1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 You can have all of me 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Every single little peace 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:14,000 You can have it all 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,000 To get connected or to give online, 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,000 go to hcv.church or give.htv.church. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 If at any point during this message 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 you feel called to make a change in your life, 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,000 text change me to 970-00. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Thank you and enjoy the message. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Good morning, good morning, good morning. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Happy St. Goethe-Meier! 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Listen, remember the last time I spoke 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 it was St. Patrick's Day. 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,000 And I said, you know how we like to just take 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 other people's holidays and turn it into a party and holidays. 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Like, Chris, are you trying to tell me something? 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 But we're here to party today, right? 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Here to party. 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 On top of St. Goethe-Meier, 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,000 my anniversary to my lovely wife, Carrie, is Tuesday. 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:16,000 May 7th, so, happy anniversary, baby. 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 I had, listen, every time I speak, 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 since it's about every two or three months, 25 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,000 I'm really thoughtful about what I'm going to wear. 26 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 I am. 27 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 I went out and bought this shirt, 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 because I'm talking about physical health, right? 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 So I went out and bought this rock shirt 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 so I could feel good about myself. 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 And I had these nice new pair of Vans that I bought, 32 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 but Carrie showed up with a brand new pair of Jays. 33 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 And she was like, ah, you can have them early. 34 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 You might want to preach in them. 35 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,000 So there might be red and orange up here and baby blue. 36 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Just ignore that. 37 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:56,000 So listen, before I start, we need to pray. 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 We need to pray for a couple things. 39 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 We know that Chris, how many of you have been praying 40 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,000 for Chris and Jess all week as they have been, 41 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 listen, I purposefully, I made them get prayed over last week 42 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 so we could pray for them so you guys could go with them. 43 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Right, I wanted us to be with them, 44 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 to pray with them, to be with them, 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,000 and maybe for you to hear the Holy Spirit speak 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 what those missions look like in your heart. 47 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 But Jessica sent us a message yesterday. 48 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 There's extreme flooding in Kenya. 49 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,000 They have displaced over 180,000 families. 50 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Now, Chris and Jess are still able to go on the safari 51 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 that was planned for today, 52 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 but we want to be mindful and be prayerful 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 about the 180,000 families. 54 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 She didn't say 180,000 people. 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 She said 180,000 families. 56 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Okay, and then another thing I want to pray for, 57 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 I did not realize this until yesterday. 58 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Next week we're going to celebrate all the moms in the house. 59 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Yes. 60 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 If it wasn't for a mom, I wouldn't be here. 61 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:02,000 If it wasn't for a praying mother, I wouldn't be here. 62 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,000 But today is bereaved mother's day. 63 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 So today is a day that we have set aside 64 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,000 for any woman who has lost a child, 65 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 whether in childbirth, stillbirth, 66 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:21,000 a toddler, an adult child. 67 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 You are still mothers, 68 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 whether your child is with you or not. 69 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 And I just want to pause today to say thank you 70 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 for being willing to be a mother 71 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 and for being a mother that prays for her child, 72 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,000 whether they are with us or they are not. 73 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 So come, Holy Spirit. 74 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 God, we just thank you. 75 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,000 We thank you for your overwhelming presence in our lives. 76 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 God, we thank you for Chris and Jess 77 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 in this trip that they've been on. 78 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 We thank you for them being able to rest 79 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 and just enjoy themselves. 80 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 We thank you for the moms, 81 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 the moms that we will celebrate next week, 82 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,000 but we mourn with the mothers today. 83 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 But we don't live in that mourning. 84 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,000 We celebrate all mothers that have lost a child. 85 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 We just pray for comfort. 86 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,000 And I ask God that you just put a beautiful thought 87 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 of their child in their minds 88 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 before they leave here this morning. 89 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Be with me today, God, as you bring this message. 90 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Anything that you want me to say, God, 91 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 whether it's in my notes or not in my notes, 92 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 I trust that you're going to say it through my mouth, 93 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,000 and I trust more that the hearts and the ears in front of me 94 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 and the seats in online 95 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 are going to be touched by what you have to say. 96 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,000 In Jesus' name, amen. 97 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Now, who here is thankful 98 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 that the mental and emotional health series is over 99 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,000 and you don't have to deal with that crap anymore? 100 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Phew! 101 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Before I move on, so we're going to transition 102 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 from physical into the physical health series 103 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 out of the mental and emotional health series, 104 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 but before I do that, 105 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:15,000 I feel like I need to stand here and defend myself 106 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,000 because you guys probably have a misconception 107 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 over my life thanks to some of the things 108 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:27,000 that Chris has talked about over the last month. 109 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:34,000 There are two huge anacondas 110 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:39,000 in my front yard, 111 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,000 and you guys want to laugh about it. 112 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:49,000 I'm here to tell you that my fear and disdain for snakes 113 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 is biblical. 114 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,000 John Mueller, biblical. 115 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Genesis 3, 1. 116 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Now, the serpent was the most crafty and cunning 117 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,000 of any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. 118 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 It's biblical. 119 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 They're crafty. 