WEBVTT 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:24.599 a guest here today. We're so thrilled you're 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:27.420 here. I know it was mentioned before, but we 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:29.700 love when guests come and worship the Lord with 00:01:29.700 --> 00:01:33.239 us. And you know, if you're new around here and 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.560 you have never put your faith in Jesus Christ 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:40.280 so that He could be your Savior, today's a great 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.799 day to do that. Whether you like this church 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:45.980 or not, love Jesus. If you've never been baptized 00:01:45.980 --> 00:01:50.079 in Jesus' name by immersion, we have robes ready. 00:01:50.890 --> 00:01:53.349 Maybe because God knew you would be here and 00:01:53.349 --> 00:01:55.769 you've never had the opportunity to go down in 00:01:55.769 --> 00:01:59.510 water in Jesus' name. When you're baptized in 00:01:59.510 --> 00:02:03.069 Jesus' name, all your sins are washed away. And 00:02:03.069 --> 00:02:05.489 so please, if you've never been baptized, we'll 00:02:05.489 --> 00:02:08.949 baptize you today in Jesus' name. How many of 00:02:08.949 --> 00:02:12.710 you have read the promise of the scripture about 00:02:12.710 --> 00:02:15.389 being filled with the Holy Ghost? Scripture says 00:02:15.389 --> 00:02:17.539 in the book of Acts, When they were filled with 00:02:17.539 --> 00:02:19.400 the Holy Ghost, they spake with other tongues. 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:21.479 Now that sounds crazy. Anybody here ever experience 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:27.379 that? Wow. Looky here. Looky here. So if you're 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:29.939 here today and you've walked with the Lord any 00:02:29.939 --> 00:02:31.719 length of time, but you don't know what it's 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:35.060 like to be so filled with His Spirit that He 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:38.879 takes over everything. He gives you a brand new 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:42.120 experience with Him, but it's more than an experience. 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:46.490 It's Christ in you. This is your day. Turn to 00:02:46.490 --> 00:02:48.270 somebody next to you and say, this is your day. 00:02:50.250 --> 00:02:52.889 And then say, well, now, if you checked all those 00:02:52.889 --> 00:02:54.930 boxes he mentioned, God might have something 00:02:54.930 --> 00:02:57.849 else for you today. God might have something 00:02:57.849 --> 00:03:00.689 great for you today. I want to direct your attention 00:03:00.689 --> 00:03:04.129 to the Old Testament, the book of Psalms. And 00:03:04.129 --> 00:03:06.449 I want to say I never take for granted the privilege 00:03:06.449 --> 00:03:09.270 of preaching here at Heaven View. It is my favorite 00:03:09.270 --> 00:03:11.430 place to preach the word of God. I love this 00:03:11.430 --> 00:03:13.990 church. My wife and I have been privileged to 00:03:13.990 --> 00:03:17.129 pastor here for on the edge of 25 years. And 00:03:17.129 --> 00:03:18.969 although there are other doors that open, there 00:03:18.969 --> 00:03:21.509 is nothing like the privilege of serving you. 00:03:21.669 --> 00:03:24.310 We honor you for the opportunity you have given 00:03:24.310 --> 00:03:27.310 us. And we say to God, be the glory for what 00:03:27.310 --> 00:03:30.569 he is doing. Simultaneously, I'm so glad this 00:03:30.569 --> 00:03:33.349 church is not built on one person or one family 00:03:33.349 --> 00:03:36.870 or one personality. Amen. We have a great team 00:03:36.870 --> 00:03:39.229 around here. I thank God for every preacher, 00:03:39.330 --> 00:03:43.879 every teacher. And we've had some great preaching 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:47.620 around here. And I have a habit if I'm not here 00:03:47.620 --> 00:03:50.340 for a service because I'm out of town, I'll go 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:53.800 online. It doesn't even cost me anything, a little 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.060 bit of time. And I'll worship with my church 00:03:57.060 --> 00:04:00.280 family online. Some people only make it to one 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:02.879 church service on Sunday. We get that. But you 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:06.039 can catch the next one in the week online. And 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:08.419 the messages are not always duplicated. And so 00:04:08.419 --> 00:04:11.800 you can hear from God over and over again. And 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:13.419 that's a great way to supplement what you're 00:04:13.419 --> 00:04:16.720 doing privately, daily, to walk with the Lord. 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:19.420 A few commercials here, but we'll be moving on 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:23.959 in a minute. Psalm 90 and verse 12. And this 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.879 is attributed to Moses as God spoke through him. 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:30.139 Something very powerful that I want to share 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:34.300 today. I'll refer to a bit more of this song, 00:04:34.459 --> 00:04:36.620 but I want to just start off with this verse. 00:04:37.209 --> 00:04:39.370 Why don't we read it out loud together? I'm using 00:04:39.370 --> 00:04:41.250 the King James Version, but whatever version 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:44.490 you've got there, let's read this together. So 00:04:44.490 --> 00:04:48.750 teach us to number our days that we may gain 00:04:48.750 --> 00:04:52.569 a heart of wisdom. So teach us to number our 00:04:52.569 --> 00:04:56.069 days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. We've 00:04:56.069 --> 00:04:58.110 been talking around here a lot about the kingdom 00:04:58.110 --> 00:05:01.529 of God. And I will just say this, the kingdoms 00:05:01.529 --> 00:05:06.029 of this world are in utter chaos. Now, we say 00:05:06.029 --> 00:05:08.610 nations a lot of time, but they're really kingdoms. 00:05:09.149 --> 00:05:12.610 And they are driven by spiritual kingdoms behind 00:05:12.610 --> 00:05:15.750 the scenes that want to see the annihilation 00:05:15.750 --> 00:05:19.329 of every human soul. I'm glad there's another 00:05:19.329 --> 00:05:21.990 kingdom that supersedes every other kingdom. 