Heaven Came Down: The Love of Christmas - Pastor Kyle Self

Welcome to the World Changers Church Gold Coast podcast. Join us as we listen to today's message. Praise God, how y'all doing? You know, I feel like we need a little movement this morning. Before we jump into the message, would you do me a favor and take one or two minutes and just say hello to someone this morning and let them know that you're glad that they're here. You know, maybe somebody you hadn't seen in a while and welcome them to church. Amen, good morning. You know, the most confident sign of community is conversation, amen? The most confident sign of community is conversation. When there's no conversation, there's not community. We've just a social club. We came up to see what each other are wearing and what are you doing for Christmas? When we are actually communicating and talking and sharing with one another, we actually are connecting and that's what really matters. You know, I want to talk about a couple of things before I get into this final series. This time of year is the greatest evangelical opportunity that we have as Christians. If we are in conflict over it, then the reality is, is that we're not taking the opportunity to share. Now, being a Jewish man, I know realistically when Jesus was born, I could shout from the rooftops when that is. Being a trained rabbi, I could say things about Christmas trees, but the reality is I have one in my home. So, there's so many things that become controversy this time of year. Let's not waste our opportunity to minister the greatest gift of all, which is Christ. Amen. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this opportunity to minister to your precious sheep. We ask you, Lord God, that you just take all of the words today that are of you and plant them in their hearts and anything of myself, Lord, may they dismiss. Lord, we know that we have opportunity as a community to hear, see, and taste the love of God. Lord, we thank you for these things. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. So, we get to wrap up this Christmas holiday series, Heaven Came Down. Amen. I think it's been good. I told Tina and some of the boys, I was like, I only have about three encouraging messages in me. You know, because I feel like a lot of times when we minister, we're ministering life application, we're ministering how to apply the word to your life. During this season, I want to equip you and the listeners about the gospel and being able to receive Christ, to share Christ, and to take part in a Savior is born. Amen. And so, we're wrapping this up with our final sermon, The Love of Christmas. And I'm going to tell you, I didn't always love Christmas. I really, really didn't. I absolutely hated it. Anybody else? A Grinch out there? No? No? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. But Christmas comes with a lot of things. It's a reflection, it's, oh, wait, everything I wanted to get done in the year didn't get done and then the fresh start in January, all these mindsets and landmarks we take. And sometimes Christmas is a reminder of the things we didn't accomplish. But can I tell you it shouldn't be that way? Life every day is an opportunity to live life to its fullest. A holiday shouldn't change the time stamp and 365 days shouldn't challenge us with the way we live today. Amen. We have to live today to our fullest. We have to live today with that opportunity to express who God is in us. Amen. And so it's past the holiday. It's for me, I want to fully expose what this series is about. I want to fully expose what this series is about, and it's about God's love. This series is really kind of, I've hidden and laced in as an undertone that God's love is the meaning of everything. Love is the curtain rod of the gospel. Amen. Love is the curtain rod of the gospel. It's what everything hangs on, so whether it's Christmas, whether it's Easter, whether it's this or that, whether it's, it doesn't matter what the holiday is, love should be the curtain rod in which it hangs from. Does that make sense? So when, you know, during the series we've seen Christ as a babe, and in coming holidays we'll see him in his death and resurrection, and then one day we'll see him as a returning king, the king we expected. Amen. The king we wanted, the deliverer, the savior that did more than just teach us how to live through these tough times. But all this shows one thing, that this love is not fragile. See, love can be fragile when it's between people. You know, people can love you one minute, hate you the next. They're like Rottweilers or Rottweilers, I call them. They just love you one minute and hate you the next. They can turn on you in a dime, but Christ's love for you is not fragile. It's not a fleeting kind of love. It's a love that takes action. See, to me, you can say you love me all day long, but what are you doing to show that love? You know, you can tell me you love me, but your actions may show that you hate me. Love takes action. It sacrifices. It stands strong, even in the tough times. That's what love looks like. Love loves you when it's ugly, amen? Y'all know what I'm talking about, praise the Lord, amen? So at Christmas time, we see the lights, the gifts, and the traditions, but for me it's more than that. It's a reminder about God's relentless pursuit of us. God loved us so much, as Tina's already highlighted in the scripture I'm going to share again here in a moment. God loved us so much