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The Greatest Crossover: Finding True Renewal Through Faith (#1003 - Elim) 31-12-24
What if the New Year's Eve countdown isn't the true beginning of change, but merely a marker on the calendar? As we gather with Reverend Ben Cooper for our special New Year's Eve service, we challenge the common expectation of transformation at the stroke of midnight. Instead, we explore the profound theme of "crossover" as the real catalyst for new beginnings, rooted not in the fleeting excitement of fireworks but in the enduring promise of the Cross of Calvary. Reflecting on John 19:28, we uncover how Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice offers the true renewal and transformation we seek as we step into 2025.
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Join us on this spiritual journey as we contrast the commercialized celebrations of the New Year with the deeper, spiritual crossover from the Old to the New Testament. Many grapple with ongoing struggles like mental health and financial burdens, which simple resolutions fail to address. Reverend Cooper emphasizes that genuine peace and healing come from spiritual redemption, not from the turning of the calendar page. Through personal stories and biblical references, we examine how Jesus serves as the bridge from sin to salvation, offering a new life filled with hope and faith.
As we anticipate the New Year, the conversation shifts towards the power of prayer and spiritual renewal. We're reminded to seek solace and guidance from God rather than the temporal festivities around us. Reverend Cooper invites us to focus on Jesus as our shepherd, finding our purpose and strength in faith. Whether it's through prayer for healing and breakthroughs or embracing the profound power of redemption, this episode promises a transformative perspective on how to genuinely step into the new year with a rene
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Speaker 2:Many blessings to you, wherever you are this evening. We thank you so much for joining us for this New Year's Eve service and there are many services going on this evening. There's a lot of activity across London and across the home counties and across the world. Obviously, the weather is not looking too good either, so that will be causing a bit of trouble in a few areas of outdoor activities that are going on. But for those that are with us this evening, wherever you are across the world, we just want to say thank you to the tens of thousands that download these podcasts, these services throughout the year, you know, and we thank God to every one of you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. But we're going to get straight into the Word of God and there are many churches, as I just said, that's gathering around the world at this moment for crossover services. Certain parts of the world are already crossed over into 25, you know. But when we look at that word, a crossover, you know what does it actually mean? You know, in the world of, in the world itself, it means crossing over very simply from 24 to 25 or whatever year. You know, and as we, whatever 24 had, and we we say there's going to be new beginnings in 25. Uh, it's quite interesting what happens at 12 o'clock especially. We'll take the uk time, you know, at this moment in time, because that's where we are uh, what'll be being said at 12 o'clock, at midnight, the strike of uh big ben. At 12 o'clock, fireworks will go off and everything will be happening, you know, within london and the home counties and certain areas, and, uh, there'll be all sorts of things going off. You know, but do not leave, do not leave anything, do not leave anything that could be done today, you know, and the most important thing is salvation. So, the crossover, that's what a lot of churches are talking about, the crossing over. You know, from one year to another, the crossover. But what is the greatest crossover that anyone or any one of us can watch? Any one of us see, what is the greatest crossover the world has ever experienced?
Speaker 2:So let's turn to the gospel of John. We're going to go to John, chapter 19, the scripture. You know, from old to new, you know, not a, not a crossing over, as in leaving behind, but a working and a fulfillment. So when you look at the scriptures that we're in at this moment in time, we're going to go to the gospel of john 19 and we're going to go to verse 28, verse 28, and it's for about three verses, uh, just nestled within the gospel of john, chapter 19. It's quite interesting. Uh, what's going on in these scriptures?
Speaker 2:So the whole world at this moment, australia and certain areas and have crossed over certain places are before the UK, so everyone is getting ready for the crossover. Everyone is in expectation of what is going to happen in 2025, what's going to happen in the political agenda, what's going to happen in personal lives, what's going to happen financially, what's going to happen all over the place. You know, and we say, oh, we're going to leave all the bad stuff in 24. I'm afraid to say, come on, let's get serious. You know, that's the world's understanding, but you don't change from 24 to 25 at the strike at Big Ben at 12 o'clock midnight. You know, because you carry it over, the only place that you can leave it is at the Cross of Calvary. That is the greatest crossover is to leave it at the cross. You know, because it's really, really important.
Speaker 2:There's new year's resolutions all going to be going off and it's happening everywhere. I'm going to do this, I'm going to do that. I've made my mind up. I'm I'm going to become this. I'm going to become that. You know, the greatest thing that we can ever say to Jesus is every second of every moment, lord, will you, will you guide me in this life, because every day we're crossing over. Every day is a challenge, every day is a situation, and when you look at the world, everything that's happened, you know we've got fireworks going off soon in London. We've got about 40 minutes before there'd be so many fireworks going off everywhere, across the home counties, across all them places. But we're also understanding there has been many events cancelled because of the storms and everything that's hitting the shoreline especially. There has been many events cancelled because of the storms and everything that's hitting the shoreline, especially from Scotland coming all the way down, and we pray that people will be protected tonight as we're waiting for the storm to hit. But may God bless you and touch your heart on this New Year's Eve.
Speaker 2:Yes, we are in a crossover. Yes, we are in the Western calendar, we are crossing over. But it's really, really interesting, isn't it? When you look at the calendar that we follow and the calendar of the Word of God, you know the Western calendar has no relevance whatsoever to the scripture. So when we want to have a look at what we're having a look at at this moment in time, the crossover, what is the greatest crossover? It is Christ coming from the Old Testament, because we've got to understand, I need to understand that Jesus is the Old Testament, he is the New Testament. Jesus Christ is Old Testament, he is the New Testament. Jesus Christ is the beginning, he is the first and he is the last. So the greatest crossover, right across the home counties, churches, you know cathedrals, you know all types of different denominations, are going to be having the services called a crossover. But you know, when you look at what does it mean a crossover? The only time that we see a crossover from one place to another is in the Old Testament, where we leave the Old Testament and we come into the New Testament. That is the greatest crossover. It is not a church service, it is not a certain preacher bringing something on New Year's Eve and as we cross over from one year to another.
Speaker 2:The greatest and the only crossover that is relevant to our lives is simply not the calendar, not the calendar of the West, because that is irrelevant to the kingdom of God. It is the biblical understanding from the Gospel of John, chapter 19, verse 28 to verse 30. Let's read it. It says later and it says Knowing that all that now been completed and the scriptures will be fulfilled, jesus said I am thirsty, verse 29 of the gospel of John, chapter 19. I am thirsty. A jar of wine, vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it and put the sponge on a stalk and put it on the hyssop plant, sorry. And they lifted it to Jesus's lips. When he received the drink, jesus said it is finished With that. He bowed his head and he gave up his spirit.
Speaker 2:You know, when you look at those three scriptures there, those three scriptures, that is the greatest crossover and what we've got to remember is, in the world of the Western calendar that we are looking at now, 24 to 25, 24 to 25, there'll be everything going off. Yeah, I'm going to leave this in the history. I'm going to leave that in 24. I ain't going to carry it over, but the fact of the matter is we do carry it over. We do carry it over. It'd be 12 o'clock in a matter of moments. You know, we've got about less than 30, 35 minutes, 37 minutes, and however we feel when that clock strikes, when Big Ben strikes within the UK, we'll feel exactly the same. There might be a bit of euphoria, there might be a bit of alcohol in the system, there might be a bit of this and a bit of that going on, but you know what? You wake up in the morning and you will feel exactly the same, because there is no such thing as a crossover from 24 to 25.
Speaker 2:I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news, but it's so simple the only crossover that we can find that the world has ever experienced. Yeah, we're moving, we're moving date. That's all we're doing. We are moving the calendar, you know, and we do not leave our junk in 24. It will be with us in the morning in 25. The only place that we could ever leave the junk in our lives is at the cross of Calvary. Jesus says come to me, all of you that are weary and heavy laden. Yes, I know there's all things happening and this is not a downer on New Year's Eve whatsoever, but it's just the reality of life. You know, it is just a calendar event. That's all we are experiencing is the years just ticking away. It is nothing spiritual, it is nothing powerful, it is just a calendar event. And you see what happens around the world. It becomes another commercialized event.
Speaker 2:So, when we look at the Scripture, the only place that we see a crossover and a move and a serious shift is from the Old Testament to the New Testament. What we've got to remember is that the old testament wasn't left behind. Now, in the world of the world in which we live, in the world of human beings, we think that 24 we're going to leave all the stuff in 24 and when we wake up in the morning, 25 is going to be a bang, yeah, a new beginning. All the thoughts are gone, all the worries gone, the mental health issues are gone, all the debt, all that, it's all. We've left it in 24. What? Why do we convince ourselves in such a way that in the morning, in the morning when we wake him in in the first of january 2025, everything is going to be new? It won't be. It's just a calendar event. The only place that we can find, uh, peace is every second of every day is at the cross of calvary. You know, the cross is a very significant, a beautiful, a beautiful instrument in our lives, and when you look at that cross on the backdrop. That is the place where we leave everything, because I'm not being the bearer of bad news In the morning. We will still have the mental health issues. If we continue that through, we will still have the credit card debt, the overdraft debt because of Christmas. We will have this and we'll have that. So you know, we've got to be very careful.
Speaker 2:What do we expect at 12 o'clock tonight? What are we expecting as Christians? What are we expecting as human beings? What do we expect when we just change years? It's not spiritual. It's got nothing to do with a spiritual drive. It's got nothing to do with a Christian drive. It just says a new year, it's a new beginning, it's just a new date. But what we've got to understand from scripture the only time that we see a crossover is very, very clearly was from when the old scriptures were fulfilled and Jesus Christ opened up the vow.
