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Beth Jones is a Bible teacher and founder of The Basics With Beth, a non-profit Christian teaching ministry dedicated to helping people learn the Bible basics.
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The Joyful Connection of Christmas 0:00 Hey guys, this is Beth Jones and I am so glad you have tuned into the Basics with Beth Podcast. And, I'm so pumped up about helping you get the basics of the Bible, or as we like0:11 to say around here, get the basics, live the life and do the stuff. I know you are gonna be so encouraged by today's podcast and I really pray you enjoy0:23 every minute. If you'd like to know more about the basics and what we're doing, just head on over to the basics with beth dot com to get all the deets. And in the meantime, enjoy today's0:35 podcast. We are launching a brand new series today called Hark. And so so you might wonder what does that mean? And of course, you know the Christmas carol, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. And so, you know, we're0:47 gonna talk about some things as it relates to Christmas, but I really believe God has a message for us in this series. And the message I believe is gonna be this, what is the connection between joy, praise,0:59 a thankful heart? What is the connection between all of those things in terms of what God wants to do in us and through us? What what is the connection? What's the supernatural connection? Because as we get into Hark, as1:10 we look at this Christmas story, think about what happened thousands of years ago and then what God wants to do now, we're gonna find out there was a huge connection at Jesus' birth. There was a huge connection when God1:17 sent his very best gift ever, when God sent his indescribable gift,1:29 the best present the earth ever ever saw when he sent his son Jesus Christ to the earth. It was accompanied over and over and over with joy,1:41 great joy, gladness, praise, thanksgiving, rejoicing. And that is what accompanied God's presence when he sent his son to the earth and it's still1:53 the very same thing. It is still what accompanies God's presence, his companionship, his fellowship, his presence in our lives and his manifested presence.2:05 Of course God is here, but if you don't ever feel it, if it's never manifested to you, then you wanna listen to what we're gonna talk about and let the Lord connect the dots. But not just his manifested presence as in2:17 his companionship, but also his presence. You know, this is Christmas. We give presence to 1 another. And the way we receive God's presence, those gifts, those good things he wants to do in2:29 our lives, those good things he wants to give us, it will also be accompanied as we get into this you'll see it. It will also be accompanied with joy and gladness and a thankful heart and rejoicing and2:41 praising the Lord. There's just no way around it. So I really hope and I pray that you will heart. All of us will listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit and hear what it is he wants to say to us in this series. Okay? So2:49 get your bibles out. We're gonna just blaze through the Christmas story and then get into kind of present tense. So let's pray3:02 and let's get into it. Alright. Father, thank you so much for your word. Thank you, Lord. It's just so loaded with revelation. It it becomes so obvious when we look at the Christmas story, when we look at how3:14 you operate and how you bless humanity. And Lord, I pray today that you'll give every single 1 of us ears to hear, eyes to see, a heart to get it, to really truly get this whole idea of how you want3:26 your presence, your fellowship, your companionship to be real in our lives, as well as your presence, the gifts, and the good things you want to bring to us. Lord, help us to see3:38 the connection between praise and worship and joy and rejoicing and gladness. Help us to see it. Help us to get it. Give us ears to hark. In Jesus' name, we pray. And all3:50 the people said, amen. Alright. So let's start in Luke 1 28. We're gonna look at this Christmas story and just kinda blaze through it. Okay? So Luke 1 28. Now in the4:02 sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary, and having4:14 come in, the angel said to her, rejoice. The very first words that ever were even said about about the birth of Jesus, about his presence on earth and the present that he is to4:26 earth, to humanity was rejoice. This is good stuff. Rejoice. Highly favored 1, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women. So the whole story begins with 1 of these words.4:38 Now let's carry on, let's go to Luke 1 47. So then this is Mary's response. Blessed the angel said, blessed is she who believed for there will be4:50 a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord. That's a good word for somebody. Blessed is she, this must be for a woman today in the house, who believed and meant to, but I just got an unction.5:01 This is for somebody. Blessed is she who believed for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord. So somebody watching the5:13 message, the Lord has told you some things. Of course, he's told all of us things, but some of you this is somebody this is resonating with. The Lord told you some things, then he wants you to be encouraged. Blessed are5:24 you who