WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.019 I want to leave this room more in love with you. 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:07.259 And Father God, we pray that as we open up the 00:00:07.259 --> 00:00:11.179 word today that you begin to root us and ground 00:00:11.179 --> 00:00:16.839 us in your truth and set a pace, set a path for 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:21.660 us that only you can. We are thankful that you 00:00:21.660 --> 00:00:24.420 called us out of darkness and to this marvelous 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:27.559 light that you've given us so many precious promises. 00:00:28.289 --> 00:00:30.870 We thank you that you didn't do it because we 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:34.829 are good, but because Jesus was enough. And we 00:00:34.829 --> 00:00:37.810 thank you for your son, Jesus, dying and inviting 00:00:37.810 --> 00:00:42.090 us into this incredible family. We are partakers 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:44.350 because of his sacrifice and we are thankful 00:00:44.350 --> 00:00:47.429 this morning. In your precious name, I pray the 00:00:47.429 --> 00:00:49.929 name above all names, Jesus, y 'all say with 00:00:49.929 --> 00:00:54.229 me, amen, amen. Well, go ahead, love on the person 00:00:54.229 --> 00:00:59.490 next to you one more time. It's amazing. You 00:00:59.490 --> 00:01:02.250 know, I know I was only not here for one week, 00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:05.269 but it feels like forever I don't know why it 00:01:05.269 --> 00:01:09.689 feels like forever, but here we are right We're 00:01:09.689 --> 00:01:15.250 in our sermon series. I have a reason to praise 00:01:15.250 --> 00:01:20.650 and Man just thankful for our brothers last week 00:01:20.650 --> 00:01:26.239 our pastors Greg and pastors damage and You know 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:28.219 as I was watching them I was thinking man We 00:01:28.219 --> 00:01:30.620 should do this more often and so then I called 00:01:30.620 --> 00:01:32.760 them up and I asked did you enjoy yourselves? 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.879 And they say yes, I said well then that that's 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:39.599 implications. You just agreed to do this more 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:42.540 I Said if I would have led with that question, 00:01:42.579 --> 00:01:44.159 I don't know if you would have responded the 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:49.159 same way So I just snuck it in there But yes, 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.840 we are going to take another step right today 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.140 we are going to do something incredible say hey 00:01:56.140 --> 00:02:03.420 neighbor we are going to do all of ephesians 00:02:03.420 --> 00:02:09.919 chapter three the whole thing whole thing it's 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:15.800 best served on one platter and so um i am excited 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:20.180 about what god is going to speak to us um through 00:02:20.469 --> 00:02:23.949 this today, but the subject is simple, right? 00:02:26.169 --> 00:02:28.169 I'm seeing if y 'all haven't grown tired of talking 00:02:28.169 --> 00:02:29.889 to your neighbor yet. We'll do it one more time. 00:02:29.949 --> 00:02:31.729 Let's just try it out one more time, see if we 00:02:31.729 --> 00:02:33.830 still get participation. But say, hey, neighbor. 00:02:35.509 --> 00:02:44.080 Don't lose heart. Don't lose heart. And... You 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.599 know, we went through last well a couple weeks 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:48.919 ago we went through and I showed you that there's 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:53.620 there's only certain spaces in our spiritual 00:02:53.620 --> 00:02:57.819 order and how we live that there's opportunities 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:02.400 for Satan to get in and one of those places was 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:07.879 our heart and So today's message is designed 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:14.050 to help us all Stay rooted and grounded Although 00:03:14.050 --> 00:03:17.289 our heart does play a role in how we do what 00:03:17.289 --> 00:03:21.610 God says You know the Bible of course tells us 00:03:21.610 --> 00:03:23.729 that guard your heart above all else because 00:03:23.729 --> 00:03:27.050 out of it flows the issues of life and you know 00:03:27.050 --> 00:03:30.689 Your heart will make issues of life. Your heart 00:03:30.689 --> 00:03:34.789 will make issues with life and you know, it will 00:03:34.789 --> 00:03:40.159 absolutely derail anything that's even of God 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.900 in your life. And so we cannot act as though 00:03:42.900 --> 00:03:46.259 it's something we have to guard it, in other 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:49.080 words, but we want it to be one that is full 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:53.039 of life. One of the things that we'll read here 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:57.340 in Ephesians is Paul's prayer for the believer 00:03:57.340 --> 00:04:01.319 is that their heart become full and flooded with 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:06.289 Christ himself. that our objective is for our 00:04:06.289 --> 00:04:10.330 heart to be consumed by Christ, and for him to 00:04:10.330 --> 00:04:14.110 be, everything within our heart to be full and 00:04:14.110 --> 00:04:17.129 flooded with Christ himself. We'll do it one 00:04:17.129 --> 00:04:19.889 more time. Say, hey neighbor, you should be full 00:04:19.889 --> 00:04:29.009 of something. That something is Christ. A lot 00:04:29.009 --> 00:04:42.470 of us are full of some things. And Ephesians 00:04:42.470 --> 00:04:48.709 3 It really Deals with and if y 'all just allow 00:04:48.709 --> 00:04:51.069 me to do this it'll help us go through this movie 00:04:51.069 --> 00:04:53.610 as we go We're gonna do the whole chapter, right? 00:04:53.670 --> 00:04:56.689 So just making sure that we are all on the same 00:04:56.689 --> 00:04:59.509 page here I'm because we're gonna be using a 00:04:59.509 --> 00:05:06.310 word that I don't want you to hear and run from 00:05:06.310 --> 00:05:10.889 because one of the places and specifically in 00:05:10.889 --> 00:05:17.089 Ephesians chapter three, Paul is helping us guard 00:05:17.089 --> 00:05:21.649 our heart in seasons of suffering. And I say 00:05:21.649 --> 00:05:24.990 that because many believers don't want to hear 00:05:24.990 --> 00:05:29.449 that word or don't want to know that there may 00:05:29.449 --> 00:05:34.269 be something that They may have to suffer through, 00:05:35.069 --> 00:05:37.529 but you know, right? That Jesus told us, be of 00:05:37.529 --> 00:05:40.029 good cheer. I have overcome this world. In this 00:05:40.029 --> 00:05:42.970 world, you will suffer persecution, but be of 00:05:42.970 --> 00:05:45.649 what? Good cheer, because I have overcome the 00:05:45.649 --> 00:05:49.629 world. So it's not that our lives won't end in 00:05:49.629 --> 00:05:53.310 suffering, but many times our lives, we go through 00:05:53.310 --> 00:05:57.790 suffering. And if your heart isn't grounded, 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:02.379 You won't survive that season, or thrive in that 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:04.519 season, or better yet, check this out church, 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:10.060 grow through that season. Because truthfully, 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:12.660 the only reason suffering will hit your door 00:06:12.660 --> 00:06:19.300 is because glory is available. That suffering 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:21.759 is evidence that glory is pending. Go ahead, 00:06:21.819 --> 00:06:25.180 tell your neighbor that. Say, hey neighbor, suffering 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:32.829 is evidence. that glory is pending. That right 00:06:32.829 --> 00:06:34.649 there should give, I'll be trying to give y 'all 00:06:34.649 --> 00:06:37.589 reasons to praise and y 'all be missing the praise 00:06:37.589 --> 00:06:42.949 points. So we'll try that again. Neighbor, suffering 00:06:42.949 --> 00:06:55.709 is evidence that glory is pending. Let's see 00:06:55.709 --> 00:06:58.810 how far we in here right now. So, so neighbor, 00:07:00.250 --> 00:07:06.670 I say this with courage and confidence. Don't 00:07:06.670 --> 00:07:12.569 lose heart. Why, why, why? Because suffering 00:07:12.569 --> 00:07:22.310 is evidence that glory is pending. But check 00:07:22.310 --> 00:07:24.360 this out, right? when we speak of suffering, 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:29.139 it's a physical, emotional, or spiritual pain 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:33.319 experienced in a fallen world. That is why we 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.980 will all suffer persecution. I know a lot of 00:07:36.980 --> 00:07:39.139 times people think of persecution from their 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:41.600 personal choices, but we got to realize when 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.100 the Bible speaks about suffering, it's speaking 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:48.180 about the results of living in a fallen world. 