Build to Last: Storm-Proofing Your 2026

(0:00 - 20:12) They said that at stage four, they said that all this stuff They said I'm gonna have the same heart disease my father had or my mother had and they said I'm gonna go through this and go Through that you need to look at that and say you know what they said it, but I need a revelation And once you get a revelation you start looking at the word because that's where revelation first comes from It comes from the Word of God. It comes from the throne of God And you start saying God give me a revelation and then he starts opening your eyes to I healed all their diseases Welcome to the CityLight Church podcast Thanks for joining us today as we look into God's Word and discover the hope and truth that he has for us If you want to connect with CityLight Church, feel free to visit us at CityLightNYC.com That's CityLightNYC.com Pastor Boyan Jancic and his team believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is already working in our hearts and minds As you listen to today's teaching remember that you are deeply loved by God that you are surrounded by his grace and That he has a real hope and a future for you Can we just give Jesus some praise in this place Come on, is he worthy? Man some of you are giving God praise like he didn't bring you through 2025 And you're still standing and you're still in the land of the living if you're still alive in the land of the living If the devil didn't take you out in those 365 days I want you to give Jesus a radical Praise A praise Because he kept you alive Come on Hallelujah Pastor Boyan went through some stuff but God kept him Cause he's praising like he went through something But God pulled him out Let me tell you I was over there looking at your family The Lord told me this is going to be a season of miracles and breakthrough for your family Like you've never seen before I'm gonna I'm telling you God is getting ready to open up the windows of heaven over your family What daughter is this? What's her name? Isabella The Lord is going to do something so special with you I don't care what the enemy has tried to say I don't care the reports of man, the reports of the doctors What they said about her She is going to be supernaturally blessed I see her life impacting many I'm telling you the Lord is going to use her hands as hands of healing for a generation I see the Lord is going to use her in so much That is going to blow the mind of people around They're going to be like man we had an expectation But God is about to blow every expectation of man I'm telling you the Lord is going to do something so special I even see her moving in the medical field I'm telling you the Lord is going to use her in such a powerful way And the hand of the Lord is on her for great and mighty exploits Man I feel something strong in this place Watch how the Lord is going to even stretch financially your household Watch how you're going to see gifts, money, unexpected breakthroughs are going to come and hit you All throughout 2026 It's going to be a year of overflow for you guys Y'all ready? I just had to release that But I feel a strong prophetic wind today Y'all ready for something strong today? Let's open up to Matthew chapter 7 As you're turning there I know some of you guys are turning there I want to say something I'm going to be back in two weeks It's going to be your pastor's birthday celebration And 25 years in ministry And so I need every one of you guys who are here today to be there that day You need to come with your support Which means yourself And make sure you come with a seed to bless the man of God You come with something to tell the man of God I'm grateful for you 25 years is a big deal Amen And let's just come with our love Come with your love Come with your support Come with your seed Come with everything Like, hey, I'm so grateful If there's one day Let me tell you something about Pastor Boyer He don't ask for anything I'm on the board of the church Rarely he doesn't even ask for a raise I have to be like Okay, it's been like three years He's probably mad that I said this When the board meets, I stood up I said, I understand that we're on Zoom But I spoke up And I was like Three years? Come on Come on Randy's a raise This is ridiculous now That's the type of leader you have And so we always want to make sure we honor Especially those who are doing the work of the Lord We honor them well, amen? Alright, let's go Alright, Matthew chapter 7 We're gonna start reading from verse 24 Before I get into Matthew chapter 7 Can I talk a little bit about the verses here in Matthew? Because in order to understand Matthew chapter 7 We have to actually go back to Matthew chapter 5 And Matthew chapter 6 Because Matthew chapter 5, Matthew chapter 6 Matthew chapter 7 Is a collection of sermons that Jesus preached Called the Sermon on the Okay, y'all know the word These three chapters are It's Jesus' sermon He talks about all different types of topics In these three chapters I mean, what I mean He goes in depth in these three chapters To talk about all types of things in the kingdom He talks about the kingdom of God He talks about food in people's lives He talks about fasting He talks about giving He talks about prayer The Lord's prayer is in this I'm talking about This is probably the greatest collection Of sermons Jesus preaches Right here in this text And you know anything If you know anything about good preaching Or you know anything about a good preacher Is that a good preacher usually saves The best point for last When they want to put the bow on their sermon When they want to bring up A point of emphasis They bring it until the last moment And so even though Jesus brings up All these amazing topics about the kingdom Even though he brings up all these amazing sermons And all these amazing points His last point I think Is the most powerful and poignant point And that's in Matthew chapter 7 And his last point actually starts at verse 14 Not verse 24 Why are we not reading verse 14? Because I'm just going to tell you about it But it starts at verse 14 And Jesus does this thing where He talks about two different groups of people And he keeps the theme going For three different examples The first group of people that he talks about He talks about the first Those that go through the wide gate And those that go through the Narrow gate Okay y'all read the bible here Then he talks about a second group of people And the second group of people he talks about Is those that bear good fruit And those that bear Bad fruit Then he talks about One last group