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NEW SEASON – NEW HOPE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah 18:1-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INTRODUCTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good morning everyone! It is so good to be here with you today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the time I was a child, my family and I have been fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/strong>. And as such\u2026I\u2019ve spent most of my days pulling for a team that has simply failed to hold up their end of the bargain. They\u2019ve won a couple of championships through the years, but most of their seasons have been awful. In fact, their very first season, they went 0-14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, it I\u2019ve learned anything \u2014 it\u2019s that football is fun \u2014 but it\u2019s not my life! <\/strong>It\u2019s just a hobby! And I bring that up, because \u2014 there\u2019s an experience that seems to be common to EVERY sports team and EVERY sports fan.<\/strong> And it\u2019s this \u2014 at some point along the way,<\/strong> you\u2019ll find yourself on the WRONG END<\/strong> of a BAD SEASON!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No way around it. <\/strong>It doesn\u2019t matter how good your team is or has been\u2026no matter how many titles or championships they may have won, at some point you\u2019re destined to experience a loosing season. It may be at a time when your key players become injured, or when your coach can\u2019t seem to get the players to play like a team, or maybe he can\u2019t get his players to play up to their potential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when that happens \u2014 the optimism evaporates, the momentum shifts \u2014 and hope begins to slip away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, there\u2019s another experience that seems to be common to all sports teams and fans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that is \u2014 after a difficult season ends\u2026an off-season begins!<\/strong> And with it, things begin to change. Because during the off season, players are traded, personnel are upgraded, strategies shift and plays are redesigned. In addition, new players are drafted, resources are reallocated, and something almost magical happens. Because, in time \u2014 a new season begins and with it hope is renewed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimism returns, confidence rises\u2014 and expectations begin to grow! Now, what I\u2019ve just described is not only true in sports \u2014 it\u2019s also true in life! It\u2019s quite possible that some of you here today have found yourselves in the midst of a losing season in life. Maybe you\u2019ve faced the disappointment of a loss of job, or the heartache of a broken relationship. Maybe you\u2019ve been struggling with some nagging addiction or you\u2019re battling a besetting sin.  And whatever it may be for you \u2014 you\u2019re left with the feelings of discouragement and despair \u2014 with hopelessness and failure. But, if that\u2019s you today \u2014 I have some good news for you.<\/strong> Because God can take your loss and turn it into a win. He can help you experience the end of one season and the beginning of a new season. It\u2019s that promise of transformation and help that reminds us that HOPE IS NEVER REALLY LOST! Because what is impossible for man is possible for God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That proclamation of God\u2019s promise and power<\/strong> permeates the pages of scripture. That theme of hope and life, of forgiveness and restoration<\/strong> are found throughout the Bible. The scriptures are replete with stories of God doing the miraculous and bringing people (like you and me), into A NEW SEASON in our lives. A new season, with new hope! And so, this morning I want to remind you of that possibility (not only in scripture \u2014 but also in your life). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRANSITION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if you\u2019ve got your Bibles…pull them out. And turn with me to the Old Testament book of Jeremiah today. As you do, I\u2019ll give you a little background on this book and it\u2019s author. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah was a prophet of God, who ministered to the people in the Southern Kingdom of Judah during the 6th century B.C. You might recall that the nation of Israel had previously experienced a civil war (of sorts), and divide into two kingdoms (one in the north and one in the south). Well, Jeremiah was a prophet to that smaller, southern kingdom. He was known as \u201cthe weeping prophet\u201d<\/em> because of the sorrow he felt over the brokenness and the sin of his nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s that story that\u2019s at the center of the text we\u2019re going to read in just a moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As chapter 18<\/strong> unfolds, Jeremiah had been warning his people to get their act together. To reject the tendency and propensity to sin and dishonor God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the people of Judah continued to reject the warnings and pressed on in their sin. And so God pronounced judgment upon them. He told them that it wouldn\u2019t be long before they would see their nation destroyed at the hands of the Babylonian army\u2026as they would eventually invade their land, defeat their army, and carry them off to Babylon as captives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, knowing this, the people became depressed and heavy hearted\u2026they began to lose hope and showed