Walking in the Spirit

0:01 The fruit of the spirit is love. When the Holy Spirit resides on the inside of you, what he's growing is God. Because the Bible says that God is love. So when his spirit rests on the inside of you, what's being grown is more God. All the other things are byproducts of the love that is grown. For the fruit of the spirit is love. Joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, long-suffering. You get what I'm saying? Welcome to the City Light 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 City Light Church, feel free to visit us at citylightnyc.com.

0:41 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. God is amazing. He's been flowing in this place for weeks. And I feel like there's this beautiful compounding of the presence and the anointing of God. Have you taken notice of that? Have you felt it in the worship?

1:22 Like I even feel like there are some people like they came here to be moderate. It's like, all right, I'm going to give them the one hand. It's going to go up. Boom. Gotcha. Jesus got you everything you need. And the thing is, I literally feel it in worship. I feel like him pulling and drawing us deeper. I would say this today. Give up your control and let that intimate time of worship be whatever he wants it to be. And I say intimate because it really is, he's asking us to go beyond what we see in the natural. I feel like I can literally hear him like, yeah, come on, just like that.

2:04 Put your hand up. It's all right. Yeah, okay. Come on, a little bit more. You're like, come on, Jesus. There's a whole bunch of people around. Stop. Because he's trying to get you out of rote religion. This idea of, I came to church today, and I've praised God with a song, and now I'm ready to leave. And he's like, you didn't come here for religion. You didn't come to sing a song. You came to meet with a lover. So don't be surprised when you see some people fall to their knees or you see some people begin to cry. It's because they're connecting with the lover of their soul.

2:46 And that's a beautiful and wondrous thing. Because that's when Christianity gets real. And it's not just something you read about. It's something that you actually live right now. Because you get to meet the God of the Bible and walk in his ways. Amen? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Before we get started, I want to give a big shout out. So as you can see, some of our people are not here today. And unfortunately, these Christians, they out here, they for the streets. All right. All right. They're not for the streets, but they're running the streets.

3:26 That doesn't make it that much better, but still. So what I mean is some of the saints today are actually running the New York City Marathon. Amen. Praise God. Praise God. They skipping church. That's what they doing. That's what they doing. And they get a medal for skipping church. But a big shout out to Tony, Movitsa, Frenchie, Cynthia too. Amen. Amen. I didn't want to include too many female names talking about running for the streets. They not for the streets. They just run in the streets. But we bless them. We pray for them that they would more than just succeed in finishing, Lord. We rebuke all cramping.

4:07 We empower them that they would have strength and finish the race in Jesus' name. Whoever thought I'd be praying for people to skip church? I don't know. The God is good here. So over the past few weeks, though, I feel like, again, the Lord has been prepping us, pouring out more of his spirit because he really wants to get us to a new place, and I I've sensed that. I've felt it. I've experienced it for myself. And it's not just me. Like it's been in the air. For those of you who have been here over the past month and a half, you can sense like God is doing a little bit extra. He's been interrupting our plans with his presence.

4:50 And I believe he is not finished. He's calling us deeper, not just to encounter the spirit on Sunday, but get this. He wants to. walk in the spirit every day of the week. That's what he wants for us. So today we're going to talk about walking in the spirit. I think the verse that we're going to use is the charge for the hour is Galatians 5, 16. I say then, walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Mind you, this is not a suggestion. This is a command with a promise attached.

5:32 Walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the flesh. The spirit and the flesh, they're in open conflict. One will rule. The question that you really have to ask for your life is which one is going to take the lead? And there's like a great contrast in this, but Paul doesn't leave us guessing about which side is which. He draws a very clear delineation line. Galatians 5.19 talks about the works of the flesh. It says, now the works of the flesh are evident, which are adultery. fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like.

6:31 Of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Now, all those things that I read, and it's so funny because there are certain preachers over history who they would literally avoid reading that scripture because of how depressing it is. Thankfully, you have a pastor that's not afraid to get you a little bit depressed so that we can lift you up and get you a little bit higher. Come on, somebody. But these things that we read about, those are the natural byproducts of a life lived according to the old nature, according to the flesh. The flesh is not neutral by any standard.

