Don’t Miss Your Peter Moment | Stop Living in Regret | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:45 Speaker 2: Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for the Soul

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0:49 Speaker 2: episodes for this week, we've been doing various things that

0:51 Speaker 2: we can learn from the incident recording and then acts

0:54 Speaker 2: chapter twelve versus one to five. Here's the thing I

0:57 Speaker 2: want you to understand right. One of the things you

0:59 Speaker 2: need to know is that King Agrippa just killed the

1:02 Speaker 2: Apostle James, and now he's about to kill the Apostle Peter.

1:06 Speaker 2: He's put him in prison and he's expecting that the

1:08 Speaker 2: passover will be done, and he will be able to publicly,

1:11 Speaker 2: you know, get heir Peter, you know, killed, and you

1:15 Speaker 2: know he's going to get all these awesome responses from

1:18 Speaker 2: the people that will were pleased with him for killing

1:21 Speaker 2: the apostle James. But yes, the thing about it understanding

1:25 Speaker 2: verse five, it says that the church prayed earnestly for

1:29 Speaker 2: the apostle Peter. Now I wanted to understand. The Bible

1:32 Speaker 2: never says that the church prayed for the apostle James. Okay.

1:36 Speaker 2: We do not know why they didn't pray. Maybe this

1:38 Speaker 2: was brand new for them. They do not know what

1:41 Speaker 2: is happening, where to go, what to do. We're probably scared,

1:45 Speaker 2: or maybe they didn't know the power of prayer. Maybe

1:48 Speaker 2: they were not aware. See, we do not know why

1:51 Speaker 2: they did not pray for the apostle James. Okay, and

1:54 Speaker 2: James was killed. And now when Peter is in a

1:57 Speaker 2: similar board, the Bible says that now they somehow came

2:00 Speaker 2: to know, let's pray this time. Let's take a step

2:04 Speaker 2: and pray. Okay. Now that's the thing I wanted to understand.

2:07 Speaker 2: The Church did not sit in self pity or sit

2:11 Speaker 2: and debate or oh my gosh, maybe we should have

2:13 Speaker 2: thought about this idea before. We should have prayed for

2:15 Speaker 2: James when he was in the similar board. We should

2:18 Speaker 2: have done something about James. Now, oh my goodness. They

2:21 Speaker 2: did not sit in self pity of the opportunity they

2:24 Speaker 2: missed in the past. They did not sit in the

2:26 Speaker 2: place where they were like, you know what, they were

2:28 Speaker 2: not aware that they should have prayed or whatever happened.

2:31 Speaker 2: Maybe they were aware and they didn't do it, or

2:33 Speaker 2: maybe they were not aware and so they missed it.

2:35 Speaker 2: But the point here is that they did not sit

2:37 Speaker 2: in defeat. They did not sit in worry. They did

2:40 Speaker 2: not sit in debate. They did not sit and analyze

2:42 Speaker 2: the fact or why they forgot to pray for James.

2:46 Speaker 2: But what happened is right now they know that James

2:48 Speaker 2: is a closed door. I wanted to go and check

2:51 Speaker 2: the previous episode to understand how James was a closed door.

2:53 Speaker 2: Now they know that Peter is a contented door that

2:57 Speaker 2: they need to pray and you know, seek the Lord

2:59 Speaker 2: to do a supernatural miracle. Yes, the thing they did

3:03 Speaker 2: not dwell in the past. They did not dwell in

3:05 Speaker 2: what they missed. They did not dwell in what didn't

3:07 Speaker 2: work out. They do not dwell in what happened in

3:10 Speaker 2: the past, but right now they're like, you know what,

3:12 Speaker 2: this is what is in front of us, Peter, is

3:15 Speaker 2: the example in front of us. And let us start now.

3:19 Speaker 2: Let us pray earnestly. Now this is a word for

3:21 Speaker 2: some of you. Stop dwelling on what didn't work out.

3:25 Speaker 2: Stop dwelling on what you did not do because you

3:27 Speaker 2: were not aware that you were supposed to do maybe

3:29 Speaker 2: five years ago. Stop dwelling on maybe, oh shoot, I

3:32 Speaker 2: should have done this. I should have taken this step.

3:34 Speaker 2: I should have done this course, I should have checked

3:36 Speaker 2: this person out, I should have started out that business venture.

3:39 Speaker 2: I should have done this. Maybe you're feeling like, oh man,

3:42 Speaker 2: I wish I had done this. Maybe maybe the Lord

3:44 Speaker 2: told you and you didn't do it, or maybe you

3:46 Speaker 2: were not aware or equipped, or the opportunity was not

3:49 Speaker 2: just right for you to do it back then. So

3:51 Speaker 2: stop living in guilt of what you missed, and say, God,

3:54 Speaker 2: you know what, this is the place you have placed me.

3:57 Speaker 2: This is the opportunity in front of me. I missed,

4:00 Speaker 2: But let me not miss Peter, this is my moment

4:02 Speaker 2: to take this step of faith and believe God that

4:05 Speaker 2: you will interview. Can you come to that place where

4:09 Speaker 2: you stop dwelling on the missed opportunity of the past,

4:12 Speaker 2: stop dwelling on why some things did not work out,

4:15 Speaker 2: or stop dwelling on the thing that you thought you

4:17 Speaker 2: should have taken a step but you did not take

4:19 Speaker 2: a step, and say, God, this is the place you

4:21 Speaker 2: have placed me, This is the moment that you have

4:23 Speaker 2: for me, and help me to make the most of

4:26 Speaker 2: this opportunity. Help me to make the maximum out of

4:31 Speaker 2: this particular door that is coming for me, maybe the

4:35 Speaker 2: right person or maybe the right opportunity the venture. Can

4:38 Speaker 2: you come to that place where you say, Lord, help

4:41 Speaker 2: me now, I allow one of the scriptures, if it's

4:44 Speaker 2: mentioned in the Book of Isaiah, stop going over old history.

4:47 Speaker 2: In other words, you know you need to stop looking

4:50 Speaker 2: at like, oh I should have done this, I should

4:52 Speaker 2: have done that, Like stop going over that and get

4:55 Speaker 2: to that place where it also goes on to say

4:57 Speaker 2: be alert and be present, for God is doing something new.

5:01 Speaker 2: Be alert and be present. Sometimes we end up missing

5:06 Speaker 2: out the Peter opportunities in front of us because we

5:09 Speaker 2: are dwelling on the James opportunity that left us. Today,

5:14 Speaker 2: I pray that God will help you to be alert

5:17 Speaker 2: and be present, to look at the opportunities in front

5:20 Speaker 2: of you and take the step what God wants you

5:23 Speaker 2: to do. Maybe now is a moment to ask God

5:26 Speaker 2: for clarity. Now is your moment to ask God for

5:29 Speaker 2: enabling you to have spiritual discernment, to grow in wisdom,

5:34 Speaker 2: to help you hear His word his voice more clearly

5:39 Speaker 2: so that you can make the right choice that needs

5:42 Speaker 2: to be made. And then I really challenge you to

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