1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,680 Thank you for listening to this message from LifeHouse Church. 2 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:18,680 Good morning, good morning. 3 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,720 Listen, turn someone. 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:21,960 You're already talking to somebody. 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,600 See, Mazza just turned to somebody else right now. 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,700 Say hello, welcome them to LifeHouse. 7 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:30,680 It's good to have you here in the house at Carlisle. 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,720 If you're at East Shore, if you're online, join us online. 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,640 You can just type in the chat and they'd love to, our host online, hosts would love to talk 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,740 with you and chat with you this morning. 11 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:42,160 But it's good to be in God's house. 12 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:43,520 It's good to feel God's presence. 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:44,520 Amen. 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,920 It's come to lift up His name. 15 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:46,920 How many came? 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,160 How many came expecting something this morning? 17 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:50,160 Anybody? 18 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:51,160 Good, about six of you. 19 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:53,600 All right, well you're going to be the ones that receive something, right? 20 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,360 Because expectation is part of it. 21 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,480 And really, you know, I was thinking about those kids that go to Winterfest. 22 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,160 Years ago, I went many, many times to Winterfest as a youth pastor and I remember going. 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,920 I remember the excitement ahead of time, getting ready to go on that trip. 24 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,960 And it wasn't just, you know, the fact of getting together, but we went expecting God 25 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:12,800 to do something every time we went. 26 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:13,800 And you know what? 27 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:14,800 God meets expectation. 28 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:15,800 He always did. 29 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:16,800 He always showed up. 30 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,600 Said, we should come to church same way. 31 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,680 You should come expecting to receive from God whatever God has for you, whatever the 32 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,120 Holy Spirit has for you this morning, that He'll just speak into your heart and life 33 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,120 in some way. 34 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,120 In some way He'll do it. 35 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,120 Amen? 36 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,120 All right, I got more of you on board. 37 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,520 Well, listen, I'm going to start this message with a statement this morning and it's this, 38 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:40,480 that sometimes the path forward requires us letting go of what we know right now. 39 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,040 Okay, let me say that again. 40 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:49,920 Sometimes the path forward is letting go of what we know right now. 41 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,920 Sometimes the go forward, you got to forget about what you know currently. 42 00:01:53,920 --> 00:02:00,480 And I did some little remodel job at my house just recently and I ended up having to do 43 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:01,480 some drywall work. 44 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,480 Actually, that's why I wasn't in the pulpit last week. 45 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:10,440 I got a sinus infection from it, but I did some drywall work and I've done drywall at 46 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:11,440 different times. 47 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:12,440 I'm a weekend warrior. 48 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,680 I tried to get it done a little bit. 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,160 And normally how this works for me with drywall is I'll put a piece of drywall up here. 50 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,000 I'll put a piece of drywall there and you're supposed to tape it on the joint. 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,000 So I'll take a bunch of spackling and I'll smear it all down. 52 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,320 How many know the more the merrier? 53 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,720 That's what my theory is. 54 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:29,720 The more the merrier. 55 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,600 I'll put a bunch in there and I'll slap the tape on. 56 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:36,160 Then I'll put a bunch on top and then I come back a day later and I sand for 45 minutes 57 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,320 because I got all this putty. 58 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Then I come back and I do it again, slap a bunch more on and about six or eight coats 59 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,480 later I got something that's almost worth painting, kind of. 60 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,160 And I did that for years and years. 61 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,560 That's just how I did it. 62 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,040 And I was self-taught and you could tell. 63 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,760 I was self-taught and one day I got the bright idea. 64 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:55,760 You know what? 65 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,840 I should watch a YouTube video and see how the professionals do it. 66 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,400 I do it like this over here. 67 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,680 I thought, wonder how they do it over there. 68 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,440 I wonder how the guys that do it every single day. 69 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:09,360 And I watched this YouTube video and it changed my drywall life. 70 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:10,360 It really did. 71 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,080 I watched this and one, two, three, three coats. 72 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,080 They got it. 73 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,080 They got tape. 74 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,000 I found out less is more when you're doing it. 75 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,560 And you put that drywall compound on and the next couple of times I did it, two, three 76 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,640 times, I actually got it half decent where you could paint the crazy thing. 77 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:29,240 It looked all right. 78 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,040 Sometimes you got to forget what you know to move forward. 79 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,840 Sometimes you got to forget how you're doing things and thinking things over here and understand 80 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,400 how they do it over there. 81 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,800 And it's the same way in the kingdom of God. 82 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,160 Sometimes you got to forget about what you're doing here and what you think and what you 83 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,640 think you know about here and find out how they do it over there. 84 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,680 You got to think, forget about how it worked in the kingdom of man and you got to find 85 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,800 out how it works in the kingdom of God and lean on that. 86 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,520 And I got to just forget how it works here and go over there. 87 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,160 Find out how it works over there. 88 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,160 So this morning we're going to land in the book of James. 89 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,120 I'm going to give you a scripture too before that, but we're going to go to the book of 90 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:11,600 James because James is great at talking about how it works over there. 