7:13 The Bible says that the flesh is hostile to God, according to Romans 8, 7. It cannot please him. It will always pull towards self, always pull towards comfort, always pull towards control, always pull toward temporary satisfaction. But the thing is, that type of temporary satisfaction, it always leaves you emptier than before. Let me ask you a question. How many of you have known what you were going to have for dinner? I mean, like a well-cooked dinner. It was ready. It was prepared for you. You were coming home to it. And somehow, some way you convinced yourself that it would be okay to stop and get a snack.

7:58 The meal is ready. We don't know who's cooking it, but we know the meal is ready. Some of you, it was your mom. First service, I'm going to spill the tea. First service, I said this. A young boy sitting next to his mother, I said, you know, how many of you have ever had a home-cooked meal just waiting for you at home? He's like, mm-hmm. I was shocked. And she's just looking straight at her. He's like, he shook his head. I was like, let me just go stand over here. Cause if like, if she picks up a chair and throws it at him, I don't want to get like the blowback. And even now I said it, I said it here today. And I saw a couple of people go, hmm, home cooked meal.

8:40 What's, what's that? It's foreign to me. You guys don't have home cooked meals. Yes. This is not a part of the sermon, but McDonald's can't be your life, church. If my role as a pastor is to help you and to shepherd you into that which is holy, righteous, and pure, Panera Bed is not it. I'm shocked. Home-cooked meals, nobody. But regardless, if you had a good home-cooked meal, the thing is, if you begin to snack, Let's say you go to a 7-Eleven, you stop, you're in the car with all your people, you're like, listen, we're gonna go home for this home cooked meal, but just let me get something real quick.

9:24 You go in there and everybody thinks, how about this, everybody thinks that they're leaving the running life group. They think you're gonna grab a protein bar. Maybe an Oikos, get a little protein shake and you come out with a chocolate cake. It's a snack. Don't judge me, it's a snack. How many people know that when you get home to dinner, you're not going to be as satisfied. These temporary things that we do, they rob us of the true satisfaction that God is trying to offer us. See, it's that, we're not talking about food anymore, by the way. We're talking about that carnal appetite that only, only satisfies for a brief moment, but it harms you in the long run because you're not holding out.

10:12 It's called delayed gratification. Sometimes that's what the Lord calls us to as believers. And we shirk that and we go, well, this feels good for right now. Oh, come on, fornicators. Don't act like you don't hear me. Yeah, I was waiting for marriage, but this feels good now. And you don't know that you're robbing yourself and you're robbing your spouse. Oh, come on, guys, don't judge. Come on, alcoholics, you don't got to judge them. Yeah, because the Lord said that he would give you a new wine. He would give you a new way to be inebriated, a new way to have joy overflowing. You wouldn't have to rely on chemicals and stuff. All right.

10:55 So moving by the carnal, that's just, it's temporary. And the Lord doesn't want you to do that. And here's why, because yes, there are the works of the flesh, but there's also the fruit of the spirit. Galatians 5, 22 and 23. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Notice the difference. The flesh has works. The spirit has fruit. Notice I didn't say fruits. I said fruit.

11:36 I won't lie. It's a little pet peeve of mine. I don't know if it's because I'm a preacher and a pastor, but it gives me a feeling, you know, the fruits of the spirit. The Bible never says the fruits of the spirit. It is the fruit. And why is that significant? Because works are manufactured. Fruit is grown. The Bible says that this is so good. Thank you, Lord. The fruit of the spirit is love. When the Holy Spirit resides on the inside of you, what he's growing is God. Because the Bible says that God is love. So when his spirit rests on the inside of you, what's being grown is more God. All the other things are byproducts of the love that is grown.

12:18 For the fruit of the spirit is love. Joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, long-suffering. You get what I'm saying? Yeah. So we're not trying to manufacture something. We're allowing the Lord to grow something. And the thing about growth is that sometimes it doesn't happen overnight. Oh, am I talking about it? Talking to somebody yet? Because sometimes we get discouraged by the fact that we claim and we say that we want more of God, but then we don't see it happen right away. Because when you're manufacturing something, boop, boop, boop, boop, done. And God said, that's not exactly what I'm looking for. There is a slow burn to this thing where God is raising you up and looking for something to be grown on the inside of you that is different from everything that you've ever known, better than everything that you've ever known.

13:20 Works are manufactured, fruit is produced or grown. Because think about it, you can strive to act loving and still be full of bitterness. You can force a smile and still have no joy. But when the Holy Spirit is in control, the fruit grows naturally because the life of Christ is flowing through you. What we are not talking about when we say walking in the spirit is behavior modification. Nobody's trying to make the Christian T-Bot 3000 robot. Hallelujah. All is well, well, well, well with my soul. No, no, no, no.

