold on if I could just hold on Somehow make it to heaven one day and they shut the pearly gates and then I'll be alright No, you're not holding on to Jesus. He's holding on to you. Oh, let that sink in today He took hold of us now We need to press on to take hold of the reason for which he took hold of us. And so we're talking here About purpose everybody say purpose. Why did God take hold of you? Why did he put you here on this earth? I love this God doesn't only call people out of the workplace. He calls people into the workplace If you could ever understand that God has placed you where you are Then nothing happens by chance You know your business your leadership your skills your influence. They're not Secondary to God's purpose. They're the very tools that God uses to accomplish his purposes Recently, I got an email From a legacy team member and I it just blessed my heart every every week I send out just an encouraging email to the legacy team and just like we've got a praise team and Hospitality team and children's team. Listen, there are people that they know that God's blessed them with the gift of giving They not only tithe, but they give above the tithe They self-identify and and so I just try to encourage them in their ministry. And here's what they said They said I've really struggled Can God use me? But then I read a book and the book was called God owns my business and they said although I'm not in Full-time vocational ministry. I have a ministry Thank you for reminding me of that in this week's devotion I pray God will use my business for his glory to see many come to know Christ and it the greatest day is when you figure out why God put you where you are and That he he puts in our hands That which is needed to accomplish his eternal purposes

And that God wants to use you right where you are It's a freeing day when you realize what you're gifted to do. Listen and what you're not gifted to do Let others Do what they're gifted to do you do what you're called to do and together everybody say together We're a team and together we accomplish our purpose Press on with purpose number three press on with priority I'm at verse 13 brothers and sisters. I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it, but One thing I do circle that in your Bible one thing I do forgetting what is behind and Straining toward what is ahead then sports. We call this being in the zone and an athlete will get in the zone and it is a focus it is a Concentration where the crowd noise doesn't affect them They can't even hear the crowd noise. They're so in the zone They're not distracted by everybody else around them. And I'm telling you that's the kind of focus that we need This one thing I do if you try to be everything to everyone you'll end up being nothing to no one Did you know multitasking is a term that applies to computers and not people Someone said Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time. That's the truth That is the truth Sure, you can walk and talk sure you could chew gum and drive Sure, you can fold laundry and watch television, but you can't focus Focus on two things at once what happens when people text and drive Listen 95% of people never write down their goals 95% but the 5% who do Of the 5% who do 95% of them accomplish them 95% of people never write down their goals, but of the 5% who do, 95% reach their goal. Write it down. Keep it in front of you all the time.

This month, in March, we're going to begin to share where we believe God is taking us in the future as a church. Listen, you can live by faith and set goals at the same time. You know what the key is? I learned this from Charles Stanley. Charles Stanley said, you can walk by faith and set goals at the same time as long as those goals are of God. That's it. As long as those goals are of God. And so I can honestly tell you that the plans that we're going to be presenting to you have come through much prayer. And we believe that they are not just our goals, but goals from God. He says here, one thing I do, when Ms. Tammy was a school teacher, she had at the front of her class in big letters, just do right. Every day you're going to do something, just do right. And I tell you, it's a reminder that every day, the one thing that we must do is do right. A double-minded person is unstable in all their ways. Listen, you can look at the past, learn from the past, but you can't live in the past. Give your past to Jesus. He said, forget those things which are behind. You know, there are two things that you've got to forget. Are you awake? Say amen. Amen. All of your sins and all of your successes. Let's talk about all of your sins. Forget your sins. Now, we should never minimize or excuse sin, but I want you to know the power of the cross. The cross is where Jesus purchased our pardon. That's where he paid the debt for every wrong you've ever committed and every wrong that's

been committed against you. Jesus paid it all. It's been paid in full. We live under a new verdict that says not guilty. Can I have an amen? You look in the Bible at Abraham, Jacob, Judah, David, Peter, Paul, John, Mark, all of them failed miserably. And if they had focused on their sin, they'd have never accomplished anything for God. And yet, they had to get to the place that you forget those things which are behind. Now, here it is. It's not that you're going to forget. As long as you have a mind that's still working, all right, if you're healthy physically, your mind is going to remember. So it's not that you're going to forget it, but it's that you're not going to be controlled by your past. Don't be controlled by your past. Are you getting anything out of this sermon? The devil's the accuser of the brethren. And he comes to us and he brings up all the things you've done wrong. Let me tell you the difference between conviction, the Holy Spirit bringing up what's wrong. The Holy Spirit brings it up so you confess it and move on. Move ahead. Press on. That's what I'm preaching about. But the devil comes and he brings up your past to hold you back, to keep you down. The Bible says agree with your adversary. Every time the devil brings up something, reminds me of something that I've done in my past, I agree, devil, I am guilty. It happened. It was as bad as you say and worse.