91 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,320 Say over there this morning. 92 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,480 It's about being over there, right? 93 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,960 James is great about giving us life and telling us about how it works over there. 94 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,040 And we are going to go to chapter one if you're heading that direction. 95 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:30,760 And because you need to know that because what is done over there and this is an important 96 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,000 thing to understand. 97 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,040 What's done over there can actually be done here. 98 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,800 When we're talking about the kingdom of God and we're talking about the kingdom of man, 99 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:47,720 what's done in the kingdom of God can actually be done over here in the kingdom of man. 100 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,160 What happens in the kingdom of God can be duplicated in the kingdom of man. 101 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:53,160 It really can. 102 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,600 Jesus said this when he was talking to his disciples about how to pray. 103 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:57,920 And I know you all know this scripture. 104 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,560 If you've been in church any length of time, you've heard this in Matthew 6, 9, right? 105 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:02,560 The Lord's Prayer. 106 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,920 In this manner, therefore pray. 107 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:05,920 Our Father in heaven. 108 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:06,920 Most of you could quote this, right? 109 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,840 Hallowed be your name. 110 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:10,680 Your kingdom come. 111 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:15,200 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 112 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,520 Your will be done here just like it is in heaven. 113 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,680 Jesus said when you're going to pray, you should pray that way. 114 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,000 How it's done here, how it's done there can be done here. 115 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,760 And some people look at that and they'll say, well, yeah, when Jesus returns and he's Lord 116 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:35,360 and King of all, when he comes back again and he puts away all powers and all kingdoms 117 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,360 and he's ruling all of it, absolutely. 118 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,920 But I got to take you to another scripture because I think it happens before all that 119 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,620 because in Luke 17, 20, Jesus says this. 120 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:52,280 Now when he he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom would come, he answered them 121 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:56,680 and said the kingdom of God does not come with observation, nor will they say, see here 122 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:01,920 or see there, for indeed the kingdom of God is within you. 123 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,840 So I kind of put those two together. 124 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:08,840 And if I'm getting this right, you know, if you put those two together, what happens in 125 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:15,880 the kingdom over there can happen in the kingdom of man here in and through us. 126 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,280 So this morning we're going to go to the Book of James and we're going to see what we can 127 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:22,560 duplicate from over there and make it happen over here. 128 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:23,560 All right. 129 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,880 In the Book of James, chapter one, verse one, turn to somebody, tell them one more time. 130 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,640 Listen, think about how it works over there. 131 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,780 Tell them how see how it works over there. 132 00:06:31,780 --> 00:06:32,780 See how it works over there. 133 00:06:32,780 --> 00:06:33,780 Come on. 134 00:06:33,780 --> 00:06:35,080 I want to get this in your head in your spirit. 135 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,520 I don't see me think I'm just getting you to do something. 136 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,720 I want you to get it in your spirit. 137 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,000 Let's pray before we read the word. 138 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,680 Lord, I thank you for this day for your mercy, your love. 139 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,760 I thank you for the word of God that sets us straight. 140 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,800 God that gives us makes us whole. 141 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,440 God gives us wisdom, gives us guidance and gives us direction. 142 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:57,840 Lord, I pray that your word will go forth, Lord, and God, it would settle into our spirits. 143 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:02,640 God write it on our hearts, write it on our minds and God change how we do things because 144 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,320 of you in Jesus name and everybody said together. 145 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:06,320 Amen. 146 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:07,320 Amen. 147 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,080 Let's read verse one and we're starting at verse one and says this James, a bond servant 148 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,760 of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad. 149 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:20,120 Greetings, my brother counted all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that 150 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,680 the testing of your faith produces patience, but let patience have its perfect work that 151 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,600 you may be perfect and complete lacking nothing. 152 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:32,160 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all liberally and without reproach 153 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,840 and it will be given to him. 154 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:41,720 But let him ask in faith with no doubting for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea 155 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:46,320 and driven and tossed by the wind for let not that man suppose that he will receive 156 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,160 anything from the Lord. 157 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:54,120 He's a double minded man, unstable in all his ways. 158 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:59,400 James hits a kingdom truth at the onset of this letter that he's writing to all the churches 159 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:05,720 and to the tribes 12 12 tribes of Israel and he stays something that is true 100% of the 160 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:11,560 time in the kingdom of God and it's this the only way to receive anything from God when 161 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:17,360 asking right is to ask in faith. 162 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:18,520 Look at the person beside you. 163 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,520 Don't say anything. 164 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,280 Just look at him right now. 165 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,240 If they're asking God for something, just stare at him for a second. 166 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,240 Make it awkward. 167 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,240 All right. 168 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,240 Just stare at him for a second. 169 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,760 If they're asking God for something and they're not asking in faith, you know what they're 170 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:31,760 receiving? 171 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:32,760 Say with me. 172 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:33,760 Nothing. 173 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:34,760 Nothing. 174 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:35,760 Right. 