1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,440 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:23,060 To get connected or to give online, go to connect.hcv.church or give.hcv.church. 3 00:00:23,060 --> 00:00:27,360 If at any point during this message you feel called to make a change in your life, text 4 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,640 change me to 970-00. 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:58,200 Thank you and enjoy the message. 6 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:23,600 Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. 7 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:33,480 You shone on your crazy town. 8 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:44,480 Now there's a look in your eyes like black holes in the sky. 9 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:52,840 You shone on your crazy town. 10 00:01:52,840 --> 00:02:03,680 You were crying the crossfire, shouted to stall them, thrown on the steel. 11 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,680 Come on you target for four way laughter. 12 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:33,280 Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr and star. 13 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:43,000 You searched for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon. 14 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:52,480 Shone on your crazy town. 15 00:02:52,480 --> 00:03:04,360 Threatened by shadows at night, exposed in the light. 16 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:11,960 Shone on your crazy town. 17 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:22,680 You were right to welcome the randomness of you, thrown on the steel. 18 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,680 Come on you red, you seer of the mission. 19 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:43,120 Come on you painter, you black, you're the one that shines. 20 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:58,560 Come on you target for four way laughter. 21 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:14,200 Come on you target for four way laughter. 22 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:29,640 Come on you red, you seer of the mission. 23 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:45,080 Come on you target for four way laughter. 24 00:04:45,080 --> 00:05:00,520 Come on you red, you seer of the mission. 25 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:15,960 Come on you target for four way laughter. 26 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:32,800 Amen. 27 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:42,760 Well good morning HTV. 28 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:51,800 Hey can you give another hand for Rick Vance. 29 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,780 Hey and Daniel you sound great too my man. 30 00:05:53,780 --> 00:05:55,400 Thank you to everyone. 31 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:56,960 Summer jams continues. 32 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,440 It actually concludes today unfortunately. 33 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,840 But it will come back next year. 34 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:08,000 Thank you for joining us from home if you're tuning in online. 35 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:13,760 This series is about discovering God in our everyday lives. 36 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:18,640 The songs that have been chosen in this series are simply tools that assist us in challenging 37 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,080 us to grow in our relationship with Jesus. 38 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:26,280 We at HTV in no way encourage you to go out and listen to, buy, purchase these albums 39 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:30,480 though many of you already have them. 40 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,520 So we kicked off our series a few weeks ago discussing loneliness through the song Boulevard 41 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,600 of Broken Dreams by Green Day. 42 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,200 Then we moved to the Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away now and we challenged ourselves 43 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,520 to live a generous life last week. 44 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:49,520 We heard Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman and we discussed how to live in the moment 45 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:50,520 every day. 46 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,700 Today you just heard Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd. 47 00:06:54,700 --> 00:07:01,240 This is of course a Pink Floyd classic that can be found on their 1975 album titled Wish 48 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:02,600 You Were Here. 49 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:07,880 Now the song is primarily a tribute to the artist's former bandmate, Sid Barrett. 50 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:13,600 Sid Barrett was actually the man that founded Pink Floyd and wrote many of the early songs 51 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:14,840 on the first album. 52 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:20,680 However, he was kicked out of the group in 1968 because of his LSD abuse and fragile 53 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,280 mental health. 54 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:27,400 The track captures the band's feelings of guilt and ousting Sid while at the same time 55 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:32,160 their admiration for what he brought to the band and the songs that he wrote. 56 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:37,960 In the verses of the song, the singers use metaphors such as shine, sun to describe his 57 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:44,700 massive potential in creativity while at the same time they discuss the contrast using 58 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:51,440 terms like black hole to signify the loss of identity and in fact his very memory. 59 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,560 The sense of friendship between Sid Barrett and his former band was exhibited in a very 60 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:04,440 unrecognizable way, Sid, who had not seen the members of Pink Floyd for years, almost six 61 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:10,080 years in fact, showed up randomly at the recording studio while they were recording the very 62 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,360 song Shine On You Crazy Diamond. 63 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:19,720 Roger Walters quoted in the Floyd biography, Saucerful of Secrets, said that he came to 64 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:24,280 tears at the very appearance of Sid Barrett. 65 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:33,480 A man sitting in the corner that was once great was now fat, bald and completely mad. 66 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:40,080 Sid Barrett died alone in 2006 at the age of 60 from cancer, yet he will live on forever. 67 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,400 Notice the title of the song Shine On You Crazy Diamond. 68 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,160 Sid is spelled out in the very title. 69 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:53,480 Now as I was reading through all of the history about the band, I was reading about Sid Barrett, 70 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,400 I was listening to the song over and over and over again. 71 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,600 At the beginning of the song, I was like, God, what direction do you want me to go in 72 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:01,600 this week? 73 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:06,880 Because let's be honest, this is a downer. 74 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,880 People talk about how great the song is, but then when you really understand it, you think, 75 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:16,000 oh, this is just negative. 76 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,480 What do I do for people that are gathering here on a Sunday morning? 77 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,640 What do they need to hear? 78 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:26,840 And immediately, one word just came to my spirit, almost like God was yelling at me 79 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,760 and that word was choice. 80 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:38,400 See, God clearly spoke to me that everyone has a choice in life. 81 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:44,120 Essentially, we are the sum of the total of choices that we have made up to this point 82 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,120 in our lives. 83 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:50,600 And if you think about it, the choices that we're making today will determine who we become 84 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:55,840 and what we do, where we will go tomorrow. 85 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:56,840 I choose. 86 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,280 See, here's the reality about life. 87 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:06,520 You and I, we're going to experience a lot of pain in this life. 88 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,400 You're going to experience pain. 89 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,600 And if this is your first time here, welcome to HCV where I'll give you a feel good message 90 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,520 that will change your life. 91 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:22,920 Now, you and I are going to experience a lot of pain. 92 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,920 And the reality is a lot of the pain that we experience will be outside of our ability 93 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:28,920 control. 94 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:33,880 That's why Jesus said in John 16, 33, in this world, you will have trouble. 95 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,960 See, a lot of times this trouble is not our fault. 96 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:40,960 Freak accidents. 97 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,520 Somebody you love betrays you and hurts you. 98 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,640 Your company downsizes you, you lose your job. 99 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:51,440 Your family re-globacates to another state causing you to lose all of your friendships. 100 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:56,440 A loved one passes away too soon. 101 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,960 All things out of our control. 102 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:03,860 But there's also the reality that some of the pain that we experience in life is within 103 00:11:03,860 --> 00:11:05,600 our control. 104 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:15,080 In other words, you will have a choice to face the pain of your consequences later. 105 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:21,160 For example, you can choose the pain of living within your means today, or you can choose 106 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,800 the pain of battling out a mountain of debt tomorrow. 107 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:31,920 You can choose the pain of studying for your exam today, or experience the pain of retaking 108 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,000 the class tomorrow. 109 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,400 You can choose the pleasure of having sex right now in the relationship you're currently 110 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:44,140 in that will only cause pain in the future, or you can choose the pain of discipline and 111 00:11:44,140 --> 00:11:48,840 waiting until marriage. 112 00:11:48,840 --> 00:12:00,000 See what I want to do to you today is I want to talk about choosing a certain type of pain. 113 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:05,980 We will choose the pain of discipline over the pain of regret. 