Sunday Worship Experience
Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 8/16/2026
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Summary
Pastor Aaron Batchelor encourages the congregation to move beyond self-reliance and embrace the God who restores, heals, and lifts the heads of the discouraged. He emphasizes the necessity of the New Birth and the constant, comforting presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer.
Key points
- •God is a Restorer who 'lifts your head' even when you feel you have failed or missed His instructions.
- •The presence of God is not confined to the church building; as the temple of the Holy Spirit, believers carry His presence into every part of their lives.
- •Christianity involves a 'New Birth' through repentance, water baptism in Jesus' name, and the infilling of the Holy Spirit.
- •Faith is the evidence of things not seen, meaning we must trust God's presence even when our feelings suggest He has forsaken us.
Scripture
Restoration
Holy Spirit
Salvation
Faith
Life application
This week, stop trying to 'HGTV' your life by setting the manual aside. Intentionally invite God into your daily routine - your car, your workplace, and your home - acknowledging that He is walking side by side with you in every challenge.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life have you been trying to find solutions without looking at God's 'instruction manual'?
- When you feel discouraged or alone, do you rely more on your feelings or on the biblical promise that God will never leave you?
- How does the image of God 'lifting your head' change the way you view your past mistakes?
- What does it mean to you personally to be the 'house of God' and carry His presence everywhere you go?
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Full transcript
0:01Would you just [music] reach out to the
0:02Lord right now? Wherever you're
0:04standing, come on, just reach out to him
0:06with all of your heart,
0:09with all of your soul, with all of your
0:12mind, with all of your strength. Would
0:14you reach out to him? [music] He's in
0:16this house this morning. He's here right
0:18now to forgive every sin. He's here to
0:22lift every burden.
0:24He's here to heal, to save you, to
0:28comfort you.
0:30[snorts]
0:31Oh.
0:46Oh.
0:50Oh Jesus.
0:53I I don't want to make it uncomfortable
0:54for some that are in here, but I just
0:56feel the presence of the Lord in this
0:58house. Would you just maybe put a hand
1:01on the shoulder of somebody beside you
1:03right now and [music] pray with them and
1:05pray for them? Would you ask the peace
1:07and the grace of God just to rest upon
1:10them right now for the next little bit?
1:12I don't know what you came into this
1:14service with, but I know a God. I know a
1:18God who's able to keep you. who's a God.
1:20He's able [music] to save you and able
1:23to comfort your grieving heart. Come on,
1:25right now. Would you just pray over the
1:27brother and sister that you got your
1:29hand on their shoulder right now?
1:38Come on, my brother. Lean not to your
1:39own understanding, but in all of your
1:41ways acknowledge him. He will direct
1:44your paths.
1:47Come on, my sister. Cast all your cares
1:49upon the Lord because he [music] cares
1:51for you.
1:56Oh yes. Come on. I feel the glory of the
1:59Lord in this house this morning.
2:21Is that
2:30true?
2:58God's about ready to surprise some of
3:00you.
3:02You walked in here one way thinking you
3:04knew what to expect. But God, the Bible
3:07says, is able to do exceeding abundantly
3:09above all that you can ask or even think
3:12according to the power that works
3:13[music] on the inside of us. He's about
3:16to surprise somebody. Somebody's going
3:18home different. You're going home
3:20changed. [music]
3:20I don't know how he does it, but he's
3:22God. I don't know how he's going to turn
3:24it, but he can. I don't know how he's
3:26going to heal it, but he will. But
3:28somebody's going home different today.
3:30I'm just [music] prophesying to
3:32somebody. I know you came for a good
3:35Sunday morning service, but God is about
3:37to exceed your [music] expectations.
3:40He is about to blow your spiritual mind
3:43to know what he is able to do because he
3:46loves you.
3:57Woo!
4:03Hallelujah.
4:07>> Praise God.
4:09We're going to go to the
4:19Fore! Foreign! Foreign!
