You know in the book of Isaiah Chapter 6. Isaiah the Prophet
says the following. He says in the year that Kings Iodide. I
saw the Lord lift it up see.
Fill the entire temple.
And Sarofim were flying around him, crying Holy Holy Holy is
the Lord God almighty.
So, in the year that King lose iodide, he was the king of
Israel so here's the point.
While the nation was weeping heaven was worshipping.
Because it didn't matter that the nations. King had died. The
king of Kings were still very much alive and he was seated on
the throne. So I don't know where you might be in your life
there might be some weeping and mourning going on in your life
right now. Can I invite you to lift your eyes up and see that
in heaven. The king of Kings? Who ceded high lifted up and
we're going to worship him. We're going to join in the
worship with heaven because it doesn't matter what's happening
around us. He is still king of Kings and Lord of Lords Amen.
Awesome so father, I just thank you that you are here with us
and we just worship you because irrespective of what we're going
through we thank you. Lord God that you are alive that you
still reign. Supreme you are the king of Kings on this day in
Jesus name Amen Amen. Why don't you take a seat or so to spoil
we were talking about Isaiah and I just felt sorry for you just
as well, you're up here.
You know the Apostle Paul says to a young Timothy he says. You
know the faith. I see in you. I first saw in your grandmother,
Lois and I saw it in your Mother Eunice. And I'm
convinced that it's also in you and so I know that you come
from a long line of faith. Believing People and I just
believe that just as Isaiah was called by God and here's the
thing.
God says. Who will I send?
Who will go for us?
He wasn't talking to Isaiah Isaiah just happened here and he
was exposed to this, but Isaiah says here I am Lord Send, Maine.
And I just felt like God was saying even though you may not
know the specifics of what God is calling. You too. But even if
you over here. That's enough for you to step out in faith and to
follow. What God is put on your heart and it's amazing because
many of you if you don't know Isaiah's mother? Where is she?
This incredible woman, both up on the stage that's why I wish
it was so great this morning and
Miller Field. The Holy Spirit Give me this verse and its King
David and his near the end of his life and he says something
profound. He says, I was young, but now I'm old and I have never
seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread and I
just felt like God was wanting to say to you, that because of
your faith because of your righteousness because of your
attitude before God that he is not going to let any of your
seeds big for bread because they had going to know the living
bread. They're all going to know
the living bread. So I father, I just thank you for the Johnston
family. Lord God I thank you for Miller for Brent for all of
their children for their children's children. I thank you
for this line of faith that they have come from. But I thank you.
Lord God that their descendants will do exceedingly and
abundantly more than has ever happened before them. So we just
declare in the name of Jesus that you bless this family
protect them. Lord God and give them everything that they need
to fulfill the purpose of God on their lives in Jesus name in
Jesus name Amen awesome.
Once you thank you worship team and.
All about same do an amazing job so grateful special shout out to
Lenny. Where are you learning to Keith and to Tyler or all of our
People that are serving for the first time today so good who's
happy to be alive. I'm happy to be alive. Today I wake up this
morning and found out I live on the gold close found out that I
get to come to Kings church and I also found out that the
Wallabies beat the All Blacks last night now.
Now I'm really sorry if you are Kiwi, a lot of People mistake me
for a key we are not a Kiwi. I come from Tonga and a lot of
family in New Zealand, but you don't understand what this means
you know as a tongue in you know, my 3 loves Jesus rugby in
KFC and so rugby is it's not a matter of life and death. It is
much more important than that. But so the fact that we have
been copying a hiding from the Kiwis for so long.
It was so good to see them get up last night so forgive me. If
you don't care anything about sport, but this is a very, very
important day for me, so if you do see any New Zealand's
officially announcing that it is Kissaki Day Today show him a bit
of love and just remind him. This is what it feels like you
know, we've been on the receiving it but no seriously.
We we love all of our Kiwi Cousins and and I just love. The
fact that you know last month. I was a bit heart sick. It's a
different code. I'm talking about rugby League cause.
Queens Lane we were beaten convincingly by New South Wales.
And yes, thank you. Pastor Rob and that was very, very sad, but
I just love. The fact that we can all Unite together as a
nation and combat. A common enemy NZ so even though it's a
different it's a different code. But it's so good that we're able
to come together and and beat them, so, so now. I love the
Kiwis but thank you. Yes, appreciate that? Yeah.