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:52.889 Because we live in a fallen world, there will 00:07:52.889 --> 00:07:56.290 be persecution. There will be things that are 00:07:56.290 --> 00:07:59.829 physically, emotionally, and spiritually experienced 00:07:59.829 --> 00:08:02.529 that don't agree with your heart, that don't 00:08:02.529 --> 00:08:05.329 agree with what God is doing, that you will see 00:08:05.329 --> 00:08:08.209 things, tragedy will occur, right? And you will 00:08:08.209 --> 00:08:12.470 say, that just doesn't agree with what I believe 00:08:12.470 --> 00:08:15.370 is good. And some people fail there, because 00:08:15.370 --> 00:08:17.610 they'll be like, how could that even be God if 00:08:17.610 --> 00:08:21.439 it's not good? Like, why would God allow something 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.319 like that? And when you can't reconcile those 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:27.240 things, your heart gets troubled. Like, many 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:31.360 of us have faced things in life that is like, 00:08:31.620 --> 00:08:35.379 how is God so full of grace, so full of truth, 00:08:35.620 --> 00:08:38.500 so full of mercy, so full of forgiveness, yet 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:45.039 I still feel this? Right? And... We need to appropriate 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.200 that because if you don't appropriate that, you'll 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:51.840 start to lose heart. You'll start to realize 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:56.500 that God is not only a God of grace, mercy, and 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:59.899 truth, but check this out. He's also a God of 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:08.019 promise and order. He's both. He's all of that. 00:09:08.860 --> 00:09:14.929 And so if we major on the grace, the mercy and 00:09:14.929 --> 00:09:18.950 the forgiveness while minimizing the order and 00:09:18.950 --> 00:09:22.070 the promise, we won't be able to manage seasons 00:09:22.070 --> 00:09:32.909 well. Y 'all alright? Y 'all want me to go back 00:09:32.909 --> 00:09:44.679 on my road trip? But just to give you some more, 00:09:44.820 --> 00:09:48.620 right? That there are suffering, right? There's 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:50.919 suffering due to personal bad choices. There's 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:54.019 suffering that's just persecution because of 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:57.879 you are following God's way. We've been talking 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.139 about that the last few weeks that there are 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:03.019 people who are not spiritually alive. So by nature, 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:06.240 they are not going to respond well to things 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:09.740 God is doing. And so you suffer persecution, 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.460 although you are obeying God. Right that people 00:10:13.460 --> 00:10:15.960 will talk about you because they don't understand 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:20.419 what you were talking about Then also this persecution 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:23.440 because we live in a broken world, right? This 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:26.440 is believers that that oftentimes you're wondering 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.059 why am I dealing with this sickness? Why am I 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:31.960 dealing with this pain? Why am I carrying and 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:35.360 Paul's word? Why do I have this thorn? Right. 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.600 I have this thing that I can't pray away and 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:47.009 it won't go away And if you don't have proper 00:10:47.009 --> 00:10:48.970 perspective, our fathers would say like this, 00:10:49.149 --> 00:10:55.110 how you see the problem is the problem. It was 00:10:55.110 --> 00:10:57.289 amazing on this little road trip that we were 00:10:57.289 --> 00:11:01.330 having, I was teaching Amber an valuable lesson. 00:11:01.909 --> 00:11:05.129 But my baby has gotten to what they call squishy 00:11:05.129 --> 00:11:08.929 trading, which apparently is like, you know, 00:11:09.070 --> 00:11:11.549 I mirrored it too in my day how you used to trade. 00:11:11.769 --> 00:11:13.830 Cards, you know, you used to go to school and 00:11:13.830 --> 00:11:15.870 you would trade cards with people. You bring 00:11:15.870 --> 00:11:18.830 your good cards and you trade cards with somebody 00:11:18.830 --> 00:11:20.889 to see, man, you got some good cards. I got some 00:11:20.889 --> 00:11:23.070 good cards, but we didn't have the internet. 00:11:23.129 --> 00:11:25.370 So you ain't know until you got home and did 00:11:25.370 --> 00:11:28.850 some research that you made a bad trade. And 00:11:28.850 --> 00:11:30.830 so the next day you come back to school with 00:11:30.830 --> 00:11:32.870 vengeance in your eyes. Like, bro, you gonna, 00:11:32.929 --> 00:11:35.210 you gonna give me my stuff back. Everything needs 00:11:35.210 --> 00:11:38.850 to be restored back to normal. You give me mine 00:11:38.850 --> 00:11:41.730 back, I give you yours back. And you know, Amber 00:11:41.730 --> 00:11:44.029 unfortunately got caught up in some bad squishy 00:11:44.029 --> 00:11:48.450 trading. And she looked at me, she looked at 00:11:48.450 --> 00:11:50.450 Rashida, she was like, I need y 'all to call 00:11:50.450 --> 00:11:53.549 that girl's mama up and tell her to give me my 00:11:53.549 --> 00:11:55.350 stuff back. And I said, well, you're here in 00:11:55.350 --> 00:11:58.549 this world, you will suffer persecution. I said, 00:11:58.570 --> 00:12:01.889 sometimes the lesson is learning that you cannot 00:12:01.889 --> 00:12:04.830 operate this way. If it meant so much to you, 00:12:04.970 --> 00:12:11.500 you should have kept it. I said, this is a lesson. 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:16.080 I said, but um, I said, she, I mean, she, she, 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:18.860 she, she, she, she didn't stop there. If you 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:22.980 know Amber, boy, Amber, Amber actually somehow, 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:26.360 some way, you know, got in contact with the, 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:28.179 with the, hopefully she not listening to this. 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:30.039 If this, you understand all this is true. Your 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:34.399 daughter did it, but Amber somehow. Got in contact 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:37.320 and the mama was like don't worry about I talked 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.779 to my daughter and she's gonna give her all her 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:41.639 squishies back I'm like don't give her back. 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:44.980 I Don't want her to get her squishies back I 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:48.259 want her to realize that you cannot walk around 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:51.600 in this world with rose -colored glasses on You 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.440 have to realize that not everybody is going to 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:58.440 do right by you. That if something is of value, 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:01.379 it's important that you treat it like it's valuable. 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:03.980 More important than her getting her squishies 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:07.639 back is the life lesson she's learning in this 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.899 moment. She's only going to become better as 00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:14.139 a result of going through this. She's crying 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:17.360 now, but she will praise this principle later. 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:19.559 I hope you all hear what I'm saying to you, because 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:22.360 many of y 'all are crying. now, but you're gonna 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:27.179 praise the principle you learn later. I understand 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:29.460 it's not what you wanted, it's not what you picked, 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:31.960 it's not what you chose. You couldn't have made 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.159 a different decision. You would still have ended 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:40.059 up in the same place, but you serve a good God. 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.940 Look at your neighbor say, but you serve a good 00:13:44.940 --> 00:13:51.080 God. And he's working all things together for 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:56.019 your good. If suffering is the season, it's because 00:13:56.019 --> 00:14:01.139 glory is pending. We don't run from it. Listen, 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:05.500 you learn from it. You grow from it. You mature 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:12.840 from it. Whoo! Well, I'm preaching the whole 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:16.710 thing before we get to it, but... I'm gonna share 00:14:16.710 --> 00:14:18.649 this point because it actually fits perfectly 00:14:18.649 --> 00:14:21.889 here. But you have to realize this, that truth 00:14:21.889 --> 00:14:26.450 is no amount of self effort can free you from 00:14:26.450 --> 00:14:30.470 a burden God is using to produce something new 00:14:30.470 --> 00:14:36.210 in you. No amount of self effort can free you 00:14:36.210 --> 00:14:42.470 from what God is using to grow you. You can work 00:14:42.470 --> 00:14:47.759 as hard as you want. as much as you want, but 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:57.779 if God is using it, it shall remain. What does 00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:59.840 that mean? I mean, I have to change my mind. 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:12.659 But let's get into this. Y 'all ready? He said 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:16.299 Paul says first one for this reason I Paul a 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:19.240 prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.100 Look at this. It's amazing to me that that that 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:27.480 Paul takes a term that has negative connotations 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:31.700 and Uses it to associate himself with his righteous 00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:38.340 founding I'm not a prisoner of Them. I'm a prisoner 00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:45.409 of Christ Paul. You made that up Know we read 00:15:45.409 --> 00:15:47.889 it as though it's now you're a prisoner for Christ. 00:15:47.889 --> 00:15:50.490 You gotta realize Paul originated the term prisoner 00:15:50.490 --> 00:15:54.289 of Christ There's no such thing as a good prisoner 00:15:54.289 --> 00:16:00.610 and Paul's like yes there is I Don't know what 00:16:00.610 --> 00:16:02.330 you call these chains, but I'm in these chains 00:16:02.330 --> 00:16:07.169 for Christ Y 'all call it suffering I call it 00:16:07.169 --> 00:16:14.909 assignment how you see the problem He said, assuming 00:16:14.909 --> 00:16:18.330 that you have heard of the stewardship of God's 00:16:18.330 --> 00:16:22.710 grace that was given to me for you, look at these 00:16:22.710 --> 00:16:27.309 words. Man, assuming that you have heard of the 00:16:27.309 --> 00:16:29.210 stewardship of God's grace that was given to 00:16:29.210 --> 00:16:33.230 me, what is Paul starting to plant in them? He's 00:16:33.230 --> 00:16:37.149 actually starting to deal with them thinking 00:16:37.149 --> 00:16:40.269 that he's less than he is because of where he 00:16:40.269 --> 00:16:44.529 is. And so it says, assuming that you've heard 00:16:44.529 --> 00:16:48.309 of this, you gotta know some things. You gotta 00:16:48.309 --> 00:16:51.490 know some things. How do I survive and thrive 00:16:51.490 --> 00:16:54.149 in seasons of suffering? You have to know some 00:16:54.149 --> 00:16:56.789 things. You have to be grounded in some things. 