120 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,000 These garter snakes in my front yard, 121 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 they're crafty. 122 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 And listen, I'm going to keep going with the Scripture. 123 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Genesis 3, 14. 124 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 So the Lord told the serpent, because you have done this, 125 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:31,000 cursed are you above all livestock. 126 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 I'm not sure why you guys are laughing. 127 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 You will crawl in your belly and eat dust 128 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 all the days of your life, 129 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 and I will put enmity between you and the woman 130 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 and between your offspring and hers. 131 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:49,000 He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. 132 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:53,000 It's biblical, 133 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,000 and I know I'm not alone. 134 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,000 But I want to pose a question. 135 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Can two garter snakes in my front yard 136 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 cause me physical harm? 137 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I like that answer. 138 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Are they constrictors? 139 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 No, they're not constrictors. 140 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Besides, I'm a pretty big boy. 141 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Like, I've measured my arms. 142 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 It's like 15, well, I'm a male, 143 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 and I like 17-inch arms. 144 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Seriously, 15 and a half, 16-inch arms, 145 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 and a regular garter snake's like 18 inches. 146 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 They can constrict me if they wanted to. 147 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Are they venomous? 148 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Actually, do your research, 149 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 because from what I read, they are venomous. 150 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 They just don't have toxins 151 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 that they can harm a human with. 152 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 They're just like, 153 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,000 I'm going to go to the bathroom. 154 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:04,000 But can a garter snake hurt me physically? 155 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,000 I like where you guys are going here. 156 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,000 The afternoon that Chris called me out for snakes, 157 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,000 I had to mow. 158 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 And I'm not, it's like, you know, the first mow. 159 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Like, it takes me like 45 minutes to do my yard, 160 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 but this mow was like, it took me an hour and a half, 161 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,000 because it's the first one. 162 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Because you have like those big patches, 163 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 and I didn't want to mow, 164 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 but if I waited any longer, 165 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 those big patches were going to be too high, 166 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 and I was going to have more of an opportunity 167 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 to run into a snake. 168 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Right? 169 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 So I go out to mow. 170 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 The minute I pull the starter cord, 171 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 I rip that cord, 172 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,000 guess what happens to my body? 173 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Shivers. 174 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Not from the vibration of the mower. 175 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 I start thinking, 176 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,000 I'm probably going to run into a snake. 177 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Listen, the snakes are hanging out in the front yard. 178 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 I started in the backyard as far away 179 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 from the snakes as I could get. 180 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:06,000 But my heart rate increased, 181 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 and my blood pressure started pounding. 182 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Laugh at me all you want. 183 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 And my senses were heightened. 184 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,000 You've all taken a psychology class. 185 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:25,000 This is fight or flight I'm talking about. 186 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,000 How many guys like take good care of their lawn 187 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 and love like what their lawn looks like? 188 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 The lines on my front yard 189 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,000 look like a scribble drawing. 190 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Zigzagging back and forth as I'm like... 191 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Not to mention, the next day, 192 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,000 I borrowed a pole chainsaw from Jadaball 193 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,000 so I could cut some limbs out of my tree. 194 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 And thank you, John Muller, 195 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:03,000 for introducing us all to a tree snake. 196 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Never knew that was a thing until now. 197 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 So now I have a new fear, 198 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 and every time a tree branch falls out of the tree, 199 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 I'm now afraid that a tree snake 200 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:21,000 is going to fall along with it. 201 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 From what I hear, they're not indigenous to the area, 202 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 but neither are Anacondas, 203 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,000 and there's Anacondas in my yard. 204 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,000 So I rephrased the question. 205 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Do two garter snakes in my yard 206 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 have the potential to negatively impact 207 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,000 my physical health? 208 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I considered calling John, 209 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 on a serious note, and saying, 210 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,000 John, can I just come hang out 211 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 with one of your snakes, 212 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 the littlest, non-venomous one, 213 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 and you can help me 214 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:00,000 get over my irrational fear of snakes? 215 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Which brings us to our first point. 216 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:08,000 All categories of health are interrelated, 217 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 so that everyone that raised their hand, 218 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,000 thankful that the mental and emotional health series 219 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,000 is over, guess what? 220 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 It's not truly over, 221 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 because we can't talk about physical health 222 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,000 without talking about all dimensions of health. 223 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 See, and looking forward to this message 224 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 over the last month, 225 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 I start researching and start studying, 226 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 and I come up with these cool little ideas 227 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 that I'm going to use, and every week, 228 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Chris talked about the idea that I was going to use. 229 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,000 So I've got to scratch that a new idea. 230 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 But why did he keep mentioning things 231 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 that I was going to talk about? 232 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Because emotional and mental health 233 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:52,000 are tied together with physical health. 234 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 See, at the beginning of the year, 235 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Chris challenged us, 236 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,000 this year we're going to go deeper. 237 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 And based on the series last month, 238 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,000 I'd say we're not in the shallow end anymore, right? 239 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Because Chris, man, did a great job last month. 