0:00 Девочка-пай 0:30 Once again, we want to look at the word of God to see what the Lord would have us do in this new year. I was thinking particularly about certain things that the New Testament says we must do always. 1:00 I always mean 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, 366 days in a leap year. So, all the time, there are certain things that the New Testament says we should do. 1:29 There are a few references to always in the Old Testament, but nobody could keep it. But now, because we have the Holy Spirit, we can keep these words. 1:49 Now, many people take a New Year resolution saying, this year I will do these things. And most of them, by the 15th of January, it's all gone. They can't keep it anymore. I'm not asking you to make any resolution today. 2:12 I'm asking you to look at these verses and make it a prayer. So, I'm going to speak about seven things we must do always throughout this New Year and make it seven New Year prayers. 2:36 That these are the things, Father in Heaven, please help me to do. So, the first verse I'd like you to look at is Acts chapter 2 and verse 25. 2:57 This is a quotation from the Old Testament in Psalm 16. There, David says, I have set the Lord before me always. Now, he did not do that himself all the time. 3:19 If he had set the Lord before him always, he would not have sinned with Bathsheba. And there were many other things he would not have done. But, here we read, this is a prophetic reference to the Lord Jesus. In the first sermon that Peter preached, the Gospel on the day of Pentecost, 3:45 he quotes this verse. That this is how Jesus lived on the earth. He set the Father before him always. So, that means, Jesus was always conscious, wherever he went, whatever he did. 4:06 That the Father is here. Right in front of me. And you know, that makes a tremendous difference. So, here is a good thing we can pray to God. Number one New Year prayer. Father, please help me to keep Jesus in front of me, always this year. 4:29 Whenever I am talking to somebody that in front of me is Jesus, and then I talk to that person in Jesus' presence. Think of what a difference it will make in your home, if you talk to your wife and your husband in the presence of Jesus. 4:47 Even if an ordinary believer is sitting in your home, you find a different way you speak to your husband or wife. How much more there will be a difference if Jesus is there? Don't you want Jesus to be in your house all the time? 5:11 Wherever you go, when you talk to people in the bus, or the train, where so many people are selfish and angry, or when you ride the scooter on the roads and people are not following the rules, or people are sitting in your office and cracking dirty jokes or gossiping, 5:32 or when you visit your unconverted relatives, or when some television program is coming up which Jesus will not watch. What a difference it can make in your life if you say, I want to set the Lord before me always this year. 6:00 24 hours a day, I want to go to sleep in the Lord's presence. And if you do like this every day, you'll find even your dreams become better. Dirty dreams, fearful dreams will all go. How? Set the Lord in front of you. 6:22 When you sit in front of a computer, young people, set the Lord in front of you. Then you will not go to some of those dirty sites that pollute your mind. We must practice the presence of the Lord all the time. Now, in the beginning, 6:42 it will be difficult. Everything is difficult. If you try to learn driving a car, or even little children driving a cycle, they find it difficult. Or learning how to swim. Or learning how to use a computer. Everything is difficult in the beginning. 7:04 Or learning a new language. But after some time, it becomes easy. People learn how to type without even looking at the keyboard. Or they swim so happily. By practice. So, if we practice, Lord, I want to recognize your presence in front of me all the time. 7:31 In the beginning, it will be difficult. But over a period of time, by the end of the year, you'll find it so much easier. So, make this one of the main points of your prayer for this year. Lord, I want to live in your presence every moment of every day. 7:56 Lord, I want to set the Lord before me always. And you know, when you set the Lord before you always, it says He supports you. And your heart is filled with joy. And your tongue sings His praises. And everything will go well with you. 8:17 So, you know, all it is mentioned there in Psalm 16, quoted here. There are many results when we live in the Lord's presence. The Bible says, in His presence, there is fullness of joy. We can't have that if you're not in the Lord's presence. 