1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,580 Well I hope you're ready today for the word because I've got something to share 2 00:00:05,580 --> 00:00:10,720 with you. This is part two of our series New Beginnings. Some will say New 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:16,520 Beginnings. Amen. And so I am going to invite you. I'm going to read one verse of 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:23,520 Scripture, actually two. Genesis chapter 8 verse 15. Amen. We read it last Sunday, 5 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:28,160 but we're going to read it today in a new light. Amen. As you're going there, 6 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,080 church, I want to remind you members that we have a short meeting after church 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:37,160 today, so please stick around for a few moments. Immediately after our service, 8 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:43,400 we have some updates to share with you. Amen. Praise God. Praise God. Amen. And 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,800 if you're in a city group, we want to encourage you to keep plugging into your 10 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,000 city group. I've been enjoying my city group, man. We've been having a good time 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 at Friends and Faith, and so if you're plugged in, get plugged in. And if you're 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,560 missed out this semester, well I'm going to tell you now, I encourage you to get 13 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:01,400 plugged in the next semester because God's moving in our city groups. Praise 14 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:07,720 be the Lord. Someone say amen. Amen. Genesis chapter 8 verse 15. Then God said 15 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:16,960 to Noah, leave the boat. All of you. Someone say all of you. You and your wife 16 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:24,080 and your sons and their wives. Church, I'm going to invite you today to 17 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:32,200 incline your ear to limit, remove all distractions because I have a lot to 18 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:37,440 cover, and it's not just that I have a lot to cover, but in what I'm covering, 19 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:44,080 there's a lot in it. And so why don't we pray? Amen. Would you join me? Would you 20 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,000 join me in prayer right now? I'm going to invite you to, if you can open up your 21 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,760 heart, if you want to lift your hands, if you want to close your eyes, but I'm 22 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,480 going to invite you to pray sincerely with me that God would speak. Father, we 23 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,520 come before you right now in your name. And we thank you God for, for you woke 24 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,680 us up this morning and you put the breath of life in us, God, but as we have 25 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,840 come together, Lord, for a time of worship, a time of prayer and fellowship, God, 26 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:14,680 also we have come to hear your word. And I pray, Jesus, for that anointing, that 27 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,680 sweet and precious anointing that we feel in this place, God, would also enable us 28 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,640 divinely got to receive your word, touch my lips of clay, God, so that every word 29 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:29,040 that comes out of my mouth would be your word, God, and that I simply would 30 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:34,160 convey to your people that which you have deposited in my spirit, Lord. I take 31 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,400 authority right now and I bind every spirit that is contrary to the spirit 32 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:44,480 of God. I captivate it right now and I cast it out. I cast it out every opposing 33 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,640 force, every human, not just demonic, but every human spirit that may try to 34 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:54,720 oppose this word. I bind that also in the name of Jesus and I give you God 35 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:59,880 free course in this place to speak to your people, God, right now. In the name of 36 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:05,400 Jesus we give you all the honor and the glory in Jesus' name. Everyone say amen. 37 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:10,000 You may be seated in God's presence. I'm going to speak on this thought. Take your 38 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:17,120 family. As I stand before you today, the world as we know it is rapidly changing. 39 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:26,560 The moral, cultural, and spiritual climate is shifting in unthinkable ways right 40 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:40,680 before our very eyes. And I as a believer, as a follower of Christ, as a husband, as a 41 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:48,760 father, and also as a pastor, have never been more concerned about the state of 42 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:59,040 the apostolic family than I am today. And I've been wrestling in my spirit all 43 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:05,320 week because on the one hand I am carrying such a heavy burden as you can 44 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:12,560 imagine and on the other hand I am very familiar with the spiritual and demonic 45 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,640 resistance that I have to face whenever I address these matters. You have to 46 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:23,520 understand that it's with great fear and trembling that I preach messages like 47 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:31,360 these because I am fighting off demonic attack all week long, facing 48 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:37,640 opposition because if there's one thing the devil doesn't want is for our 49 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:45,560 churches to have healthy strong families. Somebody say amen. Because make no 50 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:52,080 mistake, the one thing the devil wants to mar, to blemish, and to dismantle, it is 51 00:04:52,080 --> 00:05:00,360 the traditional family. Why is that? Because Satan always from day one has 52 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:11,000 sought to pervert and to destroy and to destroy God's original design. It's been 53 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:16,160 his intent that whatever God creates Satan seeks to counterfeit it with 54 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,520 something that is different, something that is perverted, something that is ugly 55 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:28,080 in order to cheat God out of his glory, to rob him of what belongs to him. So 56 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,320 anything that is beautiful, how many of you believe everything God makes is 57 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:36,740 beautiful? Whatever he makes is beautiful but the devil seeking to take 58 00:05:36,740 --> 00:05:45,160 glory from God wants to want to mar or blemish that thing. You see God's or the 59 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:54,120 family was God's idea. Not an invention of man. God ordained it. Amen. He 60 00:05:54,120 --> 00:06:01,480 instituted it and it's always been the plan of God for families to fulfill his 61 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:09,080 divine purpose in the earth. Starting with Adam's family in the old world or 62 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:17,400 pre-flood and continuing with Noah's family in the new world post-flood. 