WEBVTT 00:00:13.609 --> 00:00:15.949 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. To get connected 00:00:15.949 --> 00:00:19.530 or to give online, please go to hdv .church slash 00:00:19.530 --> 00:00:23.730 connect or hdv .church slash give. If at any 00:00:23.730 --> 00:00:25.949 point during this message you feel called to 00:00:25.949 --> 00:00:28.750 make a change in your life, text CHANGEME to 00:00:28.750 --> 00:00:33.530 97000. Now enjoy the message. Good morning, family! 00:00:34.070 --> 00:00:37.789 Good morning! Shoot, I was wondering. The first 00:00:37.789 --> 00:00:40.369 service was pretty awake. You guys were doing 00:00:40.369 --> 00:00:43.399 good. We're doing good. Good morning, welcome. 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.880 If you're here for your first time, second time, 00:00:46.979 --> 00:00:50.200 welcome to our church. If you're watching online 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.539 from your home, maybe from the Dominican Republic, 00:00:54.020 --> 00:00:57.640 thanks for joining us. If it is your first time 00:00:57.640 --> 00:00:59.219 or you just started a couple weeks ago, when 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:01.520 the service is over, introduce yourself to me. 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.859 Me being Rudy, I am the assistant pastor. It 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:10.620 is my honor and pleasure to speak to you guys 00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:14.810 today. Before I do that, let me highlight just 00:01:14.810 --> 00:01:17.310 a couple of these announcements to help you guys 00:01:17.310 --> 00:01:19.209 partner with the Holy Spirit. You heard the glow 00:01:19.209 --> 00:01:22.510 necklaces. Is anyone here going to watch fireworks 00:01:22.510 --> 00:01:27.250 this week? Okay, a couple of you. So what some 00:01:27.250 --> 00:01:28.810 of you may or may not know is we like to give 00:01:28.810 --> 00:01:31.250 away glow bracelets. So there are packs of glow 00:01:31.250 --> 00:01:34.170 bracelets at the Welcome Hub for you to take 00:01:34.170 --> 00:01:38.760 and bless. A kid or a couple kids, 10 or 15 bracelets 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.959 in each one. Try to please keep it to one pack 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:49.200 per family when you go out there. Next. I heard 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:54.879 feedback. Next. Summer growth groups are happening 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:58.099 next month. We have eight people that are going 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:00.599 to lead. Of those eight, seven of them have never 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:05.040 left. We also have a virtual version. So if you 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:06.739 are one of those leaders, your packets are ready 00:02:06.739 --> 00:02:09.460 at the Welcome Hub. Go pick them up. If you want 00:02:09.460 --> 00:02:11.860 to get involved, you can go to hcv .church slash 00:02:11.860 --> 00:02:15.740 groups. Or next week, all the leaders will be 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:18.060 here. And you'll be able to meet them face -to 00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:20.500 -face. So you can get into a growth group for 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:26.479 the summer. Did I mention we like to party? And 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:30.349 then lastly. You guys were here last week, you 00:02:30.349 --> 00:02:32.629 know that the DR, the Dominican Republic mission 00:02:32.629 --> 00:02:35.889 trip is happening right now. The kids are down 00:02:35.889 --> 00:02:38.370 there. How many of you have been following the 00:02:38.370 --> 00:02:42.969 Holy Spirit for a while now? Trying. Don't try, 00:02:43.009 --> 00:02:49.750 do. There is no try. Oftentimes when you follow 00:02:49.750 --> 00:02:52.349 the Holy Spirit, it's kind of like a wild goose 00:02:52.349 --> 00:02:55.689 chase. That's what these kids are experiencing 00:02:55.689 --> 00:03:00.229 right now. Chris and Carl Hartman and Steve Wetzel, 00:03:00.330 --> 00:03:02.729 they all got up Friday to take everyone down, 00:03:02.870 --> 00:03:06.629 and their flight got canceled. They came home 00:03:06.629 --> 00:03:09.430 Friday. I'm trying to update everyone on Facebook, 00:03:09.530 --> 00:03:12.870 and I'll do that this week, but they ended up 00:03:12.870 --> 00:03:16.069 going back down yesterday. They flew to BWI. 00:03:16.169 --> 00:03:20.370 They left New Jersey sometime around 11, 11 o 00:03:20.370 --> 00:03:22.909 'clock, and landed in a Dominican at the wee 00:03:22.909 --> 00:03:27.319 hour of like 1 .30 a .m. So we are going to pray 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:29.639 for them because they are going to make a difference 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:35.539 this week. Whether or not the enemy wants them 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:39.560 to, they are going to make a difference. So with 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:45.240 that said, let's just pray. You guys aren't here 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.620 to listen to me anyway. So let's invite the Spirit. 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:54.030 Come Holy Spirit. God, I just give up this stage, 00:03:54.150 --> 00:03:58.750 this microphone to you. Whatever word you want 00:03:58.750 --> 00:04:00.830 to say, you can use my voice, God, but let it 00:04:00.830 --> 00:04:05.770 be all your words. God, I pray for each and every 00:04:05.770 --> 00:04:09.629 one of these young people that are sacrificing 00:04:09.629 --> 00:04:12.729 a week of their summer to go speak your name. 00:04:13.370 --> 00:04:16.930 Give them grace, give them patience to be able 00:04:16.930 --> 00:04:21.019 to walk this week out. God, I just pray a special 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:24.220 blessing over the bracelets. Each and every child 00:04:24.220 --> 00:04:26.720 that has handed a bracelet this week, let them 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.759 and their family know just how much you love 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:36.139 them. Through a bracelet or a kind word. God, 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:41.000 just be with us here today. Allow your word to 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:45.040 speak through. Wreck us so that we get out of 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:49.350 the way to walk out your will. God. Speak to 00:04:49.350 --> 00:04:51.689 all that's here today in such a way that we're 00:04:51.689 --> 00:04:54.149 not just inspired to do your work, that as soon 00:04:54.149 --> 00:04:56.029 as Rudy's done speaking, everyone wants to run 00:04:56.029 --> 00:04:59.430 out and do the stuff right now. In Jesus' name, 00:04:59.569 --> 00:05:07.389 amen. All right. So, if you're warm right now 00:05:07.389 --> 00:05:13.389 like I am, because I'm wearing pants, just know 00:05:13.389 --> 00:05:16.790 that that's the Holy Spirit moving, not a broken 00:05:16.790 --> 00:05:23.240 air conditioning unit. About two weeks ago, I 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:27.839 started a new running program. Actually, a couple 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:29.540 of you have actually acknowledged to me that 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:32.920 you saw me running over the past week or so. 