1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,500 Thank you for listening to this message from Lifehouse Church. 2 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:15,500 Good morning, Lifehouse. 3 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:20,500 Oh, that was weak. 4 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:22,860 You're all going to have to wake up here this morning. 5 00:00:22,860 --> 00:00:23,860 Good morning, Lifehouse. 6 00:00:23,860 --> 00:00:24,860 Good morning. 7 00:00:24,860 --> 00:00:28,300 Those of you online, I hope you responded a little bit better than those of you that 8 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:29,500 were in the building this morning. 9 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:33,200 You can type that in the chat, say, good morning, let us know that you're with us. 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,920 Clearly, I am not Pastor Kemp. 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:41,440 I don't know if you noticed while he was doing announcements and offering this morning that 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:46,200 his voice, his throat has not been well all week. 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,680 He's not been sick, but it's just been a form of laryngitis when he gets talking. 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,720 He really sounds like Darth Vader, so he didn't want to scare you all this morning. 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,360 So he and I kind of switched up roles. 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,840 So you're stuck with me this morning, but I believe God has a word for us. 17 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:09,280 I actually was asked to speak at another church on Friday evening and had a message prepared 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:10,280 for that. 19 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,760 And jokingly on our way home Friday night, Pastor Kemp said to me, he goes, hey, you 20 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,280 might need to be ready to go on Sunday if my voice doesn't get any better. 21 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,280 And I'm like, ah, you've got two days, you're going to be fine. 22 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,120 It'll be all good. 23 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,840 And clearly it wasn't. 24 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,080 So here we are. 25 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,860 But I do believe God has a word for us this morning. 26 00:01:29,860 --> 00:01:33,640 But before we begin with that, I would just like us to pray. 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:34,840 I'd like you to pray for me. 28 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,200 Pray that God edits my words, that I only share what he has for us here this morning 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,200 at Life House. 30 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,200 So let's bow. 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,280 Father, thank you for this day. 32 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:48,960 Thank you for this church family, that we get to come together, that we can grow together, 33 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,240 Lord, that we can come and worship your name, God. 34 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,480 And I pray this morning, Lord, that every person that came through the door of Life 35 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,520 House and every person that's listening online, Father, that they don't leave this service 36 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,920 today the same way they came, but they will leave changed because they've been in your 37 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,320 presence and they've heard your word and it's pierced their heart. 38 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:14,240 And Father, I pray, Lord, God, that they are changed today and, Lord, all because of you. 39 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,960 Father, we ask that you would bless this service. 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:17,960 In your name we pray. 41 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:18,960 Amen and amen. 42 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:19,960 All right. 43 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,960 So I have a question for you guys. 44 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:27,960 How many of you are sick of cold and flu season? 45 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,560 No pun intended there. 46 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:30,920 Sick of cold and flu season? 47 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:31,920 Yeah. 48 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:32,920 All right. 49 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:38,680 How many of you have had your standard two to four colds or flus already and it's just 50 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:39,680 February? 51 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:40,680 We got some hands going up. 52 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:46,320 You know, some statistics say that the average person gets four to six colds or viruses a 53 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,320 season. 54 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,120 So I don't know about you all, but we're sick of it. 55 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,320 I'm sick of it. 56 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:57,200 Are you constantly washing your hands or, hey, do you got any hand sanitizer or doing 57 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:03,120 the elbow cough or sneeze, grabbing door handles with your sweater because you don't want to 58 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,280 touch it because you might get a germ from somebody? 59 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,960 Or have you just maybe had this nagging cough that just won't go away? 60 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:19,120 Now Pastor Kip, every year in January, gets a cough that lasts from anywhere from like 61 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,680 three to eight weeks. 62 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,760 And he coughs and he coughs and he coughs. 63 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,880 You know, I got to say, like after the first 10 to 14 days, I'm sick of it, but I'm sure 64 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,360 he's sick of it. 65 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,840 But he's probably he's not contagious. 66 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:32,800 But you know that things have really changed. 67 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:39,560 So if you're in public and you know you're not contagious, but you start to cough, you 68 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,120 get the death glare from people around you. 69 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,080 Like they are like, why in the world are you out in public? 70 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,720 Why are you sharing all your germs with us? 71 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,960 So honestly, before you leave the house nowadays, you're like trying to figure out, am I contagious? 72 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:54,960 Like should I go? 73 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:55,960 Should I stay? 74 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:56,960 Should I? 75 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,960 What should I do? 76 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:03,760 You know, the word contagious means spread from one person or organism to another by 77 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:08,120 direct or indirect contact. 