Good morning, Rachel family.

How y'all doing?

I'm looking at all the heads bobbing, apparently none of y'all know what song this is.

I don't know what song it is.

I think it came out before I was born, I think.

We're so happy you came to worship with us this morning.

Let's stand to our feet and honor the Father.

And don't tell Pastor Geary we played that song, please.

We just had to get the blood flowing.

Yeah.

Jesus, let your kingdom come here.

Let your will be done here in us.

Jesus, Jesus, there was no one greater.

You alone, my Savior, show the world your love.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come down.

Let your glory rain shining like the day.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come down.

Who stands against us.

You were strong and safe in your mighty name.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come down.

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He's dead high.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come down.

Let your glory rain, shine in light the day.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, rise up.

Who can stand against us?

You are strong and safe in your mighty name.

King of heaven, come down.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, come.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

King of heaven, rise up.

Who could stand against us?

You were strong to say in your mighty name.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven.

Come down.

King of heaven, come now.

Let your glory rain.

Shine and light the day.

King of heaven, come.

King of heaven, rise up.

Who could stand against us?

You were strong to say in your mighty name.

King of heaven, come.

Amen.

Amen.

King of heaven, come.

I was lost, but he brought me in.

Oh, his love for me.

Oh, his love for me.

Oh, the sun sets free.

Oh, his free in thee.

I'm a child of God.

Yes, I am.

Free at last he has ransomed me.

His grace runs deep.

While I was a slave to sin,

Jesus died for me.

Yes, he died for me.

Who the Son sets free, oh, is free indeed.

I'm a child of God, yes I am.

In my Father's house, there's a place for me.

I'm a child of God, yes I am.

I am chosen, not forsaken.

I am who you say I am.

You are for me, not against me.

I am who you say I am.

I am chosen, not forsaken.

I am who you say I am.

You are for me, not against me.

I am who you say I am.

I am who you say I am.

I am who you say I am.

Who the Son sets free.

I am who you say I am.

I am who you say I am.

I am who you say I am.

I am who you say I am.

I am who you say I am.

Thank you.

There's a place for me

I'm a child of God

Yes, I am

The sun says it's free

Oh, it's free indeed

I'm a child of God

Yes, I am

In my Father's house

There's a place for me

I'm a child of God

Yes, I am

I'm a child of God

Father of kindness

You have brought me out of grace

You brought me out of darkness

You filled me with peace

I'm a player of mercy

My help in time

But I can't help you see

Faithful you are

Faithful forever you are

Faithful you are

All your promises are blessed in the world

All your promises are blessed in the world

Come on, lift up Jesus' name right now

This promise is up to you

Beautiful favor you have brought me in

You pulled me from the ashes

You have broken every curse

Blessed redeemer

You have set this path

Oh, my God

I can't help you see

Faithful you are

Faithful you are

Faithful forever you are

Faithful you are

And all your promises are yes and amen

All your promises are yes and amen

Faithful you are

Faithful forever you will be

Faithful you are

And all your promises are yes and amen

All your promises are yes and amen

in your promises My confidence is your faithfulness And I will rest in your promises My confidence is your faithfulness And I will rest in your promises My confidence is your faithfulness And I will rest in your promises My confidence

Faithfulness is faithful, you are faithful, forever you will be, faithful, you are right, all your promises are yes and no, it's faithful.

Faithful, you are, faithful, forever you will be, faithful, you are, all your promises are yes and no, it's faithful.

All your promises are yes and no, it's faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you are, faithful, you

All your promises are just a name

All your promises are just a name

All your promises are just a name

All your promises are just a name

All your promises are just a name

Sing, I will rest.

I will rest in your promises, my confidence.

It's your faithfulness, I will rest.

In your promises, my confidence.

It's your faithfulness, I will rest.

I will rest in your promises, my confidence.

It's your faithfulness, I will rest.

I will rest in your promises, my confidence.

It's your faithfulness, I will rest.

In your promises, my confidence.

It's your faithfulness, I will rest.

In your promises, my confidence.

It's your faithfulness, I will rest.

It's your faithfulness, I will rest.

It's your promises, my confidence.

It's your faithfulness.

Amen, yes.

Thank you, Father.

We give you thanks, Father.

Every promise is yes and amen.

Every promise is yes and amen.

And they are all for me.

