Facing the Change | Ps. Peter Kovalenko | CFC, Sacramento

English Transcript:

and the theme that I'd like to touch on
expecting or meeting the changes
we even heard song there's some
yes there's some good changes
we reached something in life success and we rejoice
and sometimes we have to deal with the success sometimes we encounter challenges
Sometimes some stress
sickness worries maybe someone got fired
many changes happen and of course
to all changes you can't be prepared enough that's from one side
but on the other side the word of God
that we'll be reading today the word of God
that every day getting to know God
we can be ready to face any change
and this um and this Psalm Psalm 27 someone called it before the anointing
maybe it was written before David was anointed for Kingdom
to the life of David changes come
he used to be a person who used to be a shepherd
and then the time has come when he is a huge way of change
and before his anointing he says
the Lord is my light and my salvation so why should I be afraid
the Lord is my Fortress protect me Frontier from danger so why
should I tremble yes
when evil people come to devour me when my enemies and foes attack me
they will stumble and fall
the mighty Army surrounds me my heart will not be afraid yes
even if I'm attacked or the other transition says that the word comes
I will remain confident even then I will hope
in other words David looks in the future
and he's ready for changes he's ready to face the changes
maybe everything will be nice and wonderful or maybe it's going to be very difficult
and challenging even if the war comes even when difficulties
I will trust in the Lord is
I won't be afraid of period I will go forward
and I will face those changes
and not just the changes will face me I will be changed
with the Lord I'll be I will be transformed because he is my light
he is my salvation even the worst
he will turn into Goods because he is my God
and I just wanted to pay attention to a few points
changes are inevitable Genesis 8 22 says
and and the life of the Earth foreign
cold and Heat summer and winter
day and night will never cease
I am from Ukraine harkov and we have four seasons
winter and spring
I thought that I have such faith
that I can change seasons
but when I got older yeah I understood now
the Lord made Seasons Ecclesiastes
says that there's time for every season a time to cry
to laugh and to gather stones and to collect Stones
there's time for a war and there's Time For Peace
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that will live in a peaceful country and we have peace
I am a pastor for more than a quarter of a century
business and I thought that I had if I've seen all kind of evil yeah
and I thought so until the war started
and now I understand those people the older generation that came before us
who said one phrase so
um I just hope that war never happens I could not understand then
but now I understand it's time for for everything
and no matter how much no matter how how great your faith is
but there are seasons in our lives there's something that changes
and it's important to believe that we're not sure
but to receive the seasons
or maybe through the season that is in our life we will receive strength
and will be transformed as much
that will go through the season in Hope and Faith and strength
death by because the Lord is my light and he is my salvation
and of course when everything is changing we can grow
we can become more mature there is no growth without change
and there's no change without a loss
there's no loss without suffering
there's no suffering or without pain is
and of course if a person wants to change without suffering without pain it looks like an
absurda is because sometimes changes bring us pain
but through this something is burst
and we glorify our Lord
and the second thing we learned from David not to be afraid of changes
not to be afraid of unknown yes
if you are to be afraid to be afraid to get stuck and to stop
because Christianity it's movement
Jesus is leading us behind us we're following the Lord
we're coming with him it's a movement from point A to point
bism it's always a movement mature people
people that are not afraid of changes
waste their strength for something that they can't change there's something
that we cannot change many things in the past we cannot change
but we have today and we have future so today
we can change our future today
we can be moved and the word of God
and bring changes here and now
instead of wasting time whatever we cannot change
let's move with the whole
in our homes families society and the country
somebody said the Opposites of faith
many people feel like it's fear foreign
extra fears
came into my heart when I heard explosions
but Faith overcomes fears
yes fear may come but we make a decision to walk with the Lord
when I called your pastor and said please come to Heart
yeah maybe he had some thoughts but he decided to overcome
he decided I need to overcome those things
but as we read as people of God go to the promised land
we see that not even one person the complainer didn't enter the
the area complaining is the opposite of faith
Thanksgiving activates our faith
Thanksgiving it's a platform becomes the platform for Faith
kills face
it destroys our hopes
so instead of complaining
laughs or something else
there are a lot of changes 20 years ago we came to America everything was different you have perveras
video is
I'm sorry but yesterday for the first time a bathroom for all genders
I haven't seen anything like this what all of these things come to this world
to this world how do we respond
we realize there's something that doesn't depend on us and we can pray about this
but we can also be grateful to the Lord for what he has given us what he has blessed us with
foreign and the only thing that is left for us
is to control ourselves our reaction or attitude toward the
things that are happening
as I said already changes are not always Pleasant no
book is but God is using them for good
in the lives of those the trust him
it's not for everyone I know a lot of people quote the
scripture
I know that the ones that are loving the ones that love God please
called according to his will so suggested
everything will work together for good the ones
the ones that are trusting God everything will come together for good
even the worst books Pizza list the Lord he's special
my God knows to turn things
he turns for good for those that love him
those who trust him who trusts him
and one more thing and for those who hear foreign
and thanks to changes to challenge us sometimes to success
foreign
to become like Christ to look like him
in our life then love is shown
peace long suffering bloggest goodness
Mercy Faith humility self-control
says
Apostle Paul says that it's the fruit of the spirit it's
um
thanks to the Holy Spirit when we go through changes
and the few practical steps I read the following what David is
saying [Music]
Psalm 27 4.