00:05:22.370 --> 00:05:25.389 I'm glad there's a king of kings and a lord of 00:05:25.389 --> 00:05:30.939 lords. And his name is Jesus. So we've been preaching 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:33.500 and teaching about the kingdom of God because 00:05:33.500 --> 00:05:35.339 we want to make sure people don't feel stuck 00:05:35.339 --> 00:05:39.240 in the kingdoms of this world. Because when the 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:42.740 kingdoms of this world come crashing down, you're 00:05:42.740 --> 00:05:45.720 going to want to know you're linked up. Linked 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:48.899 up. I know I could refer to every message, but 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:51.579 Brother Mark, the message Wednesday was so practical 00:05:51.579 --> 00:05:55.240 and so applicable. Thank you. That's kingdom 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.930 right there. I say that because I don't think 00:05:57.930 --> 00:06:00.029 you use kingdom in your title, but you danced 00:06:00.029 --> 00:06:03.430 all over it. I like when you dance. But anyway, 00:06:03.569 --> 00:06:07.290 that's something that Marianne wanted me to throw 00:06:07.290 --> 00:06:12.870 that in. We're just kingdom. We're just kingdom 00:06:12.870 --> 00:06:16.490 minded. I'm so distracted right now because I 00:06:16.490 --> 00:06:19.649 forgot to say this message is for Fran and this 00:06:19.649 --> 00:06:22.550 message is for Trent and this message is for 00:06:22.550 --> 00:06:25.470 us. Amen. And so I want to preach about kingdom 00:06:25.470 --> 00:06:28.310 values. I'll start with one value now and talk 00:06:28.310 --> 00:06:31.449 about some other values later in the next service 00:06:31.449 --> 00:06:34.310 and even next Sunday. Let's ask the Lord to speak 00:06:34.310 --> 00:06:36.709 to us. And while we're praying, I know I kind 00:06:36.709 --> 00:06:38.550 of alluded to it, but would you pray for the 00:06:38.550 --> 00:06:42.310 nations of the world right now? We need God. 00:06:42.410 --> 00:07:55.949 Let's pray together. Lord Jesus. There is an 00:07:55.949 --> 00:07:58.670 old song, I will not sing it, I want to, but 00:07:58.670 --> 00:08:02.589 I don't think it would bless you. It might bless 00:08:02.589 --> 00:08:05.350 you when I stop singing, but it sure wouldn't 00:08:05.350 --> 00:08:07.189 bless you while I was singing. But the words 00:08:07.189 --> 00:08:09.889 will bless you. And you will remember, some of 00:08:09.889 --> 00:08:13.069 you will remember, I was graduating from a Christian 00:08:13.069 --> 00:08:17.329 college and trying to pursue ministry as a life 00:08:17.329 --> 00:08:21.029 calling. And these were the words to the song 00:08:21.029 --> 00:08:23.959 that was sung to our graduating class. and I 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:28.939 remember it to this day. Only one life, so soon 00:08:28.939 --> 00:08:33.860 it will pass. Only what's done for Christ will 00:08:33.860 --> 00:08:39.879 last. Only one chance to do his will, so give 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:44.299 to Jesus all your days. It's the only life that 00:08:44.299 --> 00:08:50.379 pays when you recall you have but one life. I 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:53.100 think even for good godly people, there is a 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:56.460 tension when we talk about the kingdom of God 00:08:56.460 --> 00:09:00.840 that some theologians describe as now and not 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:04.220 yet. We experience a taste of the kingdom of 00:09:04.220 --> 00:09:07.639 God now, but every promise points to a future 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.200 that's far greater and grander than what we can 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:14.470 imagine. And because of that tension and because 00:09:14.470 --> 00:09:17.690 we are reaching for what is not yet, sometimes 00:09:17.690 --> 00:09:22.049 the kingdom of God, it begins to fall away in 00:09:22.049 --> 00:09:25.710 terms of our highest priority for living. So 00:09:25.710 --> 00:09:30.450 that's why there's a song, Only One Life. Because 00:09:30.450 --> 00:09:35.370 it is possible that this kingdom value that I 00:09:35.370 --> 00:09:38.929 will call stewardship of your life, of your time, 00:09:38.990 --> 00:09:42.860 of your money, of your priorities, It can become 00:09:42.860 --> 00:09:46.519 something that gets all confused in our minds. 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:49.659 Even if we have a Christian worldview, here's 00:09:49.659 --> 00:09:51.659 another verse, and I'm not going to quote the 00:09:51.659 --> 00:09:54.240 whole song, but it'll just help nail it down 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:56.960 in your soul where I'm headed today. You can 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:01.299 take all the treasures from far away lands and 00:10:01.299 --> 00:10:04.659 take all the riches that you can hold in your 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:08.419 hands. Take all the pleasures your riches can 00:10:08.419 --> 00:10:13.029 buy, but what will it help? When it's your turn 00:10:13.029 --> 00:10:19.070 to die. Only one life. So soon it will. This 00:10:19.070 --> 00:10:24.769 is not a sad message by the way. I was at a memorial 00:10:24.769 --> 00:10:27.250 service yesterday and it's still lingering in 00:10:27.250 --> 00:10:32.889 the atmosphere. Only one life. So soon it will 00:10:32.889 --> 00:10:37.389 pass. Only what's done for Christ will last. 00:10:38.169 --> 00:10:42.940 Only one chance to do his will. Oh, my Lord, 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:46.120 have mercy. So give to Jesus all your days. It's 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:49.460 the only light that pays when you recall you 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:51.820 have but one life. Would you just say thank you, 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:54.539 Jesus? He didn't sing it. I mean, thank you, 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:59.559 Jesus. You've given me this life. So teach us 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:03.759 to number our days that we may gain a heart of 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.840 wisdom. In other words, make every day count 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:11.590 for Jesus. God, give us wisdom to live daily 00:11:11.590 --> 00:11:16.190 for you. Only one life, not one and done. How 00:11:16.190 --> 00:11:18.629 easy would it have been when I stood on that 00:11:18.629 --> 00:11:23.529 platform to receive my college degree and I was 00:11:23.529 --> 00:11:26.409 listening to those words, only one life. How 00:11:26.409 --> 00:11:28.389 cool it would have been if it was just a one 00:11:28.389 --> 00:11:31.129 and done. Okay, I checked the box. My life belongs 00:11:31.129 --> 00:11:34.990 to Jesus, but that's not how it works. Every 00:11:34.990 --> 00:11:37.490 single day you and I have to make decisions. 00:11:38.509 --> 00:11:41.470 that show that we are following the wisdom of 00:11:41.470 --> 00:11:44.840 the word of God. To make sure that we make our 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:49.559 life count for him. Lord, help us to live in 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:52.820 light of eternity. I'm not trying to preach anxiety 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:56.279 today. I'm trying to preach clarity today. This 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:59.259 world is in chaos. The kingdoms of this world 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:02.320 will come crashing down. But if you and I can 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.299 link up with the king of kings and the kingdom 00:12:05.299 --> 00:12:08.379 of God. If we can let the Lord help us today. 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:11.860 If we can embrace the kingdom value of being 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:16.039 wise. stewards of our time, of our talents, of 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:19.799 our gifts, even of our money. Only one life. 