63 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:24,680 Whether it's pre-flood or post-flood it's always been God's desire to express 64 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:29,320 his purpose and kingdom in the earth through families. If you don't believe 65 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,920 me just read the Old Testament because the Old Testament is really a family 66 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:40,520 book. It's about how God revealed himself to a patriarch named Abraham in 67 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:45,200 order to develop a relationship, a covenant with him through his seed, 68 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:51,600 through his family the earth might be blessed and that through his seed and 69 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:58,520 tribes of his family, tribes is just but a big family. He gave him sons and 70 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:04,400 daughters in order to express his purpose so God's design was for the 71 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:11,360 family and for the family to express his purpose and accomplish his will. But 72 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:18,720 just like violence ripped Adam's family apart and dangers threatened Noah's 73 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:24,960 family to bring his family down we also must face the reality of a backwards 74 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:32,600 world and we have to do whatever it takes to bring our families just like Noah 75 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:43,080 did into a new destiny, into a new life, into the promises of God. We have to do 76 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:53,800 whatever it takes. Amen. Indeed there is a blatant, hostile and demonic agenda to 77 00:07:53,800 --> 00:08:04,600 destroy the fabric of the family but I'm not afraid of the enemy today. I said 78 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:10,560 I'm not afraid of Satan today. You know why? Because I have been empowered by the 79 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:16,440 Holy Ghost. I've been as strengthened by the Holy Ghost. I've been anointed by 80 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:22,440 God just like all of us today. I've been empowered by God to deliver a message of 81 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:27,000 hope and help for our families and I realize that not all of our families 82 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,320 are here today but I hope that everyone will tune in and catch the rebroadcast 83 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:36,680 because I want every family of this church whether you have children of 84 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:39,800 your own whether you're married or whether you're not married or have any 85 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:44,200 kids at all because if you plan to have a family one day this is something we all 86 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:53,800 need to hear and get into our spirits. Amen. Noah's journey to a new life was not 87 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:59,520 a solitary one, not merely a personal endeavor. I know we talked a lot about my 88 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:04,160 personal relationship with God and we all have a personal relationship with God. 89 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:09,840 That's where it starts but his journey was a family affair. After surviving the 90 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:16,600 flood landing on dry ground God called Noah to take his family. He said leave 91 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:24,560 the boat, all of you. Get your wife, get your sons, get their wives, get everybody, 92 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:32,000 get the whole family and step into a new beginning filled with new possibilities 93 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:39,600 and new promises. The Lord essentially told Noah, he said Noah you need to 94 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:46,440 move as a unit, get your family, get your spouse, get your kids, get everybody 95 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:53,640 together, get their wives, get your daughters-in-law. Amen. Because the mission 96 00:09:53,640 --> 00:10:02,800 is not accomplished unless your whole family goes with you. Noah I didn't call 97 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,240 you just so you could take a solitary journey and experience these things just 98 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:17,160 as a man. Noah I, it's failure if your whole family doesn't come with you. It's 99 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:21,440 not enough for just you or just you and your wife or just you and part of your 100 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:27,400 family. Noah I need everybody to go with you and the mission is not accomplished 101 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:32,800 for us church unless our whole families are with us and that ought to be our 102 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:38,440 prayer. That ought to be the focus of our lives. God is those that you have 103 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:43,480 entrusted in my care or the family that I am a part of Lord. I'm doing everything 104 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:48,760 within my power, everything that I have, everything that I can do Lord to ensure 105 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:54,200 that we all enter the ark and then when you call us to new things we all move 106 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:59,160 together as a unit. This grips my heart because this says something profound 107 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:05,760 about the way God views the family, about the purposes of God. It says something 108 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:11,760 about how God views creation and how we views fathers and mothers and children 109 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:17,920 and how we call heads of household to take up their rightful place and lead 110 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:24,680 their homes in perilous times. Noah's family illustrates to us three 111 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:31,120 principles that apostolic families need today and I want to for a few moments 112 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:37,880 talk about what these are. Number one is faith. Can everyone say faith? Come on 113 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:45,320 let's say that again. Let's say faith. Every member of Noah's family was a 114 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:52,560 willing participant in this journey. I don't read anywhere that he had to force 115 00:11:52,560 --> 00:12:01,440 them in, threaten them to get in the ark. I don't read anywhere that Noah had to 116 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:09,760 use manipulation or any other kind of tactic technique to get his family there. 