78 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:13,880 Contagious means likely to spread and affect others. 79 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:18,880 The world is such a different place than what it was before COVID. 80 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:24,400 Man, employers used to be like, I don't care if you're sick, bring your bucket with you 81 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,440 and come to work. 82 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:26,440 We've got work to do. 83 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:27,880 I need you here. 84 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:33,720 Or if you used all your sick time, your boss is like, listen, dying is not an excuse. 85 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,800 I need you here. 86 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,400 You got to get to work. 87 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:41,920 But now if you sneeze, you need like three negative COVID tests before you can go back 88 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:46,760 to work because they need to make sure that you're not contagious. 89 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,400 Times have really, really changed. 90 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,720 Contagious has become a whole new thing since COVID. 91 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,400 And frankly, I think most of us are over it. 92 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,400 Like we're done. 93 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,680 Like can we just get back to normal life? 94 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,780 But this morning, I want you to look at this completely different. 95 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:07,480 The definition of contagious is likely to spread and affect others. 96 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,880 So I want you to think about this. 97 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:10,880 We're in February. 98 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,320 We're going to the end of February. 99 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,840 But February is the month of what? 100 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:15,840 Love. 101 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,000 February is the love month. 102 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,280 I love this month. 103 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:20,880 No pun intended there either. 104 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,840 My birthday is actually on Valentine's Day. 105 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:24,680 So I've already had my birthday. 106 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,640 So it's extra special to me. 107 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:32,520 Pastor Kip, really when we like, we've been married, we'll be married 34 years come May. 108 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,880 But when we were engaged, you know, we were trying to pick like a wedding date and you 109 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:36,880 know, when are we going to get married? 110 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,120 He's like, oh, I think should we get married on Valentine's Day on your birthday? 111 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,920 He's like, then I would only have one day I have to remember all year. 112 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:50,000 And I'm like, no, no, I already get ripped off because it's my birthday and Valentine's 113 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Day. 114 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 You're not getting off that easy. 115 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,720 So we did not get married on my birthday. 116 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,920 But I love this month. 117 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,720 It's the time of year when actually like probably December 26. 118 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:05,880 Actually it's probably before that you start to see the roses and the jewelry and the candy 119 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,400 and all the Valentine things are out there. 120 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,880 All the stores, it's on the radio. 121 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,800 It's on the TV commercials. 122 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:19,400 Even the you can't even go get groceries without seeing hearts and roses and candy. 123 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,160 Love is in the air. 124 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,040 Some say that it's sickening and gross and they're over it and they just want February 125 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,040 to be over. 126 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,000 But the idea of love is contagious. 127 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,360 I want to challenge us today. 128 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:42,280 What if everyone saw the love of Jesus and the joy that he brings in us and it was contagious? 129 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:51,600 I mean like really contagious, likely to spread and affect others. 130 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:56,040 Now I'm reminded of this story. 131 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,880 I'm going to warn anyone who has babies, cover their ears and you'll know why in a minute. 132 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:03,560 I'm reminded of this story of Liz. 133 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:12,300 Liz was this 30 year old lady, woman who went to the Y 530 in the morning for this cross 134 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:14,640 fit workout class. 135 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:19,540 There are about 15 to 20 ladies that would show up for this class at 530 in the morning 136 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:23,240 and I don't know how many of you here go to the gym? 137 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,240 Wow. 138 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,840 It's a little late guys, come on. 139 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,920 So how many of you that do go to the gym are like, yes, I'm going to the gym this morning. 140 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:33,920 Yeah. 141 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:34,920 Yeah, yeah. 142 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,040 I go to the gym. 143 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,040 It's not like that. 144 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,760 I'm not much of a morning person. 145 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,320 So we're going to the gym, we're going to this class and we know it's good for us, we 146 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,720 know we should be there, but we're not like, yeah, we're at the gym. 147 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,280 So there's like 15 to 20 ladies in this cross fit class. 148 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:55,200 It's 530 in the morning and there was one lady in this class particularly that drove 149 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,320 Liz crazy. 150 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:05,840 Kate was this 63 year old woman that during the class, every single time the instructor 151 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,760 would ask the class to do something hard, something really hard. 152 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,240 Now let's remember it's 530 in the morning. 153 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,760 They all don't really want to be there anyway. 154 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,000 They're just doing their thing. 