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.779 I'm going to give it to Jesus. When Moses is 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:28.139 singing this song and praying this prayer, this 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:32.279 is how he starts. I love this. Lord, you have 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:36.919 been our dwelling place in all generations. You 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:38.679 know what? There's some old timers here and I 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:41.870 can tell God's really done it for you. You're 00:12:41.870 --> 00:12:45.649 here because of him. But it works in every generation. 00:12:46.250 --> 00:12:49.559 It works every time it's tried. That's the kind 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:51.940 of God that we serve. And Moses was saying, Lord, 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.600 you have been our dwelling place. You have been 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:57.340 our hiding place. You have been our safe place. 00:12:57.419 --> 00:13:00.740 God is my refuge and strength, you might say. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.940 You've been our dwelling place for all generations. 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:07.740 Before the mountains were brought forth or ever 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:10.620 you had formed the earth and the world, even 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:14.600 from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:22.899 Sometimes teenagers. take their one life, amazing 00:13:22.899 --> 00:13:27.399 gift from God, and they give it to another teenager. 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:31.179 What I mean by that is they make their decisions 00:13:31.179 --> 00:13:37.299 based on their peers. Got only one life, and 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:40.759 you're going to let some teeny bopper. If it 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:42.419 wasn't for his parents, he'd be sitting next 00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:47.649 to you stark naked. He'd be living in a van by 00:13:47.649 --> 00:13:49.570 the river that he had to steal because he ain't 00:13:49.570 --> 00:13:53.309 got no money. And you're going to give your life, 00:13:53.490 --> 00:13:57.730 your only one life. Well, she says I ought to 00:13:57.730 --> 00:14:00.490 do this. And when she bats her eyes, I don't 00:14:00.490 --> 00:14:05.370 even know there's a God. I only get to preach 00:14:05.370 --> 00:14:07.090 every now and then, so I try to make it count. 00:14:10.289 --> 00:14:13.169 Thank God for husbands and wives that walk in 00:14:13.169 --> 00:14:18.539 unity when it comes to the Word of God. But sometimes 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:23.779 one of you can get it messed up. That doesn't 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:25.740 mean you've got to get a divorce, God forbid. 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:30.519 But you know, when Job's wife said, you ought 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:33.720 to just curse God and die, thank God he didn't 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:38.059 obey her. Thank God he didn't take his one life 00:14:38.059 --> 00:14:40.820 and his one family. He said, well, I've got to 00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:44.019 keep peace in the home, so I might as well just 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:47.309 curse God and die. I'm talking about one life 00:14:47.309 --> 00:14:51.230 here today. Thank God that Job was able, I'm 00:14:51.230 --> 00:14:52.830 going to keep loving my wife. I'm not going to 00:14:52.830 --> 00:14:54.870 leave my wife, but I'm not going to leave God 00:14:54.870 --> 00:14:58.159 because I only got one life. And so soon it will 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.100 pass. Right now we're facing all kinds of hell. 00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:04.279 But my goodness, he's been God from everlasting 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.559 to everlasting. Before the worlds were framed, 00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:10.460 there was God. And he's saying that he'll be 00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:13.720 the Lord of my life. He'll take my life and use 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:17.519 it for his glory. Let me just go ahead and trust 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:22.460 him. Praise the name of the Lord. I'm going to 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:25.799 try to calm down now. So here's a few questions 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:28.120 to consider. I'm watching the clock because I 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.220 put it as big as life right up there in the back 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:36.220 now. Even I can see that. I'm going to ask you 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:40.159 some questions. Don't answer out loud. Can we 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:43.840 live for God today like he is all that really 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:51.580 matters? Amen? Can we live for God today like 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:55.620 he can be trusted? Like his way is always the 00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:58.570 best way. Well, it doesn't fit with the kingdoms 00:15:58.570 --> 00:16:00.389 of this world. It doesn't fit with the culture 00:16:00.389 --> 00:16:03.850 around us. No, but he's still God. He's still 00:16:03.850 --> 00:16:08.529 good. We can trust him. Can we live for God today 00:16:08.529 --> 00:16:13.029 like we only have one life and so soon it will 00:16:13.029 --> 00:16:16.850 pass? One more question. Can we live for God 00:16:16.850 --> 00:16:23.389 today like you're worthy of it all? That would 00:16:23.389 --> 00:16:26.120 be a good way to live for God right there. Everything 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:31.120 I have, everything I am, my Lord have mercy. 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.519 Every good and perfect gift comes from God. It's 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:38.659 not my house. It's not my car. It's not my education. 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:42.419 It's not my bank account. It's not even my wife 00:16:42.419 --> 00:16:45.860 and kids. It all belongs to him. Let me grab 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:49.360 a hold of the kingdom value of stewardship and 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.740 let me number my days. Let me make sure my life 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:57.960 counts for the Lord. Moses went on to say this. 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.299 This is the same psalm. He said, here's one reason 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:02.340 why you need to try this. It's because a thousand 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:06.579 years in your sight are just like yesterday. 