[Music] [Applause] oh I will not give up I keep praising Lord and if he told the sun went to rise and it did he will again and if it told the store come on Sir sing it out you sing it louder come on and if it's on the sea where the SP that's our God you will again on the hor oh in Jesus name come on and if it's ch to break and day he will again and if he told the PO come alive and it he will again and if it's told St so [Music] way the gra let him go and it he will again and again and again and again he he I know he again again another one is on the way Miracle out a miracle Open Door after open door here it comes so get ready for another one another one is on the way Miracle after Miracle open door open door open here it comes ready for it come on and if it's on the change when to pray and it did you will again the oh you have a resurrection power again R away and it did he will again and if it's on the grave let go he will again he will do it again and again and again and he again again my God is fful he is and he again again again another one is on the way miracle miracle miracle open here it come here it come so ready for coming on my way what miracle miracle miracle open door open door after open door here it comes here it so get ready for another one there another one is on the way another one another one another one is on the way another one is on the way oh I believe I believe another one is on the [Music] way you are able you are [Music] a you are a one is on the way every Miracle you are able Lord another one is on the way lift up your hands right now fix our eyes on Jesus today oh God we're facing situations Lord but you are greater greater than anything that we could face Lord so God we lift our hands and worship oh we let go every weight we let go figuring out Lord as you were able Jesus another one is on the way I will believe Lord I will believe cuz another one is on the way I keep worshiping you I keep praising you Jesus another one on the way I will not stop I will not stop I will praise you another one is on the way cuz another one is on my way cuz you another one is on the way Miracle after Miracle Open Door after open door here it comes so get ready for another one cuz another one on the way miracle miracle a miracle open door open door open door here it comes so get ready for another one another one is on the way another one another one another one is on the way another one another [Music] [Applause] one Miracle I'm Miracle open sing Church open here it comes so ready for another one another one is on the Miracle after Miracle Open Door after Open Door Isaiah 41:10 let's read Isaiah 41:10 fear not for I am with you be not dismayed for I am your God I will strengthen you yes I will help you I will uphold you with my righteous right hand want to encourage you with this church church just keep that verse there stay in the atmosphere of worship but I feel like the holy spirit is telling me numerous things right at this moment and that each and every one of us here is facing a sort of situation it could be good it could be bad it could be kind of good it could be kind of bad but I want to tell you this that your thoughts should not be the one that is consuming you but it should be the thoughts of God towards you because situations are bound to change and I've been listening to a song earlier it's it's titled season but basically the song says this that seasons change but the character the person of our God will always remain so winter spring summer fall could always come whatever it is there could be lack there could be abundance but you know what Paul said he has learned the secret it is true it is Christ that strengthens him to do everything I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me I want to tell you this in the life of Abraham and Sarah God's path for them to fruitfulness was barrenness so they were empty before they became fruitful and David first learned how to lead sheep in order to to become a king Moses went to the Wilderness in order to lead God's people Gideon had to be in hiding and think of himself as weak in order for God to use him as a mighty warrior and Joseph had to go through slavery and then God made him the second highest and the most powerful nation of that time I want to tell you this God's path is important yes but our Focus to God is just as important because when you focus your thoughts towards your situations towards your lack towards yourself you will never find fulfillment or peace in there because peace is only found through Jesus Christ who strengthens you peace is only found on the one who will help you who will strengthen you who is with you and he is holding you with his Victorious right hand so Victory is not you trying to achieve it you have already achieved Victory and here's another thing that the holy spirit is trying to um put in my heart today it's a picture of an arrow in where if you want to launch an arrow far you have to stretch it further and so if you feel like you are being stretched make no mistake God is trying to take you far and if the kind of stretching that you are experiencing right now is different from other people it's because the path that God has for you is way different than the other people that you see and I want to tell you this God is not launching you to two steps ahead of you God is launching you to Eternity and when he launches you like an arrow in his hand in his Victorious right hand I want to tell you this your family is affected your health is affected your blessing is included Your Peace is included Revival to your friends to your enemies to your loved ones is included healing is included his presence is included and I want to say you this another one is on way Church there's more for your life there's more for your church there's more that is prepared for you God has so much prepared for each and every one of us here come on sing this church