CityLife Online Experience | Miracles of Jesus | Paul Molyneux

Summary

In this engaging session from CityLife Church, Paul Molyneux discusses the miracles of Jesus, mainly focusing on the story of feeding the 5000, which symbolizes faith, provision, and community. The discussion highlights how God provides for His people and encourages the church community to engage in prayer and giving as acts of faith and fellowship. The talk invites listeners to reflect on their personal faith journeys and to share their stories as testimonies of God's work.

Highlights

• Paul shared the significance of the feeding of the 5000 and related it to modern acts of faith 🍞🐟.
• Listeners were encouraged to reflect and share their personal faith stories 🙌.
• The session emphasized the role of community and continued connections through church activities 🤝.
• Prayer and giving were highlighted as essential aspects of expressing and experiencing faith 🙏.
• Miracles are seen as accessible and everyday aspects of living a life of faith 🌟.

Key Takeaways

• Miracles, such as feeding the 5000, symbolize faith and God's provision 🌟.
• We're encouraged to reflect on personal faith journeys and share our testimonies 🙌.
• Engage in prayer and giving as acts of faith and community involvement 🤝.
• Through faith, a little can turn into a miraculous provision like feeding the 5000 🍞🐟.
• Stay connected through community and technology despite physical distances 🌍.

Overview

CityLife Church hosted an engaging online experience where Paul Molyneux delved into the miracles of Jesus, using the powerful metaphor of feeding the 5000 to inspire faith. This miracle highlights not just Jesus' divine power but also the importance of sharing and community within the church. It's a call for believers to engage actively in acts of faith and charity.

Throughout the session, attendees were prompted to reflect on their personal faith journeys, sharing stories and experiences that testify to God's work in their lives. Paul encouraged the congregation to participate in prayer and giving, seeing these as pivotal ways to express faith and ensure communal support and growth.

The session showcased how technology facilitates staying connected across distances, enabling a global community to unite in worship and learning. Through lessons drawn from the Bible, members were reminded of the power of faith to transform lives and the continuous invitation to participate in God's ongoing miracles.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 10:00: Introduction and Greetings The chapter titled 'Introduction and Greetings' presumably begins with music that sets the tone for the content. As the music plays, a sense of warmth or a physical sensation, possibly metaphorical or related to an emotional state, is conveyed. This brief transcript suggests an introduction possibly focusing on setting a welcoming or emotional atmosphere through auditory elements and personal reflection.
• 10:00 - 20:00: Series of Sermons and Fasting This chapter comprises a series of sermons and discussions about fasting. The content likely explores the spiritual and practical elements of fasting, possibly within a religious or spiritual context. Given the mention of recurring themes like 'heat,' it might metaphorically refer to the intensity and challenges faced during fasting, or it might suggest repeated cycles of sermons with similar or interlinking themes.
• 20:00 - 30:00: Online Community and Participation The chapter titled 'Online Community and Participation' seems to set the stage with an introductory or atmospheric element, suggested by the phrase 'i see i see [Music]'. Unfortunately, there is not enough detail in the transcript to provide a comprehensive summary of the chapter's content. If more information is provided, such as key points discussed, themes explored, or conclusions drawn, a more detailed summary could be generated. Based on the current transcript, it hints at an environment of either anticipation or reflection, potentially introduced or underscored by music.
• 30:00 - 40:00: Worship through Music The chapter titled 'Worship through Music' explores the role of music in religious worship. It likely discusses how music enhances spiritual experiences, helps in expressing devotion, and brings congregations together in a shared act of worship. The transcript indicates the use of music to set the mood or introduce the chapter's theme.
• 40:00 - 50:00: Prayer and Offering This chapter, titled 'Prayer and Offering,' explores the themes of openness and music. Through a series of expressions and sounds, the chapter depicts a sense of vulnerability and receptivity, conveying the notion of being open to experiences and emotions. It uses the metaphor of music to express these themes, suggesting a harmonious relationship between personal growth and spiritual practices.
• 50:00 - 60:00: DFN Ministry and Global Prayer This chapter introduces the DFN Ministry and its global prayer initiatives. It highlights the importance of prayer and community participation in spreading the ministry's mission. The chapter uses music as a thematic element to evoke a spiritual connection and to set a tone for the subsequent content.
• 60:00 - 70:00: Connecting and Life Groups The chapter titled 'Connecting and Life Groups' begins with a welcoming message from Shem and Steve, who are brothers and enjoy serving together. They acknowledge the audience and encourage interaction, highlighting a participant named Iris from India.
• 70:00 - 80:00: Youth Ministry and Engagement The chapter titled 'Youth Ministry and Engagement' focuses on interaction and inclusivity within a community. It starts with a light-hearted exchange regarding cultural identity, as Indian individuals from Bangalore discuss perceptions of their ethnicity. The speakers express enthusiasm about knowing the origins of their audience members, encouraging them to participate in the conversation. A host named Shelly is mentioned, indicating a role in facilitating the chat. The overall tone is welcoming and interactive, emphasizing participation and community engagement.
• 80:00 - 90:00: Feeding the 5000 and Message The chapter explores a series of sermons from John's Gospel focusing on the miracles performed by Jesus. This particular session connects with the famous biblical story of 'Feeding the 5000' where Jesus miraculously feeds a multitude with limited resources. The message not only reflects on the miracle but also aligns with the themes presented in the TV show 'Chosen', emphasizing how divine interventions are relevant in contemporary times as believers prepare for Easter.
• 90:00 - 100:00: Impacts of Faith and Community In this chapter titled 'Impacts of Faith and Community,' the focus is on the story of feeding the 5000, as narrated by Paul. This is connected to the experiences shared in a community setting, where the narrative engages members in reflection and discussion post-worship. The chapter highlights the influence of collective religious practices, such as the ongoing fasting season of 21 days, of which the speaker and their spouse are participants. The dialogue fosters a sense of shared spiritual journey and communal bonding through faith-oriented activities.
• 100:00 - 110:00: Final Worship and Closing Prayer The chapter titled 'Final Worship and Closing Prayer' involves a discussion about participating in a modified version of the Daniel diet. The speaker, who enjoys eating meat, describes the challenge of abstaining during this seven-day period. Despite the difficulties, they emphasize perseverance, continuous prayer, and the underlying goal of growing closer to the Lord. The journey, though tough, is portrayed as a fulfilling spiritual exercise.