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:12.319 When I was a teenager, every day, one of the 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:15.740 things that mattered most to me is what other 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:20.599 people think about me, about my choices, blah, 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:23.890 blah, blah, blah, blah. I cannot even remember 00:17:23.890 --> 00:17:26.390 one of those people that I thought was so important 00:17:26.390 --> 00:17:29.529 that I had to dress the way they thought I should 00:17:29.529 --> 00:17:32.789 dress, that I had to like what I, there's times 00:17:32.789 --> 00:17:34.630 I did things I didn't even want to do because 00:17:34.630 --> 00:17:36.069 I thought, well, that's what they're doing, and 00:17:36.069 --> 00:17:37.849 if I want to be like them, I got to do what they 00:17:37.849 --> 00:17:41.710 do. My goodness, if you think about this idea 00:17:41.710 --> 00:17:45.450 that a thousand years in your sight is just like 00:17:45.450 --> 00:17:48.809 yesterday. In other words, everything that consumes 00:17:48.809 --> 00:17:52.869 us from the kingdoms of this world that messes 00:17:52.869 --> 00:17:55.450 with our minds and all of a sudden we're drifting 00:17:55.450 --> 00:17:58.950 away from the kingdom of God. It seems so important. 00:17:59.029 --> 00:18:01.650 I don't know if I can give this up. I don't know 00:18:01.650 --> 00:18:04.230 if I can make that sacrifice. I don't know if 00:18:04.230 --> 00:18:08.509 I can make that commitment. But yesterday is 00:18:08.509 --> 00:18:13.630 a canceled check. It's already gone. And so why 00:18:13.630 --> 00:18:17.420 not just give your life to him? with every decision 00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:20.960 that you make. It's kind of like Ecclesiastes 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:24.039 boiled up in one verse. You know, life is but 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:26.700 a vapor, all of that. It's meaningless, can I 00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:30.099 say, without pursuing the purpose of God every 00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:34.579 day. This is going to sound very painful, but 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:39.460 you are wasting your life. You might be having 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:43.240 fun. It's like getting on a plane in first class, 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:46.230 but you're going to the wrong place. I'm never 00:18:46.230 --> 00:18:48.130 bringing you all the peanuts you want, some Diet 00:18:48.130 --> 00:18:50.829 Coke. Man, this is the life. But when you get 00:18:50.829 --> 00:18:52.650 to where you're going, it's the wrong place to 00:18:52.650 --> 00:18:56.000 be. And that's the problem with how some people 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.140 live their lives sucked in to the culture of 00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:02.299 carnality that even is in the church. And we've 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:05.279 got to shake ourselves and grab a hold of a kingdom 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:08.539 value that says, you know what? I am not going 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:12.559 to waste my life on the things that are temporal, 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:19.259 temporary, carnal, convenient, comfortable. Praise 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:22.650 God. This message emphasizes. Now, this is not 00:19:22.650 --> 00:19:24.970 something you have to write down, but it certainly 00:19:24.970 --> 00:19:29.609 doesn't sound like anything meaningful. It emphasizes, 00:19:29.630 --> 00:19:36.089 are you ready? Ordinary faithfulness. Oh, wow. 00:19:36.250 --> 00:19:39.950 Thanks a lot, Pastor. Why can't you emphasize 00:19:39.950 --> 00:19:45.190 the supernatural? Come on, raise up the dead 00:19:45.190 --> 00:19:51.529 for us. Well, maybe next Sunday. Come back. Although 00:19:51.529 --> 00:19:53.069 there are a few people that were sleeping through 00:19:53.069 --> 00:19:57.390 the worship that are awake right now. I'm not 00:19:57.390 --> 00:20:01.829 calling names. I am just emphasizing ordinary 00:20:01.829 --> 00:20:09.210 faithfulness and discernment. Discernment has 00:20:09.210 --> 00:20:11.750 to do with the wisdom to make the right choices 00:20:11.750 --> 00:20:14.670 with the information that you've been given. 00:20:16.130 --> 00:20:20.079 Discernment that is processed by wisdom. That 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:23.000 comes from God. Would you close your eyes and 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:25.160 raise a hand and say, Jesus, I want some of that 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:27.519 in my life. I think this room is filled with 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:30.599 people that have spiritual discernment. But why 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:32.599 don't you say, God, give me the wisdom so it 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:35.680 doesn't go faulty on me. So it's not like a washing 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:37.759 machine that breaks down after I've used it so 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:40.839 much. Lord Jesus, I'm asking you, I've got to 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:43.859 have discernment. I've got to have some wisdom. 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:47.980 God, I've got to make decisions every day. that 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:52.400 show my reverence for you. I'm asking you, Jesus, 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:59.579 to help me. Praise God. If we live for God this 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:05.460 way every day as a kingdom value, what we are 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:09.640 truly saying is we value him. We value his word. 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:16.529 Dare I say, we value his church. That's a good 00:21:16.529 --> 00:21:19.809 place for an amen. Church is not near as valuable 00:21:19.809 --> 00:21:21.569 as it used to be, I understand. But you know, 00:21:21.650 --> 00:21:23.309 you can make a decision to keep it valuable. 00:21:24.869 --> 00:21:26.849 You can make a decision that, you know what, 00:21:26.910 --> 00:21:29.210 he shed his blood for his church. I might as 00:21:29.210 --> 00:21:31.529 well make sure church is a priority in my life. 00:21:32.170 --> 00:21:37.109 I might as well. Why? Because I value him. So 00:21:37.109 --> 00:21:38.670 I want to ask you a few questions. I just keep 00:21:38.670 --> 00:21:41.369 asking questions because I don't have a lot of 00:21:41.369 --> 00:21:48.549 answers. Here's a question. All right. What did 00:21:48.549 --> 00:21:53.490 I do for Jesus today? Ask that question today. 00:21:53.589 --> 00:21:55.809 Ask that question tomorrow. Ask that question 00:21:55.809 --> 00:22:00.210 the day after that. What did I do for Jesus today? 00:22:00.789 --> 00:22:05.369 Only one life. What did he do through me today? 00:22:06.910 --> 00:22:09.970 Well, there's somebody that's hard for me to 00:22:09.970 --> 00:22:12.130 love, and I was able to be a friend to him, and 00:22:12.130 --> 00:22:15.009 that had to be God. It can be pretty simple. 00:22:15.630 --> 00:22:18.789 But it's a question worth asking. How about this 00:22:18.789 --> 00:22:25.210 question? How did I become more like him today? 