mirle Open Door after open door mirle so you're ready for another one another one is on the way another one another one is on the way another one another one another one all the [Applause] [Music] way Hallelujah Church you let me pray for you let me encourage you just a few more I want to tell you this Paul has learned the secret to his highs and lows and it will always be Jesus the easiest thing for us to do is to be distracted with our thoughts and forget the kind of place the kind of elevation that God has put in our lives and we don't have to feel our way to his presence we don't have to feel our way to Victory we don't have to feel our way to certain things because it's not about what we feel it's not about what we you know what our mood is it's about the truth that God has purchased in our life it about it's about the pro the truth that God has established in our life and I want to tell you this your victory has been established your victory has been purchased your healing has been purchased so child of God you have the right to receive your your healing you have the right to to receive favor because that's not just something you receive you are favored you are healed to anyone who's feeling any sickness right now I'm going to tell you this in the name of the mighty name of Jesus Christ I declare healing in the mighty name of Jesus Amen I declare peace in the mighty name of Jesus anyone who's going through anxious thoughts in the night anyone who's having trouble sleeping I pray for for peace the chastisement of Peace has been put upon him I pray for joy in the mighty name of Jesus anyone here who came to church with a lump on their throat who's sad who's depressed I want to tell you this there is Joy Supernatural joy in the mighty name of Jesus Christ fulfillment wholeness Shalom nothing missing nothing broken in your family anyone in your members is sick right now I want to declare healing in the mighty name of Jesus I want to declare anointing empowerment in the mighty name of Jesus we pray that amen amen amen and so father God we thank you Lord for our service this morning Lord God I pray that we have a wonderful time with you Lord Jesus I pray and we thank you God for protecting us for blessing us waking us up this morning Father God just a few hours into the into the day but we already have so much blessings that you've given us father and another one is on the way Lord God we thank you Lord for the now word that will be spoken today we pray Lord God for your goodness your love your peace will emanate from this place Lord God we ask for your presence Lord to meet us here today we give you the glory the praise the honor in Jesus name we pray amen amen I want you to turn with me to Psalm 73 in verse 25 and 26 I'm reading from the new King James if you are there if you have your bibles if you are ready to read the word god word of God with me today say Amen whom have I in heaven but you and there is none upon Earth that I desire besides you my flesh and my heart Fai but God but God oh come on but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever can we get give a clap offering to the Lord for this beautiful word today hallelujah hallelujah oh Father we give you praise for this word thank you so much for the impartation that you are making right now that is going to elevate strengthen Empower build all of us here up we just entrust this time to you have it your way Holy Spirit in Jesus name everybody said amen you can be seated so we're still in our series here in church and it's all about how how to fortify how to strengthen our faith we are living in crazy times the intensity of uh the craziness has gone up to unprecedented levels I'm blown away I am 50 years old this year and the exposure the amount of exposure in terms of the things that I just used to read in the Bible if 30 years ago you would tell me things that the things that are happening around the world today are going to happen I would think you're crazy but the level of uh craziness and uh negativity you know basically around the things that's happening in the world is so high that it leaves no place for weakness it seems to me that even to merely survive in the day in which we live you have to be strong let alone winning thriving and so the Bible says that if you fail in the day of adversity then it only shows that your strength is small my translation to that is it is what it is the reality is I would LED you to that I'm going to leave it up to you the details and all but suffices to say brothers and sisters that we need to heed listen to the advice and the encouragement of the scripture Ephesians 6 it tells us to be strong in the Lord Paul's write letter letter to Timothy says that you've got to be strong in the grace of God that's right if you're are going to overcome stand against the wild of the devil the attacks of the enemy the storms that are coming through on the earth and upon people Isaiah 6 tells us that deep Darkness shall cover the Earth and deep Darkness the people it's not just around the world but in the lives of people so we got to be prepared Matthew 13 tells us about this parable of Jesus that that there are different kinds of hearts and the kind of fruits and productivity in the lives of people with God's word being planted in their hearts is going to be dependent upon the quality and the condition of the soil and some of those people who would easily give up the word has not really gone deep so are you here Church needless to say this morning strong in the Lord about life interpretation of things but be strong in the Lord in the power of His might intelligence in other words you've got to trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and in all your ways must acknowledge Him so that you'll be be able to he will be able to direct your paths there needs to be a cooperation between the leader and the follower if we are the following