WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.919 version of it someplace there. But a lot of the 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:10.080 reason for that is because what takes place in 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:15.160 Matthew chapter 6 is actually why I have a reason 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:19.839 to praise. It's why I continue to have a reason 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:29.739 to praise. Amen? So I'm gonna start there. Let 00:00:29.739 --> 00:00:31.500 me see what kind of time I got to make sure. 00:00:31.940 --> 00:00:34.920 See if I don't do a good job of finishing when 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.299 I'm supposed to finish, y 'all. I'm gonna do 00:00:37.299 --> 00:00:42.700 my best, amen? So I'm gonna read Matthew, Matthew 00:00:42.700 --> 00:00:45.219 chapter six. Yes, I'm gonna read the whole of 00:00:45.219 --> 00:00:47.679 Matthew chapter six. Don't tap out. You gotta 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:51.640 stay with me. What's in the Word is good. It's 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:57.679 good for us. It's good to us, amen? So here in 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:00.340 Matthew chapter 6 starting at verse 1 says is 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:03.119 beware of practicing your righteousness before 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:07.120 men to be noticed by them Otherwise you have 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.180 no reward with your father who is in heaven and 00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:13.420 you're gonna see a theme here at the top of Matthew 00:01:13.420 --> 00:01:16.599 chapter 6 that Look, we do what we do, but we 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:20.159 don't do it for others In verse two it says this 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.879 so when you give to the poor Do not sound a trumpet 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.040 before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:29.319 and in the streets So that they may be honored 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.900 by men Truly I say to you they have their reward 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:36.299 in full But when you give to the poor do not 00:01:36.299 --> 00:01:38.920 let your left hand know what your right hand 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:43.280 is doing That is a crazy way of operation, right? 00:01:43.819 --> 00:01:47.829 I'm doing my do I'm doing such a such a job Trying 00:01:47.829 --> 00:01:49.769 not to be the pardon putting myself in front 00:01:49.769 --> 00:01:51.870 of something. I ain't even letting what's happening 00:01:51.870 --> 00:01:57.709 across my body get me in trouble Well, that's 00:01:57.709 --> 00:02:02.670 a way of thinking any Verse four says so that 00:02:02.670 --> 00:02:05.150 your giving will be in secret and your father 00:02:05.150 --> 00:02:08.430 who sees what is done in secret will reward you 00:02:08.889 --> 00:02:11.689 Verse five, when you pray, you are not to be 00:02:11.689 --> 00:02:14.750 like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and 00:02:14.750 --> 00:02:17.189 pray in the synagogues and on the street corners 00:02:17.189 --> 00:02:20.770 so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say 00:02:20.770 --> 00:02:27.590 to you, they have their reward in full. Verse 00:02:27.590 --> 00:02:30.699 six, but you, when you pray. Go into your inner 00:02:30.699 --> 00:02:32.879 room, close your door, and pray to your Father 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.599 who is in secret. And your Father who sees what 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:39.699 is done in secret will reward you. And when you 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:42.659 pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:45.219 Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will 00:02:45.219 --> 00:02:47.840 be heard for their many words. How many of y 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.620 'all know people got some words today? Got some 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:57.280 words, boy. So do not be like, verse eight, so 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:00.430 do not be like them uh for your father knows 00:03:00.430 --> 00:03:03.689 what you need before you ask instead in verse 00:03:03.689 --> 00:03:07.330 nine it tells us pray then in this way in this 00:03:07.330 --> 00:03:09.669 way i know some of you all have probably been 00:03:09.669 --> 00:03:12.949 doing this prayer forever and you have thought 00:03:12.949 --> 00:03:16.469 to yourself this is The prayer but it says only 00:03:16.469 --> 00:03:19.789 to pray in this way, but it says it's our father 00:03:19.789 --> 00:03:22.710 who is in heaven Hallowed be your name your kingdom 00:03:22.710 --> 00:03:26.409 come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven 00:03:26.409 --> 00:03:28.689 verse 11 give us this day our daily bread and 00:03:28.689 --> 00:03:32.490 forgive us our debts as we also For have forgiven 00:03:32.490 --> 00:03:35.189 our debtors and do not lead us into temptation 00:03:35.189 --> 00:03:38.270 But deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom 00:03:38.270 --> 00:03:44.099 and the power and the glory forever a man For 00:03:44.099 --> 00:03:46.080 if you forgive others for their transgressions 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.280 your heavenly father will also forgive you verse 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.139 15 But if you do not forgive others, then your 00:03:51.139 --> 00:03:55.680 father will not forgive your transgressions So 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:00.139 we got a practice forgiveness. Amen It's a lot 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:01.819 of good stuff in here. We're gonna we're gonna 00:04:01.819 --> 00:04:03.680 chew it up in a moment But I want to lay this 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.919 out before we get into that In verse 16 it says 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:09.979 whenever you fast do not put on a gloomy face 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:12.900 as the hypocrites do For they neglect their appearance 00:04:12.900 --> 00:04:15.879 so that they will be noticed by men when they 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:19.319 are fasting truly I say to you they have their 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:21.259 reward There's a theme coming along here. Don't 00:04:21.259 --> 00:04:24.819 you see it? But when you fast anoint your head 00:04:24.819 --> 00:04:27.660 and wash your face So that your fasting will 00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:30.339 not be noticed by men But by your father who 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:33.199 is in secret and your father who sees what is 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:38.379 done in secret will reward you. Do not start 00:04:38.379 --> 00:04:41.240 up for yourselves, store up, excuse me, for yourselves 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:44.519 treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.000 and where thieves break in and steal, but store 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.220 up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:52.360 neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.139 do not break in and steal, for where your treasure 00:04:55.139 --> 00:04:59.620 is, there your heart will be also. Verse 22 tells 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:02.220 us this, the eye is the lamp of the body and 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:07.259 so, So then your eye is clear. Your whole body, 00:05:07.899 --> 00:05:10.279 if your eye is clear, your whole body will be 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:13.279 full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.860 body will be full of darkness. If then the light 00:05:15.860 --> 00:05:22.139 that is in your darkness, if then the light that 00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:26.100 is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness? 00:05:27.290 --> 00:05:30.209 No one can serve two masters for either he will 00:05:30.209 --> 00:05:33.189 hate the one and love the other or he will devoted 00:05:33.189 --> 00:05:36.389 he would be devoted to the one and despise the 00:05:36.389 --> 00:05:41.629 other you cannot serve God and Some scriptures 00:05:41.629 --> 00:05:45.430 say mammon some scriptures say money mine says 00:05:45.430 --> 00:05:50.490 wealth Verse 25 for this reason I say to you 00:05:50.490 --> 00:05:56.310 do not be worried about your life as to what 00:05:56.310 --> 00:06:01.350 you will eat, or what you will drink, nor your 00:06:01.350 --> 00:06:04.110 body as to what you will put on. Is not life 00:06:04.110 --> 00:06:06.170 more than food and the body more than clothing? 