Speaker 2:So when you look at this, you know the Gospel of John, chapter 19, is the greatest crossover church service if you could ever label it like that that the world has ever seen. So let's read these scriptures. So we're in the Gospel of John, chapter 19, verse 28. And there'll be services ripping out right across this world. There'll be church services. There'll be bishops jumping up and down, there'll be wave offerings, there'll be gift offerings. There'll be a love offering. You know the bishop will be coining it in tonight. They'll be coining the old dollar in tonight.
Speaker 2:Trust me, don't worry about that. Give everything over. The more you give tonight, the more you're going to be free in the morning. In the name of Jesus, come on world. The devil is a liar. In the name of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2:So when we wake up in the morning, how are we going to wake up? Are we going to wake up completely free? Are we going to have all the mental health issues gone? Are we going to be free? In the name of Jesus, how are we going to wake in the morning? You know what's going to happen in the morning. You know what is going to happen in the morning. We're going to go well, is this it? This is it again. You know, the only place that we will find and the only place that we can leave everything is at the cross of Calvary, because it is only the cross the place where we find redemption. So when you look at the word redemption, redemption is a way that we could look at. There is a crossing over leaving the old. You know, salvation is leaving the old, but we're all sinners, saved by grace and the scriptures that we're in.
Speaker 2:I love this scripture that we're in because it's the the greatest crossover, uh church service you could ever get in your life. You know the whole world was, was waiting. So let's read verse 28 of the Gospel of John, chapter 19. And it says Later, knowing that all was completed and that the Scriptures would be fulfilled, jesus said I am thirsty. A jar of wine, vinegar, was there, so it was soaked on a sponge and it was on a stalk of a hyssop plant and it was lifted to Jesus' lips. When he received it and he drank, jesus said it is finished With that. He bowed his head and he gave up his spirit. That is the greatest crossover. That is the greatest place that the church will ever talk about is a crossover from the Old Testament being fulfilled.
Speaker 2:Now, when we look at the West, we say that we're going to leave everything behind in 24. All the bad. We're not going to take nothing over. Nothing's coming over. But you know as well as I do it all comes over. Just because it's a calendar date, the fireworks will go off, there'll be merriment going on and everything will be happening. And then, in the morning, headaches will be there and everything will be going on and everything will be clicking and knocking and banging and whacking, you know, and everything will be happening.
Speaker 2:But, brother and sister, the greatest crossover we have ever seen was from the Old Testament being fulfilled to the New Testament beginning. And when Christ said it is finished, that was a new start. What was that a new start for? That was a new start for human beings. That was a new start for what we call salvation. That was a new start for what we call redemption, that we hit a place that we've never hit before.
Speaker 2:So when you look at these scriptures, jesus said it is finished, nearly finished. Was he talking about his life? Was he talking about the end of the world he was referring? He was clearly referring to the scriptures have been fulfilled, the accomplishment of christ. Everything was not going to move, and I mean everything the world, the situations, everything in the community, everything in the, in, everything of every area of life. Nothing was going to move until jesus christ actually said it is finished and the the Nothing was going to move until Jesus Christ actually said it is finished and the world was not going to change. Nothing was going to happen until Jesus bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Speaker 2:So we get a lot from this text, we get a lot from these three verses and what we find is that there is the biggest crossover the world has ever seen. Put the whole world together. Every country, every nation is crossing over, every town, everyone is crossing over from 24 to 25. But we understand and we've got to understand it's just a calendar event, that's all it is. It's just a time change, it's just a date. It is not spiritual, it is not about Christianity, it is not really about moving on, and we've got to be careful how we look at that. But the only place that we move on is when we come to the cross and we leave everything with Jesus.
Speaker 2:So when we talk about the cross and we think, well, lord, I don't want to carry anything over into 25. Lord, I do want a new beginning. Jesus says you are born again, you are a spirit filled Christian, you are blessed and highly favored. Every second, at every moment, is a crossover moment, if we use that terminology, because that's what's happening in the world of church and religion. At this moment in time that we are in the crossover period. The world is crossing over. Nations are crossing over Towns, villages. Time is crossing over, but the greatest crossover, as I said and I keep repeating myself, is when the Old Testament was fulfilled. When Christ said it is finished. When Jesus said it is finished, the world completely changed. The Old Testament was fulfilled.
Speaker 2:When you think about that in the Old Testament was fulfilled when Jesus Christ said it is finished, what was he referring to? He was referring to the law, he was referring to the Torah, he was referring to all the old ways. But what he wasn't doing, he wasn't pushing the Old Testament out of life completely, because the Old Testament became more real when Jesus Christ said it is finished. What do you mean when you say it became more real? When Jesus Christ said it is finished? What do you mean when you say it became more real? Because it says the scriptures were fulfilled. So all the prophecies, all the language that was out there about the coming of Jesus, the crucifixion, the giving of a son, all the scriptures were fulfilled. Everything was fulfilled at the cross of Calvary.
Speaker 2:So the cross when you look at the cross of calvary. So the cross, when you look at the cross, the cross was the crossing over. When you look at tonight, the world is crossing over nations and cities and towns and homes, expecting to cross over from the old to the new, from the old to the new. But there has only been one spiritual crossover and that was at the cross of Calvary. Because when the world knocks at 12 o'clock and the date changes, it is not a crossover of spiritual realms, it is just a crossover of the day, of the calendar, of the clock, of the Western clock, of the world clock. It is not a spiritual move forward, you know, because there has only been one time that we have ever seen a crossover, because when it was, christ was at the cross and we are in the gospel of john, chapter 19, and we are in verse 28.
Speaker 2:And when you look at verse 28, I find this absolutely fascinating. When you look at it says verse 28 of the gospel of john, chapter 19. It says later, knowing that all was now was completed and that the scriptures would be fulfilled, jesus said I am thirsty. And it says a jar of wine, vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge on it, put it on a stalk of a hyssop plant, lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he received it and drank from that, jesus said it is finished With that. He bowed his head and gave up his spirit. There is so much to grasp from this text when we look at this word that the whole world and the religion and church is looking at tonight.
Speaker 2:Crossover, we are crossing over 24 to 25, 24 to 25. It's a calendar event. The only time that we see a spiritual crossover was when Christ was at the cross of Calvary, the greatest crossover the world has ever seen. When the Old Testament was fulfilled. When you think about it, no one could get into heaven, no one could receive salvation, no one could receive eternal life. No one could receive salvation. No one could receive eternal life. No one could be washed in the blood of jesus, no one could be baptized. The scriptures wasn't fulfilled until jesus was on the cross and when he was on the cross. Even when he was on the cross, the scriptures were going to only be fulfilled when it said and when he said it is finished. That is the greatest. That is the only crossover the world can really recognize. We're crossing over 24 to 25. The world has got fireworks going on. There is all types of things happening across the world, but the greatest crossover that we will ever see and that event has already happened was at the cross of calvary.
Speaker 2:At the cross of calvary, when jesus said it is finished, we crossed over from the old testament and we, beautifully, without any fabric, without any break within within the text or whatsoever, jesus christ crossed us over from not being able to receive salvation to being able to receive salvation. Because when you look at what happened at the cross of Calvary, when Jesus said it is finished and he bowed up his head and he gave up his spirit, the Bible says that the temple curtain was torn in two, religion was torn in two. The Old Testament was given a gateway. We had a gateway, sir, the Old Testament wasn't finished as in goodbye, see you later. It was fulfilled, it was completed, and what you find is the New Testament complements the Old Testament, the New Testament brings the Old Testament up into the New Testament. Because you find that there is such a correlation, there is such a smooth move, there is such a move between the old testament and the new testament. You cannot, you cannot separate the text, you cannot separate the old and the new. The bible is extremely clear. It says that jesus said it is finished. And when he said it is finished, you know humanity when, when humanity heard that ringing out from the lord jesus christ, I find it absolutely fascinating to think that when, when christ was on the cross, the old testament was just hanging, everything, the angels were looking, god was watching, the holy spirit was hovering. You know, christ had everyone before him just listening to his final words, and they didn't realize that that was going to be the greatest crossover the world has ever seen.
Speaker 2:Not 24 to 25, because what we are looking at this evening, especially now in the uk and other nations and other towns across the world, have already crossed over. Some will be after us, but you know we are looking at the crossover. You know the only place that we will find rest is at the cross. The only place that we will find rest is at the cross. The only place that we can find to leave our baggage is at the cross, because if we try and leave the baggage of 24, you'll wake up in the morning in 25 and you'll find the baggage will still be in your innermost being. So the only place you can leave it tonight is not at Big Ben, not in London, not across the world. But the only place you can leave the baggage of 24 is and this is a daily exercise is to leave it at the cross of Calvary. It is a daily exercise, it is a daily thought, it is a daily prayer, it is a momentary, every area of our lives. You know, we come to Jesus and we say Father, right now, in the name of Jesus, lord, I want to leave everything at the cross. I don't want to cross over into 25 lord, carrying this stuff.
Speaker 2:But what we've got to remind ourselves, it's just another day. It is just another day, but the world puts so much pressure on it because it's commercialization. It's about making money out of people, because we understand tickets are sold, we understand this is sold, that is sold. So it's another event where the world and certain areas of business are actually making money. It is one of the biggest money spinners. New Year's Eve across the world, you know, when you look at New Year's Eve, is one of the biggest commercialized, sold event around the world.