CityLife Online Experience | Miracles of Jesus | Paul Molyneux Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 [Music] i feel I [Music] feel my hand heat heat
• 00:30 - 01:00 [Music] n heat heat [Music] n heat heat n [Music]
• 01:00 - 01:30 i see i see [Music]
• 01:30 - 02:00 [Music] open hey hey [Music] open oh
• 02:00 - 02:30 my open [Music] i see [Music] open i feel open
• 02:30 - 03:00 [Music]
• 03:00 - 03:30 good morning morning good morning good morning my name's Shem i am Steve he's He's He looks like my father doesn't he but he's not he's my brother we've done that already he's my older brother yes yes we are brothers and um we love serving together and uh yeah no just welcome welcome today and uh I can see people have already started chatting we have Iris joining us from India please tell us where we we're Indian by the way
• 03:30 - 04:00 if uh some people question that of me indian people think he's African but we're both Indian from Bangalore yeah we were born in Bangalore so we would love to know which part of India you're from and um yeah just get on on the chat tell us where you are get involved we have Shelly u you know we'll be responding host yeah chat chat host and uh yeah that's great that's great good morning Cassandra Annie Le's all you know everyone's there it's great it's amazing
• 04:00 - 04:30 amazing amazing and and I hope you've been you know joining us with uh our series of uh sermons that are happening and it's from um you know John's yeah john's gospel and all the different miracles that um Jesus has done and and we're just going to go through this journey uh just before we get into Easter um you know and it was just really coincidence that um that I started watching um Chosen yes this TV show Chosen and and and uh I just looked
• 04:30 - 05:00 at the notes and and uh Paul today is going to be talking about um the feeding the 5000 and I actually just watched that episode a couple of days ago so coincidence or what but I just thought it was it was great and maybe we'll talk later um you know after worship about it um but we're also in our season of um you know fasting fasting you know it's day seven 21 days and uh yeah you're doing something in this space yeah yes yes so um my wife and I we decided we're
• 05:00 - 05:30 doing the Daniel diet but a modified version of the Daniel diet and uh being someone who loves eating meat it's been a tough seven days but we we're going we fight through keep praying and you know the aim is to draw closer to the Lord through it all and uh yeah so it's been it's been good either way it's been it's been good despite the difficulty i think there's the prayer and uh it's good to enter a season where you're like it's
• 05:30 - 06:00 intentional prayer and you're actually giving something up that perhaps you love so It's just that sacrifice it's giving back to God in in in that um and and hey if you are participating in this if you are um share share your journey share how the seven days have gone uh share what you are um fasting and and praying about we would love to hear from you uh we'd love to share you know u your journey and and how this is impacting you as well
• 06:00 - 06:30 because I'm sure it'll be uh uplifting for all our you know we together as a community you know we can um gather together and pray together for you know what what you you might want to be seeing a breakthrough in a certain area uh we can come together and pray you know uh community let's get involved in church we can worship through it's all about worship and we can worship through that prayer and lifting people up and you know ultimately glorifying God yeah and and you talk about community and and I think um we'd love to actually know
• 06:30 - 07:00 where you're from the world cuz the world is our community so you know there's a QR code that's going to come up uh click on the QR code and tell us where you are where you're joining us from um and you know if you've already uh done the QR code that's brilliant um you don't need to do it again it should pop up on the screen i think a map should pop up on the screen and we can see where where you're watching from and everyone can see where people are from that's great that's right and and it shows us you know where our impacts happening and and where we need to reach
• 07:00 - 07:30 out as well so so please get on to that QR code um that will be amazing um kids if you're sitting there if you're watching and your parents are watching and you know you you don't need to be distracted because you can participate as well so parents jump on online uh on the website on the city life website and there is a kids connect section and there are activities that actually really do engage the kids uh so so please access that and uh Ezra Mariah
• 07:30 - 08:00 Nora they're my kids that's for you yeah yeah we have three Ezra and twin girls so if you're watching hello kids uh and hope you're being good for mom and uh yeah enjoying the service too so So yes so please connect in that as well um but you know and it's just something we look at and this the miracles that Jesus did and if
• 08:00 - 08:30 we are a believer of Jesus we we are miracle people and that's something I I really like that that Paul's going to share uh and and but it comes from the faith it comes from us actually putting our faith in Jesus and and you know and as Steve said worship is just not through music worship can be through any act that we do in our lives um you know and I and I really really think that that's the key thing um yeah so so again please get uh jump online talk to us
• 08:30 - 09:00 just a few shout outs hello to Lillian hello to Cassandra uh hello to Leon um hello to uh Colenus answer the question she's from Tamil Nadu tamil Nadu tamil Nadu uh welcome uh to you that's all he knows how to say but uh hello to you as well uh and we have a Hazel um good morning to you as well and
• 09:00 - 09:30 and welcome guys again it's all it's great to have you all in here now um speaking of worship and you know um giving the Lord our full attention we're about to enter into a time of worship through music um so how about we just say a quick prayer before we go into that lord we just want to thank you for this time Lord thank you for all that you're doing Lord thank you that we can gather together in person and online Lord and um reach as many people as possible Lord um I just pray in this
• 09:30 - 10:00 time that we will uh give you our full attention Lord um if we're able we're able to stand in our living rooms and just worship you Lord um and just help us to have a great impact um as the worship leaders Alicia and Cleo lead us into a powerful session of um worship so Lord we give you all the glory we give you all the honor Lord in Jesus name amen amen amen we'll see you back see you back and it also says we will praise him because his love endures forever his
• 10:00 - 10:30 faithfulness for generations so I want to encourage us today come bring your song bring your your body your mind everything you have with a joyful song of of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord of Lords amen let's go put your hands together engage your hearts we are before the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords thank
• 10:30 - 11:00 you this is an open door this is an invitation he says you're welcome home no matter what you're facing this is an ordinary Mary this is holy so come and do what only you can
• 11:00 - 11:30 do turn ashes into life to broken to beautiful my redeemer restore rebuilder nothing is impossible this isn't just a
• 11:30 - 12:00 song this isn't just a song this kind of praise will open the heavens this isn't just for once this is the way to enter his gates this is a Lord and Mary this is holy to do what only you can
• 12:00 - 12:30 do oh turn ashes into broken to beautiful [Music] restos you turn darkness into light send mountains to miracles my redeemer will restore a
• 12:30 - 13:00 rebuilder nothing is impossible here in the house of God nothing is impossible come on we sing it here in the house of God nothing is impossible [Music] yes church come bring your faith today oh just a little goes a long way
• 13:00 - 13:30 in the house of God it's just a little faith goes a long way in the house of God you bring your faith today just a little faith it goes a long way goes a long way just a little goes a long way nothing is impossible turn ashes into
• 13:30 - 14:00 life to broken to beautiful star nothing is impossible you turn darkness into light and mountains to [Music] mira nothing is
• 14:00 - 14:30 impossible here in the house of God no nothing is impossible here in the house of God no nothing is impossible [Music] hallelujah come on give him praise today give him praise today thank you God you are the same God generation to
• 14:30 - 15:00 generation you remain the same you're never weary of doing good to us we thank you thank you Jesus thank you i'm calling on the God of Jacob whose love endures through generations i know that you will keep your covenant
• 15:00 - 15:30 i'm calling on the God of Moses the one who opened up the ocean i need you now to do the same thing for me just do it for me