They are all for your children, Father.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your many promises. Thank you for chasing us down and following us everywhere we go to say, I'm right here with you. You don't have to go through any of this alone. I have promises for you. What a beautiful, amazing Father we serve.

You're so faithful to you. You're so faithful to you. Even when we are down, you can build us up. We place our faith in you, Father.

What an amazing, amazing, loving, caring dad we serve.

He will never let us down, right? Can you give him a praise? If he's working in your life, can you give him a praise?

There's promises I know he's fulfilling in your lives every single day.

I see him. I see him working even through all the pain and chaos that we can see in the news or on Facebook or at work.

He's working. He's working in our lives.

He's faithful.

He is faithful.

He is faithful.

Can I get you to say he is faithful?

He is faithful.

Amen.

Thank you, Father. We cannot thank you enough.

We cannot show you our love enough.

You are faithful and you deserve it.

Amen.

Praise God. Praise God.

Let's give God some glory and honor.

I can stay right there when we're talking about the goodness and the faithfulness and the grace of God.

He is so amazing, and we just love on him on this morning.

I hope we all had a great Christmas, and I'm so grateful that we're all here again on this side.

First of all, just welcome, Rhema family.

Welcome to this beautiful service, and we want to take our time to welcome our visitors.

Thank you so much for visiting with us.

Like I always say, you could have been anywhere this morning, but you decided to fellowship with us, and we don't take that lightly.

So, Rhema family, let's give a big round of applause for our visitors.

Yeah. Praise God for our visitors.

That's not something we take lightly.

And visitors, we just want to let you know that we have cards on the back of the seats where you can give us some information so we can connect with you.

We just want to make sure we answer any questions you may have and just keep up with you.

So fill those out and then put them in the churches to the left and the right of me, and also there's a church in the back.

And that's also where we receive our offering and our tithes, so if you have your offering and tithes this morning, we don't send a plate around.

Just go ahead and put it in the churches when you feel led to do so.

So praise God for that.

Got a couple of announcements before we go on with the service.

Beginning January 8th.

Oh, I'm so excited about crossing to the new year.

Praise God.

Beginning January 8th, we will have child care available on Wednesday nights for infants and pre-K.

We already had it for the children's church, but now we're adding an emphasis on pre-K.

So even more incentive to bring your family out on Wednesday night Bible studies.

It's really, truly an anointed affair, and we have seen God move in those prayers, okay?

So we just want to bless you to come out on Wednesday night.

And with that said, this Wednesday we won't have service because it's New Year's Day.

So after the next Wednesday, that's when we'll start up again, and that January 8th, we'll have child care available for everybody, okay?

Oh, okay.

So now I got this, my favorite announcement right now.

How many married couples in the house?

Let's hear you make some noise, married couples.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I like that.

So we are going to have a marriage enrichment dinner.

We are super excited about it.

Yeah.

And it's going to be an amazing event.

It's going to be on January 31st, 20.

So we want you to be a part of it.

It's only $20, and that's just to cover the cost of dinner.

And, guys, if I'm not mistaken, because I'm not into sports, but that's Super Bowl weekend, right?

Is it?

I think it is.

If it is, guys, you want to be free and clear.

So, Brie.

dinner. We're going to have word. We're going to have fun. We're going to have games. We're going to have surprises and fellowship, and we're going to make it real nice and romantic and cute for you guys, okay? So, I want you to come on out, all right? There's nothing else we have to share this morning, so I want us to get on to the service and get into this word, okay? Bless the Lord. Love you guys.

Good morning.

Can you all hear me? All right. Before I get any further, something was brought to my attention that we need to take care of immediately. Ms. Pauline Watkins has informed the church that she is losing her eyesight, and that is not, if you all can see in here this morning, that's an important thing.

So, we're going to lift her up in prayer this morning as we begin. Father, you are faithful. God, you are the giver of life and the giver of sight. And so, this morning, Father, we pray right now, whatever is going on in Ms. Pauline's life, Father, whatever is going on with her losing her eyesight, it may be unknown to her, it may be unknown to the doctors, but, God, you know exactly what's going on, and you know exactly how to solve it.

And so, God, we're praying for an answer prayer this morning. As she is losing her sight right now, Lord God, I pray for healing in her sight. I pray that she begins to not lose her sight, but regain her sight, Father.