Speaker 2:You know, crossing over from one year to another, it is just moving from one day to another day. It is not spiritual in any way, shape or form. So, when we look at the cross of Calvary, what I find, absolutely beyond human understanding and beyond physics and beyond the law of life and beyond grace and beyond what we can imagine or ask, is what we find is that Christ, as he was dying on the cross of Calvary, as we was waiting to cross from the Old Testament into the New Testament, the Old Testament was never going to be fulfilled, it was never going to be moved, it was never going to change until Jesus Christ said it is finished. It's critical that I understand that. The only time that I can look at a great crossover from one place to another is from the Old Testament to the New. But what the Scripture says is, it says that the Scriptures was completed, not finished. Completed is different to finished, completed, as in the prophecies, as in the work of the Holy Spirit, as in the work of a certain timeline. But what we find is, when you look at 24, 24 will disappear into history. 24, the calendar dates just drop off the peg and it just disappears, but not with the Old Testament. The Old Testament is as live as it has ever been today. The Old Testament is so alive at this moment.
Speaker 2:When you look at the scripture, when you look at Christ hanging on the cross of Calvary in the Gospel of John, chapter 19, that we're in at this moment in time, the greatest crossover story, the greatest crossover we will ever understand in the world history, right across the border of the world, is when Jesus Christ said it is finished, because when he said it is finished, we have never experienced anything like it in this world. Yes, we are waiting. What we've got? We've got 20, 21 minutes until the fireworks start cracking off around London and and everyone starts shouting and jumping up and down and all the razzmatazz that goes with it. But let me tell you this it is just a event. We could wake up in the morning with still the same pressure in our heads. We could wake up in the morning in just a few hours with the still the mental health issues, with the sickness, with the disease, with the worries, with the fears.
Speaker 2:The place that we will leave it is not at the beginning of 25, is at the cross, at the cross of Calvary. If you are in trouble tonight and what I mean in trouble? If you're in trouble with your mind, if you're in trouble with your thoughts, if you're worried. If you are fearful, I would invite you tonight to come to the greatest crossover the world has ever seen and that is the cross of Calvary. The cross of Calvary is the greatest crossover we've ever seen, not 24 to 25, not any other calendar date, because it's just a day change.
Speaker 2:It's just a date change and actually 24 to 25 isn't actually biblical. It is just what we call the calendar. It is just the march of time. It is just dates. It is nothing to do with a spiritual move. But if you want to see significant change in your life as we do cross over according to the calendar, in a few moments, in 20 minutes time if you want to see significant change, I can tell you now the only place you're going to find significant change is at the cross and we are about to cross over. In 18, 19 minutes time we're going to cross over. We're just going to cross over from 24 to 25. You know there'll be all the bells, all the whistles, there'll be fireworks, everything will be cracking off, banging and whacking and everything will be going off across the UK and we've seen certain parts of the world are doing it already. But it's just a calendar event. It is not spiritual, it has nothing to do with a biblical event whatsoever. But churches tonight are doing crossover nights, you know, from one year to the other and all that sort of stuff and putting so much emphasis on the calendar.
Speaker 2:The greatest crossover we've ever seen was at the Cross of Calvary. If you are worried tonight, if you're doubtful tonight, if you're carrying an illness or a sickness, if you're carrying mental health, if you're suffering with illness or a sickness, if you're carrying mental health, if you're, if you're suffering with, with any ailments whatsoever, I would invite you right now to look at the cross over my shoulder and get yourself to the cross of calvary, because that is the greatest, greatest crossover and we're talking about the crossover from the old testament to the new testament. And when you think about this, the, the old testament was filled with with biblical prophecies, history. When you look at the old testament, it was full of wars, it was full of love stories, it was full of uh, redemption, even redemption. Before the cross of calvary there was a redemption plan. And you find the redemption plan right at the very beginning of Genesis 3, verse 15,. God already gives us a redemption plan as soon as the two human beings fall in the garden, in that beautiful garden that God created, he said one thing I ask you do not touch that. Do not touch that. Whatever you do, you've got everything, but do not touch that. We understand what it means by the fall of humanity in the garden of edom, but as soon as the human beings fell and as soon as uh, the world changed, that, that spiritual force, the world changed, you know, changed completely on that day. On that day, but god put a redemption plan in and the redemption plan was fulfilled.
Speaker 2:Crossover, the crossover from death to life, that is the greatest crossover. Do you need Jesus in your life? I've got to be honest with you. I need Jesus every second, every moment. I'm not embarrassed to say I am a Christian. I'm not embarrassed to say I belong to Jesus. I'm not embarrassed, I'm not worried what the world says. I'm not worried about what family says. I'm not worried about what people in my life say. I'm not worried about what the world says. I want to tell the world tonight I love Jesus Christ. I love Jesus Christ. I love the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and he crossed me over. He crossed me over.
Speaker 2:You know, the greatest crossover that we have ever seen is when a human being crosses over from death to life. That is happening all the time and God is orchestrating and God is doing that. The greatest crossover the humans will ever see is, very clearly, from redemption, from sin, to redemption. What does redemption mean? It means to be brought back, to be redeemed. That is another really powerful, interesting thing that is going on in salvation. You know, there is a crossover all the time. There is a crossing over every second of every moment. God is retrieving, god is restoring people from sickness, from disease, and healing them. God is restoring people from pain and suffering. God is doing a great move all the time. You know, brothers and sisters, I want to tell you that Jesus Christ will redeem you. Jesus has redeemed you. The living word is within you.
Speaker 2:And the greatest crossover story the world has ever seen was when Christ was hanging on the cross and all the scriptures were pointing to Jesus. The Torah, the law, everything. Those hundreds and thousands actually thousands of years, to be honest, thousands of years of writings, thousands of years of history, thousands of years of prophecy, thousands of years of literature was pointing at Jesus and everything was looking at him. The Old Testament was just waiting for the voice. The Old Testament was just waiting. The Old Testament was just waiting for the voice of the creator of the Old Testament, because Jesus Christ is the living word. He is the first and he is the last.
Speaker 2:Jesus Christ in the gospel of John, chapter 1, the gospel that we're in at this moment in time. The Bible says in John, chapter 1, in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God. He was with God in the beginning. And the gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 14, says something so, so clear. And the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
Speaker 2:If you look at the book of Hebrews, chapter 12, verse 2, the Bible says Keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep your eyes on Jesus, the author and the perfecter of your faith. He is the author from Genesis to Revelation 66 books written over a time span of 1,496 years. The Bible is 3,500 years plus. It is the greatest book in the world. It is the book of power, it is a book of authority. It is the greatest book. You can't get healed in any other book, you can't get saved in any other book. It is laced with history. It is laced with everything under the sun. You know, history alone in the Bible is unbelievable Just the chronological timeline of the earth. When you look at the word of God, it is power.
Speaker 2:Do you want to cross over tonight? Do you want to cross over from worry and fear? Do you want to cross over from doubt? Do you want to cross over from all that stuff? You know, because we are crossing over, what have we got? We've got 13 minutes until the UK starts bouncing up and down and then, once it's done, 15, 20 bounces, all the fireworks are gone. That's it. Is that it? I feel the same. You know they're going to be lighting the touch paper Very, very soon. There are people getting ready to light the blue touch paper and suddenly the skies across the uk are going to be awash with color and noise. But as soon as the firework goes out, I feel the same. It's the same. There's no change. Because there's only one place you'll get a change and that is not from 24 to 25. It is at the cross. It is the only place that we'll find change. It is the only place that we'll find a proper crossing over. So, if you can just grab this for a moment, we're in the gospel of john, chapter 19, and we are at that point of three really powerful verses where it says the Old Testament, the scriptures, was being fulfilled. And they wasn't fulfilled until Jesus said it is finished. And when he said it is finished, there was a crossing over. There was a crossing over from the old ways to the new ways.
Speaker 2:Do you want to experience a new way in your life? Do you want to experience a new ways? Do you want to experience a new way in your life? Do you want to experience a new walk? Do you want to experience a new rhythm? You know it's easy for me to say give your life to Jesus. But before we can give our lives to Jesus, we've got to understand that Jesus has already been working in our lives. God has already been working in our lives. It is not because we come to church, it is not because we shout a hallelujah and we praise Jesus. It is not because we pray. It is because of the love of God is over your life. It doesn't matter what you think or what I think about myself, it doesn't matter how angry we get with ourselves, it doesn't matter how we try to swerve God and we try to push him out.
Speaker 2:You know he done the greatest crossover.
Speaker 2:He took humanity from the Old Testament into new beginnings. He says I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. We couldn't understand what that scripture meant until the Old Testament was fulfilled. And the fulfillment of the scripture was at the cross of Calvary, when everything the angels, god, the Holy Spirit, history as we understand it now, the present, everything was looking at Christ. The Roman soldiers, the lawgivers, everyone, his family, everyone was gathered at the cross. The world and everybody knew that this Savior was at the cross and he had. He was dying and he was gonna and he was gonna die, but no one didn't realize what was actually happening. He was taking us over. He was taking us over from the old ways into a new beginning. So when we look at the scripture where it says the temple curtain was torn in two, the only time that that temple curtain was torn in two was when jesus christ said it is finished. Those words, so those say those to yourself at this moment, wherever you are in the world of visual with me at this moment in time, we can see we've got a lot of people across the world and and wherever you are, may god bless you in the mighty name of jesus christ and everybody in the world of ball that's listening to this tens of thousands, and across the radio networks that we push all this stuff out.