But praise God, it's under the blood. Put your hands together and praise God. Oh, I love this verse, Psalm 103, 12, as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Now, let me tell you how just beautiful and powerful the Word of God is. He didn't say the north from the south. He said the east from the west. If you had a globe in your hand and you start up here north and you go south, you go south, you go south, you go south, all of a sudden south meets north and you start going north. Am I telling the truth or not? But if you take that same globe and you go east and you go east and you go east, guess what? It never runs into west. And you go west and you go west and it never runs into east. That's what he's done with our sins. Cast them as far as the east is from the west. He remembers them no more. It means he holds them against us no more. Micah 7, 19, you will again have compassion on us. You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl, cast all of our iniquities into the depths of the sea. Stop digging up what God has buried. Stop digging up. what God has buried I love the hymn writer when he said living he loved me dying he saved me watch this and buried he carried my sin far away all of our sins been buried in the deepest sea I've just been cast as far as the east is from the west and he holds it against us no more we've all messed up look at who's writing these very words

we're talking about Paul who used to be Saul he imprisoned believers he killed Christians he was there at the stoning of Stephen how would you like to have a pastor or an evangelist preaching who imprisoned or killed some of your loved ones we've got to continue to put ourself under the forgiveness of God forget those things which are behind what does that mean it means all your sins and all of your successes let's talk about that the old adage in sports is this the only game that matters is the last game you played the only game that matters is the last game you played failure is not fatal and success is never final you are not who your past says you are you're a new creation I tell you old things are passed away behold all things become new your past does not define you sin or success sins must be forgiven success must be forsaken stop saying look what I did I don't care how good it was or how bad it was stop saying look what I did no God gave Israel daily manna we're to pray the Lord's prayer give us daily bread yesterday's provision will not be sufficient for today you can't live on yesterday's blessing you can't live on yesterday's strength as your days are the Bible says so shall your strength be it's so sad when people live in the good old days let me tell you what the good old days are right now today today I looked at Tammy one time and I meant it right I just was overwhelmed with the blessing of God and I looked at her and I said baby I said we've had such a great life you know what she said well I hope it's not over yet the good old days are the days you're living right now and and that ought to be your attitude every day when you wake up live one day at a time what does God want to do right now then

he says why that we're going to be straining for the things that are ahead straining for the things that are ahead so here it is it's a picture of a runner and he's straining for the finish line let me tell you every runner knows you're going to get cramps every runner knows you can have some falls along the way but when life gives you lemons you turn it into lemonade put some sugar in it amen put some sweetener in it I'm telling you don't let life get you down you start every day reading this book you know every day I read this book you know what I'm reminded of we win in the end we win in the end I'm so thankful over 2,500 of you have signed up to read your bible every day come on put your hands together and praise God over 2,500 and if you are reading your bible every day and you haven't let us know just text bible to 40371 and just just say I'm I'm having a daily devotion I'm reading my bible a verse every day whatever plan that you're on let me tell you our best years are in front of us Job said what the bible says about Job that God blessed the latter years more everybody say more more than the beginning and I believe that in our own life God has more for us he's doing a new thing that's why he says here in this passage reach forward what God has for you is not in a rearview mirror Jesus said an interesting thing one day he said remember Lot's wife and that's all he said about her now what do we remember about Lot's wife she looked back she looked back she was turned into a pillar of salt we were teaching that in Sunday school one time a little boy said hey that's nothing he said my mom was driving last week and she looked back and turned into a telephone pole but I'm telling you hey just got to make sure y'all are awake you get the point don't look back

remember the best forget the rest it's an exciting new day and everybody said here's the last one press on with perspective now what's the perspective you're supposed to have I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward our perspective has got to be heavenward we're focused on the prize the prize is not earthly it's eternal here it is all of us then who are mature should take such a view of things our perspective our view of things it's got to be heavenward and if on some point you think differently that too God will make clear to you only let us live up to what we have already attained it's not the verses in the Bible I don't understand that give me trouble it's the ones I do understand are we living up to what we've already attained are we thinking differently than the world are we focused heavenward here it is the verdict still out on every one of us none of us have crossed the finish line yet finish well we want to make sure that we finish well press on child of God don't quit activity is not always the same as productivity it's not listen now it's not what you may do or might do it's what you must do it's not what you would do or could do it's what you should do this one thing I do you can't chase two rabbits because you'll never catch either one of them you can't serve two masters Jesus said now why is it we all have the same number of hours in the day we all have the same amount of time given to us every day and some people do more with it than others focus focus everybody's got a to-do list but what you got to be reminded of is everything on the to-do list is not equal everything on the to-do list is not urgent what matters most learn to say no to the good things so you say yes to the best things this one thing I do do you feel overloaded overbooked over committed and overwhelmed today are you tired of attempting too much and accomplishing too little you eat an elephant one bite at a time seek first the kingdom of God every day his righteousness all these other things will be added to you whatever you do work school whatever you do do all for the glory of God what is the one thing that you need to stop

