No Hope Apart From God

Carter Conlon from the historic Times Square Church in New York City was only one voice left and from time to time throughout history we get to the same place over and over again where there is no hope. Apart from the voice of God is no apart from the voice of the one who said it is thank you for being with us for a call to the nation with Carter, today's insightful message will begin in Luke chapter 7 verse 11 in a town called the disciples along with a large crowd followed Jesus to the entrance gate to the city. They watched as a man who had died was being carried out. He was the only son of a widowed mother and Jesus had compassion on her and the only thing that could help was the voice of God.

Let's join Carter don't honestly think there can never be a spiritual awakening without forgiveness and without compassion. One for another. In your Times Square church.

We have had the privilege of fellowship in together for years now with people from over 100 nations. It has truly been a blessing is not to dwell together in unity. It's been an incredible blessing and I believe that one of the reasons why we know such a powerful presence of God.

And there's even an abiding presence people testify that feeling abiding presence of the Holy Spirit in the sanctuary. Even when there's nobody here and I believe the reason for that is because we've chosen to walk together in unity and having made that choice. God has commanded the blessing of life and pray with your brothers and sisters. But what we've come to know in this house will become something that will just literally invade our society that there will be forgiveness there will be a coming together, there will be a reconciliation can only be produced by the spirit of Almighty God.

That which has turned the society into something that it was never intended by God to be and that may be the case for your community is people with us online that you are in communities that are at war with one another and if there's going to be reconciliation if there's going to be a gathering together and a full understanding of the blessing of God. It will have to come through you and your neighbor making the choice to come together even if in and in the context of your culture. This division, you'll have to make the choice to come together as believers in Christ and in some cases it can be or have us go to reach out first and whether or not it's reciprocated. You have make that determination that I'm going to be an ambassador for Jesus Christ. God stretched his hand out from heaven into this sinful world for me and of God can do that for me I can do that for my neighbor. I can do that with the power of God within were praying with all of our heart that there be reconciliation that God alone can produce. We need a miracle in America we need a miracle in New York City. We need a miracle. Wall Street were a lot of this present turmoil even had its beginnings of people knew their history be reconciled and be ambassadors of the one who stretched his hand out from the throne of heaven for us and called us friends call us brothers and sisters when we didn't deserve it. All we've ever done is curse his name and spit in his face and he reached down to us. We are ambassadors for one another to one another.

Of that kind of love so I want to encourage her with all my heart. We are praying for a spiritual awakening in a very, very dark time not only here in America but tell throughout the world.

And I think any intelligent person knows that this world is spinning into a place where only God now can make a difference and here's what I want to share units is just a little bit of a story from the gospel of Luke chapter 7. This is not what happened the day after that he went into a city called Maine and many of his disciples went with him and a large crowd when he came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out. The only son of his mother. She was a widow and a large crowd from the city was with her.

So here is Jesus is approaching the city and as he gets close to its its borders.

There's a there's a certain hopelessness in that city. Not only this.

This woman is carrying out her home.

She's carrying out her future and a son, and said of course she was a widow so her son would be her. Basically her retirement would be your security, it would be her sense of identity and would be her accomplishment would be almost as a type of of somebody carrying out of the city. Everything that ever hope for.

It seems to have just fallen through their fingers. It's gone and she wasn't alone in the sauce is a huge crowd from the city was with her and I cannot but think is a read this of the numbers of people now we just feel that it's hopeless for the future. The numbers of young people feel like they're there.

Everything is gone, God was taken away from them in their schools. The fathers, in many cases, their families are broken apart. Now, the future seems to be gone. There's no jobs and unemployment is high difficulty is running and so there's a large crowd.

Feeling this hopelessness and it's it's even something that's tugging at the hearts of people know God through Jesus Christ.

The sense of hopelessness. I know people here that felt that this foreboding sense that there is no real tangible future. The July hold of this going to bring joy to the heart that's going to give a sense of well-being seems like everything around us is spinning out of control, and when the Lord saw her descriptors as he had compassion on her. I'm so encouraged the God sees us before we see him. God knows what our needs are before we've even made them known to him is not aloof from our struggle and from our suffering and from our trials in those we know a little bit.

He knows everything he hears every groan and not every sigh, every tear is counted. If Christ himself were to be in this room. He could tell you exactly how many tears were shed in New York City last night. He knows and the Scripture says, he had compassion on her and think with the knowledge that God has he been angry, but that's not who God is, if he was an angry God, we'd all be in oblivion now this world would've unfolded up long ago on the new heavens and the new earth would've been created know is a God of compassion.