175 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,600 They're receiving exactly zero from God if they don't come and ask in faith and this 176 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,680 is true all the time. 177 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:44,160 It's not some of the time. 178 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:45,480 It's not occasionally. 179 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:46,940 It's not sporadically. 180 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:48,880 It's not on every other Tuesday of the month. 181 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:49,880 Right. 182 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,000 This is all the time. 183 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,840 If we come to God and we're asking in prayer for something, if we're making a request, 184 00:08:55,840 --> 00:09:04,080 it needs to be accompanied with faith in God or we're probably wasting our time. 185 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:05,920 We're probably wasting our energy. 186 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,960 We're probably wasting our words. 187 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:08,960 Right. 188 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,980 We might be wasting heaven's time. 189 00:09:10,980 --> 00:09:12,400 This is important. 190 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,960 This is how it works over there. 191 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:15,960 Somehow. 192 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,960 Right. 193 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,000 And this is incredibly important because somehow we get the notion in our heads and in our 194 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:25,880 minds that God responds to every single prayer that's thrown up there at him. 195 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:31,680 He answers everything no matter who it is and how it's tossed his way. 196 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:32,680 God answers prayers. 197 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:33,680 Right. 198 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:35,800 Somehow we think it's in his job description. 199 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,960 God's job description is to answer in all prayers and we particularly believe this for 200 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:40,960 Christians. 201 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:41,960 Right. 202 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,120 If we're followers of Jesus Christ, well, he has to answer my prayer. 203 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:46,120 Right. 204 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:47,120 It's required. 205 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,560 I mean, I believe in Jesus. 206 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:49,880 I follow Jesus. 207 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,800 I got my cross necklace on. 208 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,160 Some of you got your cross necklace on. 209 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,800 I got my cross necklace on. 210 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,200 I'm an ambassador for Jesus Christ. 211 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,200 When I pray, he's got to answer me. 212 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:00,200 Right. 213 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,480 I got a fish sticker on my car. 214 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:04,480 I listen to Christian music all the time. 215 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,160 It's just tuned in all the time. 216 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:07,160 Right. 217 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,160 Christian t-shirt. 218 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:09,160 I wear it every single day. 219 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,440 Got a different t-shirt for every day of the week. 220 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,440 Right. 221 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,360 Well, I got a news flash for you. 222 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,280 James is writing to Christians in this passage. 223 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:26,200 If we have no faith in God, when we ask God, we can expect exactly nothing from God. 224 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,320 And we all know that hearing and responding are two different things. 225 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,320 Right. 226 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:36,400 If you live in a household with more than two people, you understand the fact that hearing 227 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,960 and responding are two different things. 228 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,120 How many know somebody can be talking, talking, talking. 229 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:47,620 Somebody can be listening, listening, listening, but nobody's responding, responding, responding. 230 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:49,600 I've got five grandchildren. 231 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,100 And when they come over to the house, sometimes I'm talking, talking, talking. 232 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:56,900 And I know they're listening because they're not deaf. 233 00:10:56,900 --> 00:10:57,900 They can hear. 234 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:58,900 Right. 235 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:02,440 And I'll be telling them, listen, I don't want you getting into the snacks right now 236 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,440 because supper is in about 20 minutes and you're going to ruin your supper. 237 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,080 And I'm talking, talking, talking. 238 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,160 And I know they can hear me. 239 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,160 They can hear me. 240 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,160 They can hear me. 241 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,360 But they're not responding at all. 242 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,760 They're just like, my pop didn't say a thing. 243 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,240 They're just, they know exactly where the snacks are because we got one cupboard. 244 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,400 You open the cupboard door and there's a slider you pull out and they can see all the snacks. 245 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,920 They know exactly where to go. 246 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:26,920 And they're heading that way. 247 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:27,920 I said, I know what they're thinking. 248 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,560 I know what you're doing. 249 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:30,560 Stop going that direction. 250 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:31,560 We're about ready to have supper. 251 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,140 We're about ready to eat a meal. 252 00:11:33,140 --> 00:11:34,960 You can't be eating snacks right now. 253 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,520 And they're, I'm talking and they're listening. 254 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:38,520 Right. 255 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,280 But they're not responding to a doggone thing. 256 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,420 They just keep beelining for the snacks. 257 00:11:42,420 --> 00:11:44,120 They keep opening the door. 258 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,500 They're sliding it on out. 259 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:46,880 They're examining the goods. 260 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,360 I'm going to know you got to get in there and see what's in the goods because we keep 261 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,160 that packed up in there. 262 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,160 Right. 263 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:58,160 And it's like in the kingdom of God, if you want God to respond, you need to attach faith 264 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,720 to your prayer. 265 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,480 Our prayer has to have faith in God attached to it. 266 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,220 In addition to it's how it works in the kingdom of heaven. 267 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:09,920 It's how it works over there. 268 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:14,960 Do you know that if you could right now, if you could, and I don't want you to do this, 269 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:15,960 please don't. 270 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:16,960 Okay. 271 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:18,240 I don't want you to die in the next 10 seconds. 