114 00:12:05,980 --> 00:12:11,000 See we all have different types of pain, but if we're going to choose the pain of discipline 115 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:17,480 over the pain of regret, that ultimately is going to change the very course of our life. 116 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:24,920 Again, back to the Pink Floyd autobiography, the bandmates share, Sid Barrett was like 117 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:29,620 a child who lacked discipline. 118 00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:36,840 He couldn't control his drug intake, which led him to suffer from schizophrenic attacks. 119 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:43,280 And Sid had a choice, which leads us to our first thought this morning as we conclude 120 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,760 rock anthems. 121 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:52,440 Discipline is choosing between what you want right now and what you want the most. 122 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,640 What you want now or what you want the most. 123 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,800 Listen to the words written by Paul in Romans chapter seven, and I got to be honest with 124 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:05,080 you, it makes me feel so good to relate to Paul and to hear the words that Paul writes. 125 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,920 See, he almost sounds crazy in saying it. 126 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,040 And if you're new to HTV, you're new to relationship with Jesus, maybe you're not in a relationship 127 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,040 with Jesus. 128 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,560 I have no idea where you are and you don't know much about Paul. 129 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,600 Just a little context. 130 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,400 Paul was a guy who met the risen Jesus. 131 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,160 See, Paul was a zealot. 132 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,080 He was killing the early Jesus followers. 133 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:33,440 He was, he wanted to eradicate the early church and he was on a horse on his way to Damascus 134 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:38,440 and the risen Jesus, not the physical Jesus, he had already died and risen. 135 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:43,840 The risen Jesus verbally, audibly spoke to Paul and knocked him off his horse, blinded 136 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,480 him. 137 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:53,640 Not only was he knocked off his horse, but then Jesus completely heals him of his blindness. 138 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,680 Paul goes into, goes on to grow in his relationship with Jesus, becomes a church planner and oh 139 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:00,800 yeah, writes about a third of the New Testament. 140 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:06,280 If there was anybody who had a spiritual edge, Paul had it. 141 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:11,600 If there's anybody that should have gotten it right, we should be able to look to Paul. 142 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:20,200 But in Romans chapter seven, Paul talks about how difficult it was to do the right thing. 143 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:28,000 And I'll be honest, his struggle makes me feel better because of how often I mess up. 144 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,800 And this is what he says in Romans 715, I don't really understand myself. 145 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,360 For what I want to do, what is right, but I don't do it. 146 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,600 Instead I do what I hate. 147 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:45,440 How many of you have done that before? 148 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,920 Excuse me, both hands should be up. 149 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,440 All of us, we should be doing jumping jacks. 150 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,120 That's me. 151 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:54,920 Come on now. 152 00:14:54,920 --> 00:15:00,600 I mean, and you say, no, I haven't done that, of course, come on. 153 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:07,080 Tell me you've never said, I can't believe I ate the whole thing. 154 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,280 I didn't want to eat the whole thing. 155 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:15,440 But man, that cherry Garcia was good. 156 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,220 I ate the whole thing. 157 00:15:19,220 --> 00:15:23,160 And Paul continues in Romans verse 18 to 19. 158 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,400 I want to do what is right, but I can't. 159 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,720 I want to do what is good, but I don't. 160 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,080 I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. 161 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,920 Oh, what a miserable person I am. 162 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,560 Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 163 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:42,400 I mean, this is Paul writing these words to us and it sounds like he has no hope, no relationship 164 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,400 with God. 165 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,400 What's going to happen next? 166 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,560 His life spiraling out of control. 167 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,560 I can't do it. 168 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:50,560 I want to do what's right, I don't. 169 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:54,080 I want to end up doing what's wrong. 170 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,040 Who can help me? 171 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:05,520 Then his tone changes and he says, thank God. 172 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,840 The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. 173 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,560 See, what is he saying? 174 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,920 He's saying I want to do the right thing, but I can't do it. 175 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,200 Actually, I'm often ashamed that I don't get it right. 176 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:21,200 I feel bad about myself. 177 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,200 I beat myself up. 178 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,200 I'm embarrassed. 179 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,400 And in my mind, I'm thinking I got to get it right. 180 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:27,400 I got to get it right. 181 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:28,400 I got it right. 182 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,600 Then Paul says, thank God. 183 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,720 The answer is not in me being better. 184 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,740 The answer is not you being stronger. 185 00:16:36,740 --> 00:16:38,440 The answer is Jesus. 186 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,400 You're like, what? 187 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:46,240 Yeah, that's the key to this whole talk today. 188 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:52,720 We're gonna make the wrong choices, we're gonna mess up. 189 00:16:52,720 --> 00:17:03,840 But with the help of the Spirit, he can enable us to choose what we want now, right? 190 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:11,200 And push our life forward so that we can walk away from that negativity. 191 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,080 We can choose discipline over regret. 192 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,320 And all we have to do is look at Paul's faith journey. 193 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:22,440 And it's amazing to watch his growth and his change, how he taps into the power of the 194 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,320 Spirit to live a more disciplined life. 195 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:26,320 Right? 196 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,440 This is the guy, he says, I can't get it right. 197 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:33,000 And then in 1 Corinthians, he uses the imagery, the metaphor of a race. 198 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,920 And this is what he says in 1 Corinthians 9, 24 to 25. 199 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:42,400 Don't you realize that in a race, everyone runs, but only one person gets a prize. 200 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,800 So run to win. 201 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,120 Everyone say run to win. 202 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:53,880 He's saying when you're running, you're not running for second place. 203 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:58,320 When you're running, you're running with every bit of focus, intensity, and power you have. 204 00:17:58,320 --> 00:17:59,320 You're running to win. 205 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,360 And this gets me fired up, you know why? 206 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:06,320 Because I like to win. 207 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,960 I am ultra competitive to the point where it's probably my downfall. 208 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:16,720 I remember I had to quit slow pitch softball. 209 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,360 Some of you may remember me throwing away my cleats because slow pitch softball caused 210 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:22,360 me to sin. 211 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:26,240 Hit the ball! 212 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:31,480 I used to stand on shortstop yelling at the hitters because they would take walks. 213 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:32,560 And then they would get to second base. 214 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,240 I'm like, dude, we're playing softball. 215 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,560 You're supposed to hit it. 216 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:38,560 So I quit. 217 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,560 Because see what would happen is everyone would be like, who's the pastor of this church 218 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,560 that we're playing? 219 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,560 Oh, he's on shortstop. 220 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:46,560 What? 221 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:52,320 So I threw my cleats away. 222 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,360 But you know why I love this statement? 223 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:58,360 Paul was competitive. 224 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:00,680 Look what he said. 225 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,640 He says don't coast through life. 226 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:05,640 Don't be comfortable in life. 227 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:06,640 He says no. 228 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,040 He says run to win. 229 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:14,680 He says all athletes are disciplined in their training. 230 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,960 And if you're going to win, what do you have to do? 231 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:22,920 You have to choose what you want most over what you want now. 232 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,960 Well, Chris, I want to be healthy. 233 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:30,280 I want to be in good shape. 234 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:35,560 But I also want to sleep in and have pizza. 235 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:41,880 You have to choose what you want most over what you want now. 236 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,800 Paul says we're disciplined in our training. 