00:16:57.129 --> 00:16:59.009 There has to be some things that you are rooted 00:16:59.009 --> 00:17:02.269 in, grounded in, that cannot change because you 00:17:02.269 --> 00:17:04.190 ain't even set it up. That's what we've been 00:17:04.190 --> 00:17:06.029 talking about these last two weeks We have a 00:17:06.029 --> 00:17:08.650 reason to praise because God changed everything 00:17:08.650 --> 00:17:10.910 without even asking you if you thought it was 00:17:10.910 --> 00:17:14.710 a good idea He made you he invited Gentiles into 00:17:14.710 --> 00:17:17.809 his precious promises without asking you if it 00:17:17.809 --> 00:17:24.069 was a good idea. He just did it He says verse 00:17:24.069 --> 00:17:29.529 3 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:33.480 As I have written briefly, what is he speaking 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:35.960 to? He was saying like, listen, I understand 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:40.220 that it takes a grounding of who I am to receive 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:43.259 from who I am. Right. But I also want you to 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:47.000 know that I was this was made known to me by 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.559 God, that this wasn't something I thought of. 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:52.920 This is something God gave to me that this mystery, 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.319 what was once unknown, has been made known because 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:02.319 God revealed it to me. What are you saying, Pastor 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:06.079 Brian? God is always in the business of transitioning 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.859 unknown things to known things. Look in there 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:12.839 and say, hey neighbor, I know you don't know 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:19.539 now, but God is a God who transitions unknown 00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:24.109 things into known things. It's what he does. 00:18:24.509 --> 00:18:27.309 So it once was a mystery to many people, but 00:18:27.309 --> 00:18:30.890 God took what was mysterious to others and through 00:18:30.890 --> 00:18:35.430 the spirit of God, he made it known to me. We 00:18:35.430 --> 00:18:37.650 got to hear what Paul is saying what we are learning 00:18:37.650 --> 00:18:40.369 here is that there are things that are mysterious 00:18:40.369 --> 00:18:43.210 to you now You may not know why you are suffering, 00:18:43.210 --> 00:18:46.609 but you have a God who is in the business of 00:18:46.609 --> 00:18:49.829 transitioning unknown things into known things 00:18:49.829 --> 00:18:53.630 Through his spirit that his spirit will in time 00:18:53.630 --> 00:18:57.089 take what is unknown to you now and make it known 00:18:57.089 --> 00:19:01.910 Revelation so that it can feed your heart So 00:19:01.910 --> 00:19:05.299 it's okay not to know Because you are connected 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:08.240 to the source that releases what needs to be 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:14.500 known Sometimes people come to me this like I 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:17.079 prayed I've been praying about what to do about 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.000 this and God hasn't said nothing yet I said maybe 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:24.680 because he doesn't see it as a problem I've been 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.559 asking God what to do about this issue. He's 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:28.859 been silent maybe because you see it as something 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:31.769 he's never saw that It's hard for me to give 00:19:31.769 --> 00:19:34.349 you a solution to a problem. I don't see as a 00:19:34.349 --> 00:19:38.950 problem And when you're in that moment, you don't 00:19:38.950 --> 00:19:41.829 lose heart you say well in time what is unknown 00:19:41.829 --> 00:19:45.269 to me now God will make known by his spirit I 00:19:45.269 --> 00:19:48.730 carried the spirit of God that spirit has the 00:19:48.730 --> 00:19:52.269 ability to reveal all things necessary for my 00:19:52.269 --> 00:19:55.289 life So if it's unknown is also check this out 00:19:55.289 --> 00:20:04.910 unnecessary That is, unknown is also unnecessary. 00:20:05.289 --> 00:20:08.369 Because if it was necessary for me to know for 00:20:08.369 --> 00:20:10.829 where God's taken me, I have the spirit that 00:20:10.829 --> 00:20:13.730 makes things unknown known. I have the spirit 00:20:13.730 --> 00:20:16.630 that reveals what's necessary for what I'm supposed 00:20:16.630 --> 00:20:23.490 to do. So if it's unknown, it's also un... So 00:20:23.490 --> 00:20:25.529 I'm not losing heart over what I haven't figured 00:20:25.529 --> 00:20:28.160 out yet. I'm not losing heart because I don't 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:30.519 have the plan yet I'm not caving in because I 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:33.079 don't know the way yet when I need to make a 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:38.279 step God will make the step clear I Don't know 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:41.180 God's not trying to make this difficult God is 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:44.380 a God that makes all things Come preach with 00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:48.740 me. He makes all things possible not all things 00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:53.660 Use whatever word you want to use it's fine with 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:56.740 me fill the blank what you use but God is not 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:59.559 the God that makes life difficult. He's the God 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:04.839 that makes life Use whatever word y 'all want 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:18.940 to use it's fine No Salvation was a confession 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:24.279 in a belief the greatest gift took a confession 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:28.660 and a belief, and then eternal life was granted 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:32.660 to you. Why would he make living a life that's 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:35.619 pleasing more difficult than the decision to 00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:38.059 have eternal life with him? It's not difficult. 00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:43.140 We often just don't like what we see. And that's 00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:49.619 okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. 00:21:53.289 --> 00:21:58.750 But that's another thing, like, you know, all 00:21:58.750 --> 00:22:02.109 right, I'll wait that, see if we get a little 00:22:02.109 --> 00:22:07.289 bit more mature today. But you realize something, 00:22:08.190 --> 00:22:12.869 it's actually absolutely 100 % okay to say you 00:22:12.869 --> 00:22:20.670 don't like something. I don't cancel what God 00:22:20.670 --> 00:22:23.809 is doing because I, Communicate to you that I 00:22:23.809 --> 00:22:33.849 don't like what's happening I Don't like it Don't 00:22:33.849 --> 00:22:40.029 mean I'm about to quit But let's be clear things 00:22:40.029 --> 00:22:45.569 must change Because this can't stay like this 00:22:45.569 --> 00:22:51.740 this can't stay like this and but I quit But 00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:54.220 if you trying to get me to confess that I like 00:22:54.220 --> 00:23:11.700 what I don't like you got the wrong one I Was 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:13.740 thinking this husband's and wives go into each 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:15.180 other now, I'm like, you know, I'm just a prisoner 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:19.099 for Jesus right now How you feel about this marriage 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:22.029 I'm just in prison for Jesus I mean I'm a prisoner 00:23:22.029 --> 00:23:23.690 of Christ. How did Paul say it? I'm a prisoner 00:23:23.690 --> 00:23:34.210 for Christ. You know what? You asked me how I 00:23:34.210 --> 00:23:38.829 was doing. There is the truth. I feel like I'm 00:23:38.829 --> 00:23:50.440 in prison for Christ. Y 'all want me to move 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:52.740 on, but I'm letting that soak for a minute, because 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.559 some of y 'all, that's a full -on confession 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:57.359 right now. You just felt your freedom. You felt 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:59.559 your whole freedom. Is that acceptable to the 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:06.720 same pastor? If it keeps your heart connected, 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:10.200 if it keeps your commitment grounded for you 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:12.759 to carry the right perspective. I'm not doing 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:21.619 this for us no more. I'm here for us. I'm here 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:26.259 for what I believe God is doing with us. I'm 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:29.299 here because I believe what God can do with what's 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:50.819 happening. When you read this you can perceive 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:53.480 my insight into the mystery of Christ which was 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:56.759 not made known to the sons of men and other Generations 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.640 as it is has now been revealed to this holy apostle 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:03.180 and the prophets by spirit He's doing a little 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.740 homework to let them know. Hey, I know y 'all 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:07.079 heard a lot of things, but it was not revealed 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:10.119 to them It was real to me. It was revealed to 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:12.650 us Right when we were talking about this because 00:25:12.650 --> 00:25:14.490 just make sure we went too far away Remember 00:25:14.490 --> 