with the ones in the following side we got to keep on looking at Jesus in whom determine in terms of Direction in terms of timing etc etc etc so Parton series we've been in this for like three Sundays now right last Sunday we had a guest uh friends and family and so we are in this series on fortifying our faith the simple reason is this we are living in the last days in perilous times in crazy times and you cannot be weak s enhancements and all with all the help that is provided for us Church healthy Bible different translations you have leaders that are available for you to want to lead you speak into your life preachings you can find I mean there's no lack in terms of provision question is are you taking advantage of what is available it could be a buffet in front of you are you partaking of what is being given to you as I was praying I was going towards a different direction and the Lord showed me showed me some things that I said Lord I need this and and our people needs this jul thank you for your amen praise the Lord hallelujah how about you all right we we read canina uh two verses that was a highlight at least a highlight of the psalm of ASAP this is this guy is a prominent well-known personality he was a chief musician in the time of David and Solomon psalmist lover of God a servant of the Lord a gatekeeper you know simp but then he found himself one day having a heart that was not in the right place so I was reading this brothers and sisters and I saw something if you can turn with me I want you to track with me today this going to get good it's going to get good 73 I want us to go from verse 1 to verse three and I want to read this from the passion the passion has just provided a beautiful perspective on this one asab started with this Psalm he said no one can deny it God is really good to Israel and to all all those with your hearts but he said I'll be honest with you now you are listening to a servant you're listening to a worshipper you're listening to a person who is not distant from God you're listening to a person an Insider is exposed to the engine room is in the Co in the cockpit if you willo in other words he has important conversations when it comes to God and and so this guy does not lack Revelation this message this experience came from a person who is exposed to the presence of God all right now seeing no one can deny it God is really good to Israel and to all those with your heart but I nearly missed seeing it for myself I almost some translation says I almost missed it I almost failed I almost lost it if I I had I given in I would have lost it ning I nearly missed it seeing it for myself Hallelujah cuz you could be seeing it in the lives of other people but possibly could be missing it in your own life what is it what could be the thing you hardly see it for your own self in your own self let's continue verse two he said here's my story I narrowly missed losing it all continue I was stumbling over what I saw if you can incircle that what I saw this is the turning point this is the decline this is where he almost lost it he said because of what I saw what I saw with the wicked for when I saw what I saw for when I saw over what I saw and when I saw the boasters which wealth and prosperity I became jealous over their smug in or security he was he was making observations and if you look at the entire Psalm which is about 28 verses remember this is a song for I was too busy sticking my nose in people's business that I was late when it comes to assessing my own self yeah feel [Music] God is good surely God is good to Israel but as for me wait a minute every time I look at God things are okay surely God is good when we look at me things go bad somebody say focus focus he repeated it what I saw when I saw that is keep keeping me or causing me to feel this way to think this way so the title of the message today because you need a title amen title subtitl but let me give you the the the the title the headline guard your Gates guard your Gates some translation translation says when I saw the wicked and how they are prospering and I look at my own life and I said this is unfair it seems like he had this expression it seemed as though they are prospering right and we are not it seems like it seems like you begin to compare because you've been making observations and your heart is not in the right place his perspective was poisoned and so he misjudged what he saw I didn't realize when our heart is not in the right place we see things through a foggy hazy Mery lens malab blurred vision somebody else told me this encourage true because I've noticed it in my own life if your heart is not in the right place don't trust your mouth amen just keep smiling nobody will know Pastor I'm is talking about you are you here Church somebody say this is for me this is for me somebody say this is for me this is for us this is for me guard your Gates why why that title Pastor Ram guard your Gates there are three major doorways or portals to your heart namely your eyes your ears your mind what you see what you hear what you think see mostly five senses I watched it I heard about it and all of a sudden it made it created an image in my mind that is either healthy or destructive to my heart yes it goes through your eyes and your ears and then processed in your mind and then deposit in your heart be careful what you see somebody say be careful what what you hear listen take heid to what you hear did you know that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God could also be true when it comes to negativity keep listening to a bad news it will it will cause an effect in your mind in your heart see it goes in here in here in here deposited in here and pretty soon when it's full it goes out of [Music] here tell somebody guard your Gates I am a very Jan can I am big when it comes to security now I okay but what I mean is this I think it's part of me