117 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,920 Especially when you factor in that these were grown-ups making grown-up 118 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,920 decision. It wasn't like they were all miners, little kids that you could just 119 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,760 tell them you know don't worry about where we're going just get in the car. 120 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:29,000 These are grown adults with grown adult questions like you know what is this? 121 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:37,960 What are we doing? These were grown-up decisions and Noah didn't threaten 122 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,600 them to follow him. He didn't force them in. He didn't force them out after the 123 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:51,560 flood. They entered the ark and followed on their own volition. It was a free real 124 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:59,880 choice. But the question is how does that work exactly? How do you convince a group 125 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:08,640 of grown adults to take this crazy journey with you into the unknown? How 126 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:14,840 does that work? How did three adult men and their wives with the freedom to do 127 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:22,440 whatever that they wanted choose the path of their father? How does that happen? 128 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:32,000 The answer? Because Noah built his family's faith long before he built his 129 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:42,360 family's ark. You can't expect your family to enter an ark to go where you 130 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:47,480 go to go where you want to go if you haven't first instilled in them the 131 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:55,600 idea that entering this ark is indeed an act of faith. Noah preached righteousness 132 00:13:55,600 --> 00:14:09,280 for about 120 years. Man. And he only had like one message. Get right, get left. 133 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:18,320 He had one series, 120 years. No, he preached for all those years, 120 years. 134 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:25,760 Let me ask you this question. Who do you think was sitting on the front row? His 135 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:32,000 sons were. And since no one else was paying attention to what his dad was 136 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:40,560 speaking, nobody else came to his services. So who was he reaching? He was 137 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:50,400 reaching his family. And you know what? He won them. Amen. He won them. Primarily 138 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:55,840 the people that we need to win, most to the Lord, are those within our own 139 00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:04,480 household. Come on somebody. If we can't convince those that get a front row seat 140 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:09,280 to our lives and our message that this thing that we believe is true and it is 141 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,520 the only way and there's no other way that could compare to this way, then what 142 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:19,920 exactly are we doing anyways? But he won them and he didn't just win them with 143 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:25,920 words. He didn't throw cliches at them. He didn't try to trick them and you know 144 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,400 throw riddles at them and whatnot. He didn't not just with words but he did it 145 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:38,080 with action. Noah was a man of action and between his sermons and his messages 146 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:43,280 he was building the ark at the same time as he's building the faith of his 147 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:47,840 family. He's building the ark all throughout the week. He's constructing 148 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,760 the ark. He's developing the ark. What am I saying? He was backing up his 149 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:59,280 message with action every day. Give God a hand praise right now. Hallelujah Jesus. 150 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:04,440 Oh I feel something in my heart today. Hallelujah. You see the key to 151 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:11,720 establishing faith in your family is to preach and practice Christ's message 152 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:21,640 faithfully and consistently, clearly and convincingly. Amen. How many of you 153 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:30,240 believe this to be true? You don't need a pulpit in a microphone. I'm trying out a 154 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:38,160 different microphone today and I kind of like it. You don't need a microphone to 155 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,520 be a preacher. You're a preacher in your home. I say you're a preacher in your 156 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:50,600 home. All you need to do is communicate the Word of God clearly. Amen. 157 00:16:50,600 --> 00:17:02,280 Passionately, consistently, feel your family's minds with the Word. Indoctrinate 158 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:09,760 them. People don't like that word today. Well if you don't indoctrinate them 159 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:17,040 somebody else will. Oh I felt something in my spirit when I said that. Somebody's 160 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:24,440 gonna indoctrinate them. So it might as well be you. Hello somebody. Talk to them. 161 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:30,960 Teach them. Discuss with them. Answer their questions to the best of 162 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:37,320 your ability. You know my son is he's coming up with better and better 163 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:42,720 questions as time goes on. Sometimes he you know he catches me and I'm like 164 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:48,000 hey that's a good one. Can I get back to you on that? 165 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:57,360 But get back to them on that and keep the conversation going. Amen. Church this is 166 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:01,800 paramount especially in the hour that we're living in because our families 167 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:14,840 are being bombarded with lies. Deceptions every day. Every day. False messages. 