of people And that's here in Matthew chapter 7 verse 24 And he's about to end his whole entire Soliloquy, his whole entire sermon His whole entire message, he's about to end it Right here, right here with this point And he's like if you get this point Then you got the entire sermon If you get this point Then you get what I'm saying through 5 6 and 7 If you get this last point You're gonna build a spiritual house And a spiritual foundation That no matter what the enemy brings against you In 2026 you're gonna win And conquer and have victory And These last few verses Jesus lays The point for us to say Here's where the blessing comes Look at what it says Matthew chapter 7 verse 24 Therefore whoever hears These sayings of mine And does them I will liken him to a Wise man So he talks about two different people A wise man and a foolish man See y'all is sounding good today The wise man What does he do? The Bible says He builds His house On a rock Verse 25 The rains came, the floods came, the winds blew And beat on that house and it did not fall For it was founded on the Rock Verse 26 But everyone who hears these sayings of mine And does not Do anything So hearing is not enough Come on So a lot of us hear But the reason why our spiritual foundation is faulty Is because you're not doing anything Jesus Chevy's church attendance And checking off the box But God I went to church 52 out of 52 It don't matter as much as you doing Okay We'll be like a foolish man Who built his house on the sand And the rain descended And the floods came and the winds blew And beat against that house And it fell and great was its Fall Can I just say something right here There's two things that I realize in this story Two things that I see that's very clear The first thing is that They both built something It wasn't that One built and the other one didn't build They both built something But it wasn't that One built and the other didn't build It was that one built on something That had foundation And the other one built on something That had no foundation Can I tell you the second thing that I see very clearly in this story The second thing And I need you to take this into 2026 Because some of y'all think Because I say yes to Jesus everything's going to be great in my life I'm not going to go through anything I'm not going to go through trials I'm not going to go through storms I'm not going to go through testing The enemy's not going to attack me The devil is a liar That doesn't mean that Here's what it means It tells you both of them went through the rains The floods The wind But one of them was able to stand in the midst of it And the other one was faulty And fleshly And unable to stand Because their foundation was not on the rock So I want to implore you in 2026 Not to just build But to build on the rock Not to just build But build on the word Not to just build But build on the promises of God Not to just build But build so you can last Let me tell you You're not going to start 2026 Strong and mighty And then fall throughout the middle of it Nope, because your house is going to be built on the rock So that means when storms come And when trials come And when testing comes And when tribulation comes You're going to remain standing in 2026 You're going to walk out of this year even stronger than you began You're going to walk out of this year with more power With more prosperity With more favor With more grace With more open doors With more friendship With more community With more love With more grace With more joy I just need three people to stand with me who believe in me I'm stepping into 2026 stronger Can I tell you three things That you cannot build on for this year If you want your spiritual house to be strong Is that cool with everyone? I was going to do it anyway Alright, here's the first thing The first thing Is that you can't build 2026 On resolutions But on revelation I'm going to say it again Because some of y'all didn't catch it You can't build 2026 off resolutions alone But revelation A lot of you, you start your year I got a resolution Every year for the last 15 years I'm going to lose weight First month You're in the gym every day Oh boy You're in boxing class You're doing everything Pilates But guess what By the time February goes I can just go to the gym once a week March comes April comes, you need to be resurrected Then you end up the year Weighing more than you started I'm not criticizing resolutions Resolutions are important It's good to make a decision and a choice about something And to be And to stick with it It's not a criticism of resolutions But most of you have more resolutions than you do revelation Some of y'all are not excited about it Because you don't know what revelation is Revelation means a word from God About your situation Simply, revelation is What is God saying to me About my situation What is God saying to me about my family What is God saying to me about my finances What is God saying to me about my career What is God saying to me about my business What is God saying to me about my mental health What is God saying to me about my body What is God saying to me about what I eat What is God saying to me about how I dress What is God saying to me about my friendship? What is God saying to me about my relationship? What does God say to me about my marriage? What does God say to me about my future? What does God say to me about my past? That's what revelation is getting a word from God about your Situation and the problem with some people I realize is they have more resolutions than they do Revelation which means they know everything they want to do, but they don't know about what God wants them to do The problem with this generation were so self-indulged that it's about I want to get there and I want to do this and I want To do that. What does God want you to do? I'll get in a revelation means heaven. I'm going to have heaven's perspective about a situation instead of my own perspective I'm gonna think heaven's mentality instead of an earthly carnal mentality I'm gonna think God if you want me to be the biggest giver in this church then I'm gonna do it because I want to live by revelation a Resolution will keep you at a limited place, but a revelation will help you expand Cuz the resolution says I just have to do this much and I'm good and I met my goal and sometimes God will give you a revelation that actually supersedes your resolution Sometimes God will say I want you to give double than you thought you could give Sometimes God is saying I want you to expand your business at a greater place than you even