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:37.540 The one person was like, Rudy, did I see you 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:42.720 running? And I kind of just laughed because it's 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:46.139 like, yeah. Their next statement was, because 00:05:46.139 --> 00:05:52.230 your body looked like it was running. But I think 00:05:52.230 --> 00:05:54.970 if you went any slower, you'd be walking, running 00:05:54.970 --> 00:06:02.370 backwards. Listen, I've run seven half marathons 00:06:02.370 --> 00:06:08.610 in my life. Running at 50 doesn't look the same 00:06:08.610 --> 00:06:14.129 as running in your 20s or your 30s or even your 00:06:14.129 --> 00:06:20.279 40s. It sure as heck doesn't feel the same. especially 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:24.220 when you are out of shape and trying to get back 00:06:24.220 --> 00:06:29.019 into it. Now, when I say it looks different, 00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:32.120 what I really mean is, I'm going to keep going 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:34.720 and ignore that. When I say it looks different, 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:39.540 what I really mean is slower. It looks slower. 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:43.680 It feels slower. The pace is slower. The recovery 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:47.519 time is slower. Me getting up tomorrow morning 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.680 is slower. The only thing that's faster is my 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:57.860 heart rate and maybe my breathing. So what happened 00:06:57.860 --> 00:07:00.220 is this. Like two months ago, I started a high 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:03.740 -intensity interval training session three days 00:07:03.740 --> 00:07:06.360 a week. I'm doing it, and I'm just not seeing 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:10.220 any movement because, again, I'm 50. Every other 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:15.240 time in my life it happens. But anyway, I decided 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.220 I needed to change my diet. my eating, and maybe 00:07:18.220 --> 00:07:21.600 start doing some cardio. I wear a Garmin running 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:26.279 watch. Any runners in here? Oh, like four of 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.000 you. Hopefully you guys will understand what 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.860 I talk about today. It was actually the Garmin 00:07:33.860 --> 00:07:38.480 app on my phone that suggested I partner with 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:41.180 one of their coaches to start this running program. 00:07:41.699 --> 00:07:44.779 So I updated my app on my phone, and there was 00:07:44.779 --> 00:07:48.660 Coach Greg. asking if I wanted to join a 5K or 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:52.139 a 10K training program. Of course, I'm all in, 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:57.720 so I picked the 10K. Like I said, listen, like 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:01.060 I said, I've run a couple half marathon, not 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:03.259 a full, a couple half marathons in my life, so 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:06.279 I went all in. My goal date should be Labor Day 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:08.480 weekend. So if you see me crawling around the 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:12.579 south end of town on Labor Day weekend, stop 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:16.939 and give me a glass of water. So listen, I'm 00:08:16.939 --> 00:08:19.399 partnering with this coach, and this coach tells 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:22.800 me what to do three times a week, which is awesome 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.720 because I don't have to decide. I don't have 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.180 to make the plan. The app does it for me. Then 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:33.980 the cool thing is it sends it right to my watch, 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.940 and all I have to do is follow the promptings 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:43.720 of my watch, and I'm golden. The other cool thing 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:48.899 is it tailors the walk to me. I mean run, but 00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:52.200 the walk, whatever. It's cool, like when the 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.539 workout's finished, at the end of the workout, 00:08:54.620 --> 00:08:57.279 it'll say, hey, how hard was this? And then I 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:03.600 push easy or moderate or hard. I have pushed 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:07.480 moderate once. Let me tell you, it was 90 degrees 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.740 last week. I ask God every day why I'm doing 00:09:09.740 --> 00:09:13.970 this. So, in my watch right now is the Monday 00:09:13.970 --> 00:09:16.129 workout and the Wednesday workout. Tomorrow, 00:09:16.210 --> 00:09:19.070 I do stride repeats. If you've ever trained, 00:09:19.169 --> 00:09:21.629 tomorrow's not going to be fun. Wednesday is 00:09:21.629 --> 00:09:25.570 a progression run. Friday, it says, stay tuned 00:09:25.570 --> 00:09:30.450 for details. It knows that it's got to see what 00:09:30.450 --> 00:09:32.970 I'm doing before it can give me the answers, 00:09:33.210 --> 00:09:37.110 right? The watch won't tell me Friday's plan 00:09:37.110 --> 00:09:42.799 until I do tomorrow's plan. This is how the Holy 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:51.139 Spirit works. He only tells you a step or two. 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:54.940 He won't tell you the next step until you do 00:09:54.940 --> 00:10:01.379 yours. The funny thing is, I'm willing to do 00:10:01.379 --> 00:10:05.659 the next workout not knowing what's coming. I 00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:09.870 trust the tech or the AI or... whatever's controlling 00:10:09.870 --> 00:10:13.970 this thing, I will partner with this virtual 00:10:13.970 --> 00:10:17.870 coach that I've never met, but still hesitate 00:10:17.870 --> 00:10:22.090 to partner with the Holy Spirit, the one who 00:10:22.090 --> 00:10:27.230 knows me inside and out. And that's what I want 00:10:27.230 --> 00:10:32.210 to talk about today. This week, we're going to... 