Embracing Change: Gratitude, Fellowship, and God's Mission

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1. "God makes everything beautiful in his own time he's the God of time he's the God of season he's the God that changes the time and the season there is a God in heaven who changes the times and the season and in this season in this season of fall our hearts are faced towards God we look up to him who to the Lord who radiates our faces with his love with his joy with his peace and as we come into his presence we want to acknowledge God that he's the God who makes all things beautiful we come into this presence with thanksgiving in our hearts so this this morning I don't know how your week was um maybe it was heartache maybe it was it went so fast and long and short but in the midst of all want to take a breath want to take a moment and give God thanks thank God for being with you throughout the week thank God for causing his angels in Psalm 91 he said I will cause my angels to take charge over you that you will not use your feet to hit any stone God has been the God of protection" [07:29] (85 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "And we established the fact that Koinonia is having fellowship with God and having fellowship with one another. Amen. Amen. Because when we miss the fellowship with God, having fellowship with one another becomes difficult. Amen. It becomes difficult, but when we have a strong fellowship with God, when we, on our individual levels, we spend time with God, when we come together and pray together, there's a saying that when you pray together, you stay together, right? Amen." [20:29] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "When we connect our relationship with God, it becomes so easy to build the strong community of faith that is connecting with each other, not on the surface level, but at a deeper level. Amen. So that Koinonia means that we become family. We become family all together. I want to just, you know, catch up from where we stopped last two weeks and then, you know, wrap it up for us today. We stopped last week, last two weeks in Acts chapter 2, where the disciples came together and they began to, to learn together. They began to walk in the teachings of the apostles. Amen. And we saw that the power of God was made available for them." [21:09] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "gladness and sincere hearts and I'm beginning to think that we cannot see kolonia but we can see the effects of kolonia and one of the efforts we see with the dis new disciples was that when they gather and they break bread together that was gladness somebody say gladness and there was sincerity of heart there was gladness that means that there was a joy that exhumed from their fellowship there was a job the joy of the Lord have filled their heart that gave them strength to go out there even though they were persecuted they go out there and share Share the love of Jesus to everyone they meet. But not only that, was there gladness and there was sincerity of heart. But there was also, verse 47 says, praising God and enjoying the favor of all people. And the Lord added to their number daily those that were saved. So, there was also praise. Somebody say praise." [22:32] (80 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "The effect of kolonia is praise. It's that we can praise God in the sanctuary. We can praise God in the highway and the byway. We can praise God when we feel like and when we don't feel like. We can praise God when you are driving. You can put on some praising shoes. You can put on your praising songs. Create an atmosphere of praise around you. When you praise God, the situations around you becomes like a valley. Amen. When you praise God, you are filled with joy." [25:37] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "The bishop said to her she said get excited get excited because as as united method is we are called to make disciples for the transformation of the world that is exciting it's exciting to see one life transform it's exciting to see that we can put a smile on the face of somebody it's exciting to see that somebody comes to church on a sunday and it gets them through their week it's exciting to see that a tap on their back makes somebody to be to be encouraged that when they're going through tough time there is something when they come to the church family they are able to find spiritual strength they are able to find hope it's exciting to know that we have a god who listened to us when we come to the altar and when we pray god hears our prayer it is exciting to know that we are a family together you we are a church family together a church of colonia when we come together there is no mountain that is too high for us there is no valley that is too deep for us there is nothing we cannot do there is no ocean that we cannot cross it is so much exciting" [30:26] (72 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "when was the last invitation you received that was really make you feel with gladness and joy because when you receive an invitation you have been thought of when somebody invites you it means that they have thought about you right am i communicating right when somebody invites you it means that they've thought about you and that is why they have given you they've thrown their hand of hospitality for you and not only do they do that but they also prepare a banquet they prepare the table for you and the bible said when the table was ready at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who have been invited come for everything is now ready for you in the kingdom of god everything is ready amen it depends on how we tap into the blessing of god how we tap into god's plan for our lives but god has prepared a banquet he's prepared a place for us he's prepared the atmosphere that we can be blessed god has prepared the healing the healing rooms what we need is healing hope and hospitality and on that banquet table god has prepared everything so he said you go and invite them to come and then people started doing what they started making excuses" [34:11] (110 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "they want to see but they also want to prove they they want to he said i have bought this in other words i'm not sure of what i've bought i i how can you buy oxygen you you didn't try them out before your body but anyway they they want to prove that what they have is really for them but how many know that in this journey of work with god it's not what we have jesus said a man's life does not con consist of the abundance of things that they have but it consists of the treasures that we have in heaven oh my god everything you do in the kingdom of god you are not building for yourself treasures here on this earth where molds and tears will will eat but when you are part of the kingdom of god you are building for yourself treasures in heaven is it that exciting when you put a smile on the face of somebody who is not a person when you pray for somebody when you stand in the gap for somebody when you do something for the lord you are building for yourself treasures in heaven you don't need to prove to any man or any woman what you are doing you don't need to let people know what you are doing all you need to do is to know that you are building for yourself a kingdom because the kingdom of heaven is not just the kingdom we have on earth god wants his kingdom to come right here on this earth people want to prove something they want to prove that they have money they want to prove that they they have building houses they want to prove but all that is in this world will pass away everything will pass away only the word of god will never pass away everything in this life will pass and go but the joy of the lord is our strength oh my god kingdom will come you and kingdom will go nations will come and nations will go president will come and president will go but the king of kings and the lord of lords the king jesus the lord of lords will never pass we don't need to prove anything to anybody my god my lord and my god they wanted to see they wanted to prove so this is really telling us outlets that we can engage people right they want to prove because that is the human quest they want to prove that i have this oxen they want to prove that i have these they want to prove the things that they have but the more and more they get" [38:22] (167 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "the more and more they become empty the more and more they get the more and more they realize that something is missing but in the kingdom of god it's different it's a very opposite you know kingdom it's an upside down kingdom amen in the world you get all you you have and can all you you have but in the kingdom you get all you have and give all you have that is the upside kingdom in the kingdom of god we get we can work hard and get everything we need and get as much as we need because money and god belongs to god but when we get it he said i'm blessing you so that you will be a blessing that is the difference to witness at all this morning hallelujah and the last person said i" [41:08] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "we are all invited to be part of God's mission he said go out there anybody you see just invite them into the kingdom we are invited to partake in the mission that brings hope everybody say hope healing and hospitality amen let us pray holy God we thank you for your words we just pray that God you will continue to bless our time today help us to be a church of Koinonia in Jesus name Amen come on give some clap to the Lord amen" [43:28] (54 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)