240 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 But please remember, as we go through the year, 241 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,000 we have a plan to help each of us go deeper. 242 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 When the pastoral staff sat down 243 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 to plan the series for the year, 244 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 we do that. 245 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,000 The series don't just pop up randomly. 246 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Rhett and Chris and Jessica and myself, 247 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 we sat down and we mapped out the whole year. 248 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 I can tell you what November series is, 249 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 but I'm not going to tell you. 250 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,000 It's a secret. 251 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 But Chris showed up that day with a verse 252 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,000 and an outline for what he envisioned a year. 253 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,000 If you're a goal setter, 254 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 you know you don't just set an open-ended goal, 255 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:47,000 like go deeper, without a plan to get there. 256 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 So the Scripture that we use as the basis for the year 257 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 and the Scripture that we keep going back to 258 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 as we prepare messages and other things 259 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:59,000 around the church is Luke 2, 52. 260 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 And it says this, 261 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Jesus grew in wisdom and stature 262 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,000 and in favor with God and man. 263 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,000 In that short passage, 264 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Jesus is growing in all dimensions of his health. 265 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 He's growing in all aspects of his health. 266 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,000 See, there are five core dimensions of health, 267 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 physical, mental, emotional, 268 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 spiritual, and social. 269 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Of course, we can add a whole bunch more to that, 270 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 but these five dimensions provide a full picture 271 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 of your health. 272 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,000 As we set out to go deeper this year, 273 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,000 we are and we encourage you to set smaller goals 274 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,000 to help you get there. 275 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 So again, from that one verse, 276 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 the Holy Spirit created four message series 277 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 that we laid out for this year. 278 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Last month, Jesus grew in wisdom. 279 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 So Chris talked about stretch thin 280 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 and the emotional and mental aspects of our health. 281 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 And again, thank you, Chris, 282 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 because my life was altered, 283 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 not just for last month, 284 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,000 but probably for my life because of that series. 285 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 And I encourage you, 286 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 there are probably things from that series 287 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,000 that we didn't catch 288 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,000 because we were not mentally ready to catch it. 289 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 So in a couple months, 290 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 I want you to like, bookmark, 291 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,000 save it to your screens, 292 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 like your home screen, 293 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 and go back and watch those four messages again 294 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 because God will probably tell you something else 295 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 in a couple months. 296 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Jesus grew in stature. 297 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 So this month, this series, 298 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 we're going to challenge you to go deeper 299 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 into your physical health. 300 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Jesus grew in favor, 301 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 speaks for our spiritual health. 302 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Sorry, Jesus grew in favor with God 303 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 is our spiritual health, 304 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 and Jesus grew in favor with man, 305 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 speaks to our social health. 306 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Both of those last two will happen in the fall. 307 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,000 So keep coming back. 308 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 While we separated up into different series, 309 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 we know that each of these areas are related, 310 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,000 and there's no way that we can attack them 311 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 without understanding that a change 312 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 in any of these dimensions 313 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:19,000 changes all of these dimensions. 314 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Many of you know that before I became a pastor, 315 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:27,000 I was a math teacher. 316 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 But what many of you don't know 317 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 is my degree is not in math education. 318 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,000 My degree is in health and physical education. 319 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Years ago, I taught high school PE. 320 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,000 There's at least a number of you sitting in this auditorium 321 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,000 that I taught that would know that. 322 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:49,000 They knew Knucklehead Rudy. 323 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,000 Physical education is teaching cognitive skills, 324 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,000 teaching mental acuity through a physical means. 325 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,000 And during this series, we will speak biblical truth 326 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 with physical health as the underlying basis 327 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 of our discussions. 328 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 You with me? 329 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Which leads us to point two. 330 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Negative mental health impairs our physical health. 331 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Negative emotional health impairs our physical health. 332 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Mental health problems come with physical symptoms. 333 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 They come with signals 334 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,000 that Chris talked about so much last month. 335 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:38,000 See, many of us live with high levels of stress 336 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,000 that creates the same effect 337 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 that I have with the snakes in my front yard. 338 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Side note, I have not seen a snake since that message. 339 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 So you know when Chris said, 340 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:52,000 nine out of ten things we worry about never come to fruition? 341 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,000 I know they're still there. 342 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Messing with my head. 343 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:03,000 But we live our lives in a fight or flight response 344 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,000 that is meant for the animal kingdom to use 345 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 and then let go of. 346 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:14,000 But we're smarter than them, so we never let go of it. 347 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 And the stress never leaves. 348 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 And the anxiety never leaves. 349 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:25,000 And therefore the physical symptoms never leave. 350 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Jesus even speaks to this when he asked us in Luke 12, 351 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 and which of you, by being anxious, 352 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:37,000 can add a single hour to his lifespan? 