237 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:49,920 In fact, the root word for discipline is the same root word that creates the word disciples. 238 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:50,920 What are we? 239 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:51,920 We're disciples of Jesus. 240 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:52,920 We're followers of Jesus. 241 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:58,920 And then he goes on to say, he says, they do it to win a prize that will fade away, 242 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,800 but we do it for an eternal prize. 243 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,760 In other words, they're doing it for something that won't last. 244 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:11,400 You know that child soccer team, you know your son or daughter's soccer team that was 245 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:17,720 successful and they were first place and they got the plastic trophy or the little blue 246 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,320 ribbon, or they got the medal participation. 247 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:28,120 I mean, heck, even the best of the best of the best in the world that is on TV right 248 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:31,160 now, what do you get for getting first place? 249 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,760 A gold medal or six. 250 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:43,000 But let's be honest, you won't remember their names in four years. 251 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,420 But we as Jesus followers, we do it for what? 252 00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:46,920 We do it for an eternal prize. 253 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,760 That's why we run to win. 254 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,360 We're not doing it for some trophy or a pat on the back that's gonna pass away. 255 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:55,600 We're doing it for what? 256 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:03,200 To bring glory to the creator of the universe. 257 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,840 Everything we do, the Bible tells us, says do it for Jesus. 258 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,440 Don't do it for human masters, but do it to glorify God. 259 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:15,520 I mean, the imagery that Paul's talking about here, right? 260 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:20,940 When he is referring to this, his audience immediately would have directed their mind 261 00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:24,200 to the Ismian games. 262 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,800 And that was a tremendous patriotic event. 263 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,120 It was very similar to the Olympics that are happening right now. 264 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:34,400 And these athletes, you see, they would go into this strict 10 to 12 month training, 265 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,400 no junk food, no alcohol, no relationships. 266 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:43,120 They would expose themselves to all kinds of elements, hot, cold, to prepare for physical 267 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:46,400 battle. 268 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:51,000 To prepare for physical competition with another and friends. 269 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,620 The Bible tells us we're in a spiritual competition. 270 00:21:55,620 --> 00:22:02,480 The Bible tells us we're in a spiritual battle daily, which leads us to our next thought. 271 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:07,520 Following Jesus requires discipline, requires it. 272 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:08,520 Look at Hebrews 12. 273 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:09,800 I love the author of Hebrews. 274 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,840 He says, therefore, since you are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life 275 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:20,840 of faith, strip off every weight that shuts, that slows us down, especially the sin that 276 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,280 so easily trips us up and let us run. 277 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,680 Remember what Paul told us, run the wind. 278 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,760 With endurance, the race got a step before us. 279 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,480 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus. 280 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:37,040 And the author is telling us to strip off for the race. 281 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:43,200 And again, going back to the context of who it was written to. 282 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:48,000 Literally the athletes in the Ismian games, they would take off their clothing because 283 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,640 it would slow them down. 284 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:57,600 The athletes ran naked, which gives you an entirely different reason to win. 285 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:11,000 I mean, I'm sorry, but if I'm racing against a bunch of naked men, I'm coming in first. 286 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,680 I'm just saying. 287 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,040 I mean, that's kind of obvious, right? 288 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:23,560 Well, you guys are like, yep, we're running to win. 289 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,920 But see, in a relationship with Jesus, we're not running for an earthly prize. 290 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:33,920 We're running for a prize, a high five that's never going to spoil, perish, or fade. 291 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,880 We're running to glorify God. 292 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:41,240 Can I go on a kind of a rant for a minute? 293 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:42,240 Is that all right? 294 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,800 Just a kind of a rant. 295 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:53,000 When you come to church every week, when you come to HCV every week, what do you do? 296 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,720 When you're preparing to come and you're thinking about coming, what do you do? 297 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:02,720 Because, man, I tell you what, as I was praying this week and preparing and reading and listening 298 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:09,080 to this song over and over and over again, and almost allowing myself to get into this 299 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:16,520 negative tone of why the song was written, this expectation just kind of grew within 300 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:22,280 my spirit that there was going to be life change today in your life. 301 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,400 And then I began to think, what do you think about? 302 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,040 What do the people that come on Sunday morning, what do they think about when they come to 303 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,040 a Sunday morning? 304 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:35,120 Because if I'm in your shoes, dude, I'm getting here early. 305 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:36,240 There's no such thing as vineyard time. 306 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,240 I'm getting here early. 307 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:38,240 And you know what else? 308 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,720 I'm going to be right up here. 309 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:42,720 You know why? 310 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,920 Because that's where the Holy Spirit is, right here. 311 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,800 It's not back there. 312 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,840 It's right here. 313 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:56,040 You guys know I'm kidding, but the point is, dude, when you go to a game, I don't care 314 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,880 if it's baseball, basketball, football, you're doing everything you can to get where? 315 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:00,880 To the front. 316 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,480 I mean, you want to get to the front. 317 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,640 In fact, you'll wait till the end of the game when your team's getting blown out just so 318 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:11,520 you can get to the fifth row and take a picture. 319 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:18,360 Why does everyone want to come to church and just slide in and sit in the back? 320 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:23,040 Because you're not expectant. 321 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:27,720 Are you expectant when you walk into this place, you're going to be changed by God, 322 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,880 that you're going to get into worship and you're going to come to a point in worship 323 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:39,040 where you experience His presence and His love and His peace just overwhelm you? 324 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:44,440 Do you come here believing that you can impact other people, that by a simple prayer, healing 325 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:51,680 can come, that by a simple shake of a hand or a smile or a hug, people are changed? 326 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:56,760 Do you come here expecting God to speak to you? 327 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,480 Or do you just kind of say, yeah, it was okay today? 328 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:01,480 I went to church. 329 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:02,480 It was good. 330 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:03,480 It was okay. 331 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,280 See the difference? 332 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:14,360 No, you come here encountering God, hearing from God, desiring to be transformed. 333 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:21,480 I mean, I'm just being honest, there's some of you here today, because you're in these 334 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:27,160 seats, because of the presence of God in this place, the trajectory of your life is going 335 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,000 to change this morning. 336 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,320 You know who I'm talking to. 337 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:37,080 In fact, I'm talking to all of you. 338 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:41,320 But I promise if you open to receive what God has for you this morning, your life will 339 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:47,440 radically change, because there's a divine moment waiting for you, an encounter with 340 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:53,160 the Spirit of God that's literally going to change you, which leads us to our next question. 341 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,360 Not a thought, a question. 342 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,440 What do you want the most? 343 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,440 I need your help here. 344 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,960 I need a little audience participation. 345 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:11,040 I want you to think about what you want most in life right now. 346 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,080 And don't tell me something stupid like, I want to win the lottery. 347 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,800 I'm going to win Publishers Clearing House. 