Speaker 2:The greatest crossover is not from 24 to 25, and we've got 10 minutes, uk time. 10 minutes and the UK heavens will be lit up with fireworks. There are people getting ready at this moment in time. They are getting everything ready for the touch paper and the fireworks will go up for a good amount of time 10, 15 minutes maybe at the max. The world in the UK will be shouting, looking out the windows, all that London will be lit up. It will look spectacular. But then suddenly, when the fireworks disappear, suddenly, when all it is said and done, and we're looking into the sky and you see all the, the array, all the spectacular show that goes off with, uh, the fireworks and everything going off, and the sky is lit up and everyone is looking in the sky, and then suddenly the fireworks finish and then we just look into the sky and we feel the same we had on a moment of adrenaline, we had a moment of euphoria, we had a moment of of yeah, come on. We're crossing over, happy new year and and all the razzmatazz that goes along with that, and that's all well and good. But do we feel the same when the fireworks have ceased? Do we feel the same when the touch paper is gone? Do we feel the same when the sky has gone back to black? Gone back to black, and I'm not referring to Amy Winehouse album, I'm referring to when the fireworks are all over in just a few moments, like we've got eight minutes.
Speaker 2:Here in the UK, london is preparing. There'll be a countdown. You know Everything will be getting ready for this spectacular event. There'll be a spectacular show in a minute. We're about to cross over. We've got eight minutes. The countdown is on. 24 is going to go and 25 is going to be laid in my lap.
Speaker 2:But I feel the same. I've watched the fireworks, had a few beers, sent a few friends, shaken many hands, sent out loads of texts. But I actually feel the same. I don't feel any difference. But I've just crossed over from 24 to 25. The whole world is jumping up and down and singing and shouting and singing old Lang Syne and all the razzmatazz and the drum beats that go along with New Year's Eve. But when the lights go out, the pubs close, the drinking finishes, the fireworks cease.
Speaker 2:I'm still the same, because the only place that you'll find a crossover is at the Cross of Calvary. We've got seven minutes here in the UK. You can almost feel the atmosphere, you can almost feel the tension, you can feel everything getting ready for a great show across London and we understand many cities up north have cancelled because of the storm. And I want to let you know there is a storm coming, there is a serious storm coming and it's got nothing to do with weather systems, it's got nothing to do with weather structure. It's to do with the spiritual environment because we are crossing over, we are crossing over, we are crossing over and every day and every second and every heartbeat and every moment is that we should be getting ready for the second coming of jesus. We shouldn't be getting ready for the coming of 25. Are we ready for the coming of jesus christ, the greatest crossover the world has ever seen? You know, if you are looking for a new beginning, let me invite you to the Cross of Calvary tonight.
Speaker 2:So when the clock strikes 12 o'clock, in about six minutes, when the world starts to bounce within the UK and you'll feel the tarmac jumping. You'll feel the earth shake, with everyone jumping up and down. You'll hear the sound of Auld Lang Syne being sung out and everything and all the noise and the bells and the whistles and the cars cracking on the hooters and all the cheers and all that and everything. But give it 20 minutes and it'll be 25, and I feel the same. I want to invite you to a great crossover and that is called redemption. You are redeemed. God is calling you wherever you are. We're going to break bread. We're going to break bread and we're going to take it a cup and we're going to come to that beautiful place in just a few moments.
Speaker 2:But the scriptures that we've been in and that we're still in at this moment in time is the Gospel of John, chapter 19. And I just want to read where we started out, because it is very, very important, because it's the only place that we will find a crossover from the Old Testament to the New, and that is what we are experiencing at this moment in time. We are crossing over 24 to 25. You know, there's five minutes to go. London is preparing everything. You'll hear it wherever you are. You know, and I'll probably see it all through the studio windows. I'll see all the fireworks going off as we're doing this live stream broadcast across the world, because London is just literally just over there.
Speaker 2:And I just want to read from the Gospel of John, chapter 19. And I want to invite you to a different crossover tonight. I want to invite you to the cross of Calvary. I want to invite you to the cross of Calvary. I want to invite you to the cross. And when you get to the cross and you see the cross over my backdrop, just look at that cross and say, father, I want to leave. I want to leave my history, I want to leave everything. Lord, I want to leave everything in my history at the cross. I want to leave everything, father, at the cross of Calvary, spirit of the living God. Let's read and we're in verse 28 and we're in John, chapter 19.
Speaker 2:Later, knowing that all had been completed and now that the scriptures would be fulfilled, jesus said I'm thirsty. And a jar of wine, vinegar was there and they sucked it in a sponge. And the sponge was put on a stalk of a hyssop plant. They lifted it to Jesus's lips. When he received it, he drank and Jesus said it is finished. Say that to yourself tonight. My history is finished, not because we are in the UK, in London time, going to cross over to 24 to 25. It is because my Jesus said it is finished. My Savior said it is finished. And it says in that verse, in verse 30 of the Gospel of John, chapter 19, verse 30, it is finished With that. He bowed his head and he gave up his spirit. So when you think about the crossover, that's about to happen. We've got three minutes.
Speaker 2:I can see on the monitors, I can see fireworks, I can hear them through the studio. At this moment in time things are going off. I would I want to invite you, I'll invite every one of us, whether we're christians, whether we're believers. Here they go you. You know the fireworks are off. The touch paper has been lit. The touch paper. I can see it on the screens. I can see the flashes across there. We're just hearing some local fireworks going off at this moment in time. In a moment, you know, london will be lit up. The display will be absolutely amazing. You know you can hear it in the backdrop. You might pick it up in this podcast. You might hear it.
Speaker 2:You know, in this service you might be looking out the window, you might be looking across london and, uh, but I want to invite you to a crossover and we're going to cross over. We're going to cross over from the old to the new. We're going to cross over from death to life. We're going to cross over from fear to faith. We're going to cross over from death to life. We're going to cross over from fear to faith. We're going to cross over from doubt to joy.
Speaker 2:Do you want to do all those great crossing overs? It is at the cross of calvary and we're going to pray. I'm going to pray us through. I'm going to pray us. We've got two minutes and we're going to. We're going to cross over and we're only just remember. We're only crossing over a calendar event. That is all that's happening. We're crossing over of 24 to 25, but after the touch paper has been lit, london is going to strike up.
Speaker 2:In a few moments. You might even hear it, you know, you might even hear it. From here. We're waiting for everything to kick off, but it's just a moment. It'll be a great, it'll be a beautiful display and everything will be going off. And the moment it'll be a great, it'll be a beautiful display and everything will be going off and everyone will be singing and dancing and shouting and wishing and saying happy new year and all that sort of stuff, which is right and true and that's fine.
Speaker 2:But I want to invite you to a greater crossover from death to life, from sickness to health, from fear to freedom. Do you want to health, from fear to freedom? Do you want to cross over from fear to freedom? Do you want to cross over from pain to healing? Do you want to cross over from sin to eternal life in Jesus Christ? We're going to come to the table in just a few moments. I'm going to invite every one of us, wherever you are. We're going to take a few moments out and we're going to break bread. And we're going to take a few moments out and we're going to break bread and we're going to take it a cup in a few moments. And I just pray that, wherever you are within the uk, you'll experience the greatest crossover the world has ever experienced. That you've ever experienced is when the old testament was fulfilled and jesus christ said it is finished. Say that to yourself. My old life has gone because of the cross of Calvary, because Jesus Christ said so loud and clear. It is finished.
Speaker 2:The clock, in any moment is about to strike, 12 midnight here in the UK. It is that now Fireworks are exploding, london will be erupting and certain areas of this UK. But I want to invite you, I want to invite you at this crossover, to come to Jesus and I'm going to pray. Maybe you want to follow this prayer with me, wherever you are. Whether you're saved, unsaved, whatever it may be, let's just pray this prayer.
Speaker 2:Father, in the name of jesus, as the world is crossing over, as the world is crossing over, as london is crossing over, as we hear in the backdrop the noise, as we watch across the streams and the screens of life, as we hear the ricochets of the fireworks, God, lord, as everything is happening right now in London and in the UK and across the world, I thank you. The greatest crossover was from death to life. The greatest crossover was from death to life, and I thank you for the cross of redemption. I thank you that we are redeemed. I thank you that we are saved. I thank you that we are blessed. I thank you, lord, for the cross of Calvary. I thank you for the blood of Jesus. I thank you for the love of God. I thank you for the redemption plan. I thank you for the plan that the Father put into action.
Speaker 2:But right now, lord, as we come, as we break bread in just a few moments, spirit of the living God, I pray that you will move in all your glory and all your power. I pray, father, as we are crossing over a calendar event. I pray, lord, that the love of God will be so strong in our lives and the presence of the Holy Spirit. Lord, as we worship you in spirit and in truth, as we move in our lives. God, as we come before you, as we hear Father, god, the fireworks of life, as we hear everything, as the touchpapers are being lit, lord, as the spectacular shows are being put on throughout London, at this moment in time, father, pour out your spirit, pour out your spirit on this nation.
Speaker 2:We pray for this nation that there will be breakthrough at this crossover time, lord, as we cross over into a new day, a new beginning. We thank you that the old is gone and new has come. We thank you that there is power in the name of Jesus. We thank you for your love and your mercy and your goodness. We thank you that there is power in the name of jesus. We thank you for your love and your mercy and your goodness. We thank you for your saving grace. We thank you that there is power in the name of jesus and lord.
Speaker 2:Right now, lord, as we, as we just stretch out to you, lord, as everything feels the same. It's just noisy, father, it's just noise. It's just noise, it's just spectacular, it's just a show just going on, just for a few moments. And, lord, I pray in 15 minutes, in 20 minutes time, when the uk heavens quieten down again. Lord, will you help me to deal with the same stuff that I watched the fireworks. I went watching the fireworks carrying the same. The fireworks finished and I'm still carrying the same emotion.
Speaker 2:Lord, it is only you, jesus, it is only the power of God, it is the only power through the power of the Holy Spirit. Lord, I pray for those, father, that have got cancer. I pray that cancer will go. I pray for those that have got, lord, bone-wasting disease, life-limiting illnesses. I pray that they will be healed.