8:36 So, this is the starting point for everything. And remember, the main purpose of the fullness of the Holy Spirit is to bring us into the presence of the Lord all the time. to bring the Spirit of heaven right down into our hearts. 8:54 The Holy Spirit comes from heaven. He's got the aroma of heaven about Him. And when He comes and fills our heart, He brings the aroma of heaven. And as we live in the Lord's presence, our lives will become more heavenly. 9:15 So, that's the first thing. Then secondly, I want to turn to Acts 24. Here, we read a statement made by the Apostle Paul. Now, why do we look at that? Because the Apostle Paul said, 9:36 inspired by the Holy Spirit, follow me as I follow Christ. Now, if you and I say that, it may not have so much weight. But when the Holy Spirit has inspired Paul to write that in Scripture, 9:59 that means that God expects us to look at the life of Paul as an example. Jesus said, Jesus said, follow me. And Paul said, follow me as I follow Christ. He said that in 1 Corinthians chapter 11, verse 1. 10:20 And later on, he says in Philippians 3 and verse 17, that follow us who are an example for you. Not only me, but others like me. So, there are certain things we can look in the life of the Apostle Paul and learn. Because we know that his life was so effective for God. 10:45 And here's one of those secrets of his life. Acts 24 and verse 16. I do my best to keep a clear conscience always before God and before men. 11:08 He says, because of this, that means in verse 15, he's saying, I know there'll be a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous one day. Do you believe that there will be a resurrection one day of the godly people and the ungodly people? 11:33 I think if you're a Christian, you'll say definitely. And I ask you then, what do you do about it? You say, I don't do anything about it. I'm just waiting for it. Ah, that is the difference between you and the Apostle Paul. 11:50 He believed it. And he said, because of this, I do something. I don't just sit around waiting for the resurrection. I am wanting to be in the resurrection of the righteous. How can I be in the resurrection of the righteous? 12:07 How can I be in the resurrection of the righteous? Now, we have so many theories propounded by preachers today. 25 years ago, you asked Jesus to come into your heart, so you'll automatically be in the resurrection of the righteous. 12:23 But, be open to correction from scripture. A lot of ideas you've got from preachers are not according to the word of God. Many Protestants criticize Roman Catholics saying so many things they teach are not in the Bible. 12:44 I can show you so many things which Protestants and Pentecostals also teach which are not in the Bible. Which are not in the New Covenant, in the New Testament. 13:04 Many of them go to the Old Covenant which God gave Israel to find support for what they are teaching. Here, how did Paul wait for the resurrection of the righteous? He says, I believe there will be a resurrection of the righteous. 13:26 And I want to be in that resurrection. So, what do I do? I do my best to keep my conscience clear. And I say, Paul, do you have to do that in order to be in the resurrection of the righteous? 13:46 He says, yes. How can I be in that resurrection if I have a bad conscience? Do you believe that? Are you today ready for the resurrection of the righteous? You can find out. Have you got a clear conscience before God and before men? 14:09 Is there any sin that you know in your life that you have not confessed to God? It's very easy to have a clear conscience. And it's very easy to have it all the time. You know, people say, oh, that's a big strain to always keep a good conscience. 14:30 Let me give you an example. Supposing you tell you're a little boy who's playing around in the grassy field barefoot. I say, if ever a thorn gets into your foot, pull it out. And he says, mommy, if it gets into my foot five times, 14:50 pull it out five times. Supposing he says, oh, that is a big burden. All the time I have to keep pulling out the thorn out of my feet. And then he's saying, my son, you'll destroy your feet otherwise. Is that a burden to pull out a thorn as soon as it gets into your foot? 15:15 Do you wait one minute? You don't even wait one second. You stop everything and pull it out. And after some time, some other thorn gets in. You stop and pull it out again. This is the meaning of keep a good conscience. You know, 15:32 as long as we live in the world, we cannot avoid falling into some sin. We may not fall into conscious, deliberate sin. God will give us grace to overcome that. Accidentally, we can slip and fall. It's just like, even after we have learned to walk and are steady on our feet, 15:54 still, when we are old, we can accidentally fall. Even if you are a strong 20-year-old boy, young man, you can strip and fall anytime. So, in this world, it's very easy to be polluted by sin. 16:17 Maybe accidentally, without even planning it, you just spoke a rude or an angry word to somebody. Immediately, you feel bad. What should you do? Don't just feel bad. Confess it to God. Lord, I'm sorry. 