I pray, Father, for wisdom in the doctors, Lord God, so they can help her in whatever is causing this, Father. I pray that they're able to solve it. I pray we're able to solve it, Lord God.

And we're going to give you the glory to the answer to this prayer, Father. We come knowing that you are faithful, Father. You are faithful, Father. And we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

I am standing before you this morning because Pastor Curtis is out of town again. I need to check in the bylaw. How many days off does this man get? Are these paid days off? No, I'm joking. I am so thankful that he is not here. He doesn't take enough days off. Amen.

He doesn't take enough days off. It's like literally pulling teeth, okay, to get him to take a day off. So, I'm so thankful that he is not here. He is going with Jill to go see family.

And I'm going to have to get on to him because he says, I'm taking Jill to see her family.

I'm like, no, brother. It's your family. You know, you married her. It's your family.

So, he's going to go see family up in Atlanta. I don't know if they left. I know they didn't leave last night because Clemson was playing and Jill was a nut about Clemson.

And so, they probably, they didn't leave last night. And I know they didn't leave this morning early because she probably had to watch it again because they won last night.

But let's pray. Let's pray that they have a safe trip, that they stay as long as they can possibly stay so that he can stay gone as long as he could possibly stay gone so that he can recoup and recover and be refreshed.

Let's pray. Father, we give you the glory. We're so thankful for Curtis Geary, Jill Geary, and their family.

Father, we pray for safe travels as they go up to Atlanta, as they come back to Atlanta, whatever day they may come back, Father.

I pray that the time that they're going will be time of rejoicing, time of fellowship, time of recouping, time of refreshing mentally, spiritually, and physically, God.

And we give you all the glory and honor in Jesus' name. Amen.

This is the last Sunday in 2019. It's hard for me to believe that. I don't know about you.

Some of you are hearing this for the first time, didn't even realize the year was already over.

It is over. The year has come to an end.

And it seems like time has gone by faster and faster as I've gotten older and older.

It's flipped. When I was younger, it seemed like time just went by at a crawl.

It took forever to get to 16, right?

It took forever to get to 18. It took forever to get to 21.

But it seems like it was around 25 that time just started flying by, okay?

Another year, another year. It just seems like it just flies by. Are you with me?

I mean, me and Casey are going to be married.

Let me think about this because I've got to get it right.

All right, 2020, we'll be married 19 years.

19 years.

Realizing that, you need to wake up to that fact this morning. You need to wake up to that fact this morning. And as Curtis asked me to preach this morning, I was thinking of what exactly to preach about. And God has laid it on my heart to talk about the end of a new year, the beginning of a new one, or end of an old year, beginning of a new one.

And I've lost my paper, but I had on the sheet of paper that some things that to look at how we spend our time. And you could just Google that how we how we spend our time. There's a few of them that I remember from from memory. But women spend almost 287 days of their life trying to figure out what to wear.

Some of you ladies are saying, yeah, that number is too low. I spent way more time figuring out that they spend 136 days just getting ready, not trying to figure out what to wear, just getting ready.

Men, on the other hand, on the other hand, on the other hand, spend like 46 days. I think that lumber is way too high for me.

It's a very easy decision on what to wear. You know, if it's if it's available for me to wear, I will wear it.

And ladies spend 14,000 hours, 14,000 hours getting their hair ready. That's brushing hair. That's straightening hair. That's washing hair. You know, I don't spend none of that time getting my hair ready.

I don't even like combing hair. That's why I keep it so short. But time flies by. It really does.

And one of the one of the ones I remembered was and it's important to me is we spend three point six years eating.

For me, that number is way too low. I spend way more years eating in my lifetime.

And how do we how do we determine exactly how we spend our time?

Because, like I said, it goes by so quickly that before we realize that it's gone.

Casey stopped me this morning and said, how did you word it, Casey?

What did you say? Drastic changes.

You better get ready because drastic changes are coming in my life.

I don't know what they are yet, but they're coming.

Is that it? Something to that effect?

Well, turn with me to Psalm chapter 90.

Psalm chapter 90.

Now, at first glance of this psalm, some of you might have heard this before and say, I've heard this at a funeral.

This is a predominantly popular psalm to read at funerals.

But it's a very powerful psalm.

It's a gift to us from God, not just to be read during funerals, but at any time.

It's a unique psalm because its author is Moses.

And if the author is Moses, it predates all of the psalms.

As a matter of fact, it will predate a lot of the writing of the Old Testament itself.