Speaker 2:In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray that the love of God will touch lives tonight. I pray, father, that the glory of God and the power of the Holy Spirit will set the captives free. In the name of Jesus, I pray, father, that you will lead us by your name, by your word, by your spirit. I pray, father, that you will touch hearts. In the name of Jesus, I pray, lord, that you will strengthen us. Lord.
Speaker 2:Lord, not just because we've entered into 25, but because we've come to the cross, I invite you to the greatest crossover the world has ever seen, and that is from sin to freedom, from death to life, from no hope to all hope. The Bible says all things are possible to those who believe, all things are possible to those who believe. And as we cross over, lord, as London crosses over, as the world crosses over through the calendar events of life, father, as people are watching now fireworks just across the nation, as they are looking into the skies, father, we understand you are coming back. You are coming back through the heavenly realms and, lord, I pray that you'll prepare us for the second coming of jesus. I pray, lord, that you'll prepare us, lord, for the year that lies ahead. I pray that you will strengthen us in the name of jesus. I pray, lord, that the fire of god will be over each and every one of us that the love of God will be so strong and the power of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2:I pray, lord, as the world now, lord Jesus, is looking for a new start. The only place it will find a new start is at the cross of Calvary. And in this crossover hour, in this crossover moment, in this time of crossing over, father, lord, we say Lord, draw those dear God, from fear to faith, draw those from sickness to healing. Draw those, dear God, from pain, from lack, from loss to healing. Right now, in the name of Jesus. Father, as Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary said, it is finished. You know the fireworks are going to be finished soon, but the old testament wasn't finished. The old testament was fulfilled when jesus said it is finished. When you look at the scriptures, the london is awash with fireworks. Even when I'm looking on the camera just locally at this moment, you know everything is lit up outside, everything is kicking off, everything is exploding. But, sisters and brothers, give it 15 minutes and we'll be the same. And I'm not putting a downer on this new year, I'm not putting a downer on it, but we've just got to get to the reality of life and we've got to say, father, prepare me for every day, lord. I want a new beginning every day. I want a new beginning of every moment, of every second, of every heartbeat of life.
Speaker 2:Lord, I thank you for redemption. I thank you for the power of being redeemed. I thank you for the redemption work of the Holy Spirit. I thank you for the redemptive work of the gospels. I thank you for the redemptive work of the Gospels. I thank you for the redemption work of the Old Testament. I thank you for the redemption work of the Cross of Calvary. I thank you for the redemption work of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He is crossing us over, he is taking us through. Even though I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff. They comfort me.
Speaker 2:Brothers and sisters, I invite you to come to the cross tonight. I invite you to break bread with me in just a moment. We're going to break bread in just a few moments. We're going to take it a cup, you know, and I invite you, wherever you are across the world, as you join us for this live stream broadcast, as we are in the first of january, wednesday, the first of January. It is 7 minutes past right now, at this moment, 7 minutes past 12 midnight here in the UK. I invite you to break bread with me right now, in the name of Jesus, I invite you to come to the cross at Calvary. I invite you to lay everything down at the cross.
Speaker 2:Yes, there is crossover service in churches. There is a crossing over from this to that, from this to that, here to there, all that sort of stuff, but let's get to the cross of Calvary, wherever you are at this moment in time. You know, the greatest crossover we've ever seen has not been 24 to 25, is that when Jesus Christ said it is finished. Lord, I pray right now, father, I pray for each and every one of us scattered across the world. You know, I invite you to break bread with me right now. I invite you to break bread and to take it a cup. I invite you to break bread and to take it a cup. Wrong button, wrong button. I made a mistake. We hit the wrong button, but God is with us.
Speaker 2:Let's come to the table, wherever you are at this moment in time. I welcome you, in the name of Jesus, into the greatest crossover the world has ever seen the Passover table. That is where it happened. That is where Jesus lit the touch paper and he said I want to take you. I want to take you from the Old Testament and I want to take you with me into eternity. The fireworks are calming down, the heavens are decreasing the colour of the spectacle across London. It's going to cease very, very soon. And Jesus lit the touch paper and he said will you break bread with me? Will you take a cup with me? Come to the table, wherever you are.
Speaker 2:Let's make it this year a year where we get closer with Christ. Let's say that this is the year where I'm really going to follow the scripture. Make this a year where we ditch church and religion and we get to Jesus and we get to the cross of Calvary. That is the greatest crossover, not from 24 to 25, but from fear to freedom. Do you want to cross from fear to freedom? Do you want to cross from sickness to healing? Do you want to cross from debt to flourishing? In the name of Jesus, do you want to leave everything behind? You can do this at the cross of Calvary. Come to the table with me. In the name of Jesus. Let's get to the table.
Speaker 2:Father, we thank you for this bread that symbolizes the name of Jesus. Let's get to the table, father. We thank you for this bread that symbolizes the body of Jesus Christ. And as we break this bread, we understand that the body of Christ was broken for each and every one of us. And we thank you that Jesus Christ lit the touch paper. He lit the touch paper and he said come on, I've come to this world to give you hope. I've come to this world to give you freedom. I've come to this world not like a firework just to light it up for a little while, because I am the light of the world, I am the great I am.
Speaker 2:And when he died on the cross of Calvary, when he said it is finished and the temple curtain was torn in two and humanity entered into a place it had never been before, that was the greatest crossover. When jesus bowed up his head, the bible says that he gave his spirit. And then the temple curtain was torn, ripped into. That's when the scripture came alive. When jesus said I am the way, the truth of life. No one comes to the father except through me, because jesus is the access to the father, jesus is the access to eternal life. Jesus is the access to redemption. Jesus is the access to healing. Jesus is the access to your miracle. Jesus is the access to a new beginning. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. Father, bless this bread because we're in the greatest crossover, not from 24 to 25, greatest crossover, not from 24 to 25, but from death to life, from death to life. Come to the cross with me tonight, father. We thank you. There is power in the name of jesus. Bless this bread as it symbolizes the body of jesus christ amen.
Speaker 2:Jesus took the cup and when he took the cup, he said this is the new, this is the new covenant. Do this, this is the new covenant. Think about that. What a crossover that was. This is the new covenant. He said I'm taking you from the Old Testament to new beginnings. I'm taking you from your old life, ben, to a new beginning. Look at that outside. Look outside your window. The fireworks are disappearing, the show has disappeared. It's just like church, isn't it on a Sunday morning Load of noise, a load of banging, a load of rattling, a load of smoke machines, a load of hype. But then it goes back to reality and I feel the same, because it's the cross, it has to be the cross. It's not the church, it's Jesus Christ. It's not the cathedrals, it's Jesus Christ. And he took the cup and he said this cup is the new covenant. I am the way, the truth, the life. I am the new beginning. When you think about what was happening at the Passover table, jesus said as often as you gather together, do this in my name. And he took the cup, and the Bible says that he took the bread and he broke the bread and he put it in the carp and it became the sop and he distributed it, he gave it out and he took the carp and he said this carp is new covenant, this is new beginnings. This is the crossover, this is the moment, because we are crossing over from the sins that we have committed today and the last few hours and the thoughts we have crossed over. We have left those and God has taken those through Christ Jesus called redemption. Redemption is the greatest crossover from sin to life, from sin to life, from fear to freedom. So, father, we thank you for this cup that symbolizes the blood of Jesus and, as we take this cup now, cleanse us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Speaker 2:Come on, let's open up the Word of God. Are you with me tonight? Where are you? Where is everybody? Come on, let's go to the book of Psalms. The book of Psalms, the book of Psalms. You know the book of Psalms.
Speaker 2:You know we have just watched London cross over. We've just watched the world cross over. There'd be people lang zion, there'll be all firecrackers going off, but the touch papers have been lit on the fireworks. The fireworks are decreasing and we feel the same. You've been to the parties. You've joined in all the merriment, all that stuff is happening. You know you've jumped up and down and sang old lang syne. But you feel the same. We've just crossed over from 24 to 25 and I was told it's a new year. But I feel the same. It's just a calendar date. The only place you will find a difference in your innermost being is at the cross of calvary.
Speaker 2:If you've got a bible, turn to psalm 23. Turn to psalm 23. You know we've been in the gospel. We've been in the gospel of john for the last hour and 10 minutes. We've been in the gospel of john, chapter 19, and it talks about a crossover. It talks about the greatest crossover the world has ever seen and it was not from 24 to 25 that we've just experienced.
Speaker 2:You know, we are 15 minutes into the new year and the fireworks are decreasing. The touch papers have been lit, the skies across london and the home counties have been lit up with amazing spectacular firework shows. Everybody's been singing old lang syne, the beer's been flowing, everything's been kicking off. But why do I feel the same? The sky is across london. I can actually see it across the studio. The fireworks are decreasing. We've crossed over from 24 to 25. The greatest crossover the world has ever seen is not this year, is not 24 to 25, but in the Gospel of John, chapter 19, when Jesus Christ said it is finished because what he was doing, he was bringing the Old Testament up to fulfillment, because the Bible says the Scriptures was completed, and the Scriptures was only completed when Jesus Christ said it is finished. I can hear the silence outside of the studio now. I can see on the screens and the monitors that the fireworks are decreasing.
Speaker 2:All that razzmatazz, all that hype, all that showmanship, all that ramping up you know, when you look at New Year's Eve across the world, it is the biggest commercialized event the world can ever offer. It is the biggest place where alcohol is sold the most. It is the biggest event where fireworks are sold the most. It is the biggest ticket selling event across the world. New Year's Eve is one of the biggest commercialized animals that is out there at the moment and we are still feeling the same. We still feel the same.