4:44I am your healing. I am your
4:47deliverance. I am your
4:51everything
4:53and I am here
4:55for you today. I am dead.
5:01>> Hallelujah.
5:03Thank you Jesus. [applause]
5:05Thank you Jesus.
5:14>> [applause]
5:22[applause]
5:28>> Go ahead, take another moment right now.
5:29I'm not going to rush through this
5:31moment right now. Just take a moment to
5:33yield yourself to the Holy Ghost. Come
5:35on, yield yourself to the Holy Ghost
5:37right now in the name of Jesus.
5:41>> [snorts]
5:42>> Oh yes, God.
5:48[snorts]
5:49>> Oh yes, Holy Ghost.
6:02[music]
6:16Hallelujah.
6:35I just
6:38want you.
6:41>> Oh, there's a hunger in this house.
6:45There's a hunger in this house for more
6:47of you. You can have as much of him as
6:50you want in your life. You can have as
6:54much. He said, "Whosoever's thirsty, let
6:57him come. Let him drink of the water of
6:59life freely, you can have as much of him
7:03as you need this morning. You can have
7:06as much as you desire today. If you need
7:08that strength, if you need that peace,
7:11if you need that wisdom today, he's here
7:13for you.
7:15Oh Jesus. [music]
7:34Oh Jesus.
7:39Oh Jesus.
7:46Oh Jesus.
7:51Oh Lord.
8:07>> Hallelujah.
8:10Hallelujah.
8:14He's taking us to another level, new
8:15life. Amen.
8:18>> He's elevating his church all over the
8:21world.
8:24>> And it is his church.
8:27We are his people. We're the sheep of
8:30his pasture.
8:32This is still God's church. And my body
8:36is not my own.
8:39I've been bought with the precious
8:40blood.
8:44I I've got a I've got a sermon. I may or
8:48may not get to it. I am in a moment
8:50right now that I told our staff this
8:52week that sometimes [music] gets
8:54uncomfortable for a pastor who knows
8:56that we have a schedule and we've got
8:58things we've prepared to get done. But
9:01I'm in a place right now where I want
9:03Jesus
9:05to have his way.
9:07>> Whatever he wants.
9:11So I'm going to follow that.
9:15>> You know, we spend so much of our time
9:17trying, [music] so much of our energy
9:19trying, so much of our strength trying
9:22to figure life out. Parker,
9:26we try to figure out the solution and
9:30the answer to the problem.
9:32I was working with my wife on our
9:35children's bathroom.
9:37We decided to HGTV it ourselves.
9:43We would start our show, but I don't
9:45think anybody'd want to watch it because
9:46it took forever.
9:49And I made a lot of mistakes and I
9:52learned a lot of things and I watched a
9:54lot of YouTube videos.
9:57I was just trying and
9:59sometimes I would get the instructions
10:02to hook up the sink. I'd get the
10:04instructions on how to install
10:09and something happened to me.
10:13Something would happen that perhaps some
10:15of you have felt before. I took I would
10:17take the instruction booklet and I just
10:20I set it aside
10:23because
10:25I mean it's a sink.
10:28How hard could it be? I see you laughing
10:31at me Greg Eubanks back there.
10:33>> [laughter]
10:34>> I am neither as skillful or as
10:36knowledgeable as that man of God back
10:38there. But I just take the instruction
10:40booklet and I'd set it aside and I'd
10:42just dive in. I'm going to learn how to
10:45do this and
10:47oh, and I'd have to go back and I'd have
10:50to pull open the manual and I'd have to
10:52see where I missed the instruction,
10:55where I messed up. I can't tell you how
10:56many times I did that. You'd think I'd
10:58learned the first time, but I just did
11:00it over and over. I've gone back and
11:02just trying to learn. And sometimes in
11:04life,
11:06we take the manual,
11:08we take the instruction booklet,
11:12we read it, we're inspired by it,
11:16but for some reason,
11:18we set it aside.