• 15:30 - 16:00 oh God my God I need you oh God my God I need you now how I need you now oh rock oh rock of ages I'm standing on your faithfulness [Music] on your [Music] [Applause] [Music]
• 16:00 - 16:30 faithfulness i'm calling on the God of Mary come on whose favor rests upon the [Music] glory i know with you all things are possible i'm calling on the God of David yes he may who made a shepherd boy
• 16:30 - 17:00 courageous i may not face Goliath but I've got my own giant oh God my God I need you oh God my God I need you now how I need you now a single rock oh rock or rock of ages i'm
• 17:00 - 17:30 standing on your faithfulness on your [Applause] faithfulness oh God my God I need you oh God my God I need you now how I need you now yes he is your rock oh yes I'm standing on where we
• 17:30 - 18:00 stand your [Applause] [Music] faithfulness your faithfulness faithful is your faithfulness you heard your children you heard your children then you hear your children now you are the same God
• 18:00 - 18:30 you are the same God you answered prayers back then and you will answer now you are the same God yes you are the same you are providing them you are providing providing now you are providing you are the same God god you are the same God you move in
• 18:30 - 19:00 power you're moving power now you are the same God you are the savior you are a healer you are a healer now you are the savior you are the savior you are a savior then you are a
• 19:00 - 19:30 savior now you are the savior you are the same God oh God my God I need you oh God my God I need you now by his name i need you oh we declare your faithfulness the pages I'm standing on your faithfulness
• 19:30 - 20:00 on your faithfulness oh God my God I need you oh God I need you for every breath i need everything i need you Father oh go aes I'm standing on your faithfulness on your
• 20:00 - 20:30 [Applause] faithfulness oh we praise you we cast our cares on for your faith to bear every burden every anxiety to renew our faith to give us hope and direction thank you you know all things God so we trust in
• 20:30 - 21:00 you we trust in you come on church just begin to tell the Lord "I'm going to trust you i don't know what's up ahead but I'm going to trust in you i know you did it back then for me and you'll do it again you will do exceedingly in abundance more than than I can imagine God i don't know God but you've got this God for your glory God I choose to trust
• 21:00 - 21:30 you for your glory God whatever it looks like I will surrender and submit to you you got this God thank you God we trust you God i'm going to trust you God thank you God you freed the captives then you're freeing hearts right now you are the
• 21:30 - 22:00 same God you are the same God you touch the leers that I feel your touch right now you are the same God you are the same God you are the same God [Music]
• 22:00 - 22:30 you are the same i'm calling on the Holy Spirit almighty river come and fill me
• 22:30 - 23:00 again just come and fill me again come and fill me come and fill me [Music] again we need you we need you [Music]
• 23:00 - 23:30 we worship you we worship you God i am an instrument of exaltation and I was born to lift your name above all names you hear the
• 23:30 - 24:00 mey of all creation but there's a song of praise that only I can bring who else is worthy who else is worthy come on there is no one only you Jesus who else is worthy all across this place who else is worthy there is no one
• 24:00 - 24:30 there is no one only you Jesus you are the infinite God of the ages and you chose to make my heart your dwelling place you healed my brokenness show me your
• 24:30 - 25:00 glory so I have songs of thanks not even angels sing who else is worthy sing it out who else is worthy sing there is no one there is no one it's only his name Jesus oh yes who else is worthy who else is worthy there is no
• 25:00 - 25:30 one only Jesus who else is worthy who else is worthy there is no one only Jesus who else is worthy who else is worthy sing there is no one there's no
• 25:30 - 26:00 there's no one only you Jesus it's only you love it's only you God you said the one above it all you want above it all we enthrone tonight oh we worship
• 26:00 - 26:30 come on we sing lamb of God lamb of God anoints the one the one who is to come seated on the throne above holy holy rightous one come on to prove to us the father's love jesus Christ be lifted up
• 26:30 - 27:00 holy holy God yes he is and is to come seed on the throne above holy holy rightous one who shed his blood to us the father's love jesus Christ be lifted up who else is
• 27:00 - 27:30 worthy who else is worthy there is no one Jesus who else is worthy who else is worthy there is no Jesus who is
• 27:30 - 28:00 worth come on everybody there is no [Music] one Jesus who else is worthy who else is worthy heat heat [Music] heat
• 28:00 - 28:30 only Jesus there is no [Music] Jesus heat heat heat heat heat heat
• 28:30 - 29:00 [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for you are all and to you are all things you deserve the glory
• 29:00 - 29:30 [Music] you deserve the glory yes he does yes he does you deserve the glory you deserve to you deserve it [Music] all you deserve it
• 29:30 - 30:00 all you know church I believe there is so much power There is so much power when we bring our own songs of praise to the King of Kings just like in the song before it talked about how we all have our own song we all have our own song that is different from every single other person here in this room because every single person has their own story their own story of God's faithfulness in their lives and I
• 30:00 - 30:30 don't know about you but it brings me so much joy to be able to sing my own song to the father because I know that is my story that he has written because he is the author and the finisher of my faith and I don't know about you this morning but I have a reason to praise him i have a reason to stand on his faithfulness to sing that he is worthy of it all that he is worthy of all the praise that every single moment of my life I'm going to be singing from the top of my lungs that
• 30:30 - 31:00 he's waiting that he's day and night night and day let it slide day and night and day on my left every day heat [Music] heat heat
• 31:00 - 31:30 [Music] [Music] heat heat heat [Music] [Music] you worthy of it
• 31:30 - 32:00 all you are worthy of it all come on everybody from you are always into you are always you know [Music] You [Applause]
• 32:00 - 32:30 ready you ready [Music] far from you are all things and you are all from you are all you are
• 32:30 - 33:00 all you deserve glory Jesus you are our Lord and Savior you are the King of Kings creator you are the healer that you are the same God yesterday today and forever and amen amen church take your seats thank you for an extraordinary time of worship this morning great to come into the house and with open hearts to freely worship the
• 33:00 - 33:30 Lord welcome this morning my name is Deborah i am part of the team here at City Life Church we are in a time at the moment of 21 days of prayer and fasting and I hope you've been really enjoying that particular time that you are setting aside to pray and fast something so that you can lean into the Lord to his word his voice i was reminded this
• 33:30 - 34:00 week by a a story I heard there's a congregant here who has a property and on the property they have some cows and the cows have not been fed enough because there's not been enough uh rain so there wasn't enough grass so they broke out of the property looking for food so they went off into the forest and um it reminds me of us sometimes when we are hungry we go looking for something
• 34:00 - 34:30 don't we if we're hungry for help if we're hungry if we've got difficulties in our lives struggles anxieties stresses we go looking to fill that and sometimes we go looking elsewhere for that um the end of this story is that uh I was wondering how they were going to get the cows back but actually uh the owner of the cows just went to the edge of the property and he called out to them and they heard his voice and they came he also had bread which helps a lot
• 34:30 - 35:00 but I think that's also that's also us when when we stop and we listen to God's voice and we come to him he will feed us he will feed us what we need he is the one that satisfies our hunger and our thirst so can I encourage you that if you haven't joined us yet for the prayer and fasting time it's not too late please do come and set aside some time each day so that you can spend time with the Lord in his word and in prayer well
• 35:00 - 35:30 I'd like to welcome any visitors with us this morning i know we have some exciting kids church things happening this morning there may be some visitors if you are visiting with us for the first time today we'd love to welcome you if you wouldn't mind we'd love to give you a city life welcome just raise your hand so we can see where you are welcome everybody we would love to give you our welcome bag and also encourage you to come and join us in the connections lounge just