272 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:19,240 Please do not do that. 273 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,240 Right. 274 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,200 That would change things drastically this morning. 275 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,120 But if we would pass from this life in this, in the next 10 seconds and we could go to 276 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:30,400 heaven and we could take a poll and that's assuming you're going to heaven. 277 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:31,400 Right. 278 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,960 And we could take a poll when you got there and you'd be asking, is there anybody here 279 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,880 who lacks faith in heaven? 280 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,720 Is there any of you that are low on faith in heaven? 281 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,760 Do you know what you would find out? 282 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,760 There's no faithless people in heaven. 283 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,800 Do you know what you'd find out? 284 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,000 There's no faithless angels in heaven. 285 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,920 There's no faithless creatures in heaven. 286 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,320 And matter of fact, everybody, nobody's up there going, you know, I wonder if God can 287 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,440 do that. 288 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,760 Hmm. 289 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,160 You wouldn't find that in all of heaven. 290 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,640 All of heaven has complete faith in God. 291 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,240 They all believe and all of heaven, anything's possible in heaven. 292 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,400 Do you know that? 293 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,320 Anything's possible where God is. 294 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,160 Anything's possible where there's faith that takes place. 295 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:18,320 If you've got complete faith in God, anything can take place. 296 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:24,640 And in all of heaven, all the millions and millions and millions and billions of people 297 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,640 that are currently in heaven, there's not one faithless person there. 298 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,040 Every single one of them has faith in the father, have faith in the son, have faith 299 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,160 in the Holy Spirit, and there is nothing that's impossible. 300 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,920 We got to understand it's how it works over there. 301 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:43,680 In the kingdom of God, listen, in the kingdom of God, they've got faith. 302 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:51,040 So when you make a request, if you want God to respond, have faith with your request. 303 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,040 It moves you. 304 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:53,040 Think of it this way. 305 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,400 It moves your request to the respond pile. 306 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,800 How many of you know there's a respond pile sometimes? 307 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,220 You say, anybody ever call in somewhere and you know you're not on the respond pile? 308 00:14:02,220 --> 00:14:03,480 It moves it to the response pile. 309 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:04,920 Listen, James lays it out, right? 310 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:10,480 He says this in 1 6, but let him ask in faith with no doubting for he who doubts is like 311 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,680 a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 312 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:17,200 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. 313 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,880 He is double-minded and unstable in all his ways. 314 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:27,500 God's not responding to wishy washy, half faith, half doubt prayers. 315 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,340 He's looking for pure faith attached to the prayer. 316 00:14:31,340 --> 00:14:32,340 It's a must. 317 00:14:32,340 --> 00:14:33,340 It's a minimum. 318 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:34,960 We get this all wrong. 319 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,400 We really do sometimes. 320 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:42,120 We think if we pray the right kind of prayer, then we'll hear from God. 321 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,200 God will respond if we use the right kind of words. 322 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:52,300 If they're churchy enough words and they sound holy enough, then God's going to respond. 323 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:56,960 If I get the right cadence when I pray and I got the right rhythm when I pray, well, 324 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,680 then God responds to those kind of prayers. 325 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:00,960 Right kind of vocabulary. 326 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:06,000 Maybe even if I say it enough times, but our words don't impress God. 327 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,840 What impresses God is if there's faith attached to whatever word you're speaking to. 328 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,080 It's not the words. 329 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,240 It's the faith in the words. 330 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:19,440 When we come and ask God for something, when we ask God, when we make a request, it's how 331 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,480 it works over there and it's how we need to do it here. 332 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,320 We ask God for the right thing and you got to ask for the right thing. 333 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,400 You got to ask according to his will. 334 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:29,400 That's in scripture. 335 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,280 You got to ask something that's according to his purpose. 336 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:37,000 But if faith is attached, he hears and he will answer. 337 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,000 He will respond. 338 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,400 Now, I didn't say he'd give you the answer you want. 339 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,000 I said he'll respond in some way. 340 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Right? 341 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,680 You'll receive a response from God. 342 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:46,680 Amen. 343 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:47,680 You with me? 344 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:48,680 All right. 345 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:49,680 All right, pastor. 346 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:50,680 Okay, pastor. 347 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:51,680 I get it. 348 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:52,680 Right? 349 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:53,680 I need to have faith. 350 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,320 I got to have faith in my prayer. 351 00:15:55,320 --> 00:16:00,400 But exactly how much faith do I need to have with that prayer? 352 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,400 What's that look like? 353 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:08,960 You know, if I want to pray and I got to attach faith to that prayer, is that like a two out 354 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,520 of 10 kind of faith with my prayer and got to respond? 355 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,920 Is that a four out of 10? 356 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,040 Is it a six out of 10? 357 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,880 Or is it got to be like a nine point five out of 10 before God responds? 358 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:22,880 Right? 359 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,840 I'm going to do a two to five on the Richter scale with my faith and God will respond to 360 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,440 whatever I'm praying about. 361 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,000 I'm not sure, pastor. 362 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,000 What is it? 363 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Right? 