168 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:23,080 False message. Thwarted and perverted messages about gender identity. Hello 169 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:33,400 somebody. Sexuality. Mixed messages about beauty. World wants our daughters or 170 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,720 little girls to have a distorted picture of what beauty is. That they have to put 171 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,680 on a certain thing or do something to their bodies to make them look beautiful. 172 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:48,040 We need to counteract that message. Help me out Holy Ghost. Oh Jesus. Remind our 173 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:54,080 children of who they are. Mixed messages about parental authority. You 174 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:58,000 understand the war that has been waged to undermine the parental authority in 175 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,960 the house. To now where children more than ever are being promoted with the 176 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:12,000 idea that they are to tell the parents how to run the house. The parental 177 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,920 authority is being undermined right under many people's noses. Alternative 178 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:25,400 lifestyles and many many other messages that contradict Christian teaching. That 179 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:31,400 contradict the teachings of scripture. So what are we to do? Are we just gonna 180 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:36,360 sit around and be like well you know I hope they get it. Hope they figure it 181 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:44,880 out. No we have to counteract every lie with truth. 182 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:51,520 Hallelujah. Jesus said you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you 183 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:58,880 free. How many of you are thankful today for the truth? Amen. Hallelujah. Thank God 184 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:03,880 for the truth but not only that we don't just got a priest the truth we got to 185 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:11,520 practice the truth. Noah his sons respected their father why because he was 186 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:16,040 a man of his word and he was a man of action. He backed up his talk. He put his 187 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:22,000 money where his mouth was. Oh my God. You could talk all you want about building 188 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,000 an ark but until I see you going down the Home Depot and grabbing some 189 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,960 materials I mean come on what are we doing here? Eventually you got to back 190 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:35,960 it up. Amen someone say back it up. That's right and he worked on it daily and 191 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:41,160 his children got a front row seat and they watched dad and mom talk about the 192 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,080 Lord and righteousness and what is right and what is wrong and good morals and 193 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,600 good value all these wonderful things and they talked about but then they didn't 194 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,800 stop there. They were being about it. They were building and constructing and 195 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,600 they viewed this and they were observing this and they were watching that and 196 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:01,640 they were taking it all in and so when Moses or I keep calling him Moses 197 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:06,560 that's all right Moses is a good man too. Amen but when Noah Hallelujah when Noah 198 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:11,320 got into the ark he said come on kid he didn't have to pull them by the ear he 199 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,320 didn't have to you know drug them and all that they were convinced because they 200 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:20,880 saw the testimony of their father and they went with them hey we got to back 201 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:26,160 up our talk so that when the time comes to enter the ark our families will go 202 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,160 with us come on give God a hand. 203 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:38,160 So I don't just ask you what are you preaching but what are you building? Who's 204 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:44,920 kingdom are you building? Is this okay today? 205 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:52,640 Are you like Noah putting your money where your mouth is? I want obedient 206 00:21:52,640 --> 00:22:02,080 children good but how obedient are you? I want them to respect authority wonderful 207 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:10,760 but do you respect authority? You can't expect to reap where you haven't planted 208 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:20,920 if you want to reap respect you got to sow respect. Oh my God and we can apply 209 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:25,360 this to a variety of areas in life but many times we are asking things out of 210 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:31,320 our spouse but I knew my wife to submit the Bible said submit to your husband 211 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:38,640 but it also says to submit to those that are above you. Let me tell you how to 212 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,280 unlock authority in your home this goes for all the heads of households 213 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,560 especially the men and the husbands. Unlocking authority in your house if you 214 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:54,320 want to have authority get under authority that's the way God works. Amen 215 00:22:54,320 --> 00:23:00,760 somebody but people today they don't want to answer them. People don't even 216 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:06,320 want to pastor today they just want a preacher they want a YouTube preacher. 217 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:11,880 Amen. They don't want to pastor. People don't want to be pastor today. 218 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:18,880 I'm going places today. I'm taking my time is that all right? 