• 35:30 - 36:00 through the center doors to the right later on so we can have a coffee get to know you and you can we can answer any questions you might have about our church well church it is now time for preschool 1 and two to start their program so I encourage you to go to your program now and if you would stand up and greet somebody next to you perhaps somebody you haven't met before and encourage them invite them to your life group and we'll be back in just a minute [Music]
• 36:00 - 36:30 [Music] dfn works in South Asia in the areas of education health care anti-human trafficking and economic empowerment serving the least of these pray for our brothers and sisters in South Asia recently one of our pastors and his elderly parents were
• 36:30 - 37:00 brutally attacked while in a prayer meeting they're in hospital at the moment pray for their health pray for strength pray for courage and pray for the families who become targets amidst this harassment and opposition in our schools of which we have 91 and more than 22,000 students one of our great challenges and frustrations is when students are removed by their parents issues of poverty are always around this and we are always looking for new ways to be able to encourage the moms and
• 37:00 - 37:30 dads to lead their children in so they can get a quality education pray too for the infrastructure during the summer break so that the schools are ready when the school year starts we've just had medical camps in our villages and we've seen over 600 people treated including some of our most exploited women pray that they not only know that they're being treated physically but also that their spiritual needs are being met there are never ending court cases and false allegations against the ministry at the moment we're particularly challenged by a case with many many
• 37:30 - 38:00 false allegations it takes up a lot of time and money please pray for a swift resolution to this and for justice our team here in Australia also appreciate your prayers we'd love prayer for wisdom for open doors opportunities to share and for all the uh dinners that we're planning as well for later in the year [Music] please pray for the ministry of DFN and all our field partners uh during this
• 38:00 - 38:30 pray and fasting season i raise a hallelu I'll do the midnight slot i love the 1:00 a.m i'm a 3:00 a.m i'm a 4:00 a.m i am a 6 a.m i am an 8 a.m a great way to start the day i'm a 10:00 a.m i'm at midday on my lunch break i'm a 4:30 p.m guy i'm 7:00 p.m 8:00 p.m is a perfect time for me i'm a 9:30 p.m i'm praying at 11 p.m i'm doing
• 38:30 - 39:00 11:30 prayer cuz I'm a night owl in this time of prayer and overflowing life have you thought about who you could invite who doesn't know Jesus yet that you could bring to Alpha starting shortly after Easter be praying and be invited [Applause]
• 39:00 - 39:30 look the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world [Music] worthy is the lamb who was slain to receive power and honor and glory and praise
• 39:30 - 40:00 hello welcome back guys um just as you would have seen in the video our prayer is is a great part of who we are as Christians uh and I just want to take this time to actually uh pray for a few people um and also pray
• 40:00 - 40:30 for you know things that are going uh around in the world so please join me in prayer um Lord God I just would like to take this moment um to uh ask you to listen to us oh Lord um Lord for all the persecutions that's happening to uh your believers around the world oh Lord I just ask you to uh step in front of them oh Lord be their shield be their armor oh Lord um you know and and may that moment draw them closer to you so that
• 40:30 - 41:00 they can get their strength from you oh Lord to share your love and how you are here to change the world that we live in oh Lord um Lord thank you for all the people who have shared u their struggles and uh uh tribulations in the chat oh Lord uh um I pray for Colleen who's uh going to go into uh eye surgery oh Lord I just ask you to uh be the hands of the surgeons oh Lord as they uh perform uh the operation uh even as Wendy shared
• 41:00 - 41:30 the prayer points that she has oh Lord uh for people who are struggling oh Lord with with their children with their loved ones oh Lord but I just ask you that you may be their rock you may be the one that they stand on to face these situations knowing that you are already gone ahead of them and you know their plans but you love them oh Lord and that is what holds us strong and may that love just overflow from us um through
• 41:30 - 42:00 our actions through our words oh Lord and may people see that we are your children and may that actually have a great impact on our community oh Lord and and I just pray for everybody else oh Lord um that you just touch them uh and we just u you know just pray for the message that's coming through uh that Paul has a word uh that from you that he can share for every single one listening oh Lord uh in Jesus name we pray amen
• 42:00 - 42:30 amen amen good prayer um guys if you are new this is your first time joining us online there's a number going to pop up on the screen and you can type new text new to that number you can also email us on online@c city.urch church um and if you are new in the chat you can either type in the word new or just send us a wave emoji you know one of the online pastors will connect with you and uh we would just love to reach out to you and you know uh see where you're at and see
• 42:30 - 43:00 how we can uh assist you in sort of prayer and journey with you uh yeah like we said earlier it's a community and we're all here to lift each other up in prayer um and ultimately all pointing to the glory of our Lord Jesus online now has you can do online life group yep young adults is online um if you go on to our website and click on the online tab uh it has all areas
• 43:00 - 43:30 sections that where you can do online life tracks young adults um I believe there was a baptism um through online a few weeks ago a couple of weeks ago um you know people um giving their lives to Jesus so it's it's all happening and it's all available online um but don't just you know earlier we were chatting with Shel online pastor and she's like get connected you know don't just watch but get connected and um sort of sew into uh you know the
• 43:30 - 44:00 church and uh be part of this amazing online community um we have people from all over the world and it would just be so amazing to be able to um connect with each other that's right that's what we're here for we just don't want it to be a moment momentary thing it is a community where we want to journey with you and and that's what's the space and and I think we live in a world where this is possible where we don't want people to be isolated we actually want connection um you know and as a teacher I always talk to the kids about uh we
• 44:00 - 44:30 are the most technologically advanced uh society in today's world but yet we're so disconnected you know you've heard that so much uh and and and that is why we actually want to use this platform to connect yes to make an impact exactly exactly so so so please join us we need you uh we need that communication we need that uh participation um you know and and then and I think that's what's going to make the difference absolutely
• 44:30 - 45:00 absolutely how about we go into a time of uh tithes and offering hey yes that'll be great um so I was going to share something uh with you guys this morning um Proverbs 3:9 it says "Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first fruits of all your increase." We see here that giving to the Lord is an act of honor it is a way of thanking God for all he has done and all he has provided for us in our lives he supplies our
• 45:00 - 45:30 needs by his riches and glory by Christ Jesus and the least that we can do in this um through that is honor him with the first fruits we serve a generous God you know our generosity follows God's example john 3:16 for God so loved the world that he gave his only son we serve a giving God and we have all been recipients of a generous God and you know as we enter and respond in
• 45:30 - 46:00 this natural flow of giving we are developing this spiritual gift 2 Corinthians 8 says um not only should we excel in faith speech and knowledge but see that we also excel in this gracious act of giving very good paul later on is going to talk about feeding the 5000 and one little boy was willing to give all that he had and through that miracle was performed where Jesus fed the 5,000 so whether it's a little or a
• 46:00 - 46:30 lot there's no obligation but it's understanding the principle that everything belongs to the Lord psalms 24:1 everything belongs to the Lord so I encourage you this morning um whether it's a little or a lot you know it doesn't matter it's the heart behind it giving with a generous heart and taking the little that we have and surrendering it to the Lord so not holding on to things too tightly and with that the Lord will have a mighty impact far
• 46:30 - 47:00 greater than what we can imagine so how about we pray into that lord we just want to thank you again for this time Lord uh thank you for the gift thank you for the giver well I just pray that the little that we have the little that we offer Lord that we would give to you generously and that you will then take that and multiply just like you fed the 5,000 with the little that that boy had lord take our finances it all belongs to you Lord we are meant to We're called to
