Announcements:
- Thursday Night Bible Study at 7pm at HCC.
- Camp Sign Up Sheet is available. Private Room forms are due Sunday 2-25-24
- Church Business Meeting February 18 at 6:30pm.
- Prayer Meeting every 1st Sunday of the Monday at 6pm (next one Sunday Mar 3, 2024 at 6pm)
- Billy Graham Ministry Frontera Tour Sunday February 25 at 4pm at Payne Arena.
- Next Worship Night Sunday March 24, 2024 at 6pm.
- Spanish Translation for the sermon is now available at HCC. Feel free to invite Spanish speaking people to church.
- Youth meet every Saturday at 6:30pm.
- Pray for HCC and Open Hands Community Charitable Services as we prepare to expand our service to the community.
Sermon Notes:
Main Point: We will advance, Totally Dependent on Jesus: Find and protect your secret place with God and Praise and Worship with all you have in 2024.
Intro recap:
- In 2024 we will advance as long as we stay totally dependent on Jesus.
- Advance individually, family, local church, the RGV.
- The evidence will be the tangible presence of God dwelling in the presence of true praise and worship
- The evidence will be signs and wonders that will bring glory to the Kingdom of God (Not man)
What we can do individually to Advance
1. Protect your secret place with God (You and God alone when no one is watching)
If you don’t have a secret place, it is VERY IMPORTANT YOU FIND IT AND PROTECT IT!!!!!!
2. In Church, come ready to praise and worship in spirit and in truth. ALL THAT YOU HAVE!!!!!!
3. Do not let any trial in life keep you from 1 & 2
What to expect as we Advance:
- Tangible presence of Jesus (The Holy Spirit) transforming our hearts to be desperate for him. Totally Dependent on Jesus.
- Signs and Wonders. Your prayer request supernaturally being answered to bring Glory to the Kingdom of God
- Take no Glory for the signs and wonders. All Glory and praise to King Jesus.
His Word is truth so expect God’s Hand to move on your behalf (Signs and Wonders):
- Romans 8:28: All things work together for good for those who are in Christ Jesus
- Romans 8:37: You are more than conquerors through Christ who strengthens you
- Matthew 6:33: Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you
- 1 Corinthians 2:9: Eye has not seen nor ear heard what God has planned for his people.
Who reaps these promises? Those who know God. Those with Faith.
- Hebrews 11:6: Faith pleases God
- Matthew 17:20-21: Faith the size of mustard seed, will move mountains
Pastor’s Thoughts:
- Let your faith arise. When you ask for God to do signs and wonders and it does not happen, it is not because God has broken his promise. It is because God’s ways are higher than our ways.
- Trust during the storms; be totally dependent on Jesus and in God’s timing the victories will come.
Who does not reap these promises?
- James 4:3: Those who ask amiss for selfish reasons.
Summary:
- I look forward to advancing in 2024 being totally dependent on Jesus.
- I look forward to parking problems because there are too many cars for church
- I look forward to seating problems because there are too few seats for church
- That being said, if you gave me a choice between 150 people in this church but no tangible presence of God or 5 people in this church with the tangible presence of God. I will take 5 every time.
- Because it’s not about what we see with our eyes it is about the true worship in our hearts.