353 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,000 If you are then not able to do such a small thing as that, 354 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:46,000 why are you anxious about the rest? 355 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Jesus says it won't add a single hour, but I would add, 356 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:58,000 being anxious actually takes hours off of your life. 357 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,000 I didn't add that, God added that. 358 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Depression is typically partnered with headaches, fatigue, 359 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,000 digestive issues, physical health. 360 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Anxiety causes symptoms such as upset stomach, insomnia, restlessness. 361 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Difficulty concentrating. 362 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:26,000 We all have physical responses to emotional health. 363 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 But how do we combat that? 364 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Paul tells us in Philippians 4-6, you've heard this. 365 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 I've done messages about this. 366 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 People put it on bumper stickers and shorten it. 367 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Do not be anxious about anything, 368 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, 369 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 let your requests be known by God. 370 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,000 We tend to focus on the first part of that verse. 371 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 We're anxious. 372 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:58,000 And with absolute thinking and cynicism and negative thought loops, 373 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:07,000 we stick on the anxiety and forget about the rest of the verse. 374 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Yeah, right, I'm going to just pray about it, and it's going to go away. 375 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Anyone else ever have that thought? 376 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 So I just pray harder and it will go away. 377 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:24,000 How about change your prayers and focus on the end of that verse 378 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,000 where Paul tells us to be full of thanksgiving. 379 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Because something tells me that the Holy Spirit knew what he was talking about 380 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,000 when he threw that word, be thankful, in there. 381 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Because what happens when you start with thankfulness? 382 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 I'm thankful I woke up this morning. 383 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 I'm thankful I had toothpaste for my toothbrush. 384 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 I'm thankful my toaster oven works. 385 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:53,000 I'm thankful that the percolator percolates coffee. 386 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Yeah, that deserves a clap. 387 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,000 And once we start stacking thankfulness after thankfulness after thankfulness, 388 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:07,000 we don't have room for anxiety. 389 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:13,000 And that clears our minds of negative thoughts. 390 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:22,000 And thankfulness disrupts our negative thought loops. 391 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:29,000 How many of you have a plate that is way too full in your life right now? 392 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Just me? 393 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Yeah, those of you who aren't raising your hands, liars. 394 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 God has his own. 395 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Here's a challenge for you this morning. 396 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,000 If your plate is too full, look at what you have on your plate. 397 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 And I will guarantee you that there are things on your plate 398 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:55,000 that God did not put on your plate. 399 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,000 There are things on my plate that are caries. 400 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,000 And while I do need to tend to my wife, her needs, 401 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 and the things that are on my plate, 402 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:10,000 I need to tend to them and scrape it back onto the caries plate. 403 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,000 And there are things on my plate that belong to Kingston. 404 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,000 And as his father, I'm going to tend to it. 405 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 But I need to tend to what's on my plate 406 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:25,000 and scrape the rest off that belongs to Kingston. 407 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:29,000 So I challenge you today, take a look at your plate. 408 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:36,000 And if it's not in God's will, get it off your plate. 409 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Put it back on the person whose plate it belongs on 410 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:46,000 or give it to the dog. 411 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Because they don't care. 412 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,000 They love you no matter what. 413 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 They'll eat it. 414 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Luke 12, 31. 415 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000 But seek first his kingdom. 416 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 And these things will be given to you as well. 417 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 I want you to consider his kingdom. 418 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,000 And I want you to consider his will and his call on your life. 419 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 And I want you to filter the rest of this discussion 420 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,000 by determining if what I'm saying, what's in your life, 421 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,000 falls within God's will for you. 422 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:24,000 And ask him and yourself, should this be on my plate? 423 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:32,000 And if he says no, trash. 424 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Which leads us to our third point. 425 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Physical activity is important to improve our health. 426 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Becoming more physically active can improve your brain health. 427 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 It can help you manage weight to reduce the risk of disease, 428 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 to strengthen bones and muscles, 429 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,000 and improve your ability to do everyday activities. 430 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 The benefits of physical activity include, 431 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,000 for children 6 to 12, improved cognitive thinking, 432 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:07,000 cognitive condition. 433 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:14,000 And adults, it reduces short-term feelings of anxiety. 434 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Regular physical activity can keep your thinking, 435 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,000 your learning, your judgment skills sharp as you age. 436 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 It can also reduce your risk of depression 437 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,000 and help you sleep better. 438 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:34,000 We're not done with emotional and mental health. 439 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,000 So let's get back to Sunday school for a second. 440 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Remember you had to memorize verses. 441 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Anyone have to memorize all the books of the Bible? 442 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 I'm not going to make us do all of them. 443 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Let's start in the New Testament. 444 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Because I know you all don't remember all the Hoseyas 445 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 and the Amayas. 446 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:56,000 It's Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts. 447 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Stop right there. 448 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 You can go memorize the rest. 449 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 What's the fifth book called? 450 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Acts. 451 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 What's it called? 452 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Acts. 453 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,000 See, we call the name of the book Acts, 454 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 but we have shortened it. 455 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Because the name of the book is the Acts of the Apostles. 456 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,000 We like to shorten things 457 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,000 because it's like part of what's in there. 458 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 What does that imply? 459 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,000 The Acts of the Apostles. 460 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,000 That they were doing things. 461 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 That they were in action. 462 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,000 That they were moving. 463 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 It's not called the thoughts and prayers of the Apostles. 464 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 We do have lamentations for that. 465 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,000 It's not called the theology of the Apostles. 466 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Though I'm not telling you not to read your Bible. 