that he sent his son. He loves us as his children. Does that make sense? So this love isn't just sentimental. It ain't just a feel-good moment between you and God. You know how you can come in, and you can feel good on Sunday, and you feel like trash on Monday, it's hard on Wednesday, and Friday you're fried? Amen? Saturday, I don't know if I'm going to church or not, because I don't want so-and-so to see me and pray for me once again, because they always see right through me, and all the things. You know what I'm talking about? This love isn't sentimental. It's not a momentary love. See, we can come in and get crowd euphoria on a Sunday morning, and we can get hyped up and then wonder why it's not working on Monday. Well, the reason it's not working on Monday is because we haven't had a personal connection with it. Does that make sense? This relationship that we're talking about with Christ can't just be inside these walls. This relationship's got to be carried in your heart. Amen? Does that make sense? And quite frankly, this gospel is built on the law of love. Anyway, I'll get to that in a moment. So I didn't used to like Christmas carols. For some reason, last night I turned on the Christmas radio station, and we went and looked at Christmas lights. Something is really wrong, Michelle. But it was fun. We walked around, we saw the joy of people, the anticipation, but you know the greatest thing I saw is that I was enjoying it instead of just going through the motions. You know what I mean? There was a lot of people that were just there because, you know, you could see the dads out in front, you know, that dad look. Like the mom and the kids, like, oh, you know, the kids are like, oh, it's so great, look at all the lights. The mom's like, come on, Bobby, let's go. And the dad's just out in front, I'm clearing a path so that we can get out of here. Yeah? Every dad last night looked that way. And I'm just stopping, looking at the lights, keeping Tina from getting hit by cars because she's just on her phone, amen? But it was fun. Why? Because we were enjoying time together. We could have done it without the lights. We could have done it without anything. It was because it was centered on love. I loved being around the people I was around. And that's what made it good. The lights didn't make it good, to be quite frank. They wasn't that great. You know, the only highlight of the evening was the possibility of getting candy. Like, what was it? What did they call it? Fairy floss. I was like, ooh, fairy floss, can't have it, too much sugar. But still, Christmas carols, one of the things I didn't see there. But one of my most favorite Christmas carols, I want to take a line from it to talk about on this sermon today, is O Holy Night. Now we sing that, O Holy Night, and we know most of it. But there's one line in it that we look over like we do some scriptures in the Bible. In this carol, it says, truly he taught us to love one another. His law is love, and his gospel is peace, amen? It's a Christmas carol. O Holy Night. That has been sung around the world in front of leaders, governors, kings, queens. It's been sung in front of everybody, and they had to hear that line. Truly he taught us to love one another. His law is love, and his gospel is peace. This line, to me, captures the essence of the way we should interact with one another. I have a law living on the inside of me that is not rules and guidelines, that is just a simple law of love to give as I've been given. As Christ loved me, I love others, amen? That's like simple, but mind-blowing. I don't have to beg God, I don't have to do all these things, I don't have to have all these rituals. What I have to do is realize that there is the love that I've been given, I've got to receive it, I've got to share it, I've got to show it, amen? Is that good? So today we're going to unpack three aspects of this incredible love. Love given, love received, and love shared, amen? I've got to stop saying amen so much, half of y'all may not know what that means, it means so be it. Our foundation of this message, as Tina has pointed out earlier, is John 3, 16. Let's look at it again in New King James. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Simple scripture. We've quoted it, right? Can I ask a question? Do we see the weightiness of it? We've quoted it so long, so many years, so often do we actually see God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. Not just loved you, not just loved them, not just loved us, but loved everyone so much that whosoever believes in him should not perish and have everlasting life. That is an amazing gift. It's free. And all I've got to do is receive it. That is the bow, the string attached to this gift, is all I've got to do is receive it. I don't have to earn it, I don't have to pay for it after I get it, I don't have to pay tax on it, thank God, hallelujah, come on, that's another story for another time. But what I can do is just receive it freely. So this verse shows the depth of God's love and love that goes the greatest... Listen to this, listen to this as I try and say it right. This scripture shows a love that goes the greatest lengths to rescue and redeem. Whether you're here to recharge your faith this morning, or you're here to see what this gospel is all about, this message is for you. Whether you're here to celebrate Jesus, whether you're here because God called you here, whether you're a volunteer, a leader, or because