But if you're here for the first time. Can I also extend they a
warm Welcome to, you on behalf about senior pastors pastor bin
and Passat Rishu or over at Pimpama this morning ministering
and I just have the enormous privilege of sharing a word, and
if you've been with us for the last few weeks. You'll know that
we have been doing a series from the book of James life lessons
from the book of James and and you know pastor, Ben has
preached on. Trials he's preached on temptations, he's
preached on faith that works and I'm going to continue and we're
going to talk about the tongue, which is which is a really,
really powerful thing and we're reminded that the book of James
was written by James. The brother of Jesus now. This is
significant. Becaus Whilst Jesus was alive during his 3, 1/2
years of ministry. James did not believe that Jesus was who he
said he was James comes to faith after the resurrection.
So he's he's a Johnny come lately, he comes to the party
late. But when he gets there. He gets so on fire for God that he
ends up being the leader of the church at Jerusalem and I love.
James James is straight up. If you read the book of James.
You'll see how practical it is how direct he is, and James is
like he's like that person that we may not necessarily like but
we all need that kind of person in our lives 'cause I'll tell us
straight is like the Doctor
Phil. Of the Bible 'cause You'll just sort of tell you strike
tell you what you need to hear and so James is addressing this
letter. The Book of James to the 12 tribes of Israel that had
been dispersed from Israel and they will all around the world,
so these were believers. They all believed in Jesus but he was
just sending this letter out to speak directly to them and he
gets to this point, so we're going to be looking at.
James Chapter 3 and he talked specifically about the tongue
and they are passive been. He previously gave a plug for this
book by pastor, Joel O'steen, I declare and I just want to say
BIH cause. We are talking about the tongue. Today, if you have
not read this book. I really recommend that you get a copy
even if our books or doesn't have these just give them your
name and will order some more because it is a powerful
powerful powerful book about the declarations the power of the
tongue. Because you know when when there is this principle in
the Bible called the law of 1st
mention. And that is that every time something is introduced for
the first time that that original meaning carries out
throughout the rest of it. So what happens is the first time
we see speech occur in the Bible is right at the beginning.
Genesis chapter one in the beginning, God created the
heavens and the Earth. The Earth was without form and void
darkness covered the face of the spirit of God was hovering over
the face of the waters and God said let there be light.
So the point is that the first use of speech is not
communication its creation.
So the first use of speech is not for us to communicate with
others. It's actually for us to
create something. And God was not speaking to another person.
God was not speaking there was no one else there. This is
before he created Earth before he created People and animals
and he speaks directly Into Darkness and he calls something
that wasn't. He calls it into being so this tells us that our
primary use of speech or the tongue is not so much to
communicate to others, but it is to create something in the midst
of darkness, so that's why when Jesus came. He was able to speak
to storms and silence them, he was able to speak to a fig tree.
And it would wither up and die. He was able to speak to diseases
so as believers. We have the same authority. We have the same
call that we can use our tongues to speak into situations that
you can speak into depression. You can speak into anxiety and
you can call to light where there was darkness. Amen I mean,
so I just want to continue on this about about the tongue and
you know. There is power in the life and death is in the power
of the tongue. This is what's taught to us and there are all
of these great scriptures, but I want to highlight something that
is very, very specific that James touches on and that is the
use of the tongue by believers so if you have your bibles will
you please turn with me to James
Chapter 3? James Chapter 3.
And I'm just going to read from the very first verse a verse one
all the way through.
It says this not many of you should become teachers. My
fellow believers becaus you know that we who teach will be judged
more strictly. And all the preachers and teachers in the
House said Ouch. If you are a teacher. This is not talking
about a school teacher is obviously talking about teachers
of the word preachers in the in the word in church so this is
what that's referring to we love all of our teachers jenn. We
love all of our teachers here at Kings across both campuses. So
it's not talking about that verse. Two we all stumble in
many ways. Anyone who was never at fault. In what they say is
perfect able to keep their whole body and check when we put.
Bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us we can turn
the whole animal or take ships as an example. Or they they
although they are so large. Anna driven by strong winds. They are
steered by a very small rather wherever the pilot wants it to
go. Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body. But it
makes great boasts consider what a great forest is set on fire by
a small spark the tongue also is a fire a world of evil among the
paths of the body.
It corrupts the whole body since the whole course of ones life on
fire and is itself set on fire
by hell. All kinds of animals birds reptiles in sea creatures
are being tamed an have been tamed by mankind, but no human
being contained the tongue. It is a restless evil full of
deadly poison now that have strong statement. James is about
to tell us why he's just said
that. With the tongue, we praise our Lord and father and with it.
We curse human beings who have been made in God's likeness out
of the same mouth come praise
and cursing. My brothers and sisters they should not be can
both freshwater and saltwater flow from the same spring. My
brothers and sisters? Can a fig tree bear olives or a Grapevine
bear figs rhetorical question?
Neither can assault spring produce fresh water. Now, if
you're reading the book of James and you're reading about the
tongue. Sometimes will actually stop there. Because the writers
have actually made it a separate paragraph to bring the next
point across but I just want to say that if you read this read.
It continuously because James has just highlighted the problem
and that is the speech of believers, but now he gets to
the reason why so the reason why People are speaking this way.
Verse 13. Who is wise and understanding among you let them
show it by their good life by deeds done in the humility that
comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish
ambition in your hearts do not boast about it about it or deny
the truth. Such wisdom does not does not come down from heaven.
But his earthly and spiritual demonic for where you have envy
and selfish ambition there, you find disorder and every evil
practice. But someone say, but
But the wisdom that comes from Heaven is first of all pure then
peace loving considerate submissive full of mercy and
good fruit, impartial and
sincere. Peace meet makers who so in peace reap a harvest of
righteousness. The title of this message is the tongue and the
ticker. The tongue and the ticker and and if I was to
summarize this entire message and give you a sermon of a
sentence it would be this.
Whatever lives in your ticker will leak out from your tongue.
Whatever lives in Utica will eventually leak out of your
tongue. Late surprise father, I just thank you for this word. I
pray that you would give us ears to hear a hard to discern and
give us to faith not just to hear it. Lord God, but to live
it out in Jesus name in Jesus
name Amen. I have you ever Have you ever said something and the
moment, it left your lips you immediately regretted it.
Have you ever said something and you could literally see it
coming out of your mouth and you almost feel like come back in,
but it's too late and it's gone
out. Many years ago, I was working for this organization
and I was fairly new and and it was a day when we had other
family members come on that particular day and one of my
colleagues. A good friend at the time I hadn't met his partner
and she came along and I met her for the first time and now I
don't normally do this, but this is what's happened so.
This woman looked heavily pregnant.
You know where I might be going with this and it just so
happened that around this time. My wife was about 8 months
pregnant with our first son with our first child, and so this is
what happens, I never even notices sometimes when you are
in the middle of something you have a heightened awareness. So
I was seeing pregnant women everywhere because every day.
You know looking at my wife and you know, we're almost there.
And and so I just I was seeing pregnant women in the shop, so I
was seeing pregnant women.
You know in the streets everywhere and it's like if
you buy a brand new car and all of a sudden you notice
that same car that same make and model everywhere. You go
and and the point is that it's always been there. It's
just that you have a heightened awareness so my
wife is heavenly pregnant and so I'm seeing pregnant women
everywhere. This woman comes and I introduced myself and I
said hi. I'm Noah and she told me her name and I said
how far along are you.
Now I'm usually a very sensible. Sensitive type of person. But if
you saw this person. You would absolutely I'm just not making a
ridiculous assumption. She was pregnant until he was pregnant.
Now, as soon as I said that I could tell by her awkward laugh.
That there was something wrong and I can also tell by the fact
that my friend was laughing hysterically that there was
something wrong. And I thought Oh I said Oh I get it, OK, she's
not expecting. She's just had a baby OK because sometimes it's
you know you have a baby, but there's still so I said.
All I'm sorry when did you have the baby?
Now at this point, I think she was Over Me and she just said.
You probably should need to stop right there. Meanwhile, what my
friend is literally on the ground in Hysterics. In
Hysterics and I knew straight away. No no that was a bad call
roncor she's not pregnant.