• 47:00 - 47:30 be good stewards so I just pray you give us the wisdom to steward correctly faithfully and that you will have an impact um with what we offer you so just uh again commit the gift and the giver into your hands Lord bless them and ask this in your precious name amen amen amen and thanks Steve thanks thanks for that message and and just as you were sharing something that that came to me
• 47:30 - 48:00 I'll just you know that fell on my heart was you talk about that story of that little boy sharing all right and and and sometimes if you take into our context in our in our world like I find myself going the little I have is it actually worthy enough and and I find that it's almost like that's that's a stopping that that stops from for us take a simple act of giving or or or is sharing your your your story sharing your faith and I think we are all like
• 48:00 - 48:30 through God we're all worthy and and it is through him and and you're worthy i'm worthy uh not because of our act but because of what he has done and his thing and and so and and I think that's that's what I want to share with you guys with that little thing that what Steve said is is is don't think that you're not worthy with the little you bring and it's not just finance it's it could be a talent you have it could be a story you need to share you are worthy because you believe in God and the what he has done in your
• 48:30 - 49:00 life so so never think that I it's not enough because he just he wants your faith that's right um you know so so you are worthy so so so yeah so I really thank you for that it was a it was challenging it was it was reflective and and yeah I just wanted to share that with uh with you guys um now before we go get into Paul Paul's message um one thing I I would love for you guys as you listen to it is he's going to give you some questions um I would love for you guys to actually engage with us with
• 49:00 - 49:30 those questions on the chat u you know as he listens and as he proposes those questions to you put your answers down in here um you know Shel will respond um the community it will it'll be great to look at your perspective and and how you perceive the story i think it's four or five questions um which he will will uh pose uh yeah reflect on them and see how it actually impacts you i I heard his message yesterday and and yeah I was I was really uh taken by it and you know
• 49:30 - 50:00 it made a great impact and and then just how I perceive every story that Jesus has said or how when I read the Bible so So yeah so when you when you when he does do that uh please please uh Yeah yeah um connect with us on online um fantastic well we have a few other things happening um I know you you guys saw saw the video we have um about the back to prayer uh we you know you saw people saying "I'm 11:00 a.m person i'm a 12
• 50:00 - 50:30 a.m person." Um you guys can get connected in that as well have you ever done one of those 24-hour prayer things i have not i have not as well but that's why you're promoting maybe we should get involved i think so now that you've said it now it's good what What time person would you be i'll probably be morning morning yeah yeah i might be 11 11 p.m maybe yeah maybe sometimes I go to go to sleep real late so it'll be a great thing to
• 50:30 - 51:00 you know go to sleep with prayer so I can add as you're praying you fall asleep no no I I don't think we'll actually achieve what what we need to need to do but but yeah know maybe that maybe that's that's a challenge for me um where where I I can get involved in this space oh absolutely i think we all can there is there is always something that we can do you know as going back to what my brother was saying earlier um in that we are all deemed worthy through the blood of Christ there's purpose for each
• 51:00 - 51:30 and every single one of us and there is impact that we can have uh through sharing our story through just showing God's love um multiple ways uh so and I think prayer is such a powerful tool that perhaps we don't use to its fullest mhm and the impact that prayer can have is oh I think when we when we enter that space of like okay intentionally
• 51:30 - 52:00 just blocking out this amount of time and giving it to the Lord and just praying perhaps even praying in our um spiritual tongue and it grows the the spirit man inside of us um ultimately we're going to the whole goal is to get closer to the Lord and for him to direct our paths uh so there's plenty of ways that we can get involved in church in church yeah and and online
• 52:00 - 52:30 and online and online we talk about service online right um hey if you want to be involved in in what we do I'm sure you can connect with with Shel and she would love more people being uh you know online hosts uh but think about life groups right we have two right now uh one's ready to multiply yes you you want to serve see how you can actually get involved first get involved with your online life group and then when if you know times for overflow and need to multiply you can lead one there is
• 52:30 - 53:00 always space to uh to serve um yeah as Steve said everything life tracks alpha everything is online but there is opportunity for us to be involved that's right now uh we're about to head into the main auditorium to hear Paul speak um feeding the 5,000 um as Shem said earlier there's going to be some dot points um some questions that Paul will pose and again just a reminder we encourage you to sort of um participate
• 53:00 - 53:30 and put in your think Did you lose it i don't know maybe not uh um put in your answers into the chat uh we'd love to connect with you through that and just yeah as you said see your perspective on it um I think it's going to be quite a powerful message um and yeah there's always something we can take away and then add it into our week uh so it's going to be great how about we just say a quick prayer into it so Lord we just thank you again Lord um as we enter this space um
• 53:30 - 54:00 uh just we prepare our hearts uh let us have a open mind um open our ears and this gives you a full attention in this time Lord um so I just want to again thank you for all that you're doing in our lives Lord um through the struggles you're always been with us you're present um and through that you strengthen us Lord uh so I just again thank you uh thank you for your word and uh help us just pay close attention and take away some gems from this message
• 54:00 - 54:30 from Paul Lord so uh yeah in Jesus name amen amen amen and before we actually go into Paul we're actually going to another song for worship so it's just just to prepare so enjoy the worship thank you hosana in the [Music] highest hosanana
• 54:30 - 55:00 [Music] hosana in the highest i see the king of [Music] glory he's coming on the clouds with fire the whole earth shakes the whole earth shakes
• 55:00 - 55:30 see his love and mercy washing over all our sin the people sing people [Music] sing hosana hosana hosana in the highest
• 55:30 - 56:00 [Music] hosana [Music] hosana hosana in the [Music] highest can we sing with me i see a [Music] generation rising up to take their
• 56:00 - 56:30 place with [Applause] selfless selfless i see a new revival i see [Music] revival staring as we pray and see we're [Music] [Applause]
• 56:30 - 57:00 [Music] all in the highest heat [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] heat yeah [Music]
• 57:00 - 57:30 heat heat heat [Applause] [Music] [Applause] heat feel my heart open up my eyes show me how to love
• 57:30 - 58:00 you and love me [Applause] oh I praise you everything I am everything I am for your kingdom [Music] as I walk from earth into
• 58:00 - 58:30 eternity hosana [Music] hosana hosana in the highest lift your voices hosana hosana hosana in the
• 58:30 - 59:00 highest come on why don't we give praise to our king hosana to Jesus come on let's give praise today our loving God we thank you [Applause] Jesus while you're still standing let's read the word of God matthew chapter John chapter 6 verse four says "The Jewish Passover festival was near and when Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward
• 59:00 - 59:30 him he said to Philillip "Where should we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him for he already had in mind what he was going to do philip answered him "It would take more than half a year's wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite." Another of his disciples Andrew Simon Peter's brother spoke up here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish but how far will they go
• 59:30 - 60:00 among so many jesus said "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place and they sat down there were about 5,000 men jesus then took the loaves he gave thanks and he distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted he did the same with the fish when they had all had enough to eat he said to his disciples "Gather the pieces that are left over let nothing be wasted." So they gathered them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces of