It's a unique author, and the time of when it was written was unique.

We don't know exactly what time it was written, but from when you read this psalm and what scholars tell us,

that it was written during the wilderness time when the nation of Israel was wandering and dying off in the desert.

It was the largest funeral procession ever.

This is a powerful psalm, and it's fitting as we come to the close of an old year and the birth of a new one.

It has importance for people of all ages.

We have kids in here with us this morning because it's the fifth Sunday.

Kids, this word is for you.

Teenagers, this word is for you.

Adults, this word is for you.

We're going to do something different.

Curtis doesn't do this, and I don't care.

Lord, you have been our refuge in every generation. Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world from eternity to eternity, you are God. You return mankind to the dust, saying, return descendants of Adam, for in your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by like a few hours of the night. You end their lives, they sleep. They are like

like grass that grows in the morning. Like grass that grows in the morning. In the morning, it sprouts and grows. By evening, it withers up and dries.

Verse 7, for we are consumed by your anger. We are terrified by your wrath. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in light of your presence.

For all our days ebb away under your wrath. We end our years like a sigh. Our lives last 70 years, or if we are strong, 80 years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow. Indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

Who understands the power of your wrath matches the fear that is due you. Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.

Verse 13, Lord, how long? Turn and have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.

Make us rejoice for as many days as you have humbled us. For as many years as we've seen adversity. Let your work be seen by your servants and your splendor by their children.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish for us the work of our hands. Establish the work of our hands.

Father, may you add blessing to the reading of your word. God, our lives fade away, but the word of God stands forever.

And I pray that we will be instructed, that we will be inspired to look at our own lives and our frailty and the brevity of life.

But also, God, look to you in hope because you are everlasting to everlasting. You are our refuge.

And we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.

Amen. So again, Moses wrote this psalm during the wilderness wanderings of Israel, a terrible time in the nation of Israel as they were traveling to the promised land of Canaan.

When Israel arrived at Kadesh Barnea after coming out of Egypt, the Lord commanded them, go in, take the land. It is yours.

But they refused. But they refused. They refused to go forward. Their lack of faith angered God.

So instead of allowing them to go into the promised land, he sent them back into the wilderness where they circled around and around for 40 years until every one of those people died off.

Estimated 15,000 people died annually in the wilderness. Staggering.

James Montgomery Boyce says this, the psalm is probably the greatest passage in the Bible contrasting the grandeur of God with man's frailty.

Psalm 90 declares that life, death, judgment, and grace are all in God's hands.

This is a psalm we need to look at. This is a psalm we need to pay attention to as we enter a new year because we don't know what's going to happen.

But what we do know is it's all in his hands.

It's all in his hands.

So let's look a little bit closely, more closely at this verse, starting in verses 1 and 2.

It says, Lord, you have been our refuge.

That Lord is the big L, Lord.

It's Adonai, all strong.

God, you are the Lord.

You have been our refuge.

Some translation says our dwelling.

That speaks of safety.

That speaks of home.

Before the mountains were born. Before you gave birth to the earth and the world from eternity to eternity or from everlasting to everlasting. You are God. There is no other. So the first thing I want you to see the verses one and two. Moses gives us a glimpse of God's eternity and God's sovereignty. Two things that we are not. We're not eternal. And we're not sovereign.

It's all in His hands. It's all in His hands. These guys have been slaves in Egypt. They had not reached the promised land. They lived in tents. They endlessly circled the desert. Yet Israel had a dwelling place in the wilderness. It was a person. It wasn't a place. It was a person. Israel did not have houses to live in, a temple to worship in, or land to settle in. Yet they had a dwelling place in God Himself. I'm here to tell you today that God

God is a good homemaker. God is a good homemaker. He's a good homemaker. He's a good homemaker. A place that you can run to at any time. That verse says you are our refuge in every generation. Amen? In every generation. One psalm says that you are our refuge that we can always run to. Isn't that a good word to know or good truth to know that God is someone you can always run to? You can't always run to mama.

You can't always run to your wife. You can't always run to your support group. But you can always run to God. Always. So life, in these few verses that we just read, we understand that life is in God's hands. Life is in God's hands because He is eternal. He is sovereign. Moses begins this psalm contemplating the eternal nature of God. From everlasting to everlasting. God is eternal. Without beginning,

in or end. So from the end. So from the get-go, Moses jumps into the deep end of the pool, right? Where your feet don't ever touch the ground. This is something that we'll never be able to completely grasp. Never fully comprehend the eternal nature of God. The sovereignty of God.