467 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,000 It's called the Acts of the Apostles. 468 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Because they were doing the stuff. 469 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000 They did the stuff and recorded it later. 470 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Listen, you know how, listen to my notes, 471 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,000 you know how people have like tattoos like Philippians 4.13. 472 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 I can do all things. 473 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Or John, anyone have a tattoo of a scripture on them? 474 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,000 No one's admitting it. 475 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000 You're in God's house. 476 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 Okay, thank you. 477 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,000 I have not gotten this tattoo yet. 478 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,000 But I want to get a tattoo that says Acts 29. 479 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Acts 29. 480 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Everyone's like, what's Acts 29? 481 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 What's Acts 29? 482 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 There is no Acts 29. 483 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 There is no Acts 29. 484 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:46,000 So why don't I want to get Acts 29 on my wrist? 485 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Because I'm keeping the story going. 486 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,000 It's our responsibility to continue what the Apostles started. 487 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 We need to be active. 488 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 We need to do the stuff. 489 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Acts 29, baby, are you with me? 490 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Anyone want to get matching tattoos? 491 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:08,000 I may be the first pastor ever to encourage people to get tattoos. 492 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 But I want to read to you one of my favorite passages. 493 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Because it's a beautiful story of what the early church did 494 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:22,000 and a beautiful way for us to model what they did in our lives. 495 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Acts 2, starting in verse 42, this is what we read. 496 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,000 They, the disciples, the followers, 497 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,000 devoted themselves to the Apostles' teaching and to fellowship, 498 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,000 to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 499 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs 500 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,000 performed by the Apostles. 501 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,000 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 502 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:50,000 They sold property and possessions to give anyone who had need. 503 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. 504 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,000 They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 505 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:01,000 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. 506 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:06,000 And the Lord added to their numbers every day those who were being saved. 507 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Circle that and go back this week and read it. 508 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:15,000 Because there's no less than ten physical actions that the early church was doing. 509 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:20,000 And as you read through it, you will see that it keeps going back and forth 510 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,000 between engaging in God and doing the stuff of God's kingdom 511 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000 and engaging in God and doing the stuff of God's kingdom. 512 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,000 I'm not telling you not to have thoughts and prayers. 513 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,000 I'm not telling you not to read your Bible. 514 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:36,000 But I'm telling you to get up and move your butt. 515 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 I love football. 516 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Now, if you're not a Steelers fan, I will say you probably don't also love football. 517 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:48,000 But some of you just stop listening to me right now. 518 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Think about a huddle. I'll tell you about a holy huddle. 519 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 The holy huddle. 520 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,000 What happens in a football game? 521 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,000 After the kickoff, the offense takes the ball 522 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 and they run out on the field. 523 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Do they pick up the ball and throw it or run with it right away? 524 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 No, what do they do? 525 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 They huddle up. 526 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,000 And the whole team listens to their leader tell them what to do. 527 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:17,000 And then they line up and then do what their leader told them what to do. 528 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Then after they do what he told them to do, now what do they do? 529 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 They huddle up again. 530 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 And what do they do in the huddle? 531 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,000 The leader tell them what to do. 532 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,000 And if they're the Steelers, they keep going down the field and score a touchdown. 533 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:40,000 If they're the Ravens, they're not connected to their leader. 534 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,000 But anyone know how long the shot clock is? 535 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:47,000 Or the play clock is? Any NFL? 536 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 40 seconds. 537 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,000 How many of you would pay hundreds of dollars to go watch a football game 538 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:58,000 and they sat in the huddle the whole time? 539 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,000 There's a reason there's only 40 seconds. 540 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,000 Because they're not supposed to be in the huddle all day. 541 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:10,000 They're supposed to get in the huddle, hear from their leader, and then go do the thing. 542 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000 So I'm not telling you not to huddle up with God. 543 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:21,000 I'm telling you to have a sense of urgency and go do the thing. 544 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:26,000 You say, Rudy, that sounds more like spiritual health than social health than physical health. 545 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,000 Well, kind of it is because it's all of them. 546 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,000 Because all of our dimensions of health are related. 547 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,000 You work on your spiritual health, the way physical means, 548 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,000 and it affects your emotional and mental health. 549 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,000 And as in the case of NACS, it provides and improves your social health. 550 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,000 And your anxiety starts to fall away. 551 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 And your blood pressure goes down. 552 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,000 And your physical health improves. 553 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,000 Which then helps with your self-image, and your mental health improves. 554 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:59,000 And all these things keep looping back and forth between all the dimensions in a positive way. 555 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:04,000 And your overall general health improves. 556 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:10,000 I've been doing sessions, counseling sessions, but dag on it, I'm not a therapist or a counselor. 557 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:15,000 So I just really two dudes just hanging out in my office talking, right? 558 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:20,000 And I'm hanging out with this guy who's been dealing with some personal, some family issues, 559 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:25,000 and just having good discussions about, you know, what to do. 560 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,000 And a few months ago, he told me he'd joined a gym. 561 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,000 And he's been working on his physical fitness. 562 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:36,000 And in our conversation this past week, this is what he told me. 563 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:42,000 He's like, you know, Rudy, I'm going to have to deal with those situations from my family. 564 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:54,000 If I had to do that right after work, I tend to stress and react negatively when I have to deal with it. 565 00:30:54,000 --> 00:31:00,000 But if those same situations come up an hour later after I've been in a gym, 566 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:08,000 and worked on my physical health, and let some stress out, I tend to respond positively instead of react negatively. 567 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:13,000 Is there a correlation? 