someone asked you to come, this message is for you. Because this love was given for you, amen? Romans 5 and 8 says, but God demonstrates his own love towards us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Why should anybody love me like that? I don't need that love, I don't deserve that love, or they don't know what I did. This shows you right here that he did it regardless of your character. He did it regardless of what you've given. He did it regardless of what you're going through right now. This can be yours fully, amen? Now that's great. I know you're preaching to the lost. No, I'm preaching to you. Because I've met Christians that have been Christians for 20 years and have not fully received the love of God, amen? We need to fully unwrap this gift and receive it for our lives. So the gospel begins with God taking the first step. See, I didn't say Christmas starts. I said the gospel starts with God taking the first step. He didn't wait for us to clean up our act and prove ourselves worthy, no. He gave us his son because we couldn't save ourselves. Well, well, well, why do I need saving? Honey, have you listened to your conversations lately? Have you had somebody hold you on the shoulder and say, don't say that? Hallelujah. Have you gotten angry at somebody on the roadway and wished them happy birthday? You need a savior. Have you looked at your bank account and realized it doesn't have as many zeros as you need for the month? You need a savior. Have you been hurting late at night with nobody to talk to? You need a savior. Have you woke up hardly able to get up in the morning? You need a savior. Has your marriage gotten in trouble so bad, so deep that you didn't know whether you were going to make it out or stay together? You need a savior. Have you woke up in the morning with no friends, nobody that liked you because everybody's talking bad about you? You need a savior. Or have you thought that you're just so good that everybody needs to look up to you? You definitely need a savior. Amen. No matter what state you're in, mountaintop or valley, you need a savior. Amen. Come on, somebody. I need a savior. I'm just reminding myself right now. I need you, Jesus. His love is deliberate, powerful, and costly to only him. So growing up, I didn't know what love looked like. My home was not the place where love was freely given or openly expressed. It felt like I had to earn affection, and even then, it felt like it was out of reach. For me, when I encountered the gospel, everything changed. Someone told me one time, God loves you not because of what you've done, but because of who he is. Let's rewind that. God loves you not because of what you've done, and not because of how bad or good you are, but because of who he is. God is so much love that he's going to love you in your unlovable state. God is so much love that he's asking you not to earn what he's giving. God just wants to give it to you like a father wants to see their children succeed. That's what it is, the gospel. Man, is this good? So for me, that truth hit me like a ton of bricks. It just shattered my whole world. I just was smoked in an instant. I was like, man, God loves me even though I did that. God loves me even though I think that. God loves me even though this and even ... Yes, God loves you. God's love is not weak or conditional. See, our love is weak and conditional. Why I can only love you if you ... Why I can only forgive you if you ... Well, I just can't tolerate you because that love is not the love of God, and that's not the love we're supposed to give. Our love is to be freely given just like it was given to us. Amen? God's love is fierce and unyielding. When I realized that God gave his son for me ... See, have you realized that God gave his son for you? Have you really taken that in, not just the gospel message that God gave his son, but he really gave Christ for you, you personally, that it's yours as an individual, not just a religion, not just a church going, but this is something that is mine. Amen? It's individually packaged and corporately given all at the same time. Amen? So good. I love that. When that hit me, it reshaped my entire understanding of my worth and purpose. Think about it for a moment. The creator of the universe gave his only son so that not just to love you, but to commit to you. Amen? So the creator of the universe gave you his son, not just to love you, but to commit to you, meaning I'll never leave you or forsake you. No matter what you go through, no one can take you out of my hand. Come on, somebody. So that's not just love, that's sacrifice, and that's real power. Can I take you somewhere for a moment? This might hurt. I want you to go to your worst day. God was there. I want you to go to your worst memory. God was there. You don't know how bad it hurts me to go there. God was there. And guess who brought you to where you are right now? God. Amen? Now go to your best day. Guess who was there? God. Amen? You know what? I look at this sweet couple back here in the back, over to the right. I'm not going to point them out, but I just did. God brought them together for a purpose. God brought you together for a purpose, amen? The friendships you have, all the things that you have that are good in your life, God brought that as a support system of grace so that you could have everything that you need for every moment of your life. And it's not bartership, it's not bargained, it's just freely given. So love