14:00 We want genuine fruit. Romans 8 makes the divide even sharper. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh. But those who live according to the spirit, the things of the spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. One path leads to death. The other path produces life and peace. There is no third option. But what does it actually mean to walk in the spirit? Walking implies continuous, deliberate movement.

14:46 It's not a one-time experience. It's a daily dependence. Now, for some reason, the Lord saw fit to bless me with a wife who likes to do things outside. Praise God. She wants to go for walks. She wants to go sailing. She wants to go running on Thanksgiving Day. Now, what would it look like if I said, hey, babe, let's go for a walk. And we got outside and I did one of these. And then I turned and went back into the house.

15:27 She might be a little confused because I took a step. And that is not walking. Walking. Walking is continuous. And this is the problem why some of us get discouraged because we've taken a first great step. You know that friend that's been hounding you to come to church? You've taken that first step. You say, okay, okay, brother, I'm coming. And you enter the place, I'm here. Christian T-Bot 3000, and I raise my hand. What? But God is asking for more.

16:08 He wants more. He wants you. He wants to walk with you. It's not just the one step. He wants to keep stepping. Does anybody want to walk with God? Well, if you want to walk with God, I'll tell you this. It begins with surrender and not striving. Ephesians 5.18 says, be filled with the spirit. The Greek tense here is a continuous one.

16:49 And the reason I even bring this up is because there are certain things and get a little Bible nerdy on you. The English language is it pales in comparison to Greek. Because for English, we use the same word that we use to describe our most intimate relationship. We use on our desire for ice cream. Think about it. I love ice cream. Tiff, I love you. Like ice cream? In Greek, there are four different words for love. And then they have different words where if you say it in one way, it means that it's a perpetual text, meaning that it's never supposed to stop.

17:29 So when he says, be filled with the spirit, he's saying, continuously keep on being filled. You do not fill yourself, and this is gonna be important. You yield. Because we're talking about how do you walk in the spirit? You don't walk in the spirit through behavior modification. Well, I'm a Christian now, so I'm just gonna stand my ground and I'm gonna be like this all day and I'm gonna be serious. Look at my life is much better now. I look so happy. I read my Bible today. No. And the only problem is, you know, some people like that.

18:10 They got saved and they turned into something. No, this is an everyday thing where you yield to him. Every morning you present your body as a living sacrifice like Romans 12 says. You say, Holy Spirit, this day is yours. You lead me. You correct me. You empower me. You fill me again and again and again. Walking in the spirit also requires sensitivity to his voice. Jesus said in John 16, 13 that the spirit of truth will guide you into all truth.

18:50 You know, he doesn't only speak in the loud moments like you come on a Sunday morning and Pastor Bo is up here preaching and boom, he says something just hits you. You know, it's for me, man. Why does Pastor Bo got to put me on front street? He speaks the Holy Spirit in the quiet promptings as well. When you feel that check in your spirit about a conversation, when you feel that check in your spirit about a decision, When you feel the bitterness that you've been nursing, you know, when you have that argument with somebody, that disagreement, and instead of actually talking to the person, you've just been replaying it over in your head for the last 36 hours.

19:33 No amens. When you are considering a compromise, but you feel the spirit checking you, telling you that's not the way. Walking in the spirit means you do not ignore that check. It means that you obey. Walking in the spirit produces visible fruit and produces supernatural power. Here's the thing. The Bible says in Romans 8, 11, the same spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. God is not only concerned with making you a nicer person.

20:13 God is actually concerned about giving you the power to testify. He wants to make you powerful for the kingdom. He wants to give you boldness. He wants to give you discernment in your relationships, strengthen your weakness, love that overcomes offense. When you walk in the spirit, people should be able to see the difference and not because you're trying harder, but because there's another person living on the inside of you. Now I get it just now. you were tempted to think about a fat joke because I said that there was another person living on the inside of you and you need to relax. When I said there was another person living on the inside of me, that's not your reason to go.

20:56 Oh, that makes sense. That's why he's, you know, no, no, no. That means the Holy Spirit is living in me. Praise God. See, the fruit that I'm bearing right now is, see, I know in real time. I have evidence that God is real because I feel him in me every day working. Can we get real for a minute? How many of you still curse in your head? Okay, thank you real Christians. Listen, the Lord has brought me a long way. I have what some might say a very verbose vernacular. And it wasn't always used in service to the Lord because I didn't know the Lord.

