Your next divine appointment - are you ready?

Let's go to the Word, a moment. And, Lord, right now, I beg you, please, that this word, Lord, may be like a refreshing wind that eases our lives, Lord, and that You inspire us in our hearts, that You speak to our lives. May Your word not return back empty, but rather fulfill the purpose for which You send it today. Bless my brothers and sisters and may all our hearts and minds be open and receptive to Your word today. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Do you know brothers? I want to share something with you that happened to me yesterday. It was... yesterday, I can say that I had a divine appointment, so to speak. But yesterday, my wife and I went out with my brother-in-law and his wife, since they were visiting us from Florida. They left once again yesterday, they were going to be driving, I imagine they are still driving in the direction there since they left yesterday.

But yesterday we decided to take the train, since the day was beautiful. We took the train to Boston and walked so they could see the city. But while we were on the train, something very interesting happened to me on the train. Something that usually never happens to me on the train.

But while we were on the train, I was in the seats, obviously, and on my right hand I had my wife, my brother-in-law, and his wife. We were talking like this and suddenly I see this American man, tall, quite big. Not big fat, but big muscled, a husky man. The man walks by like this, I see him and he sits next to me and he starts blowing up these balloons that make little dog figures and things like that.

And he starts blowing up the balloons and there were some kids sitting in the other corner and he seems to have started entertaining the kids. I kind of noticed that. But I didn't pay attention to it and kept talking to my wife, making jokes like that with them.

And after a few minutes I suddenly feel that someone was talking to me like that from the back. And before I know it, it was this man who came up to me and started asking me a question about the shirt I was wearing.

I had a T-shirt that had a paraphrase of Second Timothy 1:7. The passage that says: "For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and self-control."

All that passage was written in its entirety on my back. It was the youth retreat shirt. So, I kind of didn't realize what he was asking me. And for a moment I found myself at a crossroads where do I cut this person off and ignore him or do I jump into a conversation?

And as he kept asking me questions why this man found the shirt so interesting, especially that part that said "a spirit of self-control" -that is, self-control- the shirt was in English, and I said to myself " Okay. I have a decision here. Either I ignore the conversation I'm having with my wife and my brother-in-law and pay attention to this man or I completely ignore this man and stay here in my conversation."

But I don't know why I felt moved to talk to this man and maybe if you had seen him... look... I have to make a confession.

There are times when you are on the train and there are people that you feel you are completely ignoring, because it's like, 'I don't want to talk to that person.' And I can say that this man would have filled that type of category. He's not a man I would have felt comfortable talking to and I'm saying that honestly. But while that man kept asking me questions and questions I said to myself, "okay, I have to break that stereotype right now and engage in a conversation with this man."

So my brothers, for the next five minutes I was talking to this person. He kept asking me questions about my faith. It turns out that he is from Broughton and was trying to do some kind of activity with different churches, but the churches had turned him down because they thought he was out of his mind and the man started asking me how he can do some kind of rally. with different churches to limit or prevent violence on the streets of Broughton.

And I was so impressed with this man that I got caught up in the conversation that I kept talking to him, I kept talking to him until his stop came and he had to leave.

While I was talking to him, I realized that a woman also came in with what I understand was her daughter, an adolescent daughter, and they were like holding on to the tube and were right in front of us, so they were listening to our conversation.

And there was a moment, my brothers, I can't deny it, you see me stand here and speak and you can say 'Wow! Omar speaks without fear'. But there are times when I'm in conversations like that, I kind of get a bit self-conscious and try not to speak too harshly, so that people don't hear that I'm talking about the church or that I'm talking about Jesus, things like that. But, then I don't know, my inhibitions went away and I was talking there and I knew that this person was listening to me, that the people in front of me were listening to me. I knew that my wife and brother-in-law were also listening to me. And when this man got up and left I was left with a smile on my face.

And I looked at my wife and I said to my wife, 'wow! I have a new friend.' I told him in English, 'I have a new friend'. And when I said that, my brothers, in a way that surprised me, this lady with her daughter sat next to me and said "I want to have a friend like you as well".

And I kind of wow! So for the next three stops I forgot about my wife and my brother-in-law and his wife again and kept talking to this other lady and her daughter. And they kept asking me questions about the shirt because they had also seen my shirt.