00:25:17.109 that paul was telling them that those walls of 00:25:17.109 --> 00:25:19.210 that temple had came down. Although the walls 00:25:19.210 --> 00:25:22.430 are still there And so even in this moment He's 00:25:22.430 --> 00:25:25.309 still having to do work on them things that they've 00:25:25.309 --> 00:25:26.890 heard from people and he's letting know those 00:25:26.890 --> 00:25:29.670 people did not Have this revelation they did 00:25:29.670 --> 00:25:31.970 not know these things and he's making sure that 00:25:31.970 --> 00:25:34.930 they're creating check this out proper categories 00:25:34.930 --> 00:25:38.869 for things they've heard and as believers we 00:25:38.869 --> 00:25:42.200 have to May create proper categories for things 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:45.619 we have heard There are things you have heard 00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:48.759 that came from people who did not hear from god 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:51.559 There's things that you told yourself that weren't 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:54.539 things that god said about you and it's important 00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:57.200 that you Appropriate that content that those 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:59.920 were things I said when I was not really actually 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:04.839 listening to what god wanted me to do I'm the 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:06.680 only one with my hand up in the church. I'm the 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:10.569 only one that had a moment My heart was losing 00:26:10.569 --> 00:26:13.589 I was losing heart getting a little emotional 00:26:13.589 --> 00:26:16.150 and I said a few things that I would really like 00:26:16.150 --> 00:26:22.430 to scrunch from the record Just a few statements 00:26:22.430 --> 00:26:25.910 out there y 'all could just go ahead and scrub 00:26:25.910 --> 00:26:29.150 them from the record I said them, even in court, 00:26:29.250 --> 00:26:31.170 y 'all ever seen a court case when they'd be 00:26:31.170 --> 00:26:33.009 like, look, look, look, look, Judge, stop, stop, 00:26:33.130 --> 00:26:34.730 stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. And 00:26:34.730 --> 00:26:36.369 they'd be like, we need to go ahead and just 00:26:36.369 --> 00:26:39.069 blank that out from the record. They were not 00:26:39.069 --> 00:26:41.750 supposed to, y 'all, when the witness is saying 00:26:41.750 --> 00:26:43.950 far more than they were supposed to say, and 00:26:43.950 --> 00:26:45.869 they're like, we asked you this question, you 00:26:45.869 --> 00:26:48.549 answered all of these things. What we need to 00:26:48.549 --> 00:26:51.589 do is every response that didn't fit the exact 00:26:51.589 --> 00:26:56.210 question, get rid of that. And we're all gonna 00:26:56.210 --> 00:26:59.569 pretend like we did not hear a word they said 00:26:59.569 --> 00:27:01.710 about the things they said. Y 'all ever seen 00:27:01.710 --> 00:27:03.650 that in court? You ever been in a trial where 00:27:03.650 --> 00:27:10.750 they had to do that for you? I was under emotional 00:27:10.750 --> 00:27:15.710 distress. I was distressed. They said, my mama, 00:27:16.190 --> 00:27:20.009 I said, It was three minutes of blankness. I 00:27:20.009 --> 00:27:22.529 don't really know what I did, what I said, where 00:27:22.529 --> 00:27:26.349 I went, who I hit, why I hit him. I just know 00:27:26.349 --> 00:27:28.529 three minutes later, I woke up in victory. I 00:27:28.529 --> 00:27:32.269 don't know, but it went down, right? But as soon 00:27:32.269 --> 00:27:34.509 as they said my mama, it just triggered something 00:27:34.509 --> 00:27:44.609 in me. But no, he's wanting to make sure that 00:27:44.609 --> 00:27:47.009 we are appropriate. You got to say, hey, believer, 00:27:48.390 --> 00:27:53.049 appropriate. Tomorrow, you will be in this world 00:27:53.049 --> 00:27:58.029 with people who aren't partakers of your promises. 00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:01.789 They will say things that you have to appropriate. 00:28:13.609 --> 00:28:15.609 And sometimes, you know what? Well, what is going 00:28:15.609 --> 00:28:19.049 on here, Jesus? You know it's okay for you to 00:28:19.049 --> 00:28:27.329 tell people you were wrong? Well, you just be 00:28:27.329 --> 00:28:31.130 skipping over the simple stuff. I was wrong. 00:28:31.970 --> 00:28:37.250 I thought, I assumed, I figured, but as it turns 00:28:37.250 --> 00:28:47.109 out, I was wrong. Go ahead, expunge that. Because 00:28:47.109 --> 00:28:53.529 I'm back listening again. But yesterday I lost 00:28:53.529 --> 00:28:59.329 a little heart. I lost a little courage. I got 00:28:59.329 --> 00:29:06.710 a little weary. And I said, I don't know if this 00:29:06.710 --> 00:29:11.369 is God. That was a bad statement. That was a 00:29:11.369 --> 00:29:15.559 bad statement. It was a lot of pressure. I was 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:26.140 under a lot of things. And I was wrong when I 00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:39.539 said, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Because 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:41.140 some of y 'all suffering because you just won't 00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:51.180 say you sorry. just suffering because you just 00:29:51.180 --> 00:30:13.460 won't say my bad with an actual conviction. Well, 00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:15.579 we got to get through the rest of these 14 verses. 00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:18.380 Here we go. The mystery is that the Gentiles 00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:21.680 are fellow heirs. Members of the same body and 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.880 partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.039 the gospel That's the mystery right that we are 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:30.059 co -heirs a part of the same body as those whom 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:33.400 God originally gave his promises to of this gospel 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:36.839 I was made a minister according to the gift of 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:40.799 God's grace Which was given me by working his 00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:44.619 power to me through though I am very least of 00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.759 all the saints this grace was given to preach 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:49.710 to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ 00:30:49.710 --> 00:30:53.089 and to bring to light for everyone what is the 00:30:53.089 --> 00:30:56.289 plain mystery hidden for all ages in God who 00:30:56.289 --> 00:30:59.970 created all things so that through the church, 00:31:00.309 --> 00:31:03.809 the manifold wisdom of God might be made known 00:31:03.809 --> 00:31:07.670 to the rulers and authorities in heavenly places. 00:31:07.789 --> 00:31:09.930 What is Paul saying? He said like, this was all 00:31:09.930 --> 00:31:12.630 done so that people could see where wisdom resided. 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:16.700 That that what God was doing is not just about 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:19.200 changing situations, but unseating who thinks 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:23.180 they are actual rulers That that God shifts he 00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:28.140 shifted the seed of wisdom He shifted the seed 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:33.839 of wisdom and so God now is using us as representation 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.569 of where wisdom now resides You gotta hear what's 00:31:37.569 --> 00:31:40.829 happening here, right? That me and you represent 00:31:40.829 --> 00:31:44.130 where wisdom resides. Where does the wisdom come 00:31:44.130 --> 00:31:46.609 from? Well, it comes from the Spirit of God. 00:31:46.910 --> 00:31:50.529 And as we act out things or do things or are 00:31:50.529 --> 00:31:52.470 obedient to the things the Spirit of God tells 00:31:52.470 --> 00:31:55.509 us, we show this world where wisdom resides. 00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:58.759 Like y 'all think y 'all know how but I'm showing 00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:01.460 you that there's a spirit that controls all things 00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:05.220 you think you control and as I yield to the spirit 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:09.039 within me it shows the world where wisdom truly 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:11.599 resides and so that's why there's times where 00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:13.920 I just can't be folding into what y 'all are 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:17.099 saying because I'm being used as an example for 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:20.559 where true wisdom really Resides you think you 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:23.119 know how until you find out that it ain't no 00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:28.000 how it's a who you got to know And all of your 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:30.619 hows will one day have to bow down and worship 00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:33.539 the who that's living on the inside of me. So 00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:38.039 as I live out this Spirit led life, God is systematically 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:41.640 taking systems that people see as this can't 00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:44.480 be where you are and who you are at the same 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.640 time. And that's what Paul is saying. I know 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.900 you see where I am. I'm in prison, but that doesn't 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:52.259 define who I am. I'm full of wisdom. I'm full 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:55.200 of truth. Matter of fact, God has chosen me as 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:58.240 a disciple, as a - minister of grace. I'm in 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.680 these chains, but I'm in these chains for Christ. 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:05.160 Can't you see what God is doing? He's using the 00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:07.720 things of the world to confound the people of 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:11.279 the world because why is a prisoner so excited 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:14.460 and positive and speaking about who God is and 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:17.359 what God's done? How is he claiming freedom when 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:19.720 he's in our chains? And Paul's like, these are 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:22.400 your chains and I'm not bound by your chains. 