thought you need a revelation. I refuse to just stick in Having a resolution and not having a revelation because anything you're gonna build for God demands revelation It demands a word from God and can I tell you something don't dare build anything without a revelation You want to know the quickest way for the whatever you're building to fall and to falter and to have no stability is when you Build it base of your own flesh and your own fleshly endeavors But when you get a word from God when you get a word from the throne room of grace When you get a word from the king of glory, there's nothing that can stop your building at that moment Once you get a word from heaven, there's no attack that can stop you There's no warfare that can come against you even yourself. You can't stop you when you get a word from God You gotta look at yourself and say self you got no power God's Word supersedes my feelings All right, let's open up Matthew chapter 16, I need you to see this verse you need a revelation if you're gonna build anything You need a revelation. So we got resolutions cool stick with the resolutions, but make sure the resolutions are in line with the revelation Resolutions are cool Resolutions are so easy to let go of yeah, because there's nothing Holding it at the foundation Revelation goes God is God said this God promised me this God said my family was gonna be blessed God said salvation was gonna come to my children God said that he was gonna turn things around in my body and sickness was not gonna take over me So you gotta have a revelation about your body and it can't be it can't come from the doctors No doctors giving me a revelation about my body they can tell me you're sick, that's not the revelation that I believe That's a word from them I if you get let me tell you what's gonna happen is that you're gonna get a revelation from God and you're gonna get Contradiction on the other side and you're gonna have to make a decision what you're gonna believe the word that God gave you Or what everyone else is telling you the word that God gave you or how you're feeling in the flesh I believe the report of the Lord Matthew chapter 16 years when Jesus came into the region of Sisera Philippi. He asked his disciples. Who do men say that I am? Verse 14 so some said John the Baptist some said Elijah of the Jeremiah one of the prophets Look what it says. He said to them. Who do you say that I am? Simon you know Simon, you know Simon Got a big mouth. Yeah, he's got to say something but this time he didn't mess up You wanna know why cuz he got up Simon answered and said you are the Christ the Son of the Living God Jesus answered and said to him a I told you that Oh does it say that okay, maybe I was reading the wrong version It says and Jesus isn't chat GBT told you that Grant told you that no, you know, there's some stuff that a I can't tell you There's some stuff you can't go to your phone you got to go to the throne to get Social media is not gonna teach you this No preachers gonna teach you this There's some revelation you need from God. It won't even come to a sermon. It's gonna come from time you spend with him In his word praying during the 21 days of fasting putting your phone down putting your devices down Turning on the turning off the TV and saying God I need you I Get a word from you, it's never gonna be fixed. I have an addiction that I can't kick and only a word from you Situation that's way too big custody case that I can't get breakthrough from I have things in my life that I need you to do and if you don't step in Me the revelation Look at this, Jesus said blessed are you Simon Bar-Jonah for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. (20:12 - 20:31) That means you got a revelation but it didn't come from people. My father who is in heaven, you can get this from man. And look what the next verse says because I love this. (20:32 - 20:56) And also I say to you that you're Peter and on this rock, which rock? The revelation he got. He said because you got a revelation now there's a rock that you can build on. You can only build at the place where you have a revelation. (20:58 - 21:13) You cannot get anything from God beyond the point of your revelation. Some of you don't have a revelation, he's a healer, that's why you're still sick in your body. You can't see him as Jehovah Jireh unless you get a revelation. (21:15 - 21:40) You need to start praying, God give me a revelation of you as provider and watch him open doors for you. Start asking him, God I'm sick in my body, the doctors told me this. They said I got cancer, they said I was gonna die, they said that it's stage four, they said that all this stuff, they said I'm gonna have the same heart disease my father had or my mother had and they said I'm gonna go through this and go through that and you need to look at that and say you know what, they said it but I need a revelation. (21:41 - 21:57) And once you get a revelation, you start looking at the word because that's where revelation first comes from. It comes from the word of God, it comes from the throne of God and you start saying God, give me a revelation and then he starts opening your eyes to I healed all their diseases. Then he starts opening your eyes, by his stripes you were healed. (21:58 - 22:13) You start looking at the word of God and you take the veil off your eyes and you start seeing things the way God sees them. You start seeing yourself the way God sees you. You don't look at yourself as just a pack of dirt, a pile of trash, you're none of that. (22:13 - 22:19) That's the devil's thoughts about you. You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. You are not nothing. (22:19 - 22:26) You are a child of the living God. He loves you with an everlasting love. He died so that you can live. (22:26 - 22:38) He's given you everything you need for life. You are who God said you are. You don't have to whisper in your ears you're just a mess, you're just a loser, you just keep failing. (22:38 - 23:02) The devil is a liar. Someone needs to hear this because some of you have been living under the guise of condemnation, under the shadow and the cloud of condemnation. But today, every spirit of condemnation that's been over your life is broken and every word from the accuser of the brethren, we strip it off your destiny. (23:02 - 23:13) It will not hold you in Jesus' name. Somebody say, I need a revelation. I need a word from God that will shift me into my destiny. (23:13 - 23:31) God told me this. He said, a resolution without a revelation will lead to regression. You know why you keep