219 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:27,920 They don't want that. Come on man that's old you know that's archaic but if you've 220 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:34,480 ever needed a pastor you need one now. If you've ever needed that kind of 221 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:40,920 covering in your life it's now. Praise God so we need faith I'm talking about 222 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:45,000 faith someone say faith this is how we establish greater faith in our families 223 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:53,120 the second concept that we see is unity. Everyone say unity. I don't know how 224 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:59,560 Noah's family would have ever succeeded in their journey if they were not united. 225 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,920 It's quite remarkable when you think about it I mean when you really stop to 226 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:09,640 think about it it is amazing it's remarkable how this family came together 227 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:18,960 they had to be of the same mind of the same spirit huh to persevere all those 228 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:24,880 months in the boat they had to be united they had to lean on each other 229 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:33,720 amen and believe in the mission that they were on as a family if your family 230 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,640 is going to survive this perilous hour that we're living in it's got to be 231 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:42,920 united and if there's anything the devil wants to do is to divide drive a wedge 232 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:49,520 in the family between fathers and their sons and daughters and husbands and 233 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,240 their wives and children with their parents he wants to divide the family 234 00:24:53,240 --> 00:25:00,800 because if he can divide it he can conquer it. They were of the same mind 235 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:06,160 there are all sorts of theories novel ideas you can find you know Amazon just 236 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,840 Google or search unity and how to build you'll get all kinds of results but 237 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:17,240 unity unity I believe as seen through this example is built through a common 238 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:24,000 vision and a shared mission I mean nothing builds unity more there's a lot 239 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:29,040 of things that can aid unity that can develop unity spending time as a family 240 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,920 and you know everyone hold hands and you know we can you know light a candle or 241 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,560 whatever we can do a lot of things that sort of you know give off unity vibes 242 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:44,160 you know but true unity is built through a common vision and a shared mission 243 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:50,720 nothing like a vision and a mission for your home will bring people together so 244 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:55,640 you cannot talk about unity without talking about vision and a lot of 245 00:25:55,640 --> 00:26:01,640 families today in the church in all Christianity within the body have no 246 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:10,280 vision no direction no mission where am I leading my family where is it we are 247 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:18,360 going what are we in pursuit of as a family and when you cannot answer that 248 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:23,080 question let me tell you today church the family unit starts eventually to 249 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:30,240 break down the unity starts to break down no as family got a hold of the vision 250 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:36,040 they bought in to the mission that their dad was on they understood it they 251 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:41,320 internalized it in fact it became their mission as well they believed with their 252 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:46,800 father that they were also sent by God to make it to the other side and dry 253 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:53,240 ground and repopulate the world we have got to instill in our homes and our 254 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:58,600 families the idea that we are not just here to make memories we are here to 255 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:05,120 make a difference somebody give God some praise today 256 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:10,440 hallelujah come on clap your hands today 257 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:18,080 they knew that this was not just a boat ride just another tour a little three 258 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:22,000 hour tour huh they did they knew that they knew that they had a purpose and 259 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,520 their purpose was when we get on the other side of this thing we're gonna 260 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:30,800 repopulate the earth we've got a mission to fulfill and they understood and they 261 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,160 share this understanding about their future and this is what Bible he brought 262 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:39,960 and kept them together as a family so let me ask you some hard questions today 263 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:50,400 church what is the vision of your family why does your family exist what 264 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:59,960 purpose does God have for it these are big questions but important one and have 265 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:07,560 you communicated to your spouse your children your mission as a family I 266 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,960 realize that today we've got a mixed crowd I know that some of you have yet 267 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,720 to start your family we've got you know to marry folks and premaried folks and 268 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,880 all that but even the premaried folks you need to get this too you know the 269 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,560 problem is is that people start painting the people they don't start paying 270 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:27,360 attention to stuff until it's too late some got married started their family 271 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:30,600 and then they're wondering why you know you're trying to build the plane while 272 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,560 it's in air 273 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:42,760 trying to build the ark while the water is already here and it's hard to do that 274 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:51,240 so young people amen you need this too are you using vision this is a good 