Year of Vitality: Devotion, Connection, and Revelation

On the first Sunday, we renew our covenant relationship we are with God. You are mine, and I am your that means that, God, you are my priority. That means that I take the kingdom of God first before anything else, before my family, before myself. God's kingdom is first, and I will seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. And all other things that I'm striving for will be added to to me. Do I have some witness this Sunday morning? I am yours and you are mine. That is the covenant that we renew on the first Sunday of the year. [00:18:23] (50 seconds)  #SeekFirstTheKingdom

There is nothing like open heavens. My dear, you can work all you want. But if the heavens is shut over you, you struggle in this life. As a child of God, you walk in the covenant blessing and the open heavens. And I stand in this prophetic priestly calling, and I declare that in 2026, may your heavens be open. May you see your stars. May your stars shine upon you. May God open the heavens and pour down blessing on you as a church, on us as a church. We need blessing. [00:26:02] (55 seconds)  #OpenHeavens2026

But this is not a blessing of loading over people. This is not a blessing of invading people. It's a blessing that god sends on on the land, and we pray that god will bless the land of America. Do I have with peace and joy and love? Amen. That is true blessing. True blessing is not striving and taking over others. True blessing is just doing good and doing what you've been called to do and allowing God to add blessing on it. [00:27:10] (42 seconds)  #BlessingsOfPeaceAndService

It takes listen to this. It takes the collective witness of the church to see the new thing that God is doing. It takes us what is God doing with the kids around us. It takes us what is God doing with the young people. What is God doing with the older generation? The collective witness is so important to for us to see the new blessing, the vital blessing. Amen? [00:31:04] (36 seconds)  #CollectiveWitness

These are the people of all that I I yearn for. These are the people of all that they never give up on god's dream for their life. They never give up on a prophetic direction, prophetic word for their life. They know that god is not a man to lie and god is not a son of man to repent of his word. Whatever god says will surely come to pass. It doesn't matter how long it takes. When god says he will bless you, he shall surely bless you. Do I have some witness this morning? [00:35:54] (35 seconds)  #GodKeepsHisWord

I see a second blessing in this text, and I see the blessing of connection. Everybody say connection. Connection. The blessing of connection means that we all stand together for the same hope and promise of the savior. The savior is here and the salvation, the hope of salvation that has come, that is coming, and that will come. That blessed assurance. Jesus is my god blessing or it connects us together whether we are young, we are old, we are aged, we are new, we are, you know, as my young people here, my kids, you know, we are all connected together with the same vision of Jesus Christ. [00:40:53] (47 seconds)  #ConnectedInChrist

It means that all of god's people are connected. Together, we are under one promise. Together, the elders bless and affirm the younger generation. Together, the hope of God's promise binds us together as a church family. Together, we hold on to the blessing of the past generation. We hold on to the blessing of the cloud of witness. Amen? Amen. [00:41:52] (33 seconds)  #OneChurchFamily

That means that the hard truth is this. Our vitality is revealed in our maturity in Christ. That means that this year, you want to have a deeper revelation about who Christ is in your life. And Christ is not about only just about what we believe, but Christ is how Christ is manifested in and through us. [00:47:29] (30 seconds)  #MaturityInChrist