doing what's the one thing that you're not doing that you need to start doing what's the one thing that if you did that one thing it would really help you the most maybe personally maybe in your health physically spiritually maybe in your marriage in your family in your job what's the one thing if you did it it would make your life better you know we had to reschedule this revival that we're having next Sunday because of snow in fact we had two Sundays back-to-back we had to cancel because of snow where are we living you know this is not the North Pole we're not used to that our blood's way too thin for all the snow we've had this year but I believe in the prophets of God there will be people who will be saved and baptized next Sunday that weren't even here in January see God God's got it rigged he knows what's best oh I'm just telling you there's there's such a freedom when you realize that yesterday I was reminded of a story about a neighbor we had in Arkansas his name was mr. John and mr. John was a nice man lived by himself never had any company never saw any family over there at Christmas the children would take him cookies and we'd go by and try to check on him during the holidays and one Sunday morning we got up snow was all over the ground and as I'm driving to church his car his yard was filled with cars I've never seen that before and I thought oh my mr. John died and all the way the church all they I could think about is this I sent him cookies I was nice to him but I never talked to him about the Lord I never talked to him about it where he's gonna spend eternity and and I was convicted and I just couldn't hardly preach that day for thinking about him well the next morning Monday morning we get up snow still on the ground and I'm headed to work I've got appointments and who do you see out there shoveling snow but mr. John and I said praise God he's still alive I'll talk to him later and I went on out of our neighborhood and I got to the first stop sign and the Spirit of God convicted me and said nothing that you're about to do is more important than going to talk to mr. John I turned that vehicle around I went back I said mr. John it's good to see you today he said preacher good to see you I said oh but mr. John you don't understand I said yesterday I saw all those cars in your

yard and I thought you died it really is good to see you today he said yesterday was my birthday and if I remember correctly he was 83. 83. And I said well happy birthday and I'm glad your family came in to celebrate. I said but Mr. John I just got to ask you if yesterday you had died and all the family came in because you were gone where would you be spending eternity? Mr. John teared up and he looked at me and he said preacher I'd be in hell. I said Mr. John what makes you say that? He said well he said me and my wife had five kids. I worked third shift and he said one night I got off early got some flowers gonna come home and surprise her and when I came in I caught her with another man and she left me and all five children and I raised every one of them by myself and and here's what he said he said I've never been able to forgive her and he said I know I wouldn't be in heaven and I said well Mr. John I'm sorry I can't imagine what that was like but I know this to be true you will never be able to forgive your ex-wife until you receive God's forgiveness and I just went through the gospel with him and I said Mr. John would you like to pray and receive God's forgiveness and he said I sure would and right there standing in the snow in his front yard he prayed a humble simple prayer and gave his life to Christ and I'm telling you at 83 he got baptized that man was so excited so happy so on fire for the Lord and I tell you that story because yesterday we drove in our neighborhood and all up and down the street were cars and cars in some our neighbor's yard and when I saw it immediately I thought about Mr. John I thought we have already talked about it we've been praying that they'll come to revival and I thought oh my we've waited too late and you know what as one of them got out of the car I said is everything all right and they said yes we're celebrating a birthday I said I know how this story ends amen come on somebody hey one thing everybody say one thing one thing matters this week and it's revival I don't care what else you get on the schedule revival and regardless of whatever else I do I promise you my wife and I will do everything humanly possible to get those neighbors to revival next Sunday now who's your Mr.