00:06:06.290 --> 00:06:08.430 Look at the birds of the air that they do not 00:06:08.430 --> 00:06:11.870 sow, nor reap, nor gather in barns, and yet your 00:06:11.870 --> 00:06:15.569 heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth 00:06:15.569 --> 00:06:20.790 much more than they? And who of you, by being 00:06:20.790 --> 00:06:25.189 worried, can add a single hour to his life? How 00:06:25.189 --> 00:06:27.370 many of you have done that before? You worried 00:06:27.370 --> 00:06:31.870 up so much that you added to your life. If you 00:06:31.870 --> 00:06:34.589 figured out how to worry and add to your life, 00:06:35.189 --> 00:06:40.610 bottle that and sell it. And why are you worried 00:06:40.610 --> 00:06:44.029 about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the 00:06:44.029 --> 00:06:47.410 field grow. They do not twirl nor do they spin. 00:06:47.829 --> 00:06:49.470 I know that's a little interesting sometimes 00:06:49.470 --> 00:06:52.980 in Florida. We don't have Valors like that, but 00:06:52.980 --> 00:06:55.300 you know take a look on the internet It'll give 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:58.360 you what you need yet. I say to you that not 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.019 even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:07.459 like one of these Here almost done y 'all we 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:11.560 right there but if God so clothed the grass of 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:15.220 the field which is alive today and Tomorrow is 00:07:15.220 --> 00:07:17.959 thrown into the furnace. He will not much more 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.860 won't he excuse me? Will he not much more clothe 00:07:21.860 --> 00:07:25.899 you, you of little faith? Do not worry then, 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:28.500 saying, what will we eat or what will we drink 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:32.279 or what will we wear for clothing? For the Gentiles 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:35.329 eagerly seek all these things. Your for your 00:07:35.329 --> 00:07:38.230 heavenly father knows that you need all these 00:07:38.230 --> 00:07:40.689 things. What does he tell us to do in 33? But 00:07:40.689 --> 00:07:43.569 seek first the kingdom and his righteousness 00:07:43.569 --> 00:07:47.569 and all these things what things everything that 00:07:47.569 --> 00:07:50.850 came before we got here will be done what to 00:07:50.850 --> 00:07:56.629 you added Unto you so do not worry about tomorrow 00:07:56.629 --> 00:07:59.889 for tomorrow will care for itself each day has 00:07:59.889 --> 00:08:04.839 enough trouble of its own each day has enough 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:09.459 trouble of its own. Now, I didn't read all of 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:11.439 that just to be reading all of that. I read all 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:16.639 of that with purpose because it foundations where 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.660 we're going today, okay? Let me do this real 00:08:20.660 --> 00:08:23.879 quick. Everybody in here may not know who I am. 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.040 I am Pastor Greg Poe, Gregory Poe if you ask. 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.899 I am Pastor Brian's brother or Pastor Deborah's 00:08:32.899 --> 00:08:36.509 son. and one of the pastors here at Revealing 00:08:36.509 --> 00:08:39.289 Truth Church. So I'm not a random person that 00:08:39.289 --> 00:08:44.210 showed up to talk to you today. I've actually 00:08:44.210 --> 00:08:46.090 been coming to this building for many, many, 00:08:46.090 --> 00:08:52.210 many a year. And I am a part of the pastoral 00:08:52.210 --> 00:08:55.029 team here. So don't worry. I ain't a weirdo. 00:08:55.029 --> 00:08:56.850 I ain't gonna do nothing crazy. But if you feel 00:08:56.850 --> 00:08:59.149 like I've done something weird or crazy, just 00:08:59.149 --> 00:09:01.429 come back next week. Pastor Brian will be here. 00:09:01.769 --> 00:09:08.529 He'll make it right, amen. So in this truth collection, 00:09:08.629 --> 00:09:10.950 we're talking about having a reason to praise. 00:09:12.350 --> 00:09:16.009 Oftentimes our life doesn't give us what we want 00:09:16.009 --> 00:09:18.590 in relation to that praise that we might be looking 00:09:18.590 --> 00:09:24.830 for, you know? But we praise God not just for 00:09:24.830 --> 00:09:27.590 the visible victories, right? That's not it. 00:09:28.929 --> 00:09:35.360 We... I believe that our praise should align 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:39.059 us with the Father. Align us with the Father. 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:43.500 Align us with his heart. Bring us into a place 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:46.340 where what we see no longer becomes the reflection 00:09:46.340 --> 00:09:53.539 of what I need. I don't care what I see. I just 00:09:53.539 --> 00:09:57.570 care what he said. So I look at it like this 00:09:57.570 --> 00:10:00.590 my praise today isn't born out of an ideal circumstance, 00:10:00.590 --> 00:10:05.389 right? It's born out of an audience of one Being 00:10:05.389 --> 00:10:11.110 God I praise now Same way. I praise years ago 00:10:11.110 --> 00:10:15.330 same way. I praise Forever because of who God 00:10:15.330 --> 00:10:19.909 is and what he's already done You know second 00:10:19.909 --> 00:10:22.070 service pastor damage is gonna be teaching, right? 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:25.360 And one of the fun things about Pastor Gamage 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:27.019 and I is we've known each other for a good little 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:32.600 minute. And one of the first things that we did 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:36.679 that actually connected us was I would do this 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.960 thing. I'd get up, especially if things had become 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.100 stressful, a lot was going on. I'd just get in 00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:45.259 my car and drive. And I would drive and drive 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:49.139 and drive. I'd never leave the Tampa Bay area. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.899 but I would just drive, put three, 400 miles 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:55.840 on, going absolutely nowhere. Granted, gas was 00:10:55.840 --> 00:11:04.379 cheaper back then. Let's be clear. There were 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:07.159 no three digits in the numbers that it was on 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:12.279 my gas. It was under a dollar. So back then again 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.639 fill it up and just go for a ride, right? Welcome 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:17.860 to today. Things are very different I don't know 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:20.940 if you could do it like that now, but um, but 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:23.759 I would I would get my car and just go Put on 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.000 some worship music and just let God do a work 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:29.399 that needed to be done And I says, uh, I don't 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.940 know how he ended up in the car But he ended 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:33.399 up in the car with me windows down top open and 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.159 we just riding I later on found out he thought 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:37.759 it was one of the weirdest things in the world 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:41.200 to him because Like, who do this? Who just gets 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:44.139 in a car, driving with people, don't say no words 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:47.399 for just a long, just driving? They ain't said 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.740 nothing. Amen? This is my worship. This is what 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:55.139 I do. This is how me and God get realigned. Amen? 00:11:56.940 --> 00:11:59.980 But it also is what solidified a bond between 00:11:59.980 --> 00:12:03.879 he and I, because it came through a time of worship. 00:12:05.580 --> 00:12:08.120 You know, when we... When we look at Matthew 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:10.440 chapter six, there's a big thing that's taking 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:12.299 place here, and it's basically telling us, beware 00:12:12.299 --> 00:12:14.740 of practicing your righteousness before other 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:17.320 people, right? You don't do it with the purpose 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:21.919 of being seen. That's not the deal. It has nothing 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.220 to do. I mean, I'm glad you might be able to 00:12:24.220 --> 00:12:27.100 see me do whatever it is I do, and that's wonderful, 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:30.220 but even with the people that worship here on 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:33.899 these stages, they're not here for your entertainment. 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:41.429 Not at all. not to offend anybody. So if you 00:12:41.429 --> 00:12:44.309 get offended, just know it wasn't my intention. 00:12:44.750 --> 00:12:48.169 Boom. I put my, what do they call that? Disclaimer 00:12:48.169 --> 00:12:53.610 is in the wind. One of the greatest worship leaders 00:12:53.610 --> 00:12:57.049 we have ever had the privilege of experiencing 00:12:57.049 --> 00:13:00.669 in this church was, is, ain't the was cause it's 00:13:00.669 --> 00:13:06.100 still here, is Adrian Moore. That man. That man, 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:09.500 that boy, he will praise God like nobody's business. 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:14.799 As if not a single person was even around. Him 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:19.059 and God had a thing going on. And it's beautiful 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:21.340 to watch. I even see him every night again. I 00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:22.840 ain't gonna tell you, you may not know who he 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:25.120 is, so I don't wanna make it awkward. But he'd 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.480 be in his spot. And he'd still be going in. And 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.179 I'd be like, that's my worship leader right there, 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:36.220 y 'all. But there was something about his praise 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:40.000 that pointed to heaven like nobody's business. 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.000 And here's the deal, it could change an atmosphere. 00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:50.299 It could change an atmosphere. Now here's the 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:52.740 beauty. I love this part. I'm going a little 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:55.179 off script, but I'm gonna say it anyway. Y 'all 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:58.019 gotta remember, our church, the church, this 00:13:58.019 --> 00:14:03.059 church is a place where we come to Be prepared 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:06.179 so that we can go out there and do the work. 00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:10.899 Come in here, we get right. Yeah, we come broken, 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:13.879 we come hurt, we come feeling a type of way, 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:17.519 we come with all the stuff. But it's so that 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:20.620 we're prepared to go out there and deal with 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:24.440 whatever's coming in life, amen? So yes, people 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.620 do some interesting things in church sometimes. 