believe there will be a fulfillment of the things the Lord has spoken to you. So take that 1. Grab on to that. Continue reading. And Mary said, my soul magnifies the Lord and my5:35 spirit has rejoiced in God my savior. For he has regarded the lowly state of his maidservant. For behold, henceforth, all generations will call me blessed. For he who is5:47 mighty has done great things for me and holy is his name. Now let's look at 2 things real quick that Mary did because this is we're gonna come back to this. This will help us. Mary, the Bible says, from 25:59 places, she began to rejoice and began to praise the lord and magnify god. My soul magnifies the lord. Our soul as you know is our is our mind, our emotions,6:11 our will, it's our choice. And to magnify the Lord means you make the Lord bigger than anything else. Bigger than this crazy story the angel just told her. Bigger than any crazy6:23 thing you're experiencing. Her soul magnified the Lord. That's a choice, and we'll get into that in these, you know, couple of sessions together. Then it goes on to say her spirit has rejoiced.6:36 Wasn't just her soul but then her spirit, her heart got into this thing. She made a choice to magnify the Lord but then her spirit rejoice. Rejoicing is the expression of joy. It's 16:48 thing to have joy all bottled up on the inside, but to rejoice is to let that joy out. So she magnified the lord with her soul. She rejoiced out of her spirit because she realized that god7:00 had done mighty things for her as we all know. Alright. Keep reading the Christmas story then Luke chapter 2 verse 10. So then the angel said to them now7:12 this is regarding the shepherds. The angel said to them, do not be afraid for behold I bring you good tidings. 1 version says glad tidings of great joy,7:24 which shall be to all the people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David, a savior who is Christ the Lord, and this will be the sign to you. You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying7:36 in a manger, and suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising god. Now the angels are involved, praising god and saying glory to god in the highest7:48 and on earth peace, goodwill towards men. Jump down a few verses, then the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen as it was8:00 told them. So we're seeing in the birth of Jesus, the Christmas story, his presence and his presence. We're seeing rejoicing and gladness and good tidings and great joy to8:12 all the people, all the people throughout all of eternity. We're seeing magnifying the Lord, praising the Lord. These are just things that accompany the8:23 presence of the Lord. This accompanies God's presence, we'll find out, in our own lives. So so what was this good news, this glad tidings? Well, I mean, you know, this great joy for all the people, it was definitely8:35 speaking of his birth, but it was speaking of the anticipated result of his birth. His life, his death, his burial, his resurrection, all the miracles he would do while he's here, the fact that he's coming8:47 again, the fact that he poured out his holy spirit upon all flesh, the fact that god is alive and dwelling and wanting to dwell with us, wanting a relationship with us. He wants his8:59 presence, his companionship, this relationship with us, and he also wants to bless his people with presence, with good things, with good gifts. We see that throughout the Bible9:10 and this is what they're this is what they're speaking of. They're they're they're they're speaking because they know in anticipation of what the birth of the Messiah is going to do. I think sometimes we've missed it. At9:21 Christmas, we get so caught up with Christmas trees and, you know, Santa Claus and all the other holiday things that are, you know, they're fine. People have a lot of fun with it, but sometimes we miss. Listen, this was9:31 the happiest story known to humanity. This was the great joy story, And it wasn't just for a couple of days when the baby was born in the manger, this is what supposed to be for all the9:43 people for all time, and all the people said. So, let's continue down here then. So, in this story, we see Mary's praising the Lord. The shepherds are praising the Lord.9:55 The angels are praising the Lord. Later, you can read in in, further chapters. The wise men were praising the Lord, and they brought their gold, their frankincense, and their myrrh, and they're worshiping before10:06 him. So god wanted great joy for the people. So what is it we're supposed to learn now in modern times? You know, what does the Christmas story mean to us? Let's sort of jump ahead10:18 now. Jesus is on earth. He's living. He's doing his ministry, so fulfilling his his purpose for being here, and we're into John 15 11. Okay? Now this is near10:30 the end of Jesus' life. He's been born. He lived for 33 years. He's coming to the end of his life on earth and he's gonna lay it down as a sacrifice for us. He says this to the disciples and as well10:42 to us. He says these things, all of these things, I've spoken to you so that my joy may remain in you and that your joy would be full.10:54 Jesus is talking about his joy and he's talking about our joy and he's saying, look, I'm telling you all of this. The Christmas story started it, but my whole life has has been a testimony to