Speaker 2:The fireworks are gone, the family's laying on the floor all wobbly, everyone feels sick. We've eaten too much, drunk too much. We're going to wake up in a few hours feeling really grotty, but I've just crossed over to 25. The only place that you'll find peace, the only place you'll find rest, is at the only cross, and that's called the cross of Calvary. Let's get to the cross. We've broken bread, we've taken of the cup and I want to read Psalm 23. Wherever you are across the world and we see we've got a vast number online this evening and we want to welcome every one of you, wherever you are, and I just want to say may god bless you as we enter into a new day. We have just experienced a crossing over. It is just a calendar event. Yes, it's great to watch the fireworks. Yes, it makes us feel warm and fuzzy and we sing old lang syne and we bounce up and down. Stella artorias is being poured everywhere, alcohol is flowing.
Speaker 2:But why do I feel the same? Because we can only feel different when we get inner peace. Where do I find inner peace? It is not a New Year's Eve party. It is not at something that is cracking out all night long. The only place that I find peace is at the cross. The only place that I find inner peace is through the scripture.
Speaker 2:I want to read Psalm 23. I want to read Psalm 23. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his namesake. He says my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the lord forever. The key to the text this evening is in verse six. It says surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. You know, as we have entered into a new calendar event. It is not a biblical event that has just happened, it is just a calendar change. It is just a year change. You know. I pray as this day unfolds that this will be the day that the lord has made. I shall rejoice and be glad. I pray that we will share the gospel of jesus christ, that we won't wait any longer. But today will be the day of salvation and if you're with me still, in psalm 23, verse 6, it says surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the lord forever. Do you realize that the lord is your shepherd? Do you realize god is calling you? Do you realize god is looking at your heart right now? Do you realize God sent Christ to the cross? That was the greatest crossover the world has ever seen. That was the greatest crossover the world has ever seen. We've just experienced, you know, we've just.
Speaker 2:This service is still going an hour and an hour and 20 minutes. We're in and I just read a few scriptures from the gospel of John, chapter 19. And we looked at a crossover, the few scriptures from the Gospel of John, chapter 19. And we looked at a crossover, the crossing over from the Old Testament to the New Testament. And everything was waiting. Everything was waiting from the Old Testament to when Jesus died on the cross of Calvary. That is the greatest crossover. Now we are 20 minutes in to January the 1st. We are 20 minutes in to January the 1st. We are 20 minutes in already and the heavens have gone quiet. The fireworks have ceased, all the money's been taken, the beer and the wine is still flowing. Auld Lang Syne is still probably rumbling in a few places, but we're going to wake up feeling the same If you want significant change in your life. It is not crossing over from 24 to 25. It is crossing over from no hope to all hope, because that is what the cross showed us, the greatest spectacle the world has ever seen the crossover from death to life through redemption.
Speaker 2:When you think about the Bible, it has sold over 3.6 billion copies across the world. There's no other religious book that can keep up with it. No other religion can sell their holy book like the Bible. Religion can sell their holy book like the Bible. You drop down to the next religion and it is Islam, and it has only sold 2.5 billion copies. The Bible has sold over 5.6 billion copies.
Speaker 2:When you look at the word of God, it is 3,500 years old. It has been written by 40 different authors. It took 1,496 years to write. It is the greatest book the world has ever seen. It is so powerful, it is spiritual, it is history, the chronological timing through the word of God. But the heavens have gone quiet. I can see through the cameras that are around the church, are on the main screen in this studio that I'm in at this moment, and I can see so many people across the world as we beam this service out tonight and I want to say thank you to everyone that is with us. And we've hit 72 countries around the world and we've hit over a thousand cities. You know, I want to thank god for every one of your lives and the gospel of john, chapter 3, is critical.
Speaker 2:John, chapter 3, verse 3 you must be born again. We've, we're all pretty familiar with that. Where that terminology? Oh, you're a born again christian. Oh, you're one of them crazy ones. You're a pentecostalist, you're. You're swinging from the chandeliers on sunday mornings, you're this, you're that. What it means is I believe in Jesus Christ, I believe from Genesis to Revelations, I believe in the word of God.
Speaker 2:We have just witnessed a crossover here in the UK from 24 to 25. It is just a calendar event and it is a commercialized event. Around the world, local governments, governments, you know, manufacturers make so much money alcohol it is sold so much through new year's eve like never before throughout the year. It is such a commercialized event and it has nothing to do with the scriptures of jesus christ. The only place that we find and where it talks about a crossover any time, that we see this in the word, is in the gospel of john, chapter 19, when jesus was taken us from the fulfillment of the old testament into the new testament.
Speaker 2:Sisters and brothers, I want to invite you again. I want to invite you to come to the cross with me. The greatest crossover you'll ever have is from fear to freedom, is from doubt to belief. You know God loves you wherever you are, whatever your situation is, in over a thousand cities across the world, whoever you are. You know over 71, 72 countries that we're in beaming right now. You know God loves you wherever you are and we have just crossed over what we have experienced. We've just experienced a crossing over of a calendar date. We all feel the same. We don't feel any different. There will be many out there tonight that are really wobbly on stellar atores and all that stuff that goes with that, and they will feel worse in the morning. So come on, come on, we won't feel any better in the morning. We'll be hanging in the morning. Sisters and brothers, it's just a calendar day. It's another way to get money in the system. So come on.
Speaker 2:The greatest crossover was when Christ took us from the Old Testament, from the Old Testament, into the New Testament, and when he broke bread we have just broken bread and we've just taken another cup and when he was sitting at the Passover table and he said this is my body he was referring to the bread. This is my body, which is broken for you. And he took the cup and he said this is the new covenant. What was he referring to? He was referring to himself. He's referring to the new testament, what we have now. So when we look at 24 to 25, that crossover, we're leaving 24. But actually we're only leaving the numerics of it, we're only leaving the calendar date of it, because we still got the same trouble.
Speaker 2:20 minutes, 26 minutes in, and we still feel the same. We still feel the same. Still, the credit card still looks the same, the bank account still looks the same, the issues of life still look the same, but we've just been singing Auld Lang Syne and getting a little bit wobbly around the arena of life. But I feel the same Because you won't feel any different until you come to the greatest cross, the greatest crossover, and that is the cross of Calvary.
Speaker 2:Let's pray, father, in the name of Jesus, through this service, as we're one hour and 26 minutes in Spirit of the living God, as we reach the world for Jesus Christ. Father, we pray as many people look at the cross on the backdrop behind me, as we see the cross on the numerics of 2025 on the screen. Father, I pray that we will cross over from fear to hope, that we will cross over from pain to healing. Lord, I pray for all those that are going through bereavement, all those that are going through loss, all those that are going through monetary worries, all those that are going through fear, all those, dear God, that are suffering with mental health, all those that are suffering with all types of ailments in their lives, those that have got issues in families, those that have got issues in relationships, those that have got issues in families, those that have got issues in relationships, those that have got issues in life. I pray, father, for every human being, lord, right now that is under the sound of my voice. I pray that the fire of God will touch them and bless them and they will be healed, in the name of Jesus, that there will be such a breakthrough in their lives, not because we're in 25, but because we recognize the power of the cross. We recognize the power of the cross, we recognize the power across the calvary.
Speaker 2:So tonight, lord, I pray for healing. I pray, dear god, for healing in the name of jesus, I pray for miracles, I pray for the love of god. I pray, lord, for for the, the glory of jesus christ to sweep through our lives. Spirit of the living god, you are the great I am, you are worthy of praise. You are El Shaddai, you are Jehovah Jireh, you are Jehovah Nissi, you are the Old Testament, you are the New Testament, you are Genesis to Revelation and, lord, we believe in your word and Lord, I pray for those tonight that are worried about their lives.
Speaker 2:I pray for those that are fearful about their lives. I pray for those that just feel lost and for those that have lost their identity, that they don't know who they are, that they're caught in this web of this world, of this mechanic of this world in which we live, which we're told we've got to be robots. Lord, I pray that we will break out of that understanding and out of the mechanisms of that thought, and lord that we will realize that there is a purpose for us on this earth. There is a reason for the season, there is a reason for the season and, father, as the, as the, the uk air, as the uk atmosphere tonight, lord, as suddenly as the fireworks are finished and as so many people are leaving certain events and they feel the same, I pray right now for an outpouring of your spirit.
Speaker 2:I pray, father, as we have crossed over from 24 to 25, we realize it's just a calendar event and the fireworks have gone, the noise is is decreasing, people are making their way home. All that commercialization, all that hype, all that razzmatazz for that 15, 20 minutes. And then suddenly the, the, the london fireworks have dropped and it's gone and it's finished and the crowds are decreasing and old Lang's Iron is suddenly dropping off the peg and people are picking up their lives again and saying what is this life about? I pray for those tonight, lord, that are saying what is my life about For those that are bold enough to say Lord, I want change. God, if you're real, will you speak to me? So, lord, I pray for everybody on this live stream broadcast.
Speaker 2:I pray, father, as we gather around the word. I pray, lord, that you'll stretch out to lives tonight, that lives will be transformed. Yes, we've crossed over and we've got to remind ourselves. It's just a calendar change. It's just crossing over to 24 to 25. It is not a biblical event, it is not a spiritual event. It is a world event. If you want to see significant change, if you have crossed from 24 to 25, if you want to feel significant change, say Jesus, come into my life, lord. I've watched the crossover from 24 to 25, and I don't feel any difference. Lord, I want a crossover. I want a crossover from this humdrum of this life. I want a crossover from this rhythm that is making me tired, this rhythm of this life, this monotony of work, the monotony of Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. Lord, the monotony of Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, lord, the monotony of life, lord, I want freedom. Do you want freedom tonight? Are you looking for freedom? Are you looking for hope.