But now I can understand that you know that's an accidental
slip of the tongue. So to speak. You know based on an assumption.
But what about when you make an
intentional. An intentional statement and intentional
statement. You know a few years back. My wife and I were having
words if you know what I mean, and having a bit of a
disagreement now usually I'm a very, very patient and loving
person and you know all of that. But for some reason something
was happening and I can't even remember what it was, but I
remember always extremely extremely frustrated. I was
extremely frustrated and in my mind, I was thinking. I'm about
to say something that I don't
typically say. And it's going to hurt and I could hear I was
having this conversation. I could hear in my back in the
back of my mind, I could hear this voice, saying Don't say it
don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it so we're
driving the car and we've literally pulled up and I've
stopped and I've turned to her and I've said this and I've said
it knowing that it was going to
hurt her. And.
And the moment, it came out of my mouth. I knew yeah, you
shouldn't listen to that voice you shouldn't have said that now
we're all good. Now I just want to say. I did go back and and
and I repented and and I ask for her forgiveness and and she was
gracious enough to do that. and I also went before God and said
you know really, really bad and so you know repented but.
The Bible here is talking about these sort of situations and
James is talking about those moments when as believers. We
know better. We know all the Scriptures. We know the power of
life and death is in the tongue. And yet we still intentionally
intentionally say these sort of things. So I want to talk from
the idea of how to talk like a true believer? How to talk like
a true believer now obviously.
James has covered on the importance of faith with works.
So we need to know how to walk like a true believer? How to
live that out, but in Chapter 3, he's talking about how to talk
like a true believer. So I just want to give us a 3 quick
points, about how to talk like a true believer in the first one
comes. Is this an it comes from versus 9:00 to 11:00. James says
with the tongue. We praise our Lord and father and with it. We
curse human beings who have been made in God's likeness out of
the same mouth come praise and cursing my brothers and sisters.
This should not be can both freshwater and saltwater flow
from the same spring. So James is highlighted the fact that and
this is an old expression that you may not heard, but it fits
perfectly for this. James is talking about People.
That are forked tongue forked tongue Have you ever heard that
expression. It is an old expression about someone who's
speech. There is duplicity. There is hypocrisy that they
will say one thing, one time and they will say totally
contradictory statement. The other and it is basically the
picture of a serpent or a snake or the type of animal whose
tongue has an actual split in the middle and it is a split
tongue and James is saying.
Don't have a forked tongue don't have a fork tongue. It is no
accident that the fall in Eden occured when Adam and Eve
listened to a forked tongue
Serpent. To a fork tongue serpent so my
first point is this.
How do we talk like a true believer firstpoint Unite?
Out tongue. Unite the tongue Unite the tongue no more
duplicity. Or hypocrisy, but instead speak with integrity and
consistency speak with integrity and consistency. One Peter
Chapter 3 verse 8 are tense is
this. Finally, all of you be like minded be sympathetic love.
One another be compassionate and humble do not repay evil with
evil or insult with insult On the contrary, repay evil with
blessing becaus to this, you were called so that you may
inherit a blessing for whoever would love life and see good
days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from
deceitful speech. One of my absolute heroes of the faith is
a woman by the name of Corrie 10 boom and some of you may know
her story. She was uh a Dutch woman that lived during World
War Two and was charged by the Nazis, an imprisoned in a
concentration camp for hiding Dutch Jews, so she was hiding
them in protecting them and what happened was that she had a
sister and also other members of the family that were in the same
concentration camp. And they died during that course, but she
miraculously survived and she is a very, very strong believer in
so years after she came out of that concentration camp. She
would travel all around the world and she would speak
primarily about the love of God and the forgiveness of God for
all of our sins and years after this was a couple of decades
after she was speaking at a particular place and she had
just been speaking about the power of forgiveness and the
need that for us as believers to
forgive. One another becaus God himself for gave us through
Jesus Christ on the cross and so she has just been given this
speech and she's meaning People and all of a sudden.
Her blood froze.
Because approaching her was a gentleman that she recognized he
was a lot older. His hair was bolding. He had put on a bit of
weight. But he was unmistakable who this gentleman was and he
stepped forward. And he held out his hand and he said, are fraud
line. Isn't it great that as you said God can forgive us from all
of our sins?