• 60:00 - 60:30 five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten after the people saw the sign Jesus performed they began to say "Surely this is the prophet who came into the world." Jesus knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force withdrew again to the mountainside by himself when evening came his disciples went down to the lake where they got into a boat and set off across the lake to Capernaum by now it
• 60:30 - 61:00 was dark and Jesus had not yet joined them a strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough when they had rode about three or four miles they saw Jesus approaching the boat walking on the water and they were frightened but he said to them "It is I do not be afraid." Then they were willing to take him into the boat and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were
• 61:00 - 61:30 heading just one one more passage from John chapter 20 jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples which are not recorded in this book but they are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah the son of God and that by believing you will have life in his name may God bless the reading of his word to us and please be seated amen we're in a series talking about the
• 61:30 - 62:00 miracles of Jesus in the book of John the seven signs you know that we have already spoken about when Jesus turned the water into wine in John chapter 2 the second sign was Jesus healing a royal official son john chapter 4 john chapter 5 Jesus heals a paralytic man and now in John chapter 6 Jesus feeds the 5000 and this was a miracle that took place and in
• 62:00 - 62:30 John chapter 6 Jesus walking on the water you know the truth is is that we are a miracle people if you follow Jesus you believe in miracles you believe that God created the heavens and the universe you believe in the virgin birth that Jesus came that he died and he rose again you are you believe in miracles and so as we talk about miracles this is normal for us to
• 62:30 - 63:00 believe there's a large group of people i'm going to make some assumptions that many have heard this story before and other messages about the feeding of the 5000 but I wonder have you ever been really really hungry ever had one of those days or times maybe you've even got to the point of being hangry you know what is you're so hungry
• 63:00 - 63:30 it starts to make you a little angry you don't need to respond you can just keep your hands down remember coming to school one day to pick up our kids after school and it was obviously one of our kids was struggling it was a minor miracle that they and a physical act of endurance just to get to the car and as they came into the back seat and flopped into the back of the car they said "I forgot to take my lunch to school
• 63:30 - 64:00 today i am so And with a little tear coming out of his eye [Music] hungry." And with a heart of compassion we then had Ronald McDonald solve his problem he may or may not have been playing guitar this morning actually when I asked him if I could share that story he said "Actually I think I forgot my lunch dozens of times and I spent many lunch times
• 64:00 - 64:30 trying to encourage my friends to share their lunch with me." So uh I can tell you now he hasn't missed a meal many years in fact normally there's four or five meals each day at our place for some young men but this is a miracle that took place and this is the only miracle that is listed in all four gospels it's interesting that in Matthew Mark and Luke the Bible says that the
• 64:30 - 65:00 disciples gave out the food in this miracle in the book of John it says that Jesus distributed the food um it's not to say that there's a conflict it's just to let us know that Jesus was part of this miracle and I think a key for us is to as we in this season of prayer and fasting as we're believing for God to do more and more I think it's a great opportunity for us to have an open hand of blessing others
• 65:00 - 65:30 because I picture it and this is my daughter's bag and I asked if I could loan it imagine that this boy and I know that it was probably pitter bread that they had but for the sake of the illustration here we are i'm making some assumptions that the boy might have bought his lunch in a bag like this and carried it along and supernaturally as the food was being required Jesus would hand out pit of bread a loaf uh he would give
• 65:30 - 66:00 the fish and supernaturally the bag just kept being refilled and you can imagine the impact that would have on families that were sitting down on that grass as they were hungry and Jesus came perhaps one of the disciples came with bread and fish to meet their physical hunger and their physical need i think for us as a church community even today as we see some of those bags of hope come back i
• 66:00 - 66:30 wonder what it is that figuratively God wants to do with our hesshen bag there's things that we're doing in being generous towards others praying for others uh there going to be people that are going to prepare meals for others there's going to be people that have a word of encouragement for others and come alongside others opening your home maybe it's that spurt of energy that you need to keep going well it's like that representation of the hesshen bag i
• 66:30 - 67:00 believe that God's going to refill the bag whatever it is that you're doing for him whatever it is that you're giving out I pray that he would refill your hesshen bag don't go quiet this morning all right in this series we're asking some questions and the questions that we are asking are going to come up on the screen and we're asking some questions around what stands out to you in this
• 67:00 - 67:30 story what does this story say about God what does this story say about humans what do I need to do and who should I tell this story to as we go through these questions I think we're going to discover more about Jesus for ourselves we are going to be encouraged to apply some of the things that we're learning and encouraged to share with others the story the things that God is
• 67:30 - 68:00 doing to share the good news to discover apply and share all that is taking place and I'd love to take time to find out what everybody thinks that stands out to you in the story but the clock is ticking so I'm going to give you a couple but perhaps after our service perhaps at your life group this week you can take a few minutes to share what it is that stands out to you in the story the first one for me is in verse four where the reference is made to the
• 68:00 - 68:30 Passover it was the time of Passover we know that Passover reflects back to Exodus 4 it was a celebration that would take place it would be in the minds of the people that were there listening to Jesus and it's the time where uh Moses was instructed by God to for the people of Israel to kill a a spotless lamb and they would apply that blood over the
• 68:30 - 69:00 doorposts of their house and the angel would pass over their house and their those in the house would not be impacted not be killed the firstborn then we know that Moses led the people of Israel through the waters and also that there was mana provided for them in heaven here in John chapter six we see that Jesus provided food bread and fish there was a miracle
• 69:00 - 69:30 that took place to sustain them and then just a few verses later he walked on water there are parallels that we see here and so at this time of Passover it's fresh in the people's minds they can think through some of these themes that they are they're seeing then we second thing that stands out is in verse 5 where Jesus asks a where question where can we get food how does Philip respond well he's got a how
• 69:30 - 70:00 question how are we going to pay for it jesus is how can we solve and partner together to see a miracle obviously there's a misalignment in their expectations and Jesus has an invitation to partner in a miracle jesus the Bible says already knew the outcome this was one of those little tests and I'm glad we don't get so many of those today that is recorded in scripture forever but Jesus is asking
• 70:00 - 70:30 this where question it's a faith question and Philip should have realized after seeing the earlier miracles that it was time that Jesus was going to again perform another miracle and he's looking for us to partner with him and I believe that invitation continues for us today to partner with him in the gospel to see the miraculous unfold to see all that God has for us and as we are sewing
• 70:30 - 71:00 into times of prayer I sense we're going to see that overflow into our own lives and into the communities that are around us jesus invites us to partner together with him god also uses those that are willing this boy didn't have a lot he only had five barley loaves and two fish and he could have easily justified the fact that somebody had prepared this food for him maybe he had and that he was able to
• 71:00 - 71:30 go and eat this by himself but yet he offered it over to God he was willing to surrender and participate in this miracle that God has we know that uh the loaves were barley that is the cheapest form of grain that was in that time uh others uh who are a little wealthier would have wheat or oats i know many of you love your sourdough you love your seven seeds multigrain that gets stuck within your