I was like, "Wow, Lord!" The truth is that there are moments in which one has divine appointments, that one is not prepared for those appointments but when they arrive one has to know how to discern God's moment in order to impart a good word to these people.

And I want to direct your attention, my brothers, to a very particular part that I had precisely with this man. The first man I was talking to because he asked me this question and I want to ask you the same question. This man asked me, "What is the hallmark of your Christian faith? What are those characteristics that distinguish your faith from any other?"

And I cannot deny it, my brothers, I said to myself 'this question could be very controversial,' but in the few minutes that I had I had to give this person an answer. And it is precisely in this response that I want to reflect with you now, my brothers.

The purpose of this message may not be for you to go around now and start talking to everyone on the train or on the bus or wherever. If you want to do it, amen.

But I want to reflect with you on the hallmarks of our Christian faith. What is it that separates the Christian faith from so many other religions, from so many other groups out there? And, in this message I want, at least, to highlight three things that are very particular; that there were three things that I talked about with this person.

But when I meditated on this, my brothers, I began to think about the following: why does a person have to accept the Christian faith? And I'm asking rhetorical questions so that you can follow my line of thought.

Why does someone have to accept the Christian faith? What difference can that life make to a person? And finally, what distinguishes us from other religious groups that are in the society in which we live?

To answer these questions I thought of these three elements: the first element that I was able to identify is the following: "Every person needs something to believe in."

And usually I don't speak at all, but it's the truth. Here I do throw myself at an absolute.

"Everyone needs something to believe in."

And this can manifest in many ways. The mere fact that one can have a belief or a philosophy of life or a doctrinal basis or a foundation of faith gives a person a sense of direction and purpose that they cannot have without that foundation. There are people who decide to believe in some system or in some institution that was established by human patterns. There are people who prefer to believe in a government system; there are other people who decide to believe in an established educational system in a society; as there are also people who can decide to believe in an economic system that was also established by human patterns.

But that all of these that I have mentioned have their sides that are failed, that at one time or another are going to frustrate that sense of belief in people. And then there are those people who even when they say they don't believe in anything, in other words, these "so-called atheists" so to speak. Meaning atheists, teos means "God" and a- preposition "something absent from”… God, however that atheism becomes their basis of belief. In other words, whatever it is, they are believing in something.

And, my brothers, this is something that is crucial, that it is a system that is also… that is constantly changing. That new ideas come out every day, new philosophies come out every day, that if someone invented an air when they were in the field up there, that becomes the modality of the whole society.

And people who started to believe in something all of a sudden get confused and say "No, now well, I have to believe in this" and they are always constantly changing. And there is a sense of imbalance in this.

But that sense of hope, my brothers, is what helps us shape our lives around one thing or another.

Let me clarify further. Because I see their faces there like they are not following me.

Look what I mean: in the society in which we live, there are all these philosophies that can offer alternatives for how to live, but many of these perspectives are incomplete.

If I start talking about the different religions that we have -and remember that I am reflecting on this perspective of what distinguishes our Christian faith-; Why accept this Christian faith? Why live this Christian faith? What makes the difference in my life?

Check this out. Yesterday I started talking to my brother-in-law and I asked him and his wife this question. We began to analyze different religions that exist today.

But look, that sense of hope in some religions, look at this, for Buddhists and Hindus -those who leave with those lines- the promise of life that they have is that they will reincarnate in something else. Some will reincarnate as a cow, some will reincarnate as a butterfly, some will reincarnate as one of the trade winds that blow from north to south, or something. I do not know if I said it correctly; but they believe that they are going to reincarnate in something else. That is your sense of hope. What they look for in the future.

For the Islamic people -those who practice Islam- their sense of hope is to reach this new life where each man will have 72 virgins with whom he will live and obviously that already separates the women from that group because it says that only the men are the ones who will arrive. And the women who arrive are those who fall into the 72 category.

So look how much hope that offers.

And there is another very common group out there, which I would say is what is known as the "Jehovah's Witnesses" group and believe me I am speaking of this with great respect. But it is the group where only a select few of 144,000 are the ones that are going to reach that eternal life.

So, when I hear all these things, my brothers, I say to myself, "Well then, what is it that separates our Christian faith from all these religious groups that are out there?" And you know what, my brothers? I began to search the Scriptures like this and I came to a book that we usually don't read much or preach much about, but I came to the book of Revelation.