00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:25.440 I'm bound by the God who says that I am free. 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:29.200 Indeed, and his words will always trump your 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:32.799 reality. I do not live from a physical perspective. 00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:36.539 I'm in a prison, literally, but spiritually I'm 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:39.660 seated next to Christ Jesus. And so even though 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:42.380 I'm in a situation where I should be suffering 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:45.099 and downtrodden, I'm still hearing from heaven 00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:48.660 for the benefit of God's people. Woo! Can you 00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:52.319 see what God is doing? And he's saying, that's 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:57.250 me and you. Do not allow your present Circumstances 00:33:57.250 --> 00:34:00.369 to dictate your worth in the kingdom that God 00:34:00.369 --> 00:34:03.349 will use the wisdom step by step I know your 00:34:03.349 --> 00:34:05.549 situation says that you don't know how to manage 00:34:05.549 --> 00:34:08.289 money But there's a power living on the inside 00:34:08.289 --> 00:34:10.969 of you that can walk you through how to manage 00:34:10.969 --> 00:34:16.489 money wisely and safely and securely and Strategically 00:34:16.489 --> 00:34:20.090 and swayed day by day as you yield to that spirit. 00:34:20.329 --> 00:34:22.489 Then what was confound them? They're gonna figure 00:34:22.489 --> 00:34:26.760 out. How did you get? From there to here, it's 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:36.019 not a how, it's a who. Woo! It's a who, it's 00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:46.150 a who. This was according to the eternal purpose 00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:48.769 that was realized in Christ Jesus, our Lord, 00:34:49.050 --> 00:34:51.949 and whom we have boldness and access and confidence 00:34:51.949 --> 00:34:57.050 through our faith in him. So I ask you not to 00:34:57.050 --> 00:35:04.989 lose heart over what I am suffering for you, 00:35:05.389 --> 00:35:10.030 which is your glory. Paul's saying all of this 00:35:10.030 --> 00:35:16.360 because he's like, they're trying. To get you 00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:21.159 To unseat this revelation because of where I'm 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:26.800 have to speak it from But this isn't suffering 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:31.900 The same way they see suffering they see printed 00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:36.559 prison as bondage. I see prison as consecration 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:44.230 They see president as isolation I see it as separation 00:35:44.230 --> 00:35:47.869 so I can hear from Him. They see this as it's 00:35:47.869 --> 00:35:49.769 slowing me down, but this actually is giving 00:35:49.769 --> 00:35:51.989 me a moment to write down everything God is saying. 00:35:52.570 --> 00:35:54.949 They see this as stopping the mission, but now 00:35:54.949 --> 00:35:57.550 from this place I can send out letters that spread 00:35:57.550 --> 00:36:04.429 the gospel. Whoo! Whoo! See how Paul's taking? 00:36:05.889 --> 00:36:10.829 He's taking what the world had defined as suffering. 00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:14.960 And he's seeing it, and what God can do with 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:18.619 it, and what God's doing with it, and the glory 00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:28.119 that will come from it. I'm seeing if this is 00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:33.980 hitting y 'all. Because many of y 'all, okay, 00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:44.940 keep going. He says, For this reason, I bow my 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:48.900 knees before the Father from whom every family 00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:53.440 in heaven and on earth is named. Oh man, that 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:58.539 according to the riches of his glory, he may 00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:03.239 grant you to be strengthened with power through 00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:06.920 his spirit in your inner being so that Christ 00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:10.090 may dwell in your hearts. through faith that 00:37:10.090 --> 00:37:13.289 you being rooted and grounded in love may have 00:37:13.289 --> 00:37:16.789 strength to comprehend with all the saints what 00:37:16.789 --> 00:37:20.130 is the breath and the length and the height and 00:37:20.130 --> 00:37:22.849 the depth and to know the love of Christ that 00:37:22.849 --> 00:37:26.489 surpasses all knowledge that you may be filled 00:37:26.489 --> 00:37:30.170 with the all fullness of God. So what? So what? 00:37:30.389 --> 00:37:33.469 So Paul says, listen, listen, listen, all of 00:37:33.469 --> 00:37:36.730 this. This is seen as suffering, but the suffering's 00:37:36.730 --> 00:37:40.190 being used so that people won't come to or adhere 00:37:40.190 --> 00:37:43.809 to the revelation that I hold. And so it's almost 00:37:43.809 --> 00:37:48.530 like God put a beautiful thing in an unbeautiful 00:37:48.530 --> 00:37:52.389 package. And so the package is a distractions 00:37:52.389 --> 00:37:55.570 to those who aren't led by the Spirit But to 00:37:55.570 --> 00:37:58.150 those who are governed by the Spirit They know 00:37:58.150 --> 00:38:00.869 that God often puts beautiful things and packages 00:38:00.869 --> 00:38:03.489 that aren't appealing to this world It isn't 00:38:03.489 --> 00:38:06.650 the package that we look at it's the heart that 00:38:06.650 --> 00:38:08.989 we look at that's what happened with David Right 00:38:08.989 --> 00:38:12.030 that that he's a man at the God's own heart that 00:38:12.030 --> 00:38:14.570 he looked past the stature and he said no No, 00:38:14.570 --> 00:38:19.639 there's another one. There's another one your 00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:22.900 sons and they all look like warriors, but there's 00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:37.019 another one who has the heart for the job. And 00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:39.960 so we're always in the system of having to realize 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:42.840 that God puts great treasures in fragile clay 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:49.079 vessels. That God is always putting this this 00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:54.780 unknown thing to the world in these vessels that 00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:56.840 shouldn't even be carrying the greatness of what 00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:00.619 they're saying. This is God's way. It's how he 00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:06.960 confounds the wisdom of the world. And so Paul 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:11.599 is praying that they don't lose heart in the 00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:14.940 revelation of who they are because of where it's 00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:17.039 coming, where it's being said is coming from. 00:39:20.269 --> 00:39:25.170 Because a lot of times we only take courage and 00:39:25.170 --> 00:39:31.730 things that look powerful If we're being honest 00:39:31.730 --> 00:39:38.610 our possessions often are the foundation to which 00:39:38.610 --> 00:39:46.849 we get courage from My days tell this joking 00:39:46.849 --> 00:39:49.980 it's actually true That the happiest day of the 00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:53.019 week is payday. You got to ask yourself why I'm 00:39:53.019 --> 00:40:00.980 only happy on payday Well because There's still 00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:04.679 parts of you that the Spirit of God is working 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:18.039 on He says now what to him Who is able to do 00:40:18.090 --> 00:40:25.230 far more abundantly than all that we can ask 00:40:25.230 --> 00:40:31.610 or think according to the power at work within 00:40:31.610 --> 00:40:36.409 us to him be the glory in the church and in Christ 00:40:36.409 --> 00:40:40.949 Jesus throughout all generations forever and 00:40:40.949 --> 00:40:48.070 amen. So what is Paul saying? Don't lose hope. 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:57.760 heart, you have a God who's able to do infinitely 00:40:57.760 --> 00:41:06.000 more than you could think, ask, or imagine. I 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:10.619 understand you see the suffering, but have you 00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:18.519 considered the source of all things? His ability 00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:22.860 to do far even above what you have the capacity 00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:33.539 to even present That the God Who's full of mercy 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:41.239 and Grace and truth all spiritual blessings Stigs 00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:43.820 over something that my mom you see all the time 00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:46.920 saying Brian Sometimes we just have to realize 00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:53.800 God is not mismanaging our lives. Get in moments 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:55.300 where it's just like you feel like everything 00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:57.619 is everywhere and in that moment you have to 00:41:57.619 --> 00:42:00.619 realize you're not the manager of you and God 00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:11.139 is not mismanaging your life. I'm gonna say these 00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:15.900 things and But what we say this pastor Brian 00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:17.659 because suffering has a way of challenging our 00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:21.440 faith Because we believe that suffering is a 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:28.059 sign of separation from God But here's the truth 00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:31.920 truth this is promises don't disappear because 00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:38.599 our circumstances become