as a father and as a leader I think about the security of my family right I'm growing I'm not saying I'm all that uh I have arrived when it comes to that area but I'm growing and increasing in terms of sensitivity I'm actually picturing even when it comes to things here in church is the same this is it's okay amen because I understand that Gates means access can you kindly tell somebody beside you be careful what you give access to your heart what you allow and what you permit into your heart he said I almost slipped I was at a very precarious situation because my heart was not in the right place I was making wrong conclusions if you look at the entire ssal which I intend to do actually amen um at first he said I saw partly I did not have the complete picture that's why I I concluded wrongly I saw partly I concluded poorly and wrongly and the restoration was the Lord brought him I'm going ahead of myself but just to give you the entire picture the Lord led him back to the church into the right place in his pres and presence and he said then I understood then I saw it clearly and he said things were restored I lost it because I was making poor judgment because I did not have the complete picture I thought I thought but he did not have the complete information he did not have the complete picture and so he's making poor and wrong conclusions perspective the he vision and all of a sudden he said oh and I understood I understood that was I was who I was envious at were were pitiful people was wrong in fact in the in the in the passion he said I was wrong I want you to see I want you to hear this person what got him to that trouble and what got him out of the trouble and we're going to learn some lessons let's go let's read from verse verse one all the way no one cany it God is really good to Israel and to all those with pure hearts but I nearly miss seeing it for myself here's my story I narrowly miss losing it all I was stumbling over what I saw with the wicked for when I saw the boasters with such wealth and prosperity I became jealous over the smug security indulging in whatever they wanted going the where where they wanted doing what they wanted and with no care in the world no pain no problems is that true Facebook seconds of their time highight real you didn't not know the behind the scenes you don't know their struggle they not post it indulging in whatever they wanted going see he was making wrong conclusions because he was just watching was looking at things partially he did not have the complete picture doing what they wanted with no care in the world no pain no problems they seem what I saw it looks like they seem to have it made they lived as though life would never end they didn't even try to hide their pride and opulence cruelty and violence is part of their lifestyle pampered and pamp vice ooes from their s souls and they overflow with vanity they're such snobs looking down their noses they even SC SC at God they are nothing but bullies threatening God's people loud mouths with no fear of God gra would you sing this song these are a bunch of bullies no fear of God pretending to know it all wind bags full of hot air impressing only the themselves elves yet the people keep coming back to listen to more of their nonsense happened the Lord is now siding with these kind of people all and then for people people get the people keep coming back to listen tomor of their nonsense I have a boss no no don't do that they tell their cohorts God will never know see he has no clue of what we're doing that's what they thought that's what he thought these are the wicked ones I'm talking about they never have to lift a finger living a life of ease while their riches multiply and so on and so forth verse verse some of you you know I could tell because of your silence is this my song I could relate have I been foolish to play by the rules and keep my life pure stop and sing here wait a minute the evil ones are prospering like the riches multiplying they see they they look like they don't have any problem at all no pain or whatever wait a minute living a life of Holiness and Pur I could tell by the way smil you know what I'm talking about right have I been foolish to play by the rules and keep my life pure Lord I want to wait for the man of God Lord I want to wait for the woman of God they don't play by the rules joil don't laugh like that that's that's that's that's rude verse 14 look at this here I'm here I am suffering under your discipline day after day wait a minute what's wrong with these people what's wrong with me what's wrong with you Lord here I am suffering under your discipline day by day I feel like I'm being punished all day long preach it Pastor Ram preach it silent encouragement come on ver look at verse 15 if I had given into my pain and spoken what I was really feeling it would have sounded like unfaithfulness to the Next Generation I would have been the cause of their box backsliding I would have been the cause like guard your Gates oh shik help us Lord help us Lord verse 16 verse 16 28 vers when I tried to understand it all and we all do we all do we try to process I'm processing things actually you are miscalculating things making wrong conclusions because you don't have the complete picture and you know that God is not done yet don't make me preach and you know that that's God is not done yet and you know that God's faithful and all and you You' seen God right when I tried to understand it all I just couldn't it was too puzzling too much of a riddle for me Lord verse 16 is more like a a deep sigh verse 17 but then one day I went to church then was day I went to church in marasas I was brought into the sanctuaries of God and in the light of Glory my distorted perspective vanished all of a sudden the first song put a praise in it put a what's going on my distorted perspective vanished and then joh Harvey comes up and says what did