going through the cycles and you keep going through the motions and you keep going through the same thing over and over and you can never seem to shake this thing, you can never seem to get breakthrough? It's because you have a resolution without revelation. (23:33 - 23:42) Revelation is what's going to keep you. Revelation is, I know what your word said God and I'm living by that. See, when you have your kids, you got to have a revelation about your kids. (23:43 - 23:52) My children shall be taught by the Lord. Those are prayers I pray every day over my kids. My children shall be taught by the Lord and great shall be the peace of my children. (23:52 - 24:02) That's in Isaiah. Then I pray another prayer where it says, my children will be like olive branches around my table. Do you know what that means? Olives is the place where the anointing flows. (24:02 - 24:12) That means my children must be anointed in my house. They don't got a choice in the matter. I don't care if they're extroverted, introverted, you must be anointed in this house. (24:15 - 24:24) They have no choice. What about the scripture that says, my children are like arrows in the hand of a mighty warrior. My children are literally weapons of destruction against the kingdom of darkness. (24:25 - 24:39) Oh, y'all better prophesy that over your kids. My kid is a weapon of destruction. Even for your future kids, you need to lay hands on your womb and say, my future kids, my future children are going to be arrows in the hands. (24:43 - 24:47) You need a revelation. All right. I think I stayed on this point for way too long. (24:50 - 25:05) Here's my second point. What was my first point again? Y'all remember? Okay, all right. I was making sure y'all was listening because I remembered, but I had to see if y'all was paying attention. (25:06 - 25:09) Of course I remember. I preached the first sermon. I'm not that bad. (25:11 - 25:20) Here's my second point. You can't build your year by vibes, but by vision. Oh, this is good. (25:21 - 25:34) I'm just feeling the vibes for this year. Vibes ain't going to keep you. That's why you keep going and dating him or dating her, fifth person, sixth person, because it's vibes. (25:37 - 25:47) Vibes don't keep your relationship strong, vision does. Hey, that boy preaching. Vibes don't keep you blessed, vision does. (25:48 - 26:03) A lot of you got a lot of vibes, but you ain't got vision. Vibes feel good, but vision helps you see. Vision opens your eyes to realities that are not plainly in front of you. (26:05 - 26:23) Vision opens your eyes to things that don't seem like one way, but once you start getting heaven's perspective, they're actually the way you didn't think it was. That's what vision does. It gives you heavenly eyes. (26:24 - 26:45) I want to see like you, Jesus. Seeing like me demands that your carnal, fleshly vision is going to be ... That's why the scripture says, we walk by faith. Because the things you can see, they're temporary, they're carnal, they'll be gone. (26:47 - 26:58) But the things you don't see, those are the things that have life. That's why when you pray, sometimes you feel like nothing's happening. Like you fast, you feel like nothing's happening. (26:59 - 27:10) You're seeking God, you feel like, man, nothing's happening. Because it's happening, but it's happening in a realm you can't see. But some of you, your only focus is in the realm that you could see. (27:10 - 27:29) And so the reason why you think nothing's happening is because your eyes have not been open yet to the realm that you can't see. And so all you can see is the things that are attacking you, the things that are around you, the warfare that's around you. You know, Elisha had a servant, and the servant came to Elisha and said, there's a whole army that's getting ready to attack us and kill us. (27:29 - 27:40) And Elisha's like, bro, chill out. You don't realize something because you're just using your natural eyes. And in the natural, it looks bleak. (27:40 - 27:46) In the natural, it looks impossible. In the natural, it looks like you don't have the resources. In the natural, it looks like you don't have the money. (27:47 - 27:55) In the natural, it looks like you don't have the community. In the natural, it looks like you don't have the network or the net worth. In the natural, it looks like all possibilities for this thing will never happen. (27:55 - 28:03) It's impossible in the natural. But guess what? We don't live in the natural realm. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. (28:03 - 28:26) And because I'm seated in heavenly places, I get all the rewards of heaven here on earth. That means his kingdom come, his will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Everything, every resource, every door, every opportunity is mine by faith in Jesus. (28:26 - 28:39) And through the blood of the lamb, I got everything I need to win and to conquer. Elisha looks. Elisha looks at this servant of his. (28:39 - 28:46) And he's like, Lord. Now open up his eyes. The Lord opens up this man's eyes. (28:46 - 28:54) He sees chariots of fire. He sees the angels of the Lord encamped around them. All right, we good now. (28:55 - 29:17) I pray 2026 would be the year where God opens up your eyes to show you there's more for you than against you. I believe 2026 is the year God's opening up your eyes to give you a revelation about what he's called you to do. I believe 2026 is the year you're going to see the Lord high and lifted up. (29:17 - 29:33) I believe 2026 is going to be the year of favor, opportunities, and open doors for you. I believe 2026, you're going to experience the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. I believe 2026 is going to be the year that every toxic thing expires in your life. (29:34 - 29:44) And God's presence and power and grace becomes real and tangible for you. 2026 is my year. I need you to prophesy it to yourself. (29:45 - 29:54) 2026 is my year by faith. 