And she almost stopped breathing because this was one of the Nazi
guards who was in that very concentration camp and was. He
did not recognize her because there were thousands of women at
the time she could never, ever forget him because this was the
same guard that would ridicule torture an mock them,
particularly the women's as I had to humiliatingly undress and
put all of their dresses and choosing a pile and they would
be marched naked into the
showers. And he would ridicule and mock and they would always
pass. So his face was etched in her mind forever. And here he
was standing in front of her.
And as he held out her hand. She had to fumble around because she
couldn't. She couldn't extend hers to embrace him.
And he he said again, he said,
You know. I heard you mentioned that particular place and he
said. I was a guard there and he said. But since then, God has
saved me and I become a born
again believer. And I would just like to know will you forgive me
for online? And she said she struggled so much, she had just
been speaking about forgiveness, but as he held out.
As he held out his hand, she prayed and she said. Lord you're
going to have to do this you're going to have to do this because
I cannot do it. I cannot do it and she said. It took everything
in her to actually extend her hand. And she said as she
extended her hand and touched his she said. All of a sudden,
it was like electricity going up into her body and she found
herself, saying this, she said, I forgive you with.
All of my heart.
And she said, like oil being poured on her. The presence of
God and she could hear the words of her father, saying well done.
That's how my children behave.
When she had the opportunity to retaliate and rebuke him and
curse him for everything he had done. She spoke life, she chose
to bless him in the place of
cursing. So Unite our tongues, let your yes be yes, let your
statements be of faith and Love and blessing and not of insults
and cursing. I meant second point second point to speak like
a true believer comes from verse 12 to 16. My brothers and
sisters. Kenner fig tree bear olives or a Grapevine bear figs.
Neither can assault spring produce freshwater who is wise
and understanding among you let them show it, by their good
life. I did stand in the humility that comes from wisdom.
But if you have a bit of envy and selfish ambition in your
hearts. Do not boast about or deny the truth such wisdom does
not come down from heaven, but his earthly unspiritual demonic.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition
there, you find disorder and every evil practice.
The first one. Is to Unite our tongue the second one is to
unclutter our tickets unclutter
the ticker? Unclouded Atika so James is basically saying the
reason why this is coming out of your mouth is Becaus. What of
what your heart is full of because of what your heart is
full of. To work for various government departments in one
stage. I work for the Department of Housing down in New South
Wales and one of my jobs was to visit certain tenants and and do
certain inspections in case manage People and there was
always a place property that I would go to where was the tenant
in there had an issue with hoarding and so if you don't
know hoarding is is it's A kind of situation where People have
basically accumulated a whole lot of stuff.
And are refusing to throw anything out and I remember
going into this one place and from the outside. It looked like
a normal place like everyone else. Everyone else is placed
but the moment I stepped in. I knew there was something going
on here be cause from floor to ceiling. There was stacked high
all sorts of items and basically the entire house was filled but
the tenant had basically cut a path a pathway through so you
can get through, but there was absolutely no space.
And and there was another time, where there was a beautiful
house. I went to see and and this tenant also had all sorts
of things and you know, and I remember at one stage seeing on
bench tops in that you know newspapers from the 1980s and
and it had gone yellow and kind of crumbled because of age
because of the refusal to throw things out. And here James is
telling us if you don't.
Throw things out. They actually become a hazard now we had to
actually intervene in these cases because it was literally.
A fire hazard that if they did not remove certain things that
it could have been a very, very tragic situation. But just as
that is a hazard. More importantly, what is in our
hearts is even a greater hazard?
And. Jesus says this in Matthew Chapter 12 verse 33. He says
make a tree good and it's fruit will be good or make a tree bad
and it's fruit will be bad for a trees recognized by its fruits
and is speaking now to religious leaders, who are attempting to
take him out. He says you brood of Vipers. How can you who are
evil say anything good for the mouth speaks what the heart is
full of and a good man brings good things out of the good
stored up in him and an evil
man. Brings able things out of the evil stored up in him.
What is occupying our hearts will eventually overflow out of
our tongues? So it is so vital so important that what is in our
hearts is going to be something that is healthy, so when it
comes out? There is not that contradiction so Jesus is saying
here. The reason why you are speaking evil becaus of what's
in your heart and the reason? Why speak People speak well and
speak life is because of what's in their heart proverbs 423,
says above all else guard your
heart? For everything you do flows from it.