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:35.179 do our points based on how Chris has set us up 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:37.639 over the last couple weeks, because he's shown 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:40.100 us in the last couple messages how the Holy Spirit 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:43.360 empowers us, how the Holy Spirit helps us, how 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.580 the Holy Spirit teaches us. And today I'm going 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:50.360 to take those points as the basis to viewing 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:56.620 the Holy Spirit as our partner. Our first step 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:59.919 then, which is also an action step, is to prepare 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:03.320 ourselves to partner prepare ourselves to partner 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:04.980 with the Holy Spirit, the first thing we need 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:10.259 to do is say it. Surrender. Say it. You guys 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:12.500 don't even want to say that word. Say it again. 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:16.740 Okay. What is surrender? Surrender just means 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:21.100 to give up the fight. Surrender is just a complete 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:26.799 yielding. It can mean a total relinquishing of 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.240 our control and power. And I say that, and some 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:33.980 of you want to run out right away. In Philippians 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:37.500 2, verse 5, it goes like this. Adopt the same 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:41.059 attitude as that of Jesus Christ, who in the 00:11:41.059 --> 00:11:43.460 form of God did not consider equality with God 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:46.740 as something to be exploited. Instead, he did 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:50.899 what? Emptied himself by assuming the form of 00:11:50.899 --> 00:11:54.480 a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:57.860 And then when he had become a man, he humbled 00:11:57.860 --> 00:12:00.399 himself again by becoming obedient to the point 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:06.600 of death. death on a cross. He gave it up. Like 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:12.519 Jesus, we need to give up. 1 Peter 5, starting 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:16.259 in verse 6. Humble yourself under the mighty 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:18.879 power of God, so that he may exalt you at the 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:22.080 proper time, casting all your cares on him, because 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.500 he cares about you. Be sober -minded. Be alert. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.980 Your adversary, the devil, is prowling around 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:33.509 like a roaring lion. looking for anyone he can 00:12:33.509 --> 00:12:36.389 devour. Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing 00:12:36.389 --> 00:12:39.629 that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced 00:12:39.629 --> 00:12:43.230 not just by you, but every believer throughout 00:12:43.230 --> 00:12:52.330 the world. So, my buddy Brandon Lurch was a regular 00:12:52.330 --> 00:12:54.169 attendee here at Hub City Vineyard a few years 00:12:54.169 --> 00:12:57.710 ago. Then life kind of happened, his situation 00:12:57.710 --> 00:13:01.039 changed, and he was just led elsewhere. for a 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.440 season. We reconnected a few weeks ago and had 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:08.059 dinner. So he's been attending this other church, 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:12.440 actually saying, Rudy, I'm not even 100 % sure 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:17.139 why God has me here in this season. But like 00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:20.500 Brandon, like me, Brandon is working out, working 00:13:20.500 --> 00:13:23.600 on his body. He was on a run down at the towpath, 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:28.720 Easter weekend, and he starts praying. steps 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.980 over, kneels down, and starts praying, and clearly 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:34.720 hears God say to him, Brandon, be still and wait. 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:41.019 You guys remember Easter weekend? What happened 00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:44.399 Easter night, Easter Eve? We had a big storm, 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.919 right? So Brandon wakes up the next morning. 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:51.860 In his driveway are two big trees blocking in 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:56.919 his car. So his first thought is, I guess the 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:58.480 enemy is trying to keep me from going to church. 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:07.519 Until God said, no, that was me. I'm pretty sure 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.419 I told you to be still and wait. Get back in 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:17.740 there and wait. It's hard sometimes. But know 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:20.279 this. If the waiting is hard, know this. Go all 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.000 the way back to the Old Testament, Lamentations 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:27.580 3. The Lord will not reject us forever. Even 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:29.960 if he causes suffering, he will show compassion 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:34.080 according to the abundance of his faithful love. 00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:38.340 Of course, even after reading that, some of you 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:41.899 are still like, Rudy, yeah, okay. God said wait, 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:53.840 and I've been waiting. Waiting. Waiting. I want 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.659 to go back to last month's series just for a 00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:58.639 second. It was called Inked. We took tattoo submissions. 