364 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 How much faith do I got to have? 365 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,080 And a lot of times, you know, you get this kind of discussion going with people and it's 366 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,040 almost like some kind of faith scale, you know, that you got to be on like how much 367 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,040 is enough? 368 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,040 Right? 369 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,040 When do I get there? 370 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,040 And here's what I believe. 371 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,400 And you can argue with me if you want later on. 372 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,200 I'd be glad to answer any emails. 373 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:50,200 Please send them. 374 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:51,200 Okay. 375 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,760 We either have faith in God or we doubt God. 376 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:55,760 We have faith. 377 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:56,760 I see it a little bit differently. 378 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,960 And I think you see it in scripture. 379 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,920 I either have faith in God or I doubt what God's saying. 380 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:02,920 Right? 381 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,320 We either are functioning in a moment of faith or we are functioning in a moment of doubt. 382 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,320 Right? 383 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:13,520 Someone says some day, some days my faith is lower than others. 384 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,320 I think some days you're just walking in faith more than you're walking in doubt. 385 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,320 I think some days you're in the doubt lane a lot more. 386 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:21,320 Right? 387 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,440 You're driving over in the doubt lane instead of jumping on faith highway. 388 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,440 You're just kind of engaged in the doubting sector of things. 389 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:35,240 And in a moment in time, you know, that you've got faith in another moment in time, you're 390 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,760 completing down in God. 391 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:37,760 It really true. 392 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,840 And I know what some of you Bible scholars are thinking. 393 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:44,600 Wouldn't Jesus tell the disciples that you need to have faith the size of a mustard seed? 394 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,880 So isn't that a scale thing? 395 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:47,880 Right? 396 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:48,880 That's in scripture. 397 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,960 And, you know, I just got to have mustard seed size faith. 398 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:58,200 If I have a mustard seed here of faith and I mix that with all my doubt over here. 399 00:17:58,200 --> 00:17:59,200 Right? 400 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,960 Well, then I can speak to mountains and they'll move. 401 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,320 That's what the word of God says. 402 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,120 If it's a scale thing. 403 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,120 Right? 404 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:11,720 See, if that's what it is, a little bit of seed of faith and a whole bunch of my doubt 405 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,280 and I can speak to first of all, how many, how many, how many that's worked out really 406 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,840 well for you? 407 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:22,120 Just a little bit of faith and a whole bunch of my doubt and God moves mountains for me. 408 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:28,080 Well, let's see what Jesus had to say when he was talking about the mustard seed of faith 409 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,080 in Luke 17 five. 410 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,360 It says this and the apostle said to the Lord, increase our faith. 411 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,880 They come with a scale question. 412 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:35,880 Right? 413 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,160 The disciples come to Jesus and they say, I need to know what the scale is. 414 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,800 Jesus, what increase our faith. 415 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,340 We want to have more faith. 416 00:18:42,340 --> 00:18:48,440 So the Lord said, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, be 417 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,580 pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea and it will obey you. 418 00:18:52,580 --> 00:18:57,160 What was Jesus answer to the faith scale question by the disciples posed by? 419 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,440 Oh, I can tell you what he didn't answer. 420 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,680 He didn't say, go exercise your faith, build your faith muscles. 421 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,000 I've preached this, right? 422 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,560 I'm preaching against myself right now. 423 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,560 All right. 424 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,040 Go build your faith muscles. 425 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,440 Start on something little. 426 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:11,920 Start on something tiny. 427 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,640 Believe for that and then just go to the next thing. 428 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:14,640 It's a little bigger. 429 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:15,640 Right? 430 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:16,640 How many of you ever heard that kind of talk before? 431 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:17,640 Right? 432 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,280 Talking about just keep working at it. 433 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,280 Build it. 434 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:21,280 It's kind of like lifting weights. 435 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,280 Right? 436 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:23,280 Just add another pound on. 437 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,680 Just add another pound of faith on it and you're going to get bigger and bigger. 438 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,360 But that's not what Jesus said. 439 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:30,200 He didn't say, go exercise your faith. 440 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:36,040 He said, if you have faith as a mustard seed and you might think, well, that's a scale thing. 441 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,040 Right? 442 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,040 I just need a little bit of something. 443 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,600 I just need a pinch of faith, but I don't think it was a pinch. 444 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,400 I don't think it was an amount of thing. 445 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,320 I don't think it was a scale and size thing. 446 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,880 I think it was a time thing. 447 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,080 It was a timing thing. 448 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:51,760 I think it's a moment thing. 449 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:58,440 I think if you have a small amount of pure faith, no doubt, just pure faith in a moment 450 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:03,800 of time, you can say to a mulberry tree, be plucked up and thrown into the sea. 451 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:09,160 And if you've got pure faith in God in that moment in time, it can happen. 452 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,160 Right? 453 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:15,360 But seriously, how many of you have ever tried to live this verse out using the scale method? 454 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:16,360 Right? 455 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,960 Just a little bit of doubt or a little bit of faith in with my doubt. 456 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,200 How many of you have ever done that? 457 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,200 Right? 458 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,720 I got just a little bit of faith over here, but I got a whole bunch of doubt. 