11:21And we work on our family [music] by
11:23ourselves. We work on our career. We
11:26work on our finances. We try to work it
11:29out. And somewhere along the way, we
11:31slip. We made a mistake. We messed up.
11:34[music] And we think that we failed God.
11:36We think that he's going to come.
11:39It tells, "Michael, you you failed too
11:41many times. I'm done." That's how we
11:43think God works. But [music] he doesn't.
11:48He doesn't. Let me tell you what he does
11:50do.
11:51Here's what he does do, Michael.
11:54What he does is he lifts your head.
11:59and he puts something back in your hand
12:01again
12:03>> and he says, "I'm not done." He says,
12:05"I'm not through and you didn't miss me.
12:08I'm right here. I've not left you nor I
12:10have forsaken you. I'm not I'm right
12:12here." That's the kind of God that you
12:15serve this morning. And I don't know
12:16what kind of massive questions and
12:19problems that you walked. I feel the
12:21Holy Ghost in this place right now. I
12:23don't know what you walked into this
12:24house with. It's probably bigger than a
12:27pastor's counseling session can figure
12:29out. It's probably bigger than your
12:31therapist could figure out. It's
12:32probably bigger than the medication that
12:34your good doctor prescribed to you. It's
12:37probably bigger than we could all put
12:39our minds together. But there's a God.
12:41There is a God who said, "I'll never
12:43leave you and I'll never forsake you."
12:45And there's a God who said, "For I know
12:47the thoughts and the plans that I have
12:49for you, sayeth the Lord. They're good
12:51plans, not of evil. They're to give you
12:54a hope. there to give you an expected
12:56end. Even when it doesn't look like it's
12:58turning out good for you, God still has
13:00a plan. Even when it doesn't look like
13:03it's going to come together, God has a
13:05plan. And if you'll put your hand uh in
13:08the hand of the master, it'll work out
13:11somehow for the good for all things work
13:15together for the good to those that love
13:18God
13:21and are the called according to his
13:23purpose. Young man, I don't know what
13:24you're struggling with this morning.
13:26Young lady, I don't know what's going on
13:28in your life. I don't know who walked
13:30away from you, who abused you, who hurt
13:32you. I don't know what kind of scars
13:34you're carrying from your past, but I
13:36know a God. That's what this whole
13:38experience is about. It is to bring you
13:41into contact with a God who is greater
13:44and wiser and stronger and better than
13:46our minds can even comprehend. And if
13:49you've got a need in your life, I know
13:51we prayed already a little bit this
13:53morning, but I wish you'd open up your
13:55mouth right where you're sitting or
13:56standing, if you would just lift up
13:58[music] your voice. Uh, I don't know how
14:00he'll do it, but I know he's going to
14:02come your way. I know he's going to walk
14:04down your aisle. [music] I know he's
14:06going to touch your mind. He's going to
14:08touch your spirit this morning. I don't
14:10know what's had you bound [music] in
14:11these last few weeks. I don't know
14:13what's kept you up at night. not
14:14speaking the Holy Ghost right now, but
14:16he is in this house and he's about to
14:19set you [music] free. He's about to
14:21destroy some yolks over your life in the
14:24name of Jesus. He's about to raise
14:26[music] you up and sit you in heavenly
14:29places of authority. I wish I had
14:31[music] a believer. I said, "I wish I
14:33had a believer that would put your faith
14:36and trust uh in the [music] only one uh
14:38who got up from death, who got up from
14:42the grave, uh and who gets you up."
14:45[music]
14:46Come on. He's going to get you up this
14:48morning. I speak faith into your life. I
14:51speak faith back into your spirit. I
14:53speak resurrection power back into your
14:56marriage. I speak it over your children
14:58and your grandchildren.
15:01Come on, lift your [music] voice to him
15:02right now. Come on, over this place.
15:04Make it one gigantic altar. Make it one
15:07gigantic [music] altar in this house.