God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son. The Son of Man did not come into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved is a God of mercies and God of compassion and Sidra don't weep everything around her would've been reason to wait. The crowd of witnesses. She had around would be sufficient to tell her to listen to him. Keep on weeping, hopeless futures gone. Life is over. It's too dark there's never been belied in your heart again this is any came in touch the open coffin. In other words, the death was on display wasn't hidden. People knew about it was a certain fact that certain facts and nurse our culture or society that are inescapable now the coffin is open may call it that anybody wants a good look in and see the that the depraved minds in the confusion. The hopeless is the paralysis the violence the unforgiveness and bitterness to grieve the difficulty the wounds that are just open gaping and are never going to be healed. Anybody can look in the coffin. Now say the listen to him it's over but he says he came in touch the open coffin.

Those who carried him stood still hold God help us to stop this insane parade and he said young man I say to you, arise comes a point in history when only God's voice can bring life.

Only God's voice. Nobody else gave this young man. Any hope.

I assure you that was only one voice left and from time to time throughout history we get to the same place over and over again where there is no hope. Apart from the voice of God is no hope.

Apart from the voice of the one who said it is finished. This reign of death and hell and send is over its is broken and death can't read any longer, and whosoever will make common received life and suddenly the mist of all this gloom and all this darkness, the voice of the son of God rises up and he says I say to you young men arise get up and live. We need that voice of God again in this generation. Lot of young people lost their hope all we can do is carry them out in a sense and just put them away out of sight, but that's not the heart of God is the author and giver of life in him was life in this life was the light of men. I love this so here was dead set up and began to speak and when you look it up in the original Greek Lord speak means to speak as God speaks into got up and he began to speak what God speaks Waterloo if he knew where you been, most likely did. But I know that when he rose up, he began to speak. What only God could have given them to speak. This conversation was changing to be served at the Newman dead. You don't get up and just as for him. Sediments are none promise you that while course. He was Jewish, he would invest Rams them to and it says that he presented him to his mother is up for those are hopeless. Those that are struggling. Those that are burdened down with trials and difficulties. Jesus is willing to give you back your hope to give you freedom to do that which your heart is always long for new standstill and see the salvation of God.

Trying to work it all out in your own strength and let God do what only God can do for you and he presented it to his mother, sons and daughters coming home. The hearts of fathers being turned back to the children the hearts of children being turned back to their fathers, God doing in our society would only God can do or could do nothing. God will my heart would finally come in our insane parade away from God. We finally come to the place where only God now can bring healing into our society.

I thank God with all my heart. There is no scheme there is no plan. There is no amount of money.

There is no new program. There's nothing can heal the wound of this nation apart from the voice of God speaking to it one more time, but all thank God that we don't have the Savior was indifferent draw struggle. We don't have a God who draws back in vengeance folds his arms and says quadrille you will not going to answer prayer. Thank God that's not who is sometimes he waits to were dead and five more time than one in the history of the Scripture. He waited till the there was no option waited till Jonah was in the belly of the whale. He waited to Lazarus was four days in the grave could've come to the city of Maine earlier but he waited until the whole city was coming out a great crowd lamenting the hopelessness of their present situation. The loss of the next generation. I tell you something. While God is alive, the devil and better never folded his hands have got the next generation because he doesn't cost so the dead men set up begin to speak, oh God. The prayer of my heart as I looked out on the news the other two days ago and I saw so many young people running through the streets of Baltimore is an oh God with these young people speak for you, the hope is dead the hearts.

Many are empty. Not all but many, but old Jesus, you can speak to them. You can cause them to rise up and become great evangelists, pastors, teachers, missionaries, statesmen, the kingdom of God. You can you can and if you and I don't believe that were to be pitied. He can't. He's God he can do whatever he wants to do.

The Scripture says in fear came upon all of the glorified God, sing a great profit is risen up among us and God has visited his people will yes fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the report of him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region, so we are asking God to do things that only he can do were asking God to be who he is.

He is the one who created the universe by the word of his mouth is one of created man of the dust of the earth is one who can walk on the water, calm the seas raising people from the dead, give sight to the blind, heal those that have been wounded to the point where the road can be repaired by human effort. That's who he is. That's who we pray to us what we believe. For something is stirring in my heart deeper than I've ever known before. Were going to pray for people need miracles people more like this lady and her son New York City just pray for me I just gave up. Pray for you Walter Elizabeth from Connecticut please Jesus delivered me from my hellish existence. Florida Steve, my son 26 years old three years of heartache ended his life.

Yesterday my wife left three years ago. The pain is crushing going to pray for you Steve, you need a miracle.