155 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:22,720 530 in the morning, the instructor asks them to do something hard and Kate is like, woo. 156 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,760 And everyone else in the class is like, seriously? 157 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,000 Like it's 530 in the morning, like it was so annoying. 158 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,880 Liz was so frustrated. 159 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:35,640 Second time the instructor asked her, the whole class to do something hard. 160 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:36,640 Kate was like, woo. 161 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,640 And they're like, oh my gosh, is she going to like, seriously? 162 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,400 Is she going to do this like the whole time? 163 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:47,120 Third time, fourth time, every single time the instructor asked them to do something 164 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:48,120 hard. 165 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,760 Liz was like, woo. 166 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,600 And the class could not stand it. 167 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,520 But can I tell you something? 168 00:08:54,520 --> 00:09:00,680 By the end of that 40 minute workout class, when the instructor asked the class to do 169 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:07,680 something hard, all 20 ladies in there were like, woo. 170 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:13,400 Because Kate's excitement was contagious. 171 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:20,080 Her excitement spread and affected the whole class, the whole class. 172 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:30,880 You see, because we've been loved by Jesus, we, notice this next word, get to go and love 173 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,480 others with his love. 174 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,920 We get, we get to do that. 175 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,680 Because he loved us, we get to love others with his love. 176 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:42,120 And guess what, guys? 177 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,480 It should be contagious. 178 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,720 Like sickening contagious. 179 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,040 Like the world is affected by our love. 180 00:09:52,040 --> 00:10:02,320 You see, John 1334 says, a new command I give you, love one another as I have loved you. 181 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,060 So you must love one another. 182 00:10:06,060 --> 00:10:10,080 Have we all been around, I know we have, I know there's going to be 100% participation 183 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,160 in this. 184 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:15,560 We've all been around that person that when they walk in the room, they just light up 185 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:16,780 the room, right? 186 00:10:16,780 --> 00:10:17,960 We all know that person? 187 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:19,680 Oh, come on. 188 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,200 I need some participation here. 189 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,180 Type it in the chat if you have that person that has walked in the room and it lights 190 00:10:26,180 --> 00:10:27,680 up the room. 191 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:28,680 Guess what? 192 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:32,240 It should be you. 193 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,320 That should be me. 194 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:39,840 When I walk into a room, because I have the love of Jesus and he has changed my life and 195 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:44,440 he has changed my outlook on life and he has brought complete and total joy. 196 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,520 When I walk in the room, that room should light up, not because of Dixie, but because 197 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,560 of Jesus in Dixie and because of his love and how he's changed me. 198 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:56,560 I should light up the room when I walk in. 199 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:59,160 You should light up the room when you walk in. 200 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:04,680 We should be contagious with the love of Jesus everywhere we go. 201 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:09,920 Our should affect others and they should join in with us. 202 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,440 We should be likely to spread to one another. 203 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,400 Now listen, I'm going to be straight with you. 204 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:20,800 I am not talking about shoving Jesus down their throat and threatening them with dying 205 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,320 and going to hell. 206 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,660 That is not what I'm talking about. 207 00:11:23,660 --> 00:11:25,400 That is not going to draw people in. 208 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:39,280 I am talking about true, genuine love, true, genuine love that exudes from us every day 209 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:45,480 and makes people naturally drawn to us and they want to know this Jesus that makes you 210 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,160 so contagious. 211 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,160 Our woo is the real thing and it's contagious. 212 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:56,680 Listen we can come in here on Sunday morning like we just did and we worshiped and we raised 213 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:02,640 our hands and we praised God and we lifted up his name, which we should. 214 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:03,640 That's a great thing. 215 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,140 That's what we should. 216 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:11,620 But if no one can see Jesus in you on Monday morning, there's something wrong. 217 00:12:11,620 --> 00:12:13,780 There is something wrong. 218 00:12:13,780 --> 00:12:22,680 If you or me, if we're the grump at work, something's wrong. 219 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:27,640 If we're complaining and whining and grumping in line at the grocery store, because you 220 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,600 know you're in that checkout lane that says seven items or less and the person in front 221 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:41,480 of you has 15 and you're grumping and complaining and acting like a fool, something's wrong. 222 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:42,480 Something's wrong. 223 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:48,140 Now listen, if you are in traffic and someone cuts you off and you're doing the hand gestures 224 00:12:48,140 --> 00:12:53,920 and the yelling, you know what I'm talking about, the one finger wave, if that's you, 225 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,520 something is wrong. 226 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,140 Jesus help us. 227 00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:04,720 Help us with our, woo, Jesus let us love like you do. 228 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:11,160 Did you ever notice in the Bible what Jesus required of his disciples? 229 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:16,880 Do you know that it wasn't this mass, humongous biblical knowledge? 230 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:21,480 Do you know that it wasn't this great zeal for evangelism? 