this. I'm11:06 telling you all of these things so that my joy, the joy that Jesus had and the Bible tells us that Jesus was anointed with the oil of gladness, anointed with joy,11:18 anointed with the oil of gladness. Listen, there's an anointing for gladness. I believe you're gonna get it today. I believe it will be dripping on you today. There is an anointing for gladness and for11:29 joy, and Jesus, the Bible said, was anointed with gladness above all of his companions. You know, we see pictures of Jesus and he looks so somber and so, you know, stoic. That is not the Jesus of11:41 the Bible because the Bible says that the Jesus of the Bible was anointed with gladness above everybody else. You walked into a room and you looked around, who's the happiest, most joy filled,11:54 glad kinda guy here in the room? Who is that? It's Jesus. You see the multitudes on the hillside and you're like, where's the glad 1? It's Jesus. You see everybody out in the boats and you're like,12:05 well, who's got the most joy? Definitely, always, it's Jesus. He was anointed with the oil of gladness. And I truly believe that's what God wants to do in us throughout the course of this12:17 series. So he said, I want my joy to be in you so that your joy is full. Well, you know, this is all great, but the question is gonna come down to how does this work? How is12:29 it that we experience this anointing of gladness and his joy in a greater way? So go over to Psalm 16 verse 11. Let's get into the dynamics of it. Let's sort of, you know,12:41 tear apart and analyze this just a bit. Psalm 16 verse 11, and again, some of these are things you've heard, but this is a great verse. The psalmist said, you will show me the path of12:53 life. In your presence is fullness of joy. At your right hand, there are pleasures forevermore. So we know for sure that in his presence,13:05 there is fullness of joy. Sometimes we're so we're living our lives so busy and so, you know, much going on. Even though he is with us, he will never leave us or forsake us. Even though he is13:17 with us, we're not experiencing his manifested presence. We're not experiencing the presence of the Lord. We're not taking time to get into his presence. We're not aware and cognizant of13:29 his presence. We are not practicing his presence. And I'm guilty too. I'm not throwing stones at you. We all get busy. And we all do this. But but what he wants us to know is, in my presence, if y'all could get there,13:41 in my presence is fullness of joy. And we'll in weeks to come, we're gonna define joy a little more fully because, joy has so much to do with contentment. Joy is not happiness.13:54 Hey. I hope you are enjoying today's message, and I wanted to interrupt this program to bring you a special announcement. I wanted to offer you a free book14:06 that will help you grow in your relationship with the Lord. Just click the free book button on the pray dot com app or go to thebasicswithbeth14:18 dot COM to get your free copy of the 7 Basics. These 7 truths will definitely set you up for an intimate and successful14:30 relationship with the Lord. Now, let's head back into our regularly scheduled program. Okay. So his presence, let me just mention this. Sometimes you read in the Bible where it talks about the14:42 glory of God. And for a lot of us, when we hear about the glory of God, we're like, okay, woo woo, whatever that is. Whatever that glory of God thing is. You know what it is? The glory of God, you can read it throughout14:53 the Bible, it is God's manifested presence. In Exodus, I think it's chapter 30, when Moses said, God, I wanna see your presence. I wanna see you. The Lord didn't show him his face, but the15:05 Bible says that God made all of his goodness pass before Moses. God manifested his presence for Moses, but not with some image of himself.15:17 He made all of his goodness pass before Moses. So when God's manifested presence shows up in our lives, it brings fullness of joy and it brings all of God's15:29 goodness. Okay. So hold that thought. I'm I'm getting somewhere so I know we're going fast, but I'm I'm heading somewhere. His presence, his companionship, his manifested15:40 awareness in our lives, the tangibleness of God, that's part a. Part b is his presence, his gifts, those good things he wants to bring into our lives. John 1615:53 verse 22, Jesus said this. Now this is right before he was going to to to the cross and then going to the father. He said this. He said, therefore, to the disciples. He said, now you have sorrow because they16:04 were recognizing what's going on. He said, now you have sorrow, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice. And your joy no16:16 1 will take from you. In that day, we're gonna come back to that day. In that day, you will ask me nothing. Most assuredly I say to you, whatever you ask the father16:28 in my name, he will give it you. Until now, you've asked nothing in my name. Now, get this, ask and you will receive that your joy may be made full. So Jesus16:40 says, look, your hearts are a little sorrowful right now because you're seeing I'm gonna go to the cross. However, in that day, you'll have joy again. I'll see you again. No 1 will take16:52 away your joy. Okay. What is that day? Sometimes we we read this verse and we think that day means the day he comes again. The day we all go to