given has to transfer to love received, amen? John 1:4-9 says this, in this the love of God was manifested towards us that God has sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him. Man, my life existence, if I would have lived in the mindset that my father and my stepfather had given me, I would have never made it to the man I am today because the reality is is their mindset was performance based. But I can live in Christ a true and better way of living and be at peace and joy in every day of my life. I can't say that I've done that successfully, would we all be true in that? But are we learning? Are we growing? Amen. So we have to receive this gift, and think about this statement as I say it to you. You ready? A gift only has value if it's accepted. Just like God's love is available to us all, but it must be received personally. Do you still have those moments where you say, God, why'd you let this happen to me? Do you still have those moments where you say, God, why are you doing this to me? You still have those moments where you're saying, God, is this a lesson? Are you teaching me something? Are you building a testimony? That is not the loving God that I serve. God is not doing anything bad to you. He's bringing you through your bad moments to make you better in him. Amen? God's agenda is to bring you through your bad times to be better, not bitter. Amen? Ooh, Jesus, get me out of the cookie jar. So imagine someone offering you the most precious gift, but you never opened it. That's what happens when we don't fully accept God's love. Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas. We say it. Now they're saying, Happy X-mas. They're saying, Happy Holidays. Because we as Christians ain't fighting for the one holiday that actually has Christ in it. Amen? That the whole world celebrated regardless, and we just started saying, Happy Holidays. Happy X, Merry X-mas. Man, come on. That's our greatest opportunity, and we debating over whether we should or shouldn't. Moving on. I remember this first Christmas I had saved. My life had meaning. All of a sudden, I had a future. Amen? All of a sudden, I had purpose, and the confidence and peace that came was amazing. I think the next Christmas, Alex was born, and the weight and pressure of raising kids was on my shoulders. But thank God for a loving wife that made every Christmas special, no matter the gifts up underneath the tree. Amen? Amen, Pastor Tina. But one of the greatest things about that Christmas is I understand I didn't have to earn God's approval. It wasn't based on my performance. Now I went through this Pentecostal holiness phase, where I still believe in holiness, but there's not the religion. I went through this phase where I was trying to be perfect before God, and then I realized God said, I didn't call you to be perfect, I called you to mature in me, I called you to grow in me. I called you to learn each day from me. My grace is sufficient for your failures. You can do all things in me. I didn't call you to perform better. I called you to live in me and live for me. Amen? So when I fully realized, even from that Christmas to years later, this new strength and sense of belonging, nothing else could provide. I'm currently writing a book called I Don't Care. It's a great title, isn't it? But it's showing the things I care about, and I'm not announcing a book. I don't care if it ever gets published, whatever God does, whatever he does. But I've gotten to the point people bring stuff to me and I say, I care, but I don't care. There are so many things that we give our care to and give our audience to and give our ears to that is not inside of God's plan for our life. Sometimes we need to realize and stay focused on what God has called us to, what God has provided, and the curtain rod of that is love. If it doesn't make me feel loved, if the conversation doesn't make me give love, if the conversation doesn't wrap itself in love, I want no part of it. Amen? So you want to come gossip with Pastor Kyle, you're going to find yourself sitting somewhere else and not with me. Amen? Tina will love you. I'll walk away. Amen. I'm kidding. I'll love you too. Pray for you and lay on hands suddenly. Have you received his love? That's the question of today. Have you fully received his love? This isn't about religious rituals or checking the boxes or the type of cookies or the events. No, this is the gift that God gave to everyone. His love isn't passive or weak. It's strong enough to break chains, heal wounds, and fill the emptiness of our souls. And this is the gift that God gave. What time of year he gave it, we are challenged in this time of year to share this gospel as a good news, as an oh holy night, oh in Bethlehem, silent night, heart the herald angels sing. We're challenged in this time of year when they're singing those songs to respond with what it means. That's why it's love shared, John 13:34. Love given, love received, love shared. A new commandment I give you that you love one another as I have loved you that you also love one another. God's love isn't meant to stop with us. Once we've experienced it, we're called to share it with others. This isn't easy, especially when it comes to loving people that have hurt us and who seem unlovable. But the love God calls us to is not based on feelings. It's a decision to reflect his character. Sandpaper people. Remember this word, sandpaper people. Listen, I've had many people in my life that are sandpaper