15:09God's already spoken to us. He won't
15:11leave us. He won't forsake us.
15:16[music] Come on, we got time for it. If
15:18you need to find a place at the altar,
15:20we got time for it. I'm just going to
15:21flow with [music] it this morning in the
15:23name of Jesus. If you need to break out
15:25of something in your life, uh if you
15:27need a new start and a fresh anointing,
15:30if you need joy uh that the [music]
15:32world can't give and the world can't
15:34take away, I dare you to cry out to
15:37[music] Jesus. I dare you to step out by
15:39faith.
15:42Come on. He's [music] turned his face to
15:44us this morning. I can't understand it.
15:46I don't know why, but he's looking at
15:49you today. He's [music] walking in this
15:51place right now. He's looking for faith.
15:54He's looking for hunger. He's looking
15:56for a need he can meet.
16:02[music]
16:17>> [music]
16:28[music]
16:31>> Come on. Today's the day of salvation.
16:34Today is the [music] day of healing.
16:36Come on. Today is the day of restoring
16:38and a refreshing from old wounds.
16:42Today's [music] a healing today for you,
16:44my child. Today is a day of healing and
16:47restoration for you. [music] If you want
16:49it, you can have it. If you need it, you
16:52can receive it. [music]
16:59Come on. I didn't come to waste [music]
17:01my time at church this morning. I didn't
17:03come to play around. I need a God who's
17:05real. I need a God who's the same
17:08yesterday, today, and [music] forever. I
17:10need a Jesus uh who can touch me uh who
17:14is acquainted with my infirmities and my
17:16griefs. I need a [music] Jesus uh who'll
17:19never leave me nor forsake me.
17:32[music]
17:44>> [music]
17:51[music]
17:56[music]
17:58>> Come on. If you're that one this morning
17:59that gets touched, that's all he needs.
18:01[music] He'll leave the 99 and he'll go
18:04looking for the one. And if you're just
18:05that one that came here hungry on
18:08thirsty [music] I'm believing this
18:09morning it's for you in this house right
18:11now. Don't you discount your situation.
18:14Don't you discount your life. He's come
18:16for you [music] today. If you're the one
18:18sheet if you're the one sheet that needs
18:21a touch today. Reach out and grasp him.
18:25Reach out and believe him. [music]
18:28Come on. He's come for you. Come on.
18:30He'll walk past self-righteousness and
18:32he'll look at somebody who's hungry,
18:34[music]
18:35somebody who's desperate.
18:55[music] Heat.
19:14Heat.
19:25>> [music]
19:30>> Heat.
19:32Heat.
19:42>> [music]
19:49[music]
19:58>> Heat.
20:01[music]
20:02Heat.
20:12>> [music]
20:20>> Heat [music]
20:24up here.
20:28[music]
20:32Heat.
20:38[music]
20:45[music]
20:47Heat.
20:50[music]
20:54Heat. Heat.
20:58[music]
21:21>> [music]
21:29[music]
21:32>> Heat. Heat.
21:36[music]
21:45Heat.
21:49[music]
21:55[music]
21:56Heat.
22:04[music]
22:05Heat.
22:10[music]
22:17Heat.
22:37>> [music]
22:39>> Heat. Heat.
22:47Heat. [music]
22:57[music]
23:03Heat.
23:21>> [music]
23:37[music]
23:38>> Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.
23:52[music]
24:07Heat.
24:10[music]
24:16Heat.
24:18[music]
24:23Heat. [music]
24:38Heat.
24:43[music]
24:53>> [music]
24:57>> Heat. Heat.
25:06Heat.
25:17[music]
25:21Heat.
25:27[music]
25:41Heat. Heat.
25:51Heat.
26:10Heat.
26:16Heat.
26:30Heat.
26:35[music]
26:38Heat.
26:41[music]
26:51Heat.
26:57[music]
26:59Heat.
27:04[music]
27:17Heat.
27:23Heat. Heat.