heaven. Oh, hallelujah. That's gonna be awesome. He's not talking17:04 about that day. He's talking about the day of his resurrection. He's talking about the day he rose from the dead. He's like, guys, chill out just a couple days here. In that day, in just a few days, I17:16 already told you on the third day, I will rise. Well, in that day, I'll see you again. And from that day on, your joy will be full. Up until now, you've not asked me17:28 anything. He says, ask the father in my name and he'll give it to you. And when God gives you the things you ask, those desires of your heart, those those things that you17:39 desire based on your fellowship with him, based on time in his presence, then it's easy to ask him for presents, gifts. And Jesus said, do it. Ask17:51 him. You'll receive. Why? So that your joy will be made full. So his presence, companionship, fellowship, his presence, those gifts, the desires of your heart,18:03 those good things that you just desire and that god also desires for you. Those are the 2 things we're talking about. So now the question is, how does this become real to me? You know, I I want my joy to be18:15 full. I want to experience those things in great measure. I want joy. I want gladness. I wanna be anointed with the oil of joy. Okay. Let's talk about joy. I mentioned it, but joy and18:27 happiness are not the same. Happiness is based on circumstances. Happiness, you know, as we all know, you get a little adrenaline rush and you get a little happy about something, it's great. But it is not abiding. It is18:38 not lasting. Joy is this abiding smile in your heart, this abiding it's almost like you're in on a secret because you know God. You know all is well.18:51 You have a deep abiding contentment. And there's a smile in your heart. There's just a little pep in your step and there's a song in your heart, and there's just this joy that is in19:02 you. And the more you experience his presence, and the more you experience his presence, his gifts, the more that joy is full and no 1 can take it away. So then19:14 you say, okay. Good. I I get it now. How do I experience more of this? Okay. This is what I wanna get to. James chapter 1 verse 16. I love this. 2 things here I19:26 wanna I wanna share in our time remaining. Okay? James 1 16. The Bible says every good gift, every perfect gift is from above. We know that19:38 it's from the father. And comes down from the father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Well, we know his presence is above19:50 because in his presence is fullness of joy. So we know that his presence and fullness of joy, which is a very good and perfect gift, we know that's up above where he's seated on his throne. But we want his20:01 presence, that manifested presence to come down in such a way that it's tangible in our lives. On 1 hand, he will never leave us or forsake us. He's in us. He lives with us.20:13 The holy spirit lives in our bodies as his temple. But on the other hand, the actual presence of god, he is seated on a throne up above in heaven. We want to experience20:25 that presence of god coming down and touching our lives in a tangible manifested kind of way. Same thing with all of his good gifts. Every good gift, every perfect gift is from above.20:37 I like to picture it this way. It's as if god has, you know, the big warehouse in heaven, the big Sam's Club, the big Costco, the big warehouse in heaven where every good gift, every perfect gift is20:49 on inventory. And and so we sometimes, you know, we say, okay, God, you know, I just want your blessings, but, like, but actually how does it happen? How does your joy become full by receiving these things? Well, we know21:01 they come down. But how do they come down? You're like, do angels deliver them? Do they come down on a big super slide from heaven, a big invisible super slide? Like, how do they come21:12 down? How is it this happens? So so a couple thoughts. So they're up in heaven. We know they come down. And an example, I21:24 guess, a picture I've seen in in is I've, you know, thought about this is in terms of an illustration. An illustration that makes sense to me is if I know god's got a big warehouse and he's got, you know, all the all the21:36 loading docks, a huge massive terminal of all kinds of good and perfect gifts, his presence and his presence. If I know that's in heaven and I want it to come down, then my question is, how do I21:48 get the 18 wheeler to be dispatched from the terminal in heaven to come down and touch my life? How is this made real to me? How is this made practical? And I'll tell you what, we're just22:00 it it's just exactly the same way as what we saw in the Christmas story. The way that it's made real to us is the exact same way it was made real when Jesus came down the first time22:12 with his presence and with his presence, his companionship on earth and then the good gifts that he brought when he came, including himself. It happens the exact same way. Alright? So go22:24 over to Psalm 68. This is what I've been trying to get to all morning. Psalm 68 verse 4. Sing this is what I've been trying to get to all day.22:36 Psalm 68 verse 4. Sing to God. Sing praises to his name. Cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts. His22:48 name is the Lord. Be in high spirits and glory before him. Now, you've heard this scripture