people. They just rub you the wrong way, amen. But you know what they can also do? They can smooth your rough edges, amen. They can help you to show the love of Christ. So I had this friend that was critical, dismissive, and unpleasant. Now see, the reason I say I had this friend, because they were a church friend, right? You ever had those church friends that you really didn't want to see? No, none of y'all got those. Y'all love everybody. Y'all are walking this commandment out perfectly. I had this church friend that was critical. I couldn't stand to be around him, didn't want to talk to him. He was always in the things I was in and always talking about how we're going to do ministry together. And as much as I wanted to avoid him and as much as I wanted to not be around him, God whispered me, love him as I loved you. Now, I'm pretty sure he was doing the same thing. I'm pretty sure it was actually harder on him than it was me. But as we both probably practiced that, it softened both of our hearts. And now he's one of my best friends in the USA, and his name is Jamie Brown. He's a fellow pastor. He's someone that I... Let me just be real. Can I be real? Y'all ready? Half you leave the church, it's okay. There's a church somewhere for you. He's a friend that I've cussed out. He's a friend that I've locked out. He's a friend that I've pushed out. He's a friend that I've fought with. He's a friend that I've said, don't you ever come around me again. And he kept coming. Isn't that like Christ? Isn't that like Christ? See, y'all coming in here for a Christmas message. Listen, I'm just using the opportunity to preach the gospel. Amen? And he just kept coming and kept coming. He showed up for Josiah's lymphoma. He showed up for Eli's heart murmur. He showed up for Alex. And that's just the whole story within itself. Not because Alex is a hard kid. It's because Alex didn't have a father because his father was in ministry up until I was, what, like 13 or something like that? Yeah, 16. Jesus. I didn't ask them to be real honest up here. I'm exposed. Feeling vulnerable up here now. But ministry became so much my mission that I was enjoying the greatest gift that God gave me, which was the miracle of my children and the miracle of my wife. And Jamie was just preaching and ministering into that section of my life. And he was constantly showing up. And he was saying things I didn't want to hear. And sometimes you need friends like that in your life. But can I tell you something? If you don't have that friend, that friend can be Jesus. Amen? We got 17 kids up there. Thank God for life in a church. Amen? Can we just say, thank God we got kids in church? Some churches are just heaven's waiting room. Everybody just waiting to go. We got the future sitting up there. Amen? Amen? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Thank God for that. Thank, amen. Thank God for support as well. This Christmas, who is God calling you to love? God is giving you an opportunity right now. That person is in your mind. You are saying, nope, God, not happening. Aren't you? At least five of you are. The rest of you are still in denial. God will get you later. Amen? Amen? But there's somebody that you're saying, no way, never. Let me tell you firsthand experience, God will win in the end. Amen? Shorten the experience and just let God grow you. Amen? He's not doing it to you. He's helping you through it. Amen? Maybe God's calling you to love your family. Ooh, a coworker, someone that hurt you. Or maybe God is calling you to love you. Receive it, give it as it's been given. Sharing his love isn't about being soft, weak, or a welcome mat for people. It's about being strong enough to reflect his character in every situation. I'm walking out something right now. I'm walking out something right now. Right now as we speak for the next three months that is giving me the opportunity to show God's character. And I have been challenged in the first few days. From the people involved, to the lack of control, to every moment. But what God's showing me is that I can truly use this opportunity to reflect him. Not because I'm bitter, because I choose not to be bitter. See, the choice of being bitter is easier. But see, for me, Christmas is not about the Christmas trees, the lights, the candles, the music, it's not about the Christmas trees, the lights, the Christmas carols. It's that for me, I hated Christmas because I had a lot of unforgiveness in my heart. And Christmas was all about a package that was given to the whole world to receive forgiveness. And there's people right now, you may never talk to them again. You may be right in front of them sometimes. But God's giving you the opportunity to give them the gift that was given you, which is love. Doesn't make you a welcome mat. Doesn't make you soft. If anything, God only gave us two instructions, turn left and right, and after that, it's our business. We can continue to choose love, or we can handle it our way. Which one's working out best for us? Amen? I'm at the most peace I've ever been at. Letting things go and receiving from God. Hebrews 12, it's not a scripture we have, but it says, let go of every weight that so easily besets you. When we, and then it says, and sin. Amen? After that, it says, and sin. Amen? After that, it says, and sin. Let go of every weight and sin that so easily besets you. Sometimes the weight you're carrying is the things that you're not willing to let go of. This Christmas, put