348 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,080 I'm going to make it on American Idol. 349 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:24,000 No, you're not. 350 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,520 Let me just go ahead and break your bubble right now. 351 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:27,520 No. 352 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:34,440 Let me tell you, if Rick Vance isn't on American Idol, you're not even going to come close, 353 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,440 because that was pretty impressive. 354 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:42,160 I want you to give me something real, and I don't care how old you are. 355 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,680 I want you to give me something godly. 356 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,160 What do you want most? 357 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,760 And you say, well, why are you asking me this? 358 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,080 Because look at Jesus' words in John 14. 359 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,560 You can ask me, you can ask for anything in my name and I'll do it. 360 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,520 So that the Son can bring glory to the Father. 361 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,480 Just ask me for anything in my name and I will do it. 362 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:05,320 Again, he says in John 16, two short chapters later, you haven't done this before, ask using 363 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:13,440 my name and you will receive and you will have abundant joy. 364 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,280 For some of you here this morning, you're beginning to recognize it's time for me to 365 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,840 take Jesus seriously. 366 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:23,400 Chris, I want to get close to God. 367 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:27,840 Someone else here this morning is going to say, yeah, it's time for me to get in better 368 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:28,840 shape. 369 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:29,840 I want to live longer. 370 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:30,840 I need to quit smoking. 371 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,360 I'm going to lose 25 pounds. 372 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:39,360 For some of you, I need to pay my credit cards off because I'm drowning in debt. 373 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:46,680 For some of you, I need to get my marriage right because this is getting boring and average. 374 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,520 And we can't tolerate bad. 375 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,560 We need intimacy. 376 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,560 You name it. 377 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,800 I don't know what you're going through. 378 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,400 I don't know what you brought in here, but I want you to be careful of something because 379 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,000 some of you are like, well, Chris, I got a bunch of things. 380 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,160 I got a laundry list of things I need to change. 381 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,160 I'm undisciplined. 382 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,520 I need to quit smoking. 383 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:07,520 I need to quit doing crack. 384 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,080 I need to quit gambling. 385 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,760 I need to quit sleeping around. 386 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,480 I'm a mess. 387 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,480 Choose one. 388 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:18,720 Right? 389 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,040 Choose one. 390 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,200 You try to do all of them, guess what? 391 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,200 You're going to epically fail. 392 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,040 You're going to spiral out of control and you're going to hit rock bottom. 393 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:30,640 But if you choose one and God supernaturally sets you forth on the trajectory of your life 394 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,920 that you overcome that struggle, the next one's going to be a little easier. 395 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,240 And then the next one's going to be easier. 396 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:41,000 And then suddenly there's this snowball effect where you're cruising down this hill and that 397 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,520 snowball is getting bigger. 398 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:51,600 And when it explodes, you're going to change someone else's life. 399 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,840 So I want you to start with one this morning. 400 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,280 Like for example, if you're here and you're hungover, you might want to choose, I'm not 401 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,280 going to drink tonight. 402 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:02,280 Just saying. 403 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:09,120 Now what I want you to do is I want you to write it down. 404 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,120 Write it down. 405 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:11,120 Humor me. 406 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,120 Come on. 407 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,960 If you don't have a pen, use your finger. 408 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,600 Dip it in the ink. 409 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,400 Write it down. 410 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,760 Write it on your little piece of paper, whatever it is. 411 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:26,080 Write it down. 412 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:33,520 What do you want most in life right now? 413 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,880 Now that leads us to our next question. 414 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,320 Oh, not a thought. 415 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:46,040 What do you need to choose now for success? 416 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:51,000 What do you need to choose now, right now for you to be successful? 417 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,040 Because after all, we're disciplined people. 418 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,360 What do you need to choose now to achieve what you want the most? 419 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,160 What do you want the most? 420 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,600 You already wrote it down. 421 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,000 You want to be close to God? 422 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,000 That's an easy one. 423 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,000 You need to get on your phone. 424 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,160 You need to download the Bible app. 425 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,500 You need to begin listening to God speak to you through the Bible. 426 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:19,920 You need to get yourself a reading plan and begin to follow that plan so God's word begins 427 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,320 to change you. 428 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,000 You need to gather in community. 429 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,040 Church doesn't become an option. 430 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,420 It becomes a priority. 431 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:33,280 You need to get yourself in a group around other people where you're getting prayed for. 432 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:37,880 You need to serve the community here at the church and outwardly. 433 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:38,880 You say why? 434 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,840 Because that's what Jesus did. 435 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,920 What do you need to choose right now? 436 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,280 You want to get in better shape? 437 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:48,280 Quit smoking. 438 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,280 Lose 25 pounds. 439 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:50,280 What do you do? 440 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:58,160 Well, chances are you're going to need to join the gym or you can download Beachbody, great 441 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,520 app, transform your life. 442 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:02,520 Perhaps you need to get a trainer. 443 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:07,940 We got tons of Beachbody coaches in our church or you can just go on Google and Google give 444 00:32:07,940 --> 00:32:11,640 you a plan. 445 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,040 You're going to need to get some good advice. 446 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,400 You want me to give you some? 447 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,100 90% of your problem is your diet. 448 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:25,840 You need to lower your carbs, get rid of desserts and sugar and increase your protein. 449 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,080 And then you apply it. 450 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,080 You begin to do that. 451 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,080 You begin to do what I just said. 452 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:31,080 You begin to apply it. 453 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:32,080 Listen to them. 454 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,960 You do that for one week, you're going to lose 10 pounds. 455 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,140 You do what I just said. 456 00:32:36,140 --> 00:32:38,920 One week, you'll lose 10 pounds. 457 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,320 So don't tell me you can't do it. 458 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,640 I know what it is. 459 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,160 You apply it to your life. 460 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,720 You want your marriage to get better? 461 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,720 Start communicating. 462 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,280 Talk. 463 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:57,360 Hey, husbands, if your wife says, how was your day? 464 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,960 Good's not a good answer. 465 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:01,720 Okay. 466 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:06,760 It was fine. 467 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:11,440 You need to communicate with each other. 468 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,120 You need to go on dates. 469 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,880 You need to get the kids watched and you might have to pay some money. 470 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:17,880 It's okay. 471 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:24,920 If you need a big tweak, you need to invite a third party in to get a little counsel to 472 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,920 save your marriage. 473 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,240 And you might have to pay for it, but guess what? 474 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,760 It's cheaper than divorce. 475 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:39,080 Hey, you want me to be real honest with you? 476 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:44,560 Some of you married couples, you need an NIB conference. 477 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:48,080 And you need to tell your kids, hey kids, you're going to go to grandma's for a few 478 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:49,080 days. 479 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,320 You're going to go to your aunt, your uncle for a few days. 480 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,480 Me and mom, we're going to an NIB conference. 481 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:56,960 We're going to better our marriage. 482 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:02,120 You want to know what an NIB conference is? 483 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:13,440 Naked in bed all weekend long. 484 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:23,400 Go ahead and high five your neighbor and say, I love being at HCV. 485 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:30,120 Now you all do notice that I was talking about married couples, NIB conference. 486 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,200 And you say, Chris, well, why would I do that? 487 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,360 Because Jesus wants you to. 488 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:36,920 Jesus believes in intimacy. 489 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,900 Remember, there's a whole book of the Bible. 490 00:34:38,900 --> 00:34:40,840 You could go back and listen to it. 491 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,400 You can go back and listen to it on our podcasts. 492 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:50,160 I did a whole series on Song of Solomon. 493 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,880 Make the choice. 494 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:53,880 Now I get it. 495 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,480 Some of you are sitting there and say, well, that's hard, Chris. 496 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,480 I know. 497 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,600 That's the pain of discipline. 498 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:01,600 Praying is awkward. 499 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,640 Then it gets easy. 500 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,240 Just like I said, counseling is expensive, but you save it. 501 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:11,760 You don't live with regret. 502 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,800 What do you want most? 503 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:21,920 And what do you need to choose now to experience it? 504 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,360 That's what Paul guide us. 505 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,400 He continues with this imagery of a race. 506 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:32,920 In 1 Corinthians 9, 26, 27, he says, sir, I run with purpose in every step. 507 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,160 I'm not just shadow boxing. 508 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:39,960 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. 509 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,440 Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others, I myself might be disqualified. 510 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,400 I'll be honest with you. 511 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,200 I'm known as a person that's disciplined. 512 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,360 Chris, you're very disciplined. 513 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,840 It's taken years to get there. 514 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,600 I'm undisciplined in my human nature. 515 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:04,400 You heard, I like Cherry Garcia, and I'll eat a whole stinking carton. 516 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,080 I like to sleep in, but I got a bunch of kids that won't let me. 517 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:13,360 I mean, there's times that my kids are fighting and arguing. 518 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:14,360 You know what I want to do? 519 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,880 I want to give them some boxing gloves and say, figure it out. 520 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,200 But see, you know what the problem is with my kids? 521 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:25,920 Sometimes I'm gonna get really hurt. 522 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:26,920 I'm just like you. 523 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,400 I don't want to deal with stuff. 524 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:36,860 But that's why I have to run with purpose in every step. 525 00:36:36,860 --> 00:36:42,560 In other words, I need Jesus more and more and more in this moment than what you could 526 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,040 ever imagine. 527 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,360 I need him all the time. 528 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,440 Because without him, I'm just like Paul, and we can all relate. 529 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,880 I want to do what's right, but I do what's wrong. 530 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:59,000 I keep doing what's wrong, Chris. 531 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:04,600 That's why we need him in every moment, every single day, because of our fallen nature, 532 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:12,080 we are very undisciplined people, and we're gonna always gravitate towards the apple. 533 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:20,640 And all of us know that the apple brings death. 534 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,520 Hebrews 12, 2. 535 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:27,360 We do this, remember he just said, strip it off. 536 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:32,040 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiated and perfects our faith, 537 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:40,000 because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross disregarding its shame. 538 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,240 He endured it, the pain, the suffering, the anguish for you and me. 539 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:47,920 I mean, I'll be honest with you, man, I was up early this morning preparing for this talk, 540 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,840 and I thought, oh my gosh, it's Crumpy Sunday. 541 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:58,960 I'll be honest with you, I felt guilty that we're having Crumpy Sunday this morning. 542 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:09,000 Like, here I am throwing this out to people to eat when I wouldn't touch it. 543 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,000 Why am I doing this? 544 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:15,200 And then I thought, well, it's moderation, there's only three. 545 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:20,120 It's only once a month. 546 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,480 So will you help me, should we keep Crumpy Sunday going? 547 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:34,720 Oh, okay, there you go. 548 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:39,400 Your community has spoken. 549 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,400 September, please join us again the first Sunday of every month for Crumpy Sunday at 550 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:44,400 HTV. 551 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,840 A great way for you to invite your friends to experience a delicacy that will kill you 552 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:53,480 from the inside out. 553 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,720 Right? 554 00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:02,120 It's choosing. 555 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:06,840 And some of you are thinking, man, I have this great opportunity to spend this fellowship 556 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:10,040 time with my family and to build relationships with my sons and daughters. 557 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,640 I just need to go buy this boat or this camper. 558 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:18,620 Okay, well, does that boat or that camper justify the debt you're going to be under 559 00:39:18,620 --> 00:39:20,440 for the next 10 years? 560 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:24,280 That suddenly you realize that boat or that camper is causing you not to be able to be 561 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,380 generous with people and not to live a generous life and not to see God's kingdom explode 562 00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:34,320 into other people's lives and you're not able to give and you're not able to live like Jesus. 563 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:40,000 See the difference? 564 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,000 It's a choice. 565 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:45,860 Because let me be honest with you. 566 00:39:45,860 --> 00:39:52,520 If you're constantly choosing now what you want now, you're going to be living with regret 567 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,360 the rest of your life. 568 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:59,760 Because there's one thing that I refuse to do, I already lived 22 years of my life with 569 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,680 nothing but regret. 570 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,040 I'm not going to live with regrets anymore. 571 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,240 And that's a choice all of us have every single day. 572 00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:12,000 I refuse to be the father who says, I'll give back anything to go back and have time with 573 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,000 my kids. 574 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:21,320 I was too busy working or dear I say I was too busy playing, doing my own thing. 575 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:28,520 Give us God for the culture that we've created and currently live in. 576 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:32,240 Living with regret is a choice. 577 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:39,920 And the amazing thing is here's this guy, Sid Barrett, that will be forever remembered 578 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:44,840 as the founding member, the founding artist who created the sound of Pink Floyd, has a 579 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:50,720 song written about him that his name is spelled in the very song and yet his life is a complete 580 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:54,080 disaster full of regret. 581 00:40:54,080 --> 00:41:00,600 Sid Barrett spent the last three decades of his life isolated in a one bedroom apartment. 582 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,920 No one even knew that he died. 583 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:10,600 Is that how you want to live? 584 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:18,480 So let's look at five simple ways to choose to shine on one daily. 585 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:19,480 Because I love the title. 586 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:23,200 I mean, I'll be honest with you, I'm a crazy diamond. 587 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,800 And Jesus wants me to shine. 588 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,320 And all of you are crazy too. 589 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,600 You just got to tap into it. 590 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,200 That's what my wife says. 591 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,600 My wife says, everybody's got a little crazy in them. 592 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:35,600 Right? 593 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,160 She wanted it to be our tagline. 594 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:40,080 Hub City Vineyard. 595 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,200 Just come share your crazy with us. 596 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,120 So let's not do that. 597 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:53,880 I'm not ready for everyone's crazy on a Sunday morning. 598 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:55,600 So how do we shine daily? 599 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,760 Number one, you got to stop living in routine. 600 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:02,480 Look at 1 Corinthians 6 19 through 20 from the message paraphrase. 