In the book of Revelation I found myself in the last Chapter, Chapter 22, I came across this verse - which I hadn't read for a long time and when I read it my head grabbed me. Revelation Chapter 22 says Verse 20 - look at what this verse says: "He who bears witness to these things" -obviously he is speaking of Jesus- "says: Surely I am coming shortly".

And I would like to speak to you today about that hallmark of our Christian faith, my brothers, what separates this faith from any other. And it is something that many times we do not hear from the pulpits but I have felt in my heart to talk about this today. And it is that our Christian faith offers an eternal life that no other group, no other philosophy of life can offer, because it is an eternal life that is not centered on paradigms or ideals but is centered on the promises that Jesus himself has given him. offered to each of his sons and daughters. What has he offered to those who have made the decision to believe in him, to give their lives to him and to live completely for him.

If you ask me, what is it that distinguishes this Christian faith from all the others? It is precisely that, that I have a promise of eternal life that is waiting for me, that is waiting for all of us.

If you take that element away from the Christian faith, you know what's going to happen? We are going to be another religious group that only focuses on social action, that only focuses on being able to lead a good life. Me with my family without bothering anyone else and when I have the opportunity to serve my neighbor and that's it. This is how I accumulate my points and I'm fine.

But the Christian life is much more than that, my brothers, the Christian life offers so much and so much and so much... not just for us today; Not only does Jesus want to offer an abundant life that you can enjoy while you exist here on earth, but that this abundant life is transmitted for all eternity. When He decides to return for each one of us.

And you know what, my brothers? It is that hallmark that we often lose sight of. We lose sight because we have to recognize that we do live in a reality, we do live in a time, we have to be alert to what we are experiencing today, but we also have to be alert, my brothers, that there is a reality that is coming in the future. Which is getting closer and closer and coming to us.

That event that I had yesterday, my brothers, made me think so much, precisely about that element.

I had even forgotten the shirt I was wearing. I had forgotten the message that I was transmitting through that shirt. I had completely forgotten. If it hadn't been for that man making me react to it, I would have continued to walk around rolling-pin and who knows if it might not have made it look like it didn't match the message on the shirt? It's not that I'm saying that I'm a scoundrel but who knows why sometimes one goes out there... how many of you wear shirts like that with Christian messages "Christ loves you" or things like that? That they go out to the park or a beanie that says "Jesus loves you", whatever it is. OK.

There I have my answer.

And I say, my brothers, I'm not, excuse me, I'm not saying this to make anyone feel bad, but rather what I want is, my brothers, that we can react. That there is something that the Lord asks of us.

You know what? That event yesterday also made me think, "wow! If I hadn't had that shirt, would I have caused the same reaction in the person? My actions, my way of sitting, my way of projecting myself would have caused that person to reaction that he had approached me and asked me a question about something in life, whatever it is? Or do I need to have a shirt to be able to have a religious conversation with someone?

All these things make me think, my brothers, how alert am I about the life that the Lord Jesus wants us to manifest? And how do I manage to identify those things that distinguish my Christian faith in daily life, in all the things I do, in all the things I experience?

That there is a foundation of faith on which I can stand, on which I can believe, on which I can forge a sense of direction in my life and which at the same time is a resource that I can share with others so that they too can have a solid foundation, a key foundation, a vital foundation, full of life. So that they too can shape their lives like this and that in turn gives them a sense of hope.

How do we inspire that hope in the people around us? The eyes of this man I was talking to yesterday looked so hopeless. Because already the many doors that he had knocked on had been completely smashed in his nose. And how can I, then, at that moment, get a word out of my mouth and from my heart that can inspire that man with the same hope that I live day after day?

What is there something better to live for. What if they close this door on me, then I move to the other one, and if they close the other one on me, then I try to open a window and if they try to close the window, then I make a hole in the wall to be able to enter.

Because? Because there is that sense of hope that moves me, that propels me forward to be able to achieve the things that God has, not only for me, but how that blessing can also extend from me to other people around me.

you know? Christianity is not distinguished only because we have a good God, who is powerful, who is all love, who is blessed. No, no, not brothers. I think we are very clear about that.

God also has a side that is very strong. God also has a side that is blunt: where you have to cut, you have to cut.

If you remember the same words of Jesus in the Book of Matthew when Jesus himself says that 'he is going to put the goats in his left hand and he is going to put the sheep in his right hand. And to some he will say "Come with me, you have been faithful, you will be with me for all the Glory". But to those others he's going to say 'Bye, bye. Bye bye. Have fun wherever you... where are you going to end up. Enjoy the heat that you are going to find over there.