00:14:58.899 --> 00:15:00.700 This submission didn't make it into one of Chris's 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:03.220 messages, but I want to highlight one of those 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:05.659 submissions. Charlotte Henson has the tattoo 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:10.960 on her arm, a tattoo that just says 41. 41. I 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.019 don't have the photo, but I just want to read 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:19.139 you what she said in her submission. Why 41, 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:24.330 she asked. In the Bible, It rained for 40 days 00:15:24.330 --> 00:15:29.350 and 40 nights. Day 41 came, and the rain stopped. 00:15:31.649 --> 00:15:34.750 Moses committed murder and hid in the desert 00:15:34.750 --> 00:15:39.830 for 40 years. Year 41 came, and God called him 00:15:39.830 --> 00:15:44.129 to rescue Israel. Moses went up on the mountain 00:15:44.129 --> 00:15:49.889 for 40 days. On day 41, he received the Ten Commandments. 00:15:51.370 --> 00:15:54.169 The Israelites, they wandered in the wilderness 00:15:54.169 --> 00:15:59.389 for 40 years. Year 41, they walked into the promised 00:15:59.389 --> 00:16:05.149 land. Goliath taunted Israel for 40 days. Day 00:16:05.149 --> 00:16:11.769 41 came, David slew him. And Charlotte goes on 00:16:11.769 --> 00:16:14.769 in her submission to list other 40, 41 scenarios 00:16:14.769 --> 00:16:18.250 from the Bible. And this one just stuck out to 00:16:18.250 --> 00:16:21.299 me because I relate. to this number so much. 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:26.120 I was baptized at six years old and heard shortly 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:30.960 thereafter that I would be in ministry. I was 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:36.100 ordained at 41. Now, if you learn anything from 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:40.820 my math class, if you do that subtraction, what's 00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:45.700 that equal? 41. Somebody needs to take a math 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:51.059 class. Thanks, Lynn. You just kept me from crying, 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:57.360 that's all. I'm not sure who was waiting on who, 00:16:57.419 --> 00:17:00.259 whether it was me waiting for God or God waiting 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:06.720 for me, but 40 years of waiting on God, then 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:12.019 I was ordained in year 41. Most of us don't like 00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:16.619 to wait 40 minutes. Shake your head no if you 00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:19.059 want to, but this afternoon when you go to lunch 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:21.960 at the Texas Roadhouse, if your lunch takes 40 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:24.559 minutes, I guarantee you you're yelling at a 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:32.119 manager. Charlotte finished her submission with 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:36.880 this line. The rain will stop, the giant will 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:40.279 fall, and you will enter your promised land. 00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:53.569 Don't give up at 40. Clap. While you're in the 00:17:53.569 --> 00:17:59.869 waiting, while you're in the waiting, pray like 00:17:59.869 --> 00:18:05.450 it depends on God. But move like it depends on 00:18:05.450 --> 00:18:12.890 you. Waiting doesn't mean you can't move. This 00:18:12.890 --> 00:18:16.029 leads us to our second point. Another S word. 00:18:16.950 --> 00:18:22.089 After we surrender, we need to submit. Submitting 00:18:22.089 --> 00:18:26.309 is yielding to authority. Submitting is accepting 00:18:26.309 --> 00:18:30.250 the will or the commands of a superior power, 00:18:30.549 --> 00:18:36.250 which is whom? Oh man, you guys need another 00:18:36.250 --> 00:18:44.740 Holy Spirit lesson. God, thank you. Okay. Surrendering 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:55.960 is giving up. Submitting is giving in. Now, bear 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.000 with me for a second as I read this next scripture. 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:04.559 And don't jump anywhere yet. Go to Ephesians 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:09.880 5 and verse 22. It says this. Wives, submit to 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:13.309 your husbands as to the Lord. Because the husband 00:19:13.309 --> 00:19:16.430 is the head of the wife as Christ is the head 00:19:16.430 --> 00:19:20.569 of the church. He is the savior of the body. 00:19:22.609 --> 00:19:27.309 Listen, I know that I cherry picked one short 00:19:27.309 --> 00:19:32.470 little section of this whole chapter. I am not 00:19:32.470 --> 00:19:36.269 trying to make any statement about household 00:19:36.269 --> 00:19:44.579 authority. If I was, this would be my question. 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:49.259 Which is more necessary to make your body work, 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:58.859 the head or the heart? Without the life -giving 00:19:58.859 --> 00:20:02.700 oxygen and nutrients in the blood, the brain 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:07.200 can't do its work. Conversely, without the control 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:10.710 center of the brain, The heart can't perform 00:20:10.710 --> 00:20:14.430 its function. Neither can anything else. Husbands 00:20:14.430 --> 00:20:17.650 and wives, you need to work together, submitting 00:20:17.650 --> 00:20:21.869 together on your relationship, together for it 00:20:21.869 --> 00:20:26.789 to be efficient. Now, let me get off that soapbox. 00:20:28.089 --> 00:20:32.529 Further down in this same passage, in verse 29, 00:20:32.650 --> 00:20:36.130 we read this. For no one, none of you ever hates 00:20:36.130 --> 00:20:38.769 his own flesh, but provides and cares for it, 00:20:38.809 --> 00:20:42.490 just as Christ has done for the church, since 00:20:42.490 --> 00:20:46.150 we are members of his body. Folks, we are the 00:20:46.150 --> 00:20:50.549 body of Christ. We can do nothing without being 00:20:50.549 --> 00:20:57.049 connected to our head, which is Jesus. The cool 00:20:57.049 --> 00:21:00.710 thing is Jesus uses his body to carry out the 00:21:00.710 --> 00:21:06.130 functions that only a body can do. So submit 00:21:06.130 --> 00:21:11.410 your head to the head of the church, Jesus, to 00:21:11.410 --> 00:21:15.009 the sovereign power of God, our Father, and let 00:21:15.009 --> 00:21:20.170 the Holy Spirit lead you. I want to read 1 Peter 00:21:20.170 --> 00:21:25.410 5 again, that same passage. Humble yourselves, 00:21:25.529 --> 00:21:30.609 therefore, under the mighty hand of God. Submit 00:21:30.609 --> 00:21:33.569 to God. So that he may exalt you at the proper 00:21:33.569 --> 00:21:37.869 time. Casting all your cares on God. Because 00:21:37.869 --> 00:21:41.910 God cares about you. Guys, quit caring about 00:21:41.910 --> 00:21:44.789 yourself and let God do it. He's better at it 00:21:44.789 --> 00:21:50.430 than you. Now, I'm going to quickly tell a story 00:21:50.430 --> 00:21:53.309 that I didn't tell first service. They weren't 00:21:53.309 --> 00:21:57.359 ready for it. A couple years ago, Carrie and 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.720 I bought our house. I'm going to move around 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:00.640 because it's a running story. Carrie bought our 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.240 house. And then the next, it was 4th of July. 