signs of despair. But it was in the midst of their sorrow and gloom that God spoke to Jeremiah and reminded him of His power and authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a real-life parable, God<\/strong> spoke to Jeremiah and proclaimed His willingness to do the impossible \u2014 by transforming the brokenness of a sin spoiled life into a trophy of grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you have your Bible \u2014 follow along as I read. Jeremiah 18, <\/strong>beginning in verse 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MESSAGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we\u2019re told,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 <\/em><\/strong>The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, <\/em>2 <\/em><\/strong>\u201cGo down to the potter\u2019s shop, and I will speak to you there.\u201d <\/em>3 <\/em><\/strong>So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. <\/em>4 <\/em><\/strong>But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over. <\/em>5 <\/em><\/strong>Then the Lord gave me this message: <\/em>6 <\/em><\/strong>\u201cO Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter\u2019s hand, so are you in my hand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, I want to give you a few insights from this incredibly important passage \u2014 and hopefully I can challenge you to move forward in God\u2019s plan for your life \u2014 recognizing the that there is always a NEW SEASON and NEW HOPE for each and everyone of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, no matter where you are in your spiritual journey — and no matter what personal pain, failure, or struggle you may be going through, you can be certain that God has a NEW SEASON for you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the first thing I want to point out is this \u2014 you can be sure that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. GOD IS ALWAYS AT WORK.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an old lie that continues to be told about God and His work in this world and our lives, and it\u2019s the idea that God<\/strong> is more like a \u201cDivine Clockmaker\u201d than He is an all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present God. This idea has been around for centuries and seeks to define God as distant and certainly not personal. And sometimes we buy into that lie \u2014 because we don\u2019t sense His closeness. We don\u2019t see Him working. We don\u2019t hear His voice directing us. And during those times \u2014 God<\/strong> may seem absent. (That was certainly the way the people of Judah felt when Jeremiah was prophet). But understand \u2014 the distance we often sense from God has more to do with our behavior than His. More to do with where we are (in life) than where He is. More to do with our heart than His.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Jeremiah discovered on his arrival at the potters house\u2026just as the potter was present, and working at his wheel \u2014 so also OUR GREAT GOD is always present and always working in our lives!More than a \u201cclockmaker\u201d who designed this world\u2026wound it up, and walked away \u2014 our God is ever-present, constantly working, and always involved in the affairs of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Jeremiah<\/strong> tells us, when he arrived at the potter\u2019s house, he found the potter\u2026sitting at his wheel, working his clay, shaping his vessels, and mastering his craft, and doing His job. And as Jeremiah would discover \u2014 that visit (to the potter\u2019s house) was a living parable intended to teach him something about both his<\/strong> nation and his God. And that potter represented God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the first lesson of Jeremiah<\/strong> 18, is this \u2014 GOD IS ALWAYS AT WORK! He NEVER ABANDONS HIS CREATION. More specifically, He will never abandon you! But don\u2019t miss the depth of this message \u2014 it\u2019s not just that He\u2019s good, and that He\u2019s present \u2014 but\u2026He\u2019s also IN CONTROL! God is never out of control\u2026even if we are \u2014 He\u2019s not! So (if God is all-powerful, and all-present),  how do explain when life takes a turn\u2026or our circumstances sour? Does that mean God DOESN\u2019T CARE? Not at all.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul put it this way (in Colossians 1<\/strong>), he said \u2014 \u201c<\/em>16 <\/em><\/strong>For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. <\/em>17 <\/em><\/strong>He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.\u201d<\/em> Notice how Paul defines God\u2019s continued interest. In verse 17\u2026he notes God\u2019s attention to the details of our lives when he say, 17 <\/em><\/strong>He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a boy I\u2019d sing that song, \u201cHe\u2019s got the whole world in his hands!\u201d Do you remember it? And it comes from this idea. All things are \u201cheld together\u201d (synesteken). Now I know — sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. Sometimes it doesn’t appear <\/em>that way. Sometimes it seems that you’re just a lump of clay and life is spinning out of contro! It may look that way sometimes, but that’s not how it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when our poor decisions and mistakes and flaws and sins mar our lives\u2026even when others hurt us, walk out on us, take from us, and wound us deeply\u2026through it all \u2014 God is there! And we are in His attentive hands. According to God\u2019s Word<\/strong> — there is a potter, and He\u2019s sitting at the wheel of your life. And He\u2019s continually shaping you with His hands — and molding you and making you into the person you are capable of becoming. The challenge for you and me today, is to RECOGNIZE His presence. <\/strong> His presence and His commitment to His work is what inspires us to hold on to hope for a NEW SEASON, even (hear me today) \u2014 even while we may be in the midst of difficult one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to remind you that He\u2019s not set your life in motion \u2014 and then walked away. To the contrary, He is constantly present \u2014 and you are not alone. So, put your trust in God\u2019s faithfulness today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah<\/strong> describes God in this way when he calls Him the potter — who is always at the wheel! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real question is: Do you recognize His presence at the wheel of your life?<\/strong> Because…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you look for God, you will find him!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me remind you of the promise of Scripture \u2014<\/strong> as Isaiah<\/strong> states in Isaiah 55:6,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near\u201d<\/em> (Isaiah 55:6<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or as Jesus<\/strong> said in Luke 11<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo I say to you, <\/em>ask<\/em><\/strong>, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened\u201d<\/em> (Luke 11:9-10 NKJV<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And,<\/strong> in the book of Jeremiah, in a very familiar place \u2014 in chapter 29.<\/strong> Again, it\u2019s where God spoke and said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.\u201d <\/em>(<\/em>Jeremiah 29:13<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, look for the LORD in the midst of your mess\u2026because He\u2019s there. He\u2019s at the wheel of your life \u2014 WORKING ON YOU! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear friend, you are not forgotten, you are not abandoned \u2014 to the contrary\u2026you are cherished; and always and forever in the sovereign hand of your Heavenly Father. And He is still working at the wheel of your life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, have hope today \u2014 hope for a NEW SEASON\u2026and know that GOD IS ALWAYS PRESENT \u2014 and HE\u2019S ALWAYS WORKING IN YOUR LIFE! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the first observation. Here\u2019s the second<\/strong> one<\/strong>. Know this\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. GOD MAKES MASTERPIECES OUT OF MISTAKES.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And isn\u2019t that good news? Look again at our text. In verse 4<\/strong>, Jeremiah indicates that there was a mistake in the vessel the potter was making. But, instead of abandoning it and throwing it out \u2014 instead, he transforms it.  Verse 4<\/strong> says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 <\/em><\/strong>But the jar <\/em>he was making <\/em><\/strong>did not turn out as he had hoped<\/em>…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the way the King James <\/strong>states this verse. It says, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“…the vessel he made of clay <\/em>was marred<\/em> i<\/em>n the hands of the potter<\/em><\/strong>…”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And one more. The NIV<\/strong> puts it this way…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 And the vessel he was making of clay <\/em>was spoiled <\/em>in the potter’s hand…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, as even marred<\/strong> \u2014 God has called us HIS MASTERPIECE.  In Ephesians 2:10, Paul says, \u201c<\/em>10 <\/em><\/strong>For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.<\/em> And that word \u2014 \u201chandiwork\u201d is the word, POIEMA. And it\u2019s the word we derive our English word POEM from. And in Greek it means \u2014 MASTERPIECE. Paul is saying you and I are God\u2019s masterpiece, created in Christ to do good works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understand, it\u2019s possible to be both marred and be a masterpiece at the same time. And it\u2019s also important to notice that a mi<\/strong>stake<\/strong> in your life, a marred place within the clay of your life doesn\u2019t disqualify you for God\u2019s plans. Because he has the power to transform your life into a vessel of use and honor for His glory.  Again, God wants us to recognize that there will be times when the clay of our lives will become marred.  There will be times when things may turn out ugly, or different from the way we <\/em>want it to, sometimes things will turn out different from the way God wants them to. But that doesn\u2019t disqualify us from being useful to God and His plans for our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a powerful point that you need to get today: God DOES NOT design everything that happens within our lives! But if we will submit ourselves into His hands, He can REDESIGN the rest of our lives!<\/em> Did you hear that?  Not everything that happens in your life is God\u2019s will — nor His design. Some people have a hard time believing this. They want to blame every bad thing on the will of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ve heard people say that, haven’t you? I know I have. I’ve heard well-meaning people say to others who have gone through the most horrific<\/em> tragedies: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Well, it must have been God’s will! If it wasn’t God’s will, it wouldn’t have happened.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But where did we get the idea that if something happens, it must be God’s will? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I’ll tell you where we didn’t get it. We didn’t get it from the Bible. In fact, the Bible makes it pretty clear that many things happen that aren’t God’s will at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters, the Bible says that God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Guess what? He may not be willing for any to perish, but many, in fact, are perishing. It is his will that all come to repentance, but many don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why Jesus told us to pray that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven.<\/em> In heaven, everything is as it ought to be. But on earth that\u2019s not the case. God’s will isn’t always done on earth. If it were, that line in the Lord’s prayer would be an unnecessary and redundant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact is — God’s will doesn’t always take place on earth as it does in heaven. Things happen here that are outside his will. Sometimes the clay doesn’t turn out as He had hoped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When that happened in Jeremiah, what did God do? Verse 4 tells us…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 …he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like the way the English Standard Version puts it. It says…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 …and he <\/em>reworked<\/em><\/strong> it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, while there may be things OUTSIDE<\/em> of God\u2019s will \u2014 NOTHING<\/em> is outside of God\u2019s control!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no situations in our lives that fall outside of His power to redeem! So, if we will allow him, He will the take the broken parts of our experiences and our lives and re-shape them into something useful, health, life-giving, and beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as we remain in the Hands of God, He will always be there AT THE WHEEL \u2014 willing and ready to rework and reshape our lives. He is always ready to fashion us into the masterpiece to which we were designed to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have things in your life that need to be RESHAPED? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t want to BELABOR this point \u2014 but if you don\u2019t mind, I want to consider again this story Jeremiah is telling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because, he says, one day he looked in on the work of the potter and what he saw was a lump of marred clay spinning around and around on the wheel. JUST SPINNING AROUND. Does that sound like your life? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does your life reflect the picture of endless chaos\u2026just going around and around and around \u2014 the repetition of routine, the stress of<\/strong> turning and turn ing and turning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if so \u2014 understand\u2026it wasn\u2019t the spinning that transformed the clay \u2014 it was the pressure of the hand of the potter that changed its destiny. It was the working and the shopping of the hand of the master that brought a change and transformed what was marred and spoiled into something changed and remade and redeemed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that which transformed the condition of that clay \u2014 is the same thing that can transform the condition of your life, your circumstance, and your season\u2026and it\u2019s the HAND OF GOD! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when His hand touches the clay \u2014 He can transform a MESS into a MASTERPIECE! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, don’t give up\u2026because\u2026 \u201cGod has a NEW SEASON for you!\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a potter at the wheel of your life — and He can transform your mistakes into a masterpiece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that leads us to my third observation\u2026which is also a challenge I want to give you. And it\u2019s this\u2026Just as the clay was found to be pliable and malleable to the hands of the potter, so also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. YOU MUST YIELD TO GOD\u2019S GOOD WORK!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know most of your don\u2019t know me or my story\u2026but as a young man, I surrendered my heart and life to Jesus. And as I did, I was discipled and mentored by some really amazing men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the things that taught me \u2014 was that I must always remain pliable and malleable in my life\u2026always yielding myself to the work of God. And as they taught me \u2014 I challenge you. REMAIN YIELDED to God. Their instruction and challenge in my life reflects the words of an old song we used to sing in my church (as a boy). And it may be a song that you are familiar with too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a song that reflects the words of this passage we\u2019ve been studying this morning. And as the words of the chorus indicate, you and I have a role to play within the work of God in our lives. And it states, we must continually YIELD ourselves to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As that old chorus says…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have thine own way, Lord , have thine own way.
You are the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after thy will