• 71:30 - 72:00 teeth the last thing that stands out to me in this story is that Jesus then took the loaves he gave thanks and he distributed it to all those that were there and they were able to eat as as much as they wanted you know that feeling when you're full christmas day lunch perhaps over full and yet there was 12 baskets that were left over it's
• 72:00 - 72:30 interesting in the story that they were so grateful to God so grateful to the miracle that Jesus had done that they wanted to make him king second thing in this story is what does it say about God i believe it speaks of God's compassion towards his people the provision that he provides because God doesn't want to just meet our need through salaries and various investments he wants to be our provider he wants to provide for the
• 72:30 - 73:00 things that we need he is also generous towards us verse 11 says that everybody ate as much as they want showing us that God is a a generous God can you imagine the testimony for each family as they sat down together on the grass and Jesus or one of the disciples came and gave them food mom and dad sharing together what God had provided um early in our uh ministry lives when we led a ministry
• 73:00 - 73:30 called Youth Alive we saw God supernaturally provide on many many occasions and it taught us that we don't need to trust in some of our own plans but we can trust in God to provide for the things that he's called us to do when we moved into our um home in Roville we moved in together our kids were young and on the first day that we moved into this house we gathered our family together because wanted our kids to know this is what wasn't just mom and
• 73:30 - 74:00 dad who'd worked hard for this house it was God who had provided this house for us that God had been generous towards us and then seven or eight years later when we sold that house the last thing we did in that house was gather those kids that were now teenagers and say "Thank you God for providing this house for us we thank you." And even today we are still believing for God to do more things to multiply amongst us in our church
• 74:00 - 74:30 community and beyond god wants to be at work in us and through us he is a God of miracles and I would invite you along the same train of thought what is it that you are believing for what is that miracle that you're asking God to come and have his way that thing that perhaps in your family situation or a work situation that you have thought has been impossible but yet God invites us to
• 74:30 - 75:00 hand things to him and invite him to come in and move in our situation that you could believe for God to be at work the third thing is what does it say about humans what does this story tell us well you know after this miracle after they had seen their meal provided suddenly they wanted to make Jesus king and the Bible says they wanted to literally do this by force and so Jesus moved away by himself up to a
• 75:00 - 75:30 quiet place up on a mountain side and if you continue on reading in John chapter 6 by the time you get to almost the end in verse 66 John 6 verse 66 666 i know it says that many people who were following Jesus abandoned him because Jesus started to talk about the kingdom jesus started talking about the price
• 75:30 - 76:00 that was needed to follow after him and he wasn't just about delivering their needs and doing the things that the people wanted and if we're not careful we can treat God as our needs require that we want God to deliver we want God to do this and to do that but yet as we surrender and follow after him as we surrender our lives to him we invite God
• 76:00 - 76:30 to be at work see the people the people that uh sorry I lost my train of thought uh the bread that Jesus was offering in the story the people saw that as an it but Jesus told them that he was the bread of life in verse 26 and 27 Jesus said don't work for food that spoils but the food that endures to eternal life which the son of man will
• 76:30 - 77:00 give you verse 35 and verse 48 Jesus Jesus says "I am the bread of life." If you're looking for food and sustenance and purpose for life it's not just about a meal but I am the bread of life and Jesus invites us to join him to feast on him as the true bread of life the fourth question that we ask is "What is it that I need to do?" Well you know that Jesus invites us he invites
• 77:00 - 77:30 the willing those that want to sew in those that want to partner together with him and those that want to sacrifice like this boy his willingness and this kingdom really starts to break out just as we're going to see with these bags of hope this food that is collected it is seeing the kingdom of God move forward and the people got to see a visible demonstration of what it was that Jesus had been teaching them
• 77:30 - 78:00 but this little boy partnered in a miracle and you know all that I have has got limited potential my finance yes I can do some great investments my resources my gifts my talents my time all of these things have got a limited potential in my hand but you know when I partner with God the limit changes doesn't it this boy's lunch turned into a great miracle and all of those resources that we have as I hand them over to God and I
• 78:00 - 78:30 share them over with him the potential moves toward to that which is infinite and also affecting eternity such a miracle takes place when we partner with God and I think this is what Paul is talking about in Philippians chapter 2:1 17 that even if I'm poured out like a drink offering on sacrifice and serving coming from others I'm glad and I rejoice with you all what is it that
• 78:30 - 79:00 he's saying he's saying when I see people pour out their heart before God serve sacrificially give sacrificially we're seeing the kingdom of God move forward and you know I believe that our church is a miracle church i believe that our past uh those things that have been bought us to this point God actually builds he builds line on line precept on precept and there have been lots of people that have swn in prayer
• 79:00 - 79:30 for our church people have swn time people have swn finances and I'm so grateful to all of those that have swn but there's an invitation that continues the work's not done there's an invitation for us to partner with God to journey with him to sacrificially come early to pray to not on our own behalf but on behalf of others that are yet to know him there's literally thousands upon thousands of people yet to join our
• 79:30 - 80:00 church community yet to take a step closer to him and each of us are invited to partner with God to see the great things the miracles that are yet to happen we can be a part of that as we partner with God together over these last few weeks I've been hearing some tragic stories in our community i assume many of you have heard those as well the enemy is deceiving people deceiving young people
• 80:00 - 80:30 and I believe one of the answers is for the church of God to be praying and interceding when I get to the end of the things that I think I can do physically it causes me to come back to prayer and say "God would you move would you move in this situation would you move amongst our children and our young people and our families?" This is an invitation and I think it's a point in time that we need to step up and step into the things
• 80:30 - 81:00 that God has not just for our church community but for us being part of the answer part of the the the solution to the things that are going on in our society can I ask you to pray with us during the week join us in prayer we are believing for a breakthrough in people's lives the last thing is well who should I tell this story to who should I let know about this great story that has been happening well the truth is anyone and
• 81:00 - 81:30 everyone anyone and everyone who needs to hear because there is nobody that is too far from God if you believe the media well the church is dying and it's it's old news but actually there is nobody that is too far from God i remember around 20 years ago I was a part of a church in the inner city suburbs of Melbourne and we had this great idea to go and knock on doors and invite people to church that was in a time that when you were home and
• 81:30 - 82:00 somebody knocked on your door you actually opened it and answered the door some of you know what I'm talking about i go to some people's houses not anybody in our church knock on the door stand there knock again knock a third time then I call them and say "Hey I'm at your front door." Then they come to the door and they say "Oh we thought it was somebody else but that's not any of you I'm sure." Well on this day a young lady
• 82:00 - 82:30 answered the door and we invited her to church and we said "You're welcome anytime." and kind of kept going through our day and inviting lots of other people around 6 months later in our church it was baptism and we do baptisms here in our church as well and as this young lady was getting ready to the baptism tank I'd forgotten she started to share her testimony and she said "Six months ago some people came to my door