something like this. When John the Baptist came on the scene before the first before before23:00 Jesus birth on the earth. John the Baptist came along and then he come along a voice of 1 crying in the wilderness, prepare ye, you know, a pathway for the Lord. Bring up the valleys. Knock down23:12 the mountains. Make the crooked way straight. Make a highway for our God. Well, they made a highway for God to come with his presence and his gifts, his23:24 presence the first time for Jesus to come. We can make a highway every day of our lives. We can cast up a highway for that big 18 wheeler at the terminal of the loading docks in23:36 heaven to bring down his presence, his tangible presence, companionship, his fellowship, his glory into our lives, as well as the good and perfect gifts that are23:48 at the warehouse. We can do the exact same thing. We can cast up a highway. We can we can go in the asphalt business. We of course, it'll be made with gold, streets of gold.24:00 We'll cast up a highway of gold and you say, well, how do you do that? How do you how do you create a highway for God to allow those things to come down? What does the 18 wheeler travel on? It travels on the24:11 highways. I'm just this is all an illustration. Okay? Though I know there's not actually 18 wheelers in heaven, but this is the illustration. We cast up a highway for God so that the things he wants to get to us come24:23 down from his throne of grace and goodness to our hearts, to our lives. How do we do it? Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Cast up a highway, be in high24:35 spirits, and glory before him. What does this sound like? This sounds a lot like the Christmas story. Somehow or another, we have got to, by choice, by faith,24:47 with expectation, begin to go, god, you know what? I'm gonna be just like Mary. I'm gonna be just like those shepherds. I'm gonna be just like the wise men. I'm gonna be just like the angels. I'm gonna begin to24:59 rejoice. My soul will magnify the lord. Rejoice. I will be in high spirits. I'll praise the Lord. Even if I'm feeling grumpy. Even if I'm not having the Christmas spirit. Even if I want to be25:10 Scrooge this year because the economy is so so crummy. You know what? I'm not gonna do it. I'm gonna rejoice in the Lord anyways. I'm gonna cast up a25:22 highway. I'm gonna cast up a highway for my God, so that all the good and perfect gifts, all of his goodness, and the great joy for all the people that he wants25:34 coming into my life comes down on that highway. I don't know about you all. I'm casting up a highway. I want God's presence, and I want God's presence, his gifts. I want his companionship.25:46 I want his good and perfect gifts in my life. And listen, we're the only ones that create the highway for us. Your neighbor's creating a highway for themselves. I mean, you know, maybe they'll let you25:58 travel on it, but you gotta create your own highway. You've got to open your mouth. You've got to open up your heart. You've got to lift your hands. You've got to with your soul, with your mind, your emotions, your will,26:09 you have got to magnify the Lord. You have got to make God bigger in your life by magnifying him saying, God, you're the great God. You're the almighty God. You're the all powerful God. Glory to God26:21 in the highest. Look, we sing that song. Glory to God, the highest. Like, we're singing that. Like, when we sing that, sing it. How great is our God? Like, you're26:33 just saying, soul, you're gonna magnify the Lord. We're casting up a highway. I want some 18 wheelers coming down to my life. My spirit rejoices in God26:45 my savior. That's out of your heart, your spirit. God, I just rejoice. I'm gonna let my joy be expressed. I rejoice in you. I rejoice in your goodness. I rejoice that I26:57 live in America. I rejoice that I'm alive, that I'm breathing. I rejoice in the friendships in my life. I rejoice and I'm thankful for my family. I'm thankful for my27:09 church. I'm thankful for my freedoms. I praise you, God, that I know you. I mean, you could just take eternity and your spirit rejoices in the Lord. This27:21 is how you cast up a highway. Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Cast up a highway so that all of these good and perfect gifts, his presence, his27:33 tangible companionship, fellowship, awareness of him being with you, that that becomes real to you. That his presence in terms of the gifts, the27:44 good things, the desires of your heart. The Bible says hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is like a tree of life. Well, God wants your desires fulfilled. He wants27:56 good and perfect gifts coming down to bless your life. Jesus said, I told you all these things so that your joy would be full. Up until now, you've not asked for anything, but now ask.28:08 Ask and you will receive that your joy would be made full. And I'll tell you what, you just get in with God and you begin to say, God, I'm asking you for all those good things and I'm casting up this highway of rejoicing28:18 and praise, and I'm singing to you. And I don't know how it works. Maybe the angels are in the asphalt business. Maybe the angels have big old trucks and they start pouring asphalt, well or gold. They start pouring gold.28:30 So God's 18 wheelers can get to your life and can can get to my life. I mean, it's