If it's hot here, I don't want to imagine how hot it's going to be down there! But my brothers, I have to admit that this is also a hallmark that marks my life.

you know? This weekend, on Friday, here at the Church we were celebrating a memorial service for the eldest son of Pastor David Marrero who passed away. They here, the whole family, gathered on Friday and they did this service.

And it was something so tremendous, so beautiful and so beautiful! The truth is that it seemed more like a party than a memorial service, literally. Here Pastor Marrero stopped at the end and even began to sing choruses to the sound of merengue and salsa with his brothers Felipe and Medrad and it was a total celebration.

And having seen that, he told me "that is a hallmark of our Christian faith." That even when supposedly death has knocked on our doors, the life of Christ is manifested even more. The life of Christ takes power, takes control, takes direction and inspires. People give you a sense of hope.

But that last Friday, my brothers, I lived this like I had never seen it before.

The whole family - look at this, how interesting - instead of dressing in black, in mourning, they were all dressed in white. When I saw that, I felt so out of place, because I was in my black suit and I was the only one. I was like a fly in a glass of milk.

That was what I looked like when I stood here. But the point is that even that, my brothers, was transmitting a message of life that this family has immersed in the marrow of its body, of its entire being.

And in the end, Pastor David ended up mentioning these words that stuck in my mind. Pastor David ended by saying that he knows where his son is and he knows that the time will come when he will meet him and they will be able to celebrate. Because there is a life that God has promised them.

And this was where the "catch" was, as they say, of those words of Pastor David, for me, at least for me. Because he says, 'That's why I love the Lord Jesus so much. Because the Lord Jesus have always remained faithful and I tell them all the time. That I love it! If I'm in the bathroom I tell him, I love him!

In these last nights, he said, I have been crying and crying and crying... after crying I would stand up and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "Lord, I love you. Because you have taken my son. You gave and You took away. You gave me my son and you took him back. So that's why I love you."

And then he comes out and says: "And even if I don't get to heaven and I end up in hell... the thing was adjusted because then from hell, God is going to have someone who is going to be telling him what love as you want!"

Hey, my brothers, those words got me out of rhythm, I have to tell you. Those words got me out of rhythm, and I know that he was saying it with a more poetic sense of wanting to convey a message. But they captivated me.

Because wherever one might end up, if one has decided to love God, I know that God is going to honor that person's faith and that person is going to be able to enjoy that eternal life that only God can offer.

Hey, my brothers, I don't know about you, but this weekend for me, in a certain way, it has revealed that first love in me. And I want to share that with you too.

Because there are times when we get so busy and so busy with what to do, if we have to prepare this activity, if we have to go and pray for such a person, if I have to go and prepare a Bible study, if I have to call 30 people throughout the week or if I have to go and do this with my family or if I have to go to the bank or I have to take the car to change the oil... and how does one deal? and he deals with so many things and we hear about so many things that are happening around the world and many times one's faith is like what instead of being encouraged, there are times when that faith, what it does, is like it goes out. And if you don't come to a moment where you find yourself and say 'Wait a minute, what do I believe? Where is my faith centered? How is it that I can answer the questions that people on the train are going to ask me? and to be able to respond without any pachó, without any sense of shyness, but to respond with a sense of authority, of clarity, so that people can leave that train with a new sense of hope, of something better that awaits them when we manage to stand under that person of Christ Jesus and not anything else.

So, brothers, I want you to reflect this morning.

I want you to reflect on this: what is that hallmark of faith that truly separates what Christ Jesus is from any other? What is it that truly separates us from other groups?

And I am not saying that we are supreme or that we are above someone else, but I am saying the following... and that is that there is a foundation that gives us a sense of firmness that can take us even higher, my brothers, that allows us to see life in a much more complete way, in a broader way and that provides us with a sense of hope that nothing else in life can provide us.

Did you know? If you are here today and you have at some point thought of adopting some kind of philosophy of life just to live life day after day as they say from dish to mouth, paycheck to paycheck... see if you want to live your life like this... fine, go ahead, make your day. Make your day.

But I'm going to tell you, at some point or another that style is going to fall short. Because there is something else that is based on the promise of life that the Lord Jesus gives us.