27:29[music]
27:39[music]
27:56>> [music]
27:58>> Heat. Heat.
28:03[music]
28:09>> [music]
28:17[music]
28:18>> Hallelujah.
28:25[music]
28:30Heat. Heat. [music]
28:42[music]
28:51[music]
28:55You are
29:12[music]
29:13hallelujah.
29:23>> [music]
29:36>> I love you.
29:42[music]
29:43Hallelujah.
29:48[music]
29:59[music]
30:06Hallelujah. [music]
30:15[music]
30:22[music]
30:30Hallelujah.
30:39>> [music]
30:45>> Heat. Heat.
31:05>> [music]
31:25[music]
31:28>> Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
31:39Hallelujah.
31:45[music]
31:52Happy birthday. [music]
32:02[music]
32:10>> [music]
32:41[music]
33:54[music]
34:01>> Hallelujah.
34:22>> [music]
34:25>> Hallelujah Jesus.
34:29[music]
34:39>> [music]
34:51>> Hallelujah.
34:53[music]
35:15Hallelujah.
36:11Hallelujah.
36:20If you've repented [music] of your sins
36:22today,
36:26the Bible says, "He that confessth
36:29[music] and forsaketh
36:32shall have mercy."
36:36If you've repented today, truly repented
36:39in your heart, I want you to know today
36:43your sins are forgiven by the precious
36:47blood of Jesus. And the Bible says again
36:51that there is joy in the presence of the
36:54angels [music]
36:56over one sinner that repents. [snorts]
37:00I wonder if we could thank the Lord
37:02today [music]
37:03for covering our sin, for washing us,
37:06for forgiving us. Could you thank the
37:08Lord today and rejoice over sinners that
37:12have repented, that have been forgiven
37:15today? Could you just thank the Lord for
37:17that with me together in this house?
37:20Lord, I want to thank
37:22[applause and music]
37:23sins washed away. I want to thank you,
37:26God.
37:27>> [music]
37:35>> Praise God.
37:37Praise God.
37:39And if [music] you want to experience
37:41the kingdom of God,
37:43>> if you want to enter into this new life,
37:48you know, when you entered this physical
37:50life,
37:52you came by way of water in your mama's
37:55belly and by breathing in that fresh
37:58oxygen
38:00and you became a member of humanity
38:04by being born in the natural.
38:07If you want to experience this new life
38:09in Jesus,
38:11if you're not content doing it on your
38:13own and you're ready for old things to
38:16really be passed away and all things to
38:18become new, Jesus has the answer for
38:20you. He told Nicodemus, a religious man,
38:24a man who loved God, [music] but he told
38:27Nicodemus, except a man be born again of
38:31the water and of the spirit, he cannot
38:34enter. He cannot even see the kingdom of
38:37God. In other words, Jesus was telling
38:40him, "If you want to experience all the
38:42life I have for you, then you must be
38:45born again of the water and of the
38:48spirit, it takes both or you cannot
38:51enter or stop."
38:55Repentance turns and gets you ready like
38:58a baby in the womb getting ready to be
39:00born. Repentance does a 180 and says, "I
39:03was facing this direction, but I'm going
39:06to go God's way." That's what repentance
39:08does. It's a wonderful thing. Whenever
39:10you turn your faith to Jesus and say,
39:12"I'm confessing you. You're my Lord.
39:15You're [music] my Savior. I believe in
39:17you." And you turn to him. I'm telling
39:19you, it's the beginning of a new life.
39:21But if you truly want to experience all
39:23that God has for you, then I'm going to
39:26invite you this morning. If you've never
39:28been baptized in the precious name of
39:30Jesus, if you've never identified with
39:32Jesus's burial, cuz that's what baptism
39:34does. It identifies with his burial so
39:37that we can be resurrected to new life.