00:22:26.089 --> 00:22:28.849 Today. That's what we're talking about. Teach 00:22:28.849 --> 00:22:34.049 us to number our days that we may gain a heart 00:22:34.049 --> 00:22:38.170 of wisdom. In fact, this psalm, if you read through 00:22:38.170 --> 00:22:40.849 it, again, I'm not trying to be depressing. I'm 00:22:40.849 --> 00:22:43.859 just trying to read the Bible. It promises us 00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:47.380 about 70 years. And if you're really blessed 00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:50.460 with strength, you might have 80 years. And so 00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:52.940 some theologians say you should count backwards 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:57.900 from 70 on your birthday. But that's all you 00:22:57.900 --> 00:23:11.609 got left. I don't feel that good. It's like them 00:23:11.609 --> 00:23:14.230 old -time preachers, I want to die in the pulpit. 00:23:14.509 --> 00:23:18.009 I don't want to die in the pulpit. I'll freak 00:23:18.009 --> 00:23:22.230 everybody out. You talk about a bad advertisement 00:23:22.230 --> 00:23:25.170 for the church. I ain't going to that church. 00:23:25.210 --> 00:23:27.309 God struck their preacher dead in the pulpit. 00:23:29.089 --> 00:23:40.289 But I'm 58. I've got 12 years left. You feeling 00:23:40.289 --> 00:23:42.710 all right? I'm feeling pretty good. I lost a 00:23:42.710 --> 00:23:46.630 little bit of weight. Make me feel better. Twelve. 00:23:46.970 --> 00:23:52.190 If the Lord tarries. Eleven. Ten. Nine. Eight. 00:23:52.990 --> 00:23:56.549 Seven. I was about to say freaking. You shouldn't 00:23:56.549 --> 00:23:59.509 use that language in church. I think I'm scaring 00:23:59.509 --> 00:24:07.630 the kids. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. 00:24:08.210 --> 00:24:13.099 Four. Three, two. I want to scream one real loud 00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:17.380 and wake somebody up. Teach us to number our 00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:22.900 days. I only got one life. I got to make sure 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:27.880 I give it to him. Not just at church on Sunday. 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:32.220 It's a kingdom value. Only what's done for Christ 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:38.440 will last. Amen. How do we live daily? Not just 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:41.819 at church a couple times a week, but our decisions. 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:45.180 Are we pleasing God or are we pleasing self? 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:48.839 Because very few people in this room are all 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:51.759 that interested in gaining entrance into the 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:54.619 kingdoms of darkness, the kingdom of Satan. You're 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:57.319 not interested in that. But all of us can be 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:00.819 tempted to want to be a part of the kingdom of 00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:04.079 self. Because, you know, if you're the kingdom 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:09.400 of self, you get to be the king, baby. And that 00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:15.380 feels good. To be the king. Large and in charge. 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:19.660 The kingdom of self. So that's the real tension 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:22.619 that we feel. It's not that we all want to just 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:25.500 backslide and curse God and live for the world. 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:30.180 Be like the devil. But the kingdom of self. The 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:34.289 kingdom of self. Where I make the choices that 00:25:34.289 --> 00:25:39.849 please me. Where I make the decisions. How I 00:25:39.849 --> 00:25:43.950 spend my time. How I spend my money. Am I pleasing 00:25:43.950 --> 00:25:50.029 God or pleasing self? God give me wisdom, amen. 00:25:50.789 --> 00:25:56.569 All of us can be guilty of justifying self -pleasing 00:25:56.569 --> 00:26:03.150 decisions. All of us can be guilty. Me. Of spiritualizing 00:26:03.150 --> 00:26:08.609 self -pleasing decisions. You know what the Word 00:26:08.609 --> 00:26:11.549 of God says. You know what godly leadership is. 00:26:12.529 --> 00:26:15.390 But you know, if I kind of go to this person 00:26:15.390 --> 00:26:17.609 and get some guidance, they're going to tell 00:26:17.609 --> 00:26:19.529 me what the Bible says. So let me go find someone 00:26:19.529 --> 00:26:24.630 that's not as, you know, fanatical as that. It's 00:26:24.630 --> 00:26:27.930 funny how some of you are selective in who your 00:26:27.930 --> 00:26:31.440 spiritual advisors are. Because you know what 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:36.579 answer you're going to get from grandma. And 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:38.900 you know what answer you're going to get from 00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:44.339 your teenage buddy. You know why? Because we 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:49.680 spiritualize pleasing self. We justify, well, 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:54.440 so -and -so said this was a good idea. Well, 00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:56.539 it's kind of interesting that that pleases you, 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.180 pleases your flesh. And you feel like that must 00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:03.440 be a man or woman of God. I'm just saying we 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:06.740 need to ask the Lord for wisdom. I need wisdom. 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.819 You need wisdom. You don't get wisdom just from 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:11.400 sitting on a pew. You don't get wisdom from just 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.859 saying, well, bless God, I've been a Christian 00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:15.779 for 43 years. You get wisdom every day by getting 00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:18.980 in the presence of God and saying, Jesus, I want 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.579 to be in your kingdom today. I want to do what 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:24.980 chooses, pleases you. I want my life to be right 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:30.109 with you. You say amen. And here's just a couple 00:27:30.109 --> 00:27:34.309 things to consider. The psalmist said, teach 00:27:34.309 --> 00:27:39.049 us to number our days. So I want you just to 00:27:39.049 --> 00:27:41.509 let this flow into your spirit and meditate on 00:27:41.509 --> 00:27:47.690 it. If you are not teachable, you're not going 00:27:47.690 --> 00:27:51.009 to get much wisdom. You're not going to get much 00:27:51.009 --> 00:27:54.869 wisdom. You've got to be teachable. I mentioned 00:27:54.869 --> 00:27:57.440 before, but one other example is... How many 00:27:57.440 --> 00:28:00.680 of you kids have learned, I know when mom's going 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:02.220 to say yes or no, and I know when dad's going 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.680 to say yes or no, so I can play them against 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.259 each other? None of y 'all want to raise your 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:10.319 hands? I only grew up with a mom, so I couldn't 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:15.000 play that. I just had to lie. We're just kidding. 