16:38 And, ask forgiveness from that person whom you hurt. That's like pulling out the thorn immediately. That is the meaning of keep your conscience always clear. If you do that, you'll get victory over those sins that defeat you. 16:58 So, here is a good prayer to, second prayer to pray. Lord, this year, help me to do what I've never done before. Help me to keep my conscience always clear. I don't want to wait till the night to confess my sins. If I've sinned in the morning, 17:19 let me confess it immediately. In Ephesians chapter 4, it says there, don't let the sun set on your anger. That's a very important verse. In Ephesians chapter 4, do not let the sun set on your anger. 17:41 Verse 26. Those days, people used to go to sleep when the sun set. Then there was no electricity. So, what he's saying is, before you go to bed, settle everything. If you'll hurt your wife or husband, then I'll ask forgiveness and then go to bed. 18:06 So, sunset is the outer limit. Wholehearted believer doesn't wait till sunset to remove the thorns from his feet. Wait till sunset to remove thorns from your feet. No, you immediately take it out. 18:26 So, if you have got angry at 9 o'clock in the morning, you settle it before it is 1 minute past 9. Whatever sin, you have a dirty thought looking at something. Immediately, Lord, forgive me, cleanse me. This must be a habit that you develop. 18:48 Always keep your conscience clear. If somebody asks you why, say what Paul said. Because I want to be in the resurrection of the righteous. I don't want to be in the resurrection of the ungodly. Number three. Jesus said in Luke chapter 18 and verse 1. 19:10 Luke, men ought to pray always. Now, many of you may have read stories of men of God who prayed for two hours or four hours or six hours every day. I also used to read that. 19:34 And I'll tell you my testimony. It always used to discourage me. Because I found I couldn't do it. And I used to condemn myself. Look at this man of God. He spent six hours in prayer every day. When I tried to do that, my mind is wandering here and there. 19:57 Then, as I grew up and got to know the Lord better, I found that nowhere in the Bible does it say you must pray for six hours a day. Then I studied it. I found the Bible always said, pray always. That means 24 hours a day. 20:17 So, that doesn't mean we should not have times of private prayer. Jesus said, lock the door and don't let anybody see you and go and spend some time in prayer. But how do other people know what this man of God is doing? 20:35 Because Jesus said, you must not tell anybody how much you are praying. I don't want to judge anybody. But I say, how do other people discover how long you pray unless you tell them? And Jesus said, you mustn't tell anybody. 20:52 So, I say, I want to obey Jesus. I mean, I'm not here to judge another man of God, but I want to obey Jesus. Two things. Jesus said, pray always. And secondly, he said, when you pray privately, don't tell anybody about it. 21:10 Those are the commands that I get from Jesus and that's what I want to obey. I disagree with a lot of things that I find Christians preach because I don't find them in the Bible. This is not the only thing. Many other areas. 21:27 I always tell people, show it to me in Scripture, I'll do it. See, I don't just say, this is the Bible and then ignore it. This is the Word of God and ignore it. A lot of Christians are like that. They say, this is the Word of God. 21:43 They don't go according to this. They go according to the testimony of some man. I say, this is the Word of God and I try to obey it. How often does the Bible say we must pray? Here's what Jesus said. See, one more place 22:01 where Jesus said something. Luke 21, verse 36. He says, keep on the alert always and pray. Always. Always be alert and pray. 22:22 Not two hours a day or six hours a day. Whenever Jesus spoke about prayer, He always said, always. Now let's see what the Holy Spirit says. You know, the epistles are written by the Holy Spirit. That is as good as the words of Jesus 22:41 because the Holy Spirit is also God. Ephesians 6, verse 18. The Holy Spirit says through the Apostle Paul. Praying always in the Holy Spirit. How often should we pray? He doesn't say 23:01 pray in the Spirit for two hours a day. For eight hours a day. Pray always. And then another place in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. I'm just trying to show you these verses to show how many ideas we have got which are not in the Bible. 