Your urine exact leave the same place at this lady was in Minnesota unbounded sexual lust. My addiction started young age.

Please pray for me.

I have a need for a praying church and pastor Tony within pray for you believe God for miracle from Kathy and Boston. My husband passed away and I have a large family. I'm overwhelmed.

Pray that all my children will be saved and live for Jesus Kathy, you need a miracle and were going to pray to God, give you a miracle New York. Please pray that God would take away this deep pain and internal struggle that I have. I feel worthless and suicidal times over my broken marriage Dennis in Florida. I meth addicted. I'm HIV-positive.

Pray for my salvation. Please Dennis Ruben pray the God save you. You have to realize Dennis that he loves you with a love so deep your mind can comprehend the matter your situation. He can set you free and give you healing. That's beyond anything you've ever known in your lifetime from Plymouth, Massachusetts. I'm a single father with no work and no money. I'm crippled by anxiety and depression. My daughter will be homeless in two weeks is ends by saying thank you Stephen it's a pleasure to pray for you believe God for miracle and miracles in your life.

So many people are hopeless.

So many situations are beyond repair. But the Lord saw her he had compassion a sender don't weep and he came in touch the place of death, and death was turned to life is his choice as to how he chooses to do that, but he is the giver of life and he is the author of healing is the one who puts a song of hope where there's only despair that's who God is. That's what he does not have to touch this generation because there's no hope of he doesn't touch it got us to touch the situations that are listed because they can't be changed without him, but I believe that with God all things are possible.

Do you believe that I'm done with that I believe mountains can be moved. I believe that whatever we as believing we shall receive.

I believe that our joy will be filled as we see our children not writing but dancing in the streets for joy one more time before Christ returns to believe that with all my heart I do praise God will go to do something a little different field to encourage those that are listening online to keep on praying. After we go off off the air is keep on praying and you take authority over that mountain in your life you think you take authority over that situation because there's so many that are emailing and texting in that have just literally impossible situations apart from the mercy of the power of God, but you've got to start believing that God will answer your prayer. I want to encourage you, specifically those online to take the next 15 to 20 minutes after we go off the air when we waved goodbye to, and you continue pray and ask God to fill you with his Holy Spirit asking asking for is found. The reason I'm asking you to do this is because it is very important for you personally to know the God answers prayer doesn't just answer people in New York City praying for you. He will answer you if you cry out to God, he will answer your prayer and next week. I expect to see a flood of answered prayer is not a literal flood. God give you courage to believe that he will answer and he will answer with power and with mercy.

Father, thank you so much. Thank you for the time that we've had together.

Your presence is been as thick as an oil in the sanctuary of lettuce in a direction we didn't anticipate going you spoken to our hearts with claps with pride and would laugh together is been so good to be in your presence.

Lord God will lift up every impossible situation. Do you and we know that you're looking honest with compassion for your word tells us so we ask you now to speak life into death and freedom of the captivity and healing into disease and clear thinking and the confusion power and powerlessness. The things Lord that can only come from your voice.

You are the creator of the heavens and the earth, and beside you. There is no God is only one name given under heaven whereby men might be saved. And so are asking you to glorify the name of Jesus glorify his name God Almighty bring healing away the can only be attributed to you.

Father, we thank you for this. With all of our heart we come to this point in history where we just tended to throw the described mercy of God, mercy, Lord mercy and give us the grace to forgive, give us the grace to walk away from old ways of thinking and old ways of living. Give us all the grace more and sweep this nation with mercy sleep but God as you say in the Scriptures, light a candle and sweep under every bed delivery lost coin is found give us the grace to care break the bonds of indifference break the arrogance of finger-pointing.

Don't let children diagnosed streets will forgive us for murdering our children and our wombs for convenience sake, forgive us for calling the choice. Forgive us Lord Jesus Christ for the confusion. It's on every part of our society. Which is the well-deserved fruit of what we become as a people, but there's mercy with you.

Scripture says that you may be feared.

There's mercy with you as we come to the place where there's nothing else to pray is no other attribute of your heart to turn to but your mercy mercy God mercy. We ask you to do what we could never do and ask you to do what we've not done and ask you to make us into what we could never be. We ask you to give us. We could never hope to possess and as a nation take us where we could never go asking for an awakening.

Oh God Almighty. Whatever we choose to call an absolute sleep mercy from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth. God Almighty for your holy namesake, not for our sake, but for your holiness, which we indeed have blasphemed among the nations whether we travel for your holy namesake. Both Jesus, Jesus son of God. We can we can assume the precious name of you been listening to Carter Conlon from Times Square Church in New York City. For more information and resources to help you in your walk in Christ.

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