But it's something that we must look into. We must attempt to grasp it. God is addressed in this psalm as our sovereign and our shelter. We are His to command, yet He is also ours to enjoy. Amen?

Amen? We are His to command. I'm going to replay that because that's good. God is addressed in this psalm as our sovereign and our shelter.

We are His to command, but yet He is also ours to enjoy.

Amen? This year, you need to enjoy God if you haven't been. The start of 2020, you need to enjoy God if you haven't been.

Amen? Throughout the adventures of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God was faithful. Amen?

We sung that song, that God was faithful. Throughout the adventures of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God was faithful.

When a pharaoh rose that did not know Joseph and what he had did for the nation of Egypt, he decided he was going to wipe out the children of Israel.

God was faithful. Amen?

Amen? Are y'all hearing me this morning? Pastor Curtis always takes his glasses off. He's touching his glasses. He's nervous sometimes.

I'm not nervous. Y'all talk back to me.

As the unbelieving generation of Moses died in the wilderness, God was faithful.

Their shoes didn't wear out. God allowed them to go hungry so that they could feel what it felt like to go hungry because they couldn't plant food in the wilderness.

God allowed them to go hungry so that God could feed them.

God was faithful.

From the moment God breathed life into Adam to the very moment that we're standing in right now, God has been faithful.

Amen?

From the first day to the last day of 2019, God will be faithful.

Some of you are looking at me and blinking. Follow with me here.

I promise you in 2020, that's hard to say, 2020, God will be faithful.

Y'all.

on December 29, 2019. That's today's day, right? Make sure I got that right. Than it was on December 29, 2018. Amen. A lot has changed in that short span of time. Many of us would not believe we will be in the position we are right now, looking back on time. Things have changed. And I'm here to tell you, young and old, things will always change in the world that we live in. But God remains the same.

God remains the same. He is my refuge. He is my dwelling place. He is my home. He is my security. Life is in His hands. You change that around. You say, He is our refuge. He is our dwelling place. He is our home. He is our security. Life is in His hands.

So, verses 1 and 2 of chapter, of Psalm 90, show us a glimpse of who God is. That He is sovereign. That He is eternal. But also, the leading verses from that show us who we are. And contrast that. Okay? Follow with me. Stay with me. Moving fast.

You return. You return. Verse 3. You return mankind to the dust, saying, Return to sins of Adam. For in the sight of a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by. Like a few hours of the night, you end their lives. They sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning. In the morning, it sprouts and grows. By evening, it withers up and dries.

Not only is life. Not only is life in God's hands, but also death is in God's hands. Now, this is a hard subject to look at, to focus in on, but it's something we need to understand. Humanity is a mixture of deity and dirt.

Sin has marred. Sin has marred, perverted, distorted the image of God in humanity. As a result, all of us have a date with death.

That is why we desperately need Him. We desperately need Him. That's a good word. Humanity is a mixture of deity and dirt.

God is sovereign. God is in all control. You and I are not.

We're sinful. We're cursed because of that sin. I want you to consider the brevity of life, how short it is.

I want you to consider the frailty of life, how precious it is.

Verses 3 through 4, you see that you and I cannot live one day longer or one day shorter.

God has determined the length of our days. That is not a decision we make.

He has made it for us.

I want you to consider the frailty of life.

Turn with me to Psalm 39, verses 4 through 6.

If you have, they're wandering in the desert knowing that they're going to die and not see the promised land.

But yet Moses taught them the saying that God is sovereign, that God is eternal, that life is short, that life is frail, that death is sure, that judgment is coming.

Yet also this song is filled with hope.

With hope, life, death, and judgment are in God's hands, but so is grace.

And that's what we're getting to in the next few verses.

God's grace.

Verses 12 through 17.

Look at verse 12.

This is the meat of this sandwich.

Verse 12, teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.

Listen to this psalm by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.

I've only just a minute, only 60 seconds in it.

Forced upon me, can't refuse it, didn't seek it, didn't choose it.

But it's up to me to use it.

I must suffer if I lose it, give an account if I abuse it.