568 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:19,000 As the passage in Acts 42 teaches us, we should devote ourselves to the breaking of bread into prayer. 569 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:24,000 And this morning, I'm going to present you with a number of opportunities. 570 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,000 Ann Cully and Dave Stepnick lead a group called Prayer on the Move. 571 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:33,000 Each month, Ann and Bob and Charlie Mandrake, they take a group of folks, 572 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:38,000 and they go to like rest areas or city parks or national parks, and they set up a tent, 573 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:45,000 and they serve water and coffee and just talk to people passing through. 574 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,000 The very first time we did it, we did it to Rest Stop on 81 South in West Virginia. 575 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:54,000 Before we even had set up, a man came, asked for, he already had his coffee and his truck, 576 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,000 and he asked for cream and sugar and conversation. 577 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,000 And we were able to pray with him because he was in recovery. 578 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:05,000 His wife was inactive addiction, so we prayed with him, and he walked away a little bit better. 579 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:12,000 The second month, they were in Pennsylvania at the Rest Stop on 81 North, and a man showed up. 580 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,000 And this isn't my story, but I'm going to tell it anyway. 581 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:22,000 They were pounding the prayer sign or coffee sign, something, into the ground, and he had a hammer. 582 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:26,000 Hey, can I help you hammer that in? And they talked to him. 583 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:33,000 And he proceeds to say to them, I was ready to take my life this morning. 584 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:45,000 And I said, God, I'm going to go out, and if you show me a reason why I shouldn't, then I won't. 585 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:52,000 You may or may not be comfortable with praying for people, but can you talk to them? Can you listen? 586 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:57,000 And if it comes to prayer, they know what they're doing to people that lead the group, 587 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,000 so just stand next to them and listen. 588 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000 Steal what they say for the next person. 589 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,000 On May 18th, they're going to go to the city park and it's birthdays in May. 590 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:12,000 So she's going to buy cupcakes. She's going to hand out cupcakes and water to the kids on the playground. 591 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:17,000 I encourage you to get your butt out of bed on May 18th and go hang out at the city park. 592 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,000 If you have any questions about that ministry and in Charlie, Bob will be here. 593 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000 They'll be out next to the Welcome Hub sitting down. 594 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:30,000 Can you do that? 595 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,000 I'm not going to ask again. I'm going to move on. 596 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:38,000 We have what I like to coin, what I've coined, HCV at HHC. 597 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Every Sunday morning at 10 a.m., we have a watch party at Hagerstown Health Care Center. 598 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:52,000 There are people there right now watching this service with the residents of Hagerstown Health Care Center. 599 00:33:52,000 --> 00:34:02,000 Now, the members of our church that live there for various reasons can't come here, so we go there. 600 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:10,000 My encouragement for you is take one Sunday a month, and instead of listening to Chris in person, 601 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:21,000 go there and sit with them. Take communion with them. Worship with them. Love on them. 602 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:29,000 There's two dudes there named Wayne and Zane. They're sick of looking at each other's faces. 603 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:36,000 So will you be a different face that they can break bread with on a Sunday morning, once a month? 604 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:42,000 Email me. Don't worry. They have coffee. 605 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:48,000 We also have a pool team. Chris asked me to lead this pool team because he knows I shoot pool. Shoot pool. 606 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,000 We go to breakaways on Pennsylvania Avenue and shoot pool on Thursday nights. 607 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:57,000 And we just show people that it's fun to be a Christian. Right? 608 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:11,000 Now, sometimes they see Joey or Rudy miss a shot and be human and want to say words that pastors and church people shouldn't say. 609 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:19,000 But we do sometimes. And they see that we're real people with the same real issues. 610 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:26,000 And they see how we react. And they see that when Joey walks away from the table pounded his pool stick, 611 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:34,000 that Jason or Lucy say, ah, man, you're fine. Get him next shot. 612 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,000 And it encourages not just our own team, but the people that we shoot pool with. 613 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,000 Is there something, a hobby that you have that we can turn into a ministry? 614 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,000 You like to throw darts? Create a dart team. 615 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:51,000 Anyone here like to bowl? Create a bowling team. 616 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,000 Anyone here ride a bike? We have that. 617 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:59,000 Tennis. Anyone play pickleball? 618 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:04,000 Chris has committed to buy a couple portable pickleball nets. 619 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:13,000 If somebody in here will commit to leading up the pickleball club, as long as you don't sprain your achilles while you're doing it. 620 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:17,000 Sorry. 621 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:25,000 This is connecting to people through a physical means. Which leads us to our action steps. 622 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:32,000 I decided to make this message shorter, by the way, so we could do some ministry time at the end. 623 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,000 It may not be shorter. Sorry. 624 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,000 The action steps today, I want to give you three challenges. 625 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,000 Now, these are general challenges that the Lord has spoken to me. 626 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:55,000 My desire is that you take these general challenges and you speak with God to make them specific goals and how it looks in your life to complete them. 627 00:36:55,000 --> 00:37:04,000 Keeping in mind that whatever you hear, if it's going on your plate, where does it need to come from? 628 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:09,000 That wasn't rhetorical. If it's going on your plate, who's the one who puts it there? 629 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:16,000 Thank you. I will also accept Holy Spirit in Jesus. 630 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:23,000 Romans 12, 2. Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind. 631 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:31,000 And that by testing you may discern the will of God and put that on your plate. 632 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,000 Because that is what is good and acceptable and perfect. 633 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:41,000 So, number one, I wish I could command you to do this, but I'm not Jesus. 634 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:47,000 Do a personal health inventory. Do a personal health inventory. 635 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:55,000 John, 3 John 1, 2. Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and it all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting well. 636 00:37:55,000 --> 00:38:00,000 How do you know that your soul is getting well? 637 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:05,000 How do you know you are in good health? 638 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,000 Pull your toes back, because this is going to apply to some of you. 639 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:17,000 When's the last time you went to see your doctor? 640 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Some of you want to leave right now. 641 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,000 I don't mean, oh, I was sick, so I went to urgent care. 642 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,000 Talk about a checkup, because we tend to put these things off. 643 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:34,000 We take our kids, but we don't take ourselves. 644 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000 We need to do preventative maintenance to our bodies. 645 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,000 My blood pressure has always been great. 646 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Back in October, November, thankfully in November, I went to urgent care. 647 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:51,000 And they released me with no medication, but they said, hey, you know your blood pressure? 648 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:56,000 Listen, my blood pressure historically has been 120 over like 70s. 649 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:01,000 My blood pressure was close to 150, top number. 650 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:06,000 I don't remember what the bottom number is, because I remember 150 and that was enough. 651 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000 A few weeks later, I went to give blood. 652 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:15,000 I give blood transfusions for a reason every six months, a double rep count. 653 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:20,000 When I went to give blood, it was still in the, she had to test it twice to make sure I wasn't in 160s. 654 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,000 I was still in the high 140s. 655 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,000 However, I went and got checked. 656 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000 Now, if I didn't have those things, I wouldn't have known. 657 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,000 I've been taking meds and drinking an herbal tea blend since December. 658 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:37,000 And while I hate medication, and I know that I can fix it by eating better, 659 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,000 I have to do something for a healthier heart. 660 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,000 Call your family practitioner. 661 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000 My grandfather had Alzheimer's. 662 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:52,000 When he passed, my mom currently is in the midst of the same battle. 663 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:57,000 I want to do all I can now in my 40s. 664 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:01,000 I'm still 49, so I get to say 40s. 665 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,000 To all set the same fate for myself. 666 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000 I wear a CPAP machine every night. 667 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000 I hate it. 668 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:12,000 I look like Bane from Batman. 669 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:17,000 I was born in the darkness. 670 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,000 But I want oxygen going to my brain while I sleep. 671 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,000 I've had high cholesterol. 672 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:28,000 I refuse to take a statin drug because there's a correlation with memory loss. 673 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,000 So I keep my cholesterol in check. 674 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,000 I want to do all I can now in my 40s so I can fight off the effects. 675 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,000 I owe it to Carrie. 676 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,000 I owe it to Kingston to be healthy. 677 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000 I owe it to God. 678 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000 Get some type of personal health inventory done on your body. 679 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,000 If I ignore it, it will go away. 680 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000 It is not. 681 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:55,000 The way to deal with your physical health. 682 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000 Which leads us to our second challenge. 683 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,000 Change your level of physical activity. 684 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,000 Hebrews 12. 685 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000 Get a grip. 686 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000 Oh, that's not what it says. 687 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,000 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. 688 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,000 Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame 689 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,000 will not fall but become strong. 690 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000 Get up and move. 691 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:27,000 When you're moving your feet, improve your health. 692 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:32,000 My challenge to hear everyone is to walk 20 minutes a day for the entire month of May. 693 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000 At least three times a week. 694 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:38,000 I challenged the staff last week to get up out of their seats in the middle of the day. 695 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,000 Chris wasn't here so I could play balls. 696 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,000 And go for a 20-minute walk. 697 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000 I encourage you guys, you all have a lunch break. 698 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,000 Or if you work for yourself, you can do whatever you want. 699 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,000 Get up and go for a walk. 700 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000 Walk with a coworker and talk with them. 701 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,000 Walk with your spouse after dinner. 702 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,000 Some of you barely talk to your spouse all night. 703 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:03,000 Take your kids to the park and walk with them. 704 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,000 Chris talked about cortisol a couple weeks ago. 705 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:11,000 If you have heightened levels of cortisol, it will negatively impact you. 706 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:17,000 It has proven that if your cortisol is high, you will not lose weight. 707 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,000 Or you will struggle to lose weight. 708 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:23,000 But if you go for a walk, guess what that does to your cortisol levels? 709 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,000 Brings them down. 710 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,000 Get up and go for a walk. 711 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:35,000 Did you know that we have a group here at HCV called Walking in the Spirit that meets twice a month? 712 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:41,000 You can join Billie Jean Bickle and her group, do a little devotional, and then walk. 713 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,000 Then you'll have a reason to get up off your butts. 714 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:50,000 Coming up on May 18th, you saw Duane out there in an orange shirt. 715 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,000 We're doing a global walk for water where we raise money for clean water for people in the entire world. 716 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,000 That's kind of close to our heart. 717 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,000 Go walk in that walk. 718 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,000 It's six kilometers. 719 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:11,000 Because the average person in Africa has to walk three miles, sorry, three kilometers to the clean water source and three kilometers back. 720 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:12,000 So we'll walk. 721 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:17,000 And if you can't walk, go pray for somebody there. 722 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,000 You saw Lance wearing a spiritually fit. 723 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,000 He meets twice a month. 724 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,000 Join that. 725 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,000 You heard Lance say they have Open Gym. 726 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,000 See Stephen or Lance, Open Gym. 727 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,000 Who likes to play basketball? 728 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,000 Get here this Tuesday. 729 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,000 7 o'clock. 730 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,000 Did you know there's a basketball net over there we park under? 731 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,000 Get active. 732 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,000 Finally, brothers, sorry. 733 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,000 Next point first. 734 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,000 Improve your self-image. 735 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,000 And this is where we slow it down. 736 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:54,000 Improve your self-image physically and mentally and emotionally. 737 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,000 How many of you here love your body? 738 00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:03,000 How many of you here tell yourself you love your body every single day? 739 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:07,000 Now, Philippians, for you. 740 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:12,000 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable. 741 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,000 You hear any negativity in any of those words? 742 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:19,000 If there is any excellence, if there is any worthy of praise, think about those things. 743 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:23,000 Improve your thinking by meditating on this verse. 744 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:26,000 And improve the image you have of yourself. 745 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:30,000 I want to tell you, I know I'm running late, but I've got to tell you three stories. 746 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,000 Three stories. 747 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,000 One is about a girl that I used to teach math. 748 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,000 She taught me a couple years. 749 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,000 I taught her a couple. 750 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,000 Most of the students taught me more than I taught them. 751 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,000 Let's get that straight. 752 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:46,000 I ran into her a couple years later at the high school, at the high school during a football game. 753 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:52,000 And she came up to me and she was like, Rudy, man, you look really good, Mr. Rudy. 754 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:59,000 And I said, I was down to 218, now I'm back to 240 something. 