2026 is my year by faith. You got to get a vision. (29:55 - 30:08) Vibes ain't going to keep you. Vision keeps you. The Lord told me, you're not going to thrive living only on vibes. (30:08 - 30:16) Let me say that again. You're not going to thrive living your life on vibes. You want to thrive, you need a vision. (30:18 - 30:29) Because vision is what keeps you. The enemy would love for you not to see yourself the way God sees you. The enemy would love to take your vision away. (30:32 - 30:43) You know, some of you, you've lost your vision for so long and God said, I'm trying to give you your vision back. You've lost your perspective on things. And God said, the only way I bring pro-vision is when there's a vision. (30:45 - 30:56) I cannot partner with someone with no vision to bring my pro-vision. God only brings pro-vision at a place where there is a vision. Get a vision, the Bible says it. (30:57 - 31:05) Get a vision, make it plain, now run with it. So don't only get the vision. Get the vision, make it plain, make it clear, and now go. (31:06 - 31:11) Now do. Do what Matthew chapter 7 says. Don't just get the Word. (31:11 - 31:21) Don't just get everything on the Sermon on the Mount in chapter 5 and chapter 6 and chapter 7 and do nothing with it. Now do something. Now go and conquer the world. (31:21 - 31:28) Now go and conquest the land. Now go and walk into your promised land, Joshua. Now go and finish what he called you to do. (31:28 - 31:35) Now go and get the boldness to start the business and the ministry. Go. You've got it. (31:36 - 31:43) Everything you need, you've got it. The Holy Spirit is giving you everything you need for life and Godliness. You've got it. (31:46 - 31:55) No more not believing in you. God believes in you. How can I dare not believe in myself when the King of Glory believes in me? Hallelujah. (31:59 - 32:18) How dare me limit myself when God looks at me and says, you have everything you need? Oh, this words more for me than it is you. You need a vision. A vision is important. (32:19 - 32:26) Some of you have lost your vision. Some of you are walking around here like Samson. You slept on the lap of Delilah. (32:28 - 32:35) It's okay, baby. Some of you, your eyes have been plucked out. You've lost your vision. (32:36 - 32:44) But I decree and declare, 2026, you're getting your vision back. Three people said amen. 2026, you are getting your vision back. (32:49 - 33:02) Let's open up Proverbs chapter 29, verse 18. You need a vision. You need a vision for your family. (33:02 - 33:06) You need a vision for your health. You need a vision for your business. I need a vision. (33:06 - 33:11) I need a vision for my future. I need a vision for my wife. I need a vision for my husband. (33:12 - 33:17) I need a vision for my relationships. I need a vision for my friendships. I need a vision. (33:17 - 33:27) God has given a vision. Look what it says. Where there is no revelation of God and his Word. (33:30 - 33:46) This is the same language that is in 1 Samuel chapter 3 when the Lord meets with Samuel. You have to understand what was happening in the condition of Israel. Israel was in a just, I mean, destitute place, a place where they left the presence of God. (33:46 - 33:53) They completely divorced themselves. There was a man of God there, but the man of God was not living for God. He was just doing his own thing. (33:53 - 33:58) His name was Eli. He let his kids do whatever they wanted in the temple. He perverted the things of God. (33:58 - 34:14) And the Bible says there was no vision. And that's when God comes and speaks to Samuel and gives Samuel a vision about what he's about to do. Samuel, Eli is about to be gone, and I'm raising you up, and I'm about to change the entire nation. (34:16 - 34:21) Vision. Vision. You need a vision. (34:21 - 34:41) In this dark world with all types of things going on, you need a vision. In a world where there's chaos and confusion, you need a vision. In a world where it's seeming like the devil is having the victory every day, you need a vision, because a vision tells you, that ain't true. (34:43 - 35:02) God is victorious, and soon he's about to crush Satan under his feet. Oh, y'all just didn't shout like I thought you would on that. Where there's no vision, the people are unrestrained. (35:05 - 35:13) So a lack of vision makes you unrestrained. That means you have no focus. That means you have no direction. (35:14 - 35:38) That means you go here, and you go there, and you're wandering, and you're looking. You know, some of you, and I've been here before, because God speaks to you so clearly, and the conviction of the Lord is on you so strong, what you do is you try to turn the volume down on that thing, so you put the volume up on everything else in your life. You can't live without watching something on your phone, or listening to something. (35:39 - 35:53) Why? Because you can't even sit in silence with yourself. This is not going to be an amen sermon, but this is for someone who really needs it. Some of you just need to sit in silence with yourself, and deal with you. (35:54 - 36:44) Some of you have not done enough internal, enough introspection, internal inspection to see, am I really who I say I am? Am I lying to myself and other people? This is so good. Part of getting a vision is getting to the root of who you are, and realizing these parts of me don't look like God. These parts of me don't match God's Word, and I don't want it anymore in my life, and the only way for those things to leave is when you get a vision, because a vision is going to show you who you are, and it's going to show you who God is, and it's going to show you how far you are from God, and how much you need Him. (36:45 - 37:09) See, Isaiah had a vision. The Bible says that in Isaiah chapter 6, he saw the Lord high and lifted up, the train of his road filling the temple, and then what? Did Isaiah cry out, I'm unholy, I'm a man of unclean lips, and then the angel came, took the coal, touched his lips from the place of the altar. You need a vision. (37:10 - 37:25) When you get a vision of how sinful you are without God, you realize I will not lose grip of God. I'm going to hold on to God with everything on the inside of me, because without Him, I'm just a sinner. With Him, I'm a saint. (37:26 - 37:42) With Him, I'm righteous, but without Him, I'm nothing, and you don't get to that point in your life. I don't know. I'm preaching so different this sermon, but someone needs to hear this, that my desperation level for God has to increase. (37:43 - 38:16) You need a vision. Isaiah had this vision, see the Lord high and lifted up, and then he realized, God, I still be cursing on the inside, because when you got a vision, you realize God cares more about the heart than you playing the part. When you get a vision, read Matthew, read Matthew chapter 5 and Matthew chapter 6. The whole entire, I mean, most of what's written there on the sermon on the mouth is not about what you do, it's about what's in your heart. (38:17 - 38:26) Make sure you pray from the heart. Make sure you fast from the heart. Make sure you give from the heart, because God's not as concerned with what you do as if your heart's right. (38:28 - 38:48) That's what a vision does. It gives you a picture of who you are, and it gives you a picture of God, and says, I need God more than anything, because I know who I am if God doesn't show up. All right, let's do one more. (38:49 - 38:59) Can we do one more on this topic, and then I'm going to go to the last point. Are y'all getting something? If you're getting something, I want you to just say hallelujah. Hallelujah. (39:02 - 39:17) Hebrews chapter 11, verse 7, here's what it says. It was by faith. See, some of y'all who came to, some of y'all who stuck around, isn't this sermon completely different than the first? God's trying to give you some more revelation. (39:18 - 39:38) It's very similar, but it's very different. Here's what it says, Hebrews 11, 7. It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. (39:39 - 39:44) Hold on. So, it never rained before. The Bible says water would come from the earth. (39:45 - 40:14) It never rained. Noah never saw rain, and God said to him, Noah, guess what's going to happen? God had to give him a vision and show him something that had never happened, that was about to happen on the earth, and he had to build something, not based on what he saw with his natural eyes, but based on the vision God gave him. The Bible even says God gave him the entire vision on how to do it. (40:15 - 40:18) Build it like this. Build it like that. This don't make sense. (40:18 - 40:30) Why do I need something to cover a boat? Water doesn't come from the sky. I just need something on the bottom. You see, in your natural mind, I never seen rain before. (40:31 - 40:39) I just need something that covers the bottom. I don't need anything that covers the top. But you need a vision to actually build something before the storm even happens. (40:41 - 40:56) Whoa. So part of vision is God preparing you for things that are getting ready to come so that you can have the foundation to stand strong. That brings you back to Matthew chapter 7, because the Bible says the winds came, sounds like Noah, the storms came. (40:57 - 41:21) But guess what? It was built on a foundation called the rock, and so it couldn't be moved. I decree and declare that everyone in this place, God's going to give you a vision on how to build for 2026, so that whatever comes, you will stand strong and you won't be defeated. That whatever comes, you'll be able to have the mental fortitude to overcome it. (41:22 - 41:34) You'll be able to have the psychological strength to overcome it. You'll be able to have everything God's given you to win and to conquer. I decree and declare over you now that you have everything you need to win in 2026. (41:35 - 41:53) God's given you the tools, the strategy, and the building material to win in 2026. Sometimes those building blocks means cutting people off. Sometimes those building blocks mean creating new friendships and relationships. (41:54 - 42:11) Sometimes that means joining the church, not babysitting. Some of y'all been babysitting this church for two years, just join. Some of y'all been babysitting, sitting here, man, I can't get baptized because I sinned. (42:13 - 42:38) Why wouldn't you realize? It's not about you. All right. Noah built. He didn't see it. But that's what is called building by faith. You don't see the result, but you build anyway. (42:40 - 42:44) You give anyway. You pray anyway. You fast anyway. (42:45 - 43:02) Are y'all ready for the last point? And I'm done after this. Here's the third thing you can't build on. You can't build on fake news, but you can build off the good news. (43:03 - 43:26) I promise I ain't being political here. I know fake news, some of y'all got triggered right there. So there's a fake news. This is that kind of church? We're a Jesus church. We don't have a political party. We have a kingdom party. (43:28 - 43:39) Let me tell you, we ain't about no political party here. The only party we have is Jesus. Because both parties are a mess. (43:40 - 43:56) But there's one kingdom. The Bible says the increase of this government, there shall be no end. You can have your donkey. Amen. You can have your elephant. I'll take the line of the tribe of Judah. (43:58 - 44:21) Y'all better shout in here. So what I mean by fake news is that anything. I'll be honest. All the news channels, they're actually fake news. MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, News Nation, all the other ones. Because I don't want to discriminate. (44:22 - 44:29) He picked more of the Democrats, more of the Republicans. They're all fake news. Amen. (44:30 - 44:42) They all have an agenda. I gotta tell you what's not fake news? The word. But you know what is really fake news? Everything the devil's telling you about yourself that's not true. (44:43 - 44:48) That's what I mean by fake news. The devil tells you, you ugly. You're a loser. (44:50 - 45:13) You're such a failure. You know what the devil loves to use as his ammunition? What he likes to use to propel his lies and promulgate his lies? Words that were spoken over your life. Things that your parents said. Things that your friends said. Things that your ex said. Things that your cousin said. (45:13 - 45:22) Things that people around you said about you that aren't what God is saying about you. But that seem like it's true. Just because it may be true is not truth. (45:24 - 45:39) Not everything that's true is the truth. That's why you gotta combat even things that may be true. Okay, I did drop out of high school. But the truth is, I ain't dumb. I'm not talking about me, I'm just saying. But even if I did, I ain't dumb. (45:41 - 45:52) So there's some things that are true. It may be true. You got a divorce. Okay, that's true. But I ain't no failure in marriage. Because that's what the devil's gonna try to make you feel like. (45:53 - 46:08) Things that may be true, try to make it truth. No, truth is what God said about you. And so, what the enemy does, because the Bible calls him the accuser of the... Is that he would say things about you to try to contradict what God already said about you. (46:09 - 46:18) You see, Jesus had experiences too. Because the Bible says in Matthew chapter 3 that the heavens opened up. God the Father spoke from heaven. (46:18 - 46:27) It said angels came down. It said that the Holy Spirit descended like a dove. That there was lightning from heaven. (46:27 - 46:37) I'm talking about, what a spectacle to be there. While Jesus was getting baptized by his cousin John. Imagine seeing this amazing thing. (46:37 - 46:52) I mean, this glorious occasion. Imagine seeing just how prophetic and