23:23 1 Thessalonians 5, 17. Pray without ceasing. Always. And it says in verse 18, this is the will of God for you. How many more verses do you need to know what the Bible says about prayer? 23:43 And let me tell you there's not a single verse which says you must pray for two minutes or two hours or eight hours. Now, you can choose to spend little time in prayer whether two hours or six hours or that's up to you. 23:57 or all night perhaps like Jesus did once. But you cannot make that as a command for people. When you exhort other people, you must only say one thing. Pray always. Otherwise, you're making a new law 24:17 which is not in the New Testament. now we need to understand what does it mean to pray always. Does it mean we must be on our knees always? No, because Jesus himself was not lying. Prayer is an expression of our dependence upon God. 24:38 Lord, I need your help. If I didn't need his help, I won't pray. It is saying, Lord, I can do nothing without you. John 15 verse 5. Jesus said, Without me, you can do nothing. Philippians 4 verse 13. With Christ, 24:59 I can do all things. These two verses, that's why I pray. I'm praying, saying, Lord, I can do nothing without you. And I'm praying, saying, Lord, I can do everything if you give me your power. So prayer is an expression 25:20 of our dependence upon God. Shall I have that four hours a day? No. 24 hours. Is there something that you can do 24 hours? Which you are doing. Breathing. Don't you breathe 25:40 24 hours a day? You're not always conscious that you're breathing. Sometimes you may take this little deep breath exercise. You'll be conscious. But, it's automatic. 26:00 So, prayer also must become like that. A constant dependence on God that is there all the time in you. it's not just repeating and making a big shopping list and giving it to God. Lord, give me this, give me this, give me this, 26:20 give me this. Or, make a list of hundred names and rattle it off like a parrot. this one, this one, this one, this one, this one. We must humble ourselves and say, listen, I can have a burden only for a certain number of people. 26:40 I mean, if I'm just rattling off 500 names, then I can just record it once on a CD or something and play it to God every morning. That's not prayer. There is an expression of dependence on God. Lord, I need your help. 27:02 This person needs your help. This person is sick, needs healing. We're looking to God to do something to help us, help me, help that person. It's that expression of dependence that makes prayer meaningful. This is another 27:22 thing we must ask the Father for. Father, help me to live this life this year in constant dependence upon you every day. Always not to make empty prayers which are meaningless. 27:43 Then number four, a fourth prayer that we can pray to God. Another thing New Testament says we must do always. Philippians 4 4 rejoice in the Lord always. Read it carefully and slowly. 28:05 He's not saying rejoice in your circumstances always. Because we cannot rejoice in our circumstances. Supposing you have a heavy cross to bear. The Bible does not say Jesus enjoyed the cross. Don't try 28:25 to enjoy the cross. Even Jesus did not enjoy the cross. He says in Hebrews 12 2. He endured the cross because of the joy set in front of him. He endured the cross. He didn't enjoy it. 28:46 Even Jesus did not enjoy the cross and I don't enjoy it either. But I endure it because there's a joy in front of because if I die with Christ I will get the life of Christ. If I die with Christ I can have fellowship with 29:04 the Father. And in his presence there is fullness of joy. So Jesus wanted that joy of fellowship with the Father. So he said okay if I have to endure the cross I'll do it. So we don't say rejoice in our circumstances. 29:24 We don't rejoice in evil. All evil people we don't rejoice in them. We rejoice in the Lord. And that is why our joy can be always. You cannot rejoice in your circumstances because they keep changing. 29:48 Our circumstances are like the weather. Sometimes bright sunlight sometimes gloomy and full of rain. We don't rejoice in our circumstances. We rejoice in something that never changes. God is on 30:09 the throne. That never changes. So I rejoice in the Lord. We don't find our joy in people who will change our circumstances that will change. try to find your joy in people it will go up and down. 30:29 Even in believers or in your church it will go up and down. But if you decide to rejoice in the Lord alone I am going to find my joy in the Lord. I remember some years ago I was traveling in a bus and when I got down I found 30:48 my purse was missing from my pocket. I was amazed that he could take it out of my pocket so cleverly I didn't even feel it. So I lost my money but I didn't lose my joy. because my joy was not in my purse. 