painful Just because 00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:42.199 it's become painful doesn't mean his promises 00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:56.429 has disappeared So don't lose heart I Love this 00:42:56.429 --> 00:43:02.210 Because here Paul is in prison writing to them 00:43:02.210 --> 00:43:06.730 and Obviously Paul's matured at this point and 00:43:06.730 --> 00:43:08.710 so he's not asking them for sympathy. He's not 00:43:08.710 --> 00:43:11.289 asking them for compassion He's actually praying 00:43:11.289 --> 00:43:19.090 that they don't lose heart What He's the one 00:43:19.090 --> 00:43:28.650 in chains But he's a man in chains with check 00:43:28.650 --> 00:43:36.710 this out revelation It's amazing what revelation 00:43:36.710 --> 00:43:44.369 will do to your suffering It's amazing what revelation, 00:43:45.050 --> 00:43:47.909 how revelation will heal your heart when suffering 00:43:47.909 --> 00:43:53.829 tries to hurt it. What we are witnessing here 00:43:53.829 --> 00:44:00.489 is the healing power of revelation in any season 00:44:00.489 --> 00:44:07.230 of suffering we see. Pastor Brad, how do I not 00:44:07.230 --> 00:44:13.769 lose heart? You have to let God reveal what's 00:44:13.769 --> 00:44:26.030 happening to you. See, I can tell you that you 00:44:26.030 --> 00:44:30.929 are co -heir. I can tell you that you're a part 00:44:30.929 --> 00:44:34.210 of this holy temple God is building. I can tell 00:44:34.210 --> 00:44:36.409 you that you are a partaker in God's precious 00:44:36.409 --> 00:44:43.530 promises. But if I'm being honest, that's like 00:44:43.530 --> 00:44:50.210 shopping your Christianity off the rack. And 00:44:50.210 --> 00:45:01.289 some of us are in a tailor -made season. You 00:45:01.289 --> 00:45:05.710 can't pick up the revelation you need off the 00:45:05.710 --> 00:45:16.409 rack. You got to know when No, I'm still losing 00:45:16.409 --> 00:45:22.170 heart even knowing who I am Because there's a 00:45:22.170 --> 00:45:24.909 big difference between knowing you were a partaker 00:45:24.909 --> 00:45:31.849 and knowing your part There's a big difference 00:45:31.849 --> 00:45:34.710 when knowing his promises and knowing the ones 00:45:34.710 --> 00:45:41.489 that are active for you today And I came here 00:45:41.489 --> 00:45:51.670 just to encourage some of you to take your Christianity 00:45:51.670 --> 00:45:59.369 and get it tailor -made to you well who's the 00:45:59.369 --> 00:46:04.929 tailor pastor Brian the spirit of God the spirit 00:46:04.929 --> 00:46:13.750 of God will take that partaker label and show 00:46:13.750 --> 00:46:18.329 you your part that you're partaking in. That 00:46:18.329 --> 00:46:24.250 revelation is what heals a heart in a suffering 00:46:24.250 --> 00:46:28.550 season. That's all Paul can say. Everyone else 00:46:28.550 --> 00:46:32.050 in here is in chains, but I have revelation. 00:46:32.849 --> 00:46:37.610 I'm in these chains for Christ. I'm in these 00:46:37.610 --> 00:46:41.760 chains because of what my assignment is. I'm 00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:45.260 in these chains because Satan wants to discredit 00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:50.340 the messenger due to the posture, discredit the 00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:53.400 message due to the posture of the messenger. 00:46:57.840 --> 00:47:03.340 Satan's trying to discredit my mission by trying 00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:07.679 to keep what people can't see in a container 00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:19.630 that they wouldn't readily accept. So I don't 00:47:19.630 --> 00:47:26.650 see the prison walls as confinement. I actually 00:47:26.650 --> 00:47:29.289 pray that people don't see these prison walls 00:47:29.289 --> 00:47:36.190 as who I am. I'm trying to help some of y 'all. 00:47:36.349 --> 00:47:38.510 I'm trying to help some of y 'all. Because you're 00:47:38.510 --> 00:47:40.710 trying to figure out why all hell is broken loose 00:47:40.710 --> 00:47:44.230 and it's because of what God is doing with you. 00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:50.179 Paul's prayer wasn't that the hell stop was that 00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:55.460 the hell didn't stop them from seeing Paul Come 00:47:55.460 --> 00:48:01.340 on now y 'all Paul's prayer wasn't that the trouble 00:48:01.340 --> 00:48:05.079 go away He knew why the trouble was there. It 00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:08.519 was to keep people from seeing who he was So 00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:10.940 he prayed that they wouldn't let the trouble 00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:17.429 stop them from seeing who he was The trouble 00:48:17.429 --> 00:48:20.730 wasn't there for Paul. The trouble was there 00:48:20.730 --> 00:48:23.030 to keep people from seeing what God was doing 00:48:23.030 --> 00:48:29.719 through Paul. Y 'all missing the whole thing. 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:32.900 Y 'all missing the whole thing. This should flip 00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:35.880 your whole prayer life upside down. This should 00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:39.059 flip everything about how you see tomorrow upside 00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:41.460 down. You've been complaining about where you 00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:43.199 live. You should be praying that where you live 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:46.280 won't stop people from seeing what God is doing 00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:49.239 in your life. You keep trying to change this 00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:51.639 house. In this world, you will suffer persecution. 00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:54.079 Maybe you got a bad interest rate. Maybe you 00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:56.179 bought it at the wrong time. Maybe you was supposed 00:48:56.179 --> 00:48:58.179 to sell it, but you're still in it. I don't know 00:48:58.179 --> 00:49:03.260 what you did, but I know who he is So no matter 00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:07.000 what I have done that may be a may be a problem 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:16.000 for people to see who I am I pray That they still 00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:25.159 see God Why I could throw this microphone Y 'all 00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:27.179 understand how hard I'm gripping it right now. 00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:31.400 I pray that they can still see God I pray, you 00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:37.239 know, you know, I pray I listen listen. Oh Y 00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:39.800 'all see this is me at home This is me at home 00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:41.659 when I be thinking about some of the things I 00:49:41.659 --> 00:49:43.219 did that didn't turn out the way it was supposed 00:49:43.219 --> 00:49:46.760 to and I just Prayed that they can still see 00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:55.159 God I'm not worried about problems, I'm not worried 00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:57.619 about trouble. When I have a God that can do 00:49:57.619 --> 00:50:01.280 exceedingly, abundantly, above all I can think, 00:50:01.579 --> 00:50:04.519 ask or imagine, my prayer is that I don't lose 00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:22.440 heart because of what I did. I pray that my ministry 00:50:22.440 --> 00:50:30.820 still moves forward. I pray that his glory can 00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:43.480 still be seen. I know it hurt, but my prayer 00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:51.710 is that God's glory still. I know you messed 00:50:51.710 --> 00:50:56.789 it up. I pray that his glory is still seen. I 00:50:56.789 --> 00:51:00.210 pray that nothing becomes a stumbling block to 00:51:00.210 --> 00:51:02.949 who God has called you to be. I pray that your 00:51:02.949 --> 00:51:05.250 ignorance doesn't become a stumbling block who 00:51:05.250 --> 00:51:07.690 God's called you to be. I pray to all them dumb 00:51:07.690 --> 00:51:10.329 decisions, all of them, all of them, all of them, 00:51:10.429 --> 00:51:13.750 God uses as a way to show forth his manifold 00:51:13.750 --> 00:51:16.690 wisdom that this world doesn't have participation 00:51:16.690 --> 00:51:20.460 in. I pray that God uses your situation to show 00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:23.139 the world that what they think disqualifies, 00:51:23.599 --> 00:51:26.539 oh baby, it don't even begin to hold a candle 00:51:26.539 --> 00:51:30.440 to what God can do. God will take the disqualified 00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:33.340 and use them to bring glory. God will take the 00:51:33.340 --> 00:51:35.699 unqualified and use them to bring forth glory. 00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:38.300 God will take my bad credit and get me a new 00:51:38.300 --> 00:52:06.360 house. Kiss the glory So his ask is that they 00:52:06.360 --> 00:52:11.260 remain Faithful that they allow Christ to dwell 00:52:11.260 --> 00:52:13.900 in their hearts. Look at this verse 17. I need 00:52:13.900 --> 00:52:16.039 you to see this We don't close out. We don't 00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:21.400 do it Because he uses a word for the dwelling 00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:30.099 of Christ, what is the word? that Christ dwells 00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:34.539 in your hearts through what church? What is faith? 