powerful this moment was. And then, to put the bow on the entire event. (46:53 - 47:04) God the Father decides to speak. And goes, this is my beloved. That means my favorite. (47:06 - 47:23) This is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. You know, Jesus didn't even start his ministry yet. So, what is the Father pleased with him in? Because he didn't do anything. (47:24 - 47:34) You think the Father at the end of his life is going to be like, this is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. Look, he did everything he was supposed to. Good job, son. (47:35 - 47:46) No. In the beginning, before Jesus does anything. He wants the foundation to be, what you get from me is not achieved, it's received. (47:48 - 47:59) That means, what I'm giving you, you can't work for it. Me being pleased with you has nothing to do with how good you are. Or how well you did ministry. (47:59 - 48:08) Or if you didn't watch pornography this week. Or if you didn't lie. Or if you were perfect. (48:08 - 48:15) Or you kept the standard of what you think is right. That's not what God's saying. He's like, I'm pleased with you before you do anything. (48:16 - 48:28) I want to let the foundation be, I'm pleased with you. So, he goes, this is my beloved son in whom I'm well, not just I'm pleased. Not like, oh, you're alright. (48:28 - 48:42) You know, I kind of like you. No, I'm well pleased. He didn't heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the leper, cast out demons. (48:42 - 48:47) He didn't resurrect from the dead. He didn't conquer death, hell, and the grave. He didn't do any of those things. (48:48 - 48:56) I'm pleased with you. See, when you get that revelation of God, it changes the way you live. It changes the way you live. (48:56 - 49:02) Because you're not trying to work for something. You're just receiving it by faith. See, because I love it. (49:05 - 49:11) Man, when the lost son comes back to the father's house, the father doesn't even ask him any questions. He doesn't make him work. He doesn't make him do anything. (49:11 - 49:20) He puts his robe on him, his bedclothes, and his signet ring on him. All of his money in his bank account, at my disposal. Not because he did anything. (49:20 - 49:27) It was not achieved. It was received by faith. What you get from God is not achieved by flesh. (49:27 - 49:39) It's received by faith. That's the good news. The good news is everything you get from God has nothing to do with your goodness and everything to do with his goodness. (49:44 - 49:52) This is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. And guess what the next verse says. It is where so many of us slip up in church. (49:52 - 50:02) Where so many of us get attacked and we can't get up. It's like the fatal blow. It's like the last enemy for us to actually step into victory. (50:02 - 50:07) And if we can conquer this, we can win. Listen closely. Next verse. (50:08 - 50:16) The devil comes to him. If you are the son of God. The father already spoke who he was. (50:17 - 50:31) Then the devil tries to say if you are the son of God, now do something. To prove, achieve for your position. The father's not even making me do stuff for my position. (50:31 - 50:39) He gave me the position despite what I did. And the devil's only trying to make you work for it. God's just trying to say live in it. (50:40 - 50:46) I gave it to you already. Live in it. And any work you do. (50:46 - 50:59) Because the Bible does talk about work out your salvation with fear and trembling. But we never look at the next verse, right? Who am I supposed to work? The Bible says it is he who works in you. Hope to will and to do of his good pleasure. (50:59 - 51:06) Which means all the work you're doing, you're not even doing it. The Holy Spirit's doing it. So you were never supposed to do work anyway. (51:09 - 51:18) Man, that's good. There's good news. Good news, you're forgiven. (51:21 - 51:31) Good news, you're loved. Good news, God already got his 2026 in his hands. And he already determined it was blessed. (51:32 - 51:42) Before the foundations of the earth, he had your 2026 and he was like, This is going to be a good year for her. It's going to be a blessed year for him. And so all he wants us to do right now is to partner with him. (51:42 - 51:50) I got a partner with you. This year is going to be my best year yet. That doesn't mean that the storms aren't going to come. (51:50 - 51:58) Because look at the story of Matthew chapter seven. The winds and the storms hit both houses. But one stood because one was on the rock. (51:58 - 52:06) Make sure that you're on the rock this year. Because you know what's going to keep you being on the rock. The good news is that we got the rock here with us, Jesus. (52:08 - 52:17) We got the rock right here with us, Jesus. I want to pray for some people. Because there's some people, you're going into this new year, and you're not going into the new year with God. (52:17 - 52:30) You're going into the new year, positive thinking, resolutions, vibes, feelings. Good confessions, but not with Jesus. You haven't accepted him. (52:30 - 52:37) And the only way he could be your rock is if you say yes. You said yes to everything else. You've given everything else a chance. (52:38 - 52:42) You gave that man a chance. You gave that woman a chance. You gave them drugs a chance. (52:43 - 52:50) They all suck. I mean, they're good for a moment. They're always good for ten minutes. (52:51 - 52:57) And after a while, you're like, ooh, that was terrible. I feel like trash. I knew they ain't going to say amen. (52:57 - 53:06) We got to tell the truth and shame the devil. Because the Bible calls it the fleeting pleasure of sin, which means it feels good for a little while. But in the end, it leads to death. (53:07 - 53:18) And it always leads to, like, that sadness in your heart. And some of you are at that point right now, you're like, man, I've given everything else a chance. And Jesus is like, give me a chance. (53:19 - 53:34) You haven't surrendered fully to me. If you fully give me a chance, like you did in that ten-year relationship that didn't work out, imagine what I'm going to do in your life. If you give me a chance like you did that job that works you like a dog, it doesn't care if you die tomorrow, because they will replace you in five minutes. (53:35 - 53:43) Watch what I do in your life. Give me a chance. And see what I do in your life. (53:43 - 53:58) I want everyone to close their eyes. There's going to be some people saying, Lord, I've given everything else a chance. But I'm decided, 