459 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,720 I'm going to go over and talk to this mulberry tree. 460 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:31,560 I'm going to tell that mountain to be moved and it just moved right out of the way. 461 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,040 Anybody have that happen in here? 462 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,240 It is a moment of faith. 463 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:37,240 This is a moment. 464 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:38,240 Say it. 465 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:39,240 Hmm. 466 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,240 Yeah. 467 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,240 Right? 468 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,440 Jesus says this in Matthew 17, 19. 469 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:44,440 He says it again. 470 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,520 Then the disciples came to him privately and said, why could we not cast it out? 471 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:53,520 He's talking about they were trying to cast out a demon possessed individual. 472 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:59,680 So Jesus said to them, because of your unbelief, because of your doubt, for shortly I say to 473 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,640 you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you'll say to this mountain move from here 474 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:10,480 to there and it'll move and nothing will be impossible for you. 475 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,640 Hmm. 476 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,320 If the mountain doesn't move, if the mulberry tree won't be plucked up, if the demon doesn't 477 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,920 come out, does that mean you didn't have enough faith? 478 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:25,400 Or maybe you just didn't have pure faith in that moment. 479 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,800 How much faith is mustard seed? 480 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,320 If God told us they have mustard seed faith, but he didn't tell us how much that really 481 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,320 was, right? 482 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:33,320 That's kind of tough. 483 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,960 Was that a one out of 10, two out of 10 or three out of 10? 484 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:36,960 I don't know. 485 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:37,960 Right? 486 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:38,960 What is that? 487 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,000 You know, maybe, maybe it's a four out of 10. 488 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,440 You get the four out of 10, bazinga. 489 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,200 You get the miracle, right? 490 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:45,200 Say bazinga. 491 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,960 It's a fun word to say. 492 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,080 All right. 493 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,040 I don't think Jesus was giving them a faith scale. 494 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,040 You can disagree with me. 495 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,040 You want that's okay. 496 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,040 That's fine. 497 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:55,040 You can take a look at it. 498 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,200 I think it was more like this. 499 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,600 I think it was about a moment of pure faith. 500 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,400 I think it was a moment by moment of pure faith. 501 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,320 I think it was a single moment of pure faith in God and you get the next moment of pure 502 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,080 faith in God and God began. 503 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,580 He can begin no doubt included, zero doubt, right? 504 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:13,500 Just like it, just like they do it over there in heaven. 505 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:19,380 We do it here and it is pure faith in God in those moments and God begins to work. 506 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:20,380 He meets it. 507 00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:22,940 I think James nailed it, right? 508 00:22:22,940 --> 00:22:26,320 Because I don't think faith and doubt can coexist. 509 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:27,880 I don't think I can say, you know what? 510 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,180 I got complete faith, but I think I doubt. 511 00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:32,400 One doesn't go with the other. 512 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,800 I don't think you can say you've got one. 513 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,400 I completely believe, but I really, I doubt it. 514 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:40,400 Right? 515 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,400 That's kind of how many of you ever get a vanilla and chocolate swirl ice cream? 516 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,520 I don't think you can do that in this, right? 517 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,560 I know that's ice cream flavors, but I don't think you can say I got doubt and I got faith 518 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:51,560 at the same time. 519 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,560 They don't exist. 520 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:53,560 Right? 521 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,480 It's like saying I'm going to do a trust fall and I was going to get somebody to do this, 522 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,600 but I figured I might drop them so I won't. 523 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,520 But it's like saying I'm going to do a trust fall, but you really don't have to fall. 524 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:02,520 Right? 525 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,200 Do you ever do a trust fall with somebody? 526 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:05,200 How many know what trust fall is? 527 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,200 Raise your hand if you know what trust fall is. 528 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Okay. 529 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,200 You can type it in the chat if you're listening online. 530 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,200 Right? 531 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,200 What's a trust fall? 532 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:14,280 Well, somebody comes up, they close their eyes, they put their arms out and then they 533 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,760 just trust the person behind them to catch them. 534 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,040 So they just fall backwards into that person's arms and they're believing they can catch 535 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:23,040 them. 536 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:27,080 Now how many of you come up, close your eyes and lift your arms out and say, I trust you, 537 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,080 but I doubt it. 538 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,080 Is that faith? 539 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:34,080 Or do you ever see somebody do a trust fall and they're gone? 540 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,080 Right? 541 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:39,000 They're rubber-necking, they're trying to see somebody's back, they're going to catch 542 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,000 them. 543 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Right? 544 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 They don't coexist. 545 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:47,520 And maybe an easier way for you to think about it is I think there's a house of faith and 546 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,340 there's a house of doubt. 547 00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:50,760 You can think of it as a house. 548 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,520 There's two houses sitting right beside each other and they got doorways. 549 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,100 And I think you're either in the house of faith or you're in the house of doubt. 550 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:01,520 You can either go in the door one or you can go in the other and you can jump back and 551 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,720 forth pretty quick because they're right next door to each other. 552 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:04,720 Right? 553 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,920 You can get from the house of faith to the house of doubt quickly. 554 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,200 And matter of fact, really quickly, but you're going in one or you're going in the other 555 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,720 and you can't be in both houses at one time. 556 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,800 And if you're trying to jump between the two, if you're trying to go from the house of faith 557 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:26,080 to the house of doubt, this is why we get so tired mentally and emotionally and spiritually. 558 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,760 If we're waffle in between the two, if we're wishy washy, like what James is talking about, 559 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:34,240 you get exhausted because you believe for one minute and you hurry up, open the door, 560 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,240 you run over it up there. 561 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,240 I doubt it. 562 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,240 I doubt it. 563 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:38,240 I doubt it. 564 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,240 Then you run back into the other house. 565 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,240 Right? 566 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,240 And I believe, I believe, believe, and you jump back and forth. 567 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,680 How many of that will mentally exhaust you? 568 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,240 Did you ever notice the people that are in one or the other are settled in their lives? 569 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,200 Did you ever notice that if the person's of faith and they're like, you know what? 570 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,760 I think I'm just going to park it here. 571 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,560 I think I'm just going to believe God fully here. 572 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,520 Did you ever meet people like that? 573 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,240 It's like, don't sweat it, man. 574 00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,240 God's got it. 575 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,240 It's all good. 576 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:01,720 You know, I'm just going to hang out here. 577 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,000 Jesus is in control. 578 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,760 I know there's chaos and there's craziness going on around me. 579 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:06,760 I understand. 580 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:07,760 I read. 581 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:08,760 I check the news. 582 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,520 I do all those things, but I'm just going to hang out here because Jesus has it all. 583 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,600 Did you ever notice how settled they are? 584 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,160 And did you ever notice the person who's doubt, complete doubt? 585 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,360 They don't believe in God. 586 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,800 You know, now listen, they're not going to receive anything from God. 587 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:25,340 And one day they're going to stand before their maker and hell stand before them. 588 00:25:25,340 --> 00:25:29,320 But at least there's over here in the doubt house and they just don't believe in God at 589 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,320 all. 590 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,320 And they're just completely settled. 591 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,420 Like I doubt it all the time, but they're not running around back and forth. 592 00:25:35,420 --> 00:25:37,140 They're not going to get anything from God. 593 00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:40,520 And one day hell will be in front of them. 594 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:45,100 But listen, the more time you spend in this house, the more settled you're going to get 595 00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:49,720 in your spirit, the more time you getting over into the house of faith. 596 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,000 God's going to be able to get to move because he can't catch you when you're running around 597 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,540 back and forth, right? 598 00:25:54,540 --> 00:25:59,200 You're running over into doubt all the time and you, he's not, he can't even follow you. 599 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:00,200 You're running back and forth. 600 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:07,000 It is, it is getting, listen, James was saying, when you pray, when you ask God for something, 601 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,040 get in the house of faith, stay there as many moments as you can. 602 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,360 I know we're not perfect. 603 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,280 I know some of us doubt sometimes, right? 604 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,360 We all do. 605 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:18,600 We get those moments, but don't stay there. 606 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,600 Run back to the house of faith. 607 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:21,600 Get back, come on. 608 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,600 Is anybody listening to me? 609 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:23,600 You hear me this morning? 610 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:24,600 Give me an amen. 611 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,280 Just if you think it's true, come on, right? 612 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:33,400 In the kingdom of God, I keep my eyes on Jesus and I park in the faith house. 613 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,480 And let me, let me show you exactly what I'm talking about in scripture. 614 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:42,800 In Matthew 14, 25 says this, now in the fourth watch of the night, say the fourth watch, 615 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,140 that's late at night, right? 616 00:26:44,140 --> 00:26:47,720 When Jesus went to them walking on the sea. 617 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:48,840 Now I want you to picture this. 618 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,000 The disciples are out in a boat. 619 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,040 The day before this takes place, they were on a hillside. 620 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,920 They're ministering to people. 621 00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,880 Thousands and thousands of people show up, about 5,000 men actually, and their families. 622 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,400 And they're there listening to Jesus and Jesus is healing. 623 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:04,400 He's preaching. 624 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,400 He's doing all these things. 625 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,040 As a matter of fact, the day gets late. 626 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:08,160 They all need food. 627 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,000 Jesus takes some loaves of bread and some fish. 628 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,120 He breaks it and they feed all 5,000. 629 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:14,680 The healing miracle takes place. 630 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:19,160 At the end of that day, he tells the disciples, I want you to get in a boat, head over to 631 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,160 the Sea of Galilee. 632 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,280 I want you to head the other side. 633 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,280 I'm going up here to pray. 634 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:23,720 I'm going to spend time with the Father. 635 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,040 He doesn't go with them. 636 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,520 So he sends them out. 637 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:27,520 They're out in the nighttime. 638 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,040 The sea is rough and it's dark. 639 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,640 And all of a sudden Jesus comes walking to them on the water. 640 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,640 And that's what's happening here, right? 641 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,880 It says this, then the disciples saw him walking on the sea. 642 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:39,880 They were troubled. 