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:07.680 4th of July, I went for a run. I was in shape 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:11.759 then. This is nine years ago. I went for a run. 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:14.900 And as I'm running, set the clock three miles. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.839 We're going to run three miles. Thankfully, my 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:20.660 watch tells me where I am, right? I live next 00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:23.490 to the city park, so I'm running. go out and 00:22:23.490 --> 00:22:25.250 back, and I finish up in the city park. And I'm 00:22:25.250 --> 00:22:27.089 running across the back of the park, kind of 00:22:27.089 --> 00:22:29.970 from the museum towards Hager House, like right 00:22:29.970 --> 00:22:32.269 next to the pond, right next to the lake, right? 00:22:32.430 --> 00:22:35.029 I'm running, and as I'm running, I see this dude 00:22:35.029 --> 00:22:37.390 standing on the back, like, corner of the park, 00:22:37.470 --> 00:22:40.589 of the lake. And as I'm running, the Holy Spirit 00:22:40.589 --> 00:22:45.190 says, Rudy, go pray with that guy. And my response 00:22:45.190 --> 00:22:52.230 was, absolutely not. And I ran right by him. 00:22:54.970 --> 00:22:56.990 A couple steps later, the Holy Spirit's like, 00:22:57.089 --> 00:22:59.769 Rudy. Actually, he may have been calling me Christopher 00:22:59.769 --> 00:23:03.450 because I need, if you need me to know something, 00:23:03.490 --> 00:23:05.210 call me Christopher. Christopher, I'm telling 00:23:05.210 --> 00:23:08.250 you, go back and pray. God, you know I'm not 00:23:08.250 --> 00:23:13.289 ready for this. I argued with him as I ran around 00:23:13.289 --> 00:23:17.470 the lake watching him disappear in the horizon. 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:20.500 And the whole time I'm running, the Holy Spirit's 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:23.579 like, go. And the whole time I'm like, I'm not 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:31.819 ready. Eventually, I'm like, sure, God, if I 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:41.099 happen to run past this guy again. Rudy, go back. 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:43.480 So at this point now, I'm far enough around the 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:46.730 lake because when I argue, I'm stubborn. I'm 00:23:46.730 --> 00:23:48.170 far enough around the lake, I might as well just 00:23:48.170 --> 00:23:51.309 keep running. Okay? I'm just going to run back 00:23:51.309 --> 00:23:56.450 to that corner. If I see him, right? I know I 00:23:56.450 --> 00:23:58.869 can't be alone in this thought. So, if you know 00:23:58.869 --> 00:24:01.230 anything about the park, there's the trail right 00:24:01.230 --> 00:24:02.829 next to the park, the sidewalk, and then there's 00:24:02.829 --> 00:24:07.130 a trail higher up, like next to the museum. I 00:24:07.130 --> 00:24:13.650 took the trail higher up in case I saw him. And 00:24:13.650 --> 00:24:18.539 as I did, Run literally right in front of the 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:22.240 museum. I saw this guy limping up the sidewalk 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:25.920 and immediately knew that there was a reason. 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:31.700 I wasn't ready to submit. Once I submitted and 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:36.619 turned back around, about 10, 15 paces behind 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:40.339 him, my watch says, congratulations, you just 00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:45.200 hit three miles. Maybe the Holy Spirit knew I 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:48.700 needed a... A quarter of a mile or seven quarters 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:50.519 of a mile, something, I don't know. He knew I 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:54.900 needed to argue. Point is, I had to submit. But 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:57.119 once I submitted, you know how hard that conversation 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:01.920 was? Not hard. We just talked. Because we're 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:05.299 people. That's how you prophesize. Prophesize 00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:10.240 just means be you. So, you guys can write those 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:12.700 notes down. When you see the people in first 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:18.859 service next week, just go. Really told us a 00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:24.740 story. Matthew 6, 24. No one can serve two masters. 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:27.900 He will either hate one and love the other, or 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:30.259 he will be devoted to the one and despise the 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:34.019 other. You cannot serve God and wealth. You cannot 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:36.779 serve God and man. You cannot serve God and the 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.980 world. You cannot serve God and your wife. You 00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:46.809 cannot serve God and you. Now. Let's get back 00:25:46.809 --> 00:25:51.930 to the Garmin watch. It acts much like a stopwatch, 00:25:52.049 --> 00:25:54.569 right? You have a button here, you start, stop. 00:25:55.089 --> 00:25:56.690 Then you have this button down here that's a 00:25:56.690 --> 00:25:58.950 lap button. You guys have used a stopwatch before, 00:25:59.029 --> 00:26:04.690 yes? Anyone over 30 maybe? When you hit the start, 00:26:04.750 --> 00:26:06.309 stop button, you start, you take off, you run. 00:26:06.809 --> 00:26:08.990 Now the cool thing is with these programs that 00:26:08.990 --> 00:26:12.960 Garmin downloads, every time you switch, If you're 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:16.480 doing splits where you run for 20 seconds and 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:22.259 then jog or walk or crawl for 45 seconds, every 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.799 