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:29.259 They're getting it off, they got to. They can't 00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:31.679 do none of this wherever they're going. Some 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:36.240 people can't even say God in the places that 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:41.299 they reside. They can't do nothing that points 00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:43.840 towards heaven at all. They're getting it all 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.799 out right here. So leave them alone while they 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:49.029 praise, amen? But look at this, in the Greek 00:14:49.029 --> 00:14:52.389 theater, a hypocrite was an actor wearing a mask. 00:14:52.490 --> 00:14:56.129 Jesus exposes the difference between internal 00:14:56.129 --> 00:14:58.970 devotion and external performance. That's what 00:14:58.970 --> 00:15:00.529 he's talking about when he's talking about a 00:15:00.529 --> 00:15:02.690 hypocrite there. Praise happens when we take 00:15:02.690 --> 00:15:05.370 off the mask and realize God saw you in secret. 00:15:06.309 --> 00:15:09.730 He sustained you in secret. But because he did 00:15:09.730 --> 00:15:13.149 it all in secret, he now deserves the praise 00:15:13.149 --> 00:15:20.750 in public. See, I love when we're in certain 00:15:20.750 --> 00:15:23.929 scenarios and people will say, well, why are 00:15:23.929 --> 00:15:26.570 you able to be whatever it is you're able to 00:15:26.570 --> 00:15:29.070 be? Because see, as a believer in the world that 00:15:29.070 --> 00:15:32.049 we reside in, we should be a representation of 00:15:32.049 --> 00:15:34.889 Christ, amen? And in being that representation 00:15:34.889 --> 00:15:37.330 of Christ, it should look like something that 00:15:37.330 --> 00:15:40.710 they can't do. In other words, when they walked 00:15:40.710 --> 00:15:43.809 in and they told everybody in the company, Ain't 00:15:43.809 --> 00:15:46.169 gonna be no more raises, ain't gonna be no this, 00:15:46.289 --> 00:15:48.750 ain't gonna be no that, and you over there rejoicing. 00:15:49.070 --> 00:15:50.710 Matter of fact, the Lord said, go out and buy 00:15:50.710 --> 00:15:52.409 a new car. They said, wait a minute, why are 00:15:52.409 --> 00:15:54.070 you buying a new car? They told you they're taking 00:15:54.070 --> 00:15:55.990 the money away. Man, what are you talking about? 00:15:56.029 --> 00:15:57.789 That ain't got nothing to do with what God told 00:15:57.789 --> 00:16:04.129 me to do. This was never my source. My father 00:16:04.129 --> 00:16:09.129 was always the source. Amen? Because that is 00:16:09.129 --> 00:16:12.889 the case, people will look and ask. I mean, why 00:16:12.889 --> 00:16:17.289 you ain't bothered like I'm bothered? Why you 00:16:17.289 --> 00:16:20.710 ain't worried about the changes in the, what 00:16:20.710 --> 00:16:25.070 do you call it, in the stock market? Why you 00:16:25.070 --> 00:16:29.850 ain't shifting and moving weird? Oh man, I can 00:16:29.850 --> 00:16:32.110 answer this, right? Because maybe you're in a 00:16:32.110 --> 00:16:35.370 place where they don't do too good with the God, 00:16:35.490 --> 00:16:40.269 right? But if they ask, simple answer, I can 00:16:40.269 --> 00:16:43.500 tell you, but do you really wanna know? Because 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:45.200 I'll open the door and let you know just how 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.700 good my God has been to me It ain't got nothing 00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:50.399 to do with what they're doing over here these 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:54.960 places out Those are great moments to spread 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:57.820 the gospel a man just just in case you were wondering 00:16:57.820 --> 00:17:01.500 great moments to spread the gospel You know, 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:04.779 it's interesting life brings us seasons where, 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:07.660 you know, human promises can sometimes fall short, 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:10.339 where platforms shift and where people change 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:13.200 and expectations crumble. You know, the world 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:17.859 that we live in is exactly that. It is always 00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:20.539 something that is moving in a way that you probably 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:27.680 did not expect it to move. Always. Every one 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:29.420 of us, I'm sure, has been promised something 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:31.980 and it did not come out like you thought it was 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:38.619 going to come out. Matthew chapter six through 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:41.359 19 through 21, Jesus is warning us against storing 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.680 up treasures where moths and rusts destroy, right? 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.700 When we anchor our hope in human commitments 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:51.259 and unfulfilled promises, it leads to a broken 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:53.940 faith. Why does it lead to a broken faith? Because 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:59.519 I'm looking at the wrong thing, right? If I'm 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.299 looking at you to be the fulfillment of anything 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:05.259 that God promised, I'm already looking in the 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:11.470 wrong. Now, it's interesting because, you know, 00:18:12.210 --> 00:18:15.630 to give those who may not be aware a bit of the 00:18:15.630 --> 00:18:19.549 back story on Greg Poe, this one, not the one 00:18:19.549 --> 00:18:22.130 before me, not the one after me, because that 00:18:22.130 --> 00:18:30.069 joke will run around here somewhere. I am my 00:18:30.069 --> 00:18:35.609 parents' first child, right? you know as first 00:18:35.609 --> 00:18:38.250 children go they did all that they knew to do 00:18:38.250 --> 00:18:40.950 the best way they knew how to do it and uh that 00:18:40.950 --> 00:18:43.410 came with a lot of ups and a lot of downs but 00:18:43.410 --> 00:18:45.849 it was i would say more ups and downs right my 00:18:45.849 --> 00:18:50.150 my parents were and are well my mom is just absolutely 00:18:50.150 --> 00:18:54.809 amazing right and the thing about that is is 00:18:54.809 --> 00:18:57.529 because they are who they are and they they functioned 00:18:57.529 --> 00:18:59.890 and have continued to function the way they have 00:18:59.890 --> 00:19:06.880 what is a parent is that there were times where 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:11.299 God would use them as the source, right? The 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:13.720 source of that blessing that I might have thought 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.819 was coming. But I remember hitting a point in 00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:19.279 life where I was like, yeah, yeah, I don't care 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:25.319 what any person has done, I am the source. If 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:29.160 it didn't come through me, it didn't come, period. 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:33.900 That's the way this works, I am the source. And 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:38.900 I remember distinctly saying to my mom, man, 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:41.759 it was so awesome when God did whatever this 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:44.240 thing was at a particular time. She looked at 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.859 me and she said, God didn't do that, we did that. 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:54.299 I said, true, you were the conduit, but it was 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:58.079 from him. For all I know, God blessed you with 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:00.500 whatever the whatever was so that it would come 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:03.950 through you. I don't care that it came through 00:20:03.950 --> 00:20:09.069 you, I'm just glad God did the blessing. Why 00:20:09.069 --> 00:20:11.990 is that important? Because now I take a man, 00:20:12.269 --> 00:20:14.609 a woman, a person out of the seat of God and 00:20:14.609 --> 00:20:20.890 I put God back where he belongs. Amen? See, I 00:20:20.890 --> 00:20:24.829 have to praise God because it wasn't anything 00:20:24.829 --> 00:20:28.970 that a man could have done to see the fulfillment 00:20:28.970 --> 00:20:33.009 of what I am getting to enjoy today. Right because 00:20:33.009 --> 00:20:34.569 if you really want to know the truth about it 00:20:34.569 --> 00:20:37.950 man made promise and not all of them could be 00:20:37.950 --> 00:20:43.170 fulfilled But everything God promised It's always 00:20:43.170 --> 00:20:47.289 right there Let's talk a moment about the danger 00:20:47.289 --> 00:20:51.569 of misplaced trust In Matthew 24 tells us what 00:20:51.569 --> 00:20:54.549 no one can serve how many masters two masters 00:20:54.549 --> 00:20:58.210 nobody can serve Two things at the same time. 00:20:58.210 --> 00:21:01.000 This is just what it is, right? The Bible tells 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:03.380 us you would love the one and despise the other, 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:05.660 or you hate the one and love the other, but you 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:10.319 cannot love God and what? Man, more mammon money. 