the one thing I ask of the Lord the thing I seek most is
to live in a house of the Lord all the days of my life
and the Lord's Perfections and meditating in his temples
for he will conceal me there when troubles come on
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he will place me Out Of Reach on a high Rock David says the one thing I ask or seek
of the Lord for to dwell in the house of the Lord
issue the one thing I see
a little bit further it says I seek the Lord his face
I'm seeking his face I'm seeking the Lord in my life
it's so important to get to know God
pastors to live by Revelation like Pastor mentioned
to receive from the Lord what he had prepared God
to seek God's presence to be in the presence of God in his
house we started Gathering again after bombing
in and not many people would come
we didn't have electricity we didn't have sound
we had no worshipers play or sing well
but we would get together sometimes we would just clap our hands
and such God's presence and such Grace
such joy that we would gather together that would meet together
and sometimes little grandmas from our church they ask pastors
Pastor can you stop the music can we just sing together
without any sound or equipment
yes I love music
but God's presence in the midst of God's people it's so beautiful and so sweet
so David says I made a decision I will seek your face
it's important for me to see your face
it's necessary for me to be in your presence people get tired
they get tired from work a lot of people got tired from the war
and one of the translations of Isaiah 40 saying the ones are waiting or expecting
on the Lord they will renew in there they will Mount up their wings
the ones
so David says no matter what kind of challenges would would um I would face on the throne
I will seek God's face that's my choice
I will seek his presence
recently one Theologian killer have gone to the Lord and I've read his statement
job never saw or understood why he suffered
but he saw the Lord and that was enough for him
he knew God yes
that was enough for him you may not understand everything in changes you cannot analyze everything
you may not get answers to all of your questions
but if you will see the Lord yes if you will see the Lord
that would be enough for you yes I meet many people and they ask
questions about the war but you moved why
what for no give a procedure and I don't have answers for many
questions but I'm so glad that I know the Lord
that after this war I will see his face
that I can feel his presence I can hear his voice
and that's the best thing what I can see
and psalmist says one more detail teach me Lord
your ways and instruct me in the path of life
for the sake of my enemies
practical step to ask
so the Lord will reveal his plan in the midst of pain
and or the midst of success or maybe when everything is nice
just stop and say what is this word why is this happening in my life
what is your plan for all of this Lord
what is your purpose for me
words he's shown his ways to Moses
the sons of Israel's his deeds the Lord shows
to the ones who seek to the ones who seek his face
the Lord shows his plan
and the Lord tells you what to do in the midst of these circumstances
and the Lord gives Vision the Lord gives his word
and you're not just having an information you don't just have a knowledge
but you become you receive the wisdom from heaven
wisdom from the Lord what to do
where to go spel and how to bring glory to the Lord
and in this time and one more thing I weigh attention to
prosperity very often we hear this question why
and they come from different angles
and they waste so much time
I'm not saying it's bad to ask a why question
but I prefer is to ask the Lord
what do you want to teach me
Lord when I go through this pain through the suffering
what are you teaching me what do you want from me
um
and Romans 5 says we're not just boasting by this but we're also boast by suffering
because of the suffering suffering patience patience produces experience
an experience produces hope
you see the entire world is crumbling
evil is multiplying in this world old EST
the Lord wants us to change the Lord wants us to reflect the Light
of Christ because
and the Lord wants us to reflect his Mercy rhymes
rejected we don't want our character to change
we're ready to focus on whatever else
blessing theology a philosophy
but the Lord is more interested in us in our soul
is to be more like Christ
so it would be the carriers of hope
so people could feel the impulses of hope
not just worldly optimism
but the hope that doesn't disappoint
hope for families for relationships but many Christians
they're occupied with philosophy why why
because the Lord wants us to be the answer
to this world so we would become mature
so it won't be filled by bitterness and anger
murmur but we would be filled with hope
I'll read a very famous scripture
I think many people cited by heart
Apostle Paul says Philippines Philippians 4
12 13. um I know how to live on almost nothing
or with everything or an abundance
I have learned the secret of living in every situation
whether it is with a full stomach or empty
with plenty or little apartment and then
he uh he kind of totals this something that we take it out of context
replay he says for I can do everything through
Christ who gives me strength so when we asked this question of the
Lord what do you want from me
you'll see your weak sites you'll see your strong sides
you'll see where you need to change
you'll see that you're growing in faith
or maybe you're degrading and complaining
and then I believe you will make a decision
do what you want to do what you want
more in me
that we're not going to be focused on the why but with the holy spirit
will be moving forward and one more thing as I'm finishing my
message to focus
what never changes like we said everything is changing
but there's something that never changes
God's love is the Lord appeared to me from the father
and he said I have loved you with eternal love
foreign
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and suffering when we think we cannot go through it and everything is over
we come to the cross
to what the Lord had done for us
the Earth will pass and be burned but the word of God will remain
the moments when we go through changes
that I will see the goodness of the Lord and the land of the Living
Hope in the Lord be brave idah
and let your heart your heart strengthened in addition Al
Lord
it's not confirmed theological and I cannot prove this
but maybe messages
when we remember what Christ had done when he was praying and Gethsemane
maybe he was praying with these words
that David prayed by Jesus maybe Jesus
said these words I don't know for sure but maybe
but I know and I'm confident that he made a decision
and he said I will accept it yes I will go to the
Cross I'll pay the price
the angel came to comfort and strengthen him
and he was able to go through and he overcame
just hear me usually victories are overcome
he has overcome he obtained the victory
so you can celebrate as you take communion that whatever he has done he
has given us a victory
maybe if someone is going through changes
changes that you don't like changes that you would never want to go
through but I want to pray for you
the Lord you see this men and women
foreign
maybe the ones that are joining online and listening to this message
Holy Spirit come upon them
touch
es let them hear in their hearts
that they will go through Jesus Christ
they will go through and they will overcome they will come
out as Victor as victors name
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