Speaker 2:The cross is a center point to cross over. The skies have gone back to black, the noise is decreasing, the parties are finishing. It's soon coming to a point when the heavens will be quiet. Come to the cross with me. Wherever you are at this moment in time, it's jesus christ, our lord and our savior. The bible says in the in in the new testament, in hebrews, chapter 12, verse 2 keep your eyes on jesus. Keep your eyes on jesus. This is what we do this year, is we keep our eyes on jesus, we focus on Jesus Christ. The fireworks have finished, the noise has gone and we feel the same, because it can only be the cross that will get us to cross over, not through the calendar date, not through a time change, not from a year moving from one to another, but coming to the cross and saying Jesus, I need hope, I need freedom.
Speaker 2:This year, lord, lord, I need to lay so much down at the cross. I need to lay myself down at the cross. I need to get everything out of me that is agitating me. I need to get everything out of me, lord, that is just making me feel odd. Lord, I want to see significant change. Lord, I want to come, lord, into this new day, this new life. Lord, I want to rise as the Bible says. I want to rise on wings as of eagles. I want to rise high above the cloud line of trouble. I want to rise high in the name of Jesus. Lord, I want to soar on wings as of eagles. Lord, I want to see the glory of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Lord, I want to feel the healing balm of Gideon, the word of God. I want to feel the power of the Holy Spirit. Do you want to feel the power of the Holy Spirit? Do you want to feel the glory of God?
Speaker 2:I'm going to read Psalm 23 again and I read that, sorry, just a few moments ago. So, psalm 23, the Psalm of David, verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. It's quite interesting, isn't it? We've crossed over and I've mentioned this so many times this evening because obviously it's New Year's Eve and it's the crossing over 24 to 25, but we're still in one. You find that we've crossed over from 24 to 25 and we're still in one.
Speaker 2:But what does the Bible say in Psalm 23, verse 1? The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in one, because when we cross over from a calendar date, just from one day, to another, it's just a calendar change, it's just numerics, it's just numerology, it's just the year moving forward. But Jesus says in Psalm 23, through the voice of David the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want he makes me lie down in green pastures.
Speaker 2:Are you tired of feeling that you're always in want? Are you tired of feeling that you're always wanting? Are you tired of feeling that you're always wanting? Are you tired that you're always trying to find that fulfillment that you thought and you've made? How many New Year's resolutions have been made at this hour, all being shouted out, being written down on bits of paper, these New Year's resolutions, all this, this is what I'm going to do, this is what I'm going to achieve.
Speaker 2:I think the way that we need to look at that is to say, if I can use this terminology, which isn't biblical, you know, but we understand for where the reason that the season that we're in is my new year's resolution is. I'm going to follow jesus like I've never followed him before. I'm going to make this year such a powerful year in the word of god, because the Bible says in Psalm 23, verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his namesake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff. They comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Jesus Christ loves you. He is the good shepherd and he will lead you, he will take you on a journey that is just beyond human understanding. You know we've crossed over 24 to 25.
Speaker 2:Silence is outside Silence. The heavens have gone quiet again. The noise, the commercialized ramping up of New Year's Eve, as they sell the tickets, as they light the touch paper, as the fireworks are finished and we're sitting indoors or we're out doing whatever is happening at this moment in our lives and we're saying I feel just the same. The only place that you'll find different is in jesus, and even as christians, we might say to ourselves I feel the same. It's because we got to get to the cross more. Because, as you look at the psalmist in Psalm 23, verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd.
Speaker 2:I shall not be in want. I'm not in want when I'm in Jesus, when I'm following Christ. I'm not in want when I'm not following Jesus. I'm in the flesh, I'm in the flesh drive, I'm in the flesh button. I'm looking at what the world is doing. I'm looking the flesh drive, I'm in the flesh button. I'm looking at what the world is doing. I'm looking for self-gratification, I'm looking for feeding the flesh, feeding the body, feeding the mind, feeding everything of self. But when I follow Jesus, do you want inner peace? Are you looking for inner peace tonight? Are you looking for a place?
Speaker 2:Now the fireworks are finished, the atmosphere is decreasing, the noise is decreasing, peoplematazz, and you've felt that euphoria for a moment. You've got in the riverman and you thought, yeah, this is great, look at that, this is marvelous. But then suddenly the heavens, the color starts to decrease and what you was looking into, that was full of colour, full of power, full of sound, full of noise, full of grandeur has just gone and suddenly you're looking into the same space and it's now black. That's like life, isn't it? So often fireworks are exploded. There is an adrenaline rush of a firework. It's been lit up in the darkness of living, and then suddenly the firework goes out and we look, and what we look back into is the backdrop of the sky, and it's still black.
Speaker 2:Do you need peace tonight? Are you looking for peace in your life? Are you looking for a crossover from the old way to the new way? For a crossover from the old way to the new way? His name is Jesus. He is the savior of the world. He is the king of kings and he is the Lord of lords. He is the great I am. He is worthy of all praise. He is Jehovah Jireh, jehovah Nissi, jehovah Shalom.
Speaker 2:We're in Psalm 23.
Speaker 2:If you have a Bible, we're in Psalm 23 and it says in verse 1 in Psalm 23, the Lord is my shepherd.
Speaker 2:I shall not be in want.
Speaker 2:He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. I believe God is making many people lie down in green pastures. In green pastures. I believe god sometimes put puts a false rest upon us because god wants our attention and you're running at a hundred mile an hour. You're running and you're making a noise like a firework. There's a massive display in your life. There's color everywhere. But when the firework goes out and the noise decreases and we're looking for happiness, we can't find it in materialism, we can't find it in that new car, we can't find it in the new house, in the new job, in the new career, in the new area of life. The only place you'll find freedom is at the cross of Calvary. I invite you to come with me to the cross tonight. Get to the cross of Calvary, rest at the cross of Calvary, realize that there's freedom at the cross of Calvary, that there is hope at the cross of Calvary, that there is new beginnings at the cross of Calvary, that there is hope at the cross of calvary, that there is new beginnings at the cross of calvary.
Speaker 2:Let's read this psalm together psalm 23, verse 1 the lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in one. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his namesake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff. They comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runneth over Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Shall we pray a moment.
Speaker 2:Are you looking for peace in your life? Are you looking for freedom? Yes, we've just crossed over. We've crossed over from 24 to 25, and we feel the same. We've watched the great spectacular of London being lit up. We've watched the fireworks. We've heard the great spectacular of London being lit up. We've watched the fireworks. We've heard the noise Auld Lang Syne has been sung and the noise has been so loud. The euphoria and the adrenaline has been running. It's been great, it's been wonderful for 15 and 20 minutes, but then suddenly I realize it's just a calendar change and I need my life to change. You know, I invite you to the cross tonight.
Speaker 2:It's not about coming to church, it's about walking with Jesus. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. And when we started out in the Gospel of john. An hour and 41 minutes ago, at the beginning of this service, we started out in the gospel of john uh, chapter 19, and we was looking at the scripture when christ took us from the old testament and the old testament was fulfilled and the old testament, that the torah was fulfilled and Christ took us from the Old Testament into the New Testament. When Christ said it is finished, that was the greatest crossover humans have ever seen. When we crossed over from the Torah, from the law, we crossed over from the old ways, we crossed over from the Old Testament and we entered into new beginnings because Jesus made a way. So when you look in the New Testament, jesus says I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. There is only one way. So that scripture is really loud and clear because when he says I am the way, he was fulfilling what was said when God said to Moses at the Mount of Sinai. When Moses said who are you? God said I am, that I am. And Jesus talks about the seven I ams. And he says in the Gospel of John very clearly I am the way, the truth and the life.
Speaker 2:Do you need life. Do you need truth? Do you need hope? Do you need truth? Do you need hope? Do you need healing? Do you need peace? When you look outside your window, outside of the studio windows here, I could see the fireworks across everywhere. The studio window was lit up just for 15 or 20 minutes and then suddenly it dropped off. Old Lang's iron dropped off. The beer stops flowing, the wine stops flowing, it all stops flowing and we realize we've just crossed from 24 to 25, and it's just a calendar event. But there is a greater crossover. Do you want to experience that crossover? Do you want to experience that new life? Do you need peace in your life tonight? Are you looking for a way?
Speaker 2:His name is Jesus and he took the world. He took the world from the Old Testament and he took them into the new beginning. So in the Gospel of John, chapter 19, when he said it is finished and he bowed up his head and he gave up his spirit. The Bible says that Jesus Christ died. But what we've got to realize is that death has no power over Jesus. Death has no power over Jesus. The Bible says O death, death, where is thy sting? Death could not move until Jesus Christ said it is finished. And with that he bowed his head and he gave up his spirit. See, god is in charge of death. God is over death.
Speaker 2:But humanity is what we worry about our own mortality, we worry about death. We worry how am I going to die? When am I going to die? What if, buts, maybes, all that sort of stuff. And I understand what that's like, working in palliative care for eight years on the front line in palliative care in a hospice, watching and smelling and seeing death on an hourly moment, seeing it, watching it come down a corridor. It had a smell, it has a rhythm, it has a drive. But death has no power over jesus. Death has no power over you, because when, when Jesus gave up his spirit and he bowed his head, he allowed death to come in. But the Bible says oh death, where is your sting?