Just...

in our hearts. Grace is in God's hands. This song ends or begins with contemplating God's glory, God's eternity, God's sovereignty. It also looks at us, points to us, makes us look in the mirror and say, this is who you are compared to Him. But it also ends in confidence, just the way it began. Confidence, hope for a future.

It says, you're going to have sorrow, you're going to have suffering. But listen to this prayer of Moses. Teach us to number our days so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts. And he cries out. This is a prayer to God. This is a glimpse from the man of God to God Himself. A prayer. Lord, how long? Turn and have compassion on your servants. Grace. See what he says? Your servants. We belong to you. We ain't much.

But we belong to you. Turn and have compassion on us. Amen? Turn and have compassion. The numbering of days is not a lesson in elementary arithmetic. I know you kids are out of school, so you don't learn no math. That's not talking about math. It's not talking about looking at it in that way. It's not even trying. It's numbering our days is not even being morbid. It's theological. It's life-changing theology.

It's a prayer for a heart of wisdom. God, help me understand the reality that I'm living in. The future that I'm headed to. That's what it's saying.

Amen? We've all wasted enough minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years trying to please ourselves and living up to the expectations of other people. We owe God the best of what's left. 70 to 80 years. I'm not going to do the math for you because I don't know how old you are. You do the math. We've wasted enough time. We owe God the best of what we have left. Amen?

Amen? The truth, this truth calls for radical redefining of our daily plans, pursuits, practices in order to do what God wills and accomplish His purpose for letting us live.

You all hear me? What changes do you need to make this year? Let me get a little bit more strong. What changes do you need to make with the time you have left?

Our lives must be underwritten by the example of Jesus Christ. He was the only person who ever lived keenly aware of the exact day in which He would die.

However, He still lived with the sense of urgency and diligence to accomplish everything that God had assigned Him to do.

Now, we'll put off anything. I got time. I'll do it later.

Jesus knew the exact moment, but He lived with urgency and diligence to accomplish exactly what God willed Him to do.

Our lives need to follow that same example.

John 9, verse 4, Jesus spoke to His disciples. He's speaking to us.

We must do the works of Him who sent me while it's day because night is coming.

Time is running out.

Night is coming when your vision will dim.

Night is coming when your steps will be few and slow.

Night is coming when your mind won't be as clear.

You might say, Joe, I'm already there.

Night is coming when your support system will be gone.

Night is coming when your purpose will run its course.

Night is coming when your life will come to an end.

Only what you do for Christ will last.

Only what you do for Him will be counted.

You may seek earthly power or fame.

The world may be impressed with your great name.

Soon the glories of this life will be passed.

But only what you do for Christ will last.

Don't close your Bible.

I'm not done.

But night is coming.

Like it or not.

It's going to be a Tall?

Not yet?

It's going to be a Tall?

He says, Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days. That's a contrast to how short our life is. He says, In the morning, the grass grows. It looks healthy. But as the day goes on, it dries up and it withers. This is a contrast. He says, Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days. Amen?

Amen? This is a prayer for God's compassion. But it's also a prayer for God's joy. God's joy. Well, let me stop for a second. Why can we even ask this? Why can we even pray for God's compassion and God's joy? Because of the person, the work of Jesus Christ.

Christ. The letter of Hebrews tells us that we can confidently go into the throne room of grace in our time of need for the help that we need. Amen? Because we do not have a high priest that cannot sympathize with us. But yet in every way, except sin, he was made like us. He was made like us, yet without sin.

He felt the full force of temptation, yet he did not give in. Who better to run to when we struggle with whatever we struggle with? He says, Come to me. I've got the help. And you can boldly come into the throne room because of him. That's why we run to him.

He says, Moses prays for God's compassion for him and his people. He says, There ain't much, God, but they belong to you.

They belong to you. We need your compassion. We want your joy. In loving us, God made us lovable.

We're not lovable because of who we are or what we've done or what we have or where we're at.

We're lovable because God loves us. He loves us perfectly, unconditionally, and unceasingly.

Some of you may be ready for a new year. 2019 has been long and hard. You're ready for a new year.

And the person that's on my mind this morning is my mama. I think she's watching, mama.

I don't know why I'm squinting for a camera. I can see it right there.

Mama, I love you. 2019 has been hard for my mama.

The past 14 months have been hard for my mama.

Cancer, pneumonia, can't swallow, all this stuff.

She's ready for a new year.

