Jesus’ Six Desires for the Church Today

I was sharing this picture that that that that I envisioned to to our Wednesday prayer that when we sit, it's almost like Satan has this, like, file or folder of of evidence, and he throws it down in front of us and says, you're guilty. I have the evidence. And it's as if Jesus, our high priest, comes, looks at it, and throws it away and says, it's already been paid in full. Every single day, that is what Jesus is doing for us, and that is why we cannot lose our salvation. [00:58:16] (34 seconds)  #GracePaidInFull

Has it ever occurred to you that if you have a 100 pianos, that they're all tuning to the same standard, the same fork, they're automatically tuned to one another. They are of one accord by being tuned not to each other, but to one to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So a 100 worshipers or in in our case, maybe sixty, seventy worshipers gathering together, each one looking away to Christ, in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be. [01:01:05] (41 seconds)  #TunedToChrist

But Christian joy is not like that, is it? Because Christian joy is anchored in eternal hope. It's anchored in eternal peace, anchored in eternal life in Jesus Christ. Nehemiah eight ten says, it's the joy of the Lord that is our strength. So that even for a servant like Job, he can go through just terrible circumstances, yet still at the same time say, Lord, you give and you take away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. [01:09:15] (38 seconds)  #JoyOfTheLord

Could it be that God has a greater purpose for all of us who are still here? As we read his word, we find the answer is yes. God has purposed his children to remain in this world even though the world hates us because it brings them glory. First Corinthians ten thirty one, it says whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for the glory of God. And so believers, brothers and sisters, and watermark church, God has not taken any of us home yet until the appointed time because he still has a plan and a purpose for every one of us to give glory to God while we're still on this earth. [01:18:02] (51 seconds)  #LiveForGodsGlory

We unify greater and deeper as each and every one of us seeks the Lord, seeks things that are above us. As our hearts have greater and deeper fellowship with Jesus, we are tuned to him just like all those pianos tuning to the same standard, that same tuning fork, and that results in greater unity with one another. Let me ask you this. When you wake up each day, even this morning, what was your heart tuning to? [01:02:15] (39 seconds)  #HeartsTunedToHeaven

Think about this. Jesus was the most joyful human being to have ever lived at all times, all places. The moment that he was born, that first cry as a baby, it was a cry of joy. All the way till his last cry on the cross, it was a cry of joy. The joy of Christ that is given to every believer is so profound. Why? Because as as MacArthur had said earlier, it is it's not tied to momentary circumstances. [01:07:54] (43 seconds)  #JoyInChristAlways

Are you seeking your ultimate joy even in things like your family, your spouse, your your kids, your jobs? All of that will disappoint you, but not Jesus. And if you notice in verse 13 that we just read, it says that whose joy is just that my joy, Jesus' joy, be fulfilled, will be complete, will abound in you. This is the very reason why Jesus came, isn't it? John ten ten. I came to give life and life abundantly. [01:11:24] (47 seconds)  #JesusIsOurJoy

Remember that even though his disciples, just moments after praying his prayer with them, they would all deny and and and abandon and and reject Jesus. Yet Jesus was so sure that those whom the father has redeemed and given to Jesus would be securely kept in his hands. What an amazing comforting thing. John ten twenty nine reminds us the same thing. Jesus says, my father who has given them, including you, to me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the father's hands. [00:57:06] (40 seconds)  #SecureInHisHands