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.759 Misplaced trust happens when we expect people 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:20.220 to deliver what God can guarantee, right? Now, 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.960 we're talking about what God guarantees, not 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.319 what man guarantees. There's an interesting thing 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:34.319 about contentment. You know, I remember being 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:39.400 at a point, a lot of stuff was not going as I 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:42.740 had desired it to go. And at this point, my dad 00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:45.460 was like, hey, instead of coming to the church 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:48.480 to do your job, come to my house every day. It's 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.680 like, all right, I'm gonna come to the house. 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:51.640 And when I get to the house, what am I gonna 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:54.160 do? You're gonna do whatever it is I give you 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.700 to do when you get there. Okay, cool, no problem. 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:01.009 For the first, mom. It was always something to 00:22:01.009 --> 00:22:03.910 do. Go do, fix this, change that, move this, 00:22:04.029 --> 00:22:05.970 blah, blah, blah. I'm out there. I'm like, man, 00:22:05.970 --> 00:22:08.369 this is great. I don't have to go to the office. 00:22:08.609 --> 00:22:11.130 I can be here. Now, it was a little weird. He 00:22:11.130 --> 00:22:13.670 wanted me to be there no matter what. Come in 00:22:13.670 --> 00:22:16.309 like I was coming to the office, 830 to 430, 00:22:16.470 --> 00:22:19.170 regardless of what I did. After a month, like 00:22:19.170 --> 00:22:21.309 anybody else's house, he started to run out of 00:22:21.309 --> 00:22:25.049 stuff to do. So now I'm showing up 830 in the 00:22:25.049 --> 00:22:28.259 morning. He may or may not be at the house. Because 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:30.759 to know my father is to know, he ain't changing 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.859 nothing he doing just because of anything you 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:37.740 supposed to be doing. So I'm showing up. I mean, 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:39.779 what am I supposed to do? He ain't here. He ain't 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:43.039 answering the phone. I'm just at the house. Now, 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:46.440 he will show up no matter when, sometimes 3, 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:49.140 3, 4 o 'clock. Hey, man, what you been doing 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:51.740 all day? I mean, what have I been doing all day? 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:54.500 You ain't give me nothing to do all... I mean, 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:58.559 I've been kind of just, you know... Swept and 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:01.579 uh, yeah, I miss you been lazy all day. You waste 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:05.700 some you wasting my money. Wait, wait, I Feel 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:09.079 there should be some Responsibility to what I'm 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:12.339 supposed to do a yo house. Hey, man, it's cool 00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:14.319 I now you say those words out loud by the way 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:18.220 kept that to myself. Oh Ain't trying to get fired 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:23.980 out here. You feel me You know, so I just yes, 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:27.400 sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir after another a couple 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:31.519 of weeks of emptiness, I started to get mad then. 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:35.119 Brought me from over there, I had stuff to do 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:36.980 now, I'm sitting at their house, I ain't doing 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:39.779 nothing. I mean, I'm complaining. At some points, 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:42.980 actually audibly loud, I was by myself, wasn't 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:47.619 nobody there. I was hot, I'm livid. God don't 00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:50.259 work like this, got me out here this kind of 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:55.339 way. It was all the stuff. And it was in one 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:59.099 of those moments. God says, you know, contentment 00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:04.019 is not complacency. You have to land at a place 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:07.420 wherever you are and become content with whatever 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:11.380 is happening because I'm working something through 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:15.180 you. I'm trying to create a person in you that 00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:17.599 I need you to be for where I'm taking you and 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:20.519 you worried about why you ain't being praised 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:23.039 and why, because mind you, I'm out here, I'm 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:25.799 working. It's folks over here going man, Greg 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:28.660 don't come to work every day no more man. I sure 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:32.039 wish I could do what he was doing Show what you 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:37.119 I ain't doing nothing. I Want to be doing something 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:40.400 This was this was fun at first. This ain't fun 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:43.740 no more, you know until again know my father 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:46.920 whatever he had going on he had going on like 00:24:47.130 --> 00:24:48.650 People thought it was the greatest thing in the 00:24:48.650 --> 00:24:50.170 world. I mean, you get to fly with Pastor when 00:24:50.170 --> 00:24:52.150 he go to do the whatever. I'm like, man, it was 00:24:52.150 --> 00:24:56.089 cool, but it was work. If that plane landed at 00:24:56.089 --> 00:24:58.470 4 o 'clock in the morning, you know where he 00:24:58.470 --> 00:25:01.309 expected me to be at 5 30 in the morning? At 00:25:01.309 --> 00:25:04.789 the gym with him doing whatever he was doing. 00:25:05.329 --> 00:25:07.630 It was like that. I'm like, yeah, but then and 00:25:07.630 --> 00:25:10.710 then look at this. He gonna go home, take a shower, 00:25:10.750 --> 00:25:12.630 do whatever he gonna do. Probably take a nap. 00:25:13.170 --> 00:25:16.609 I got to go to the job. and do whatever other 00:25:16.609 --> 00:25:18.789 work needed to be done, because that was the 00:25:18.789 --> 00:25:22.890 expectation. I'm working five, six, ten times 00:25:22.890 --> 00:25:25.789 more than everybody else, but they thought, some 00:25:25.789 --> 00:25:29.430 people thought it was just the dream. It was 00:25:29.430 --> 00:25:32.569 like, my man, a plane is a plane is a plane. 00:25:32.710 --> 00:25:37.049 I had to get from here to there, and boy oh boy, 00:25:37.430 --> 00:25:39.490 all this did was just increase the schedule, 00:25:39.630 --> 00:25:45.180 right? But it set me in a place. That period 00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:47.940 of time set me in a place where I stopped looking 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:58.619 at man as the source You know when we talk about 00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:02.839 mammon or wealth It really deals with this this 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:05.299 issue of status, you know, it's a it's really 00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:08.480 it really comes to a place of external validation 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.440 and if you're looking for external validation 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:16.160 I can promise you it will create anxiety. It 00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:21.440 has to. It will. Because people will always do 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:25.799 something that don't fit your way. I promise 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:29.619 you, people will always do something that don't 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:42.809 fit your way. One of the things I learned was 00:26:42.809 --> 00:26:46.329 that when human promises fall through, God's 00:26:46.329 --> 00:26:52.109 presence still remains. Ultimately, through those 00:26:52.109 --> 00:26:55.710 periods of time, my focus shifted from the disappointment 00:26:55.710 --> 00:26:59.369 of what didn't happen to the quiet sufficiency 00:26:59.369 --> 00:27:02.890 of God. You know, we were getting taught some 00:27:02.890 --> 00:27:06.150 really powerful things during those times. And 00:27:06.150 --> 00:27:08.849 one of the great things that was being taught 00:27:08.849 --> 00:27:12.609 that is just a linchpin to our current understanding 00:27:12.609 --> 00:27:15.950 of the faith was grace. And one of the statements 00:27:15.950 --> 00:27:18.609 that was made constantly throughout our services 00:27:18.609 --> 00:27:22.670 was God's grace is sufficient. It's sufficient, 00:27:22.950 --> 00:27:26.390 period. God's grace is sufficient. The value 00:27:26.390 --> 00:27:30.630 of that became great when I get a call one day, 00:27:30.809 --> 00:27:34.490 this was shortly after Gregory was born. Roshonda 00:27:34.490 --> 00:27:37.650 was at home taking care of him, and our then 00:27:37.650 --> 00:27:40.869 administrator calls me and says, Greg, I got 00:27:40.869 --> 00:27:42.670 this thing in the mail that these people sent 00:27:42.670 --> 00:27:44.450 the thing, they're gonna garnish your wages. 00:27:44.609 --> 00:27:46.289 They're gonna garnish my wages. I'd never heard 00:27:46.289 --> 00:27:47.789 the term, I didn't even know what that meant. 