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:39.059 The substance of things hope for the evidence 00:52:39.059 --> 00:52:43.260 of things not seen. So I'm literally being instructed 00:52:43.260 --> 00:52:48.860 to unseat what I do see with something I can't 00:52:48.860 --> 00:52:54.980 see. If Christ is dwelling through faith, that 00:52:54.980 --> 00:52:57.940 means that Christ is not dwelling in what is 00:52:57.940 --> 00:53:02.179 seen. Christ is dwelling in what is unseen. But 00:53:02.179 --> 00:53:05.219 my heart is always fractured by what is seen. 00:53:05.619 --> 00:53:08.820 So Paul is saying that you must unseat what is 00:53:08.820 --> 00:53:18.980 seen by what is unseen. So y 'all might say, 00:53:19.099 --> 00:53:25.340 what is unseen? Go to the tailor. Find out That 00:53:25.340 --> 00:53:27.780 Taylor had us a ways of pulling out the curves 00:53:27.780 --> 00:53:31.719 If you don't know Taylor's could take almost 00:53:31.719 --> 00:53:37.119 10 pounds off your body by how deep When you 00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:39.099 buy it off the rack it may be too big it may 00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:41.360 be too small and may do some things but if you 00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:45.659 go to the Taylor it just it Situates what was 00:53:45.659 --> 00:53:52.309 once a problem Y 'all work with me But when you 00:53:52.309 --> 00:53:55.210 go to the tailor your one leg may be longer than 00:53:55.210 --> 00:53:57.309 the other leg But that's not a problem at the 00:53:57.309 --> 00:53:59.909 tailor because the tailor can make sure the left 00:53:59.909 --> 00:54:02.230 leg is a quarter inch longer than the right leg 00:54:02.230 --> 00:54:04.309 So that the outfit ain't messed up so that you 00:54:04.309 --> 00:54:14.590 don't lose the glory If one arm is longer than 00:54:14.590 --> 00:54:16.389 the other arm the tail will make sure the shirt 00:54:16.389 --> 00:54:22.320 still looks good on you I know the problem is 00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:24.460 the problem, but the Spirit can make it look 00:54:24.460 --> 00:54:31.980 good on you. He'll make it look good on you. 00:54:32.360 --> 00:54:45.179 He'll make it look good on you. Because the danger 00:54:45.179 --> 00:54:47.300 wasn't Paul's prison, the danger was the church 00:54:47.300 --> 00:54:50.260 allowing Paul's prison to discourage their faith. 00:54:56.300 --> 00:55:00.480 truth is faith opens the door for christ to occupy 00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:04.400 your heart even when circumstances even when 00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:09.599 suffering occupies your circumstances i'm gonna 00:55:09.599 --> 00:55:15.800 go ahead get to the end y 'all know i love to 00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:19.780 just give you something that can maybe help you 00:55:19.780 --> 00:55:24.800 just pause in a moment and so i'm gonna give 00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:35.440 you this acronym It's an S, an E, and a C. Second. 00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:41.280 Like we be saying, give me a second. Just give 00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:45.619 me a second. Like give me a second. Like this 00:55:45.619 --> 00:55:50.380 just hit me, but just give me a second. Just 00:55:50.380 --> 00:55:54.059 give me a second. While I allow the Spirit of 00:55:54.059 --> 00:55:57.539 God to tailor make this to who I am. Just give 00:55:57.539 --> 00:56:02.039 me a second. Some hits you it starts to do that 00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:04.460 thing y 'all know that thing When we start to 00:56:04.460 --> 00:56:07.420 lose heart question doubt wonder concern start 00:56:07.420 --> 00:56:09.880 staying random stuff Just before that starts 00:56:09.880 --> 00:56:11.559 happening for now when you get that be like, 00:56:11.719 --> 00:56:15.199 just give me a sec Just give me a second. Let 00:56:15.199 --> 00:56:21.059 me go get Talk to my tailor. I Got a idea go 00:56:21.059 --> 00:56:25.420 talk to my tailor. I Don't shop off the rack 00:56:25.420 --> 00:56:33.260 no mo Well, I don't even know what a TJ Maxx 00:56:33.260 --> 00:56:37.480 is, babe. I don't even... Well, I take my things 00:56:37.480 --> 00:56:39.300 to the tail. I take everything to the tailor, 00:56:39.460 --> 00:56:46.380 you hear me? Oh, wait. Just in case y 'all wondering, 00:56:46.519 --> 00:56:48.360 that's not... I'm not talking about... That's 00:56:48.360 --> 00:56:50.039 not me. That guy's from Zara. It's right there 00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:55.900 on the rack. At the mall. We talking spiritual. 00:56:57.980 --> 00:57:01.539 Spiritually, we don't... Boy some y 'all about 00:57:01.539 --> 00:57:06.239 to bust the whole pastor said No, he did are 00:57:06.239 --> 00:57:12.199 we talking spiritual? Spiritually speaking I 00:57:12.199 --> 00:57:17.920 don't shop at the rack In the natural I'd be 00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:21.199 looking for the sale rat I Start there cuz if 00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:23.260 there's a bargain with my name on ain't no point 00:57:23.260 --> 00:57:43.969 of me paying full price Give me a second, right? 00:57:44.210 --> 00:57:51.010 First one, shift your perspective. What are you 00:57:51.010 --> 00:57:55.250 saying? No more suffering, no more burdens, just 00:57:55.250 --> 00:58:04.710 bridges. Because every season of suffering is 00:58:04.710 --> 00:58:08.849 just the introduction of a season of glory. I 00:58:08.849 --> 00:58:11.500 don't have burdens, I have bridges. This thing 00:58:11.500 --> 00:58:15.679 that's hit me to take me across to his glory 00:58:15.679 --> 00:58:21.320 I Don't burdens that bridges That's perspective 00:58:21.320 --> 00:58:23.940 it's the same way Paul saying these chains for 00:58:23.940 --> 00:58:27.579 Christ you you have to look at whatever it is 00:58:27.579 --> 00:58:33.099 Say no, it's not a burden it's a bridge bridge 00:58:33.099 --> 00:58:41.579 to what his glory Here we go this one's big Two, 00:58:43.019 --> 00:58:53.619 end desperate decision -making. You have the 00:58:53.619 --> 00:58:59.840 Spirit of God living on the inside of you. The 00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:05.019 Spirit of God is precise. The Bible says the 00:59:05.019 --> 00:59:07.039 Word of God is sharper than a two -edged sword. 00:59:08.900 --> 00:59:12.360 So what does that mean for me? I don't make desperate 00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:14.860 decision if desperation shows up in the room. 00:59:14.900 --> 00:59:20.199 No decisions will be made today Give me a second 00:59:20.199 --> 00:59:28.539 because now you mess with my heart Now you mess 00:59:28.539 --> 00:59:30.500 with my heart you trying to get my emotions to 00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:32.619 do what the Spirit of God is telling me should 00:59:32.619 --> 00:59:35.980 not be done You're trying to get me to yield 00:59:35.980 --> 00:59:41.539 to something that I cannot be led by. I can feel 00:59:41.539 --> 00:59:46.360 desperation rising. Let me just holler at you. 00:59:49.539 --> 00:59:59.719 Give me a second. Give me a second. No. Hey, 00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:14.099 neighbor. End. desperate decision making We are 01:00:14.099 --> 01:00:18.739 not moved by pressure we are moved by presence 01:00:18.739 --> 01:00:25.119 and It's hard for me to fill his presence with 01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:29.079 all this pressure So you have to give me a second 01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:34.889 but all this calm down It's gonna fall apart 01:00:34.889 --> 01:00:36.510 see there you go. It's more that desperation 01:00:36.510 --> 01:00:41.489 talk Maybe it's supposed to fall down. I got 01:00:41.489 --> 01:00:45.289 to give you I need a second To find out am I 01:00:45.289 --> 01:01:01.289 saving what God wants to die? Give me a second 01:01:01.289 --> 01:01:07.699 just give me a second And number three, commit 01:01:07.699 --> 01:01:17.880 to concentration. Believer, we cannot be afraid 01:01:17.880 --> 01:01:26.119 of seasons of isolation. You cannot be afraid 01:01:26.119 --> 01:01:41.800 to be alone. A lot of people make fun of me because 01:01:41.800 --> 01:01:49.880 I love to drive. I love to just hop in the truck 01:01:49.880 --> 01:02:01.980 and just ride. Because at some point, it's like... 01:02:01.980 --> 01:02:11.170 problems... just start to lose their value. All 01:02:11.170 --> 01:02:16.230 you hear is like... the road underneath you. 01:02:19.309 --> 01:02:20.510 Rashida always laughs at me, because I don't 01:02:20.510 --> 01:02:22.650 even turn on music. I put down the window and 01:02:22.650 --> 01:02:27.710 just let the wind come through. I just ride. 01:02:29.070 --> 01:02:34.989 Hours. I know my brother Greg talked about... 01:02:34.840 --> 01:02:40.159 Driving for hours in the price of gas He worried 01:02:40.159 --> 01:02:51.079 about the wrong things And And that stillness 01:02:51.079 --> 01:03:00.840 God begins to speak and I like it because if 01:03:00.840 --> 01:03:04.090 it takes six hours to drive to Atlanta Although 01:03:04.090 --> 01:03:11.610 I could fly If I fly I'll try to occupy the time 01:03:11.610 --> 01:03:15.909 I have once I land But I it's like you get on 01:03:15.909 --> 01:03:22.309 that road I got six hours No, I don't turn on 01:03:22.309 --> 01:03:29.309 my YouTube and no I don't turn on Music and no, 01:03:29.309 --> 01:03:34.690 I definitely don't get the scrolling I just set 01:03:34.690 --> 01:03:36.969 an expectation and let God know you got me for 01:03:36.969 --> 01:03:42.989 hours. When's the last time you gave God some 01:03:42.989 --> 01:03:51.050 hours? I'm talking about like some of our lives. 01:03:51.630 --> 01:03:58.489 Hear what I'm saying. You are losing heart. You 01:03:58.489 --> 01:04:05.469 are on the edge of caving in. I've never seen 01:04:05.469 --> 01:04:07.789 a heart surgery that lasted 30 minutes. Don't 01:04:07.789 --> 01:04:15.289 do it if they suggest it. When's the last time 01:04:15.289 --> 01:04:22.590 you just consecrated yourself, isolated yourself 01:04:22.590 --> 01:04:29.789 for hours? I know what I'm saying. I had all 01:04:29.789 --> 01:04:31.150 week to think about whether or not I was going 01:04:31.150 --> 01:04:33.789 to say for minutes and God kept saying no hours. 01:04:36.819 --> 01:04:48.880 You just sat there. I said, God, not by will. 01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:59.559 Your will be done. I'm overwhelmed, and I need 01:04:59.559 --> 01:05:07.510 focus. They asked me, how long you gonna be gone, 01:05:07.630 --> 01:05:09.710 Brian? I don't know. Turned out it took seven 01:05:09.710 --> 01:05:13.570 days. Just driving around. Had my nieces with 01:05:13.570 --> 01:05:16.210 me, my daughter with me, my wife with me. You 01:05:16.210 --> 01:05:18.590 know, spent more money than I planned on, but 01:05:18.590 --> 01:05:31.210 that's that. It's all right. Ma 'am. Jesus showed 01:05:31.210 --> 01:05:42.369 me some things about me. Saw further I Started 01:05:42.369 --> 01:05:49.090 to understand Some of the suffering I was going 01:05:49.090 --> 01:05:55.929 through I Know I know we've been screaming new 01:05:55.929 --> 01:06:05.030 life, right and But it's out of that grave to 01:06:05.030 --> 01:06:16.019 that glory and On some levels, I've had an unbelievable 01:06:16.019 --> 01:06:22.260 year. And in some spaces, my world has really 01:06:22.260 --> 01:06:31.699 been rocked. And I was like, God, I don't need 01:06:31.699 --> 01:06:35.019 you to solve problems. I need to know what you're 01:06:35.019 --> 01:06:47.610 doing. and he started showing me what he was 01:06:47.610 --> 01:06:54.949 doing. Why am I sharing this with you? Because 01:06:54.949 --> 01:06:59.130 I know this isn't a, you know, a testimony of, 01:06:59.869 --> 01:07:02.650 I don't know what y 'all want, more money, new 01:07:02.650 --> 01:07:05.489 car, I don't know where it is you want, but this 01:07:05.489 --> 01:07:20.800 is a testimony of peace. Just found some rest. 01:07:22.079 --> 01:07:30.780 Some of y 'all need some rest. Because no amount 01:07:30.780 --> 01:07:39.340 of self effort will end or stop suffering God 01:07:39.340 --> 01:07:45.980 is using. Can I pray with y 'all today? Father 01:07:45.980 --> 01:07:52.230 God, I pray for your people. I pray that your 01:07:52.230 --> 01:07:58.530 word reigns supreme in their life. I pray that 01:07:58.530 --> 01:08:03.210 they realize that you're an all -knowing father. 