31:10 My money was in my purse my joy was in my heart. You put money in a bank make sure you don't put your joy in the bank also. Don't put your joy in your car or house or something else. Then something gets broken or lost you 31:29 lose your joy also. Some expensive thing you buy in your house and the thing backs up you lose your joy because your joy was not in the Lord. It was in that washing machine or that computer or something else. you 31:50 can get all you lose it. This year say Lord I want you to help me to rejoice only in you. And then you will rejoice always because he never changes. There are certain things that never change. 32:11 The blood of Jesus always has power to cleanse your sin if you confess it. Satan has been defeated once for all. That has never changed. whatever party comes to power in our country it 32:32 doesn't make a difference. God is still on the throne. Satan has still been defeated. Those are some eternal facts. Christ is going to come again. I am his child. And he is going to set up his kingdom on the earth. So those 32:50 things never change. I can find my joy in those things that never never change. And not only rejoice, it says in Ephesians 5 and verse 20 that Ephesians 5 is 20, we must always give thanks for everything. 33:13 That is part of this joy. I always give thanks for everything. Not because all those things are working in a profitable way for me in an earthly way. But Romans 8 28 says they are all working for my good in making 33:33 me like Jesus. Maybe you were expecting to marry somebody he didn't work out. The person married somebody else. don't become gloomy. Say Lord you are still on the throne. You still love me 33:53 and you will give me the best in my life. Best does not mean you will get a prettier girl. You will get a more godly girl. That is better. You tried for a job. You didn't get it. Don't get discouraged. Rejoice in 34:17 in you make that loss of a job better work for your good. Not that you will get a job with a better salary. Maybe less salary. But one where you can glorify God more. God is in control. Rejoice in the Lord 34:37 and ask the Lord help me to rejoice in you always. Number five. Another prayer we must pray. Second Corinthians chapter four. Here again Paul is an example for us. He says I always bear in my body the 34:58 dying of Jesus. What is this dying of Jesus? Many Christians know only one dying of Jesus that he hung on the cross on Calvary. That is only for six hours. But there was another 35:18 cross that Jesus was carrying every day for 33 years. He said in Luke 9 23 anyone wants to come after me he is going in front he says if you want to come after him there's only one way to do it deny 35:39 yourself which means he must also be denying himself and take up your cross every day and follow me. What does that mean? That means Jesus was also taking up his cross every day. If he did not do that how can he tell me 35:58 to take up the cross every day and follow him? there was a cross that Jesus carried when he was a boy. A cross where he died to himself to his choice to his reputation to 36:18 his honor to everything that he wanted he died to it and said father I want your will that is the cross see this is the best way to look at it here is my will and here is God's will clashing with it that's a cross 36:38 I must die to my will and do God's will that is taking up the cross and I have to bear this dying always that means I have so many opportunities in a day to die to myself I 37:00 said Lord I want to die to myself all the time Paul did that what is the result he says we die so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body can you 37:21 think of something more wonderful than this that the life of Jesus will be manifested in my body that I will look at people the way Jesus looks at people I can smile at people like Jesus smiles at them I 37:41 can talk to people the way Jesus would talk to people and if you're a preacher like me that you can preach like Jesus would preach that if you're a mother you can be like Jesus towards your children life of 38:02 Jesus being manifested in your body it will even make you healthier in your body what is the secret always die to yourself that means the whole day you're saying today I'm going to die to myself my reputation and everything 38:22 to the strong thing called self in me I want to die you know Jesus did it every day as he said he endured the cross he didn't enjoy it 38:42 he endured it you know let me take an example supposing somebody is