Faith, Hope, and Miracles: A Journey of Healing

Life is a journey and I want to encourage you today whether that's the first time in church whether you feel like you've been serving God your whole life God loves to do Miracles there's a lot of things we don't understand about when and why and how but God loves to do he's a miracle working God and you don't need to earn a right to receive a miracle Jesus died on a cross so that we could have healing in this life. [00:02:00]

Hope is the birthplace of Faith a lot of people say you need more faith I say Begin by having more hope CU When you have hope when you have an expectancy when you have a spirit that begins to say it's not over yet when you get a terminal prognosis you can go with the prognosis and say well what's the point medically there is no answer it's been repeated so many times and yet we just said well our hope is in God. [00:09:13]

Hope awakens hope hope awakens and attracts enemy attention so as soon as you start to be get hopeful after today's service we're not here just because we're the founding pastors or you know there's no one better to speak there's plenty of great people to speak but we're here on a mission yeah but soon as you start to hope for a shift you awaken and you attract enemy attention cuz the enemy can't stop Faith. [00:13:05]

Revelations anchor Us in storms see hope is like belief oh I believe that can happen but you need to get a revelation yes cuz when the storms H happen your belief system won't be enough what happened in Co a lot of people start stopped going to church because this you know wasn't right but they didn't have a revelation God's way is for us to be planted in the house of God. [00:18:14]

The greatest thing you have on a boat for safety is not an engine it's an anchor so that when the storm set you that anchor keeps you facing Into the Storm rather than changing course and running away most people have boating accidents when there's a big storm because they try to get out of the storm and they get side onto the water they get boat fills with water and they often then sink and have major trouble. [00:19:16]

From the age of 13 cuz I had a time with God in fact I was on a bike I felt the Holy Spirit say to me I'm going to have you serve my church today I'm still here at the age of 65 never veered off the course did I want to do other things yes were there opportunities to do other things that would help me in the particular season I was in yes but was what was the anchor it was the Revelation. [00:21:00]

Promise connects with purpose in other words we love the promises of God but it's like we've been touching on God's purpose stands with his promises yeah okay put your self in Jesus he's a 25y old male as a relationship with the father and the father's up saying it's getting closer not long and it'll be time it gets to the time where he faces the end of a very short life 33 years of age. [00:26:56]

We went to God and we said God first thing we did wasn't it we prayed as a family we did and then God spoke to you in the hospital as well with a promise and as a family we stood on that as a couple we have stood on that promise knowing that there's a bigger purpose to this it's not just about the cancer it's not about us it's not even about us not about Paul not about our family it's a bigger purpose that God has in plan. [00:28:39]

Did you realize that God may have for you A life that was not the one that you thought naturally you you would like to have God's going to allow things God doesn't create any evil in fact he's there's only one source of evil and that's the enemy yeah but God allows things for you to go through why did job go through what he went through or we say oh it all turned out good for job because he's he got married again his family was restored when he had lost everything. [00:29:41]

Too often we have conditional trust I trust you because I got what I wanted no get a revelation just trust him M he's able to do it he's the one that is able get an eternal perspective yeah remember if you've been here when I shared Our Testimony we work from now forward God works from eternity back there are some things we'll only really understand in eternity but get a revelation on that and then you can walk through it. [00:32:01]

I want to pray the most powerful prayer that any human can pray that's for someone like you like me that says I'm not walking with God I I used to but I'm I'm not walking with God I'm not talking about making a small mistake I'm just know I'm not connected with God or I've never given my life to Jesus I keep saying this and I'll never tie of it Christianity is not a religion it's a relationship with Jesus yes who came to Earth for us so that we could find the answer to this life and for eternity. [00:34:32]

I know that for many of us we just sit with us and actually create fruit and create change and create hope and create life for a long time can we honor Pastor Paula Murray and just thank them not for 30 minutes can we thank them for a life of just surrendering seeking God and thank you so much for the lives that you live day in day out thank you so much more for the Unseen than the seen just amazing and as a as a church thank you just for the way at 13 years old you said Okay God if that's what your word is that's what what I'm doing and just amazing God is so good isn't he God is so good. [00:41:52]