While I am waiting, yielded and still.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the message of Jeremiah 18 \u2014 but it\u2019s also the message of the prophet Isaiah when he writes in Isaiah 64:8:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.\u201d<\/em> (<\/em>Isaiah 64:8<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, hear me today \u2014 \u201cIt’s never too late to become what you might have been.\u201d<\/em> So, what are you waiting for? Yield yourself to God. Do it today. Respond to the divine invitation<\/strong> to give yourself to His plans \u2014 and place yourself in His hands! Refuse to allow the marred places <\/strong>in your life to disqualify you from the a new season! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of you have been marred by divorce, some of you have been marred by drugs or alcohol. Some of you have been marred by sexual pain and sexual pervasion. Some of you may have been marred by a selfish heart \u2014 or ungodly decisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you\u2019ve been marred by influences of this world and the lies of the enemy\u2026and now, you think God is finished with you \u2014 and are convinced that God can’t use you now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if you think like that \u2014 think again. Because God has a N<\/strong>EW SEASON in store for you. He wants to fill you with hope and promise. Your past doest\u2019t haveto define your future. So, don\u2019t allow the mars and scars of your past to keep you from experiencing the promise of victory that God has proclaimed over your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is HOPE for you in the potter’s hand. Because those very HANDS<\/strong> that He wants to use to RESHAPE<\/strong> your life\u2026are HANDS<\/strong> which bear the SCARS<\/strong> of His love and sacrifice for you. And you can trust those hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul tells us, Jesus became marred by sin \u2014 so you could be transformed by His grace! In 2 Corinthians 5:21<\/strong>, he says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He died for your sins \u2014 so that you could live free of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you’re here today and you haven’t taken that first step of saying, Jesus, I believe you died for me, and Jesus, I believe you rose for me, and Jesus, I believe that you can forgive me,<\/em> then today you need to receive Christ as your savior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible says, all have sinned, all have fallen short of the glory of God.  The Bible says there’s no one righteous. No, not one. We’ve all sinned and fallen short of God’s standards. But when Jesus went to the cross, He took your sins upon Himself. He paid price and the penalty for your sin so you could be forgiven. So you could be remade. So you could be whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the message of Jeremiah<\/strong>. But the question is \u2014 are you willing to YIELD yourself to Him today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 If you need salvation \u2014 then it\u2019s yours today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 If you need healing from the brokenness your experienced from your poor choices and bad decisions \u2014 then it\u2019s yours today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 And if you need help and comfort in the midst of the hurt and hardship of a difficult season \u2014 it too is yours today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As verses 6 <\/strong>tell us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 <\/em><\/strong>\u201c\u2026Can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter\u2019s hand, so are you in my hand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I challenge you.\u2026Yield yourself<\/strong> to Him. Welcome His grace <\/strong>\u2014 and receive the miraculous transformation that only He can give you. This is your day, this is your new season.<\/strong>
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PRAYER:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to accept Jesus<\/strong> into your life — be forgiven of your sin, and experience salvation\u2026then pray with me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavenly Father, I admit that I have sinned and chosen my way over yours too often. But all that changes today. Because, I confess my sin before you. And I confess my faith in Jesus. I believe He faced the cross, and shed His blood, for me. But I also believe that He rose again. So, today \u2014 I put my faith Jesus. Save me and give me the true life that I was destined to live. I pray this in Jesus name, Amen. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, if you\u2019ve been in a losing season in life\u2014 but you’re ready to experience a NEW SEASON\u2026would you raise your hand? And now, let me pray for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavenly Father, many of us here today recognize that the season we\u2019re in \u2014 or have been in, is not the season we thought it would be. Maybe we\u2019ve experience this season because of our own choices\u2026or sin\u2026or neglect (of some sort). Maybe others are in a difficult season \u2014 and it\u2019s of no making of their own. Even so, life has been hard and they\u2019ve struggled to find hope. <\/em> Would you today do what only you can? Would you transform their mess into a miracle? Would you bring help and healing to them? Strengthen the weak. Embolden the timid. Increase the faith of the fearful. And help them today. Change destinies. Change the direction of those heading the wrong way. And make these lives useful vessels for your purpose again. Bless them, empower them, and give them HOPE!<\/em> In Jesus name! Amen. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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