601 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:08,080 Didn't you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit? 602 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,480 Don't you see that you can't live however you please squandering what God paid such 603 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,440 a high price for? 604 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,680 The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part 605 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:19,680 of you. 606 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,820 God owns the whole works. 607 00:42:21,820 --> 00:42:25,480 So let people see God in and through your body. 608 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:29,000 Say, Chris, what's that have to do with routines? 609 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,120 Stop doing the same thing every single day. 610 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,200 Get out of your routines. 611 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,520 Because you know what routines create? 612 00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,920 Routines create walls. 613 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:47,440 Routines create you from the opportunity of seeing other people and their needs because 614 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,900 you have this little sphere of people that you hang around that you connect with and 615 00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:55,200 no one else. 616 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,160 God says, get out of your routine. 617 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,020 You know, do a different exercise. 618 00:43:01,020 --> 00:43:06,780 Start biking, start walking on the canal, do a yoga class. 619 00:43:06,780 --> 00:43:11,520 Go to a different coffee shop. 620 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,120 Begin to meet different people. 621 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,700 Shake up your normal. 622 00:43:16,700 --> 00:43:20,280 Because when you get outside of your daily routine, guess what? 623 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,600 Joy begins to happen. 624 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:25,880 You begin to experience freedom and then you can bring other people along with you. 625 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:30,300 But it's a choice. 626 00:43:30,300 --> 00:43:32,680 For example, today is start with why. 627 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,600 Every first Sunday of the month, we do this thing called start with why. 628 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,720 Some of you have never been to it, but you're new to our community of faith and you begin 629 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:44,520 to think, well, how in the world did this building get here? 630 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,520 How long has this church been here? 631 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,920 Who is this person speaking to me? 632 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:55,080 Well, go spend 30 minutes of your life at start with why and you'll learn all that. 633 00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:59,000 And you'll learn how you can partner with us to transform the tri-state area because 634 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,200 I believe that's what you're called to do. 635 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:03,800 And does that mean you're going to have to break up your routine? 636 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:08,920 Yeah, it just means that you're going to have to go to Mission Barbecue 30 minutes later. 637 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:14,480 You're not going to change where you go to eat because you're all hungry. 638 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,960 Just means it's going to be a little later. 639 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:17,240 But that's okay. 640 00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:18,720 That's called intermittent fasting. 641 00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:25,400 You're actually burning some calories and losing some weight. 642 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,320 Which leads us to our next step. 643 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:31,520 Not only do you change your routine, but you got to spend more time with God. 644 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,560 Just being honest here. 645 00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,400 When I was sharing on my rant about expecting to be here, so many people just go through 646 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,640 the motions of Jesus. 647 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,480 I shared it last week. 648 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,480 Just give me a little Jesus. 649 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:48,000 But we won't go all in. 650 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,200 And God's inviting you to go all in this morning. 651 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:52,440 Can you all stand with me? 652 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:58,000 We're going to do communion this morning because one of the best ways to spend time with God 653 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,080 is to recognize what he did for us. 654 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:04,000 And that's what communion is. 655 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:09,560 So if you didn't get your element, put one hand up, wave it all around like you just 656 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,160 don't care so everybody can see. 657 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:14,120 Man, a lot of people need them. 658 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:16,600 You need to pick up your elements before you come in. 659 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:17,600 Come on, people. 660 00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:18,600 You know what that means? 661 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:23,880 That means you need to get off of Vineyard Time and get on time. 662 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:24,880 Just saying. 663 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:30,400 If you need gluten-free, put two hands up. 664 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:41,800 But I have no idea how these little wafers aren't gluten-free because they're cardboard. 665 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,360 Now spend more time with God. 666 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:44,680 Communion's a great start. 667 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,360 And listen, you don't have to just do it here. 668 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:47,520 You can do it at home. 669 00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:48,960 You can do it with your family. 670 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:50,240 What is communion? 671 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:53,880 Communion is recognizing that we're inviting the Spirit to connect with us. 672 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,200 That's all it is. 673 00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:04,400 The wafer or the gluten-free cracker represents Jesus' body that was broken for us so that 674 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,560 we could have a connection with the living God. 675 00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:12,440 And the juice represents the blood that He shed for you and me for what? 676 00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:17,740 For forgiveness of sins so that we can be forgiven so that when we stand before God, 677 00:46:17,740 --> 00:46:24,080 God doesn't see our sins, He sees you as a son or daughter. 678 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:28,640 So what an incredible opportunity to spend time and connect with God this morning. 679 00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:29,640 Amen? 680 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:31,320 Has everybody got their elements? 681 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:33,040 We need some up front here. 682 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,840 All kinds of up front here. 683 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:36,840 There we go. 684 00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:37,840 See what I mean? 685 00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:41,640 We need more people on the welcome team so we can get this done quicker. 686 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:42,640 There we go. 687 00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:43,640 Everybody got them? 688 00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:44,640 There we go. 689 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:45,640 We're covered. 690 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:46,640 All right. 691 00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:47,640 Thank you, Nicole. 692 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:52,560 All right, everybody take out your wafer or your cracker. 693 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,600 Jesus said these words. 694 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,160 He took this bread and broke it. 695 00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:01,640 He said, this is my body which is broken for you. 696 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:05,440 Take, eat, and do it in remembrance of me. 697 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:11,280 Let's eat together. 698 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:17,240 Then you peel back the top to get to your juice. 699 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:18,240 Jesus took the cup of wine. 700 00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:19,240 He blessed it. 701 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:22,800 He took this of my blood which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. 702 00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,040 Drink it often when you do it. 703 00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:25,800 Do it in remembrance of me. 704 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:33,800 Now before you drink, I want you to think about that one thing you need to get rid of 705 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:36,920 as for forgiveness from it. 706 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:45,760 And then drink. 707 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:54,200 Holy Spirit come, seal in our hearts how close you are to us and give us the ability to connect 708 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:55,680 with you on a daily basis. 709 00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,800 In Jesus' name, amen. 710 00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,920 You can be seated. 711 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:03,120 So it's not just communion, like I said, that you can do at home on your own. 712 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:06,600 Jeremiah 29 says, I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. 713 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:10,120 There are plans for good and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope. 714 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:14,200 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 715 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:18,200 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. 716 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,080 You know, are you stuck in your routine? 717 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,920 Are you at that place where you're like, I'm making these bad choices. 718 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,040 I'm down, I'm overwhelmed, I'm stressed out. 719 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,360 Go to God. 720 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,760 Spend time with him. 721 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,640 Invite the Holy Spirit to surround you. 722 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,680 And there's lots of ways you can do it, but I already shared, you got to get into the 723 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:38,560 Bible. 724 00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,720 The Bible is nothing but encouragement. 