231 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:26,680 Jesus didn't ask his disciples to have a great passion for social justice. 232 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,480 These are all really good things. 233 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:34,800 But you know what the one thing that says that we are a friend of Jesus? 234 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,760 It's love. 235 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:48,520 By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another. 236 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:54,920 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I am nothing but 237 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,000 the creaking of a rusty gate. 238 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:03,360 If I speak God's word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain 239 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:11,000 as day, and if I have faith that says to that mountain jump and it jumps, but I don't love, 240 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,720 I'm nothing. 241 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,320 If I give everything I own to the poor and I even go to the stake and I'm burned as a 242 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:22,000 martyr but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. 243 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:30,640 So no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love. 244 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,720 Love never gives up. 245 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,280 Love never cares. 246 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,920 Love cares more for others than self. 247 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,360 Love doesn't what it doesn't have. 248 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,720 Love doesn't strut. 249 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:51,160 Love doesn't have a swelled head, doesn't force itself on others, isn't always me first, 250 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:57,320 doesn't fly off the handle, doesn't keep score of the sins of others, doesn't revel when 251 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:05,880 others grovel, takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, puts up with anything, trusts God 252 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:13,800 always, always looks for the best, never looks back, but keeps going to the end. 253 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,600 Whew, that's good. 254 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,120 That's hard. 255 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,560 It's hard when that person in front of you at line has 15 items and you're in a hurry 256 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,640 and you need to get home and make dinner and you only got two things and they got in the 257 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,760 wrong line. 258 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,480 It's hard. 259 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,560 Our motto here at LifeHouse is what? 260 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,400 Love God, love people. 261 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,480 The love God's pretty easy, right? 262 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,320 Love people can be a little harder. 263 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,040 Every day, that takes Jesus. 264 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,040 That takes Jesus. 265 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:56,120 So we get to love because he loved us. 266 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:01,640 Because we've been loved by Jesus, we get, notice that word again, I'm emphasizing the 267 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,100 get, we get to go love others with his love. 268 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:10,120 We get to, whew, that's what we get. 269 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:17,720 You see Psalms 118, 24 says, this is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and 270 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,000 be glad in it. 271 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,960 Jesus, this is the day. 272 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:21,960 Guess what? 273 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:26,480 Monday morning, this is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in 274 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:27,480 it. 275 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,720 Tuesday morning, this is the day that the Lord has made and we will be glad and we will 276 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,000 rejoice in it. 277 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,360 Wednesday, this is the day, do you get where I'm going? 278 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,560 Thursday, this is the day. 279 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,480 Friday, this is the day. 280 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,040 Saturday, this is the day. 281 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,000 Sunday, this is the day. 282 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:50,180 Because you see, every day is an opportunity to bless someone. 283 00:16:50,180 --> 00:16:51,640 Every day. 284 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:57,800 Every day is a chance for your, whew, to affect others. 285 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:02,880 Matthew 5, 14 through 16 says, you are the light of the world. 286 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,240 A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 287 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,600 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. 288 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:15,120 Instead, they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house. 289 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:21,520 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds 290 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,160 and glorify your Father in heaven. 291 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,440 Here's another way to put it. 292 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,440 Listen to these words. 293 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:34,040 You're here to be light, bringing out the God colors in this world. 294 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,360 That is not a secret to be kept. 295 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,320 We're going public with this thing. 296 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,400 As public as a city on a hill. 297 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:46,800 If I make you light bearers, do you think I'm gonna hide you under a bucket? 298 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,820 I'm putting you on a light stand. 299 00:17:48,820 --> 00:17:55,360 Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand, shine. 300 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:57,180 Keep an open house. 301 00:17:57,180 --> 00:17:59,200 Be generous with your lives. 302 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:06,560 By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father 303 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,080 in heaven. 304 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:15,480 Listen guys, every day is a chance for your light to shine and light up a room when you 305 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:16,920 walk in. 306 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,320 Every day. 307 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:19,880 Because you know why? 308 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:24,720 This is the day that the Lord has made and will rejoice in it. 309 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:30,120 Every day is a chance for you to bring out the God colors in this world. 