00:27:48.470 --> 00:27:50.430 Okay, cool, they're gonna garnish my wages. What 00:27:50.430 --> 00:27:52.910 does that mean? Well, they're gonna take a portion 00:27:52.910 --> 00:27:55.410 of your check. Okay, how much of my check are 00:27:55.410 --> 00:27:57.890 they going to take? Oh, they're gonna take that 00:27:57.890 --> 00:28:03.980 much? Hey, that's, wait a minute. I just looked 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:07.400 at it, I said, okay, do whatever you need to 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:10.000 do. I'll figure out how to work this out another 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.200 better. So I called Rashaan and I said, hey, 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:14.779 you know, this is what I've been told. The only 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.799 word she used was God's grace is sufficient. 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.819 It had become the verbiage of our home. God's 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:26.279 grace is sufficient. It was all, like the only 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:29.000 way we talked about anything, God's grace is 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:34.279 sufficient. It became such a vital part of how 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:37.339 we communicated that even though we were facing 00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:44.140 a situation that complete insufficiency was imminent. 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:49.400 They was taking a lot. They was taking like 40%. 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:53.759 So, you know, everything was necessary. And I 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:56.099 told you I had a new baby and this little joker 00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:59.210 didn't want to drink regular milk. He had had 00:28:59.210 --> 00:29:00.930 that little special milk, you know, the kind 00:29:00.930 --> 00:29:03.130 that come in the real color that's only one size 00:29:03.130 --> 00:29:06.690 at a time, and they was hitting, look, whoo, 00:29:06.690 --> 00:29:09.009 Jesus. I remember we were sitting at the doctor, 00:29:09.329 --> 00:29:12.029 they says, well, you know, we're gonna have to 00:29:12.029 --> 00:29:14.329 give him this milk, and so and so and so. I said, 00:29:14.349 --> 00:29:17.329 okay, I'm, whatever, I don't know. Lady said, 00:29:17.390 --> 00:29:21.269 hey, anytime you need some, just come by, we'll 00:29:21.269 --> 00:29:23.289 give it to you. They give us the samples, we'll 00:29:23.289 --> 00:29:25.490 just give them to you. I was like, man, get out 00:29:25.490 --> 00:29:27.940 of here, it's just milk. And then I went to that 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:32.559 store, I was like, oh, my God. What time they 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:37.420 close down? Good grief. And then that joker hit 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:39.579 one of them, I'm just gonna drink everything 00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:42.940 spurs? I was like, oh no, I think it's time for 00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:46.859 this one to get on some real food. Grandma, where 00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:49.539 you at? Come on down here and take my mans over 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:54.460 to the other side. But what we learn is truly 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:58.390 God's grace. was sufficient. We actually lacked 00:29:58.390 --> 00:30:03.329 for nothing. During that period of time, we lacked 00:30:03.329 --> 00:30:07.950 for nothing. Just like them folks offered us 00:30:07.950 --> 00:30:11.390 that milk, everything we needed was there. And 00:30:11.390 --> 00:30:14.150 to this day, I can't tell you how, but everything 00:30:14.150 --> 00:30:18.549 we needed was there. But there was an important 00:30:18.549 --> 00:30:23.660 thing that I think needs to be brought out. because 00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:28.819 it was a part of this transition as well. In 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:35.640 verse five through 18, Jesus confronts those 00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:38.700 who use long prayers, religious fasting, and 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:41.900 public displays to prove how spiritual they are, 00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:46.200 right? I believe it's too easy to over -index 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:48.519 spirituality, right? Especially in the church. 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:51.299 And if you don't know what I mean by that, people 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:58.410 tend to Just overdo it You're giving God things 00:30:58.410 --> 00:31:03.250 that he's actually given you You know God created 00:31:03.250 --> 00:31:06.390 this world and in the creation of the world who 00:31:06.390 --> 00:31:10.789 did he give it to man? He's worked through man 00:31:10.789 --> 00:31:15.210 to Perfect and make things well in the earth. 00:31:15.210 --> 00:31:17.829 That's why we have doctors That's why we have 00:31:17.829 --> 00:31:19.849 all these engineers and all these people that 00:31:19.849 --> 00:31:22.269 are creating the better world that we get to 00:31:22.269 --> 00:31:25.420 live in He's anointed them just like he's anointed 00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:28.960 you. And oftentimes, one of the things we try 00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:32.619 to do is we go, well, I'm gonna pray my way, 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:36.279 so to say, out of this. Well, you can pray all 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:39.440 you want, but if the thing that needs to happen 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:42.680 is a natural thing, you still gotta do the natural 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:48.900 thing. You know, I live in this body. This body 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:53.990 functions in this world. I can spend 30 hours 00:31:53.990 --> 00:31:57.730 up here at this altar, and all the problems are 00:31:57.730 --> 00:32:03.250 still out there. The difference comes when I 00:32:03.250 --> 00:32:06.369 realize my father has an answer, regardless of 00:32:06.369 --> 00:32:12.869 what I see. Yes, I live by the spirit not to 00:32:12.869 --> 00:32:17.490 mask the reality of my world, but to understand 00:32:17.490 --> 00:32:20.529 there's a greater source than what I'm dealing 00:32:20.529 --> 00:32:24.460 with. I know, it ain't, Pastor Brian's done a 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:27.500 great job of helping us understand we have to 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:31.480 live through what we live through. If the bank 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:34.920 account is low, the bank account is low. Now, 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:37.079 the truth is, I don't have to have anything in 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.900 that bank for God to be a blessing to me. It 00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:43.039 could be absolutely zero and God will still do 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:46.160 the work that he promised to do. I don't have 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:49.509 to miss a meal. Amen. Don't have to come up short 00:32:49.509 --> 00:32:52.049 on nothing gas will still be in the tank even 00:32:52.049 --> 00:32:54.309 though it costs way more than it did when I started 00:32:54.309 --> 00:32:57.990 driving God knows how to handle all those things 00:32:57.990 --> 00:33:03.329 But the problem becomes I'm gonna pray pray pray 00:33:03.329 --> 00:33:05.250 pray pray pray pray pray pray pray God's given 00:33:05.250 --> 00:33:08.150 answers and you're not doing any of the work 00:33:08.150 --> 00:33:16.859 And then who do you blame God? You know, that 00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:21.319 is part of the problem with, I hate to use that 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:24.240 word that way. That's what I believe brings us 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:26.420 sometimes into these positions of anxiety, right? 00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.980 We get into these places of anxiety because we're 00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:31.859 trying to get God to do something he's already 00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:35.880 fulfilled the promise of doing. He already said 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.960 you were whole. He already said you were healed. 00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:40.640 He already said you had what you needed. He already 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:42.720 promised you all that he's promised you. It's 00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.799 just you wanted to come the way you wanted to 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:48.490 come. Whole time he's saying none. I got you 00:33:48.490 --> 00:33:52.289 But but if you allow me to work this thing the 00:33:52.289 --> 00:33:54.470 way I want to work this thing when you get whatever 00:33:54.470 --> 00:33:56.789 it is You think it is you supposed to have you 00:33:56.789 --> 00:34:00.670 won't lose it? Because you will be built to the 00:34:00.670 --> 00:34:04.650 to the person that I've designed you to be capable 00:34:04.650 --> 00:34:09.070 of all that is there But see here's the problem 00:34:09.070 --> 00:34:11.630 if you're not capable of all that that's that's 00:34:11.630 --> 00:34:15.840 that's the equivalent of me giving you a hundred 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:20.559 foot yacht. As good as it sounds, unless I also 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:23.699 gave you the money to operate that yacht, it 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:28.380 is a burden. First of all, the tax man coming 00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:33.119 to see you before you get up out of here. You're 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:36.659 like, wait, wait, you gave me this and now all 00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:41.380 of a sudden I owe? How did that happen? Because 00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:44.079 that's how the laws work, right? So you're sitting 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:46.179 out here trying to enjoy stuff or thinking that 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:48.599 you need stuff to be something, and the whole 00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:51.159 time God said, no, I got it. Don't worry about 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:56.559 the stuff. I'll take care of it all. Don't be 00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:59.800 anxious, right? This is important. Don't be anxious. 