275 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:56,080 question man I really like this one are you using vision affirming language 276 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:02,840 vision affirming words in your home like is it a topic of conversation that 277 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:08,080 gives your family a sense of purpose and destiny son you don't just go to school 278 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,880 to get an education that's part of it but you're also there to be a light 279 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:18,720 oh my god you're not on that college campus just to get a degree you're on 280 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:23,080 that college campus to be an ambassador for me I have you on a Simon there I 281 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,440 have you on a purpose there you are meant to be the salt of the earth the 282 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:36,000 light of the world hallelujah praise be to God telling your children who they 283 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:42,200 are is one thing and you got to do that but don't just tell them who they are 284 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:49,720 tell them why they are my kids know they they know their apostolic tell them why 285 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:57,520 they're apostolic who my god how why they're apostolic not just that you are 286 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:05,520 apostolic amen but why am I apostolic why apostolic families are not just 287 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:09,000 different because we look different or because we act different we're different 288 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:15,460 because we're on a different mission she me I God we're different because this 289 00:30:15,460 --> 00:30:19,860 world is not our home we're different because we're pilgrims just passing 290 00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:24,460 through we're different because oh my god greater and see that is in us 291 00:30:24,460 --> 00:30:27,560 we're different because ultimately heaven is 292 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:34,340 marh илиita burn for a chosen generation call that a darkness that's why 293 00:30:34,340 --> 00:30:37,140 We're on mission. We're a royal priesthood 294 00:30:37,660 --> 00:30:43,940 You know what a priest is a priest breaches the gap between heaven and earth a priest represents the needs of the people to God 295 00:30:43,940 --> 00:30:47,020 We are a holy priesthood. We're a priest a royal priest 296 00:30:47,020 --> 00:30:51,260 And what does that mean that we've been sent as priests into the earth to bring people to God? 297 00:30:51,780 --> 00:30:54,940 Well, my lord, I'm gonna preach on that someday. Hallelujah a 298 00:30:56,580 --> 00:31:01,780 Family cannot enter a new destiny if it's divided. I'm still talking about unity by the way 299 00:31:01,780 --> 00:31:07,420 Jesus once said that a house divided against itself cannot stand 300 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:15,660 So what is division division the root words for division are die meaning to and vision 301 00:31:16,220 --> 00:31:19,220 So division simply means two visions 302 00:31:21,540 --> 00:31:23,540 Competing visions 303 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:31,300 Can I tell you something in every home and every marriage there should only be one? 304 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:43,580 And when there's more than one vision when there's two or more when there's competing vision is going to be complete 305 00:31:46,420 --> 00:31:51,820 It's gonna be discord there's gonna be a lot of things that can drive families apart 306 00:31:51,820 --> 00:31:58,900 So the prayer ought to be perhaps for someone to do God unify our vision 307 00:32:01,060 --> 00:32:05,140 Jesus one vision one vision 308 00:32:07,100 --> 00:32:13,620 Division or this unity a home in a home occurs when there is more than one vision or when the vision is not clear 309 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:17,980 There should only be one vision in the home not multiple just one 310 00:32:17,980 --> 00:32:22,300 And this is what unites us and the clearer the vision the more united 311 00:32:25,380 --> 00:32:27,380 Amen somebody 312 00:32:27,460 --> 00:32:32,300 Because we're not just doing life together now we're doing ministry 313 00:32:35,460 --> 00:32:37,300 There's no greater 314 00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:42,820 Joy or purpose I have as a father than not just to raise good kids 315 00:32:42,820 --> 00:32:49,220 Have a good healthy home, but so that my children grow up not despising the things of God 316 00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:55,020 But accompanying me and serving God together 317 00:32:57,300 --> 00:33:03,060 Serving the Lord as a family amen that should be the desire of our hearts 318 00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:08,380 Changing the world together someone say together 319 00:33:08,380 --> 00:33:13,340 Doing ministry together say together helping people 320 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:20,460 Expanding the kingdom making a difference 321 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,700 Worshiping praying 322 00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:29,780 This is God's heart and desire for the church is that we as families would do things together 323 00:33:29,780 --> 00:33:36,780 And when we do things together as family we can come together as a church and all my watch out devil 324 00:33:36,780 --> 00:33:44,460 Because when you've got united families in a united church there is no devil in hell that can stop a church like that 325 00:33:45,780 --> 00:33:47,780 Whoo my God hallelujah 326 00:33:48,940 --> 00:33:53,780 So we're moving in the same direction as a family you see I don't just want to bring my kids to church 327 00:33:53,780 --> 00:33:55,900 I want my kids to be the church 328 00:33:58,420 --> 00:34:01,140 Let me tell you something don't just raise church kids 329 00:34:02,260 --> 00:34:04,260 Raise Kingdom kids 330 00:34:04,260 --> 00:34:08,540 I'm talking to the parents here future parents, you know don't just raise church kids 331 00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:13,660 Because because you can bring your children to church and some have a hard time even doing that 332 00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:17,860 You can bring them to church, but do they take church? 333 00:34:21,260 --> 00:34:23,260 Or are they just checking in 334 00:34:26,660 --> 00:34:28,660 Is this still all right 335 00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:32,540 You can you can be at church 336 00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:35,380 You can you can be at church and not connected 337 00:34:36,220 --> 00:34:38,220 To what's happening in the kingdom 338 00:34:38,540 --> 00:34:40,540 to the mission 339 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:44,300 This doesn't mean that you said well 340 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:47,100 This unity mean that we 341 00:34:47,140 --> 00:34:51,620 We agree on everything unity doesn't mean that you're always gonna agree on everything as a family 342 00:34:52,180 --> 00:34:53,740 you know 343 00:34:53,740 --> 00:34:56,860 If you figure out how to do that man, you have really solved the puzzle 344 00:34:57,620 --> 00:35:00,140 But you're gonna have disagreements from time to time. That's life 345 00:35:00,140 --> 00:35:02,140 Huh, that's life 346 00:35:02,580 --> 00:35:06,340 You can't even agree on what restaurant we want to go after shirts on Sunday sometimes, you know, I 347 00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:11,140 Want burgers you want tacos is like what can I get a taco and a burger together? 