Speaker 2:And Jesus says to the thief on the cross of Calvary something very, very clearly when the thief was on the cross and at this moment, this event, this crossover event that we've been talking about tonight, the greatest crossover the world has ever seen, was when Jesus took us, not from 24 to 25, but when Jesus took us from the Old Testament to the New Testament. He took us from the old ways. He took us out of law. He took us out of all that stuff that went on and he gave human beings salvation when no one could get saved, up until the point when Jesus said it is finished. Salvation did not exist until Jesus died on the cross of Calvary, and he is the one that crossed us over. He took us over from the Old Testament to the New Testament. Christ is taking you from your old ways, he's taking me from my old ways, he's taking us from our old ways and he's got a new beginning. Do you want a new beginning? So when Christ bowed his head, suddenly redemption was fulfilled. Redemption started in the new, in the old testament, in the, in the uh, the gospel, sorry, in genesis.
Speaker 2:I've been speaking now for almost two hours. We're going to finish in a moment. We've done a one hour and 46 minutes. We've got only 14 minutes to go and we'll be out of here in the name of Jesus Christ. But redemption was fulfilled when Jesus Christ said it is finished and he bowed up his head and he gave up his spirit. So redemption was fulfilled through the book of Genesis, chapter 3, verse 15, when the human beings fell in the Garden of Eden and we won't go into the fall of humanity. But God already put in a redemption plan and the scriptures were fulfilled. So, yes, we've crossed over from 24 to 25. But that is just a world event. That is just a moment of what we call oh great, it's a new year, it's a new beginning.
Speaker 2:But everyone that's sung Auld Lang Syne, everyone that's had a beer or two, everyone that's got wobbly, everyone that's watched the fireworks, will be now sitting and getting back to their sofa and climbing in bed and thinking I just feel the same. And climbing in bed and thinking I just feel the same. In the morning I'll probably wake up and feel worse, because the only crossover we will feel different from is when God has taken us from death to life, from the old to the new. And that's what Jesus done. He took the Old Testament and brought it and put it into the new. He took the new and put it into the old. You can't separate the Old Testament to the new. You can't separate the new from the old, vice versa.
Speaker 2:The tapestry of the Old Testament and the New Testament runs beautifully. It is fluid. The Old and the New Testament runs so clear. And Jesus was the fulfillment of the old and the beginning of the new testament. And jesus took humanity from the language of the prophetic language of redemption actually into redemption, because he is the redeeming king. He is the redeeming king, he is the great high priest, he is the king of kings, he is the lord of lords, he is jehovah jireh, he is jehovah nissi, he is jehovah shalom, he is your savior. God is your savior. Jesus christ is your healer. He is the first and he is the last, wherever you are across the world. So now the the understanding of the scripture. When Jesus said it is finished, he took us not from 24 to 25. He took us from the Old Testament into the New Testament. He took us from the old religious ways into freedom. And when he said it is finished, the heavens shook, the earth moved, everything stood still. And he said it is finished. The heavens shook, the earth moved, everything stood still and he said it is finished.
Speaker 2:And the thief on the cross? Let's just take a moment just to think about the thief on the cross. He never done an alpha course, he never went to church, he never said the sinner's prayer, he never went into an established authority known as the church. He never done any course, he was never baptized, he never spoke in tongues. But what did jesus say to him? Within a twinkling of an eye you'll be with me in paradise. Come on, come on.
Speaker 2:Salvation isn't found in church, it's found in jesus. Salvation isn't found in church, it's found in Jesus. Salvation isn't found in the buildings and the fabric of church and the cathedrals. Salvation is found at the cross, because at the cross there is a crossover. At the cross there is a new beginning, and Jesus hasn't taken us from the old to the new in such a way of we just crossed over from 24 to 25. We have just had a calendar event, we have just had a moment of euphoria, of an adrenaline rush, of a few hours of hype and all that sort of stuff. But we need redemption and Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament, the language, the prophetic language, the poetry, the Old Testament. Jesus Christ is the redeemer.
Speaker 2:And we're coming to the close and we've got nine minutes of this service left and we're out of here in the name of Jesus. Do you realize that there's power in the name of Jesus? Do you realize there's hope in Jesus? Do you realize that there's power in the name of Jesus? Do you realize there's hope in Jesus? Do you realize there's freedom in Jesus? Do you realize he is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords? Do you realize he is the great I am? Do you realize that his love is over you right now? Do you realize that you might have lost your identity and you've been thrashing out and been tearing around and looking for some way forward? His name is Jesus. You might have had a great New Year's Eve. You might have put on your makeup, put your lips on, put your clothes on, put your suit on, look great, look beautiful, look handsome, gone out but actually feeling not worthy.
Speaker 2:Jesus says I've redeemed you, I've made you worthy because of the blood of Jesus. I invite you in these moments. We've got eight minutes of this service before we drop out of here and I'm going to pray. Father, we are in 25. We are in 2025. And I pray right now in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 2:As many have crossed over from 24 to 25 and realize I feel the same, lord, will you tell our hearts that we need to cross? It is the cross of Calvary, it is the cross of hope, it is the cross of redemption. So tonight, lord, I pray for peace. Lord, I pray for peace, that peace will abound. In the name of Jesus, I pray that the love of God will accelerate across the world. I pray for those that feel lonely, those that feel broke, those that feel lost, those that have broke, those that feel lost, those that have lost their identity, those that just feel scared, those that feel weary and exhausted. I pray that they will feel the love of God.
Speaker 2:Lord, as we stretch our legs into 2025, I pray that we will not go into 2025 in fear, that we'll go into 2025 in boldness, in strength, through the word of god. I pray that we will go, dear god, not in fear, but we will go in joy, that we will not go in doubt, we'll go in hope. Tonight, lord, I pray for such an outpouring of your spirit that we will feel the love of god and the power of god and the mercy of god, and let the world know that redemption is freedom, not crossing over from a New Year's Eve evening, but it is the cross of Calvary. So tonight, lord, we pray for salvation. That salvation will visit this nation. We pray for this government. We pray for the church. We pray for humanity. We pray for every human being in the uk tonight that freedom will come through the word of god that tonight lord as people are leaving new year's eve celebrations for those that feel empty, even though they've been around family and friends, even though they've seen fireworks and they've experienced A, b, c and D. I pray for those that still feel lost that they will find peace, that they will find hope, that they will find the love of God in their lives in such a powerful way that the love of Jesus will open up doors, that the love of God will close doors.
Speaker 2:Jesus says, through the word of God come to me, all of you that are weary and heavily laden, and I will give you rest. Do you need rest tonight? Do you need rest? Christ is calling, the cross is calling. The word of God is calling. He says come to me, all of you, every age, every color, every ethnicity, every walk of life, every area of every corner of every situation. God says come to me, and God is calling us, even if we're saved, even if we're churchgoers.
Speaker 2:You might be clicking onto this live stream, you might click onto Spotify, you might be across the cities that we're streaming to at this moment in time and different nations around the world. God is calling you. God is calling you to freedom. Let's not be robots for the government, let's not be caught in the humdrum of life. Let's be found in the word of God.
Speaker 2:And I'm not talking about church, I'm not talking about religion, because that is boring. I'm talking about a kingdom. I'm talking about a kingdom, the kingdom of God, that where freedom sits, where healing is, where the love of God is. I'm not talking about religion and church, because that's boring and dangerous. I'm inviting you to the cross, and at the cross you won't find religion, you won't find church, but what you'll find at the cross is salvation and redemption. At the cross you'll find, find hope. At the cross you'll find peace. At the cross you'll find Jesus.
Speaker 2:So, father, tonight, as we are stretching our toes, as we are 56 minutes in to this new 25, I pray that we will feel redemption in our lives like never before, that we will know the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. We will know that our Redeemer lives. And because he lives, we can face tomorrow. And as we face tomorrow and as the hour and as this new day unfolds, in the name of Jesus, pour out your Spirit and your love over us. Pour out your mercy over us tonight, lord, let us feel your glory. Let us feel your glory, let us feel your grace. Lord, let us feel the love of Jesus like never before. Come Holy Spirit, Lord, make a way where there is no way. Lord, set the captives free tonight. Break out, god, break those prisoners out of those inner walls where we make ourselves prisoners within ourselves.
Speaker 2:If you've lost your identity, if you've just become this person that is just living this life, that just seems to be the monotony of this life, this hour, this moment, if you're bored of your surroundings, if you're fed up with work and life, come to the cross. We've made it, we've crossed over. So, father, we thank you for this time in the Lord's house. We thank you for these moments where we've been able to sit in the presence of God. We thank you that the scriptures have been fulfilled. We thank you that the word of god is power, is hope, is freedom, that the word of god is life, that the word of god is new beginnings.
Speaker 2:So, lord, I pray for everybody. Lord, in all the cities, the 72 cities, uh sorry, the 72 countries around the world and over a thousand nations that we are in uh, sorry, a thousand cities. It's been two hours, my mind is gone, so I just want to say that again. Thank you to everybody in the 72 countries and over 1,000 cities around the world that we are pushing all this stuff out. May God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, wherever you are, remember God loves you and all things are possible to those who believe. Let God take you on the greatest crossover, the crossover from fear to freedom, the crossover from life like you've never seen it before.
Speaker 2:We're out of here. We'll see you very, very soon. We're back in-house tomorrow. We're back at 8 o'clock for a Bible study tomorrow night. We're back online at 8 o'clock. We'll be beaming around the world. We'll have in-house service as well. Wherever you are, I pray that you won't look at the calendar event of 24 to 25, but you realize that God has crossed you over from nothing to something. May God bless you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We will see you very, very soon. Take care, god bless. Thank you for your time this evening. May God touch your life, may you be filled with peace and may the Holy Spirit take you on a journey that you could never imagine. Make this year a year where you fall in love with the Word of God In Jesus' name, amen, god bless.
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