so simple. It's, you know, it's comical. It's so simple. All God's asking us to do is rejoice28:42 and sing praises to God. But I I wanna show you 1 final thing. Does this really matter? I mean, does it really make a difference? I mean, what if I don't wanna give thanks? What if I just wanna be a grump? What if I just28:53 wanna stand there like a bump on a log? What if I'm just not into all that, you know, charismatic stuff? Okay. Well, then you might go without some things. Because if there's not a highway and the big old semi hits29:05 a couple potholes, blows out a few tires, you may not things may not be coming to your driveway. And you say, well, yeah, you're just saying that is there Bible for that? Yes. I've got some Bible for that. Luke29:17 17. This ought to hopefully, this will encourage some of you that are still digging in. Now, most of you, I know you're about ready to come out of your seat. You're like, alright. Quit talking. I just wanna praise the29:28 Lord. Good. Others of you, I know you're digging in your heels. You're like, well, bless God. I don't care what she says. I'm not gonna be like 1 of them, you know, wave hand waving, loud singing,29:40 shouting, praising people. Look. Famous last words. Let me just tell you. Famous last words. If you say, I will never be like that. Okay? Just count on29:51 it. You will be like that. God will God will make sure that you're like that. Okay. But I digress. Luke 17 verse 12. Let's close with this. And as he was going into 130:03 village, he was met by 10 lepers. Jesus was met by 10 lepers who stood at a distance and they raised up their voices and called, Jesus, master, take pity. Have mercy on us. And when he30:15 saw them, he said to them, go at once and show yourselves to the priest. And as they went, they were cured and made clean. They're healed. Lepers. They were made30:27 clean and cured. Then 1 of them, there were 10 lepers. 1 of them, upon seeing that he was cured, turned back recognizing and30:39 thanking and praising God with a loud voice. And he fell prostrate at Jesus' feet, thanking him over and over and he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, were not all30:51 10 cleansed? Where are the other 9? Was there no 1 found to return and to recognize and to give thanks31:03 and praise to God except this alien? And he said to him, get up and go on your way. Your faith, your trust, and confidence that spring from your belief in31:15 God has restored you to health. Now what's the difference here? Does it really matter? It absolutely does. This man cast up a highway by praising and thanking god, and not only31:27 was he cured on the first pass through. All 10 lepers were cured. They had leprosy, and when Jesus healed them, cured them what does it say? They were made31:38 clean and cured. When Jesus made them clean and cured, their leprosy stopped. It stopped operating. It was gone. But 1 of them came back and he came back with a thankful heart31:50 praising God and and just over and over thanking God and rejoicing in the Lord for what had happened. And Jesus said, well, where are the other 9? I thought I healed 10. Since you came32:02 back, you 1 person here, since you came back, not only are you cured, not only are you made clean, but you are also restored to health, King James says made whole.32:14 This guy got a little got a little more. This guy got the 18 wheeler backing up to his life and next thing you know this miraculous working of God happens and the limbs and the parts of his body that had been eaten away32:26 by leprosy begin to spring into existence. He wasn't just cured. He wasn't just clean. He was restored. He was made whole. Thank God for what the 9 got,32:38 but the the this this 1 other, the tenth 1, he was the 1 that cast up the highway. He was the 1 that got a hold of God's presence, the companionship of Jesus, worshiping him, thanking32:49 him, and he also got the presence, the gift of complete and total health, restoration, wholeness. Let's cast up. Let's build up a highway33:02 to our God this morning for his presence and his presence to come into our lives. Alright? So let me pray. Father, thank you so much. Lord, I know we talked fast. I know we had a lot33:13 to cover, but I do trust you, Holy Spirit, that you are anointing us with the oil of gladness, and we are choosing with our soul. We are choosing to magnify my soul33:25 magnifies the Lord. My spirit rejoices in God, my savior. Lord, I'm choosing to do it. Whether I feel like it or not, whether I'm stirred up or not, whether I have a goosebump or not, I'm33:37 choosing to do it this morning. I'm choosing to thank you over and over. I'm choosing to give glory to God in the highest this morning. Lord, I thank you so much that I can33:49 join just like the people of old. I can join in modern times. I can join with Mary, with the shepherds, with the wise men, with the angels. Lord, at34:01 your first birth, all of this happened, but I thank you so much that you are coming down and coming in and coming upon our lives in such amazing ways in these days. And Lord, we're casting up that highway.34:13 We're singing praises to God so that your presence and your presence comes into our lives. And we thank you for it, Lord, in Jesus mighty name. Everybody that agreed said,34:25 amen. 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