755 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,000 She was like, but I'm telling you, Mr. Rudy, you look good. 756 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,000 What did I do? 757 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,000 Absolute thinking, negative cognitive thinking. 758 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:14,000 And I robbed her of blessing me with a beautiful comment. 759 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:20,000 And the Holy Spirit spoke to me after she walked away and said, Rudy, you may not be. 760 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,000 When I taught her, I was approaching 270. 761 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:29,000 And the Holy Spirit said, you may not be 270. 762 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:36,000 Or sorry, you may not be 218, but you sure as heck aren't 270. 763 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,000 Another girl that I taught PE years ago has two daughters. 764 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,000 And if you're friends with this girl, this is a beautiful story. 765 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,000 She's posted on Facebook. 766 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,000 Two daughters. 767 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:48,000 Maddie and Lexi, they're both in elementary school. 768 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,000 They are gymnasts. 769 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:54,000 A couple months ago, they had a meet. 770 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:59,000 And Maddie had a great day. 771 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,000 Best day ever. 772 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:05,000 She PR'd, she set a personal record in several events. 773 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,000 She was killing it. 774 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:15,000 Her younger sister, Lexi, struggled most of the day. 775 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,000 Maddie, best day ever. 776 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:21,000 Lexi, what am I doing? 777 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,000 Worst day of my life. 778 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:30,000 But in that moment, two things happened. 779 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:36,000 While Maddie was on the platform accepting her medal, 780 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:44,000 Lexi runs over and celebrates with Maddie. 781 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:50,000 Lexi then congratulates her and gives her a hug. 782 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:58,000 And in the other instance, Maddie saw her sister down on the mat. 783 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:04,000 And she went over to her and she lifted her up. 784 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:09,000 And she spoke life into her little sister. 785 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:18,000 And that's a beautiful picture of what we could say to ourselves when we're down or when we're up. 786 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:24,000 And what we could say to others when they're experiencing something similar. 787 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:29,000 My students teach me more than I've ever taught them. 788 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,000 And then the last one. 789 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,000 You put the picture up there. 790 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:38,000 Some of you have seen this picture before, this graphic. 791 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:42,000 Which of those two women do you think God loves more? 792 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:50,000 This one, the strung out addict who found herself living in the streets? 793 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:54,000 Or this beautiful, healthy, vibrant woman here? 794 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:58,000 Which one does God love more? 795 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,000 Guess what? 796 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:04,000 That's both, Kathy. 797 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,000 Leave it there. 798 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,000 When God sees Kathy, who does he see? 799 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:16,000 Does he see Kathy or does he see Kathy? 800 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:23,000 He sees Kathy not heroin addict, not beautiful woman. 801 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,000 He sees Kathy as daughter. 802 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,000 Daughter. 803 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:33,000 Leave it there. 804 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:37,000 What if she could lift her up? 805 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:41,000 And what if she could speak life into her? 806 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:46,000 Because I don't think we do that to ourselves as much as we claim we do. 807 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:55,000 I may not be where I want to be, but I sure as hell am not where I was. 808 00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:00,000 And listen, I used the word, I debated whether I wanted to use the H word. 809 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,000 I used it for a reason. 810 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:08,000 Because the enemy thought he had her. 811 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:11,000 She was destined for hell, so the enemy thought. 812 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:24,000 But Jesus, Jesus said, girl, you are mine. 813 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:29,000 And Jesus created you in his image. 814 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:39,000 So you just take a moment today to transform your own self-image to the one that's closer to what God sees. 815 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:43,000 1 Thessalonians 5, now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, 816 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:48,000 and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus. 817 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:53,000 You are blameless because Jesus bought your body with a price. 818 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,000 He purchased it on the cross. 819 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,000 Your identity is in Jesus. 820 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:03,000 You may have ADHD, but that is not your identity. 821 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,000 That's a prognosis. 822 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:08,000 Your identity is in Jesus. 823 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:12,000 You may be manic-depressive, but that's not your identity. 824 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,000 That's a diagnosis. 825 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:17,000 Your identity is in Jesus. 826 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:22,000 You may be overweight, but that is not your identity. 827 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:27,000 That's a false label that you or the world has put on yourself. 828 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,000 You are a child of Jesus. 829 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:35,000 You may be fill in the blank. 830 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,000 That is not your identity. 831 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,000 That's a lie. 832 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,000 Everyone say this. 833 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,000 I am a child of Jesus. 834 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,000 Repeat it after me. 835 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,000 Sorry. 836 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,000 You got the idea. 837 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,000 I want to slow things down for a minute. 838 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,000 I believe God wants to spend some time with you. 839 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:59,000 I understand we are running a little late, but we are going to take communion. 840 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,000 If you didn't get your elements when you came in, will you raise your hand? 841 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:05,000 I want you to stay seated. 842 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:06,000 Raise your hand. 843 00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:07,000 We have a bunch of people in front. 844 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,000 If you need gluten-free, raise both hands. 845 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,000 While they are passing around, I want you to stay quiet. 846 00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,000 Stay silent. 847 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:15,000 They will find you. 848 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,000 Keep your hands high. 849 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:21,000 God wants to spend some time with you today. 850 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,000 While they are passing, I want you to reflect. 851 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:29,000 Am I living in unforgiveness with myself and with others? 852 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:32,000 1 Corinthians 11 says this. 853 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:36,000 Starting in verse 27, right after the Lord's prayer. 854 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:42,000 So then whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord. 855 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:46,000 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat the bread and drink the cup. 856 00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,000 Please examine yourself for a moment. 857 00:51:48,000 --> 00:52:16,000 Sit for a moment and reflect on that passage. 858 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:56,000 We say, no man can have me one. 859 00:52:56,000 --> 00:53:01,000 Can't win against your sins. 860 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:06,000 Surrender everything you have. 861 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:21,000 You can't have me one.