Brothers, it may seem like a simple, simple and old-fashioned message, that I had to dust the Bible to read this. But they are words of Jesus. They are marked in red in my Bible, I don't know if in yours. But when I read that it says, "certainly I am coming shortly" and in that same chapter three times he mentions it: "Behold, I am coming quickly and my reward and reward with me according to the work of each one" "I am the Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning, the End. The first and the last. Blessed are those who wash their clothes to have the right to the tree of life, to enter through the gates of the city."

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to bear witness to all these things to the churches. I am the root, the lineage of David, the bright morning star. Indeed, I am coming shortly."

Listen, brothers, I don't know about you, but I want to enjoy that day when the Lord comes. I want to enjoy that day when the Lord comes. And whether I am in the grave, but even though I am in the grave, there is also a promise that 'the dead in Christ shall rise first'.

And this is something that is only possible through the person of Jesus. There is no better foundation than that. We as men or women are failures, at some point our ankles are going to break and we are going to fall. But in the person of Jesus who was broken on the cross for us, all these promises receive a life that nothing else can give. The world may be falling around me, next to me. It may be falling apart, but I am sure that there is a promise given to me and I live and align my life to that promise.

It does not mean that I disconnect from the reality in which I am living now. I am well connected, I am well aware of the things that I am experiencing today, of the needs of my neighbor, of the needs of my family, of my personal needs. I am well aware of each of these things, my brothers.

But at the same time, I am aware that there is a reality that is getting closer and closer every day. There is a reality that is coming, that I see coming soon, soon. And it's not that I'm imagining it, but I know it's there.

You know what? Let me finish this. Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a competition, in one of those triathlons, which sometimes, I get these crazy things and I get into those competitions like that sometimes.

Just in case, if you don't know, triathlons are these competitions where you swim, run a bike and then go for a run on foot all three in one. I got into one of those competitions. And obviously, I was training, I prepare myself, but always when one is in the moment, one feels the pain, the fatigue and when I go in the part of the run that everyone... I hear the people around me " Dale that you have half a mile to go to reach the finish line" and it was very nice, my brothers.

It was in a place that was more or less residential. And I want you to imagine this with me. Because that bullfight for me was a demonstration of faith. That was how I saw it. God spoke to me through that race.

In that run, when I started, my legs were tense, after having run the distance on the bicycle and I started and I felt good, cramped... I was trying to loosen my legs and I kept running. There were people who passed me by the side and I caught up with others. And I saw that the running section was going up hill to hill and suddenly we got into a forest.

The race route was in a forest. And when I see, my brothers, that I am running like this and suddenly I come across this steep slope, I say 'Wow! And now how am I going to climb that hill?'

And I'm not talking that it was a slope made of tar, I'm talking that it was mud, stone, tree roots and one had to run like that carefully and brothers, everyone cracked up on that slope. Everybody… we were running and when we were halfway there it was like… 'Aaahh! And now how do I get up there?'

There was a man who stood next to me and said, "this is where the men are separated from the little boys", and I "yeah? Go ahead, after you".

The point is, my brothers, I walked up the hill, I confess. I didn't have the strength to run up the hill, but I walked up it. When I got to the top, I took a breath and we went out into the street and there were all the neighbors, they were with cowbells. They were like with some cow bells, which seems to be a tradition. And the people began to ring the bells.

And they began to shout "Give it a half mile, go! Half a mile, half a mile! You can do this, you can do this." I'm like, “okay”.

So we run and it was a hill, going down, and then when we went down, we took a curve and I start to see the finish line flag down there and I saw it, my brothers, and it was like something inspired me.

I was like, 'okay, half a mile. Let's bend the rest now' and brothers, it was like a second wind got into my nose, through my mouth, through my pores and I kind of got strength from I don't know where. And in my mind I was thinking about this passage from Hebrews Chapter 12 that says "Fix our eyes on Jesus. Stripped of all sin and let us continue the race that we have our eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith."

You know what, my brothers? When I see that final line and I see my wife and I see my son I said to myself, "wow! If it's going to be like this when the Lord returns, that I can come and see Him there and that I see all this multitude of witnesses who can shout and ring the bells and say, "Come, good, faithful servant. In the little you have been faithful, in the much I will put you. You have run the race, you have arrived."

You know what, my brothers? That is the hallmark of my Christian faith, that is the hallmark of why I have put my faith in Christ Jesus: because He offers something much better. Because He offers an ending that no other can offer.