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:04.440 It basically tells us that four times through 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:07.940 the latter part of Matthew chapter six. Jesus 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:11.039 doesn't ask us to deny reality, right? He points 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:14.340 us to who? The birds and the lilies. How many 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:16.159 of y 'all remember the message? Look at the birds. 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:18.519 Look at the birds. Look at the birds. Look at 00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:20.539 the birds. Sometimes I get out there and you 00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:23.800 go, God, oh, they kinda in the way. They living 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.739 their own life. They doing what they wanna do. 00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:28.940 Then you gotta remember, look at the birds. This 00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:31.829 is where I'm supposed to be, amen? Look at the 00:35:31.829 --> 00:35:35.090 birds to show us that the Father who manages 00:35:35.090 --> 00:35:38.989 creation manages us. Real faith doesn't ignore 00:35:38.989 --> 00:35:41.909 the painful realities of life. Real faith brings 00:35:41.909 --> 00:35:46.750 us those realities to an all -knowing Father 00:35:46.750 --> 00:35:49.369 in the secret place. Look, I don't care what 00:35:49.369 --> 00:35:53.619 I see. I take it to the Father in prayer. I don't 00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:57.239 care what I see. I take it to the Father in prayer. 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:00.340 I had a great conversation with somebody the 00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:02.760 other day, and we were just talking about the 00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:09.360 fact that what we were taught as young people 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:14.619 has had to adapt to the day, right? What worked 00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:17.340 at a time don't work today. We've all heard the 00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:19.480 saying, our parents could tell us, sit down, 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:23.230 shut up, and do it, because I said so. I mean, 00:36:23.250 --> 00:36:28.989 I can say it, but Lord knows that legend. First 00:36:28.989 --> 00:36:30.809 of all, we shouldn't be saying words like, shut 00:36:30.809 --> 00:36:34.349 up. That's kind of mean. Why is it that you'd 00:36:34.349 --> 00:36:37.090 like me to sit down? Is there something that 00:36:37.090 --> 00:36:41.590 I'm sitting down to do? Is this like, bro, what's 00:36:41.590 --> 00:36:48.030 up? Just sit down. I had an administrator, one 00:36:48.030 --> 00:36:49.690 of his administrators one time tell me, she said, 00:36:49.710 --> 00:36:53.170 you know, These are horrible qualities for children, 00:36:53.289 --> 00:36:56.429 but great qualities for adults. And I watch him 00:36:56.429 --> 00:36:58.469 and I think to myself, this is a wonderful trait, 00:36:58.610 --> 00:37:02.150 that one day, if I don't kill it, it will keep 00:37:02.150 --> 00:37:05.710 him from making some horrible decisions. Because 00:37:05.710 --> 00:37:08.409 how many of us have signed something just because 00:37:08.409 --> 00:37:11.150 we was tired of signing stuff, and then signed 00:37:11.150 --> 00:37:12.849 away something that you didn't intend to sign 00:37:12.849 --> 00:37:16.889 away? It's okay, it's cool, we ain't gotta go 00:37:16.889 --> 00:37:22.809 too far. So I'm saying these things because I 00:37:22.809 --> 00:37:27.289 want us to understand, I personally worship through 00:37:27.289 --> 00:37:30.170 it all. I praise and worship through it all. 00:37:30.230 --> 00:37:33.150 My reason to praise is not because of what I 00:37:33.150 --> 00:37:37.170 see. Man, I started working here at the church 00:37:37.170 --> 00:37:41.650 27 years ago. And the interesting thing about 00:37:41.650 --> 00:37:45.550 my start here, my dad goes, hey, we ain't gonna 00:37:45.550 --> 00:37:48.320 be able to pay you. Like, you know, you should 00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:52.440 be paid, but I promise you won't lack for anything. 00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:55.960 And I'm like, all right. I mean, I was young. 00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:59.480 What, 18, 19? Oh, whatever, man. It's all good. 00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:02.880 Obviously, by the time I got married, that mattered. 00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:09.519 Oh. But also, you can ask anybody who's been 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:11.760 in administration here. I've never one time asked 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:15.380 for a raise, ever. I just come and do the work. 00:38:15.849 --> 00:38:18.210 I come and serve because I believe this is what 00:38:18.210 --> 00:38:23.170 God has called me to. And I'm not saying somebody 00:38:23.170 --> 00:38:26.369 should never ask for anything. I'm that way because 00:38:26.369 --> 00:38:29.690 I believe that if God knew that there was a need, 00:38:30.090 --> 00:38:34.570 he also knew how to supply it. I don't look for 00:38:34.570 --> 00:38:37.949 my supply to come through this church. I'm grateful 00:38:37.949 --> 00:38:41.869 when it does, but I don't look for it. My God 00:38:41.869 --> 00:38:45.360 knows how to supply all of my needs. And not 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:47.400 just according to what I desire, but according 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:50.820 to what he says, his riches and his glory. Amen. 00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:55.199 And so I don't look over the past 27 years and 00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:58.719 go, hey man, you know, economy's changing, you 00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:03.280 know, I got extra kids, hey, you know, no. God 00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:05.619 knew that today would be today before today was 00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:08.820 ever today. And his supply can be greater to 00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:11.840 me than anything that anybody could ever. So 00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:15.400 I'm not looking for man to fulfill anything God 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:18.159 already promised. So when I serve this church, 00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:20.579 I serve it with a heart of praise. I serve it 00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:22.900 with a heart of worship. I look out here, I told 00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:24.780 Pastor Gamers, I said, one of the things that 00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:30.900 I am appreciative of from our time was that these 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:34.619 walls, these doors, this church remained open 00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:38.130 all the time for us. anybody from background 00:39:38.130 --> 00:39:40.949 that time knows we would be here to God awful 00:39:40.949 --> 00:39:44.530 times of the night, long throughout our days. 00:39:44.630 --> 00:39:47.530 Why? Because there was nowhere else to be. Not 00:39:47.530 --> 00:39:50.469 like you couldn't go somewhere, but there was 00:39:50.469 --> 00:39:54.130 nowhere else you wanted to be. There was nowhere 00:39:54.130 --> 00:40:00.570 else. I got life here. I got life here. Now, 00:40:00.570 --> 00:40:02.230 I got somewhere to be today. You know what I'm 00:40:02.230 --> 00:40:04.650 saying? I got kids. I got my wife. I love going 00:40:04.650 --> 00:40:07.480 home. But there are people that are coming through 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:10.380 these doors now who were just like we were then. 00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:13.239 I ain't got nowhere to be. If I don't get life 00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:17.420 here, there will be no life given. And it becomes 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:20.039 so important. That's why I serve. That's why 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:22.840 I give what I give. That's why I behave the way 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:24.679 I behave. That's why I can walk through that 00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:26.440 parking lot in the morning and picking up stuff 00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:28.940 and come in here and stand on this stage, because 00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:34.800 I'm here for all that God is doing here. My reason 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.079 to praise is because God has been so good to 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:44.300 me. Period. I'm like, yeah, I had expectations, 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:47.440 right? And they were in man at a early time. 00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:52.860 But as God reshaped me, molded me into the person 00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:56.880 he needed me to be, it changed in a great way 00:40:56.880 --> 00:41:01.019 how I present my own life to the Father. Man 00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:05.579 my worship in secret Ain't nothing like what 00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:08.840 you may ever see in public because it's between 00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:16.300 me and him It's between me and him It is it is 00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:20.639 I say I'm Actively working to even present that 00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:23.460 side of worship to my own my wife and my kids 00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:28.159 Because this is a me and God thing But I have 00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:30.360 to I have to make sure I'm teaching