[Music] people of God I want to ask you something when was the last time you publicly acknowledged Jesus Christ as your lord and savior now it may have been to a coworker that you see every day or to someone you just met and struck up a conversation with but overall I believe that every single one of us during the course of Our Lives we will have at least one opportunity to publicly declare what we believe and who we believe in the Bible says in Matthew 10:32 therefore whoever confesses me before men him I will also
confess before my father who is in heaven now I don't know about you Saints but here's my confession I believe in Jesus Christ I believe that he is the way the truth and the life and no one can get to the father except through Jesus I believe he is the bread of life he is the one who can sustain us I believe that Jesus Christ is the prince of peace and in him you will find peace beyond all human understanding I believe Jesus Christ is the light of the world and the Good Shepherd I believe
he was a Healer and a miracle worker when he walked here on this Earth and I also believe that he is still able to do the impossible even today I believe he died on a cross for our sins for my sins and I believe that he rose back to life after 3 days and ascended on high and right now he is Seated on the right side of the father listen to me in the name of Jesus there is power Jesus Christ is the name above every other name he is the author and the finisher of
our faith he is the Risen one the almighty one when we speak that name the mighty name of Jesus Christ every sickness has to Bow every disease has to leave every chain has to loose and so here is my word to you as Believers we should not be ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ we should never compromise the word of God so that we can fit into this world we should not be ashamed of the gospel because the devil in the world oh they are aggressively spreading a message of deception the devil in this
world is aggressively trying to lead people away from the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ and so it's time that we as Believers of Jesus Christ it's time for us to stand up and to declare to the world that there is a savior there is someone who can set you free if you're bound there is a redeemer and his name is Jesus Christ Saints we should not be ashamed of the Gospel but as Christians we must stand up and fight for the gospel we must rise up as Sons and Daughters of the most high and Proclaim
that Jesus Christ is Lord Hebrews 12: 2 reads looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the Throne of God we should always have our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ he's the only one worthy of our devotion he's the the only one worthy of our worship Jesus Christ is the only one worthy of our praise and our adoration he's the only one who should be right at the center right at
the top of our priorities and I want to encourage you today to pray with more intensity have a deeper hunger for God I encourage you to seek and Chase the presence of God with an urgency in the book of Matthew 16:4 then Jesus said to his disciples whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me now let me ask you do you have the desire to follow Jesus Christ do you have a willingness to deny yourself of the temporary pleasures of this world I urge you to examine
your heart and ask ask yourself am I willing to take up my cross and follow Jesus now the cross was never meant to symbolize something easy or simple it symbolizes a place of pain a place of purging or Affliction but it also symbolizes salvation and hope it symbolizes the love of Jesus and the power of his blood the cross is symbolic of a place where flesh dies where sin is defeated and Jesus Christ wins and so we need to be mindful of the words of Jesus deny yourself take up your cross and follow Jesus Now
1 Timothy 4:8 says for bodily exercise profits a little but godliness is profitable for all things having promise of the life that that now is and of that which is to come A True Believer of Jesus Christ will strive to live a Godly life a True Believer in Jesus Christ exercises practical faith meaning that they walk by faith and not by sight and Faith doesn't mean you ignore facts no faith means that you trust in God despite what the facts say a True Believer in Jesus Christ perseveres in prayer because prayer to a Christian is
like blood to the body that's our Lifeline that's why the Bible tells us to pray always and to pray without ceasing now let us come together in prayer Lord Jesus we give you praise and we thank you for the perfect work that you accomplished on the cross cross Lord you hung on that cross for our sins you were blameless yet our sins were nailed on that cross with you Lord Jesus how could we ever thank you enough words fail me there are no words to thank you King Jesus for that price that you paid on
the cross for me the Bible says in Isaiah 53: 3-5 five he was despised and rejected by mankind a man of suffering and familiar with pain like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised and we held him in low esteem surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering yet we considered him punished by God stricken by him and Afflicted but he was pierced for our transgressions he was crushed for our iniquity the punishment that brought us peace was on him and by his wounds we are healed Lord Jesus in agreement
with everyone listening We Praise You Lord we adore you and we worship you because you Lord were the one who was hurt you were the one who suffered because of our sins you were wounded for our wrongdoing Jesus you endured incredible pain for us and the blood that you shed was for our healing that blood that you shed is for our healing right now Lord I Thank you for the blood I thank you for the blood that you shed King Jesus so that we could be protected so that our families could be protected so that
our children and loved ones can be protected Lord Jesus I thank you for the blood that covers Us the precious blood that Shields Us from Evil the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4 for I delivered to you as a first importance what I also received that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures that he was buried that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures Lord Jesus we Rejoice because you have risen from the dead Our Savior has defeated death and we serve a living God we Rejoice
that you are all powerful we Rejoice that you are a God who can resurrect and restore Lord Jesus we give you all the glory all the praise and all the honor I call on your name King Jesus to be our rescue be our Banner of Hope Lord you are the reason why we are more than conquerors you Lord Jesus are the reason why no weapon that is formed against us will prosper you Lord are the reason why we cannot be intimidated by the devil in the name of Jesus we refuse to be oppressed suppressed or
depressed by the enemy we believe in declare Psalm 20: 7 it's says some trust in chariots and some in horses but we trust in the name of the Lord Our God some find their strength and their weapons but we we will trust in you King Jesus some will trust in science some will trust in their own wisdom but oh we will only trust in you Lord Jesus we will boast in your strength and in your might alone your name is above every other name and Lord right now we thank you for hearing this prayer for
we speak it in your name and we bless your name yes it's in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus that we pray and we give thanks amen therefore whoever confesses me before men him I will also conf before my father who is in heaven looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the Throne of God then Jesus said to his disciple disciples whoever wants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow [Music] me for bodily exercise profits a little but godliness is profitable for all things having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come he was despised and rejected by mankind a man of suffering and familiar with pain like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised and we held him in low esteem surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering yet we considered him punished by God stricken by him and Afflicted but he was pierced for our transgressions
he was crushed for our iniquities the punishment that brought us peace was on him and by his wounds we are healed for I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures that he was buried that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures
