Why Mary?
Good morning, UCF. time to stand for praise and worship
So we have Jesus hold my hand this morning first, and then we're going to go right into Bless That Wonderful Name.
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Leave midday, please do that would be my prayer dear Lord you help me do the best I can do. I need to hear Jesus.
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when I need you this time, baby.
To my people and I mean I hope when I do that, but that one.
The name I know.
What is the name of the name?
No, I do the name.
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Good bad. Wonderful.
How many of us know that there's a rock that we can go to when there's nowhere else to turn when everybody else is unavailable?
Where do you want to go?
with nobody
Hey, man.
You know that Jesus is the reason for the season.
What are the season yeah, yeah.
Don't need material things that Jesus did.
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He may come on y'all. Let's give God a big hand of praise.
I am bless this morning.
I get to take a break.
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Because I love it when young men Step Up. I love it when I can ask a young man to step out of a comfort zone. And do something for the Lord. So I'm blessed today and and next week cuz we going to have another young man come in and share and so ladies don't think I'm I'm not looking at y'all too. So so be ready in 2018. Amen. So here's what we going to do. I might introduce this young man, but before introducing we going to do our confession of Faith. So in your program is we don't have it on the screen in your program. You should have a section called confession of Faith. You see that I want you to stay in with me and I want you to repeat this after me.
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Someone was in my spirit Mary did you know, alright, let's do this repeat this after me. I am not move. By what I see. or by what I feel I am moved by what I believe. I believe the word of God the victory is mine. I have it now. I can see it through the eyes in my face. In Jesus name now you give God your hand of Praise. Come on open up your mouth and give God a big hand of praise. All right, you may be seated. So this young man is coming up this going to share the word brother Jarren Williams. I'm going to tell you a little story. He was running the Home Depot in here in Morgan Hill. And God sent me into that Home Depot and and granite. I've never met this young brother before but God sent me into that Home Depot and laid it on my spirit and I went up to him and I said you need to come help me build this church. Course, he's in the midst of doing everything that he's doing and must have thought I was crazy. But I'm going to tell you when God places something on your spirit. You've got to be obedient. Amen. And so ssj God is moving things in the atmosphere. Let me tell you don't win God has a plan and purpose for your life. God will move and shift some things around and do something so that you are where you're supposed to be a man no matter what you're trying to do when it's time for you to be in a place where God needs you to be he will place you in that place and so life continues on and then God blesses me because this young man comes to work with me to not only help me build the church, but help me to build our agency. Amen. And so I'm honored I'm not going to get to come on up here brother Jared. I'm not going to get into a lot, you know, but I want you to say this young brother is You got to work for you and he's anointed of God Amen. So let's give God a big hand appraised for brother Jeremy.
Good morning, everyone. How are you? Thank you Pastor Ken for all those kind words that story was true. He did come into the Home Depot one day. Obviously, I was very busy, but he said God gave me a dream and he told me that you going to help me build the church. I mainly call my mom. I said mom, there's some black guy that came and said he was I was going to have them go to church and she said, well, I always told you you was going to be a preacher. That's all I need. I don't know.
But today will be talking about Mary why Mary? Why did God choose Mary to birth his son? Samara was a perfect example of God of how he could use Ordinary People to do extraordinary things. He takes people from Excursion T from places that no one knows about in the Bible. It talks about Lazarus being a low city. That was a CD that no one really knew about that's where the farmers in the laborers were so that just shows you that God doesn't care about your position in this world doesn't care about your title in this world. He cares about your heart and are you obedient? And will you do what he ask you to do when he asks you to do it? So Not only was Mary the mother of Jesus but she was an example of how we should be obedient to God, how was your love God and how we should have faith in God so we're going to go to Luke first 2638
Can you guys a little bit of time to get there?
Just say Amen when you're there. In the six month of Elizabeth pregnancy. God sent an angel to Gabriel. Wisconsin and Angel Gabriel to Nazareth a child in Galilee to a virgin pledge to be married to a man named Joseph a descendant of David The Virgins name was married. That means you are highly favored of the Lord is with you. Mary was greatly troubled in his words and wondered what kind of reading this might be. But the angel said to her do not be afraid Mary you have favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son and you will call him Jesus. He will be great and he will be called the son of the most high the Lord. God will give him the Throne of his father David and he will reign over Jacobs descendants forever his kingdom will never end. She asked how will this be since I'm a virgin the angel answered the holy spirit will come on you and the power of the most high will overshadow you so the Holy One will be born will be called The Son of God even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age. And she who said I'm to be able to conceive in our 6 month for no word from God will ever fail. Mary says I am the Lord's servant may your word to me before filled and then they just left they just left her. Instead of recoiling and her fear are jacking to subjecting Summer stubbornly to what God has acid to do Mary submitted to the pregnancy. She submitted to God's will on what he asked her to do. So sometimes you know, we always want to do our own thing and go our own path and we're wondering why is everything feeling weird? Why do I have emptiness inside? I accomplished all these things. I have all these things but in my spirit, I still feel empty. I still feel empty. Do we have the submission that Mary had for when God asked us to do something or we willing and able to drop everything and anything to do with? I know sometimes I struggle with it.
I struggle with it all the time. That's why you have to resubmit yourself to God daily. It's a daily walk. We get in our flesh we get in our feelings, but forgot to say, please don't get in your mind. Once you get into your mind, you don't have to worry about the enemy attacking you because now you have become Your Own Worst Enemy. Right if he can just able to if you can disable your mind, you can disable everything around you and he didn't get you and your head if you can get you anxious about something I said be anxious for nothing, but if he can get you anxious about things and things you don't know how the bills are going to get paid. You don't know which way you're going to go left or right you want to start a business and you have no idea how to do it, but God said have faith in me. Have faith in me and I will supply all your needs right. So merry why married why Mary why Mary she was obedient obedient. Just something that a lot of us struggle with submission is something a lot of us struggle with right, but I think we take some Mission out of context. Because if you're submitting to something you're doing it willfully. So you're doing it on your own accord? This is why God is not forcing you to love him. He's not forcing you to follow him. But once you have followed him, you will get a sense of fulfillment in your life. So once you felt in that empty, once you're feeling like I have not been put on this Earth just to do this, right. I just don't want to do this. I know I'm not here just to work this everyday. I know I'm not here just to say all my goodness out of I just talked in I clocked out, you know, what else was left, right? There's a sense of emptiness in you but when you submit that's when you find your joy. that's when you find your joy, so I got a little weird if I said why she loved God, right and the love for God is what helps build your face, right? Because now when you're doing things and he asked you to do it, it's not because of all God said is your willfully doing it because you want to please God, right? And so if we look and then you know, so Mary was conceived conceived Jesus while she was still engaged to Joseph. She was still engaged to Joseph and she did not live with Joseph at this time that she was engaged to him. She still live with her parents. She wasn't supposed to leave. I'm with your significant other at the time until you were fully married. So imagine Mary. pregnant Going to Joseph's house. And saying I'm pregnant with the baby and I baby just so happens to be the Son of God. I don't know about a lot of you.
but mommy You don't came up with an elaborate story to get out of this and I can't do this. And actually I will give them inside onto what Joseph was thinking was happens. He's actually heading to divorce Mary. But he was a good man. So he was going to do a silently so far if you know that it when she was pregnant if we commit to commit adultery and time you could be sense death First Leap of Faith right there by you telling us that she was she risked her life to do a got us to do.
So if you look to see how God work so she could have been send it to death. But in verse 20 look, but after he got pondered these things and Angel of the Lord appeared to them in a dream and said Joseph son of David do not be afraid to make Mary as your wife for the one conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and she'll give him the name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins. So God was God showing Mary that if you submit to his will that put your faith in him? He will handle everything else. So he didn't have to sing Gabriel but through marriage faith in him. He said I got you don't even worry about it. You know, some people are going to say whatever they got to say about you, but I'm going to handle this. I know you give me Joseph to get through this path in this journey that I put you on so let me go ahead and handle him real quick and James 27 were told to submit yourself then to God resist the devil and he will flee from you. And if any fusions reread the wife is to submit to her husband, I sent you the Lord and as the husband is to love his wife the Apostle Peter writes young men in the same way be submissive to those who are older all of you called yourself in humility toward another because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. We must be humble. We cannot submit to God without humility obedience requires us to Humble ourselves. In 1st Corinthians chapter 126 through 31 brothers and sisters think of what you were when you were called not many of you were Wise by human standards. Not many were influential not many were Noble of verse but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise God chose the things of the world to shame the strong God chose the lowly things of the world and the spies things and the things that are not to nullify the things that are so that no one may boast before it is because of him that in that are in Christ Jesus who has become for us wisdom from God. So that's what I mean as righteousness and Holiness and Redemption. Therefore it is written let those who boast boast in the Lord. So you see when you submit to God God can use our example to reach others. We allow him complete control over our lives and he works in us he works through us and he will also work around us. Romans 12 and 2 and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may prove that God's will. The will of God that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Which is good acceptable and perfect.
Somebody came in here today sick and tired of being sick and tired. Somebody came in here today whose pieces down who's Joy is gone. You're wondering what am I to do next? What's happening with me right now?
So I come to tell you God told me to tell you that he is about to break chains that I've been holding you back for a long time. He's about to build new door. She's about to burst a super not something Supernatural in your wife to get you to that next level. Amen. So you got to take back your peace in the name of Jesus. You got to take back your joy in the name of Jesus. You got a this is the season of restoration right now in the name of Jesus. We got to be able to go in a 2018 willing and ready to serve God and once we're serving God he's going to put things in position that is going to take us to the next level to the next level. We're going to be giving back to the kingdom of God and bring them back people to the kingdom of God and taking this thing to new levels at new site that we never seen their voice and going at your New Dimensions that you never knew love in your life. You can do Supernatural streaming live abundantly above all you can ask Jesus.
I'm at my granny's watching down on me today.
Want to do it?
God is asking me the same to you Jim it to him. So he can reveal himself to you. It's one thing to know of God. It's a whole nother thing to know God. We often times think we have to do this thing on our own we got to do this walk on our own. That's not what he said. I will walk with you. Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death. He is with us. He didn't say it was going to be easy. He didn't say everything will go alright, but he said he'll be there every step of the way. You'll be there every step of the way. And I'll tell you on your walk was God as you. Start to follow him. The enemy will try to stunt your growth every step of the way. That is wise and extremely important to be careful who you surround yourself with. And who you allowed to pour into you? Cuz everyone's intentions on good intentions. You got to watch out for those people who have a problem to every solution. Watch out for those people have a problem for every solution. But most of all you got to watch yourself. Like I said stay out of your own head, that would be just your mental to your growth. instrumental So I asked you today. Can you like Mary submit all to God? So God can burn something out of you to be a blessing to others. Are you willing to give up your life and follow his will and follow his will so he can show you who you are truly called to me. The Lord has been knocking on your door. He's just waiting for you to answer. Thank you.
Cool, y'all is just looked up the name of Jesus by the Lord. Amen.
Why Mary? amen, amen
So, so if you heard what he was saying. God is waiting for you. He's waiting for you. He's not going to push himself on you. He's waiting for you. He's knocking at the door and all these doing it. All these asking is that you open it and he'll come in. So this thing is not about someone forcing you to do anything. It's about you submitting to what you know is right. Amen. Hey, man, I'm I'm I'm telling you I'm I'm blessed in the Lord. Amen. Now now if you're here. You heard the message?
You might not have the kind of relationship with God through Christ Jesus. That you really want.
Who's the amazing thing about that? He's a patient. very patient and always asking is that if you will, let me know. What you going through. If you will just try him. If you tried everything else.
He's just saying try him. Here's what I know if you try him. He will never disappoint. If you try him, he'll never leave you. If you try him, he won't talk about you when you fall short if you try him. He's always going to be there for you. And the great thing about the word of God the message of God the man or woman of God, all of it is just so that we get an opportunity. to accept Jesus Christ Here's what we going to do. If you would just be how your heads because there may be someone here today who's never accepted Jesus Christ as personal Lord and savior. The one thing I love about God heat. He doesn't make it difficult. He doesn't make us jump through hoops. Ali asks us is to do something very simple. Can look at our lives. Look at look at where you're at. Look at where you at right now. Repeat this after me Heavenly Father. I've fallen short. ascend And I know you to be a savior.