Her prayer, and my prayer for her this morning is satisfy us with your faithful love.

Make us rejoice for as many days as you've humbled us, as many years that we've seen a verse,

as many things as my mama's been through this past year and a half.

I pray, God, that you satisfy her for the exact same amount of time.

That you make her rejoice, that you make her shout.

That's Moses' prayer. I want you to see him praying that.

Satisfy us. Satisfy us. Make us rejoice.

May we shout with joy.

May we shout with joy.

So Moses was praying for God's compassion.

He was praying for God's joy.

But also he's praying for God's work.

As I finish up, verses 16 and 17, let your work be seen by your servants.

You see that again?

God, we belong to you.

We want to see your works.

We want to see you.

Let your splendor be seen by their children.

Verse 17, let the favor of the Lord our God be on us.

Amen?

That's very familiar words.

Moses was speaking to Joshua after, or God was speaking to Joshua after Moses had died.

He says, just as I was with Moses, I'm going to be with you.

God's going to be with you this year if you were his.

Just like he was last year, he was going to be with you this year.

Pray for God's work.

God, establish for us the work of our hands, verse 17.

And he says it again, establish the work of our hands.

As the worship team comes forward, Psalm 90 is a sobering, but it's also inspiring.

Psalm 90 is a gift.

This psalm is for you. This psalm is for you. In light of the eternity of God, the brevity of life, the certainty of death, the reality of judgment, my friend, I tell you today, the wisest move that you can make today, the wisest move that you can make to start this new year is to respond to this gospel I've been preaching all morning.

to turn from your sin and to trust in the work and the person of Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.

For it's by grace, through faith alone, in Christ alone, that you are saved.

Let's pray. These altars are opened by Christian brothers and sisters.

You come down here, number your days, so that you can have a heart of wisdom, not only so that you can live life wisely,

but you can accomplish exactly what God wants you to accomplish in your life that belongs to him.

Thought and purchase paid for by the blood of Christ.

You come down here today, you cry out to him, you start this new year, you end the old year the right way, you start the new year the right way.

To my brothers and sisters in here this morning that are not believers, you come today, you respond to the gospel.

Night is coming.

Time is running out.

I'm not trying to scare you, I'm being honest, I'm reading the word of God, this is truth.

The wisest move you can make today is to turn from your sin and turn to Christ.

We pray this in Jesus, Jesus name, amen.

You come, you come.

There's my heart.

There's my heart.

There's my heart.

Speak the strength.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Please be full of strength.

Yes, I am loved.

I am lost.

I am loved.

I'm never loved.

I have loved.

I can't breathe.

I am real.

I am real.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Speak the destroyer.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Speak the destroyer.

I am loved.

I am yours.

I am loved.

I make yours.

I am loved.

I can't breathe.

I am loved.

I am loved.

I am loved.

You are good, always true.

You are life-breaking through.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord.

Here's my heart, Lord, because it's true.

Here's my life, Lord.

Here's my life, Lord.

Here's my life, Lord.

Speak what it's true.

Speak what it's true.

Speak what it's true.

Speak what it's true.

Speak what it's true.

Speak what it's true.

Speak what it's true.

Speak what it's true.

Cause you are more than enough.

You are here.

You are love, you are hope, you are grace, you're all I have, you're everything.

Oh, if I are Lord, if I are Lord, if I are Lord, if I are Lord, read what's true.

Here's my life, Lord, here's my life, Lord, take all of me, here's my life, Lord.

Speak wise, you can have it all, Lord, speak wise, you speak words of life, speak wise, speak wise.

Speak wise, you can have it all, Lord, speak wise.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Lord, we just thank you for the sermon that we had today that causes us to refocus and reevaluate our life with you and our life toward you, Lord. I pray, oh God, that everybody in this place has been given a stronger direction.

a stronger basis for which to start 2020. And, Lord, we know that your promises are true. We know that we are who you say we are. And we know, Lord, that you've got it. You've got 2020. You already know what's there waiting for us. You already know what's going to be coming at us, Lord. And we just praise you, God, that you're there. We praise you, God, that you've got us in your hand. You've got us in the shelter of the community.

We just love you, Lord. And we just pray a blessing of all these people as they go and finish out their year, Lord. Keep us safe and bring us back again. In Jesus' name, Amen.

We'll be right back.

We'll be right back.

We'll be right back.

We'll be right back.