Making Room for God: Embracing Hope and Prophecy

1. "Hallelujah! I am so glad that we have a... God that cares about everything that we are going through. I read in the scriptures when John the Baptist said, I must decrease and he must increase in my life. What he was saying was I am making room for him. I'm making room for God. That's what he was speaking. In all of our ways, if we will acknowledge him, he'll direct our paths and we can put our trust and confidence in him. I can tell you, my dear friends, George and Alma Land are making room for him today. We lost their son a week before last. Wonderful husband, wonderful father, 41 years old, too early. But he's in the presence of God because he made room for God each and every day in his life. Now maybe, maybe, maybe the outcome wasn't what we wanted, but, but, but he's with God. He's, he's with God and we can rejoice certainly in that. So whatever your need is today, whatever you're carrying today, whatever your shoulders are burned down with today, whatever situation is calling you, causing you to feel anxious today, surrender to him. Make room for him right now." [36:34] (93 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Approximately 30 % of the Bible is prophetic in nature. You knew that, didn't you? I mean, 30 % of it. And most of the prophecies in the Bible are concerning the end times and our generation. So, we can identify with this. In Matthew chapter 24 and verse 22, and this is not, I don't think they got, I give it to them, so this is in there. But Jesus said, said, in fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive, but it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen ones. Now, so many things that we are seeing in Matthew chapter 24 that has been fulfilled or is being fulfilled as we live at our lives here is about the second coming of Jesus Christ when he's going to come and set up his millennial kingdom. Well, can I remind you as believers that the rapture of the church is going to come. It's going to take place seven years before that." [44:01] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "We live in a beautiful world with many beautiful things yet much of it is desperately broken including people however we believe that someone created that beauty and the brokenness is not his doing or his intent and he intends good for the for both the world and the people in it and the fact that the creator cared so much for his creation that he became one of us and took all of the pain and the brokenness on himself even to the point of dying for it and even so that that did not in the story he rose from the dead glory to God come on somebody shout he rose from the dead and is recreating the world beginning with the people who will follow him and who will receive him and ladies and gentlemen one day he will fix absolutely everything glory to God so we have that promise in God now which story is better well the second story is better and the second story is better because it certainly is true and God's story from the beginning to the end is the most beautiful thing that you're ever going to hear or see or read because it is the story of God on the other hand can I just remind us all and we need to understand this from time to time our human story was ugly and extremely disappointing we need to look at it and understand that what we have come out of and if it weren't for the fact that God chose to become part of our story because of his great love then it would be a very very sad story indeed so let us see the beauty of prophecy that God has given unto us because this is a beautiful book can I get a good amen absolutely a beautiful book that the Lord has given to us" [44:01] (118 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "The only one who can predict the future with absolute certainty is the one who controls it or is that or is a direct representative who controls it ladies and gentlemen god controls the future he created the world the world is his and all of the fullness thereof and he has brought all of these pieces of this prophetic puzzle together that i'm going to share with you even from the beginning when he when he talks about in the book of genesis that the seed of the woman is going to bruise the serpent's head that was that was a prophecy concerning jesus christ being crucified and dying on the cross that you and i may have life and have it more abundantly but he has brought us unto that place and as we see this we began to understand it so god controls the future and consequently god's messages about the future are our only reliable source of truth about it only reliable source of truth about it Only this. Only this right here. I don't care what anybody else says. I don't care what the mediums of New Jersey say. I don't care about the, you know, the psychic friends network. And, you know, and all of that kind of mess we had a couple of years ago. And all the palm readers and stuff. Isn't that something, that psychic network? They went bankrupt. You thought they would have seen that coming, wouldn't you? Honestly. I mean, really. You know, you thought they would have seen it. But they didn't. But God controls it. And the truth. And thank God that we have the truth that God ministers unto us and helps us." [52:22] (98 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "God gives us prophecy to warn the unbelievers and to comfort the believers. He gives it to us. And the fact that Jesus Christ is coming again. And the Bible prophecy that has been fulfilled and is being fulfilled right before our eyes. That is a great witnessing. A tool that you can use whenever you talk to individuals. And God will open up these doors. Because people are always concerned about what's going to happen in the future. And you can begin to share with them. Because God would that none should perish. He didn't want anybody to die and go to hell. He didn't create hell for people. He created it for the devil and his angels. And if people go there, they go uninvited. And they go as trespassers. Because. The Lord wants them to be saved. Not only to unbelievers has prophecy become such a great, you know, tool. But also it is a comfort to believers. That's why Jesus said when you see all of these things taking place. When all of these things are falling into place. Lift up your head because your redemption is drawing nigh. That means that we can be comforted in our hearts. And I don't know. How do you respond? When you hear Bible prophecy, how do you respond when things are shared about the end time? If you are fearful and in consternation, then maybe you aren't ready for the return of the Lord. And you need to make some changes in your life. Maybe you need to back up and say, hey, I feel uncomfortable. But you shouldn't. You shouldn't because it should be a comfort if you're a child of God. Because this is the hope that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ. And what we live our life for. I don't know. I am hopeful today. I can't speak for anybody else in this building. But I can tell you I have hope. There is a land that's better. I'm telling you there is a place that God. God has prepared for those that love him and have received him. Praise God." [52:22] (122 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "Prophecy gives us the assurance that all the Bible is true. This is a true book. Man, this is a true book. Look how it is woven together from Genesis to Revelation and every piece of the puzzle being together. Yes, but it was written by men. Men who were inspired and directed by the Holy Spirit. That's why it fits together completely. And you can see that scarlet thread running through every scripture and everything that is given to us from the Word of God. And so God has prepared this, and it's unadulterated. It is absolutely truthful in every area that it gives. To us, there's not one thing, even though people will try to tell you, oh, it's not true, it's not true. That's not the way that it is. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. God never changes. The Word of God is true. People change. People change. Well, you know, it's not like it used to be. No, but this is like it used to be. And this is what we are standing upon and certainly depending on today. He has given us the assurance. And the Bible tells the truth. The truth about the future. Well, how do you know? Because many things the Bible tells us will happen, has happened, and is happening. I mean, right now. And the Bible foretells that we have this, you know, as God fulfills it, what has been foretold, that we have concrete, measurable proof that the Bible and all its prophecies are true, are absolutely true. And man, when you see these things happening, here's the fourth truth that I want to share with you. The Bible and the Christian faith have no rival that can help us understand the future. No other book, no other religion can come close to predicting the future in advance the way that the Word of God has and the prophecy that God has given to us." [52:22] (121 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "The Bible is more up to date than tomorrow's newspaper I believe that come on I I believe that that's not just preacher talk that is absolutely the truth and God's biblical prophecies are clear and verifiable and and and they are undeniably true and the pieces fall together into a remarkable unbreakable pattern that God has planned that God has put together and you can see it as you read the scriptures and we are seeing Bible prophecies fulfilled in front of our eyes and some are in the process of coming to fruition and Jesus is coming for his church very soon hallelujah coming for his church don't don't wait to prepare your heart don't wait say well I can I can put this off can you okay okay can you put it off no soul no heart no mind no heart you feel comfortable with the Bible you're happy with it you're ready to corresponding to his will putting it off? What if he comes today? I can tell you there's not a prophecy in here that has to be fulfilled. You know that would keep Jesus from rupturing the church and taking us out today. Not a one. Not a one. Could this be the day? Could this be the day? Could we walk out here? Could we be eating dinner? Could we be sitting around with our family and the trumpet sounds. God looks over and says, it's time. Blow the trumpet. This is the time. This is the time. Praise God." [01:10:51] (101 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)