he say joh Harvey almost forgot then I understood I understood that the destiny of the wicked was near now hear him preach ladies and gentlemen Verse 18 they're the ones who are on the sleeper path and God will suddenly let them slide off into destru destruction to be consumed with Terrors forever it will be an instant end to all their life of ease a blink of an eye of the eye and they're Swept Away by sudden Calamity they are all nothing more than momentary monarchs soon to disappear like a dream when one awakes when the rooster cross the Lord your lord God you'll despise the life of P fantasies when I saw all this see my subtitle is this take another look because when I first saw it it discouraged me but God brought me to the right place and then I saw differently and then I had a complete picture and then I had a better perspective and then I said wait a minute don't even P me right now have you noticed the transition between feeling p on himself and now preaching he's preaching can you hear him he's preaching it's all this what Tor will filled my heart piercing my my opinions with your Truth Listen to what he said about I was so stupid I was senseless and ignorant acting like a Bru Beast before you Lord what what a stupid thing to do wow Now setting here verse verse 23 yet in spite of all this you comfort me you comfort me by your counsel you draw me closer to you oh God your patience if you're grateful for the grace of God and the mercy of God and the patience of God somebody just give him a club offering right now come on [Applause] Church Lord God you comfort me in the middle of my stupidity Draw Me Closer to You you lead me with your secret wisdom oh the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit did not abandon me the Holy Spirit was still guiding me and following you brings me into your brightness and Glory see oh the best thing to do now I realize instead of trying to run away from you or tur my back from you the best thing to do is to follow you following Jesus that's the thing to do Church even if I'm hurting even if I don't understand even if I don't have the complete picture I'm still here I'm still going to church thank you for coming give it up for yourselves thank you for coming I know your life is not perfect I know you did not feel good when you came in church this morning but you still persevered your way true congratulations you made it tell somebody good for you good for all of us come on church is God good you talk about being strong in the Lord you talk about being strong as a Christian you got to get things right when it comes to your [Applause] perspective in spite of your stupidity our stupidity my stupidity he comes un comforting me telling me it's okay it's just a season go through it and with your secret wisdom you provide this is the way out you're not supposed to you know wallow in that I want you to listen there's a higher way of looking at things look at the Holy Spirit somebody give Jesus praise for the Holy Spirit Come on Hallelujah woo I don't know about you but I'm excited about the word God hallelujah whom of high in heaven but you I where wait a minute I felt like cuz listen they prospering look at theming [Applause] I have you God oh I don't have cash right now but I have Christ in my life oh come on somebody even if you don't have cash this morning Christ I have a calling means I have a purpose woo am I with the right people this morning church no one on earth means as much to me as you all of a sudden I say God Revelation Clarity Vision wisdom what happened what I saw brought me the despair but now what I seeing is leading me to my destiny changing the way I look at things changing the way I feel Hallelujah instead of peeing myself I need to preach I need to preach but you got more answers you've got needs but you've got more Provisions look how far you gone oh come on look how far God has already taken you oh come on somebody give Jesus a clap offering today [Applause] Hallelujah I was talking to I was with having a fellowship yesterday with the jubilant senior citizens and youly most of them are senior citizens tan but season I was talking to them yesterday in a restaurant people are some of them are in tears because I told them you are at a time right now when you Journey you don't have to prove nothing you don't have to prove anything because you know what God's already done so much in your life and requirement live your life have fun show up smile let the people know that even if you are you can still serve the Lord happily joyfully fre and look listen who greeted you this morning the jubilant Believers my question is this what is your excuse I love you with the love of the Lord okay relax Pastor relax in heaven but you you're all I want oh God no one on earth means as much to me as you Lord so many times I fail but I fall into disgrace but when I trust in you I have a strong and glorious presence protecting and anointing me oh Lord forever come on forever oh come on if you feel this if it resonates in your heart forever you are all I need 27 those who abandon the worship of God will perish listen to what he's preaching right now that's why he said I almost lost it had I given into my feeling I would have lost it because it would have led him to depart from the Lord and he said those who depart from God oh what a stupid thing to do I have you God you're with me God I have you God listen he owns everything Heaven is his throne the Earth Is His footo God owns the cattles in a thousand hills he made his world he owns you and me listen empty what you have is The God Who is more than enough oh come on church you can do better than that God who is more than enough the false and Unfaithful will be silenced never heard from again last verse but I'll keep coming coming closer and closer to you Lord Yahweh your name is good to me I keep telling the world of your awesome Works my faithful and