time you switch, you just hit the lap button, 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:27.099 right? I'm done that, do the next one. Done that, 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:29.039 lap button, do the next one. Okay, that's how 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:33.960 it works. One day, I was doing a light run. I 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:37.640 went from warmup to run, I hit the button. Easy 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:41.200 peasy. Follow the spirit, right? I ran like a 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.880 tenth of a mile, looked down, I hit the wrong 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:47.240 button. I stopped the watch. Anyone else here 00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:50.779 use a running watch? Do you understand how aggravating 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:53.279 it is that I didn't get that quarter, like tenth 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:56.359 of a mile recorded? You can never get that back. 00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:03.380 I digress. The point here, if we want to be successful, 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:07.440 we have to keep checking in. We have to keep 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:14.000 submitting to the watch. Or to the Spirit. Which 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:20.460 leads us to point three. Substantiate. I'll give 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:22.079 you a second because I used a big word here. 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:28.819 Substantiate. Substantiate means to provide evidence 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:35.140 or prove the truth of. How do we know that it 00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:38.960 is God we are hearing from? We have to substantiate 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:43.019 it. Through the Word, also known as the Bible, 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:46.640 and filter it through Scripture. Now, I'm not 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:48.480 saying here and then get into Scripture. I'm 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:52.099 saying get into Scripture every day. Romans 15 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:56.019 .5 or 15 .4. For whoever has written, sorry, 00:27:56.180 --> 00:28:01.440 slow down, Rudy. For whatever was written in 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:04.079 the past was written for our instruction, so 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:06.980 that we may have the hope through endurance and 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:09.240 through the encouragement. That comes from where? 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:15.119 Scriptures. See, like the watch, the more I use 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:18.220 the functions, the more I understand how to engage 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:21.299 with the watch. Funny thing is, I've come to 00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.900 realize that I don't have to hit the lap button. 00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:27.680 The watch is smarter than me. When it's time 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:35.599 to switch, it just switches. The more I engage. 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:40.140 the more I partner with the watch, the deeper 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:44.700 I understand how the watch works. Do I need to 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:48.420 make this connection for you? The more I read 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:52.180 the Bible, the more I pray, the more I worship, 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:56.940 the deeper I understand how the Holy Spirit works. 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:03.079 Let's get back to 1 Peter 5 once again. Humble. 00:29:03.670 --> 00:29:06.390 Therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that 00:29:06.390 --> 00:29:11.089 he may exalt you at the proper time. Cast your 00:29:11.089 --> 00:29:14.470 cares on him because he cares about you. Skipping 00:29:14.470 --> 00:29:18.569 down to verse 9. Resist him, the enemy, and stay 00:29:18.569 --> 00:29:24.329 firm in your faith. I want to consider another 00:29:24.329 --> 00:29:27.890 definition of substantiate. Substantiate can 00:29:27.890 --> 00:29:33.650 also mean to grow considerably. To grow considerably 00:29:33.650 --> 00:29:37.950 in importance, to grow in worth, to grow in size. 00:29:39.029 --> 00:29:40.930 Substantiate means to become more substantial. 00:29:42.150 --> 00:29:44.250 The only way to become more substantial is to 00:29:44.250 --> 00:29:49.150 get into his presence. And it's funny because 00:29:49.150 --> 00:29:51.809 if I ask you guys to raise your hands, how many 00:29:51.809 --> 00:29:54.990 of you want to spend eternity with God? I believe 00:29:54.990 --> 00:29:57.970 every hand would go up. But if I ask you how 00:29:57.970 --> 00:30:00.309 many of you want to spend tomorrow with God? 00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:09.519 Less of you would be willing to do it. The more 00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:14.599 I hang out with him, the more kingdom moves I 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:19.160 make, the more substantial it becomes. And the 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:22.180 more substantial you become, the more the fruits 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:27.099 of the Spirit come alive inside of you. What 00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:31.569 are the fruits of the Spirit? Galatians 5. The 00:30:31.569 --> 00:30:37.109 fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance. 00:30:37.869 --> 00:30:42.250 Look that one up. Kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 00:30:42.349 --> 00:30:44.609 gentleness, and self -control. Against all of 00:30:44.609 --> 00:30:47.170 those, there is no law. And in skipping down 00:30:47.170 --> 00:30:50.430 to verse 35, since we live by the Spirit, let 00:30:50.430 --> 00:30:53.609 us keep in step with the Spirit. How do we keep 00:30:53.609 --> 00:30:56.470 in step with the Spirit? I'm going to give you 00:30:56.470 --> 00:31:00.069 a couple action steps today. But before I do 00:31:00.069 --> 00:31:03.180 that, I want to tell you guys about a life -changing 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:07.500 moment that I experienced about nine years ago. 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:13.039 I'm going to sit down. Hopefully I can get down 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:19.180 and back up. So about nine years ago, this happened. 