725 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:46,240 It's a roadmap for those that are in a relationship with Jesus that when you dive into it, you 726 00:48:46,240 --> 00:48:49,480 begin to walk in all that he has planned for you. 727 00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,200 You begin to change those things in your life that aren't right. 728 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:53,840 Hebrews 412. 729 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:58,360 The word of God is alive and powerful and sharper than a two-edged sword cutting between 730 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,160 soul and spirit, between joy and sorrow. 731 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:05,480 It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 732 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:10,120 You know, another way is to just be expecting in worship. 733 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:15,080 Come in here expecting to meet God in worship because he'll show up in your life. 734 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:19,680 And then begin to create a playlist in your car, on your way to work, on your way home 735 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:25,080 from work, where you're connecting to God in worship and you're allowing his Holy Spirit 736 00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:26,660 to fill you. 737 00:49:26,660 --> 00:49:31,480 And then share those songs with other people as encouragement. 738 00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:32,480 And then pray. 739 00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:36,280 I mean, the Bible tells us to pray without ceasing, and that means you pour out your 740 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,440 heart before God. 741 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:39,480 Tell him if you're mad. 742 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,360 Tell him if you're happy. 743 00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:44,280 He wants a relationship with you. 744 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:45,280 Right? 745 00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:49,400 Every first Sunday of the month, which is tonight, we do pray first from six to seven 746 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,440 right here. 747 00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:56,440 And some of you, right, you just need to come to hear people pray because you're like, I 748 00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:57,440 can't pray. 749 00:49:57,440 --> 00:49:58,440 It's awkward. 750 00:49:58,440 --> 00:49:59,440 I don't know what to do. 751 00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,660 Just come hang around people. 752 00:50:02,660 --> 00:50:03,660 Just begin to pray. 753 00:50:03,660 --> 00:50:05,000 Just begin to talk to God. 754 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:09,640 And if you come here tonight from six to seven, you begin to pray for our church, for one 755 00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:13,520 another, for our community, for the nation. 756 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:15,760 Prayer works. 757 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:21,280 But you need to begin to put it into practice, which leads us to our next step. 758 00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:22,280 You got to be countercultural. 759 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:23,760 And what does that mean? 760 00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:25,880 That means you go against the grain. 761 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:30,520 Romans 12.2, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your 762 00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:31,520 mind. 763 00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:32,600 Newsflash. 764 00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:40,920 We live in a dark world full of lies, hate, confusion, deceit, and negativity. 765 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,400 I mean, I already said that you're going to have trouble. 766 00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:47,240 But you know what the Bible says? 767 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:54,080 The Bible says in Romans, remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes and put on the shining 768 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:57,560 armor of right living. 769 00:50:57,560 --> 00:51:03,600 Don't worry about success or physical pleasures or selfish gain. 770 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:09,280 If you're in a relationship with Jesus, you're called to live a different way. 771 00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:17,000 Romans 13.13, continuing on, because we belong to the day, the light, we must live decent 772 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,560 lives for all to see. 773 00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:24,960 Many of you know, you heard in the announcements our backpack giveaway is only 11 days away. 774 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:30,680 Currently, well, at least before this morning, we had 550 backpacks. 775 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:32,000 Right? 776 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,680 That's a great start. 777 00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:36,000 What's our goal again? 778 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,040 Do you think we can get 450 more? 779 00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:41,080 Well, that's up to you. 780 00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:42,540 Right? 781 00:51:42,540 --> 00:51:43,540 That's up to you. 782 00:51:43,540 --> 00:51:45,600 I'm just being honest here. 783 00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,960 It's up to you to go out and buy 10 backpacks, fill them with paper and pencils. 784 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:53,640 You're like, whoa, wait a minute, Chris, 10 backpacks, paper and pencils, that's $100. 785 00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:55,200 That's a lot of money. 786 00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,560 I know. 787 00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:01,040 But all you have to do is not go to Starbucks for two weeks, you're covered. 788 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:04,160 True or false? 789 00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:05,160 Thank you. 790 00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:06,160 Amen. 791 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:09,160 Or Dunkin' Donuts or whatever it is. 792 00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:16,160 See there's a space where we spend $100 on what we need now, when in reality we could 793 00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:24,960 spend $100 on changing a life and it just means we choose to give it up. 794 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:26,720 So let's partner together and make a difference. 795 00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:31,440 This is the largest community outreach we do every year. 796 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:36,160 And let me tell you something, there's story after story after story after story of people 797 00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:39,240 where these little kids' lives are changed. 798 00:52:39,240 --> 00:52:40,240 You don't want to miss it. 799 00:52:40,240 --> 00:52:43,620 Which leads us to our next step and it goes right along with it. 800 00:52:43,620 --> 00:52:45,440 You got to put yourself out there. 801 00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:50,160 Jesus said in Matthew 5, in the same way, let your good deeds shine for all to see. 802 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:55,240 He's explaining no one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. 803 00:52:55,240 --> 00:52:56,480 The lamp is meant for what? 804 00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,200 To give light. 805 00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:00,880 To impact people around you. 806 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:03,240 Well, Chris, I'm shy. 807 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:04,240 It doesn't matter. 808 00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:05,240 It doesn't matter if you're shy. 809 00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:07,640 It doesn't matter if you're outgoing. 810 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:08,960 It doesn't matter who you are. 811 00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:11,760 You need to interact with people. 812 00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:17,880 I mean, you just heard the story of a man that basically killed himself with loneliness 813 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:22,960 because of his choices. 814 00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:26,340 It's your choice to be in community. 815 00:53:26,340 --> 00:53:30,960 We're six weeks away from our launch of growth groups. 816 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:37,520 And God put on my heart that we're to launch 10 new groups this fall. 817 00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:39,740 10. 818 00:53:39,740 --> 00:53:45,080 And so far, we've targeted from the first service six. 819 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:51,080 So that means I need a minimum of four groups to come out of this gathering this morning. 820 00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:53,400 And it doesn't matter if it's one person or a couple. 821 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,000 I want you to open your home up. 822 00:53:55,000 --> 00:54:00,200 I want you to invite people in and I want you to build some relationships and speak 823 00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:01,200 into people's eyes. 824 00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,800 Well, Chris, I don't know how to teach about the Bible. 825 00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:04,800 Good. 826 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,240 Because the Holy Spirit does. 827 00:54:07,240 --> 00:54:11,120 And then suddenly you're going to be teaching people and sharing with people and going through 828 00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:15,340 a devotional that will give you, that will empower you with. 829 00:54:15,340 --> 00:54:17,840 And then you're like, oh my gosh, God is using me. 830 00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:23,360 Because you guys didn't come here to hear the gospel of Chris, right? 831 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:27,360 Dude, please say right. 832 00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:30,200 Because if you came here to hear me, you got problems. 833 00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:34,280 Because I already shared I was a train wreck. 834 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:35,280 Okay? 835 00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:39,240 Now you came here to hear God and I'll tell you week after week after week after week, 836 00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:41,240 it's not me, it's God. 837 00:54:41,240 --> 00:54:43,720 Man, you're a powerful speaker. 838 00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:44,720 You got a gift. 839 00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:45,920 Yeah, I got a gift. 840 00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:47,440 God's given me a gift. 841 00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:48,440 And what am I doing? 842 00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:52,080 I'm tapping into the Holy Spirit, allowing him to use the gift that he's given me to 843 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:53,600 transform lives. 844 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:57,800 And you can do the same thing. 845 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,200 So I've marked you. 846 00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:03,520 And if I happen to say something to you on your way out, don't say no, because you know 847 00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:08,520 it's from God. 848 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:11,520 If I say I feel like God's calling you, call a good starter growth group. 