310 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:35,520 Because this is the day that the Lord has made and will be glad and rejoice in it. 311 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:40,780 Every day is a chance for you to be generous with your life. 312 00:18:40,780 --> 00:18:45,480 Because this is the day that the Lord has made and will rejoice in it. 313 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:52,320 Every day is a chance for your, woo, to be contagious and affect all of those around 314 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:53,640 you. 315 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:58,680 Every day is an opportunity to bless someone. 316 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:05,440 What would it look like if we woke up every morning and asked Jesus to show us every opportunity 317 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:11,360 to bless someone with our woo to affect those around us? 318 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:17,600 What would it look like if it was so contagious that it started to affect our workplace? 319 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,040 It changed in our workplace because of us. 320 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:27,080 What if our woo was so contagious that it started to affect our neighborhoods? 321 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:33,120 They're like, man, that pen rod house on Nelson Drive, there's something different about those 322 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:34,120 people. 323 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:39,720 There's something different about the pen rods on Nelson Drive. 324 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,120 Maybe in more ways than one. 325 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:47,860 I'm not sure what that means, Pastor Andrew. 326 00:19:47,860 --> 00:19:49,960 But there's something different. 327 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,480 There's something different about those people on Nelson Drive. 328 00:19:52,480 --> 00:20:00,380 What if, what if your woo was so contagious that it began to affect our nation? 329 00:20:00,380 --> 00:20:02,160 You think about that for a minute. 330 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,820 You're not the only believer. 331 00:20:03,820 --> 00:20:10,000 This Life House Church is not the only family of believers in our nation. 332 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,500 Our nation needs change. 333 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:15,220 Our nation needs woo to affect it. 334 00:20:15,220 --> 00:20:16,960 Our nation needs that. 335 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:23,040 Now listen, you guys have had it easy, except for your little laughs this morning. 336 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:28,200 And let me tell you, me doing those woo's this whole time is so out of my comfort zone. 337 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,760 I'm just going to tell you, all right? 338 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:35,280 But I want you guys to do your woo with me. 339 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,560 Because I want you to remember, if you don't remember anything else that I said today, 340 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:45,520 I want that woo to be in your head and you remember why that crazy lady was so loud up 341 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,360 front on Sunday morning. 342 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:52,760 So I want us on the count of three, I want 100% participation, except for I'll maybe 343 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,880 let the babies slide, but maybe they'll get involved too. 344 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,760 I want our loudest woo for Jesus this morning, all right? 345 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:01,760 Ready? 346 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,080 One, two, three. 347 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,400 Woo! 348 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:11,960 Our woo should be contagious. 349 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:17,480 Our woo should be likely to affect those around us. 350 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:18,480 It should spread. 351 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:23,720 Now I was thinking this morning, I didn't share this on Friday night because the family 352 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,760 of believers there didn't hear Pastor Kipp a couple weeks ago. 353 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:31,120 But you remember a couple weeks ago Pastor Kipp was talking about us being ambassadors 354 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:32,960 for Christ. 355 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,880 And he was talking about that that's what we're to do and we're to remember that every 356 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:37,960 day. 357 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,700 And the way he wanted you to remember that, and many of you have done that, is he wanted 358 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,280 you to get a cross. 359 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,320 And he wanted you, it could be a cross necklace, it could be a cross that you put on your memory, 360 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:52,520 but he wanted you to get a cross so that you would remember every single day that you are 361 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,200 an ambassador for Christ. 362 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:00,760 That your woo should be contagious, that you should be likely to affect others. 363 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,720 I want to ask you a question. 364 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,200 Have you taken that seriously? 365 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,600 Have you taken it seriously or are you just like, oh yeah, there's Pastor Kipp, another 366 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,400 thing he wants us to do? 367 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,680 Or man, Dixie's up there being loud this morning, just another thing she wants to do. 368 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:19,440 Do you know that this is what Christ has called us to do? 369 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,000 This isn't a thing to be taken lightly. 370 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:29,840 My woos might be funny and loud, but I can tell you as contagious as Kate was in that 371 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:37,720 CrossFit class at the Y is how contagious Dixie should be in her everyday life. 372 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:44,280 When I walk into the Y, and I do, hopefully two to three times a week, you know, if it's 373 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,840 not raining or snowing or the alarm didn't go off or one of those things, when I walk 374 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,840 into the Y, I should be contagious. 375 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:57,080 People should be looking at me not with the death glare because I'm coughing, but because 376 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:04,600 they see a light in me, they see Jesus in me, and I'm representing that everywhere I 377 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,720 go. 378 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:14,120 Your life, the love of Jesus in you, His joy should be contagious. 379 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:18,000 Your contagious is a good thing. 380 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 It's a good thing. 381 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:25,160 Now I'm going to ask if you guys would stand with me this morning. 