643 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:40,880 They were freaking out. 644 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:41,880 All right. 645 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:42,880 Saying it's a ghost. 646 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,260 They cried out for fear. 647 00:27:44,260 --> 00:27:47,080 But immediately Jesus spoke to them saying, be of good cheer. 648 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,080 It is I. 649 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,040 Do not be afraid. 650 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:55,300 And Peter answered and said, Lord, if it is you command me to come to you on the water. 651 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:56,960 So he said, come. 652 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:02,080 And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 653 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,920 He's in the faith house right now. 654 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:04,920 Right. 655 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:09,840 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid and beginning to sink. 656 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,420 He cried out saying, Lord, save me. 657 00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:17,400 And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him and said to him, oh, ye of 658 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,400 little faith. 659 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,000 You're like, oh, oh, oh, there it is. 660 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Right. 661 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,480 Wait, maybe it is a scale thing. 662 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,340 Well, I looked up that word little again. 663 00:28:26,340 --> 00:28:27,640 You can argue with me if you want. 664 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:28,640 It's OK. 665 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:33,040 But one of the meanings of little in this particular portion of scripture means little 666 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,040 occurrence. 667 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,040 OK. 668 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,280 Little occurrence not happening so much. 669 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:45,920 And we'll look what Jesus says next, why did you doubt? 670 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:51,160 I'm not sure Pete fell from a four to a two on the faith scale. 671 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:55,040 I think he left the faith house and went over to the doubt house. 672 00:28:55,040 --> 00:29:00,000 I think he got out of the boat and he started to realize this is how it works over there. 673 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,000 Right. 674 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,160 In the kingdom of God. 675 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:03,800 But then all of a sudden his brain kicked in. 676 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,040 He's like, this isn't how it works in the kingdom of man. 677 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,080 There's a gravity thing in the kingdom of man. 678 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,080 Right. 679 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,080 I'm a fisherman. 680 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,080 I used to go out on a boat. 681 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,840 I never saw anyone walk in the water. 682 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,800 People got on the water sunk. 683 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:16,800 He starts thinking. 684 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:17,800 He starts looking at the waves. 685 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,920 He knows the danger of the waves and what they can do. 686 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:26,360 You know, and he's and all of a sudden he sinks and Jesus gets him by the hand, pulls 687 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,960 up and he says, why did you doubt? 688 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,640 Why do you doubt? 689 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:39,000 Peter tanked because he left that faith house and he stepped over into the doubt house. 690 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,000 That's how quickly we can go. 691 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,000 Right. 692 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,400 It's how easy we can get over there. 693 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,520 He was believing for a minute and went into his head. 694 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:50,040 He forgot how it works over there and he started thinking about how it works here. 695 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:59,940 I'm going to ask if you'd stand. 696 00:29:59,940 --> 00:30:05,760 This is how it works over there in the kingdom and the kingdom of God. 697 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:14,020 James tells us clearly if we come and we make a request, we've got to ask in faith. 698 00:30:14,020 --> 00:30:18,800 So I'm not coming and asking you if you're praying or if you're asking the offer something, 699 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,100 you know, how your prayer life is. 700 00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:24,320 But I'm asking you how your faith life is. 701 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:29,360 Maybe you know, how much time do you spend in the house of faith versus the house of 702 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:30,360 doubt? 703 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,120 I want you to maybe close your eyes for a moment just right now. 704 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:37,300 I want you to focus in on looking on the inside. 705 00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:43,240 But how much time do you spend in the house of faith and how much time do you spend in 706 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:44,240 the house of doubt? 707 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,520 What you do or you run? 708 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,340 You waffle between the two. 709 00:30:48,340 --> 00:30:50,840 You run them back and forth because James says you run them back and forth. 710 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,120 You're not going to receive anything. 711 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:54,120 You're going to waffle. 712 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,000 You're going to wane back and forth. 713 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,460 You got to spend some moments in the house of faith. 714 00:30:59,460 --> 00:31:01,800 You got to meet God in the house of faith. 715 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:06,560 You got to put your trust in along with your words, because if not, you're vainly speaking. 716 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,520 You're vainly asking for something. 717 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,520 You're wasting your time and energy. 718 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,640 If you're asking and asking and asking, you really don't got faith along with it. 719 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:16,640 You might want to stop. 720 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,200 Think about how much faith you got in God. 721 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:22,320 Do you have faith? 722 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:27,400 Because what happens over there can happen here. 723 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,280 We just have to ask Him that way. 724 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:34,600 As you're standing and they're getting ready at East Shore, I know they're getting ready 725 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,800 for Pastor Eric's coming. 726 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,520 If you're listening online, I want you just to find a place to pray because I'm going 727 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,360 to pray in a moment here. 728 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,880 I'm going to say a very short prayer. 729 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,680 As I pray, I want you to do something. 730 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,240 I want you to make your way to the front because I want to pray over us as a congregation. 731 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,160 I know there's a lot of people here this morning, but slide up as close as you can. 732 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,000 Get up here as far as you can if you're able to. 733 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,000 As I pray, I want you to step forward. 734 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:07,000 Thank you for tuning in to this message from Life House Church. 735 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,000 We pray that you were impacted powerfully by this message. 736 00:32:11,000 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