849 00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:12,520 Don't be like, uh-uh. 850 00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:22,120 Just be like, okay, what do I do? 851 00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:25,520 Which leads us to our final step. 852 00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:27,080 Just point back to the source. 853 00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,880 See, this is where we quite often get it wrong. 854 00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:31,600 We think it's us. 855 00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:34,000 And when we do it in our own strength, we always mess up. 856 00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:40,240 Jesus continued in Matthew 5 16, let your good deeds shine out for all to see so that 857 00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:44,480 everyone will praise your heavenly father. 858 00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:46,760 Our goal is not to bring recognition to me. 859 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,120 Our goal is not to bring recognition to this church. 860 00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:53,560 Our goal is to bring recognition to Jesus. 861 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:54,560 That's it. 862 00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:58,600 And does that mean we need to have a growing church with multiple services and a packed 863 00:55:58,600 --> 00:55:59,600 room? 864 00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:04,000 That's not what the corn right it is. 865 00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:10,520 We will continue to grow and reach people because that's what God calls us to do. 866 00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:13,600 Read the book of Acts. 867 00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,520 There's a reason that 3000 were saved on that very day. 868 00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:24,560 They counted because they want to know, God wants to know people is coming into his kingdom. 869 00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:27,560 Who are you bringing in? 870 00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:29,560 Who are you pointing to Jesus? 871 00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:36,480 Who are you being the light to so that other people are transformed? 872 00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:43,960 Or you allowing your your comfortability or your sin or your choices to just coast through 873 00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:44,960 life. 874 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,200 Let me be honest with you, man. 875 00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:49,680 That's not living abundantly. 876 00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:54,460 Living abundantly is seeing lives transformed, seeing marriages healed, seeing, seeing Katniss 877 00:56:54,460 --> 00:57:02,760 cancer destroyed, seeing drug addictions ended, seeing people set free. 878 00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:06,200 And that's what God's calling us to do. 879 00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:15,520 Will you stand with me this morning? 880 00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:17,920 You know, I shared earlier, I don't care how old you are. 881 00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:19,880 I don't care how young you are, how old you are. 882 00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:23,920 I shared earlier that today could be a day that changes the very trajectory of your life. 883 00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,360 And I mean that. 884 00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:29,240 I meant that with all my heart. 885 00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:32,920 Because I believe that if you take this outline and you apply it to your life over this next 886 00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:35,800 year, guess what? 887 00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:39,200 You will be radically different. 888 00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:44,800 You will be radically different to the point where you're pointing so many people to Jesus 889 00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:49,600 and living an abundant, overfilled, joyful life. 890 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:54,880 You'll be like the podpiper just leading people into this place. 891 00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:56,360 Let me get on your trail. 892 00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:58,240 I need a little bit of that Jesus thing. 893 00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:01,760 But it's a choice, man. 894 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:07,400 Isn't it amazing that it comes down to that simple word, choice? 895 00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:09,920 Sid Barrett had a choice. 896 00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:16,520 He could have been one of the greatest musicians in the history of rock and roll. 897 00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:24,400 But a lot of people didn't even know who he was because he chose death over life. 898 00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:27,680 And this morning I'm challenging you. 899 00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:30,880 Stop choosing death. 900 00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:34,520 So right now, whatever it is that you chose this morning that you want most, I want you 901 00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:36,720 to picture it in your mind right now. 902 00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:38,640 Picture it. 903 00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:49,000 Now, I'm going to pray the Holy Spirit empowers you with what you need to do next. 904 00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:50,800 Holy Spirit, come. 905 00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:53,800 God, you know what each and every person wrote down. 906 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:54,800 You know what they were thinking. 907 00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:55,800 You know what they felt. 908 00:58:55,800 --> 00:59:04,840 I pray right now you just reveal to them their next step, their next choice, that they begin 909 00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:13,200 to lay out the groundwork for a life of abundance, that they will no longer settle for just coasting 910 00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:17,800 through life, but they will choose abundance. 911 00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:27,040 May this be the day where many of us change the very outlook of our lives so that Jesus 912 00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,080 can be glorified. 913 00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:36,440 I'm thankful, God, for what you're doing in this place this morning in Jesus' name. 914 00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:37,440 Amen. 915 00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:43,720 Now, if we could all go to that place of prayer, you know, I'm not going to share a message 916 00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:47,840 like this without saying, hey, I'm just being honest here. 917 00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:51,120 Some of you are here this morning and you've walked away from God. 918 00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:55,680 Some of you right now are weeping on the inside, maybe even tearing up because you know God's 919 00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:58,280 calling you home. 920 00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:00,080 You're home, man. 921 01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,120 You're supposed to be here. 922 01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:06,600 And if you haven't began that relationship with Jesus yet this morning or you walked away 923 01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:08,280 from him, no one's looking around. 924 01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:10,640 I'm not going to bring you up front here where the Holy Spirit is. 925 01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:13,960 I'm not going to ask you where your name or anything like that. 926 01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:18,080 But I am going to say if you're here this morning and you need to recommit or you haven't 927 01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:23,640 made that commitment yet, just slip your hand up right now so that we can all pray together. 928 01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:25,000 Is there anybody here? 929 01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:26,000 No one looking around. 930 01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,600 This is a personal thing. 931 01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:32,240 Yes, Lord. 932 01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:35,920 Come Holy Spirit. 933 01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:37,200 You know, we all pray together. 934 01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,160 This is a family in this place. 935 01:00:39,160 --> 01:00:40,960 We all pray these words together. 936 01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:45,120 Jesus, I'm a broken person. 937 01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:52,080 Full of sin, doubt, shame, negativity. 938 01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:56,120 I believe you died for me. 939 01:00:56,120 --> 01:01:03,680 I believe your God son who rose to new life. 940 01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:05,600 Change me. 941 01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:08,680 Fill me with your spirit. 942 01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:12,080 Overwhelm me with your love. 943 01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:15,200 Empower me to change others. 944 01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:18,200 In Jesus' name. 945 01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:20,200 Amen. 946 01:01:20,200 --> 01:01:28,000 Now listen, again, if you prayed that prayer, you know the deal. 947 01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,400 Change me to 9700 because we want to pray for you this week. 948 01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:37,320 We want to follow up and just let you know that you're loved and appreciated. 949 01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:39,360 Let me be honest with you, man. 950 01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:41,760 Hasn't this last month just been amazing? 951 01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:49,280 Like summer jams has just jammed out at HCV and I'm just thankful for the worship team, 952 01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:53,360 for everybody that had their hand in it because I tell you what, it's a challenge, right? 953 01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:54,360 It's a challenge. 954 01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:55,520 You're like, yeah, it's a challenge. 955 01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:56,520 It's a challenge. 956 01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:58,840 Listen, I didn't choose those songs someone else did. 957 01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:00,240 I had to put a sermon to them. 958 01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:01,240 All right? 959 01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:02,640 It's a challenge. 960 01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:03,960 Let me be honest with you. 961 01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:07,200 So I'm just thankful that we're able to pull this off, that we're able to do this. 962 01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:08,560 And let me tell you something. 963 01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:12,180 It's going to come back bigger and better next summer. 964 01:02:12,180 --> 01:02:13,600 And I'm already looking forward to it. 965 01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:14,600 All right. 966 01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:18,400 So can you give a round of applause to our worship team, to all those involved? 967 01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:20,920 There's no impossible. 968 01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:27,360 I believe that you are working now. 969 01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:31,920 So pour it out. 970 01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:33,920 Pour it out