2026, I'm starting this year with you. (54:00 - 54:04) I know storms are going to come. I know trials are going to come. I know difficulties are going to come. (54:04 - 54:21) Because it came from both parties, those who built their house on the rock and those that built their house on the sand. But the difference between the two was that one house fell, and the destruction was massive. And the other house stood firm. (54:21 - 54:32) I believe this is going to be the year you stand firm. So, I'm going to ask every single person, if you're saying, I have not given my life to Jesus. I have not fully committed my life to Jesus. (54:32 - 54:36) I have not fully given my heart to Jesus. And I want to do that today. I want you to just raise your hand. (54:36 - 54:39) Come on. I want every person who's saying that, just raise your hand. Keep your eyes closed. (54:40 - 54:46) I want every person who's saying, I'm saying yes to Jesus for the first time. I'm saying yes to the Lord. I have it. (54:46 - 54:51) Put him first. I want you to just raise your hand quickly. Yep, I see those hands. (54:51 - 54:58) I see those hands. If your hand is raised, I want you to just stand to your feet. Come on. (54:58 - 55:03) Every person who's raising their hand, just stand to your feet. Stand to your feet. Don't be ashamed. (55:03 - 55:18) There's people in the back standing. If you're saying, I am ready to commit my life to Jesus and not play church, I don't want a religion. I want a relationship with God. (55:21 - 55:31) And if that's you, you say, man, I want something that's real. Come on, where the rest of you stand to your feet. There's about two others who raised their hand. (55:31 - 55:47) I want you to stand to your feet and we're going to pray. And as you pray, here's what you're going to do. You're going to be inviting God into your heart and committing your ways to him. (55:50 - 56:06) I just knew before I started preaching for this second service, there were people who needed to come to the Lord. You're a prodigal. You've run away, but God is saying when you come back, I'm not trying to make you do anything to receive from me. (56:08 - 56:23) I'm calling you son before you even work. It's funny because when the prodigal son came running back to God, you know, the prodigal son said, he's like, he had a whole speech lined up. If I could just work and be like one of your servants. (56:23 - 56:32) And then the father, don't say nothing. We talk about working. We talk about being a servant. (56:33 - 56:47) You're a son, puts the robe on him, puts the ring on him, hugs him. The Bible says embraces him. And if you look at that word, hugs him is the same word that's used in Acts chapter 10, where it says they were filled with the Holy Spirit. (56:48 - 57:05) The same exact word that's used for when the father embraces him is the same word that's used when the Holy Spirit comes down in Acts chapter 10. Which shows me something that the Holy Spirit is not just a weird mystical thing. The Holy Spirit is God literally wrapping his arms around you. (57:07 - 57:15) And some of you need that right now. You just need God to wrap his arms around you, his love, his compassion, his grace. And he's doing it right now. (57:16 - 57:25) So let's close our eyes. And if you're standing, I want everyone to say the prayer with me. But if you're standing in particular, I want you to say this prayer. (57:29 - 57:34) Can I have everyone who's standing just come to the front? I know. I'm old school. Come on. (57:34 - 57:37) You don't have to be ashamed. I'm a little old school. This church ain't that kind of church. (57:37 - 57:43) We ain't judging here. We're actually cool people. You can see I ain't judging because I'm about the vibes. (57:46 - 57:51) You like that, right? Come on. All your friends came. You can come. (57:52 - 57:56) Look at that. You can stand. You can stand right here. (57:57 - 58:05) You can face me. And so we're going to do something cool. Come on, friend. (58:05 - 58:10) Why are you still sitting? You stood up. Come on, friend. We love you here. (58:11 - 58:34) You mind coming up with us? I'm not trying to embarrass you. All your friends are here. You know what the Bible says? When one person gives their lives to Jesus, the angels rejoice in heaven. (58:36 - 58:57) How many? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. There needs to be more rejoicing. Let's join the angels. Can all of y'all look at me just for one second? I'm going to tell you something. (58:58 - 59:18) This decision doesn't mean life's going to be perfect tomorrow. But you know what it means? It means that God is taking away every one of your sins. And that relationship that was severed, now y'all are cool again. (59:19 - 59:25) It's not because of what you did. It's because of what he did. So I'm going to ask you to just repeat this prayer after me. (59:25 - 59:35) And you got a whole army around you that's helping you. You got a whole community, a whole family. And I'm telling you, I preach at a lot of churches, right? I'm not the senior pastor of this church. (59:35 - 59:41) I'm a guest preacher. I preach at a lot of churches around the United States. Some churches don't got nice people. (59:45 - 59:53) I ain't going to lie. They're so mean, I don't even want to be around them. This church, they got some really nice people. (59:55 - 1:00:00) They're just not nice. They're, like, loving. And they actually, like, care about people. (1:00:01 - 1:00:10) So you got a whole army of loving, caring people. They're not perfect. But they're really loving and caring here. (1:00:13 - 1:00:22) Who's going to say this prayer with us? In this prayer, we're saying, Lord, come into my life. All right, so repeat the prayer. Say, Lord. (1:00:25 - 1:00:31) Come into my life. Change me. Wash me. (1:00:33 - 1:00:42) And make me clean. Thank you for what you did on the cross. Dying for every one of my sins. (1:00:42 - 1:00:50) And giving me new life. In Jesus' name. Amen. (1:00:51 - 1:01:12) This is the CityLight Church podcast. If you've missed any part of today's message, or if you would like to find out more about Pastor Boyan Jancic and CityLight Church, visit us at citylightnyc.com. That's citylightnyc.com. Feel free to visit us online or in person anytime. We would love to connect with you. (1:01:12 - 1:01:28) We pray that you have been encouraged today, that you have been reminded how much God loves you, and that you are surrounded by grace. Thank you for listening. Make sure that you subscribe to CityLight Church podcast wherever you find your favorite podcasts worldwide.