00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:23.400 And I was triggered about a month ago when Chris 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.960 started this series. How many of you were here 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:28.039 for the first week of this series? And we got 00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.880 to the end of the series and Chris said, hey. 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:32.940 Put your hands out. Listen to the Holy Spirit. 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:36.259 And I immediately thought of the time that he 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:40.559 did this back in October of 2015. He said, put 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:43.140 your hands out and listen to the Spirit. So I 00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:45.920 did. And I'm going to make you guys do it again 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.200 in a second. But I want to tell you the story 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:51.119 of me doing it. Because I have a feeling some 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:53.339 of you may have experienced something like this. 00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:58.680 All right. Put your hands out. All right, God, 00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:00.339 you don't have to just watch me. Don't do this 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:03.920 yourself yet. Just watch me. All right, God, 00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:06.900 what you got for me? This is Rudy checking in. 00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:15.059 Kind of hungry. What are we doing for lunch again? 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:19.859 Rudy, focus, focus, focus on the God. All right. 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.880 Carrie's got her hands. Carrie never. Carrie's 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:29.440 got her hands out. Good job, baby. Rudy, focus, 00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:33.059 focus. All right. Come on, God. Rhett, play me 00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:38.720 the perfect note so I can hear God. Guess we're 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.519 going to go watch the Steelers play. The only 00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:46.440 thing worth doing on a Sunday afternoon. Just 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:48.660 beating myself up because I can't hear from God. 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:54.240 And then I hear, you're going to change the tire. 00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:59.920 All right, idiot. Why would I think such a stupid, 00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.940 ridiculous thing? Carrie, let's go to lunch. 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:06.720 Let's get out of here. Everyone else can hear 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:08.500 from God, but not Rudy. I can't hear from him. 00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:17.380 Go to lunch. I drank two beers at lunch. I said 00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:21.900 it quietly so they couldn't hear. We were living 00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:24.240 in Williamsport. We drove back across 70. When 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:29.829 I got onto the 81 interchange. Telling you guys, 00:33:29.849 --> 00:33:33.630 this is a life -changing moment. There was two 00:33:33.630 --> 00:33:37.170 girls in this little Subaru Outback with three 00:33:37.170 --> 00:33:40.869 babies in the back. They had a flat tire. I pulled 00:33:40.869 --> 00:33:45.869 over. They didn't have a tire iron. I changed 00:33:45.869 --> 00:33:48.269 the tire, thankfully the same day, because I 00:33:48.269 --> 00:33:49.750 don't know about you guys, but I'm an idiot. 00:33:50.390 --> 00:33:52.490 If this would have happened three weeks after, 00:33:52.690 --> 00:33:56.609 I would have completely forgotten. Why am I walking 00:33:56.609 --> 00:33:59.490 you guys through this? I want you to know that 00:33:59.490 --> 00:34:02.549 when you listen to God, it may sound ridiculous. 00:34:03.849 --> 00:34:08.230 It might sound like your own voice, but he's 00:34:08.230 --> 00:34:10.670 going to speak to you. So I venture to say a 00:34:10.670 --> 00:34:14.829 month ago that when you guys did this, 90 % of 00:34:14.829 --> 00:34:16.989 you heard something and didn't realize you were 00:34:16.989 --> 00:34:19.610 hearing something. So we're going to do it again, 00:34:19.710 --> 00:34:24.949 which leads us to our first action step. The 00:34:24.949 --> 00:34:27.710 first thing we have to do to partner with the 00:34:27.710 --> 00:34:35.010 Holy Spirit is to shut up and listen. You need 00:34:35.010 --> 00:34:37.650 to listen to his voice in Ephesians 1. Paul prays 00:34:37.650 --> 00:34:40.949 over the church this. This is why, since I heard 00:34:40.949 --> 00:34:43.230 about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love 00:34:43.230 --> 00:34:45.630 for all the saints, I never stopped giving thanks 00:34:45.630 --> 00:34:49.909 to you as I remember you in my prayers. Now put 00:34:49.909 --> 00:34:52.789 your hands out. And I'm going to keep reading 00:34:52.789 --> 00:34:55.489 this verse. And I want you to continue to read 00:34:55.489 --> 00:34:59.710 this verse to yourselves all week. I pray that 00:34:59.710 --> 00:35:02.809 the Lord of our, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:35:03.110 --> 00:35:07.230 the glorious Father, would give you, family, 00:35:07.329 --> 00:35:10.570 you, Hub City Vineyard, the wisdom and the revelation 00:35:10.570 --> 00:35:14.849 and the knowledge of him. I pray that the eyes 00:35:14.849 --> 00:35:17.150 of your heart may be enlightened so that you 00:35:17.150 --> 00:35:20.250 may know what is the hope of his calling, what 00:35:20.250 --> 00:35:22.690 is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in 00:35:22.690 --> 00:35:25.739 the saints. And that you would know the immeasurable 00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:29.400 greatness of his power toward us who believe 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:32.780 according to the mighty working of his strength. 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:38.019 So I want you to sit in this moment while Christian 00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:43.679 plays and just ask God, what do you have for 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:48.239 me? What do you want for me? And if it's weird, 00:35:48.440 --> 00:36:58.769 write it down. If you're still there, stay where 00:36:58.769 --> 00:37:06.789 you are. Our last action step. Once you hear 00:37:06.789 --> 00:37:12.369 what he says, you have to do what he says. Do 00:37:12.369 --> 00:37:19.570 what he told you. 1 John 3 .18. I'm using a Good 00:37:19.570 --> 00:37:24.550 News Bible translation. My children, our love 00:37:24.550 --> 00:37:27.849 should not just be words and talk. It must be 00:37:27.849 --> 00:37:34.789 true love, which shows itself in action. Remember 00:37:34.789 --> 00:37:37.110 the story Chris told us a couple weeks ago about 00:37:37.110 --> 00:37:40.090 the man in a flood, and he was praying, no, God's 00:37:40.090 --> 00:37:42.010 going to send me a miracle, so he shoos away 00:37:42.010 --> 00:37:46.030 everyone. This morning, can you change your perspective? 