my people 00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:33.179 too. I'm not out here willy -nilly. Yes, I do 00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:36.159 read my Bible. Yes, I do pray. Yes, I just don't 00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:41.800 do it in front of you. Because it was, you gotta 00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:44.139 understand, my dad told me something years ago. 00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:46.320 Greg, your greatest victories will come through 00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:50.420 humility. And he didn't tell me that because 00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:53.480 it was fun to say. He told me that because pride 00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:59.530 was at the door at all times. looking to overtake 00:41:59.530 --> 00:42:03.530 me in any chance it could. So man, I've worked 00:42:03.530 --> 00:42:09.449 heavily to keep the issue of pride away. So when 00:42:09.449 --> 00:42:12.170 I look into a Matthew chapter six and Matthew 00:42:12.170 --> 00:42:15.389 chapter six tells me, think on these things and 00:42:15.389 --> 00:42:18.989 tells me how to operate, no, I literally feel 00:42:18.989 --> 00:42:24.630 that way. My work is to the Father. My work is 00:42:24.630 --> 00:42:29.400 to the kingdom. I'm not looking to garner anything 00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:33.420 that God hadn't promised. You can ask me to do 00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:37.000 anything, man. Over my time here, I remember 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:39.639 the first two weeks I was here, I was under the 00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:42.420 stage pulling wires or something. I can't do 00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:49.300 it today because I'm too fat, but it is what 00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:53.159 it is. The way them Joy star under there. I tried, 00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:58.000 I had tried to go through that one more. The 00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:02.460 boy ain't what he used to be, but God is still 00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:06.159 good. You can still find me in all the corners 00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:10.199 doing as much as I can because I was here and 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:12.480 have always been here with a heart to serve. 00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:16.239 A heart to serve the assignment of the church. 00:43:17.490 --> 00:43:20.150 Heart for you all as people. That's why I believe 00:43:20.150 --> 00:43:24.230 God wanted me to read out of What was that Galatians 00:43:24.230 --> 00:43:27.570 when we started was a Galatians. It was Galatians 00:43:27.570 --> 00:43:35.469 We're not here For our own benefit my dad would 00:43:35.469 --> 00:43:38.250 say it this way I got one, but I only need one 00:43:38.250 --> 00:43:42.110 chair Everything you see is the direct result 00:43:42.110 --> 00:43:44.590 of what God was brought has brought you here 00:43:44.590 --> 00:43:50.010 to do What I hate to see is people get off of 00:43:50.010 --> 00:43:52.690 what God has brought them here to do because 00:43:52.690 --> 00:43:54.769 it's not looking like they thought it was going 00:43:54.769 --> 00:44:00.110 to look. Man, I'm gonna tell you guys this, and 00:44:00.110 --> 00:44:07.050 I hope it lands where it's supposed to. My dad, 00:44:07.469 --> 00:44:09.530 I remember going to my dad, I had heard from 00:44:09.530 --> 00:44:11.610 God about something that I believe I was supposed 00:44:11.610 --> 00:44:14.570 to do. And I was excited. Everybody in the five 00:44:14.570 --> 00:44:16.150 -fold class has heard me tell this story before, 00:44:16.190 --> 00:44:18.030 but I'm gonna tell you guys this story. I was 00:44:18.030 --> 00:44:20.090 excited because here it is, I believe I'd heard 00:44:20.090 --> 00:44:23.449 from God to go run and do something. And so I 00:44:23.449 --> 00:44:27.690 walk in, he was in his office. This was, I guess, 00:44:27.869 --> 00:44:30.190 unannounced, so maybe I should've got what I 00:44:30.190 --> 00:44:32.230 deserved. But anyhow, I knock on the door, hey, 00:44:32.269 --> 00:44:33.469 Dad, I got something I wanna talk to you about. 00:44:33.550 --> 00:44:36.070 Oh, okay, cool, what you wanna talk about? Man, 00:44:36.170 --> 00:44:38.780 I wanna. I want to tell you what God showed me, 00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:41.019 what he wants me to do. And I go through this 00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:45.119 whole thing. And I'm laying it out there. I'm 00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:47.320 excited. You know how we all get when we believe 00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:50.300 we heard from the Lord. And so I'm laying it 00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:55.099 on him. God is my witness. My father never addressed 00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:58.860 what I said. He was like this whole time. He's 00:44:58.860 --> 00:45:01.980 sitting at his desk. He looks up and he goes, 00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:03.840 hey, aren't we supposed to be going out of town 00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:05.639 tomorrow to go do the blah, blah, blah, blah, 00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:14.170 blah. I said to myself, man, I know what I just 00:45:14.170 --> 00:45:17.309 told you. That thing, you know how you be when 00:45:17.309 --> 00:45:19.409 you be by yourself and it be hitting you real 00:45:19.409 --> 00:45:22.210 good. And you like, man, I'm on 10, I'm excited, 00:45:22.250 --> 00:45:25.070 I'm ready to run. Now I done came and told you 00:45:25.070 --> 00:45:27.769 and my man didn't even acknowledge it. He didn't 00:45:27.769 --> 00:45:29.590 even hit me with the, oh man, good hearing from 00:45:29.590 --> 00:45:34.269 God, nothing, nothing. Where we going? And that 00:45:34.269 --> 00:45:37.610 was it. I was like, all right. Well, I guess 00:45:37.610 --> 00:45:40.190 we ain't talking about this no more. We leave 00:45:40.190 --> 00:45:43.510 the conversation. I can't even remember how many 00:45:43.510 --> 00:45:47.849 years later. It was many years later. About three 00:45:47.849 --> 00:45:50.510 months before he passed away, he calls me up, 00:45:50.929 --> 00:45:54.250 and we're chit -chatting about whatever. And 00:45:54.250 --> 00:45:55.309 Rashaunda happened to be there, and I'm like, 00:45:55.329 --> 00:45:57.309 man, I'm trying to get him off the phone, because 00:45:57.309 --> 00:45:58.829 we was doing whatever we was doing. I'm like, 00:45:58.889 --> 00:46:01.070 hey, man, I'm here with Rashaunda. We got a blah, 00:46:01.150 --> 00:46:02.409 blah, blah. Man, let me talk to her. He then 00:46:02.409 --> 00:46:04.949 picked up the phone, talked to her for. I don't 00:46:04.949 --> 00:46:06.769 know, 10, 15 minutes, whatever they had going 00:46:06.769 --> 00:46:08.329 on. Then he gets back on the phone and he goes, 00:46:08.369 --> 00:46:13.030 hey, that thing you told me about, back so and 00:46:13.030 --> 00:46:17.230 so and so, it's time to start that. And I'm like, 00:46:17.250 --> 00:46:20.570 huh? Man, I thought you didn't even listen. He 00:46:20.570 --> 00:46:23.090 was like, no, God told me not to say anything 00:46:23.090 --> 00:46:25.530 because there was nothing to be done. There was 00:46:25.530 --> 00:46:28.849 work in you that still needed to be perfected 00:46:28.849 --> 00:46:31.750 before you could touch that. So there was nothing 00:46:31.750 --> 00:46:36.239 for me to say. But I heard it all and now it's 00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:40.480 time to move. I'm saying that because oftentimes 00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:47.739 we find ourselves hearing well from God, bringing 00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:49.980 it to places and wondering why it seemed like 00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:54.559 it didn't land. And it didn't land because it 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:59.780 may not be time. But God has a way through our 00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:03.000 praise of settling our heart. understanding that 00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:05.699 I continue to put one foot in front of the other, 00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:09.280 and what I'm looking for is for his approval 00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:15.440 only. I want God to nod at me well. I like to 00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:19.000 say it this way these days, everything I'm doing, 00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:21.719 I'm doing with the idea that it's for the glory 00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:29.739 of the Lord. It's for his glory. Amen? And I 00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:34.650 implore you, to live out your days through your 00:47:34.650 --> 00:47:38.349 reasons to praise, whatever they may be, for 00:47:38.349 --> 00:47:43.349 the glory of the Lord. Find yourself at peace, 00:47:43.590 --> 00:47:48.050 not because you're doing a thing. Man, I done 00:47:48.050 --> 00:47:54.030 did all the things, all of the things. I wrote 00:47:54.030 --> 00:47:57.489 a resume some 10 years ago, and it was like, 00:47:57.489 --> 00:47:59.750 you did all that stuff. I was like, sure did. 00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:03.559 And I've done so much more since then, but none 00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:09.039 of it marks who I am. None of it, don't even 00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:12.719 care. More often than not, you wouldn't know 00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:14.539 I've done most of the things I've done, because 00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:17.559 I'm not gonna tell you. And it's not because 00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:19.239 I'm ashamed of them or there's a problem with 00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:22.320 them, but I've only been after one thing in my 00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:24.260 adult life, and that's to preach the gospel. 