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:18.240 It was just a joke. Let me tell you something. 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:21.059 Moms know when you're lying. Can I get a mom 00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:25.380 to say amen? Oh, yeah, they do. By the way, wives 00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:27.119 know when you're lying too, but that's a sermon 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:36.660 for another day. It's all over me today. Amen. 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:42.079 There's no wisdom in playing games with authority 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:45.680 so you can get what you want. That's not kingdom 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:49.319 stewardship. That's the kingdom of self. The 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:51.670 kingdom of self. You don't want to be a part 00:28:51.670 --> 00:28:54.009 of the kingdom of self in these last days. Amen. 00:28:54.730 --> 00:28:57.269 Praise the name of the Lord. I want to just throw 00:28:57.269 --> 00:29:00.750 this in. I'll just move on. I mentioned it in 00:29:00.750 --> 00:29:03.509 a couple of messages a while back. The scripture 00:29:03.509 --> 00:29:06.769 says, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory 00:29:06.769 --> 00:29:09.069 and honor and power, for Thou hast created all 00:29:09.069 --> 00:29:11.130 things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were 00:29:11.130 --> 00:29:16.809 created. And so when you're not sure if the decision 00:29:16.809 --> 00:29:20.680 you're making pleases God or pleases self, you're 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:24.119 not sure if this is a kingdom decision, then 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:27.720 just try to stop long enough to say, what would 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:30.980 please God in this moment, in this decision? 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:34.519 What would please God? Because this verse that 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:36.759 I just quoted in Revelation, it's dealing with 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:40.880 eternity. That when we all get to heaven, we're 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:44.619 all going to see what really mattered. Here's 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:47.200 a little something you need to think about. Nobody 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:50.700 in heaven is going to say, Why did I pray so 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:55.180 much? Nobody in heaven is going to say, man, 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:57.359 why did I sign up for that Martha ministry all 00:29:57.359 --> 00:30:03.160 the time? Nobody in heaven is going to say, man, 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:05.720 why did I spend all day in church on Sunday? 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:09.240 I'm not saying you have to. I'm just saying we 00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:11.519 think we're pleasing God, and a lot of times 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:14.960 we're pleasing self. So what do we do? God, give 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.569 me wisdom. God, I don't want to listen to pastor 00:30:17.569 --> 00:30:19.609 because he's fanatical, but then God, you give 00:30:19.609 --> 00:30:24.849 me wisdom. I hope that works out for you. I think 00:30:24.849 --> 00:30:26.670 I got amen in the wrong place there, but anyway. 00:30:29.789 --> 00:30:33.329 I would not replace the value of a pastor in 00:30:33.329 --> 00:30:36.650 this process. I would not replace the value of 00:30:36.650 --> 00:30:40.309 a parent in this process. Some people get wisdom 00:30:40.309 --> 00:30:42.990 from God, but they get more disconnected from 00:30:42.990 --> 00:30:46.529 the church. I don't know if that's wisdom. When 00:30:46.529 --> 00:30:49.769 we all get to heaven, we're going to find out. 00:30:49.829 --> 00:30:53.130 But I don't want to wait until I get there to 00:30:53.130 --> 00:30:56.730 make risky choices about my life. One more time. 00:30:56.750 --> 00:30:58.970 I'm almost wrapping this up, but just one more 00:30:58.970 --> 00:31:00.769 time. Just say, God, I've got to have wisdom 00:31:00.769 --> 00:31:06.049 to make kingdom decisions. I don't want to pretend 00:31:06.049 --> 00:31:09.329 I'm pleasing you, Lord. I want to live a life 00:31:09.329 --> 00:31:14.250 that's kingdom -centered and stewardship. Praise 00:31:14.250 --> 00:31:19.599 the name of the Lord. Praise God. How can I please 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:23.680 God and not please self? Well, redeem the time 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:27.779 because the days are evil. Set your mind, the 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:30.640 old King James says, set your affection on things 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:34.539 above, not on things that are on the earth. And 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:36.259 here's the last part of this message, and I'll 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:40.480 try to hasten to a close. Moses goes on to say, 00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:43.680 and this to me really is the capstone of what 00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:49.109 I feel to share. Verse 16, let your work appear 00:31:49.109 --> 00:31:55.670 to your servants and your glory to their children. 00:31:56.450 --> 00:31:59.549 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon 00:31:59.549 --> 00:32:04.869 us and establish the work of our hands for us. 00:32:05.490 --> 00:32:09.170 Yes, establish the work of our hands. Just very 00:32:09.170 --> 00:32:12.710 quickly, let me just share it from this perspective. 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:18.440 Moses is saying to the Lord, I got so many choices 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:23.900 of what I can do with my life. And a lot of these 00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:27.559 choices are good choices. But what I need you 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:33.400 to do, Lord, is I need you to show me your work. 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:40.019 Show me what matters to you. That's what he's 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:42.640 saying. Let your work appear to your servants. 