21:37 And then I got saved. And then I would have to find new ways to insult people that didn't involve... cursing so then i would be speaking to people and then the lord was like you didn't curse but that was mean and you need to switch it up i said praise god thank you for working in me dear lord merciful father amen but the lord is working anika i think we need to get real and show them i used anika for an illustration without her permission in the first service and it was hilarious I almost feel bad doing it now, but the reason that I know God is real is because I have experienced him.

22:19 I see him from day to day. Help me not do the things that I am naturally inclined to do. Like when I'm driving and somebody incessantly is just beeping their horn at me and there's nowhere to go because we're in traffic and it's a red light and I don't exactly know where I'm supposed to go. So what exactly are you beeping at me for? Is there something that you'd like to talk about? And in that moment, because the Lord has been so gracious to give me a praying wife, she just looks over and she's shook up. She's praying because she already know where this is going. Listen, I'm the type where I will get out of my car and come this close to your window and go, what's up?

23:02 You clearly needed my attention for some reason. So what do you need from me? Is there something that you like from me? Because I got nowhere to go because it's a red light. Oh, there's nothing? Did you want to know about Jesus Christ, your Lord and Savior? Did you want to meet him today? No? Okay. I'm going to go back to my car now. You see, that's my natural inclination. But then the Lord has grown me. So then now that I'm driving and things happen, and I admit it, I don't curse.

23:48 But in my mind, listen, it shouldn't only be on Tiffany to pray for my sanctification. Y'all be praying to church. But I felt the difference. I felt the Lord beginning to move because I've yielded and given him the controls. Because this is a daily battle. Walking in the spirit is not automatic. The flesh does not die quietly. Every day is a choice. Will I respond in the flesh or in the spirit when I'm offended? Will I feed anxiety or feed faith when the pressure comes?

24:32 Will I run to entertainment and distraction or will I run to the secret place? I'm going to tell you right now, and this is going to baffle some of you. The breakthrough that you've been waiting on and praying for, you don't have right now because you're distracted. Right? I don't know what happened where you thought that you were going to get the revelation by scrolling on your phone endlessly with your thumb versus spending time in the secret place. Because I know God is going to do it. He's going to give me breakthrough. Oh, that's dope. You prayed about it, huh? Well, I heard I heard a pastor on TikTok.

25:13 Oh. In between the 40 other TikToks that had nothing to do with anything that was going to bring me closer to Jesus. The revelation, the insight and the breakthrough that God wants to give you half of you. I have no doubt that you would get it within a week if you would actually take the time to just spend time with God. You know, being a Christian attending church is a misnomer because. You can be nominally called a Christian but actually have no real relationship with Jesus. That's a real thing that happens. In order to be intimate with God or intimate with anyone, you have to spend time with them.

25:59 And I'm not saying that you have to be the super Christian robot in 23 hours of your day you spend in a monastery on your knees. But there is something to keeping a relationship that is pure and actually alive. Where you spend time talking with God, conversing with the one who made you. My wife, she'll tell you, there are certain things that sometimes we're like struggling with. Well, how's this going to happen? How's this going to happen? And we don't know how exactly to get the plan or the finances or to do what. But the one thing that we stay consistent with is, well, we're just going to keep walking with him. And as we keep walking with him, keep in relationship with him, all of a sudden finances show up.

26:44 Witty invention and ideas and breakthrough starts happening. I'm not going to lie to you. Sometimes I love getting random emails from my wife. She'd be like, what do you think about this? You'll be like, damn, I'm mad I ain't thinking about that. All right, praise God. The Lord will just give you insight if you would be willing to spend time with him. Again, you gotta ask the question, will I speak words that tear down or will I speak words that give life? Am I gonna run to entertainment and distraction or will I run to the secret place?

27:26 Galatians 5, 24. And those who are Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. Crucifixion is not a feeling. It's a decision. You reckon the old man dead and you keep in step with the spirit. Step by step, moment by moment. And mind you, that word reckon is an old accounting term. You find it in Romans 6, 11. It says, likewise, you also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

28:11 What does that mean? Reckon yourself. Well, like I said, it's an accounting term. So in accounting, there are certain things that you just put a metric for and you go, this goes here and this belongs to this. These finances go in this particular year. This is where this bill is gonna get paid and it's gonna go to this and this and this and this. And the Bible says that you need to, in an accounting way, reckon that you are dead to sin. Well, what does that look like, Pastor? Well, let me ask you the question. The last time you went to a funeral, was the person in the casket sinning that day? Was the guy who was laid out In the casket, was he fawning in lust over everybody who was leaning over the casket?