very rude rude to you or calls you a bad name or hurts you in some way picture it like this you know supposing 39:02 here's a dead body lying here on the ground and you and you get angry at that dead body and you shout it and call it a bad name is there any change in that person not at all no change even in his expression that's 39:26 what I've understood to be dead Lord I want to be like that dead to this world but very much alive to God that means I'm not dead to God many people are dead to God they don't respond to what God is saying I want 39:48 to listen to what God is saying and when I'm dead to this world and dead to myself the promise is that the life of Jesus will come forth in me let me tell you something if ever you have seen a man or a woman who is manifesting 40:09 the life of Jesus in the way they conduct themselves in their attitude to money in their humility in the way they speak or any preacher in the way they preach you can be absolutely 40:29 sure that that person is dying to himself or herself every day there's no other way to have the life of Jesus in and you can have the life of Jesus manifested in your home the home is where we have to die 40:49 to ourselves every day in relation to other people so let's make this our fifth prayer Lord I always want to have the dying of Jesus in ourselves please I'm making it a prayer please help me Lord as I 41:09 said these are not decisions these are prayers I cannot take a decision I'll break it in a few days but I'm praying please help me in this area and then number six this is a very beautiful request 41:29 the Holy Spirit is saying I think this is one of the most difficult Colossians 4 verse 6 let your speech always be with grace seasoned 41:51 as it were with salt you know when you eat some food in one second on your tongue you can find out if there is salt in it doesn't take long and when you listen to somebody whether in 42:11 a sermon or in personal conversation you can immediately find out if there is salt there salt makes ordinary food so tasty that's why when we put food into our mouth and there's no salt you say please pass me the salt so 42:33 grace is like that that our words must have grace just like food we put salt we don't serve people with food without any salt even if we serve it like that we put salt there so they can take as much as they want so 42:54 our speech must be like that how often always what a prayer to pray oh father father I have spoken so badly so many times after being a believer here 43:14 is my prayer for 2011 please help me that all my speech the way I speak to my husband or to my wife or to my neighbor or to my children or to the maidservant who works in my house 43:36 or to that person who violates the traffic rule on the road he may be angry but let me speak with grace there's a beautiful verse in Proverbs which says a gentle 43:56 answer will turn away all anger that is in Proverbs 15 and verse 1 what a wonderful thing to have that gift a soft answer turns away the anger so when somebody is angry with you 44:17 don't just keep quiet that is yoga he's angry with me I'm going to control all my anger inside don't practice yoga be filled with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit will fill your heart 44:37 with love for that person I'll tell you what has helped me I don't get angry with angry people because God has shown me that an angry person is like a man with cancer or like a person with leprosy 44:57 anger is like leprosy so I see an angry person I look at him just like I look at a person with leprosy sometimes you know you see these people come with leprosy to your hand with your gate with the fingers all eaten up nose 45:20 nose do you get angry with him oh he feels so sorry so when I see an angry person I feel sorry for him poor man that fellow has only got leprosy in his body this chap has got leprosy in his soul which is ten times worse 45:40 that has helped me not to get angry with them and I mean don't you speak graciously to a person with leprosy or you see somebody dying of cancer in a hospital 46:00 you don't go and yell and scream at them you speak so gently to this person with cancer so when a person is angry with you if you see that person as God sees him you will not 46:21 get angry and you will not just keep the anger inside and control your teeth it's still your mouth you will speak a gentle word don't think that when you control your tongue and keep quiet that you have overcome it just 46:41 means you bottled up the anger inside you know that you have overcome when you can give a gentle loving reply to that that's what you're saying you know some people misunderstand victory over sin they think if somebody 47:02 shouts at me I keep quiet I've