00:48:25.120 --> 00:48:28.360 All this other stuff was just stuff that was 00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:35.219 a supporting cast to preach the gospel Amen and 00:48:35.219 --> 00:48:40.199 so I Have a reason to praise I pray you examine 00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:43.159 your life and realize you have a reason to praise 00:48:43.159 --> 00:48:51.119 and it stretches beyond Beyond well beyond a 00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:54.139 Physical like a thing a job title a position 00:48:54.300 --> 00:48:56.840 or any of that stuff, and it is always going 00:48:56.840 --> 00:49:00.280 to be about the people he's called you to reach, 00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:04.119 amen? Amen. Stand up with me if you don't mind. 00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:16.760 I always pray that something that was said is 00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:25.349 a blessing to you. You know, it's funny, I went 00:49:25.349 --> 00:49:28.110 to Bible school and there was a, they taught 00:49:28.110 --> 00:49:31.530 you all kind of stuff. And in my messages, I 00:49:31.530 --> 00:49:33.869 always have these points where I feel like it's 00:49:33.869 --> 00:49:38.909 about to be like that moment. But ever, oh, all 00:49:38.909 --> 00:49:44.610 the way back since Bible school, God has always 00:49:44.610 --> 00:49:48.949 tempered that moment with me and sobered the 00:49:48.949 --> 00:49:55.389 delivery. And I always wonder why. But I've come 00:49:55.389 --> 00:49:59.610 to the understanding that it's because of what 00:49:59.610 --> 00:50:04.730 he wants you to hear. Gettin' excited is wonderful. 00:50:05.710 --> 00:50:09.829 And we do that well at church. But more importantly, 00:50:09.889 --> 00:50:13.869 you gotta go live some stuff. You gotta put action 00:50:13.869 --> 00:50:18.010 to whatever's being said. So I pray that your 00:50:18.010 --> 00:50:21.659 ears... of understanding have been opened and 00:50:21.659 --> 00:50:24.440 your heart is well prepared to receive what it 00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:28.679 is God wanted you to receive today. I don't ever 00:50:28.679 --> 00:50:32.099 pray that prayer half -heartedly that we are 00:50:32.099 --> 00:50:34.199 where we're supposed to be, that we're doing 00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:36.500 the things we're supposed to do God knew ahead 00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:38.940 of time that I would be here and you would be 00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:40.880 here and you would be next to this person and 00:50:40.880 --> 00:50:43.119 all the things that are taking place God is aware. 00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:47.969 And so, Through this time, I pray that there's 00:50:47.969 --> 00:50:51.050 something that's been imparted into you and that 00:50:51.050 --> 00:50:53.489 it impacts something that God has for you to 00:50:53.489 --> 00:50:58.590 do in your life. Amen. In these moments, we always 00:50:58.590 --> 00:51:01.329 want to take the opportunity to give anybody 00:51:01.329 --> 00:51:05.750 that's not saved a chance to be saved. Man, it's 00:51:05.750 --> 00:51:07.730 one thing to know that there is a Jesus. It's 00:51:07.730 --> 00:51:09.789 a whole other thing to receive him in your life 00:51:09.789 --> 00:51:13.389 and allow him to dictate how you live. Man, when 00:51:13.389 --> 00:51:16.130 you stand with your father, in your place of 00:51:16.130 --> 00:51:18.630 prayer, in your place of worship, in your place 00:51:18.630 --> 00:51:21.389 of praise, knowing that you're in a relationship 00:51:21.389 --> 00:51:26.250 with one that loves you well, has all the best 00:51:26.250 --> 00:51:30.349 set out and laid out for you, man, it changes. 00:51:31.710 --> 00:51:35.630 It changes everything. Salvation is not just 00:51:35.630 --> 00:51:39.739 a word we throw around. Salvation is literally 00:51:39.739 --> 00:51:43.039 our relationship, the words we choose to use 00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:45.780 to talk about our relationship with the Father. 00:51:47.380 --> 00:51:49.519 If you haven't received Christ, we always want 00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:52.539 to give you an opportunity to do so. If there's 00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:54.460 anybody here that's not saved, if you'll raise 00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:59.119 your hand, man, we'll wrap our arms around you. 00:52:02.039 --> 00:52:05.920 We'll do that in love, as we like to say. Amen. 00:52:06.059 --> 00:52:09.519 Is there anybody that's not saved? Anybody? 8 00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:11.380 a .m. service ain't exactly the one where a whole 00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:17.219 lot of unsaved people come in, but... What'd 00:52:17.219 --> 00:52:22.639 I say? 8 a .m. There are 9 a .m. It used to be 00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:25.079 a 6 a .m., so hey, do with that what you will. 00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:29.880 If you do desire to be saved, if you want a prayer 00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:32.119 for anything, if you want to receive the baptism 00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:35.300 of the Holy Spirit, if you would go out... When 00:52:35.300 --> 00:52:38.559 you leave out of the sanctuary, there is a set 00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:41.300 of glass doors on your left -hand side. You go 00:52:41.300 --> 00:52:43.440 in there, there are some people that will love 00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:47.039 on you, help you understand what it is that is 00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:50.340 going on, that pray with you, and make sure you 00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:54.960 leave here full. Amen? Amen, amen, amen. Hey! 00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:59.699 In the last four minutes, now you know exactly 00:52:59.699 --> 00:53:03.400 how much longer we gonna be here. We want to 00:53:03.400 --> 00:53:05.480 give everybody an opportunity to give, amen? 00:53:10.519 --> 00:53:14.219 We believe in giving here at Reveal in Truth 00:53:14.219 --> 00:53:18.159 Church. We believe in giving because it's a response 00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:21.460 to how good God has been to us, amen? Like, if 00:53:21.460 --> 00:53:26.960 God has been good to you at all, like, no one 00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:28.659 here is going to try to get something out of 00:53:28.659 --> 00:53:31.900 you. We ask that you only respond to how good 00:53:31.900 --> 00:53:36.599 God has been to you If he's been good to you 00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:40.159 be good to the church Yes, the money goes to 00:53:40.159 --> 00:53:42.460 the church, but the beautiful thing about this 00:53:42.460 --> 00:53:45.320 church is man We're gonna do everything under 00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:50.400 the Sun to increase the kingdom of God. I absolutely 00:53:50.400 --> 00:53:53.780 love our pastors their heart for for the people 00:53:53.780 --> 00:53:56.420 of this church and and the people of the kingdom 00:53:56.420 --> 00:54:00.429 of God because They're always open to whatever 00:54:00.429 --> 00:54:03.829 it is God is saying. So when you sow into this 00:54:03.829 --> 00:54:07.090 ministry, know that your seed is going to impact 00:54:07.090 --> 00:54:10.869 the lives of many in every area that we're able 00:54:10.869 --> 00:54:16.929 to touch. Amen. I can attest them folk ain't 00:54:16.929 --> 00:54:19.530 taking your money to do nothing weird. I've watched 00:54:19.530 --> 00:54:24.690 them all for many, many, many, many years. More 00:54:24.690 --> 00:54:26.250 than that, I told Pastor Brian, I said, man, 00:54:26.250 --> 00:54:28.670 you can't be like your daddy, man. You can't 00:54:28.670 --> 00:54:31.769 give it all back to the church and be slim on 00:54:31.769 --> 00:54:35.110 your end. God knows how to take care of you and 00:54:35.110 --> 00:54:38.489 take care of the church. You deserve it. Amen. 00:54:39.269 --> 00:54:43.489 I truly believe it. I pray for, I sow into, you 00:54:43.489 --> 00:54:45.610 know, my wife and I believe in what God has called 00:54:45.610 --> 00:54:50.110 us to do here at this church. Amen. Amen. Well, 00:54:51.170 --> 00:54:54.219 take your time, give, do as you will. information 00:54:54.219 --> 00:54:57.179 is on the screen for those who digitally do their 00:54:57.179 --> 00:55:00.460 work. Tap the thing in front of you if that's 00:55:00.460 --> 00:55:04.280 your jam. And we're gonna move into our benediction. 00:55:05.599 --> 00:55:07.360 They're gonna put it on the screen. What? Nope, 00:55:07.480 --> 00:55:08.900 there's a finger up. I'm supposed to do something 00:55:08.900 --> 00:55:19.780 else. So yeah, they're gonna put the thing up. 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:25.530 Are we all locked in? We ready? I love it. I 00:55:25.530 --> 00:55:30.030 know what they're doing. It is cool. It's cool. 00:55:30.030 --> 00:55:36.130 It's cool. It's cool. Are you guys blessed? Listen. 00:55:38.610 --> 00:55:42.269 Next service, Pastor Gamage, who is the executive 00:55:42.269 --> 00:55:45.949 pastor of Revealing Truth Church, will be here 00:55:45.949 --> 00:55:48.929 ministering to you what God has put in his heart. 00:55:50.469 --> 00:55:54.400 I know it's a blessing. I know you will be blessed. 00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:57.880 I look forward to what God is going to say through 00:55:57.880 --> 00:56:01.019 him. Again, you know, you kind of got the tag 00:56:01.019 --> 00:56:06.260 team today. If it don't work out for you, dismiss 00:56:06.260 --> 00:56:08.780 this whole day, come back next week. Pastor Brian 00:56:08.780 --> 00:56:10.960 will be back. Pastor Deborah will be locked in. 00:56:11.179 --> 00:56:16.320 You'll be good to go, amen? Y 'all good? Thank 00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:20.360 you, ma 'am. Thank you, ma 'am. Thank you, thank 00:56:20.360 --> 00:56:26.989 you, thank you. Well listen I I absolutely appreciate 00:56:26.989 --> 00:56:31.969 you all as we all do Hey, it's time to do the 00:56:31.969 --> 00:56:36.590 thing y 'all ready time to go now into him that 00:56:36.590 --> 00:56:40.909 is able to Keep you from falling and to present 00:56:40.909 --> 00:56:44.690 you Faultless before the presence of his glory 00:56:44.690 --> 00:56:51.780 with exceeding joy To the only wise God our Savior 00:56:51.780 --> 00:56:57.820 be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both 00:56:57.820 --> 00:57:01.840 now and forever. Have a phenomenal week.