29:01 Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, I like that. Come on, come on, come on. Oh, smile. Oh, yeah. She got tears too. Praise God. Oh, look. Is that a D cup? When was the last time you went to a funeral and you heard that out of the person in the casket? No, no, no, you didn't because they were dead. Okay. And the Bible says you need to reckon yourself dead to sin, but alive unto God. Oh, I'm preaching better than you saying amen. All right. Got some takeaways. And worship team, you can start getting yourselves ready.

29:43 You cannot walk in the spirit while feeding the flesh. And I know that sounds like rocket science, but believe me, it's true. What you feed grows. What you starve dies. If social media, certain relationships, or private habits are feeding the flesh, you have to cut them off. The spirit will not share the throne with anyone. You yourself know that there are certain relationships in your life that are not leading you closer to God. Every time you get around these people, you feel your flesh riled up.

30:24 You feel more like the person you used to be than the person that God is cultivating and crafting over time. You have to be honest. Certain relationships are not for you anymore. Listen, I was a drug dealer when I got saved. I was a drug dealer. 90% of my friends were drug dealers and con men. I had to find a new circle because if I wanted to in love, and this happened for many months, in love, I just wanted to be around my friends and share the love of God. That would often lead me to be hanging out in drug dens because that's where my friends were.

31:06 And that means that I was subject to everything that would happen in that. I can't tell you how many times the cops came in on a raid and busted the place where I was. And they're like, what are you doing here? It's just saying hi to my friends. Like, sir, something is different about you. Why are you here? I'm being serious. I will arrest you, sir. I just came here to share the love of Jesus Christ. Sir, I'm going to ask you one more time. I said, if you smell me, sir, I don't smell like them. had one cop literally go how are you in this place and don't smell like weed I said because I'm not of this place I'm in this place but I'm not of this place I literally am just here to see my friends I'm trying to win them back for the Lord the way God snatched me out I don't know if this officer had a background in Christianity, but he had a look of revelation and insight.

32:06 Like, I probably need to go back to church if the drug dealers are talking to me like this. You know, the things that are drawing you away from him. What I need you to do if you're going to walk in the spirit is be honest about when he's asking you to let it go. The spirit is not going to share this throne. The throne is your heart. Walking in the spirit is not about perfection. It's about direction. Yes, you will stumble often, just like me.

32:50 But the question is, which way are your feet pointed when you get up? Are you just running back to your sin? Or are you running to Jesus as you stumble? Run towards the Lord. Run towards the spirit in dependence on God. Because the same spirit who's been moving in the services wants to walk with you, not just on a Sunday morning, but on a Monday morning. He's not confined to the altar when we call people up to receive prayer like we will do later. He's at the grocery store. He's at the bus stop.

33:31 He's at the subway. He's in the late night conversations and the quiet places of struggle. You know, there was a guy here first service and it made me laugh because, you know, he is the God of the bus stops. I remember one night, it's actually the night that we had our guest minister, David Wagner. He's a prophet for the Lord. He was here on a Saturday and that night I took public transportation home. My wife came to the meeting. She had all she could take. She received from the Lord. She's like, all right, I'm out. Oh, mind you, we got kids at home, so you can just be gallivanting in the Lord. We had a babysitter that needed to be handled. So I took public transportation home, took the train, took the bus.

34:16 And then one of the saints who couldn't make it to the meeting because they were at work, they came and they saw me. But I'm a New Yorker. So if I don't know you, my resting face is a protective face of I dare you to say something to me. And it's not because I'm not filled with the joy of the Lord and the niceties that God has brought upon me. But I also am very aware like I was raised in a hood and I know what it is. I know what a mark is and I know what a Vic is and I am neither. So the saint walked up on me. He was like, you know, you really are as you preach. I was like, huh? Oh, brother. Hey, how are you? He's like, your face just now. I said, what about my face?