So the writer is saying above
all else. God your hot above all
else. You know if you come to my place you'll notice that there's
a lock on the front door.
If you tried to break into my car you'll notice that there is
a car alarm. If you found one of my credit cards or something you
wouldn't be able to access it 'cause you didn't have a pin
code. If you picked up my Phone. You wouldn't be able to get in
because of the password. And so the writer is saying above all
of these other things, you know, we put security on all of these
other things guard your heart.
God you're hot like a security system like a team of large
intimidating men at the front of an event at the front of an
event with clipboards and you step up and you know you are not
getting into that event if your name is not on the list. So if
you try and roll up and you try and gatecrash that you're going
to get tossed out in a similar way, the Bible is teaching us
set a guard across your heart.
If they are not on the list. What's the list purity.
Peace loving sub mission all of these beautiful traits if
they're not in the list. There not coming in a little while ago
went to visit some People and they lived in a gated community.
And the problem was that the intercom system was actually
broken so I couldn't contact them and they weren't able to
pick up their Phone 'cause. I tried to ring them. So I am
stuck on the outside of this gated community waiting and I
saw one of the tenants walked past and I said hi excuse me.
Just visiting someone would you mind and she just looked at me
and kept walking I don't blame are I don't blame are and The
thing is that? Unless you're a tenant unless you have the right
to be in that place.
We're not letting you in and I totally understand that and we
need to treat. Our hearts like a
gated community Hey. Unless you live here unless you're going to
add life. You're not coming in here because you're a big Brown
scary. Dude, and I've never seen you before, so you're not coming
in here, so I totally get that. It wasn't until the actual
tenant came saw me and unlock the gate that I was able to step
in. Do not let anything pass by the security of your heart guard
your heart. Above all else above everything else. We put
securities on guard your heart and the 3rd and final thing.
3rd and final thing of this.
Comes from this so James verse 1718 of Chapter 3, but the
wisdom that comes from Heaven is first of all pure then peace
loving considerate submissive submissive full of mercy and
good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers, who saw
who so in peace reap a harvest
of righteousness. So notice there are 2 sets of wisdom here
there is wisdom. That is earthly sensual demonic and this is this
is a wisdom that is harboring bitter envy, selfish ambition,
but then there is this secondary wisdom and it is the wisdom that
is from heaven. And it is the wisdom of purity and all of
these beautiful traits that we heard so the third thing of how
to talk like a true believer. After we Unite the tongue after
we include are the ticker the
third thing. Is to understand
teteles I? Understand Teteles I now you may not understand it
and there's a reason why you don't understand it because that
word teteles I is actually a
Greek phrase. And it comes from this passage. It comes from John
Chapter 19 verse 2830.
It says this talking about Jesus on the cross later knowing that
everything had now been finished and so that scripture would be
fulfilled Jesus said. I am thirsty a jar of wine vinegar
was there, so they so a sponge in it put the sponge on a stalk
of the hyssop plant and lifted it up to Jesus lips when he had
received the drink Jesus said it
is finished. Teteles, I.
It is finished paid in full.
With that, he bowed his head and
gave up. His spirit.
It is so vital that we
understand. Teteles I this was a statement of victory and
completion. And the reason why I have added this to the ways that
we talk like true believers. After we Unite the tongue.
Unclutter ticker and we must understand to tell a site and
here's the reason why.
It doesn't matter what has been spoken to you, or over you.
What Jesus did with his tongue on the cross in his last moments
overrides all of that?
When everyone was cursing at him mocking him humiliating him.
Jesus used his tongue to say father forgive them for they
know not what they do.
All the while, there are 7 statements that Jesus gives on
the cross and each one of these statements have an important
insignificant reason why he said. These and that is to
basically override override everything that has ever been
spoken over you spoken to you directed about you. Jesus is
saying to tell us I know know know I override everything that
has already been said over you.
Understand it is finished.
And it is being paid in full.
It is being paid in full.
So. As we come to an end. I just want to ask I want to pray for
specifically 2 groups of People.
And the first group of People is that you have.