glorious God so my conclusion is this now that I see clearly I'm going to be doing this over and over and over and over again I'm going to master this I'm going to make a doctorate out of this if I'm going to master something I'm going to focus on something this is it serving God worshiping God telling the world about God in Jesus mighty name so guard your Gates guard your Gates because you could be entertaining the devil's thoughts guard your Gates because it could lead to some destructions or a season a place in your life that will be unnecessary for you in your journey are you hearing this church asap's heart was contaminated he said I almost slipped remember he's the author the chief musician and one of the most important figures in David and Solomon's time this guy is influential this guy is legit and yet at what point in his life he allowed his heart to be contaminated by the things that he saw he's Envy he was envious of the prosperity quote unquote of the wicked he was offended by the seemingly can I use this m you will like this word nonchalant response to his complaint or objection because God doesn't really pay attention to some stupid thoughts you know I'm not even going to I'm not he lordal Google the word Salat L okay church he misinterpreted and misjudged the situation it seemed as though the good ones are suffering and the evil ones are prospering is not right but reality is this it's not always what it seems it's not always what it looks like not Everything That Glitters are gold amen B can I use this in church oh look at that look at their lives and everything look at them please don't be don't be 24 in 26 to be happy with the success of others what we're talking about is someone who allowed his life his heart to be contaminated by the things that he saw which he really actually was m misjudging and misinterpreting because he was thinking the good ones are suffering but the evil ones are prospering this is not good how many of you know that God has a recovery plan say simple God's recovery plan God has a restoration path or restoration plan for you there is a way out in that situation and what you are feeling right now in that depression or oppression that you are feeling in your heart number one restored position restore Place i s Lord the way to recover is to go back to the place that's why Church Life is important yes that's why life group is important you're going through a situation and you are discouraged and you just sat down with other people it wasn't you that was talking somebody else was talking about her situation or his situation and all of a sudden life is not at all that bad my [Music] friend it was so bad but all of a sudden AA wait a minute life is not at all that bad I'm not the only one praise God Amen come on oh anybody thankful that God has a restoration plan for you he wants to help you return to your original intended rightful place and position that is the place the presence of God the house of God Psalm 73 talks about returning to the place Revelation Chapter 2 talks about returning to your first love are you listening Church Luke 15 talks about returning to your father's house Malachi 3 talks about returning to your first listen to me right now God has a restoration plan for you amen anybody thankful Hallelujah Malachi people that was the question how shall we return to me that one get from the days of your fathers you have gone away from ordinances have not kept them return to me and I will return to you say the Lord of host but you said in what way shall we return now in this context okay you used to put me first read the entire chapter if you are allergy chapter 3 chapter one chapter 2 cuz God is talking about putting him first these people used to do it they used to be putting God first and then somewhere along the way they box leid and they were not giving God blemished blemished offering that's saying Lord if if I'm your VIP why are you doing this to me would you do this to your Governors would you do this to the people that are VIP in your life no you would you would not and so God says ning return to me God says and then Lord how shall we return so God God said this bring your tithes and your offerings because he was talking about first ladies and gentlemen Jesus said in Matthew 6 where your Treasures are there your hearts will be also Treasures I want your hearts so you want to return to me bring me your Treasures your heart will follow have you noticed in any relationship the relationship that you are investing in is more precious to you if you invest your time your talent and treasure perss all those [Music] things because easy way in would mean easy way out Judas Jesus Che right easily he sold for 30 pieces of silver do we understand Church my restoration plan Lord return return to your first love return to Father's House returning do translation in Revelation Chapter 2 do what you did at first in other words it used to set you on fire it used to wake you up in the morning or in the middle of the night it used to be cause you to be passionate do those things if it's reading the word if it's going to church attending life groups if it's preaching the gospel if going with the Outreach team into the communities if it's going to set your heart on fire once again God says return to me return to your first love so return to what you did at first my preaching is better than your amen this morning number two restored restored perception then I understood their in God wants to restore your understanding your appreciation your grasp your vision your recognition your interpretation of things if you're if you have a distorted view about life you're going to keep on making wrong judgments God is good the Devil is bad that's the right judgment all right if things are not good yet then God is not done yet so don't blame God praise God for it somebody say Amen it says in aook of Proverbs if people can't