• 82:30 - 83:00 knocked on the door and they invited me to church i'd never considered going to church before but because I was new to the area I thought I'd go and see what was happening in that church and here six months later she is now getting baptized and is a follower of Jesus nobody's too far from God nobody's too far from him and so who do we need to tell well we need to tell anybody and we need to tell everybody
• 83:00 - 83:30 and I think it's a great opportunity for us in our life groups over these next few weeks when you catch up in the cafe to talk about who is it that you can invite and then pray for them i want to give you a final thought on the fifth miracle that is in this passage of John in John chapter 6 and that is when Jesus had gone up to the mountainside by himself and you know that the disciples had gone and they had got into a boat and they were rowing
• 83:30 - 84:00 across this sea and the storms had start to come and I'm so aware that people face storms in life we all face storms of different size and magnitude what I'm encouraged by as I was reading through this passage of scripture is that there are some Bible scholars that say as Jesus went up to the mountain side he could see over that lake he could see what was happening amongst the disciples he could see their
• 84:00 - 84:30 boat rocking up and down he hasn't left he went and joined them and we see this fifth miracle that took place i'm encouraged to know that when I face a storm that Jesus is with me that even though I can't see him I can't see what's happening around I know that he's watching out for me and looking after me you know over these last 12 months you know that our family's been through some
• 84:30 - 85:00 difficult situations and um we we're in a bit of a storm we sensed that storm but yet we also sensed people praying for us we didn't sense that we were alone we knew that God was with us and in fact after we've been through the storm we feel closer and tighter together as a family and we also feel closer to God because he was with us in the midst of that storm and I want
• 85:00 - 85:30 to encourage you today if you're facing a storm if you're feeling like you're in the midst of a storm today I want to pray for you as we finish our service today i'd love to take the opportunity to pray with you james chapter 1 says "Consider it joy when you face these types of trials and storms." Excuse me because it's a testing of our faith and that testing of our faith actually brought us closer to God come on why don't you join me in prayer
• 85:30 - 86:00 would you stand with me please just want to take a moment to pray for two areas that we've seen that willingness to partner with God in miracles and the area of storms that people would be facing in their lives if you're facing a storm would you just open your heart to God maybe you want to lift your hands to him if you're in a storm you know you're there but Jesus is with you in that
• 86:00 - 86:30 [Music] storm loving God thank you that in the midst of a storm we know you're with us thank you that Jesus is with us and I pray for each person in this situation whatever it might be in a family in a workplace financially i pray that you would come and you would be at work thank you that you restore thank you that you perform miracles in our lives
• 86:30 - 87:00 and we believe for that today we believe for you to be at work we hand these situations to you when we are at our wits end when we're not sure what to do when we feel anxious when we feel overwhelmed thank you that we can hand these situations to you and God I pray that you would move pray that we would hear story after story of your goodness your grace and your mercy i pray for all of us as a church community that we would say yes to you
• 87:00 - 87:30 when you invite us to be part of the miraculous let us be willing participants in all that you would want to do i pray for some of the new opportunities that are going to emerge even for some of us at the more senior age who feel that they've done all the things that they have you've got new things for us you've got new opportunities for us to step into trusting you again to believe that you
• 87:30 - 88:00 can do the impossible god I pray for all of us that today that willingness that saying yes to you that response would be something that would leap within us saying yes to partnering with you to believe for the miraculous loving God come and have your way i pray come and move amongst us we pray in Jesus name amen amen come on why don't you open your heart to God as a team lead us in this song let him speak to you and challenge
• 88:00 - 88:30 [Music] you so you heard your children you heard your children you hear your children now you are the same God you are the same God you
• 88:30 - 89:00 answered prayers back then and you will answer now you are the same God you are the same God you are providing that you are providing now you are the same God you are the same God you move in
• 89:00 - 89:30 high God move in high you are the same God you are the same you are a healer you are a healer you are the savior you are the savior you are the savior you're just a
• 89:30 - 90:00 savior you are the savior you are the savior god oh god i need you oh god my god i need you come on i need you let him know let him know i'm standing in your faithfulness thank you God your
• 90:00 - 90:30 [Applause] faithfulness oh God my God I need you oh God my God I need you now how I need you now highest oh rock of ages i'm standing on your faithfulness on your [Music]
• 90:30 - 91:00 faithfulness thank you God you are the God that we need we need to remember you when we're standing on the mountains that you are who put us there and we remember you in the valleys lord we lift our eyes to you because you are the one that saves us from there thank you so much Father we need you we lean into you we ask Lord be with us stay with us and we give you thanks in Jesus mighty name amen amen
• 91:00 - 91:30 can you thank Paul for that great word today on Welcome back guys welcome back um well I hope you enjoyed that did you enjoy that message i certainly did yes and just and and thank you for you know getting involved and participating and answering those questions and you know there's some great discussion there for me one of my favorite section was and it was very a reflective moment about when he says what what does it say about
• 91:30 - 92:00 humans you know like I really thought about okay what does what does it say about me um you know and and and sometimes we you know we know we're not perfect i mean it actually asks us uh what where can we improve and where do we actually need God in our lives and and I think that human aspect is always searching for where you need God um you know and um and I loved how he actually threw in Jesus walking on on on the water as well as as another miracle um
• 92:00 - 92:30 and I I I think my biblical knowledge is good enough to say this but I I I think the about Peter you take Peter when when he asked God that if if you are God let me call me to you and and when you talk about you know uh worthiness and faith and and he asked God that I know who you are call me out and and God's calling all of us he's calling us for a purpose so let's take that leap of faith let's actually take that first step be willing
• 92:30 - 93:00 to take that all you need is you know faith of a mustard seed you know it's little you just got to take that little step out and then God will do the rest as he always has um so so thanks thanks for joining us this morning guys how about we um uh say a prayer as we go into the into this week hey dear Lord again just want to thank you for this time Lord thank you that we can gather together worship you give you glory Lord um learn about you um and uh for us to grow our faith and for us to
• 93:00 - 93:30 be bold in the word to be able to then share it Lord so as we go into this week Lord uh you have gone before us you know what we need you know and who we're going to encounter in this week Lord um and I just pray that uh as you've gone before us Lord that you would prepare us for this week that we won't just be Sunday worshippers that we will take what we have heard and
• 93:30 - 94:00 implement and be intentional about conversations we have about the prayers that we pray for and um uh I I just want to just thank you Lord just give you all the glory Lord um I just want to talk about and just pray about again uh the earlier prayers that we did Lord for Colleen and her eye surgery uh for people who are just going through tough times Lord with family I just pray for your peace upon them uh for your hand to be upon them to guide them through it give them the peace and wisdom
• 94:00 - 94:30 transcending peace that only you can give us Lord uh so as we enter into this week I just pray that we boldly step into what we have to and things that are hindering us and perhaps putting a bit of fear in us Lord i pray that you take that away and you break that in Jesus name Lord um so I just again thank you for all that you're doing all that you have done and all that you will do Lord um in Jesus name amen amen amen well have a great week
• 94:30 - 95:00 thanks for joining us yes love you all bye see you next Sunday [Music]