34:56 He said, you look like you were ready. And I'm like, listen, you play stupid games. You get stupid prizes. Like just making people aware, like, but I've learned that God wants to be in every facet of that. He's every day working on not just my insides, but even my affect. That's why I seem so bubbly when you meet me in the hallways on the way to the bathroom. Praise God, saints. Hello. The Lord can change you if you give him the wheel. Who's running the vehicle of your life? Do you still have your hand on the wheel?

35:39 Or are you in faith allowing him to drive? I can tell you. He is the best pilot ever. He is not going to shipwreck you. He is not going to put you into a 12 car crash. He's going to lead you to the most pleasant places, but it does require faith and for you to let go thinking that you can do it better than him. You guys can hand out the elements for communion. This is important. This is important.

36:20 Pursuit is the evidence of hunger. The thing is, I want you to leave here today more hungry for God than when you walked in. More hungry for the Holy Spirit, more hungry for a dynamic experience that would change your life. And that hunger is a good sign. Be willing to ask for more of God. Don't be content to say, well, I showed up to church. It was nice. I'll see you next week. I dare you to say, God, meet me tomorrow because I need more of you.

37:02 Ask him to increase your capacity for the things of God. Ask him to make you more sensitive to the sound of his voice. Ask him to fill every empty part of your life Because again, we've tasted of his presence. And I have this burning just understanding that he wants to do even more. But that takes for a certain realignment so that we could be in the path to receive what he wants to get poured out. Because he's not done with us.

37:44 He's calling us deeper. He does not want us to leave the same. This actually flows right in line with this message. The Bible says that every time we take communion, we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Just take a moment at the matzah in your hand, unleavened bread. And look at it. Take the time. It is pierced. It is striped and it is burnt. When Jesus took our place as us, that divine exchange that happened at the cross, the fiery wrath of God that we, that should have been on us fell on him.

38:32 And he was pierced. He was whipped and beaten and striped. You see, what happened at the cross wasn't just for the forgiveness of sins, it was for the wholeness of all that we are. When he was on the cross, he was naked, having nothing to his name. The Bible literally says that he became poor, that through his poverty, we would gain riches. When he's in the garden of Gethsemane, tortured about seeing the cross prophetically, dripping great drops of blood under mental anguish so that the anxiety and the depression that you face would now fall on him.

39:14 You see, at the cross, he did everything so that you would get the benefit, that you would have emotional health, that you would have physical healing, that you would have financial wealth and breakthrough. He was alone on the cross so that you would never have to be, so that you would have accountability and community and friendship. But the thing is, you have to look at that by faith and you have to receive that by faith. Part of walking in the spirit is every day you believing all of what God said about you and that he's willing to walk alongside you. So I want you to eat, but I want you to eat in faith.

39:57 Because the Bible says if you proclaim the Lord, you proclaim the Lord's death till he comes. That means you are proclaiming all of the things that are supposed to happen. Look at your life. Anything that is not congruent with the blessings that belong to you through the cross, you need to address it with the Lord in prayer by faith. God, you died so that I would have finances, so that I would have peace of mind, so that I would have healing in my body. I don't see it. I'm broke. My body hurts. Eat to your health. Eat to your wealth. Eat in faith, believing that he's with you. Amen? Drink to the forgiveness of your sins, for his blood has been shed abroad for the world.

40:43 Eat and drink, saints. Before we unleash the worship team, we're gonna receive our weekly tithes and offerings. And with the same spirit that we were gonna sing of worship in, the same spirit that we worshiped as we sat under the word of God, I want you to give in faith with that same spirit of worship because that's what giving is. It's not you thinking about an organization. It's not you thinking about a need. It's about you doing what we did just now In communion, you looking in faith and acting.

41:31 I count the Lord as worthy of all things. I'm going to do as the scripture says because it says it is more blessed to give than to receive. And I'm going to honor God. And watch what he does with that. All I can ask is that you would give as worship. Amen. Stand to your feet. And if any of you want to receive ministry through the laying on of hands, you come to the front. But have a tremendous week. If you've never been baptized, make sure to sign up for water baptisms.

42:12 Sign up for child dedication. And take the time to invite God in so that you can walk in the spirit this week. Because I don't want you to get all jazzed up on a Sunday morning and then be dry all week. Be full of God in every single area of your life. Receive. In Jesus name. Be blessed church. This is the City Light 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 City Light Church, visit us at citylightnyc.com.

42:55 That's citylightnyc.com. Feel free to visit us online or in person anytime. We would love to connect with you. 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 City Light Church Podcast wherever you find your favorite podcasts worldwide.