Been on the receiving end of some absolutely cruel and evil
statements that have been spoken
over you. It could have been someone in your family along
time ago, it could have been someone in authority. But I want
to tell you that irrespective of what was spoken over you Jesus
is saying to tell a site. I have paid for it all. I had paid for
it all the Bible says that Jesus became a curse so that we could
inherit a blessing that the curses that were directed to you
have now been over written by Jesus because of the blessing he
proclaimed from the cross.
So I want to pray for People and these statements were harsh.
And they were wicked and I were evil and even now, those
statements. All it takes is for one trigger and you remember
what that statement felt like.
That wound becomes fresh again.
And I want to tell you that what Jesus did with his tongue can
bring healing to what anyone has done with their tongue against
you and directed to you.
So can I just ask you bow your head and close your eyes and I
just want to pray specifically 'cause. We all know the power
of words life and death is in the power of words. And though
death may have been proclaimed over you.
I'm declaring right now to tell us I life life right now in the
name of Jesus so if that's you.
And you have been on the receiving end of some cruel and
wicked statements. Would you mind just lifting your hands and
I'm going to pray for you and only believe that God is going
to do an incredible work in your life or some hands going up
everywhere father in the name of Jesus. I just declare the
statement from the cross to tell a site. It is finished. It has
been paid in full and I rebuke every word that has been spoken
against people in this place. Lord, who are responding every
word that has sorted discourage them belittle them.
Humiliate them insult them bring death right now, I declare life
in the name of Jesus. I speak life. You are a son of God. You
are a daughter of the most high King in the name of Jesus. I
declare life over you and made the words from the cross cover
you right now cover you right now in the name of Jesus in the
name of Jesus keep your heads bowed and your eyes close.
And right now, maybe at some stage like Maine. Maybe you have
been the one that has spoken something over someone else or 2
someone else or here's another one to yourself, you have spoken
you have used your tongue to speak death. Even over yourself,
even over other People close to you and I'm just declaring right
now over you to tell us I teteles I and it may be like
Maine, you need to go and forgive that ask forgiveness.
From that person and you need to ask forgiveness from God. But
this is where it starts so if that's you would as every head
is bowed. There's no judgment or condemnation here and every eyes
close will you lift your hand up where you left your hand up and
I'm just going to pray for you as well father, I just thank
you. That. Your words from the cross Lord God, father forgive
them father forgive them. I just declared forgiveness. Lord I
just declare forgiveness over every stray word every
destructive word. Lord God and I just pray father that even now
as People are seeking repentance and our remorseful with contrite
hearts. I just pray that there would be life would be restored.
The enemy comes to steal kill and destroy but you said. You
have come to give life and life.
Abundantly so I just declare right now, abundant life, let it
overflow over every single person right now in Jesus name.
Jesus name awesome. And just keep your heads bowed and your
eyes closed just for a little bit longer and maybe you're in
this place. And you have not come into a relationship with
this person that were speaking about God. You may have heard
about God your family might be Christians. You may have even
been attending church but you have not made a decision for
yourself. I want to tell you that the word teteles I is most
it is most relevant for you, because you don't have to carry
around the guilt. The shame the sins that is weighing you down
Jesus, saying I carried it all to tell us I.
It is being paid in full so if you are not in a relationship
with Jesus right now. Or maybe you once were. But you have
walked away and today you've stepped into this place. I want
to tell you this word is for you so with every head bowed in
there, I close would you lift your hand up and I want to pray
for you that you would come into a relationship with God or some
see that hand, you can put that down anyone else. If you have
not come into a relationship with Jesus also I just want to
pray and why don't we?
With him and afterwards someone will see you and give you some
more information. But just repeat. This prayer after me.
And why don't we all pray it in unity dear Lord Jesus?
I thank you.
That you paid the price.
For my sins.
On the cross.
I received your forgiveness.
And I received that completed
work. That only you could do.
For Maine. So right now, I
declare. That I am a child of
God. I'm a friend of God and my life is knew.
From this moment on.
In Jesus name Amen Father. I just thank you for that young
man. Lord God and for anyone else who prayed that prayer
for the first time I just declare life right now.
Welcome to the family of God Amen? Why don't we give that
person, a round of applause so good?