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:45.579 When your servants are kingdom -minded, when 00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:48.019 your servants want to exercise wise stewardship, 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:50.980 when your servants want to put you first with 00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:53.039 their lives, when your servants don't want to 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:55.559 be carnal, don't want to be casual, when they 00:32:55.559 --> 00:33:00.319 truly want to live for you, show us your work. 00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:04.900 Show us what you're doing. Show us what matters 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:08.240 to you. Not just one and done, but every single 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:13.829 day. show us, God, your work. Because if you 00:33:13.829 --> 00:33:18.930 show us your work, then our children will see 00:33:18.930 --> 00:33:25.589 your glory. In other words, what we have done 00:33:25.589 --> 00:33:30.490 with our lives will influence others for him. 00:33:31.450 --> 00:33:34.569 And when our life is gone, you can come to the 00:33:34.569 --> 00:33:39.460 instruments. When our time is finished, The glory 00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:44.099 of the Lord has appeared in our children, in 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:48.720 the next generation, in those new converts, because 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:52.480 we asked the Lord to show us what mattered to 00:33:52.480 --> 00:34:00.500 him. Now, the next generation can see his glory. 00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:05.660 Can you say in Jesus' name? So I close with just 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:09.730 a few of these little axioms. If we treat truth 00:34:09.730 --> 00:34:14.269 casually, the next generation may treat truth 00:34:14.269 --> 00:34:23.349 as optional. If we model hesitation, they may 00:34:23.349 --> 00:34:27.190 choose retreat. What does hesitation look like? 00:34:27.389 --> 00:34:30.250 I don't think it takes all that. I don't think 00:34:30.250 --> 00:34:33.050 I've got to do all that. Okay, that's good for 00:34:33.050 --> 00:34:36.750 you. You're on your way to heaven. There's a 00:34:36.750 --> 00:34:39.369 good chance you're going to make it. But the 00:34:39.369 --> 00:34:43.389 people you influence, because you hesitated, 00:34:43.489 --> 00:34:48.769 because you, what do they say in the Bible? You 00:34:48.769 --> 00:34:52.849 turned back. You're not even fit for the kingdom 00:34:52.849 --> 00:34:55.849 of God, the Bible says. And you're on your way 00:34:55.849 --> 00:34:58.809 to heaven because the mercy of God is great, 00:34:58.909 --> 00:35:00.829 but you have influenced the next generation. 00:35:01.630 --> 00:35:05.039 And in some cases, your own children. You have 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:07.460 influenced them by your hesitation. They will 00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:11.579 choose retreat. If you flirt with carnality, 00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:16.739 they might fall in love with compromise. And 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:22.019 you'll be in heaven. Where's my kids? Well, you 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:25.139 never got a hold of his work. You were so consumed 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:29.940 with your work. And because you flirted with 00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:34.789 carnality. Because you acted like, well, we can 00:35:34.789 --> 00:35:38.090 go to church, speak in tongues, and we can be 00:35:38.090 --> 00:35:41.110 just as worldly as our neighbors. And it's the 00:35:41.110 --> 00:35:43.269 Lord's work how we're going to win our neighbors 00:35:43.269 --> 00:35:46.809 if we don't get worldly like them. It's the Lord's 00:35:46.809 --> 00:35:49.510 work. You better ask the Lord for wisdom to show 00:35:49.510 --> 00:35:52.690 you His work. Because you're sending a message 00:35:52.690 --> 00:35:56.110 to the next generation about whether or not church 00:35:56.110 --> 00:35:58.989 matters, whether or not commitment matters, whether 00:35:58.989 --> 00:36:01.710 or not faithfulness matters, whether or not loyalty 00:36:01.710 --> 00:36:06.119 matters. That's hard preaching. I get that. But 00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:08.380 I'm telling you, if we whisper uncertainty, they 00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:11.480 may shout unbelief because we are constantly 00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:14.920 teaching the next generation whether they should 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:17.860 value the kingdom of God or value the kingdom 00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:20.139 of self, whether they should value the church 00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:22.380 or the preacher or the pastor or they should 00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:26.119 value just this easy believism podcast religion 00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:29.159 that anything that sounds good must be good. 00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.960 That's the world we're living in right now, and 00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:37.019 that is the kingdom of self. And we can't cast 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:40.039 out the kingdom of self. We just got to hope 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:41.820 people come to the altar and put it under the 00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:44.559 blood. Would you close your eyes and raise your 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:48.219 hands and say, Jesus, teach me to number my days. 00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:53.719 Teach me, oh God, to make decisions that exercise 00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:58.579 kingdom stewardship. In the name of the Lord 00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:02.519 Jesus Christ. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:09.039 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:12.460 name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Can you say in 00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:16.869 Jesus' name? I want to prophesy to this congregation 00:37:16.869 --> 00:37:19.690 because I stand upon the word of the Lord. If 00:37:19.690 --> 00:37:22.889 you will make it your commitment, I am going 00:37:22.889 --> 00:37:26.630 to ask the Lord to help me understand what his 00:37:26.630 --> 00:37:30.449 work is for me, what his will is for me. Every 00:37:30.449 --> 00:37:33.429 single day, I'm going to carve out a place of 00:37:33.429 --> 00:37:36.650 prayer in his presence where I simply ask the 00:37:36.650 --> 00:37:40.289 Lord, why have you called me? And why have you 00:37:40.289 --> 00:37:43.389 blessed me? What is the work that you have asked 00:37:43.389 --> 00:37:47.369 me to do? every single day. Show me your work 00:37:47.369 --> 00:37:52.030 so my children will see your glory. And I want 00:37:52.030 --> 00:37:55.110 to declare to this congregation that if it works 00:37:55.110 --> 00:37:57.690 in the negative, it can work in the positive. 