Yes, we will have our slopes and our planes throughout the race... but in the end, ahh! How nice it will be to be able to reach Dad's arms and be able to say, "I finally made it home. I made it to the place where I came from!"

We arrive at the place from which we all left. That makes a difference in our Christian faith. So I would like to take a moment now, my brethren, to invite you to pray regarding this.

you know? If there is someone here this morning who has not yet made a decision for Christ Jesus, I want to invite you to make this opportunity out of this. I could not share all these things that I am sharing if the person of Jesus was not central in my life.

Jesus has made the difference in me. And I know that Jesus can make a difference in your life, too. So you who are listening to me today and who have not yet made a decision for Christ Jesus, look, I want to encourage you with these words.

Those examples, those illustrations that I have mentioned... perhaps your life has looked like this at some point... that you have encountered slopes that you think you cannot climb, that you have encountered stretches in your life where where you thought there was no sense of hope... but you know what?

I want to tell you today that in the Lord Jesus there is hope. Jesus can make a difference in your life and if you decide so... He will make that difference.

And I want to invite you that if you want to make that decision today, look, that today you throw the house out the window and that you surrender everything that you are to the Lord Jesus. A moment like you don't know how to define what those hallmarks of your Christian faith are because other things have overwhelmed you and have occupied your mind and have occupied your heart and you understand today that you need a complete renewal. What do you need as a second or a third or a fourth wind that comes and gets inside you and gives you strength and energy to move forward.

This call is also for you.

If you want to respond to this call, only to this call, listen well. Don't stand up because everyone stood up. Stand up, only, if you want to respond to that call where you feel that you have to refresh your life in the Lord in order to move forward.

I invite you to stand up. I want to take a moment to pray for you. And even if you want to come forward, please feel free to come forward. There is a race that is in your life. God has put you in a race and I am sure that the Lord is here to cheer you on, to encourage you, to tell you 'Look, keep going, I am with you.' There is a goal that is approaching your life.

'You are not alone, you are not alone. You don't have to go through this by yourself because I am with you'. So I encourage you, my brother, my sister, to receive these words because they do not come from me. I know that they are words that come from the Lord Jesus.

Father, in Your name right now, I want to lift before You each one of these men and women who have stood on their feet. Whether they are making a decision for You for the first time, or whether they have recognized that they need renewal in their lives, that they need to reconcile their vision, their entire life with You, Lord.

I beg you right now that Your Holy Spirit be upon each one of them. Get close to their hearts right now. Father, bring that wind that encourages their lives. Bring that refreshment from you, which encourages them to keep going.

Father, I beg you right now, in the name of Jesus... as only You know how to do it, that You put Your hand on each one of their hearts and that You kindle that first love in each one of their hearts, Lord.

Father, let nothing and no one stop them from getting closer to You, but You are refreshing their hearts, refreshing their spirit, their soul. Cool them in you. Give them that vitality once again. What only You can give to their lives, Lord. Father affirm your hearts, I beg you in the name of Jesus.

May You affirm the hearts of each one of your sons and daughters, Lord. Fill them, my God, and that in each of the races of their lives, Lord, may You be affirming their hearts. What when they find themselves with those difficult slopes to climb, that they can find in You the strength and encouragement to be able to climb to the top, Lord and be able to see the blessing that You have for each one of them.

That goal, Lord, to which You call them is getting closer and closer every day! Affirm our hearts in the promises that You have given over our lives: That You are coming soon, that You are coming soon for us! And Lord, we dedicate our hearts to you even more. What even despite or through the routines of our daily living, Lord, that we can know and be alert, Lord that you have a promise that you will return.

That you will return for your people! That You will return for each one of us and will lead us to reign with You in Glory, Jesus!

We affirm our lives, we affirm our minds, we affirm our hearts in You and in your promises, Lord. We say "No" to any other and we affirm ourselves in what only You have to offer.

Honor and Glory is all for you, Lord. Thank you for your people. Thank you for your sons and daughters, Lord. Extend to each of them Your blessing. We give you the Glory, Lord. Bless your people this morning, Lord. And may this word echo in their hearts throughout the day in all that they do, throughout the week, Lord.

Restless hearts to seek more and more of you. Thank you Jesus. Thank my Lord. Amen and amen. Thank you. Hallelujah!