I'm asking you God. If you would come into my heart right now. I'm opening the door. And I'm asking you to step in. I believe. Did you die for me? I believe. That you were buried. and I believe that you Rose again. and right now you're at the right hand of the father. And you did all that for me.
the word says if you believe in your heart. And confess with your mouth. Can you save? I believe Lord. And I confess. I want you. as my personal Lord and savior in Jesus name amen If you pray that simple prayer. That's the beginning of your journey. in eternity That's the beginning now. I will tell all of us here. Even those who have been on the battlefield for many years and they will tell you this walk is not easy. Always under attack whether it's from an outside Source like the devil or like our speaker said you and your own head. I think the biggest challenges and I agree with them is when we get in our own head because it can still look good on the outside and where and turmoil on the inside. But here's what Jesus says cast all your cares upon Him. And he'll give you the rest. Whatever you going through today? Give it to the Lord. So that you can operate in all the joy that belongs to you. All the piece that's yours all the wisdom that God wants for you. But the only way you going to do it as if you give all that other stuff to Jesus. He didn't die for us to carry around the burdens of the world. He's already taken care of that. He doesn't want us sick in downtrodden and depressed until it. He's already paid the price for that. Swan teaching everyone of us operating enjoy today. operating in Love Today operating in peace today So give him all the stuff that he never intended for you to carry him. And if you do that. The whole world is different.
cuz when you changed the world around you changes amen So beautif, you prayed that prayer for the first time. Here's what I want you to know you saved. That's it. He doesn't make us go through that's it. Now daily. You have to walk out your faith. And so if this is the first time you've accepted Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior, I want you to have a little faith in God and just raise your hand. If this is the first time you've accepted Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior through that purchase raise your hand.
Did you pray that prayer in your relationship with God hasn't been what it what it used to be in you ready to reestablish and you pray that prayer for reconciliation raise your hand just raise you. I'm raising my hand because everyday is a challenge. I know all y'all Super Save Christians. Amen. Oh, no, I don't want anybody to know I'm going through anything. Let me tell you. Let me tell you some we all going through stuff. I don't care how we dress it up on outside. Everybody in this room is going through something. So there's no reason to be ashamed when you and went amongst family. Amen. That's how the devil gets us when we try to pretend like it's all good on the outside. And we tore up on the inside. So if that's you and you're here and you're like no, I don't feel I don't want to let anybody know I'm going through as long as Jesus knows give all your problems and concerns to him an email if you were here and you're looking for a church home a place where you can Fellowship a place where the men and women and boys and girls are being perfect. But we trying to love the Lord. Amen. We're trying to serve God through serving the community if that's a place you want to be a part of you have your connection card shut down on your connection card. I am interested in more information on United Christian Fellowship. I am interested in possibly becoming a member or or sitting down and talking with the pastor and first lady or some leadership about United Christian fellowship if that's you put it on the connection card, and we'll call you. I don't believe in embarrassing people. But I do believe in giving opportunity. Amen. So I done that and I'm done that there's always room at the at the cross a man for all of us no matter what you going through. So the next thing I have to do cuz the great thing about having a wife she always reminds you of what you're supposed to be doing, right? She just moved up to the front row and giving me signals like
That's a good partnership right there. He meant. All right, so deep digging bass won't you want to come up here?
We going to do this real quick.
Let us pray.
By the way, come now and we come thanking you for this often, even before we receive it original father. We ask you to bless the one that's going to give him less. The one that wanted to give people have not put up with your father. We ask you to bless them that they will be able to give in the next time father. We ask you to give it back tenfold 6:40, by the way. We love you and we praise you in Jesus name and all of God's children said amen.
Okay, let us pray again. Prince father we thank you. But this often Lord and oh gracious father. Once again, we ask you to let it be used for the purpose that it was taken that it helped build a kingdom. You don't know you for you and oh gracious father. Once again, we love you, and we praise you in Jesus name in for your sakes and all of God's children said amen. Come on.