348 00:35:12,940 --> 00:35:14,940 That's just like 349 00:35:16,020 --> 00:35:21,220 Trivial things that's fine right little things but but not when it comes to the thing that matters 350 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:28,780 The third concept and I am taking a little longer today, and that's all right 351 00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:32,860 But the third concept is this that we see you know his family is love everyone say love 352 00:35:35,340 --> 00:35:40,180 You won't find a verse in the Bible that says no one loved his family I 353 00:35:41,620 --> 00:35:44,740 Looked really hard in all Genesis and I didn't find any 354 00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:52,380 You won't find a verse that says that but you will find verse that says he walked with God 355 00:35:52,380 --> 00:36:00,020 And you know, I don't know anybody who truly walks with God who doesn't also walk in love 356 00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:03,260 Because God is 357 00:36:04,820 --> 00:36:08,700 So if there's no verses says, you know that he was a loving man 358 00:36:09,220 --> 00:36:12,900 But he was a godly man. So if he was a godly man, he had to have been a loving man 359 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:21,100 Moreover you won't find any personal love notes in the Bible from Noah to his wife children. No 360 00:36:22,060 --> 00:36:25,460 No, no cards no letters to them 361 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:30,260 But and those things are good those I'm not saying those things are bad wonderful 362 00:36:31,420 --> 00:36:35,100 But what you will find is love's most powerful expressions 363 00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:40,700 You will find a father doing everything he can 364 00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:42,700 To bring his family 365 00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:45,380 into a new desert 366 00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:47,780 Love is more than an emotion 367 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:54,460 I said love is more than an emotion 368 00:36:55,740 --> 00:36:57,740 Love is a choice 369 00:36:58,380 --> 00:37:04,300 And I'll take it a step further love is not just a choice. Love is a series of choices 370 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:07,300 It's a series of choices so 371 00:37:08,220 --> 00:37:15,180 In my closing part of this message, I want to just look briefly if I can at some of the ways in which 372 00:37:15,820 --> 00:37:18,820 Noah loved his family 373 00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:26,660 Rather than looking at what love says, why don't we look at what love does number one? Let me give you there's three here 374 00:37:26,980 --> 00:37:28,980 Love protects 375 00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:31,540 Someone says 376 00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:34,740 Love protects someone say protect 377 00:37:35,860 --> 00:37:37,860 Love protects 378 00:37:37,940 --> 00:37:40,620 See Noah didn't he didn't write any love notes 379 00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:43,660 But I'd rather have this and a love note 380 00:37:45,220 --> 00:37:47,220 His words are cheap 381 00:37:47,420 --> 00:37:52,380 He he said the Lord said go into the boat with all your family and 382 00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:59,460 Noah's primary concern was the safety and the security of his family and 383 00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:03,900 Me and he made sure it was his it was his 384 00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:07,420 Main prayer his soul prayer. I think 385 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:14,860 That his family all got into the ark. That's what love looks like in an apostolic home 386 00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:20,420 It is sheltering and protecting our family from the dangers that lurk in this society 387 00:38:23,060 --> 00:38:25,940 It's being vigilant and sober-minded 388 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:33,180 from the spiritual to the physical to the emotional to the mental over our 389 00:38:33,460 --> 00:38:41,820 Families and Noah's concern was that I love my family so I've got to do everything I can to protect them 390 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:46,780 Because this world wants to do nothing but rip their lives apart 391 00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:51,100 No one lived in a day like ours. It was filled with violence 392 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:57,980 It was filled with uncertainty and sin and wickedness before God and he said I've got to do everything 393 00:38:57,980 --> 00:39:01,380 I can just shelter the parents hear me out everybody you 394 00:39:01,860 --> 00:39:06,060 Shelter your children for as long and as much as you can 395 00:39:07,860 --> 00:39:10,980 Protect them with your prayers, hallelujah 396 00:39:11,580 --> 00:39:18,060 With your discernment and with your wisdom and with your guidance. That is what love is 397 00:39:18,060 --> 00:39:21,980 Love protect number two love provides 398 00:39:24,980 --> 00:39:26,980 The Lord told Noah 399 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:35,020 In verse 21 and be sure to take on board enough food 400 00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:40,740 For your family and for all the animals don't leave out the pets, huh? 401 00:39:40,740 --> 00:39:48,140 Some of you love your pets don't leave them out in other words stock the pantry 402 00:39:49,380 --> 00:39:51,380 Stock the pantry Noah 403 00:39:52,180 --> 00:39:54,860 Providing you know so providing for our families is the base of responsibility 404 00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:57,900 It's basic 405 00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:00,620 Don't get married don't have children until you're ready to do that 406 00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:03,860 Hmm I get any mental that one 407 00:40:04,820 --> 00:40:06,660 Hey 408 00:40:06,660 --> 00:40:13,300 Talk about I want a wife. You can't even pay your own bills. Maybe that's why you want maybe that's why you want to 409 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:15,300 Wife so she'll pay your bills for you 410 00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:29,540 So you can use your credit score. Oh man, I better get out of that one 411 00:40:29,540 --> 00:40:37,980 You build up your credit, you know Paul said 412 00:40:40,660 --> 00:40:43,020 Paul said this in 1st Timothy 5 8 413 00:40:43,380 --> 00:40:48,140 But if anyone does not provide for his own and especially for those of his household his own family 414 00:40:48,140 --> 00:40:52,620 He has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel or an unbeliever 415 