39:39The Bible says when we're baptized that
39:41we get a clear conscience when the enemy
39:44[music] comes back to you on a Monday
39:45morning and says, "Well, I remember what
39:47you did 20 years ago or what you did
39:49[music] last night." You can look at him
39:51and say, "No, I've repented of my sins
39:53and I buried that old nature in the
39:55water and I've got a new name on my
39:57life."
40:00Come on. It's time to let old things be
40:02passed away and all things become new.
40:04And I don't know who I'm speaking to
40:06this morning, but even if I'm reaching
40:08just for the one, if you've never been
40:10immersed in water in the precious name
40:13of Jesus like they were all throughout
40:14the book of Acts and the Bible, then I
40:17want you to come this morning to this
40:18sign says, "I have decided. I want you
40:21to step outside of your fear and say, I
40:23don't care who's watching, who's
40:25looking. They didn't save me and they're
40:27not judging me. I'm standing before one
40:29who I've got to give an account to for
40:31my life and he's my savior. He's my
40:35judge. He's my keeper. So today is the
40:38day of salvation.
40:41Now people shouting around you and
40:43clapping their hands, they're just
40:44testifying to the witness of the spirit
40:47this morning that they've been redeemed.
40:49They've been washed. They've been set
40:51[music] free. So don't you mind them.
40:53They've just been set free. And that's
40:55why they're giving God praise. You ought
40:57to join us. I said you ought to join the
41:01family of God. You ought to just step
41:03out and say, "Today's my day." [music]
41:07Not because mama did it, not cause daddy
41:09did it, but because I made up my own
41:11mind. I'm getting a little preachy now,
41:13but I made up my own mind that I'm
41:16headed to the water.
41:18I'm headed [music] to the water. And I'm
41:20going down in Jesus name. And when I get
41:24up, I will not be the same man. I will
41:27not be the same woman. I'll be changed.
41:32>> [music]
41:34[applause]
41:36>> Jennifer, can I borrow you for a [music]
41:38second? All right. Can you come on up? I
41:41know she didn't plan this, but she is
41:44from Germany. She's back with us for two
41:46more weeks. The Tenos
41:49been teaching this wonderful young lady
41:51a Bible study. I mean, for a long time.
41:54But Jesus did something in her whenever
41:56she repented of her sins. She went down
41:58in the water at Missouri District Youth
42:01Convention in the precious name of
42:03Jesus. God filled her with the baptism
42:05of the Holy Ghost reading her Bible
42:08every day. Transform.
42:11I hope I'm okay to [music] say this, but
42:13she said, "I'm part of new life." She
42:15watches you in Germany every Sunday, but
42:18she said, "There's nothing like being
42:20here."
42:22So, she came in town for two weeks.
42:23[music] There's nothing like being here.
42:26Isn't that what you told me this
42:27morning? You said there's nothing like
42:28being here. Can I tell you if you've
42:30never been baptized in Jesus' name, it's
42:33one thing to [music] watch it. It's one
42:35thing to see it in somebody else, but
42:37it's another thing to get yourself up
42:39here and say, "It's time for me to go
42:41down in Jesus' name. It's time for me to
42:45Jennifer, am I preaching truth?" [music]
42:49Come on. If you've never had the
42:50experience, step out of your [music]
42:52comfort zone, follow your faith, and
42:54say, "Jesus, I'm ready. I'm ready to
42:56give it all [music] to you. I'm ready to
42:58say yes. I'm ready to not be the same
43:00again. I'm ready to let all things be
43:03passed away.
43:12They're getting it ready."
43:14So, it's your day. It's your time. And I
43:15want you to step over here. They're
43:17getting ready. and we're going to
43:18baptize you [music] in the precious name
43:19of Jesus.
43:21But I want to speak to the church for a
43:23moment. All right, that was my little
43:24plug. That's my little plug for
43:26salvation and [music] getting entrance
43:28into the kingdom of God. Repent and be
43:30baptized every one of you in the name of
43:32Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.
43:34You shall [music] receive the gift of
43:35the Holy Ghost. That's the entrance. But
43:39let me speak to the church because
43:42having [music] an experience with God is
43:44amazing. It's wonderful. you could have.