down the gifts that other people gave you that you wasn't supposed to receive. The gift of offense, the gift of regret, the gift of rejection, shame, backbiting, fear. All these things, for God to not give you the spirit of fear, but of love and sound mind. Power and sound mind. Amen? These gifts that you're carrying are from the wrong people. Receive God's gift today. So if everybody could please stand. I'm gonna do some body ministry for the whole place. Now, this only works if you actually do it in your heart. Metaphorically, you gotta give something in exchange. What if I told you today that there is unredeemed areas in your mind and heart? And to fully unlock the fullness of God, you've got to give over and surrender those areas in you. What if I told you some of the ways your thinking is actually unredeemed and you need to surrender some of those thoughts to God? With every head bowed and every eye closed, can you begin to say, lord, your word says that you would have an exchange with me, that you would give me beauty for ashes and that you would give me dancing for mourning. Some of you are carrying so much private hurt that you actually need to give to God today. And he's not asking for your good service. He's not asking for your good behavior. He's not asking for you to be perfect. He's asking you to give him the one thing that is hurting you so that he can begin to flood those areas of your heart and your mind with grace. So if you would lay your hand on your heart, not as a pledge, but as just an act of praying for yourself. And let me pray with you. Father, as these people pray for themselves, they're committing your first act. Love themselves so that they could love others. Give them a revelation of how much you love them so that they can walk free, so they can walk in compassion, so they can walk in fullness of heart. But Lord, whoever they're harboring in their heart, whoever they're letting live there from past pain, that person has probably moved on and forgotten about it. But they're still living in that moment. They're still there from last Christmas and last holiday and last birthday and last anniversary. They're still saying, nope, God, that still hurts. It's because you're holding on to the hurt instead of receiving the healing. I'm not saying get over it, saying, learn how to walk through it in Christ. So, Father, we thank you for the healing that is taking place here this morning. We thank you for the people that are receiving, giving and sharing. It's in Jesus name we pray and we all say Amen. The next thing I like to do, with every head bowed and every eye closed. If you're here today, I'm not going to call you out. I'm not going to make you move forward. I'm just going to give you the opportunity to make this decision for yourself. I don't know everyone in here and I don't claim to. And maybe you come each week, but I'm not going to assume that you're saved. Can you raise your hand if you Want to receive Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. Thank you for the hands. Thank you for the hands. Thank you for the hands. Thank you for the hands. Hands. Amen. Amen. So for those of you that have raised your hand, we're going to pray a prayer with you. And it says, for those that believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. So it's just a gift that we receive. So we're going to say a prayer with you because Romans says, when we confess with our mouths, we are saved. And then there's just some next steps that you can talk to some people back in the back about if you want to know what those next steps are. But. So let's pray this prayer together. Lord, I receive you as my personal Savior, as my friend, as my guide and my redeemer. I am saved to the uttermost. Father, help me with your Holy Spirit to live life to the best that I can and fill in the blanks when I don't know what to do. And I know you are with me in every moment of my life. It's in Jesus name we pray and we all say amen. Can we give a hand clap of praise for the four people that lifted their hands to receive salvation? Come on. The greatest gift you can give heaven is you. Amen. And I can tell you the greatest joy of my life is seeing people receive Christ. [00:42:45] Amen. [00:42:47] So you can be seated. I'm going to simply say one last thing and I'm going to invite that the next part of the service take place. This is our last service of the year and I want to say something not as an announcement, but as a statement to you. It has been my pleasure to preach to you in 2024, but I'm so excited about 2025, I can't even contain myself. You don't know, but you need to be listening to announcements. There are things coming that God has orchestrated that will radically shape and change the activity of this church. But for the first time, I feel like in 2025 we are going to be on mission with everything that God has called us to do. Not just one thing, but everything. So as we go into the New Year and we have our last service, I want to say it's been an honor being your pastor for 2024. Can't wait to see you in 2025. We love you, God bless you. And we're going to move on to the next thing. Give the Lord a hand clap of praise. [00:44:10] Thank you for tuning in to today's message. To connect or find out more, you can reach us online at worldchangers.life. Remember to subscribe for more uplifting messages from our pastoral team, and may you continue to walk in faith and transformation until we meet again.