00:37:46.809 --> 00:37:51.010 Instead of asking God for a miracle, ask God 00:37:51.010 --> 00:37:56.699 how you can be someone else's miracle. may be 00:37:56.699 --> 00:38:00.619 the answer to someone else's prayer. Instead 00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:02.699 of thinking inward like the man on the roof of 00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:06.679 his house, start thinking outward. Be the pilot 00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:15.460 in the helicopter. Show up with your boat. I'm 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:17.280 about to walk us through the salvation prayer, 00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:21.980 but I got one more quick story. This past week 00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:24.619 at Thursday morning, we do prayer every Thursday 00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:29.469 morning. Linda Kunkel shared a testimony. Linda's 00:38:29.469 --> 00:38:32.949 brother -in -law, Steve, had passed. About a 00:38:32.949 --> 00:38:36.050 week or so before his passing, Kurt, Linda's 00:38:36.050 --> 00:38:39.829 husband, Steve's brother, asked his brother if 00:38:39.829 --> 00:38:44.030 he wanted to give his life to Jesus. Kurt and 00:38:44.030 --> 00:38:48.190 Steve recited the sinner's prayer, the salvation 00:38:48.190 --> 00:38:51.690 prayer. See, there's a reason why Chris stands 00:38:51.690 --> 00:38:55.500 up here every week and makes all of us Recite 00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:58.940 this prayer. You got your salvation the first 00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:01.780 time. You don't have to keep getting your salvation. 00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:05.860 The reason we do it week in and week out is so 00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:11.119 that you know the words. So that you're prepared 00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:15.519 if you're in a situation like Kurt was. Kurt 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:18.260 had no problem reciting the words. They came 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:22.280 out because he's been saying them. Steve felt 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:26.340 the impact. of those words. And I'm pretty sure 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:30.420 Steve is in a better place because Kurt showed 00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:35.619 up in his boat. So if you're ready to make that 00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:38.300 commitment today, if you're ready to ask Jesus 00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:40.820 to be a part of your life, I want you to repeat 00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:45.440 these words after me. Truly mean them, truly 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:48.420 speak right to Jesus. And while you're doing 00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:51.559 it, church fam, you're going to do it with us. 00:39:54.699 --> 00:40:01.280 Here we go. Jesus, without you I am lost. Without 00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:07.559 you I am broken. With you I am found. I am whole. 00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:15.420 I believe you are the Son of God. I believe you 00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:20.119 died for my sins. I open the door to my heart. 00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:28.289 Come on in. Transform me. Make me new. Give me 00:40:28.289 --> 00:40:33.949 your Holy Spirit to partner with me. In Jesus' 00:40:34.030 --> 00:40:38.949 name, amen. Now, if you said that prayer for 00:40:38.949 --> 00:40:44.130 the first time, let's go. You're partying with 00:40:44.130 --> 00:40:47.929 us in eternity. If you said that for the first 00:40:47.929 --> 00:40:49.730 time, I want you to text the words, change me. 00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:53.840 To 97000, Chris, myself, somebody from the office 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:56.900 will reach out to give you next steps. Now, as 00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:58.800 we wrap up, of course, like every other week, 00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:00.519 we have a couple words of knowledge. So listen 00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:04.579 closely. The prayer team will be up here. There 00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:07.579 they are. To pray for you. Here's the words of 00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:09.559 knowledge. Pain which trickles from the inside 00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:13.920 part of your right leg down into your calf. Stomach 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:17.639 issues. Muscle trauma. Pain around the tricep 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:22.599 of your right arm. The bigger toe of your left 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:26.139 foot has pulsating pain. You have a blocked sinus 00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:29.960 tract. Number six, I have no idea what it says, 00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:33.960 so if this speaks to you, you better get up here. 00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:41.559 Smallest finger of the toe. If that speaks to 00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:46.800 you, get up here. You guys know that the first 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:48.420 century Christians didn't have the New Testament, 00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:53.090 right? They were writing it. They were out there 00:41:53.090 --> 00:41:54.730 walking it out through the power of the Holy 00:41:54.730 --> 00:41:57.769 Spirit. They were telling people how Jesus personally 00:41:57.769 --> 00:42:02.889 changed their life. Now as Autumn sings and leads 00:42:02.889 --> 00:42:05.510 us in our final act of worship today, lift your 00:42:05.510 --> 00:42:09.090 eyes to God. Worship his name and let him know 00:42:09.090 --> 00:42:13.170 you are ready to make kingdom moves. Thank you 00:42:13.170 --> 00:42:15.650 guys. Happy 4th. Thank you for allowing me to 00:42:15.650 --> 00:42:18.030 speak to you today. Stand up and let's rejoice. 00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:29.059 I believe that you are working now to pour it 00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:33.059 out. Oh, pour it out.