00:37:57.750 --> 00:38:01.869 If we live a surrendered life, the next generation 00:38:01.869 --> 00:38:05.730 will be bolder than we've ever been. If we walk 00:38:05.730 --> 00:38:09.150 humbly, our kids will run faithfully. And if 00:38:09.150 --> 00:38:12.250 we guard the flame, they will carry the torch 00:38:12.250 --> 00:38:15.989 of the truth through every single chaotic situation 00:38:15.989 --> 00:38:18.869 that's coming down the road. Let me tell you 00:38:18.869 --> 00:38:21.969 something. It's scary to be a teacher. or a young 00:38:21.969 --> 00:38:25.289 adult when the world is in chaos. But if we can 00:38:25.289 --> 00:38:28.690 show them faithfulness, if we can show them stewardship, 00:38:28.989 --> 00:38:32.010 if we can show them loyalty and commitment to 00:38:32.010 --> 00:38:36.590 the gospel, to the truth, to Jesus, to the church, 00:38:36.690 --> 00:38:40.150 I'm telling you, our kids will see the glory 00:38:40.150 --> 00:38:44.090 of God. And in the worst situation for the world 00:38:44.090 --> 00:38:50.719 where sin does abound, grace, grace, grace. We'll 00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:54.199 rescue the next generation. Would you stand? 00:38:55.659 --> 00:39:01.800 Numbering our days is not a message about fear. 00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:09.280 It is a message for faith. God has a purpose 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:12.860 for every person in this building. And those 00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:16.179 of us a little bit older, we owe it to the next 00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:20.719 generation to live out that purpose. as though 00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:24.820 it is more valuable than anything else. Can you 00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:28.420 say in Jesus' name? If you're here today and 00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:32.280 you're new to Heaven View, in just a moment we're 00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:35.440 all going to come to the altar, many as we can. 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:38.260 Sometimes there's health reasons why someone 00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:41.179 stays back. I get that. But there's room at the 00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:44.739 altar for everyone that can come. And we're going 00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:48.119 to try to apply this message. to our lives because, 00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:50.179 you know, the word of God works. It's like a 00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:53.019 seed, but it's got to go into the right soil. 00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:56.320 And you might say, well, if he would have preached 00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:57.719 a little bit better, a little bit different. 00:39:57.780 --> 00:40:01.480 No, no, it's the seed works, but it's the soil 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:04.599 that matters. The sower may not be the best sower 00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:06.840 in the business, but the soil is what really 00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:08.739 matters. I'm not saying there's not responsibility 00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:11.500 upon the heart of the sower, but the biggest 00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:15.199 impact today will come from what you do with 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:18.320 the word of God. And I'm asking you when you 00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:20.840 come in just a moment to say, Jesus, show me 00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:24.239 your work. Give me wisdom to see what's next 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:28.719 for me to do. Because I know, Lord, I want those 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:32.440 I influence to see your glory. I want those I 00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:35.280 influence to know your goodness. And if you're 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:38.059 here today and you're kind of new to Christianity 00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:40.719 and you've never heard preaching like this, and 00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:42.340 it's kind of like, well, that's kind of heavy 00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:46.110 duty, but you need something from God. Would 00:40:46.110 --> 00:40:49.030 you join us at the altar and say, Jesus, I don't 00:40:49.030 --> 00:40:50.750 know if I understood everything he said or if 00:40:50.750 --> 00:40:52.690 I'm ready for that kind of commitment, but here's 00:40:52.690 --> 00:40:56.070 my life, Jesus. I've only got one shot at this, 00:40:56.130 --> 00:40:59.030 Lord. I want to give it to you. And I tell you, 00:40:59.050 --> 00:41:01.769 giving your life to Jesus again and again and 00:41:01.769 --> 00:41:05.440 again is the best way to see his glory. every 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.840 blessing, every victory. If you have a sickness 00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:10.880 in your life or a circumstance, a job situation, 00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:13.719 you're like, man, I need a miracle. It doesn't 00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:16.639 look real good. Get to this altar in just a moment. 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:19.460 Throw your hands up and say, Jesus, I give my 00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:21.679 sickness to you because it's part of my life. 00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:24.860 I'm giving my life to you. I give my job situation 00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:27.559 to you because it's part of my life, and I'm 00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:29.719 giving it to you, God, because I want you to 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:32.320 work. I'm telling you, everybody can come to 00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:34.519 the altar in just a moment and get something. 00:41:34.570 --> 00:41:36.789 and from the Lord. But if you are here today 00:41:36.789 --> 00:41:39.429 and for some reason you've never had an opportunity 00:41:39.429 --> 00:41:43.130 to repent or be baptized in Jesus' name or seek 00:41:43.130 --> 00:41:45.869 to be filled with his spirit, join us at the 00:41:45.869 --> 00:41:48.429 altar. And the first step is just to throw your 00:41:48.429 --> 00:41:51.550 hands up and say, I surrender my life to Jesus 00:41:51.550 --> 00:41:55.150 Christ and let him have his way. Come on, everybody 00:41:55.150 --> 00:41:58.150 come that can come. Everybody come that will 00:41:58.150 --> 00:42:01.570 come. And let's come standing with hands raised 00:42:01.570 --> 00:42:06.289 and hearts open. And voices lifted. Why? Because 00:42:06.289 --> 00:42:09.530 we're saying, Jesus, here's one decision I can 00:42:09.530 --> 00:42:13.289 make right now to put my life into the master's 00:42:13.289 --> 00:42:16.369 hands. Oh, God, I'm going to get more wisdom 00:42:16.369 --> 00:42:18.809 at the altar than I'm going to get in the foyer. 00:42:18.869 --> 00:42:21.829 So I'm coming to the altar today, and I'm saying, 00:42:21.869 --> 00:42:25.429 teach me, Lord, to make every day count. Teach 00:42:25.429 --> 00:42:29.070 me, Lord, to realize. It's just a vapor, and 00:42:29.070 --> 00:42:32.010 I don't want to be distracted by so many things 00:42:32.010 --> 00:42:35.929 that could keep me from the work of God and the 00:42:35.929 --> 00:43:13.889 purpose of God. Don't focus on what you wish 00:43:13.889 --> 00:43:14.510 was different.