43:47I've had this experience now since I was
43:49seven years old, and I'm telling you, it
43:50seems to just get [music] better. Sister
43:52Charer, it's wonderful. But this
43:55Christian life doesn't come without its
43:57challenges. Doesn't come without its
43:58griefs [music] and its problems. Jesus
44:00never said that he would save us from
44:02our problems or our trouble.
44:05But he said, "I'd be with you. I'm going
44:08to walk with you."
44:10David, this is what I just I'm just I
44:13didn't get to preach my message, so this
44:14is your message this morning.
44:17David got to writing about that.
44:20He said, "Wether can I go from your
44:22presence.
44:25If I make my bed [music] in heaven,
44:28you're there. Or my bed in hell, you're
44:31there.
44:32No matter where I go," David understood
44:34his presence is everywhere. And that was
44:36coming from a man who couldn't [music]
44:38wait to get the ark of the covenant back
44:40into Jerusalem. this little box that
44:43represented the presence and the
44:44covenant of God to get back in it. But
44:46David was like, "I can feel your
44:47presence everywhere. I was on the back
44:49side of a desert. I was tending to some
44:51sheep and I felt your presence [music]
44:52back there. But I I want to be close to
44:54you. I felt your presence when I was on
44:56the battlefield fighting Goliath, but I
44:58found your presence there. When I was
44:59running away from Saul and hiding in
45:01caves, your presence was there. Even
45:03though I didn't understand it, and there
45:05was dark and depressing days, but your
45:07presence was there." What I've come to
45:09tell somebody [music] here today from
45:10the word of God. I'm telling you church
45:12is that his presence is with you
45:14wherever you go. [music] I know I know
45:16it's not cuth probably to say this here
45:18in a church in an apostolic church but I
45:20know there are some of you that have
45:21been living for God a while and [music]
45:23you feel like God has forsaken you. You
45:25feel as if God has walked away from you
45:28and left you alone. But I want to tell
45:29you not to trust your feelings but walk
45:32by faith because faith is the evidence
45:34of things not seen. Right? It's the
45:38evidence of things not seen. It's the
45:39things that we're hoping for. And so
45:41faith reaches into the things that we
45:42cannot see and we continue to hold on.
45:45And so I've just come to remind the
45:47church this morning that he's with you.
45:48He'll never leave you. He'll never
45:50forsake you. My God, help me right now
45:52in the Holy Ghost to speak to your
45:54people and to let them know this, God,
45:56that his presence is with you wherever
45:58you go. You carry his temple. You carry
46:01his presence with you. When you're
46:04filled with a baptism of the Holy Ghost,
46:06you become the house of God. You I told
46:09somebody this week in counseling, you
46:11don't have to wait. And I love this
46:13place. I love getting together with the
46:15people of God. I really do. This is my
46:16This is my favorite day of the week is
46:18getting together with you all besides
46:20Wednesday night Bible study at 7:00 p.m.
46:22Don't miss it. All of those wonderful
46:23days. I absolutely love it. But I'm
46:25going to tell you this is that you don't
46:27have to wait to get here in order to be
46:29touched by the presence of God. You
46:31don't have to wait to get here for Jesus
46:33to be with you. You can take him home
46:35with you today.
46:38That's it. That's my message. So, I hope
46:40you got it. I hope you receive it.
46:41That's it. But I want you to know that
46:43he's with you today. He's with you,
46:45Hadasa.
46:47Never going to leave you.
46:49He's with you, Sister Burks. Never going
46:51to forsake you, brother Shrekenberg.