John who is it that you need to get here next Sunday I want to stay at every campus and location and I don't want you leaving and going anywhere except to the altar we don't have altar call we gonna have prayer we're gonna pray for revival for ourselves we're gonna pray listen for neighbors for friends we're gonna pray for next Sunday I want you to come praying today maybe you've got a loved one in the military you need to pray for today maybe you got a love what's being called up to go out you need to pray for them today I want you to pray believing that God's plans are good and not evil that God's gonna give them a future and I hope I want you to pray today believing that God's given new opportunities and he's opening new doors and the best is yet to come I want you to pray today that people will be saved that people will be baptized some of you need to sign up even now and be baptized go ahead and schedule it for next Sunday are you ready to do business with God are you ready to press on I want us to bow for prayer right now I just feel impressed to give the altar call right now just come on to the altar just come on just come on to the altar right now the Spirit of God is moving some of you need to be saved right now some of you need to be scheduled to be baptized next Sunday maybe somebody's be baptized today every campus I'm speaking to you right now come on to the altar come on to the altar we've all messed up we've all got regrets but don't let your regrets from yesterday keep you from what God has for you today and tomorrow and the greatest evidence I know that a person's right with God is not some past experience 20 30 40 years ago it's a present what with God where are you with God today come right now to the altar pray for yourself pray for others and I invite you online wherever you are if you're ready to give your life to Christ if you don't know where you stand with God today come to him pray something like this say dear Lord Jesus I know I'm a sinner I know I cannot save myself but I believe Jesus you are the Son of God and I believe you died on the cross to pay for all of my sins and I believe you were buried and rose on the third day to make me a

new creation old things passed away all things become new I received that gift of salvation forgiveness in eternal life today fill me with the Holy Spirit help me follow you all of my days I give you everything thank you for giving your life for me in Jesus name and everyone said as we stay in this atmosphere of prayer I want you to know if you prayed that prayer and you really meant it that God has saved you and we want to know that you took that next step there's people even joining right now online you can text yes to four zero three seven one if you prayed that prayer and you really meant it but right now in this room I want to invite some staff to just make themselves available right here at the front some of my pastor some of my staff right here at the front if you need to talk to somebody you need to pray with somebody our staff are available to talk to you what a message today even right now as these at the altar are praying we're praying over people in our lives who need Jesus people we believe God's sending us to and so I want you to take this time even this time of worship to pray over your family members your sons your daughters your friends who are far from God and I want to encourage you pastor preach something so specifically it's time to let go of the past they're just people in here just feel so condemned for your past listen to me there's therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus let's come get our sin under the blood let's move on and not allow the enemy to hold us back anymore it's time to move with purpose into all God has for us I want to pray for you even now and then we're gonna worship together Holy Spirit we thank you that you're here we thank you that you're already moving and working in this place God we rebuke every lie that the enemy has spoken over us that God can't use us that we're too far gone that we've messed up too much and we receive now the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ God we receive the Spirit of God and I pray even right now that you would pour out your purpose on our lives that you would pour out your mission over us that God you would bring people to our minds even now as we pray and get right with you people that you're sending us to people that you're calling us to people that you're

sovereignly working to draw them to yourself God I'm believing even now as we pray in this altar that this place is being prepared for the revival that you're sending to Hampton Roads God I pray the lost sons and daughters would come home in Jesus name God I pray believing that your force and not against us that you have good plans we know the plans you have for us plans to give us a future and a hope and so even now I pray that you'd pour out your spirit and work your plan in our heart and in our lives we worship you we love you it's in your holy precious name the name of Jesus that we pray amen come on let's do business with God as we worship him the Lord is my shepherd and he's everything so I will not worry I will not fear he said that he loves me he said that he's with me I walk through the valley of shadow and death and still I know he has good plans he has good plans for me so I will take heart in deserts and gardens he has good plans he has good plans for me if I know my father I know my father has good plans which ♪ The Lord is my Savior, so why should I doubt my victory? Why would I question the rod and the staff that comforts me? He quiets the waters, He quiets the storm inside, so what could be better than walking with Him tonight? He has good plans, He has good plans for me, so I will take heart, prayers and sickness. He has good plans, He has good plans for me. If I know my Father, I know my Father, He has good plans, He has good plans for me, so I will take heart, prayers and sickness. He has good plans, He has good plans for me. If I know my Father, I know my Father, He has good plans. He has good plans, He has good plans for me, so I will take heart, prayers and sickness. He has good plans, He has good plans for me. He has good plans, He has good plans for me, so I will take heart, prayers and sickness. He has good plans, He has good plans for me. He has good plans, He has good plans for me, so I will take heart, prayers and sickness. He has good plans, He has good plans for me. He has good plans, He has good plans for me, so I will take heart, prayers and sickness. He has good plans, He has good plans for me. If I know my Father, I know my Father, I have good plans, good plans, good plans. If I know my Father, I know my Father, I have good plans, good plans, good plans. If I know my Father, I know my Father, I have good plans, plans to form for me. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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