00:40:52,620 --> 00:41:01,820 So God takes this serious. We have a moral spiritual obligation to provide for our families 416 00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:04,340 It's very simple. You don't work 417 00:41:04,780 --> 00:41:06,780 Don't eat 418 00:41:07,140 --> 00:41:09,140 That's simple 419 00:41:09,620 --> 00:41:12,300 Number three what else does love do love? 420 00:41:13,020 --> 00:41:14,340 prepares 421 00:41:14,340 --> 00:41:16,340 to bite the 422 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:18,340 board is to come up 423 00:41:18,340 --> 00:41:22,260 Noah started preparing 424 00:41:23,540 --> 00:41:25,540 His family for a life of promise 425 00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:29,140 From the time his sons 426 00:41:30,340 --> 00:41:32,340 were born 427 00:41:33,580 --> 00:41:37,460 That's when the training Bible says 428 00:41:40,060 --> 00:41:43,860 Noah was the father of three sons 429 00:41:44,820 --> 00:41:46,180 Shim 430 00:41:46,180 --> 00:41:47,340 Ham 431 00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:50,220 And Japheth now if you'd like you could do a study on these names 432 00:41:51,180 --> 00:41:52,460 find out 433 00:41:52,460 --> 00:41:57,220 How out of all the major people groups of the world starting with Shim? 434 00:41:58,020 --> 00:42:00,020 We get the Semitic 435 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,100 lineage like the Jews 436 00:42:03,060 --> 00:42:04,820 Israelis 437 00:42:04,820 --> 00:42:07,500 You could do a very thoughtful study on that 438 00:42:08,140 --> 00:42:10,780 So they were all filled with promise and potential 439 00:42:11,260 --> 00:42:15,420 But as you know oftentimes names in the Bible carry significant meaning 440 00:42:15,420 --> 00:42:17,420 They carry 441 00:42:19,220 --> 00:42:23,340 Symbolism and that's the case here with Noah 442 00:42:25,020 --> 00:42:28,460 He starts preparing them the moment they're born 443 00:42:31,260 --> 00:42:39,460 By naming each of his sons a name that carried with it something that would be useful for them in their future the name Shim 444 00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:42,540 means fame 445 00:42:42,540 --> 00:42:45,540 fame 446 00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:50,980 It carries the idea of not just being famous but of but of reputation of 447 00:42:51,620 --> 00:42:53,620 a good name glory 448 00:42:54,220 --> 00:42:56,220 Ham means warmth 449 00:42:56,260 --> 00:42:58,020 The name just sounds good 450 00:42:58,020 --> 00:43:00,020 War brings warmth, huh? 451 00:43:00,420 --> 00:43:02,420 Japheth means expansion 452 00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:08,700 Out of Japheth there would be great increase in expansion all over the world 453 00:43:08,700 --> 00:43:12,620 And so when Noah's sons are born each of them 454 00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:18,060 He prepares them before they even learn how to talk 455 00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:27,780 Before they could crawl before they could walk he gives them a sense of purpose 456 00:43:29,060 --> 00:43:32,500 So you're not just anybody your God's child 457 00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:41,380 How is preparation an act of love because love sees beyond the present I 458 00:43:43,980 --> 00:43:45,980 Show my family love 459 00:43:46,380 --> 00:43:50,780 Not just by telling them I love them squeezing them tight. I 460 00:43:51,580 --> 00:43:55,980 Show my family. I love them by pointing them in the right direction 461 00:43:57,300 --> 00:44:00,860 By preparing them for a life with God 462 00:44:00,860 --> 00:44:04,300 By the legacy that I pass on 463 00:44:05,540 --> 00:44:08,380 the spiritual inheritance that I 464 00:44:09,420 --> 00:44:11,420 Give on to them 465 00:44:11,620 --> 00:44:13,380 And I leave them 466 00:44:13,380 --> 00:44:20,320 That's what love is no wonder Jesus told his disciples. I go to 467 00:44:20,820 --> 00:44:25,060 Prepare a place for you. That's what love is 468 00:44:25,860 --> 00:44:27,860 That's what love is 469 00:44:27,860 --> 00:44:31,700 I feel the spirit of God in this place today and 470 00:44:32,260 --> 00:44:34,420 I want to pray this afternoon 471 00:44:34,420 --> 00:44:40,820 I want to pray over all of you, but those who feel like maybe this message 472 00:44:41,420 --> 00:44:45,140 Was dialed up just for you as a father as a mother as 473 00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:50,580 Spouse I just have a burden in my heart today 474 00:44:50,580 --> 00:44:57,020 I'm claiming victory for the families of this church. Oh 475 00:44:58,220 --> 00:45:00,220 God 476 00:45:00,420 --> 00:45:02,420 I'm claiming victory. Oh 477 00:45:05,820 --> 00:45:07,820 I feel the Holy Ghost 478 00:45:09,420 --> 00:45:11,420 Here's the thing church 479 00:45:12,740 --> 00:45:14,740 Here's the thing as I'm getting tired 480 00:45:16,060 --> 00:45:18,500 I'm getting tired of fighting for families 481 00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,460 who don't want to fight for themselves 482 00:45:25,060 --> 00:45:28,900 I'm getting tired of fighting for people who are not gonna fight for themselves 483 00:45:29,580 --> 00:45:33,820 I'm tired of praying for people's children who are not fighting for their own children 484 00:45:36,060 --> 00:45:38,580 That that that wears me out more than anything else 485 00:45:39,860 --> 00:45:42,260 People today are coming up with so many different excuses 486 00:45:42,260 --> 00:45:47,500 So many different reasons so many different things and and listen, I'm not giving up on you 487 00:45:48,340 --> 00:45:51,100 But I've I've got to encourage you 488 00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:57,100 I've got to tell you the truth today that it's our time to step up. It's getting late church 489 00:45:58,500 --> 00:46:05,660 I love about my she calama. Yes, Shambhala is getting late read the signs wake up open your eyes in this hour 490 00:46:06,700 --> 00:46:08,700 Open your eyes in this hour 491 00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:14,540 Read it the writing is on the wall. Jesus is coming soon 492 00:46:16,340 --> 00:46:23,660 And we don't have time to play games we love time to fiddle faddle with God and to play games with our church 493 00:46:23,700 --> 00:46:30,820 Schedules and play games with this with that if ever there's been a time to love our families and to get them to where they 494 00:46:30,820 --> 00:46:38,700 Need to be in God and to my Lord and take them into the promises of God that time is now 495 00:46:39,020 --> 00:46:41,020 The time is now 496 00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:47,020 God give your church what it needs Lord baptize us today Lord with the burden 497 00:46:47,380 --> 00:46:52,820 Baptize us when holy goes fire Lord. I pray Lord that boldness would rise up 498 00:46:52,820 --> 00:46:58,460 I pray that courage would rise up. I pray that faith would rise up 499 00:46:58,460 --> 00:47:02,220 I pray that the people of God would rise up 500 00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:08,420 I pray Lord that husbands would grab their wives and their children fathers and mothers 501 00:47:08,420 --> 00:47:12,340 Even if it's just a single parent home whatever the case might be 502 00:47:12,540 --> 00:47:20,220 But that we would get our families together and start looking at what are we going to do as a family to serve God together 503 00:47:20,220 --> 00:47:30,220 Oh my Lord.