382 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,560 And right here at our LifeHouse community, whether you're with us online or you're in 383 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,880 the building, we're going to get ready to pray. 384 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:35,040 Up at our East Shore community, Pastor Eric is going to come and he's going to get ready 385 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,080 to pray. 386 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:43,440 Now maybe somebody's here this morning and you're like, I have no idea what this woman's 387 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:44,840 talking about. 388 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:49,200 I don't have that joy in my life. 389 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:54,560 I don't have that Jesus in my life every day that she's talking about. 390 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,120 Well guess what? 391 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,160 You can this morning. 392 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:03,100 So I'm going to ask if everyone would bow their heads and close their eyes. 393 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:08,920 No one is looking around, but if you don't know for sure this morning that you have Jesus 394 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:15,240 in your life, that you're following Him and that you have His joy, you have, you've not 395 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:22,640 asked Him in to forgive your sins and to make you part of His family, part of our family. 396 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,480 If you don't know that for this morning and you want to know that, I'm just going to ask 397 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:27,920 if you just to raise your hand. 398 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:29,240 I'm not going to ask you to come up front. 399 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,680 I'm not going to ask you to do anything crazy. 400 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:35,760 I just want you to lift your hand and just put it right back down so that we can celebrate 401 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:40,000 and we can walk with you in this new life in Christ. 402 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,520 So if that's you this morning, if that's you, I just want you to raise your hand and I want 403 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,760 you to put it back down. 404 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:51,240 We're just going to give you a minute. 405 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:58,520 All of us here, all of us that are in this building then, don't have any reason not to 406 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:03,120 woo and affect others. 407 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:07,240 There's not one reason. 408 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,540 Not one reason. 409 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:14,760 So this morning I asked the worship team, I had them, I said, listen, this is not a 410 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,320 quiet message. 411 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:21,360 So don't come up here with a really slow and nice even song. 412 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:25,880 I want us to celebrate at the end of this service because I want you to leave here this 413 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:33,480 morning with that woo in your spirit and you remember tomorrow morning when you are on 414 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:38,800 your way to work and that person cuts you off and then you get into work and your boss 415 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:43,440 yells at you and then you get in line at the grocery store on the way home and you're only 416 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,440 picking up two things and you're in the self checkout that's only to be 10 items or less 417 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:54,280 and somebody's in there with a cart full of groceries, that none of that matters. 418 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,920 None of that matters because I don't know if any of you, I know we probably have a lot 419 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:02,520 of Bible scholars in here, I don't know that Jesus had an easy life when he walked the 420 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:07,240 earth and that everything was roses and sunshine for him and that's why he was able to draw 421 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,160 so many to him. 422 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:13,800 No, that wasn't Jesus' life. 423 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,240 I want you to remember that. 424 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:20,440 So I'm going to pray and then I've asked Zach and the worship band to close us out with 425 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:21,440 a song this morning. 426 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:26,640 I thank God because I think we all should thank God because he is worthy and he has 427 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,680 put that in your step and that's what you should be sharing. 428 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,000 So I'm going to pray and then we're going to sing. 429 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,560 Father, God, we thank you for this day. 430 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,400 God, we thank you for your love, your mercy, your grace. 431 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,320 We thank you for the joy that you bring into our lives. 432 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:49,720 God, we thank you and God, I pray that as we leave this morning that we will remember 433 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,040 that we are ambassadors for Christ. 434 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:57,000 We will remember that it's a good thing for us to be contagious with your love and with 435 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:04,200 your joy and we will remember to share that with all of those around us. 436 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:10,480 We will be that person that lights up the room when we walk in because your word has 437 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,680 called us to that. 438 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,000 We will do that. 439 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,760 Father, we thank you for your mercy. 440 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,640 We thank you for your grace because none of us are perfect and we're not going to get 441 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:27,200 this right every day, but you love us anyway and you give us another opportunity. 442 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:32,440 You give us another day to say this is the day that the Lord hath made and I will rejoice 443 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,600 and be glad in it every single day. 444 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,340 Father, we thank you. 445 00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:40,160 We love you. 446 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:41,160 Your precious name we pray. 447 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:42,160 And everyone say. 448 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:52,200 Thank you for tuning in to this message from Life House Church. 449 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,240 We pray that you were impacted powerfully by this message. 450 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,000 If you have been personally affected by our ministry and you would like to partner with 451 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:12,600 us as we love God, love people every day, visit our website at www.lifehousecog.com.