got victory maybe you're practicing yoga then you know your victory when you can speak a gentle word in reply that's what you read in Proverbs 15 verse 1 so it 47:23 says here let your speech always be with grace he throws a lot of food at me without any salt I give him food with salt the bible says if your 47:45 enemy is hungry if he's thirsty give him water if he's angry with you speak a gentle word and what will happen to you gradually your whole personality will become full of grace because 48:05 our speech is a major part of our life one of the main things that distinguishes man from animals is that we can speak and in a Christian his speech is with grace now 48:26 you need to examine how your speech has been in the past years James 1 26 says that if if you cannot control your tongue your whole Christianity is worth zero do you believe that do you believe God's word 48:46 James 1 26 if a man cannot control his tongue his whole Christianity is not worth anything zero has your religion 49:07 been worth zero till now now you can put some value into your Christianity there is only one way one way to do it father fill me with the Holy Spirit you remember on the day of Pentecost when they were filled with the Holy 49:25 Spirit tongues of fire came on top of their head the Lord was saying I want to control your tongue with the fire of the Holy Spirit from now on they also spoke in tongues but that was secondary main thing was the tongue 49:45 and tongue of fire people ask me what happened when you were filled with the Holy Spirit yeah I spoke in tongues but that was not the main thing the main thing is I got control over my mother tongue I could 50:06 control the way I speak pray that prayer Lord please fill me with the Holy Spirit and seek more for control of your mother tongue than to speak in other tongues many people are seeking for 50:26 power to speak in other tongues seek to control your mother tongue first and if God gives you other tongues take that also let your speech always be with grace then one more thing 7th 50:46 one 1 corinthians 15 verse 58 always abound in doing the Lord's work always be available say Lord I want to do something for you you may not have the gift to preach sermons or 51:06 to heal the sick ok maybe you can only speak one word to somebody who comes to your house some word about Jesus maybe somebody who comes to your house to sell something he says I'm sorry 51:30 I don't need that thing so please excuse me but here's a little tract I can give you or somebody comes to your house I remember one man he got a wrong number somebody called it was wrong number he 51:51 picked up the phone it was a wrong number so he put the phone down again the phone rang he picked it up same person he said this is a wrong number but you called me twice so maybe I have to say something to you 52:12 then he gave him the gospel Jesus died for our sins see there's something anybody can do always available for the Lord's work and God will give us different ideas as to how to do it in your 52:33 church maybe small things maybe starting with just cleaning the floor or cleaning the toilets in your church building or praying for people always say Lord I want to do something for you so let's review these seven 52:53 things we are going to pray this year Lord first of all I want to set you before me always I want to pray that you will help me all the time second leave please help me to keep 53:13 my conscience always clear not only before you but before all men also and third Lord please help me to depend upon you always for everything in prayer small things big things I can take it to you and 53:36 pray and number four please help me Lord to rejoice always even when I can't understand something and fifthly Lord please help me to always die to myself to always 53:56 speak with grace this year and number seven Lord don't make me lazy this year but always abound in the work of the Lord because Jesus is coming soon life 54:17 is short none of us can say how long we will live and so we must make the most of the time there is a verse in Ephesians which says redeem the time it says because the days 54:37 are evil Ephesians 5 redeem the time because the days are evil make full use of the time we have 24 hours a day always abounding 54:57 in the Lord's work always available so shall we now bow our heads in prayer as you bow your heads in prayer I want you to think of these things and ask the Lord to remind you of these seven things throughout this year heavenly 55:30 father I pray that what we have heard today will sink deep in everyone's heart and help us to live in a way that pleases you 24 hours a day and seven days a week help each one who 55:50 hears in Jesus name Amen Amen 56:24 Amen