01:08:06.530 --> 01:08:11.469 I pray that they rest in the truth, that you're 01:08:11.469 --> 01:08:15.550 not trying to keep things unknown for their detriment. 01:08:18.670 --> 01:08:25.390 but you are truly fathering them, keeping them, 01:08:26.369 --> 01:08:32.390 growing them, maturing them to a glory you have 01:08:32.390 --> 01:08:38.149 planned for their lives. Father God, I pray that 01:08:38.149 --> 01:08:40.850 they understand that you've heard their prayers. 01:08:42.210 --> 01:08:47.880 You know the desires that they have. And I pray 01:08:47.880 --> 01:08:50.500 that they trust that you haven't forgotten their 01:08:50.500 --> 01:08:54.460 prayers, that you haven't forgotten their desires. 01:08:55.720 --> 01:09:00.079 I pray that they keep faith in a father who's 01:09:00.079 --> 01:09:06.079 working it all together for their good. I pray 01:09:06.079 --> 01:09:10.060 that you give them the perspective to remain 01:09:10.060 --> 01:09:15.100 rooted and grounded in this season. I pray that 01:09:15.100 --> 01:09:21.770 you give them courage and give them compassion 01:09:21.770 --> 01:09:34.310 to see what you are doing. I pray that they understand 01:09:34.310 --> 01:09:47.310 that you're a loving father and that you Wish 01:09:47.310 --> 01:09:55.729 them no hurt harm or danger That you have life 01:09:55.729 --> 01:10:02.369 and life more abundantly playing for them I Pray 01:10:02.369 --> 01:10:07.229 that every lie Satan has set up in this season 01:10:07.229 --> 01:10:13.789 To get them to believe that death is their future 01:10:13.789 --> 01:10:18.199 that the end is near that they must panic, that 01:10:18.199 --> 01:10:24.979 they must move in desperation. I pray that that 01:10:24.979 --> 01:10:27.800 enemy that's trying to stir up things that aren't 01:10:27.800 --> 01:10:31.159 even a part of who they are, I pray that those 01:10:31.159 --> 01:10:35.279 things are casted out and they experience the 01:10:35.279 --> 01:10:38.159 freedom that is found in you, the peace that 01:10:38.159 --> 01:10:45.979 is found with you. and that they experience rest. 01:10:51.340 --> 01:10:55.239 Amen? Amen. Well, I love you guys. I thank God 01:10:55.239 --> 01:10:57.420 for you guys. Did you get anything out of the 01:10:57.420 --> 01:11:04.720 word today? I'd say if you're here today and 01:11:04.720 --> 01:11:08.659 you're not saved and you haven't made Jesus Christ 01:11:08.659 --> 01:11:10.960 your Lord and personal savior, I would love to 01:11:10.960 --> 01:11:18.310 give you that invitation now. Listen Jesus They 01:11:18.310 --> 01:11:20.130 told me to stop saying this but I'm feeling it 01:11:20.130 --> 01:11:26.750 right now. He's a bad mamajam It's the best friend 01:11:26.750 --> 01:11:30.909 he sticks closer than a brother If you want to 01:11:30.909 --> 01:11:35.869 meet Jesus tell you what Let us know if you're 01:11:35.869 --> 01:11:37.350 watching online or meet us in the first room 01:11:37.350 --> 01:11:40.369 on the left before you leave if you have questions 01:11:40.369 --> 01:11:43.369 about what salvation is, what it means, meet 01:11:43.369 --> 01:11:45.829 us in those same places, and we'll tell you more 01:11:45.829 --> 01:11:50.689 about who our Savior is. Amen. At this time, 01:11:50.890 --> 01:11:54.329 we'll also receive today's offering, and amen. 01:11:54.470 --> 01:11:57.109 Here at Reveal the Truth, we believe in cheerful 01:11:57.109 --> 01:11:59.649 givers. What does that mean? That means that 01:11:59.649 --> 01:12:02.369 our heart is connected to our giving. That means 01:12:02.369 --> 01:12:04.729 that we are asking heaven, what would you have 01:12:04.729 --> 01:12:07.689 for me to sow? And as a result of what is said 01:12:07.689 --> 01:12:12.100 and spoken, we sow. And so we do not believe 01:12:12.100 --> 01:12:14.479 in people given grudgingly of necessity that 01:12:14.479 --> 01:12:16.619 you should not be forced into your given But 01:12:16.619 --> 01:12:19.319 you should be inspired to give um that you should 01:12:19.319 --> 01:12:21.020 be hearing from heaven and heaven say hey This 01:12:21.020 --> 01:12:23.220 is what it is for you to sow in in obedience 01:12:23.220 --> 01:12:25.539 to what heaven speaks. We are cheerfully sowing. 01:12:25.840 --> 01:12:30.119 Amen Amen. Well, I'll tell you what um pastor 01:12:30.119 --> 01:12:32.220 deborah if you could do a communion for me, I 01:12:32.220 --> 01:12:37.930 would love that And so as per our tradition on 01:12:37.930 --> 01:12:40.590 the first Sundays, we do communion together. 01:12:41.329 --> 01:12:43.210 And so Pastor Deborah is gonna come up and do 01:12:43.210 --> 01:12:46.949 communion. And I love you guys. Hey, we did chapter 01:12:46.949 --> 01:12:55.090 three today. You know what I'm saying? We did 01:12:55.090 --> 01:12:59.729 it. We're gonna do chapter four next week. Let's 01:12:59.729 --> 01:13:06.380 go. Has everyone been served? If not, if you'll 01:13:06.380 --> 01:13:08.539 please raise your hands. We'll make sure that 01:13:08.539 --> 01:13:12.680 you get communion. We have people on this side 01:13:12.680 --> 01:13:16.979 as well as this side. You know, we don't do this 01:13:16.979 --> 01:13:21.680 as a ritual. What we do concerning God, we want 01:13:21.680 --> 01:13:24.039 to do it with full knowledge so we can take advantage 01:13:24.039 --> 01:13:28.119 of what God has designed for us as believers. 01:13:30.319 --> 01:13:32.159 And one of the things I just want you to know, 01:13:32.220 --> 01:13:35.020 if you are a believer, if you are a Christian, 01:13:35.600 --> 01:13:38.640 you have the right to take communion. I know 01:13:38.640 --> 01:13:41.859 that in times past, people talked about you're 01:13:41.859 --> 01:13:44.680 not being worthy. Well, gosh, no one is worthy. 01:13:45.779 --> 01:13:49.239 But Jesus Christ made us all worthy because of 01:13:49.239 --> 01:13:52.020 God. He gave us his righteousness. So there's 01:13:52.020 --> 01:13:55.100 no one again that is a believer, no one who is 01:13:55.100 --> 01:13:58.119 a Christian who does not have a right. to take 01:13:58.119 --> 01:14:00.819 communion because when Jesus died for our sins, 01:14:00.859 --> 01:14:06.199 he died for all our sins. And we have to understand 01:14:06.199 --> 01:14:10.039 that as believers, we do miss the mark sometimes, 01:14:10.119 --> 01:14:13.579 but that's a behavior that does not determine 01:14:13.579 --> 01:14:17.000 who we are. God has already determined that we 01:14:17.000 --> 01:14:19.420 are children of the Most High God when we get 01:14:19.420 --> 01:14:24.180 born again. And that position never changes. 01:14:24.489 --> 01:14:28.069 regardless of our behavior. As Pastor Brian said 01:14:28.069 --> 01:14:31.069 a couple of weeks ago, you don't get unsaved. 01:14:31.189 --> 01:14:33.329 The Bible says that when we got born again, that 01:14:33.329 --> 01:14:37.350 we were sealed by the Holy Spirit. There's nothing 01:14:37.350 --> 01:14:41.970 we can do to take that sealing away. So again, 01:14:41.989 --> 01:14:44.470 I'm encouraging you if you're one of those people 01:14:44.470 --> 01:14:47.510 who heard, man, I did something wrong yesterday. 01:14:47.970 --> 01:14:50.789 Last week, just a few minutes ago, I had a bad 01:14:50.789 --> 01:14:52.890 thought that I cannot take communion. That is 01:14:52.890 --> 01:15:02.060 not true. That is not true. Amen So Jesus encouraged 01:15:02.060 --> 01:15:06.640 his disciples and for us that to remember some 01:15:06.640 --> 01:15:10.060 things To remember what you came into remember 01:15:10.060 --> 01:15:13.460 what Jesus Christ has done for us that positioned 01:15:13.460 --> 01:15:20.939 us to have Have presence with God all the time 01:15:20.939 --> 01:15:24.470 how he paved the way for us that there's nothing 01:15:24.470 --> 01:15:29.470 between us and God. So Jesus Christ, he died 01:15:29.470 --> 01:15:32.270 on the cross. That's what he came for. I just 01:15:32.270 --> 01:15:34.329 remember the scripture where he says, God, not 01:15:34.329 --> 01:15:37.130 my will, but your will be done. I want to complete 01:15:37.130 --> 01:15:40.649 my assignment, although I know what is going 01:15:40.649 --> 01:15:42.630 to happen. I know the suffering that's going 01:15:42.630 --> 01:15:45.270 to take place. But the Bible says Jesus said 01:15:45.270 --> 01:15:50.170 for the joy that he saw before him, he took all 01:15:50.170 --> 01:15:53.039 the shame. He took all of the bruises. He took 01:15:53.039 --> 01:15:55.460 all of that just so that we can stand in the 01:15:55.460 --> 01:15:58.859 position we are now. So he tells us to remember 01:15:58.859 --> 01:16:02.079 what he did with his body. So this represents 01:16:02.079 --> 01:16:06.739 his body. He says, you know, remember, remember 01:16:06.739 --> 01:16:09.819 all that I did. Amen. So we do this in remembrance 01:16:09.819 --> 01:16:16.359 of him. You may eat of it now. And God said that 01:16:16.359 --> 01:16:19.159 there is no remission of sin, no forgiveness 01:16:19.159 --> 01:16:24.279 of sin. unless there's bloodshed. Thank God that 01:16:24.279 --> 01:16:28.899 Jesus Christ was the only one who was able to 01:16:28.899 --> 01:16:33.880 give of his body to shed blood for our forgiveness 01:16:33.880 --> 01:16:40.140 of sin. So when we take the wine, it represents 01:16:40.140 --> 01:16:42.420 the blood of Jesus and all the blood of Jesus 01:16:42.420 --> 01:16:47.220 did for us. It's for our forgiveness of sin. 01:16:48.079 --> 01:16:50.619 And in that forgiveness of sin, it put us in 01:16:50.619 --> 01:16:53.600 a position where we have a right to all the promises 01:16:53.600 --> 01:16:58.720 of God. Somebody say amen. All the promises, 01:16:59.020 --> 01:17:03.439 we talk about those as a part of what our scripture 01:17:03.439 --> 01:17:06.279 is about, that God came to give us an abundance 01:17:06.279 --> 01:17:10.739 of peace, prosperity, security, stability, health, 01:17:11.000 --> 01:17:13.909 healing, and truth. So because of what Jesus 01:17:13.909 --> 01:17:16.369 Christ did forgiveness of sin came and therefore 01:17:16.369 --> 01:17:19.369 we can partake of all the promises of God So 01:17:19.369 --> 01:17:22.609 just remember that and he says to drink it in 01:17:22.609 --> 01:17:29.550 remembrance of me Hey man, hey man, so if you'll 01:17:29.550 --> 01:17:35.090 please stand to your feet We're going to be dismissed 01:17:35.090 --> 01:17:39.449 if you would repeat after me now unto him that 01:17:39.449 --> 01:17:44.159 is able to keep me from falling, and to resent 01:17:44.159 --> 01:17:49.560 me, faultless, before the presence of His glory, 01:17:49.819 --> 01:17:55.760 with exceeding joy. To the only wise God, our 01:17:55.760 --> 01:18:02.159 Savior, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, 01:18:02.539 --> 01:18:07.560 both now and ever. Amen. Enjoy the rest of your 01:18:07.560 --> 01:18:07.899 day.