see what God is doing they stumble all over themselves see it's important not only to see what God sees but to see things the way God sees them it's one thing to see what God sees but something else if you see it the way God sees it not in your own own interpretation but through the lens of God's eyes listen God wants to restore your perception of things thank God the church has a big role in doing that being in the right place at the right time has a big role in doing that studying the word staying in the word meditating upon God's word has a big role in doing that restoring your perception number three restored passion whom high in heaven I desire nothing on Earth more than you God is the strength my heart my portion forever I'm gonna keep on going to God I'm gonna keep doing this over and over again I'm GNA tell the world all of a sudden he's back he's back do you see the transition do you see the progression I mean progression return to the place ultimately to your positioning in God next thing you know it restores the way you look at things and then next thing you know it restores the way you live your life becomes aligned see it restor to the place leads to restored perspective leads to restored passion ending you see before I tell you my story I just want to start with this God surely God is good to Israel I just want to put it out there this is the premise God is good and so here's my storying God is surely good I'm going to talk about this forever ever and ever and ever and ever amen when it saw partially when it saw partly he judged poorly but when he saw completely amen he began he began to make right exact comprehensive conclusions oh the blessing of seeing the way God sees things turn to your feet just realize that a better place provides a better perspective presence of God the house of God the place where God's people gathers where the presence of God resides I had opportunity long time ago hit on very top of the tallest building in the southern hemisphere that is in Melbourne Australia southern hemisphere I'm land down under Oban equator that's the big the tallest building in the southern hemisphere which is used to be I think there's already one but we've been there you know HD View High Definition high definition clear exact view of the entire melburn city because the principle is this better place provides a better perspective amen the key to all this nothing he as up is this when I was in the wrong place and my heart is in the wrong place things are not right but if I am in the right place and my heart is in the right place things are restored so iing Lord I want to restore you return to the place maybe just maybe God is calling you back to your devotion maybe God is calling you back to your reading time of reading used to P you used to be passionate about it maybe just maybe it could be a time friend Ministry partner Oren you know I think yesterday Jo was showing me a video about uh I think a man of God Hand chat group with his with his children verse I am reading this so chapter maybe you need to go back listen maybe God is calling you back to the place amen maybe God is reminding you of the importance of the consistency of your church life remember right place provides better perspective but when you go out there on Mondays all the way to the days in front of you the challenges and everything you always make right conclusions and make right choices because you're operating from the wisdom of God which is a higher high definition of things God sees ahead God sees everything he's got a complete picture we don't so if you're going to hook up with someone hook up with someone who knows everything who knows the future the Holy Spirit knows the future the Holy Spirit knows everything the Holy Spirit knows the details the things that you need to to do during the week you know I mean Define you want Precision sometimes I just pray in the Holy Spirit in the morning next thing you know and three major choices during the day amen had catapulted you like 3 months in advance in terms of your journey you know why because you made right choices how did you do that how did you come up with that idea you were just praying in the Holy Spirit you were just praying in God you're just meditating upon the word and all of a sudden instead of looking this way you look this way and you begin to have this better view clear clear picture complete picture tell you what if you see things clear you you make right choices make right choices your life is more productive more impactful are you more blessed and becoming more of a blessing to other people amen is this blessing [Music] you the encouragement of the scripture today is this yes guard your Gates but my sub subtitle is this take another look take another look oh God God I thought amen so maybe this this this week some basic things some foundational things that will arrange that will bring order to our journey anybody thankful for this give God a clap offering everybody thank you God thank you Jesus father we just give you thanks today for the word that you have imparted to us thank you for the encouragement and the wisdom that it has brought into our lives thank you Father so much for this empowerment Lord I I really believe it's going to make us stronger stronger as Believers stronger in our foundation stronger in our decision making stronger stronger stronger stronger thank you for restoring us back to the place thank you for restoring our perspective our perceptions oh God and thank you also Lord God for restoring us oh God restoring these wonderful things we give you all the glory all the honor and all the praise everybody it God bless you church thank you for coming thank you so much for joining us we pray that you were blessed by today's message here are some ways how you can continue to give your tithes and your offering here in New Life tan [Music] thank you church and God bless [Music]