46:53He's with you. Always going to be there
46:55for you. Tyler, he's going to be with
46:57you. He's walking with [music] you side
46:58by side. If you believe that, would you
47:00stand to your feet right now? Would you
47:02lift up your hands and your voice to
47:03Jesus? And would you thank him? [music]
47:05But if you really need him, would you
47:07let him know and say, "God, I need you
47:09to go home with me today. I I need you
47:11to walk into my house. I need you to
47:13ride with me in my car. I need you to go
47:15to lunch with me today. I need you to be
47:17everywhere that I am. I need you to go
47:19with me. I need your presence, Lord,
47:21more than my ordinary breath. I [music]
47:23need you in my life, Jesus. I plead your
47:26blood upon your wonderful people here
47:28from the balcony to the floor, God.
47:30Those that are watching online, I speak
47:33the name of Jesus over them right now. I
47:35bind fear. I cast out discouragement,
47:39Lord, in the name of Jesus, every
47:41oppressive spirit that has tried to
47:44block, oh Lord, or steal and destroy the
47:46faith of God's people. I stand, we stand
47:50against it right now in the mighty name
47:52of Jesus. Lord, I thank you that your
47:55presence goes with us and that you give
47:57us the victory. [music] I pray that your
47:59peace that surpasses all understanding
48:01would be theirs today. I pray that you
48:03would go with them, oh Lord, everywhere
48:05that they walk, let them be light. Let
48:07them be salt. Fill them up full of your
48:10spirit. Lord, we trust you. We give you
48:13the glory. We give you the praise. In
48:15Jesus name we [music] pray. In Jesus
48:17name. And everybody said, "Amen."
48:19>> Amen.
48:20>> Amen. That service today, that's it.
48:23That service today, that concludes this
48:26service, but it doesn't conclude your
48:28service. So when you walk out of here,
48:30you tell somebody the good news, tell
48:32somebody what the Lord has done for you.
48:34God is doing something in this city, and
48:36he wants to use you. So take your
48:38friends day cards, take your life, be a
48:41testimony, and love on somebody today.
48:44All right. God bless you. Thank you so
48:45much for being at New Life St. Louis. If
48:48you're coming back to Next Steps with
48:49us, we look forward to seeing you there
48:51for week [music] three. We've got
48:52refreshments and child care ready for
48:54you. God bless you today. Hug somebody's
48:56neck. High five somebody. Shake
48:58somebody's hand. Tell them you're glad
48:59to be a part of New Life St. Louis with
49:02them in [music] Jesus name. God bless
49:04you. You're dismissed today in the name
49:06of the Lord.
49:13>> [music]
49:42[music]
49:47[music]
49:57[music]
50:07>> Praise God.
50:10So glad to have Jeremiah in the house
50:12today. And he said today his day to be
50:14baptized in the precious [music] name of
50:16Jesus.
50:18Now, some of you might recognize him
50:20because I asked him how long [music] he
50:21had been coming to New Life. And he
50:22said, "Well, actually, I used to go to
50:24New Life Academy back in the day. This
50:27is one of ours already. And right now,
50:29he's about to become Jesus's with his
50:31sins being washed away." Come on, would
50:34you stretch your hands forth and help me
50:35pray a blessing over him before we
50:37baptize Jeremiah? Heavenly Father, I
50:39thank you, oh Lord, that you've got your
50:41hand upon this young man's life and that
50:43he has taken his faith, Lord, to a whole
50:45new level by being obedient [music] to
50:47your word and stepping into the waters
50:49of baptism. Even as he comes up out of
50:52this water, fill him up full of your
50:53spirit again and again. We thank you,
50:56Lord, that sins are going to be washed
50:58away and that he's going to become a new
51:00creature in Christ Jesus. We give you
51:02the praise and glory in Jesus name we
51:05pray. In Jesus name. Thank you God.
51:25Jeremiah, based upon your profession of
51:28faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the
51:29confession of all of your sins, [music]
51:31it's my privilege to baptize you in the
51:33only saving name of Jesus for the
51:36remission of all those sins.
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51:53>> Heat. Heat.
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52:42>> Heat.
52:44Heat.
52:51Heat.
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53:04Heat. [music]
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53:28>> Heat. Heat.
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53:35Heat.
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